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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Myanmar ready to sign multilateral rights treaty: "Nay Pyi Taw, 16 June
— Myanmar is ready to
sign the UN?s multilateral
rights treaty, as the country
is undertaking a reform
process that aims for public-
centered development
programmes, Deputy Minister
for Foreign Affairs U
Tin Oo Lwin told the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw on Tuesday.
President U Thein Sein
asked the bicameral parliament
to discuss Myanmar?s
possible membership of the
United Nations General Assembly,
which adopted in
1966 the International Covenant
on Economic, Social
and Cultural that came into
force in 1976. Regarding
the 2014 annual report of
the Myanmar National Human
Rights Commission,
Chairman U Win Mya explained
the activities of the
commission. Parliamentarians
suggested the MNHRC
needs to do more across the
country and stand as a reliable
and independent body
for Myanmar people. The
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw also
approved the Boiler Bill,
which had been subject to
disagreements between the
two houses of parliament,
and invited MPs to discuss
the amendment of Article
436 (A) and (B) in the 2008
Constitution."...Pyithu Hluttaw: Authorities to take preventive measures
against DHF in Kyaukpyu: "Nay Pyi Taw, 16 June
— Arrangements have been
made for dredging drains
in urban area of Kyaukpyu,
Rakhine State, to prevent
outbreak of dengue haemorrhagic
fever, Deputy Minister
at the President Office
U Kyaw Kyaw Win replied
to questions of U Ba Shein
of Kyaukpyu constituency
at the Tuesday?s session of
Pyithu Hluttaw.
The MP asked about
infection of DHF in Sanpya,
Zeditaung and Rakhine
Paikseik wards in Kyaukpyu
due to blocks of drains
in the rainy season, reclamation
of new wards for
odd-job people and the plan
for taking action against
illegal use of pavements,
sewerage lanes and vacant
areas.
He said that local authorities
cooperate with
Public Health Department
and volunteers in carrying
out sanitation for prevention
of common diseases in the
rainy season such as malaia,
DHF and elephantiasis
in Kyaukpyu and for raising
public awareness of health
knowledge with health
care services at schools and
hospitals.
U Kyaw Kyaw Win
added that departments concerned
will scrutinize the illegal
use of pavements and
the sewerage lanes in the urban
area and seek legal advices
from the departments
for managing the use of vacant
lands. In doing so, local
authorities will provide
assistance for needy persons
in cooperation with social
organizations."...Amyotha Hluttaw: Myanmar-India transport project under
way in Chin State: "Nay Pyi Taw, 16 June
— Myanmar is implementing
a transit transport project
in Chin State that will
connect the country with
neighbouring India, Deputy
Minister for Transport U
Han Sein told the Amyotha
Hluttaw on Tuesday.
U Whae Yein, MP for
Chin State constituency
11, asked about the Union
government? plan regarding
the Kaladan Multi-
Modal Transit Transport
Project in the western Myanmar
state.
The deputy minister
said the waterway along
Kaladan River is being
dredged, and discussions
are in progress on building
a motorway to the Indian
border.
The project will link
Rakhine and Chin states
to India?s eastern seaport
of Kolkata, as well as its
landlocked northeastern
state of Mizoram through
a newly constructed river
and highway transport system.
U Nyunt Tin, MP of
Yangon region constituency
2, proposed to the Upper
House to form an independent
commission of
traffic accident prevention.
U Ohn Tin, MP of
Rakhine state constituency
10, complained about
the erection of illegitimate
party signboards that mimic
the name of registered
political party.
Union Election Commission
member U Myint
Naing said the electoral
body has instructed its
sub-commission in Rakhine
State to prohibit such
illegal signboards.".....
NOTIFICATIONS: Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Union Election Commission,
Nay Pyi Taw,
Notification No. 12/2015,
15th Waning Day of Nayon, 1377 ME
(16 June, 2015):
88 Generation Democracy Party allowed to
register as political party.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Kyimyindine Station upgrade raises
heritage, conservation concerns...Information for Public
Remonstration...Information for Public
Remonstration...National Development Party,
Women?s Party (Mon) apply for
registration as political parties...Draft Myanmar
Companies Law available
on DICA?s website...Video highlights importance of nutrition
in first 1,000 days...Top performers in Buddhist culture
course honoured...Farmers hope for rains in Magway Township...Kawthoung landslide destroys home,
injuring resident...Retirees gather at annual meeting in Kyaukme...Palethwe paddy yields more than 260 baskets per
acre in Nyaungshwe Tsp...Local
farmers
receive
paddy seeds
for food
sufficiency...Mandalay Region
targets 75% rice
sufficiency in 2015...Students attend lectures on dangers
of drugs...Conference seeks to reduce
traffic congestions...ADB to help Myanmar banks boost risk
management capacity for SME lending.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends
messages of felicitations to
President, PM of Iceland...Myanmar eyes good image in hosting
CLMV, ACMECS Summits...Vice President U Nyan Tun
visits Nuclear Research
Institute in Moscow...OIC Special Envoy
visits Myanmar...Chinese journalist delegation visits Nay Pyi Taw...Union FM sends
messages of felicitations
to Republic of Iceland...Indian Embassy holds competition to
celebrate World Yoga Day...Victorious Myanmar athletes
back from 28th SEA Games.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Defeat can teach valuable
lessons" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Hot Pursuit vis-à-vis Populism in Statecraft" by Sonu Trivedi
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President tours archaeological site at
Beikthano heritage zone...Workshop raises awareness of human rights issues...Agriculture dept aims to increase paddy cultivation...Immigration dept issues citizenship
cards, household registrations...War veterans take course to
improve job skills...Minister inspects construction of Meiktila detour...Speaker honours outstanding matriculation
students in Zeyathiri Township...Foundation provides surgery for children
with cleft lip, palate -
By Khaing Thanda Lwin...Two men convicted
over knife
attack on car...Kaymu launches mobile app for iOS users in Myanmar - By Khaing Thanda Lwin.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Gov?t consults importers, exporters over
surge in dollar exchange rate - By Ye Myint...Myanmar?s U23 reach SEA Games
gold medal match......President U Thein Sein
congratulates medalists,
U-23 football team.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Schools must promote
students? health" - By Aung Khin... ?THANK YOU FOR SAVING MY LIFE” -
Dr. Aung Soe @ Aung Kyaw Moe
Retired State Medical Superintendent.....ARTICLE: "Strategies to Slow Myanmar Kyat Depreciation" - U Aye Chan.....ADVERTISEMENT & GENERAL: Shipping notices
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS: PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw hears report on
disputed mine project: Nay Pyi Taw, 11 June
— A progress report concerning
a disputed copper
mine project was read out
at the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
on Thursday.
U Than Tun Aung,
Deputy Minister for Mines,
read out the progress report
of the committee responsible
for the investigative
report on the Letpadaung
copper mine project.
According to the
profit-sharing ratio of the
modified contract, the government
will receive 51
percent while Myanmar
Economic Holdings Ltd
and the Myanmar Wanbao
Company will take 19 percent
and 30 percent respectively,
the deputy minister
said.
The new contract requires
the project to annually
contribute US $1
million for regional development
activities at its construction
period, 2 percent
of its annual profits at its
production period, and $2
mil for reclamation activities
at its shutdown.
The copper mine project
has employed 1,678
local people and 336 from
other areas. According to
the progress report, 37 of
42 suggestions made in the
investigative report have
been implemented.
MNA...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw discusses
communications problems,
land ownership dispute: Nay Pyi Taw, 11
June — U Myint Shwe
of the Waw constituency
asked the Pyithu Hluttaw
on Thursday about possible
solutions to communications
problems facing
Nyaungkhashay village despite
mobile towers having
been erected.
U Win Than, Deputy
Minister for Communications
and Information
Technology, in response
said transmitting antennae
are still to be installed but
are expected to be completed
in late October.
Plans are under way
to install 99 more mobile
phone base station towers
in the eastern part of Bago
Region, with the deputy
minister saying Telenor
Myanmar Limited has
completed two of five towers
in Waw, while Ooredoo
Myanmar Limited is working
on six towers in the
town.
U Paw Khin of the Natogyi
constituency asked
for settlement of a land
ownership dispute arising
from land grabbing for
the construction of Yangon-
Mandalay Highway in
Pyinsi village.
Brig-Gen Kyaw Zan
Myint, Deputy Minister
for Home Affairs, spoke of
investigations and hearings
by the village?s land management
committee.
The land management
committee of Mandalay
Region ordered the return
of 3.17 acres of land to the
original owner. The disputed
land covers a 4.52-acre
area, the deputy minister
said.—MNA...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw approves amendment bill
on referendum law: Nay Pyi Taw, 11 June
— The Amyotha Hluttaw
approved bills Thursday
to hold a referendum on
constitutional reform and
amend the Myanmar Town
and Village Lands Act.
MPs continued
Wednesday?s debate on
construction of a diversion
dam on Thanlwin River.
U Myo Myint, MP of
Mandalay region constituency
6, suggested central
areas and southeastern parts
of Myanmar need the dam
to address annual drought
and floods.
Regarding the proposal,
Daw Khin Waing Kyi
of Yangon region constituency
remarked the mega
projects should have social
and environmental benefits
without putting a burden on
the state and the people.
U Sai San Min, MP
of Shan state constituency
3, opposed the project
saying that locals are worried
about floods if the
dam or reservoir collapses
due to earthquake. He also
remarked that a ceasefire
agreement is a prerequisite
to developing these infrastructures,
so as not to fuel
conflicts among the government
military and ethnic
armed groups.
U Kywe Khan, MP of
Chin state constituency 1,
suggested suspension of the
diversion dam, saying reforestation
plans should be
implemented to conserve
water resources in the central
region and northern and
western areas of the country.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Information for Public
Remonstration...Zo National Regional
Development Party
applies for registration
as political party...Farmers receive Palethwe hybrid paddy seeds
as poppy substitute...School leaders discuss private education law...Nyaungtay Bridge in
Myanaung Tsp ready for use...Local authorities upgrade
Lahagyi-Theingon-
Wayonchaung road...Local regiment releases
parcels of confiscated
farmland...Respect paid to teachers,
vehicle donated to social
presented the land to lo- welfare association...Supporting dam reduces annual flood damage...MYANMAR GAZETTE...EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, China discuss peace and
stability in border regions...Myanmar Investment
Commission gives nods to 15
local, foreign firms in June...MRTV channels to
broadcast live Myanmar-
Thai Sepak Takraw final...Vietnam conference seeks sustainable
tourism strategies for Mekong nations - By Ye Myint...8 companies vie to run
state-owned fertilizer
factory...President U Thein Sein sends
messages of felicitations to Russian
Federation, the Philippines...Myanmar, China to
further strengthen
friendly ties...Myanmar prepares 7th CLMV Summit,
6th ACMECS Summit...Union FM sends messages
of felicitations to Russian,
Philippine counterparts... Expo showcases South Korean products...Workshop discusses plight of international migrant workers...Meeting of High level Task Force
(HLTF) on ASEAN Community?s
Post-2015 Vision concludes...Myanmar delegation attends Meeting of
Economic and Social Council...Myanmar athletes participate in 28th SEA Games...Victorious Myanmar
athletes back from 28th
SEA Games.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Time for politicians to
think seriously about
campaign promises" By Myint Win Thein.....ARTICLE: "Self-Reliance": -
Kyi Mun...
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS: PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw raises questions on land disputes - Nay Pyi Taw, 12 June
— Deputy Minister for
Defence Maj-Gen Kyaw
Nyunt responded to questions
on land disputes at the
Pyithu Hluttaw session on
Friday.
Representative U Khin
Maung Nyo of Pauk Constituency
raised questions
on land confiscated for a
factory of the Ministry of
Defence. He requested the
ministry pay decent compensation
to land owners,
relocate posts on the land,
and allow farmers to grow
crops on vacant land.
The deputy minister
said that a total of 3,390
acres of land were confiscated
for construction of a
factory for defence industry
in Pauk Township and compensation
of K17.4 million
was paid to land owners in
2011.
He also added that
peasants are allowed to
grow crops in places where
security of the factory cannot
be breached, while posts
will not be relocated, as
they have been erected in
the correct places.
Representative U Zaw
Tun of Moemauk Constituency
asked whether
the ministry has plans to
release 67 acres of land
owned by 12 farmers in his
constituency.
The deputy minister
said the land was confiscated
for an artillery regiment
and families of the regiment
are working on the land at
present.
However, the land is
too close to military facilities
and cannot be returned
to former land owners, the
deputy minister added.
Representative U Ye
Tun of Hsipaw Constituency
raised a question about
40 acres of land confiscated
by a battalion in his constituency.
The deputy minister
said the land will be released
to the former owners.
The Pyithu Hluttaw approved
the bill for television
and radio broadcasting sent
back by the Amyotha Hluttaw.
—MNA.....OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Central and work committees meet for successful
convening of Hluttaw sessions...Gov?t must examine proposed changes to ceasefire
deal: senior MPC adviser...Donations fund cochlear implant
surgery for children...High-yield Palethwe paddy seeds
planted in Nyaungshwe Tsp...YCDC puts low-cost housing complex
out to tender...CCDAC manages
anti-drug campaign
for Yinmar project...Kyaukme Tsp honours basketball team...Pre-school students
receive medical
checkups...Betel plantations thriving in Pobbathiri Tsp...1,200 saplings planted in monsoon tree-growing ceremony...Chinese Wushu master trains Myanmar students...Local youths attend talks on
maternal, child healthcare...Pinlebu TV begins digital
broadcasting.....EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Financial institutions meet to deal
with dollar exchange rate surge...MRTV channels, radio to
broadcast live semifinal
Myanmar-Vietnam
semifinal football match...GMS Economic Corridors Forum eyes
establishment of new special economic
zones in Mekong...Union Industry
Minister meets
German delegation...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives
Chinese ambassador...Thai PM, Union Minister award champion Thai team
in Sepak Takraw event...Spectators leave for Singapore to
give cheers to Myanmar U-23 team...Myanmar
athletes back
from Singapore...Myanmar have gold on
minds ahead of semifinal clash
with Vietnam - By Ye Myint....."PERSPECTIVES": "Instability and poverty
have hand in migration
problem" - By Kyaw Thura.....ARTICLE: "Let him go the way he is destined to" - Aye Pe (Padaung).
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Constitution amendment bill submitted to
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 10 June
— Constitution amendment
bill was submitted to
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw by MP
U Thein Zaw of Myitkyina
Township constituency on
Wednesday.
The report of the Jointbill
Committee on amendment
bills of the Penal Code
and the Criminal Procedure
Law was submitted by MP
U Tin Oo from Yangon region
constituency 11 to the
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, and
the bicameral parliament
approved the bills and send
them back to the Supreme
Court of Union.
Pyithu Hluttaw MP
Daw Tin Nwe Oo discussed
Myanmar?s investment
in the Asia Infrastructure
Investment Bank
and Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
approved the investment
plan."...Pyithu Hluttaw: Surveys to be conducted for
construction of a new bridge
in Chin state: "Nay Pyi Taw, 10 June
— Ministry of Construction
will conduct surveys
on designs and cost for construction
of a new bridge in
Palatwa Township in Chin
state that will link with Rakhine
state crossing Kaladan
River.
The cost will be submitted
to the Union government
and Pyidaungsu Hluttaw in
2016-2017 fiscal year for approval
after being estimated
the cost, said Deputy Minister
for Construction U Soe
Tint to Pyithu Hluttaw on
Wednesday. U Soe Tint said
the bridge should have the
length of 1,200 feet and 50
feet height from the maximum
water level of the river.
Under the management
of Sagaing region government,
experts from the Department
of Archaeological
Research and National Museum
under the Ministry of
Culture will conserve the
historic Kyatdauntkan Lake
which is one of the tourist
attractions in Myanmar.
This archaeological site
was last maintained by the
state budget K 6.8 million
in 2002-2003 fiscal year, but
there is no budget allocation
for this in 2014-2015 fiscal
year and 2015-2016 fiscal
year."...Amyotha Hluttaw: MPs debate proposal on construction of diversion dam
from Thanlwin River: "Nay Pyi Taw, 10 June
— Amyotha Hluttaw session
on Wednesday debated
proposal on construction
of a diversion dam from the water course of Thanlwin
River.
U Myo Myint, MP
of Mandalay region constituency
6, proposed the
construction of a diversion
dam to address drought
and flood in middle and
eastern part of Myanmar.
Representative of Defence
Services Lt-Cmdr Aung
Phyo Kyaw said the project
should not be implemented
immediate as the project
will need international aid
for surveys, investment
and conservation works, as
well as the consent of local
people and cooperation of
neighbouring countries.
U Htay Aung, MP of
Mandalay region constituency
12, supported the
proposal saying that the diversion dam project will be
implemented as it can benefit
agricultural sector and
hydropower generation in
Kayin and Mon states.
U Sai Thant Zin, MP
of Shan state constituency
4, objected the project, with
the remark that Thanlwin
River is flowing through
conflict zones and misunderstanding
on this project
will turn out hindrance on
peace making process.
Daw Nang Ni Ni Aye,
MP of Kayin state constituency
6, backed the project,
noting that it will help develop
the region in the long
term.".....
DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein says preservation of Inlay
region needs joint effort...Inlay Lake inscribed as Myanmar?s
first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve...Union Information Minister meets artists from
Myanmar Music Association...Saplings bring green to Bawdi Tahtaung
religious region...Two old
shells found
in dredging
North Meiktila
Lake...People with disabilities receive help with
artificial limbs, braces...Philanthropic school provides free
teaching to matric students...Teachers from monastic education
schools attend course...Social organizations donate
uniforms, stationery to students...Students view round wall
magazine, photo show...MNHRC disseminates human rights knowledge to
departmental officials...Rural road upgraded to
gravel one in Myanaung Tsp...Chief Minister discusses plan to assign gem plots...Border Affairs Ministry, WFP jointly
implement food supply project...UNESCO designates Inlay Lake as
biosphere reserve.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar Peace Centre team to meet
ethnic armed groups in Chiang Mai...Inlay Lake inscribed as Myanmar?s
first UNESCO Biosphere Reserve...Amity among
parties vital, UEC
chairman tells
politics students...Pyithu Hluttaw Rule of
Law and Tranquility
Committee Chairperson
pays visit to China...Fourth lot of Myanmar
fishermen arrives in
Yangon from Indonesia...Union A&I Minister meets FAO
Director-General, IFAD Vice President...Union Construction Minister views roads,
bridges, buildings in China...Myanmar youth golfers to take
part in Mercedes-Benz Junior Golf
Championships Asian Master Final 2015...Japan grants US$478,088 for schools
and medical facilities...Thailand win Group B;
Myanmar take Group A.....
"PERSPECTIVE": "Blood donations vital for
saving lives" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Clean mind, clean body, clean environment" by Myo Myint
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Finance Ministry seeks approval of parliament for
investment in infrastructure bank: "Nay Pyi Taw, 9 June
— Finance Ministry has
decided to invest US$264.5
million in a new infrastructure
bank, and the ministry
submitted proposal to Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw for the
approval of $52.9 million,
20 percent of investment at
the initial stage.
The Memorandum of
Understanding of the Asian
Infrastructure Investment
Bank which will be headquartered
in Chinese capital
Beijing has specified that
the authorized capital of
AIIB will be $100 billion
with an initial subscribed
capital of $50 billion.
If Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
has approved the investment,
Myanmar will have
to contribute $52.9 million
every year to AIIB for 10
years.
Union Minister for
National Planning and Economic
Development Dr
Kan Zaw supported the proposal,
with saying that Myanmar
is capable of investing
the amount of capital.
Deputy Minister for
Home Affairs Brigadier
General Kyaw Zan Myint
explained the reports of
investigation commission
on land confiscation cases,
calling for the cooperation
of parliamentarians in respective
areas.
Deputy Minister for
Defence Services Maj-Gen
Kyaw Nyunt clarified land
release of the military as
possible as it could, and
additional 20,735. 13 acre
of land will be handed over
under the management of
military commands and
land management committees
in respective areas."...Amyotha Hluttaw: Amyotha Hluttaw passes two bills for
antiques and ancient buildings: "Nay Pyi Taw, 9 June
— The Amyotha Hluttaw
session on Tuesday passed
two bills for conservation
of antiques and ancient
buildings.
A member of the
Amyotha Hluttaw Bill
Committee read out the
findings of the committee
on the bill for conservation
of antiques and the Amyotha
Hluttaw speaker sought
the approval of the session
for each clause of the bill.
Then, Union Minister
for Culture U Aye Myint
Kyu sought the approval
of the session for the entire
bill, which was seconded
by a representative and approved
by the session later.
Afterwards, another
member of the bill committee
reported the committee?s
findings on the
bill for conservation of
ancient buildings and the
union minister sought the
approval of the session. A
representative discussed in
support of the bill and it
was approved by the session.
Concerning the question
on research of primates
of about 40 million
years ago, the union minister
said that the ministry
has no plan to continue
with the research at the
moment and explained the
tasks carried for primate
research at the session.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein inspects Inlay Lake
conservation works...Union information
minister meets
journalism students...Breeder touts earning potential of
aquatic crustacean...Trend of Myanmar Anyient to be
broadcast by MRTV channels...Three illustrated books
available for children...Media invited to attend 52nd Myanma Gems Emporium...Teachers undertake course in Kyaukme...MRCCI eyes market promotion, economic cooperation...Engineering students contest
Rector?s Cup football tournament...Agriculture Department aims to
discourage poppy cultivation...New building opens at rural school...Natogyi Tsp Sub-commission
supervises announcement of
electoral rolls...Traffic education campaign
targets motorcyclists...Court workers begin (Mandalay)
on-the-job training...Four districts in
Mandalay Region
announce voter
lists...Officials clarify tax law amendments...High-rise construction
to blame for parking
shortage: MCDC...Victorious Myanmar medalists arrive home.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar vs. Cambodia match to be broadcast live...President
U Thein Sein sends
messages of felicitations
to Portuguese...Union A&I Minister attends 39th session of
FAO conference...Union FM
felicitates
Portuguese
counterpart...Tourism conference draws delegates
from around world...Foreigners study Myanmar language...Myanmar wins gold medal in
canoeing event...Victorious Myanmar medalists arrive home...Myanmar golfers to take
part in 28th SEA Games...Meet the youngest swimmer in the pool.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Trust must be earned,
not bought" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Nanyang Polytechnic of Singapore" by Sayar Mya
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyithu Hluttaw: Govt negotiates ODA loan for water supply
in Yangon townships: "Nay Pyi Taw, 8 June
— The government is negotiating
an official development
assistance loan from
Japan to supply fresh water
to wards on the far bank of
the Kyimyindine and other
townships in Yangon, Deputy
Minister at the President
Office U Kyaw Kyaw Win
told the Pyithu Hluttaw session
on Monday. On completion of the
first phase of the project,
the government will be able
to distribute 60 million gallons
of drinking water to the
designated areas, the deputy
minister added.
The government distributed
3.5 million gallons
of water to the wards on the
far bank of Kyimyindine last
summer, according to the
deputy minister.
In response to another
raised at the session, Deputy
Minister for Finance Dr
Maung Maung Thein, said
it is impossible to return the
Sein Brother Building on Pansodan Street and warehouses
on 36th Street to its
former owner, because the
buildings were confiscated
by the state in 1986 and the
privatization committee has
decided to maintain them as
public property.
The buildings were
also the subject of a civil
suit, according to the deputy
minister. In response to a
question about upgrading
schools, Deputy Minister for
Education U Thant Shin said
that some schools cannot be
upgraded into middle and
high schools as they fail to
meet the set criteria."...Amyotha Hluttaw: Amyotha Hluttaw
raises questions on
underground water,
farm oxen: "Nay Pyi Taw, 8 June
— Representatives at the
Amyotha Hluttaw raised
questions on underground
water and slaughtering of
farm oxen, as well as discussing
the emergency motion
on boat people at the
Monday session.
Deputy Minister for
Agriculture and Irrigation
U Khin Zaw said research
for the utilization of underground
water for the whole
country is a comprehensive
task that should be carried
out under the guidance of
a national-level water resources
management committee,
and his ministry
will cooperate with others
concerned.
Concerning the question
on farm oxen, Member
of Nay Pyi Taw Council U
Phone Zaw Han said development
affairs committees
around the country permit
slaughtering of oxen in
accordance with rules and
regulations, and action is
taken against those who export
or kill more oxen than
permitted.
Representatives later
discussed the motion urging
the union government
to adopt a firm policy on
boat people.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Upper House passes boat
people motion in landslide...Ancient Pyu stone inscription
discovered in Thazi Township...UEC holds press
conference on collecting
preliminary voter list...Plans under way to build small
power stations in rural areas...Local youths attend rescue course...Mandalay aims to abolish
plastic shopping bags...Farmers attend mechanized harvesting demonstration...University students visit
organic vegetable farms
in Inlay Region...Local residents dredge earthen lakes for rainwater storage...Farmers cultivate
monsoon paddy on
reclaimed land...Kanbalu Tsp extends electricity supply to villages...Myanma Railways
carries out track
maintenance...Volunteers
make plasticfree
urban in
Myaingyin...Township officials discuss storage of
chemical precursors...Football fans welcome home history-making U-20 team.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice president joins ceremony to mark 65th anniversary
of Myanmar-Sino diplomatic relations...Upper House passes boat
people motion in landslide...Myanmar hands over verified Bangladeshi nationals
among those rescued by Myanmar Navy...U Aung Khin Soe
concurrently accredited as
Ambassador to Bhutan...Upper House speaker gives address at
Australian National University...SWRR Ministry provides cash assistance to senior
citizens, homes for the aged and philanthropic schools...Myanmar receives UN award for
reduction of hunger...Football fans welcome home history-making U-20 team.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Honesty needs decent
rules to survive" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "SOURCE OF CHILDREN?S LITERATURE" by Maung Hlaing
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President looks into West Yangon
General Hospital...MJA offers exchange visit for excellent Myanmar
matriculation students...Police rescue 22 human
trafficking victims in May...Local farmers receive
poppy-alternative crops...Advocates discuss legal aid law (draft)...Mandalay Region secures 38.56 percent
of pass rate in 2015 matriculation exam...Mahlaing Tsp records top pass rate in
matriculation exam...Ministers, local residents participate in tree
growing ceremony...UEC issues notification...Stone age mural paintings discovered
in Ywangan Tsp...Union Minister
delivers speech at
hotel service courses
in Rakhine State...Computer painting contest marks International Day
against Drug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking...Mobile school accepts cash
and stationery...Trainees
complete
manual
trades
course
in Dawei...Winners bag prizes in bullock-cart and equestrian contests...Myanmar Women?s Sports
Federation welcomes back
silver medalist walker...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw delegation leaves for Malaysia...Myanmar sports teams leave
for Singapore...Sedona Hotel Yangon set to open new wing in late 2015.....
EXTERNAL RELATION: Myanmar, Indian businessmen concentrate
on development of bilateral trade, investment...Myanmar, Chinese FMs
exchange messages to
mark 65th anniversary
of the establishment of
diplomatic relations...
Myanmar demolishes Philippines, 5-1...Union Minister for Sports honours Myanmar athletes in SEA Games.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "The destiny of the country lies
in the capable hands of teachers" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "An Expedition into the Past" by Dr. Saw Mra Aung
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Ayeyawady Region boasts highest pass
rate in matriculation exams...Toddy farms in danger of disappearance...New school building under construction in Lewe Tsp...Power-tillers sold through installment to farmers
in Pyinmana Township...Myanmar Railways invites bids for
Kyimyindine Station development...Planting ceremony marks World
Environment Day...Community prepares
to celebrate Venerable
Parama?s centenary...Combined effort for peace will save locals from
armed conflict: Pyithu Hluttaw speaker...Traditional pottery techniques survive
in Sagaing Region village...World Bank framework will improve
electricity, services: gov?t...World Environment Day 2015:
Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care
At the Crossroad of Becoming a Sustainable Myanmar.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Men?s canoeists clinch Myanmar?s first gold of 28th SEA Games...Myanmar vs. Philippines
match to be broadcast live...Myanmar to uphold int?l responsibility on boat people: gov?t...World Environment Day 2015:
Seven Billion Dreams. One Planet. Consume with Care
At the Crossroad of Becoming a Sustainable Myanmar...Myanmar aim to secure early
semifinal berth against Philippines.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Dignity more important
than victory or defeat" by Aung Khin.......
ARTICLE: "MODEL MARKETING" by Kyi Mun..."Yathey Taung Hill at Thawuhti" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja
Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyithu Hluttaw: Self-reliant electrification projects
carried out in some villages: councilor: "Nay Pyi Taw, 5 June
— Self-reliant electrification
projects had to be carried
out in some villages
with the consent of locals
as spending state budget
on electrification of over
63,000 villages in the entire
country will reduce the
spending for other important
sectors, Nay Pyi Taw
Council member U Phone
Zaw Han told the Friday
session of the Pyithu Hluttaw.
The council member
was replying to a question
raised by U Phyo Zeyar
Thaw of Pobbathiri Constituency,
who asked about the
collection of K267.68 million
from farmers to electrify
14 villages in Pobbathiri
Township this fiscal year.
The council member
said village electricity supply
committees estimated
expenditures for power supply
works before collecting
the money from local
farmers under supervision
of district and township
electrification committees.
Authorities in Nay Pyi Taw
Council Area coordinate
with the Ministry of Electric
Power to supply electricity
to local people residing near
the power grid, he added.
U Myint Soe of Pyawbwe
Constituency asked
whether there is a plan to
build toilets at pagodas,
religious edifices, sites of
cultural heritage and public
places. Deputy Minister
for Religious Affairs Dr
Maung Maung Htay replied
that toilets have been built
at separate areas of famous
religious edifices. However,
some boards of trustees cannot
afford to build toilets.
Likewise, most buildings at
cultural zones have not yet
been equipped with public
toilets.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Environmental conservation a national duty: president...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife hoist umbrella
atop pagoda, comfort patients at military hospital...Departmental officials need to accept good
opportunity for relations with media...Postponement of general elections only likely in
face of disaster and instability: UEC...Hospital sees rise in female patients
living on streets...Archway opened, religious objects enshrined at Jade Pagoda...Nay Pyi Taw Council member supervises regional
development tasks...Bago Region sports
grounds set
for maintenance...Public Health Dept team treats
villagers, shares knowledge...Mogok Lake dredged
to increase capacity, cut
flood risk...Needy students receive
uniforms, stationery...MCDC election campaign hits
home stretch...Mandalay Region gov?t assigns
regional projects...Police officers check
sales of prohibited
chemicals, medicines...Five star performance gives hosts hope.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, UK business chambers agree to
strengthen partnership...President U Thein Sein
sends messages of
felicitations to Sweden...Union FM sends
message of
felicitations to
Sweden...JICA to assist water
supply for urban areas
in Pyigyidagun Tsp.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Make most of young minds for
good of nation" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLES: "Food wastage versus
world hunger" by Hla Maung..."Welcoming new partners to fight an old
enemy: Poverty" by Jim Yong Kim
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: MPs discuss plan to borrow
K400 billion as agricultural
loan from CBM: "Nay Pyi Taw, 4 June
— Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on
Thursday put the trip of
President U Thein Sein and
party to Asia Africa Summit
from 21 to 24 April
2015 in Indonesia and the
trip to ASEAN Summit
in Malaysia from 26 to 28
April 2015 on record.
Member of Joint Bill
Committee U Aung Mya
Than sought the approval
from the Hluttaw for
the bill on rights of peo-ple with disabilities sent
back by the President with
amendments.
Joint Bill Committee
member U Khin Maung
Shwe also sought the approval
from the Hluttaw
for the Myanmar Accountancy
Council bill.
MP U Aung Nyein of
Magway Region Constituency
No 2, MP U Sein Win
of Maubin Constituency,
MP U Tin Maung Oo of
Shwepyitha Constituency
and MP U Myint Oo of
Thanatpin Constituency
discussed a plan sent by
the president for borrowing
K400 billion as agricultural
loans from Central
Bank of Myanmar for
2015-16 FY.
Deputy Minister for
Agriculture and Irrigation
U Ohn Than and Deputy
Finance Minister Dr Lin
Aung explained plans to
deliver the loans to farmers.
Deputy Minister Daw
Nay Pyi Taw, 4 June
— Myanmar U-20 team
will play against host New
Zealand in the (A) group
match in the FIFA U-20
World Cup at 1.30 pm
Myanmar standard time
on 5 June.
Myanmar, New Zealand in U-20
match, opening of SEA Games to be
broadcast live
MRTV News Channel,
MRTV Entertainment
Channel and Myanmar
Radio will broadcast the
football match live at 1.30
pm and after the 9 pm news
programme.
Moreover, MRTV
News Channel, MRTV
Entertainment Channel
and Myanmar Radio will
broadcast the opening ceremony
of the 28th SEA
Games held in Singapore at
6.30 pm Myanmar standard
time on 5 June.—MNA
Win Maw Tun reviewed
the discussions of MPs
over the report of the employees
and employers
rights assessment joint
commission and progress
of setting the minimum
wage sent by the president."...Pyithu Hluttaw: Pyithu Hluttaw session covers
teacher vacancies, ferry service: "Nay Pyi Taw, 4 June —
Pyithu Hluttaw MPs raised
queries on waterway transport,
mini hydropower projects
and hiring of teachers
Thursday during the 58th
day session of the Lower
House.
U Saw Htut Khaung
Lwin from Kyainn-Seikkyi
Township constituency in
Kayin State asked the Ministry
of Transport about progress
on repairs on a ferry
boat crossing the Athtayan
River.
Deputy Minister for Transport U Han Sein said
the vessel is being repaired
at Thanlwin shipyard and is
expected to return to the river
in July.
Daw Sandar Min, MP
from Zabuthiri constituency,
asked for construction of a
mini hydropower project on
Nant Salain creek in fiscal
2016-2017.
Deputy Minister U
Maw Tha Htwe said the
creek has no steep slope and
is suitable for a reservoir
rather than a hydropower
plant. The deputy minister,
however, said a hydropower
plant would be constructed
on Honehnyi creek, which
has a potential capacity of 5
megawatts in rainy season,
and could be a site for two
plants.
MP U Tin Htay Aung
of Yesagyo Township urged
the government to fill vacancies
of teachers immediately
in some villages of his constituency
as the school season
has started.
Deputy Minister for Education
U Thant Shin said
the ministry has appointed
new teachers in schools, and
the required teachers will be
appointed on a daily payment
basis under the management
of the state government.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Tatmadaw discharges
another 51 minors from
military service...Myanmar yoga enthusiasts set to join
international celebrations...Lawwaw National
Unity and
Development
Party applies for
registration as
political party...Information for Public
Remonstration...Country?s 2nd-largest bronze bell installed at Shwetaungsa Pagoda in Dawei...Students view construction of new
Meiktila Lake bridge...Hawnan Building reopens to visitors...Bronze
statue of
king to be
erected for
Sagaing
anniversary...Anti-drug art
competition held in
Pyinmana Tsp...Wall magazine, photo
show depict anti-drug
campaign...Foundation helps improve rural lives through
small loan enterprises...Chinlone clubs demonstrate
skills in contest...Mandalay Region government
concentrates on financial development...MU Chemistry Dept
provides assistance to
ailing faculty members...Well-wisher donates stationery to basic
education students...Cyclists plan ride for World Environment Day.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice President U Nyan Tun to attend opening
ceremony of 28th SEA Games in Singapore...Myanmar, New Zealand in U-20
match, opening of SEA Games to be
broadcast live...Union FM meets
diplomats, UN agency
officials at new briefing...Myanmar businesses invited to take part in
Thailand lighting exhibition...Yangon Region marks School Enrolment Day...Mistake by goalie Syazwan sees Singapore lose 1?2 to Myanmar.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Investing in education the
smartest choice" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Foundation helps improve rural lives through
small loan enterprises" by Htay Aung
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Security forces on right
track to fight against
illegal trade: "Nay Pyi Taw, 3 June
— Union Commerce Minister
U Win Myint said on
Wednesday the illegal trade
control measures of mobile
teams are being taken in
collaboration with Myanmar
Police Force, navy and
Air Force.
MP U Than Myint of
Salingyi Township constituency
made a query about
the government?s plans to
enforce safety measures for
the staff controlling illegal
trade, and educative programmes
to be aware of the
danger of illegally imported
food items.
The commerce minister
said security measures
for the members of mobile
teams are being taken by 27
officers and 98 members of
various ranks from MPF.
He added that the ministry
has promoting trade
and awareness on food
safety measures in states/
regions in collaboration
with the respective minis-
Security forces on right
track to fight against
illegal trade
tries and other organizations
by educating students
and teachers, as well as
school vendors to ensure
food safety at schools.
MP U Than Win from
Taungdwingyi constituency
asked the impacts of exchange
rate fluctuation on
the country.
Deputy Governor U
Set Aung of the Central
Bank Myanmar said Myanmar
has varieties of exchange
rate, in addition to
illegal exchange rate market
as in other countries.
He also added that currency
rates in Myanmar and other
countries have declined as
the Federal Reserve Bank
of the United States has
increased its interest rate
in 2014. He noted that the
Central Bank of Myanmar
is controlling local currency
rate by addressing illegal
monetary market.
Pyithu Hluttaw then
approved the amendment
bill on the Union Election
Commission Law."...Pyithu Hluttaw: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw suspends approval for bill
amendment of Myanmar Mining Law: "Nay Pyi Taw, 3 June—
The Speaker of Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw announced suspension
to approve the bill
amendment of Myanmar
Mining Law at the 54thday
session of Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw Wednesday.
The Joint Bill Committee
submitted a report
that the Condominium
Bill was amended with
31 points and 17 points of
some MPs. Their amendments
may directly serve
the interest of the people.
Thus, the joint bill committee
needs to take time for
holding coordination to improve
the bill."...Amyotha Hluttaw: Tax exemption on school bus imports concerned
with Union government: "Nay Pyi Taw, 3 June
— Tax exemption on the
import of school buses can
only be allowed by the approval
of Union government,
said Deputy Minister
for Commerce Dr Pwint
Hsan to Amyoth Hluttaw
on Wednesday.
MP Dr Myat Nyana
Soe of Yangon region constituency
4 urged the Ministry
of Commerce for tax
exemption on school bus
and prohibition of private
cars to send children to
schools.
Dr Pwint Hsan said tax
exemption scheme is a possibility
with the approval of
Union government under
the maritime custom law on
trades and the custom law,
adding that the Custom Department
will have to incur
the 5 percent commerce tax
and the 2 percent advance
income tax for every unit of
school buses.
He also said there is no
plan to prohibit private cars
for being used to send children
to schools.
Dr Myat Nyana Soe,
also the secretary of Amyotha
Hluttaw Bill Committee,
read out the report of
Pyithu Hluttaw to Amyotha
Hluttaw on the amendment
bill on referendum law to
modify the 2008 State constitution.
The report said temporary
national registration
card holders are ineligible
for voting rights and that
the approval of Pyithu
Hluttaw should be confirmed.
U Sai Paung Nap of
Shan state constituency 12
and Daw Khin Waing Kyi
of Yangon region constituency
1 suggested the bill
on conservation of ancient
buildings.
Amyoth Hluttaw Bill
Committee decided the
suggestions of parliamentarians.".....
NOTIFICATION: Republic of the Union of Myanmar:
Union Election Commission:
Nay Pyi Taw:
Notification No.14/2015:
2nd Waning Day of Nayon, 1377 ME
(3 June, 2015):
New Society Party allowed to
register as political party.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: MIC refuses to comment on Myakyunthar Park
project in Yangon...Information for Public
Remonstration...Eastern Shan State
Development Democratic Party
applies for registration as
political party...Commander-in-Chief describes healthy, educated human
resources as important to national development...Illegal goods
incinerated
in Muse...Course aims to improve standard of primary teaching...Local
farmers
encouraged
to grow
poppyalternative
crops...Rainy season damage restricts buses on Kalewa-Yagyi Road...New bridge in Kyauktan Tsp nears completion...Photographers
get opportunity
to show skills...Bronze bell placed in
precinct of Shwetaungsar
Pagoda in Dawei...Billboards erected in
anti-drug campaign...Football tournament puts
spotlight on emerging players...Nurturing the Young...Foresters forecast
impacts of
climate change...Union minister views thriving organic
vegetable plants.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar deploying all diplomatic means with country concerned
through diplomatic channel to send boat people back to place of origin...UN special envoy calls on ethnic leaders to get
ceasefire, political dialogue started as soon as possible...National & Int?l organizations urged to exercise great care to
avoid creating misconceptions about Myanmar...Daw Yin Yin Myint
presents her Credentials
to German President...Vice-Senior General Soe Win meets Director of
Directorate of Joint Intelligence of Thailand...U Thit Linn Ohn
presents his Credentials
to Mongolian President...Seven Myanmar
golfers to take
part in SEA
Games...Union Border Affairs
Minister meets Indian,
Turkish ambassadors.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Smiling spreads happiness
and health" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "MODEL LEADERSHIP" by Kyi Mun
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Agriculture and Irrigation Ministry
seeks approval for loans from
Myanma Economic Bank, CBM: "Nay Pyi Taw, 2 June
— Deputy Minister for Agriculture
and Irrigation U
Ohn Than on Tuesday explained
agricultural loans
for fiscal 2015-2016 at the
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session.
The ministry requested
K 1,352.76 billion for agricultural
loans to the union
government and the leading
committee for promotion
and protection of farmers?
interests, and was allowed
to take out loans for K800
billion from Myanma Economic
Bank and K400 billion
from the Central Bank
of Myanmar, according to
the deputy minister.
However, the central
bank of Myanmar law and
the law for promotion and
protection of farmers? interests
require the government
to seek approval of the Hluttaw
for the central bank loan
and the president asked the
Hluttaw to approve the loan
from the central bank.
Deputy Minister for
Finance Dr Lin Aung also
promised to issue agricultural
loans in accordance
with the central bank law.
The Hluttaw session
also discussed the findings
of the bill for rights of the
disabled and the bill for the
Myanmar account council."...Pyithu Hluttaw: MP urges completion of Dawei
deep seaport: "Nay Pyi Taw, 2 June—
Development of the Dawei
deep seaport in southern
Myanmar is behind schedule,
while the government
should be doing more to
promote the mega-project,
MP U Myint Soe from
Pyawbwe Township constituency
told the Pyithu
Hluttaw on Tuesday.
In reply, Deputy Minister
for Transport U Han
Sein told the Lower House
that Myanmar and Thailand
made a joint announcement
on the project during 21st
ASEAN Summit held in
Phnom Penh, Cambodia, in
November 2012.
He also said tripartite
discussions among Myanmar,
Thailand and Japan
are under way to be able
to sign a memorandum of
intent.
In connection with
the education sector, MP
U Myint Shwe from Wall
Township constituency
complained that classes
were no longer being
taught two or three months
ahead of the matriculation
exam in previous academic
years in some schools.
Deputy Minister for
Education U Thant Shin
said basic education school
children need 75 percent attendances
from June to 18
February for each academic
year, but the ministry did
not issue any order to stop
teaching in the remaining
period before the exam.
U Mya Thein, MP for
Bogale Township constituency,
called for a suitable
teacher-student ratio to ensure
effective teaching.
U Thant Shin replied
that the ministry is certifying
more teachers for understaffed
schools in both
states and regions."...Amyotha Hluttaw: Amyotha Hluttaw forms
Belarus-Myanmar inter-parliamentary group: "Nay Pyi Taw, 2 June
—The Amyotha Hluttaw on
Tuesday approved the creation
of an inter-parliamentary
body aimed at fostering
dialogue between elected
officials in Myanmar and
Belarus.
The Upper House gave
the green light to formation
of the Belarus-Myanmar
Inter Parliamentary Friendship
Group and received the
list of its membership during
the session. Concerning
the plantation of perennial
plants and trees along Yangon-
Mandalay Expressway,
Deputy Minister for Construction
U Soe Tint told the
Upper House trees will be
cultivated in the rainy season
of June, July and August.
The house also approved the
second amendment of laws
on electoral systems of the
Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha
Hluttaw, as well as state
and regional Hluttaw. U
Myo Myint, MP of Mandalay
Region constituency
6, urged the Union government
to draft a master plan
for river water conveyance
to address the problems of
drought in hot season and
floods in rainy season in
central and southeastern
parts of the country. The
Amyotha Hluttaw agreed to
discuss the proposal.
U Hla Swe, MP of
Magway Region constituency
12, then called for the
Union government to take
decisive action on boat people.
He asserted that boat
people should not be regarded
as refugees or asylum
seekers as they were moving
to other countries for better
livelihoods, and that a fixed
term of two weeks or one
month should be set for their
repatriation to address the
concerns of Myanmar people.
The house also agreed
to discuss the proposal.".....
NOTIFICATIONS: Republic of the Union of Myanmar:
Press Release Team:
Press Release (7/2015):
2 June, 2015:
1st Waning Day of Nayon, 1377 ME:
Press release on dissociation with
the National Progressive Party of
Dr Nay Zin Latt.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: All political forces and every single citizen to make their goal to
ensure stability during transitional period before general elections...Law Khee Lar ethnic armed organizations
summit begins...Festival set to mark 100 years of
cartooning in Myanmar...Volunteers try to keep
Myingyan plastic-free area...Female police officers undertake on-the-job training...Sports ground upgrade nears completion...School uniforms in
high demand in
Mandalay market...Students take part in art competitions
to mark anti-drug campaign...Pre-school presents certificates to children...Tourists, pilgrims drive lacquer
ware sales in NyaungU Tsp...Maintenance of Kinta Dam to improve irrigation facilities...Reclamation project creates
new farmland in Tatkon Tsp.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Bangkok Bank becomes
first Thai lender to open
Myanmar branch...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
meets Harvard Kennedy School
Myanmar specialist...Vice-Senior General Soe Win hosts dinner to
Russian army chief...Myanmar-Japan Association
donates uniforms, stationery
to basic education schools in
Phugyi Station...Industry minister invites Japanese
investment in rail, ICT...Japan white sesame gets lower
price than last year...MPPE, foreign companies to open 40 fuel stations...Ukraine hit Myanmar for six.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Action against illegal
immigration necessary" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Inclusive growth key for peace
in Myanmar" by U Soe Thane,
Union Minister at the President Office
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HLUTTAW SESSION:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: MP suggests more engineering
subjects in Rakhine state: "Nay Pyi Taw, 1
June— Daw Khin Saw
Wai, MP of Yathedaung
Township constituency,
asked the Union government?s
plan on Monday
to add more engineering subjects at the technological
universities in Rakhine
state and possibilities
of students to learn some
subjects in other universities
out of this state.
Deputy Minister for
Science and Technology
Dr Ba Shwe said the four
major subjects of civil
engineering, mechanical
engineering, electronic
engineering and electrical
power engineering
have been conducted at 16
universities of this kind
across the country.
Dr Ba Shwe also said
conducting more engi-neering subjects at the
universities need to estimate
the number of students,
the requirement
of respective areas and
economic plans of these
areas.
Daw Tin Tin Ye, MP
of Kyunsu constituency in
Taninthayi region asked
the government?s plan to
set up a school for labor
and delivery nurses and to
resume training course on
auxiliary nurse midwives
in her constituency.
Regarding this, Deputy
Minister for Health
Dr Daw Thein Thein Htay
said that the ministry has
conducted courses on
auxiliary nurse midwives
in Kyunsu Tonwship beginning
1 October 2014
with the support of GAVI
and the Rakhine state?s
government, turning out
30 trainees..."...Pyithu Hluttaw: MP queries witness protection plan of
Myanmar Police Force: "Nay Pyi Taw, 1
June— MP of Ayeyawady
region constituency asked
to Amyotha Hluttaw on
Monday about a possible
plan of Myanmar Police
Force to protect government
witnesses on the major
crimes.
Regarding the query of
U Khin Maung Yi, Deputy
Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Tun
said MPF will make a special
security plan for the
government witnesses in
serious criminal cases although
police force has not
adopted the witness protection
programme yet.
U Saw Maw Tun, MP
of Bago region constituency,
urged the Union government
to conduct educative
campaign for reduction
and elimination of plastic
bags to sustain health, environment
and ecosystem
for the people.
Concerning this suggestion,
MP Daw Khin
Waing Kyi of Yangon
region constituency discussed
the discarded plastic
items should be managed
systematically with rules
and regulations by the government.
Deputy Minister for
Health Dr Win Myint said
educative programmes for
people are required before
the law on control of waste
materials is created.
The Amyotha Hluttaw
agreed to take record of this
proposal.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Basic education schools commence new academic year...Myanmar to return boat
people rescued by Navy...Rotavirus vaccine set for
distribution in Myanmar...Confederate Farmers Party
applies for registration as
political party...Information for Public
Remonstration...MRTV News Channel to change
news broadcasting time on
schedules of football matches...Civic group trainees visit Union
Election Commission office...Legal English
Proficiency Course to
improve skills of judicial
officers...Police distribute stipends to children of officers...Businessmen exchange views on development
of SME industries...Myingyan-Yaywun-Mandalay Rd
set for expansion...Road cyclists, mountain bikers race
in Taunggyi...Dengue fever campaign targets Thanlyin Tsp schools...Poultry farming
resumes in Monywa...Mandalay Region MADB to disburse K75
billion in farm loans...Tatkon Tsp IPRD displays wall magazine, photos
on activities of combating narcotic drugs.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Hitachi discusses investment in
Myanmar industry, infrastructure...Myanmar to return boat
people rescued by Navy...President U Thein Sein
sends messages of
felicitations to Italy...Senior General
Min Aung Hlaing meets
Russian Commander-in-
Chief of the Land Forces...Myanmar, Singapore to
jointly open vocational
training school...Union FM sends message
of felicitations to Italy...U Cho Tun Aung presents
Credentials to sultan of Brunei...German and Mandalay Region CCIs
focus on investment opportunities...Myanmar athletes leave for Singapore to
participate in 28th SEA Games.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Knowing how to reach
the top not enough" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Tit for tat, vendetta and retaliation entrap humans into vicious circle" by Tommy Pauk
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Bronze Bell for Shwetaungsa Pagoda
arrives in Dawei...President U Thein Sein?s
radio message on air...2015 matriculation results
to be announced on 6 June...Myanmar delegation refutes false
accusations against Myanmar...Puppet course improves skills of enthusiasts...Action taken against cattle smugglers...Farmers receive agricultural
loans from Myanma Agricultural
Development Bank...MJA announces winners of National Press Awards...Public Awareness on Diarrhea and
Dysentery held in Yangon...Police carry out sanitation at Jade
Pagoda in Amarapura Tsp...Offspring of staff receive school
uniforms, cash assistance...10 new hostels for female staff under
construction in Zabuthiri Tsp...Departmental officials
assigned duty for 2015-16
financial year...Natogyi-Myotha road ready to give
transport service to locals.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Japanese banking giant Mizuho to
open Yangon branch in August...Japan, Myanmar sign
MoU on cooperation
in postal services...Union Industry Minister joins ASEAN
SME Showcase & Conference...Myanmar athletes leave for Singapore.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Economic boost through
private sector development" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE:"Character & Competence" by Kyi Mun
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Radio conference
focuses on emerging
media platforms...Myanmar categorically rejects unbalanced, negative comments...Martial arts course teaches youths self defence...Yinmabin?s GEC holds annual general meeting...Photographers
showcase works in
Dawei to support fire
victims...Residents learn about consumer
protection, healthy lifestyles...MCDC sells low-cost apartments to families of fallen soldiers, personnel...Military is not attacking ethnic people, says Senior General...Constitution reviewing committee discuss charter amendment...World No Tobacco Day 2015...Trousers Culture...Census Results Highlight Myanmar?s
Development Needs...Campaign aims to improve dental
hygiene of Myanmar children.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar categorically rejects unbalanced, negative comments...Myanmar should allow foreign land ownership to
boost agriculture investment: OECD...Huawei launches latest smart devices with flagship P8.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Technology and expertise
more important than loans" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLES: "Extinguish habit to preserve health,
set example for youth" by Maung Hlaing..."Stop illicit trade of tobacco products" by Op-ed by Dr Poonam
Khetrapal Singh,
Regional Director WHO
South-East Asia Region
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw turns down new
section to mining amendment bill: "Nay Pyi Taw, 29
May — The Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw on Friday turned
down the addition of a
new section to the fourpoint
fourth paragraph
of the mining legislation amendment bill, following
a heated debate.
The two Houses, Pyithu
Hluttaw and Amyotha
Hluttaw, had held different
views on the additional section.
Representatives from
Kayin State and Mon State
spoke in favour of the
new section, stressing the
fourth paragraph, if left
unchanged, would benefit
tycoons and prevent the development
of small and medium
enterprises.
The fourth paragraph
does not encompass SMEs,
with the Bill Committee
saying that the new section
in question is not meant to
discourage them. The committee
called for its cancellation,
saying that the new
change has nothing to do
with the mining bill and that
national business people are
to go by the Foreign Investment
Law if they want to
work with foreign firms.
The proposed section
would require local SMEs
to seek permission for
working with foreign businesses.
Union Minister for
Mines Dr Myint Aung favoured
the cancellation,
citing the same implication
in the foreign investment
law.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: We need to decide how we want Myanmar to appear in the
future and work together towards that goal, President says
Main Results of 2014 Myanmar Population and Housing Census released...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker meets political parties...Yangon General Post Office
fitted with blue plaque...Health workers, community members
aim to prevent malaria...Ministry
opens basic
tourist guide
course...Workshop highlights HIV/AIDS...Traditional medicine kits
provided to villages...Mandalay news in brief: Korea Expo 10-14 June...SME Business Networking
(B2B) 31 May...Mdy Agricultural Development
Bank disburses loans...MCWA members learn advanced
tailoring techniques...New power line, transformer
brings 24-hour electricity...Rain aids waterway transport on Chindwin River...Needy primary students
receive stationery and
equipment.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar delegation attends Special Meeting
on Irregular Migration...Over 700 Bengali boat people
rescued in Myanmar waters...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker tours
Warsaw, meets high-ranking
officials...International
Film Heritage
Festival
begins...Thai human trafficking boat owner
arrested in Myanmar...Myanmar-Viet Nam focuses on
cooperation in sector-wise development...Mandalay news in brief: Korea Expo 10-14 June...SME Business Networking
(B2B) 31 May...Mdy Agricultural Development
Bank disburses loans...Australia-Asia Program
to Combat Trafficking in
Persons discussed...?60 Years anniversary of friendship
between Myanmar and Israel”...Third batch of Myanmar fishery workers arrive
home by chartered flight of KBZ Bank.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Nationalism is an
infantile disease" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Merit sharing ceremony of 500 million kyats as eternal fund of
Wachet Jivitadana Sangha Hospital in Sagaing Hills" by Sayar Mya
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves foreign loans
for development plans: "Nay Pyi Taw, 28 May
— The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
on Thursday approved loans
from South Korea worth
tens of millions of dollars
and passed the mining legislation
amendment bill.
Seoul will loan the
Ministry of Construction
US $137.83 million from
its Economic Development
Cooperation Fund (EDCF),
with MPs voicing support
for the move which they described
as beneficial to rural
development in Yangon and
Ayeyawady regions.
MPs also agreed on
25,888 million yen (US $21
million) in loans from the
Japan International Cooperation
Agency to be used
for the Ministry of Electric
Power and the Ministry of
Transport.
Daw Sanda Min of
Zabuthiri constituency proposed
that the Ministry of
Finance disburse loans at an
interest rate of less than 8.5
per cent, saying banks will
receive reloans at an interest
rate of 4 percent.
The Ministry of Electric
Power said the loans
will enable it to distribute
enough power to meet the
needs of the growing population
in Yangon."...Pyithu Hluttaw: Pyithu Hluttaw approves referendum
amendment bill for constitutional change: "Nay Pyi Taw, 28 May
— The Pyithu Hluttaw on
Thursday approved the referendum
amendment bill
for the amendment to the
2008 Constitution.
U Aung Sein, a representative
from the
Manaung constituency, tabled
a motion demanding
the local government pay
the township?s development
committee staff from
its pocket.
He said the staff from
remote regions get paid
double and that the local
government should take
charge of their regular pays
as the local development
committee is short of budgets.
In response to the proposal,
Deputy Minister for
Finance Dr Lin Aung suggested
inserting additional
pays in the Union Funds.
U Myint Oo of the
Thanatpin constituency inquired
about the possible
suspension of farm loans
due to disasters.
U Ohn Than, Deputy
Minister for Agriculture
and Irrigation, responded
that the Myanmar Agricultural
Development Bank,
when informed of agricultural
disaster in time, reserves
the right to suspend
loans on the recommendation
of local authorities.
Daw Sanda Min of
the Zabuthiri constituency
asked the local government
of possible legal action
against mines breaking the
laws and any knowledge
of illegal mines along the
Chindwin river.
U Kyaw Kyaw Win,
Deputy Minister at President
Office, responded that
legal action will be taken
against violators after a
joint inspection by related
ministries and the local
government."...Amyotha Hluttaw: S&T Ministry promotes ranks of
personnel under rules and regulations: "Nay Pyi Taw, 28 May
— If the region government
sends remarks for upgrading
Kyaukye Basic Education
High School branch to
full-fledge BEHS, the Ministry
of Education will earmark
it to be upgraded on
the list by easing the policy,
Deputy Minister for Education
U Thant Shin told the
Amyotha Hluttaw session
Thursday.
The deputy minister responded
to the question of
U Aung Nyein of Magway
Region Constituency No 2
on upgrading the school.
Deputy Minister for
Science and Technology
Dr Ba Shwe replied to the
query raised by U Hla Swe
of Magway Region Constituency
No 12 that the Ministry
of Science and Technology
promotes the ranks
of personnel under the rules
and regulations and sends
scholarship students abroad
depending on qualification
in line with the offers of the
scholarship scrutiny committee.
The Hluttaw invited
MPs to discuss the second
amendment bill on Pyithu
Hluttaw Election Law, the
second amendment bill on
Amyotha Hluttaw Election
Law and the second amendment
bill on Region or State
Hluttaw Election Law, and
bill amending protection of
ancient buildings.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: CENTRAL BANK OF MYANMAR: PRESS RELEASE...Ecotourism progress report underscores
importance of developing sector...MYANMAR GAZETTE...UEC opens electoral knowledge course...Torrential rain
submerges
24,000 acres
of farmland in
Mandalay...Government and company
staff receive driving licences...Htugyi-Shwegyin laterite road
under construction in Ingapu Tsp...Health workers combat diseases
in rainy season...50 Department of Agriculture staff attend training...Stone plaque
transferred to museum,
sent for translation...Youths join monthly
talks in Mandalay...Dental association seeks to improve oral
care knowledge...Energy Ministry opens
applications to build
LPG terminal, supply
chain business...Yangon to host international film heritage festival...TBS films documentary
about Myanmar workers...KOICA-funded master plan for arterial road network
development in Myanmar launched.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Vietnam to promote sectoral cooperation...Ecotourism progress report underscores
importance of developing sector...MoU signed to implement
combined cycle power
plant project...Union information minister makes speech
at Radio Asia 2015 Conference...BuildTech Yangon 2015 exhibits
modern solutions for construction...Japan orange cultivated as
poppy substitute in Shan,
Kayah states...Myanmar, Belarus to promote cooperation
between two parliaments...Yangon to host international film heritage festival...Air-conditioned train carriages
arrive from Japan.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "A solution to setting
minimum wage" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "China?s Maritime Silk Road project: What?s in it for Myanmar?" by U Khin Maung Lynn
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw suspends commercial tax for all
recharges from mobile users until new fiscal year: "The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
on Wednesday discussed
an important motion concerning
a 5% commercial
tax for all recharges from
mobile users, with members
of parliament calling
for its suspension until the
2015-2016 fiscal year.
Union Minister for Finance
U Win Shein cited
two foreign mobile operators,
Telenor Myanmar
and Ooredoo Myanmar,
as stating that the service
of telecommunications is
internationally regarded as
the same as that of information
and technology.
?Their complaint has
caused confusion in differentiating
the two kinds
of services.”
According to the union
minister, the government
has informed the
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw of the
rescheduling of the new
tax for the new fiscal year
in line with the 2015 Union
Tax Law.
He said he would accept
the parliament?s decision
on whether to excuse
the application of the new
tax in 2015-2016 fiscal
year.
The parliament decided
in favour of the suspension
of the 5% commercial
tax for all recharges from
mobile users.
Another motion discussed
at the parliament
was concerned with inviting
tenders for privatization
of an old broadcasting
station, which was built
on nearly 90 acres of land
in Mayangon township in
1958. The current broadcasting
station is on Pyay
Road near the Hanthawady
Roundabouts in Kamayut
township.
Mps called for the suspension
of the selloff, demanding
the requirements
of the tender be reexamined
and stressing the need
to form an investigative
committee to ensure transparency.
Deputy Minister for
Information U Pike Htway
pledged greater transparency
in tendering. According
to him, the old station
will be turned into a media
complex.
The parliament approved
the suspension of
the tenders for privatization
of the old broadcasting station."...Pyithu Hluttaw: New exams to improve outcomes for students:
deputy education minister: "Nay Pyi Taw, 27
May — Myanmar?s new
examinations for fourth
and eighth standards will
help teachers improve educational
outcomes for
students, Deputy Minister
for Education Dr Zaw
Min Aung told the Pyithu
Hluttaw on Wednesday, at
the 53rd-day session of the
Lower House. The deputy minister
was responding to a question
from U Kyin Thein of
Bago Constituency about
whether the new examinations
are an improvement
to the education system.
Dr Zaw Min Aung
said the new examinations
were introduced in order
to scrutinize qualification
of students and to provide
necessary assistance to
schools in townships, districts,
regions and states
with a high rate of ?D”
grade students in both examinations. U Sai Uam Hsai Mai
of Kehsi constituency
asked whether education
staff receive travel allowances
promptly and without
hassle. The deputy
minister said the Ministry
of Education delivers
travel allowance to staff
for their trips on duty under
the financial rules as
quickly as possible. The
ministry has installed facsimiles
and e-mail services
at departments at different
levels for smooth processing
of paperwork."...Amyotha Hluttaw: Defence Ministry explains
rights to pensions at
Amyotha Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 27 May
— The law does not allow
any privileges to the spouse
of a deceased soldier with
less than 10 years of service
in military, Deputy Minister
for Defence Maj-Gen Kyaw
Nyunt responded to a query
raised at the Amyotha Hluttaw
on Wednesday.
Military personnel who
die due to a service-connected
disability after seven
years in retirement are
entitled to special family
pension which is 70% of
their last salary, the deputy
minister said, adding that
defence personnel with less
than 10 years of service
who retire due to disability
are allowed to enjoy the
same benefits as those with
15 years of service since
their retirement, but the plan
exclude their spouses.
The Pyithu Hluttaw
sent a bill that restricts
marriages of Myanmar
Buddhist women, which
the Amyotha Hluttaw approved.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: SECM to announce underwriter
licensees in June...River Ayeyawady Gallery plans 1-yr
anniversary exhibition...Information for Public
Remonstration...Information for Public
Remonstration...New Era Union Party, United
Kayin National Democratic
Party apply for registration as
political parties...Protesters denounce
foreign media for
portraying boat people
as Myanmar nationals...Kalay fire damage bill already surpasses 2014 total...Taninthayi Region Police Force selects model officers...New school buildings under
construction in Seikpyu Tsp...Villagers receive funds through
Emerald Green Project...Basic education students begin enrolment in Natogyi Tsp...Police lecture residents on crime
reduction, traffic safety...Free clinic provides healthcare in
Myanaung Tsp...Water supply eases shortage in rural areas...Bullock-cart and equestrian contests mark umbrella-hoisting at Jade Pagoda.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein hosts special advisor
to UN Secretary-General...Staff of UNHCR gather addresses of Bengali
boat people from Bangladesh...Plan to open Myanmar
Theravada Buddhist
Centre (Mascow)
on 1 July...President U Thein Sein sends
messages of felicitations to
Azerbaijan, Nepal...China.com website launched...Union FM sends
messages of felicitations
to Azerbaijan, Nepal....Protesters denounce
foreign media for
portraying boat people
as Myanmar nationals...Oscar winner Whitaker visits Myanmar as part of
UNESCO ambassadorship...Myanmar, Bulgaria to exchange
forest management...Japan grants US$116,644 for school in Kawa
Township, Bago Region...Union Electric Power
minister meets Vice
Administrator of NEA,
Yunnan Province governor...Industrial Bank of Korea to donate
computers, school equipment to monasteries.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "There is no such thing as
an unproductive life" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Amphibian discovery illuminates Myanmar?s ?hidden biodiversity”" by Tim Johnson
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw discusses settlement of land
confiscation disputes: "Nay Pyi Taw, 26 May
— Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Session on Tuesday was
overwhelmed with the implementation
of the report
of the investigating commission
to prevent losses
from confiscation of farmland
and other types of
land.
Representative of U
Aung Thein Lin said that
it is necessary to confiscate
land after issuing land confiscation
orders and compensating
land owners for
their land at the prevailing
prices, adding that land that
is not used for permitted
purposes must be confiscated
while confiscated
land must also be returned
to former owners if it is
not used for the purpose of
confiscation..."...Pyithu Hluttaw: Ministry of Health provides snake
anti-venom to rural health centres,
station hospitals: "Nay Pyi Taw, 26 May
— The Ministry of Health
has distributed snake anti-
venom to rural hospitals
and health centres for
treatment of farmers and
residents during growing
season, Deputy Minister for
Health Dr Win Myint told
the Pyithu Hluttaw on Tuesday,
at the 52nd-day session
of the Lower House.
The deputy minister
explained the distribution
of anti-venom in reply to
Dr May Win Myint of Mayangon
constituency, who
asked about management
of foreign aid for snakebite
treatment..."...Amyotha Hluttaw: Govt monitoring, assisting ethnic
armed groups in line with peace deal: "Nay Pyi Taw, 26 May
— Authorities are monitoring
the Karen National Union
and other ethnic armed
groups and cooperating
with them in accordance
with an agreement between
the government and
the armed groups, Deputy
Minister at the President
Office U Aung Thein told
the Amyotha Hluttaw session
on Tuesday
The deputy minister
gave the explanation in response
to a question from a
representative on whether
authorities have a plan to
monitor activities of the
KNU, which is cooperating
with the government for
peace, in their areas.
Authorities will raise
objections over activities
that contravene conditions
of the peace deal, the three
main national causes of the
Tatmadaw, and the rule of
law and security, according
to the deputy minister...".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: UN statement says 200 boat
people rescued in Myanmar
waters are believed to be young
Bangladeshi males...Study seeks Yangon residents? views on city heritage...Bangladeshi boat people want to go back home as
soon as possible...Union FM accepts exequaturs
of honorary consuls of Sweden,
Belarus, Norway...Construction of govt staff housing nears
completion in Thazi Tsp...Storm victims receive
donations of cash, supplies...Training course enhances
capacity of sports officers...Farmers receive good
price for summer paddy
in 2015...Mobile clinic provides healthcare
to residents in Tatkon Tsp...Pageant finalists demonstrate talent in Mandalay...National workshop highlights women?s leadership and
participation in social cohesion and peace building...Election sub-commission offices announce voter lists...Mandalay launches School Enrolment Week...Fire Services Department supplies
drinking water to rural residents...Mandalay Region Sub-commission
clarifies preparations for 2015
general elections.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein accepts credentials from
Bulgarian, Hellenic, Czech Ambassadors...UN statement says 200 boat
people rescued in Myanmar
waters are believed to be young
Bangladeshi males...Red tape stalls EU-backed
development project for
Myanmar aquaculture industry...Myanmar women golfers to take part in 32nd
Malaysian Ladies Amateur Open 2015.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Liberal opinions should
not be blocked" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "The Singapore Institute of Management (SIM University)" by Sayar Mya
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Wetland conservation needs more
coordinated efforts: "Nay Pyi Taw, 25
May— The coordinated
efforts are need for wetland
conservation programme
in Myanmar, according to
Deputy Minister for Environmental
Conservation
and Forestry U Aye Myint
Maung at Pyithu Hluttaw session on Monday.
The 30-year management
plan for wetland conservation
was carried out
in Yamethin district, Mandalay
region, for more than
hundreds of acres.
The deputy minister
called for the cooperation
of departments and locals
concerned with hydropower
generation and water
resource in conservation
programmes.
MP U Thaung Han of
Yinmabin Township constituency
in Sagaing region
suggested to give out compensation
for paddy fields
which were dug for Letwel
irrigation canal and construction
of water channels
for the paddy fields in Yinmabin
and Pale townships.
Deputy Minister for
Agriculture and Irrigation
U Khin Zaw replied that the
ministry has not planned
yet to give out compensation
for the lands which
were used for irrigation in
previous government as the
possible amount of compensation
would be very
high..."...AMYOTHA HLTTAW: Pure Gold Star bean on test cultivation for
poppy-cultivated areas: "Nay Pyi Taw, 25
May—U Saw Tun Mya
Aung of Kayin State Constituency
No 5 asked about
a plan to grow Pure Gold
Star Bean (Star Sacha Inchi)
as alternative development
in the poppy-cultivated
areas on hilly
regions at the 51st session
of Amyotha Hluttaw Monday.
Deputy Minister for
Agriculture and Irrigation
U Ohn Than replied that El
Shaddai Co., Ltd. imported
seeds of bean for 1,500
acres of farmlands and cultivated
it in Lashio, Muse
and Myitkyina townships.
The bean is being nurtured
in Ayethukha village in
Bago Region and Myaungchawgon
village in Hmawby
Township, Yangon
Region. If test cultivation
achieves success, the ministry
will provide technical
assistance to local farmers
for cultivation of Pure
Gold Star Bean in the poppy-
cultivated areas...".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Government attends to needs of rural
people in regions and states...Conveying great bell from Mandalay to
Dawei starts 26 May...Rural electrification
workshop sparks infosharing
deal with Japan?s
top university...Myanmar sends trainees to Advanced
Training Course in Tourism Development...Training course provides high-level tailoring skills...Muse District launches School Enrolment Day...Nursing and midwifery training
school set for Nov. completion...Farmers begin farming works
by agricultural machinery...Billion Thanks, Mr. President...Locals donate rice, provisions
to novices, nuns in Tatkon...Mandalay Region government
to upgrade fire stations with
modern equipment...Teachers conclude Pa-O ethnic literature course...Youths of Mandalay to
compete in Mr and Ms
Shwe Mann Contests...Campaign aims to keep Bagan free
of plastic bags...Local residents receive free
healthcare service...Seminar targets prevention of human
trafficking, violence against girls.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President
U Thein Sein sends
messages to Georgia...Singapore top foreign investor in first
month of 2015-2016 FY...Bangladesh, Myanmar
agree on repatriation of
boat people...Union Defence Minister meets
Ambassador of Qatar...Rural electrification
workshop sparks infosharing
deal with Japan?s
top university...UPS expands delivery
services for Myanmar.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Two different types
of people" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Why should we go on learning?" by U Khin Maung (A retired diplomat)
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein graces impressive ceremony
of novitiate in Sagaing Region...Myanma Insurance
to launch new health
insurance system...Taungtha Township to electrify
all villages...Region Minister makes donations for
regional development...Rural residents to receive
potable water soon...Myittashin Blood Donors
Association receives cash
donation...Traditional marionette training aims to
develop Myanmar?s puppet techniques...Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends to needs
of local people in Lashio...Consultative workshop agrees on
basic principles for framework for
administrative reform...Awaing Kyaungsu Bridge links Hinthada,
Kyonpyaw townships...4th BEHS in
Kalay ready to
admit students
in 2015...Ethnics in Launglon receive citizenship
scrutiny cards, households registrations...Agri Bank plans to disburse
more than K3 billion to 12,000
farmers in Pale Tsp...Whose Responsibility?...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing honours new
generation youths of navigation and aviation courses...Human Resources
Development Centre
commissioned at YTU...Physiotherapy law aims to improve
industry standard in Myanmar.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Bangladesh Govt to bring back 208 Bangladeshis
rescued by Myanmar Navy...President U Thein Sein sends
message of felicitations to
Argentine counterpart...Union Minister participates in 21st
International Conference on the
Future of Asia...Union FM sends message
of felicitations to
Argentina.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Cooperation between city
authorities and dwellers will
make Yangon nicer place" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Moral Turpitude" by Aye Pe (Padaung)
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein: smooth transition to
democracy govt?s first priority...Myanmar approves
investment worth
$2.2 billion in April...Dr Sai Mauk Kham makes inspection tours of housing projects in Lashio...Boat people receive
humanitarian assistance in
western Myanmar...Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann honours wounded army
members in Lashio...?Pleasant time of May? welcomes advent of monsoon...Co-op ministry provides K224 bn in loans to 2 million households...Diamond orb, umbrella to be reinstalled
at Pahtodawgyi Pagoda in Amarapura...Police crack down on alcohol-related
crime around moat...New bridge links villages
in Hinthada Tsp...Tree-planting project aims to
increase shade in Mandalay...New school buildings opened in Ayeyawady Region.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: As Bangladesh is friendly neighbour of Myanmar,
issue of boat people will be resolved amicably.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Residents can play part in
tackling seasonal floods" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLES: "The last old Myanmar capital city ?Ratanapon” [Mandalay] Part V" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja
Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt..."The Glorious Spirit" by Kyi Mun
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Urgent proposal submitted to
suspend tender invitation for land
plot of Yeku broadcast station: "Nay Pyi Taw, 22
May — Union Minister
for Construction U Kyaw
Lwin discussed borrowing
$137.833 million from
Economic Development
Cooperation Fund of the
Republic of Korea while
deputy ministers from
Ministry of Electric Power,
Ministry of Transport and
Ministry of Finance reported
on borrowing Japanese
Yen 25,888 million from
Japan International Cooperation
Agency for implementing
the projects at
the 48th-day session of Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw Friday.
The Hluttaw invited MPs
to discuss the loans.
MPs discussed reviews
over paragraphs No 24 to
33 of the report of the joint
commission for reviewing
employees and employers
rights to be able to set the
minimum wage.
U Tin Htut of Zalun
constituency discussed
progress of the investigation
commission for loss
of people in confiscation
of farmlands and other
lands.
U Aung Thein Lin of
South Okkalapa Constituency
in Yangon Region
submitted an urgent proposal
to suspend the tender
invitation for handing over
a 90-acre land plot of old
Yeku broadcast station in
Mayangon Township to
private entrepreneurs. Dr
Nay Lin of Seikkan Constituency
seconded the proposal.".....
DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham hails newly
launched National Archives Department...Ethnic armed groups to
discuss ceasefire accord
at June 2-6 summit in
Lawkheelah...Myanmar navy rescues hundreds of
boat people off western coast...Tatmadaw captures Point
1788 hillock...UEC releases dates for electoral roll
announcements...Silt removed from Taungthaman Lake to
prevent fish deaths...Election sub-commission meets township authorities...Residents complete construction
of wooden bridge in Lewe Tsp...Electricity supply launched in
Tatkon Township...School building, village
administration office opened in
Nyaunglebin Tsp...Entrepreneurs gather at Myanmar Business Forum...Phone Creek bridge under
construction in Yinmabin...Mandalay Region?s Chief Justice addresses judges...ESE official distributes stoves
to conserve environment...Rural Development Department manages
upgrading of inter-village road.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar to host 7th
Summit of CLMV, 6th
Summit of ACMECS in
Nay Pyi Taw...Dy FM attends 13th East Asia Forum in ROK...Vice President U Nyan Tun meets Myanmar sports contingent
to 28th SEA Games...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets Indian
Foreign Secretary...Myanmar, India to promote cooperation
in new sectors.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Consumption of basic
necessities should not be
discouraged" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Investing in Myanmar?s People and
Ending Poverty" by Ulrich Zachau
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session covers land
disputes, labour issues: "Nay Pyi Taw, 21 May
— The Central Committee
for Management of Land
Use will cooperate with
parliament to resolve some
8,000 outstanding land
disputes, Deputy Minister
for Home Affairs Brig-
Gen Kyaw Zan Myint told
the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
session on Thursday.
The deputy minister
was reporting on work
done by the central committee
to prevent losses
to the public due to confiscation
of land including
farms.
The central committee
is handling all complaints
on land confiscation including
those sent to the
president and the vice
presidents, according to
the deputy minister.
The central committee
looked into a total of
10,225 land disputes, with
119,328.678 acres of land
returned to former owners
as of 15 May, 2015 in
addition to 224,403.079
acres released by ministries
and private companies,
the deputy minister
said.
Deputy Minister for
Labour, Employment and
Social Security Daw Win
Maw Tun reported to the
session on work of the
ministry, saying the labour
organizations law of 2014,
the social security law of
2012, the minimum wage
law, the employment and
skills development law,
and the law amending the
leave and public holiday
law (1951) have been enacted
while four other laws
have been repealed.
She added that efforts
are also being made to
complete new bills for foreign
workers and worksite
health and safety.
The ministry is also
taking measures for state
and private sector workers
in special economic zones
and industrial zones, as
well as to protect Myanmar
migrant workers in
other countries.
A representative of
the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
submitted a motion during
the session urging
the combined houses of
parliament and the union
government to submit and
approve a bill to exempt
mobile phone subscribers
from a 5 percent commercial
tax on their prepaid
phone charges in fiscal
2015-2016."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw continues for 50th day: "Nay Pyi Taw, 21 May
— Dr Soe Yin of Kamayut
Constituency asked about a
complaint for a five-storey
building at No 54/A on Thiri
Mingala Street in Ward 8
in Kamayut Township under
permission of YCDC at
the 50th-day session of Pyithu
Hluttaw Thursday.
Deputy Minister at
the President office U
Kyaw Kyaw Win replied
that YCDC allowed construction
of the five-storey
building in line with the existing
rules of the committee
although local residents
have made complaints over
its construction.
With regard to a question
raised by U Min Swe
of DaikU Constituency, the
deputy minister said that although
the local authorities
have demanded the budget
in 2015-16 fiscal year,
works of dredging Dayemee
and Akyaung creeks and
other silted creeks in DaikU
Township in the open
season.
Dr Maung Maung Swe
of Kyaukdaga Constituency
asked about timetable
for repairing the road
linking Yangon-Mandalay
Highway with KhinIngyi,
Bogon and Hsabyin villages.
Deputy Minister
for Livestock, Fisheries
and Rural Development U
Tin Ngwe replied that the
rural development fund
of the ministry this fiscal
year does not include the
repairing of the road but
the ministry will undertake
rural development tasks on
priority.
Pyithu Hluttaw Bill
Committee member U
Khin Maung Shwe submitted
a report on bill amending
the 2012 Amyotha
Hluttaw Law.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Low pressure over Bay of
Bengal no longer influential:
weather bureau...Senior General describes country of origin
as top priority in troubled boat people issue...Stability in Rakhine State enables new development focus: vice president...Vice President U Nyan Tun says Myanmar fulfilling int?l duties on boat people...Construction begins for civil servant
housing in Nay Pyi Taw...Kachin State government to fund
water supply to Dawphonyan...Teachers, departmental staff arrive back Laukkai...Heavy rainfall damages bunds, dam
embankments in Thazi Tsp...Nay Pyi Taw MCWSC provides cash and rice to nunnery...Free clinic volunteers
receive recognition
for service...Township officials inspect development
works in Myanaung Tsp...Tailoring course
improves job skills,
employment prospects...Departmental officials disseminate
prevention of narcotic drugs to students...Future Farmer of Myanmar...Telenor plans expansion
of education programme
for child workers...Development of Myanmar?s rice
sector discussed.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, U.S. focus on combating people
smuggling, trafficking...S. Korea-Myanmar forum aims to boost
bilateral trade, investment...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives US
deputy secretary of state, EU Ambassador...Union FM receives Indonesian, U.S. and Malaysian guests...Int?l tour operators view Myanmar
attractions, attend conference...UEC Chairman, EU Ambassador exchange
views on process of 2015 general elections...USAID announces partnership to train aspiring
engineers in Southeast Asian countries...Iran emerges champion in 1st Asian
U-23 Man?s Volleyball Championship,
Myanmar stands 5th position on table.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Tax should not be a bitter
pill for people to swallow" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Keep our youths sober" by Myo Myint
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Coal fired power plant projects to go ahead: "Nay Pyi Taw, 20 May
— Coal fired power plant
projects will not be cancelled
as electricity consumption
in Myanmar is
increasing by13 to 15 percent
annually, said Deputy
Minister for Electric
Power U Aung Than Oo to
Pyithu Hluttaw session on
Wednesday.
MP Daw Tin Tin Yi
from Kyunsu constituency
asked the government?s
plan whether the coal fired
projects would be cancelled
amidst the protest of
local people.
Myanmar has 43 power
stations with installation
capacity of 4,987 MW
generated 69 percent from
hydropower, 29 percent
from natural gas and 2 percent
from coal, while only
30 percent of households
across the country get electricity.
The deputy minister
said Myanmar needs
to construct more power
plants to be able to generate
23,594 MW in 2030-
2031 to distribute electricity
the whole country.
Regarding query of
Myanaung constituency?s
Pyithu Hluttaw MP U
Aung Sein about electricity
distribution to Myanaung
township from national
grid, U Aung Than Oo said
preliminary surveys are being
carried out to construct
a 33-KV power station by
using bio-fuel and wind
powers alternatively.
He added that the project
will be implemented
depending on budget allocation
and low-interest
from local or foreign loans.
Myanaung township
is about five nautical
miles from nearest Yanbye
Township.
Deputy Minister for
Labour, Employment and
Social Security U Htin
Aung replied to the query
of Kanpetlet constituency
MP Thura U Aung Ko
whether Myanmar seafarers
could join shipping
companies in Taipei (China).
U Htin Aung said Myanmar
sailor associations
can also practice similar
trend like the Myanmar
Seafarers Federation.".....
NOTIFICATIONS: Republic of the Union of Myanmar,
Union Election Commission,
Nay Pyi Taw:- Notification No.12/2015,
3rd Waxing Day of Nayon, 1377 ME
(20 May, 2015):
Guiding Star Party allowed to
register as political party...Republic of the Union of Myanmar,
Union Election Commission,
Nay Pyi Taw:
Notification No.13/2015,
3rd Waxing Day of Nayon, 1377 ME
(20 May, 2015):
Red Shan (Tailai) and Northern
Shan Ethnics Solidarity Party
allowed to register as political party.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein accepts golden rice
award for promoting rice production...Low pressure persists
over Bay of Bengal...Operators of Yangon?s first taxi call service aim
to launch service soon...Myanmar educationalist
brings honorary
doctorate home...Information for Public
Remonstration...ABU Radio Song Festival
2015 on 29 May...88 New Generation
Democracy Party applies for
registration as political party...Vice President urges Rakhine State authorities to
stop human trafficking, transnational crimes...JCGV cinemas
commissioned in Mandalay...Outstanding trainees in Buddhist
cultural course honoured in Myanaung...MWEA holds annual general meeting...IPRD officials donate book for village libraries...Teaches attend scout
instructor course in
Taninthayi Region...Farmers and agricultural staff
take course in climate-friendly
agriculture...Housing for low-income families under
construction in Aungmyethazan Tsp...Trainees receive caps and
coats at Meiktila Nurses
Training School...Modern technology for cement
production introduced.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein accepts golden rice
award for promoting rice production...Myanmar educationalist
brings honorary
doctorate home...Ho Chi Min City Trade, Services and
Tourism Expo 2015 opens...Public Expenditure Management
Network in Asia kicks off...Myanmar, Vietnamese businessmen focus
on investment, trade and tourism sectors...Myanmar, Israel discuss
economic cooperation.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Sustainable strategy vital to
ecotourism development" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "The Challenge of Change" by Sonu Trivedi
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Contractors to be blacklisted for
disqualified school buildings: "Nay Pyi Taw, 19 May
— U Soe Aung of Thegon
Constituency asked about
allotment of land plots as
a 6x120-foot-area each
for new village including
a warehouse for crops, a
plot for winnowing, cattle
farm and feedstuff pile at
Tuesday?s session of Pyithu
Hluttaw.
Deputy Minister at the
President Office U Aung
Thein replied that as new
village must be formed
with areas of school, monastery,
dispensary, market
and rural roads, each land
plot with 120 feet in length
and 60 feet in width will be
allotted to local residents
in new village depending
on the designated area.
U Aung Thein Lin of
South Okkalapa Constituency
asked a question on
ways to take action against
construction companies
for building disqualified
foundations of schools.
Deputy Minister for Education
U Thant Shin said
that action is being taken
the construction companies
for reconstruction
of disqualified buildings,
substitution those who
offended the disciplines
of the contract with new
ones, announcement of a
blacklist for construction
entrepreneurs for disqualified
structures. With regard to ques-tion on construction of
staff quarters for teachers
at Basic Education High
School in poor transport
areas in Yesagyo Township
and repairing of staff
quarters raised by U Tin
Htay Aung of Yesagyo
Constituency, the deputy
minister replied that a
budget for K442.8 million
has been earmarked to repair
and construct 17 basic
education schools in Yesagyo
Township in 2015-
16 fiscal year and there is
no plan to construct staff
quarters and school buildings.
The Hluttaw invited
MPs to discuss the bill
amending Lower Myanmar
Town and Village
Lands Act."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Three steps of reform plan
clarified in Amyotha Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 19 May
— Deputy Minister at the
President Office U Kyaw
Kyaw Win explained the
three steps of government?s
reform plan in response to
the query of MP U Khet
Htein Nan from Kachin
state constituency 1 at
Amyotha Hluttaw session
on Tuesday.
U Kyaw Kyaw Win
said since the government
has taken office in 2011,
it adopted the first phase
of reform plan namely
?First Wave?, and formed
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Pyithu
Hluttaw and Amyotha
Hluttaw along with the Union
Government and State/
Region governments in accordance
with 2008 Constitution.
Under the ?Second
Wave?, the government
made political and economic
reforms in 2011; development
of management
on public affairs in 2012;
modification of private sector.
The ?Third Wave? initiated
on 10 June 2014
includes laying a good
foundation for the new
democratic state and fulfilling
the needs of people
in social and economic sectors.
The deputy minister
added plans were made to
foster the earlier step by the
following step.
Regarding company
registration process suggested
by U Hla Swe, MP
of Magway Region constituency
12, Deputy Minister
for National Planning and
Economic Development
Daw Lei Lei Thein said the
Company Registration Office
is liable for checking
the needs of registration
process, ,and that it is not
possible to make a deep
investigation on possible
entrepreneurs for easy registration
process.
She said complaints on
embezzlement and misuse
can be reported to the Ministry
of Home Affairs for
legal actions.
U Nein Khinn Paung,
MP of Chin state constituency
7, asked for publication
of newspapers in Zolai
language, one of the Chin
ethnic groups.
Deputy Minister for
Information U Pike Htway
said there are many other
ethnic languages in Chin
state, and permission for
Zolai language newspaper
is tantamount to negligence
on other minorities
in Chin state, adding that it
will not be allowed for this
newspaper.
Amyotha Hluttaw then
approve the bill on amendment
of Union Election
Commission Law.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar eyes 2 million tons of rice exports
in 2015-16 FY...Myanmar?s view and
efforts on Migrants
and Boat People...Myanmar launches ecotourism management strategy
at international conference in Nay Pyi Taw...New Thakayta Bridge to link Mingala
Taungnyunt and Dawbon townships...Bangladeshi boat people repatriated...Golden umbrella to be hoisted at Shwedagon
replica tooth relic pagoda...Specialists broaden
health knowledge of
residents...War veterans organizational
course kicks off...Tube-well funded by donors provides
drinking water to villagers...Educators undertake course
for correspondence teaching...Unusually heavy rains cause
floods in Mandalay...Authorities emphasize regional development in Myawady Tsp...Agriculture
department families
donate drinking water
to rural people...Traffic rule enforcement
contributes to safety of road user...Display of artefacts marks
1st International Museum Day 2015...Muse District IPRD sets up urban
public reading spaces.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar seeks
Dutch assistance
for agricultural
technologies...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets
Malaysian Ambassador...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing: Tatmadaw
will keep an eye on stability of the State...Myanmar, China to
further strengthen existing
Paukphaw relations...Bangladeshi boat people repatriated.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Opportunism and
organizations" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Let?s Boost Cooperation with GIZ" by Kyi Tha Maw (SMIDB)
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Dr Sai Mauk Kham calls for speedy completion
of renovation work at YGH...SECM to announce listing criteria, securities
companies for Yangon Stock Exchange...Diversity Conference-Myanmar
contributes to ceasefire and peace process...Literacy campaign helps local
residents become literates...People get clean water in rural
areas of Taungtha Tsp...Action to be taken
against those who
throw waste water into
Taungthaman Lake...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann discusses
regional development in Bago Region...Myaungmya residents
unveil Deedok
U Ba Cho statue...Government to spend over K 3.5 billion to
upgrade airports in Rakhine State...125 Myanmar fishing slave
workers arrive back home...Electrification
improves
living
standard of
rural people...Bawlakhe Township Hospital to get
equipment and medicines soon...Norwegian Ambassador visits Indawgyi
Lake sanctuary in Kachin State, makes
feasibility for environmental conservation...Library ready to provide
service to locals.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Samsung debuts Galaxy
Tab A series in Myanmar...Myanmar, Japanese
businessmen to cooperate in
SME development in Mandalay...125 Myanmar fishing slave
workers arrive back home...Singapore firm conducts dredging to
improve access to Yangon port.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Parliament and democracy" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLES: "On Turning Age 74" by Tin Shein..."Outcome of Pang Seng conference and the true identity of UWSA" by Aung Zeya
CEO, MICPA
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Plan to dredge six main drains in Myawady: "Nay Pyi Taw, 18
may—At the 47th-day
session of Pyithu Hluttaw
Monday, Daw Khin
Than Myint of Ngaputaw
Constituency asked about
breeding of fish, prawn and
crab by Kyaw Hlwan Moe
and Brothers Company
on the sandbank of Thetkethaung
Village-tract in
Hainggyikyun, Ngaputaw
Township.
Deputy Minister at the
President Office U Kyaw
Kyaw Win replied that
Hainggyikyun Township
Fisheries Department did not issue permit for the
company. The department
allowed work licence for
the sandbank through tender
yearly but the sandbank
has been designated as a
common fishing plot since
2011. Arrangements will
be made for convenience of fishing workers.
U Myint Shwe of
Waw Constituency asked
whether there is a plan to
re-allow the road area as
entrance and exit of the
market of Waw or not as
a land plot was allotted at
the entrance to the market.
Deputy Minister U Kyaw
Kyaw Win replied that if
the entrance and exit of the
market are included in the
original plan, the grant for
the land plot will be cancelled.
U Than Oo of
Myawady Constituency
asked about dredging of
main drains in Myawady
with the budget of the union
government. The deputy
minister said that a plan
is underway to dredge six
drains in 4.5 miles long
from 2014-15 to 2020-21
fiscal year with K985.20
million fund.
The Hluttaw invited
MPs to discuss the bill on
second amendment of Pyithu
Hluttaw Election Law,
the bill on second amendment
of Amyotha Hluttaw
Election Law and the bill
on second amendment of
Region or State Hluttaw
Election Law."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Region and state governments release orders
and directives for reducing use of plastic bags: "Nay Pyi Taw, 18
May—Amyotha Hluttaw
continued for the 49th-day
session Monday.
With regard to the
question raised by U Phone
Myint Aung of Yangon
Region Constituency No 3
on change of system for releasing
the result of matriculation
examination, Dep-uty Minister for Education
U Thant Shin said that the
Ministry of Education will
release the result of matriculation
examination through
its website and hardcopy on
the designated date.
U Myint Hlaing of Rakhine
State Constituency
No 12 asked about annual
fund, equipment, generator
and related materials
for completion of Thahtay
hydropower project in Rakhine
State in 2018-19
fiscal year. Deputy Minister
for Electric Power U
Aung Than Oo said that
funds will be sought for
implementation of the project.
Generator and related
equipment will be imported
in coming fiscal year for
timely completion of the
project.
U Khin Maung (a) U
Aung Kyaw Oo of Rakhine
State Constituency No
3 asked about measures
against use of plastic bags
by the State. Deputy Minister
for Health Dr Daw
Thein Thein Htay replied
that region and state governments
released orders
and directives on prohibition
of using plastic bags
under the environmental
conservation law. The Department
of Health cooperates
with Development
Affairs Committee in reducing
use of plastic bags
for environmental conservation.
The Amyotha Hluttaw
decided to submit controversial
points between two
Hluttaws in the bill amending
the National Education
Law to the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw.
U Min Oo of Bago Region
Constituency No 7 discussed
it needs to improve
the 1954 Buddhist Women
Special Marriage and Inheritance
Act in conformity
with the present time. If not,
the new law should be drafted
in line with the human
rights of the constitution,
Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and international
treaties signed by Myanmar.
Daw Khin Waing Kyi
of Yangon Region Constituency
No 1 also discussed
that it is necessary to draft
a marriage law for Myanmar
women to protect their
rights.".....
NOTIFICATIONS:-Republic of the Union of Myanmar,
President Office,
Ordinance No. (3/2015),
1st Waxing Day of Nayon, 1377 ME
(18 May, 2015):
Announcement on extension of ordinance...Republic of the Union of Myanmar,
President Office,
Ordinance No. (4/2015),
1st Waxing Day of Nayon, 1377 ME
(18 May, 2015):
Announcement on extension of ordinance entitled
Extension of Military Administrative Order.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Ceasefire agreement, election dominate
discussions between president, political parties...Human trafficking behind boat people
crisis: president?s spokesman...Certificate Course in Basic Diplomatic
Skills concludes...Vice President U Nyan Tun advocates
education for disaster readiness...Mongolia to continue supports to
Myanmar for reform process...Second group of trafficked fishermen
repatriated from Indonesia...Bandagon village?s earthen
pots remain in high demand...Local
residents
receive eye
care services...World Bank to provide
$400 million for national
electricity project...Residents, authorities take part in tsunami
preparedness drill...Nantmwe Bridge
completed on Tahley-
Pahlyo-Kenglak road...Miss Universe Mandalay 2015 contestants
introduced at press conference...Blood donors association
elects new chairman...Young hopefuls gun for places in football academy squads.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends
commemorative message to
President of ROK...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker holds talks
with Chinese Vice FM...Commander-in-Chief: no artillery shells
by Tatmadaw landed on Chinese territory...Second group of trafficked fishermen
repatriated from Indonesia...World Bank to provide
$400 million for national
electricity project.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Problems, like doors, can be
approached from two sides" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Do and Deliver" by Kyi Mun
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Dr Sai Mauk Kham pays homage to scholarly
monks, visits Yangon Dental University...Gov?t
troops take control of
insurgent bases...GTU to mark 60th birthday celebration...Villagers take part in emergency drill for
natural disaster...Local farmers receive agricultural
equipment, fertilizers...Authorities present emergency medicine kits to
rural communities...Pyithu Hluttaw speaker Thura U Shwe Mann
meets locals in Yedashe...Photo depicting elderly woman?s struggle
takes top prize in contest...One-month campaign targets drug abuse
and trafficking...UEC member urges parties to
nominate women as candidates...Soap maker says hand washing key to
reducing infant mortality...Cartoon exhibition promotes conservation
of Myanmar?s natural resources.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President sends messages
of felicitations to Norway...Myanmar, ADB sign agreement to further
strengthen private sector development...Union FM sends message of
felicitations to Norway.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Solving traffic congestion
key to improving life of city" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLES: "Nepal Earthquake: Lesson for Safety of
Hospitals and Health Centers from Disasters" by Dr. Aung Soe @ Aung Kyaw Moe
Retired State Medical Superintendent..."On Turning Age 74" by Tin Shein
CEO, MICPA
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves call to extend
?state of emergency? period: "Nay Pyi Taw, 15
May — Speaker Thura
U Shwe Mann sought
approval from the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw on Friday
of the extension of
the state of emergency
for another 90 days in the
Kokang self-administered
area in Shan State, with members of parliament
speaking in support of the
extension.
A state of emergency
with a three-month period
of martial law has been
declared in the area since
17 February 2015, and expires
on 17 May. MPs condemned acts
of disturbance orchestrated
by destructive elements,
calling for the parliament
to put on record
whoever makes efforts to
remove threats to national
security. They shared
their sympathy with families
of soldiers wounded
and killed in defence of the country, stressing the
need to join hands with
the army to ensure stability
and rule of law in the
reigon.
?The issue of Laukkai
is a national rather than
local concern, so collective
participation and cooperation
is individual responsibility,”
an MP said.
Union Defence Minister
Lt-Gen Wai Lwin
expounded the handling
of situations in Laukkai,
including military operations,
security, and
economic and judicial affairs.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein
confers honours on Sayadaws,
outstanding individuals...Myanmar?s largest food and hospitality trade
event set for June...Army captures Point-2202 Hill of MNDAA
insurgents in Laukkai...Rural youths undertake computer training course...Work under way to widen
Muse-Lashio-Mandalay
Union Highway...Primary assistance teachers undergo
additional training...Govt sends pagoda trustees
rules for preservation
of ancient sites...Plan set to hoist
diamond orb and umbrella
atop Jade Pagoda...Mandalay
set to host
invitational
volleyball
tourney...Farmers receive rights to work
newly released land plots...New power lines, transformers
boost electricity supply in
Chanayethazan Tsp.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Japanese sculptor?s
nature-inspired creation
?gift to Myanmar?...German Myanmar Business Chamber
launches with eye to increased bilateral trade...Pyithu Hluttaw speaker meets US,
ROK delegations...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives delegates
from Korea-Myanmar Friendship Association...Vice President attends dinner to mark 70th
Anniversary of WWII Victory...Local and foreign experts engage in
discussions on progress of reform and
future prospects of Myanmar...Canada prepares to assist Myanmar Maternal
and Child Welfare Association...Myanmar cruise into quarterfinal with
3-0 win over Saudi Arabia.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "For better or worse, your
vote is your destiny" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "The great grand and auspicious paying homage ceremony for conferring
the noblest religious titles on the outstanding Buddhist-monk candidates
who distinctively got through the 67th Sacred Tipitakadhara
Tipitakakovida Selection Examination in the year of 2015" by Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw urged to extend period of state
of emergency in Kokang: "Nay Pyi Taw, 14 May
— Union Minister for Defence
Lt-Gen Wai Lwin
on Thursday called for the
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to extend
the period of the state
of emergency imposed in
line with the presidential
ordinance for another 90
days as the situation in the
self-administered Kokang
area has not yet returned to
normal.
More time is needed as
security, stability, economy
and the legal system in
Kokang of Shan State are
still below normal, the defence
union minister said.
A state of emergency
with a three-month period
of martial law has been declared
in the area since 17
February 2015. The period
is due on 17 May.
The proposal is expected
to be brought to
parliament for approval
on 15 May.
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
approved four bills on
rights of disabled persons,
population control and
health care, inland vessels,
and nursing and maternity."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw discusses special
allowances for defence services personnel: "Nay Pyi Taw, 14 May
— The government has no
plan at the moment to give
allowances equal to their
salaries to defence services
personnel who are discharging
duties in military and
security operations, Deputy
Minister for Defence Maj-
Gen Kyaw Nyunt said at
Pyithu Hluttaw session on
Thursday.
The deputy minister
was responding to a
question raised by a representative
whether the government
has plans to give
special allowances for military
operations.
However, all defence
services personnel, from
privates to generals, are
entitled to the allowances
of K 10,000 per month for
hardship and risks involved
in their job, the deputy minister
added..."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw discusses measures to
ease traffic congestion in big cities: "Nay Pyi Taw, 14
May—Dr Myat Nyana Soe
of the fourth constituency
in Yangon Region on
Thursday asked the Amyotha
Hluttaw about measures
to ease the increasing
traffic congestion in big
cities.
U Chan Maung, Deputy
Minister for Rail Transportation,
responded that
the Yangon Region government?s
efforts to solve
the problem include the
construction of flyovers,
designation of no-parking
roads and bus lanes, installation
of Japanese-model
automatic traffic control
systems, and increased tolls for vehicles entering Yangon.
Regarding a question
about vehicle registration
and registration renewal,
the deputy minister said vehicle
inspection fees range
from K5,00 to K10,000,
and registration fees from
K15,00 to K40,000.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Peace negotiating team for ethnic armed groups set to
meet in Chiang Mai...3MDG launches project
to build 100 health centres
across country...UEC meets CSOs for 2015 general election...Housing projects to build more than 33,000
apartments in Dagon Seikkan Tsp...Plan to hold consultation on drawing
frameworks for administrative reform...Citizens urged to pay tax to the state dutifully...Art gallery
showcases works
of U Aung Chit...Laterite placed on inter-village road
in Falam Tsp...Region Minister attends to
agricultural needs of
local farmers...Districts in Mandalay Region ready to
announce voter lists...Muse to implement
economic zones...IKBZ compensates
people injured in traffic
accidents...Well-wishers donate cash and goods for fire victims...Residents of parched region
receive drinking water...Mobile medical team to
give checkups to drugresistant
TB patients...Mobile team seizes commodities
without custom duty...Chin ethnic youths learn cosmetics,
personal goods production...Who is the most unlucky culprit?...Coordination meeting on
financial development and
foreign exchange
rates held.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Plan to speed up oil and natural gas production...Peace negotiating team for ethnic armed groups set to
meet in Chiang Mai...General Hla Htay Win meets French delegation...Senior General
Min Aung Hlaing arrives
back in Nay Pyi Taw...Myanmar to host 7th
Summit of CLMV, 6th Summit
of ACMECS in Nay Pyi Taw...Chinese State
Councillor
concludes visit to
Myanmar.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Politicians must win hearts and
minds, not just votes" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "General Practitioners Helping Hands to
the General Public" by Dr. Aung Soe @ Aung Kyaw Moe
Retired State Medical Superintendent
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS: PYITHU HLUTTAW: Deputy Attorney-General says 66
laws need amending, 33 repealing and
replacing: Pyithu Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 13 May
— The parliament has
found 66 laws to be amended
and 33 repealed and replaced
since its inception
in March 2011, said U Tun
Tun Oo, Deputy Attorney-
General, at the Pyithu
Hluttaw here on Wednesday.
Deputy Minister for
Home Affairs Brig-Gen
Kyaw Zan Myint, responding
to complaints about
land grabs, said the Central
Committee for Land Management
is dealing with
cases and will submit a progress
report to parliament
on individual complaints
left to be scrutinized.
In connection with
the replacement of age-old
watercraft used in Rakhine
State, Deputy Minister for
Transport U Han Sein explained
measures for strict
supervision over vessel
conditions, life-saving materials,
seating capacity and
cargo loading.
He added assistance
has been sought from Japan
for vessels in need of
replacement.
Brig-Gen Htay Naing,
who is a Defence Services
personnel representative,
submitted a report on
health care for villagers
of Kyaukkyi Township in
Bago Region who have
suffered various physical
impairments."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Chin MP calls for state-run technical high school in Matupi: "Nay Pyi Taw, 13 May
— Union Minister for Science
and Technology Dr Ko
Ko Oo and Deputy Minister
for Education U Thant Shin
fielded questions from parliamentarians
about school
facilities Wednesday as the
Amyotha Hluttaw continued
its 12th session.
U Paw Lyan Lwin,
MP of Matupi Township
constituency, called for the
establishment of a state-run
technical high school in
Matupi Township.
Dr Ko Ko Oo said his
ministry is not ready to open
a government technical high
school in Matupi Township
during fiscal 2015-2016, as
it is establishing schools in
states and regions under human
resource development
and economic projects.
U Phone Myint Aung,
MP of Yangon region constituency
3, asked for students
to be allowed to enter
school compounds hours
before exams.
Deputy Minister U
Thant Shin said for the sake
of security, as well as to
ensure the secrecy of exam
papers, students must only
be allowed to enter school
compounds once teachers
have prepared exam rooms.
Defence Services Personnel
representative Major
Myo Tun Aung asked what
plans, if any, the education
ministry has for renovation
of old and fragile school
buildings in fiscal 2015-
2016.
U Thant Shin said
school buildings still requiring
repairs will be fixed by
the ministry in fiscal 2016-
2017.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangon to privatize garbage collection by Sept,
pending public approval...Community healthcare
programme targets
autoimmune diseases...Models vie for media?s choice section
of beauty pageant...Myanmar concludes 21st Traditional Performing Arts Competition...Two foreigners caught as army uncovers
plot of timber smuggling...Two villages in Ottarathiri Tsp receive
supply of electricity...Workshop raises human rights awareness...Talk aims to increase
knowledge of census data
collection, usage...New asphalt road commissioned into service
in Pobbathiri Tsp...Plan underway to maintain stone inscriptions at Kuthodaw Pagoda...Seminar on strengthening consumer
protection in Myanmar staged in Mandalay.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President receives Japanese PM?s special adviser...Pyithu Hluttaw speaker receives
Indian Ambassador, special adviser
to the Japanese PM...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
visits Belgrade Fortress...Ygn Region Chief Minister receives State
Councillor and Secretary General of China?s
State Council...Panasonic opens
showroom in Mandalay...Government of India support for training in English language
for Law Enforcement Officers at MICELT, Yangon.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Myanmar needs more
talented teachers" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "A short introduction to Community Colleges
in some countries" by Sayar Mya
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
continues for 43rd
day session: "Nay Pyi Taw, 11
May—At the 43rd day session
of the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw on Monday, the
Hluttaw put the visits of
Speaker Thura U Shwe
Mann and party to the People?s
Republic of China
and the United States of
America, the visit of Deputy
Speaker U Nanda Kyaw
Swa and party to Malaysia
and Pyithu Hluttaw MP U
Maung Toe and party to
Vietnam on record.
The joint bill committee
explained its findings
and remarks on the healthcare
for control of population
rate bill and the Myanmar
nurse and midwifery
council bill sent back by
the President with remarks.
The Hluttaw approved
a report of the Public Accounts
Committee over the
actual accounts for 2013-
14 fiscal year."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: No free transportation for
voters, says UEC: "Nay Pyi Taw, 11 May
— The government will
not make any transport
arrangements for voters
in the upcoming general
elections, even in remote
areas, said Union Election
Commission member U
Win Ko to Pythu Hluttaw
on Monday..."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw session addresses
remote area hospitals, rural development: "Nay Pyi Taw, 11 May
— The Department of
Medical Care has a plan
to provide ambulances to
township-level people?s
hospitals in fiscal 2015-
2016, but not to station
hospitals in remote areas
at this stage, Deputy Minister
for Health Dr Daw
Thein Thein Htay told
the Amyotha Hluttaw on
Monday.
The deputy minister
made the admission during
the 45th day session of
the Upper House after U
Hla Swe, MP of Magway
Region Constituency No
12, asked whether the department
under the Ministry
of Health planned
to provide ambulances,
drivers and fuel to station
hospitals in remote areas
for transport of emergency
patients...".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Weather Bureau warns of
thunderstorms in northern, eastern
parts of country...Increased focus on human trafficking
sees case numbers rise...Union Energy Minister visits operation
of plants...Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham inspects
regional development tasks in Pathein....Nyaungbingyisu Bridge under construction in Ingapu Tsp...Township authorities honour outstanding students in Kyangin....Tax talks focus on legal amendments, penalties...Storm victims receive assistance
for reconstruction of houses...Well-wishers donate cash
and kind to fire victims...Information and Public Relations Dept staff
begin training course...Salon ethnics in Kyunsu Township receive
health and education assistance...Nay Pyi Taw Development
Committee provides assistance
to youth training school...Election sub-commission launches
course for members...New mall targets tourist market...Concrete bridge under construction in Kalay Tsp...Feasibility studies conducted for
generating hydropower.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein receives State Councillor and
Secretary General of China?s State Council, attends
meeting on infrastructure development plans....Vice President, Chinese
State Councillor talks to
cement bilateral ties...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits museums in Serbia...Samsung seeks home-grown app
developers through training course...BMW adds new vehicle to range
in Myanmar.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Proper tax collection benefits
government and people" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Victorious Living" by Kyi Mun
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw gives green light to $400m
loan from World Bank: "Nay Pyi Taw, 12 May
— Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on
Tuesday approved borrowing
US$400 million loan
from the World Bank.
U Nu, a member of
Joint Public Accounts
Committee, suggested the
loan should be agreed as
the Ministry of Livestock,
Fisheries and Rural Development
is carrying out
compulsory services for
livelihoods of rural populace,
while it is promoting
the capabilities of government
staff, the early response
system to natural
disaster and the emergency
management.
He added that the ministry
needs the loans to
expand implementation of
people-centered projects
for rural people.
Daw Khin San Hlaing,
MP from Pale Township
constituency, said service
charge of 0.7 percent on
the loan for more than 30
years will cost millions of
dollar, adding that the loans
should be used effectively..."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: No discrimination against degree holders
of universities of distance education,
according to chairman of UCSB: "Nay Pyi Taw, 12 May- ...Another question at
the session concerning discrimination
against graduates
from universities of
distance education, Chairman
of Union Civil Services
Board U Kyaw Thu said
that the board has never
discriminate between degree-
holders of universities
of distance education and
those of other universities
in its written tests, interviews
and all those who
are qualified for good civil
servants are chosen for government
posts..."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hlutaw discusses
agricultural issues: "Nay Pyi Taw, 12 May
— Amyotha Hlutaw session
on Tuesday focused
on questions on agriculture
sector and Deputy Minister
for Agriculture and Irrigation
U Ohn Than responded
to the questions.
One of the representatives
asked whether the
government has plans to
suspend one year to repay
agricultural loans in
Kyangin and Myanaung
Townships in Ayeyawady
Region as farmers there
did not earn enough from
failed crops due to shortages
of rainwater and adverse
weather conditions.
Deputy Minister for
Agriculture and Irrigation
U Ohn Than said that
Myanmar Agricultural
Development Bank may
suspend loans when crops
are damaged due to natural
disasters and losses are reported
to the bank on time.
Although the bank can suspend
loans with the recommendation
of local authorities
at different levels, new
loans will not be available
for farmers who fail to repay
their old loans under
the rules and regulations of
the bank, the deputy minister
added...".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President extols virtues of modern fruit and
vegetable cultivation techniques during visit to
cold storage facility...Myanmar Railways holds third public consultation
meeting on Yangon circle rail upgrading...Union demands recruitment firms
pay compensation over sunken
Russian trawler.....State Councillor and Secretary General of China?s State Council donates
computers to Nay Pyi Taw BEHS No 7, visits Bagan NyaungU...Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham
praises 2015 basic literacy movement...workshop
promotes
climate-friendly
agriculture...Roadwork for
inter-village
link reaches
completion in
Myeik Tsp...Erosion destroys bridge on
Mohnyin-Kadu laterite road...New library opens
in Hinthada
Township...Kachin State Gov?t to take action against
contractors for unfinished construction works...Fire brigade members
receive uniforms...Students of Yezin University of Agriculture visit
paddy, organic vegetable farms...Construction of inter-township roads
depends on budget...Vets provide eye drop vaccination
for livestock...National Council for Road and Traffic Safety meets...Gov?t troops control three more
hill posts of Kokang insurgents.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President extols virtues of modern fruit and
vegetable cultivation techniques during visit to
cold storage facility...Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw meets State Councillor
and Secretary General of China?s State Council...Commander-in-Chief visits Serbian
president, 204th Air Brigade...Union minister meets special adviser
to Japanese PM...Myanmar, Singapore to cooperate in legal affairs.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Myanmar must avoid cowhand
status" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "A short introduction to Community Colleges
in some countries" by Sayar Mya
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DOMESTIC NEWS: NCCT plans all-inclusive ethnic conference in mid-May...Some companies express interests in establishing public bus service company...Volunteer programme aims
to assist rural villagers...Squall fells trees, tears
billboards, reduces temperature...Police lecture
abuse of
chemical
precursors...Outstanding students recount experiences at
recreation camps...Strong wind destroys 20 buildings,
leaving 58 residents homeless...Pyithu Hluttaw speaker inspects regional
development tasks in Pyu...Amyotha Hluttaw speaker attends launching of
power supply in rural area of Yamethin Tsp...Performing Arts Competition
continues for fourth day...Nurturing technicians and skilled
labourers discussed...Those with a sense of
duty are responsible...Myanmar?s first KFC outlet to open in downtown Yangon...90 percent complete in building concrete
bridge in Myanaung Tsp...Agriculturists share knowledge about agricultural technology with farmers...Police receive
security
knowledge for
election...Paddy seeds provided to farmers
in Nyaungshwe Tsp...Nurse trainees receive
caps and coats.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar educationist U Than Oo to receive Honorary
Doctorate of Human Letters from Hawaii University...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
leaves Pakistan for Serbia...Myanmar?s first KFC outlet to open in downtown Yangon...Thais beat Myanmar for
AFF Women?s Crown.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "A decent minimum wage
must be a living wage" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "The Internet and Facebook — the good and the bad" by Hla Maung
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President unveils stone plaque at
Myanmar-Lao Friendship Bridge...Contemporary art
exhibition features
diverse range of work...Gov?t, ethnic armed group and political
party representatives attend peace and
national reconciliation forum in Yangon...Mandalay Region to hold 1st Yadanabon Cup
invitational men?s volleyball tournament...Revenue officials explain
taxation laws...Journalists
from Upper
Myanmar
visit Yazagyo
multi-purpose
dam project...Amyotha Hluttaw speaker
hoists sacred umbrella to
pagoda in Mandalay Region.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar hockey supporters make donations
for SEA Games trip...Australian tourists travel Myanmar
by motorcycle...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing visits Pakistan Aeronautical Complex.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Those at grassroots level
vulnerable to hike in
commodity prices" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLES: "Flibbertigibbets, sybarites, loafers, pessimists, rumor-mongers,nincompoops and drug addicts never contribute to the good of society" by Tommy Pauk..."Singapore University of Technology and Design (SUTD)" by Sayar Mya
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DOMESTIC NEWS: MPT offers 30 percent
bonus to users...Dinner marks 79th World Red
Cross and Red Crescent Day...New asphalt road connects villages
in Myeik Tsp...Immigration personnel deliver citizenship
cards to senior citizens at homes...Paddy thriving in
rural area of
Ingapu Tsp...Households to receive
tree saplings for
planting in Mawgyun...Amyotha Hlutaw Speaker delivers
speech at World Red Cross and Red
Crescent Day ceremony in Yamethin...Children,
pregnant
women
receive
vaccinations
in Zabuthiri
Tsp...Tube-well supplies potable water to
local residents...New bridge links Thabyaychaung
and Shwemyo villages...Performing Arts Competition
continues for second day.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein meets
ethnic leaders in Kengtung...EU project aims to develop Myanmar
aquaculture sector, increase exports to Europe...UMFCCI, Yunnan Province focus
on border trade promotion...President U Thein Sein sends
messages of felicitations to
presidents of EU, EC...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker invites
US businessmen to invest in Myanmar...Judicial officers undertake training
jointly run by USAID...Myanmar, Pakistan discuss military, trade ties...Union FM sends message
of felicitations to Vice
President of EC...Timetables announced for candidates of ASEAN scholarship 2016...Wer Phaw strike puts Myanmar in final.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Devolution provides
checks and balances
against abuse of power" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "The Model Management" by Kyi Mun
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein visits Kengtung Cultural
Museum, Loimwe hill station...Bago brewery marks
Carlsberg?s entry to
Myanmar market...Performers show skills in dancing,
music and song contests...Dr Sai Mauk Kham urges well-rounded youths to strive for
international recognition...Vice President U Nyan Tun hails arts competition as vital to
preserving culture...Training course aims to give administrators
grasp on electoral process...Township officials disseminate
knowledge about drug elimination
to residents...Emerald Green Project gaining
momentum in rural areas...Industrial Training School teaches local
youths to become technicians...Women?s vocational
courses aim to improve
livelihoods...Contestants from Bago
Region make preparations for
Performing Arts Competition...Thai Chinlone team under training of
Myanmar coaches in Mandalay...Activities mark UN
Global Road Safety
Week...Township Golfers
Association compensates
farmers for loss of land...Plan to hoist
golden umbrella
atop Jade Pagoda...MBED receives public digital library service machine...Men?s football tournament marks 700th anniversary of founding Sagaing City.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Peace in Myanmar must precede further
investment, EU ambassador says...Union Industry Minister
meets Malaysian,
Thai delegations...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and party arrive at
Benazir Bhutto International Airport in Islamabad...United Overseas Bank provides its first onshore
Yangon, 7 May — loan in Myanmar to finance hotel project...KDI discusses research on policies.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "There is a first time for
everything" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Asia: Stabilizing and Outperforming" by Yu Ching Wong
IMF Resident Representative to Myanmar
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Date of publication:
2015-05-08
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Art exhibition for orphans opens at
Gallery 65 in Yangon...Outstanding students visit places
of interest in Nay Pyi Taw...Energy projects need supervision to deter detrimental
effect on environment: vice president...IPRD official calls for development of libraries...Local road under expansion
to ease traffic congestion...Dawei Nurses Training School holds
capping and coating for trainees...Health staff take
prevention of dengue
haemorrhagic fever
in rural areas...Meiktila?s residents consume drinking water from water treatment plant...Agricultural Mechanization Department harvests summer paddy with combine harvesters.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Yunnan Province to cooperate in peace
and stability in border areas...Insufficient administrative
capacity causing delay in FDI flows:
Serge Pun...Commander-in-Chief on his first visits to Pakistan and Serbia...Union FM meets officials from ICRC, UNFPA...Photo and poster show opens
marking 70th anniversary of
end of World War II, Great
Patriotic War...US-Myanmar Exchange & Gala
Dinner marks opening of Myanmar
Consulate General in LA...Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann calls on
UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receives
ICRC Asia and Pacific Zone Chief...STI Myanmar University
nurtures engineering and
business students...Thiri Pyanchi U Tun Nay Linn
presents credentials to Vice
President of Argentine Republic...U Myint Naung concurrently
accredited as Ambassador to
Portuguese Republic...Mdy Region Chief Minister receives US Ambassador...Tatkon Township marks
International Day of the
Midwife...Police officers receive knowledge about security
measures for election...Goods without custom duty
destroyed in Myawady...Vietnam and Myanmar
make semi-finals from
Group B.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Modern public transport
is a top priority" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "The role of performing arts within and between nations" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja
Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
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Date of publication:
2015-05-07
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Arrangements underway to implement compulsory
high school education...Chin State introduces first
ever child-focused Local
Social Plan in Myanmar to
international development
partners...MCDC suspends collection of toll
gate fees in Mandalay City...Pontoon built in Ayeyawady River
for water pump...Residents participate in demonstration
on use of foam in putting out of fire...Irrigation facilities contribute to
thriving summer paddy in arid zone...Myanmar Fire Brigade marks 69th birthday...KNPP activities cause
concern among local people...Political parties
apply for
registration at
UEC...Public information for
remonstration...Primary assistant teachers under training...New wooden bridge
benefits rural residents
in Mahlaing Tsp...Children under five receive birth
registration in Myanaung Tsp...Police discuss security measures
to be taken during election 2015...New lamp-posts, power lines
installed in ChaungU Township...Election sub-commission allows
people to check voter list.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Speaker Thura U Shwe
Mann leaves Washington
D.C. for New York.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Look deeper to realize the
root cause of a problem" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Law ? Quite a challenging subject to learn" by U Khin Maung
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2015-05-06
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein visits Myanmar Aviation
Academy, Ngwehsaung Recreation Camp...Yangon Region Gov?t to form public bus
service company with 40/60 JV system...Step taken toward
establishment of national
minimum wage...Outstanding students
visit pagodas in
Pakokku, Pakhangyi...Scouts take
part in skill
contest in
PyinOoLwin...Farmer Channel Studio
goes into operation...Upper Namhtwam
hydropower project to
benefit local residents in
Putao District...Kalewa Township to build
independence monument,
people?s park...Police prepare taking uric samples
from suspect drug users...Firefighters donate blood at North
Okkalapa General Hospital, DSGH (1)...Engineering company to give rental and maintenance services...Myawady Daily
marks 4th anniversary
ceremony...Fire victims receive citizenship scrutiny cards...University students view round thriving
paddy, vegetable plantations.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, foreign delegations discuss
religious freedom...Syrian journalist wins UNESCO/Guillermo Cano
World Press Freedom Prize 2015...Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann meets
Myanmar embassy staff in Washington D.C...Thai abbot contributes humanitarian
assistance to fire victims...Locals get traffic knowledge at UN
Global Road Safety Week activities...Employers, employees to set
minimum wage...Amyotha Hluttaw speaker visits Republic of Korea.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Taxpayers should be
duly recognized" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "A Visit to Room No.113 of the Bago Hostel" by Dr. Saw Mra Aung
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Date of publication:
2015-05-05
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DOMESTIC NEWS: We are trying our best to begin political dialogue as soon as possible...President U Thein Sein delivers speech at jungle camp meeting of boy
scouts and girl guides, inspects developments of Mogok...President U Thein Sein?s
radio message on air...Property expo aims to develop country?s
real estate market...Outstanding ninth
graders visit statue
gallery in Sale...Preliminary draft of
violence against women to
complete in late June...Residents pour water at Bo tree, offer provisions to monks...Residents plan to build pagoda in Zabuthiri Tsp...New transformers
come into operation to
supply electricity at full
capacity...Firefighters show excellent
skills in demonstration to mark
Myanmar Fire Brigade Day...Buddhist cultural course for
local youths...Tawwi Village receives free clinic for
health care services...Local residents pay respect to
senior citizens...Outstanding students visit Inlay Lake...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing comforts army
members wounded in action.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Calls for independent, non-biased media in Myanmar
made on World Press Freedom Day 2015...45 works of Myanmar
contemporary art on
display in KL...Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann explains
Myanmar?s move for coming elections...Mdy Region CCI exchange
view with Japanese officials...Myanmar, Japan ink
MoU on contribution to
agricultural sector.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "The minimum wage
and basic human needs" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "A Visit to Room No.113 of the Bago Hostel" by Dr. Saw Mra Aung
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2015-05-04
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Traffic accidents claim 11
lives a day in Myanmar...Rail Transportation Ministry inks deal with
China?s CMC to buy locomotive engines...Inter-village road improves transport facility for residents...Fire engulfs property
worth more than
K300 million...Waste water kills fish till 30 April...Taungup
Township
facilitates
RC bridge
in rural area...Union minister hints minimum
wage will soon become law...Buddhist cultural course widens knowledge of youths...2nd Zosuan
Youth
Conference
focuses on
existence of
Zomi culture,
literature and
language...Primary students to receive
school uniforms free of
charge in Natmauk Tsp...Ministry of Electric Power presents
compensation for loss of cultivation
to farmers...Development tasks gain
momentum in Myanaung Tsp...Myanmar, China join hands in carrying out
sanitation to mark May Day...Army drives insurgent
group taking extortion
money from vehicles.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein greets farmers warmly at ceremony
to hand over farm machinery provided by JICA...Experts explain EIA and SIA
over hydropower project...Speaker of Pyidaungsu and
Pyithu Hluttaw meets US senator...Union Information Minister,
Chairperson of Pyithu Hluttaw Rule
of Law and Tranquility Committee to
attend World Press Freedom Day 2015...Myanmar to meet with
Vietnam in debut
of Group (B) in AFF
Women?s Championship.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Shaping good governance
and clean government
through press freedom" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLES: "BE VIGILANT AGAINST UNINVITED GUESTS" by Maung Hlaung..."The Buddha?s Day, the Full Moon of the month of Kason" by Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)
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2015-05-02
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2015-05-02
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein, wife Daw Khin Khin Win
attend enshrinement of sacred objects, golden
umbrella-hoisting ceremonies in Nay Pyi Taw...Subdued housing market to bounce back
next year, realtors, market experts say...Pagodas in Yangon
crowded with
devotees on Vesak Day...Respects paid to faculty members
of English Department...Kyee Pwar Yay library in Htugyi hopes for President?s
excellent award 2015...Departmental officials focus on
farmland management...Outstanding students visit farmlands in
Nyaungshwe Tsp...Outstanding students visit Popa region,
Scouts? get-together in PyinOoLwin.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President
sends
messages
felicitations
to Poland...Thai, Myanmar businessmen exchange
views on bilateral trade...Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann meets US
business people, congresspersons...Union FM sends felicitations to Poland...Union Information minister
receives foreign delegations.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Awareness is ultimate value
of life" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLES: "The last old Myanmar capital city Ratanapon [Mandalay] Part IV" by Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt..."Accounting: a driver of corporate growth
and then of national economic growth" by Tin Shein; CEO, MICPA
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Date of publication:
2015-05-03
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DOMESTIC NEWS: It is necessary to settle disputes between employers and
workers based on commiseration in accordance with the
labour dispute settlement law and related by laws...Myanma
Gems
Emporium to
run from 24
June to 6 July...Illegal drugs worth
K13.466 billion seized...Knowledge on population and census
disseminated to people...Toddy chairs, tables marketable
in Tatkon Tsp...Storm
destroys
houses, school
and buildings
in Kyaukdaga
Tsp...Two new transformers
installed in Meiktila...IRD officials clarify issuing of vouchers with
receipt number for customers...New high school opens
in Yebyu Township...Faculty members, staff receive
computer training...Midwifery course concludes
in Ngazun Township...Kanaung Town to get more than
3,000-foot-long concrete road...MCWA members attend healthcare
provider course...Realtors gather to strengthen business networks
in Myanmar property market...Samsung aids programme to teach
out-of-school children.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Japan to promote cooperation in
development of sports sector...Myanma
Gems
Emporium to
run from 24
June to 6 July...Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann
pays goodwill visit to U.S...Dy commander-in-chief hosts dinner
to Malaysian chief of army...5th ACMMC concludes in Nay Pyi Taw...Myanmar, Australia focus on development
cooperation...International IDEA officials visit Ottara
District Election Sub-commission...Myanmar government, people
donate foodstuffs, personal goods for
earthquake victims of Nepal...Realtors gather to strengthen business networks
in Myanmar property market.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "May Day brings global
awareness to workers plight" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Accounting: a driver of corporate growth
and then of national economic growth" by Tin Shein; CEO, MICPA
Source/publisher:
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Date of publication:
2015-05-01
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Meat, fish prices remain stable despite civil servant pay rise...Children draw dream
cars for art contest...YWH to provide workers with free medical
checkups on May Day...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Preparations under way for performing arts competitions...Local residents receive free health examinations...Police attend talks on election
security measures...Residents receive
citizenship
scrutiny cards...Storm victims, needy
families receive rice,
detergent...Chief Minister of Mandalay
Region observes literacy
campaign...Myawady Bank Ltd.
opens new branch
in Meiktila...More than
250,000
people listed
on electoral
roll in
Meiktila Tsp...Government intervention pushes
down fuel prices in Mandalay...Myanmar Scouts Federation Office commissioned...Clampdown on illegal
trade adds US $28.1 bil. to
national revenue...Software development diploma
course concluded in Mandalay...Scout course concludes for
outstanding students
in Bagan camp.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Thura U Shwe Mann returns from China trip with
Myanmar delegation...PGM praises and supports reform efforts of government...Union FM receives Pakistani military delegation...METI to contribute
towards industrial
policy of Myanmar...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing receives
representatives to 5th ACMMC...Deputy Commander-in-Chief
receives Malaysian military
delegation...Myanmar, Australia to strengthen
bilateral relations and cooperation.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Uncontrolled hatred should
not harm dignity of others" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Learning queer English words, phrases and sentences" by Tommy Pauk
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The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2015-04-30
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2015-04-30
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Weather bureau
forecasts low pressure
in Bay of Bengal in
early May...MRCCI focuses on marketing for
trade promotion...Volunteer university students teach
villagers in Pyinmana Tsp in literacy
campaign...Residents call
for overpass
repair...Basic education teachers
complete aerobics course...Townships in
Mandalay Region to
announce voter lists on
1-14 June...UEC allows
registration of
political party...Seminar seeks conservation strategies
for endangered Irrawaddy dolphin...Township MCWA officials provide free checkups...Dental and oral health
activity launched
in Mandalay...Teachers undertake training course...Medical team
of military
hospital gives
health care
services to
residents...Letter to the Editor...Workshop examines strategies to
promote women?s participation...Mediation skills
workshop improve
capacity of law
officers, judges...Tatmadaw columns
seize arms from
AA insurgents.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein, wife Daw Khin Khin Win
return from Malaysia...Norwegian research vessel begins fishery
survey in Myanmar?s waters...Good Myanmar-China relations
can yield development, stability:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets
Pakistani military delegation...Ayeyawady,
Lao Toyota to
take one-minute
silence in group
match.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Genuine victory lies
in calm" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Dare To Scale The Heights" by Kyi Mun
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Date of publication:
2015-04-29
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2015-04-30
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Comparative legislation workshop held to enhance
heritage protection...More than 500,000 tourists forecast to visit Mandalay in 2015...Authorities urge
residents not to throw
garbage into drains...Teak saplings
marketable in
Wuntho Township...UEC allows registration of
political party...KBZ Bank receives prize at
regional financial sector awards...Department of Agriculture
introduces six new paddy species
to farmers...Local residents receive citizenship
scrutiny cards...Residents work to upgrade road before monsoon...Taninthayi Region Real
Estate Service
Association meets...Teachers undergo additional training...Cargo train derails on Mandalay-Myitkyina
railroad section...Illegal drugs worth
about K 2.77 billion
seized in Laukkai.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends
messages of felicitations to the
Netherlands...Regional leaders open 26th ASEAN Summit in Malaysia...More than 500,000 tourists forecast to visit Mandalay in 2015...Parliamentary speaker visits Guangzhou...Union FM sends message
of felicitations to the
Netherlands...President?s wife attends social
business forum in Malaysia...MSF meets survivors and victims?
families in sinking of MV Dalniy Vostok.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "How should maturity be
measured? by Mying Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Water Scarcity and Water Security" by San Shwe Aung
Source/publisher:
The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2015-04-28
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2015-04-28
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Solar generator helps rural community
in Dala with power supplies...Concrete bridge across Meiktila Lake
under construction...Villagers participate
in inter-village/ward
football tournament...Mdy SPEI recruits new trainees for
2015-16 academic year...Myanmar?s
watermelon in
high demand at
Chinese market...Tatmadaw to continue its
offensives for stability in Laukkai...Expressway traffic accident kills 8,
injuries 14...Army arrests one armed man in Kyauktaw Tsp...Outstanding youths join recreation camp (Inlay) in Khaungdaing Village, Inlay region...Election commission to hold election
for new members of MCDC...Plan to implement Hsimeekhon Port
at Myotha Industrial Park...MCDC builds offices, staff quarters, maintains buildings...Residents enjoy smooth
transport on laterite road in
Ingapu Tsp...Myanmar Football Academy (Mandalay)
recruits new trainees for first phase.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends
message of felicitations to
South Africa...President U Thein Sein sends message
of condolence to Nepali President, PM...President U Thein Sein delivers speech at 12th ASEAN
Leadership Forum in Kuala Lumpur...MEPE awards SembCorp Utilities
gas-fired power plant...Myanmar, China to promote
cooperation in politics,
business, technology...Union FM sends message of felicitations
to South Africa.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Ensure a fair competition
through genuine capability" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Time to accomplish unfinished pledges we made solemnly" by Khin Mg Oo
Source/publisher:
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Date of publication:
2015-04-27
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2015-04-27
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Overseas examples should inform minimum
wage talks: employment minister...NGO seeks help spreading
ICT access to rural areas...Myanmar on track to receive record
5 m. foreign tourists in 2015...Shwebo-Myitkyina
Union Highway
undergoes upgrade...Trishaw drivers receive new
licences in Thakayta Tsp...Chief minister reviews preparation for hoisting
umbrella atop Jade Pagoda...Department of Rural Development sinks
tube-wells for water supply in rural areas...Squall destroys more than 80 houses in Hinthada Tsp...Civilians under attacks in Shan,
Kachin, Rakhine...Myanmar names preliminary 24-man squad for
2018 FIFA World Cup qualification.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar on track to receive record
5 m. foreign tourists in 2015...Cambodian, Thai, Malaysian chinlone teams
train in Myanmar...UEC members to observe voter
education and outreach in Indonesia...Thura U Shwe Mann leaves for PRC...Myanmar Anti-Corruption Commission
chairman meets Vietnamese delegation.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "To enjoy genuine
democracy, be mindful of
malicious rumours" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLES: "Swim and Win" by Kyi Mon..."The last old Myanmar capital city ?Ratanpon” [Mandalay] Part III" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja
Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
Source/publisher:
The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2015-04-26
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2015-04-26
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Sanitation program
targets hygiene
practices in rural areas...Workshop promotes sustainable urban planning for Yangon...Women?s affairs groups of Myanmar and China
make donations at nunnery...B.Tech student from Mohnyin to receive
prize for IP rights activity...Mandalay residents
urged to take care in
hot weather...Selection of presidential awards for
excellent performance discussed...Outstanding students from upper Myanmar
heading for Yangon...Mine blast injures two villagers in
Mohnyin Tsp...Teachers to get accommodation
opportunity at staff quarters...Thai tourists visit cities
in Myanmar to enjoy
Maha Thingyan Festival...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker calls for swift setting of minimum wage...Ferry crew demonstrate use of life jackets.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein hails Bandung spirit
at Asian African Summit...Myanmar, India to jointly
establish Information
Technology University...Myanmar, Vietnam to cooperate
in combating corruption...Deputy attorney-general meets
Vietnamese delegation.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Are we stuck in a
Catch-22 situation?" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Singapore Institute of Technology (SIT)" by Sayar Mya
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Date of publication:
2015-04-25
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2015-04-25
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Departmental officials join Birth Registration Activity Week...Sinking tube-well to solve
shortage of water
in Myanaung...Police carry out sanitation at religious buildings
in Hpa-an...Auxiliary fire brigade members receive uniforms...Shortage of car parking adds to
congestion in Mandalay...Men?s football tourney to mark 700th
birthday of Sagaing City...Storm victims receive
assistance from well-wishers...2nd gathering for
veteran scouts on
29 April...Police families
donate rice,
cooking oil to fire
victims...Thai tourists tour Yangon, Bago, Mawlamyine
during Maha Thingyan festival period...Teachers start teaching
for students who need to
sit supplementary exams...Squall causes damage but
no injuries in Hinthada...Three armed men captured with arms
and ammunition...Immigration dept, NGO
deliver citizenship cards
to residents...Young women encouraged to seek careers in ICT.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Asian African Summit concludes upholding
Bandung principles...Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp launches
first Myanmar branch in Yangon...Myanmar rice exports set to
top 2 mil. tons as China lifts
import restriction...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives
Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar...Union FM meets Dutch
Foreign Affairs Minister...SEAOP contributes to
regional development in
Made Island...Myanmar to meet with Vietnam in debut of
AFF Women?s Championship 2015.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Politics is a form of
humanism" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Who cares World Peace and Security?" by Tommy Pauk
Source/publisher:
The Global New Light of Myanmar
Date of publication:
2015-04-24
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2015-04-24
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Donations invited for construction of Dhammayon...Township authorities pay respect to senior citizens...Authorities seek help maintaining
historic Fort Thabyetan...Housing projects in Mandalay to resettle
local residents...Outstanding youths to take relaxation at recreation
camps...4 toll gates set to open in
Mandalay District...MCDC, well-wishers provide assistance
for fire victims...Myanmar Football
Academy (Mandalay) to
recruit new trainees...Irrigation Department upgrades lakes, small
dams in Yamethin Tsp...Visitors enjoy water festival at
Nyaungchaungtha Beach...Union minister inspects hydropower project...Public information for
remonstration...Military column arrests 2 armed insurgents,
seizes ammunition in Rakhine State...Human trafficking summit to take
up case of Myanmar fishermen.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein attends opening
ceremony of 2015 Asian-African Summit...Myanmar automobile policy due in ?3 to 6
months?, opening way for assembly plants...Fisheries export
earnings drop by US
$100M in 2014-15 FY...President U Thein Sein sends message
of felicitations to State of Israel...Union FM sends message
of felicitations to State of
Israel...Japanese banking giant opens branch in Yangon.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Land reform should
benefit the poor" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Yangon Thingyan and Hmyaw-zin-gyun" by Dr. Saw Mra Aung
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar approves $8 billion worth of foreign
investment in 2014-15 FY...Well-wishers, residents pay respects to
older persons...10 dead, 127 injured in Mandalay Region?s
Maha Thingyan festival...Waste water kills fish in Taungthaman Lake...Laukkai IDPs return home as peace restored in area...Dr Tun Shin attends 54th AALCO
conference in Beijing...Weather expert warns of thunderstorms in
eastern parts of country...Five insurgents caught after engagement
with army in Paletwa...MESC ready to provide
services to residents...Outstanding students to
attend camps in Bagan,
Inlay, Ngwehsaung...Mobile libraries provide service
to Dhammayon...Sinking tube-well to solve water shortage...Fire victims receive
assistance from
donors.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein visits Indonesia for
Asian-African Summit...Myanmar approves $8 billion worth of foreign
investment in 2014-15 FY...New Year?s Message
from EU Ambassador
Roland Kobia
on 16 April 2015...Globetrotters visit Zaygyo Market in Mandalay.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Check, recheck and
countercheck plans" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Let?s be more careful with what we eat" by Myo Myint
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein, wife enjoy Akyat Day of
water festival...Weather bureau warns of thunderstorms,
strong winds...Landslide-prevention work under way in Mandalay Region...Region minister supervises development
work in TadaU Township...Local residents fund power lines, roads
in Amarapura Tsp...Storm destroys houses, school in Natmauk Tsp...Concrete products marketable in Myinmu...Construction of new fire buildings
concludes in Myinmu Township...Chin
journalists
hold meeting
to network,
develop media...Summer sports course wraps up
in Chanmyathazi Tsp...Road upgrade eases transport
problems in Sagaing Region...Saya Zawgyi library
encourages students to
study Myanmar literature...Thingyan revellers converge on Kandawgyi
Ring Road for Akyat Day...Mandalarians enjoy water
festival on Akyat Day...Market festival assists women with HIV, low-income youth.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar minister confident
of cease-fire deal with ethnic
rebels in May.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Beware of health hazards
of drinking in summer" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Carpe Diem, my boys! But, be prudent!" by Kin Mg Oo
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President wishes Myanmar people ?happy,
pleasant, safe water festival?...Myanmar New Year Water Festival revelry
continues in Yangon...Fire stations in Salin Tsp
receive new fire trucks...Power pole collapses under heavy wind
in southern Shan State...Revelers participate
in Thingyan festival
celebrations in Nay Pyi Taw...Numbers down at Thingyan pandals
in first two days, observers say...Dr Sai Mauk Kham participates in water festival celebrations in Nay Pyi Taw...Commander-in-Chief enjoys water festival...Fulltime power supply switched on in
Kyaukyan Village, Myingyan Tsp...Myanaung Tsp commences
Maha Thingyan festival...MCDC urges residents to help
care for roads, drains...Outstanding Mandalay bus workers
receive prizes...Training course helps
law enforcement combat
spread of HIV...MCDC opens photo contest
to capture festival spirit...Grassroots work vital, chief minister says...Residents in Muse enjoy Maha Thingyan festival on Akyo Day...Departmental officials focus on
protection of child rights...Tourists may visit major cities in Kachin State without permission.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Japan vows to assist peace
process in Myanmar...Diplomats enjoy water festival on
Maha Thingyan Akya Day.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Changes should be
followed by maturity" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Peace of Mind" by Kyi Mun
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Thingyan Festival starts with a splash
in Yangon...MHD forecasts rain,
thundershowers,
temperature drop on Tuesday...Fine Arts College (Nyuangshwe) to admit students in 2015...Water-throwing festival kicks off
in Nay Pyi Taw...Mandalay Mayor opens Maha
Thingyan festival 2015...Gov?t to seek facts
on introduction to
minimum wages...Bodybuilders, physique athletes
compete for title...Villages receive loans for 2015-16
fiscal year...Graduates, students of Summer sports course concludes
NYRDDC meet
at gathering...Police seize 199 stimulant tablets
in Thakayta Tsp...Union construction minister inspects
road projects in Mandalay,
Sagaing regions...Residents honour religious title
recipient Sayadaw...Well-wishers donate cash for storm victims...Earthen pots occupy
market share during
Thingyan festival...Volunteers clean Chaungtha Beach...Police seize heroin, stimulant
tablets in Myothit Tsp.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Local property group awards design, build
contract to Singaporean consortium...Bangladesh eyes
promotion of bilateral ties
with Myanmar...Singapore Airlines to be official airline partner
for 28th SEA Games...Yangon Region Chief Minister
enjoys water festival...Ayeyawady United, Yadanabon FC to play one more
group match each.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "What defines a healthy
work environment?" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Thingyan-Spirit and New Year?s Resolutions for Myanmar" by Tommy Pauk
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Rakhine youths participate in fragrant
grinding festival...Weather expert forecasts temperature drop with
rain showers during Thingyan Festival...Myanmar Clothing Bank to help needy people in Yangon?s suburb...Sittway gets
its first ever
lift bridge...Rural laterite road ready to serve locals...Myoma Band plans to perform
entertainments in Mandalay City...Township GAD informs
local people of development
tasks...Local residents to receive potable water
from tube-wells in Natogyi...Dwellers may release
fingerlings into moat...People need to cooperate with
government for electrification...Senior citizens receive cash
assistance provided by government...Sales of alcohol banned for
Nay Pyi Taw Thingyan...Natogyi-Mahlaing road
improves transport service
in Natogyi Tsp...Products of petrified wood
marketable in Natogyi Township...Earthen pots occupy market
share during Thingyan festival...Local residents enjoy electricity
through solar panels...Geo-tubes at Inlay Lake control
flow of water to lower areas...Youths show skills in Chinlone
sport in training course.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union Energy Minister discusses
investment opportunities of foreign
companies in Myanmar...Attorney-General of the Union to attend 54th Annual Session of the
Asian-African Legal Consultative Organization...Myanmar survivors from sunken Russian
fishing trawler arrive back in Yangon.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "People learn from
tangible facts" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLES: "Hand Washing Saves Millions" by San Shwe Aung..."Three Periods of Age" by Tin Shein
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Yangonites ready to get wet in four-day water festival celebration...People of different professions voice support
for recent peace move...Regional bloc seeks greater
cooperation to fight human trafficking...School buildings collapse in storm...Concrete bridge marks major
transport upgrade in Myanaung Tsp...Construction
stoppages
leave brick
factory
workers
jobless...Mandalay District begins
computerising township
voter lists...Insurance company presents
compensation to customer...Housing estate for war
veterans constructed in
Nay Pyi Taw...Ledi meditation centre offers seven-day
Buddhist retreat...Co-op minister looks into development
programmes in Sagaing region...Presidential excellent
performance awards selection
coordinated...Coca-Cola
to extend
concert
series to
more cities...Blood donor association prepares emergency
supplies for festival period...Yadanabon FC conducts football
course for local youths.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Coca-Cola
to extend
concert
series to
more cities.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Young people should not
be used as proxies in
ideological fights" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLES: "Dilly-dallying, Ad-libs, Argy-bargy, Helter-skelter move
and Hanky-panky; the human behaviors and practices" by Tommy Pauk..."If parents cannot, who can? If parents will not, who will?" by Myo Myint
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Appointment of permanent secretaries is lawful:
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 9
April— Dr Myat Nyana
Soe of the Yangon Region
constituency No 4 abled a
motion at the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw on Thursday, suggesting
a cancellation of
the appointment of permanent
secretaries and their
salaries if the appointment
is contrary to the existing
laws and describing the position as ?invented?.
Dr Kan Zaw, Union
Minister for National Planning
and Economic Development,
responded that
the new rank will steer the
government into a good,
clean, transparent and accountable
body in terms
of public management.
He added the appointment
of permanent secretaries
is an early preparation to
ensure a smooth transition
between the coming elections
and the post-election
period..."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Ministry says Indaw gem mine operation
lawful: "Nay Pyi Taw, 9
April— The government
confirmed the legality of a gem mining operation in
Sagaing Region on Thursday
in response to a question
from a member of the
Pyithu Hluttaw.
U Kyaw Naing Htay
of the Indaw constituency
asked whether the mine
in a reserved forest near a
village in his township of
Sagaing Region is legally
permitted, saying the
company ignores letters
of protest calling for the
mine?s closure.
U Than Tun Aung,
Deputy Minister for
Mines, answered that his
ministry issued a gem
company with a licence
for jade mining in February
2010, adding that it
had not been informed of
the letter of notice dated
4 February, 2015, sent by
the Ministry of Forestry.
The deputy minister
pledged his ministry?s coordination
with the Ministry
of Forestry.
U Pike Lin of the
Paletwa constituency
raised a query concerning
the prospect of a national
power grid linking Paletwa
in Chin State and Kyauktaw
in Rakhine State.
Deputy Minister for Electric
Power U Aung Than
Oo rejected the proposal,
saying the installation of
power lines between the
two townships depends on
the budget. The funds for
the project are not included
in the 2015-2016 fiscal
year, he said."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Rural development tasks being carried out
according to priorities; Deputy Minister: "Nay Pyi Taw, 9 April _
Representatives at Amyotha
Hluttaw on Thursday raised
questions on regional development
tasks including upgrading
an eight-mile road
section in Meiktila, water
supply and installation of
solar lights and construction
of a 70-foot long bridge in
Meikwa Village in Paletwa
Township and construction
of a river crossing bridge in
Khonsint Village Tract in
Moemauk Township.
However, Deputy Minister
for Livestock, Fisheries
and Rural Development
Dr Aung Myat Oo said that
the ministry is unable to
carry out the projects at the
moment as rural development
tasks are being implemented
according to their
priorities.
Afterwards, the representatives
discussed the
reports on finding of teams
on field trip of the Amyotha
Hluttaw government?s Guar-antees, Pledges and Undertakings
Vetting Committee.
Representative U
Hlaing Oo of Ayeyawady
Region Constituency (12)
pointed out that three
pledges were cancelled under
Letter No. 7/445, but
Labutta Township is the
largest rain paddy growing
area and the pledges should
be fulfilled after making
field trips to study the difficulty
of farmers.
Then, a member of the
vetting committee sought
the approval for the report
and the session approved it.
The Amyotha Hluttaw
session also approved the
report of the Public Complaints
Committee submitted
by Representative Dr
Khin Shwe of Yangon Region
Constituency (9).".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Cancellation of holding joint
portfolio...Appointment of Mon State
Transport Minister...Vice President U Nyan Tun outlines land resources management reform...57 apply for Yangon Stock Exchange service
provider licenses...KOICA donates laboratory equipment,
research assistance...Thandwe Township receives RC bridge
in rural area...Tatmadaw conquers
strategic hill of
Kokang insurgents...Information-sharing
programme aims to improve
haemophilia treatment...A map shows
chashes
between
government
troops and
Kokang
insurgents
in Laukkai
region...Authorities to clamp down on noisy vehicles during Maha Thingyan festival...Villages enjoy illumination with
solar panels...Yangon Zoo welcomes new animals...Interview for candidates of
scholarship continues...Electoral officials compile voter lists ahead of poll...Natogyi Township plans to dredge 55 more lakes next FY...Loans contribute to extension
of livestock breeding...Myanmar shooters to take part in ISSF Rifle and
Pistol World Cup in ROK.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Canadian Foresight Group,
partners to explore large gas
field offshore Myanmar...Japanese flower
art staged
to enthusiasts...Monastery receives replica of Japan?s
Maha Kamakura Buddha.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Don?t let poverty drive
children out of school" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Let us pay deep homage to the Sacred Uppatasanti (Protection
against Calamity) pagoda (Cetiya) of 325 feet in height, the Replica
of the most famous Shwedagon Pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw, the capital of
the Republic of the Union of Myanmar" by Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Deputy minister seeks approval for US$ 400 million loan: "Nay Pyi Taw, 10 April
— Deputy Minister for
Livestock, Fisheries and
Rural Development U Tin
Ngwe explained US$ 400
million loans to be offered
by the World Bank at the
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Session
on Friday.
People-centred projects
were implemented in Kanpetlet Township
in Chin State, Namhsam
Township in Shan State
and Kyunsu Township
in Taninthayi Region in
2013-14 fiscal year and
Pinlebu Township in
Sagaing Region, Sedoktara
Township, Htantabin
Township in Yangon Region,
An Township in Rakhine
State, Laymyethna
Township in Ayeyawady
Region and Tatkon Township
in Nay Pyi Taw Council
in 2014-15 fiscal year,
according to the deputy
minister.
Arrangements are
underway to choose a
township in Kachin State
in May and a total of 350
business enterprises in
390 villages are being carried
out by local people in
Kanpetlet, Namhsam and
Kyunsu townships under
the project, the deputy
minister added.
As the World Bank
viewed the project a success,
it offers US$ 400 million
loans for implementation
of similar projects in
other eleven townships, the
deputy minister said.
Then, the deputy minister
sought the approval of
the Hluttaw.
Deputy Minister for
Finance Dr Lin Aung and
Deputy Minister for National
Planning and Economic
Development Daw
Lei Lei Thein supported
the request.
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
session discussed the
motion calling for the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw and the
Union Government to fulfill
the rights of farmers
under Protection and Promotion
of Farmers? Interests
Law.
The session also put
on record the tours of the
president to Malaysia and
Singapore, cancellation of
holding joint portfolio and
appointment of a state minister
in Mon State.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Six-way talks tackle country?s pressing political issues...Charity aims to house
more residents at aged
care home...HAGL Myanmar Centre on track for 2017 completion,
first phase soft opening set for July...Public information for
remonstration...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing and wife attend
ordination and novitiation of Tatmadaw families...Chief Minister of Ayeyawady Region outlines
boosting production of crops...Mandalay
Region
judicial staff
receives cash
assistance
for Thingyan
Festival...Forever Group introduces programmes
of MTRV-4 to Mandalay?s entrepreneurs...Summer badminton
course improves sport
skills of youths...Football match raises funds for aged home...Onion growers look to expand
export market...Election sub-commissions review
compilation of voter lists...Mandalay Region CCI to attend
trade fair in China...Mandalay Region champion in MFF Nippon Foundation U-15 2015.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Union FM receives Honorary Directorate Degree of
Political Science from Gyeongsang National University...Myanmar, India discuss to bring their
peoples home from Yemen...President U Thein Sein accepts credentials from newly-accredited
Ambassadors of State of Qatar, Hungary...India supports Myanmar Central Land Records
Development Training Centre (CLRDTC)
Taikkyi, Yangon Region.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Success of talks rests on
common interests" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Health Hazards: Smoking, betel-chewing, drinking, etc" by Arakan Sein
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: New UEC members take oath at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session: "Nay Pyi Taw, 6 April
— Eight new members of
the Union Election Commission
appointed by the
president took their oath
before the speaker at the
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session
on Monday.
Afterwards, the session
put on record bills
approved by both the Pyithu
Hluttaw and Amyotha
Huttaw, including the
nursing and midwifery
council bill, the inland water
transport bill, and the
healthcare for population
control bill.
The session also put
on record the protection
and promotion of peasant
farmers? interests bill approved
by both houses.
The secretary and a
member of the bill committee
later submitted
their findings on a bill for
the development of small
and medium enterprises,
the highways bill, the
law translation commission
bill and the Myanmar
Medical Council bill."....PYITHU HLUTTAW: Health ministry constructs rural
health branches in Kachin State: "Nay Pyi Taw, 6 April
— Ministry of Health explained
establishments of
rural health branches in two
villages of Shwegu Township
of Bhamo district,
Kachin State and budget
allocation for two branches
in Shwepyitha Township,
Yangon Region.
U Win Naing, an MP of
Shwegu Township constituency,
called for construction
of each rural health
branch at Shwechaungthar
and Naungmoh villages.
Deputy Minister for Health
Dr Daw Thein Thein Htay
said in accordance with
the number of locals in
the area, the ministry will
construction one health facility
in Shwechaungthar
and another one in Zinbone
village, instead of the proposed
one.
Regarding the query of
MP U Tin Maung Oo from
Shwepyitha Township constituency,
the deputy minister
said Yangon region
government did not cut the
budget allocated by Union
Hluttaw, but public funds
are totally given out only
when the projects are completed
and the qualities are
passed by the ministry.
Proposal of Ye Township
constituency in southern
Myanmar on upgrading
the road linking the villages
of Lamai, Thaungpyin and
Aryutaung was rejected for
2015-2016 fiscal year on
the ground of budget limitation
by the Ministry of
Livestock, Fisheries and
Rural Development.
The Lower House then
decided to approve Myanmar
Accountancy Council
Bill submitted by the Upper
House with its amendments."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Deputy education minister responded
to questions in Amyotha Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 6 April
— Deputy Minister for Education
Dr Zaw Min Aung
responded to questions
raised for the ministry at
the Amyotha Hluttaw Session
on Monday.
The first question was
concerned with a dangerous
school building in an
affiliated middle school in
Ywama Village in Chauk.
The deputy minister said
school buildings are being
built according to their priority
and the school building
could not be replaced
with a new one during the
2015-16 fiscal year.
Another question focused
on upgrading of a
middle school into a high
school in Webula Village
in Falam. The deputy minister
said that there is no
plan to upgrade the school
at the moment but it is possible
to upgrade it according
to priority if the state
government recommends
doing so.
Another question was
raised for construction of a
reinforced concrete school
building for a primary
school in Dawmu Kalar
Village in Loikaw. The
deputy minister said that
the ministry has allotted
K 738.00 million for other
25 schools in the township
and could not build the new
building for the school.
Then, the session accepted
the bill repealing
the township development
committee?s law as there
was no representative to
discuss the bill.
Afterwards, the reports
of the government?s
guarantees, pledges and
undertaking vetting committee
was read out at the
session and submitted to
the Hluttaw by the committee
chairman.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President visits hospital in Homalin, urges
health workers to spread knowledge...Textile and garment industry targets
US $2 billion export income...Myanmar plans to announce
its diabetes survey findings
before August...Dy Health Minister discusses
2014 financial performance of
Global Fund...Vice president warns senior government officials against corrupt conduct...Myanmar traditional performing arts competitions to be held next month...Pyithu Hluttaw speaker meets political parties? officials...University students teach villagers in
basic literacy campaign...Students invited to join roundtable discussion
on painting, poems and literature...Police officers undergo
training on security
measures for election...MPs inspect township development tasks
funded by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw...Improved earthen lake to store more water...Road works aim to reduce flooding, accidents...Local
residents
receive flyproof
latrines
in rural area...Vets vaccinate more than 26,000 cattle in Myinmu Tsp...Natogyi to represent
Myingyan District in Mdy
Maha Thingyan Festival...Union minister fulfills
requirements of local
residents from Homalin,
Phaungpyin Tsps...NPE celebrates 17th Anniversary...35-mile-long natural gas pipeline being
laid from Ywama to Thakayta...Pro-peace rallies staged in Namhsam,
Hopong in Shan State.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Find friends with
shared goals" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Growth Strategy" by Kyi Mun
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Parliament stops accommodation for
MPs at state-owned guesthouse: "Nay Pyi Taw, 8 April
— MPs asked Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw on Wednesday
for Hluttaw?s accommodation
as the parliament has
stopped its arrangement for
their staying at the guesthouse
owned by the guest
house of Nay Pyi Taw Development
Committee during
Hluttaw sessions.
U Mahn Tin Aung Myint,
an MP of Kayin State
constituency 12, proposed
construction of buildings
for parliamentarians by
2016 when they come for
Hluttaw sessions. Daw Nang Sae Awa,
an MP of Hpa-an Township
constituency, also said MPs
agreed in 2012 on transferal
of budget for building
temporary accommodations
to the peace-making
works, and submitted that
proposal for review.
Daw Dwe Bu, an MP
of Injanyan Township constituency,
also said accommodation
for parliamentarians
should be located near
Hluttaw buildings for easy
access.
In response to the proposals
of parliamentarians,
Union Minister for Finance
U Win Shein said MPs are
provided with free accommodation
arranged by the
Parliament during the period
of Hluttaw sessions,
however, using any stateowned
buildings for the
affairs of their parties is
deemed breaching political
party registration law."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Government takes measures to prevent
child labour, recruitment as soldiers: The government is taking
measures to prevent
child labour and the employment
of children in dangerous or illegal work,
including the recruitment
of minors into armed forces,
Deputy Minister for
Home Affairs Brig-Gen
Kyaw Zan Myint told the
Pyithu Hluttaw session on
Wednesday.
Those who abandon
or traffic children, or force
them to beg, will also be
targeted, the deputy minister
said, in accordance with
criminal and juvenile laws.
Those who abandon
a child under 12 are liable
to a maximum seven-year
sentence. Trafficking children
for forced labour is
subject to a life sentence
under the anti-human trafficking
law, according to
the deputy minister.
The ministry of health
is also trying to issue birth
certificates when newborns
are discharged from hospitals
to prevent abandonment
of children, the deputy
minister added.
Concerning child soldiers,
the deputy minister
said that armed forces have
their own rules and regulations
for recruiting new
soldiers who are required
to be between the ages of
18 and 25.
Armed forces have
released 594 child soldiers
who were recruited improperly,
while action was
taken against 50 officers
and 277 other personnel
who recruited child soldiers."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw approves report of
Public Account Committee: "Nay Pyi Taw, 8 April
— Amyotha Hluttaw session
on Wednesday approved
the report of the
Public Accounts Committee on tasks being carried
out with the union budget
in 2013-14 fiscal year by
the Ministry of Border Affairs
and the Ministry of
Livestock, Fisherirs and
Rural Development.
U Salai Khwe Yan, a
representative from Chin
State constituency No 12
pointed out at the session
that both contractors and
supervising authority lack
accountability for road and
bridge projects in Chin
State and said that effective
action should be taken
against those responsible.
U Thein Hlaing,
Sagaing Region constituency
No 8 said that Hsegyi
Creek RC Bridge in Kalewa
Township built with the
union budget is not usable
during rainy seasons and
a school building in North
Tonhlaw Village is not durable.
The representative
proposed taking action
against those responsible.
After discussions, the
session approved the report.
At today?s session, the
speaker informed the representatives
of receiving bill
for Myanmar Accountancy
Council from the Pyithu
Hluttaw with some amendments.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President calls for political dialogues before elections...Weather expert warns of thunderstorms
in Chin, Sagaing, Kachin...Hopeful of better outcomes...President U Thein Sein inspects regional development tasks in Hkamti...Capacity enhancement
course improves skill of
personnel...Navy conducts combined fleet exercise...Press conference highlights talks between President
and political leaders, ethnic affairs ministers and
leaders of ethnic delegations...Agricultural staff demonstrates pest control
method using wasp species...Sports course concludes with
skill demonstration of youths...New apartments in Chanmyathazi Township to
house service personnel...Station hospital being
built in Kanna Village,
Natogyi Township...Departmental staff undertake public welfare
tasks in Myanaung Tsp...New resort project set to showcase traditional
Myanmar culture...Students learn about conservation
at Inlay Lake sanctuary...Training improves skills of IPRD staff...Farmers prefer use of
agricultural machinery...Local residents support peacemaking
process...Training improves Myanmar hockey players.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Three foreign banks set to open Yangon
branches 23 April...Korean experts to
assist in upgrading
Mandalay-Myitkyina
railroad.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Management must adapt to
new business environment" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Believe and Achieve" by Kyi Mun
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw approves
education amendment bill: "Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April
— The Pyithu Hluttaw on
Tuesday approved the national
education amendment
bill, which came
to the parliament with
changes from the Amyotha
Hluttaw and the Bill
Committee.
Pyithu Hluttaw approves
education amendment bill
The Amyotha Hluttaw
and the Bill Committee had
made 50 changes and 45
changes respectively to the
education amendment bill,
with the Pyithu Hluttaw accepting
their amendments
after discussing them
clause by clause."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: A&I ministry deals with queries at Upper House session: "Nay Pyi Taw, 7 April
— Deputy Minister for Agriculture
and Irrigation U
Khin Zaw was in Amyotha
Hluttaw session on Tuesday,
answering queries
about water storage facilities
and a rural development
bank.
Replying to the question
of U Aung Chit Lwin,
an MP of Sagaing region
constituency No 11, the
deputy minister said a fund
for construction of onewall
reservoir in Homalin
Township, Hkamti District,
in northwestern Myanmar
has not been proposed in
the regional government
budget of 2015-2016 fiscal
year despite benefits of this
suggested water facility
to irrigate more than 550
acres of paddy farms.
Regarding the query
about formation of a management
committee on
water storage facilities, U
Khin Zaw also said Myanmar
National Committee
on Large Dams has been
legalized on February 27
this year, and the executive
board of the committee
is open to all civil service
employees.
He also said the ministry
has not planned to
open an outlet of Myanma
Agricultural Development
Bank in Waingmaw Township
in Kachin State in consideration
of budget allocation
in 2015-2016 fiscal
year.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein tours tea and rubber
plantations in Homalin...Business federation seeks input on reforming
100-year-old Companies Act...Dailies to come out alternately
during New Year holiday...Vice President U Nyan Tun stresses
reliable statistics for sound policies...Commander-in-Chief of Defence
Services tours Rakhine State...Union ministers present gifts to
Hkamti Township...Students join scholarship tests for
middle and high schools...Students to receive three-storey building
in Pabedan Tsp...Asphalt road commissioned into service in Zabuthiri Township...Habitat destruction threatens golden deer population...Kanaungsu
Ward wins
Hinthada
football
tournament...Bridge under construction on
inter-district road...Workshop emphasizes
importance of libraries to
community...Two new concrete bridges span Pyaungbok
Creek in Sagaing Region...Link connections
installed for electric
safety of people...MFF issues tentative list of
women?s national team.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Business federation seeks input on reforming
100-year-old Companies Act...Mr. Lee Luong Minh,
Secretary General, ASEAN
Secretariat welcomes
signing for draft agreement
of Nationwide Ceasefire...Overseas employment agencies
informed of code of conduct...Myanmar golfers win prizes
in boy classes...Myanmar investigates alleged enslavement of
fishermen in Indonesia...Myanmar, Thai entrepreneurs
showcase foodstuffs, personal goods.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Age-inappropriate teaching
can limit children?s progress" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Ushering in the Thingyan Festival" by Myo Myint
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker and wife attend novitiation of 577 boys in Zeyathiri Township...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker lays wreath at
memorial of Thura Ma Chit Po in PyinOoLwin...UMTA, ILO organize talk on labour
dispute in Mandalay...Weirawsana Pagoda will be largest jade
pagoda throughout the world...Rural concrete road improves
transport of residents...Tatkon Township conducts sports
training for local youths...37 pandals to attract Maha Thingyan
revelers in Mandalay...Onion, garlic producers, growers seek
proper market...Trains on Mandalay-
Bagan not take holidays
during Maha Thingyan
festival period...Emerald green project member
households achieve success in businesses...Fire alarm control
system being installed at
departmental buildings
in Nay Pyi Taw...Local national races stage demonstration
for peace in Mon State...MFF to arrange
fixtures of
General Aung
San Shield
2015 football
tournament.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: MoE invites EOIs to refine crude
oil from traditional wells...OCBC receives final approval to
open branch in Myanmar...Suzuki to build second
plant in Myanmar, report...China-Myanmar Friendship Association donates
painting to Shwedagon Pagoda...Six countries to
compete Myanmar
in Chinlone
in SEA Games.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "A mature society will
never accept hate speech" by Myint Win Theing.....
ARTICLE: "What parents should expect from for-profit education" by Myo Myint
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Two-century-old monastery boasts high
cultural standard of Myanmar...Upper House speaker
honours valiant citizens in
northern Shan State city...Police save 83 trafficked
victims in March...Ngapali?s fame as beach destination on the rise...Solar-powered LEDs set to illuminate Upper
Myanmar township...Well-wishers share
merits for donations of
religious edifices...Health workers provide
insecticide-treated nets
in Malaria risk areas...Minds of youths
improved
with Buddhist
culture...Electrician killed repairing power
supply after storm...Literacy campaign starts
in Myawady Township...Myanmar observes mine
awareness day...Pro-peace rallies held in Shan State...Myanmar?s biggest property expo to come in May.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Water shortages must be
addressed in hot season" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLES: "Competition" by Kyi Mun..."The last old Myanmar capital city ?Ratanapon” [Mandalay] Part II" by Maha Saddhamma Jotika dhaja
Sithu Dr. Khin Maung Nyunt
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves more
appointees to UEC: "Nay Pyi Taw, 3 April—
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
on Friday approved the appointment
of more members
to the Union Election
Commission and the Myanma
Port Authority bill, on
which the Pyithu Hluttaw
and the Amyotha Hlutaw
held differing views.
Brig-Gen Tint Hsan,
defence services personnel
representative, urged the
parliament to honour and
put on record all stakeholders
and organizations engaged in the signing of the
draft nationwide ceasefire
agreement, a move he described
as priceless for national
solidarity.
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
welcomed the successful
signing of the draft
nationwide ceasefire agreement
between the Union
Peacemaking Working
Committee (UPWC) and
the Nationwide Ceasefire
Coordination Team
(NCCT), he added, citing
President U Thein Sein as
saying that the desire for
peace is a goal shared by all
citizens and organizations.
The successful implementation
of internal peace
processes will quicken the
establishment of national
consolidation and reconciliation,
the army officer
noted.
Foreign embassies and
UN agencies congratulated
on the signing of the draft
ceasefire agreement and
pledged continuous support
and cooperation."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Tender issues dominate
Pyithu Hluttaw:"Nay Pyi Taw, 3
April— Local authorities
invite tenders through mass
media for construction of
roads and bridges with
government funds, Deputy
Minister at President Office
U Aung Thein told the Pyithu
Hluttaw on Friday.
He explained the role
of responsible committees
in selecting highest bidders, setting floor prices,
supervising quality control,
and making contracts.
An MP proposed more
flight services in the airport
in Mawlamyine, Mon
State, with Deputy Minister
U Zin Yaw rejecting the
proposal by citing a small
number of passengers as
economic disadvantage.
Currently, the Department
of Civil Aviation has
invited register of interest
(ROI) from interested private
airlines in a bid to encourage
the private sector
in aviation.
The deputy minister
spoke of the possibility of
upgrading the airport in
Thaton in the future, given
its convenient location."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: MoH rejects hospital upgrading in
Pakokku: Amyotha Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 3
April— U Thaw Zin Oo of
the Magway Region constituency
No. 9 proposed
a motion at the Amyotha
Hluttaw on Friday calling
for upgrading a hospital in
Pakokku township, with
Deputy Minister for Health
Dr Daw Thein Thein Htay
rejecting the proposal and
explaining that the facility
does not need upgrading
considering the number of
hospital admissions.
Regarding a question
of the publication of
Unique Constructions as
references, Deputy Minister
for Construction U
Soe Tint responded that
his ministry will publish construction references in
volumes in 2015-2016 financial
year.
Maj Aung Kyaw Zaw,
defence services personnel
representative, called for
the reformation of the Public
Works under the Ministry
of Construction. The
deputy minister responded
that the Public Works
has been restructured into
three— road, bridge and
building departments— as
of 1 April this year. The
ministry has hired foreign
consultant teams for supervision
and quality control
at construction projects
implemented with foreign
loans from Japan International
Cooperation Agency
(JICA) and Asian Development
Bank (ADB).
The Amyotha Hluttaw
approved the inland waterways
bill, which was resent
with some changes by the
Pyithu Hluttaw.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Nationwide ceasefire agreement is
expected to be formally signed soon...President U Thein Sein visits Myanmar Software
Showcase 2015...Eight new
members
added to
UEC...Air Mandalay resumes flight services after
upgrading planes...Pyidaungsu Hluttaw welcomes
signing of draft agreement for
nationwide ceasefire...Advisory Commission to
review laws, rules and
regulations and tasks
related to the temporary
identity cards formed...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
and wife hoist umbrella,
diamond orb, pennant shape
vane atop pagodas...NDF, UMFCCI welcome draft
nationwide ceasefire agreement...New airline launches domestic services...ADPC stages national disaster
reduction workshop in Mandalay...58 midwives graduate from
Hpa-an course...Mandalay Electricity Supply Board
renamed Mandalay Electric Corporation...Officials seek best strategy for
safe delivery of health care...Nine dead, three injured in traffic acc...Dispensary, library
put into service in
YeU Tsp...Supply of electricity
extends to villages.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice President U Nyan Tun wraps up Laos and
Cambodia tours...2 Japanese banks to open branches in
Myanmar in late April...NRC hands over office to INRD in Dawei...Myanmar scouts join international scout assembly in Thailand.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Is it anachronistic to take
to the street?" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Food safety: from farm to PLATE make food SAFE" by Dr. Aung Soe @ Aung Kyaw Moe
Retired State Medical Superintendent
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Education amendment bill covers all
eleven points proposed by students:
Bill Committee: "Nay Pyi Taw, 2 April
— The education amendment
bill is found to encompass
all the eleven
points proposed by student
protesters and expected
to be approved on 7 or 8
April, an MP said after the
Pyithu Hluttaw session on
Thursday.
U Saw Hla Tun, secretary
of the Bill Committee,
said that the Amyotha
Hluttaw sent the bill to the
Pyithu Hluttaw. The bill
contains 58 paragraphs
with 105 changes, with
the Pyithu Hluttaw having
agreed with 57 points and
amending 48 others. The
bill will be resent to the
Amyotha Hluttaw after being
approved.
The Bill Committee
stated in its report that the
government, the parliament,
an education network
and a student-led democratic
education movement
committee held talks on
amending the education
law based on an 11-point
demand by students in February.
Students and the education
network submitted
the education amendment
bill, which the parliament
agreed to discuss, the report
said.
The Ministry of Education
brought the bill before
the Amyotha Hluttaw,
which sent it to the Pyithu
Hluttaw after hearings with
interested groups, including
political parties, educationists
and legal experts.
Another MP asked
the Pyithu Hluttaw about
the privatization of a hotel
owned by a cooperative society.
U Than Tun, Deputy
Minister for Cooperatives,
responded that Bagan Hotel
was operated by the cooperative
society of NyaungU
township, whose members,
after a special meeting, decided
to hand it over to a
cooperative society called
Htet Arkar Kyaw.
According to existing
laws, cooperative societies
are registered non-government
organizations, with
the deputy minister saying
that their members reserve
the rights to manage their
own affairs."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Supreme Court of the Union implements
three-year strategic plan for completion
of year long civil cases: "Nay Pyi Taw, 2 April
— U Hla Swe of Magway
Region constituency No
12 asked plans for opening
courts of civil cases at the
39th day session of Amyotha
Hluttaw on Thursday.
Supreme Court Judge
U Soe Nyunt replied that
the Supreme Court of the
Union has no plan to open
the separate courts to hear
civil cases but it has adopted
a three-year strategic
plan (2015-17) that will
cover completion of year
long civil cases.
U Sai San Min of Shan
State Constituency No 3
asked a question whether
there is a plan to install
more traffic lights in Lashio
and to repair three damaged
lights. Deputy Minister at the President Office
U Aung Thein said that No
65 traffic police platoon
installed traffic lights at
Lashiogyi junction, Namtu
junction, Kholaung
junction and Mandalay
junction as of 8 November
2008 by spending the traffic
rules fund. Tow traffic
lights at Kholaung junction
and Namtu junction are in
operation but remaining
lights had been damaged in bad weather since September
2014. The traffic
police squad plans to install
yellow traffic lights at
Meitan junction and water
fountain junction so as to
ease traffic congestion.
Arrangements are being
made to install more traffic
lights and slow down in
Lashio. And, a coordination
meeting will be made
between the traffic police
squad and district traffic
rules enforcement committee
for repairing the
damaged lights.
The speaker of Amyotha
Hluttaw sought approval
for each paragraphs
of the health care bill for
control of population rate
sent back by the Pyithu
Hluttaw with amendments.
Amyotha Hluttaw ethnic
affairs, easing conflict
and peace-making process
committee submitted its
report to the Hluttaw and
sought the approval.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: For lasting peace, dialogue must be inclusive of all ethnic groups...Dr Sai Mauk Kham says ICT can help Myanmar
catch up with developed countries...UEC, CSOs take step to reduce
electoral risks...Program aims to reduce deaths from
drug-resistant TB...Rapid reforms present
challenges to government...Religious examination begins across nation...Natogyi to
get modern
clinic of
health care
association...Local residents receive firewood
from natural forest...Cartoonists depict traffic rules enforcement...University students join basic literacy campaign...Electric Power is the Main Driving
Force for Industrialization...Progress of the Peace Process...Summer
literacy
campaign
covers five
townships in
Shan State...Outstanding staff win prizes
in TB control...Modern equipment used in testing
vehicles in Mandalay...Farmers start cultivation
of groundnut, green gram
on alluvial lands...Local farmers learn techniques for
using pesticides.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar expresses apology for March 13 incident...Myanmar, Germany sign
agreement of development
cooperation...Vice President U Nyan Tun and wife visit
Angkor Wat Temple...U Paw Lwin Sein presents
Credentials to Croatian
President...Myanmar businessmen attend forum in China (Taipei)...Authorities visit
checkpoints,
toll gate in Shan
State for ASEAN
Highway.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Disposable politicians
pollute like throwaway
products" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Proper spending of government funds explained
at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 1 April
— Roads and bridges are
built through the tender system
in a transparent manner
by forming various committees
to invite tender, to
estimate costs and to inspect
quality, Deputy Minister for
Construction U Soe Tint told
the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session
on Wednesday.
The deputy minister
was responding to a motion
urging the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw and the union government
to supervise the
spending of public funds and
quality of finished projects
in accordance with rules and
regulations.
Government funds are
spent in accordance with
the instructions of the government
and guidance for
works to be carried out
through contract system, the
deputy minister added.
Deputy Minister for
Finance Dr Lin Aung said
that his ministry has been
carrying out the reform for
financial management system
since 2012 and will
complete the new rules and
regulations for financial
management in 2015-16 fiscal
year. Currently, a supervisory
committee for prosper
spending of public funds
formed by the President Office
is supervising the spending
of public funds, according
to the deputy minister.
Deputy Auditor-General U
Myo Myint said that Union
Auditor-General Office will
also supervise the spending
of public funds."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Term of legal affairs
commission extended to 2016: "Nay Pyi Taw, 1 April
— Pyithu Hluttaw approved
on Wednesday extension
of the term for the Legal
Affairs and Special Issues
Assessment Commission
till January 31, 2016 after
suggestion of Thura U Shwe
Mann, Speaker of Pyithu
Hluttaw (Lower House).
The speaker said parliament
has approved 149 laws
with the help of the commission
in which the members
are well-experienced and
qualified.
Regarding repairing
works of roads and bridges
in Laikha Township in
Shan State, Deputy Minister
for Construction U Soe
Tint said the road section
of highway that passes in
Laikha Township was being
repaired with the budget of
Shan State and it will be upgraded
to 18-ft wide road.
To fill vacancies at the
people hospitals of Panglong
Township and Mongpawn
Township, Deputy Minister
for Health Dr Daw Thein
Thein Htay said the ministry
has assigned a medical
superintendent for Panglong
hospital, while Shan State
government will hire new
doctors for Mongpawn hospital
by this month."...AMYHOTHA HLUTTAW: Private mining company
to release residential areas: "Nay Pyi Taw, 1 April
— A private-owned mining
company is making plans to
hand over some residential
areas included in its project
to local authorities in
Sagaing region, said Deputy
Minister for Mines U
Than Tun Aung to Amyotha
Hluttaw on Wednesday.
The deputy minister
said Htoo International
Industry Group Co., Ltd.,
which is operating two coal
mines in Kalewa Township and Thitchauk region of
upper Myanmar, has transferred
a hospital, a 1.28
acre land plot and some
buildings to regional department
of health, added
that the company will also
release a residential ward
and a village to the local
authorities.
On query about future
plan on CDMA (450 MHz)
mobile network, Deputy
Minister U Win Than for
Communications and Information
Technology said
the ministry will not develop
this mobile network and
its call-charges as GSM/
UMTS system is more popular
in the country.
He also answered the
advanced money is being
given out for the phones
leased for public call offices
in Thanetpin Township,
Bago region. Representatives
of Amyotha Hluttaw
also approved each paragraph
of Myanmar Nursing
and Midwifery Council Bill
presented by Pyithu Hluttaw.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President
U Thein Sein?s
radio
message
on air...Myanmar?s trade deficit hits nearly $5 billion
in 2014-15 FY...EU stands ready to
continue supporting all
parties towards
reaching common goal of
By Aye Min Soe ending armed conflict...Public information for
remonstration...Statement by Myanmar National
Human Rights Commission
relating to agreement by the
two sides on the draft text on
nationwide ceasefire...Public information for
remonstration...Immigration officials issue citizenship scrutiny
cards to eligible residents...Arrangements of fire prevention discussed
in Myanaung Tsp...Locals say Mandalay-Bagan
services not to be reduced...Mandalay Mayor?s pandal to draw crowds in Maha Thingyan festival...Electricity improves livelihoods of local residents in Twantay Tsp...Villagers
learn to
make
bamboo
products...Alumni to pay
respects to
English faculty
of Dagon
University on
1 May...Cooperative Department sells Korean-made
tractors to farmers...Personal goods seized from illegal
trade auctioned in Tachilek...Referees, well-wishers
donate cash to family of
late football referee...Union Attorney-General Office stages
seminar on IP enforcement...Myanmar set to test
short-course TB therapy...Visa opens Myanmar office, aims to
increase card services in country...Local youths have chance to join Taungthaman Cup.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein meets with Queen of
Netherlands, US House Minority Leader...EU stands ready to
continue supporting all
parties towards
reaching common goal of
By Aye Min Soe ending armed conflict...178 service personnel sent abroad for
scholarship courses in March 2015...Vice President U Nyan Tun visits Laos, national museums in Cambodia...Eni signs exploration deal for two
offshore blocks in
Myanmar?s waters...Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meets
Minority Leader of the US House
of Representatives...Roadmap aims for more inclusive financial sector.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Conflicts should be left
behind in the past" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Caring & Sharing" by Kyi Mun
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves Union Budgets bill: "Nay Pyi Taw, 31
March — The Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw approved the Union
Budgets bill of 2015
on Tuesday, following a
proposal made by Union
Minister U Win Shein,
who urged the parliament
to agree with the
entire bill.
Union Minister Dr
Kan Zaw explained steps
the central government
took in relation to the appointment
of permanent
secretaries in line with the
State Constitution."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Education Ministry
to upgrade schools in
Kyangin Tsp: "Nay Pyi Taw, 31
March — Amyotha Hluttaw
continued for the 37th
day session, here, Tuesday.
U Khin Maung Yi of
Ayeyawady Region constituency
No 6 asked plans
for upgrading basic education
middle school branches
to BEMSs in Alon and
Hteinbinmyaung villages
in Kyangin Township.
Deputy Minister for Education
Dr Zaw Min Aung
replied that upgrading of
the schools depends on
number of students, school
furniture, land plot, transport
and regional development.
Ayeyawady Region
Education Directorate enlisted
upgrading of BEMS
branches in Ahlon village
and Hteinbinmyaung village
in 2015-16 academic
year...".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: President U Thein Sein witnesses signing of draft
nationwide ceasefire agreement in Yangon...Peace negotiators vow to strengthen cooperation
after approving text for nationwide ceasefire...Peace deal: Not only high
expectation, but also
bright daybreak of peace...Courts to win trusts of people...Presidential Palace
opens door
to journalists...Natogyi-Myotha road 75 percent complete...Mandalay police try to reduce traffic
accidents during Maha Thingyan festival...ISTAF officials discuss
techniques, rules of Chinlone...Toshiba to supply four power generators
and equipment for hydroelectric plant
in Myanmar...Fulltime power supply illuminates rural area...Earthen road links three
stations in Ingapu Tsp...Golf tournament
turns out
outstanding
youth golfers...Myanaung Tsp authorities to hold Maha Thingyan
festival on a grand scale...People join cooperative society in
Aungmyay Village, Hkamti Tsp...MPs comfort soldiers wounded
in Laukkai conflict.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Pakistan to promote
cooperation in trade and
maritime security...Vice President U Nyan Tun observes hydropower
plant in Laos...Industrial trainees to undertake 3-year internship in Japan...Wife of Pakistani admiral visits MWAF...Amyotha Hluttaw speaker holds
talks with Australian Ambassador...Commander-in-chief meets Pakistani
chief of Naval Staff...Malaysia hosts 11th ASEAN Central Bank
Governors Meeting...ASEAN, China discuss implementation of DOC in
South China Sea.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Don?t let them to make
a fool of you" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "How safe is your food?" by Dr Poonam Khetrapal Singh,
Regional Director, World Health Organization
South-East Asia Region
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HlUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Union NPED minister pledges to take priority
over additional budgets of eight ministries: "Nay Pyi Taw, 30
March— Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
started its 35th day
of 12th regular session on
Monday with inviting any
objection of representatives
to President?s assignment
of eight members for Union
Election Commission.
Union Minister for
National Planning and
Economic Development
Dr Kan Zaw pledged the
ministry will take priority
over the additionally
proposed budgets by eight
government ministries
under Appendix 1 (A) for
2015-2016 fiscal year.
He also said the ministry
will allot additional
budgets to implement guarantees,
pledges and undertakings
of the ministries in
accordance with the list of
priorities.
Dr Kan Zaw then requested
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
for the approval of the
whole National Planning
Bill for 2015-2016 fiscal
year. The NPED ministry
submitted the bill to Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw on January
19, 2015, followed by
the remarks of Joint-Bill
Committee to Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw on February 19.
It was then discussed
by 29 representatives of
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on
February 26 and 27 this
year, and respective ministries
discussed the bill on
March 5 and 6. Each paragraphs
of the bill was discussed
on March 9.
The bicameral assembly
then approved regular
expenditures mentioned
in 2015 Union Budget
submitted by MPs of Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw U Zaw
Myint Pe and Dr Myat
Nyana Soe."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Arid zone to get water under rural
development plan: "Nay Pyi Taw, 30
March— Dry zone in central
Myanmar will get water
supply under rural development
plan of Ministry
of Livestock, Fisheries and
Rural Development.
Replying to the query
of U Thein Lwin, an MP of
Chauk Township constituency,
about possible means
to ensure sufficient drinking
water in the arid area,
Deputy Minister for MLFRD
U Khin Maung Aye
said the ministry has drawn
the plan up to 2015-2016
fiscal year for water supply.
Then, U Paik Linn, an
MP of Paletwa Township
constituency, asked any
plan for university of distance
education students
in science majors to work
laboratory experiments for
seven or 14 consecutive
days at the universities.
Dr Zaw Min Aung,
Deputy Minister for Education,
said, these students
have to learn theory and
then have to do practical
at the weekend when other
regular classes are closed,
noting that this schedule
is more appropriate than
one or two consecutive
weeks."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: "Sports federations not to practise pro system
except football, Futsal, traditional boxing: Nay Pyi Taw, 30
March—Defence Services
personnel representative
Major Aung Ko Min asked
about the plans for practising
the pro sport system in
football, volleyball, Futsal,
Sepak Takraw, Chinlone,
boxing, Myanmar traditional
boxing, basketball,
hockey, badminton, tennis
and table tennis events in
Myanmar at the 36th day
session of Amyotha Hluttaw
on Monday.
Deputy Minister for
Sports U Zaw Win explained
that Ministry of
Sports has transformed amateur
to professional system
in football, Futsal and
traditional boxing events.
Sports federations have no
plan to change competition
system of their sports
events to professional one.
U Kham Swin Mong
of Chin State constituency
No 5 asked whether
there is a plan to install a
66-KVpower line and build
a sub-power station in Tiddim.
Deputy Minister for
Electric Power U Aung
Than Oo replied that a 230
KV Gangaw-Kalay power
line is being installed as of
2014-15 fiscal year while
sub-power stations are under
construction in Falam
and Kalay. Upon completion,
the 230KV Kalay
sub-power station will supply
electricity to Tiddim
through a 66KV power line
in 2016.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: National ceasefire talks end with
agreement on draft accord...Sanctions handicap
Myanmar fishing industry?s
overseas market push...Pyithu Hluttaw committees
discuss national education bill...Union Information Minister explains plans of
ministries to release information...Experts share knowledge of liver disease
prevention, treatment...Traffic light eases traffic congestion in Mingaladon...Display of cultural
artefacts draws visitors
to museum...Bullock-cart race reflects Myanmar?s traditional culture...Villagers undergo farm
machinery training...Housing project for govt
workers reaches halfway stage...Trade Fair attracts local residents
in Tatkon Tsp...Summer sports courses nurture
young talent...Authorities provide
aid to storm victims in
Tatkon Tsp...Political dialogues are
continuation of war by
other means...Aung Phyo becomes best bodybuilder
in novice class 2015.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice President U Nyan Tun pays official visit to Laos...Queen Maxima of the Netherlands arrives in Myanmar...Amyotha Hluttaw speaker meets MD of
KEIO Corporation of Japan...Myanmar, Thai entrepreneurs
showcase products.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Political dialogues are
continuation of war by
other means" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Critical Thinking" by U Hla Maung..."DETERMINATION" by Kyi Mun
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DOMESTIC NEWS: MAMDA asks Govt to relax income tax
levied on car importers...People need to cooperate with police in crime
reduction during Maha Thingyan festival...Region Chief
Minister
clarifies
development
tasks in region
at Hluttaw...Extended library building
accomodates more readers...Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann signs
book of condolences for demise of
Singapore?s former PM...Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker honours
fallen firefighters in Yamethin...Well-wishers provide cash assistance to family of late Red Cross
WO Ko Moe Kyaw Than...Villagers get 9.74 tons of firewood from
natural forests...Muse district authorities honour blood donors...Local people receives
citizenship scrutiny
cards...Healthy living lifestyle to prevent diabetes...Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham attends
opening of seven historic sites in Mandalay...Peace talk for Kayah State held
in Loika...Cyclists join road race in Mandalay.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein attends state
funeral for Mr Lee Kuan Yew...Naval vessel Maha Thiha
Thura carries back
102 Myanmar migrant
workers from Malaysia...Curriculum Vitae of Her
Majesty Queen Maxima,
Queen of the Netherlands...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets
former UK chief of Defence Staff.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "A mechanism to monitor
dishonest business activities
is needed" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Innovations in Governance
and Public Administration in India" by Sonu Trivedi
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Union Finance Minister explains salary increase for government
employees at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 26
March — Finance Union
Minister U Win Shein explained
the section of expenditure
reduction included
in the union budgets bill
at the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
here on Thursday.
According to the union
minister, over K 8 billion
was reduced from the
budgets of the offices of
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Pyithu
Hluttaw and Amyotha
Hluttaw, the constitutional
tribunal and 14 ministries.
In connection with increased
salaries for government
employees, he said
the new salaries range from
K 120,000 in minimum to
K 500,000 in maximum.
The gap between the
lowest and the highest salaries
is 4.2 times, with the
union minister saying that
separate announcements
will be made on new rates
of salaries for pensioners
and other fringe benefits
for government staff assigned
in remote areas.
Dr Kan Zaw, Union
Minister for National Planning
and Economic Development,
briefed the parliament
on the first five-year
national development plan
from 2011-2012 to 2015-
2016, which is part of the
20-year all-round national
development project from
2011-2012 to 2030-2031.
The first five-year plan
includes rural development
and poverty reduction, anti-
corruption, reinforcement
of rule of law, reconstruction
of the country?s
economic institutions,
state-owned investments,
citizen investments, foreign
investments and control
of inflation."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Health Department upgrades YGH with technical
assistance of local and foreign organizations: "Nay Pyi Taw, 26
March — With regard to
the question on arrangements
for opening Sports
University raised by U
Thang Lein of Mindat Constituency,
Deputy Minister
for Sports U Thaung Htaik
replied that the university
will be opened in 2016-17
fiscal year depending on
budget in 2015-16 FY at
the 34th day session of Pyithu
Hluttaw Thursday.
U Min Swe of DaikU
Constituency asked about upgrading of Yangon General
Hospital. Deputy Minister
for Health Dr Win
Myint explained that the
Yangon General Hospital
upgrading and renovation
committee was formed
with 12 members to upgrade
the facility with technical
assistance of former
minister of Department
of Health Mr. Lord Darzi
of England, trustee Dr
Michael Marett-Crosby of
Rangoon General Hospital
Reinvigoration Fund of
England, Robin Cross, Ian
Goodfellow, and Louise
Hansen Yangon Heritage
Trust of the UK, Myanmar
Engineering Society, Myanmar
Integrated Engineer
Union Finance Minister explains salary increase for government
employees at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Nay Pyi Taw, 26
March — Finance Union
Minister U Win Shein explained
the section of expenditure
reduction included
in the union budgets bill
at the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
here on Thursday.
According to the union
minister, over K 8 billion
was reduced from the
budgets of the offices of
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Pyithu
Hluttaw and Amyotha
Hluttaw, the constitutional
tribunal and 14 ministries.
In connection with increased
salaries for government
employees, he said
the new salaries range from
K 120,000 in minimum to
K 500,000 in maximum.
The gap between the
lowest and the highest salaries
is 4.2 times, with the
union minister saying that
separate announcements
will be made on new rates
of salaries for pensioners
and other fringe benefits
for government staff assigned
in remote areas.
Dr Kan Zaw, Union
Minister for National Planning
and Economic Development,
briefed the parliament
on the first five-year
national development plan
from 2011-2012 to 2015-
2016, which is part of the
20-year all-round national
development project from
2011-2012 to 2030-2031.
The first five-year plan
includes rural development
and poverty reduction, anti-
corruption, reinforcement
of rule of law, reconstruction
of the country?s
economic institutions,
state-owned investments,
citizen investments, foreign
investments and control
of inflation.—MNA
Group, Quality Control and
Nikki Group..."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw
approves bill amending
national education law: "Nay Pyi Taw, 26
March — Chairman of
Amyotha Hluttaw Bill
Committee U Khin Maung
Yi read out the findings and
remarks of the committee
over the bill amending national
education law at the
35th day session of Amyotha
Hluttaw on Thursday.
The speaker of the
Amyotha Hluttaw sought
paragraph by paragraph approval
for the bill from the
Hluttaw.
Deputy Minister for
Education Dr Zaw Min
Aung also sought the approval
for the bill and the
session approved it.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Business confidence in Myanmar still robust: ADB...Art exhibition looks at
Yangon?s heritage...Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham honours
nationwide immunization campaign...Constitutional Review Committee discusses
amendments to Schedules 1 and 2 of 2008 Charter...Government announces pay raises
for civil workers...More cars, illegal parking worsen Mandalay?s traffic woes...Five-member committee endorses issuance of
citizenship scrutiny cards...Palethwe paddy produces
190 baskets per acre in
Kawa Tsp...BG and Woodside to invest US$ 1 bn
in Myanmar?s energy sector...MNA?s Mandalay branch changes flight schedules as of 1 April...Danger of narcotic
drugs disseminated
to local residents...Self-reliant
electricity
benefits 300
houses...Ships stranded upstream of Myinmu due to low water level...Police target gamblers
in crackdown...Golfers to join Myanmar Golf Tours in 2015.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein meets Stanford
professor and master?s students...Business confidence in Myanmar still robust: ADB...Union SWRR Minister signs book of condolences for demise of Singapore?s
former PM Mr. Lee Kuan Yew...ASEAN virtual learning resources
centre initially launched in Ngwehsaung...BG and Woodside to invest US$ 1 bn
in Myanmar?s energy sector.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Education the most
worthwhile investment" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "The Conquering Spirit" by Kyi Mun
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Defence Services Commander-in-Chief promises to
support elections in November...Regional environmental
group seeks deeper
involvement with Myanmar...Images of 70th
Anniversary
Armed Forces
Day parade 2015
in Nay Pyi Taw...Media accreditation cards available for journalists...Soft opening of Myaynigon overpass
held in Yangon...Myanaung?s rural area
receives new BEMS branch...K100m fund allotted by Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
shared to development tasks...Taninthayi Region chooses
five townships to accept
stipends for students...Nay Pyi Taw Council assists residents of damaged homes...Asphalt road opens to
traffic in Nyaunglebin...Myingyan District General Hospital
to receive new building...Youths studying Buddhist culture
in Myanaung...Fire brigade supplies
water to local residents...Brokers, millers elect new
chairman to develop association...Solar Impulse-2 to leave
Mandalay on 30 March
if weather is fine...Press Release...Timetables arranged for candidates to join
subject-wise interviews...Rally staged in protest of
police crackdown...Letter to the Editor...MFF issues finalist of Myanmar national team.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Regional environmental
group seeks deeper
involvement with Myanmar...Myanmar hosts international media at IPI
World Congress...Solar Impulse-2 to leave
Mandalay on 30 March
if weather is fine...Press Release.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Labour organizations
are legal" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Singapore Management University" by Sayar Mya
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Mandalay General Hospital gets new
ten-storey building...Hate speech must be fought using alternative
narratives, journalists? panel says...Exhibition marks 30-year art
career for Myanmar painter...Mandalay General Hospital gets new
ten-storey building...YCDC to carry out its free rabies vaccination
programme in northern Yangon next FY...GGP scheme to provide cash assistance
for construction of health centres, school...Yangon to host Miss Myanmar World
2015 in April...Dhammacariya examination continued for third day...MPC organizes ?Youth and Peace” forum...Minister urges staff to grow perennial
and seasonal crops...New school building opened
in Hlaingthaya...Village-to-village asphalt
road opened in
Ayeyawady Region...Rice producers need to unite for
export promotion of rice...Artists aim to help children affected
by war in Kachin State...Improving Myanmar
people?s access to electricity
and communication network
to meet increasing demands...Mdy CCI signs MoU
with Dalian business
council for export and
economic cooperation...Police seize heroin, stimulant tablets in Lashio Tsp.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Solar Impluse-2 to take off
Mandalay on 30 March...Hate speech must be fought using alternative
narratives, journalists? panel says...Mdy CCI signs MoU
with Dalian business
council for export and
economic cooperation.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Learning to handle pain
part of maturation" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "The Conquering Spirit" by Kyi Mun
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves three bills: "Nay Pyi Taw, 25
March — Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw at its 33rd day session
Wednesday approved
allotment of K2,822.73222
million to one project of
Ministry of Border Affairs,
one of Ministry of Transport
and two of Sagaing
Region government.
The Hluttaw amended
paragraphs and sub-paragraphs
in the legal translation
commission bill, the
Myanmar Medical Council
bill and the commercial
tax bill in line with the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw Law and
Rules.
The joint bill committee
read its findings on Myanmar
Port Authority bill,
and the Hluttaw invited
nomination of MPs to discuss
it."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Unethical contractors will be
charged: Education Ministry: "Nay Pyi Taw, 25
March — Education ministry
will take actions against
contractors or inspectors if
school facilities cannot be
completed in right time or
are found using low quality
construction materials, U
Thant Shin, Deputy Minister
for Education, told Pyithu
Hluttaw Wednesday.
In reply to the query
of MP U Than Oo from
Myawady Township constituency,
the deputy minister
said for breaching
agreements in the contracts,
the contractors will
have to pay fines with daily
basis depending on the sizes
of schooling buildings,
and inspector in-charge of
quality will be prosecuted
in accordance with provisions
of civil service law.
U Thant Shin also said
that the ministry is making
promotion of teachers
before each school season
and transfer of teacher is
allowed only after another
teacher has been substituted,
and all the schools open
by May 15 every academic
year.
Enquiring about possible
construction of a bridge
to link Yangon?s Kyimyindine
Township and Ayeywa
village crossing Hline
River, Deputy Minister for
Construction U Soe Tint
said the project includes
in Maha Yangon Development
Project (2040) which
will be jointly implemented
Yangon City Development
Committee and Japan International
Cooperation
Agency.
He said feasible study
has been made for the project
and detail assessment
are being carried out as the
project will help develop
more road networks for
Yangon.
U Aye Mauk, an MP
of Mahlaing Township
constituency, submitted a
proposal to discuss transfer
of road networks among
villages, townships and
district to the Ministry of
Construction."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: MPs discuss wording changes in
National Education amendment bill: "Nay Pyi Taw, 25
March — Representatives
of Amyotha Hluttaw
discussed on Wednesday
changes of the words in
the National Education
Law and the amendment
bill on this law.
U Nu, an MP of Yangon
Region constituency
10, suggested the word
preschool in Myanmar language
should not be shortened
in the law and fully
defined the term of preschool
that aims to nurture
physical, mental and moral
practices of the children
before proceeding to learn
higher levels.
He also urged substitution
of ?mother ethnic
language? with ?individual
ethnic language? in the
bill, saying his support for
the paragraphs that mention
special programmes,
teaching aids and methodologies
for the disabled
persons.
Defence Services
personnel representatives
Major Aung Ko Min suggested
inserting the words
?all-round systematic
thinking? to replace ?freedom
of thinking? which he
assumed the latter would
lead to wrong thinking for
the children.
U Ohn Tin, an MP
of Rakhine State constituency
10, also discussed
some changes of words
in the bill.
Later, members of
Amyotha Hluttaw?s Bill
Committee and representatives
who supported student
protests against the
National Education Law
discussed details for the
amendment bill.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Towns in Chin State
face water woes...Political parties apply for
registration at UEC...Public information for remonstration...Public information for remonstration...MYANMAR GAZETTE...Sub-commissions, political parties discuss
electoral process...Solar power illuminates rural areas in Ottarathiri Tsp...MCDC to settle squatters in high-rise apartments...Authorities issue
warning about illegal
hormone, drug sales...Children show skills in contest...Winners in religious
examinations honoured
in Dawei...Golden umbrella installed at pagoda in Dala Tsp...Thabeikkyin Township receives
25-bed hospital...MPT extends
its promotions
until further
notice...Construction and water
supply contribute to
development of rural areas...Journalists discuss compiling
election handbook...Vice-Senior General Soe Win views
dressed rehearsal of military parade...13th Senior ASEAN Officials Responsible
for Information Meeting held
in Ngwehsaung...MRTV (News Channel), Myanmar
Radio to broadcast Armed Forces
Day parade live...Sepak Takraw tournament aims to unearth new talent...MFF Nippon Foundation U-15 Cup 2015 commences...Youths under training
of football sports
in Mandalay.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein sends
messages of felicitations
to Bangladesh...Myanmar, UN focus on successful implementation of
UN?s MDG...Access to finance, greater
transparency vital for Myanmar
private sector: World Bank...Vice President U Nyan Tun delivers speech at
ceremony for MNES implementation...UEC chairman receives US
professor and students...Union FM
sends message
of felicitations
to Bangladesh...Malaysia repatriates dozens of
Myanmar illegal migrants.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Each coin has two faces" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLES: "Bribery and Corruption" by U Khin Maung..."Knowledge and Wisdom" by Tin Shein
CEO, MICPA
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Joint bill committee, MPs
discuss taxation bill: "Nay Pyi Taw, 24
March — Members of
Joint-Bill Committee, parliamentarians
and union
level officials discussed
paragraphs of 2015 Union
Taxation Bill at 32nd
day session of Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw?s 12th session on
Tuesday.
The bicameral assembly
agreed the proposal of
Union Minister for Finance
U Win Shein for the approval
of the whole bill.
The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
finalized decisions on a
legal translation bill and a
Myanmar Medical Council bill, on which the Amyotha
Hluttaw and the Pyithu
Hluttaw held different
views."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw promises Kalewa
independence obelisk with park: "Nay Pyi Taw, 24
March— U Soe Thein of
the Kalewa constituency on
Tuesday put forward a motion
demanding the Pyithu
Hluttaw that an independence
obelisk be erected in
the township of Kalewa,
Sagaing Region, before
Independence Day, 4 January,
in 2016.
U Aung Thein, Deputy
Minister at President
Office, responded that the
local management committee
under the supervision of
the region?s chief minister
is making arrangements
for the construction of the
obelisk alongside a park on
0.064 acre of land near the
Myittha bridge.
U Nyi Nyi Myint of
the Ottwin constituency
urged the parliament to
construct a bridge across
Sittoung River linking
Ottwin and Htantabin,
with U Khin Maung Aye,
Deputy Minister for Livestock,
Fisheries and Rural
Development, rejecting
the proposal.
He said the cost of
constructing the bridge is
not included in the ministry?s
budgets for 2014-
2015 financial year.
U Sai Tin Maung of
the Laikha constituency
proposed providing reasonable
allowances from
state?s budgets to trustworthy
personnel assigned
to election commissions,
which the Pyithu Hluttaw
accepted.
U Win Ko of the Union
Election Commission
responded that an increase
of travel allowances would be made through coordination
with departments concerned."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw MPs urge education
amendment bill must serve national interests: "Nay Pyi Taw, 24
March — The national education amendment bill
came under discussion at
the Amyotha Hluttaw here
on Tuesday, with members
of parliament speaking
with one voice on the bill,
which they said must emphasize
suitability, adaptability
and practicality for
the long-term interests of
the country.
U Thein Swe from
No.10 Constituency
of Ayeyawady Region
suggested participation
of experienced
specialists rather than
independent specialists.
The education reform
would enable Myanmar
to catch up with others
when we could overcome
the challenges, according
to U Khin Maung Latt of
Rakhine State?s No.6 Constituency.
U Min Oo of the Bago
Region constituency No.7
described the national education
as a national concern,
saying the education
law must pave the way for
a better education system.
U Saw Ohn, who represents
No.9 Constituency
in Mon State, said education
must be reconstructed
for the country to become
modern and prosperous.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Letpadaung copper mine project
implementation committee meets...Veteran artistes perform entertainment on second day...President?s Excellent Award scrutinizing
committee hold third meeting...WB Group launches Myanmar Investment
Climate Assessment Report...Myanmar joins Sphere Conferences in its
second aviation development conference...Gov?t troops clash with KIA during
operations against timber trafficking...20 detainees from Letpadan incident released...Myaungmya District marks World TB Day...Monastic building under construction in
rural area of Nyaunglebin Tsp...Concrete road helps develop
rural area...Shwe Htilar
news journal
reports on
Meiktila District...Asphalt roads in Myeik Township improve
transportation for local residents...Central Command HQ renovates
ancient monuments in Royal
Mandalay City...Villages receive electricity supply.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, IRI focus on holding 2015 elections
in free and fair manners...Yangon circular
railroad to receive 100
new air-conditioned
cars within year...Reforms to continue to drive growth,
inflation to accelerate in Myanmar: ADB...President U Thein Sein sends
messages of felicitations to
Hellenic Republic...U Zaw Myint presents his
Credentials to Sultan of Malaysia...Indian pharmaceutical firm promotes medicine in Myanmar...Solar Impulse-2 to leave for China on 27 March.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "What will we leave behind
for new generations?" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Avoid or stop associating with Jerks, jive-persons,
cheapskates, snobs, thugs and rapscallions" by Tommy Pauk
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Govt schedules meeting for salary increment: "Nay Pyi Taw, 23
March — Union government
will meet on Wednesday
to discuss proposed salaries
for civil service staff
before submitting it to the
parliament, according to the
letter of President Office to
the Speaker of Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw.
Speaker Thura U Shwe
Mann officially urged the
Union government to submit
the proposed salaries by
March 3 to be able to pass
the 2015 Union Budget Bill.
The salary increment process
will include discussion
with Ministry of Finance
and relevant departments,
putting the amount of proposed
budgets into figures
of ministries, relevant
boards and funds of state/
region governments..."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Oil price falls impacts on revenue
from natural gas export: " Nay Pyi Taw, 23
March — Dramatic fall
of oil price in global market
has affected export of
Myanmar natural gas, said
Deputy Minister for Energy
U Myint Zaw to Pyithu
Hluttaw on Monday.
Regarding the query
of U Thein Lwin, an MP
of Chauk constituency, the
deputy minister said although
revenue from the
sales of natural gas has
declined, the ministry will
manage to meet the income
from this sector as in previous
years.
U Myint Zaw also
promised the ministry will
operate more joint-venture
businesses with foreign
companies to avoid monopolies
of international
firms in the domestic market,
while the respective
agencies are examining fuel
qualities and market price..."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Plan to extend emerald green project
in 178 more townships: "Nay Pyi Taw, 23 March
— At the 32nd day session of
Amyotha Hluttaw Monday,
U Sai Paung Nap of Shan
State Constituency No 12
asked about master plan
for multi-sectoral economic
development of rural and
less-development areas in
Myanmar.
Deputy Minister for
Livestock, Fisheries and
Rural Development U Khin
Maung Aye replied that
emerald green project being
implemented in 1,150
villages creates job opportunities
and increases income
of rural families with
K34.5 billion allotted by the
government. Thanks to the
remarkable progress, the
project will be extended in
178 more townships. The
rural development strategy
has covered rural development
programmes for establishment
of commercial
crops farms, forest plantations,
agricultural farm, fish
hatching station, livestock
breeding farm and nurseries
and other development
tasks including value-added
production, milling, packaging,
microfinance and
mobile banking systems...".....
OHTER DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President U Nyan Tun inspects Settlement and
Land Records Department training school, plantations...Myanmar to undertake first nationwide kidney health study...Navy to conduct military exercise...Lack of pay hinders recruitment of electoral workers...More than 370 youths under training of Buddhist culture...Mango growers expect good prices in Mandalay...Dredging drains for
proper flow of water
in urban area...Meiktila General
Hospital to admit
more patients at new
buildings...Vocational courses help local women
find employment...Kachin State to get
parliament building
next year...Election subcommissions
to release voter
lists on 15 June...World TB Day talks outline
role of designated free clinics...
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Modern Singapore?s founding
father, Lee Kuan Yew,
dies at 91...Senior General Min Aung Hlaing meets
British WWII veterans? association president...ASEAN Single Window Agreement signed...Myanmar seeks assistance from Japanese
government for safety waterway transport...Myanmar U-20 team to
play tune-up matches
in Serbia...
"PERSPECTIVES": "It is difficult to change
mindset overnight" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Human population on this Earth is infected with TB!
Innovations are indicated to Mycobacterium infection" by Dr. Aung Soe @ Aung Kyaw Moe
Retired State Medical Superintendent
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham visits Lashio People?s Hospital...Nationwide ceasefire talks in recess until 30 March following
conclusion of Day 6...Commerce Ministry to lease
garages out to tenants...Rural dispensary ready to provide healthcare
to local residents...Librarians discuss
challenges in serving
readers...Myo Gon Yaung Cineplex gives
better services to movie-goers...Senior General
Min Aung Hlaing
comforts injured military
personnel in PyinOoLw...MNA to accept first airplane from Boeing
Company in June...Rural people receive new library building...Development tasks
narrow gap between
urban and rural areas...Dawei Museum accepts cultural heritages...Newly-opened asphalt road improves
living standard of people...Essay and painting contests mark
International Day of Forests...New rural
road gives
transport
service in
Natogyi Tsp.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein
sends messages of
felicitations to Pakistan...Solar Impulse-2 prepares to
leave Mandalay on 27 March...Myanmar, India to found IT institute...Appointment of
Ambassador agreed on...MNA to accept first airplane from Boeing
Company in June...Liverpool F.C goes into partnership
with Myanmar energy drink firm...Second football friendly ends at
1-1 draw...Student youths ready to take part
in U-15 Cup.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Before saying something" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Safety in Travelling" by San Shwe Aung
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Dr Sai Mauk Kham and wife attend ceremony to
assign duties to medical doctors in Lashio...Vice President U Nyan Tun on inspection tour of
Thilawa special economic zone (A)...National ceasefire negotiators move closer to
deal despite unresolved points...Deadline approaches for
advance income tax payment...Meiktila rises from ashes...Library built with Union Parliament fund...Talks to commemorate
World TB Day on 29 March...Peace Funfair in Mandalay...Government dignitaries,
schoolchildren study
Solar Impulse 2
in Mandalay...Real estate seminars aim to hone agents? skills...Myanmar observes
International Day of
Forests in capital city...Tatmadaw seizes Kokang
insurgent stronghold...People stage protests against crackdown
on NEL amendment protesters...Cycling contests in Mandalay...Summer sports
training courses open
in Mandalay.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: PSCs signed for four oil fields off Rakhine State...Myanmar sport athletes leave for China
for training in the run-up to SEA Games...
"PERSPECTIVES": "Clean water essential for
sustainable development" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLES: "The Himalayan waters: complex challenges and regional solutions" by Santosh Nepal and
Arun Bhakta
Shrestha, ICIMOD..."Man, Mind and Morale" by Kyi Mun
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Sharing power, resources, taxes critical to
states, regions, self-administered areas: MP: "Nay Pyi Taw, 20
March — Defence Services
representative Brig-Gen
Tint Hsan tabled a motion
Friday in the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw calling for the
parliament and the central
government to revise laws
on the sharing of legislative
power, resources and
taxes with regions and
states.
He stressed decentralization
in those three
areas, saying that regions
and states have been unable
to make use of their rights provided in the constitution
and strive for their
own development over the
past four years.
Power sharing, resource
sharing and tax
sharing will enable regions,
states and self-administered
areas to rely
on themselves and benefit
their people, he said.
The speaker welcomed
the motion, saying
it would pave the way for
national reconciliation and
peace if the parliament and
central government acted
on it, urging parliamentarians
to take the motion into
consideration in studying
and amending the constitution.
The central government
is engaged in discussions
with regions, states
and self-administered areas
with respect to the sharing
of power, resources
and taxes, according to U
Kyaw Kyaw Win, Deputy
Minister at the President?s
Office. He said steps will
be taken to amend existing
laws and write new laws as
necessary..."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw agrees to discuss education
amendment bill: "Nay Pyi Taw, 20 March
— The Amyotha Hluttaw on
Friday agreed to discuss the
national education amendment
bill as proposed by Union
Minister for Education
Dr Daw Khin San Yi.
The bill committee
said the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
passed the National
Education Law on 30 September
2014, prompting
the student-led Democratic
Education Movement Leading
Committee to seek its
amendment.
Following four-party
talks, the bill was brought
before the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
on 17 February, which
handed over the case to the
Amyotha Hluttaw on 20
February.
The amendment of the
education law was discussed
in the upper house from 5
to 17 March. According to
the bill committee, hearings
drew nine representatives
from the Democratic Education
Movement Leading
Committee, 20 from the National
Network for Education
Reform, 34 from political
parties, eight from civil
society organizations and
15 from educators and legal
experts.
The bill committee
called for the Amyotha
Hluttaw to discuss the education
amendment bill as
proposed by the education
union minister by embracing
it as a national concern
and helping raise the
education standard of the
country.".....
NOTIFICATION: THE REPUBLIC OF
THE UNION OF MYANMAR:
UNION ELECTION COMMISSION
NAY PYI TAW:
NOTIFICATION NO. (2 / 2015)
MARCH 2015.....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Ceasefire talks between govt, ethnic armed
groups proceed smoothly on Day 4...Fisheries Department puts
fish firms, cold storage
factory out to open tender...Water management vital to improving economy,
living standards: vice president...80% of Myanmar 5-year-olds have tooth decay: dental association...Lake restored for fire prevention...Officials issue NSC
cards in Dawei District...Blood donation
association marks
2nd anniversary...Authorities file suit against motorcyclists
killed on expressway...Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham inspects
college and university in Lashio...Education Promotion Task Force discusses temporary
handing and taking over of universities and colleges...Mines Ministry urges private miners in
Mogok to extend permits...Point-1965 Hill under Tatmadaw control...Festival exposes work of Myanmar
photographers.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein encourages
Solar Impulse-2 pilots...Myanmar golf
team stands
second in
Bangladesh Golf
Tourney.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Do not miss the right to vote
in 2015 general election" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLES: "Clean Water for a Healthy World" by Dr. Aung Soe @ Aung Kyaw Moe
Retired State Medical Superintendent..."Nanyang Technological University of Singapore:
Vital aspect of Technology in Education" by Sayar Mya
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw urged to create global
market for local rubber: "Nay Pyi Taw, 19
March — U Saw Ba Thein
of the Thaton constituency
asked the Pyithu Hluttaw
on Thursday about the prospect
of creating a global
market for local rubber and
the disbursement of loans.
Turning rubber into
finished products is the
first priority for the country
to enter the international
market, responded U Ohn
Than, Deputy Minister for
Agriculture and Irrigation,
adding that his ministry is
working in tandem with
companies from Malaysia,
Thailand and Singapore in
a bid to build more factories
to manufacture finished
products as well as enabling
growers to earn more.
Myanma Agricultural
Development Bank has not
made any plan to disburse
loans to rubber growers, according
to the deputy minister.
U Ye Htun of the
Sibaw constituency asked
the lower house the number
of total miles of roads
across the country, their
total cost and the possibility
of contracting private companies.
Deputy Minister for
Construction U Soe Tint
responded that his ministry
has constructed over 24,900
miles of roads nationwide
and that their annual maintenance
requires over K390
billion.
So far 27 private companies
owned by Myanmar
nationals have been permitted
to construct 3,490 miles
of roads under the BOT
(build, operate and transfer)
system, with new private
companies invited, the deputy
minister said.
MPs also discussed the
marriage bill on Myanmar
Buddhist women and the
population control healthcare
bill."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Suspension bridge construction resumes
in Kayin State: Amyotha Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 19
March — The Amyotha
Hluttaw on Thursday was
urged to build a suspension
bridge in the township
of Thantaungyi, Kayin
State, with Deputy Minister
U Kyaw Kyaw Win
responding that soil tests
are under way ahead of its
construction. The suspension
bridge will have two
lanes, he said.
An MP proposed compensation
for farmlands
destroyed by seawater in
some parts of Rakhine
State, with the Ministry of
Agriculture and Irrigation
saying farmland management
committees will examine
the damage in the
affected areas and report
to the central government
for recompense, pledging
technical assistance.
The parliament has
agreed to discuss two proposals
concerning its election
amendment bill and
a bill calling for the central
government to form a
commission to investigate
the recent shipwreck in
Myepon, a township in Rakhine
State, and compensate
the victims for their
losses.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Agreement reached on most
differences over NCA...UEC issues rules for election
monitoring teams...Communications Ministry seeks to allay mobile phone health fears...Army captures strategic
hill in Laukkai area...UEC issues codes of practice
for election observers...Medical team gives free treatment,
health talks to villagers...Thayet-Kanma-Pyay route boosts local commerce...Police seize stimulant
tablets in Mandalay...Mya Ceti stone inscriptions, Popa Lady , 37 Nat spirits attract tourists...Women of MMCWA and MWAO
combat human trafficking...Clean water key to closing rural
development gap...Library multiplier
training course opened.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein receives Vietnamese guests...Left or right? India, Myanmar, Thailand
must pick side before highway can proceed...Solar Impulse-2 arrives in Mandalay...U Khin Aung Myint receives New
Zealand Professor...Senior General Min
Aung Hlaing receives
Israeli Ambassador...Myanmar, Japan sign funding agreement for
port, water projects...Indian navy vessel makes call
at Thilawa port...Mya Ceti stone inscriptions, Popa Lady , 37 Nat spirits attract tourists.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Time to leave old,
bad habits" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLES: "Nanyang Technological University of Singapore: Vital
aspect of Technology in Education" by Sayar Mya..."We are too nice to one another" by U Hla Maung
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Budget committee explains
restraints of allocation: "Nay Pyi Taw, 18
March — Chairman U Soe
Thar of the Joint Committee
on Scrutinizing National
Plans, the Union
Budget and Taxation Bills
on Wednesday outlined to
the national assembly the
workings of the committee
as it assessed projects funded
by state revenue, loans
or grants.
He said the committee
categorized the projects,
determining how long they
would take until completion
and the likelihood of
meeting budget requirements
The committee scrutinized
the projects by forming
19 teams and four central
sub-committees not to
waste allocated budget.
MPs of Pyidaungsu
Hluutaw then discussed
adjustment of the
Union budget..." PYITHU HLUTTAW: Information Ministry withdraws proposed
Public Service Media bill: "Nay Pyi Taw, 18 March
— The Pyithu Hluttaw in
its session Wednesday discussed
illegal imports of
satellite dishes and receivers
for foreign TV channels,
motorway toll charges and
the withdrawal of the proposed
Public Service Media
bill by the Ministry of Information.
Deputy Home Affairs
Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw
Zan Myint told the Lower
House that the ministry and
its organs are taking action
against illegal imports of
satellite TV receivers in accordance
with the 2012 Import-
Export Law. The penalty
for breaching the law
on the prohibition of illegal
items is up to three years?
imprisonment, a fine, or
both, he said. He added that
authorities will take action in
response to complaints from
TV service providers.
Responding to the query
of Lower House MP U
Thein Nyunt, Union Minister
for Information U Ye
Htut also said relevant ministries
need to cooperate
to control illegal import of
foreign satellite receivers, as
some of the channels show
explicit programmes and
gambling. The information
minister said spill-over is
technically unavoidable as
TV programmes are broadcast
through satellites, although
imports of satellite
dishes that can receive programmes
from Skynet and
MRTV have been banned.
He also suggested the
bill committee of the Pyithu
Hluttaw should consider
puting this issue into the
discussion of a bill on television
and broadcast law..."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Improved transport for
tourism on agenda in
Upper House: "Nay Pyi Taw, 18
March — The Amyotha
Hluttaw convened its 29th
day meeting of the 12th
regular session on Wednesday,
with discussion of
road construction in Mandalay
region and promotion
of tourism through
improved transportation in
Chin State.
Replying to a query
from Upper House MP U
Soe Aung about the plan
to build a new road outside
Meikhtila Township to link
Myingyan and Mandalay,
Union Minister U Kyaw
Lwin said the Ministry of
Construction will conduct a
feasibility study with Mandalay
region government
to upgrade the 4-mile-long
earth road.
U Paw Lyan Lwin, an
MP of Chin State constituency
9 also asked for development
of Bungtla Waterfall,
the longest waterfall
in Chin State near Matupi
Township, into a tourist attraction.
Deputy Minister at the
President?s Office U Aung
Thein said the Chin State
government is developing
its road networks, with
understanding that reliable
transportation is important
for the tourism industry
and the respective areas.
The Amyotha Hluttaw
then approved a bill
on amending the Highways
Act passed by the
Pyithu Hluttaw with some
amendments.".....
DOMESTIC NEWS: Now is time for all national races to join hands,
end conflicts and live together...UEC issues notification on voters? list...Hundreds more vendors
join streamlined trading
system...Seventh meeting between UPWC and NCCT
contributes to ceasefire agreement...MPE puts operation
of fertilizer factory
to tender...Media accreditation card
for covering Solar Impulse-2
available in Mandalay...Union Cooperatives Minister
urges farmers to use Daedong
tractors effectively...Rakhine gets a new ferry boat
after a vessel capsized...Tatmadaw columns capture
insurgent-held hilltops...National Scrutinization Card issued to eligible
citizens in Launglon, Taninthayi Region...Workshop on International Standard for Exercise
of Police Powers in Mandalay...Talks on duties of Golf
Referee on 26 March...Illegal precious wood seized in Kawlin, Kachin State...Ngapali?s natural beauty draws international attention...Veteran sports writers honoured...French trainer leads election
reporting course in Myitkyina,
Kachin State...Northern Shan State enjoys
tourism boom...Open division football tourney to
mark 700th anniversary of Sagaing.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: U Nanda Kyaw Swa receives Canadian Honourary Consul...C-in-C receives Turkish Ambassador...ROK?s Eximbank to assist Myanmar?s
IT Infra-Network Expansion Project...Union
Defence
Minister back
home...Myanmar U-20 and U-22 to meet
Malaysia U-22 on 19 and 22 March.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Education, love and
nurturing essential for
children" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE:"Human Relations
Skills II" by Kyi Mun
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: UEC defends its proposed budget for
general election: "Nay Pyi Taw, 17
March — The 2015 General
Election is a national
duty and the proposed
budget for the Union Election
Commission should
be considered in this light,
a UEC member told representatives
at the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw session
on Tuesday.
One representative
of the house said the K
5,700.811 million for reception
under the budget is
enough to build 126 rural
healthcare centres, calling
for it to be cut.
At the session, Union
Election Commission
member U Win Ko explained
that the proposed
budget of the commission
includes K 2.5 million
for reception costs and
K 5,698.311 million for
costs of meals for volunteers
for voting booths, as
well as sub-commission
chairmen and secretaries
of sub-commissions, who
do not receive any salaries
or allowances.
As there will be
46,489 voting booths in
the entire country in 2015
General Election, cutting
the proposed budget should
be considered in light of the
national duty of holding the
general election, he added.
Union Minister for Information
U Ye Htut said
that money the ministry
earned is the net profits of
the ministry from newspapers,
advertisements and
other general earnings, after
deducting production
costs, management costs
and commercial taxes.
The union minister added
that general earnings of
the News and Periodicals
Enterprise, which reaches
K 100 million every
year, comes from newspapers
and advertisements,
while costs for assets are
divided into yearly expenditure,
which is paid as
annual expenditure to the
government."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Home Affairs sees no need to share
heavy workload: "Nay Pyi Taw, 17
March — The deputy minister
of Home Affairs rebuffed
a proposal to reduce
the ministry?s heavy workload
put before the Amyotha
Hluttaw on Tuesday.
Saying the ministry
does not see the need to
share it responsibilities,
Maj-Gen Kyaw Zan Myint
explained that all of its
departments work together
under close supervision of
regional governments and
the Nay Pyi Taw council.
He said the ministry,
as a law enforcement
body, continues to implement
its goals in line with
guidelines and policies laid
down by the government.
He added the brigades
and departments under the
ministry work together
to carry out measures for
national security, rule of
law and order, control of
narcotic drugs, regional
development activities and
public services in all parts
of the country."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Land plots untenanted subject to
fines, confiscation: Pyithu Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 17
March — Owners of unoccupied
plots of land in Yangon
Region industrial zones
face fines or having their
land confiscated, the secretary
of the Industrial Development
Committee told the
Pyithu Hluttaw on Tuesday.
Responding to a question
about the process for
reclaiming such plots, he
said the city has 24 industrial
zones with over 10,000
land plots, of which 2,339
are still untenanted.
?Legal action ranges
from fines to surrender of
the plots,” he said.
Regarding a question
of whether region and state
governments have the rights
to sell unlicensed vehicles
with court clearances by
tender, the Ministry of National
Planning and Economic
Development said
the Ministry of Commerce
will designate floor prices
for such vehicles to be sold
by open tender to ensure
compatible prices of officially
imported vehicles.
Region and state governments
are required to
seek approval from the
central government to put
unlicensed vehicles with
court clearances to tender,
according to NPED.
The Ministry of Industry
responded to a question
with respect to the registration
of small and medium
enterprises and the availability
of loans, saying that
different ministries undertake
registration of different
industries according to the
law. SMEs are to register at
the Ministry of Industry, microenterprises
at the Ministry
of Cooperative, rice and
bean mills at the Ministry
of Commerce, fishery products
at the Ministry of Livestock,
Fisheries and Rural
Development, and tourism
industries at the Ministry of
Hotels and Tourism.
Commercial hubs like
Yangon Region, Mandalay
Region, Ayeyawady Region,
Sagaing Region and
Shan State receive loans of
K2 billion each while loans
of K1b go to each of the remaining
regions, states and
council areas.
The Small and Medium
Industrial Development
Bank disburses loans to enterprises
after the scrutiny
of their assets by authorities.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Livestock ministry opens
applications to run farms,
factories through JV...Peace talks on nationwide ceasefire
agreement resume...Designer hits right note
with conference logo...MoT launches probe
into deadly ferry
sinking, to inspect all
state-owned vessels...Researchers find rare bird
species in Chin Hills...30 released following
arrests at protest:
Home Affairs...Government troops take
strategic rebels? hilly bases...Royal buildings completed to preserve
Myanmar ancient heritage...Region Chief Minister on inspection tour of industrial city...Farms to use wasp
species to control pests...Farmers in Taungtha Tsp start cultivation of summer paddy and crops...Meeting held to discuss reforms in
the draft Myanmar
Companies Law...Political parties
apply for
registration at
UEC...Local cancer non-profit joins
worldwide body in fight
against disease...Agriculturists
share
knowledge
with farmers
for cultivation
of crops...Myanmar Clothing Bank to help
street children in Yangon suburbs...Ten new schools in Rakhine State to admit
students from both communities.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UEC briefs US Ambassador, USAID
on plans for 2015 vote...Mitsubishi Electric inks deal on technical training...Myanmar,
USAID seek ways for
Myanmar?s development...Germany?s KI Pharma eyes
investing in Myanmar?s
pharmaceutical industry...Workshop on International
Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights...Energy ministry to store
diesel for future use...Mandalay university students get
training programme in India.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "False friends worse
than outright enemies" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Happiness: a Fundamental Right for All" by Dr Aung Soe (Retired State Medical
Superintendent)
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Union ministers explain budgets at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 16
March — Union level officials
explained the budgets
for ministries at the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw session
on Monday.
Union Minister for Environmental
Conservation
and Forestry U Win Tun
told the national assembly
session that four departments
of the ministry asked
for less expenditure for fuel
oil, maintenance of machinery
and receptions than in
previous years, but Myanma
Timber Enterprise had
to seek more funds to pay
income taxes for the 2013-
14 fiscal year and cover
increased salaries and pensions.
According to the union
minister, Myanma Timber
Enterprise will have little
left over after it has paid
salaries, wages, commercial
taxes and income taxes
and, as a result, the ministry
will face difficulty if the
proposed budget is cut by 5
percent by the Joint Public
Account Committee..."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Seniors? social welfare fund programme will
be expanded gradually: "Nay Pyi Taw, 16
March — Deputy Minister
for Social Welfare, Relief
and Resettlement U Phone
Swe said the ministry has
proposed a budget to Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw to support
the elder people between 90
and 100 years old in 2015-
2016 fiscal year.
He also said the ministry
has not planned to give
K30,000 monthly to the senior
citizens between 65 and
90 years old and the disabled
persons in cooperation with
NGOs and INGOs, adding
that the plan will be carried
out year by year based on the
budget allocation.
Replying to the query
about special programmes
of citizenship cards issuing
namely ?Moe Pwint Project?
raised by U Thein Tun
Oo of Amarapura Constituency,
Deputy Minister for
Immigration and Population
U Win Myint said the ministry
conducted Moe Pwint
Projects from level one to
seven in many states and
regions by using ministry?s
budget for regular expenditure
K417.964 million in
2013-2014 fiscal year and
the assistance of respective
states and regions where citizenship
registration cards
were issued.
He also said that the
ministry did not hire daily
staff for the project.
Later, Speaker of Pyithu
Hluttaw said the Hluttaw
proposed the union government
to set up a pension fund
for the retired politicians,
however, the President Office
rejected the proposal
as Myanmar Socialist Programme
Party has been revoked
in accordance with an
order of the military?s State
Peace and Development
Council in 1988, resulting in
no pension fund for the dissolved
party?s members."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Ministry of Electric Power to electrify
villages in Seikpyu Tsp, Paletwa Tsp
depending on budgets: "Nay Pyi Taw, 16
March — The Amyotha
Hluttaw continued for the
27th day session, here, on
Monday.
U Thaw Zin Oo of
Magway Region Constituency
raised a question
on a plan for installation
of 11 KVA power line
along Seikpyu, Tegyi,
Myaygyandaw, Gwaybin,
Hteingan, Ywathitgyi
and Kethsegan villages in
Seikpyu Township. Deputy
Minister for Electric
Power U Aung Than Oo
explained that electrification
for 22 villages needs
to install 11KV power
lines in 23 miles of total
length from Seikpyu power
station to Lethse village
and to Pintale village in
the township and 23 transformers.
Governments of
regions and states sought
funds for construction of
small sub-power stations,
11 KV power lines and 400
volt power lines in 2014-
15 fiscal year. Magway region
government plans to
coordinate allotment of a
fund for installation of 11
KV power line in coming
fiscal years...".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: KIO holds talks with President, takes new
step to achieving peace...Bill Committee, students continue debate on bill
amending national education law...More than 540,000 students
sat Chemistry subject in
matriculation exam...Internal conflicts cost lives of national
brethen, says senior general...Tatmadaw launches attacks on Point
1468 hilltop seized by Kokang insurgents...Rakhine ferry sinking
death toll rise to 59...Creek no longer barrier as new bridge
connects villages...Infrastructure
upgrades under way
in Kayah State...Development project seeks
to raise rural incomes...Buddha Pujaniya of Shwesaryan Pagoda draws
crowds of pilgrims...Ancient monuments in Royal Mandalay City
need preservation...New upper class coaches
improve comfort on
Yangon-Mandalay route...Sabei Housing
Project
introduced
to media in.
Aungdawmu Pagoda...Tickets for football friendly on sales on 18-19 March.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Global showcase to feature Myanmar?s
traditional puppets...Thai plans to construct
second border bridge
near Myanmar...President
U Thein Sein sends messages
of felicitations to Ireland...Union FM sends
message of
felicitations to Ireland.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Avoid mistaking effect
for cause" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "HEAD AND HEART" by Kyi Mun
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DOMESTIC NEWS: President inspects dredging at Kyee Ni lake
in Yamethin Township...UPWC, KIO commit to achieving
nationwide ceasefire...The Republic of the
Union of Myanmar...A bridge spanning
Pazi Creek in
Ngaphe Tsp...Ottara District IPRD improves
capacity of rural librarians...Fire engulfs house; destroying
property worth K7.2 million...Upgrading roads to develop rural areas
in Aunglan Tsp...Earthen road benefits local
residents from 16 villages in
Hinthada Tsp...Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham hosts
dinner to KIO delegates...Educationalists and legal advisors share
opinions on education amendment bill...Dredging earthen lake to prevent outbreak of fire...Dwellers
invited
to enjoy
Ayeyawady
Literary
Festival...Local authorities, well-wishers
provide assistance for fire victims...Needy people to
get rural houses in
Phekhon Tsp...Process of Special Moe Pwint
Project appears on LED
billboard...Myanmar?s real estate market expected to be
cool this year: experts...Diabetes comes under spotlight at
health seminar...Myanmar cruise into second round
qualifiers of Women?s
Olympic Football Tournament Rio.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Indonesia?s fuel giant eyes
Myanmar market...Appointment of
Ambassador agreed on...Myanmar cruise into second round
qualifiers of Women?s
Olympic Football Tournament Rio.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Exclusion from education
has impacts on society" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "The endless havoc or chaos or pandemonium or mayhem caused by hostility,
egocentrism, barbarity, injustice and inequality in human societies" by Tommy Pauk
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Joint Bill Committee suggests exclusion of
microenterprises in SME bill: Nay Pyi Taw, 13
March — The Joint Bill
Committee at the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw on Friday
put forward its findings
with respect to the bill of
the development of small
and medium enterprises on
which two Houses held different opinions.
The bill should exclude
the section of microenterprises
as it is mainly
for SMEs, the joint bill
committee said in its report
of findings, suggesting the
deletion of its definition of
the term ?worker? in order
not to contradict the existing
staff regulations and
rules.
The union taxation bill
of 2015 came under discussion,
with union-level officials
making clarifications
on the bill.
The Ministry of Home
Affairs, the Ministry of
Agriculture and Irrigation,
the Ministry of Livestock,
Fisheries and Rural Development,
the Ministry of
Electric Power, the Ministry
of Commerce and
the Ministry of Mines explained
their tax collection
systems across the country.
The parliament will
meet on 16 March.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Drafting bills must comply with existing laws:
Amyotha Hluttaw?s bill committee...Ceasefire talks
likely to resume in a
few days...Govt increases annual spending on
better health care:
Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham...Speaker of
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
meets visitors...MRTV re-transmission
comes into
operations
in Hinthada...Mon ethnics in Mandalay Region develop
language education...Matriculation examination runs smoothly
in Mandalay Region..Home for the aged
invites donations...Rural area in Tatkon Township illuminated
with solar panels...Well-wishers donate cash and
kind to nunnery...Rural road improves living standard of residents...Cancer foundation to
admit patients at three
new building...MCDC allows construction
of water-throwing pandals
around moat...Authorities return nine
students to parents...Matriculation students sit
mathematics on third day...25 tentatively selected players of
Myanmar start training...
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein meets
Malaysian prime minister...Academics recommend people-centered
ASEAN-India partnership...Myanmar welcomes extension of
India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral Highway to link
up with Cambodia, Lao PDR and Vietnam...Royal Haskoning DGV Co. provides
internship awards to MMU students...JAPAN grants US$228,659 for
monastic school, rural health
branches in Mon and Kayin States...Myanmar, Indonesia focus on
bilateral cooperation...Mitsubishi becomes first private sector donor
to the Livelihoods and Food Security Trust
Fund in Myanmar...Huawei gives scholarships to 50 Myanmar students, donates new ICT curriculum...
"PERSPECTIVES": "Rote learning is not for
entire life" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "COMPETENT Workers" by Kyaw Win
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2015-03-14
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Pan Hlaing river conservation project
will benefit 20,833 households...Govt, MPs seek ways to speed up
settling land confiscation issues...Presidential Scholarship
Selection Committee meets...CSOs discuss education
amendment bill at
Amyotha Hluttaw...Dy Minister urges increase in library lending...Rakhine State honours victorious athletes in National Sports Festival...Vets raise awareness of
breeders for avian influenza...Central Myanmar farmers turn to CP maize...34 dead as ferry capsizes,
search for survivors continues......Military columns rout Kokang
insurgents...Students handed over to parents.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham
receives Chinese Ambassador...Malaysian U-22 team
to play two Myanmar
youth teams.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Playing by rules does not always
equal good sportsmanship" Aung Khin.....
ARTICLES: "Many Hands Make Light Work" by Maung Phyo..."Raffles Institution in Singapore: Alma Mater of State Leaders" by Sayar Mya
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: Union budgets bill come under discussion
at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 12
March — The Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw on Thursday discussed
the Union budgets
bill of 2015, with members
of parliament expressing
their viewpoints on accounting
procedures.
The Joint Public Accounts
Committee suggested
that annual budgets
should not include
foreign loans in accounts of
budget deficits rather than
revenues.
According to the
IMF?s debt assessment in
September 2014, it needs to
tax exemption and decrease
of loan disbursement. In
line with the Union budget
law, salary of government
service personnel has risen
to 30 percent than the last
year.
An MP from a constituency
in Mandalay Region
stressed the need to balance
macroeconomy in shaping
the economy of the country
and adopt a tax system suitable
for the country.
Another MP from the
constituency of Dagon
Myothit (North) mentioned
a huge budget deficit, citing
K8,639,128 million in
income and K 12,078,689 million in expenditure.
The MP urged the Myanmar
Investment Commission
to see to the matter,
stressing that unsuccessful
state-owned industries are
thwarting the country?s
economic growth."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Union Supreme Court responds to legal
action against unjust verdicts by judges: "Nay Pyi Taw, 12
March — The Pyithu Hluttaw
on Thursday was asked
of a query of the way legal
action is taken against
judges for unjust verdicts
and how many of them
have been punished, with
the Supreme Court of the
Union responding that unjust
decisions are likely to
result from the wrong interpretation
of legal stipulations and that judges imposing
unlawful decisions
are punished regarding the
severity of their wrongful
verdicts.
An MP tabled a motion
at the parliament, demanding
seismic surveys for hydropower
projects planned
to implement in the Thanlwin
river. The Ministry of
Electric Power responded
arrangements are underway
to study possible impacts
the projects might have on
the environment and that
the public will be informed
of safety measures.
The parliament approved
another motion
urging the government
to place the marketplace
of the country?s products
in border trade under the
management of citizens."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Myanmar?s airlines urged to merge for
giving better flight services: "Nay Pyi Taw, 12
March — The Ministry of
Transport and Department
of Civil Aviation have
urged Myanmar?s airlines
to merge with among them
or international airlines
so as to give better flight
services to the passengers,
Deputy Minister for Transport
U Zin Yaw replied
to a question raised by U
Nyunt Tin of Yangon Region
Constituency No 2
at Thursday?s session of
Amyotha Hluttaw. With
regard to the ASEAN Open
Sky Policy included in the
question of U Nyunt Tin,
the deputy minister said
that Department of Civil
Aviation will clarify the
drafting Myanmar Aviation
Policy to all stakeholders
for seeking advices from
them. The ministry allows
establishment of joint venture
airlines with 49 percent
of foreign investment...".....
DOMESTIC NEWS: UNICEF to train
social workers on
assisting children...Health Ministry to increase spending on H5N1 prevention...Parliamentary teaching centre opened...Matriculation exam runs without hitch
in Zabuthiri Tsp...Farmers learn about use of wasps to
control insect pests...Dredging of North
Meiltila Lake set to
increase water supply...Building boom fuels demand for bricks in Myanaung Tsp...Tatkon Township sets plan for Buddhist
treatise examinations...Bird flu fear drives demand
for fish products...Work under way at Muse Central Economic Zone...Social organisations condemn police
crackdown on student protests...Student protestors handed over
to parents...Seminar casts light on ethnic
literature...Nearly K 5.9 billion worth stimulant tablets
seized in Laukkai area...Students sit English test on
second day of matriculation
examination.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein leads Myanmar
delegation on Malaysia state visit...UNICEF to train
social workers on
assisting children...Vice President Dr Sai Mauk Kham
meets former Philippine President,
UN officials...Pyithu Hluttaw speaker meets two foreign delegations...Vietnamese Vice President meets Yangon Region
government, pays homage to Shwedagon Pagoda...Expo set to
showcase
Vietnamese
exports...JAPAN grants
US$316,605 for three
rural health centres in
Taungup, Thandwe and
Gwa townships.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Remove language
barrier to help national
race children" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "Life and Value" by Kyi Mun
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Pyidaungsu Hluttaw approves loan for MPF: "Nay Pyi Taw, 11
March — Loan from
EXIM Bank of China for
Myanmar Police Force
was discussed at the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw session
in Nay Pyi Taw on
Wednesday.
Deputy Minister for
Home Affairs Brig-Gen
Kyaw Zan Myint said that
Myanmar Police Force is
responsible for the rule
of law, community tranquility,
prevention of drug
trafficking, and public
services and it is now taking
more comprehensive
measures for life security,
stability and the rule of
law.
As a result, it has recruited
more police but
it faces with 69.25 percent
shortage of vehicles
and the Yuan 246 million
loan will enable the police
to buy required vehicles
and vessels. The
deputy minister also told
the session that the vehicles
and vessel will be
purchased through tender
in a transparent manner.
The session approved the
loan from China?s Exim
Bank for Myanmar Police
Force.
Then, representatives
discussed the union revenue
bill. At today?s session,
two bills sent back
with remarks by the president
were approved by
the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
and the bill committee reported
its finding on bills
amending the mercantile
customs act and the inland
customs act."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Government to reclaim about 39,000
acres of farmlands in 2015-16 FY: "...U Than Myint of
Wundwin Constituency
asked about reclamation of
mechanized farm plots and
disbursement of long-term
loans for reclamation of
modern farmlands. Deputy
Minister for Agriculture
and Irrigation U Ohn Than
explained that the government
has reclaimed 34,376
acres of mechanized farmlands
including 711 aces
with the assistance of Japanese
Institute of Irrigation
and Drainage-JIID and
Japan International Cooperation
Agency-JICA and
Korea International Cooperation
Agency-KOICA from
2011-12 to 2014-15 fiscal
year. In 2015-16 fiscal year,
the government will spend
its fund on 4,500 acres of
farmland, loans from India
on 30,400 acres of land and
International Fund for Agricultural
Development-IFDA
on 4,000 acres of land.
Moreover, 20,400 acres of
farmlands will be reclaimed
with the loan from India
and 4,000 acres with IFAD
in 2016-17 fiscal year. A
plan is underway to reclaim
2,000 acres by spending
loan from IFAD in 2017-18
fiscal year. Myanmar Agricultural
Development Bank
has no plan to disburse
long-term loans to farmers
for paying back it through
installment."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw convene 25th
day meeting: "Nay Pyi Taw, 11
March — Representatives of
Amyotha Hluttaw discussed
issues on road construction,
steel factories and infrastructural
development.
Dr Htay Win, an MP
of Ayeyawady region constituency
5, asked for the
transfer of railway section
between Htugyi and Bantbwegone
from the Ministry
of Rail Transportation to the
Department of Rural Development
under the Ministry
of Livestock, Fishery and
Rural Development.
Deputy Minister for
Rail Transportation U Myint
Thein said as the railway
section is no longer used and
the handover is a possibility
if the MLFRD seeks approval
from the MRT.
MPs also discussed report
of Amyotha Hluttaw?s
National Planning and Development
Projects Committee
on its fact-findings for
the third three-year of 2014-
2015 fiscal year...".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar UV index to hit dangerous
levels: expert...Monks from Letpadan protest allowed
to return to monasteries as release of
some students underway...Political parties urged to register not
later than 30 April...Refresher course on foreign economic
relations opened in Nay Pyi Taw...Thousands of students sit matriculation exam
in Tatkon Tsp...Hluttaw fund contributes to development
of township...Myawady Township to implement literacy
campaign in 2015 summer...Military columns seize teaks
in Kachin, Shan States...Residents welcome full-time
electricity supply...Wushu training course proves popular
with students in Mandalay...Anti-drug campaign involves education, crop eradication...Surprise inspections target fuel,
storage stations...Government sought peaceful protest
resolution: Union Information Minister...Bill committee hear
public suggestions on
amendment of National
Education Law...Tatmadaw arrests three
Kokang insurgents, seizes
arms and ammunition,
narcotic drugs...Matriculation examinations for 2015 commences...Study for new
maritime training
centre under way.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Vietnam
to forge
bilateral ties...Delhi Dialogue VII focuses on
India-ASEAN business ties...Myanmar banks connect to worldwide
card network...Vice President U Nyan Tun receives
Vietnamese counterpart...Vietnamese delegation goes
sightseeing in Nay Pyi Taw...Appointment of
Ambassador agreed on...Union FM meets Saudi Assistant
Minister of Foreign Affairs.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Mere words not enough to
achieve development goals" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "Sky and Underground Trains" by San Shwe Aung
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw explains laws on
electioneering and campaigning activities: "Nay Pyi Taw, 10
March — A representative
from the TadaU constituency
asked the Pyithu
Hluttaw here on Tuesday
about public campaigns for
what action would be taken
against in violation of
the law on electioneering,
with an official of the Union
Election Commission
responding that nobody is
above the election law and
that lawsuits could be filed
in police stations as for violation
of laws prescribed
in Section 13.
The Union Election
Commission announced
the Election Law to take
action against violators on
16 January this year, according
to the official.
An MP from Myebon
asked whether incumbent
representatives and candidates
need to abide by
the electioneering law and
the election law, to which
the same UEC official responded,
stating that they
all must obey the laws.
UEC has announced
that the general elections
have been scheduled for
late October or early November
this year, with the
official saying that political
parties are found soliciting
for votes although the commission
has not yet officially
designated the canvass
period.
He also spoke of
speeches and leaflet distribution
must be in line with
the existing law and the
election law."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Construction ministry giving
compensations for land seizures in
Nay Pyi Taw Council Area: "Nay Pyi Taw, 10
March — Union Minister
for Construction U Kyaw
Lwin said the ministry has
given some compensations
for land confiscations in
Lewe and Pyinmana townships
for construction of
Lewe-Pyinmana Highway.
During Amyotha
Hluttaw session Tuesday,
U Kyaw Lwin replied to
the query of U Hmat Gyi
from Mandalay Region
constituency No.9, saying
the ministry has compensate
K407.11 million from
Union Budget (Additional)
to 217 farmers for 319.88
acres from December 28,
2014 to January 13 2015.
He added the five remaining
farmers will get
compensations for a total
of 7.8 acre in March after
the land prices have been
approved by local scrutinizing
committee.
The union minister
also said that compensation
will be given to 265 farmers
for their 170.34 acres of
vacant lands, 169.97 cultivated
land and two buildings
after the prices have
been approved by relevant
committees.
Deputy Minister for
Defence Maj-Gen Kyaw
Nyunt said the farmers
who are cultivating crops
in army-owned lands will
get loans from Myawady
Bank and Inwa Bank if
they agreed to sign they
are temporarily working on
these lands.
The deputy minister
also said these farmers will
need approvals and recommendations
for their property
or the agreement of the
military base concerned to
return loans if the debtors
failed to do so.
Then, Amyotha Hluttaw
members viewed video
record that carries discussion
about amendment of
the bill for National Education
Law.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Seed supply shortfall prompts
invitation to private investors...Gov?t forms inquiry
commission into
protest dispersal
in front of Yangon
City Hall...Project delivers safe drinking
water to Ayeyawady Delta...Vietnamese delegation on goodwill
visit to Myanmar...Police clear Letpadan protest site...Myanmar Gazette...Yangon sees mass rallies, two official and one unofficial...Union FM sends message of
felicitations to Lithuania...Public Announcement for
remonstration...Government troops retake
insurgent-held hills...Youths study Buddhist culture in summer holidays...Tamarind fruit provides extra income for rural people...Pakistani naval ship docks at MITT...Vets warn poultry farmers about avian influenza...Agriculturists promote use
of natural fertilizers...Region minister encourages Myanmar women footballers.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein
sends messages of
felicitations to Lithuania...ASEAN, India aim to strengthen
economic, security ties
in Delhi Dialogue VII...Myanmar cooperates in judicial training in ASEAN...Senior librarians share
tips of trade with trainees...Mdy Police Force officers undergo
media skills training.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Developing countries must
root out tax evasion" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "I will leave Myanmar with admiration and hope" by Masahiko Tanaka
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Myanmar to sign ASW legal framework: "Nay Pyi Taw, 9
March— Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
has decided Monday
that Myanmar will sign the
legal framework establishing
the technical architecture
of the ASEAN Single
Window.
Union Minister for Finance
U Win Shein said
that the Legal Framework
Agreement (LFA), once
adopted, will set a common
legal framework in ASEAN
to strengthen the coordination
and partnership among
ASEAN Customs Administrations
and relevant line
ministries and agencies,
and economic operators
(importers, exporters, transport
operators, express industries,
customs brokers,
forwarders, commercial
banking entities and financial
institutions, insurers,
and those relevant to the
international supply chain)
to effectively and efficiently
implement the ASEAN Single
Window.
As a concrete step towards
the establishment
and implementation of the
ASEAN Single Window,
the ASEAN Economic
Ministers have signed the
Agreement to Establish and
Implement the ASEAN Single
Window on 9 December
2005 in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
The ASW Agreement
mandated Member
Countries, by means of a
protocol, to adopt relevant
internationally accepted
standards, procedures, documents,
technical details and
formalities for the effective
implementation of the ASEAN
Single Window.
Later, Deputy Minister
for Home Affairs Brig- Gen Kyaw Zan Myint told
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw to allow
Yuan 246 million loan
from Exim Bank of China
for procurement of vehicles
for Myanmar Police
Force to ensure rule of law,
drug-trafficking control
measures and security of
public.
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
has invited parliamentarians
for discussion this issue."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Four townships in Kayah State, Ayeyawady
Region to get inter-town asphalt roads in March: "Nay Pyi Taw, 9
March—Pyithu Hluttaw
(Lower House) continued
its 23rd day session Monday.
With regard to the
question raised by U Htay
Maung of Saw Constituency
on number of townships
facilitated with inter-town
asphalt roads in the nation,
Deputy Minister for
Construction U Soe Tint
replied that so far, Ministry
of Construction has constructed
inter-town roads
in 248 townships of 330
across the nation. Upgrading
of inter-town roads will
be completed in Shadaw
in Kayah State, Thabaung,
Wakema and Mawlamyinegyun
townships in Ayeyawady
Region in March
this year..."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Education Ministry to allot budget for construction
of school building in Launglon Tsp: "March—At the Amyotha
Hluttaw session Monday,
Dr Aye Maung of Rakhine
State Constituency No 1
asked about losses of land
owners in construction of a
market at corner of Strand
Street and Zaygyi market
in Kyaybingyi Ward,
Sittway.
Deputy Minister at the
President Office U Kyaw
Kyaw Win replied that in
the time of the government
of the State Law and Order
Restoration Council, local
authorities built a market
in the above-mentioned
place but allowed the land
owners to purchase one
apartment each at Ngwe
Nadi housing near the market.
Twelve land owners
purchased the apartments
and three did not buy the
apartment. With regard
to submissions of 15 land
owners, the deputy minister
retold a decision adopted
by Rakhine State land
utilization committee at
its meeting on 10 October
2014 that priority will be
given to 15 land owners
when the committee implements
the land reclamation
and housing projects.
U Tin Maung Myint of
Taninthayi Region Constituency
No 3 asked whether
or not an 120x30 feet
RC building will be constructed
in the place of an
old building at Sakhanthit
Basic Education Primary
School in Launglon Township.
Deputy Minister for
Education U Thant Shin
explained that the Ministry
of Education has earmarked
to allot K48.60
million from the capital expenditure
in 2015-16 fiscal
year for construction of a
new RC school building at
Sakhanthit Village BEPS...".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President Dr. Sai Mauk Kham delivers speech at
Special Refresher Course for Senior Officials...Ayeyawady Delta becomes major tourism hub...Public Announcement for remonstration...Political parties apply for
registration at UEC...Myanmar to submit report to UN Human
Rights Council on 20 July...Civil Service Training to improve
officers? capacity in reform process...Yangon Region Women?s
Affairs Organization calls a
halt to students marching...Fierce fighting
continues near strategic
hills in Kokang SAZ...University of Traditional Medicine turns
out practitioners...Social association donates cash to child patients...DINR has issued citizenship scrutiny
cards to some 5 million people...Paved roads improve access for
10,000 in Dawei Township...Merits shared for late royal families of
Konbaung Dynasty...Departmental staff to
join community-led
sanitation tasks...MPs share
allotted funds for
development tasks...Training course improves capacity of police officers
in Mandalay Region...Rural people get electricity
on self-reliant basis.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Japanese firm wins
gas turbine deal for
Thilawa SEZ...Myanmar to submit report to UN Human
Rights Council on 20 July...Solar flights starts first
round-the-world trip...Appointment of
Ambassador agreed on...International Women?s Day ceremony
hears message from UN chief...Myanmar to meet with China in
third-placed match.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Two different meanings
of force" by Myint Win Thein.....
ARTICLE: "TEACHER PUJA, TEACHER CULTURE" by Ba Than
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DOMESTIC NEWS: Myanmar celebrates International
Women?s Day in capital city...Ahlone International
Port Terminal 1
comes on line...Scientists rediscover ?extinct? bird in Myanmar...Daw Nan Shwe Hmon attends
ceremony to honour religious title
recipient Sayadaws...Tatmadaw launches operations on
point 0753 hill and nearby hilltops...State-owned Myanmar language
newspapers to reduce ad rates...Union minister meets with
teachers from Kokang SAZ...Mandalay Region to house 1727 mobile
communication stations next year...Hearing for amendment
bill for national education
law goes on...Disciples hoist diamond orb, pennant-shape vane
atop Sule replica pagoda...Local farmers
earn income from
cultivation of tobacco...Police arrest suspect with
4,000 stimulant tablets...Artistes honour military servicemen, family
members with entertainment...Kanbawza Bank branch
donates cash for journalists
in Natogyi Tsp...Students study Buddhist culture on summer holidays...Vets, chicken breeders and
producers need cooperation in
control of avian influenza.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein,
wife Daw Khin Khin
Win to pay State Visit
to Malaysia...Myanmar, China exchange views on
maintenance of law and order in border area...Myanmar, China discuss restoring
law and order in border area...Myanmar to take hockey training in Malaysia...Team manager encourages
Myanmar women footballers.....
"PERSPECTIVES":"Migration for expectation of
a better society" by Aung Khin.....
ARTICLE: "A Glimpse into an Age-old Culture" by Maung Phyo (WYU)
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DOMESTIC NEWS: New bridges improve transport links in coastal Rakhine State...Myanmar to continue budget deficit in 2015-16, missing 5% of GDP...Industrial park forecast to create 200,000
jobs in dry zone...Mandalay Region LBVD to vaccinates
cattle against foot-and-mouth disease...Entries open for Miss Universe Mandalay...Breeders exchange experiences of
taking care of animals...Union Minister describes education as important
to peaceful society...Union Minister encourages
families of fallen soldiers
in Kokang conflict...Five protesters
handed over to
Letpadan
protest
leaders...Fights intensify between Kokang insurgents
and gov?t troops...State-owned
Myanmar language
newspapers to reduce
ad rates...Authorities need to raise bio-security
and control import of chicken...Mandalay residents join Father?s
Day celebration...Football course aims to improve skills
for young players...Celebrations mark 66th
Anniversary of
Pa-O National Day...New generation boxers to
meet in challenges.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: UNFPA partners with 3MDG
to help improve Myanmar?s
health system...Round-the-world solar aircraft
set to land in Mandalay...Myanmar to meet Indonesia
in tune-up match soon.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "End gender-based violence
to achieve full equality" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLES: "The Unresolved Equation" by Anita Karki and Suman Bisht..."Choosing a university and choosing a subject to study" by U Hla Maung, (Retired geologist, MOGE)
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: "National planning bill comes under discussion
at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw: "Nay Pyi Taw, 5 March
— The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
on Thursday discussed
the national planning bill of
2015-2016 fiscal year, with
MPs at union level clarified
the principle and projects
covered in the bill.
Dr Kan Zaw, Union
Minister for National Planning
and Economic Development,
suggested an
appointment of a permanent
official who can represent
and take charge of the
whole functions of the ministry
as part of bridging the
information gap between
incoming and outgoing union
ministers and deputy
ministers, who are to serve
a five-year tenure of office.
Union Minister for Information
U Ye Htut said
his ministry saw a net profit
of over K6 billion in 2011-
2012 FY, over K3 billion in
2013-14 FY, and over K6
billion in 2014-2015 FY,
expecting a net revenue of
over K4 billion this fiscal
year. He went on to say that
there is no loss from the
state budgets in transforming
the dailies to public-oriented
ones.
Union Minister for
Health Dr Than Aung
pledged a 90% budget
spending on public health
care and remaining 10% on
developing human resources
and research projects.
Union Minister for
Finance U Win Shein recommended
that education
budgets should cover other
ministries that have universities,
colleges and high
schools instead of the Ministry
of Education alone. He
described financial issues as
so sensitive that tight control
is essential for avoidance of
unwanted consequences.
Other ministries and
union-level offices explained
their respective operations
to the parliament."...PYITHU HLUTTAW: Pyithu Hluttaw discusses inflation: "Members of the Pyithu
Hluttaw questioned the government
in Thursday?s lower
house session about how
it plans to control inflation if
a proposed pay rise for civil
servants is instituted.
Central Bank of Myanmar Deputy Governor Daw
Khin Saw Oo told the session
inflation will increase
when salaries of government
employees are raised to a
decent level, with the central
bank issuing more money to
fulfill the increased government
budget.
Higher incomes will
also drive inflation by increasing
consumption, with
prices rising where demand
exceeds supply, according to
the vice governor.
Private sector pay rises
will inevitably follow they
government salary hike,
with the resulting increase in
production costs also driving
up prices, she added.
Increased consumption
of imports will also raise the
budget deficit and depreciate
the value of Myanmar?s
currency, further driving inflation.
However, she said the
government is seeking to adjust
the deficit under 5 percent
of GDP for sustainable
development..."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Amyotha Hluttaw bill committee meets
students from ACDEM: "Nay Pyi Taw, 5 March
— Hearing for amendment
bill of the national education
law started at the
Amyotha Hluttaw building
on Thursday.
Present were Chairman
of Amyotha Hluttaw Bill Committee U Khin Maung
Yi and members, Amyotha
Hluttaw Political, Economic
and Legal Affairs Commission
Chairman U Myint
Thein and members, students
from the Action Committee
for Democracy Education
Movement including
Maung Chit Win Maung,
fourth year (Civil) Magway
Technological Univeristy,
Maung Pyae Phyo Kyaw,
third year (Chemistry) Pakokku
University, Maung
Thant Sin Tun, fourth year
(Civil), Pyay Technological
University, Maung Zeyar
Lwin, third year, Yangon University of Economics,
Maung Ye Zarni Tun, second
year, Hmawby University
of Computer Studies,
Maung Nan Lin, second
year (Physics) Dagon University,
Maung Paing Ye
Thu, third year (Maths)
Dagon University, Maung
Wai Moe Naing, fourth
year (English), Monywa
University, Maung Min
Lwin Oo, B.E (Mechanical)
and Maung Thein Htein, incharge
of documents for the ACDEM.
At the meeting, the bill
committee chairman explained
that submitted bills
have to be adopted in accordance
with Hluttaw rules
and regulations and students,
political parties and
civil society organizations
can participate in the discussions
which take place
from 5 to 15 March.
The political, economic
and legal affairs commission
chairman said that his
commission is contributing
to the political, economic
and legal affairs of the Hluttaw.
Maung Zeyar Lwin of
the ACDEM said that they
came to the Hluttaw to inform
that they could not
attend the hearing due to
current situation in Letpatan
but he said that they would
closely watch the hearing
and were willing to attend
the hearing at an opportune
time.
Before the hearing, the
chairmen of the committee
and commission responded
to questions raised by journalists.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: 14 striking workers face riot charges following arrest...Pa-O National Day
marked in Taunggyi...Some student protestors taken back home by parents...Monitoring devices will provide clearer
picture of Yangon air quality...Prominent Sayadaws urge
monks not to join student
march on Yangon...Mandalay?s religious monuments draw big
crowds on Fullmoon Day...Shwesayan Pagoda festival brings Shan
pilgrims to Patheingyi Township...Rising tomato prices attract
new growers...Senior monks consecrate Atula
Munissara Pagoda in Myanaung...Vacant lots become
vegetable patches under
police programme...More than 90,000 students to sit
matriculation exam in Mandalay Region...Ancient architectural works of
Bagaya monastery attract local and
foreign visitors...Hotel project in Kawthoung District aims to
boost tourist arrivals...Malaysia continues free surgical
treatments for needy patients...Military columns seize arms and ammunitions
from Kokang insurgents in clashes...IDPs, departmental
personnel arrive back
home in Laukkai region.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: President U Thein Sein
sends message of felicitations
to Ghana...Pyithu Hluttaw speaker
meets former British
Prime Minister...The Global New Light
of Myanmar ? Jason
Pomeroy Interview...Deputy Foreign Minister attends high level segments of UN
human rights council session, disarmament conference...Union ministers, foreign experts exchange views
on peace process, economic development...Union FM sends message
of felicitations to Ghana...Myanmar falls to Vietnam
at youth tourney in China...Thai naval vessel arrives at
Thilawa, Yangon...Myanmar women ready to face
challenges in Olympic qualifiers.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "Are we moving forward,
standing still or going
backward?" by Kyaw Thura
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HLUTTAW SESSIONS:- PYIDAUNGSU HLUTTAW: Ministries present projects in
National Planning Bill: "Nay Pyi Taw, 6 March
— The 12th regular session
of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
continued for the 22nd day
in Nay Pyi Taw on Friday,
with ministries presenting
projects to be included in
the 2015-2016 National
Planning Bill.
Union Minister for
Electric Power U Khin
Maung Soe outlined power
sector spending to improve
access to electricity in regions
and states.
Deputy Minister for
Immigration and Population
U Win Myint elaborated
on the Moe Pwint
project for issuance of
citizenship scrutiny cards,
while Deputy Minister for
Energy U Myint Zaw explained
measures being
taken to control the quality
of imported fuel. Deputy
Minister for Industry
U Myo Aung spoke about matters related to factories,
raw materials and access to
local and foreign markets,
while Deputy Minister for
Commerce Dr Pwint Hsan
explained trade volumes
on a year-on-year basis and
progress in trading with
other countries.
Deputy Minister for
Sports U Zaw Win and
Deputy Minister for Education
Dr Zaw Min Aung presented
the undertakings of
their respective ministries,
as did Deputy Minister for
Construction U Soe Tint,
Deputy Minister for Labour,
Employment and Social
Security U Htin Aung,
Deputy Minister for Rail
Transportation U Myint
Thein, Deputy Minister for
Hotels and Tourism Dr Tin
Shwe and Union Minister
for National Planning and
Economic Development Dr
Kan Zaw."...AMYOTHA HLUTTAW: Political parties give suggestions on
amendment to education law: "Nay Pyi Taw, 6 March
— Political parties suggested
amendments to the education
law at the Amyotha
Hluttaw (Upper House) on
Friday.
Fifteen political parties
held discussions with the Bill Committee and the
Commission for Political,
Economic and Legal Affairs,
with the chairman of
the Bill Committee urging
participants to pool ideas
to draft a bill to amend the
National Education Law.
It took nearly two years
of coordination with international
scholars and UN
agencies for the national
education bill to become a
law, he stated. Despite being
passed by parliament, the law
sparked protests, prompting authorities to rework it.
Student protesters accepted
the parliament?s invitation
to discuss the amendment
to the law, but were
unable to send a representative,
prompting them to ask
for another chance. According
to the chairman, the parliament
will inform them of
a new date two or three days
in advance. He pledged his
committee will give careful
consideration and special attention
to suggestions made
by political parties in writing
the bill.
The political parties
contributed their opinions
to the amendment to the
National Education Law.".....
OTHER DOMESTIC NEWS: Vice President U Nyan Tun inspects
development tasks in Sittway...Stakeholders gather to provide suggestions on
2015-2016 Union Budget...Some clauses amended in
previous military
administrative order..Myanmar will restrict
fishing in bid to conserve
marine stocks...Gender-focused photo
contest gives opportunity
to shutterbugs...Rehabilitation to improve
peace and stability in
Kokang region...3rd Education & Career 2015
attracts Yangonites...Anti-human trafficking units receive training to help victims...Township police head shares knowledge
about electoral security...Mobile library service raises reading
skills of rural people...Model plot of gram produces 18
baskets per acre...Fund allotted for undertaking
development tasks...New school building ready to accommodate
students in coming academic year...People honour servicemen for their
sacrifices of life...Talks spread knowledge about
consumer protection...Free vaccination programme aims to eradicate
preventable disease...More than 2,700 people come
back Laukkai...Some students who staged protest in
Letpadan taken for negotiations...Finalist of Myanmar women squad consists of 23 players.....
EXTERNAL RELATIONS: Myanmar, Thailand to promote bilateral
relations and cooperation.....
"PERSPECTIVES": "No time to lose for the
good of the country" by Kyaw Thura.....
ARTICLE: "Invest in Health to Build a Safer, Happier and Healthier Future for Women" by Dr. Aung Soe (a) Aung Kyaw Moe
Retired State Medical Superintendent..."Elections and responsibility of the media" by Ye Khaung, Nanda, Myat Thandar
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