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Student leader Ko Zayyar Lwin leads a student protest at Mahabandoola Park in downtown Yangon yesterday. Photo: Aung Myin Ye Zaw
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A migrant worker in Thailand shows her pink card. Photo: Zarni Phyo
of Thailand but now the Thai government does not allow it, he said.
If the [Myanmar] government
accepts applications from pink-card
holders for temporary passports,
workers could go everywhere safely.
On June 28, the group organised
a meeting in Bangkok with other migrant worker organisations to discuss
the challenges migrants are facing.
The meeting was attended by U Soe
Naing, the recently appointed labour
attach at the Myanmar embassy in
Thailand. He repeated earlier promises that the embassy would take steps
to implement the temporary passport
program, according to the groups, and
said it would work with rights groups
to resolve the migrant worker problems properly.
Parties
invited to
mediate
election
disputes
MG ZAW
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NINE political parties have
agreed to name representatives
to a disputes committee to be
set up by the Mandalay Region
Election Commission. But the
National League for Democracy
is one of five parties registered
in the region which has yet to respond to the request to join.
U Kyaw Kyaw Soe, deputy
director of the Election Commission in Mandalay Region, said
on June 29 that the names of the
Electoral Dispute Negotiating
Committee would be announced
as soon as it was set up.
The commission has invited
members of 14 parties active in
Mandalay Region to take part.
Though we have written to
the parties, not all have yet responded, he added.
Similar dispute negotiating
bodies will be set up in other
states and regions, down to the
township level, according to U
Kyaw Kyaw Soe.
The committee will be responsible for resolving all complaints arising from the election,
including allegations of misconduct, errors on electoral rolls and
disputes over the final result.
The state and region committees will be headed by Union
Election Commission chair U
Tin Aye, while the chair of the
state or region election commission will serve as deputy leader.
Each committee will have
between 30 and 35 members, including one candidate from each
political party.
I was assigned to serve in
this committee, and have notified the commission accordingly.
It seems obvious that there are
likely to be disputes in the upcoming election, said U Khin
Maung Than, a member of the
National Democratic Force in
Mandalay Region, on June 29.
A spokesperson for the regional NLD office said it had not
yet responded to the invitation
because it has not received instructions from its headquarters.
Translation by Thiri Min Htun
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parliament
approval
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Protest leader Zayyar Lwin talks to police during the yesterdays protest in Yangon. Photo: Aung Myin Ye Zaw
EI EI TOE LWIN
HTOO THANT
These proposed
changes are also not
in accord with basic
principles ... and
other provisions of
the constitution.
Colonel Khin Maung Tin
Tatmadaw MP
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A poster of Kachin women who were found murdered hangs at the site of the crime in Khaung Khar, northern Shan State. Photo: Naing Wynn Htoon
MCM PRINTING
Printing Director Han Tun
Factory Administrator Aung Kyaw Oo (3)
Factory Foreman Tin Win
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IN an unexpected development,
police have named two civilian suspects in the rape and murder of two
Kachin teachers in northern Shan
State last January and one of them
is a woman.
The news will come as a boost to
army commanders forced onto the
defensive by the widespread assumption that the culprits were men of the
503rd Light Infantry Regiment, which
was stationed in the village of Khaung
Khar when the deaths occurred there
on January 19.
Maran Lu Ra, 20, and Tangbau
Hkwan Nan Tsin, 21, were raped and
killed in their house in Khaung Khar
on January 19. Though two high-profile investigations have been launched,
one by the local authorities and one
by the Kachin Baptist Convention that
employed the two teachers, no arrests
have been made so far.
The suspicions surrounding the
army will not be easily dispersed. U
Mar La, the administrator of Khaung
Khar village, said villagers suspected
Tatmadaw involvement because the
We suspect the
Tatmadaw. We
have asked them to
question two army
drivers.
Reverend Samson Hkalam
Kachin Baptist Convention
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CRIME IN BRIEF
Police nab
weapons
cache in
Mandalay
MANDALAY
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A mobile team carries out spot checks at Nawnghkio in Shan State. Photo: Si Thu Lwin
We have no
intention of causing
loss to any business,
but we do need their
cooperation.
U Aye Min Tun
Ministry of Commerce
News 7
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Naing Han Thar, the head of the Nationwide Ceasefire Coordination Team, speaks to reporters following peace talks in Myitkyina, Kachin State, on November 4, 2013. Photo: Boothee
Due to strict
censorship, coverage
of ethnic conflicts
and the aspirations
of Myanmars armed
ethnic groups had
been non-existent.
Business
UOB plans $300 million in local loans in 12 months
JEREMY MULLINS
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SINGAPORE-BASED UOB plans to facilitate US$300 million in investment
in Myanmar over the next 12 months,
according to Ian Wong, UOB Group
head of strategy and international
management.
UOB is one of nine foreign banks
that won a licence last year to open
a Myanmar branch. It subsequently
opened its branch in May.
We are very conscious we need
to bring investment into the country,
said Mr Wong.
The firm is focusing on three areas:
MYAT
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Surviving workers are hauled from the debris of the Mandalay hotel scaffolding collapse. Photo: EPA
Workplace
safety here very
much depends on
developers and
contractors, and
workers.
Daw Si Si Than
Myanmar Engineering Society
BUSINESS 10
BUSINESS 11
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Selling
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KFC comes to
town with first
US fast food
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Customers get their first taste of KFC chicken in Myanmar yesterday. Photo: Thiri Lu
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DOMESTIC beans and pulses exports
ought to pick up due to rising demand
stemming from India and China, according to government ministers.
Abnormal weather in India has
lowered bean yields, and its buyers are
turning to Myanmar to import more
matpe, or black gram, and mung beans,
said commerce minister U Win Myint
at a meeting at the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation in Nay Pyi Taw on
June 29.
Indian officials had said the growing situation had not been strong this
year, so it will import more beans than
usual, U Win Myint said. Moreover,
administrators from a Chinese province have said they need more rice and
are also keen to import beans, he said
during the meeting, which was a session aimed at enhancing the rights and
welfare of farmers.
A United State Department of Agriculture grain and feed report from
earlier this year said Myanmars beans
and pulses production should rise to 5.1
million tonnes in 2015 and 5.3 million
tonnes in 2016 due to an expansion in
growing area.
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Emissions billow from smokestacks at the NTPC Badarpur coal-fired power plant as power transmission lines hang from
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TOKYO
capitalisation as of yesterday. It is
the first new share issuance in 26
years, the company said.
Of the 441 billion yen, 321.5 billion yen will be procured though
new issuance and a secondary offering of shares.
The company plans to raise another 119.9 billion yen in bonds that
can be converted into stocks.
The financing is for image sensors for cameras and the shares will
be offered in Japan and overseas,
the company said.
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PARIS
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telco cuts
ties with
Partner
Chinese President Xi Jinping (front centre) poses for a group photo with the delegates attending the signing ceremony for the Articles of Agreement of the Asian
Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing. Photo: AFP
Chinas attempt
to lead the
international
financial institution
may have been forced
by unfair treatment.
Global Times
State-run media in China
BANGKOK
HONG KONG
THAILANDS
telecommunications
regulator has asked for help from the
UNs International Telecommunication Union (ITU) to set a standard
for cross-border frequency coordination between it and neighbouring
countries.
The move is in line with the fiveyear master plan ending in 2016
of the National Broadcasting and
Telecommunications
Commission
(NBTC).
NBTC secretary general Takorn
Tantasith said the three-day crossborder frequency coordination workshop being held in Bangkok until tomorrow was a collaboration with the
ITU.
Thailand, Laos, Myanmar, Cambodia and Malaysia have long faced
spectrum interference in border
areas.
We hope to find a single solution
to manage the cross-border frequency as well as other collaborations to
improve and build up capability in
telecommunications among the five
countries, Mr Takorn said.
Wireless spectrum interference in
border areas, especially between Thailand and Laos and between Thailand
and Malaysia, is a serious problem,
as heavy signals sent across borders
Anything they do
short-term ... [is]
somewhat foolish.
Chad Padowitz
CIO, Wingate Asset Management
economic fundamentals.
Authorities are also considering
new rules allowing some of Chinas
social security funds to be invested in
equities, officials said.
But Chad Padowitz, Melbournebased chief investment officer at Wingate Asset Management, told Bloomberg News government efforts to
protect share prices would only have
short-lived effects.
The only real support they can
provide over time is providing a reasonably balanced, growing economy,
he said. Anything they do short-term,
decreasing interest rates to support
the market or things like that, are
somewhat foolish.
Analysts say the past fortnights
declines were mainly triggered by new
restrictions on margin trading and
accelerated by growing concern that
stocks were overvalued after the markets extended climb.
Heavyweight securities firms led
the gains. Shanghai-listed China Merchant Securities surged 9.47pc to 26.46
yuan while Shenzhen-listed Shanxi Securities climbed 8.91pc to 18.09 yuan.
Hong Kong investors returned
to buying after plunging with global
markets on June 29 in response to
Greeces shock decision to break off
debt reform talks and call a referendum on its creditors austerity
proposals. AFP
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WASHINGTON
A default by Greece,
even a short-lived
one, would stain the
reputation of the
IMF.
MADRID
JULY
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Qatarss migrant
worker policies in
the spotlight again
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Passengers look at a departures board to check the situation outside the bullet
train, or shinkansen ticket barrier at Tokyo station on June 30. Photo: AFP
The motive behind the public suicide was not immediately clear, but
self-immolations are relatively rare in
Japan, a country where the culture of
political protest is subdued.
Mental illness carries a considerable stigma, and critics say support
networks for those suffering from psychological illness are inadequate.
In November 2014, a man reportedly burned himself to death at a park in
the heart of Tokyo in an apparent protest against Japans controversial move
to expand the role of its military.
Another man also set himself ablaze
June 2014 on a pedestrian walkway in
Shinjuku, one of Tokyos busiest districts, after giving a speech opposing
Mr Abes plan to reform the countrys
pacifist constitution. AFP
Meas Muth, a former navy chief of the Khmer Rouge and alleged war criminal, smokes a cigarette at his house in
Battambang province last week. Photo: AFP
People look at the rubble left after a military plane crashed in Medan on June 30. The Indonesian military transport plane crashed on June 30 shortly after taking off with 113
people on board, exploding in a ball of flames in a residential area. Photo: AFP
No survivors as Indonesian
military plane crashes in city
AT least 116 people are feared dead
after an Indonesian air force transport plane crashed yesterday into a
major city shortly after take-off and
exploded in a fireball, officials said.
Buildings were left in ruins and
cars reduced to flaming wrecks
when the Hercules C-130 came
down in a residential area of Medan, a city of 2 million on the island
of Sumatra.
Air force chief Agus Supriatna
said the manifest showed there
were 113 people on board the plane
12 crew and 101 passengers
when it crashed, and he did not believe any had survived.
No, no. No survivors, I have just
returned from the site, he told AFP
in answer to a question.
So far, 49 bodies had been recovered and taken to hospital, he said.
Many passengers were likely to
be family members of servicepeople, said a spokesman for Medan
airbase, where the plane took off.
At least one child has so far been
confirmed killed.
The local search and rescue
agency also said that three people
were killed on the ground when the
51-year-old plane went down near a
newly built residential area, hitting
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enrichment
equipment
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An Iranian man walks past a mural displaying the Iranian map adorned in the colours of the countrys national flag, on
June 29. Photo: AFP
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Photo: AFP
Indian forestry officials stand near the carcass of a one-horned rhinoceros which was killed and de-horned by
poachers in Burapahar, a range in the Kaziranga National Park, some 250 kilometres east of Guwahati on June
29. Illegal rhino horn trade is one of the major environmental issued faced in the rhino-protected areas of Assam,
with authorities reporting that some 12 one-horned rhinoceroses have been killed in the area in 2015.
ASHDOD
Israeli army helicopters fly over the Mediterranean sea at sunset near the
Israeli port city of Ashdod on June 29. Photo: AFP
ganisers goals.
This flotilla is nothing but a
demonstration of hypocrisy and lies
that is only assisting the Hamas terrorist organisation and ignores all of
the horrors in our region, he said in
a statement.
Mr Netanyahu said the blockade
was necessary to stop weapons from
arriving in the Gaza Strip by sea and
that the operation was done in accordance with international law.
A spokesperson for Israels immigration authority told AFP the
foreign activists would be granted
a hearing before being deported, as
was the case with Gaza-bound boats
intercepted in 2012.
Ghattas was expected to face a
hearing in a parliamentary committee on whether he should face sanctions.
Israel imposed its blockade on
Gaza in 2006 after Hamas captured
an Israeli soldier, and tightened it a
year later when Hamas consolidated
its rule.
Israel controls the waters around
Gaza and residents are not allowed
to travel more than six nautical miles
from the coast.
Land crossings are also strictly
controlled by Israel, apart from the
Rafah checkpoint with Egypt.
A number of flotillas had reached
Gaza prior to May 2010, when 10
Turkish activists aboard the Mavi
Marmara were killed in an Israeli
raid on a six-ship flotilla.
Since then, several ships manned
by pro-Palestinian activists have
tried to reach the shores of Gaza, but
they have all been repelled by the Israeli navy. AFP
OTTAWA
Russia
slapped
with fresh
sanctions
CANADA has announced fresh sanctions on Russia over its support for
rebels in Ukraine, targeting youth
leaders, the pro-Moscow Night
Wolves motorcycle club and several
companies.
Ottawa imposed a ban on the
import and export of goods from
Crimea in this 15th round of penalties
in collaboration with allies.
Until there is real peace, until
occupying forces are withdrawn, and
until Ukraines territorial sovereignty is restored, there must be ongoing
consequences for President Putins
regime, Prime Minister Stephen
Harper said in a June 29 statement.
Members of the Night Wolves
rode down en masse to Ukraines
Crimea peninsula just after it was
annexed by Russia in March 2014
and members have also fought with
pro-Russian separatists in eastern
Ukraine.
The biker group started up in
1989 just before the fall of the Soviet
Union and has around 5000 members across the former USSR.
Also listed was the Eurasian
Youth Union, a nationalist Russian
group said to recruit fighters to join
the rebels, subsidiaries of defence
company Rostec, an aircraft manufacturer and several energy sector
firms including Gazprom.
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the illicit trade. He sees a parallel between the trade in antiquities and
the drug trade: demand in Western countries makes both possible. As
VERY month produces new cases of the repatriation of
long as theres a lucrative market for looted goods, for objects with
antiquities from American museums to their countries of
uncertain provenance, there will be an illicit antiquities trade, he
origin.
said.
In late May, Italian authorities displayed 25 looted
Tess Davis, a lawyer with the Antiquities Coalition, praised the
artefacts retrieved from the United States. They included
Cleveland Museum of Art for voluntarily returning the Hanuman
some objects smuggled by the infamous dealer Giacomo Medici,
statue, but argued that it should never have been allowed to
convicted in 2004 for selling thousands of stolen pieces of Grecoenter the collection in the first place. The Hanuman first
Roman art from Italy and the Mediterranean. A few weeks earlier,
surfaced on the market while Cambodia was in the midst of
the Cleveland Museum of Art returned a 10th-century statue of the
a war and facing genocide, she said. How could anyone not
Hindu god Hanuman to Cambodia. The idol had been hacked
know this was stolen property? The only answer is that no one
from the Prasat Chen temple in Siem Reap in the 1960s before
wanted to know.
journeying via a litany of dealers into the holds of the Cleveland
American museums are largely self-regulated, though
Museum of Art in 1982.
many subscribe to the stricter guidelines adopted in 2008 by
In April, homeland security agents relieved the Honolulu
the American Association of Museum Directors governing the
Museum of Art of seven ancient Indian artefacts believed to have
acquisition of archaeological material. Museums have rarely
been acquired through Subhash Kapoor, a New York-based art
been forced by legal rulings to give up artefacts; instead, they have
dealer.
voluntarily sometimes pre-emptively handed over the dodgy
Kapoor, who currently languishes in police custody in
objects in their collections.
India, presided over a vast criminal operation whose full
No one wants to be promoting the illegal trade, said James Cuno,
scope authorities are still trying to understand. An ongoing
CEO of the Getty Trust and a major proponent of universal museums.
investigation dubbed Operation Hidden Idol spans four
Collectors have to be very careful about both the authenticity of the
continents in trying to untangle Kapoors network. For
object and the legality of a transaction.
decades, he funnelled stolen antiquities from India and southBut Cuno fears that universal museums in the West face a
east Asia to private collectors and major museums in the west
deeper challenge from nationalists around the world. Governments
to the tune of over US$100 million and perhaps even more
and their deputised national museums often couch their demands
than that.
for repatriation in terms of repairing the integrity of the nation.
Some of the big American institutions connected to
Cuno argues that these claims are more theatrical than moral,
Kapoor include the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New
making cultural property about politics and the political agenda
York, the Art Institute in Chicago and the Asian Museum of
of ruling elites.
Art in San Francisco.
In his view, the universal museum remains the best context in
Operation Hidden Idol has piled further pressure on
which to engage with art. Works of art have not adhered to modern
American museums to ensure that their collections are not
political borders, he said. They have always sought connection
home to illegally acquired artefacts. In the last 10 years, public
elsewhere to strange and wonderful things.
collections including the Getty Museum in Los Angeles and the
The ongoing destruction of ancient sites in the Middle East by Islamic
Met have given up hundreds of tarnished objects. In acquiring
State has galvanised the case for the universal museum, with advocates like
these illicit antiquities, museums failed to do due diligence in
Gary Vikan, the former director of the Walters Art Museum in Baltimore,
determining the authenticity and provenance of objects. They have
arguing that only institutions in the west can preserve the worlds cultural
since lost millions of dollars.
heritage. ISs cultural atrocities will put an end to the excess piety in favour
But its not just the financial pain that worries curators and
of the repatriation model, he told the The New York Times.
museum chiefs. The headlines generated by such scandals threaten
From another perspective, that defence smacks of Western privilege.
the very acquisitive enterprise of Western museums; mounting
Colonialism is alive and well in the art world, Davis said. So-called
demands for repatriation make more difficult the project of building
leaders in the field still justify retaining plunder in order to fill their
universal institutions presenting the art and history of the world.
universal museums where patrons can view encyclopaedic collections
Sometimes, these claims have little to do with the illicit trade.
from all over the world. A noble idea, in theory, but in practice, a
Writing in the The New York Times, Hugh Eakin decried the
Western luxury. The citizens of New York, London, and Paris may
strong-arming tactics of art-rich countries like Turkey, Greece
benefit, but those of Phnom Penh? Never.
and Italy. Museums relationships with foreign governments have
Felch, who has spent years investigating the practices and
become increasingly contingent upon giving in to unreasonable,
acquisitions of institutions like the Getty Museum, understands the
and sometimes blatantly extortionary, demands, he wrote. As
problematic history of universal museums in the West, but still
China and India grow on the geopolitical stage, so too have
sees great value in their encyclopaedic character. Many collections
Chinese and Indian demands often by private groups
were built during colonial times, but Im not tilting at
and individuals rather than governments for the
windmills, trying to undo history, he said. I wish there
restitution of artefacts from the West.
were encyclopaedic museums elsewhere in the world.
As a result, defenders of museums believe
He suggests that the many large, well-resourced
that their diverse and cosmopolitan collections
museums in the West must help facilitate loans
are under attack from governments and groups
and exchanges with museums in other parts of the
with narrow, nationalist agendas. Critics of
world.
Western museums accuse them of complicity in
While at odds with Felch on other counts,
the illicit trade, and at a more general level, of
Cuno agrees that institutions like his have a
perpetuating the gross inequalities between the
global mission. Any museum that argues for
west and the rest of the world.
cosmopolitanism and cultural diversity has the
According to Jason Felch, author of Chasing
obligation to encourage that access everywhere,
Aphrodite: The Hunt for Looted Antiquities at the
he said. There is no reason to believe that people
Worlds Richest Museum, museum culture in the
elsewhere are not curious about the world.
US has been slow to sensitise to the realities of
An 18th-century bronze rabbit head, on display at the Yves Saint Laurent and Pierre
The Guardian
Berge art collection in 2009, was claimed by China. Photo: EPA/Christophe Petit Tesson France and Belgium Out
Sam Shum, specialist in Chinese works of art, examines an allegedly looted Chinese Bronze Horse Head at Sothebys
Hong Kong in October 2007. Photo: Epa/Alex Hofford
Chinese art collector Cai Mingchao bid for two sculptures, looted from Beijing
in the 19th century, in a Christies auction in an effort to repatriate them with no
intention of paying. Photo: EPA/Ym Yik
Cylinder seals (right), clay nails (centre) and clay letters looted from Iraq stand on a table during a press conference in
Berlin, Germany, on January 21, 2010. Photo:EPA/Hannibal Hanschke
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Trump dumped by TV channels over Mexican
immigrant comments
NBC and Televisa severed business ties June 29 with Donald Trump, joining a chorus of
protests over the mogul turned US presidential hopefuls remarks about Mexican immigrants.
It means the Miss USA and Miss Universe beauty pageants for which Trump owns the
broadcast rights will not be aired on NBC, which is a unit of Comcast.
And Trump, 69, will no longer appear in the NBC reality show The Apprentice, where he had
been a star attraction.
Just hours later, Mexicos Televisa the worlds largest Spanish-language network also
announced its decision to cut business ties with the billionaire property developer turned TV
star.
Mr Trump has shown neither understanding of nor respect for Mexican migrants and has
offended the entire population of Mexico, a Televisa statement said.
Trump has angered many in America with comments he made in a rambling 45-minute
Republican presidential nomination speech, saying, When Mexico sends its people, theyre not
sending their best.
He added, Theyre sending people that have lots of problems, and theyre bringing those
problems with us. Theyre bringing drugs. Theyre bringing crime. Theyre rapists. AFP
Customers and staff crowded the newly opened home of chicken. Photo: Thiri Lu
US director Colin Trevorrow (left) and US actor Chris Pratt pose during a
photocall for the film Jurassic World. Photo: EPA/Britta Pedersen
The dinosaurs of Jurassic World stayed atop the cinematic food chain this weekend, snapping
up another US$54.5 million to keep Pixars Inside Out in second place at the North American
box office, figures showed June 29.
Jurassic World completed its third weekend in US and Canadian cinemas with an overall
haul of $500 million, shattering US and worldwide records, according to box office tracker
Exhibitor Relations.
The film just bested Inside Out, the well-received animated tale depicting the emotions
inside the mind of a young girl, which pulled in another $52.3 million in its second week.
The movie which is generating major Oscar buzz has so far taken in $185 million in
North America.
Ted 2, the sequel to Seth MacFarlanes 2012 hugely successful raunchy comedy starring
Mark Wahlberg about an antisocial slacker teddy bear that comes to life, opened in third place
at $33.5 million.
Another new film, Max, about a boy who adopts an ex-military dog that had served in
Afghanistan, opened in fourth place with $12.2 million, despite scathing reviews and a low 38
percent critics approval rating on Rotten Tomatoes.
Comedy Spy grabbed $7.9 million in ticket sales for the fifth spot. The film follows a CIA
analyst (Melissa McCarthy) who leaves her desk job to go deep undercover to avenger her
former partner (Jude Law).
Earthquake thriller San Andreas starring Dwayne The Rock Johnson took home $5.4
million for sixth spot. Coming-of-age film Dope came in seventh place with $2.8 million.
The prequel and third iteration of the Insidious supernatural horror films, Insidious: Chapter
3, got $2 million in sales for the eighth spot.
Dystopian action flick Mad Max: Fury Road starring Charlize Theron got $1.8 million in ticket
sales for the ninth spot.
Rounding out the top 10 was Avengers: Age of Ultron, which pulled in another $1.7 million,
bringing its total haul to $452.5 million since its official US release in early May.
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Indian Bollywood actresses Anushka Shetty (left) and Tamannaah Bhatia (second from left) pose with writer and director
SS Rajamouli (centre) and actors Prabhas (second from right) and Rana Daggubati (right) as they attend the trailer launch
of their forthcoming film Baahubali. Photos: AFP
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MANDALAY TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
YANGON TO HEHO
Arr
Y5 775
Daily
6:00
7:10
Y5 233
Daily
7:50
9:00
W9 515
6:00
7:25
W9 201
Daily
8:40
10:35
YH 917
Daily
6:10
8:30
YJ 891
1,2,3,5,6
8:40
10:35
YJ 891
1,2,3,5,6
6:20
8:25
7Y 132
2,4,6,7
8:50
10:45
7Y 131
2,4,6,7
6:30
8:35
K7 223
1,3,5
8:55
11:00
K7 222
1,3,5
6:30
8:40
YH 918
Daily
8:30
10:25
6T 805
2,4,6
6:30
7:40
6T 806
2,4,6
10:30
11:40
YJ 201
1,2,3
7:00
8:55
YJ 202
1,2,3
12:00
13:25
W9 201
Daily
7:00
8:25
YJ 761
1,2,4
13:10
17:00
W9201
7:00
8:25
YJ 212
15:00
16:25
8M 6603
9:00
10:10
YJ 212
15:00
16:55
YJ 601
11:00
12:25
YJ 602
15:40
17:35
YJ 211
5, 7
11:00
12:25
7Y 242
1,3,5
16:40
18:45
YJ 761
1,2,4
11:00
12:55
K7 225
2,4,6,7
16:50
19:00
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
14:00
YH 728
17:00
18:25
YH 737
3,5,7
11:00
13:10
W9 152/W97152
17:05
18:30
YH 727
11:30
13:40
Y5 776
Daily
17:10
18:20
W9 251
2,5
11:30
12:55
W9 211
17:10
19:15
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
16:25
YH 738
3,5,7
17:10
18:35
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
16:35
8M 6604
17:20
18:30
Y5 234
Daily
15:20
16:30
8M 903
1,2,4,5,7
17:20
18:30
W9 211
15:30
16:55
YH 730
2,4,6
17:45
19:10
W9 252
2,5
18:15
19:40
Days
Dep
Arr
Days
Dep
Flight
YH 917
YJ 891
7Y 131
YJ 891
K7 222
7Y 131
Y5 649
YJ 751
YJ 761
YJ 751
YJ 233
YH 737
YH 727
K7 224
7Y 241
W9 129
Days
Daily
1,2,3,5,6
2,4,6,7
4,7
1,3,5
Daily
Daily
3,5
1,2,4
7
6
3,5,7
1
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
1,3,6
Dep
6:10
6:20
6:30
6:30
6:30
7:15
10:30
10:30
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:00
11:30
14:30
14:30
15:30
HEHO TO YANGON
Arr
9:15
9:10
9:20
8:45
9:30
10:05
12:45
11:40
12:10
12:10
12:10
12:25
12:55
15:45
15:40
16:40
Flight
YJ 891
YH 918
YJ 891
W9 201
7Y 132
K7 223
YJ 762
7Y 242
K7 225
YH 728
YH 738
YJ 602
YJ 752
W9 129
Arr
8:15
9:05
8:40
13:20
17:00
10:40
Flight
Y5 326
6T 706
7Y 532
K7 320
Y5 326
SO 202
YANGON TO MYEIK
Flight
Y5 325
K7 319
6T 705
7Y 531
Y5 325
SO 201
Days
1,5
1,3,5,7
2,4,6
2,4,6
2
Daily
Dep
6:45
7:00
7:30
11:15
15:30
8:20
Days
Dep
Dep
9:00
9:15
9:25
9:25
9:35
9:45
15:50
15:55
16:00
16:15
16:25
16:25
16:45
16:55
Arr
10:10
10:25
10:35
10:35
10:45
11:00
17:00
18:45
19:00
18:25
18:35
17:35
17:55
19:10
Tel: 656969
Fax: 656998, 651020
Days
1,5
2,4,6
2,4,6
1,3,5,7
2
Daily
Dep
8:35
8:55
15:35
11:30
17:15
13:20
Arr
10:05
10:05
17:40
13:35
18:45
15:40
Arr
Flight
SITTWE TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
K7 422
2,4,6
8:00
9:55
K7 423
2,4,6
10:10
11:30
7Y 413
1,3,5,7
10:30
12:20
7Y 414
1,3,5,7
12:35
13:55
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
12:55
W9 309
1,3,6
13:10
14:55
6T 611
Daily
11:45
12:55
6T 612
Daily
13:15
14:20
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
7:55
SO 101
Daily
7:00
8:00
ND 910
1,2,3,4,5
7:15
8:15
YJ 202
1,2,3,4
8:10
13:25
ND 105
1,2,3,4,5
10:45
11:40
ND 9102
1,2,3,4,5
8:35
9:35
ND 107
11:25
12:20
ND 104
1,2,3,4,5
9:20
10:15
ND 109
1,2,3,4,5
14:55
15:40
ND 106
10:00
10:55
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
2,4,6
8:00
8:55
K7 422
2,4,6
9:10
11:30
YANGON TO THANDWE
Domestic Airlines
MYEIK TO YANGON
YANGON TO SITTWE
Flight
Days
4,7
Daily
1,2,3,5,6
Daily
2,4,6,7
1,3,5
1,2,4
1,3,5
2,4,6,7
1
3,5,7
6
3,5
1,3,6
THANDWE TO YANGON
Airline Codes
SO = APEX Airlines
ND 9109
1,2,3,4,5
17:00
18:00
ND 108
1,2,3,4,5
13:30
14:25
K7 422
ND 111
18:25
19:20
YJ 212
16:00
16:55
7Y 413
1,3,5
10:30
11:20
7Y 413
1,3,5
11:35
13:55
SO 102
Daily
18:00
19:00
ND 110
17:00
17:55
W9 309
1,3,6
11:30
13:50
7Y 413
12:05
14:20
K7 = Air KBZ
ND 9110
1,2,3,4,5
18:20
19:20
7Y 413
11:00
11:50
W9 309
1,3,6
14:05
14:55
W9 = Air Bagan
Y5 421
1,3,4,6
15:45
16:40
Y5 422
1,3,4,6
16:55
17:50
YANGON TO NYAUNG U
NYAUNG U TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YH 917
Daily
6:10
7:45
YH 918
Daily
7:45
10:25
K7 222
1,3,5
6:30
7:50
7Y 132
2,4,6,7
8:05
10:45
7Y 131
2,4,6,7
6:30
7:50
K7 223
1,3,5
8:05
11:00
K7 224
2,4,6,7
14:30
17:25
K7 225
2,4,6,7
17:40
19:00
7Y 241
1,3,5
14:30
17:10
W9 129
1,3,6
17:50
19:10
W9 129
1,3,6
15:30
17:35
7Y 242
1,3,5
17:25
18:45
W9 211
15:30
17:40
W9 129
15:30
17:35
YANGON TO MYITKYINA
YANGON TO DAWEI
DAWEI TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
6T 805
2,4,6
6:30
8:55
6T 806
2,4,6
9:10
11:40
YH 826
1,3.5.7
7:00
9:40
YJ 202
1,2,3,4
10:35
13:25
YJ 201
1,2,3,4
7:00
10:20
YH 827
1,3,5,7
11:30
13:55
YJ 233
11:00
15:10
YJ 234
15:25
W9 251
2,5
11:30
14:25
W9 252
2,5
16:45
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
K7 319
1,3,5,7
7:00
8:10
YH 634
2,4,6
12:15
13:25
YH 633
2,4,6
7:00
8:25
K7 320
1,3,5,7
12:25
13:35
6T = AirMandalay
SO 201
Daily
8:20
9:40
6T 708
3,5,7
14:15
15:15
6T 707
3,5,7
10:30
11:30
SO 202
Daily
14:20
15:40
7Y 531
2,4,6
11:15
12:20
7Y 532
2,4,6
16:35
17:40
YANGON TO LASHIO
MYITKYINA TO YANGON
LASHIO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YJ 751
3,5
10:30
12:45
YJ 752
3,5
15:40
17:55
YH 729
2,4,6
11:00
13:00
YJ 752
16:10
17:55
YJ 751
11:00
13:15
YH 730
2,4,6
16:45
19:10
Dep
Arr
Flight
Days
Dep
Arr
YANGON TO PUTAO
PUTAO TO YANGON
Flight
Days
18:15
YH 826
1,3,5,7
7:00
10:35
YH 827
1,3,5,7
10:35
13:55
19:40
W9 251
2,5
11:30
15:25
W9 252
2,5
15:45
19:40
YJ = Asian Wings
Subject to change
without notice
Day
1 = Monday
2 = Tuesday
3 = Wednesday
4 = Thursday
5 = Friday
6 = Saturday
7 = Sunday
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YANGON TO BANGKOK
Days
Dep
Arr
PG 706
Daily
6:15
8M 335
Daily
7:40
TG 304
Daily
9:50
PG 702
Daily
10:30
TG 302
Daily
15:00
PG 708
Daily
15:15
8M 331
Daily
16:30
PG 704
Daily
18:20
Y5 237
Daily
19:00
TG 306
Daily
19:45
YANGON TO DON MUEANG
8:30
9:25
11:45
12:25
16:55
17:10
18:15
20:15
20:50
21:40
DD 4231
Daily
8:00
FD 252
Daily
8:30
FD 254
Daily
17:30
DD 4239
Daily
21:00
YANGON TO SINGAPORE
9:50
10:15
19:05
22:45
8M 231
Daily
8:25
Y5 2233
Daily
9:45
TR 2823
Daily
9:45
SQ 997
Daily
10:35
3K 582
Daily
11:15
MI 533
2,6
13:45
MI 519
Daily
17:30
3K 584
2,3,5
19:15
YANGON TO KUALA LUMPUR
12:50
14:15
14:25
15:10
15:45
20:50
22:05
23:45
8M 501
AK 505
MH 741
MH 743
AK 503
11:50
12:50
16:30
20:05
23:45
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
1,2,3,5,6
7:50
Daily
8:30
Daily
12:15
Daily
15:45
Daily
19:30
YANGON TO BEIJING
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
BANGKOK TO YANGON
Days
Dep
Arr
TG 303
Daily
7:55
PG 701
Daily
8:50
Y5 238
Daily
21:30
8M 336
Daily
10:40
TG 301
Daily
13:05
PG 707
Daily
13:40
PG 703
Daily
16:45
TG 305
Daily
17:50
8M 332
Daily
19:15
PG 705
Daily
20:15
DON MUEANG TO YANGON
8:50
9:40
22:20
11:25
14:00
14:30
17:35
18:45
20:00
21:30
DD 4230
Daily
6:20
FD 251
Daily
7:15
FD 253
Daily
16:20
DD 4238
Daily
19:30
SINGAPORE TO YANGON
7:05
8:00
17:00
20:15
TR 2822
Daily
7:20
Y5 2234
Daily
7:20
SQ 998
Daily
7:55
3K 581
Daily
8:55
MI 533
2,6
11:35
8M 232
Daily
13:50
MI 518
Daily
15:15
3K 583
2,3,5
17:05
KUALA LUMPUR TO YANGON
8:45
8:50
9:20
10:25
12:55
15:15
16:40
18:35
AK 504
MH 740
8M 502
MH 742
AK 502
8:00
11:15
13:50
14:50
19:00
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Dep
Arr
Daily
6:55
Daily
10:05
1,2,3,5,6
12:50
Daily
13:40
Daily
17:50
BEIJING TO YANGON
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
CA 906
3,5,7
23:50 05:50+1
YANGON TO GUANGZHOU
CA 905
3,5,7
19:30
GUANGZHOU TO YANGON
22:50
8M 711
CZ 3056
CZ 3056
3,6
8:40
1,5
14:40
2,4,7
14:15
TAIPEI TO YANGON
10:25
16:30
15:50
1,2,3,5,6
7:00
KUNMING TO YANGON
9:55
Flights
Flights
CI 7916
Flights
Days
Dep
Arr
Flights
2,4,7
8:40
3,6
11:25
1,5
17:30
YANGON TO TAIPEI
13:15
16:15
22:15
CZ 3055
CZ 3055
8M 712
1,2,3,5,6
10:50
YANGON TO KUNMING
Arr
16:15
Flights
CI 7915
Arr
Flights
CA 416
MU 2012
MU 2032
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Daily
12:15
3
12:40
1,2,4,5,6,7 15:20
YANGON TO HANOI
Days
15:55
18:45
18:40
Dep
Arr
Days
MU 2011
CA 415
MU 2031
Flights
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
Arr
3
8:25
Daily
10:45
1,2,4,5,6,7 13:55
HANOI TO YANGON
Days
11:50
11:15
14:30
Dep
Arr
VN 956
1,3,5,6,7
19:10
21:30
YANGON TO HO CHI MINH CITY
VN 957
1,3,5,6,7
16:50
18:10
HO CHI MINH CITY TO YANGON
VN 942
VN 943
Flights
Flights
QR 919
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
2,4,7
14:25
YANGON TO DOHA
17:15
1,4,6
8:00
YANGON TO SEOUL
11:10
Arr
Arr
Flights
Flights
QR 918
Flights
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
KA 252
KA 250
Arr
Flights
Days
5
1,2,3,4,6,7
Arr
YANGON TO TOKYO
Flights
Days
NH 814
Daily
Dep
21:45
06:50+1
YANGON TO DHAKA
Flights
Days
BG 061
BG 061
Flights
Dep
1:30
1:10
1,6
4
Dep
15:35
13:45
YANGON TO INCHEON
Days
Dep
Days
Dep
Arr
Arr
Flights
Y5 251
7Y 305
8:05
12:50
2,4,6
1,5
YANGON TO GAYA
Flights
Days
8M 601
AI 236
Flights
Days
2
1,5
Dep
13:10
14:05
YANGON TO KOLKATA
Days
AI 228
Flights
Dep
3,5,6
7:00
2
13:10
YANGON TO DELHI
AI 236
AI 701
Flights
6:15
11:00
1,5
Dep
14:05
YANGON TO MUMBAI
AI 773
Days
1,5
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO BANGKOK
Flights
PG 710
Days
Daily
Dep
14:05
MANDALAY TO SINGAPORE
Flights
MI 533
Y5 2233
Days
2,6
1,2,4,5,6
Dep
15:55
7:50
Flights
FD 245
Days
Daily
Dep
12:45
MANDALAY TO KUNMING
Flights
MU 2030
Days
Daily
Dep
13:50
Flights
PG 722
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
19:30
Arr
Arr
8:20
15:05
Arr
Dep
Days
Dep
Flights
9:25
13:45
GAYA TO YANGON
Days
Dep
2
9:20
3,5,6
9:20
DELHI TO YANGON
Days
2
1,5
Dep
9:20
7:00
KOLKATA TO YANGON
Days
AI 227
1,5
Dep
10:35
MUMBAI TO YANGON
AI 675
Days
1,5
Dep
6:10
BANGKOK TO MANDALAY
Flights
Days
Daily
Dep
12:00
SINGAPORE TO MANDALAY
Y5 2234
MI 533
Days
Daily
2,6
Dep
7:20
11:35
Flights
15:00
FD 244
Arr
Flights
Arr
12:30
10:40
Days
2,4,6
1,5
Flights
Flights
22:30
Dep
INCHEON TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
16:40
1,6
4
AI 235
8M 602
PG 709
Arr
Days
15:40
Arr
14:55
13:05
Days
Daily
Dep
10:50
KUNMING TO MANDALAY
MU 2029
Days
Daily
Dep
13:00
Flights
PG 721
Days
1,2,3,4,5
Dep
17:00
Air India
Condor (DE)
Dragonair (KA)
Airline Codes
3K = Jet Star
8M = Myanmar Airways International
Arr
10:15
14:35
16:30
20:50
14:15
11:00
AK = Air Asia
Arr
Y5 252
7Y 306
Flights
Arr
Daily
Dep
DHAKA TO YANGON
Flights
Arr
Arr
TOKYO TO YANGON
Days
Arr
00:30+1
23:30
18:10
12:00
AI 235
AI 401
22:35
Dep
22:50
21:45
Arr
22:25
23:25
W9 608
4,7
17:20
PG 723
1,3,5,6
11:05
CHIANG MAI TO YANGON
16:30
19:50
15:05
4
1,2,3,5,6,7
Flights
BG 060
BG 060
16:10
15:05
Days
NH 813
17:00
15:10
W9 607
4,7
14:20
PG 724
1,3,5,6
13:10
YANGON TO CHIANG MAI
Flights
Flights
Tel: 09254049991~3
06:25+1
5:55
5:45
Flights
Arr
3,5,7
20:40
SEOUL TO YANGON
KA 251
KA 251
13:25
KE 471
Daily
18:45
0Z 769
3,6
19:50
HONG KONG TO YANGON
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11:50
DOHA TO YANGON
0Z 770
4,7
0:35
9:10
KE 472
Daily
23:30 07:50+1
YANGON TO HONG KONG
International Airlines
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Arr
12:0
12:30
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12:20
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
Arr
13:20
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16:30
15:00
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12:15
DD = Nok Airline
FD = Air Asia
KA = Dragonair
KE = Korea Airlines
MH = Malaysia Airlines
MI = Silk Air
MU = China Eastern Airlines
NH = All Nippon Airways
PG = Bangkok Airways
QR = Qatar Airways
SQ = Singapore Airways
TG = Thai Airways
TR = Tiger Airline
VN = Vietnam Airline
AI = Air India
Y5 = Golden Myanmar Airlines
Subject to change
without notice
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2 = Tuesday
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26 Sport
SYNCHRoNISED SwImmING
Hair today,
gone
tomorrow
for Japans
waterboy
There have been many male synchronised swimmers in the past who
werent able to make it into the sunlight but diligently battled on regardless, Abe told AFP after training with
partner Yumi Adachi.
Mixed duet has been introduced at
the world championships and I want
to show my deep gratitude to those
swimmers who went before me. Its
because of them that men have been
accepted into synchronised swimming
and now as a comrade I want to help
grow the sport.
Abe is mindful that Russia was
one of the most vocal opponents of
letting men in, with swimmers and
even government ministers blasting a
decision which could threaten Russias
stranglehold on a sport in which it has
swept every Olympic gold medal this
century.
ASIA
Atushi Abe (right) and his partner rehearse for the world championships. Photo: AFP
Sumo
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TOUR DE LANCE
paris
Lance Armstrong (left) and his Astana teammates enjoy happier times at the 2009 Tour de France. Photo: AFP
aspen, coLorado
Listen, if I could
walk the world
and face-to-face
apologise, I would.
Lance armstrong
Disgraced cyclist
Lance Armstrong takes part in the 2009 Tour de France. Photo: AFP
Sport
28 THE MYANMAR TIMES July 1, 2015
BOxing
India Olympic
star Vijender
Singh inks
pro deal
IndIas Olympic bronze-medallist
boxer Vijender singh announced
June 29 that he has turned professional, after signing a multi-year agreement
with Britains Queensberry Promotions.
singh, who became a household
name after winning a bronze at the
2008 Beijing Olympics, inked the
deal in London meaning he will not
be able to represent India at the Rio
Olympics next year.
BOxing
Lethwei fighters compete at the recent Golden Belt championship. Photo: Zarni Phyo