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

Senior General Than Shwe inspects Ma Mya Dam Project.—MNA

YANGON, 3 March —Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General ThanShwe together with member of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thura Shwe Mann,members of SPDC Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than,Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo andLt-Gen Tin Aye, Commander-in-Chief (Navy)Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, Commander-in-Chief(Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, Maj-Gen Myint Hlaing ofthe Ministry of Defence, the ministers and officialsof the State Peace and Development Council Of-fice, left here by helicopter for the site of Ma MyaDam Project in Myanaung Township, AyeyawadyDivision this morning.

The Senior General and party were wel-comed by Chairman of Ayeyawady Division Peaceand Development Council Commander of SouthWest Command Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung andofficials.

Senior General Than Shweinspects construction of

Ma Mya Dam, Ngawun Bridge(Myokwin), Pyapon BridgeNearly 200 dams were built nationwide and the

country capable of building various types of dams

(See page 8)

People in Pyapon will soon have easy accessto Yangon through Pyapon Bridge

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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 DesireSunday, 4 March, 2007

Now science and technology are makingprogress rapidly in various sectors. So, thegovernment is building good educational envi-ronment to nurture and train the youth forbringing about increasing number of humanresources.

The government, in pursuit of the nationaleducation promotion plan, is opening schools,universities and colleges the length and breadthof the nation to create opportunities for all tohave an equal access to education in rural areasand higher education in strategic regions ofstates and divisions.

Today every citizen has access to inclusiveeducation. Thus, those engaged in the educa-tion sector are duty-bound to uplift the educa-tion standard of the entire nation and to broadenthe horizon and enhance the reasoning powerof the people.

Teachers are to nurture younger genera-tions in order that the latter will possess allqualities of a citizen, cultivate a good habit ofabiding by the law and social ethics and pre-serve and promote the national integrity.

National consolidation is an engine for thedevelopment of the nation and the people andensuring peace and stability. So, teachers haveto sharpen the abilities of the students and toimpart them with patriotic spirit and UnionSpirit that serve as a key factor for nationalunity.

By nature, the youth are active and alertwith a positive attitude. And they are eager toserve the interests of the people and have a finetradition of observing social ethics and shoul-dering social responsibilities. Therefore, teach-ers should discharge duties with national out-look so as to help shape a brighter future of theUnion through the strength of younger genera-tion.

YANGON, 3 March — With the assistance ofMon State Union Solidarity and Development Asso-ciation, a ceremony to donate matriculation examina-tion guide books was held at the meeting hall of MonState USDA in Mawlamyine on 27 February, with anaddress by Patron of Mon State USDA Chairman ofMon State PDC Commander of South-East CommandBrig-Gen Thet Naing Win.

First, the Commander accepted K 3 milliondonated by Managing director U Aung Win Naing andDaw Thi Thi Lwin of GandaU Construction Service, K2 million by Chairman U Than Shein of township busline supervisory committee, K 1 million by U KyawSoe and Daw Htay Htay of Shwinlan Mattress Produc-

Matriculation examination guide books donatedtion Service and K 500,000 by Managing Directorirector U Aung Win Naing of Pyinnya Shwezin Edu-cation Service.

Next, Secretary of Mon State PDC Commis-sioner U Aung Win accepted matriculation examina-tion guide books worth K 2.5 million donated by U KanChun (Economics), Shwegangaw Education Service,U Nyunt Oo-Daw Khin Win (Sandar Nyunt PublishingHouse and Khitthit Publishing House).

Afterwards, the commander met donors andthose present. Educative talks on raising the passingrate for 2007 matriculation examination were held atbasic education high schools in the townships, MonState, starting from 22 February. — MNA

YANGON, 3 March — Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo planted grafts ofphysic nut at Pyalo Village in Aunglan Township on24 February together with social organizations andlocal people.

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo and Chairman ofMagway Division Peace and Development Council ColPhone Maw Shwe met participants of the tree planningceremony and called for putting more efforts for the

USDA S-G inspects development tasks in Magway Div

cultivation of physic nut, which could lead to the re-gional development as its oil can be used as bio diesel.

On his tour of Aunglan Township, the minis-ter inspected Duringabo River Water Pumping Projectin the township. The project supplies AyeyawadyRiver water and irrigate 6,000 acres of monsoon paddyand over 2,000 acres of summer paddy this year, anofficial said in his report to the minister. The ministeralso called for exceeding the region’s targeted per acreyield.

Secretary-General of USDA U Htay Oo alsomet with executives and members of Bago Division(West) USDA in Pyay. — MNA

Graduation of Forest TrainingSchool’s 101st batch held

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March — The 101st batch ofthe Myanmar Forest Training School of Ministry ofForestry concluded at the Survey Training School inPyinOoLwin on 26 February and Minister Brig-GenThein Aung took the salute of the trainee companies.

The minister delivered an address at the gradu-ation ceremony and awarded the best trainee and thebest trainee company.

The minister also attended the ceremony toconfer completion certificates on the trainees at thetraining school.

The Director-General and directors of the For-est Department presented prizes to the outstandingtrainees. At the ceremony, responsible persons of theMyanmar Forest Products and Timber Merchants As-sociation donated cash to the training school throughDirector-General of the Forest Department U Soe WinHlaing. — MNA

USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo meets executives and members of USDA in Pyay on24 February.—A&I

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung awards prize toan outstanding trainee.—FORESTRY

Chairman of Fund Raising Work Committee ofMyanmar Writers and Journalists AssociationU Tin Kha (Tekkatho Tin Kha) and responsiblepersons accept K 300,000 donated by Chief Edi-tor U San Tin Aung (Shwebo) of AungmyayMagazine at Sarpay Beikman building at thecorner of Merchant Street and 37th Street, Yangon on Saturday morning.—MWJA

Faculty members to dischargeduties with national outlook

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People visit a Singapore Armed Forces recruitment drive held at a mall, on2 March, 2007, in Singapore. The Singapore Armed Forces, Singapore’s nationalsecurity arm, has been actively reaching out to the public through mass mediaand recruitment drives to attract the youth of it’s city-state’s 4.3 million population.In Singapore, every Singaporean male above the age of 18 has to serve 2 yearsof national service with the Singapore Armed Forces, Police or

Civil Defence.—INTERNET

Tourists from Malaysia pose for group photos on the Tian’anmen Square as theweather turns warm in Beijing, capital of China, on 2 March, 2007.—XINHUA

Visitors look at the orchid display designed with the theme ‘Artemis’ at theJapan Grand Prix International Orchid Festival in Tokyo, on 3 March, 2007.

INTERNET

Law proposed to preventBush from attacking Iran

‘Faulty’ petrol results awaitedLONDON, 2 March—Test results on fuel which is thought to have caused

problems for thousands of drivers in the south and east of England areexpected to be released.

BERLIN, 2 March — A German man obtainedenriched uranium and buried it in his garden, raisingconcerns about the security of Germany’s nuclearreactors, the Environment Ministry in the state ofLower Saxony said on Thursday.

“How do pellets get out of a nuclear reactor? That’snot supposed to happen,” said ministry spokeswomanJutte Kremer-Heye. She said it was unclear when theman, a resident of the north-western German town ofLauenfoerder, got hold of and buried the 14 low-enriched uranium pellets, which he had sealed in a steelcontainer wrapped in a plastic bag.

He wrote to German Chancellor Angela Merkel inDecember saying he wanted to hand it over, but it wasnot until last week that officials unearthed the pelletsfrom his garden. Kremer-Heye said passing the letteron to the relevant government department had takensome time. — MNA/Reuters

Burning ship sinks off Haiti,52 dead or missing

MIAMI, 2 March — TwoHaitians were rescued fromthe sea in poor conditionand as many as 52 otherswere dead or missing froma sail-powered freighter thatcaught fire and capsized offHaiti, the US Coast Guardsaid on Thursday.

A yacht crew rescuedthe two survivors onWednesday and they weretaken to a hospital in theDominican Republic fortreatment of severe burnsand dehydration, the CoastGuard said. The crew of theLiberian-flagged merchantship Kemeri recovered eightbodies and joined the CoastGuard search for 44additional passengers whowere believed to be missing,based on the survivors’account of the number ofpeople aboard.

The survivors said their

vessel left Haiti from thenorthern coastal town ofCap-Haitien but did notindicate when it sailed.It was headed for Pro-videnciales 150 miles (240kilometres) away in the

Turks and Caicos islandchain when it sank about25 miles from the borderthat separates Haiti and theDominican Republic, theCoast Guard said.

MNA/Reuters

The petrol has alreadybeen traced to a storagedepot in Essex. The fuelindustry is testing its ownsupplies.

And CambridgeshireTrading Standards officershave sent a sample fromone affected car for testsat a forensic laboratory.

Reports say siliconehas been found in some ofthe affected cars' fuel.

Tesco confirmed thatit is testing for thesubstance, but previousanalysis by the super-market chain have failedto find any contamina-tion.

It is thought siliconemay have found its wayinto a batch of petrol intransit by ship into the UKor in storage containers.

Silicone is a compoundcontaining the elementsilicon. Its uses includeinsulation and lubrication.

The problems seem tobe centred on oxygensensors which determinethe mix of oxygen andpetrol supplied to theengine.

Automotive expertProfessor Malcolm Fox,from the University of

Leeds, said all the signspointed towards someform of liquid siliconehaving got into the fuel.

He added: “The an-alysis from the suppliersshows that the fuel isokay, so it must be a veryminor, low concentrationcontaminant.

“When it burns, it willform silicon dioxide andwill deposit a very thinsheet on the sensor — thesensor is in the exhaust —and that probably gives afalse signal to the enginecomputer.” — Internet

WASHINGTON, 2 March — OppositionDemocrats are drafting a Senate bill thatwould prevent the Bush administrationfrom launching a military strike againstIran without congressional approval.

Observers say that move reflects thefear that President George W Bush maybe preparing a military action to destroyIran’s nuclear facilities and militaryinstallations. Freshman Senator JimWebb, who defeated a veteranRepublican and possible 2008presidential candidate George Allen inNovember’s elections, is leading theeffort to draft the new legislation.

Senator Webb is a former RepublicanNavy secretary and decorated Vietnamveteran who opposes the Iraq war.

He intends to introduce his measure

next week as an amendment to the $93.4billion war spending bill.

Senate Majority Leader Harry Reidsaid on Thursday that he would supportthe proposed legislation to put breaks onPresident Bush’s powers to go to war.

“I have not read this (amendment),but I’m confident, in real generality ...that I can support” the move, SenatorReid told reporters. Mr Webb’samendment would prohibit PresidentBush from spending any money on a“unilateral military action in Iran withoutthe express consent of the Congress”.

President Bush has deployed twoaircraft-carrier battle groups off Iran’scoast. He also frequently denouncesIran’s alleged supply of weapons tomilitias in Iraq.—Internet

Enriched uranium unearthedfrom German man’s garden

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Children dress up as characters from ancient mythsduring a traditional performance of “Shehuo” tocelebrate the upcoming Lantern Festival in Tianshui,northwest China’s Gansu Province on 1 March, 2007. —INTERNET

A plow removes snow from a runway at the Minneapolis St PaulInternational Airport during a winter storm in Minneapolis on 1 March,

2007. The area is forecast to receive twelve to 24 inches of snow in24 hours. —INTERNET

A man looks at an ice jam on the Rocky Rivernear its mouth on Lake Erie in Lakewood, Ohio,

on 1 March, 2007.— INTERNET

Bush pushed for improvement inKatrina-hit region

LONG BEACH (Missis-sippi), 2 March —President George WBush faced new pressureto jump-start the re-covery from HurricaneKatrina on Thursday ashe toured the Gulf Coastregion hit by the worstnatural disaster in UShistory.

Eighteen monthsafter the 2005 hurricane,analysts say tens ofthousands of peopleremain displaced andmore than half of theschools in the NewOrleans area are stillclosed, a grim reminderof the toll on the region.

“There’s obviously a

lot more work to be done... But the times arechanging for the betterand people’s lives areimproving and there ishope.” Bush said in onecommunity of rebuilthomes.

Bush later was to goto New Orleans, his firsttrip to the area in six

months and 14th to checkup on the recovery froma storm that caught hisadministration off guardfrom the very start.

A report by theInstitute of SouthernStudies said the GulfCoast is still in crisis,with more than half theschools in New Orleansstill closed, and that theregion's recovery hasbeen stalled due to a lackof housing, jobs and otherbasic needs.

“President Bush andthe new congressionalleadership have all saidKatrina and the GulfCoast are still a toppriority. It's time for themto live up to theirpromises and respon-sibility, and help rebuildthe Gulf South,” saidChris Kromm, a spokes-man for the group.

MNA/Reuters

Colombian mayor escapesbomb, 10 wounded

Special constable’shusband in London court

for her murder

BOGOTA, 2 March —A Colombian mayor whowas threatened byguerillas escaped anassassination attempt onThursday when a rebel carbomb exploded andwounded 10 people near a

radio station where shewas speaking, authoritiessaid.

Cielo Gonzalez,mayor of Neiva, wasbroadcasting a programmein the southern city whenher bodyguards noticed a

suspicious car parkedoutside and ordered itremoved. The carexploded on a timer deviceas it was being towedaway, police said.

Local televisionshowed a bus in flamesnear the wrecked car andwounded motorcycledrivers lying amid debrisin Neiva, about 190 miles(300 kilometres) south ofthe capital Bogota.

Urban bombings areless common sincePresident Alvaro Uribebegan a US-backedcampaign to combat theRevolutionary ArmedForces of Colombia orFARC and the cocainetrade that fuels LatinAmerica's oldest guerillawar.— MNA/Reuters

US Marine killed in western Iraq BAGHDAD, 2 March — A US Marine was killed due to combat operations

in the volatile Anbar Province in western Iraq, the US military said on Thursday. The Marine, assigned to MultiNational Force-West, was killed on

Wednesday, the military said in a statement. Since the US-led war in Iraq broke out in March 2003, about 3,160 US

soldiers have been killed in the country, according to media count based onPentagon figures. — MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 2 March —The husband of specialconstable Nisha Patel-Nasri, who was stabbed todeath outside her Londonhome last May, is due toappear in court onThursday charged with hermurder, police said.

Fadi Nasri, 33, and

Roger Lesley, 37, a secondman also charged with herkilling, are due to appearbefore magistrates in westLondon, the MetropolitanPolice said in a statement.

They were botharrested on Tuesday. Atotal of four men have nowbeen charged with

murdering the 29-year-old.

Patel-Nasri was ahairdresser who per-formed unpaid policeduties in her spare time.She had been a specialconstable for more thanthree years when she waskilled.

She and her husbandhad been celebratingtheir third wedding an-niversary on the night ofthe attack.

The other two mencharged with the murderare Tony Emmanuel, 41,and Jason Jones, 35, bothof east London. They aredue to appear at the OldBailey later in March.

Nasri, self-employed,is of Wembley, northwest London. Lesley,unemployed, is of Barnet,north of the capital.

MNA/Reuters

An Airbus A-319 belonging to Indian Airlines sitson the tarmac of Indira Gandhi InternationalAirport in New Delhi. India’s two state-owned

airlines will merge within four months in a bid tocreate a world-class airline that can compete

globally, the government announced on 2 March,2007.—INTERNET

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The triad of Menkaureis displayed at the

Egyptian Museum inCairo on 1 March ,2007. A group ofartifacts, with the

exception of this onesculpture is being

shown for the first timesince they were

discovered in 1922 inthe Salakhana tomb in

Asyut. —INTERNET

Katsuhiko Machida, president of Japan’selectronics giant Sharp Corporation, introduces

the world’s biggest 108-inch liquid crystal display(LCD) during a press conference in Tokyo in

January. Japanese electronics maker Sharp Corpplans to invest 200 billion yen (1.7 billion dollars)

in a new plant in Japan to produce large flatscreens for televisions, a newspaper has reported

recently.—INTERNET

Australia’s first commercial wave-generatedpower station is seen off a surf beach near

Wollongong, south of Sydney in this undatedhandout picture from Energetech. The wave-generated power station will in weeks from 1March, 2007 begin supplying homes south of

Sydney with electricity and fresh drinking water,courtesy of the sea. —INTERNET

China-Russia border tradereaches $7b in 2006

CVI resort to build $100m-resorton Cambodian-Vietnamese border

Vietnam wins ricetender in Philippines

Airbus slashes 10,000 jobsto cut costs

MOSCOW, 2 March —The investment and tradebetween China andRussia keep growingrapidly in recent years,Chinese Deputy TradeMinister Yu Guangzhoutold a Press conferencehere on Thursday.

The border tradebetween China andRussia reached 7 billionUS dollars last year,accounting for 20 percent of the wholebilateral trade of the twocountries, Yu said.

The bilateral tradebetween the twocountries has keptgrowing at a pace of over30 per cent each yearfrom 1999 to 2005, andleaped 15 per cent overthe last year, Yu said,adding that Russia nowplaces eighth among

China’s main tradepartners, and China thefourth of Russia.

According to theminister, China hasinvested in over 700projects in Russia,adding up to one billiondollars. Russia also

invested 70 milliondollars in China. Thoseprojects involve energyand resources exploiture,timber processing, homeappliances making,telecommunications andbuilding materials.

MNA/Xinhua

PARIS, 2 March—European plane makerAirbus announcedWednesday that it will cut10,000 jobs over the nextfour years, in an attemptto save 5 billion euros(6.6 billion US dollars)by 2010.

The aircraft maker saidin a crisis statement thatit will sell or close Vareland Laupheim production

sites in Germany andSaint-Nazaire-Ville site inFrance.

Across Europe, 4,300job cuts will go in France,3,700 in Germany, 1,600in Britain and 400 in Spain.Half of the redundancieswill be made among the56,000-strong Airbuswork force and remainderfrom subcontractors, CEOLouis Gallois said.

The Toulouse-basedcompany also plans toopen its Meaulte plant inFrance, Nordenham inGermany and Filton inBritain to new investors.

This restructuring planaims at helping thecompany overcome costlydelays to its A380 super-jumbo and the effects of aweaker US dollar, Airbussaid.—MNA/Xinhua

PHNOM PENH, 2 March— CVI Resort ofMalaysia plans to investabout 100 million USdollars to build five-star

hotel, golf course,international informa-tion centre, stadium,entertainment centre,commercial centre and

supermarket on 130hectares of land in SvayRieng Province along theCambodian-Vietnameseborder, Srey Thamarong,adviser to Prime MinisterHun Sen said here onThursday.

Lim Thee Wah, ownerof the company, recentlytold Hun Sen that the hotelwill have 450 rooms andthe golf course 18 holes,

with nine in Cambodiaand the other 9 inVietnam, he said.

Hun Sen supports theinvestment plan becauseit fits the policy of theroyal government andwill boost the economicgrowth of the kingdom,he said.

Hun Sen has tried forlong to develop the borderareas into a complex zonewith industrial factory,tourism project andeconomic and tradefacility, thus bringingpeace and security there,he said.

MNA/Xinhua

HANOI, 2 March —Vietnamese enterpriseshave won a bid in thePhilippines to exportnearly 400,000 tons of riceat higher prices to thecountry, according to localnewspaper Youth onThursday.

In the tender on 28February, the Philippinescalled for rice supply of550,000 tons, but theVietnamese firms won thesupply of only 398,000 tonsbecause they placed biddingprices of 324 US dollars perton, some 16 dollars per tonhigher than the prices in

previous similar tenders. Vietnam exported

316,000 tons of rice worth100 million dollars to theworld market, mainly to thePhilippines, Indonesia,Malaysia, Cuba and Japan,in the first two monthsof this year, postingrespective year-on-yeardeclines of 47.8 per centand 39.9 per cent.

The VietnameseGovernment has recentlydecided that the rice exportvolume should be 4-4.5million tons in 2007 toensure food security.

MNA/Xinhua

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US Army hospital chiefremoved from post

Study says Vitamin may helpalcohol-damaged babies

WASHINGTON, 2 March — Giving a vitamin called choline to babies whosemothers drank too much alcohol while pregnant might help overcome some oftheir resulting deficits, US researchers said on Thursday.

Visitors are reflected in a piece of art as they attend the press day of the 2ndMoscow Biennale of Contemporary Art in the Federation Tower in Moscow on28 Feb, 2007. The Moscow Biennale officially opens on 1 March.—INTERNET

A marble statue of the ancient Greek goddess Herais shown in this undated handout photo providedby archaeologists on 1 March, 2007. The statue,dating to the 2nd century BC was discovered last

year during excavations in the town of Dion, nearMt Olympus in northern Greece.—INTERNET

A commercial flight approaches Logan Airport over a fighter jet on the flightdeck of the aircraft carrier USS John F Kennedy docked in Boston,

Massachusetts on 1 March, 2007. After nearly forty years of service, the USSKennedy is making its final port visit in Boston before being decommissioned

on 23 March in Mayport, Florida.—INTERNET

UN report says bogus medicinesflood developing world

Choline, found in peanutbutter, iceberg lettuce andsoy, among other foods,affects brain developmentand may help repair some ofthe damage done by alcohol,the team at San Diego StateUniversity found.

These findings haveimportant implications forchildren exposed to alcoholprenatally and suggest thatdietary interventionsimplemented after birthmay reduce the severity ofsome fetal alcohol effects,”the researchers wrote intheir report, published in

the journal BehaviouralNeuroscience.

Jennifer Thomas andcolleagues tested 170 rats,giving their pregnantmothers alcohol beforethey were born and thengiving some of the pupscholine after birth.

As expected, thenewborn rats were over-active and had learningproblems. But theyimproved when givencholine. “Choline is notgoing to be a panacea forall symptoms of fetalalcohol spectrum dis-

orders,” Thomas cautionedin a statement. “Womenneed to be continuallyreminded of the damagingeffects of alcohol on thedeveloping fetus.”

Choline helps brain cellsdevelop, and the body usesit to make acetylcholine,a neurotransmitter ormessage-carrying chemicalinvolved in learning andcognition.— MNA/Reuters

British businesswoman hiredhitman to kill lover

LONDON, 2 March — A millionaire businesswoman was jailed for eight yearson Friday for hiring a hitman to kill her former lover after he ran off with anold flame he had found on the “Friends Reunited” website.

VIENNA, 2 March —Counterfeit medicines,some of them soldover the Internet, areswamping unregulatedmarkets in developingnations with sometimesfatal results, the UN drugcontrol watchdog said onThursday.

Some 25 to 50 per centof the medicines used indeveloping countrieswere now believed to befake, the InternationalNarcotics Control Boardsaid in its 2006 report,quoting World HealthOrganization (WHO)findings.

Providers ranged frommakeshift villagemarkets to websites.

“This market isbelieved to be increasingrapidly. (It) exposespatients to serious health

risks by providing accessto poorly or incorrectlylabelled medicines that areineffective, substandardand, in some cases, evenlethal,” it said.

The board spotlighteddangers inherent in graft-ridden, weakly-regulatedmarkets, where bogusmedicines had pro-liferated, and the wid-espread and growingmisuse of prescription andweight-loss drugs.

The annual report alsosaid Iranians hadbecome the world’shighest per capitaabusers of opiates asthey straddled exportcorridors from lawlessAfghanistan, source ofmore than 90 per cent ofthe opium producedglobally.

MNA/Reuters

Carol Hunter, 50, former managingdirector of baby products firm TommeeTippee in Northumberland, wassentenced at the Old Bailey in London.

Hunter had become consumed withhatred after Colin Love, her partner of22 years, left and married a childhoodsweetheart he had refound on the popularsite. She persuaded her new lover, 54-year-old former accountant Anton Lee,to find someone to kill the pair, whowere living in a 600,000-pound countryretreat in Bedfordshire, largely boughtwith Hunter’s money.

She was furious that Love wasplanning to leave his assets to his new

wife rather than their two children. The plot was revealed when a friend

Lee had asked for advice contacted thepolice, who put forward an undercoverofficer to pose as a hitman.

During negotiations with the supposedhitman, Hunter dropped the plan to killthe couple in favour of an attack onLove’s wife Judith that would drive themout of the Bedfordshire home.

She asked for Love’s wife to beattacked in the house in such a “horribleexperience” — leaving her paralysed,blinded or scarred for life — that thecouple would no longer want to livethere.— MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 2 March— The head of the USArmy’s top hospital wasremoved from his post onThursday after troopswounded in Iraq andAfghanistan were found tobe living in shoddy con-ditions and struggling with a complex bureaucracy.

An Army statementsaid top officials hadlost confidence in MajorGeneral George Weight-man’s ability “to addressneeded solutions forsoldier outpatient care” atthe Walter Reed ArmyMedical Centre inWashington, D C.

“The care and welfareof our wounded menand women in uniform

demand the higheststandard of excellence andcommitment that we canmuster as a government,”Defence Secretary RobertGates said.

“When this standard isnot met, I will insist on swiftand direct corrective actionand, where appropriate,accountability up the chainof command,” he said in astatement. Problems at thehospital were brought tolight by a Washington Postinvestigation published lastmonth.

It found that recuperat-ing soldiers were livingin a dilapidated buildinginfested with mice,mold, and cockroaches. MNA/Reuters

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Germany’s Joerg Ritzerfeld soars through the airduring the qualification for the normal hill HS 100

jumping competition at the Nordic World SkiChampionships in Sapporo, northern Japan

on 2 March, 2007. —INTERNET

Malaysia’s armed force troops march during the Malaysia’s 74th army daycelebrations in the southern town of Port Dickson, Malaysia,

on 1 March, 2007.—INTERNET

Flight attendants from Oneworld, the global airlinealliance consisting of Finnair, Cathay Pacific

Airways, Malev, Royal Jordanian, Qantas, JAL,American Airlines, British Airways, LAN Group and

Iberia, pose after a news conference in Tokyoon 1 March, 2007. Japan Airlines will join Oneworld

on 1 April .—INTERNET

PHNOM PENH, 3 March — The CambodianGovernment will consider exempting visa forVietnamese entrepreneurs to enter the kingdom, theCambodge Soir reported on Friday.

Cambodia to consider visaexemption for Vietnamese

investors

The Vietnamese sidesubmitted such a request inorder to facilitate bilateraltrade and economiccooperation, when theCambodian-VietnameseBusiness Forum was heldhere on Wednesday.

Thong Khon, secretaryof state for Ministry ofTourism, was quoted assaying that the governmentwill take the request intoaccount as it wishes to attractmore business-orientedforeigners to Cambodia.

“The government haslaid out a policy aimed at

attracting investors to cometo Cambodia. We will holddetailed discussions on theissue with the ministries offoreign affairs andcommerce,” he said.

Vietnamese PresidentNguyen Minh Triet, who wasaccompanied by 50 investorsduring his three-day state visitto Cambodia from 27February to 1 March, saidduring the forum thatCambodia has goodcommercial potential inagriculture, tourism, miningand industry sectors forexploration.—MNA/Xinhua

ROME, 3 March —Italian center-left leaderRomano Prodi was re-confirmed as premierFriday, after winning aconfidence vote in theLower House of Par-liament.

The Prime Minister,who enjoys a comfortablemajority in the LowerChamber, won with 342-253. “It was a good voteand a great margin, but alsothe debate showed thecentre left is much moreunited than the centre rightand that means thegovernment’s work will goahead strongly. We can goforward well,” Prodi said.

Prodi survived histoughest test of the weekWednesday, when he wonthe confidence vote inSenate with 162 votes, onlytwo more than the majorityneeded, with 157 votingagainst him.

MNA/Xinhua

Prodi winssecond

confidence vote

NAIROBI, 3 March — Africa has remained hotbed of drug trafficking with criminal cartels preferring touse West, East and North Africa as major transit routes with the spillover effects of increased consumptionof high-grade drugs, a UN anti-drug agency warned on Thursday.

UN says Africa remains hotbed of drug trafficking

The UN Office onDrugs and Crime (UNODC)said in its just publishedreport that the continent israpidly becoming a hotbedfor drug trafficking ofcocaine, cannabis and othersophisticated illegal che-micals because of the lackof capacity to deal withsophisticated drug cartels.

The UNODC Repres-entative Carsten Hyttel saidthere is an increase in almost

all regions of Africa withlarger seizures of drugs.

“Africa continues to beexploited by cocaine tra-fficking organizations forsmuggling cocaine fromSouth America to Europe.While western Africa is atthe forefront of the cocainetrafficking routes when itcomes to Africa, I need toremind you that easternAfrica including Kenya arealso on the map of the cocaine

traffickers,” said Hyttel.“Africa is home to

illegally operated Internetpharmacies which act asdrug suppliers,” Hyttel saidduring the launch of thereport in Nairobi andreiterated a global attentionon the growing drugs crisis,including screening of allroutes of incoming andoutgoing international mail.

The report says manyAfrican countries faceserious difficulties in

providing adequatetreatment and rehabilitationfor persons abusingcannabis, as health-carefacilities often lack thenecessary resources.

“Africa’s share of globaltrafficking in cannabis hasbeen incr-easinglycontinuously, ascorroborated by a number ofmultiton seizures of cannabisherb and resin in Africaduring the last year,” said thereport. — MNA/Xinhua

OSLO, 3 March — More than 60 nations started the biggest scientificinvestigation of the Arctic and Antarctic on Thursday amid new evidence thatglobal warming is thawing polar ice and raising sea levels.

Polar year starts with worries of rising seas

About 3,000 childrenmade slushy snowmen andwaved banners saying“give us back the winter”in Oslo, scientists met inParis and other expertsgathered on a researchvessel in Cape Town tomark the start ofInternational Polar Year(IPY).

“The polar year isimportant for everyone onthe planet,” NorwegianPrime Minister JensStoltenberg told Reuterswhen asked if people livingin places such as Africa orAsia should be interestedin science at the icy ends ofthe earth.

“We are seeing climatechange most clearly in thepolar areas and researchthere can give us decisiveknowledge in the fightagainst global warming,”he said.

During the UN-

backed year, about 50,000experts will be involved in228 projects such asstudying marine life in theAntarctic, mapping howwinds carry pollutants tothe Arctic, or examiningthe health of people, polarbears or penguins.

Scientists will flyplanes into storms offGreenland, others willmeasure ice from satellitesand still others will see howreindeer are faring whenwarmer weather damageslichen pastures.

MNA/Reuters

BANGKOK, 3 March — A young robber released from jail last year has beenarrested for the murder of two Russian women as they sat on the beach at the Thairesort city of Pattaya to watch the sun rise, police said on Friday.

Thai arrested for Russian tourist murders

Anuchit Lumlert, ajobless 24 year old,confessed to pumpingbullets into TatianaTsimfer, 30, and LiubovSvirkova, 25, as they sat indeckchairs drinking,Pattaya police Lieutenant-General Aswin Kwan-muang said.

“He said he wanted torob them, but had to killthem because one of thetwo victims saw his face,”Aswin, who led the

investigation in a citynotorious as an inte-rnational criminals’ haven90 miles (150 kilometres)from Bangkok, told Reutersby telephone.

But investigators werenot wholly convinced bythe story of the man releasedfrom jail a year ago afterserving a sentence forrobbery.

“We didn’t believehim because he didn’t taketheir mobile phones withhim as he claimed he wasdrunk, and we suspect hemight have been hired to

do the job,” Aswin said. The suspected killer

was caught in blurrypictures on a hotel securitycamera arriving on amotorcycle, walkingthrough a garden to thebeach, then returning to thesame place later.

He also left thewomens’ wallets behind.

Police brought inexperts to identify themotorcycle model, whichhelped track down Anuchit,who then told them wherehe had dumped the pistol.

MNA/Reuters

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Senior General Than Shweinspects construction…

Ma Mya Dam project is be-ing undertaken by Construction-9of Irrigation Department and about90 per cent of the project has beencompleted. On completion of theproject, the dam can supply waterto cultivable land and two 250-kilo-watt turbines can generate elec-tricity.

(from page 1)Minister for Agricul-

ture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo reported onfacts a bout Ma Mya DamProject.

He said the project isbeing implemented on MaMya Creek, one and a halfmiles north west ofHmyinwataung villagenear Pathein-MonywaRoad in Myanaung Town-ship. The earth dam is11,800 feet long and 150feet high. The capacity ofwater at full brim is 70,000acre feet. The dam cangenerate 500 kilowatts andsupply water to over

10,000 acres of cultivableland and it can preventfarmland on both sides ofMa Mya Creek fromflooding.

The minister re-ported in detail on pre-liminary preparation, con-struction of diaphragmconcrete wall, the maindam, conduit pipe and con-trol tower and spillwaysand establishment of irri-gation system andprogress of work.

In his guidance, Sen-ior General Than Shwesaid Ma Mya Dam can notonly supply water but gen-erate hydro-electricpower.

He said nearly 200dams have been built na-tionwide and the countryis capable of building vari-ous types of dams.

He spoke of the needfor engineers concernedto design and build damprojects plus hydro-elec-

tric power by themselves.They must have abil-

ity to build small scalehydro-electric powerprojects with own stand-ards so that irrigation andhydel-power projects canbe completed without de-lay. The people can enjoythe benefits sooner, hesaid.

Out of the damsbuilt, some dams needregular maintenance.Some irrigation systemsare in need of repair. Theyare to be mended throughsupervision in accordwith the procedures, headded.

He urged officialsconcerned to give encour-agement to cultivate newcrops that can earn moremoney and be thriving inirrigated areas inAyeyawady Division.

Senior General ThanShwe inspected storage ofwater in Ma Mya Dam,construction of the con-trol tower, the main damand spillways.

Ma Mya Dam

project is being under-taken by Construction-9of Irrigation Departmentand about 90 per cent ofthe project has been com-pleted. On completion ofthe project, the dam can

supply water to cultiva-ble land and two 250-kilo-watt turbines can gener-ate electricity.

Senior General ThanShwe and party went byhelicopter to the site ofNgawun Bridge(Myokwin) in HinthadaTownship. They werewelcomed by Minister forConstruction Maj-GenSaw Tun and officials.

Minister Maj-GenSaw Tun said NgawunBridge has been in usesince 1907. A newNgawun Bridge(Myokwin) is being builtfor heavy trucks. In ac-cord with the guidance ofSenior General ThanShwe, the bridge that canwithstand 60 tons of loadis being built.

(See page 9)

Senior General Than Shwe inspects construction of Ngawun Bridge (Myokwin). — MNA

Progress of Pyapon Bridge linking Pyapon River between Ward 1 in Pyapon and Ohnbin Village in Dedaye Township. — MNA

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(from page 16)The well was drilled in Febru-

ary. On 21 February, the drillingreached 11,126 feet deep. It was esti-mated that natural gas on a commer-cial scale exists at a sand layer be-tween 3,487 feet and 3,506 feet andanother one between 3,510 feet and3,520 feet.

This hot season, the natural gasdeposit has been found after drilling

Drilling of Karkonna Well (1)…

Senior General Than Shweinspects construction…

(from page 8) He also reported on data of the project, con-

struction of the main bridge and approach bridges onHinthada and Ingapu banks and progress of work.

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than and the commanderreported on conditions of roads and bridges inAyeyawady Division and their use.

Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo re-ported on production of iron trusses for the bridge.

Senior General Than Shwe said Ngawun Bridge(Myokwin) is on Zalun-Hinthada-Ingapu-MyanaungRoad that links most townships and villages. The roadis being built for ensuring smooth transport as it iseconomically and socially vital, he said.

Old bridges on the road are to be repaired and theroad is to be upgraded step by step under the project.

The Senior General looked into the construc-tion of the approach bridge on Hinthada side and themain bridge.

On completion, the 2835-foot-long reinforcedconcrete type Ngawun Bridge (Myokwin) will have a960-foot-long approach bridge on Hinthada side, an840-foot-long approach bridge on Ingapu side and1035-foot main bridge along with a 28-foot-widemotorway on it.

The Bridge Project Special Group (4) of PublicWorks is undertaking the project.

The Senior General inspected the project site.Next, he inspected progress of Hinthada in a motorcade.

At 2.30 pm, he inspected the Pyapon Bridge Projectbeing implemented on the Pyapon River between

Ward 1 in Pyapon and Ohnbin Village in DedayeTownship. Minister Maj-Gen Saw Tun gave an accountof the project.

Acting Managing Director U Khin Maung Hse ofPublic Works reported on work progress and progressof construction of approach roads on Pyapon side andDedaye side.

The Senior General gave guidance on durability ofthe facility, and inspected the project. Next, he inspectedthe progress of Pyapon.

Now, the project being undertaken by the BridgeProject Special Group (7) is nearing completion. Whencompleted, Yangon will be easily accessible fromPyapon through Dedaye-Kungyangon-Dalla Road.

Senior General Than Shwe saw over the PyaponBridge and progress of Pyapon. He arrived at Yangonlater in the afternoon.—MNA

Zawtika (1), Gawthaka and Karkonna(1) wells. According to the test, 21 mil-lion cubic feet of natural gas can beproduced from Karkonna (1) well daily.

As the future plan, one explo-ration well and four apprisal wells willbe drilled by the end of July. TheMinistry of Energy will implement theplan to use the natural gas for servingthe best interest of the State.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3March — Chairman of theLeading Committee forObservance of the 62ndAnniversary ArmedForces Day Chief ofArmed Forces TrainingLt-Gen Aung Htwe, to-gether with Chairman ofthe Organizing Commit-tee for the Military BandCompetition Vice-Adju-

YANGON, 3 March— Myanmar Youth teamtrounced the Philippines Youth team 9-1 in HassanalBolkiah Trophy for U-21 ASEAN Youth FootballChampionship 2007 held at Berakas Sports Complexin Banda Seri Begawan, capital of Brunei at 4 pmBrunei Standard Time today.

Myanmar striker Hla Aye Htwe scored twicein the third minute and 12th minute. Striker Si ThuThan and midfielder Htoo Kyaw netted third and fourthgoals each in the 25th minute and 32nd minute, andMyanmar team dominated the first half of the gamewith the four-nil result. In the 47th minute of secondhalf, the Philippines team snatched a goal.

However, five more goals by Yaza Win Thein,Si Thu Than, Zaw Htet Aung, Pyae Pyo Oo and YeWaiyan Soe made sure of victory of Myanmar side.Myanmar plays against Cambodia youth team on 5March at 8 pm Brunei Standard Time.

MNA

Six bands take part in Military Band Competitiontant-General Maj-Gen HlaShwe and members, sen-ior military officers of theMinistry of Defence andmembers of the panel ofjudges attended the sixthday of the 15th DefenceServices (Army, Navy andAir) Military Band Com-petition at the paradeground, here, this morn-ing.

The militarybands representing No 1company of North-WestCommand, No 1 companyof Eastern Command,Western Command,South-West Command,No 3 company of EasternCommand and No 1 com-pany of South-East Com-mand took part in the com-petition. — MNA

Myanmar defeat Philippine 9-1in U-21 ASEAN Youth Football

Championship 2007

An oil rig named Karkonna (1) in Block M-9 offshore Mottama.—ENERGY

Senior General Than Shwe hears report on building of Ngawun Bridge (Myokwin) by Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Saw Tun.—MNA

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Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo receivesIRRI Director-General Dr Robert Ziegleer and party. — A&I

The ceremony to pay homage to Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru titlerecipient Sayadaw Bhaddanta Narada in progress at Pantapwinttaung

Tawya in Taikkyi Township. — MNA

Respects paid to Presiding Sayadaw ofMahathubhawdhayon Monastery

YANGON, 3 March—A ceremony to honourPresiding Sayadaw ofMahathubhawdhayonMonastery in SagaingAgga Maha PanditaAbhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru Bhaddanta Naradawho was conferredAbhidhaja Maha RattahaGuru by the State Peaceand Development Councilwas held at DhammasukhaBeikman of

Pantapwinttaung Tawya inTaikkyi Township thisafternoon.

Present on theoccasion were thePantapwinttaung Sayadawand members of theSangha, nuns, Thiri-thudhamma Manijo-tadhaja U Myint Soe andmembers, Patron of 9,0000Lights Association(Insein) U Soe Win (SinguSoe Win) and wellwishers,

local people, teachers andstudents.

After paying homageto Presiding SayadawBhaddanta Narada, thecongregation received theFive Precepts.

After that, the twowellwishers, on behalf ofthe PantapwinttaungSayadaw, presentedoffertories to members ofthe Sangha and sharedmerits gained.—MNA

YANGON, 3 March—A ceremony to hoistShwehtidaw (GoldenUmbrella) atopZinamanaung Pagoda inThingangyun Township,Yangon East District washeld at the pagoda thismorning.

It was attended bymembers of the Sanghaheaded by Joint-Secretaryof State Sangha MahaNayaka CommitteePresiding Sayadaw ofInsein Ywama Pariyatti

Sarthintaik Agga MahaPandita BhaddantaTilokabhivamsa, DawKhin Than Nwe, wife ofLt-Gen Tin Oo and family,heads of departments,Chairman of Committeefor All-round Renovationof Zinamanaung PagodaAgga Maha Thiri-thudhamma Manijota-dhaja Dr Moe Tin andmembers, wellwishers andguests.

The ceremony wasopened with the recitation

Shwehtidaw hoisted atop ZinamanaungPagoda in Thingangyun Township

of Namo Tassa threetimes. After that, thecongregation received theFive Precepts fromBhaddanta Tilokabhi-vamsa and membersof the Sangha recitedparittas.

The heads ofdepartment andwellwishers presentedSeinbhudaw(DiamondBud), Hngetmyatnadawand Shwehtidaw tomembers of the Sanghaand offertories.—MNA

A&I Minister receives IRRIDirector-General and party

YANGON, 3 March— Minister forAgriculture andIrrigation Maj-Gen HtayOo received Director-General Dr RobertZiegleer and party ofP h i l i p p i n e - b a s e d

International RiceResearch Institute atYuzana Yeiktha onNatmauk Avenue on 1March. They discussedmatters related toboosting rice productionin Myanmar.

Also present werethe President ofMyanmar Academy ofAgriculture, Forestry,Livestock and Fisheries,the directors-general andmanaging directors of theministry. — MNA

Furniture donated to library in KayanYANGON, 3 March —

Furniture donationceremony to ‘DawPhwathin Library’ was heldat the library in thecompound of No 2 BasicEducation High School in

Kayan, Yangon Divisionyesterday.

16 sets of iron cabinet,20 desks, a computer desk,a table and 48 chairs worthK 5 million were donatedto the library by donor U

Win Aung Kyaw, wife DawTin Mu Aung Kyaw familyof Canada.

Present on theoccasion were responsiblepersons, donors andguests.—H

Religious title recipient members of Sangha honoured

YANGON, 3 March —Religious title recipientmembers of the Sanghaand Agga Maha ThiriThudhamma Theingi titlerecipient layman werehonoured at the RakhineState Dhammayon at theeastern stairway of theShwedagon Pagoda thismorning.

The 20th ceremony

to confer religious titlerecipient on members ofthe Sangha was sponsoredby Rakhine StateDhammayon Board ofTrustees.

Sayadaw BhaddantaSobhana of ManiyadanaSarthintaik of Sittwayadministered the FivePrecepts and recited MettaSuttas.

Presiding NayakaSayadaw of PitsimayonMonastery BhaddantaKhemidha delivered onOvadakatha andoffertories were presentedto members of the Sangha.

Sayadaw BhaddantaIndapala delivered asermon followed bysharing of merits.

MNA

Temporary closure of Defence ServicesMuseum on 1 March

YANGON, 3 March — TheDefence Services Museum onShwedagon Pagoda Road, here, willbe closed temporarily beginning 1March to make preparations andrenovation for observance of the

exhibition to mark the 62ndAnniversary Armed Forces Day 2007.

The museum will reopen toorganize the 62nd Anniversary ArmedForces Day Exhibition on 26 March.

MNA

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.

Second best time is now.

A responsibleperson

presentscertificate of

honour toAgga Maha

ThiriThudhammaTheingi titlewinner DawKyi Kyi Swe(Thamada

Robe House).H

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YANGON, 3 March — Ministerfor Electric Power No 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint on 28 February arrived atShwesayan Power Station near OhnchawVillage of Patheingyi Township.

The minister heard reports onerecting of towers for 21-mile Kyaukme-Nawngkhio section of Shweli-Mansi-Shwesayan 230-kv power grid presentedby officials. The minister inspectedconstruction of staff quarters in the yard

Tasks of Shwesayan, Kyaukse (Belin)Power Stations inspected

of the power station.At Kyaukse (Belin) Power

Station construction site in SingaingTownship, the minister heard reports onarrangements for supply of power fromYeywa Hydel Power Plant reported bythe project manager of Power SupplyProject (North). The minister and partyviewed progress of staff quarters andbuildings for the power station, and gavenecessary instructions. — MNA

YANGON, 3 March—Aceremony to present MySM Mobileapplication to regional sale agents washeld in conjunction with a workshop onmobile phone at the Traders Hotel thisafternoon, attended by ManagingDirector Dr Kyaw Htoo Lin and ProjectManager Dr Kyaw Nanda of MobilemateTelecommuni-cations Co Ltd,entrepreneurs and media men.

Marketing Manager U KyawZeya Tun gave talks on MySmapplication that can be used in GSMphones and potential businesses andopportunities by using Myanmarlanguage in mobile communicationssystem, Software Architect U HtooMyint Naung of Technomation Studios,on structure and use of MySMapplication and other technological data,

YANGON, 3 March —Organized by MyanmarGolf Federation, anopening ceremony ofGrand Royal SpecialReserve Third Qualify

Joint-Secretary-1

U Myo Thet of

Myanmar Timber

Entrepreneurs

Association left by air

for Singapore on 28

February to attend

International

Furniture Fair

Singapore 2007 and

ASEAN Furniture

Show to be held in

Singapore from 1 to 5

March. U Myo Thet

was seen off at the

Marketing Manager U Kyaw Zeya Tun speaks at a Workshop onmobile phone.—MNA

Workshop on mobile phone conducted

Manager U Min Hla Tar of MobilemateTelecommunications Co Ltd, on aprogramme to deliver MySM to mobileusers in Myanmar and how to use MySMthrough Internet by Myanmars who areabroad.

Responsible persons answeredthe quaries raised by the attendees. MySMsoftware can be used in Myanmarlanguage.

Those wishing to acquire furtherinformation can access www.mysmonline.com and those wishing tobuy MySM can contact MobilemateTelecommunications Co Ltd, No (402)(C), Dagon Centre, SangyoungTownship, Ph: 514324,524611 ande-mail: mobilemate @ myanmar.com.mm.

MNA

Grand Royal Special Reserve Third QualifyRound kicks offRound under thesponsorship of Inter-national BeveragesTrading Co Ltd was heldat Ngantay Golf Club inMawlamyine thismorning. Hla Win took thelead in the amateur golferscontest by firing nett total70 strokes at the first 18thhole.

Col Myo Aung Htayof South-East Command ,Secretary of Mon State

Peace and DevelopmentCouncil U Aung Win,MPGA and MGF ExecutiveU Ko Ko Lay and Designand Development DirectorU Tint Oo of IBTC teed offto open the first 18th holeevent.

Air Mandalay, HotelNikko, Srixon and Alpineare co-sponsors of thetournament together withorganizer Han EventManagement — MNA

YANGON, 3 March—Minister forEducation Dr Chan Nyein supervisedacademic matters in universities and acollege in Yangon this morning.

In his inspection tour of YangonEast University, he instructed the rectorand deans to lay down workprogrammes, conduct research,prescribe combined subjects, usesufficient pedagogical aids, and carryout greening, security and sanitationtasks for the improvement of theuniversity. He inspected performancesof students of University of DistanceEducation.

Academic matters supervisedUpon arrival at the National

Management College, he inspectedcomputer diploma courses. In meetingwith the principal and teachers there,he responded to the reports on academicmatters.

Next, he visited Yangon Universityand held discussions about educationalresearch with Ph.D degree holderfaculty members.

He inspected the special academicmethods course No (2) and lecturerooms. He also gave instructions onacademic matters.

MNA

YANGON, 3 March—The Livestock Breeding and VeterinaryDepartment is taking measures as to the death of fowls and birds in townshipsof Yangon Division.

The death of two crows was found in Insein Township on 3-3-2007,one crow and four pigeons in Mingaladon Township on 3-3-2007, two crowsand one owl in Mayangon Township on 3-3-2007, one crow in MingalaTaungnyunt on 3-3-2007 and one sparrow in Sangyoung Township on 3-3-2007. Regarding this, bird flu was not detected.

The death of one domestic fowl and one duck was found in InseinTownship on 3-3-2007. In this context, protozoa was detected in the deadfowl and E-coli and salmonella in the dead duck although bird flu was notfound.

No chickens were dead in poultry farms in townships of YangonDivision. And no bird flu was detected in the dead crows, owl, pigeons andsparrow.

Disinfection was carried out in poultry farms and destroyed poultryfarms. The LBVD came to the conclusion that the death of those birds mightbe due to the residue of disinfectant used in the poultry farms.

The LBVD has requested pet keepers to make arrangements so thattheir dogs and cats cannot eat the dead crow, sparrow, pigeon and wild birds.It also urged breeders not to directly use concentrate disinfectant but to use0.5 per cent disinfectant diluting with water in farms for prevention and 2 percent disinfectant diluting with water in infected farms.—MNA

Measures taken as to death offowls and birds in townships of

Yangon Division

airport by General Secretary U Nay Tun Min

and CEC member U Aung Naing Oo of the

association.—MNA

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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GEE HONG VOY NO (704)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GEE HONGVOY NO (704) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 4.3.2007 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S EAGLE SHIPPING CO, LTDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VASCO DA GAMA NO (035)Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCO DA

GAMA NO (035) are here by notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 4.3.2007 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI SUVIDHA NO (72507)Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI

SUVIDHA NO (72507) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 4.3.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S GATI COAST TO COASTPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Ministry of Industry (1)Myanma Ceramic Industries192, Kaba Aye Pagoda Road

Yangon, Myanmar

Invitation to TenderSealed Tenders are invited by Myanma

Ceramic Industries for the extension of TablewarePlant. The Plant Production Line shall be able toproduce 1100 tons per year of Ceramic Warewhich is to be established at Tableware and TileFactory (Thayawaddy). Tender document shall beavailable from 5th, March, 2007, during the officehour and closing date is 21st March, 2007. 15:00hour Myanmar Standard Time.

Please Contact Phone No. 01-562036, 067-408336 or Fax 01-578226 or 067-408064 forfurther information.

Managing DirectorMyanma Ceramic Industries

Indonesia will notback new Iran

sanctions JAKARTA, 2 March —

Indonesia will likelyoppose or at least abstainduring voting on aWestern-backed resolu-tion on fresh sanctions onIran at the UN SecurityCouncil, local Press saidThursday.

The main aim of theresolution is to imposetougher sanctions on Iranfor its failure to fulfil UNconditions on its nuclearprogramme.

A credible govern-ment source has indicatedthat Indonesia, a signatoryto the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT) and a supporter ofthe peaceful use of nucleartechnology, would notapprove heavier sanctionson Iran because it has notseen any justification forsupporting such aresolution, reported majornational newspaper TheJakarta Post.

The governmentargued that Iran has everyright to develop nuclearpower for peacefulpurposes while either theUnited States or theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA)has failed to provide proofover claims that Iran willbuild nuclear weapons,the newspaper said.

Foreign Ministryspokesman Desra Percayahas said on severaloccasions that judgingfrom past experiences,Indonesia did not believethat sanctions against Iranwould work.

MNA/Xinhua

Train accident innorthern Japan

injures 51 TOKYO, 2 March — A

one-car local train wasderailed after colliding witha trailer truck early Thursdayin northern Japan’sHokkaido, injuring 51people, Kyodo News said.

The truck driver hasbeen arrested for allegednegligence resulting ininjuries, the report said. Thetrain driver and twopassengers suffered heavyinjuries, though not critical.Other 48 people injured werealso train passengers. Therewere around 70 people inthe train when the collisionoccurred at a railroadcrossing between Bihoroand Hiushinai on HokkaidoRailway Co’s SekihokuLine at around 8:20 am(2320 GMT, Wednesday).

The truck, which wascarrying log, failed to stopwhen the crossing gate wasclosed. The train wasrunning at 60 kilometres perhour before the accident, thetrain driver was quoted assaying. — MNA/Xinhua

British defence ministryconfirms soldier killed in Iraq

LONDON, 2 March — A British soldier diedafter a “small arms fire” attack in Basra, southernIraq, the Ministry of Defence confirmed onWednesday.

The MoD said the unnamed soldier from the 2ndBattalion The Rifles had been on a routine patrol inBasra when he sustained “very serious” injuries onTuesday morning and died in hospital, Sky newsreported.

MNA/Xinhua

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Two-month-old Indochinese tiger cubs play with their mother Mi Mi insidetheir cage at the Hanoi Zoo on 2 March, 2007. Four cubs of the second

generation of Indochinese tiger were successfully bred in captivity, HanoiZoo deputy General Director Dang Gia Tung said on Friday. — INTERNET

People wait at a crossing in Tokyo’s Ginza shopping district on 2 March,2007. —INTERNET

South Korea’s next-generation tanks, code

named ‘XK2’ and nicknamed ‘Black Panther,

are seen during an unveiling ceremony in

Changwon, southeast of Seoul, on 2 March,

2007. —INTERNET

Pregancy diet may impactChild’s allergy risk

NEW YORK, 2 March — What a woman eats during pregnancy mayinfluence the odds that her child will develop allergies, a new study hints.

Transfusion near surgery may upblood clot risk

Superstition sparks toiletcleaning craze in Japan

Dr Joachim Heinrich,of GSF-Institute ofEpidemiology, Neuher-berg, Germany, andcolleagues studiedassociations betweenmaternal diet during thelast 4 weeks of pregnancyand allergies and eczemain offspring at age 2 years.

They analyzed datafrom 2,641 children.Overall, 17.7 percent ofall children had doctor-diagnosed eczema at age2. A total of 9.3 per centwere sensitized to foodallergens, most commonlymilk and eggs, and 4.8 percent were sensitized toinhaled allergens.

After adjusting forpotentially confoundingfactors, positive associa-tions were observedbetween high maternalintakes of margarine andvegetable oils during thelast 4 weeks of pregnancyand eczema during the first2 years in the offspring.

On the other hand,eating a lot of fish late inpregnancy seemed to offersome protection against

eczema in offspring. The study also found that

children born to moms whoate a lot of celery and citrusfruit were at increased riskfor sensitization to foodallergens. Sensitization toinhaled allergens was alsoassociated with highmaternal intakes of deep-frying vegetable fat, rawsweet pepper and citrusfruit.

MNA/Reuters

NEW YORK, 2 March— Transfusion of bloodfrom a donor around thetime of surgery appears toincrease the risk of bloodclots in women, but not inmen, according to a newstudy. Blood clots in theveins, a condition calledvenous thromboembolismor VTE, are a seriousproblem. With VTE, clotscan form in the veins ofthe legs, impairing bloodflow. But a bigger concernis when clots travel fromthe legs to the lungs, whichcan be fatal.

Transfusion of donated

blood can disrupt thenormal balance of clottingfactors and alter theinflammatory cascade, thestudy authors explain,thereby increasing the riskof clot formation duringperiods of systemicinflammation such assurgery. Dr Kent R Nilssonand colleagues from JohnsHopkins UniversitySchools of Medicine andHygiene and PublicHealth, Baltimore,Maryland sought todetermine whether therewas an association betweenblood product transfusion

and VTE in more than14,000 patients whounderwent colorectalcancer surgery.

MNA/Reuters

US helicopter makes“hard landing ” in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 2 March — AUS helicopter made a“hardlanding” in northern

Iraq on Thursday, and initialreports said the cause was amechanical problem, nothostile fire, the military saidin a statement.

Two pilots on board theUS Army OH-58 Kiowahelicopter were injured andhad been evacuated, thestatement added. Residentsin the area said they hadseen the helicopter hit wiressouth of the city of Kirkuk.

A hard landing gene-rally describes an em-ergency landing, but not acrash. Insurgents haveshot down eight helicopterssince 20 January in Iraq,killing a total of 28 people,mostly soldiers. Six of thosehelicopters were USmilitary aircraft and twobelonged to a privateAmerican security firm.

MNA/Reuters

TOKYO, 2 March —Cleanliness has long beennext to godliness for theh y g i e n e - c o n s c i o u sJapanese, but fortune-tellers are now advisingthose who want to succeedin life to start by scrubbingthe smallest room.

Cleaning the toilet toattract luck published thismonth is the latest in aseries of books advisingreaders on how to attractgood fortune using a brushand an array of cleaningfluids.

“Don’t just wipe thefloor, polish it,” the bookinstructs. “It’s importantto maintain a positivemood while cleaning.”

The books are inspiredby Buddhist teachings andfeng shui, a traditional

Chinese belief thatpeople’s fortunes aredetermined by theirsurroundings.

The idea that LadyLuck may be hiding in thelavatory has been takenup by magazines andtelevision programmes.

“I won the lottery! Imarried my ideal person!I got pregnant!” read someof the claims on the coverof another book on thetopic, published last year.

The idea that a cleantoilet can bring goodfortune, or even make youmore beautiful, has existedin Japan for many years,according to Yuka Somaof Makino Publishing inTokyo, editor of one ofthe toilet books.

MNA/Reuters

Argentinepolice seize

3 tons ofmarijuana BUENOS AIRES, 2 March

— Argentine NationalArmed Police onWednesday seized threetons of marijuana in aroutine inspection in thenortheastern province ofMisiones.

The seizure took placein San Ignacio, about1,800 kilometres northeastof Argentina’s capitalBuenos Aires, authoritiessaid.

The drug was hidden ina truck on its way fromParaguay. The driver washeld in custody by localauthorities.

MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Martina Glagow of Germany wins the Women’s7.5 km sprint at the World Cup Biathlon

in Lahti Finland, on 2 March, 2007. — INTERNET

Chelsea admit FA chargeover League Cup final brawl

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

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DOWN 1 Poetry 2 Firm 3 Latin poet 4 Charge 5 Girl’s name 6 Do away with 7 Commended12 Waits on13 Money handler15 Unlawful16 Blossom17 Lukewarm19 Unfashionable21 Small bird

Injured Solskjaer faces month out

High demand for Euro 2008 tickets

LONDON, 3 March — English champi-ons Chelsea have admitted an FA chargeof failing to control their players afterthe brawl in the closing moments of their2-1 League Cup final victory over Arse-nal, the FA said on Friday.

Chelsea’s John Obi Mikel and Arse-nal’s Emmanuel Adebayor and KoloToure were sent off after the clash inCardiff’s Millennium Stadium last Sun-day. “Chelsea have admitted a charge offailing to control their players and/orofficials,” the FA said on their website.

“Chelsea have requested a personalhearing which will be scheduled in duecourse.”

The admission suggests Chelsea are

backing off over the incident while Arse-nal are embroiled in a full scale row withthe FA.

Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho andhis Arsenal counterpart Arsene Wengerrushed on to the pitch to try to calm theirplayers during the melee.

Both clubs were charged with failureto control their players and on Thursdaythe FA also said it would ask Wenger foran explanation of his comments suggest-ing the FA disciplinary system was dis-honest and that a linesman had lied.

Wenger repeated his assertions on Fri-day, fanning the flames of a dispute thatcould lead to his third disrepute charge ofthe season. — MNA/Reuters

Henry worry for Gunners

NYON (Switzerland), 3March— Organizers ofthe 2008 European cham-pionship have reported ahigh demand for ticketsfollowing the first 24hours of orders.

According to a state-ment released on Friday,fans had applied for53,978 tickets viathe official website(www.euro2008.com)within one day of the saleswindow being opened.

“That’s 10 times moreticket applications thanwere received during thefirst day of ticket sales forEuro 2004 in Portugal,”

said the tournament’schief operating officerMartin Kallen.

Supporters have untilmidnight on March 31 toregister for tickets afterwhich a lottery will be heldto determine the success-ful applications.

Approximately 350,000tickets — a third of thetotal — are on offer, withthe remaining tickets be-ing distributed among thecompeting associations,sponsors and media.

The tournament, co-hosted by Switzerland andAustria, is set to run from7-29 June, 2008.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 2 March—Arsene Wenger admitsThierry Henry is a majordoubt for Arsenal’s UEFAChampions League returnwith PSV Eindhoven. TheGunners captain is strug-gling with a foot injurywhich forced him to missWednesday’s FA Cup de-feat at Blackburn Rovers.

He is likely to sit out Sat-urday’s Premiership gamewith Reading and is racingagainst time to be fit for thesecond leg with PSV nextWednesday.

Tomas Rosicky has al-

MANCHESTER, 3 March— Manchester United strikerOle Gunnar Solskjaer will be out of action for most ofMarch after undergoing minor knee surgery. The 34-year-old Norway international only returned to regularaction this season after the best part of three years on thesidelines with knee problems. United manager AlexFerguson told reporters on Friday: “That was done a fewdays ago. It was good timing with the international(break) coming up.

“It gave us the opportunity to get the thing done andget it cleaned out. It’s nothing serious.” —MNA/Reuters

Thierry Henry

ready been ruled out of theEmirates Stadium clash,with Arsenal trailing 1-0from the first leg in Holland.

And Arsenal bossWenger concedes it is ‘im-possible’ to say whetherhis skipper will be fit toline up against PSV.

“Tomas will be out forthe PSV game and Thierryis a doubt,” Wenger toldthe club’s official website.

“We will try our best toget him fit, but at the mo-ment it is impossible tosay. “The suspended play-ers will be back for thisgame, so Adebayor andToure will play. MaybeAbou Diaby will be backtoo.”

For Saturday’s test withReading, though, Wengeris confident of havingJohan Djourou and CescFabregas back in his plans.

Internet

Arsenal’s Gael Clichy, bottom, is brought down byReading’s Andre Bikey which resulted a penaltybeing awarded and converted by Arsenal’s Gilbertoduring their English Premiership League soccermatch at Emirates Stadium, London, on Saturday,

3 March, 2007. — INTERNET

Liverpool’s manager Rafael Benitez, left, andManchester United’s manager Alex Ferguson,right, direct their players during their EnglishPremier League soccer match at Anfield Sta-

dium, Liverpool, England, on Saturday 3 March,2007. — INTERNET

Premiership3 March , 2007

Liverpool 0-1 Man UtdMan City 0-1 WiganWatford 2-2 CharltonArsenal 2-1 ReadingNewcastle 0-0 MiddlesbroughSheff Utd 1-1 EvertonFulham 1-1 Aston VillaPortsmouth 0-2 Chelsea

Internet

Manchester Unitedbeats Liverpool 1-0 insoccer’s Premiership LONDON , 3 March — John O’Shea scored in

injury time to give 10-man Manchester Uniteda 1-0 win at Liverpool in English soccer’s Premier-ship, extending its lead atop the standings to 12 points.

O’Shea’s goal, the first in the league by avisiting team at Liverpool’s Anfield stadium sinceOctober, came after his teammate Paul Scholes wasshown a red card in the 86th minute.

“Liverpool played fantastically, and we werevery lucky,” United manager Alex Ferguson told SkySports. “There were a lot of narrow escapes, buttoday was a big win for us.”

United, which is aiming to win the title for afirst time since 2003, moves to 72 points through 29of 38 matches, while defending champion Chelseahas 60 from 27 games. Liverpool, which has playedthe same number of games as United, remains on 53points, with Arsenal on 49 from 26 matches.

Internet

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Saturday, 3 March, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been scattered in Kachin State andupper Sagaing Division, weather has been generallyfair in the remaining areas. Day temperatures were(3°C) in above normal in Kayin State, Mandalay andMagway Divisions, (5°C) above normal in TaninthayiDivision, (5°C) below normal in Kachin State andupper Sagaing Division and about normal in the re-maining areas. The significant day temperatures wereNay Pyi Taw, Pyinmana, Magway, Aunglan and Hpa-an (38°C) each. The noteworthy amount of rainfallrecorded were Putao and Machanbaw (0.24)inch each.

Maximum temperature on 2-3-2007 was 98°F.Minimum temperature on 3-3-2007 was 68°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 3-3-2007 was82%. Total sunshine hours on 2-3-2007 was (9.2)hours approx.

Rainfall on 3-3-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye andCentral Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from South at (17:20) hoursMST on 2-3-2007.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and Southeast Bay and generally fairelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 4-3-2007: Pos-sibility of isolated rain or thundershowers in KachinState, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, weatherwill be partly cloudy in Rakhine, Shan, Kayin and MonStates, Mandalay and Yangon Divisions and generallyfair in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(40%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderatein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihoodof slight increase of day temperatures in the SouthernMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 4-3-2007: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 4-3-2007: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 4-3-2007: Generally fair weather.

WEATHER

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ATLANTA, 3 March — Tornadoes swept across the southern United States and killed at least 20 peoplein three states, ripping up a hospital and high school where students huddled for shelter, authorities saidon Friday.

Tornadoes kill at least 20 across US south

Nine were killed inGeorgia, where a hospital

was hit late on Thursday,and 10 in two southern

Alabama towns, officialssaid.

The storms also tookthe life of a young girl inMissouri, they said.

In Georgia, two werekilled in the town ofAmericus when theSumter Regional Hospitalwas hit by an apparenttornado, and six died inhard-hit Baker County.The ninth fatality was inTaylor County, a bit northof Americus, said stateemergency managementofficial Michael Parker.

In the Missouri townof Caulfield, a tornadokilled a girl in a mobilehome, damaging six otherhomes and two gasolinestations, officials said onThursday.

Tara Emnett, anofficial at the Enterprisemayor’s office in Alabama,told Reuters that all but

one of the victims therewere students at the highschool, a shredded buildingleft surrounded by brokentrees and overturned cars.

Another fatality inEnterprise occurred in aresidence, Emnett said.Emergency managementofficials, meanwhile,confirmed at least onestorm-related deathelsewhere in Alabama, inWilcox County.

The students at the highschool had been assembledin the hallways when thestorm hit, in line withemergency procedures, saidCoffee County EmergencyManagement director JohnTallas, whose area ofresponsibility includesEnterprise.

“They were in thehallway of the schoolwhich typically is the moststructurally sound part ofthe building,” Tallas toldCBS television’s “EarlyShow”. — MNA/Reuters

Visitors observe a jackal-headed statue of a Soulof Nekhen, at the opening of an exhibit entitled

‘Anubis, Upwawet and Other Deities’ at theEgyptian Museum in Cairo, Egypt, on Thursday,

1 March, 2007. The objects are being displayed forthe first time since they were discovered in 1922 byBritish Egyptologist G A Wainwright at the tombof Djefaihapy III in Asyut, having been stored in

the basement of the museum until now.INTERNET

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2nd Waning of Taboung 1368 ME Sunday, 4 March, 2007

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi opens the valve of natural gas well from Block M-9 offshoreMottama. — ENERGY

Chief of Armed Forces Training Lt-Gen Aung Htwe inspects training of the TatmadawColumns.—MNA

YANGON, 3 March — Myanmar MotionPicture Enterprise under the Ministry of Informa-tion will hold the ceremony to present AcademyAwards as motion picture outstanding awards for2005 at the square of City Hall in Nay Pyi Taw at6 pm on 5 March.

TV Myanmar of Myanma Radio andTelevision will telecast live the ceremony begin-ning 5 pm.

MNA

Academy Awards presentationto be telecast live

YANGON, 3 March — Member ofMongphyat Township National League for De-mocracy in Shan State (East) U Sai Hon ofNamlauk village and Joint-Secretary of LeweTownship NLD U Kyaw Maung Maung Lay re-signed form the party of their own accord andsent their letter of resignation to the NLD Head-quarters and authorities concerned on 31 January.

In the letter to Mongphyat Township Multi-party Democracy General Election Subcommisionand Lewe Township Multi-party Democracy Gen-eral Election Subcommision, they said the reasonwhy they quit the NLD was that they lost trust andinterest in the party and its leaders. — MNA

Two members quit NLD

YANGON, 3 March — Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi, accompanied by President MrMarrot Mrigadat of PTTEP Company of Thailandand Executive Vice-President Dr Chitrapongse ofPTT Company and officials, inspected drilling atKarkonna Test Well (1) in Block M-9 offshoreMottama on 28 February.

Operation Manager Mr Pasook of PTTEP Coreported on successful drilling of Karkonna Test Well(1), and President Mr Marrot Mrigadat of PTTEP Co

on prospects of Block M-9 and future plans.The minister gave instructions on exploring

of natural gas, efforts to be made for production ofthe gas on commercial scale and supply of naturalgas from Block M-9.

Next, fruit baskets were presented to Myanmarand foreign employees. The minister opened theproduction valve of the Test Well (1) by torching thegas.

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Drilling of Karkonna Well (1) offshoreMottama inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 3 March — Chairman of theLeading Committee for Observance of the 62nd Anni-versary Armed Forces Day 2007 Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Chief of Armed ForcesTraining Lt-Gen Aung Htwe arrived at the hostels ofmilitary columns in Ywadaw here this morning.

Accompanied by Vice-Chief of Armed ForcesTraining Brig-Gen Zaw Win, Parade Commander Brig-Gen Myint Naung and commander of military col-umns, Lt-Gen Aung Htwe inspected drills of militarycolumns, hostels of military companies, mess halls,kitchens, booths of the public relations camp andreading rooms.

First, Lt-Gen Aung Htwe and party inspectedAnawrahta Column led by Column Commander ColAung Gyi.

After viewing the military columns, Lt-GenAung Htwe looked into the mess hall, the hostels andthe kitchens.

Next, they viewed paintings displayed by thepublic relations camp of the Directorate of PublicRelations and Psychological Warfare, other booths,documentary photos and poems, and left necessaryinstructions.—MNA

Lt-Gen Aung Htwe inspects militarycolumns, barracks, mess

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