Traditional Htamane making contests organized at famous ... · 2/21/2008 · Emergence of the...

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

Established 1914

Volume XV, Number 311 Fullmoon Day of Tabodwe 1369 ME Thursday, 21 February, 2008

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in termsof technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives

Puja ca pujaneyyanam, to honour those worthy of honour; this is the way to auspiciousness

YANGON, 20 Feb—The opening ceremony ofthe traditional Htamane making contest for 1369 MEwas held at the lower terrace of Shwedagon Pagoda,here, this evening.

Chairman of the Central Committee for Or-ganizing the Contest Member of the Pagoda Board ofTrustees U Sein Win Aung reported on the purpose oforganizing the contest.

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and De-velopment Council Commander of Yangon CommandMaj-Gen Hla Htay Win and Alternate Member of thePagoda Board of Trustees U Sein Win Aung formallyopened the contest.

Over 50 teams comprising members of thereligious association and staff took part in the contest.

The 23rd Buddha Pujaniya and Htamane Mak-ing Contest of Maha Wizaya Pagoda was held inDagon Township. Commander Maj-Gen Hla HtayWin and officials cut the ribbon to open the Pujaniyaand the contest.

A total of 26 teams participated in the contest.A similar contest was held at Lawka Chantha

Abhaya Labha Muni Buddha Image, attended by the(See page 8)

Traditional Htamane making contestsorganized at famous pagodas in Yangon

Members of religious associations participate in traditional Htamane making contest at lowerterrace of Shwedagon Pagoda. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win and a member of the Board of Trustees of ShwedagonPagoda formally open Htamane making contest. — MNA

Significant Night Temperatures

Weather forecast for 21-2-2008

Haka (0ºC)

Loilem (4ºC)

Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area

Generally fair weather.

Yangon and neighbouring area

Partly cloudy.

Mandalay and neighbouring area

Generally fair weather.

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:20 PM1

2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 21 February, 2008

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

People’s DesireThursday, 21 February, 2008

Take part in referendum toseek approval of the draftof the State Constitution

The desire of the entire people is emergenceof a new peaceful modern developed discipline-flourishing democratic nation.

The government is implementing the seven-step Road Map for building of a new democraticnation in accord with the people’s desire and itis making endeavours for the emergence of anew constitution. The draft of the StateConstitution has been drawn in accord with thefundamental principles and detailed basicprinciples unanimously laid down at the NationalConvention.

The Commission for Drafting the StateConstitution made suggestions and decisions byholding group-wise meetings, and plenarymeetings many times and the commissionapproved the draft of the State Constitution on19 February. In the commission those who arewell-experienced persons who went through theprevious two constitutions of Myanmar areincluded. Some members are the ones who arewell-versed in local and international laws.Moreover, some are those out of the over 1,000delegates who represented the entire people atthe National Convention. This is why the draft ofthe constitution can successfully be drawn.

The approval of the draft of the StateConstitution will be sought in a referendum inMay 2008 in accordance with the fourth step ofthe Road Map.

It is the national duty for all the entirepeople whatever role they are in to activelyparticipate in the tasks for holding of thereferendum for approval of the draft of the StateConstitution enshrined with the noblest andworthiest of worldly values such as justice, libertyand equality and fundamental principles that canguarantee the fundamental rights of the citizensand safeguard the national interest forever.

YANGON, 20 Feb—The International Instituteof Abhidhamma (I.I.A)will commence theCertificate Course inEnglish in Abhidhamma,dealing with the originalBooks of AbhidhammaPitaka, in October.

Prior to the CertificateCourse, with a view tolaying down thegroundwork andproviding a goodfoundation in the subject,the I.I.A will conductCourses in theCompendium of Philo-sophy (Abhidhammattha

Courses in Compendium of Philosophy(Abhidhammattha Sangha)

Sangha) in Myanmar andEnglish by Sayagyi U TinHtut and SayagyiProfessor Dr Mehm TinMon, in the evenings onweekdays at AbhidhammaDhammayone, No. 49-51Kaba Aye Pagoda Road,Bahan Township, here.From 3 March to 30September, on everyMonday and Tuesday,Sayagyi U Tin Htut willgive lecture onCompendium ofPhilosophy in Myanmarfrom 4.30 pm to 6.30 pmat AbhidhammaDhammayone and on

every Wednesday andFriday from 4.30 pm to6.30 pm, SayagyiProfessor Dr Mehm TinMon will give lecture onCompendium ofPhilosophy in English atthe same venue.

Those interested mayattend the courses free ofcharge. For furtherinformation contacttelephone number254102.—H

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Feb—Secretariat Member of theUnion Solidarity and Development AssociationMinister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung had a meetingwith township level officials, members of the schoolboard of trustees, teachers and matriculation studentsat Bo Ya Nyunt Hall of Welaung Basic Education HighSchool in Myingyan District, Mandalay Division,yesterday.

The minister looked into the cotton ginning factory(Mahlaing) and Pyawbwe Textile Factory (Project) ofMyanma Textile Industries.

He also inspected the soap factory (Yamethin) ofMyanma Pharmaceutical Industries and the dyeingand printing factory (Yamethin) of Myanma TextileIndustries.

MNA

Minister inspects factories in Mandalay Division

YANGON, 20 Feb — An ART-72 aircraft of AirBagan overshot the runway by 300 feet as it took offfrom Putao to fly to Myitkyina of Kachin State at 3.15pm yesterday.

One passenger and the co-pilot were slightlyinjured in the incident. Local authorities and officialsof Air Bagan Ltd rushed to the scene and providednecessary assistance to the passengers. — MNA

CPT Minister visits Yatanarpon MyothitProject in PyinOoLwin

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Feb— Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-Gen

Minister U Aung Thaung inspects Pyawbwe Textile Factory project in Pyawbwe.— INDUSTRY-1

Minister Brig-GenThein Zaw visits

Yatanarpon TeleportBuilding inYatanarpon

Myothit.— MPT

Thein Zaw discussed withofficials prospects ofinvestment andconstruction works inYatanarpon Myothit inPyinOoLwin Townshipon 16 February.

At the meeting withofficials at YatanarponTeleport Building inYatanarpon Myothit, theminister heard reports onthe project and gaveinstructions to officials.

During his tour ofMandalay, the ministervisited the Myanma Postsand Telecommunications

Office which is beingequipped with machineryto establish thecommunication network.The minister called fortimely completion of thework. —MNA

Air Bagan aircraft overshootsrunway in Putao

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:20 PM2

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 21 February, 2008 3

Indian police seize 8 pounds ofuranium from smugglers

Suicide car blast kills35 in S Afghanistan

China-Bangladesh FriendshipBridge opens to traffic

MUNSHIGANJ (Bangladesh), 20 Feb—The 6th China-Bangladesh Friendship Bridge was formally open totraffic Monday in Bangladesh’s Munshiganj district,37 kilometres southeast of capital Dhaka.

Bangladeshi caretaker government Chief AdviserFakhruddin Ahmed said at the opening ceremony thathis government is very grateful to the unselfishassistance by the Chinese Government.

Ahmed said the opening of the bridge will bringsocial development not only to the local area, but alsoto the areas nearby. He also extended congratulationsto the workers on their successful construction of thebridge. Chinese Ambassador to Bangladesh ZhengQingdian said in return that as a developing country,China has always tried its best to help its brotherlycountries, like Bangladesh. — MNA/Xinhua

Democratic presidential candidate Senator Barack Obama greets supportersduring a campaign event in Houston on 19 Feb, 2008.

INTERNET

Joao Araujo of Morpheus Teatro 12 , San Paulo,Brazil, puts the non, Vietnamese hat, on his

Marionette during his performance for Vietnamesechildren at Hanoi Place of Culture for Teenagersin Hanoi,Vietnam, on 19 Feb, 2008, during the

First International Marionette Festival.—INTERNET

KABUL, 20 Feb—Thirtyfive civilians were killedand another 27 wereinjured, including threeforeign soldiers, in asuicide car bombing attackon foreign military convoyin Afghanistan’s troubledsouthern Kandahar Pro-vince Monday, provincialgovernor said.

The blast took placearound 3:00 pm (1030GMT) in Spin Boldak neara market when a convoyof foreign troops waspassing the area,according to officials.

Asadullah Khalid,governor of KandaharProvince, told media thatthe three injured soldierswere Canadians.

Qari Yousuf Ahmadi, apurported spokesman forthe Taleban, fightingAfghan Government andforeign troops since fallfrom power in late 2001,took the responsibility,saying 10 foreign soldiersand “a number of” Afghanpolicemen were killed inthe latest bombing attack.

Some 2,500 troops fromCanada serving underNATO command oftenpatrol parts of the volatileprovince.— MNA/Xinhua

I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S

Inaugural Singapore Airshow opensSINGAPORE, 20 Feb—The

inaugural SingaporeAirshow opened Tuesdayat an 82-million-Singa-pore-dollar (about 58-million-US-dollar) newsite here, after the AsianAerospace show left forHong Kong in 2006.

Two years ago, whenthe organizers of the AsianAerospace moved out afterthey could not agree withthe Singapore Governmenton funding for the new site,the city-state decided tocontinue with a world-classairshow here under theSingapore brand, with allthe elements of tradeexhibition, static and flyingdisplays and conferences.

“We have now deliveredon our promise,” saidSingapore Prime MinisterLee Hsien Loong at the

official opening of theSingapore Airshow 2008.

More than 800 com-panies from 42 countriesand regions, representing59 of Forbes’ top 100 aero-space companies, willdisplay their wares fromTuesday in a 30-hectarespace, which includesa 40,000-square-metre

indoor display area. The Prime Minister

announced that Singa-pore’s aviation output hit ahigh of 6.9 billion Singa-pore dollars (about 4.9billion US dollars) in2007, a growth of morethan 10 per cent over theprevious year.

MNA/Xinhua

Six Singapore Armed Forces F-16 Black Knightsfly upside-down in formation during an aerial

display on 19 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

Five Iraqis killed in rocketbarrage on US base

BAGHDAD, 20 Feb—At least five Iraqis were killed,16 people wounded, including two US soldiers, inMonday’s rocket barrage on a US military base inBaghdad, the US military said on Tuesday.

The incident took place when insurgents fired aseries of rockets on the Victory Base Complex insouthwestern Baghdad in the afternoon, a militarystatement said. Citing initial reports, the statement putthe toll at five Iraqis killed and 14 wounded, eight ofthem were transported to a US military clinic fortreatment.

Two US soldiers were also wounded in the attack onthe base which located within the perimeter of Baghdadairport, it added.—MNA/Xinhua

PATNA (India), 20Feb — Police in easternIndia have seized eightpounds (around fourkilos) of low-qualityuranium after theyarrested a gang ofsmugglers near Nepal’sborder.

The seizure was madein Supaul District in theeastern Indian state ofBihar late on Monday,police said.

“We pounced uponthem while they all werestriking a deal near theborder,” senior districtpolice official ShyamKumar told Reuters by

telephone from Supaul,north of Bihar’s statecapital Patna.

India has a major

uranium mine, Jaduguda,in the neighbouring stateof Jharkhand.

MNA/Reuters

Obama says Clinton’shousing plan helps rich

SAN ANTONIO (Texas), 20F e b — D e m o c r a t i cpresidential hopefulBarack Obama accusedrival Hillary Clinton onTuesday of rewarding therich and hurting futuremortgage seekers with herplan to end the US housingcrisis. Clinton, a New YorkSenator and former firstlady, and Obama, a Se-nator from Illinois, arehighlighting their eco-nomic credentials to swayvoters concerned about apossible recession and

struggling to choosebetween two historiccandidates.

Clinton, who would bethe first woman president,honed in on the housingcrisis in January, proposingthe introduction of a 90-day moratorium onsubprime foreclosures andan automatic rate freezeon subprime mortgages ofat least five years.

Obama, seeking tocounter criticism thathis inspiring speechesemphasize style over

substance, said Clinton’splan to freeze the monthlyrate on existing adjustablerate mortgages did nottarget “struggling home-owners” who need helpthe most.

“It will reward peoplewho made this problemworse but it will alsoreward people who arewealthy and don’t need it,”Obama, who would be thefirst Black president, told asmall group gathered todiscuss the economy in SanAntonio.—MNA/Reuters

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:20 PM3


South Korea Army helicoptercrashes; 7 dead

SEOUL, 20 Feb — Seven South Korean soldierswere killed when their military helicopter crashed intoa mountain east of Seoul early on Wednesday morning,an Army spokesman said.

“We are still trying to find out the reason for thecrash,” he said. The helicopter was returning to baseafter it had dropped off a soldier at a hospital whoappeared to have suffered a stroke, the spokesmansaid. — MNA/Reuters

Tai Lihua, art director of China Disabled People’sPerforming Art Troupe (C), leads 20 deaf dancers

to perform “Thousand-hand AvalokitesvaraBodhisattva”, or “Guan Yin”, a Chinese goddess,

in Beijing on 19 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

A worker displays gold jewellery at the Indiainternational jewellery exhibition in the southern

Indian city of Chennai on 20 Feb, 2008. India’s golddemand remained low on Thursday as prices firmed

up slightly, but the appetite had revived a bit withpeople looking to buy at dips, dealers said.—INTERNET

MANILA, 20 Feb— Flash floods have killed at leastfive people in the central Philippines and forcedthousands to flee to higher ground after days of heavyrains, a provincial governor said on Tuesday.

“More than 10,000 people have been affected,” saidBen Evardone, the Governor of Eastern Samar, a poorrural province facing the Pacific Ocean.

He said many families were still trapped in interiorvillages after rising flood waters caused rivers to swelland burst their banks. “We cannot get to them becausethe only means of transportation is by boat.”

Evardone said five people had been reported killed,including a child. Another man was injured.

Landslides and floodings are common in thePhilippines, which is lashed by about 20 typhoonseach year. Information on casualties can be difficultdue to poor communications and hard-to-reach disastersites. — MNA/Reuters

ISLAMABAD, 20 Feb—Latest incomplete resultsof Pakistan’s elections onTuesday show that Pakis-tan People’s Party (PPP)takes the lead by winning77 out of the 228 NationalAssembly seats, whichhave gone to candidates.

So far 228 out of 269NA seats have been an-nounced, local TV channelGeo reported, adding thatPakistan Muslim League-Nawaz (PML-N) was therunner-up with 62 seatsand former ruling partyPakistan Muslim League-Quaid gained 34 seats.

Due to the demise of

SEOUL, 19 Feb— SouthKorean President-electLee Myung-bak, who willtake office on next Mon-day, announced his newCabinet members onMonday.

Following is the list ofnew Cabinet membersnominated by Lee.

Finance Minister:Kang Man-soo, formervice finance minister

Education Minister:Kim Doh-yeon, SeoulNational UniversityProfessor

Foreign Minister: YuMyung-hwan, Ambas-sador to Japan

Defence Minister: LeeSang-hee, former chair-man of the Joint Chiefs of

DILI, 19 Feb— EastTimor’s interim presidenturged rebels believed tobe involved in an assassi-nation attempt on thecountry’s President tosurrender on Monday asone person was arrestedin connection with theattack.

PPP leading in Pakistan’sgeneral elections

some contesting candi-dates, polling on some NAseats have been postponed.Local media reported thatmore than 40 parties willvie for 269 out of the 272NA seats in the generalelections.

President PervezMusharraf said Mondaythat whichever party wonthe elections should formthe government.

In case there is not ahung Parliament, a coali-tion government shouldbe formed, said Musharraf.

If the initial resultsprovided by Geo can beconfirmed by the Election

Commission of Pakistan,according to which morethan 100 NA seats are stillawaited to be announced,no party will win majorityvotes in the elections andPakistan will have acoalition governmentaccording to Musharraf’sstatement. —MNA/Xinhua

East Timor urges rebelsto surrender

Rebel soldiers raidedJose Ramos-Horta’shome last Monday, se-riously wounding thePresident during a gun-fight. Police are huntingthe rebels in nearby hillsand arrest warrants havebeen issued against 17people suspected ofinvolvement in the attack.

Prime Minister Xana-na Gusmao, who escapedunhurt in a separate at-tack, ordered the coun-try’s military and policeforces to form a jointcommand to carry out thearrests. East Timor’s pro-secutor-general has issued

an arrest warrant forGastao Salsinha who sayshe has taken command ofrebel soldiers after rebelleader Alfredo Reinadowas killed during theattack on Ramos-Horta.

“Salsinha must handover weapons to facejustice,” interim presidentFernando de Araujo told anews conference at thepresidential palace.

“I have ordered the(military and police)forces to continue the pro-cess against Salsinha, butthey should respect humanrights,” he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Floods kill five, forcethousands to flee

in PhilippinesS Korean President-elect

unveils new CabinetStaff

Agriculture Minister:Chung Woon-chun,chairman of the KoreaAgriculture CEO Asso-ciation

Justice Minister: KimKyung-han, former vicejustice minister

Culture Minister: YooIn -chon ,Chung-AngUniversity Professor andTV actor

Commerce Minister:Lee Youn-ho, vice chair-man of the Federation ofKorean Industries

Environment Minis-ter: Park Eunkyung,YWCA Chairwoman

Labour Minister: LeeYoung-hee, Inha Univer-sity Professor

Health & WelfareMinister: Kim Soung-yee,Ewha Woman’s Univer-sity Professor

Construction & Tran-sportation Minister:Chung Jong-hwan, for-mer head of Korea RailNetwork Authority

Public Administration& Security Minister: WonSei-hoon, former viceSeoul mayor

Cabinet member: NamJoo-hong, Kyonggi Uni-versity Professor

Cabinet member: LeeChoon-ho, vice chair-person of Korea FreedomLeague. — MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 20 Feb— China’s Ministry of Health onMonday confirmed a human case of H5N1 bird flu inthe central Hunan Province.

A 22-year-old man surnamed Li in Jianghua County,Yongzhou City, suffered fever and headache on 16January and was hospitalized on 22 January. Hissymptoms worsened despite treatment. Li died at 5 pmon 24 January after all rescue measures failed.

His specimens tested positive for the bird flu virusstrain H5N1, said the country’s Centre for DiseaseControl and Prevention. The report did not identifyhow he might have contracted the disease.

The virus is most commonly passed from sickpoultry to humans who have close contact with infectedbirds. —MNA/Xinhua

Central China confirmsnew human bird flu case

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:20 PM4


E C O N O M I C N E W S

A member of staff displays a rare 101.27 caratdiamond, the largest colourless diamond to appearat auction in nearly 20 years, at an auction house

in London, on 19 Feb, 2008. —INTERNET

Models pose withToshiba’s HD-XA1 HDDVD player in Tokyo.

Toshiba’s decision to nolonger develop, make ormarket high-definitionHD DVD players andrecorders will meanconsumers can start

feeling more confidentabout buying thevictorious rival

technology — a Blu-raydisc player.INTERNET

MEXICO CITY, 20 Feb— Mexican President FelipeCalderon and Denmark’s Queen Margrethe II Mondayagreed to promote bilateral economic ties andcollaborate on environmental issues at the start of theQueen’s official visit.

“I particularly appreciate this first visit by a Danishhead of state to Mexico. It will be a memorableoccasion for both our peoples,” Calderon said in aceremony at the National Palace.

Calderon said Mexico was particularly interestedin boosting ties with Denmark in renewable energy andenergy efficiency, “in which the Danes are worldleaders”.

He said that Denmark was Mexico’s sixth largestdirect investor in Europe, with 115 internationalcompanies worth a total of 1.4 billion US dollars.

“Mexico, alongside Brazil and Argentina, is one ofthe top Latin American destinations for Danishinvestment,” he said.

Margrethe said she had longed to return since shevisited Mexico unofficially before becoming queen,some 42 years ago. “Our nations share values likedemocracy, good governance and human rights, andboth nations are worried about climate change and theenvironment,” she said. —MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 19 Feb—Oil advanced for a fourth day onMonday, supported by an escalating row betweenOPEC member Venezuela and oil major Exxon Mobil.

The quarrel between Venezuela and Exxon hashelped oil bounce back from this year’s low of 86.11,US dollars but worries about a slowdown in top oilconsumer the United States could prevent a return torecord highs of 100 US dollars a barrel struck in earlyJanuary.

US crude was up 80 cents at 96.30 US dollars abarrel by 1515 GMT. On Friday it had closed 4 centshigher at 95.50, US dollars after touching a one-monthhigh of 96.67, US dollars.

London Brent crude was up 70 cents at 95.33 USdollars.

“Oil prices are remaining at firm levels, buttressedby perceived supply side risks,” David Moore, aresource analyst at the Commonwealth Bank ofAustraliam said in a research note.

There is also evidence of investors moving backinto oil, which could point to further price strength.

MNA/Reuters

Mexico, Denmarkagree to boosteconomic ties

Oil rises, buoyed bysupply risks,speculators

New Thai Govt revives populisteconomic policies

HK jewellery fair to attract2,300 exhibitors

HONG KONG, 20 Feb — The Hong KongInternational Jewellery Show, the third largest of itskind, will attract over 2,300 exhibitors from 46 countriesand regions from 4 to 8 March at Hong Kong Conventionand Exhibitions Centre, the organizer said Tuesday.

Chairman of Fair Organizing CommitteeLawrence Ma said, a wide range of activities, includingseminars, jewellery parades and networking cocktailswill be launched to expand the fair’s portfolio andstrengthen Hong Kong’s status as the world’s majorjewellery sourcing centre.

Hong Kong Trade Development Council(HKTDC), organizer of Hong Kong InternationalJewellery Show, will set up seven special zones at thefair as well as 14 group pavilions from the ChineseMainland, India, Italy, Thailand, the United States andother countries and regions.—MNA/Xinhua

Protesters burn a replica of the US flag and aneffigy of President Gloria Macapagal Arroyoduring a rally against the upcoming US and

Philippine joint military exercise andhumanitarian mission in Davao city, southern

Philippines, on 18 Feb, 2008. —INTERNET

World tea prices to maintain upwardtrend in 2008

ROME, 19 Feb — World tea prices in 2008 are expected to maintain their upwardtrend as a result of a tight supply on the world market exacerbated by a projected10-per-cent de-crease in Kenyan pro-duction due to civil unrest, according to anFAO re-port on current and future trends in the tea market, which is available Sun-day.

This follows a review of the world tea market for 2006 which indicated animprovement in the fundamental oversupply situation that had persisted for manyyears.

MNA/Xinhua

BANGKOK, 19 Feb —Thailand’s new govern-ment set out its economicpriorities on Monday,promising village hand-outs, cheap loans and adebt moratorium for thepoor as it revived thepopulist policies of oustedprime minister ThaksinShinawatra.

Multi-billion-dollarinfrastructure projectswere given lower billingin the government’spolicy agenda unveiledfor the first time inParliament on Monday.

There was nomention of the capitalcontrols which tarnishedThai-land’s investment

reput-ation when theywere imposed in late 2006to rein in a surging baht.

Prime MinisterSamak Sundaravej, whosaid last week a review ofthe curbs would take twomonths, set 19 prioritiesfor his six-party coalitiongov-ernment in its firstyear, most of them

policies to spur domesticspending.

“It is a governmentpriority to enhance thegrassroots economy sothey have the potential toearn more and pay less,”Samak told Parliament inan apparent reference torural Thais who gave hisPeople Power Party themost seats in a Decemberpoll. Samak, 72,promised to boost cashhandouts to villages fordevelopment projects,replace loan sharks witha state-owned “Peoples’Bank”, forgive the debtsof farmers and the poor,and build new homes forlow-income earners inBangkok.

MNA/Reuters

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM5


PHNOM PENH, 20 Feb— The number ofCambodians who testedHIV positive dropped in2007, even though morepeople have come in tobe tested, local mediareported Tuesday.

According to figuresfrom the latest report fromthe National Centre forHIV/AIDS, Dermatologyand STDs (NCHADS),the number of peopletaking an HIV test jumpedto nearly 300,000 last year,

COLOMBO, 19 Feb— SriLankan troops killedmore than 50 Tamil Tigerrebels in weekend battlesin the island’s north inwhich two soldiers werealso killed, the militarysaid on Monday.

Fighting between themilitary and the Liberat-ion Tigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) has intensifiedsince the governmentscrapped a six-yearceasefire pact last month.

The government saidthe rebels had used thetruce to re-arm.

Troops killed 54 rebelfighters in a series ofclashes in the northernJaffna Peninsula, thenorthern districts of Va-

V I L L I E R S - L E - B E L

(France), 19 Feb —French police launchedraids in a Parisian suburbearly on Monday,arresting 25 people theysuspected of beinginvolved in violent clashesthat broke out in the areain November, a policesource said.

About a thousandpolice officers were in-volved in the operation,which began at about6 am (0500 GMT) inVilliers-le-Bel, to thenorth of Paris, andneighbouring suburbs.

“Inquiries conductedby the police servicessince November allowed36 suspects to be identi-

with 5 per cent of themtesting positive, theMekong Times newspapersaid.

In 2006, only about230,000 people weretested, while 7 per centwere HIV positive, itadded.

NCHADS PresidentMean Chhivon attributedthe reduction in thenumber of HIV carriers topeople being more awareof the disease and to therebeing a mushrooming of

HIV voluntary testing andcounselling centresthroughout the country,the newspaper said.

In 2006, Cambodia’sHIV prevalence rate haddecreased to around 0.9per cent of the wholepopulation, while it was2 per cent in 1998,according to World HealthOrganization (WHO)figures. — MNA/Xinhua

Sri Lanka says 56 killedin fighting in north

vuniya and Polonaruwaand the northwesterndistrict of Mannar, theMinistry of Defence saidin a statement.

The Liberation Tigersof Tamil Eelam (LTTE)were not available forcomment and analysts sayboth sides tend to inflateenemy casualty figures inthe absence of indepen-dent accounts of thefighting. Buoyed bybattlefield victories in theeast, where it has capturedswathes of rebel-heldterrain, the government isnow seeking to overrunthe separatist Tigers’ nor-thern stronghold in thelatest chapter of a 25-yearcivil war. —MNA/Reuters

French police raidParis suburb

fied, of whom 25 have forthe moment been calledin for questioning. Theoperation has gone wellso far,” prosecutor Marie-Therese de Givry toldreporters. About 60police officers wereinjured in the Novemberclashes, which followedthe death of two boys in amotor-cycle accident witha police car in Villiers-le-Bel. A library, severalpublic buildings anddozens of cars wereburned during the unrest,which reawakened me-mories of the riots in poorFrench suburbs in 2005when youths torchedthousands of cars duringweeks of clashes withpolice. — MNA/Reuters

Genetically modified corn cob EU farm ministersfailed on 18 Feb, to agree whether to allow newstrains of genetically modified maize and potato,amid persisting divisions over biotech products.

INTERNET

Thisartist’s

illustrationshows thegiganticancient

frogBeelzebufoampignaface-to-

face witha modernfrog, witha pencil

added forscale.

INTERNET

A portrait of Confucius in Wuhan. More than twomillion people have registered as descendants ofthe philosopher tripling the size of the celebrated

Chinese philosopher’s family tree, state mediareported on 18 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

ABU DHABI, 19 Feb— A licence plate bearingsimply the number “1” fetched what organizers saidwas a world record 14 million US dollars at a charityauction in Abu Dhabi on Saturday.

The price paid by Saeed Abdel Khouri, 25, beat arecord set by one of his relatives in September, theorganizers said in a statement.

The record has been submitted to the GuinnessWorld Records Book, they said.

Proceeds from the auction will fund constructionof a specialized emergency hospital in the seven-member United Arab Emirates.— MNA/Reuters

Abu Dhabi licence plateauctioned, record $14m

BEIJING, 19 Feb — It’s been 40 million years sinceAntarctic waters were warm enough for sharks to lurkaround and feed on polar prey, but rising oceantemperatures from global warming could eventuallybring the toothy predators back, media reportedTuesday quoting scientists as saying.

If sharks reenter Antarctic waters, the entire polarecosystem will be severely altered, with the ferociouspredators easily preying on a wide assortment ofslow-moving, soft-bodied organisms that dominatethe sea floor of the cold-water environment, saidCheryl Wilga, an associate professor of biomechanicsat the evolution at University of Rhode Island.

“Sharks and crabs are the biggest predators ofbenthic [bottom dwelling] invertebrates and the entireenvironment will change,” Wilga said.

Sharks generally thrive in warm, tropical watersand have a high metabolic rate because they mustswim constantly to aerate their gills. —Internet

Global warming may bringsharks back to Antarctic

Less Cambodians infected inHIV tests in 2007

Italy arrests top mafia bossROME, 20 Feb— Italian police have arrested the

leader of the powerful Calabrian Mafia, InteriorMinister Giuliano Amato said here.

Pasquale Condello, 57, was captured in a house inReggio Calabria in the southern tip of mainland Italy,police said. There were no further details of hiscapture. Amato said in a statement that Condello was“the number one boss of the ‘Ndrangheta”, the nameof the Calabrian Mafia which, largely through drugtrafficking, has become far more powerful than themore famous Sicilian mob.

Police called Condello “the Provenzano ofCalabria”, Amato said, a reference to BernadoProvenzano, the Sicilian “boss of bosses” who wasarrested in April 2006.—MNA/Reuters

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM6


Set up Myanmar Green hotelsChit Swe Myint

Tourism and hotels are interrelated with each

other. Tourism reflects a combination of hotels and

accommodations, restaurants, vehicles, culture of

human beings, and environmental conservation, and

their sustainable progress. Hotels and

accommodations provide services for tourists.

Economic processes, which contribute

towards the economy and incomes of a region,

country, place and people, gain benefits in

proportion to services provided for tourists. Due to

the interrelation, man sometimes views tourism

and hotels separately, combines them, and is

confused about them, depending on the sector

concerned, individual opinion, and services because

it seems that man considers travel agents’ service to

be tourism. Tourism is, in fact, just tourism, not a

hotel, travel agent, restaurant, vehicle, or

entertainment with culture of the region concerned

and modern culture.

Anyhow, accommodation is indispensable for

tourism. It should provide enough accommodation

for more than 700 million tourists travelling around

the world yearly. We sometimes give an offer to our

guests to put up at home in accordance with Myanmar

traditions. However, there may be some difficulties on

both sides, so people think of staying in a hotel or a

lodging house if they can afford.

India has a large area and is rich in fine traditions,

culture and natural resources. When it laid down a

strategy to promote its tourism, it noticed that it could

not provide enough accommodation for expected

number of tourists. Moreover, it was not in a position

to provide more accommodation due to its dense

population.

So, it is required to build various forms of hotels

and accommodations for various sorts of tourist

destinations and tourists, such as hotel, motel, inn,

resort, hostel, transient hotel, lodge, guest house, B &

B, time share, and home stay.

ASEAN countries are in the list of famous

tourist destinations, attracting about 10 per cent of the

total number of tourists from around the world. Leaders

of the ASEAN countries are now seeking better ways

to lure a greater number of tourists to their countries,

and coordinating among themselves to shape the whole

ASEAN region into an ASEAN Single Destination. In

addition, an agreement has been reached to establish

an ASEAN Economic Community. Based on the

programmes, leaders of the ASEAN Tourism

Industry sought means to standardize norms in

tourism. In that regard, they set up ASEAN Tourism

Standards. The process mainly includes status and

standards of hotels.

The standard of hotels that is necessary for

tourism standard is designated as green hotel. In a

bid to establish a Single Destination to attract a

growing number of tourists to ASEAN, the term

“Green Hotel” was laid down not only to improve

the standards of hotels in the region but also to make

them attractive. The best ones of the hotels and

resorts in various countries that won +ve in previous

years were presented Green Hotel Award at the 11th

ASEAN Tourism Ministers Meeting in Bangkok,

Thailand, on 22 January 2008. The Ministry of

Hotels and Tourism of Myanmar nominated ten of

the hotels and resorts in Yangon, Ngapali, Kalaw,

Inlay, Bagan and Ngwehsaung regions.

Tourism industry will be thriving for long. In

the 21st Century, the world started to see shortage of

fuel including oil, so the countries are thinking of

possible problems. So, the tourism world places

emphasis on environmental conservation for

sustainable tourism. Tourism will be thriving for

ever. Even if the world sees significant development

of science, people will make space trips.

Rich natural resources alone are not enough

for development of the tourism industry. It is also

needed to fulfil the requirements of people with

various forms of services innovated by man.

I would like to urge hoteliers to upgrade their

hotels, motels and resorts to ones that meet the

standards of a green hotel.

Translation: MS

(20-2-2008 Myanma Alin)

The standard of hotels that is necessary fortourism standard is designated as green hotel.In a bid to establish a Single Destination toattract a growing number of tourists toASEAN, the term “Green Hotel” was laiddown not only to improve the standards ofhotels in the region but also to make themattractive.

LOS ANGELES, 20 Feb— Microsoft Chairman BillGates Tuesday announceda software giveawayprogramme that would givestudents around the worldfree access to his company’ssoftware- developmenttools.

The programme,dubbed MicrosoftDreamSpark, was intro-duced by Gates in hisspeech at StanfordUniversity near San

Microsoft software programme tobenefit students worldwide

Francisco. Gates an-nounced his departurefrom Microsoft’s day-to-day operations mana-gement about two yearago, and began a full-timecareer on charity efforts.

Microsoft is makingthe free softwareimmediately available toabout 35 million studentsenrolled in colleges in 10countries, including theUnited States, Britain,China, France and

Germany.The programme will be

expanded to more countriesin six months.

The software,including Visual Studio,Microsoft’s suite ofprogramming languages,and Expression Studio, atool for designing userinterfaces and Web pages,would cost thousands ofdollars to buy, companyofficials said.

MNA/Xinhua

Colombia asks more int’l help toprotect Amazon

BOGOTA, 20 Feb —Colombian EnvironmentMinister Juan Lozanoasked the world for morecooperation to protect theAmazon rainforest,dubbed “the lungs of theworld.”

“Today we aredemanding more solidarityfrom the world, for morecollaboration and for moreresources. We have beenlining up cooperation

efforts and achievingimportant results,” headded.

In 2008, Colombia’sGovernment doubled thebudget for conservation andnational park restoration,aiming to “correct thenation’s environmentalindebtedness”.

Lozano said thegovernment regarded theprotection of native woodsand the proper exploitation

of natural resources as ahigh priority, and wouldpush strategic allianceswith indigenous citizens.

“We have to defendour nature reserves againstany proposed law or decreeand obviously makeprogress in theconsultations that areneeded with the nation’sindigenous communitiesand Afro-Colombians,” hesaid.—MNA/Xinhua

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM7


YANGON, 20 Feb —Hailing the 63rdAnniversary Armed ForcesDay, the opening of Innma-Indagaw-Khayaykan newgravel road (Thayatdaw-Byantgyi-Taikgon roadsection) built by PantanawTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee washeld at the road in Pantanaw

USDA CEC member attends opening of newroads in Pantanaw, Zalun Townships

Khayaykan and Danawvillage-tracts at Byantgyi-Taikgon village BasicEducation Middle School.

The minister alsoattended the opening of newAdar street in ZalunTownship constructed byZalun Township DACyesterday.

Next, the minister went

YANGON, 20 Feb —President of Union ofMyanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerceand Industry U WinMyint, General SecretaryU Sein Win Hlaing andJoint Secretary U TunAung met Ambassador ofBangladesh to MyanmarMr Abu RoshdeRokonuddawla andCounsellor (Commerce)Mr Md Aftabuzzaman atthe UMFCCI building inLanmadaw Township thismorning.

At the meeting, theyheld discussions onboosting bilateral tradeand co-organizingexpositions.

MNA

UMFCCI President meets Bangladeshi Ambassador

Minister Col Thein Nyunt and officials inspect new gravel road in Pantanaw Township. — MNA

President of UMFCCI U Win Myint meets Bangladeshi AmbassadorMr Abu Roshde Rokonuddawla. — UMFCCI

Chairman ofEducational

Work Committee ofUMFCCI

U Sein Win Hlaingdelivers an

address at openingof InternationalTrade Course.

UMFCCI

A&I Minister receives FAOResident Representative,Malaysian Ambassador

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Feb — Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo received ResidentRepresentative of FAO Mr Tang Zhengping who wasaccompanied by Mr Xuening Liu, Ms Egle De Angelisand Dr Ohn Myint from FAO Headquarters at theministry, here, yesterday morning.

They discussed supplying of water from ThonzeDam and Khabaung Dam under the arrangements ofthe irrigation system development plan beingimplemented by the International Development Fundsand the future plans for irrigation system of YenweDam.

In the afternoon, the minister received MalaysianAmbassador Dato Mazlan Bin Muhammad at thesame venue. The meeting focused on cooperation indevelopment of agricultural sector between the twocountries. — MNA

Seminar on teakseed production area

management heldNAY PYI TAW, 20 Feb

— Under the arrangementsof the teak genepreservation project, theForest Department and theInternational TropicalTimber Organizationjointly organized theseminar on teak seedproduction area mana-gement and quality teakplant propagation at theForest Research Divisionin Nay Pyi Taw Yezin, here,this morning.

Minister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aungmade a speech. At theseminar, resource personssubmitted eight papers onpreservation of teak gene,management of seedproduction area, selectionof quality teak plants andmodern plant propagation.

MNA

Township on 18 February,attended by CEC memberof the Union Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationMinister for Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs Col Thein Nyunt.

Next, the CEC membermet with local people fromInnma, Indagaw,

to opening of Thabyuvillage gravel road inDanubyu Township. TheCEC member met withofficials, townselders andlocal people at theDhammayon of the villageand fulfilled therequirements. —MNA

Tradit ional Htamanemaking contests…

(from page 1)commander and wife, Deputy Minister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung Ko and officials.

The Htamane making contests took place atShwephonepwint and Moegaung Pagodas.

In Lanmadaw Township, the Htamane mak-ing contest was organized by Township Union Soli-darity and Development Association.

MNA

International Trade Course(Program-II) opened

YANGON, 20 Feb —The educational workcommittee of Union ofMyanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerceand Industry opened itsinternational tradecourse (Program-II) atthe UMFCCI trainingcentre here on 19February.

U Sein Win Hlaing,General Secretary ofUMFCCI, delivered aspeech and member ofthe committee U Tin KoKo explained mattersrelated to the course. A

total of 35 trainees areattending the 12-daycourse.

MNA

Htamane making

contest in progress

at Buddha Pujaniya

of Lawka Chantha

Abhaya Labha

Muni Buddha

Image.—MNA

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM8


Director-General U Myo Myint and officials ofDevelopment Affairs Department inspect

construction of road in Bago Division. — DAD

NAY PYI TAW, 20Feb — Director-GeneralU Myo Myint ofDevelopment AffairsDepartment under theMinistry of Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs inspected earthwork of Koegwe-PaungLaung ChaungGamonetaung gravel roadsection of No 2 district-to-district road beingimplemented byMandalay Division DAC

and Bago Division DACon 18 February and gavenecessary instructions.

At Paung LaungChaung Gamonetaungroad section being builtby Bago Division DAC,the director-general heardreports on progress ofwork presented by anofficial and called forcompletion of task in time.

On 19 February,the director-generallooked into constructionof Thitkyein-Htonbogyi

gravel road section andattended to the needs.The plan was set to buildNo 2 district-to-districtroad linking Mandalayand Bago Divisionsstretching 86 miles and 5furlongs in 2007-08fiscal year. — MNA

DAD D-G inspects No 2district-to-district road

YANGON 19 Feb —Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi attended the pile driving ceremony forbuilding No (4) 500-ton Fertilizer Plant at theconstruction site of the plant at Myaungdaka in HmawbyTownship this morning and pressed the button to drivethe pile.

At the briefing hall, Project Director U Aung

Myint reported to the minister on construction tasksand Managing Director U Thein Lwin of MyanmaPetrochemical Enterprise made a supplementary report.The minister gave instructions on timely completionand meeting set standards. The construction works ofthe plant will be finished in 2009.

MNA

Pile driven for construction of No (4) 500-tonFertilizer Plant

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi presses a button to launch work on construction of No 4 FertilizerPlant in Hmawby Township. — ENERGY

108th Buddha Pujaniya ofKyaikkasan Pagoda

launchedYANGON, 20 Feb — A ceremony to

commence the 108th Buddha Pujaniya ofKyaikkasan Pagoda was held at the pagoda inThingangyun Township today.

Chairman of Yangon East District Peace andDevelopment Council U Than Aung, Assistant Directorof Yangon East District Religious Affairs DepartmentU Kyin Khaing and Chairman of the Board of Trusteesof the pagoda Thiha Thudhamma Mani Jotadhara(Hsinmin) U Tin Shwe formally opened the ceremonyand the congregation went round the pagoda clock-wise.

Provisions will be donated to members of theSangha and nuns at the pagoda tomorrow to mark theBuddha Pujaniya. — MNAYANGON, 20 Feb

— Hindu Buddhistfamilies residing inYangon offered ‘soon’,flowers and water to nineBuddha images at ToothRelic Pagoda (Yangon) inMayangon Township on17 February morning.

They took the

Five Precepts from KanUZaytawun MonasterySayadaw Agga MahaPandita Agga MahaGanthavaçaka PanditaBhaddanta Nandasa-mibhivamsa. Members ofthe Sangha recited Parittas.

Chairman ofHindu Buddhist

Association U Sein Htayand responsible personsdonated provisions tomembers of the Sangha.Secretary U Sein Lwinsupplicated on the purposeof donation.

Next, theassociation donated K111,111 to the funds of thepagoda.

Later, SayadawBhaddanta Nandasa-mibhivamsa delivered asermon, followed bysharing of merits gained.

MNA

Hindu Buddhist families offer ‘soon’,flowers and water to Tooth Relic

Pagoda (Yangon)

(from page 16)At Kyakhatwaing Pariyatti Monastery, the

100 bags of rice donation ceremony was held. PresidingNayaka Sayadaw Bhaddanta Jotipala of the monasteryadministered the Five Precepts.

The commander offered 100 bags of rice andalms donated by Bago Division PDC to the Sayadaw.

Next, the commander also donated robes andprovisions to Sayadaw Bhaddanta Visuddha atDhammalinkara Buddha Rakkhita Monastery in OkthaMyothit. While visiting the monastery, the commanderpaid homage to Maha Muni Bronze Buddha Image.

MNA

Commander inspectsprogress of …

Officials formallyopen ceremony to

launch 108thBuddha Pujaniya of

KyaikkasanPagoda. — MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever intimi-

dated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

Afghan police kill 15Taleban fighters

KABUL, 20 Feb —Afghan police have killed15 Taleban insurgentsincluding two of theirlocal commanders overthe past two weeks, a Press

release of Interior Ministryissued here Tuesday said. Afghan police haveeliminated Mullah Hanifand Mullah Dadgul, twolocal commanders ofTaleban outfit, along with13 of their comrades inDeh Rawad District ofsouthern Afghanistan’sUruzgan Province, theministry said. The operation launchedtwo weeks ago is stillcontinuing, it said.

MNA/Xinhua

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM9


This file photo taken on 2 Jan, 1961 shows Cubanleader Fidel Castro (R Front) and Cuban

President Osvaldo Dorticos (L Front) attending amanifesto celebrating the victory of the Cuban

Revolution in Havana. —XINHUA

Actors perform lantern dance during the second folk lantern dance competitionheld in Chuzhou city, east China’s Anhui Province, on 19 Feb, 2008. A total of

25 dance teams took part in the lantern dance competition to greet thetradtional Lantern Festival, which falls on 21 Feb, this year.—XINHUA

In this photo released

by the Australian

Antarctic Division,

tunicates, an animal

that is stalk like in

structure and looks like

glass tulips are seen in

Antarctic waters in

January 2008.

INTERNET

Sri Lanka troops take rebel positions, toll at 68

CANBERRA, 20 Feb— Australia’s top military commander said onWednesday the job of the country’s combat troops in southern Iraq was done,bolstering a government decision to bring soldiers home mid-year.

Fidel Castro retires as Cuban PresidentHAVANA, 20 Feb—

Cuban leader Fidel Castrosaid on Tuesday that hewill not return to lead thecountry as president orcommander-in-chief,retiring as head of state49 years after he seizedpower in an armedrevolution. Castro, 81,who has not appeared inpublic for almost 19months after undergoingstomach surgery, said ina message to the Com-munist nation that hewould not seek a newpresidential term whenthe National Assemblymeets on 24 February.

“To my dearcompatriots, who gaveme the immense honourin recent days of electingme a member ofParliament...I Communi-cate to you that I will notaspire to or accept — Irepeat not aspire to oraccept — the positions ofPresident of Council ofState and Commander inChief,” Castro said in thestatement published on

the website of the Com-munist Party’s Granmanewspaper.

The National Assem-bly or legislature isexpected to nominate hisbrother and designatedsuccessor Raul Castro, 76,

as President. Raul Castrohas been running thecountry since emergencysurgery to stop intestinalbleeding forced Castro todelegate power on 31July,2006.

MNA/Reuters

Australia says job is donefor soldiers in Iraq

Malaysian police smashes armed robbery gang KUALA LUMPUR, 20

Feb— Malaysian policearrested three menresponsible for a string ofarmed robberies in thesouthern Johor State, localmedia reported on Tues-day.

From the three, policeseized two handguns withammunition, two vehi-cles, one of which hadbeen reported stolen, andsix mobile phones.

Johor state policechief Mokhtar Shariff saidthey could solve at leasteight cases with the arrestof the three.

Police conductedthree raids in Muar, Johoron Saturday.

“Two had activelycommitted the robberieswhile the other was thedriver of their getawayvehicle. The suspects ledus to a hut in an oil palm

plantation, where wefound the firearms andammunition,” the NewStraits Times quotedMokhtar Shariff assaying. — MNA/Xinhua

COLOMBO, 20 Feb —Sri Lankan troops killed10 Tamil Tiger rebels andcaptured rebel territory inthe island’s north onMonday, taking the deathtoll from three days offighting 68, the militarysaid.

Most of those killedwere rebels, the military

said. Fighting between themilitary and the LiberationTigers of Tamil Eelam(LTTE) has intensifiedsince the governmentscrapped a six-yearceasefire pact last month.The government said therebels had used the truceto re-arm. The latestfighting occurred along

the front-line in thenorthwestern district ofMannar.

“Troops backed byartillery fire captured 600metres of the LTTE’sbunker line in Mannar,”said military spokesmanBrigadier Udaya Nana-yakkara.

MNA/Reuters

Ahead of weekendtalks in Canberra with USDefence SecretaryRobert Gates on theplanned withdrawal of550 soldiers, Air ChiefMarshal Angus Houstonsaid Iraqi forces had notneeded Australianbackup for two yearsnow.

“The situation on theground in Al Muthannaand Dhi Qar (provinces),

the Iraqis are taking careof business,” Houstontold a hearing beforeAustralia’s Upper HouseSenate.

“The conditions onthe ground have beenestablished whereby wecan leave them to it and,because we haveinfluenced their training,we are very confident intheir ability to handle thecircumstances in thosetwo provinces. The jobis done.”

Australia, a close USally, has around 1,000troops in and around Iraqand was an originalmember of the US-ledcoalition which invadedthe country in 2003.

Most are in thestable south, which haslargely escaped thebloodshed in other partsof the country and whichis said by Westernnations to be a model forIraqi security control.

MNA/Reuters

Egypt deports 350Palestinians back to Gaza

ISMAILIA (Egypt), 20 Feb — Egypt has deportedsome 350 Palestinians, rounded up in North Sinai overthe past four days, to Gaza, security sources said onMonday.

“The Salaheddin border gate was opened thisevening and the Palestinians were transported in busesto the city of Rafah and then to Gaza,” one securitysource said.

Egyptian security forces said earlier that policehad rounded up some 500 Palestinians and was holdingthem at a youth hostel in the provincial capital ElArish.

“The remaining ... Palestinians will be deportedin the next few hours,” the security source said.

The group is part of at least 3,000 Palestinians leftinside Egypt after hundreds of thousands of Gazaresidents crossed the border in January to seek relieffrom an Israeli blockade.

The Egyptian Government held talks last weekwith the Palestinian Islamic movement Hamas, whichruns Gaza, but the two sides have not announced anyagreement for the border to reopen.

MNA/Reuters

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM10


Thousands of people gathered to watch theblasting of the 61-meter (200-foot)Volkswohl

Bund building at the city center of Dortmund onSunday, Feb. 17, Some 500 residents were

evacuated from the area and the subway underthe 4 building was stopped as a safety precau-

tion.—INTERNET

Sudoku-style roof is lifted first time for

Chinaís pavilion at the 2010 World Expo, on

18 Feb, 2008. The main structure of the China

Pavilion,”The Crown of the East,” has a

distinctive roof, made of traditional dougong

or brackets, which has a history dating back

more than 2,000 years. —INTERNET

A security guard

escorts a model in a

golden dress deco-

rated with 325

Austrian gold coins at

a promotional event

in Tokyo on 14 Feb,

2008.

INTERNET

A diamond encrusted Hot Wheels car sits on

display at the Mattel offices in New York, on

15 Feb, 2008. This one-of-a-kind car, the most

expensive in Hot Wheels history, was made to

commemorate the production of the 4 billionth

Hot Wheels vehicle.

INTERNET

A visitor amazes at a jade sculpture “roast duck”in Beijing, capital of China, on 16 Jan, 2008. A

batch of works awarded at the oriental jinyu cupjade sculpture contest was shown in Beijing,

attracting a lot of collectors to visit on Wednesday.INTERNET

12345678901234567890123456789012123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012

Images ofthe Day

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM11


qs\etaqs\pc\ K¥s\Kc\t.lm¥oi;'qs\etaqs\pc\ K¥s\Kc\t.lm¥oi;'qs\etaqs\pc\ K¥s\Kc\t.lm¥oi;'qs\etaqs\pc\ K¥s\Kc\t.lm¥oi;'qs\etaqs\pc\ K¥s\Kc\t.lm¥oi;'qs\pc\kiu N˙s\sU\siuk\qs\pc\kiu N˙s\sU\siuk\qs\pc\kiu N˙s\sU\siuk\qs\pc\kiu N˙s\sU\siuk\qs\pc\kiu N˙s\sU\siuk\

erWtiuk\kiusiu:"erWtiuk\kiusiu:"erWtiuk\kiusiu:"erWtiuk\kiusiu:"erWtiuk\kiusiu:"

�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@anpuMNip\er;Nc\.saAup\Tut\ewer;lup\cn\;At∑k\puMNip\er;Nc\.saAup\Tut\ewer;lup\cn\;At∑k\puMN˙ip\er;Nc\.saAup\Tut\ewer;lup\cn\;At∑k\puMNip\er;Nc\.saAup\Tut\ewer;lup\cn\;At∑k\puMNip\er;Nc\.saAup\Tut\ewer;lup\cn\;At∑k\

sk˚øN˙c\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM;psßv\;m¥a; wy\y¨rn\sk˚øN˙c\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM;psßv\;m¥a; wy\y¨rn\sk˚øN˙c\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM;psßv\;m¥a; wy\y¨rn\sk˚øN˙c\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM;psßv\;m¥a; wy\y¨rn\sk˚øN˙c\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM;psßv\;m¥a; wy\y¨rn\tc\dåeKÅy�Kc\;tc\dåeKÅy�Kc\;tc\dåeKÅy�Kc\;tc\dåeKÅy�Kc\;tc\dåeKÅy�Kc\;

1" �pn\Âka;er;wn\”k^:@an' pMuN˙ip\er;N˙c\. saAup\Tut\ewer;lup\cn\;At∑k\ AquM;�porn\ luiAp\eqa eAak\ePa\�ppå skøNc\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM; psßv\;m¥a;kiu wy\y¨luipåqv\"

1. Newsprint Paper (48.8 Gsm) - 3,200 Tons(281/

4", 30", 40")

2. Woodfree Paper(a) 30" (70 Gsm) - 200 Tons(b) 30" (80 Gsm) - 50 Tons(c) 31" x 43" (70 Gsm) - 20 Tons(d) 31" x 43" (80 Gsm) - 30 Tons(e) 231/

2" x 33" (A1) (70 Gsm) - 10 Tons

(f) 231/2" x 33" (A1) (80 Gsm) - 40 Tons

3. Art Card(a) 31" x 43" (260/275 Gsm) - 15 Tons(b) 231/

2" x 33" (A1) (260/275 Gsm) 5 Tons

(c) 231/2" x 33" (A1) (250 Gsm) - 5 Tons

4. Art Paper(a) 31" x 43" (85 Gsm) - 10 Tons(b) 231/

2" x 33" (A1) (100/105 Gsm) 10 Tons

5. Web Offset Ink(a) Black - 7,600 Kg(b) Yellow - 1,650 Kg(c) Magenta - 850 Kg(d) Cyan - 750 Kg

6. Sheet fed Offset Ink(a) Yellow - 350 Kg(b) Magenta - 250 Kg(c) Cyan - 350 Kg(d) Green - 1,500 Kg

7. puMtk;PlcpuMtk;PlcpuMtk;PlcpuMtk;PlcpuMtk;Plc\(a) Ortho Film (22" x 32") (50 Sht/Pkt) 55 Pkts(b) Developer (5 Lit/Bot) - 275 Bots

8. Image setter Film(a) 460 mm x 60m - 22 Rolls(b) 61 cmx 60 m - 50 Rolls

9. Negative Plates & Chemical(a) 915x626x0.3mm - 3,500 Shts(b) 1035x740x0.3mm - 600 Shts(c) 889x609x0.3 mm - 5,000 Shts(d) Developer (5 Lit/Bot) - 180 Shts

10. Positive Plates635x745x0.3mm - 2,100 Shts

11. Wipe on Developer & Others(a) coating A+B - 85 Pkts(b) Lacquer - 80 Liter(c) Gum Arabic (20 Lit/Bot) - 12 Bots

12. Stitching Wire(a) 23 Guage - 2,000 Coil(b) 24 Guage - 550 Coil

13. Riso Ink & master Roll(a) RA Ink - 26 Ctg(b) RA Master Roll - 14 Rolls(c) RZ ink - 30 Ctg(d) RZ Master Roll - 16 Rolls

14. Rubber Blanket889 x 626 x 1.95mm(With T Bar) - 100 Shts

15. Timing Belt (2310-140 m-40)forThe Orient four unit Web Offset 20 Nos

16. Toner Cartridge, Canon 1120 (EP 22) 60 Ctg2" tc\dåep;q∑c\;mOkui (5-3-2008) rk\ (16:30)nart∑c\

pit\påmv\"3" tc\dåpuMsMNc\. Aeq;sit\AK¥k\Alk\m¥a;kui eAak\pålip\sat∑c\ laerak\suMsm\;wy\y¨Niuc\påqv\"

�pv\t∑c\;/�pv\ppsßv\;m¥a; wy\yër;Nc\.TuK∑érac\;K¥er;eka\mt�pv\t∑c\;/�pv\ppsßv\;m¥a; wy\yër;Nc\.TuK∑érac\;K¥er;eka\mt�pv\t∑c\;/�pv\ppsßv\;m¥a; wy\yër;Nc\.TuK∑érac\;K¥er;eka\mt�pv\t∑c\;/�pv\ppsßv\;m¥a; wy\yër;Nc\.TuK∑érac\;K¥er;eka\mt�pv\t∑c\;/�pv\ppsßv\;m¥a; wy\yër;Nc\.TuK∑érac\;K¥er;eka\mt�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an

�mn\ma.AqMNc\. Rup\�mc\qMÂka;�mn\ma.AqMNc\. Rup\�mc\qMÂka;�mn\ma.AqMNc\. Rup\�mc\qMÂka;�mn\ma.AqMNc\. Rup\�mc\qMÂka;�mn\ma.AqMNc\. Rup\�mc\qMÂka;�pv\lm\;' rn\kun\‘mi>" Pun\; 537685�pv\lm\;' rn\kun\‘mi>" Pun\; 537685�pv\lm\;' rn\kun\‘mi>" Pun\; 537685�pv\lm\;' rn\kun\‘mi>" Pun\; 537685�pv\lm\;' rn\kun\‘mi>" Pun\; 537685

Tunisian Customs seize ton of hashish at port TUNIS, 19 Feb—Tunisian port Customs officers seized a ton of hashish hidden in

a truck bound for France, in one of the North African country’s biggest drug busts,Customs officials and local media said on Monday.

The drugs, estimated to be worth five million US dollars, were detected byCustoms agents when they Y-rayed the vehicle at La Goulette Port at the weekend.

Police arrested the driver and his assistant.MNA/Reuters

Indonesia plansnew power

billing systemJAKARTA, 19 Feb — The

Indonesian Governmentplans a new billing systemthat will encourage cus-tomers to use electricitywisely, intended to easesubsidy burdens on statepower company PLN,local Press said Monday.

The new system useslast year’s average house-hold electricity con-sumption as a benchmarkand users who keep 2008consumption to 80 percent of that benchmarkwould get a 20-per-centdiscount.

On the other hand,households whose con-sumption exceeds thebenchmark will be subjectto penalties in the form ofhigher rates, reportedlocal newspaper TheJakarta Post.

“There will be a rewardand punishment me-chanism,” director generalof electricity and energyutilization Purwono wasquoted as saying.

He said the policywould be applied inMarch.

MNA/Xinhua

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM12


China sends art troupesto snow-hit areas

BEIJING, 19 Feb —China has sent three arttroupes to five of its worstsnow-stricken provinces,to “show the country’srespect and gratitude tothose still fighting againstthe snow storms”, said theMinistry of Culture hereon Sunday.

The three troupes wouldstage 10 performances inAnhui, Jiangxi, Hunanand Hubei Provinces andthe Guangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region from

17 February to 20 Fe-bruary, said HuangZhenchun, director withthe General Office of theministry.

“The troupes consist ofa number of renownedsingers and artists in thecountry. We hope our per-formances would show-case the entire country’sdetermination in our fightagainst the snow storms,and inspire more peopleto join the fight,” he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Freeway accidentin Hunan leaves

15 dead, 25injured

CHANGSHA, 20 Feb —Fifteen people were killedand 25 injured in a freewayaccident in Hunan Pro-vince, central China, onMonday.

The accident happenedat around 7:00 pm atChenzhou City on thenorth-south freewayconnecting Beijing andZhuhai City in southChina’s GuangdongProvince, according totraffic police.

A bus heading north raninto the rear of a tanker,causing a fire and ensuingexplosion which ignitedthree other motor vehiclesalready tangled in a pre-vious road accident, said apolice spokesperson.

The traffic on theBeijing-Zhuhai freewaywas stopped temporarilybecause of the accident.

MNA/Xinhua

A man cleans up in his daughter’s bedroom on 18Feb, 2008, in Prattville, Ala., after a tornado hit

the area causing wide damage on 17 Feb.INTERNET

�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@anqtc\;Nc\.sany\zc\;lup\cn\;At∑k\qtc\;Nc\.sany\zc\;lup\cn\;At∑k\qtc\;Nc\.sany\zc\;lup\cn\;At∑k\qtc\;Nc\.sany\zc\;lup\cn\;At∑k\qtc\;Nc\.sany\zc\;lup\cn\;At∑k\

sk˚øNc\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM;psßv\;m¥a; wy\y¨rn\sk˚øNc\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM;psßv\;m¥a; wy\y¨rn\sk˚øNc\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM;psßv\;m¥a; wy\y¨rn\sk˚øNc\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM;psßv\;m¥a; wy\y¨rn\sk˚øNc\.puMN˙ip\er;lup\cn\;quM;psßv\;m¥a; wy\y¨rn\tc\dåeKÅy�Kc\;tc\dåeKÅy�Kc\;tc\dåeKÅy�Kc\;tc\dåeKÅy�Kc\;tc\dåeKÅy�Kc\;

1" �pn\Âka;er;wn\”k:@an' qtc\;Nc\.sany\zc\;lup\cn\;At∑k\AquM;�porn\ luiAp\eqa eAak\ePa\�ppå skøNc\. puMNip\er;lup\cn\;quM; psßv\;m¥a;kiu wy\y¨luipåqv\"

1. Newsprint Paper (48.8 Gsm)30" 2,000 Tons2. Woodfree Paper (70 Gsm)(500sht/Pkt)

(a) 161/2" x 113/

4" (A3 Size) 1,000 Pkts

(b) 81/4" x 113/

4" (A4 Size) 2,000 Pkts

3. Web Offset Ink (Black) 25,000 Kg4. Sheetfed Offset Ink (Black) 2,500 Kg5. P.S Negative Plates

(a) 915x626x0.3mm 1,000 Shts(b) 889x609x0.3 mm 2,000 Shts(c) 889x586x0.3 mm 3,000 Shts

6. Wipe On Aluminium Plates(a) 745x635x0.24 mm 1,000 Shts(b) 650x550x0.24 mm 5,000 Shts

7. P.S Negative Developer 240 Liter8. Coating A+B Set 240 Sets9. Developing Lacquer 240 Liter

10. (a) Ortho Film (Roll) (24"x200') 120 Rolls(b) Ortho Film (Sheet)(22"x32")(50 Sht/Box) 300 Boxes

11. Film Developer (10 Lit/Bot) 180 Bots12. Film Fixer (5 Lit/Bot) 180 Bots13. A3 Toner HP Laser Jet 5000N 70 Boxes14. Rubber Blanket (Roll)

28mx1075mmx1.95mm 2 Rolls15. Rubber Blanket With T.Bar

890x625x1.95mm 70 Shts16. Stencil Paper (48 Sht/Box) 300 Boxes17. Duplicating Ink Tube 300 Boxes18. Gum Arabic 300 Liter19. Rubber Blanket

(a) (765x780x1.95)mm 50 Shts(b) (675x645x1.95)mm 100 Shts(c) (676x545x1.95)mm 20 Shts

20. en�pv\eta\ (Imagesetter)(a) Film (76.8 cmx61m) 54 Rolls(b) Developer 320 Liter(c) Fixer 320 Liter

21. rn\kun\ (Imagesetter)(a) Film (61 cmx60 m) 36 Rolls(b) Developer 320 Liter(c) Fixer 320 Liter

22. Dampening Roller Sleeves(a) 64mm 4 Rolls(b) 76mm 4 Rolls(c) 84mm 4 Rolls(d) 96mm 4 Rolls(e) 104mm 4 Rolls

23. Sponge 400 Nos2" tc\dåep;q∑c\;mOkui (5-3-2008) rk\ (16:30)nart∑c\

pit\påmv\"3" tc\dåpuMsMNc\. Aeq;sit\AK¥k\Alk\m¥a;kui eAak\pålip\sat∑c\ laerak\suMsm\;wy\y¨Niuc\påqv\"

�pv\t∑c\;/�pv\ppsßv\;m¥a; wy\yër;Nc\.TuK∑érac\;K¥er;eka\mt^�pv\t∑c\;/�pv\ppsßv\;m¥a; wy\yër;Nc\.TuK∑érac\;K¥er;eka\mt^�pv\t∑c\;/�pv\ppsßv\;m¥a; wy\yër;Nc\.TuK∑érac\;K¥er;eka\mt^�pv\t∑c\;/�pv\ppsßv\;m¥a; wy\yër;Nc\.TuK∑érac\;K¥er;eka\mt^�pv\t∑c\;/�pv\ppsßv\;m¥a; wy\yër;Nc\.TuK∑érac\;K¥er;eka\mt^�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an�pn\Âka;er;wn\”k;@an

�mn\ma.AqMNc\. Rup\�mc\qMÂka;�mn\ma.AqMNc\. Rup\�mc\qMÂka;�mn\ma.AqMNc\. Rup\�mc\qMÂka;�mn\ma.AqMNc\. Rup\�mc\qMÂka;�mn\ma.AqMNc\. Rup\�mc\qMÂka;�pv\lm\;' rn\kun\‘mi>" Pun\; 537685�pv\lm\;' rn\kun\‘mi>" Pun\; 537685�pv\lm\;' rn\kun\‘mi>" Pun\; 537685�pv\lm\;' rn\kun\‘mi>" Pun\; 537685�pv\lm\;' rn\kun\‘mi>" Pun\; 537685

THE GOVERNMENT OF THE UNION OF MYANMARMINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION

MYANMA RAILWAYSINVITATION TO SEALED TENDER

1. Sealed Tender is invited by Myanma Railways, for supply of the following Stores which will be purchased in Myanmar Kyat.Sr.No Tender No Description Quantity i. 15(T)14/MR(E) Fish Bolt & Nut BS 75 R 165000-Sets

2007-2008 with Two Spring Washers (Brand News)

Closing Date/Time-31-3-2008 (Monday) (12:00) Hours2. Tender documents are available at the office of the Deputy General Manager (Supply), Myanma Railways, Corner of 51st Street and Merchant Street, Botahtaung, Yangon starting from 19.2.2008 during the office hours.3. For further details please call: 01-291982, 291985, (201555 Ext 601, 605)

Deputy General Manager Supply Department, Myanma Railways, Botahtaung, Yangon

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BOHAI CHALLENGE VOY NO (5 )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BOHAI CHAL-LENGE VOY NO (5 ) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 21.2.2008 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of MYANMA PORT AU-THORITY where it will lie at the consignee’s risk andexpenses and subject to the byelaws and conditions ofthe Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINER LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

Stolen paintingsfound in Zurich

ZURICH, 20 Feb —Twopaintings stolen in one ofthe world’s largest artthefts have been recoveredin an abandoned car, Swisspolice have confirmed.

The pictures, by Vincentvan Gogh and ClaudeMonet, were among fourpaintings worth $160m(£82m) that were stolenfrom Zurich’s EmilBuehrle Collection.

They were discovered onthe back seat of a whitesedan parked outside apsychiatric hospital in thecity. Three masked, armedmen took the artworks fromthe museum last week.

Internet

Protests greet US war games in PhilippinesMANILA, 19 Feb—

Thousands of people pro-tested against US soldiersinvolved in humanitarianmissions in Muslim areasof the southern Philippineson Monday, saying thetroops’ presence could beprovocative. About 6,000US troops are taking partin annual training exerciseswith Philippine troops overtwo weeks but they will

only hold humanitarianmissions in the south of thearchipelago, where Muslimcommunities are suspi-cious of their activities.

Zainab Ampatuan, headof the Suara Bangsamoro(Voice of the Moro People)political party, said about20,000 people gathered inthe southern cities ofDavao, General Santos,Cagayan de Oro, Cotabato

and Pikit to protest thepresence of US soldiers.

Ampatuan said thetroops might provokemembers of the MoroIslamic Liberation Front(MILF), the country’slargest Muslim separatistgroup, which is angeredthat long-running peacetalks with Manila havestalled.

MNA/Reuters

Cambodia torestore decades-old

railway systemSISOPHON (Cambodia),

19 Feb—The AsianDevelopment Bank (ADB)and the Royal Governmentof Cambodia here onMonday launched theirjoint project to restore thekingdom’s decades-old railtraffic system.

The new project willrehabilitate approximately600 kilometres of track,and reconstruct another 48kilometres near the Thaiborder that was completelydestroyed during wartime,said an ADB Press release.ADB is providing 42 millionUS dollars of concessionloan for the project from itsAsian Development Fund,it said.—MNA/Xinhua

Don’t Smoke

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM13


S P O R T S

Juan Jose Haedo of Argentina, riding for Team CSC,celebrates after winning Stage 1 of the AMGEN Tourof California, on 18 Feb, in Santa Rosa.—INTERNET

Chile’s Esteban Saez, right, controls the ball asMexico’s Julio Cesar Dominguez looks on during

an under-23 friendly soccer game in Toluca,Mexico, on 19 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

France's Nathalie Dechy returns theball to Shuai Peng from China duringtheir Qatar Open tennis tournament inDoha on 19 Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

India's Sania Mirzaserves the ball to OlgaGovortsova fromBelarus during theirQatar Open tennis tour-nament in Doha on 19Feb, 2008.—INTERNET

DenverNuggets

centre MarcusCamby (R) is

fouled byBoston Celtics

guard TonyAllen in the

second quar-ter of their

NBA basket-ball game in

Denver,Colorado

on 19 Feb,2008.INTERNET

Benitez says Liverpool wina reward for being patient

LIVERPOOL (England), 20 Feb — Liverpool managerRafael Benitez praised his side's patience as the five-times European champions scored twice in the finalfive minutes against Inter Milan to take charge of theirChampions League tie.

With the Italian side reduced to 10 men after MarcoMaterazzi was sent off in the first half, late goals fromDirk Kuyt and Steven Gerrard in a 2-0 win on Tuesdayeased the pressure on Benitez who has come under fireafter some lacklustre recent performances.

"I had confidence we would score because the teamwas playing well," he told reporters.

"We kept trying to pass the ball and create chances.We knew it could happen and scoring two goals at theend is much better.

Benitez side-stepped questions on how the resultwill affect his future at Liverpool.

"I am very pleased with the result," he added. Weneeded to win as a team because we wanted to progressand as a manager, I am happy.

"We knew it was important not to concede. One ofthe main things you want is a clean sheet.

"It will be difficult for Inter but also they are a goodteam so we must be careful." —MNA/Reuters

Kuranyi strike gives Schalke1-0 win over Porto

GELSENKIRCHEN (Germany), 20 Feb — A KevinKuranyi goal in the fourth minute earned Schalke 04a 1-0 win over Porto in the first leg of their ChampionsLeague first knockout round tie on Tuesday.

Kuranyi blasted in on the rebound after Portokeeper Helton had failed to hold a shot from Rafinhabefore the Portuguese side had had time to settle.

Schalke, playing in the knockout stages of thecompetition for the first time, had plenty of otherchances in a one-sided first half and continued tothreaten, with Ivan Rakitic and Kuranyi going closewith stinging low shots.

MNA/Reuters

Hitzfeld to coach Switzerlandafter Euro 2008

BERLIN, 20 Feb — Ottmar Hitzfeldwill take over as Switzerland coachafter Euro 2008, the Swiss FA said in astatement on its website on Tuesday(www.football.ch).

Hitzfeld, who had already announcedhis decision to step down as BayernMunich coach at the end of the season,will begin work on 1 July on a two-yearcontract, the statement said.

Switzerland are co-hosts of Euro 2008with Austria. Jakob Kuhn had alreadystated his intention to step down after the7-29 June tournament. —MNA/Reuters

Torres defends Benitez’srotation policy

LONDON, 20 Feb — Liverpool strikerFernando Torres has defended managerRafael Benitez's squad rotation systemdespite the policy being blamed for theclub's poor season. The Premier Leagueclub's last chance of silverware this seasonrests with the Champions League, wherethey host Inter Milan on Tuesday in the firstleg of their last 16 clash.

"We have a manager with a philosophythat people knew before he came and onethat has succeeded," Torres, who has scored18 goals so far in his first season, told theTimes on Tuesday.

"It is very opportunistic to blame rota-tion for everything that goes wrong. It is nota problem for us. Liverpool have won aChampions League, FA Cup and so onwith rotation.

"It is normal to rest. We players neverwant to but if the manager says so, you haveto. If everybody accepts that is the wayforward the atmosphere doesn't suffer."

Benitez has come under increasing pres-sure this season with any title challengehaving disappeared long ago and a humili-ating FA Cup defeat at home to Barnsley onSaturday. —MNA/Reuters

Ukraine to invite Platini to view stadium progress

Stepanek races into San Jose second round

UK’s Brown praises 2012Games for boosting local jobs

LONDON, 20 Feb —Preparations for the Lon-don 2012 Olympics havebeen hailed as a "catalystfor change" by BritishPrime Minister GordonBrown.

Organzers say one in10 of the current workforceof 2,275 preparing the eastLondon site for the con-struction of the venueswas previously unem-ployed.

The long-term target isthat 7 per cent of jobs will

be filled by those who hadbeen unemployed.

The Olympic DeliveryAuthority (ODA) alsoclaims one fifth of theworkforce lives in the localeast London area, which isrecognized as one of themost needy parts of thecapital. A training centrewas opened on Tuesday byOlympics Minister TessaJowell so the expected10,000 workforce em-ployed at the peak of con-struction in 2009/10 willbe fully qualified.

"The Olympic andParalympic Games will bea fantastic sporting cel-ebration in 2012," Brownsaid in an ODA statement.

MNA/Reuters

SAN JOSE (California), 20 Feb —Fourth seeded Radek Stepanek was thehighest-ranked player to advance to thesecond round of the San Jose Open onMonday, the Czech easing to a 7-6, 6-1victory over Chile's Paul Capdeville.

Eighth seeded Kristof Vliegen of Bel-gium also advanced with 6-4, 7-6 vic-tory over Romania's Victor Hanescu butJuergen Melzer suffered the first upsetof the tournament, the number six seedfalling 6-2, 6-7, 7-6 to Spain's GuillermoGarcia-Lopez.

American wild card Jesse Levine, a

former hitting partner world numberone Roger Federer, overcame SteveDarcis of Belgium 6-3, 2-6, 6-4 to earna second round encounter against sec-ond seed James Blake.

"I played really well in the first set, hereally came at me in the second and inthe third, I just out-fought him," Levinesaid.

The 20-year-old said he was reapingthe benefits of leaving the University ofFlorida early last year to test his left-handed game against the world's best.

MNA/Reuters

KIEV, 20 Feb —Ukraine will invite UEFAchief Michel Platini totour a new stadium to seefor himself the ex-Sovietstate's progress in prepar-ing to co-host the Euro2012 finals, PresidentViktor Yushchenko saidon Tuesday.

"In a few weeks, I willinvite Mr Platini toDnipropetrovsk," local

news agencies quotedYushchenko as sayingafter a visit to a stadiumnearing completion in thecentral city to be used inthe 2012 tournament.

"I would like it knownthat Dnipropetrovsk is

showing a high level ofreadiness of its sports fa-cilities for Euro 2012."

A UEFA delegation isvisiting Ukraine this weekto inspect building sitesand other facilities.

MNA/Reuters

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM14


WEATHER

R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press,No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223,Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 392369

Wednesday, 20 February, 2008Summary of observations recorded at 9:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in Shan and Kayin States,upper Sagaing Division and weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin and Mon States, Yangon, Ayeyawadyand Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in theremaining areas. Night temperatures were (5ºC) to (6ºC)below February average temperatures in Chin State andMagway Division, (3ºC) to (4ºC) below February aver-age temperatures in upper Sagaing and Yangon Divi-sions, (3ºC) to (4ºC) above February average tempera-tures in Shan and Mon States, Bago Division, and aboutFebruary average temperatures in the remaining areas.The significant night temperatures were Haka (0ºC),and Loilem (4ºC). The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Kawkareik(0.87) inch, Kengtung (0.16)inch and Homalin (0.04) inch.

Maximum temperature on 19-2-2008 was 95ºF.Minimum temperature on 20-2-2008 was 64ºF. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 20-2-2008was 61%. Total sunshine hours on 19-2-2008 was(8.7) hours approx.

Rainfall on 20-2-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2008 was (0.67) inch at Mingaladon, (0.47 ) inchat Kaba-Aye and (0.35) inch at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(4) mph from South at (17:30) hours MST on19-2-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the SouthBay and generally fair in the Andaman Sea and else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 21-2-2008:Possibility of isolated rain or thundershowers in Kachinand Shan States, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divi-sions, weather will be partly cloudy in Chin, Rakhine,Mon, Kayin and Kayah States, Yangon, Bago andAyeyawady Divisions and generally fair in the remain-ing areas. Degree of certainty is (40%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight increase of night temperatures in the southernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 21-2-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 21-2-2008: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 21-2-2008: Generally fair weather.

8:30 am Brief news8:35 am Music

-Keep onsmiling

8:40 am Perspectives8:45 am Music

-If not for you8:50 am National news9:00 am Music

-Cometogether

9:05 am International news

9:10 am Music-Thank you

1:30 pm News/ Slogan1:40 pm Lunch time

music-Please be theoneLove won’twork

9:00 pm Aspects ofMyanmar-The traditio-nal dances ofour nationalities

9:10 pm Article9:20 pm Topics

Potpourri-World’s lon-gest captivesnake ondisplay in US-Monkey’sbrain signalsused to controlrobot

9:30 pm“Songs of yourchoice”-I see a boat onthe river-Love story-Listen to theradio

9:45 pm News/Slogan10:00 pm PEL

Thursday, 21 FebruaryTune in today

Thursday, 21 FebruaryView on today

7:00 am1. ek¥;z;Rc\mc\;k∑n\;Sraeta\ek¥;z;Rc\mc\;k∑n\;Sraeta\ek¥;z;Rc\mc\;k∑n\;Sraeta\ek¥;z;Rc\mc\;k∑n\;Sraeta\ek¥;z;Rc\mc\;k∑n\;Sraeta\

Bura;”k^;' Niuc\cMeta\qMGBura;”k^;' Niuc\cMeta\qMGBura;”k^;' Niuc\cMeta\qMGBura;”k^;' Niuc\cMeta\qMGBura;”k^;' Niuc\cMeta\qMGmhanaykAP∑>Ak¥oi;eta\mhanaykAP∑>Ak¥oi;eta\mhanaykAP∑>Ak¥oi;eta\mhanaykAP∑>Ak¥oi;eta\mhanaykAP∑>Ak¥oi;eta\eSac\K¥op\' ABiDzmhaeSac\K¥op\' ABiDzmhaeSac\K¥op\' ABiDzmhaeSac\K¥op\' ABiDzmhaeSac\K¥op\' ABiDzmhar@guRu' ABiDzAg©mhar@guRu' ABiDzAg©mhar@guRu' ABiDzAg©mhar@guRu' ABiDzAg©mhar@guRu' ABiDzAg©mhaqdÎmμezatik' tipi!kDr'qdÎmμezatik' tipi!kDr'qdÎmμezatik' tipi!kDr'qdÎmμezatik' tipi!kDr'qdÎmμezatik' tipi!kDr'DmμB‹agårik' Sraeta\DmμB‹agårik' Sraeta\DmμB‹agårik' Sraeta\DmμB‹agårik' Sraeta\DmμB‹agårik' Sraeta\Bd∂N†wisit†qaraBiwMqfBd∂N†wisit†qaraBiwMqfBd∂N†wisit†qaraBiwMqfBd∂N†wisit†qaraBiwMqfBd∂N†wisit†qaraBiwMqfprit\tra;eta\prit\tra;eta\prit\tra;eta\prit\tra;eta\prit\tra;eta\

7:15 am2. tipi!kDr'DmμB‹agårik'tipi!kDr'DmμB‹agårik'tipi!kDr'DmμB‹agårik'tipi!kDr'DmμB‹agårik'tipi!kDr'DmμB‹agårik'

Ag©mhap‹it'Ag©mhap‹it'Ag©mhap‹it'Ag©mhap‹it'Ag©mhap‹it'Bd∂N†qiriN∂aBiwMqBd∂N†qiriN∂aBiwMqBd∂N†qiriN∂aBiwMqBd∂N†qiriN∂aBiwMqBd∂N†qiriN∂aBiwMq(eyaSraeta\)(eyaSraeta\)(eyaSraeta\)(eyaSraeta\)(eyaSraeta\)ehaÂka;eta\mÄp\eqaehaÂka;eta\mÄp\eqaehaÂka;eta\mÄp\eqaehaÂka;eta\mÄp\eqaehaÂka;eta\mÄp\eqa√pπåtqN†ipåLieta\√pπåtqN†ipåLieta\√pπåtqN†ipåLieta\√pπåtqN†ipåLieta\√pπåtqN†ipåLieta\

7:25 am3. To be healthy

exercise

7:30 am4. Morning news7:40 am5. Nice and sweet song7:55 am6. Dance of National

Races8:10 am7. At^;At^;At^;At^;At^;“pioc\p∑´“pioc\p∑´“pioc\p∑´“pioc\p∑´“pioc\p∑´8:15 am8. Dance variety8:30 am9. International news8:45 am10. Let’s Go4:00 pm1. Martial song4:15 pm2. Song to uphold

National Spirit4:30 pm3. Aew;qc\tk˚qiul\Aew;qc\tk˚qiul\Aew;qc\tk˚qiul\Aew;qc\tk˚qiul\Aew;qc\tk˚qiul\

pvaer;Rup\�mc\qMÂka;pvaer;Rup\�mc\qMÂka;pvaer;Rup\�mc\qMÂka;pvaer;Rup\�mc\qMÂka;pvaer;Rup\�mc\qMÂka;qc\Kn\;sa-ttiyN˙s\qc\Kn\;sa-ttiyN˙s\qc\Kn\;sa-ttiyN˙s\qc\Kn\;sa-ttiyN˙s\qc\Kn\;sa-ttiyN˙s$s^;p∑a;er;pvaAT¨;�po)(s^;p∑a;er;pvaAT¨;�po)(s^;p∑a;er;pvaAT¨;�po)(s^;p∑a;er;pvaAT¨;�po)(s^;p∑a;er;pvaAT¨;�po)(Aim\t∑c\;s^;p∑a;AT¨;�pom¥a;)(Aim\t∑c\;s^;p∑a;AT¨;�pom¥a;)(Aim\t∑c\;s^;p∑a;AT¨;�pom¥a;)(Aim\t∑c\;s^;p∑a;AT¨;�pom¥a;)(Aim\t∑c\;s^;p∑a;AT¨;�pom¥a;)(s^;p∑a;er;pva)(s^;p∑a;er;pva)(s^;p∑a;er;pva)(s^;p∑a;er;pva)(s^;p∑a;er;pva)

4:45 pm4. 2008KuN˙s\tk˚qiul\wc\2008KuN˙s\tk˚qiul\wc\2008KuN˙s\tk˚qiul\wc\2008KuN˙s\tk˚qiul\wc\2008KuN˙s\tk˚qiul\wc\

saem;p´∑Baqarp\saem;p´∑Baqarp\saem;p´∑Baqarp\saem;p´∑Baqarp\saem;p´∑Baqarp\Siiuc\raqc\Kn\;saSiiuc\raqc\Kn\;saSiiuc\raqc\Kn\;saSiiuc\raqc\Kn\;saSiiuc\raqc\Kn\;sa(R¨pebdBaqarp$(R¨pebdBaqarp\)(R¨pebdBaqarp\)(R¨pebdBaqarp\)(R¨pebdBaqarp\)

5:20 pm5. Cute little dancers

5:35 pm6. Âky\p∑c\.m¥a;r´>rc\Kun\qMÂky\p∑c\.m¥a;r´>rc\Kun\qMÂky\p∑c\.m¥a;r´>rc\Kun\qMÂky\p∑c\.m¥a;r´>rc\Kun\qMÂky\p∑c\.m¥a;r´>rc\Kun\qM6:00 pm7. Evening news6:30 pm8. Weather report6:35 pm9. Musical programme6:45 pm10. Niuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑´

{{{{{eld^yaN˙c\.SMusv\;�Kc\;eld^yaN˙c\.SMusv\;�Kc\;eld^yaN˙c\.SMusv\;�Kc\;eld^yaN˙c\.SMusv\;�Kc\;eld^yaN˙c\.SMusv\;�Kc\;}}}}}(Apiuc\;(Apiuc\;(Apiuc\;(Apiuc\;(Apiuc\; - 9 - 9 - 9 - 9 - 9)))))

7:25 pm11. NW´siu>ep¥a\ep¥a\SMeta\R˙c\ NW´siu>ep¥a\ep¥a\SMeta\R˙c\ NW´siu>ep¥a\ep¥a\SMeta\R˙c\ NW´siu>ep¥a\ep¥a\SMeta\R˙c\ NW´siu>ep¥a\ep¥a\SMeta\R˙c\ k¥iok\eKåk\budÎp¨zniyp∑éta\k¥iok\eKåk\budÎp¨zniyp∑éta\k¥iok\eKåk\budÎp¨zniyp∑éta\k¥iok\eKåk\budÎp¨zniyp∑éta\k¥iok\eKåk\budÎp¨zniyp∑éta\7:35 pm13. q^tg¨Sraeta\ q^tg¨Sraeta\ q^tg¨Sraeta\ q^tg¨Sraeta\ q^tg¨Sraeta\

AR˙c\â%iœrf AR˙c\â%iœrf AR˙c\â%iœrf AR˙c\â%iœrf AR˙c\â%iœrf tpiu>t∑´l�pv\.Âqwåd tpiu>t∑´l�pv\.Âqwåd tpiu>t∑´l�pv\.Âqwåd tpiu>t∑´l�pv\.Âqwåd tpiu>t∑´l�pv\.Âqwåd påtiemak\AKåeta\en> påtiemak\AKåeta\en> påtiemak\AKåeta\en> påtiemak\AKåeta\en> påtiemak\AKåeta\en>

8:00 pm13. News14. International news15. Weather report16. Niuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑Ńiuc\cM�Ka;zat\lm\;t∑´

{{{{{BwSk\tiuc\;BwSk\tiuc\;BwSk\tiuc\;BwSk\tiuc\;BwSk\tiuc\;}}}}}(Apiuc\;-(Apiuc\;-(Apiuc\;-(Apiuc\;-(Apiuc\;-22222)))))

17. mc\;k∑n\;Sraeta\Bura;Âk;mc\;k∑n\;Sraeta\Bura;Âk;mc\;k∑n\;Sraeta\Bura;Âk;mc\;k∑n\;Sraeta\Bura;Âk;mc\;k∑n\;Sraeta\Bura;Âk;U ^ ;w is it †qaraB iw MqfU ^ ;w is it †qaraB iw MqfU ^ ;w is it †qaraB iw MqfU ^ ;w is it †qaraB iw MqfU ^ ;w is it †qaraB iw MqfArp\Sy\m¥k\N˙aArp\Sy\m¥k\N˙aArp\Sy\m¥k\N˙aArp\Sy\m¥k\N˙aArp\Sy\m¥k\N˙aemt†aBawnap∑a;m¥a;�Kc\;emt†aBawnap∑a;m¥a;�Kc\;emt†aBawnap∑a;m¥a;�Kc\;emt†aBawnap∑a;m¥a;�Kc\;emt†aBawnap∑a;m¥a;�Kc\;tra;eta\tra;eta\tra;eta\tra;eta\tra;eta\

18. The next day’s programme

China orders early restoration of agri production Dutch arrest eightmen suspected ofpeople-smuggling

AMSTERDAM, 20 Feb— Dutch police havearrested eight mensuspected of smugglingpeople from Iraq to theNetherlands, a statementreleased on Tuesday said.

The police said in astatement the group forgedtravel documents anddemanded money totransport people to theNetherlands, from wherethey were usually tran-sported to Britain andScandinavia.

The statement did notsay how much the Iraqiswere asked to pay butcalled it a “large sum ofmoney”. —MNA/Reuters

Chinese Ambassador to the Democratic People’s Republic of Korea (DPRK) LiuXiaoming (R), on behalf of the Chinese Embassy, presents a truck and 50

bicycles to the farm which was visited by late Chinese Premier Zhou Enlai 50years ago, near Pyongyang, capital of DPRK, on 19 Feb, 2008. Zhou Enlai,

serving as Chinese premier from 1949 to 1976, paid the first formal visit to theDPRK in February 1958. The Chinese Embassy on Tuesday held activities to

mark the 50th anniversary of the visit. —XINHUA

BEIJING, 20 Feb —Chinese Vice-PremierHui Liangyu orderedlocal governments to takeeffective measures torestore agriculturalproduction against themonth-long inclementwinter weather and startspring ploughing as soonas possible.

Speaking at a national

meeting held here onTuesday, he called forefforts to strive for theharvest of summer grainand oil crops and ofagriculture for the wholeyear.

He said China was at acrucial time to shift its focusfrom emergency disasterrelief to reconstruction andrestoration. Doing a good

job in anti-disaster exertionsfor agriculture and springploughing was related tostable grain production andbasic supply of major farmproduce, to sustainedincreases in farmers’income and to the macrocontrol and the overallsituation of economic andsocial development.

MNA/Xinhua

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM15

Fullmoon Day of Tabodwe 1369 ME Thursday, 21 February, 2008

Significant

Night Tem-

peratures

Objectives of the 63rdAnniversary Armed Forces Day

* To work in concert with the people in

building a peaceful, modern, developed

and discipline-flourishing democratic

nation

* To realize the seven-step Road Map of

the State joining hands with the people

* Joining hands with the people and

based on Union Spirit to crush inter-

nal and external destructive elements

sabotaging stability and development

of the State

* To build a strong, capable and modern

patriotic Tatmadaw to safeguard Our

Three Main National Causes

INSIDE

CHIT SWE MYINTPAGE 7

People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

1234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890112345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789011234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890112345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789011234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890112345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789011234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890112345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789011234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890112345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789011234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890112345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789011234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890112345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789011234567890123456789012345678901212345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890112345678901234567890123456789012123456789012345678901234567890121234567890123456789012345678901

� Skyful liars attempting to destroy nation� BBC lying

VOA deceivingRFA setting up hostilities

� Beware! Don’t be bought by those ill-wishers

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Feb — Chairman of BagoDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Southern Command Maj-Gen Ko Ko inspectedwork progress and construction of diversion tunnel atThaukyekhat-2 Hydropower Project acrossThaukyekhat Creek, 12 miles east of Toungoo on 8February morning.

On 9 February, the commander attended theceremony to launch the Digital Auto-exchange ofMyanma Posts and Telecommunications as a gestureof honouring the 61st Anniversary Union Day in OkthaMyothit of Bago Township.

The commander unveiled the signboard of theexchange, After sprinkling scented water on the sign-

Commander inspects progress ofThaukyekhat-2 Hydropower Project,

attends opening of digital auto-exchange

Commander Maj-Gen Ko Ko unveils signboard of Digital Auto-Exchange in Oktha Myothit,Bago Township. — MNA

board, the commander visited the exchange.The digital auto-exchange is KY-1000XM

type, installed with 1,000 lines, built at a cost of K699.053 million. The commander also attended theceremony to inaugurate the repaved Hmawkan 11thlane in Bago. Executive officer U Tun Myaing ofTownship Development Affairs Committee reportedon matters related to construction of the self-reliantrepaved road. Next, he presented commemorative pen-nants to the commander and officials.

The self-reliant repaved road, 1350 feet longand 12 feet wide, was constructed at a cost of K 11.5million.

(See page 9)

Tourism industry will be thriving for long.

In the 21st Century, the world started to see

shortage of fuel including oil, so the countries

are thinking of possible problems. So, the

tourism world places emphasis on environ-

mental conservation for sustainable tourism.

Tourism will be thriving for ever. Even if the

world sees significant development of sci-

ence, people will make space trips.

21-2-08 NL 8/28/18, 04:21 PM16

Traditional Htamane making contests organized at famous ... · 2/21/2008 · Emergence of the...

Documents

Transcript of Traditional Htamane making contests organized at famous ... · 2/21/2008 · Emergence of the...