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Volume XXI, Number 259 14thWaning of Nadaw 1375 ME Tuesday, 31 December, 2013
THE MOST RELIABLE NEWSPAPER AROUND YOU
New Light of Myanmar
NAY PYI TAW, 30
Dec President U Thein
President U Thein Sein honoursprize-winning sports contingents
Republic of the Union of MyanmarPresident Ofce
(Order No. 51/2013)13thWaning of Nadaw, 1375 ME
(30 December, 2013)
Pardon1. The President issued this pardon under Section (204),
Subsection (a) of the Constitution, in order to contribute
to the stability of the state and the lasting peace, to build
national reconsolidation, to ensure all-inclusiveness in the
political process, on humanitarian grounds and to enable
them to participate in the nation-building tasks after real-
izing the magnanimity of the state.
2. In connection with any offenses in Paragraph (3) un-dergoing on 31 December 2013 and before;
(a) All convicted shall be pardoned.
(b) All cases being heard by respective courts shall be
dropped immediately.
(c) All ongoing investigations shall be closed without
any further action.
3. The pardon covers only those being convicted and
prosecuted in cases under the following laws:-
(a) Unlawful Association Act cases;
(b) Treason (Code of Criminal Procedure Article
122) cases;
(c) Sedition (Code of Criminal Procedure Article
124 (a)) cases;
(d) The Law to Safeguard the State from the Danger
of Subversive Elements cases;
(e) Peaceful Gathering and Peaceful Procession Law
cases;
(f) An act of harming public interests (Code of Crim-
inal Procedure Article 505) cases;
(g) 1950 Emergency Act cases;
4. The privileges granted under this order shall not tie
with any offenses in Paragraph (3) which underwent af-ter 31 December 2013.
Sd/Thein Sein
President
Republic of the Union of Myanmar
Sein delivered an address
at the ceremony to honour
victorious Myanmar sports
contingents in the 27thSEA
Games, at Myanmar Inter-
national Convention Cent-
er, here, today.
President U Thein Sein
said in his speech that the
27th SEA Games success-
fully concluded on 22 De-
cember. Upholding patri-
otism and national spirit,
Myanmar athletes did their
best in the competitions and
stood second in the medal
tally with 86 gold, 62 silver
and 85 bronze, totaling 233
medals.
Myanmar had been far
away from victory after its
second place with 26 gold
medals in the medal tally
of the 10th SEA Games in
1979. At present, victory
could be plucked due to
Myanmar sports contin-
gents efforts.
Myanmar started
preparation for hosting
the 27thSEA Games since
2009. Sports grounds,
stadiums and sports gear
were arranged to meet in-ternational standard while
Myanmar selected players
underwent training.
He continued that My-
anmar sports contingents
who won gold, silver and
bronze medals were hon-
oured. The athletes who
missed the victory were
urged to make more ef-
forts in next competitions
because the State and the
public recognize their con-
certed efforts.
He said that the 27th
SEA Games could bringbenefts to Myanmar ena-
bling her to join the inter-
national community. Inter-
national society has also
been aware of democratic
transition progress of the
country in the term of new
government. In addition,
Myanmar regained its own
position and responsibili-
ties in ASEAN community
due to the success of SEA
Games.
(See page 8)
INSIDE
El Salvador
volcano erupts,
evacuationsordered
PAGE-3
Iran and world
powers resume
expert level
nuclear talksPAGE-3
Sano says US
regulators reject
MS treatment
LemtradaPAGE-5
Blast at Egyptian
army building
wounds four soldiers
PAGE-6
President U Thein Sein bearing a broad smile poses for a documentary photo together with victorious Myanmar sports contingents
in the 27thSEA Games.MNA
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Tuesday, 31 December, 20132 New Light of Myanmar
LOCAL NEWS
New Light of Myanmar
Preparations for construction
of Nampaw Creek BridgeHSIPAW, 30 DecAAA
Cement Int Co Ltd of
Hsipaw makes preparations
for construction of Nampaw
Creek Bridge in Hsipaw.
The bridge will be 22feet long and 12 feet wide.
It can withstand 60 tons of
loads.
Chairman of Township
Development Supportive
Co m m i t t ee U Au n g
Khin, Deputy Township
Administrator U Moe Htwe
Oo and Executive Officer
of Township Development
Affairs Committee U Sai
Win Myint inspected the
construction of the bridge on
27 December.
U Saw Naing of
AAA Cement Int Co Ltd
and responsible persons
explained progress of works.
Engineer in-charge of thebridge U Hla Tun said, Our
company places emphasis
on development tasks of the
township including Nampaw
RC Bridge. We have built
three bridges and Nampaw
Bridge will be the fourth
facility of its kind in addition
to many small bridges for
better transport of the local
people.
MM AL- Hsipa w Ko
Latt
Mohnyin-Mandalay Aung
Yadana bus line launchedM O H N Y I N , 3 0
DecWith the aim of
ensuring better transport
fromMohnyin to Mandalay,
Mohnyin-Mandalay Aung
Yadana express bus line was
launched at the bus terminal
in Mohnyin on 25 December
morning.
Mohnyin District Deputy
Commissioner U Aung Soe
Moe, Commander of DistrictPolice Force Police Lt-Col
Tun Tun Wai and owner of
the bus line U Myint Oo cut
the ribbon to open the bus line.
The express bus of
the bus line will leave
Mohnyin at 3 pm and arrive
in Mandalay at 7 am the
next day. The bus will also
depart Thiri Mandalar Bus
Terminal of Mandalay at
3 pm and arrive at the bus
terminal in Mohnyin at 7 am
the next day.
Fare of the bus is
K 18000 per passenger.The express bus will pass
Mohnyin, Indaw, Shwebo
and Mandalay along its route.
MMAL-District IPRD
Control room for easing trafc congestions in Yangon
Y A N G O N, 30 Dec
Although overpasses and
car parks have been built atjunctions in main points of
Yangon, the facilities could
reduce trafc congestions to
some extent.That is why, the
Transport Department
under the Ministry of Rail
Transportation plans to formthe trafc control room in
Yangon.
We a re m ak in g
arrangements for opening
a traffic control room in
Yangon so as to ease trafc
congestions, said an ofcial
of Transport Department.
The room will be
equipped with necessary
devices. The room will
control all the vehicles
running in Yangon with
the use of modern devices
meet ing in ternat ional
standard.
The trafc control rooms
are being operated in major
cities of world countries. So,
Myanmar also plans to apply
such system.
Singapore one of the
ASEAN member countries
applies the trafc control
room.MMAL-Arkar Hein,Photo: Tin Soe (MMAL)
Dahatgon BEPS in Natmauk
Tsp needs water tank
MAGWAY , 30 Dec
Basic Education Primary
School in Dahatgon Village
of Natmauk Township
in Magway Region has
fu l f i l led basic needs
but schoolchildren face
difculties in shortage of
drinking water.
Three teachers including
the headmaster are teaching
34 students from two
Dahatgon villages.
The school has been
equipped with fly-proof
latrine, desks and teaching
aids. However, the children
have to take water from one-
furlong distance creek.
In the rainy season, it
is very dangerous for taking
water from the creek due
to torrent water, said local
people.
Headmaster U Khin
Maung Than said, My
school turns out outstanding
students yearly. Teachers
and students ratio is proper
in balance. In the school
days, we are waiting for the
students who take water from
the creek before teaching.
So, we need one well for
the school.MMAL-Paing
Zay (Magway)
Fire breaks out at Mela (Bekalaw) Myanmar refugee camp
BANGKOK, 30 DecAre broke out at Ward 3 in
Zone C of Mela (Bekalaw)
Myanmar refugee camp
where about 50000 people
are residing, 60 kilometres
north to Mae Sot of Thailand,
on 27 December.
The re reduced 102houses into ashes.
A short circuit started
re at the boarding hall at
1.30 pm on 27 December.
As some house owner
did not want to destroy their
houses, the fire strongly
engulfed the houses one afteranother. Indeed, the houses in
the re should be destoryed
so as to reduce the burning
momentum.
The burning hour lasted
one and a half hours.
The re victims take
shelter at their friendshouses, said Myanmar
citizens in Thailand.
Ofcials of the camp
recounted, Local people
and two re engines put out
the re. However, a total of
102 houses were destroyed.
The re left one child and
one adult injured, missing
one child.
In February 2012, a
re broke out at Ohnphyan
refugee camp in Popra
Township of Tak Province at
Myanmar-Thai border area,
leaving about 3000 houses
and tens of thousands of
people homeless.
Mela refugee re was
the rst of its kind.
MMAL-Soe Win (SP)
12-wheeled vehicle overturns on Hpa-an-
Thaton RoadH PA - AN , 30 Dec
A c c o r d i n g t o t h e
information that a trafc
accident occurred on Hpa-
an-Thaton Road at 12.45
pm on 26 December, IP
Aung Than and party of
Myainggale police outpost
and local authorities rushedto the scene and inspected
the incident.
A vehicle with the load of
seven goods from Myawady
Trade Zone driven by Maung
Maung Gyi (a) Rakhine,
26 of Baungduk Village in
MraukU Township together
with conductor Myo Zaw
Tun, 32, of Aungmyitta Road
in Thamaing of Yangon
overturned near Lower
Kawyin Village of Hpa-an
Township.
The vehicle plunged
into the left roadside due
to out of control.
Driver Maung Maung
Gyi (a) Rakhine was
injured in the incident.
The conductor was free
from injury. The driver was
rushed to Hpa-an General
Hospital to receive medical
treatment.
Hpa-an Myoma Police
Station opened a le of
lawsuit against reckless
driver under the law.
MMAL-Tun Tun Htwe
(Hpa-an)
Trafc Accident
Transport
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Tuesday, 31 December, 2013 3New Light of MyanmarWORLD
14 killed, 23 hurt in
trolleybus blast in
Russias VolgogradSOCHI, 30 Dec At least
10 people were killed in an
explosion on a trolleybusin Russias southern city
of Volgograd on Monday
morning, Itar-Tass News
Agency reported.
The report said the ex-
plosion in Kachintsev Street
in the Dzerzhinsky district of
the city left another 23 people
Members of the emergency services work at the site ofa bomb blast on a trolleybus in Volgograd
on 30 Dec, 2013.
REUTERS
injured.
The incident comes a
day after a suicide bomberkilled at least 17 people and
injured dozens more in the
same citys main railway
station 40 days before Rus-
sia is to hold the Winter
Olympics in the Black Sea
resort city of Sochi.
Kyodo News
El Salvador volcano
erupts, evacuations
orderedSAN SALVADOR, 30
DecThe Chaparrastiquevolcano in eastern El Sal-
vador belched a column ofhot ash high into the air onSunday, frightening nearby
residents and prompting au-thorities to order evacuationsin the area.
There were no immedi-ate reports of injuries in theSan Miguel region, where
the volcano is located andthat is known for its coffeeplantations.
Civil protection au-thorities said they would
evacuate people from withinthree kilometres (1.9 miles)of the volcano and set up
emergency shelters.The evacuations began
almost right after the explo-
sion, said civil protectionofcial Armando Vividor.He said some 5,000 people
lived around the volcano.The volcano, which is
about 140 kilometres (86
miles) to the east of the
The Chaparrastique volcano, behind electricity cables,spews ash at the municipality of San Miguel
on 29 Dec, 2013.REUTERS
capital, spewed ash over awide area and the smell ofsulfur hung over surrounding
towns, according to reportson social media. Authoritiesrecommended breathing
through moist handkerchiefs.Santos Osorio, a mem-
ber of a local coffee growers
union, said heavy ash wasfalling in the area and localcoffee plantations would be
checked for damage.El Salvadors crop has
already been blighted by an
outbreak of leaf rust that hasreduced output in all ve of
Central Americas coffeeproducers.
El Salvador has 23
active volcanoes and theChaparrastique volcano isconsidered one of the most
active, with 26 eruptions inthe last 500 years, the envi-ronment ministry said. In a
1976 eruption, lava gushedfrom the volcano and it shookviolently in another event in
2010.Reuters
Indias homegrown terror
outfit plans to explode nuclear
bomb in western state ofGujarat
NEW DELHI, 30 Dec
Indian Mujahideen, a
homegrown terror outt,
planned to explode a nuclear
bomb in the western state of
Gujarats city of Surat, local
media reported on Monday.
The terror groups India
chief, Yasin Bhatkal, who
was arrested by police in
August this year, revealed
this to his interrogators, The
Times of India newspaper
reported, citing the interro-gation report.
According to the report,
Bhatkal told the interroga-
tors that he had even asked,
Riyaz Bhatkal, over the
phone whether the latter
could arrange a small nu-
clear bomb to explode in
Surat. Riyaz told me that
attacks can be done with
nuclear bombs. I requested
him to look for one nucle-
ar bomb for Surat, the
newspaper quoted Yasin
as saying. However, the
plan could not be initiated
as Yasin was tracked by
the Indian authorities andsubsequently arrested from
near the international border
with Nepal.
Xinhua
Shots fired at residence of German ambassador in AthensATHENS, 30 Dec Un-
identied attackers opened
re on the German ambas-
sadors residence in Ath-
ens with an assault rie on
Monday, but no one was
hurt in the early morning
attack, police said.At least four shots hit
the metal gate of the high-
security residence, which
lies on a busy street of a
northern suburb, police
said. Sixty spent bullet cas-
es have been collected so
far. Anti-German sentiment
has grown during Greeces
prolonged economic crisis,
and many of those strug-
gling with record unem-
ployment and plummeting
living standards blame Ger-
manys insistence on scal
rigor for their economic
woes.Germany is the big-
gest single contributing na-
tion to Greeces 240-billion
euro bailouts which have
kept the country aoat since
2010 and saved it from
Police experts search for evidence following a gun
attack, outside the German ambassadors residence in
Chalandri suburb north of Athens on 30 Dec, 2013.
REUTERS
bankruptcy.
The German ambas-
sadors residence was the
target of an attack in 1999,
when members of the now
dismantled extremist group
on 17 November red a
rocket-propelled grenade
that hit its roof.
Greek Prime Minister
Antonis Samaras spoke to
the German ambassador
Wolfgang Dold, who was
at home at the time of the
incident, and Foreign Min-
ister Evangelos Venizelos
expressed his outrage and
outright condemnation
over the attack.
It was a cowardly
terrorist act clearly target-
ing Greeces image abroada few days before the start
of the Greek presidency,
Venizelos said, according
to a statement from the For-
eign Ministry.
With a reputation for
being Europes problem
child, Greece takes on the
rotating European Union
presidency for six months
starting 1 January, hoping
to show how far it has come
since it almost crashed out
of the common currency
bloc 18 months ago.
No one has claimed re-
sponsibility yet for the 3.40am (0140 GMT) attack. A
police ofcial who spoke
on condition of anonymity
said at least two assailants
on foot were involved.
Reuters
Iran and world powers resume expert level nuclear talksDUBAI, 30 Dec Iran
resumed technical talkswith world powers in Ge-
neva on Monday, a vitalstep in implementing a nu-
clear deal signed last monthwhich suspends key ele-ments of Teherans nuclearprogramme in exchange for
limited sanctions relief.The talks between ex-
pert teams from Iran and sixworld powers are meant totranslate the political deal
into a detailed implemen-tation plan by the end ofJanuary, Irans state news
agency, IRNA, quoted anunnamed source as saying.
A key sticking point
appears to be how muchadvance information West-ern governments will get so
they can verify that Iran ismeeting its end of the dealbefore they lift any sanc-
tions.The third round of talks
The ag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) ies in front of itsheadquarters during a board of governors meeting in Vienna
on 28 Nov, 2013.REUTERS
between technical expertsfrom the permanent UNSecurity Council members
Britain, China, France,Russia and the United
States plus Germany, areset to last a day and resumein 2014, IRNA reported,a sign of the complexi-
ties facing the negotiators
in reaching agreement onpractical steps. They beganwork on 9 December but
Iran broke off the talks inprotest at the US blacklist-
ing an additional 19 Iraniancompanies and individualsunder existing sanctions.
Iranian ofcials saidthe move violated the spirit
of the deal but US ofcialssaid it did not breach theagreement.
Iran rejects Westernfears that its nuclear work
has any military intentionsand says it needs nuclearpower for electricity gener-ation and medical research.
Reuters
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SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY
New Light of Myanmar
Japan mid-tier camera makers face shakeout assmartphones shatter mirrorless hopes
TOKYO, 30 Dec Pa-nasonic Corp and Japansother mid-tier camera mak-ers have a battle on their
hands to win over a smart-phone sele generation
to mirrorless cameras thatheld such promise whenthey were launched around
ve years ago.
Panasonic, like peersFujilm Holdings and
Olympus Corp, has been
losing money on its cam-eras since mobile phonesthat take high-quality pho-tos ate into the compactcamera business. This
A model poses with Nikon Corps new Nikon 1 J1
camera at its unveiling ceremony in Tokyo, in this21 Sept, 2011 le photo. REUTERS
year, compact camera salesare likely to fall more than40 percent to fewer than 59million, according to in-
dustry researcher IDC.Meanwhile, sales of
mirrorless cameras seenas a promising format be-tween low-end compactsand high-end single-lens
reex (SLR) cameras are sputtering as buyers put
connectivity above picturequality.
A 40 percent drop inPanasonics overall camerasales in April-Septemberleft the imaging division
vulnerable as the com-panys mid-term plan toMarch 2016 demands un-protable businesses turn
themselves around or facethe axe.
If you look mid-to-long term, digital cameramakers are slipping and
the market is becoming
an oligopoly, said Credit
Suisse imaging analyst YuYoshida.
Panasonic held 3.1
percent of the camera mar-ket in July-September,down from 3.8 percent a
year earlier, according toIDC. Canon Inc, NikonCorp and Sony Corp con-trolled over 60 percent be-tween them.
Only those who havea strong brand and are
competitive on price willlast and only Canon,Nikon and Sony full thatcriteria, added Yoshida.
Canon and Nikondominate the SLR cam-era market, while Sony
could survive any shake-out thanks to its strength inmaking sensors for a num-ber of camera manufactur-ers as well as collaborationwith its smartphone divi-sion.Reuters
A man enters BBC New Broadcasting House in Londonon 11 Nov, 2012.REUTERS
Hacker took over BBCserver, tried to sell access
on Christmas DayBOSTON, 30 Dec
A hacker secretly tookover a computer server atthe BBC, Britains pub-lic broadcaster, and thenlaunched a Christmas Daycampaign to convince other
cyber criminals to pay himfor access to the system.
While it is not knownif the hacker found anybuyers, the BBCs securityteam responded to the issueon Saturday and believes
it has secured the site, ac-cording to a person familiarwith the cleanup effort.
A BBC spokesman de-clined to discuss the inci-dent. We do not comment
on security issues, he said.Reuters could not de-
termine whether the hack-ers stole data or caused anydamage in the attack, which
compromised a server thatmanages an obscure pass-word-protected website.
It was not clear howthe BBC, the worlds old-est and largest broadcaster,
uses that site, ftp.bbc.co.uk,though ftp systems are typi-cally used to manage the
transfer of large data lesover the Internet.
The attack was rstidentied by Hold SecurityLLC, a cybersecurity rm
in Milwaukee that monitorsunderground cyber-crime
forums in search of stoleninformation.
The rms research-ers observed a notoriousRussian hacker known bythe monikers HASH and
Rev0lver, attempting
to sell access to the BBCserver on December 25,the companys founder andchief information securityofcer, Alex Holden, told
Reuters.HASH sought to
convince high-prole hack-
ers that he had inltratedthe site by showing themles that could only be ac-cessed by somebody whoreally controlled it, Holdensaid.
So far Hold Security
researchers have found noevidence the conversationsled to a deal or that datawas stolen from the BBC,Holden said. It is common
for hackers to buy and sellaccess to compromisedservers on underground fo-rums.Reuters
Spain arrestseight over
global bankcyber heistsMADRID, 30 Dec
Spanish police on Sunday
said they had arrested eightpeople suspected of helping
to steal more than $60 mil-lion from banks worldwideby hacking into credit card
processing rms and with-drawing money from cashmachines.
The arrests are one ofthe biggest breakthroughsyet outside the United States
in connection with a series ofglobal bank heists, coordi-nated across numerous coun-tries by cells which withdrewmillions of dollars in a mat-ter of hours. Spanish police
said in a statement they haddetained six Romanian citi-zens and two Moroccans onthe outskirts of Madrid, andseized 25,000 euros in cashas well as around 1,000 blankcredit cards, IT material andjewels after several buildingsearches. The statement said
the global hacking gang hadbeen controlled by a single
person, who had been ar-rested in Germany. The po-lice could not be reached forcomment on when the al-leged mastermind had beendetained. German prosecu-tors said in May they had ar-
rested two Dutch citizenssuspected of taking part in a
$45 million cyber heist in-volving two Middle Easternbanks.Reuters
Bad weather hampers effort to rescue shipstuck in Antarctic ice
SYDNEY, 30 Dec Ad-verse weather conditionsoff Antarctica are prevent-ing an Australian icebreak-er from punching through
thick sea ice to free a
stranded research ship car-rying dozens of scientists
and tourists, authorities saidon Monday.
The Australian Mari-time Safety Authority said
the Aurora Australis madeit to within 10 nauticalmiles of the stranded Aka-demik Shokalskiy beforebeing compelled by strong
winds and snow showers tomove back into open wa-ters about 18 nautical milesfrom the Russian-agged
vessel.
These weather condi-tions have resulted in poorvisibility and made it dif-cult and unsafe for the
Aurora Australis to con-tinue todays attempt, the
AMSA said on its website.It said it also remains
unsafe to attempt to launcha helicopter evacuationmission from the ChineseicebreakerXuelong.
The Xuelong has re-mained in the area after un-dertaking an unsuccessful
rescue attempt Friday, inwhich it made it to within6.1 nautical miles of the
Shokalskiy before the thick-ness of the ice exceeded itsicebreaking capabilities and
caused it to stall.
A third icebreaker, theFrench vessel Astrolabe,had also been on the wayto rescue the Shokalskiy
before it ran into enginetrouble.
The Shokalskiy, whichleft New Zealand on 28Nov with 74 people aboard,
became trapped by ice inAntarcticas Common-wealth Bay on ChristmasEve while on a scienticexpedition.
The AMSA said that its
Rescue Coordination Cent-er is in regular contact with
the vessel and that those onboard it remain safe andwell with supplies for sev-eral weeks.
Kyodo News
Migrating red crabs are seen in Christmas Island,
Australia, on 26 Dec, 2013. Recently, millions of
red crabs began their annual migrations from the
rainforest on Christmas Island in the Indean Oceanto the sea coast to breed. Local government closed
most of the roads during the migrations, which
normally requires at least a week.
XINHUA
Canadas astronaut, space executivecall for intl cooperation with ChinaOTTAWA, 30 Dec
Canadian astronaut ChrisHadeld is calling for coop-eration with China in spaceand wants it to be part ofany international effort toreturn to the moon, Cana-dian Broadcasting Corpo-ration (CBC) reported on
Sunday on its website.I think right now a lot
of people see it as kind ofcrazy to cooperate with theChinese, but I think its the
next logical step, CBCquoted Hadeld as saying
in a recent interview withthe Canadian Press.
China sent its rst as-
tronaut into space in 2003.
Hadeld said Chinas am-bitious space programme
aims to eventually put anastronaut on the moon.
He also cited the fact
that China launched in2011 an experimental spacestation, saying it will be re-placed with a more perma-nent one to be completed in2020.
However, China wasbarred from participating in
the current orbiting spacestation, largely because ofUS objections over politicaldifferences.
Hadeld said a logical
progression would be to in-clude as many countries aspossible in an internationalmission beyond Earth
hopefully including China
and India and the othercountries that have launchcapability and then pro-gress to the next stepping
stone, the next natural way-point out to space, which isthe moon. Hadeld, who
became a Canadian astro-naut in 1992, visited Mir in
November 1995 on the USSpace Shuttle Atlantis, be-coming the only Canadianto ever board the Russian
space station.Xinhua
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Tuesday, 31 December, 2013 5New Light of MyanmarBUSINESS & HEALTH
Sanof says US regulators rejectMS treatment Lemtrada
PARIS, 30 Dec Sa-
no said its Lemtrada mul-tiple sclerosis treatmenthad failed to win approvalfrom US regulators for
launch in the worlds big-gest drug market, due tosafety concerns and a needfor further clinical studies.
The French drugmak-er said it strongly disagreedwith the Food and DrugAdministrations (FDA)decision and planned toappeal the decision.
The FDA consideredSano unit Genzyme hadnot submitted evidencefrom studies to show the
Chris Viehbacher, Chief Executive Ofcer of Sano,poses for the media before the companys 2012 annualresults presentation in Paris on 7 Feb, 2013.REUTERS
benets of Lemtrada out-weigh its serious adverseeffects, Sano said in astatement on Monday.
The FDA also demand-
ed Sano carry out furtherclinical trials using differ-ent designs and methodsprior to approval, Sanosaid.
We strongly believethat the clinical develop-ment program, which wasdesigned to demonstratehow Lemtrada comparesagainst an active compara-tor as opposed to placebo,provides robust evidenceof efcacy and a favour-
able benet-risk prole,Genzyme Chief ExecutiveDavid Meeker said.
Lemtrada, an injectabledrug also known as alemtu-
zumab, is designed to treatrelapsing remitting multiplesclerosis, the most commonform of the disease. It wasapproved in September byEuropean regulators in anincreasingly crowded mar-ket dominated by rivalsBiogen Idec, Novartis andTeva Pharmaceutical.
Lemtrada was at theheart of the French drug-makers lengthy $20.1 bil-lion takeover battle for US
biotech rm Genzyme,which it acquired in 2011.
As part of the takeo-ver agreement, Genzymeshareholders received con-tingent value rights (CVRs)entitling them to future pay-
ments of up to $14 a shareif certain goals were met.Sano said on Monday itdid not expect to meet theCVR milestone of US ap-proval for Lemtrada by theend of March.Reuters
Japan, Oman
seek to reach
investment
agreement
during PM
Abes visit
Nepal court
upholds ban on
sale of cigarettes
without pictorial
warningsKATHMANDU, 30 Dec
Nepals highest courthas upheld a ban on sale ofcigarettes and other tobaccoproducts that do not carrya pictorial health warningsprinted on 75 percent of thepackaging, a court spokes-man said on Monday.
In 2011, Nepals par-liament passed a bill thatbanned smoking in publicplaces, prohibited sale oftobacco products to minorsand directed manufacturersto print pictures and factshighlighting health hazardsof tobacco consumption on
75 percent of the packagingof tobacco products.
The law did not comeinto immediate effect, how-ever, because it was chal-lenged in the courts by lead-ing cigarette manufacturers.
They argued that an im-mediate ban on products notcarrying pictorial warningswould result in heavy lossesfor them because productswithout such warnings hadalready been distributed inthe market. They also arguedthat devoting 75 percent ofpackaging space to suchwarnings would be imprac-
ticable as that would leaveinsufcient space for printingthe names of the product andthe manufacturer.
Kyodo News
Crocs to receive $200 million from
Blackstone, CEO to retireNEW YORK, 30 Dec
Crocs Inc (CROX.O)said Blackstone Group LP(BX.N) is making a $200million investment that willgive the private equity rma 13 percent stake in theshoe company. In exchangefor the $200 million, Black-stone will receive preferredstock that can convert tocommon stock in threeyears if certain conditionsare met. It will also receivetwo board seats.
The preferred stock
will have a 6 percent cashdividend rate and is con-vertible into shares of com-mon stock at a conversionprice of $14.50 per share.
The shoemaker alsosaid late on Sunday that thecompanys chief executive,John McCarvel, plans toretire in April and will alsogive up his seat on Crocsboard. We will recruit anew CEO who will workwith the reconstituted boardto rene our short-termand long-term strategicplans, which will include a
sharper focus on earningsgrowth with less emphasison top-line growth, Chair-man Thomas Smach said in
Crocs Chief Financial Ofcer Jeff Lasher speaks at theReuters Consumer and Retail Summit in New York on
11 Sept, 2012.REUTERSa statement. Crocs, whichis known for its colorfulclogs, intends to use theBlackstone investment tohelp pay for a $350 millionstock repurchase it expectsto launch in the rst quarter.
Established in 2002,Crocs sells its shoes, madeout of a proprietary closed-cell resin it calls Crosliteand which are offered inmore than 300 four-seasonfootwear styles in some 125countries, according to itswebsite.
Crocs posted a 2 per-cent decline in sales forthe third quarter, hurt byweakness in the Americas
and Japan. The companysaid it saw less discretion-ary spending for footwear,apparel and other consumergoods in the United States.
The company nowexpects fourth-quarter rev-enue to be at the low endof the previously providedoutlook range of $220 mil-lion and $225 million, whileit expects loss per share tobe near 23 cents.
Analysts, on an aver-age, were expecting fourthquarter loss per share of 20
cents on revenue of $222.3million, according toThomson Reuters I/B/E/S.
Reuters
Straumann to cut prices
of some dental implants
UK government could sell off Lloyds bank stake in 2014LONDON, 30 Dec The
British government couldsell off all of its 18.4 billionpound stake in the Lloydsbanking group in 2014, theDaily Telegraph reported,citing unnamed sources.
The newspaper report-ed that the entire govern-ment holding could be soldoff in the next 12 months in
a combination of retail andinstitutional offerings.
Post-results is when afurther institutional offer-ing would make most sense.
After that, the thinking isan autumn sale, combiningan institutional and a retailsegment, is a realistic pros-pect, a source was quotedas saying by the newspaper.
The UK governmenthas already sold off 6 per-cent of its stake in the partlynationalised bank, raisingover 3.2 billion pounds in
September this year.The government cur-
rently holds around 33percent of the bank, veyears after Lloyds and
ZURICH, 30 Dec The
worlds largest dental im-plant maker, Straumann,will cut the price of itsstandard titanium implantsby around 15 percent nextyear in Germany, Austriaand Switzerland, the rmschief executive told a Swissnewspaper on Sunday. TheSwiss company said itsprice gap with rivals mustbe reduced, and that it mayadjust prices in other partsof Europe at a later date.
Premium implant mak-
ers like Straumann and localrival Nobel Biocare havebeen hit by weak consumercondence in Europe, ascash-strapped consumerscut back on non-essentialdental treatment or tradedown to cheaper brands.
If we dont adapt pricesto the market situation, thenin a few years well be sell-ing a third less in price-sensi-tive markets such as Germa-ny than we do today, ChiefExecutive Marco Gadolatold the NZZ am Sonntag.The Basel-based rm wants
to become a global leaderin the value segment of themarket, which is growing at afaster pace than the premium
segment.Straumann also plans
to offer its new Roxolidimplants at the same pricesas models it is phasing outto try to create better valueand a competitive edge.
The Roxolid implantsare made from an alloy oftitanium and zirconium thatis stronger than the titaniumused on its own in oldermodels. In October, theStraumann raised its full-year sales forecast, expect-ing a better performance in
North America and Japan tooffset weak sales in Europe,where it makes more thanhalf of its revenues.
Reuters
A pedestrian passes
the head ofce of theLloyds Banking Group
in central London
on 5 Aug, 2009.
REUTERS
TOKYO, 30 Dec Japanand Oman will seek to reachagreement on an investmentpact when Prime MinisterShinzo Abe visits the Mid-dle East nation in Januaryfor talks with Sultan Qaboosbin Said, sources close tothe matter said on Saturday.Oman, which seeks to lessenits dependency on crude oilexports and develop otherindustrial sectors, wants Jap-anese companies to join pro-jects to build an airport andother large-scale public in-frastructure, the sources said.
Japan and Oman
launched talks in Februarytoward concluding a pactto facilitate investments be-tween the two countries.
Kyodo News
rival Royal Bank of Scot-land were bailed out by thegovernment at the height ofthe credit crunch. Sharesin Lloyds closed at 78.84pence on the London StockExchange on Friday, valu-ing the group at 56.5 billionpounds.Reuters
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Maruha Nichiro subsidiary recalls6.3 million packs of frozen foodTOKYO, 30 Dec
A subsidiary of MaruhaNichiro Holdings Inc said
on Sunday it is recalling atotal of 6.3 million packs offrozen foods including cro-
quettes and pizza after pes-ticide was detected in someof them.
Frozen food subjectto the recall was made ata factory of the subsidiary,
Aqlifoods Co, in GunmaPrefecture.
The food maker ex-
amined the products anddetected malathion, used asinsecticide, in the wake of
reports from customers thatthe food smelled unusual.Malathion is not usually
used in the factory, it said.
Kyodo News
Yutaka Tanabe (R), president of Aqlifoods Co, speaksat a Press conference in Tokyo on 29 Dec, 2013, withToshio Kushiro, president of Maruha Nichiro Holdings
Inc. They announced that Aqlifoods, a subsidiary ofMaruha Nichiro, is recalling a total of 6.3 million packs
of frozen foods including croquettes and pizza afterpesticide was detected in some of them.
KYODONEWS
British police arrest two men over
North Sea ferry reLONDON, 30 Dec
British police said on Sun-day they had arrested two
men after a suspected ar-son attack on a ferry in theNorth Sea carrying more
than 1,000 people fromNewcastle in England toAmsterdam.
Police said the incidentoccurred late on Saturdaynight on board theMS KingSeaways, a ship operatedby Denmarks DFDS Sea-ways, after a passenger set
re to a cabin in circum-stances that remained un-clear. Local media said the
vessel was about 30 milesoff the English coast at thetime.
Up to seven peo-
ple, most of them crew
members, had been takenby helicopter to a hospitalin the English town of Scar-
borough where they weretreated for smoke inhala-tion, the police said.
Two men have beenarrested a 26-year-oldman on suspicion of arson
and a 28-year-old man onsuspicion of affray, Brit-ains Northumbria police
force said in a statement.Both are currently helpingpolice with inquiries.
DFDS, which oper-ates the daily service fromthe North Shields port near
Newcastle to IJmuiden nearAmsterdam, said in a state-ment that crew members
had put the re out within
15 minutes.
It said the vessel,which has since returnedto England, had been car-
rying 946 passengers and127 crew members, addingthat 15 passengers and eight
crew were thought to havesuffered smoke-related in-juries. None of the injures
was reported to be serious.Many of the passen-
gers were Britons planning
to celebrate New YearsEve in the Netherlands.
DFDS said on its web
site that its Newcastle-Am-sterdam service scheduledfor later on Sunday would
operate as normal, but thatits Amsterdam-Newcastleservice on Sunday had been
cancelled due to the inci-
dent.Reuters
US intelligence estimate sees big rollbacksin Afghanistan
WASHINGTON, 30 Dec A new US intelligence
estimate predicts that gainsthe United States and allieshave made in the Afghani-
stan war in the past threeyears will be signicantlyrolled back by 2017, even if
some US troops remain, theWashington Post reported
on Saturday, citing ofcials
familiar with the report.The National Intelli-
gence Estimate also predictsthat Afghanistan will quick-ly fall into chaos if Wash-
ington and Kabul fail tosign a security pact to keepan international military
contingent there beyond2014, the newspaper said.The pact must be signed for
the United States and its al-lies to provide billions more
dollars in aid to the impov-erished country.
The newspaper citedofcials who have read the
classied report, which in-
cludes input from the 16US intelligence agencies,or were briefed on its con-
clusions. In the absenceof a continuing presence
and continuing nancial
support, the intelligenceassessment suggests the
situation would deterioratevery rapidly, the newspa-per quoted one US ofcial
familiar with the report assaying.
But the newspaper said
some ofcials felt the reporton the potential outcome ofthe longest war in US his-
tory was overly pessimisticand did not take into account
Afghan National Army (ANA) soldiers keep watch near
a building in which the Loya Jirga (or grand council) is
holding a committee session, in Kabul on 22 Nov, 2013.
REUTERS
progress made by Afghani-stans security forces.
I think what were go-ing to see is a recalibrationof political power, territory
and that kind of thing, the
paper quoted one ofcial assaying. Its not going tobe an inevitable rise of theTaleban.Reuters
Blast at Egyptian army building wounds four soldiersbuilding in the village of
Anshas, 100 km (60 miles)
north of the capital.The army described the
bombing as a terrorist at-tack. Its statement referredto groups of darkness and
did not name the MuslimBrotherhood, the Islamistgroup it declared a terrorist
organization last week.That decision was a
response to a suicide bombattack on Tuesday on a po-lice compound in the Nile
Delta city of Mansoura,north of the site of Sun-days explosion. The army-
backed government hasused the new classication
to detain hundreds of themovements supporters andthousands more are alreadyin jail. Some of those held
in recent days are students,
who have continued daily
protests in spite of the in-
creased penalties for loyaltyto the Brotherhood.
The government hadaccused the Brotherhoodof carrying out last weeks
suicide bombing, whichkilled 16 people and forwhich a radical Sinai-based
group called Ansar Baytal-Maqdis claimed respon-
sibility. The Brotherhood,which says it is committedto peaceful activism, con-
demned the attack.In Anshas, some resi-
dents blamed the Brother-
hood for Sundays attack,saying the aim was to dis-
rupt a mid-January referen-dum on a new constitution,the next step in the govern-ments political transition
plan.Reuters
People and army personnel stand around a damagedbulding after an explosion in Egypts Nile Delta town of
Anshas, about 100 km (65 miles) northeast of Cairo,
on 29 Dec, 2013.REUTERS
Yui Ito, a 17-year-old violinist and a victim of the hu-
man papilloma virus vaccine Cervarix, performs at an
audition in Tokyo on 21 Oct, 2013, to qualify to appear
as a soloist in concert with the Nippon Symphony. Yui,
who has suffered partial paralysis and excruciating
pain since 2011, uses a wheelchair except when in bed,
but courageously stands to play when performing for
an audience.KYODONEWS
CAIRO/ANSHAS, 30
Dec A bomb exploded
outside an Egyptian armybuilding north of Cairo on
Sunday, wounding foursoldiers, the army said, in
the second bomb attack on
security forces in the Nile
Delta in less than a week.The bomb partly de-
stroyed the back wall ofthe military intelligence
Yemen jails nine al-Qaeda
suspects for plotting to kill
president
SANAA, 30 Dec AYemeni security court onSunday sentenced nine al-
Qaeda suspects to up to 10years in prison for plottingto assassinate President
Abd-Rabbu Mansour Hadi,ofcial Saba news agencyreported.
The court in the capitalSanaa sentenced nine al-Qaeda suspects to between
two and 10 years in prisonfor plotting to assassinateHaid by a roadside bomb on
his convey in Sanaa duringthe past months. A similar
trial was concluded on 15September, in which threeal-Qaeda members were
sentenced to up to sevenyears in prison for the samecharges. Meanwhile, the
court handed down a deathpenalty against al- Qaedasuspect Ahmed Turkey for
attacking the intelligenceheadquarters branch in thesouthern port city of Aden
in 2011 that left at least 20security personnel killed.
The Yemen-based re-
gional al-Qaeda in the Ara-bian Peninsula is active inthe poverty-stricken coun-
try, taking advantage ofgrowing chaos and politicalsplits in the south and east-
ern regions since 2011.Hadi took ofce in
February 2012 after a UN-
backed power transfer dealeased former President AliAbdullah Saleh from power
after a year of mass pro-tests.Xinhua
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NAY PYI TAW, 30
DecMyanmar paralym-pics (athletic) team is under
Myanmar Para (Shotput) athletes hope gold
medals
intensive training in Wunna
Theikdi Sport Ground toparticipate in the 7th ASE-
AN Para Games.
A total of 58 athletes
consist of 41 men and 17
women will participate in
the event. Coach Daw Aye
Aye Nwe of Myanmar Para
Sports Federation is giving
intensive training to Myan-
mar athletes for the latter tobe able to secure gold med-
als. Myanmar Para Sports
athletes are supported by
the State and donors. So
we are very satised, said
Daw Aye Aye Nwe.
Kyemon-Kyaw Thuya
(Nay Pyi Taw)
New sub-power station under construction in
Meiktila
MEIKTILA, 30 DecA
33/11 KV (10) MVA
sub-power station is being
constructed for the dwellers
in Aung San Ward, Meik-
tila near Central Institute
of Transport and Commu-
nications beside Meikti-
la-Kyaukapadaung motor
road.
Power access was tak-
en from the transformer
near Irrigation Department
in Wun Zin Ward in the
past, it is not sufcient for
the people in Aung San
Ward. Upon completion of
sub-power station, it will
be benecial to not only
households in Aung San
Ward but also nearby vil-lages. The ofcials from
Electricity Supply Enter-
prise are striving for suf-
cient use of electricity for
locals, said an ofcial of the
enterprise.
Meiktila Township
consists of 14 wards and
379 villages. Although
14 wards in Meiktila now
enjoy electricity access,
most villages are carrying
out electrication task on
self-reliance basic.
Kyemon-Chan Tha
(Meiktila)
MANDALAY, 30 Dec
Peoples park and Peo-
ples square are being
placed with concrete in
the garden area of Manaw-
ramman which is situated
on 62nd Street, between
38thx40th Streets in Ma-
haaungmye Township,
here, since last week of
this month.
The square with a to-
tal length of 350 feet can
give place for 1000 peo-ple and the construction
works will nish in March,
2014, said a responsible
person from Department
of Roads and Bridges un-
der Mandalay City Devel-
opment Committee.
Kyemon-Maung Pyi Thu
Peoples Square constructed in Manawramman garden
KYAUKDAGA, 30 Dec
Phado Sedana Social Ser-
vices Group donated black-
board, desks and pencils to
60 primary students who
are studying their education
at temporary school on 28
December. The students
parents who reside in the
village-tract at 5th and 12th
mile on Minhla-Seinkant-
Stationery donated to
students in Kyaukdaga
lant Road in Phado Area
in Kyaukdaga Township
in Bago Region are manu-
al workers and engaged in
cutting bamboo and mak-
ing charcoal. The teachers
also contributed voluntary
works to the students and
provided traditional med-
icine for them.Kyemon-
Myo Win (Kyaukdaga)
National Sports
Construction
Head of Pyay District Rural Development Depart-ment U Min Maung and party inspect reconstruc-
tion of Saytaing Bridge between Pauktaw and
Agga Villages in Pyay District, Bago Region on 27
December.KYEMON-HTUTAUNGLWIN
MINBU, 30 DecZay-
etgyi-Alanpal earthen roadwas opened as the celebra-
tion of the 66thAnniversary
Independence Day at the
archway of the road, near
Zayetgyi Village in Minbu
Township, here, on 29 De-
cember.
U Kyaw Thu, executive
ofcer of Township Devel-
opment Affairs Committee
elaborated on construction
of the road. U Aung Win, a
local spoke words of thanks
for construction of the road.
Magway Region Min-
ister for Development Af-
fairs U Nay Shin, Region
Hluttaw Representative U
Maung Maung Tin and Dis-
trict Deputy Commissioner
U Khin Maung Myint cut
Earthen road opened to
mark 66thAnniversary
Independence Daythe ribbon to open the road.
They then greeted localpeople.
The road with the
length of two miles had
been constructed spending
K 5.4 million through ru-
ral development fund. This
road can contribut to devel-
opment of education, health
and economic sectors 1966
people from nearby villag-
es.Kyemon-Tin Tun Oo
(Minbu District IPRD)
Construction of Peoples Square in progress in Mahaaungmye
Township of Mandalay Region.
Over 200 houses engulfed in
Labutta freLABUTTA, 30 DecA
re broke out in Kanbet
Village of Labutta Town-
ship, reducing 200 housesinto ashes on 30 December
morning.
A total of 15 people
were injured but not in a
serious condition. The redestroyed textile shop, rice
shop, medicine shop and
construction material shop.
The re victims are
being accommodated at the
relief camp at Maha Aung-
myezan Monastery and so-
cial organization provided
assistance to them.
Political parties,
social organization and
health care group gave
blankets, foods, clothes,
snacks, puried drinking
water and instant noodle
to the victims, said a lo-
cal people.
Kanbet Village of La-
butta Township is formed
with 1500 houses.
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Tuesday, 31 December, 20138 New Light of MyanmarNATIONAL
Tuesday, 31 December, 2013
Make the country a better
place to live in
Myanmar is a fascinating country with itsnatural and cultural heritage. With the current
experience of rapid growth in tourism demand,
the responsibility to conserve our cultural values
aiming at making the country a better place for
people to live in and a better place to visit is com-
prehensively stated as the vision supported by the
relevant action points of the Myanmar Responsi-
ble Tourism Policy.
Viable and sustainable tourism industry in
Myanmar requires strong public and private
partnerships as well as inclusion and support from
the local communities and civil societies. The role
of the private sector is driving development and
investment in tourism services and experiences,
while the public sector plays a catalytic role ofproviding and improving infrastructures and a
conducive climate for investments.
As tourism plays a vital role in Myanmar by
reducing poverty, bringing about employment op-
portunities, balancing social and economic devel-
opment and implementing political reforms, tour-
ism development in the country shall be benefcial
and inclusive, and as best possible accessible to all
of the people both as visitors (customers) and par-
ticipants (suppliers) of the tourism industry. But
its objectives and implications should be transpar-
ent to all tourism stakeholders.
We are now taking concrete steps to further
strengthen cooperation mechanisms within the
public sector and with the various tourism sectorstakeholders (private sector, local communities
and civil society) in order to realize the three prin-
cipal outcomes of sustainable development eco-
nomic growth, environmental sustainability and
social justice.
At a time when activities are being undertak-
en to make the country a better place to live in,
to provide more employment and greater business
opportunities for all our people, to contribute to
the conservation of our natural and cultural herit-
age and to share with us our rich cultural diversi-
ty, we warmly welcome those who appreciate and
enjoy our heritage, our way of live and who travel
with respect.
NAY PYI TAW, 30
DecMs Ana Maria Ram-
irez, the newly-accredited
Ambassador of the Ar-gentine Republic to the
Republic of the Union of
Myanmar presented her
credentials to U Thein Sein,
President of the Republic
of the Union of Myanmarat Presidential Palace, Nay
Pyi Taw at 11:00 am today.
Present on the occasion
were Union Minister for
Foreign Affairs U Wunna
Maung Lwin, Union Min-
ister at President Ofce U
Thein Nyunt and Director-
General U Thurain Thant
Zin of the Protocol Depart-
ment.
MNA
President U Thein
Sein accepts
credentials ofnewly-accredited Ambassador
of the Argentine
Republic to Myanmar
Ms Ana Maria Ramirez.
MNA
I wish you
Happy New
Year on
the new year
occasion.
On such an auspicious
occasion, we should abstain
from excessive drinking,
making too much noise,
committing an act of
vandalism as well as avoid
possible crimes.
Cartoon Thabyay
(from page 1)
The Myanmar sports
contingents had shownthe public their strength in
overcoming the challenges.
It was the success not only
for the contingents but also
for 60 million people.
The President conclud-
ed his saying that the contin-
gents need to carry on train-
ing without being contented
with the victory gained.
Next, Mawgunthit
video was shown to honour
the victorious sports contin-
gents of the 27thSEA Games.
Next, President U Thein
President U Thein Sein honours ...Sein, Vice-Presidents Dr Sai
Mauk Kham and U Nyan
Tun, Speaker of PyidaungsuHluttaw and Pyithu Hluttaw
Thura U Shwe Mann, Speak-
er of Amyotha Hluttaw U
Khin Aung Myint, Chief Jus-
tice of the Union U Tun Tun
Oo, Commander-in-Chief
of Defence Services Senior
General Min Aung Hlaing,
Chairman of the Constitu-
tional Tribunal of the Union
U Mya Thein, Chairman of
Union Election Commis-
sion U Tin Aye and Deputy
Commander-in-Chief of De-
fence Services Commander-
in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior
General Soe Win presented
certicates of honour to the
medalists.Three gold medalist
Wushu athlete Maung Wai
Phyo Aung spoke words of
thanks.
In the evening, the
President hosted a dinner
in honour of the victorious
Myanmar athletes. It was
also attended by the Presi-
dent, the Vice-Presidents,
the Speaker of Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw and Pyithu Hlut-
taw, the Speaker of Amy-
otha Hluttaw, the Chief
Justice of the Union, the
Commander-in-Chief of
Defence Services, the
Chairman of the Constitu-
tional Tribunal of the Un-ion, the Chairman of Union
Election Commission and
the Deputy Commander-
in-Chief of Defence Ser-
vices Commander-in-Chief
(Army), Union ministers,
the Mandalay Region Chief
Minister, deputy ministers,
the commander of Nay Pyi
Taw Command, the SEA
Games organizing commit-
tee members, presidents of
sports federations, coaches,
athletes and wellwishers.
MNA
Vice-President U Nyan Tun presents certicate of
honour to victorious athletes.MNAVice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham presents
certicate of honour to victorious athletes.MNA
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing presents certi-
cate of honour to victorious athletes.MNA
Haungthayaw River
crossing bridge on Kyarinn-
Tagay-Khotkhwar-Kyai-
kton Road was put into
service in Kayin State on
27 December. At the open-
ing ceremony, Kayin State
Chief Minister U Zaw Min
delivered an address and
heard reports by Deputy
Managing Director (Works)
of Public Works U Win
Tint on construction of the
780-foot bridge.
The newly-opened
Haungthayaw
bridge
commissioned into
service
bridge is the 36thof its kind
in the term of new govern-
ment. The RC type bridge
can withstand 21 tons of
load. It was built at the cost
of K 1214.4 million.
Kayan Soe Myint, Photo:
decoration group
President U Thein Sein
accepts credentials of
Argentinas Ambassador
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NAY PYI TAW, 30
DecMr Omer Eisa
Ahmed, the newly-accred-
ited Ambassador of the
Republic of the Sudan to
the Republic of the Union
of Myanmar presented his
credentials to U Thein Sein,
President of the Repub-
lic of the Union of Myan-
mar at Presidential Palace,
Sudanese Ambassador
presents credentials to
President U Thein SeinNay Pyi Taw at 11:30 am
today.
Present on the occa-
sion were Union Minis-
ter for Foreign Affairs U
Wunna Maung Lwin, Un-
ion Minister at President
Ofce U Thein Nyunt and
Director-General U Thurain
Thant Zin of the Protocol
Department.MNA
President U Thein Sein poses for documentary
photo with Mr Omer Eisa Ahmed, the
newly-accredited Ambassador of the Republic of
the Sudan to the Republic of the Union of
Myanmar.MNA
NAYPYITAW, 30 Dec
Vice-President Dr Sai
Mauk Kham delivered an
address at the fth meeting
of the Central Committeefor Myanmars ASEAN
Chairmanship and Estab-
lishment of ASEAN Com-
munity at the meeting hall
of the Presidents Ofce,
here, this afternoon.
Also present were the
Union ministers, the Union
Attorney-General, the dep-
uty ministers, departmental
heads and guests.
In his address, the
Vice-President stressed the
need to get ready for host-
ing ASEAN Summit and
related meetings by nal-
izing the ongoing prepara-
tions as Myanmar will of-
cially take ASEANs Chair
on 1 January, 2014. He
called on the Ministry of
Myanmars image will shine brighter thanever before by successfully hosting ASEAN
Summit, its related meetings
Information to launch pub-
lic awareness campaigns
through media. The infor-
mation team led by Deputy
Minister for InformationPresidential Spokesperson
U Ye Htut is responsible
to release information on
activities and stances of
Myanmar to local and for-
eign media. Cooperation
with media is necessary for
ensuring transparency, he
added.
He continued that spe-
cial cares have to be taken
on foreign media persons
while the Summits and
ministerial meetings are be-
ing held. He called for ca-
pacity building of the staff
of Information Ministry to
be media friendly and to
be able to deal with media
management.
He also highlighted
necessary preparations in
Myanmar International
Convention Centre for
Summit and related meet-
ings, event management inorder to meet international
standards and hospitality
services and management
for heads of state/govern-
ment of ASEAN countries
and visitors.
He called for coop-eration and coordination
among the ministries con-
cerned regarding the service
of Nay Pyi Taw Airport andcollaborative efforts with
private catering service.
He stressed the im-
portance of transportation
subcommittee for the con-
venience of VIPs and del-
egation members, saying
that coordination among
Nay Pyi Taw Council, Min-
istry of Transport, Ministry
of Hotels and Tourism and
private transport sector is
needed.
He urged the H&T
Ministry and Nay Pyi Taw
Council to organize market
festivals and night markets
meeting international stand-
ards of health, hygiene and
food safety in cooperation
with respective shopping
centres and markets.
It is required to pro-
mote security conscious
and public awareness for
mass participation in or-
der to perform rapid re-
sponse. All subcommittees
are to follow the rules and
regulations of the nancial
subcommittee for ensuring
thrifty spending.
More efforts are need-ed to enhance the image of
the host country while hold-
ing AMM Retreat from 15
to 18 January, he said.In his conclusion, the
Vice-President called on
those present to grasp the
good opportunity for rais-
ing the image of the nation
through cooperation of the
ministries concerned and
other organizations and
mass participation.
Next, chairmen of
ASEAN Political-Security
Community committee,
ASEAN Economic Com-
munity committee, ASEAN
Social-Cultural Community
committee Union Ministers
U Wunna Maung Lwin, Dr
Kan Zaw and U Aye My-
int Kyu, central committee
member U Kan Chun and
those present reported on
work progress.
In his concluding re-
marks, the Vice-President
stressed the importance of
cooperation in respective
sectors based on the expe-
rience obtained in the SEA
Games. He pointed out
that Myanmars image will
shine brighter than ever be-
fore by successfully hosting
the ASEAN Summit and itsrelated meetings.
MNA
Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham delivers an address at fth meeting of the Central Committee for
Myanmars ASEAN Chairmanship and Establishment of ASEAN Community.MNA
Chairman of Union Election Commission
U Tin Aye presents certicate of honour to
outstanding athletes. (News on page 1)MNA
Vice-Senior General Soe Win presents
certicate of honour to outstanding
athletes. (News on page 1)MNA
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10 New Light of Myanmar
Four objectives of 66thAnniversary
Independence Day- All the national people to live together in the Union forever
in weal or woe;
- All the national people to strive together for non-disintegra-
tion of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity
and perpetuation of sovereignty;
- All the national people to participate in efforts for ceasing
armed conflicts and gaining genuine peace;
- All the national people to work hard in building a developed
and discipline-flourishing democratic nation
Catholic Church of Myeik
carries out sanitation to mark
XmasMYE IK , 30 Dec
Catholic Church of Myeik
organized the sanitation
tasks in commemoration of
the Christmas Day, on 28
December morning.
About 150 students led
by ofcials of the church
joined hands with workers
of Township Development
Affairs Committee in
gathering garbage along
Strand Road from Pearl
Yadana Hall to Myeik
Shopping Centre.
Deputy Commissioner
of Myeik District U Lwin
Ko Oo and ofcials looked
into sanitation tasks of the
students.
Kyemon-Myeik
District IPRD
Voluntarily Services Seven signicant buildings in establishment of
royal palace reconstructed
MANDALAY, 30 Dec
T h u d h a m m a S a n g h a
Golden Monastery, Maha
Pathan Golden Ordination
Hall, Pitakat Chamber,
destroyed in the Second
World War in the area of
Yadanabon Palace, are
being rebuilt near Mandalay
Hill in Aungmyethazan
Township, here, as of
April 2013. Thudhamma
Sangha Golden Monastery
and Maha Pathan Golden
Ordination Hall are being
decorated with Myanmar
handicrafts.
The reconstruction
tasks are donated by U
Kyaw Win and family of
Mandalay (Real Estate
Service).
The construction tasks
are expected to complete in
April next year.Kyemon-
Thiha Ko Ko (Mandalay)
A building
of sevensignicant
buildings
under
construction
near
Mandalay
Hill in
Aungmye-
thazan
Township.
Illegal sawn timber seized in SagaingSAGAING, 30 DecA
team comprising Head of
Township Forest Deparment
U Kyaw Phone Wai, foresters
U Than Swe and U Bo
Nyan, ranger U Myo Thwin,
ofcials and staff, policemen
and local authorities led by
Assistant Director U Thant
Zin-2 of Sagaing District
Forest Department searched
the illegal timber on 27
December.
They found 514 pieces
of illegal Inn sawn timber
weighing 11.2456 tonson board three boats near
Wachet Village in Sagaing
Township.
The boats are kept at
Htonbo ward administrator
office. Investigation is
Yenangyaung
Bridge underconstruction
in Kalay Tsp
KALAY , 30 Dec
Yenangyaung Bridge located
on Kalewa-Kyikon-Tamu
Road in Sagaing Region.
The bridge lies on India-
Myanmar-Thailand tripar-
tite highway.
The bridge is a link
for transport of domestic
commodities in townships
of upper Sagaing Region and
those of northern Chin State.At present, the bridge,
190 feet long, is being
built by Bridge Special
Construction Group No 11
of Public Works.
The facility will be two-
lane bridge.
Chairman of Kalay
Dist r ict Management
Committee U Maung Htoo
inspected progress of the
bridge for ensuring timely
completion by meeting set
standard on 27 December.
The bridge constructed
was funded with K 50
million by the State for better
transport of the local people
in their trading works with
India.
The bridge construction
Construction
being conducted to arrest
the crime brokers for illegal
timber and boats.
Kyemon-Myo Win
started on 1 October this year,
and it may be completed this
scal year, said Chairman
of District Management
Commit tee U Maung
Htoo.
Kyemon-Lin Let Kyei Sinn
Crime
Farmland owners from
irrigated area meetKALAY , 30 Dec
Yazagyo Multi-purpose Dam
Project is being implementedby Irrigation Department
near Yazagyo Village of
Kalay Township.
Its feeder canals will
irrigate 6500 acres of
farmlands.
The dam will extend
irrigated farmlands to 8500
acres of land.
On 26 December,Chairman of Dist r ict
Management Committee
U Maung Htoo met local
farmers and discussed
effectiveness of irrigation
system.
Kyemon-Ju Nine
Ofcials
seize
illegal
sawn
timber
on board
engineless
boats in
Sagaing
Township.
66thAnniversary Independence Day
2014
Photo: Kyaw Swe
Moe (IPRD)
ASEAN Summits and related meetings will be held at
Myanmar International Convention Centre (1), Nay Pyi Taw
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TOKYO,30 Dec Ten
prefectures predict that theywill see more deaths thanthe states estimate if a big
earthquake occurs along the
Nankai Trough off centraland western Japan, basedon tougher conditions suchas the collapse of embank-
ments, a Kyodo Newsstudyshowed on Sunday.
Among the 10, Hiro-
shima Prefecture forecastsa massive quake could kill14,759 people, 18.4 times
as many as the states pre-diction, while Osaka Pre-fecture expects 133,891 to
die, a 13.7-fold increase.
10 prefectures predict more deaths in
Nankai Trough quake than stateWhile the state calcu-
lated the possible death tollon the assumption that em-bankments will not be af-
fected by the quake, many
local governments com-piled their own data assum-ing that the subsidence ofembankments will increase
the area of land underwaterand kill more people.
Meanwhile, Nagasaki
Prefecture, where the stateestimated 80 people woulddie, said, While up to
5,360 people could die un-der the worst-case scenario,no one will be victimized
if we carry out appropriate
evacuations. The Cabinet
Ofce said in August lastyear the nationwide deathtoll could hit 323,000.
A government expert
panel predicted earlier thisyear that there is a 60 per-cent to 70 percent chancethat a major earthquake
could occur along the Nan-kai Trough within the next30 years.
The Nankai Troughruns from Suruga Bay inShizuoka Prefecture to the
Hyuganada Sea off Mi-yazaki Prefecture in thesouthwestern Japan region
of Kyushu.Kyodo News
A man takes photosof Cambodian op-position supporters
during a rally at theFreedom Park in
Phnom Penh, Cambo-
dia, on 29 Dec, 2013.An estimated 40,000opposition supporters
took to the streets incapital Phnom Penh
on Sunday afternoonto demand the resigna-tion of Prime Minister
Hun Sen and a re-votefollowing allegations
of serious irregularities
during the Julyelection.XINHUA
NEWDELHI, 30 Dec Delhi Police has seized il-licit drugs worth 1 billion
rupees (16 million US dol-lars) in one of its biggesthauls made in four separate
raids across the Indian capi-tal, a senior police ofcialsaid on Sunday.
Acting on a tip-off,the raids were carried outby a team of Delhi Police.
Some 47 kilograms of her-oin and two kilograms ofcocaine valued at over 1
billion rupees were seizedand one person has beenarrested, he said, on condi-
tion of anonymity.However, the al-
leged kingpin could not be
nabbed as he has been oper-ating from Afghanistan, the
ofcial said, adding that theillicit drugs were broughtinto India through borders
in the northern state of Pun-jab.
A probe has been or-
dered as there is a suspicionthat some of the illicit drugsalso make their way to Sri
Lanka from India throughthe southern city of Chen-
nai, the ofcial said.Xinhua
Delhi
Police seize
illicit drugs
worth 16
mln USD
Vacationers form long lines in a departure hall at
Narita International Airport, northeast of Tokyo, onon 28 Dec, 2013, as the New Years holiday exodus
began the same day. Some 177,000 people are
expected to leave Japan from the airport at the endof the year.
KYODONEWS
KAMPONG SPEU, (Cam-bodia), 30 Dec Cambo-
dia on Monday conducteda live re exercise to buildcapacity for the Royal
Cambodian Armed Forcesin defending territorial in-
tegrity, an army chief said.The drill was held at
the military training eld
in Kampong Speu Prov-ince, about 70 km west of
Protests against Bangladesh election
turn violentDHAKA, 30 Dec Violent clashes erupted in
Bangladesh on Sunday asopposition supporters took
to the streets to protestagainst a 5 January gen-eral election which they are
boycotting.The opposition says it
will not take part in the vote
unless an interim govern-ment oversees it and PrimeMinister Sheikh Hasina
steps down.The boycott means
more than half of 300 par-
liament seats will go un-contested, undermining thelegitimacy of the elec-
tion and making it highly
unlikely it will do anythingto restore stability in one of
the worlds poorest coun-tries.
The leader of the mainopposition Bangladesh Na-tionalist Party (BNP), Be-
gum Khaleda Zia, calledfor a march on the capital,
Dhaka, in deance of a po-
lice ban to protest againstwhat she calls the farcicalelection.
One person was killedas police opened re to dis-perse protesters throwing
stones and crude bombs incentral Dhaka and a railwayguard was killed in a blast
at a city station, police said.
The government isundemocratic and illegal.
It should step down imme-diately, former premier
Khaleda told reporters infront of her home after be-ing barred from attending
the march. Dozens of policewere deployed late on Sat-urday to stop her from leav-
ing her house. Khaleda saidthe march for democracywould go on Monday.
Pro-BNP lawyers alsoclashed with police andruling party supporters at
the Supreme Court.Opposition party of-
cials say hundreds oftheir supporters have been
Lawyers loyal to Bangladesh Nationalist Party (BNP)
and Bangladesh Jamaat-E-Islami shout slogans aspolicemen use water cannons during a protest inside thepremises of Supreme Court in Dhaka on 29 Dec, 2013.
REUTERS
detained across the country
over recent days and Dhakais virtually cut off as au-
thorities suspended bus, railand ferry services into the
city. Violence has gripped
the country as Hasina andher ruling Awami League
press ahead with vote.Reuters
Cambodia conducts live fre drill to strengthen military
capacitycapital Phnom Penh, withthe participation of about
1,900 soldiers.Gen Pol Saroeun,
commander-in-chief of the
Royal Cambodian ArmedForces, said that BM-21
rocket launchers were redduring the exercise.
The purpose of the
exercise is to strengthenthe capacity for our armed
forces in defending ourterritorial integrity and na-tional interest only, he told
reporters at the event. Thedrill is also to test our new
weapons.About 145 shells had
been red and all had hit
the target in the distancebetween 20 km and 40 km,
he said.It was the third time
that the country held live
re drill with BM21 rock-ets. The rst one was made
in March 2010 and the sec-ond was in April this year.
Xinhua
S Korean rail workers to end
long-drawn-out strikes
HO CHI MINH CITY,30 Dec Seven studentsfrom Nguyen Binh Khiem
secondary school in DauTieng District of Vietnamssouthern Binh Duong Prov-
ince have been drowned af-ter being swept away by seawaves at a beach in south-
ern Ho Chi Minh ( HCM)City, local press reported
on Monday.
Seven students drown during
feld trip in southern Vietnam
SEOUL, 30 Dec South Korean rail work-ers, who have been on thecountrys longest strike forfear of privatization of rail-way services, have decidedto end their long-drawn-outwalkouts.
Lawmakers of the rul-ing Saenuri Party and themain opposition Demo-cratic Party agreed to forma parliamentary subcom-mittee on developing therail industry, which was ex-pected to discuss the ban onthe rail privatization. KimMyung-hwan, the labour
union chief of the KoreaRailroad Corp (KORAIL),agreed to end the three-week strike if the NationalAssembly sets up the sub-committee.
The union head andmembers of the parliamen-tary transportation commit-tee reached such agreementat around midnight on Sun-day. The committee calleda plenary session to estab-lish the subcommittee.
More than 8,700 KO-RAIL workers walkedoff the job on 9 Decem-ber in a protest against the
governments move toopen a new subsidiary forthe state-run rail operator,which unionists fear willresult in privatization andlayoffs.
Thousands of railworkers and supporters ral-lied in downtown Seoul andmarched down the streetson Saturday after the gov-ernment issued a formallicense for the KORAILsnew afliate that will oper-ate the new high-speed linefrom Suseo-dong in Seoulto the southern port city ofBusan.Xinhua
Specically, the acci-dent took place on Sundayafternoon when the students
were on a school eld tripto Can Gio District of HCMCity, reported Vietnams
state-run TV station VTV.During a rest at Can
Gio beach, 12 male students
went swimming, of whomseven were swept away by
big sea waves.Xinhua
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A bullet train runs on Wuhan-Xianning railway in
Wuhan, capital of central Chinas Hubei Province, on28 Dec, 2013. Chinas railways network topped 100,000
km in total mileage on Saturday, as several new
high-speed rail links, including the Xiamen-Shenzhenrailway, Xian-Baoji railway, Chongqing-Lichuanrailway, and others in southwest Chinas Guangxi
Zhuang Autonomous Region, started operations aheadof the spring travel peak, one of the busiest travel
seasons next month.XINHUA
DAMASCUS, 30 Dc
th syn oop on sun-dy kd ny 73
rebels in separate clashesnond, h -dpod, oppoon c-
v cd h bombing on rebel-held ar- n appo kd 471
pop ov h p k.th ofc SANA
n gncy d h sy-n oop kd 30 -rorists from the al-Qaeda-
linked Nusra Front andother jihadist groups during of quv op-
erations in two areas of theb-hd Dou ubub,east of the capital Damas-cu.
in h on of Ybudn Dcu, h oop
eliminated gatherings of theNu gh, kng 15 ofthem and destroying their
ammunitions and weapon-
.in h nohn pov-
nc of appo, o of28 d b, ny of
whom foreign and Arab
Syrian troops kills 73
rebels in separate
clashesnon, kd by h
syn oop n h onof Zzou nd -Nkkn,
according to SANA, whichadded that one citizen waskilled when a mortar shell
ndd sundy h ab-basiyen district of Damas-cu.
On the oppositiond, h Bn-bd sy-n Obvoy fo Hun
rgh d on sundy h o of 517 pop, 471 ofho cvn, hv bn
kd ov h p k nAleppo as a result of aerial
bombing on areas in Alep-po cy nd counyd.
th cv pocoudn b vd nd-pndny.
th syn d hcny fud pvou
cv ccoun on n-cdn n appo, yng
the army only targets the
positions of the Nusra Frontnd h o-cd ic
s of iq nd h lvn(isil).
Xinhua
Mongolia to celebrate 65th
anniversary of ties withChina
ULAN BATOR, 30 Dc th mongon govn-n dcdd on sudyto host a series of cultural
vn n 2014 o cbh 65h nnvy of dp-oc h Chn.
th cbon ncud cv uch
as Chinese and Mongo-n cuu dy, youhpo ch nd tV
programmes featuring the
memoirs of former ambas-do of h o coun.
invn fou nd
round table discussions in-vovng cho of h o
coun o b hd.th cbon b
headed by Deputy Primemn Dndv t-
bhdgv, nd unhoughou h y.
China and Mongolia
established diplomatic rela-on on 16 Ocob, 1949,
and China is currentlyMongolias largest tradepn nd nvo.
th o coun hv
also witnessed a rise in cul-u xchng. Cuny,bou 8,000 mongon u-dn udy n Chn.
Xinhua
GAZA, 30 Dc i-rael reopened its commer-
cial crossing point with theGz sp on sundy, fou
days after shutting it downin retaliation for a Palestiniannp h kd n i- ok on tudy.
abou 450,000 of diesel will enter throughK sho cong on
sundy o h opower plant in the Palestin-n co ncv, hch
was shut down on Friday dueo h ck of fu, d rdFouh, Pnn bod
ofc.
abou 330 uckodof goods and shipments oftransportation fuel wouldalso make their way into the
Hamas-controlled territory
Israel reopens commercial
terminal with Gaza after
4-day closure
hough h cong, Fouhddd.
On tudy fnoon,a Palestinian sniper shot deadn i ok png
parts of the fence betweenGz nd i. No goup
claimed responsibility for thehoong.
th cou of h
crossing affected Palestin-ian farmers who exporth b o euophough K sho.
i o f Gz 1.7million people in darknessfo 12 hou dy
the power station produces
about half of Gazas elec-tricity when running at fullcpcy. Oh ccy puchd v cb fo i- nd egyp.Xinhua
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13New Light of Myanmar
Pharrell Williams seizes No 1 spot in UK
singles chartLONDON, 30 Dec
American singer-songwrit-er Pharrell Williams seizedtop spot in Britains sin-gles chart on Sunday withhis track Happy, oustingtalent show winner Sam
Bailey after only a week atNo 1.
The song, which fea-tures in the soundtrackto Despicable Me 2,achieved sales of nearly107,000 copies in the pastweek, the Ofcial ChartsCompany said, handingWilliams his third BritishNo 1 this year.
Williams is set to re-lease his second solo albumearly next year, the compa-ny added, noting that the as-yet-untitled album would behis follow-up to 2006s In
Producer, songwriter and
rapper Pharrell Williams
(R) accepts the Golden
Note Award as Jon Platt,
president of EMI Music
Publishing, looks on at the
25th Annual American
Society of Composers,
Authors and Publishers
(ASCAP) Rhythm & SoulMusic Awards in Beverly
Hills, California on 29
June, 2012.
REUTERS
Cast and crew members pose for photographers at the premiere of the lm The
Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug in Los Angeles on 2 Dec, 2013.REUTERS
Hobbit blasts past newcomers to claim third boxoffice crown
LOSANGELES, 30 DecThe Hobbit: The Desola-tion of Smaug, the special-effects-laden tale that pitsdwarfs against a dragon,blasted to its third consecu-tive box ofce title, collect-ing $29.9 million over thepost-Christmas weekendto beat newcomers TheWolf of Wall Street andThe Secret Life of Walter
Mitty.Walt Disneys ani-
mated lm Frozen wassecond with ticket sales of$28.8 million in its thirdweek, ahead of Will Fer-rells quirky comedy An-chorman 2: The LegendContinues that collected$20.2 million at domestictheaters.
American Hustle,which reunited directorDavid O Russell with hisSilver Linings Playbookstars Bradley Cooper andJennifer Lawrence, wasfourth with $19.6 million in
ticket sales at theaters in theUS and Canada, accordingto studio estimates. Sony,the distributor of Ameri-can Hustle, also said it had
grossed $3 billion world-wide as of this weekend.
Director MartinScorseses The Wolf ofWall Street was fth with$18.5 million after nish-ing a close second to TheHobbit on Christmas Day,according to estimatescompiled by Rentrak. Thenearly three hour moviereceived good reviews but
registered only a C rat-ing from CinemaScore, asite that measures audiencereaction.
The Hobbit: The Des-olation of Smaug, the sec-ond of three movies basedon JRR