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How election
politics could
harm chances
of peace deal
Aung Naing Oo
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Meetings between technical teams have produced agreements on 10 of 16 contentious points in draft ceasefire
Federal
army will
not work:
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PEACE talks between the government and ethnic leaders will resume
this week despite escalating clashes
in southern Shan State, sources in a
peace facilitation group say.
The Union Peace-making Work
Committee (UPWC) and the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team
(NCCT), which is negotiating on behalf of 16 armed ethnic groups, will
meet at the Myanmar Peace Center
in Yangon on December 22 and 23.
They will seek to build on months
of work by technical teams from both
sides that have resulted in informal
agreements on many contentious
points in a draft nationwide ceasefire agreement (NCA). The signing
of the ceasefire would pave the way
for political dialogue and, ultimately,
the end of Myanmars long-running
ethnic conflicts.
Besides the draft agreement, the
parties will also discuss a Tatmadaw
artillery attack on a Kachin Independence Army military academy at
its Laiza headquarters, and related
issues proposed by ethnic leaders.
The government has agreed to
meet the NCCT on December 22 and
23 to finalise the draft, said U Hla
Maung Shwe of the Myanmar Peace
Center.
Since the end of 2013, the government and ethnic leaders have held
six rounds of talks toward a nationwide ceasefire accord, but a final
agreement has proven elusive. The
most recent formal talks, held in
Yangon in September, ended inconclusively. Still on the table are questions such as the establishment of
a union peace talks committee, the
introduction of a federal system, the
reorganisation of the military in line
with federal principles, a framework
for political dialogue and the introduction of a military code of conduct.
Since then technical teams have
held several informal meetings and
reached agreement in principle on a
number of points, but these have yet
to be ratified in formal talks.
To finalise the draft, only 16
points remained to be approved. Now
our technical teams have reached
agreement on more than 10 of them,
but these points will have to be discussed again officially before they are
approved, said U Hla Maung Shwe.
He did not specify the points on
People shout slogans and hold signs as they march to mark International Peace Day in Yangon on September 21. Photo: AFP
The militarys
attitude is very
important. If they
dont want peace,
they can disturb it
in various ways.
Naing Han Thar
NCCT leader
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Activist
charged with
incitement
POLITICAL activist Ko Wai Luu has
been arrested and charged with incitement due to his links with the Mi
Gyaung Kan protest group, which has
been demonstrating in downtown
Yangon for more than 270 days.
Police allege Ko Wai Lu has been
encouraging the protesters to increase
their demonstrations, resulting in
them blocking the gates to City Hall
between December 13 and 18.
Ko Thiha, a member of Generation
Youth, an activist group, who was with
Ko Wai Luu at the time of his arrest
on December 18, said the police had
pulled them both in for questioning in
Bahan township.
We were taken to the police station. I had to sign a pledge and was
released, but they detained Ko Wai
Luu, he said.
Daw Khin Khin Win, one of the Mi
Gyaung Kan protesters, said Ko Wai Lu
was not involved in their sit-in beside
Mahabandoola Park. He was just helping us. He never tells us what to do.
Ko Wai Luu is expected to appear
in court on January 2 and faces up to
two years in prison if found guilty.
The former residents of Mi Gyaung
Kan quarter in Thingangyun township
are demanding the military return
land it confiscated from them in the
early 1990s. Lun Min Mang
A tourist walks past rolls of fibre-optic cable being rolled out to traffic lights across the city on Ah Lan Pya Pagoda Road in
Dagon township on December 19. Photo: Thiri
Bill
OToole
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The Myanmar
military is using
the criminal justice
system as a bludgeon
to silence those brave
enough to speak
out about human
rights abuses.
Matt Bugher
Harvard Law School
Koh Tao
witnesses
afraid to
testify:
lawyer
Lun Min Mang
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WITNESSES for two Myanmar
migrants accused of murder in
Thailand are afraid to appear in
court, their legal team says.
The two men, Ko Zaw Win
and Ko Win Zaw Htun, are facing seven charges, including the
murder of a British couple, David
Miller and Hannah Witheridge,
who were found dead on the island of Koh Tao in September.
The defence team said at a
press conference in Yangon on
December 18 that they believe
the two men are innocent.
Team members said they had
identified more than 30 potential
witnesses but most are reluctant
to testify because they were working illegally in Thailand when the
alleged incident occurred.
Some witnesses [who are currently in Myanmar] dont want
to appear in court, as they were
working illegally in Thailand and
they may want to go back and
work again, said lawyer U Aung
Myo Thant. We have identified
very important witnesses whose
evidence could provide strong
evidence for the case.
We would like to request
them to cooperate with the case
as they are important to showing
that the two Myanmar men are
innocent.
U Htoo Chit, a spokesperson
for the defence team, said they
had received significant government support. We are happy the
government has been involved
in the case. We also appreciate
the help and support we have
received from the speaker of the
Amyotha Hluttaw.
The pair will next appear in
court on December 26.
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Commission
releases
draft code
of conduct
Union Election Commission chair U Tin Aye speaks at a workshop in Yangon on December 16. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
If unrest begins
then the Tatmadaw
will have to take
back power.
U Tin Aye
Union Election Commission
Business leaders
enter crowded field
for municipal poll
Noe Noe Aung
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ARE you insane? Thats what U Htay
Aungs family members asked when
he told them he planned to run for a
position on Yangon City Development
Committee.
U Htay Aung is not a career politician. Better known as Sakura U Htay
Aung after the many buildings and
businesses he runs that bear the Japanese name for cherry blossom he is
one of a number of wealthy entrepreneurs who are challenging former civil
servants, activists and politicians for
seats on the committee.
He says his campaign is motivated
by a desire to overhaul the bad system at YCDC that he has seen firsthand through his construction work.
Ive had to struggle with this bad
system for many years, he said. Its
time to change now.
I am also an engineer, so I understand the technical side of things
and I know management, because I
am managing my own company.
Not all see altruistic motivations
for businesspeople particularly
those in the property and construction
sector contesting the December 27
election.
Beside U Htay Aung, others include
Daw Nyunt Yin Win, the managing director of Landmark Construction; U
Khin Maung Myint, who chairs the
North Okkalapa Industrial Zone; and
U Khin Hlaing from Zawtika.
Ko Aung Tun, a freelance researcher who focuses on elections, said a position on YCDC would be attractive to
entrepreneurs because the body controls building approvals and construction projects.
Developers and construction entrepreneurs might have many reasons
to contest it could be for self-interest,
because they want to do things for the
public or they want the power, he
said. The thing is that we dont really know because there is not much
time to hear their views and the media
doesnt have much time to find out.
Ko Aung Tun, who studied the 2010
general election and 2012 by-elections,
said the lack of time both to prepare
for the election and for candidates to
campaign was a concern.
He said it was very clear from the
lack of clarity in the law and the fact
it has already been amended several
times that it was written in a rush.
Other areas of concern he raised
include a ban on political party members from competing and rules limiting the age of candidates depending
on the seniority of the position they
are running for.
Ko Aung Tun described the criteria
for candidates the law states they
Candidates like us
cannot spend much
money but rich
candidates can. I
worry that normal
candidates will not
get noticed.
Daw Susanna Hla Hla Soe
YCDC candidate
Businessman U Htay Aung will stand as a candidate for YCDC. Photo: Thiri
Daw Mae Ohn Nyunt Wai (right), a candidate for Yangons western district, campaigns in Sanchaungs Kyuntaw Market on
November 27. Photo: Zarni Phyo
401,000
Households eligible to cast a vote in
the YCDC election, out of an estimated
870,000 in urban Yangon
for this story said the process of updating a household list or issuing a new
one was expensive and a bureaucratic
nightmare, requiring numerous visits
to government offices.
I feel upset at not having a chance
to vote, she said.
YCDC argues it would be too expensive to give everyone a vote, and
had initially proposed only allowing a
hand-picked 1.5pc to cast ballots. After a
public outcry, they backpedalled and expanded the election to each household.
Election commission member U
Thin Htay Shwe said lack of time was
also an issue, and just collecting data
on each household had been difficult
in the three-month window allocated.
He said commission officials would
use the experience to do a better job
next time around.
But Yangon Region Hluttaw MP
Daw Nyo Nyo Thin, who has been
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for clarity on
return policy
Exiles reject PR and call for program to facilitate the
return of those who fled Myanmar for political reasons
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Gaya tour
operators
seek VOA
expansion
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Whether a judge is
right or wrong, he
must show strong
reasons as to how
he arrived at a
particular decision.
U Kyaw Zay Ya
Lawyer and author
Correction
The article Fresh warnings over TB
crisis, published in the December
8-14 edition (No 758) of The Myanmar Times, incorrectly stated that
the Ministry of Health has so far only
discovered 15,000 of an estimated
200,000 TB cases. The correct figure
is 150,000, according to the ministry.
The article also referred to MSF assistant country director for Myanmar
Dr Phone Thit as Dr Phone Myint.
We regret the errors.
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Election officials count votes at a polling station in Nay Pyi Taw on November 7, 2010. Photo: Staff
FRAUDSTERS who prey on women drivers in the streets of Mandalay are staging fake road accidents
to demand compensation. A gang
member will ram a car with his
motorcycle, typically at night, and
then demand that the driver pays
up, residents have told The Myanmar Times.
One gang fled after a car they
believed to be occupied by two
women turned out to also contain
three male passengers, who insisted on calling the police.
Two boys on a motorcycle
came out from an alley and followed us after we left class. They
drove their bike at our car and
demanded money from me and
my friend, who was sitting in
the front. Then our three friends
in the back seat got out and we
said we were going to the police.
The boys on the bike admitted
they were in the wrong and drove
away. We have no idea how widespread this practice is, said a
second-year student at Mandalay
Medical University.
A female jewellery store owner
told The Myanmar Times, A motorcyclist stopped me to say Id hit
his bike. I refused to get out of the
car and told him I was going to
the police, and he drove away.
Other incidents have reportedly occurred in the citys crowded downtown, mostly targeting
women drivers. One said, When
it happened to me one night last
week I was alone, so I handed
over K30,000. I was so scared.
The accident occurred at the
corner of Mandalay Kandawgyi
and 84th streets.
Police sources said it was difficult to tell when the fraudulent
accidents were taking place.
Translation by Khant Lin Oo
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Bago raids
World Bank
health
project to
start in 2015
Thiri Htin Zaw
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A WORLD Bank-financed project to
improve the health of mothers and
children under the age of five will
begin early next year, a senior official announced last week. The World
Bank is providing a US$100 million
loan for the project that it approved
at a meeting in October.
Speaking at a meeting of Myanmar Health Sector Coordinating
Committee held at the Ministry of
Health in Nay Pyi Taw, Daw Hnin
Hnin Paing said the aim was to fulfil
the UNs Millennium Development
Goals.
The fulfilment target is 2015.
Myanmars performance in improving mother and child health has
been good for the past 20 years, but
achieving the goal means addressing
some weaknesses, she said.
Deputy Minister for Health Daw
Thein Thein Htay said the program
would start early next year. Were
focusing on mothers and infants because they are particularly vulnerable to disease, she said.
Myanmar has the shortest life
expectancy and the second-highest
infant mortality rate among ASEAN
countries, said a World Bank report
issued on December 15.
The government will spend $25
million for each year of the four-year
project, starting in the 2015-16 financial year. The funds will be allocated
to midwives, heads of health staff,
village health centres, sub-divisions,
cottage hospitals and township hospitals.
Midwives have to go to villages to
do medical checks on pregnant women and to offer medical treatment to
children. They need transportation.
The funding will allow them to go
more often, twice a month instead of
once, she said.
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Govt to expand
forest reserves
Ministry sees better prospects for mangrove plantations
thanks to improved public knowledge after Cyclone Nargis
Aye Sapay
Phyu
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she was a child. A mangrove expert from Singapore said this was
a good ecotourism resource, and
that one of those mangroves was
worth about US$40,000 in Hong
Kong.
U Win Maung said the highest
bonsai mangrove plant grew up to
New Social
Security
Board pays
out K600m in
six months
THE government paid out K612 million (US$588,000) in compensation to
workers between April and September
under the new Social Security Law,
Deputy Minister for Labour, Employment and Social Security Daw Win
Maw Tun said last week.
The payouts from the Social Security Board, which began when the
2012 law came into effect on April 1,
covered medical expenses, sickness
and maternity leave for employees, as
well as compensation for the relatives
of those killed or injured in a workplace accident.
Our department has distributed
about 10,000 insured workers with
about K90 million in cash benefits and
K28 million in reimbursements for
medical expenses each month since the
law came into effect, Daw Win Maw
Tun.
Another K145 million was disbursed to the relatives of 52 people
killed in workplace accidents.
About 750,000 workers at 34,018
workplaces are covered under the Social Security Board program, she said.
The Social Security Law requires
compulsory payments from those
working for firms employing two or
more workers in the manufacturing,
entertainment, transportation, ports,
extractive industries and financial sectors, as well as all foreign-owned enterprises. The new law extends coverage
to casual workers but only if they register with the Social Security Board.
Insurance contributions are fixed
at between 2 percent and 6pc of a
persons income, with contributions
shared equally between the employer
and employee. As with income tax,
however, social security is usually only
paid by larger companies and their
employees. Small businesses and casual workers rarely pay it.
Thiri Htin Zaw,
translation by Thiri Min Htun
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Future of
Yangon bus
regulator
not in doubt,
insists chief
Aye Nyein Win
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YANGONS chaotic bus system is
heading for a shake-up next year as
the regional government confirmed
that it will introduce a law to bring all
services under one management.
But the current regulator, the Yangon Region Supervisory Committee
for Motor Vehicles better known by
its Myanmar-language acronym, Ma
Hta Tha will continue to administer
the system, chair U Hla Aung said on
December 17.
We will continue to serve at the
direction of the government, he said,
adding that reform measures were expected at some point.
The regional governments aim is
to run upgraded privately owned buses in accordance with revised laws and
bylaws and enhanced safety standards
through a so-called Private Public
Partnership (PPP) system.
The new setup will bring together bus owners and bus workers, as
well as members appointed by the
government.
For the past two years, Yangon
Region Hluttaw representative Daw
Nyo Nyo Thin has been proposing
such a law to develop the public
transportation system on the basis
of cooperation between the government and the bus lines, said bus
owner U Ko Ko Naing.
We sympathise with the difficulties of the owners and the workers
because we are very familiar with
the current system.
Measures to regulate the buses and
improve safety standards will appear
in the by-laws to be drawn up once the
law has been passed.
U Hla Aung hailed the move, calling on the travelling public to be patient as the new system was put in
place.
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Approximate number of alumni from
the Yezin Agricultural University
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mitton
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Let us graciously
accept the word of
Thailands leaders
that no US torture
sites ever existed
in Udon Thani or
anywhere else in the
country. And lets
just move on, please.
Getting ahead
Sithu Aung
Myint
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continue to work with them. No matter who comes to power after the 2015
election, we want to help lay the foundation for peace during the remainder
of the current presidential term.
The clarion call therefore is for all
stakeholders to move on with the nationwide ceasefire agreement and political dialogue as soon as possible before
the full force of the election swamps
everything it its path. More importantly, as we traverse the treacherous
waters of 2015, we will need more help
than ever political or otherwise to
cement peace. We need to get the
whole nation behind the peace process.
We all need to feel the urgency.
Aung Naing Oo is associate director of the
Peace Dialogue Program at the Myanmar
Peace Center. The opinions expressed here
are his own.
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Introducing strict
car import rules
will lead to higher
car prices, which
would be a windfall
for importers.
However, many
people will no
longer be able to
afford a car.
Business
YTP talks telecoms
deal with Vietnam
jeremy mullins
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THE fourth mobile operator anticipated to enter Myanmar is close to
finalising partnership talks with Vietnams military-run Viettel, according
to a report from Reuters news agency.
In November the firm had said it
planned to partner with an unnamed
Myanmar firm with an investment of
US$800 million.
Partnering with Yatanarpon Teleport (YTP) is seen as perhaps the
last way for a foreign mobile operator
to enter the market in the near term.
Myanmar conducted a high-profile licence race for two foreign operators
in 2013, which were ultimately won
Malaysian bio-fertiliser
factories discussed
htoo thant
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A MALAYSIAN bio-tech company
is exploring plans to produce biofertiliser in Myanmar, after meeting
with officials from the Ministry of
Agriculture and Irrigation last week.
Bio-fertiliser differs from regular
fertiliser by including living organisms that contribute to plant growth
through warding off diseases.
Sim Keng Huna, managing director of Agro Yuli Sdn Bhd, met with
Aye Thidar
Kyaw
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kilowatt hour.
The Thaketa gas-fired power
plant is partially to feed into the
Thilawa Special Economic Zone,
which is supported by a Japanese
loan.
MAXpower is part of Southeast
Asia focused Navigat, while Mitsui
is one of Japans largest corporate
groups.
MAXpower also participated in
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by 5 to 10pc.
There have been some commodity prices that have increased
on their own in the market, and a
small amount of increase is acceptable, he said. However, people are
just blaming the dollars value rather than actually analysing data.
The official, who requested
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has agreed to set up a cold storage logistics business with Kokubu and Co
and has also set up a subsidiary called
Yoma Fleet for a vehicle operating
lease and rental business in January
2014, all of which are to benefit from
the agreement with the ADB.
Yoma Strategic chair Serge Punn
said the firm has more projects in its
pipeline, adding infrastructure is a
large constraint for the country at the
moment.
Myanmar has a lot of opportunity and we all know that, he said.
But these opportunities cannot be
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mandalay
THE government plans to set up offices to make paying tax easier for
medium-sized and small companies,
according to Minister for Finance U
Win Shein.
The move is part of efforts to
improve revenue collection and
broaden the tax base, and follows the
launch of the Large Taxpayers Office
in April.
Medium Taxpayers Offices will
be opened in the 2015-16 financial
year, while township-level Internal
Revenue Department offices will be
reformed as Small Taxpayers Offices, U Win Shein said at a session
of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw in late
November.
Under the new system the onus
will be on taxpayers to pay what they
owe through self-assessments rather
than having government officials
seek them out and perform audits.
The current system opens the door to
potential abuse by allowing for negotiations between the officials and the
business to determine the tax rate,
rather than following the proper rate.
Some businesspeople said that it
seems unfair to force small and medium businesses to self-assess taxes
when they claim to see little benefit
from the money.
Citizens are less than perfect
if they do not pay taxes, but on the
other hand the government should
be improving business facilities, like
infrastructure, said U Khin Soe,
an Ayeyarwady-Region groundnut
cooking oil manufacturer.
Properly levying taxes is difficult.
Myanmar is still a cash-based society, with poor auditing and accounting systems, meaning it is difficult
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Many newcomers
may be children, or
the established guys
could have financed
newcomers.
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Mandalay
ready for
first vote
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BUSINESS leaders in Mandalay have
now selected their representatives
after a seven-month wait. Mandalay
Regional Chamber of Commerce and
Industry has been trying since May
to name officers for next fiscal year,
which begins on April 1, 2015.
The chamber chose its chair and executive committee members through a
vote on December 8 pending a revision
of its constitution and rules, members
said. Efforts to hold elections earlier
were defeated by an archaic constitution dating back to 1992, which made
no provision for subsidiary associations such as regional groupings and
construction and merchants associations and made elections difficult.
Previously the Ministry of Commerce had in effect chosen the leader
of the Mandalay chamber, though the
rules have now been updated allowing
for votes.
The national federation, the Union
of Myanmar Federation of Chambers
of Commerce and Industry (UMFCCI),
advised the Mandalay Region chamber
on redrafting its regulations. An emergency meeting of the Mandalay chamber on November 16, attended by 88
members, adopted new regulations.
Because of this, we could hold the
election, U Aye Lwin, joint secretary
of UMFCCI, who chaired the meeting,
told The Myanmar Times. The meeting also agreed to extend the period of
office from two to three years.
U Win Htay, who was chosen as
vice chair for MRCCI, said the new
constitution and regulations would
help the chamber develop.
The election returned 40 percent
of the former executive members, as
well as the 10 central executive members and 14 executive members. The 19
new proposed executive members and
10 reserves were chosen from among
45 new members.
Former general secretary U Aung
Than was elected chair.
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Indonesia aims to grow
business and trade ties
Indonesia pledged to strengthen
business ties with Myanmar during an
event celebrating the 65th anniversary
of diplomatic relations between the
two countries last week.
Bilateral trade reached US$498.86
million during the April 2013 to March
2014 year, though authorities are aiming for $1 billion total by 2016.
Myanmars exports comprised
$60.04 million of the total, most
of which were agricultural goods,
according to figures presented by
Indonesian officials. Indonesia is also
the 14th-largest investor in Myanmar,
according to U Zaw Min Win, vice
president of the UMFCCI business
association.
Indonesian firms want to develop
economic activities in the country.
Indonesian deputy minister Achiran
Pandu Djajanto said it is important
that firms from both sides are made
aware of each other, as he accompanied an Indonesian delegation to
Myanmar last week. Myat Noe Oo
domestic airports. Myanmar currently imports some 35 million gallons of jet fuel annually.
MPPE is keen to update its
methods of importing, selling and
distributing jet fuel along international standards, said an official
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Corruption
costs US$1
trillion
A GLOBAL anti-corruption group
said that nearly US$1 trillion was illicitly drained from developing countries in 2012, representing a record
level of corruption, money laundering
and false trade documentation.
The Washington-based group Global Financial Integrity said illicit financial flows around the world grew at 9.4
percent a year in the decade to 2012,
around double the pace of economic
growth, draining funds especially
from impoverished countries.
The largest outflows came from giant, still poorly-regulated economies
like Brazil, China, India and Russia,
GFIs new report says.
Money illicitly streamed out of
China at a rate of about $125 billion
annually over that period, for instance.
But also in the top 10 country
sources of illegal capital outflows are
a number of dynamic middle-sized
economies: Malaysia, Mexico, Saudi
Arabia and Thailand.
Mexico is third on the list of largest outflows at an average $54 billion
a year.
In total, the report put the total
illegal capital movements from developing and emerging economies in
2012 at $991.2 billion, greater than
the combined sum of incoming foreign investment and foreign aid in
those countries.
Emerging and developing countries hemorrhaged a trillion dollars
from their economies in 2012 that
could have been invested in local
businesses, healthcare, education, or
infrastructure, said the studys co
author, economist Joseph Spanjers.
This is a trillion dollars that
could have contributed to inclusive
economic growth, legitimate private
sector job creation and sound public
budgets.
Over a decade, the total was $6.6
trillion, the equivalent of nearly 4pc
of the entire global economy. In terms
of the relative size of the impact, the
countries most hurt by the flows were
in the Middle East and North Africa
and in Sub-Saharan Africa.
The main way the money flows out
of the countries is mis-invoicing in
trade transactions, which can allow
exporters and imports to keep money
out of the country.
GFI said individual countries and
the United Nations need to focus on
cutting down such flows to fight poverty and boost growth.
It is simply impossible to achieve
sustainable global development unless world leaders agree to address
this issue head-on, said GFI president Raymond Baker.
Thats why it is essential for the
United Nations to include a specific
target next year to halve all traderelated illicit flows by 2030 as part of
post-2015 Sustainable Development
Agenda. AFP
Capital Outflows
China
US$249.57 billion
Russia
$122.86 billion
India
$94.76 billion
Mexico
$59.66 billion
Malaysia
$48.93 billion
Saudi Arabia
$46.53 billion
Thailand
$35.56 billion
Brazil
$33.93 billion
South Africa
$29.13 billion
Costa Rica
$21.55 billion
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IN BRIEF
Alstom to settle corruption charges
French industrial giant Alstom has
agreed to pay US$700 million to
settle US corruption charges related
to bribes in Indonesia and other countries, a person familiar with the matter
said.
The settlement, to be announced
next week, comes as US conglomerate
General Electric prepares to complete
a deal to buy key Alstom assets.
The US Department of Justice has
accused Alstom under the Foreign
Corrupt Practices Act of bribing officials in Indonesia to win the $118
million Tarahan energy contract in the
early 2000s in Indonesia. AFP
Chinas government has told traders and officials that the Ministry of
Agriculture approved lifting a ban on
imports of a genetically-modified corn
variety thats commonly grown in the
US, as trade talks between the two
countries begin on December 16, said
people familiar with the matter.
The approval covers imports of the
MIR 162 corn variety developed by Syngenta, according to people who were
notified verbally.
The easing of curbs on US corn exports to its largest market for food and
agricultural products comes as Chinas
government, the worlds biggest
consumer of rice, soybeans and wheat,
pushes forward with a campaign to
gain public acceptance of genetically
modified organisms and seeks to expand food supplies. Bloomberg
The Indonesian rupiah sank to its lowest level against the dollar since the
Asian financial crisis 16 years ago, as
emerging markets were hit by signs of
US recovery.
The unit lost 2 percent to end the
day on December 12 at 12,713.5 to the
dollar, its lowest level since August
1998, around the time Southeast Asias
biggest economy was devastated by
financial turmoil.
Like other emerging market
currencies, the rupiah has been hit
by signs of recovery in the American
economy that has led to expectations
the Federal Reserve will raise interest
rates next year. AFP
Hong Kong
through to August.
Theres no more gift-giving with
any business-related transaction in
China, said Adrienne Lui, an economist at Citigroup in Hong Kong.
This would most likely affect Hong
Kong high-end retail sales again in
2015 and theres no turning back in
this trend at all.
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other infringements whatsoever will be dealt with according to law.
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Phone: 372416
Dated: 22nd December, 2014
Opinion
economies that are driven more by services and innovation than exports.
The to-do list is long. Despite a
flurry of bilateral trade negotiations
and talk of a more unified market in
Southeast Asia, trade barriers within
the region are still far too high. Governments need to do more to support nonresource industries like manufacturing,
technology and the sciences to make
their economies more competitive and
nimble. That includes offering incentives to small-to-mid-size companies to
innovate and enter new markets. Lowering taxes on regionally-made goods
would help boost consumption.
Above all, nations need to draw up
contingency plans for China-related
market turmoil. This may not come
to pass. Chinese wages and salaries
are expected to grow 6.5pc in the current quarter, while productivity is seen
growing 4.1pc (numbers of which policymakers from Washington to Tokyo
can only dream). Even as China ratchets down growth, its thus continuing to
produce legions of new consumers.
But several years of painful and unpredictable restructuring lies ahead.
No matter how skillful Mr Xi is, theres
a decent chance the whole thing will go
haywire. And just as Asia once used to
rise and fall with US consumers, the region would be devastated by a sudden
and deep Chinese slowdown. Nations
would be in a much stronger position if
they started bracing for the worst now.
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FHI 360 is seeking the following positions for the Civil Society and Media Project, a USAID supported initiative. The
improving civil society capacity to engage in democratic processes
Project aims to respond to civil society needs by:
and policy dialogue;
increasing the availability of and access to information on democratic governance and reform
issues; and
expanding inclusive public dialogue and political space.
1. Advocacy & Policy Director
5. Capacity Building Mentors (4)
2. Advocacy Officer
6. Disabilities Advisor
7. Operations Manager
Job Vacancy
The Department for International Development (DFID) is currently looking
to recruit a highly motivated and energetic individual to join our team as a
Programme Officer.
DFID is based at the British Embassy in Yangon.
For more information and details on how to apply, please visit
https://www.gov.uk/government/world/organisations/british-embassy-
rangoon/about/recruitment
The deadline for submission of applications is on 11 January 2015.
If you are interested in this position please submit a c.v. (resume) with your salary requirement and a covering letter
explaining why you are suitable for the position to hr.myanmar@fhi360.org as soon as possible.
Positions open until filled. Only shortlisted candidates will be contacted. FHI 360 oers a competitive compensation
package.
Equal Access is seeking a
for the Civil Society and Media Project, a USAID supported initiative.
The project aims to respond to civil society needs by:
FHI 360 is seeking to fill two senior positions for the Civil Society and Media Project, a USAID supported initiative.
The Project aims to respond to civil society needs by: 1) improving civil society capacity to engage in democratic
processes and policy dialogue; 2) increasing the availability of and access to information on democratic governance and
reform issues; and 3) expanding inclusive public dialogue and political space.
Finance & Operations Director
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Both positions offer stimulating and rewarding work for the right people interested in helping the development of civil
society in Myanmar. The Advocacy and Policy Director will work with CSOs (civil society organizations), supporting them
in their efforts to promote policy change nationally and regionally. The Finance and Operations Director will oversee the
Project's financial and administrative affairs, and also ensure the effective management of Project grants.
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Thomas Kwok, one of the chairs of development giant Sun Hung Kai Properties,
arrives at the high court in Hong Kong earlier this year. Photo: AFP
MILLION HK$
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Citizens are less than perfect if they do not pay taxes, but on the other
hand the government should be improving business facilities.
U Khin Soe, businessperson
Myat
Nyein Aye
myatnyeinaye11092@gmail.com
Sakura Tower
(20 stories)
Sule Shangri-La
Hotel
(22 stories)
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Tower
(25 stories)
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in the latter groups favour when Facebook acquired the company for US$19
billion.
Functional programming lends itself
to a leaner implementation of language,
according to Ko Ye Lin Aung.
The structure of the code that
youve written comes out a lot cleaner,
and it can be more organised and more
readable, he said. Solo coders might
comprehend their own code like someone reads their own handwriting; but
when youre working with someone,
they may not understand how you
write, so its very important that youve
written is readable and clear and good
enough.
An old programming joke runs two
parallel scenarios that end in the same
frustration: Code doesnt work, dont
know why, and Code works, dont
know why. It speaks to the complexity of coding and the moving parts
involved, ticking away like gears in a
watch working under an elegant face.
Functional programming treats
everything as functions rather than objects, according to Ko Ye Lin Aung. In
other coding languages, a variable can
switch its value at any moment; whereas in functional programming, once a
variables value gets assigned, it wont
budge, he explained.
The paradigm restricts certain options, which can clear things up. Its
use also results in fewer mistakes. It
forces you in a way, you should write
good code, Ko Ye Lin Aung said. You
just cannot write bad code but its very
subjective. Ko Ye Lin Aung said that
though learning functional programming will be challenging, he believes in
pushing himself past his comfort zone.
People should be open-minded ...
you cannot just sit down in the cave
and say my language is the best and Im
just going to do one [thing], he said.
You have to work on new stuff and be
curious.
start-ups wings
to bring them to the stage where
theyre investment-ready.
Angels look out for business
ideas grounded in reality with
the potential to grow wings. Mr
Kathrein said his firm seeks real
start-ups and passionate, dauntless founders, while Mr Morle said
start-up starters can make or break
an investors decision to contribute
cash. Youre looking for an entrepreneur that has an unreasonable
belief in a future for what theyve
imagined, he said. They will
absolutely see it happen and do
anything it takes to get it there, so
thats the key thing.
Investors also have an eye for
whats fresh and unique. One angel, Ko Zaw Steven Htut of Myanmars Net, prioritises potential for
far-reaching success in start-ups.
Most projects are still copycats
of other successful business models abroad, Ko Zaw Steven Htut
said. I want something that could
explode, that could go global as a
Myanmar brand to become an international brand.
Though Myanmars market remains open for the most part, a
thrush of international companies
have arrived on the wing of intermittent reforms, with more businesses due to come. German startup incubator Rocket Internet has
made a run at the domestic internet business. Known the world over
for taking tried-and-true online
models and applying them to other
markets through local copycat companies, the company and others
IN BRIEF
EU court clears stem cell patenting
patent on them.
ISC contested the ruling, saying the
eggs, activated by a chemical process
known as parthenogenesis, could not
develop into human beings as they
lacked the full parental DNA required.
Human embryonic stem cells
originally came from normally fertilised
eggs but this caused serious ethical
misgivings since the embryos were subsequently destroyed as the stem cells
were collected. As a result, scientists
welcomed the development of parthenogenesis as it met at least some of
these concerns, allowing them a clearer
conscience in one of the pioneer fields
of healthcare research. AFP
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television talk-show.
Much of the school was devastated
in the eight-hour rampage, with walls
peppered with bullets and shrapnel
from suicide blasts and walls and
floors awash with blood.
But officials pledged to clean and
restore the buildings and reopen on
January 4, less than three weeks after
the attack.
There were emotional scenes outside the school as hundreds of students and parents gathered to light
candles and leave flowers for the dead.
Mohammad Billal, 14, said he
would defy his parents advice to stay
at home, and return to school as soon
as he could.
I will come the moment it opens
because I am not scared of terrorists. I
know how to send a message to them,
he said.
Moakal Jan, 13, lost nine of his
friends in the attack but said he too
had no fears about returning.
I study here in this school and I
want to continue here, I will be back
when it reopens. Life and death is in
Gods hands, he said.
Many of the schools students are
the children of army personnel, and
like many of his friends, the 13-yearold said he wanted to punish the Taliban for the school bloodshed.
I want to be an army officer because I have to take revenge of my
friends and school fellows, he said.
Eighteen-year-old
Abu
Bakar
agreed.
Since my childhood I have wanted
to join the army but now I am absolutely determined to join up, he said.
Civil society activists and children light candles during a vigil in Lahore on December 18,
school in Peshawar. Photo: AFP
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preparations for medical purposes, Dietetic food and substances
adapted for medical use, Food for babies, Dietary supplements
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children, Food for babies, infants and children, Powdered milk
for pregnant
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elderly people, Powdered milk as nutritional supplements, Liquid
nutritional supplements for humans and animals, Nutritional
additives for use in manufacturing foods, food supplements,
beverages, dairy products and animal foodstuffs, Dietetic food
for pregnant and nursing women, Dietetic beverages for babies,
infants and children, Dietetic beverages for pregnant and nursing
women, Dietetic beverages for young, middle-aged and
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for babies, infants and children with milk, Lactic acid drinks,
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trademarks or other infringements whatsoever will be dealt with
according to law.
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for Morinaga Nyugyo Kabushiki Kaisha
(also trading as Morinaga Milk Industry Co., Ltd.)
P.O. Box No. 26, Yangon.
Phone: 372416
Dated: 22nd December, 2014
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Cambodia investigates
mass HIV infection
PRIME minister Hun Sen on December 18 ordered a probe into an apparent mass HIV infection in Cambodia
believed to have been spread by contaminated needles, as the number of
suspected cases passed 100.
Hundreds of panicked residents
of the remote Roka village in western Battambang province flocked for
testing since news of the infections
emerged the previous week, with
health officials saying a total of 106
people may have been infected.
I call for a thorough investigation into the issue, Hun Sen said in
a televised speech, urging tests of the
equipment used to verify the patients
have contracted HIV.
Teams from the kingdoms Ministry
of Health and the World Health Organization (WHO) and UNAIDS have
been at the site since December 16 to
review the alarmingly high number of
positive results and offer free and voluntary testing.
I urge everyone to stay calm
and avoid listening to or spreading
I urge everyone
to stay calm and
avoid listening to or
spreading rumours.
Mam Bunheng
Cambodoan minister of health
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HANOI
Tran Quang Thieu (right), nicknamed Rat King, and farmer Nguyen Huu Binh carry trapped rats in a field on the outskirts
of Hanoi on November 20. Photo: AFP
BANGKOK
Junta signs
China rail
link deal
CHINESE premier Li Keqiang was set
to sign agriculture and transport agreements on a visit to Bangkok last week, as
Thailands junta seeks diplomatic support after their coup was given shortshrift by US and European allies.
A dual-track railway through
Thailand, part of a 1400-kilometre
(870-mile) vision of linking Chinas
southwestern hub city of Kunming
with Asias second busiest port of Singapore, will be the centrepiece of Lis
visit, a Thai government spokesperson
said.
Mr Li was due sign a Memorandum
of Understanding with Thai counterpart Prayut Chan-O-Cha, on December 19 that will pave the way for
a joint-venture to build two railway
lines through Thailand.
The largest will cut 734 kilometres through Thailand, from northern
Nong Khai -- which borders Laos to
the vast, coastal industrial estate of
Map Ta Phut, southeast of Bangkok.
The railways are a very important
issue, Yongyuth Mayalarp said.
This is fundamental and will reinforce our cooperation with China.
Construction on the lines will start
next year and be completed by 2022,
he added, without giving a projected
cost for the ambitious infrastructure
link. AFP
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Gallothai Co., Ltd., a company registered under the laws of
THAILAND, which is located at No.11, Soi Prasertsit, Sukhumvit
49-14 Road, Klongton Nua, Wattana, Bangkok 10110 Thailand,
is the sole owner of the following trademark:
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The Tibetan spiritual leader the Dalai Lama attends a debate entitled Living peace, Preventing Wars on December 13
during the 14th World Summit of Nobel Peace Laureates in Rome. Photo: AFP
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A man looks at a quilt with the image of a yellow umbrella a symbol of the pro-democracy protests in Hong
Kong on a blockaded road in the Causeway Bay district of Hong Kong on December 14. Photp: AFP
BANGKOK
Juntato
huntroyal
defamers
abroad
THE Thai junta said last week that
it will hunt fugitives wanted under the kingdoms strict royal defamation law, vowing to press foreign
governments to hand over suspects
seeking sanctuary abroad.
Rights groups say cases breaching Article 112 of the penal code,
which protects the monarchy from
criticism, have surged since the May
coup as the military burnishes its
reputation as the defender of the
royal family.
Junta chief Prayut Chan-O-Cha,
who is also prime minister, has said
scores of people are living outside
the country to evade legal processes
including charges of lese majeste
,each count of which carries up to 15
years in jail.
On December 17 one of his deputies said Thailand will contact the
countries they have fled to without
naming the nations.
Lese majeste suspects are known
to be in France and the United Kingdom among other nations.
We will hunt and arrest all of
these suspects, Prawit Wongsuwan
told reporters.
We want to explain to foreign
countries that these people have
breached an article of Thai law that
qualifies them for extradition, Mr
Prawit, who is also defence minister,
added.
We focus on violators of Article
112 because these people have a bad
attitude towards the monarchy, he
said, adding that the issue is crucial.
Mr Prawit said Thai officials are
also searching for those responsible
for a rumour that caused the Thai
stock market to tank 9 percent in
early trading on December 15.
We want to explain
to foreign countries
that these people
have breached an
article of Thai law
that qualifies them
for extradition.
Prawit Wongsuwan
Thai defence minister
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We would like men to attend the training as well because
some uneducated men still hold old-fashioned views about
women, said Mai Aung Ma Phyu.
One Khumi tradition is a-thwin kyay, which requires a groom
to pay his brides parents a marriage settlement. The parents, who
set the amount, will not permit the marriage if the groom cannot
pay the requested a-thwin kyay. Some parents ask for as much
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In a remote
corner of Chin
State, women are
standing up against
generations of
discrimination
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Myanmars far
north: The final
frontier
Despite ethnic conflict and environmental
causes-for-concern, could the future
of eco-tourism in Myanmar lie in the
unexplored region of Kachin State?
Amaury Lorin
amaurylorinboisbouvier@gmail.com
ESPONSIBLE tourism
largely focusing on
environmental protection,
community involvement,
poverty alleviation and
balanced management of both
natural and cultural heritage can
be a powerful tool for sustainable
development if travellers and operators
make informed choices. This is
perhaps more crucial in Myanmar than
anywhere else in the world. Myanmars
place as a latecomer in the global
tourist market is a historic chance
for the country. Learning from the
successes and failures of established
tourist destinations, the country has an
opportunity to avoid making many of
the same mistakes.
Rich in natural resources, fauna
and flora, Kachin State Myanmars
northernmost territory offers fantastic
biodiversity and huge nature-based ecotourism opportunities. Although the
states capital city, Myitkyina, presents
no particular charm, Indawgyi Lake
to the south and Putao to the north
provide good examples of eco-tourism
initiatives that have the potential for
national scale expansion.
Environmental experts have recently
warned that Shan States iconic Inle
Lake could disappear within a century
due to overexploitation by the tourism
industry if conservation efforts are not
dramatically scaled up. By contrast, a
community-based eco-tourism project
was launched in June at Indawgyi Lake,
securing its status as a birdwatchers
paradise.
Myanmars largest natural lake
and one of the largest inland lakes
in Southeast Asia, Indawgyi Lake
One of the largest inland lakes in Southeast Asia, Indawgyi Lake is home to a diverse array of bird and wildlife.
Creating a
responsible tourism
strategy could
prevent mistakes
that have been
made during the
development of
other regions
Flora and Fauna
International
Indawgyi Lake is still in a pristine
state with thousands of migratory
birds arriving each winter from Siberia,
turning the lake into a heaven for
birdwatchers and nature tourists, a FFI
spokesperson said.
Surrounded by snow-capped
mountains, Putao in the north
makes a fantastic base for trekking.
In addition to Myanmars highest
mountain,Hkakabo Razi, travellers can
explore Putaos forested canyons and
pristine waterfalls.
Remote and unspoiled, Putao
remains one of the least explored
regions of Myanmar and is virtually
untouched by modern development.
Several threatened species of mammals
have been recorded there such as the
red panda and the Asiatic black bear.
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Teachers at the autism day-care centre in Tarmwe township work one-to-one with
autistic children. Photo: Yu Yu
Most people
think autism is a
form of mental
disability
but it isnt
U Nay Htun
parents even resort to spiritual
cures. But autism is not a disease; it
can be neither caught nor cured.
The Myanmar Autism
Association (MAA), opened in 2011,
has run the autism day-care centre
since 2013 and promotes awareness
about the syndrome around the
country. Funding depends on
donor support, which supplies the
K40,000 required for a teachers
monthly salary.
According to a 2014 World
Autism Day announcement, one
child in 68 is autistic, and there are
67 million sufferers throughout the
world.
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RINO Pensa and son have been
making papal parchments for
decades, crafting hand-painted
blessing scrolls in Italy which are
purchased by the faithful around
the world to celebrate marriages,
baptisms and anniversaries.
But with the Vatican cracking
down on the business amid reports
of fake parchments being peddled to
unwitting tourists for pricey sums, the
family studio in the heart of Rome is
being forced to close with hundreds
of artisans at risk of losing their jobs.
Calligraphers and painters will
have to lay down their tools on
December 31, as Pope Francis tries
to ensure the Churchs apostolic
benedictions, which were first issued
about 100 years ago under Pope Leo
XIII, raise as much money as possible
for the poor.
Instead of being made by hand,
the parchments will be computer
prints produced by the Vaticans
Office of Papal Charities, which the
popes almoner, Archbishop Konrad
Krajewski, says will cut costs, stamp
out fakes and raise more for charity.
The decision has sparked anger
among artisans who point out that
Francis usually prides himself on
defending workers rights and has
railed against a world obsessed with
profit.
If Pope Francis really wanted to
be honest he would say that blessings
can be neither bought nor sold, said
Sabina Turtura, head of a movement
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And so
this is
Christmas
Its that time of year again folks.
Light that log fire, dig out those
Christmas jumpers and get
practicing that snowball throw.
Ok, so Yangon might not be what
comes to mind when you picture
a traditional Christmas scene,
but that doesnt mean you cant
celebrate in style. Finding a turkey
and a Christmas pudding, however,
might be a bit of a challenge, so
weve done the hard work for you.
Heres The Pulses pick of the best
festive feasts the city has to offer.
Dec 24 Enjoy Christmas dinner
Italian-style at LOpera (62D U
Htun Nyein Street). Santa Claus is
rumoured to be visiting, arriving
from the lake! US$50 for adults and
$30 for children under 12.
Dec 24 Enjoy a Christmas Eve buffet
dinner at Inya Lake Hotel (37 Kaba
Aye Pagoda Road). Adding to the
festive atmosphere will be carollers
singing rousing renditions of your
favourite Christmas songs. US$60
per person, including free flow
wine, beer and soft drinks.
Dec 24-25 Sule Shangri-La Hotel
(223 Sule Pagoda Rd) has all
your Christmas dining options
covered with Christmas Eve
dinner, Christmas Day brunch and
Christmas Day dinner options. A
choir will help diners get into the
festive spirit, and weve heard Santa
Claus is also planning to pay a
visit Christmas Eve and Christmas
Day Dinner is $55 per person.
Christmas Day Brunch is $50 per
person.
Dec 24-25 The Chatrium Hotel (40
Natmauk Road, Tarmwe) is hosting
a Christmas gala dinner, with an
international buffet including roast
Turkey and festive dishes. $45 per
person including a glass of house
wine, beer or a soft drink.
Dec 24-25 Shwe Sa Bwes (20
Malikha St, Mayangon) Christmas
menu includes foie gras, duck
magret and a chocolate surprise.
What more are you looking for in a
festive feast? Set menu $65 per per
person.
Dec 24-25 You might not get to ride
in Santas sleigh this Christmas,
but heres your chance to ride (kind
of) on a yacht instead. The Vintage
Luxury Yacht Hotel (Botahtaung
Jetty, Strand Rd) is hosting
Christmas Eve Dinner, a Christmas
Buffet Brunch and Christmas Dinner
with unlimited beer & soft drinks,
live BBQ & music. $39 per person.
Dec 25 50th Street Bar (50th Street,
downtown Yangon) the second
home of the Yangon expat is
cooking up a traditional Christmas
dinner.
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Port Autonomy
Between Lathit Jetty and Kaing
Dan No (1) Jetty
Oo-Pa-Sa Street
Restaurant Rating
Food
Service
Beverage
Value for Money
X-Factor
10
9
8
7
6
Socialite
OK Myanmar
27th Anniversary
Guests enjoyed dinner
as they celebrated
OK Myanmars 27th
anniversay on December
10 in Golden Valley.
Helios Htet Nay, Alexander Aung, Noe
Socialite
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LOral staff
LOral Paris
product launch
Guests got dressed up
for the glamourous
LOral Paris product
launch event on
December 14 at the
new Dagon City 1.
Made in Myanmar
Shoppers bought gifts
and tried on jewellery
at the Made in
Myanmar exhibition on
December 13 at the River
Ayeyarwaddy Gallery.
The exhibition featured
hand made products from
across Myanmar.
Rolex grand
opening
Guests celebrated
the opening
of Rolexs new
Yangon showroom
in style on
December 15 at the
Sule Shangri-La
Hotel.
Lae Lae Win, April Thae Mar Seinn and A Nge
Thiri Phyo
Flight
FMI A1
FMI B1
FMI C1
FMI A1
FMI A1
Flight
FMI A2
FMI B2
FMI C2
FMI A2
FMI A2
Days
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
6
7
Dep
7:15
10:45
17:00
8:00
15:30
Arr
8:15
11:45
18:00
9:00
16:30
Yangon to Mandalay
Flight
Y5 775
YH 909
YH 917
YJ 891
K7 282
YH 917
W9 201
YJ 811
YH 835
YH 826
YH 831
7Y 131
K7 266
8M 6603
YJ 751
YJ 601
YJ 211
YJ 601
YJ 233
YJ 201
YJ 761
YH 729
YH 829
YH 737
YH 727
YH 911
YH 737
W9 251
7Y 941
7Y 841
7Y 943
K7 822
K7 622
K7 226
7Y 241
YH 731
Y5 234
W9 211
Days
Daily
Daily
7
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
Daily
3
1,7
3
4,6
Daily
Daily
4
7,5
6
7,5
4
6
1,2,4
1,2,4
4,6
5
5
1
2
3,7
2,5
1,3,4,6
2,5
7
4,7
1,3,5,7
2,4,6
Daily
1,4,5,6,7
Daily
4
Dep
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:10
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:15
8:00
9:00
10:45
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:15
11:15
11:30
11:30
11:30
11:45
11:45
11:45
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:30
15:00
15:20
15:30
Arr
7:10
7:40
7:40
8:05
8:10
8:30
8:25
8:25
8:40
8:40
8:40
9:20
10:05
10:10
12:40
12:25
12:25
12:25
12:55
12:55
12:55
14:00
15:05
13:25
13:25
13:10
13:40
12:55
13:10
13:10
13:10
16:55
14:25
14:55
16:25
17:10
16:30
16:55
Yangon to Nyaung U
Flight
K7 282
YJ 891
YH 917
YH 909
YH 917
YH 917
YH 909
YH 633
YH 633
YH 909
YJ 881
K7 242
YJ 801
YH 909
7Y 131
7Y 121
Y5 649
K7 264
7Y 241
YH 731
YH 731
W9 129
W9 211
Days
Daily
Daily
7
1,2,4,5,6
3
1,2,4,5,6
7
2
5
3
1,2,4,5,7
Daily
6
6
Daily
1
Daily
Daily
Daily
2,3
1,4,5,6,7
1,3,6
4
Dep
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:10
6:15
6:30
6:30
6:30
6:45
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:15
8:20
10:30
14:30
14:30
15:00
15:00
15:30
15:30
Days
1,3,4,5,7
3
4,7
5
1,2,4
7,5
6
2,5
5
1,3,5,7
Dep
7:00
7:00
7:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:30
11:45
13:00
Dep
8:35
13:30
18:20
10:00
17:00
Arr
9:35
14:30
19:20
11:00
18:00
Mandalay to Yangon
Flight
YH 910
K7 283
YH 918
W9 201
YJ 811
7Y 132
YH 918
K7 267
YH 836
YH 827
YH 832
YH 830
YJ 202
YJ 602
YJ 602
YH 912
YJ 212
YH 912
YJ 762
7Y 242
YH 728
YH 730
Y5 776
W9 211
K7 823
YH 732
8M 6604
K7 227
8M 903
YH 738
YH 738
K7 623
YH 730
YJ 234
YH 730
W9 252
Days
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
Daily
3
Daily
7
Daily
1,7
3
4,6
5
1,2,4
4
6
2
7,5
2
1,2,4
Daily
1
2
Daily
4
2,4,7
Daily
4
2,4,6
1,2,4,5,7
5
3,7
1,3,5,7
2,6
4
4
2,5
Dep
7:40
8:25
8:30
8:40
8:40
9:35
9:10
10:20
13:20
13:20
13:20
15:05
15:30
15:40
15:40
15:45
15:55
16:00
16:35
16:40
16:45
16:45
17:10
17:10
17:10
17:10
17:20
17:20
17:20
17:25
17:40
17:40
17:45
17:45
18:00
18:15
Arr
9:45
11:30
10:45
10:35
10:05
11:30
11:05
12:25
14:45
14:45
14:45
18:55
16:55
17:05
17:35
17:40
17:20
17:25
18:00
18:45
18:10
18:10
18:20
19:15
18:35
19:15
18:30
18:45
18:30
18:50
19:05
19:05
19:10
19:10
19:25
19:40
Arr
7:20
7:20
7:40
8:25
8:25
7:45
7:50
7:55
8:10
8:10
8:15
8:20
8:20
8:35
8:35
9:40
11:50
16:40
17:10
17:20
17:55
17:35
17:40
Arr
10:05
10:05
10:05
13:40
13:50
13:50
16:05
14:25
14:35
15:55
Flight
YJ 891
YH 918
YH 634
YH 917
YH 910
YJ 881
YH 910
YH 918
K7 242
YJ 801
7Y 131
YH 910
7Y 121
K7 283
Y5 650
K7 265
YH 732
7Y 242
W9 129
YH 732
Days
Daily
1,2,4,5,6
2
7
3
1,2,4,5,7
1,2,4,5,6
3,7
Daily
6
Daily
7
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
2,3
Daily
1,3,6
1,4,5,6,7
Dep
7:35
7:45
7:55
8:10
8:10
8:20
8:25
8:25
8:35
8:35
8:50
9:40
9:55
10:10
13:55
16:55
17:20
17:25
17:50
17:55
Arr
10:15
10:45
9:15
10:15
10:15
10:25
9:45
11:05
11:45
9:55
11:30
11:00
14:10
11:30
15:15
18:15
18:40
18:45
19:10
19:15
Myitkyina to Yangon
Flight
YJ 202
YJ 211
YH 836
YH 832
YH 827
K7 623
YJ 234
YH 830
W9 252
Days
1,2,4
7,5
1,3,4,7
4,6
3
1,3,5,7
4
5
2,5
Dep
14:05
14:05
11:55
11:55
11:55
16:10
16:20
16:30
16:45
Yangon to Heho
Flight
YJ 891
K7 282
YH 909
YH 917
YH 917
YH 633
YJ 881
K7 242
W9 201
7Y 131
K7 266
7Y 121
Y5 649
YH 505
YJ 751
YJ 751
YJ 233
YJ 761
YH 727
YH 737
YH 737
7Y 941
K7 828
K7 822
K7 264
7Y 241
YH 731
W9 129
Days
Daily
Daily
7
3,7
1,2,4,5,6
5
1,2,4,5,7
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
7,5
3
6
1,2,4
1
5
3,7
1,2,4,6
1,3,5
2,4,7
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,7
1,3,6
Dep
6:00
6:00
6:15
6:00
6:10
6:30
6:45
7:00
7:00
7:15
8:00
8:20
10:30
10:30
10:40
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:15
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:30
12:30
14:30
14:30
15:00
15:30
Heho to Yangon
Arr
8:50
9:00
8:45
9:55
9:35
9:05
9:00
9:15
9:10
10:05
9:15
10:35
12:45
11:55
11:55
12:10
12:10
12:10
12:40
12:40
12:55
13:55
13:45
13:45
15:45
15:40
16:25
16:40
Yangon to Myeik
Flight
Y5 325
7Y 531
K7 319
Y5 325
Days
1,5
1,5
2,4,6
2
Dep
6:45
7:00
7:00
15:30
Days
1,3,6
Daily
Dep
11:30
13:00
Arr
16:55
17:20
14:45
14:45
14:45
19:05
19:10
18:55
19:40
Flight
K7 242
YH 505
W9 309
7Y 122
K7 422
Y5 421
Days
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,3,6
Daily
Daily
1,3,4,6
Dep
7:00
10:30
11:30
12:15
13:00
15:45
Flight
Y5 326
7Y 532
K7 320
Y5 326
Arr
12:55
14:55
Flight
W9 309
K7 423
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Dep
7:00
7:00
Arr
10:35
13:10
13:50
13:05
13:35
16:40
Flight
K7 243
YH 506
7Y 122
W9 309
K7 422
Y5 422
Days
7,5
3
2,4,6
1,5
1,3,5
Dep
10:45
11:00
11:00
11:30
12:30
Arr
8:10
7:48
Flight
K7 320
7Y 532
Arr
13:40
13:15
13:00
13:18
14:50
Flight
K7 829
K7 829
7Y 742
YJ 752
YJ 752
YH 730
Days
3
1,3,4,7
4,6,7
2,5
Dep
7:00
7:00
7:00
11:30
Arr
11:00
11:00
11:00
15:25
Flight
YH 836
YH 827
YH 832
W9 252
Days
1,5
1,5
2,4,6
2
Dep
8:35
10:45
11:30
17:15
Arr
10:05
12:18
13:35
18:45
Days
1,3,6
Daily
Dep
13:10
15:10
Arr
14:55
16:30
Days
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
Daily
1,3,6
Daily
1,3,4,6
Dep
10:50
13:10
13:20
14:05
14:10
16:55
Arr
11:45
14:00
14:10
14:55
16:30
17:50
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Dep
12:25
11:30
Arr
13:35
12:18
lashio to Yangon
Days
1,3
5
1,5
3
7,5
2,4,6
Dep
15:05
15:05
16:00
16:10
16:35
16:45
Arr
15:55
17:25
17:48
18:25
19:05
19:10
putao to yangon
Days
1,3,4,7
3
6,7
2,5
Dep
11:00
11:00
11:00
15:45
Arr
14:45
14:45
14:45
19:40
Flight
Y5 251
7Y 305
W9 9607
Flight
Y5 252
7Y 306
W9 9608
Days
2,4,6
1,5
4,7
Dep
6:15
11:00
14:30
Arr
8:05
12:50
16:20
Domestic Airlines
Air Bagan (W9)
Tel: 513322, 513422, 504888. Fax: 515102
Days
2,4,6
1,5
4,7
Dep
9:25
13:45
17:20
Tel: 656969
Fax: 656998, 651020
Airline Codes
7Y = Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
FMI = FMI Air Charter
K7 = Air KBZ
dawei to Yangon
yangon to putao
Flight
YH 826
YH 835
YH 831
W9 251
Arr
11:00
10:15
10:15
10:15
10:25
11:30
10:35
11:45
10:45
11:05
11:30
14:10
12:25
14:00
15:15
18:00
18:45
17:25
18:10
18:40
19:15
18:15
17:40
19:05
19:10
18:25
19:05
thandwe to Yangon
yangon to lashio
Flight
YJ 751
YJ 891
YH 729
7Y 741
K7 828
Dep
8:45
9:05
9:05
9:05
9:15
9:15
9:25
9:30
9:35
9:55
10:20
10:50
11:10
11:55
13:00
15:50
15:55
16:10
16:00
16:25
16:25
16:30
16:30
16:55
16:55
17:15
17:40
sittwe to Yangon
yangon to dawei
Flight
K7 319
7Y 531
Days
7
Daily
7
5
1,2,4,5,7
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,2,4,5,6
3,7
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
Daily
1,2,4
Daily
1,3,5
1
2
1,4,5,6,7
Daily
2
3,5,7
1,3,6
3
7,5
Arr
8:15
8:38
9:05
17:00
Yangon to sittwe
Flight
W9 309
K7 422
Flight
YH 910
YJ 891
YH 918
YH 634
YJ 881
K7 283
W9 201
K7 243
YH 918
YH 918
7Y 132
7Y 121
K7 267
YH 506
Y5 650
YJ 762
7Y 241
K7 829
YH 728
YH 738
YH 731
K7 264
YH 912
YH 738
W9 129
YJ 752
YJ 752
Myeik to Yangon
Yangon to thandwe
Nyaung U to Yangon
Yangon to Myitkyina
Flight
YH 835
YH 826
YH 831
YH 829
YJ 201
YJ 211
YJ 233
W9 251
7Y 841
K7 622
Days
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
6
7
Arr
10:15
14:35
18:10
W9 = Air Bagan
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
YH = Yangon Airways
YJ = Asian Wings
Subject to change
without notice
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
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Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
BANGKOK TO YANGON
Dep
6:05
8:40
9:50
10:30
14:50
15:20
16:30
18:20
19:00
19:50
Arr
8:20
10:25
11:45
12:25
16:45
17:15
18:15
20:15
20:50
21:45
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
2,4,6
1,3
Daily
2,3,5
Dep
8:00
8:30
12:50
17:35
21:30
21:00
Arr
9:45
10:20
14:40
19:25
23:15
22:55
Flights
DD 4230
FD 251
FD 255
FD 253
FD 257
DD 4238
Days
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
Daily
Arr
12:25
14:15
14:35
15:10
15:50
20:50
18:20
21:15
0:10
Flights
TR 2822
Y5 2234
SQ 998
3K 5
MI 533
8M 232
MI 518
MI 516
Arr
12:45
16:30
18:00
20:15
23:20
Flights
AK 504
MH 740
8M 502
MH 742
AK 502
Days
3,5,7
Days
2,4,7
3,6
1,5
Days
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
Daily
Dep
23:50
Arr
0550+1
Flights
CA 905
Days
3,5,7
Days
Daily
Arr
13:15
15:55
22:10
Flights
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712
Days
3,6
1,5
2,4,7
Dep
10:50
Arr
16:10
Flights
CI 7915
Days
Daily
3
1,2,4,5,6,7
Days
Daily
Arr
15:55
18:50
18:15
Flights
MU 2011
CA 905
MU 2031
Arr
21:25
Flights
VN 957
Arr
17:05
Flights
VN 943
Arr
11:40
Flights
QR 918
YANGON TO HANOI
Flights
VN 956
Days
1,3,5,6,7
Days
2,4,7
Dep
14:25
Days
1,4,6
Days
4,7
Daily
Days
Daily
Dep
0:50
23:35
Arr
8:50
7:45
Flights
KE 471
0Z 769
Days
Daily
Dep
01:10
Arr
05:25
Flights
KA 250
Days
2
5
Dep
22:10
Arr
6:45
Flights
NH 913
Days
4,7
1,2,4,5,7
Daily
Dep
11:45
19:45
Dep
14:30
1:35
23:55
Arr
13:00
21:00
Flights
BG 060
BG 060
Days
3,5,6
Arr
16:20
9:10
07:45+1
Days
Daily
Daily
Dep
10:30
Arr
11:50
Days
2,4,7
1,2,4,5,6
Dep
14:15
12:50
Flights
W9 608
8M 7701
Dep
15:45
7:50
Days
Daily
Dep
12:50
Flights
PG 709
FD 244
Arr
20:50
14:15
Flights
Y5 2234
MI 533
Days
Daily
Dep
13:50
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
19:45
Dep
16:40
Arr
18:10
Dep
11:45
Arr
13:25
Days
3,5,7
Dep
19:45
Days
Daily
3,6
Dep
18:30
19:30
Days
Daily
Dep
21:45
Days
Daily
Dep
11:45
Days
2
5
Dep
8:30
16:30
Days
4,7
Daily
Dep
17:20
18:30
Days
3,5,6
Dep
12:50
Days
Daily
Daily
Dep
12:05
10:55
Days
Daily
2,4,7
Dep
7:20
11:30
Arr
15:15
Flights
FD 244
Arr
16:40
Flights
MU 2029
Days
Daily
Dep
10:55
Dep
12:55
Arr
22:40
23:40
Arr
21:30
Arr
17:15
Arr
10:45
18:45
Arr
18:10
22:30
Flights
PG 721
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
17:15
Charlotte Rose
charlottelola.rose@gmail.com
Condor (DE)
Dragonair (KA)
Airline Codes
8M = Myanmar Airways International
Arr
16:00
PG = Bangkok Airways
Arr
13:25
12:20
SQ = Singapore Airways
QR = Qatar Airways
TG = Thai Airways
TR = Tiger Airline
Arr
16:30
14:50
Arr
12:20
Arr
12:50
Arr
19:15
AK = Air Asia
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
Days
Daily
Air India
3K = Jet Star
Arr
0459+1
Arr
11:50
11:30
14:00
singapore to mandalay
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Flights
8M 602
Arr
16:40
15:15
Days
2,4,7
Dep
8:25
11:10
13:30
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
MANDALAY TO singapore
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Arr
9:50
gaya TO YANGON
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
FD 245
Dep
7:00
INCHEON TO YANGON
YANGON TO gaya
Flights
8M 601
Arr
10:35
16:40
15:50
DHAKA TO YANGON
YANGON TO INCHEON
Flights
W9 607
8M 902
8M 7702
Dep
8:35
14:40
14:15
TOKYO TO YANGON
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
BG 061
BG 061
Arr
22:50
YANGON TO TOKYO
Flights
NH 914
Days
1,3,5,6,7
Dep
19:30
SEOUL TO YANGON
Arr
8:00
11:15
13:50
15:00
18:25
DOHA TO YANGON
Dep
7:55
YANGON TO SEOUL
Flights
0Z 770
KE 472
Dep
6:55
10:05
12:50
13:50
17:20
YANGON TO DOHA
Flights
QR 919
Days
3
Daily
1,2,4,5,6,7
Tel: 09254049991~3
HANOI TO YANGON
Dep
19:10
Arr
8:45
8:50
9:20
15:50
12:45
14:50
15:45
12:55
KUNMING TO YANGON
Dep
12:30
12:40
14:50
Dep
7:20
7:20
7:55
11:20
11:30
13:25
14:20
11:30
TAIPEI TO YANGON
YANGON TO KUNMING
Flights
CA 416
MU 2012
MU 2032
Arr
7:15
8:00
12:20
17:05
20:55
20:15
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
Dep
8:40
11:35
17:40
International Airlines
Dep
6:30
7:15
11:35
16:20
20:15
19:25
BEIJING TO YANGON
YANGON TO TAIPEI
Flights
CI 7916
Arr
8:45
9:40
22:20
12:40
13:50
14:30
17:35
18:50
20:05
21:25
Dep
8:30
12:15
14:00
16:00
19:05
YANGON TO GUANGZHOU
Flights
8M 711
CZ 3056
CZ 3056
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
2,4,7
Daily
Daily
1,3
YANGON TO BEIJING
Flights
CA 906
Dep
8:00
8:45
21:30
11:55
13:05
13:40
17:05
18:05
19:20
20:10
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
Dep
8:00
9:45
9:45
10:25
11:20
13:35
13:50
16:40
19:30
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
Flights
8M 231
Y5 2233
TR 2823
SQ 997
3K 582
MI 533
MI 515
MI 519
3K 584
Flights
TG 303
PG 701
Y5 238
8M 336
TG 301
PG 707
PG 703
TG 305
8M 332
PG 705
Tinder sparks
the latest
travel trend
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
ONTROVERSIAL dating
app Tinder, which uses
GPS to match users
with potential dates, has
emerged as something
of a sensation in a growing culture
of hook-up apps popular among
young, tech-savvy singles.
The app which is accessible
worldwide and currently available in
24 languages enables users to find
dates based on their proximity, and
has received criticism for apparently
being designed to facilitate casual
often brief liaisons.
However, a growing number of
solo travellers have found a new
use for dating apps like Tinder. For
travellers heading off on their own,
the prospect of spending weeks or
months without company can be
overwhelming. And for those who
dont like the idea of quite so much
me-time, dating apps like Tinder
which has around 50 million active
users worldwide are increasingly
being viewed as a convenient way to
meet like-minded travellers whilst on
the move.
Daniel Beaumont, travel blogger
and brains behind crowd-sourced
backpackers hostel Podstel, used
Tinder to hitchhike across America
and says it was surprisingly easy to
find people willing to help him.
I couldve stood at the side of
the road and hitchhiked but that
wouldnt have been interesting. I
decided to use the dating platform
to hitchhike and managed to do it.
I was surprised with the results I
matched with almost 4000 people,
Daniel said.
I set up my Tinder profile asking
for help it explained about my
travels and basically asked people if
they could help me get to New York.
I set my preferred age range from
18-50. Lots of people were willing to
help me.
The greatest bit about it for
me was that I was able to interact
with locals and really get to know a
place. Its instant nature is great I
could arrive at a town and within 30
minutes I would be meeting someone
that would show me around.
Unfortunately Tinder has a bad
stigma attached to it and many use
it for the wrong purposes of hooking
up. But it made my
trip so much more
worthwhile, and
I wasnt even
looking for
romance, he
said.
For travellers
not looking
for romantic
relationships,
backpacker Brice
OConnell who has
used dating apps to
meet people while
travelling in
Thailand and
Myanmar
recommends
making sure your
intentions are
SUDOKU PACIFIC
Universal Crossword
Edited by Timothy E. Parker
25 Trademark
27 Venues
29 Its sometimes
stubbed
30 Areas between
mountains
32 ___ and penates
34 CB, for one
35 History homework,
sometimes
37 Little laboratory
vessel
38 Inner, middle or outer
thing
40 Readies for a ring
insertion
41 Anti-aging
vitamin
DOWN
1 Caps Lock
neighbor
2 Really regret
3 Flash during
welding
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.
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
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.
RAILWAYS
Railways information
tel: 274027, 202175-8.
Winner Inn
42, Than Lwin Rd, Bahan
Tsp. Tel: 503734, 524387.
email: reservation@winner
innmyanmar.com
ACCOMMODATION
LONG TERM
happy homes
REAL ESTATE & PROPERTY
MANAGEMENT
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Yangon International Airport tel: 662811.
YANGON PORT
Shipping (Coastal vessels) tel: 382722
Tel: 09-7349-4483,
09-4200-56994.
E-mail: aahappyhomes@
gmail.com, http://www.
happyhomesyangon.com
BOOK STORES
AIR CONDITION
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
AGRICULTURAL
TRACTOR
CAR RENTAL
contactus@greenarc.net.au
Tel : 09-730-22820
COFFEE MACHINE
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
CO WORKING SPACE
CONSULTING
MyanMar exeCutive
liMousine serviCe
HOT LINE:
09 - 402 510 003
01-646 330
First class VIp
Limousine car rental.
professional english
Speaking Drivers.
Full Insurance for
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comfortable journey
call us Now for your
best choice
www.mmels.com
Royal Ayeyarwaddy
Co.,Ltd.
No.(7) , 87th St, Mingalar
Taung Nyunt Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : 09-254249628, 09254296248, 09 254249629.
(Mdy Ph: 09 73103051,
73103052) www.pqi-group.
com, www.royalayeyarwaddy. com
CROCKERY
Crockery
No.27-B, Kabaaye
Pagoda Rd, Teak Villa,
Mayangone Tsp,
Tel: 09-4200-49459.
FOAM SPRAY
INSULATION
FORKLIFT
DELIVERY SERVICE
DUTY FREE
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
FLORAL SERVICES
GENERATORS
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
COMPUTER
SUPER
Car Rental
ENTERTAINMENT
FITNESS CENTRE
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
Made in Taiwan
Bldg No. F/S (2),
ShweMarlar Housing,
Bayintnaung Rd.,
Kamaryut Tsp., YGN
Tel: +95 9 4302 4615
(English Speaking)
+95 9 502 1312
(Myanmar Speaking)
Email : utsales@
universaltractormyanmar.
com
Your Lifting Solution
Made in Spain
Bldg No. F/S (2),
ShweMarlar Housing,
Bayintnaung Rd.,
Kamaryut Tsp., YGN
Tel: +95 9 4302 4615
(English Speaking)
+95 9 502 1312
(Myanmar Speaking)
Email : utsales@
universaltractormyanmar.
com
Your Power Solution
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
HEALTH SERVICES
Worlds leader in
Kitchen Hoods & Hobs
Same as Ariston Water
Heater. Tel: 251033,
379671, 256622, 647813
sales@manawmaya.com.mm
www.manawmayagems.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
MARINE
COMMUNICATION &
NAVIGATION
No.(68), Tawwin Street,
9 Mile, Mayangone Tsp,
Yangon.
Hunt line: +95 1 9666 141,
Booking Ext : 7080, 7084.
Fax: +95 1 9666 135
Email:
info@witoriya hospital.com
www.victoriahospital
myanmar.com,
Facebook :
https://www.facebook.com/
WitoriyaGeneralHospital
LANGUAGE
HOUSING
PAINT
Master Burmese Faster!
Professional Burmese
Language Course for All
Levels
436, Top flr, Thein Phyu Rd,
Mingalar Taung Nyut Tsp,
Yangon.
Tel : 09-4316 8422
www.moemyanmar.com
Email: register.mmlc@
moemyanmar.com
OFFICE FURNITURE
HOTEL SUPPLY
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.
LIGHTING
HOME FURNITURE
REAL ESTATE
Sole Distributor
For the Union of
Myanmar Since 1995
Myanmar Golden Rock
International Co.,Ltd.
79-D, Bo Chein St, Pyay Rd,
6 Mile, Hlaing Tsp,
Tel: 654810~654819
654844~654848
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
REMOVALISTS
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
Faucets | Showers |
Sanitarywares | Bathroom
Accessories, Ph: 379671,
256622, 399464, 09 9771
09852. Address: Same
as ARISTON
TRAVEL AGENTS
RESORT
Heaven Pizza
38/40, Bo Yar Nyunt St.
Yaw Min Gyi Quarter,
Dagon Township.
Tel: 09-855-1383
For House-Seekers
www.exploremyanmar.com
www.exploreglobaltravel.
com
WATER HEATERS
SCHOOLS
Water Heater
Made in Japan
Same as Rinnai Gas Cooker
and Cooker Hood
Showroom Address
WATER PROOFING
Email: imm.myn@gmail.com
No.695, Mahabandoola
Road, (Between 19th &
Sint Oh Dan Street), Latha
Township, Yangon.
Ph: 01-395816, 396817
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
SERVICE OFFICE
WATER TREATMENT
G-05, Marketplace by
City Mart.
Tel: 01-523840 Ext: 105
Legendary Myanmar Intl
Shipping & Logistics Co.,
Ltd.
No-9, Rm (A-4), 3rd Flr,
Kyaung St, Myaynigone,
Sanchaung Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 516827, 523653,
516795.
Mobile. 09-512-3049.
Email: legandarymyr@
mptmail.net .mm
www.LMSL-shipping.com
Tel : 01-4413410
G-01, City Mart
(Myay Ni Gone Center).
Tel: 01-508467-70 Ext: 106
Monsoon Restaurant
& Bar 85/87, Thein Byu
Road, Botahtaung Tsp.
Tel: 295224, 09-501 5653.
Bo Sun Pat Tower, Bldg
608, Rm 6(B), Cor of
Merchant Rd & Bo Sun
Pat St, PBDN Tsp. Tel:
377263, 250582, 250032,
09-511-7876, 09-862-4563.
RESTAURANTS
PLEASURE CRUISES
th
SUPERMARKETS
Executive Serviced
Ofce, Registered
and Virtual Ofce, Hot
Desking, Meeting Rooms
Tel: +(95) 1 387947
www.officehubservices,com
WATER SOLUTION
aekar
Company limited
STEEL STRUCTURE
Design, Fabrication,
Supply & Erection of Steel
Structures
Tel : (+95-1) 122 1673
Email : Sales@WECMyanmar.com
www.WEC-Myanmar.com
WEB SERVICE
STORAGE
SC STORAGE YANGON
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Monthly storage available
Transportation of goods
provided,
Mobile: 09-253 559 848,
Email: YangonStorage@
gmail.com
Web Services
All the way from Australia
world-class websites/
web apps for desktop,
smartphone & tablets,
online shopping with
real-time transaction,
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By Email : classified.mcm@gmail.com
By Mail : 379/383, Bo Aung Kyaw St, Kyauktada Township, Yangon.
General
Business
COMPANIES who are
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offering OTC shares.
Please drop me an email
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Closing date : 24th
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Parkway Cancer
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66 Sport
KIMANA
Maasai Olympics
fights dwindling
lion numbers
LEAPING high into the air and hurl- high jump measured by the tradiing spears instead of javelins, tradi- tional standing jump straight into the
tional lion hunters in Kenya tested air, not over a cross bar.
their skills December 13 in a special
The games offered warriors a
Maasai Olympics organised to save chance to compete using traditional
the endangered animals.
skills used in the hunt, but tested inFor generations, Maasai warriors stead in a sports competition against
proved their manhood by killing a each other.
lion, but a campaign led by Kenyan
Organisers said the games give the
Olympic champion David Rudisha is Maasai an avenue to demonstrate
working to swap spearing for sport.
their physical prowess through a
As numbers of big cats rapidly de- sporting event rather than a traditioncline due to poaching and humans al hunt, as well as raising awareness
increasing encroachment on their ter- about the threats lions are facing.
ritory, the games organised Saturday
Lions are in trouble, said Fiesta
by conservationists aimed to provide Warinwa from the African Wildlife
an alternative test of the warriors Foundation (AWF), one of sponsors
strength.
of the games, adding that fewer than
Rudisha, the 800 metres gold med- 2000 lions remain in Kenya.
allist and world record-holder and
Tourists coming to see the lions
himself a Maasai is patron of the and Kenyas other wildlife includgames.
ing elephant and rhino, also under
Im happy to come here and be constant threat from poachers proa part of my people, and to try and vide a key foreign income earner and
educate them about not killing the employer for the east African nations
wild animals, because we get a lot of economy.
benefits
from
These lions
it, Rudisha told
could be wiped
AFP, as barefoot
out in the next
athletes sprinted
two decades unpast on the hard
less we act, Wardirt track.
inwa added. The
In a Kenyan
Maasai
Olymtwist on classic
pics help protect
athletics events, Number of lions left in Kenya, according lions
through
warriors threw
education.
to AWF estimates.
spears instead of
Africas lion
javelins.
population has
Daubed in red
dropped by alpaint, dressed in
most a third in
colourful Maasai robes and draped in the past two decades, with 30,000 of
beaded necklaces, warriors competed the big cats now left across the contiin the plains beneath the snow-capped nent, according to AWF estimates.
peak of Mount Kilimanjaro, Africas
Prizes included breeding cattle,
highest mountain.
school scholarships and cash, while
They also hurled the Maasais the two race winners won a sponsored
heavy wooden fighting club instead of trip to compete in the 2015 New York
discus, with the winner determined by Marathon.
the accuracy of the throw.
The Maasai Olympics is more than
Im also trying to be a role mod- just a colourful, one-day event, said
el to them, to show that sports can Samar Ntalamia from Big Life conserchange your life, from being someone vation campaigners, a sponsor of the
to being somebody, Rudisha said, as games.
hundreds of spectators roared encourIt is a year-long education proagement for athletes from their vil- gram that provides us with a platform
lage, sprinting past on the wide savan- to engage young men about conservanah grasslands.
tion issues, particularly lion killing.
Sports have really taken me far,
The games, being held for the secIve been all over the world, and its ond time, took place in the Maasai reonly because of running, he added.
gion of Kimana, some 220 kilometres
Running races included 200-metre, (135 miles) southeast of the Kenyan
800-metre and 5000-metre distances capital Nairobi, in a game sanctuary
for men, and for women, 100-metre that is part of the world famous Amand 1500-metre races.
boseli-Tsavo ecosystem.
Athletes also took part in a Maasai
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A pigeon enthusiast collects the birds he won at auction in Bejing. Photo: AFP
Pigeon prices
soaring in Peking
Demand from high-rollers is driving the cost of racing birds
to record highs across China
motives for the trade. Around a dozen industry insiders who all asked
to remain anonymous because gambling is illegal in mainland China
told AFP that betting on races was
widespread.
A pigeon race is perfect for gambling, because you can never predict
who will win, said Lars Vercammen,
a 25-year-old breeder from Belgium.
Su, the club owner, denied the
allegations.
Twice a year the club holds an
Iron Eagle series of four races
with hefty entry fees and total prize
money equivalent to more than $2.4
million.
A day before each contest, hundreds of feathered competitors were
loaded into cages and driven 500
kilometres away from Beijing, green
identification rings around their
scaly red ankles.
Six hours after their release, a
tense silence hung over the clubs
lawn, broken only by owners and
trainers munching on peanuts as
they waited for their pigeons to
return.
Suddenly the first grey bird
dropped out of the sky and on to its
loft, the winning time flashing onto
an electronic display board.
Overall victory in the series went
to a pigeon known only as 04010,
owned by pharmaceutical entrepreneur Guo, whose wealth is estimated
at $1.3 billion by Forbes magazine.
A month later the top birds were
compulsorily auctioned off under
the Iron Eagle competition rules,
with loudspeakers blasting the
theme from Star Wars to herald
each high-priced sale, and buyers
indifferent to the edicts of an official
austerity campaign.
Guo who cuts a distinctive figure with a shaven head and black
and white suit repeatedly raised a
paddle to ensure he kept his pigeon,
despite the punishingly expensive
commission.
Its about face. Im crazy. I
havent made any money, he said,
before a chauffeur ushered him into
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conduct in those days, you had respect for your enemy, he added,
contrasting the situation with the insurgencies fought by todays Western
armies.
John Goddard, 48, visited the battlefields at Ypres earlier this year and
the game sparked memories of that
trip for him.
It was a hell of a thing, wasnt
it? he said, shaking his head in awe.
To come out of the trench with your
hands up, its quite a leap of faith.
The match came at the end of a
year of commemorations to mark the
centenary of the war, including an installation of 888,246 ceramic poppies
at the Tower of London, one for each
British serviceman killed.
The mythology around a Christmas truce football match has also
grown in recent months. In Britain,
it has featured in everything from a
festive advertisement for supermarket giant Sainsburys to a Yuletide
Royal Shakespeare Company theatre
production.
UEFA president Michel Platini
unveiled a statue of a player in a field
in what was the Western Front in
Belgium last week, while the English
Premier League held a commemorative tournament for young players
whose countries fought in the war.
Experts say, though, that there is
no hard evidence that a formal game
ever took place during the truce.
Matt Brosnan, a curator at the Imperial War Museum in London, said
the pause in fighting was more useful
as a chance for soldiers to bury the
bodies of dead comrades than to play
football.
He estimated that fewer than 100
players probably took part in impromptu kickabouts.
What was more typical was soldiers meeting, exchanging gifts and
sharing a few moments, he said.
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Professional
Boxing League
coming in 2015
Kyaw Zin Hlaing
kyawzinhlaing.mcm@gmail.com
STARTING in January 2015, the rules
and regulations of the Myanmar Traditional Boxing Federation will be revamped in order to turn their amateur
leagues into a recognised, professional
sport.
Speaking to the media last week,
vice minister U Thaung Htike said
while traditional boxing had always
been a proud national pastime, the
sport has previously lacked a standardised set of rules for trainers, organisers and fighters.
The president of the Myanmar Traditional Boxing federation, U Thein
Aung, said the new rules and regulation will be finished and put into effect
in early January.
We finished our draft and it will be
confirmed soon, he said, adding that
they have just finished consultations
with experts in sports medicine.
U Sai Zaw Zaw, a Yangon-based
fight organiser, told The Myanmar
Times that he welcomed the new
regulations, which he thinks will only
propel the traditional sport to new
heights of popularity.