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IN PICTURES
PHOTO: REUTERS
Myanmars Min Si
Thu Tun takes aim en
route to winning gold
in the mens English
Billiards Doubles
Final last night at the
28th Southeast Asian
Games in Singapore.
The Myanmar team
came from two
frames down against
their more highly
fancied Singaporean
opponents to win
the match 3-2,
triumphing 102-90
in a thrilling final
frame. The win took
Myanmars medal
tally to 45, including
11 gold, a figure still
well down on preGames expectations.
FULL COVERAGE
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BUSINESS 8
2 News
A polling station official counts votes in front of the media in Dagon township in the 2010 election. Photo: Kaung Htet
International groups
to monitor elections
Five foreign elections observers from the US, the Netherlands and the EU have
been invited to monitor the campaign, voting and government formation
EI EI TOE
LWIN
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News 3
Constitution
amendment
bill gains
MP backing
Bill to be tabled for debate as parliament loses
patience with stalled high-level political talks
HTOO
THANT
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Members of Kachin aid groups issue an appeal for more funding for IDPs yesterday to mark the fourth anniversary of the
resumption of fighting between the Tatmadaw and the Kachin Independence Army. Photo: Naing Wynn Htoon
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4 News
A senior official from an armed ethnic group speaks during the meeting in Law Khee Lar, Kayin State, on June 6. Photo: Naing Wynn Htoon
Members of the Yangon Region Hluttaw stand for the start of the session
yesterday. Photo: Thiri Lu
6 News
SHWEGU
THITSAR
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Instead of speaking
out, they should
have helped the
voters ... so that
the mistakes could
be corrected.
U Tin Aye
Union Election Commission
Star-studded
party set for
Insein Prison
students
with journalists.
U Tin Htay said last years
outstanding graduates had to
celebrate in secret, though they
were also greeted by the prisons
famous inmates, including popular singers and actors convicted of
crimes including drug possession,
human trafficking and document
forging.
The prison began offering inmates the chance to sit exams
three years ago, after a state
school was set up within Insein.
The prison education program
was spearheaded by Insein Prison
Warden U Kyaw Htay, who is also
a deputy director in the Corrections Department.
An inmate with a Master of
Sciences degree was assigned as
headmaster, and other educated
inmates work as teachers using
the curriculum and timetables
from the state school system. High
school teachers and headmasters
from local township schools also
come in on weekends to lend a
hand.
The first prisoners to pass the
exams, in 2014, were Ko Hein Htet
and Ko Myo Nyunt Oo. They were
jailed for robbing K164 million
from a house in Insein township
and had served more than two
years by the time they passed the
exam. They later continued their
studies at the University of Distance Education.
This years graduates, all aged
under 20, were sent to prison for
offences including illicit drug use,
adultery and murder.
MILLION KYAT
20
Price of a 2400-square-foot
plot of land in Sagaing
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Indian labourers carry iron rods used on construction sites for transportation from a warehouse in Kolkata on May 28. Photo: AFP
Business
Central Bank to
limit payments
to only the kyat
JEREMY
MULLINS
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THE Central Bank of Myanmar is moving to strengthen the kyats use in the
local economy, eventually pushing the
countrys hotels, restaurants and shops
to list prices only in the local currency.
It has issued a letter directed at government ministries and regional governments, stating they must use only
local currency for charges as well as for
price quotations when selling products
or services. It also applies to private enterprise under the various national and
regional government branches, said a
Central Bank of Myanmar official.
The letter is directed at internal
payments rather than foreign purchases, and is to be followed up by more
formal rules. Yet experts say it may be a
tall order to force transactions into the
local currency.
The Central Bank official said businesses will still be able to trade internationally in US dollars.
Any company can charge [and]
quote in US dollars or in any permissible foreign currencies when they sell
[and] export abroad, he said.
However, they are encouraged to
use only the local currency for their domestic sales.
Initially, it is intended that domestic retail sales for items such as air
tickets, motor vehicles, tourist souvenirs and hotel room rentals will be
done in kyat only.
It is the same in countries like Singapore or Thailand where you can pay
only in their respective currencies, he
said.
Later, it can be applied to domestic
corporate wholesales once the currency forwards or swaps are available so
that currency risk can be hedged.
Currency risk stems from fluctuations in currency values. If a Myanmar company buys imported raw
materials in dollars, manufactures
an item, and then sells it abroad
in dollars, it faces the risk that the
dollar-kyat exchange rate could shift
AYE
THIDAR
KYAW
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Many Yangon restaurants currently display their prices in dollars. Photo: Thiri Lu
in the economy.
The problem of whether [the
kyats depreciation] is fundamental
or speculation is mixed up. Its too
early to say if the Central Banks intervention is effective, said U Soe
Thein, executive director of Asia
Green Development Bank.
The Central Bank could probably
better control the situation by selling the proper amount of US dollars rather than forcing kyats as the
immediate currency of payment, he
said. Currently, most US dollars are
obtained from the black market rather than through formal channels.
Initially, the policy will most affect
government branches, though many
private sector businesses such as hotels, branded clothing or jewellery
shops routinely use US dollars and are
carefully watching the rules.
It is the same in
countries like
Singapore or
Thailand where
you can only pay
in their respective
currencies.
Central Bank official
One of the most important practical questions as we go forward in Myanmars new foreign exchange context
is the actual extent of the obligation to
use Myanmar kyat, it said.
The note said that while some
countries ban the use of foreign currencies domestically, they do allow
contract prices in a value connected to
US dollars. It is also possible the Central Bank will impose the use of kyat
for contract prices, as well as invoices
and payment. To date, there are no
such general restrictions on enterprises in Myanmar to invoice in a foreign
currency, it said.
One risk for foreign investors is
that while the Foreign Investment
Law does not guarantee foreign investors they can do business in foreign
currency in Myanmar, it does guarantee that invested capital and profits
can be extracted in foreign currency.
Yet with foreign companies having
diminished options to collect US dollars in Myanmar, companies will need
to convert their kyat profits into dollars at some stage.
The million dollar question (excuse the pun) just got bigger, it said.
Even if one makes money investing
in Myanmar, will there be US dollars
available to convert my profit into at
the end of the year? The more time is
spent between earning kyat and converting it, the greater the potential
risk.
Another question is whether existing contracts will be grandfathered,
according to the VDB Loi briefing.
MANDALAY
PERCENT
30
BUSINESS 10
BUSINESS 12
Buying
Euro
Malaysia Ringitt
Singapore Dollar
Thai Baht
US Dollar
K1236
K295
K808
K33
K1112
Selling
K1256
K307
K822
K36
K1114
A CROOKED real-estate agent who reportedly resold the same land to several different buyers could have made
off with hundreds of millions of kyat,
say those who were cheated in the
scam. The victims of the fraudulent
transactions have been meeting to try
to resolve the issue.
The fraud occurred in Pyin Oo
Lwin, Mandalay Region, and Monywa,
Sagaing Region, say local real estate
agents.
Daw Khin Than of Kaung Hein Set
Real Estate Agency and chair of Myanmar Real Estate Services Association
(Pyin Oo Lwin branch), told The Myanmar Times on June 8 that ownership disputes had broken out over the
serial sales.
She resold land in Pyin Oo Lwin to
two or three buyers. When we calculated the value of land involved in the
ownership disputes that have come
before us, it comes to about K1.5 billion. She fabricated ownership documents and practised breach of trust.
She even accepted money from people
who wanted to join the Real Estate
Services Association but she didnt
enter them in the ledger. She is no
longer a member of the association,
said Daw Khin Than.
The alleged unscrupulous agent is
named Daw Khin Win Tint, though
she so far has not been available for
comment. Daw Khin Than said land in
villages around Pyin Oo Lwin such as
Naung Lone, Naung Line, Kone Baw,
Htone Bo and Htoen Gone has been
sold repeatedly without the knowledge of first or second buyers.
Motorbike riders scoot past Purcell Tower, the landmark at the centre of Pyin Oo Lwin. Photo: Phyo Wai Kyaw
The cheat operated from a real estate agency she opened in Yay Chan
Oh village, Pyin Oo Lwin township. In
all, about 80 people have been cheated
in Pyin Oo Lwin and Monywa, she
said.
She took the Monywa buyers in
charter bus and treated them to lunch
in a pagoda before selling them the
land. Some buyers have only a sales
contract. We dont know where she is,
but she posted an announcement in
Kyei Moun daily on June 3, saying she
desired to repay those who contributed
capital to her business, and she is trying as hard as she can to do so. But she
did not reveal her whereabouts or her
phone number.
We will advertise in the stateowned media informing her she must
settle the matter within 15 days, said
Daw Khin Than.
U Kyin Khe, a real estate dealer
from Htan Taw ward in Monywa, said
that the value of the contested land in
Monywa was about K400 million. I
met her about five months ago. She
cheated me out of about K15 million,
We will advertise
in the ... media
informing her she
must settle the matter
within 15 days.
Daw Khin Than
Pyin Oo Lwin real estate agent
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SPACEL
10 Business
Incentives to be built
in to investment law
JEREMY MULLINS
jeremymullins7@gmail.com
THE combined investment law will
have built-in incentives for priority
areas and sectors, according to U
Aung Naing Oo, director general of
the Directorate of Investment and
Company Adminstration.
Myanmar previously had two
separate investment laws, the Foreign Investment Law and the Myanmar Citizens Investment Law.
Yet experts have recommended
combining the two, and Myanmar
was the only one of the 10 ASEAN
countries with two laws.
Public consultations were held
earlier this year on what form the
new combined law should take,
and the International Finance
Corporation is providing technical support on the update, which
is still a work in progress.
We will use
incentives as
a tool for the
development of the
country.
U Aung Naing Oo
Government official
BEIJING
Inflation tumbles in
China as economy stalls
CHINESE inflation fell to 1.2 percent in May, data showed yesterday, the latest sign that growth in
the worlds number two economy is
stalling and suggesting more monetary easing may be on the way.
The consumer price index
(CPI), the main gauge of inflation,
eased from Aprils 1.5 percent, the
National Bureau of Statistics said.
It also fell short of the 1.3pc
median forecast from a survey of
economists by Bloomberg News.
Inflation has been subdued in
China as growth slows and commodity prices have fallen, prompting forecasts from some economists the country could slip into a
harmful cycle of deflation.
Concern has grown since January, when CPI hit its lowest point
since late 2009, prompting calls for
authorities to act to stave off the
trend of falling prices that can choke
consumer spending and growth.
Chinas economy expanded
7.4pc in 2014 its slowest pace
in 24 years and has shown few
signs of a pick-up this year. Gross
domestic product (GDP) growth
slowed to 7.0pc in January-March,
the worst quarterly result in six
years.
The inflation figures, which
came the day after data showing
imports fell for a seventh straight
month in May and exports also
AUNG
SHIN
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16-year rollout at $5.8 billion, in addition to the generation and transmission investment required to meet
demand. The first five-year phase of the
program is likely to start in the 2016-17
financial year, with the World Banks
$90 million loan $80 million for offgrid solutions and $10 million as technical assistance, according to Daw Soe
Soe Ohn.
Meanwhile, the ministry has been
pushing for greater rural electrification
since the 2013-14 fiscal year using the
state budget. According to the ministrys statistics, only 26,357 of 64,917 villages around the country are electrified.
Daw Soe Soe Ohn said an additional
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BANGKOK
Myanmar
land too
expensive
for Thai
giant
SAHA Group, Thailands leading
consumer product conglomerate,
has scrapped plans to set up an industrial estate in Myanmar, citing
high land prices in the country.
Chair Boonsithi Chokwatana
said the group decided not to develop its own industrial park on a
1000-rai (1.6-square-kilometre) plot
in Myanmar after studying the projects potential for a few years.
It wont work to develop our
own industrial park over there due
to the high investment cost, he
said. The land is very expensive.
If the group had not cancelled
the industrial park, it would have
had to spend a great deal of money
just to lease the land for 30 years.
Saha Group has altered its business strategy in Myanmar by renting some land for factories at an
industrial park to be jointly developed by Japanese investors and the
Myanmar government.
The group will also use existing
facilities in Taks Mae Sot district as
a trading centre for Thailand and
Myanmar.
Mae Sot has been chosen for one
of the new special economic zones.
Saha has three textiles factories
on a 200-rai plot in Mae Sot for
making lingerie, apparel and socks.
Although the Thai economy is
slowing, the group will continue to
explore the domestic market with a
series of fresh investments including a property development and
logistics effort with Japanese investors worth 200 to 300 million baht
(US$18.2 to $27.3 million).
Boonkiet Chokwatana, executive
chair of ICC International Plc, a
subsidiary of Saha Group, said the
group would remain committed to
investment in Thailand.
The company will sign an agreement with Tokyu Corporation to
co-develop Harmonique Residence
Sriracha, a 180-room serviced
apartment building near the J-Park
community mall in Chon Buris Si
Racha district.
Construction has begun and will
finish by year-end, targeting Japanese residents.
Consumer purchasing power is
not back to normal, Mr Boonsithi
said.
Using only low interest rates is
not enough to stimulate the economy. So far we are satisfied with the
performance of the Prayut Chan-ocha government, particularly the
corruption crackdown. We want
him to stay for another two years.
Saha Group yesterday announced the 19th Saha Group Fair
would take place from June 25 to 28
at the Queen Sirikit National Convention Center in Bangkok.
More than 1000 booths of specially priced products will offer
complimentary home-delivery service at the fair.
Saha Group expects full-year
sales on a par with last years 300
billion baht.
Myanmars high prices for land
are a frequent target of complaint
by international investors.
Government officials have announced several initiatives to slow
land speculation and make more
land available for investment,
though success has so far been
mixed.
Bangkok Post
SAN FRANCISCO
Recording artist
Drake weighs in
on Apple Music
at the June 8
launch.
Photo: AFP
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HONG KONG
A man talks on a mobile phone as he walks past an HSBC branch in Hong Kong.
Photo: AFP
Kong, he said.
But analyst Francis Lun said the
cuts may be too severe. They may
have overdone it if you cut the jobs
HONG KONG
HSBCs 150
dollar note
comes
amid cuts
AS troubled global bank HSBC announced a swathe of job cuts yesterday, thousands of people queued in
the blazing sun in Hong Kong for its
new commemorative banknote.
Crowds blocked major walkways in the city centre through the
morning and into early afternoon as
they waited to snap up the HK$150
(US$19.35) notes, released to mark
the banks 150th anniversary.
In one pickup location a large pedestrian flyover connecting major office buildings was thronged, blocking
irate morning commuters.
Those queueing had won a lottery organised by the bank allocating
them one, three or 35 notes.
Each note cost HK$380 and depicted historic scenes of Hong Kong
as well as the banks city offices.
Many sheltered under umbrellas
as the sun beat down, saying they
wanted the notes either as a collectors item or an investment.
Everybody thinks that there is
room for it to go up in price, Esther
Chan, a 30-year-old housewife, said
as she lined up in the central district
of Wan Chai.
I want one as a memento, she
said.
Margie Cosgrove, a 52-year-old
housewife, hoped the value would
rise.
Its worth it for the future ... Its
purely for investment. Everyone
comes out to make money in Hong
Kong, she said.
Around 60 traders were waiting
nearby to buy the notes one offered
HK$650 for a single one.
But local office workers were left
unamused.
I was late by at least 20 minutes
this morning, its annoying, said one
woman from a nearby building.
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ATHENS
Franco-Ethiopian
Railway back to life
World
15
G7 leaders flag
possibility of further
sanctions on Russia
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KATHMANDU
respond, he said.
Beijing, which claims the South
China Sea almost entirely, has built
2000 acres (800 hectares) of artificial islands in the Spratlys, including
those with facilities that appear to
have a military purpose.
Regional alarm is growing at
moves by China to stake its claim to
most of the sea, including its largescale island-building program.
The Philippines and the United
States have urged China to halt reclamation.
Malaysia, which has close economic ties with China, has traditionally
downplayed tensions in the South
China Sea and steers clear of criticising Chinas actions in the energy-rich
waters.
But Mr Abdul Aziz said that since
September 2014 there had been an increase in intrusions by Chinese Coast
Guard vessels.
We protest every time. We see
them every day, he said. AFP
AHMEDABAD
Indian men urinate on a wall at the roadside in New Delhi on November 18, the eve of World Toilet Day, in 2014. Photo: AFP
IN PICTURES
Photo: AFP
An elderly resident sits in front of her demolished house during the demolition of informal
settlements in order to give way to a road widening project of the government near the fish
port in Manila yesterday. Shantytowns dot the Philippine capital where many of the citys
poor are forced to reside.
DHAKA
Rana Plaza
fund hits target
A FUND set up to compensate the
victims of Bangladeshs Rana Plaza
factory collapse has finally reached
its US$30 million target, the UNs
International Labour Organization
has announced, more than two
years after the disaster left over 1100
garment workers dead.
With all the funding now secured, the last families still awaiting
a payout will receive their money
in the coming weeks, said the ILO,
which chairs the Rana Plaza Coordination Committee.
The committee, which was established in 2013 and represents all industry stakeholders, had estimated
it would need $30 million to fully
and fairly compensate the families
of the over-1100 garment workers
who died and some 1500 others who
were injured in the countrys worstever industrial accident.
By April 24, on the second anniversary of the disaster, the committee had raised $27 million and was
able to pay compensation to 70 percent of the more than 2800 claimants, the ILO said in a statement.
Further donations, including
one significant sum pledged late
last week, mean that $30m has now
been reached and all final payments
can be made, it added. The development was welcomed by ILO director-general Guy Ryder.
This is a milestone but we still
have important business to deal
SYDNEY
The Mera Glacier region of the Dudh Kosi Basin in eastern Nepal, pictured here
in 2012. Photo: AFP / European Geosciences Union
PHNOM PENH
he added.
Hul Sarith, chief of the Refugee Departments registration office, said he
had not received any order to register
the asylum seekers.
In a speech last week, Foreign Affairs Minister Hor Namhong defended
the governments inaction, arguing
that if it allowed the Montagnards
access to its refugee procedures, the
numbers pouring in would spiral out
of control.
If we just received them when
they enter Cambodia in terms of them
being Montagnard refugees, from
500,000 to 1 million Vietnamese could
enter, he said.
Mr Namhongs remarks came just
days before the first refugees to accept
resettlement under Cambodias controversial deal with Australia arrived
in the Kingdom. Phnom Penh Post
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Greek Finance Minister Yanis Varoufakis echoed calls for a swift accord and
warned it would go down as a historic
failure if EU leaders didnt agree on
a deal.
Greece needs to unlock some 7.2
billion euros (US$8 billion) in rescue
funds in order to be able to repay 1.6
billion euros to the International Monetary Fund by June 30.
A default could trigger a series of
cent days.
Prime Minister Alexis Tsipras has
sought a meeting tomorrow with Ms
Merkel and Mr Hollande on the sidelines of an EU-Latin America summit
in Brussels.
Talks are continuing in Brussels at
a political level to examine the prospects of a common agreement, Greek
government spokesperson Gabriel
Sakellaridis told reporters.
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UNITED NATIONS
IS trading
women on
slave markets,
says UN rep
TEENAGE girls abducted by Islamic
State fighters in Iraq and Syria are being sold in slave markets for as little
as a pack of cigarettes, the UN envoy
on sexual violence said on June 8.
Zainab Bangura visited Iraq and Syria
in April, and has since been working
on an action plan to address the horrific sexual violence being waged by IS
fighters.
This is a war that is being fought
on the bodies of women, Ms Bangura
told AFP in an interview.
The UN envoy spoke to women and
girls who had escaped from captivity
in IS-controlled areas, met with local
religious and political leaders, and visited refugees in Turkey, Lebanon and
Jordan.
Jihadists continue to run slave
markets for girls abducted during
fresh offensives, but there are no figures on the numbers enslaved by the
fighters.
They kidnap and abduct women
when they take areas so they have I
UN envoy on sexual violence Zainab Bangura sits during a press appearance in New York on June 8. Photo: AFP
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GENEVA
VANQUELIS
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Miners work on the diamonds mine of Banengbele, 10 km south of Boda, on May 22 in the Central African Republic. Photo: AFP
BEIJING
Yellow-breasted bunting
Emberiza aureola
Status: endangered
Population plunged by 90% since
1980, according to a new study
Main threat:
Illegal hunting
for the Chinese and
East Asian
black market
Breeding range
Non-breeding
Hunting was banned
in China in 1997
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As meditation
Michelle Boorstein
The Meditation Museum in Silver Spring, Maryland, displays artifacts and icons from a variety of religions, including
Christianity, Hinduism, Buddhism, Judaism and Islam.
Once you remove them from the spiritual context, then goals
default to those of the culture, and that could be to win a war,
or make money, or to self-medicate so you can do a job you hate
or for which you arent paid enough, Strand said. Who does
[meditation] serve today? Who does it belong to? Is its purpose
spiritual or just a commodity?
Ironically, when meditation began its expansion a decade or
so ago from Buddhist retreats and alternative communes to the
American mainstream, institutional religion was wary that the
practice was too religious but not in a sufficiently monotheistic
Judeo-Christian way.
The biblical worldview is completely at odds with the
pantheistic concepts driving Eastern meditation. We are not one
with an impersonal absolute being that is called God. Rather,
we are estranged from the true personal God because of our
inherent sin, evangelical philosopher Douglas Groothuis wrote in
Christianity Today in 2004 a piece typical of what was found
in religious media as meditation began its ascent. The answer
to our plight is not found in some higher level of consciousness
(really a deceptive state of mind), but in placing our faith in the
unmatched achievements of Jesus Christ on our behalf.
But meditation has spread too far and too successfully
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Music festival
sets the stage for
young talent
Zon Pann Pwint
zonpann08@gmail.com
Young musicians perform at the Voice of the Youth press conference held on June 8 at Institut Franais. Photos: Marie Torres
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yaNgoN
One of the winning entries shows a Yangon drain overflowing with rubbish.
Photo: U Khine Zaw Lin
NewzBeats host Sharon Bwogi AKA Lady Slyke (left), writer and producer Daniel
Kisekka aka Survivor (centre) and rapper Zoe Kabuye aka MC Loy pose at the
companys office in Kampala. Photo: AFP/Isaac Kasamani
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7:50
9:00
YH 917
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6:10
9:15
YH 918
Daily
9:15
10:25
W9 515
6:00
7:25
W9 201
Daily
8:40
10:35
7Y 131
2,4,6,7
6:30
9:20
W9 201
Daily
9:25
10:35
YJ 211
5, 7
6:00
8:05
YJ 891
1,2
8:40
10:35
K7 222
1,3,5
6:30
9:30
7Y 132
2,4,6,7
9:35
10:45
YH 917
Daily
6:10
8:30
7Y 132
2,4,6,7
8:50
10:45
7Y 131
Daily
7:15
10:05
K7 223
1,3,5
9:45
11:00
YJ 891
1,2
6:20
8:25
K7 223
1,3,5
8:55
11:00
Y5 649
Daily
10:30
12:45
YJ 761
Daily
12:25
17:00
7Y 131
2,4,6,7
6:30
8:35
YH 918
Daily
8:30
10:25
YJ 751
1,3,4,5,6,7 11:00
12:10
7Y 242
1,3,5
15:55
18:45
K7 222
1,3,5
6:30
8:40
6T 806
2,4,6
10:30
11:40
YH 737
3,5,7
11:00
12:25
K7 225
2,4,6,7
16:00
19:00
6T 805
2,4,6
6:30
7:40
YJ 212
5,7
10:40
12:35
YH 727
11:30
12:55
YH 728
16:15
18:25
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
8:55
YJ 202
1,2,3,4
12:00
13:25
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
15:45
YH 738
3,5,7
16:25
18:35
W9 201
Daily
7:00
8:25
YJ 761
1,2,4
13:10
17:00
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
15:40
W9 129
1,3,6
16:55
19:10
W9201
7:00
8:25
YJ 602
15:40
17:35
W9 129
1,3,6
15:30
16:40
8M 6603
9:00
10:10
7Y 242
1,3,5
16:40
18:45
YJ 601
11:00
12:25
K7 225
2,4,6,7
16:50
19:00
YJ 761
1,2,4
11:00
12:55
YH 728
17:00
18:25
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
14:00
W9 152/W97152
17:05
18:30
YH 737
3,5,7
11:00
13:10
Y5 776
Daily
17:10
18:20
YH 727
11:30
13:40
W9 211
17:10
19:15
W9 251
2,5
11:30
12:55
YH 738
3,5,7
17:10
18:35
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
16:25
8M 6604
17:20
18:30
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
16:35
8M 903
1,2,4,5,7
17:20
18:30
Y5 234
Daily
15:20
16:30
YH 730
2,4,6
17:45
19:10
W9 211
15:30
16:55
W9 252
2,5
18:15
19:40
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YANGON TO MYEIK
Flight
MYEIK TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Dep
Arr
Y5 325
1,5
6:45
8:15
Y5 326
1,5
8:35
10:05
1,3,5,7
7:00
9:05
6T 706
2,4,6
8:55
10:05
6T 705
2,4,6
7:30
8:40
7Y 532
2,4,6
15:35
17:40
7Y 531
2,4,6
11:15
13:20
K7 320
1,3,5,7
11:30
13:35
Y5 325
15:30
17:00
Y5 326
17:15
18:45
SO 201
Daily
8:20
10:40
SO 202
Daily
13:20
15:40
Flight
Days
Dep
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
K7 422
2,4,6
8:00
9:55
K7 423
2,4,6
10:10
11:30
7Y 413
1,3,5,7
10:30
12:20
7Y 414
1,3,5,7
12:35
13:55
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
12:55
W9 309
1,3,6
13:10
14:55
6T 611
Daily
11:45
12:55
6T 612
Daily
13:15
14:20
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
7:55
SO 101
Daily
7:00
8:00
ND 910
1,2,3,4,5
7:15
8:15
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
8:10
13:25
ND 105
1,2,3,4,5
10:45
11:40
ND 9102
1,2,3,4,5
8:35
9:35
ND 107
11:25
12:20
ND 104
1,2,3,4,5
9:20
10:15
Flight
Days
ND 109
1,2,3,4,5
14:55
15:40
ND 106
10:00
10:55
K7 422
2,4,6
1,3,5
YANGON TO THANDWE
Dep
THANDWE TO YANGON
Dep
Arr
K7 = Air KBZ
14:25
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
13:50
7Y 413
12:05
14:20
SO 102
Daily
18:00
19:00
ND 9110
1,2,3,4,5
18:20
19:20
7Y 413
11:00
11:50
W9 309
1,3,6
14:05
14:55
Y5 421
1,3,4,6
15:45
16:40
Y5 422
1,3,4,6
16:55
17:50
YANGON TO DAWEI
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
6:30
8:55
6T 806
2,4,6
9:10
11:40
YH 826
1,3.5.7
7:00
9:40
YJ 202
1,2,3,4
10:35
13:25
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
10:20
YH 827
1,3,5,7
11:30
13:55
YJ 233
11:00
15:10
YJ 234
15:25
18:15
W9 251
2,5
11:30
14:25
W9 252
2,5
16:45
19:40
W9 = Air Bagan
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
YH = Yangon Airways
DAWEI TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YJ = Asian Wings
K7 319
1,3,5,7
7:00
8:10
YH 634
2,4,6
12:15
13:25
6T = AirMandalay
FMI (ND) = FMI Air Charter
YH 633
2,4,6
7:00
8:25
K7 320
1,3,5,7
12:25
13:35
SO 201
Daily
8:20
9:40
6T 708
3,5,7
14:15
15:15
6T 707
3,5,7
10:30
11:30
SO 202
Daily
14:20
15:40
7Y 531
2,4,6
11:15
12:20
7Y 532
2,4,6
16:35
17:40
YANGON TO LASHIO
Dep
SO = APEX Airlines
7Y = Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
17:55
2,4,6
Airline Codes
11:30
13:30
Days
13:55
17:00
Flight
9:10
6T 805
11:35
1,2,3,4,5
MYITKYINA TO YANGON
1,3,5
ND 110
YANGON TO MYITKYINA
2,4,6
ND 108
Arr
10:25
10:35
10:45
11:00
19:00
19:10
18:45
7Y 413
19:20
Dep
7:45
7:55
8:05
8:05
17:40
17:50
17:25
K7 422
18:00
Days
Daily
1,2
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
1,3,6
1,3,5
Tel: 656969
Fax: 656998, 651020
8:55
18:25
Flight
YH 918
YJ 891
7Y 132
K7 223
K7 225
W9 129
7Y 242
11:20
17:00
Arr
7:20
7:45
7:40
7:50
7:50
17:25
17:10
17:35
17:40
17:35
8:00
Dep
6:00
6:10
6:20
6:30
6:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
15:30
15:30
10:30
1,2,3,4,5
Days
5,7
Daily
1,2
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
1,3,6
4
1
Days
ND 111
Flight
YJ 211
YH 917
YJ 891
K7 222
7Y 131
K7 224
7Y 241
W9 129
W9 211
W9 129
Flight
ND 9109
NYAUNG U TO YANGON
Arr
7Y 413
YANGON TO NYAUNG U
SITTWE TO YANGON
Arr
Days
K7 319
YANGON TO SITTWE
Domestic Airlines
LASHIO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
13:00
YJ 752
YJ 751
3,5,7
11:00
13:15
YH 730
YANGON TO PUTAO
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
3,5,7
16:10
17:55
2,4,6
16:45
19:10
PUTAO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YH 826
1,3,5,7
7:00
10:35
YH 827
1,3,5,7
10:35
13:55
W9 251
2,5
11:30
15:25
W9 252
2,5
15:45
19:40
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without notice
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2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
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YANGON TO BANGKOK
Days
Dep
Arr
PG 706
Daily
6:15
8M 335
Daily
7:40
TG 304
Daily
9:50
PG 702
Daily
10:30
TG 302
Daily
15:00
PG 708
Daily
15:15
8M 331
Daily
16:30
PG 704
Daily
18:20
Y5 237
Daily
19:00
TG 306
Daily
19:45
YANGON TO DON MUEANG
8:30
9:25
11:45
12:25
16:55
17:10
18:15
20:15
20:50
21:40
DD 4231
Daily
8:00
FD 252
Daily
8:30
FD 254
Daily
17:30
DD 4239
Daily
21:00
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
9:50
10:15
19:05
22:45
8M 231
Daily
8:25
Y5 2233
Daily
9:45
TR 2823
Daily
9:45
SQ 997
Daily
10:35
3K 582
Daily
11:15
MI 533
2,6
13:45
MI 519
Daily
17:30
3K 584
2,3,5
19:15
YANGON TO KUALA LUMPUR
12:50
14:15
14:25
15:10
15:45
20:50
22:05
23:45
8M 501
AK 505
MH 741
MH 743
AK 503
11:50
12:50
16:30
20:05
23:45
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
1,2,3,5,6
7:50
Daily
8:30
Daily
12:15
Daily
15:45
Daily
19:30
YANGON TO BEIJING
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
BANGKOK TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
TG 303
Daily
7:55
PG 701
Daily
8:50
Y5 238
Daily
21:30
8M 336
Daily
10:40
TG 301
Daily
13:05
PG 707
Daily
13:40
PG 703
Daily
16:45
TG 305
Daily
17:50
8M 332
Daily
19:15
PG 705
Daily
20:15
DON MUEANG TO YANGON
8:50
9:40
22:20
11:25
14:00
14:30
17:35
18:45
20:00
21:30
DD 4230
Daily
6:20
FD 251
Daily
7:15
FD 253
Daily
16:20
DD 4238
Daily
19:30
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
7:05
8:00
17:00
20:15
TR 2822
Daily
7:20
Y5 2234
Daily
7:20
SQ 998
Daily
7:55
3K 581
Daily
8:55
MI 533
2,6
11:35
8M 232
Daily
13:50
MI 518
Daily
15:15
3K 583
2,3,5
17:05
KUALA LUMPUR TO YANGON
8:45
8:50
9:20
10:25
12:55
15:15
16:40
18:35
AK 504
MH 740
8M 502
MH 742
AK 502
8:00
11:15
13:50
14:50
19:00
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Daily
6:55
Daily
10:05
1,2,3,5,6
12:50
Daily
13:40
Daily
17:50
BEIJING TO YANGON
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
CA 906
3,5,7
23:50 05:50+1
YANGON TO GUANGZHOU
CA 905
3,5,7
19:30
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
22:50
8M 711
CZ 3056
CZ 3056
3,6
8:40
1,5
14:40
2,4,7
14:15
TAIPEI TO YANGON
10:25
16:30
15:50
1,2,3,5,6
7:00
KUNMING TO YANGON
9:55
Flights
Flights
CI 7916
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
2,4,7
8:40
3,6
11:25
1,5
17:30
YANGON TO TAIPEI
13:15
16:15
22:15
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712
1,2,3,5,6
10:50
YANGON TO KUNMING
Arr
16:15
Flights
CI 7915
Arr
Flights
CA 416
MU 2012
MU 2032
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Daily
12:15
3
12:40
1,2,4,5,6,7 15:20
YANGON TO HANOI
Days
15:55
18:45
18:40
Dep
Arr
Days
MU 2011
CA 415
MU 2031
Flights
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
Arr
3
8:25
Daily
10:45
1,2,4,5,6,7 13:55
HANOI TO YANGON
Days
11:50
11:15
14:30
Dep
Arr
VN 956
1,3,5,6,7
19:10
21:30
YANGON TO HO CHI MINH CITY
VN 957
1,3,5,6,7
16:50
18:10
HO CHI MINH CITY TO YANGON
VN 942
VN 943
Flights
Flights
QR 919
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
2,4,7
14:25
YANGON TO DOHA
17:15
1,4,6
8:00
YANGON TO SEOUL
11:10
Arr
Arr
Flights
Flights
QR 918
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
KA 252
KA 250
Arr
Flights
Days
5
1,2,3,4,6,7
Arr
YANGON TO TOKYO
Flights
Days
NH 814
Daily
Dep
21:45
06:50+1
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
Days
BG 061
BG 061
Flights
Dep
1:30
1:10
1,6
4
Dep
15:35
13:45
YANGON TO INCHEON
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
Flights
Y5 251
7Y 305
8:05
12:50
2,4,6
1,5
YANGON TO GAYA
Flights
Days
8M 601
AI 236
Flights
Days
2
1,5
Dep
13:10
14:05
YANGON TO KOLKATA
Days
AI 228
Flights
Dep
3,5,6
7:00
2
13:10
YANGON TO DELHI
AI 236
AI 701
Flights
6:15
11:00
1,5
Dep
14:05
YANGON TO MUMBAI
AI 773
Days
1,5
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
Days
Daily
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO SINGAPORE
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Days
2,6
1,2,4,5,6
Dep
15:55
7:50
Flights
FD 245
Days
Daily
Dep
12:45
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Days
Daily
Dep
13:50
Flights
PG 722
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
19:30
Arr
Arr
8:20
15:05
Arr
Dep
Days
Dep
Flights
9:25
13:45
GAYA TO YANGON
Days
Dep
2
9:20
3,5,6
9:20
DELHI TO YANGON
Days
2
1,5
Dep
9:20
7:00
KOLKATA TO YANGON
Days
AI 227
1,5
Dep
10:35
MUMBAI TO YANGON
AI 675
Days
1,5
Dep
6:10
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
Flights
Days
Daily
Dep
12:00
SINGAPORE TO MANDALAY
Y5 2234
MI 533
Days
Daily
2,6
Dep
7:20
11:35
Flights
15:00
FD 244
Arr
Flights
Arr
12:30
10:40
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Flights
Flights
22:30
Dep
INCHEON TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
16:40
1,6
4
AI 235
8M 602
PG 709
Arr
Days
15:40
Arr
14:55
13:05
Days
Daily
Dep
10:50
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
MU 2029
Days
Daily
Dep
13:00
Flights
PG 721
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
17:00
Air India
Condor (DE)
Dragonair (KA)
Airline Codes
3K = Jet Star
8M = Myanmar Airways International
Arr
10:15
14:35
16:30
20:50
14:15
11:00
AK = Air Asia
Arr
Y5 252
7Y 306
Flights
Arr
Daily
Dep
DHAKA TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
Arr
TOKYO TO YANGON
Days
Arr
00:30+1
23:30
18:10
12:00
AI 235
AI 401
22:35
Dep
22:50
21:45
Arr
22:25
23:25
W9 608
4,7
17:20
PG 723
1,3,5,6
11:05
CHIANG MAI TO YANGON
16:30
19:50
15:05
4
1,2,3,5,6,7
Flights
BG 060
BG 060
16:10
15:05
Days
NH 813
17:00
15:10
W9 607
4,7
14:20
PG 724
1,3,5,6
13:10
YANGON TO CHIANG MAI
Flights
Flights
Tel: 09254049991~3
06:25+1
5:55
5:45
Flights
Arr
3,5,7
20:40
SEOUL TO YANGON
KA 251
KA 251
13:25
KE 471
Daily
18:45
0Z 769
3,6
19:50
HONG KONG TO YANGON
Arr
2,4,7
11:50
DOHA TO YANGON
0Z 770
4,7
0:35
9:10
KE 472
Daily
23:30 07:50+1
YANGON TO HONG KONG
International Airlines
Arr
Arr
12:0
12:30
Arr
12:20
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
16:30
15:00
Arr
12:15
DD = Nok Airline
FD = Air Asia
KA = Dragonair
KE = Korea Airlines
MH = Malaysia Airlines
MI = Silk Air
MU = China Eastern Airlines
NH = All Nippon Airways
PG = Bangkok Airways
QR = Qatar Airways
SQ = Singapore Airways
TG = Thai Airways
TR = Tiger Airline
VN = Vietnam Airline
AI = Air India
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
Arr
12:50
Arr
19:00
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4
5
6
7
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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Basketball
Canoeing
Petanque
Shooting
Snooker &
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2D
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2C
QUARTER-FINAL
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Colombia
Portugal
Serbia
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1D
V
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3
New Zealand
Hungary
SEMI-FINAL
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Austria
Ghana
2B
1B
V
2F
Uzbekistan
QUARTER-FINAL
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Ukraine
1A
V
3
Senegal
Mali
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1.
Nay Chi Su Su Latt holds the line during the Womens 10m platform final at the OCBC Aquatics Center on June 9.
Photo: EPA/Lynn Bo Bo
2.
Phyo Tun Aung and his steed clear an obstacle in the equestrian jumping qualifiers on June 8. EPA/Wallace Woon
3.
Myanmar made big moves on the mat yesterday, taking one gold and one silver in the womens +78kg and mens
+100kg events, bringing its judo medal total to seven. Photo: Kyaw Zin Hlaing
4.
Myanmars Win Htike and Maung Maung strong-arm their way to victory in the mens C2-200m race on June 9.
Photo: Singapores SEA Games Organising Committee/Action Images via Reuters
5.
Pa Pa took the womens 5000m foot race to new levels, finishing the contest in which fellow Myanmar runner Phyu
War Thet took bronze in sixth place without her shoes. Photo: AFP
6.
Blame it on the home court advantage Singapore smashes Myanmar 131-33 on June 9.
Photo: Singapores SEA Games Organising Committee/Action Images via Reuters
Medal Table
Results Day 4
Gold
Silver
Bronze
Total
SINGAPORE
52
44
54
150
THAILAND
38
40
35
113
VIETNAM
33
16
38
87
MALAYSIA
21
26
31
78
INDONESIA
17
20
38
75
PHILIPPINES
12
17
29
58
MYANMAR
11
16
18
45
CAMBODIA
LAOS
12
15
June 10 sports starting Volleyball. Archery, Water Polo, Badminton, Pencak Silat
BRUNEI
TIMOR LESTE
Myanmar Medallists
Gold
Canoe:
Billiards:
Silver
Mens C2-200m
Mens English
Billiards Double
Canoe:
Bronze
Mens C1200m (Maung
Maung)
Athletics:
Shooting:
Womens
5000m (Phyu
War Thet)
Mens 50m
Rifle Prone
Team
Sport
28 THE MYANMAR TIMES JunE 10, 2015
SeA GAmeS
Myanmar misses
on medals, but
still shooting
for the big gold
C2 1000m competitors Win Htike and Sai Min Win accept Myanmars first gold medal of the 28th annual SEA Games on June 6. Photo: Matt Roebuck
mATT ROebuck
matt.d.roebuck@gmail.com
total of 52 medals, 32 of
them gold, 6 silver and 14
bronze thats what you
were supposed to see this
morning as you opened
up The Myanmar Times to our SEa
Games coverage and turned to the
medal table. thats what was decided
back in March, when the deputy minister for sport, thaung Htike, called a
two-day meeting for the national governing bodies of sport to outline their
targets for the 28th Southeast asian
Games.
they knew the heights of 2013
when Myanmar hosted the Games and
stacked the event list, as all nations
do would remain out of reach, but a
nice round total of 50 gold medals was
agreed upon.
as The Myanmar Times reported
at the time, that total would have been
49 had the Myanmar Football Federation who had initially offered up an
aim of a semi-final appearance and a
shot at bronze not been cajoled by
the ministry into upping their ambitions.
as of the close of play on June 9,
Myanmar actually hold 11 gold, 16 silver and 18 bronze.
Had events gone to plan and Myanmar currently held 32 gold, then they
would have been at the very least fourth
in the overall medal count. More likely,
thanks to the redistribution of medals
away from Myanmar and towards thailand and Vietnam who currently sit
Every race is a
tough one but we
should be able to
deliver.
Soe Aung
Associated official, Canoe team