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EITI fallout
looms for govt
over death at
Letpadaung
Wa Lone
Thomas Kean
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CIVIL society groups have accused the
government of breaching its Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative commitments as a result of recent
clashes between demonstrators and
police at the Letpadaung copper mine
in which one person was killed and
nine injured.
The Myanmar Alliance for Transparency and Accountability said its
members would submit the case to the
EITI Board, which is considering the
governments applications for membership to the initiative.
In a statement on December 24,
MATA said the government had violated its promise to guarantee freedom
on speech on natural resource-related
issues. Articles in state-run media
blaming the protesters for the violence
before an investigation had been conducted also breached the EITI code of
conduct, said MATA, which was formed
earlier this year to coordinate civil society involvement in the EITI process.
The group said the aim of the EITI
was to achieve people-centred good
resource governance and protect communities from the resource curse.
However, the present situation is
moving in the opposite direction and
the conflict in Letpadaung this week
[is an] indication of this, it said.
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Negotiators target
Union Day signing
Long-awaited ceasefire could be signed as early as February 12, peace teams say
Ei Ei Toe
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I think we have
enough consensus
to move to the
next step, which is
political dialogue.
U Aung Min
Chief government peace negotiator
The talks were given added urgency because of concerns that the peace
process could be disrupted by political campaigning in the lead-up to next
years election if not completed in the
first half of next year.
But Minister for the Presidents Office U Aung Min, who led the government delegation, said the elections
were not the only potential distraction
next year.
We have a number of priority issues that we need to take care of next
year, including the elections, so lets
conclude the [nationwide ceasefire
U Aung Min speaks during peace talks in Yangon on December 23. Photo: Wa Lone
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Hundreds join
MDY protest
against mine
Demonstration calls for closure of the Letpadaung
mine following protesters death on December 22
ABOUT 500 people including dozens of Buddhist monks protested
near the Chinese consulate in Mandalay on December 27 demanding
the closure of the Letpadaung copper mine.
It was the largest protest since
the fatal shooting of a woman demonstrating against the China-backed
mine project in Sagaing Region that
has been dogged by complaints of
land grabbing and environmental
damage.
A Mee Gyaung Kan protester holds a sign outside City Hall. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
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YCDC graft
complaints go
into cyberspace
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CORRUPT Yangon City Development
Committee officials can now be reported through a newly launched website,
www.ycdc.gov.mm.
U Cho Tun Aung, chief of YCDCs
department of public relations and
communications, announced the move
earlier this month. The website is part
of the committees e-government push,
which is aimed at reducing paperwork
and red tape.
He said complaints can be filed by
clicking on the Contact tab and then
selecting Suggestion on the dropdown menu. Doing so will result in a
direct report to YCDC.
But he said residents could also report things that need to be fixed, such
as broken water pipes and uncollected
trash, and suggested they accompany
their email with photos.
Anyone can write to us with good
advice or anything else they want. We
will reply rapidly, U Cho Tun Aung
said. We will submit messages to the
YCDC secretary or to the mayor directly, and action will be taken swiftly
when required.
Complaints about specific individuals will not be passed to officials
at other levels but directly reported to
the secretary or mayor.
Since first launching a website in
2013, the committee has received an
average of about 10 letters a month, an
official said, adding that those letters
received an email or phone response.
Officials were unable to say how
many letters had been received in total or how many complaints had been
resolved.
U Aye Min, a candidate for a position on YCDC in the December 27 election, said the complaint system was a
positive start and had good potential.
However, he said he had concerns
about shifting too many services online. E-government is only good for
IT-friendly people, its not for everybody. There must be other ways to report corruption, he added.
About K1.7 billion has been spent on
the e-government initiative since 2011.
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Crime in BRIEF
Man electrocuted while
cutting branches
A South Korean man died in a motorbike accident on Taw Win Road in Shwe
Pyi Thar township on December 20, police say. Kim Yeon Soo, 59, was severely
injured while riding a motorcycle when
he was hit by another cyclist. He later
died at Insein Hospital. Shwe Pyi Thar
police have charged the driver of the
other motorcycle with causing death by
negligence.
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Fast facts:
YCDC election
Yangon population: 5.2 million
Households:
Over 870,000
Eligible voters: 401,634
Polling stations: 1086
Constituencies:
115, including
4 for YCDC, 12 for district committees,
99 for township committees
Candidates: 293
Just look at this, the YCDC candidate for Yangons western district
said as he gestured toward the polling
booth.
Nobody is coming to vote. The
township or ward administrative offices should be doing something to
motivate and remind people to vote,
like going around with loudspeakers.
U Win Cho estimated that less than
40pc of those eligible had voted in his
district. He attributed this to a lack
of faith both in YCDC and elections
more generally, the latter because of
the poor performance of hluttaw representatives elected in 2010.
One reason [for the poor turnout]
is that people voted for hluttaw representatives to work for them four years
ago but there is no obvious result from
it, he said. Thats why people do not
have any faith in elections.
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five people can be said to be a political event. How can I charge them for
holding a meeting of five people? It is
difficult. Even though the law says I
should, I personally dont want to do
it, he said.
Generally we go and interrupt the
event and ask them to get permission.
If they either stop the event or ask permission before resuming, it is okay.
The law also mandated the holding
of elections for 2891 ward and 13,698
village-tract administrator posts.
While these elections took place in
December 2012 and January 2013, a
report compiled by the 88 Generation
Peace and Open Society suggests the
elections were highly flawed.
While the report surveyed only 69
ward and village-tract administrator
elections across all 14 states and regions it found that only 38 percent
could be considered successful, with
others being abandoned for lack of information, lack of candidates or public
indifference. In these cases, the incumbent administrator, or another chosen
by community leaders or the township
administrator, was appointed.
While the law states that administrators must not have links to political
parties, the survey also found that most
administrators are aligned with a political party or group.
Alliance
warns of
military
power over
peace deal
THE military-dominated National Defence and Security Council
could prove to be a roadblock to
achieving peace, an ethnic political party alliance says.
The United Nationalities Alliance, a grouping of eight parties, said at a three-day conference last week that the Union
Peace-making Work Committee,
which is negotiating a nationwide ceasefire on behalf of the
government, lacked the authority to offer guarantees to armed
ethnic groups.
The group said in a report on
the peace process released at a
December 22-24 conference in
Yangon that it foresaw problems
when it puts peace proposals to
the NDSC for approval.
The 11-member body contains
five serving military personnel,
together with the president,
the two vice presidents, the two
speakers of the national parliament and the foreign minister.
Of its current members, only one
is not military or ex-military.
The UNA said the government
should guarantee the viability of
planned political dialogue by either ensuring President U Thein
Sein and Commander-in-Chief
Senior General Min Aung Hlaing attend or by publicly stating
that those taking part in the negotiations have decision-making
power.
U Khun Tun Oo, the head of
the Shan Nationalities League
for Democracy, said peace could
only be achieved if the Tatmadaw changes its mindset toward
ethnic armed groups.
He said the Tatmadaw was
responsible for the lack of trust
between the two sides because it
had failed to properly implement
earlier ceasefires.
Theres a big difference between holding discussions and
making decisions, he said. Peace
can be possible if the military,
which is the real decision maker,
works together with peace makers with goodwill.
Participants at the conference
also discussed the 2008 constitution, with UNA members
agreeing to work together with
ethnic armed groups, political
parties and civil society groups
to amend the charter.
UNA member U Aye Tha
Aung of the Arakan National
Party said the alliance agreed on
the need for a democratic federal
union system. Ye Mon
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2004 TSUNAMI
Myanmar migrant worker Mi Htay poses for a photograph outside her house in Ban Nam Khaem village, Thailand.
Mi Htay remains haunted by memories of the children she lost in the tsunami whose bodies, like hundreds of other
Myanmar migrants in Thailand, were never identified. Photo: AFP
Migrants haunted by
memory of tsunami
An estimated 2000 Myanmar migrants are thought to have perished in Thailand
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A DECADE after towering waves
wrenched her newborn baby from her
arms, Mi Htay remains haunted by
memories of the children she lost in
the tsunami whose bodies, like hundreds of other Myanmar migrants in
Thailand, were never identified.
No one knows exactly how many
foreign labourers died when the tsunami cut into southwestern Thailand, as most lacked official work permits and their relatives did not come
forward in the days and weeks after
the December 26, 2004, disaster out
of fear of arrest or deportation.
An estimated 2000 migrants
from Myanmar are thought to have
perished deaths that went almost
unnoticed as the television cameras
focused on foreign tourists and Thai
victims.
Among them were Mi Htays
eight-day-old baby too young even
to have been given a name and two
of her other children, both toddlers,
as well as her mother and a nephew.
Despite the aching reminders of
her loss, Mi Htay returned around
a year later to the small coastal village of Ban Nam Khem, in Thailands
worst-hit Phang Nga province, in
search of work in the areas fisheries.
When I am working, I can forget
what happened, the now 40-year-old
said, pointing out the spot where the
waves pulled her newborn away from
her grasp.
But when I see other families
with their children going to eat, I feel
so sad. If they were alive, we would be
like that. I cant forget it for one day.
In 2006 Mi Htay whose two
oldest children survived the disaster was informed that the bodies of her mother and nephew had
been identified as part of what was,
at the time, the biggest global forensic investigation. The Indian Ocean
tsunami, which was sparked by the
third-largest earthquake on record,
claimed more than 220,000 lives in
one of the worlds deadliest and most
geographically widespread disasters.
More than 3000 bodies were
identified and returned to families
across the world by Thai and international experts in the years after
the tsunami using dental records,
DNA or fingerprints.
But Mi Htays three missing children were not among them.
I presume they are dead. But
maybe they are alive as they havent
found the bodies. Maybe they are
with other people. I keep thinking
like that, she said.
Other than a small sign in Thai
pointing to a nearby evacuation shelter, there is little evidence of the tsunami that wiped out nearly half of the
villages 5000 people.
The sparsely furnished apartments Myanmar nationals rent from
Thais have been rebuilt and the pier
ON December 26, 2004, the world experienced one of the deadliest natural
disasters ever recorded. A 9.1-magnitude earthquake off the west coast of
Sumatra, Indonesia, triggered a massive tsunami that directly affected 14
countries in Asia and Africa. The tectonic shifting of plates and the widespread impact of the resulting waves,
led to 230,000 deaths and massive human suffering.
This month, several affected countries in the region will host remembrance ceremonies for the Indian
Ocean tsunami. This is an opportunity
to raise public awareness in the AsiaPacific region and beyond on the importance of building greater resilience
to natural disasters, and how we can
collectively work to maintain this momentum enhancing our capacities to
deal with such catastrophic events.
The 2004 tsunami led to an unprecedented global outpouring of support, and a key lesson from the human
tragedy was the importance of early
warning. When the wave struck, early
warning systems were inadequate. As
a result, many received no warning
except the sight of the wall of water
rushing toward them. Our region must
never again be caught so unprepared.
In the aftermath, the Asia-Pacific region embarked on a collective effort to
develop approaches and mechanisms
for better early warning systems to
reduce the impact of future disasters.
These efforts have intensified over the
intervening years in Asia and the Pacific, the most disaster-prone region in
the world. Building resilience in this region is not an option but an imperative
to safeguard and promote sustainable
development, lives and livelihoods.
The Indian Ocean tsunami fundamentally changed how we deal with
natural disasters, making a profound
impact on policies and budgets as well
as operational and technical work.
Importantly, the experience of the tsunami shaped the Hyogo Framework for
Action (HFA), which was adopted in
Kobe, Japan, weeks after the disaster.
Real progress has been made in implementing the HFA and building AsiaPacific resilience. Governance has been
strengthened, with more than half of
Asia-Pacific countries having enacted
legislation and created institutions
dealing specifically with disaster risk
management. The budgetary allocations for disaster risk and mitigation
works have been improved, although
this varies across countries. Institutional capacities for early warning,
preparedness and response have also
been strengthened but more must be
done. The countries of Asia and the Pacific are redoubling efforts to reinforce
implementation capacities, educate
vulnerable communities and address
underlying risks.
The regional commitment to early
warning is reflected in the Indian
Ocean Tsunami Warning and Mitigation Systems (IOTWS), which became
operational in 2011, with Australia, Indonesia and India in charge of issuing
regional tsunami bulletins. The United
Nations Economic and Social Commission for Asia and the Pacific (ESCAP)
projects that this new system will save
an average of 1000 lives each year for
the next 100 years.
On April 11, 2012, an earthquake of
magnitude 8.6 off the coast of Indonesia provided a useful test of the system.
Within 10 minutes of the quake, the
countries at risk had received bulletins
with tsunami warning information
from the three regional service providers. In turn, millions of people received
warnings and moved rapidly to higher
ground. Fortunately no tsunami was
triggered that day, but the experience
suggests that real progress has been
made since 2004.
At the national level, several countries have also made major investments
Working together to
reduce disaster risk
and build resilience
is comparable to
pushing a big rock
uphill together if
we do not constantly
move forward, we
risk sliding backward.
So 10 years on, how much better
prepared is the Asia-Pacific region for
a major tsunami? Considerably better than we were in 2004, but the full
answer will only be known one day in
the future, during the first few hours
after a strong earthquake has caused a
new tsunami. To prepare for that day,
regional cooperation is essential, especially in early warning, as natural hazards know no borders.
Working together to reduce disaster
risk and build resilience is comparable
to pushing a big rock uphill together
if we do not constantly move forward,
we risk sliding backward. It involves
developing a culture of preparedness
and cooperation across the region, and
shifting from a focus on response to
one on prevention.
In June this year, the Royal Thai
Government hosted the 6th Asian Ministerial Conference on Disaster Risk
Reduction to consolidate the regional
voice for a successor HFA agreement.
As countries from around the world
prepare to meet in Sendai, Japan, in
March 2015, the Asia-Pacific region will
bring our essential lessons and experiences to help shape this new global
framework.
Shamshad Akhtar is under-secretarygeneral of UN ESCAP. General Tanasak
Patimapragorn is deputy prime minister
and minister for foreign affairs of Thailand.
Harsh Vardhan is minister for science and
technology of India. Mahinda Amaraweera
is minister of disaster management for
Sri Lanka. Mohamed Zuhair is minister of
state for the National Disaster Management
Centre of the Maldives. Syamsul Maarif
is minister of the National Agency for
Disaster Management of Indonesia.
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[Domestic workers]
dont want to go any
more because they
know its illegal
and they will have
to repay the service
charges ... over a
long period.
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official confirmation.
We dont have any intention to
hurt the company, said Yakansintaung Sayadaw U Wimala. But
residents are now facing difficulties
because they have to rely on those forests and hillsides. When we met with
U Aung Chan Thar, who is the mine
owners brother, on December 15, he
told us they are working with approval from the chief minister of Mandalay
Region. He added that the chief minister, U Ye Myint, had recently told the
company to stop mining. Kyaw Ko
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Military suggests
forming press club
Vetted reporters could attend regularly meetings even dinner parties with officers
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To be honest, civil
servants like us are
afraid of the media.
Military representative
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Department of Fisheries staff inspect an Irrawaddy dolphin found near Myit Kan
Gyi village in Singgu township on December 4. Photo: Supplied
second dolphin was found in the Mingun area, with a 30-centimetre cut to
its abdomen; the cause of the wound
could not be determined. The third
dolphin was found in Sagaing Region
with a missing tail.
The deaths mean the estimated
population in the protected zone is
Great Wall
rents land
to produce
hybrid
Htoo Thant
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AGRICULTURE firm Great Wall
is renting about 440 acres of
farmland in Nay Pyi Taw to grow
a hybrid rice crop, farmers and
officials said last week.
The company is renting the
land from farmers in Alyinlo village tract for K250,000 an acre,
said farmer Ko Myo Linn Aung.
The company is renting our
land for K250,000 an acre to
produce hybrid paddy, he said.
They offered K200,000 before
but we did not agree until they
raised the price.
An official at the Pyinmana
branch of the Department of Agriculture, under the Ministry of
Agriculture and Irrigation, confirmed the agreement, which will
see the summer paddy grown
and harvested with the aid of
machinery.
This is a deal between the
farmers and the company, deputy head of the department, U
Kyaw Zaw, said on December 22.
U Kyaw Zaw also confirmed
the rental price.
He added that the soil in
Nay Pyi Taw is fertile and yields
an average of 100 baskets of
paddy an acre, worth about
K400,000. Translation by
Thiri Min Htun
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A MOTHER whose baby died after being delivered two months premature
by a doctor in North Okkalapa township will appeal a Union Supreme
Court ruling that the doctor was not at
fault, she told media last week.
Last month, the Supreme Court
dismissed Daw Thae Phyu Phyu
Aungs case against obstetrician and
gynecologist Dr Mee Mee Thein, saying there was insufficient proof of
medical wrongdoing in the July 8,
2010, death of the eight-day-old child.
But Daw Thae Phyu Phyu Aung
and her lawyer Daw Ni Ni Lwin have
criticised the verdict and announced
they will apply for a revision.
I think the decision is not fair,
Daw Thae Phyu Phyu Aung said at a
press conference last week.
Doctor and patient have differing
accounts of events leading up to the
infants death.
I had regular check-ups with Dr
Mee Mee Thein at the Jivitadana Sangha Hospital, Daw Thae Phyu Phyu
Aung said. She said I have to give
Govt to
conduct
census of
migrant
workers
IN a bid to offer better protection
to its citizens working abroad, the
government is to carry out a census of all Myanmar migrant workers in Thailand by the end of March
2015, the deputy labour minister has
announced.
Speaking at Myanmar International Convention Centre, U Htin Aung
said the census would cover both documented and illegal migrant workers
in Thailand. We will do this as quickly as possible by drawing up plans and
forming committees systematically,
he said.
U Htin Aung said the ministry
planned to count Myanmar workers in
Malaysia as well, as a prelude to regularising the position of illegal workers
there. Malaysias labour ministry is reportedly planning to take legal action
against illegal workers there from the
end of this month.
We take the affairs of our people
seriously, said the deputy minister.
The Ministry of Labour, Employment and Social Security believes
there are about 1.7 million migrants
working in Thailand, the majority illegally. The number of migrant in Malaysia is thought to be in the hundreds
of thousands.
Department of Labour director
general U Myo Aung said ministry
staff would visit worksites to collect
information from workers who have
not formally registered their presence
in Thailand.
Our staff will go to factories and
workshops to find those who didnt
come to Myanmar labour offices in
Thailand during the registration periods, he said. If they are real Myanmar citizens then they will be entitled to rights under Thailands labour
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Dear Editor,
I am writing to you in regard to your
recent article titled What we have to
eat published in the December 8 issue. While reading the article we came
across several inconsistencies pertaining
to World Food Programme activities in
Myanmar. I must admit I was saddened
by the way our work was depicted.
In Kachin, your article mentions
that WFP used to provide each person
with a monthly ration of 6 kilograms
of rice, a bottle of oil, a pack of salt
and 2kg of beans. That stopped in December 2013. The elderly and children
under one year of age used to receive
nutrient powder but that has stopped
as well. Your article also quotes camp
management committee member Daw
Htu Nan says, In the first years, the
World Food Programme provided oil in
tins and it was frozen.
In Kachin, since September 2011
WFP and its partners provide all displaced beneficiaries in the areas we can
reach with 13.5kg of rice, 1.8kg of chickpeas, 0.9 litres of fortified oil and 150
grams of salt a month. Children under
two and pregnant and nursing mothers receive in addition fortified blended
food to cover their specific needs.
We do not distribute frozen oil.
Business
Partners for Yangon Stock
Exchange sign a deal to set up
Jeremy Mullins
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TWO Japanese firms and Myanma
Economic Bank on December 23
signed an agreement to establish
the Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX),
which is targeted to be opened late
2015.
The agreement, between Daiwa
Institute of Research, an arm of
Daiwa Securities Group, as well as
Japan Exchange Group and stateowned Myanma Economic Bank, is
the result of discussions that have
been ongoing since May 29, 2012,
when a memorandum of understanding was initially signed.
The partners will now set up a
joint-venture firm called Yangon
Stock Exchange-Joint Venture Limited with K32 billion capital (US$31
million). There will five total directors, with three Myanmar directors and one from each of the two
Japanese firms though officials
declined to comment on respective
ownership stakes.
The agreement is the outcome
of long and conscientious negotiations between the competent
authorities of Japan and Myanmar
to set up and operate the first stock
exchange in Myanmar, a press release said.
The governments self-imposed
2015 deadline to open the stock exchange has come under the microscope, with some claiming it will be
difficult to meet.
Asked whether the exchange is
on track, Daiwa said in a statement:
Although enactment of related
laws and rules takes more time
than we expected, Myanmar government seems to be eager to open
stock exchange in 2015. [Daiwa Institute of Research] would like to
support them with utmost effort
with Japanese Government and [Japan Exchange Group].
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THERE are a lot more cars piling into Yangon than ever before,
and less room to park them.
In a bid to cut down on the
chaos, individual importers will
be required to prove they have
a parking space for the vehicle
beginning on January 1 though
some question whether the policy will work in practice.
The Supervisory Committee
for Car Imports at the Ministry
of Commerce announced the
new rules on December 18, adding all citizens of Yangon Region
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THE recently departed chief executive officer of Air Mandalay says there
is zero chance the struggling domestic airline can return to the skies
at the end of January as its management has claimed, and even cast
doubt on the future of the company.
However, new CEO U Sai Kham
Park Hpa insisted last week that the
company was not in danger of ceasing operations permanently and
would have three aircraft operating
by February.
Air Mandalays suspension of
operations is not related to our financial position. All of our crews
are working except for pilots and air
stewards, he said.
We will resume operations with
one ATR 72-212 and two [Embraer]
ERJ 145 aircraft, which will arrive
in Myanmar near the end of January 2015. So we will be officially flying again no later than February.
Air Mandalay announced earlier this month that it was halting
flights from December 10 through
to at least the end of January, after
a planned aircraft leasing deal for
two ERJ 145s fell through due to
unforeseen circumstances. According to flight schedules released by
the airline last month, the aircraft
were due to come into service on
November 17.
U Sai Kham Park Hpa said the
planes had failed to arrive because
the taxes levied by the government
were prohibitively high. Air Mandalay is negotiating to adjust the
import taxes on the aircraft, he said.
We wont be able to compete if
the taxes are too high because we
will have to set our ticket prices
higher than other airlines, he said.
However, former CEO Gary Villiard, who resigned on November
14 due to conflict with the airlines
shareholders, said he did not believe it would be possible for the
airline to resume services at the end
of January.
He said it was the third aircraft
leasing deal to fall through in the
past year and questioned whether
Air Mandalay had the financing and
corporate affairs skills needed to
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Puma and
PTT left
standing
in race for
refinery
aung shin
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TWO firms are still competing for
the rights to join Myanmar Petrochemical Enterprise in refitting for
the Thanlyin Refinery Joint Venture
Project, according to a statement.
Although about 20 international
companies had initially signaled
interest in the project, only four
submitted proposals. The list has
now been narrowed to two, PTT
and Puma Energy, which meet the
general requirements to proceed, a
December 24 announcement said.
The tender evaluation and selection committee will conduct a
general evaluation on rules and
requirements for these two companies with the deposit of a US$4 million bid bond, said MPE managing
director Daw Hla Hla Kyi. The bond
is to last for nine months.
The other two companies that
did not pass to the next round are
Itemitsu Kosan from Japan and
Omni Focus from Myanmar. Omni
Focus belongs to U Aye Ne Win
and U Kyaw Ne Win, grandsons of
former dictator Ne Win. The pair
made headlines early this year after claims they had purchased 60
percent of Asia Green Development
Bank from business tycoon U Tay
Za.
Daw Hla Hla Kyi said the details
of the two proposals from Puma and
PTT will now be closely examined.
The dated Thanlyin refinery has
a capacity of 20,000 barrels per day,
and is run by MPE, though its production rates are in decline.
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A shared taxi (right) and an unofficial minibus (left) wait for potential passengers. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
buses do not.
Frequent commuter Ma Zin Mar
Htwe said the-hour-and-a-half journey
on a large bus often resulted in her still
without a seat at the trips end, whereas
taking a shared taxi cuts the trip down
to a much more pleasant 45 minutesi.
The bus is crowded with people,
and I have to alight at two bus stops,
so theres an additional cost and no
certainty Ill have a seat, she said. So I
choose the comfortable way.
These minibuses and shared taxis
do not keep regular schedules. Driver
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Even if we cant
export to another
country, we should
try to decrease
imports from them.
U Khin Maung Kyaw
Myanmar Engineering Society
Previous efforts to build domestic vehicle production capacity often involved assembling imported spare parts. Photo: Staff
Job Watch
The International Institute for
Democracy and Electoral
Assistance
(International IDEA) is an
intergovernmental organization
with a mission to support
sustainable democracy
worldwide.
International IDEA is expanding its office in Myanmar due
to an exciting new 3-year election-related program. We
are seeking highly talented individuals with experience
and interest in elections and democratic transition to join
our growing team.
There are a number of opportunities for national and
international staff.
For full details and to apply, please visit:
http://www.idea.int/about/vacancies/
Deadline for applications: Sunday, January 4, 2015
Australian Embassy
Tender Notice
The Australian Embassy invites tender bids for the purchase of assorted used
furniture and electrical goods.
The items can be inspected on 5, 6 and 7 January 2015, between the hours
of 9:00 am and 3:00 pm at the Australian Embassy Staff Complex Yangon
(AESCY) located at 18 Golden Valley Road, Bahan Township, Yangon.
Tender forms can be obtained from the Property Officer at the address above
on the day of inspection. The tender will close on 7 January 2015 at 3:00 pm.
Bids should be placed in the tender box located at AESCY.
Successful bidders will be contacted by 9 January. Payments must be made
in USD at the Australian Embassy before items are collected. Items can be
collected from the AESCY on 12, 13 and 14 January 2015.
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tender
continues
continued from Business 21
The Ministry of Energy has been
looking to rehabilitate the refinery
since last year through a joint venture with a private company.
The selected international company will be invited to join MPE in
a venture to rehabilitate the refinery, as well as undertaking importation, distribution and storage of a
range of products, according to the
announcement.
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We expect to finalise the process in 2015, around August or September, said Daw Hla Hla Kyi.
Applicants are required to have
at least three consecutive years of
management experience at a refinery facility with total production of
at least 500,000 barrels per day, as
well as a minimum three years experience running crude oil import,
distribution and storage businesses
with capacity of at least 20 million
barrels annually.
Thailand state-owned PTT and
Singapore-based Puma Energy are
two of the more prominent investors vying for Myanmar energy projects.
PTT already has upstream production projects in the country,
while Puma last year won a tender
for oil storage at Thilawa special
economic zone and two weeks ago
received the rights to partner in
distributing jet fuel.
Myanmar Livestock and Fishery Development Bank, had not been ranked
for 2012-13, but this year shot up the
list to being the 5th largest income tax
payer and 2nd-highest bank.
Bank director U Kyaw Lwin explained the increase by saying it had
rapidly expanded its branch network
last year and was also paying a higher
rate of tax.
Opening branches in areas with
transactions is the main thing we did
this year, and its been going well, he
said. On the other hand, we can trim
our body [of workers], meaning we are
using more skillful staff rather than
just more employment.
The Internal Revenue Department
each year releases a list of the top income and commercial tax payers, eventually publishing a book of the top 500
taxpayers.
The two highest commercial taxpayers for 2013-14 were Myawaddy
Trading, which is under the Union of
Myanmar Economic Holdings Limited,
and Dagon Beverages, which is under
the Myanmar Economic Corporation.
Myanmar Brewery and Rothmans
of Pall Mall, generally two of the top
companies on the list, this year were included on the list of highest foreign taxpayers, both at more than K10 billion.
Ministry of Commerce director U
Win Myint said some trade facilitation
policies are causing more trading companies to be higher taxpayers.
2013-14 taxpayer
Tax revenue
Type of business
2012-13 taxpayer
Bank
Kanbawza Bank
Myanmar Brewery
Asia World Co
Under K5 billion
Trading
Under K5 billion
Trading
International Beverages
Under K5 billion
Trading
Myanmar CP Livestock
Under K4 billion
Bank
International Beverages
Under K4 billion
Trading
Co-operative Bank
Co-operative Bank
Under K4 billion
Bank
Under K3 billion
Trading
Dagon Beverages
Under K3 billion
Services
Shwe Me Co
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Denko Trading Co
Under K3 billion
Trading
Asia World Co
2013-14 taxpayer
Tax revenue
Type of business
2012-13 taxpayer
Myawaddy Trading
Trading
Dagon Beverages
Production
Denko Trading Co
Trading
Dagon Beverages Co
International Beverages Co
Trading
International Beverages
Under K5 billion
Trading
Myanmar CP Livestock
Under K 5 billion
Trading
Under K5 billion
Trading
Premier Coffee Co
Under K5 billion
Trading
Ayar Jade Co
Under K5 billion
Gems
10
Shwe Me Co
Under K5 billion
Production
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2014
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8.2%
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Manila
said Mr Defensor, chair of Pax Libera Mining Inc and the nations environment secretary from 2004 to
2006. Hes preparing four new sites
for next year after opening two in
the past two years. We will maximise this window and ship as much
as we can.
The Indonesian curbs, designed
to promote local processing, started
in January 2014 and were upheld in
court this month. The ban initially
drove prices to a two-year high in
May, before larger-than-expected
Philippine exports and slowing
Chinese growth reversed the rally.
Citigroup says its
still bullish
on nickel because
the country
wont
be able to
expand
supply
much more and
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NEXT year could the most important for Myanmars economic transition since the heady days that followed the transition from a military
to a civilian government. The worlds
attention may be drifting away, the
spotlight drawn by any number of international concerns, while some circling investors appear flummoxed by
the pace of change. The expectations
of foreign investors have also become
more realistic, with the realisation
setting in that change cannot take
place in just a year or two.
Yet Myanmar, for the first time in
the modern era, is firmly on the international business communitys radar. Approved FDI hit US$3.6 billion
from April to September nearly as
much as for the entire previous fiscal year.
While it is still far from the billions
China pumped in at the tail end of
the military regime, investment is increasingly being directed into labourintensive industries, including manufacturing, construction and tourism.
Tourism arrivals look set to hit 3 million for 2014, compared with less than
1 million in 2011.
The two private telcos, Telenor
and Ooredoo, have finally set up,
ushering in a wave of change in an
embarrassingly outdated sector. Nine
foreign banks were also selected in
October to open next year for the first
time since the nationalisations of the
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There is a
unanimity of desire
among Myanmar
people to reform the
systems.
Eric Rose
Lawyer
set up shop.
Some experts say a successful election could set off a second wave of foreign interest in the country.
I do think there will be a second rush, thats for sure, said
prominent
entrepreneur
Serge
Pun during a November interview.
Because Im optimistic the elections will again prove one thing
that we are again in the right direction, and that regardless of who
wins, the economic policy of reform,
level playing fields, open doors,
would be the most important foundation for any government.
If we turn socialist, then god help
us, but I think its not likely, whoever
wins. And when that fact, that truth,
is established postelection, then I
think you will see another wave of investors rushing in.
Government officials say making Myanmar an attractive destination for investors is a process
that will require time and patience.
Foreign investment is different from
trading, it takes more than a few
days, said U Aung Naing Oo, secretary of the Myanmar Investment
Commission, which approves large
scale investment projects.
No investors come as soon as
a country opens up. They assess
the situation and make surveys for
about two years before setting up
a business. Some have come, taken
a look and then gone back that
doesnt mean they dont want to be
here, but that theyve decided not to
come now.
As senior officials acknowledge,
there are plenty of challenges to building an investor-friendly investment
climate with lots of work needed to
In their heart of
hearts, the rulers of
[Cuba] dont believe
in capitalism.
Pedro Freyre
Lawyer
Its not just these Havana restaurant promoters that are being checked out: Cuba
is also grabbing the worlds attention as relations with the US warm. Photo: AFP
in Alberta, Canada.
A shortage of diesel fuel, tires and
batteries, in part because of the US
embargo, shut down equipment, and
Cubas lack of credit made obtaining
materials difficult, he said. It was fun,
but frustrating sometimes, he said,
and not lucrative in any sense.
Another 18-hole golf course is part
of the Carbonera Club, a 400-acre
luxury resort thats been five years in
planning by British company Esencia
Experiences near Varadero and has yet
to start construction.
Prospects will be limited for American companies until Congress lifts the
embargo, said Andrew Zimbalist, an
economist at Smith College in Northampton, Massachusetts, who has studied Cuba extensively. As for trade, it is
still a small country with low per capita income so to compare it to China
or Vietnam isnt reasonable, he said.
Foreign investors also remain cautious given Cubas insistence on a majority stake in most ventures, and complicated work arrangements, he said.
Companies usually must contract with
state agencies to hire employees, who
are paid in pesos with bonuses sometimes allowed in dollars or goods.
Mr Obama said December 19 that
the full opening of relations between
Cuba and the US may take years, even
as he offered assurances that the new
US stance will bring change to the island nations closed society. While the
changes wont open Cuba to US tourism, they will make it easier for American businesses to export to Cubas
construction, telecommunications and
agricultural sectors. Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker is planning a trade
mission to the island.
Yet Cuba has not made any commitment to democracy and its opening of the economy has been very controlled and rooted in pragmatism, not
a change in ideology, he said. This is
not Myanmar, Vietnam or China its
a little bit of each. Bloomberg
Property
A pedestrian walks past recently built condos in Dawbon township. Photo: Aung Htay Hlaing
its own value that was used automatically to determine the tax, though the
values themselves were changed again
in October 2014.
After the government made the values higher for property tax, the market
suddenly slowed down, said U Khin
Maung Aye, an agent from Shwe Kan
Myae real estate. Dealers are no longer
looking to buy land and some want to
sell out quickly.
Another factor behind the recent
property market slowdown are the
astronomical prices. Some property,
such as high-grade office space, rivals
million), some townships like Thingangyun have lots selling for about one10th the price. Even further afield areas,
like North Dagon township, have been
hit by high prices.
Earlier this year, outskirts like North
Dagon had strong transaction markets.
There used to be interest from dealers,
but when land prices got high enough,
transactions again began to slow down.
A cool market is a departure from
2013, when downtown areas were seeing prices rise, but investor interest continue unabated. Declining transactions
may show that prices have peaked, at
least for now.
While the sales market has slowed,
the leasing market has seen continued
growth, as more and more people look
for space in the city.
Ma Myat Thu, an agent at Moe Myint Thaw Da real estate, said much of
the interest is driven by foreigners, with
housing and office space rents still expensive. She said it is unlikely the rental
market will slow, given the influx of
people coming to Myanmar.
The coming year is hard to predict.
While there is talk of a bubble, its also
true that in many areas, demand outstrips supply. Changes in government
policy, such as the Yangon New City
rollercoaster, are also hard to foresee.
Government officials have recognised an overheated property market
may dissuade development, and are
looking at ways to address concerns.
Whats clear is the property sector
will continue to be a centre of speculation in 2015.
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Wang Jianlin (centre), CEO of Dalian Wanda Commercial Properties Co Ltd, arrives before the companys IPO at the Hong
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US and Russian spacefarers say frayed relations on Earth havent affected work on
the International Space Station
No politics in space
Station is really a great platform to
learn much about having people live
and work in space for longer durations, said Kelly.
Its close to the Earth and its a
great orbiting facility. This one year
flight is one of many stepping stones
towards leaving lowEarth orbit
again, he said referring to the Apollo
lunar landings, which ended in 1972.
NASA has 19 experiments
planned into the impacts of long
term flight, and Roscosmos 14.
In total 16 countries work on
the ISS, whose cost is mainly shouldered by the United States. Next
years stay will roughly double the
current maximum stay of up to six
months.
Since NASA phased out the space
shuttle system in 2011, it depends
entirely on Russia to send its astronauts to the ISS. The transport,
aboard Soyuz rockets, costs the United States $70 million per person.
NASA is developing a four person
capsule system, Orion, which took a
first, unmanned, test flight on December 5.
Kornienko said that when he announced to his wife that he wanted
to go into space for a year, she wept.
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Twitter whistleblower
has Turkey guessing
HE has access to top-secret information, has been able to stay one step
ahead of the authorities and is nearly
always right.
Who is Fuat Avni, the mystery
Turkish Twitter user who continues to
correctly predict raids against critics
of President Recep Tayyip Erdogan
days before they take place?
The controversial swoop on media allied to exiled US-based cleric
Fethullah Gulen who Erdogan
blamed for orchestrating a corruption probe to unseat him was just
the latest in over half a dozen such
raids since the summer.
On each and every occasion, the
raids have been correctly predicted
by Fuat Avni before they took place,
allowing the suspects to brace themselves for their arrest.
But no one has a firm idea of who
Fuat Avni is and from where he obtains his information, leaving Turkey
abuzz with rumours over the users
real identity.
Fuat Avni sent a message to his
650,000 followers from @fuatavnifuat on December 11, warning that
police were set to detain some 400
people, including 147 journalists in
the imminent December 12 raids.
Tomorrow there will be an operation! he tweeted, sharing a link to a
website that named journalists all
working for media seen as critical of
Mr Erdogan that would be targeted
in the raids.
Fuat Avni said reaction to his
tweets forced the government to delay the raids for two days and reduce
the number of journalists they were
planning to arrest.
Over two dozen people, including
top media figures and others, were
eventually detained in the raids on
December 14.
Fuat Avni claimed the operation
was in revenge for last years corruption probe launched almost exactly a
year ago against members of Mr Erdogans inner circle and that the next
target would be those in the mainstream media seen as critical of the
government.
Government officials take his
tweets seriously.
This is very serious and we need
to consider it. I found the tweets to
be a bit dangerous, as well, Deputy
Prime Minister Bulent Arinc said of
rumours voiced by Fuat Avni.
I hope that this does not turn out
to be real or at least that it does not
occur at this scale, he said before the
swoop.
The government had repeatedly
moved to shut down Fuat Avnis Twitter account but the user continued
tweeting under new handles.
Some say Fuat Avni is one of Mr
Erdogans close aides, while others
believe he is an intelligence officer or
even a CIA agent who wants to stir
up the country.
Some think he is a pro-Gulen journalist with good contacts. There have
even been somewhat fanciful suggestions he is a member of Mr Erdogans
own family, such as his wife Emine,
who accompanies the president at all
times.
He occasionally tweets nuggets
of gossip about Mr Erdogans private
life, such as what he had for dinner,
how he had trouble sleeping one
night or what he would wear the next
day which has proved accurate from
time to time.
In a Twitter interview with
American news website Vocativ in
July, Fuat Avni denied any links to
Gulen and said his sole aim was to
reveal the dirty doings of the government and continue to do so until
it collapsed.
He has a unique style that followers say aims to evoke suspense, give
them hope that the collapse of the
government is imminent and instil
fear in Mr Erdogan, whom he always calls a tyrant.
Neither sulk, be pessimistic nor
be hopeless, my beautiful people.
These are traps of a collapsing fake
dynasty, Fuat Avni, who says his alias
means a helping heart, wrote on
December 14.
The king is naked! Youre naked
but not a king. Youre a tyrant! another tweet wrote, referring to Mr Erdogan. AFP
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In my experience,
many in Ahoks
administration are
not even familiar
with email.
Ahmad Safrudin
Campaigner
A cyclist checks for the traffic situation through the locals government new web based information facility in Jakarta,
Indonesia, on December 19. Photo: AFP
But the biggest downfall of the initiative, critics point out, may be the failure
of city officials to get to grips with the
technology.
A district head, Fidiyah Rohim, said
that many officials were confused about
the system and had not even attempted
to use it yet.
I have neither accessed the website
nor downloaded the application, he
told the Jakarta Post newspaper. AFP
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BEIJING
China gets
into festive
spending spirit
CHRISTMAS, once banned in China,
has exploded in the officially atheist nation in recent years, with marketeers using everything from saxophones and Smurfs to steam trains to
get shoppers to open their wallets.
Anyone walking into a shopping
mall is welcomed by an orgy of festive
cheer: Shop windows are bedecked
with plastic Christmas trees, garlands
and baubles, while the strains of Jingle
Bells fill the air.
On the streets, banners reading
Happy Christmas adorn schools
and hotels, while festive messages are
splashed across adverts and the media. In many restaurants, staff wear
Santa Claus hats topped with felt reindeer antlers.
Christmas is celebrated widely
across Asia, particularly in commercial centres like Japan and Hong
Kong, where it has become a major
shopping holiday shorn of most religious trappings.
It has particularly gathered momentum in China since 2010, when
then-vice president Xi Jinping, now
the countrys head of state, popped
into Father Christmass cabin during a
visit to Finland.
At shopping malls, Santa has
become a promotional tool for pushing Christmas sales and Chinese like
to shop, said Sara Jane Ho, founder
of a finishing school popular among
Beijings wealthy.
This year she has noted the proliferation of young Father Christmases,
his traditional beard and rounded
belly replaced by a saxophone.
Saxophone is seen as a very Western thing, and Santa Claus is seen as a
very Western thing, so its almost natural they go together, said Ms Ho.
In fact in China almost anything
seen as Western is used to evoke
Christmas: teddy bears, the Seven
Dwarves, fairground carousels or even
steam trains.
Last year, a shopping mall in
Shanxi province featured a giant Father Christmas, the edge of his jacket
lifted as if caught by a gust of breeze in
emulation of the iconic image of Marilyn Monroe.
This Christmas craze is mainly limited to young urbanites from the middle or upper classes.
At my home in the country, people
dont celebrate Christmas. By contrast,
their children who have moved to the
city celebrate it: On December 24, they
meet with friends and go out to have
A girl kisses a Santa Claus at the Intercontinental Hotel of Beijing on December 19. Photo: AFP
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MIAMI
Science
boosts
tsunami
warning
THE 2004 tsunami led to greater
global cooperation and improved techniques for detecting waves that could
reach faraway shores, scientists have
said, even though they still cannot predict when an earthquake will strike.
A decade ago, scientists did not
have a tsunami warning system in
place in the Indian Ocean, because
there had been no recent history of
tsunamis there.
The worlds main monitoring body,
the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center
headquartered at Hawaiis Ewa Beach,
was focused on volatile areas prone
to earthquakes along the Pacific Ring
of Fire, including Japan and South
America.
We werent on the proper footing to be able to quickly respond to
an event of the size that it was, Mike
Angove, tsunami program branch director at the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration said.
After the disaster, US tsunami experts began monitoring the Indian
Ocean while the international community established a new system that
was eventually implemented last year.
Australia, Indonesia and India
have now taken charge of a monitoring body known as the Indian Ocean
Tsunami Warning System.
The United States nearly doubled
its staff at the Pacific Tsunami Warning Center from eight to 15, and its tsunami warning centers in Hawaii and
Alaska continue to be staffed 24 hours
a day, seven days a week.
The scientific community of tsunami scientists has exploded since
2004, Eddie Bernard, scientist emeritus at NOAA, told a meeting of the
American Geophysical Union in San
Francisco last week.
There were probably 100 scientists in the world before 2004. Now
there are at least 1000, he said.
There is a whole generation of scientists now that are dedicated to this
problem.
While scientists still cannot say
when the big earthquakes that cause
tsunamis will strike, leaving coastal
populations just minutes to flee to
high ground, what they can do now is
better predict the waves that spread to
faraway shores, Mr Angove said.
We have made incredible progress
there, in terms of being able to identify those waves as they are moving
out across the deep ocean, model them
and turn those into meaningful forecasts for those distant shores, and that
could be as short as an hour away.
Scientists can measure these waves
with the help of buoys known as DeepOcean Assessment and Reporting of
Tsunami (DART).
Each unit has a pressure gauge on
the seafloor that detects tsunami activity and send information by acoustic modem to the buoy. The buoy then
sends the data by satellite to the US
tsunami warning centers.
In 2004 there were six buoys out.
In 2014 there are 60, Mr Bernard said.
He added that a total of nine countries now participate in the DART system. Many are hopeful that technology
will continue to improve.
Last year, NOAA which spends
about US$25 million per year on tsunami operations implemented a new
tsunami flooding forecast system, so
that the team can project how the water will act when it gets there and how
much flooding is likely.
If the same Indian Ocean tsunami
were to occur today, we believe we
might still lose many, but it would be
on the order of tens of thousands of
people as compared to 240,000, said
Vasily Titov, director of NOAAs Center
for Tsunami Research in Seattle. AFP
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music then as they are now, said Moe Lone, lead vocalist in Darkest
Tears from My Heart.
This is the time of metal music in Myanmar, he said. We
thought metal fans were just from Yangon and Mandalay but actually
we were wrong. The internet may still be slow but people can search
for anything they want now. So there are metal fans in Taunggyi,
Monywa and other cities around the country who ordered the Lost
Angel Leads album by phone.
The metal family is wider than we knew. Our struggle was not
wasted. Were not going to change were going to keep standing up
for Myanmar metal music, he said.
For metal band Last Day of Beethoven, who formed more than
seven years ago, the collaboration is their first official album release.
In 2007, they released a similar compilation CD, along with Darkest
Tears From My Heart and three other bands, which was distributed
for free. Fast-forward 7 years, and Lost Angel Leads, created with the
help of an expert producer, has made it to the bestseller lists.
During the past 7 years, weve been writing new songs and practising, but we rarely got the chance to perform at metal concerts and
we didnt have a producer. Now we have a producer and he asked
us to do this group album. This is the big chance for us, said band
member Phoe Zaw.
After the album had been produced, we couldnt believe that they
were are our songs because the mixing and re-mastering was really
cool, said Suicide Plan guitarist Nay Soe Myat.
But being part of the underground music scene in Myanmar comes
with its challenges. Nay Soe Myat says his parents arent supportive
of his music.
When we started the band my parents didnt like the music so I
wanted to give up. But I got through that difficult time and now my
parents dont try to stop me from making this music, although they
dont support it. Anyhow, we never give up on our music and we
always try to get better, he said.
The band says the number of metal fans in Myanmar is increasing
every day, and they see a bright future for metal music.
Nowadays young people understand music and audiences are
more critical they know what music is great and what is not, said
vocalist Lone Lone.
The Lost Angel Leads album is currently in seventh place on Shwe
FMs bestseller list and one of the songs on the album, Last Day of
Beethovens Disaster Around You, was named Myanmars release of
the year by the online music portal Global Metal Apocalypse.
But the bands are not resting on their laurels.
Now that we have more fans who know about us, we have to
try even harder. This is the time for improving the Myanmar metal
scene, said Phoe Zaw.
It has been a struggle, but we cant stop now, agreed A Letter
from Caesars Soe Pyae Han.
We will be metal until the end.
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A tropical
New Year treat
Coconut sauce
Add 2 tablespoons of sugar to the
remaining coconut cream and boil
in a sauce pan on a low heat.Add
a couple of pinches of salt. When
the sugar dissolves, simmer for 2-3
minutes. Serve warm poured over
your crpes.
Ginger sauce
3 teaspoons finely grated ginger
3 tablespoons sugar
1 cup water
Add all of the ingredients to a
saucepan and cook on a low heat.
Add a couple of pinches of salt.
When the sugar dissolves, simmer
for 6-7 minutes. Serve warm with
your crpes.
Photo: Phyo
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use tinned coconut cream or milk
fresh coconut milk is great but its
a bit watery. I couldnt find coconut
milk so I used cream for this recipe
and added a little milk to make the
mixture thinner.
Ive also created two delicious
sauces to serve your crpes with.
Theyre different from traditional crpe
sauces but you wont be disappointed!
Coconut crpes with banana
and coconut sauce
5 servings
150g plain flour
1 cup coconut cream (I have used
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Models competed to be
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at Capital shopping mall on
21 December. The competition
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runway in Christmas-themed
creations.
Ko Moe Oo
Nwe Ni
Days
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
6
7
Dep
7:15
10:45
17:00
8:00
15:30
Arr
8:15
11:45
18:00
9:00
16:30
Yangon to Mandalay
Flight
Y5 775
YH 917
YJ 891
K7 282
YH 917
W9 201
YJ 811
YH 835
YH 831
7Y 131
K7 266
8M 6603
YJ 751
YJ 601
YJ 211
YJ 601
YJ 233
YJ 201
YJ 761
YH 729
YH 829
YH 911
YH 826
YH 737
YH 727
YH 737
W9 251
7Y 941
7Y 841
7Y 943
K7 822
K7 622
K7 226
7Y 241
YH 731
Y5 234
W9 211
Days
Daily
7
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
Daily
3
1,7
4,6
Daily
Daily
4
7,5
6
7,5
4
6
1,2,4
1,2,4
2,4,6
5
2
3
3,5
1
7
2,5
1,3,4,6
2,5
7
4,7
1,3,5,7
2,4,6
Daily
Daily
Daily
4
Dep
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:10
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:15
8:00
9:00
10:45
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:15
11:15
11:30
11:30
11:45
11:45
11:45
12:30
13:00
13:30
14:30
15:00
15:20
15:30
Yangon to Nyaung U
Flight
K7 282
YJ 891
YH 917
YH 909
YH 917
YH 909
YH 633
YH 909
YJ 881
K7 242
YJ 801
YH 909
7Y 131
7Y 121
Y5 649
K7 264
7Y 241
YH 731
W9 129
W9 211
Days
Daily
Daily
7
2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5,6
7
2,3,5
3
1,2,4,5,7
Daily
6
1,6
Daily
1
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,3,6
4
Dep
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:10
6:15
6:30
6:30
6:45
7:00
7:00
7:00
7:15
8:20
10:30
14:30
14:30
15:00
15:30
15:30
Arr
7:10
7:40
8:05
8:10
8:30
8:25
8:25
8:40
8:40
9:20
10:05
10:10
12:40
12:25
12:25
12:25
12:55
12:55
12:55
14:00
15:05
12:40
12:40
13:25
13:25
13:40
12:55
13:10
13:10
13:10
16:55
14:25
14:55
16:25
17:10
16:30
16:55
Arr
7:20
7:20
7:40
8:25
7:45
7:50
8:10
8:10
8:15
8:20
8:20
8:35
8:35
9:40
11:50
16:40
17:10
17:55
17:35
17:40
Yangon to Myitkyina
Flight
YH 835
YH 831
YH 829
YJ 201
YJ 211
YJ 233
YH 826
W9 251
7Y 841
K7 622
Days
1,4,5,7
4,7
5
1,2,4
7,5
6
3
2,5
5
1,3,5,7
Dep
7:00
7:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:30
11:45
13:00
Arr
10:05
10:05
13:40
13:50
13:50
16:05
14:05
14:25
14:35
15:55
Days
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,4,5
6
7
Dep
8:35
13:30
18:20
10:00
17:00
Arr
9:35
14:30
19:20
11:00
18:00
Mandalay to Yangon
Flight
YH 910
K7 283
YH 918
W9 201
YJ 811
7Y 132
YH 918
K7 267
YH 836
YH 832
YH 738
YH 830
YJ 202
YJ 602
YJ 602
YH 912
YJ 212
YJ 762
7Y 242
YH 728
Y5 776
W9 211
K7 823
YH 732
8M 6604
K7 227
8M 903
YH 738
YH 738
K7 623
YH 730
YJ 234
YH 827
YH 730
W9 252
Days
4,5,6,7,
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
Daily
3
Daily
7
Daily
1,7
4,6
2
5
1,2,4
4
6
2
7,5
1,2,4
Daily
1
Daily
4
2,4,7
Daily
4
2,4,6
1,2,4,5,7
5
7
1,3,5,7
2,6
4
3
4
2,5
Dep
7:40
8:25
8:30
8:40
8:40
9:35
9:10
10:20
13:20
13:20
13:25
15:05
15:30
15:40
15:40
15:30
15:55
16:35
16:40
16:45
17:10
17:10
17:10
17:10
17:20
17:20
17:20
17:25
17:40
17:40
17:45
17:45
17:50
18:00
18:15
Nyaung U to Yangon
Flight
YJ 891
YH 918
YH 634
YH 917
YH 910
YJ 881
YH 910
YH 918
YH 909
K7 242
YJ 801
7Y 131
YH 910
7Y 121
K7 283
Y5 650
K7 265
7Y 242
W9 129
YH 732
Days
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
2
7
3
1,2,4,5,7
2,4,5,6
7
1
Daily
6
Daily
7
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,3,6
Daily
Dep
7:35
7:45
7:55
8:10
8:10
8:20
8:25
8:25
8:35
8:35
8:35
8:50
9:40
9:55
10:10
13:55
16:55
17:25
17:50
17:55
Arr
9:45
11:30
10:45
10:35
10:05
11:30
11:05
12:25
14:45
14:45
17:50
18:55
16:55
17:05
17:35
17:25
17:20
18:00
18:45
18:10
18:20
19:15
18:35
19:15
18:30
18:45
18:30
18:50
19:05
19:05
19:10
19:10
19:15
19:25
19:40
Arr
10:15
10:45
9:15
10:15
10:15
10:25
9:45
11:05
9:55
11:45
9:55
11:30
11:00
14:10
11:30
15:15
18:15
18:45
19:10
19:15
Myitkyina to Yangon
Flight
YJ 202
YJ 211
YH 836
YH 832
K7 623
YJ 234
YH 827
YH 830
W9 252
Days
1,2,4
7,5
1,4,7
4,6
1,3,5,7
4
3
5
2,5
Dep
14:05
14:05
11:55
11:55
16:10
16:20
16:25
16:30
16:45
Arr
16:55
17:20
14:45
14:45
19:05
19:10
19:15
18:55
19:40
Yangon to Heho
Flight
YJ 891
K7 282
YH 917
YH 917
YH 633
YJ 881
K7 242
W9 201
7Y 131
K7 266
7Y 121
Y5 649
YH 505
YJ 751
YJ 751
YJ 233
YJ 761
YH 727
YH 737
YH 737
7Y 941
K7 828
K7 822
K7 264
7Y 241
YH 731
W9 129
Days
Daily
Daily
7
1,2,3,4,5,6
2,3,5
1,2,4,5,7
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
7,5
3
6
1,2,4
1
3,5
7
1,2,4,6
1,3,5
2,4,7
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,7
1,3,6
Dep
6:00
6:00
6:00
6:10
6:30
6:45
7:00
7:00
7:15
8:00
8:20
10:30
10:30
10:40
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:15
11:15
11:30
11:45
12:30
12:30
14:30
14:30
15:00
15:30
Heho to Yangon
Arr
8:50
9:00
9:55
9:35
9:05
9:00
9:15
9:10
10:05
9:15
10:35
12:45
11:55
11:55
12:10
12:10
12:10
12:40
12:40
12:55
13:55
13:45
13:45
15:45
15:40
16:25
16:40
Flight
YJ 891
YH 634
YJ 881
K7 283
W9 201
K7 243
YH 918
7Y 132
7Y 121
K7 267
YH 506
Y5 650
YJ 762
7Y 241
K7 829
YH 728
YH 912
YH 732
K7 264
YH 738
YH 738
W9 129
YJ 752
YJ 752
Arr
8:15
8:38
9:05
17:00
Flight
Y5 326
7Y 532
K7 320
Y5 326
Arr
12:55
14:55
Flight
W9 309
K7 423
Arr
10:35
13:10
13:50
13:05
13:35
16:40
Flight
K7 243
YH 506
7Y 122
W9 309
K7 422
Y5 422
Arr
8:10
7:48
Flight
K7 320
7Y 532
Arr
13:40
13:15
13:00
13:18
14:50
Flight
K7 829
K7 829
7Y 742
YJ 752
YJ 752
YH 730
Arr
11:00
11:00
15:25
15:00
Flight
YH 835
YH 832
W9 252
YH 827
Yangon to Myeik
Flight
Y5 325
7Y 531
K7 319
Y5 325
Days
1,5
1,5
2,4,6
2
Dep
6:45
7:00
7:00
15:30
Days
1,3,6
Daily
Dep
11:30
13:00
Days
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
1,3,6
Daily
Daily
1,3,4,6
Dep
7:00
10:30
11:30
12:15
13:00
15:45
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Dep
7:00
7:00
Days
7,5
3
2,4,6
1,5
1,3,5
Dep
10:45
11:00
11:00
11:30
12:30
Days
1,4,7
4,6,7
2,5
3
Dep
7:00
7:00
11:30
11:00
Dep
8:35
10:45
11:30
17:15
Arr
10:05
12:18
13:35
18:45
Days
1,3,6
Daily
Dep
13:10
15:10
Days
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
Daily
1,3,6
Daily
1,3,4,6
Dep
10:50
13:10
13:20
14:05
14:10
16:55
Arr
11:45
14:00
14:10
14:55
16:30
17:50
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Dep
12:25
11:30
Arr
13:35
12:18
Days
1,3
5
1,5
3
7,5
2,4,6
Dep
15:05
15:05
16:00
16:10
16:35
16:45
Arr
15:55
17:25
17:48
18:25
19:05
19:10
putao to yangon
Days
1,4,7
6,7
2,5
3
Dep
11:00
11:00
15:45
15:00
Arr
14:45
14:45
19:40
19:15
Flight
Y5 251
7Y 305
W9 9607
Flight
Y5 252
7Y 306
W9 9608
Days
2,4,6
1,5
4,7
Dep
6:15
11:00
14:30
Arr
8:05
12:50
16:20
Days
2,4,6
1,5
4,7
Dep
9:25
13:45
17:20
lashio to Yangon
yangon to putao
Flight
YH 835
YH 831
W9 251
YH 826
Days
1,5
1,5
2,4,6
2
dawei to Yangon
yangon to lashio
Flight
YJ 751
YJ 891
YH 729
7Y 741
K7 828
Domestic Airlines
thandwe to Yangon
yangon to dawei
Flight
K7 319
7Y 531
Arr
10:15
10:15
10:25
11:30
10:35
11:45
10:45
11:30
14:10
12:25
14:00
15:15
18:00
18:45
17:25
18:10
17:25
19:15
18:15
17:50
19:05
19:10
18:25
19:05
sittwe to Yangon
Yangon to thandwe
Flight
K7 242
YH 505
W9 309
7Y 122
K7 422
Y5 421
Dep
9:05
9:05
9:15
9:15
9:25
9:30
9:35
10:20
10:50
11:10
11:55
13:00
15:50
15:55
16:10
16:00
16:15
16:25
16:30
16:40
16:55
16:55
17:15
17:40
Myeik to Yangon
Yangon to sittwe
Flight
W9 309
K7 422
Days
Daily
2,3,5
1,2,4,5,7
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
Daily
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,4,5,6
Daily
1,2,4
Daily
1,3,5
1
2
Daily
Daily
2
5,7
1,3,6
3
7,5
Arr
10:15
14:35
18:10
Airline Codes
7Y = Mann Yadanarpon Airlines
FMI = FMI Air Charter
K7 = Air KBZ
W9 = Air Bagan
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
YH = Yangon Airways
YJ = Asian Wings
Subject to change
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1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
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Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
BANGKOK TO YANGON
Dep
6:05
8:40
9:50
10:30
14:50
15:20
16:30
18:20
19:00
19:50
Arr
8:20
10:25
11:45
12:25
16:45
17:15
18:15
20:15
20:50
21:45
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
2,4,6
1,3
Daily
2,3,5
Dep
8:00
8:30
12:50
17:35
21:30
21:00
Arr
9:45
10:20
14:40
19:25
23:15
22:55
Flights
DD 4230
FD 251
FD 255
FD 253
FD 257
DD 4238
Days
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
Daily
Arr
12:25
14:15
14:35
15:10
15:50
20:50
18:20
21:15
0:10
Flights
TR 2822
Y5 2234
SQ 998
3K 5
MI 533
8M 232
MI 518
MI 516
Days
3,5,7
Days
2,4,7
3,6
1,5
Dep
8:30
12:15
14:00
16:00
19:05
Arr
12:45
16:30
18:00
20:15
23:20
Flights
AK 504
MH 740
8M 502
MH 742
AK 502
Days
Daily
Daily
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
Daily
Dep
23:50
Arr
0550+1
Flights
CA 905
Days
3,5,7
Days
Daily
Arr
13:15
15:55
22:10
Flights
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712
Arr
16:10
Flights
CI 7915
Days
3,6
1,5
2,4,7
Days
Daily
3
1,2,4,5,6,7
Days
Daily
Arr
15:55
18:50
18:15
Flights
MU 2011
CA 905
MU 2031
Arr
21:25
Flights
VN 957
Arr
17:05
Flights
VN 943
Arr
11:40
Flights
QR 918
YANGON TO HANOI
Flights
VN 956
Days
1,3,5,6,7
Days
2,4,7
Dep
14:25
Days
1,4,6
Days
4,7
Daily
Days
Daily
Dep
0:50
23:35
Arr
8:50
7:45
Flights
KE 471
0Z 769
Days
Daily
Dep
01:10
Arr
05:25
Flights
KA 250
Days
2
5
Dep
22:10
Arr
6:45
Flights
NH 913
Days
4,7
1,2,4,5,7
Daily
Dep
11:45
19:45
Dep
14:30
1:35
23:55
Arr
13:00
21:00
Flights
BG 060
BG 060
Days
3,5,6
Arr
16:20
9:10
07:45+1
Days
Daily
Daily
Dep
10:30
Arr
11:50
Days
2,4,7
1,2,4,5,6
Dep
14:15
12:50
Flights
W9 608
8M 7701
Dep
15:45
7:50
Days
Daily
Dep
12:50
Flights
PG 709
FD 244
Arr
20:50
14:15
Flights
Y5 2234
MI 533
Days
Daily
Dep
13:50
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
19:45
Dep
16:40
Arr
18:10
Dep
11:45
Arr
13:25
Days
3,5,7
Dep
19:45
Days
Daily
3,6
Dep
18:30
19:30
Days
Daily
Dep
21:45
Days
Daily
Dep
11:45
Days
2
5
Dep
8:30
16:30
Days
4,7
Daily
Dep
17:20
18:30
Days
3,5,6
Dep
12:50
Days
Daily
Daily
Dep
12:05
10:55
Days
Daily
2,4,7
Dep
7:20
11:30
Arr
15:15
Flights
FD 244
Arr
16:40
Flights
MU 2029
Days
Daily
Dep
10:55
Dep
12:55
Arr
22:40
23:40
Arr
21:30
Arr
17:15
Arr
10:45
18:45
Arr
18:10
22:30
Flights
PG 721
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
17:15
Condor (DE)
Dragonair (KA)
Airline Codes
8M = Myanmar Airways International
Arr
16:00
PG = Bangkok Airways
Arr
13:25
12:20
SQ = Singapore Airways
Sleeping with
polar bears:
French zoos evolve
Patrick Baert
Zoos which
dont evolve will
see their visitor
numbers drop
Sophie Huberson
Some zoos, like the main zoo in
Paris, have invested in more natural
and spacious surroundings in a bid to
attract more visitors.
They aim to extend the time
visitors stay, so they eat at on-site
restaurants and buy souvenirs, in an
economic model similar to that of
theme parks, Huberson said.
Frances top zoo followed a slightly
different formula to success, with
huge hotels outside the park. Beauval,
in northern France, has more than
1 million visitors annually and 6000
animals.
The zoo opened its first hotel,
outside the site, in 2008. It will open
a third next year, with a China theme
in reference to its pandas. The whole
complex will have 900 bedrooms.
They told us it wouldnt work,
said managing director Rodolphe
Delordhe.
Today, people are spending their
holidays here. AFP
QR = Qatar Airways
TG = Thai Airways
TR = Tiger Airline
Arr
16:30
14:50
Arr
12:20
Arr
12:50
AK = Air Asia
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
Days
Daily
Air India
3K = Jet Star
Arr
0459+1
Arr
11:50
11:30
14:00
singapore to mandalay
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Flights
8M 602
Arr
16:40
15:15
Days
2,4,7
Dep
8:25
11:10
13:30
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
MANDALAY TO singapore
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Arr
9:50
gaya TO YANGON
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
FD 245
Dep
7:00
INCHEON TO YANGON
YANGON TO gaya
Flights
8M 601
Arr
10:35
16:40
15:50
DHAKA TO YANGON
YANGON TO INCHEON
Flights
W9 607
8M 902
8M 7702
Dep
8:35
14:40
14:15
TOKYO TO YANGON
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
BG 061
BG 061
Arr
22:50
YANGON TO TOKYO
Flights
NH 914
Days
1,3,5,6,7
Dep
19:30
SEOUL TO YANGON
Arr
8:00
11:15
13:50
15:00
18:25
DOHA TO YANGON
Dep
7:55
YANGON TO SEOUL
Flights
0Z 770
KE 472
Dep
6:55
10:05
12:50
13:50
17:20
YANGON TO DOHA
Flights
QR 919
Days
3
Daily
1,2,4,5,6,7
Tel: 09254049991~3
HANOI TO YANGON
Dep
19:10
Arr
8:45
8:50
9:20
15:50
12:45
14:50
15:45
12:55
KUNMING TO YANGON
Dep
12:30
12:40
14:50
Dep
7:20
7:20
7:55
11:20
11:30
13:25
14:20
11:30
TAIPEI TO YANGON
Dep
10:50
YANGON TO KUNMING
Flights
CA 416
MU 2012
MU 2032
Arr
7:15
8:00
12:20
17:05
20:55
20:15
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
Dep
8:40
11:35
17:40
International Airlines
Dep
6:30
7:15
11:35
16:20
20:15
19:25
BEIJING TO YANGON
YANGON TO TAIPEI
Flights
CI 7916
Arr
8:45
9:40
22:20
12:40
13:50
14:30
17:35
18:50
20:05
21:25
YANGON TO GUANGZHOU
Flights
8M 711
CZ 3056
CZ 3056
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
2,4,7
Daily
Daily
1,3
YANGON TO BEIJING
Flights
CA 906
Dep
8:00
8:45
21:30
11:55
13:05
13:40
17:05
18:05
19:20
20:10
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
Dep
8:00
9:45
9:45
10:25
11:20
13:35
13:50
16:40
19:30
Days
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
Daily
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
Flights
8M 231
Y5 2233
TR 2823
SQ 997
3K 582
MI 533
MI 515
MI 519
3K 584
Flights
TG 303
PG 701
Y5 238
8M 336
TG 301
PG 707
PG 703
TG 305
8M 332
PG 705
Arr
19:15
VN = Vietnam Airline
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
Guests watch Taiko the polar bear from their lodge in La Fleche zoo, France, on
December 12. Photo: AFP
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Employment
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The Embassy of the
Republic of Turkey is
seeking (1)Staff - M 1
post : University graduate,
Minimun 3 years work
experience with the
related field, Minimum 5
years driving experience
and able to travel, Age
between 25 - 44, English
and Myanmar Speaking,
Excellent communication
skills. Qualified and
interested candidates
should submit CV &
copies of educational
certificate to 19(AB), Kan
Yeik Thar St, Mayangone.
Yangon before January
31, 2015. Tel : 01 662992
Ingo Position
(1)Program Officer
(CBHFA) (NayPyiTaw) 1
Post. (2) Driver (Sittwe)
2 Posts (3) Finance
Officer (Yangon) 1 Post
(4)Logistics
Officer
(Sittwe) 1 Post (5)
Medical Doctor (Sittwe)
3 Posts (6) Nurse (Sittwe)
4 Posts. Please send
application letter, CV &
related documents to
Myanmar Red Cross
Society (Head Office)
Yazatingaha
Rd,
Dekkhinathiri,NayPyiTaw.
Ormrcshrrecruitment@
gmail.com
www.
myanmar
redcross
society.org
the
Int'l
Rescue
Committee (IRC) is
seeking
(1)Health
Training Officer - 1
post in Hpa-an, Kayin
State:
(2)Medical
Doctor (M.B.,B.S) : 1
year experience. Good
command of English
& Myanmar. (3)Social
Accountability
&
Gender Officer 1 post
in Tatkon, Nay Pyi Taw:
Academic degree in
communications, journali
sm, or related areas. 3
years of community
development. Fluency
in English. (4)Senior
Officer 1 Post in Kayin
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Some knowledge of
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asset. Skilled in Excel,
Word software. Please
submit Cover letter & CV
to the HR Department by
email at: WaiMar.Naing@
rescue.org Closing date:
30th December 2014.
good Neighbors Int'l
(GNI) is seeking (1)
Monitoring & Evaluat ion
Coordinator : Myanmar
National.
Bachelor
degree, statistics, social
or development related
studies, 3 years of
community development
project.
(2)Project
Coordinator 2 posts
in (Sinbaung Wae Tsp,
Magway Region), Sun Ta
Nee Office- Nyaung Done
Tsp : Myanmar National.
Degree in management,
business, or equivalent
in development field & 3
years experience. Please
full up GNI's Application
Form. Certificate of
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of NRC. Copy of Father's
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letters from Previous or
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Email: gnmmrho.hr@
gmail.com.
(1)Program Manager
(CBHD-MNCH)
(NayPyiTaw) 1 Post
(2)Finance & Admin
Officer (Taunggyi) 1
Post (3)Livelihood Field
Officer (Sittwe) 1 Post.
(4)Admin & Finance
Assistant (Matupi) 1
Post (5)Admin Assistant
(Hpa-an) 1 Post (6)
Consultant for SBDRR
1 Post (7)Driver (Yangon)
1 Post (8)Finance
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Post (9)CSR Program
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Engineer (Consultant
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send application letter,
CV & related documents
to Myanmar Red Cross
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Yazatingaha
Rd,
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Ormrcshrrecruitment@
gmail.com
www.
myanmarredcross
society.org
Local Positions
We are seeking staff
- Female 2 posts : Can
talk English fluently, Age
between 25 to 33 years
old. Can communication
with the diplomat. religion
: Buddish . Contact ph :
09-4921 4276.
A Leading Shipping
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3 posts (Urgent). Please
send resume and cover
letter with a recent
photograph by email
to star2013.collette@
gmail.com
Golden Myanmar
Airlines Public Co., Ltd.
(GMA) is seeking Senior
Financial Advisor - M/
F 1 Post : University
Degree, 7 years of
progressive hands-on
experience preferably
in the airline industry,
preferably few years
with Low Cost Carriers.
10 years management
experience,
In-depth
knowledge
of
the
various
functional
aspects of running an
airline Accounting and
Finance Department.
Base: Yangon, Myanmar
Requirement : Ideal
candidate should be
familiar with Regional,
Myanmar Aviation and
Knowledge of designing
and improving relevant
airline-related financial
processes,
Previous
experience in Low
Cost Carrier would be
of advantage but not
mandatory.
English:
proficiency
level,
Personal and relationship
competences: Effective
interpersonal, coaching,
consulting,
Financial
Analysis skills & project
& people management
skills
&
Strong
organizational
skills.
Line of Communication:
Directly
Report
to
CEO. Please submit
applications with Cover
letter explaining how
education, skills and
experience meet the
requirement for the
applied position, Detailed
& complete CV with 2
passport photos, Copy
of NRC card, Passport &
labor registration copy,
Certificate of graduation,
copy of License, census
copy, recommendation
from Township & Police to
3th Flr, Saya San Plaza,
Corner of New University
Avenue and Saya San
Rd, Bahan, Yangon.
Ph: 95 1 401484, 95 1
8604035 ~38 (Ext: 123,
128).Closing date :31st
December 2014
Ikon Trading Company
Limited is seeking HR
Manager - M/F 1 Post:
Any graduate, Diploma in
HRM is preferred, 5 years
experiences at Manager
level in related field,
Age over 35, Fluent in
English& Myanmar, Able
to motivate individuals
in
achieving
goals
and objectives, Able
to make training and
manage to develop the
people at work, Ability to
research, evaluate and
analyse new recruitment
techniques, methods
and procedures, Able to
establish and maintain
healthy working relation
ships with people at work,
Knowledge about Labor
laws & social welfare is an
asset, Basic knowledge
in Accounting, While
all applicants required
: Application together
with update CV &
related
documents,
Labour registration card
& police force to 328/A,
Pyay Rd, Sanchaung,
Yangon. (Near Mahar
Myaing Hospital) Ph:
01 534216, 527705,
501429, 503914, Email:
[email protected]
Within 2 weeks.
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Vintage Luxury Yacht
Operation
Manager
Marketing
Manager
(1)Secretary
of
Executive Deputy MD
- M/F 3 Posts (2)PR
Specialist - M 5 Posts
(3)Customer Specialist
- M 5 Posts (4)Chinese
Project Coordinator M/F 10 Posts (5) Chinese
Translator - M/F 10
Posts (6) Maintenance
Staff - M 20 Posts (7)
Chinese Accountant M/F 5 Post (8) Driver - M
10 Posts. Myanmar Fiber
Optic Communication
Network Co., Ltd: 2nd
Fl, Right Side, Bldg 12,
MICT Park, Hlaing Tsp.
Ph: 09-7958-36084, 093600-7316.
Our
Company
is
extending
new
business linking up with
international insurance
agency .If so we would
to recruit the following
position with highly
fringe benefit. (1).Sale
Executive - F 3 Posts:
Must be good looking
& smar, must be fluent
in English, must be
graduated, Can go
aboard for training and
Business
Purpose,
Basic salary will be
started from 400 USD
& commission onward.
In Mai Kha Co.,Ltd :
1103/1104,
Bldg-D,
Bandoola
Condo,
Mahar Bandoola Rd,
Pazundaung, Yangon.
Ph
:
01-8610253,
8610254, 09-4318-7145
Email : inmaikha2011@
gmail.com
G
Star
Hotel
(Yangon) is seeking (1)
HR Manager - F 1 post
(2)Assistant HR - F 1
post (3)Accountant M/F 2 posts (4)Chief
Account - F 1 post (5)HK
Supervisor - M 1 post
(6)Security - M 3 posts.
Please submit to 20/B,
C, Thukhawati St, West
Yankin. Ph: 09-32109590, 09-3210-9591
General Listing
The Essentials
EMBASSIES
Australia 88, Strand Road,
Yangon. Tel : 251810,
251797, 251798.
Bangladesh 11-B, Than
Lwin Road, Yangon.
Tel: 515275, 526144, email:
[email protected]
Brazil 56, Pyay Road,
6th mile, Hlaing Tsp,
Yangon. Tel: 507225,
507251. email: Administ.
[email protected].
Brunei 17, Kanbawza
Avenue, Golden Velly (1),
Bahan Tsp, Yangon. Tel:
566985, 503978.
email: bruneiemb@
bruneiemb.com.mm
Cambodia 25 (3B/4B),
New University Avenue
Road, Bahan Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 549609, 540964.
email: RECYANGON @
mptmail.net.mm
Canada
9th Floor, Centerpoint
Towers, 65 Sule Pagoda
Road, Yangon, Tel :
01-384805 , Fax :01
384806, Email : yngon@
international.gc.ca
China 1, Pyidaungsu
Yeiktha Road, Yangon. Tel:
221280, 221281.
Denmark, No.7, Pyi Thu
St, Pyay Rd, 7 Miles,
Mayangone Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 01 9669520 - 17.
Egypt 81, Pyidaungsu
Yeiktha Road, Yangon. Tel:
222886, 222887,
Egyptembassy86@gmail.
com
France 102, Pyidaungsu
Yeiktha Road, Yangon. Tel:
212178, 212520, email:
ambaf rance. rangoun@
diplomatie.fr
Germany 9, Bogyoke Aung
San Museum Road, Bahan
Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 548951, 548952, email:
info@rangun. diplo.de
India 545-547, Merchant
St, Yangon. Tel: 391219,
388412,
email:indiaembassy
@mptmail.net.mm
UNITED NATIONS
ILO Liaison 1-A, Kanbae
(Thitsar Rd), Yankin Tsp,
Tel : 01-566538, 566539
IOM 318 (A) Ahlone Rd, Dagon
Tsp, Yangon.Tel 01-210588,
09 73236679, 0973236680,
Email- [email protected]
UNAIDS 137/1, Thaw Wun Rd,
Kamayut Tsp.
Tel : 534498, 504832
UNDCP 11-A, Malikha St,
Mayangone tsp.
Tel: 666903, 664539.
UNDP 6, Natmauk Rd, Bahan
tel: 542910-19. fax: 292739.
UNFPA 6, Natmauk Rd,
Bahan tsp. tel: 546029.
UNHCR 287, Pyay Rd,
Sanchaung tsp.
Tel: 524022, 524024.
UNIAP Rm: 1202, 12 Fl,
Traders Hotel.
Tel: 254852, 254853.
UNIC 6, Natmauk St., Bahan,
tel: 52910~19
UNICEF 14~15 Flr, Traders
Hotel. P.O. Box 1435,
Kyauktada. Tel: 375527~32,
unicef.yangon@unicef. org,
UNODC 11-A, Malikha Rd., Ward
7, Mayangone. tel: 01-9666903,
9660556, 9660538, 9660398.
email: [email protected]
UNOPS 120/0, Pyi Thu Lane,
7 Miles, Mayangone Tsp.
Tel: 951-657281~7.
Fax: 657279.
UNRC 6, Natmauk Rd, P.O.
Box 650, TMWE Tel: 542911~19,
292637 (Resident Coordinator),
WFP 5 Kan Baw Za St, Shwe
Taung Kyar, (Golden Valley),
Bahan Tsp. Tel : 2305971~6
WHO No. 2, Pyay Rd, 7 Mile,
Mayangone Tsp, Tel : 6504056, 650416, 654386-90.
ASEAN Coordinating Of. for
the ASEAN Humanitarian
Task Force, 79, Taw Win st,
Dagon Tsp. Tel: 225258.
FAO Myanma Agriculture
Service Insein Rd, Insein. tel:
641672, 641673.
ACCOMMODATIONHOTELS
YANGON
No. 277, Bogyoke Aung
San Road, Corner of
38th Street, Kyauktada
Township, Yangon,
Myanmar.
Tel : (951) 391070, 391071.
Reservation@391070
(Ext) 1910, 106.
Fax : (951) 391375. Email :
[email protected]
Emergency Numbers
Ambulance tel: 295133.
Fire tel: 191, 252011, 252022.
Police emergency tel: 199.
Police headquarters tel: 282541, 284764.
Red Cross tel:682600, 682368
Traffic Control Branch tel:298651
Department of Post & Telecommunication tel: 591384,
591387.
Immigration tel: 286434.
Ministry of Education tel:545500m 562390
Ministry of Sports tel: 370604, 370605
Ministry of Communications tel: 067-407037.
Myanma Post & Telecommunication (MPT) tel: 067407007.
Myanma Post & Tele-communication (Accountant Dept)
tel: 254563, 370768.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs tel: 067-412009, 067-412344.
Ministry of Health tel: 067-411358-9.
Yangon City Development Committee tel: 248112.
HOSPITALS
Central Womens Hospital tel: 221013, 222811.
Children Hospital tel: 221421, 222807
Ear, Nose & Throat Hospital tel: 543888.
Naypyitaw Hospital (emergency) tel: 420096.
Workers Hospital tel: 554444, 554455, 554811.
RAILWAYS
Railways information
tel: 274027, 202175-8.
Winner Inn
42, Than Lwin Rd, Bahan
Tsp. Tel: 503734, 524387.
email: reservation@winner
innmyanmar.com
ACCOMMODATION
Long Term
Happy Homes
Real Estate & Property
Management
INTERNATIONAL AIRPORT
Yangon International Airport tel: 662811.
YANGON PORT
Shipping (Coastal vessels) tel: 382722
Tel: 09-7349-4483,
09-4200-56994.
E-mail: aahappyhomes@
gmail.com, http://www.
happyhomesyangon.com
M a r k e t i n g & c o mm u n i c a t i o n s
A d v e r t i s i n g
AGRICULTURAL
TRACTOR
MYANMARBOOKCENTRE
Nandawun Compound,
No. 55, Baho Road,
Corner of Baho Road
and Ahlone Road, (near
Eugenia Restaurant),
Ahlone Township. tel:
212 409, 221 271. 214708
fax: 524580. email:info@
myanmarbook.com
car rental
[email protected]
Tel : 09-730-22820
CONSTRUCTION
Zamil Steel
No-5, Pyay Road,
7 miles,
Mayangone Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: (95-1) 652502~04.
Fax: (95-1) 650306.
Email: zamilsteel@
zamilsteel.com.mm
co working space
coffee machine
CONSULTING
MYANMAR EXECUTIVE
LIMOUSINE SERVICE
HOT LINE:
09 - 402 510 003
01-646 330
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Limousine Car Rental.
Professional English
Speaking Drivers.
Full Insurance for
your Safety and
comfortable journey
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Royal Ayeyarwaddy
Co.,Ltd.
No.(7) , 87th St, Mingalar
Taung Nyunt Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : 09-254249628, 09254296248, 09 254249629.
(Mdy Ph: 09 73103051,
73103052) www.pqi-group.
com, www.royalayeyarwaddy. com
crockery
Crockery
No.27-B, Kabaaye
Pagoda Rd, Teak Villa,
Mayangone Tsp,
Tel: 09-4200-49459.
FloralService&GiftShop
No. 449, New University
Avenue, Bahan Tsp. YGN.
Tel: 541217, 559011,
09-860-2292.
Market Place By City Mart
Tel: 523840~43,
523845~46, Ext: 205.
Junction Nay Pyi Taw
Tel: 067-421617~18
422012~15, Ext: 235.
Res: 067-414813, 09-49209039. Email : eternal@
mptmail.net.mm
Foam spray
Insulation
FORKLIFT
delivery Service
Duty free
Royal Ayeyarwaddy
Co.,Ltd.
No.(7) , 87th St, Mingalar
Taung Nyunt Tsp, Yangon.
Tel : 384850, 389366,
394494 , 09-421132002,
Fax : 384850 (Mdy Ph: 0973103051, 09-73103052)
www.viewsonic.com, www.
royal-ayeyarwaddy.com
FLORAL SERVICES
GENERATORS
Yangon
La Source Beauty Spa
80-A, Inya Rd, Kamayut Tsp.
Tel: 512380, 511252
Beauty Bar by La Source
Room (1004), Sedona Hotel,
Tel : 666 900 Ext : 7167
Mandalay
La Source Beauty Spa
13/13, Mya Sandar St,
bet: 26_27, bet: 62_63,
Chanaye Tharzan Tsp.
Tel : 09-4440-24496.
www.lasourcebeautyspa.com
Car Rental
computer
Super
BOOK STORES
AIR CONDITION
ENTERTAINMENT
FITNESS CENTRE
Life Fitness
Bldg A1, Rm No. 001,
Shwekabar Housing,
Mindhamma Rd,
Mayangone Tsp. Yangon.
Ph: 01-656511,
Fax: 01-656522,
Hot line: 0973194684,
[email protected]
Made in Taiwan
Bldg No. F/S (2),
ShweMarlar Housing,
Bayintnaung Rd.,
Kamaryut Tsp., YGN
Tel: +95 9 4302 4615
(English Speaking)
+95 9 502 1312
(Myanmar Speaking)
Email : utsales@
universaltractormyanmar.
com
Your Lifting Solution
Made in Spain
Bldg No. F/S (2),
ShweMarlar Housing,
Bayintnaung Rd.,
Kamaryut Tsp., YGN
Tel: +95 9 4302 4615
(English Speaking)
+95 9 502 1312
(Myanmar Speaking)
Email : utsales@
universaltractormyanmar.
com
Your Power Solution
GLASS
International
Construction
Material Co., Ltd.
No. 60, G-Fl, Sint-Oh-Dan St,
Lower Block, Latha Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 01-245112,
09-730-22820
Email : intconstruction
[email protected]
HEALTH SERVICES
Worlds leader in
Kitchen Hoods & Hobs
Same as Ariston Water
Heater. Tel: 251033,
379671, 256622, 647813
[email protected]
www.manawmayagems.com
Japan-Myanmar
Physiotherapy Clinic.
Body Massage - 7000 Ks
Foot Massage - 6000 Ks
Body & Foot Massage 12,000 Ks
No.285, Bo Aung Kyaw Rd,
Kyauktada Tsp, Yangon.
09:00 AM - 09:00 PM
Tel : 09-8615036
24 Hours Laboratory
& X-ray, CT, MRI, USG
Mammogram, Bone DXA
@ Victoria Hospital
No. 68, Tawwin Rd, 9 Mile,
Mayangon Township,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel: (951) 9 666141
Fax: (951) 9 666135
Marine
Communication &
Navigation
No.(68), Tawwin Street,
9 Mile, Mayangone Tsp,
Yangon.
Hunt line: +95 1 9666 141,
Booking Ext : 7080, 7084.
Fax: +95 1 9666 135
Email:
info@witoriya hospital.com
www.victoriahospital
myanmar.com,
Facebook :
https://www.facebook.com/
WitoriyaGeneralHospital
language
housing
Paint
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Professional Burmese
Language Course for All
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436, Top flr, Thein Phyu Rd,
Mingalar Taung Nyut Tsp,
Yangon.
Tel : 09-4316 8422
www.moemyanmar.com
Email: register.mmlc@
moemyanmar.com
Office Furniture
hotel supply
European Quality
& Designs Indoor/
Outdoor Furniture, Hotel
Furniture & All kinds of
woodworks
Office Tel: 01-380382,
09-509-1673, Show Room:
No. 123-124, Shwe Yin Aye
(2) Street, Industrial Zone
5 (Extension), Hlaing Thar
Yar Township, Yangon,
Myanmar. E-mail: contact@
smartdesignstrading.com,
www.royalbotania.com,
www.alexander-rose.co.uk,
Please call for any enquiry.
LIGHTING
Home FurniTURE
REAL ESTATE
Sole Distributor
For the Union of
Myanmar Since 1995
Myanmar Golden Rock
International Co.,Ltd.
79-D, Bo Chein St, Pyay Rd,
6 Mile, Hlaing Tsp,
Tel: 654810~654819
654844~654848
International
Construction
Material Co., Ltd.
No. 60, G-Fl, Sint-Oh-Dan St,
Lower Block, Latha Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 01-245112,
09-730-22820
Email : intconstruction
[email protected]
REMOVALISTS
Crown Worldwide
Movers Ltd 790, Rm 702,
7th Flr Danathiha Centre,
Bogyoke Aung San Rd,
Lanmadaw. Tel: 223288,
210 670, 227650. ext: 702.
Fax: 229212. email: crown
[email protected]
Faucets | Showers |
Sanitarywares | Bathroom
Accessories, Ph: 379671,
256622, 399464, 09 9771
09852. Address: Same
as ARISTON
TRAVEL AGENTS
RESORT
Heaven Pizza
38/40, Bo Yar Nyunt St.
Yaw Min Gyi Quarter,
Dagon Township.
Tel: 09-855-1383
For House-Seekers
www.exploremyanmar.com
www.exploreglobaltravel.
com
Water Heaters
SCHOOLS
Water Heater
Made in Japan
Same as Rinnai Gas Cooker
and Cooker Hood
Showroom Address
WATER PROOFING
Email: [email protected]
No.695, Mahabandoola
Road, (Between 19th &
Sint Oh Dan Street), Latha
Township, Yangon.
Ph: 01-395816, 396817
International
Construction
Material Co., Ltd.
No. 60, G-Fl, Sint-Oh-Dan St,
Lower Block, Latha Tsp,
Yangon, Myanmar.
Tel : 01-245112,
09-730-22820
Email : intconstruction
[email protected]
service office
Water Treatment
G-05, Marketplace by
City Mart.
Tel: 01-523840 Ext: 105
Legendary Myanmar Intl
Shipping & Logistics Co.,
Ltd.
No-9, Rm (A-4), 3rd Flr,
Kyaung St, Myaynigone,
Sanchaung Tsp, Yangon.
Tel: 516827, 523653,
516795.
Mobile. 09-512-3049.
Email: legandarymyr@
mptmail.net .mm
www.LMSL-shipping.com
Tel : 01-4413410
G-01, City Mart
(Myay Ni Gone Center).
Tel: 01-508467-70 Ext: 106
Monsoon Restaurant
& Bar 85/87, Thein Byu
Road, Botahtaung Tsp.
Tel: 295224, 09-501 5653.
Bo Sun Pat Tower, Bldg
608, Rm 6(B), Cor of
Merchant Rd & Bo Sun
Pat St, PBDN Tsp. Tel:
377263, 250582, 250032,
09-511-7876, 09-862-4563.
RESTAURANTS
PLEASURE CRUISES
th
SUPERMARKETS
Executive Serviced
Office, Registered
and Virtual Office, Hot
Desking, Meeting Rooms
Tel: +(95) 1 387947
www.officehubservices,com
Water solution
Aekar
Company Limited
STEEL STRUCTURE
Design, Fabrication,
Supply & Erection of Steel
Structures
Tel : (+95-1) 122 1673
Email : [email protected]
www.WEC-Myanmar.com
WEB SERVICE
STORAGE
SC STORAGE YANGON
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Monthly storage available
Transportation of goods
provided,
Mobile: 09-253 559 848,
Email: YangonStorage@
gmail.com
Web Services
All the way from Australia
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54 Sport
The incident happened at the English south coast venue of Brighton when
the photo-finish print showed the bird
swooping across Jewelled, who was declared the winner, and Sagesse in second.
We are about a mile and a half from
the sea, and there are a lot of seagulls
around, but this has never happened before as far as we are aware, racecourse
spokesperson George Hill told the BBC.
The bird just happened to be in the
right place at the right time.
To Quinn or not to Quinn, that was
the question
American Winter Olympics bobsledder
Johnny Quinn became a verb after pictures of him smashing through a locked
Sochi bathroom door became an internet hit.
The Twitter hashtag #Quinning
trended alongside similar frustrated
tales of breaking out and through various barriers and objects.
Fans tweeted pictures of wine bot-
Photo: AFP
Sport
56 THE MYANMAR TIMES December 29, 2014 - January 4, 2015
SEASON of memorable,
tense and furious racing
was overshadowed by
one ferocious intra-team
rivalry, a tragic rainlashed reminder of its dangers and a
prolonged financial furore that may
threaten its stability.
As Hamilton ended his year as
champion, Jules Bianchi remained in
a serious condition in hospital after
suffering severe head injuries when
he crashed in Japan, and the sports
finances and future were the subject of
much speculation.
The sale in December of a nose
section from a Marussia car, driven
by Max Chilton, for 15,000 pounds
(US$23,400) in an online auction sale
that followed the teams collapse was
followed by reports that the sports
commercial owners were struggling
to find a leader to succeed 84-year-old
ring-master Bernie Ecclestone.
At the same time, after a winless
season, Ferrari confirmed more staff
departures - including the exits of engineering director Pat Fry and chief
designer Nikolas Tombazis -- following a year of unprecedented upheaval
that saw two-time champion Fernando
Alonso, tempted by a massive salary,
departing for McLaren.
Rarely before had the gulf between
F1s haves and have-nots been exposed so starkly as it was in 2014 when
the grid was reduced, in Texas, to 18
cars amid claims that a further three
teams were in revolt.
The season began in Australian
sunshine at Melbourne where a new
set of technical regulations ushered in
an era of modern hybrid turbo-powered cars that spelled the end of Red
Bulls dominance.
In the opening race at Albert Park,
Nico Rosberg emerged triumphant for
Mercedes after his teammate Lewis
Hamilton had retired, but it was the
Briton who had the last laugh, securing his second world title with a dazzling victory under the floodlights at
Abu Dhabis Yas Marina circuit.
Myanmar to
host 2016
Suzuki Cup
with
Phillipines
Kyaw Zin
Hlaing
[email protected]
The car of Caterham-Renault driver Kamui Kobayashi of Japan veers off the track during an accident at the start of the
Formula One Australian Grand Prix in Melbourne on March 16, 2014. Photo: AFP