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Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

* Uplift of dynamism of patriotic spirit* Uplift of health, fitness and education

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 6April — Secretary-1 ofthe State Peace and De-velopment Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein receivedvisiting UN AssistantSecretary-General forHumanitarian Affairs MsMargareta Wahlstrom atthe SPDC Office here at10 am today.

Also present atthe call were Minister for

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Seinreceives UN AssistantSecretary-General forHumanitarian Affairs

National Planning andEconomic DevelopmentU Soe Tha, Minister forProgress of Border Ar-eas and National Racesand Development Affairs

Col Thein Nyunt, Mini-ster for Health Dr KyawMyint, Deputy Ministerfor Foreign Affairs UKyaw Thu, Director-General of the SPDC

Office Col Kyaw KyawWin, Director-General ofthe Government OfficeCol Thant Shin and Di-rector-General of Proto-col Department U KyawKyaw of the Ministry ofForeign Affairs.

The UN Assist-ant Secretary-Generalwas accompanied byResident Representativeof UNDP Mr CharlesJames Petrie.

After the call,Secretary-1 Lt-GenThein Sein and the UNAssistant Secretary-Gen-eral posed for documen-tary photo.

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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein welcomesMs Margareta Wahlstrom, UN Assistant

Secretary-General for HumanitarianAffairs, in Nay Pyi Taw.

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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein receives Ms Margareta Wahlstrom, UN Assistant Secretary-General for HumanitarianAffairs, in Nay Pyi Taw. — MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 7 April, 2007

PERSPECTIVES* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesireSaturday, 7 April, 2007

Myanmar is blessed with climate con-

ditions that are suitable for growing various

kinds of crops. At present, there are about

100 kinds of kitchen crops including over 70

kinds of fruits produced by Myanmar along

with vegetables.

In Myanmar the sown acreage of fruit

trees is 1.8 million, that of vegetables about 1

million and that of kitchen crops such as

chilli, onion and potatoes over 0.65 million.

Nowadays, from health and nutritional

point of view, the Myanmar people prefer

fruits and vegetables to carbohydrate, meat,

fish and eggs.

The production of crops in the country

has exceeded the domestic consumption and

the surplus is being exported. In 2006, over

20,600 tons of mangoes, over 16,000 tons of

cucumber, over 4,000 tons of tamarind, over

73,000 tons of watermelons and over 3,200

tons of plum were exported.

With the aim of producing and export-

ing quality fruits, the basic training course

on extended production of fruits and vegeta-

bles was opened in Shan State (South) last

month.

The production of high-yield fruits on

the basis of knowledge and experiences gained

from the course will contribute much to

producers.

Therefore, the extended production of

quality fruits and vegetables will not only

satisfy domestic demand but also generate

foreign exchange earnings, thereby contrib-

uting to enhancing the socio-economic life of

the entire people.

Produce high-yield fruitsfor domestic consumptionand export

YANGON, 6 April—The Myanmar WomenEntrepreneurs’ Associa-tion launched its exhibi-tion of products (2007) atthe Tatmadaw Conven-tion Centre on U WisaraRoad here this morning,attended by Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win. Chair-person of the committeefor the exhibition Daw NuNu Yee explained the pur-pose of the exhibition.

Vice-President of theMyanmar Women’s Af-fairs Federation DawKhin Thet Htay, Patron ofYangon Division Wom-en’s Affairs OrganizationDaw Mar Mar Wai, Headof MWAF AdministrationDivision Dr Daw Khin

MWEA exhibition of products commences

Hsan Nwe, President ofthe Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce and Indus-try U Win Myint andChairperson of MWEADaw Khin Myint Myintformally opened the ex-hibition.

Daw Khin Thet Htayand guests viewed per-sonal goods, cosmetics,garments, foodstuff,handicrafts, electronics,medicines and leatherware produced by entre-preneurs, companies andorganizations, automo-

biles, auto parts, musicalinstruments and station-ery manufactured at theindustrial zone.

One hundred andforty-one booths arestaged at the exhibition,which is kept open dailytill 8 April.—MNA

YANGON, 6 April— A fire broke out inKhatcho Village inWaingmaw Township,Kachin State, on 4 April.A total of three houseswere destroyed in thefire. — MNA

Fire breaksout in

WaingmawYANGON, 6April— A ceremony tointroduce ICDL certificateand ICDL On-Line Testwas held at the TradersHotel, here, this afternoon.

Vice-ChairpersonDaw May Phyu Thwe ofOcean Gate Training Cen-tre extended greetingsfirst.

Next, Ms TinaWu, Business Develop-ment Manager of ICDLAsia Pacific explained thesubjects of ICDL, the sys-tem of the examination

ICDL certificate and ICDL On-LineTest introduced

and the benefits for ICDLcertificate holder to thosepresent.

U Thein Soe,Chief Operating Officerof Ocean Gate TrainingCentre briefed on estab-lishment of ICDL inMyanmar, assistance ofOcean Gate and the ben-efits Myanmar Peoplegain.

ICDL is an inter-nationally acknowledgedcertificate in over 150nations. In the age ofInternet and Information,

proficiency in computerplays a key role in carry-ing out business. With the aim of im-proving e-Education inMyanmar, the Ocean Gatehas implemented ICDLthat sets high standardsfor the computer users.Interested persons cancontact Ocean Gate Train-ing Centre ofNo 355, room-206on Theinbyu roadin Mingala TaungnyuntTownship, Ph-380130.

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Vice-President of MWAF Daw Khin Thet Htay and guests visit abooth.— MWEA

Ms Tina Wu,Business Develop-

ment Manager,speaks at an intro-duction of ICDL

On-Line Test. – MNA

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Tianjin to become world’s largestman-made deep water port

TIANJIN, 5 April —Chinese constructionworkers have been work-ing swiftly on a projectthat will help turn Tianjininto the world’s largestman-made deep waterport.

With a budget of 714million yuan (about 89.25million US dollars), theproject requires a con-struction of a navigabledeep-water channel cap-able of accommodatingships of 250,000 deadweight tonnages (DWT),said sources from themunicipal government.

Workers have so farcompleted 14.3 millioncum, or 43.3 per cent ofthe project’s workload,according to the sources.

Water in the projectedchannel can be 19.5-metre

deep upon its completionlate this year, which willenable Tianjin to handleall ships that sail into theBohai Sea, the sourcessaid.

Situated at thenorthwestern edge of theBohai Sea, Tianjin boastsan alluvial coast and theoffshore areas are shallowand full of alluvial soil.

And the efforts todredge the alluvial coastbegan at the turn of lastcentury and have bornefruits. Currently, Tianjinonly has a deep-water

channel accommodating150,000-dwt ships.

Tianjin Port nowserves as an outlet forgoods from the central andwestern parts of China. Ithandled 250 million tonsof cargo and 5.9 millionTEU of containers lastyear. The port, which hasestablished trade ties withmore than 160 countriesand regions in the world,hopes to handle 300million tons of cargo and10 million TEU ofcontainers by 2010.

MNA/Xinhua

Tall ship Kaskelot sails as ‘The Zong’, a replica 18th century wooden squarerigger ship, on the River Thames towards Tower Bridge on 29 March, 2007 in

London. The event formed part of the 200th anniversary of the abolition ofthe slave trade act. The Zong was at the center of a court case in 1783, after

133 slaves were thrown overboard in an insurance scam. The resulting publicoutrage led to the rise of the Abolitionist movement.—INTERNET

Warming ‘alreadychanging world’

LONDON, 5 April—Climate change is already havingmajor impacts on the natural world, a UN report is setto announce.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change(IPCC) believes there is also a discernible, though lessmarked, impact on human societies.

The IPCC is to release a summary of its report onFriday but talks on wording have continued late intothe night. Officials said there were differences betweenvarious countries on the strength of the language.

Adaptation alone is not expected to cope with allthe projected effects of climate change . “The Europeanswant to send a strong signal. The US does not want asmuch quantification,” one official told the Frenchnews agency AFP.

China and Russia had also raised concerns oversome passages of the 21-page summary, the officialsaid.The report is set to say that a temperature riseabove 1.5C from 1990 levels would put about one-third of species at risk of extinction.

More than one billion people would be at greaterrisk of water shortages, primarily because of the meltingof mountain glaciers and ice fields which act as naturalreservoirs.—Internet

US military deathsin Iraq at 3,266

WASHINGTON, 5 April—As of Thursday, 5 April,2007, at least 3,266 members of the US militaryhave died since the beginning of the Iraq war inMarch 2003, according to an Associated Press count.

The figure includes seven military civilians. Atleast 2,633 died as a result of hostile action, accordingto the military’s numbers.

The AP count is seven higher than the DefenceDepartment’s tally, last updated Thursday at 10 amEDT. The British military has reported 140 deaths;Italy, 33; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 19; Bulgaria, 13;Spain, 11; Denmark, six;

El Salvador, five; Slovakia, four; Latvia, three;Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; andAustralia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Romania, one deatheach.—Internet

Passengers evacuated after cruise ship hitsrocks off Greek island

SANTORINI (Greece), 5April— Hundreds ofvacationers, includingdozens of students fromthe US and Canada, wereevacuated in a massiverescue effort from a Greekcruise ship after it struckrocks off the island of

Santorini and began takingon water.

With the Greek-flaggedSea Diamond listing inthe sea, the nearly 1,600passengers and crewmembers climbed one-by-one down rope ladders torescue vessels on Thurs-

day, or crossed narrowgangways to board otherships.

“A lot of us were takingpictures from when wewere coming into San-torini. All of a sudden,there was this big jolt,”said 17-year-old high

school student CatherineSmall, from the US stateof North Carolina.

“The ship was really fartilted. It was actually kindof freaking us out —scary,” she said.

No one was injured inthe three-hour rescue effort,which involved more thana dozen ships, six navyrescue helicopters, twomilitary transport planesand four warships, Mer-chant Marine MinisterManolis Kefaloyiannissaid.—Internet

A man of Bob’s Sunocotowing service pulls a car

out of the snow inMontpelier, Vt, on 5

April , 2007. A springsnowstorm left up to a

foot of new snow in partsof Vermont. — INTERNET

A view of Housing

Development Board

(HDB) buildings, with

the city skyline in the

background, in

Singapore on 4 April,

2007.—INTERNET

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An archeologists cleans carved stones in a newly found Han Dynasty tomb (202 BC-220 AD)in Xiao County, east China’s Anhui Province, on 3 April, 2007. —XINHUA

NEW DELHI, 4 April—China has put forward fiveproposals for cooperationwith the South AsianAssociation for RegionalCooperation (SAARC),Chinese Foreign MinisterLi Zhaoxing announcedhere Tuesday.

“The Chinese Govern-ment supports the obj-ectives and priority areasof SAARC,” Li said at the14th SAARC summitopening ceremony.”

“China respects theposition of SAARC coun-tries and the principles of

China puts forward five proposalsfor cooperation with SAARC

equality, mutual trust andwin-win cooperation, andis ready to carry outexchanges and expandpractical cooperation withSAARC to contribute tothe cooperation process ofSAARC and peace anddevelopment in SouthAsia,” he said.

China’s proposalsinclude discussing withSAARC about establi-shing a cooperation me-chanism for povertyalleviation and carryingout comparative study onmodels of poverty allevi-

ation, exploring withSAARC the possibility ofestablishing a China-SAARC regular meetingmechanism for cooper-ation on disaster relief andmitigation to shareexperience and infor-mation.

China will inviteSAARC countries toattend multilateral humanresources trainingprogrammes organized byChina, and will considerhosting bilateral trainingprogrammes for SAARCcountries.— MNA/Xinhua

BRASILIA, 4 April—Around 135,000 cases ofdengue fever have beenregistered in Brazil till 26March this year, anincrease of 50,000 fromthe accumulative totalrecorded on 12 March, the

LIMA, 4 April— Bolivia announced on Monday itsplans to renationalize the nation’s major telephonecompany currently run by foreign investors but formerlyowned by the state.

At a news conference in the country’s capital LaPaz, Presidential Minister Juan Ramon Quintanaannounced the government’s formation of a committeeto plan for the renationalization of the former NationalTelecommunications Company, now known simply asEntel.

The committee, consisting of Cabinet-levelministers, will be given 30 days to proceed withnegotiations on the nationalization of Entel, nowcontrolled by Italian telecommunication companyTelecom Italia, according to Quintana.

Earlier in January, Bolivian Press quoted PresidentEvo Morales as saying that his administration wouldmove to nationalize Entel if it found that investmentgoals were not being met or the company was corrupt.

Although Italian Deputy Foreign Minister DonatoDi Santo, in his meeting with Morales, promised greatertransparency regarding Telecom Italia’s investmentsin Entel, within a week of Morales’ remarks Bolivia’stax agency SIN accused Entel of evading 24 million USdollars in taxes. — MNA/Xinhua

WELLINGTON, 4 April— New Zealand has made aninitial 500,000-New-Zealand-dollar (350,000-US-dollar) contribution to the Solomon Islands as well asprovided humanitarian supplies in the wake ofMonday’s earthquake and tsunami.

New Zealand Foreign Minister Winston Peters saidTuesday a Hercules that left Auckland for Honiarathis morning was loaded with emergency supplies,including tarpaulins, blankets and water containers, aswell as food and utensil kits and hurricane lamps fromthe New Zealand Red Cross.

“The immediate focus is on saving lives and gettingout to remote communities to assess the extent of thedamage,” said Peters. — MNA/Xinhua

Bolivia set to renationalizemajor telephone company

NZ makes emergency aidfor Solomon Islands

Brazil’s dengue cases riseby 50,000 in two weeks

Health Ministry reportedon Monday.

Fourteen people havedied of haemorrhagicdengue, the deadliestvariant of the acute,infectious tropical disease,the ministry said.

In 2006, there were346,000 dengue cases and71 deaths in the SouthAmerican country.

Mato Grosso do Sul isthe worst affected region,with more than 55,000cases, or 59 per cent of thetotal. Sao Paulo, the secondhardest hit, has 12,000cases, or around 9 per centof the total.

The dengue epidemichas been spreading inSouth America since thebeginning of the year, withBrazil posting the largestnumber of cases.

Other affected nati-onsinclude Paraguay, Boliviaand Argentina.

MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 5 April — An undersea earthquakemeasuring 5.8 on the Richter Scale rockedIndonesia’s western province of Bengkulu onSumatra Island early Wednesday.

The quake occurred at 03:23:19 Jakarta Time(20:23:19 GMT Tuesday) and was located at 4.82degrees Southern Latitude, 102.46 degreesEastern Longitude, or at depth of 60 kilometresbelow the sea surface, according to the data fromthe National Meteorological and geophysicalAgency.

The epicentre is about 105 kilometressouthwest of Bintuhan, a city of Bengkulu. Butthere was no report of property damage andcasualties yet.

MNA/Xinhua

Moderate quake joltswestern Indonesia

A general view shows sewage being discharged into a branch of Yangtze Riverin southwest China’s Chongqing municipality on 4 April, 2007. A senior

environmental protection official has urged for more supervision andparticipation from the public to ensure success in the country’s fight against

worsening pollution, China Daily reported. —INTERNET

A model presents a creation by Russian designerTatiana Alehina during Russian Fashion Week in

Moscow on 4 April, 2007. — XINHUA

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South Korean models pose next to South Koreaand India’s commercial automaker Tata

Daewoo’s Novus trucks at Press Day for 2007Seoul Motor Show in Goyang, west of Seoul,South Korea, on 5 April , 2007. — INTERNET

The “Geo-Cosmos”, covered with one million LEDs (light emitting diodes), displaysa simulation of future global warming at the National Museum of EmergingScience and Innovation (Miraikan) in Tokyo on 5 April , 2007. — INTERNET

Palestinian girls perform a traditional dance during a rally markingPalestinian Child Day in the West Bank city of Nablus on 5 April , 2007.

INTERNET

NEW DELHI, 6 April—Pakistan Wednesdayoffered to export cementto India taking advantageof the duty reductionannounced by the Man-mohan Singh govern-ment.

During a meetingbetween Prime MinisterManmohan Singh and hisPakistan counterpartShaukat Aziz, the twosides agreed to increasedirect air links to facilitateeasier travel.

Pakistan’s readiness toexport cement to Indiacame in the backdrop ofthe government doing

Pakistan offers to exportcement to India

away with counter vailingduty and additionalCustoms duty, makingimports more viable.

At the 50-minutemeeting, the two leadersdiscussed a wide range ofbilateral issues includingtrade, energy and banking,Prime Minister’s mediaadviser Sanjaya Baru said.

Aziz, assured Sigh thatPakistan would take earlyaction to return fishingboats seized from Indianfishermen to their ownersand review the status ofeach other’s citizens heldas prisoners in both thecountries.

The two leaders agreedto continue the ongoingdiscussions on the overseven-billion-US-dollarIndia-Pakistan-Iran gaspipeline. Aziz toldreporters that the two sidesagreed to move the project“very quickly” to ensureits early completion.

He said Pakistan leaderused the occasion to thankthe Indian Government forthe financial support givento the families of thevictims of the Samjhautatrain terror blasts in which68 persons mostlyPakistanis were killed.

MNA/PTI

PRETORIA, 5 April —China will import wine,wool and copper fromSouth Africa under eightcontracts signed here onTuesday.

The total import valueof the eight contractsstands at 143 million USdollars, according toChina-South Africa Busi-ness Networking Session.

The signing ceremonywas attended by bothChinese and South Afri-can Government officials.

Jiang Hao, Vice-General Manager fromChina Non-ferrous MetalMining (Group) Co, saidthe deals will helppromote trade between thetwo countries and keepbalance of imports andexports.

Ross Sleet from SouthAfrican Kleine ZalzeWines said he felt excitedfor his wine going intoChina, adding: “We arewaiting for a long time.”

MNA/Xinhua

LUSAKA, 5 April — TheDevelopment Bank ofSouthern Africa (DBSA)has pumped 13.5 millionUS dollars for CeltelZambia’s large-scalenetwork infrastructuredevelopment project,local newspaper The Postreported on Wednesday.

According to DBSA,the funding support formspart of the efforts to

NEW DELHI, 6 April—Days ahead of itsscheduled global launchto cater to internationalclientele, leading Indianprivate airline Jet Airwayshas been hit by a string ofresignations, even as itseeks a public relationsfirm to prop up its imageabroad.

About half a dozen ofkey executives, including

Exodus may hitJet Airways

global launch flightVice-President (South-East Asia) V Raja andHead of Training MichaelChang have disembarkedfrom the Jet family sinceMarch.

The airline’s Vice-President (Communi-cations) Nandini Vermawas the latest to join thelist after she put in herpapers during the day.

Others in the listinclude Senior GeneralManager Vijay Sethi andanother senior executiveRavindran, with sourcesindicating that discontentamong the executives overthe management practiceshad led to the develop-ment.—MNA/PTI

Zambia’s mobile telecom gets multi-million dollars for expansionaccelerate telecom infras-tructure development inthe Southern AfricanDevelopment Community(SADC) region.

Zambia’s telecom-munication sector wasgrowing rapidly largelydriven by an increasingdemand for mobile phoneservices, DBSA head ofinternational financeSolomon Asamoah obser-

ved. “As such, CeltelInternational, a leadingPan African cellulartelephony provider, ofwhich Celtel Zambia is asubsidiary, has embarkedon an aggressive cam-

paign to expand itsnetwork coverage, growits subscriber base,contain costs and roll outnew products, “ Asamoahsaid in a statement.

MNA/Xinhua

China toimport wine,wool, copper

fromS Africa

US senior official vows to furthertrade, eco ties with Russia

MOSCOW, 6 April—United States Secretary ofCommerce Carlos Gutier-rez on Wednesday vowedto enhance US-Russiatrade and economic ties,pledging to supportRussia’s accession to theWorld Trade Organiz-ation, the ITAR-TASS

news agency reported.After talks with his

Russian counterpartGerman Gref in Moscow,Gutierrez said hisongoing visit aimed atexploring possibilities forfurthering economic co-operation between thetwo countries, which

benefits the two econo-mies and will help toboost bilateral ties.

During the visit, he alsourged Russia to furtherprotect intellectual pro-perty rights and create abetter environment forinvestment.

MNA/Xinhua

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Green azalea bloom in the 500-year-old Zhuozheng Garden during the 11thAzalea Festival in Suzhou, the scenic city of east China’s Jiangsu Province on4 April, 2007. Seven new varieties of azalea on display, including the green azalea were introduced abroad to add shining point to the festival. — XINHUA

Children play with robot chicks, Yume Hiyoko (Dream Chick), at a photoopportunity in Tokyo on 5 April, 2007. The electronic robot chicks,

launched by Sega Toys, fit in the palm, can make sounds and move theirwings at the touch of human hands. — INTERNET

Pedestrians protect themselves from heavy snow

flakes at the start of the evening rush hour in

Boston, on 4 April, 2007. — INTERNET

Climbing team plansto clear away Everest litter KATHMANDU, 5 April — A dozen climbers from Japan and Nepal hope to

clear away up to a ton of rubbish from Mount Everest, the latest in a series ofcampaigns to keep the world’s highest peak clean, the leader of the team saidon Wednesday.

Every year more than50 climbing teams fromaround the world attemptto reach Everest’s peak,8,850 metres (29,035 feet)above sea level.

Each team carries tonsof supplies and climbinggear, including oxygen

bottles, gas cylinders,plastic packaging, ropesand batteries, much ofwhich is left littering themountain.

“We plan to collectabout one ton of garbagearound the AdvancedBase Camp at 6,400

metres (21,000 feet) onthe north side of MountEverest,” said Japan’sKen Noguchi, one of twoJapanese climbers beingjoined by 10 Nepaleseporters for the ex-pedition.

MNA/Reuters

Mummified corpses foundin Japan death rite mystery

China seizes 1mtoxic towels

BEIJING, 5 April — Provincial officials in northernChina have closed nine factories and seized about 1million towels that had been dyed using banned toxicchemicals, local media reported on Wednesday.

Authorities in Hebei Province had confiscated 40tons of industrial dye following state television reportslast month on what it said was a widespread problem,the Beijing News said.The cheap towels sold nationwidecontained cancer-causing Benzene compounds suchas Benzidine, state television said at the time.

It did not say whether anyone had suffered healthproblems from using the towels. —MNA/Reuters

Grandmother chargedover girl’s dog mauling

death LONDON, 5 April — The grandmother of a 5-year-

old girl who was mauled to death by the family dog hasbeen charged with her manslaughter, the CrownProsecution Service said on Tuesday.

Ellie Lawrenson died from serious head and neckinjuries at a house in St Helens, near Liverpool, onNew Year’s Day.

Her grandmother, Jacqueline Simpson, whosuffered injuries to her arms as she tried to wrench thedog away, was also charged with possession of ClassA drug diamorphine.

Prosecutors said they had charged the girl’s uncleKiel Simpson with possession of a dangerous dog.

The animal, a banned pit-bull type, was destroyedimmediately after the attack.

The girl had been staying at her grandmother’shouse for New Year’s Eve. In a statement issued afterthe attack, the girl’s family said: “Ellie was alwayshappy and smiling. She was a little angel, full of lifeand always running around.” — MNA/Reuters

Poland and Russia row overAuschwitz exhibition

WARSAW, 5 April — A row has broken out between Poland and Russia overa memorial at the Auschwitz death camp to Russian victims of World War IIand the Nazi Holocaust, rekindling old resentments between the two countries.

An exhibition at thecamp museum dedicatedto Russians who died inthe war with Nazi Ger-many has been closed forthree years and its openinghas been delayed by adisagreement over thenationalities of thevictims, officials said.

Russian historians say

almost half the 6 millionJews who died during theHolocaust were citizens ofthe Soviet Union. But theAuschwitz museum dis-putes this, saying almostone million of these Jewswere citizens of Poland,Romania and the Baltics,who were only in the SovietUnion as a result of a dealin 1939 between Hitler andStalin to annex CentralEurope.

They say these Jews arecommemorated elsewhere in the museum, whichcovers two former Ger-manrun concentrationcamps at Auschwitzand Birkenau, near thesouthwestern Polish cityof Oswiecim. The rowhas stirred resentmentbetween Poland andRussia, which have a longhistory of mistrust andhostility. — MNA/Reuters

TOKYO,5 April — Fivedecomposed bodies,possibly of a couple andtheir children who diedone after another severalyears ago, have been foundin a house in Japan,triggering media specula-tion on religious deathrites.

Japanese police havenot been able to identifythe partly mummified,partly skeletonizedbodies, which were foundlying on their backs onmattresses in a house inOmuta on the south-western island of Kyushu,a police spokesman said.

Japanese media said thebodies could be of a couplein their 90s and their twodaughters and son who hadlived in the house.

“They died betweenabout 20 years ago andfour years ago, one afteranother,” the Yomiurinewspaper quoted a

relative as saying.“They believed that

dead persons would returnto life if they were leftalone.”

Media reports said thefamily had been seenconducting “religiousrituals”. Police said anautopsy was needed todetermine the age, identityand gender of the bodies.

MNA/Reuters

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Peace of mind and basic needs are of vital

importance for every person. A person will be able to

concentrate his efforts on other activities such as social

and economic undertakings only if he enjoys peace of

mind. In other words, community peace and stability is

the foundation of development.

Without community peace and stability, let

alone earning a living, even social affairs cannot be

conducted smoothly. And during the 1988 unrest, people

had to live with anxiety and in fear.

Now, we can work, travel or do any other

things with peace of mind thanks to the prevalence of

peace, stability and the rule of law in the entire country.

Recently, I felt nervous and worried as soon as

I came to know that the country where I was going to

attend a meeting was not safe. A friend of mine who had

been to the country warned me that going alone or night

outs were unsafe and that the hotel room door must be

locked carefully.

The five-day meeting was attended by

nearly1000 delegates from over 100 nations and 140

organizations. Copies of security warning were

distributed to every participant. The warning included

procedures in case of facing an armed carjacking,

robbery and theft; diplomatic security, list of safe

hotels, and important and emergency phone numbers.

Travelling to the country from some regions of

the world needs security clearance. The warning said

that the capital was not safe due to rising crime rates,

stating procedures to avoid possible physical or armed

assaults and suggesting delegates to observe the rules of

the hotel for individual security.

Peace will bring progress and prosperityU Hsaung (Forestry)

Concerning individual security, the warning said

that a person could fall victim to assaults and assailants in

the capital city and the second capital city of that country

during day or night; and that except from the city centre,

no other place was safe. It also warned against using short

cuts and narrow lanes, walking in the city at night,

juvenile pickpockets, wearing jewellery or taking a large

amount of money for shopping and credit card frauds.

The warning also suggested visitors to use taxies

run by legally permitted tour companies, not to hire cars

from companies with a bad reputation, not to use mini-

buses, which were infamous for an alarmingly rising rate

of accidents; and that passenger buses travelling to the

provinces were infested with pickpockets.

It also said that roads in the city and the southern

parts of the country were in poor condition; that when

driving in the city the visitors were to get prepared to face

the worst; that valuables must be kept in a safe place; that

opening of car windows might invite looters; that the

condition of the car must be checked before hiring it; that

driving at night was prohibited as it was not safe; that a

visitor must inform about his destination and arrival time

to at least one person; that extra items and extra food

should be taken for emergency cases; that any visitor

driving a car must beware of strangers who might try to

hijack the car through various means.

Visitors driving cars were also urged to yield to

the demands of hijackers as by doing so they might save

their lives. They should do as hijackers said and should

never try to resist nor drive away, the warning said.

Visitors should constantly take care of their purses,

wallets and small packets as such things were often stolen

at the hotel lobby.

A 420-member special police task force was

formed to protect staff of international organizations

and diplomats working in the country. The police

members of the task force were helping and giving

advice to international staff and diplomats.

Anyone who faced trouble or danger could

contact the security officer on duty. He was always

ready to provide help. Telephone numbers to contact

security personnel were available everywhere.

I think readers can now assess the security

situation of that country. Myanmar has no such security

weaknesses or failures. We, the Myanmar people, have

never made insults or attacks against visitors from

abroad. We are proud of ourselves for having such

noble mind although we are not rich.

In accord with our flourishing traditions and

culture, we Myanmars are always willing to help, show

hospitality towards and make friends with others,

especially visitors from abroad.

Our country is rich in land and water resources.

We are not a desert land. However, we lagged behind

in development as we were fighting one another for

over 50 years resulting from doubts and disagreements.

We were like that as we were incited by foreigners.

So, it is quite clear that there will be no

development undertakings nor prosperity in the absence

of peace and stability. We will be able to build all kinds

of infrastructures only if there is peace and stability.

The infrastructures will serve as the foundation to

develop our nation and uplift health, education and

knowledge of all the people.

We are lucky people enjoying the taste of

peace and stability. In this regard, I would like to urge

all the people to collectively safeguard the prevailing

peace and stability. It is because peace and stability will

bring progress and prosperity to the nation.

(Translation: TMT)

(Myanma Alin: 6-4-2007)

Our country is rich in land and water resources. We arenot a desert land. However, we lagged behind in developmentas we were fighting one another for over 50 years resultingfrom doubts and disagreements. We were like that as we wereincited by foreigners.

YANGON, 6 April — Presiding Nayaka ofPantapwinttaung Tawya religious region Head ofPantapwinttaung Monastic Education SchoolSaddhamma Jotikadhaja Bhaddanta Paññasara of TaikkyiTownship arrived back here by air this morning.

The Sayadaw attended the cornerstone layingceremony for construction of Shwedagon Replica Pagodain Indonesia and administered Desanas in Indonesia,Singapore and Malaysia. — MNA

PantapwinttaungSayadaw backfrom abroad

Presiding Nayaka ofPantapwinttaung

Tawya religious regionHead of

PantapwinttaungMonastic EducationSchool Saddhamma

JotikadhajaBhaddanta Paññasara

arrives back fromabroad.

MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 6April — Minister forNational Planning andEconomic DevelopmentU Soe Tha receivedUnited Nations AssistantSecretary-General for

NPED Minister receives UNAssistant Secretary-General for

Humanitarian Affairs

Humanitarian Affairs MsMargareta Wahlstromand party of New York atthe ministry, here, at 11am today.

They discussedcooperation between

Myanmar and the UN.Also present at

the call were DeputyMinister Col ThureinZaw, departmental headsand officials.

MNA

YANGON, 7 April — The following is the full text of the message sent byUnited Nations Secretary-General on the occasion of the World Health Daywhich falls today. — Ed

The theme of this year’s World Health Day — international healthsecurity — reminds us that threats to public health know no borders. The spreadof diseases, natural disasters, environmental change, bioterrorism or chemicalspills can all have a major impact on people, their societies and economiesaround the world. Such threats present new challenges and require an urgent andcollaborative response.

Health, development and global security are inextricably linked.Investment in health is a cornerstone of economic growth and development, anda prerequisite for meeting many of the Millennium Development Goals.Moreover, the security of all countries is today increasingly dependent on thecapacity of each to act effectively, and collectively, to minimize health threats.

The revised International Health Regulations, which will come intoforce in June this year, represent a milestone in the world’s efforts to build andreinforce effective mechanisms for disease outbreak alert and response at thenational and international levels. It is essential for all of us that every countryimplements fully these regulations.

Life and health are our most precious possessions. We have the knowledgeand unprecedented resources to build a healthier, safer world. Let us take theoccasion of World Health Day to mobilize the political will. Let us ensure that eachcountry — rich and poor — has a robust health system capable of serving all thosein need. Addressing our collective vulnerability demands nothing less. — UNIC

United Nations Secretary-General’s Messageon World Health Day

(7 April 2007)

NAY PYI TAW, 6April — Minister for HomeAffairs Maj-Gen MaungOo received Ms MargaretaWahlstrom, United NationsAssistant Secretary-Gen-eral for Humanitarian Af-

Home Affairs Ministermeets UN guests

Minister U Soe Tha receives UN Assistant Secretary-General forHumanitarian Affairs Ms Margareta Wahlstrom and party.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Oo meets UN Assistant Secretary-General forHumanitarian Affairs Ms Margareta Wahlstrom and party.—MNA

fairs, and party at the min-istry, here today.

Also present onthe occasion were DeputyDirector-General U KhinMaung Thein of GeneralAdministration Depart-

ment, Deputy Director-General of Myanmar Po-lice Force Police Brig-GenZaw Win, Deputy Direc-tor-General U Zaw Tun ofPrisons Department andofficials.—MNA

Chief Justice receives UNICEFResident Representative

NAY PYI TAW, 6April — ResidentRepresentative MrPamesh Shrestha ofUNICEF called on Chief

Justice U Aung Toe at hisoffice of Supreme Court,here, at 2.30 pm today.

Also present atthe call were Deputy Chief

Justice U Tun Tun Oo,Directors-General U SoeNyunt and U Bo Kyi andHead of Office U NyanTun. — MNA

MoU on implementation of UpperThanlwin Hydropower Project inked

NAY PYI TAW, 6April — Minister forElectric Power No 1 ColZaw Min received VicePresident Mr ZhengYuewen and party of AllChina Federation ofIndustry and Commerceof the People’s Republicof China at his office, here,this morning.

Also present atthe call were DeputyMinister U Myo Myint,directors-general, BoardChairman CEO Mr LiHejun and officials of AllChina Federation ofIndustry and Commerce,Managing Director U TunMyint Naing of AsiaWorld Co and officials.They discussedimplementation of UpperThanlwin Hydropower

Project.Y e s t e r d a y

evening, a ceremony tosign the MoU onimplementation of theUpper Thanlwin Hyd-ropower Project in ShanState (North) betweenHydropower Implemen-tation Department andFarsighted InvestmentGroup Company Ltd andGold Water Resources Ltdof the PRC was held at theMinistry of Electric PowerNo 1, here.

In the presence ofMinister for Electric PowerNo 1 Col Zaw Min,Minister for Electric PowerNo 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint, DeputyMinister for Electric PowerNo 1 U Myo Myint anddepartmental heads, Vice

President Mr ZhengYuewen and party of AllChina Federation ofIndustry and Commerceand officials of FarsightedInvestment Group Co Ltdand Gold Water ResourcesLtd, Managing Director UTun Myint Naing of AsiaWorld Co and officials,Director-General U AungKoe Shwe of HydropowerI m p l e m e n t a t i o nDepartment and BoardChairman CEO Mr LiHejun signed the MoU andexchanged notes.

H y d r o p o w e rImplementation Departmentand Farsighted InvestmentGroup Co Ltd will jointlyimplement Upper ThanlwinHydro-power Project togenerate about 2,400megawatts. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6April — The insurgentsare committingdestructive acts throughvarious ways with theintention of disruptingstability of the nation,community peace and

Innocent villager wounded in mine blasttranquillity and security ofthe people.

At 9 am on 2 April,Maung Kyaw Swa ofThabyenyunt Village ofThandaung Townshipstepped on a mine plantedby insurgents on his way to

cut bamboo on the hill, eastof the village. As he wasinjured at the right shin,Maung Kyaw Swa was sentto Toungoo Hospital.Officials are providingnecessary assistance forhim. — MNA

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Lt-Gen Maung Bo on inspection…(from page 16)

education and healthmatters. In response to thereports, Lt-Gen Maung Bosaid although Myanmar isan agro-based nation, it isnecessary to strive for thedevelopment of othersectors such as industry.Industrial developmentcalls for technologies andresources. Therefore,young people need to betrained to improve theirknowledge of moderntechnologies. In doing so,the education sector playsan important role. So, theState is giving allnecessary assistance to theeducation sector for itsdevelopment. In addition,more schools anduniversities have beenopened nationwide, hesaid. Next, he stressed theneed for publicparticipation in theemergence of a democracyin the country.

Afterwards, Lt-GenMaung Bo and party metofficers and other ranksand their families at YeStation Hall and providedclothes and kitchenutensils. He then attendedthe ceremony to growphysic nut plants andgreeted those present. Lt-Gen Maung Bo and partywent to the 1000-acresummer paddy plantationin Beyan Village, MudonTownship. At the briefinghall, Mudon TownshipPDC chairman U KyawKyaw Maung reported oncultivation of 103649acres of monsoon paddyand 13703 acres ofsummer paddy and localself-sufficiency of rice(171.23 %). Manager USein Win of Mon StateMyanma AgriculturelService also briefed oncultivation of 975338acres of monsoon paddyand 130392 acres of

summer paddy and self-sufficiency of rice (170.54%). Lt-Gen Maung Boinspected the harvestingof Manawthukha paddy infarmer U Maung Khin’srice field.

After that, Lt-GenMaung Bo and partyvisited the project site ofTechnological University(Mawlamyine) nearPakauk Village. PrincipalDr Chaw Myat Nwereported on backgroundhistory of the universityand academic andmanagement matters; andManaging Director ofCollective Triangles CoLtd U Kyaw Hsan Myinton 91 percent completionof the project. Then, Lt-Gen Maung Bo made aspeech, inspected the mainbuilding of the universityand left necessaryinstructions. They laterproceeded toMawlamyine. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April— Minister for Health DrKyaw Myint received UNAssistant Secretary-Generalfor Humanitarian Affairs Ms

Health Minister receives UN AssistantSecretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs

Margareta Wahlstrom andparty of New York at theMinistry of Health, here, thisafternoon.

Also present at the call

were Deputy Ministers DrMya Oo and Dr Paing Soe,directors-general ofdepartments and officials.

MNA

Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint receives Honorary Consul-General of the Union of Myanmar to Busan of Republic of Korea Mr

Won Bae Dahn and party.—MNA

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint meets Ms Margareta Wahlstrom, UnitedNations Assistant Secretary-General for Humanitarian Affairs.—MNA

Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung inspects Furniture Factoryof Shwethabyay Wood-Based Industry.—FORESTRY

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April— Joint General Secretaryof Myanmar Women’sAffairs Federation DawKhin Htar May met UNAssistant Secretary-General for HumanitarianAffairs Ms MargaretaWahlstrom and party ofNew York at the hall of

MWAF Joint General Secretary meets UNAssistant Secretary-General

the federation yesterdaymorning.

The joint generalsecretary explained theorganizational set-up ofthe federation and its tasks,development of women’seducation and health,prevention againsttrafficking in persons and

uplift of life of the women.Ms Margareta

Wahlstrom also explainedhumanitarian aids of theUN.

Also present at themeeting were SecretariatMembers Daw Mya Myaand Dr Daw Thet Thet Zin.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2April— Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung inspected thefurniture factory of theShwethabyay Wood-

Shwethabyay furniture factory inspectedBased Industry hereyesterday.

Managing DirectorU Thein Win reported onfunctions of the factory.The minister gave

instructions on work.The factory produces

woodworks with the use ofadvanced technologies andplywood instead of teakand ironwood. —MNA

EP No 2 Minister receivesChinese guests

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April— Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myintreceived a Chinesedelegation led by MrLiang Zhou, Director ofInternation CooperationDepartment of ChinaSouthern Power Grid Co

(CSG) of the People’sRepublic of China, on 3April at the ministry here.

Also present at thecall were ManagingDirector of the ElectricPower Department DrThein Tun, ManagingDirector of the MyanmaElectric Power Enterprise

Dr San Oo, ManagingDirector of the ElectricPower Supply Board UTin Aung and officials.

At the meeting, theminister discussed matterson cooperation betweenthe two countries in theelectric power sector.

MNA

Minister receives Korean guests

NAY PYI TAW, 6April — Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint met HonoraryConsul-General of theUnion of Myanmar toBusan of Republic of Ko-

rea Mr Won Bae Dahnand party at the ministry,here this afternoon.

Also present on theoccasion were Director-General U Than Myintof Mining Department,

Managing DirectorU Hla Thein of No 2Mining Enterprise,Managing DirectorU Hsan Tun of No 3Mining Enterprise andofficials.— MNA

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(from page 16)armed groups and families including 17 national racearmed groups are joining hands with the government,the Tatmadaw and the people in development tasks ofthe respective regions.

With peace and stability prevailing in the State,the 24 special regions development plan, the borderareas development plan and the rural developmenttasks are being implemented for ensuring theimprovement of all parts of the country. Thegovernment is striving for better transport of theentire nation. Motor roads, bridges, railroads andairports have been built. The communication linkslength and breadth of the nation contribute towardscementing friendly ties among the national brethren.

The government is working hard to ensuredevelopment of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well.To supply water for agricultrual purposes, damprojects, sluice gate projects, river water pumpingprojects and underground water supply projects arebeing implemented in appropriate places of the entirecountry. As a result, per-acre yield of agriculturalproducts is rising year after year. Likewise, the peopleenjoy improvement of socio-economic life. To supplypower consumption of the high social standard,implementation of hydropower projects andconstruction of power grids are being undertaken.

Advanced ManagementCourse…

With regard to development of human resources,arrangements have been made for enabling the peopleto pursue education from the basis to the higherlearning.

The task to build a new nation is to be carried outday in, day out. All the blame should not be put on thegovernment alone due to the fact that the wishes of thepeople are not fulfilled in a short time, and it isnecessary to recognize its goodwill efforts withunderstanding. And more efforts are needed to furtherdevelop the State.

Tasks for stability of the State and peace andnational development can be carried out only throughcorrect and practical policy, genuine goodwill andcorrect leadership. Now, the nation is enjoyingstability, peace and development at the unprecedentedlevel.

The people have enjoyed the peace and stabilityand fruits of development as a result of thecollaborative efforts of the government, the Tatmadawand the people, and the State is well on the road todemocracy.

Members of the Union Solidarity andDevelopment Association have committed themselvesto the stability and development of the State. Whileorganizing the people, USDA members are nowparticipating in implementing the development tasksin the interests of the people. The number of themembers has reached about 24 millions.

The USDA lays down future plans yearly in abid to participate in building a new democratic nation,and the association’s members in all regions are

implementing the plans.The government laid down the seven-step Road

Map to build a democratic nation. Therefore, USDAmembers are to participate in implementing theRoad Map joining hands with the people. Weunderstand that all members are working hard toaddress challenges that can emerge whileimplementing nation-building tasks and to reach thegoal of the association.

We all should be aware of exaggerations andaccusations made against the country. We also shouldbe aware of the acts and provocation of some bigcountries who have plotted to install their lackeys inMyanmar. These acts are intended to disintegrate theunity and to destabilize the country and to put thecountry in recession and can hinder the building of anew State.

USDA members, joining hands with local people,are to carry out social welfare tasks in the interests oflocal people. In conclusion, U Htay Oo urged thetrainees to use the knowledge and experiences gainedfrom the training and to exert more efforts for thewelfare of local people; to step up their efforts in theinterests of the people while implementing the futureplans of USDA; to make efforts for flourishing thepatriotic spirit in the people; to actively participate inimplementing the seven-point Road Map joining handswith the people and to make efforts under theleadership of the association so that it can become thenational force.

After the ceremony, Secretary-General of USDAU Htay Oo cordially greeted the trainees. — MNA

YANGON, 6 April— A ceremony to openOnline Wear FashionShop was held at No 9 onParami Road in Ward 16of Hline Township, here,today.

Chairman ofHline Township Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil U Ngwe San and

CEC member ofMyanmar FisheriesFederation Patron ofMyanmar CrabsE n t r e p r e n e u r sAssociation U Myat Ooformally opened the shop.

The shop is the61st branch of its kind.Various kinds and sizesof garments are available

at the shop at specialprices during MahaThingyan period. Afterthe opening ceremony,proprietor Daw Yin YinMoe and agent Daw WahWah Lwin explainedmatters related toservices of the shop tothose present.

MNA

Booth of Myanmar Pioneer Star Co Ltd seen at Exhibition of MyanmarWomen Entrepreneur Association ( 2007).

MNA

YANGON, 6 April— Product Show 2007of Myanmar WomenEntrepreneurs Associa-tion was held atTatmadaw ConventionHall today. MyanmarPioneer Star Co Ltddisplayed bentonite at thebooth of the company.

Bentonite can beused for construction of

Myanmar Pioneer Star Co Ltddisplays bentonite

bridges and dams. It canalso be used in theproduction of edible oil,machine oil, lubricant,fertilizer, feedstuff,cosmetic, pharmaceuticalproducts and beverages.

Myanmar PioneerStar Co Ltd is distributingqualified bentonite in sizeof 200 MESH to fulfill thedemand of local and

international market. Theproducts fall into threecategories, Grades A, Band C. Further in-formations can be obtainedfrom MPS Co Ltd, No (92),Baho Road, 3 (B) ward,Ngwekyaryan Yeiktha,South OkkalapaTownship, Ph: 577040,e-mail: mps@ bagan-mail.net.mm. — MNA

Online Wear Fashion Shopopens in Hline Township

The opening ceremony of new Online Wear Fashion Shop in progress.

MNA

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(L-R) Actor Djimon Hounsou, Jennifer Connelly and director Edward Zwickpose at a news conference to promote the movie “Blood Diamond” in Tokyoon 4 April , 2007.The film with its main actor Leonardo DiCaprio, basing on

civil war tore Sierra Leone in 1999, revealed the dinginess of diamondsmuggle.— XINHUA

A Palestinian girl performs a traditional dance during arally marking Palestinian Child Day in the West Bank city

of Nablus on 5 April , 2007. — INTERNET

Bird flu cases increase to 93 inIndonesia

JAKARTA, 6 April — As the second test result ofa 15-year-old girl showed positive, the bird flu casesin Indonesia have reached 93, and 72 persons out ofthem have died, an official of the Health Ministry saidon Thursday.

The girl, from central Jakarta, was first admitted tothe Catholic Hospital in the city on 30 March, two daysafter she suffered from the germs of the disease of highfever, Haris Subyantoro, official of anti-bird flu centre ofthe ministry, told Xinhua by telephone. — MNA/Xinhua

Over 100 houses in N-WThailand damaged by storms

BANGKOK, 6 April — Thunderstorms andhailstorms early Wednesday damaged more than 100houses in Thailand’s northeastern province ofYasothon, where several areas were also left withoutelectricity for hours.

The electricity outrage happened after four powerconverters exploded. With some uprooted trees, tworoads also became impassable at some spots in themorning, local news network The Nation reported.

However, relevant officials already rushed toremove the trees and installed new power converters.

“The power converters alone cost 800,000 baht(about 22,800 US dollars) damages. We are nowsurveying damages on people’s houses,” YasothonGovernor Weerawit Wiwatwanich was quoted as saying.

Nobody has been reported dead or injured duringthe storms until the Press Time. — MNA/Xinhua

AMMAN, 6 April — A UN expert in demographicpolicies and population on Wednesday called for aregional framework for integrating demographictransition with local development plans in the Arabworld, the Jordan Times reported.

BANGKOK, 6 April — Thai surgeons announced Thursday that they hadsuccessfully separated a pair of Siamese twin girls with joint hearts and livers,the world’s first successful operation of its kind.

Three airplanes crash inAmazon region

RIO DE JANEIRO, 6 April — Three Air Forceplanes crashed in the Amazon rainforest region onWednesday afternoon and one of the pilots died,said Brazil’s Federal Road Police,

Chopper crash kills 2 inSouth Africa

JOHANNESBURG, 6 April — Two people werekilled when a helicopter crashed in northernJohannesburg, South Africa, on Thursday.

The South African Press Association (SAPA)reported that the light helicopter hit trees on oneproperty and then crashed into the garden of thehouse next door.

Both occupants, the pilot and his trainee, diedon the scene. Nobody in the house was hurt and thehouse was undamaged.

The country’s Civil Aviation Authority (CAA)has started an investigation into the cause of the crash.

“The cause of the crash could be human factorsor mechanical problems but we can’t speculate atthis time,” said the CAA spokeswoman PhindiweGwebu. — MNA/Xinhua

The airplanes of the“Tucano” type were flyingover the metropolitanregion of Boa Vista, thecapital city of RoraimaState. The Road Police’sPress office stated that “asudden weather change”and “strong wind current”knocked the planes downat 2:30 pm (local time).

One of the pilots diedin the plane crash, andanother one survived. Oneof the planes was found20 kilometres away fromthe other.

Rescue mission hasnot reached the spot wherethe third plane crashed,and it remains unknownwhether its pilot survived.

Roraima’s autho-rities also said that thethree pilots wereparticipating in a trainingsession. —MNA/Xinhua

Thai doctors successfully separateSiamese twins

Professor Dr Piya-sakol Sakolsatayadorn,dean of Faculty ofMedicine at Bangkok’sSiriraj Hospital, at a Pressconference here Thursdayannounced the ground-breaking operation on thetwin infant sistersPanward and Pantawan,both of whom havesurvived the operation,conducted on 20February, when theyturned eight months.

Born 17 June lastyear, the twins were

joined at the chest andabdomen, with theirhearts and livers alsojoined, a very rare caseby odds of one in50,000.

The Siriraj teambegan the operation byseparating the hearts, thelivers and the torso. Ittook over 12 hours tocomplete, and involvedsome 60 medicalpersonnel.

After remaining inthe Intensive Care Unitduring the past seven

weeks, the twins are nowin good condition,according to Priyasakol.

However, Panward’sheart has a leak. Doctorswill perform anotheroperation to fill it whenshe grows older.

This is the first timein the world that doctorshave successfullyseparated Siamese twinsjoined by hearts in whichboth survived thesurgery, according to theSiriraj Hospital.

MNA/Xinhua

UN expert says Arab worldneeds to match

development policies

Abdul Aziz Farah, arepresentative from theUnited Nations Economicand Social Commissionfor Western Asia(ESCWA), made the callhere at an ongoing meetingfocusing on demographicchanges and socialdevelopment.

“It is a rathercomplicated and im-portant issue, which facesthe Arab world, to linkdemographic transition todevelopment pro-grammes,” said Farah.

“Experts andlawmakers are now

concerned with the issue,particularly the de-velopment policies whichwere shaped in isolationfrom demographicchanges and challenges,”the UN representativeadded.

During the meeting,experts indicated that ahigh fertility rate is not aqualitative problem butrather a quantitative onewhich affects economy,poverty levels, de-velopment of humanresources, migration andyouth issues amongothers. — MNA/Xinhua

Japanese table tennis star Ai Fukuhara (L) andactress Noriko Sakai hold a logo mark of the 2007Japan-China Cultural and Sports Exchange Year

during a news conference in Tokyo on 5 April ,2007. — XINHUA

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SEA MERCHANT VOY NO (729)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA MER-CHANT VOY NO (729) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriuing on 7.4.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES PTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV YONG JIANG VOY NO (209)Consignees of cargo carried on MV YONG JIANG

VOY NO (209) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriuing on 7.4.2007 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S COSCO SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

Three Yale students arrested for burning US flag BOSTON, 5 April—

Three Yale Universitystudents, including aBriton and a Greek natio-nal, have been chargedin a case involving theburning of a US flagoutside a Connecticuthouse, a court official saidon Wednesday.

Said Hyder Akbar, 23,Nikolaos Angelopoulos,19, and Farhad Anklesaria,19, were arrested onTuesday and charged in

New Haven Superior Courtwith reckless endanger-ment, arson, breach ofpeace, criminal mischiefand other offenses.

Police said the threetorched a flag hangingfrom the porch of a housein New Haven near theIvy League school.

Anklesaria is Britishand Angelopoulos isGreek. Both are freshmen.Akbar, a senior, was bornin Pakistan but is a US

citizen, according to policeand court documents.Anklesaria and Ange-lopoulos turned over theirpassports.

Police gave noindication why they set fireto the flag. The trioacknowledged it was a“dumb thing to do” whenquestioned by police, theNew Haven Registerreported.

They appeared in courtin leg irons and handcuffs,

the newspaper said. Bailwas set at 25,000 USdollars for Angelopoulosand Akbar, and 15,000 USdollars for Anklesaria, itadded.

Akbar worked as aninformal translator for USforces during the 2001invasion of Afghanistanand later published amemoir, “Come Back toAfghanistan”, about hisexperiences there, the YaleDaily News reported.

The US Supreme Courtruled in 1989 that flagburning was protectedunder constitutional free-speech guarantees,invalidating laws in 48states and outragingveterans’ groups andothers who say thatan important natio-nal symbol shouldbe protected fromdefacement. “It makesme sick to my stomach tothink that someone wouldburn the American flag,”Marc Suraci, 37, ownerof the two-storey house,told the Register,describing himself as“very, very patriotic”.

MNA/Reuters

Afghan

flood death

toll rises to

104

Britain jails “The Milkman”for 30 years

LONDON, 5 April—A drug baron dubbed TheMilkman because he “always delivered” was jailed for30 years on Tuesday after being found guilty ofmasterminding one of the biggest cocaine smugglingoperations in British history.

Irish-born Brian Wright, 60, who oversaw aninternational operation worth hundreds of millions ofpounds, is likely to die in prison, his lawyer told thecourt. Customs officials said he used yachts to smuggledrug shipments in “probably the most sophisticatedand successful global cocaine trafficking organizationever to target the Britain”.

“Wright’s millionaire lifestyle is now behind him,”said Euan Stewart, a Customs official. “This lengthy jailsentence is vindication for the 11 years’ hard work of ourofficers.” The sentencing marked the end of a longinvestigation that covered Europe, South America, SouthAfrica, the Caribbean and Australia.— MNA/Reuters

British diplomat in Zimbabwe gets death threat

Dutch, British hostages releasedin Nigerian Delta

KABUL, 5 April—The death toll from torrentialrains and flooding which hit several parts of Afghanistansince late last week has risen to 104, a local newspaperreported Wednesday.

“One hundred and four people had lost their livesand 94 others were injured in the three-day countrywiderains and flooding in different parts of Afghanistan,”according to daily Outlook published here onWednesday. The floods also destroyed 28,000 acres offarmlands and washed away 68 bridges and 402kilometres of roads. — MNA/Xinhua

ABUJA, 5 April—ABritish oil worker and aDutch security managerkidnapped in Nigeria’soil-producing Niger Deltahave been released,officials and industrysources said on Wednes-day. The Briton wasabducted on 31 March bygunmen in two speedboatsduring a pre-dawn raid onthe Bulford Dolphin oildrilling rig, 40 miles

offshore. “I can confirmthat he has been released.He is in good health as faras we know. He is due tosee a doctor and I believehe will be on his way toLagos,” said a spokesmanfor the British HighCommission in Abuja.

The Dutch securitymanager working forGerman building con-tractor Bilfinger & Bergerwas seized on 23 March

after a three-hour gunfightwhen men in threespeedboats stormed aconstruction yard in PortHarcourt. Two securityexperts working forWestern oil majors saidthe Dutchman had nowbeen released. One sourcesaid the Briton and theDutchman were freed atthe same time but thiscould not be confirmed.

MNA/Reuters

HARARE, 5 April —A columnist inZimbabwe’s state-run Herald newspaperon Tuesday accused a senior Britishdiplomat in Harare of directing an anti-government “terror and propagandacampaign”, and warned she could enddead. An opinion column signed byDavid Samuriwo charged that GillianDare, an embassy political and mediaofficer, had a large fund to payZimbabwean journalists, academics andopposition politicians to attack PresidentRobert Mugabe.

Samuriwo, a fierce critic of theMovement for Democratic Change(MDC) opposition, is a regular contributorto the Herald. Last month he accused theUS Embassy of funding a “violentcampaign” by the MDC. “Gillian Dare,the purse holder and financier of theviolence being perpetrated by the MDC,should be aware that by throwing awayall diplomatic etiquette into the dustbinand putting on her combat gear, she hasbecome a prime target for deportation,”Tuesday’s column said.—MNA/Reuters

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BEIJING , 5 April —“You know carbs makeyou fat.” “Avoid eatingeggs.” — People alwaysbelieve these nutritionmyths and follow them.But are they accurate?

Rescently, in an Am-erican College of SportsMedic ine-sponsoredhealth and fitness summitheld in Dallas, WendyRepovich, an exercisephysiologist at the EasternWashington University inCheyenne, Wahington,rebuked several commonnutrition misconceptions.

“Drinkeight glasses of

The planet Mars is pictured in this 10 March ,1997 Hubble Space Telescope file photograph.Mars is grappling with its own form of climate

change as fluctuating solar radiation is kicking updust and winds that may be melting the planet’s

southern polar ice cap, scientists said on 4 April ,2007. — INTERNET

Drink more water only whenurine gets darker yellow

water a day.” Repovichsaid people need to replacewater lost through brea-thing, urinating, sweatingeach day — but thatdoesn’t necessarily total64 ounces of water (1.2kg).

“It’s hard to measurethe exact amount of wateryou have consumed dailyin food and drink, but ifyour urine is pale yellow,you’re doing a good job.If it’s a darker yellow,drink more water,”Repovich added.

“Eating eggs will raiseyour cholesterol.” This

myth began because eggyolks have the mostconcentrated amount ofcholesterol of any food.However, there’s notenough cholesterol thereto pose health risks if eggsare eaten in moderation,she said.

Repovich said thatstudies suggest that eatingone egg per day will notraise cholesterol levelsand that eggs are actuallya great source of nutrients.

Here’s another myth:“Eating carbohydratesmakes you fat.” Cuttingcarbs from your diet may

have short-term weightloss benefits due to waterloss from a decrease incarbohydrate stores, buteating carbs in moderationdoes not directly lead toweight gain, she said.

Repovich noted that thebody uses carbs forenergy, and going too longwithout them can causelethargy.

It’s also a myth,Repovich said, thateveryone needs vitaminsupplements, although sheadmitted to popping amultivitamin each mor-ning. — Internet

BEIJING , 5 April — Inan effort to grab a biggerstake in the growingnotebook market, IntelCorp announced Wednes-day it would add vPro ITmanagement to the Cen-trino wireless package PCvendors are scheduled tobegin selling by June.

The new brand, calledCentrino Pro, will com-bine Centrino’s batteryconservation and wirelessconnectivity with vPro’sautomated network secu-rity and remote troub-leshooting.

CANBERRA, 5 April—A new drug is giving hopeto patients with HIV whohave become resistant toother treatments.

Researchers includinga team from Australiagave patients either anolder HIV drug on its own

New medicine helps treat drug-resistant HIV

The new drug is said to be life-changing for thosewho have become resistant to older medicine.

INTERNET

or combined with a newermedication called daru-navir.

It found more than halfof those taking the newdrug saw a 10-fold drop inthe amount of HIV in theirblood.

Professor David Coo-

per from the NationalCentre for HIV epide-miology says the drugs arelife-changing for patientswho have become resi-stant to older treatments.

The medication isavailable in Australia forpatients who cannot useolder drugs.

Internet

NICOSIA, 5 April—Burglars broke into ajewellery shop in Cyprusand stole a large amountof jewellery on Tuesday,local media reported.

According to policeofficers in the south-eastern city of Larnaca,

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Burglars knock down wall to robjewellery shop in Cyprus

the robbers sneaked into awarehouse next door tothe jewellery shop earlyTuesday and knockeddown a wall to enter theshop.

Daily Cyprus Mailquoted the owner of theshop as saying that he lost

some 10,000 Cypruspounds (23,000 USdollars’) worth ofjewellery, mostly gold andwhite gold rings.

A foreigner has beentaken into custody inconnection with the case,local police said.

The officers have takenfootage from nearbysecurity cameras asevidence.

The culprits must bevery familiar with thejewellery shop since theyknew how to bypass andcut the wires of the centralalarm system, said theshop owner.

MNA/Xinhua

Rows of stone seating and a stone-flagged pavementfrom what archaeologists believe may have been anancient theater are seen in this undated handout photoreleased by the Greek Culture Ministry on Wednesday,April 4, 2007. Digging on the western island of Kefallonia,archaeologists have also discovered a large Roman-era tomb with its ancient offerings intact. — INTERNET

Intel adds vPro IT to Centrino wireless packageInstead of selling only

the chip in each PC, Intel’splatform strategy —including Centrino, vProand Viiv — dictates anentire hardware bundle ofprocessor, chipset, gra-phics card and sometimeswireless card.

The time is right tocombine Centrino andvPro as business buyerscontinue to choose note-books over desktops, saidMooly Eden, vice presi-dent of Intel’s mobileproducts group, in astatement.

Intel launched vPro inSeptember as a set ofingredients in desktop PCssold by Dell Inc, Hewlett-Packard Co and othervendors. The systemallows corporate ITmanagers to manage PCfleets remotely, fixingtheir software problems,monitoring securitythreats and even bootingcomputers up withoutleaving their seats. Thathas made vPro-capabledesktops popular withenterprise customersincluding 3M Corp, BMW

AG, ING Groep NV,Johns Hopkins Universityand Verizon Communi-cations Inc, Intel said.

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S P O R T S

Mexico’s Guadalajara reachCONCACAF Champions Cup final

MEXICO CITY, 5 April — Mexican championsGuadalajara came from behind to beat DC United 2-1 and reach the final of the CONCACAF ChampionsCup. The Chivas won the semi-final tie 3-2 onaggregate after their second leg win on Tuesday andwill face either compatriots Pachuca or US teamHouston Dynamo in the final.

Major League Soccer (MLS) outfit DC Unitedtook the initiative and went ahead in the 35th minutesat the Jalisco stadium when Bolivian striker JaimeMoreno scored with an overkick after a pass fromLuciano Emilio.

Adolfo Bautista levelled six minutes later forGuadalajara, tapping the ball home from close rangeafter Alberto Medina pulled back from the byline.

Midfielder Gonzalo Pineda scored the winner sixminutes after halftime with a 30-metre shot whichslipped through the hands of goalkeeper Troy Perkins.

Perkins made two good saves to atone for his errorwhile the visitors were close to snatching a last-minute equalizer in a goalmouth scramble which theMexicans managed to clear. — MNA/Reuters

Meilen Tu serves to Venus Williamsduring their third round tennis matchat the Bausch and Lomb Champion-ships, on 5 April, 2007, in Amelia

Island, Fla.—INTERNET

Benfica's Rui Costa (R) passes the ballahead of Espanyol's Walter Pandianiduring their UEFA Cup quarter-final,first leg soccer match at LluisCompanys Stadium in Barcelona on 5 April, 2007. —INTERNET

Terry: Title tilt still on

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John Terry.

LONDON, 6 April—Chelseacaptain John Terry insists thePremiership champions stillhave what it takes to defendtheir title.

The Blues remain six-pointsadrift of Manchester United butthat gap could be halved withChelsea tackling Tottenham inthe early kick-off on Saturday.

With Chelsea and United alsostill to play in league, Terry feelseverything is still to play for.

"All we can do at this stage ofthe season is keep winning, win-ning, winning," Terry said.

"It's such a busy period but ifwe do keep winning, we're go-ing to be successful.

"Manchester United are do-ing well, there's no denying that,but anything can happen andthey've still got to come to ourplace." —Internet

Fans banned for Roma clashROME, 6 April—Roma's

Serie A match with Cataniaon Saturday will be playedbehind closed doors.

The match, scheduled tobe played in Lecce, hasbeen declared 'high-risk' bythe Italian police.

The police made no ref-erence to the violent scenesduring Wednesday's clashbetween Roma and Man-chester United at the Ol-ympic Stadium but insistedthe decision was taken dueto the reputation of bothsets of supporters.

On Wednesday, an Ital-ian court lifted a ban onCatania supporters allow-ing them to attend their

team's home games eventhough they will be stillplayed at a neutral venue.

But police chief Anto-nio Manganelli toldwww.gazzetta.it: “It hasbeen declared a high-riskgame with the subsequentinvitation to Lecce's pre-fect of police to ensure thatthe game is played in theabsence of the public.”

Catania's StadioMassimino stadium hasbeen closed for the rest ofthe season following thedeath of a policeman dur-ing riots on the night of theSicilian derby withPalermo.

Internet

Calgary Flames' Rhett Warrener(front) battles the San Jose Sharks'

Marcel Goc for the puck in thesecond period of their NHL hockeygame in San Jose, California, on

5 April, 2007. —INTERNET

Osasuna crush Leverkusen 3-0 in UEFA Cup

Holders Sevilla fight back to beatTottenham 2-1

SEVILLE (Spain), 6 April —Holders Sevilla came from a goalbehind to claim a 2-1 win at hometo Tottenham Hotspur in theirUEFA Cup quarterfinal first legand end the English side's eight-

match winning streak in the com-petition.

Tottenham got off to a dreamstart when the in-form RobbieKeane put them in front withless than two minutes on theclock and proceeded to domi-nate the opening quarter of anhour.

But Sevilla got back on levelterms when former Tottenhamstriker Frederic Kanoute scored acontroversial 19th-minute pen-alty awarded when keeper PaulRobinson scooped the ball awayfrom the feet of midfielderAdriano Correia as he darted intothe area.

The goal gave Sevilla a newlease of life and they took the leadin the 36th minute, Russian strikerAlexander Kerzhakov turning aheader past Robinson after somepoor defending from theTottenham back four.

MNA/Reuters

Woods plan unravelswith bogey-bogey finish

AUGUSTA (Georgia), 6 April — TigerWoods was in perfect position to ex-ecute his Masters plan on Thursday butlike many others the world number oneleft Augusta National frustrated afterthe first round.

Woods bogeyed his last two holesfor a one-over-par 73 that left him fourshots adrift of co-leaders Justin Rose ofBritain and American Brett Wetterichafter a day made difficult by dry, fastconditions.

But even the best laid plans of theworld number one can go awry.

Woods pushed his last two tee shotsinto the rough with no shot at reachingthe green. He two-putted from about 20feet to bogey 17 and needed two puttsfrom eight feet at the last to end his dayon a sour note.

With the early starters struggling tomatch par, Woods set out to simply playsteady.

Woods parred his first six holes be-fore a bogey at the 450-yard seventh.After a string of five more pars, the 31-year-old American birdied the two par-fives on the back nine, 13 and 15, toreach one under par.— MNA/Reuters

LEVERKUSEN (Germany), 6 April —Osasuna moved to the brink of a place inthe last four of the UEFA Cup with a 3-0 win away to Bayer Leverkusen in theirquarterfinal first leg on Thursday.

Osasuna took the lead inside the firstminute when Javier Cuellar headed infrom a David Lopez corner and the Span-iards never looked back.

Lopez made it 2-0 in the 71st minutewhen he blasted in from the edge of thebox and two minutes later substitute PierreWebo chipped Leverkusen keeper ReneAdler for the third.

The result gives Osasuna a huge ad-vantage going into the second leg inSpain and they look all but certain to seala place in the semifinals.

Osasuna, making their first appear-ance in a European quarterfinal, en-joyed the perfect start in front of a

22,500 sell-out in Leverkusen, asCuellar's bullet header beat theLeverkusen keeper.

The Navarrans were on the rack formuch of the rest of the first half but theyheld up well.

The home side's best chance of anequalizer came in the 18th minute.

Tranquillo Barnetta, picking up theball on the edge of the area, threadedthrough a pass for the in-form BerndSchneider. He controlled well only tosee his shot blocked by goalkeeperRicardo.

Barbarez was also close with a headerthat glanced just wide but Leverkusengenerally found it difficult to break downthe visiting defence, with a couple oflong shots providing the only other op-portunities in the first half.

MNA/Reuters

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Friday, 6 April, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, light rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Kachin State, upper Sagaing andTaninthayi Divisions, weather has been generally fair in theremaining areas. Day temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) abovenormal in Kachin, Shan, Chin, Rakhine and Kayin States,Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway Divisions, (5°C) to (6°C) abovenromal in Bago, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions andabout normal in the remaining States and Divisions. Thesignificant day temperatures were Minbu and Thayawdy(44°C) each, Magway (43°C) and Chauk (42°C). The note-worthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Dawei (0.04) inch.

Maximum temperature on 5- 4 -2007 was 102°F.Minimum temperature on 6- 4 -2007 was 75°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 6- 4 -2007 was 68%. Totalsunshine hours on 5- 4 -2007 was (10.2) hours approx.

Rainfall on 6- 4 -2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was(nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph fromSouthwest at (21:30) hours MST on 5-4 -2007.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in the NorthBay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7- 4-2007: Scatteredrain or thundershowers are likely in Kachin State and SagaingDivision, isolated in Rakhine, Mon and Kayin States, Yangon,Ayeyawady, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions and partly cloudyin the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days:Likelihood of iso-lated rain or thundershowers in the Northern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areasfor 7-4-2007: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areasfor 7-4-2007: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areasfor 7-4-2007: Partly cloudy.

Weather outlook for second weekend of April 2007:During the coming weekend, weather will be partly cloudy inNay Pyi Taw, Yangon and Mandalay Divisions.

WEATHER

*R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printe d at The New Light of Myanmar Press,No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223,Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 297028

“Untimely Rainfall Warning”Isssued at (11:30) hours MST on 6th April, 2007

According to the observation at (09:30) hours MSTtoday, rain or thundershowers are likely to be scattered inKachin State and Sagaing Division, isolated in Rakhine, Monand Kayin States, Yangon, Ayeyawady, Bago and TaninthayiDivisions within next (48) hours commencing noon today.

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1. Martial song

4:15 pm2. Songs to uphold

National Spirit4:30 pm3. English for everyday

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18. The next day’sprogramme

JAKARTA, 6 April — Egyptian vaccine maker Vacsera is looking to team up with an Indonesian companyto develop a bird flu vaccine for humans, an Egyptian minister and a company official said late on Wednesday.

Indonesia, Egypt to develop bird flu vaccine

Dinara Safina, of Russia, watches her shot toKatrina Srebotnik during their third-round tennis

match at the Bausch and Lomb Championships, on5 April , 2007, in Amelia Island, Fla. Safina is the

number five seed. — INTERNET

Indonesia has theworld’s highest death tollfrom bird flu with 72fatalities from the H5N1virus. A 15-year-old girl

tested positive for the viruson Thursday.

Egypt has recorded32 human cases, 13 ofthem fatal, the highest

figures for any countryoutside Asia.

“With regard to avianflu, the Egyptian companyinvolved in cooperation forproducing or manufacturinga vaccine with Indonesia isVacsera,” Egypt’sMinister of InternationalCooperation, FayzaAboulnaga, told a newsconference.

Vacsera’s chief,Salwa Seddik, said the firmhad approached Indonesianvaccine maker PT BioFarma for joint research anddevelopment of a vaccine,but did not give details.

“We have contactedthe Indonesian HealthMinistry and Bio Farma. Itis at an early stage but wedo hope we can start as

soon as possible,” Seddiktold reporters.

“We don’t know untilnow where the vaccine isgoing to be produced butwe have the facility inEgypt,” she said.

Indonesian TradeMinister Mari Pangestusaid the government has yetto decide which drugcompany would beinvolved.

There is nocommercially availablebird flu vaccine for peoplebut several major drug firmsare working on one.

MNA/Reuters

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6th Waning of Hnaung Tagu 1368 ME Saturday, 7 April, 2007

Lt-Gen Maung Bo on inspection tour ofYe, Mawlamyine townships

NAY PYI TAW, 6 April — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Maung Bo ofthe Ministry of Defence attended a ceremony to open anextended patient ward of Ye Township People’s Hospital(50-bed) on 3 April morning. He was accompanied byMon State PDC Chairman South-East CommandCommander Brig-Gen Thet Naing Win, Brig-Gen ChoTun Aung of Ye Station, senior military officers,departmental heads and officials. Next, he met servicepersonnel, members of social organizations andtownspeople and visited a physic nut growing ceremony,a summer paddy plantation in Mudon Township and themain building construction site of TechnologicalUniversity (Mawlamyine).

At the opening of the extended patient ward of YeTownship Hospital, the commander and HealthDepartment Deputy Director-General Dr Kyaw NyuntSein formally opened the building, and Lt-Gen MaungBo formally unveiled the signboard of the hospital andviewed the ward. Head of Mon State Health Department

Dr Tin Win Kyaw and officials conducted Lt-Gen MaungBo around the operation theatre, in-patient and outpatientwards and nurses’ room. Specialists in various fields alsoreported on giving treatment to the patients. ManagingDirector U Chan Sein of Home Tauk Construction Grouphanded over documents related to the hospital building toDr Tin Win Kyaw.

Next, Lt-Gen Maung Bo and party met localauthorities, departmental staff, social organizations andtownspeople at the Ye Township PDC office. The townshipcouncil chairman reported on facts about the township,cultivation of monsoon and summer paddy, rubber andphysic nut and regional development tasks including (See page 9)

Advanced Management Course (Special) No 5 for USDA Executives concludes

Today the nation enjoys fruits of unprecedented peace and stabilityYANGON, 6 April —

The AdvancedManagement Course(Special) No 5 forExecutives of the UnionSolidarity andDevelopment Association

concluded at the hall of theUSDA Training School inHmawby Township thismorning, with an addressby USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo.

Also present on the

occasion were USDACEC members andresponsible persons. In hisaddress, Secretary-General U Htay Oo saidthat today, the governmentis striving for emergence

a peaceful, modern anddeveloped new nation. Itis a transitional periodfrom the old system to thenew one that the peoplelong for. Infrastructuresare being built for

existence of the new nationin the long run. In buildingthe new nation, peace andstability is an essentialneed.

In reviewing thehistory of the country,

suspicions andmisunderstandings causedamong the national brethrenin the early period of post-independence era due toinstigation of colonialists.These suspicions andm i s u n d e r s t a n d i n g striggered armed conflicts.Till today, some nationalraces are holding arms tooppose the government. Itis known to all that if peaceand stability deteriorate, adeveloped nation cannot bebuilt. Hence, successivegovern-ments had madeefforts for prevalence ofpeace and stability in thenation. It is obvious thattoday the nation enjoys fruitsof the unprecedented peaceand stability. After realizingthe national reconsolidationpolicy of the government, (See page 10)

Lt-Gen Maung Bo of Ministry of Defence inspects construction of main building for Technological University in Mawlamyine. — MNA

USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo delivers an address at concluding of Advanced Management Course (Special)No 5 for USDA Executives. — MNA

Industrial development callsfor technologies and resources.Therefore, young people need to betrained to improve their knowledgeof modern technologies.

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