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Thursday, 5 May 2022

Five-Point Road Map of the State Administration Council
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2.
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The Union Election Commission will be reconstituted and its mandated tasks, including the scrutiny of voter lists, shall be implemented in accordancewith the law.
Effective measures will be taken with added momentum to prevent and manage the COVID-19 pandemic.
Actions will be taken to ensure the speedy recovery of businesses from the impact of COVID-19.
Emphasis will be placed on achieving enduring peace for the entire nation in line with the agreements set out in the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement.
Upon accomplishing the provisions of the state of emergency, free and fair multiparty democratic elections will be held in line with the 2008 Constitution,and further work will be undertaken to hand over State duties to the winning party in accordance with democratic standards.

Media are to give correct information to the people inaccord with ethics to be public media: Senior GeneralState Administration Council Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing speaks on the occasion of the launching event of MRTV Media Worldwide Mobile Satellite Data
Application Services (MRTV App & Web) in Nay Pyi Taw on 4 May 2022.

N

OW is the time to en-

hance the capacity of all
media as media influences societies through various
ways and means, said State Administration Council Chairman
Prime Minister Senior General
Min Aung Hlaing at the launching ceremony of MRTV MediaWorldwide Mobile Satellite Data
Application Services (MRTV App& Web) of MRTV under the Ministry of Information at Myanmar

International Convention Centre-II in Nay Pyi Taw yesterdaymorning.
Speaking on occasion, theSenior General said that the media sector needs to develop thesocial, economic life of the ethnic
people in accord with the ethics
by upholding the interests of theState and the people to enable
the people to have democratic
knowledge and critical thinking,properly stand on the education-

al trend and turn out educatedyouths.
Currently, information technology has advanced. So, movesof media are very effective. As
some big countries apply thestrategies to control the media ofsmall countries through various
ways and means, all the people of
Myanmar should do everything
under farsightedness and conscience. Freedom of expression,
good governance and develop-

ment are essential for a democratic society. Hence, the media’srole is very important.
At a time when powerful political and economic groups dominate the media, attitudes, loss andfeelings of the people are under
negligence. Some countries in the
democratization process and developing countries may face thatthey fuel the problems without
solving them. Now is the time toenhance the capacity of all me-

dia as media influences societies
through various ways and means.
Currently, MRTV media
application has been developedwith the use of modern communication technologies similar to
HD TV channels so that audiences can enjoy the MRTV programmes on Android and iOS
phones, laptops, desktops, iPadand Note Pads, as well as websites at any time.

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INSIDE TODAYNATIONAL
Servicemen need to take careof unity among them due tothe possibility of instigations:Vice-Senior General
PAGE-4NATIONAL
Myancopharm
COVID-19 vaccine
introduced into
targeted groups
PAGE-5NATIONALMoH Union
Minister calls fortimely treatment ofemergency patients
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LOCAL BUSINESS
54 cargo ships toarrive at Yangon
Port in May
PAGE-7NATIONAL
Interview with
Consultant
Orthopaedic Surgeon
Lt-Col Hein Latt Win
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Fuel Import, Storage and Distribution Supervisory Committee
Reference wholesale prices for Yangon and Mandalay and reference
retail prices for cities of regions and states

Mandalay

Nay Pyi Taw

Bago

MagwayDawei

MonywaPathein

Myitkyina

Sittway

Hpa-anMawlamyine

LashioTaunggyi

Loikaw

Haka

Kengtung

Kyat/Litre

Yangon5-5-2022

92 Ron

2,035

2,080

2,075

2,045

2,080

2,105

2,090

2,065

2,160

2,175

2,075

2,080

2,115

2,120

2,120

2,340

2,405

95 Ron

2,095

2,145

2,140

2,105

2,140

2,165

2,150

2,125

2,220

2,235

2,135

2,150

2,175

2,175

2,180

2,400

2,720

HSD
(500 ppm)

2,360

2,405

2,400

2,365

2,405

2,425

2,420

2,390

2,505

2,500

2,395

2,405

2,440

2,440

2,445

2,660

2,720

HSD
(50 ppm)

2,385

2,435

2,430

2,395

2,430

2,455

2,450

2,420

2,530

2,525

2,425

2,435

2,470

2,470

2,470

2690

2,755

HSD
(10 ppm)

2,385

2,435

2,430

2,395

2,430

2,455

2,450

2,420

2,530

2,525

2,425

2,435

2,470

2,470

2,470

2,690

2,755

Fuel
(RetailPrice)

Fuel (Wholesale Price)

YangonMandalay

92 Ron

1,936

2,008

95 Ron

1,994

2,068

HSD
(500 ppm)

2,249

2,324

HSD
(50 ppm)

2,277

2,352

HSD
(10 ppm)

2,277

2,352

Remarks:(1) It’s calculation is based on MOPS price.
(2) If people are not satisfied with purchase of fuel, they may safely sendcomplaints to telephone numbers of the committee as follows: 067-409881 and 09-699611116, 067-411129, 09-440433533

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Tatmadaw will strive to achieve Independence longevity and State prosperity
THE Independence Day restored by the unity and effort of all ethnic people will be the 75th Anniversary on 4th January 2023. For the cessation of internal armed
conflicts in the period of Diamond Jubilee Independence Day in advance, Tatmadaw will strive to achieve Independence longevity and State prosperity. Tatmadaw
made a unilateral ceasefire for over 4 years from 21st December 2018 to the end of 2022.
I would like to impart that Tatmadaw will conform as much as possible under the statement of the Nationwide Ceasefire Agreement (NCA) for perpetual
peace by offering open-ended peace talks.
(Excerpt from Speech Delivered by Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Maha Thray Sithu Min Aung Hlaingat the Parade of the 77th Anniversary Armed Forces Day on 27th March 2022.)

Media are to give correct information to the people in accord ...

SAC Chairman Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing presses the electric button to inaugurate the MRTV Media Worldwide Mobile Satellite Data Application Services—MRTV
App & Web.

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Thanks to broadcastingfrom four international satellites, 46 Myanmar embassies
in foreign countries can enjoy
the TV programmes well, andarrangements are being madefor those from 181 countries toenjoy the programmes.

In so doing, these programmes will be broadcast
in English, Spain, France andGerman in addition to Myanmar. Ethnic people can know
the situation of the State andthe government’s efforts in time,
and the international community
can enjoy the programmes on awider scale.
It is an effort to erect thehistorical milepost for MRTV
in improving its functions using
modern techniques. Moreover,
it is a milestone for the State
Administration Council for its
endeavour to result in development undertakings in its tenure.

The Senior General receives the souvenir gift to mark the initiation of
the Application.

The Senior General views the Application of the MRTV App & Web.

Media are to give correct information to the people according to ethics to be public media.
The Senior General urged all
ethnic people to join hands withthe government to serve the nation’s interest.
Union Minister for Information U Maung Maung Ohn
reported on the development of
the media sector, including theinitiation of the MRTV App &Web.
The Senior Generallaunched the MRTV MediaWorldwide Mobile Satellite Data

Application Services and viewed
the application and web.
Ethnic people can enjoy 11
sectors, including Documentary, Education, Entertainment,
Farming, Myanmar Culture andSports programmes, in addition
to breaking news, business news,
community news and daily news
through the MRTV media application and live stream throughthe MRTV HD channel as well.
MRTV programmes can be enjoyed via mobile phones, laptops,
desktops, iPads, Notepads, andwww.mrtvmedia.com. —MNA

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Servicemen need to take care of unity among them dueto the possibility of instigations: Vice-Senior General
THOSE from the military corps
need to observe advancementsof military technologies and other relevant studies constantly, said Vice-Chairman of theState Administration Council
Deputy Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior
General Soe Win in separately
meeting with service members
and families of Mawlamyine andDawei stations at respective
military station halls yesterday.
In his speech, the Vice-Senior General said that only whenservice members have the fulltraining capacity will they thoroughly apply the modern military equipment and machinery.
Those from the military corps
need to observe advancements
in military technologies and other relevant studies constantly.
The administrative machinery of the Tatmadaw isbeing operated with pinions
of general staff, adjutant andquartermaster. All duties andfunctions are being undertaken under the procedures, rules

SAC Vice-Chair Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Vice-Senior General Soe Win meets service members and families at Mawlamyine
Station on 4 May 2022.

and regulations. Administrative measures have been set
for fulfilling the needs of service
members in addition to healthfacilities. Officials at different
levels must understand thesemeasures to manage the duties
and functions to the best.
The Vice-Senior Generalstressed that the service members need to take care of unity

among them due to the possibility of instigations. At present,
the Tatmadaw is participatingin the undertaking of essential
tasks of the State, so service
members are to be mentally andphysically healthy in order todischarge the assigned duties.
Hence, they all need to have aproper lifestyle through individual health awareness. The

The Vice-Senior General cordially greets service members and families at Dawei Station.

Vice-Senior General then fulfilled the needs of servicemembers and families individually.
The Vice-Senior General
presented foodstuffs to service
members and families throughofficials.
He comforted officers, other ranks, families and people
receiving medical treatment
at the local military hospital in

Mawlamyine.
The Vice-Senior General
presented foodstuffs and aid
to those patients after asking
after them.
The Vice-Senior Generaland party inspected wards ofthe hospital, fulfilled the hospital’s needs, and presented cash
awards to health staff serving
at the hospital. — MNA

The Vice-Senior General comforts the patient at the Mawlamyine Station Hospital.

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Officials need to arrange infrastructures for producing the commercial
oil from crude palm oil through initiatives: Vice-Senior General

SAC Vice-Chair Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Vice-Senior General Soe Win meets Mon State government, state, district andtownship-level departmental officials on 4 May 2022.

WHILE striving to earn income,it is necessary to efficiently use
fuel and cooking oil so as to stop
the waste of foreign exchange,
said State Administration Council Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence
Services Commander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior General Soe
Win in meeting with Mon State
government, state, district andtownship-level departmental
officials at the meeting hall of
the government office yesterdaymorning.
Chief Minister U Zaw Lin
Tun reported on the administration, economic and social
measures of Mon State throughPowerPoint, and the Vice-Senior General asked for further
information and attended to theneeds.
In his speech, the Vice-Senior General said that as Mon
State’s budget needs deficiency annually, the Union supplementary budget is allotted. The
Vice-Senior General urged all
to educate the people to participate in the development of the
public-based economic sector

under the leadership of the chief
minister and departments concerned with reducing the Union’s aid with increased income
from all industries in the state.
The Vice-Senior Generalnoted that as the main productof Mon State is rubber, the local
people can earn the increased
income from the manufacturingof value-added products made ofrubber instead of the sale of raw
rubber. Officials need to arrange
the market for value-added
products of the state. Kyaikhti-

yoe and Kyaikkhami mid-stream
pagodas, Setse beach resort,
Death Railway in Thanbyuzayat, the war cemetery, ancient
Christian Churches and ancient
cities in Mon State can attract
the local and foreign travellers.
While striving to earn income,it is necessary to efficiently use
fuel and cooking oil so as to stop
the waste of foreign exchange.
Moreover, the Vice-Senior
General continued to say that
although fuel as a natural resource can be produced under

The Vice-Senior General meets Taninthayi Region government and departmental officials in Dawei Yesterday.

Myancopharm COVID-19 vaccine
introduced to targeted groups
THE Myancopharm COVID-19
vaccine, produced with theReady to Fill (RTF) system at
the Myanmar PharmaceuticalIndustry under the Ministry ofIndustry, was introduced to targeted groups after the Ministryof Health received one million
doses of the vaccine in April.
Union Minister for HealthProf Dr Thet Khaing Win andlimitations, Myanmar and thestate have a chance to increase
the production of cooking oil. As
such, it is necessary to strive for
efficient use of fuel and cooking
oil and increase cooking oil production. Especially, cultivablelands should be placed under
sunflower plantations.
All are State service personnel discharging the Stateduties. So, they have to serve
the people for their issues withgoodwill.
The Vice-Senior Generalalso met the Taninthayi Region
government and departmental
officials at the government officein Dawei yesterday afternoon.
Taninthayi Region Chief
Minister U Myat Ko reported on
the region’s conditions througha PowerPoint presentation.
Speaking on occasion, theVice-Senior General urged officials to arrange the security
measures for students to attend
the schools and universities tobe reopened soon. The regional
government needs to encourage
the learning of all school-age
children to have a KG+9 plan.
If the region changes thecrude palm oil to the commercial oil in the region, the local
people will have oil sufficiency
and earn increased income.
Hence, officials need to arrange the infrastructures for
producing the commercial oilfrom crude palm oil throughinitiatives. Taninthayi Regionis plentiful in rare water resources, coral reefs and natural beauties to attract travellers. Efforts must be madeto generate good-income jobs
for local people and undertake
development in systematically
carrying out fishery and agricultural tasks. — MNA

officials from the ministry observed and encouraged the
Myancopharm COVID-19 vaccination at Zabuthiri Hospital(50-bed) in Nay Pyi Taw Union
Territory yesterday morning.
He cordially met the people whocame to receive the vaccine andinspected the immunization
work.
The Myancopharm COV-

ID-19 vaccine is packaged by
the Ministry of Industry in collaboration with the Sinopharm
China National Biotec Group(Sinopharm CNBG) of the People’s Republic of China. It canbe given safely to pregnant andlactating mothers from 5 yearsof age. It can also be safely used
as a booster dose for people aged
18 and older. — MNA

27 new cases of COVID-19 reported
on 4 May, total figure rises to 612,951
MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 612,951 after 27
new cases were reported on 4 May 2022 according to the Ministry of Health. Among these confirmed cases, 591,894 have beendischarged from hospitals. Death toll stands at 19,434 without
more casualties.
COVID-19 vaccine is being injected to those of priority groups
in regions and states for prevention and control of the disease. Up
to 3-5-2022, a total of 30,782,442 people have been vaccinated. Of
them, 23,672,564 people have been fully vaccinated and 7,109,878
people have yet to get the second shots and 1,494,234 people havereceived booster doses.—MNA

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receives delegation led
by Japan-Myanmar
Association Chairman
DR Pwint San, Union Minister
for Commerce, met a delegation led by Mr Watanabe Hideo,
Chairman of the Japan-Myanmar Association, at the ministry
yesterday afternoon.
During the meeting, bothsides cordially and frankly discussed matters of future plans
for further development of theThilawa Special Economic Zone
and cooperation to enhance
trade and investment between
the two countries. — MNA

The Japan-Myanmar Association Chairman calls on the MoC
Union Minister.

MoH Union Minister calls for timely
treatment of emergency patients

CRIME NEWS
Illegal timbers, consumer
goods, foodstuffs, medicines,
unregistered motorbikes
and vehicles seized

The MoH Union Minister makes an inspection tour around the Nay Pyi Taw People’s Hospital.

UNION Minister for HealthProfessor Dr Thet Khaing Win
said if patients with emergency medical conditions such as
gastric bleeding, stroke, andmyocardial infarction receive
timely medical care, their lives
can be saved.
The Union Minister gave
the instructions during themeeting with the Medical
Superintendent, Professors,and doctors in charge at the
Nay Pyi Taw People’s Hospital(1,000-bed) yesterday morning.
He expressed words of thanks
to all the health workers who
were working hard to ensure
the regular operation of thehospital and the provision of
emergency medical care.
“Now is the time to stepup efforts to improve accessto medical care and humanhealth resources for the people. People’s hospitals are
the mainstays of the people,
and efforts must be made to
upgrade the emergency andregular medical services andprovide effective treatment,”
he said.
It is learnt that Nay Pyi
Taw People’s Hospital (1000bed) is a affiliate teaching
hospital of the University of
Medicine Magway but will soon
be upgraded to a major teaching hospital. Furthermore, theMinistry of Health provides
essential medicines and hospital supplies for medical treatment.
The Union minister calledon the professors in charge
and specialists to be involvedin the development of humanresources through acadeomic

activities, to provide necessary
facilities, including restrooms
and classrooms for medical
students, to become a teaching hospital, and to upgrade
the hospital’s medical services
to include transplant surgery(example: kidney transplant
surgery).
After wards, the Union
minister and party visited the
One-Stop Diabetes Centre for
Diabetes and its complications, patients being treatedwith anti-cancer drugs at the
Department of Chemotherapy,
installation and maintenanceof equipment including SPECT
Scan machine in the Nuclear
Radiation Department, andCardiac Catheterization Lab.
It is learned that the necessary
instructions were given after
the inspection. — MNA

SUPERVISED by the Anti-Illegal Trade Steering Committee, action is being taken under
the law against illegal trades
across the country.
On 3 May, a combined inspection team on duty under
the supervision of the Kayin
State Anti-Illegal Trade Special Task Force conducted
inspections at the Kawkareik(Tadakyoe) Checkpoint. It
confiscated K24,900,000 worth
of foodstuffs and consumer
goods that showed no official
documents from a six-wheel
truck (estimated value ofK25,000,000) heading to Mawlamyine from Myawady. The
action was taken under the
Customs Law.
Similarly, Mayanchaung
Permanent Checkpoint seized
K1,300,000 worth of illegally-carried M-150 energy drink
bottles from a vehicle heading to Yangon from Thatonand charged them under the
Customs Law.
In addition, the Myanmar Industrial Port Container Checkpoint captured
K30,425,000 worth of consumer
goods, which were not declaredin the imported declaration,and the Yangon international airport cargo warehouse
captured K65,540,500 worth of
medicines that did not show

any official documents. The
action was taken under the
Customs Law.
On the same day, theMagway Region anti-illegal trade team seized 13,500
gallons of illegal crude oil
worth K60,750,000 from threetrucks (estimated value of
K60,000,000) in Pakokku Township. It took action under the
Public Property Protection Act.
Moreover, on 4 May, a combined team led by the Bago
Region Forest Department
confiscated K207,900 worth of
1.3860 tonnes of illegal teak in
the Khabaung forest reserveof Toungoo District.
On the same day, theSagaing Region Forest Department seized K446,940 worth
of 1.4898 tonnes of illegal teakdoors and charged them under
the Forest Law.
The combined inspection
team consisting of Myanmar
police members also confiscated two vehicles without
licences and an unregisteredmotorbike worth K11,600,000
and took action under the Export and Import Law.
Therefore, on 3 and 4 May,
17 arrests were made (an estimated value of K249,745,340),
according to the Anti-Illegal
Trade Steering Committee.
— MNA

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54 cargo ships to arrive at Yangon Port in May
ACCORDING to Myanma Port
Authority, the shipping lines are
increasing their services to facilitate exports and imports, and54 cargo ships carrying many
containers are to enter Yangon
Port in May.
A total of container ships
from 12 shipping lines will arriveat Yangon Port. The turnaroundtime at the Port was designated as approximately three days,
under the guidance of the Myanma Port Authority and thecooperation of the ocean liners,
Export cargoes are loaded
onto the container ship at
Yangon Port.
PHOTO : KANU

Domestic oil price jumps
to approximately K2,000
per litre on global cues
FUEL oil prices inched higher,
around K2,000 per litre in thedomestic market on the devaluation of Kyat against the US
dollar and a sharp increasein crude oil prices, the market data in the Yangon Region
showed.
According to a market observer, the rumours spreadingin the domestic market, setting
a sales limit at the retail stations, and panicked consumers’
buying are other problems ofprice hikes.
The prices soared to nearly
K2,000 for Octane 92, K2,025 forOctane 95, K2,320 for diesel andK2,350 for premium diesel on 2
May 2022. On 1 January 2022,
the prices stood at K1,390 for
Octane 92, K1,440 for Octane 95,
K1,375 for diesel and K1,385 forpremium diesel. According to
the local fuel oil market, there
is a large gap of K600-960 per
litre within four months.
The fuel oil price is highly
correlated with the foreign exchange rate. The exchange rate
is now pegged at around K2,000
at the unofficial exchanges.
When a dollar was valued
at only K1,330 in early February
2021, the fuel oil was estimatedat K590 per litre for Octane 92,
K610 for Octane 95, K590 for

diesel and K605 for premium
diesel then in the domestic retail market.
Additionally, domestic oil
prices are positively related to
the global market. Oil prices
jumped in the worldwide market as the Russia-Ukraine crisis
escalated, with US$104.2 perbarrel for WTI crude and $106.5
for Brent crude at present.
Additionally, the Central
Bank of Myanmar has directly
sold over $87 million to the fueloil sector so far.
Myanmar has inventories
of about 45 million gasoline and70 million diesel. According to
the Petroleum Products Regulatory Department under the
Ministry of Electricity and Energy, there is no need to worry
about a shortage of fuel oil.
Myanmar imports oil fromSingapore, Malaysia and theRepublic of Korea. The rumour
raised the concerns of the consumers and resulted in panic
buying. Consequently, the Petroleum Products Regulatory
Department stated that theretail stations were out of hand.
Usually, Myanmar yearly
imports six million tonnes offuel oil from external market,
the Ministry of Commerce stated. — GNLM

exporters and importers. Therefore, the arrival of the ships has
increased again.
Myanma Port Authority andYangon inner terminals provide
services to ensure the fast andreliable cargo handling andwithdrawal of the containers for
trade flow to return to normalcy. A total of 54 ships – 13 cargoships run by Sealand Maersk
Asia, seven by SITC Line, fiveeach by New Golden Sea (COSCO) and Samudra Line, four by
I.A.L Line, three each by C.S.L,Ever Green Line, Golden Star
Line, MFSL Line, P.I.L Line and
R.C.L Line and two by Land and
Sea Line – will enter Yangon Port
this month. — Nyein Thu(MNA)/
GNLM

Pure gold price drops back to
below K2 mln per ticalGold jewellery is seen at one of the gold outlets in Yangon.

THE prices of pure gold fellback to below K2 million pertical (0.578 ounce, or 0.016
kilogramme), according to the
Yangon Region Gold Entrepreneurs Association (YGEA).
At present, 24-carat gold
is worth K1,989,000 per tical.
The price dip happens totrack the fall in global prices. The gold price stands at$1,865 per ounce in the worldwide market.
When a 24-carat gold hit$1,950 per ounce in the third
week of April, the domestic gold
fetched K2,085,000 per tical.
Therefore, the global gold
price saw price dips of $85 perounce within two weeks. Consequently, the domestic gold price
was down by K96,000 per tical.
In a bid to stabilize the gold

market, gold transactions had
better made according to thereference foreign exchange
rate of the Central Bank ofMyanmar (K1,850 per USD),
according to the CBM’s statement released on 3 April.  
YGEA called for an urgent
meeting on 8 April. The meeting determined to carry out
gold transactions depending on
the CBM’s reference exchange
rate. However, it has not comeinto force yet, said U Myo Myint, chair of YGEA.
Last 23 April, officials fromthe department concerned,
YGEA and Mandalay Region
Gold Entrepreneurs Association, discussed gold price stability at the meeting.
Gold transactions on the
CBM’s reference rate, at sightpayment, and avoiding pricemanipulation were also discussed, according to YGEA.
The current market condition impedes transactions
based on the reference rate.
Yet, it will be implemented later, U Myo Myint continued.
The US dollar stands at
K2,000 in the unofficial black
market.
Additionally, the domestic
gold price is highly correlated with the global gold price,
YGEA stated. During the endof September 2021, a dollar value hit an all-time high of overK3,000 in the gold exchanges
and consequently, the pure gold
reached a record high of K2.22
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Create a chance for
consumers to choose
the best foods
ONLY when it implements a transparent and firm national foodsafety policy focusing on the long term interest of the consumers
will a system be implemented to realize the strict assignment of
duty for respective sectors. If so, the policy will help adopt modern
laws and rules in conformity with the policy. It can be said that thenational food safety policy will be a historical record in fulfillingthese needs.
The policy was schemed to avoid danger for consumers,
scheming the standards in respective sectors complying with international standards, flourishing the good practices in agriculture,
livestock and manufacturing sectors, and then generating incomesof foreign exchange for the State.
In this regard, all stakeholders are responsible for the implementation of projects in theirrespective arenas as the national food safety policy has
been adopted to comply with
the national food risk control
laws of the World Food Organization and the ASEAN.
The policy will help the
emergence of strict duty assignments for service personnel in respective fields, prevent
disadvantages of health basedon foodstuffs, and establish areliable food market.
Only when foodstuffs in
the chain of foods from thefarmlands to consumers aresafe and nutritious will all citizens be healthy and fit. Relevant departments and organizations need to take action
against those who offended
trading and production of unsafe foods in order to protect
the consumers against thebooming of hazardous foodproducts on the other hand.
Production of safe foods
meeting set standards should
be increased at home to beable to compete in the international market so that theexport foodstuffs market will
emerge in order to generatea large number of jobs for the
local people.
If so, citizens will have an improved social-economic status bykeeping abreast of other countries by joining hands among themto serve the interests of the Union. All stakeholders in the implementation of the plans for the national food safety policy need tocooperate with each other and strive to achieve success in theirsectors with responsibility and accountability.
Public awareness should be raised for having knowledge
about safe and unsafe foods in the market. If so, the consumer will
have the knowledge to choose the best foodstuffs for their daily
consumption in order to manage healthy families in the long run.
So, introducing the national food safety policy will be reliable for
consumers in the future.

Public awarenessshould be raised forhaving knowledge
about safe andunsafe foods in themarket. If so, theconsumer will havethe knowledge tochoose the best
foodstuffs for their
daily consumption
in order to manage
healthy families
in the long run.
So, introducing
the national foodsafety policy will
be reliable for
consumers in the
future.

WHO warns of obesity ‘epidemic’ in Europe

T

HE WHO said Tuesdaythat “epidemic” overweight and obesity rates
are linked to over 1.2 million
deaths annually across Europe,
calling for swift policy changes
to reverse the dangerous trend.

Obesity rates in the region
have ballooned by 138 per cent in
the past five decades, the World
Health Organization said in a newreport, and are linked to a seriesof cancers and cardiovasculardiseases.

Nearly a quarter of adults are
now obese in Europe, higher thanin any other region except theAmericas, the WHO said.
“Overweight and obesity
rates have reached epidemic proportions across the region andare still escalating,” the healthbody’s European office said.
“Raised body mass index isa major risk factor for non-communicable diseases, including
cancers and cardiovascular diseases,” WHO regional director
Hans Kluge was quoted saying
in the report.
Obesity causes at least 13
different types of cancer and islikely responsible for at least
200,000 new cases of cancer per
year, it said.
“This figure set to rise further in the coming years,” the organization said in the new report.
Excess weight and obesity
are estimated to cause morethan 1.2 million deaths per year,
accounting for more than 13 percent of deaths in the region, it
added.

Pandemic pounds
Obesity rates in Europe have ballooned by 138 per cent in the past five decades. PHOTO: MIGUEL RIOPA /AFP

The latest comprehensive
data available, from 2016, showsthat 59 percent of adults and near-ly one in three children — 29 percent of boys and 27 per cent ofgirls — are overweight in Europe.
In 1975, 40 per cent of European adults were overweight.
The prevalence of obesity
among adults has risen by 138 percent since then, with a 21-per-centincrease between 2006 and 2016.
The Covid-19 pandemic isalso linked to growing waistlines,
especially as lockdowns promoted “an unhealthy diet or sedentary lifestyle”, the report found.
It also revealed further
health risks associated with excess weight.
“People living with obesity
were more likely to experience
severe outcomes of the Covid-19
disease spectrum, including intensive care unit admissions anddeath,” Kluge said.
The authors also noted thatthe causes of obesity “are much
more complex than the mere
combination of unhealthy dietand physical inactivity”.

Environmental factors
unique to “modern Europe’s
highly digitalized societies arealso drivers of obesity”, it said,
including the marketing of unhealthy foods and online gaming— especially among children.
The WHO called for policychanges to prevent obesity andpromote healthy lifestyles, suchas taxing sugary drinks and subsidizing healthy foods while limiting the marketing of unhealthy
foods to children.
“Policy interventions thattarget environmental and commercial determinants of poor dietat the entire population level are
likely to be most effective at reversing the obesity epidemic,”
it stated.
The WHO’s European region
comprises 53 countries, including
several in central Asia.

Appointment of Republicof Belarus Ambassador
to Myanmar agreed on
THE Government of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar
has agreed to the proposed appointment of Mr Uladzimir
Baravikou as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar, with residence in Hanoi in succession to Mr
Vladimir A. Goshin.
Mr Uladzimir Baravikou was born on 3 March 1975. He
studied International Relations at the Belarusian State University in 1997 and earned a Master’s Degree in Managementand Law from the Academy of Public Administration in 2019.
He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of
Belarus in 1997. From 1997 to March 2022, he served in various
capacities at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Embassiesof the Republic of Belarus in the Netherlands, Sweden and
Poland. He speaks English, Polish and French languages. Since
April 2022, he has been serving as Ambassador Extraordinary
and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Belarus to the Socialist
Republic of Viet Nam.
He is married and has a daughter.
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Nay Pyi Taw
Dated, 5 May 2022

SOURCE: AFP

China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy benefits the worldAS

THE Omicron variant
has posed severe challenges to the faltering global
economic recovery amid surging
infections, China’s dynamic zero-COVID approach has not only
quickly cut viral transmission in
the shortest time possible but alsobrought tangible benefits to thewhole world.
The country’s economy got
off to a steady start in 2022 in theface of global challenges and a
resurgence of COVID-19 cases,
with its gross domestic product(GDP) growing 4.8 per cent year
on year to 27.02 trillion yuan (about
4 trillion US dollars) in the first
three months, quickening from a
4 per cent increase in the fourth
quarter last year. China’s strong
economic performance has been aboon for global economic stability
and growth, said Cavince Adhere,a Kenya-based international relations scholar.

GLOBAL-ECONOMY STABILIZER
Progress has been made in

China’s latest battle with COVID-19. After weeks of arduous control and prevention efforts, community transmission has been cut
in the cities of Jilin and Changchun
in Jilin Province, where life is returning to normal and the resumption of production is accelerating.
The number of new infections inShanghai is also going down.
As the world’s second largest
economy, China has played a keyrole in promoting the recovery of
the global economy and stabilizing
the industrial and supply chains.
“Countries that followed thezero-COVID playbook have done
better on every measure, fromdeath rates to economic growth,”
said British science writer Michael
Marshall on the New Scientist inlate March. “If more nations had
implemented this approach, humanity would be in a better place.”
China has seen an accelerated pace of resumption of workand production in key areas andindustries. In Shanghai, 86.8 percent of enterprises of the 666 companies included in the first batch“By adhering to its dynamic
zero-COVID approach, China
has spared no efforts in safeguarding people’s lives andwell-being, and has minimized
the epidemic’s impact on economic and social development.
It also plays a vital role in maintaining the stability of the global
supply chain,” said Ma Yunjie,head of the factory of the gas
springs manufacturer Stabilus’s
branch in east China’s Zhejiang
Province.

OVERALL CAPACITY UTILIZATION

A container ship from Japan is anchored at the container dock of Shanghai’s Yangshan Port in east China, 27 April
2022. PHOTO: XINHUA/CHEN JIANLI

of the “white list” had resumed
work by 28 April.
US carmaker Tesla’s Shanghai factory officially resumed
production on 19 April, with

about 8,000 employees back towork as of 28 April, the company
has said.
Deliveries from the Shanghai Gigafactory stood at 484,130

vehicles last year, an increase of
235 per cent from 2020, accounting for 51.7 per cent of Tesla’s
global production capacity in
2021.

Ma said the factory’s overall capacity utilization rate now
stands at around 85 per cent, andits orders will gradually returnto the pre-epidemic situation inabout two weeks.
The factories of Xuzhou
Construction Machinery Group
Co., Ltd. (XCMG), a leading Chinese machinery manufacturer,
are busy these days, with international orders from SouthAmerica and other regions now

lining up until November.
“The containment of sporadic COVID-19 resurgences
has boosted the constructionof overseas infrastructure with
undisrupted exports,” said Wang
Min, chairman of XCMG. “Themachinery products of XCMG
are actively facilitating the quick
resumption of local production.”
Shenzhen, a tech hub insouthern China and one of thecountry’s major foreign-tradecentres, has seen businesses
resume work and production.
A worker surnamed Shi
from the Shenzhen factory of
Foxconn, a major supplier ofApple, attributes the quick resumption to China’s dynamic zero-COVID policy. “On 21 March,
operations were basically backto normal after several days of
shutdown caused by the epidemic, which will ensure a regularsupply of iPhones around theworld,” Shi said.

BUSINESS ENVIRONMENT
Despite mounting domes-

tic and external uncertainties,
China still remains a hotspot
for foreign investors seeking
predictable market opportunities at a difficult time amid the
COVID-19 epidemic, thanks tothe country’s unremitting efforts in optimizing its businessenvironment.
Foreign direct investment
into the Chinese mainland, in
actual use, expanded 25.6 percent year on year to 379.87 billion
yuan in the first quarter of theyear, according to the Ministryof Commerce.
Customs in Nanjing, capitalof east China’s Jiangsu Province, has maintained 24-hourcommunication with airports,
airlines and freight forwarders,to ensure the smooth clearanceof commodities. Now, Nanjing
has opened two cargo charter
flights to Europe and North
America, with six flights a week
and single cargo throughput of
about 100 tonnes.
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Interview with Consultant Orthopaedic
Surgeon Lt-Col Hein Latt Win
Military Medical Corps Consultant
Orthopaedic Surgeon Lt-Col
Hein Latt Win.

T

HE 29th Myanmar Military
Medical Conference will
be held at the Defence
Services Orthopaedic Hospital(500-bed) in Mingaladon Township from 9 to 11 May.
The pre-conference workshop under the title of “AO Principle of Fracture Fixation Basic
Course” will also be held on 5 and
6 May at Thura Mon Htaw Thet
Nyunt Hall of Defence Services
Orthopaedic Hospital (500-bed).
The local and foreign medical
specialists, professors and experts and interested persons
will join the event. The officials
will accelerate the drive for the
Defence Services Orthopaedic
Hospital to be an international
standard.
The MNA interviewed Consultant Orthopaedic Surgeon
Lt-Col Hein Latt Win as follows: -Q: What kind of event is this workshop? Please let me know about
the workshop.
ANS: The workshop is a Pre-Conference Workshop on the AO
Principle of Fracture Fixation
Basic Course. In other words, it
is being held honouring the 29th
Medical Conference, the highest
professional medical ceremony of
the Myanmar Tatmadaw Medical
Corps. The main point is that the
professor doctors of the Ministryof Health, foreign specialists, andmore than 100 military Orthopaedic specialists can exchange
their experiences through directconservation regarding modern
treatment. It is the first international workshop.
Q: Please tell me about the title ofthis Workshop, AO Course.
ANS: AO is the World Association
for Orthopedic Studies and Policy.
It is formed with international
Orthopaedic specialists aiming
to improve orthopaedical caresuccessively. It was organizedin Switzerland in 1958. The main
responsibility of AO is to conduct
continuous research on orthopaedic treatment data worldwide,
develop treatment guidelines,
and conduct AO courses aroundthe world. This current AO Principle of Fracture Fixation Basic
Course is a systematic approach
to fracture fixation based on thelatest techniques. Only then can
the patients with broken bones
get their Quality of Life in full.
Due to the limited technology
and high cost of equipment, such
AO courses can be conducted in
the developed Western countries
in general and are difficult fordeveloping countries. This is thevery first achievement of the Myanmar Tatmadaw Medical Corps.
Q: What is the purpose of thisworkshop?
ANS: Orthopaedics plays a very
important role in the medical
field of Tatmadaw. The role ofcontinuous development is very
important. Therefore, this workshop will bring together all theorthopaedic surgeons from allover the country by communicating with the international countries to know the latest concepts
and techniques in Continuous
Medical Education. Doing so will
conform with the instructions of
the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services at the graduation
ceremony of the 20th Intake of
DSMA, such as “only when the
military members are healthy
and fit can they serve the state
defence responsibilities dutifully.
The members also should understand that medics’ skills andhealthcare services are also supporting measures to improve thecountry’s defence capability.” So,
it is conducted aiming to provide
the combat power of Tatmadaw
and the medical services standards.
Q: Who will join the workshop?
ANS: More than 100 participants— experienced professors fromSingapore and Malaysia, orthopaedic professors from local medical universities and consultant
orthopaedic surgeons from Pun
Hlaing International Hospital,
Tatmadaw orthopaedic specialists, postgraduate students of
DSMA (Orthopaedic) and PhD
students will join the event. About
100 Tatmadaw orthopaedic specialists will join online. The internal and external orthopaedic
experts will discuss the participants’ practical concepts of thelatest international therapies inorthopaedics.
Q: How did you manage to holdPublic Notificationthat workshop?
ANS: It is difficult to hold aninternational workshop on orthopaedics successfully. We
have to make preparations for
all-inclusive local and foreign
professors and specialists of the
medical corps. Despite the highcost of preparing orthopaedic
equipment for practical training
and lecture sessions, and it also
costs a lot to attend such events
internationally, Tatmadaw orthopaedics medics easily grab
the international experiences on
orthopaedics easily in Myanmar.
Q: What is the benefit of holding
the workshop?
ANS: For holding such a workshop, the young orthopaedic
specialists of the Myanmar
Tatmadaw Medical Corps andgreat specialists in the Tatmadaw
orthopaedics field and the Ministry of Health can directly discuss their medical subjects andexchange their experience. Tatmadaw medical corps can keep
up with international countries inorthopaedics treatment.
Another thing is that Tatmadaw boasts of the most experience in Combat Injury Management. Therefore, it could lead the
Combat Injury related features at
ASEAN level Orthopaedics Webinar, and so it can promote thedignity of Myanmar Tatmadaw
Medical Corps and Tatmadaw.
During the COVID-19 waves,the medics provided suggestions
and decisions via the Telemedicine platform to the low-level
echelon across the nation. The

Thitsa (MNA)

research on Combat Injury canbe carried out any place, andif there are some difficulties indoing so, the new generationsof orthopaedics specialists are
urged to read out a paper on theirresearch using Telemedicine. We
try hard as much as we can topromote our Defence Services
Orthopaedic Hospital to be aninternational one.
Q: How is the impact of the workshop on Tatmadaw medical research?
ANS: We have conducted operations since years ago. We also
did a series of research on these
operations. For example, we produced Combat Gauze and Tourniquet as the results of Combat
Injury Research Project jointly
conducted by the Tatmadaw
medical research unit. Therefore, it effectively provided medical protection in the conflict. To
hold this workshop, the medical
research can be done by cooperating with the Tatmadaw medical
research unit and local medical
experts internationally. So, international standard research also
can be conducted to support the
Combat Power of Tatmadaw.
Q: How will the pre-conference
workshop affect the Myanmar
Tatmadaw Medical Conference?
ANS: The pre-conference for the
29th Myanmar Tatmadaw Medical Conference will significantly
impact the Main Conference andraise the prestige of international
standards in another way.
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COVID-19 pandemic far from over, says Colombian expert
THE COVID-19 pandemic is far
from over, so people should still
stay vigilant and continue with
anti-pandemic measures, a Colombian expert has said.
“The pandemic is not over.
SARS-CoV-2 will mutate permanently and new variants
may emerge,” Carlos Enrique
Trillos, senior professor at the
School of Medicine and Health
Sciences of Colombia’s Del Rosario University, told Xinhua ina recent interview.
On 25 April, Colombian
President Ivan Duque announced that the country willlift the mandatory use of facemasks on 1 May, while the COVID-19 health emergency will be
extended until 30 June.
The mask restriction will
be removed in closed spaces,V

except health centres, elderly homes, transportation andclosed spaces within educational facilities, and only inmunicipalities with at least 70
per cent of the population fully
vaccinated against COVID-19
and 40 per cent with a booster
dose, Duque said.
“The use of masks in closed
spaces has not been totally eliminated and shouldn’t be seen
as a massive nationwide measure,” the Colombian expert said.
“There are cities such as Medellin, Cali and Bucaramangathat do not meet the 40-per-centbooster dose requirement.”“Projections show that
there could be a slight increasein the number of cases in July,which may be due to multiple
factors,” Trillos said.—Xinhua

NEWS IN BRIEF
New York City raises COVID-19 alert level
to medium

People enjoy their leisure time in Lille, northern France, 19 May 2021. PHOTO: SEBASTIEN COURDJI/XINHUA

75 pct of US children infected with
COVID-19: StudyNEW YORK City on Monday adjusted its COVID-19 alert levelfrom low to medium, indicating the presence of medium community spread of COVID-19.
The accumulated new cases per 100,000 people in the cityin the last seven days moved up to 209.02, which surpasses
the threshold of 200 to enter the medium level, according tothe official data.
The seven-day average new cases have increased to nearly
2,500 by 29 April from over 600 in early March.—ANI

New Zealand reports 9,109 newcommunity cases of COVID-19
NEW ZEALAND has recorded 9,109 new community cases of
COVID-19, the Ministry of Health said in a statement on Tuesday.
Among the new community infections, 2,678 were reported
in the largest city Auckland, said the ministry.
In addition, 128 new cases of COVID-19 were detected at the
New Zealand border. Currently, there are 481 COVID-19 patients
being treated in New Zealand hospitals, including 10 people inintensive care units or high dependency units. The ministry also
reported 20 more deaths from COVID-19.—ANI

According to CDC, kids infected by Covid-19 may be related to the lowest
vaccination coverage. PHOTO: AFP

MORE than half of all Americans
and about 75 per cent of kids had
been infected by COVID-19 by theend of February this year, according to a new study on antibodies
by the US Centres for Disease
Control and Prevention (CDC).
The CDC examined blood

samples nationwide for a certain
kind of antibodies, called anti-nucleocapsid antibodies, which areproduced in response to COVID-19 infection but are not produced in response to COVID-19
vaccines. The researchers foundthat signs of past infection rose

dramatically between December
2021 and February 2022, when
the highly contagious Omicron
variant surged across the country. The most striking increase
was in children. The percentageof those 17 years old and underwith antibodies rose from about
45 per cent in December to about
75 per cent in February.
The reason leading to thegreatest increase in this age
group may be related to the lowest vaccination coverage, according to the CDC. The older people
were, the less likely they had evidence of past infections, the study
found. That may be because older
adults have higher vaccination
rates and they may be more likely
to take other COVID-19 precautions, such as wearing masks andavoiding crowds, according to the
CDC.—Xinhua

Handmade market in Canberra reopens after
two-and-a-half-year disruption by COVID-19

People walk at a park in Wellington, New Zealand, 14 May
2020. PHOTO: XINHUA/GUO LEIFROM colourful ceramics tostreet food of various flavours,
the handmade market was backto the Australian capital after
two and a half years.
The market, recognized as
one of Canberra’s most popular events which was cancelledin 2020 and 2021 due to restrictions following the COVID-19
pandemic, was held on Saturday and Sunday with about 250
stall-holders this time.
“Really very emotional,”
Handmade Managing Director
Julie Nichols told Xinhua. “We’rereally excited that it’s back. The
support has been overwhelming.” Budawang Pavilion of the
Exhibition Park in Canberra became packed with people on Saturday, in which the gourmet foodhall was teeming with scents ofbarbecue and pancake. —Xinhua

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Greece builds new LNG terminal to boost Europe’s
energy independence
GREECE on Tuesday started
construction of its first liquefied natural gas (LNG) floatingstorage and regasification unit
(FSRU) terminal in the northerncity of Alexandroupolis.
The project, which is expected to be completed and operational by early 2024, was hailed by
European Union (EU) officials asa significant step in strengthening Europe’s energy security andindependence.
“This project that we inaugurate today sends a clear signal: we are taking our destiny
into our own hands,” European Council President Charles
Michel said, addressing theevent that was carried live byGreek national broadcaster ERT.

The new terminal is a geopolitical investment that will help
Europe diversify its gas imports
and phase out dependence on
Russian fossil fuels in the wakeof the Ukraine-Russia crisis, hesaid. “Within the next 20 months,
Greece will be able to receive
significant, much-increased
quantities of liquefied naturalgas. Greek LNG stations will beable to fully cover not only the national market, but also to replacea significant part of the supplyof Russian gas to the Balkans,”
Greek Prime Minister Kyriakos
Mitsotakis said.
He also described the terminal as a new energy gateway for
Greece, the Balkans and southeastern Europe.—Xinhua

All of Europe’s LNG terminals are import facilities, with the exception of (non-EU) Norway and Russia
which export LNG. There are currently 28 large-scale LNG import terminals in Europe (including non-EU
Turkey). PHOTO: AFP/FILE

Canada to increase grain exports
amid global food supply concerns
THE Canadian government
announced on Tuesday an investment to support the growthof the country’s grain exports,
at a time when the demand for
Canadian grain products is on
the rise on the global markets.
“Canadian grain producers area key link in global food security.
Today’s investment will help industry organizations build new
relationships in international
markets so we can continue tofeed a growing global population,” Minister of Agricultureand Agri-Food Marie-Claude
Bibeau said in a news release.
With funds of up to nearly 4.4
million Canadian dollars (3.5
million US dollars), the Canadian government is supporting
the sector by helping three organizations to identify new opportunities for Canadian grain

products, including Cereals
Canada Inc., Canada Grains
Council, and the Prairie Oat
Growers Association, according
to the news release.
As the demand for Cana-dian grain exports continues
to increase, it is important toensure new trade opportunities
that help strengthen the value
chain, the news release said.—
XinhuaAs the demand for Canadian grain exports continues to increase, it isimportant to ensure new trade opportunities that help strengthen thevalue chain. PHOTO: REPRESENTATIVE IMAGE: UNITED GRAIN
CORP./XINHUA

Australian central banklifts interest rate for 1sttime in over decade
AFTER dropping interest
rates down to historic lowlevels during the pandemic,
the Reserve Bank of Australia(RBA) has lifted interest rates
by 0.25 to 0.35 per cent, the firstrise since 2010, in an effort tocalm growing inflation.
RBA Governor Philip
Lowe said that it was now“the right time” to withdraw
accommodative monetary
support designed to help theAustralian economy throughthe pandemic.
“The economy has provento be resilient and inflation has
picked up more quickly, and toa higher level, than was expected,” said Lowe.
Figures released by theAustralian Bureau of Statistics(ABS) last week showed inflation had reached a two-decadehigh of 5.1 per cent in the last
12 months.
This has prompted widespread calls for the central
bank to step in to deal with
inflation that has begun tostretch the budgets of Australians.
Lowe said that while theReserve Bank expects further
rises in inflation in the shortterm as supply-side demand isresolved, inflation is expected
to return to the RBA’s targetof 2 to 3 per cent. “The central
forecast for 2022 is for headline inflation of around 6 percent and underlying inflationof around 4.75 per cent, by mid2024,” he said.—Xinhua

Sri Lanka tea exports lowest in 23 years
CRISIS-STRUCK Sri Lanka’svital tea exports have dropped
to their lowest level in 23 years,
official figures showed Wednesday, hit by a fertilizer ban andthe war in Ukraine.
Tea is the island nation’s

biggest export commodity,
bringing in about $1.3 billion
annually before the current
economic downturn, the worst
since independence in 1948.
But a bungled ban on fertilizer imports last year -- in-troduced in a doomed effort tosave foreign currency and avoid
a debt default -- hit growers
hard, with production falling 18
per cent on-year for the period
from November 2021 to February 2022.

Customs data showed thatfirst-quarter exports in 2022
correspondingly plunged to63.7 million kilos (140 million
pounds), down from 69.8 million
kilos in the January-March period last year.

The tally was the lowest
since the first quarter of 1999,
when the country shipped out
60.3 million kilos of tea.
Export earnings for the firstquarter also declined, to $287
million from $338 million.—AFP

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US manufacturing sees
surprise slowdown as
China lockdowns biteJapan Inc. turns to 4-day workweek
to offer flexibility to employees

US factory activity lastmonth dropped to its lowest level since July 2020as supply chain snarls
intensified amid a newwave of pandemic lockdowns in China, an industry survey said Monday.
The Institute for Supply Management said its
manufacturing index
dropped almost two percentage points to 55.4 percent in April, against expectations for a modest
increase but still above
the 50-per-cent thresholdindicating expansion.
The culprit was a

A growing list of Japanesecompanies have opened
the door for employees towork four days a week, instead of five, offering themmore flexibility so they can
improve their work-life balance to meet responsibilities at home or acquire
new skills outside of theirworkplace.
While companies canbenefit from introducing
the compressed work
schedule as it can help
attract more talent or
prevent employees fromleaving, it remains to be
seen whether the relatively new workstyle will gain
traction in Japan.
Panasonic Holdings
Corp. became the latest
company to embrace thefour-day workweek, with
the industrial conglomerate saying last month it will
give some of its employees
the option of taking a third
day off during the current
fiscal year through March.

renewed flareup in the
supply chain woes thathave dogged American
factories throughout
their recovery from theCovid-19 downturn, andin particular China’s aggressive moves to stop
renewed outbreaks inShanghai and other major cities.
“Overseas partners
are experiencing Covid-19 impacts, creating anear-term headwind for
the US manufacturingcommunity,” the survey’s
chair Timothy Fiore said.
—AFP

View of the inside of the Tesla Giga Texas manufacturing
facility in Austin, Texas. PHOTO: AFP

Finland power firmtakes 2.1-bn-euro
Russia hit
FINNISH state-owned
utility Fortum said Tuesday it would take a 2.1-billion-euro ($2.2-billion) hit
due to “geopolitical tensions and uncertainties”
related to its Russian operations.
While the energy
producer announced in
March it would stop all
new investments in Russia following Moscow’s
invasion of Ukraine, it
said current operations
would continue there “asnormal”.
Fortum said Tuesday
it would record pre-tax
impairments of around
2.1 billion euros related toits operations in Russia in
the first quarter.
With 12 power plants
and 7,000 employees in
Russia, the value of For-tum’s assets in Russia
after the write-down
amounted to 3.3 billion
euros, the company said.
Hundreds of Western
firms have suspended operations in Russia in thewake of the 24 February
invasion.
Finland’s Prime Minister Sanna Marin said
9 April that all Finnish
companies “should leave
Russia very soon”, but
she noted that Russian
legislation and attempts
at nationalization could
make exits challenging.
On March 7, Fortum’s subsidiary Uniper announced a writedown related to the Nord
Stream 2 project — anatural gas pipeline from
Russia to Germany — of987 million euros.—AFP

Pa n a s o n i c ’ s a n nouncement came after
the Japanese government stated in its annual
economic policy guideline
last year that it encourages
firms to offer an optional
four-day workweek, as it
can benefit workers forvarious purposes, such as
child rearing, taking careof elderly family members
and volunteering.
Panasonic, which will
introduce the scheme on
an experimental basis,
joins other firms, including
conglomerate Hitachi Ltd.,
Mizuho Financial Group
Inc. and Fast Retailing Co.,
the operator of the Uniqlo
clothing chain, to accept
the four-day workweek.
“It is our responsibility to ensure a work-life balance to our diverse workers,” Panasonic President
Yuki Kusumi told a press
conference in January.
Hiromi Murata, asenior researcher at Re-

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cruit Works Institute, said,“Companies see the fourday workweek as a way tohold onto skilled employees as it takes time to hiresomeone new and raisethem to the same level.”“There are manyskilled workers, including
mothers with small children, who cannot work fivedays a week. So firms canimprove their chances ofhiring someone with goodqualifications if they implement the four-day workweek,” she added.
As of last year, 8.5 percent of companies were
giving employees moredays off than under a fiveday workweek, according
to a survey conducted onover 4,000 companies by
the labour ministry. —Kyodo

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North Korea fires what appears to be ballistic missile: Japan gov’t
NORTH Korea fired a ballistic
missile eastward on Wednesday,
the Japanese government said,
with the missile believed to havefallen into the Sea of Japan off
the North’s eastern coast.
The missile, fired at around
12:02 pm from near North Korea’s western coast, is believed
to have traveled to an altitude
of around 800 kilometers andcovered a distance of around
500 km before falling into waters outside Japan’s exclusive
economic zone, senior vice-defence minister Makoto Oniki

told reporters.
The South Korean military
said the missile, which waslaunched from around the Sunan area of the capital Pyongyang, flew 470 km at speeds of
11 Mach after reaching 780 km
in altitude, according to Yonhap
News Agency.
The news agency said themilitary is analyzing the launch,
including the possibility it was
an intermediate-range ballistic
missile or a longer-range intercontinental ballistic missile.
The latest launch “abso-

Bronze statues of late North Korean leaders Kim Il Sung and Kim Jong Il
at Mansu Hill Grand Monument in Pyongyang, in a file photo. PHOTO:
KCNA/KYODO/FILE

China’s North Korea envoy inSeoul for talks

China’s Special Representative on Korean Peninsula Affairs Liu
Xiaoming (L) and South Korea’s Special Representative for Korean
Peninsula Peace and Security Affairs Noh Kyu-duk.
PHOTO: AFP/HEO RANCHINA will play a “constructive”
role in resolving tensions on the
Korean peninsula, Beijing’s top
envoy to Pyongyang said Tuesday.
Beijing is Pyongyang’s mostimportant ally and economic benefactor, their relationship forgedin the bloodshed of the Korean
War in the 1950s.
China’s special represent-

ative on Korean peninsula affairs, Liu Xiaoming, is in Seoul
this week for his first visit to theSouth since taking office. He met
his South Korean counterpart,
Noh Kyu-duk, on Tuesday.
The two envoys discussed
the “grave situation” on the Korean peninsula and measures for“stable management”, Seoul’s

foreign ministry said.
Liu expressed “the Chineseside’s willingness to play a constructive role for the peaceful resolution of the Korean peninsula
issue”, the ministry added in astatement.
North Korea has carried out
more than a dozen weapons tests
this year, including launching its
most powerful missile since 2017.
Pyongyang had paused
long-range and nuclear tests
while leader Kim Jong Un met
then-US president Donald Trump
for a bout of doomed diplomacy,
which collapsed in 2019. Talks
have since stalled.
Analysts warn of further missile tests, likely timed around theinauguration of South Korea’s
new president next week or US
President Joe Biden’s visit to thecountry later this month.
Recent signs of new activity at North Korea’s key nuclear
testing site have also raised concerns over a possible resumptionof nuclear tests.— AFP

lutely cannot be condoned as itthreatens the peace and safetyof the international community,”
Japanese Prime Minister Fumio
Kishida told reporters in Italy,
where he is currently visiting.
Japan lodged a protest with
North Korea via its embassy in
the Chinese capital Beijing, andthe premier instructed relevant
government agencies to confirm
the safety of ships and aircraft
as well as provide information
to the public in a timely manner,
according to the government.—
Kyodo

Japan’s ‘womenomics’
pioneer says mindsets
must change
THREE million women joined
Japan’s workforce in the past
decade, and it’s at least partly
thanks to top executive Kathy
Matsui, who coined the “womenomics” catchphrase that inspired government policy.
But with many women
holding precarious part-timejobs, often in sectors hit hard by
Covid-19, she says the world’s
third largest economy must try
harder to tap underused talent.
That means chipping away
at managers’ sexist attitudes
and challenging Japan’s longhours work culture, as wellas encouraging start-ups with“more diverse founders”.
“We have a very low ratioof female entrepreneurs in thiscountry,” Matsui, the former
vice-president of US investmentbank Goldman Sachs in Japan,
told AFP.

“But if you want to be driving your own destiny, becoming
an entrepreneur is one of thebest ways to do that.”
Matsui, 57, is one of the few
women at the top of Japan’s
male-dominated businessworld, as co-director of a firm
founded last year that invests
in ethically minded young companies.
The Japanese-American
was at Goldman Sachs in 1999
when she began publishingstudies on the economic benefits of boosting female participation in the Japanese workforce,
which she dubbed “womenomics”.
To her surprise, the ideas
were adopted by former prime
minister Shinzo Abe in 2012as part of his signature plan
to revive the ailing Japanese
economy.—AFP

UN chief urges investment to help
Niger fight jihadists
UN Secretary-General Antonio
Guterres on Monday urged theinternational community to “fully invest” to help impoverishedNiger fight jihadist insurgents
threatening the government in
Niamey and neighbouring countries.
“Today I believe, looking at

the remarkable performance ofNiger’s army, the international community must fully invest
to strengthen the capacity of
Niger’s army,” said Guterres,alongside the Sahel nation’s
President Mohamed Bazoum.
Equipment and training areneeded, Guterres said.

“Niger cannot face all these
multiple challenges alone,” headded, listing major organizations such as the African Union
and Economic Community ofWest African States (ECOWAS)
who are key actors for peace anddevelopment in the region.—
AFP

Three million women joined Japan’s workforce in the past decade,and it’s at least partly thanks to top executive Kathy Matsui, whocoined the “womenomics” catchphrase that inspired government
policy. PHOTO: AFP

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Japan PM Kishida meets pope to discuss efforts
for nuclear-free worldJAPANESE Prime Minister Fumio Kishida met Pope Francis
at the Vatican on Wednesday topossibly discuss their mutual goalof realizing a world free of nuclear
weapons, as well as Russia’s war
against Ukraine.
The visit by the leader of the
only country to suffer the devastation of atomic bombings comesas Russian President Vladimir
Putin has raised fears he may
use nuclear weapons as the war
drags on.
The meeting is the first since2014 between a Japanese prime
minister and the pope at the Vatican.
Francis has continued to be

vocal about eliminating nuclear
weapons, including through his
2019 addresses in Hiroshima andNagasaki, the two Japanese cities over which the United Statesdetonated atomic bombs in WorldWar II.
After meeting with Francis,
Kishida will hold talks with ItalianPrime Minister Mario Draghi,
during which Russia’s invasionof Ukraine will also be a major
agenda item, according to Japanese officials.
Since Friday, Kishida has
been on an eight-day tour of fivecountries in Southeast Asia andEurope. He is scheduled to holdtalks with British Prime Minister

Prime Minister Fumio Kishida speaks to reporters in Rome on
Wednesday. PHOTO: KYODO

Boris Johnson on Thursday.
The trip, which has also tak-en him to Indonesia, Vietnam andThailand, comes in advance of thesummit of the Group of Seven
major developed countries to beheld in Germany in June.
With the two leaders of theEuropean countries, which arepart of the G-7, Kishida is likely
to discuss their response to thewar, including humanitarian aid
for Ukraine and punitive measures against Russia, and North
Korea, which again fired a ballistic missile on Wednesday inviolation of multiple UN Security
Council resolutions. Kishida isalso seeking to strengthen cooperation toward a “free and open
Indo-Pacific” region in the faceof China’s rising assertiveness inregional waters.—Kyodo

RUSS I A-U K R A I N E C R I S I S

Russian forces press Ukraine offensive

Pope wants to meet Putin

RUSSIAN forces have launcheda major assault on the holdout
Azovstal steel plant in the devastated port city of Mariupol while

POPE Francis said in an interview published Tuesday that herequested a meeting with Russian President Vladimir Putin
over Ukraine.
The pontiff told Italy’s Corriere Della Sera newspaper that
he had sent a message to Putin around 20 days into the conflictsaying that “I was willing to go to Moscow”.
“We have not yet received a response and we are still insisting, though I fear that Putin cannot, and does not, want to havethis meeting at this time,” Francis said.—AFP

pounding sites across eastern
Ukraine, as the European Union
moves to punish Moscow with oil
sanctions.

An aerial view taken of the destroyed Hotel Ukraine in
Chernigiv. PHOTO: AFP

Three months into the war,
Moscow has focused its fresh
offensive on Ukraine’s east andsouth, while Western allies continue to provide Kyiv with cash
and weapons in a bid to force
Russian leader Vladimir Putin topull back. In one of a series of assaults Tuesday, 21 civilians were
killed and another 28 woundedin Ukraine’s eastern Donetsk
region, local authorities said.
Regional governor Pavlo
Kyrylenko said 10 of the 21 deadwere killed in the shelling of
the Avdiivka coke plant, one ofEurope’s largest, calling it thehighest daily death toll since a
Russian strike on a train stationin Kramatorsk about a monthago.— AFP

Putin tells Macron West must stop
supplying weapons to Ukraine
RUSSIAN President Vladimir
Putin told French counterpart
Emmanuel Macron Tuesday theWest must stop supplying weapons to Ukraine and accused Kyiv
of not taking talks to end the conflict seriously, the Kremlin said.
Accusing Ukrainian forcesof committing war crimes andclaiming the EU was “ignoring”
them, Putin told Macron “theWest could help stop these atrocities by putting relevant pressure
on the Kyiv authorities, as well as
halting the supply of weapons to
Ukraine”. Putin also said Kyiv
was not being consistent or readyfor “serious work” on ending theconflict.
“The Russian side is still
open to dialogue,” the Russian
leader told Macron, according to

the Kremlin readout.
Macron for his part, according to the Kremlin, said global
food security was under threat
due to the Ukraine conflict. Putinlinked the situation to Westernsanctions against Russia and“noted the importance of the unimpeded functioning of the global
logistics and transport infrastructure”, the Kremlin said.—AFP

Convoy of over 100 civilians from
Azovstal reach Zaporizhzhia
THE International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has said
that a convey of civilians evacuated from the Azovstal steel plantin besieged Mariupol has reached Zaporizhzhia.
In a statement, the ICRC said: “A convoy of buses and ambulances accompanied by ICRC and UN teams was joined byfamilies and individuals in private vehicles along the way. Morethan 100 people, including some who were wounded, reached
Zaporizhzhia on Tuesday. Other people from the plant wentelsewhere; the ICRC did not organize nor accompany these
civilian movements.”—AFP

Moscow accuses Israel of backing‘neo-Nazi regime in Kyiv’
MOSCOW on Tuesday accused Israel of supporting “the neo-Nazi
regime in Kyiv,” doubling down on an allegation from the Russian
foreign minister that Adolf Hitler may have “had Jewish blood”
which sparked international outrage. Israeli Foreign Minister Yair
Lapid on Monday condemned his Russian counterpart Sergei
Lavrov for making an “unforgivable and outrageous statement
as well as a terrible historical error” and summoned Moscow’s
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Republic of the Union of Myanmar
State Administration Council
Nine Objectives
1. Political affairs

Myanmar men’s football team follows the coach’s
strategic training in Viet Nam ahead of the SEA Games.
PHOTO: MFF

SEA Games men’s football tourneykicks off on 6 May
THE 31st SEA Games men’snational football tournament tobe hosted by Viet Nam will belaunched on 6 May, according
to the SEA Games Organizing
Committee.
The men’s football tournament will feature all 10 Southeast
Asian countries except Brunei
and will be divided into twogroups of five.
Defending champion andhost Viet Nam is placed in GroupA with Myanmar, Indonesia, thePhilippines and Timor-Leste,

while Thailand is falling in GroupB with Malaysia, Singapore, Laosand Cambodia.
Group matches will beplayed from 6 to 16 May, startingwith Group A matches involving
host Viet Nam. The Philippines
will take on Timor-Leste, and Viet
Nam will play against Indonesia
in the openers on 6 May.
Myanmar will play the firstmatch of the group on 8 May
against Timor-Leste. Team Myanmar will take on the Philippines on 10 May, Viet Nam on 13

May and Indonesia on 15 May.
“The matches against Vietnam and Indonesia could be
decisive for the semi-finals,”
Myanmar Football Federation
officials said.
Team Myanmar is the firstteam to arrive in Viet Nam for
the SEA Games and has been
taking training with a full rangeof players since 3 May.
The SEA Games National
Football Tournament will be heldfrom 6 to 22 May. — Ko Nyi Lay/
GNLM

Dortmund loanee Knauff becomingFrankfurt’s starAnsgar Knauff celebrates scoring after just 51 seconds at West Ham.
PHOTO; IKIMAGES/AFP/FILE

ANSGAR Knauff only joined
Eintracht Frankfurt on loan in
January, but his goals against
Barcelona and West Ham havehelped put Eintracht Frankfurt on the verge of the Europa

League final.
Frankfurt need only adraw at home to West Ham inThursday’s semi-final second
leg to reach their first European final in 42 years.

Knauff joined on an
18-month loan from Borussia
Dortmund in January, shortly
after his 20th birthday, and has
already scored two key goalsin Europe.
He needed just 51 seconds
to head the visitors into thelead at West Ham as the Germans claimed a 2-1 win in lastweek’s first leg.
That followed his brilliant
strike at home to Barcelona
in the quarters, as the firstleg ended in a 1-1 draw before
30,000 Frankfurt fans managed
to get tickets for Camp Nou tocheer the Germans to a historic 3-2 win in the return leg.
“Since he has been here,
he has made a huge step forward and is on a good path,”Frankfurt coach Oliver Glasner said of Knauff. — AFP(a) To build a Union based on democracy and federalism, through a disciplined and genuine multiparty
democratic system that is fair and just.
(b) To emphasize the achievement of enduring peace
for the entire nation in line with the Nationwide
Ceasefire Agreement (NCA).
(c) To continue implementing the principle of peacefulco-existence among countries through an independent, active and non-aligned foreign policy.

2. Economic affairs(a) To enhance production based on agriculture andlivestock through modern techniques and strengthen all-round development in other sectors of theeconomy.
(b) To develop a stable market economy and promoteinternational investment in order to enhance theeconomic development of the entire National people.
(c) To promote and support local businesses to create
employment opportunities and increase domestic
production.

3. Social affairs(a) To ensure a strong and dynamic Union spirit, thegenuine spirit of patriotism.
(b) To respect and promote the customs and traditionsof all National peoples and preserve and safeguard
their cultural heritage and national characteristics.
(c) To enhance the health, fitness and education qualityof the entire nation.

Raducanu hopeful ofRome appearance despiteback trouble
Emma Raducanu was
beaten in the thirdround in Madrid.
PHOTO: AFP/File

EMMA Raducanu revealed
she has been dealing withback pain and “some niggles”
throughout the week in Madridbut is not too concerned any
injury will keep her out of next
week’s tournament in Rome.
The British world number 11
suffered a tight 6-2, 2-6, 6-4 defeat to Ukrainian Anhelina Kalinina on Tuesday and said herback was restricting her frommoving wide on the court in the

opening set. Raducanu received
some treatment for her backand managed to move betteras she levelled the match andforced a decider and says she
leaves Madrid feeling positive
about her game and progress on
clay. “I would have given myself
a five per cent chance of winningthat match, and for it to almost
happen, I think that was a positive thing,” said the US Open
champion.—AFP