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Stability of the State, community peace and tranquillity, prevalence of law and order Strengthening of national solidarity Building and strengthening of disciplineflourishing democracy system Building of a new modern developed nation in accord with the Constitution
Building of modern industrialized nation through the agricultural development, and all-round development of other sectors of the economy Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of technical know-how and investment from sources inside the country and abroad initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the hands The of the State and the national peoples
Uplift of the morale and morality of the entire nation of national prestige and integrity and preservation Uplift and safeguarding of cultural heritage and national character Flourishing of Union Spirit, the true patriotism Uplift of health, fitness and education standards of the entire nation
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[ethnic minority groups] can stand on their own two feet with dignity, he added. The Tatmadaw and RCSS signed an 11-point deal in Taunggyi in January. However, since then there have been 17 skirmishes between lowranking troops from both sides, the officials said. Minister for Rail Transportation U Aung Min said the two delegations had discussed the situation in detail so as to ensure that their progress in political dialogue. I have come to meet [the government] today because of my belief that we can solve the problem of confrontation between our forces, Lt Gen Yawd Serk said. We can solve all our problems through dialogue. There is no advantage for both sides from the fighting that has taken place for more than 50 years. All that has come from it is that our country has degenerated, he said. From page 2 Secretariat for example may take US$100 million or more. Just the operating costs could be over $1 million a year. Again, we have to find creative ways forward that bring together government, business, and local communities. It could be a model for many of the other challenges the country faces, he said. Dr Thant Myint-U said the trusts next move would depend on the outcome of the conference and on the other discussions we will be having around that time, and on the reaction of the government to our recommendations. I think people have a sense that Yangon is at inflection point. It could easily go the way of other Asian cities heavily polluted, with terrible traffic congestion, big concrete towers and little or nothing to distinguish it from any other Asian city. Or we could plan properly and protect what we have not just the Shwedagon [Pagoda] but the sublime views of Shwedagon from all around the city, the lakes and the many green spaces, the old homes and buildings, the historic tree-lined avenues and downtown areas, the university campus and so on and build a modern 21st century city around that. It would make Yangon the most liveable and beautiful city in the region.
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As The Myanmar Times reported in March, the Yangon Heritage Trust has been given a window of opportunity to come up with a viable private-sector led preservation plan for the city. The government has reportedly put in place a moratorium on demolition of buildings over 50 years of age. Volunteers are helping the trust, which was established earlier this year, to undertake a survey of the downtown area. It is hoped that surveys of most of the major buildings will be completed soon. But Dr Thant Myint-U said there was a misperception that the trust was focused on just the public colonial-era buildings. Its important that this effort not be seen as just about saving the old buildings, but also about protecting Yangons historic cityscape. There is nothing like it left in Asia. Its an incredible asset and we need to have a robust conservation strategy as part of a more general urban plan to modernise Yangon, he said. He said there had been an amazing level of public interest in the preservation campaign but people sometimes dont realise the enormity of the task. Properly renovating the
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Pic: Kaung Htet Workers load bottles of purified water for villages in rural Yangon Region affected by water shortages in April. Childrens Funds (UNICEF), the workshop brought together officials from the Department of Agriculture, Department of Water Resources and Utilization, Department of Science and Technology Development, Yangon City Development Committee and state-run Myanmar Fishery Enterprise as well as representatives from domestic agrochemical companies. The guideline values on pesticides will be applied in the Myanmar National Drinking Water Quality Standard, which is to be adopted soon. The policy sets standards for acceptable levels of bacteria, organic and inorganic matter and arsenic in drinking water. With our own standards, we can screen which drinking water is safe or unsafe. This will help to improve public health and awareness for safe drinking water, Dr Kyi Lwin Oo said. Last weeks workshop also recommended that the Pesticide Analytical Lab, operated by the Department of Agricultures Plant Protection Division, be used as reference laboratory. The Occupational Health Division will also conduct tests of drinking water sources throughout the country to check for pesticide contamination, Dr Kyi Lwin Oo said.
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U Myo Myint Nyein (centre) speaks to reporters at the office of The Myanmar Independence last week. The first edition of the Myanmar-language politics and news journal is scheduled to hit newsstands on June 7. Pic: Boothee raw recruits and provided two months of journalism training starting in February. He then sent them out to report on the April 1 byelection, and has since then produced a weekly in-house edition of the journal for additional training. I prefer to train new staff who are inexperienced in journalism. People think that if they have money, they can publish a journal. They employ experienced editors and journalists from other famous publications by paying higher salaries. So the houses where they worked previously suffer from a lack of staff, he said. It is also common to see local publications where those who dont know how to write news work as editors, so they cant control the reporters. They cant decide whether the news is fair or comprehensive. They have to accept what the reporters tell them. Therefore, I train reporters to be able to write news and to judge whether their articles have the necessary features. He said that although more than 200 journals are published locally each week, only a few are in high demand. I will attract readers with quality news. I dont use other ways. I will try my best with our talent and by using honest means because I have no doubts about my ability and knowledge, U Myo Myint Nyein said. Maung Wuntha, consultant editor of Pyithu Khit (The Peoples Age) journal, said The Myanmar Independence was setting a good example by providing intensive training to teach its journalists the basics of Myanmar political affairs before publication. The journalists are welltrained; we should try to copy their preparation, he said. He said there were fewer than a dozen political journals on the local market, even though public interest in political affairs was growing. I know the new journal will survive with the support of the growing number of devotees of politics. Compared with when we launched The Peoples Age in July 2010, the situation has changed and control of the press has become less severe, he said. Maung Wuntha said that although journalists are now able to express themselves more freely than before the 2010 election, there were still questions about the extent of press freedom, including the effects of the recently announced plan to end pre-press censorship of news stories at the end of June. Whatever the approach, Maung Wuntha said, the public simply want to read opinions, criticism and predictions about the possibilities resulting from the economic and political changes.
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Mizzima editor-in-chief U Soe Myint. Pic: Ko Taik political features according to the current political situation. At the same time, we want to highlight the importance of corporate [social] responsibility. When more corporations are coming into the country, problems can occur in terms of the environment and livelihoods so we want to point out these issues. U Soe Myint said the decision to publish a hard copy inside Myanmar had been made because of Myanmars poor internet connection speeds, which made it difficult to read the online version. Only 310 copies have been printed initially and U Soe Myint said pricing was a challenge
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A Kachin woman with a child waits for a ferry at Myitsone near Myitkyina in Kachin State. Pic: AFP womens participation on decision-making and public life and it said this was a matter of great concern. To rectify the imbalance, the Myanmar National Strategic Plan for the Advancement of Women is being drafted and will place a high priority on accelerating womens meaningful participation in decision-making and public life, according to the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement. In terms of peacebuilding efforts, Ms Rachel Gasser from Swiss Peace said UN Security Council resolution 1325 underlined the need for addressing the impact of war on women and representing womens experience of conflict for the maintenance of international peace and security. Another speaker, a female member of the 88 Generation, said she planned to lobby for amendments to the constitution that would make it more inclusive for women. But she said the capacity for change rested in the hands of women themselves. If we want to amend the constitution to represent all people, women first need to learn about it, she said. In my experience, women only have equal rights in one respect. Our brothers were sentenced to 65 years in prison and so were we the only equal opportunities for women under the previous government was in terms of punishment.
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An overage car is taken to a Directorate of Road Transport office in Yangon. More than 50,000 older vehicles have been scrapped under the scheme. Pic: Yadanar declined dramatically as a result of the announcement, with most vehicles losing K5-10 million, including those eligible for the overage substitution program. U Chit Swe, a car broker in Ahlone township, said 86- and 87-model 1.5-litre Nissan Super Saloons, which were previously K1314 million, have dropped to K7.5-8 million, while a 1.3-litre 1993-model Daewoo Racer 1993 that was K10 million is valued now at just K5.5 million. A 1.5-litre 84model Toyota Corolla can be bought for K7 million, down from about K12 million a month ago, U Chit Swe said. Owners of cars eligible for substitution said last week the changes to the import rules meant they were unsure whether they would be better off holding on to their vehicles, selling them or exchanging them for an import permit. Overage cars that meet road safety standards can still be driven but must undergo a safety check each year when owners renew the car registration. However, with a flood of newer vehicles expected to enter the country in the coming months, it seems likely that the value of overage cars will decline further. Daw Aye Aye Win, an overage car owner from Mayangone township, said incentives should be given to overage car owners to encourage them to give up their cars. Even while the overage car substitution program is continuing, the Ministry of Commerce is allowing anyone with a foreign currency exchange account to import a car. So the [import] taxes imposed on the owners of overage cars owners [who import a newer vehicle] should be reduced to persuade them to submit their cars, she said. However, there is still some demand for overage car import permits, car brokers said last week. Newly opened car sales centres that have ordered and imported cars from Japan on consignment with permission of the Ministry of Commerce need permits to sell their cars to the public and any unsold cars must be sent back to Japan. For some overage car owners, the taxes levied under the substitution program still make it attractive. If my car is included in the next substitution program to get a permit to import a car made in 1996 or later, I plan to submit it and import a newer one made around 2000 with an engine over 2000 [cubic centimetres]. The Ministry of Commerces taxes and CIF values on imported cars with bigger engines made in 1996 to 2006 are much less than the taxes levied on cars with bigger engines imported under the new program for foreign currency account holders, said Mayangone township resident Daw Aye Thida, who owns a 1984-model Toyota Corolla. I need a car with a bigger engine to use while travelling on the highway to Nay Pyi Taw or other cities, she said. U Thein Win, the owner of a Mazda B600 that is likely to soon be eligible for substitution, said he hoped to sell his car colloquially known as a leiq bein for K5-6 million as soon as possible. I cant know for sure how much Ill be able to get for my old car when the government officially announces the new program. I might get less than K5 million, he said. I dont have enough money to import a car by myself so Ill just have to sell it, whatever the price is. U Thein Win said he was hoping for measures that would raise the value of import permits and consequently the value of his car. The only thing I can do now is just to pray to God, as I have no idea what announcements the government will make next.
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By U Soe Thein and Yoshimi Nishino IT might have been less dramatic than other changes in Myanmar over the past year but the transformation of the budget is a topic worthy of closer attention. Starting from the 2011-12 financial year, a national budget system with parliamentary oversight has been introduced as stipulated in the 2008 constitution. While there are high expectations for this new approach, the transition period is unlikely to be smooth. The current budgetary method is rooted in the centralised political and economic system that endured for almost four decades. To date, we are yet to see effective adjustments that improve the delivery of government services in accord with the publics needs and the rights stated in the constitution. But incremental adjustments will not be enough to cope with modern and decentralised political and e c o n o m i c structures. A new model for budgeting needs to be introduced to adjust to the changed political and economic environment. One development has been the increase in government revenue as a result of exchange rate unification and the abolition of the fixed exchange rate, which was about K6 to US$1. The 201213 budget has been formulated using an exchange rate of K800 to $1. By using the market rate, export earnings from natural gas can become a key contributor to the improvement of the governments fiscal position in the long term and give some relief immediately. However, expenditures need to be watched closely because of the
and further reform (including but not limited to new revenue measures), may continue to be so for years to come. A major constraint on the governments financial position is the needs of state-owned enterprises (SOEs), which absorb nearly 70pc of expenditures. There is a critical question over the future of these SOEs, which many see as financial liabilities because of their low efficiency and economic viability. There is a near universal consensus on the need to wean these enterprises off government support in a way that
to overcome in improving governmental fiscal space in the foreseeable future. Many stakeholders, including the business community and especially those businesspeople in the parliament are likely to advocate a conservative fiscal policy with balanced budgets in the future. Such fiscal conservatism will not mean that every sector of the economy will face spending cuts. Some areas, particularly social sectors like health and education, should instead receive budget increases in order to reflect the governments policy that investment in human resources
is substantial salary increases for civil servants in 2012. A second factor in the increases for both current and capital expenses relates to the valuation of foreign currency expenditures at K800 to the dollar. As many projects under the education and especially health ministries have been financed by foreign grants, exchange rate unification has increased the valuation of these items without any actual change to outputs. However, it is clear that the increases cannot be attributed to these two factors alone. The increased spending should be seen as a reflection of
a government policy to invest in the social sector. The next important question related to this encouraging trend is how efficiently and effectively the increased budget allocations can be used to improve outputs and outcomes. Efficient use of these allocations may convince decision-makers to award further budget increases, while wasteful or inefficient spending could lead to lawmakers questioning the wisdom of increasing ministry budgets next fiscal year. It is also important that social budget allocations target vulnerable groups through, for example, increasing the number of midwives in rural areas and improving basic education in rural areas. However, we do not have enough details about the budget and expenditures to make concrete recommendations for improvements in allocation and expenditure. This raises the question of transparency, particularly given the tradition of secrecy surrounding the budget. In the past, only limited financial information was made available to both the public and decisionmakers. Government agencies are still reluctant to provide information to anyone considered outsiders to the institution. As a result, the present processes and structures of the budget and expend-iture systems remain difficult to understand and analyse. Even where there exists a willingness to increase transparency, agency accounting data may not be comprehensive or detailed enough to allow for an understanding of activities implemented. We expect that the government will soon respond to this need to improve transparency, which will be a welcome step forward but one of just many that the government and hluttaw need to take. (U Soe Thein is a retired deputy director general of the Ministry of Finance and Revenues Budget Department and Ms Yoshimi Nishino is head of UNICEF Myanmars social policy, monitoring and evaluation section.)
Over the past few weeks, these divinely blessed folks have been raising a stink at the prospect of the bisexual singer and provocateur, Lady Gaga, staging her Born this Way concert in their capital cities. Why the objections and raucous protests? Because Gaga, an Italian-American whose actual name is Stefani Germanotta, and her promoters have choreographed her stage show to stimulate precisely this kind of outrage.
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Farmers from Shwenanthar village in Mingalardon township hold a meeting on May 10 over a land ownership dispute with Zaykabar company. Pic: Ko Taik
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A girl learns how to weave in a textile factory. Pic: Supplied/ Asia-Europe Foundation One businessman helping his community is U Myat Thu Win, the director of Shwe Minn Tha Enterprises, a group of media, real estate and printing companies. U Myat Thu Win, who was born with cerebral palsy, started a foundation in 2008 and uses money from his businesses to support people with disabilities by creating education, training and employment opportunities. He said physically disabled people often faced social exclusion. Peoples attitudes towards physically disabled people have changed a lot but it is still the most difficult barrier for us to cross, he said. In the past, parents used to hide physically disabled children
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Aung had gone on strike, he said. Strikes have also occurred at Grand Royal distillery in Shwe Pyi Thar Industrial Zone, and Tycoon, Nay Min Aung and Yes One garment factories, he said. Workers from Nay Min Aung, Sabei Pwint and Myanmar Pearl had been on strike for 13 days as of May 26, but the longest strike has been at wig manufacturer Hi-Mo. YJ has a long strike too. It has been seven days, as they started their strike on May 18. Hi-Mo, the wig factory, went on strike for some days initially. When the owner complied with their requests, they went back to work. But after they found out the owner had lied, they went on strike again on May 17, said U Tun Tun Naing. On May 24 and 25, workers from Hi-Mo demonstrated all day and night, he added. The strike was very serious last night. Workers were upset but no one considered going back to work until our demands have been met. We held the strike all through the day and night and finally went home at 7:30am on May 25, said Ma Phyo Wai Wai Win, a spokesperson for the HiMo workers, adding that the strike was continuing. Workers from the Brilliant Sky factory, which produces shoes, went on strike on May 23, while employees from two shoe factories Brilliant Star and Lucky Shoe and more than 1200 workers from two garment factories Ngwe Kant Kaw and Asia Hnin Si stopped work on May 24. By the evening of May 25, the owners of Asia Hnin Si, Brilliant Star and Brilliant Sky had acceded to the striking workers demands and production quickly resumed. But at Lucky Shoe, even the supervisors joined the picket lines after the owner failed to respond. Workers went on strike yesterday, a supervisor from the Lucky Shoe factory told The Myanmar Times on May 25. They requested some changes, such as increased daily pay and an extra K200 for transportation. But our owner has not yet responded. We cant stand and watch while the other workers are striking for the rights of all of us so all 30 supervisors, including myself, went out to participate in the strike today. The Lucky Shoe workers also requested that the workers be given Sunday off without any financial penalty. U Tun Tun Naing said that while low pay was the major reason behind all of the 18 strikes, the complicated payment system was also an issue. Factory owners deliberately pay a very low basic salary to workers and then they add many kinds of bonus, like a gate pass bonus, overtime bonus and bonus for regularity. Owners use these bonuses to control the workers. For example, they have to work overtime whether they want to or not because their basic salary is not enough to survive, he said. In many factories, security staff close the gate as soon as all the workers arrived. Workers are trapped like they are in a prison. When they want to go out, they have to sign into a gate pass book and then their salary is cut. The average salary for a factory worker is only K52 an hour. Thats why they are striking, U Tun Tun Naing said, adding that the figure was based on surveys of striking workers that his group had conducted. Most of the factories are owned by Chinese, Taiwanese and South Koreans, he added. The government issued a law concerning basic pay but it is only for government staff. I think they really need to make a basic pay law for working class people to solve these problems and ensure that owners cannot just cut workers salaries for any reason.
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Workers from the Asia Hnin Si garment factory in Hlaing Tharyar township hold a discussion during a strike on May 25. Pic: Boothee People are coming to grips with revival as it opens up to foreign by their own will a deadline it, understanding new rights investment, job opportunities ignored by the strikers. It is just one in a number of and responsibilities, said Steve can be scarce in Myanmar and recent cases of labour unrest at Marshall, the ILOs liaison officer consumer prices are rising. The protester at Hlaing Tharyar factories in Myanmar, whose lowin Myanmar. He said people may become said workers wanted a cost of cost workforce is a major attraction aware that they now have the living allowance of K30,000 a for foreign manufacturers hoping right to strike but have little month, which would bring her to set up operations there. Earlier this month around 300 understanding of how to negotiate total monthly salary to about workers at a wig with employers, who factory in the same are also adjusting to industrial zone went the new rules. Its the very early days of a new on strike, demanding We will likely that their basic see some industrial industrial environment. People are salaries be raised disruption and that is part of the coming to grips with it, understanding from about $12 a month to roughly learning process, new rights and responsibilities. $38. Mr Marshall said. We have faced A foreign diplomat this problem for a said the new long time but we couldnt stand legislation was considered as $100, including overtime. Her employer had agreed to a it any longer, said 23-year-old possibly the best such law in $12 allowance, but we are not Thingyan Moe. The South Korean Asia. employer granted all of the staff But he added: The question is satisfied with that, she said. The firm said in a statement requests. how to implement it in the current Many protests are occurring state of Myanmar society, which is that workers who had not agreed to its offer by May 18 would be in factories at industrial zones not quite ready yet. Despite hopes of an economic considered to have resigned these days, said lawyer U Htay, who has been helping the striking workers. The reforms have not yet filtered through to employers or rank-andfile labour ministry bureaucrats, he added, so that workers have no other option than to protest to get what they want. If these issues are not solved, it might cause instability. It might become the beginning of a labour uprising. We cant guess how far it will go. But most recent disputes have been small in scale, with workers opting to walk out in the early stage of negotiations and agreeing a resolution within days. U Ye Naing Win, of the Committee for Establishing Independent Labour Unions, a local activist group, said there had been more than 20 strikes this year and more were expected. The protests are occurring because the basic salary they get is so poor and their lives get harder, he said. AFP
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TOKYO Japan said May 21 it is in talks with Myanmar on an investment treaty, with Tokyo eyeing terms to help its companies establish themselves in the isolated nation as it embraces democratic reforms. A second round of the negotiations, which began in February, started in Nay Pyi Taw on May 23 between officials from the countries foreign and trade ministries, a Japanese trade ministry official said. We hope to support Japanese firms investment in Myanmar by preparing investment terms that are non-discriminatory to foreign firms, he told AFP. We hope to seal a deal by later this year, hopefully by the ASEAN summit in November, he added. The move comes as Myanmar prepares for an economic resurgence following the end of decades of military rule, which in turn is attracting attention from firms all over Asia seeking a piece of the potentially lucrative market. Investment rules for foreign firms are hazy in Myanmar, said Yoshihiro Araki, a researcher at the Japan External Trade Organisation. I dont know of any laws that clearly stipulate rules such as domestic procurement and technological transfer, so it is difficult for companies to pour in a huge amount of money without an investment treaty, he added. However, Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp said on May 22 it will lend technical support to Myanmars biggest commercial bank as it looks to tap the country as it embarks on reforms that ended decades of isolation. SMBC, the retail banking unit of Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group, said it signed an agreement on May 21 with Kanbawza Bank, Myanmars largest commercial bank, with an eye to expanding its presence in the country. The Japanese firm said it will advise the Myanmar lender on banking operations and help train its employees, a Sumitomo spokesman said. The [agreement] is the first of its kind signed between a Japanese bank and a private bank in Myanmar since the recent progress in democratisation in Myanmar, the Japanese lender said in a statement on May 22. While considering possibilities, including a future business tie-up between the two banks, we aim to build our supporting system for our clients entering into the country, it said. Ministop, one of Japans convenience store chains, has also struck a deal with Myanmars largest retailer, City Mart, on a possible business tie-up to open convenience stores in Myanmar, a company spokesman said on May 21. Tokyo has said it would forgive about US$3.7 billion of Myanmars debt and resume suspended aid as Japanese firms continue a push into the country. Myanmar has largely untapped natural resources, including minerals, metals and fossil fuels, and a potentially huge tourism sector, although challenges abound with the rule of law weakly enforced and a major infrastructure deficit. The United States on May 17 eased investment sanctions on Myanmar and named the first US ambassador to the country in more than two decades. Group of Eight leaders gathered for talks in the United States at the weekend praised the remarkable efforts of President U Thein Sein and pro-democracy leader Daw Aung San Suu Kyi in delivering democratic reforms. AFP
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Minister for Industry U Soe Thein delivers a speech during the 18th International Conference on the Future of Asia in Tokyo on May 25. Pic: AFP
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Embassy of the Republic of Korea in Yangon is seeking applicants for the posts Admin Assistant/ Secretary. The applicants must be - Fluent in both written and spoken English, selfmotivator - University degree holder, Minimum 2 years of experience in Admin field and/or experience in support service is required - Excellent in using Microsoft office packages especially in Microsoft Excel. Qualified female candidates are strongly encouraged to apply. Interested candidates should send updated CV, recently taken photographs, educational documents with cover letter to No. 97, University Avenue, Bahan Tsp no later than 6 June 2012. For more information, please feel free to contact 01-527142~144 during office hours.
Save the Children is serving as Principal Recipient (PR) of Global Fund Program for AIDS, TB, Malaria (GFATM) for three separate large grants in Myanmar (with a total budget of approximately USD 120 million over 5 years), which are performancebased, and will oversee 16 Sub-Recipients (SRs) all International NGOs. Currently we are recruiting the following two positions. 1. The Compliance Manager-GFATM, a Myanmar national position, will bear the responsibility for, but not limited to, assessment and verification of PRs and SRs financial reports, general ledgers, transactions, documentations, invoices, other reports. Required Qualifications: Minimum three year experience in external audit or internal audit for international organizations (required). Good written and spoken English skills (required). Professional Certification (CPA, chartered accountancy) or post-graduate degree (preferred). Substantial experience working with INGOs (preferred). Ability to analyze and make decisions. Self-starter, pro-active, problem solving, analytical skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team. Ability to link budget and actual expenditures, to work plan. Representational and sensitivity awareness skills. Excellent communication and interpersonalskills.GoodITskills,includingMicrosoftExcel and Word, and good understanding of automated accounting software. Commitment to understanding of Save the Childrens aims, values and principles. 2. The Sub-Grant Manager-GFATM, a Myanmar national position, will be responsible for SR contractual oversight financial report review and analysis. Required Qualifications: Minimum five year experience in grants/sub-grants management for international organizations. University degree in finance, accounting, management, economics, or related fields (required). Good written and spoken English skills (required). Substantial experience working with INGOs (prefer-red). Ability to analyze and make decisions. Self-starter, pro-active, problem solving, analytical skills, ability to work independently and as part of a team. Ability to link budget and actual expenditures, to work plan. Representational and sensitivity awareness skills. Excellent communication and interpersonal skills. Good IT skills, including Microsoft Excel and Word, and good understanding of automated accounting software. Commitment to understanding of Save the Childrens aims, values and principles. Detailed job descriptions for this position will be available at the Save the Children office or www.themimu.info/jobs/index.php. Interested and qualified candidates are requested to send an Application Letter and Curriculum Vitae to Human Resources Department, Save the Children, Wizaya Plaza-First Floor, 226 U Wisara Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar (or) kkhtay@ savechildren.org.mm | recruitment.ygnhr@ gmail.com | not later than 5 P.M., 11 June 2012 (Monday) Note: Only short-listed candidates will be contacted.
The Central Bank of Myanmar says it wants to weaken the national currency to combat an expected inflow of foreign currency. Pic: Kaung Htet
By Jason Szep and Aung Hla Tun NAY PYI TAW Myanmars Central Bank wants to weaken its newly floated currency and prevent further rises that could derail reforms to its economy, a deputy Central Bank governor said. U Nay Aye, one of two deputy governors, added that foreign banks will be able to form joint ventures in Myanmar by 2014, a year earlier than expected, as foreign investors begin to size up one of Asias most promising frontier markets following the suspension of US and European sanctions. Aprils float of the kyat was the biggest economic policy step in a year of dramatic change. Managing the kyat poses an extraordinary challenge for reformers struggling to rebuild an economy blighted by decades of mismanagement and hurt by trade-crippling sanctions. The International Monetary Fund cautioned in a report this month that the kyat had been overvalued by as much as 40 percent this year, and that any further rise could hurt the economy. Asked if he would like to bring down the currencys value, U Nay Aye said yes, noting the Central Bank was developing a fund for carrying out open-market operations and stabilising the currency. In the near future there will be a massive inflow of foreign direct investment, and as a result Myanmars kyat is expected to appreciate. We will do our best to prevent this, he told Reuters. President U Thein Sein,
near future there will be a massive In theof foreign direct investment, and inflow [the] kyat is expected to appreciate. We will do our best to prevent this.
The managed float of the kyat was intended to unify a chaotic array of informal exchange rates that had surged in value from more than K1000 a dollar in 2009 as money flowed into the timber, energy and gem industries, mostly from China. The Central Bank now sets a reference rate after a daily currency auction involving 17 dealer banks, a first step towards developing a formal inter-bank market. The reference rate was K840 a dollar on May 25, compared with K818 on April 2, the first day of the managed float. Exporters say the current levels make their goods uncompetitive.
number of foreign banks clamouring to tap the country of 60 million people, whose natural gas, minerals and other resources make it one of Asias most tantalising new markets. As the United States and European Union suspend economic sanctions, foreign banks remain limited to representative offices that can do little more than conduct research. U Nay Aye said in 2014, banks from countries in the 10-member ASEAN bloc would be allowed in, with banks from other countries following afterwards. But the central bank is seeking to change regulations to allow foreign banks from elsewhere to form joint ventures in 2014.
The ASEAN integration process requires allowing qualified banks from ASEAN to open branches in the country with effect from 2014. We are doing our best to be able to fulfil this requirement, U Nay Aye said. Especially we are thinking of allowing joint-ventures with foreign banks and branches of foreign banks. This is something we have to carry out after laying down firm rules, regulations and procedures, he added. At the first stage, ASEAN banks will be allowed under ASEAN financial integration process and at the second stage banks from other regions beyond ASEAN. In its report this month, the IMF said accelerating the modernisation of the financial sector was essential to prepare for economic integration in 2015. But it also noted the authorities worries about capacity constraints, in particular a lack of experienced local bankers: They preferred a gradual liberalisation, indicating that many domestic banks are not ready for price competition, notwithstanding the need to prepare for ASEAN integration. Dozens of local and foreign banks thrived in the 1950s. But the industry withered after a 1962 coup introduced a disastrous Burmese Way to Socialism and sweeping nationalisation. In 1988, the countrys former military rulers reintroduced a market economy. Soon after, in 1992, private banks were allowed and foreign banks began opening representative offices. There were over 40 at one point but only 18 are open now. Reuters
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United States Secretary of State Hillary Clinton announced that US was encouraging business to invest in Myanmar. The United States will issue a general license that will enable American businesses to invest across the economy, allow citizens access to international credit markets and dollar-based transactions, she said. U Soe Myint, a retired director general from the Ministry of Energy was quoted in the Bangkok Post in April as saying that Western oil companies would lose out to Asian competitors if they did not act quickly. If you keep staying in wait-and-see mode, I can tell you that you will be too late [to invest], U Soe Myint told the Bangkok Post. US oil firms had a presence in Myanmars energy sector before the imposition of economic and investment sanction on Myanmar in 1997. However, US oil giant Chevron was able to buy Unocal and its Myanmar stakes in 2005 through an exemption granted on existing assets. In July 2011, Myanmar called for tenders for exploration of 18 onshore blocks, which resulted in seven companies being awarded nine onshore blocks. The companies that won tenders included Thailands PTTEPI, Malaysias Petronas, Swiss firm GeoPetrol, CIS Nobel Oil from Russia, EPI Holding Ltd from Hong Kong and Jubilant Oil from India. Meanwhile, U Aung Kyaw Htoo said the country could not meet its demand for crude oil because domestic consumption outweighed production. Myanmar consumes about 60,000 barrels a day (bpd) but produces 20,000bpd, about 33 percent of the total crude oil consumption, an Energy
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A young girl holds a candle at a peaceful protest against electricity shortages in Yangon last week. Pic: Kaung Htet Planning Department presentation at the summit showed. U Aung Kyaw Htoo also called for help in building a new refinery capable of processing 56,000bpd, a new liquefied petroleum gas factory and liquefied natural gas facilities on Made Island in Rakhine State. Despite Myanmars wealth of hydroelectric and hydrocarbon sources, many parts of the country are not connected to the national electricity grid, while even Yangon suffers frequent blackouts towards the end of the hot months when water levels of hydropower dams run low. Recent blackouts in Yangon and Mandalay have sparked non-violent protests in those cities, with residents upset over the large-scale export of natural gas to Thailand that could instead be used to generate electricity for Myanmar. Dr Thant Myint-U, a renowned writer and grandson of late UN Secretary General U Thant, said Myanmar needed investment in its power generating network. In a post on Dr Thant Myint-Us Facebook account on May 23, he said Myanmar needs massive investment in power generation to solve chronic power shortages. Its not just a matter of selling or not selling natural gas to Thailand and China. All the natural gas in the world wont make a difference if there is no investment in the infrastructure needed to get electricity to homes and businesses. And this sort of big investment is much less likely to come whilst sanctions are only suspended, he wrote. The Energy Planning Department showed that 61 percent of Myanmars natural gas supply is sent to gas turbines in Yangon for electricity generation.
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Port authorities oversee the unloading of newly imported cars in Yangon. Pic: Myanmar Times Archive Caldinas and Mitsubishi Pajeros. The May 7 changes announced by the government mean anybody with US$10,000 in a bank account at a state-run bank can import a 2007 or newer vehicle. This time people will also rush to buy cars through websites and prices for eligible cars will likely increase by 200pc or 300pc, he said. Deputy Commerce Minister Dr Pwint San admitted that the government had not spent long considering the changes but had succeeded in its aim of lowering prices. Were trying to ensure that the market can no longer be manipulated by a small group of people, he said. An official from the Directorate of Trade said the Ministry of Commerce had not made any decision to favour service companies but was trying to reduce restrictions step-by-step. We have not heard any announcement yet but we know that some car sales centres that held many import permits have faced losses because they were
has already started doing surveys and market research, a process that will take about one year, he said. U Aye Min, a car dealer, said Myanmar car buyers trusted Japanese vehicles long before September, when the government announced the overage car import substitution program. We are used to Japanese cars and buyers prefer them, he said. Myat May Zin
An old bus drives along a street in Yangon. Pic: Myanmar Times Archive proposal from the nine companies concerned, said U Min Min, a Ministry of Commerce director. According to the rules set for taxis, entities will be set up as public companies to provide the services, he said. These should include on-call systems and the vehicles should be the same colour and be operated by meter charges, he added. U Kyaw Soe said passenger buses should be allowed to be imported by companies that have export earnings and should be lefthand drive and made no earlier than 2007. By May 18, the Ministry of Commerce had allowed Thinkhaypya Co Ltd to import 30 CNG-powered buses and Aung Thein Than Service and Agency Ltd had permits to import 40 as well, he said. Taxi owner and Yankin resident U Aung Min said the system unfairly benefited companies. Companies are allowed to import taxi cabs and buses without submitting overage cars but individual car owners only receive permits when they hand over their old car. Thats not fair, he said. It would be more reasonable if the Ministry of Commerce or the Directorate of Road Transport could reduce the taxes for car owners. Under the overage car import substitution program, which was unveiled in September 2011, the Directorate of Road Transport is able to grant tax exemptions of between 10 percent and 30pc to importers depending on the condition of the vehicle.
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sanctions a month earlier. After years of detention and house arrest, opposition leader and Nobel laureate Daw Aung San Suu Kyi took her seat in parliament on May 2, ushering in a new political era. Ogilvy & Mather was also the first international ad agency to set up in Vietnam when US sanctions were lifted there in 1994. Vietnam is now one of WPPs fastestgrowing markets. Its not often that a market of this size opens up, with this history and infrastructure and capability, so its very, very exciting, WPP chief executive Martin Sorrell told Reuters. Myanmar has a population of about 60 million, who live on an average income of about US$4 a day far less than that in rural communities. It has an average age of 27 and is rich in resources but has little provision for business or banking. Myanmars advertising market was worth just $33 million in 2011, according to leading media buyer ZenithOptimedia, compared with $600 million for Vietnam. John Goodman, who led the Myanmar negotiations for Ogilvy & Mather, said current advertisers were mostly Japanese or South Korean companies selling electronics, and Chinese, Indian and Vietnamese firms selling consumer goods or fast food. Whos taking an interest now? Everyone. Weve just been barraged, he told Reuters. Initially it will be low entry goods, small pack sizes ... but we think there will be a fairly rapidly developing middle class. People are well educated. With 60 employees, Today Advertising is Myanmars top ad agency, according to Ogilvy & Mather, which has a long-standing partnership with the company. Advertising in Myanmar today is almost exclusively via television and outdoor billboards, Goodman said. Internet advertising is almost non-existent with only about 100,000 people or 0.2 percent of the population, online, while Goodman said print quality was so poor it did not lend itself to newspaper advertising. The ink comes off on your fingers, he said. Reuters
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The astronauts on board the ISS will manoeuvre the stations robotic arm to help capture the capsule and attach it to the orbiting research outpost. The hatch of the Dragon is set to open on May 26 for unloading 521 kilograms (1148 pounds) of cargo for the space lab and restocking it with a 660-kilogram (1455-pound) load to return to Earth. On May 31, the Dragon is to detach from the station and make a safe landing in the Pacific Ocean off the coast of southern California. SpaceX, owned by 40-year-old Musk, a billionaire who also co-founded PayPal, is the first of several US competitors to try sending spacecraft to the ISS with the goal of restoring US access to space for human travellers by 2015. We are really at the dawn of a new era of space exploration, one where there is a much bigger role for commercial space companies, Musk said, likening the space effort to the expansion of the internet in the mid 1990s. The company successfully testlaunched its Falcon 9 rocket in June 2010, then made history with its Dragon launch in December of that year, becoming the first commercial outfit to send a spacecraft into orbit and back. Its reusable Dragon capsule has been built to carry both cargo and up to seven
crew members. Every launch into space is a thrilling event, but this one is especially exciting, said John Holdren, President Barack Obamas assistant for science and technology. NASA administrator Charles Bolden congratulated SpaceX for opening a new era in exploration. Were handing off to the private sector our transportation to the International Space Station so that NASA can focus on what we do best exploring even deeper into our solar system, with missions to an asteroid and Mars on the horizon. Until now, only the space agencies of Russia, Japan and Europe have been able to send supply ships to the ISS. The three-decade US shuttle program, which ferried astronauts and cargo to the research outpost, ended in 2011, leaving Russia as the sole taxi to the ISS until private industry comes up with a replacement. SpaceX and a handful of other companies are being helped in their endeavours with seed money from NASA to build cargo and crew capability. SpaceX has a $1.6 billion contract with NASA to supply the ISS with cargo in the coming years. Orbital Sciences has a $1.9 billion contract and is scheduled for its first launch attempt later this year. AFP
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CAIRO Egypt wrapped up two days of polling on May 24 in a landmark presidential election that pitted stability against the ideals of the uprising that ended Hosni Mubaraks rule with predictions that the hardfought contest would go to a runoff. BAGHDAD Iran and six world powers ended two days of very intense nuclear talks on May 24 with little to show except a decision to meet again next month in Moscow after sharp disagreements over the way forward. GENEVA The Syrian army and security forces have been responsible for most of the serious rights abuses committed since March this year as they hunt down defectors and opponents, UN-appointed investigators said on May 24. KABUL French President Francois Hollande arrived in Kabul on May 25 on a previously unannounced visit to meet French soldiers he has vowed to pull out of the war-torn country by the end of the year. AFP Earlier report, P. 17.
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WASHINGTON A US report change often creates instability prosperity, and inclusion, it said. critical of Syria, and Clinton herself Much remains to be done to singled out President Bashar released on May 24 hailed the before it leads to greater respect for implement reforms and especially al-Assads regime for staging an yearning for change in Arab democracy and human rights. It recalled the high cost to to address the legacy of decades of assault not just on basic freedoms nations and moves toward openness in Myanmar, saying they may demonstrators in Tunisia, Egypt, violence against ethnic minorities, like that of expression but on the very lives of citizens. inspire a push for freedom in other Libya, Bahrain, Yemen and Syria, the report said. Also coming under fire was But the size of the task ahead where thousands have been killed dark reaches of the world. But the State Department said and many others abused by security does not diminish the excitement Eritrea, where it said widespread of these first steps, or the sense human rights abuses continued. in its 2011 human rights report forces. In Sudan, government forces But the images of demonstrators of possibility they may inspire in that the situation in China was deteriorating and highlighted who had seemingly lost all fear, other closed societies, such as Iran, staged air raids on civilian areas on alleged abuses in other countries, risking their lives to oppose North Korea, Uzbekistan, Eritrea, the border with South Sudan, while human rights abuses including Sudan, Iran, went unpunished, the Eritrea, Russia, Syria report said. and Pakistan. The Iranian I n p r e s e n t i n g t h e Myanmar offers an example of a government moving towards a government continued annual report, Secretary model of greater openness, democracy, and liberty to deny its citizens of State Hillary Clinton human rights, including said this has been an the freedoms of especially tumultuous expression, assembly, association, and momentous year for everyone g o v e r n m e n t s t h e y d e e m e d or Sudan, it added. The report said that Chinas movement, and religion, it said. involved in the cause of human illegitimate, inspired people around In Pakistan, security forces, human rights record was the world, it said. rights. The report then turned to the deteriorating, with authorities extremists and separatists were Many of the events that have dominated recent headlines from changes in Myanmar, where stepping up efforts to silence implicated in extrajudicial killings, torture, and forced disappearances, the revolutions in the Middle East the military-backed regime of activists and stifle public debate. The report said that Chinese it said. These affected thousands to reforms in Burma (Myanmar) President Thein Sein has surprised began with human rights, with many observers with a spate of forces reportedly committed of citizens in nearly all areas of the the clear call of men and women reforms designed to break decades arbitrary or unlawful killings country. In Russia, attacks on and and has held activists in unknown d e m a n d i n g t h e i r u n i v e r s a l of isolation. Burma offers an example of circumstances including human killings of journalists and activists rights. The report said the yearning a government moving towards rights lawyer Gao Zhisheng and continued, while there were for change we have witnessed in a model of greater openness, ethnic Mongolian campaigner, reports of significant irregularities and fraud during parliamentary Tunisia, Egypt, Libya, Yemen, democracy, and liberty, attributes Hada. The report was also particularly elections in December. AFP and Syria is inspirational, and yet that can lead to greater innovation,
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LONDON British Prime Minister David Cameron appointed a minister to decide on Rupert Murdochs bid for control of pay-TV giant BSkyB, despite knowing that the official backed the deal, an inquiry heard on May 24. An inquiry into press ethics set up in the wake of the hacking scandal heard that Culture Secretary Jeremy Hunt privately wrote to Cameron in November 2010 to warn that blocking the bid would harm Britains media sector. A month later, Cameron gave Hunt the job of deciding on the bid, after the previous minister in charge of it, Business Secretary Vince Cable, was removed from the brief for showing bias against Murdoch in a newspaper sting.
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An annular solar eclipse, as seen in Tokyo on May 21, where the phenomenon was visible for the first time in 173 years. Millions of sky-gazers viewed the spectacle of a lifetime when the eclipse crossed from northern Asia to the United States, in a 13,600 kilometre (8500 mile) arc across the Pacific. An annular solar eclipse occurs when the moon passes in front of the sun. Pic: AFP
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Islamic militants could not recapture power. The Taliban may have the ability to launch attacks, to explode IEDs (improvised explosive devices), to send suicide bombers. But for them to come and take over the country and take it backwards, no, Karzai told CNN. Afghanistan has moved forward and Afghanistan will defend itself. And the progress that we have achieved, the Afghan people will not allow it to be put back or reversed. But in a sign of growing frustrations with the dragging conflict, Frances new President Francois Hollande said his country had done more than its duty since the 2001 US-led invasion ousted the hardline Taliban leadership. And a row over reopening Pakistan supply routes into Afghanistan to NATO convoys also lingered, although Obama and NATO chief Anders
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South Korea, issued a final statement saying Afghans will be in lead for security nationwide by mid-2013. Though NATO troops will gradually shift focus
until late 2014. The summit gave Obama a platform to show a warweary American public that he has global support for plans to end the war
to reassure Karzai that the international community would not abandon his country after the combat troops are gone. The 50 nations involved in the war endorsed a US plan to provide US$4.1 billion in annual security aid to Afghanistan and reduce the size of Afghan forces from a peak of 352,000 to 228,500. The United States has offered to pay half the bill while the international community is expected to fund the rest. But the summit declaration makes clear that the security aid will not last forever. The declaration says the Afghan governments share of the bill will increase progressively from $500 million in 2015, with the aim that it can assume, no later than 2024, full financial responsibility for its own security forces. Canada agreed to continue funding Afghan forces until 2017, officials said, contributing some $108 million annually for three years beyond 2014. Canada will honor its commitment and complete its current training mission but our country will not have any military mission in Afghanistan after March 2014, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said. AFP
Chen Guangcheng and his wife, Yuan Weijing, arrive at the New York University apartments in Manhattan on May 19. Pic: AFP who have trod Chens path include the dissident Wei Jingsheng, who left China in 1997 on medical parole in a deal brokered by the United States, and Christian activist Bob Fu, a close friend and supporter of Chen who lives in Texas. Past cases suggest Chinese leaders will be reluctant to allow a man like Chen whose activism created diplomatic and domestic hurdles, to come home. Chinas communist rulers remain perturbed that civil unrest could blight its rise as a political and economic power and has barred the return of numerous activists linked to the 1989 Tiananmen democracy protests and the Falungong spiritual group that Beijing outlawed in 1999. Getting Chen Guangcheng and his family on a plane is the easiest part of this saga, said Phelim Kine, Asia researcher for the New York-based Human Rights Watch. The harder, longer term part is ensuring his right under international law to return to China when he sees fit. Chinas official explanation for agreeing to allow Chen to go abroad was so that he could study in accordance with his rights as a Chinese citizen. But Beijing-based rights lawyer Jiang Tianyong said the authorities would think twice about letting Chen return even though the government is obliged under international law to allow its citizens back into the country. Under the current political climate, I doubt the government will allow him to return, he said. AFP
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drones over the next decade to more than US$11 billion. This is an understandable choice. Senior defence officials say that remotely piloted aircraft can be flown for hours over treacherous terrain and great distances waiting to surgically shoot Hellfire missiles at enemies visible perhaps only for just a few minutes. The danger to soldiers and the financial and political costs of deploying them they argue, is massively diminished. Moreover, its a more surgical enterprise: on-board cameras give pilots hundreds or thousands of miles away a clear picture of the target and any civilians who might
be in the way. But beyond being of dubious legitimacy under international law, the use of such technologies may be counter-productive. In Pakistan, Somalia and Yemen, unmanned planes are being flown by the CIA an organisation that clearly lacks the militarys culture and training in international humanitarian law. Meanwhile, Washington interprets within its rights under the war on terror the use of lethal force against enemies in a foreign country when that state consents or is unable or unwilling to act. While Pakistans position in the past has been ambiguous, the government said publicly
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from a forthcoming ITV television documentary to mark the queens jubilee, William, 29, said he went to his grandmother with his concerns about the guest list drawn up by royal officials. There was very much a subdued moment when I was handed a list with 777 names on not one person I knew or Catherine knew, he said. I went to her (the Queen) and said, Listen, Ive got this list, not one person I know what do I do? and she went, Get rid of it. Start from your friends and then well add those we need to in due course. Its your day. The April 29 wedding at Westminster Abbey in London was attended by about 2000 people and more than one million people lined the processional route to see the happy couple. William, the second in line to the throne after his father Prince Charles, admitted that his grandmother was a tough act to follow. Theres not much wriggle room left for me to try and find my own path but I will do, said the searchand-rescue helicopter pilot in the extracts published in the Radio Times magazine. Its just a matter of learning whats gone before me. Shes an incredible role model. I would like to take all of her experiences, all of her knowledge and put it in a small box and to be able to constantly refer to it. William said he was much closer to his grandmother now than he was as a child. Were definitely a lot closer than we used to be, he said. Being a small boy its very daunting seeing the Queen around and not really quite knowing what to talk about. AFP
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LONDON Queen Elizabeth II told her grandson Prince William to rip up the guest list he was given for his wedding and do it again himself to include his friends, he said in an interview. The Duke of Cambridge also said he got just half an hours sleep before last years wedding to Catherine Middleton, which was watched by billions around the world. In extracts released on May 22
The shattered remains of a church in the northeastern Italy city of San Carlo on May 21, the day after the region was hit by an earthquake. Pic: AFP
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Indian PM admits govt can do better
NEW DELHI Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh has acknowledged the large unfinished agenda facing his government after three years in power, and vowed to tackle corruption and fiscal mismanagement. I will be the first to say we need to do better, Singh said on May 22 as he presented his graft-tainted coalitions annual report card at a function in New Delhi. Singhs second term in office has been marked by slowing economic growth, accusations of policy paralysis and a series of corruption scandals that have combined to undermine optimism about Indias future development.
Anwar Ibrahim says he is a victim of political intimidation. Pic: AFP whether to press charges against an individual based solely on the strength of the evidence against them, he said in a statement. Anwars lawyers and a top Election Commission official have confirmed
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The Public Security Bureau needs to clean out the foreign trash, wrote Yang on his microblog, accusing expatriates of engaging in human trafficking and spreading lies about China. He made his comments after Beijing police the previous week launched a 100-day crackdown on foreigners working illegally in the capital, with posters showing a clenched fist and a phone line for residents to inform on visa violators. Yang urged police to focus on areas popular with expatriates in Beijing, and also welcomed the recent expulsion of Al Jazeera journalist Melissa Chan, which has been strongly condemned by rights organisations and by Washington. We kicked out that foreign harpy and closed Al Jazeeras Beijing bureau. We should shut up those who denigrate China and send them packing, wrote Yang, whose comments have been widely criticised in the foreign media though his employer, CCTV, has remained silent. In a statement on May 22, Yang said he intended his comments to be a wake-up call for foreigners who violated Chinas laws, citing the recent example of a British tourist accused of sexually assaulting a Chinese woman. The man, who is believed to be in custody, was caught on camera and the footage went viral after it was posted online, sparking a barrage of anti-foreigner sentiment. Days later, footage showing a Russian cellist verbally abusing a female passenger on a train in China was posted online, adding to the growing controversy. The cellist has since been fired from his position with the Beijing Symphony Orchestra, which said its reputation had been badly damaged by the actions of Oleg Vedernikov, a move welcomed by many Chinese bloggers. Vedernikov has apologised over the May 14 incident. AFP
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Navy ship from arresting Chinese fishermen. We urge the Philippine side to respect Chinas territorial sovereignty in earnest and stop all provocations and show sincerity and carry out serious and earnest diplomatic dialogue with China, Hong said. In a separate development, China said on May 23 it had cancelled a highlevel military trip to Japan, as the two neighbours bicker over a disputed island chain and a recent Uighur symposium in Tokyo that angered Beijing. Guo Boxiong, vice chairman of the powerful Central Military Commission and Chinas highest ranking military officer, will not visit Japan due to work commitments at home, the defence ministry said in a statement. The China Daily said the visit had been due to begin on May 24, with Guo scheduled to meet Japanese Prime Minister Yoshihiko Noda. The cancellation came after China condemned Japan for allowing the World Uyghur Congress, which Beijing considers an exiled anti-China separatist grouping, to meet in Tokyo in mid-May. In April, Beijing also angrily condemned remarks by Tokyo Governor Shintaro Ishihara, who re-ignited a long-simmering maritime territorial dispute by vowing to buy the disputed group of uninhabited islands. The Tokyo city government said on May 24 members of the public had pledged almost one billion yen (US$12.5 million) to buy the islands. AFP
A panda dozes in the Olympic Games Panda Bear enclosure at the Beijing Zoo on May 22. The zoo, in the grounds of a Ming dynasty imperial palace, opened to the public in 1908. Pic: AFP
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Wathann Film Festival invites entries
By Zon Pann Pwint ORGANISERS of the Wathann Film Festival are calling on directors to submit work for the 2012 edition of the event, scheduled to be held at Maha Thandi Thukha Monastery in Tarmwe township, Yangon, from September 6 to 8. Submissions are being accepted in three categories: Short Fiction Film, Documentary Film and Other (animation, experimental film and video art). The events director, Ma Thu Thu Shein, said the first annual Wathann festival, held last September, was the first step in introducing the concept of film festivals to Myanmar. Visitors to the festival had the chance to talk directly with local directors. We also held workshops and seminars during the festival. I found a lot of young visitors showed great interest in short films and documentary films, she said. Ma Thu Thu Shein said that ever since she visited an overseas film festival in 2008, she has dreamed of organising a similar event in Myanmar. My dream came true in September 2011 when I organised the first Wathann Film Festival. Its less a competition than a chance for artists to share their creations. Its intended to improve the standards of local films and inspire directors to produce higher-quality and more artistic films. At the same time, it aims to increase the popularity of documentary and short films in our country, she said. Ma Thu Thu Shein added that there will be no theme for entries into this years festival. Directors have the freedom to make films about whatever they like, she said. The festival will also include the first screening of the feature-length documentary Nargis: When Time Stopped Breathing, directed by Pe Maung Same and The Maung Naing. The film has never been shown locally but it has received international film awards. It is a poetic documentary film, Ma Thu Thu Shein said. Among the retrospective movies to be shown will be the 1973 film Chay Phawar Taw Nu Nu (Delicate Sole), directed by Maung Wunna. Entries can be submitted to No 15 (3B), Obo Road (near Shwe Phone Pwint Pagoda), Ye Kyaw, Pazundaung township, Yangon, from June 10 to 30. For further information about submission guidelines, visit www.wathannfilmfest.net . The winner in each of the three categories will receive K300,000 and an artwork. A writing contest will also be held as part of the film festival, on the theme of Myanmar Beyond the Travel Brochure. Short fiction and nonfiction stories about nontouristic travel in Myanmar can be submitted via email to contest@ecoburma.com. Submissions can be in English or Myanmar languages. More information on the writing contest can be found at www.ecoburma.com/contest. The submission deadline is July 31.
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Artist Pyae Phyoe Aung will hold his first solo exhibition of sketches of Myanmar women as reflections on the nature of beauty. The exhibition is at the Lokanat Gallery from 28-30 May, 9am to 5pm.
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Iron Cross will perform at Myawsinkyun, Kandawgyi on June 9 from 6pm until 11pm. Tickets cost K6500 and are available at Bo Bo Music Production, Orange Supermarket, Blazon, Nobody, Fashion Star, Conqueror and Capital Hypermarket.
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Kaitlyn Gallaway (left), Samuel Knotts and Sarah Schmidt, fourth-grade students at Agnor-Hurt Elementary School in Charlottesville, Virginia, are shown with the World Peace Game. Pic: The Washington Post/Norm Shafer been through this with no end in sight. So one morning last month, the ministers of defence, the ethnic leaders, the arms dealers, the saboteur and all their friends took a bus to the Washington area to tell the Pentagon how they brought peace to the world. The event was closed to the news media, a spokeswoman said at the time. But as with so many high-powered gatherings, centre of the Pentagon was the site of a bunker full of nuclear missiles. It was actually a hot-dog stand. Shortly before noon, the children sat down with Panetta for about half an hour. He asked them about the crises they had solved, they said, and how they had done it especially climate change. Pa n e t t a g a v e t h e m commemorative coins, a military tradition to honour someone. When he was called to the White House, they devoured pizzas, tossed the coins and stuck them in their eyes like monocles. They had a mock news conference with Pentagon press secretary George Little, drilling him with questions such as whether America is ready to protect Taiwan at all costs against Chinese aggression. They ended the day with a hot wash, the typical debriefing to discuss important take-aways. Samuel Knotts, a 10-yearold prime minister, said they were invited to help get a whole new perspective of the world and how to solve problems. If somebody steals your lunchbox, you dont go up and punch him in the face to get it back you want to reason with them, find out why they took it or talk to a teacher. The teacher in that case would be the United Nations. Albemarle County Schools Superintendent Pamela Moran said officials seemed struck by the students insistence that they couldnt solve problems in isolation and how fierce the students were when asking tough questions. Flores said she thinks Pentagon officials learned the value of stepping back from the constant rush of the inbox to think with a fresh perspective about world problems. I think they were reminded of their own personal commitment to public service. The visit was part of a transformation in the policy department to encourage continual learning, strategic thinking, new perspectives and inspiration through things such as talks by scholars or working in another agency for a year. Flores said she and Hunter have talked about an ongoing partnership between his class and the Pentagon. Can we go back? Please? Sarah and Aimee Straka, the nine-year-old head of the United Nations, asked Hunter recently. Its a really fun place that we could explore more, Sarah said. Long time, no see, Mr Panetta! Aimee called out, giggling. They may save us all, Hunter said later. I hope so. The Washington Post
students The learning are to decrease suffering in the world and increase compassion.
Teacher John Hunter (left) and his students from AgnorHurt Elementary School in Charlottesville, Virginia, listen to Defence Secretary Leon Panetta explain some world clocks at the Pentagon. Pic: US Defence Department
firsthand accounts leaked out afterward. The students were wowed by the size of the building, by the September 11 memorial and by their tour guide, who not only walked backward while leading them down long hallways, but also walked backward down the escalator. They loved a story about the Soviets concluding from satellite surveillance that a small building at the
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Rose Mary Collection Gems & Jewellery shop opening
This week socialite started with Rose Mary Collection Gems & Jewellery shop opening at Junction Squate on May 16. On the following W I T H M A Y S A N D Y day she showed up at the opening of Shayi Fashion new location in Bahan township before she went to Traders Hotel dinner with their new General Manager, Mr Phillip Couvaras. On May 18, she attended the Ikon Mart t Electrolux Demonstration event in the morning and Ponds Flawless White event at Sedona hotel in the evening. The next day she went to Healthy Shop 5th anniversary and Healthy Plus 3rd anniversary event at the National Theatre. She ended her week on May 20 at Enavorse skin care event at Sedona hotel in the morning.
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Old Havana includes many buildings still in need of restoration. Pic: Paul Edmondson/National Trust For Historic Preservation groups such as the trust Preserving the old city was a meeting about Old Havana, foreign correspondents have and National Geographic not a priority, according to Castro asked Leal, What can been able to find former Old Havana residents who echo are all the rage among the American preservationists we do? Leal recalls. Leal proposed that his Carmen Garcia, quoted in cosmopolitan set is they who watched from afar. There was what we office be given unprecedented the Boston Globe in 2001: offer a glimpse of Leals work. The United States think was a purposeful authority to generate its Yes, its a nice home we government permits few abandonment of Havana own revenue. Castro liked have and better than all four of us living in one room other opportunities to visit by the revolution, and it the idea. Starting with a budget with one light-bulb. But I was through the will of the island. Back home, Leal likes people who refused to let from the state of just $1 miss Old Havana. He is keenly aware of a to walk the streets of Old this happen in Cuba that million, we bet on rescuing Havana. He started a radio they actually forced the a small hotel three small paradox at the centre of and television show called conservation movement to restaurants and a set of his lifes work: The tourism Andar la Habana (Walking be accepted. So its truly houses in ruins, Leal says. that is saving Old Havana The hotel happened to be could destroy it. A familiar heroic, says Araoz, whose Havana). Ive walked with him in family left Cuba when he the Ambos Mundos, where pattern in tourist Meccas Havana, and people come up was a boy in 1960. Eusebio Ernest Hemingway is said around the world is for to him to ask him favours, i s p r o b a b l y t h e m o s t to have written part of For waves of comparatively rich visitors to overwhelm and Whom the Bell Tolls. and, more than favours, emblematic. Since then, Leals operation distort local culture. The day Leal lay in front of people come to him to thank Leals solution is to him, says Gustavo Araoz, the pavers, he had just been has grown to operating 16 president of the International given his first big restoration hotels, a tour company, preserve people as much Council on Monuments and assignment the Palace of restaurants, museums, a as buildings; he is trying to Sites. He has immense the Captains General. The radio station and more. Last create an infrastructure for work took 11 years, and in the year, revenues were $119 daily life to continue. popular support. It would be easier to make a movie set, he says. The city must live essentially around They started saying I was a madman but in that kind its people. The restoration is not only a historiographical of aspect in which being a madman is a good thing. project but a project trying to recover quality of life. Tourists will overwhelm Leals quiet pride in his late 1970s, the palace became million, profits $23 million. the place. Thats why its About 74,000 people live important for people to work accomplishments is tinged the City Museum, with Leal in Old Havana, and the there and live there, to create with melancholy at how as the first director. By 1981, he had won border between the restored spaces of silence where there much is yet to be done. Landmark structures are Castros support, and the and the ruined is starkly arent tourist installations collapsing before he can get work began in earnest visible. On the ruined but are real neighbourhoods. to them. He has always said with a master plan and side remains a complex And even in the most visited restoring Old Havana, and US$11 million to renovate problem of housing, water, places, put schools, little the rest of the city, would 30 buildings. Leal hired sanitation, communication, hospitals. We are trying to put up curtains in the path take more than one lifetime, dozens, then hundreds of promiscuity, Leal says. What people criticise of the wave. and now, it is late in his architects, archaeologists, American preservationists p r e s e r v a t i o n i s t s , sometimes is that renovation career. To some extent we have craftspeople and labourers. doesnt get to them quickly marvel at Leals evident political and bureaucratic But after the break-up enough. succeeded, Leal says. When a historic dwelling skills to have pursued I wish I had been more of the Soviet Union, Cuba hit an economic crisis. sheltering six families in his professional passion successful. Even before the 1959 Fixing buildings seemed slum conditions is properly so successfully within the revolution that brought Fidel less important when people restored, there might only Cuban system. Maybe he is be room for one or two crazy like a fox. Castro to power, Old Havana were going hungry. In my country, he During the very hard families. Leal is building was ailing. The nearly four square kilometres had period of the [early] 1990s, new housing in Old Havana, says, there is a first act been abandoned by well- he made sure all his workers b u t s o m e f a m i l i e s a r e of forgiveness for madness, to-do residents in favour had enough food, Araoz given new housing outside when it is accompanied by of tonier neighbourhoods. says. He just figured out the area. Leal says most these other words: Hes a After the revolution, the where to find it. He has who leave prefer modern madman, but hes a very hard worker. construction. government focused on performed miracles. 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TUE YH 910 AW 762 W9 109 AW 792 6T 502 YH 732 K7 225 K7 222 W9 109 AW 792 YH 732 6T 502 YH 910 W9 109 YH 732 6T 502 K7 225 K7 222 W9 109 YH 732 6T 502 YH 910 6T 404 W9 109 YH 732 6T 502 K7 225 K7 222 YH 910 W9 109 YH 732 6T 502 W9 255 W9 251 K7 622 K7 622 AW 201 W9 255 W9 251 K7 622 AW 211 W9 255 K7 622 W9 256 W9 252 K7 623 K7 623 AW 202 W9 256 W9 252 K7 623 W9 256 K7 623 K7 222 W9 119 AW 761 YH 727 6T 501 YH 731 K7 224 K7 826 6T 801 W9 115 AW 761 YH 811 6T 501 YH 731 K7 224 AW 911 K7 222 W9 119 YH 737 AW 791 6T 501 YH 731 K7 826 AW 761 AW 201 YH 811 W9 109 6T 501 YH 731 K7 224 K7 222 AW 211 W9 109 6T 501 YH 731 K7 826 AW 751 W9 119 YH 811 6T 501 YH 731 K7 224 K7 222 AW SPL AW 751 W9 115 YH 811 6T 501 YH 731 YH 737
Dep
08:40 17:20 17:25 17:25 18:05 18:10 18:40 08:40 17:25 17:25 17:55 18:05 08:40 17:25 17:55 18:05 18:40 08:40 17:25 17:55 18:05 08:40 08:45 17:25 17:55 18:05 18:40 08:40 08:40 17:25 17:55 18:05 06:30 06:30 13:30 13:30 06:30 06:30 06:30 13:30 06:00 06:30 13:30 09:45 12:05 16:50 16:50 09:35 09:45 12:05 16:50 09:45 16:50 07:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 07:00 08:00 11:00 11:00 11:15 15:00 15:00 15:00 06:30 07:00 11:00 11:00 14:30 15:00 15:00 07:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 14:30 15:00 15:00 15:00 07:00 11:00 14:30 15:00 15:00 07:00 11:00 11:00 11:00 15:00 15:00 15:00 07:00 07:30 10:30 11:00 11:00 15:00 15:00 11:00
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10:00 18:40 18:20 18:45 19:25 19:30 20:00 11:45 18:20 18:45 19:15 19:25 10:00 18:20 19:15 19:25 20:00 11:45 18:20 19:15 19:25 10:00 10:05 18:20 19:15 19:25 20:00 11:45 10:00 18:20 19:15 19:25 09:25 09:25 16:30 16:30 09:20 09:25 09:25 16:30 08:50 09:25 16:30 12:40 15:00 19:50 19:50 12:25 12:40 15:00 19:50 12:40 19:50 10:10 12:10 12:10 12:25 16:10 16:25 17:20 08:15 10:20 12:10 12:10 12:40 16:10 16:25 17:20 08:40 10:10 12:10 12:25 15:40 16:10 16:25 08:15 12:10 12:10 12:25 15:25 16:10 16:25 17:20 10:10 12:10 15:25 16:10 16:25 08:15 12:10 12:10 12:25 16:10 16:25 17:20 10:10 08:40 11:40 12:10 12:25 16:10 16:25 12:25
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09:05 09:20 09:35 09:40 09:45 10:30 16:55 17:40 09:20 09:35 09:40 09:45 16:45 11:15 17:40 09:05 09:20 09:35 09:45 10:30 09:05 09:20 09:35 09:45 11:15 17:40 09:05 09:20 09:35 09:45 10:30 08:55 09:05 09:20 09:35 09:45 11:15 17:15 17:40 08:55 09:20 09:35 09:40 09:45 10:30 16:45 16:45 17:20 11:15 13:00 11:15 13:00 09:00 13:00 11:15 13:00 11:15 13:00 15:00 11:15 13:00 11:15 13:00 15:00 12:55 15:00 12:55 15:00 10:40 15:00 12:55 15:00 12:55 15:00 16:40 12:55 15:00 12:55 16:40 07:00 11:30 07:00 07:00 11:30 07:00 11:30 07:00 11:30 12:45 07:00 07:00 11:30 07:00 08:00 07:00 11:30 12:45 11:50 15:55 09:30 15:55 17:15 09:30 15:55 11:30 11:50 15:55 11:50 15:55 11:50 12:25 11:50 15:55 17:15
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10:15 10:30 10:45 10:35 10:55 11:45 19:10 20:00 10:30 10:45 10:35 10:55 17:55 12:30 20:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 10:55 11:45 10:15 10:30 10:45 10:55 12:30 20:00 10:15 10:30 10:45 10:55 11:45 11:05 10:15 10:30 10:45 10:55 12:30 18:25 20:00 10:05 10:30 10:45 10:35 10:55 11:45 17:55 17:55 18:35 12:40 14:45 12:40 14:45 10:25 14:45 12:40 14:45 12:40 14:45 16:20 12:40 14:45 12:40 14:45 16:20 14:20 16:45 14:20 16:45 12:05 16:45 14:20 16:45 14:55 16:45 18:00 14:20 16:45 14:20 18:00 09:10 13:30 09:05 09:10 13:30 09:10 13:30 09:10 13:30 14:50 09:05 09:10 13:30 09:10 10:00 09:10 13:30 14:50 14:00 17:55 11:40 17:55 19:20 11:40 17:55 13:35 14:00 17:55 14:00 17:55 14:00 14:25 14:00 17:55 19:20
DAYS Flight
MON FD 3771 8M 335 TG 304 PG 702 8M 331 PG 704 FD 3773 TG 306 TUE FD 3771 8M 335 TG 304 PG 702 8M 331 PG 704 FD 3773 TG 306 WED FD 3771 8M 335 TG 304 PG 702 8M 331 PG 704 FD 3773 TG 306 THUR FD 3771 8M 335 TG 304 PG 702 8M 331 PG 704 FD 3773 TG 306 FRI FD 3771 8M 335 TG 304 PG 702 8M 331 PG 704 FD 3773 TG 306 SAT FD 3771 8M 335 TG 304 PG 702 8M 331 PG 704 FD 3773 TG 306 SUN FD 3771 8M 335 TG 304 PG 702 8M 331 PG 704 FD 3773 TG 306
Dep Arr
08:30 10:15 08:50 10:35 09:50 11:45 10:55 12:50 16:30 18:15 16:40 18:35 17:40 19:25 19:45 21:40 08:30 10:15 08:50 10:35 09:50 11:45 10:55 12:50 16:30 18:15 16:40 18:35 17:40 19:25 19:45 21:40 08:30 10:15 08:50 10:35 09:50 11:45 10:55 12:50 16:30 18:15 16:40 18:35 17:40 19:25 19:45 21:40 08:30 10:15 08:50 10:35 09:50 11:45 10:55 12:50 16:30 18:15 16:40 18:35 17:40 19:25 19:45 21:40 08:30 10:15 08:50 10:35 09:50 11:45 10:55 12:50 16:30 18:15 16:40 18:35 17:40 19:25 19:45 21:40 08:30 10:15 08:50 10:35 09:50 11:45 10:55 12:50 16:30 18:15 16:40 18:35 17:40 19:25 19:45 21:40 08:30 10:15 08:50 10:35 09:50 11:45 10:55 12:50 16:30 18:15 16:40 18:35 17:40 19:25 19:45 21:40
DAYS Flight
SAT 8M 231 MI 511 8M 6232 MI 517 SUN 8M 231 MI 511
Dep Arr
08:00 12:25 10:10 14:45 11:25 15:50 16:40 21:15 08:00 12:25 10:10 14:45
DAYS Flight
MON 8M 336 FD 3770 TG 303 PG 701 PG 703 FD 3772 TG 305 8M 332 TUE 8M 336 FD 3770 TG 303 PG 701 PG 703 FD 3772 TG 305 8M 332 WED 8M 336 FD 3770 TG 303 PG 701 PG 703 FD 3772 TG 305 8M 332 THUR 8M 336 FD 3770 TG 303 PG 701 PG 703 FD 3772 TG 305 8M 332 FRI 8M 336 FD 3770 TG 303 PG 701 FD 3772 PG 703 TG 305 8M 332 SAT 8M 336 FD 3770 TG 303 PG 701 PG 703 FD 3772 TG 305 8M 332 SUN 8M 336 FD 3770 TG 303 PG 701 PG 703 FD 3772 TG 305 8M 332
Dep Arr
07:10 07:55 07:10 07:55 07:55 08:50 09:15 10:05 15:00 15:50 16:25 17:10 17:50 18:45 19:25 20:10 07:10 07:55 07:10 07:55 07:55 08:50 09:15 10:05 15:00 15:50 16:25 17:10 17:50 18:45 19:25 20:10 07:10 07:10 07:55 09:15 07:55 07:55 08:50 10:05
DAYS Flight
SAT MI 512 8M 6231 8M 232 MI 518 MI 520 SUN MI 512 8M 232 MI 518 MI 520
Dep Arr
07:55 09:20 09:10 10:35 14:10 15:35 14:20 15:45 15:20 16:40 07:55 09:20 14:10 15:35 14:20 15:45 15:20 16:40
YANGON TO MANDALAY
HEHO TO YANGON
YANGON TO BANGKOK
BANGKOK TO YANGON
WED
TUE
THUR
8M 233
MI 517
14:15 18:40
16:40 21:15
THUR
TUE
FRI
WED
8M 234
19:40 21:05
FRI
SAT
THUR
WED
SUN
FRI
YANGON TO MYITKYINA
MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN
SAT
SAT
15:00 15:50 16:25 17:10 17:50 18:45 19:25 20:10 07:10 07:10 07:55 09:15 07:55 07:55 08:50 10:05
THUR
SUN
SUN
MYITKYINA TO YANGON
MON TUE WED THUR FRI SAT SUN
15:00 15:50 16:25 17:10 17:50 18:45 19:25 20:10 07:10 07:10 07:55 09:15 07:55 07:55 08:50 10:05
FRI
YANGON TO SITTWE
MON TUE WED THUR FRI
YANGON TO GAUNGZHOU
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
WED CZ 3055 THUR 8M 712 SAT CZ 3055 08:50 10:30 14:15 15:45 08:50 10:30 14:15 15:45
YANGON TO NYAUNG U
MON
SAT
YANGON TO HEHO
MON
16:25 17:10 15:00 15:50 17:50 18:45 19:25 20:10 07:10 07:10 07:55 09:15 07:55 07:55 08:50 10:05
SAT SUN
SUN 8M 711
SUN 8M 712
TUE
YANGON TO TAIPEI
MON CI 7916 WED CI 7916 FRI CI 7916 14:00 19:25 14:00 19:25 14:00 19:25
TAIPEI TO YANGON
MON CI 7915 WED CI 7915 FRI CI 7915 09:55 12:45 09:55 12:45 09:55 12:45
TUE
SITTWE TO YANGON
MON TUE WED THUR FRI
WED
SUN
YANGON TO KUNMING
TUE CA 906 14:15 17:35 14:15 17:35 14:15 17:35 14:15 17:35 14:15 17:35
15:00 15:50 16:25 17:10 17:50 18:45 19:25 20:10 07:10 07:55 07:10 07:55 07:55 08:50 09:15 10:05 15:00 15:50 16:25 17:10 17:50 18:45 19:25 20:10
KUNMING TO YANGON
TUE CA 905 12:35 13:15 12:35 13:15 12:35 13:15 12:35 13:15 12:35 13:15
THUR
WED
MANDALAY TO YANGON
MON
FRI
THUR
SAT SUN
YANGON TO KOLKATA
Mon FRI IC734 IC734 13:30 16:40 13:30 16:40
KOLKATA TO YANGON
Mon FRI IC733 IC728 10:00 14:55 15:50 16:40
SAT
YANGON TO MYEIK
MON TUE
FRI
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
MON MI 512 8M 232 MI 518 07:55 09:20 14:10 15:35 14:20 15:45
SUN
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
MON 8M 231 MI 511 08:40 13:05 10:10 14:45
SAT
WED THUR
TUE
8M 233
MI 517 TUE 8M 231 MI 511
14:15 18:40
16:40 21:15 08:00 12:25 10:10 14:45
YANGON TO HANOI
MON VN 956 WED VN 956 FRI SAT VN 956 VN 956 19:10 21:30 19:10 21:30 19:10 21:30 19:10 21:30
8M 234
TUE MI 512 8M 232 MI 518
19:40 21:05
07:55 09:20 14:10 15:35 14:20 15:45
HANOI TO YANGON
MON VN 957 WED VN 957 FRI SAT VN 957 VN 957 16:35 18:10 16:35 18:10 16:35 18:10 16:35 18:10
FRI
NYAUNG U TO YANGON
MON
SUN
SAT SUN
8M 233
MI 517 WED 8M 231 MI 511 8M 6232 MI 517 THUR 8M 231 MI 511
14:15 18:40
16:40 21:15 08:00 12:25 10:10 14:45 11:25 15:50 16:40 21:15 08:00 12:25 10:10 14:45
8M 234
WED MI 512 8M 6231 8M 232 MI 518 THUR MI 512 8M 232 MI 518 MI 520
19:40 21:05
07:55 09:20 09:10 10:35 14:10 15:35 14:20 15:45 07:55 09:20 14:10 15:35 14:20 15:45 15:20 16:40
Domestic
6T = Air Mandalay W9 = Air Bagan AW = Asian Wings K7 = AIR KBZ YH = Yangon Airways FD & AK = Air Asia TG = Thai Airways
International
8M = Myanmar Airways International PG = Bangkok Airways MI = Silk Air VN = Vietnam Airline MH = Malaysia Airlines CZ = China Southern CI = China Airlines CA = Air China IC = Indian Airlines Limited W9 = Air Bagan 3K = Jet Star
MYEIK TO YANGON
MON TUE
WED THUR
8M 233
MI 517 FRI 8M 231 MI 511 8M 6232 MI 517
14:15 18:40
16:40 21:15 08:00 12:25 10:10 14:45 11:25 15:50 16:40 21:15
8M 234
MI 512 8M 6231 8M 232 MI 518 MI 520
19:40 21:05
07:55 09:20 09:10 10:35 14:10 15:35 14:20 15:45 15:20 16:40
YANGON TO GAYA
WED 8M 601 SAT 8M 601 09:00 10:30 09:00 10:30
GAYA TO YANGON
WED 8M 602 SAT 8M 602 11:30 15:00 11:30 15:00
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May 28 - June 3, 2012
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YOUR STARS
By Astrologer Aung Myin Kyaw Jan 20 - Feb 18
Problems with relatives will disturb you slightly, but you will soon be able to provide for the needs of your family. Detach yourself from close friends who might be preventing you from attaining positive spiritual change. With the right effort, based on wise decisions, you can discover opportunities that had previously been hidden. You wont find love without making the effort to search for it.
Pisces
Attitudes are more important than facts. Discover truths about yourself that will make your life happier and more interesting, both to you and your loved ones. Disappointments in friendship will take a long time to heal, and you must make a point of learning more about the value of your social relationships.
Feb 19 - Mar 20
Aries
Chef Mark Dommen (left) and a sous chef put the finishing touches on orders of artisan foie gras and liberty farms duck at Melisse restaurant in Santa Monica, California, on May 14 as animal-rights activists protest outside. Pic: AFP roasted liberty farms duck came with artisan foie gras. For dessert there was foie gras butter kuchen with local cherries and foie gras ice cream. Citrin is even selling T-shirts emblazoned with Touche Pas a Mon Foie Gras (Keep Your Hands Off my Foie Gras), with a picture of a duck in a little white chefs hat. The event aimed to raise money and awareness about this legislation, which singlehandedly attacks foie gras but fails to address the lack of humane or ethical standards and treatment for other items in our food chain, he said. Our guests have been extremely supportive of our restaurant, Citrin said. All the ingredients that I try to use, that I use in my restaurant, I really work hard to find humanely raised animals by farmers who really care about it. The CHEFS lobby group presented a petition to lawmakers in Sacramento a few weeks ago, and at least four Los Angeles-area restaurants held events last week to highlight the cause. But even more directly in the firing line is Californias only farm producing the delicacy, the target of animal rights protests in various countries in recent years. Artisan Sonoma Foie Gras Farm was founded more than 20 years ago by Guillermo and Junny Gonzalez from El Salvador who studied i n F r a n c e s P e r i g o r d region before establishing themselves in Sonoma, north of San Francisco. They insist their production methods adhere to the highest standards, and are not cruel and that their family business was closing down as a result, with the loss of jobs and tax revenues for California. Our farm is being forced to shut down at the end of June, and the most unfortunate fact is that science has not been given a chance to play a role in this debate, Guillermo Gonzalez said.
Showing respect and love for one another among family and friends will help create emotional and spiritual values that are fundamental to building trust in society. You should strive to cultivate this approach as well. Self-confidence without an action plan gains nothing it is time to apply your skills more intelligently. You will find a compatible partner by chance, when and where you least expect it.
March 21 - April 19
Taurus
Never feel disappointed to feel empathy towards other peoples feelings. You should also learn to curb your tendency to evaluate people according to their material wealth. Demonstrative emotion will play a key role in your quest for love. Cultivate the ability to share your deep thoughts with others in your social circle. Encourage yourself to work for the common good.
April 20 - May 20
Gemini
You can move toward your goals faster if you suppress your tendency to ask a lot of meaningless questions and flit from one subject to another like a graceful and beautiful, but depthless, butterfly. One of your biggest weaknesses is your inability to accept the ideas and thoughts of others; in fact, its a bit like a psychological disease that, once cured, will vastly improve your outlook on life. Love matters are clear and fine this week.
May 21 - June 20
Cancer
Dont indulge in the game of trying to own your lover, or you will surely risk losing those who need the space to live their own lives. Let rational judgment enter into any situation that might develop between you and the one you love. Making the right decisions, and taking on the right challenges, will open up new opportunities in your life. Learn to make the best of any given situation.
June 22 - July 22
Leo
Your self-promotion ardently requires positive attention, and you must learn that others have their own needs and motivations. Take advantage of your tremendous capacity to use your own energy to arouse the enthusiasm of others. Your creative talent and leadership skills will make you great. You will soon experience a wonderful love.
July 23 - Aug 22
Virgo
Avoid accepting anything that lacks tangible evidence, and display no feeling that can reveal vulnerability. Be courageous enough to face any challenges that lie waiting along your path. Perform good deeds that will help support changes toward making your life more meaningful and valuable. True love will enter your life before long.
Aug 23 - Sept 22
Libra
Dedicate more time to cultivating balance, harmony and justice in social exchanges and other forms of human contact. Enhance your social function by your presence and articulate manner in conversation. Avoid taking sides in any personal dispute. You are likely to face indecision and uncertainty this week due to rejection, particularly in the realm of love.
Sept 23 - Oct 22
Scorpio
Your tendency to regard people as specimens for examination will do you no favours. You need to learn to value the skills of others, and to work towards understanding human motivations and failings in ways that will benefit society. Pay attention to situations requiring high visibility, and observe your surroundings carefully before taking on new challenges. Dont feel obligated to be repentant about love lost because of incompatibility.
Oct 23 - Nov 21
Sagittarius
Prepare yourself to face new social risks and challenges. Psychological interference will disturb you, but no one can make you feel disappointed or force you to change. Share your ideas and thoughts with friends and colleagues, and dont be afraid to use your talent for instilling others with the courage to rise up and improve themselves. Dont be too quick to take action. For now, make an extra effort to manage your emotional desires.
Nov 22 - Dec 21
Capricorn
Love requires free thinking and sociable qualities that you have not quite learned to cultivate. Organise yourself to accept realistic and balanced judgments concerning future developments. Increasing your fortune will require reconciliation and self-indulgent decisions that, in the short term, will seem to reduce happiness and personal security. Love is a form of giving that opens the heart.
Dec 22 - Jan 19
A wine glass from the new line by French luxury crystal glassmaker Baccarat is seen at the company showroom in Hong Kong on May 18. Pic: AFP
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LANGUAGE Proficiency (A) Effective & Scienti-fic way, (B) Intensive Class, (C) Interpreter - part time/ Full time (Under mentioned languages), (D) Hindi/ Myanmar/ English (Basic Advance for Embassy staff/ Foreigner/ A group single / Kids + Teens / NGO - INGO personal/ (Special rate for national peoples) by an Expert Tutor. (1) Home tuition available in groups or single. (2) Translation of English/ Hindi/Sanskrit/Bengali/ Nepali & Myanmar are also available. (3) Business Guide & Agency Services. (4) Partnership business welcome. Rs. Verma. B.Sc., (Bot), Yangon. (UFL-English), Yangon. Email: rsverma. maynamar@gmail. com, Ph: 09-730-42604, Add: 125, 43rd St, 5th Flr (R), Botahtaung. ENGLISH study with reading literature and short stories can be learnt here. ESL study for beginner and intermediate students are available. The student treat with film for the listening practice, academic essay writing , biography writing etc & also Critical reading, If you had tried as much as you can to follow the lesson & with skill you got good experiences. This program will help you capability and fill your luck of knowledge... Academic Spanish can also be inquired here. U Thant Zin : ph 09- 5035350 , 547442. No: 28 - 3 B, Thatipahtan St, Tamwe. RUSSIAN : speaking , reading, writing. ph; 09-731-61269. PRIVATE Myanmar Language classes for foreigners who live in Myanmar. Progressive and effective teaching systems are available. For details, pls contact
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LINUX (Server/Admin) Professional Home Tuition Teaching phone 09-731-81642 GENERATOR: 24 hour Services. MESS Engineering. Ph: 09730-58252, 09-5078426. ENGLISH to MYANMAR, is available...Ph : 09420-070692. REAL ESTATE Agent If youre an expatriate needing to find an apartment or house in Yangon, Min Thu can help. He has experience and is very reliable. Call Min Thu on 09731-38659 or email :thecleverson@ gmail. com REAL ESTATE or Landhousing investment in Myanmar. We coor-dinately invite
HR Software Package: Price 200,000. Modules: Employee Management, Time Attendance, Payroll. (Available : FingerPrint /Card). POS Software Package: Price 150,000. Modules: Inventory Control, Purchase, Sale, Account Payable (Available :Barcode Printer/ Scanner). Contact Ph: 09-5042775, 09-506-2812 GENERATOR (Japan) 25 KVA sound proof, 3 phase , running condition Ph: 09-5071454 WOOD working machines BEST German second hand reconditioned machinery from single unit to complete line of production or full factory Very attractive price - Machines in stock - Assistance Hp: 09-513-6419 E-mail: dsavariau@ gmail.com ELECTRONIC Piano, Roland MII, With Stand & Stool. Ph: 09-43141889. BLACK PLAYSTATION 3 slim 160GB. Bought in the USA. Used very lightly. About 6 months old. In great condition almost new. 1 controller, HDMI cable, HDMI to DVI converter cable, AV cable, USB cable and one original game included (PES 2012). Owner is moving abroad. Serious buyers only. Call 095454554 HONDA ACCORD, 88model. 1A/8... ,Auto Gear, CA1 engine,dark green colour, power window, CD player, Aircon, good condition, 135Lakhs Ph: 09-5015200, 09-731-222 11 HD GAME, app (install) iPhone, iPod touch 6000ks, iPad 8000ks, iTunes account open (free game, app download), All iDevices iOS 5.0.1 version upgrade full untethered jailbreak (power off) 3gs, iPhone 4, iPhone 4s, iPad 2. contact : 09514-7480 NISSAN AD Van [2007 Model] [ABS Airbag, AC, PS, PW] Contact : 09-492-75744 FAMOUS PIZZA Restaurant for sale Siem Reap, Cambodia. Profitable & popular restaurant in great downtown location near Old market. All equipment & inventory included. Est. 2001. 4 years remaining on lease. Low monthly rent. Turn-key operation. USD$ 96,000. For details, contact: E-mail: cs_clark@yahoo.com Tel: +855-11-590463 ZTE C-R 750 (CDMA 800 + GSM) Handset
ph : 09-428-125107 NEW IPAD (white) 16gb, Razer Starcraft 2 Headphone, Apple superdrive new Ph: 09-730-48374 TAIWAN use Generator Sale : 60 KVA 400V Mitsubishi 7500 US$ 60 KVA 400V Iveco 7500 US$ 60 KVA 400V johndeere 8100 US$ 30 KVA 400V Mitsubishi 5500 US$ 25 KVA 400V Mitsubishi/Nissan 4200 US$ contact number 09-510-3439
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NORTH DAGON, Shwe Pin lone Housing,Good Estate, Located in 80' x 80', 2 MB, 2SB, Without Furniture,Fully Furnished Good neighborhood, near Pinlone Hospital, Foreigner Welcome 4.5 Lakhs, Ph: 09432-00669 or email : nicerealproperty@ gmail. com VIRTUAL OFFICE Have your office at the prestigious Central Towers for only 39,000 kyats a month. Pls call 09-516-6859, 09-49247013, 01-377151 Ext: 80643 for more details about the facilities and services offered. HOTEL in new Bagan Spacious compound good locality reason-able price 3 star standards. Ph: 09-512-3186. KAMAYUT, Attia Rd, Big compound, 2 Storey, 4MB, 2 Living room, .027 acre land, Foreigners welcome, call. Ph: 389706, 09-200-4467. BAHAN, Apartment along New University Ave Rd, Good electricity & water essential. Fully furnished with 2-3 rooms with attached toilet. Rent Rate - USD500 to USD700 per month. (6 month advance rental). Rental period 1 to 3 years. Pls contact : 09512-8095 - Ma Thinzar Oo Building in Ngapali near beach 2 plots of land near Sandaway main road to Mazin airport. Ph: 09-430-65789. HLAING THAR YAR, Large sewing factory ideally located in Hlaing Thar Yar industrial zone one is available for rental ,the factory is well equipped with boilers, generator, large cutting, packing and material storage areas, plus 500 sewing machines all ready and set to run, well suited for someone who is interested in starting a garment factory. Pls contact Bill on 525746, 09-550-5220 or email gthreds33@gmail. com,all inquiries are welcome. BAHAN, (1) Pho Sein Rd, 100' x 80' Land (2) Shwegondine Rd, 30 x 90' Land, Kabaaye Pagoda Rd, 30 x 90' Land. Ph: 09-731-05296, 09-540-5482. HLAING, Aye Yeik Mon Sakawar St, 74' x 96', RC 2 storey, 4 MB, Ph, AC, Ph; 684936, 09-5120747. PWIN OO LWIN, 170' x 70', 1 RC, price : 2300 Lakhs. Ph: 09-5055522 MAYANGONE, 9 mile, 50' x 60', 2 RC, 3 MBR, 4500 Lakhs. Ph: 09-5055522
General
CLARION International - Sandar@Sonia : Managing Partner : Ph: 09-43122557. ISO 9001-2008 certification Event Management, Travel & Tourism, Matrimony Services, Training & Placement, Education.
Training
LAND Survey Training: Course Contents, Types of survey, Basic Trigonometry. Angles, bearings, azimuths and coordinates. Leveling, Traversing, Topographic surveying. Setting out survey, Introduction to GPS. Terra Myanmar: 42/B, Rm-4B, New University Avenue, Bahan, Yangon, Tel: 553875,400599 Email: info@terramyanmar. com Website: www. terramyanmar.com KO ZAW NGE : Guitor Shop & Training. Add : Aung Zaya 1 St, Thuwunna Zay, Yangon Thit Quarter, Thingangyun. Ph: 09-421072045. PC MUSIC Creation & Sound Design (Teach To Home) Ph: 09-73194925
Rent / Sale
BAHAN, Moe Myint San Condo, 2400 sqft, 2 MB, 1 BR, newly apartment f.f or no furn. 3 A/C, Lift, 15 Lakhs for rent, 3000 Lakhs for sale. Owner Maureen : 09- 518-8320. No agents pls.
Travel
CHAUNG THA vacation stay at a wooden house for a family for a very cheap price. 3 nigths, 4 days - 30,000 kyats per night Maximum 5 people. Need to bring your own beddings and kitchen wares. Contact - 561899 ext-119. Additional fee of 5000 - 10,000 kyats involved for cleaning fee. Only house and compound with a fence offered.
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Education
IGCSE Physics: Exam preparation class for January 2013 examina-
Employment
INGO Position
WELTHUNGERHILFE is looking for Agronomist 1 post : Myanmar National. Adequate university education in relevant technical field (agriculture), or relevant long term professional experience. 3 years of NGO experience, 3 years of experience as an agricultural advisor. Good knowledge in computer use (office package). Qualified women are encouraged to apply! Pls send your electronic application including English cover letter, CV, copies of relevant certificates, referees & a passport photo to E-mail: Uwe.Hermann@ welthungerhilfe.de; gaa.delta.admin@ gmail. com Closing date: 5 June, 2012. COMMUNITY-Based Disaster Risk Reduct-ion Manager Duty Station: Sittwe with frequent travel to targeted villages in Rathedaung, Sittwe, Pauk Taw & Myebon, Rakhine State : Degree in Science, Social Science, Humanity etc. or equivalent qualification with at least 1 year experience in DRR programme. Should be a Myanmar national; Ability to develop written reports in English & Myanmar . Pls submit application incl: Cover letter, CV, photo, references to nearest Malteser Int'l Office; Sittwe Programme Office: 85, U Uttama St, Kyaung Tat Lanne, Sittwe, Rakhine State (or)Email: hlamyintzu. malteser.nrs02.gmail. com Malteser Int'l Country Office: 14/15 -6F Pyae Taw yeik Tha St, Yankin, Yangon (or) Email: hr.co.malteser@gmail. com Closing date: 4th June2012 SOLIDARITES Int'l (SI) is seeking (1)HR officer :Humanitarian values & strong motivation to gain experience with Int'l Humanitarian organization. Last years of University degree (preferably in Int'l relations, Publics relations, Diplomatic career, Public administration, Business administration,accountancy or related area) or related experience in similar area. (2) Interim Logistics Support for Yangon (Country Office): Preferable experience in Logistics field with INGO/ NGO. University Degree or Diploma (preferably in Logistics or related area). Or related proven experience in similar area. Knowledge of IT management and MS office (excel, word, power point & networking). Demonstrated team management and planning abilities. For 1 & 2 : Good spoken & written English. Good writing & communication skills. Pls submit application (CV, cover letter, references) by email to ygn. adm. coordo@ solidaritesinternational.org, hr. solidarites.mm@gmail. com. Closing date: 31.5.2012. MALTESER Int'l is seeking (1) Medical Coordinator- in Maungdaw, Northern Rakhine State: Myanmar National Medical Doctor or related field with post graduate degree in Public Health. Excellent know-ledge & strong experien ce regarding communi-ty based health programme & activities. Good oral & written presentation skills (analysis, synthesis, clarity) in English. Good computer skills (Microsoft Office) (2) Nurse in Maungdaw & Buthidaung, Northern Rakhine State : Diploma of Nurse, preferably with 1 year experience, Ability to work independently in remote area; Ability to live & work with minimum available basic facilities (working schedule of 10 days fieldwork and 4 days compensation); Pls submit application incl. CV, photo, copy of educational certificates and references to the nearest Malteser Int'l Office; Maungdaw Programme Office: : Myo Thit, Ward 4, Maungdaw, Northern Rakhine State Email: h r. m a l t e s e r. n r s 0 1 @ gmail. com (or) Sittwe Office: 85, U Uttama St, Kyaung Tatlann Quarter, Sittwe, Rakhine State, Maynmar (or) Malteser Int'l Buthidaung Office: Oogar Pyan St, Ward (4), Buthidaung, Northern Rakhine State, Myanmar (or) Malteser Int'l Country office: 1415 (6F), Pyi Taw Aye Yeik Thar St, Yankin, Yangon. Email: hr. co.malteser@gmail. com Closing date: 30th May 2012 MALTESER Int'l is looking for (1) Medical officer in Pang Kham, Northern Shan State Qualified medical doctor with 2 years in public health, preferab-ly with clinical / management expe-rience in HIV / AIDS & STIs programmes; Ability to ensure supportive supervision, data collection & report-ing; Good communicat-ion skills & ability to facilitate training (2) Logistic officer in Pang Kham & Mong Lar, Shan State : Age above 25, Degree/ Diploma in Accountancy, financial management/ Administration or equivalent education. 3~5 years experience. Good knowledge (reading, speaking skills) in English, Myanmar & Chinese. Good writing, communication and reporting skills. Good computer literate in MS office suite. Pls submit application incl. CV, photo, copy of educatio-nal certificates & references to the nearest Malteser Int'l Office; Kyaing Tong Programme Office: 159 Airport St, Myo Thit, Kyaing Tong Email: adfi. malteser. ess@ gmail.com (or) Malteser Int'l Tachileike Office: 193 Par Lain 3 St, Taw Kawt, Tachileike Email :adfi. malteser. sr @ gmail. com (or) Malteser Int'l Country Office: 14-15 (6F), Pyi Taw Aye Yeik Thar St, Yankin, Yangon Email: hr. co. malteser@gmail. com Closing Date: 30th May 2012 services experience in Hotel is more preferable (9). PA Attendants/ General Worker - M/F 2 Posts : PA services experience in Hotel is more preferable. Pls submit an application letter, C.V with a recent photo, copies of NRC & Labour Registration card, Educational certificate and others testimonials to HR Department not later than 16 June, 2012. New Property Company with strong international connections wishes to employ staff in administration and property rentals/ sales. Must speak and read English. Ability to communicate with foreign investors essential, as well as Word and Excel proficiency. CV and covering letter to CIMyanmar@gmail. com. Please let me know the price with discount and i can visit and pay in cash today. My mobile is 09-421034026. OUR COMPANY is Foreign base Freight forwarding company. We are urgently seeking for a Chines Interpreter, any graduate , proficient in Chinese and Myanmar, good communication skills and personality, male or female. Pls send your update CV, photo & other data reference to nicerealproperty@ gmail. com or contact Ko Shein Bo:09-5167085. MEKONG ECONOMICS :Are you a bright, confident & organized person with good English and computer skills? If so, we would be interested in talk to you about full-time employment as an administrative staff member in our office. Pls send CV to bart. robertson@ mekongec onomics. comInterviews will begin after June 16th. (1) GM - M 1 Post : MBA (or) BE (Mechanical) or Any Master Degree. 5 year experiences in Corporate Management, Sales & Distribution. Age 40 ~ 45 . (2) Sales & Marketing - M 1 Post : Any Graduate with Marketing Diploma /cerfificate. 3 years experience in sales & marketing management. Age 30 ~ 40 . For 1 & 2 : Pleasant perso-nality & effective com-munication skill. Be able to speak & write English. (3) Technical Service Manager M 1 Post : BE (Mechanical). 5 years exeperiences in Engineering field. Experiences in Farm Machinery is priority. Be able to speak and write English. Pls send detailed up-to-date CV with relevant documents, copy of labour registration card, copy of NRC card, recommendation from police force, non-returnable photograph & contact ph to Alligator Industry Co., Ltd : 9, Lion City Bldg, Shwe Marlar Avenue, Bayint Naung Rd, Kamayut. Ph: 512239 ~ 59. Closing Date 30-05-2012. BUSINESS Manager /Analyst This is a fantastic opportunity for a business manager/ analyst with two to ten years experience to step up into a career with a leading investment management and holding company. We are a key player in several industries in Asia and have an opening in our business development team for a technical-minded individual to assist in all aspects of deal execut-ion. Your responsibilities will include: Performing Research on Companies. Liaising with Companies. Finan-cial Modeling. Recog-nizing business problems and growth opportunities. Requirements: Any graduate. 2 to 10 years experience. Proficient in, or can quickly grasp applicable business processes & functions. Effective verbal & written communication skills in English & Myanmar. Proficiency with Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, & Power Point) If you have what we are looking for pls contact Cynthia on +95-942-105-3104 or send CV to kntanwani@ mpic.com.ph DOORA Cargo Services Co., Ltd (1)Manager - M or F 1 Post : Age 25 ~ 35, Any University graduate, Good personality, Fluent in English & good computer skill, 3 + years in forwarding environment preferably. (2) Assistant - F 1 Post :Age : 20 ~ 30, Any graduate, Good personality, Accounting knowledge & Good computer skill preferab-ly (3) Driver M 1 Post : Age under 35, Good driving skills and willing to work. (Base on working experience and qualification). Interested candidates are required to submit a comprehen-sive resume and expected salary together with a recent color photo to below address (or) send E-mail not later than 16 June, 2012. No. 310 (F), Paukzaydi St, 8mile, Mayangone Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar. Email. doorargn1@ gmail.com. doorargn@ gmail.com. Ph: 01667505, 09-731-66017, 09-541-8798. MYANMAR Wonders Travel Ltd (Yangon) is seeking (1) Travel Manager - 3 years experience, in preparing and creating tour programs, in managing quotation, being able to manage the team assisting with all areas of booking, able to work under pressure with good time manage-ment skill, good computer knowledge (excel & words), fluent in English & French (written & spoken) . (2) Tour Operation - must have experience in the related filed, being able to handle all areas of bookings such as reservation for hotels, restaurants, guides, transportations, meals, work closely with suppliers on all reservations to ensure the smooth operation of travel programs, good computer knowledge (excel & words), good knowledge in English . French is an advantage. Pls apply with updated resume to Rm 907, FMI Center, Bogyoke Aung San Rd, Pebedan, Tel : 248060 AN INT'L company is looking for an assistant accountant / admin. Graduate from university level or equivalent in account-ing. Experienced and good knowledge of computer, accounting softwares, fluent in English. Email to: wk-cimb@myanmar. com.mm by end May. ASSISTANT Teacher - F 1 Post : At an English Language Centre Ph : 01-221677, 09-5079896. NANNY, 26, experienced with expat children, best references, seeks employment. Call Stella on 543315 or email : stella.win11@ gmail. com FOREIGN company will establish a milk dairy production in Myanmar & is looking for a young dynamic marketing sales manager. Also a executive secretary both fluent English speaking with good knowledge and skills in computers lady or gents,who is willing to work hard and grow with the company. The benefits will be satisfactory Forward your C.V Attention Chris Karageorges with a photo & contact phone number. email : asiadairies@ yahoo. com, SKYPEdoncristo6 KELVIN CHIA Yangon Ltd., a foreign legal consultancy firm based in Yangon, is looking for (1)lawyers who will work on a variety of corporate & commercial matters & transactions in Myanmar. If you are a Myanmar-qualified lawyer with strong English language skills, you are invited to apply to join our Myanmar practice group. Myanmar nationals admitted to int'l bars are also welcome to apply. Training will be provid-ed. Applicants may email csg@ kcyangon. com & submit their curriculum vitae. (2) Corporate Affairs Managers: you will be involved with business development, networking, market research & liaison work. Applicants should be proficient in English, energetic and selfmoitvated. All nationalities are welcome (Myanmar, Japanese, Korean, Chinese, Taiwanese, etcetera). pls email application & curriculum vitae to csg@ kcyangon.com. INT'L TRAVEL Agency : The ICS Travel Group is looking for new colleagues to support our operations & reservation departments in our office in Yangon (Sanchaung): Good communication & inter-personal skills. Fluent in spoken & written English. Travel busi-ness experience. Excellent computer skills (Microsoft Office, Internet & Email). Must possess ability to work under pressure. Highly motivated & outgoing personality. Pls submit CV with photo & other certificates personally or per e-mail. 11(A), Maharmyaing St, Sanchaung, Tel: 511658, 511701 Email: zinzin @ is-myanmar. com. VACANCY for Local Air Cargo Staff <Operation Staff-Myanmar.doc> <Accountant.doc> <Cargo Sales ManagerMyanmar.doc> Please log below to the websites for further information & application. Alternatively, you can email your resumes to info@ bewelllimited. com or call 377151, 389524 ext:80643 ANNAMMyanmar Co.,Ltd is seeking Accountant, B r a n d / S a l e s / Marketing Manager - French Cosmetic, Senior Sales Manager - Beverage, Logistic (Import) Manager, Sales & Marketing Executive - Beverage, Sales & Marketing Executive - Cosmetic, Email: maythu. annam @ gmail. com Ph: 09 504 3929 ESTABLISHED Multinational Co is seeking qualified candidate for the below position; (1). Business development Manager - Imports ( Food Stuff & correlated areas ) - M/F 1 post (2).Business development Manager -Imports (construction,metals & correlated areas ) - M/F 1 post key requirements for (1) & (2) : Experienced, self starter, market knowledge, motivated, willing to travel, Qualification : Graduate or M.B.A. Should be able to communicate well in English.Good pay. Pls submit the resume along with relevant documents to sandarstar@gmail. com or call 095124850. WE ARE an International School in Yangon urgently looking for : (1) admin officer- F 1 post: Any graduate or higher, preferably with education back-ground, Age 40 ~ 50, excellent knowledge in English 4 skills (2) Admin assistants - F 2 posts : Any graduate, age 23 ~ 30, good command in English, previous experience in administration required (3) Receptionist - F 1 post : Age 20 ~ 30, good command in English and have good oral communication skills. All the candidates must have a good knowledge to use Microsoft office applications (word, excel & power point). Pls submit C.V together with a covering letter and scanned copies of academic certificates by e-mail to gkl1950 @ gmail.com COMPANY Dealing in Foreign Brand Product is looking for Sales & Marketing Manager & staff - M/F 3 posts: Graduate. 2 years experience. Age 25 ~ 30 . Experience preferred. Pls, send application together with update CV, Photo & other data reference to gimperial @ myanmar. com.mm, Ph: 523536, 09-730-08077 (1)BUSINESS Development Manager - M 1 post : 7 years direct experience in a business development fields & activities, Knowledge in tender project (2) Logistics Manager M 1 post : Knowledge in timber business, More than 10 yrs experiences and Ex-government official are encourage to apply. (3) Chief Accountant - F 1 Post : B.Com (CPA), LCCI (Diploma), At least 5 years experiences with manufacturing. (4) Business Development Executive - M/F 3 post : 3 years direct experience,Knowledge in tender project, Can travel to Nay Pyi Daw, domestic and aboard. (5) Business Analyst M/F 4 posts : Market analysis & establishing market trends, Strong presentation, documen tation & reporting skills, Must be able to travel local / Abroad hr.ayar swanah@gmail.com
Embassy
WE ARE seeking for a personal driver for diplomat, who can drive very well and nondrinker. Its preferable who live in near Pun Hlaing Golf Estate. For more detail information, please feel free to call 527142~4 in office hour.
Local Position
SUMMIT PARKVIEW Hotel is seeking (1). Account Executive - F 1 Post : B.Com, LCCI Level III, Graduated in any disciplin. 2 years experience in hotel field. Must have good leadership skills . Profi-ciency in English. Experience in (ACE Payroll software & ACCPAC software) is preferable. (2) Night Auditor - M 1 Post : Graduate in any discipline. 1 year experience in hotel field. Proficiency in English. (3). Security officer - M 1 post : Graduate in any discipline. 3 years experience, knowledge & skill. Can speak English. Must have necessary physical fitness & strength (4). Receptionist - M/F 2 Posts : Age under 25, Good personality. Proficiency in English. For 1, 2 & 4 : Computer literate. (5). Porter/Driver M 2 Posts : 1 year experien-ce in related field is more preferable. Good ability to speak in English (6). Waiter/ Waitress - M/F 2 Posts : Proficiency in English. (7). Linen Attendants - F 2 Posts : Linen services experience in hotel is more preferable (8). Room Attendants - M/F 2 Posts : Room
The Essentials
EMBASSIES Australia 88, Strand Road, Yangon. tel : 251810, 251797, 251798, 251809, 246462, 246463, fax: 246159 Bangladesh 11-B, Than Lwin Road, Yangon. tel: 515275, 526144, fax: 515273, email: bdootygn@mptmail.net. mm Brazil 56, Pyay Road, 6th mile, Hlaing Tsp, Yangon. tel: 507225, 507251, 507482. fax: 507483. email: Administ.yangon@ itamaraty.gov.br. Brunei 317/319, U Wizara Road, Sanchaung Tsp, Yangon. tel: 526985, 524285, fax: 512854 email: bruneiemb@ bruneiemb.com.mm Cambodia 25 (3B/4B), New University Avenue Road, Bahan Tsp, Yangon. tel: 549609, 540964, fax: 541462, email: RECYANGON @mptmail. net.mm China 1, Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Road, Yangon. tel: 221280, 221281, 224025, 224097, 221926, fax: 227019, 228319 Egypt 81, Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Road, Yangon. tel: 222886, 222887, fax: 222865, email: egye mbyangon@mptmail. net.mm France 102, Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Road, Yangon. tel: 212178, 212520, 212523, 212528, 212532, fax: 212527, email: ambaf rance. rangoun@ diplomatie.fr Germany 9, Bogyoke Aung San Museum Road, Bahan Tsp, Yangon. tel: 548951, 548952, fax: 548899 email: info@rangun. diplo.de India 545-547, Merchant Street, Yangon. tel: 391219, 388412, 243972, fax: 254086, 250164, 388414, email: indiaembassy @mptmail. net.mm Indonesia 100, Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Road, Yangon. tel: 254465, 254469, 229750, fax: 254468, email: kukygn @indonesia.com.mm Israel 15, Khabaung Street, Hlaing Tsp, Yangon. tel: 515115, fax: 515116, email: info@ yangon.mfa.gov.il Italy 3, Inya Myaing Road, Golden Valley, Yangon. tel: 527100, 527101, fax: 514565, email: ambyang.mail@ esteri.it Japan 100, Natmauk Road, Yangon. tel: 549644-8, 540399, 540400, 540411, 545988, fax: 549643 Embassy of the State of Kuwait Chatrium Hotel, Rm: No.416, 418, 420, 422, 40 Natmauk Rd, Tarmwe Tsp, Tel: 544500. North Korea 77C, Shin Saw Pu Road, Sanchaung Tsp, Yangon. tel: 512642, 510205, fax: 510206 South Korea 97 University Avenue, Bahan Tsp, Yangon. tel: 527142-4, 515190, fax: 513286, email: myanmar@mofat.go.kr Lao A-1, Diplomatic Quarters, Tawwin Road, Dagon Tsp, Yangon. tel: 222482, fax: 227446, email: Laoembcab@ mptmail. net.mm Malaysia 82, Pyidaungsu Yeiktha Road, Yangon. tel: 220248, 220249, 220251, 220230, fax: 221840, email: mwkyangon@mptmail. net.mm Nepal 16, Natmauk Yeiktha, Yangon. tel: 545880, 557168, fax: 549803, email: nepemb @mptmail.net.mm Pakistan A-4, diplomatic Quarters, Pyay Road, Yangon. tel: 222881 (Chancery Exchange) fax: 221147, email: pakistan@ myanmar. com.mm Philippines 50, Sayasan Road, Bahan Tsp, Yangon. tel: 558149-151, fax: 558154, email: p.e. yangon@gmail.com Russian 38, Sagawa Road, Yangon. tel: 241955, 254161, fax: 241953, email: rusinmyan@mptmail .net.mm Serbia No. 114-A, Inya Road, P.O.Box No. 943Yangon. tel: 515282, 515283, fax: 504274, email: serbemb@ yangon.net.mm Singapore 238, Dhamazedi Road, Bahan Tsp, Yangon. tel: 559001, fax: 559002, 559922, email: singemb_ ygn@_ sgmfa. gov.sg Sri Lanka 34 Taw Win Road, Yangon. tel: 222812, fax: 221509, email: slembassy. yangon@gmail.com, info@slembyangon.org, www.slembyangon.org Thailand 94 Pyay Road, Dagon Township, Yangon. tel: 226721, 226728, 226824, fax: 221713 United Kingdom 80 Kanna Road, Yangon. tel: 370867, 380322, 371852, 371853, 256438, 370863, 370864, 370865, fax: 370866 United States of America 110, University Avenue, Kamayut Township, Yangon. tel: 536509, 535756, 538038, fax: 650306 Vietnam Building No. 72, Thanlwin Road, Bahan Township, Yangon. tel: 511305, fax: 514897, email: vnemb myr@ cybertech.net.mm Royal Embassy of Saudi Arabia No.287/289, U Wisara Rd, Sanchaung Tsp. tel : 01-536153, 516952, fax : 01-516951 UNITED NATIONS ILO Liaison Officer Rm (M1212~1220), 12 Fl-A, Traders Hotel. 223, tel: 242 393, 242811. fax: 242594. IOM 12th Flr, Traders Hotel, 223, tel: 252560 ext. 5002 UNAIDS Rm: (1223~1231), 12 Fl, Traders Hotel. tel: 252361, 252362, 252498. fax: 252364. UNDCP 11-A, Malikha St, Mayangone tsp. tel: 666903, 664539. fax: 651334. UNDP 6, Natmauk Rd, Bahan tel: 542910-19. fax: 292739. UNFPA 6, Natmauk Rd, Bahan tsp. tel: 546029. UNHCR 287, Pyay Rd, Sanchaung tsp. tel: 524022, 524024. fax 524031. UNIAP Rm: 1202, 12 Fl, Traders Hotel.tel: 254852, 254853. UNIC 6, Natmauk St., BHN tel: 52910~19 UNICEF 14~15 Flr, Traders Hotel. P.O. Box 1435, KTDA. tel: 375527~32, fax: 375552 email: unicef.yangon@unicef. org, www.unicef.org/myanmar. UNODC 11-A, Malikha Rd., Ward 7, MYGN. tel: 666903, 660556, 660538, 660398, 664539, fax: 651334. email: fo.myanmar@unodc.org www. unodc.org./myanmar/ UNOPS Inya Lake Hotel, 3rd floor, 37, Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd, Mayangone Tsp. tel: 951657281~7. Fax: 657279. UNRC 6, Natmauk Rd, P.O. Box 650, TMWE tel: 542911~19, 292637 (Resident Coordinator), fax: 292739, 544531. WFP 3rd-flr, Inya Lake Hotel, 37, Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd. tel: 657011~6 (6-lines) Ext: 2000. WHO 12A Fl, Traders Hotel. tel:250583. ASEAN Coordinating Of. for the ASEAN Humanitarian Task Force, 79, Taw Win st, Dagon Township. Ph: 225258. FAO Myanma Agriculture Service Insein Rd, Insein. tel: 641672, 641673. fax: 641561.
General Listing
ACCOMMODATIONHOTELS
Chatrium Hotel Royal Lake Yangon 40 Natmauk Rd, Tarmwe. tel: 544500. fax: 544400. Summit Parkview Hotel 350, Ahlone Rd, Dagon Tsp. tel: 211888, 211966. fax: 227995. Thamada Hotel 5, Alan Pya Phaya Rd, Dagon. tel: 243639, 243640, 243641. Traders Hotel 223 Sule Pagoda Rd. tel: 242828. fax: 242838. Winner Inn 42, Than Lwin Rd, Bahan Tsp. tel: 535205, 524387. email: winnerinnmyanmar @gmail.com Yangon YMCA 263, Mahabandoola Rd, Botataung Tsp. tel: 294128, Yuzana Hotel 130, Shwegondaing Rd, Bahan Tsp, tel : 01-549600, 543367 Yuzana Garden Hotel 44, Alanpya Pagoda Rd, Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp, tel : 01-248944
AIR CONDITION
Chigo No. 216, 38 Street (Upper), Kyauktada Tsp, tel : 373472
No.7A, Wingabar Road, Bahan Tsp, Yangon. Tel : (951) 546313, 430245. 09-731-77781~4. Fax : (01) 546313. www.cloverhotel.asia. info@cloverhotel.asia Confort Inn 4, Shweli Rd, Bet: Inya Rd & U Wisara Rd, Kamaryut, tel: 525781, 526872 Golden Aye Yeik Mon Hotel 4, Padauk Lane, 4th Word, Aye Yeik Mon Housing, Hlaing. tel: 681706. Hotel Yangon No. 91/93, 8th Mile Junction, Mayangone. tel : 01-667708, 667688. Inya Lake Resort Hotel 37 Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd. tel: 662866. fax: 665537. Orchid Hotel 91, Anawrahta street, Pazundaung Township, Yangon, . Tel: 399930, 704740, 293261. E-mail: orchidhotel@myanmar. com. mm.
The First Air conditioning systems designed to keep you fresh all day GUNKUL Engineer supply Co., Ltd. No.437 (A), Pyay Road, Kamayut. P., O 11041 Yangon, Tel: +(95-1) 502016-18, Mandalay- Tel: 02-60933. Nay Pyi Taw- Tel: 067-420778, E-mail : sales.ac@freshaircon. com. URL: http://www. freshaircon.com General 83-91, G-F, Bo Aung Kyaw St, Kyauktada Tsp, tel : 706223, 371906
Reservation Office (Yangon) 262-264, Pyay Road, Dagon Centre, A# 03-01, Sanchaung Tsp, Yangon. Tel: 95-1-501937, 536255, 09-520-0926.
The Oasis Hotel (Nay Pyi Taw)
ASTROLOGER
Saya Min Thoun Dara Astrologer No(2), Maha Wizaya Pagoda North Stairway, Dagon Tsp. tel: 296184
BARS
50th Street 9/13, 50th street-lower, Botataung Tsp. Tel-397160.
Emergency Numbers
Ambulance tel: 295133. Fire tel: 191, 252011, 252022. Police emergency tel: 199. Police headquarters tel: 282541, 284764. Red Cross tel:682600, 682368 Traffic Control Branch tel:298651 Department of Post & Telecommunication tel: 591384, 591387. Immigration tel: 286434. Ministry of Education tel:545500m 562390 Ministry of Sports tel: 370604, 370605 Ministry of Communications tel: 067-407037. Myanma Post & Telecommunication (MPT) tel: 067407007. Myanma Post & Tele-communication (Accountant Dept) tel: 254563, 370768. Ministry of Foreign Affairs tel: 067-412009, 067-412344. Ministry of Health tel: 067-411358-9. Yangon City Development Committee tel: 248112. HOSPITALS Central Womens Hospital tel: 221013, 222811. Children Hospital tel: 221421, 222807 Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital tel: 543888. Naypyitaw Hospital (emergency) tel: 420096. Workers Hospital tel: 554444, 554455, 554811. Yangon Children Hospital tel: 222807, 222808, 222809. Yangon General Hospital (East) tel: 292835, 292836, 292837. Yangon General Hospital (New) tel: 384493, 384494, 384495, 379109. Yangon General Hospital (West) tel: 222860, 222861, 220416. Yangon General Hospital (YGH) tel: 256112, 256123, 281443, 256131. ELECTRICITY Power Station tel:414235 POST OFFICE General Post Office 39, Bo Aung Kyaw St. (near British Council Library). tel: 285499. INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT Yangon International Airport tel: 662811. YANGON PORT Shipping (Coastal vessels) tel: 382722 RAILWAYS Railways information tel: 274027, 202175-8.
INYA1 Resturant & Bar No.(1), Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp. Tel: 01-527506 email: inyaone@gmail.com www.inya1.com
Strand Bar 92, Strand Rd, Yangon, Myanmar. tel: 243377.fax: 243393, sales@thestrand.com.mm www.ghmhotels.com
Lobby Bar PARKROYAL Yangon, Myanmar. 33, Alan Pya Phaya Road, Dagon Tsp. tel: 250388.
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Inya Day Spa 16/2, Inya Rd, Kamayut Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 537907, 503375.
SAIL Marketing & Communications Suite 403, Danathiha Center 790, Corner of Bogyoke Rd & Wadan Rd, Lanmadaw Township, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: (951) 211870, 224820, 2301195. Email: admin@ advertising-myanmar.com www.advertising-myanmar. com
Room - 4021, 3rd Floor, Taw Win Centre. Ph: 8600111 (Ext:4021), 09-803-2581. Qi Foot Spa At Inya Lake Hotel, Yangon. Tel: +951-662866, 662857 Ext: 1725 Zen Wellness Care No.62 (A), Rm-3, Yaw Min Gyi St, Dagon Tsp, Yangon. Tel: +951-252939.
MYANMAR BOOK CENTRE Nandawun Compound, No. 55, Baho Road, Corner of Baho Road and Ahlone Road, (near Eugenia Restaurant), Ahlone Township. tel: 212 409, 221 271. 214708 fax: 524580. email: info@ myanmarbook.com
CONSTRUCTION
ENTERTAINMENT
CAFS
Zamil Steel No-5, Pyay Road, 7 miles, Mayangone Tsp, Yangon. Tel: (95-1) 652502~04. Fax: (95-1) 650306. Email: zamilsteel@ zamilsteel.com.mm
Dance Lessons Mon-Fri 12:00 to 23:00. Sat-Sun 10 am to 8 pm Fun dancing Friday nights with Filipino musicians 4, U Tun Myat St, Tamwe. Tel: 01-541 550 The Uranium Dance Studio Pearl condo Bldg (C), 2nd flr, Bahan Tsp. Tel: 09731-42624, 09-514-0404.
DOMAIN
La Brasserie (International) PARKROYAL Yangon. 33, Alan Pya Phaya Road, Dagon Tsp. tel : 250388. Cafe de Angel Always Pure & Fresh No.24, Baho Rd, Ahlone Tsp. tel : 703449 Opening Hour: 9 am to 11 pm
Yangon : A-3, Aung San Stadium (North East Wing), Mingalartaungnyunt Tsp. Tel : 245543, 09-730-37772. Mandalay : Room No.(B,C) (National Gas), 35th St, Btw 80th & 81st, Chanayetharzan Tsp. Tel : 09-6803505, 02 34455, 36748, 71878.
ARCHITECH
FITNESS CENTRE
Espace Avenir 523, Pyay Rd, Kamayut Tsp, Tel : 505214, 505222 FIT Club - Rm 101~3, Marina Residence, 8, Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd, Mayangone Tsp, Tel : 650634, 650651 Ext:102 Parkroyal Fitness & Spa Parkroyal Yangon. 33, Alan Pya Phaya Road, Dagon Tsp. Tel: 250388.
Architecture 3 Construction Co, Ltd. No. 154, 39th Street, Between Maha Bandoola & Anawratha Road, Kyauktada Tsp, Yangon. Contact: Ma Khaing Tun Business Development 09-502-5782
La Source Beauty Spa 80(A), Inya Rd, Kamayut. tel: 512 380, 511 252. Sedona Hotel, Kabar Aye Pagoda Rd. tel: 666 900 My Way Diamond Condo, Bldg(A), Rm (G-02), Pyay Rd, Kamayut Tsp, Yangon. Tel: 52717, 09 51 70528
No. (8), Panchan Tower, Sanchaung Tsp, Yangon. Tel: 951-516891~3 sm@mtg.biz.mm, www.mtg. biz.mm, www.mmnic.biz.mm.
DUTY FREE
INYA1 Resturant & Bar No.(1), Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp. Tel: 01-527506 email: inyaone@gmail.com www.inya1.com Traders Caf Traders Hotel, Yangon. #223, Sule Pagoda Rd. Tel: 242828 ext: 6519
Natural Gems of Myanmar No. 30 (A), Pyay Road (7 mile), Mayangone Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: 01-660397, 654398, 654399.
24 hours Medical centre No. 330, Ground Flr, Yangon Intl Hotel, Ahlone Road, Dagon Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar. 24 hour Call Centre : (951) 218 445 Clinic : (959) 4921 8159 Office : (951) 218 446 Fax : (951) 218 389 www.leomedicare.com
Shimmering Gold Services Co., Ltd.
VICTORY FOR LIFE
GENERATORS
BANGKOK, THAILAND
BATTERY
CHOCOLATE
A Little Dayspa No. 475 C, Pyi Road, Kamayut, Yangon. Tel: 09-431-28831.
ISO 9001:2008 (QMS)
Duty Free Airport Shopping Yangon International Airport Arrival/Departure Tel: 662676 (Airport) Office: 17, 2nd street, Hlaing Yadanarmon Housing, Hlaing Township, Yangon. Tel: 500143, 500144, 500145.
Mr. Betchang No.(272), Pyay Rd, DNH Tower, Rm No.(503), 5th flr, Sanchaung Tsp, Tel: 095041216 The Yangon GYM Summit Parkview Hotel 350, Ahlone Rd, Dagon Tsp. tel: 211888, 211966. Traders Health Club. Level 5, Traders Hotel Yangon#223 Sule Pagoda Rd, Tel: 951 242828 Ext: 6561
Traders Hotel, 5th Floor Tel: 242828,Ext: Coreana. Sedona Hotel, Mandalay Ground Fl. Tel: 02-36488, Ext: Coreana
Proven Technology Industry Co., Ltd. No. FS 14, Bayintnaung Rd, Shwe Sabai Yeik Mon, Kamayut Tsp, Yangon. Tel: 951-951-701719~20, 527667, 531030, 531041, 530694. Fax: 527667, 531030. http//www. toyobatterymyanmar.com.
EDUCATION CENTRE
MHR Business & Management Institute 905, 9th floor, Modern Iron Market(Thanzay Condo) Lanmadaw St. Tel: 707822. NLEC 82 Anawrahta Rd, Corner of 39 St, Kyauktada Tsp. Tel: 250225.
Winning Way No. 589-592, Bo Aung Kyaw St, Yangon-Pathein highway Road. Hlaing Thayar Tsp. Tel: 951645178-182, 685199, Fax: 951-645211, 545278. e-mail: mkt-mti@ winstrategic.com.mm
VEJTHANI MYANMAR REPRESENTATIVE OFFICE No.125(C), West Shwe Gon Dine Road, Bahan Township, Yangon, Myanmar. 01-3449977. Hot Line: 09-507-1111, 01-555448, 555998. vejthani@myanmar.com.mm www.vejthani.com
HOME FURNISHING
HEALTH SERvICES
22, Pyay Rd, 9 mile, Mayangone Tsp. tel: 660769, 664363.
G-A, Ground Floor, Pearl Center, Kabaraye Pagoda Road, Yangon. Tel: 09 500 6880 Email: chocolateheaven. sale@gmail.com
FLORAL SERvICES
BOOK STORES
COLD STORAGE
ELECTRICAL
Lemon Day Spa No. 96 F, Inya Road, Kamaryut Tsp, Yangon. Tel: 514848, 09-732-08476. E.mail: lemondayspa.2011 @gmail.com
Innwa Book Store No. 246, Rm.201/301, GF, Pansodan Street (Upper Block), Kyauktada Tsp. Tel. 389838, 243216, 374324, 514387
Est. 1992 in Myanmar Cold Storage Specialist, Solar Hot Water Storage Solutions. Tel: 09-504-2196, 09-73194828. E-mail: gei.ygn2@ gmail.com, glover2812@ gmail.com
Est. 1992 in Myanmar Electrical & Mechanical Contractors, Designers, Consultants. Tel: 09-504-2196, 09-73194828. E-mail: gei.ygn2@ gmail.com, glover2812@ gmail.com
Floral Service & Gift Shop No. 449, New University Avenue, Bahan Tsp. YGN. Tel: 541217, 559011, 09-860-2292. Market Place By City Mart Tel: 523840~43, 523845~46, Ext: 205. Junction Nay Pyi Taw Tel: 067-421617~18 422012~15, Ext: 235. Res: 067-414813, 09-49209039. Email : eternal@ mptmail.net.mm
81, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, Bahan Township, Yangon. Tel: 548022, 542979, 553783, 09-8030847, 09-730-56079. Email: asiapacific. myanmar@gmail.com.
HOTEL MANAGEMENT
Agent Office, 5th Floor, Junction Centre (Maw Tin), Lanmadaw Township, Yangon. Myanmar. Ph: 09-731-56770, 09-5117584, Fax: 01-516313, myanmarmeditour@gmail. com
LEGAL SERvICE
U Min Sein, BSc, RA, CPA.,RL Advocate of the Supreme Court 83/14 Pansodan St, Yangon. tel: 253 273. uminsein@mptmail.net.mm
Floral Service & Gift Centre 102(A), Dhamazaydi Rd, Yangon.tel: 500142 Summit Parkview Hotel, tel: 211888, 211966 ext. 173 fax: 535376.email: sandy@ sandymyanmar.com.mm.
Foral Service & Gifts shop No.2, Corner of Khay Mar St & Baho Rd (Near Asia Royal Hospital), Sanchaung Tsp, Yangon. email: yangonflorist@ myanmar.com.mm. Tel: 01-510406, 09-73184714.
Top Marine Show Room No-385, Ground Floor, Lower Pazundaung Road, Pazundaung Tsp, Yangon. Ph: 01-202782, 09-851-5597
Foam Spray Insulation No-410, Ground Floor, Lower Pazuntaung Road, Pazuntaung Tsp, Yangon. Telefax : 01-203743, 09730-26245, 09-500-7681. Hot Line-09-730-30825.
FURNITURE
NatRay Co., Ltd. Rm 807, La Pyayt Wun Plaza. tel : 01-370833, 370836
24 hours Laboratory & X-ray No. 330, Ground Flr, Yangon Intl Hotel, Ahlone Road, Dagon Tsp, Yangon, Myanmar. Tel: (951) 218388, (951) 218292 Fax: (951) 218389
Intuitive Design, Advertising, Interior Decoration Corporate logo/Identity/ Branding, Brochure/ Profile Booklet/ Catalogue/ Billboard, Corporate diary/ email newsletter/ annual reports, Magazine, journal advertisement and 3D presentation and detailed planning for any interior decoration works. Talk to us: (951) 430-897, 553-918 www.medialane.com.au 58B Myanma Gon Yaung Housing, Than Thu Mar Road, Tamwe, Yangon.
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Streamline Education 24, Myasabai Rd, Parami, Myangone Tsp. tel: 662304, 09-500-6916. No.35(b), Tatkatho Yeik Mon Housing, New University Avenue, Bahan Township, Yangon. Tel: 951-549451, 557219, 540730. www.yangon-academy.org Myanmar. Tel: 95-1-535783, 527705, 501429. Fax: 95-1-527705. Email: salesikon@myanmar.com.mm Junction Mawtin Bogyoke Aung San Rd, Cor of Wadan St. Lanmadaw Tsp. Tel: Junction Square Pyay Rd, Kamayut Tsp. Tel: Ocean Supercentre (North Point ), 9th Mile, Mayangone Tsp. Tel: 651 200, 652963. Pick n Pay Hyper Market Bldg (A,B,C), (14~16), Shwe Mya Yar Housing, Mya Yar Gone St, Mingalartaungnyunt Tsp. Tel: 206001~3, Fax: 9000199 Sein Gay Har 44, Pyay Rd, Dagon Tsp. Tel: 383812, 379823. Super 1 (Kyaikkasan) 65, Lay Daunt Kan St, Tel: 545871~73 Super 1 (Shwe Bonthar) 397, Bogyoke Aung San St, Pabedan. Tel: 250268~29 Victoria Shwe Pone Nyet Yeik Mon, Bayint Naung Rd, Kamaryut Tsp. Tel : 515136. Schenker (Thai) Ltd. Yangon 59 A, U Lun Maung Street. 7 Mile Pyay Road, MYGN. tel: 667686, 666646.fax: 651250. email: sche nker@mptmail.net.mm. Kan Yeik Tha Road Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp. Yangon, Myamar. 22, Kaba Aye Pagoda Rd, Bahan Tsp. tel 541997. email: leplanteur@ mptmail.net.mm. http://leplanteur.net House of Memories Piano Bar & Restaurant Myanmar Cuisine & International Food 290, U Wizara Rd, Kamaryut Tsp, Yangon. tel: 525 195, 534 242. e-mail: houseofmemories 9@gmail.com
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MARKET RESEARCH
MMRD Research BLDG C, New Mingalar Market, 10-story BLDG, 8 & 9 flr, Coner of Mill St & Banyardala Rd, Mingalar Taungnyunt Tsp. Tel: 200326, 200846, 201350. Fax: 202425.
OFFICE FURNITURE
Legendary Myanmar Intl Shipping & Logistics Co., Ltd. No-9, Rm (A-4), 3rd Flr, Kyaung St, Myaynigone, Sanchaung Tsp, Yangon. Tel: 516827, 523653, 516795. Mobile. 09-512-3049. Email: legandarymyr@ mptmail.net .mm www.LMSL-shipping.com
French Restaurant Tel: 299255~9, Ext: 7776 Fax: 382917 reception@ kandawgyipalace-hotel. com www.kandawgyipalacehotel.com
Phoenix Court (Chinese) PARKROYAL Yangon. 33, Alan Pya Phaya Road, Dagon Tsp. tel: 250388.
SCHOOLS
SOLAR SYSTEM
The Brightest AC CFL Bulb 21, 9th St, Lanmadaw Tsp. Ph: 212243, 216861, 216864. spsolarstation@ gmail.com. www. spsolarstation.com
Monday to Saturday (9am to 6pm) No. 797, MAC Tower II, Rm -4, Ground Flr, Bogyoke Aung San Rd, Lamadaw Tsp, Yangon. Tel: (951) 212944 Ext: 303 sales.centuremyanmar@ gmail.com www.centure.in.th
Kan Yeik Tha Road Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp. Yangon, Myamar.
No. 105/107, Kha-Yae-Bin Road. between Pyi Daung Su Yeik Tha (Halpin) and Manawhari Road/Ahlone Road, Dagon Tsp. Tel/Fax: 538895, Tel: 09730-29973, 09-540-9469.
padonmar.restaurant@ gmail.com. www.myanmarrestaurantpadonmar.com
Horizon Intl School 25, Po Sein Road, Bahan Tsp, tel : 541085, 551795, 551796, 450396~7. fax : 543926, email : contact@horizonmyanmar. com, www.horizon.com ILBC 180, Thunandar 9th Lane, Thumingalar Housing, Thingungyung.tel: 562401.
STEEL CONSTRUCTION
PLEASURE CRUISES
Bo Sun Pat Tower, Bldg 608, Rm 6(B), Cor of Merchant Rd & Bo Sun Pat St, PBDN Tsp. Tel: 377263, 250582, 250032, 09-511-7876, 09-862-4563. Tel: 299255~9, Ext: 7801, 7802 Fax: 382917 reception@ kandawgyipalace-hotel. com www.kandawgyipalacehotel.com
PEB Steel Buildings 60 (A), Halpin Road, Yangon. Tel: 01-218223, 218224. Fax: 218224. marketing@pebsteel.com. mm www.pebsteel.com.mm
Moby Dick Tours Co., Ltd. Islands Safari in the Mergui Archipelago 4 Days, 6 Days, 8 Days Trips Tel: 95 1 202063, 202064 E-mail: mobydicktours@ gmail.com. Website: www. moby-dick-adventures.com
RESTAURANTS
Road to Mandalay Myanmar Hotels & Cruises Ltd. Governors Residence 39C, Taw Win Rd, Dagon Tsp, Yangon. Tel: (951) 229860 fax: (951) 217361. email: RTMYGN@mptmail.net.mm www.orient-express.com
24 hours open. 5, Alan Pya Phaya Rd, Dagon Tsp, inside Thamada Hotel. tel 243640, 243047, Ext: 32.
Kan Yeik Tha Road Mingalar Taung Nyunt Tsp. Yangon, Myamar. Taste Paradise Chinese Restaurant
The Ritz Exclusive Lounge Chatrium Hotel Royal Lake Yangon 40, Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp, Ground Floor, Tel: 544500 Ext 6243, 6244
ILBC IGCSE SCHOOL No.(34), Laydauntkan Road, Tamwe Tsp, Yangon. Tel: 542982, 545720, 549106,545736,400156 Fax: 541040 Email: info@ilbc.net.mm www.ilbcedu.com ISM Intl School W 22/24, Mya Kan Thar Housing, Hlaing Tsp. tel:530082, 530083. International School Yangon 20, Shwe Taung Kyar St, Bahan Tsp. Tel: 512793.
SUPERMARKETS
Asia Light 106, Set Yone Rd.tel: 294074, 294083. Capital Hyper Mart 14(E), Min Nandar Road, Dawbon Tsp. Ph: 553136. City Mart (Aung San Branch) tel: 253022, 294765. (9:00 am to 9:00 pm) City Mart (47th St Branch) tel: 200026, 298746. (9:00 am to 9:00 pm) City Mart (Junction 8 Branch) tel: 650778. (9:00 am to 9:00 pm) City Mart (FMI City Branch) tel: 682323. City Mart (Yankin Center Branch) tel: 400284. (9:00 am to 9:00 pm) City Mart (Myaynigone Branch) tel: 510697. (9:00 am to 10:00 pm) City Mart (Zawana Branch) tel:564532. (9:00 am to 9:00 pm) City Mart (Shwe Mya Yar Branch) tel: 294063. (9:00 am to 9:00 pm) City Mart (Chinatown Point Branch) tel: 215560~63. (9:00 am to 10:00 pm) City Mart (Junction Maw Tin Branch) tel: 218159. (9:00 am to 9:00 pm) City Mart (Marketplace) tel: 523840~43. (9:00 am to 10:00 pm) City Mart (78th Brahch-Mandalay) tel: 02-71467~9. (9:00 am to 10:00 pm) IKON Mart IKON Trading Co., Ltd. No.332, Pyay Rd, San Chaung P.O (11111), Yangon,
TRAvEL AGENTS
Asian Trails Tour Ltd 73 Pyay Rd, Dagon tsp. tel: 211212, 223262. fax: 211670. email: res@ asiantrails.com.mm Htoo Travels 209/c, first flr, Shwe Gonedaing Rd, Bahan. Tel: 548554, 548039. Sun Far Travels & Tours 27, Ground flr, 38th st, Kyauktada Tsp. Tel: 380888.
PAINT
Lunch/Dinner/Catering 555539, 536174 INYA1 Resturant & Bar No.(1), Inya Road, Kamayut Tsp. Tel: 01-527506 email: inyaone@gmail.com www.inya1.com
Tel: 299255~9, Ext: 7778 Fax: 382917 reception@ kandawgyipalace-hotel. com www.kandawgyipalacehotel.com
Tiger Hill Chinese Restaurant Chatrium Hotel Royal Lake Yangon 40, Natmauk Road, Tamwe Tsp, Lobby Level, Tel: 544500 Ext 6253 Traders Gourmet Corner Level 1, Traders Hotel, #223 Sule Pagoda Road, Kyauktada Tsp. Tel : 242828 ext : 6503 Traders Gallery Bar Level 2, Traders Hotel, #223 Sule Pagoda Road. tel: 242 828. ext: 6433 Traders Lobby Lounge Level 1, Traders Hotel, #223 Sule Pagoda Road. tel: 242 828. ext: 6456
Admissions Office: No. 44, Than Lwin Road, Bahan Township, Yangon. Tel: 535433, 09-850-3073. Email: rviacademygn@ rvcentre.com.sg
WATER HEATERS
TOP MARINE PAINT No-410, Ground Floor, Lower Pazundaung Road, Pazundaung Tsp, Yangon. Ph: 09-851-5202
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a handful of games, and was replaced by a makeshift coaching line-up including French striker Nicolas Anelka. And Guangzhou showed no emotion with Lippis predecessor Lee JangSoo, who won promotion and then the Chinese title in consecutive seasons, and was sacked with the club leading the league and qualified for the continental knock-outs. Lee had squabbled with star player Dario Conca, who received a ninematch ban for publicly criticising the coach a ban that was quietly shelved as he played in last weeks Champions League game, and again on May 20. Lippi has experience in dealing with assertive players at Juventus, with whom he won five Serie A titles and the European Champions League, as well as expectant team bosses. But a cautionary tale comes from
Scots-born Australian manager Lawrie McKinna, who left Chinas Chengdu Blades last year over boardroom interference and quickly found a similar situation at his next club, Chongqing Lifan. I got called into the bosss room and he started to tell me a few of the older players I had not been playing had to come back in to the team, McKinna wrote on an Australian football blog. I could not agree with what he was saying and so decided to hand in my resignation as I had been through this at Chengdu last year and was not going to go through it again. Lippis last job ended badly, when reigning champions Italy were knocked out of the 2010 World Cup at the group stage, and it was nearly a year before he said he was ready to coach again. He will hope for happier times in China. AFP
EU ambassador Vygaudas Usackas (centre left) and Afghan pro golfer Mohammad Afzal Abdul stand beside a signboard at the Kabul golf course on May 11. Pic: AFP
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Singapore approves $2.5 billion F1 float
An overview of the lighted circuit for the Formula One Singapore Grand Prix night race on September 19, 2011. Pic: AFP By Philip Lim SINGAPORE Singapore has cleared the sale of Formula One shares for more than US$2.5 billion in one of the worlds biggest flotations this year, reports said on May 22, with pre-marketing to begin immediately. Private equity firm CVC Capital Partners, which has a majority stake in the glitzy motor sports holding company, will gauge interest among investors and fund managers with a view to selling part of its stake at the end of June. Dow Jones Newswires said the Singapore Exchange had approved a listing by Formula One, which has been rumoured for the past two months. A spokesman for the bourse, citing standard policy, said: It is not our practice to publicly comment on our dealings with listing aspirants. Reports of the initial public offering (IPO), which could raise as much as $3 billion, would be the biggest IPO this year in Singapore, that also approved a float by Manchester United in September, according to sources. The English Premier League football club is said to be awaiting better market conditions. Some companies are looking at Asias cash-rich markets to raise funds as Europe grapples with a debt crisis and the United States pursues a fragile recovery. Singapore also hosts a popular Formula One night race, one of 20 stops on its global tour this year, and has a strong fanbase for the sport. Dow Jones said ordertaking international roadshows would begin in the second week of next month. But the suggested timing of the IPO is brave after turbulence returned to global financial markets last week. Look at the muted firstday response to Facebooks $ 1 8 .4 b i l l i o n IP O l as t Friday. The F1 listing is not nearly as attractive and long-awaited as that, an unnamed investment banker
told the Straits Times. Reports of a possible share float broke in March and received a generally cool response among team principals in the sport, many of whom are battling financial problems. But Caterham boss Tony Fernandes, the man behind
successful budget airline AirAsia, backed the plan spearheaded by Formula One supremo Bernie Ecclestone. As a businessman I think if public money can improve the sport, and accountability and transparency, then we should go for it, Fernandes said in March.
I saw some comments where the team bosses said they were against it. I think until we know more about it, its silly to be against it. Lets hear about it in the open. CVC took majority control in 2006 of Ecclestones Formula One Group, which
has the right to commercially develop the sport, stage and promote events, sell broadcast footage and offer sponsorship and hospitality packages. According to CVCs website, Formula One Group has turnover of 1.17 billion euros ($1.49 billion). AFP
UNICEF country representative in Yangon, Ramesh Shrestha, discusses the current situation of Myanmars education sector with The Myanmar Times Editor of Special Publications, Myo Lwin.
Q: How would you assess current situation of state school education here? A: The government of Myanmar invested substantially in expanding primary school infrastructure during the past 20 years, extending access to almost all primary school age children. As a result the net primary enrolment has reached 84 percent, but completion rate remains low compared to the other countries in the region. The key question is who are the 16pc who are not in school and how they can be reached? Q: What can be done to make Myanmar primary education universal and improve quality? A: There needs to be a focus on two main areas. First there is a need to extend the networks of post primary infrastructure all the way up to high schools so that every child has an equal opportunity to complete high school. Second, there must be equal emphasis in improving quality of teaching learning so that the internal efficiency of investment in education is improved. This will directly contribute to retention of pupils in the schools as well as prepare school leavers to enter into vocational training or university education as they wish. The current government policy on free and compulsory primary education where free textbooks are distributed to schools is a good starting point. The Ministry of Education started ground work for implementation of comprehensive education sector review which will review all aspects of education starting from early childhood education to higher education. The review will take into account all aspects of the sector that will influence policy, legislation, quality and access in education. This initiative is the product of the recently held development policy options seminar which recommended educa-
Children pay attention at their lessons at a monastic school in Yangon . Cherry Thein
tion sector review as one of the national priorities keeping in pace with the progressive changes in Myanmars political scenario. Q: What are the major challenges and your recommendations to overcome them? A: The investments in education do not have immediate return. As a result education has to compete with other sectors where returns are immediate and substantial. The recent decision by the government to substantially increase the education budget is a refreshing breakaway from the past budget allocation procedure. Even with this increase a large proportion would be spent on recurrent costs such as teacher salary. There are four key challenges in the education sector. First, there is a need to improve the quality of teachers to improve the quality of teachinglearning environment. The child friendly methodology implemented by the Ministry of Education is contributing to improvement in primary education through in-service training of thousands of teachers annually. But we need to
address this at the source by targeting teacher education colleges so that all newly trained teachers will graduate with new methodologies of child friendly interactive teaching as opposed to didactic teaching. Teacher development and management requires major reform in Myanmar. The Ministry of Education is beginning to address this. Second, there is a need to produce a wide range of reference materials for all grades of students to help critical thinking and learning processes. Children have enormous capacity to learn but children need to be exposed to new opportunities that would challenge them to think creatively and analytically. They also need to be surrounded by books and have access to developmentally appropriate reading materials. The MoEs Lets Read Initiative with the Box Library supported by UNICEF should be expanded and a new book flood initiative needs to get started in Myanmar. Third, the current rate of transition from early childhood to primary to post primary to lower secondary to high school should be improved and access increased.
This would require large scale investments in school infrastructure together with expansion of teacher training and recruitment. This is not an easy task but it has to be done. This is more than a financing issue as it needs medium to long term planning to ensure that infrastructure is matched by teacher production and employment and student intake. Fourth is a review of the job market. As the Government decides to diversify its economy through creation of industrial zones, expansion of industries, manufacturing, etc. it will require a diverse range of semi-skilled to highly skilled human resources. In addition Myanmar has enormous potentials in its agro industry and hydropower. These two areas call for speedy attention for immediate to medium term plans as these are also the areas that would generate substantial immediate economic returns. Q: Is Myanmar on track to meet the Millennium Development Goals? A: While the global goals and targets provide broad guidelines and benchmarks Myanmar should set its own goals.
Myanmar has made much progress in reducing infant, child and maternal mortality. Polio and measles which are serious and debilitating childhood diseases are under control. Primary school enrolment is at an all time high with gender parity. What is essential is to close the wide gaps between the rural urban divide in terms of quality and access of basic services. Q: The South Korean president emphasied the importance of HRD when he met with the Myanmar president recently. What is your comment on that? A: Indeed, human resource development is key to national success. Three countries in this region - South Korea, Japan, and Singapore have achieved their economic success through investments in building human resource capacity. None of these countries have natural resources of any significance. Their economic success is purely attributable to their investments in human capital. Taiwan and Hong Kong are two other success stories of investments in human resources. To cite another example,
Ghana and Malaysia gained independence in the same year. At the time of independence both these countries had similar per capita income but Ghana had already a welldeveloped palm oil industry. Malaysia imported palm oil trees from Ghana. Today these two countries are not comparable in any indicators. The difference is investments in human resource capital. As Myanmar opens up politically and economically it needs human resources with the best possible calibre. There is no alternative to investment in human resource for Myanmar's future, and investment in education is a good starting point. Myanmar is blessed with huge natural resources such as the largest arable land in the Southeast Asian region together with large water resources essential for agriculture; a wide range of minerals and mines; huge energy in the form of oil and gas and large rivers for hydropower and a young working age population base. Myanmar has what it needs to explode economically as a regional economic powerhouse. The destination is clear. It just needs a roadmap.
Making people before Rural-urban disparities making products a concern for parents
By Myo Lwin
yANMAR couldnt be busier this year, hosting many foreign dignitaries of whom the most recent one was South Korean president Lee Myung-bak. During his meeting with president U Thein Sein on May 14, Mr Lee Myung-bak discussed strengthening of friendly relations, technical assistance for development of Myanmar. The statement highlighted human resource development among other general areas of cooperation. It proves the saying making people before making products continues to be a universal truth whatever industry or career you are involved in. Here, we can not make people overnight. It is a long term plan that needs commitment, investment and most important of all the professionalism. Among the changes to be made here, the government has rightly placed high priorities to two sectors- education and health. The Government has increased its educational budget to K310,020 million for the financial year ending last March from K266,906m the previous year. Of the total budget for the Ministry of Education, the majority of the allotment is to be spent on basic education which in my opinion is a prudent decision. It cannot be disputed that education starts with basic education particularly at state schools.
A high school teacher checks her students' homeworks . The Myanmar Times
Thinking about some numbers, we have 41,000 schools in basic education employing 276,000 teachers who are guiding 8.2 million students from primary to high school levels in a country of nearly 60 million people, according to the Ministry of Education figures released last year. It means the government must spend a certain amount for each student at the basic education and higher levels while each teacher is handling 32 students on average. A state school accommodates 200 students on average. Numerically, the ratios are not bad. But the question is the quality of education or in other words the ability, opportunity and motivation of those involved in the industry. There have been repeated complaints about the quality of education and the quality of teachers which stands out as an alarming issue to look into. In other words, we need a change in that particular area if we really are to implement president U Thein Seins stated vision of a knowledge-based
society. The country representative of the United Nations Children Fund (UNICEF), Ramesh Shrestha, mentioned a wide gap in transition from primary to secondary to higher education as one of the basic issues that need to be addressed urgently. Myanmar needs to prepare a human resources development plan that realistically complements the president U Thein Seins knowledge-based society, said Mr Shrestha in an article published last month. Basic infrastructure exists for primary education but massive investment is needed to improve the quality of secondary and tertiary education, he said, adding that similar investment will be needed in the health sector. To develop and maintain democratic governance a strong and skilled middle class will be required, and it can only be built through highquality education, he said in the article contributed to the Myanmar Times.
THE gap in the quality of education between urban and rural areas remains a worry, according to parents. These days the sound of a whole class of students reading out loud, carried across the neighbourhood, is hardly heard compared to a decade ago. However, most parents agree that the style of their childrens learning in schools is still based on formulaic rote learning. There is a lot of homework for the kids. Because rote learning is forced, children are not really thinking, which makes them weaker, Ma Zin Mar, a mother of a daughter in middle school in Pyinmana who moved from yangon, said to The Myanmar Times. Much of this rests on the differences in the qualifications of teachers between rural and urban areas. She said it was important to raise the skills level of teachers working outside of yangon. Just as the meaning of Myanmar literature is scarcely explained in depth, the teachers themselves cannot pronounce English words properly. Simply hammering everything into the head of the child should be stopped, Ma Zin Mar said. The emphasis on repetitive learning determining what sort of studies are taught is also criticized by parents. Homework is given for improving handwriting. Even if parents push them to do homework, this would fare badly because they lose their enthusiasm when doing it, Daw Thin Thin, mother of a second grader from Pyinmana, said. They are given frequent but ineffective weekly tests. They
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have to take these tests after being given what they need to answer. I dont think it helps for real qualifications. This leads to only a handful of students who understand the textbooks thoroughly and are classed for further outstanding students tests. A 45-year old mother Daw Thandar said the really qualified students are those who are already chosen as outstanding students. The majority of children end up being unconcerned about the tests at all. Only the students who get a good position work harder for a better one. There is no concern about what is asked in the exam as most of the students are made to sit down and write out the answer they learn by heart, Daw Thandar said. Due to this way of teaching, with the lessons simply about rote learning and the exams simply repeating the lesson, students make less effort. There is almost no intention to think or imagine, and instead just learn the given lesson by heart, she said. When many parents are already struggling to provide their children with the opportunity to study and improve their life, the quality of teaching becomes a further barrier. Ma Lai was forced to pay her childrens school expenses by borrowing money with interest due to her lowly income. I am always worried about the school expenses when the school is set to reopen. As I see other parents enrol their children in school, I
envy them. I am in a situation where I must try hard to earn money to feed my family. My relatives support my daughter and sons schooling and even some neighbours help out a little. But now I can send only the two younger siblings to school. Ma Lai has four children. I try to make sure our children do not lead the same life as I do. My children do not misbehave at school. But it is frustrating that I am not in the position to support them adequately. I really want them to have good education." Despite the many problems, teachers say levels are getting better. Daw Soe Soe, a primary school teacher from Thit Seint Pin village near Pyinama, said her students are improving. We cannot compare with the children from schools in towns. The children there have better knowledge experience. But the way teachers teach is also important. To this end, the government provides two refresher courses each year focusing on alternative teaching methods where the children are seen as the priority. But beyond the skill levels of teachers, Daw Soe Soe said the teachers at her primary school have to teach all subjects due to the lack of teachers. The problems would end if there were enough teachers in the village schools like ours. However, she said it was encouraging that parents realise the need for their children to have good education to not miss out on at least tenth standard level of education. Parents are really encouraging their children, she said.
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Children participate in a closing ceremony of a summer course at Horizon International school in Mandalay earlier this year. Phyo Wai Kyaw
But, the number of such training courses are few and far between. The education system is still reliant on the initial training of teachers at teacher training colleges. As some people decide to pursue a teaching a career
private tuition teachers. There is little research done on students themselves; which line of profession students can choose when they pass their exams; how many students deviate from the education route; and do they study the
English proficiency and they lay the onus on teachers if the students are poor in English. The method of teaching in Myanmar isnt wrong but there are not many chances to use the language. We need to create more environments
[Teachers] should have in mind the need to upgrade their educational standard at all times. They should be aiming high. But there must be incentives for them.
even after graduating with different degrees, prospective teachers are required to undertake basic education level training at the teacher training colleges and then go on to work as primary teachers, ensuring they come into the education sector with a diploma in teaching. However, a weak point in the Myanmar education system is an understanding of student focus, according to several subjects they are really interested in. It was pointed out that students could be outstanding if given the chance to study the subject they like. Moreover, English proficiency is a key quality in education, according to education experts. The ability to use English in Myanmar and Thailand is not so different. Thailand ranks teachers by testing their where we can interact more in the English language. In other words, we need to speak more and interact more with native speakers, said Dr Than Htaik Soe. For example, in India which is a lot much more populated than Myanmar and much poorer in some areas, the proficiency in English and standard of education is better than Myanmar. There are schools in every corner of
every ward in India that links with each other to inform about opportunities to gain better language skills. The schools also inform each other how much they can upgrade their living standard if their English is better, the headmaster said. This is exemplified in the success of the Indian IT sector for Western countries due to the good command of English. With more private schools in Myanmar, the challenge for teachers and students in public schools may increase, say several teachers. Social class may end up being divided between two extremes, with moneyed classes who can spend more on education on one side, and poorer classes who cant even afford to provide their children with basic education on the other, said U Kyaw Thura, a private school teacher in Mandalay.
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yOUNG people should practice a spirit of assisting, self-discipline and goodwill to achieve success, according to U Chit Naing, author of a series of self help books for the young. The method is based on his experience as a young soldier posted in Shan State in a battalion in need of some discipline. When I was 22, I was posted to a light infantry battalion in Lashio. At the time I was senior officer and the battalion commander was Abel [later becoming Minister for National Planning Economic Development Brigadier General (retired) David Abel], he said. When they didnt follow procedure, the soldiers were hated by the villagers who were afraid of the soldiers. When Abel arrived to lead the battalion, he trained the soldiers to follow a spirit of assisting others, to be self-disciplined and to have goodwill, he said. When the rain was heavy in the village and the river was flooded, teachers were unable to come to schools so we taught the children. you could see there was a close bond between the soldiers and villagers after we assisted them, he said. The soldiers no longer stole hens and pigs. We practiced what Abel trained. The battalion succeeded in organising locals. Later our battalion received a reputation for high standards of discipline, he said. Thats why I train young people to practice these things, he said.
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y daughter will attend medical university this year, U Win Htay, a farmer from Hlaing Tharyar township said. uch a chance is rare for someone coming from a poor background in Myanmar. Given the high scores required, as well as the costs of attending university, most are dissuaded from going. Although the fees for entering university prohibits many, parents will often struggle to send their children for the potential it has, as well as the pride it bestows. Education is the light out of poverty. Although I will have to struggle to pay for her tuition fees and other costs, I am proud of her. I am just a farmer and dont have an education. That lack of education makes my life more difficult, U Win Htay said. I dont wish her to have the same poverty and ignorance I had. I want her to become a doctor not just a daughter of a farmer, he said. U Win Htay knows nothing besides farming, being the son of a long line of farmers. He inherited expansive farmland but in the last decade has seen much of it requisitioned for road construction projects without receiving compensation. Making ends meet from his reduced livelihood, and paying for two daughters to attend middle school and now his third aspiring to university, is a constant struggle for U Win Htay. What should I do, I have no idea. It seems life is bittersweet for me. I am so happy when I see my hard-working daughters, but so indignant when my land is taken away, he said.
Children of Yankin State High School (1) smile at the camera. The Myanmar Times
Attaining an education at all levels is a problem for children of lower income families. Officially the government provides free primary education to ensure all children receive a basic education. While the official cost for attending middle and high school is about 10,000 a year but this varies between schools as the reputation all too often determines the cost of a child attending. Daw Hla Than Oo, a teacher at a high school in Kamaryut township said that most welloff parents exaggerate how many necessities are needed for schooling while others struggle to provide their child with a school lunch. The Ministry of Education officially recommends not asking for any extra fees from parents but many find they have to pay additional fees depending on the reputation of the school, especially in yangon, she said. With the cost of attending a popular school making such an option unaffordable for most, there are cheaper options and also charitable institutions such as monastic schools that provide education services. However, the problem extends beyond financial concerns, with a lack of awareness
of the benefits of education prevalent among families who have themselves received little education. Some schools are too expensive to attend and some schools are irresponsible but there are many children who do not attend school because their parents are unable to appreciate the value in education, Daw Hla Than Oo said. As the cost of education is not the sole issue, the value of getting an education should be promoted among poor families, said Daw Theingi Myint, a private teacher from Sanchaung township. It is harder for poor children to get an education, or finish school. And then such a lack of education makes it hard to improve their opportunities to get a job. It is cause and effect and becomes a vicious circle, she said. But attitudes towards education can all too easily cross a fine line and become detrimental and unconstructive when attempting to understand the result of poverty on lack of education. It is essential to get out from the cycle of ignorance. We need to provide more awareness of the value of education by targeting the grass-
roots level. It is not the point that education is out of their reach but they themselves dismiss education because they prefer an easy life. What a pity, they are content in their muddy cottages as though it was paradise, she said. If the government would officially offer part-time job opportunities for those children who are not interested in formal education, or work for a meagre income at a tea shop or home industries, it would be helpful in preventing or protecting street kids from abuse, she said. A news editor from a local journal, Daw May Win Mon, said she felt it was sad that children beg or do cheap labouring rather than attend school. Not all struggling children
or parents desire an education, they have different needs. They become used to an easygoing-life, with no will to gain knowledge or an education. It is enough to get a daily meal by begging or selling water, Daw May Win Mon said. A potential improvement would be for the Ministry of Education to cooperate with the Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement to solve the wider problems stymieing children from lower income families to get an education, said Daw May Win Mon. However, talking with families and children unable to attend school, the problem is not as simple as a lack of awareness of the value of education. Too often the awareness is there but the lack of support means priorities lie elsewhere. Daw Cho Cho Mar, 35, living in Insein township, earns her living as a housemaid and washing clothes from house to house. Her husband works as a trishaw driver and cannot rely on him financially as he is too old to work hard. It is my fate. I remarried because I thought I could rely on him. I have two children at present. She has a ten-yearold boy and a one-year-old girl. Before I dreamt of my son getting an education but as my income is not enough, and with my husband no longer healthy, I cant pay for his schooling, she said. Her son, Mg Than Phyo
Aung, reached grade four but decided not to go to school when he could no longer pay for all the additional costs. I couldnt counsel him because I have so many things to do. For us, the priority is not education but to get a daily meal, Daw Cho Cho Mar said. She said she and her son decided to go to Dawei in Thanintaryi region to work for a trading business, leaving her daughter and husband with well-meaning neighbours. Mg Aye Chan, 12, from South Dagon township earns money on the street by singing songs and playing bamboo pipes. He has seven siblings. His mother earns about K3000 to K5000 a day but her income is barely enough to feed seven hungry mouths. All her children have to work depending on their strength, of course it also depends on their job luck. He said he is begging for charity but is working to help his family. He has a brother taking his matriculation exams, sisters attending grade eight and seven and another brother in grade one. Mg Aye Chan said that he aims to attend grade-four this year, and he works so that he can do that. I sing only in the holidays with my younger brother. I am not afraid because there are many children like us. My grandmother asked me to earn money so we can help the family, Mg Aye Chan said.
Are we stressing Vocational training out our kids? courses grow in Mandalay
Stressed out, over-scheduled, hurried: These words are often used to describe children these days.
By Marian Wilde , GreatSchools Staff
Stanford School of Medicine indicates that the number of children, ages 7-17, treated for depression more than doubled between 1995 and 2001. Whats causing the stress? From kindergarten through high school, the causes of childhood stress are numerous. One of the most commonly cited is standardizedtest stress, which starts in first-grade in many states. High-stakes tests, such as the TAKS in Texas and the FCAT in Florida, are particularly stressful, for students and teachers alike. Students in certain grades must pass these tests to advance to the next grade. In Florida, children as young as 8 years old face the prospect of being held back if they fail the test. Whether you are for them or against them, highstakes test create considerable stress. And while experts are debating whether homework loads are in fact heavier now than in the past, many agree that it is being assigned at an earlier age than before. Another source of schoolrelated stress occurs in high school where more students are taking more rigorous classes, such as Advanced Placement (AP) classes offered by the College Board. In the past 25 years, there has been explosive growth in the number of students taking AP classes, with onequarter of all high-school graduates having taken at least one in 2004. In addition, more high-school students are now taking the PSAT twice and the SAT and ACT at least once, if not multiple times.
RE we unwittingly lowering the quality of life for those we mean to nurture? Are we degrading childhood by demanding ever more of our children? Many parents worry about these questions, as students report that theyre feeling stressed out. I have been really stressed because of the homework that is being assigned, a middleschool student from Utah recently wrote in an email to GreatSchools. In pre-algebra, we get at least three pages of homework. In English, we get at least one page and a reading assignment, at least 30-50 pages in our books. Then there is science, five-six pages are assigned all days except Friday. In Utah studies, we get one page with the option of extra credit, which is another page. In French, we have to do two to three pages of verbs in the French dictionaries. In Spanish, 80 flashcards are assigned two days before the test. As you can see, I dont take any extra activities because I dont have time! Stress on the rise Everyone has their own way of measuring stress, depression being one measure, says Denise Clark Pope, author of Doing School How We Are Creating a Generation of Stressed-Out, Materialistic, and Miseducated Students. But the consensus is that there are more stressed-out kids. One recent study from the
By Khin Su Wai
ESPITE being one of the countrys central business regions, Mandalay is not seeing much uptake on long term academic style vocational and career training courses as students favour quick fix crash courses, according to owners of training schools. Computer and vocational training courses have become popular among young people in Mandalay rather than more academic courses such as business management and human resources management. Its only crowded in courses that support getting a job in the short-term. So we have to run jade or diamond cutting and appraisal short-term training courses at two-week intervals, said U Zaw Min Tun who founded Tip Top education agency in 1997. Most teaching centres in Mandalay run computer and accounting courses as well as special day classes. Early child care and development classes are also regularly full, whereas academic based courses usually have a smaller number of trainees, he said. "Many young people attend only career courses because they want to get a job as soon as their course ends, said U Zaw Min Tun. I operate marketing courses once every three months but there are only a small number of students. Similarly, journalism and capacity building courses are usually empty. Capacity building is generally taught within NGOs but the number of NGOs in this area is small, U Zaw Min Tun said. I also plan to train civic education without any fee because I want to educate the younger generation to know the rights and duties of every citizen, he said. U Zaw Min Tun runs training courses in both Mandalay and yangon and said there are different attitudes to the teaching methods between the cities.
A representative of a private education instituion explains about the courses to a Myanmar parent in Yangon . The Myanmar Times
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I run entrepreneurial courses once every two months there [yangon] and its normally attended by an adequate number of students. But there has been no interest from students in Mandalay so there is rarely one class every six months there, he said. We noticed a weak point that shows many economists do not become businessmen while businessmen are weak in theoretical economic knowledge. Business management courses taught in Mandalay are not in harmony with practical methods. The teaching methods seem to be of a higher standard [in longer term courses, said U Zaw Min Tun. A young person will become either an employee or employer who runs his own business. Thats why I did this course but there are no students in the class, he said. However, other analysts say there will be more academic training courses as Mandalay opens up allowing many more business opportunities to come. A decisive factor for growth in academic courses in Mandalay will rest on the increase in business opportunities once the Kyaun-phyu Port Special Economic Zone in Rakhine State is completed, opening an economic corridor to China. A lecturer of the privateowned Chindwin College in Mandalay, U Khin Maung Soe said like language centres,
private business schools are now becoming a popular and lucrative market. The best example to show that trend is not too far away is Chindwin College Myanmar recently adding a business school to its services at both its Mandalay and yangon campuses, said U Khin Maung Soe, who is also doing an MBA. Myanmar is opening up to the outside world for the integration of the regional market as well as the global market. Therefore, there will be more demand for people with good business and management knowledge, he said to The Myanmar Times in an email. Cost also remains a factor for students in deciding whether to choose longer term business courses. Personally, Id like to do a Master of Business Administration here. But I cant afford to do that as it would be expensive, said Ma Zar Chi Lin, a 34-year old woman from Mandalay. However, UNDP consultant, Dr Aung Htun Thet, said a Myanmar MBA is relatively cheap compared to others in the region. The government is providing subsidies as it is the first course of its kind to come to Mandalay. To pursue an MBA is really challenging and difficult. My professor says success comes with pain but that pain is also enjoyable when you succeed.
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secret Five key skills for academic success Sleep: Thesuccessweapon for school
Its never too early or too late to help your child develop the skills for academic success. Learn how to build these Lack of sleep is a national epidemic for todays children, and the consequences are serious. skills and stay on track all year long.
OST children say they want to do well in school, yet many still fail to complete the level of work necessary to succeed academically. The reason is often motivation. Tapping into your childs interests is a great way to get him geared to do well in school. It takes a combination of skills organization, time management, prioritization, concentration and motivation to achieve academic success. Here are some tips to help get your child on the right track. Talk to your child. To find out which of these skills your child has and which he can develop further, start a simple conversation that focuses on his goals. Identify problem areas. Start here to help your child identify which of the five skill areas are trouble spots. 1. Organization Whether its keeping track of research materials or remembering to bring home a lunch box, children need to be organized to succeed in school. Tips to help your child get organized: Make a checklist of things your child needs to bring to and from school every day. Put a copy by the door at home and one in his backpack. Try to check with him each day to see if he remembers the items on the list. Find out how your child keeps track of his homework and how he organizes his notebooks. Then work together to develop a system he will want to use. Shop with your child for tools that will help him stay organized, such as binders, folders or an assignment book.
2. Time Management Learning to schedule enough time to complete an assignment may be difficult for your student. Even when students have a week to do a project, many wont start until the night before its due. Tips to help your child manage time: Track assignments on a monthly calendar. Work backward from the due date of larger assignments and break them into nightly tasks. Help your child record how much time she spends on homework each week so she can figure out how to divide this time into manageable chunks. Together, designate a time for nightly homework and help your child stick to this schedule. 3. Prioritization Sometimes children fall behind in school and fail to hand in assignments because they simply dont know where to begin. Prioritizing tasks is a skill your child will need throughout life, so its never too soon to get started. Tips to help your child prioritize: Ask your child to write down all the things he needs to do, including non-school-related activities. Ask him to label each task from 1 to 3, with 1 being most important. Ask about each task, so that you understand your childs priorities. If he labels all his social activities as 1, then you know where his attention is focused. Help your child change some of the labels to better prioritize for academic success. Then suggest he rewrite the list so all the 1s are at the top. Check in frequently to see how the list is evolving and
IS your child having behavior problems and trouble in school? Making sure she gets enough sleep may be the solution. Sleep deprivation can affect cognitive skills and academic achievement. A continuing lack of sleep is linked to serious health problems including diabetes, obesity, heart disease, depression and a shortened life span. Why arent kids getting enough sleep? Children ages five to 12 need 10 to 11 hours of sleep, according to the National Sleep Foundation. yet studies show that most kids are getting about an hour less sleep each night than they did 30 years ago. Why? Extracurricular activities, such as sports teams and arts programs, may schedule events at night. Working parents who get home late may feel guilty and want to spend time with their children in the evening. Too much homework and the many distractions of television, video games and computers all play a role. In addition, all the pressures and stresses of todays frenetic lifestyles may make it difficult for kids to calm down so they can fall asleep. Catching up on sleep is not a good option Parents may think theyll let their children catch up on sleep on the weekend. But sleep experts at the Mayo Clinic advice against this practice as irregular sleep schedules can affect the biological clock, hurt the quality of sleep and cause greater irritability. Children who sleep in on the weekend may have an even harder time getting up for school on Monday morning, according to the American Academy of Sleep Medicine. Its better, the experts say, to keep similar schedules during the week and on the weekends. Make sleep a priority Mary Sheedy Kurcinka, teacher, parent educator and author of Sleepless in America, says parents can play a key role by placing a high value on their childrens sleep. She says the first step for parents is to make sleep a priority. Scientific research links heart disease, type 2 diabetes and obesity with lack of sleep. Theres also a study out of the University of Michigan, adds Kurcinka, that shows that 20 to 25 per cent of kids with ADHD have sleep disorders. Sleep is not a luxury. This is about health and well being. Some parents may think that their child isnt sleeping much because he just doesnt need as much sleep as other children. But Kurcinka doesnt buy that argument. She says, When I hear a parent say, He is a kid who doesnt need sleep, generally this means he is a kid who cant sleep. He needs help learning to calm himself to get to sleep. If I see a child who has behavior problems, cant focus or pay attention, a child whos getting sick a lot, craving carbohydrates, Ill want to look at how much sleep hes getting. Maybe the child is just exhausted.
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Students from Yankin State High School No 1 in Yangon Lwin Maung Maung
how your child is prioritizing new tasks. 4. Concentration Whether your child is practicing her second-grade spelling words or studying for a trigonometry test, its important that she works on schoolwork in an area with limited distractions and interruptions. Tips to help your child concentrate: Turn off access to email and games when your child works on the computer. Declare the phone and TV offlimits during homework time. Find space that fits the assignment. . Help your child concentrate during homework time by separating her from her siblings. 5. Motivation Most children say they want to do well in school, yet many still fail to complete the level of work necessary to succeed academically. The reason is often motivation.
Tips to help motivate : Link school lessons to your childs life. If hes learning percentages, ask him to figure out the price of a discounted item next time you shop. Link your childs interests to academics. If hes passionate about music, give him books about musicians and show how music and foreign languages are connected. Give your child control and choices. With guidance, let him determine his study hours, organizing system or school project topics. Encourage your child to share his expertise. Regularly ask him about what hes learning in school. Congratulate your child, encourage him and celebrate all his successes. Often what holds children back from trying is the fear of failure or the memory of a time they didnt do well. you can help break this cycle by celebrating your childs successes.
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