14 News THE MYANMAR TIMES JULY 8- 14, 2013
14 News THE MYANMAR TIMES JULY 8- 14, 2013
TRADE MARK CAUTION
Henkel AG & Co. KGaA, a company incorporated in Germany, of Henkelstrasse 67, 40589 Düsseldorf, Germany, is the Owner of the following Trade Mark:-
X-TRA Reg. No. 2681 / 2013
in respect of“ Class 3: Bleaching preparations and other substances for laundry use, rinsing agents for laundry and tableware, fabric softeners, laundry starch, stain removing agents; cleaning, polishing, scouring and abrasive preparations, soaps, perfumery; essential oils; cosmetics; hair lotions; dentifrices”.
Fraudulent imitation or unauthorised use of the said Trade Mark will be dealt with according to law.
Win Mu Tin, M. A., H. G. P., D. B. L for Henkel AG & Co. KGaA P. O. Box 60, Yangon E-mail: makhinkyi. law @ mptmail. net. mm Dated: 8 July 2013
TRADE MARK CAUTION
CARLSBERG A / S., a Company incorporated in Denmark, of Ny Carlsberg Vej 100, DK-1760 Copenhagen V, Denmark, is the Owner of the following
Trade Marks:-
CARLSBERG
Reg. No. 428 / 1978
in respect of“ Beer, ale and porter, mineral and aerated waters and other non-alcoholic drinks”.
ELEPHANT BEER
Reg. No. 1095 / 1995 in respect of“ Beer”.
Fraudulent imitation or unauthorised use of the said Trade Marks will be dealt with according to law.
Speaker knocks back PR proposal
WIN KO KO LATT
winkolatt2012 @ gmail. com
PYIDAUNGSU Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint has refused to accept a proposal from the Union Election Commission to switch to proportional representation as he said it did not comply with parliamentary rules.
U Khin Aung Myint said that Union Election Commission chairman U Tin Aye had sent him a letter on May 13 asking the hluttaw to discuss proportional representation.
He said the proposal had not come through official channels and could not be accepted.
“ The proposal must be submitted in line with hluttaw laws and by-laws if a resolution is to be sought from the hluttaw,” he said on July 1, the opening day of the seventh session of the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, which brings together both the upper and lower houses.
“ Sending a letter to the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speaker and making [ an ] announcement cannot override the hluttaw procedures and it is inappropriate for the hluttaw to accept the announcement as a proposal.”
Instead, he said he would forward the commission chairman’ s letter to the
constitutional review committee, which will be formed during the current hluttaw session.
MPs backed the speaker’ s insistence on the following the law exactly.
“ I am satisfied with the decision of the speaker. I think that it showed he will not favour the Union Solidarity and Development Party,” said U Ye Tun, the Pyithu Hluttaw representative for Hsipaw township in Shan State from the Shan Nationalities Democratic Party( SNDP).
In the letter, U Tin Aye said that if the hluttaw did not decide to switch from first-pastthe-post in 2013 then the commission would not consider changing the voting system before the 2015 election because it would not leave enough time to prepare.
The letter said that changing the system will require amendments to a range of regulations and procedures. The commission will also have to arrange training for its staff and educate political parties and the public in preparation for the 2015 election.
It said that reform of the electoral system is a matter concerning all citizens and should be negotiated with the representatives of political parties and parliamentarians.
U Ye Tun said the SNDP did not support proportional representation but would still take part in the 2015 election if the hluttaw decided to change the
Nay Pyi Taw residents vote on November 7, 2010. Photo: Hein Latt Aung
voting system.
“ We agree with President U Thein Sein’ s recent comment that it is too early to practise proportional representation in Myanmar,” U Ye Htun said.
U Aung Kyi Nyunt, an Amyotha Hluttaw representative from the National League for Democracy Party, said his party also opposed any change.
“ We do not support the use of proportional representation at present because it would mean that there is likely to be a coalition government in future and this will weaken the government,” he said.
However, the switch to proportional representation is backed by many smaller parties, which fear they will lose all representation in parliament if first-past-the-post is retained in 2015.
Most observers agree that a switch to proportional representation would be beneficial for the USDP and likely limit losses to the NLD in 2015.
However, the party is yet to endorse changing the voting system and vice chairman U Htay Oo declined to comment on U Khin Aung Myint’ s July 1 decision.
Win Mu Tin, M. A., H. G. P., D. B. L for CARLSBERG A / S P. O. Box 60, Yangon E-mail: makhinkyi. law @ mptmail. net. mm Dated: 8 July 2013
TRADE MARK CAUTION
Merck Consumer Healthcare Limited, a Company incorporated in United Kingdom, of Hedon Road, HULL, East Yorkshire, HU9 5NJ, United Kingdom, is the Owner of the following Trade Mark:-
SEVEN SEAS
Reg. No. 6581 / 2011 in respect of“ Class 5: Pharmaceutical, medicinal and veterinary products; infants’ and invalids’ foods; nutritional supplements; vitamins, minerals and mineral salts; preparations consisting of vitamins and / or minerals; medicinal herbs; herbal preparations included in class 5; oils and fats and derivatives of oils and fats; fish oils including cod liver oil; laxatives; protein, ginseng, being for medicinal purposes. Class 29: Edible oils and edible fats, their derivatives and products derived therefrom; nutritional supplements; preparations derived from foodstuffs in class 29 being food supplements; protein-based products”.
Fraudulent imitation or unauthorised use of the said Trade Mark will be dealt with according to law.
Win Mu Tin, M. A., H. G. P., D. B. L for Merck Consumer Healthcare Limited P. O. Box 60, Yangon E-mail: makhinkyi. law @ mptmail. net. mm Dated: 8 July 2013
UNESCO listing to boost Kuthodaw visitors: trustee
SHWE WAR LWIN shwewarlwin. mmt @ gmail. com
THE world’ s largest book is about to gain a lot more readers. The inscribed stone tablets at Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay were last month listed on the Memory of the World Register of the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation( UNESCO).
This means the site is likely to draw many more tourists, said U Tun Thein, secretary of the pagoda’ s trustee board.
“ The number of tourists studying these inscriptions has increased and we expect the number will rise more after the announcement,” said U Tun Thein, who also expects the upcoming SEA Games to attract“ a flood of visitors”.
The site, at the foot of Mandalay Hill, features the entire Buddhist canon, or Tipitaka, inscribed on 729 large stone tablets. It was created to mark the convening of the Fifth Buddhist Synod, which was convened by King Mindon in 1871.
The inscriptions were one of 54 additions to the Memory of the World Register that were approved by UNESCO
Tourists at Kuthodaw Pagoda in Mandalay. Photo: Shwe War Lwin
director-general Irina Bokova on June 18.
The register now includes 299 documents and document collections from five continents.
U Thein Tun said the listing will“ raise the country’ s status” and potentially boost tourism-related earnings but said it also showed the need to“ make constant restoration works”.
He added that while the trustees used to charge foreign visitors US $ 3, it stopped doing so in 2004 when the Department of Archaeology took over responsibility for maintaining the site.
– Translated by Zar Zar Soe
Tatmadaw negotiates academy land grab
THE military is continuing to negotiate with farmers in Pyin Oo Lwin township whose land it confiscated two decades ago to expand the Defence Services Technological Academy.
About 179 acres were confiscated from 98 people in 1993 for the academy.
On June 18, military officials met former owners of the land for the second time to discuss compensation. The talks took place at the Yae Chan Oh ward administration office, said U Hla Tun Aung, who lost 6 acres.
“ Negotiations are continuing. It seems the military will choose to give cash compensation rather than replacement land but we would prefer to be compensated with another plot … instead of money,” he said.
U Nay Myo Kyaw Soe, who is leading the quest for compensation, said the group submitted complaint letters to the President’ s Office, the army and other departments in September 2012.
“ So far, the military has met us twice to negotiate. We’ ve heard that they will compensate land owners by paying the current market price,” he said.
– Aung Ye Thwin and Hlaing Kyaw Soe