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Judge
rejects
bail for
students
STUDENTS detained following
the violent police crackdown on
protesters at Letpadan in March
were denied bail on June 2. According to defence lawyers, the
judge at Tharyarwady Township
Court said the documents produced in support of the application for bail were insufficient.
The 13 distance-learning students were among those marching on Yangon in protest against
the National Education Law.
On March 10, police launched
a violent crackdown on the demonstrators, arresting more than
100 people. It promised to free
the real students among the
demonstrators without charge,
but decided that distance education students did not qualify for
release.
Defence lawyer U Robert San
Aung told The Myanmar Times
the judge had refused bail in
respect of the alleged offences
under section 505(b) of the penal
code.
His reason was that there
was no recommendation letter from the professors of their
universities that they should be
released in order to take their exams, he said.
At the hearing, the fourth
since the arrests, defence lawyers
U Aung Thein and U Robert San
Aung submitted photographs
showing police violence against
the student. The court accepted
the photographs as evidence.
The prosecution said the
photos could have been Photoshopped. But everybody knows
these pictures are real, U Robert
San Aung said after the hearing.
He said Police Captain Phone
Myint, a witness for the prosecution, had told the court that the
police had not hit the students,
but just aimed at them.
The police captain lied to the
court and the world. Everybody
knows the police beat the student
protesters, whose injuries are also
evidence, said the lawyer.
The hearing took place amid
tightened security, behind high
barbed wire fences.
A total of 81 people, including
12 released on bail, have been
charged with incitement to riot,
defamation and obstructing a
police officer. The next hearing
will be on June 9.
The police crackdown and arrests came following months of
confrontation and protest over
the National Education Law,
which was approved in September 2014. Ye Mon
Kachin Independence Organisation joint chair Lieutenant General NBan La speaks at an ethnic leaders conference in Law Khee Lar yesterday. Photo: Naing Wynn Htoon
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A Myanmar officer takes a photograph of a migrant, who was found at sea on a boat, at a temporary shelter near
Kanyin Chaung jetty in Maungdaw township, northern Rakhine State, yesterday. Photo: AFP
We want to make
sure that any
innocent people on
the boat get proper
treatment.
Anne Richard
US assistant secretary of state
News 3
Speaker
writes to UN
chief over
Rakhine
GOVERNMENT officials and political
leaders have hit back at international
criticism targeted at Myanmars handling of unrest in Rakhine State.
Parliamentary speaker Thura U
Shwe Mann yesterday revealed he had
sent a letter to UN Secretary-General
Ban Ki-moon urging him to rethink
his views on Rakhine State, where the
government has been accused of persecuting the Muslim community.
Last month, the UN chief urged
Southeast Asian nations to address
the problems compelling people to
take rickety and perilous sea voyages
that have resulted in the deaths of
hundreds this year alone. Speaking
in Vietnam, Mr Ban also called on the
Myanmar government to resolve the
fragile tensions in Rakhine State,
which he said could jeopardise the nations democratic reform process if not
addressed.
Thura U Shwe Mann suggested
that such censure could damage the
country.
The international community
does not focus objectively on tackling
the issues leading toward global security and stability, including in Myanmar. They need to approach [these
problems] without bias, said the
speaker, who has recently been chosen
to lead the ruling Union Solidarity and
Development party into the coming
elections.
He added that the UN should uphold its own dignity by respecting
Myanmars sovereignty and national
identity.
Meanwhile, Director for the Presidents Office U Zaw Htay yesterday
took to Facebook to pen his own
defence.
Responding to a Channel News
Asia article about the opposition
partys cautious statements on the
migration crisis, U Zaw Htay said the
country doesnt have the race named
Rohingya, and cant accept them.
However, he added the government doesnt refuse citizenship
to anyone who can meet certain
stipulations.
If they want to become a citizen,
they shall be verified by the 1982 citizenship law. If not, they are deemed to
be an [internally displaced person] or
illegal migrant, he said.
He encouraged MPs who disagree with his assessment or with the
citizenship law to raise the issue in
parliament. Htoo Thant, translation
by Thiri Min Htun
MPs are yesterday shown a still image of the article in Global World journal that
prompted complaints from the military. Photo: Supplied
believed that reporters wanted to collect news about the hluttaws activities. The viewing room, he said, was a
booth for interpreters and not originally intended for reporters.
The Speaker said that before the
article and image of the voting incident he had also seen other unsuitable images of some MPs. He did not
say who they were.
However, U Hla Swe, a Union Solidarity and Development Party MP,
who represents Magwe Region in the
Amyotha Hluttaw, said earlier that he
believed the decision was prompted
by embarrassing photos of MPs being
published in the media, including one
of opposition leader Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi asleep.
The restriction on media is made
for security reasons also, the Speaker
said, without elaborating. He said
parliament would arrange for a suitable area for the media to report from
and conduct interviews.
Translation by Thiri Min Htun
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EI EI TOE LWIN
THE government has moved to distance itself from a former presidential adviser who now heads a newly
formed political party, saying he is
neither associated with the president nor the Union government.
U Nay Zin Latt was appointed
as a political adviser to President U
Thein Sein in 2011. He was allowed
to resign from the position on April
30, after it emerged he had taken on
a role as patron of a group calling itself the National Party.
Since his resignation, U Nay Zin
Latt has been appointed chair of the
party, which now calls itself the National Development Party.
The government issued the
strongly worded statement on June
2.
U Nay Zin Latt told The Myanmar
Times yesterday that he and five or
six others leading the party had no
plans to stand for election this year,
but other members would contest
about 100 seats in the Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw.
We are not interested in power
politics. We are interested in academic politics, he said.
There is no understanding between political units in our country.
Because of this lack of mutual understanding no trust has been built.
The National Development Party
has not yet been given permission
by the Union Election Commission,
but did submit its application before
the April 30 deadline to contest this
years election.
The party is still under investigation to be granted the right to register
as a political party, UEC deputy director general U Hla Maung Cho said.
The initial application used the
name National Party, but U Hla
Maung Cho said it was changed at
the commissions request because it
was too general.
While U Nay Zin Latt was
not included in the initial list of
party founders submitted to the
commission, U Hla Maung Cho said
U Nay Zin Latt (upper right) attends a meeting of National Development Party members on May 21. Photo: Supplied
Times yesterday.
I think the party is a proxy party
for the government and the statement is a way to promote the partys
name.
However, USDP spokesperson
U Thein Swe denied any links to or
cooperation with those who have set
up the National Development Party.
The USDP has not founded a
new party or a proxy party, he said.
U Nay Zin Latt said his party
would cooperate with anyone who
shared the partys political outlook,
but he ruled out any existing links to
other groups including the USDP or
the NLD.
He said the partys members were
mostly his former students.
For the past three years, I have
led some political management
classes. Students from the classes
wanted to establish a political party
and they wanted me to be in it.
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Myanmar hosts regional
forestry meetings
Houses split
on interfaith
marriage bill
Amyotha Hluttaw reduces penalty for breaches
and trims list of religious activities that Buddhist
women cannot be stopped from undertaking
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But Amyotha Hluttaw shortened that language to read, Myanmar Buddhist women shall be
allowed to perform three religious
practices: darna [donation], thila
[keeping the precepts] and bhawanar [meditation].
U Thein Tun Oo said it was important that all the religious activities be spelled out in full.
If the text were abbreviated to
just darna, thila and bhawanar,
the interfaith husband of a Buddhist woman would not be able to
understand the meaning of those
words. Amyotha Hluttaws should
be restored to the original wording
of Pyithu Hluttaw, said U Thein
Tun Oo.
The Amyotha Hluttaw has also
sought to reduce the punishment
for an interfaith husband who
destroys or disgraces places or
things that are worshipped by his
Buddhist wife with the intention
of insulting Buddhism, from three
years to two years imprisonment.
U Thein Tun Oo said the Pyithu
Hluttaw is likely to concur with
the Amyotha Hluttaws amendment. Other minor divergences are
expected to be agreed between the
two houses.
Disagreements that cannot be
resolved will go to a vote in the
Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, a combined
session of the upper and lower
houses.
The interfaith marriage law
first unveiled by controversial
monk U Wirathu at a Buddhist
conference in Yangon in mid-2013.
It has been deeply controversial,
with human rights activists warning that the proposed law would
breach Myanmars international
treaty obligations.
In May 2014, almost 100 Myanmar civil society groups issued a
statement saying the law was designed to distract the public before
the 2015 election.
Leaders of the groups were labelled traitors and subsequently
received death threats.
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genocide and the subsequent Vietnamese occupation, Cambodia has undergone a remarkably similar transition to
the one Myanmar is now experiencing.
Before its first multi-party elections in 1993, there was the same
anxiety, the same wait-and-see stance
by potential investors, and the same
banter about potential tie-ups between parties and their leaders.
In an eerie echo of Myanmars
current situation, Cambodia then had
an authoritarian regime led by an
ex-military strongman, Hun Sen, and
still faced pockets of intense fighting
around the countrys periphery.
It also had a population that, though
still suffering from the barbarism of the
Khmer Rouge, was excited by emerging
opposition figures who vowed to kickstart the economy, boost development
and restore the rule of law.
Sound familiar? It may prove to be
a salient and rather rocky template
for what might befall Myanmar.
Business
More to
kyat drop
than meets
the eye:
Set Aung
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ALTHOUGH the kyat has fallen in trading against the US dollar, it does not
mean the real value of the local currency is dropping, according to Central
Bank of Myanmar deputy governor U
Set Aung.
Speaking during a session of the
Pyithu Hluttaw yesterday, he said it
is important to not only consider the
nominal value of the kyat, but also the
real value. The nominal value is simply
the value of the kyat against the dollar
or another foreign currency, while the
real value is the relative cost of goods in
the kyat in Myanmar compared to the
cost of the same good in other currencies in their respective country.
U Set Aung said the real value is a
better assessment of the possibility of
inflation. The figures of K1130 or K1140
per dollar that we have seen in the domestic exchange market are just a nominal value. We cant assess whether the
real exchange rate is increasing or decreasing only by looking at the nominal
value, said U Set Aung.
The Central Bank of Myanmar
continually calculates whether the exchange rate should be changed and
whether a direct or indirect mechanism
is best.
The Central Bank has also received
criticism that its daily reference rate
does not match the market rate. It is illegal to trade outside a band of plus or
minus 0.8 percent of the official reference rate.
Yesterday, the Central Banks rate
was K1090 a dollar, while exchanges
flouting the rules had the rate closer to
K1130.
U Set Aung said it is also the case
in other countries that the market exchange rate does not exactly match the
Central Banks reference rate. Different
countries often have different exchange
rates than are found in corresponding
countries.
Other Asian countries have also
faced a decline in nominal exchange
values against the dollar, he said.
From September 2014 to last month,
the Singapore dollar dropped 6.6pc
against the US dollar, Indonesias rupiah fell 12.5pc, Malaysias ringgit declined 13.5pc, the Japanese yen fell 18pc
and Myanmars kyat declined by 14pc.
The euro, one of the worlds most important currencies, also fell 19pc during
the period against the dollar.
During the same period, the value of
euro has also struggled to reach 19pc, U
Set Aung said.
The explanation by the deputy governor was prompted by parliamentarian concerns that the kyats depreciation
may lead to price increases.
U Than Win, a Pyithu Hluttaw representative from Magwe Region, said
people were worried over possible increases in the commodity prices.
The exchange rate has risen to more
than K1130 per dollar, from K1020, in a
period from March to May, he said. It
is assumed that the kyats value has fallen quickly in a short period. So people
are worried about consumer prices, that
they may increase as a consequence.
Translation by Zar Zar Soe
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the ministry will focus on improving the waterways of the Ayeyarwady and Chindwin rivers and preventing riverbank erosion.
Several more waterways projects
are awaiting approval from Myanmar Investment Commission. One of
these is an agreement between Myanma Port Authority and Sein Kaung
Yadanar Trading Company, which
won a tender to upgrade Sule Port
into an international cargo port.
Another is an agreement between tender winner Downtown
Development Public Limited and
Myanma Port Authority to redevelop the Yangon Port area, Nanthida
Port and the Pansodan-Dala Jetty.
The number of ships arriving
into Yangon Port has doubled over
the past 10 years, while the arrival
of general goods has increased by
2.5 times, and the arrival of containers has increased fourfold over the
same period, said U Thet Tun.
To be able to handle the rise in
traffic, the ministry will need to
The agricultural
land in Yangon
is obviously
decreasing.
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Rice merchant
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CANBERRA
TOKYO
SoftBank
buys into
Korean
online
retailer
JAPANESE mobile carrier SoftBank said yesterday it would invest
US$1.0 billion in South Koreas biggest online retailer Coupang, whose
founder has said he wants his firm
to become the Amazon of Korea.
The purchase is the latest in a
string of investments for SoftBank
including the takeover of numberthree US wireless operator Sprint
in a $21.6 billion deal. The firm already owns a stake in Chinas Alibaba online marketplace.
The deal also marks the biggest
investment so far in Seoul-based
Coupang, which was founded in
2010 and offers everything from
baby goods and beauty products
to electronics and tickets for travel
and cultural events.
The deal would value Coupang
between $4.0 and $5.0 billion.
A SoftBank spokesperson in
Tokyo said a company subsidiary
would acquire an unspecified equity stake in the South Korean firm,
which exceeded $1.0 billion in sales
for the first time in 2013. Its mobile
platform was responsible for 70
percent of revenue.
Apart from Seoul, Coupang also
has offices in Silicon Valley, Seattle
and Shanghai.
SoftBank founder Masayoshi Son
has previously said he plans to buy
stakes in 30 to 40pc of Asia-based
internet firms as he looks to build
on his previous investment in Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba.
SoftBank already has stakes in
about 1200 companies, including
32pc of Alibaba, which made a record $25 billion initial public offering in New York last year.
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AMSTERDAM
Generating
electricity
straight from
paddy fields
DUTCH scientists have developed
a revolutionary system that could
one day help isolated villages
around the world steadily generate
electricity from mundane waterlogged plants such as rice growing
in paddy fields.
Its based on the principle that
plants produce more energy than
they need, said Marjolein Helder,
co-founder of Plant-e, which makes
products that harvest energy from
living plants.
The advantage of this system
over wind or solar is that it also
works at night and when theres no
wind, she said.
Founded in 2009, Plant-e is perfecting a system originally dreamt
up at Wageningen University and
patented in 2007.
All that the system requires
to produce electricity is a plant
growing in water, be it mangrove
swamps, rice paddies, bogs, or simply in a pot or your garden.
Its just the beginning and lots
of things still need to be greatly
improved, but the potential is enormous, said Jacqueline Cramer,
professor of sustainable innovation
at Utrecht University and former
Dutch environment minister.
If the system becomes good
Dutch scientist Marjolein Helder, co-founder of Plant-e, which makes products that harvest energy from living plants,
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UNOCHA MYANMAR
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
(UNOCHA/YGN/2015/010)
The United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (UNOCHA) is seeking the applications from dynamic and highly motivated Myanmar
nationals for the following vacancy. Detailed terms of reference/ requirements
for vacancy can be requested at the UNOCHA Office. The position below is
Fixed Term Appointment for 1 year with possibility of extension.
1. Senior Humanitarian Affairs Specialist (Liaison) (NOD, 1 position)
Duty station: Yangon
Requirements
A completed advanced university degree (Masters) in Social Sciences, Social Work, International relations, Political Science or related field is a must.
Minimum seven (7) years of relevant work experience, in the field of Humanitarian Affairs/International development.
Proven record of Liaison with the Government both at National and Subnational Level.
Relevant experience in working with an UN agency or other humanitarian
agency is desir able.
Experience in the area of emergency preparedness, crisis/emergency relief
management, humanitarian/development environment, field coordination is
an asset.
Excellent oral and written command of English and Myanmar language is
required.
Excellent liaison, interpersonal and general communications skills;
Ability to work with minimum supervision in a multi-cultural environment.
Coordination and Information Management skills
Training and or capacity building skills
Presentation skills
Excellent command of MS Office suite applications (Word, Excel, Access,
PowerPoint)
Candidates should clearly indicate the Vacancy Number and Post Title in
their applications, and should submit them together with complete duly filled
UN-P11 form, bio-data stating personal details, academic qualification and
work experience, copies of educational credentials, and a recent passport
sized photograph. Applications should be addressed to:
Admin and HR Unit, UNOCHA Myanmar
Room (211), No (5), Kanbawza Street, Shwe Taung Kyar (2) Ward,
Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar (In front of Pearl Condo)
Closing Date: , Friday 12 June , 2015 (COB)
Email: htunn@un.org
Only short-listed candidates will be notified. Interviews will be competency
based.
therefore consumption.
On the supply side, sluggish investment has undermined the rate of
growth of potential output the capacity of economies to increase living
standards, make good on future obligations to citizens, and repay debt,
the report said.
Among global risk factors it cited
were new drops in oil prices; failure
to reach a satisfactory deal between
Greece and its creditors; a hard
landing in China; and a disorderly
exit from Washingtons zero interestrate policy.
It said it expected oil prices to stabilise above current levels but well
below the $110 per barrel average of
the three years preceding last years
precipitous drop.
If sanctions are lifted against Iran,
the OECD said the key oil producer
could return to full output quickly,
prompting others to lift their supply
as well in an attempt to preserve market share.
This, in turn, would loosen the
market and cause prices to rebalance
at even lower levels, it said.
Greece faces a June 5 deadline to
repay more than 300 million euros
($328 million) to the IMF. Overall it
needs to repay the global lender some
1.6 billion euros this month, funds it
currently lacks.
The OECD urged a further easing
of monetary policy in China to stabilise growth and contain deflationary
pressures.
The US Federal Reserve funds rate
has remained locked at zero since the
end of 2008. AFP
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BRUSSELS
Greek PM to Brussels
for last-ditch talks
THE European Central Bank sat
down to its regular policy meeting
yesterday as Greek Prime Minister
Alexis Tsipras headed to Brussels for
make-or-break bailout talks.
While the ECBs decision-making
governing council convened in the
central banks headquarters in Frankfurt, all eyes were on a meeting between Mr Tsipras and EU Commission president Jean-Claude Juncker
in the Belgian capital.
Greece and its international
creditors have exchanged proposals
to reach a deal to unlock 7.2 billion
euros (US$8.0 billion) to help Athens make a critical repayment on
June 5. But months of fractious talks
have been deadlocked over creditors
insistence that Athens undertake
greater reforms which Greeces antiausterity government has refused to
match.
There are fears that Greece could
default, possibly setting off a chain
reaction that could end with a messy
exit from the eurozone.
With the ECB not expected to announce any new monetary policy
moves, analysts said they will be listening out for what president Mario
Draghi has to say about the Greek
situation.
Mr Draghi attended a meeting of
finance ministers and central bank
governors of the Group of Seven
wealthiest countries in Dresden last
week, where the efforts to hammer
out a deal and prevent a disastrous
TOKYO
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meteorological
window. The plane
can only fly in nice
weather.
Bertrand Piccard
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CAPE TOWN
Mood
upbeat at
African
Davos
GROWING optimism over Africas
economic future drew more than 1250
delegates from governments and international corporations yesterday to
the threeday African Davos in Cape
Town, the World Economic Forum said.
The offshoot of the annual WEF
meeting in the Swiss resort of Davos,
which brings public and private business leaders together, is celebrating its
25th anniversary with an upbeat outlook as growth across Africa outstrips
the global average.
The record levels of participation
at this years gathering can be seen to
reflect both an optimism in the economic prospects of the region and an
unprecedented commitment ... to pursue publicprivate cooperation, the
WEF said.
A report to be presented to the
conference by international investment company JLL says Africa sits at
the centre of many corporate growth
strategies. Over the past decade and a
half alone, Africas economy has grown
nearly 3 percentage points faster than
global GDP, the report notes.
Fuelled by an influx of foreign direct investment rapid urbanization
and an emerging middle class, African countries, including Mozambique,
Zambia and Ethiopia, are forecasted to
grow at a faster rate than many other
emerging economies.
It points out that while mining, oil
and gas remain a focus in Africa for
overseas investors, business services
now top the FDI sector list, followed by
manufacturing and sales. AFP
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World
Coalition pledges
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BANGKOK
SEOUL
This undated picture released from North Koreas official Korean Central News
Agency on June 2 shows Kim Jong-Un inspecting the Wonsan baby home
and orphanage in the run-up to a ceremony for their completion in Wonsan in
Kangwon province. Photo: AFP
Rescue personnel work at the scene near capsized passenger ship Dongfangzhixing or Eastern Star in the Yangtze river at Jianli in Chinas Hubei province on
June 3. Photo: AFP
BEIJING
PHNOM PENH
BEIJING
First Australia
refugees set to touch
down in Cambodia
Tornado
may have
hit ship
will be housed in villa-style accommodation, organised by the International Organization for Migration
(IOM).
They will also receive intensive
Khmer language and cultural and social orientation, as well as education
services, health services, [and] employment services, the IOM said in a
statement earlier this month.
An IOM spokesperson said on
June 2 the organisation had not
been told of any arrival date.
Australia last week stumped up
an additional A$15.5 million (US$12
million) for services to support the
settlement of refugees in Cambodia, including health, education and
training services.
The money comes on top of an
original pledge of A$40 millionc in
aid to Cambodia.
Phnom Penh Post
broadcaster said.
But divers searching for survivors face extremely difficult conditions.
The river water in the area
where the accident happened is
quite muddy and there is virtually
no visibility, Zhang Jianxin, vice
director of the transport ministrys
rescue department, said on CCTV.
Divers can only rely on touch
while submerging, searching and
rescuing.
Security forces had erected
a strict cordon about 2km from
the rescue site and propaganda
officials ordered all Chinese media outlets, except for the official
Xinhua news agency and CCTV, to
return home.
Yesterday foreign journalists
were allowed to join a tightly organised press tour on a boat that
sailed past the ship.
Some 36 hours after the accident, hopes for more survivors are
dwindling.
We are in a race against the
clock in the search, said Transport
Minister Yang Chuantang.
It happened suddenly and the
rescue has been quite difficult,
he said on June 2 as driving rain
hampered the search. As long as
there is the slightest hope, we will
make every effort and never give
up.
Relatives were also refusing to
abandon hope.
Im hoping for a miracle, Tan
Zhenxing, whose father worked
on the boat, told the China Daily
newspaper.
Early investigations showed the
area where the ship sank was hit
by a small and fast-moving tornado, Chinas state meteorological
bureau said on its website late on
June 2.
The word used by the bureau
can also be translated as cyclone,
but the account strongly suggested
it was a tornado.
The report matches an account
given by the captain of the Eastern Star, who said earlier the vessel was hit by a cyclone.
Rescuers pulled at least three
survivors from the wreckage on
June 2 after they cut through
part of the hull to reach the interior of the vessel, but then worked
through the night in vain.
Grim TV images showed what
appeared to be a dead woman
being pulled from the water, her
body already rigid.
Recent heavy rain brought by
the storm was complicating rescue
efforts.
Fields around the site were
badly waterlogged, and many of
the pathways used by rescue workers were ankle-deep in mud and
rainwater.
Emergency vehicles heading
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STIMZADA
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Lenvima
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MAIDUGURI, NIGERIA
A Nigerian soldier inspects the site of a suicide attack at a busy cattle market in
the northeastern Nigerian city of Maiduguri on June 2. Photo: AFP
DIFFA, NIGER
SEDONA
Reg. No. 4/435 /2015
The jihadists bloody six-year insurgency in northeastern Nigeria and bordering areas of neighbouring countries
has killed over 15,000 people.
Now, as security improves in Niger,
some of the residents who had fled are
returning, and the market in Diffa is
back in business.
But that doesnt mean life has gone
back to normal. There are barely any
students here, there is no one on the
streets, and army soldiers are everywhere, one trader complained.
Hundreds of police and soldiers
from Niger and neighbouring Chad,
and some of the French troops deployed in the region since August 2014,
throng the scorching-hot, sandy Sahel
town.
A strict curfew means no cars or
other vehicles are allowed to circulate
after 8 pm. People are allowed to walk
on the street, but very few take the risk.
By night, we hear machine-gun
fire, which are often warning shots,
a UN source said, speaking to AFP on
condition of anonymity.
The heavy military and police
presence aims to send a reassuring
message but some people in Diffa fear
Boko Haram fighters are still slipping
across the border, mixed in among the
thousands of Nigerian refugees fleeing
to Niger.
In this asymmetric war, we dont
know who is who. The shopkeeper
where you buy your groceries might
be arrested tomorrow, another UN
worker said.
As a precaution, the entrances to
state institutions, including the police
station and the town hall, are barricaded by old tyres and sandbags.
In the heart of a residential neighbourhood, a military vehicle mounted
with a machine gun stands guard.
Human rights activists have criticised the militarisation of the area and
widespread paranoia.
The atmosphere is poisonous,
said Boureima Kiari of the local NGO
Alternative Espaces Citoyens, which
promotes human rights and good governance.
As soon as you criticise the
authorities, they can accuse you of being a Boko Haram accomplice, Ms
Kiari said, deploring a lack of freedom
of expression.
Civil society groups have also
condemned the arrest of hundreds
of people suspected of Boko Haram
links. Some of the detainees have
disappeared, they say.
In the beginning, Boko Haram
was not hidden from sight. Everyone
knew who its members were and what
mosques they frequented, another activist said.
Four months after the start of a
regional fightback against Boko
Haram, Niger and Chad claim to have
gained the upper hand in Diffa.
Colonel Moussa Salou Barmou, who
commands Nigers troops in the region,
is nonetheless convinced Boko Harams
days are numbered.
They mobilised nearly 2000 men
to surround ours. Thats why they had
the advantage... But in terms of pure
firepower, they just dont match up, he
said. AFP
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PARIS
Iraqi relatives grieve during the funeral of members of the security forces who were killed on June 2 in a suicide attack on
an Iraqi police base north of Baghdad that killed at least 37 people. Photo: AFP
DOHA
Kahl.
The deal we are negotiating makes
us and the region safer.
The ongoing talks to finalise a nuclear accord between Iran and world
powers, including the US, are deadlocked weeks ahead of a deadline.
Negotiations at the weekend in
Geneva, Switzerland, failed to bridge
differences between Washington and
Tehran, especially over the crucial issue
of inspections of military sites.
Other sticking points remain,
including the possible military
dimensions of the Iranian nuclear program and the demands by the P5+1
group for UN inspections of Iranian
military bases.
A deadline has been set for June 30
to reach an agreement that would see
Iran curtail its nuclear ambitions in return for a lifting of sanctions.
After three decades of enmity, any
accord would pave the way to bringing
Iran back into the fold and potentially
create fresh impetus to resolve a host of
conflicts in the Middle East.
On April 2, Iran and the P5+1
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PARIS
poor, he said, adding that workingclass French people who earn the
minimum salary of around 1500 euros (US$1600) monthly struggle to
get by.
When Mr Derambarsh approached a big supermarket chain to
see if he could pick up unwanted food
and give it to the poor at the end of
the day, avoiding the need for storage,
it refused.
They prefer putting bleach on the
food, he said, referring to the technique by which some supermarkets
destroy food to deter those who rummage through their bins, out of fear
that if anyone gets sick they would
face legal action.
Derambarsh finally got the green
light from another supermarket and
the success of his idea pushed him to
launch a petition.
I started like Forrest Gump running all alone and now people are
coming along with me.
While the law has largely won
praise, some have reservations
about the logistics of putting it into
practice.
It is fine to forbid [discarding
food] but you need to organise collection, said Michel-Edouard Leclerc,
head of a major French supermarket
chain.
While several nations have information campaigns or strict recycling
rules in South Korea you have to
separate out food from other garbage
and pay weight-based disposal fees
few have food waste laws.
Guillaume Garot, the deputy who
wrote a report on the topic for the
government, said the new legislation
will make France the most advanced
country in terms of fighting food
waste.
The only other part of the world
that forces supermarkets to give unwanted food to charity is southern
Belgium.
Global efforts to clamp down on
food waste have gathered steam in
response to UN statistics that onethird of food produced for human
Courbevoies right-wing local representative, Arash Derambarsh, in Courbevoie, outside Paris on January 26. The local
councillor, whose zealous anti-waste campaign led to a French law forcing supermarkets to give leftover food to charity, is
preparing a petition to take the legislation Europe-wide. Photo: AFP
His logo also graces food products nearly at their best-before date
which would otherwise have been
cast aside by supermarkets loath to
disappoint consumers.
From Japan to Brazil, some 17
countries have expressed an interest
in the brand, which has rolled out in
5000 French supermarkets.
One of his clients, Nicolas Benz,
a cherry farmer from the south of
France, has gone back to raw-picking
cherries so the smallest no longer get
left behind in mechanised harvesting.
You know, a producer who waits
a whole year for his trees to bear fruit
only to throw it away ... It is demoralising, he said.
AFP
WASHINGTON
One of the changes would have extended the transition period from six
months to a year from NSA storage to
telecoms storage of the data.
Another would have stripped out
a provision that declassifies rulings
by the secret Foreign Intelligence Surveillance (FISA) Court, a move critics
have argued would erode important
transparency that was built into the
Freedom Act.
The changes were rejected, with
at least 11 Republicans opposing
Mr McConnell to vote against the
amendments.
Mr McConnell decried the reform
bill as a step backward.
This is going to diminish our ability to respond to the myriad threats
we have today, he said in a provocative floor speech in which he accused
the Obama administration of withdrawing from leadership in the battle
against extremism.
It is also a resounding victory for
those who continually plot against our
homeland, Mr McConnell said.
The vote occurred against a backdrop of Republican infighting and tension about the bill.
House leaders had warned that any
change to the bill could delay its final
passage or even kill it, which would
have meant several national security
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A billboard advertises cream made from snail mucus in Seoul. Photos: Washington Post/Woohae Cho
Advertisements for cosmetic brand Body Shop with South Korean actor Kong Yoo are displayed in a
shop at Myeongdong shopping street in Seoul.
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Myanmar short
film Forgiven
Sky to debut at
international film
festival in US
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A still from horror flick Forgiven Sky.
LONDON
Chefs of the restaurant El Celler de Can Roca, Nacho Baucells (left) and Hernan Luchetti (right), work
in the kitchen in Girona. Photos: AFP/Quique Garcia
(Left to right) Joan, Josep and Jordi Roca receive the award for best restaurant during the Worlds 50
Best Restaurant Awards in London on June 1.
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Jack Warner, ex-vice president of FIFA, embarrassed himself this week after
using a parody article from The Onion to support an attack on his critics.
Photo: AFP/Luis Acosta
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The Green Future festival in Yangon from June 5 to 7 celebrates World Environment Day, and will feature talks by
environmental experts, an art exhibition and poetry. Photo: Shutterstock
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TOKYO
UHRNOVICE
ELAZAR SETTLEMENT
Israeli rabbi
peddles kosher
pleasure
tHEiR inspiration may be exotic the
Eiffel tower, the Statue of liberty,
Romes colosseum but rabbi natan
alexanders toys have a distinctly
domestic goal: giving orthodox Jewish
couples gratification without the guilt.
after studying religion and
becoming a rabbi in israel, alexander
turned his hand to online sex
counselling in a mission to spice up
the love lives of the faithful.
Giving pleasure to ones wife
is a religious obligation, he said.
Religious couples should be helped
to better live their sexuality.
He founded the Better2gether
website where observant couples
can peruse and purchase all sorts of
sex aids, safe in the knowledge the
products are kosher.
the online catalogue has an
architectural flavour, offering vibrators
modelled on landmarks including
londons Gherkin skyscraper, the
fronds of Palm island in Dubai and
the spires and domes of Saint Basils
cathedral in Moscows Red Square.
i want to offer these services
to allow religious couples access to
pleasure without breaking religious
laws, alexander explained.
While the products are the
same as those offered by sex shops
everywhere, they are supplied in
packages without the kind of racy
illustrations that offend orthodox
sensitivities.
the site offers online counselling
by what it says are professional sex
therapists, couples counsellors and
gynaecologists on issues which many
couples find hard to raise with their
rabbis.
Judaism gives an important place
to sexual pleasure but it is still too often
a taboo subject, said alexander. AFP
SElF-SERVicE pub
offering local beer has
become a hit in a tiny
czech village where
touring cyclists mingle
with locals to help themselves to the
countrys favourite tipple.
ordinary pubs have no chance
to survive in a village like this, says
local homebrewer Martin Povysil,
who installed the beer machine
resembling a coffee or bank machine,
but with a tap on the outside wall of
the community centre in Uhrinovice.
normal pubs open in the
evenings and at weekends but they
are mostly closed during the day,
leaving your tourist or cyclist dry,
Povysil said, sitting at one of three
wooden picnic tables set up at the
open-air pub.
all beer lovers need to do is
grab a cup from the storage rack,
insert a coin and run their iD
through a scanner to prove they are
over the drinking age of 18 to help
themselves to a cool, crisp pint.
He believes his beer tap is one
of a kind.
this beer machine is unique,
ive seen something like this in
Japan and the USa on the internet,
but this version is completely
different, Povysil said.
it all started in 2013 when Povysil,
a 50-year-old bespectacled, ponytailed former salesman for a mediumsized czech brewery, started to make
AKIRA
use with television receivers; apparatus for games adapted for use with
television receivers; CD-Recordable, CD-RW Rewritable; parts and
fittings for the aforesaid goods; all included in Class 9.
Air conditioning appliances and installations; air cooling appliances;
ovens, other than for experimental purposes; bread toasters; coffee
percolators, electric; coffee machines, electric; cooking appliances
and installations; cooking, utensils, electric; freezers; grills [cooking
appliances]; hair driers; heating appliances, electric; kitchen ranges
[ovens]; water heaters; pressure cooking saucepans; stoves; toasters;
refrigerating appliances and installations; refrigerating appliances and
installations; refrigerators; ice boxes; gas cookers; built-in cooker tops;
electric cooker oven range; hot plates and induction plates; rice cookers
of large capacity (commercial); oven toasters; bread toasters; convection
ovens; waters heaters; house heaters; fans; electric kettles; water purifier;
water filters; slow cookers (electric); full range of lighting accessories
including bulbs; tubes, lamps; emergency lamps (lantern), table lamps,
ceiling lamps, torch lights; sockets for electrical lights; parts and fittings
for the aforesaid goods; all included in Class 11.
Reg. Nos. 791/2003, 6479/2009, 3448/2015
in respect of Engines, other than for land vehicles; generators;
generating sets for use with engines; generating sets for use with
motors, parts of motors and engines ( of all kinds); parts and fittings
for the aforesaid goods; all included in Class 7.
Reg. Nos. 792/2003, 6480/2009, 3449 /2015
in respect of Motor cars; motor cycles (all wheels); carrier tricycles;
motors for cycles; motors for land vehicles; engines for land vehicles;
baby prams; baby prams; baby strollers; bicycles; push carts; carts;
pushchairs; parts and fittings for the aforesaid goods; all included
in Class 12.
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the said Trademark
will be dealt with according to law.
U Nyunt Tin Associates International Limited
Intellectual Property Division
Tel: 959 4500 59 247, Email: info@untlaw.com
For Aki Habara Electric Corporation Pte Ltd.
Dated: 4 June, 2015.
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MANDALAY TO YANGON
YANGON TO HEHO
HEHO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Y5 775
Daily
6:00
7:10
Y5 233
Daily
7:50
9:00
YH 917
Daily
6:10
9:15
YH 918
Daily
9:15
10:25
W9 515
6:00
7:25
W9 201
Daily
8:40
10:35
7Y 131
2,4,6,7
6:30
9:20
W9 201
Daily
9:25
10:35
YJ 211
5, 7
6:00
8:05
YJ 891
1,2
8:40
10:35
K7 222
1,3,5
6:30
9:30
7Y 132
2,4,6,7
9:35
10:45
YH 917
Daily
6:10
8:30
7Y 132
2,4,6,7
8:50
10:45
7Y 131
Daily
7:15
10:05
K7 223
1,3,5
9:45
11:00
YJ 891
1,2
6:20
8:25
K7 223
1,3,5
8:55
11:00
Y5 649
Daily
10:30
12:45
YJ 761
Daily
12:25
17:00
7Y 131
2,4,6,7
6:30
8:35
YH 918
Daily
8:30
10:25
YJ 751
12:10
7Y 242
1,3,5
15:55
18:45
K7 222
1,3,5
6:30
8:40
6T 806
2,4,6
10:30
11:40
YH 737
1,3,4,5,6,7 11:00
3,5,7
11:00
12:25
K7 225
2,4,6,7
16:00
19:00
6T 805
2,4,6
6:30
7:40
YJ 212
5,7
10:40
12:35
YH 727
11:30
12:55
YH 728
16:15
18:25
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
8:55
YJ 202
1,2,3,4
12:00
13:25
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
15:45
YH 738
3,5,7
16:25
18:35
W9 201
Daily
7:00
8:25
YJ 761
1,2,4
13:10
17:00
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
15:40
W9 129
1,3,6
16:55
19:10
W9201
7:00
8:25
YJ 602
15:40
17:35
W9 129
1,3,6
15:30
16:40
8M 6603
9:00
10:10
7Y 242
1,3,5
16:40
18:45
YJ 601
11:00
12:25
K7 225
2,4,6,7
16:50
19:00
YJ 761
1,2,4
11:00
12:55
YH 728
17:00
18:25
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
14:00
W9 152/W97152
17:05
18:30
YH 737
3,5,7
11:00
13:10
Y5 776
Daily
17:10
18:20
YH 727
11:30
13:40
W9 211
17:10
19:15
W9 251
2,5
11:30
12:55
YH 738
3,5,7
17:10
18:35
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
16:25
8M 6604
17:20
18:30
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
16:35
8M 903
1,2,4,5,7
17:20
18:30
Y5 234
Daily
15:20
16:30
YH 730
2,4,6
17:45
19:10
W9 211
15:30
16:55
W9 252
2,5
18:15
19:40
Dep
Arr
Flight
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
7:55
ND 910
1,2,3,4,5
7:15
8:15
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Y5 325
1,5
6:45
8:15
Y5 326
1,5
8:35
10:05
K7 319
1,3,5,7
7:00
9:05
6T 706
4,6
8:55
10:05
6T 705
4,6
7:30
8:40
7Y 532
2,4,6
15:35
17:40
7Y 531
2,4,6
11:15
13:20
K7 320
1,3,5,7
11:30
13:35
Y5 325
15:30
17:00
Y5 326
17:15
18:45
SO 201
Daily
8:20
10:40
SO 202
Daily
13:20
15:40
YANGON TO SITTWE
Days
K7 422
2,4,6
6T 611
Arr
7Y 413
1,3,5,7
Arr
8:00
9:55
K7 423
2,4,6
10:10
11:30
10:00
11:10
6T 612
11:30
12:35
10:30
12:20
7Y 414
1,3,5,7
12:35
13:55
Daily
7:00
8:00
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
12:55
W9 309
1,3,6
13:10
14:55
8:10
13:25
6T 611
1,4,5,6,7
11:45
12:55
6T 612
1,4,5,6,7
13:15
14:20
6T 611
12:00
13:10
6T 612
13:30
14:35
8:35
9:35
ND 107
11:25
12:20
ND 104
1,2,3,4,5
9:20
10:15
ND 109
1,2,3,4,5
14:55
15:40
ND 106
10:00
10:55
Flight
Days
ND 9109
1,2,3,4,5
17:00
18:00
ND 108
1,2,3,4,5
13:30
14:25
K7 422
2,4,6
ND 111
18:25
19:20
ND 110
17:00
17:55
7Y 413
1,3,5
SO 102
Daily
18:00
19:00
ND 9110
1,2,3,4,5
18:20
19:20
W9 309
1,3,6
7Y 413
Y5 421
NYAUNG U TO YANGON
YANGON TO MYITKYINA
Dep
1,2,3,4
1,2,3,4,5
Arr
7:20
7:45
7:40
7:50
7:50
17:25
17:10
17:35
17:40
17:35
Days
YJ 201
ND 9102
Dep
6:00
6:10
6:20
6:30
6:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
15:30
15:30
Flight
SO 101
11:40
Days
5,7
Daily
1,2
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
1,3,6
4
1
Arr
Dep
10:45
Flight
YH 918
YJ 891
7Y 132
K7 223
K7 225
W9 129
7Y 242
Days
Daily
1,2
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
1,3,6
1,3,5
Dep
7:45
7:55
8:05
8:05
17:40
17:50
17:25
Arr
10:25
10:35
10:45
11:00
19:00
19:10
18:45
YANGON TO THANDWE
Dep
Arr
11:30
13:50
7Y 413
12:05
14:20
11:00
11:50
W9 309
1,3,6
14:05
14:55
1,3,4,6
15:45
16:40
Y5 422
1,3,4,6
16:55
17:50
YH = Yangon Airways
DAWEI TO YANGON
Arr
13:25
YH 633
2,4,6
7:00
8:25
K7 320
1,3,5,7
12:25
13:35
SO 201
Daily
8:20
9:40
6T 708
5,7
14:15
15:15
6T 707
5,7
10:30
11:30
SO 202
Daily
14:20
15:40
6T 707
13:00
14:00
7Y 532
2,4,6
16:35
17:40
7Y 531
2,4,6
11:15
12:20
6T 708
16:45
17:45
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
LASHIO TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
13:00
YJ 752
3,5,7
16:10
17:55
YJ 751
3,5,7
11:00
13:15
YH 730
2,4,6
16:45
19:10
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
6T 805
2,4,6
6:30
8:55
6T 806
2,4,6
9:10
11:40
YH 826
1,3.5.7
7:00
9:40
YJ 202
1,2,3,4
10:35
13:25
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
10:20
YH 827
1,3,5,7
11:30
13:55
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
1,3,5,7
7:00
10:35
YH 827
1,3,5,7
10:35
13:55
2,5
11:30
15:25
W9 252
2,5
15:45
19:40
YANGON TO PUTAO
18:15
16:45
19:40
W9 251
K7 = Air KBZ
W9 = Air Bagan
YJ = Asian Wings
Dep
15:25
11:30
12:15
Airline Codes
13:55
2,4,6
2,5
9:10
Days
YJ 234
11:35
Flight
W9 252
1,3,5
YH 634
14:25
2,4,6
Arr
15:10
7Y 413
8:10
11:30
K7 422
7:00
11:00
8:55
Dep
Tel: 656969
Fax: 656998, 651020
11:20
Days
2,5
8:00
1,3,5,7
YJ 233
10:30
Flight
W9 251
Days
K7 319
YH 826
Flight
YANGON TO LASHIO
MYITKYINA TO YANGON
Arr
YANGON TO DAWEI
Flight
SO = APEX Airlines
THANDWE TO YANGON
Dep
SITTWE TO YANGON
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Flight
YJ 211
YH 917
YJ 891
K7 222
7Y 131
K7 224
7Y 241
W9 129
W9 211
W9 129
Dep
Dep
ND 105
YANGON TO NYAUNG U
MYEIK TO YANGON
Days
Flight
Days
YANGON TO MYEIK
Flight
Domestic Airlines
PUTAO TO YANGON
6T = AirMandalay
FMI (ND) = FMI Air Charter
Subject to change
without notice
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
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YANGON TO BANGKOK
Days
Dep
Arr
PG 706
Daily
6:15
8M 335
Daily
7:40
TG 304
Daily
9:50
PG 702
Daily
10:30
TG 302
Daily
15:00
PG 708
Daily
15:15
8M 331
Daily
16:30
PG 704
Daily
18:20
Y5 237
Daily
19:00
TG 306
Daily
19:45
YANGON TO DON MUEANG
8:30
9:25
11:45
12:25
16:55
17:10
18:15
20:15
20:50
21:40
DD 4231
Daily
8:00
FD 252
Daily
8:30
FD 254
Daily
17:30
DD 4239
Daily
21:00
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
9:50
10:15
19:05
22:45
8M 231
Daily
8:25
Y5 2233
Daily
9:45
TR 2823
Daily
9:45
SQ 997
Daily
10:35
3K 582
Daily
11:15
MI 533
2,6
13:45
MI 519
Daily
17:30
3K 584
2,3,5
19:15
YANGON TO KUALA LUMPUR
12:50
14:15
14:25
15:10
15:45
20:50
22:05
23:45
8M 501
AK 505
MH 741
MH 743
AK 503
11:50
12:50
16:30
20:05
23:45
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
1,2,3,5,6
7:50
Daily
8:30
Daily
12:15
Daily
15:45
Daily
19:30
YANGON TO BEIJING
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
BANGKOK TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
TG 303
Daily
7:55
PG 701
Daily
8:50
Y5 238
Daily
21:30
8M 336
Daily
10:40
TG 301
Daily
13:05
PG 707
Daily
13:40
PG 703
Daily
16:45
TG 305
Daily
17:50
8M 332
Daily
19:15
PG 705
Daily
20:15
DON MUEANG TO YANGON
8:50
9:40
22:20
11:25
14:00
14:30
17:35
18:45
20:00
21:30
DD 4230
Daily
6:20
FD 251
Daily
7:15
FD 253
Daily
16:20
DD 4238
Daily
19:30
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
7:05
8:00
17:00
20:15
TR 2822
Daily
7:20
Y5 2234
Daily
7:20
SQ 998
Daily
7:55
3K 581
Daily
8:55
MI 533
2,6
11:35
8M 232
Daily
13:50
MI 518
Daily
15:15
3K 583
2,3,5
17:05
KUALA LUMPUR TO YANGON
8:45
8:50
9:20
10:25
12:55
15:15
16:40
18:35
AK 504
MH 740
8M 502
MH 742
AK 502
8:00
11:15
13:50
14:50
19:00
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Daily
6:55
Daily
10:05
1,2,3,5,6
12:50
Daily
13:40
Daily
17:50
BEIJING TO YANGON
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
CA 906
3,5,7
23:50 05:50+1
YANGON TO GUANGZHOU
CA 905
3,5,7
19:30
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
22:50
8M 711
CZ 3056
CZ 3056
3,6
8:40
1,5
14:40
2,4,7
14:15
TAIPEI TO YANGON
10:25
16:30
15:50
1,2,3,5,6
7:00
KUNMING TO YANGON
9:55
Flights
Flights
CI 7916
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
2,4,7
8:40
3,6
11:25
1,5
17:30
YANGON TO TAIPEI
13:15
16:15
22:15
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712
1,2,3,5,6
10:50
YANGON TO KUNMING
Arr
16:15
Flights
CI 7915
Arr
Flights
CA 416
MU 2012
MU 2032
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Daily
12:15
3
12:40
1,2,4,5,6,7 15:20
YANGON TO HANOI
Days
15:55
18:45
18:40
Dep
Arr
Days
MU 2011
CA 415
MU 2031
Flights
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
Arr
3
8:25
Daily
10:45
1,2,4,5,6,7 13:55
HANOI TO YANGON
Days
11:50
11:15
14:30
Dep
Arr
VN 956
1,3,5,6,7
19:10
21:30
YANGON TO HO CHI MINH CITY
VN 957
1,3,5,6,7
16:50
18:10
HO CHI MINH CITY TO YANGON
VN 942
VN 943
Flights
Flights
QR 919
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
2,4,7
14:25
YANGON TO DOHA
17:15
1,4,6
8:00
YANGON TO SEOUL
11:10
Arr
Arr
Flights
Flights
QR 918
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
KA 252
KA 250
Arr
Flights
Days
5
1,2,3,4,6,7
Arr
YANGON TO TOKYO
Flights
Days
NH 814
Daily
Dep
21:45
06:50+1
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
Days
BG 061
BG 061
Flights
Dep
1:30
1:10
1,6
4
Dep
15:35
13:45
YANGON TO INCHEON
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
Flights
Y5 251
7Y 305
8:05
12:50
2,4,6
1,5
YANGON TO GAYA
Flights
Days
8M 601
AI 236
Flights
Days
2
1,5
Dep
13:10
14:05
YANGON TO KOLKATA
Days
AI 228
Flights
Dep
3,5,6
7:00
2
13:10
YANGON TO DELHI
AI 236
AI 701
Flights
6:15
11:00
1,5
Dep
14:05
YANGON TO MUMBAI
AI 773
Days
1,5
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
Days
Daily
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO SINGAPORE
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Days
2,6
1,2,4,5,6
Dep
15:55
7:50
Flights
FD 245
Days
Daily
Dep
12:45
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Days
Daily
Dep
13:50
Flights
PG 722
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
19:30
Arr
Arr
8:20
15:05
Arr
Dep
Days
Dep
Flights
9:25
13:45
GAYA TO YANGON
Days
Dep
2
9:20
3,5,6
9:20
DELHI TO YANGON
Days
2
1,5
Dep
9:20
7:00
KOLKATA TO YANGON
Days
AI 227
1,5
Dep
10:35
MUMBAI TO YANGON
AI 675
Days
1,5
Dep
6:10
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
Flights
Days
Daily
Dep
12:00
SINGAPORE TO MANDALAY
Y5 2234
MI 533
Days
Daily
2,6
Dep
7:20
11:35
Flights
15:00
FD 244
Arr
Flights
Arr
12:30
10:40
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Flights
Flights
22:30
Dep
INCHEON TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
16:40
1,6
4
AI 235
8M 602
PG 709
Arr
Days
15:40
Arr
14:55
13:05
Days
Daily
Dep
10:50
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
MU 2029
Days
Daily
Dep
13:00
Flights
PG 721
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
17:00
Air India
Condor (DE)
Dragonair (KA)
Arr
Arr
12:0
12:30
Arr
12:20
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
16:30
15:00
Arr
12:15
Airline Codes
3K = Jet Star
8M = Myanmar Airways International
DD = Nok Airline
FD = Air Asia
KA = Dragonair
KE = Korea Airlines
MH = Malaysia Airlines
MI = Silk Air
MU = China Eastern Airlines
NH = All Nippon Airways
PG = Bangkok Airways
QR = Qatar Airways
SQ = Singapore Airways
TG = Thai Airways
TR = Tiger Airline
VN = Vietnam Airline
AI = Air India
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
Arr
12:50
Arr
19:00
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
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CZ = China Southern
Arr
10:15
14:35
16:30
20:50
14:15
11:00
AK = Air Asia
Arr
Y5 252
7Y 306
Flights
Arr
Daily
Dep
DHAKA TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
Arr
TOKYO TO YANGON
Days
Arr
00:30+1
23:30
18:10
12:00
AI 235
AI 401
22:35
Dep
22:50
21:45
Arr
22:25
23:25
W9 608
4,7
17:20
PG 723
1,3,5,6
11:05
CHIANG MAI TO YANGON
16:30
19:50
15:05
4
1,2,3,5,6,7
Flights
BG 060
BG 060
16:10
15:05
Days
NH 813
17:00
15:10
W9 607
4,7
14:20
PG 724
1,3,5,6
13:10
YANGON TO CHIANG MAI
Flights
Flights
Tel: 09254049991~3
06:25+1
5:55
5:45
Flights
Arr
3,5,7
20:40
SEOUL TO YANGON
KA 251
KA 251
13:25
KE 471
Daily
18:45
0Z 769
3,6
19:50
HONG KONG TO YANGON
Arr
2,4,7
11:50
DOHA TO YANGON
0Z 770
4,7
0:35
9:10
KE 472
Daily
23:30 07:50+1
YANGON TO HONG KONG
International Airlines
4
5
6
7
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26 Sport
Shooting
Floorball
Only Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand will compete in the womens floorball event after the late
withdrawal of the team from the Philippines.
Medal events at the Games normally require
four teams to proceed but organisers have insisted that despite the Philippines June 2 withdrawl the womens competition will commence
on June 9 as planned.
They told us about a week ago. Everyone,
all the other teams, are [very disappointed],
president of Singapore Floorball Sani Mohamed
Salim told Reuters, adding he was not aware of
the reason.
Singapores The New Paper reported Sani
hoped Indonesia might step in after being left
surprised by the late withdrawal.
They competed in the SEA Floorball Championships last December and finished third, and
I think they have a good chance of winning a
medal again here, said Sani.
Floorball, a fast-paced game ice-hockey-style
game played in sport halls and popular in Scandanavia is making its full Games debut after featuring as a demonstration event two years.
It is still to be determined whether the bronze
medal will be removed from the event.
The Philippines will still feature in the mens
competition, alongside Singapore, Malaysia and
Thailand.
Football
Myanmars travelling football fans were thanked by the
U23s coach Kyi Lwin following their teams Group A 4-2
victory over 2013 silver medalists Indonesia.
They were 100 percent important today; we really
have to say a big thank you to our supporters, Kyi
Lwin said after the game played late June 2.
Left-winger Si Thu Aung scored a brace with goals in
the 38th and 54th minutes, while Shine Thura and Kyaw
Zin Lwin also placed their name on the scoresheet.
The only down point of the night was Myanmar allowing the Young Garuda to come back with two late
consolation goals.
After the final whistle, the fans again received praise
on social media for collecting their rubbish as they
went.
In Group B, Vietnam sent a message to their competitors, thrashing Malaysia 51 after they had already beat Brunei 6-1 in their opening match of the
tournament.
Malaysian playmaker Nazmi Faiz became the first
athlete to book a plane home after he was banned for
six games for spitting at an opposition player in the
teams game against Timor Leste.
I really regret what happened, Nazmi said in a
posting on the Twitter feed of the Professional Footballers Association of Malaysia.
There are no excuses and I accept my punishment.
I would like to apologise to all Malaysians. I didnt
mean to let the country down. Matt Roebuck
Tren Nhat Nguyen of Vietnam (right) beats Wei Wen Lim in the final of the Mens Individual Epe. Photo: SINGSOC/Action Images/Reuters
Results Day -2
MEDAL TABLE
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
SINGAPORE
11
VIETNAM
THAILAND
Selected Results
MALAYSIA
Fencing:
PHILIPPINES
INDONESIA
BRUNEI
CAMBODIA
LAOS
MYANMAR
TIMOR LESTE
Myanmar Medallists
none
Netball:
none
none
FIFA
U20
WORLD CUP
*results as of June 3
GROUP A
GROUP A
usa (Q)
P GF GD Pts
2
6 +5 6
ukraine
+6
new Zealand
-4
Myanmar
-7
GROUP B
ghana
P GF GD Pts
2
4 +1 4
2
+1
argentina
-1
panama
-1
portugal (Q)
P GF GD Pts
2
7 +7 6
colombia
+1
senegal
-3
Qatar
-5
GROUP D
New Zealand
serbia
Mali
uruguay
Mexico
-1
hungary
P GF GD Pts
1
5 +4 3
Brazil
+2
nigeria
-2
north korea
-4
Ukraine
Argentina
USA
Myanmar
Ghana
Myanmar
Ukraine
New Zealand
USA
Austria
Argentina
Austria
New Zealand
Panama
USA
Qatar
Portugal
Colombia
Mexico
Senegal
Uruguay
Qatar
Senegal
Senegal
Portugal
Mexico
Colombia
P GF GD Pts
1
8 +7 3
honduras
+1
uzbekistan
-1
Fiji
-7
Serbia
Ghana
Argentina
Ghana
Colombia
Mali
Serbia
Uruguay
Mali
Qatar
Serbia
Mexico
Portugal
Mali
GROUP E
Uruguay
GROUP F
june 1, 1pM, neW plyMouth
Nigeria
Brazil
North Korea
Hungary
North Korea
germany
Panama
GROUP D
May 31, 1pM, haMilton
Austria
GROUP C
0
Ukraine
Myanmar
Panama
Nigeria
GROUP F
P GF GD Pts
2
2 +1 3
GROUP E
austria
GROUP C
GROUP B
Hungary
Brazil
Hungary
Nigeria
Brazil
North Korea
Germany
Fiji
Uzbekistan
Honduras
Honduras
Fiji
Germany
Uzbekistan
Honduras
Germany
Fiji
Uzbekistan
Sport
28 THE MYANMAR TIMES junE 4, 2015
FOOTball
The controversial head of world football announced his decision to step down once a new president is elected. Photo: AFP