U Win Myint (front right), former speaker of the House of Representatives (Lower House), attends a session of Myanmar Union Parliament in Nay Pyi Taw, Myanmar, March 28, 2018. [Photo/Xinhua] NAY PYI TAW - U Win Myint, former Speaker of the House of Representatives, was elected as Myanmar's new president in the presidential run on Wednesday, the Union Parliament announced. U Win Myint became the country's 10th president since 1948. The presidential run was hosted by the Union Parliament to fill the presidency vacancy left by U Htin Kyaw, who announced resignation last week, citing health as reason. The presidential election was contested among three vice presidents, namely U Myint Swe, U Henry Van Thio and U Win Myint. U Win Myint won the election with 403 votes as a total of 636 MPs cast their votes in the Union Parliament. Of the votes cast, four were cancelled. U Myint Swe won 211 votes and U Henry Van Thio gained 18 votes. In the election, U Myint Swe and U Henry Van Thio remained as the first and second vice president respectively, according to their votes received. The parliament is expected to announce the date of the swearing-in to office of the elected president and two vice presidents on Thursday when the parliament session continues. U Win Myint resigned from speaker of the House of Representatives (Lower House) last week but was re-elected as vice president and nominated as a candidate for the presidential election. U Win Myint, a member of the National League for Democracy (NLD), was elected earlier as a parliament member to the House of Representatives from Pathein constituency in the 2012 by-election and was again so elected to the same house from Tammwe constituency in the 2015 general election. He became Speaker of the House of Representatives in 2016. The current parliament and government began their five-year terms from February and April 2016 respectively under the leadership of the ruling NLD which won the absolute majority of the parliamentary seats in the Nov 8 general elections in 2015. pink rubber band braceletscustom bracelets torontocheap rubber bracelets personalized no minimumsilicon wristbandsdesign your own rubber bracelet online
BEIJING - Beijing saw better air quality and more "good air" days in the first four months of this year, the Beijing Municipal Environmental Protection Bureau announced on Monday.Average density of PM2.5 in Beijing stayed at 59 micrograms per cubic meter of air in the four months, down 22.4 percent year on year, the bureau said.The capital saw 77 good air days from January to April, four days more than the same period last year. The number of heavy pollution days decreased by eight to seven, according to the bureau.However, the air quality in April was not as good as the previous April, the bureau said. The average density of PM2.5 was 64 micrograms per cubic meter of air, up 20.8 percent compared with April 2017.Experts said that high humidity, bad weather conditions, and an increase in construction sites after the winter were to blame for the rising PM2.5 density.Average density of PM2.5 in Beijing dropped to 58 micrograms per cubic meter of air in 2017. It has met the goal set by the State Council in 2013.
