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Acehnese fishermen (right) tow a boat of Rohingya near the city of Geulumpang in Indonesias Aceh province at dawn before being rescued yesterday morning. Photo: AFP
2 News
Myanmar minorities
face critical threats
LAIGNEE BARRON
laignee@gmail.com
AS thousands of Bangladeshis and
Rakhine State Muslims remain stuck
aboard human smugglers boats in
the Andaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal, an international rights group has
named Myanmar as one the 10 nations where minorities are most at
risk of persecution.
The annual Peoples Under Threat
Index, released yesterday by the Minority Rights Group, identifies conditions that have historically precipitated genocide, mass killings and ethnic
cleansing. Indicators incorporated include World Bank measures of democratic governance, UN estimates of
refugees and internally displaced peoples, and the research centres logs of
historical conflicts.
Myanmar scored within the critical threat level at number eight on the
index, below South Sudan, the Central
African Republic and Yemen. Kachin,
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FIONA
MACGREGOR
fionamacgregor@hotmail.co.uk
Acehnese fishermen (left) help transfer Rohingya from their boat off the coast of Aceh province yesterday. Photo: AFP
that some local officials and even police are collaborating with traffickers
under an unspoken policy to encourage Rohingya to flee the country and
abandon the camps where they have
been confined since sectarian violence three years ago.
A Rohingya resident of an IDP
camp in Rakhine State said last
night that no one was trying to leave
on board traffickers boats these
days. We are all hearing the news
of what is happening so no one is interested in leaving at the moment.
The official Global New Light of
Myanmar reported last week that
the national police anti-trafficking
unit had not uncovered any cases of
human trafficking in Rakhine State
last month. Police officials have
also previously told The Myanmar
Times that not a single case was
Unity reporters speak to the media after being sentenced to 10 years imprisonment
by a Magwe Region court in July 2014. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
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Doctors from Yangon General Hospital show a photo of the severed arm on May 19. Photo: Naing Wynn Htoon
GUY
DINMORE
guydinmore@gmail.com
The vagueness
of this bill could
lead to abuse and
discriminatory
application.
US State Department
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Residents
protest
military
factory
KYAW KO KO
kyawkoko.mdy991@gmail.com
The parched earth of a dried-out water pond in Yar Pyin village, Nawnghkio township, Shan State. Photo: Than Naing Soe
MAGWE Region villagers are determined to halt work on a military factory they say harms their livelihood.
The residents of Ngat Pyar Kyin, Nga
Lal Khone and Pout Pan Saing villages
in Saw township, Magwe Region, say
they want to stop the construction of a
factory by Myanmar Defence Products
Industries, better known as Ka Pa Sa,
near their homes.
The military seized more than 700
acres of land from the three villages in
2011, paying compensation of K5000
per acre of farmland and K3000 per
acre of crop field. Compensation for
housing ranged from K300,000 to K1.1
million. Last year, the military started
levelling the ground and paving roads
on the seized land.
The military forced us to take their
compensation, said Pout Pan Saing
villager Ko Kan Htoo Aung. We dont
want to move. Now they have started
preparing to build the factory, which
will put our livelihood in jeopardy. We
want to stop this project.
On May 14, about 200 residents
staged a protest in support of their demand for their land to be returned to
them. Many held copies of Form 7, an
official ownership document.
We have seen the harm this development has done to the residents
livelihood, so we took to the streets
in protest to let government officials
know about our suffering, said sayadaw U Thatkata of Nga Lal Khone
village.
Residents said they have filed
complaints with the Presidents Office
and with the ministries concerned,
and added that U Hla Swe, chair of
the investigation commission on
farmland seizures for Magwe Region,
conducted a field study in the area in
2013.
U Hla Swe a former military officer said he had suggested that the
Ministry of Defence and Magwe Region government change the factorys
design to reduce the impact on farmers, and relocate the three villages to a
wealthier part of the region.
He said the Ministry of Defence
had made no reply concerning the
design revision. But even if the plan
is changed, residents will still have to
move. Translation by Zar Zar Soe
SANDAR
LWIN
sdlsandar@gmail.com
Weve had no
complaints about
the process, but
applicants frequently
ask if theyve been
approved.
Permanent Residency Section official
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Views
T has become common for leaders across the region to pontificate about a need to return to
the rule of law, but exactly what
they mean in practice is never
fully explained.
Most recently, the rule of law motive has been invoked by Indonesias
President Joko Jokowi Widodo to
provide grounds for restoring capital
punishment.
This year, after Jokowi aborted a
four-year moratorium on executions,
14 men convicted of drug offences
have been subjected to the rule of
law and shot through the heart.
All were convicted of capital offences and sentenced to death after
a long series of trials and appeals. So
clearly the rule of law was followed
to its proper conclusion.
Another 135 convicted criminals
still sit on Indonesias death row and
will surely soon meet the same fate.
Of course, there was an outcry by
death penalty opponents, especially
those who had thought the democratically elected Jokowi was a nice,
kind liberal guy, in the mould of
former Thai Prime Minister Chuan
Leekpai.
It was a serious miscalculation.
Jokowi is a small-town country boy
who has risen meteorically from
being mayor of Solo to governor of
Jakarta and now the nations president in just three years. But hes no
soft touch.
A better comparison would be
with Singapores former Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong or Myanmars
opposition leader Daw Aung San Suu
Kyi both similar democrats with a
common touch and an iron fist.
As for criticism of his decision to
uphold the verdict of the courts, Jokowi called it an affront to Indonesias
legal sovereignty and said he would
follow the rule of law and instruct the
firing squads to do their duty.
Naturally, his rebuttal infuriated
critics even more. In a coruscating
essay, The New Yorker magazine
railed about the nationalist chest
thumping of Indonesian President
Joko Widodo.
Methinks not. But these folks
dont regard obeying the rule of
law as synonymous with enforcing
judicial decisions at least, not if
the laws or sentences are deemed by
them as unfair or unpalatable.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi addresses supporters during a rally at Mudon township in Mon State on May 17. Photo: AFP
ROGER
MITTON
rogermitton@gmail.com
pillage and kill avoid the death sentences that the courts have handed
down?
Its a tricky one. As is the question of trials for military men who
usurped power and committed
crimes against the state.
Recall that in 1990, shortly after
the NLDs landslide election victory,
the partys strategist, U Kyi Maung,
was asked if there would be a war
crimes tribunal for the generals.
He said there would not, but then
he added, Of course, people like
[General] Khin Nyunt might reasonably feel themselves pretty insecure.
His remark spooked the top brass.
The current head of the Union Election Commission, former general
U Tin Aye, later said they had not
handed power to the NLD because
it had threatened a Nuremberg-type
war trial.
Daw Aung San Suu Kyi herself
told me, We have always said that
we are not out for vengeance. We
havent discussed war crimes at all.
But many people have because
they truly believe in the rule of law
and the need to hold people accountable for past crimes.
Last November, a Harvard Law
School report claimed that military
officers in Kayin State may have committed war crimes as defined by the
Rome Statute of the International
Criminal Court.
The alleged crimes, such as
ordering mortars to be fired at villages, slaughtering fleeing civilians,
destroying homes and laying land
mines indiscriminately, were said to
be too grave to be ignored.
Yet after speaking to Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi, Mark Ellis, executive
director of the International Bar
Association, said he was disturbed by
her strong aversion to charging the
military officers responsible.
As we have seen time and time
again, ignoring past crimes is shortsighted. They come back to haunt
society, Mr Ellis said.
So again, we confront that
perplexing question: Is the rule of
law really going to be enforced and
thus people executed and generals
brought to trial?
Or, unlike Jokowi, is Daw Aung
San Suu Kyi just playing politics and
going to allow murderers and war
criminals escape proper justice?
Business
NAY PYI TAW
MANDALAY
MUMBAI
PYAE THET
PHYO
pyaethetphyo87@gmail.com
Korean
company
invests in
bus line
THAN NAING SOE
thennaingsoe@gmail.com
A SOUTH Korean company is to
link up with local businesses to
start up a bus line in downtown
Mandalay. U Aung Ye Htut, director
of Myanmar Gaon, said the Korean
Namsong company would provide
the service.
In April, the Mandalay Region
transportation minister agreed in
principle to run a bus line in downtown Mandalay, he said.
It has not yet been decided how
many buses will run, and along
what routes. The frequency of the
buses would depend on demand, he
said.
However, U Aung Ye Htut said,
there will be plenty of buses.
Myanmar Gaon Company a
conglomerate of Mandalay businesses and Namsong will be based
in Mandalay. The company will
also operate car showrooms and
sell spare parts as well as running
a public transport system, said U
Aung Ye Htut.
We are going to start the business in July. If the bus line proves
a success, it could reduce the number of motorcycles on the roads, he
said.
Myanmars second-largest city
currently has 850 registered buses
across 59 lines, but residents rely
less on buses than their counterparts in Yangon due to the prevalence of motorcycles and bicycles in
the city.
Motorcycles have been banned
in Yangons urban area since the
early 2000s, though they are the
ride of choice for many in the rest
of the country.
Translation by Thiri Min Htun
For
unscrupulousness
and cases of abuse,
the Ministry of
Home Affairs will
investigate.
Daw Thein Thein Htay
Deputy minister of national planning
While Myanmar factories produce some medicine, most is imported from abroad. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
pharmaceutical products.
Dr Phyo Maung Thaw said conferences are a good way of finding quality products to import.
If we dont come to a workshop,
we conduct business cooperation by
email, he said.
Another medicine importer said
cooperation between Indian manufacturers and Myanmar importers is the
crucial ingredient for success in the
business.
A major hurdle is Food and Drug
Administration approval, which can
take time and is often complicated.
Successful local pharmaceutical
businessmen are always exploring
for new opportunities, he said. Indian partners have built their own
brand names, and reached success
before us.
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Buying
K1194
K300
K804
K32
K1089
Selling
K1215
K310
K816
K34
K1091
MOGE
invites
supplybase bids
AUNG SHIN
koshumgtha@gmail.com
MYANMA Oil and Gas Enterprise
(MOGE) has requested local and international private companies to discuss the establishment of an offshore
supply base joint venture, according
to officials.
Interested private companies are
invited to meet with MOGE between
May 25 and June 12, according to a
statement issued by the ministry
body earlier this month.
The country will need new offshore supply bases to support the
booming oil and gas business in
Myanmar offshore, said the announcement.
It will be a joint venture project
partnership between MOGE and private companies, which we will proceed with following the discussions,
said an official from MOGE.
After the discussion process,
MOGE will ask private companies to
submit proposals for a joint venture,
he said. The new facilities will be operated by private companies but regulated by MOGE.
A few private companies have already talked to us about developing
a new offshore supply base, said the
official.
Future offshore supply bases will
be in Thilawa in Yangon, Dawei in
Tanintharyi, Pathein in Ayeyarwady,
and also in Mon and Rakhine states
according to MOGE.
The country has only one offshore
supply base at present, which is located in Thilawa and owned by MOGE.
A
Singapore-based
company
signed a memorandum of understanding with the Mon State Government in January to build a new oil
and gas supply base in Mudon township in Mon state.
The 2 Fish Group of Companies
from Singapore will develop the
project under 50-year build, operate
and transfer terms, with an option to
extend the contract by 10 years. The
deal was signed under a company
subsidiary, Myanmar Offshore Supply
Base (MOSB).
However, the project has not yet
been approved by MOGE. We have
heard of the project, but it is not yet
in our hands. However any project
related to the oil and gas business
will not receive full permission
without dealing with MOGE, said
an official.
MOGE and international companies signed production sharing contracts (PSCs) for 19 offshore blocks,
a result of the first offshore bidding
round in 2013. Only one PSC, for
a shallow-water block, is left to be
signed by Australian company Tap Oil.
A total of 13 international oil companies are expecting to start seismic
acquisition campaigns at the end of
this year, following the completion
of environmental and social impact
assessment surveys, according to officials.
Last year, MOGE invited companies to submit expressions of interest
(EOI) for an onshore seismic data acquisition service, an onshore drilling
rig service, an onshore pipeline construction and maintenance service,
and a consultancy service.
A worker at Magwe Regions Chauk oil fields carries buckets of crude. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
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Myanmars limited crude oil production and refining capacity are insufficient to meet domestic demand,
making the country a net oil importer.
Today, the policy of the Ministry of Energy is to prioritise all future oil and
gas supply for domestic use.
In addition, Myanmar is taking
further steps to develop its hydrocarbon resources, he said. These will
include a bidding round next year for
13 offshore and 14 onshore blocks, as
well as MOGEs own efforts to develop
resources across 10 blocks.
The Ministry of Energy will also
develop its existing facilities and infrastructure, he said, through joint venture projects, and through privatising
MOGE according to a public-private
partnership model.
Finally, the ministry is preparing
the necessary studies for unconventional hydrocarbon exploration. We
are considering options to fulfill our
domestic energy needs, said Daw
Wah Wah Thaung. Liquefied Natural
Gas is one of the options to find a solution. In terms of other primary energy resources, Myanmar has 108,000
megawatts of hydro, 711 million metric tonnes of coal, an available annual
sustainable wood fuel yield of 19.12
million cubic tonnes, wind power of
365.1 terawatt hours (TWh) per year
and solar power of around 51,973.8
TWh per year, according to statistics
from the energy planning department
at the Ministry of Energy.
Myanmar has a total of 104 oil and
gas blocks including 53 onshore and
51 offshore blocks. At present, 16 onshore and 19 offshore blocks are in operation, according to a Ministry of Energy source. Foreign capital pledged
to Myanmars oil and gas sector is
nearly $17 billion, and $2.6 billion had
been invested by the end of January,
according to statistics from the Myanmar Investment Commission.
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MPPE formerly owned 260 petrol stations, though they were privatised in 2010. Photo: Staff
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good future.
Major shareholders include Singaporean investment company Rising Dragon which Mr Schaer leads
as CEO and chair Etech Investment Holdings Group, Pham Dang
Hung, Yonder and Beyond Ltd, Pacific Energy, Trading & Cons, Celtic
Capital Pty Ltd and Zip Capital
Mgmt Ltd.
The companys app, MyChat,
has gained attention in Myanmar
and on May 20 ranked 5th in Google
Plays top free applications store.
Last week, the messenger had accrued more than 680,000 accounts,
eclipsing its aim of gaining 550,000
by July.
MyChat is an instant messaging
app similar to local market leader
Viber, though MyChat boasts full
Myanmar and English capabilities,
as well as several other features.
MySQUAR now claims a spot in
the market from which it could capture and keep up to 30pc of Myanmars connected population as early
at 2019, according to press materials.
The firm will later move into
news, information, financial and
payment services in the future to
augment its social networking and
gaming products, according to the
company.
GreenHub serviced
residences to open
CLARE HAMMOND
clarehammo@gmail.com
SINGAPOREAN real estate management group LHN Limited has
signed a master lease with a local
developer to open serviced residences in Yangon under its GreenHub brand.
The brand was launched in Singapore in 2012. LHN now has three
GreenHub serviced office complexes in Singapore and one in Indonesia, but this will be its first serviced
residence project.
GreenHub Yangon will comprise
32 units of one and three bedrooms,
according to a May 19 notice posted
by LHN on the Singapore bourse.
It is expected to operational by
September 2015 and will be located
TOKYO
VACANCY ANNOUNCEMENT
Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Limited (ICBC) is the biggest bank
in China and top large listed bank in the world in terms of market capitalization,
customer deposits, and profitability, possessing an excellent customer base.
ICBC Yangon Branch is now looking for 16 talented and competent local
employees to work as its bank clerks in different units including Financial
institution management, Finance and Accounting management, Risk
management, IT, Banking operation and Executive office.
Requirements:
1. Grade 10 degree or above, major of Accounting, Finance, Law, IT,
Economics is preferred.
2. Good reading, writing and communication skills in English or Chinese.
3. Strong sense of responsibility, willingness of learning and cooperation.
4. Basic computer skills, able to use MS Word and Excel. Candidates who
want to do IT work should be familiar with fundamental network knowledge.
5. Under 30 years old, beyond is possible for excellent candidates.
Interested and qualified candidates are invited to send a detailed CV
to jy_xgs@126.com, ycxu@mm.icbc.com.cn and lixiaoming@mm.icbc.
com.cn.
Address: Industrial and Commercial Bank of China Yangon Representative
Office
No.(601)A , 6th Floor,Sakura Tower,
Bogyoke Aung San Road, Kyauktada Township,Yangon.
Phone No. (0095)1255045
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BANGKOK
Bank of
Thailand
asks banks
for help
THE Bank of Thailand is asking financial institutions to ensure its latest
policy rate cut helps to ease businesses borrowing costs and debt repayment pain amid the sluggish economy.
I have asked banks for their cooperation in passing on our relaxed monetary policy to citizens, central bank
governor Prasarn Trairatvorakul said.
At the end of April, the central
banks Monetary Policy Committee
(MPC) unexpectedly cut the policy
rate by 25 basis points to 1.5 percent to
alleviate economic effects, the second
cut this year.
In times of a slow economy, the central bank can implement policy only
through the benchmark interest rate
and depends on commercial banks to
pass on the effects to businesses and
consumers, Mr Prasarn said.
The MPCs cut late last month was
a pre-emptive move to mitigate the
economic slowdown, but commercial
banks have yet to follow suit in lowering their interest rates for lending due
to doubts about the debt repayment
ability of business operators and consumers. In addition, non-performing
loans (NPLs) in the SME and consumer lending segments increased in the
first quarter.
Some commercial banks did cut
their rates in line with the Bank of
Thailands first interest rate reduction
on March 11, but this time none has yet
done so due to business-related reasons, plus they feel their current rates
are still relatively low, Mr Prasarn said.
He reiterated that the central bank
was not demanding that banks lower
their interest rates but rather finetune their opinions among themselves.
Mr Prasarn made his request to
commercial banks while meeting in
Bangkok yesterday with executives
from local financial institutions.
The meeting was held to exchange
views on present economic conditions, find ways to enhance the effectiveness of monetary policy and
discuss a five-year plan to develop the
banking sector.
However, the central bank did not
ask commercial banks to increase
their loan-loss reserves since they had
already set aside their usual reserves
against bad loans, Mr Prasarn said.
The central bank on May 13 sent
around a circular to financial and nonbank institutions engaged in creditcard business asking for their cooperation in supporting four main SME
groups those affected by present
economic conditions, new business
operators, firms with growth capabilities and those planning to expand into
ASEAN and other foreign markets.
Possible measures that could support these SMEs during the slowerthan-expected economic recovery include consideration of more lenient
repayment terms, lower interest rates
on loans and debt restructuring, the
statement said.
It said another measure was to
consider reducing the minimum payment on credit-card debt shouldered
by SMEs that use credit cards for business purposes.
That measure could allow installment payments of less than 10pc of
the outstanding balance, which is
subject to discretion of financial and
non-bank institutions engaging in the
credit-card business until June 30.
Boontuck Wungcharoen, chair of
the Thai Bankers Association, said
after yesterdays meeting that banks
interest rate cut would be based on
market forces and would take some
time after a policy rate reduction.
The Bangkok Post
CHENNAI
This vehicle is a
global car. If we
make it in India,
we will surely
make it in all the
world.
Carlos Ghosn
Renault chief executive
Happiest store on
earth to Shanghai
Disney opened its first Chinese
store yesterday, before the launch
of its first mainland theme park, as
it seeks to sell Mickey Mouse and
friends to the Asian giants middle
classes.
The 860 square-metre (9256
square-foot) store opened in Shanghai, where the park initially due
to open this year but put back until
next spring is under construction.
The US entertainment titan
already has a theme park in Hong
Kong, which opened in 2005.
According to media reports
the firm first expressed interest
in building one on the mainland in
the 1990s. But the State Council, or
cabinet, did not approve the project
until 2009 over concerns about the
invasion of American culture.
On May 19 the parks central
attraction the Enchanted Storybook Castle was topped out with
a golden peony, Chinas national
flower, installed on its highest point,
the company said in a statement.
Shoppers queued outside
the store for hours ahead of the
opening.
We have already been to the
Disney park in Hong Kong, said
Gong Kefei, a mother in her 30s
waiting in line with her four-year-old
daughter. But my daughter loves
the princesses in all the Disney cartoons and insisted on coming when
she heard the store opening. AFP
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Rubber
plantation
brings work
and woe to
Gabon
WHEN one of the worlds biggest traders of agricultural commodities went
to Gabons government with a multimillion-dollar plan to produce rubber,
the authorities jumped at the chance
to diversify an oil-dependent economy.
The Batouri rubber plantation and
processing plant taking shape in the
north not only will bring US$400 million in investments but also up to 5000
new jobs to a nation with an unemployment rate topping 20 percent.
Crucially, it was also viewed as the
first step for the equatorial African
country to diversify its economy, which
TIANJIN
WASHINGTON
Construction labourers work on a building in the new financial district of Tianjin. The massive government project incorporates
dozens of skyscrapers, but a slowdown in growth in Chinas economy has raised doubts about its viability. Photo: AFP
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BRASILIA
China-Brazil trade
90.2
85.7 86.6
62.6
48.7
42.4
29.7
20.3
14.8
2005 06 07 08 09 10 11 12 13 2014
Source : China NBS/Customs
Chinas Prime Minister Li Keqiang (left) and Brazilian President Dilma Rousseff
listen to their national anthems at the Planalto Palace in Brasilia. Photo: AFP
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World
White House
adopts new line on
beekeeping efforts
UN looks to
engage Israel
in new talks
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BAGHdAd
SANAA
An Iraqi fighter from the Shiite Muslim Al-Abbas popular mobilisation unit holds
a weapon in the area surrounding the village of Nukhayb in the embattled Anbar
province west of the capital Baghdad, on May 19. Photo: AFP
A Rohingya migrant man (centre) shows his national identity card while on a boat off the coast near the city of Geulumpang in Indonesias East Aceh district of Aceh province before being rescued on May
20. Hundreds of starving boatpeople were rescued off Indonesia on May 20 as Myanmar for the first time offered to help ease a regional migrant crisis blamed in part on its treatment of the ethnic Rohingya
minority. Photo: AFP
Nicholas Kay, the UN special representative for Somalia, said on May 19.
After the ceasefire expired at the
weekend, the Saudi-led coalition resumed its bombing on May 18 with
raids on second city Aden, accusing the
rebels of violating the truce.
They did not respect the humanitarian pause. Thats why we do what
is necessary to be done, spokesperson
Brigadier General Ahmed al-Assiri told
AFP.
The raids on the capital hit the
presidential palace complex and several bases of troops loyal to former autocratic president Ali Abdullah Saleh,
allied with the Huthi rebels.
The targets included the Republican Guard missile brigade base in Fajj
Attan, south Sanaa, where strikes last
month set off a chain of explosions that
killed 38 civilians.
An arms depot in Mount Noqum,
on Sanaas eastern outskirts was also
targeted, as well as a house of Saleh
in his Sanhan hometown, south of the
capital, witnesses said.
The coalition also hit air defence
and coastguard bases in Hodeida province, as well as targets in the central
provinces of Taez and Ibb, and in Daleh
and Aden in the south, they said.
A three-day conference in Riyadh
boycotted by the rebels wrapped up
with some 300 participants publicly
backing Mr Hadi and calling for safe
zones allowing his government to resume its duties.
In a closing statement, they called
for quicker delivery of supplies to progovernment forces including logistical
ToKYo
BANdA ACEH
Fishing boats arrive to aid stranded Rohingya and Bangladeshis. Photo: AFP
opposition.
The NRA ignores scientific evidence and major earthquake risks in
its single-minded push to restart Japans crippled nuclear reactors, said
Kazue Suzuki, nuclear campaigner
with Greenpeace Japan.
It has utterly failed to learn the
lessons of the Fukushima nuclear disaster. That is unacceptable to the people of Japan and places the public at
undue risk, she said.
We strongly support the efforts of
local residents who are determined to
stop the Ikata reactor from operating,
she added. AFP
DARZAQTA
SENSAI
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A Palestinian artist draws a mural on the rubble of a building following a march to mark the 67th anniversary of the Nakba,
in al-Tufah, in the east of Gaza City on May 16. Nakba means in Arabic catastrophe, in reference to the birth of the state
of Israel 67-years-ago in British-mandate Palestine. Photo: AFP
CAIRO
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WASHINGTON
John Gentzel, the owner of J & P Apiary and Gentzels Bees, Honey and Pollination Company, works with his honeybees on
May 19 in Homestead, Florida. Photo: AFP
percent.
To address the problem, the White
House aims to limit bee mortality in
winter to a maximum of 15 percent
over 10 years.
It also aims to restore 7 million
acres (2.8 million hectares) of habitat for these insects over the next five
years through federal intervention
and partnerships between the public
and private sectors.
As for the Monarchs, the plan is
designed to boost their population
WASHINGTON
usually involves cooperation with other projects for efficiency and to avoid
duplication, but Japan has steadfastly
gone it alone, he added.
Japan has hunted whales for a few
hundred years, but the industry really
took off after World War II to help
feed a hungry country.
While other leading industrial
nations including the United States
and Britain once hunted whales,
the practice fell out of favour, and by
the 1980s commercial whaling was
banned.
Norway and Iceland have ignored the ban, but Japan uses a loophole that allows for so-called lethal
research.
The purpose of Japans research is
science science that will ensure that
when commercial whaling is resumed,
it will be sustainable, the Institute of
Cetacean Research (ICR), the body
charged with overseeing the whaling
program, insists on its website.
The ICR says this means it needs to
keep careful tabs on the whale population, by determining, amongst other
things, the average life expectancy of
the creatures, their exposure to pollutants and their diet.
The only accurate way to measure
these criteria, they say, is to kill the
animals to examine their stomach contents, the condition of their organs and
the thickness of their blubber.
Responding to the UN court decision, Japan has now submitted a new
research proposal to the IWC, setting
a Southern Ocean catch target of 333
minke whales a two-thirds cut of the
stance in whales bodies, he said, noting they live long lives and carry out
complex navigation in old age.
Whales are wonderful creatures
but not much is known about their
functionary mechanism... We need to
proceed with scientific analysis.
Tohoku Universitys Mr Ishii says
ironically, the moratorium on commercial hunting is one of the few
things that has kept whaling alive in
Japan.
By around the turn of this century,
the industry was no longer commercially viable. Japan could not have extended the life of whaling without the
moratorium.
Given every Antarctic mission results in a loss, the fisheries agency actually wants to pull out, he said, but a
group of pro-whaling lawmakers will
not allow it.
They think it would look like Japans succumbing to [environmentalists] or Australian demands, he said.
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MANDALAY TO YANGON
YANGON TO HEHO
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Y5 775
Daily
6:00
7:10
Y5 233
Daily
7:50
9:00
W9 515
6:00
7:25
W9 201
Daily
8:40
10:35
YH 917
Daily
6:10
8:30
YJ 761
8:40
10:35
YJ 891
7:00
8:25
7Y 132
2,4,6,7
8:50
10:45
7Y 131
2,4,6,7
6:30
8:35
K7 223
1,3,5
8:55
11:00
K7 222
1,3,5
6:30
8:40
YH 918
Daily
9:15
10:25
6T 805
2,4,6
6:30
7:40
6T 806
2,4,6
10:30
11:40
YJ 201
1,2,4
7:00
8:55
YJ 202
11:30
12:55
YJ 201
7:00
8:25
YJ 202
1,2,4
12:00
13:25
W9 201
Daily
7:00
8:25
YJ 761
1,2,4
13:10
17:00
W9201
7:00
8:25
YJ 212
15:00
16:55
8M 6603
9:00
10:10
YJ 212
15:00
16:25
YJ 601
11:00
12:25
YJ 602
15:40
17:35
YJ 761
1,2,4
11:00
12:55
7Y 242
1,3,5
16:40
18:45
Flight
YH 917
YJ 891
7Y 131
K7 222
7Y 131
YJ 891
Y5 649
YJ 751
YJ 761
YJ 233
K7 224
7Y 241
W9 129
Days
Daily
3
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
Daily
5
Daily
3,5,7
1,2,4
6
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
1,3,6
Dep
6:10
6:20
6:30
6:30
7:15
7:00
10:30
11:00
11:00
11:00
14:30
14:30
15:30
HEHO TO YANGON
Arr
9:15
10:35
9:20
9:30
10:05
9:10
12:45
12:10
12:10
12:10
15:45
15:40
16:40
Flight
YJ 891
YH 918
W9 201
7Y 132
K7 223
YJ 762
7Y 242
K7 225
YJ 602
W9 129
YJ 211
5,7
11:00
12:25
YJ 234
16:50
18:15
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
14:00
K7 225
2,4,6,7
16:50
19:00
Y5 325
1,5
Dep
9:25
9:15
9:25
9:35
9:45
15:50
15:55
16:00
16:25
16:55
Arr
10:35
10:25
10:35
10:45
11:00
17:00
18:45
19:00
17:35
19:10
MYEIK TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
6:45
8:15
6T 706
1,3,5
8:25
9:35
YH 737
3,5
11:00
13:10
YH 728
17:00
18:25
K7 319
1,3,5,7
7:00
9:05
Y5 326
1,5
8:35
10:05
11:30
13:40
W9 152/W97152
17:05
18:30
YH 737
11:30
13:40
Y5 776
Daily
17:10
18:20
6T 705
1,3,5
7:00
8:10
7Y 532
2,4,6
15:35
17:40
7Y 531
2,4,6
11:15
13:20
K7 320
1,3,5,7
11:30
13:35
Y5 325
15:30
17:00
Y5 326
17:15
18:45
SO 201
Daily
8:20
10:40
SO 202
Daily
13:20
15:40
W9 251
2,5
11:30
12:55
W9 211
17:10
19:15
13:00
16:45
YH 738
3,5
17:10
18:35
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
16:25
8M 6604
17:20
18:30
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
16:35
8M 903
1,2,4,5,7
17:20
18:30
Y5 234
Daily
15:20
16:30
YH 738
17:40
19:05
W9 211
15:30
16:55
YH 730
2,4,6
17:45
19:10
W9 252
2,5
18:15
19:40
YANGON TO SITTWE
SITTWE TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
K7 422
2,4,6
8:00
9:55
K7 423
2,4,6
10:10
11:30
7Y 413
1,3,5,7
10:30
12:20
7Y 414
1,3,5,7
12:35
13:55
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
12:55
W9 309
1,3,6
13:10
14:55
Flight
YJ 201
YJ 201
ND 910
ND 105
ND 107
ND 109
ND 9109
ND 111
SO 102
Flight
SO 101
YJ 201
ND 9102
ND 104
ND 106
YJ 202
ND 108
YJ 212
ND 110
ND 9110
6T 611
Daily
11:45
12:55
6T 612
Daily
13:15
14:20
Arr
Flight
Days
Days
1,2
4
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
6
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
7
Daily
Dep
7:00
7:00
7:15
10:45
11:25
14:55
17:00
18:25
18:00
Arr
7:55
10:20
8:15
11:40
12:20
15:40
18:00
19:20
19:00
YANGON TO NYAUNG U
Flight
YH 917
YJ 891
K7 222
7Y 131
K7 224
7Y 241
W9 129
W9 211
W9 129
Days
Daily
3
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
1,3,6
4
1
Dep
6:10
6:20
6:30
6:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
15:30
15:30
Days
2,4,6
1,3.5
3
1,2,4
6
2,5
Dep
6:30
7:00
7:00
7:00
11:00
11:30
Dep
7:00
8:10
8:35
9:20
10:00
10:35
13:30
16:00
17:00
18:20
Arr
8:00
13:25
9:35
10:15
10:55
13:25
14:25
16:55
17:55
19:20
Arr
7:45
7:40
7:50
7:50
17:25
17:10
17:35
17:40
17:35
Arr
8:55
9:40
9:50
10:20
15:10
14:25
Flight
YH 918
YJ 891
7Y 132
K7 223
K7 225
W9 129
7Y 242
Days
Daily
3
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
1,3,6
1,3,5
Dep
7:45
7:55
8:05
8:05
17:40
17:50
17:25
Arr
10:25
10:35
10:45
11:00
19:00
19:10
18:45
MYITKYINA TO YANGON
Flight
6T 806
YJ 202
YJ 202
YH 827
YJ 234
W9 252
Days
2,4,6
3
1,2,4
1,3,5
6
2,5
Dep
9:10
10:05
10:35
11:30
15:25
16:45
YANGON TO THANDWE
Dep
THANDWE TO YANGON
Flight
Days
K7 422
2,4,6
8:00
8:55
K7 422
2,4,6
9:10
11:30
7Y 413
1,3,5
10:30
11:20
7Y 413
1,3,5
11:35
13:55
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
13:50
7Y 413
12:05
14:20
7Y 413
11:00
11:50
W9 309
1,3,6
14:05
14:55
Y5 421
1,3,4,6
15:45
16:40
Y5 422
1,3,4,6
16:55
17:50
YANGON TO DAWEI
NYAUNG U TO YANGON
YANGON TO MYITKYINA
Flight
6T 805
YH 826
YJ 201
YJ 201
YJ 233
W9 251
Days
Daily
1,2
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
6
4
1,2,3,4,5
5
7
1,2,3,4,5
Arr
11:40
12:55
13:25
13:55
18:15
19:40
YH 727
YJ 151/W9 7151
Domestic Airlines
YANGON TO MYEIK
Flight
Days
3,5
Daily
Daily
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
1,2,4
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
6
1,3,6
Dep
Arr
Airline Codes
SO = APEX Airlines
7Y = Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
K7 = Air KBZ
W9 = Air Bagan
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
DAWEI TO YANGON
YH = Yangon Airways
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
K7 319
1,3,5,7
7:00
8:10
YH 634
2,4,6
12:15
13:25
YJ = Asian Wings
YH 633
2,4,6
7:00
8:25
K7 320
1,3,5,7
12:25
13:35
6T = AirMandalay
SO 201
Daily
8:20
9:40
6T 708
3,5,7
14:15
15:15
6T 707
3,5,7
10:30
11:30
SO 202
Daily
14:20
15:40
7Y 531
2,4,6
11:15
12:20
7Y 532
2,4,6
16:35
17:40
Flight
YANGON TO LASHIO
LASHIO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
13:00
YJ 752
3,5,7
16:10
17:55
YJ 751
3,5,7
11:00
13:15
YH 730
2,4,6
16:45
19:10
YANGON TO PUTAO
Days
PUTAO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YH 826
1,3,5
7:00
10:35
YH 634
10:35
13:55
YH 633
7:00
10:35
YH 827
1,3,5
10:35
13:55
W9 251
2,5
11:30
15:25
W9 252
2,5
15:45
19:40
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3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
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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
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
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
Arr
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
Days
CA 416
MU 2012
MU 2032
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Daily
12:15
3
12:40
1,2,4,5,6,7 15:20
YANGON TO HANOI
15:55
18:45
18:40
Days
Dep
Arr
Days
Dep
Arr
Days
Dep
Flights
Flights
CI 7915
Flights
Days
MU 2011
CA 415
MU 2031
Flights
Days
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
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
Days
Dep
International Airlines
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Dragonair (KA)
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
AI 701
QR 919
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
Dep
Arr
AI 401
QR 918
Flights
2,4,7
11:50
DOHA TO YANGON
13:25
1,5
7:00
3,5,7
20:40
SEOUL TO YANGON
Arr
13:20
06:25+1
Days
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
Days
BG 061
BG 061
1,6
4
NH 813
Arr
Flights
Dep
15:35
13:45
YANGON TO INCHEON
Days
Dep
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
Days
8M 601
AI 236
Days
AI 236
AI 701
2
1,5
Dep
13:10
14:05
YANGON TO KOLKATA
Days
AI 228
Flights
Dep
3,5,6
7:00
2
13:10
YANGON TO DELHI
Flights
Flights
Dep
6:15
11:00
YANGON TO GAYA
Flights
1,5
Dep
14:05
YANGON TO MUMBAI
AI 773
Days
1,5
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
Days
Daily
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO SINGAPORE
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Days
2,6
1,2,4,5,6
Dep
15:55
7:50
Flights
FD 245
Days
Daily
Dep
12:45
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Days
Daily
Dep
13:50
Flights
PG 722
PG 722
PG 722
Days
3
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
20:15
19:30
20:15
Flights
06:50+1
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
Flights
Dep
1:30
1:10
Arr
Flights
Arr
Flights
8:20
15:05
AI 235
8M 602
Arr
Flights
Flights
AI 227
Arr
Flights
22:35
AI 675
Arr
Flights
Arr
23:15
22:30
23:15
Days
1,6
4
Dep
12:30
10:40
INCHEON TO YANGON
Days
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Dep
Dep
9:25
13:45
GAYA TO YANGON
Days
Dep
2
9:20
3,5,6
9:20
DELHI TO YANGON
Days
2
1,5
Dep
9:20
7:00
KOLKATA TO YANGON
Days
1,5
Dep
10:35
MUMBAI TO YANGON
Flights
Flights
Arr
11:00
Days
1,5
Dep
6:10
Days
Daily
Dep
12:00
SINGAPORE TO MANDALAY
Arr
16:40
Dep
DHAKA TO YANGON
PG 709
Y5 2234
MI 533
Arr
Daily
Days
Daily
2,6
Dep
7:20
11:35
FD 244
Days
Daily
Dep
10:50
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
Flights
MU 2029
Days
Daily
Dep
13:00
Flights
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
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
20:50
14:15
15:00
Days
AI 235
AI 401
15:05
16:30
Dep
22:50
21:45
TOKYO TO YANGON
Flights
Y5 252
7Y 306
Arr
4
1,2,3,5,6,7
Arr
22:25
23:25
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
8:05
12:50
16:30
19:50
Days
BG 060
BG 060
Arr
15:40
Airline Codes
3K = Jet Star
8M = Myanmar Airways International
AK = Air Asia
Arr
14:55
13:05
Arr
22:25
22:25
23:25
18:10
12:00
Arr
10:15
14:35
Arr
12:0
12:30
Arr
12:20
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
16:30
15:00
Arr
12:15
Arr
12:50
Arr
19:00
19:35
19:45
SQ = Singapore Airways
TG = Thai Airways
TR = Tiger Airline
VN = Vietnam Airline
AI = Air India
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4
5
6
7
=
=
=
=
Thursday
Friday
Saturday
Sunday
hen it comes to
booking a hotel online,
what you see isnt
always what you get.
Christina Daves
knows. On several occasions, shes
shopped for a hotel room online
and then clicked through to make a
reservation, only to discover she was
actually dealing with a third-party
site that looked like a hotel site.
Often, said Daves, who owns
a medical device company in
Washington, DC, there are no
refunds on a reservation made
through one of these sites, if you want
to cancel or make a change.
The hotel industry is worried, too.
It recently asked the US Department
of Justice to investigate travel sites
that are trying to pass themselves
off as the actual hotel. The industry,
represented by the American hotel
& Lodging Association (Ah&LA),
estimates that 2.5 million bookings
are affected by this site-spoofing each
year, which translates into more than
US$220 million going toward what it
calls bad bookings.
At best, these reservations are
simply made on behalf of a third
party instead of by the hotel and
may have additional restrictions or
booking fees. But at worst, they may
be completely bogus bookings that
wont be recognised by a property.
Who are these companies? There
are thousands of them, according
to Ah&LA, and they go by names
like Reservationcounter.com,
Reservationdesk.com and hotelsone.
com.
These sites are constantly changing
their names, URLs and phone numbers
to evade legal repercussions, said
Maryam Cope, Ah&LAs vice president
of government affairs. If you go to one
of these sites, the phone number will
likely be one thing around 3pm and
something else by 6pm, then again
something else by 10pm. Its a constant
cat-and-mouse game to keep up with
these rogue sites.
Daniel nelson, the chief executive
of TravelPASS Group, the Salt Lake
City-based company that operates
the sites Reservationcounter.com
and Reservationdesk.com, said his
companys sites have been around
for many years and that reservations
made through them are legitimate.
he denies they are trying to imitate
hotel websites, which is obvious when
you compare the sites.
26 Sport
REHAbIlITATIoN
SITTING VOlleYBall
Mine victims play the adapted game as part of their rehabilitation efforts. Photo: AFP
Im the best of the group at the national level, so I have faith in God that
Ill be selected, he said.
Sitting volleyball emerged in 1956
in the Netherlands, inspired by sitzball, a German sport for people with
limited mobility.
the net is set at 1.15 metres high
for mens play and 1.05 metres for
womens.
Colombia began holding national
championships in 2008 and now has
several teams of former soldiers and
police, for whom it is a vital part of
their recovery.
Bello wanted to hold a tournament that would support these athletes and the victims of the conflict in
RUGBY UNION
Italian prisoners
take rugby road
I
t is, according to former Italy international Walter Rista, a sport
with respect for the rules written
into its DNA.
So what could be better than
rugby as a means of helping prisoners
involved in a groundbreaking Italian
rehabilitation program prepare for
their return to the outside world?
the very fact that they are in prison means they have lost a sense of the
rules, somewhere along the way, says
Rista, the founding father of La Drola,
an inmate XV that performs a jailbird
Haka before matches in the fifth tier
of Italian rugby.
Rugby channels the aggression that we all have inside us, the
70-year-old adds, as he explains why
Every game is a home game behind walls for the Italian prison side. Photo: AFP
Sport 27
www.mmtimes.com
Sailing
Spectators watch the regatta from Havanas Malecon seafront. Photo: AFP
Football
Sepp Blatter speaks to press after meeting with Israeli officials. Photo: AFP
american Football
Patriots will
not appeal
Deflategate
NeW england Patriots owner robert
Kraft announced may 19 the club is willing to accept the penalties handed down
by the National Football League in the
Deflategate scandal.
Speaking at the NFL owners meetings,
Kraft said it is time to move on because
the fiasco had already taken up too much
of everyones time.
i dont want to continue the rhetoric
thats gone on the past four months, said
Kraft. im going to accept, reluctantly,
what [NFL Commissioner roger Goodell]
has given to us ... we wont appeal.
i know a lot of Patriot fans are going
to be disappointed in that decision but i
hope they trust my judgement and know
that i really feel at this point in time that
taking this off the agenda is the best thing
for the New england Patriots, our fans
and the NFL, and i hope you all can respect that.
The NFL slapped the Patriots with a
US$1 million fine and docked them two
draft picks following the probe of lawyer
Ted Wells, whose report found the team
violated rules and failed to cooperate with
the investigation over improperly inflated
footballs.
Quarterback Tom Brady, a four-time
Super Bowl champion, was also suspended for the first four games of the upcoming season after Wells found it was likely
that Brady was at least generally aware
that team equipment personnel deliberately deflated footballs below league
minimums before the AFC championship
game against the indianapolis Colts in
January.
Kraft reiterated may 19 that he thinks
the Wells report was unjust and that the
punishment didnt fit the crime.
i dont think anyone can believe that
after four months of the AFC Championship Game, we are still talking about air
pressure and the PSi in footballs, he said.
Kraft didnt discuss Bradys suspension. The players union has filed an appeal on behalf of Brady, who has denied
any involvement. AFP
Sport
28 THE MYANMAR TIMES May 21, 2015
Rehabilitation
through sport
SPORT 26
FOOTball
Myanmar Women
target Thai tourney
The Myanmar side are welcomed back to Yangon International following their trip to Vietnam. Photo:Facebook/MFF
VOlleyball
ROwing
British duos
record row
attempt
abandoned
after one day
Two Britons had to be rescued
just one day after leaving on a
record-breaking attempt to row
3600 miles (5794 kilometres)
across the Indian ocean from
Australia to Mauritius, their team
said yesterday.
Cancer survivor Ashley wilson,
who also suffers from epilepsy, and
adventurer James Ketchell were
trying to break the two-person
84-day crossing record set by
Frenchmen Laurence De Rancourt and Laurence Grand-Clement in 2012.
But after setting out from
Geraldton in western Australia
on Monday they got only 100 kilometres before using their satellite
phone to call for help, a spokesperson for the pair Euan Blake
told AFP.
They were doing really well,
but one of the guidance systems
that helps them see the fastest
route to Mauritius stopped working, Blake said.
The pair tried to fix the equipment after contacting the manufacturer by phone but were unable to do so.
There was considerable disappointment to have to return
... after two-and-a-half years of
preparation, Blake added.
But at the same time, they realise how fast the boat is now and
they are even more hungry for the
world record and they are desperate to get back out.
Blake said a new guidance
system from Britain would be
installed on the boat, now at
Geraldton, a coastal city 430 km
north of Perth, with the pair, aged
37 and 32, hoping to resume their
attempt within weeks.
Kim wright of Abrolhos Islands
Charters, which towed the boat
back to shore, told AFP the journey took 12 hours because of high
winds measuring up to 30 knots.
we starting towing about
5pm yesterday afternoon and
got in at 5.30am this morning,
wright said May 20.
Its a very small boat and very
breakable, so we couldnt go any
quicker than that because of the
conditions.
Blake added that the performance of the 1.5-metrehigh,
6-metre-long,
700-kilogram carbon-fibre boat was
exceptional.
wilson and Ketchell are attempting the crossing to raise at
least 100,000 (US$155,220) for
three nominated charities.
we are aiming to demonstrate
that, just because you have epilepsy, it doesnt mean you cant get out
there and follow your dreams, they
wrote on the website.
The main reason behind the
challenge is that, as ... so many people have helped and assisted Ashley over the years, he would like
to try and give something back to
them. AFP