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Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 92 11th Waning of Waso 1371 ME Friday, 17 July, 2009

INSIDE

PAGES 8+9 AN OBSERVER

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment 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 inthe hands 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 Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 16 July– Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of theMinistry of Defencetogether with Chairmanof Taninthayi DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofCoastal RegionCommand Maj-Gen KhinZaw Oo and officialsviewed thriving paddyand rubber plantations ina motorcade along Myeik-Dawei motorway on 14July.

At the briefing hall ofMyeik detourconstruction project nearDaw village in MyeikTownship, the divisionsuperintending engineerand engineers in-chargereported on roadwork toLt-Gen Khin Zaw andparty.

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw andparty inspected progressin construction of 16-bedstation hospital in Yange

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw looks into repair of Myeik-Dawei motorway

village in ThayetchaungTownship.

Lt-Gen Khin Zawlooked into repair work,paddy and rubberplantations along Myeik-Dawei Road and theentrance road to Dawei

and gave necessaryinstructions.

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw metwith servicemen and theirfamily members at DaweiStation Hall and presentedexercise books andstationery this morning,

and cordially greeted thosepresent.

Next, Lt-Gen KhinZaw, the commander andofficials went to the projectengineer’s office ofDawei-Myeik railroadproject being implemented

by Myanma Railwaysunder the Ministry of RailTransportation in Daweiand heard reports on workprogress presented by theproject engineer. Thecommander made asupplementary report on

facts about the railroadproject and Lt-Gen KhinZaw gave instructions onreports. Lt-Gen Khin Zawlooked into works ofDawei-Myeik railroadproject and left necessaryinstructions. —MNA

Mudon Women’s Vocational Training School, a drive for regional development

Article: Win Naing (Kyemon);Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)

Women’s Vocational Training School built in Kwamta Village ofMudon Township.

Development of aregion depends on thecreation of jobopportunities for the localpeople. In consequence,a manageable business of

a family can fulfill theirfood, clothing andshelter needs. As a resultof creating jobopportunities, progresscan be made at village,

township and region levelsrespectively.

While in Mon State,the news crew of theKyemon Daily visited theWomen’s Vocational

Training School openedin Kwamta Village ofMudon Township with theaim of conducting thevocational trainingcourses to the localwomen and enabling them

to establish themanageable scalebusinesses.

Mudon is 18 milesaway from Mawlamyine,on Mawlamyine-Ye-Dawei Motor Road. It

shares border withTaungnyo mountainrange, Kyaikmaraw andKya-in-seikkyi town-ships in the east, theThanlwin River, the

(See page 6)

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of Ministry of Defence inspects construction of 16-bed station hospital at Yange Village in Thayetchaung Township.—MNA

Time to end the play so much in confusion and disorderMyanmar firmly accepts the affirmation of her

sovereignty and territorial integrity. The future ofMyanmar lies in the hands of all of her people.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 17 July, 2009

Friday, 17 July, 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

Fight narcotic drugs withpeople’s power

In the world today, narcotic drugsproduction and trafficking is the problemfacing many nations and there has beenwidespread use of raw opium, heroin, opiumoil, liquid opium, marijuana andpsychotropic substances produced with theuse of chemicals.

The menace of narcotic drugs is theconcern of the entire mankind. Drug abusebrings undesirable consequences not only tousers but also to their families and socialenvironment. As the danger of narcotic drugsaffects every individual and every nation, itis necessary for the international communityto fight it.

The threat of narcotic drugs is stillenormous as there is a widespread use ofpsychotropic substances among the youthall over the world. They are using variouskinds of drugs in various ways and thereforeit is required to educate them on the dangersof drug abuse.

Myanmar has been implementing the15-year plan for elimination of narcotic drugssince 1999 and making major strides in itsanti-drug campaign due to the cooperationof the people.

Drug traffickers operate mainly inborder areas. Therefore, Myanmar is alsoworking together with her neighbours andother nations in the region to wipe outnarcotic drugs. In June and at the beginningof July, a large amount of raw opium, liquidopium, heroin blocks and psychotropicsubstances were siezed in Kachin State, ShanState, Mandalay Division and SagaingDivision through combined efforts ofresponsible personnel and local people.

As various kinds of narcotic drugs andpsychotropic substances are threatening themankind and their social environment, it isnecessary for regional authorities, specialanti-drug squads and the people to constantlyraise the momentum of the anti-drugcampaign till the danger of narcotic drugs iswiped out from our soil once and for all.

Vietnamese delegationtours Yangon

YANGON, 16 July — Atthe invitation of the UnionSolidarity and Deve-lopment Association, theVietnamese delegation led

by CEC member of theCommunist Party CentralCommittee of the SocialistRepublic of VietnamChairman of National RacesAffairs Council Mr. K SorPhuco together with CECmember of the UnionSolidarity and DevelopmentAssociation Thura U AungKo and officials paidhomage to the ShwedagonPagoda yesterday andpresented cash donation forthe Pagoda.

Next, delegationmembers visited NationalMuseum on Pyay Road andUnion National RacesVillage on Shu-khinn-thaRoad in ThakaytaTownship. —MNA

YANGON, 16 July—Organized by MyanmarComputer Professional Association, with the assistanceof The Linux Lab, U Wai Lin Kyaw (a) U William(CTO, The Linux Lab) is going to give talks on “Linuxthe OS of the Future” containing the strong points ofLinux Operating System and its wide use at room-205of the main hall of Myanmar Info-Tech in HlineTownship, here, from 9.30 am to 12 noon on 18 July.

Any interested persons may attend the talks. Forfurther information, please dial Tel-652276 of room(4), building (4) of MCPA.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16July—Chairman ofMandalay Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe inspected con-struction of road andKyeechaung bridge andrepairing the 38th street inMaha AungmyayTownship on 25 Junemorning.

MNA

Commander inspects urban development

NAY PYI TAW, 16July — Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw gaveinstructions on bettercommunications of trunkcalls and exchange lines

CPT Minister inspects communicationtasks in Magway Division

at GSM mobile station andAuto-Exchange in Chaukon 14 July.

The minister visitedproduction of motorbikesat Golden Dragon Industryin Industrial Zone ofYenangyoung.

The ministerinspected GSM mobilestation, auto-exchangeand microwave station inYenangyoung, GSMmobile station and auto-exchange in Magway andauto-exchanges in Minhlaand Minbu.

Yesterday, theminister visited GSMmobile station at Thit-ya-kauk village and satellitecommunications station inTaungdwingyi, and leftnecessary instructions.

MNA

Talks on “Linux the OS ofthe Future” on 18 July

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe inspects construction of road.—MNA

CPT Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw inspects GSM mobile station andauto-exchange in Magway.—CPT

Vietnamese

goodwill

delegation

led by

Mr. K Sor

Phuco

visits

National

Museum.

MNA

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July is deadliest for US-ledforces in Afghanistan

Rescuers clean up the site of the collapsed ramp bridge on the Jinjin Express-way in Tianjin, north China. The accident occurred on early Wednesday morn-ing, when the ramp bridge on the expressway from Tianjin to Shanxi Provincesuddenly collapsed and five vans crashed, causing six people dead and four others injured. The investigation of the accident was underway.—INTERNET

A wounded man lies at the hospital after a bomb at-tack in Sadr City, northeastern Baghdadon 15 July, 2009. A bomb killed five people andwounded 28 others on Wednesday in Baghdad’s SadrCity, a poor Shi’ite Muslim area of the Iraqi capital, police said.—INTERNET

Man killed by police near USCapitol Building

Gadhafi says Iran nuclearprogramme to be supportedSHARM EL-SHEIK(Egypt), 16 July — Libyan leader

Moammar Gadhafi says Iran should be encouraged topursue its nuclear programme as long as it is for peace-ful purposes. Gadhafi was addressing Wednesday’sopening session of a summit of the Non-AlignedMovement at the Egyptian Red Sea resort of Sharmel-Sheik. The 118-nation group includes Iran.

He said it is “unjust” to stop Iran from enrichinguranium for peaceful purposes, but that it must not beallowed to develop nuclear weapons.

The United States and Israel say Iran is seeking toacquire nuclear weapons. Iran denies the charge, say-ing its program is for generating power.—Internet

Israel successfully testsanti-rocket system

JERUSALEM, 16 July — Israel successfully completed a series oftests of the Iron Dome missile defence system, designed for de-fending Israel from short-range rocket and missile attacks, the Is-raeli Defence Ministry said on Wednesday. A number of rockets were intercepted successfully in the tests ofthe system over the past days, local new service Ynet reported, quot-ing defence officials. The Iron Dome system, developed by state-owned Rafael Defence Systems, consists of a radar, control sys-tem, launcher and interceptor. The Defence Ministry said that allparts of the system worked well in the tests. Rocket fire has long been a major security threat to the Jewishstate,with its northern part subject to such attacks from Lebanon and itssouthern part frequently battered by rockets from the Gaza Strip. The Iron Dome was expected to be operational in 2010, and theIsrael Defence Force has established a special battalion to operateit, which will be part of the Israel Air Force (IAF), local newspaperJerusalem Post reported. “A multi-level defence system is a stra-tegic goal for the State of Israel and will provide a layer of protec-tion against short-range rockets,” Defence Minister Ehud Barakwas quoted as saying, “This will allow the IDF to fulfill its obliga-tion to protect Israel in the best way that it can.”—Internet

An Israeli sapper removes the remains ofa rocket which landed in the southern

city of Sderot.—INTERNET

Somali pirates leave dhow, 14Indian crew - EU force

AILANTA, 16 July — Somali pirates abandoned adhow and its 14 member Indian crew on Thursdayafter using the ship to attack an oil tanker earlier thisweek, a European Union anti-piracy force said.

Sea gangs have seized a string of vessels over thelast week in a flurry of activity ending a monsoonseason lull. Pirates run amok in the shipping laneslinking Asia to Europe and have received millions ofdollars in ransoms.

“At 3:30 this morning (12:30 am British time) thepirates who were holding the Indian dhow ... aban-doned the ship ... and sped off to the Somali coast,”the European naval force Atalanta said.

“It has been confirmed that all 14 crew are safeand well,” it said in a statement. It added that the shipwas left 15 nautical miles off the northeast Somalicoast in an area naval forces call the piracy “hot zone.”

Pirates seized the “Nefya” Saturday and then usedit to launch a failed attack two days later on the265,000-tonne, Liberian-flagged oil tanker “A El-ephant.”—Internet

11 killed inIraq

bombingsBAGHDAD, 16 July—

Two separate bomb at-tacks in Iraq, one by a sui-cide bomber on a policepost, killed a total of 11people and wounded atleast 40 on Wednesday,police and medical offi-cials said. The suicide at-tacker targeted a policecheckpoint near a mosquein the western Iraqi city ofRamadi early morning,killing six people, includ-ing two traffic policemen,officials said.

Women, children andfour traffic policemen wereamong the 16 wounded,said Salah Alani, a doctorat Ramadi General Hospi-tal.—Internet

KABUL, 16 July — Julyis shaping up as the deadli-est month of the Afghanwar for US-led interna-tional forces, with thenumber killed alreadymatching the highest full-month toll of the nearlyeight-year conflict, accord-ing to figures compiled byThe Associated Press.

As of Wednesday, atleast 46 internationaltroops, including 24Americans, had been killedin Afghanistan this month,according to statements by

the US military and theNATO command. Thatmatches the tolls for thetwo previous deadliestmonths — June and Augustof 2008.

The rate of deaths inJuly — about three a day— is approaching some ofthe highest levels of the Iraqwar.

The latest reporteddeaths occurred Tuesday.They include an Americansoldier who was killed bya roadside bomb in easternAfghanistan and two

Turks, including a colonel,who died in a traffic acci-dent in the north of thecountry.

In addition, six Ukrain-ian civilians and a 6-year-old Afghan were killed onTuesday when an Mi-6transport helicoptercrashed in southern Af-ghanistan. The helicop-ter’s owners in the formerSoviet republic ofMoldova said the helicop-ter was shot down, andthe Taleban claimed re-sponsibility.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 16 July— A man was chased andshot dead by police aftera car chase near US Capi-tol Building in Washing-ton DC, Wednesdayevening, police said.Capitol Police spokesmanKimberly Schneider told

reporters that police offic-ers shot and killed the 35-year-old man who beganfiring at them after tryingto evade police.

A police officer alsosuffered non-life-threaten-ing injuries.

The incident happened

at about 5 pm eastern time(2100 GMT) near NewJersey and C streets NWon the Senate side of theCapitol.

Police said the man,driving a white Mercedessedan, was stopped infront of the Union Stationfor a traffic violation andfled and drove at a highrate of speed around theCapitol Hill complex.

One police officerwho was on foot wasstruck by the man’s car,but his injuries were notlife-threatening.

Witnesses told report-ers on the scene that theysaw a white Mercedes se-dan speeding in the direc-tion toward the CapitolBuilding with police carsin pursuit.

Internet

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MUNICH, 16 July—German ChancellorAngela Merkel is set hostRussia’s President DmitryMedvedev for talks domi-nated by efforts to avoida new spat over gas sup-plies to Europe and theglobal financial crisis.

The two leaders willhold private talks at a pic-turesque castle near thesouthern city of Munichbefore being joined bykey members of both gov-ernments, including theministers for the interior,environment and eco-nomy, Berlin said.

“The talks will encom-pass the most important

German Chancellor

Angela Merkel (left)

meets with Russian

President Dmitry

Medvedev at the

Group of Eight

summit in L’Aquila,

central Italy, in early

July.

INTERNET

Germany, Russia talks:gas, economy to dominate

Chinese acrobatsperform in Moscow,capital of Russia, on

15 July, 2009. Anacrobatic team from

east China’sShandong Provincegave a performancehere on Wednesday.

XINHUA

Panama Canal authori-ties-issued photo showsthe Miraflores lock onthe waterway throughwhich roughly four

percent of world tradeflows. The country has

confirmed a Spanish-ledconsortium has won a

three-billion-dollarcontract to design andbuild a new set of locks

for the country’s famousinter-oceanic canal.

INTERNET

foreign policy questions,such as Iran, North Ko-rea’s nuclear programme,the Middle East peaceprocess, as well as eco-nomic topics, such as thefinancial crisis and theread-out from the G8meeting,” Merkel’sspokesman, UlrichWilhelm, said on Mon-day.

“They will discuss awide range of issues, in-cluding on security, gasand economic issues,”added a Kremlin officialon condition of anonym-ity.

In addition, the twogovernments are poised

to ink a raft of economicpartnership deals, includ-ing a 500-million-dollar(357-million-euro) creditagreement, Medvedev’sforeign policy aide SergeiPrikhodko said onWednesday.

Internet

BEIJING, 16 July—Chi-na’s industrial output ex-panded 10.7 percent inJune from a year earlier,faster than the 8.9 percentrate in May, the NationalBureau of Statistics (NBS)said on Thursday.

It is the first time sincelast September that the out-put reached double-digitgrowth after Chinalaunched the 4-trillion-yuan (588.24 billion USdollars) stimulus plan and

SEOUL, 16 July— Anaviation agreement be-tween South Korea andCanada came into effectThursday, which is ex-pected to expand passen-ger and cargo flights be-tween the two nations.

The accord, reached inNovember last year, al-lows both countries to in-crease the number offlights within their discre-tion and gives South Ko-rean carriers rights to useCanada as a transit point,the Ministry of Land,Transport and MaritimeAffairs said.

The so-called open-airaccord is made in a moveto relieve seat shortagesbetween the countries, asonly 2,000 seats per weekare available for an annualaverage of 200,000 peoplewho fly between the coun-tries.

South Korea currentlyholds similar agreementswith the United States andMexico, the ministry said.

Internet

CHICAGO, 16 July —Having emerged frombankruptcy protection lastweek, the new GeneralMotors Co is looking tothe fast-growing Far East-ern markets, especiallyChina, the Detroit Newsreported on Wednesday.

“When the dust settlesfrom this automotive cri-sis, it’ll be clear to see thatAsia is the epicenter ofgrowth,” said Michael

NICOSIA, 16 July — Atotal of 883,002 touristarrivals were recorded inthe eastern Mediterraneanisland of Cyprus duringthe first six months of2009, a 10.8 percentplunge compared to thesame period last year, theStatistical Service an-nounced on Wednesday.

In June alone, a size-able year-on-year declineof 15.1 percent was re-corded as a result of thefinancial crisis and fol-lowing recession in Eu-rope.—Internet

LONDON, 16 July —Brit-ain’s telecom operator BTGroup is expected to an-nounce cost reductionsworth 1 billion pounds(about 1.6 billion US dollars)in the current financial year,BT’s Chairman Michael

Cyprustourist arrivals

plunge 10.8percent

British telecom operator BT to cut costby $1.6 b

Rake said on Wednesday.Michael made the an-nouncement at the compa-ny’s annual shareholdermeeting at the BarbicanCenter in London.

Michael admitted thatthe company’s 2008-09

financial year had been adifficult one, adding thatits key priority was to im-prove the performance ofBT’s global services.

BT also aimed to im-prove free cash flow byover a third, he said. OnWednesday, BT’s sharerose 1.82 percent to closeat 17.35pounds.

BT is one of Britain’sbiggest private employerswith a staff of 106,000,but suffered a 1.3-billion-pound (1.9 billion US dol-lars) loss in the first threemonths of the year. Thecompany announced itsplan to scrap its staff by15,000 two month ago.

Internet

China’s industrial output up 10.7% in June,back to double-digit growth

scrapped lending restric-tions to boost theeconomy.

“The industrial pro-duction is accelerating,and the profit drop is eas-ing,” said Li Xiaochao,spokesman of the NBS atthe press conference.

The industrial outputgrowth rise to 7 percentfor the first half, down 9.3percentage points fromthe growth rate of thesame period last year, said

Li.The figure rose to 9.1

percent in the secondquarter from 5.1 percentin the first quarter, said Li.

Large industrial enter-prises (those with annualrevenue of more than 5million yuan) made an ag-gregate profit of 850.2 bil-lion yuan during the firstfive months, down 22.9percent year on year, saidLi.

Internet

GM looks to China for growthDunne, managing directorof JD Power and Associ-ates’ China operations.

China is on track thisyear to rival and possiblysurpass the United States,with sales expected to ex-ceed 11 million vehicles.

The main markets of theAsia-Pacific region stretch-ing from India to Japan areexpected to generate com-bined sales of more than 21million cars and trucks this

year, roughly double thesales forecast for the UnitedStates, according to JDPower.

As a new GM emergedfrom bankruptcy last Fri-day, CEO Fritz Hendersonsaid Nick Reilly, theShanghai-based presidentof GM Asia Pacific,would remain in China asthe new head of interna-tional operations.

Internet

S Korea’saviation

agreementwith Canadatakes effect

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AfDB President says populationgrowth sustains poverty in Africa

LAGOS, 16 July—Presi-dent of African Develop-ment Bank (AfDB)Donald Kaberuka saidon Tuesday that thegeometric growth in Afri-can countries’ populationhad sustained the highlevel of poverty amongfamilies.

He stated this on thesidelines of a meeting inAbuja, adding that Afri-can countries had re-corded a steady growthrate of an upward of 5.9percent in their popula-

tion, but such growth didnot translate to a reductionof poverty on the conti-nent.

“The economies aregrowing, but so is thepopulation. In manycountries, such asRwanda, the populationincreases every day bythree percent. If you haveabout six percent growthin the economy, half of itis eaten by the three per-cent growth in popula-tion,” he was quoted bythe News Agency of Ni-

geria as saying.“We must recognize

that we started off from avery low level. We startedfrom a position of deeppoverty, and by the timewe get to a level ofgrowth, where we can ac-tually impact on the realper capita income, it takesa long time,” saidKaberuka, adding thatmany African countrieshad recorded phenomenalprogress in reducing pov-erty.

Xinhua

The 6th China Changchun International Auto Expo opens in Changchun,capital of northeast China’s Jilin Province, on 15 July, 2009. —XINHUA

Rich, emerging nations mustbridge climate divide

Angola promises allconditions to host CAN2010

LUANDA, 16 July—Angolan Hotel and TourismMinister Pedro Mutindi here on Wednesday promisedthat the government would create all conditions to hostthe African Football Cup of Nation (CAN2010) sched-uled to be held in Angola in January, 2009. Pedro Mutindi made the remarks when visiting theongoing 26th Luanda International Fair (FILDA-2009), saying that the government has allocated allnecessary investments in the construction of sportsfacilities and hotels to guarantee the carrying out ofthe CAN2010 in a smooth way.

Xinhua

168 people died in Iran’s passenger plane crash

Two killed in Frenchpetrochemical plant explosion

PARIS, 16 July—Two people were killed and six oth-ers injured in an explosion on Wednesday at a petro-chemical plant of Total SA in the eastern France townof Carling, local officials and the company said. “The accident happened during operations to restartcracker following a stoppage linked to recent badweather,” Total SA said. “One of its parts explodedfor an unknown reason.” The company said there was no risk of pollutionfrom the explosion. However, a local official said “sev-eral people are believed to still be buried in the de-bris.”—Xinhua

UNITED NATIONS, 16July—Industrialized anddeveloping countries mustrectify their “formidabledifferences” if the climatetalks in Copenhagen are tobear substantive results,said the director of the UNclimate change supportteam here on Wednesday. “All countries need tomake an effort based oncommon but differentiatedresponsibilities,” JanosPasztor told reporters.

“Developing countrieshave to reduce emissiongrowth to depart frombusiness as usual ... anddeveloped countries mustbe more ambitious in theirtargets to reduce emissionsand produce the financialand technological re-sources that developingcountries need,” he said. With 144 days left be-fore a global climate treatyis expected to be agreedupon in Copenhagen, there

still appears to be a chasmbetween developed anddeveloping countries. At the L’Aquila, ItalySummit last week, theGroup of Eight(G8)nations — the UnitedStates, Japan, Germany,France, Britain, Italy,Canada and Russia —failed to convince Indiaand China to cut green-house emissions by 50 per-cent by 2050, reportssaid.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News AgencyTEHERAN, 16 July— An Iranian pas-

senger plane crashed on Wednesdaymorning near the country’s northwest-ern city of Gazvin and all 168 peopleon board were killed, Iran’s state TVIRIB website reported.

IRIB quoted an official of the HealthMinistry Mohammad Reza MontazerKhorasan as saying that all the people onboard were killed. The crash took place11 minutes after take-off from Teheran’sinternational Imam Khomeini airport and112.7 km from the capital city.

Among the passengers were 11 mem-bers of Iran’s national adolescent Judo,according to Iran’s official IRNA news

agency.“It is likely that there is an Iranian Par-

liament (Majlis) member among the de-ceased passengers,” IRNA quoted theBrigadier General Hassan Sajedinia, anIranian police officer, as saying.

The nationalities of most of the pas-sengers were Iranian while there weresome Armenians as well. The officialsfrom Iran’s international airport con-firmed that there was no Chinese citizenamong the victims.

The reports are not consistent about theexact location of the air crash which hap-pened at 11:33 am (0703 GMT) onWednesday.—Xinhua

Iranian sol-diers gather atthe crash site

of the CaspianAirlines plane,which fell intofarmland near

the city ofQazvin, north-west of Tehran

on 15 July,2009.

XINHUA

SINGAPORE, 16 July— Trade ministers from 21 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) economies willbe here on 21-22 July to discuss ways to deal with theaftermath of the economic crisis to aid recovery, localmedia reported on Wednesday.

According to TV broadcaster Channel NewsAsia,Singapore’s Minister for Trade and Industry Lim HngKiang spoke ahead of the upcoming meeting that theworld’s economy is stabilizing, but challenges remainas more than half of the APEC member economieswill see a contraction in their gross domestic product(GDP).—Xinhua

APEC trade ministers to discusscrisis recovery in Singapore

BOLIVIA, La Paz : Aerial view of La Paz at night on 13 July, 2009. La Paz,located at 3,600 m above sea level, celebrate its 200th anniversary on 16

July .—INTERNET

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Mudon Women’s Vocational Training School, a drive for regional developmentArticle: Win Naing (Kyemon); Photos: Khin Maung Win (Kyemon)

(from page 1)Mottama Gulf andChaungzon Township inthe west, ThanbyuzayatTownship in the southand MawlamyineTownship in the north.The local people areengaged in agricultureand industries as themain businesses. Due tosmooth transport, thetownship is gainingdevelopment momen-tum possessing the towncharacteristics.

At Women’sVocational TrainingSchool in KwamtaVillage of Mudon, wehad an interview withPrincipal Daw ThanThan Lwin. Sheexplained, “TheEducation and TrainingDepartment under theMinistry of Progress ofBorder Areas andNational Races andDevelopment Affairs isconducting thevocational trainingschool to equip the localnational women withnationalist spirit and toprovide vocationalcourses to them. Theschool opens the mainvocational coursesnamely the basic andadvanced tailoringcourses, the handiworkcourse, the bakerycourse and thewickerwork course. Aspart of efforts to createthe job opportunities forthe local women, theeducation qualificationis not limited for thetrainees. They may

attend the course with theendorsements of thetownship leveldepartmental officials.The training courses lastthree and a half monthseach. After the basiccourses, the trainees maycontinue their learning inthe advanced courses. Thequalified trainees wereappointed as the staff ofthe training school. Afterconcluding the courses,necessary sewing

machines and otherequipment to be used inthe handiworks are sold tothe trainees through theinstallment system forusing the items in theirworks. During the courseperiods, the trainingschool provides thetrainees with necessarymaterial such as textiles,coarse papers, dailyallowance and travelallowance. In imple-menting the aim of thetraining school, asalesroom is kept open

and the works of thetrainees are put on salesso as to establish themanageable scalebusinesses.”

The training schoolwas opened in 2005. Upto now, the school hasturned out over 600female trainees, and nowa total of 58 femaletrainees are attending thevocational courses.

We had anopportunity to visit thetraining courses of theschool. They politelywelcomed us by reciting“Pancagunam AhamVandami”. Theirwelcome reflects the aimsof the training school tobecome the traineewomen equipped withgood characters andnationalist spirit, to turnout them with patrioticspirit and to develop thetraditional culture anddomestic science works.

We also observed thecondition of roadtransportation of thetownship. We saw all the

roads have been upgradedto the tarred roads linkingthe urban and rural areasfor ensuring smoothtransportation at any time.

Moreover, MudonTownship People’sHospital, KamawetStation Hospital and sixrural health centres areproviding health careservices to the localpeople. In the educationsector, the buildings ofBasic Education HighSchools, Middle Schools

and Primary Schools arereflecting thedevelopment of thetownship.

In addition, MudonTownship was designatedas the model township inpaddy cultivation. Fordevelopment of paddycultivation, the CentralAgriculture Farm ofMudon is distributing thequality paddy strains tothe townships in MonState. Therefore, thetownship achieves the

paddy and ricesufficiency.

At present, theself-reliant villagelibraries have beenopened in the wholeMudon Township.Efforts are being made todevelop these libraries inline with five tasks oflibrary. During the visit,we witnessed the sector-wise progress in MudonTownship.

Translation: TTAKyemon: 12-7-2009

Local people of Mudon have easy access to townships in Mon State as rural roads have beenupgraded to the tarred roads.

Daw Than ThanLwin, Principal ofMudon Women’s

Vocational TrainingSchool.

Female trainees pursuing advanced tailoring course.

English Language Proficiency Courseof Ministry of Transport concludes

Industry-1 Ministerreceives guests

NAY PYI TAW, 16 July—Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung received a delegation led by ProfessorDr Otto Pulz of IGV Gmb H from Germany at hisoffice here on 13 July evening.

He also received CEO Mr Masahiro Okojimaof A.1 System Products Corp: Negative ion Instituteof Technology form Japan at 1 pm and ExecutiveDirector Mr Malay Das of Thyssen Krupp Industriesform Germany at 2 pm on 14 July. They mainlydiscussed matters on production of spirulina ofMyanma Pharmaceutical Industries and majorrepairing of Cement Factory (Kyaukse) of MyanmaCeramics Industries.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 July—The concluding ceremonyof English Language Proficiency Course for staff ofMinistry of Transport was held at the ministry yesterday,with an address by Minister for Transport Maj-GenThein Swe.

The trainees demonstrated the skills received andthe minister presented prizes to outstanding traineesand completion certificates to the leader of trainees.

Altogether 24 trainees attended the four-monthcourse.—MNA

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Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe presents prize toan outstanding trainee.—TRANSPORT

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MinisterBrig-GenMaungMaungThein

presentsstationeryfor basiceducationschools in

DaweiDistrict.

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DeputyMinisterCol NyanTun Aungpresentingprize to ateacher in

KannaaffiliatedBEHS.

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Outstanding students awarded in Natogyi TownshipNAY PYI TAW, 16

July—Deputy Minister forTransport Col Nyan TunAung on 13 July attendedthe 6th prize presentationceremony for outstandingstudents at Kanna AffiliatedBasic Education HighSchool in NatogyiTownship and presentedexercise books to eight basiceducation schools.

He handed overcertificates of honour andcash awards presented byMinister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung to theoutstanding teachers anddistinction winningstudents in the matriculationexamination for 2008-09.

At Natogyi BEHS, thedeputy minister also handedover certificates of honour

and cash awards presentedby Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung to 19outstanding teachers and 21distinction winners.

The wife of the deputyminister also presentedcertificates of honour andcash awards to outstandingstudents at Myoma BEHS(Branch) and ShyawpyuBEMS (Branch).

On 14 July, the deputyminister also attended the6th prize presentationceremony for outstandingstudents at OhbontawBEMS and presentedexercise books to the schooland seven BEPSs.

Outstanding studentswere awarded.

The deputy ministerattended the similar

ceremony at Lontaw-Thamantaw BEMS(Branch) and NanhnaungPost-Primary School andpresented exercise books,certificates of honour andcash awards to the schoolsand outstanding students.

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Regional development tasks in Dawei District

China calls on int’l community to assessMyanmar in “fair, objective” way

UNITED NATIONS, 13 July — The internationalcommunity should give a more balanced assessmentof the political progress Myanmar has made and treatit with less arrogance and prejudice, a senior Chinesediplomat said here Monday.

Liu Zhenmin, China’s deputy permanent repre-sentative to the UN, told an open meeting of theSecurity Council that “it has been unfair to turn a blindeye to the progress Myanmar has made, or instead,always be picky at its government.”

Liu said the UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon has been actively conducted good offices inMyanmar as mandated by the General Assembly inrecent years.

“His unremitting efforts and the positive out-come thereby achieved deserve an objective and fairassessment by the international community,” he said.

Ban briefed the 15 members of the SecurityCouncil at the meeting on his latest visit to the south-eastern Asian country on July 3-4, the second in justover a year.

During his visit, Ban met with Senior-GeneralThan Shwe, Myanmar’s Head of State, and peoplefrom other political parties including the NationalLeague for Democracy (NLD), but was under pres-sure from some media and certain countries due to his

failure to meet with NLD leader Aung San Suu Kyi.Liu voiced China’s support to Ban and highly

appreciated his recent visit, calling the visit “positiveand full of significance. “

“Whether or not he met with Aung San Suu Kyishould not be used as a criterion to measure thesuccess of the visit,” he said.

Also on Monday, Myanmar’s UN AmbassadorU Than Swe told the Security Council that his govern-ment regretted its inability to arrange the meeting asthe special court has its independent jurisdiction overthe matter.

“Aung San Suu Kyi was unfortunately in-volved in the legal proceed. In order to maintain thejustice of judicial process, the Myanmar governmentdid not arrange the bilateral meeting. This is totallyunderstandable. The UN should respect the jurisdic-tion of its member state,” Liu said.

Ban had in-depth talks with top leaders ofMyanmar, directly conveyed to them the concern ofthe international community and enhanced mutualtrust between Myanmar and the UN, Liu said.

“This will play an important role in encourag-ing the Myanmar side to maintain the current momen-tum and promote the democratic process according tothe established plans,” Liu said—XINHUA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo views supply of water to plantations fromtube-wells through water pump.—MNA

Meiktila Township gainsdevelopment momentum

NAY PYI TAW, 16 July—Minister for Agriculture andIrrigation Maj-Gen Htay Ooon 12 July viewed supply ofwater to sesame plantationsfrom the tube-wells throughthe water pump and irrigatedwater to paddy plants inKaphyu Village-tract ofMeiktila Township.

The minister gaveinstructions on distributionof quality paddy strains tothe local farmers.

To supply undergroundwater to the farmlands inMeiktila-Thazi region, atotal of 221 tube-wells hadbeen sunk in MeiktilaTownship and 121 tube-wells in Thazi Township.This year, more 200 tube-wells are being sunk. Inmeeting with local farmersfrom Kaphyu, Nyaungkayaand Shwehlan villages, theminister explained boostingagricultural produce and

supply of water to thefarmlands.

Next, the ministerpresented a computer set toShwehlan village BasicEducation Middle Schoolthrough the headmaster.

Then the ministerinspected Basic EducationPrimary School at Chaukpinvillage in MeiktilaTownship which is underrepair and presented cashfor education fund. He alsomet with local people.

In meeting with thechairman of township PDCand members, departmentalpersonnel and local peopleat Yindaw Village inPyawbwe Township, theminister held discussionswith them on repair of damsand lakes in villages tosupply water and supply ofwater to the farmlands fromthe tube-wells.

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YANGON, 16 July—Minister for Livestock andFisheries Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein, on 12 July,met with members of socialorganizations and localpeople from Pugawzwanvillage, Yebyu Township ofDawei District, TaninthayiDivision. At the meeting,the minister fulfilled theneeds after hearing reports

presented and donated booksand stationary to BasicEducation Schools invillage-tracts throughresponsible persons. Uponarrival at Thittodaung villageof Yebyu Township, theminister met with localpeople and members ofsocial organizations, anddonated exercise books andstationary to village Basic

Education Schools.In the afternoon, the

minister fulfilled the needsin meeting with members ofsocial organizations,townselders and local peopleat the hall of Basic EducationPost-Primary School inKadatgyi village, Launglontownship, Dawei District. Inaddition, the ministerdonated exercise books and

pencils to Basic EducationSchools through thetownship education officer.

Afterwards, theminister met with membersof social organizations andlocal people at Post-PrimarySchool in Inzauk village anddonated exercise books andpencils to Basic EducationSchools in the village and650 bags of cement and 590CI sheets to Basic EducationSchools in Yebyu townshipof Dawei District.—MNA

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Nowadays there are a lot of voices from manypersons randomly criticizing UN Secretary-GeneralMr. Ban Ki-moon's visit to Myanmar from their ownpoint of view. Some reviewed the root cause of thematter in an objective way, but others criticizing thematter only from the West's angle.

In my assumption, we can find the right answerto know whether his visit is successful or not only ifwe can differentiate between the view point ofMyanmar people, the view point of the UN and someworld nations and the view point of the West and anti-government groups.

Here, we need to know the fundamental cause ofthe UN Secretary-General's visit to Myanmar. Therewere news reports saying that Mr. Ban was makingthree demands before his Myanmar visit. The threedemands were: to release all political prisonersincluding Daw Aung San Suu Kyi before the 2010election; to carry out democracy transition throughall-inclusive coordination before the election; andto allow him to meet with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi.

As Mr. Ban was going to make the said threedemands during his visit, the West media and anti-government groups were raising the issue hand inhand thinking that Myanmar would have no choicebut to yield to the demands. Relying just on thepressures exerted by some powers, they came to thisconclusion without considering whether it was prob-able and acceptable in a logical way.

The UN Secretary Council on 22 May 2009issued an announcement in connection with Myanmar.The Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Myanmar inresponse to the UNSC announcement issued its ownannouncement on 27 May 2009. The West media andanti-government groups failed to take these announce-ments into account.

The announcement made by MOFA of Myanmaralready included answers to the three demands to bemade by the UN Secretary-General. I would like tostate the announcement as follows:

“The Government of the Union of Myanmar,in order to ensure stability of the State and in theinterest of the people, has to issue restrictionorder and place Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at herhouse under restriction in accordance with theLaw to Safeguard the State against the Dangersof Those Desiring to Cause Subversive Acts.

“Whilst the restriction order was in effect,an intruder Mr. John William Yettaw, who is aUnited States citizen, entered the house ofDaw Aung San Suu Kyi in May, 2009, and waspermitted to stay in the house for two days,communicated, given food and provided shel-ter by her. Therefore, legal action in accord-ance with law has been taken unavoidably.

“Such action will not have any political im-pact and, thus, the action in accordance with lawwill be considered and carried out as the taskrelating to the rule of law.

“In order to enable them to take part in thebuilding of a new democratic State, 9,002 prison-ers were released when the Government grantedamnesty for the eighth time on 23 September2008 in accordance with Article 401 (1) of thePenal Code, and 6,313 prisoners for the ninthtime on 20 February 2009.

“Myanmar firmly accepts the affirmationof her sovereignty and territorial integrity.

Time to end the play so much in confusion and disorderAn Observer

The future of Myanmar lies in the hands of allof her people. The Government will, therefore,hold multi-party general elections, fifth step of theRoad Map, in 2010, and the Government is deter-mined to continue hand-in-hand with the people toimplementing the Seven-Step Road Map in ac-cordance with the aspirations of the people.”We have firm record that Myanmar since joining

the UN has been giving priority to cooperating with theglobal body. We warmly welcomed the UN Secretary-General's visit to Myanmar. We also warmly wel-comed Mr. Gambari who came to Myanmar and madecoordination in advance for Mr. Ban's visit and alsofulfilled his requirements to the most possible degree.Concerning a meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi,Myanmar informed in advance that the country was notin a position to allow such meeting.

Mr. Ban visited Myanmar officially only aftermaking coordination through the diplomatic channel.Mr. Ban made demands for two times to meet withDaw Aung San Suu Kyi although the matter was noteven included in the prior coordination.

Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Senior General Than Shwe met with Mr. Banand party for two times, one on 3 July and another on4 July. The discussions at the meetings were releasedin the dailies. One will know that Myanmar workedwith constructive attitude in all seriousness during theUN Secretary-General's visit if one comprehensivelystudies of the news report. The brief account of thenews is stated as follows for the readers to thoroughlyreview it.

On 3 July 2009Senior General Than Shwe

- extends warm welcome to the United NationsSecretary General to Myanmar,

- being a member of the United Nations, Myanmaris making the best cooperation with the globalorganization,

Mr Ban Ki-moon- prior to the visit to Myanmar, he held broad discus-

sions with UN members, five permanent membersof Security Council, Japan, and ASEAN countries,

- the countries all showed their support for the visitto Myanmar, and their wishes to witness progressin implementing Myanmar democratization proc-ess and the State’s seven-step Road Map,

- he was glad to see that the storm-ravaged buildingshad been reconstructed on his drive from YangonInternational Airport to Yangon in his last trip tothe nation,

- he recognized and was pleased to see the exem-plary performances of the Tripartite Core Group in

providing humanitarian aid to Myanmar,- he pledged he would continue to extend a helpful

hand by the international community in provid-ing humanitarian assistance,

- he would persuade political parties, and armedgroups that have made peace with the govern-ment to participate as positive allies in nation-building programmes under the leadership of theSenior General,

Senior General Than Shwe- the government will hold a free and fair election

in 2010, and is working to complete the drawingnecessary laws and regulations on schedule,

- shortly thereafter, political parties will be formedand election laws will be issued in time,

- the law is being written in a fair way in order thateverybody will be able to participate in the elec-tion proceedings,

- the government will make arrangements for poli-ticians to form parties and stand for election, withnational reconsolidation at the centre,

- he wished to arrange a meeting between theUNSG and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, but she is ontrial together with US citizen Mr John WilliamYettaw, so he would like the UNSG to understandthat she is not available in the trial period,

On 4 July 2009Mr Ban Ki-moon

- the previous day, he conferred with the MyanmarPrime Minister, focusing on matters on Myanmar-UN cooperation, and he met with the 10 politicalparties and seven peace groups,

- at the meetings, he urged his dialogue partners toparticipate with positive attitude in the forthcom-ing election and tasks for national reconciliation,and he said that it is important to set timeframe fornecessary laws and commissions for the election,

- he would like Myanmar officials to consider toarrange a meeting between him and Daw AungSan Suu Kyi,

Senior General Than Shwe- he hopes the UN will cope with the isse fairly

and without discrimination against or in fa-vour of particular countries, big or small,

- Myanmar is concentrating on the two majorpoints,

- the first point is arrangement for successfulcompletion of the election due to be held in2010,

- the second point is to lay foundations for thenext government to be formed according tothe election results,

(See page 9)

* The government and the people will no longer tolerate anyloss resulting from solving the problem not of their ownmaking.

* Therefore, it is time they stopped making problems if theyreally want to promote people’s interests.

* As for us, we would like to say we will continue to do whathas to be done in accord with the wishes of the people.

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(from page 8)- for the time being, they are in no position to pay

attention to any personal cases, except the twopoints,

- he had explained the previous day as to the casethe UNSG had asked for a meeting with DawAung San Suu Kyi.So, it is clear what sorts of demands Mr Ban Ki-

moon made, and to what extent the governmentcomplied with the demands, and the government’sstand in the interest of the nation and the people.

Maybe Mr Ban Ki-moon is disappointed becausehe did not have any opportunity to meet with DawAung San Suu Kyi, but I am sure it is not disappointingfor the international community. It is because a free andfair election will be held in 2010 for transition todemocracy. Now necessary laws and regulations arebeing formulated, and thereafter, parties will be formedand election laws will be issued in time. The law isbeing written fairly in order that every citizen can takepart in the election proceedings. Arrangements will bemade for politicians to form parties and stand forelection. And Myanmar could send a message to theinternational community through the UNSG regardingthe government’s concept that national reconsolidationis of great importance along with its stand and pragmaticapproach to the issue.

Moreover, if we study Mr Ban Ki-moon'scomments, it can be seen that, before he came toMyanmar, he had broad discussions with UN membernations, five permanent members of UN SecurityCouncil, ASEAN member nations and Japan and that

he publicly urged political parties and peace groups ofnational races, in his meeting with them, to take part inthe election and national reconsolidation work with apositive attitude.

If we review these discussions, it is obvious thatalmost all of UN member nations, five permanentUNSC member nations, ASEAN member nationsand Japan would like there to be progress inMyanmar's transition to democracy and in itsimplementation of the seven-step Road Map andthat the government of Myanmar is alsoimplementing it fairly step by step according theschedule.

There is another thing worthy of careful attention.It is that Mr Ban Ki-moon defended himself againsthis critics who blamed him for not securing a meetingwith Daw Suu Kyi. The success of Mr Ban Ki-moon'svisit cannot be judged just by the fact that he wasallowed to meet Daw Suu Kyi or was not. Regardingthis, Mr Ban Ki-moon replied that Myanmar refusedonly his request to meet Daw Suu Kyi but did notturn down the demand to release political prisonersand make reforms.

There are also another two things that deservecareful consideration. The first thing is, why did Mr BanKi-moon ask to be allowed to meet Daw Suu Kyi? If thegovernment had allowed him to do so, what would hehave told her? Would he have urged her to stand forelection? Or would he have told her to ask US and itsallies to lift sanctions imposed on Myanmar? Or was heto have passed Daw Suu Kyi the messages of some bignations Mr Ban Ki-moon had visited? Or was he to have

passed Daw Suu Kyi's message to those nations? MrBan Ki-moon had repeatedly asked to be allowed tomeet Daw Suu Kyi but he did not say definitely whatcould be the results if he was allowed to meet her.

And no one knows the exact meaning of Mr BanKi-moon's comment that Myanmar authorities hadmissed an opportunity just because he could not meetDaw Suu Kyi. Did it have something to do with the factthat US and EU would review their previous actionsregarding the affairs of Myanmar? It's anybody's guess.Besides, it is learnt that Mr Ban Ki-moon had a 10-minute talk with NLD representatives after meetingrepresentatives from 10 political parties. But neitherMr Ban Ki-moon nor NLD representatives disclosedanything about their talk.

An overall review of all the facts already presentedwill clearly show that the Myanmar government hasmade public its stand and aims and objectives franklyand honestly but the attitude of opposition groups ishalf-disclosed and half-hidden.

It is not only now that solutions are being sought,at home as well as abroad, about the problem of anindividual or of a party. It would not be wrong to saythat it is the problem they themselves have beencreating since 1988-89. The government and the peoplewill no longer tolerate any loss resulting from solvingthe problem not of their own making. Therefore, it istime they stopped making problems if they really wantto promote people's interests. As for us, we would liketo say we will continue to do what has to be done inaccord with the wishes of the people.

(Translation: TMT+MS+NN)

YANGON, 16 July—At the inviation of UnionSolidarity and Development Association, a visitingVietnamese goodwill delegation led by CEC member ofthe Communist Party Central Committee of the SocialistRepublic of Vietnam Chairman of National Races AffairsCouncil Mr K Sor Phuco called on Secretary-General ofthe USDA U Htay Oo at the meeting hall of the USDAHeadquarters in Bahan Township, here, yesterday evening.

Also present at the call were CEC members UAung Thein Lin, Thura U Aung Ko, U Maung Pa andofficials of the headquarters. First, the Secretary-Generalmade an introductory speech on the occasion. Next,Chairman of National Races Affairs Council Mr K SorPhuco dealt with solidarity and development of theirnational races. Afterwards, the Secretary-General and

VUSDA Secretary-GeneralU Htay Oo meets with visiting

Vietnamese delegation

the Chairman of National Races Affairs Councilexchanged gifts.

In the evening, the Secretary-General hosted adinner to the visiting Vietnamese delegation at theSedona Hotel.—MNA

Secretary-General of USDA U Htay Oo meeting with CEC member of the Communist PartyCentral Committee of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Chairman of National Races Affairs

Council Mr K Sor Phuco.—MNA

Time to end the play so much in confusion and disorderAn Observer

YANGON, 16 July—Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung on 12 July inspected preparationsmade for construction of new building of BasicEducation Primary School in Thaunggon Village ofIngapu Township and also met with local people.

Afterwards, the minister made a speech at theopening ceremony of new building of BEPS in Ohnkonvillage and made cash donation for the school.

The minister looked into rural health care centerin Thabaw village, construction of new building ofvillage Basic Education Middle School (branch) andBEPS in Aikalaw village and met with local people.

On arrival at BEPS in Gonzaung village, theminister inspected construction of new building andfulfilled the needs.

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Regional development tasks ofIngapu Township carried out

YANGON, 16 July—Under the tour programme (3),Premier Coffee Co Ltd successfully held PremierCoffee Music and Beauty Contest at Mogkok,Mandalay Division on 13 July. The similar ceremoniesare being held in Thabeikkyin, Letpanhla, Madaya,Sagaing, Myinmu and Mandalay.

Vocalist J Nyi Nyi, Khine Shwe Wah and Ko KoMaung of Melody World acted as judges at theceremonies. Actors Wai Lu Kyaw and Khin Lay Nweentertained audiences with performance show. PremierCoffee Co Ltd expressed thanks for local authoritiesconcerned, departments concerned, townselders,contestants, premier coffee lovers and township agents.The final contest will be held for those who stood firstin contests held in above-mentioned towns at CapitalHypermarket in Yangon soon.—MNA

Premier Coffee holds Musicand Beauty contests

A responsible person awards a winner of PremierCoffee Music and Beauty Contest.—MNA

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YANGON, 16 July—The first voyage of MyaAyeyar, Yangon-Mandalay market ship of Com-modity Transport Division of Inland Water Trans-portation of Ministry of Transport will be launchedfrom Batataung Bridge here on 26 July (Sunday).

Those wishing to sell goods on the ship maycontact Commodity Transport Division on BatataungZay Street in person or dial 292199, 292319.

Those from townships may contact townshipmanager offices in Maubin, Danyubyu, Hinthada,Myanaung, Kyangin, Pyay, Thayet, Aunglan,Magway.

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Yangon-Mandalay marketship to be launched

NAY PYI TAW, 16 July— The torrential rain causedfloods in Kayin State and Taninthayi Division on 13 and14 July. Some households were evacuated to the safeplaces. In addition, some motor roads and railroads wereflooded. On 14 July, a tornado destroyed some housesand blew off the roofs and walls of some buildings inAyeyawady Division. In the incident, there was no casu-alties of human and draught cattle and six persons wereinjured.

At 6 am on 14 July, the heavy rain and the flowdown of mountain torrent at Dawna Hill flooded the floorsof the houses in Ward B and Ward D. The water recededstarting 4 pm. Although a relief camp was opened at No.3 Post-Primary School at the corner of Azarni Road inWard B of Hlaingbwe, the flooded areas victim house-holds do not move to it.

At 11 pm on 13 July, the torrential rain causedlandslides at some areas of Kawkareik-Myawady Roadand blocked it. Officials concerned managed to clear theroad.

Local authorities are providing necessary assist-ance to the flood victims.

On 14 July, the heavy rain caused bank erosions

Some areas of Kayin State andTaninthayi Division flooded

Officials provide necessary assistancefor flood and tornado victims

Tornado destroys some houses and blowsoff roofs and walls in Ayeyawady Division

at some bridges on Dawei-Mawlamyine Road inKaleinaung Township of Taninthayi Division. In the in-cidents, some approach roads to the bridges were de-stroyed. Due to the torrential rain, the water level rose to3-4 feet along the road to the hospital in Kayinpyin NorthWard of Dawei and in Patayi Village on Dawei-MyittaRoad. As some parts of the motor road was under water,officials are carrying out necessary task for vehicle trans-portation.

The local authorities are providing necessary as-sistance for maintenance of the road and bridges.

Tornado destroyed roofs and walls of some housesand buildings and brick wall of the water tank at KanywaVillage of Kyartwin Village-tract in Ngapudaw Township,Ayeyawady Division at 9.45 a.m. on 14 July, and twohouseholds were relocated at their relatives’ houses.Similarly, Tornado hit at Yaykyaw Vilalge inHainggyigyun Township from 10.55 am to 11 a.m. on 14July and destroyed roofs and walls of post primary school,nursery and some houses. After two minutes of heavy rainand strong wind which started from 9 am on 14 July,roofs and walls of some houses, buildings and wards ofthe hospital were damaged in Ngwehsaung Township.

Tornado hit at Kyeinchaunggyi Village in BogaleTownship from 3.15 pm to 3. 55 p.m. on 14 July. It wipedout roofs and walls of some houses and buildings leavingsix people injured. From 3.30 pm to 3.40 pm on 14 July,roofs of some houses and buildings were destroyed bytornado at Kharpyat Village in Daw Nyein Village-tract,Ahmar Township in Pyapon. Officials relocated thevictims at their neighbours’ and realtives’ houses. Theyare being given necessary assistance by officials.

Local authorities concerned and regional in-chargeministers are providing the storm victims with necessaryassistance.

Heavy rain caused overflow of water in Maesaicreek in Tachilek, Shan State (East) on 13 July afternoonand evening. Ponhtu, Talock, Hsansai (A) and (B) wardswere submerged and the flood receded later.

Necessary assistance is being provided to stormvictims by local authorities concerned.

MNA

(from page 16)in Madein Village, wesaw many villagers,young and old, reading.Staff Officer Daw MyintMyint Khaing of DistrictInformation and PublicRelations Departmenttold the Myanma Alin,

Rural libraries designed to broaden horizons of rural dwellersArticle: Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Daw Myint MyintKhaing, Staff Of-ficer, Myitkyina

District Informationand Public Relations

Department.

Book lovers reading at Amyinthit Library in Madein Village,Waingmaw Township, Kachin State.

“Up to now, we haveopened 449 libraries in the10 townships in MyitkyinaDistrict. We are workingwith five objectives forsustainable developmentof the libraries.”

“We equip the li-braries with as many pub-

lications as we can collectto expand the horizons ofrural people. And we alsoshow TV there,” she said.

The News and Pe-riodicals Enterprise of theMinistry of Informationhas set up sub-printinghouses in some cities in

states and divisions in or-der that local people inborder areas can readnewspapers on the sameday in which urban peo-ple in Yangon and Man-dalay read daily issues.Now, the villages in bor-der areas have easy accessto daily issues such as theMyanma Alin and theKyemon from the Newsand Periodicals Enterprisethrough sub-printinghouses concerned.

In-charge U ZawMin of Myitkyina Sub-printing House said, “Wedistribute daily newspa-pers not only to urban peo-ple but also to rural peoplethrough sale agents tobroaden their horizons.”

Then, we visitedAyon-U Library in GuyanVillage, WaingmawTownship. It was built ofbamboo and roofed withthatch with bamboo mat-ting, and it was found to

have kept clean and tidy.It is equipped with a vari-ety of publications includ-ing daily newspapers,journals, magazines andnovels.

On return fromWaingmaw, we droppedin Gan-hta-win Library inPalana Village nearMyikyina. It is a nice fa-cility equipped with vari-ous kinds of publications.It was opened on 30 Janu-ary 2006. It opens from 10am until 4 pm on the week-ends.

Now, the wards andvillages in the four dis-tricts in Kachin State havegot libraries. MyitkyinaDistrict has got 12 learn-ing centres; Mohnyin Dis-trict, 10 learning centres;Bhamo District, ninelearning centres; andPutao District, six learn-ing centres. So far, the fourdistricts have got 1635 li-braries. At the national

level, 55,755 rural librar-ies have emerged.

As a result, almostevery village in KachinState has got a library,and local people gain alot of knowledge andenjoy better socio-eco-nomic life.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin: 15-7-2009

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NEWS ALBUMMan seeks ride fromdetective after heistAuthorities say a parolee who

robbed a Michigan bank was caughtwhen he tried to hitch a ride from anundercover police detective.

Mark E White was arraigned oncharges that include bank robbery andmaking a false bomb threat. He isbeing held at the Saginaw County Jailon $755,000 bond. It was not clearwhether White had an attorney. Policedid not immediately return a messageseeking comment.

Authorities tell The Saginaw Newsthat White flagged down SaginawTownship Detective Scott Jackson onWednesday after the bank robbery afew blocks away.

A newborn squirrel monkey holds on

to its mother at the Monkey Park in

Ben Shemen near the central Israeli

city of Tel Aviv on 14 July, 2009.

Giant panda “Xi Wang” stands onthe ice cube to cool itself off at theWuhan Zoo in Wuhan, capital of

central China’s Hubei Province, on13 July, 2009.

An Indonesian boy is covered withsand as families crowd a beach innorth Jakarta to cool themselves

from hot the summer temperaturesand for children to enjoy last day of

school holidays.

Boy 6, bites rope toescape from kidnappers

A 6-year-old boy managed to biteand loosen the rope around his handsand escaped from his kidnappers.

The student in Yangtian village,Shaanxi province, was kidnapped onMonday afternoon.

Two men used a motorcycle totransport him into a mountain.

The boy carried his schoolbag andwalked along the road used by thekidnappers and then flagged down ataxi.

Police caught the kidnappers.

China to have firstprovince with population

over 100 million The most populous Chinese province,

Henan, is predicted to have its 100-mil-lionth citizen next July.

The provincial population and fam-ily planning commission made the pre-diction on Friday, just before the 20thWorld Population Day on Saturday,whose focus this year is “investing inwomen and girls”.

It predicted the symbolic birth is likelyto come between the noon of 7 July nextyear and the morning of the next day.Meng Xiancheng, head of the Henancommission, said the coming of the babyhas been delayed by 13 years as the prov-ince has avoided 33 million births overthe past three decades, thanks to the coun-try’s family planning efforts.

Dental pain may portend future medi-cal problems because a diet bad for teethmay be also bad for the body, a US re-searcher said.

Dr Philippe P Hujoel of the Univer-sity of Washington School of Dentistryin Seattle said dental disease may be awake-up call that your diet is harmingyour body.

Hujoel reviewed the relationships be-tween diet, dental disease, and chronic

Diets bad for teeth, bad for bodysystemic illness in a report published inthe Journal of Dental Research.

Over the past 20 years, Hujoelsaid, people have been advised tomake fermentable dietary carbohy-drates — cookies, doughnuts, cake,candy, bananas, tropical fruits, rai-sins, dried fruits, potatoes, refinedwheat flour, yams, rice, pasta, pret-zels, bread and corn — the founda-tion of their diet.

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 July—Pirate attacks worldwidemore than doubled in the first half of 2009 amid asurge of raids on vessels in the Gulf of Aden and theeast coast of Somalia, an international maritime watch-dog said Wednesday.

The number of attacks rose to 240 between Janu-ary and June, up from 114 incidents in the same pe-riod a year ago, according to a report released by theInternational Maritime Bureau’s piracy reportingcenter in Kuala Lumpur.

Ships were boarded in 78 cases and 31 vessels werehijacked, with 561 crew taken hostage, 19 injured andsix killed, the bureau said in its quarterly report. The at-tackers were heavily armed with guns or knives in mostof the cases, it said. The higher attacks were due mainlyto increased Somali pirate activity off the Gulf of Adenand east coast of Somalia, which combined accounts for130 of the cases, the report said.—Internet

DALLAS, 16 July—American Airlines parentAMR Corp lost moremoney in the second quar-ter as fewer people got onits planes and those whodid paid lower fares thana year ago.

AMR’s revenueplunged 21 percent fromthe same period in 2008,swamping the savings thatAmerican reaped fromcheaper jet fuel prices.

Still, American raised

HAZEL PARK, 16 July—At least one tanker truckburst into flames aftercrashing on Interstate 75near Detroit Wednesday,causing a portion of anoverpass to collapse, po-lice said.

The accident occurredabout 8:30 pm at the NineMile overpass in HazelPark about 10 miles northof downtown Detroit, TheDetroit News reported. Itwasn’t known what thetruck was carrying.

The fire sent a huge

In this photo made on 8 July, 2009, an AmericanAirlines plane sits at a gate at Los Angeles Interna-

tional Airport in Los Angeles, Calif.—INTERNET

Firefighters work to extinguish a gasoline tankerexplosion on interstate 75 north of Detroit in Hazel

Park, Mich, on 15 July, 2009. Michigan StatePolice say there are no immediate reports of

injuries. The tanker was headed north on Inter-state 75 when it exploded beneath the 9 Mile Road

overpass about 8 pm. Half the overpass has col-lapsed onto the northbound lanes of I-75 while the

rest remains standing.—INTERNET

Fiery tanker crash downs Mich overpasscloud of black smoke intothe sky and blocked traf-fic in both directions. Butno injuries had been re-ported initially, HazelPark police told the News.

WXYZ-TV, Detroit,reported witnesses saidthe top of the tanker hit theoverpass bridge and thata Michigan State Policeofficer said two or threetrucks were involved.However, State Police LtShannon Sims told theNews it wasn’t knownwhat caused the crash.

“I just saw a huge ballof flame go up when I wasat the red light, just wentup in flame,” witnessMary Greib told CNN. “Itook off running.”

Vince Brennanwatched the scene fromthe eighth floor of anearby building.

“I heard a whole bunchof boom, boom, boom,”he said. “The flames hadto be 30, 40 feet in theair.”—Internet

World pirate attacks morethan double this year

American Airlines parent AMR posts 2Q lossmore money from extrafees on baggage and otheritems, and the financialresults weren’t as bad asWall Street had feared.

AMR said Wednesdaythat it lost $390 million,or $1.39 per share. Ex-cluding charges related tothe sale and grounding ofplanes, it would have lost$319 million, or $1.14 pershare.

That was a narrowerloss than expected. Ana-lysts surveyed byThomson Reuters hadpredicted a loss excludingcharges of $1.28 pershare.

In the same quarter lastyear, AMR lost $1.46 bil-

lion, or $5.83 per share,mostly for writing downthe value of its fleet. With-out the charges, the year-ago loss was $298 mil-lion.

Revenue in Aprilthrough June fell to $4.89billion, a decline of nearly$1.3 billion from a yearago.

The revenue slide islikely to continue into thefall. AMR officials saidbookings through Sep-tember are running about1.5 percent of availableseats behind last year’space — especially trou-bling because Americanhas cut the supply of seats.

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VASCO DA GAMA VOY NO (175)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCO DAGAMA VOY NO (175) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 17.7.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws 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 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 INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DP GENOA VOY NO (926)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DP GENOAVOY NO (926) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 17.7.2009 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.




AGENT FOR: M/S BLPL LOGISTIC PTE LTDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GENIUS STAR VOY NO (39)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GENIUS STARVOY NO (39) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 17.7.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINER(SINGAPORE) PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

5.6 magnitude earthquakeshakes northern Chile

SANTIAGO, 16 July—An earthquake of 5.6 magni-tude shook on Wednesday Tarapaca region in the northof Chile, without immediate report of casualties andmaterial damages.

The earthquake struck 11:22 am local time, with itsepicenter in Pozo Almonte locality, some 2,000 kmnorth of Santiago, the Seismologic Service from theUniversity of Chile reported.

Internet

Costa Rican, Chinesecompanies sign supplementcontract for joint refinery

SAN JOSE, 16 July—Costa Rican Oil Refinery(RECOPE) and the China National Petroleum Corpo-ration (CNPC) on Wednesday signed a supplementcontract for the establishment of a joint venture to buildan oil refinery.

The RECOPE and the CNPC signed an agreementin late 2008 to form a joint venture, but the deal wasnot ratified by the Costa Rican Comptroller’s Office,which said the joint venture would violate theRECOPE’s legal monopoly on oil refining and distri-bution.

RECOPE Executive President Jose Leon Desantitold Xinhua that with the supplement contract, it isclear there is no rupture on the monopoly of the state-owned giant and it also set the shares of both compa-nies at the joint venture.

The supplement contract will be subject to the Comp-troller’s Office for further review.—Internet

Two hostages rescuedin S Philippines

MANILA, 16 July—Security forces rescued two lo-cal fishermen from their militant captors after a brieffire-fight Thursday morning in southern Philippineisland of Basilan, local police reported. The two hostages were abducted earlier April in theirhometown in Zamboanga del Sur Province and waskept in jungle captive by suspected Abu Sayyaf mili-tants in Basilan. Senior Superintendent Abubakar Tulawi of theBasilan police said one militant was killed in the earlyThursday morning clash while no government soldierwas hurt. Basilan, along with the nearby Sulu archipelago, isa known stronghold of the 400-member Abu Sayyaf,which is believed to have ties with the Al Qaeda net-work. The group freed an Italian Red Cross stuff last Sun-day, ending a six-month hostage crisis that broughtinternational concerns. —Internet

GM to invest $1 b in Brazil plant Bollywood tweets, blogsfor the fans

MUMBAI, 16 July—Taking a lead from their Holly-wood counterparts, India’s Hindi-language film starsare getting online, using the Internet to get closer totheir fans.

Whereas only a few years ago, Bollywood stars werestill responding to fan mail, signing photographs ofthemselves and sending them across India by post, theindustry’s biggest names are now keeping followersup to date via the web.

Actresses from Shilpa Shetty and Celina Jaitley toactors Aamir Khan, Salman Khan and AmitabhBachchan are posting photos, videos and their thoughtson films and life on personal websites.

InternetDrive with care

A newly launchedTata Motors WorldTruck on displayin Mumbai, late

May. India’sautomobile sectoris showing some

signs of a recoverywith motor firmssales improving,fuelled in part by

low interestrates.—INTERNET

RIO DE JANEIRO, 16July—US automakerGeneral Motors onWednesday announcedplans to invest 2 billionreais (1 billion US dollars)in one of its Brazilianplants.

In a meeting with Bra-zilian President LuizInacio Lula da Silva,GM’s president in Brazil,Jaime Ardila, presented aplan foreseeing increasedinvestment in its factoryin southern Brazil.

The investment willboost output from the cur-rent 230,000 vehicles peryear to 380,000 vehiclesper year in 2012, surpass-ing all other GM unitsacross the Mercosur re-gion.

A new production linewill be installed in the fac-tory to manufacture com-pact cars for consumers inBrazil and other Mercosur

countries. The move is ex-pected to generate 1,000direct and 7,000 indirectjobs.

This has been the firstGM investment in Brazilsince the beginning of theglobal financial crisis.The Brazilian automobilesector faced trouble in thelast quarter of 2008, but itis recovering since then,mostly thanks to tax cutsand other governmentmeasures.

Internet

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Debris falls fromEndeavour during launch

CAPE CANAVERAL, 16 July—A dozen pieces of de-bris fell from US space shuttle Endeavour’s fuel tankduring liftoff, and at least one piece hit the orbiter,NASA said Wednesday night.

The one piece struck the spacecraft about 1 minute,46 seconds after liftoff, leaving white marks on theheat-resistant tiles on its underside, The New YorkTimes reported.

It wasn’t known if the debris caused any seriousdamage, Space.com reported.

“The bottom line is we saw some stuff,” said MikeMoses, who heads the mission management team.“Some of it doesn’t concern us, some of it, we justcan’t really speculate on right now. But we have thetools in front of us, and the processes in front of us togo clear the vehicle for entry. No real worries there,we just got to wait and see what happens.”

In space and on the ground, NASA will spend thenext few days analyzing damage to determine if itcould endanger the shuttle during re-entry, the Timessaid.—Internet

Smoking linked to morerapid MS decline

BOSTON, 16 July—Cigarette smokers are at higherrisk of developing multiple sclerosis and the diseaseappears to progress more rapidly in smokers, US re-searchers say. Brian C Healy of Brigham and Wom-en’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School and Massa-chusetts General Hospital in Boston and colleaguesstudied 1,465 patients with MS who visited a referralcenter between February 2006 and August 2007.

Participants had an average age of 42 and had MSfor an average of 9.4 years. Their progression was as-sessed by clinical characteristics as well as by mag-netic resonance imaging over an average of 3.29 years.Fifty-three percent of the patients had never smoked,29.2 percent had smoked in the past and 17.5 percentwere current smokers.

During follow-up, seven never-smokers begansmoking and 57 current smokers quit. Current smok-ers had significantly more severe disease symptomsat the beginning of the study in terms of scores ondisability scales and also in the analysis of magneticresonance imaging factors.—Internet

Flavonoid helps mice to lose weight

Space shuttle Endeavour lifts off on a mission tothe International Space Station from Cape

Canaveral, Florida, on 15 July, 2009.—INTERNET

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LONDON, 16 July—The flavonoidnaringenin — a plant-based bioactivemolecule from citrus fruit — was foundto help mice lose weight, Canadian re-searchers said.

Murray Huff of the Robarts ResearchInstitute at The University of WesternOntario said one group of mice was feda high-fat, or Western, diet to induce thesymptoms of metabolic syndrome — acluster of conditions that occur together,increasing the risk of heart disease,stroke and diabetes.

A second group of mice was fed theexact same diet and treated with

naringenin.The study, published in the journal

Diabetes, found naringenin corrected theelevations in triglyceride and cholesterol,prevented the development of insulin re-sistance and completely normalized glu-cose metabolism.

The researchers said it worked by ge-netically reprogramming the liver to burnup excess fat, rather than storing fat.

“Furthermore, the marked obesity thatdevelops in these mice was completelyprevented by naringenin,” Huff said in astatement.

Internet

Confirmed A/H1N1 flucases in Canada rise

to 1,0156OTTAWA, 16 July—The confirmed A/H1N1

flu cases in Canada has risen to 1,0156, thePublic Health Agency of Canada ( PHAC)said Wednesday.

The disease has now spread to all of thecountry’s 10 provinces and three territories,with Ontario province reporting the mostcases, at 3,636. The total of hospitalizationcases have risen to 1,115, since the virus brokeout in the country in late April.

A total of 45 people have died from the dis-ease. Seventeen of the victims came fromQuebec province, 15 from Ontario, six fromManitoba, three from Alberta and Saskatch-ewan respectively and one from British Co-lumbia.—Internet

Brazil’s A/H1N1 flucases rise to 1,175

RIO DE JANEIRO, 16 July— Brazil reported148 new confirmed cases of the A/H1N1 fluon Wednesday, bringing the total number ofinfected patients in the country to 1,175, theHealth Ministry said.

The A/H1N1 flu has already killed four peo-ple in Brazil — a 29-year-old man and a nine-year-old boy from Rio Grande do Sul state,and an 11-year-old girl and a 28-year-old manfrom Sao Paulo state.

Sao Paulo and Rio Grande do Sul have re-ported 512 and 135 A/H1N1 flu confirmedcases respectively. Rio de Janeiro state hasreported 128 confirmed cases, and MinasGerais state has 109. Only one of Brazil’s 27federation units, Rondonia state in the coun-try’s northern region, has not registered anycase so far.—Internet

Over 150 new A/H1N1 flu cases confirmed in Europe

Malaysia’s A/H1N1 flu cases climb up to 825

CANBERRA, 16 July— Australian Health Minister Nicola Roxon saidon Thursday that the country’s A/H1N1 flu death toll could reach 6,000under a worst-case scenario.

Roxon’s admission came a day after she dismissed as “ludicrous” aprediction the toll could reach 10,000.

“We could expect around 6,000 deaths across the country,” Roxontold Australian Broadcasting Corporation radio.

That’s really the worst-case scenario, which was based on no medi-cal intervention, including antiviral treatment for people contractingthe virus, and vaccines, she said.—Internet

STOCKHOLM, 16July—A total of 157new A/H1N1 flucases were reported inEuropean countrieswithin the last 24hours, the EuropeanCenter for DiseasePrevention and Con-trol (ECDC) said onWednesday.

Sixty-five of the

new cases were con-firmed in Spain, whilethe other cases werereported in 13 otherEuropean countries,the ECDC said in itsdaily situation report.

The cumulativenumber of confirmedcases of the A/H1N1flu virus in the EU(European Union)

and EFTA (Euro-pean Free Trade As-sociation) countriesincreased to 14,451,with 9,718 cases inBritain, 1,099 inSpain, 763 in Ger-many, 464 in France,323 in Greece and297 in Cyprus, theECDC said.

Internet

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 July—TheMalaysian Health Ministry onWednesday reported 21 newcases of A/H1N1 flu, bringing thetotal number of such cases to 825. Malaysian Health Ministry Di-rector-General Ismail Mericansaid that among the new cases,seven were imported and 14 werelocally infected. He said that of the total con-firmed patients in the country,25were being treated at hospitals,97 had received outpatient treat-ment and 703 had recovered fromthe disease.

Meanwhile, Ismail urged thecorporate sector and governmentagencies to prepare business con-tinuity plans based on the guide-lines provided by the ministry inorder to control the pandemic. He said that the guidelines in-cluded daily health conditionchecks among employees, con-tractors and visitors. He added that companiesshould allow employees with flusymptoms to stay home and de-termine if they were healthy toreturn to work.

Internet

Australia’sA/H1N1 fludeath tolllikely to

reach 6,000

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S P O R T S

KUALA LUMPUR, 16 July— Manchester United havehanded promising Republic of Ireland internationalDarron Gibson a three-year contract extension, keep-ing him at the club until 2012.

NYON, 16 July—Euro-pean football’s governingbody UEFA on Wednes-day agreed to reduce banshanded down to Chelseastriker Didier Drogba anddefender Jose Bosingwafor their angry outburstswhich followed theclub’s ChampionsLeague exit to Barcelonain May.

UEFA reduce Drogba,Bosingwa bans on appeal

LONDON, 16 July—Chelsea warned big-spendingManchester City once again on Wednesday that cap-tain John Terry is not for sale.

LONDON, 16 July—West Bromwich Albion captainJonathan Greening is insisting he wants to leave theclub, reports in UK media said on Wednesday.

The 30-year-old midfielder asked Baggies chair-man Jeremy Peace for a transfer, indicating he is notkeen on playing in the Championship.Albion turneddown a two million pound (2.5 million euros) bid fromFulham for the midfielder earlier this week, labellingthe price “derisory.”

PERTH,16 July—Fulham wrapped up theirpre-season tour of Aus-tralia with an impressive5-0 rout of Perth Gloryhere on Wednesday, withErik Nevland bagging aneight-minute hat-trick.

The English PremierLeague team had a mixedtime in their first two out-ings against A-Leaguesides, losing 2-1 to GoldCoast and then beatingMelbourne Victory 3-0.

But they were far toogood for the Glory, domi-nating possession and cre-ating almost endless scor-ing opportunities againstan outclassed opponent.

Internet

LONDON, 16 July—Scottish champions Rangers onWednesday accepted a bid from English PremierLeague newcomers Birmingham City for veteranmidfielder Barry Ferguson.

LONDON, 16 July—English premiership clubBolton are aiming to re-cruit 20-year-old SouthKorea winger Lee Chung-yong, local media re-ported on Wednesday.

K League side FCSeoul confirmed theirmidfielder was the subjectof an offer from Trottersmanager Gary Megson,but the Koreans said a dealwas far from concluded tobring Lee to the Reebokstadium.

TURNBERRY, 16 July—With a tee shot from Eng-land’s Paul Broadhurst,the British Open has be-gun on a sunny day alongthe Scottish coast.

Padraig Harrington isseeking a third straightOpen title, while three-time winner Tiger Woodsreturns to seek his 15thmajor title after missinglast year’s event atBirkdale recovering fromknee surgery.

Going with a hybrid onThursday, Broadhurst putthe opening shot safely inthe fairway at Turnberry,a history-filled coursehosting the tournamentfor only the fourth time.

He’s playing in a groupwith former US Openchampion MichaelCampbell of New Zea-

Man Utd hand Gibson 3-yearcontract extension

Republic of Irelandinternational Darron

Gibson.

“I am very happy tocommit my future toUnited,” the 21-year-oldtold the club website,ahead of their arrival inMalaysia for a pre-seasontour of Asia that also in-cludes matches in Indone-sia, South Korea andChina.

“Last season I enjoyedevery opportunity andwhen I got my chance Iwanted to prove what I could do. I hope to continuethat this season.” Gibson, highly regarded by man-ager Sir Alex Ferguson, made 14 appearances last sea-son, playing an integral part in United’s Carling Cuptriumph.

He also scored three goals and Ferguson expectseven more this season from the central midfielder, whowill be pushing for a regular first team place.

Internet

Chelsea striker DidierDrogba.

Drogba was originally given a fixed four-match banand Bosingwa a three-match ban after they made con-troversial comments following Chelsea’s 1-1 secondleg semi-final draw with eventual champions Barce-lona at Stamford Bridge.

UEFA decided to reduce both players’ suspensionby one game after Chelsea appealed.

A UEFA statement on the body’s website read: “Un-der the UEFA Appeals Body’s verdicts, Drogba willbe suspended for five UEFA club competition matches- the last two of which will be deferred for a proba-tionary period of three years - and (he) has been fined15,000 euros.

“Bosingwa will be suspended for three UEFA clubcompetition matches, the last of which is deferred fora probationary period of three years, and fined 10,000euros.”

UEFA’s initial fine of 100,000 euros for the im-proper conduct of their players and the throwing ofmissiles by their fans stands, however.

In full earshot of the television cameras Drogbaranted at Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo af-ter Chelsea conceded a last-gasp equaliser to exit thetournament on away goals.

The Blues also felt that Ovrebo should haveawarded them several penalties.—Internet

Terry not for sale, Chelsea insist

Captain John Terry.INTERNET

Chelsea chief execu-tive Peter Kenyon told SkyNews: “I don’t know whatthey are offering but I amconfident John is going toremain with us.

“John is the heart ofChelsea, he is our captainand has also become cap-tain of England while hehas been here. We are notgoing to sell John, so it isirrelevant what anotherclub will offer.—Internet

Greening looking for exitfrom Albion

West Bromwich

Albion captain

Jonathan Greening.

INTERNET

“Jonathan is our cap-tain and a vital membersof the squad,” Peace saidon the club’s website.“We want to keep all ourplayers as we strive forpromotion back to thePremier League.”

The former Manches-ter United player - who ar-rived from Middles-brough back in 2004 andhas made over 200 ap-pearances for West Brom- still has a year, plus anoption of a further 12months remaining on hiscontract.—Internet

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Rangers accept Birminghambid for Ferguson

Barry Ferguson.

The 31-year-old willdiscuss terms with Bir-mingham, who arecoached by former Rang-ers and Scotland bossAlex McLeish, on the dealwhich is believed to beworth a million pounds.

Ferguson has alreadyplayed in the English topflight with BlackburnRovers.—Internet

Bolton target Korea’s LeeChung-yong

South Korea wingerLee Chung-yong.

INTERNET

Lee’s agent Kim Sung-tae claims a deal will bestruck which would eclipse the record for a SouthKorean moving overseas, which was set in 2003 whenLee Chun-soo moved to Spain’s Real Sociedad for3.5 million dollars (2.4 million euro).—Internet

British Open begins at asunny Turnberry

Tiger Woods of the US

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practice green during

practice for the British

Open Golf champion-

ship, at the Turnberry

golf course, Scotland,

on 15 July, 2009.

INTERNET

land and American MarkCalcavecchia, who wonthe British Open in 1989.

Woods and Harringtonhave later tee times.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kayah State, rain have been isolated in Chin,Kayin States and Magway Division, scattered in ShanState, lower Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions, fairlywidespread in upper Sagaing and Yangon Divisionsand widespread in the remaining States and Divisionswith locally heavyfalls in Rakhine State and TaninthayiDivision. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Nay Pyi Taw (Tatkone) (1.41) inches, Nay PyiTaw (Thapyaykone) (0.19) inch, Nay Pyi Taw(Yesin) (0.16) inch, Launglong (17.09) inches, Dawei(4.09) inches, Kyauktaw (3.82) inches, MyaukU (3.15)inches, Monywa and Chauk (0.08) inch each.

Maximum temperature on 15-7-2009 was 83°F.Minimum temperature on 16-7-2009 was 67°F.Relative humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 16-7-2009was 92%. Total sun shine hours on 15-7-2009 was Nil.

Rainfall on 16-7-2009 was (0.83) inch atMingaladon, (0.71) inch at Kaba-Aye and (1.06) inchesat Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was(51.38) inches at Mingaladon, (55.39) inches at Kaba-Aye and (59.09) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (10) mph fromSouthwest at (18:30) hours MST on15-7-2009.

Bay inference: According to the observations at(12:30) hrs M.S.T today, yesterday’s low pressurearea over Northwest Bay has become unimportant.Monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and SouthBay and strong elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 17th July 2009:Rain will be widespread in Rakhine, Mon States andTaninthayi Division, fairly widespread in Kachin, Chinand Kayin States, Bago, Ayeyawady and YangonDivisions, scattered in Shan State, upper Sagaing andMandalay Divisions and isolated in the remaining Statesand Divisions with likelihood of isolated heavyfall inRakhine State and Taninthayi Division. Degree ofcertanity is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to roughseas are likely at time Delataic, Gulf of Mottama, offand along Rakhine Coasts. Surface wind speed insqualls may reach (35-40) mph. Seas will be moderateelsewhere in Myanmnar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofincrease of rain in the Eastern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 17-7-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 17-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 17-7-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

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A white dog nurses two red panda cubs in the zooin Taiyuan in north China’s Shanxi Province.

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BEIJING, 16 July— Two red panda cubs abandonedby their mother at birth are thriving at a northern Chinazoo thanks to milk and loving care from an unlikelysurrogate mother—a dog, state media reported onThursday.

The cubs, born on 25 June, were abandonedimmediately by their mother after giving birth in frontof a crowd of visitors at the Taiyuan Zoo in northernChina’s Shanxi Province, according to Ha Guojiang, azoo employee quoted by the official Xinhua NewsAgency.

“No one knew she was pregnant. Her plump bodyand bushy hair disguised her protruding belly until thebabies were born,” said Ha. “We hurriedly went aboutto find a wet nurse for them.”

Telephone calls to the Taiyuan zoo rang unansweredon Thursday.

The dog wet nurse, belonging to a farmer from anearby suburb, was selected from two other candidatesthat had recently given birth. The dog is now raising thetwo panda cubs like its own pups, sometimes evenrefusing to feed its own pup, said Ha, cited by Xinhua.

At 3-weeks-old, the baby cubs have yet to opentheir eyes and have doubled in length to 20 centimetres(8 inches), Xinhua reported.—Internet

A white dog nurses two redpanda cubs

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

People’s Desire■ We favour peace and stability

■ We favour development

■ We oppose unrest and violence

■ Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence

YANGON, 16 July—Victorious Myanmar women’sfootball team which is qualified for AFC Women’sAsian Cup Qualifiers 2009 arrived back at YangonInternational Airport this evening, welcomed by Gen-eral Secretary of MOC Director-General U ThaungHtaik of Sports and Physical Education Department, onbehalf of the Chairman of Myanmar Olympic Commit-tee the Minister for Sports, officials, Chairperson DawAye Aye and patrons of Central Committee for MyanmarWomen’s Sports Federation, their families and fans.

The Chairperson of MWSF and the patrons of foot-ball event of MWSF presented K 500,000 to the victoriousselected Myanmar women’s football team.—MNA

Victorious Myanmar women’sfootball team arrives back

YANGON, 16 July—A total of 2,583,581acresof land have been put under monsoon paddy inAyeyawady Division up to 16 July and continuedefforts are being made to meet the target of monsoonpaddy cultivation in the division.—MNA

2,583,581 acres put undermonsoon paddy in

Ayeyawady Div

NAY PYI TAW, 16 July—The Ministry of Health has been screeningreturnees and arrivals for New Influenza A (H1N1) at the international exits suchas airports and seaports to prevent local transmission of the virus. As part of theplan, respective township Health Departments are sending medical teams to theresidences of the travellers.

In one case, a woman, 22, who arrived back by TG 305 flight of ThaiAirways on 12 July, was found ill with flu-like symptoms at her home. So, theTownship Health Department transferred her to Waibargi Specialist Hospital,and she was admitted in a private room. After giving a medical check-up to her,the National Health Laboratory confirmed her an A (H1N1)-infected person.

Accordingly, the ministry is now keeping her four family members inquarantine, and monitoring their health conditions in the house, and staying intouch with her office for early detection.

Up to now, Myanmar has witnessed four human cases, which are allimported ones. The Ministry of Health is now taking precautionary measuresagainst New Influenza A (H1N1) at the national level in cooperation with otherrelated departments for prevention of local transmission and early detection. Itis issuing public warnings about the disease promptly. Responsible personstoday again urged the people to participate in the campaign.—MNA

Woman found as fourth NewInfluenza A (H1N1) victim

The four are all imported cases

Myanmar takes A (H1N1)cases under control so far

Rural libraries designed to broadenhorizons of rural dwellers

Article: Myint Maung Soe;Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Ganhtawin Library in Palana Village near Myitkyina, Kachin State.

Today, the Minis-try of Information is or-ganizing and encourag-ing local residents in ru-ral areas to open self-reliant village librarieswith the aim of helpingthem accelerate theirpost-literacy activitiesand expand the scope oftheir knowledge.

Sayings such as“Moral instructions lie inpublications”, “Books

serve as a true friend toman”, “Literature is thestandard of a people”,“The wise stand tall in is-sues” and “Learning is themost secured treasure oflife” reflect the vital rolebooks and knowledge playin life of human beings.Today is the Age ofKnowledge, and the glo-bal community is a life-long learning society.

During our trip to

Myitkyina in Kachin Stateto write some bylinesabout regional develop-ment for public knowl-edge, we called at someself-reliant libraries inWaingmaw Township.

Upon arrival atAmyinthit Library onWaingmaw-Chibwe Road

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