Mongolia Brief May 5, 2014 Part II
Municipal
administration to run program to develop ger district areas
Ulaanbaatar,
May 5 (MONTSAME) The Government of Mongolia, in partnership with the Asian
Development Bank is planning to run ‘Ulaanbaatar Urban Services and Ger Areas
Development Investment’ program.
A Cabinet meeting
on last Saturday agreed to submit a draft law on general agreement approval of
financing of this program to parliament.
The investment
program aims to promote an inclusive peri-urban development in Ulaanbaatar
city's ger areas. Combining spatial and sector approaches, it will introduce
sustainable urban services and support the socioeconomic development of urban
communities in subcenters located in ger areas. The proposed program will: (i)
support urban governance, livelihood and socioeconomic activities through land
use planning, and improved access to financial services; (ii) extend and
upgrade appropriate and affordable water supply, wastewater collection, and
district heating infrastructures; and (iii) improve the operation and
maintenance capacities of service providers, and enable sound institutional and
regulatory settings for service delivery.
The program is
expected to be carried out in three stages within 10 year's time.
Forty percent
of Ulaanbaatar's 1.3 million inhabitants live in the city core while 60%
(approximately 800,000 people or 30% of the national population) live in ger
areas. The ongoing in-migration of households to Ulaanbaatar has accelerated
the growth of these ger areas. Despite their size, ger areas have been
considered as merely temporary settlements and therefore never been formally
integrated in the city development process and infrastructure programming.
Thus, the continuing ger area densification and sprawl is putting tremendous
pressure in the urban environment. Challenges associated with ger area
upgrading are well documented and the huge gap between services in the formal
and ger areas remains one of the most difficult challenges for the government.
Minister
of Labour reports at “Hours of great constructions” meeting
Ulaanbaatar,
May 5 (MONTSAME) The Minister of Labour Ya.Sanjmyatav gave a report on eight
projects and programmes being realized by the Ministry, at the “Hours of great
constructions” weekly meeting on Monday.
The Central
Labour Exchange (CLE) has introduced an online intermediary service through the
hudulmur.mn website. 39 thousand active enterprisers and companies out of 56
thousand in Mongolia have posted their information about vacancies. Since
opening of the online service from last month, 204 thousand have visited the
website, and 1,700 people seek jobs every day, said the Minister. Because of a
start of the construction works season, the number of visitors is expected to
rise this month, he added.
The number of
death due to industrial accidents declined by about 40% in 2012-2013, but the
number of accidents at the mining, road and construction areas is still high,
Sanjmyatav said, adding that a nationwide campaign has been launched for labour
safety and sanitation.
Sanjmyatav
reported that the Ministry has urged all workers and employers at the great
constructions works of mining, auto roads, construction, agriculture and land
farming to ensure a safety at workplaces, and sent to them a postcard called
“Works started. Let’s work safely!”.
Moreover,
Sanjmyatav said the Ministry is cooperating with about 1,000 employers in a
scope of the programme on preparing national vocational workers.
Stock
exchange news for May 5
Ulaanbaatar,
May 5 (MONTSAME) At the Stock Exchange trades held Monday, a total of 23
thousand and 982 shares of 27 JSCs were traded costing MNT 24 million 844
thousand and 764.00.
"Remikon"
/10 thousand and 800 units/, "Mongol savkhi" /2,920 units/,
"Asia Pacific Properties" /2,450 units/, "Hermes center"
/1,758 units/ and "Khokh gan" /1,520 units/ were the most actively
traded in terms of trading volume, in terms of trading value--"Teever
darkhan" (MNT seven million 144 thousand and 200), "Asia Pacific
Properties" (MNT six million and 076 thousand), "Mongol savkhi"
(MNT three million 025 thousand and 420), "APU" (MNT two million 838
thousand and 150) and "Tavantolgoi" (MNT one million 855 thousand and
770).
The total market
capitalization was set at MNT one trillion 594 billion 257 million 267 thousand
and 296. The Index of Top-20 JSCs was 15,544.68, increasing by MNT 14.99 or
0.10% against the previous day.
Law
on library to be submitted to parliament
Ulaanbaatar,
May 5 (MONTSAME) A Cabinet meeting on last Saturday agreed to submit a draft
law on library to parliament.
The law will be
the first of its kind in the nation, which follows a practice that has been
carried out in many countries. The law is expected to regulate library
practices that include procurement, processing, keeping, protection and
utilization, presentation and popularization of library materials; making of
catalogues, bibliographies, bulletins, data base and other sources of
information; enabling access to library materials, sources of information,
provisions and services; providing the utilization and flow of the
bibliographical and other sources of information and services; education of
users; keeping the records about the materials and the users.
Today, there
are 1,509 libraries operational in the nation, 373 of which are in provinces,
101 in universities, 54 in vocational centers, 817 in middle schools, and 120
in governmental and non-governmental organizations.
Mongolia had
over 400 public libraries in 1990, but the number decreased to 181 in 2000 due
to lack of proper policies and budget.
Apartments
to be privatized for health officers
Ulaanbaatar,
May 5 (MONTSAME) A Cabinet meeting on last Saturday agreed to privatize 18
flats of cost of 988 million togrog to health officers.
The flats that
have been built under budgeted investments of 2012 will be free-of-charge
granted to health officers who have worked many years in public health
institutions, and who have not received housing from the Government before. The
flats are located in central areas of Bayanzurkh district of the capital city.
Currency
exchange level hits record high
May 5
(business-mongolia.com) As of today, MNT hits record low against USD. Despite
the efforts to stabilize the currency levels and statements that MNT1750 per
USD is a justifiable adjusted exchange rate, the Mongolian currency is still
depreciating. Commercial banks sold MNT1806 per USD and bought it for MNT1785.
Official central bank closing rate was 1796.01.
Ranks
of Mongolian judokas decline
Ulaanbaatar,
May 5 (MONTSAME) The International Judo Federation (IJF) released the latest
rankings of world’s judokas on May 2, and it was resulted by several
international competitions.
According to
the updated rankings, ratings of Mongolian judokas went down, and no judoka
from Mongolia topped any weight category list.
A State Honored
Sportsman and Olympic bronze medalist S.Nyam-Ochir was ranked 2nd in the men’s
73 kg category with 1,690 points, falling from the top at the previous ranking.
A Belgian judoka Dirk Van Tichelt surpassed him by gaining 1,748 points. An
international master of sports D.Tomorkhuleg also fell to the 3rd place in the
men’s 66 kg category, having 1,500 points. He followed Brazilian and French
judokas.
Two Mongolians
G.Boldbaatar and D.Amartuvshin were ranked 3rd and 4th places in the men’s 60
kg category, respectively. In this list, G.Kherlen was ranked 10th.
A State Honored
Sportsman and Olympic champion N.Tuvshinbayar has 850 points, and is ranked
15th place in the men’s -100 division.
A State Honored
Sportswoman and World champion M.Urantsetseg kept her ranking at 2nd place with
2,428 points. An international master of sports G.Otgontsetseg was ranked 7th
in this category. D.Sumya was ranked 5th in the women’s 57 kg as well.
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