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Volume XX, Number 266 14th Waning of Nadaw 1374 ME Friday, 11 January, 2013

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New Light of MyanmarNew political culture resuscitate long lost practice of ndingsolutions through negotiation in Myanmar societyNay Pyi Taw, 10 Jan Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint read out the New Year Message sent by the President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

U Thein Sein to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw at the todays Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session.

The full text of the message is as follows:-

Speaker of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, Speaker of

the Pyithu Hluttaw and Representatives of the Pyithu

Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw

I would like to express my warmest greetings for the

New Year and wish you all for your physical and mental

wellbeing.

Attheinceptionofthesixthregularsessionoftherst

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, I would like to convey a message

about the new political culture that has come into being,

along with other political developments in the last year

or so. This new political culture has resuscitated the long

lost practice of nding solutions through negotiation

in Myanmar society. As in other countries that have

undertaken political reforms aimed at creating an open

society, many members of our society have tried to

express their desires openly, often by way of organizing

protests. Here I would like to emphasize the fact that even

in the face of confrontation from some societal groups,

the government has tried to resolve the relevant problems

through negotiations. In so doing, the government has

also collaborated with all political forces in the country.

Finding solutions in collaboration with all political forces

has opened up a new chapter in the political culture of

Myanmar society. I would like to note that the acceptance

of pluralism that allows the peaceful coexistence of diverse

ideas and the emergence of a deliberative political culture

are some of the major political achievements in our society

in 2012. I would like to say that I am very proud to witness

the active, open and detailed discussion of the countrys

problems from different political angles in the legislative

body, the emergence of proper legislative practices and the

evolution of checks and balances between the executive and

legislative branches. I also want to emphasize the fact that

if we closely observe the public attitude towards political

developments in the country, we will clearly see that the

degree of political consciousness and political tolerance

have increased among our citizens.

While going through a democratic transition, the

country needs to have good relations with other members

of the international community in order to be able to

undertake political and economic reforms smoothly and

to ensure the socio-economic wellbeing of its citizens.

As such, we have tried to improve our relations with

the international community. We have hosted the visits

ofmanyPresidents,PrimeMinisters,seniorofcials,

Speakers and Members of Parliaments from various

countries, and Presidents of the European Union, the

World Bank and other international organizations. There

were 134 visits of state-level dignitaries from various

partner countries and international organizations in 2012

alone.Theimprovedandintensiedrelationswiththe

international community have greatly helped the reform

process in the country as well.

Progress in the peace process is another major political

achievement of the country in 2012. Peace talks were

initiated with the 11 main nationalities armed groups and

someceasereagreementswerereachedwith10armed

groups.Ourgovernmentrmlybelievesthatwemust

proceedfromceasereagreementstopoliticaldialogue

inordertoresolveethnicconictsinthecountryonce

and for all. The government is currently working on

the formulation of a framework for political dialogue.

Preparatory meetings for political dialogue with the armed,

ethnicgroupsthathaveconcludedceasereagreements

with the government are also underway. Here I would also

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Fifth South East Asian Archery Championship kicks off Nay Pyi Taw, 10 Jan

Vice-President U Nyan Tun

attended opening ceremony

ofthefthSouthEastAsian

Archery Championship

hosted as a dress rehearsal

for 27th SEA Games at Nay

Pyi Taw Archery Range

in Nay Pyi Taw Zabuthiri

Township this morning.

It was also attended

by Chairman of Myanmar

National Sports Committee

Union Minister for Sports

U Tint Hsan, the Union

ministers, the deputy

ministers, Vice-President

of World Archery Federation

and President of South East

Asian Archery Federation

Mr Sanguan Kosavinta,

Vice-President of South East


and Secretary General

Major Buharuddin Jamil,

Vice- President of Myanmar

Olympic Committee and

South East Asian Archery

Federation Dr Khin Shwe,

departmental heads, media

andofcials.

Union Minister U Tint

Hsan delivered an opening

speech. And Vice-President

of World Archery Federation

and President of South East


Mr Sanguan Kosavinta and

Dr Khin Shwe extended the

greetings.

After that, the opening

ceremony followed. Vice-

President U Nyan Tun

cordially greeted team

members and presentedgifts to them. Artistes of

Fine Arts Department of

the Ministry of Culture,

Myanmar Wushu Federation

and Myanmar Traditional

Cane-Bal l Federa t ion

demonstrated their skills.

Athletes from Indonesia,

Malaysia , Singapore ,

Thailand, Vietnam and

Myanmar participate in the

Vice-President U Nyan Tun attends opening

ceremony of the fth South East Asian Archery

Championship hosted as a dress rehearsal

for 27th SEA Games, at Nay Pyi Taw Archery

Range.mnafour-day competitions. It

includes recurve, compound

and recurve mix team and

compound mix team with 18

gold medals, 18 silver medals

and 18 bronze medals.

MNA

Loilem 0CNamhsam 2C

Pinlaung 2C

Heho 2C

Lashio 5C

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New Light of Myanmar

Pantanaw, 10 Jan

With the aim of ensuring

the safety of local people

from possible danger of

electricity and the adequate

supply of electricity at

full voltages in Pantanaw

Township of Ayeyawady

Region, staff of the township

Electric Power Enterprisesubstituted 16 old wooden

lamp posts carrying 400 volts

service line with concrete

Yangon, 10 Jan

Organized by Dagon

Exhibition Limited with

the sponsorship of Great

Fatherland, the opening

of Housing, Living &

Automobile 2013 took place

at Tatmadaw Convention

Hall on U Wisaya Road in

Dagon Township, here, this

morning. Yangon Region

Minister for Planning and

Economy U Than Myint

Housing, Living & Automobile 2013 kicks offfo rmal ly opened the

exhibition, and those present

viewed round the booths on

display at the exhibition.

Booths of housing,

interior decoration and

construction materials,

modern furniture, sanitation

equipment and kitchen

utensi l s , home pain t ,

industrial tools, electronics

and electrical appliances,

handsets and accessories,

computer and accessories,

stationary, medicines,

cosmetics, clothing and

fash i o n , ed u ca t i o n a l

services, banking services,

auto-mobile, spare parts

and accessories from local

and foreign companies are

available at the exhibition.

Various kinds of enter-

tainment programmes will be

organized at the exhibition up

to 13 January. NLM

KaYan , 10 Jan

O f f s p r i n g o f K a y a n

dwellers who are going

to take university coursesare inv i ted to app ly

annual stipend for 2013-

14 academic year granted

b y Kay an To wn sh i p

Association (Yangon).

Students are to submit

their application formstogether with necessarydocuments to the ofce of

the association not later

than 20 January.

Kyemon

Kayan Township Association (Yangon) invites

application for annual stipend

naY PYi taw, 10 Jan

Jointly-organized by

anti-human trafficking

special squad and local

police force, an educative

talks on trafficking in

person and curbing crime

took place at the ofce ofAukkyin ward administrator

Talks on trafcking in person and curbing

crime given in Mawlamyinein Mawlamyine of Mon State

on 5 January.

Inspector Aung Win

of anti-human trafficking

special squad (Mawlamyine)

gave talks on knowledge

about trafcking in person

and anti-human trafckinglaw, Inspector Win Aung

of Daingwunkwin Police

Station on curbing crime and

Sub-inspector Aung Naing

of Trafc Police Corps on

trafc rules. Pamphlets were

distributed to those present

at the talks.

MNA

Photo shows local children taking part in

outdoor games held in commemoration of the

65th Anniversary Independence Day on Thitlwin

street of Ward-1 in Kyondo of Kawkareik

District in Kayin S tate on 4 J anuary.

Kyemon

Substitution of old lamp-posts

for safety of local people from

possible danger of electr icityones along Kannar street

and weather-beaten iron and

wooden frames of 11 KV

pylons with concrete and

steel ones on 7 January.

Pantanaw Township

Electric Power Enterprise

spent the money from the

funds for 2012-13 fiscal

year of the departmenton substitution of lamp-

posts and frames of 11 KV

pylon. Kyemon

Yangon, 10 Jan

Ulsan University football

team of the Republic of

Korea arrived at Yangon

International Airport where

they were welcomed by In-

charge of foreign relations

department of MyanmarFootball Federation U Soe

Win and Technical Director

U Tin Myint Aung on 8

January.

The football team of

the University of Ulsan will

play friendly matches against

Myanmar U-19 selected

football team and Zwekabin

FC of Myanmar National

Ulsan University team arr ives

for fr iendlies in YangonLeague.

The Ulsan University

football team is formed

with 22 players and a three-

member coach team.

The team plays against

Zwekabin FC at Thuwunna

stadium at 4 pm today andMyanmar U-19 selected

football team at Aung San

Stadium at 3.30 pm on 12

January.

Before thei r v is i t

to Myanmar, the Ulsan

University football team

played friendly matches in

Cambodia recently.

Kyemon

Archers from Southeast

Asian countries arrive in

Myanmar

Business visas come high on

the list of the issue of arrival

visas to foreign visitorsYangon, 10 Jan

According to the Ministry

o f I m m i g r a t i o n a n d

Population, the business

visas came high on the list

of the issue of arrival visas

to foreign visitors at the

airports.

Up to 3 December,

11273 visitors entered

the country on businessvisas, 780 on entry visas

and 54 on transit visas.

The issue of arrival visas

to foreign visitors started

on 1 June 2012 in Yangon

In t e rn a t i o n a l Ai rp o r t

on 1 November 2012 in

Mandalay International

Airport.

V i s i t o r s f ro m 2 6

countries are granted arrival

visas and this help the

country promote tourism

sector. The country earnedUS$ 595,900 from the issue

of arrival visas to foreign

visitors. Kyemon

Yangon, 10 Jan

Archers from Southeast

Asian countries yesterday

a r r i v e d a t Y a n g o n

International Airport to take

part in the sports trials ahead

of the fth Southeast Asia

Championship Archery

Co mp et i t i o n an d t h e

XXVII SEA Games to be

held in Wunnatheiddhi

Archery Court in Zabuthiri

Township in Nay Pyi Taw

from 9 to 14 January.

Thai archery team

led by Mr. Sanguran

Kosavinta arrived here onTG-303 ight, Jury Maj

Bahanruddin Jamil on AK-1424 ight, Singaporean

archery team led by Mr.

Hoong Mau Sui on SQ-998ight, Malaysian archery

team on MH-740 flight,

Indonesian archery team

on MI 518 fl ight and

Vietnamese archery team

on VN-597 ight in the

morning, afternoon and

evening on that day.

They were welcomed

at the airport by Director

U Kyaw San Oo, Principal

of Sports and Physical

E d u c a t i o n I n s t i t u t e

(Yangon), and officials.

The archers from Thailand,

Singapore, Indonesia ,Malaysia and Vietnam left

here for Nay Pyi Taw by

express buses.

Kyemon


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Slovenian PM meets Chinese defence minister

on cooperationLjubLjana, 10 Jan

Slovenias Prime MinisterJanez Jansa met visitingChinese Defence Minister

Liang Guanglie in Ljublja-na on Wednesday.

During the meeting,

Jansa said his country re-garded China as its strate-

gic cooperation partner andhighly values its coopera-tion with China on defence

and military.He said that the rela-

tionship between Slovenia

and China has been devel-oping smoothly in recentyears, adding that both

sides enjoyed frequent po-litical dialogues and closecooperations in various sec-

tions.

The ofcial said Li-

angs visit, the rst Chinesedefence minister to visitSlovenia, has a historic sig-

nicance that will not onlydeepen cooperations ofboth sides on defense and

military but also promoteoverall ties of the two coun-

tries.Liang, who is also a

state councilor, said that

China regarded Sloveniaas its main partner and at-taches great importance to

the development of bilateralrelations between them.

The defence minister

said Chinese army is will-ing to increase exchangesand cooperations with Slo-

venias side to take the

military ties to a new level

so as to make positive con-tributions to comprehensivedevelopment of relations

between the two countries.Earlier on Wednesday,

Liang also held talks with

his Slovenian counterpartAles Hojs. During the talks,

they exchanged views onbilateral military coopera-tion, regional security situ-

ation, as well as other issuesof common concern.

Liang arrived in Lju-

bljana on Tuesday for athree-day ofcial visit. He

has been the rst Chinesedefence minister visitingSlovenia since the estab-lishment of their diplomatic

ties 21 years ago. Xinhua

Chinese Defence Minister Liang Guanglie (L) shakes

hands with his S lovenian counterpart Ales Hojs in Ljublja-

na, Slovenia, on 9 Jan, 2013. Liang arrived in Ljubljana on

Tuesday for a three-day ofcial visit. Xinhua

US labour

secretary

resigns

Washington, 10 JanUS Labour Secretary Hilda

Solis has resigned, accord-ing to the White House onWednesday.

The White House saidin a statement that Solis hasbeen a tireless champion

for working families, andhas been a critical mem-ber of President Barack

Obamas economic teamduring a time of economicdownturn.

Over the last fouryears, Secretary Solis has

been a critical member ofmy economic team as wehave worked to recover

from the worst economicdownturn since the great

depression and strengthenthe economy for the middleclass, Obama said in thestatement.

Before Solis, severalcabinet members have alsoannounced they will not

stay on for Obamas secondterm, such as Defence Sec-retary Leon Panetta, Secre-

tary of State Hillary Clin-ton, Treasury Secretary TimGeithner and Lisa Jackson,

head of the EnvironmentalProtection Agency.

Xinhua

Halt of six par ty talks sends

wrong signalMoscoW, 10 Jan The

pause of talks between Iranand six major internationalmediators has sent a wrong

signal, a senior Russian dip-lomat said on Wednesday.

Five months after the

Moscow round of nuclear

talks between Iran and theUN Security Councils

ve permanent members,namely the United States,Britain, France, Russia

and China, plus Germany,known as P5+1, the parties

still have not reached anagreement on the place anddate of next round of talks,

Russian Deputy ForeignMinister Sergei Ryabkovsaid.

This becomes unclearand sends a wrong signal,the diplomat told Itar-Tass

news agency, adding theissue should be made clearsoon.

As one of the media-tors, Russia kept workingon the schedule of the talks

during its Christmas holi-

days and expected a clear

result as soon as possible,Ryabkov said.

Iran and the P5+1 have

held several rounds of talksover its controversial nucle-ar program, but no agree-

ment has been reached so

far. Both sides are currentlyin contact to prepare the

grounds for another roundof meeting.

According to the Rus-

sian diplomat, both the sex-tet and Iran agreed another

round of talks would takeplace, though certain dif-culties remained over co-

ordination of the meetingsdetails. Irans chief nuclearnegotiator Saeed Jalili said

recently Tehran welcomesthe readiness of the six ma-jor world powers to hold

constructive talks with theIslamic republic. Iranian of-

cials have said that liftingsanctions is a primary stepfor the success of Irans fu-ture nuclear talks with the

P5+1.Xinhua

57 injur ed in NY ferry crash, two cr iticalneW York, 10 JanAt

least 57 people were injured,two critically, when a ferrycrashed into a dock Wednes-

day morning in Lower Man-hattan, New York City, localauthorities told Xinhua.

The boat, SeastreakWall Street, with 326 on

board including ve crew,departed from Highlands,New Jersey at 8:00 am andwas scheduled to reach Pier

11 on the lower east coast ofManhattan 45 minutes. How-

ever, ve minutes prior todocking, it hit Slip D, thencontinued on and hit Slip Bat a speed of 10 to 12 knots,

Janette Sadik-Khan, com-missioner of the citys De-partment of Transportation,

told Xinhua.Basically it was a hard

landing, she said, refusing

to comment on whether thespeed was normal for a boat

approaching the pier.When the crash hap-

pened, a rescue team was

sent there in a little over three

minutes. Nobody was in thewater. Everybody was in theboat, New York City Fire

Department CommissionerSalvatore Cassano told Xin-

hua. Of the 57 wounded,

two were critically injuredon the head, nine in seriouscondition, 17 were guarded,

and 29 got minor injuries,said Cassano. The seriouslyinjured were sent to Manhat-

tan hospitals for immediatemedical treatment, while therest were taken to Brooklyn

hospitals.The cause of this crash

is still under investigation,

said Joseph Bruno, commis-sioner of the citys Ofce ofEmergency Management.

The extent of damage re-mained unknown at this mo-ment.

Our thoughts andprayers are with those that

were injured, said a state-ment from Seastreak, thecompany who owns the ship

that crashed into the pier.

Seastreak LLC will workclosely with the Federal,State and local authorities

to determine the cause ofthe accident. The SeastreakWall Street ferry entered into

service in 2003. Accordingto its ofcial website, the140.7-feet-long ship with

three decks and a capacity of505 passengers has a maxi-mum speed of 42 knots.

Reuters

Rescue teams work at the accident site where a ferry boat

crashed into Pier 11 in lower Manhattan, New York, the

United States, on 9 Jan, 2013. Xinhua

UN envoy says Assad cant be in Syrian tr ansition

Boys walk past a car damaged by shelling in the

al-Mashhad District of Aleppo on 9 Jan, 2013.ReuteRs

cairo/beirut, 10 JanThe UN peace envoy forSyria said on Wednesdaythat Bashar al-Assad could

have no place in a transition-al government to end civilwar, the closest he has come

to calling directly for the em-

battled president to quit.A peace plan agreed by

major powers in Geneva lastyear envisages an interim

administration. Surely hewould not be a member ofthat government, UN envoy

Lakhdar Brahimi told Reu-

ters in an interview in Cairo.He reiterated that the

Geneva plan remained thebase for a solution in Syria,

ravaged by a war the UnitedNations says has alreadykilled 60,000 people.

There is no militarysolution, he said. The so-lution shouldnt wait until

2014. It should be in 2013.He described a speech

by Assad this week as un-

compromising, saying hehad narrowed his initiativeby excluding some parties

from his own peace propos-als.

Assads speech offered

no concessions and includeda vow never to talk to foes hebranded terrorists and West-

ern puppets.

Brahimi urged all partiesto compromise for the sakeof the victims of the conict.I say to the Syrians be

they ghters, or the presidentor ofcials - that any conces-sion is not a loss in order that

this situation ends.Brahimi said he would

travel to Geneva on Thurs-

day for a meeting with Rus-sian Deputy Foreign Minis-ter Mikhail Bogdanov and

US Deputy Secretary ofState William Burns, whosegovernments back different

sides in the war.He said the opposition

and Assad had to accept the

Geneva plan and implementit. Of course this requires

ceasing re, he said.Reuters

Four arrested in multi-milliondollar drug bust in Western

AustraliasYdneY, 10 JanFour

people have been arrestedin a multi-agency drug bust

in Western Australia afterthe discovery of more than35 kilograms of methylam-

phetamine concealed in ce-ramic tiles, the AustralianFederal Police (AFP) said

on Thursday.The joint investigation

involving the Australian

Federal Police (AFP), theAustralian Crime Commis-sion (ACC) and Australian

Customs and Border Pro-tection Service began on 2

January, according to theAFP.

Following criminal in-

telligence suppied by theACC, Customs and Border

Protection ofcers exam-

ined a container from Chinathat had arrived at the portof Fremantle in Western

Australia and found 17 pal-lets of ceramic tiles. Fur-ther examination revealed

a crystalline substance con-cealed within the tiles thatallegedly tested positive for

methylamphetamine, theAFP said. Xinhua


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Sci ence & Technol ogy


Researchers regenerate ear

cellsNew York, 10 Jan

Japanese and US research-ers say they have success-fully regenerated a type ofear cell in mice, paving theway for a new method oftreating hearing difculties.

Researchers from Ja-pans Keio University andHarvard University in theUS injected a drug intothe inner ear of mice withhearing difculties andfound 3 months later thatthe number of sensory haircells had increased by 50percent.

Hearing impairmentcan be caused when hair

cells are destroyed by noise,aging or side effects fromanti-cancer drugs. But it hasbeen known that other cells

can be turned into hair cellsby removing some stimu-lants to them. The teamused a drug that can inhibitsuch stimulants.

They later had the micehear multiple sounds andmeasured electric signalsinside their brains.

The researchers foundthe ability of the mice tohear low-pitched soundshad been restored to somedegree. The team says theirexperiment is the rst in theworld to revive hair cells inliving animals and actuallyconrm an improvement inhearing ability in them.

They hope their re-search will lead to newtreatments for hearingproblems.Reuters

Panasonic, in one-upmanship,

unveils biggest OLED TVLasVegas, 10 JanPa-

nasonic Corp, in a display oftechnological one-upman-ship with its South Koreanrivals, unveiled a prototypeof the worlds largest OLEDscreen on Tuesday.

The half-inch thick,56-inch television, based onorganic light-emitting diodetechnology, is a mere inchbigger than ones offered upby Samsung Electronics andLG Electronics a year ago inLas Vegas. The technologyin theory allows for thinnerscreens that consume lesspower.

Japans Sony Corp,which is cooperating withPanasonic in OLED tech-nology, on Monday un-wrapped its own 56-inch

ultra high-denition model.Sony on Monday also

said it will widen its rangeof ultra high-denition LCDsets to three this year, asit stakes out its territory innext-generation TVs.

LG, which has started totake orders for its thin OLEDscreens, plans sales in theUnited States of a $12,000,55-inch model beginning inMarch, making it the rstcompany to commercializethe new technology.

Nonetheless, Kazuhi-ro Tsuga, the president ofPanasonic, told industryexecutives and reportersat the Consumer Electron-ics Show in Las Vegas thatMany people think of Pa-nasonic as a television manu-facturing company. In fact,for nearly 100 years we havebeen making a vast range ofproducts.

Tsuga said that Pana-sonic will focus on sellingproducts like batteries for

cars, in-ight entertainmentsystems, hydrogen cells, so-lar panels and LED lightingto businesses, while boost-ing its appliance unit andreducing its exposure to thehyper-competitive consumer

Panasonic chief Kazuhiro Tsuga in troduces the compa-

nys new 4K OLED 56 television during the Panasonic

opening day keynote at the Consumer Electronics Show

(CES) in Las Vegas on 8 January, 2013.ReuteRs

electronics arena.Panasonics future is

being built on far more thana single product category,Tsuga said. Panasonic andJapans two other big TVmakers, Sony and SharpCorp, have been hammeredin conventional LCD screens

by competition from Koreanrivals led by Samsung.

Japans share of theworlds at panel TV marketthis year likely contracted to31 percent from 41 percent in2010, according to the Japan

Electronics and InformationTechnology Industries As-sociation.

Tsuga has also vowed todeliver the details of a revivalplan by the end of March. Sofar, he has said that business-es that fail to achieve a 5 per-cent operating margin within

two years will be shutteredor sold. Sales of its weakestunits may start next businessyear. Panasonic is forecast-ing a net loss of $8.9 billionin the year to 31 March.

Reuters

Samsung, LG unveil super-th in, curved televisions

The company logo is displayed at the Samsun g news

conference at the Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in

Las Vegas on 7 Jan , 2013.ReuteRs

Las Vegas, 10 JanSouth Korean consumerdevice makers SamsungElectronics Co and LGElectronics Inc unveiledcurved, super-thin televi-sions on Tuesday, hoping tobecome early market lead-ers in new organic light-emitting diode (OLED) TVtechnology.

Considered the futureof consumer electronics dis-plays, the OLED technolo-gy is more energy-efcientand offers higher-contrast

Windows 8 sales steady, hit 60 mln

since October launch

Las Vegas, 10 JanMicrosoft Corp has sold60 million licenses and up-grades for its new Windows8 operating system in the 10weeks since its launch, oneof the top executives of the

companys Windows unitsaid at the Consumer Elec-tronics Show on Tuesday.

The gure marks a

Guests are silhouetted at

the launch event of

Windows 8 operating

system in New York, on

25 Oct, 2012.

ReuteRs

solid but unspectacular startfor Microsofts new ag-ship product, which has not

managed to revive laggingpersonal computer sales,while new touch-screenWindows devices have notyet captured consumersimaginations.

Windows 8 sales are

growing in line with thoseof Windows 7, Micro-softs last operating sys-tem, launched in 2009, said

Tami Reller, chief nancialofcer of the Windows di-vision, in a presentation toanalysts and investors atthe annual tech show in LasVegas.

The latest Windows 8gure means Microsoft soldaround 20 million Windows8 licenses and upgradessince the end of November,when it announced 40 mil-lion sales in the rst monthon the market.

That puts sales broadlyin line with Windows 7,which averaged 19.4 mil-lion sales per month in itsrst nine months on themarket, when PC saleswere running at a lowerlevel than today.

Reller did not say howmany of the Windows 8

sales were bulk orders fromPC manufacturers and didnot break out the propor-tion of full license sales and

cheaper upgrades fromearlier versions of Win-dows. She also did not sayhow many Surface tab-letsdesigned to tackleApple Incs iPad headonMicrosoft had sold.

Final gures for PCsales in 2012, due in thenext week or so from in-dustry tracking groups, areexpected to show the rstyear-on-year decline in adecade as consumers movetoward mobile computingon powerful tablets andphones.

Microsofts app-based,touch-friendly Windows 8system is an attempt to ad-just to that shift.

Microsoft shares fell0.5 percent to $26.55 on theNasdaq on Tuesday. They

are down 6 percent sincethe launch of Windows 8on 26 October.

Reuters

images than liquid crystaldisplay, and is so thin thatfuture mobile devices willbe able to fold like paper.

The panels use an or-ganic chemical compoundas a key material whichemits light in response to anelectric current.

Both Samsung and itsrival LG unveiled 55-inch

OLED TV a year ago atthe Consumer ElectronicsShow in Las Vegas, and thisyear they advanced theirtechnology with a curved

panel, which allows the dis-tance between the user andTV screen to be the samefrom any angle.

LG, now the sole sellerof the next-generation tech-nology, marched ahead bytaking orders for OLEDTVs last week. They willnot be available for deliveryuntil February.

Samsung said it plansto launch both curved andat OLED TVs in the rsthalf of this year.

Due to high produc-

tion costs, OLED TV isexpected to take a fractionof the global TV market forthe next two to three years.LG is selling its 55-inchOLED model for $10,300(11 million won). JapansPanasonic Corp, in a dis-play of technological one-upmanship with its SouthKorean rivals, unveiled

a prototype of 56-inchOLED screen, only an inchbigger than ones unveiledby Samsung and LG at theCES on Tuesday.Reuters

Google offers New York City

neighbourhood free WiFiNew York, 10 Jan

Google Inc and a New Yorkredevelopment organiza-tion are providing a Man-hattan neighbourhood withfree public WiFi Internet

access, making it the larg-est area of coverage in NewYork City.

The search giant andthe non-prot Chelsea Im-provement Co are makingInternet access availableoutdoors in Chelsea, whichis home to Googles NewYork ofces and severaltechnology start-ups.

The neighbourhood

is also home to many stu-dents, as well as residentsof one of the citys publichousing developments.

Google does not planto extend the programme,

a company spokesman saidon Tuesday.

The company also pro-vides free Internet access tothe city of Mountain View,California, where its maincampus is located.

New York City MayorMichael Bloomberg and USSenator Charles Schumerhelped unveil the initia-tive.Reuters

New York Senator Charles S chum er holds up h is tablet

at an announcement of neighborhood WiFi in

New York on 8 Jan, 2013.ReuteRs


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BUSI NESS & HEALTH


VW, BMW favour ites to gain

mar ket share in auto sectorDetroit, 10 Jan

Volkswagen AG(VOWG_p.DE) and BMW(BMWG.DE) are thefavourites to add market

share in the global autoindustry over the nextve years, according to a

survey of top automotiveexecutives released on

Wednesday. Toyota MotorCorp (7203.T) saw a bigrebound in its standing, andwhile the combination of

Hyundai Motor Co (005380.KS) and its Kia MotorsCorp (000270.KS) afliate

still ranked fourth, thenumber of executives who

felt they will gain marketshare declined, accordingto the survey conducted byadvisory rm KPMG.

VW topped the listfor the third consecutive

year, and the percentageof executives who believe

the German automakerwill gain market shareglobally jumped 11 points

to 81 percent, according toKPMG. BMW was secondat 70 percent, up 7 points

from last years survey.VW has been No 1

for the last three years, butto continue and to have an

11-point increase, I wastaken aback by it, said

Gary Silberg, national autoindustry leader for KPMG.

Toyota, which suffered

a hit to its image when itrecalled nearly 19 millioncars globally from 2009

through early 2011, showedthe biggest gain, KPMGsaid. It nished third at 68

percent, up from 44 percentlast year.Reuters

Fallen autumn leaves are seen on the bonnet of a B MW

parked in a street in Lon don on 16 Nov, 2012.

ReuteRs

Qatar Airways chief dismisses Dreamliner concernsDoha, 10 Jan Qatar Airways chief

executive played down safety concerns

over Boeings new (BA.N) 787 Dreamlineraircraft on Wednesday, dismissing a seriesof recent incidents involving the plane asteething problems and saying he had no

plans to cancel orders.Of course there will be teething

problems from time to time, but this isforeseen with any new aircraft programme,

Akbar al-Baker told reporters at an eventin Doha on Wednesday.

Qatar Airways is the largest customer

of the Dreamliner in the Middle East withan order for up to 60 of the aircraft 30

Seats and screens

are seen in the

economy class

cabin of Qatar

Airways new

Boeing 787

Dreamliner are

seen after it arrived

on its inaugural

ight to HeathrowAirport, west

London on 13 Dec,

2012.

RetueRs

rm orders plus an option on acquiring 30more. It currently has a eet of ve 787jets.

Since the rst issues we had with

our newly-delivered airplanes, weve hadno other technical issues with the eet of

ve Dreamliners we are operating now,

he added.Japans All Nippon Airways Co

(9202.T) cancelled a Dreamliner ightscheduled to y from Yamaguchiprefecture in western Japan to Tokyo on

Wednesday due to brake problems.This came just a day after a fuel leak

forced a 787 operated by Japan Airlines

(9201.T) to cancel its take-off at BostonsLogan International Airport.Reuters

DNA pioneer J ames Watson takes aim at cancer

establishmentsNew York, 10 Jan

A day after an exhaustive

national report on cancer

found the United States is

making only slow progress

against the disease, one ofthe countrys most iconic

and iconoclastic sci-

entists weighed in on the

war against cancer. And he

does not like what he sees.

James Watson, co-dis-

coverer of the double helix

structure of DNA, lit into

targets large and small. On

government ofcials who

oversee cancer research, he

wrote in a paper published

on Tuesday in the journal

Open Biology, We now

have no general of inu-

ence, much less power ...

leading our countrys War

on Cancer.

On the $100 millionUS project to determine the

DNA changes that drive

nine forms of cancer: It is

not likely to produce the

truly breakthrough drugs

that we now so desperatelyneed, Watson argued. On

the idea that antioxidants

such as those in colourful

berries ght cancer: The

time has come to seriously

ask whether antioxidant use

Dr James Watson, co-discoverer of the DNA helix and

father of the Human Genome Project.

ReuteRs

IMF maintains growth outlook onscal cliff deal

abiDjaN, 10 JanTheIMF will maintain its 2013economic growth forecast at

2.1 percent after last weeks

International

Monetary

Fund chief

Christine

Lagarde.

ReuteRs

scal cliff deal but loom-ing debt ceiling negotia-tions and sequestration pose

risks, its managing director

said on Tuesday.We had a growth

forecast of 2.1 percent for

the United States in 2013.With what has been agreed,properly implemented ofcourse, we will be within

the parameters that we hadset, Christine Lagarde told

journalists during a visit toIvory Coast. The uncer-tainty related to the debtceiling discussion and se-questration are still two big

question marks for the sta-bility going forward of theUS economy, she said.

Reuters

Nissan to sell new lower-priced version ofLeaf electric car

New York, 10

JanNissan Motor Co

(7201.T) will introduce a

lower-priced version of

its electric car, called the

Leaf S, as it rolls out the2013 models, the company

said on Wednesday.

Pricing for the new

versions of the Leaf, in-cluding two that have been

sold for two years, has not

yet been announced.The 2013 Leaf is ex-

pected to be at dealerships

in February, said Brian

Brockman, Nissan spokes-

man.

Two versions of theLeaf will come with a

standard 6.6-kilowatt on-

board charger that will cut

charging time in half com-

pared with 2012 models,

Nissan said.That onboard charger

will be optional equipment

on the new Leaf S, Nissan

said. Pricing for that optionwas not released by Nis-

san.Leaf cars sold in North

America for the past two

years have been made at

Nissans plant in Japan.Production has shifted to

the companys Smyrna,

Tennessee plant, where

output ramped up this

week for 2013 models,

Brockman said.

The 6.6-KW onboard

charger will allow owners

to charge the Leafs lith-

iumion battery in less thanfour hours using a 220-volt

outlet.Reuters

ment, however, that current

approaches are not yielding

the progress they promised.

Much of the decline in can-cer mortality in the United

States, for instance, reectsthe fact that fewer people

are smoking, not the bene-

ts of clever new therapies.

The great hope of themodern targeted approach

was that with DNA se-

quencing we would be able

to nd what specic genes,

when mutated, caused each

cancer, said molecular

biologist Mark Ptashne of

Memorial Sloan-Kettering

Cancer Centre in New York.

The next step was to design

a drug to block the runaway

proliferation the mutationcaused. But almost none

of the resulting treatments

cures cancer. These new

therapies work for just a

few months, Watson told

Reuters in a rare interview.

And we have nothing for

major cancers such as the

lung, colon and breast that

have become metastatic.

The main reason drugs

that target genetic glitches

are not cures is that cancer

cells have a work-around.

Reuters

much more likely causes

than prevents cancer.

That Watsons impas-

sioned plea came on the

heels of the annual cancer

report was coincidental.

He worked on the paper for

months, and it representsthe culmination of decades

of thinking about the sub-

ject. Watson, 84, taught a

course on cancer at Harvard

University in 1959, three

years before he shared theNobel Prize in medicine for

his role in discovering the

double helix, which opened

the door to understanding

the role of genetics in dis-

ease. Other cancer luminar-

ies gave Watsons paper

mixed reviews.

There are a lot of in-

teresting ideas in it, some

of them sustainable by

existing evidence, others

that simply conict with

well-documented ndings,

said one eminent cancer

biologist who asked not to

be identied so as not to of-

fend Watson. As is oftenthe case, hes stirring the

pot, most likely in a very

productive way.

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WORLD

6 New Light of Myanmar

UK man sentenced in Texas for bid to sell

weapons par ts to Ir anSan antonio/El PaSo,

10 JanA British busi-nessman was sentenced inTexas on Wednesday tonearly three years in prisonfor selling weapons parts to

Iran in violation of interna-tional sanctions.

Christopher Tappin,66, was sentenced to 33months in a federal prisonafter he pleaded guilty toone count of aiding the il-legal export of defence arti-cles from 2005 to 2007. Thesentence was the result of aplea agreement that prohib-its Tappin from appealinghis conviction or his sen-tence.

That agreement couldallow Tappin, the ownerof a shipping company, to

serve part of his sentence inBritain.

I look forward to re-turning home and beingnear my friends and family,

especially my sick wife,Tappin told reporters afterthe sentencing in El Paso,Texas.

The wealthy busi-nessman from Kent was

convicted of trying to sellcomponents for Hawk AirDefence Missile Systems toIran. Prosecutors said that ifthe scheme had succeeded,Tappin stood to collect arelatively modest prot of$11,000.

The six-year-long sagabegan when US HomelandSecurity Investigationsagents learned of a plot touse phony freight invoicesand complicated cash trans-fers to attempt to send zinc/silver oxide reserve batter-ies for the weapons sys-

tems to Iran. Exporting thebatteries from the UnitedStates requires a license orwritten authorization fromthe US State Department.

Those who violatefederal law for monetarygain, and in the process putthe national security of theUnited States and its alliesat risk, will face prose-

cution and punishment fortheir callous disregard forthe publics safety, US At-torney Robert Pitman saidfollowing the sentencing.

Tappin was also or-dered on Wednesday to paya ne of $11,357.

He spent two yearsghting extradition fromBritain to the United Statesuntil he exhausted his ap-peals. Since his extraditionin February 2012 to face thecharges, he has been in andout of custody.

Two associates in the

plot were also arrested andhave been sentenced toprison terms of 20 monthsand 24 months.

Reuters

Photo shows a Boeing 787 Dreamliner operated by Japan Airlines Co after the jet

arrived at Narita airport from Boston on 9 Jan, 2013. The jet was forced to return to

the terminal at Bostons Logan International Airport on 8 January after a f uel leak

was found just before takeoff, the second time in two days a brand-new Boeing 787

in JALs eet has been hit by trouble at the airport.KyodoNews

126 bushfres burn in Australias

New South Wales, 15 uncontrolledSydnEy, 10 JanFire-

ghters are battling 126bushres in Australiasstate of New South Wales(NSW), with 15 of thoseremaining uncontrolled, theauthorities said on Thurs-

day. NSW Rural Fire Ser-vice (RFS) CommissionerShane Fitzsimmons urgedpeople to remain vigilantand informed as re condi-tions are still very high inthe northern part of NSW.

Weve got 126 resstill, with 15 of those yetto be contained a lot ofwork for reghters, hetold the Australian televi-sion network Channel Sev-en on Thursday.Xinhua

Pakistani gir l

shot by

Taleban

honoured

with pr izetokyo, 10 JanFrance

has honoured a Pakistanigirl shot by the Talebanwith a prize for promotingwomens rights.

Fifteen-year-old Mala-la Yousafzai was shot in thehead last October becauseshe had criticized the Tale-

ban for denying educationto girls. She was seriouslyinjured and is now beingtreated in Britain.

At an award ceremonyin Paris on Wednesday,Malalas father, Ziauddin,accepted the Simone deBeauvoir Prize on her be-half. He urged the Talebanto abandon weapons andadopt a peaceful and hu-manitarian approach.

Also on the screen, herpicture and message wasshown to the attendants,expressing that she wantseducation and is not afraidof anybody or any violence.

The audience praisedher courage for risking herlife on behalf of womenseducational rights.NHK

Russia to formally commission new strategicsubmarine

MoScow, 10 JanRus-sias newest strategic nuclearsubmarine Yuri Dolgorukyis to be put into service onThursday, the Kremlin saidon Wednesday.

The fourth-generationBorei-class sub, with newand improved ballistic mis-sile capabilities, is one of theeight major projects to becompleted by 2020 that aimto form the core of the Rus-

sian Navys nuclear deter-rence strategy over the com-ing decades.

Designed by the Rubinbureau in St Petersburg, thesubmarine is 170m long and13.5m wide, with a divingdepth of 450 metres.

Later this week, RussianPresident Vladimir Putin willvisit the naval base in the

northern port city of Severo-morsk, where the submarineis stationed. He will partici-pate in the commissioningceremony via video link, ac-cording to the Kremlin Pressservice.

The total cost of the newsubmarine was estimated at23 billion rubles (750 millionUS dollars).Xinhua

A ock of snow cranes (Grus leucogeranus), one of

Chinas Class-I State-Protected Species, are seen at the

Shahu Wetland of the Poyang Lake, in Jiujiang City, east

Chinas Jiangxi Province, on 9 Jan, 2013.XiNhua

Car blast in Damascus

suburb kills 10: activistsdaMaScuS, 10 JanAs

many as 10 people werekilled and 50 others in-jured when a car bomb torethrough a restive suburb ofSyrias capital Damascuson Wednesday evening, ac-tivists said.

The Local Coordina-tion Committee (LCC), anactivists network docu-menting the crisis in Syria,reported the blast at al-Muadiamieh, which hasemerged as a stronghold forthe armed rebels.

Details surrounding the

blast remain murky withthe absence of ofcial com-ments. The LCC posted onits Facebook page a videofootage purporting to showthe destruction caused bythe car blast and accusedthe administration of stag-

ing the incident. However,a pro-government Newswebsite said the blast site isunder the rebels control.

Most of Syrias blastswere claimed by the al-Qae-da-linked al-Nusra Front,which has recently been la-beled by the US as a terror-ist organization. But activistsoften accuse the governmentof carrying out blasts to tar-nish the opposition ghters.

According to UN es-timates, more than 60,000people have been killedin Syria since the unrest

erupted in early 2011. Also,the World Food Programmesaid that around 2.5 millionpeople in Syria are in needof food assistance but only1.5 million can receive sup-plies from the agency.

Xinhua

US slaps sanctions on two key operativesof Mexican car tels

waShington, 10 JanThe US Treasury De-partment announced onWednesday that it is slap-ping sanctions on two keyoperatives of the SinaloaCartel, a drug-trafckingsyndicate from northwest-ern Mexico.

The department des-ignates top Sinaloa Cartelmember Damaso LopezNunez and Ines CoronelBarreras, the father-in-

law of Sinaloa drug lordJoaquin Chapo GuzmanLoera, for their roles indrug-trafcking, accord-ing to a statement released

by the departments Ofceof Foreign Assets Control(OFAC).

The designation pro-hibits Americans fromconducting business trans-actions with these two in-dividuals, and also freezesany assets they may haveunder US jurisdiction.

Today, OFAC des-ignated Chapo Guzmansright-hand man and hisfather-in-law, said OFAC

Director Adam Szubinin the statement. Work-ing with our federal lawenforcement partners, wewill continue to go after

the Sinaloa Cartels hold-ings and support structure,wherever they are located.

Sinaloa Cartel is adrug-trafcking and organ-ized crime syndicate basedin the city of Culiacan,Sinaloa, in northwesternMexico.

The US governmenthas previously designatedhead of Sinaloa CartelJoaquin Guzman Loera andthe cartel itself as signi-

cant foreign narcotics traf-ckers in 2001 and 2009respectively, according tothe Treasury.

Xinhua

A citizen shows

ornaments in theshape of cartoon

snake in celebra-

tion of the Year of

the Sn ake starting

from on 10 Feb, at

a shopping mall in

Nanchang, capital

of east Chinas

Jiangx i Province,

on 9 Jan, 2013.

The lunar year

2013 is the Year

of the Sn ake in

the Chinese zodiac.

XiNhua


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Friday, 11 January, 2013 7New Light of Myanmar

Yangon, 10 JanThe

respect paying ceremony

and prize presentation for

outstanding students will be

held by Kyaukse Township

Association at Dhamma

Beikman at the corner of

West Shwegondaing Road and

New Yedashe Road in Bahan

Township on 13 January.

Volleyball athletes may

Volleyball athletes invited to

respect paying ceremonyattend the ceremony. Those

wishing to made cash donation

may contact U Myint Thein

through 09-8610158, U Tint

Lwin through 09-43180038,

U Win Myint through 09-

73132295, U Ko Ko Naing

through 09-5010306 and

U Kyaw Win through 09-

5175915.

Myanma Alinn

Yangon, 10 Jan

Organized by Myanmar

Swimming Federation,

the sports trials for setting

records of swimmers and

divers was held at the

National Swimming Pool

on U Wisara Road in Dagon

Township on 3 January

morning.

At the sports trial, Aung

Myo Oo set the record of 18

minutes 25.60 sec for mens

1500-m freestyle event, Arnt

Newly-repaved road

commissioned into serviceYangon, 10 JanIn

commemoration of the 65th

Anniversary Independence

Day, the self-reliant concrete

road was opened in Dala

Township of Yangon Region

on 4 January.

At the Independence

Day ceremony, Township

Administrator Assistant

Director U Tun Tun Win

read the message sent by the

President.

After that, Township

Adminis t rator U Tun

Tun Win, Commander of

Township Police Force

Police Major Kyaw Win

and retired teacher U Than

Htut formally opened the

newly-repaved road.

Myanma Alinn

Sports trials for swimmers,

diversKhaung Htut, 20 min 17.73

sec the second, Thet Ko Ko

Tun, 21 min 55.22 sec the

third.

Ei Ei Thet stood the frst

with 10 min and 15.80 sec,

Khant Khant Su the second

with 10 min 75.11 sec and

Sabei Thin the third with 11

min 44.66 sec in the womens

800-m free style event.

After that, another

recording setting sports trial

continued.Myanma Alinn

ngaputaw, 10 Jan

As part of efforts to share

reproductive knowledge

to the youths, the youth

i n f o r m a t i o n c o r n e r

course was conducted in

Sangyoung-Sinohpo Village

in Ngaputaw Township of

Ayeyawady Region on 22

December.

It was attended by 42

trainees.

The training course

was sponsored with the

assistance of by German

Project, JOICFP and UNFPA

in addition to Ministry of

Helath.

Secre t a ry o f t h e

Supervisory Committee for

Youth House U Han WinAung called all the trainees

to contribute to reduction of

infant mortality and mother

death rate.

Myanma Alinn

Reproductive

knowledge

course for

youth opened

Sagaing, 10 Jan

Almost all the sunower

plantations are thriving

along the bank of Meza

Creek in Indaw Township

of Katha District in Sagaing

Region.

We set a plan to

grow sunflower on 9981

Sunower plantations thriving in Indaw

Township

acres of farmland in 2012-

2013 cultivation season.

At present, our township

has grown 8787 acres of

sunower. The remaining

areas will be put under

sunflower at the end of

January. Almost all the

sunower plantations are

thriving, said Staff Ofcer

U Saw Htwe Oo of Indaw

Township Settlement and

Land Records Department.

S u n f l o w e r s a r e

cultivated along the banks

of Meza Creek, Namee and

Laydan creeks in Indaw

Township.Myanma Alinn

pYinmana, 10 Jan

Talks on combating human

trafcking and book donation

was held in Yeaye and

Nyuntlunt villages in Tatkon

Township of Nay Pyi Taw

Talks on anti-trafcking in person given

Council Area on 31 Decemberand 3 January. Police Col

Win Khaung (writer Htet

Khaung) of Myanmar Police

Force and Police Major

Khin Maung Hla of Anti-

Human Trafcking CentralCommittee of MPF gave

talks on prevention against

trafcking in person. It was

attended by over 300 local

people.Myanma Alinn

gangaw, 10 Jan

The 19th Sarsodaw Day,

organized by Village Library

Committee, was marked

in the compound of Ledi

Monastery in Shonshi

Village of Gangaw Township

on 28 December evening.

Members of the library

sang the song for literati in

chorus.Next, children poem

recitation, tale telling and

extempore talks were held

at the ceremony.

Myanma Alinn

pYapon, 10 JanA

ceremony to inaugurate

Aungthukha 3rd street placed

with concrete was held at the

archway of the street in Ward

3 of Pyapon of Ayeyawady

Region on 4 January.

The deputy commis-sioner of the District General

Administration Department,

the executive officer of

Dev e lo p m en t Af fa i r s

Committee and townselder

Pyapon gets new concrete

streetformally cut the ribbon to

open the repave street.

The 2000 feet long

facility was built with K 3.2

million by the local people

and K 9.52 million by the

Township Development

Affairs Committee .As Pyapon Township is

in the rainy area, the street

was constructed with the use

of concrete for resistance of

rains.Myanma Alinn

Sarsodaw Day marked in

Gangaw Township

Myanmar traditional arts show displayed

Yangon , 10 Jan

Myanmar Traditional Artistes

and Artisans Association

(Central) displays the

Painting and Scrupture Show

at the Tatmadaw Convention

Hall on U Wisara Road, here,

as of 4 January.

Secre t a ry o f t h e

Association (Central) U

Ni Po Oo disclosed that

the show was aimed at

preserving the Myanmar

cultural heritage, ourishing

10 kinds of traditional arts,

handing down the arts to

new generations, keeping

abreast of other nations

and exchanging knowledge

about culture with other

countries.

A total of 702 artists

from countryside display 992

works of paintings including

works of water colour, oil

colour, acrylic and wax

paintings. People may enjoy

panoramic views of arts at

the show.

Myanma Alinn

thaYet, 10 JanA re

broke out for the 24 th time

in Padaukpin oil field in

Thayet Township of Magway

Region at 2 pm on 4 January.

The outbreak of fire

occurred at the test well of

Golden Season Co (ES).While Myo Min Zaw,

33, son of U Nyan Shwe of

InU Village in Migyaungye

of Magway, Tun Tun Wai,

24th outbreak of re occurs at Padaukpin oil

eld25 of Dawposi Village of

Dimawso Township and

Han Myint (a) Ko Min, 31 of

Kyeetaing Village in Thayet

Township were drilling the

well to 670 feet depth, oil

from the well pumped up

and caused outbreak of re.

The local people could

not control the re up to 12

noon on 4 January.

Myanma Alinn

Take Fire

Preventive Measures

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Friday, 11 January, 20138 New Light of Myanmarn a t i o n a l


Efciency and effectivenessIn management, it is important to achieve

high efciency as well as effectiveness. The

relative emphasis to be given to efciency and

effectiveness varies from one situation to another.

Efciency and effectiveness are both commonly

used management terms. Yet, while they sound

similar and start with the same letters, they

both mean different things. Efciency refers to

doing things in a right manner. Scientically,

it is dened as the output to input ratio and

focuses on getting the maximum output with

minimum resources.

Effectiveness, on the other hand, refers to

doing the right things. It constantly measures

if the actual output meets the desired output.

Since efciency is all about focusing on the

process, importance is given to the means of

doing things whereas effectiveness focuses on

achieving the end goal.Since efciency is about doing things right,

it demands documentation and repetition of the

same steps. Doing the same thing again and again

in the same manner will certainly discourage

innovation. On the other hand, effectiveness

encourages innovation as it demands people

to think, the different ways they can meet the

desired goal.

In order to be a successful organization,

there needs to be a balance between effective-

ness and efciency. Only being efcient and not

meeting the requirements of the stakeholders of

the organization is of little use to anybody. And

effectiveness may result in success but at what

cost? Organizations should establish baselinesfor efciency, effectiveness, and adaptability

metrics. In other words, they should determine

their current performance levels. Then they

should benchmark best-in-class or world-class

organizations and set aggressive goals or targets

for improvement. Finally, they should determine

root causes of problems and eliminate them or

minimize their impact. Organizations have to

be both effective and efcient in order to be

successful.

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives Hungarian

Parliamentary Affairs Minister

Nay Pyi Taw, 10 Jan

Pyithu Hluttaw Committees

and Commission held a

work-coordination meetingat Zabuthiri Hall in the

Hluttaw Complex, here, this

afternoon.

Pyithu Hluttaw Committees, Commission meet

It was attended by

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker

Thura U Shwe Mann, Deputy

Speaker U Nanda Kyaw Swa,Chairmen of the committees

and commission, commis-

sion members and those from

the Hluttaw Ofce. During

the meeting, Pyithu Hluttaw

Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann

delivered an address andheard reports presented by

the committee chairmen on

ongoing tasks and works to

be carried out.

This was followed by a

general round of discussions.

The meeting came to anend with concluding remarks

by the Pyithu Hluttaw

Speaker.MNA

NayPyiTaw, 10 Jan

Thura U Shwe Mann,

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw,

received a Hungarian

delegation led by Mr

Zsolt Nemeth, Minister

of State for Hungarian

Parliamentary Affairs of

Ministry of Foreign Affairs,

at Zabutiri Hall in the

Hluttaw complex here

today.

During the meeting,

they discussed matters

related to promotion of

friendship and cooperation

between the two parliaments

and the two peoples.

Also present at the

meeting were U Hla Myint

Oo, Chairman of the

International Relations

Commit tee of Pyi thu

Hluttaw and Secretaries

of the committee Dr Soe

Yin and U Ko Ko Tun,

Members of the Committee

U Than Tun, ofcials of

the Hluttaw Office and

Hungarian Ambassador to

Myanmar Mr Denes Tomaj.

MNA

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann and party pose for documentary photo with Mr Zsolt

Nemeth, Minister of S tate for H ungarian Parliamen tary Af fairs of Ministry of Foreign A ffairs and

party.mna

Nay Pyi Taw, 10 Jan

A work coordination meeting

on fundraising and seeking

sponsorship for the XXVII

South-East Asian Games

was held at the Ministry of

Finance and Revenue, here,

yesterday.

Chairman of fund-

raising and prize-giving

subcommittee Union Mini-

ster for Finance and Revenue

U Win Shein, Chairman

of the leading committee

for organizing the XXVII

South-East Asian Games

Union Minister for Sports U

Tint Hsan and Union Minister

for Culture U Aye Myint Kyu

spoke on the occasion. Next,

Deputy Minister for Sports U

Thaung Htaik and ofcials

made clarications on their

respective tasks.

In his concluding

remarks, Union Minister U

Win Shein stressed the need

to make collaborative efforts

between the subcommitteesand the Ministry of Sports,

calling for transparency and

accuracy in keeping records.

MNA

Fundraising and seeking

sponsorship for XXVII SEA

Games coordinated

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann attends coordination meeting of Pyithu Hluttaw

Committees and Commission at Zabuthiri Hall.mna

NayPyiTaw, 10 Jan

The Ministry of Labour,

Employment and Social

Security has implemented

Social Security Board

Ma na ge me n t Sys t e m

Programme for conservation

of insurance workers data,drug purchase, conservation

and distribution for labour

hospital, clinics, systematic

carrying out investments,

Social Security Board Management System

Programme launchedsaid Union Minister for

Labour, Employment and

Social Security U Maung

Myint who attended putting

records of insurance workers

from Social Security Board

on computer programme and

demonstration for issuing ofnew social security insurance

scrutiny cards at the meeting

hall of the ministry here on

7 January.

The Union Minister

pointed out the importance of

newly-issued cards and urged

those present to strive to be

qualied ones and accept the

change.

Afterwards, Managing

Director U Aung Soe Moeof Assembler Computer

Co Ltd explained the work

procedures of the computer

programme and donated K

6 million and fteen sets

of computer, and General

Manager U Than Oo from

Trust Link Co Ltd eight air-

conditioners and desks.

The Union Minister,

the deputy minister and

departmental heads viewed

data putting, photo and

nger print recording and

demonstration for issuingsocial security insurance

scrutiny cards of the staff

from the ministry.

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like to say that the door is always open for the

Kachin Independence Organization (KIO)/the Kachin

Independence Army (KIA) to discuss ceasere terms

and to have meaningful political dialogue with the

government. While the Government is striving toachieve peace in the country with our utmost efforts,

the Tatmadaw has not only made sacrices in blood and

sweat for the security of the State but also done everything

they possibly can to make positive contributions to the

peace process.

I also want to inform you all that the various peace

committees have tried to do their utmost in trying to

establish genuine trust between the government and

ethnic armed groups. Furthermore, in order to be able

to intensify the activities that need to be undertaken to

achieve lasting peace and to design and implement the

plans for rehabilitation and development works after

the achievement of peace, the government has recently

established the Myanmar Peace Center.

Alongside these political reforms, the government has

also undertaken several economic reforms. These reform

measures include the introduction of a oating exchange

rate, nancial sector reforms, the creation of an investor-

friendly business environment, the resuscitation of the

tourism sector and the creation of safeguards to ensure that

business practices do not damage the environment. The

government has worked closely with local and international

experts and international agencies in order to nd solutions

to the perennial problems of the national economy. Such

collaboration has also enabled the government to formulate

successfully the framework for economic and social reforms,

as well as poverty alleviation and economic development.

Short- and long-term plans are being implemented in

accordance with these frameworks. In addition, most of the

economic sanctions that had been a severe impediment to

economic growth have also been lifted. In January 2012,

Australia lifted the sanctions it had imposed on Myanmar.

While the European Union suspended most of its sanctionson Myanmar in April 2012, the United States began to allow

American business companies into Myanmar in July 2012

and lifted the ban on imports from Myanmar in November

2012. Additionally, we have, with the support of the

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, promulgated a new foreign investment

law. Last year, both domestic and foreign investment created

over sixty thousand jobs. Expansion of the private sector

investments have created major job opportunities for the

citizens. In addition, workers and peasants have also been

allowed to form labour and peasant unions and associations

and enabling them to express their will and wishes freely.

Such measures have begun to make the country freer and

more open to inputs from the grassroots level.

With regard to improving the social sector, the

Government has undertaken reforms in the education and

health sectors and raised the pensions of retired public

servants to a certain extent. Furthermore, the Government

and the Hluttaw have discussed the budget bill for the

coming year transparently and effectively, taking into

account various inputs from different constituencies. As

a result, the passage of the budget bill will become more

and more systematic over time. Citizens now have access

to information regarding all the discussions and hearings

on the budget bill in the Hluttaw. It is also worth noting

that starting in the upcoming scal year, civil servants

will receive a raise in their allowance.

Regardless of the aforesaid political, economic and

social reforms, the country has experienced a plethora of

difculties and challenges during the transition period.

Drawing on lessons learned from the experience in

dealing with the problems associated with the Letpadaung

Taung project, land rights, riots in Rakhine State and the

breakdown of peace in Kachin state, the Government willcontinue to try to improve its management skills in the

future.

The Government will consult with the Hluttaw

regularly in undertaking political, economic and social

reforms. On the basis of the legislative experience we

have gained in the last 12 months or so, the Government

will try to function more effectively and efciently in

the future. In undertaking the tasks entrusted to it, the

Government recognizes the important role the Hluttaw

plays in the reform process and in enhancing the reputation

of the country in the international community and among

different political groups in the country.

It is inevitable that we experience many hardships and

challenges on the way to becoming a modern democratic

society. The Government will try to intensify its efforts

to improve the state of the rule of law and eradicate

corruption in the country. We will also continue to work

very hard in fostering good governance and the creation

of a clean government. I send this felicitation to all of

you believing that the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw will contribute

to the inculcation of a democratic culture in Myanmar

society by passing laws and bills that will serve the

wellbeing and interests of the public at large.

Nay Pyi Taw, 10 Jan

Electric Power Department

and Myanmar Lighting

Manufacturing Co Ltd signed

MoU on feasibility study ofcombined cycle power plant

project in Maw-lamyine here

yesterday evening.

Present on the occasion

were Chairman of Union

Election Commission U

Electric Power Depar tment, Myanmar Lighting

Manufactur ing Co., Ltd sign MoU

Tin Aye, Union Minister

for Electric Power U Khin

Maung Soe and Union

min i s t e r s o f r e l a t e d

ministries, Union Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin and

personnel from Myanmar

Lighting Manufacturing Co

Ltd.

The project is aimed

to increase the volume of

power supply to Mon and

Kayin states and to add

the surplus to the national

grid. Director-General of

Electric Power DepartmentU Khin Maung Zaw and

Chairman of Myanmar

Lighting Manufacturing Co

Ltd U Sein Wan signed the

MoU.

MNA

Electric Power Department and Myanmar L ighting Manu facturing Co L td

sign MoU on f easibility study of combined cycle power plant project.mna

Nay Pyi Taw , 10

JanUnion Minister for

Construction U Kyaw Lwincalled for durability of

buildings and use of quality

materials as he addressed

the coordination meeting on

construction of Ayeyawun

and Yadana housing

projects at the ministry here

yesterday.

Low-priced housing projects to be implemented

in Dagon Myothit (Seikkan)

Nay Pyi Taw , 10

JanSecretary of Rural

Development and Poverty

A l l e v i a t i o n C e n t r a l

Committee Union Minister

for Border Affairs Lt-GenThein Htay met companies

and organiza t ions of

national entrepreneurs

who have won tender for

implementation of rural

development works for

2012-2013 scal year at the

ministry here yesterday.

The Union minister

Union Minister calls for dur ability and

quality of rural construction worksstressed the need for quality

and standardization of

construction works. Next,

those businessmen reported

on challenges and made

suggest ions for rura ldevelopment works.

A total of 97 companies

competed in the tender

and 43 companies won

the tenders for 67 rural

c o n s t r u c t i o n w o r k s

including construction of

roads and bridges, water

supply, rural electrication

and rural model housing

c o n s t ru c t io n w i th K

37762.30 million. Rural

construction works will

be implemented in self-

administered division/zones such as Wa, Kokang,

Danu, Pa-O, Palaung,

Naga regions under the

arrangement of respective

authorities and necessary

machinery will be provided

by the Border Affairs

Ministry.

MNA

The two housing projects

will be developed between

Ayeyawun, Yadanar andStrand streets in No.61 Ward

and No.67 Ward in Dagon

Myothit (Seikkan) Township

and sold at low-price to the

public.

The Union minister also

held discussions with Laotian

Minister of Public Works and

Transport Mr Somad Pholsena

on construction of Mekong

river-crossing bridge betweenMyanmar and Laos.

The bridge will be

constructed between Kyaiklat

on Myanmar side and Zingok

on Laos side, aiming to

shorten the transportation

route for bilateral trade.

MNA

Nay Pyi Taw, 10 Jan

The fth regular session

of the first Ayeyawady

Region Hluttaw continued

for seventh day at the

r e g io n H lu t t a w h a l l

yesterday morning, with

the attendance of Region

Chief Minister U Thein

Aung, Region Hluttaw

Speaker U Hsan Hsint and

69 representatives and

invited persons.

The Hlut taw saw

q u e s t i o n - a n d - a n s w e r

session, and held discussions

about submitting reports

on assessments by theA y e y a w a d y R e g i o n

Hluttaw legislative affairs

committee.

I t announced the

days on which rules and

regulations on fresh water

sh enterprise of Ayeyawady

Region and two proposals

would be discussed, and

approved legislative affairs

committee to proceed with

the bill on presenting

honorary certicates and

prizes to the outstanding

monks.MNA

Ayeyawady Region Hluttaws fth regular

session continuesChin State Planning Committee holds work

coord meeting Nay Pyi Taw , 10

JanChin State Chief

Minister U Hong Ngai

delivered an address at the

work-coordination meeting

of Chin State Planning

Committee (1/2013) held

at the meeting hall of the

state governments ofce

yesterday morning.

He called for making

concer ted e ffor ts for

implementation of sector-

wise development tasks

starting from 2013-2014

FY after explaining the

guidelines of the President

who is the chairman of

the third meeting of the

committee. Those present

later presented reports

o n t h e i r r e s p e c t i v e

sectors.

The meeting came

to an end making seven

decisions.

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10 New Light of Myanmar

Former New M exico Gov Bill Richardson (C) and Google Inc E xecutive Chairman

Eric Schmidt (2nd R) visit an electronic library reading room at the Kim Il Su ng Uni-

versity in Pyongyang, the Democratic Peoples Republic of Korea, on 8 Jan, 2013. AUS delegation including Richardson and Schmidt visited North Koreas top un iver-

sity on Tuesday and saw students using the I nternet with desktop

computers. The n ine-member delegation arrived in Pyongyang on Monday f or a

private humanitarian visit to DPRK.Xinhua

Seven militants killed, 22 arrested in Afghan

operationsKabul, 10 JanUp to

seven militants have been

killed and 22 others de-

tained in operations in dif-

ferent Afghan provinces

within the last 24 hours,the countrys Interior Min-

istry said on Wednesday.

Afghan National

Police, army, NDS or in-

telligence agency and

Coalition Forces launched

11 cleanup operations in

Kunar, Nangarhar, Lagh-

man, Baghlan, Uruzgan,Maidan Wardak, Khost,

Paktika and Helmand

Provinces, killing seven

A foreign tourist carries h er child as they walk out th e

Church of the Nativity while snow falls over the WestBank City of Bethlehem, on 9 Jan, 2013. Heavy rain

and snow has affected the West Bank since Monday,

resulting in two deaths and causing trafc chaos.

Xinhua

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker receives Hungar ian

Minister of State for Foreign AffairsNay Pyi Taw, 10 Jan

Speaker of Pyidaungsu

Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw

U Khin Aung Myint met a

delegation led by Minister of

State of Parliamentary Affairsof Ministry of Foreign

Affairs of Hungary Mr

Zsolt Nemeth, at the hall

of Amyotha Hluttaw in

Hluttaw Complex, here this

afternoon. Also present at

the call were Deputy Speaker

of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and

Amyotha Hluttaw U Mya

Nyein, Amyotha Hluttaw

Committee Chairpersons U

Sai Paung Nut, Col Maung

Maung Htoo, Daw Nan

Ni Ni Aye and Daw Khin

Waing Kyi, and ofcials from

Hluttaw Ofce.

They had a cordialdiscussion on cooperation

between parliaments of

both countries for further

promoting friendship between

the two countries, sharing

experience for capacity

building of parliamentary staff,

background and experiences

of two countries parliaments

and current national races

affairs in Myanmar.MNA

KIA destroys bridge onMyitkyina-Sumprabum roadNay Pyi Taw, 10 Jan

KIA group is constantly

doing destructive acts in

Kachin State. On 2 January,

a KIA group attacked

three trucks loaded with

construction materials of

Public Works out of 54 trucks

heading from Myitkyina

to Putao, at Hteinbaine

Village at Milepost No.9 on

Myintkyina-Sumprabum

road. In the incident, 16

tons of cement worth K 3.2

million and eight tons of steel

rod/sheet worth K 6.6 million

on board were destroyed.

On 3 January, a KIAgroup also destroyed 60

barrels of diesel worth K 12

million of Myanmar Posts

and Telecommunications

and threw it into the ravine.

The same day, a 30-member

KIA group stopped 15 cars

laden with construction

materials, fuels, rice, edible

oil and other foodstuff and

set re to them.

They also set fire a

20-ft-long Bailey Bridge

near Zanan Village at Mile

Post No.110 on Myintkyina-

Sumprabum road. KIA

groups destructive acts have

triggered an impediment todevelopment tasks in the

State as well as to local

peoples daily life.

MNA

KIA blasts Nabar -Myitkyina tr ain, killing

one, injur ing fourNayPyiTaw, 10 Jan

One railway policeman was

killed and four passengers

were injured in a bomb blast

that hit a local passenger

train in Hopin, Kachin State

yesterday.

The bomb planted

by KIA on railway tracks

went off at Mile Post No654 between Hopin and

Nannkhwin stations at

10.5 pm while the Nabar-

Myitkyina Train No 49 was

passing on the area.

Two passenger coaches

and one freight coaches were

derailed in the accident. The

explosion left a hole about

2 ft wide and 1 ft deep.

Personnel of the Myanma

Railways are repairing the

tracks to resume the training

services along the route.After the blast, about

20 passengers were sent

to Hopin Station.KIA has

carried out sabotages since

2011, and so far, they blasted

the Mandalay-Myitkyina

rail route 53 times and the

Mandalay-Lashio rail route

two times.

The sabotages of

KIA have cut the main

transportation route to

Kachin State, causing high

prices for commodity in thestate and hindrances for the

people to travel other regions

and states in the country.

MNA

Nay Pyi Taw , 10

JanThe President of the

Republic of the Union of

Myanmar has conrmed the

appointment of Managing

Myanmar GazetteDirector U Sein Lwin of

Myanma Pearls Enterprise

under the Ministry of Mines

on expiry of one-year

probationary period.

Trainees of USDP Training

School visits Hluttaw complexNay Pyi Taw , 10

JanTrainees from Union

Solidarity and Development

Party Training School visited

Hluttaw Complex today.

A total of 82 including the

principal, administrators/

instructors and trainees

observed the rst day sixth

session of the rst Pyidaungsu

Hluttaw and looked round

Hluttaw buildings.MNA

Myanmar, Hungary eye for

closer cooperationNay Pyi Taw, 10 Jan

Union Minister for Foreign

Affairs U Wunna Maung

Lwin received Mr Zsolt

Nemeth, Minister of Stateof Parliamentary Affairs

of Ministry of Foreign

Affairs of Hungary and

party at his ofce, here, this

morning. They exchanged

views on promotion of

bilateral relations andcooperation.

MNA

CorrigendumPlease read Energy

Development Committee

i n s t e a d o f E n e r g y

Management Committee

under the Notication No

12/2013 of the President

Ofce which appeared in

Paragraph-1, sub-paragraphs

3 and 4 on Pages10 and

11 of this daily issued on

10-1-2013.NLM

Speaker of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw

U Khin Au ng Myint meets Minister of State of

Parliamentary Aff airs of Ministry of Foreign

Af fairs of HungaryMr Zsolt Nemeth.mna

W o R l D

armed Taleban insurgents

and detaining 22 others

over the past 24 hours, the

ministry said in a statement

providing operational up-

dates. They also found andseized weapons, the state-

ment said, without saying

if there were any casual-

ties on the side of security

forces.

The Taleban insur-

gent group, which has been

waging an insurgency of

more than one decade, has

yet to make comments.

The Afghan security forc-

es and more than 100,000

NATO-led coalition troops

continue to press Taleban

and other militant groups

in the country, despite a

decrease in violent attacksdue to cold weather in an

imminent winter in the

militancy- hit country.

Xinhua


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11New Light of Myanmar

Japanese Prim e Min ister Sh inzo Abe (L ) and Hwan g

Woo Yea, chairman of South Koreas ruling Saenuri

Party, shake hands at the prime ministers ofce in

Tokyo on 9 J an, 2013. Hwang, a close aide to South

Korean President-elect Park Geun Hye, was visiting

Japan as leader of a delegation of the Korea-Japan

Parliamentarians Union.KyodoNews

Singapore to have by-election following speakers resignationSingapore, 10 Jan

Singapore will have a

by-election for a single-member constituency afterformer parliament speaker

Michael Palmer resignedrecently over an extra-mar-

ital affair, Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong said onWednesday.

The nomination day

for the Punggol East con-stituency will be 16 Janu-ary, and the polling day

will be 26 January if more

than one candidate stand fornominations, according to

the writ of election issuedby the president. It will bethe fourth election since

May 2011 in Singapore, af-ter the general elections, the

presidential election, and aby election after opposi-tion lawmaker Yaw ShinLeong was expelled in Feb-

ruary in 2012 by his partyover an extra-marital affair.

Prime Minister Lee

Hsien Loong said he had

decided to hold a by-election in Punggol East

to give the residents theirown member of parliament,before Singapore focuses

back on national issues.We have a busy na-

tional agenda this year. TheWhite Paper on Populationwill soon be debated inParliament. Budget 2013 is

around the corner. The OurSingapore Conversationis translating the views of

citizens into programmes to

improve our lives, he saidin a statement. Several op-

position parties have eithervoiced or shown their in-terest in running in the by-

election. The Peoples Ac-tion Party, which has been

ruling the city state overthe past decades, has 81 ofthe 87 elected seats in theparliament, despite losing a

ve-member group constit-uency for the rst time inthe general election in May

2011.Xinhua

Singapore to tighten rail r egulationsSingapore, 10 Jan

Singapores Land Trans-

port Authority announcedon Thursday that it plansto tighten the regulatory

framework for the metrooperators, aiming at im-

proving rail service reli-ability.

According to the au-thoritys statement, they are

exploring moving towardsshorter train headways toreduce waiting time for

commuters. We are aimingto bring down maximumheadways outside the peak

periods to no more than 5minutes, except for periodswhere there is extremely

low ridership. it said.The target is said to be

achieved gradually regard-ing to each lines existing

train eet and expansionplan in the future.

The authority will also

tighten standards on traindisruptions and delay. For

example, nancial penal-ties will be imposed if traindisruptions lasting morethan 30 minutes occur more

than once in any four-weekperiod. Besides, excessiveoccurrences of shorter train

delays which inconven-ience commuters will alsobe penalised.

They also intends topeg the maximum penaltyfor each train disruption

to a percentage of opera-tors annual fare revenue

from the affected subwayline, which means that the

maximum ne will increasefrom its current ceiling of 1million Singapore dollars

( 813,008 US dollar) per in-cident.

This is in order forthe maximum penalty tobe sufciently commensu-rate with its emphasis on

ensuring a safe and reliableMass Rapid Transit (MRT)system, and we aim to

complete the required leg-islative changes later thisyear. it added.

Singapore has encoun-tered various accidents anddelays in subways during

recent years.Xinhua

Japanese Foreign Minister to visit Singapore

Singapore, 10 Jan

Japans Minister for For-eign Affairs Fumio Kishida

is scheduled to pay a two-day ofcial visit in Sin-gapore from Thursday toFriday, the city-states Min-

istry of Foreign Affairs said

Philippines

plans topurchase coast

guard vessels

from JapanManila, 10 JanPhil-

ippine Foreign Affairs Sec-retary Albert del Rosariosaid on Wednesday that

the plan to acquire 10 coastguard vessels from Japanwould be among topics of

his meeting with visitingJapanese Foreign MinisterFumio Kishida on Thurs-

day.At a Press brieng

held here Wednesday, del

Rosario said he would alsodiscuss with Kishida the

expansion of the Light RailTransit South line fromBaclaran to Cavite and

East line from Marikina toAntipolo.

The two ofcials arealso expected to nalizeManilas acquisition of 10Multi-Role Response Ves-

sels (MRRV).Del Rosario said these

projects will be implement-

ed through soft loans or

loans

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