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NEWS 3
Permanent secretaries
take up new posts
Eleven newly appointed permanent
secretaries have taken up their roles
at the head of the civil service, with
more set to be appointed to remaining
ministries in the coming months.
IN October 2013, the Union government laid out an ambitious development plan for Ngapali beach, with
President U Thein Sein reportedly
telling local developers that he wanted a Bali on the Rakhine coast.
Nearby Thandwe had just days
earlier been rocked by anti-Muslim
rioting, but officials in the state and
Union governments pressed ahead
with the plans, accelerating a process that has drastically changed the
small beachfront community over the
course of the last decade.
The raft of new developments
many of which violate the Ministry
of Hotels and Tourisms coastal development rules has sent the price of
land and basic commodities skyrocketing, leaving the areas working-class
Rakhine communities struggling to
make a living.
Some are filing petitions or taking
to the streets, while others are simply
resigned to the new status quo.
Several men from Linthar village,
located in the heart of Ngapalis tourist district, told The Myanmar Times
recently that the tourism boom first
became apparent February 4, 2006,
when their village leaders received a
letter from the township land office
informing them that the public beach
had been scaled down to a 1-acre tract
near the northern end of the beach.
For decades, the Linthar villagers
had assumed the whole beach then
mostly untouched by new resorts
was public property.
In response to the downgrade,
they sent a letter of protest to the
township administration, but received no response. The next message
they received on the subject came in
2007, when they were informed that
their public beach had been further
reduced in size.
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VIEWS 7
Ceasefire a milestone,
but hard work ahead
Speedy signing of the nationwide
ceasefire will be important for ensuring
the peace process continues to move
forward to the next phase.
BUSINESS 8
Singapore pushes
investment above $8b
Residents of Ngapalis Gyeiktaw village take part in a protest against land confiscations on January 19. Photo: Supplied
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OTOOLE
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IN the years since, they have sent petitions and joint letters of protest to
officials at all levels of the state government. They have yet to receive a
single response.
They took the land piece by piece
by piece, said one of the villagers.
Now theyre going to take it all.
This routine continued until 2010,
when the villagers were informed
that the last of their public lands, at
that point totalling just 0.11 acres,
had been sold. The letters from the
township authorities, and the Linthar letters of protest, were shared
with The Myanmar Times.
The Linthar villagers are also unhappy that the township administration has allowed private construction companies to take sand from
their beach for use in projects elsewhere in the Ngapali area, under the
guise of regional development. Some
days, literally dozens of trucks come
to Linthar beach and leave loaded
with sand.
Each of those interviewed depends on the hotel sector for their
livelihood in one way or another, and
asked not to named for fear of reprisals from their employers.
One 35-year-old taxi driver, the father of a young boy, said celebrations
on the beach used to be a fixture of
their community. Now we have nowhere to have a party or a picnic
Security guards just tell us to get out.
Many member of their village
still depend on fishing as their main
source of income. But the area in
which they can moor their vessels
has been limited to the stretches of
beach where construction has not
yet begun.
A 40-year-old father-of-two pointed to the dozen or so boats moored
on the beach. As soon as the building starts, all the fishing will be finished, he said.
Similar land confiscations have
occurred closer to Thandwe Airport,
at Zeephyukone village, where the
military took 35.5 acres of land in
1996, offering minimal compensation (see related story right).
Further down the road is Gyeiktaw village. Here, too, residents
are feeling the effects of the new
A protester wears a T-shirt calling for the return of land confiscated at Ngapali
beach during a demonstration on January 19. Photo: Supplied
As soon as the
[hotel] building
starts, all the fishing
will be finished.
Linthar resident
While it would seem like residents across the two villages share
a common cause, the men of Linthar, proud members of the National
League for Democracy, said they
were deeply sceptical of the RNPs
involvement in the march, and are
not interested in joining the Gyeiktaw groups activism.
To them, the January 19 march
was more about whipping up
Hilton, Max
hotels benefit
from military
land grab
Four of Ngapalis premier hotels sit
on land that was confiscated by the
Tatmadaw in 1996, ostensibly for the
expansion of a compound occupied by
No 55 Infantry Regiment.
The 66 affected landowners were
offered just K3 million in total a
fraction of the tens of millions of dollars the land would be worth today.
Altogether, 35.5 acres (about 13.5
hectares) of farmland around Zeephyugone village in Thandwe township, Rakhine State, was confiscated,
according to deputy defence minister
Major General Kyaw Nyunt, who was
called upon to explain the land grab in
parliament last month.
Speaking on March 10, he said the
land was taken for coastal security.
From 2007 the land was leased for
hotel construction at Ngapali beach.
Four hotels now stood on the land,
and a fifth was under construction.
Of the 35.5 acres, the military
had leased 6.61 acres to Min Zar Ni
company, 6.61 acres to Eden Group
which has since partnered with Hilton
5.65 acres to Fortune, 11.30 acres
to Max Myanmar and 4.43 acres to
Amazing. The remainder was used for
roads and public areas, he said.
Plots measuring 60 by 60 feet (17
by 17 metres) were later given to 66
official tenant farmers as compensation, he said. However, only 37
accepted cash compensation, totalling
K1.9 million, with another 29 rejecting
a total of K1.1 million.
Rakhine State Amyotha Hluttaw
representative U Aye Maung said the
29 uncompensated farmers had suffered as a result of the confiscation,
and called on the government to settle
the dispute.
Speaker U Khin Aung Myint urged
the government to resolve the claim
from the national budget.
If it is found that the farmers
did indeed suffer, they should be
compensated in accordance with the
market price. I dont think Pyidaungsu
Hluttaw will object.
Htoo Thant, translation by
Thiri Min Htun
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postponed to June.
We cant see a nationwide referendum taking place in May we
havent even discussed the amendment bill yet, said U Sai Bo Aung,
a member of the Constitutional
Amendment
Implementation
Committee.
U Aye Maung agreed, saying it
would be impossible for the referendum to be held in May as the
speaker proposed.
There is no point in holding a
referendum without reaching an
agreement to change the 2008 constitution and especially section 436,
which gives the military a veto, said
U Aye Maung.
The extent to which we can
change the constitution depends on
the next six-way meeting. Its very
important to get tangible results if
not, it is likely to lead to a political
crisis.
Permanent
secretaries
take up
new roles
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EI EI TOE
LWIN
THE long-awaited constitutional
amendment bill will be debated in
parliament after the current session
resumes on May 11, a senior member
of the Constitutional Amendment
Implementation Committee has
confirmed.
The amendment bill is one of
three major pieces of legislation to
be considered by the hluttaw, along
with amendments to the National
Education Law and a constitutional
referendum bill.
The referendum will seek public
approval for proposed changes to the
constitution and has been proposed
for May, but seems increasingly likely
to be delayed.
It is quite sure the [constitution] bill will be discussed in this
parliament session, said U Aye
Mauk, secretary of the 31-member
committee.
The committee submitted its
draft amendment bill to parliament
in January, proposing changes to
210 sections of the charter, including
59(f ), which bars opposition leader
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from being
eligible for the presidency.
However, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw
Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann has not
yet tabled the bill for debate. Parliamentarians have supported the decision, saying no significant changes to
the 2008 constitution can be made until an agreement is reached between
Myanmars main political players.
In particular, the military has
a veto over constitutional change
through its grip on 25 percent of
seats in parliament.
In November, parliament approved a proposal calling for six-way
talks between President U Thein
Sein, Commander-in-Chief Senior
General Min Aung Hlaing, Thura
U Shwe Mann, Amyotha Hluttaw
Speaker U Khin Aung Myint, Daw
Aung San Suu Kyi and U Aye Maung
of the Rakhine National Party, representing ethnic minorities.
After months of avoiding
the meeting, the government finally agreed to talks on April 10.
While there was no deal reached,
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Myanmar
journalists
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education or healthcare.
In October 2012, the then-secretary-general of ASEAN, Surin Pitsuwan, warned the issue could potentially destabilise the region. But
ASEAN countries have never taken an
active stance on regional human rights
abuses. And though Malaysia, as the
habourer of the largest group of refugee Rohingya, may stand to benefit
from regional negotiations, observers
said the chances of the new chair pushing the issue remain slim.
No ASEAN state, irrespective of
their commercial ties or faith wants
to be dealing with the constant flows
of incoming refugees, said Maung
Zarni, a Rohingya expert and member
of the Permanent Peoples Tribunal on
Sri Lanka and its genocide. However,
Malaysia also has other interests such
as significant investment in Myanmars
gas and oil sector.
ASEAN states adherence to the
outdated and fictional notion of Sovereignty is absolute.
A Kyauktada resident checks electoral rolls following their release to the public on March 30. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
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If our capacity
is exceeded, we
will build another
hospital. I will do
as much as I can as
long as I am alive.
U Uttama
Thabawa Thayar Yeik Thar founder
The facility is funded by wellwishers, and some services are provided by volunteers from civil society
organisations.
Dr Ma Cho, a volunteer, sometimes
recruits colleagues to contribute medical services. We try our best to meet
the increasing demand for medical
treatment, she said.
A volunteer dentist gives a patient a check-up at the existing hospital at Thabawa Thayar Yeik Thar. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
Federation.
Female giant apple snails (Pomacea maculate) can lay up to 500 eggs
a week. In Thailand, they have damaged water convolvulus and paddy
fields, and also eaten nursery plants.
My students report that they can
destroy rice fields, he said. In Taiwan and the Philippines, the snails
rival rats in the amount of damage
they can cause.
I found this snail in Paung township, Mon State, in January. Im
YE MON
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On April 20, 20 international organisations released a statement calling for a solution to the decades-long
problem. The statement said a reconstituted Prisoners of Conscience
Affairs Committee should review the
cases of all those charged or deprived
of their rights with a view to securing
their release and having the charges
against them dropped. It also called
for a review of all laws used to charge
and detain political prisoners, and
recommended to parliament the repeal or amendment of all such laws
to bring them into line with international human rights standards.
U Zaw Htay, the director of the Office of the President, said yesterday
there were no current plans to reconstitute the committee.
On April 4, AAPP released a list
of 172 people it says have been sentenced for their political views, together with another 296 defendants
awaiting trial.
Colonialera pagoda
uncovered
WORKERS excavating soil for
bricks in Bago Region have
stumbled on the remains of a colonial-era pagoda, a Department
of Archaeology official said.
Sections of the pagoda were
found by workers in Thayet Pin
village, Nattalin township. Excavation on the site began in late
March, following a field visit
from a department team.
The pagoda is estimated to
date to within the past 200 years
based on what we have uncovered so far, official U Kyaw Oo
Lwin said.
He said it appeared to be
from the colonial period. The
British took control of lower Myanmar at the end of the second
Anglo-Burmese War, in 1852.
He added that the department will provide assistance if
residents want to renovate the
site.
So far the pagodas walls have
been revealed but no artifacts
have been found. Excavation
work is continuing.
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MITTON
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MANY people labour under the illusion that nothing much happens in
Laos. Or, if it does, it happens very
slowly.
Then, bang: Several headlinegrabbing things suddenly occur and
remind us that this oft-ignored neighbour actually exists and that, yes, stuff
happens there.
Consider a seemingly minor but
rather significant development that
has set tongues wagging in Vientiane
and caused ripples to echo across
other traffic-jammed capitals in the
region.
Earlier this month, the Vientiane
State Bus Enterprise revealed plans to
start express services on designated
lanes linking the main bus station,
the international airport and the LaoThai Friendship Bridge.
Folks who have visited Vientiane
will know this is no small matter,
given that, like Yangon, the traffic
situation there has become horrendous, with clogged streets, frayed
Business
First foreign bank to open branch in
Yangon says long-term view is key
SU PHYO
WIN
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EU threatens to ban
Thai fish imports
BUSINESS 10
BUSINESS 11
Buying
K1167
K295
K782
K33
K1067
Selling
K1180
K310
K800
K35
K1080
A farmer ploughs with oxen in Nay Pyi Taw on April 10. Myanmar aims to be a middle-income country by 2030. Photo: AFP
DICA.
The Myanmar Investment Commission aimed to attract $5 billion in FDI
last year by promoting the manufacturing sector to create more jobs. The
investment in manufacturing last year
alone was equal to the total investment
of 2012-2013.
I think investors are becoming
VIEWS
Making matters
worse, Chinas
corporate debt is
already the worlds
highest.
The flags of Hong Kong and China flutter together outside Hong Kongs stock exchange building. Hong Kong stocks
stormed to seven-year highs yesterday under a new policy that allows Chinese investors easy access to the citys bourse.
Analysts say the rally has some way to go but they warn it will be tempered by cooling measures from a nervous Beijing.
Photo: AFP
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BANGKOK
IN BRIEF
Labourers from Myanmar, Cambodia and other nearby countries sort fish unloaded from a trawler at a port in Pattani,
southern Thailand, on September 20, 2013. Some workers are legal but many are undocumented. Photo: AFP
said.
In June the US State Department downgraded Thailand to its
lowest ranking in a report on human trafficking, highlighting abuses in the fisheries industry among
others.
Belize, Guinea, Cambodia and
Sri Lanka were all hit with EU
fishing import bans in the past
but remedial efforts by Belize
means it has now been taken off
the blacklist.
AFP
SHANGHAI
BILLION US
$25
A Citroen Aircross attracts viewers yesterday at the 16th Shanghai International Automobile Industry Exhibition where
Chinese technology giants Alibaba and Tencent are promising to build the cars of the future. Photo: AFP
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NEW YORK
Yahoo
profits
slump
YAHOO reported a 93 percent slide in
quarterly profit from a year ago, while
revenues rose modestly in disappointing quarterly results for the struggling
Internet pioneer.
Net profit for the first quarter tumbled to US$21.1 million from $312 million in the same period last year, amid
what chief executive Marissa Mayer
called encouraging revenue growth
of 8pc.
Total revenue for the first three
months of the year grew to $1.23 billion, led by gains in search revenue,
from ads linked to queries using Yahoos search function. But revenue and
profit were both lower than Wall Street
forecasts.
Yahoo is amidst a multi-year transformation to return an iconic company
to greatness, Ms Mayer said in the April
21 earnings statement.
This quarter, we saw encouraging
revenue growth of 8pc, with display revenue growing a modest 2pc and search
growing 20pc.
She said mobile revenues reached
$234 million in the quarter, up 61pc
from a year ago. The internet giant will
now focus on accelerating revenue
growth while managing our margins
and costs, Ms Mayer said. She disclosed
that Yahoo cut some 1100 jobs in the
past quarter, bringing the number of
reductions to some 3000 over the past
three years. AFP
TOKYO
An electronic quotation board flashes the Tokyo Stock Exchanges key Nikkei
index which hit a 15-year high yesterday. Photo: AFP
World
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Taliban gears up
for spring offensive
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MANILA
JAKARTA
LONDON
KUALA LUMPUR
IN PICTURES
Photo: AFP
Pro-democracy demonstrators stage a protest outside the government building in Hong Kong on April 22, 2015. Hong
Kongs government announced a roadmap for leadership elections which offered no concessions to the citys democracy
camp -- prompting opposition lawmakers to walk out of the plans unveiling.
HONG KONG
We will launch a
campaign to oppose
the proposal and
we will ask the
Hong Kong public
to continue to seek
true universal
suffrage.
Alan Leong
Civic Party lawmaker
walked out.
We will launch a campaign to
oppose the proposal and we will
ask the Hong Kong public to continue to seek true universal suffrage, he added.
Pro-democracy lawmakers wore
T-shirts and displayed placards
emblazoned with a yellow X, symbolising their intention to block
the proposal when it comes to the
vote in the legislature in the coming months.
Ms Lam argued that blocking
the plan would deprive the public
of their chance to vote.
She called on legislators to
cooperate and described the proposal as lawful, fair and reasonable.
This is a call made on you by
this era, and it is history which
places this responsibility on your
shoulders, she said.
Protesters gathered outside the
government complex with pro-
I am 78 years old
and I am determined
to see the long
overdue justice be
done for my beloved
father.
Lim Ah Yin
Daughter of Batang Kali victim
who died in 2010 at the age of 78, previously told AFP she saw at least one of
the victims shot in cold blood and that
troops pressured another to flee before
shooting him in the back.
She denied that the villagers were
communists or were aiding insurgents.
The killings have been referred to
as Britains My Lai after the infamous
Vietnam War massacre by US troops.
Relatives have fought for years for a
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KABUL
Afghan security personnel walk through the site of a suicide car bomb attack targeting a NATO convoy near the airport in
Jalalabad on April 10, which killed three civilians. Photo: AFP
Afghan government has also repeatedly warned of the Islamic State (IS)
group making inroads into the country.
President Ashraf Ghani blamed IS
VIENNA
LUENEBURG
Former Nazi death camp officer Oskar Groening sits outside during a break of
his trial on April 21 in Lueneburg, northern Germany. Photo: AFP
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RIYADH
country.
Riyadh said the strikes, which it
launched on March 26 as the Huthis
closed in on Hadis last refuge in Aden,
had removed threats to Saudi Arabia
and its neighbours by destroying the
rebels air and missile capabilities.
But the rebels and their allies
remain in control of the capital Sanaa
and swathes of the country and Hadi
is still in exile in Riyadh, where he fled
when the raids began.
The coalition said an air and naval
blockade would remain in place to
prevent any arms deliveries to the rebels that might threaten the vital shipping lanes off Yemen or neighbouring
Saudi Arabia.
Washington has sent an aircraft
carrier to the region to protect the
key sea route from Asia and the Gulf
to Europe and to monitor activity by
Shiite Iran.
Riyadh has accused its regional
rival of arming the rebels in a bid
to establish a proxy on its doorstep,
something strongly denied by Tehran,
which offered its help in relaunching
peace talks.
A coalition statement said the next
steps would be a resumption of the
political process, aid deliveries and
fighting terrorism.
A Yemeni walks past a vehicle which was damaged during an air strike by Saudi-led coalition warplanes on the nearby
base on Fajj Attan hill on April 21 in Sanaa. At least 38 civilians were killed in explosions that followed the strike. Photo: AFP
Al-Qaedas Yemen branch, regarded by Washington as its most dangerous, has taken advantage of the air
war and ground fighting between the
rebels and Hadi loyalists to consolidate its grip on Hadramawt province
in the southeast.
Washington, which was forced to
withdraw its troops from a Yemen air
base where they had been overseeing
a longstanding drone war against the
jihadists, hailed the end of the Saudiled air campaign.
The US welcomes todays announcement by the government of
Saudi Arabia and its coalition partners
of the conclusion of Operation Decisive
Storm in Yemen, said National Security
Council spokesperson Alistair Baskey.
We continue to support the resumption of a UN-facilitated political
process and the facilitation of human-
itarian assistance.
UN-brokered talks between the
warring parties broke down in February when Mr Hadi fled to Aden after
the Huthis took over the government.
There has been no UN envoy to
Yemen since Moroccan diplomat Jamal Benomar stepped down last week
in the face of coalition accusations
that he had appeased the rebels.
Iranian Foreign Minister Mohammad Javad Zarif too welcomed the end
of the air strikes and offered Tehrans
help in bringing the two sides back to
the negotiating table.
Positive developments in Yemen
should be followed by urgent humanitarian assistance, intra-Yemeni
dialogue & broad-based govt. Ready to
help, he tweeted from New York.
In a televised speech from his refuge in Riyadh, Mr Hadi thanked the
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superstition
Zon Pann Pwint
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All too often, the lives are taken at the same haunted
spots. But the station master prefers a more rational
approach. We have to be more scientific about the accidents.
Was the person sleeping on the rails? Were they under the
influence of drugs? Where they crossing while drunk?
There are 21 circular train and 55 regular train stations
in Yangon. In January this year, four people were killed on
the railway.
The utmost caution must be exercised when crossing
the railway. Sometimes people carefully look down one
track, but ignore the other track. They turn a deaf ear,
said U Kyi Win. Trains cant brake like cars do. The safety
of passengers will be placed at risk if the train makes an
emergency stop, he said.
Children often hang off the door handles even when
there are empty seats. Accidents happen, said U Maung
Maung Latt, a crew member on the circular train. They
happen, in particular, between Insein and Kyeemyindine
stations, and around Mingalardon station and Mahlwagon
station.
Couples meet beside the tracks, and some get drunk.
Kids have their earphones on, the music is too loud,
they dont hear the train. But that doesnt explain every
mishap, he says.
U Maung Maung Latt once saw a man cross the railway
even as the train was bearing down on him. The man seemed
not to hear the siren. U Maung Maung Latt failed in his
attempt to pull him clear in time, and the man was killed.
He admits that crew negligence can contribute to these
deaths. Once a train he was operating in Mandalay hit
a man who was sitting on a chair on the track at night.
In the darkness and confusion, the horn failed to sound
in time. Lack of sleep can be dangerous in night trains.
Drowsiness causes negligence, he said.
Some people enjoy a drink on the tracks, then fall
asleep. Old people, or people with impaired sight or
hearing, are at risk, said crew member Ko Aye Min Oo.
They say the railway is a cool place to sit, he said.
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MORONI
Fatima Saidi reaches out for Ylang-Ylang flowers on the slopes of the Karthala volcano in Comoros. Photo: AFP/Marco Longari
Exhibition photographs
tell a thousand stories
ChIt Su
suwai.chit@gmail.com
WHATS in a picture? Our living,
breathing history, if you ask Pablo
Bartholomew.
The Indian-born photojournalist
seeks to uncover the stories of our
lives, as witnessed through the eye of
the lens.
In March, Bartholomew held a
photography workshop at Myanmar
Deitta a project supported by
Goethe-Institut Myanmar and the
Yangon Art and Heritage Festival.
The Past is the Present challenged
seven participants to dig up found
photographs, bringing the dusty old
snaps out of the past and into the
present.
Images from The Past is the Present are displayed at Myanmar Deitta in March.
Photos: Aung Khant
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BANGKOK
TOMORROW
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Photo: AFP
Tigers play in
the water as they
try to beat the
heat during the
rise in summer
temperatures,
at Chhat Bir Zoo
near Zirkpur,
about 13km from
Chandigarh, India.
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8:05
8:35
8:10
8:25
8:40
8:40
8:40
8:40
8:40
8:25
11:05
9:20
10:05
10:10
14:50
12:25
12:25
12:55
12:55
12:25
14:00
13:25
13:25
12:55
16:55
16:45
14:25
14:55
16:40
16:30
16:55
MANDALAY TO YANGON
Flight
Y5 233
YJ 891
K7 283
YH 918
YH 910
W9 201
YJ 891
7Y 132
K7 267
YH 830
YH 912
YJ 762
YH 832
YH 827
YH 836
YH 910
YJ 212
YJ 212
YJ 202
YJ 602
YJ 762
YH 732
YH 732
YH 728
W9 152/W97152
Y5 776
W9 211
K7 823
8M 6604
K7 227
8M 903
YH 738
K7 623
YH 730
YJ 234
W9 252
Days
Daily
1,2,4,5,6
Daily
Daily
7
Daily
3
Daily
Daily
5
2
4
4,6
3
1,7
1,2,3,5,6
5,7
5,7
1,2,4
7
1,2
6
Daily
1
1
Daily
4
2,4,7
4
2,4,6
1,2,4,5,7
3,5,7
1,3,5,7
2,4,6
6
2,5
Dep
7:50
8:20
8:25
8:30
8:40
8:40
8:50
9:35
10:20
11:05
11:30
13:10
13:20
13:20
13:20
13:20
15:00
15:00
15:30
15:40
16:35
16:40
16:40
16:45
17:05
17:10
17:10
17:10
17:20
17:20
17:20
17:25
17:40
17:45
17:45
18:15
Arr
9:00
10:15
11:30
10:45
10:05
10:35
10:45
11:30
12:25
14:55
13:25
17:00
14:45
14:45
14:45
14:45
16:25
16:25
16:55
17:35
18:00
18:05
18:45
18:10
18:30
18:20
19:15
18:35
18:30
18:45
18:30
18:50
19:05
19:10
19:10
19:40
Flight
FMI A1
FMI B1
FMI C1
Flight
FMI A2
FMI B2
FMI C2
Days
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
7:15
10:45
17:00
Arr
8:15
11:45
18:00
YANGON TO NYAUNG U
Flight
K7 282
YJ 891
YH 909
YH 917
YJ 891
YH 909
K7 242
7Y 131
K7 264
YH 731
W9 129
W9 211
W9 129
Days
Daily
1,2,4,5,6
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
3,7
4
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,3,6
4
1
Dep
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:10
6:30
6:30
7:00
7:15
14:30
14:30
15:30
15:30
15:30
Days
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
8:35
13:30
18:20
Arr
9:35
14:30
19:20
NYAUNG U TO YANGON
Arr
7:20
7:20
8:25
7:45
7:50
8:05
8:20
8:35
16:40
17:25
17:35
17:40
17:35
Flight
YJ 891
YH 918
YJ 891
YH 910
YH 910
K7 242
7Y 131
K7 283
K7 265
YH 732
W9 129
Days
1,2,4,5,6
Daily
3,7
4
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,3,6
Dep
7:35
7:45
8:05
8:05
8:25
8:35
8:50
10:10
16:55
17:25
17:50
Arr
10:15
10:45
10:45
9:25
9:45
11:45
11:30
11:30
18:15
18:45
19:10
YANGON TO MYITKYINA
MYITKYINA TO YANGON
Flight
YH 829
YH 826
YH 835
YH 831
YJ 201
YJ 201
W9 251
Flight
YH 827
YH 832
YH 836
YH 830
YJ 202
YJ 202
YJ 234
W9 252
Days
5
3
1,7
4,6
1,2,4
3
2,5
Dep
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:00
11:00
11:15
11:30
Arr
9:40
10:05
10:05
10:05
13:50
14:05
14:25
Days
3
4,6
1,7
5
1,2,4
3
6
2,5
Dep
11:55
11:55
11:55
12:30
14:05
14:20
16:20
16:45
Arr
14:45
14:45
14:45
14:55
16:55
17:10
19:10
19:40
YANGON TO HEHO
Flight
YJ 891
K7 282
YH 917
YJ 881
YJ 891
K7 242
7Y 131
K7 266
Y5 649
YH 505
YJ 751
YJ 751
YJ 761
YJ 233
YH 727
YH 737
YH 727
K7 828
K7 822
K7 264
YH 731
W9 129
Days
1,2,4,5,6
Daily
Daily
7
3
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
3,7
5
1,2,4
6
1
3,5,7
3
1,3,5
2,4,7
Daily
Daily
1,3,6
Dep
6:00
6:00
6:10
6:30
6:30
7:00
7:15
8:00
10:30
10:30
10:30
10:45
11:00
11:00
11:15
11:15
11:15
12:30
12:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
HEHO TO YANGON
Arr
8:50
9:00
9:35
8:45
9:20
9:15
10:05
9:15
12:45
11:55
11:40
11:55
12:10
12:10
12:40
12:40
12:40
13:45
13:45
15:45
15:55
16:40
YANGON TO MYEIK
Flight
Y5 325
K7 319
7Y 531
Y5 325
Days
1,5
1,3,5,7
2,4,6
2
Dep
6:45
7:00
11:45
15:30
Days
1,3,6
Daily
1,3,5,7
Dep
11:30
11:45
12:00
Days
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,3,6
1,3,5,7
Daily
1,3,4,6
Dep
7:00
10:30
11:30
12:00
13:00
15:45
Flight
Y5 326
7Y 532
K7 320
Y5 326
Arr
12:55
12:55
13:50
Flight
W9 309
6T 612
K7 423
Days
1
2,4,6
Dep
7:00
11:45
Days
3,7
5
2,4,6
1,3,5
Dep
10:30
10:45
11:00
12:30
Arr
10:35
13:10
13:50
12:50
13:35
16:40
Flight
K7 243
YH 506
7Y 413
W9 309
K7 422
Y5 422
Arr
8:10
12:50
Flight
K7 320
7Y 532
Days
3
4,6
1,7
2,5
Dep
7:00
7:00
7:00
11:30
Dep
8:35
16:05
11:30
17:15
Arr
10:05
18:10
13:35
18:45
Days
1,3,6
Daily
Daily
Dep
13:10
13:15
15:10
Arr
14:55
14:20
16:30
Days
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,3,5,7
1,3,6
Daily
1,3,4,6
Dep
10:50
13:10
13:05
14:05
14:10
16:55
Arr
11:45
14:00
15:25
14:55
16:30
17:50
Days
1,3,5,7
2,4,6
Dep
12:25
17:05
Flight
YJ 752
K7 829
K7 829
YJ 752
YH 730
Days
5
1,3
5
3,7
2,4,6
Dep
13:15
15:05
15:05
15:40
16:45
Arr
16:30
15:55
17:25
17:55
19:10
PUTAO TO YANGON
Arr
11:00
11:00
11:00
15:25
Flight
YH 836
YH 832
YH 827
W9 252
Days
1,7
4,6
3
2,5
Dep
11:00
11:00
11:00
15:45
Airline Codes
7Y = Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
W9 = Air Bagan
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
YH = Yangon Airways
YJ = Asian Wings
FMI = FMI Air Charter
Arr
13:35
18:10
LASHIO TO YANGON
Arr
12:45
13:00
13:00
14:50
Domestic Airlines
K7 = Air KBZ
DAWEI TO YANGON
YANGON TO PUTAO
Flight
YH 826
YH 831
YH 835
W9 251
Days
1,5
2,4,6
1,3,5,7
2
THANDWE TO YANGON
YANGON TO LASHIO
Flight
YJ 751
YJ 751
YH 729
K7 828
Arr
10:10
10:15
11:30
10:35
11:45
10:45
10:45
11:30
12:25
14:00
16:30
17:00
18:00
18:45
17:25
18:10
18:15
18:50
17:55
19:10
SITTWE TO YANGON
YANGON TO DAWEI
Flight
K7 319
7Y 531
Dep
9:00
9:05
9:15
9:25
9:30
9:35
9:35
10:20
11:10
11:55
14:20
15:50
15:50
15:55
16:10
16:00
16:30
16:40
16:45
16:55
Arr
8:15
9:05
13:50
17:00
YANGON TO THANDWE
Flight
K7 242
YH 505
W9 309
7Y 413
K7 422
Y5 421
Days
7
1,2,4,5,6
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
3
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
5
4
1,2
Daily
1,3,5
1
Daily
3,5,7
3,7
1,3,6
MYEIK TO YANGON
YANGON TO SITTWE
Flight
W9 309
6T 611
K7 413
Flight
YJ 881
YJ 891
K7 283
W9 201
K7 243
YH 918
YJ 891
7Y 132
K7 267
YH 506
YJ 752
YJ 762
YJ 762
YH 732
K7 829
YH 728
K7 264
YH 738
YJ 752
W9 129
Arr
14:45
14:45
14:45
19:40
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without notice
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
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Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
PG 706
Daily
6:05
8M 335
Daily
7:40
TG 304
Daily
9:50
PG 702
Daily
10:30
TG 302
Daily
14:50
PG 708
Daily
15:20
8M 331
Daily
16:30
PG 704
Daily
18:35
Y5 237
Daily
19:00
TG 306
Daily
19:50
YANGON TO DON MUEANG
Flights
DD 4231
FD 252
FD 256
FD 254
FD 258
DD 4239
Flights
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
8:20
9:25
11:45
12:25
16:45
17:15
18:15
20:30
20:50
21:45
Dep
8:00
8:30
12:50
17:35
21:30
21:00
Arr
9:45
10:20
14:40
19:25
23:15
22:55
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
Days
Dep
Arr
BANGKOK TO YANGON
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
TG 303
Daily
8:00
PG 701
Daily
8:45
Y5 238
Daily
21:30
8M 336
Daily
10:40
TG 301
Daily
13:05
PG 707
Daily
13:40
PG 703
Daily
17:00
TG 305
Daily
18:05
8M 332
Daily
19:15
PG 705
Daily
20:15
DON MUEANG TO YANGON
Flights
DD 4230
FD 251
FD 255
FD 253
FD 257
DD 4238
Flights
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
8:45
9:40
22:20
11:25
13:50
14:30
17:50
18:50
20:00
21:30
Dep
6:30
7:15
11:35
16:20
20:15
19:25
Arr
7:15
8:00
12:20
17:05
20:55
20:15
Dep
Arr
8M 231
Daily
8:00
12:25
Y5 2233
Daily
9:45
14:15
TR 2823
Daily
9:45
2:35
SQ 997
Daily
10:25
15:10
3K 582
Daily
11:45
16:20
MI 533
2,4,6
13:35
20:50
8M 233
5,6,7
14:40
19:05
MI 519
Daily
16:40
21:15
3K 584
2,3,5
19:30 00:05+1
YANGON TO KUALA LUMPUR
TR 2822
Daily
7:20
Y5 2234
Daily
7:20
SQ 998
Daily
7:55
3K 581
Daily
9:10
MI 533
2,4,6
11:30
8M 232
Daily
13:25
MI 518
Daily
14:20
3K 583
2,3,5
17:20
8M 234
5,6,7
20:15
KUALA LUMPUR TO YANGON
8:45
8:50
9:20
10:40
12:45
14:50
15:45
18:50
21:40
8M 501
AK 505
MH 741
8M 9506
8M 9508
MH 743
AK 503
11:50
12:45
16:30
16:30
20:05
20:15
23:20
AK 504
8M 9505
MH 740
8M 502
8M 9507
MH 742
AK 502
8:00
11:15
11:15
13:50
14:50
15:05
18:25
Arr
0550+1
Flights
CA 905
Flights
Flights
CA 906
Days
Dep
Arr
1,2,3,5,6
7:50
Daily
8:30
Daily
12:15
Daily
12:15
Daily
15:45
Daily
16:00
Daily
19:05
YANGON TO BEIJING
Days
3,5,7
Dep
23:50
YANGON TO GUANGZHOU
Flights
Days
8M 711
CZ 3056
CZ 3056
Flights
Days
Daily
Dep
Arr
CA 416
MU 2012
MU 2032
Flights
Days
13:15
15:55
22:10
Dep
Arr
10:50
VN 956
1,3,5,6,7
Flights
Days
2,4,7
Days
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712
CI 7915
Arr
Flights
Days
Daily
Dep
19:10
15:55
18:50
18:15
MU 2011
CA 415
MU 2031
Arr
Flights
21:25
Dep
Days
1,4,6
17:05
Flights
Days
Flights
4,7
Daily
Dep
7:55
Dep
0:50
23:55
Arr
11:40
Arr
8:50
07:45+1
KA 251
KA 251
1,2,3,4,6,7
5
Flights
Days
Daily
Arr
05:45
05:55
Dep
22:10
Arr
06:45+1
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
Days
BG 061
BG 061
Flights
Dep
01:10
01:30
YANGON TO TOKYO
NH 914
2
5
Dep
Arr
11:45
19:45
YANGON TO INCHEON
PG 724
W9 607
8M 7702
8M 7502
Days
1,3,5,6
4,7
Daily
4,7
Dep
12:50
14:30
23:30
00:35
VN 957
Days
2,4,6
1,5
4,7
Flights
Days
VN 943
2,4,7
Flights
Days
3,5,6
2
1,5
Flights
Days
Flights
AI 234
AI 228
1
5
Dep
7:00
13:10
14:05
Dep
13:10
Dep
14:05
18:45
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
Days
Daily
Dep
14:15
MANDALAY TO SINGAPORE
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Days
2,4,6
1,2,4,5,6
Dep
15:45
7:50
Flights
FD 245
Days
Daily
Dep
12:50
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Days
Daily
Dep
13:50
Flights
PG 722
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
19:45
10:35
16:40
15:50
Dep
Arr
7:00
9:50
Dep
Arr
11:50
11:30
14:00
Arr
16:40
Dep
11:45
Flights
Days
KE 471
0Z 769
Daily
3,6
Flights
Days
KA 252
KA 250
4
1,2,3,5,6,7
Flights
Days
Daily
Flights
Arr
Days
2
5
INCHEON TO YANGON
Arr
Arr
Days
2
3,5,6
5
Days
Dep
9:25
13:45
17:20
Dep
9:10
9:20
15:00
Dep
7:00
KOLKATA TO YANGON
AI 227
AI 233
Days
1
5
Dep
10:35
13:30
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
Flights
PG 709
Days
Daily
Dep
12:05
SINGAPORE TO MANDALAY
Flights
Y5 2234
MI 533
Days
Daily
2,4,6
Dep
7:20
11:30
Flights
15:15
FD 244
Arr
Flights
Days
Daily
Dep
10:55
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
16:40
MU 2029
Arr
Flights
22:45
11:00
17:20
18:45
19:50
DELHI TO YANGON
Flights
Flights
20:50
14:15
1,3,5,6
4,7
Daily
3,6
Dep
GAYA TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
Arr
Days
Days
2,4,6
1,5
4,7
AI 235
8M 602
AI 233
AI 235
16:40
Dep
8:30
16:30
16:30
17:20
19:45
Dep
11:45
DHAKA TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
Dep
22:50
21:45
TOKYO TO YANGON
NH 913
BG 060
BG 060
Arr
Dep
18:30
19:30
13:00
21:00
8:20
14:10
15:05
Dep
19:45
Days
Daily
Dep
12:55
PG 721
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
17:15
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Condor (DE)
Dragonair (KA)
Dep
SEOUL TO YANGON
Flights
Y5 252
7Y 306
W9 608
YANGON TO KOLKATA
Days
Days
3,5,7
Arr
8:05
12:50
16:20
Dep
6:15
11:00
14:30
YANGON TO DELHI
AI 236
Flights
QR 918
PG 723
W9 608
8M 7701
8M 7501
YANGON TO GAYA
8M 601
AI 236
AI 234
Arr
3
8:25
Daily
11:10
1,2,4,5,6,7 13:30
HANOI TO YANGON
1,3,5,6,7
14:45
16:20
07:50+1
09:10
Flights
Y5 251
7Y 305
W9 607
Dep
18:10
Arr
13:25
DOHA TO YANGON
YANGON TO SEOUL
0Z 770
KE 472
Arr
22:50
14:25
Days
Days
YANGON TO DOHA
Flights
QR 919
Dep
19:30
3,6
8:35
1,5
14:40
2,4,7
14:15
TAIPEI TO YANGON
Flights
16:10
Arr
KUNMING TO YANGON
Dep
Daily
12:30
3
12:40
1,2,4,5,6,7 14:50
YANGON TO HANOI
Days
Dep
Daily
6:55
Daily
10:05
Daily
10:05
1,2,3,5,6
12:50
Daily
13:40
Daily
13:55
Daily
17:20
BEIJING TO YANGON
Days
3,5,7
Flights
YANGON TO KUNMING
Flights
Days
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
2,4,7
8:40
3,6
11:35
1,5
17:40
YANGON TO TAIPEI
CI 7916
Flights
Air India
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
Days
International Airlines
Arr
0459+1
Arr
22:30
23:40
Arr
00:30
23:30
Arr
17:15
Arr
10:45
18:45
Airline Codes
3K = Jet Star
8M = Myanmar Airways International
AK = Air Asia
BG = Biman Bangladesh Airlines
CA = Air China
CI = China Airlines
CZ = China Southern
Arr
11:55
18:10
22:25
23:25
DD = Nok Airline
FD = Air Asia
KA = Dragonair
Arr
10:15
14:35
18:10
Arr
12:10
12:30
18:00
Arr
12:10
Arr
13:20
18:00
Arr
13:25
Arr
16:30
14:50
Arr
12:20
Arr
12:50
Arr
19:15
KE = Korea Airlines
MH = Malaysia Airlines
MI = Silk Air
MU = China Eastern Airlines
NH = All Nippon Airways
PG = Bangkok Airways
QR = Qatar Airways
SQ = Singapore Airways
TG = Thai Airways
TR = Tiger Airline
VN = Vietnam Airline
AI = Air India
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
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ASIA
CyCling
n International Cycling
Union (UCI) commission is expected to rule
this week on whether
the
doping
tainted
Astana team should be stripped of its
licence, UCI president Brian Cookson said on April 20.
If Astana loses, star rider Vincenzo nibali could forfeit the right to
defend his Tour de France title.
I am expecting a decision this
week. I am hoping so. I dont have a
final date, but the sooner the better,
Cookson told AFP on the sidelines of
the SportAccord convention in Sochi,
Russia.
The UCI president elected to
the post in September 2013 said he
did not expect the licence commission would have another meeting on
whether Astanas World Tour racing
licence should be revoked.
Astana could appeal to the Court of
Arbitration for Sport, but legal officials
have said Astana would not automatically have the right to carry on racing
while the tribunal comes to a decision.
Astanas place in the peloton has
been under threat since five riders
with either the professional World
Tour squad or the Kazakh teams
Continental Tour affiliate failed doping tests last year.
Cookson said that whatever the decision, the UCI has sent a really strong,
powerful signal, not just to Astana, but
to other teams as well, that this has to
stop. We cannot have multiple doping
cases from one team in a year.
Stronger monitoring rules and
team sanctions introduced by the
World Anti-Doping Agency have now
been added to UCI regulations for
this year.
If multiple doping cases hap-
The light blue jerseys of the Astana team are at risk of not appearing at this years Tour de France. Photo: Astana
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Qatar floats
housing idea
QATAR plans to accomodate some
12,000 football fans on cruise ships
during the World Cup in 2022, a
spokesperson for the Qatar Tourism
Authority said on April 20.
The proposal for floating hotels is
a revival of an idea which was initially
rejected two years ago.
However, Qatar is now seeking to
strengthen its presence in the cruise
ship market and the idea to house
fans during the tournament has been
re-floated.
The QTA announced the proposals
at a trade conference in the US over
the weekend.
In a statement on the official Qatar news Agency, the QTA said, Over
the past few years, QTA established a
number of strong relationships with
international cruise operators as well
as with other specialists involved in
the industry.
This has proved to be of great
importance especially that Qatar will
be extensively benefiting from cruise
ships over the 2022 World Cup, as a
means of providing additional accommodation supply for fans and visitors
over the period.
QTA will be contracting a minimum of 6000 rooms on cruise ships
for the 2022 tournament.
It is not yet clear where the cruise
ships will be docked but as part of
Qatars huge US$200 billion capital
spending project, ahead of footballs
most prestigious tournament, the
country is building a new port south
of the capital, Doha.
FIFA guidelines say Qatar must
have 60,000 rooms available for fans
by 2022.
Ambitious Qatar though has
pledged to make 100,000 rooms
available.
This however may lead to thousands of hotel rooms going empty
once the tournament, being played
in november and December 2022,
finishes.
Housing football fans offshore may
ease any problems of hotel room overcapacity and it could also help with
the thorny issue of alcohol.
Qatar is a dry country where locals
cannot drink alcohol, but expatriates
are allowed to if they have the correct
permit.
The authorities in Doha have previously said that alcohol will be made
available for fans in certain areas in
seven years time.
Some 1 million people visited Brazil
for the last football World Cup in 2014.
AFP
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Newly-elected Indonesian Football Association chief La Nyalla Mattalitti (centre) greets supporters alongside officials
following a vote in Surabaya in eastern Java. Photo: AFP
Rugby
AHEAD of Sevens competition at this
years Games, the Singapore rugby
squad are looking for transferable
skills to give them the edge over their
opponents.
The Straits Times reports that the
team are supplementing their crash
pads with training in wrestling, muay
thai and sprinting.
The boys can get bored by conventional training day after day, so trying
other sports not only keeps things interesting but also develops all-round
skills, Singapore coach Izzy Kadir told
the Times.
national wrestlers have shared
their expertise in balance and ground
technique, helping the rugby boys
improve the way they fall, thereby
improving their protection of the ball
when tackled. Matt Roebuck
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SHOOTING
ASIA
Ye Tun Naung poses with his silver medal after the ISSF World Cup in Changwon, South Korea. Photo: AFP
held in Singapore.
Now the focus of all my attention is on the SeA Games. From Singapore I intend to return with gold
then I can think about taking that
step up to the world-class level where
gold medals are tough to come by,
said the marksman.
The Shooting Federation has a
plan for my Olympic preparation including increased international competition and training tours abroad
but these details are yet to be confirmed. For now my focus is Singapore.
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Backlash
against antiIOC leader
FALLOUT from an explosive dispute
between a sports baron and IOC president Thomas Bach grew April 21as
more federations froze contacts with
the rebellion leader.
But Marius Vizer, head of SportAccord, an umbrella group of 107 sports
federations, refused to back down,
blasting what he called the cardinals
of sport at the IOC.
Vizer, also president of the International Judo Federation, has faced
growing isolation since his attack on
Bach and the IOC at the SportAccord
annual congress in Sochi on April 20.
The Association of Summer Olympic Federations suspended its membership of SportAccord on April 21,
following the withdrawal of the governing bodies of athletics, shooting
and archery.
The International Paralympic Committee also withdrew as an associate
member of SportAccord, whose annual convention is one of the biggest
events on the sporting business and
political calendar.
All are protesting over Vizers stunning attack on Bach at the opening of
SportAccords convention.
But Vizer renewed his criticism
and said the IOC was pressuring federations to withdraw from SportAccord.
The question is to clean up the
system and to make it fair for the benefit of sport. Not a system that defends
itself and a specific group or leaders or
cardinals of sport, Vizer said on the
euronews television channel.
We dont need cardinals of sport.
We dont need popes.
IOC president Bach was a special
guest at the convention when he heard
Vizer slam his reforms of the IOC and
the creation of a new Olympic television channel.
Vizer accused Bach of seeking to
block his attempts to organise multigames sporting events and demanded
more power for sporting federations.
SportAccords members are federations inside and outside the Olympics.
The IOC system is expired, outdated, wrong, unfair and not at all
transparent, said Vizer, who has led
the group since 2013.
Bach flatly rejected Vizers demands before leaving Sochi while
other key sports leaders defended the
IOC.
In my more than 30 years experience, this has never happened, Wu
Ching-Kuo, president of the International Boxing Association (AIBA) told
AFP. Wu was one more than 25 federation leaders to sign a letter condemning Vizers remarks.
SportAccord, from our point of
view, is essentially a place where
people meet, talk and so on. So if we
are going to be challenged for our
loyalty, our loyalty will always be
to the Olympic movement, said International Cycling Union president
Brian Cookson.
Mr Vizer can expect the full force
of the IOC to come down on him, said
another senior Olympic leader, speaking to AFP on condition of anonymity.
But not everyone condemned Vizer
outright.
The Association of Winter Olympic
International Federations expressed
disagreement with Vizers comments
but called for constructive dialogue
between SportAccord and the Olympic
movement. AFP