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Five-Point Road Map of the State Administration Council
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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.

Brochures, media and websites of the Myanmar Japan Thilawa
Development (MJTD) must have more attractions to catch theinterest of international investors: Vice-Senior GeneralState Administration Council Vice-Chair Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Vice-Senior General Soe Win meets the Thilawa Special Economic Zone Management
Committee officials in Thanlyin Township on 6 May 2022.

UPON completion of projects
in phases, SEZ will create morethan 300,000 jobs, up from 13,300
at present, said State Administration Council Vice-Chair
Deputy Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior
General Soe Win while meeting officials from the Thilawa
Special Economic Zone Management Committee yesterday
afternoon.
First, the Chairman of the
management committee, U
Ye Naing Tun, reported to theVice-Senior General on the

progress of the zone and work
undertakings. Chairman of the
Myanmar Special Economic
Zone Work Committee of thezone Union Minister for Commerce Dr Pwint San presented
the current situation of the zone,
efforts of the State in solving the
problems, and future plans.
After coordinating the reports, the Vice-Senior Generalsaid that more than 17,000 Myanmar shareholders from nine
Myanmar companies and three
Japanese companies operate
the Thilawa SEZ established in
the 2015-2016 financial year with

10 per cent investment from the
Myanmar government, 41 percent from Myanmar citizens
company, 10 per cent from theJapanese government and 39
per cent from Japanese companies, respectively. With regard to the work procedures,the management committee
needs to coordinate necessary
measures for implementing thework projects in the remaining
land plots among the sold landplots of more than 5,000 acres ofallowed land areas. Upon completion of the projects in phases,
the SEZ will create more than

300,000 jobs, up from 13,300 atpresent. Hence, it is necessary
to coordinate the various measures systematically.
The Vice-Senior Generalpointed out that the spendingof funds of the SEZ must follow the monetary policy in linewith the SEZ Law 2014 and thenotification 12/2022 issued by
the Central Bank of Myanmar
dated 3-4-2022. It is necessary toprove the firmness of monetary
policy for forthcoming investors.
Brochures, media and websitesof Myanmar Japan Thilawa Development (MJTD) must havemore attractions to catch the interest of international investors.
Necessary assistance must be
given to the companies showinginterest in processing Seintalone mango and butter bean in
the zone through the CAN system. If each company or eachzone generates electricity fromsolar and wind power to curb thepurchase of electricity in foreignexchange for the Thilawa SEZ,
electricity consumption of theState and private companies
will reduce.

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INSIDE TODAYNATIONAL
COVID-19 vaccine
drive continues
in various states,
regions
PAGE-2NATIONAL
MIFER’s FERD
holds its
Golden Jubilee
Ceremony
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NATIONALMoI Union Minister
discusses ways toresolve difficulties facedin cinema reopening
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LOCAL BUSINESS
Mandalaymarket sees brisk
sales of canola
seeds
PAGE-7CURRENT AFFAIRSYangon real estatemarket sees highrentals, slack intransactions
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Central Bank of Myanmar
Notification No 27/2022

Notice7th Waxing of Kason 1384 ME

1.

6 May 2022
1.

2.

Under the Foreign Exchange Management Law, Foreign Exchange Management Regulations, and Notification No 46/2021 dated 10-11-2021 of the Central Bank of Myanmar,
exporters must deposit their export earnings to their accounts in foreign currency within
three months from the date of shipment of their goods. The holder of a foreign currency
trading licence (AD banks) shall inspect whether exporters receive export earnings within
three months from the shipment of their goods according to the evidence of actual exports.
All export earnings received from the exports to Asian countries must deposit into theaccounts of exporters in foreign currency in Myanmar within 45 days from the date of
the shipment while within 90 days for the exports to other countries except for Asian
countries. If the exporters fail to do so, they will be taken action under Section 42-a of theForeign Exchange Management Law.

2.

3.

It has already been announced that exporters must
deposit their export earnings into their banking accounts in foreign currencies within three months fromthe date of the shipment of goods without fail under
the Foreign Exchange Management Law, Foreign
Exchange Management Regulations and Notification
No 46/2021of the Central Bank of Myanmar.
The exporters/importers' registration certificates of346 export companies were revoked in 2021 for failingto follow the orders of the CBM.
Therefore, if the export/import companies do not
deposit their export earnings within the fixed periodof CBM, the exporters/importers’ registration certificates will be revoked.

Than Nyein
Governor

52 new cases of COVID-19
reported on 6 May, total
figure rises to 613,017
MYANMAR’S COVID-19 positive cases rose to 613,017 after
52 new cases were reported on 6 May 2022 according to the
Ministry of Health. Among these confirmed cases, 591,928
have been discharged from hospitals. Death toll stands at
19,434 without casualties. —MNA

Palm oil wholesale reference rate set at
K6,025 per viss in Yangon
THE Supervisory Committeeon Edible Oil Import and Distribution under the Ministry ofCommerce has been issuing thebasic wholesale reference priceto be traded in the domestic market in line with the changes ininternational rates.
Palm oil prices in the world’s
palm oil exporters have risen
this week, and based on a week-

COVID-19 vaccine drive continues invarious states, regions
DOCTORS and nurses from public hospitals, Tatmadaw medical
teams, healthcare workers andvolunteers are working hard to
give COVID-19 vaccines in different states and regions as thevaccination programme is oneof the most important activities
in the prevention, control andtreatment of COVID-19 disease.
COVID-19 vaccine is administered daily to target groups
regardless of race or religion,
including Buddhist monks andnuns, local people over the ageof 40, students, religious leaders,prisoners, people with disabilities, ethnic armed groups, people with chronic diseases, people
in IDP camps and over 12-yearold students, respectively.
On 5 May, doctors and nurses from public hospitals, medical teams from the Tatmadaw,
relevant healthcare workers incollaboration with volunteers
gave COVID-19 vaccines to 2,050
people from twelve townships
in Kachin State, 4,774 people
from thirteen townships in Shan

Ministry of Commerce
6-5-2022

long FOB price hike, the reference rate this week (from 9 to 15
May) in Yangon is set at K6,025
per viss, the same as the previous week.
In addition, it has beenannounced that action will betaken under the Important
Goods and Services Law if retailers and wholesalers are foundovercharging, storing inventory

intentionally and attempting unscrupulous efforts to manipulate
the market.
These basic wholesale
quote prices can be found on
the Department of Consumer
Affairs website: www.doca.gov.
mm and on the Facebook pageof the Myanmar Oil Traders andOil Entrepreneurs Association,
it is reported. — MNA

Public Notification
THE Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee wasreconstituted under the State Administration Council’s Order No 366/2021 dated 10.12.2021, and action is being taken
effectively against illegal trade under the law.
The following telephone numbers, fax and email address
can be reached to safely report information in connection
with illegal trade.
Auto telephone number - 067 409 883
Mobile phone- 09 404339969
Fax- 067 409 886		
Email address- antiillegaltradeinfo@gmail.
com
Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee

A local in Myintkyina Township, Kachin State seen receiving a COVID
vaccine.

State (North), 5,532 people fromfourteen townships in Mon and
Kayin States, 275 people from
Tamway Township in Yangon
Region, 19,838 people from twenty-six townships in Ayeyawady
Region, 8,724 people from fourteen townships from Rakhine
and Chin States, 142 people from
Khamti Twonship in Sagaing Region, 45,000 people from seven
districts in Mandalay Region

and 420 people from Htandabin
Township in Bago Region, respectively.
Similarly, healthcare officials gave the vaccines to 68
students from five townships in
Shan State (North) on 5 May.
It is reported that officials
from the respective MilitaryCommands visited the site andcoordinated the necessary work.
— MNA

Public Notification
THE Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee was reconstituted under the State Administration Council’s Order No
366/2021 dated 10.12.2021, and action is being taken effectively
against illegal trade under the law.
Regarding the “request for money from departmentalorganizations in conducting trade”, the following numbers
can be reached to safely report such information.
Auto telephone number - 067 409 881
Mobile phone- 09 699611116
Fax- 067 409 887
Email address- antiillegaltradeoffice@gmail.
com
Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee

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We will strive to end the armed conflicts across the country
I have told that 2022 is set as the year of peace, and we will strive to end the armed conflicts across the country. As it is necessary to implement such a process
practically, I invite leaders of the ethnic armed organizations to hold the meeting. I myself will meet with all groups.
(Excerpt from the speech on peace delivered by by Chairman of State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General
Maha Thray Sithu Min Aung Hlaing on 22 April 2022)

Brochures, media and websites of the Myanmar Japan Thilawa
Development (MJTD) ...
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He viewed the products
manufactured from Thilawa
SEZ and gave instructions to
officials.
The Vice-Senior Generalalso viewed round LS Gaon
Cable Myanmar Factory, which
produces electronic cables and
CP Hsinbyutaw Factory, which
produces fertilizers, and fulfilled the needs.
A total of 94 companies
from 21 countries invested in
the Thilawa SEZ. Eighty-nine
companies suspended theiroperations in the third waveof COVID-19 in 2021. Due tothe efforts of the Work Commit-

tee and the Management Committee, 82 companies resumed
operations, and the remaining
companies will operate theirbusinesses soon.—MNA

State Administration Council
Vice-Chair Vice-Senior General
Soe Win viewed the products
made by the Thilawa SEZ.

MIFER’s FERD holds its Golden Jubilee Ceremony
THE Foreign Economic Relations Department (FERD), established on 15 March 1972, fell
its 50th Anniversary on 15 March
2022. The commemorative ceremony was held in the Ministry of Investment and Foreign
Economic Relations (MIFER)
yesterday.
At the outset of the ceremony, Lieutenant-General Moe
Myint Tun, a member of theState Administration Council
cum Chairman of the Myanmar
Investment Commission (MIC),
addressed the opening speech inhonour of FERD’s Golden Jubilee. Next, U Aung Naing Oo, Union Minister for Investment andForeign Economic Relations, delivered a congratulatory remark
on the historical performance of
the FERD. Then, U Tin Naing
Thein, former Union Minister for
National Planning and Economic Development and President
Office, gave advice on behalf ofretired Ministers.
Afterwards, Dr Malar Myo
Nyunt, Director-General of the
FERD, made a presentation regarding the relentless efforts of
the FERD staff since 1972, theevolution of the FERD, the best

SAC Member Lt-Gen Moe Myint Tun makes the opening remarks.

endeavour made for the interestof the country and the nation in
the role where the FERD has toplay, and the historic milestones
with successful accomplishment.
Following the presentation,
the Economic and Commercial
Counsellor of the Embassy of theRussian Federation, Mr Andrei
Iunak conveyed the congratulatory message for the Golden Jubilee of FERD from Dr Nikolay
Listopadov Ambassador of theRussian Federation to Myanmar.
After that, a video clipof FERD’s activity records
throughout the period of 50 years
was shown, and the programme
for the release of the MilestoneBook as a memento for the Golden Jubilee was conducted. The
book contains the performanceand cooperation activities with
Development Partners, United
Nations agencies, International and Regional Organizations,the implementation process of
the ASEAN Free Trade Area,
Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership and FTAs

with ASEAN’s dialogue partners,
and the activities beneficial tothe public and of the department
since the establishment of the
FERD.
Later on, guests of honour,
special guests, retired staff andthe new generation of the FERD
posed for a group photo. The civil
servants who have been working
for more than 25 years of service,
who took their responsibilities
with the best effort without absence throughout their hardship and the award winners of

the article contest were finallyawarded at the ceremony.
The ceremony was attended
by Lieutenant-General Moe Myint Tun, a member of the State
Administration Council cum thechairman of the Myanmar Investment Commission (MIC),
Mahn Nyein Maung, a member of the State Administration
Council, Dr Yin Yin Nwe, advisor
to the Chairman of State Administration Council, U Tin Naing
Thein, former Union Minister for
National Planning and Economic
Development and President Office, U Win Shein, Union Minister for Planning and Finance, U
Aung Naing Oo, Union Minister
for Investment and Foreign Economic Relations, Dr Thida Oo,
Union Minister for Legal Affairs
and Attorney-General of the Union, Dr Kan Zaw, Auditor-General of the Union, members of Myanmar Investment Commission,
Deputy Ministers and former
Deputy Ministers, representatives from foreign embassies
in Myanmar, Permanent Secretaries, Senior Officials, retired
staff and the new generation of
FERD. — MNA

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SAC Vice-Chairman Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services
Commander-in-Chief (Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win inspects motivation
hall of local military unit, local training depot in Thanlyin Station

The Vice-Senior General inspects the Naval Dockyard Command Headquarters in Thanlyin Station
yesterday.

VICE-CHAIRMAN of the State Administration Council Deputy Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Commander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior General Soe Win inspected the Naval Dockyard Command Headquarters in Thanlyin Station yesterday afternoon.
At the Motivation Hall of the headquarters, the Vice-Senior General viewed documentary photos of naval vessels which arebeing operated at the Tatmadaw (Navy).
The Vice-Senior General inspectedtraining on practical and theoretical works
to the trainees at the local training depot
and gave necessary instructions. He thenviewed the damage control simulator at the
depot, inspected trainees’ practical training,
and attended to the needs. — MNA

Union Minister for International Cooperation and Chairman of the Task Force to facilitate
provision of humanitarian assistance to Myanmar through AHA Centre attends theConsultative Meeting on ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance to Myanmar
A Myanmar Delegation led by
U Ko Ko Hlaing, Union Minister
for International Cooperation
and Chairman of the Task Force
to facilitate the provision of humanitarian assistance to Myanmar through the AHA Centre,
accompanied by members of the
Task Force Dr Aye Tun, Deputy Minister for Health, U Aung
Tun Khaing, Deputy Minister
for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement and officials fromrelevant Ministries attended theConsultative Meeting on ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance to
Myanmar held on 6 May 2022 inPhnom Penh.
The Meeting was co chaired by Mr Prak Sokhonn,
Deputy Prime Minister andMinister for Foreign Affairs
and International Cooperationof Cambodia in his capacity as

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Chair and Dato Lim Jock Hoi,
Secretary-General of ASEAN
in his capacity as the ASEAN
Humanitarian Assistance Coordinator. The Meeting was also
attended by the Head of Mis-

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the AHA Centre.
The Meeting discussed theprovision of Humanitarian As-

sistance to Myanmar with theprinciple of “Leaving no one
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anmar, especially for hard-toreach areas.
The Meeting also welcomed
the implementation of the ASEAN Humanitarian Assistance
Delivery Arrangement in theareas identified by the Myanmar Task Force based on actual
needs and gaps.
The Meeting reaffirmed
commitments from Myanmar
Task Force, ASEAN Member
States, ASEAN Secretariat andthe AHA Centre to facilitate
swift and effective implementation of Phase 2 Humanitarian
Assistance under Point 4 of theFive-Point Consensus of theASEAN Leaders’ Meeting. The
Meeting also discussed the expedition of continued provisionsof humanitarian assistance byconducting the pilot projects inmutually agreed areas. —MoIC

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MoI Union Minister discusses ways to resolve difficulties
faced in cinema reopening
UNION Minister for Information
U Maung Maung Ohn presided
over a coordination meeting on
resolving difficulties faced in
the reopening of cinemas at the
IPRD office in Yangon yesterday.
In his opening remark, theUnion Minister said the cinemas
were allowed to reopen to improve people’s living in the filming industry, get normal for thenearly collapsed movie industry,and provide the producers andcinema owners. However, due
to some difficulties, it is still far
from the expected target.
Unscrupulous people are
obstructing the activities of thegovernment in various ways.
Some of the artistes faced

threats, and the people withnegative thoughts are also hindering the movie industry fromgetting alive. Therefore, all artistes should cooperate like before and report on the difficulties
so that the ministry can provide
the needed things.
Then, Chairman U Kyi Soe
Tun of the Myanmar Motion Picture Organization pledged thatthe association work together
with the ministry to develop thefilm industry and reopen cinemas.
Afterwards, the meeting
attendees coordinated the discussion, and the Union minister
instructed the necessary things.
— MNA

The MoI Union Minister chairs the coordination meeting to resolve difficulties faced in reopening cinemas.

MoL Union Minister receives Japan-Myanmar Association Chairman

UNION Minister for Labour U
Myint Kyaing received Chair-man Mr Watanabe Hideo of
the Japan-Myanmar Associ-ation-JMA and delegates at
the Ministry in Nay Pyi Taw

yesterday morning.
Deputy Minister for Labour U Win Shein and relevant
officials, Secretary-Generalof the Japan Myanmar Association-JMA Mr Watanabe
Yusuke, Head of Indo-Pacific Economic Development
Councillor Ando Haruhiko andSecretary to the Chairman ofJapan-Myanmar Association U
Thet Sein attended the meeting.
The Union minister discussed dispatching trainee
employees by signing an MoC
between the Ministry of Justice, the Ministry of Foreign
Affairs, the Ministry of Health,Labour and Welfare of Japanand the Ministry of Labour of

Myanmar through the G-to-G
programme.
He also talked about thehuman resource developmentin Myanmar, providing Japanese assistance to Myanmar
on-job and skilled workers
while working in Japan andbilateral cooperation.
The Japan Myanmar Association-JMA also discussed
the willingness to hire moretrainee workers from Myanmar by Japanese entrepreneurs, plans to cooperate with
the Ministry of Labour in Myanmar to send more trainee
workers and worker dispatching programmes between thetwo countries. — MNA

ERIA, Myanmar tourism experts hold videoconferencing meeting
THE Economic Research Institute for ASEAN and East
Asia-ERIA and Myanmar tourism representatives from thegovernment and private sectors held a meeting yesterday
through videoconferencing. It
aims to get feedback on thecurrent tourism activities in
Myanmar as the ERIA has
been drawing up the ASEAN
Mutual Recognition Arrangement on Tourism Professionals (ASEAN MRA-TP).
Union Minister for Hotels
and Tourism Dr Htay Aungsaid Myanmar, along with other ASEAN countries, signed
the amendment agreement on
the expansion of MICE (meeting, incentive, convention,
exhibition) and event jobs, inaddition to 32 types of hotels
and tourism-related jobs, on
25 April 2022.
The Union minister called
for a roundtable discussion toprovide necessary suggestions
for practical support to the
ASEAN MRA-TP.
Senior Business Advisor to
the ERIA said 2022 marks the10th anniversary of the signingof the ASEAN MRA-TP. The
discussion aims to identify
strengths and weaknesses in
the implementation in eachmember state, develop hotels
and tourism human resources
with better suggestions, makethe skills assessment procedures clearer and easier, andmake the migration process forskilled workers more effective.
Attendees discussed
challenges encountered in
the implementation of the
MRA-TP in the government
and private sector, including
awareness-raising activities, suggestions to facilitate
the procedures of producing
skilled workers at tourism
schools, facilitation of the migration of skilled workers, andpoints to emphasize the needfor equal opportunities for all
member states. — MNA

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Over 1,400 new tutors, demonstrators from 49
universities, degree colleges warmly welcomed
A total of 1,479 new tutors anddemonstrators who will performtheir duties at 49 universities
and degree colleges under the
Department of Higher Education, Ministry of Education, were
warmly welcome with ceremonies yesterday.
Yesterday, welcoming ceremonies for new instructors anddemonstrators were held atsome other universities in Yangon Region, including Yangon
University. At Dagon University,
the rector and administrative
officials warmly welcomed 34
new tutors and demonstrators
yesterday morning.
Dagon University Rector Dr
Tha Tun Maung gave a welcome
address at the ceremony. He said
the meeting with teachers who
would produce the most precious

human resources in a country
is a blessed day. He added thatteachers are the people working
for the common good rather thanself-interest, serving ed in allparts of the country and sacrificing their lives for the future
jewels of the country. He urged
them to be proficient in the subjects they have chosen to teachand be role models for teachingand society.
Afterwards, heads of university departments delivered
welcome speeches warmly to
new tutors and demonstrators.
Dagon University will admit students from the first to the thirdyear who will study 20 subjects
from 2 May. The university will
also open master’s courses, andabout 3,000 students will be admitted. — MNA

Dagon University. PHOTOS : KANU

Yangon University.

Myitkyina University.

Haka University.

Hpa-an University.

Maubin University.

Yenangyoung University.

Lashio University.

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Myanmar’s foreign tradegoes up by $42 mln lastmonth
MYANMAR’S external trade
between 1 and 22 April of the2022-2023 Financial Year rose to
US$1.558 billion, showing an increase of $42.9 million as against
the year-ago period, according
to the Ministry of Commerce.
The figures climbed up
from $1.515 billion in the corresponding period last year.
Myanmar’s export wasworth over $744 million, whereas
the country’s import was valued
at $814 million last month.
The border trade dropped
owing to the closure of the border post by the main trade partner China amid the coronavirus
impacts, with a sharp drop of$133.665 million as against the
year-ago period. However, themaritime trade registered asignificant increase of US$176

million last month.
Myanmar exports agricultural products, animal products,
minerals, forest products, andfinished industrial goods, while
it imports capital goods, raw
industrial materials, and consumer goods.
The country’s export sector
relies more on the agricultural and manufacturing sectors.
The Ministry of Commerce isfocusing on reducing the trade
deficit, export promotion, importsubstitution and market diversification.
The external trade stood
at $15.5 billion in the past mini-budget 2021-2022 (October-March) period and $29.58
billion in the 2020-2021 FY, as
per the Commerce Ministry’s
statistics. — KK/GNLM

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Mandalay market sees brisk sales ofcanola seeds
TRADERS report brisk salesof canola seeds (oil crops) produced in Bhamo, Katha, Htigyaing and Moemeik areas in
the Mandalay market.
The prices of canola seeds
were valued at only K1,800 per
viss (a viss equals 1.6 kilogrammes) in the year-ago period. The prevailing price rises
to K2,900 per viss. The seeds
are also highly demanded, said
U Soe Win Myint, an owner of
the Soe Win Myint depot in
Mandalay.
“That oil crops fetch higher prices this year. There are
two types of mustard family offlowering plants (Brassicaceae) containing oil seeds andvegetables. Canola crops canbe cultivated only once a year.
They are grown in November
and harvested in January.
The seeds are commerciallyThose oil crops are commonly found in hill regions – southern andnorthern Shan State and Kachin State and upper Sagaing Region. Thoseseeds are delivered to the other regions and states through the Mandalay
market.

valued, so the growers should
increase the acreage of themustard family. Those oilcrops are more fertile in hilly
areas. However, the Canola
vegetables can be cultivatedanywhere,” he elaborated.
Those oil crops are commonly found in hill regions– southern and northern
Shan State and Kachin Stateand upper Sagaing Region.
Those seeds are delivered tothe other regions and states
through the Mandalay market.
— Min Htet Aung (Mandalay
Sub-Printing House)/GNLM

Myanmar ships over 142,000 tonnes of various pulses in April
MYANMAR exported US$108
million worth of over 142,241
metric tons of multiple pulses
in April 2022, according to statistics released by the Ministry ofCommerce.
India is the leading buyer ofMyanmar beans, especially blackbeans, green grams and pigeon
peas. Besides India, Myanmar’sbeans are purchased by Bangladesh, Pakistan, Nepal, UAE, Malaysia, Indonesia, China (Taipei),
Japan, and European countries.
But, the volume of demand by
those countries is small, according to the domestic bean market.
India extended relaxations ofconditions regarding clearance
consignment for black gram
(urad called in India) and pigeon
peas until 31 March 2023.
The prices of pulses andbeans remain stable these days,
according to the traders from
Bayintnaung Commodity Wholesale Centre.   
The price of black gram hit

country shipped $780.156 million,
valued at over one million tonnesof pulses and beans, to foreign
markets through sea route, and$50.469 million, valued at around
61,895 tonnes, were sent to theneighbouring countries throughthe land border.
Myanmar’s agriculture sector is the backbone of the country’s economy, and it contributes
to over 30 per cent of the Gross
Domestic Product. The country
primarily cultivates paddy, corn,
cotton, sugarcane, various pulses and beans. Its second-largest production is the pulses andbeans, accounting for 33 per centof agri-products and covering 20
Myanmar conveyed US$830.625 million worth of over 1.09 million tonnes of various beans and pulses to foreign per cent of growing acres. Amongtrade partners between 1 October 2021 and 31 March 2022 in the mini-budget period.
them, black beans, pigeon peasan all-time high of K2 million per Average Quality) plummeted to palm oil prices. Myanmar con- and green grams constitute 72
tonne on 29 September 2021, fol- K1.46 million per tonne. Simi- veyed US$830.625 million worth per cent of bean acreage. Other
lowing Kyat weakening against larly, the cost of pigeon peas de- of over 1.09 million tonnes of beans, including peanut, chickthe US dollar. A US dollar ex- creased slightly to K1.375 million various beans and pulses to for- pea, soybean, black-eyed beans,change rate is now around K2,000 per tonne.
eign trade partners between 1 butter bean and rice beans, are
The prices of oil crops rose October 2021 and 31 March 2022 also grown in the country. — KK/
in the unofficial exchange source.
The price of black beans (Fair following the hike in imported in the mini-budget period. The GNLM

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UN meets to help reverse tourism slump
apology inAdaily life
BDULLA Shahid, presi-A

LL persons in the daily routine have experienced com-mitting mistakes. At a time when they decide something
for their life, they might face mistakes. If so, they madeexcuses for their mistakes. In fact, everybody will have right andwrong as a universal truth.
But they have to analyze the nature of the apology. Do theyapologize to themselves for the mistakes? Do they keep thepromise not to make more mistakes in the future? Do they try
to keep the promise for the mistakes? Indeed, everybody needs
to sustain their promises for the mistakes.
Ever ybody commits
mistakes not only over themselves but on others. These
A complete apology
mistakes were made intenis a nature nottionally or unintentionally.
Whatever it may be, if they
to repeat similar
remember their mistakes,
they must apologize to themistakes. So, thoselosers for their mistakes. So,
who make mistakes
it is not enough the word sorry. It is inadequate to use theand those whoword apology.
They have to express
suffer the impacts
their apology to others forcommitting their mistakesof mistakes should
heartily. Whenever they know
understand thethey have made mistakes,
they should not delay in saynature of the world
ing their word of apology to
the losers. But such a word
and the nature ofmust be a complete apology
the apology. Both ofwhich means not just a promThose making mistakes
them need to forgive ise.
must change their behaviours
in line with the apology withthe mistakes andan arrangement not to makekeep the promise not such kinds of mistakes anymore. They have to keep theto do so. If so, bothpromise without fail deeply.
A complete apology is asides can solve thenature not to repeat similar
mistakes. So, those who makeproblems easily.
mistakes and those who suffer the impacts of mistakes
should understand the nature of the world and the nature of theapology. Both of them need to forgive the mistakes and keep thepromise not to do so. If so, both sides can solve the problems easily.
If mistake-makers do not repeat similar mistakes and apologize to victims of mistakes, if the victims of mistakes upholdforgiveness for their losses, society will be pleasant. If a complete
apology flourishes in society, people from society will build abetter world.
All the persons commit many mistakes in their life. At first,
they have to apologize to themselves. Moreover, they have toanalyze the root cause of mistakes with the optimism of changing
their behaviours and mindsets to be able to enjoy a better future.
Let’s make a complete apology along with the life of society
participants.

dent of the 76th session of
the UN General Assembly(UNGA), on Wednesday highlighted the need to build a more sustainable, resilient, and responsible
global tourism sector as part of the“long journey” to recover fromCOVID-19.
At the first-ever High-Level
Thematic Debate on Sustainable
Tourism held at the UN headquarters in New York, Shahid said that
the COVID-19 pandemic halted theentire tourism industry, dealinga “devastating blow to the global
economy”.
“In 2019, prior to the pandemic, tourism contributed 3.5 trillion
U.S. dollars to global GDP. The
precipitous drop during the pandemic is estimated to have cost
up to 120 million jobs,” the UNGA
president noted.

Though easy to sum up thedevastation in numbers, capturing
the overall toll on people, communities and services, is muchharder, particularly for many small
island states and least developed
countries, which remain heavily
reliant on tourism to fuel public
spending, he said.
Looking beyond the numbers,
tourism plays a deeply human role:“Travel and tourism connect andunite us…builds bridges and facilitates inter-cultural exchanges…
(and) fosters peace and solidarity
across continents and borders,”
Shahid added.

Inventive efforts were madeInventive efforts were madeto help tourism weather two years
of COVID, including “travel bubbles,” “vaccine passports” and“resilient corridors”.

Visitors take pictures of the gold-plated stupa at Wat Phra That Doi Suthep Buddhist temple in Chiang Mai,
Thailand in November 2020. PHOTO: AFP“As the pandemic wanes, thetourism sector is rebounding,” hesaid, speaking of “the human needto connect, to explore, to experi-ence.”“However, as it rebounds, it

is important that we reflect on its
future direction.”
Shahid noted that tourism isimportant economically, but its
effects on the planet, such as carbon emissions, oceans brimmingwith plastic, and human impacts
on ecosystems and wildlife, mustalso be considered. “We know thatmany of the communities and historic sites around the world thatare beloved by tourists are climate
and disaster prone and need support to build resilience,” he added.
According to the UN Environment Programme’s Green Economy Report, a “business-as-usual” scenario predicts that by 2050,
tourism will generate an increaseof 154 per cent in energy consumption for the sector, 131 per centin greenhouse gas emissions, 152
per cent in water consumption,and 251 per cent in solid waste

WHO estimates 14.9 million excess COVID associateddeaths in 2020, 2021

N

EW estimates from theWorld Health Organization (WHO) show that thefull death toll associated directly
or indirectly with the COVID-19
pandemic between 1 January 2020
and 31 December 2021 was approx-

imately 14.9 million (range 13.3
million to 16.6 million).
“These sobering data not only
point to the impact of the pandemic but also to the need for all countries to invest in more resilient
health systems that can sustain

essential health services duringcrises, including stronger healthinformation systems,” said Dr
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus,
WHO Director-General.
“WHO is committed to working with all countries to strengthen

Photo taken on May 23, 2021 shows the graffiti drawn on a building which is converted into a care center withoxygen support for COVID-19 patients in Kolkata, India. PHOTO: STR/XINHUA

their health information systems
to generate better data for better
decisions and better outcomes.”

Excess mortality is calculated
Excess mortality is calculated as the difference between thenumber of deaths that have occurred and the number that would
be expected in the absence of thepandemic based on data fromearlier years. “Excess mortality
includes deaths associated with
COVID-19 directly (due to thedisease) or indirectly (due to thepandemic’s impact on health systems and society). Deaths linked
indirectly to COVID-19 are attributable to other health conditions
for which people were unable toaccess prevention and treatment
because health systems were
overburdened by the pandemic,”
the WHO said in a press release.
The estimated number ofexcess deaths can be influenced
also by deaths averted during the
pandemic due to lower risks ofcertain events, like motor-vehicle
accidents or occupational injuries.
Most of the excess deaths(84 per cent) are concentrated

in South-East Asia, Europe, and
the Americas. Some 68 per centof excess deaths are concentrated
in just 10 countries globally. Middle-income countries account for81 per cent of the 14.9 million excess deaths (53 per cent in lower-middle-income countries and 28
per cent in upper-middle-income
countries) over the 24-month period, with high-income and low-income countries each accountingfor 15 per cent and 4 per cent,respectively.

A breakdown of excess mortality
The estimates for a 24-month
period (2020 and 2021) include abreakdown of excess mortality by
age and sex. They confirm thatthe global death toll was higher
for men than for women (57 percent male, 43 per cent female) andhigher among older adults. The absolute count of the excess deaths
is affected by the population size.
The number of excess deaths per
100,000 gives a more objective picture of the pandemic than reported
COVID-19 mortality data.
“Measurement of excess

mortality is an essential component to understand the impact ofthe pandemic. Shifts in mortality
trends provide decision-makers
information to guide policies toreduce mortality and effectively
prevent future crises. Because oflimited investments in data systems in many countries, the true
extent of excess mortality often
remains hidden,” said Dr SamiraAsma, Assistant Director-Generalfor Data, Analytics and Delivery
at WHO. “These new estimates
use the best available data andhave been produced using a robust
methodology and a completelytransparent approach.” “Data is
the foundation of our work every
day to promote health, keep theworld safe, and serve the vulnerable. We know where the data gaps
are, and we must collectively intensify our support to countries, sothat every country has the capability to track outbreaks in real-time,ensure delivery of essential healthservices, and safeguard population
health,” said Dr Ibrahima Soce
Fall, Assistant Director-Generalfor Emergency Response.
SOURCE: ANI

disposal.
“We cannot allow this to continue. We must not reboot global
tourism in a business-as-usual
manner, we must be more ambitious than that, more responsible
than that,” Shahid said.
Throughout the discussions,Shahid encouraged participants
to address their commitments under the Sustainable Development
Goals and the Paris Agreement
on Climate Change, and enhance
the inclusion and empowermentof women, youth, indigenous andother marginalized communities.
“Today, I call on all stakeholders to seize every opportunity totransform the tourism sector, and totarget a more sustainable, inclusive
and responsible approach,” he said.

Current energy crisis
Zurab Pololikashvili, chief ofthe World Tourism Organization,commented that the current energy crisis contributes to the vulnerability of the tourism sector,
while asserting that investments
in tourism are also investmentsin peace.
Tourism was especially important to the livelihoods of women, youth, and rural communities,
he said, urging for a sustainablebalance between the short-term
needs of tourists and the long-term
needs of communities.
Pololikashvili said tourism
can drive positive change, andcommended the various sectors
for participating in the “landmark”
sustainability conversation.
Sameh Wahba, director of
the World Bank’s Urban, Disaster
Risk Management, Resilience andLand Global Practice, spoke about
inclusive, resilient, and sustainable cities. According to him, tourism creates opportunities for ruralcommunities, small businesses
and women, since it employs 10
percent of the global workforce.
SOURCE: Xinhua

Myanmar Daily Weather Report(Issued at 7:00 pm Friday 6 May 2022)

BAY INFERENCE: According to the observations at (17:30)
hrs M.S.T today, the lowpressure area over south Andaman
Sea and adjoining southeast Bay of Bengal still persists. It is
likely to move northwestwards and intensify into a Depression
in the evening of (7.5.2022), into a Cyclonic Storm in the eveningof (8.5.2022). It is forecast continuous to move northwestwards
and reach to west Central Bay and northwest Bay of Bengal (offnorth-Pradesh Odisha coasts, India) at (10.5.2022). Weather iscloudy over the Andaman Sea and south Bay and a few cloudover the north Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere over the Bayof Bengal.
FORECAST VALID UNTIL NOON OF THE 7 May, 2022: Rainor thundershowers will be widespread in Yangon, Ayeyawady,Taninthayi Region and Eastern Shan, Kayin, Mon States, fairly
widespread in Nay Pyi Taw, southern Shan, Chin, Kayah States,
scattered in Bago Region and isolated in the remaining regions
and states with isolated heavyfalls in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon,
Ayeyawady, Taninthayi Regions and Kyain, Mon States.Degreeof certainty is (80%).
STATE OF THE SEA: Squall with moderate to rough seas
are likely at times in Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along
Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squall may reach(35-40) mph. Sea will be slight to moderate elsewhere in Myanmar
waters. Wave height will be about (8-10) feet in Deltaic, Gulf ofMottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts and (5-8) feet off
and along Rakhine Coast.
OUTLOOK FOR SUBSEQUENT TWO DAYS: Likelihood of
scattered to fairly widespread rain or thundershowers in Nay Pyi
Taw, Mandalay,Magway, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady, Taninthayi
Regions and Shan, Chin, Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin, Mon States.
FORECAST FOR NAY PYI TAW AND NEIGHBOURING
AREA FOR 7 May, 2022: One or two rain or thundershowers.
Degree of certainty is (100%).
FORECAST FOR YANGON AND NEIGHBOURING AREA
FOR 7 May 2022: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (100%).

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Yangon real estate market sees high rentals, slack in transactions
THE market for rental property is in good condition and thetransactions have been slack in
Yangon, according to real estateagencies.
“The rentals are in high demand. We have to try our best tosell just one apartment in one
month,” Ma Swe Myint, a realestate broker told the GNLM.
The tenants mostly chosethe townships where have proper transport system, she continued.
Although some enquire theapartment that costs between
K150,000 and K200,000 of rental
fee, most of them do not prefer the high-rise building, said
Ma Wai Mar from Thingangyun
Township.
Most of the people prioritize
the apartments depending on

The market for rental property is in good condition and the transactions have been slack in Yangon, according
to real estate agencies.

their family members and somechoose the places located near
the market, bus stop and schools
and so on.
“If the prices of apartment
and stand-alone house are not

Myawady-Mae Sot
friendship bridge (1) toreopen soon
OFFICIALS from Myanmar andThailand held a meeting on 5
May to reopen the MyawadyMae Sot Friendship Bridge (1)on 15 May.
The bridge located at thetwo countries’ border was closed
due to COVID-19 on 23 March
2020. After two years of the closure, the two sides discussed reopening the bridge. The meeting
discussed issues of reopening
the bridge and controlling illegal border crossing, drugs andarms smuggling, and cross-border crimes.
“It’s possible to reopen before 15 May. It’s also announced
in the Thai media. Still, bordercrossing near the bridge is re-stricted in Thailand, making it
difficult for Myanmar migrant
workers to return home, said Ko
Min Min Tun, a migrant worker.
When the bridge was
opened, about 2,000 people andhundreds of vehicles used thebridge. The Thai government
plans to reopen 17 border crossings, including the MyawadyMae Sot Friendship Bridge. It
is also learned that plans areunderway to run passenger bus
lines from Mae Sot to Bangkok.
Travellers will need to makea border pass and passport topass through the bridge andwill be allowed in line with the
COVID-19 health regulations.
— TWA/GNLM

The Myawady-Mae Sot Friendship Bridge (1).

much different, the renters aremostly interested in the standalone houses. If the rental fee
for the 3rd floor unit is K200,000
and the stand-alone house isK220,000, they choose the stand-alone house,” Ma Swe Myint
said.
In real estate market, thepeople are mostly interested in
the apartment at the prices ofbetween K20 million and K50

million, and the apartment about
K40 million are in high demand.
“The fully furnished apartment is above K50 million. Somedecorate the room but there is nointerior room that just like thehall, and the customers do not
spend large amount of money forsuch room,” said Ko Wai Tun, areal estate agent.
The household moving service companies provide services
at a fee of between K40,000 andK100,000 depending on the locations and floors.
In property transactions,the people who will spend K50
million compare the properties
with the stand-alone houses in
Shwepyitha, Hlinethaya and
Dagon Myothit (north, east andsouth), according to the real estate agencies. — TWA/GNLM

CRIME NEWS

Chinese man jailed for illegally marrying underage
Myanmar girl
A Chinese man was illegally marrying an underage Myanmar girl without ‌embassy and court
permission and was sentenced to three years
in prison for human trafficking, according to the
Myanmar Police Force.
Ma Hla Hla Nwe (alias) Ma Maya Nwe from Ale
Village, Hlinethaya Township, Yangon Region pursued
17-year-old Ma … from Pyapon District, Ayeyawady
Region that her boss Yangxiaq Ming (alias) Yaung
Myint was falling in love with Ma … and she will get
K15 million if she marries the Chinese man.

Yaung Myint lived together with Ma … without the permission of the embassy and the court.
The case was filed by Hlinethaya Police Station (P) 2426/2019, under Sections 24/32 of theAnti-Trafficking in Persons Law and sent to the
Yangon North District Court.
Yangxiaq Ming (alias) Yaung Myint, a Chinese
national, and Ma Hla Hla Nwe (alias) Maya Nwewere sentenced to three years in prison each on
3 May under Sections 26/32 of the Anti-Trafficking
in Persons Law. — MNA

Illegal timbers, clothes, consumer goods,
office equipment, household appliances, phone
accessories, electronics and vehicles seizedSUPERVISED by the Anti-Illegal Trade Steering Committee,
action is being taken under thelaw against illegal trades acrossthe country.
On 5 May, a combined inspection team on duty under
the supervision of the Customs
Department conducted inspections at the Mayanchaung
Permanent Checkpoint. It confiscated K6,400,000 worth of
consumer goods without any
official documents from an express bus heading to Yangon
from Myawady. The action was
taken under the Customs Law.
Similarly, the inspection
team led by Lashio Township
Customs Department under thesupervision of Shan State Anti-Illegal Trade Task Force seized
K159,455,000 worth of clothes,consumer goods, phone accessories and electronics, which had
no official documents, from three
six-wheel trucks (estimated valueof K51,000,000) heading to Mandalay from Lashio. The action was
taken under the Customs Law.
In addition, the Myanmar
Industrial Port Container Checkpoint captured K104,588,100
worth of office equipment,
clothes and household appliances, which were not listed in
the imported declaration, andthe action was taken under the
Customs Law.
Moreover, on 6 May, theBago Region Anti-Illegal Trade
Agents seized K161,120 worth of
1.6112 tonnes of illegal timbers in
Pyu Township of Toungoo District and took action under theForest Law. On the same day,a combined team led by Police
Force confiscated K6,000,000
worth of an unregistered Mitsubishi Canter six-wheel vehicle
and K200,000 worth of an unregistered Zongshen motorbike in
Sagaing and Shwebo Township.
The action took action under the
Export and Import Law.
Therefore, on 5 and 6 May,
13 arrests were made (an estimated value of K327,804,220), according to the Anti-Illegal Trade
Steering Committee. — MNA

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Health experts say anti-COVID-19 pill Paxlovid could
reduce hospitalization risks
ANTI-COVID-19 pill Paxlovid
could reduce risks for COVID-19
related hospitalization, and early treatment with Paxlovid andother available authorized therapeutics could make a difference
for high-risk patients, according
to health experts.
Paxlovid is now widely available at community pharmacies
in the United States, said the US
Food and Drug Administration(FDA) on Wednesday.
“There is strong scientificevidence that it reduces the riskof hospitalization and death inpatients with mild-to-moderate
COVID-19 at high risk for progression to severe disease,” said
John Farley, director of the Office of Infectious Diseases in the

FDA’s Centre for Drug Evaluation and Research.
Paxlovid is also expected tobe effective against the Omicron
variant, Farley said. The FDA
authorized Paxlovid in December 2021 for the treatment of
mild-to-moderate COVID-19 in
adults and pediatric patients 12
years of age and older weighing
at least 40 kilogrammes, withpositive results of direct SARSCoV-2 viral testing who are also athigh risk for progression to severe
COVID-19, including hospitalization or death. Although the number of COVID-19 hospitalizations
has decreased dramatically since
early 2022, some high-risk patientsare still getting sick enough to require hospital admission.

Paxlovid is now widely available at community pharmacies in the
United States. PHOTO: HEALTHYDUCK.ORG/XINHUA

Early treatment with Paxlovid and other available authorized or approved therapeutics
could make a difference, accord-

ing to the FDA. Last week, US
Vice-President Kamala Harris
was prescribed Paxlovid after she
tested positive for the virus. She

tested negative on Monday thisweek for COVID-19 on a rapid
antigen test.
Paxlovid contains nirmatrelvir and ritonavir. Paxlovid is now
supplied in two different dose
packs, one for standard dosing
and one for moderate renal impairment dosing, according to the
FDA. In patients with moderate
renal impairment, the dosage of
Paxlovid is 150 mg nirmatrelvirand 100 mg ritonavir twice daily
for five days. Patients with mild
renal impairment should receive
the standard dose of 300 mg nirmatrelvir and 100 mg ritonavirwith all three tablets taken together orally twice daily for fivedays, according to the FDA.—
XinhuaTwo Omicron sub-variants driving
S. Africa Covid spike: WHO

Bharat Biotech seeks DCGI’s
permission to conduct Covaxin
booster trials in 2-18 age group

TWO new Omicron sub-variants
are driving an increase in reported Covid cases in South Africa,
the World Health Organization
said Wednesday, stressing theimportance of testing to monitor
virus mutations and spread.
The heavily mutated andhighly transmissible Omicron
variant of Covid-19, which was
first detected in southern Africa
in November last year and rapidly spread globally, is now thedominant variant, accounting
for almost all new cases.
Omicron has long been
known to have several sub-variants, with BA.2 by far the mostdominant.
But now the South African
scientists who first identified
Omicron are pointing to two other Omicron sub-variants, BA.4
and BA.5, “as the reason for a
spike in cases” in the country,
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom
Ghebreyesus told a press conference.
In its latest epidemiologicalreport, the UN health agency
said the sub-lineages “haveacquired a few additional mutations that may impact theircharacteristics”.
Tedros said Wednesday that
it was “too soon to know wheth-

HYDERABAD-BASED pharma company Bharat Biotech
has sought permission fromthe Drugs Controller General of India (DCGI) to conduct
trials of Covaxin as COVID-19
vaccine booster dose in the 2-18
age group, sources said.
The company has applied
for permission a week ago. It
has already conducted trials
in the age group of 2-18 for two
doses of Covaxin.
Recently, Bharat Biotech
has also received an Emergency Use Authorisation (EUA)
approval for 6-12 years old chil-er these new sub-variants cancause more severe disease thanother Omicron sub-variants”.
However, he said, “earlydata suggest vaccination remains protective against severe
disease and death.”
With a total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of nearly
3.8 million and more than 100,000
deaths, Covid-19 has hit South
Africa harder than any othercountry on the continent.
The nation, where fewer
than 45 per cent of adults havereceived two Covid vaccine jabs,
saw a steep decline in the virus,
allowing it in March to go two
full days without reporting any
Covid deaths -- for the first timein nearly two years.
In early April, the country
lifted all Covid restrictions, butsince then, cases have surged
back up, jumping by close to 50
per cent in the past week, according to WHO data.

Essentially blind“The best way to protect
people remains vaccination,
alongside tried and tested public health and social measures,”
Tedros insisted Wednesday.
The WHO has officially recorded more than 6.2 million
Covid deaths worldwide since
the start of the pandemic, but
the true toll is believed to be far
higher.—AFP

With a total number of laboratory-confirmed cases of nearly 3.8 million
and more than 100,000 deaths, Covid-19 has hit South Africa harderthan any other country on the continent. PHOTO: AFP

dren for two doses.
Bharat Biotech has also
applied for the EUA for the 2-5
years old but Subject Expert
Committee (SEC) has asked
for more data.
Bharat Biotech is the firstcompany in India who had applied for permission from DCGI
to conduct trials of a booster
dose in the 2-18 age group.
Currently, the Covaxin
is under the national COVID
vaccination programme for theabove 15-18 age group for two
doses and above 18 years old fora precaution dose.—ANI

China’s services activity
plunges as zero-Covid drags
CHINA’S services sector activity slumped in April to the second lowest on record, independent data showed Thursday, ina further sign of an economic
slowdown caused by the country’s Covid-linked restrictions.
The figures come as China’s leaders battle the highly
infectious Omicron variant thathas led to the locking down ofmajor cities including Shanghai, the biggest in the country.

The purchasing managers’
index (PMI) released by Chinese media group Caixin camein at 36.2 in April, significantly
lower than analysts expected
and the worst since February2020 at the beginning of thepandemic.
It is also the second
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Bulgaria industry on tenterhooks after Russia gas cut

Bulgaria, which was cut off by Russia last week, has received more than90 per cent of its gas supplies from Russia for decades. PHOTO: AFP

THE halt of Russian gas supplies to Bulgaria last week has
left companies big and small
scrambling as they fear halts indeliveries and rising prices.
“We are already on the brink.
We’ll have to raise our prices
further,” said Valery Krastev,
who owns a bread factory in thenorthern town of Montana.
“How will people pay for thisbread?” he worried.
The government has insisted Bulgaria has “alternative
choices” to Russian gas andwon’t reduce supplies to con-

Global air cargo demand drops overRussia-Ukraine war, Omicron concerns
A decline in global air cargomarkets was witnessed in themonth of March, the International Air Transport Association (IATA) data showed amid
COVID variant Omicron’s influence in Asia and the Russia-Ukraine war that is leading
to a challenging operational
background.
“The war in Ukraine led
to a fall in cargo capacity used
to serve Europe as several
airlines based in Russia andUkraine were key cargo players. Sanctions against Russia
led to disruptions in manufacturing. And rising oil prices arehaving a negative economic impact, including raising costs forshipping,” IATA said.
The effects of Omicron in
Asia, the Russia-Ukraine war
and a challenging operating
backdrop contributed to thedecline. Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometres(CTKs), fell 5.2 per cent com-pared to March 2021 (-5.4 percent for international operations).
“Global demand, measured in cargo tonne-kilometres(CTKs), fell 5.2 per cent compared to March 2021 (-5.4 percent for international operations). Capacity was 1.2 percent above March 2021 (+2.6
per cent for international operations). While this is in positive territory, it is a significant
decline from the 11.2 per centyear-on-year increase in February. Asia and Europe experienced the largest falls in capacity,” IATA data read.— ANI

Poland on 27 April.
Since then, Bulgaria’s neighbours have stepped in, shoring
up deliveries to the country,
which has received more than90 per cent of its gas from Russia
for decades.

Diversification
But the lack of a long-term
solution to secure the Balkan EU
member’s annual needs of about
3.0 billion cubic metres of gas is
keeping large industrial consumers as well as smaller businesseson tenterhooks.— AFP

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
Biden heads to Ohio to tout industrial
renewal plan
US President Joe Biden will travel to political battleground state
Ohio on Friday to announce the launch of a new industrial renewal plan that his administration hopes will revive the country’s
manufacturing sector.
The initiative, dubbed “AM Forward” (Additive Manufacturing
Forward), is aimed at increasing the use of 3D printing and othernext-generation production technologies among US companies,
a White House statement said.
Several top US firms, including GE Aviation, Honeywell, Lockheed Martin, Raytheon and Siemens Energy, have committed toa voluntary pact to support US-based suppliers in adopting newparts manufacturing technologies, the statement said.
Small and medium enterprises that choose to take up theinitiative will be able to avail the support of federal programmes
to boost their competitiveness in the sector, the administration
promised. Biden will announce the plan in the US midwesternstate of Ohio — a political battleground that has often been abellwether in US presidential polls -- ahead of a general electionin November.—AFP

Ukraine’s farmers risk death in bombstrewn fields
The effects of Omicron in Asia, the Russia-Ukraine war and a challenging
operating backdrop contributed to the decline. PHOTO: ANI

Heatwave-hit India says no plans tocurb wheat exports
INDIA has no plans to curb
wheat exports — needed to help
plug the gap left by the Ukraine
war — despite the current heatwave hitting output, the government said.
The world’s number two
wheat producer has major buffer
stocks and has said it is ready tosumers, calling Moscow’s moveto halt deliveries “blackmail”.
While natural gas supplies
had escaped punishing European sanctions on Russia overits invasion of Ukraine, Moscow
sought to sow division among
European nations by exploiting
their dependence on its gas.
Russia demanded that Gazprom customers have to pay inrubles rather than US dollars or
euros, which would be a violationof Western sanctions.
The Russian energy giant
cut deliveries to Bulgaria andincrease exports to countries hit
by falling supplies from Ukraine
and Russia.
But its hottest March on record and a heatwave in recent
days have sparked speculationthat India might instead prioritise domestic supplies in the
country of 1.4 billion people.

Local media quoted Sudhanshu Pandey, India’s food secretary, as saying on Wednesdaythat wheat production was expected to fall at least five percent this year from 110 million
tonnes in 2021.
But he added: “I don’t see
any controls on exports.”—AFP

It’s spring planting season in Ukraine, but this year farmers require more than fuel and fertiliser –- they also need flak jackets
and deminers to destroy the bombs that have already killed or
maimed others in their fields.
One of the unexploded rockets lay on an island of undisturbed black soil in Igor Tsiapa’s field in the nation’s southwest
and posed a deadly threat to getting his corn crop planted onland that was otherwise ploughed and waiting.
“We first spotted the projectile a week and a half ago but
just didn’t touch this part of the field and continued on getting
ready for planting,” he told AFP on Thursday, a few metres fromthe deminers prepping the device for destruction.
“Everything has to be done on schedule if you want to havea more or less proper harvest... We had to keep working,” thenearly 60-year-old added in the area of the village of Grygorivka.
Farmers in Ukraine have found themselves on the front lineof a Russian invasion that has tainted swathes of the country with
undetonated mines, shells and rockets.— AFP

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Siemens unveils hydrogen-powered train

GERMAN
industrial giant Siemens unveiled
Thursday its first hydrogen-powered train developed with rail operator
Deutsche Bahn, with aplan to put it into service
regionally in 2024.
The locomotive
which runs on electricity
produced by a hydrogenfuel cell “should replace
diesel powered trains inregional traffic and reduce carbon emissions onrails to zero,” Deutsche
Bahn said in a statement.
Hydrogen-poweredtrains is part of the Ger-mangovernment’s plan to“electrify 75 per cent of
the rail network by 2030,”
said Michael Theurer,
state secretary at thetransport ministry.
Fuel cells generateclean electricity from reactions using hydrogenand oxygen as the only
emission is water.
While most hydrogencurrently comes from thegas industry, the Siemens
train model called Mir-

Germany in 2023, before
running commercially in
2024, shuttling commuters between Tuebingen,
Horb and Pforzheim.
With the hyMireo Plus
drogenmodH is a two-carel,Siemens
train with a top
speed of 160km per is trying tohour. PHOTO:
catch up withSIEMENS/AFP
French competitor Al-

eo Plus
H will use“green hydrogen” fromsustainable energy.
“Each train delivered will save up to 45,000
tonnes of carbon dioxide
for a lifetime of 30 years,”said Michael Peter, whoheads Siemens Mobility.
If all goes to plan,
Mireo Plus H will begin
its trial in southwestern

stom, which already hassuch trains on the market.
Two German states
have placed orders with
Alstom for 41 trains
and trials have alreadybeen carried out in several countries including Austria, Poland andFrance.— AFP

BMW shrugs off supply chain woes to lift
profits in first quarter
GERMAN automakerBMW said Thursdaythat strong demand forits premium brands enabled it to lift profits in thefirst quarter even thoughsupply chain bottlenecks
and pandemic lockdowns
weighed on sales.
BMW said in a statement that its bottom-line
net profit soared by 260
percent to 10.2 billion euros ($10.8 billion) in the
period from January to
March.
The rise was attributable to the consolidationof BMW’s Chinese joint
venture, BMW BrillianceThis photo taken on 8 June 2019 shows people looking at
BMW cars in the 18th Shenyang, International Automobile
Industry Expo in Shenyang, in China’s northeastern
Liaoning province. PHOTO: AFP /FILE

Automotive, the carmakersaid.
Stripping out that

effect, underlying earnings — as measured byoperating profit — werealso higher, rising by 12.1
per cent to 3.4 billion euros in the January-March
period.
“The BMW groupfurther strengthened its
competitive position as
well as its profitability inthe first quarter of 2022,
thanks to sustained demand for its premium
vehicles,” the statement
said.
“However, despite
full order books, global
supply bottlenecks forcomponents meant that
customer demand could
not be met in full,” BMWsaid.—AFP

Croatia iconic biscuit name change leaves
bitter taste
HOUSEHOLD chores
should be divided equally: that’s what a Croatiancompany said it was promoting by adding job titles
to the name of a popular
biscuit. Instead, it sparked
outrage among women.

Zagreb-based Kras
has produced the biscuitwith a chocolate topping
since 1957. Popular in the
Balkans, its name neverupset anyone — until now.
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as “Domacica” (housewife
in Croatian), on supermarket shelves with a longer
name that included job
titles such as “Housewife
and programmer”. Others were “Housewife andmanager” or “Housewife

and lawyer”. The company
said Thursday it wanted
to highlight that “womenin addition to their work…
are most often also theones who take care of thehousehold on a daily basis”.—AFP

JAL forecasts returnto profit in FY 2022 on
travel recovery hopes
JAPAN Airlines Co. said
Friday it sees a returnto the black in the business year ending next
March on expectations
that travel demand will
recover as the effects of
the COVID-19 pandemic
have begun to ease.
JAL reported a net
profit forecast of 45 billion
yen ($345 million) in thecurrent fiscal year, notingthat its expectations outweigh uncertainties stemming from the Ukraine
crisis and elevated fuelprices.
Fiscal 2022 sales areprojected to more thandouble from a year earlier
to 1.39 trillion yen.
In fiscal 2021 through31 March, JAL posted a

net loss for the second
consecutive year of 177.55
billion yen, while its salesrose 41.9 per cent to 682.71
billion yen.
The net loss narrowed from 286.69 billion
yen a year earlier, thanks
to cost cuts and its strong
cargo business. However,a surge in the Omicron
variant across the country
and restrictions related
to the pandemic left theairline in the red.
JAL expects demandfor domestic flights to recover to 90 per cent of
pre-COVID levels throughthe year. In comparison,international travel isseen staying at around 45
per cent due to remaining
border controls.—Kyodo

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Pilots say new Mexico City airport causing safety issues

Felipe Angeles International Airport, located north of Mexico City, is oneof President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador’s flagship projects. PHOTO:RODRIGO ARANGUA/ AFP/FILE

THE opening of a second international airport for Mexico City
has resulted in safety incidents

including warnings that aircraft
were in danger of flying into theground, a pilot association said.

Colombia militarybristles at rise of leftist
presidential hopeful
HISTORICALLY aligned to a
succession of rightwing governments, Colombia’s top
military echelon has broken along-standing rule of politicalneutrality to lash out against a
perceived leftist threat.
With former guerrilla fighter Gustavo Petro standing agood chance of becoming Colombia’s next president, thearmy chief and defence minister have taken to social media to brand him a “liar” andcorrupt.
Petro, a former enemy of
the state security apparatus
as a guerrilla in the 1970s and
80s, is leading in opinion polls
ahead of the 29 May first roundof presidential elections.
If he wins, he will become

Colombia’s first leftist leader
and the first former guerrilla tooversee the armed forces of acountry still battling the violent
aftermath of six decades of civil
conflict.
Petro’s rise has so riled up
the military establishment thatthey have risked contravening
the law to slam him publicly.
A constitutional provisionbars those in uniform fromvoting or expressing politicalopinions.
“There are those within the
military who perceive that thewar (against guerrilla forces)
was won on the battlefield but
is being lost politically,” Carlos
Alfonso Velasquez, a military
analyst and ex-colonel told
AFP.—AFP

Air traffic controllers appear to have received little
training and support on how to
operate the new configuration,
the International Federation of
Air Line Pilots’ Associations (IFALPA) said in a safety bulletin
dated 4 May.
The organization said it had“been made aware of several
incidents involving aircraft”
at Mexico City International
Airport, since Felipe Angeles
International Airport opened
north of the capital on 21 March.
They included planes arriving “with low fuel states due tounplanned holding, diversions
for excessive delays, and signif-

icant GPWS (ground proximity
warning system) alerts,” it said.
“One crew almost had acontrolled flight into terrain,”it added.
The International Air
Transport Association defines
such an incident as “an in-flight
collision with terrain, water, or
obstacle without indication ofloss of control.”
IFALPA urged crews to consider carrying additional fuelin case they have to wait for
permission to land or divert toanother airport, and to exercise
heightened terrain situationalawareness.
Experts have previously

highlighted the challenges ofoperating two airports in a city
surrounded by mountains andat an altitude of more than 2,200
metres (around 7,300 feet) above
sea level.
So far airlines are operating
only a small number of daily
flights from Felipe Angeles International Airport, a flagshipproject of President Andres
Manuel Lopez Obrador built at
a military air base north of thecapital.
The existing Mexico City International Airport, also known
as Benito Juarez, is one of thebusiest airports in Latin America.—AFP

Palestinians lose two-decade court
battle over land
ISRAELI civil rights groups on
Thursday denounced a High
Court decision that approved theeviction of roughly 1,000 Palestinian villagers to make way fora military training zone.
Residents of eight villages
had been in court for around 20
years fighting Israeli government efforts to evict them.
The case of Masafer Yatta— or Firing Zone 918 — an agriculture area near Hebron in theoccupied West Bank, has been
one of Israel’s longest runninglegal battles.
In the early 1980s the army
declared the 3,000-hectare (30square kilometre) territory a
restricted military area andclaimed it was uninhabited.
The roughly 1,000 Palestinians living there said it was theirpeople’s home long before Israe-

European Union officials and Israeli rights group representatives
visit Palestinian communities in the Masafer Yatta area, in October
2020. PHOTO: HAZEM BADER/AFP

li soldiers set foot in the West
Bank, which the Jewish state
has occupied since 1967.
It captured the territory
from Jordan in the Six-Day War
and the West bank is now home
to more than 475,000 settlers —Jewish Israelis living in commu-

nities widely regarded as illegal
under international law.
In its decision late on
Wednesday the High Court said
the villagers “failed to prove”
their claim to permanent residence before its declaration asa training zone.—AFP

British tourists boost Spain’s
holiday arrivals

Arrivals from Britain — Spain’s largest market — stood at 1.8 million,
nearly 30 times the figure in 2021. PHOTO: AFP

THE number of tourists coming
to Spain rose over eightfold during the first quarter compared
to last year, boosted by returning British holidaymakers, thenational statistics agency INE
said Thursday.
Tourist arrivals reached
9.7 million between January
and March, up from 1.2 million
a year back, it said.

Arrivals from Britain —Spain’s largest market — stoodat 1.8 million, nearly 30 times thefigure in 2021.
“Month after month, tourism continues its consolidation,”
Tourism Minister Maria Reyes
Maroto said in a statement, adding she was “optimistic” for the
rest of the year.
While the number of tour-

ists flocking to Spain in March
hit 4 million, up from 491,000 in
the same month last year, thefigure was still 71 per cent of thenumber recorded in March 2019
before the Covid-19 pandemic.
The world’s second mostvisited country before the pandemic with 83.5 million visitors
in 2019, Spain welcomed just 19
million tourists in 2020.—AFP

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EU hands police agency new powers over personal data
THE European Parliament on
Wednesday voted to hand theEU’s police agency new powers
to gather and use data, provoking an angry response from privacy activists.
The chamber overwhelmingly approved a proposal that allows Europol to work more closely with non-EU governments andshare personal information withprivate companies.
The European Union said
the new regime was needed tohelp coordinate the fight against
terrorism, child sex abuse andother serious crimes.
But activists warned thatoversight was too weak and thereforms would turn the police
agency into a “data black hole”.
“Europol will be allowed tocollect and share data left, right,
and centre without much restriction or control,” said Chloe Berthelemy of the NGO European
Digital Rights.
The group, along with a coalition of other NGOs, said thereforms created serious risksof violations of the right to a fairtrial, privacy and data protection,
non-discrimination and freedomof expression.
The European Commission
had argued the new powers wereEuropean Parliament overwhelmingly backed the proposal to give
Europol more power on data use. PHOTO: AFP

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Russia threatens to attack NATO vehicles
delivering military supplies in Ukraine

Russian Defence Minister Sergei Shoigu holds a meeting with top
defence officials on 4 May 2022. PHOTO: XINHUA

ANY vehicle of the North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO)that arrives in Ukraine withweapons or material for theneeds of the Ukrainian armed
forces is considered by Russia
as “a legitimate target for destruction,” Russian Defence
Minister Sergei Shoigu said
Wednesday, reported Xinhua.
Shoigu made the remarks
at a meeting with Russia’s top
defence officials, noting theUnited States and its NATO
allies are continuing to supply
weapons to Ukraine.
Russian troops together
with the forces of Lugansk andDonetsk are controlling moreareas of Donbass, and they willcontinue to fulfill their tasks,
according to the minister.
—Xinhua

Zelensky invites Scholz and Steinmeier to Kyiv:
German president’s office

Ukrainian soldiers in a trench at the frontline in Lugansk province on 11
April. PHOTO: AFP

UKRAINE’S President Volodymyr Zelensky has invited German
Chancellor Olaf Scholz and President Frank-Walter Steinmeier tovisit, the German president’s office said on Thursday, three weeks
after Steinmeier was snubbed
by Kyiv. Zelensky made the invitation during a telephone callwith Steinemeier on Thursday,a source from the president’s office told AFP, during which “pastirritations were cleared up” andSteinemeier expressed his “solidarity, respect and support” for
Ukraine.— AFP

used private companies to re-cruit, and insisted the reforms
would respect fundamental
rights.
A European Parliament
statement stressed that people
would be able “to consult personal data related to them” andoversight would come from a
new post of Fundamental Rights
Officer and the European Data
Protection Supervisor.
The regulation was “a substantial leap forward in the capabilities of the agency”, said
rapporteur Javier Zarzalejos
following the vote, which was
carried with 480 MEPs in favour
and 143 against.— AFP

LATEST DEVELOPMENTS
Here are the latest developments in the war in Ukraine:‘Almost 500 civilians’ evacuated from Mariupol in continuing operation: Ukrainia
ALMOST 500 civilians have been evacuated from the battered cityof Mariupol and its besieged Azovstal steel plant since a UN-led
rescue operation began, the head of Ukraine’s presidential officesaid Friday. “We have managed to evacuate almost 500 civilians,”
Andriy Yermak said on Telegram. He said Kyiv will “do everything
to save all its civilians and military” stuck in the devastated city,
adding that the evacuations would continue.

Putin apologized for Russia Hitler claims: Israel PM’s
officeRUSSIAN President Vladimir Putin has apologized for remarks madeby his Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, who claimed Adolf Hitler may
have had “Jewish blood”, Israel said on Thursday.
Lavrov’s comments sparked outrage in Israel, which has sought
to maintain ties with Russia following the invasion of Ukraine.
“The Prime Minister accepted President Putin’s apology for
Lavrov’s remarks and thanked him for clarifying his attitude towards
the Jewish people and the memory of the Holocaust,” Bennett’s
office said in a statement.

UN sends new Mariupol convoy to rescue civilians from‘bleak hell’
A new UN convoy was expected in Mariupol Friday to evacuate
civilians from the “bleak hell” of a besieged steel plant that has become the last pocket of resistance against invading Russian forcesin the southern port city. The Russian military had announced athree-day ceasefire at the site starting Thursday but a Ukrainian
commander said there was still heavy fighting at the sprawling
Azovstal complex, where hundreds of soldiers and civilians havebeen holed up for weeks under heavy bombardment.

Russian oligarch’s yacht seized in Fiji on US request
AUTHORITIES in Fiji have seized the $300 million yacht of Russian oligarch Suleiman Kerimov after the US Justice Department
requested the vessel be held for violating sanctions and for alleged
ties to corruption, the department said Thursday.
The five-year-old, 348-foot (106 metre) “Amadea” was berthedin Lautoka, Fiji in the South Pacific when local authorities took control of it based on a US warrant and a Justice Department request.
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Asian Games 2022 in China postponed:
organizers

Republic of the Union of Myanmar
State Administration Council
Nine Objectives
1. Political affairs(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

The Asian Games due to take place in Hangzhou in September have been postponed. PHOTO: AFP/FILE

THE Asian Games due to takeplace in Hangzhou in September
have been postponed indefinitely,organizers said Friday, as China
battles a resurgence of Covid
cases. No reason was given forthe delay, but China is racing to
extinguish its largest outbreak of
Covid-19 since the early days ofthe pandemic.
“The Olympic Council of
Asia has announced that the 19th
Asian Games, originally scheduled to be held in Hangzhou,

China from September 10 to 25,
2022, will be postponed,” said astatement on the official Gameswebsite, first posted on Chinesestate media.
The new dates for the sporting contest “will be announced
at a later date”, the statement
added. The host city of Hangzhou
lies near the country’s biggest
city, Shanghai, which has endureda weeks-long lockdown as partof the ruling Communist Party’s
zero-tolerance approach to theMikel Arteta signs newcontract at Arsenal

Arsenal manager Mikel Arteta hassigned a new three-year contractthat will keep him at the Emirates
until 2025. PHOTO: AFP

MIKEL Arteta said he wants totake Arsenal to the “next level” after signing a new contractthat will keep him at the Premier League club until 2025.
The 40-year-old, who took overat the Emirates in December
2019 following the dismissal of
Unai Emery, is close to leading
the Gunners back into the Champions League after a five-year
absence.

Arsenal are fourth in thePremier League table, twopoints clear of north London rivals Tottenham withjust four games to go. The
Spaniard said Friday he was“really happy” to have signed
his new deal at the club that
he captained when he was aplayer. “We want to take theclub to the next level and tocompete really with the top
teams,” he said.
“In order to do that, wehave to be playing in theChampions League. We haveto be able to evolve the team,
improve our players, improve
all departments, generate
even more connection with
our fans, improve the atmosphere at the Emirates, beable to recruit top, top talentand the best people for thisclub to drive thisproject to thatlevel.”—AFP

virus. Organizers said last monththat Hangzhou, a city of 12 million
in eastern China, had finishedconstructing some 56 competition
venues for the Asian Games andAsian Para Games.
At the time, they indicatedthat they planned to hold theevents under a virus control planthat “learns from the successful
experience” of the Beijing Winter Olympics, which were heldin February in a Covid-securebubble.— AFP(a) To enhance production based on agriculture andlivestock through modern techniques and strengthen
all-round development in other sectors of the economy.
(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.

Myanmar beat Thai Kasem
Bundit futsal team 1-0
THE Myanmar women’s futsal team, taking training in Thailand to prepare for the SEA Games,
won a friendly match against Kasem Bundit
University women’s futsal team by 1-0 on 6 May.
The women’s squad is still taking training
in Thailand after the Thai Invitational Women’s
Futsal Championship and played its second
test match.
The team Myanmar also defeatedNonthaburi Women’s Futsal Team
5-3 on 29 April and played its
second test match a week
later.
The Myanmar
women’s team andKasem Bundit University women’s futsal team
were goalless in the first half, and Nan May
Thazin scored the winning goal for the Myanmar team in the second half. The team Myanmar has won both friendly matches despite
poor results in the Thai Invitational Cup. The
Myanmar squad will continue taking training
in Thailand until 11 May. —Ko Nyi Lay/GNLM
Myanmar team player (No 13) tries to block the attack ofKasem Bundit University women’s futsal team in theirfriendly match played on 6 May. PHOTO: MFF