Yesterday morning, the Myanmar high-level delegation led by Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing who attended the summits including the 8th Greater Mekong Subregion (GMS) Summit in Kunming of the People’s Republic of China visited BYD automobile manufacturing company in Shenzhen City of China.

Asia-Pacific Auto Sales Division Country Head of BYD Myanmar Mrs Gillian Li and officials welcomed the Senior General and party and held a demonstration on BYD-U9 model manufactured by the company. They explained each vehicle produced by the company and clipped the documentary on brief history of the company and its functions. The Senior General and party viewed round display of auto parts, development of the company in years, production process with the use of scale models, parts of EV train and equipment, running of these trains at home and abroad, batteries of company and their capacity and raised questions to clarification of officials. On the morning of 9 November, the Senior General and party left the Jiangbe iInternational Airport of Chongqing for Shenzhen. They were seen off at the airport by Vice Mayor of Chongqing Mr Shang Kui and party, Consul General U Kyaw Zeyar Lin of the Myanmar Consulate General in Chongqing and officials. On arrival at Bao’an International Airport in Shenzhen, the Senior General and party were warmly welcomed by Vice Mayor of Shenzhen City Mr Dai Jin Tao, Consul General Daw Khaing Hsu Lin of the Myanmar Consulate General in Nanning and officials with the flower basket. When the Senior General and party visited Hytera Communications Corporation Limited in Shenzhen City, Founder and Chairman Mr Chen Qingzhou and officials welcomed them. The documentary on work process of the company was presented at the hall of the company and officials explained the brief history of the company, communication technological devices for global use produced by the company and usage, securing medals for efforts not to interrupt the communication linkages at the emergency periods and smooth and swift process of communication systems at the gala ceremonies, innovation of communication equipment with the use of developing technologies, and distribution of these devices to the markets. The Senior General asked what he wanted to know and held discussions. On arrival at the Tide Rises in the Pearl River Exhibition Centre opened to mark the 40th Anniversary of reform and open-door economy of the Guangdong Province, the Senior General and party were welcomed by Curator Mr Huang Chen and officials. The historical documentary on development of Shenzhen City in successive era was presented. Next, the Senior General and party observed social life style of people in Guangzhou in years, education system, administrative system, the symbol of Guangdong Province, documentary photos and scale models depicting development of all sectors including textile being sold at home and abroad after 1980, documentaries on establishment of special economic zones, construction of infrastructures and display of accessories, and reforms adopted by the Party Central Committee and development in steps along the reform process period. The Senior General raised questions to the curator and officials of relevant booths and held discussions. In the evening, the Senior General and party visited the Civic Centre decorated with LED light show attracting the people. The Senior General and party at tended the dinner in their honour hosted by the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce and Indus try-UMFCCI and cordially greeted delegation members. 

— MNA/TTA

Source: Global New Light of Myanmar (11 Nov 2024)

VICE-SENIOR General Soe Win criticized the political landscape of the world as proving hegemony, contending between multilateralism and unilateralism and staging proxy governments.

Chairman of the Central Committee for Organizing the 77th Anniversary of Independence Day 2025 Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win said so at the first coordination meeting to hold the 77th Anniversary of Independence Day 2025 at the Office of the SAC Chairman in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday afternoon.

In his speech, the Vice-Senior General highlighted that although concerted efforts have been made to regain independence for many years, situations can be seen in global countries to lose independence within one day or one morning.

He recounted that the Prime Minister had adopted the objectives of Independence Day with the essence of sustaining the independence of the State through united strength, not to lose sovereignty as big power countries are making attempts to shape Myanmar as an independent country without sovereignty.

He pointed out that the countries having authority to make decisions without strings can be defined as sovereign countries.

The Vice-Senior General emphasized that some countries are independent but do not have sovereignty, whereas some countries are sovereign but do not have independence.

He criticized the political landscape of the world as proof of hegemony, contending between multilateralism and unilateralism and staging proxy governments. The Vice-Senior General underscored that as Independence Day ceremonies are held in accord with the national objectives with full essence, relevant subcommittees have to serve their duties with awareness and diligence.

The Vice-Senior General stressed the need to minimize loss and waste of the budget for the ceremony and hold the ceremony with security aware ness and knowledge. Officials from relevant sub committees reported on their efforts to hold the Independence Day ceremony successfully. Central committee member Union ministers, the Nay Pyi Taw Council Chairman, the commander of the Nay Pyi Taw Command, deputy ministers, senior Tatmadaw officers from the Office of the Commander-in-Chief (Army) and officials also attended the meeting.

The 77th Anniversary of Independence Day 2025 will be organized in accord with five national objectives: to control armed conflicts and different opinions under the law to ensure non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty; to protect the State through unity of all citizens based on the Union spirit; to hold a free and fair, prestigious and correct general election for the emergence of a genuine, disciplined democratic system; to ensure harmonized development of the entire Union in all aspects through the united strength of whole people; and to strive for the State to uplift politics, economic, defence, national characters and national spirit with firm perseverance, persistence and diligence in accord with the motto: Keep Moving Forward to Achieve Our Goal.  MNA/TTA

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar

PM Modi highlighted initiatives across multiple sectors, including metro expansions, airport upgrades, and road projects, aimed at enhancing infrastructure and supporting agriculture.

PRIME Minister Narendra Modi laid the foundation stone of various development projects in Maharashtra worth over Rs7600 crore on Wednesday through videoconference.

In his speech during the initiation of the projects, PM Modi said, “Development projects worth thousands of crores have been launched in various districts, with metro expansions in several cities, airport upgrades taking place in some locations, and road and highway-related projects progressing rapidly. Projects related to infrastructure, solar energy, and textile parks have been initiated. New initiatives have been taken for the benefit of farmers and livestock owners.” — ANI

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar

THE 2024 Nobel Prize in Chemistry has been awarded to David Baker, Demis Hassabis, and John M Jumper, the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences announced on Wednesday.

The prize is divided into two halves, with one half awarded to David Baker for his work on “computational protein design” and the other half jointly awarded to Demis Hassabis and John M Jumper for their discoveries in “protein structure prediction”, according to the Academy.

The Academy noted that both awardees had “cracked the code for proteins’ remarkable structures”, with Baker successfully creating entirely new types of proteins, while Hassabis and Jumper developed an artificial intelligence model that solved a 50-year-old problem of predicting complex protein structures, offering significant potential for understanding protein structures.

Proteins typically consist of 20 different amino acids, often referred to as the building blocks of life. In 2003, David Baker used these blocks to design a new protein unlike any previously seen. Since then, his research group has generated numerous innovative protein designs, including proteins that can serve as pharmaceuticals, vaccines, nanomaterials, and tiny sensors.

The second discovery relates to the prediction of protein structures. In proteins, amino acids are linked together in long chains that fold into three-dimensional structures, which are crucial for their function.

Since the 1970s, researchers have struggled to predict protein structures from amino acid sequences, a task that was “notoriously” difficult. However, a significant breakthrough occurred four years ago. — ANI

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar

Wind, rain batter Florida’s West coast

Source- MRTV

Vice-Chairman of the State Administration Council Deputy Prime Minister Vice-Senior General Soe Win delivered a speech at the work coordination meeting 4/2024 of the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee at the Ministry of Commerce in Nay Pyi Taw yesterday.

He stressed the duties of the steering committee, region and state special task forces to crack down on the illegal trade effectively and decisively, as the unlawful trade causes disadvantages such as hardships in the State economy and loss of capacity for the national entrepreneurs in manufacturing and market competition sectors.

He continued that Myanmar is rich in natural resources and is an agriculture-based country, so it should encourage the production of natural resource produce and agricultural produce. MSMEs should promote the production sector and export new items. While the government is working according to economic objectives, illegal trade brings huge hindrances to the state economy and socioeconomic sectors.

He continued that, after forming the Illegal Trade Eradication Steering Committee, smuggled and illegal commodities worth K300.028 billion were seized in 14,659 cases from January 2022 to August 2024.

With regard to seizures in Myanmar, the Vice-Senior General noted that the Customs Department and Mandalay Region stood first for the seizure of smuggled and illegal commodities in July and August 2024, followed by the Sagaing Region and Kachin State. Among them, he continued that unregistered vehicles and illegal commodities were seized as the most enormous volume, followed by intermediate goods and capital goods.

The World Economic Forum estimated the value of illicit trade and transnational criminal activities to be five to 15 per cent of the global GDP.

Moreover, there is a risk that lack of monitoring, oversight and transparency on activities undertaken in numerous Free Trade Zones create opportunities for illicit trade even though these zones are designed to attract legal trade and foreign investments.

He then stressed the need to supervise the trading processes at the Thilawa Special Economic Zone to prevent illicit trading.

In regard to the State economy, the manufacturing and trading sectors should be developed. In doing so, the agriculture and livestock breeding sectors should be supported. The ministries concerned should distribute agrochemicals, animal feed and vaccines to the farmers in time in respective seasons.

On the other hand, the organizations should supervise not to give rise to illegal goods transport and frequent distribution.

He underscored that illegal goods imported via land borders can cause disease transmission and losses in the agriculture and livestock breeding sector. He then mentioned the adverse effects of the illicit trade of cosmetics and substandard electronic appliances.

He then mentioned the consequences of illegal trade that affects the economy, local production, economic objectives of the country, agriculture, manufacturing and trading sectors.

He also stressed the challenges to curbing illegal trade, such as specific weaknesses in security measures in border areas, law enforcement, scarcity of staff in anti-illegal trade activities, and corruption. He added that eradication of illegal trade must be designated as a national duty for all.

He also instructed the region and state illegal trade eradication special task forces to conduct spot checks at the inspection camps, border areas and trading routes, local warehouses and markets to prevent illicit trading of natural resources.

He then said the people informed 97 illegal trading in July and August 2024, of which three were false news, three were late news, and 91 were accurate news. A high number of trustworthy news outlets show supportive measures to carry out duties more effectively. The steering committee appreciated the efforts of people, and they will be presented cash prizes in a timely manner.

A total of K2,140.951 million worth of illegal goods, including wood, industrial materials, foodstuffs and unregistered vehicles, were seized from 117 cases.

He added that five reports were received recently, and informers were awarded cash prizes under a K2 billion grant.

The seizures in August are higher than the ones in July and August.

He then urged the region/state illegal trade eradication special task forces and relevant departments to conduct public awareness programmes regarding the disadvantages of illicit trade, prevent illegal natural resource productions, be free of corruption and serve duties with security awareness and conscience.

After hearing the reports made by the attendees, the Vice-Senior General coordinated all discussions and reports. — MNA/KTZH

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar

During China’s National Day holiday, Dong Bing and her family began a 13-day vacation in New Zealand, seeking unique experiences and natural scenery.

DONG Bing flew to Auckland from Beijing on the first day of China’s National Day holiday with her husband and five-year old son. The long-awaited overseas vacation has been highly anticipated by the family of three during the “Golden Week” which offers a nice respite for them.

“New Zealand has a lot of unique natural scenery and many different places from China. We would like to have a special experience with our son,” said Dong who planned a 13-day family trip in both of New Zealand’s North and South Islands.

The National Day holiday, dubbed “Golden Week” by the Chinese, normally runs for seven days on 1-7 October annually. A longer holiday fuels people’s enthusiasm to travel, with popular Chinese tourist destinations flooded by visitors. Overseas tourism industries have increasingly benefited from China’s holiday economy consumption boom.

Chinese tourists are now spending more on specialty food, attractions and experiences, such as glacier hiking, skydiving and other extreme activities, said Uncle Rong, head of Travel Together Ltd, a tour operator in New Zealand’s South Island. — Xinhua

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar

Well-wishers make over 11 billion kyat donation

Source- MRTV

Senior General Min Aung Hlaing requested well-wishers and businesspersons to invest as much as possible in the agriculture sector, while the government delivers capital to farmers to regrow crops in the flood-affected areas.

Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing said so at the third cash donation ceremony at the hall of the Yangon Region government yesterday afternoon for taking relief and rehabilitation measures in the flood-stricken areas triggered by Typhoon Yagi.

At the ceremony, the Senior General noted that the high level of Inlay Lake has not yet ebbed, whereas Lawpita and upper Paunglaung have not been able to generate electricity due to the inflow of large water volume.

He disclosed that so far, cash donations for flood-impacted people amounted to more than K50 million on aggregation.

The Senior General recounted well-wishers donated more than K32 billion for the first time and more than K10 billion for the second time.

He underlined that it is important to take adequate time to carry out rehabilitation undertakings as the government is carrying out necessary rehabilitation tasks yearly whenever natural disasters hit.

The Senior General requested well-wishers and businesspersons to invest as much as possible in the agriculture sector while the government delivers capital to farmers to regrow crops in the flood-inflicted areas.

He added that their contributions could help re-operate agricultural tasks as well as the manufacturing sector.

He revealed that currently, as foreign investment is less, businesspersons have to invest in agriculture and livestock breeding sectors.

The Senior General highlighted that it is necessary to remedy the traumas of flood-ravaged people while taking rehabilitation measures.

He underscored that the government manages the collection of population and household census as preparations for holding the election as part of efforts not to participate in politics but to work for the food of the country.

The Senior General accepted relief supplies and cash donations from ministries, regional and state governments, staff, and well-wishers at home and abroad and returned certificates of appreciation.

Council Joint Secretary General Ye Win Oo, Council members General Mya Tun Oo, Admiral Tin Aung San, Lt-Gen Yar Pyae and General Nyo Saw, Union Ministers and the Yangon Region Chief Ministers also accepted the cash donations and returned the certificate of honour. At the ceremony, well-wishers donated relief supplies and more than K11.97 billion. — MNA/TTA

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar

OFFICIALS need to consider systematically setting the water clearance for vessels in waterways and piers of the Myanmar-Korea Friendship (Dala) Bridge, said Chairman of the State Administration Council Prime Minister Senior General Min Aung Hlaing on his inspection tour of the bridge project yesterday afternoon.

On arrival at the bridge project site, the Senior General heard reports on data about the bridge and its benefits, accomplishment of the implementation of the guidance of the Senior General during his inspection tour of the project in May 2023, completion of the approach bridge on the Dala bank and the main bridge, progress of the mid-stream tower, progress of approach bridge on the Yangon bank, quality control, worksite safety, and environmental conservation measures by Union Minister for Construction U Myo Thant.

In his guidance, the Senior General stressed the need to complete the project on schedule as the construction of the bridge would benefit the people. Emphasis must be placed on strengthening the bridge. He continued that it is necessary to ensure the safety of vehicles running on the bridge. Officials need to take the systematic setting of the water clearance for vessels in waterways and piers into consideration in advance.

The Senior General presented cash awards to project engineers through officials. He inspected the progress in implementing the bridge project.

During the goodwill visit to the Republic of Korea in 2012, President U Thein Sein discussed with officials the implementation of the Myanmar-Korea Friendship (Dala) Bridge project. The project commenced in 2013. It is a cable-stayed bridge. Upon completion, people from Yangon will have easy access to beach areas and Ayeyawady Region via Dala, Twantay, Kawhmu, Kungyangon and Dedaye townships. The bridge will ease traffic congestion in Yangon City to some extent and contribute to the development of social, economic, education, health and transport sectors. The bridgewill be a landmark of Yangon City.

The Senior General also inspected the upgrade of the planetarium to the space gallery at the People’s Square and the People’s Park in Dagon Township, Yangon Region.

Yangon Mayor U Bo Htay reported on the history of the planetarium and the facts about the exhibition hall, upgrading process of the planetarium. The Senior General gave the necessary guidance and viewed the constellations.

The planetarium was opened in 1987 in commemoration of the Japan-Myanmar friendship, aimed at enabling students and people to have knowledge about astronomy and to relax. At present, the planetarium is being upgraded to the space gallery.

The Senior General inspected maintenance of the People’s Square and the People’s Park and gave necessary guidance to officials. — MNA/TTA

Source- The Global New Light Of Myanmar