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Government disputes
prisoner claims
A report in state media maintains
that 27 prisoners said to have been
detained for political reasons are
guilty of other crimes, including
murder and possession of narcotics.
NEWS 6
Minister implicated in
war crimes
A report published last week offers
evidence that three military leaders,
including one currently serving as
a minister, were involved in human
rights violations in Kayin State.
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on November 5. This years festival, which was held from October 31 to November 6, was
marked by tragedy when a fire balloon and fireworks accident on the opening day killed
two and injured 12.
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Protesters
demand
answers in
shooting
Si thu Lwin
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ACTIVISTS and students from
across upper Myanmar held
a second protest in Mandalay
last week, continuing to demand that the government reveal how freelance reporter Ko
Par Gyi came to die in military
custody.
Also known as Ko Aung
Kyaw Naing, the reporter was
detained by the Tatmadaw in
Mon States Kyaikmaraw township on September 30 while
covering fighting between the
military and the Democratic
Karen Benevolent Army. He
died in military custody on October 4, but the Tatmadaw only
released information about his
death on October 23.
The protesters who came
from Mogok, Thabeikkyin, Pyin
Oo Lwin, Monywa, Shwebo and
Sagaing gathered at the corner of 80th and 26th streets beside Mandalays moat.
We are going to wage protests and go on seeking and demanding to get the truth about
his death, said protest leader
Ko Aye Thein. If we dont do
anything on this case now,
those dictators and militarists
will kill people in the future.
Police explained that there
were no arrests at the protest
this time because, unlike the
first rally held on October 27,
the protesters had gained permission in advance.
Police have charged the
leaders of the previous protest with holding an unlawful
demonstration, which carries
a maximum one-year jail term,
but have not explained why
they turned down a request for
it to go ahead.
We asked the police the
day before yesterday if Myanmar Police Force came here to
protect our rights or to create a
riot, Ko Nyi Nyi Kyaw, a member of 88 Generation Students
Group, told The Myanmar
Times.
The authorities dont understand why people protest.
They think that it is a kind of
contradiction, he said. Translation by Thiri Min Htun
Protestors in Mandalay demand an investigation into the death of freelance journalist Ko Par Gyi. Photo: Si Thu Lwin
the case on instructions from President U Thein Sein. The army has
released two statements concerning
the case, asserting that Ko Par Gyi
4 News
YCDC certifies
291 candidates
for election
Noe Noe Aung
noenoeag@gmail.com
THE Yangon City Development Committee (YCDC) last week revealed a
list of nearly 300 candidates for its
upcoming election, scheduled to be
held on December 27.
During a ceremony held on November 7, the YCDC election commission handed out certificates of
acknowledgement to all approved
candidates.
We received a total of 305 applications for all 115 positions. After examining all the applicants
according to the YCDC election bylaw, we still have 291 candidates,
said U Tin Aye, president of the
election commission.
Among the applicants were 41 for
the central committee, 43 for district
Political
prisoner
claims
disputed
by govt
Central committee candidate Daw Susanna Hla Hla Soe from the Karen
Womens Action Group speaks to media. Photo: Thiri Lu
Ye Mon
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THE government has given up on a
pledge to release all political prisoners, human rights activists claim.
They say that since the end of last
year, no action has been taken to
fulfil a promise made by President U
Thein Sein on taking office to make
the issue a priority.
He set up the Remaining Political
Prisoner Scrutiny Committee (RPPSC) in 2013 to look into the matter
and identify political prisoners, leading to the release of several hundred
inmates.
But activists said 29 prisoners of
conscience remained incarcerated.
Two of them were released during
the last amnesty, leaving 27 still in
prison.
U Ye Aung, a member of the RPPSC
as well as the Former Political Prisoners Society (FPPS), said activists were
continuing to press for the release of
remaining detainees, but the government had been unresponsive.
The government should be calling meetings every month, but they
dont. And the committees chair
hasnt attended a meeting all year,
he said.
The government says the Remaining Political Prisoner Scrutiny Committee held 12 coordination meetings, leading to the release of 354
prisoners, and a total of 404 prisoners and 12 detainees were freed in an
amnesty declared by the president
last December 30.
The government says the prisoners said to have been detained for
political reasons are in fact guilty of
other crimes.
The state-controlled media on
November 1 issued a list of the 27
individuals, detailing the length of
their sentence and what they say are
the criminal offences for which they
were convicted.
These include murder, dealing
in or possession of narcotics, and
involvement in explosives-related
crimes.
U Aung Thein, deputy minister
in the Presidents Office and secretary of the Committee for Scrutinising Remaining Political Prisoners,
said last August, The president has
removed the part of the sentence
imposed for political activities. But
they still have to pay for their other
crimes. Thats why I am saying that
there are no political prisoners left
in this country.
U Tate Naing, secretary of another activist group, the Assistance
Association for Political Prisoners,
told The Myanmar Times that the
government should review every single case.
I was sentenced under the penal
code, but I did not commit the crime
I was charged with. We have found
that the other crimes they were
charged with were in fact related to
political reasons. The charges were
groundless, the trials were not free
and fair, and they were sentenced to
extremely long imprisonment, he
said.
Now the AAPP and the FPPS are
demanding the recognition of the 27
as political prisoners and their immediate release, and say they will
write to world leaders to draw attention to the matter, raising the prospect that the matter could return to
prominence during this weeks visit
by US President Barack Obama.
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Report links
minister to
war crimes
Fiona
Macgregor
fionamacgregor@hotmail.co.uk
Aung San Suu Kyi talks during a press meeting at the head office of National League for Democracy in Yangon on
November 5. Photo: AFP
What significant
reform steps have
been taken within
the last 24 months?
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
National League for Democracy leader
We think that it
calls into question
the sincerity of the
reform movement
the fact that
the home affairs
minister oversaw
these kinds of
abuses.
Matthew Bugher
Harvard Law School
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preventing terrorism, promoting environmental conservation and reducing economic inequality among the
membership.
Not much has happened on those
issues, said U Kyaw Lin Oo, coordinator of the Myanmar Peoples Forum.
The international spotlight on Nay
Pyi Taw will be intense, as invitees
include US President Obama, Russian
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev,
Indonesian President Joko Widodo and
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi.
Their visit could help boost our investment, trade and tourism sectors,
said U Aung Htoo. Nyan Lynn Aung
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A visitor reads a caption at a museum display at the European Centre of Solidarity in Gdansk, Poland. Photo: Wa Lone
Getting around town was also a revelation. We were each given a prepaid
ticket, valid for a month, for unlimited
travel on buses, metro and trams so
punctual you can set your watch by
them. I couldnt help comparing this
system with our Yangon buses, whose
drivers and conductors think that any
attempt to predict arrival times brings
bad luck.
We were told, however, that Poland
has higher rates of car accidents than
the EU average, something the government is cracking down on.
Dr Than Htike, a civil engineer
Unlike Myanmar
Radio, Polish
Public Radio does
not broadcast
government
propaganda.
who has joint Myanmar-Polish citizenship, said, Its all down to skilful
management.
As early as my first evening in Warsaw, I noticed how well-kept the parks,
playgrounds and cycle paths were.
Along the riverbank, wild forest and
its population of birds and animals
had been preserved.
Two Myanmar journalists were
on a five-day work assignment with
a regional newspaper in the town of
Supca, near the German border, evidently the first representatives of our
country ever to visit. They were able
to confirm the truth of the Polish proverb, A guest in the house brings God
into the house.
Much of the local cuisine might not
be to the taste of every Myanmar person, but Polish vodka certainly helps
keep out the cold.
The future of this internship program seems to depend on the evaluation made by the Polish government
as to the freeness and fairness of next
years elections in Myanmar. If we get
that right, perhaps we can go on to
learn more from Poland.
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WWF focuses
on Tanintharyi
Aye Sapay
Phyu
ayephyu2006@gmail.com
THE World Wildlife Fund plans to focus its efforts on green growth development, reforestation and biodiversity
conservation in southern Myanmars
Tanintharyi Region, a spokesperson
from the organisation said in Yangon
on November 1.
Michelle Owen, the program manager of WWF-Myanmar, said the organisation was very happy to discuss its
work in the areas of green growth and
green development with other groups.
Our plan in the coming months
and years is to give examples of what
green development means. We are hoping to be able to explain and give information about what a green economy
actually means in sectors such as infrastructure, energy and agriculture, Ms
Owen said.
She said the primary focus of WWF
is biodiversity.
Tanintharyi is very important on
two fronts. Its got high biodiversity for
Myanmar and good forests running the
length of the region. Its got the best
potential for tigers in Southeast Asia. It
also forms a major connection with two
major forest blocks in Thailand, so it is
important both nationally and internationally, she said.
However, Ms Owen said the region is facing pressure from potential development.
We are trying to conserve the areas
natural value, and were looking at how
these developments in the region might
follow green principles to demonstrate
a better way for the development of the
country, she said.
A lot of our work is focused regionally. When you start to change how an
area is used, the impact does not occur
just in one place. Our focus is the entire
region and landscape, much more so
than, say, a single village or township.
Miss Owen said WWF-Myanmar
will contribute to reforestation in the
region, which is important for the viability of tigers and their prey in both
Thailand and Myanmar.
Stuart Chapman, a representative
from WWF-Greater Mekong, said Myanmars rivers and forests are less degraded than some of its neighbours, so
the country has the opportunity to become a role model in the implementing
a green economy.
But the government will need to
make the right decision based on a
proper environmental assessments to
ensure that development occurs in a
manner that maintains the countrys
valuable biodiversity.
Mr Chapman added that investment based on the desire for quick
profits can have dire consequences for
the environment.
WWF established its Myanmar
branch in September 2013.
Tourism, at the first national consultation workshop, which was organised with the Ministry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry.
Paul Rogers, consultant to the
International Centre for Integrated
Mountain Development (ICIMOD)
based in Nepal, said, Ecotourism will
strengthen the relationship between
tourism and protected area management by directing revenue toward
conservation efforts. ICIMOD is providing technical support.
Measures are under way for
ecotourism to be developed in the
buffer zones of protected areas, said
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MCDC evicts
families for
road project
Si Thu
Lwin
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A resident shows documents and photographs indicating that he paid for an application for ownership of his house in 1992.
Photo: Sithu Lwin
treated unfairly.
There are houses that sit on the
road to the west but the authorities
turned a blind eye to them. So this is
dishonest behaviour. It seems there
is something of a personal relationship in this issue, he said.
But MCDC denied the claims.
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Former ambassador
reflects on past while
eyeing the future
Mandalay bureau chief Stuart Alan Becker interviews Vicky Bowman
about the reforms occurring in Myanmar, her affection for Mandalay
and her new job promoting responsible business practices
AMONG her Myanmar friends Vicky
Bowman is something of a celebrity,
with an easy fluency in the Burmese
language and an ambassador-level understanding of how the countrys leaders think.
When she presented her credentials
to Senior General Than Shwe on December 31, 2002, she used a Burmese
proverb to explain how happy she was
to take up the role of British ambassador, telling him in Burmese that her
posting to Myanmar was like sending a
betel-nut lover to Taungoo.
Afterward I was told that the senior general said it was only credentials
ceremony hed enjoyed that year, Ms
Bowman said.
Much earlier, from 1990 to 1993,
Ms Bowman had served as the second
secretary at the British embassy in Yangon, after studying Burmese language
in London and Mandalay.
She is also well-versed in Myanmars
history and the unique circumstances
that shaped the country into what it is
today and will continue to shape it
into the future.
I love this country because the Myanmar people are so hospitable, she
said. When you speak Burmese and
people see youre interested in their
culture, they help you understand what
makes the country tick, and that makes
it so much more rewarding.
She is particularly attached to Mandalay because of the role it has played
as an intellectual and cultural hub during the past century.
I love the strength of social capital
you feel in Mandalay, which has survived through colonisation, world war
and dictatorship. Im talking about the
networks that connect intellectuals,
religious and charity groups, and businesspeople, Ms Bowman said.
She said she loves the sense that
there are Mandalay families who have
been pillars of the community since
royal times.
I dont want modernisation and
their workers a decent wage, not forcing them to work excessive hours, putting them on contracts, keeping them
safe. But they worry that their competitors will not do those things and will
undercut them and the government
wont enforce the rules.
She said making progress means
businesses need to take the initiative to
be responsible, but at the same time the
government must adopt and enforce
laws transparently on a level playing
field.
Ms Bowman welcomes the fact
that the tax department is starting to
become more transparent, even publishing a list of top taxpayers, and that
there is growing recognition that paying tax is the duty of a responsible business.
But Bowman notes that even with
the best intentions in the world, continued corruption makes this challenging.
When a company goes to pay tax,
it should be allowed to pay the tax it legally owes. What often happens instead
is that the tax official reduces the bill by
50 percent, demands 25pc on the side,
and then wont issue the tax clearance
unless the taxpayer complies, she said.
Ms Bowmans vision for MCRB is
gaining influence not because it is a
watchdog with bite but because it can
mobilise to provide the right advice
to the right people at the right time to
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weekly as insufficient.
Since commenting on a case before the courts could be seen as interference with the judiciary, lets await
the judgment, U Ye Htut told The Myanmar Times.
U Ernt Khaung Min, the journals
deputy editor-in-chief, said, We are
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gap, they have to rely on the international NGOs, who win the large projects
and then hire LNGOs as subcontractors.
That worked well post-Nargis, when
the total volume of official development
assistance (ODA) was modest and most
donors only funded humanitarian assistance. Now, however, the ODA scene
has dramatically changed, and so must
LNGOs if they want to grow and have
an impact.
Donors would love to pour money
into LNGOs, but they know that LNGOs
lack the full range of project management capacities: writing winning proposals, ensuring financial accountability across complex projects, designing
and running professional monitoring
and evaluation systems, and producing
impressive progress and impact reports.
This LNGO capacity gap urgently
needs to be filled. There have been some
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FEATURE
Students stand in front of the school in Shwe Kyin Yay village. Photo: Than Naing Soe
Than
Naing
Soe
thennaingsoe@gmail.com
IN Mandalay Regions Patheingyi township, where the base of the Shan Plateau meets the eastern edge of the central lowlands, lies the village of Shwe
Kyin Yay.
Although it is blessed with beautiful vistas, the village lacks electricity,
reliable transport links and, until a few
Ma Win Win Myat teaches a class in Shwe Kyin Yay village, Mandalay Region.
Photo: Than Naing Soe
I arranged different
kinds of classes
according to age.
Some were taught
on the ground floor
of the monastery,
others were taught
under the shady tree
outside.
Ma Win Win Myat
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Students
continue
education
protest
Mg Zaw
mgzaw.mmtimes@gmail.com
STUDENTS have pledged to keep
opposing the National Education
Law signed last week by President
U Thein Sein despite repeated
protests.
They staged a march on October 31
from Mandalays Dhamma Tharla Hall
at the corner of 31st and 84th streets to
the Zeigyo Market.
The law affects every student
across the country and oppresses
us all. Thats why well keep demonstrating against it, said Ma Poe Poe,
chair of the All Burma Federation of
Student Unions.
Protesters were also demanding
the release of farmers jailed in landgrab disputes and under the law on
peaceful protest.
Student unions from southern
and eastern districts of Yangon
Region, Monywa district, Meiktila
district, Kyaukse Technology University and Mandalay Yadanarbon
University took part in the protest.
We will never accept this law,
said Ko Swe Lin Tun, chair of Mandalay districts students union. All
student unions continuously opposed it. It was imposed by the central government and restricts student rights. It cant guarantee the
democratic education that students
are longing for.
Ko Aung Maing San of the All
Burma Federation of Student Unions said the government had ignored repeated nationwide protests
by students ever since the bill was
first introduced. Student unions
will always fight unjust treatment,
said another student at the protest.
We will speak out against any unfairness and well keep opposing the
law too. Translation by Zar Zar
Soe
We cant afford
these new
apartments and we
dont want to live
there.
Daw Mya Sint
Kangyikone village resident
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made after Kachin State Chief Minister La John Ngan Sai held a meeting
with the Traditional Culture Committee, state ministers, state hluttaw representatives and community elders.
While its the first time the event
has been held in the post-military
junta period, not everyone is sure
the time is right for the festivals return, U La Kha La Aung said.
Some did not attend the meeting
and they oppose it, he said. They
think that the Manaw Festival is like
a kind of funfair. They are saying it
is holding a funfair when there are
refugees because of war.
Among those on record in opposition to reviving the festival under
current conditions is the secretary of
the Anti-Narcotics Task Force (Myitkyina), In Khwam Tan Goon, who
said he didnt want the event held
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We have to get
along with the
neighbouring
country whether we
like it or not.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi
NLD leader
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Views
Reporters death
raises questions
about army reforms
Sithu Aung
Myint
newsroom@mmtimes.com
The death of Ko
Par Gyi provides
a hint that the
lawlessness of the
past has not entirely
disappeared.
Indian PM on mission
Indias strengths to Mya
Tridivesh Singh Maini
newsroom@mmtimes.com
ON November 11, Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi will embark on
a 10-day visit to Myanmar, Australia
and Fiji his longest overseas trip
since taking office in May.
All eyes will be on the East Asia
Summit in Myanmar, as well as the
G-20 Summit in Australia. Significantly, Mr Modi will also be the first
PM to visit Australia in 28 years.
Mr Modis first stop Myanmar is
important for a number of reasons.
Firstly, Myanmar is Indias link
to Southeast Asia, and thus a crucial
component of Indias Look East
Policy, now named Act East by the
current Indian government.
Over the past two decades, successive governments have made
assiduous efforts to reach out to
Myanmar, realising its strategic
importance in the context of Indias
ties with Southeast Asia.
While the late Rajiv Gandhi, as
prime minister, did visit the country in 1987, the real opening-up
toward Myanmar took place in the
early 1990s during the Narasimha
Rao government. Mr Rao, the architect of Indias Look East Policy,
realised that India needed to adopt
a more pragmatic approach toward
Myanmar.
Economic relations between
both countries were thus initiated,
and the first important step was a
trade agreement signed in 1994 that
gave a strong fillip to the relationship. Trade began between Moreh
in Manipur State and Tamu in
Myanmar, and between Champhai
in Mizoram State and Rhion across
the border.
Former Prime Minister Manmohan Singh visited Myanmar in
2012 with reasonable success: 12
memoranda of understanding were
signed, including for the development of the Indo-Myanmar border,
an increase in airline services between the countries, and assistance
for setting up centres for research
in information technology and
agriculture.
Yet a lot remains to be desired
regarding Indias economic ties with
Myanmar, as well as regarding connectivity between the two countries.
A number of projects were
started that have not been completed, the most important being
the Kaladan Multi-modal Transport Project which will connect
Calcutta with Sittwe Port and the
India-Myanmar-Thailand Trilateral
Highway.
Infrastructure at border posts is
lacking the Moreh-Tamu crossing
is in dire need of an upgrade and
bus service between Imphal and
Mandalay, which was to begin in
October, has still not commenced.
Secondly, while India has been
helping Myanmar build institutional capacity and strengthen
sectors like information technology,
this work often gets overshadowed
by the forays of other countries,
especially China.
As of June 2014, Chinese foreign
direct investment in Myanmar
was US$14 billion annually. Major
projects initiated by China include
the Myitsone dam, the Tarpein
hydroelectric project, the Kyaukphyu-Kunming oil pipeline,the
Letpadaung copper mine and the
Tagaung nickel mine.
Chinese trade with Myanmar
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi speaks during a public rally in Mumbai on
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n to sell
anmar
Roger
mitton
rogermitton@gmail.com
It is no longer a
surprise to hear
about high-ranking
Singaporean
officials taking
bribes, or to learn
about security
lapses and chronic
breakdowns in the
public transport
system.
Business
United Amara frets bank run
as owners father blacklisted
Aye Thidar
Kyaw
ayethidarkyaw@gmail.com
We are ready to
protect [United
Amara bank] under
the law.
U Win Thaw
Central Bank of Myanmar official
There are more deposits leaving than coming at United Amara. Photo: Thiri Lu
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Women entrepreneurs
find the funding to get
businesses running
business 26
property 32
Buying
K1243
K302
K785
K31
K1014
Selling
K1261
K303
K793
K33
K1020
This year is a
terribly hard time
for farmers.
U Thein Aung
Myanmar Freedom Farmers League
Farmers are keen to receive government support to halt the rice price
plunge.
The MFA says the committee will
buy rice at K350,000 per 100 baskets
(about 2.05 tonnes), calculated to be
just above the break-even point for
many farmers.
However, farmers say rises in labour
costs over the past year have squeezed
margins and pushed production costs
to just about that level, meaning farmers will barely be covering expenses at
that price.
U Thein Aung, the chair of the
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Regional differences
persist for dairy industry
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MILK is twice as expensive in Yangon
as Mandalay, as fewer cows and more
people make fresh dairy a scarcer
commodity in Myanmars largest city.
There is more pasture-land near
Mandalay Region to support milk
cows and successful processing facilities like the Mya Ba Yin condensed
milk factory that supplies the citys
tea shops.
In Yangon, fresh milk costs K1400
per viss (1 litre is equal to 0.65 viss),
though K1100 or K1200 if bought
from the farm. But in Mandalay it
costs K500 to K600 a viss direct from
farmers, said U Than Lwin, a Yangon township-level official with the
Livestock Breeding and Veterinary
Department.
The largest market is in Yangon,
so there ought to be a dairy zone near
the city, he said. Rather than making
a dairy zone in upper Myanmar although the weather is good for cattle we need to find closer locations
where the industry can exist.
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U Tin Ye Win, director of Shan States 105 Mile customs Zone, means business.
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land to provide grass and forage to cattle, but also need support and advice.
However, land around Yangon is currently used for rice and vegetable production, but if a local dairy industry
is going to grow, it will require more
he border
traders have, he said. If I receive the
correct information, I will take action.
Frequently, traders deliberately undervalue the amount of goods they are
carrying in a bid to pay less tax.
U Tin Ye Win said one truck carrying seasoning powder came through
the 105 Mile Zone, with its manifest
claiming it was carrying 2.5 tonnes.
But in my experience the truck can
carry far more, so we made an official
keep track of the truck for 10 days.
When it came again to collect goods,
we followed it and seized its load to
check, he said.
Traders also frequently avoid official
crossings altogether. While Muse is the
portal for official trade, the border between China and Myanmar is relatively
porous. Boats make a short crossing
when the border is a river, while trucks
can use small roads, often located out
of reach of government areas in conflict
areas, to get around customs.
Perhaps most frustrating for U
Tin Ye Win, though, is the difficulty
of reaching the owners of the trucks
and goods when smuggled goods are
caught.
Most of the time customs agents
are simply able to charge the drivers and labourers, never reaching the
truck owners, trade financiers and ultimate beneficiaries. In our country,
if the laws were effective there would
be no black market, he said. I dont
want to arrest 100 labourers to get 10
owners.
Meanwhile, traders say the process of importing and exporting is
not cheap. In addition to customs levies, there are a range of fees for the
process. Truck drivers told The Myanmar Times they pay a K5000 fine for
excess tonnage; there is also a K800
per tonne labour fee, while agents
cost about K30,000 and are vital for
receiving approval.
While U Tin Ye Win was reluctant
to talk about the complicity of customs
officials, it can also be a significant factor in illegal trade.
Whats clear, though, is that Muse
and Myanmar need to get better at
taxing trade if they are going to generate more revenue from customs.
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Chevrolet
opens
flagship
showroom
Cashing
in on the
K-pop
boom
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IN BRIEF
Canberra considers joining large
Chinese development bank
Australia said it was keen to join an
Asian infrastructure lender seen as
a counterweight to Western-backed
international development banks, but
said changes to its set-up were needed. China and 20 other countries last
month put their names to a memorandum of understanding to establish the
Chinese-driven Asian Infrastructure
Investment Bank (AIIB) at a ceremony
in Beijing.
The institution, reportedly to be
based in Beijing, is expected to have initial capital of US$50 billion to address
the regions burgeoning demand for
transportation, dams, ports and other
facilities. But precise details about the
bank, including governance and transparency issues, remain elusive and big
economies such as the United States
and Japan, as well as Australia, turned
down an initial request to join. AFP
Tokyo
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emerging markets such as Brazil, Indonesia and South Africa, will be decided in China, Mr Slyngstad says. Yet
growth in China, which by some calculations is already bigger than the
US economy, is slowing and the lack
of transparency is making it hard for
investors to understand exactly why.
Mr Slyngstad, who last year visited Shenzhen, Hangzhou and the
Shandong province, is looking for
investments to channel billions of
dollars in Norways oil cash. He has
been lobbying the Chinese government to allow the fund a bigger quota than the $1.5 billion its permitted
to place in Chinese A shares.
The reason why I spend some time
going around there is because its less of
a homogenous economy than is widely
perceived, he said. We as a fund have
a strong interest in China and still a
strong belief in the importance of the
development of that economy.
The fund can also invest in China
through listed companies in Hong
Kong. Its exposure to the country
amounted to 2.7pc of its stocks in the
third quarter, up from 2.5pc at the end
2013. Holdings include oil producer
and explorer PetroChina and Industrial & Commercial Bank of China, the
worlds largest lender by assets.
Norges Bank Investment Management, which runs the fund as part the
central bank, owned 1.3pc of global
stocks at the end of last year. Norways
Finance Ministry has set the broad
guidelines at 60pc in equities, 35pc in
bonds and the rest in real estate.
Figuring out how to invest in
China is just one of many hurdles.
Mr Slyngstad said one of the main
worries now is how monetary policy
will affect his investment decisions.
Continued turmoil in Europe and distortions in credit markets also cause
concern. Old rules dont always apply
as the very nature of the capital markets has changed, he said.
A continuous lowering of interest
rates in many countries and unwillingness of some countries to step up and
move interest rates back again has actually in some way structurally moved
the whole capital market interest away
from the bond market and toward the
currency market, Mr Slyngstad said.
The fund is also expanding its bond investing to include more currencies in an
Yngve Slyngstad.
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VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
CALL FOR CVS: USAID/OTI PROGRAM
GRANTS MANAGER
Background: DAI, an international consulting firm based in the United States, is currently accepting applications from
candidates for a Grants Manager position to support the U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) Office of
Transitions Initiatives (OTI)-funded program. The USAID/OTI is working with civil society, the Government, and other
stakeholders to foster more participatory and inclusive reform and peace processes.
Responsibilities: The Grants Manager will:
In coordination with the Regional Program Managers and Program Development Officers, participate in the revision of
budgets for proposed grantee activities in order to improve the objectives, focus, efficiency and feasibility of grants to
be approved.
In consultation with the potential grantee partner as well as with the Program Development Officers and/or Procurement and Logistics Officer, develop a monitoring and evaluation process for inclusion in each grant that is likely to be
approved.
Work with Program Development Officers to ensure that the subsequent grant agreements accurately reflect approved
activities.
Draft all grant agreements for signature by the Chief of Party or her designee and ensure that all associated documentation such as the Proposal Competition and Grant Negotiation memos have been completed by the relevant parties.
Monitor the implementation progress of each grant along with the Procurement and Logistics Specialists (as necessary)
Provide regular updates for staff on grant status and ensures proper information entry in Activity Database.
Draft grant-related correspondence (letters of receipt, issue letters, rejection letters, closeout letters etc.).
Maintains all grant files
Inputs information into and ensures accuracy of project Activity Database and DAI management systems.
Reviews and approves grant documentation prior to close out of grant activities.
Collect information and data on the implementation progress of each grant and give input on implementation issues to
the Program Development Officer for inclusion in the written evaluations of completed grants.
Other duties as assigned by the Deputy Chief of Party and/or Regional Program Managers that are consistent with the
overall focus of the assignment.
Qualifications:
Apply today:
Email our HR team at MCMHRD@mmtimes.com.mm for a
full job description and details on the application process.
JOB VACANCY
Programme Officer
Salary range 745.000 1.404.000 Kyats per month
(Depending on skills and experiences)
DanChurchAid (DCA) is an international development and humanitarian
organisation working in more than 20 countries. Currently DCA is seeking to
recruit a qualified person to fill the position of Programme Officer based in
Yangon with extensive travel to field. Myanmar National with a minimum of
5-year INGO experience working with local civil society/faith based/ church
based organizations are preferred for the position. A detailed Job Description
is available on request from Ms. Hlaing Phyu Min, hpmi@dca.dk
The applicants should submit motivated application (why are you qualified for
this position),CV and contact details of two referees with any other relevant
documentation to HR Unit by email hpmi@dca.dk and mkum@dca.dk not
later than 15th November 2014. Women are encouraged to apply. Please
quote reference: DCA Programme Officer application. (Please note that
only shortlisted candidates will be contacted for interviews.)
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), a Japanese governmental
organisation responsible for implementing Official Development Assistance
(ODA) such as Technical Cooperation, ODA Loans and Grant Aid in developing
countries, Myanmar Office is seeking qualified Myanmar nationals for the post of
Programme Assistants and Secretary for its expanded works in Myanmar.
1) Programme Assistant: Job Description - The Programme Assistant will work
closely with Programme Officers and be responsible for:- Assisting in planning, implementation, monitoring and evaluation of
development Projects and Programs
- Organising seminars and workshops
- Undertaking public relations activities
- Assisting in data collection, compilation, data analysis and writing reports
- Handling operation and logistic matters
Eligible candidate for Programme Assistant should possess following
qualifications:
- University Graduate
- Fluent in English (Reading, Writing, Speaking)
- Age less than 45 years
- Good relationship with Myanmar governmental offices
- Ability to work in a team and maintain harmonious relationship with other staff
- More than 5 years of working experience in the organisation/s
- Good computer skills and knowledge of Word, Excel & Power Point
2) Secretary: Job Description- The Secretary shall work closely with Programme
Officers and Programme Assistants and be responsible for:- Assisting in preparation of official documents
- Assisting in organising seminars and workshops
- Making arrangements for meeting and appointments
- Performing logistic arrangements for experts and mission
- Handling documentation and filing
Eligible candidate for Secretary should possess following qualifications:
- University Graduate
- Fluent in English (Reading, Writing, Speaking)
- Age less than 30 years
- Ability to work in a team and maintain harmonious relations with other staff
- 2 ~ 3 years working experience in organisation/s
- Good computer skills and knowledge of Word, Excel & Power Point
Duration of assignment: From first week of December 2014 (negotiable),
yearly renewal upon satisfactory performance.
How to apply: Qualified and interested persons are requested to send the
applications with updated C.V, educational credentials and references to JICA
Myanmar Office, Room 701, 7th Floor, Sakura Tower, No. 339, Bokyoke Aung
San Road, Kyauktada Township, Yangon, not later than 5:00 p.m., November
21, 2015.
Note: Only short listed candidates will be contacted for subsequent interviews.
Property
MORE local engineers ought to register with the ASEAN Engineer Registry,
which aims to allow local engineers to
take part in projects in other countries,
according to officials from the Myanmar Engineers Society.
Not all engineers say joining up is
necessary to work abroad, though it
may help those with no international
experience get work in other ASEAN
countries.
Some 426 Myanmar engineers have
registered over the last 12 years, with
about 90 engineers registering in the
last year, the societys statistics show.
If Myanmar engineers register at
the ASEAN level, they have a chance
to take advantage of the free flow of
service in other ASEAN countries,
said Daw Si Than, vice president of
credentials she was not problem working in any country she wants.
I have joined the ASEAN Engineer
Registry and I dont think its required.
There are many [Myanmar] engineers
in Singapore and Thailand already.
Ma Swe Zin Htun said Singapore
has likely the highest standards in
ASEAN for its engineers. However, for
Myanmar engineers looking to move
abroad, the registry may help them find
foreign work, she added.
Myanmar Engineering Society joint
secretary general U Winn Maung said
joining up will be particularly useful
when the ASEAN Free Trade Area and
ASEAN Economic Community kicks in
next year.
Engineers will then have more opportunity to relocate around the region.
Another body called the Myanmar
Engineering Council is also set to manage the engineers who are allowed to
work on high-rise projects. The council
aims to allow those who are able to join
the ASEAN Engineer Registry to take
part in high-rise construction, said U
Winn Maung.
singapore
High-end Sentos
AUSTRALIAN hedge-fund manager Stephen Fisher says he was
lucky to have bought his luxury
home on Sentosa, a Singapore resort island that has attracted the
wealthy, in 2005, before property
curbs kicked in.
I would be very wary of buying
a second property in Singapore as
I would have to pay higher taxes,
which makes it less attractive, said
Mr Fisher, 50, chair of First Degree
Global Asset Management.
Sentosa, where Australias
richest woman, Gina Rinehart,
and telecommunications billionaire Bhupendra Kumar Modi have
homes, is losing its appeal. Taxes
as high as 18 percent on foreigners
buying property, begun in 2013,
have depressed prices and sales.
Condominium prices in the residential enclaves that line the seafront with sweeping views across
the Singapore Strait are near their
lowest levels since the end of 2006
based on 15 transactions, according to Maybank Kim Eng Securities Pte. Some bungalows are being sold for more than 50pc below
the peak in 2012, Urban Redevelopment Authority, or URA, data
show.
Singapore has been trying to
rein in the property market since
2009, with the toughest measures,
including stricter lending, introduced last year. The island-state is
unlikely to ease the curbs until a
meaningful correction takes place,
Finance Minister Tharman Shanmugaratnam said on October 28.
The way prices have fallen is
like during the crisis time in 2008,
Alan Cheong, a Singapore-based
director at broker Savills Plc, said,
referring to values on Sentosa Island. The measures have impacted demand and we are seeing a
diversion of interest by foreigners
away from here.
Home prices on Sentosa have
fallen about 40pc since 2012, compared with a 28pc drop in 2008,
Mr Cheong said.
Among the governments curbs
have been a cap on debt at 60pc
of a borrowers income and higher
stamp duties on home purchases.
Additional taxes for foreigners
buying residential property were
raised to 15pc in 2013 from 10pc,
on top of the basic buyers stamp
duty rate of about 3pc. All home
sellers need to pay 16pc in levies if
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Translation marathon
to aid young peoples
financial literacy
CATHERINE TRAUTWEIN
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FOR the third time in Myanmar,
volunteers will race the clock to
translate the maximum number of
educational videos they can into
Myanmar language. Ooredoo and
Khan Academy Burmese Translation (KABT) are putting on another
Translate-a-Thon, supported by
MasterCard, the telco announced
November 4.
The event has teams of three
speeding to translate videos from
Khan Academy, the online educational platform featuring thousands. All volunteers get a free
meal, t-shirt and gifts, according
to the events website, which also
notes special prizes will go to those
that BYO laptops or headphones, or
take to Facebook to talk about the
event. Translating longer finance
videos merit special prizes as well
from MasterCard, according to an
Ooredoo Myanmar rep.
The Translate-a-thon marks part
two of a month-long campaign to
translate more than 400 economic
and finance videos, with part one a
translation push through the MasterCard Intern Program set up with
Ideabox, Ooredoos entrepreneurial
arm.
MasterCard
has
dedicated
$10,000 to facilitate the Myanmar
Youth in Myanmar
are lagging behind
their peers in money
management.
Antonio Corro
MasterCard country manager
Virtual window shoppers check out a page for the Mandalay clothing store Hello Qu
way I dress request I order from online stores on their behalf, she said,
adding its been about six months
since she started shopping for others. Now she has regular customers.
Though she has established an
online shopping page called Unicorn
and Rainbow, she posts content and
takes orders through her personal
Facebook account.
Clearly, customers are interested in browsing and buying online.
However, shopping on the web does
carry risks for both vendors and consumers in Myanmar, where neither
online nor mobile banking has been
established.
Instead of waiting for payment,
in the past Ma Nan Lae Lae Soe had
customers pay up front. I used to
send customers bills via Viber and
then ask them to transfer money
from their nearest bank, she said.
After about two days, I delivered
Hundreds of people turned out for last years GEW events, like this small and medium enterprises forum. Photo: Supplied
(USAID). Meanwhile, Apex Management School will bring about a seminar on entrepreneurship in Mandalay.
Ms Morris also said this years
events, which include the first-ever
observance of Womens Entrepreneurship Day, a Burmese-language
event put on by the Myanmar Youth
Professional Club, and a spotlight on
rural entrepreneurship with Yangonbased school Opportunities Now, are
more diverse than ever.
Inclusivity can play an important role in Myanmars burgeoning
No-smoke smoking
by Myo Satt
E-cigarettes are controversial. Some jurisdictions have banned them outright and some have embraced them, while in
other places, including Myanmar, they occupy a legal grey area. Research the health risks first, but here are a few of the
different models that are available on the Yangon market.
eGo-Vision Spinner 2
Pick your favorite color for this compact, highquality E-Cigarette, which comes with its own
container.
K60,000
eGo-CE9
A light model available in different
colours.
K25,000
Pipe 618
Designed like a pipe for a retro feel. This model
comes with different parts to switch out.
K70,000
EVOD
Its neat and tidy design and black body make
for a smart look.
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WASHINGTON
Iraqi soldiers stand guard as Shiite Muslims attend the reenactment of the Battle
of Karbala during the Ashura commemorations on November 4 in Baghdad.
Photo: AFP
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over the Tokyo-controlled Senkaku islands, which it calls the Diaoyus, where
paramilitary vessels from both sides
have sparred over recent years.
Japan has until now rebuffed the
calls, but similarly worded statements
issued on November 7 suggested there
had been some accommodation on
the thorny island issue, although it
appeared to fall short of an explicit acknowledgement.
The two sides have acknowledged
that different positions exist between
them regarding the tensions which
have emerged in recent years over the
Diaoyu Islands and some waters in the
East China Sea, the English-language
version from China said.
They agreed to prevent the situation from aggravating through dialogue
and consultation and establish crisis
management mechanisms to avoid
contingencies.
In what appeared to be a reference
to Mr Abes visit to the controversial
Yasukuni Shrine, the statement said:
In the spirit of facing history squarely
and looking forward to the future, the
two sides have reached some agreement
on overcoming political obstacles in the
bilateral relations.
China has repeatedly called on Japan to face history squarely, while
Two Black Hawk helicopters carrying US Navy SEALs flew from Jalalabad, Afghanistan
to Abbottabad in Pakistan
1 am, May 2 2011
Final moments
Two SEALs climbed
to the third floor
residence
One SEAL tackled
two women in the
hallway, clearing
the way
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4
3
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1
Second SEAL
entered room and
shot bin Laden 3
times in the head
as he stood behind
his youngest wife
The corpse of bin
Laden was zipped
into a body bag
within 18 minutes
of the raid starting
Another
Son Khalid, 23 years old,
man killed
shot down while armed
on first floor with an AK-47
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PUTRAJAYA
Transgender activist Nisha Ayub (right) greets a colleague outside the court of appeals in Putrajaya in Malaysia on
November 7. Photo: AFP
Cross-dressing ban is
ruled unconstitutional
THREE Malaysian transgender people
have won their landmark bid to overturn an Islamic anti-cross-dressing law
in the conservative Muslim-majority
nation.
A three-judge appeals court panel
ruled on November 7 that a state provision that bars Muslim men from dressing as women was unconstitutional,
saying it deprives the appellants of the
right to live with dignity.
It has the effect of denying the appellants and other sufferers of GID
[gender identify disorder] to move
freely in public places. This is degrading, oppressive and inhuman, judge
Hishamudin Yunus said.
The verdict overturns a 2012 lower
court ruling, which had dismissed the
challenge by the three appellants, Muslims who were born male but identify as
women, over their arrest four years ago
under the law in southern Negri Sembilan state.
Malaysia has a double-track court
system with state Islamic laws governing civil matters for Muslims, who account for 60 percent of the countrys 30
million people.
Under state Islamic laws, men dressing or acting as women is punishable
by up to three years in jail. Some Malaysian states also outlaw cross-dressing
by women.
Aston Paiva, the plaintiffs lawyer,
said the ruling could be used to challenge any arrest of transgender people
throughout Malaysia.
This will be a
precedent. This
court binds all other
high courts.
Aston Paiva
Lawyer for plaintiffs
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Local govt
OKs first
reactor
restarts
MORE than three years after the
Fukushima disaster, the final obstacle to restarting two nuclear reactors
in Japan was removed on October 7
when local politicians granted their
approval for a plant in the south to go
back online.
The green light from the assembly and governor of Kagoshima prefecture, in the south of the country,
marked a victory for the government
of Prime Minister Shinzo Abe which
has faced significant public opposition
to its drive to re-fire nuclear power.
I want to inform the economy,
trade and industry minister about my
understanding of the governments
policy to push for restarting nuclear
power plants, Governor Yuichiro Ito
told a news conference, adding he
had considered various situations
comprehensively.
Mr Itos finely parsed statement,
which offers apparently reluctant
support for a policy that is out of his
hands, is typical of Japanese politicians dealing with the hot potato
of nuclear power in a country now
largely hostile to it.
The local go-ahead came after the
Nuclear Regulatory Authority (NRA)
said in September it believed the two
units at Sendai met toughened safety
standards introduced after the Fukushima accident.
The actual restart, however, is
likely to be delayed until next year as
technical procedures are still under
way, including more NRA approvals
for remedial work at the site.
Japans entire stable of nuclear power stations were gradually switched off after the tsunamisparked catastrophe at Fukushima,
when the breakdown of cooling systems sent reactors into meltdown.
Two were briefly restarted in
2012 but their power-down last
September heralded an entirely
nuclear-free Japan.
While Prime Minister Abes government and much of industry is keen to
get back to atomic generation, largely
because of the soaring costs of dollar denominated fossil fuels to an
economy with a plunging currency, the
public is largely unconvinced. AFP
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Workers install a billboard for the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) CEO Summit at the China National
Convention Centre in Beijing on November 7. Photo: AFP
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A relative attends the graves of storm victims in front of San Joaquin Church
in Palo, near Tacloban, Philippines on October 15. Photo: AFP
SEOUL
Ferry chief
should be
jailed for 15
years
SOUTH Korean prosecutors on
November 6 demanded a 15-year jail
term for the president of the firm
which operated the sunken Sewol
ferry, holding him partly responsible
for the disaster that killed more than
300 people.
Kim Han-Sik, CEO of Chonghaejin Marine Co, has been on trial in the
southern city of Gwangju on charges of
criminal negligence and embezzlement.
We ask for 15 years in prison for
the accused, taking into account the
scale of the disaster, his status and responsibility for causing the disaster,
senior prosecutor Park Jae-Eok said.
Prosecutors also demanded jail
sentences of between four and six
years for 10 others on trial alongside
Mr Kim on charges of criminal negligence. They included six officials from
the company, two from a freight-handling firm and two port management
officials at Incheon Port.
The 6825-tonne Sewol ferry was
carrying 476 people, most of them
high school students on an organised
trip, when it capsized off the southern
coast on April 16.
Chonghaejin executives only pursued commercial gains, ignoring passenger safety. They show little repentance, only seeking to shift the blame
to each other, Mr Park said in court.
Mr Kim, 71, is charged with allowing the ship to be routinely overloaded
and its container cargo to be left unsecured to the deck in breach of safety
standards.
Mr Kim has denied accountability,
saying he had been merely a salaried
employee under the thumb of company owner Yoo Byung-Eun, whom Mr
Kim said was deeply involved in the
hands-on operations of the company.
Chonghaejin only
pursued personal
gains, ignoring
passenger safety.
Park Jae-Eok
Senior Prosecutor
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Director Mg
Wunnas
Tender are the feet
has Tokyo premier
Kaung Htet
HE late Maung Wunnas film Che phawa daw nu nu (Tender are the Feet) scored plaudits
at the 27th Tokyo International Film Festival at the end of October for its style and quality,
observers have reported.
The film, which has also been shown at international festivals in Germany and
Cambodia, was screened in the Memory Section.
Maung Wunnas son, Okka, who attended the Tokyo festival, told The Myanmar Times, This is
the second film made by my father in 1973. His first film was Katipar phanat see shwe htee hsaung
(Wearing Velvet Slipper under a Golden Umbrella), which won an academy award in Myanmar.
Directors Thu Thu Shein and Ko Theikdi, who also attended, said they were enormously
impressed with the work, which reflects the years Maung Wunna spent in a drama troupe.
Maung Wunna himself worked in the theatre for three years, said Ma Thu Thu Shein.
Ko Theikdi add, He is one of those directors who inspire us. His neo-realistic style, using nonactors in real locations outside the studio, is appealing to an international audience.
Tender are the Feet follows a theatrical troupe behind the scenes, and features Zaw Lwin and
Shumawa San San Aye, supported by Bagyi Aung Soe, Aung Pyay and May Nwe.
Okka, who is also a film director, said, The movie didnt get much attention at the time. This
sort of character-centred movie was not very popular. People could go to the theatre, and didnt feel
they needed to see films about the theatre.
A Myanmar expatriate in Tokyo said, I was delighted to see this movie again. I look forward to
seeing more Myanmar movies next year.
Kenji Ishizaka, program director of the Tokyo film festival, said he chose Tender are the Feet after
seeing it played in Berlin in 2013.
Im happy it was selected, but I feel sad too because I cant tell my father about his achievement
or learn from his experience, said Okka said.
Maung Wunna died in January 2011 at the age of 64. He won awards for Wearing Velvet Slipper
under a Golden Umbrella (1971) and Khun hnit sint ah-lwan (Seventh Degree Multiple Sorrow)
(1990). His son Okka starred in his film Pan tway ne wai (Miss Wai Filled with Flowers) (1975).
Translation by Thiri Min Htun and Zar Zar Soe
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AS globalisation put us
on the fast-food track to
obesity? Nutritionists
and food traditionalists
fear the wholesale
transition in this country from
mohinga, curry and vegetable dishes
to burgers, pizza and fries in recent
years is clogging our arteries and
piling on the pounds.
In Yangon or Mandalay, most
mothers have to work outside the
home now. We dont have the time
to cook healthy food. I grab fried
chicken and burgers for my children,
says Daw Kyi Kyi Aye, 56, who works
for her family business.
Her mother would prepare
delicious and healthy vegetable
salads, chicken vermicelli soup, fish,
beans and rice soup every day, and
the family could live on her fathers
income, she said, while few fast-food
restaurants were available.
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hidden cost
are less healthful when deep-fried
in artery-clogging fat. Moreover,
fries can causecancer, according to
Dr Nu Nu Nge, a nutritionist. She
said when a potato is cooked to a
temperature above 248 degrees, it
produces a cancer-causing chemical
called acrylamide. It also contains
312 calories and 2.3g saturated fat per
100 grams.
People should know what they
are eating. Fried foods can endanger
health, says Dr Nu Nu Nge, nutrition
coordinator for Save the Children.
Take burgers, increasingly
commonly available here. The
combination of more than 9g of
fat and 19g of carbohydrates in a
burger can amount to more than
400 calories, raising blood sugar
levels and the risk of obesity. Fried
meat, mayonnaise (11g of fat and 100
calories per tablespoon) and cheese
(up to 400 calories per 100g) will
make you fat if you indulge often
enough.
For dessert, there are doughnuts,
which are particularly attractive
to children. Sugar, maple glazing
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Shan
Noodles
pHYo arbidanS
phyo.arbidans@gmail.com
Photo: Phyo
times.
But lately, as we here at the
kitchen have been taking on
exciting new projects like building
a database of all past recipes, things
have gotten pretty hectic.
For all of us busy cooks out there,
this week I have chosen to share
my quick 30 minutes Shan noodles
recipe. This particular variation
is based on a quick recipe I made
for my husband while we were on
holiday in Austalia. Here it is My
Sydney Shan noodles.
Quick 30 minute Shan Noodles
Sydney version
(6 servings)
2 tins of whole peeled tomatoes
1 onion (sliced)
1 Chinese nutmeg (shauk-kaw-pankaw; available in Chinatown grocery
shop)
teaspoon chili powder
cup vegetable oil
teaspoon salt
Restaurant Review
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food
Other sides
Fried pickled soy bean cake
Garlic oil (3 cloves of garlic (sliced)
fried in a 1/4 cup of oil till they
become golden)
cup Kikkoman soy sauce
1/3 cup Shan garlic pickle (diced)
1/3 cup peanuts (crushed)
Chilli akes (to serve)
Ground white peppers (to serve)
Preparations
Dip a handful of noodles in boiling
water for 10-15 seconds. Then
drain well. Add the noodles into
a bowl with 2 teaspoon of pickled
freshness Burger
Peoples Park, U Wisara Road
Open 9am-9pm daily
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Days
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
7:15
10:45
17:00
Arr
8:15
11:45
18:00
Yangon to Mandalay
Flight
Days
7Y 111
Daily
7Y 133
2,5,7
Y5 775
1,2,4,5,6
Y5 775
3,7
YH 909
1,2,3,4,5,7
K7 262
Daily
YH 917
6
YH 917
1,2,3,4,5,7
6T 401
Daily
YH 831
6
W9 201
Daily
K7 266
Daily
K7 244
1,3,5,6,7
7Y 815
3
7Y 813
7
YH 835
7
7Y 707
2,5
7Y 815
1,4,6
YH 911
2
YH 831
4
YH 729
2,4
YH 737
3,5,7
W9 251
2,5
YH 729
6
YH 829
5
6T 807
2,4,6,7
6T 805
1,3,5
K7 822
2,4,7
YJ 151/W9 7151
1,3,6
K7 622
1,3,5,7
K7 226
2,4,6
K7 224/7Y 241
Daily
YH 731
1,2,3,4,7
7Y 221
Daily
Y5 234
Daily
YJ 211/W9 7211
7
W9 211
4
YH 731
5,6
6T 501
Daily
Dep
5:50
5:55
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:10
6:20
7:00
7:00
8:00
8:15
10:30
10:30
10:30
10:30
10:30
11:00
11:00
11:15
11:15
11:30
11:30
11:30
11:30
11:30
12:30
13:00
13:00
13:30
14:30
15:00
15:00
15:20
15:30
15:30
15:30
15:30
Yangon to Nyaung U
Flight
Days
7Y 111
Daily
7Y 241
1,3,4,6
K7 262
Daily
YH 909
1,2,3,4,5,7
YH 917
6
YH 917
1,2,3,4,5,7
YH 909
6
YJ 141/W9 7141
Daily
6T 401
Daily
6T 351
Daily
YH 633
1,2,5,7
K7 242
Daily
Y5 649
Daily
K7 224/7Y 241
Daily
YH 731
1,2,3,4,7
K7 264
Daily
7Y 221
Daily
YJ 129/W9 7129
2,5
W9 129
1,3,6
W9 211
4
YH 731
5,6
Dep
5:50
5:55
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:10
6:10
6:20
6:20
6:30
7:00
7:00
10:30
14:30
15:00
15:00
15:00
15:30
15:30
15:30
15:30
Arr
7:55
8:00
7:10
7:30
7:40
8:10
7:40
8:30
8:30
8:40
8:25
10:05
9:40
11:55
11:55
12:10
14:45
14:45
12:40
12:40
14:15
13:25
12:55
14:30
13:10
13:30
15:30
16:55
16:45
14:25
14:55
16:35
17:10
16:55
16:30
16:55
16:55
17:40
17:30
Arr
7:10
7:15
7:20
8:25
8:25
7:45
7:45
7:40
7:40
7:50
8:35
8:20
11:50
17:25
17:55
17:10
17:40
17:35
17:35
17:40
18:25
Yangon to Myitkyina
Flight
YH 835
YH 831
YH 835
YH 831
W9 251
YH 829
YJ 151/W9 7151
K7 622
YH 826
Days
1
6
7
4
2,5
5
1,3,6
1,3,5,7
3
Dep
7:00
7:00
10:30
11:00
11:30
11:30
13:00
13:00
14:00
Yangon to Heho
Flight
7Y 111
7Y 241
7Y 133
K7 262
Days
Daily
1,3,4,6
2,5,7
Daily
Dep
5:50
5:55
5:55
6:00
Days
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
8:35
13:30
18:20
Arr
9:35
14:30
19:20
Mandalay to Yangon
Flight
Days
YH 910
1,2,3,4,5,7
Y5 233
1,2,4,5,6
Y5 233
3,7
7Y 112
Daily
7Y 134
2,5,7
K7 262
Daily
YH 918
1,2,3,4,5,7
W9 201
Daily
6T 402
Daily
YH 918
6
K7 244
1,3,5,6,7
K7 267
Daily
6T 807
2,4,6,7
YH 832
6
7Y 816
1,4,6
7Y 708
2,5
YH 912
2
6T 806
1,3,5
7Y 814
7
YH 832
4
YH 830
5
7Y 816
3
K7 225/7Y 242
Daily
YH 836
7
YJ 152/W9 7152
1,3,6
Y5 776
Daily
YJ 211/W9 7211
7
W9 211
4
7Y 222
Daily
K7 823
2,4,7
YH 732
1,2,3,4,7
K7 227
2,4,6
YH 738
3,5,7
K7 623
1,3,5,7
YH 730
6
6T 502
Daily
YH 732
5,6
YH 730
2,4
W9 252
2,5
Dep
7:40
7:50
7:50
8:10
8:15
8:25
8:30
8:40
8:45
9:10
9:55
10:20
13:45
13:50
15:00
15:00
15:30
15:45
16:00
16:00
16:00
16:40
16:50
16:50
17:05
17:10
17:10
17:10
17:10
17:10
17:10
17:20
17:25
17:40
17:50
17:50
17:40
18:00
18:15
Nyaung U to Yangon
Flight
Days
7Y 111
Daily
7Y 241
1,3,4,6
YH 918
1,2,3,4,5,7
YJ 141/W9 7141
Daily
6T 401
Daily
YH 634
3,7
6T 351
Daily
YH 910
1,2,3,4,5,7
YH 918
5
K7 242
Daily
YH 634
1,2,3,4,5,7
YH 910
5
K7 263
Daily
Y5 650
Daily
K7 265
Daily
K7 225/7Y 242
Daily
YJ 129/W9 7129
2,5
W9 129
1,3,6
7Y 222
Daily
YH 732
1,2,3,4,7
YH 732
5,6
6T 502
Daily
Dep
7:25
7:30
7:45
7:55
7:55
8:05
8:05
8:25
8:25
8:35
8:35
9:35
11:05
13:55
17:25
17:40
17:50
17:50
17:55
17:55
18:25
18:35
Arr
9:45
9:00
9:20
10:05
10:10
12:25
10:45
10:35
10:50
11:05
13:00
12:25
17:45
15:15
18:45
19:18
17:25
17:45
17:25
17:25
17:25
18:05
19:00
18:15
18:30
18:20
19:15
19:15
19:15
18:35
19:15
18:45
18:50
19:05
19:15
19:55
19:45
19:25
19:40
Arr
10:05
10:30
10:45
10:55
10:50
10:10
11:10
9:45
11:05
11:45
10:40
10:55
12:25
15:15
18:45
19:00
19:10
19:10
19:15
19:15
19:45
19:55
Myitkyina to Yangon
Arr
9:40
10:35
13:35
14:35
14:25
14:35
15:15
15:55
16:40
Flight
YH 832
YH 832
YH 830
YH 836
K7 623
YH 827
W9 252
Arr
8:40
8:10
8:45
9:55
Flight
7Y 242
YJ 141/W9 7141
7Y 112
7Y 134
Days
6
4
5
7
1,3,5,7
3
2,5
Dep
12:25
14:35
14:35
15:25
16:10
16:40
16:45
Heho to Yangon
Days
1,3,4,6
Daily
Daily
2,5,7
Dep
8:25
8:50
8:55
9:00
Arr
15:15
17:25
17:25
18:15
19:05
19:05
19:40
Arr
10:30
10:55
10:05
10:10
YH 917
6
YH 917
1,2,3,4,5,7
YJ 141/W9 7141
Daily
6T 401
Daily
6T 351
Daily
K7 242
Daily
W9 201
Daily
YH 633
1,2,3,5,7
K7 266
Daily
K7 244
1,3,5,6,7
Y5 649
Daily
7Y 815
3
7Y 813
7
7Y 815
1,4,6
7Y 241
2
YH 505
1,2,3,4,5
YH 737
3,7
6T 805
1,3,5
6T 807
2,4,6,7
YH 505
6
K7 828
1,3,5
K7 822
2,4,7
K7 224/7Y 241
Daily
YH 731
1,2,3,4,7
K7 264
Daily
7Y 221
Daily
YJ 129/W9 7129
2,5
W9 129
1,3,6
6T 501
Daily
YH 731
5,6
6:00
6:10
6:20
6:20
6:30
7:00
7:00
7:00
8:00
8:15
10:30
10:30
10:30
10:30
10:35
10:30
11:15
11:30
11:30
11:30
12:30
12:30
14:30
15:00
15:00
15:00
15:30
15:30
15:30
15:30
Yangon to Myeik
Flight
Y5 325
K7 319
Y5 325
Days
1,5
2,4,6
2
Dep
6:45
7:00
15:30
Yangon to sittwe
Flight
7Y 445
6T 605
YJ 309/W9 7309
W9 309
K7 422
Days
3,4,6
Daily
5
1,3,6
Daily
Dep
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:30
13:00
Yangon to thandwe
Flight
7Y 241
YJ 141/W9 7141
YJ 141/W9 7141
6T 351
K7 242
K7 244
YH 505
7Y 241
7Y 445
6T 605
YJ 311/W9 7311
YJ 309/W9 7309
W9 309
YH 505
Y5 311/W9 7311
K7 422
Y5 421
Days
1,3,4,6
1,2,3,4,5
6
Daily
Daily
1,3,5,6,7
1,2,3,4,5
2
3,4,6
Daily
2
5
1,3,6
6
4
Daily
1,2,4,6
Dep
5:55
6:20
6:20
6:30
7:00
8:15
10:30
10:35
11:00
11:15
11:30
11:30
11:30
11:30
11:45
13:00
15:45
yangon to dawei
Flight
K7 319
Days
2,4,6
Dep
7:00
yangon to lashio
Flight
7Y 707
YH 729
K7 828
Days
2,5
2,4,6
1,3,5
Dep
10:30
11:15
12:30
yangon to putao
Flight
Y5 775
Y5 775
YH 831
YH 835
YH 835
W9 251
Y5234
Days
1,2,4,5,6
3,7
6
1
7
2,5
Daily
Dep
6:00
6:00
7:00
7:00
10:30
11:30
15:20
9:55
9:35
8:35
9:20
8:45
9:15
9:10
9:30
9:15
10:30
12:45
12:40
12:40
14:00
11:45
11:55
12:40
12:40
12:40
12:55
13:45
13:45
15:45
16:25
16:25
16:10
16:40
16:40
16:40
16:55
Flight
Y5 326
K7 320
Y5 326
Arr
12:50
13:10
12:55
12:55
14:55
Flight
7Y 446
YJ 309/W9 7309
W9 309
6T 606
K7 423
Arr
9:25
9:50
8:35
10:00
10:35
11:50
13:10
13:00
11:50
12:10
13:20
13:50
13:50
14:10
12:35
13:35
16:40
Flight
Days
7Y 242
1,3,4,6
YJ 141/W9 7141
Daily
6T 352
Daily
K7 243
Daily
K7 245
1,3,5,6,7
7Y 445
3,4,6
6T 605
Daily
Y5 312/W9 7312
4
YH 506
1,2,3,4,5
7Y 242
2
YJ 311/W9 7311
2
YJ 309/W9 7309
5
W9 309
1,3,6
YH 506
6
K7 423
3
K7 422
1,2,4,5,6,7
Y5 422
1,3,4,6
Days
2,4,6
1,5
4,7
Dep
6:15
11:00
14:30
Dep
8:35
11:30
17:15
Days
3,4,6
5
1,3,6
Daily
Daily
Dep
13:05
13:10
13:10
13:30
15:10
thandwe to Yangon
Dep
9:40
10:05
10:15
10:50
12:05
12:05
12:25
12:50
13:10
13:15
13:35
14:05
14:05
14:10
14:10
14:10
16:55
dawei to Yangon
Flight
K7 320
Arr
12:08
13:15
14:50
Flight
K7 829
YH 730
7Y 708
Arr
8:05
12:50
16:20
Days
1,5
2,4,6
2
sittwe to Yangon
Arr
8:10
Arr
7:10
7:30
11:30
10:35
14:30
15:25
16:30
9:00
9:25
9:30
9:30
9:35
9:35
9:55
10:10
10:45
11:10
11:55
12:00
12:55
14:15
15:15
15:55
16:00
16:10
16:20
16:25
16:25
16:30
16:35
16:35
16:40
16:55
16:55
16:55
16:55
Myeik to Yangon
Arr
8:15
9:05
17:00
Flight
Y5 251
7Y 305
W9 9607
6T 352
Daily
W9 201
Daily
K7 243
Daily
YH 634
1,2,3,5,7
YH 918
1,2,3,4,5,7
6T 402
Daily
YH 918
5
K7 263
Daily
K7 245
1,3,5,6,7
K7 267
Daily
YH 506
1,2,3,4,5
7Y 241
2
YH 506
6
7Y 816
1,4,6
7Y 813
7
7Y 816
3
K7 224/7Y 241
Daily
K7 829
1,3,5
K7 823
2,4,7
7Y 221
Daily
YH 732
1,2,3,4,7
K7 264
Daily
6T 806
1,3,5
6T 808
2,4,6,7
YH 738
3,5,7
YJ 129/W9 7129
2,5
W9 129
1,3,6
6T 502
Daily
YH 732
5,6
Days
2,4,6
Dep
12:25
lashio to Yangon
Days
1,3,5
2,4
2,5
Dep
15:05
17:00
17:40
putao to yangon
Flight
Y5 233
Y5 233
YH 836
YH 832
YH 836
W9 252
Y5 776
Days
1,2,4,5,6
3,7
1
6
7
2,5
Daily
Dep
7:50
7:50
10:35
11:30
14:30
15:45
17:10
11:10
10:35
11:45
10:40
10:45
10:50
11:05
12:25
13:00
12:25
14:00
14:05
15:00
18:45
17:25
18:05
19:00
17:25
18:35
19:15
19:15
18:45
17:45
17:45
18:50
19:10
19:10
19:55
19:45
Days
2,4,6
1,5
4,7
Dep
9:25
13:45
17:20
Flight
Y5 252
7Y 306
W9 9608
Domestic Airlines
Arr
10:15
14:35
18:10
Airline Codes
6T = Air Mandalay
7Y = Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
FMI = FMI Air Charter
K7 = Air KBZ
W9 = Air Bagan
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
YH = Yangon Airways
YJ = Asian Wings
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2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
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Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
BANGKOK TO YANGON
Dep
6:15
7:40
9:50
10:30
14:55
15:20
16:30
18:20
19:00
19:45
Arr
8:30
9:25
11:45
12:25
16:50
17:15
18:15
20:15
20:50
21:45
Flights
TG 303
PG 701
Y5 238
8M 336
TG 301
PG 707
PG 703
TG 305
8M 332
PG 705
Arr
9:50
10:15
19:10
22:45
Flights
DD 4230
FD 251
FD 253
DD 4238
Arr
14:15
2:35
15:10
15:50
17:10
20:50
21:15
Flights
TR 2822
Y5 2234
SQ 998
3K 581
MI 533
MI 518
8M 232
Arr
11:50
12:50
16:30
16:30
20:05
20:05
23:45
Flights
AK 504
MH 740
8M 9505
8M 502
8M 9507
MH 742
AK 502
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
4,6
Daily
Days
1,5
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
4,6
Days
1,3,5,7
Days
2,4,7
3,6
1,5
Days
Daily
Dep
23:50
Arr
0550+1
Flights
CA 715
Days
Daily
3
1,2,4,5,6,7
Days
1,3,5,6,7
Dep
8:40
11:25
17:30
Arr
13:15
16:15
22:15
Flights
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712
Days
2,4,7
Arr
16:15
Flights
CI 7915
Days
3,6
1,5
2,4,7
Days
Daily
Days
1,4,6
Dep
12:15
12:20
14:50
Arr
15:55
18:25
18:20
Flights
MU 2011
CA 905
MU 2031
Days
Arr
21:30
Flights
VN 957
Dep
14:25
Arr
17:15
Flights
VN 943
Days
4,7
Daily
Days
1,2,3,4,6,7
5
Arr
11:10
Flights
QR 918
Arr
Flights
8M 9006
Days
Daily
Arr
9:10
7:50
Flights
KE 471
0Z 769
Days
3,5,6
Arr
5:45
5:55
Flights
KA 250
KA 252
Days
4
1
Arr
06:50+1
Flights
NH 913
Days
Daily
4,7
Dep
7:00
Arr
8:20
Days
Daily
Dep
19:45
21:45
Flights
8M 602
Arr
21:00
23:00
Flights
BG 060
BG 060
Dep
23:35
0:35
Arr
8:05
9:10
Flights
8M 7701
8M 7501
Days
4,6
1,2,4,5,6
Days
1,2,4,6
Dep
14:05
Dep
15:55
7:50
Dep
12:45
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Flights
8M 603
Days
Daily
Dep
14:40
MANDALAY TO gaya
Days
4
Dep
11:10
Flights
PG 722
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
19:30
Days
1,3,5,6,7
Dep
16:50
Arr
18:10
Days
2,4,7
Dep
11:50
Arr
13:25
Days
3,5,7
Dep
20:20
Arr
6:25+1
Days
1,3,6
Dep
16:00
Arr
17:30
Days
Daily
3,6
Dep
18:45
19:50
Arr
22:35
23:25
Days
1,2,3,5,6,7
4
Dep
21:40
01:50
Days
Daily
Days
3,5,6
Days
4
1
Days
Daily
3,6
Arr
16:30
Flights
PG 709
Days
Daily
Dep
11:00
Arr
15:40
Dep
9:20
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2234
Days
4,6
Daily
Flights
FD 244
Days
1,2,4,6
Dep
16:30
18:30
Dep
18:45
19:50
Dep
12:00
Dep
11:35
7:20
Dep
10:50
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
Arr
17:30
Flights
MU 2029
MU 7524
Arr
12:15
Flights
8M 604
Arr
22:30
Flights
PG 721
Days
Daily
1,3,5
Dep
13:55
18:20
gaya TO MANDALAY
Days
4
Dep
13:15
Dep
17:00
Air India
Condor (DE)
Dragonair (KA)
Airline Codes
3K = Jet Star
8M = Myanmar Airways International
AK = Air Asia
BG = Biman Bangladesh Airlines
CI = China Airlines
CZ = China Southern
DD = Nok Airline
FD = Air Asia
KA = Dragonair
Arr
18:45
20:45
MH = Malaysia Airlines
KE = Korea Airlines
MI = Silk Air
MU = China Eastern Airlines
Arr
22:35
23:25
Arr
13:20
QR = Qatar Airways
Arr
15:00
16:30
TG = Thai Airways
Tel: 09254049991~3
Arr
12:30
singapore to mandalay
Arr
20:50
14:15
CA = Air China
Arr
23:30
00:30+1
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
Arr
11:40
11:15
14:00
INCHEON TO YANGON
MANDALAY TO singapore
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Dep
8:25
10:45
13:30
DHAKA TO YANGON
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
Arr
9:55
GAYA TO YANGON
YANGON TO INCHEON
Flights
8M 7702
8M7502
Dep
7:00
TOKYO TO YANGON
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
BG 061
BG 061
Arr
10:25
16:30
15:50
Dep
01:10
01:30
YANGON TO GAYA
Flights
8M 601
Dep
8:40
14:40
14:15
SEOUL TO YANGON
Dep
0:35
23:35
Dep
21:45
Days
3
Daily
1,2,4,5,6,7
International Airlines
Dep
YANGON TO TOKYO
Flights
NH 914
Arr
22:50
DOHA TO YANGON
Dep
8:00
Dep
19:30
YANGON TO SEOUL
Flights
0Z 770
KE 472
Arr
8:00
11:15
11:15
13:50
14:40
14:40
19:00
HANOI TO YANGON
Dep
19:10
Dep
6:55
10:05
10:05
12:50
13:30
13:30
17:50
KUNMING TO YANGON
YANGON TO DOHA
Flights
QR 919
Arr
8:45
8:50
9:20
10:30
12:55
15:45
19:40
TAIPEI TO YANGON
Dep
10:50
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,5
Daily
Daily
Daily
Days
1,3,5,7
YANGON TO HANOI
Flights
VN 956
Dep
7:20
7:20
7:55
8:50
11:35
14:20
18:15
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
YANGON TO KUNMING
Flights
CA 906
MU 2012
MU 2032
Arr
7:05
8:00
17:00
20:15
BEIJING TO YANGON
YANGON TO TAIPEI
Flights
CI 7916
Dep
6:20
7:15
16:20
19:30
Dep
7:50
8:30
12:15
12:15
15:45
15:45
19:30
YANGON TO GUANGZHOU
Flights
8M 711
CZ 3056
CZ 3056
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
4,6
Daily
Daily
YANGON TO BEIJING
Flights
CA 716
Arr
8:50
9:40
22:20
11:25
13:55
14:30
17:35
18:45
20:00
21:30
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
Dep
9:45
9:45
10:35
11:20
12:45
13:45
16:40
Dep
7:55
8:50
21:30
10:40
13:00
13:40
16:45
17:50
19:15
20:15
Dep
8:00
8:30
17:30
21:00
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
Flights
Y5 2233
TR 2823
SQ 997
3K 582
8M 231
MI 533
MI 517
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Arr
12:15
Arr
13:50
21:00
Arr
16:20
Arr
19:00
SQ = Singapore Airways
TR = Tiger Airline
VN = Vietnam Airline
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
Cova da Moura,
the Portuguese 'favela'
turned tourist magnet
SUDOKU PACIFIC
Universal Crossword
Edited by Timothy E. Parker
5
6
7
8
9
10
11
12
13
18
22
23
24
25
Most ritzy
Met expectations?
Advertising sign
That means ___!
Gauge
French
clergyman
Exchanges
letters
Mournful poem
Change color
again
Your turn
Longs for
Astroturf
alternative
Get-up-and-go
Suitable
26 Depth charge
target
29 Mountain nymph of
Greek myth
30 Be in session
33 Mayflower Compact
signer
35 Schnozz
36 They perform safe
jobs
38 Darth, at one time
39 Bivouac
shelters
44 San Francisco Bay
city
47 Georgetown is its
capital
49 One who raised Cain
DOWN
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2 ___ grecque (cooked
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3 Jelly holder
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DILBERT
BY SCOTT ADAMS
PEANUTS
BY CHARLES SCHULZ
BY BILL WATTERSON
PUZZLE SOLUTIONS
General Listing
The Essentials
EMBASSIES
Australia 88, Strand Road,
Yangon. Tel : 251810,
251797, 251798.
Bangladesh 11-B, Than
Lwin Road, Yangon.
Tel: 515275, 526144, email:
bdootygn@mptmail.net.mm
Brazil 56, Pyay Road,
6th mile, Hlaing Tsp,
Yangon. Tel: 507225,
507251. email: Administ.
yangon@itamaraty.gov.br.
Brunei 17, Kanbawza
Avenue, Golden Velly (1),
Bahan Tsp, Yangon. Tel:
566985, 503978.
email: bruneiemb@
bruneiemb.com.mm
Cambodia 25 (3B/4B),
New University Avenue
Road, Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 549609, 540964.
email: RECYANGON @
mptmail.net.mm
Canada
9th Floor, Centerpoint
Towers, 65 Sule Pagoda
Road, Yangon, Tel :
01-384805 , Fax :01
384806, Email : yngon@
international.gc.ca
China 1, Pyidaungsu
Yeiktha Road, Yangon. Tel:
221280, 221281.
Denmark, No.7, Pyi Thu
St, Pyay Rd, 7 Miles,
Mayangone Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 01 9669520 - 17.
Egypt 81, Pyidaungsu
Yeiktha Road, Yangon. Tel:
222886, 222887,
Egyptembassy86@gmail.
com
France 102, Pyidaungsu
Yeiktha Road, Yangon. Tel:
212178, 212520, email:
ambaf rance. rangoun@
diplomatie.fr
Germany 9, Bogyoke Aung
San Museum Road, Bahan
Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 548951, 548952, email:
info@rangun. diplo.de
India 545-547, Merchant
St, Yangon. Tel: 391219,
388412,
email:indiaembassy
@mptmail.net.mm
UNITED NATIONS
ILO Liaison 1-A, Kanbae
(Thitsar Rd), Yankin Tsp,
Tel : 01-566538, 566539
IOM 318 (A) Ahlone Rd, Dagon
Tsp, Yangon.Tel 01-210588,
09 73236679, 0973236680,
Email- iomyangon@iom.int
UNAIDS 137/1, Thaw Wun Rd,
Kamayut Tsp.
Tel : 534498, 504832
UNDCP 11-A, Malikha St,
Mayangone tsp.
Tel: 666903, 664539.
UNDP 6, Natmauk Rd, Bahan
tel: 542910-19. fax: 292739.
UNFPA 6, Natmauk Rd,
Bahan tsp. tel: 546029.
UNHCR 287, Pyay Rd,
Sanchaung tsp.
Tel: 524022, 524024.
UNIAP Rm: 1202, 12 Fl,
Traders Hotel.
Tel: 254852, 254853.
UNIC 6, Natmauk St., Bahan,
tel: 52910~19
UNICEF 14~15 Flr, Traders
Hotel. P.O. Box 1435,
Kyauktada. Tel: 375527~32,
unicef.yangon@unicef. org,
UNODC 11-A, Malikha Rd., Ward
7, Mayangone. tel: 01-9666903,
9660556, 9660538, 9660398.
email: fo.myanmar@unodc.org
UNOPS 120/0, Pyi Thu Lane,
7 Miles, Mayangone Tsp.
Tel: 951-657281~7.
Fax: 657279.
UNRC 6, Natmauk Rd, P.O.
Box 650, TMWE Tel: 542911~19,
292637 (Resident Coordinator),
WFP 5 Kan Baw Za St, Shwe
Taung Kyar, (Golden Valley),
Bahan Tsp. Tel : 2305971~6
WHO No. 2, Pyay Rd, 7 Mile,
Mayangone Tsp, Tel : 6504056, 650416, 654386-90.
ASEAN Coordinating Of. for
the ASEAN Humanitarian
Task Force, 79, Taw Win st,
Dagon Tsp. Tel: 225258.
FAO Myanma Agriculture
Service Insein Rd, Insein. tel:
641672, 641673.
Emergency Numbers
Ambulance tel: 295133.
Fire tel: 191, 252011, 252022.
Police emergency tel: 199.
Police headquarters tel: 282541, 284764.
Red Cross tel:682600, 682368
Traffic Control Branch tel:298651
Department of Post & Telecommunication tel: 591384,
591387.
Immigration tel: 286434.
Ministry of Education tel:545500m 562390
Ministry of Sports tel: 370604, 370605
Ministry of Communications tel: 067-407037.
Myanma Post & Telecommunication (MPT) tel: 067407007.
Myanma Post & Tele-communication (Accountant Dept)
tel: 254563, 370768.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs tel: 067-412009, 067-412344.
Ministry of Health tel: 067-411358-9.
Yangon City Development Committee tel: 248112.
HOSPITALS
Central Womens Hospital tel: 221013, 222811.
Children Hospital tel: 221421, 222807
Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital tel: 543888.
Naypyitaw Hospital (emergency) tel: 420096.
Workers Hospital tel: 554444, 554455, 554811.
ACCOMMODATIONHOTELS
YANGON
No. 277, Bogyoke Aung
San Road, Corner of
38th Street, Kyauktada
Township, Yangon,
Myanmar.
Tel : (951) 391070, 391071.
Reservation@391070
(Ext) 1910, 106.
Fax : (951) 391375. Email :
hotelasiaplaza@gmail.com
Avenue 64 Hotel
No. 64 (G), Kyitewine
Pagoda Rd, Mayangone Tsp,
Yangon. Tel : 09-8631392,
01 656913-9
Savoy Hotel
129, Damazedi Rd,
Kamayut tsp.
tel: 526289, 526298,
Sedona Hotel
Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd,
Yankin. tel: 666900.
Strand Hotel
92 Strand Rd. tel: 243377.
fax: 289880.
Summit Parkview Hotel
350, Ahlone Rd, Dagon
Tsp. tel: 211888, 211966.
Sule Shangri-La Hotel
223 Sule Pagoda Rd. tel:
242828. fax: 242838.
Windsor Hotel No.31, Shin
Saw Pu Street, Sanchaung.
Yangon, Myanmar.
Ph: 95-1-511216~8, www.
hotelwindsoryangon.com
Winner Inn
42, Than Lwin Rd, Bahan
Tsp. Tel: 503734, 524387.
email: reservation@winner
innmyanmar.com
Yuzana Hotel
130, Shwegondaing Rd,
Bahan Tsp, tel : 01-549600
Yuzana Garden Hotel
44, Alanpya Pagoda Rd,
Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp,
tel : 01-248944
KH Hotel, Yangon
28-A, 7 Miles, Pyay Rd,
Mayangone Tsp, Yangon.
Ph: 95-1-652532, 652533
ACCOMMODATION
LONG TERM
Golden Hill Towers
24-26, Kabar Aye Pagoda
Rd, Bahan Tsp.
tel: 558556. ghtower@
mptmail.net.mm.
www.clovercitycenterplus.asia
Confort Inn
4, Shweli Rd, Bet: Inya Rd
& U Wisara Rd, Kamaryut,
tel: 525781, 526872
happy homes
REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
Tel: 09-7349-4483,
09-4200-56994.
E-mail: aahappyhomes@
gmail.com, http://www.
happyhomesyangon.com
Sakura Residence
9, Inya Rd, Kamaryut Tsp.
tel: 525001. fax: 525002.
BOOK STORES
contactus@greenarc.net.au
Tel : 09-730-22820
AUTO LEASING
M A R K E T I N G & C O M M U N I C AT I O N S
A D V E R T I S I N G
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CONSULTING
ARCHITECTS &
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BOOK STORES
COMPUTER
HOT LINE:
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01-646 330
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FLORAL SERVICES
Business Consulting
info@firstrangoon.com
www.firstrangoon.com
COFFEE MACHINE
CAR RENTAL
YANGON
La Source Beauty Spa
80-A, Inya Rd, Kamayut Tsp.
Tel: 512380, 511252
Beauty Bar by La Source
Room (1004), Sedona Hotel,
Tel : 666 900 Ext : 7167
MANDALAY
La Source Beauty Spa
13/13, Mya Sandar St,
bet: 26_27, bet: 62_63,
Chanaye Tharzan Tsp.
Tel : 09-4440-24496.
www.lasourcebeautyspa.com
CO WORKING SPACE
Royal Ayeyarwaddy
Co.,Ltd.
No.(7) , 87th St, Mingalar
Taung Nyunt Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : 384850, 389366,
394494 , 09-421132002,
Fax : 384850 (Mdy Ph: 0973103051, 09-73103052)
www.viewsonic.com, www.
royal-ayeyarwaddy.com
CROCKERY
FOAM SPRAY
INSULATION
DELIVERY SERVICE
DUTY FREE
Worlds leader in
Kitchen Hoods & Hobs
Same as Ariston Water
Heater. Tel: 251033,
379671, 256622, 647813
CONSTRUCTION
Zamil Steel
No-5, Pyay Road,
7 miles,
Mayangone Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: (95-1) 652502~04.
Fax: (95-1) 650306.
Email: zamilsteel@
zamilsteel.com.mm
ENTERTAINMENT
FITNESS CENTRE
GLASS
International
Construction
Material Co., Ltd.
No. 60, G-Fl, Sint-Oh-Dan St,
Lower Block, Latha Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 01-245112,
09-730-22820
Email : intconstruction
material@gmail.com
Japan-Myanmar
Physiotherapy Clinic.
Body Massage - 7000 Ks
Foot Massage - 6000 Ks
Body & Foot Massage 12,000 Ks
No.285, Bo Aung Kyaw Rd,
Kyauktada Tsp, Yangon.
09:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Tel : 09-8615036
24 Hours Laboratory
& X-ray, CT, MRI, USG
Mammogram, Bone DXA
@ Victoria Hospital
No. 68, Tawwin Rd, 9 Mile,
Mayangon Township,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel: (951) 9 666141
Fax: (951) 9 666135
Balance Fitnesss
No 64 (G), Kyitewine
Pagoda Road, Mayangone
Township. Yangon
01-656916, 09 8631392
Email - info@
balancefitnessyangon.com
Life Fitness
Bldg A1, Rm No. 001,
Shwekabar Housing,
Mindhamma Rd,
Mayangone Tsp. Yangon.
Ph: 01-656511,
Fax: 01-656522,
Hot line: 0973194684,
natraysports@gmail.com
HEALTH SERVICES
Crockery
No.196/198,
Ground Floor,
Shwe Bon Thar St(Middle),
Pabedan Tsp, Yangon,
Tel: 253214, 0973098782,
09420049459
GENERATORS
sales@manawmaya.com.mm
www.manawmayagems.com
HOME FURNISHING
OFFICE FURNITURE
LIGHTING
PAINT
Republic of Fritz Hansen
Store Myanmar
No.99, Ground Floor,
Room (A), Damazedi
Rd, Kamayut Township,
Yangon, Myanmar,
Tel: 09 250423700,
info@decorum-mm.net
HOTEL SUPPLY
HOUSING
INSURANCE
LANGUAGE
MARINE
COMMUNICATION &
NAVIGATION
European Quality
& Designs Indoor/
Outdoor Furniture, Hotel
Furniture & All kinds of
woodworks
Office Tel: 01-380382,
09-509-1673, Show Room:
No. 123-124, Shwe Yin Aye
(2) Street, Industrial Zone
5 (Extension), Hlaing Thar
Yar Township, Yangon,
Myanmar. E-mail: contact@
smartdesignstrading.com,
www.royalbotania.com,
www.alexander-rose.co.uk,
Please call for any enquiry.
Matrix System
No.77, Lanthit Street,
Lanmadaw Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 01-221944, 225374.
matrixoffice.mm@gmail.com
REMOVALISTS
Sole Distributor
For the Union of
Myanmar Since 1995
Myanmar Golden Rock
International Co.,Ltd.
#06-01, Bldg (8), Myanmar
ICT Park, University Hlaing
Campus, Hlaing Tsp,
Yangon. Tel: 654810~17.
International
Construction
Material Co., Ltd.
No. 60, G-Fl, Sint-Oh-Dan St,
Lower Block, Latha Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 01-245112,
09-730-22820
Email : intconstruction
material@gmail.com
PLEASURE CRUISES
150 Brand NEW
International Standard
Rental Apartments
Hotline : 09 43 200 845
09 250 516 616
email : rental.starcity@
gmail.com
www.starcityyangon.com
For House-Seekers
REAL ESTATE
Relocation Specialist
Rm 504, M.M.G Tower,
#44/56, Kannar Rd,
Botahtaung Tsp.
Tel: 250290, 252313.
Mail : info@asiantigersmyanmar.com
Crown Worldwide
Movers Ltd 790, Rm 702,
7th Flr Danathiha Centre,
Bogyoke Aung San Rd,
Lanmadaw. Tel: 223288,
210 670, 227650. ext: 702.
Fax: 229212. email: crown
worldwide@mptmail.net.mm
Heaven Pizza
38/40, Bo Yar Nyunt St.
Yaw Min Gyi Quarter,
Dagon Township.
Tel: 09-855-1383
SCHOOLS
Email: imm.myn@gmail.com
SERVICE OFFICE
UnionBarAndGrill
42 Strand Road,
Botahtaung, Yangon.
Tel: 95 9420 180 214, 95
9420 101 854
www.unionyangon.com,
info@unionyangon.com
Tel : 01-4413410
RESTAURANTS
Executive Serviced
Ofce, Registered
and Virtual Ofce, Hot
Desking, Meeting Rooms
Tel: +(95) 1 387947
www.officehubservices,com
STEEL STRUCTURE
Design, Fabrication,
Supply & Erection of Steel
Structures
Tel : (+95-1) 122 1673
Email : Sales@WECMyanmar.com
www.WEC-Myanmar.com
SC STORAGE YANGON
SC STORAGE YANGON
Monthly storage available
Transportation of goods
provided,
Mobile: 09-253 559 848,
Email: YangonStorage@
gmail.com
SUPERMARKETS
Monsoon Restaurant
& Bar 85/87, Thein Byu
Road, Botahtaung Tsp.
Tel: 295224, 09-501 5653.
City Mart
(78th Brahch-Mandalay)
tel: 02-71467~9.
TRAVEL AGENTS
www.exploremyanmar.com
www.exploreglobaltravel.
com
WATER HEATERS
Water Heater
Made in Japan
Same as Rinnai Gas Cooker
and Cooker Hood
Showroom Address
WATER PROOFING
STORAGE
G-05, Marketplace by
City Mart.
Tel: 01-523840 Ext: 105
International
Construction
Material Co., Ltd.
No. 60, G-Fl, Sint-Oh-Dan St,
Lower Block, Latha Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 01-245112,
09-730-22820
Email : intconstruction
material@gmail.com
WATER TREATMENT
WATER SOLUTION
Aekar
company limited
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Web Services
All the way from Australia
world-class websites/
web apps for desktop,
smartphone & tablets,
online shopping with
real-time transaction,
news/magazine site,
forum, email campaign
and all essential online
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hosting. Talk to us: (01)
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Teaching Myanmar
language for foreigners
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Mart, Sanchaung. Ph:
09- 4200-30 782.
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English
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taxi, Service Near,
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Public Notics
amda
Myanmar
Country Office moved
to a new location on
7th October, 2014. The
new office address : (1)
New Office Address:
AMDA
Myanmar
Country Office : 73/A
(1), University Avenue
Road, Golden valley
(1), Bahan Tsp, Yangon,
Myanmar. Ph : 513224.
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contact
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uniteammarine.com,
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University Yeik Mon
Condo, Condo(B), 3BR,
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Ph:09-512-6285, 09-73174306.
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condo, (1)Tower C1,
2200sqft, 2MBR, 2SR,
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car park, generator, fully
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(1)11000 sqft, 315 KVA
(2)12000 sqft, 315 KVA
on land 2 Acre. Ph: 094237-55335.
FREE
Employment
UN Position
tHe
uNited
NAtioNS World Food
Programme, is seeking
(1) communications
& Reports Ofcer
NO-B, Yangon. http://
w w w. t h e m i m u . i n f o /
jobs-for-myanmarnationals. Please email
the applications with UN
P-11 to wfpmyanmar.
vacancy@wfp.org COB
12 November 2014.
tHe uNited NAtioNS
World Food Program
me, is seeking (1)
Programme Ofcer/
Head of Sub Ofce
(NOB), Kachin State.
For more information,
please visit to http://
w w w. t h e m i m u . i n f o /
jobs-for-myanmarnationals. Please email
the applications with UN
P-11 to wfpmyanmar.
vacancy@wfp.org COB
11 November 2014.
EmbassyPosition
tHe itAliAN Embassy
in Yangon is seeking
candidates for 1 position
as
Administrative
Assistant, requiring
previous
experience
in
secretariat
and
administrative tasks.
Very good English and
Myanmar knowledge
(spoken and written) is
required.Knowledge of
Italian language will also
be valued;candidates
shall therefore declare
in the application form if
they intend to participate
in the Italian language
test. Candidates must
submit by December 1st,
2014 an applicationform,
available
at
the
Embassy and at: www.
ambyangon.esteri.it, to:
Italian Embassy, 3 Inya
Myaing Rd, Golden
Valley, Bahan, Yangon
or to: archivio.yangon@
esteri.it Applicants shall
be: at least 18 years
old; in good health;
high-school equivalent
degree; resident in
Myanmar for at least 2
years. For queries, call:
01.527100 ext. 0
Ingo Position
tHe iNt'l Rescue
Committee (IRC) is
seeking
Hygiene
Promotion Ofcer 1 post
in Loikaw & Shadaw TspKayah State : University
bachelor degree, 3 years
experience on WASH
promotion. Faborable to
person with knowledge
on community health
promotion. Good in
English language. Fluent
Kayah language and one
of the local dialect skills is
desirable. Good practice
on MS word and excel.
Please submit a Cover
letter & CV to the HR
Department by email at:
WaiMar.Naing@rescue.
org or by delivery to
the IRC office : 33/A,
Natmauk Lane Thwe
(1), Bocho (2) Quarter,
Bahan, Yangon. Closing
date : 11 November
2014.
tHe
KoreA
Int'l
Cooperation Agency
(KOICA)
Myanmar
Office
offers
job
opportunity for the posts
of Program Ofcer
and receptionist.For
more details, please
visit to http://www.
facebook.com/koica.
myanmar and www.
themimu.info/jobs-formyanmar-nationals and
please contact to KOICA
Myanmar Officer at 01539572, 01-538204.
world
coNcerN
Myanmar is seeking (1)
finance manager - 1
post (2)monitoring and
evaluation manager
- 1 post in Yangon.
Reporting to Country
Director (3)Program
Area
manager
in
Lashio Office, Shan
Program.
Reporting
to Senior Program
Coordinator. Interested
local candidates should
clearly indicate the post
title with an updated
CV
to
HR/Admin
Department,
World
Concern Myanmar, No
(477/479), Aye Yeikthar
2nd Lane, 6th& 7th Flrs,
New University Avenue
Rd, Bahan or send to
wcm.hr1@gmail.com,
Ph. 01-401554, 01557355. Closing Date
: 15th November, 2014
(1) commuNitY Based
first
Aid
(cBfA)
Training Ofcer -1 Post
(2)communication
Ofcer - 1 Post (3) Admin
Assistant
(Malaria)
1 Post (4)livelihood
Ofcer - 2 Posts (5)
Logistics Ofcer 1 Post
(6)Program Support
Ofcer - 1 Post. (6)
Assistant
manager
(IT) 1 Post. (7) finance
Ofcer (OPP) 1 Post.
(8)Site engineer (Sun
Rural Health Centre) 2 Posts. (9)Assistant
manager (IT) 1 post
in Nay Pyi Taw: BE
(IT) B.C.Sc or IADCS.
MCSE, CCNA & IT
Diploma. Experience in
SQL server database
& web development. 5
years experience in IT
field. Knowledge of the
Microsoft Virtual Server
platform and accociated
System Centre services.
Please send application
letter, CV & related
documents to (Head
Office)
Yazatingaha
Rd,
Dekkhinathiri,
Nay
Pyi
Taw.
Ormrcshrrecruitment@
gmail.com
www.
myanmarredcross
society.org
giZ is seeking National
expert in Banking
& finance - 1 post
in Yangon. Contract
Period: 1st January
2015 31st December
2015 (Extendable) : A
University Degree in
Economics, Business
Administration, Banking
or other relevant field;
3 ` 5 years experience
in the banking industry
(national or international)
or at another international
organization working in
a similar field; Be able
to work independently
& goal oriented; Have
excellent
commu
nication, organizational
and administration skills.
Working experience in
multi-cultural environ
ments is a plus; Fluent
in English and Myanmar
language,
including
technical
banking
vocabulary; Very good
computer skills. An
established
network
to key stakeholders in
the banking sector is a
strong advantage. GIZ
offers a competitive
salary & a social benefits
package. Please send
application letter along
with
non-returnable
recent CV & contact
detail of two referees to
Deutsche Gesellschaft
fr
Int'ernationale
Zusammenarbeit (GIZ)
GmbH : 45, Inya Myaing
Local Positions
iNterNAtioNAl Rice
Research Institute is hiring
aSpecialist-Agricultural
engineering, based at
Yangon, can only be filled
by citizens & permanent
residents of Myanmar.
Requirements: Diploma of
Technology in agricultural
engineering, mechanical
engineering or related
field, 7 years relevant
experience working with
urea briquette machines
or related field. Bachelor's
degree in Technology in
agricultural engineering ,
mechanical engineering
or related field with 5
years of relevant work
experience with urea
briquette machines or
related field. Master's
degree in Technology in
agricultural engineering,
mechanicalengineeringor
related field with minimum
3 years of relevant work
experience with urea
briquette machines or
related field. Please
submit application online through jobs.irri.org
(go to "search the IRRI job
board" & look for " Junior
Specialist - Training and
Outreach" - click "apply
for job"). IRRI is an Equal
Opportunity Employer
that values diversity.
Women and minorities
are enbcouraged to apply.
tHe International Rice
Research
Institute
(IRRI) is seeking Int'l
Fertilizer & Development
Center (IFDC): 1) Junior
Specialist - Training and
Outreach, (2) Specialist
Agricultural
engineering (Mechani
cal Engineering), (3)
Senior Specialist Agricultural Research
& Development (Exten
sion/ Communi cation).
For more information
about
these
job
opportunities and for
interested candidates to
apply on-line please visit
jobs.irri.org (go to "search
the IRRI jobboard" and
look for the position
titles above, click "apply
for job"). Please submit
application to No.21,
Baw Ga St, (9 Mile) Ward
5, Mayagone, Yangon.
KH Hotel Yangon is
currently seeking (1)Hr
manager - M/F 1 Post
: Any degree, MBA or
Diploma in HRM will be
advantage, 3 years in
related field, Responsible
for the full spectrum
of HR management
& development (2)Hr
Assistant - M/F 2 Posts
: Any graduate, 2 years
experience in HR field,
Will be use in (Word,
Excel, Page Maker,
Internet Email etc..)
Female /Male
(1) Post
GMAs preferred low-cost airline, delivering the lowest air fares with the highest consumer value,
to price sensitive consumers looking to recruit a Chief Commercial Officer based in Yangon,
Myanmar
Job description and duties
Responsible for setting-up and managing Pricing, Yield Management, Scheduling, Advertising,
PR, Sales, Reservations, Promotion, distribution, market strategies, GSA Management, planning, forecasting, and all related activities and Responsibility of P&L.
reporting to: The president / CEO
Qualications
CCO plays an important role in the overall success of the company; therefore the following
qualifications and experiences are required:
University Degree
A minimum of 10 years of progressive hands-on experience in the airline industry,
A minimum of 5 years management experience
In-depth knowledge of the various functional aspects of a airline commercial department
requirement
Ideal candidate should be familiar with Myanmar Aviation and Passenger / Route profiles
Knowledge of designing and improving relevant airline-related commercial processes
Previous experience in a start-up phase would be of advantage
Self starter, should have proven ability to plan and accomplish commercial tasks
Myanmar Local Candidate is more preferable
requested foreign languages : English: proficiency level in four skills
Personal and relationship competences:
Effective interpersonal, coaching, consulting and project management skills
Strong organizational skills and attention to detail. Company offers a competitive compensation package plus transportation and other benefits according to GMA Staff handbook policy.
All interested and qualified candidates are invited to submit applications with
Cover Letter explaining how education, skills and experience meet the requirement for the
applied position
Detailed and complete curriculum vitae with two passport size photos
Copy of NRC card, Labor Registration copy
Certificate of graduation, copy of License, census copy, recommendation from Township
& Police
Kindly indicate on the back of the envelope: sender's name, address and contact telephone number, and at the bottom left hand corner on the front of the envelope, mark
youre applying position. All application must be received not later than 25 November 2014
at 5:00 Pm at GMA office address below; 3th floor, Saya San Plaza, corner of New university
Avenue and Saya San road, Bahan township, Yangon. Phone: + 95 1 401484, 09-8604035,
37~38 (ext: 123 &128).
66 Sport
TOKYO
HE Japanese Olympic
Committee (JOC) reacted
with astonishment on
November 7 after disgraced
swimmer Naoya Tomita denied stealing a journalists camera at
the Asian Games in September, despite
previously confessing to the crime.
The 25-year-old, arrested by South
Korean police after being identified by poolside security videos, has
been banned from competition for 18
months.
But in a bizarre twist he held a
news conference on November 6 at
which he claimed an unidentified person had put the camera in his bag.
BANGKOK
SEOUL
Sport
68 THE MYANMAR TIMES November 10 - 16, 2014
Surveillance of baseball
players in S Korea revealed
SPORT 66
MONTEVIDEO
S America to feel
fallout from FIFA ban
F
IFAS move to ban Third
Party Ownership in football will badly hit clubs in
Brazil and Argentina, the
major traders in global talent such as Neymar and Colombian
star Radamel Falcao, experts say.
About 90 percent of players in
Brazil's top division are linked to
Third Party Ownership (TPO) arrangements where rights to a player
are controlled by investment funds
and other opaque companies that
buy up rising stars, according to a
KPMG consultancy study.
Brazil accounted for more than
5,500 international transfers between 2011 and July this year, making it the world football commodities
leader. Argentina was second with
more than 2,600 players moving
across borders.
But the two countries have some
of the world's most indebted clubs,
which is why they are most prone to
TPO. Brazilian and Argentinian clubs
have told FIFA they could not survive
without Third Party cash.
"There has never been so much
money in Brazilian football, but the
clubs are very indebted," said Eduardo Carlezzo, a Sao Paulo lawyer
specialising in sport. "This economic
situation means the clubs need investors to recruit."
When Neymar moved from Brazilian club Santos to Barcelona in
2013, or Falcao went from River Plate
in Argentina to FC Porto in 2009, the
European clubs had to haggle with
clubs and investors.
Many outside investors treat players "under a slave regime because they
say that as they have the player's economic rights they can decide his future", said Carlos Soto, president of the
Chilean professional footballers union.
Jackson Ibarguen was a former
under-20 player for Colombia when
FIFA has had to act under pressure from Europe's governing body,
UEFA, which had indicated that
TPO players could be banned from
the Champions League. The English,
French and Polish leagues have already banned such deals.
Third party ownership "threatens
the integrity of our competitions,"
according to UEFA president Michel
Platini.
"It damages football's image, poses a long-term threat to clubs' finances, and even raises questions about
human dignity," he added.
"FIFA's announcement aims to
eliminate the vultures from around
football," said Paraguayan expert Alberto Candia, who has been involved
in international transfers.
But Carlezzo said that in the short
term "the impact will be strong and
negative for Brazilian clubs." But in
the medium term they will get back
100 percent ownership of rights to
players.
The ban will force a major reform
of ownership in Argentina, where investigators are looking into possible
tax evasion in the past transfers of
444 players, including Sergio "Kun"
Agero, now at Manchester City, and
Javier Mascherano, who is currently
with Barcelona. AFP
Myanmar
boxers
fend off
international
challengers
Kyaw Zin Hlaing
kyawzinhlaing.mcm@gmail.com
ON November 2, a crack team of local
fighters beat back a group of international challengers at Thein Phyu stadium in Yangon, winning six out of the
seven matches.
The Myanmar team faced pugilists
from Canada, Brazil, Mongolia, Philippines and Thailand at the exhibition
match.
In the main event, boxing champion Tun Tun Min knocked out the 2013
World Muay Thai Council champion
Matthew in the third round. Tun Tun
Min used powerful jabs and deadly
kicks to subdue the fighting Canuck.
In other match-ups, the 2013 SEA
Games gold medallist Too Too got a
technical knock-out on Mathias Robin from Brazil the in second round.
Though the Brazilian fighter is both
taller and stronger than Too Too, the
local hero managed to used controlled,
strategic blows to win the day.
Tha Pyay Nyo knocked out Thai
fighter Narongchai Munwiangch in
first round, while Kyar Pouk knocked
out Mongolias Gantotok in the second
round.
However, the Mongolians had their
revenge when their fighter Batbayar
knocked out Saw El Lay in the fourth
round.