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Yangon residents check their names on electoral rolls yesterday at a ward office. Voter
lists went on display in 21 Yangon townships, as well as a number of other states and
regions around the country. About 33 million people will be eligible to vote in this
years election, which will be the first to use computerised voter records.
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S Korea
to train
permanent
secretaries
IN BRIEF
MERS screening begins
in Mandalay
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Firefighters help an unidentified worker following the collapse of scaffolding and concrete at the Pullman Hotel
construction site in Mandalay on June 20. Photo: EPA/Pyae Sone Aung
Worker rescued
after 34-hour ordeal
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U Soe Myint, head of the Myanmar Garment Entrepreneurs Association, speaks at a meeting about setting a minimum
wage in Yangon yesterday. Photo: Naing Wynn Htoon
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hluttaw, he said.
Even if all of the amendments put
forward so far are approved, further
calls to amend the constitution area
likely.
I doubt these amendments will
satisfy the calls for constitutional
renewal. The demand for reform of
the constitution will remain on the
agenda for some time yet.
Nicholas Farrelly, director of the
Australian National Universitys Myanmar Research Centre, said there
was a huge amount at stake, particularly for Thura U Shwe Mann,
who has spearheaded the amendment process.
Thura U Shwe Mann is seeking
to build a multi-party coalition of
confidence that supports the reputation of the legislature and bolsters
his own credentials as somebody capable of handling the trickiest political dilemmas, Mr Farrelly said.
[But] constitutional amendment is sensitive and hyper-political.
There is a huge amount at stake and
the government is cautious about
making the wrong move or unnecessarily destabilising their carefully
created political architecture.
Translation by Zar Zar Soe
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U Punnavara, a central committee member of Ma Ba Tha, speaks at the organisations national conference in Yangon on June 21. Photo: Zarni Phyo
that the church burnt down after being hit by rocket-propelled grenades
fired by government forces. It said
the Baptist pastor was taken away
and beaten.
NGOs and other groups helping civilians displaced by the fighting were
having difficulties accessing Hpakant
township because of the clashes, according to Daw Khun Jar, coordinator
of the Kachin Peace Network.
U La Saing, chair of the National
League for Democracy in Hpakant,
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Press Council
to offer training
on conflict safety
MRATT KYAW THU
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JOURNALISTS are to receive training
in reporting in conflict situations under
a new program set up by the Myanmar
Press Council (Interim). Editors and reporters yesterday welcomed the move
but urged the council to do more to
protect journalists from prosecution by
the government in the courts.
The Myanmar Press Council (Interim) said the training courses would be
assisted by International Media Support, an NGO which works to support
local media in countries affected by
armed conflict, human insecurity and
political transition.
Safer conditions and a safe working environment for journalists are
crucial to enabling journalists to carry
out professional, independent and diverse journalism. Journalists who are
informed about how to prepare for
and behave in a threatening situation
will be better equipped to secure their
own safety, said U Khin Maung Lay,
vice chair of the council.
Lars Bestle, head of the Asia department of International Media Support,
said in a statement, While the Myanmar media sector has taken tremendous strides over the last four years
towards more professionalism and independence, the issue of the safety of
journalists has been neglected.
U San Yu Kyaw, head of the Mandalay Journalism School, welcomed the
proposed training. Reporters can better solve the problems and negotiate
with threats if they have trained for
safety journalism, he said.
But he added that the government, while allowing free reporting
following the lifting of censorship,
was now pursuing more journalists
in the courts.
Journalists are in jail, and journal-
A Karen National Union soldier patrols Law Khee Lar, Kayin State. Photo: Wa Lone
the matter.
The constitution states that the
president, vice presidents and Union
government ministers can be members of a political party but must not
take part in its party activities during their term of office.
Due to this clause, President U
Thein was required to relinquish his
position as chair of the USDP in 2012
to parliament Speaker Thura U Shwe
Mann.
The move in parliament to end
the confusion comes after President
U Thein Sein submitted the names
of Union government ministers and
their deputies to the USDP to run as
candidates in this years election.
Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing confirmed to
The Myanmar Times last week that
the names were submitted to the
party.
However, USDP officials initially
refused to reveal how many cabinet
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FEATURE
Reporters trudge through the mud to the site of the Ethnic Armed Organisations Summit in Law Khee Lar earlier this month. Photo: Wa Lone
For 15 minutes
the media could
take pictures and
attend the delegates
opening remarks
and then it was back
to the military camp.
WA LONE
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government spies.
So instead of being able to spend
time as we did last year chatting at
night and getting to know the various
ethnic leaders, reporters were segregated and kept in a military training
school more than 2km away, with security guards on every corner all day
and night. Bored-looking, taciturn
soldiers with vintage weaponry hung
around some literally, in hammocks.
They wore Thai camouflage gear.
A few wooden huts became our
homes. Electricity was supplied by
generators for a total of six hours a
day. Occasional internet was available
from a Thai provider, and there was
one television with Sky Net satellite
service. Each morning and evening an
open truck would pick up the 25 reporters and wind its way up the hill to
the conference centre. Bulldozers had
recently cleared the trail.
For 15 minutes the media could
take pictures and attend the delegates opening remarks and then it
was back to the military camp for the
rest of the day. In the evenings we
were allowed back briefly but by then
all the ethnic leaders had left for the
night, with just a few press people remaining.
KNU media officials said we should
only talk to people responsible for
the ceasefire process, and leaving the
conference area or our military camp
was forbidden. That made fraternising with the locals rather difficult,
although we only saw a few, carrying loads on their backs, heading to
the border. We were also warned that
landmines were a danger.
After five days, we were waiting for
permission to enter the summit when
a KNU three-star officer wearing a pistol ordered us to line up in front of the
Journalists cross the Thaunggin River on their way to Law Khee Lar. Photo: Wa Lone
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An activist from the ASEAN Grassroots Peoples Assembly demonstrates for human rights, land rights and democracy in
front of the Cambodian parliament in Phnom Penh on November 16, 2012. Photo: EPA/Stephen Morrison
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INTERVIEW
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SHIN
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Total E&P Myanmar general manager Xavier Preel (left) and Hubert de Bremond
dArs, Totals VPSHR coordinator, discusses Totals efforts on security and
human rights. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
level of tension in order to apply security rules for safety purposes in our
operations without having to resort
to violence.
How important is cooperating
with the government in this VPSHR policy?
The government has a monopoly on
force in every country in the world.
Mostly the counterpart is the police
force. We need to deal with them. We
have regular meetings in Kanpauk. But
actually, we have nothing to report,
even cases of accident we have never
had. There is no more fighting in the
area, even if it happened in the past.
There have been many cases of
human rights violation in the
country. According to NGOs, this
continues today. What would you
say about this?
The seminar we organised this
morning is a contribution by Total
to the community and to Myanmar
people to discuss how to improve
these things. We are not the government of Myanmar. What we are doing is to disseminate information.
I am very satisfied with what happened this morning. We were discussing in very positive ways that
human rights have to be respected.
There is no report of human rights
abuse in the area in which we are operating. We have to be clear on that.
People should not be confused about
that. And we are not the only oil and
gas company in Myanmar.
There were some protests by oil
company workers and local people in the Kanpauk area last year.
What would you say on this issue?
Yes there are some labour issues in
the area. I dont want to comment on
other companies.
But part of our concern is a labour issue; that is why I said the
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Life Square to be IT
retail hub at HAGL
TIN YADANAR TUN
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THE large HAGL Myanmar Centre near Inya Lake will be home
to an electronics shopping mall,
modelled after famous IT retailing hubs such as Tokyos Akihabara district and Thai retailer
Power Buy.
U Aung Shein, chief executive
of Ever Seiko and Living Square
companies, said retail space
will be called Life Square and is
aimed at attracting tech tenants.
We, Living Square company,
has decided to start an IT and
electronics accessory shopping
centre at HAGL, for the first time
in Yangon, he said.
The HAGL Myanmar Centre is
a large-scale multi-use complex
on Kabar Aye Pagoda Road near
the Sedona Hotel.
Philippines chooses
Vietnam in major rice
buying tender
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Buying
Selling
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K297
K824
K33
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K1272
K309
K838
K35
K1119
A man loads rice bags onto a lorry from Yangon jetty. Photo: Kaung Htet
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and India are major rice exporters in the region. Myanmar hoped
to attract investment from those
countries and from the EU to help
revamp its outdated planting and
milling technologies, but has thus
far achieved little success.
Potential investors hesitate to
move into Myanmar because of
continuing logistical problems such
as inadequate electricity supply
and poor transport infrastructure,
which can make exporting costly.
Quantity is tough
to increase, so
we should look at
improving quality
and exporting to
Europe to receive a
good price.
U Ye Min Aung
Myanmar Rice Federation
Reg.No.IV/3155/2003 Reg.No.IV/7299/2010
Reg.No.IV/ 10286 /2012 Reg.No.IV/6553/2015
in respect of Class 33: alcoholic beverages (except beers).
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the said Trade Mark
or other infringements whatsoever will be dealt with according to law.
Khine Khine U, Advocate
LL.B, D.B.L, LL.M (UK)
For Camus La Grande Marque
#205/5, Thirimingalar Housing, Strand Rd, Yangon.
Dated. June 23, 2015
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BANGKOK
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Photo: EPA
JOY
Reg.No.IV/3396/2015
Used in respect of Class 3: Herbal, organic, ayurvedic and other
non medicated cosmetics, Soaps; perfumery, essential oils, hair
oils, hair lotions, massage oils; dentifrices, talcum powder, creams,
lotions, shampoos, sun protection preparations, face wash, hair
preparations for personal use, personal hygiene preparations,
body gels and toiletries, cosmetic, petroleum jelly of all kinds
including lip guard.
Reg.No.IV/3397/2015
Used in respect of Class 5: Pharmaceutical including Ayurvedic
preparations, sanitary preparations, disinfectants, medicated hair
oils, lotions, creams and pain relieving preparations.
KARIS
Reg.No.IV/3398/2015
Used in respect of Class 3: Herbal, organic and other non
medicated cosmetics, Soaps; perfumery, essential oils, hair oils,
hair lotions, massage oils; dentifrices, talcum powder, creams,
lotions, shampoos, sun protection preparations, face wash, hair
preparations for personal use, personal hygiene preparations,
body gels and toiletries, cosmetic, petroleum jelly of all kinds
including lip guard.
Any fraudulent imitation or unauthorized use of the said Trade
Marks or other infringements whatsoever will be dealt according
to law.
Khine Khine U, Advocate
LL.B, D.B.L, LL.M (UK)
For JOY CREATORS LLP
#205/5, Thirimingalar Housing, Strand Rd., Yangon.
Dated. June 23, 2015
and oil on an equal basis. It is not because we want to drive this business
off the road, said Mr Witoon.
He said the tax would be phased
in gradually after it is implemented
by the Energy Policy and Planning
Office.
The ministry also plans to tax
compressed natural gas (CNG)
for the transport sector as well as
start collecting a levy on the gas,
said Mr Witoon. The retail price of
CNG is capped at around 2 baht per
kilogram below its production cost,
making the retail price 12.5 baht
per kilogram.
Last week the Thai Auto Gas
Business Association (Tagba) called
on the department to delay the LPG
tax as it is concerned the plan would
put vehicle modification companies
out of business. Tagba chair Surasak
Nittiwat said 50 to 60 billion baht
worth of business could evaporate
because of the higher tax.
He said the government should
switch to taxing LPG for petrochemical feedstock to earn more revenue,
rather than the transport sector.
LPG demand in the transport sector has dropped since the government initiated its plan to float LPG
prices in February. LPG imports
were halved to 93,000 tonnes in
May from their monthly average
last year.
Bangkok Post
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BANGKOK
Philippine
rice buy
skips
Cambodia
for Vietnam
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Average storage capacity of water
in major Thai dams, compared to
normal capacity
Royal Irrigation Department will release the 20 million cubic metres for
industrial zone use, but an increase in
storage capacity at Prasae is ongoing.
We have enlarged the spillway of
Prasae reservoir already, but I dont
know for sure whether we can allocate that huge amount of water for
the industrial sectors, as our priority
is the agriculture sector, Mr Lertviroj
said.
The enlargement will add 240 million cubic metres of water storage capacity, bringing it to 500 million.
But our priority is the 38,000 rai
[60.8 square kilometres] of farmland
down there, Mr Lertviroj said. At
this stage, we have additional water
but I cant tell you right away whether
we have that much water to be sufficient for all sectors as the rain arrives
late.
The department has cut the
SINGAPORE
A Singaporean customer
noses out the best durian.
Photo: EPA
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ATHENS
An anti-austerity protester holds a Greek flag in front of the parliament during a demo against austerity policies yesterday.
Photo: AFP
central bankers.
This year Recep Tayyip Erdogan,
Turkeys president, implied the
central bank was under foreign
influence because it wasnt lowering interest rates at the speed he
would prefer to boost the economy.
In Argentina in 2010, the central
bank governor left after refusing
to back a government plan to use
reserves to pay off debt that was
coming due.
Other monetary policymakers
have had their independence tested
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BANGKOK
EU renews sanctions
against Russia over
Ukraine concerns
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gress on the operation at the Myanmar-Laos Friendship Bridge. They included Pol Col Myint and Permphong
Chavalit, secretary-general of the Office of the Narcotics Control Board
(ONCB).
A local law enforcement officer,
who declined to be named, said caffeine a precursor to methamphetamine has been smuggled across the
bridge several times since its opening.
A total of 21 tonnes of caffeine pills
which would have produced 500-600
million speed pills was confiscated.
Mr Permphong said the R3B and
the R3A Highways are popular routes
for drug dealers.
The crackdown has focused on
suppressing drug precursors delivered
overland and via the Mekong River.
The raid will also include tracking
down several drug kingpins who are
now hiding in neighbouring countries, Mr Permphong said.
Myanmar authorities also set up
many checkpoints as they are on the
look-out for illegal drugs, he said. Mr
Permphong added that since Myanmar authorities use outdated technology, they can sometimes fail to detect
illegal substances. Thai authorities
will supply them with the necessary
equipment, he said.
Roughly 20 million baht is earmarked by Thai authorities for the
inter-border crackdown operation
conducted by the ONCB, which will
last until September, according to Mr
Permphong.
Justice ministers in Myanmar,
PHNOM PENH
MANILA
intensified its criticism of Chinas reclamation work, which has created new
islands including airstrips on reefs and
shoals also claimed by its neighbours.
The US says the activities could
pose a threat to freedom of navigation.
China said last week its land reclamation in the disputed Spratly islands
would finish soon.
The Philippines has asked a UN tribunal to reject Chinas claims to most
of the sea, a move angrily rejected by
Beijing which says the world body has
no authority in the matter.
This weeks naval exercise will be
held both on Palawan, the closest land
mass to the disputed reefs and waters,
and in the Sulu Sea to the east.
The Filipino forces in the drills, including the US-acquired frigates BRP
Ramon Alcaraz and BRP Gregorio del
Pilar, also patrol the South China Sea.
The exercise will focus on combined
maritime operations, mobile dive and
salvage training, coastal riverine operations, and maritime patrol and reconnaissance along with seminars ashore,
the US Navy said.
Japan, which has its own maritime
dispute with China in the East China
Sea, has also expressed concern at Beijings reclamation further south.
Yesterday began three days of drills
with the Philippine navy involving a
Japanese P-3C patrol aircraft.
The drills, which will also include a
Philippine Navy aircraft, will focus on
joint search and rescue operations on
the high seas, the Philippine navy said.
They will take place in international
airspace and outside Philippine territorial waters, it said in a statement. AFP
A Malaysian Muslim man sits amid coffins in a pit during the re-burial of remains believed to be those of ethnic Rohingya found at human-trafficking camps in the
countrys north, at Kampung Tualang some 16 kilometres east of Alor Setar yesterday. Malaysian authorities held a mass funeral for the 21 whose bodies were found in
human-trafficking graves last month. Photo: AFP
These are
innocent Muslims,
like brothers and
sisters to us. We
are really sad
that they had to
undergo misery
and pain.
Mohammed Yusuf Ali
Carpenter
THE Public Health Ministry and airport authorities have stepped up preventative measures to stop the spread
of Middle East Respiratory Syndrome
(MERS) when more than 10,000 Thai
Muslim pilgrims travel to Saudi Arabia for the hajj in September.
The countrys first confirmed case
of MERS, a 75-year-old man from
Oman, raised concerns over the possible infection of people going to and
from Saudi Arabia.
According to the Department of
Religious Affairs, 10,400 people from
Thailand are likely to attend the Muslim pilgrimage, which will take place
in late September. Visitors will begin
leaving for Riyadh in August, and return as late as October.
Surachet Satitramai, the Public
Health Ministrys acting permanent
secretary, said Muslims will not be
stopped from attending the hajj.
However, when people return they
will be monitored for 14 days to a
month to make sure they are safe from
infection, Dr Surachet said.
If anyone develops a fever or flulike symptoms, they will be placed in
isolation and observed at a hospital.
The Public Health Ministry will ask
tour companies to submit the names
of those who are travelling to Saudi
Arabia and they will be required to
attend a class about communicable
diseases in the Middle East and prevention practices.
As usual, people who make the pilgrimage to Mecca will have to take flu
and yellow fever vaccines. Doctors approved by the Public Health Ministry
will accompany pilgrims to Medina
and Mecca, centres for the annual hajj.
For three years, we have implemented such measures with the hajj.
We will intensify it this year against
the Mers epidemic, said Dr Surachet.
Religious Affairs Department officers in the southern border provinces
insist that no Muslims have cancelled
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EU renews sanctions
EUROPEAN Union foreign ministers
formally agreed yesterday to prolong
to January 2016 damaging economic
sanctions against Russia to ensure it
fully implements Ukraine peace accords, officials said.
EU has extended economic sanctions against Russia until 31 January
2016, with a view to complete implementation of [the] Minsk agreement,
an EU spokeswoman said in a tweeted message.
The 28-nation bloc initially imposed travel bans and asset freezes
against Russian and Ukrainian figures for their part in the crisis but
then reacted sharply after Malaysia
Airlines flight MH17 was shot down
in July 2014 over territory held by
pro-Moscow rebels.
Brussels hit Russias banking, oil
and defence sectors hard and, along
with the United States, has warned
more sanctions could follow unless
Moscow lives up to its Minsk commitments in February to withdraw
support for the rebels and use its influence with them to implement the
accord.
In March, EU leaders agreed in
principle to roll the sanctions over by
linking them directly to the ceasefire
brokered by France and Germany in
Minsk that runs to December this
year.
The ceasefire has largely held
since then but Kiev and the rebels
swap charges daily over breaches and
observers reported a sharp pick-up in
fighting earlier this month in a conflict which has claimed more than
6400 lives and destroyed much of
MOSCOW
Ukraine conflict
intractable: Russia
THE secretary of Russias security
council said yesterday it is impossible to stop Russians from going
to fight in Ukraine because they
are guided by emotions.
eastern Ukraine.
The foreign ministers of France,
Germany, Ukraine and Russia are due
to meet in Paris today to review the
situation.
Separately, the EU announced on
June 19 it had prolonged until June
2016 sanctions imposed to punish
Russias illegal annexation of Crimea.
The European Council, which
groups the blocs political leaders,
said they continued to condemn
the illegal annexation of Crimea
and Sevastopol by the Russian Federation and remains committed to
fully implement its non-recognition
policy.
Russia annexed Crimea in March
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TEHRAN
We want to help
the country and
not create new
problems.
Ali Larijani
Speaker
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SANAA
Yemenis wait to fill jerrycans with water from a public tap on June 21 amid an acute shortage of water supply to houses
during the fasting month of Ramadan in the capital Sanaa. Photo: AFP
IN BRIEF
HONG KONG
Kiev
Ukraine escalates as East-West
relations hit post-Cold War low
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Photo: AFP
The four countries foreign ministers will meet in Paris today to try to
salvage the blueprint for ending one
of Europes bloodiest conflicts of the
past generation.
But the talks come with East-West
relations seeming to test ever new
post-Cold War lows.
EU foreign ministers have extended
expiring trade and financial restrictions
on Russia through the end of January.
Those steps stem from claims
brushed off by President Vladimir
Putin that Russia is trying to inflict
permanent damage on its ex-Soviet
neighbour in retribution for Kievs
sudden shift to the West.
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KABUL
Dead bodies lie in the cold storage of the EDHI morgue in Karachi on June 21. Photo: AFP
KABUL
modicum of security.
Swaddled in a cobalt blue scarf
partly covering her jagged facial scars,
Mumtaz vividly recalls the horrors of
that night when the jilted lover stormed
into her house with six other assailants,
holding up the corrosive liquid.
He grabbed me by my hair and
hurled the acid at my face with such
vengeance, as if to say now lets see
who will marry you, Mumtaz, who
goes by one name, told AFP in a safe
house in the volatile northern province
of Kunduz.
She remembers screaming and
writhing as the acid, some of which
splattered on her sisters and mother,
burned through her flesh.
Mumtaz has undergone multiple
surgeries and painful skin grafts since
the attack in 2011 and is now forced to
live in hiding due to threats purportedly from the assailants, some of whom
are still at large.
Her plight is worsened by an escalating conflict in Kunduz, where the
Taliban recently launched a large-scale
offensive, creeping ever closer to the
provincial capital and trapping civilians between insurgents and a miscel-
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Cooked dogs are displayed at a vendors stall in Yulin. Photos: AFP/Johannes Eisele
A dog looks out from its cage at a stall as it is displayed by a vendor as he waits for
customers during a dog meat festival at a market in Yulin.
Vendors wait for customers to buy dogs in cages at a market in Yulin. Photo: China Out/AFP
Animal right activists scuffle with unidentified onlookers as they protest against a dog meat festival in front on the government building in Yulin. Photo: AFP/Johannes Eisele
An animal rights activist (left) takes a picture of vendors waiting for customers to
buy dogs in cages at a market in Yulin.
ts a practice that makes animal-lovers ill Chinas socalled Yulin summer solstice Lychee and Dog Meat Festival
for which some 10,000 canines are said to be beaten, killed
and cooked for human consumption (cats too). traditional
lore says eating dog meat brings good luck and health. But
the event, which has ignited fury for years, is gaining momentum
on social media.
the annual event in Yulin in Chinas Guangxi region marks
the summers start, which was June 22 this year.
Indeed, eating dog meat is legal in China, but canines
are supposed to be raised on farms and certified for human
consumption before they are sold. Animal rights advocates say
dogs in Yulin are stolen from farms and family homes many
still wearing collars when they are killed. Aside from animal
cruelty issues, they say, such festivals fuel crime and food safety
concerns.
Mounting pressure from animal rights groups ignited uproar
last year, prompting nationwide protests.
Amid outcry, Yulins government banned public slaughter
and advertising using words dog meat, though it claimed that
although locals had held small get-togethers in the past, the citywide festival was a myth.
the so-called summer solstice lychee dog meat festival does
not exist, the government said in a statement, according to Time.
Neither Yulin government nor social organisations have ever
held such activities.
the state news agency Xinhua said last year the festival is
only a local folk custom, without official sanction. But locals
say now instead of slaughtering dogs in the streets they do it in
secret.
Now we have to do it as though we are thieves, a local
Ricky Gervais condemns the Yulin Dog Meat Festival online. Photo: Twitter
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Dont lock up
books, says
Yangons free
librarian
NyeiN ei ei HTwe
nyeineieihtwe23@gmail.com
HE books, thousands of
them, stretch from floor
to ceiling. If the librarian
thinks not enough people
are borrowing them, he
will get on his bike and deliver a
basketful to readers. There is no
charge. In fact, he has been known to
pay people to read.
He is known as the free librarian
of Hlaing township, and if he insists
on giving away books, there are
plenty of people who will make up the
deficiency by donating more.
His name is Zaw Zaw. The 26-yearold owns two libraries, both called
Mandalay one in Hlaing township,
Zaw Zaw poses in his free library in Hlaing township, Yangon. Photos: Zarni Phyo
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Letter to the
President awaits letter
from the censors
ChIT sU
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Photo: AFP/Miguel
Schincario
Brazilian pianist
Ricardo de Castro
Monteiro performs
in the air on a piano
hanging from wires
during the annual
Virada Cultural event
in Sao Paulo, Brazil,
on June 21.
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MANDALAY TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
YANGON TO HEHO
Arr
Y5 775
Daily
6:00
7:10
Y5 233
Daily
7:50
9:00
W9 515
6:00
7:25
W9 201
Daily
8:40
10:35
YH 917
Daily
6:10
8:30
YJ 891
1,2,3,5,6
8:40
10:35
YJ 891
1,2,3,5,6
6:20
8:25
7Y 132
2,4,6,7
8:50
10:45
7Y 131
2,4,6,7
6:30
8:35
K7 223
1,3,5
8:55
11:00
K7 222
1,3,5
6:30
8:40
YH 918
Daily
8:30
10:25
6T 805
2,4,6
6:30
7:40
6T 806
2,4,6
10:30
11:40
YJ 201
1,2,3
7:00
8:55
YJ 202
1,2,3
12:00
13:25
W9 201
Daily
7:00
8:25
YJ 761
1,2,4
13:10
17:00
W9201
7:00
8:25
YJ 212
15:00
16:25
8M 6603
9:00
10:10
YJ 212
15:00
16:55
YJ 601
11:00
12:25
YJ 602
15:40
17:35
YJ 211
5, 7
11:00
12:25
7Y 242
1,3,5
16:40
18:45
YJ 761
1,2,4
11:00
12:55
K7 225
2,4,6,7
16:50
19:00
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
14:00
YH 728
17:00
18:25
YH 737
3,5,7
11:00
13:10
W9 152/W97152
17:05
18:30
YH 727
11:30
13:40
Y5 776
Daily
17:10
18:20
W9 251
2,5
11:30
12:55
W9 211
17:10
19:15
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
16:25
YH 738
3,5,7
17:10
18:35
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
16:35
8M 6604
17:20
18:30
Y5 234
Daily
15:20
16:30
8M 903
1,2,4,5,7
17:20
18:30
W9 211
15:30
16:55
YH 730
2,4,6
17:45
19:10
W9 252
2,5
18:15
19:40
Days
Dep
Arr
Days
Dep
Flight
YH 917
YJ 891
7Y 131
YJ 891
K7 222
7Y 131
Y5 649
YJ 751
YJ 761
YJ 751
YJ 233
YH 737
YH 727
K7 224
7Y 241
W9 129
Days
Daily
1,2,3,5,6
2,4,6,7
4,7
1,3,5
Daily
Daily
3,5
1,2,4
7
6
3,5,7
1
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
1,3,6
Dep
6:10
6:20
6:30
6:30
6:30
7:15
10:30
10:30
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
HEHO TO YANGON
Arr
9:15
9:10
9:20
8:45
9:30
10:05
12:45
11:40
12:10
12:10
12:10
12:25
12:55
15:45
15:40
16:40
Flight
YJ 891
YH 918
YJ 891
W9 201
7Y 132
K7 223
YJ 762
7Y 242
K7 225
YH 728
YH 738
YJ 602
YJ 752
W9 129
Arr
8:15
9:05
8:40
13:20
17:00
10:40
Flight
Y5 326
6T 706
7Y 532
K7 320
Y5 326
SO 202
YANGON TO MYEIK
Flight
Y5 325
K7 319
6T 705
7Y 531
Y5 325
SO 201
Days
1,5
1,3,5,7
2,4,6
2,4,6
2
Daily
Dep
6:45
7:00
7:30
11:15
15:30
8:20
Days
Dep
Dep
9:00
9:15
9:25
9:25
9:35
9:45
15:50
15:55
16:00
16:15
16:25
16:25
16:45
16:55
Arr
10:10
10:25
10:35
10:35
10:45
11:00
17:00
18:45
19:00
18:25
18:35
17:35
17:55
19:10
Tel: 656969
Fax: 656998, 651020
Days
1,5
2,4,6
2,4,6
1,3,5,7
2
Daily
Dep
8:35
8:55
15:35
11:30
17:15
13:20
Arr
10:05
10:05
17:40
13:35
18:45
15:40
Arr
Flight
SITTWE TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
K7 422
2,4,6
8:00
9:55
K7 423
2,4,6
10:10
11:30
7Y 413
1,3,5,7
10:30
12:20
7Y 414
1,3,5,7
12:35
13:55
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
12:55
W9 309
1,3,6
13:10
14:55
6T 611
Daily
11:45
12:55
6T 612
Daily
13:15
14:20
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
7:55
SO 101
Daily
7:00
8:00
ND 910
1,2,3,4,5
7:15
8:15
YJ 202
1,2,3,4
8:10
13:25
ND 105
1,2,3,4,5
10:45
11:40
ND 9102
1,2,3,4,5
8:35
9:35
ND 107
11:25
12:20
ND 104
1,2,3,4,5
9:20
10:15
ND 109
1,2,3,4,5
14:55
15:40
ND 106
10:00
10:55
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
2,4,6
8:00
8:55
K7 422
2,4,6
9:10
11:30
YANGON TO THANDWE
Domestic Airlines
MYEIK TO YANGON
YANGON TO SITTWE
Flight
Days
4,7
Daily
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
1,2,4
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
1
3,5,7
6
3,5
1,3,6
THANDWE TO YANGON
Airline Codes
SO = APEX Airlines
ND 9109
1,2,3,4,5
17:00
18:00
ND 108
1,2,3,4,5
13:30
14:25
K7 422
ND 111
18:25
19:20
YJ 212
16:00
16:55
7Y 413
1,3,5
10:30
11:20
7Y 413
1,3,5
11:35
13:55
SO 102
Daily
18:00
19:00
ND 110
17:00
17:55
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
13:50
7Y 413
12:05
14:20
K7 = Air KBZ
ND 9110
1,2,3,4,5
18:20
19:20
7Y 413
11:00
11:50
W9 309
1,3,6
14:05
14:55
W9 = Air Bagan
Y5 421
1,3,4,6
15:45
16:40
Y5 422
1,3,4,6
16:55
17:50
YANGON TO NYAUNG U
NYAUNG U TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YH 917
Daily
6:10
7:45
YH 918
Daily
7:45
10:25
K7 222
1,3,5
6:30
7:50
7Y 132
2,4,6,7
8:05
10:45
7Y 131
2,4,6,7
6:30
7:50
K7 223
1,3,5
8:05
11:00
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
17:25
K7 225
2,4,6,7
17:40
19:00
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
17:10
W9 129
1,3,6
17:50
19:10
W9 129
1,3,6
15:30
17:35
7Y 242
1,3,5
17:25
18:45
W9 211
15:30
17:40
W9 129
15:30
17:35
YANGON TO MYITKYINA
YANGON TO DAWEI
DAWEI TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
6T 805
2,4,6
6:30
8:55
6T 806
2,4,6
9:10
11:40
YH 826
1,3.5.7
7:00
9:40
YJ 202
1,2,3,4
10:35
13:25
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
10:20
YH 827
1,3,5,7
11:30
13:55
YJ 233
11:00
15:10
YJ 234
15:25
W9 251
2,5
11:30
14:25
W9 252
2,5
16:45
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
K7 319
1,3,5,7
7:00
8:10
YH 634
2,4,6
12:15
13:25
YH 633
2,4,6
7:00
8:25
K7 320
1,3,5,7
12:25
13:35
6T = AirMandalay
SO 201
Daily
8:20
9:40
6T 708
3,5,7
14:15
15:15
6T 707
3,5,7
10:30
11:30
SO 202
Daily
14:20
15:40
7Y 531
2,4,6
11:15
12:20
7Y 532
2,4,6
16:35
17:40
YANGON TO LASHIO
MYITKYINA TO YANGON
LASHIO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YJ 751
3,5
10:30
12:45
YJ 752
3,5
15:40
17:55
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
13:00
YJ 752
16:10
17:55
YJ 751
11:00
13:15
YH 730
2,4,6
16:45
19:10
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YANGON TO PUTAO
PUTAO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
18:15
YH 826
1,3,5,7
7:00
10:35
YH 827
1,3,5,7
10:35
13:55
19:40
W9 251
2,5
11:30
15:25
W9 252
2,5
15:45
19:40
YJ = Asian Wings
Subject to change
without notice
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
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YANGON TO BANGKOK
Days
Dep
Arr
PG 706
Daily
6:15
8M 335
Daily
7:40
TG 304
Daily
9:50
PG 702
Daily
10:30
TG 302
Daily
15:00
PG 708
Daily
15:15
8M 331
Daily
16:30
PG 704
Daily
18:20
Y5 237
Daily
19:00
TG 306
Daily
19:45
YANGON TO DON MUEANG
8:30
9:25
11:45
12:25
16:55
17:10
18:15
20:15
20:50
21:40
DD 4231
Daily
8:00
FD 252
Daily
8:30
FD 254
Daily
17:30
DD 4239
Daily
21:00
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
9:50
10:15
19:05
22:45
8M 231
Daily
8:25
Y5 2233
Daily
9:45
TR 2823
Daily
9:45
SQ 997
Daily
10:35
3K 582
Daily
11:15
MI 533
2,6
13:45
MI 519
Daily
17:30
3K 584
2,3,5
19:15
YANGON TO KUALA LUMPUR
12:50
14:15
14:25
15:10
15:45
20:50
22:05
23:45
8M 501
AK 505
MH 741
MH 743
AK 503
11:50
12:50
16:30
20:05
23:45
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
1,2,3,5,6
7:50
Daily
8:30
Daily
12:15
Daily
15:45
Daily
19:30
YANGON TO BEIJING
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
BANGKOK TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
TG 303
Daily
7:55
PG 701
Daily
8:50
Y5 238
Daily
21:30
8M 336
Daily
10:40
TG 301
Daily
13:05
PG 707
Daily
13:40
PG 703
Daily
16:45
TG 305
Daily
17:50
8M 332
Daily
19:15
PG 705
Daily
20:15
DON MUEANG TO YANGON
8:50
9:40
22:20
11:25
14:00
14:30
17:35
18:45
20:00
21:30
DD 4230
Daily
6:20
FD 251
Daily
7:15
FD 253
Daily
16:20
DD 4238
Daily
19:30
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
7:05
8:00
17:00
20:15
TR 2822
Daily
7:20
Y5 2234
Daily
7:20
SQ 998
Daily
7:55
3K 581
Daily
8:55
MI 533
2,6
11:35
8M 232
Daily
13:50
MI 518
Daily
15:15
3K 583
2,3,5
17:05
KUALA LUMPUR TO YANGON
8:45
8:50
9:20
10:25
12:55
15:15
16:40
18:35
AK 504
MH 740
8M 502
MH 742
AK 502
8:00
11:15
13:50
14:50
19:00
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Daily
6:55
Daily
10:05
1,2,3,5,6
12:50
Daily
13:40
Daily
17:50
BEIJING TO YANGON
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
CA 906
3,5,7
23:50 05:50+1
YANGON TO GUANGZHOU
CA 905
3,5,7
19:30
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
22:50
8M 711
CZ 3056
CZ 3056
3,6
8:40
1,5
14:40
2,4,7
14:15
TAIPEI TO YANGON
10:25
16:30
15:50
1,2,3,5,6
7:00
KUNMING TO YANGON
9:55
Flights
Flights
CI 7916
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
2,4,7
8:40
3,6
11:25
1,5
17:30
YANGON TO TAIPEI
13:15
16:15
22:15
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712
1,2,3,5,6
10:50
YANGON TO KUNMING
Arr
16:15
Flights
CI 7915
Arr
Flights
CA 416
MU 2012
MU 2032
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Daily
12:15
3
12:40
1,2,4,5,6,7 15:20
YANGON TO HANOI
Days
15:55
18:45
18:40
Dep
Arr
Days
MU 2011
CA 415
MU 2031
Flights
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
Arr
3
8:25
Daily
10:45
1,2,4,5,6,7 13:55
HANOI TO YANGON
Days
11:50
11:15
14:30
Dep
Arr
VN 956
1,3,5,6,7
19:10
21:30
YANGON TO HO CHI MINH CITY
VN 957
1,3,5,6,7
16:50
18:10
HO CHI MINH CITY TO YANGON
VN 942
VN 943
Flights
Flights
QR 919
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
2,4,7
14:25
YANGON TO DOHA
17:15
1,4,6
8:00
YANGON TO SEOUL
11:10
Arr
Arr
Flights
Flights
QR 918
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
KA 252
KA 250
Arr
Flights
Days
5
1,2,3,4,6,7
Arr
YANGON TO TOKYO
Flights
Days
NH 814
Daily
Dep
21:45
06:50+1
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
Days
BG 061
BG 061
Flights
Dep
1:30
1:10
1,6
4
Dep
15:35
13:45
YANGON TO INCHEON
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
Flights
Y5 251
7Y 305
8:05
12:50
2,4,6
1,5
YANGON TO GAYA
Flights
Days
8M 601
AI 236
Flights
Days
2
1,5
Dep
13:10
14:05
YANGON TO KOLKATA
Days
AI 228
Flights
Dep
3,5,6
7:00
2
13:10
YANGON TO DELHI
AI 236
AI 701
Flights
6:15
11:00
1,5
Dep
14:05
YANGON TO MUMBAI
AI 773
Days
1,5
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
Days
Daily
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO SINGAPORE
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Days
2,6
1,2,4,5,6
Dep
15:55
7:50
Flights
FD 245
Days
Daily
Dep
12:45
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Days
Daily
Dep
13:50
Flights
PG 722
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
19:30
Arr
Arr
8:20
15:05
Arr
Dep
Days
Dep
Flights
9:25
13:45
GAYA TO YANGON
Days
Dep
2
9:20
3,5,6
9:20
DELHI TO YANGON
Days
2
1,5
Dep
9:20
7:00
KOLKATA TO YANGON
Days
AI 227
1,5
Dep
10:35
MUMBAI TO YANGON
AI 675
Days
1,5
Dep
6:10
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
Flights
Days
Daily
Dep
12:00
SINGAPORE TO MANDALAY
Y5 2234
MI 533
Days
Daily
2,6
Dep
7:20
11:35
Flights
15:00
FD 244
Arr
Flights
Arr
12:30
10:40
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Flights
Flights
22:30
Dep
INCHEON TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
16:40
1,6
4
AI 235
8M 602
PG 709
Arr
Days
15:40
Arr
14:55
13:05
Days
Daily
Dep
10:50
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
MU 2029
Days
Daily
Dep
13:00
Flights
PG 721
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
17:00
Air India
Condor (DE)
Dragonair (KA)
Airline Codes
3K = Jet Star
8M = Myanmar Airways International
Arr
10:15
14:35
16:30
20:50
14:15
11:00
AK = Air Asia
Arr
Y5 252
7Y 306
Flights
Arr
Daily
Dep
DHAKA TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
Arr
TOKYO TO YANGON
Days
Arr
00:30+1
23:30
18:10
12:00
AI 235
AI 401
22:35
Dep
22:50
21:45
Arr
22:25
23:25
W9 608
4,7
17:20
PG 723
1,3,5,6
11:05
CHIANG MAI TO YANGON
16:30
19:50
15:05
4
1,2,3,5,6,7
Flights
BG 060
BG 060
16:10
15:05
Days
NH 813
17:00
15:10
W9 607
4,7
14:20
PG 724
1,3,5,6
13:10
YANGON TO CHIANG MAI
Flights
Flights
Tel: 09254049991~3
06:25+1
5:55
5:45
Flights
Arr
3,5,7
20:40
SEOUL TO YANGON
KA 251
KA 251
13:25
KE 471
Daily
18:45
0Z 769
3,6
19:50
HONG KONG TO YANGON
Arr
2,4,7
11:50
DOHA TO YANGON
0Z 770
4,7
0:35
9:10
KE 472
Daily
23:30 07:50+1
YANGON TO HONG KONG
International Airlines
Arr
Arr
12:0
12:30
Arr
12:20
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
16:30
15:00
Arr
12:15
DD = Nok Airline
FD = Air Asia
KA = Dragonair
KE = Korea Airlines
MH = Malaysia Airlines
MI = Silk Air
MU = China Eastern Airlines
NH = All Nippon Airways
PG = Bangkok Airways
QR = Qatar Airways
SQ = Singapore Airways
TG = Thai Airways
TR = Tiger Airline
VN = Vietnam Airline
AI = Air India
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
Arr
12:50
Arr
19:00
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4
5
6
7
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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ASIA
FOOTBALL
IN PICTUREs
Photo: AFP
Thailands Prayad Marksaeng
swept to victory on home soil
at the Queens Cup in Koh
Samui June 21, shooting a
six-under par 65 on a day that
proved a nightmare for Japans
Akinori Tani.
To be able to win at 49 years
old is just incredible for me.
I am very proud of myself,
said the Thai veteran. Prayad,
a now nine-times Asia Tour
winner. last took home the
Queens Cup trophy in 2013.
RACING
Money talks as
Qatar joins British
turfs big hitters
SUBtlE
difference
greeted visitors at royal
Ascot this year increased on-site branding for Qatari private
investment vehicle QIPCo as part of
its record 50 million (US$79.4m)
contribution to British horse racing.
last year QIPCo holding became
the first official partner at a venue
that has eschewed corporate sponsorship on account of the meetings
historic affiliation with the British
royal family.
So delighted were key personnel
with their first taste of official partner status that the company recently extended that position until 2024.
QIPCo (Qatar Investment & Projects Development holding Company) is linked to a branch of the
Qatari ruling family comprising six
Al thani brothers, who are cousins
of Sheikh tamim, the Emir of Qatar.
horse racing has a fantastic profile in Qatar, said harry herbert,
racing manager for the Emir of Qatars brother Sheikh Joaan, who recently backed lockinge Stakes day at
Newbury.
the sheikhs love horses. they
have a lot of Arabian horses in Qatar and their involvement with thoroughbred racing is a natural progression from that, he said.
QIPCo has also extended its
backing of the Champions Series,
which embraces most of Britains
top races.
And the Qatar racing and Equestrian Club has committed itself to a
decade-long sponsorship of the prestigious Glorious Goodwood fixture
in July.
Within British horseracing, these
sponsorship packages are every bit
as eye-opening as Qatars successful bid to host the 2022 World Cup
of football. they follow on from
Dubais munificent backing of the
sport, through bloodstock investment and sponsorship, for the last
35 years.
British racing has long benefited
from significant foreign patronage.
European aristocrats, Greek shipping tycoons and American oilmen
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Tokyo 2020
chiefs
nominate
baseball for
Games return
The organisers of the 2020 Olympics on July 22 nominated eight new
sports for possible inclusion in the
Tokyo Games, including baseball.
The full list, which will go before
the International Olympic Committee for a decision, comprises baseball/softball, bowling, karate, roller
sports, sports climbing, squash,
surfing and martial arts.
Both softball and baseball which
are combined in the nomination list
are hugely popular in Japan, where
professional teams are avidly followed. The sports last featured at the
Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Japanese players who make it
into the Major Leagues in the US are
fixtures on nightly news broadcasts.
The eight sports have been picked
from a long list of 26 that Tokyo
2020 organisers released earlier this
month. They included tug of war,
polo and the World Underwater Federation which oversees sports such
as free diving, spearfishing and submerged hockey as well as billiards
and American football.
however, the nomination of
new sports has become something
of a sideshow in Tokyo, where a
row is raging over who is going to
pay for the centrepiece venue.
Tokyo officials have balked at
central government demands that
the city contribute around US$400
million toward the cost of the new
National Stadium.
Tokyo Governor Yoichi Masuzoe
has accused the national administration of behaving like the Imperial Army, and said hints that legislation could be passed allowing the
central government to order Tokyo
to pay would be unconstitutional.
Its written in the constitution
that you cannot establish a new
law without gaining a majority of
votes in a local referendum, Masuzoe told local television. Tokyos
citizens will be annoyed at hearing
such a statement.
Sports minister hakubun Shimomura has proposed scaling back
stadium plans, including scrapping
the retractable roof, in a bid to control escalating costs.
But his decision to lobby Tokyo
for almost 30 percent of the estimated total construction bill of $1.4
billion enraged Masuzoe.
Shimomura wants to wait until
after the Olympics to add a retractable roof and has called for 30,000
of the stadiums 80,000 seats to be
temporary, to reduce the financial
burden and to complete construction in time for the 2019 Rugby
World Cup in Japan.
The Olympic stadium has faced
two years of widespread criticism,
with prominent Japanese architects lambasting Iraqi-British architect Zaha hadids futuristic
designs, and the budget has been
slashed by 40 percent.
The old National Stadium, built
for the 1964 Tokyo Olympics, was
recently demolished and construction on the new venue is scheduled
to begin in October. AFP