Mongolia Brief August 1, 2014 Part II
World Breastfeeding Week
August 1
(news.mn) World Breastfeeding Week is an annual celebration which is being held
every year from 1 to 7 August in more than 120 countries.
This year, the
week will be observed with theme "BREASTFEEDING: A WINNING GOAL FOR LIFE."
In the context of the World Breastfeeding Week is launched at State First
Clinic on Friday.
The Culture of
breastfeeding in Mongolia is very popular.
Breastfeeding
as soon as your baby's born helps baby`s immune system and prevents lung
fever and even diarrhea.
Khabarovsk Exhibition is Open to Mongolian Businesspeople
August 1
(Mongolian Economy) Between the 25th and 28th of August, an exhibition of
products and other goods will be held in Khabarovsk, the largest city of the
Khabarovsk Krai of Russia. Companies and entities from the Far East, Siberia,
China, and Japan will participate and display their products including
accessories, handmade products, advanced technologies, agricultural products
(meat and milk), clothes and souvenirs. There will also be cultural concerts as
well as multilateral meetings.
Last year’s
exhibition hosted business holders from Khabarovsk, the Sakha Republic,
Primorsky Krai, Amur Province, Jewish and Chukotka autonomous provinces,
Moscow, St. Petersburg, Irkutsk, Novosibirsk, Krasnoyarsk, China, Japan and
South Korea. This year, Mongolian businesspeople will have the opportunity to
participate in this event. However, in order to do so, Mongolia must contact
the National Chamber of Commerce and Trade before August 15.
Khabarovsk is
situated 19 kilometers from the Chinese border and is home to the
administrative center of the Far Eastern Federal District. Home to over 600,000
residents, this city focuses on its industries such as iron processing,
petroleum refining, flour milling, steel milking, meat packing, pharmaceutical
industry and other types of manufacturing. It is also known as one of the most
suitable cities for private business in Russia.
M.Urantsetseg keeps leadership in IJF ranking
Ulaanbaatar,
August 1 (MONTSAME) The International Judo Federation (IJF) released the latest
rankings of world’s top judokas on July 28.
Accordingly, a
State Honored Sportswoman of Mongolia and World champion M.Urantsetseg kept her
leadership in the women’s 48 kg category with 2,700 points. She is followed by
Sarah Menezes of Brazil with 2,132 points, and Japanese judoka Emi Yamagishi
(1,390 points).
An
international master of sports G.Boldbaatar is the third in the men’s 60 kg
category with 1,666 points, whereas D.Amartuvshin’s ranking has gone down to
seventh (1,358 points). G.Kherlen is 13th in the same category. D.Tomorkhuleg
IMS has stepped down to fourth in the men’s 66 kg division (1,394 points).
A State Honored
Sportsman Kh.Tsagaanbaatar has been placed sixth in the men’s 73 kg category.
An international master of sports D.Sumya has maintained a 7th place in the
women’s -57 kilo category.
Our wrestlers to compete in Poland
Ulaanbaatar,
August 1 (MONTSAME) Freestyle wrestlers of the national selected men and
women’s teams have left for Poland to participate in international tournaments
that will start Saturday in Dabrowa Górnicza city.
The men will
compete in the 223rd international competition dedicated to the memory of
Vaclav Ziolkovsky, whereas the women will compete in the 18th Poland Open
international tournament.
The tournaments
will also be attended by wrestlers from Poland, Azerbaijan, USA, Great Britain,
Belarus, Bulgaria, Spain, Italy, Kazakhstan, Canada, Kyrgyzstan, Latvia,
Moldavia, Russia, Peru, Romania, Tunisia, Turkey, Slovakia, Ukraine, Hungary,
France, Germany, Switzerland, Estonia and Japan.
Winner of each
weight category will be awarded a cash prize of EUR 3,000.
Senior swimmers will take part in FINA World Masters Championships
Ulaanbaatar,
August 1 (MONTSAME) Our senior swimmers Friday left for Canada to participate
in the 15th FINA World Masters Championship which kicked off July 27 in Montreal.
Mongolia is
being represented there by three--E.Battushig, L.Dolgoon and E.Uyanga.
The FINA
website says Montreal already hosted the championship exactly 20 years ago,
this time it welcomes 7,794 participants who represent 101 nations, for the
12-day colorful bash.
The Parc
Jean-Drapeau Aquatic Complex on St. Helene island, regarded as the fastest pool
in Canada, is the main venue of the competition. This is where the 1976 Summer
Olympics were held and quite likely, this year's championships may include
medalists from those Games.
Aquatics
aficionados, aged 25 to more than 100 years old, will make the trip to
Montreal--whether it is for fun, meet friends from other corners of the world
or keep in shape--to compete in one of the five FINA disciplines on the
programme: swimming, diving, water polo, synchronized swimming and open water
swimming, the website says.
Meanwhile, our
swimmers have started a complex exercise in a camp for the preparation for 2014
Asian Games which will take place in Incheon, South Korea.
Mongolian
Folk-Art Artists to Participate at Invitation in Ferrara Buskers Festival
August 1
(infomongolia.com) Ferrara city is located in the northern Italy that still
remained a part of artistic centers of the Italian Renaissance and very famous
with its' annual Ferrara Buskers Festival dedicated to the art of the street
which is the biggest event in its' kind in the world.
The festival
has been actively kept going annually since 1988 and the 27th Ferrara Buskers
Festival will take place between August 21 and August 31 in which the Mongolian
folk-art singers and bands including Khulan, Khukh Mongol, Sedaa and TransMongolia
will participate as guests at the invitation from the organizers.
The press
conference regarding the Introduction of 2014 Program of the Ferrara Buskers
Festival was organized in Rome, Italy on July 31, 2014 in association with the
Ministry of Culture and Tourism of Italy, the Municipality of Ferrara and the
Embassy of Mongolia in Rome, Italy respectively.
During the
press conference, the Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of Mongolia
to Italy Sh.Odonbaatar expressed his deepest gratitude to the Ferrara Buskers
Festival organizers for their special invitation to the Mongolian folk-art
artists as the honorable guests; at the same time, highlighted that the
upcoming event will surely contribute to developing the cultural collaboration
between Mongolia and the Italian Republic.
Related:
Our
artists to participate in int’l music festival – Montsame, August 1
Mongolian folk bands invited to
Italian music festival – UB Post,
August 3
Meeting Held between Working Groups of Mongolia-China Intergovernmental Committee
August 1
(infomongolia.com) The working groups of economy, science and technology of the
Mongolia-China Intergovernmental Committee had involved in the meeting held on
July 30, 2014 in Ulaanbaatar, which led by the Head of the Department of
Neighboring Countries at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Mongolia
T.Tugsbilguun and the Deputy Head of the Asian Department at the Ministry of
Commerce of PR China Song Yaoming accordingly.
In between the
working groups, they have exchanged their views and opinions about the
implementation process of trade and economic cooperation which was recorded on
the protocol during the Mongolia-China XIII Intergovernmental Committee Meeting;
at the same time, both parties have noted that the related implementation process
is keep going successful at this stage.
Elsewhere, the
working groups of the Mongolia-China Intergovernmental Committee have reached
on mutually agreed basis that the joint project implementations under Chinese
grant-aid and soft-loan shall be constantly intensified to somewhat higher level
with more productive way out in mining, infrastructure and industrial sectors
of Mongolia.
Cabinet Meeting Held in Khutag-Undur Sum, Bulgan Aimag
August 2
(infomongolia.com) The Cabinet meeting of the Government of Mongolia was held
in Khutag-Undur Sum, Bulgan Aimag on August 1, 2014. Previously, the Cabinet
meeting was scheduled to take place in Khuvsgul Aimag in terms of commissioning
the Murun-Tarialan paved road structure but the meeting was postponed due to
the delay of the road construction project.
In 2014, the
Government of Mongolia has planned to complete the projected infrastructure by
connecting all centers of four Aimags by the paved road structure and one of
them is under construction which is the 88 km road project between Unit Bag
(sub-administrative unit to Sum) of Khutag-Undur Sum, Bulgan Aimag and Tarialan
Sum of Khuvsgul Aimag. Therefore, the Cabinet meeting took place in Bulgan in
order to see over the current conditions and ongoing processes in there.
During the
meeting, the Minister of Roads and Transportation A.Gansukh has informed to all
members regarding the current implementation process of the paved road
construction project in between the centers of Khuvsgul, Umnugovi, Sukhbaatar
and Dornod Aimags which will be a part of the central magistral road connected
with the capital city.
Minister
A.Gansukh also noted that the Umnugovi road construction project will be
completed within this August and the rest of road projects shall be
commissioned according to the projected schedule within this year of 2014
because the required investment on overall road construction had already
prefixed beforehand. Most importantly, the contracted road construction companies
must ensure the perfect quality road; so that, the Ministry of Roads and
Transportation simultaneously pays high attention on that vital issue in
accordance with the project requirements.
Prime Minister
N.Altankhuyag strongly recommended to the Minister of Roads and Transportation
that the paved road construction between Khuvsgul and Ulaanbaatar must be
completed with high quality on a timely manner within 2014.
The Governors
of Khuvsgul and Bulgan Aimags as well as the management people from the
contracted road construction companies on Khuvsgul road project had attended in
the Cabinet meeting of the Government in Khutag-Undur sum, Bulgan Aimag.
Related:
Cabinet meets in Bulgan Province to
discuss road projects – UB Post,
August 3
"Horse Breeder 2014" Competition to Take Place on August 23rd at Khui Doloon Khudag
August 2
(infomongolia.com) The most selective 21 horse riders from all 21 Aimags
(provinces) of Mongolia will compete during the forthcoming
"Aduuchin" (Horse Breeder) competition to demonstrate their courage
for manliness and smartness by four main categories of grasping the lasso-pole
from the ground, catching the horses with lasso-pole while horseback riding,
catching the horses with lassos while going on foot and bareback riding the
brumby bucking horses.
The
"Aduuchin 2014" Championship will be held on August 23rd, 2014 under
the auspices of the Prime Minister of Mongolia at Khui Doloon Khudag valley in
Tuv aimag where national horse racing competition takes place annually.
The Minister of
Culture, Sport and Tourism Ts.Oyungerel has noted that the “Horse Breeder”
contest is very significant with its unique and comprehensive peculiarity which
describes the real nature of Mongolian nomadic culture and the long-lasting traditional
habits of Mongolian horses; therefore, the contest shall be regularly organized
with traditional methods in well-arranged manner further ahead. In regard with
this, the Government members have considered that the "Aduuchin"
contest shall become a part of the annual Naadam festival which shall be
included in the official program of the National Naadam Festival of Mongolia
from the next year of 2015.
Elsewhere, the
related issue was also resolved that the specific date schedule of the regional
competitions of small administrative units and provinces has to be prefixed
within this year which then included in the Travel Calendar of Mongolia accordingly
in advance.
River water levels on the rise nationwide
August 3 (UB
Post) The National Agency for Meteorology and Environment Monitoring of
Mongolia says that the water level of Uur River, fed from Khuvsgul’s mountains,
rose by 65 cm in a single day, and was 55 cm higher than average levels at this
time of year.
In addition,
the water levels of the Kherlen River in Mungunmorit soum, Baganuur District
and Choibalssan; the Onon River in Dadal soum and Altai Mountains; Khovd River
in Myangad soum; and the Taats River in Nariinteel soum, exceed flood levels by
five to 35 cm.
The water level
of the Tuul River has risen by 10 to 15 cm in recent days, reaching levels for
dangerous flood conditions. The Khalkh River has also reached dangerous levels.
Residents who
live near river banks, herders, and visitors are advised to practice caution in
these areas to avoid injury, loss of life or loss of property.
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