Mongolia Brief August 1, 2014 Part I
Mongolian Pupils Win Bronze Medals in IChO
Ulaanbaatar,
August 1 (MONTSAME) Mongolian pupils N.Temuujin (the “Shine Mongol” high
school) and B.Bat-Orgil (the 1st school of Ulaanbaatar) have won bronze medals
in the 46th International Chemistry Olympiad (IChO) which took place July 20-29
in Hanoi, Vietnam.
This year’s
IChO was participated by 300 children form 77 countries. Mongolia was
represented by four pupils who were sponsored by the “Monkhimo” LLC.
The pupils
express their satisfaction with winning medals from this Olympiad and are
thankful to their teachers for bringing them to this success.
As the team
results, Singapore has won the 2014 IChO, followed by Russia, Japan and
Vietnam.
International
Chemistry Olympiad is an annual academic competition for high school students.
Since starting taking part in it from 2006, the Mongolians captured first
medals in 2014.
Mongolian railway celebrates the 76th anniversary
August 1
(news.mn) Mongolia marks the 76th anniversary of establishing railway
transport in Mongolia on August 1st and 2nd.
Building of a
narrow gauge (750mm) line connecting the capital, Ulaanbaatar, with the coal
mines of Nalaikh, some 33km distant was the start of Mongolian Railway
Development. Ulaanbaatar-Nalaikh railway line opened in 1938. The
principal main line in the country, a line connecting Russian and China,
passing through the Mongolian capital, Ulaanbaatar opened in 1950, its
extension to the Chinese border in 1955. It was built to Russian (1520mm)
gauge.
On the occasion
of the 76th anniversary of railway transport in Mongolia, President
Ts.Elbegdorj will arrive at the event to congratulate to all staffs of Mongolian
railway in Khonkhor rail station on August 2nd.
In addition,
Capital City Administration and Ulaanbaatar Railway JVC launched railbus
service between two ends of the city, from Amgalan to Tolgoit since June.
Prospecting expert goes missing in Bayankhongor Province
August 3 (UB
Post) An expert of a team commissioned by Khul Morit company to Bayankhongor
Province went missing in Bayan-Undur soum on July 24.
The team
included Khul Morit’s division chief, driver and expert. They had a flat tire
in the middle of an unpopulated steppe near Idren Ranges of Bayan-Undur soum
and lost contact without cell phone reception on July 24. The team left
Ulaanbaatar on July 22.
To seek help, the
expert headed to the nearby Shinejinst soum, using a GPS tracker device on the
evening of the following day and has since been missing.
The chief and
the driver ran into a local resident while searching for water and reported the
incident to the center of Bayan-Undur soum with the local’s help. Local
rescuers went on scouring shortly after receiving the report.
The driver is
now hospitalized in Bayan-Undur, while the division chief joined rescuers to
find the expert.
Khul Morit
company, which is owned by the Mineral Resource Authority, sent a helicopter to
assist in the scouring on Wednesday.
Related:
A geologist of Mineral Resources
Authority is missing in countryside – news.mn,
August 1
China to Increase Foreign Direct Investment
August 1
(Mongolian Economy) Economists agree that it is important to attract more
investors during this time when foreign reserves are decreasing by large
numbers. Over the past five months, foreign currency reserves have dropped by
28.6 percent. On a year-on-year basis, the number has decreased by 52.6
percent. As a result, Mongolia has been hosting many forums and meetings with
foreign investors, despite these summer months being a time to celebrate Naadam
festivities.
Yesterday, the
Mongolian National Chamber of Commerce and Industry hosted Mongolian and
Chinese businesspeople in the Liaoning Province to mark their 65th year of
diplomatic relations. The Foreign Affairs Ministry of Mongolia announced that
the year of 2014 is a year of friendly bilateral exchanges. This meeting aimed
to incorporate Mongolian businesses within the Chinese market since over 50
percent of foreign direct investment comes from the People’s Republic of
China.
Chinese
companies are currently operating in many sectors in Mongolia, most importantly
in the mining, construction and trade services sectors. Mongolia receives 80
percent of all exports from China and in return, China imports 30 percent of
all Mongolian products. In 2010, the Concession Law was passed. This allowed
better access for Chinese investors so they could invest in bigger and better
projects.
The Liaoning
Province of China is interested in three main sectors: Agriculture, mining and
roads. Mongolians want to push further investment into their agricultural
sector because more investment would help them become more profitable over time
since the processing of raw materials is an expensive procedure.
During the
meeting, no contracts were signed. Rather, Mongolians provided more information
to Chinese businesspeople about the investment climate. Another meeting will be
organized in Liaoning this autumn as yesterday’s meeting mainly served to
provide information and link the related businesspeople together.
Mongolia Listed at 77th within Global Ranking of Travel Freedom
August 1
(infomongolia.com) The Henley & Partners Holdings PLC is a global leader in
residence and citizenship planning in association with the International Air
Transport Association (IATA) had jointly released "The Henley &
Partners Visa Restrictions Index 2014" which is the global ranking of
countries according to the travel freedom.
This global
ranking index was analyzed and created based upon the visa regulations of all
the countries and territories in the world that ranks all countries in
accordance with the visa-free access for their citizens enjoy to other
countries. The experts in this field consider that the global ranking shows the
international travel freedom of citizens as well as the international relations
and status of individual countries relative to others and that’s surely as the
first in its’ kind within the travel freedom issues of the world countries.
“The Henley
& Partners Visa Restrictions Index 2014” covers the overall territory areas
of 199 countries of the world in which the Finland, Germany, Sweden, United
States and Great Britain have listed as top 5 countries within the
international community nations of travel freedom. The citizens of these top
listed countries have visa-free access to 174 countries and Mongolia is listed
at 77th with the status of visa-free access to 51 countries across the world.
Related:
Mongolia
is 77th in global ranking of travel freedom – Montsame, August 1
Premier Legs Flying Eye Hospital "Orbis"
Ulaanbaatar,
August 1 (MONTSAME) The Prime Minister N.Altankhuyag and accompanying him
officials legged Thursday a famous "Orbis"--the international flying
eye hospital.
It has
currently landed in "Chingis Khaan" international airport near
Ulaanbaatar. The Premier expressed a gratitude to the international
medical group for implementing beneficial projects for the Mongolians, for
children especially, and confirmed that his government will back the hospital’s
actions here.
Noting that hi
tech devices such as cellular phones and personal computers are worsening
children's eye sight, the Premier asked the doctors to deliver here knowledge
and information on how to take a proper care for eyes.
The flying hospital
arrived here on July 20 by invitation of Mongolia’s Ministry of Health and in
line of the “Virtu Foundation” NGO. Being here for the sixth time, the hospital
finished works on Friday after treating people with eye-sight problems and
training our ophthalmologists. The doctors also legged the National Center for
Mother and Children (NCMC) to run medical examinations on patients and to
perform surgeries in their plane.
According to
the World Health Organization (WHO), 285 million people in the world suffer
from eye sight problems, 90% of them are living in developing countries. The
avoidable blindness shows a high rate in Mongolia, the doctors said. The
cornea-related blindness is common in localities, whereas the blindness caused
by diabetics tends to rise in the capital city, they noted.
The Orbis
Flying Eye is a hospital at the Orbis international non-profit non-governmental
organization (NGO) dedicated to saving sight worldwide. Orbis programs focus on
the prevention of blindness and the treatment of blinding eye diseases in
developing countries. Since 1982, Orbis capacity-building programs have
enhanced the skills of 325,000 eye care personnel and provided medical and
optical treatment to more than 23.3 million people in 92 countries.
Missing geologist found dead
August 1
(news.mn) Rescue team found Friday dead geologist who lost in Bayan-Under sum
in Bayankhongor aimag.
Missing geologist
was lost for a week since he lost contact with other two geologists who were
working for geological studies in the countryside. Other two were lucky
to meet local residents.
The body was
found by rescue team around 10.00 pm at place near Tsenkher in Bayan-Undur sum
in Bayankhongor aimag.
Three
geologists of Mineral Resources Authority were lost 120-130 km away from
Bayan-Undur sum in Bayankhongor aimag when they had a tire tore out on July
24th. The two had no contact when he went to call for help using GPS
device.
Related:
Missing prospecting expert found
dead – UB Post, August 3
About People Involved in Crimes Abroad
Ulaanbaatar,
August 1 (MONTSAME) A bit more than 150 Mongolians have been involved in crimes
abroad in the first seven months of this year, reported the Foreign Ministry of
Mongolia on Thursday.
Some 100 are
detained in China, 22--in South Korea, six--in Chinese Hong Kong, six--in
Turkey, 11--in USA, five--in Russia, three--in the Czech Republic, two--in
Poland, three--in Singapore, three--in Chinese Taipei, and by one--in Austria
and Hungary.
By types of the
crimes, 92 Mongolians were involved in robbery, one--homicide, 22--in
trafficking of prohibited products, 17 breached the residence laws, nine were
involved in prostitution, 14--in hooliganism, eight breached road traffic laws,
one had been carrying drugs.
The Consular
department of our Foreign Ministry warned the Mongolians abroad, especially
students, that they must strictly obey the laws and regulations of countries
they reside in.
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