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Volume XXI, Number 204
New Light of Myanmar

4th Waxing of Tazaungmon 1375 ME Wednesday, 6 November, 2013
anmar students learning in Australia, availability of teaching aids in basic education schools, teachers access to modern teaching methods, construction of necessary buildings in schools of rural and border areas, expanding womens employment opportunities and womens participation in peace-making processes, providing aids for maternal and child welfare works and the United Nations Millennium Development Goals (MDGs), Myanmars farm sector development and big investment by Australian entrepreneurs. Also present at the call together with the President were Union Ministers U Wunna Maung Lwin, U Soe Thane, Dr Pe Thet Khin and Dr Myint Aung, acting Union Minister Dr Myo Myint, Deputy Ministers U Ye Htut and Daw Sanda Khin, the Myanmar Ambassador to Australia and officials. The Governor-General was accompanied by Mr Michael Bryce AM AE, the Australian Ambassador to Myanmar and officials. At noon, President U Thein Sein and wife hosted a luncheon to the Australian delegation at the Presidential Palace. It was also attended by Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham and wife Daw Nan Shwe Hmon, Vice-President U Nyan Tun and wife Daw Khin Aye Myint, the Union ministers, the deputy ministers, the Australian Ambassador and officials.MNA
Australia to offer scholarships to Myanmar university students

NAY PYI TAW, 5 NovA ceremony to welcome Her Excellency the Honorable Mrs Quentin Bryce AC CVO, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia and her spouse Mr Michael Bryce AM AE by President U Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win was held at the lawns of the Presidential Palace here this morning. The visiting goodwill delegation was greeted by a Guard of Honour and youth scouts. After the welcoming ceremony, President U Thein Sein and the Governor-General held talks at the Credentials hall of the Presidential Palace. Both sides had a cordial discussion on Australias cooperation for success of Myanmars political reform processes, providing scholarships to Myanmar students from universities and technological universities, training courses and technical assistance for capacity building of lectures, outstanding My-
President U Thein Sein and Honorable Mrs Quentin Bryce AC CVO, Governor-General of the Commonwealth of Australia seen in the welcoming ceremony.MNA
Ambassador U Ko Ko Latt accredited to Saudi Arabia

NAY PYI TAW, 6 NovThe President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar has appointed U Ko Ko Latt, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the State of Kuwait, as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar to the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.MNA
Republic of the Union of Myanmar Press Release Team Press Release No. 17/2013 rd 3 Waxing of Tazaungmon, 1375 ME (5th November, 2013)
US Vice President INSIDE Biden to visit China services Japan, China, S Korea in industry picks December PAGE-6 up ahead of party plenum S Korea, Japan,
China needs 7.2 percent GDP growth for employment: premier
Press release on peace talk between Union Peace-making Work Committee and ethnic armed organizations for nation-wide ceasefire
1. The peace talks for signing the nationwide ceasefire deal between Union Peace-making Work Committee and ethnic armed organizations were held in Majwel Hall in Myitkyina in Kachin State on November 4-5, 2013. It was attended by Vice-Chairman of Union Peace-making Work Committee Union Minister U Aung Min and party and leaders and reps of ethnic armed organizations. UNSGs Special Representative to Myanmar Mr Vijay Nambiar and Asian Special Representative of the Peoples Republic of China Wang Ying Fan also attended the meeting as observers. 2. The nationwide ceasefire common principles of ethnic armed groups (Laiza Agreement) drafted by Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team (NCCT) formed with leaders of ethnic armed organizations were discussed and transferred to the Union Peace-making Work Committee. 3. Similarly, the nationwide ceasefire accord between the Republic of the Union of Myanmar and ethnic armed groups drafted by the Union Peace-making Work Committee was transferred to the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team. (See page 8)
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LOCAL NEWS
Hailing XXVII SEA Games
1000-mile cyclist honoured
International trade training courses to be launched in November

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov The Trade Training Institute of the Ministry of Commerce has been lecturing businessmen on international trade since April, 2012. Giving knowledge about international trade, the institute nurtures new generation of traders. The ministry has also planned to open international trade basic training course No. (4) and advanced international trade training course No. (3) in the third week of November. Those who are interested in it may receive application forms for the four-month courses at No. 228-240, the Directorate of Trade (Yangon branch) under the Ministry of Commerce on Strand Road in Pabedan Township, Yangon, as of 30 October. Kyemon
Accident
One dead as two motorcycles collide head-on

MEIKtILA, 5 Nov One woman was killed when the two motorcycles collided head-on in Meiktila on 2 November. According to the police, a motorcycle driven by L/Cpl Kyaw Tun Oo, 24, of Meiktila Ground Training Base, carrying his friend Ma Sandar Win, 40, and her fouryear old daughter collided head-on with a motorcycle driven by Aung Ba Thar Kyaw, 20, near Mahlaing-Pintale Junction on Meiktila-Myingyan Road. Ma Sandar Win got injured and died on the way to hospital. The two drivers are charged under Section No-337/304 (A) at No-2 Police Station. U Tin Hlaing (Meiktila)
A 1000-mile cyclist seen on road of cycling race.

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov As a gesture of honouring the XXVII SEA Games, a cyclist who is competing in a cycling race returned to win the race on 3 November. Cyclist U Tin Oo (a) U Phyu Kyaw, 50, of Pyinmana Railways Station, 2 Ward of Yanaung, started his 1000mile cycling race from Nay Pyi Taw Paunglaung Sports Ground on 21 October after U Khin Maung Aye, Officer of Tatkon Township Sports and Physical Education Department and responsible persons released him from the starting point. He arrived back his hostel in Nay Pyi TawGold Camp (Bukhwe) via Toungoo-Pyu-KanyutkwinNyaunglebin-Bago-YangonThayawady-Pyay-Taungdwingyi-Magway-Kyaukpada ung-Myingyan-MandalayMeiktila-Tatkon on 3 November morning. Secretary of Gold Camp (Bukhwe) Deputy Director of Nay Pyi Taw Cycling Federation U Thet Lwin Oo and Officer U Myo Myint Aung presented suits to him.Kyemon (Han Nyein Oo-Hnantaw)
Odd News
Grenade discovered in Mayangon Tsp

YAnGOn, 5 NovA 36 grenade was found in a pit near 8th-mile junction in Mayangon Township on 3 November. U Maung San, 35, and another 12 workers found the grenade while digging a hole in the ground for repairs of ground power lines of a traffic light. As they informed Mayangon Township police station, officials concerned, military engineers and witnesses rushed to the sense and examined it. After a closer examination, it was taken to the police station.Kyemon-Zaw Gyi-Panita
Driver loses control, hits restaurant

M EIKtILA , 5 Nov A vehicle struck a restaurant in Meiktila on 31 October, leaving two injured. The Parado was travelling on YangonMandalay Road when the driver lost control. Ma Thwe Thwe Zin, 35, and Daw Khin Ohn Myint, 60, who were in the restaurant when the crash happened, got injured. Furniture worth over K 150,000 were destroyed by the crash. The driver, identified as 37-year-old Tun Aung Kyaw, was charged with reckless driving at No 2 Police Station in Meiktila.U Tin Hlaing (Meiktila)
Plan to draw group fixtures for football event of SEA Games on 6 Nov
NAY PYI TAW, 5 NovThe opening ceremony of drawing the group fixtures of mens football event and womens event of the XXVII SEA Games to be hosted by Myanmar will be held at Wunna Theikdhi Stadium here on 6 November. A total of 11 mens teams and eight womens teams will take part in the football tournaments at the Stadiums of Thuwunna in Yangon and Wunna Theikdhi in Nay Pyi Taw and Womens Football games at Mandalay Stadium. Host Myanmar, defending Champion Malaysia, Thailand, Vietnam, Indonesia, Singapore, Laos, Timor, the Philippines, Cambodia and Brunei will compete in the mens event. Likewise, host Myanmar, Thailand, Vietnam, Malaysia, Indonesia, Laos, the Philippines and TimorLeste will participate in the womens event. Womens Football game was not included at 2011 XXVI SEA Games in Indonesia. Kyemon-Sai Nyi Lay
Crime
Police arrests three women on gambling charges

MEIKtILA, 3 Nov Acting on a tip-off, the local police raided a house in Meiktila where gambling were reported and seized cash and arrested three gamblers on 3 November. The police arrested three women and seized cash during the raid. Daw Tin Aye, 72, the owner of the house, Ma Tin Mar Win, 40, and Ma Inn Gyin, are charged with gambling by the Meiktila No. 3 Police Station. U Tin Hlaing (Meiktila)
Photo shows a pit near 8th-mile junction in Mayangon Township where a 36 grenade was found.
NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov According to a tip-off, the members of No (18) AntiDrug Squad (Southern Mandalay) together with witnesses searched a white van driven by Nyein Chan Aung (a) Ashaygyi (27 years old), Aungpinle Ward in Chanmyathazi Township, Khin Maung Htwe (42 years) in Kalarpyo Ward in Chanmyathazi Township and Kyaw Sein Oo (33 years old) in Kanpaing Village in Madaya Township at Padonma Hotel between 63rd and 64th Streets in Mahamyaing (1) Ward in Mahaaungmye Township in Mandalay on 31 October afternoon. They seized two heroin blocks weighing 357 grams each in the bag of Nyein Chan Aung and got informed that there was another heroin block at his house. So, they seized three heroin blocks weighing 1.069 kilos worth K 74.83 million.
Heroin blocks seized in Mandalay
Anti-Narcotic Drives
Man arrested with opium speciosa

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov Taninthayi Myoma Police Station seized 81.65 kilos of opium speciosa from East Thamehla Village of Banlaw Village-tract in Taninthayi Township on 1 November. While searching the house of East Thamehla villager Tun Tun Lin, an anti-narcotic squad found opium speciosa. The police station took action against suspect Tun Tun Lin under the Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law.Kyemon-Police Information
One suspect seen with heroin blocks.

According to the investigation, they were ordered to sell heroin blocks by Salim from Muse Township. They took the heroin blocks inside gear box of the white van from Muse to Mandalay and Khin Maung Htwe and Kyaw Sein Oo accompanied them to help sell those heroin blocks. A lawsuit was filed against the four suspects by No (9) Myoma Police Station under Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances Law. KyemonPolice Information
Photo shows men arrested with opium speciosa.
China services industry picks up ahead of party plenum
WORLD
Eye from Zion delegation visiting Myanmar

YANGON, 5 Nov Within the framework of the bilateral cooperation between Myanmar and Israel, a delegation formed by four Senior Ophthalmologists from Israel, and one from Bulgaria, is visiting Myanmar, between the 3 to 9 Nov, 2013. This delegation of Optometrists Led by Dr Shmuel Levartovski Head of Department of the Barzilai Medical Centre, Ashkelon-Israel, will attend annual Myanmar National Eye conference as invited delegates. Furthermore, during their visit they will conduct specialist consultations in 4 different subspecialties and live surgery demonstrations at North Okkalapa General Hospital and No (1) Defence Services General Hospital. It is the fourth visit of Eye from Zion delegation to Myanmar. Eye from Zion is an Israeli NGO which provides medical aid around the world, and at the same time, transfers a message of humanitarian assistance and goodwill based on the commune values shared by the State of Israel and Jewish People, name Tikun Olam. NLM
Sales people negotiate with customers at booths selling mobile phones at a shopping mall in Beijing on 3 Sept, 2013. REUTErS BEIJING, 5 Nov Chinas services industry picked up in October, a private survey showed on Tuesday, with gains in new business and employment providing further evidence the economy has found its footing as Beijing prepares to lay out its reform agenda for the next decade. Top leaders have pushed for stability in the economy over fast growth as they look to restructure it away from a credit and investment-driven growth model to one led by consumer demand, with the services sector the main focus. The HSBC/Markit services PMI rose to 52.6 from Septembers 52.4, holding well above the 50 line that separates expansion from contraction. New business growth reached a sevenmonth high and employment rose for the second straight month. It has been the priority to develop the service sector said Kevin Lai, chief regional economist at Daiwa Securities. But the progress has been slow, the economy is still
very much driven by investment. Chinas leaders will lay out their reform plans at the Communist Partys third plenary session from 9-12 November. They have made it clear they want to see industries with overcapacity, such as steel and shipbuilding, shrink. New jobs will need to be found for workers laid off in traditional industries, and so the second consecutive rise in the services PMI employment measure will be welcome. Services accounted for about 45 percent of the economy in 2012 and the sector is already the biggest employer. Premier Li Keqiang has said it will be a balancing act to maintain employment amid the restructuring, saying 7.2 percent growth is needed to ensure a stable job market. We want to stabilise economic growth because we need to guarantee employment, Li told workers union representatives two weeks ago, in remarks that were published in full on Tuesday.Reuters
Monetary base hits record high for 8th straight month

TOKYO, 5 Nov Japans monetary base grew 45.8 percent in October from a year earlier to 186.87 trillion yen, hitting a record high for the eighth straight month as the Bank of Japan kept pumping money into the financial system to beat deflation under its ultraloose monetary policy, the central bank said on Tuesday. The average daily balance of liquidity provided by the central bank consisting of cash in circulation and the balance of current account deposits held by commercial financial institutions at the bank increased for the 18th consecutive month. The countrys monetary base at the end of October stood at 189.81 trillion yen, the highest level ever, the BOJ said. The balance of current account deposits the sum of funds the institutions can use freely more than doubled to 98.76 trillion yen, with the BOJ injecting more liquidity into the banking system by buying a large number of financial assets from banks. Kyodo News
Two S Korean firms in Kaesong to close operations, quoting unfavourable business conditions
SEOUL, 5 Nov Two South Korean companies in the Kaesong industrial complex have decided to close operations due to the unfavourable business conditions, sources said on Tuesday. A textile manufacturer and an electronic parts producer have signed related contracts to sell their factories and land in the industrial complex, Yonhap news agency quoted the unification ministry and corporate insiders as saying. They added that another small company that makes stuffed goods at a factory apartment run by the Korea Industrial Complex Corp is also planning to abandon its Kaesong operations considering the increasing financial difficulties. Concerns caused by a cooling off of cross-border relations after the Kaesong complex reopened are making it hard to secure orders, and there are growing fears that things will not improve in the near future, Yonhap quoted a corporate source as saying, who declined to be identified. He said there are other companies who may decide to leave Kaesong if things dont improve soon. Entrepreneurs said companies in Kaesong are currently operating at just 50 percent capacity since the park resumed operation on 16 September. Three out of the 123 companies in the complex have not restarted their factories. Many companies are unsatisfied with the chaotic management in terms of travel, communications, customs and protection of South Korean workers. It is reported that other companies decided to leave because they are unable to payback 176.1 billion won (165.8 million US dollars) in insurance payments received from Seoul and the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea (DPRK)s demand of supplemental security income, equal to 60 percent of its workers monthly pay starting this month.Xinhua
Customs officers examine the years first shipment of Beaujolais Nouveau wine to arrive at Tokyos Haneda airport from Paris on 5 Nov, 2013, ahead of its release on 21 November. KYODO NEWS
Gunman kills himself after opening fire in New Jersey mall

PARAMUs , 5 Nov A Authorities named the had a history of drug abuse. gunman opened fire in a dead man as 20-year-old Officials found his body in crowded New Jersey mall Richard Shoop and said he the Westfield Garden State late on Monday before killing himself, officials said, sparking a mass evacuation of the complex by police who did not realise he was dead for several hours. The man shot at least six rounds from a modified rifle seemingly at random and without hitting anyone, before turning the gun on himself in a back area of the mall, Bergen County Prosecutor John Molinelli told Police secure the area after reports that a gunman fired shots at the Garden State Plaza mall in Paramus, a news conference early on New Jersey, on 4 Nov, 2013. REUTErS Tuesday. Plaza in Paramus at around 3:20 am local time (0820 GMT). Police backed by dozens of cruisers had earlier evacuated thousands of people from the mall and launched a manhunt after shoppers reported hearing gunshots sometime after 9 pm said Chief of Staff at Bergen County Jeanne Baratta. Najee Waters, 19, of East Rutherford, New Jersey, was at his sales job at an H&M clothing store when he heard what sounded like two shots ring out. Reuters
UN committee passes Japan-led nuke elimination resolution

NEW YORK, 5 Nov A Japan-led resolution calling for the elimination of nuclear weapons was approved on Monday by the UN General Assemblys First Committee on disarmament with endorsements by 164 countries, marking the 20th year in a row that such a resolution has been passed.The resolution, which is expected to be approved by the General Assembly at a meeting in early December, drew a record 102 co-sponsors. North Korea was the only country to vote against it. The resolution condemned in the strongest terms the nuclear test conducted by North Korea in February this year and called on Pyongyang to abandon all nuclear weapons and existing nuclear programmes. Fourteen other countries including China, Russia, India, Pakistan and Israel abstained. Among other nuclear powers, the United States cosponsored and voted for it, while Britain and France backed it without joining as sponsors. Kyodo News

S CI E NC E & TE CH NO L O G Y
Nokia says Samsung extends patent license deal

HELSINKI, 5 Nov Finlands Nokia on Monday said Samsung Electronics has extended a phone patent license agreement between the two companies for five years. According to the deal, Nokia will receive additional compensation from Samsung, starting in the beginning of 2014. Nokia is planning to retain its patent portfolio despite the proposed sale of its phone business to Microsoft. Reuters
Apps pair with smart pens to bring digital handwriting

AMSTERDaM, 5 Nov Writing with pen and paper is entering the digital world thanks to new apps that work with smart pens to capture the written word and share and edit the content. New apps take what people write or sketch on paper with a smart pen and enhance it with highlights, graphics and text. The written word can also be shared by email or to other apps such as Dropbox, for cloud storage, or Evernote for archiving. EquilNote, an app for the iPhone and iPad, is paired with a smart pen called the Equil JOT. Its creators said the appeal is to preserve the art of writing, while updating it with digital enhancements. The best ideas often start on paper, said Greg Appelhof, president of the Americas for Equil, a South Koreabased company. But people use all sorts of ways of capturing notes, from sheets of paper to very expensive journals. We wanted to create something that could capture it all, regardless of where it was written, he said in an interview. As a note is written with the smart pen, it is simultaneously visible in the app and accurate to a pixel, according to Appelhof. The app communicates via Bluetooth with the smart pen and a receiver that sits at the top of a piece of paper. The receiver determines the smart pens position using infrared and ultrasonic waves.Reuters
Men are silhouetted against a video screen with a Nokia logo as he poses with Nokia Lumia 820 and Samsung S4 smartphones in this photo illustration taken in the central Bosnian town of Zenica, on 14 Aug, 2013. REUTErS
Indian scientist claims to have found true origins of life on Earth

NEW DELhI, 5 Nov An Indian American scientist has claimed that he has found the answer to the question about how life on earth began more than 3.8 billion years ago. Sankar Chatterjee, professor of geo-sciences and curator of paleontology at the museum of Texas Tech University, has claimed that meteor and comet strikes likely brought the ingredients and created the right conditions for life on our planet. Chatterjee said that regular and heavy comet and meteorite bombardment on earths surface during its formative years, nearly four billion years ago, created large craters that not only contained water and the basic chemical building blocks for life, but also became the perfect crucible to concentrate and cook these chemicals to create the first simple organisms. After examining the environments of the oldest fossil-containing rocks on earth in Greenland, Australia and South Africa, Chatterjee came to the conclusion that these could be remnants of ancient craters and may be the very spots where life began in deep, dark and hot environments. When the earth formed some 4.5 billion years ago, it was a sterile planet, inhospitable to living organisms, Chatterjee said in a Press statement. It was a seething cauldron of erupting volcanoes, raining meteors and hot, noxious gasses. One billion years later, it was a placid, watery planet teeming with microbial life, he said. Chatterjee said life began in four steps of increasing complexity cosmic, geological, chemical and biological. He claimed that the earths perfect proximity to the sun provided an appropriate environment to begin life. The geological stage provides special dark, hot, and isolated environments of the crater basins with the hydrothermal vent systems that served as incubators for life, he said. PTI
Google to spend another 450 million euros on Finnish data centre

addition to 350 million euros the worlds No 1 Internet search company has already spent on the data centre, built on the site of paper company Stora Ensos former mill in Hamina, Finland. Google bought the mill in 2009, turning it into one of its most efficient data centers by tak-
HaMINa, (Finland), 5 Nov Google said on Monday it would invest another 450 million euros ($607 million) over the next few years on a data center in southeastern Finland, a boost for a country struggling with Nokias decline and weakness in paper and steel industries. The investment is in
The Google signage is seen at the companys headquarters in New York on 8 Jan, 2013. REUTErS ing advantage of the Bay of Finlands naturally chilly seawater to cool its servers.Reuters
One in five Sun-like stars may have Earth-sized planets: study

you look up at the thousands of stars in the night sky, the nearest sun-like star with an Earth-size planet in its habitable zone is probably only 12 light years away and can be seen with the naked eye. That is amazing, UC Berkeley graduate student Erik Petigura, who led the analysis of the Kepler data, said in a statement. WaShINGTON, 5 Nov One in five Sun-like stars may have planets about the size of Earth and a surface temperature conducive to life, US researchers said on Monday. Many of the extrasolar planets discovered so far are gas giants orbiting close to their parent star. Rocky Earth-like planets are hard to spot, leading to uncertainty about how many Earth-like planets may exist. Researchers from University of California, Berkeley, and University of Hawaii, Manoa, used data from the Kepler space telescope, now crippled with its four-year mission at an end, to search for planets with radii one to two times that of Earth and receiving between one and four times the stellar irradiation received on Earth. Stellar irradiation may determine whether water could exist as a liquid on these planets surfaces. Researchers have previously combed through more than 42,000 stars that are like the Sun or slightly cooler and smaller, and discovered 600 likely planets, including 10 with radii and stellar irradiation similar to those of Earth. Accounting for missed planets, the researchers concluded that about 22 percent of all Sun-like stars in the galaxy may be orbited by Earth-size planets receiving Earth-like levels of stellar energy, within the so-called habitable zone. What this means is, when With this result weve come home, in a sense, by showing that planets like our Earth are relatively common throughout the Milky Way galaxy, said Andrew Howard, a former UC Berkeley post-doctoral fellow who is now on the faculty of the Institute for Astronomy at the University of Hawaii.Reuters
Samsung W2014 dual-screen Android flip phone with Snapdragon 800 launched
SEOUL, 5 Nov It seems Samsung is on a launching spree when it comes to flip phones. The South Korean major has unveiled its third Android flip phone this year, the W2014. The Samsung W2014 flip phone has been launched in partnership with China Telecom. However, the company has not revealed the pricing and availability details of the device, yet. The Samsung W2014 flip phone has a similar build to other Samsung flip phones, the W789 and the Galaxy Golden launched earlier this year. Although, the major difference among the three is that the Samsung W2014 is powered by a quad-core 2.3GHz Snapdragon 800 processor along with 2GB of RAM, which makes it the fastest flip phone launched by Samsung, yet.PTI
An Indian American scientist has claimed that he has found the answer to the question about how life on earth began more than 3.8 billion years ago. PTI
ECB may soon join the flight of the doves

LONDON, 5 Nov Even as the euro zone economy shows faint signs of stirring, the European Central Bank is likely to send a dovish message this week that more monetary help will be on the way before long. After a plunge in inflation to 0.7 percent in the year to October, well below the ECBs target of just under 2 percent, UBS and RBS are among those who reckon a rate cut could come as soon as Thursdays policy-setting meeting. At the very least economists expect ECB President Mario Draghi to indicate that the balance of risk has tilted toward further easing, partly because the recent strength of the euro will hurt exports with a lag. But many believe it would make more sense for the ECB to hold fire until December, when the banks staff updates its growth and inflation forecasts. A significant downward revision to its inflation number for next year lets say at or below 1 percent, from 1.3 percent currently may push the ECB to act, said Giuseppe
B US I NE S S & H E A L TH
Maraffino, a bond analyst at Barclays. A cut in the ECBs main refinancing rate, now at 0.50 percent, would have the greatest headline impact. Other options include a reduction in the deposit rate to below zero, which would have a bigger effect on money market rates, or a promise of another long-term refinancing operation to ensure banks have plentiful liquidity. Sarah Hewin, an economist with Standard Chartered Bank in London, agreed that disinflation made the case for a rate cut
A passerby uses his smartphone to take a picture of the euro sign landmark in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank (ECB) in Frankfurt on 2 Sept, 2013. REUTErS that credit more compelling. But she evidence said there were signs the constraints might soon ease, euro zones economy was while struggling members turning up. of the euro zone periphery The ECBs latest bank appear to be touching lending survey provided bottom. Reuters
French factory activity shrinks faster in October
Diet choices of Chinese women feed debate on health in pregnancy

WEllINGtON, 5 Nov Its the age old question for many migrant women as they prepare to start a family in a foreign land: whats best for my unborn baby the food I know or the food available in my new home? Some women can readily adapt to a new diet, but for Chinese women steeped in unique food and medicine culture that goes back centuries, the answers are not clear cut. Researchers in New Zealand are hoping to find some answers about what expectant mothers are eating in the countrys burgeoning Chinese community and how it affects the health of mother and child compared with women and children from established New Zealand families. Massey University researcher Jingjing Ma said on Monday she was studying the eating habits of about 150 Chinese immigrant women who are either pregnant or have given birth in New Zealand in the last five years. Little was known about the effects of dietary habits and changes of pregnant Chinese migrant woman and what effect these had on the health of mother and baby, Ma told Xinhua in a phone interview. Were trying to discover whether things like attitude can influence their eating habits and how their acculturation can influence their thinking, said Ma, who studied traditional Chinese medicine in her hometown of Taiyuan, north Chinas Shanxi Province. Changes in attitude could see Chinese women adapt a Western diet that was calcium or foliaterich, as recommended in Western medicine for pregnant women. However, traditional Chinese medicine teaches us to ask Can this food activate my supply? or Can I block my yin food or my yang food to balance my body?, said Ma. The gradual introduction of Western foods into China meant many Chinese immigrants were already partly accustomed to a new diet, but studies showed Chinese immigrants generally gained weight once they settled in Western culture, she said. Xinhua
Coils of steel are seen at the ArcelorMittal Factory in Florange, Eastern France, on 18 Oct, 2013. REUTErS PARIS, 5 Nov French quarter, with output, new manufacturing activity orders and employment shrank for the 20th month all showing further (albeit in a row in October, and modest) declines, Markit at a faster pace, as new economist Jack Kennedy orders saw their sharpest said. Overall though, drop since June due to the data point to a sector poor demand, a survey continuing to struggle in the showed on Monday. Data face of persistently weak compiler Markit said its economic conditions. final purchasing managers The preliminary reading index fell to 49.1 in October last week of Markits after climbing to 49.8 in composite PMI index for September, just below October, which includes the 50 point line dividing both the manufacturing and expansions in activity from services sectors, had shown contractions. Export orders French business activity were the one positive note stagnating, in contrast to in October, rising for the September when there was third time in the past four growth for first time since months and at the fastest early 2012. rate since May 2011. The euro zones The final reading second-largest economy missed an initial flash shook off a shallow figure and the consensus recession in the second forecast of analysts, which quarter with better-thanboth came in at 49.4. expected growth of 0.5 Production continued to fall percent, but French national as businesses kept using statistics office Insee up their stocks of finished forecasts a flat third quarter. goods, while employment Detailed PMI data are in the sector fell for a only available under license 20th month.The French from Markit and customers manufacturing sector need to apply to Markit for remained in contraction a license. at the start of the fourth Reuters
BEIJING, 5 Nov Some local consumers have lost their appetite for restaurant review website dianping.com after more of its coupons were refused by eateries. Its the latest problem for the Shanghaibased website after a McDonalds promotion soured last week. The website yesterday said it had fixed a system problem that caused some customers to be unable to use coupons at outlets of Singapore-based Bee Cheng Hiang, which sells dried-meat products. Yang Chen, a PR employee with dianping. com, said the coupons can be used starting from this week. Yang said the Bee Cheng Hiang outlets couldnt confirm the validity of the coupons with dianping.com via POS machines due to a system problem last Friday. The website provided refunds to some customers over the weekend as customer service representatives were unsure when the coupons could be used again. According to the website, more than 4,800 customers had purchased the coupons, which had a face value of 300 yuan (US$49.18), at a 30 percent discount. Yang said the website didnt release a statement about the system failure because it didnt want customers to panic.Xinhua
Coupon mix-up irks Dianping customers
BlackBerry calls off sale, replaces CEO

TORONtO, 5 Nov Blackberry Ltd will be getting a 1-billion US dollars injection instead of a direct buyout for now. After weeks of deliberation to purchase the company for a price tag of 4.7billion dollars, Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd, the companys largest stakeholder, had up till Monday to complete its offer. But Fairfax announced Monday morning that it will lead a group of unnamed institutional investors to raise 1 billion dollars in capital to help the troubled Canadian smartphone maker revamp its operations. The money will be raised with a private placement of convertible debentures and Fairfax will take up 250 million US dollars of the debentures, it said in a press release. BlackBerry shares tumbled 1.10 Canadian dollars on the Toronto Stock Exchange on Monday, or 14 percent to 6.67 Canadian dollars apiece, after the news was released. When the deal closes, John S. Chen, former CEO of Sybase Inc, will replace BlackBerrys Thorsten Heins, who was named CEO of the company back in January 2012, to take on the role of executive chair of the BlackBerry board. This new plan will also see the return of chairman and CEO of Fairfax Prem Watsa, a former member on the Blackberry board
who left this summer when it announced that it would consider selling the company as part of a strategic review. Watsa will be welcomed back onto BlackBerrys board as lead director and chair of compensation. Todays announcement represents a significant vote of confidence in BlackBerry and its future by this group of preeminent, long-term investors, said Barbara Stymiest, chair of
BlackBerrys Board, in a release. This financing provides an immediate cash injection on terms favorable to BlackBerry, enhancing our substantial cash position. Some of the most important customers in the world rely on BlackBerry and we are implementing the changes necessary to strengthen the company and ensure we remain a strong and innovative partner for their needs. Xinhua

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Pakistan admits tension with US after Taleban chief killed in drone strike
bring the process on track. Regretting that the United Stated does not care of the concerns of others, he said Pakistan will not accept dictations from Washington. We will try to revive the peace process from where it has been broken, the minister said. The Taleban have some problems to elect their new leader and the talks would be impossible unless they agreed on the new leader, he added. Explaining the difficulties in holding dialogue with the Taleban, he told the lawmakers the government had exchanged messages with the Taleban for two weeks after a parliamentary conference in early September which had unanimously decided to hold talks with the Taleban to end bloodshed. However, the talks were delayed due to a Taleban attack which killed a major general that was followed by three major attacks over the past two months including one on a church that killed nearly 80 Christian worshippers. Nisar commended all the political parties for uniting to pursue peace talks, and showing patience despite the ongoing attacks. He also thanked the army which went the extra mile to protect the peace dialogue despite the developing grave security situation. He said the governments armed forces and the Taleban will not be responsible if the US again sabotages the peace process. Xinhua An anti-US rally is held in Teheran, Iran, on 4 Nov, 2013, the anniversary of the 1979 takeover of the US Embassy in which Americans were taken hostage. KYODO NEWS
Customers use computers at an internet cafe in Sao Paulo on 3 March, 2011. REUTErS
Brazils local Internet data storage plan runs into opposition

has Internet companies up in arms. Not even the bills author is convinced. The measure was added to a bill drafted in 2011 aimed at protecting the civil rights and privacy of Internet users in Brazil that could be put to vote in the lower chamber of Congress as early as this week. A Justice Ministry official said the government was anxious to see the final text to be debated in Congress on Tuesday. The requirement for in-country data storage is opposed by companies such as Google and Facebook, who contend that it would increase their costs and erect unnecessary barriers in what is supposed
BRUSILIA, 5 Nov A government plan to shield Brazil from alleged US spying by forcing global Internet companies to store data on Brazilian users inside the country has run into mounting opposition in Congress, politicians said on Monday. The legislation was proposed by President Dilma Rousseff following revelations that the US National Security Agency conducted surveillance on her emails and phone calls, along with those of average Brazilian citizens. Brazils largest political party, which is a Rousseff ally, is not supporting the requirement, which
to be a frontier-free World Wide Web. If passed, the new law could impact the way Google, Facebook, Twitter and other Internet giants operate in Latin Americas biggest country and one of the largest telecommunications markets in the world.Despite the criticism of international business lobbies, Rousseff is pressing lawmakers to vote as soon as possible on the bill, which was dubbed Brazils Internet Constitution.The bills author, congressman Alessandro Molon of Rousseffs ruling Workers Party, opposes the requirement. Reuters
ISLAMAbAD, 5 Nov A Pakistani minister admitted late Monday that the killing of Taleban chief Hakimullah Mehsud in a drone strike has caused serious tension between Pakistan and the United States. In a policy statement in the National Assembly following the killing of Mehsud, Interior Minister Chaudhry Nisar Ali Khan said the killing destroyed the governments plan to initiate peace talks with the Taleban militants. The Taleban, who have refused to talk to the government after the death of their leader, have now started issuing threats of revenge. Khan told the lower house of the parliament that the Taleban have ruled out possibility of the talks but the government intends to
US Vice President Biden to visit Japan, China, S Korea in December

WASHINGTON, 5 Nov US Vice President Joe Biden will travel to Japan, China and South Korea in the first week of December, with plans to discuss a proposed Trans-Pacific Partnership free trade agreement with Japanese leaders, the White House said on Monday. Biden will visit Japan between 2 and 4 December , during which he is scheduled to meet with Prime Minister Shinzo Abe and compare notes with Japanese officials on bilateral ties and Asia-Pacific affairs, according to the Japanese government. Bidens visit to Japan will come ahead of a ministerial meeting in Singapore among the United States, Japan and 10 other countries involving negotiations for concluding the US-led TPP pact by the end of this year. The vice presidents visit to Japan next month may also draw attention to the longstanding issue of how to implement the relocation of the US Marine Corps Futenma Air Station within Okinawa Prefecture in line with a bilateral accord. The Japanese government already asked Okinawa Gov. Hirokazu Nakaima to permit a land-filling project off the Henoko coastal area in Nago as a key step before starting construction on the relocation site for the Futenma base, which is now in the densely populated city of Ginowan.Nakaima, who is opposed to the plan and calls for a relocation of the air field to outside the prefecture, has said he may decide in December or later whether or not to permit the land-filling. In Beijing and Seoul, Biden will meet their leaders to compare notes on global and regional issues, the White House said. Kyodo News
Pakistani security officials inspect the bomb blast site in northwest Pakistans Peshawar on 4 Nov, 2013. At least one person was killed and 6 others injured in a bomb explosion in Peshawar on Monday night, local media reported.XInHUA
Iran nuclear negotiator says no signal China calls for early peace conference from West to relieve sanctions on Syria
TEHERAN, 5 Nov Irans nuclear negotiator Abbas Araqchi said Teheran has received no signal that the West would relieve its sanctions imposed over Irans controversial nuclear programme, Press TV reported on Monday. Any initiative that does not ensure the easing of the sanctions is not acceptable to us, Araqchi was quoted as saying. Araqchi said during the recent rounds of negotiations between the representatives of Iran and the P5+1 the United States, China, Russia, France and Britain plus Germany in Vienna and Geneva, the two sides simply discussed their capabilities and facilities during the talks, but no agreement was reached between the two sides on the issues. Iran and the P5+1 countries held a fresh round of talks in Geneva on 1516 October and agreed to meet again in the Swiss city on 7-8 November.Xinhua UNITED NATIONS, 5 Nov China on Monday called on all parties concerned to make greater efforts to bring about an international peace conference on Syria at an early date. A political solution is the only viable way out of Syrias problems, said Liu Jieyi, Chinas permanent representative to the United Nations, when briefing the press here on the programme of work of the UN Security Council for this month. First and foremost it is highly important to persuade the relevant parties to sit down at the negotiation table for the Geneva II conference to be held as early as possible, said the envoy,
whose country assumed the rotating council presidency for November on Friday. Liu made the remarks as UN-Arab League joint special envoy Lakhdar Brahimi is going to meet a number of diplomats in Geneva on Tuesday to push for the peace conference on Syria, known as Geneva II.Xinhua
LOCAL NEWS Magway Myathalun Pagoda illuminated Culture with 9000 oil lights on 2 Nov Khuado Festival organized for first time in Nay Pyi Taw
U Thang Doh Ciin made a speech. Hluttaw representatives and officials of the organizing committee explained matters related to the festival. Those present were entertained traditional dances. After paying worship, they had the dinner. As it was the first celebration of Zomi Chin nationals, all the families of Zomi Chin nationals held a get-together. Dr Pawng Khant Kam of Agricultural Research Department remarked, I am so happy for talking with Zomi Chin families in Chin language. I think I am the happiest in the festival. MMAL-Thang Swing Lang
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Zomi Chin nationals enjoy Khuado Festival.

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov The First Khuado Festival of Zomi family of Nay Pyi Taw was observed at Nay Pyi Taw Church in Shwekyabin Ward of Zabuthiri Township of Nay Pyi Taw Council Area on 2 November. A total of 22 participants comprising Pyithu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw representatives, departmental officials and staff and their families, Zomi entrepreneurs and cultural groups of SEA Games attended the celebration. Chairman of the Organizing Committee Deputy Director-General
Magway Myathalun Pagoda illuminated with oil lights on 14th waning of Thadingyut.
M A G W A Y , 5 Nov The 25th silver jubilee oil light offering ceremony of Magway Myathalun Pagoda was suspended on the Fullmoon Day of Thadingyut due to heavy rains. Thus, the day of offering lights to the pagoda was suspended again on 8 th waning of Thadingyut. On 2 November, the oil light offering ceremony was successfully held at the pagoda. The 9000 oil lights offering ceremony was participated by members of the Pagoda Board of Trustees, members of social organizations, artistes who performed entertainment at the Buddha Pujaniya and local people. MMAL-Zeya Htinshuchan Ward of Mogok on 2 November. The entertainment was performed for providing assistance to basic education students of Gurkha from Mogok and Kyetpyin. We have sold 2000 tickets for entertainment within one week. We apologized to those who missed the chance for buying the ticket, dancing trainers Ma Sandiya and Ma Hira of Nepalese Gurkha cultural troupe. The ceremony was attended by Township Administrator U Nay Myo Zaw and departmental officials, towns elders, members of social organizations and Gurkha national from Mogok Township. MMAL-Nay Wah (Mogok)
Progress of construction projects clarified in Pauk Township

PAUK, 5 NovA ceremony to make clarification on maintenance and implementation of road and bridge projects in Pauk Township in 2013-2014 fiscal year was held at the hall of Township General Administration Department in the township on 30 October morning. Assistant Engineer U Soe Maw of Public Works explained progress of construction tasks in 2013-2014 and future plans, spending of the allotted fund of the Union government and the region government. Officials replied to queries raised by those present. Also present at the meeting were Magway Region Hluttaw representatives U Myint Soe Win and U Moe Ko Ko, the Township Development Supportive Committee Chairman and members, the chairman and members of Township Construction Supervisory Committee, departmental officials and towns elders. MMAL-Township IPRD
Napalese Gurkha cultural dances performed in Mogok Tsp
Victorious Myanmar para sport team honoured

Y AnGOn , 5 NovA ceremony to honour the Myanmar para sport team that secured three gold, four silver and four bronze medals in the Asian Youth Para SEA Games, Malaysia, 2013 was held at the hall of the Myanmar Para Sports Federation in Dagon Myothit (North) Township of Yangon Region on 2 November. Vice-President of the federation Col Myo Myint (Retd) presented K 100,000 each to gold medalists, K 75000 each to silver medalists and K 50000 each to bronze medalists respectively. The sport team was led by Executive of the federation Prof Dr Than Htay. They took part in the games to 30 October. Tin Soe (MMAL)
Nepalese dance troupe performs entertainment to the audience.
MOGOK, 5 NovWith the assistance to Gurkha students of Mogok and Kyetpyin of Mandalay
Region, the Nepalese Gurkha cultural troupe performed entertainment at Mani Yadana Hall in
National Sports
Tin, U Ye Htut Lay, U Sai Maung Maung Oo, U Khun Myo Thant, U Aung Aung Tun, U Aung Kyaw Htoo, Sai Aik Sam and so on will participate in the soccer friendly in commemoration of the get-together. Spectators may enjoy the friendly football match on 11 November. MMAL-Tin Maung (Mandalay)
Selected players of Shan State to hold soccer friendly

TAUnGGYI, 5 NovA ceremony to pay respects to older footballers was held in conjunction with a soccer friendly at Kanbawza Sports Ground in Taunggyi of Shan State on 11 November. The former selected players are invited to attend the respect paying ceremony without fail and to contact U Khin Maung Lwin Gyi of Taunggyi, Tel: 0949350342, U Khin Maung Lwin Lay of Mandalay, Tel: 09-2016570 and U Tin Maung Thein of Yangon, Tel: 09-5143273. Former selected national player and Shan State selected players residing across the nation U Maung Ni, U Ba Myint, U Ohn Pe, U Myo Win Nyunt, U Sein Win Gyi, U Sein Win Lay, Khun Kyawt Pe, U Shwe Baw, U Khin Maung Lwin Gyi, U Tin Maung Thein, U Khin Maung Lwin Lay, U Lun
KYAUKmE, 5 NovSIP Ye Zaw Myint and party of Mabein Police Station together with witnesses searched the suspect namely Shwe Hsay, 60 of Khatchel Village in Momeik Township on 29 October. The police squad seized 1400 stimulant tablets with WY brand in seven packets weighing 126 grams worth K
Anti-Narcotic Drives Stimulant tablets seized in Mabein
2.8 million and two packets of raw opium weighing 10 grams and one packet of opium weighing 55 grams worth K 44000. Two kinds of narcotic drugs were worth K 2.844 million. Mabein Police Station filed a lawsuit against Shwe Hsay under the law. MMAL-District IPRD

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e-Government scheme
There is a growing trend towards online application. The number of Internet users in the IT Age has increased all the more with wider online application. As computer, e-mail and Internet are at the forefront of daily activities, the role of e-Government has become increasingly crucial. The word of e-Government has become popular day by day based on different dimensions. Whatever it is, e-Government needs to be introduced through wider application of ICT in order that functions of governmental departments are swift, workable and effective. And a step-by-step approach should be taken towards achieving this long-term goal. The e-Government is a scheme in which most of the functions of governmental departments are undertaken swiftly and effectively through online. The scheme could make timeconsuming and labor-intensive departmental functions more applicable, effective and swifter. The extensive introduction of e-Government contributes not only to government departmental functions but to companies and social organizations that are related to the government, thereby improving socio-economic status of the people. Nowadays, the government in cooperation with computer professionals associations and entrepreneurs in regions and states has constituted regional e-Government committees in order to implement the e-Government scheme. As part of the scheme the e-Yangon Website of Yangon Region Government has been posted on a trial basis. Efforts are being made to bring about a complete and better e-Government before 2015. At a time when we need to reflect on what more we can do to realize our vision for a better world the e-Governments role is beyond question, for our urgent development challenge is to make sustainability a reality.
President U Thein Sein meets Governor of New South Wales of Commonwealth of Australia
President U Thein Sein and a delegation led by Governor of New South Wales of Commonwealth of Australia Ms Marie Bashir pose for documentary photo.MNA
NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov President U Thein Sein received a visiting goodwill delegation led by Governor of New South Wales of Commonwealth of Australia Ms Marie Bashir and MYItKYInA, 5 Nov The Union Peace-making Work Committee and leaders and representatives of ethnic armed organizations held talks for the second day at Majwel Hall in Myitkyina of Kachin State today. On the occasion, ViceChairman of Union Peacemaking Work Committee U Aung Min said that since framework had been put on table, necessary changes could be made to sign the nationwide ceasefire pact. The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw has also formed parliamentary constitutional review committee to introduce amendments to the constitution. While the Tatmadaw, government and the Hluttaws are working on amending the constituparty at the Credentials Hall of the Presidential Palace here this evening. The meeting focused on promoting cooperation between Myanmar and New South Wales, scholarship programme for outstanding Myanmar medial students in the medical universities of New South Wales province and aids for Myanmars health and education sectors. It was also attended by Union Ministers U Wunna Maung Lwin, U Tin Naing Thein and Dr Pe Thet Khin and officials. MNA
Talks between UPWC and ethnic armed organizations conclude

tion, ethnic armed groups are also given every chance necessary to take part in the process outside the parliament. General Secretary of New Mon State Party from the ethnic groups U Naing Han Than said they cant make immediate decisions about the proposal of Union Peace-making Work Committee and the decision would be made only after the discussion between respected ethnic leaders. The framework adopted according to the resolution of Laiza Conference has been presented to the government and he believed that nationwide ceasefire could be signed with understanding, said the general secretary. General Guam Maw from KIO said that technical teams were given mandate by the leadership of ethnic armed groups to discuss peace with government and the recommendations of the technical teams at the paper reading session of Laiza Peace Conference cover the wishes of the leadership of ethnic armed groups. The Union Peace-making Work Committee and ethnic armed groups release a joint declaration on talks for nationwide ceasefire after the meeting. Lt-Gen Myint Soe from Commander-in-Chief Office (Army) said: The negotiation today can be said the first stage of signing nationwide ceasefire. Weve put the framework for nationwide ceasefire on the table today. They would review it and discuss whether they can agree it or not. If every stakeholder agrees, then it will reach the stage of signing ceasefire pact. Todays discussion is major step toward nationwide ceasefire. Ethnic armed groups are really desirous of ceasefire, concluded the Lt-Gen citing the discussions yesterday and today. He added: The Tatmadaw is also taking an active part in peace process to reach ceasefire agreement with all ethnic armed groups. The government would review the resolutions of Laiza Conference (See page 9)
Press release on peace talk between Union Peace-making Work Committee...

(from page 1) 4. The meeting agreed on the following facts so as to reach the political agreement:(a) Reaching nationwide ceasefire deal (b) Designing policy framework for political dialogue (c) Holding political dialogues 5. The NCCT will coordinate with ethnic armed groups for nationwide ceasefire deal and agreed to hold discussions with Union Peace-making Work Committee in Hpa-an in Kayin State in December, 2013. 6. This joint press release is to communicate the public that the delegates from both sides were encouraged by the fruitful cooperation in the meeting that could bring an end to the more-than-60-years-long armed conflicts and agreed to hold political dialogue as soon as possible. Press Release Team
Dialogue between Union Peace-making Work Committee and leaders and representatives of ethnic armed organizations in progress at Majwel Hall in Myitkyina of Kachin State.MNA

Regions budget request
(from page 16) Industrial Training School (Myingyan) being implemented by Industrial Planning Department with the assistance of India is K 1.654 billion, said Deputy Minister for Industry U Thein Aung. The budget request (2012-2013 FY) for partition, installation and foundation works of Heavy Diesel Engine Manufacturing Project (Thagara) is K 526.630 million and technical fees, 970436.75 USD. Deputy Minister for Health Dr Daw Thein Thein Htay replied that 33 rural health care centers will be built by the Ministry of Health in flood-affected townships of Magway Region and 76 township hospitals, station hospitals, rural health centers, provided with medical supplies and equipments by March, 2014. Deputy Minister for Science and Technology Dr Aung Kyaw Myat said Advanced Science and Technology Department has
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Governor-General of Commonwealth of Australia

(from page 16) International Airport this evening. They were welcomed at the airport by Yangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Swe and wife Daw Khin Thet Htay, Myanmar Ambassador to Australia U Min Thein and wife, officials from Australian Embassy in Yangon. Later, the visiting delegation accompanied by Deputy Minister for Culture Daw Sanda Khin and officials visited the Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Htaukyant where the responsible persons explained facts about the cemetery to them. The Governor-General and her husband laid the wreath on the tomb of the fallen soldiers and signed the visitors book before they looked around the cemetery. MNA
sought K 2071.427 million and Technical and Vocational Education Department K 876.183 million to upgrade the universities and promote the education. The ministry has a plan to increase its budget year by year to cope with increased number of faculty members. The ministry would spend about K 3 billion on teaching aids for government technical institutes in the 2013-14 FY. Deputy Minister for National Planning and Economic Development Daw Le Le Thein said the state investment has reached 4.5 trilion in BE and has reached 4.9 trillion RE, increasing the investment up to K 0.4 trillion.
The ration between the deficiency of budget and GDP has down 4.94 percent in BE and 4.87 in RE. The budget approved by the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development is K 81.3 billion and additional budget is K 0.72 billion. The expenditures sought by Ministry of Home Affairs, Ministry of Sports and the Nay Pyi Taw Council were discussed at the Hluttaw. Pyidaungsu Hluttaw nodded the additional expenditure of K 17890.853 million sought by Ministry of Home Affairs and for the additional expenditure of K 24337.402 million sought by Ministry of Sports.
The majority of MPs voted yes to the proposal submitted by Dr Myat Nyana Soe of Yangon Region Constituency No 4 to reduce additional expenditure of K 26263.435 million sought by Nay Pyi Taw Council to K 1309.580 million. Pyidaungsu Hlutttaw also nodded the Additional Budget Allocation Bill for 2013-2014 FY. Pyidaungsu Hluttaw also put on record the message sent by the President to the Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw on spending K1690.113 million by Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation and K10.100 million by Ministry of Social Wel-
fare, Relief and Resettlement from the specific fund of the Union Budget Law for 2013. Pyidaungsu Hluttaw also put on record the message sent by the President on settling the land grabbing issues included in the report 1, 2 and 3 of the land grabbing investigation commission. Regarding the expenditure in first six months of 2013-14 FY, findings, complaints and actions of the Office of the Auditor-General of the Union were clarified by the Joint Public Accounts Committee. Pyidaungsu Hluttaw continues its 10th-day meeting on 7 November. MNA
Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives Japan-Myanmar Friendship Associations Chairman

eral cooperation for sustainable development, getting low-interest rate loans from Japan for Myanmar farmers which make up 70 per cent of the countrys population and technical assistance, getting market for the agricultural produce from Myanmar, ODA loans from Japan, bilateral friendship and winwin cooperation between the two countries. Also present at the meeting were chairmen of the committees of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Aung Ko, U Thein Swe and U Maung U and secretary U Kyi Tha and Daw Aye Aye Mu, member of the commission of the assessing legal affairs and special cases and officials from Hluttaw office.MNA
Chairperson of Pyithu Hluttaw Rule of Law and Tranquility Committee receives Governor-General of Commonwealth of Australia
NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov Chairperson of Pyithu Hluttaw Rule of Law and Tranquility Committee Daw Aung San Suu Kyi met Governor-General of Com(from page 8) and propose changes to them. Then ethnic armed groups would review the changes and meet again with the government. We had an open discussion at the talks. It is better to negotiate than firing with arms. It would take time building peace and people and international countries need not to be dismayed by the long peace process, said advisor U Khun Sai of Shan State Restorative Council. Ethnic armed groups were invited to make peace talks beginning August 2011. So far, ceasefire agreements have been signed with 14 ethnic armed groups and negotiations are under way with two other groups. Ethnic leaders were allowed to hold conference as a result and the resolutions of that conference could be discussed back at the talks in Myitkyina. I hope that the talks will bring monwealth of Australia Mrs. Quentin Bryce AC CVO Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann holds talks with Chairman at the Hall No.12 of Pyithu of Japan-Myanmar Friendship Association Mr Hideo Watanabe.MNA Hluttaw Committee, Hluttaw NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov mar Friendship Association, vices and assistance for rapid Complex, here today. Speaker of Pyithu Hlut- at Zabuthiri Hall in the Hlut- economic growth of MyanMNA taw Thura U Shwe Mann re- taw Complex here today. mar, responsible investment ceived Mr Hideo Watanabe, During the meeting, which can create job opporChairman of Japan-Myan- they discussed Japans ad- tunities in Myanmar, bilatpositive results to the country as it is the first talks between government and all ethnic armed groups over the 65 years. The two sides could NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov In his address at the implementation related to the release a joint statement on Thura U Shwe Mann, meeting held by the Pyithu educational reforms. their discussions and apprecithe Speaker of Pyithu HlutHluttaw Education PromoHe also urged adminisated the discussions. Further taw, stressed the need for tion Committee to discuss trative bodies and ministries discussions will be needed. launching educational rethe National Education Bill concerned to step up their efAs the ceasefire talks will be forms which can be carried here today, the Speaker forts for educational reforms, held in Hpa-an in December, out before necessary laws are pointed out the weak in enpledging that the Hluttaw I believe that all-inclusive amended. couragement, supporting and would assist in the educapolitical dialogue will take place soon, said U Hla ter of Bago Region U Nyan Maung Shwe from Myanmar Win met flood victims at rePeace Center. lief camps in Toungoo and (from page 16) stock Breeding U Tin Soe donated relief items to them. Though we have yet Servicemen from regi- and departmental officials to reach the stage of signing Up to 4 November, ments and units of Southern donated rice, edible oil and Bago Region government, ceasefire agreement, the first ever talks between the govern- Command, Hluttaw repre- relief aids to the floods at social organizations, FAO, ment and ethnic armed groups sentatives, local authorities, the relief camps in Toungoo, companies and wellwishers as a whole pave the way for departmental personnel and Yedashe and Ottwin town- donated relief aids worth K future plans. With cooperation towns elders and local peo- ships and Region Minister 256,993,311. and negotiation, I believe we ple participated in rescue and for Forestry and Mining U The authorities, farmwill be able to reach nation- relief works, maintenance of Kyaw Htay also fulfilled the land management commitwide ceasefire, said U Khaing broken embankments and requirements in Htantabin tees and staff of Agriculture Township from 30 October Department and Settlement Thukha from Rakhine State supply tasks. Bago Region Minister to 1 November. Liberation Party. and Land Records Departfor Agriculture and LiveYesterday, Chief Minis- ment are making field trips MNA
Talks between UPWC
Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker calls for stepping up efforts for educational reforms
tional reforms. The meeting was attended by chairmen of the Pyithu Hluttaw committees, secretaries, members, professors, rectors and responsible personnel from the ministries concerned. MNA to conduct survey for loss and damage in the flood. Arrangements will be made for cultivation of cold season crops on the flood-ravaged lands. In accord with the guidance of the President, agricultural loans and other assistance will be provided to cultivation of cold season crops. The Union government, the Union ministries and region government will assist in flood victims in order that their life to return to normalcy.MNA
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LOCAL NEWS Globetrotters view renovation of earthquakeAgriculture hit Shweyattaw Pagoda in Singu Farming rights certificates issued to farmers Ward administrator U Myo Win Zaw, the chairman of Thanbyuzayat Township
Issuance of farming rights certificate to local farmers in Thanbyu-zayat Township in progress.
gave a speech. Head of Mon State Settlement and Land Records Department U Kyaw Sein Lin explained issuance of farming rights certificates for 21965 farmers from 26 village-tracts of the township. Head of Township SLRD U Myint Tun spoke words of thanks for concerted efforts of personnel from Township SLRD and departments concerned. Officials presented certificates to village administrators. Kyemon-State IPRD ship General Administration Department in Thanbyuzayat on 2 November. Mon State Minister for Agriculture and Livestock Breeding U Myo Nyunt
THANBYUZAYAt, 5 NovA ceremony to issue farming rights certificates to farmers from the whole township of Thanbyuzayat was held at the hall of Town-
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SINGU, 5 NovTwo Dutch guests led by Managing Director U Kyaw Myo Ko of Mandalay-based Myanmar Upperland (Culture & Travels) visited Shweyattaw Pagoda in Singu of Mandalay Region on 3 November morning. They took photo of the pagoda and visited there.
The pagoda collapsed in the earthquake in 2012.
and members of Pagoda Board of Trustees explained reconstruction of the pagoda and progress of works. The pagoda is being rebuilt with K 16 million fund by Mandalay-based Myanmar Upperland (Culture & Travels). The Pagoda Board of Trustees invites wellwishers to make donations to the fund for reconstruction of the pagoda. Kyemon-Win Maung
Rural development Kachin State government to rebuild damaged bridges

M OHNYIN , 5 Nov Kachin State government will fund reconstruction of two damaged bridge in Mohnyin Township for 2013-14 fiscal year, said Kachin State Minister for Finance U Nyunt Aung. After inspecting the damaged bridges in the villages in last week of October, the state minister said that the government allotted K 25 million for the bridge linking Nansawlaw and Nanma villages, K 6.1 million for the bridge linking Mohnyin and Pinhe village, K 7 million on the bridge linking Pinhe and Bilu villages, K 3.1 million for th ebridge linking Mayangon and Nyaunggon villages and K 8 million for the bridge linking Mohnyin nad Ingyingon villages. The 120 feet long bridge between Mohnyin and Nyaunggon village will cost over K 100 million. So we submit it to the government for construction with the assistance of Japanese government. he added. NLM-001
Anti-Narcotic Drives 3900 stimulant tablets seized in Muse

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov Members of No 22 Anti-Drug Squad (Muse) and those of No 10 Anti-Drug Squad (Nay Pyi Taw) and servicemen of local battalion together with witnesses discharging duty of patrol near the entrance to Namhkam of Shan State on 2 November afternoon stopped a motorcycle driven by Aik Win, 23, of Lawngsawng Village in Nongtong Township of China heading for Namhkam from Namsam Village of Muse Township. While searching the suspect, the squad members seized 3900 stimulant tablets worth K 7.8 million from his pocket of the jacket. Namhkam Myoma Police Station opened a file of lawsuit against Section 15/19(a) of Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Sub-stances Law.Ko Ko Yupa
Vehicle plunges into ravine, leaving 15 injured

NAY PYI TAW, 5 NovA vehicle driven by Naing Gyi (a) Maung Maung Naing (a) Ko Ko Naing of Pyay Township, carrying workers of nation grid construction project heading for Taungup from Pyay plunged into the 200 feet deep ravine at mile post 58/4 of Pyay-Taungup Road near Myaya Village of Taungup Township, Rakhine State, on 2 November afternoon. Policemen from Taungpongyi Police Outpost, members of Myaya Village administrative body and workers of Myaya based tower workers rushed to the scene and rescued 15 workers including the driver. Seven workers including Aung Myo Naing, 30, from Aungchantha Ward in Pyay, could be rescued from the ravine at 3.05 pm, eight persons including Naing Gyi (a) Maung Maung Naing (a) Ko Ko Naing at 4.45 pm. As all workers sustained injuries, officials sent them to Taungup Peoples Hospital to receive medical treatment. Taungup Myoma Police Station opened a file of lawsuit against the driver under the law.Ko Ko Yupa
As a self-reliant bridge between Pinhe and Bilu villages in Mohnyin Township were damaged due to trucks with overload, Kachin State government grants to rebuild it spending K 7 million.NLM001
MPF launches emergency, complaint-handling phone lines

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov Myanmar Police Force under the Ministry of Home Affairs has put hot lines into place at Myanmar Police Force HQ and region/state police stations to enable the public to submit tip-offs and complaints over illegal acts, misappropriation and corruption. The public may reach the numbers for their information and complaints but are requested to avoid manners causing disruptions to these phone lines. Myanmar Police Force HQ, Nay Pyi Taw Police Force, Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Mon, Rakhine and Shan State Police Forces, Sagaing, Taninthayi, Bago, Magway, Mandalay, Yangon and Ayeyawady Region Police Forces, Offices of Commanders of East, West, South and North District Police Forces in Yangon Region, No (1) Police Station in Taunggyi, Office of Deputy Commander of State Police Force in Lashio, and Kengtung Police Station in Kengtung have emergency numbers of 199. Phone numbers receiving complaints from the public are Myanmar Police Force HQ (067-412222 and 067- 412444), Nay Pyi Taw Police Force (067-550333), Kachin State Police Force (074-21444), Kayin State Police Force (058-23355), Sagaing Region Police Force (071- 24996), Tanin-thayi Region Police Force (05923998), Bago Region Police Force (052- 23999), Magway
Region Police Force (06328099), Mandalay Region Police Force (02-61444), Mon State Police Force (057-24987), Rakhine State Police Force (043- 22833), Yangon Region Police Force (01-2302199), Shan State Police Force ( 0 8 1 - 2 1 2 5 4 5 5 ) and Ayeyawady Region Police Force (04223844).MNA
FSA investigates 3 megabanks over measures against criminal groups

TOKYO, 5 Nov Japans Financial Services Agency on Tuesday started investigations into the countrys three major banking groups, including scandal-hit Mizuho Financial Group Inc., focusing on measures to prevent ties to criminal groups. The FSA will additionally examine whether Mizuho deliberately submitted an incorrect report to the financial watchdog over the scandal involving loans made by Mizuho Bank to people linked to criminal groups that came to light in September. Finance Minister Taro Aso, concurrently serving as financial services minister, expressed displeasure that Mizuho made incorrect claims to the FSA, saying it was extremely undesirable. We will carefully consider how to deal with the issue, Aso said at a press conference, indicating his agency would impose an additional punishment on the bank. The financial watchdog is conducting on-site inspections of the financial groups operating major lenders Mizuho Bank, the Bank of Tokyo-Mitsubishi UFJ and Sumitomo Mitsui Banking Corp to ensure proper measures are in place. The FSA ordered Mizuho to improve its operations on 27 September based on the banks initial claim that its top management had not been alerted to the transactions with Chinas Premier Li Keqiang delivers a speech during the opening ceremony of 21st Century Council Beijing Conference at the Great Hall of the People, in Beijing, on 1 Nov, 2013. REUTErS people tied to organized crime groups. However, Mizuho President Yasuhiro Sato later admitted former President Satoru Nishibori had been aware of the loans in question since July 2010, reversing the banks earlier claim, and Sato had also attended board meetings where materials mentioning the matter were distributed. Mizuho has decided to forgo Satos pay for six months and punish more than 50 people. Kyodo News
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A Soyuz rocket, painted with a design celebrating the 2014 Sochi Winter Olympics in Russia, is taken out of an assembly plant to be carried to the launch pad in Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 4 Nov, 2013. The rocket contains a spacecraft to bring three astronauts, as well as a Sochi Olympic torch, to the International Space Station later in the month. KYODO NEWS
S Korea, Japan, China to hold senior officials talks on Thursday

Shinsuke Sugiyama and Chinese Vice Foreign Minister Liu Zhenmin will head the delegations at the meeting, the eighth of its kind. Diplomatic sources said earlier that the officials would coordinate views on the feasibility of holding a trilateral summit by yearend, though such a possibility appears to be slim amid Japans soured relations with China and South Korea. South Korea initially planned to host a trilateral summit in May, but it was put off due to Chinas unwillingness to hold such talks amid tensions over the Senkaku Islands in the East China Sea, administered by Japan but claimed by China and Taiwan.Kyodo News
China needs 7.2 percent GDP growth for employment: premier

BEIJING, 5 Nov China needs to sustain economic growth of 7.2 percent to ensure a stable job market, Premier Li Keqiang said in remarks published on Monday, one of the few times a top official has stated the minimum level of growth needed for employment. Official calculation showed the worlds second-largest economy needs to grow at a rate of 7.2 percent annually to ensure 10 million jobs are being created each year, Li was quoted by the Workers Daily as saying. This would cap the urban unemployment rate at around 4 percent, he said. We want to stabilize economic growth because we need to guarantee employment essentially, Li said at a national workers meeting two weeks ago. His remarks were published in full for the first time on Monday. The government has said the slowdown has been partly engineered to make room for retooling the economy to ensure future growth is cleaner, more sustainable, less dependent on heavy investment and more reliant on consumption. Chinas economy is set to grow at its slackest pace in 23 years this year, at 7.5 percent, as its export sales falter on fragile global demand. Li reiterated that the 7.5 percent growth target for 2013 remains intact, but noted that weak exports sales were a risk. If the exports drop sharply, it would bring employment problem, Li said. Exports can directly create about 30 million jobs and add another 100 million jobs in other related industries, Li said, adding that every one percentage point in economic growth can create 1.3 million or even 1.5 million jobs. Reuters
SEOUL, 5 Nov Senior diplomats from South Korea, Japan and China will hold talks on Thursday in Seoul to discuss regional and international issues of common interest, South Koreas Foreign Ministry said on Tuesday. South Korean Deputy Foreign Minister Lee Kyung Soo, Japanese Deputy Foreign Minister
An opening ceremony is held for a photo exhibition co-sponsored by Vietnam News Agency and Kyodo News in Hanoi on 4 Nov, 2013. The exhibition, marking the Vietnam-Japan Friendship Year and the 40th anniversary of the establishment of diplomatic ties between the two countries, features some 80 photographs under the central theme Vietnam and Japan: Together to a New Horizon.KYODO NEWS
Taiwan, Japan set to sign five agreements
TAIPEI, 5 Nov Taiwan and Japan will sign five mostly trade-related agreements in Taipei on Tuesday afternoon, the islands Foreign Ministry said. The five agreements and memoranda of understanding are those on electronic commerce, cooperation on pharmaceutical regulations, railway cooperation, mutual recognition of patent priority claims and air and maritime search
and rescue. In recent years, the two sides have inked an investment arrangement, an open skies deal, a mutual recognition agreement on telecommunications equipment, a fisheries arrangement and MOUs on strengthening industrial cooperation, accelerating the patent application process and prevention of money laundering. Kyodo News
S Korea told to redress Korean man from Japan over false spy charge
ed anonymity, and his family had filed a damages suit with the Seoul Central District Court against after his acquittal was confirmed in a retrial in September last year. The names of more than a dozen other people have been cleared in retrials after they faced similar charges of national security law violations in the 1970s to 1980s and served time, with the court finding that accusations against them were fabricated through torture. While the state has been ordered to redress some of the victims, the latest compensation ordered by the Seoul court is believed to be the largest. The man has declined to comment on the ruling, saying he has yet to see the court document. Another ethnic Korean man who has been found innocent after going through a similar ordeal said, We lost our health due to torture and our lives were altered because of long prison terms. Considering the seriousness of the damage, the amount of compensation seems proper, but we cannot retrieve what was lost. Kyodo News
SEOUL, 5 Nov A South Korean court has ordered the government to pay a compensation of about 2.9 billion won (about $2.73 million) to an ethnic Korean man from Japan who had served about 15 years in prison after being falsely accused of spying for North Korea, according to a source familiar with the matter. The man, who request-
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TEPCO to conduct test for Fukushima No 4 unit fuel removal

tor building as early as next Friday. The decision comes after a government-affiliated nuclear safety agency called for an initial test operation, including transporting a protective fuel cask from the storage pool to another pool in a different building about 100 meters away for more stable conditions for cooling spent fuel, the sources said. The administrative agency, the Japan Nuclear Energy Safety Organization, has already inspected equipment to be used in the fuel removal work on behalf of the Nuclear Regulation Authority. It also urged TEPCO to have the planned work evaluated by a group of Japanese and overseas experts formed by the International Research Institute for Nuclear Decommissioning, a Tokyo-based organization founded by Japanese government agencies, nuclear facility manufacturers and electric power companies. Kyodo News
Good things come to those who wait.
TOKYO, 5 Nov Tokyo Electric Power Co will conduct a test for nuclear fuel removal at the No 4 reactor building at the stricken Fukushima Daiichi power plant, delaying the start of the actual fuel removal operation by up to two weeks, sources close to the matter said on Monday. The operator of the plant, crippled in the March 2011 quake and tsunami disaster, planned to start removing nuclear fuel from a cooling pool at the reac-

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Shah Rukh Khan: I see the next SRK in AbRam

Each year, we run after to achieve something big, may it be big films, awards. I know it is all important and its been 22 years and I have decided to focus on small things. In the race of catching big things, we miss small things, Shah Rukh said. This year, I want to spend time with my children. I look forward to spending quality time with my children. They are growing older and getting busy in their own lives, so I am trying to get into it. So, I have dedicated this year for small little happiness, he added. The actor who has achieved everything in life says on the professional front he has not achieved everything. On the professional front, I have not achieved everything. There is a long way to go. I try to get better with my each film and I will continue to do that till my last breath.PTI
Shah Rukh Khan says that he wants to spend time with his children this year. MUmBAI, 5 Nov King Khan, who is ruling the Bollywood industry, says he sees the next Shah Rukh Khan in his son AbRam. When asked who in the young set of actors has the capability to be the next Shah Rukh Khan, he said: I see the next SRK in AbRam, but it will take time. He said he has dedicated this year for small things and little happiness.
Scorsese, Hockney honoured at LA intersection of art and film

LOS ANGELES, 5 Nov American film director Martin Scorsese and British artist David Hockney were honored at the Art + Film Gala, an annual gathering that aims to bring the art and movie industries of Los Angeles closer together. In a Saturday night event heavy with Hollywood actors and studio executives at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, or LACMA, the Oscar-winning director Scorsese was praised for helping save the museums film program when it was nearly scrapped during the financial crisis, and for his work on film restoration. Hockney, a multimedia artist who lived and painted for decades in Los Angeles, was recognized for the way he captured the city, from swimming pools to Mulholland Drive images that came to define Southern California for many. I first arrived in Los Angeles, almost 50 years ago in January 1964, and they were just putting up this building, said the 76-yearold Hockney, who moved back to England a few years ago. It is getting bigger and bigger. LACMA is one of Californias most important museums and it has played a leading role in the burgeoning art scene in Los Angeles. The gala drew actors such as Warren Beatty, Tom Hanks and Jane Fonda, while British singer Sting was the nights entertainment. It raised $4.1 million for LACMAs film program. Reuters
Director and presenter Martin Scorsese speaks at the American Film Institutes 41st Life Achievement Award Gala at the Dolby theatre in Hollywood, California on 6 June, 2013.REUTErS Directed and produced by Rakesh Roshan, Krrish 3 is made on a budget of about Rs 100-Rs 150 crore.
DELHI, 5 Nov Its a double celebration for Hrithik Roshan and the Krrish 3 team as the Diwali release is going strong at the box office and has collected Rs 23 crore on the second day of its release. Krrish 3 is fabulous
Krrish 3 going strong, collects Rs 23 crore on second day

on day two, despite pre-Diwali festivities at its peak. Collects Rs 23 crore (HindiTamilTelugu) on Saturday. Outstanding, tweeted trade analyst Taran Adarsh. Directed and produced by Rakesh Roshan, the superhero sci-fi drama, made on a budget of about Rs 100-Rs 150 crore, got a grand opening when it released on Friday. The film earned Rs 25 crore on the first day, informed Adarsh through his tweet. Another trade pundit Komal Nahta is confident
that Krrish 3 will move up on the success ladder. Rock-steady! Thats the only way to describe Krrish 3, given that Saturday was last day of dull pre-Diwali. Historic! Nahta tweeted on Sunday. PTI
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Fiorente wins Melbourne Cup, redemption for Oliver
Jockey Damien Oliver crosses the finish line riding race favourite Fiorente to win the A$6 million ($5.7 million) Melbourne Cup at Flemington Racecourse in Melbourne on 5 Nov, 2013.REUTErS MELBOURNE, 5 Nov joyed a textbook ride in the of a length with Mount Favourite Fiorente pre- gruelling two-mile handi- Athos finishing third. vailed in a furious sprint cap from three-time winner The win in the 153rd down the final stretch to Oliver, who a year ago was running of the Cup, one of win the A$6 million (3.5 embroiled in scandal amid the worlds richest races, million pounds) Melbourne an illegal betting probe. was especially satisfying Cup on Tuesday and deliver Oliver coaxed the six- for 41-year-old Oliver, who sweet redemption for con- year-old stallion to the front only returned to the saddle troversial jockey Damien in the final 100 metres to in September after serving a Oliver. beat British stayer Red 10-month ban for betting on Fiorente, runner-up to Cadeaux by three-quarters a rival horse in 2010. Green Moon last year, enHis presence in last
MADRiD, 5 Nov Lionel Messi has set the bar so high for himself that when he does not score for a few games it prompts an outburst of speculation and head-scratching about what might be ailing the Argentine World Player of the Year. That is the situation Messis club Barcelona find themselves in as they prepare to host AC Milan in Champions League Group H on Wednesday. At home to Espanyol on Friday, the 26-year-old failed to score for a fourth successive La Liga match in which he played the full 90 minutes, his most barren run in almost six years. Messis season was disrupted by a minor muscle strain at the end of September and since his return he has also failed to score against Osasuna, Celta Vigo and Real Madrid. That said, he did net the equaliser in last months 1-1 Champions League draw at Milan, his fourth goal of the competition in two outings this season following his hat-trick against Ajax Amsterdam in September. His record in La Liga is also one most players would
Barca missing Messi mojo before Milan clash
years race aboard Americain provoked much debate as news of his complicity in the illegal betting scandal swirled in the lead-up. Oliver was backed by Sydney-based trainer Gai Waterhouse on his return and he rewarded the grand dame of Australian racing with her first Melbourne Cup. In addition to last years heartbreak, Waterhouse also tasted the disappointment of runner-up finishes with Te Akau Nick in 1993 and Nothin Leica Dane in 1995. Gai was one of the first people to get behind me when I came back, an emotional Oliver, who rode 1995 winner Doriemus and Media Puzzle in 2002, said trackside. Theres a lot of emotion going through my body right now. Waterhouse hailed Olivers ride which saw Irish import Fiorente, carrying 55 kg from barrier five and backed into 6-1, edge ahead of the Ed Dunlop-trained Red Cadeaux in front of a heaving crowd of more than 100,000. Didnt he ride him a treat? a glowing Waterhouse, wearing a necklace of huge pearls and a tealcoloured dress and hat, said trackside. I think (backing Oliver) was the crux. I think it was what won us the Cup, the 59-year-old later told reporters.Reuters
Being number one is not the goal anymore, says Nadal

LONDON, 5 Nov Barring an unlikely set of circumstances over the next fortnight, Rafael Nadal will end a year as the worlds top-ranked player for the third time but it will cut no ice with the Spaniard. Yes, I would rather be number one than not, the 27-year-old told reporters at the ATP World Tour Finals in London on Monday. (But) its not the goal any more. This time last year Naincluding the French Open and the US Open to take his grand slam haul to 13, just four behind the total of Roger Federer. His dominance took him back above Novak Djokovic at the top of the world rankings on 7 October and, for the record, he will become the first player to twice regain the year-end No 1 spot after losing it should he win two matches here this week. Even if Nadal flops
Rafael Nadal of Spain hits a return to compatriot David Ferrer in their semi-final match at the Paris Masters mens singles tennis tournament at the Palais Omnisports of Bercy in Paris, on 2 Nov, 2013.REUTErS dal was holed up in Mal- on what he says is his least lorca recovering from a favoured surface, Djokodebilitating left knee injury vic would still have to rethat sidelined him for seven gain his title here and win months and prompted many his singles rubbers at next to doubt his longevity at the weeks Davis Cup final top of the sport. against Czech Republic to Since returning in stand any chance of overFebruary, however, Nadal taking the Spaniard. has soared to new heights, Whatever happens, reaching the final of 13 of Nadal will not be losing any the 16 tournaments he en- sleep over it. tered, winning 10 of them Reuters
Woods heralds return with spectacular Turkey photoshoot

Barcelonas Lionel Messi looks at the ball during a training session at the San Siro stadium in Milan on 21 Oct, 2013.REUTErS be delighted with eight goals in 10 appearances yet still the alarm bells are ringing in the Catalan capital and beyond. Barcas four club captains Xavi, Carles Puyol, Victor Valdes and Andres Iniesta are so worried that they have offered to meet Messi to see if he needs their help, Sport newspaper reported on Sunday. Messi himself has said little about the situation, although he posted a message on Chinese social networking site Weibo at the weekend saying he was not yet back to full fitness. I am still not at 100 percent physically but for sure with each passing match I will pick up more rhythm, he said. Barca coach Gerardo Martino, who like Messi hails from the city of Rosario, played down concerns about the players form after the Espanyol game. Messi does not seem worried to me, he told a news conference. Its just a coincidence that he has not scored in three or four games.Reuters US golfer Tiger Woods guides a boy as he putts on a hole during an event to meet with young athletes in Singapore on 1 Nov, 2013.REUTErS ISTANBUL, 5 Nov Tiger Woods features in a strokeplay event for the first time in six weeks at the Turkish Airlines Open starting on Thursday and will herald his return by taking part in a spectacular Bosphorus Bridge photoshoot. The world number one is due to arrive in Istanbul by helicopter on Tuesday before becoming the first golfer to hit balls from East to West on the iconic bridge that separates the continents of Europe and Asia. Woods will then travel down to the south-western city of Antalya on the Mediterranean coast to take on Europes finest in the $7 million tournament at the Montgomerie Maxx Royal course. The 14-times major winner also played in last years invitational eightman World Golf Final in Turkey but this season marks the first time the country has hosted an official European Tour event. I had a great time during my first visit to Turkey... and Im looking forward to playing there once again, Woods said in a news release. He has not played a strokeplay competition since finishing tied for 22nd place at the Tour Championship in Atlanta in September, the final event of the US PGA Tours moneyspinning FedExCup series. Reuters
Mourinho wants big improvement Govt to mull expanding against Schalke

LONDON, 5 Nov Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho, who said he made 11 mistakes in his team selection after Chelsea lost to Newcastle United on Saturday, will not want to get it wrong again when Schalke 04 visit Stamford Bridge in the Champions League on Wednesday. Chelsea won 3-0 at Schalke two weeks ago and are top of Group E by virtue of that win, with both teams on six points from three games. Mourinho told reporters after Chelseas 2-0 defeat at St James Park that he was angry and worried by the performance that ended their run of six successive wins in all competitions. I made 11 mistakes, 11 mistakes. I should have picked another 11 and not this one, he said. When my team plays so badly, its the feeling I have. I am angry because I dont understand why we lost, he said, adding that he was also worried about their away form which has produced one win in five away league games. It would be a real upset if Chelsea failed to secure the win that would put them within touching distance of the Champions League knockout round and Mourinho plans to make changes
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Chelseas manager Jose Mourinho reacts after their English League Cup fourth round soccer match against Arsenal at Emirates Stadium in London, on 29 Oct, 2013.REUTErS to the team. I will be making a lot of changes for sure, he said before leaving St James Park. Schalkes players got their own wake-up call from club president Clemens Toennies last week and they responded by bouncing back from successive defeats to Chelsea and Borussia Dortmund in the Bundesliga to win 2-0 at Hertha Berlin on Saturday. The players, who kept a clean sheet for the first time in five games, ran more than in any other league game and coach Jens Keller was pleased with their defending. What my team can take out of this game is that, when they are compact and defend set-pieces well, its hard for anybody to score against us, he said. Keller will have Kevin-Prince Boateng fit after the attacking midfielder returned to action on Saturday following a knee injury. Were in London and we know what quality theyve got, Boateng said. Were looking to get at least a point there. Were going to have to keep a clean sheet. Boateng, who joined late in the transfer window from AC Milan, said he was gradually getting back to his top form. The knee is getting better by the game, he said. You just need games to get to full fitness and sharpness. Reuters
TOKYO, 5 Nov The Japanese government will consider expanding the range of duty-free products for foreign tourists in a bid to bolster consumption and the economy, Finance Minister Taro Aso said on Tuesday.If (the measure) benefits the tourism industry, it is certainly worth considering, Aso said at a Press conference. As part of fiscal 2014 tax reform, the Japan Tourism Agency has proposed the addition of foodstuffs, beverages, tobacco, pharmaceutical products and cosmetics to a list of tax-exempt items for foreign travelers who have fill out necessary documents at duty-free shops in the country. The proposal is aimed at attracting travelers and mitigating the negative impact of the sales tax hike to 8 percent from the current 5 percent next April.In many parts of the world, including member nations of the European Union, all products bought by foreign travelers are tax exempt and tax refunds are made on departure, the agency said.Kyodo News
One million Cambodian children received new measles, rubella vaccine

PHNOM PENH, 5 Nov The total number of Cambodian children immunized in the nationwide campaign with measles and rubella vaccines has already reached one million, the Ministry of Health announced onTuesday. Health Minister Mam Bunheng launched the campaign against these two childrens diseases on 21 October, aiming to vaccinate all children in the country, totaling over 4 million, between 9 months of age and 15 years with the measles and rubella. To date, Phase I with 9 provinces is nearing completion with one million children already vaccinated, the Ministry said in the statement, adding that Phase II will run through November, followed by Phase III in December. The demand for measles and rubella vaccine has been almost overwhelming. Every school is having its scheduled vaccination session, thanks to great cooperation between health and school authorities, Mam Bunheng said in the statement. I urge every family in the country to bring their children to join in this campaign as it continues across the country in the next two months. The aim of the campaign is to protect as many children as possible from both measles and rubella disease, the statement said. Xinhua
Mexican armed forces take over security in key Pacific port

MEXICO CITY, 5 Nov Mexican armed forces have taken charge of security in the Pacific port of Lazaro Cardenas, a major cargo hub in a part of the country struggling to contain violent drug gangs. The government said on Monday that units of the army, navy and federal police were moving in to oversee access to and around Lazaro Cardenas, one of Mexicos principal gateways to trade with Asia on the southern flank of Michoacan state. Michoacan has been a regular flashpoint for shootings and attacks on officials since President Enrique Pena Nieto took power 11 months ago pledging to bring an end to widespread violence stemming from warring drug cartels. Government spokesman Eduardo Sanchez said the decision to replace local police in Lazaro Cardenas was part of a series of measures aimed at restoring stability to Michoacan. The specter of terrorism was conjured up by some security experts when various installations belonging to Mexicos state-run electricity company were temporarily knocked out in a series of attacks in Michoacan last weekend. Throughout the year, serious gunfights have broken out in the state and Pena Nieto himself admitted this summer that gangs had taken control of parts of Michoacan. Among the victims of the local violence was a vice admiral killed in a road ambush in July, and a state congressman who was hacked to death with a machete in September. Reuters
Two-time womens world champion Miki Ando performs in the womens free programme at the Eastern Japan Figure Skating Championships in Maebashi, Gunma Prefecture on 4 Nov, 2013. Ando finished second overall to earn a spot in Decembers national championships, which will be used to select Japans figure skating squad for the Sochi Games in February. KYODO NEWS
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Deputy Minister for Cooperatives U Than Tun said that loan will be disbursed only to the farmers and growers who actually are doing or will do farming and cooperatives members based on farmer reports when a 100 million USD loan from China ExIm Bank is received. Myanmar will have to repay a loan of 129.125 million USD (K 126542.5 million) over ten yearsa initial capital loan of 100 million USD (K 98000 million), management fees of 1 million USD (K 980 million) plus an interest rate of 28.125 million USD (K 27562.50 million). With regard to the question of MP U Min Swe
Regions budget request is three times higher than those of seven other states
NAy PyI TAW, 5 Nov Additional Budget Allocation Bill for 2013-2014 FY was discussed at 9th day session of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw here today. Deputy Minister for Border Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Maung Ohn replied that the budget earmarked for 2013-2014 FY for Shan State (north, south and east) and self-administrated regions is K 41920.123 million. Its budget is much more than other region/state as Shan State is the largest state in Myanmar. of DaikU Constituency on upgrade of roads, Deputy Minister for Livestock, Fisheries and Rural Development U Khin Maung Aye replied that the budget request for upgrades of the entrance road to Aye Thu Kha Village is K 425.935 million. The purpose is to enable people there enjoy better communications and high socio-economic status. Regarding the discussion by MP Daw Nan Wah Nu of Kunhing Constituency, regions budget request is three times higher than those of seven other states as the budget is earmarked on a priority basis in accord with Rural Development Departments budget policy. The additional budget request (2012-2013 FY) for purchases of machines of (See page 9)
Governor-General of Commonwealth of Australia arrives in Yangon
YANGON, 5 NovAt the invitation of President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win, Governor-General of Commonwealth of Australia Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO and her husband Mr Michael Bryce AM AE arrive at Yangon (See page 9)
Myanmar basketball team to snatch victory in 27th SEA Games

Players of Myanmar basketball team in intensive training as preparations for taking part in XXVII SEA Games.
NAy PyI TAW, 5 Nov Myanmar basketball players would like to clinch victory in the 27th SEA Games to be hosted in December, according to Secretary of Myanmar Basketball Federation U Kyaw Kyaw Win. "Myanmar basketball players are receiving intensive training for achieving success in the SEA Games to be hosted by Myanmar. They compete in Men's and Women's events. Myanmar Men's basketball team is receiving training under American coach while Myanmar Women's basketball team is under Chinese coach. They will bag medals in the matches in some degree, said MBF Secretary U Kyaw Kyaw Win. He continued, "The Myanmar basketball team has ever participated in earlier SEA Games. Among ASEAN countries, the Philippines and Malaysia are strong rival teams. But Myanmar basketball team is trying best to be the victor of the match." Basketball is a uniquely American sport. Though it has spread Myanmar for many years, it is not the most popular sport among Myanmar young generation. Basketball tourney of the SEA Games would be held at Zeyathiri Sports hall (A) in Nay Pyi Taw from 8 to 16 December. Myanmar basketball enthusiasts would witness progress of Myanmar basketball players in the matches. MMAL-Maung Shwe Yoe lies at Yangon International Airport.Myanmar Golf Federation allowed Myanmar golf team to take part in the international tournament so as to achieve success and to get experience to be applied in the XXVII SEA Games. NLM
34 days to XXVII SEA Games
Governor-General of Commonwealth of Australia Ms Quentin Bryce AC CVO and her husband Mr Michael Bryce AM AE at Commonwealth War Graves Cemetery in Htaukyant.MNA
Servicemen, local authorities, departments, local people provide assistance to flood victims
BAGO, 5 NovHeavy rains caused higher water level of Sittoung River in Toungoo District as of 28 October and it reached the highest level at 713 cm on 31 October. On 5 November, the water level declined to 534 cm from 713 cm gradually. A total of 49848 people from 13674 households from 48 wards and village-tracts in townships of Toungoo District were accommodated at 72 relief camps from 29 October to 1 November. Yedashe Township opened 28 relief camps for 19059 victims of 5041 households, Toungoo Township, 33 relief camps for 15830 victims from 3953 households, Ottwin Township, 11 camps for 8838 victims of 2178 households, Htantabin Township, 6121 people from 2510 households. The district opened 72 relief camps for 49848 victims for 13674 households from 48 wards and villages. As river water receded, 15830 victims from 3953 households were left at 33 relief camps. (See page 9)
Myanmar selected youth golf team leaves for Thailand

YANGON, 5 NovMyanmar selected youth mens and womens golf team left here for Thailand by air today to participate in the 6th Singha Thailand Junior world golf championships 2013 from 7 to 11 November. They were seen off by officials of Myanmar Golf Federation and their fami-
Bago Region Chief Minister U Nyan Win presents aids to locals.MNA

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