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NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—President U Thein Sein andparty visited the Temple of the Emerald Buddha in GrandPalace, Bangkok, Thailand on 24 July morning.

The President signed the visitors’ book at ChakriMahaprasat Throne Hall in Grand Palace and viewed roundthe building.

The President and party paid obeisance to the EmeraldBuddha and presented cash donation.

They then observed mural paintings and works ofarts around the temple and posed for documentary phototogether with Thai personnel.

They then paid homage to pagoda in the precinct andviewed round religious buildings.—MNA

President U Thein SeinPresident U Thein Seinvisits Temple of thevisits Temple of theEmerald BuddhaEmeraldBuddha

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—Thai Prime Minister Ms YingluckShinawatra hosted a dinner to President of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar U Thein Sein at Outer Santi Maitri Buildingof the Government House in Bangkok of Thailand on 23 Julyevening.

The dinner was also attended by Union Minister forForeign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing, Union Minister forNational Planning and Economic Development

Myanmar vows to strengthen prevailing friendship, open-heartedMyanmar vows to strengthen prevailing friendship, open-heartedmutual trust, bilateral cooperation between two neighbouring countriesmutual trust, bilateral cooperation between two neighbouring countries

Thai Prime Minister Ms Yingluck Shinawatra hosts dinner to President U Thein Sein

U Tin Naing Thein, Union Minister for Labour and for SocialWelfare, Relief and Resettlement U Aung Kyi, Union Ministerfor Energy U Than Htay, Union Minister for Commerce U WinMyint, Kayin State Chief Minister U Zaw Min, TaninthayiRegion Chief Minister U Myat Ko, Adjutant-General Lt-GenKhin Zaw Oo, Deputy Minister for Industry U Myo Aung,Deputy Minister for Rail Transportation Thura U ThaungLwin, Deputy Minister for Health Dr Win Myint, MyanmarAmbassador to Thailand U Tin Win and departmental heads.

On arrival at the Government House, the President waswelcomed by the Thai Prime Minister. The two leaders viewedgifts to be exchanged.

The President cordially greeted those present at thedinner at Reception Hall and viewed arts and cultural boothof Thailand displayed in the hall.

The Thai PM then hosted a dinner to the President andhis entourage.The Thai PM proposed a toast.

(See page 8)

President U Thein Sein and party pose fordocumentary photo at Temple of Emerald

Buddha in Grand Palace, Bangkok togetherwith officials of Thailand.—MNA

President U Thein Sein delivers address at dinner hosted at Outer Santi Maitri Building at Government House in Bangkok.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 27 July, 2012

PERSPECTIVES

Myanmar’s anteroomFriday, 27 July, 2012

With dilapidated infrastructures and poorutility services, nobody won’t believe thatYangon was once “the garden city of the East”famed for its spacious parks and leafy avenues.In rainy seasons, Yangon’s roads often floodsince box culverts of the city’s decades oldwaste disposal system are blocked.

The city with the largest urban population inMyanmar contributed by emerging satellitetowns encapsulating the city centre is prone tourbanization issues. The city’s serviceproviders found themselves hard to cope withconstantly growing consumption.

Following the government’s car importpolicy reforms, luxury vehicle prices, oncemerely a display of wealth by elites, have comewithin the reach of upper middle class.Consequently, the moon surface-alikedowntown roads of Yangon which hosts a largesegment of the middle-class urban populationare congested largely.

Yangon is a city with largest number ofcolonial buildings in Asia. The Yangonregeneration plan should be built around theancient buildings which could be transformedinto luxury hotels and museums while attachingan immense importance on yuppifying the city.

Recent reports suggest that more gaspower plants will be built in the outskirts ofYangon to satisfy growing electricity demandof the city. For the long run, the municipalofficials of the seat of Yangon regiongovernment should pay more attention onrenewable energy sources as most of globalcities are trying to acclaim themselves as greencities.

As Myanmar has opened up once again tothe outside world, world businessmen andtourists are flocking into the country. Yangonhas become the anteroom of Myanmar wherealmost all business deals are done and thefamous cordial welcome is first extended. Toattract more visitors, we need to rearrange ouranteroom.

Union Health Minister visitsLewe Township Hospital

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—Union Minister for Health Dr PeThet Khin visited 100-bed township hospital in Nay Pyi TawLewe Township yesterday.

The Union Minister inspected departments, wards andoperation theatres of the hospital.

He then visited health staff training school underHealth Department in Lewe and met township health officertrainees.

The Union Minister urged the trainees to win trust of thepeople, providing quality healthcare to patients with a heartof gold.—MNA

1. Zomi Congress for Democracy, headquartered atNo. 203, the third floor of Room-18, on PansodanStreet, Kyauktada Township, Yangon Region,applied for registration as a political party on 26-7-2012 in accord with Political Parties RegistrationLaw Section 5. In applying for its registration, theparty has submitted its name, flag and logo to beused as mentioned hereunder.

Public notice for remonstration

Flag of Zomi Congress for Democracy Seal of Zomi Congress for Democracy

2. It is hereby announced in accord with PoliticalParties Registration Rule 14 (d) that those whowish to remonstrate with the Union ElectionCommission about the party name, flag and logomay do so with firm evidence within seven daysfrom the date of this announcement.

Political party applies forregistration

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—Union Election Commission hasbeen scrutinizing and passing political parties. The ZomiCongress for Democracy applied for registration as politicalparty to the Union Election Commission today.—MNA

Appointment of Ambassadoragreed on

NAY PYI TAW, 27 July—The Government of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar has agreed to theappointment of H. E. Mr. Luis Fernando Danus Charpentieras Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary ofChile to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Mr. Luis Fernando Danus Charpentier was born on21 October 1954 in Antofagasta, Chile. He joined theMinistry of Foreign Affairs of Chile in 1976. He servedat various capacities at the Chilean Embassies in UnitedKingdom, New Zealand, Malaysia and Indonesia as wellas at the Chilean Permanent Mission to the United Nations.

Currently, he is serving as Chilean Ambassador toSingapore and he will be concurrently accredited to theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar with residence inSingapore.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—A ceremony for holding talkswith scholars of Myanmar Computer Federation to improvehigher education standard of the universities of computerstudies was held at the meeting room of Yangon Universityof Computer Studies under the Ministry of Science andTechnology on 22 July, with an attendance of Union Ministerfor Science and Technology U Aye Myint.

The Union Minister pointed out that the professors ofComputer University and external computer techniciansneed to join hands to uplift the standard of computeruniversities to become centre of excellence in Myanmar.Yangon Technological University and MandalayTechnological University have been improved to Center ofExcellence as well as some computer universities are beingtried to uplift Centre of Excellence, he said. The curriculathat prescribed for those universities will meet not only thestandard of international level but market demand, laws,and mordern technology, he noted. In this way, the educationstandard of computer universities can be improved asexpected and it will become Centre of Excellence, said theUnion Minister.

As the duration of computer science and technologycourses have been extended to five years, the faculty membersare responsible for not only training the students theoricallyand practically but also providing necessary teaching forthose students enabling them to apply advanced technology,he noted.

Next, the directors-general of the Ministry of Scienceand Technology and the rectors and faculty members of theuniversities of computer studies discussed the ways toimprove computer education system in Myanmar.

Moreover, President of Myanmar Computer Federation

U Thein Oo and computer technicians exchanged views onwork procedure of Myanmar computer education systemfrom ASEAN standard to international standard each stepby step.

The Union Minister met faculty members of YangonUniversity of Computer Studies and urged them to turn outoutstanding students with international level. He then leftnecessary instructions.—MNA

MRTV, CRI to jointly organizeMyanmar poem recitation contest

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—Myanma Radio andTelevision under theMinistry of Information ofMyanmar and CRI of Chinawill jointly organize aMyanmar poem recitationcontest.

The poems in Myanmarlanguage for the contest,which do not have specificrequirements for age,education and title, mustportray Myanmar-Chinafriendship, and naturalbeauties and traditionalcustoms of the two countries.There is no limit of words,but wordings that couldtarnish the image of any other

country and politicalwordings will not beaccepted. The contestantsmust send the original copyand two copies of the poem,typed or handwritten, on theonly page, attaching anassurance of his/her owncreation, the pseudonym, thebrief curriculum vitae,complete address and twopassport photos, toMyanmar Poem RecitationContest OrganizingCommittee, MRTV, Nay PyiTaw (Tatkon) or MRTV,Yangon (Pyay Road) [email protected] throughemail, not later than 30October.

The names oftentatively selected poemswill be announced and thecontest is scheduled to beheld in the end of November.Two special prizes (Chinatrip), one first prize, threesecond prize and five thirdprize and beautiful poemprizes will be awarded. Formore details, one maycontact MRTV (Nay PyiTaw) (Ph: 067-79475 and067-79374).—MNA

Computer technicians of MCFdiscuss to promote education

standard of computer universities

The War Veterans Organization of MohnyinTownship held a ceremony to present stipends to

outstanding students for 2012-2013 academicyear at the office of the organization on 21 July.

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Union Election Commission

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KUALA LUMPUR, 26 July—At least five people weremissing after an fire broke out on a tanker early Thursdaymorning near the docking area of the federal territory ofLabuan, an island off Malaysia’s east peninsula, its operatorsaid.

Malaysia International Shipping Corporation (MISC)said in a statement that a fire broke out onboard its 38,000DWT IMO II chemical/palm oil tanker, Bunga Alpinia.

“The ship has 29 crew members, of which 23 areMalaysians and six Filipinos. At present, 24 have been safelybrought ashore whilst five are still unaccounted for,” thestatement said.

Sources told Xinhua that the fire broke out after anexplosion.

Officials at the local fire-fighting department confirmedthe accident, which happened around 2:30 am, but declinedto provide further details by saying the recuse operation isstill underway. The vessel was alongside the Methanolterminal owned by Malaysia’s state oil and gas giant, Petronaswhen the incident took place, MISC said.—Internet

ZAMBOANGA CITY, 26July—Seven soldiers diedand five others were woundedin Thursday’s clash betweenmilitary and suspected AbuSayyaf militants in thesouthern Philippine provinceof Basilan.

Lt Col RandolfCabangbang, spokesman ofWestern MindanaoCommand, said the AbuSayyaf militants initially

SEOUL, 26 July—Yearsof rummaging through back-alley electronics stores willpay off later this year for aSouth Korean artist when hefulfills his dream of launchinga homemade, basement-builtsatellite into space.

“Making a satellite is nomore difficult than making acellphone,” said Song Hojun,34, who said he built the $500OpenSat to show people theycould achieve their dreams.

“I believe that not just asatellite, but anything can bemade with the help of theInternet and social platforms.I chose a satellite to show thatsymbolically.”

There’s a long history ofdo-it-yourself satellites beinglaunched by universities andscientific groups around theworld, as well as amateur radioclubs, but Song said his is the

Bus and cars wade through a flooded street in Tianjin,north China, on 26 July, 2012. Heavy rainfall hit themunicipality from Wednesday afternoon to Thursday.

XINHUA

LONDON, 26 July—Britain’s controversialOlympic security proceduresswung into action onWednesday when a fighterjet was scrambled to interceptan aircraft that had enteredrestricted airspace.

The Typhoon jet wasordered to intercept theaircraft after it failed to contactair traffic controllers, theMinistry of Defence said.

Communications werethen restored and the fighterjet told to stand down.

Olympic organizers havebeen criticised for militarisingthe Games after missilebatteries were installed inresidential areas aroundOlympic sites to guard againstaerial attacks. Thousands oftroops have also beendeployed to secure theGames.

“We can confirm that

British Prime MinisterDavid Cameron (C)

meets flight crew on theHMS Ocean on theRiver Thames as hepays tribute to their

involvement in Olympicsecurity, in London on

25 July, 2012.REUTERS

Fighter scrambled to intercept aircraft aheadof Games

one Typhoon launchedshortly before 1130 today,” adefence ministry spokes-woman said. “This was inresponse to a commercialaircraft that was out ofcommunication with airtraffic control services.Communications werequickly restored. No furtheraction was required.”

Security officials are onhigh alert ahead of andthroughout the 27 July to 12August Games. Experts warnthat the Olympics are the typeof high-profile event thatcould be targeted bymilitants. London transportbombings killed 52 peoplein 2005, a day after Britainfound it had won the right tohost the Games.

Olympic teams fromcountries in or near regionsof political turmoil, such asthe Israel, are particularly

wary. This year is the 40thanniversary of the 1972Munich Games attack byPalestinian militants thatkilled 11 Israeli teammembers.

British warships, fighterjets, surveillance aircraft andhelicopters are on standby incase of security breeches.

Anti-war protesters have

accused the Ministry ofDefence of creating a climateof fear, and the ministry itselfis trying to lower its profile.

Reuters

UNITED NATIONS, 26 July—Iran’s UN envoy accusedIsrael on Wednesday of plotting and carrying out a suicidebomb attack on a bus in Bulgaria a week ago in which fiveIsraeli tourists were killed.

A suicide bomber blew up the bus in a car park at Burgasairport, a popular gateway for tourists visiting Bulgaria’sBlack Sea coast, killing himself, the Israeli tourists and theBulgarian bus driver and wounding more than 30 people.

Israel has accused Iran and the Lebanese Islamist groupHezbollah of the bombing. Iran has denied the accusations.

“It’s amazing that just a few minutes after the terroristattack, Israeli officials announced that Iran was behind it,”

Iran accuses Israel of plottingBulgaria bus attack

A bus that was damaged in a bomb blast on Wednesdayis seen outside Burgas Airport, about 400km (248miles)

east of Sofia on 19 July, 2012. —REUTERS

Iran’s UN Ambassador Mohammad Khazaee told a UNSecurity Council debate on the Middle East. “We have neverand will not engage in such a despicable attempt on ...innocent people.”

“Such terrorist operation could only be planned andcarried out by the same regime whose short history is full ofstate terrorism operations and assassinations aimedimplicating others for narrow political gains,” Khazaee said.“I could provide ... many examples showing that this regimekilled its own citizens and innocent Jewish people during thelast couple of decades.—Reuters

Song Ho-Jun shows his satellite during an interview withReuters at his house in Seoul on 10 July, 2012.

REUTERS

Homemade South Korean satellite to go boldly into spacefirst truly personal satellitedesigned and financed by anindividual.

An engineering studentat university, Song regularlyincorporated technologyinto his art pieces. In a work

called Apple he used lightbulbs that would “ripen” —change color from green tored when people take photosof it with flashes.

After working as anintern at a private satellite

company, he came up withthe idea for his “OpenSatellite Initiative,” which inturn led him to contact spaceprofessionals from Sloveniato Paris.

“I’m just an individual,not someone working for biguniversities, corporations orarmies, so they open up to meand easily give outinformation,” said Song.

The bespectacled Songspent nearly six yearscombing through academicpapers, shopping online atsites that specialize incomponents that can be usedfor space projects, andrummaging throughelectronic stores hidden inthe back alleys of Seoul.

He ran a small electronicsbusiness to support himself,but the bulk of his funds camefrom his parents.—Reuters

Seven soldiers killed inS Philippine clash

harassed the militarydetachment in UpperCabengbeng, Sumisip townat about 7: 30 am local time.

The soldiers werepursuing the first group thatinitially harassed the armydetachment when theybumped into the biggerenemy group. The fightingcontinued as the troopspursue the militants. Thosekilled and wounded wereretrieved and airlifted to themilitary base in the city.

According toCabangbang, the groundtroops believed that thegroup it encountered was thesame group responsible inan attack early this monthagainst rubber plantationworkers which left six peoplekilled.—Xinhua

At least 5 missing after tankerexplosion off Malaysia’s east

peninsula

168,000 affected by TyphoonVicente in S China

NANNING, 26 July—Typhoon Vicente hasaffected 168,000 people inGuangxi Zhuang autono-mous region, including 9,900who were forced to evacuate,local authorities saidWednesday. Vicente, thisyear’s eighth typhoon, madelandfall near the city ofTaishan in Guangdongprovince early Tuesday,bringing gales and rainstormsto Guangdong and Guangxi.

Between Tuesday nightand Wednesday afternoon,precipitation surpassed 200mm in several cities in Guangxi,while winds of more than 70km per hour were recorded inthe cities of Nanning, Yulin,Wuzhou and Beihai,according to the region’smeteorological centre.

The storm has toppledmore than 1,200 farm housesand damaged 8,490 hectaresof crops. Direct economiclosses totaled 46.6 millionyuan ($7.3 million), theregion’s civil affairsdepartment said. In Guang-dong, three people died andsix others were reportedmissing due to disasterscaused by the typhoon,which also caused temporaryblackouts and trafficdisruptions. Local meteoro-logical authorities in Guangxisaid heavy downpours couldcontinue into Friday.

MNA/XinhuaPedestrians brave thestrong winds in Central, thebusiness center in HongKong on 23 July, 2012.

INTERNET

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Science & Technology Science & Technology Science & Technology

SANTA FE, 26 July —Felix Baumgartner has done itagain. On Wednesday,Baumgartner took anotherstratospheric leap, this timefrom an altitude of more than18 miles — an estimated96,640 feet, nearly threetimes higher than cruisingjetliners. He landed safelynear Roswell, NM. His topspeed was an estimated 536mph, said Brian Utley, anofficial observer on site. It’sthe second test jump forBaumgartner from suchextreme heights and apersonal best. He’s aimingfor a record-breaking jumpfrom 125,000 feet, or 23 miles,in another month. He hopesto go supersonic then,breaking the speed of soundwith just his body.

“It has always been adream of mine,” Baumgartnersaid in a statement followingWednesday’s feat. “Only onemore step to go.” Longtimerecord-holder Joe Kittingerjumped from 102,800 feet —19.5 miles — in 1960 for theAir Force. Kittingermonitored on Wednesday’s

Geneva , 26 July — Thelargest-ever experiment inspace has reported thecollection of some 18 billion“cosmic ray” events that mayhelp unravel the Universe’smysteries.The data haul is fargreater than the total numberof cosmic rays recorded in afull century of looking to date.Run from a centre at Cern, theAlpha Magnetic Spectrometer(AMS) aims to spot dark matterand exotic antimatter. Theastronauts who installed it onthe space station in 2011 are inGeneva to see an update on

WASHINGTON, 26 July — It’s no secret that Microsoft is being much more careful thanusual when it comes to which vendors it will let make tablets based on its Windows RT

LONDON, 26 July —Wireless electric-vehiclecharging technology is to betested in London. Chipdeveloper Qualcomm saysplug-in charging is too“cumbersome” and its techcould lead to batteries beingtopped up while cars are beingdriven. Trials involving anadapted version of Formula 1car designer DeltaMotorsport’s E4 coupeelectric car will take placebefore the end of the year.Further tests involvingvehicles made by the Frenchmanufacturer Renault willfollow in 2013.

Inductive charging—which involves using anelectromagnetic field totransfer energy between twoobjects—is less power-efficient than alternativessuch as charging posts orbattery-swapping stations,but Qualcomm says thedifference is only “marginal.”The adoption of WECV[wireless electric vehiclecharging] technology willlead to a shift in chargingbehaviour,” said Qualcomm.

Wireless electric-car charging tech to be testedin London

Delta’s electric sports cars will be the first to testQualcomm’s kit in London.— INTERNET

“Drivers will charge theirelectric vehicle little andoften and potentially usedynamic charging tocomplement local stationarycharging, removing rangeanxiety. This means thatbatteries could be smallerwith the resulting reductionin electric vehicle cost andweight.” The firm added thatits technology—dubbedQualcomm Halo—could beused to keep vehicles’ batterycharges at between 40-80%,thereby maximising the lifeexpectancy of the equipment.For the moment, it will onlywork when a vehicle is

stationary.Delta said it had become

involved to help it learn moreabout the innovation. Thefirm said it expected it totake a day’s worth ofmechanical modifications toadd the new kit to its testvehicles”. It’s very straight-forward to add thetechnology,” said Delta’stechnical director NickCarpenter.” We add a vehiclemounted pad which isconnected to a Qualcommcontrolled unit which in turnis connected directly to thebattery.

Internet

Skydiver Fearless Felix jumps from 18miles up

In this 15 March , 2012photo provided by Red

Bull Stratos, FelixBaumgartner prepares to

jump during the firstmanned test flight for RedBull Stratos over Roswell,NM on 25 July, 2012, the

43-year-old Austrianplunged to Earth from analtitude of more than 18miles landing safely nearRoswell, NM. — INTERNET

dry run from a mini MissionControl in Roswell. As he didin March, the 43-year-oldAustrian ascended alone inan enclosed capsule lifted by

a giant helium balloon thattook off from Roswell. Hewore a full-pressure suitequipped with parachutesand an oxygen supply —there’s virtually noatmosphere that far up.

It took about 1½ hoursto reach his target altitude.He was in free fall for anestimated three minutes and48 seconds before openinghis parachutes.” It feltcompletely different at90,000 feet,” Baumgartnernoted. “There is no controlwhen you exit the capsule.There is no way to get stable.”In March, Baumgartnerjumped from 71,581 feet, morethan 13 miles, saluting beforestepping from the capsule.Bad weather earlier this weekdelayed the second test jumpuntil Wednesday. NASA ispaying close attention to thisRed Bull-funded projectdubbed Stratos, short forstratosphere. The spaceagency wants to learn all itcan about potential escapesystems for futurerocketships.

Internet

Employees hang a poster advertising the New iPad at anApple dealership in Wuhan, Hubei Province

on 19 July, 2012. — REUTERS

SAN FRANCISCO, 26 July— Apple Inc said SamsungElectronics Co Ltd is demanding from the iPhone maker a farhigher patent royalty than Apple pays to other companies, ata rate the South Korean company has never sought from anyother licensee. The information was contained in portions ofan Apple legal brief freshly unsealed in US court onWednesday, and provides more detail about each side’snegotiating position in the run-up to a high stakes trial set tobegin next week. In a separate filing, Samsung contended thatits royalty demands are consistent with industry norms.

Also on Wednesday, a US magistrate in San Jose,California, ruled that Samsung wrongly let employees deleteemails that could have helped Apple pursue its $2.53 billionlawsuit over disputed patents. The magistrate, Judge PaulGrewal, also said that a jury may hold this matter against theSouth Korean company.” We intend to appeal Judge Grewal’sdecision to the trial judge, and if necessary, to the Court ofAppeals,” Samsung said in a statement. “Samsung remainscommitted to complying with all information requests fromthe court.”A trial is scheduled to start in the San Jose federalcourt on 30 July. Apple and Samsung, the world’s largestconsumer electronics corporations, are waging legal wararound the world, accusing each other of patent violations asthey vie for supremacy in a fast-growing market for mobiledevices.—Internet

Apple says Samsung patentroyalty demands unfair

Microsoft reportedlywon’t let Dell build a

tablet for Windows RTlaunch.— INTERNET

Microsoft reportedly won’t let Dell build atablet for Windows RT launch

operating system for its initial Windows 8 launch this fall. And according to Unwired View,only four of Microsoft’s (MSFT) original equipment manufacturers have been given thegreen light to make Windows RT tablets so far: Asus, Toshiba, Samsung and Lenovo.

Hewlett-Packard had originally been asked to make a Windows RT tablet, but thecompany declined the offer last month, thus opening up speculation that Dell might takeits place.However, Business Insider’s Julie Bort reached out to see whether Dell isactively involved in making a Windows RT tablet this year and has received arather cagey answer, as Dell would only confirm that it’s working on a Windows-based tablet for release at some point in the future and wouldn’t go intospecifics about specs or release dates.

Bort also mentions that “since Microsoft announced it would becompeting with its OEM partners making tablets, Dell has released a bunch of new high-endultrabooks that can run Linux,” meaning relations between Microsoft and Dell might not bethe warmest at the moment.— Internet

Alpha Magnetic Spectrometer claims hugecosmic ray haul

The experiment, seen hereinstalled on the space

station, cost some $2bn. INTERNET

how it is performing. Missioncommander Mark Kelly toldreporters that AMS was “thepinnacle of the science thatthe ISS will do”. The hugenumber of events seen by theexperiment includes some ofthe highest-energy particlesfrom the cosmos that we haveever seen.Kelly’s flight - theSTS-134 mission — was the

last for the shuttle Endeavourbefore it was retired from theNASA fleet. The crew visitedthe Payload and OperationsControl Centre at Cern onWednesday, where a shift ofsix scientists is watching whatis whizzing through the AMS24 hours a day.

AMS deputy spokesmanRoberto Battiston told BBC

News that seeing theastronauts back in town was“a great joy”. “We are reallythankful of these astronautsbecause we should neverforget they put their lives atstake to do something that forus is pure fun — that is ourinterest, our curiosity,” hesaid.” They have highexpectations that the AMSwill find somethinginteresting, because they puta lot of effort into it. They feelpart of the family.” At the heartof the seven-tonne, $2bnmachine is a giant, speciallydesigned magnet whichbends the paths ofextraordinarily high-energycharged particles calledcosmic rays onto a series ofdetectors, giving hints of whatthe particles are.

Internet

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Business & Health Business & Health Business & Health

.LG Electronics’ profit falls as mobile loses moneySEOUL, 26 July — LG

Electronics reported a lowerquarterly profit as its mobilephone division sank to a lossand forecast its earnings todeteriorate further,underlining the challenges forits smartphone business as itstruggles with competitionfrom Apple and Samsung. TheSouth Korean company saidWednesday its April-Junenet income totaled 159 billionwon ($138 million) on revenueof 12.9 trillion won.Quarterlyincome was up nearly 50percent from a year earlier butfell 35 percent from theprevious three months.

The quarter-on-quarterdrop was a source of concernfor investors as sales of

A boy watches a 3D animation movie at a display forLG Electronics products inside the COEX Mall inSeoul, South Korea, on 25 July, 2012. —INTERNET

consumer electronics areusually stronger in thesecond quarter. Shares of LGElectronics Inc fell 2.1 percentin Seoul, compared with thebenchmark Kospi’s 1.4percent decline. LG, whichwas unseated by Apple Inc in2011 as the world’s No. 3mobile phone maker by sales,blamed its lower profit on themobile division’s 57 billionwon quarterly operating loss.That partly offset profit fromLG’s TV business. Basichandset sales declined whileexpenses to promote its newsmartphones went up, LGsaid.

The mobile business ofLG Electronics is beingsqueezed in both the premium

and low-end markets. Chinesehandset makers ZTE andHuawei are aggressivelyincreasing low-costsmartphone sales while Appleand Samsung Electronics Coleave little room for a thirdplayer in the top-endmarket.The second-quartermobile loss comes after thedivision briefly enjoyed twoconsecutive quarters of profit.LG’s mobile division lost nearly1 trillion won in 2010 and 2011combined as its Optimussmartphone series failed tocompete with Samsung’sGalaxy phone and Apple’siPhone.

LG said its third-quarteroperating profit will moderatelydecrease from the secondquarter, even as sales go up bya small margin.” Seasonaldemand for home appliancesand air conditioners goesdown in the third quarter, whilesales of TVs and smartphonesare expected to rise,” DavidJung, LG’s chief financialofficer, told investors. Jungsaid profitability at the mobilecommunication business willnot be too bad for the rest ofthe year with new high-endmobile device launches due inNorth America and Japan.

But he stopped short ofguiding investors on when thecompany can fully turn around

its mobile business, whichcontributed about half of thecompany’s profit during itsheyday. Even as LG plans toexpand its mobile market sharewith its Android-poweredsmartphones running on afourth-generation wirelessservice, analysts are skepticalabout its outlook. Sales couldfalter if mobile chip shortagescontinue and the launch ofthe new iPhone, expected inthe third quarter, could stealthe spotlight from LG’s newhandset release.

“It is tough to be sureabout the recovery in LG’smobile phone business,”said Eugene Kim, an analystat Taurus Securities who hasa hold rating on shares of LGElectronics.

Quarterly operatingprofit from LG’s TV businessmore than doubled from theprevious year to 216 billionwon. But the amountchanged little from theprevious quarter. LG isbetting on the release of ahigh-end television that usesan advanced display panelto boost TV profit. Thecompany said TV markets inadvanced countries willexpand in the second half ofthis year despite a weakoutlook for the globaleconomy.—Internet

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Lausanneon 6 Jan,

2009.REUTERS

Logitech posts wider Q1 loss asweak demand bites

LONDON, 26 July —Logitech, the world’s biggestcomputer mouse maker, fell toa deeper first-quarter net loss,missing analyst forecasts, asthe company struggles withweak demand amid worriesabout the global economy.The Swiss-listed firm said itbooked a first-quarter net lossof $52 million, or 32 cents pershare, wider than a year-earliernet loss of $30 million, or 17cents per share.

The company wasexpected to post a first-quarterloss of $24.7 million, or 14cents a share, according to aReuters Poll. Quarterly saleswere $469 million, down 2percent from $480 million ayear ago. Excluding the

Cancer drug flushes out lurking AIDS virusWASHINGTON, 26 July —

Scientists in the United Statessaid on Wednesday they hadused a cancer drug to flushout the AIDS virus lurkingdormant in trial patients’ whiteblood cells — a tentative steptowards a cure. The ability ofthe HIV genome, orreproductive code, to hide outin cells and be revived afterdecades poses a majorobstacle in the quest for acure. Being able to expose thevirus in its hiding place wouldallow scientists to target thehost white blood cells in akilling blitz.” It is the beginningof work toward a cure forAIDS,” David Margolis, co-author of the study publishedin the journal Nature, told AFPas the International AIDSConference was under way inWashington.

HIV is a retrovirus,inserting its DNA into thegenome of host white bloodcells, CD4+T cells in this case,and turning them into virusfactories. Sometimes it goesinto hiding in some cells evenas others keep on producing.Some 34 million people aroundthe world are living with HIV,which destroys the immunesystem and has caused about30 million AIDS-related deathssince the disease first emerged

The AIDS Quilt is laid out on the National Mall on 23July as part of the 19th International AIDS Conference in

Washington. Scientists in the United States saidWednesday they had used a cancer drug to flush out the

AIDS virus lurking dormant in trial patients’ white bloodcells — a tentative step towards a cure. — INTERNET

in the early 1980s. In the lateststudy, researchers in theUnited States used thechemotherapy drug vorinostatto revive and so unmask latentHIV in the CD4+T cells of eighttrial patients.

The patients were also onantiretroviral drugs, whichstops HIV from multiplyingbut have to be taken for lifebecause they do not kill thevirus hidden away inreservoirs.”After a single doseof the drug, at least for a momentin time, (vorinostat) is flushingthe virus out of hiding,”Margolis said of the trial results— the first drug ever shown todo so.” This is proof of theconcept, of the idea that thevirus can be specifically

targeted in a patient by a drug,and essentially opens up theway for this class of drugs to bestudied for use in this way.”The drug targets an enzymethat allows the virus to lie latent.

The researcherscautioned that vorinostat mayhave some toxic effects andstressed this was merely anearly indication of feasibilitythat had to be explored further.Exactly what would happenafter the virus was unveiled inreservoir cells was also notcertain, said Margolis.” Weknow that many cells thatproduce HIV die in the process.We know many cells thatproduce HIV can be identifiedand killed by the immunesystem. As far as we can tell, all

the viruses floating aroundwhile patients are takingtherapy don’t get into cellsbecause they are blocked bythe therapy,” he said.

Without a host cell, thevirus would die within a fewminutes. “There is apossibility that this couldwork. But ... if it is only 99percent true and one percentof the virus escapes, it won’tsucceed. That is why we haveto be careful about our workand what we claim about it.”In a comment published withthe study, HIV researcherSteven Deeks said theresearch provided “the firstevidence that ... a cure mightone day be feasible”. But, asis common with early clinicaltrials, the study raised morequestions than answers —including ethical concernsabout giving potentially toxicdrugs to HIV-infected peoplewho are otherwise healthy,he said.

“These data from the labof David Margolis aregenuinely exciting for thoseexploring pathways toachieving a cure for AIDS,”Oxford University HIVresearcher John Frater toldAFP, calling for investmentin further research.

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Mexico to vaccinate 10 millionbirds in flu outbreak

MEXICO CITY, 26 July —Mexico will start vaccinatingsome 10 million poultry onThursday against the highlycontagious bird flu strain thathas already led to the deathsof five million birds whicheither fell ill or wereslaughtered. “Starting Soon,we are going to vaccinatehens and chicks across thecountry to put an end to thisbird flu epidemic,” MexicanPresident Felipe Calderonsaid.

The president indicatedthat the ultimate goal is tohave a batch of 80 millionvaccinations, so that “in thecoming weeks, (Mexico can)end this economic impact onpoultry producers.” Thevirus responsible for theoutbreak, H7N3, hasoccasionally affectedhumans in various parts ofthe world, according to theUnited Nations, but has notshown itself to be easilytransmittable betweenhumans.

Chickens ata farm underquarantine

inTepatitlan,

JaliscoState,

Mexico on4 July, 2012.

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The prices of both eggsand chickens have soared inthe wake of the outbreak,leading inflation to rise aswell. According to Mexico’snational statistics agency, thefirst half of July saw aninflation rate of 4.45 percent,the highest level in 18 months.The agriculture ministry hassaid poultry farming“contributes up to 40 percentof the total volume” of thecountry’s livestock pro-duction, and the “economicloss” from this epidemic “isand will be irreparable.”

The outbreak was firstdetected on 20 June in thewestern state of Jalisco. Anational animal healthemergency was declared atthe beginning of July. Healthofficials keep a close watchon such outbreaks since so-called swine flu broke out inMexico in 2009. The H1N1virus spread into a globalpandemic that claimed thelives of 17,000 people.

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unfavorable impact ofexchange rates, sales were flatcompared with the prior year,Logitech said. The Swiss-listedfirm has been grappling withweak demand as concernsabout the global economykeep shoppers from buyingnew webcams, speakers andkeyboards.

The euro’s weaknessagainst the dollar and the factthat computer systems arebecoming less dependent onperipheral components hit itsfigures earlier this year.Logitech has implemented arestructuring plan, and said itcontinues to expect to benefitfrom the organizationalstreamlining and cost savings.

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Fair undertakings with goodwill which will profit the people,the country, the Union will have to be welcomed

Each and every citizen needs to enjoy democratic rights andopportunities in disciplined manners

Incumbent government will have to continue confiscating lands to implementprojects, plans and undertakings in the interests of the people and the State

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—The seventh dayPyidaungsu Hluttaw regular

session was held atPyidaungsu Hluttaw Hall inthe Hluttaw Complex herethis afternoon, attended byPyidaungsu HluttawSpeaker U Khin AungMyint, Pyithu HluttawSpeaker Thura U Shwe Mannand 620 PyidaungsuHluttaw representatives.

The Hluttaw soughtapproval of the Hluttawrepresentatives to amend theForeign CurrencyManagement Bill asamended in report of JointBill Committee. The bill wasapproved with the majorityvote of the PyidaungsuHluttaw.

U Aung Mya Than ofNyaungdon Constituency,U Sai Win Maung of ShanState Constituency No (5),Dr Htay Win of AyeyawadyRegion Constituency

No (5), U Aung Myint ofGangaw Constituency, U SaiThan Naing of PapunConstituency, U Sein Tun ofHtantabin Constituency, UShwe Maung of ButhidaungConstituency, U Ohn Tin ofRakhine State ConstituencyNo (10) and Daw Nan Se Auaof Hpa-an Constituencydiscussed the proposalsubmitted by U Tin Htut ofZalun Constituency on“doing justice to farmlandconfiscation not to harmfarmers”. They discussedthe proposal is a good one inthe interest of the farmers.They welcomed the directiveof the Speaker of thePyidaungsu Hluttaw to forma commission. Once theproposal is approved, taskswill be carried out inaccordance with Section(228), Sub-section (a) of theconstitution. Now is time thecountry is marching towardsdemocracy. The newgovernment led by thePresident is initiatingmeasures for all-rounddevelopment, ruraldevelopment and povertyalleviation. Easingdifficulties of farmers shouldbe prioritized. Their livesshould be improved. Theproposal is seconded toalleviate poverty andcreate job opportunities forfarmers.

Pyithu Hluttaw SpeakerThura U Shwe Mann said inhis discussion: The proposalsubmitted by PyithuHluttaw Representative UTin Htut of ZalunConstituency is an

opportunity for all. It is anopportunity for all citizensand the Union, rather than achallenge. Legislatures,government and judicialbodies are democraticallyelected. Questions can beraised, and proposals andbills can be discussedfrankly in an organizedmanner in the Hluttaws. TheHluttaws are fulfillingdesires, attitudes and needsof the people. PyithuHluttaw Representative UTin Htut submitted thedesire of people andattitudes and needs offarmers as a proposal.

The Tatmadawgovernment deservesthanks for creating suchopportunities. TheTatmadaw governmentinitiated multi-partydemocracy system andmarket economy, holdingreferendum. The world wastaken aback by peacefultransition. Each and everycitizen needs to enjoydemocratic rights andopportunities in disciplinedmanners. As the people, thepeople’s representatives, thepeople’s government andthe civil servants havespecific duties andauthorities in respectiveorganizations, they will beable to serve the interest ofthe country and its peopleappropriately.

The incumbentgovernment will have tocontinue confiscating landsto implement projects,plans and undertakings inthe interests of the people

and the State. Fairundertakings with goodwillwhich will profit thepeople, the country and theUnion will have to bewelcomed.

If discussions fromvarious aspects on theproposal of Pyithu HluttawRepresentative U Tin Htutare reviwed, the issues arebased on:-

(1) compilation ofaccurate demogra-phic data,

(2) whether respectiveindividual’s oro r g a n i z a t i o n ’ simplementation ofpolicies intro-duced by leaderswith goodwill andgood intentions isfair or legitimate,

(3) whether originalobjectives ofprojects and planscan be carried outor are reasonable,

(4) transparency, and(5) check-and-balance

system.Taking lessons from the

case, we must continuedemocratic reforms boldly.We should not be hesitant.Democracy wins everyone’s heart. It can be said itis owned by the public, nota thing of an individual ora group. Undisciplinedconducts cannot be done,citing democracy.Democracy has discipline.We should be cautious inorder to avoid mobdemocracy and democraticauthoritarianism.

I want to reiterate the

call for performing duties inthe interests of the people,the country and the Unionfairly with no considerationof political affiliation,dogmatism, regionalism,sectarianism, and religionand personality cult.

As the Hluttawrepresentatives discussedthe proposal submitted by UTin Htut with genuinegoodwill, the persons whowill be assigned duties inaccord with the decision ofthe Pyidaungsu Hluttawneed to perform duties in theinterests of the people, thecountry and the Union,getting rid of greed,vengeance and retaliation.

Deputy Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationU Ohn Than said in hisdiscussion that the Uniongovernment, and respectiveRegion/State governmentsand Hluttaws will settle theissues in accordance withFarmland Law, bylaws andrules and regulations inconsideration of case-wisereality. The Uniongovernment will handle thecase fairly. He then proposedto put the proposal on record.The proposal was put onrecord with majority vote.

As the Hluttaw agreedto form the commission toinvestigate farmlandacquisition, the Hluttaw willform the investigationcommission.

Today’s sessionconcluded at 4.05 pm andthe date for sixth day sessionwill be announced later.

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Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mannmakes discussion.—MNA

Dr Htay Win ofAyeyawady RegionConstituency No. 5holds discussion.

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Modes of development over-dependenton natural resources not an option for

sustainable developmentNAY PYI TAW, 26 July—

The Seventh Korea-Myanmar Bilateral ForestryCooperative Meeting tookplace at Myat Taw Win Hotelhere this noon, with anaddress by Union Ministerfor Environmental Conser-vation and Forestry U WinTun.

Present at the meetingwere members of the jointcommittee led by DeputyMinister of Forestry of theRepublic of Korea Mr KimNam Gyun, and officials of

REDD Plus, wood-basedindustries, research anddevelopment could beimplemented. Dry zonegreening projectsimplemented under theassistance of KOICAbetween 1998 and 2010could help reducedesertification, decline inquality of farmland anddryness to some extent.Likewise, AKECOP initiatedin 2010 also contributedto restoration of forests, (See page 7)

the Environmental Conser-vation and Forestry Ministry.

Speaking on theoccasion, the Union Ministersaid the Korea-MyanmarBilateral Forstry CooperativeMeetings were held since1999 in the ROK and Myanmaron a rotating basis once everytwo years. Based on theresults of those meetings,such joint-projects as bio-diversity conservation,afforestation, dry zonegreening works, reduction ofclimate change impact,

The Seventh Korea-Myanmar Bilateral Forestry Cooperative Meeting inprogress at Myat Taw Win Hotel in Nay Pyi Taw.

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Specific law for protection ofrights of national races people

in desperate need

U In Phon San (a)U Intu Phon San of

MachanbawConstituency makes

discussion.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—The fourth regular sessionof the Pyithu Hluttawcontinued for 15th day atPyithu Hluttaw Hall inHluttaw Complex, heretoday, attended by PyithuHluttaw Speaker Thura UShwe Mann and 411 MPs.

Regarding the questionof Daw Nan Se Aua aboutwhether women can beelected to the post of villageadministrator if qualified,Deputy Minister for HomeAffairs Brig-Gen Kyaw ZanMyint replied that any manor woman has the right tobe elected in line withprovisions and proceduresof election by thesupervisory teaminclusive of five respectedand influential communityelders.

Regarding the questionof taking of censusnationwide in 2014 by DawWin Maw Tun ofYenangyoung Con-stituency, Union Ministerfor Immigration andPopulation U Khin Yi repliedthat the last nationwidecensus was taken in 1983and thus preparation mustbe made due to lack ofexperiences over 30 years.The nationwide censuswould be taken in 2014through four phases—prepatration, conductingsurvey, compiling records,assessing and publicizingthe report. The entire projectwould take 3 years and 10months and population factscould be publicized within2015. Some of the preparationworks have been completedand some underway. The

Hluttaw Socio DevelopmentCommittee was formed tocooperate with the ministryfor taking census.

U In Phon San (a) U IntuPhon San of MachanbawConstituency, U Sai BoAung of MuseConstituency, U Htan Leinof Mindat Constituency andU Khun Maung Thaung ofPinlaung Constituencydiscussed the proposal of UT Kun Myat of KutkaiConstituency aboutenactment of a law forprotection of the rights ofnational races peoplesubmitted at 7th day session.

U In Phon San ofMachanbaw Constituencydiscussed that the countrywas home to diversenational races. The 1947Constitution prescribedequal rights of the citizensincluding national races,freedoms, religious rightsand social and economicrights. However, theconstitution failed to bringabout development inborder regions where thenational races resided,widening the rich and poorgap. Committees fordevelopment of broaderregions and national raceswere established at differentlevels in the time of theTatmadaw government after1988. Thanks to the effortsof committees, some regionswitnessed development tosome extent, but remoteregions of national racescould not see the sameresults. In the time of theincumbent government,Ministry of Border Affairswas established imple-

menting transportation,education, health andregional developmentworks in the regions ofnational races. However,the ministry had to focus oncomprehensive develop-ment covering the entirenation including urbanizedones and thus effectiveactions must be taken forless-developed regions ofnational races. Thegovernment must guaranteeduties and rights of nationalraces vested by theConstitution and existinglaws.

U Sai Bo Aung of MuseConstituency discussedthat it was found that therewas still no specific duties

enact a law protecting therights of national races toguarantee constitutionalrights for the minorities, tobuild suspicion-free unityamong national racespeople, and to set clearduties of national raceaffairs ministers. In addition,the law must be enforced toletter.

U Htan Lein of MindatConstituency discussedthat the constitution statedthat every citizen has theright to enjoy equality,freedom, and social justice.In addition, it is prescribedthat the State shall helpdevelop language, literature,arts and culture of nationalraces; help promote nationalunity, amity and mutualassistance; help developsocio-economic lifeinclusive of education,health, economy andtransportation and so forthof less-developed nationalraces people. Whether theUnion government, region/state government, self-administered division/region can exercise as

prescribed in theconstitution and whetherpeople can adhere toprovisions of the laws woulddecide the amount of fruits.The law should be enactedfor the benefits of over 100national races residing in thecountry.

U Khun Maung Thaungof Pinlaung Constituencydiscussed that the law wasin desperate in need at a timewhen the country wasbuilding discipline-flourishing, multi-artydemocratic nation and wasthe longed-for law of thenational races people. Therewas no national race that didnot love and cherish ownlanguage and culturaltraditions and each nationalrace was obliged to preservethem. Some national raceshad witnessed developmentand some not yet. In the firstmeeting of the Union levelpeacemaking committee, thePresident instructed that theworks of the Union levelpeacemaking committeecould be accomplishedrapidly if the legislature

would assess the equalrights and other rights ofnational races peopleprescribed by the law andenact related laws. TheHluttaw was required toenact a certain law forprotection of rights ofnational race people in orderthat dissatisfaction and oldattitudes of the national racepeople such as suspicionover the equality, socialjustice and freedom couldbe vanished.

U Maung Toe of MinhlaConstituency submitted abill amending the UnionAuditor-General Law.

The Hluttaw decided todiscuss the bill and wouldhand it over to PyithuHluttaw Bill Committee tohandle it.

Two questions wereanswered, one proposaldiscussed and one proposalput forward at today’ssession.

The session came to anend at 12 noon and the 16th

day session continues at 10am tomorrow.

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President U Thein Sein and Thai Prime Minister Ms Yingluck Shinawatraview fine arts and culture booth of Thailand at Reception Hall of Outer

Santi Maitri Building at Government House in Bangkok.(News on page 1)—MNA

Modes of development over-dependent on natural…

(from page 6)conservation of bio-diversity, promotion of forest farming,and capacity building for human resources development.

Furthermore, AFoCo could be signed at ASEAN+3Summit held in Bali of Indonesia during November, 2010.The adopted framework would help climate curb changeproblems, facilitate sustainable development of forest andbio-diversity, rural development and poverty alleviationscheme.

Means of development over-dependent onnatural resources are not an option for sustainabledevelopment. Green strategies with a focus on low-carbon emission and natural resources conservationwere in desperate need. Means of green developmentwere new viable policy for sustainable developmentand poverty alleviation. For this reason, green economyand green development have gained significance,which was the major result of UN Sustainable

Development Conference held in June of 2012 in Rio deJaneiro, Brazil.

Myanmar was in the process of democratic transitionand had made known socio-economic prospects to theglobe. It was actively collaborating with all the globalorganizations for environmental conservation and in itstransformation from brown economy to green one. Therewas a great deal of prospects for investment in varioussectors including the forestry throughout the transitionperiod. Myanmar would like to cooperate with Korea on along-term basis as the latter was a leading country in low-carbon and green development strategies.

Capacity building through environmental awarenessof the people and technical support and initial investmentsand so forth were in actual need in implementing greeneconomy. Poverty alleviation and impacts of global climatechange a barriers to development of the nation.

Utmost efforts must be made for managementenabling to fight poverty and famine, reduce environmentalimpact and ecological degradation and sustainability offorest resources.

Next, the Korean deputy minister delivered anaddress. Personnel of the two countries discussed

cooperation in forestry sector, ongoing plans and futureactions including completion of Myanmar forestryinvestment guide book, restoration of forests in BagoMountain Range with the assistance of the Korean ForestService progress in reduction of climate change impactsthrough implementation of REDD Plus, implementation ofAFoCo agreement, fund-raising for restoration ofmangrove forests damaged by Nargis Cyclone, sendingof overseas students to Korea, continuous forestmanagement, reduction of climate change through REDDPlus, conservation of watershed areas, afforestation ofmangrove forests, conservation of bio-diversity andimplementation of new projects for communal forestestablishment.

The two countries signed MoU on forestry sectorcooperation in 1999. With the assistance of ROK, suchprojects as development of wood-based industries, humanresources development and technological transfer,establishment of forests in cooperation with the KOICAwere carried out since then.

The delegation leaders of the two countries signedthe agreed minutes, bringing the meeting to an end.

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and laws, by-laws,procedures, notificationsand instructions for electednational race affairsministers of regions andstates to take care of theaffairs of national racesconcerned. So, it needed to

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(from page 1)President U Thein Sein thanked the Thai Premier for

hosting to the delegation a grand banquet which, he said,reflected the traditional friendly ties and growingcooperation between the two countries.

He tagged his trip as a historic and meaningful first-evergoodwill visit to Thailand as the Head of State after thedemocratically elected government had taken office inMyanmar.

The President recalled memories of scenic Thailand andhospitable people he had witnessed in his visit to Thailandas the Prime Minister in 2008. He expressed his delight ofrevisiting the beautiful Bangkok.

He expected to observe the Thai government’s measuresto bring about economic progress of Thailand, bearingchallenges of natural disasters, during previous years in hisstint in Thailand.

He vowed to strengthening prevailing friendship, open-hearted mutual trust and bilateral cooperation between the

Myanmar vows tostrengthen prevailing...

President U TheinPresident U TheinSein visits TempleSein visits Temple

of the Emeraldof the EmeraldBuddhaBuddha

President U Thein Sein and party at Temple

of Emerald Buddha in Grand Palace,

Bangkok together with officials of

Thailand.(News on page 1 )

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two neighbouring countries, sharing 1300 miles long border,and common traditional customs, beliefs, and religions. ThePresident welcomed recent progresses in mutualcooperation. He also thanked the Thai Prime Minister for herunderstanding and invaluable support towards Myanmarand its people.

The elected Myanmar government has pledged to fulfillthe desires and needs of the people, he said. In so doing, thegovernment is bringing about political stability for stabilityof the country while adopting peace-making policies, heexplained. He said it is also striving to realize socio-economicdevelopment of the people.

He expressed his congratulations on Thailand’seconomic development and wished future success ofThailand and Thai people.

The President also wished good health of His RoyalHighness Thai King and Queen and Thai Prime Minister MsYingluck Shinawatra. He then proposed a toast to physicaland mental wellbeing of those present at the dinner.

The two leaders then had dinner together.Thai cultural troupe performed traditional dances and

songs of the two countries at the dinner. The President thengave away a bouquet to the cultural troupe.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—Union Ministerfor Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing,Union Minister for Commerce U Win Myintand Kayin State Chief Minister U Zaw Minwho accompanied President U Thein Sein,together with three rice entrepreneurs andfive peasant delegation members of Nay PyiTaw Council Area, Yangon, Mandalay,Ayeyawady and Bago Regions, visited30000-ton Rice Remilling Factory nearAyudhaya of Thailand on 24 July morning.

Vice-Chairman Mr SiripongAroonratana of CP Livestock Co Ltd ofThailand explained facts about Rice RemillingFactory. The factory was built through latesttechnology and it runs cent per cent operation

Union ministers, rice entrepreneurs, peasantrepresentatives visit rice remilling factory,

paddy plantations in Thailand NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—Union Ministerfor Labour and for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement U Aung Kyi met employeeprotection NGOs, the Thai Minister of Interiorand the Thai Immigration Commissioner onhis visit to Thailand and discussed migrantworkers.

On 24 July morning, the Union ministerreceived representatives of BAT, FEDFoundation, MAP Foundation, MekongMigration Net Work which are employeeprotection NGOs in Thailand and mediapersons of NHK, Irrawaddy and Eleven MediaGroup at the meeting hall of Myanmar Embassyin Thailand. In the meeting, he said that thePresident specified his discussion onprotection of the interest of migrant workers atthe meetings between the two countries; NGOsare to carry out the issues that the governmentcannot undertake; emphasis will be placed onthe issues submitted by NGOs; and it isnecessary to join hands among governmentservice personnel, social organizations andmigrant workers. Next, he met the Thai Ministerof Interior and held a discussion on issuanceof temporary passports for all Myanmar migrant

Union Labour Minister discusses labouraffairs during visit to Thailand

workers, urging employers not to holdpassports of workers, free travelling, issuanceof stay permits over C of I for dependents ofmigrant workers, creation of learningopportunity for children of migrant workers atschools in Thailand and opportunity forlearning monastic education at monasteriesin Mahachaing and Surat Thani regions.

After viewing issuance of temporarypassport at Bangkok Camp in the afternoon,the Union Minister attended to the needs ofMyanmar workers.

In meeting with the Thai ImmigrationCommissioner, the Union Minister discussedissuance of stay permit with new form oftemporary Myanmar passports through onestop service, reduction of visa fee in makingtemporary Myanmar passport in line with thecoordination and prevention against humansmuggling in resending the Myanmar migrantworkers to border areas due to various reasons.

On 23 July, four employee representativesand one employer representative visited RHTextile Co Ltd in Mahachaing Region ofBangkok, the cold storage of PhatthanaSeafood Co Ltd where 1915 employees areworking and the cold storage of Thai UnionCo Ltd where 10000 employees are working.They met employers and employees anddiscussed peace in worksite relations,enforcement of worksite disciplines, rights ofhealth and matters related to employers andemployees.—MNA

this year. Twenty-two Japan-made Satakerice mills are being operated at the factory toremill 1.8 million tons of rice yearly. A total of65 per cent of rice is exported and theremaining 35 per cent distributed for localconsumption. The construction of factorywas valued at US$ 100 million. The Unionministers and party viewed remilling factory,quality control lab, polishing factory, ricewarehouse and packaging factory.

After that, they visited paddyplantations on a manageable scale nearAyudhaya. They discussed cooperationprogramme to modernize rice industry andrice mills in Myanmar with officials of CPCo.—MNA

Thai Prime

Minister

Ms

Yingluck

Shinawatra

extends

greetings

at dinner.

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Union Minister for A&I U MyintHlaing, Union Minister for

Commerce U Win Myint and KayinState Chief Minister U Zaw Min

visit 30000-ton rice remillingfactory.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—President of the Republic ofthe Union of MyanmarU Thein Sein accompaniedby members of the delegationleft Mandarin Oriental Hotelin Bangkok in a motorcadeon 24 July afternoon andarrived at Don Mong Airport.

The President and party

President U Thein Sein heads for homewere seen off at Don MongAirport by Privy Councilmember Mr ThepkamolDevakula of Thailand,Deputy Prime Minister GenYuthasak Sasiprapha,Minister for Transport MrCharupong Ruang-suwan,Thai Ambassador toMyanmar Mr Pisanu

Suvanajata, MyanmarAmbassador to Thailand UTin Win, Military AttachéCol Win Maung, staff andfamilies of embassy andmilitary attaché office.

The President and partyleft Don Mong Airport at5.50 pm local standard time.

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President U Thein Sein receives Thai Minister of Defence Air ChiefMarshal Sukumpol Suwanatat and party at Mandarin Oriental Hotel in

Bangkok. (News on page 16)—MNA

President U Thein Sein being seen off by Privy Council member MrThepkamol Devakula, Deputy Prime Minister Gen Yuthasak Sasiprapha

and officials at Don Mong Airport of Bangkok.—MNA

Vice-Chairman Dr Mark Fung and party of Singapura InvestmentHoldings Pte Ltd meets President U Thein Sein. (News on page 16)—MNA

President U Thein Sein receives Vice-Chairman Mr Adirek SriPratak andparty of CP Group Co of Thailand at The Siam Suite of Mandarin

Oriental Hotel in Bangkok. (News on page 16)—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—“It needs to learn thecommunication sectorreforms of the neighbouringand regional countries—howthey surmounted thechallenges and limitations onthe path— to be on a par withthem in terms ofcommunication services,”stressed the Union Ministerfor Communications, Postsand Telegraphs U Thein Tunat Communication andInformation TechnologyDevelopment Workshop atthe ministry here this

CPT Ministry seeks advices forcommunication sector development

morning.The Union Minister

speaking on the occasioncalled for frank discussionsabout the rapid developmentof communication sector fordevelopment of the nationand socio-economicimprovement of each citizen.He underscored the need tocooperate with local/foreignprivate sectors in undertakingreforms towardcommunication sectordevelopment of the nation.He said his ministry invitedinternational communi-

cation tender consultant andtake actions for establish-ment of joint venturecompanies seeking advicefrom the consultancy. Thereformation of thecommunication sector calledfor parallel renewal inlegislation and regulations,technology, finance, humanresources development andcapacity building of the staffpersonnel. Efforts must beexerted with goodwill forsuccess of thecommunication sectorreform and fulfillment of thecommunicational needs ofthe people.

Present at the workshopwere Deputy Minister U WinThan, departmental heads,professionals ofcommunication sector anddepartmental heads, chiefengineers and professionalssubmitted ten papers andreplied queries of thosepresent.

The ministry wouldseek advices fordevelopment ofcommunication sector byholding seminars and theseminars would be held inNay Pyi Taw, Yangon andMandalay.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—Education, health and socio-economic conditions of localnational people andgovernment employees inPutao of Kachin State haveimproved, following smoothroad transportation and swiftcommodity flow as it isreachable in a day in ordinarytimes by car from Myitkyina,218 miles away.

KIA, since starting armedattacks on 9 June, 2011,exploded bridges alongMyitkyina-Putao 11 times.On 2 July, KIA exploded 270ft long Phoninkha BaileyBridge near milepost No (36).Although vehicles could useby road of the bridges inordinary times, they are notaccessible in rainy season due

Tatmadaw provides aids to Putaoto inundation. Local peopleand government employeesfaced difficulties of higherliving expenses stemmed bysuch difficulties.

To tackle the issue ontemporary basis, Tatmadawtransported foods and aidsfor local national people andgovernment staff in Putao on24 and 25 July. The Y-8aircraft of Defence Services(Air) transported 730 bags ofrice, 4 barrels of edible oil,250 viss of salt, 800 viss of

Myanmar Air Forcetransports food andaids for local people

and government servicepersonnel in Putao

region.—MNA

onion and other food,stationery and assistancealong Myitkyina-Putaoroad.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 27 July—The 15th day session ofAmyotha Hluttaw continuedat the Amyotha Hall of theHluttaw Complex, here, at10.15 am today, attended by208 Amyotha Hluttawrepresentatives includingSpeaker of Amyotha HluttawU Khin Aung Myint.

U Swe Aung of YangonRegion Constituency (12)asked whether there is aplan to consider benefit offarmers who reallycultivate and producecrops in forest land. UnionMinister for EnvironmentalConservation and ForestryU Win Tun replied thatalthough the country has 57per cent of forest coveragearound 1980, it declines to46.96 per cent based on thecalculation in 2011. Thus,emphasis is being placed ondesignation of forest reservesand protected forests foreffectively conserving theforests and for realizing Stateforest policies to extend 30per cent land of State as forestreserves.

Since theirestablishment, the forestlands had not caused lossesof houses and property oflocal people. The presentsituations are based onsquatter activities afterdesignating the forest lands.

With regard to squatteractivities as residence,cultivation and slush-and-burn farming in the forestlands, action should betaken against thoseoffenders under the existingforest laws. However, theyare local people residingnear the forest reserves andthey are working their tasksas their owned lands forcultivation. Therefore, theministry considers in allaspects not to occurunacceptable problems.Thus, the ministry does nottake action against the localpeople for their activities of

Land Allotment and Utilization Scrutiny Committee formed for ensuringsystematic management of land utilization

Kalewa Coal-fired Power Plant between Kalewa and Tamu regions under feasibility studyentering the forest lands andorganizes the local peopleto establish communityforestry through crops plusforest patterns and privateforests. Arrangements arebeing made for applyingeffective plans not to occurextension of more squattersin the forest land. Actionwas taken against thepersons in some cases underforest law, forest rules andFlora and FaunaConservation andEnvironmental Conser-vation Law.

Okkan, Magari,Thabyu, North Hline Yoma,Hline Yoma hilly forestreserves and South HlineYoma forest reservesadjacent to Mingala Ward,Chingon, Thanatchaung,Uppon, Phalon Station,Kinpati, Yedwingon, TabuYaythoe, Kywebok, Sanywa,Chaungsauk andHsinsakhan village-tracts ofTaikkyi Township wereestablished on 159394 acresof total lands between 1875and 1880 years.

According to thestatistics, a total of 305 acresof squatter, farmland,cropland and others arelocated in the above-mentioned forest reserves. Atotal of 5992 acres of privateteak and hardwood forestplantations and 37225 acresof other crops are allowed onthe forest reserves. The LandAllotment and UtilizationScrutiny Committee wasformed for ensuringsystematic management ofland utilization in the nationby implementing landutilization policies and landutilization plans. Oncompletion, land utilizationtasks can be undertakensystematically for fulfillingthe requirement ofagricultural lands of localpeople and development ofthe State.

The officials from local

authorities, ForestDepartment and relateddepartments made field tripinspections, designation ofborders for farmlands andputting records on mapreferences in six forestreserves to inspectcultivation of farmlands oflocal people from village-tracts of Taikkyi Township.The team of authoritiesallows them to utilize thelands as farmlands only anddoes not allow them to utilizethe lands through other waysand means. Not to extendsquatter activity, they willgive educative talks to thelocal people and supervisetheir tasks.

U Thein Win of SagaingRegion Constituency No 9asked whether there is aplan to establish coal-firedpower plant in suitableplace in coal-producedKalewa-Tamu region.Deputy Minister for ElectricPower No 1 U Myint Zawreplied that a study ondeposit of coal wasconducted to implement a600-megawatt Coal-firedPower Plant Project in theplace, seven miles north toKalewa of Kalay District ofSagaing Region. The studyshowed that from 1.35million tons to 1.89 milliontons of coal must be usedannually for operation of theplant and the adequate coalcan be extracted fromPaluzawa Coal Mine for theplant. The necessary surveyhas been conducted by theMinistry of Mines. PaluzawaMine is one of two coaldeposits in Kalay Townshipwhere Ministry of Mines hasconducted surveys. Thedeposit has 55.6455 milliontons of coal and there remains55.4466 million tons of coalat the mine by June 2012.

As such, the ministryholds several meetings forensuring least degradationof environment and for

emphasizing technologicalissues so as to implementKalewa Coal-fired PowerPlant to be installed with600-megawatt generatingcapacity between Kalewaand Tamu regions.Moreover, feasibility studyare being conducted. Incase, construction of thepower plant will beundertaken underprocedures.

U Sai Tin Aung ofKachin State ConstituencyNo 5 asked whether there isa plan to fully disburseagricultural loans tofarmers who cultivateabove 10 acres of paddy.Deputy Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation UKhin Zaw replied that thegovernment gives priorityto disbursement ofagricultural loans to thefarmers who work under 10acres of farmlands becausethey may face difficulty tospend money on agriculturaltasks and increasesdisbursement of loans yearafter year. This year, K50,000 per acre of loans isbeing disbursed to thefarmers.

The government has noplan to disburse loans tofarmers who own above 10acres of farmlands, thefarmers who own above 10acres of farmlands can seekthe investment by pawningthe whole area of farmlandor parts of it in accord withSection 9 (B) of Chapter IIIof the Farmland Lawapproved Hluttaws.

Union Minister forHome Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Kosubmitted a proposal on theBill Revoking PublicWelfare ServicesProtection Act to beconsidered by the AmyothaHluttaw. U Mya Ohn ofKachin State ConstituencyNo 8 seconded the proposal.The Hluttaw approved toconsider the bill. Therepresentatives wishing toparticipate in discussionsmay enlist, not later than 31July.

Union Minister forHome Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Kosubmitted a proposal on the

Bill Revoking the LawProtecting the Peaceful andSystematic Transfer ofState Responsibility and theSuccessful Performance ofthe Functions of theNational Conventionagainst Disturbances andOppositions to beconsidered by the AmyothaHluttaw. U Thein Hlaing ofSagaing RegionConstituency No 8 secondedthe proposal. The Hluttawapproved to consider the bill.The representatives wishingto participate in discussionsmay enlist, not later than 31July.

Dr Khin Shwe ofYangon RegionConstituency No 9, U OhnTin of Rakhine StateConstituency No 10 and UMaung Aye Tun of RakhineState Constituency No 9With disucssed the proposalon drawing new law fordevelopment of civiltenancy and revocation of1960 Civil TenancySupervisory Act submittedby U Phone Myint Aung ofYangon RegionConstituency No 3.

With regard to theproposal, Union Minister forHome Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Kosaid that a large number ofhouses were destroyed inmajor cities of Myanmar thewar time of Second WorldWar. Due to internalinsurgencies after regainingIndependence, the peoplefrom rural areas resettled inurban areas. In consequence,rents of tenancy hikedexcessively due to shortageof housings. Therefore, theCivil Tenancy SupervisoryAct was promulgated astemporary act in 1946. Thetemporary act was amendedin 1948 and then it wassubstituted with the 1960Civil Tenancy SupervisoryAct.

The act was notprescribed with equal termsof provisions for problemsbetween landlords andtenancy. The provision thatstates it shall not collectdepisit in addition to rent orthe depisit more than one-month rent is not comformitywith the present time. As the

provision was a hinderanceto expell the tenants, thelandlords lose the rights.That is why the act is notconformity with the presentsystem.

In sending a message bythe Speaker of PyithuHluttaw to the President on2 May 2012, the Ministry ofHome Affairs is to seekapproval from the Hluttaw,to amend or to substitutenines laws with new ones inline with the rules andregulations. The 1960 CivilTenancy Supervisory Act isone of these acts. Thus, the1960 Civil TenancySupervisory Act wasrevoked in accord withtheguidance of the Presidentand the ministry coordinateswith the Office of Attorney-General of the Union to beable to submit the LandTenancy Law (Bill) in linewith Section 156 of theConstitution, and he notedthat the proposal should bewithdrawn.

Proposer Hluttawrepresentative U PhoneMyint Aung submitted hisopinion to put the proposalon record, and the Hluttawdecided to record it.

The Hluttaw sessioncame to an end at 11.35 amand the 16th day session willbe held at 10 am tomorrow.

At the today’s session,three questioins wereanswered, two billssubmitted, one bill discussedand recorded.—MNA

U Sai Tin Aung ofKachin State

Constituency No 5raising queries.—MNA

YANGON, 26 July—The Public are here by informed thatexceptionally high Spring of from 20.0 feet to 21.0 feethigh above the datum are excepted to occur in YangonRiver during the period 1st to 6th August 2012. That it is notserious because the high tide have reached up to 21.7 feethigh above datum in the year 2010 and 2011, and that thewarning is issued by Myanmar Port Authority only becausehigh tide reaches over 20 feet high above datum.—MNA

High tide warningUnion Minister for

Labour and for SocialWelfare, Relief and

Resettlement U AungKyi holds discussion

with Commissioner ofImmigration of

Thailand.(News on page 8)

MNA

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SYDNEY, 26 July—Thewaves in the ocean couldsupply about 10 percent ofAustralia’s electricity by2050, a new study releasedon Wednesday by theCommonwealth Scientific andIndustrial ResearchOrganization (CSIRO) found.

The national scienceagency’s study found thatAustralia’s ocean energyresources could power a citythe size of Melbourne by 2050.

Ian Cresswell, directorCSIRO Wealth from OceansFlagship, said CSIRO wantedto understand the potentialof the clean and sustainableenergy source. “Assessing theopportunities and challengesfrom resource to the market isa first for ocean renewable

Britain awards 4.5 billionpound trains deal to Hitachi

LONDON/TOKYO, 26July—Britain has approved a4.5 billion pound ($7 billion)contract with a consortiumled by Japan’s Hitachi(6501.T) to build 92 intercitytrains at a newly-built factoryin northern England, in a dealwhich will create more than900 UK jobs.

The Agility consortium,made up by Hitachi and Britishconstruction company JohnLaing, has long been thepreferred bidder for thecontract, which the Japanesefirm had originally hoped toseal by December 2009.

Hitachi will assemble 596railway carriages at the factoryto be sited in County Durhamin north east England,Britain’s Department for

A man coming down an escalator passes anadvertisement for Hitachi in Tokyo on 8 March,

2011.—REUTERS

Transport said onWednesday.

The deal will create 730skilled jobs at the factory, witha further 200 jobs during thesite’s construction, saidBritish Transport SecretaryJustine Greening.

The company will alsolocate its European railresearch and developmentfacilities at the site, a movewhich would enhance thefactory’s ability to win furtherrail contracts across Europe,Britain’s Department forTransport said.

The contract has beenseen as key to Hitachi’s abilityto break the dominance ofGermany’s Siemens,Canada’s Bombardier andFrance’s Alsthom in the

global railway market.Hitachi said it aimed to

begin production as early as2016 at a rate of 35 rail cars permonth.

The trains will replaceexisting diesel-powered trains

dating back to the 1970s and1980s.

The new rolling stock willbe a mixture of all-electric and“bi-mode” diesel-electrictrains.

Reuters

Ocean waves could supply 10 pctof Australia’s electricity by 2050

energy in Australia,” he saidin a media release.

The report of CSIROfound that although waveenergy could possibly provide10 percent of Australia’selectricity needs by 2050, therewere many economic,technological, environmentaland societal challenges thatwould determine its place inAustralia’s future energy mix.

The report also found theareas that could benefit fromwave energy technologyinclude Perth, the southerncoastline and to a lesser extentthe east coast of Australia,while tidal technology couldsupply niche areas such asnortheast Tasmania and theKimberley region in WesternAustralia.—Xinhua

UK to rule in October on Pentagon hacker USextradition

LONDON, 26 July—ABritish computer hackeraccused by the United Statesof breaking into top secretmilitary and space agencynetworks will learn the resultof his six-year fight againstextradition within threemonths, a court heard onTuesday.

Gary McKinnon faces upto 60 years in jail if convictedin American courts for whatone US prosecutor hasdescribed as the “biggestmilitary computer hack of alltime”.

US officials say heknocked out hundreds ofmilitary computers in themonths after the September11, 2001 attacks, underminingsecurity and causing damageworth nearly $1 million.

McKinnon, 46, admitshacking into Pentagon andNASA computers from hisbedroom in London, but

says he was only looking forevidence of aliens andUFOs.

He suffers fromAsperger’s syndrome, a formof autism, and his lawyers sayhe is too ill to be sent for trialin the United States.

British Home Secretary(interior minister) TheresaMay will announce herdecision on whether

McKinnon should be sent tothe United States for trial bymid-October, a lawyerrepresenting the Britishgovernment told the HighCourt in London.

May has been studyingmedical reports before makingup her mind and has beenbusy supervising the securityfor the Olympic Games, whichopen in London on Friday.Her spokesman had noimmediate comment on thecase.

McKinnon’s motherJanis Sharp said the furtherdelay was unacceptable.

“If Theresa May hadgot an ounce of compassionshe would make her decisionnow, before the Olympics,because she has any numberof medical reports - thesedelays are destroying myson’s life,” she toldreporters outside court.

Reuters

File photogrpah showscomputer expert

McKinnon arriving at theHigh Court to challenge

his extradition to theUnited States, in London

January 20, 2009.REUTERS

Toshiba to cut memory chip production by 30percent

TOKYO, 26 July —Japan’s Toshiba Corp, thestandout performer among thecountry’s battered chip-makers, plans to cutproduction of flash memorychips by 30 percent after beingcaught by oversupply andtumbling prices.Toshiba’sNAND flash memory has beena rare bright spot amongJapan’s fading chip industry,which has struggled toupgrade old plants and makethe big investments neededto compete with aggressiveoverseas rivals.

Japan’s last remainingplayer in the dynamic randommemory (DRAM) market,Elpida Memory Inc, filed forbankruptcy in February, whileRenesas Electronics Corp isscrambling to avoid the samefate by cutting its workforceand closing half of itsdomestic plants.Toshiba, theworld’s No. 2 maker of NAND

flash memory chips afterSamsung Electronics, said onTuesday it will slashproduction at its Yokkaichiplant in western Japan due anoversupply of chips for USBdrives and memory cards.

“I’m a little surprised thatthey’re cutting that much.Everyone knows that demandhas not been as strong asexpected,” said David MotozoRubenstein, senior

technology analyst at ReligareGlobal Asset Management inTokyo. “Apple’s theirbiggest customer, with thenew iPhone likely to come outlater this year you would thinkthey would build a littleinventory for that,” headded.Analysts estimate thatmore than half of Toshiba’sNAND chip output ends upin Apple’s blockbusteriPhones.—Reuters

Japan’s leading chipmaker Toshiba Corp said on 24July, 2012, it will cut production of NAND flash memorychips by 30 percent, underscoring the challenging supply

conditions in the chip market and knocking its shares.REUTERS

Sweden’s anti-immigrant sniper guilty oftwo murders

STOCKHOLM, 26 July—ASwedish man who fired snipershots at foreign-lookingpeople was found guilty oftwo counts of murder onTuesday, highlighting racialtensions in the Nordic regiontraumatized by Norwegianmass killer Anders BehringBreivik. Peter Mangs wasarrested in 2010 after a 12-month shooting spree in thesouthern Swedish city ofMalmo.

The court found the 40-year-old Mangs guilty of the2009 murder of a Swedish-born woman who was sittingnext to an immigrant friendin a car when Mangs firedmultiple shots.

He was also convictedof murdering an Iranian-born

Peter Mangs, who wasarrested on suspicion of

three murders and 13attempted murders over aseven-year period, sits atcourt in Malmo, on 21Dec, 2010.—REUTERS

man by shooting him in thechest in his apartment in 2003.

Mangs was also foundguilty of four attemptedmurders during 2009 and 2010.

The court heard how onevictim was shot though awindow while working out ina gym and another whilewaiting for a bus. Some of theshootings were in broaddaylight.

Mangs will be sentenced,probably in September, aftera psychiatric evaluationdetermines whether he shouldbe committed to a psychiatricinstitution or jail.

He had pleaded not guiltyto all the serious charges, butguilty to two counts ofcausing property damage andhe faces a possible life term.

Prosecutors saidMangs was obsessed withguns, hostile to immigrantsand had an interest inSweden’s “Laser man”, aracist gunman called JohnAusonius who used a rifleequipped with a laser sightto shoot immigrants in theearly 1990s. He wasconvicted of murder and nineattempted murders in 1994.

Like the July 2011rampage by Breivik who killed77 people in what he said wasa stand against Muslimimmigration, the Malmoattacks expose a vein of racistextremism in a region whichprides itself on tolerance.

Roughly 40 percent ofthe population of Malmo,Sweden’s third-largest city,

US sanctions target Mexicandrug lord’s wives, business

networkWASHINGTON, 26 July—

The United States targetedMexican drug lord Juan JoseEsparragoza Moreno onTuesday by freezing the USassets of his two wives andother family members as wellas those of his shopping mall,gas stations and otherbusinesses.

A statement from the USTreasury said it wasblacklisting 10 people linkedto Moreno, a leader ofMexico’s Sinaloa drug cartel,prohibiting Americans andUS companies from doingbusiness with them.

The department targeted

businesses in Mexico Morenooperates with one of his wivesand her four children,including a residentialcommunity, a shopping malland an industrial park.

It also blacklisted sevengas-station firms controlledby one of Moreno’s otherwives.

Moreno, also known asEl Azul, was indicted on drug-trafficking charges by a Texascourt in 2003 and is wanted inboth the United States andMexico. Both countries offermonetary rewards forinformation leading to hisarrest.—Reuters

are first or second-generationimmigrants and one in three isunemployed, compared witha national jobless rate justover 8 percent.

The sniper attacks haveadded to the city’s reputationfor crime, alongside a spateof shootings police haveattributed to gang crime.

Reuters

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV FRISIA LAHN VOY NO (008)Consignees of cargo carried on MV FRISIA LAHN

VOY NO (008) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 27.7.2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 ORIENT OVERSEASCONTAINER LINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Seven coal miners dead afterexplosion in northern Mexico

MEXICO CITY, 27 July—An explosion on Wednesdayin a coal mine in northernMexico killed seven miners,officials said, highlighting laxsafety conditions in smallmines that are often poorlyregulated.

Emergency servicesbrought the bodies of the men,aged between 20 and 39 yearsold, to the surface after anhours-long rescue effort, saidJuan Antonio Ibarra, aemergency services officialin the coal-mining state ofCoahuila.

“Sometimes these minesdon’t have the appropriatesecurity measures,” saidIbarra. Ibarra said a pocket of

7 peoplekilled in

blast in NWPakistanISLAMABAD, 26 July— At

least eight people includingtwo children were killed and20 others got injured onThursday in a bomb blast inPakistan’s northwesterntribal region of Bajaur, localmedia reported.

According to localmedia, the blast took place inthe main market of the Salarzaiarea of Bajaur Agency,Pakistan’s northwesternrestive region borderingAfghanistan.

In the blast, one personwas killed on the spot whileover two dozen others wereinjured who were quicklyshifted to the PushtHeadquarters Hospitalwhere seven of themsuccumbed to their injuries.

People were busy withshopping when the blast hitthe market with a big bang.

The nature of the blastand its intensity wereunknown yet but officialsspeculated that it was eitheran improvised explosivedevice (IED) or a remote-controlled blast.

At least six shops and acouple of vehicles were alsodestroyed due to the impactof the blast.

Soon after the blastsecurity forces cordoned offthe area and started a searchoperation in the nearby areasto arrest the suspects.

No militant group ororganization had claimedresponsibility for the blastyet.

Xinhua

Dozens stranded over Thamesas cable car breaks down

LONDON, 26 July—Dozens of travellers were leftstranded high above the RiverThames after London’s newlyunveiled cable car broke downin sweltering heat onWednesday.

The 45 million poundsystem that links two Olympicvenues ground to a halt forover 30 minutes.

People are picturedenjoying the hot weatheron the banks of the River

Thames ahead of theLondon 2012 Olympic

Games on 25 July, 2012.REUTERS

“All passengers weresafely back in the terminal by12:18 pm and water and firstaid were made available tothem. We would like toapologize to anyoneaffected.”

The cable car, whichconnects the O2 Arena inGreenwich with the ExCelexhibition centre at the RoyalDocks in east London, waslaunched to great fanfare byLondon mayor Boris Johnsonlast month.

Some passengers tookto social media site Twitter tovent their frustration.

One, Alastair Owens,posted a photo of thestationary cable cars andtweeted: “London Emiratescable car has broken downand we’re dangling mid airover the docks — seem to beevacuating...“Can see cablecars closest to ground havebeen evacuated, but we inmid air are being told nothing.”

Reuters

Danny Price, head ofoperator Emirates Air Line,said: “The Emirates Air Lineis now back up and runningafter experiencing a technicalfault at 11:45 am.”

Chinese city in $130billion economystimulus plan

BEIJING, 26 July—The government of Changsha, thecapital of central China’s Hunan Province, has launched an829 billion yuan ($130 billion) investment stimulus programmeto bolster the local economy, state media has reported.

The money would be spent on 195 projects, includingairport, subway and urban infrastructure facilities, as well asdeveloping energy efficient industries, said a report by theofficial China News Service on Wednesday.

The government of Changsha, a city known for itsmachine-making and non-ferrous metal industries, wouldalso speed up financial reform and innovations, said thereport, which provided no details about how the programwould be financed. The China News Service paraphrasedChen Runer, the Communist Party secretary of Changsha,saying that economic pressure on the city could not beignored, despite relatively stable growth in the face of globalheadwinds, and it was time for initiative.

There was no reference to the programme’s existence onthe government of Changsha’s website on Thursday.

Zhang Zhiwei, chief China economist at Nomura in HongKong, calculates that the headline number on the stimulusplan is worth 147 percent of Changsha’s nominal GDP in 2011,or 1.8 percent of China’s national economic output.

Even if spread over five years, Zhang says the impliedinvestment would be equivalent to 46 percent of total annual

gas likely caused theexplosion that occurred 246feet (75 meters) underground.

The rescue operation,which involved up to 50people, had moved slowlybecause of the need toventilate the mine to preventanother explosion, Ibarra said.

The “pozito,” or littlehole, coal mine, which isprivately operated by the ElProgreso mining company,faced fines and sanctions inpast, the Mexico’s labourministry said in a statement.

The mine had beeninspected 16 times since 2009and access restrictions wereenacted as recently as Juneafter inspectors found itlacked emergency exits, thelabour ministry added.

“The governmentpledges to continueinspections of high-risk minesacross the country,” thestatement said.

The company could notimmediately be reached forcomment.

Men have mined thelargely unregulated pozitomines that dot Coahuila formore than a century.

A 2006 methaneexplosion at the much largerPiedras Negras mine, ownedby Grupo Mexico(GMEXICOB.MX), killed 65miners.—Reuters

A man walks past a residential construction site with hisluggage as he speaks on a mobile phone in Changsha,

Hunan Province on 9 July, 2012.—REUTERS

fixed asset investment in Changsha.Skeptics say a programme on that scale is implausible and

could not be properly financed with China’s banks stillnursing bad loans worth an estimated 2-3 trillion yuan afterlocal governments racked up debts of 10.7 trillion yuan in thewake of Beijing’s nationwide stimulus program unveiled in2008.—Reuters

Photo taken on 25 July,2012 shows three exquisitesnuff bottles displayed in

the Palace Museum inTaipei, southeast China’sTaiwan. The exhibition“Lifting the Spirit and

Body: The Art and Cultureof Snuff Bottles” kicked offin Taipei Palace Museum

on Wednesday.XINHUA

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LONDON, 26 July—Music Mogul Simon Cowellsays singer Britney Spears isa tough judge on reality show“The x Factor” and not at alleasy to please. “Britney isquite mean, which I thinkyou will discover,” saidCowell.

The 52-year-old who isknown for giving toughcomments himself, says thatSpears and fellow judge DemiLovato are harder to pleasethan him or fourth judgesinger L A Reid, reportsfemalefirst.co.uk.

“They are harder toplease than me or LA. They

LOS ANGELES, 26 July—“Avatar” star SamWorthington is reportedly intalks to star alongside ArnoldSchwarzenegger in DavidAyer’s “Ten”.

According tovariety.com, the details ofWorthington’s role has beenkept under wraps, but the actor“plans to accept” the offer.

Penned by Skip Woods,“Ten” focuses on an eliteDEA task force who dealswith the world’s deadliestdrug cartels. Specialising incomplex mobile operation,

WASHINGTON, 26 July—Singer Elton John believesAIDS can be cured with loveas that is what drives researchinto the potentially fataldisease.

“Maybe you think I amnaive. Maybe you think I amoff my rocker. Here I amtelling an audience of 7,000global health experts that youcan end AIDS with love,” hesaid at the AIDS 2012international conference,reports femalefirst.co.uk.

“But thanks to all thiscompassion, all this love,more than 8 million peopleare on treatment.. Thanks to

“Avatar” star SamWorthington

Worthingtonto team up

withSchwarzenegger?

the team executes a tacticalraid on a cartel safe house.

What looks to be atypical raid turns out to be anelaborate theft operation, pre-planned by the DEA squad.After hiding millions in stolencash, the team believes theirsecret is safe—until someonebegins assassinating themone by one.

Internet

Britney Spears tough toplease: Simon Cowell

Music Mogul SimonCowell

are very happy giving peoplea no. They definitely havetheir own opinions,” hesaid.—Internet

LONDON, 26 July —British actress Emma Watsonstruggles to cope with herfame as she becomes a bit shywhen fans recognize her.

The 22-year-oldbecame well-known as a pre-teen when she landed the roleof Hermione Granger in the

Emma Watson feels shyaround fans

British actress EmmaWatson

“Harry Potter” franchise.In a series of posts on

Twitter, she posted: “It’s been10 years but I still feel souncomfortable with beingrecognised. Just a bit shy Isuppose,” reportscontactmusic.com.

“I wish I hadcamouflaging powers like asuperhero. That would be sohelpful. Except for with kids,they are usually shyer thanme so I don’t feel so bad,” shefurther posted.—Internet

LONDON, 26 July—British actor and writerStephen Merchant, a frequentcollaborator of RickyGervais, is penning and willstar in a TV pilot for HBO,Deadline reported.

Stephen Merchant to star inHBO pilot

Cure AIDS with love, saysElton John

Singer Elton John

people who have chosen toact, who have chosen to care,we can see an end to thisepidemic...” he said.

“... but it’s going to takea lot more compassion to getus there, a hell of a lot more,”he added. The 65-year-oldwent on to note that “shameand stigma” prevent manypeople from getting help withthe condition and discussedhis belief that everyone needsto feel that they matter in theworld.

“We have inexpensiveand accurate take-home testsfor HIV. But we can’tconvince people to get testedif they think their lives don’tcount... Millions of peoplearound the world feelashamed because of who theyare. They feel subhuman,worthless, like they don’tmatter at all,” he said.

Internet

The BBC said the showis based on Merchant’s 2011stand-up comedy tour “HelloLadies” and will be about anEnglishman looking for lovein Los Angeles.

Merchant is best knownfor his work with Gervais onthe original British versionof “The Office,” as well as thesitcoms “Extras” and “Life’sToo Short.”

He has also appeared inthe big-screen comedies“Hall Pass” and “ToothFairy.”—Internet

Actor

Stephen

Merchant

A British designer says his line of sarcastic tote bags forLondon residents annoyed by the Olympic Games is provingpopular.

Toby Leigh said he took great care not to violate anyOlympic copyrights when he created the totes, which aremodeled on the London 2012 logo but do not contain theword “Olympics” or any associated symbols, The Sun reportedon 24 July.

“You can’t use the words London 2012 or the Olympicrings, but they can’t copyright the word London,” Leigh said.“The typeface isn’t the same typeface either.”

The bag slogans include “They’re all on steroids,” “I’mrenting my flat to fat American family” and “It only took methree hours to get to work this morning.”

Leigh said sales have been so brisk the bags havetemporarily sold out.

Tote bags express Olympicdissatisfaction

“Harry Potter” scribe JK Rowling revealed she isspending $388,000 to build a pair of interlinked tree housesfor her kids in Scotland.

Rowling submitted drawings to Edinburgh Councilplanners showing each of the tree houses, one for her 9-year-old son and another for her 7-year-old daughter, will beaccessible through tunnels built in the garden of her homeand the two houses will be linked by a rope bridge, The DailyTelegraph reported Tuesday.

“It would be highly unlikely that JK Rowling will not getpermission for these tree houses,” a council source said,“They are only for her children to play in, she’s not seekingpermission for residential permission for them.”

Rowling plans tree houses forher kids

British author J K Rowling at Wimbledon inLondon.

A London-based highereducation magazine hasreleased the entries in thisyear’s “exam howlers”contest, which seeks to findthe funniest test mistakes.

Times Higher Educationsaid the entries in this year’scontest, which are submittedby professors, include asentence about the time“Stalin began to build a buffetzone in Eastern Europe,” ratherthan a “buffer zone,” and astudent’s statement that

Magazine compiles examanswer mistakes

N e w s A l b u m

Authorities in Virginia said they have found a Myanmarpython reported missing from its owner’s home.

The York-Poquoson Sheriff’s Office said the 10-foot-long snake disappeared this month from its owner’s Yorktownhome and was found on 23 July coiled up in the yard of thehome, The (Norfolk) Virginian-Pilot reported on 24 July.

The sheriff’s office said the snake was healthy and wasreturned to its owner.

Missing python found in owner’s yard

during the Middle Ages,“most books were written onvalium,” rather than vellum.

“Spain was a veryCatholic country, sinceChristianity had been takenthere in the third century BC,”wrote one student, whileanother, submitted by thesame professor, spoke of “PopePaul V, himself a Catholic.”The winner of the contest isscheduled to be announcedin next week’s issue of TimesHigher Education.

LOS ANGELES, 26 July—U.S. actress Kristen Stewartpublicly apologized for cheating on her boyfriend, RobertPattinson, with the married director of “Snow White and theHuntsman.” The longtime couple are the stars of the romantic“Twilight” vampire film franchise and have been dating forseveral years.

Several media outlets reported on Tuesday Stewart, 22,recently had a brief fling with director Rupert Sanders, whois 41, married and the father of two children. TMZ saidStewart publicly confirmed the affair Wednesday andapologized to Pattinson, 26.

“I’m deeply sorry for the hurt and embarrassment I’vecaused to those close to me and everyone this has affected,”the actress said. “This momentary indiscretion has jeopardizedthe most important thing in my life, the person I love andrespect the most, Rob. I love him, I love him, I’m so sorry.”Sanders issued a separate statement to People.com onWednesday.

“I am utterly distraught about the pain I have caused myfamily,” said Sanders, who is married to actress-model LibertyRoss. “My beautiful wife and heavenly children are all I havein this world. I love them with all my heart. I am praying thatwe can get through this together.”—Internet

Kristen Stewart sorry forcheating on Robert Pattinson

Kristen Stewartwith her “SnowWhite and theHuntsman”

director RupertSanders.INTERNET

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Brazilian star Oscar joinsChelsea

Talented playmaker becomes the fourthsigning for the Blues this summer

LONDON, 26 July —Chelsea have completed thesigning of Brazil internationalOscar from Internacional.The20-year-old playmaker, whois preparing for Brazil’sLondon 2012 Olympiccampaign, has becomeChelsea’s fourth signing ofthe summer.

“A 5ft 10in attackingmidfielder who can play wide,he has a reputation for goodpass-and-move football,protecting the ball andchoosing the right momentto play passes,” read astatement on the club’sofficial website.Oscar, fullname Oscar dos Santos

Chelsea manager RobertoDi Matteo has made his

fourth signing thissummer.— INTERNET

Emboaba Junior, started hiscareer with Sao Paulo in Brazil,making his first-team debut in2008.

He moved toInternacional two years laterand was used as a substitutein the 2010 FIFA Club WorldCup. Regarded as one of hiscountry’s brightest stars,Oscar has played for Brazil atevery age group from Under-15 to Under-20 and was part ofthe side that won the Under-17 World Championships fouryears ago.

He also scored a hat-trickas his side defeated Portugal3-2 in Colombia to win theFIFA Under-20 World Cuplast year.Oscar made his seniordebut for Brazil in September2011 and has won six caps, thelast of those coming againstArgentina in June, a match inwhich he claimed his first goalfor his country.Chelsea havealready completed thesignings of brothers Eden andThorgan Hazard as well asMarko Marin in this transferwindow.— Internet

Japan off to winning start in Olympic women’s soccerMizuho

Sakaguchi ofJapan heads

the ball duringthe preliminaryround Group F

match ofwomen’sfootball

between Japanand Canada, at

City ofCoventryStadium,

Britain, on 25July. 2012.

Japan won thematch 2-1.

XINHUA

COVENTRY, 26 July —World champions Japan gotoff to a winning start at theLondon Olympic Gameswomen’s soccer tournamentwhen they beat Canada 2-1on Wednesday. Japandominated throughout thematch with better individualskills and more fluentteamwork. Winger NahomiKawasumi and playmakerAya Miyama scored in thefirst half.Melissa Tancredipulled one back for Canadaafter the interval, but theycould make no more troublesfor the confident Japanesegirls.Britain’s women’s teambegan their campaign inCardiff with a 1-0 win overNew Zealand.

Team GB played betterin the first half after a shakystart and midfielder AnitaAsante went close threetimes.Controlling the pace ofthe game, Britain broke thedeadlock in the second halfas defender StephanieHoughton netted a fine free-

Roddick up forOlympic gloryon his favorite

surfaceLONDON, 26 July — Andy

Roddick from the UnitedStates is eagerly awaiting theLondon 2012 OlympicGames tennis tournamentwhich will be played atWimbledon on grass, one ofhis favorite surfaces. It’s thefirst time since tennis wasreintroduced to the Games asa medal sport (at Seoul 1988)that it will be played on grass.Roddick reached the men’ssingles final at the Wim-bledon Championships threetimes during his career — in2004, 2005 and 2009.

“I’m excited theOlympics are on grass as it’s asurface that I favor,” he said.“I’ve been looking forward toit.””I’m curious to see what itwill feel like. It’s two-out-of-three sets until the final. Two-out-of-three sets on grass is acrapshoot, so I’m excited.Anything goes there.”

Roddick, who lastcompeted in the Games atAthens 2004, added: “Youare playing for somethingdifferent. Normally we deal invery selfish terms as a tennisplayer, especially as a singlesplayer.— Internet

Andy Roddick from theUnited States

Roma forward FrancescoTotti (10) passes the ballpast Liverpool ‘s Ryan

McLaughlin (43) duringthe first half of their

friendly match at FenwayPark in Boston, on 25July, 2012.— INTERNET

Roma beats Liverpool 2-1 atFenway Park

Fearsome Amanar may hold key to women’sgold

Simona Amanar of Romania approaches the vault atthe Sydney 2000 Olympic Games. It sounds like anancient civilization, or perhaps a villain from the

Indiana Jones films, but the Amanar could hold thekey to glory in the women’s gymnastics at the London

Olympics.— INTERNET

LONDON, 26 July — Itsounds like an ancientcivilization, or perhaps avillain from the Indiana Jonesfilms, but the Amanar couldhold the key to glory in thewomen’s gymnastics at theLondon Olympics. One of themost fiendish vaults in thewomen’s event, the Amanarrequires gymnasts to performtwo and a half twists in mid-air after producing a backhandspring onto the vault.The more orthodox double-twisting Yurchenko vault —named after Soviet gymnastNatalia Yurchenko —requires only two twists tobe completed, and the extrahalf twist in the Amanar makesall the difference.

With the vault 10cmlower for the women than it isfor the men, femalecompetitors are not as highin the air when they springinto their salto, giving themless time to introduce twistsand tucks to their routine.The Amanar alsonecessitates a blind landing,as the final half twist obscuresthe gymnasts’ view of thefloor and means that theyfinish their vault facing awayfrom the apparatus.”A lot ofpeople don’t think that a halftwist is that much, but it’s alot harder,” said JordynWieber of the United States,the reigning women’s all-around world champion, in aNew York Times interviewearlier this month.

“It takes a while tomaster it.”It is not a vault forthe faint-hearted.Quite apartfrom the terror of not beingable to see the floor until the

very last moment, the finaltwist exerts extreme pressureon the knee and ankle jointsof the gymnast.Russia’sAliya Mustafina can testifyto the Amanar’s menace,having torn the anteriorcruciate ligament in her leftknee when attempting thevault at last year’s EuropeanChampionships.It remains tobe seen whether she willattempt the Amanar inLondon, but Wieber certainlywill.Only the Americansboast a team of five femalegymnasts who can allperform the Amanar, with thegraceful McKayla Maroney— who took gold on the vaultat last year’s WorldChampionships — arguably

the finest exponent.The Amanar is named

after Romanian gymnastSimona Amanar, the three-time Olympic champion, whounveiled a rusty version of itto the world at the 2000 Gamesin Sydney.It has a 6.5 difficultyrating — 0.7 points higher thanthe double-twistingYurchenko — which means itis a vault that confers a seriousadvantage upon any gymnastbrave enough to pull itoff.With the vault a feature ofthe all-around competitionsfor both teams andindividuals, as well as an eventin its own right, the Amanarlooks set to deliver a decisivetwist in the tale at the O2Arena.— Internet

BOSTON, 26 July —Michael Bradley andAlessandro Florenzi scoredsecond-half goals, liftingItaly’s Roma to a 2-1 victoryover Liverpool in an exhibitiongame at Fenway Park onWednesday night. Bradleysent a right-footed kick bykeeper Brad Jones thatcaromed into the goal off theleft post in the 63rd minute,drawing chants of ‘’USA!USA!’’ from the crowd of37,169. He’s the son of formerUS coach Bob Bradley.

Florenzi scored off arebound from directly in frontin the 69th minute—twominutes after entering thegame. Charlie Adam scored inthe 80th minute for

Liverpool.’’We did some goodthings,’’ Roma coach ZdenekZeman said through atranslator. ‘’We were well-placed, but we still lack 90minutes.’’Liverpool waswithout captain Steven Gerrardbecause rules require restfollowing internationaltournaments. Luis Saurez(Uruguay) is scheduled to playat the London Olympics andalso isn’t on the NorthAmerican tour for Liverpool.

The match was played inthe home of the Boston RedSox, owned by Fenway SportsGroup—also the owner ofLiverpool.There was a sea ofred in the recently turned 100-year old ballpark, but it wasn’tred for the Red Sox. For onenight, Fenway was transformedinto the home of Liverpool’sfans. The usual Red Sox jerseysworn by fans with the namesand numbers on the backsreading: ‘’Ortiz 34'’ and‘’Pedroia 15'’ were missing anda number of ‘’Gerrard 8'’ and‘’Saurez 7'’ jerseys filled thepark.

‘’It was incredible. I toldthem before, ‘You’ll be able totell your grandkids you playedfootball at Fenway Park,’’Liverpool coach BrendanRodgers said.The match wasdubbed ‘’Football at Fenway2012'’ and it had the flavor ofone at Anfield. The mediameal also was accordingly‘’fish and chips’’ —an Englishstaple.— Internet

kick from just outside the areain the 64th minute.A horribledefensive mix-up gave NewZealand a great chance tolevel the scores less than tenminutes later as two defenderscollided to put SarahGregorius through on goal,but her tame shot was easilysaved by Karen Bardsley.

The United States staged

a spectacular comeback asthey beat France 4-2 afterlagging 2-0 behind. AlexMorgan scored twice.Thereigning Olympic championslooked in trouble at Glasgow’sHampden Park when GaetaneThiney and Marie-Laure Deliehanded France a 2-0 lead after13 minutes.However, AbbyWambach’s header and a

cool finish from Morganbrought the score level beforehalf-time and further goalsfrom Carli Lloyd and Morganearly in the second half gavethe Americans a deservedvictory.Later, Brazil went topof Group E as they openedtheir Olympic campaign instyle with a comfortable 5-0victory over tournamentnewcomers Cameroon at theMillennium Stadium.

Early goals fromFrancielle and Renato Costaput Brazil in control, beforecaptain Marta with a braceand substitute Cristianesealed victory.Sweden beatSouth Africa 4-1 after a first-half scoring spree in theirOlympic Games Group F clashat the City of CoventryStadium.The DPR Koreanteam took the field an hourlate - after a protest over theuse of the ROK flag by mistakein a pre-match presentation -to beat Colombia 2-0 with twogoals from Kim Song-Hui.

Xinhua

International Sports

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(26-7-12 09:30 am ~28-7-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV(27-7-2012) (Friday)

Focus Myanmar TV ProgrammeWeather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Weather forecast for 27th July, 2012

* News* The 1st ASEAN

(RCEP-WGI)Meeting

* News* Music Programme* News* “News Tid Bits” US

Eases Restrictions onInverstment inMyanmar

* News* A Way for Food

Sufficiency* News* Strategic Tourism

Planning forMyanmar

* News* Come and visit, no

matter the distance(Pathein)

* News* Joint Seminar of

JICA and UMFCCI* News* Grand Opening of

MMDC* Alphabet of

Myanmar Language* Myanmar Movie

(Pure Love)

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw7:25 am 2. To be Healthy Exercise7:50 am 3. Nice & Sweet Song8:10 am 4. The Mirror Images of

The Musical Oldies8:25 am 5. Teleplay (Health)4:00 pm 6. Martial Song4:10 pm 7. Musical Programme4:40 pm 8. Song of National Races5:00 pm 9. Songs For Upholding

National Spirit5:10 pm10. Songs Of Yester Years5:20 pm11. Myanmar Language5:35 pm12. Documentary5:50 pm13. Sports Highlight6:20 pm14. Internet Garden7:00 pm15. Teleplay (Policy)8:00 pm16. News17. Just For Laughs18. TV Drama Series19. Song Lover

U Kyaw MraRetd. Director, Sports and Physical

Education DepartmentRetd. General Secretary,

Myanmar Olympic Committee(75) years

U Kyaw Mra, second eldest son of (former ChiefSecretary to the Govt of the Union of Myanmar & FormerSpecial Adviser of Public Administration Division, UNHdqrs, U Shwe Mra-Daw Khin Tint), brother of U Tun Mra-Daw Maibelle Maw, U Soe Mra-Daw Yin Oung, U Win Mra-Daw Mya Mar Mar Win, U Mg Mg Mra-Daw Tin TinKhaing, U Paw Myint Oo-Daw Mra Sandy, U Aye Kyaw-Daw Mra Hninzi, Dr Rai Mra-Dr Katherine Ba Thike, DrAung Mra, Dr Zan Mra-Dr Aye Khin Tu passed away atSakura Hospital on 25-7-2012 (Wednesday) at 5:40 am.Funeral will be at YAY WAY CEMETERY on 27-7-2012(Friday) at 12 noon.

Bereave Family

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr. No.

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 28/82 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

2 Kayah 25/77 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

3 Kayin 27/81 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

4 Chin 24/75 18/64 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

5 Upper Sagaing 32/90 26/79 Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

6 Lower Sagaing 32/90 26/79 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers

(IH) (100%)

7 Taninthayi 25/77 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

8 Bago 24/75 21/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

9 Magway 31/88 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

10 Mandalay 30/86 26/79 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers

(IH) (100%)

11 Mon 29/84 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

12 Yangon 30/86 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

13 Rakhine 26/79 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

14 Southern Shan 21/70 17/63 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

15 Northern Shan 28/82 21/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

16 Eastern Shan 23/73 21/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

17 Ayeyawady 32/90 25/77 Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 29/84 23/73 One or two rain or thundershowers (100%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 30/86 22/72 Some rain or thundershowers (100%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 30/86 26/79 One or two rain or thundershowers (100%)

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Lower Sagaing, Magway Regions and Kayah State, fairly widespread in Upper Sagaing, Mandalay and Bago Regions, Shan and Chin States and Widespread in the remaining Regions and States with regionally heavy falls in Taninthayi Region, Rakhine and Mon States and isolated heavy falls in Upper Sagaing and Ayeyawady Regions and Kayin State. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Kyaukpyu (6.06) inches, Launglon (5.75) inches, Dawei (4.96) inches, Ye (4.61) inches, Pyapon (4.29) inches, Gwa (4.25)inches, Thaton (4.01) inches, Chaungzon (3.70) inches, Kyaikkhami (3.62) inches, Kalay and Hpa-an (3.27) inches each, Kengtung and Central Yangon (2.91) inches each and Maubin (2.87) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Squalls with moderate to rough sea are likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35) mph.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of increase of rain in the Central Myanmar areas.

PRIZES AWARDED: The prize presentation fordistinction winner students in matriculation

examination 2012 was held at Pyinnya Yadana Hall ofBasic Education High School No 1 in Pakkoku on 24

July. Deputy Commissioner U Khin Maung Yi ofDistrict General Administration Department presents

prize to an outstanding student.MYANMA ALIN

Crime News

Stimulant tablets worthK 900 million seized in

MyitkyinaMYITKYINA, 26 July—Supervisor Police Captain Sai

Thein Zaw and party of Myitkyina Special Anti-DrugSquad managed purchase of large amount of narcotic drugs.Of them, Police WO Khin Zaw took the appearance of drugbuyer.

At about 7.30 pm on 21 July, they received call oftraffickers to inform them to wait on Mandalay-MyitkyinaUnion Highway beyond the Akye checkpoint in AkyeVillage of Myitkyina Township. Together with witnesses,the authorities seized the traffickers and searched themunder the law.

The authorities seized 300,000 stimulant tabletsweighing 30 kilos worth K 900 million and K 900,000 incash of proceeds from selling narcotic drugs, one China-made ZTE mobile phone with number of 09-49215905 inthe rare trunk of driver Thaung Myint (a) Meliho, citizenshipscrutiny card with U Meholi, one green Mazda jeep andwheel tax.

Thaung Myint (a) Meliho confessed that the stimulanttablets were trusted by U Yan Hson (a) Yan Saw ofChanmyathazi Township of Mandalay Region.

At present, action was taken against Thaung Myint (a)Meholi, 54 at Myitkyina No 1 Police Station under Maya(1)65/2012 and 15/19(a)/20(a)/21 of narcotic drug andpsychotropic substances law. Investigation is in process toarrest Yan Son (a) Yan Saw.

Kyemon

North Korea incidentovershadows action

Children hold the North Korean flag ahead of the women’sGroup G football match between North Korea and

Colombia at the London 2012 Olympic Games in HampdenPark, Glasgow, Scotland on 25 July, 2012. — REUTERS

CARDIFF, 26 July — Amajor diplomatic incidentmarred the first day ofcompetition at the LondonOlympics on Wednesdaywhen the North Koreawomen’s soccer team walkedoff after the South Korea flagwas mistakenly displayedbefore their match againstColombia. The error occurredin Scotland at Glasgow’sHampden Park stadium whichwas hosting one of the day’ssix matches kicking off thewomen’s tournament and ledto a lengthy delay before thegame eventually started.

Kicking off almost anhour later than the scheduledstart time of 1845 GMT, NorthKorea were far more composedon the pitch and went on torecord a 2-0 victory. In theday’s other games, reigningOlympic champions theUnited States, bidding for athird successive gold, camefrom behind to beat France 4-2, world champions Japan

defeated Canada 2-1 and hostsBritain overcame New Zealand1-0. Brazil, among the favoritesfor gold, thrashed Cameroon5-0 and Sweden, anotherpossible medalist, thumpedSouth Africa 4-1.

But the drama inGlasgow marked a day inwhich sporting action beganaround Britain two daysbefore the official openingceremony in London onFriday.The trouble startedwhen the South Korea flagwas shown on a giant screenbefore the kickoff of the GroupG match at Hampden Park,one of five venues hostinggames outside London, andOlympic organizers had toissue an apology.

“The South Korean flagwas shown in the videopackage on the screen beforethe kickoff and the NorthKoreans were naturally veryupset about that,” HampdenPark media manager AndyMitchell told Reuters.” We

have made a full apology tothe team and the North KoreanNOC (National OlympicCommittee). A genuinemistake was made for whichwe apologize. Steps will betaken to ensure it does nothappen again.”When asked ifhe thought it was an accident,North Korea coach Sin Ui-gun was not so sure and saidhe would ask the organizersthe same question.

“We were angry becauseour players were introducedas if they were from South

Korea, which may affect usgreatly as you may know,” hesaid.”Our team was not goingto participate unless theproblem was solved perfectlyand fortunately some timelater, the broadcasting wascorrected and shown againlive so we made up our mindto participate and go on withthe match,” he added.”If thismatter cannot be solved, wethought going on wasnonsense. Winning the gamecannot compensate for thatthing.”— Reuters

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NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—President of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein on 23 July attended aluncheon hosted by Joint Standing Committee on Commerce,Industry and Banking of Thailand at Shangri-La in Bangkokof Thailand.

Also present at the luncheon together with thePresident were Union Ministers U Wunna Maung Lwin, UMyint Hlaing, U Tin Naing Thein, U Aung Kyi, U Than Htayand U Win Myint, the Kayin State chief minister, theTaninthayi Region chief minister, the adjutant-general,deputy ministers, the Myanmar ambassador to Thailandand departmental heads.—MNA

President U Thein Sein attends luncheon hosted by Joint StandingPresident U Thein Sein attends luncheon hosted by Joint StandingCommittee on Commerce, Industry and Banking of ThailandCommittee on Commerce, Industry and Banking of Thailand

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—President UThein Sein received Thai businessmenseparately at The Siam Suite in MandarinOriental Hotel in Bangkok, Thailand, on 23July evening.

The President met CEO and

President U Thein Sein receivesPresident U Thein Sein receivesThai businessmenThai businessmen

Chairman of SCG Group Mr Kan Trakulhoonand party at 3.15 pm.

He received CEO and Chairman ofPTT Group Dr Pailin Chuchottaworm andCEO of PTTEP Mr Tevin Vongvanich at3.45 pm and Vice-President Mr AdirekSriPratak of CP Group Company at 4.30 pm.

Present at the calls together with thePresident were Union Ministers U WunnaMaung Lwin, U Myint Hlaing, U Tin NaingThein, U Aung Kyi and U Than Htay, thedeputy industry minister, the Myanmarambassador to Thailand and departmentalheads.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 26 July—President of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein received guestsseparately at Mandarin Oriental in Bangkok on 24 July.

At 10.30 am, the President received Indochina BureauChief Ms Anasuya Sanyal of Channel News AsiaInternational Television and replied to queries in a TVinterview.

At 11.45 am, the President received Chairman MrUpakit Pachariyangkun and party of Dawei Power andUtility Co. Ltd and discussed donation of two 122 MWturbine generators and investment of 15 MW generators forDawei Industrial Zone.

At 1.30 pm, the President received the delegation ledby Thai Minister of Defence Air Chief Marshal SukumpolSuwanatat.

The President also received CP Group Chairman MrDhanin Chearavanont and party and discusseddevelopment of agriculture and livestock breeding sectorsin Myanmar. He met with Chairman U Hla Win and partyof MK Group of Companies and had a discussion onbreeding of cows and milch cows, establishment of milkand dairy product factories and training for livestockbreeding. The President also received Chairman Mr VikromKromadit and party of Amata Foundation and focused ondevelopment of industrial zones. Moreover, he receivedVice Chairman Dr Mark Fung and party of SingapuraInvestment Holdings Pte Ltd and discussed upgrading of

President U Thein Sein receives guests separatelyPresident U Thein Sein receives guests separately

President U Thein Sein poses for documentary

photo together with those present at the

luncheon hosted by Joint Standing Committee

on Commerce, Industry and Banking of

Thailand.—MNA

President U Thein Sein receivesCEO and Chairman of PTT

Group Dr Pailin Chuchottawormand CEO of PTTEP Mr Tevin

Vongvanich at Madarin OrientalHotel.—MNA

President U Thein Sein receives CP Group Chairman Mr Dhanin Chearavanont and party atMandarin Oriental Hotel.—MNA

education and health sectors of Myanmar.Also present at the calls were Union Ministers U

Wunna Maung Lwin, U Myint Hlaing, U Tin Naing Thein,

U Aung Kyi, U Than Htay and U Win Myint, Chief Ministerof Taninthayi Region U Myat Ko, the Myanmar Ambassadorto Thailand and departmental heads.—MNA

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