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Volunteers sing in front of Dagon Centre on May 10 to raise funds for earthquake
victims in Nepal. The group has raised more than US$5000 in public donations since
beginning the nightly performances on April 30, and conducted shows in front of
Junction Square, Parkson, Hledan Centre and several other locations.
2 News
Govt agrees
to second
six-way
meeting
A SECOND round of the six-party talks will be held when all participants are available, Minister
for Information U Ye Htut said
yesterday.
The first meeting between the
so-called Big Six President U
Thein Sein, Commander-in-Chief
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker
Thura U Shwe Mann, Amyotha
Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung
Myint, National League for Democracy leader Daw Aung San
Suu Kyi and Rakhine National
Party leader U Aye Maung was
held on April 10. Talks focused
on the election, constitutional
change and the peace process.
Parliament has urged a second round of discussions, but
the government has so far refused to meet again.
But U Ye Htut said a meeting would be held to set a date
for a second round of talks once
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing
returns from a foreign trip to Pakistan and Serbia.
All stakeholders need to negotiate the date for the second round
of the talk. When the commanderin-chief comes back, we will all
meet together and negotiate. The
second round of the talks will be
held on the date they agree, U Ye
Htut said. Htoo Thant, translation by Thiri Min Htun
A woman who fled from the Kokang region of northeastern Shan State cries at a
temporary refugee camp n Lashio on February 18. Photo: AFP
due to lapse in the coming days. Fighting erupted in Kokang between the
military and the Myanmar National
Democratic Alliance Army (MNDAA),
an ethnic Chinese militia, on February 9. The WFP estimated that 60,000
displaced people were still in camps on
the Chinese side of the border. Most are
ethnic Chinese.
It also quoted a Myanmar government estimate that 60,000 people might require support after
the conflict has subsided. The UN
agency said a significant number of
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Hotel staff stage a protest on May 8 calling on Bagan Hotel River View
management to rehire five of their colleagues. Photo: Bagan Thar
Myint Oo said.
We must wait and see if the hotel
follows the decision of Mandalay and
Nay Pyi Taw tribunals . If they wont
follow the decisions, we will stage
more protests.
I have worked here for 20 years. To
me the hotel is like my family. I dont
want to do something to give it a bad
reputation but we feel we are doing
the right thing.
Officials from Bagan Hotel River
View declined to comment when contacted by The Myanmar Times, saying
only that the sackings were an internal
issue.
Bagan Hotel River View is located
in Old Bagan, near the archaeological
museum, and is a part of KMA Hotels,
a subsidiary of U Khin Maung Ayes
KMA Group.
Translation by Thiri Min Htun
U Robert San Aung and Daw Thandar walk outside Kyaikmayaw Township Court
yesterday. Photo: Naw Say Phaw Waa
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Police
warn on
precursor
chemicals
AMARAPURA, MANDALAY
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Tourists take a boat around Taungthaman Lake, near the popular U Bein Bridge, in Mandalays Amarapura township. Photo: Supplied
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FACTORIES around Mandalays scenic Lake Taungthaman have apparently been cleared of involvement in
the death of hundreds of thousands
of fish last month. Though some local
residents blamed the alleged dumping of toxic chemicals for the die-off, a
site inspection has found no evidence
of this.
Dr Swe Thwin, an adviser with
the Myanmar Fisheries Federation,
told The Myanmar Times yesterday
that about 40 samples had been taken
from the lake on May 6. The cause of
death was not toxicity in the water,
he said. Except for three places, the
water was good.
The two mass die-offs of fish, on
April 12 and April 30, occurred close
to a landing popular with tourists
visiting the site in Amarapura township famous for a 1.2-kilometre teak
bridge that dates to 1850 causing an
What with
chemicals from the
industrial zone and
waste from the city
flowing into the lake,
we have to monitor it
very closely.
U Swe Thwin
Myanmar Fisheries Federation
through the whole urban area of Mandalay before draining into Taungthaman carrying urban waste, he said.
What with chemicals from the
industrial zone and waste from the
city flowing into the lake, we have to
monitor it very closely, he said.
Once a rural retreat, Taungthaman
is now on the outskirts of bustling
Mandalay and its population of 1.2
million, as well as the industrial zone.
Tourists are attracted to the lake, the
site of the famous U Bein Bridge, and
fish farming is widespread.
On May 8, prominent environmental group Sein Yaung Soe said in
a statement that it believed the fish
die-off was the result of a number of
factors, not only pollution from the
industrial zone.
It also pointed to the establishment of fish farms on the lake, and
the dumping of wastewater from
households and businesses at Amarapura, including cotton dye from
nearby weaving workshops.
It called on the government to ban
fish farms from the lake, to introduce
wastewater treatment in the area and
to collaborate with residents to improve disposal of rubbish and dye.
them into the bill in February, prompting the lawmakers to submit their case
to the tribunal.
The prospect of allowing whitecard holders to vote also prompted
fierce protests in Rakhine State, where
more than 80 percent of white cards
have been issued, and smaller demonstrations in Yangon.
The president responded by cancelling white cards and ordering holders
to hand them in to the authorities by
May 31.
Those who return the cards will be
eligible to apply for citizenship under
the 1982 citizenship law.
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Buddhist monks attend a conference about religious violence at a monastery on the outskirts of Yangon on June 13, 2013. Photo: AFP
laypeople through the media, too, including weekly journals and books.
The reason religious extremism
has taken root in Myanmar is because
of the support of some Buddhist
monks.
Vibhajja Echo is the first of its
kind, a compilation of articles on
tolerance written by more than 20
monks. One of the authors, Sayadaw
U Kawvida, now plans to translate
the book into English and distribute
it around the world.
However, it is impossible for one
book alone to overwhelm the hate being spewed by others.
And we should not be motivated by
concerns about the international image of Buddhism. The most important
thing is to use the Buddhas authentic
teachings to eradicate racial and religious extremism. Translation by
Thiri Min Htun and Zar Zar Soe
Business
Phuket of Myanmar seeks MIC approval
CLARE
HAMMOND
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Salon Island could be the future home of a US$1.2 billion resort. Photo: Staff
We have signed
an MOU and are
working on a
masterplan for the
whole island.
Andy Goh
Architect
Company (MAPCO).
However, neither is likely to be
ready to IPO this year, according to
a source at the Myanmar Securities
Exchange Centre, a joint venture between Daiwa Securities Group and
Myanma Economic Bank.
Neither AGD Bank nor MAPCO
were available for comment by
deadline yesterday.
Dr Maung Maung Thein, who is
also chair of the Securities and Exchange Commission of Myanmar,
said it is too early to say how many
companies will list, as the listing criteria is not yet complete.
We havent even decided who
will qualify yet, he said. The criteria for listing have not yet been approved by the authorities.
The criteria that must be met
for companies to attempt a listing
is almost finished, according to Dr
Maung Maung Thein. After that,
a list of eligible companies will be
made public.
We cannot say a definite time. If
the criteria are too stringent, there
will be no companies at all. If they
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A FORTHCOMING commodities
exchange has been suspended following a letter from the Ministry of
Commerce stating it is not allowed
to operate.
Myanmar firm MICEx had aimed
to bring a commodities exchange online in the next few months, but is
now left waiting while it discusses the
situation with government authorities. While company officials admit
they are not ready to launch, they say
they had been making progress preparing the groundwork.
We will not launch our trading
operation until we have received
regulatory approval, said MICEx
business consultant Ashok Kawalsot.
Before the letter from the Ministry of Commerce, MICEx had received some government approval
for its exchange. The firm showed
The Myanmar Times a copy of a
permit from the Ministry of National Planning and Economic Development from April 2013 allowing it to run businesses including
to manage, run and operate such
international standard commodity
exchange centres in Myanmar, either solely or jointly with foreign
and local counterparts.
While MICEx was some way
from beginning operations on the
exchange, company officials claim
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TOKYO
Multinationals to be
targeted in Oz tax push
AUSTRALIA yesterday announced
plans to go after large multinational firms shifting profits offshore to minimise taxes, with 30
companies in the governments
sights.
It also outlined proposals to
force companies selling digital
products, such as streamed content and e-books, to pay a goods
and services tax.
Treasurer Joe Hockey, who last
year said the practice of corporations shifting profits amounted to
theft, said he would reveal the
new legislation when he hands
down the national budget today.
The government will be proceeding with new tax integrity
measures in the budget, he said,
adding that the multinational antiavoidance law would target the activities of 30 identified companies.
These companies are diverting profits earned in Australia
away from Australia to no-tax or
low-tax jurisdictions, said Mr
Hockey.
The initiative comes amid increased efforts by governments
around the world to crack down
on global firms that use complex
corporate structures to lower their
tax bills.
Last month, Australian parliamentarians grilled global technology and mining giants including
Apple, Google, BHP Billiton and
These companies
are diverting
profits earned in
Australia away
from Australia.
Joe Hockey
Australias Treasurer
TOKYO
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WASHINGTON
Yellens
patience
wearing thin
JANET Yellen could be losing patience. And that could mean a lot for
global markets.
When the chair of the Federal Reserve said on May 6 that stocks were
overvalued and bond yields too low, it
was a signal that investors should not
expect to indulge on the Feds cheap
dollars forever.
But after a knee-jerk reaction
to the warning, two days later Wall
Street was back near record highs and
bond yields even lower than before Ms
Yellen spoke.
The reason? The April jobs report
released on May 8 that suggested the
economy still has some way to go to
meet the Feds criteria for beginning
to raise interest rates. And that means
more easy money for investors.
When Ms Yellen became Fed chair
15 months ago the path ahead seemed
clear: End the huge quantitative easing stimulus program of her predecessor, Ben Bernanke, in October 2014,
and then after around six months begin raising interest rates.
That was the path toward normalisation, easing out of the crisisera monetary policy that had the Fed
pumping trillions of dollars into the
economy even with its benchmark interest rate stuck at zero for six years.
It was nearing the time to normalise. As 2014 progressed, the United
States generated more than 3 million
SINGAPORE
Chinese
market led
by Apple
CHINAS smartphone market contracted in the first quarter for the first
time in six years with Apple becoming the top vendor, researchers said
yesterday.
International Data Corporation
(IDC) said figures from its mobile
phone tracker show that 98.8 million smartphones were sold in China
in January-March, down 4.3 percent
from the same period last year.
This is the first time in six years
that the China smartphone market
declined year-on-year as the market
continues to mature, IDC said in a
statement.
Compared with the previous quarter, the market shrank 8.0pc on the
back of a large inventory buildup at
the end of last year, it said.
Apple was the top vendor in China
during the quarter, selling 14.5 million
units, up more than 62pc from last
year. It had a 14.7pc market share.
Apples rise from fourth place in
the first quarter of 2014 was driven
by strong consumer preference for the
bigger screen of the iPhone 6 and the
iPhone 6 Plus, IDC added.
The US phone maker was followed
by Chinese brand Xiaomi with a 13.7pc
market share. Another Chinese firm
,Huawei, was in third place with 11.4pc.
South Korean technology giant Samsung, which held the top spot in the
first quarter of 2014, fell to fourth place.
Smartphones are becoming increasingly saturated in China, said
Kitty Fok, managing director at IDC
China.
AFP
Federal Reserve Board chair Janet Yellen participates in a discussion on global finance on May 6. Photo: AFP
Xiaomi
13.7
Huawei
11.4
Share by
top makers
%, Q1 2015
Others
42.2
Lenovo
8.3
Samsung
9.7
Million
Q1
2014
Q1
2015
Source : IDC
103.2
98.8
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World
Indian opposition
leader cleared of
corruption
Controversy as
China opens replica
Summer Palace
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HAVANA
WASHINGTON
markets.
Mr Hollande has already made
stops in Saint-Barthelemy, Saint-Martin, Martinique and Guadeloupe, and
will end his regional visit in Haiti today.
The French president was due to
meet later yesterday with his Cuban
counterpart Mr Castro, whom he last
met with in December 2013 in South
Africa at Nelson Mandelas funeral.
Mr Hollandes office has said he is
available to meet with revolutionary
icon Fidel Castro as well, but Havana
has not confirmed that face-to-face
talks between the two will take place.
The visit follows a meeting on May
10 between Raul Castro and Pope
Francis at the Vatican, where the Cuban leader thanked the pontiff for his
role in brokering the historic detente
between Havana and Washington.
In addition to economic issues, the
trip is also a chance to discuss human
rights issues. Activists have criticised
Cubas rights record, accusing Havana
of cracking down on dissidents and
free press.
Mr Hollande did not rule out addressing tough issues during his visit.
I speak of human rights whenever
there are political prisoners, every time
there are violations of freedom. France
does not remain tight-lipped, Mr Hollande said before arriving in Havana.
The European Union suspended
relations with Cuba in 2003 over a
crackdown on journalists and activists, but it opened talks to restore ties
in April 2014, aiming to persuade Havana to improve its rights record.
It was under the French presidency
of the EU in 2008 that political dialogue was first resumed between Brussels and Havana.
France, which has made its relations with Latin America and the Caribbean a foreign policy priority, has
along with the Netherlands been a
strong supporter of the normalisation
of ties between Cuba and the 28-member European bloc.
Europes rapprochement with Cuba
began before the December announcement on Cuba-US relations.
French Foreign Minister Laurent
Fabius made a brief stopover to Cuba
in April 2014, the first visit to the island by Frances top diplomat in three
decades.
Trade between France and Cuba is
modest, worth around US$388 million a year, with the balance solidly in
Frances favour.
French officials recognise the importance of the EU positioning itself
politically and economically for when
the US embargo is eventually lifted.
AFP
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Photo: AFP
AN Afghan shopkeeper
inspects the damage to
his shop at the scene of
a suicide bomb attack
in Kabul on May 10. A
Taliban suicide bomber
struck a government
bus, killing three and
wounding at least 16
others, officials said,
the second such attack
on a government bus
in less than a week in
the Afghan capital. The
bus was transporting
employees of the
attorney generals office
to their homes when
the suicide bomber
on foot detonated
explosives strapped
to his body, as the
militants continue
to press on with
their annual spring
offensive.
LONDON
The EU needs a
permanent system
for sharing the
responsibility for
large numbers
of refugees and
asylum seekers.
EU proposal
A member of Tunisias national guard patrols the sea for vessels potentially carrying migrants trying to reach Europe
on May 5 off the coast of Tunisias southeast port of Zarzis. Photo: AFP
US Secretary of State John Kerry meets with Saudi Arabias King Salman at the
Royal Court, in the Saudi capital Riyadh on May 7. Photo: AFP
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MANILA
BEIJING
Residents along Manila Bay play in the waves created by nearby Typhoon Noul on May 10. Photo: AFP
People listened
to our warnings.
Theyve learned
their lessons from
past storms.
Norma Taloisg
Civil defence director
in for increasing criticism, and several Chinese media outlets speculated that police had used excessive force against Mr Xu.
According to the official news
agency Xinhua, authorities said
the dead man had assaulted police,
trying to grab an officers gun and
truncheon, and posed an obvious
threat to public security.
But in an unusually outspoken
commentary, Xinhua called on
local authorities to release video
footage of Mr Xus death.
Mr Xie said that police had detained Mr Xu in the train station
waiting room, tying him to a railing before beating him. Mr Xu was
shot after resisting, he cited witnesses as saying.
Police sent Mr Xus mother to a
nursing home following the shooting as a kind of soft arrest to prevent her from contacting the outside world, Mr Xie added.
The provincial railway police in
Harbin, the capital of Heilongjiang, declined to comment to AFP.
Regular police in major Chinese
cities began patrolling with guns for
the first time last year in response
to a deadly mass knifing blamed on
separatists from the northwestern
region of Xinjiang. AFP
MANILA
Philippines seeks to
expand drinks cabinet
THE Philippines largest liquor producer Emperador said yesterday it
will bid to acquire a French cognac
producer, as it embarks on a global
expansion that has seen it pick up
Spanish vineyards and a Scottish
whisky giant.
Emperador said in a disclosure
to Manilas stock exchange that
it has expressed interest to participate in a bidding process for the
acquisition of Louis Royer SAS, a
cognac producer in France.
The company said it would submit a preliminary offer on May 13 to
buy Louis Royer from Japanese liquor titan Suntory, which also owns
the popular Courvoisier brand.
However, its offer is still subject
to the evaluation and final decision
of the seller, the statement added.
Emperador is currently debtfree and is, therefore, in a very
strong financial position to further
expand its business both globally
BANGALORE
control her party while on bail awaiting the outcome of the appeal.
The 67-year-old enjoys huge popularity in Tamil Nadu where fans know
her simply as Amma (Mother) and
ministers have been known to prostrate themselves before her.
Security was tight outside the court
in Bangalore and in Chennai, the capital of Tamil Nadu, where supporters
cheered, handed out sweets and set off
firecrackers.
Outside Ms Jayalalithaas house in
Chennai, hundreds of supporters held
up photos of their leader and danced
in the streets chanting Amma, Amma.
Party loyalists had been holding religious ceremonies in temples, praying
for her conviction to be overturned.
Ms Jayalalithaa has always dismissed the corruption charge, first
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US returns
ancient
Cambodian
statue
AN American museum has returned
a 10th-century sandstone statue of
the Hindu monkey god Hanuman to
Cambodia.
The move comes decades after the
relic was looted from a jungle temple
when the kingdom was in the throes
of civil war.
The metre-high statue was stolen
in the 1970s from the Koh Ker temple site near the famed Angkor Wat
complex.
The artwork, which had been
in the possession of the Cleveland
Museum of Art in the US since
1982, was received by Cambodian
officials late on May 10, an official
said.
Buddhist monks chanted blessings and scattered flowers over the
statue upon its arrival at Phnom
Penh International Airport.
We welcome back the statue of
Hanuman from the Cleveland Museum of Art in the US, Chan Tani,
Cambodian secretary of state for the
Cabinet Office, said.
The museum agreed to return
the artwork after negotiations.
Mr Chan Tani did not say how
the museum came into possession
of the artifact.
Last year, Cambodia received
three ancient statues looted from
the kingdom more than 40 years
ago, including one, Duryodhana,
retrieved after a long legal battle in
the US.
In June 2013, two other 10thcentury Khmer-era statues known
as the Kneeling Attendants were
returned.
They were also looted in the
1970s from the Koh Ker temple site
and were on show for 20 years at
New Yorks Metropolitan Museum
of Art.
The statues are considered pieces of extraordinary value to the
Cambodian people and part of their
cultural heritage.
AFP
BEIJING
Tourists visit the replica of Old Summer Palace in Hengdian, east Chinas Zhejiang province, on May 10. Photo: AFP
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Barn owls were among birds waiting to be sold and released for merit at the
shrine near the Royal Gardens recently. Photo: Phnom Penh Post/Johnny Orn
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Glass man
has heart
of gold
An inspirational documentary
recognises one mans efforts to
help disabled children
CHit Su
suwai.chit@gmail.com
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The Glass Man, directed by Wi Ra
Aung, was recognised as Best Short
Honorable Mention at the Asians on
Film Festival, held in Los Angeles from
April 23 to 29. Photo: Supplied
Kaung Htet Naing, who suffers from osteoporosis, devotes his time to helping disabled children. Photo: Aung Myin Ye Zaw
Im weird.
Khin Myo Su, the secretary of
Future Stars as well as the mother of a
disabled child, said Kaung Htet Naings
first loyalty was to disabled children.
He turned down a would-be
donor who wanted to set him up in a
typing service shop and asked him to
give the money to disabled children
instead, she said.
I can ask for myself, but they
cant, said Kaung Htet Naing. I
believe that if disabled children are
properly taught they can make their
own way in society.
I have so much to do for Future
Stars. Weve never had an office since
we started in 2010. Thats what Im
working on now, he said.
His paintings and drawings have
won awards. My work has been
displayed in Japan, he said proudly.
A short documentary film about
tEHRAN
An Iranian woman waits for a taxi under a billboard displaying Trees at Estaque, a painting by French painter Georges
Braque, on northern Tehrans Modares highway on May 9. Photo: AFP/Behrouz Mehri
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Guests gather in the gardens of Windermere Hill Caf on April 9 for the
Yangon Foodies Backyard Barbeque. Photo: Charlotte Rose
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8:55
8:25
8:25
8:40
8:40
8:40
8:40
8:40
8:25
11:05
10:10
12:25
12:55
12:25
14:00
13:25
13:25
12:55
16:45
16:25
16:35
16:40
16:30
16:55
MandalaY to Yangon
Flight
Y5 233
YH 918
YH 910
W9 201
YJ 761
7Y 132
K7 223
6T 806
YH 830
YH 912
YJ 202
YJ 202
YJ 761
YH 832
YH 827
YH 836
YH 910
YJ 212
YJ 212
YJ 602
YH 732
YH 732
7Y 242
YH 728
YJ 234
K7 225
W9 152/W97152
Y5 776
W9 211
8M 6604
8M 903
YH 738
YH 730
W9 252
Days
Daily
Daily
7
Daily
5
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
2,4,6
5
2
3
1,2,4
1,2,4
4,6
3
1,7
1,2,3,5,6
5
7
6
6
Daily
1,3,5
1
6
2,4,6,7
1
Daily
4
4
1,2,4,5,7
3,5,7
2,4,6
2,5
Dep
7:50
8:30
8:40
8:40
8:40
8:50
8:55
10:30
11:05
11:30
11:30
12:00
13:10
13:20
13:20
13:20
13:20
15:00
15:00
15:40
16:40
16:40
16:40
16:45
16:50
16:50
17:05
17:10
17:10
17:20
17:20
17:25
17:45
18:15
Arr
9:00
10:45
10:05
10:35
10:35
10:45
11:00
11:40
14:55
13:25
12:55
13:25
17:00
14:45
14:45
14:45
14:45
16:55
16:25
17:35
18:05
18:45
18:45
18:10
18:15
19:00
18:30
18:20
19:15
18:30
18:30
18:50
19:10
19:40
Flight
YJ 201
YJ 201
6T 211
ND 910
ND 105
ND 107
ND 109
ND 9109
ND 111
SO 102
6T 211
Flight
SO 101
YJ 201
6T 212
ND 9102
ND 104
ND 106
YJ 202
ND 108
YJ 212
ND 110
ND 9110
6T 212
Days
1,2
4
1,3
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
6
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
7
Daily
5
Dep
7:00
7:00
7:10
7:15
10:45
11:25
14:55
17:00
18:25
18:00
18:30
Arr
7:55
10:20
8:00
8:15
11:40
12:20
15:40
18:00
19:20
19:00
19:20
Yangon to nYaung u
Flight
YH 909
YH 917
YJ 891
YH 909
6T 451
K7 222
7Y 131
K7 224
YH 731
7Y 241
W9 129
W9 211
W9 129
Days
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
3
4
Daily
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
2,4,6,7
Daily
1,3,5
1,3,6
4
1
Dep
6:00
6:10
6:20
6:30
6:30
6:30
6:30
14:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
15:30
15:30
Days
2,4,6
5
3
1,7
4,6
3
1,2,4
6
2,5
Dep
6:30
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:00
11:00
11:30
Dep
7:00
8:10
8:15
8:35
9:20
10:00
10:35
13:30
16:00
17:00
18:20
19:35
Arr
8:00
13:25
9:05
9:35
10:15
10:55
13:25
14:25
16:55
17:55
19:20
20:25
nYaung u to Yangon
Arr
8:25
7:45
7:40
8:05
7:35
7:50
7:50
17:25
17:25
17:10
17:35
17:40
17:35
Yangon to MYitkYina
Flight
6T 805
YH 829
YH 826
YH 835
YH 831
YJ 201
YJ 201
YJ 233
W9 251
Days
Daily
1,2
1,3
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
6
4
1,2,3,4,5
5
7
1,2,3,4,5
5
Arr
8:55
9:40
10:05
10:05
10:05
9:50
10:20
15:10
14:25
Flight
YH 918
YJ 891
YH 910
7Y 132
K7 223
6T 451
YH 910
YH 732
K7 225
W9 129
7Y 242
Days
Daily
3
4
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
Daily
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
2,4,6,7
1,3,6
1,3,5
Dep
7:45
7:55
8:05
8:05
8:05
8:05
8:25
17:25
17:40
17:50
17:25
Arr
10:45
10:35
9:25
10:45
11:00
10:15
9:45
18:45
19:00
19:10
18:45
MYitkYina to Yangon
Flight
6T 806
YJ 202
YH 827
YH 832
YH 836
YJ 202
YH 830
YJ 234
W9 252
Days
2,4,6
3
3
4,6
1,7
1,2,4
5
6
2,5
Dep
9:10
10:05
11:55
11:55
11:55
10:35
12:30
15:25
16:45
Arr
11:40
12:55
14:45
14:45
14:45
13:25
14:55
18:15
19:40
Yangon to HeHo
Flight
YH 917
YJ 891
6T 451
7Y 131
K7 222
7Y 131
YJ 891
Y5 649
YH 505
YJ 751
YJ 761
YJ 233
YH 727
YH 737
YH 727
K7 224
YH 731
7Y 241
W9 129
Days
Daily
3
Daily
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
Daily
5
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
3,5,7
1,2,4
6
1
3,5,7
3
2,4,6,7
Daily
1,3,5
1,3,6
Dep
6:10
6:20
6:30
6:30
6:30
7:15
7:00
10:30
10:30
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:15
11:15
11:15
14:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
HeHo to Yangon
Arr
9:35
10:35
8:45
9:20
9:30
10:05
9:10
12:45
11:55
12:10
12:10
12:10
12:40
12:40
12:40
15:45
15:55
15:40
16:40
Flight
YJ 891
6T 452
W9 201
7Y 132
YH 918
K7 223
YH 506
YJ 762
YH 732
7Y 242
YH 728
K7 225
YJ 602
YH 738
W9 129
Days
1,5
1,3,5,7
1,3,5
2,4,6
2
Daily
Dep
6:45
7:00
7:00
11:15
15:30
8:20
Days
2,4,6
1,3,5,7
1,3,6
Daily
Dep
8:00
10:30
11:30
11:45
Arr
8:15
9:05
8:10
13:20
17:00
10:40
Flight
6T 706
Y5 326
7Y 532
K7 320
Y5 326
SO 202
Days
2,4,6
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,3,5
1,3,6
7
1,3,4,6
Dep
8:00
10:30
10:30
11:30
11:00
15:45
Flight
K7 423
7Y 414
W9 309
6T 612
Days
1,3,5,7
Daily
3,5,7
2,4,6
Dep
7:00
8:20
10:30
11:15
Arr
8:55
13:10
11:20
13:50
11:50
16:40
Flight
K7 422
7Y 413
7Y 413
YH 506
W9 309
Y5 422
Days
2,4,6
3,5,7
Dep
11:00
11:00
Arr
9:35
10:05
17:40
13:35
18:45
15:40
Days
2,4,6
1,3,5,7
1,3,6
Daily
Dep
10:10
12:35
13:10
13:15
Arr
11:30
13:55
14:55
14:20
Arr
8:10
9:40
11:30
12:20
Days
2,4,6
1,3,5
7
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,3,6
1,3,4,6
Dep
9:10
11:35
12:05
13:10
14:05
16:55
Arr
11:30
13:55
14:20
14:00
14:55
17:50
Flight
K7 320
6T 708
SO 202
7Y 532
Flight
YJ 752
YH 730
Yangon to putao
Days
1,3,5,7
3,5,7
Daily
2,4,6
Dep
12:25
14:15
14:20
16:35
Arr
13:35
15:15
15:40
17:40
Days
3,5,7
2,4,6
Dep
Arr
16:10 17:55
16:45 19:10
putao to Yangon
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YH 826
7:00
11:00
Flight
YH 836
Days
1,7
Airline Codes
7Y = Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
K7 = Air KBZ
W9 = Air Bagan
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
YH = Yangon Airways
YJ = Asian Wings
lasHio to Yangon
Arr
13:00
13:15
SO = APEX Airlines
dawei to Yangon
Yangon to lasHio
Flight
YH 729
YJ 751
Dep
8:25
8:35
15:35
11:30
17:15
13:20
tHandwe to Yangon
Yangon to dawei
Flight
K7 319
SO 201
6T 707
7Y 531
Days
1,3,5
1,5
2,4,6
1,3,5,7
2
Daily
sittwe to Yangon
Arr
9:55
12:20
12:55
12:55
Domestic Airlines
MYeik to Yangon
Yangon to tHandwe
Flight
K7 422
YH 505
7Y 413
W9 309
7Y 413
Y5 421
Arr
10:35
10:15
10:35
10:45
10:45
11:00
14:00
17:00
18:45
18:45
18:10
19:00
17:35
18:50
19:10
Tel: 656969
Fax: 656998, 651020
Yangon to sittwe
Flight
K7 422
7Y 413
W9 309
6T 611
Dep
9:25
9:15
9:25
9:35
9:35
9:45
11:55
15:50
15:55
15:55
16:00
16:00
16:25
16:40
16:55
Yangon to MYeik
Flight
Y5 325
K7 319
6T 705
7Y 531
Y5 325
SO 201
Days
3,5
Daily
Daily
2,4,6,7
Daily
1,3,5
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,2,4
Daily
1,3,5
1
2,4,6,7
6
3,5,7
1,3,6
Dep
Arr
11:00
14:45
YH 831
4,6
7:00
11:00
YH 832
4,6
11:00
14:45
YH 835
1,7
7:00
11:00
YH 827
11:00
14:45
W9 251
2,5
11:30
15:25
W9 252
2,5
15:45
19:40
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2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
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YANGON TO BANGKOK
Days
Dep
Arr
PG 706
Daily
6:15
8M 335
Daily
7:40
TG 304
Daily
9:50
PG 702
Daily
10:30
TG 302
Daily
15:00
PG 708
Daily
15:15
8M 331
Daily
16:30
PG 704
Daily
18:20
Y5 237
Daily
19:00
TG 306
Daily
19:45
YANGON TO DON MUEANG
8:30
9:25
11:45
12:25
16:55
17:10
18:15
20:15
20:50
21:40
DD 4231
Daily
8:00
FD 252
Daily
8:30
FD 254
Daily
17:30
DD 4239
Daily
21:00
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
9:50
10:15
19:05
22:45
8M 231
Daily
8:25
Y5 2233
Daily
9:45
TR 2823
Daily
9:45
SQ 997
Daily
10:35
3K 582
Daily
11:15
MI 533
2,4,6
13:45
MI 519
Daily
17:30
3K 584
2,3,5
19:15
YANGON TO KUALA LUMPUR
12:50
14:15
14:25
15:10
15:45
20:50
22:05
23:45
8M 501
AK 505
MH 741
8M 9506
8M 9508
MH 743
AK 503
11:50
12:50
16:30
16:30
20:05
20:05
23:45
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
7:50
8:30
12:15
12:15
15:45
15:45
19:30
YANGON TO BEIJING
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
BANGKOK TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
TG 303
Daily
7:55
PG 701
Daily
8:50
Y5 238
Daily
21:30
8M 336
Daily
10:40
TG 301
Daily
13:05
PG 707
Daily
13:40
PG 703
Daily
16:45
TG 305
Daily
17:50
8M 332
Daily
19:15
PG 705
Daily
20:15
DON MUEANG TO YANGON
8:50
9:40
22:20
11:25
14:00
14:30
17:35
18:45
20:00
21:30
DD 4230
Daily
6:20
FD 251
Daily
7:15
FD 253
Daily
16:20
DD 4238
Daily
19:30
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
7:05
8:00
17:00
20:15
TR 2822
Daily
7:20
Y5 2234
Daily
7:20
SQ 998
Daily
7:55
3K 581
Daily
8:55
MI 533
2,4,6
11:35
8M 232
Daily
13:50
MI 518
Daily
15:15
3K 583
2,3,5
17:05
KUALA LUMPUR TO YANGON
8:45
8:50
9:20
10:25
15:00
15:15
16:40
18:35
AK 504
8M 9505
MH 740
8M 502
8M 9507
MH 742
AK 502
AI 227
8:00
11:15
11:15
13:50
14:50
14:50
19:00
13:20
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Daily
6:55
Daily
10:05
Daily
10:05
1,2,3,5,6
12:50
Daily
13:40
Daily
13:40
Daily
17:50
1
10:35
BEIJING TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
CA 906
3,5,7
23:50 05:50+1
YANGON TO GUANGZHOU
CA 905
3,5,7
19:30
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
22:50
8M 711
CZ 3056
CZ 3056
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712
3,6
8:40
1,5
14:40
2,4,7
14:15
TAIPEI TO YANGON
10:25
16:30
15:50
1,2,3,5,6
7:00
KUNMING TO YANGON
9:55
Flights
Flights
CI 7916
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
2,4,7
8:40
3,6
11:25
1,5
17:30
YANGON TO TAIPEI
13:15
16:15
22:15
1,2,3,5,6
10:50
YANGON TO KUNMING
16:15
CI 7915
Arr
Flights
CA 416
MU 2012
MU 2032
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Daily
12:15
3
12:40
1,2,4,5,6,7 15:20
YANGON TO HANOI
Flights
Days
15:55
18:45
18:40
MU 2011
CA 415
MU 2031
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
Arr
3
8:25
Daily
10:45
1,2,4,5,6,7 13:55
HANOI TO YANGON
11:50
11:15
14:30
Days
Dep
Arr
Days
Dep
Arr
VN 956
1,3,5,6,7
19:10
21:30
YANGON TO HO CHI MINH CITY
VN 957
1,3,5,6,7
16:50
18:10
HO CHI MINH CITY TO YANGON
VN 942
Flights
Flights
2,4,7
14:25
YANGON TO DOHA
17:15
VN 943
1,5
14:05
1,4,6
8:00
YANGON TO SEOUL
Arr
19:50
11:10
Flights
Days
AI 701
QR 919
Flights
Flights
Days
Dep
Dep
Arr
2,4,7
11:50
DOHA TO YANGON
13:25
1,5
7:00
3,5,7
20:40
SEOUL TO YANGON
13:20
06:25+1
Days
AI 401
QR 918
Flights
Days
Dep
Dep
0Z 770
4,7
0:35
9:10
KE 472
Daily
23:30 07:50+1
YANGON TO HONG KONG
KE 471
Daily
18:45
0Z 769
3,6
19:50
HONG KONG TO YANGON
KA 251
KA 251
5:55
5:45
KA 252
KA 250
Arr
Flights
Flights
Days
5
1,2,3,4,6,7
Arr
YANGON TO TOKYO
Flights
Days
NH 814
Daily
Dep
21:45
06:50+1
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
Days
BG 061
BG 061
Flights
Dep
1:30
1:10
1,6
4
Dep
15:35
13:45
YANGON TO INCHEON
Days
Dep
Arr
17:00
15:10
Arr
KE 472
Daily
23:30 07:50+1
8M 7702
Daily
23:30 07:50+1
8M 7502
4,7
00:35
09:10
W9 607
4,7
14:20
16:10
PG 724
1,3,5,6
13:10
15:05
YANGON TO CHIANG MAI
Flights
Days
Y5 251
7Y 305
2,4,6
1,5
YANGON TO GAYA
Flights
Days
8M 601
AI 236
AI 234
Days
AI 236
Dep
13:10
YANGON TO KOLKATA
Days
AI 234
AI 228
Flights
Dep
3,5,6
7:00
2
13:10
1,5
14:05
YANGON TO DELHI
Flights
Flights
Dep
6:15
11:00
1
5
Dep
14:05
18:45
YANGON TO MUMBAI
AI 775
Days
1,5
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
Days
Daily
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO SINGAPORE
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Days
2,6
1,2,4,5,6
Dep
15:55
7:50
Flights
FD 245
Days
Daily
Dep
12:45
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Days
Daily
Dep
13:50
Flights
PG 722
PG 722
PG 722
Days
3
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
20:15
19:30
20:15
Arr
8:05
12:50
Arr
Flights
1,6
4
Days
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Dep
12:30
10:40
Dep
Flights
Flights
19:35
AI 675
Arr
Flights
Dep
9:25
13:45
GAYA TO YANGON
Days
Dep
2
9:10
3,5,6
9:20
5
15:00
DELHI TO YANGON
Days
AI 235
Arr
Dep
7:00
KOLKATA TO YANGON
Days
1
5
Dep
10:35
13:30
MUMBAI TO YANGON
Days
1,5
Dep
6:10
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
PG 709
Days
Daily
Dep
12:00
SINGAPORE TO MANDALAY
Flights
20:50
14:15
Y5 2234
MI 533
Arr
Flights
Days
Daily
2,6
Dep
7:20
11:35
FD 244
Days
Daily
Dep
10:50
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
Flights
16:40
MU 2029
Arr
Flights
23:15
22:30
23:15
11:00
INCHEON TO YANGON
Flights
AI 227
AI 233
Arr
Days
Flights
17:20
19:45
15:00
Dep
DHAKA TO YANGON
Y5 252
7Y 306
Flights
Arr
Daily
Days
Daily
Dep
13:00
PG 721
PG 721
PG 721
Days
1,2,3,4,5
3
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
17:00
18:25
17:45
Arr
00:30+1
23:30
KE 471
Daily
18:45
8M 7701
Daily
18:45
8M 7501
3,6
19:50
W9 608
4,7
17:20
PG 723
1,3,5,6
11:05
CHIANG MAI TO YANGON
Arr
16:30
Days
Flights
Flights
Dep
22:50
21:45
Arr
22:25
23:25
TOKYO TO YANGON
BG 060
BG 060
AI 235
8M 602
AI 233
Arr
4
1,2,3,5,6,7
NH 813
8:20
14:10
15:05
16:30
Days
Arr
Arr
15:40
Arr
14:55
13:05
Arr
22:25
22:25
23:25
18:10
12:00
Arr
10:15
14:35
Arr
12:10
12:30
18:00
International Airlines
All Nippon Airways (NH)
Tel: 255412, 413
Tel: 09254049991~3
Air India
Condor (DE)
Dragonair (KA)
Airline Codes
3K = Jet Star
8M = Myanmar Airways International
AK = Air Asia
BG = Biman Bangladesh Airlines
CA = Air China
CI = China Airlines
CZ = China Southern
DD = Nok Airline
FD = Air Asia
KA = Dragonair
KE = Korea Airlines
MH = Malaysia Airlines
MI = Silk Air
Arr
12:10
Arr
13:20
18:00
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
16:30
15:00
TR = Tiger Airline
VN = Vietnam Airline
AI = Air India
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Arr
12:15
Arr
Subject to change
without notice
12:50
Arr
19:00
19:35
19:45
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4
5
6
7
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Friday
Saturday
Sunday
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28 THE MYANMAR TIMES May 12, 2015
FOOTball
Myanmar
lose out
in ASEAN
cup final
MaTT ROebuck
matt.d.roebuck@gmail.com
A visibly disappointed Wei Wei Aung collects her runner-up bouquet after the final. Photo: MFF/Facebook
of her defender in the box. Unfortunately her header while low and
powerful was too low and the resulting bounce took the sting out of the
attempt, making it easy for the Thai
keeper to collect.
yee yee Oo turned provider for Myanmars first. A cross from her found
Naw Arlo Wer Phaw unmarked at
the far post but her shot ricocheted
against the diving keeper. Khin Moe
Wai was quickest to react and levelled
the scores.
Moments later Khin Marlar Tun
ran at the Thai defence from the halfway line. She parted the opposition
until she was forced wide in the box
and allowed the ball to get just slightly
too far ahead of herself to find purchase in her shot.
Sometime around the Thai second goal, the live feed playing on
Myanmars MRTV entertainment
cut out; when it returned, Thailand
had three.
The third came from a Silawan Intamee from within her own half. The
long ball seemed to take the Myanmar defence by surprise and Rattika
latched onto the ball to finish with
ease.
In response Khin Marlar Tun again
ran at the Thais from deep. This time
with players in support she was able to
lay off the ball to substitute Win Theingi Tun who finished to provide the
glimmer of a comeback.
But another close game ultimately went the way of Thailand, just
as the 2013 Southeast Asian Games
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