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Volume XVII, Number 6 13th Waning of Tagu 1371 ME Wednesday, 22 April, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

* 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 State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

PRC, Myanmar cooperating in variouseconomic fields strengthening bilateral ties

Fujian Province Governor hosts dinner to Prime Minister General Thein SeinNAY PYI TAW, 21 April—Governor of Fujian

Province Mr Huan Shao Xin paid a courtesy call onPrime Minister of the Union of Myanmar GeneralThein Sein at Mandarin Grand Ballroom on the firstfloor of Yeohwa Hotel in Xiamen, Fujian Province, at6 pm on 19 April.

At the call, the Prime Minister was accompaniedby Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, Ministerfor National Planning and Economic Development USoe Tha, Minister for Communications, Posts andTelegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw, MyanmarAmbassador to the People's Republic of China UThein Lwin, Director-General of the GovernmentOffice Col Thant Shin, Director-General of the ProtocolDepartment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs U KyawKyaw, Director-General of the Political Department UKyaw Tin and officials.

The Governor of Fujian Province was accompaniedby Member of the Permanent Committee of the ProvinceParty Secretary of Xiamen Party Mr Ha Li Pon, Vice-Governor Mr Huang Xiaojing, Chinese Ambassador

(See page 8)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives Governor of Fujian Province Mr Huan Shao Xin.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein and party attend dinner hosted by Governor of FujianProvince Mr Huan Shao Xin. — MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 22 April, 2009

Wednesday, 22 April, 2009 * 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Prime Minister of the Union of MyanmarGeneral Thein Sein while in Boao, thePeople’s Republic of China to attend BoaoForum for Asia Annual Conference 2009met Chinese Premier Mr Wen Jiabao atSeven Seas Ballroom of Sheraton Hotel inSanya on 17 April.

Premier Mr Wen Jiabao said he believesthat the Boao Forum for Asia AnnualConference can successfully be held despiteglobal financial crisis. The conference willcontribute much to further strengtheningfriendly ties as it is based on mutuallybeneficial cooperation through mutual trustand understanding and exchange of views.

At the conference, the leaders exchangedviews on potential impact of present globalfinancial crisis and the response of Asianregion to the crisis.

The two leaders discussed fruitful resultsof bilateral economic cooperation, oil, naturalgas and the energy, electric power, railtransportation, agriculture and humanresource sectors.

Chinese Premier Mr Wen Jiabaomentioned that China is a good neighbour ofMyanmar and there is political stability andeconomic progress in Myanmar and Chinasupports the continued efforts of herneighbour for national solidarity.

The trip of the Myanmar Prime Ministerto the People’s Republic of China strengthensSino-Myanmar relations and cooperationand it will benefit both countries.

Promote Sino-Myanmarcooperation

NAY PYI TAW, 21 April— Chairman ofAyeyawady Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of South-West Command Maj-Gen KyawSwe and Minister for Progress of Border Areas andNational Races and Development Affairs Col TheinNyunt on 20 April morning attended the opening ofKhine Sanda, Khine Thawda and Khine Mitta gravelroads in Maubin undertaken by Maubin TownshipDevelopment Committee and inspected the roads.

Afterwards, the commander and the ministerattended the opening of the two-storey building forNo. 2 Basic Education High School (Branch) held in

New school building for No. 2 Basic Education HighSchool (Branch) in Maubin handed over

conjunction with a ceremony to hand over the newschool building to the Ministry of Education, and thecommander unveiled the stone inscription of the newschool building.

Next, the commander and the ministersprinkled scented water onto the stone inscription.

After that, the commander and the ministerattended the opening of Sitchaung Village BasicEducation Middle School (Branch) in MaubinTownship built by the Development Affairs Committeeand a ceremony to hand over the new school buildingto the Ministry of Education.—MNA

YANGON, 21 April—GeneralSecretary of the Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerceand Industry Dr Maung Maung Lay,Joint Secretary-4 Dr Myo Thet, JointSecretary-5 Dr Pwint Hsan together withthe representatives from MyanmarEdible Oil Merchants and EntrepreneursAssociation met with a five-member

UMFCCI receives Malaysia Palm Oil Counciland Felda Delima Oil Products Sdn Bhd

delegation led by adviser Maj (Retd)Amir Alias to Malaysia Palm Oil Counciland Felda Delima Oil Products Sdn Bhdat the office of the federation on 8 April.

The meeting focused on boostingtrade between the two countries, holdinga seminar on edible palm oil andprocedures on importing of items intoMyanmar.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe and Minister Col Thein Nyunt attend ceremony to opentwo-storey building for No. 2 Basic Education High School (Branch) in Maubin.—MNA

UMFCCI members and Myanmarentrepreneurs meet Malaysian

delegation.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21April—The opening ofNational Sanitation Week2009 of Rakine State washeld at town hall in Sittwayon 6 April with an addressby Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Develop-ment Council Commanderof Western Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye.

YANGON, 21April—Chairman ofYangon CityDevelopment Com-mittee Mayor Brig-GenAung Thein Lin on 18April inspectedsanitation works forproper flow of water afterMaha Thingyan Festivalat the corner of Theinbyuand Bo Min Yaung Roads

Commander attends RakhineState National Sanitation

Week 2009Next, the

commander and wife andguests viewed NationalSanitation Week 2009booth displayed at theceremony. Then thecommander accompaniedby officials inspectedgiving educative talks onhealth to mark NationalSanitation Week anddemonstration onconstruction of fly-prooflatrine at Min Wun wardin Sittway.—MNA

Mayor inspectssanitation works in

Yangon

in Mingala TaungnyuntTownship and nearThakhin Mya Garden inAhlon Township, andconstruction of sluicegate and brick ditch onHanthawady Road inKamayut Township anddredging of drains atThumingala Road inSouth OkkalapaTownship.—MNA

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Medvedev slams US plans formissile defence shield

Soldiers inspected a bus hit by a suicide bomber inKirkuk on 15 April, 2009. A suicide bomber dis-guised in army uniform blew himself up at anIraqi military base as newly arrived soldiers

queued for lunch on Thursday, killing at least 16troops and wounding 50.—INTERNET

An Afghan injured man is helped by a relative on a bed at the hospital in KhostProvince, east of Kabul, Afghanistan on 20 April, 2009. A second roadside bomb in eastern Khost Province killed two civilians, police said.—INTERNET

Army troops in Iraq prepareto head to Afghanistan

BAGHDAD, 20 April—Only in Iraq a few weeks,nearly 500 US Army combat engineers who special-ize in clearing roads of explosives learned they werebeing shipped off to southern Afghanistan, one of theclearest signs of America’s shifting wartime priorities.The transfer, which moved into its final stages Mon-day, is the largest movement so far of personnel andequipment from Iraq as President Barack Obama putsthe focus on the fight in the Taleban heartland.

“We are probably going to be the beginning of theinflux you are going to see to Afghanistan,” Lt ColKevin Landers, commander of the Fort Carson,Colo-based 4th Engineer Battalion, said as crewspacked crates and cleaned vehicles for the flightto Kandahar.—Internet

Three civilians, three police dead in Afghanistan

China to show new subs, says no threat to region

HELSINKI, 21 April—Russian President DmitryMedvedev said Mondaythat US plans for a missileshield in Europe threaten todisrupt the weapons bal-ance between the two coun-tries. During a visit to Fin-land, Medvedev noted thatMoscow “could not reachagreement with the previ-ous US administration” onmissile defence, but saidhe expected to begin talkson the issue soon withPresident Barack Obama.

When they met in Lon-don earlier this month, the

two presidents did not ad-dress American prepara-tions to deploy parts of amissile shield in Polandand the Czech Republic,but in their joint statementthe United States acknowl-edged Russian concerns.

“Russia is very con-cerned about unilateral ef-forts to develop missileshields that decidedly posecomplications in the mu-tual balance of weapons,”Medvedev said at the Uni-versity of Helsinki.

He said that “a truly glo-bal missile shield” should

not serve the interests ofonly one country or alli-ance. “One party shouldnot decide the properties ofsuch a shield but unfortu-nately that is happeningnow when decisions arebeing made in Europe,”Medvedev said, in a speechtranslated to Finnish.

Medvedev repeatedplans, agreed with Obamain London, to begin talkssoon to replace the 1991Strategic Arms ReductionTreaty, or START, whichexpires at year’s end.

Internet

BEIJING, 21 April—China plans to display itsnuclear submarines thisweek in the first knownpublic appearance ofsome its most potent war-ships, a sign of growingconfidence in its rapidupgrade to new vesselsand weapons systems.

The vessels will appearat Thursday’s interna-tional fleet review in thenorthern port city ofQingdao, deputy navycommander Ding Yipingwas quoted as saying by

the official Xinhua NewsAgency on Tuesday. Hedid not give the specifictypes of vessels to be dis-played.

The People’s Libera-tion Army, controlled bythe Communist Party, hastraditionally kept its bestweaponry tightly underwraps, but recent yearshave seen a growingopenness as it seeks totake its place among theranks of modern, profes-sional militaries.

Ding reiterated China’s

contention that the Peo-ple’s Liberation Armydoes not pose a threat toother nations, despite con-cerns that a more power-ful navy could emboldenChina in asserting its ter-ritorial claims, particu-larly in the South ChinaSea.

“The PLA Navy willcontinue to make contri-butions to maintain world,regional and maritimepeace,” Ding was quotedas saying.

Internet A member of the Iraqipolice stands by awrecked bus hit by asuicide bomber inKirkuk. Ten Iraqi po-licemen were killedand at least 22wounded in a massivesuicide car bomb in thenorthern city of Kirkukon Wednesday, whicha senior officer imme-diately blamed on Al-Qaeda.—INTERNET

Somali pirates free Philippinetanker, 23 crew

MANILA, 21 April—Somali pirates freed a chemicaltanker and its 23 Filipino crew members Tuesday af-ter holding them hostage in the Gulf of Aden for morethan five months, the ship owner and officials said.

The release came a day after a separate group ofbandits freed the Lebanese-owned food aid freighterMV Sea Horse after receiving $100,000 from Somalibusinessmen. At least 16 other ships with nearly 300crew remain in the hands of Somali pirates.

The Philippine company Sagana Shipping Inc de-clined to say whether it paid any ransom for Tuesday’srelease of its ship, MT Stolt Strength.

Securing the safe release of the vessel and crew was“difficult and protracted” and the company was “ex-tremely pleased” with the result, Sagana spokesmanDexter Custodio said in a statement.—Internet

KABUL, 21 April—Three civiliansand three policemen were killed Mon-day and more than a dozen others werewounded in the latest incidents of vio-lence across Afghanistan, officials said.

A disabled man packed explosivesinto his artificial leg and detonated in-side the compound of an Afghan pro-vincial governor on Monday but man-aged only to kill himself, police said.

The bomber hobbled into the heav-

ily guarded compound of the governorin the western city of Herat and explodedhis bombs after police fired at him,deputy provincial police chief, DelawarShah Delawar, told AFP at the scene.

“Today a suicide attacker, a disabledman who placed his bombs in his artifi-cial leg, was able to enter the governor’scompound. He exploded himself after ourpolice fired at him,” he said. “The onlycasualty was the bomber.”—Internet

Afghan forces kill eightTaleban-linked rebels

KABUL, 21 April—Afghan security forces backedby foreign troops killed eight Taleban-linked insurgentsduring operations in troubled southern Afghanistan onTuesday, authorities said. Seven rebels were killed in asweep in the province of Uruzgan, an infamous Talibanhotbed near the Pakistani border, the interior ministrysaid. Another militant was killed and a suspect detainedduring an operation in neighbouring Kandahar, the USmilitary said.US forces also said an air strike on Tuesdaydestroyed a Soviet-era “anti-aircraft weapon system” inHelmand, another Taliban flashpoint.—Internet

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Passengers from theCanJet airplane

hijacked on 19 April inMontego Bay, Jamaica,

arrive at the AbelSantamaria airport in

Villa Clara, Cuba on 20April, 2009.

INTERNET

BEIJING, 21 April — Agunman hijacked a Cana-dian flight in Jamaica lateSunday, and the six crewmembers are still beingheld hostages although allthe passengers were re-leased unharmed.

The following is a listof similar accidents thattook place across theworld in recent years:

26 Aug, 2008 — ASudanese passenger planewas hijacked en routefrom Niyala, the capitalcity of Sudan’s SouthDarfur State, to the capi-tal Khartoum. All passen-gers were later released.

Hijacked planes in recent years18 Aug, 2007 — A pas-

senger aircraft with 136passengers and six crew onboard was hijacked onflight from Nicosia to Istan-bul and landed at AntalyaAirport for refueling. Thehijacker had wanted theplane to fly to Iran.

10 April, 2007 — ATurkish plane was hi-jacked and forced to landin the capital Ankara.

24 Jan, 2007 — ABoeing passenger jet ofSudan was hijacked anddiverted from its originalflight course to Chadiancapital of Ndjamena.

28 Dec, 2006 — An

attempted assault on thecrew of a RussianAeroflot airliner forcedthe pilot to make an un-scheduled emergencylanding in Prague.

3 Oct, 2006 — A Turk-ish airliner was hijackedin Greek airspace aftertaking off from the Alba-nian capital Tirana.

12 Sept, 2005 — Twoarmed men hijacked asmall Colombian planecarrying about 25 people.The plane was on its wayfrom the southern cityFlorencia to Bogota be-fore it was taken.

Internet

A rescue team of German armed forcesBundeswehr treats the gunshot wound of an

Afghan man in a shock room of their rescue centreinside the Provinical Reconstruction Team (PRT)

camp in Kunduz late on 20 April, 2009.INTERNET

TOKYO, 21 April—Toyota Motor’s domestic produc-tion is likely to fall below three million vehicles for thefirst time in three decades in the current business yearas demand slumps, a report said on Tuesday.

Toyota’s output in Japan is seen dropping to about2.8 million units in the fiscal year which began thismonth, down more than 30 percent from a record hightwo years earlier, the Yomiuri Shimbun said withoutnaming its sources.

The last time the company’s output was less thanthree million was in fiscal 1978, when Toyota pro-duced 2.89 million vehicles.

Toyota sees the three million production level asthe minimum necessary to maintain its 69,000 regularemployees in Japan, the newspaper noted.

The company has already shed thousands of tem-porary workers and the daily said pressure wouldmount for a reduction in the number of the regularworkers.—Internet

SEOUL, 21 April— LG Electronics Inc posted a 25percent fall in quarterly operating profit on Tuesday,hurt by the global recession, but results beat expecta-tions on resilient handset margins and improvementsin its flat screen TV business.

The world’s No 3 mobile phone maker said it ex-pected to increase total sales by more than 10 percentin the second quarter from the first, thanks to strongrevenues from air conditioners.

It also said it aimed to increase mobile phone salesby more than 10 percent in the second quarter fromthe first.

LG’s (066570.KS) improving brand image andprice competitiveness from the weaker won are help-ing the South Korean company expand market sharein mobile phones and LCD TVs at the expense of strug-gling foreign rivals, even in the midst of the down-turn.

LG posted a 455.6 billion won ($337.1 million)global-basis operating profit for the quarter to March31, beating a 307.4 billion won average profit fore-cast from nine analysts polled by Reuters.

That compared to a 605.2 billion won profit for thesame quarter a year earlier but improved from a 101.4billion won operating profit in the fourth quarter lastyear.

Internet

NEW YORK, 21 April— The sole surviving Somalipirate from the hostage-taking of an American shipcaptain arrived in New York on Monday, smiling for agaggle of cameras and reporters as federal agents ledhim into custody to face charges in the attack.

Abduhl Wali-i-Musi (AHB’-dul wahl-ih-MOO’-sih) was handcuffed and had a chain wrapped aroundhis waist. His left hand was heavily bandaged fromthe wound he suffered during the skirmish on the shiptwo weeks ago.

The smiling teenager seemed poised as he entereda federal building in a rainstorm, but he didn’t say any-thing in response to reporters’ shouted questions aboutwhether he had any comment about the pirate episode.

Wali-i-Musi is the first person to be tried in the UnitedStates on piracy charges in more than a century. He wasflown from Africa to a New York airport and taken intocustody ahead of a court hearing on Tuesday.—Internet

NAIROBI, 21 April—Somali pirates in speedboatsopened fire on Monday on two cargo ships in thelatest hijacking attempts in the notorious Gulf ofAden. The latest attack occurred at midday whenpirates fired shots at a Chinese-owned, Panama-flagged cargo ship, the MV New Legend Honor, saidCmdr Chris Davies, from NATO’s maritime head-quarters in England.

Two NATO warships — one Canadian, the otherBritish — scrambled helicopters in defence, Daviessaid. No damage was reported to the cargo ship andthe pirates escaped. In a separate pre-dawn attack,pirates fired rockets at the Maltese-flagged MVAtlantica about 30 miles (50 kilometres) off Yem-en’s coast in the Gulf of Aden, said Lt.-Cmdr.Alexandre Santos Fernandes, a spokesman for theNATO alliance.

Internet

FBI agentsescort Somali

pirate USofficials identifyas Abduhl Wali-i-Musi into FBIheadquarters at

26 FederalPlaza, on 20

April, 2009, inNew York.

Abduhl Wal-i-Musi is the solesurviving So-

mali pirate fromthe hostage-

taking of com-mercial ship

captain RichardPhillips.INTERNET

Somali pirate arrives in NYC,awaits court hearing

Somali pirates fire on cargoships in Gulf of Aden

LG Elec Q1 operating profitbeats forecasts

EL-FASHER, 21 April—A fire has spread through theheadquarters of the joint United Nations and AfricanUnion peacekeeping mission in Darfur (UNAMID)with no reports of casualties, it said on Monday.

The fire broke out at around 10:00 pm (1900 GMT)on Sunday in a supply area of the headquarters, about10 metres (yards) away from telecommunication an-tennas, UNAMID spokesman Noureddine Mezni toldAFP. He said the fire was probably caused by a short-circuit but it had yet to be confirmed.

Firemen took more than three hours to put out the blaze,the first at the headquarters since the launch of UNAMIDoperations in Darfur in January 2008.—Internet

Toyota’s domestic outputto hit three-decade low

Fire damages UN headquartersin Darfur

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Visitors look at a concept sports car of Geely at the Shanghai auto expo inShanghai, east China, on 20 April, 2009. The 13th Shanghai auto expo

opened Monday to the media. The event has attracted over 1,500 domesticand foreign automakers.—Xinhua

BRUSSELS, 21 April—The number of dangerousnon-food consumer prod-ucts withdrawn from theEuropean Union (EU)market rose by 16 percentin 2008 compared to thatin 2007, an annual reportby the European Commis-sion shows.

The number of notifi-cations for dangerousproducts rose to 1,866 in2008 from 1,605 in 2007,according to the report fora rapid alert system fornon-food dangerous prod-ucts (RAPEX), which was

A traveller uses an auto check-in machine in thedeparture hall of Changi International Airport in

Singapore. —XINHUA

Palestinians wait to enter Gaza from Egypt through the Rafah border cross-ing, in the southern Gaza Strip, on 19 April, 2009. The Rafah crossing

opened for two days on Saturday for Palestinians with humanitarian causes,a Palestinian border official said. —XINHUA

HOHHOT, 21 April —The wind power, once usedonly by herdsmen for cooking and lighting, will spreadfrom remote cottages to the vast countryside in northChina’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region.

An official of the regional government said Mon-day that wind power installed capacity of InnerMongolia will reach 5 million kilowatts by 2010.

“Wind power-installed capacity reached 3 mil-lion kilowatts in 2008 in the Inner Mongolia, account-ing for one-third of that of the country’s total,” saidZhao Shuanglian, vice chairman of the autonomousregion, at a ceremony for the region’s first 850-kWwind power generator was successfully produced inHohhot, capital of Inner Mongolia.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 21 April—Finnish Prime Minister MattiVanhanen advocated addressing climate change as asolution to the global economic downturn in a speechat Tsinghua University, “Towards a Greener Future,”here on Monday.

“The current economic crisis must not mean thatwe will decrease our investments in climate changemitigation and environmental protection,” Vanhanensaid. “I strongly believe we can simultaneously achieveeconomic growth and address climate change.”

He said investments in renewable energy and en-ergy efficiency would create “green jobs” and eco-logically sound infrastructure. “We need a greaterunderstanding of how green technology and innova-tion will serve as the engine of economic growth, whilesimultaneously curbing global warming.”

Vanhanen said the proper time to seek world-wide goals on global warming would be during theClimate Change Conference in Copenhagen in De-cember.—Xinhua

More dangerous consumerproducts detected in 2008 in EU

published on Monday.Toys with childcare ar-

ticles, such as bicycles,baby walkers, cots andsoothers, electrical prod-ucts, and motor vehicleswere the most frequentlynotified products in 2008.

“This report sends avery clear message thatthere is no room for com-placency when it comes tosafety,” said EU Con-sumer Protection Com-missioner MeglenaKuneva.

She said the biggestchallenge for 2009 is to

make sure that productsafety is not set aside dur-ing this period of eco-nomic crisis, that businesscontinues to respect theirduties toward consumersand that member statesallocate sufficient re-sources to enforcement.

“In times of economiccrisis when price becomesa very prominent factor inconsumer spending, weneed to step up our effortsand keep our vigilance es-pecially high,” saidKuneva.

Xinhua

N China region strives to buildmore wind power plants

BEIJING, 21 April —China plans to build fivenuclear power stations in the eastern and southernregions this year, the country’s energy planner saidhere on Monday.

The five projects will be constructed in thecoastal Zhejiang Province, Shandong Province andsouthern Guangdong and Hainan provinces, the Na-tional Energy Administration (NEA) announced ata meeting on nuclear power application.

The construction of the Sanmen Nuclear PowerPlant in Zhejiang has already begun Sunday.

It would be the first third-generation pressurizedwater reactor in the country using AP 1000 technolo-gies developed by US-based Westinghouse, and alsothe first in the world using such technologies.—Xinhua

China to build five nuclearpower stations in 2009

MOSCOW, 21 April —ARussian titanium producersigned a 4-billion USdollar contract with Air-bus on Monday, Russiannews agencies reported.

Russia’s VSMPO-Avisma will supply tita-nium products used in theproduction of all Airbusplanes including the newgeneration A-350 aircraft

COLOMBO, 21 April —The military in Sri Lankasaid over 30,000 civiliansheld hostage by Tamil Ti-ger rebels in the northernno-fire zone (NFZ) wererescued by the troops onMonday after the Armybroke more rebel posi-tions in the NFZ.

The Ministry of De-fence said in a statementthat the troops capturedthe 3 km long defence line

Finnish PM stresses greentechnology as engine for

economic growth

Russia signs $4-b titaniumcontract with Airbus

until 2020, the Itar-Tassnews agency reported.

The contract probablyis the largest long-termproject in the history ofthe Russian industry, thereport noted.—Xinhua

All items fromXinhua News Agency

Over 30,000 civilians rescued by Sri Lankan troopsbuilt by the LiberationTigersof Tamil Eelam(LTTE) on the westernborder of the NFZ in themorning, opening a saferoute for the civilians toflee the NFZ less than 20-sq-km at Puttumatalanarea.

The statement claimedthree LTTE suicide cad-res have exploded them-selves in the NFZ killingdozens of refugees in-

cluding women and chil-dren.

A pro-LTTE websitesaid the Army began todeliver full fire- poweragainst the NFZ at 2 am(2030 GMT) and ad-vanced into the zone at 11am (0530 GMT), causingheavy civilian casualties.

Actual number of ci-vilians trapped in the NFZis being debated.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A couple toads crossing a busyBavarian road. A French bus driverworking in Germany faced the sackafter stopping her double decker tosave a frog from being squashed

under the wheels, press reports said.

Massachusetts Institute of Technologystudent Huan Liu of Shanghai, China,positions a robot gardener near atomato plant while demonstrating itscapabilities in the Artificial IntelligenceLaboratory on the schools campus in Cambridge, Mass.

A student artist paints a street wallahead of the Bangla New Yearcelebrations in Dhaka, Bangladesh,on 13 April, 2009. Pahela Baishakhor the first day of the Bangla NewYear falls on 14 April.

Pa woman forges bankruptcy seal to save electricA Pittsburgh woman made a fake federal bankruptcy court seal on a document

in hopes a utility company wouldn’t cut off her electric service. Dorothy Hunt, 41,pleaded guilty to the counterfeiting charge Thursday and faces up to five years inprison when she’s sentenced 6 Aug.

Prosecutors said Hunt owed Duquesne Light more than $1,500 and tried to trickthe company into believing she had filed for bankruptcy protection so the wouldn’ttry to collect the debt and shut off her power in the process. Hunt faked the documentin October 2005.

It wasn’t immediately clear how the delinquent bill was resolved. Hunt’s publicdefender said she can’t comment.

Deer smashes through doors,three vehicles in ark

A deer somehow survived being hit bya car near Little Rock, but that was only thefirst part of what soon became a very roughday. On Tuesday morning in White Hall,the vehicle struck the animal on USHighway 270.

Assistant Police Chief Richard Wingardsays the injured large doe then chargedinto the glass doors of a travel plaza, ranabout 100 feet through a hallway andcrashed through a second set of glass doors,finding itself outside again.

The deer then ran into traffic onInterstate 530, where it was hit by asouthbound vehicle. Somehow, the deermanaged to run across the median and washit by a northbound truck.

That proved to be enough for the deer,in Wingard’s words, “to meet its maker.”

Noone was injured.

Mich man helps deliverwife’s surprise baby

A western Michigan man helpeddeliver his wife’s baby boy despite notknowing she was pregnant. The GrandRapids Press reported the man called911 early Thursday as his wife was inlabor. The man told the dispatcher thathe had not known his 27-year-old wifewas pregnant. He said they recently quitsmoking and thought her recent weightgain was related.

The couple has two children, and themother has an additional child from aprevious relationship.

Following the successful delivery,the dispatcher talked the man throughpost-birth procedures. The child wastaken to a local hospital.

Thief steals woman’ssteering wheel, knob, seats

A New Jersey woman has an unusualinsurance claim. Police said a thiefbroke into her 2003 Honda S20 andstole the steering wheel, shift knob andfront seats.

The 52-year-old victim discoveredthe theft on Sunday. She told police shehad parked the vehicle outside her SouthHill Road home on Thursday.

TOKYO, 21 April—Japan Airlines (JAL), Asia’s larg-est carrier, is seeking two billion dollars in emergencygovernment loans to shore up its finances amid theglobal economic downturn, reports said on Tuesday.

JAL hopes to secure 200 billion yen (two billiondollars) of low-interest loans from the state-backed De-velopment Bank of Japan, public broadcaster NHK andthe Asahi newspaper reported without identifying theirsources.

The airline, which expects to report a net loss of 34billion yen for the past year to March due to weakdemand, is considering applying for a public loan buthas not yet done so, a company spokesman said.

JAL is concerned it may not be able to secure thefunds necessary to buy new aircraft and redeem bondsif the number of passengers keeps falling, NHK said.

The company may need to take cost-cut measuresin addition to reductions in procurement expenses, itsaid.—Internet

JAKARTA, 21 April —Indonesian banks increasedpublic fund amidst liquidity squeeze this year, a bank-ing official said on Monday.

“We made some innovations to gather public funds.That’s very important to tackle credit crunch chal-lenge,” said Stefanus Willy Sukianto, Senior VicePresident of Wealth Management and Funding Busi-ness of Bank International Indonesia, a subsidiary ofthe Malaysia’s biggest bank, Malayan Banking Berhad(Maybank).

The latest bank’s innovation was creating a specialsaving for women launched on Wednesday that tar-geted fund of 500 billion rupiah or 44.8 million USdollars in the first year.

The company said that its product, BII Woman OneSaving, is the first saving for woman in Indonesia torespond female customers who have specific needs.

InternetJACKSON’S POINT (Ontario), 21 April — Canada’s

oldest professional summer theater was destroyed byfire, officials said on Sunday.The Toronto Star reportedthe Red Barn Theatre in Jackson’s Point caught firelate Saturday night.

Fire crews could not save the theater’s woodenstructure. Parts of two walls were still standing but asilo was the only part that might be saved, the news-paper said.

Witnesses reported there might have been an ex-plosion inside the building. The Barn, which was builtin 1883, has been used as a theater since 1949.

“We’re all sad,” said Hugh Sibbald, whose familybuilt the barn and owns the land it’s on. “It was one ofthe things that brought prestige and awareness to thisarea.”—Internet

NEW ORLEANS, 21 April— The primary ingredientin marijuana, if used dur-ing adolescence, can af-fect learning and memorylater in life, US research-ers said.

Dr Peter Winsauer ofLouisiana State Univer-sity had found thatestrogen — or, more spe-cifically, having ovaries— made adult rats ex-

File photo of Japan Airlines planes at HanedaAirport in Tokyo. Japan Airlines, Asia’s largest

carrier, is seeking two billion dollars in emergencygovernment loans to shore up its finances amid the

global economic downturn, reports said onTuesday.—INTERNET

Japan Airlines seekstwo-billion-dollars Govt loan

Fire

destroys

Canadian

theater

Using pot as a teen may affect thinking

posed for the first time toTHC, the primary ingre-dient in marijuana andhashish, less sensitive toTHC’s negative effects ontests of learning andmemory. Winsauer saidthe results indicate thatthe effects of THC andestrogen are different, de-pending on age, and, evenmore important, that THCuse during adolescence, a

critical period of develop-ment, has lasting effectson cognitive processessuch as learning andmemory.

The researcher said hebelieves illicit use of THCduring adolescence pro-duces persistent changesin the brain that sensitizefemales to the negative ef-fects of THC later in life.

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Extended runway of Kengtung Airport contributing to smooth transportationArticle: Yan Gyi Aung; Photos: Construction & Ko Ko Lay (MNA)

On 31 March, I had an opportunity to visitKengtung by air for the first time. The flight of FokkerF-28 from Myanma Airway took one hour and fiveminutes from Yangon to Kengtung. On arrival atKengtung Airport, I witnessed the long and widerunway.

“This jet flight takes about one hour for the route.In the past, we spent about two hours by the plane withpropellers,” said a local passenger who took a seatbeside me.

Pointing to the runway, he continued to say, “Dueto construction of the extended runway, aircraft likethis can land on the runway.”

After landing, the airplane went to the apron fromthe runway, and the passengers descended from it.

Fortunately, we, the news crew, met withSuperintending Engineer U Thaung Tun of PublicWorks in Shan State (East) and had an interview withhim on extended construction of the runway.

Superintending Engineer U Thaung Tunexplained, “Public Works undertook extension of therunway at Kengtung Airport by spending the allottedfunds of the government in the respective financialyears. As all the construction tasks have beencompleted, the newly built runway will be inauguratedsoon.”

Assistant Engineer (Civil) U Than Htoo Aung,who is discharging duties of Senior Engineer (Civil)of Airport Construction Project Special Group (1) ofPublic Works under the Ministry of Constructionsaid, “Our group has completed cent per centconstruction work for four main tasks including theapron to be built in 2008-2009 financial year.” Hefurther explained the progress of construction tasks.

Kengtung Airport is located at an altitude of2,800 feet, three miles northeast from Kengtung. Theoriginal runway of the airport, 4,700 feet long and 70feet wide, was 12 inches thick asphalt concrete type.The surface of the runway was not constructedhorizontally and it was built on a slope. At that time,

only Fokker F-27 aircraft could land on the runway asit was short.

Public Works made arrangements for extendingthe runway by drawing the runway design for landingof Y 8 flights. In line with the new design, the 8,000feet long and 150 feet wide runway was constructed towithstand 134,000 pounds of loads.

During the period between 1994-1995 and 2003-2004 financial years, Kengtung Region Group of PublicWorks and Airport Construction Project Special Group-3 extended the original runway with 8,000 feet longand 75 feet wide left section and 1,300 feet long and 75feet wide right section.

In 2004-2005 financial year, Hong PangConstruction Company continued the constructiontasks of the extended runway. The runway had beencompleted 1500 feet long and 75 feet wide more on theright side. Up to 31-3-2005, the right side of therunway was extended to 2,800 feet long and 75 feetwide in total.

Starting 2005-2006 financial year, AirportConstruction Project Special Group-1 continuedthe construction of the remaining 5200 feet longand 75 feet wide runway section on the right side.On 1-5-2008, the construction tasks werecompleted. As such, the extension of the runway,8000 feet long and 150 feet wide, was successfullyundertaken.

In building the runway, the 10.5 inches thick

second layer with mixtures of gravels and soil wasplaced on the compact ground layer. Moreover, the7.5 inches thick layer was placed on the second layer.Afterwards, the tarmacking of the runway wasundertaken on the surface layer.

In 2008-2009 financial year, four main tasks ofthe runway were construction of the 500-foot landingstrip on the hilly areas from mile posts 57 to 96,building of a 600 feet long, 160 feet wide and 18inches thick concrete apron, dredging of drains at theapron and drawing of the runway pavement markingwere completed on 23 March this year.

U Than Htoo Aung explained that the constructiontasks were carried out with the use of 21 heavymachinery such as excavators, shift foot rollers,bulldozers, backhoes, quarry, concrete mixers androllers.

To complete the project on schedule, thegovernment provided necessary heavy machineryand construction materials for the project.

In-charge of the airport U Hla Soe said, “In thepast, only Fokker F-27s could use the airport due toshort runway. Now, Fokker-28s and other larger jetscan land on the longer runway. The F-27 flight fliesKengtung-Yangon within 1 hour and 45 minutes. TheF-28 takes about one hour for the same route. TheF-27 can carry 44 passengers and the F-28, 84passengers. So, the local people can travel to theirdestinations with smoother and better transport facilityof the F-28.”

F-28 aircraft can fly during the bad weather onschedules. Therefore, the passengers no longer waitfor the flights.

Located in the hilly areas, Kengtung of Shan State(East) was in poor transportation in the past. Thetravellers by car spent at least one night and two daysfor the Kengtung-Taunggyi route. It is sure that thetravelling time from Kengtung to other towns ofplains will be longer.

Therefore, the local people relied on the flights tosave time for their travelling to the towns in otherStates and Divisions.

Thanks to construction of the extended runway,jets and Y-8 cargo flights can land on KengtungAirport runway. The aviation facility of the airportwill contribute to smooth transportation and speedyflow of commodities between Kengtung and othertowns in the plain or flat lands.

*****Translation: TTAKyemon: 12-4-2009

*******A Fokker F-28 jet seen on the runway of Kengtung Airport.

Photo shows newly-extended runway of Kengtung Airport.

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Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein

being seen off byVice-Governor of

Fujian Province MrHuang Xiaojing atXiamen Airport.

MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Win Myint and Director-General U Aye Kyu ofNo.3 Basic Education Department open new school building of Katwe

Village BEMS (branch) in Htantabin Township.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Seinconcludes visit

NAY PYI TAW, 21April—Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein of theUnion of Myanmar andparty, who arrived atXiamen, Fujian province,left Xiamen for Kunmingby China Airway at 8. a.m.on 20 April. They wereseen off at Xiamen Airportby Vice-Governor ofFujian province Mr HuangXiaojing and officials

concerned.On arrival at

Kunming airport at 10a.m. a Myanmar younggirl presented a bouquetto the Prime Minister.They were welcomed byMyanmar Consul-General to Kunming UMyo Tint and wife,embassy staff andfamilies, ChineseAmbassador to Myanmar

Ye Dabo, Vice-Governorof Yunnan Province MrGu Zhaoxi and officialsconcerned.

Afterwards, theprime minister and partyleft Kunming forMyanmar by air in theafternoon and were seenoff by MyanmarAmbassador U TheinLwin, Myanmar Consul-General to Kunming U

Myo Tint and wife,embassy staff andfamilies, ChineseAmbassador to MyanmarYe Dabo, Vice-Governorof Yunnan Province MrGu Zhaoxi and officialsconcerned at KunmingAirport.

The prime ministerand party arrived backhere by special flight inthe evening.—MNA

Schools in Htantabin Township getnew buildings

YANGON, 21 April—New school buildings forbasic education schools inHtantabin Township wereinaugurated yesterday inthe presence of Chairmanof Yangon Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen WinMyint.

The construction of thebuildings were funded byYangon Division Peaceand Development Council.

First, the commanderwent to the basic education

primary school inThaungtaw Village inHtantabin Township andinspected the one-storeyschool building andprovided the furniture forthe school.

Afterwards, thecommander went to BasicEducation Middle School(Branch) in Katwe Villagewhere the commander andthe director-general of theNo. 3 Basic EducationDepartment formallyopened the building for theschool.

During a ceremony tohandover the schoolbuildings held at theschool, the commanderdelivered speech andhanded over documentsrelated to the buildings tothe director-general of theNo. 3 Basic EducationDepartment. Responsiblepersonnel of Nay YeConstruction Companypresented stationery tostudents. HtantabinTownship EducationOfficer spoke words ofthanks. — MNA

Magway Division gearing up fordevelopment

NAY PYI TAW, 21April—Chairman ofMagway Division Peaceand Development CouncilCol Phone Maw Shwe, on11 April, viewedbroadcasting of fertilizersat Letse village tract inSeikphyu Township andinspected the integrated-farming of farmer U KyiWin at Sharbiyay villagein Pauk Township.

The Chairman ofDivision SPDC attendedthe opening ceremony ofthe paddyhusk-firedgenerator held at Ohntawvillage in Pauk Townshipand pressed the button tostart running thegenerator.

Chairman Col PhoneMaw Shwe inspected the

broadcasting of fertilizersat Ohntaw village,progress of work inconstruction of Wetkhokebridge near Wetkhokevillage in Shwegonevillage-tract, YesagyoTownship and growing ofsummer paddy. Afterhearing the reportpresented by officialsconcerned, the Chairmanof Division SPDCfulfilled the need.

He inspected thecultivation of summerpaddy and integrated-farming of farmer U ThanLwin in Panswa village-tract, Myaing Townshipand maintenace of Paygonsluice gate near Paygonvillage YesagyoTownship and sluice gate

in Thonepanhla village.He also inspected

maintenace of pump andsupply of water forgrowing summer paddy inThamantapo river waterpumping project nearThamantapo village inYesagyo Township andmaintainace of pump andsupply of water forgrowing summer paddy inChitthu river waterpumping project nearChitthu village.

Col Phone Maw Shweinspected the cultivationof summer paddy, diggingof Kandaukin outfallchannel in Kandaukvillage and construction ofsleeper factory of MyanmaRailway in Pakokku andfulfilled the need.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 April— Minister for ElectricPower No-2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myintinspected ThabyaywaSub-power Station inMeiktila Township on 18April.

Electric Power No-2 Minister inspectsThabyaywa Sub-power Station

During the inspectiontour of the 230/33 KV 60-MVA sub-power station,the minister inspectedinstallation of 230 KVpower grid linkingMeiktila andTaungdwingyi and

installation of 230 KVpower grid betweenYeywa and Meiktila. Healso inspected the cablenetwork and gaveinstructions to officialsconcerned.

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PRC, Myanmar cooperating in various…(from page 1)

to Myanmar Mr Ye Dabo,the Mayor, the DeputyGeneral Secretary ofFujian ProvinceGovernment Office, theDirector-Geneal of theForeign Affairs Office, theVice-Chairman of theProvince Developmentand Reform Committeeand officials.

The governorextended greetings.

In his speech, PrimeMinister General TheinSein said that Myanmarand China share a longborder; that the twocountries maintain thegood neighbourly relationsin line with the FivePrinciples of PeacefulCoexistence; that the two

countries are cooperatingin the economic fields ofoil and gas exploration;hydropower, and mining;that the cooperationbenefits the friendlyrelations between the twocountries; and Myanmaralways supports the OneChina Policy. He gave anaccount of the politicaldevelopment of Myanmar.

The governor said thathe is glad to learn that thegovernment is workinghard for improving thesocio-economic life of thepeople and national

economic growth; thatFujian Province has aninterest in economiccooperation withMyanmar; and that it willtry to boost bilateral

economic cooperation.Then, the governor

hosted dinner in honourof the Myanmardelegation.

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Prime Minister visitsYinlu Group…

(from page 16)Afterwards, the Prime Minister and party viewed

the production line of the factory.Next, they had a group photo taken together with

the vice chairman of the factory and officials in front ofthe factory hall.

The Vice Mayor of Xiamen hosted a luncheon inhonour of the Prime Minister and party at MacopoloHotel in Xiamen.

The Vice Mayor of Xiamen explained works carriedour for development of Xiamen and industrial develop-ment.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 April—Lt-Gen Tha Aye ofthe Ministry of Defence who was accompanying theHead of State in the trip of Mandalay Division togetherwith Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo, Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi,Minister for Electric Power No. 1 Col Zaw Min andMinister for Electric Power No. 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint left Mandalay for Bagan-NyaungU byhelicopter yesterday and then they together with Chair-man of Magway Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Col Phone Maw Shwe and officials for AhtetBuywa Dam Construction Project on Mone Creek inSedoktara township, Minbu District, Magway Divi-sion on the same day.

At the briefing hall, Director-General ofIrrigation Department U Tin Maung Ohn briefed onpreliminary construction tasks of the dam project,tests on geological data for the construction ofdiaphragni wall, soil test for the construction of thedam, progress of construction of diversion tunnel,hydro power structures, conducting feasibility studyfor the construction of spillway.

Next, Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo gave asupplementary report. In response to the reports, Lt-Gen Tha Aye gave instructions on the requirements ofthe work.

Ahtet Buywa Dam Construction Project is atthe site 25 miles upstream the Mone Creek in Sedoktara

Implementation of dam projects on Mone Creek in progresstownship, Minbu District, Magway Division. It is4,000 feet long and 451 feet high and it is the gravel-filled dam project. It holds over 1.4 million acre feet ofwater and it can generate 150 megawatt.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Tha Aye and party pro-ceeded to Buywa dam project by helicopter andviewed summer paddy fields along the road. Andthey viewed progress in building the dam with the useof heavy machinery from the observation viewingdeck.

At the briefing hall, the Director-General ofIrrigation Department briefed on progress of work andfuture plans and then Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo gavea supplementary report.

Next, Minister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myintbriefed on Ahtet Buywa and Buywa hydro powerplants and arrangements for the connection of powerlines. After hearing the reports, Lt-Gen Tha Aye gaveinstructions on timely completion of the project tasksmeeting the set standards.

After cordially greeting the staff families, Lt-Gen Tha Aye and party inspected progress in buildingthe diaphragni wall, land preparations, use of cementand digging diversion canal at Buywa dam project.

Buywa Dam Project is at 13 miles upstreamthe Mone Creek. It is 3,200 feet long and 151 feet highand it is an earthen embankment. It can generate 195million kilowatt hours a year. If completed, it can

support water to Mone Creek Dam and it can alsosupport the generation of electric power.

Upon arrival at Kyee-ohn Kyee-wa damproject at the foot of Mone Creek, the Director-Generalof Irrigation Department briefed Lt-Gen Tha Aye andparty on progress in building Kyee-ohn Kyee-wa damand officials of Myanma Electric Power Enterprise onarrangements for the connection of power lines.

Next, Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo briefed onarrangements for the construction of the supportingdam of Salin dam with the use of charts and Lt-Gen ThaAye gave necessary instructions.

At Kyee-ohn Kyee-wa dam project, Lt-GenTha Aye and party looked into progress in building thedam, the hydro power plant, steel pipes and spillwaywith the use of heavy machinery.

Kyee-ohn Kyee-wa dam project is on MoneCreek near Wunlo village, Pwintphyu township,Magway Division and it is 3,280 feet long and 164 feethigh. It is an earthen embankment and the hydro powerplant is being built.

If completed, Kyee-ohn Kyee-wa dam projectcan generate 74 megawatt and it can supply water for74,807 acres of summer paddy.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha Aye and party inspectedsummer paddy fields by helicopter and arrived backNay Pyi Taw in the evening.

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Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence inspects Kyee-ohn Kyee-wa dam project. — MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein views

scale models of food and beverage factory

of Yinlu Group Co Ltd in Xiamen,

Fujian Province. — MNA

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Pyuchaung Hydropower Project under implementationArticle & Photos: Photographer Maung Maung

Sittoung ValleyRegion of Bago Divisionis teeming with hills ofBago mountain rangesand many rivers andcreeks. Of them, PyuCreek located near Pyutown has proper flow ofwater.

Pyu and itssurrounding areas haveabout 100 inches ofrainfall annually.Therefore, the 668,000acre feet of rainwaterflow into 422 squaremiles of catchment area.

Due to torrentialrain, sometimes thecreek is in flood in therainy season. Theoverflow of the creekdestroys crops

Photo shows progress of concrete work at power intake structure ofPyuchaung Hydropower Project on 30 March 2009.

Workers and technicians drilling tunnel exit at PyuchaungHydropower Project.

Land preparation being made with the use of heavy machinery forbuilding Power Plant of Pyuchaung Hydropower Project on 30

March.

plantations of the people,roads and bridges andleaves the animals deadand property loss. Thelocal people had been infear of floods for manyyears.

However, the localpeople had to wait for therainy season to supplywater for the agriculturalpurpose. Sometimes,they encountered thedanger of floods in theheavy rain in some years.

Nowadays, theTatmadaw governmentis striving for all-round

development of thecountry. Without ignoringthe difficulties of the localpeople residing in theSittoung River Valley,feasibility study wassystematically conductedon geogra-phicalconditions and nature ofenvironment of the regionfrom all corners.Afterwards, the govern-ment had permitted theMinistry of Electric PowerNo. 1 to implementPyuchaung HydropowerProject on Pyu Creek,seven miles west of Pyuwith the aims of takingpreventive measuresagainst floods in SittoungRiver Valley, supplyingirrigated water to the

farmlands for growingdouble cropping inSittoung River Valley andPyu-Zeyawady region insummer and providingelectricity to the entirenation through power grid.

In implementing theproject, No. 3Construction of Hydro-power ImplementationDepartment under theMinistry of Electric PowerNo. 1 is to carry outconstruction of the powerintake structure, theconduit and the waterintake tunnel, laying of the

pre-stressed steel pipelineand building of the powerplant. To operate thegenerator and supplyirrigated water for theagricultural purpose, anearthen dam, 1020 feetlong and 245 feet high,will be built on Pyu Creekto store 756,000 acre feetof water from the creek atthe highest level.

The surplus water willbe drained out from thedam through an ogee crestRC type spillway thatmeasures 100 feet by 377feet. The design of thespillway and the currentflow rate will be 23,050cubic feet per second.

The damming facilityof the hydropower project

will have a 27 feetdiameter and 130 feet highconduit. The water fromthe dam will be pumpedinto the pre-stressed steelpipelines connected withturbines of the power plantthrough 18 feet diameterand 2,000 feet long powerintake tunnel.

The pre-stressed steelpipelines are 8.7 feetdiameter and 660 feetlong. The water in thepipelines will be suppliedwith momentum to twovertical-type Francisturbines at the power plant.

By operating the turbinesthe plant will generatehydro-electricity. Thecurrent flow rate at theturbines is 2540 cubic feetper second.

The power plantinstalled with twoturbines, the control roomand the switch room willbe 130 feet long, 110 feetwide and 110 feet high.The plan had been set togenerate about 120 millionkilowatt hours yearly fromthe power plant.

Among theconstruction tasks atPyuchaung HydropowerProject up to 31 March2009, the power intakestructure has beencompleted by 77 per cent,the conduit 95 per cent

and the power intaketunnel 60 per cent. So far,the implementation of theproject has completed by53 per cent.

Minister for ElectricPower No. 1 Col Zaw Min,Deputy Minister U MyoMyint and departmentalofficials made inspectiontours of the projectfrequently. They havebeen providing necessaryassistance for the projectfor timely completion ofthe tasks.

Thanks to implement-ation of PyuchaungHydropower Project, thehydropower will begenerated for meeting theelectricity demand of thecountry. Moreover, theirrigation facility of the

project will benefit thegrowing of summerpaddy and double andmixed cropping on about100,000 acres offarmlands in Pyu andZeyawady regions ofSittoung River Valley allthe year round. Inconsequence of im-plementing the project,the local people will enjoythe fruits of increasedincome and better livingstandard. As such,Pyuchaung HydropowerProject is an all-rounddevelopment task forserving interest of theState and the nationalpeople.

Translation: TTAMyanma Alin: 19-4-2009

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A traditional Chinese medicine physician checks apatient at the only clinic in the village of Baotou,

in China’s Inner Mongolia region. Beijing says itsUS$124 billion health reforms will bring “safe,

effective, convenient and affordable” health to thecountry’s 1.3 billion people by 2020 and for manythe reform of an increasingly profit-driven, public-

private system will be welcome news.—INTERNET

A power generating station in Sun Valley, California.The US Environmental Protection Agency was set toshift course and deem carbon dioxide a health riskon Friday, sources said, in a turnabout important to

global warming-related regulation.—INTERNET

Greenpeace activists place air balloons with the namesof contaminants in Matanza-Riachuelo river,Argentina’s most polluted basin, in Buenos Aires, on21 April, 2009. The Matanza-Riachuelo riversediments contains high concentrations of toxicmetals such as copper, chrome, lead and mercury,potentially affecting the water, soil and air, according

to a Greenpeace statement.—INTERNET

Happiest European childrenin Netherlands

LONDON, 21 April—The happiest children in Europeare in the Netherlands and Scandinavia but Britain isamong the worst places to grow up, according to newBritish research published Tuesday.

A league table of young people’s wellbeing placesthe Netherlands top of 29 European states, followed bySweden and Norway, while Britain comes in at a lowly24th.

The table, focusing on youngsters aged up to 19,was compiled by researchers at York University innorthern England for the Child Poverty Action Group(CPAG) using data mainly from 2006.

The researchers assessed the countries using 43separate criteria, ranging from infant mortality andobesity to factors such as poverty and housing.

Germany was eighth, France was 15th and Britainwas ranked only above Romania, Bulgaria, Latvia,Lithuania and Malta.—Internet

Mayo clinic backs new personalhealth record site

SEATTLE, 21 April—The Mayo clinic has combinedits medical expertise with Microsoft Corp.’s technologyin a free Web site launching Tuesday that will letpeople store personal health and medical information.

The Mayo clinic Health Manager, as the site iscalled, is one of many emerging services for so-calledpersonal health records. The sites, from companiessuch as Microsoft and Google Inc. and major healthinsurers, are meant to give people an easy way to stashmedical information and transfer it to a new clinic,hospital or specialist. But those providers aren’tnecessarily ready for such an electronic revolution,which for now means it takes some work on thepatient’s part to set up and maintain the records.

The Mayo Clinic Health Manager uses Microsoft’sHealthVault system to store medical histories, testresults, immunization files and other records fromdoctors’ offices and hospital visits, along with datafrom home devices like heart rate monitors.—Internet

Losses from global creditcrisis mounting

WASHINGTON, 21April—The InternationalMonetary Fund saidTuesday U.S. financialinstitutions could suffer$2.7 trillion in losses fromthe global credit crisis,part of a worldwide totalexpected to top $4 trillion.

The $2.7 trillionestimate for the UnitedStates was nearly doublethe IMF’s projection fromjust six months ago. Theagency for the first timeestimated losses for other

regions of the world,saying the global totalcould surpass $4 trillion.

The IMF also warnedthat governments musttake decisive policyactions to contain thefallout. The agency saidgovernments have madeprogress getting extramoney into the bankingsystem, but more needs tobe done to deal with toxicassets on banks’ books andshutting down insolventfinancial institutions.

Additional capital isneeded to cushion balancesheets against further loanlosses and to restoreinvestor confidence, theIMF said. The Obamaadministration has said it’sconsidering convertingsome of the $200 billionin loans to banks intopurchases of commonstock as a way to bolstertheir capital reserves.

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GM to end most production atWyoming, Mich

NEW YORK, 21 April—GeneralMotors Corp. says it will shut downmost of its operations at its metalstamping plant in suburban GrandRapids, Mich., earlier than originallyanticipated.

GM spokesman Chris Lee saysemployees at the Wyoming plant weretold last week that the plant’s stampingoperations will end June 26. He says asmall number of tool-and-die employees

will be retained through the end of 2009,though he did not know how many.

In October, GM first announcedplans to close the plant by the end of thisyear, but more aggressive cost cuttingand the industry downturn are promptingthe automaker to close it sooner.

Lee says the plant employs just under800 workers. GM has said it will cut47,000 jobs worldwide by the end of2009.—Internet

New researchhas shown that

the happiestchildren in

Europe are inthe

Netherlandsand

Scandinavia.INTERNET

TOKYO, 21 April—TheColorado River, the YellowRiver in northern China, theGanges in India and theNiger in West Africa arelosing water, in some casesbecause of the effects ofclimate change, a new studyfinds. The study examinedstream flow in 925 ofEarth’s largest rivers, andfound significant change inabout one third of them overthe past 50 years. Theserivers, all key sources ofwater for the regions theyflow through, were foundto be funneling less waterthrough their channels.

“Reduced runoff isincreasing the pressure on

freshwater resources inmuch of the world,especially with moredemand for water aspopulation increases,” saidlead author of the study,Aiguo Dai of the NationalCenter for AtmosphericResearch in Boulder, Colo.“Freshwater being a vitalresource, the downwardtrends are a great concern.”

Most of the studiedrivers flow through someof the most populous placeson Earth. But several othersflowing through moresparsely populated areas,such as those near the ArcticOcean, where snow and iceare melting rapidly, showedan increase in stream flowthrough the study period.

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Rivers losing water due toclimate change

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A policeman guards a crime scene in the suburb of San Nicolas de los Garzain Monterrey, northern Mexico on 19 April , 2009. The bodies of a man, hiswife and their two children, aged 7 months and 2 years old, were found byrelatives inside their apartment on Sunday afternoon in a working class

neighbourhood, according to local media.—INTERNET

Slam dunk record set by British teen

Gene may give insight into lung cancerCINCINNATI, 21 April—Researchers at the University

of Cincinnati say they have identified a gene that mayhelp recognize who has a greater risk of developing lungcancer. Cancer biologist and research team headMarshall Anderson said the gene, dubbed RGS17, mayserve as a warning sign for people at an enhanced riskfor developing the potentially deadly disease, TheCincinnati Enquirer reported on Saturday.

“A proven genetic test could help us identify peopleat risk before the disease progresses,” Anderson said ofhis group’s discovery. The genetics finding could sig-nificantly help young smokers who possess the gene asthey would likely be at a higher risk of lung cancer ifthey continued smoking, Anderson added.

“This gene is clearly interactive with cigarette smokeexposure,” he said. “In the families we’ve identifiedwith the gene, we’ve impressed on them that if youdon’t smoke, the risk factor for developing lung can-cer goes down by probably a factor of 10.”

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Tamiflu may increase abnormal acts

SHEFFIELD, 21 April—A 13-year-old boy inSheffield, England, set aworld record for the long-est slam dunk with anearly 23-foot-long leapto the hoop, his mothersays.Anita Ramos saidher son Jordan used atrampoline to jumpnearly 23 feet through theair and slam a basket-ball through a 10-foot-high hoop to break theprevious world record of

nearly 21 feet held by anunidentified Japaneseathlete, Sky News re-ported on Friday.

“I am so proud of Jor-dan — he’s a groundedkid and keeps on top of hishomework as well as allhis training,” the newGuinness world recordholder’s mother said. Jor-dan, a tumbling gymnastfor Britain, admitted thetrampoline slam could bedangerous, citing a previ-

ous spill as evidence.“I am really glad I did

it because during rehears-als I injured myself, it canbe quite dangerous,” hetold Sky News. Jordan,whose slam will be broad-cast Sunday on Sky 1’s“Guinness World RecordsSmashed,” comes fromathletic lineage as hismother is an acrobatand his father is astuntman.

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A Chinese womanwalks past a billboardadvertising an interna-tional fashion boutiquein downtown Beijing on

19 April, 2009.INTERNET

OSAKA, 21 April—Re-searchers from Japan’sHealth, Labour and Wel-fare Ministry say Tamifluapparently increases ab-normal psychological be-haviour in young influ-enza patients. The team,led by Osaka City Univer-sity Professor YoshioHirota, said its study re-vealed influenza patientsbetween the ages of 10 and

17 were more likely to ex-hibit serious abnormalbehavior if they consumedthe antiviral medication,The Daily Yomiuri reportedSunday. Tamiflu wasbanned by the Japaneseministry in 2007 for use on10- to 19-year-olds afterdelirious behavior was ob-served in some childrentaking the drug.

The new study focused

on nearly 10,000 influenzapatients under the age of18 diagnosed after the2006 fiscal year.Theystated in their report thatthose patients ages 10 to17 who took Tamiflu hada 54 percent greater chanceof exhibiting abnormalbehavior than those pa-tients who did not take themedication.”The link withTamiflu can’t be ruledout,” the researcher said inthe report released Satur-day. “New research shouldbe carried out, focusingon serious abnormal be-haviour.”—Internet

Programme to track transfusion problems

Anti-blindness stem celltherapy perfected

LONDON, 21 April — British scientists say they havedeveloped a stem procedure that will reverse the mostcommon cause of blindness, age-related macular de-generation.

The procedure, pioneered by the Institute of Oph-thalmology at University College London andMoorfields eye hospital, involves replacing a layer ofdegenerated eye cells with new ones obtained fromembryonic stem cells, The Sunday Times of Londonreported.The newspaper said pharmaceutical researchcompany Pfizer this week will announce financialbacking to bring the therapy to patients.

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BALTIMORE, 21 April —A group of US hospitalsand medical centres thisweek will begin collec-tively tracking dangerousreactions to blood transfu-sions, officials said.TheBaltimore Sun reportedSunday that among hospi-tals taking part in the so-called “biovigilance” pro-gramme is Johns HopkinsHospital. The programme

is aimed at reducing thenumber of infections, al-lergic reactions, clericalerrors and other complica-tions related to bloodtransfusions. The newspa-per noted such complica-tions last year claimed 46lives in the UnitedStates.The voluntarymonitoring programmeasks hospital blood banksto report informationabout reactions or othercomplications to a centraldata bank. Other countrieshave tracked similar datafor years, experts said.”We’ve sort of fallen behindefforts in the rest of theworld,” said Dr Paul Ness,director of transfusionmedicine at Johns Hopkins.“We’d like to be able toeducate recipients aboutpotential risks, but what,really, is the incidence ofthese reactions? We don’tknow.”—Internet

Journalists look at a Smart Cabriolet at the Shanghai International Auto Showon its opening day, on 20 April, 2009 in Shanghai, China.—INTERNET

Man bits snake after attackBEIJING, 21 April—A Kenyan man survived a

Python attack, partly because he bit the snake after ittried to drag him into a tree.

According to local media on Wednesday, BenNyaumbe, a local farmer, was attacked by the 13-footsnake and fought him for several hours. The enormousreptile wrapped him in its coils and hauled him up atree, but Nyaumbe was able to cover the snake’s headwith his shirt, and reach his cell phone, where he calledpolice for help. The man’s employer arrived withpolice and local villagers who tied the python with arope and pulled them both down from the tree with athud. They found that Nyaumbe had also bitten thepython on the tail, causing his lip to split open whereit came in contact with the sharp tip.

When asked why he bit the python, the manexplained: “I stepped on a spongy thing on the groundand suddenly my leg was entangled with the body of ahuge python. I had to bite it.” —Internet

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An Apple iPhone mobile phone is seen withTwitter status updates of a Kogi Korean BBQ-

inspired taco truck that is on the way to a locationas patrons wait in line before it arrives, in

Torrance, California, on 17 April, 2009. Kogi BBQuses the online social networking site “Twitter” to

alert followers to their location around the LosAngeles area and any other updates.—INTERNET

Monthly cycle mayaffect women’s kneesCALGARY, 21 April—Canadian researchers may have

answered the puzzle as to why women suffer more kneeinjuries than men — it may be due to their monthlyhormone cycle. A University of Calgary research project— a collaboration between kinesiology, engineering andhealth sciences researchers — found that not all womanexperience knee laxity — looseness — at the same timeof their menstrual cycle. One of the lead authors DarrenStefanyshyn said female athletes are between two andeight times more likely to injure their anterior cruciateligament in the knee than men.

In the University of Calgary study, 26 women weremonitored throughout the course of their monthly courseof cycle. Their knee laxity was measured at each phaseand they were asked to perform several athleticmovements like quick cuts, or sharp jumps.—Internet

This aerial view showscars parked on CassCounty 17 north ofWest Fargo, ND in

front of homessurrounded by

floodwaters from theSheyenne River on 14

April, 2009. Riversacross North Dakota —

some of them packedwith ice from a wet fall,

others swollen fromrain and snow -—have

flooded since lateMarch.—INTERNET

EPA report warns ofgreenhouse gas risk

In tough times, people seekcomfort food

CHICAGO, 21 April—The cuisine of choice in a hurt-ing economy tends to be fattening comfort or fast-food,a US dietitian says. However, just because funds are tightthat doesn’t mean pants have be to tight too, GinaBucciferro, clinical dietitian at Loyola University HealthSystem in Chicago, said in a statement.

“As a registered dietitian who loves to cook, I havelearned there are ways you can save money whilemaintaining a healthy diet,” Bucciferro said.

Bucciferro suggests:— Be aware of what is in season. For example, buy

watermelon in the summer and apples in the fall.— Prepare before shopping. Check your shelves at

home so you don’t buy items you already have and stickto your list. Check the store ads for sales and have couponsready.

— Be aware of dates. Make sure you will be able toeat the food before the expiration dates.

“If you notice vegetables, herbs or meat in your fridgethat you won’t be able to use, chop them, wrap them upand freeze them,” Bucciferro said. “They’ll retain theirnutrients and you’ll have an easy meal for busy days.”

Internet

Scientists find cause of genetic formof childhood cancer

BEIJING, 21 April—Sci-entists have found the causeof an inherited form of arare type of childhood can-cer and how the cancer de-velops, representing awhole new mechanism.

The researchers atWashington UniversitySchool of Medicine in StLouis, the Children’sNational Medical Centerin Washington, DC, theInternational Pleuropul-monary Blastoma Registryat Children’s Hospitalsand Clinics of Minnesotaand other collaborating in-stitutions, found that chil-dren with a rare, aggress-iveform of lung cancer calledpleuropulmonary blastoma,or PPB, are born with amutation in DICER1, itself

a master controller genethat helps regulate othergenes.

They also found childrenwith PPB have normal-looking cells in their lungsthat appear to causeneighboring cells to turncancerous.

The results were pre-sented Monday at theAmerican Association forCancer Research 100thAnnual Meeting 2009 inDenver, Colorado.

PPB is the first ma-lignancy found to bedirectly associated withinherited DICER1 muta-tions, making the canceran important model forunderstanding how muta-tions and loss of DICER1function lead to cancer,”

says lead author DAshley Hill, MD, chiefof pathology at Chil-dren’s National MedicalCenter.

“Additionally, we nowbelieve that PPB tumorsarise from an unusualmechanism in which cellscarrying mutations inducenearby cells to becomecancerous without beco-ming cancerous them-selves.

“The researchers foundthat all the children studiedwith PPB carried damagingmutations in one of theirDICER1 genes, givingthem one functional andone nonfunctional DICER1gene in all their body’scells.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 21 April—A US EnvironmentalProtection Agency reportsays greenhouse gasescontribute to air pollutionand could pose apublic health threat. Theproposed finding, whichnow moves to a publiccomment period, cameout of a scientific reviewordered by the US Su-preme Court.

“In both magnitude andprobability, climatechange is an enormousproblem,” the EPA reportsaid. “The greenhousegases that are responsiblefor it endanger publichealth and welfare withinthe meaning of the CleanAir Act.”

The proposed endan-germent finding iden-tified six greenhousegases that pose a potentialthreat — carbon dioxide,

methane, nitrous oxide,hydrof luorocarbons ,perfluorocarbons andsulfur hexafluoride — theEPA said Friday in arelease.

“This finding confirmsthat greenhouse gaspollution is a seriousproblem now and forfuture generations.Fortunately, it followsPresident (Barack)Obama’s call for a lowcarbon economy andstrong leadership inCongress on clean energyand climate legislation,”EPA Administrator Lisa PJackson said in astatement.

“This pollution prob-lem has a solution — onethat will create millions ofgreen jobs and end ourcountry’s dependence onforeign oil.”

Internet

Oxfam predicts millions morevictims of climate

A Bangladeshi man carries his goatto higher ground through the

floodwaters in the Sariakandi Subdistrict in Bogra in 2008. —INTERNET

LONDON, 21 April—Hundreds of mil-lions of people will become victims ofclimate change-related disasters over thenext six years, Oxfam said on Tuesday,urging governments to change the waythey respond to such events.

The British-based aid and deve-lopment charity estimated the numberof people affected by climatic disasterswould rise by 54 percent to 375 millionpeople a year on average by 2015, basedon data on similar disasters since 1980.Ina new report, it warned that humanitarianaid spending and the way it wasallocated was far from prepared to meetthe challenge.

“The response is often fickle — toolittle, too late and not good enough,” saidOxfam chief executive BarbaraStocking.

“The system can barely cope with thecurrent levels of disasters and could beoverwhelmed by a substantial increase

in numbers of people affected. Theremust be a fundamental reform of thesystem.”

The report, “The Right to Survive”,says governments can take action tomitigate the effect of climatic disasters,citing investment by Bangladesh incyclone protection measures which hasreduced the death toll from storms.

Internet

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S P O R T S

Juventus punishedfor racist abuse

Inter Milan’s Mario Balotelli

Modest Nadal marvels at claycourt supremacy

Rafael Nadal, seenhere in Barcelona, said

on Monday he issometimes stunned byhis clay-court success,

a day after lifting arecord-equalling fifthtitle in Monte Carlo.

INTERNET

Brian Gay wins Verizon Heritagewith record pace

HILTON HEAD ISLAND, 21 April— Brian Gay’s tak-ing next week off. After what he did at Harbour TownGolf Links, he might want to reconsider.

Brian Gay holds thetrophy after winning the

Verizon Heritage golftournament on 19 April,2009, at Harbour Town

Golf Links in HiltonHead Island, S.C.

INTERNET

Ferrari Formula Onedriver Felipe Massa ofBrazil waits in his teamgarage during the thirdpractice session for theChinese Formula OneGrand Prix at the Shang-hai International Circuitin Shanghai, China, on18 April, 2009. The Chi-nese Grand Prix will beheld at the circuit on 19

April.—INTERNET

Team principal says Ferraridown but not out in F1

Bordeaux footballers eye top prizePARIS, 21 April—Alou Diarra says Bordeaux have

set their sights on the French league title after his goalgave last season’s runners-up a 1-0 victory at home toreigning champions Lyon on Sunday night.

The result took Bordeaux above Lyon into secondplace, with leaders Marseille extending their advan-tage over the chasing pack to two points by comingfrom behind to win 2-1 at Lorient.

“We’re ambitious. We’ve won five games in a row.We feel good physically and psychologically and we’replaying efficiently,” said former Lyon midfielderDiarra, who scored in the 43rd minute after Lyon failedto clear a right-wing corner. “We’re second and weproved on the pitch that we’re aiming for the title.Beating the defending champions is a great sign.”

Bordeaux coach and former France defenderLaurent Blanc admitted that the visitors caused his men“huge problems” in the game’s opening stages, andLyon forward Karim Benzema rued his side’s failureto capitalise on their territorial advantage.

“We were able to do good things from a technicalperspective and we started really well, but then Bor-deaux won six or seven corners in a row and scoredfrom one of them,” said the 21-year-old France striker.“That was the difference.”—Internet

Bordeaux’ goalkeeper Ulrich Rame (R) vies withLyon’s forward Karim Benzema (L) during theirFrench L1 football match Bordeaux vs Lyon at

Chaban Delmas Stadium in Bordeaux.—INTERNET

Howard shootout star asEverton makes FA Cup Final

LONDON, 21 April—American goalie Tim Howardsaved two shots against his former team, leadingEverton to a 4-2 shootout victory over ManchesterUnited and its first FA Cup final in 14 years.

After the teams played to an 0-0 draw, Howardstopped Dimitar Berbatov and Rio Ferdinand atWembley. Everton will face Chelsea in the 30 May fi-nal at the home of English soccer, the Blues havingbeaten Arsenal 2-1 on Saturday, also at Wembley.Everton beat Man United 1-0 in the 1995 FA Cup final.

Howard, who played at United between 2003-06,also ended his former team’s bid to win an unprec-edented five trophies in one season.—Internet

UK inquiry: Man U, Liverpoolin ‘financial doping’

LONDON, 21 April—Heavily indebted Premier League clubs Manchester United,Chelsea and Liverpool were accused of “financial doping” in a British parliamen-tary report Monday

Among 27 recommendations at the end of a yearlong inquiry, legislators urgedEnglish soccer authorities to curb “ludicrous levels of borrowing” and the use ofprofits to service large debts.

The All Party Parliamentary Football Group, which has no power to push throughany changes, is calling for a rule change to enforce heavy scrutiny of businessplans before any club takeovers, echoing the agenda of the world governing body.

The group also backed FIFA’s “six-plus-five rule” that would impose limits onforeign players, urging the British government to lobby the European Union tooverlook its treaties on free movement.—Internet

Safina officially takes over No 1 women’s rankingLONDON, 21 April—Dinara Safina officially took over the top ranking on the

WTA Tour on Monday, making her and older sibling Marat Safin the only brother-sister duo to have been No. 1 in professional tennis.

Safina, who has yet to win a Grand Slam title but twice reached a major final, isthe 19th woman to top the rankings since they were introduced in 1975. She is alsoonly the second Russian woman after Maria Sharapova to reach No. 1.

Safina replaced Serena Williams at the top, even though the American beat herin the Australian Open final this year. Last year, Safina lost to Ana Ivanovic in theFrench Open final.—Internet

SHANGHAI, 21 April—Ferrari’s team principalsays there is cause forgloom but no reason topanic after its worst startto a Formula One season

in 28 years.Star driver Felipe

Massa was running ashigh as third Sunday be-fore an electrical failure inthe Chinese Grand Prix,while teammate KimiRaikkonen finished 10th.It was the first time since1981 that Ferrari had gonethree races into a seasonwithout a single point.

“We need to stay cool,”Ferrari team principalStefano Domenicali said.“There is no reason to getin a panic mode becausethat would be worse.”

Massa, retiring on lap21 with what the teamcalled a “software man-agement problem,” saidthe only solution toFerrari’s ills is to keep try-ing and work harder.

Internet

Gay won his secondPGA Tour title in a record-breaking show Sunday atthe Verizon Heritage.

He shot a 7-under 64Sunday to set tournamentmarks for scoring (20-un-der 264), margin of vic-tory (10 strokes) and few-est bogeys over 72 holes(two).

It’s the latest plateaufor the 37-year-old Gay,who toiled for more thana decade before notchinghis first career win in his293rd start.

“I’ve been moving,kind of going, up, up, up,the last three years,” Gaysaid. And Gay thinksthings could get even bet-ter.—Internet

BARCELONA, 21 April—Rafael Nadal said onMonday he is sometimesstunned by his clay-courtsuccess, a day after liftinga record-equalling fifthtitle in Monte Carlo.

But the Spanish dy-namo refuses to pace him-self as he hits his favouriteseason, playing four of thefive weeks running up tothe May 24 start at theFrench Open and aimingto create more record-shattering performances.

He is now aiming forfive titles in a row at thisweek’s Barcelona Open,where he tops the bill, andwill look to build on a

record of three titles fromfive attempts in Romefrom next Monday.

He begins againstPortugal’s qualifierFederico Gil, whocrushed Lu Yen-Hsun ofTaiwan 6-2, 6-1.

A day after beatingNovak Djokovic with arunaway third set to winin the principality, Nadalfaced his home public atthe venerable Real club inan upmarketneighbourhood as the sell-out event began.

Internet

ROME, 21April—Juventuswill have to play amatch behindclosed doors aspunishment for theracist chanting asection of their fansdirected at InterMilan’s Mario

Balotelli. The teenage Italian under-21 internationalforward, whose parents are Ghanaian immigrants, wassubjected to racist chanting during Saturday’s 1-1 drawbetween the two clubs in Juve’s Stadio Olimpico, agame in which Balotelli scored.

However, he incurred the wrath of the Juve faithfulfor his part in the sending off of Portuguese midfielderTiago, who kicked out at Balotelli and Ghanamidfielder Muntari Sulley after they played keep-ballon the touchline during the match.—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenwidespread in Taninthayi Division, scattered in Sagaing Divi-sion, isolated in Kachin, Shan and Kayin States, Mandalay andBago Divisions and weather has been partly cloudy in theremaining States and Divisions. Day temperatures (3°C) be-low April average temperatures in Shan State, upper Sagaingand Taninthayi Divisions and about April average tempera-tures in the remaining areas.The significant day temperatureswere Chauk and Minbu (42˚C) eacha . The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded were Mogok (2.08) inches, Kawkareik(1.69) inches and Dawei (1.06) inchs.

Maximum temperature on 20-4-2009 was 100°F.Minimum temperature on 21-4-2009 was 74°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 21-4-2009 was 71%. Totalsunshine hours on 20-4-2009 was (10.1) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 21-4-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was(1.06) inches at Mingaladon, (1.58) inches at Kaba-Aye and(2.83) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed atYangon (Kaba-Aye) was (7) mph from Southwest at (15:30)hours MST on 20-4-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the AndamanSea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 22tnd April 2009: Rainor thundershowers are likely to be scattered in Kachin, Shan,Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States, Sagaing, Mandalay, Bagoand Taninthayi Divisions and isolated in the remaining Statesand Divisions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderated in Myanmar waters.Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of con-

tinuation of rain or thundershowers in the upper Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 22-4-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 22-4-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 22-4-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Tuesday, 21 April, 2009

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* Signature Tune* Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights* A Gift from The Sea* Strive for Speedy Completion of Road Networks* Making of Traditional Lacquerware* Historic Kawgoon Cave* Myanmar’s Hardy Raftsmen At Work* Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights

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* Signature Tune* Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights* Modernized Umbrellas evolved from the Yesteryear* The Historical Sites of Taung Tha Man* Travelling on the Chin Mountain Ranges* Profile of Myanmar Native Orchids* Palm Leaf Inscription* Education breaks through the Darkness* Let’s Speak Myanmar “Mingalabar”* Myanma Bamboo Xylophone (or) Pattala* New, Modernized Myanmar Food* A Gift from The Sea* Strive for Speedy Completion of Road Networks* Making of Traditional Lacquerware* Historic Kawgoon Cave* Myanmar’s Hardy Raftsmen At Work* Arts of Myanmar Traditional Tapestry* Warmly welcome form a thriving garden* Let’s talk About Lahu Nationals* The Venerable Baw Kyo Pagoda* Hukaung Valley Rattan Survey (Part I)* Song of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights

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A portable electrocardiogram can record heartbeats,sudden increase in heart palpitations and an irregular

pulse. A study by Duke University has found that ‘silent’heart attacks may be far more common than previously

thought, with nearly 200,000 Americans each yearsuffering such an attack without realizing it.—INTERNET

Asian astrologers to meet inNepal in June

KATHMANDU, 21 April—The Asian Astrologers’Conference is going to be held in Nepali capitalKathmandu in June, Nepali national news agency RSSreported on Monday.

According to the report, Indian Proffesor Dr. RamKrishna Shastri has been selected as the chairman of theorganizing committee. Dr. Lokraj Baral, palmist BishwoRaj Thapa, Dr. Sahadev Bista and Madhav MangajJoshi from Nepali side have been selected as co-chairman,general secretary, treasurer and chief coordinator of theconference organizing committee.

The organizing committee has 113 members fromall member countries in Asia. The conference will workout strategy to be adopted in the astrology sector in Asiaand hold session-wise discussion on palmistry andrelated eastern philosophy.

Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Japan, Malaysia, Myanmar,Nepal and Sri Lanka, among other countries, are membersof the Asian Astrologers’ Congress.—Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 21 April—Chairman of Zijin Min-ing Group Co Ltd Mr Chen Jinghe called on PrimeMinister General Thein Sein of the Union of Myanmarat the room-B of Xin Yue of Yeohwa Hotel at 2.10 pmon 19 April and explained facts about the work of thecompany to the Prime Minister.

Present at the call together with the Prime Ministerwere Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, Ministerfor National Planning and Economic Development USoe Tha, Minister for Communications, Posts and

Officials of Zijin Mining Group call onPrime Minister General Thein Sein

Telegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw, Myanmar Ambassa-dor to China U Thein Lwin, Director-General of Gov-ernment Office Col Thant Shin, Director-General ofProtocol Department U Kyaw Kyaw, Director-Gen-eral of Political Department U Kyaw Tin and officialsand together with the Chairman were Vice ChairmanMr Lan Fusheng, Chinese Ambassador to MyanmarMr Ye Dabo, the Vice-Governor of Fujian Provinceand officials.

Next, the Vice Chairman discussed the investment

of the company, exploitation of mineral resources withthe use of advanced technology, environmental con-servation and functions to be carried out in accord withrules and regulations prescribed by the Union ofMyanmar.

With regard to the discussions, the Prime Ministersaid that as Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd is an experiencedcompany it will be successful in Myanmar, adding thatthe difficulties the company is going to encounter will besettled together.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 April—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein and party, accompanied by MyanmarAmbassador to the People’s Republic of China UThein Lwin, Chinese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr YeDabo and officials, left Sanya for Xiamen, FujianProvince on 8 pm on 18 April.

They were seen off at the Sanya Airport by Vice-Governor of Hainan Province Mr Lin Fanglue andofficials. On arrival at Xiamen at 10 pm, PrimeMinister General Thein Sein and party were welcomedby Vice-Governor of Fujian Province Mr Hong JaiSheu, Vice-Mayor of Xiamen Mr Jiang Xang Gyo,Deputy General Secretary of Fujian ProvinceGovernment Office Mr Lao Kyan, Director-General of

Prime Minister visits Yinlu Group Co Ltd andLenovo Mobile Communications in Xiamen

Fujian Province Foreign Office Mr Song Khe Nin andofficials, and a young Chinese girl presented a bouquetto the Prime Minister.

Next, the Prime Minister and party left there in amotorcade and arrived at Yeohwa Hotel in Xiamenwhere they were going to stay.

On 19 April morning, Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein and party arrived at the foodstuff andbeverage factory of Yinlu Group Co Ltd and they werewelcomed by the factory chairman and the vice factorychairman.The Prime Minister and party heard reportspresented by officials of the factory on establishmentof the factory, agriculture, construction of housing andwork for staff welfare carried out by the company.

After that, the Prime Minister and party viewed theproduction process of the factory.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister and party had adocumentary photo taken together with the factorychairman and officials in front of the factory hall.

Next, the Prime Minister and party proceeded tothe mobile telephone factory of Lenovo MobileCommunication Technology Ltd where they werewelcomed by the deputy factory manager and thefactory general manager.

Next, the Prime Minister and party were briefed onthe salient points of mobile telephones produced by thefactory.

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein and party visit mobile telephone factory of Lenovo Mobile Communication Technology Ltd in Xiamen.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein holds talks with Chairman of Zijin Mining Group Co Ltd Mr Chen Jinghe.—MNA

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