Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 258 Fullmoon Day of Pyatho 1371 ME Wednesday, 30 December, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Historic events bore witness that throughout the period of independence struggles,national brethren had been rising in unity against the colonialists, demonstrating strongfervour to make sacrifices in the interest of the nation and the people and cherish and valuesovereignty, as well as high sensibility to any forms of attempts to harm own literature, cultureand national prestige and integrity.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(From message sent on the occasion of the 61st Anniversary Independence Day)

National brethren rising in unity

The Union of MyanmarThe State Peace and Development Council

The Nay Pyi Taw Development Law(The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 4/2009)

The 14th Waxing of Pyatho 1371 M.E(29 December, 2009)

The State Peace and Development Council hereby enacts the following Law:-Chapter 1

Title and Definition1. This Law shall be called the Nay Pyi Taw Development Law.2. The following expressions contained in this law shall have meanings given

hereunder.(a) Committee means the Nay Pyi Taw Development Committee formed

under this Law;(b) Head of Office means the head of the service personnel of the Nay Pyi

Taw Development Committee Office;(c) Reserved Land means the land determined in order to carry out the

future plans by the Government within the limit of Nay Pyi Tawdevelopment area.

(See page 10)

Yangon Command emerges championof 48th Defence Services

Commander-in-Chief’s Trophy (Army,Navy and Air) Football Tourney

NAY PYI TAW, 29 Dec—The finalmatch of the 48th Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief’s Trophy (Army,Navy, and Air) Football Tourney 2009was held along with prize presentingceremony at Nay Pyi Taw SportsGround No. 1 here this evening.

Among the spectators were Adju-tant General Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung,

Commander of Nay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin, senior military of-ficers (Army, Navy and Air) of Ministryof Defence, officers, and the rank andfile of companies and battalions underthe Ministry of Defence and their fami-lies, managers of the participating teams,footballers, and soccer fans.

(See page 7)

Lt-Gen Thura

Myint Aung

presents trophy to

Yangon Command

team.

MNA

State Peace and Development Council issues the Nay Pyi Taw Development LawNAY PYI TAW, 29 Dec—The State Peace and Development Council issued the Nay Pyi Taw Development Law dated 29 December 2009 (today) (14th Waxing

of Pyatho 1371 ME) under the Law No (4/2009).

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Wednesday, 30 December, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

Safeguard the nation andindependence

2

Myanmar is an independent and sovereignnation. It has been standing tall among theinternational community with own monarch,own race and own culture in successive eras.And the entire national people are to constantlystrive for perpetuation of independence andsovereignty.

The colonialists occupied Myanmar afterwaging three aggressive wars in 1824, 1852 and1885 on the nation. But, the entire nationalpeople fought back the colonialists withnationalistic spirit, thus resulting in regainingthe independence and sovereignty. Since then,Myanmar has been an independent andsovereign nation.

The entire people are to be well aware ofthe fact that although the independence can belost easily, a large number of lives had to besacrificed to regain it. That is why every citizenis to cherish and value the independence thatwas regained by sacrificing a lot of lives andsweat.

By nature, Myanmar people cherish theirown nation and own race. And they value theirown literature, own culture and traditions. Fullyequipped with nationalism, they are also theones who are highly sensitive to beingdetrimental to national prestige and dignity.With the fine traditions, the entire nationalpeople are to continue safeguarding thesovereignty of nation that has been maintainedsince time immemorial.

At present, the State, the people and theTatmadaw are making concerted efforts for theemergence of a new democratic nation. In theprocess, the seven-step Road Map has been laiddown and is being implemented step by step. Asstability and peace prevails throughout thenation, remarkable progress has been made ineconomic, education, health and social sectors.

All in all, all the national brethren are toactively participate in the drive for successfulrealization of the seven-step Road Map, whileconstantly safeguarding and maintaining theindependence and sovereignty, the legacy ofancestors with Union Spirit and nationalisticspirit, for perpetuation.

* 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 Desire

Information Minister inspects MRTV andFM Radio Stations

Collective cartoon gallerystaged in Toungoo

MinisterBrig-Gen

Kyaw Hsaninspects

transmissionroom ofMRTV-4on PyayRoad,

Yangon.MNA

Viewers at the collective cartoon gallery heldin Toungoo.—KYEMON

TOUNGOO, 29 Dec—A collective cartoon gallerycovering over 100 works of famous cartoonists ofToungoo was staged at For You Gallery on No. 1 Lanein Toungoo, Bago Division with the permission ofCartoonist Mi Man Lay, Cartoonist Myo Gyi andCartoonist Ko Ko Zaw on 11 December. Also includedin the artistic works are masterpieces of new generationstudents. The first time showbiz was launched with theaim of ensuring the youths to be civilized andoutstanding in studies.—Kyemon

YANGON, 29 Dec—Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan visited FM Radio Station ofMyanma Radio and Television, here, yesterdaymorning.

After inspecting IT room, administrationdivision, program transmitting division,advertisement and records division, transmissionroom, editing and studio, the minister spoke wordsof encouragement to the staff.

He looked into live transmissions fromMandalay FM Radio Station and PyinsawadyFM Radio Station and spoke words ofencouragement.

Next, he oversaw MRTV transmission room,

indoor camera room, modern music division,orchestra, outdoor shooting division, radioadvertisement division and MRTV-3 transmissiondivision and then spoke words of encouragement.

After looking into MRTV-4 television editingroom, studio, video records room, news room,program launching division, DVB-T room,international news editing and translation division,mess, satellite base station and transmission room,he spoke words of encouragement.

At the meetings with service personnel, theminister called for further improvement of the mediasector of the nation, counter media attacks designed todebut groundless news stories aired by certain foreign

radio stations. In compliance with the guidance of theHead of State, the Ministry of Information is steppingup FM radio industry in order that information,entertainment and educative programmes cover thewhole nation, he said, calling for effective collaborationbetween officials concerned and staff members toimprove FM radio programmes for the sake of thepublic.

He also stressed the need of MRTV-4, whichinforms, entertains and educates not only urban butalso rural people, to make concerted efforts to presentcorrect and beneficial news and entertain programmesto the public.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan views Mandalay FM Station on Pyay Road in Yangon.—MNA

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Putin says US missile shieldhinders nuclear deal

Firecracker found in plane atNew York LaGuardia Airport

NEW YORK, 29 Dec—A firecracker was foundwedged between two seats on a Piedmont Airlinesplane at LaGuardia Airport, New York, on Sundayevening, local radio station reported on Monday.

A crew member on board Piedmont Airlines Flight4126 found the explosive after landing in New Yorkaround 7:30 pm on Sunday, local time.

Piedmont Airlines is an American regional airlineoperating for US Airways Express. It is a wholly ownedsubsidiary of the US Airways Group.

Thomas Ouelette, of Bonita Springs, Flordia, wastaken into custody and questioned by the US FederalBureau of Investigation, says the report.—Xinhua

UN food agency says shocked at killingof staff member in Afghanistan

VLADIVOSTOK, 29 Dec—Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin on Tues-day said US plans for amissile defence systemwere hindering talks on anew nuclear arms reduc-tion treaty.

Speaking to reporters inthe Russian Far Easterncity of Vladivostok, Putinsaid US plans for the mis-sile shield in Europewould destroy the strate-gic balance between theUnited States and Russia.

“In order to preservebalance... we need to de-velop offensive weaponssystems,” Putin said. Headded that Russia wantedaccess to more informa-tion on US missile de-fence plans and wouldlink such a demand withthe new nuclear treaty.

The two largest nuclearpowers have been tryingto find a replacementfor the 1991 StrategicArms Reduction Treaty(START I), which led to

the biggest reduction innuclear weapons in his-tory, but have so far failedto reach a deal.

US President BarackObama and Russian Presi-dent Dmitry Medvedevfailed to clinch a dealwhen they met on thesidelines of the UN cli-mate conference in Co-penhagen earlier thismonth. No reason wasgiven, although they saidthey were close to anagreement.—Internet

Suicide attack on PakistaniShiites kills 33

KARACHI, 29 Dec—The death toll from an overnightsuicide attack on a Shiite Muslim procession in Paki-stan’s biggest city rose on Tuesday to 33, in violenceblamed on extremists trying to hamper the fight againstmilitants by sparking a sectarian war.

Angered over Monday’s attack, Shiites set fire tobuildings and dozens of vehicles in Karachi, a sign offrustration by the minority sect, which has suffered fre-quent attacks by Sunni extremist groups who regardthem as heretical.

TV footage showed firefighters struggling to extin-guish blazes on Tuesday. Sagheer Ahmed, the Provin-cial Health Minister, said the death toll from the attackhad risen to 33. Pakistani television stations said thatthree people who were hospitalized died overnight oftheir injuries.—Internet

Venezuelan Presidentdenounces

aggression attemptof Colombia, US

CARACAS, 29 Dec—Ven-ezuelan President HugoChavez on Monday ac-cused the governments ofColombia and the UnitedStates of plotting an attackagainst Venezuelan terri-tory to destabilize his gov-ernment.

Chavez made the re-marks during a NewYear’s ceremony with thetroops of Mara Fort inZulia state, northwest ofthe country.

Chavez said that Colom-bia began a war of wordsby alleging that in Ven-ezuelan territory were hid-den leaders of the Revolu-tionary Armed Forces ofColombia (FARC) incamps protected by theVenezuelan Army and theNational Guard (Police).

Chavez said that the al-legation is not true and hisgovernment will not ac-cept any alien militaryforces nor guerillas in itsterritory.—Xinhua

Afghan civilians killedin military operations

KABUL, 29 Dec—Ten civilians, mostly school chil-dren, have been killed during Western military opera-tions in eastern Afghanistan, President Hamid Karzai’soffice said on Monday, citing “initial reports”.

Karzai condemned the killings which his statementsaid took place in Kunar Province, bordering Paki-stan, on Saturday.

“Initial reports indicate that in a series of opera-tions by international forces in Kunar Province... 10civilians, eight of them school students, have beenkilled,” the statement said.

“President Karzai strongly condemns the operationwhich caused civilian deaths and has appointed a del-egation to investigate the incident,” it said.

A senior official in the Afghan government, speak-ing on condition anonymity, said the death toll couldchange because investigations are ongoing.—Internet

Photo taken on 28 Dec, 2009 shows large quantities of production safety supervisionvehicles dispatched to the grass roots department in the districts and counties poised

for delivery, in Chongqing Municipality, southwest China. —XINHUA

Photo taken on 27 Dec, 2009 shows residential houses are submerged infloodwater in San Antonio de Areco in the Buenos Aires Province. Rising of

the water level of the rivers resulted in flood in this area, some 3000 localresidents were evacuated.—XINHUA

Passengers line up tocheck in for interna-tional flights at Van-couver InternationalAirport in Richmond,

British Columbia on 28Dec, 2009. —XINHUA

UNITED NATIONS, 29Dec—The United NationsWorld Food Programme(WFP) on Monday ex-pressed its deep distressover the killing of one ofits staff members in a sui-cide bomb attack in Af-ghanistan’s southern city ofKandahar, UN officialssaid here.

The WFP employee, 24,was among the eight peo-ple killed when a suicidebomber detonated explo-sives hidden in a horse-drawn cart in centralKandahar on the evening ofon 24 Dec, said the offi-cials. Three civilians and apolice officer were injuredin the blast.

The identity of the slainWFP warehouse securityguard, an Afghan nationalwho had been workingwith the agency since July,will not be released for hisfamily’s protection, the of-ficials said. “I am shockedand saddened by this ter-rible loss,” WFP ExecutiveDirector Josette Sheeran

said in a statement.“Our thoughts and

prayers are with the fam-ily, friends and colleaguesof this dedicated manwhose courage and com-mitment have contributedto our ability to providefood assistance to the hun-gry in southern Afghani-stan,” she added.—Xinhua

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4 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 30 December, 2009

Notebook computers

seen on display at

the World Congress

on Information

Technology in Kuala

Lumpur.

INTERNET

An airport worker walks towards a Japan Airlines’ plane at Narita Interna-tional Airport in Tokyo on 29 Dec, 2009. Shares of Japan Airlines Corp fell9.4 percent on Tuesday on growing concerns the struggling carrier could be

put through bankruptcy court as part of a state bailout.—INTERNET

JAKARTA, 29 Dec—In-donesia aimed to reduceits unemployment rate toabout 5 percent in 2014,from the current figure of7.87 percent, on the backof good economic pros-pects, the country’s Presi-dent Susilo BambangYudhoyono said here onMonday.

President Yudhoyono,

VLADIVOSTOK, 29Dec—Russian PrimeMinister Vladimir Putinon Monday launched thefirst section of the EasternSiberia-Pacific Ocean(ESPO) pipeline.

“It is an importantevent for Russia. It is astrategic project, whichenables (Russia) to enternew markets in the Asia-Pacific region,” Putin saidat the launching cere-mony held at an oil termi-nal in the port of Kozminonear the Pacific city ofVladivostok.

A general view showsthe Kozmino oil-

loading port in the bayof Kozmino, about 100km (62 miles) east of

Russia’s city ofVladivostok, on 28December, 2009.

XINHUA

Indonesian President says to cutunemployment to 5%, poverty to 8% in 2014

who was re-elected on 8July for his second term,vowed to decrease povertyrate from 14.5 percentnow to over 8 percent atthe end of his tenure in2014. “We want the un-employment at the end of2014 to be no more than5 or 6 percent,..and pov-erty rate at the range ofbetween 8 to 10 percent,”

said Yudhoyono at theState Palace.

Indonesia has recov-ered from the fallout ofthe global financial routs,which has hit the coun-try’s industries and ex-ports, causing massivelayoffs.

With strong economicfundamentals, the countryhas registered high eco-nomic growth in the re-gion during the crisis,while the others sufferedfrom strong contraction.

Xinhua

DUBAI, 29 Dec—The Abu Dhabi National Oil Com-pany, the largest such company in the United ArabEmirates, has announced it will cut back its produc-tion from February, the official WAM news agency saidon Monday.

The move is “in line with (an) OPEC decision tocut production,” the report said without providing fur-ther details.

The company will cut production by between 10 per-cent and 15 percent in four major oilfields in Abu Dhabi,which alone holds more than 95 percent of UAE oil re-serves, estimated at around 100 billion barrels, it added.

The Organization of Petroleum Exporting Coun-tries (OPEC) at its meeting in Angola last week de-cided to keep its production quotas unchanged, but sev-eral members have asked for more production com-pliance to reduce inventories in the international oilmarket.—Internet

LUSAKA, 29 Dec—Japan’s Toyota has recorded aslump in the sale of its vehicles in Zambia, local news-paper The Times of Zambia reported on Monday.

Toyota Zambia said it has recorded a drop in salesby 55 percent this year compared to 2008, accordingto Times. The company’s national sales manager NeilStewart said the company had felt the effects of theglobal financial meltdown, with reduced sales in thefirst 10 months of 2009 when it sold between 80 and90 motor vehicles per month compared to 2008 whenit sold more than 100 units per month.

He said the period was challenging because thepass-through effects of the financial crisis, which re-duced the buying power by both individuals and or-ganizations, hit the entire economy.—Xinhua

Putin launches first section of Pacific oil pipelinePutin activated the oil

pipeline transportationsystem, allowing oilpumping to the firsttanker.

“This is an excellentNew Year gift to Russia,”said Putin as cited bynews agencies.

The first leg of theESPO project has cost360 billion roubles (12.1billion US dollars), whileanother 60 billion roubles(2 billion dollars) hasbeen spent on construc-tion of the Kozmino ter-minal.

The ESPO pipeline,running from Taishet ineastern Siberia toNakhodka, is more than4,000 km long.

In February, Russiaand China signed deals onthe construction of anESPO branch towardChina and long-term Rus-sian oil supplies to China.The branch, which runsfrom Skovorodino to Chi-na’s northeastern city ofDaqing, is expected tocome on line in October2010.

Xinhua

Sale of Toyota cars slumps55% in Zambia

LONDON, 29 Dec—There is uncertainty overthe likely state of the Brit-ish housing market in

FRANKFURT, 29 Dec—Audi AG said on Monday itplans to spend euro 7.3 billion ($10.51 billion) on plantupgrades, new products and technology research as itmoves to expand its number of customers worldwideand increase market share.

Audi, based in Ingolstadt, and a unit of VolkswagenAG, said it plans to spend that amount from 2009 to2012 and will increase the number of models from itscurrent 34 to a planned 42 by 2015.

Of the investment, about euro 5.9 billion will gotoward new products and future technologies, or about80 percent of its planned spending.

“With our planned investments in new products andmobility concepts — for example, electric propulsion— we are creating a basis for our company’s futuregrowth,” said Axel Strotbek, who oversees finance andorganization at the company.—Internet

Audi plans euro 7.3 billioninvestments through 2012

Economic uncertainty clouds prospects forBritish house prices in 2010

2010 with experts onMonday making contrarypredictions.

Hometrack, whichcollates and interpretsdata for the housing andresidential industries, hasissued a gloomy predic-tion — house prices willfall in 2010 by 1 percent.

Hometrack says pres-sures on household in-comes, rising unemploy-ment and a bumpy eco-nomic recovery are all

likely to offset the infla-tionary pressure on pricescreated by a shortage ofsellers.

Hometrack’s directorof research RichardDonnell told the Guard-ian newspaper: “Whileeconomic growth is ex-pected to pick up in 2010,rising unemployment andslow growth in householdincomes is set to act as adrag on demand.”

Xinhua

UAE to cut oil output from February

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China launches nationalInternet television

BEIJING, 29 Dec—China on Mondaylaunched its national Internet TV station,China Network Television (CNTV).

The online station currently includesthree major channels of news, sports andentertainment and an online communitywhere users can upload self-made videocontent and communicate with eachother.

With five overseas mirror sites, CNTVnow covers countries and regions in-cluding Europe, North America, South-east Asia, Middle West and Russia.

Mainstream media must actively ex-pand themselves to new media area toimprove their capacity of communica-

tion, said Li Changchun, a member ofthe Standing Committee of the PoliticalBureau of the Communist Party of ChinaCentral Committee, at the opening cer-emony.

Li said that establishment of the sta-tion is a major landmark event for Chi-na’s traditional media in their effort toadvance into online media. It will helpto promote the construction of a moderncommunication system of wide cover-age and advanced technology in thecountry.

The online station is wholly owned byChina Central Television.

Xinhua

Li Changchun, member of the Standing Committee of the Political Bureau ofthe Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee, browses the CNTV,

China’s state Internet-based television station, in Beijing, capital of China,on 28 Dec, 2009. —XINHUA

EU, UNRWA ink fund dealto support health

programme in GazaGAZA, 29 Dec—The UN Relief and

Works Agency (UNRWA) and the Euro-pean Union (EU) signed on Monday anagreement providing 5.5 million euros insupport of the UNRWA’s health care pro-gramme in the Gaza Strip.

The new funds represent a crucial re-sponse to the agency’s financial crisis, andwill enable it to maintain the current mod-erate level of its health care activities andguarantee measures to boost the quality ofits health care services, according to a state-ment by the international organization.

The UNRWA’s commissioner general,Ms Karen Abu Zayd, and the EuropeanUnion (EU) representative to UNRWA,Mr Christian Berger, signed the agree-ment at a UN-run clinic in Gaza city.

This agreement comes as a follow-upto last week’s agreement, which was alsosigned between the two parties to provide10 million euros for the UNRWA in thewar-torn territory.

According to Ms Karen Abu Zayd, thenew agreement was crucial, given the fi-nancial shortfall the agency sufferingfrom, “the deficit will affect our basiceducation and health services for thewhole region.”—Xinhua

Russian nuclear sub resumes service after repairsVLADIVOSTOK, 29 Dec—Russian nuclear submarine Nerpa, which

is set to be leased to India, resumed naval service on Monday afterrepairs from damage sustained during a trial voyage last year.

A ceremony was held in the town of Bolshoy Kamen in Russia’sfar eastern Primorye region, where the shipbuilding plant repairingthe submarine was located. The Russian Pacific Fleet’s commander,Vice Admiral Konstantin Sidenko, attended the ceremony.

A plant official was quoted by news agencies as saying that thereliability of the submarine had been confirmed in tests.

The repair work has cost an estimated 65 million US dollars.The submarine will be leased to India’s navy for 10 years, start-

ing from spring 2010.—Xinhua

29 al-Qaeda suspects arrested in Yemen

Four die in Mexicolight plane crashMEXICO CITY, 29 Dec— A light plane

crashed in the western Mexican state ofJalisco on Monday, killing four peopleonboard. Mario Guerrero Delgado, aspokesman of the Civil Protection Depart-ment, said the Cessna plane felt down at12:00 (1800 GMT) near a ranch near thetown of Jilotlan de los Dolores.

Delgado said all four people onboardwere found dead inside the plane.

The authorities said the plane took offfrom the town of Zapotiltic in Jalisco butdid not say where it was due to land.

Xinhua

Shanghai builds China’s largest civilaircraft final assembly base

SHANGHAI, 29 Dec— Construction of China’s larg-est civil aircraft final assembly base began on Mon-day in the Pudong New Area of Shanghai, said aspokesman with the Commercial Aircraft Corporationof China Ltd (COMAC).

The base, located to the south of the ShanghaiPudong International Airport, is expected to cover2.67 million square metres, the largest of its kind inChina, said Jin Zhuanglong, general manager of theCOMAC.

Xinhua

A ceremony is held to mark the completion of the main buildings of newBeichuan Middle School, in Beichuan county, southwest China’s Sichuan

Province, on 28 Dec, 2009.—XINHUA

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

SANAA, 29 Dec— Yemen had arrested29 suspected al-Qaeda members and willcontinue to hunt down other membersof the terror network, government offi-cials said on Monday.

Al-Qaeda had planned to attack oilfacilities, government buildings and theBritish embassy, said Yemen’s NationalSecurity Chief Ali Mohammad Al-Ansi.

Yemen’s Foreign Minister Abu BakrAbdullah Al-Kurbi said the recentmonths have seen enhanced cooperationbetween his country and the UnitedStates, and the US information had beena “key element” in Yemen’s anti-terroroperations.

Al-Qaeda claimed on Monday that itwas behind the failed Christmas Day at-tempt to bomb a US-bound plane, Dubai-based Al Arabiya news channel reported.

In a statement, al-Qaeda said that their“Nigerian brother,” 23-year-old UmarFarouk Abdulmutallab, had broken allUS security barriers in getting on boarda flight from Amsterdam to Detroit on25 Dec.

The man had tried to destroy the planecarrying 289 people with an explosivedevice obtained from al-Qaeda, butfailed due to a “technical fault,” the re-port quoted al-Qaeda as saying.

Xinhua

Cambodian men pedal their three-wheeled pedicab on a road as they carryforeign tourists in Phnom Penh, Cambodia, on 29 Dec, 2009.—INTERNET

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6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 30 December, 20096

Independence and reconstruction of the nationSai Thiha

Myanmar’s independence will soon turn 62nd

anniversary. Independence is sovereignty of a nationand its people, or self-administration for peace anddevelopment of own country and people. It is commonknowledge that Myanmar and its people once lost self-administration for more than 100 years.

In colonial days, the people were at the mercyof the aliens. The people had no to shape a betterfuture of the country. Therefore, all possible wayswere sought for the entire people to set themselvesfrom the colonial rule. The people rose against thecolonialist government in physical and mentalprowess. Only with formation of national armed

a good headway.“The entire Tatmadaw members, and those who

showed brilliant performances, risking life and limb havebeen trying our best to regain independence, not in theinterest of a handful of people alone or our personal gains.Here, we, with all seriousness, would like to make thatknown to those who will lead the nation and the people.

“Therefore, we solemnly request that those whowill lead the country and the people remain united, jointhe Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League, and worktogether in reconstructing the country.” 1. General Aung San Commander-in-Chief 2. Colonel Letkya Deputy Commander-in-

Chief 3. Colonel Zeya Colonel General Staff 4. Colonel Ne Win Commander of Frontier

Lines 5. Major Maung Maung Commander of Command

No (1) 6. Major Aung Gyi Commander of Delta Region

Command 7. Major Kyaw Zaw Commander of Command

No (4) 8. Major Ye Htut Commander of Command

No (6) 9. Major Aung Commander of Command

No (7)10. Captain Arlar Waka Commander of Upper

Myanmar

The declaration reflected that the Tatmadawgave serious attention to national politics; thatmany of Tatmadaw members and those who wereanxious to regain independence had sacrificed theirlives for the national cause, so those (politicians)who would lead the nation and the entire peoplewere required to work more closely in order toexpedite the campaigns; that independence struggleswere in the interest of the entire people, not ahandful of people alone; and that therefore those(politicians) who would lead the nation and theentire people were urged to join the Anti-FascistPeople’s Freedom League (national politics) to makeconcerted efforts in independence struggles andnation-building tasks (reconstruction of the nation).

Yet, when independence was within thetouching distance, political parties collapsed intofactions. Party political movements were runninghigh, stemming from dogmatism, personality cultand vying for power. Despite winning massivesupport from the public, the AFPFL, the coalitionof the national forces, saw its political partiesbreaking away from it. Before the issues related tothe party politics had effects to the people, thenation managed to regain independence throughconsolidated unity of the people. With a view toshaping Myanmar into a new nation, the remainingnational political forces took vows on 4 January1948, as follows:—

1. We, from this time on, will see to the policy laiddown by our founding father General Aung Sanwho was a driving force for us to regainindependence.

2. We, from this time on, will remain loyal to theUnion of Myanmar.

3. We, from this time on, will enjoy the fundamentalrights and shoulder responsibilities ofindependent citizens.

4. We, from this time on, will maintain consolidatednational unity we have achieved due toexcellent performances of General Aung San.

(See page 7)

Today is the most opportune time forthe entire people to work together in theprocess of building a modern, developednation, which is to be handed from onegeneration to another.

More dreadful danger

The imperialists took away King Thibaw,Myanmar Monarch, in 1885 but they couldnot suppress nationalism which gainedstrength instead.

In the post-Independence years,neo-colonialism was employed to indi-rectly subjugate the nation by dilutingnationalism through the influence of ismsand decadent culture. That danger ismore dreadful because you would notknow you are being enslaved.

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forces inspired by the nationalistic fervour of theentire people would there be signs of regainingindependence.

The purpose of forming national armed forces toregain independence was to enable the motherland tokeep abreast of other world countries in terms ofdevelopment, in other words, to enable the people towork hard in harness to reconstruct the nation. Thatbecame increasingly apparent in the Anti-FascistResistance. The commanders of military commandswho were playing a leadership role and engaging inthe Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League held aconference in Bago on 12 August 1945 and issued adeclaration as follows:

The following declaration was issued at themeeting of senior military officers of Bamar Tatmadaw.(Dated 12-8-1945) 11 AM

“Now, Fascist Japanese troops have offered tosurrender to us because they are in no position torepulse the combined attacks of our Tatmadaw andmultinational allies.

“The war will soon be up, but the affairs of ourpeople still have a long way to go. Our Tatmadaw andall who wish to regain independence have been tryingat risk to our lives to address the whole affairs of thecountry. So, we need to keep on working together withthose who will play a leadership role in order to make

Safeguard

independence

and

sovereignty

through might

of patriotism

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(from page 6)5. We, from this time on, will ensure equality

among the people, irrespective of status andlocation.

6. We, from this time on, will never treat unfairly,and will resist being treated unfairly at risk toour lives.

7. We, from this time on, will abide by the law ofthe nation.

8. We, from this time on, will safeguard ourcountry and independence at risk to our lives.

9. We will relay the duties from one generation tothe next for ensuring perpetuity of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar till the world exists.

We hereby make this known to all. Today, wehave launched the building of a new nation. Ourindependence and our loyalty to the nation will existtill the world does.

We will honour the code of conduct that worldindependent nations exercise properly, as ours is anindependent nation. We love our independence, andwe will honour independence of other countries.

We favour peace, so we will join hands with othercongenial countries to safeguard the world peace.

Our declaration shall come to the knowledge ofthe entire world.

(From Independence Declaration)The Independence Resolution from the

Independence Declaration calls for harmoniouscooperation based on loyalty and a sense of duty forState security, national defence, consolidated nationalunity, and nation-building. If politicians served asexemplars in following the resolution strictly, so willthe entire people.

However, Myanmar political issues orsplitstories posed disruptions to the drive for Statestability, peace and development. The nationregained independence from the colonialists by justproving consolidated national unity. However,disunity among national forces sparked internalarmed insurgency. Nation-building tasks werestopped from making headway by insurgency andintra disputes among political parties for 14 yearsfrom 1948 until 1962. The Union was thus leadingto collapse, let alone national reconstruction.

Independence and reconstruction of the nation

(from page 1)In the final match, Yangon Command won over

Southern Command 3-1. This was followed by prize

Yangon Command emergeschampion of 48th Defence Services…

presenting ceremony. Senior military officers pre-sented cash awards to winners Yangon Command,second prize winner Northern Command and thirdprize winners Camp Commandant Office (Navy).Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-GenWai Lwin presented prizes to best players of the

tournament and Yangon Command which won fairplay award.

Adjutant General Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung,on behalf of the Defence Services Commander-in-Chief, presented champion shield and replicadublicated shield to Yangon Command team.—MNA

Again the nation tried to build itself with Socialismaccording to the policy laid down in the pre-independence period. Myanmar, which had everpractised parliamentary democracy system for 14years did not get along with the one-party system.When many of the Socialist countries around theworld were poised to transform themselves to differentsystems, Myanmar was also under excessivepressures. Accordingly, Myanmar had to turn to themarket economic system and the multipartydemocracy system under the leadership of theTatmadaw in national politics.

The Tatmadaw government that has played aleadership role in national politics since 1988 laiddown national policies, State objectives and theState’s seven-step Road Map, and since then, it hasbeen implementing them. In addition, it has beenimproving infrastructures in various sectors tilltoday.

Myanmar has faced bitter experiences in the politicalarena for more than 60 years or since independence. Itis fair to say that today is the most opportune time for theentire people to work together in the process of buildinga modern, developed nation, which is to be handed fromone generation to another.

I have noticed and read a motto regardingenvironmental conservation and afforestation thatgoes “The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.The second best time is now.” Over 60 years ago,independence struggles and national reconstructionwere put in the fore. Reconstruction of the wholenation was still available, but all measures weretaken as far as possible to achieve the goal. Thepeople managed to ensure non-disintegration ofthe Union and further cement national solidarity.Now, almost all the infrastructural buildings havebeen constructed for proper evolution ofmultiparty democracy system and the marketeconomy. Therefore, I would say today is the mostopportune time for the people to work in practicefor democratization.

Translation: MS

Sai Thiha * Unyielding and ready to retaliateOur patriotic forefathersWith firm resolveAnd no hesitationSacrificing lives and bloodDaring so much were nation’s sonsNoble enough to risk livesRestored they independence

* Come hell or high waterEver firm and strongOn the correct route to independenceHaving love for race and countryIndivisible were national racesThey made maximum effortsTill independence was regained

* Ever dare to brave any hardshipNever moved theyBy any coercion, cajole or flatterMotherland they cherish alwaysNever let any part of precious land be lostWarding off all those trying to weakencountrySafeguarding motherland with noble mindSo firm has been the independence

* O.. the national people of MyanmarIn harmony and unisonSafeguard the invaluable independenceThe lesson we have had thatFreedom can be lostAll of a suddenBut will have to makeLots of sacrificesTo regain freedomNay forget the pastIn which fell we into quagmireAnd live under enslavementFor years of manyTaking the past as a lessonWe must keep in foreThe task of safeguarding independence

(Hailing the 62nd Anniversary IndependenceDay)

Myinmu Maung Naing Moe (Trs)

Always safeguard independence

Lt-Gen Thura Myint Aung enjoys the final match between Yangon Command team and Southern Command team.—MNA

POEM:

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Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

Nyaungdon Natural Gas Reserve in Ayeyawady Division.

Safeguard independence andsovereignty through might of patriotism

Energy sector contributing to national

progress and socio-economy of the people

(from page16) come to think of the present government’s measuresfor development of the energy sector, comparing itwith the situation of the energy sector before 1988.

If we look at the situation of the energy sector ofMyanmar before 1988, we will find that there were 19onshore oil fields and 250.91 miles of onshore oil andnatural gas pipeline. This shows that there was nooffshore oil and natural gas production before 1988and it was hard to fully meet the domestic demand forenergy. There is plenty of oil and natural gas reservesonshore as well as offshore, but they could hardly beexploited.

Therefore, since its assumption of Stateresponsibilities in 1988, the Tatmadaw governmenthas invited foreign investments in the energy sector toincrease the production of oil and natural gas. Now,there are 47 blocks of onshore oil and natural gasfields, 26 blocks of offshore oil fields in Myanmaterritorial waters along the Mottama, Taninthayi andRakhine coasts and 18 blocks of offshore deep sea oilfields, and exploration is being carried out incooperation with foreign companies under jointventures.

TOTAL, a French company, UNOCAL of theUnited States and PTTEPI from Thailand have investedin Yadana natural gas project, a block off the Mottamacoast, and are carrying out exploration work.

Similarly, Petronas of Malaysia, Nippon oilcompany of Japan and PTTEPI of Thailand haveinvested in Yedagun project, a block off the Taninthayicoast, and are carrying out exploration and production

work in a joint venture with Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise.

It is obvious that the government is takingsystematic measures for higher socio-economic statusof national brethren, parallel development of variousregions across the Union, sufficient supply of energyand earning foreign exchange.

If we look at the situation of natural gasexploration projects being implemented by thegovernment, DAEWOO of South Korea, ONGCVidesh Ltd and GAIL Ltd of India and Korea GasCorporation of South Korea are exploring natural gasat Shwe project, a block off Rakhine coast. In 2013,it will be possible to export natural gas of Shweproject. Moreover, agreements have been signed tolay oil and natural gas pipelines between Myanmarand China. Measures are being taken for speedycompletion of natural gas exploration of Zawtikaproject and 179-mile-long Yadana-Yangon 24-inch

natural gas pipeline project. On completion of theseprojects, the entire nation will be able to enjoydevelopment in every way.

In addition, the government is trying to explorenatural gas reserves inland in the nation. New naturalgas reserves have been found in Kyaukkhwet, Apyauk,Nyaungdon, Thargyitaung, Sabai and Indaw regions.Therefore, we will have natural gas enough not onlyfor domestic consumption but also for export. I feeldelighted at the thought that the socio-economicstatus of the people will become higher.

Up to now, we have 12 onshore oil fields andfive new offshore oil fields. And 1717.74 miles of oiland natural gas pipeline has been laid. Therefore,there are 1968.65 miles of onshore oil and natural gaspipeline and 426 miles of offshore natural gas pipeline,totalling 2394.65 miles, from lower Myanmar toKyaukse region in upper Myanmar.

(See page 9)

Yadana Offshore Natural Gas Project off Mottama coast.

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Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

Energy sector contributing to nationalprogress and socio-economy of the people

Development of energy sector of the whole nation from 1988 to 2009

As for the energysector of Myanmar,inland oil and gas fieldsproduce more than 9300barrels of crude oil andmore than 100 millioncubic feet of natural gasper day. Besides, offshoreYadana and Yedagun gasreserves produce over 100million cubic feet a day.

Thanks to the effortsthe government is makingin the long-term interestof the nation, more oiland gas are beingexplored in new inlandfields namely Kyauk-khwet, Aphyauk,Nyaungdon, Thagyi-taung/Sabai and Indaw.To explore new offshore

oil reserves along RakhineCoast, Mottama Coast andTaninthayi Coast, thegovernment is cooperatingwith the companies ofRussia, China, India,Singapore, Malaysia andSouth Korea. Such effortsare being made in order tosee development of thefuture nation andimprovement of people’ssocio-economy. At a timewhen global nations arefacing energy shortages,Myanmar has been able torelieve its energy crisisthanks to the correctleadership andfarsightedness of the Headof State.

In trying to achieve

the people’s goal ofbuilding a peaceful,modern and developednation, the energy sectoris trying to gain speed inbuilding factories,workshops and transportfacilities in accord withthe market economy thatcan help improve thesocio-economy of thepeople. With new gasblocks in Myanmar, thenation will not only enjoyits self-sufficiency of gasbut also export the surplus,thereby contributing tonational development aswell as people’s socio-economic improvement.

(Translation:NN+WH+ST)

Carbondioxide plant (Thanlyin).

Shwe Natural Gas Project offshore Rakhine State.

Sr State/Division Unit 1988 2009 Progress

1. Oil Field Exploration

(A) Oil Field (Onshore) field 19 31 12

(B) Oil Field (Offshore) field - 5 5

Total field 19 36 17

2. Oil and Natural Gas

Pipeline Length

(A) Onshore Mile 250.91 1968.65 1717.74

(B) Offshore

(Under Water) Mile - 342.00 342.00

(C) Offshore

(Onland) Mile - 84.00 84.00

Total Mile 250.91 2394.65 2143.74

3. Crude Oil Production

(A) Offshore Bbl - 3044414 3044414

Total Bbl 6165641 6279880.00 114239

4. Natural Gas Production

(A) Offshore mmscf - 348131.00 348131.00

(from page 8)

Energy Exploration of States and Divisions in Myanmar(Comparison between 1988 and 2009)

1. Inland Oil and Gas

Exploration Project

2. Shwe Project

3. Zawtika Project

4. Magway-Pyawbwe-Pinpet Gas

Pipeline Project

5. Pyawbwe-Nay Pyi Taw-Yeni

Gas Pipeline Project

6. Yadana-Yangon Gas

Pipeline Project

7. LPG Plant Projects

8. Oil Refinery Project (50000

barrels of crude oil will be refined

a day)

Projects to be inplemented

New oil wells are being drilled at interior

oilfields in Kyaukkhwet, Letpanto,

Htauksharbin, Pyay, Shwepyitha,

Nyaungdon, Aphyauk, and Maubin.

Ongoing at offshore blocks A1 and A3

Ongoing at offshore block M-9

All pipelines have been laid

Launched in April 2009

The 24-inch diameter pipeline is 165 miles

long

Constructed in Nyaungdon, Kyungyaung

Being built in Myotha, Mandalay Division

Sr Project Remark

1. Taninthayi Division- Crude Oil Production Bbl - 3044414

(Offshore)- Natural Gas Production mmscf - 141807

(Offshore)2. Magway Division

- Oil Field (Onshore) field 10 203. Yangon Division

- Crude Oil Production Bbl - 2823 (Onshore)

- Natural Gas Production mmscf - 865.964. Ayeyawady Division

- Crude Oil Production Bbl 178435 220271(Onshore)

- Natural Gas Production mmscf 15972.23 22523.2045(Onshore)

- Natural Gas Production(Offshore) mmscf - 206342

Sr State/Division Unit 1988 2009

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(from page 1)Chapter IIFormation

3. In order to carry out the development workseffectively within the Nay Pyi Taw developmentarea, the Chairman of the State Peace and Devel-opment Council shall:(a) form the Committee comprising a minimum

of 5 members to a maximum of 9 members.(b) in forming the Committee, it shall do so with

suitable citizens and determine the Chair-man, Vice-Chairman and Secretary of theCommittee simultaneously.

4. The Chairman of the Committee is the Mayor ofNay Pyi Taw.

5. The Vice-Chairman of the Committee is the Vice-Mayor of Nay Pyi Taw.

6. The Head of Office is the Joint Secretary of theCommittee.

7. The Committee shall be directly responsible tothe Chairman of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council.

Chapter IIIFunctions and Duties of the Committee

8. The Committee shall, within the limits of Nay PyiTaw development area, lay down policy, giveguidance, supervise or implement in respect of thefollowing functions and duties:(a) drawing up civil plans and establishment of

new towns;(b) administering lands in accordance with the

existing laws;(c) constructing, repairing, and maintaining,

demoliting and inspecting of buildings;(d) demoliting and resettlement of squatter

houses, buildings and wards;(e) constructing roads, bridges, and maintenance

thereof;(f) causing to remove and the removal of the

buildings which are not be free from publicroad, bridge, drainage, water pipeline andsewage pipe etcetera;

(g) prescribing conditions for traffic and for theuse of road, naming of the wards and roadsand prescribing building number;

(h) stipulating conditions for the traffic andparking of vehicles and hackney carriages,and for construction of vehicle terminals;

(i) carrying out works for sanitation, tidiness,pleasantness, beautifying, greening and live-liness;

(j) carrying out environmental conservationworks;

(k) constructing, maintaining, and supervisingof gardens, parks, playgrounds, swimmingpools and recreation centres;

(l) carrying out works for lighting of roads;(m) carrying out works for water supply;(n) carrying out works for construction and

maintenance of reservoirs, water storagereservoirs and pipelines;

(o) carrying out works for sanitation and sew-age treatment;

(p) carrying out prevention of disease and worksfor public health;

(q) constructing, maintaining, and administer-ing the markets owned by the Committee;

(r) granting permission for the construction andadministration of private-owned markets;

(s) prescribing conditions relating to foodstuffbusiness, restaurants and road-side stalls;

(t) prescribing rules relating to works whichmay be dangerous;

(u) carrying out precautionary measures againstthe danger of fire, flood, storm and naturaldisaster;

(v) granting permission to open guest houses toaccommodate local customers only;

(w) inspecting hotels, motels and guest housesrelating to development matters;

(x) granting permission the operation of andadministering ferry services, brokerage busi-nesses and private pawn shops businesses;

(y) granting permission for the establishment ofslaughter houses, the slaughter of animals forconsumption and prescribing conditions forsale of meat;

(z) holding and managing of cattle fair;(aa) granting permission for keeping and breed-

ing animals and catching and impoundingstrayed animals;

(bb) carrying out tasks to look after the strayinsane persons, lepers and beggars;

(cc) determining and demolishing cemeteries, cre-mating, building and administering cremato-riums;

(dd) carrying out development works for publicinterest;

(ee) carrying out the works of repairing, mainte-nance and extension of prescribed govern-ment offices and state-owned housing estateswith allotment fund of Government;

(ff) issuing conditions for the residents of thestate-owned housing estates, supervising andtaking action against the persons who violatethe conditions;

(gg) maintaining, placing, and managing the state-owned housing estates and apartments;

(hh) prescribing and collecting for state-ownedhousing estates and apartments rent;

(ii) carrying out the functions and duties as-signed from time to time by the Chairman ofthe State Peace and Development Council.

9. The Committee may, in carrying out its functionsand duties, and coordinate with the relevant govern-ment departments and organizations if necessary.

Chapter IVPowers of the Committee

10. The powers of the Committee are as follows:(a) demarcating and re-demarcating the territo-

rial limit of the Nay Pyi Taw developmentarea;

(b) carrying out the development works in ac-cordance with the existing laws, rules, regula-tions and bye-laws with funds owned by theCommittee;

(c) determining taxes and duties and rates in re-spect of development works and revising,assessing and collecting thereof;

(d) leasing the buildings and lands owned by theCommittee and evicting the tenants who vio-late any of the terms and conditions;

(e) using money obtained by lease of buildings orlands or by other means, for the developmentworks in accordance with the existing regula-tions and bye-laws;

(f) carrying out works contributing to develop-ment by communicating with local and for-

eign organizations or persons;(g) taking loans or grants from the Government

or from local and foreign organizations;(h) carrying out development works by forming

necessary sub-committees according to thetype of development works;

(i) carrying out by applying advanced moderntechnologies and systems to enable to carryout the development works more effectively;

(j) safeguarding to prevent trespass in the re-served lands by any person, organization anddepartment and managing systematically theproject works carried out only with the permis-sion of the Government on such reserved land;

(k) safeguarding and managing to prevent tres-pass in the committee-owned land by anyperson, organization or department;

(l) coordinating with the Ministry of Forestry inorder to determine the forest land limit withinthe limit of the Nay Pyi Taw development area;

(m) coordinating with the Ministry of Defence inorder to determine the cantonment area withinthe limit of the Nay Pyi Taw developmentarea;

(n) prohibiting and inspecting to prevent breaking,clearing, removing or felling the trees grownnaturally within the limit of the Nay Pyi Tawdevelopment area, perennial trees, edible plants,shady trees grown in state-owned estates, treesand flower plants grown on left and right sidesof the road, road islands and roundabouts with-out the permission of the committee;

(o) prohibiting and inspecting to prevent trespassand construction by any person, organizationand department within the road area deter-mined within the limit of the Nay Pyi Tawdevelopment area;

(p) exercising powers conferred from time totime by the Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council.

Chapter VFinance

11. The Committee shall subsist on its own funds. If itis necessary, assistance from the Government maybe taken for the fund desiring to fullfil. In addition,it shall also take responsibility of its financialmatters.

12. The Committee shall open a separate bank accountfor it funds and has the right to expend for develop-ment works.

13. The Committee may manage in a suitable mannerto increase the fund.

14. The Committee shall open a separate bank accountfor foreign currency accurred by it and may expendfor the development works in accordance withprocedures and regulations.

15. The Committee shall:(a) after scrutinizing the annual budget estimate

drawn up and submitted by the Head of Office,submit it to the Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council and obtain approval.Moreover, it shall be reported to the Govern-ment for the funds necessary to obtain assist-ance from the Government.

(b) submit the annual financial condition and au-dit-report within 90 days after expiry of thefinancial year to the Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council.

Chapter VIOrganizational set-up

16. The Committee shall, based on the functions andduties, draw up the necessary organizational set-upwith the approval of the Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council.

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(from page 10)17. The Committee may, in drawing up the organiza-

tional set-up under section16, include in the set-up the following service personnel contributingto the development works after consultation withthe relevant government departments and organi-zations:(a) service personnel carrying out the function

relating to precautionary measures againstdisease and public health;

(b) service personnel carrying out the function ofprecautionary measures against fire hazards;

(c) members of the Development Police Forceand other service personnel of the Committeewho carrying out the duty of security andmaintenance of discipline.

18. The Committee:(a) has the right to appoint service personnels

within the organizational set-up in accordancewith the existing regulations and bye-laws;

(b) may appoint by transfer, service person-nel who can carry out the developmentworks effectively in coordination with therelevant government departments and or-ganizations;

19. The Committee may, for enabling supervision ofservice personnel, delegate powers relating to person-nel affairs to the Head of Office as may be necessary.

Chapter VIIMaintaining the Fund and Auditing of Accounts20. The Committee shall, for enabling the Head of

Office to maintain the accounts systematicallyand to conduct auditing thereof prescribe proce-dures on accounts in coordination with the Audi-tor General.

21. The Head of Office shall(a) compile and maintain accounts in accord-

ance with the procedures on accounts asprescribed by the Committee;

(b) accept the audit of the person assigned dutyby the Auditor General, in respect of theaccounts compiled and maintained under sub-section (a).

Chapter VIIIActions taken by Administrative Means

22. The Committee may, if the holder of the license,

registration certificate or permit issued under thisLaw contravenes any of the stipulated conditionsor if he is convicted by the prescribed Court underthis Law, pass upon the license holder, permitsholder, or registration certificate holder any of thefollowing administrative order:(a) warning;(b) imposing stipulated fine;(c) suspending the license, registration certifi-

cate or permit, for a limited time;(d) cancelling the license, registration certificate

or permit.23. If there is failure to pay the imposed fine under the

administrative order, it shall be recovered as if itwere an arrears of land revenue.

Chapter IXOffences and Penalties

24. Whoever violates or fails to comply with any rulemade by the Committee under this Law shall, onconviction, be punished with imprisonment for aterm not exceeding one year or with fine not ex-ceeding kyats two hundred thousand, or with both.

25. If a person convicted under section, continues toviolate or fails to comply with such rule, he shallbe punished with fine which may extend from aminimum of kyats ten thousand to a maximum ofkyats fifty thousand for each day during which theviolation or failure continues.

26. Whoever violates or fails to comply with anycondition or any order issued by the Committeeunder this Law shall, on conviction, be punishedwith imprisonment for a term not exceeding threemonths or with fine exceeding kyats one hundredthousand or with both.

27. If a person, convicted under section 26, continuesto violate or fails to comply with such condition ororder, he shall be punished with fine which mayextend from a minimum of kyats ten thousand toa maximum of kyats fifty thousand for each dayduring which the violation or failure continues.

Chapter XMiscellaneous

28. The public and the public service personnel shallabide by the orders, bye-laws and directives issuedby the Committee since being duty bound to protectand preserve the works for cleanliness, tidiness,pleasantness, beauty, greenery and luxuriance withinthe limit of the Nay Pyi Taw development area;

29. The Committee shall, in performing its functionsand duties in exercising its powers, carry outworks involving the nature of policy, or specialplans to be implemented within the developmentarea of Nay Pyi Taw only after obtaining thepermission of the Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council.

30. The Committee shall operate under its own nameand common seal and shall have perpetual succes-sion and power to sue and be sued in its corporate

name.31. The Committee is entitled to sue the responsible

department and organization if it does not receivethe reasonable value for its own immoveableproperty that are transferred to the state.

32. In order to have speedy trial and disposal ofdevelopment cases in which proceedings havebeen instituted for the violation of any rules, bye-laws or orders issued under this Law, the Com-mittee shall carry out in coordination with theSupreme Court and Office of the Attorney-Gen-eral for the opening of Courts and Law Offices atappropriate places within the Nay Pyi Taw devel-opment area.

33. The administrative order or decision passed by theCommittee under the section 22 shall be final andconclusive.

34. The Committee may in carrying out developmentworks apply the existing Development Commit-tees Law, rules, regulations, bye-laws, proce-dures, notifications, orders and directives madethereunder, in so far as they are not contrary to theobjectives and concepts of this Law.

35. The funds and moveable and immoveableproperty owned by the previous TownshipDevelopment Committees and Nay Pyi TawDevelopment Committee, within the Nay PyiTaw development area works in the process ofexecution, works which have been completed,assets and liabilities shall devolve respec-tively on the Committee.

36. (a) In executing instruments regarding transferof immoveable property situated within theNay Pyi Taw development area, the personchargeable with stamp duty shall pay theexcess percentage of stamp duty as prescribed,in addition to the value of stamp duty to bepaid under the Myanmar Stamp Act

(b) The Committee shall carry out in consulta-tion with the Ministry of Finance andRevenue to transfer and obtain the excessvalue of the stamp duty under sub-section (a).

37. The committee may, in carrying out its functionsand exercising its powers, assign duties to anyrelevant subordinate Department or by forming abody or to any person, if necessary.

38. In implementing the provisions of this Law, theCommittee may:(a) issue necessary rules with the approval of the

Chairman of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council;

(b) issue necessary procedures, bye-laws, notifi-cations, orders and directives.

Sd./ Than ShweSenior General

ChairmanThe State Peace and Development Council

NEWS ALBUM

A court in Qingyuan county,Liaoning Province, sentenced an ex-convict to six years in prison forattempted robbery, as he tried to committhe crime immediately after beingreleased from prison in November.

The accused, surnamed Zhang, leftfor Qingyuan county soon after beingreleased from the county prison.

With no cash for food, Zhang bargedinto a 48-year-old woman’s house,

Tai Shan, Washington DC’s belovedgiant panda, plays in the snow at the

Smithsonian National Zoo inWashington. Tai Shan is scheduledto depart for China in early 2010.

“I’ll go take a nap first before Ifinish my robbery”

hoping to steal some money. The woman,however, convinced Zhang that helooked very tired and should take a nap,promising him to give him some moneyonce he woke up.

The woman tied the intruder with arope as soon as he slept off and phonedthe police.

A bungling Australian car thief wasnabbed after accidentally lockinghimself in the vehicle he was tryingto steal, police said.

Police were called to a house inAdelaide after two thieves were heardtrying to steal a car.

On arrival they were surprised tofind a 53-year old man hiding insidethe vehicle.

A second thief was found hidingin nearby bushes.

“Get me out of here!”

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KHARTOUM, 29 Dec—The Sudanese Health Minis-try said five people died of influenza A/H1N1 and 145cases were confirmed in the country, Khartoum’s AlAhdath daily reported on Monday.

The paper quoted Undersecretary of the SudaneseMinistry of Health Kamal Abdul-Ghader as saying that“all cases came from outside Sudan.”

Xinhua

A/H1N1 fludeath toll reaches

112 in EgyptCAIRO, 29 Dec—Egypt

on Monday reported threemore death cases of influ-enza A/H1N1, bringingthe nationwide death tollto 109, said the HealthMinistry in a statement.

A 61-year-old man inCairo, another 40-year-old man and 34-year-oldman in Giza died ofA/H1N1 virus, said thestatement.

Up till now, Egypt hasreported more than10,056 cases of the novelflu, according to theHealth Ministry.

Egypt confirmed itsfirst influenza A/H1N1death on 19 July. A youngEgyptian woman, whowas back from Saudi Ara-bia after making Umrah(pilgrimage to Mecca atany time of the year), diedof the flu virus.—Xinhua

Crane crash killsfive, injures one

in S China SHENZHEN, 29 Dec—

Five people were killedand one another was in-jured seriously after acrane collapsed at a con-struction site in southernChinese city of Shenzhenon Monday, local govern-ment said. The accidenttook place at about 3:40pm at the construction sitein Shenzhen’s Bao’an Dis-trict, the city governmentsaid in a statement.

It did not reveal the iden-tities of the victims. Theinjured is being treated ata local hospital and de-scribed in stable condition.

Xinhua

Sudan confirmsfive A/H1N1 flu

deaths, 145infection cases

Diving zookeepers

Guido Westhoff and

Frank Seidel (L) use

a ruler to measure a

Zebra shark during

animal stock taking

at the Hagenbeck Zoo

in Hamburg on 29

Dec, 2009.

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Folk handicraftsmen make “Tiger Shoes”, traditional Chinese cloth shoes forchildren, in Taoshan Township in Hanshan County, east China’s Anhui

Province, on 28 Dec, 2009. The “Tiger Shoes” sold well in the local market asthe Chinese lunar New Year of Tiger is nearing. —XINHUA

VExposure to tobacco smoke inchildhood increases risk of early

emphysema in adulthood

VComputer sci environment may repel womenStress can take a toll on

first respondersST LOUIS, 29 Dec — First responders are equipped

and trained to handle various emergency situations butworkplace stress can take a toll on their emotions, USresearchers say.

Dr Miggie Greenberg of Saint Louis UniversitySchool of Medicine says different people react to trau-matic situations differently. It’s not uncommon to ex-perience a broad range of emotions — it’s actuallyquite normal and healthy, Greenberg says.

The challenge with first responders is that they aretrained to deal with high-intensity situations withoutemotionally reacting so the aftermath can be that muchmore devastating. Additionally, those who have expe-rienced some type of trauma in the past are more likelyto react adversely to a traumatic event, Greenberg says.

Some normal reactions include being in shock, feel-ing sad, acting more emotional, having intrusivethoughts about an incident and behaving in a hyper-vigilant manner, Greenberg says.

These should fade over time. However, when one’sday-to-day routine is frequently sidetracked by suchreactions, this may be evidence of major distress,Greenberg says.

Some signs of psychological distress include con-stant anxiety, inexplicable crying, erratic behaviour,isolation, and the increase use of drugs and/or alco-hol. This distress may require professional treatment,Greenberg says.

Internet

Soil studiesfind

antibioticresistanceNEWCASTLE, 29 Dec —

Soil studies show anti-bi-otic resistance in nature isgrowing despite tightercontrol over antibiotic usein medicine and agricul-ture, British scientists said.

Bacterial DNA takenfrom soil samples colle-cted between 1940 and2008 in the Netherlandsrevealed a rise in the levelof antibiotic resistantgenes, said David Graham,a professor at England’sNewcastle University.

Scientists fear a resist-ant gene in a harmlessbacteria could be passedto a disease-causingpathogen, Gra-ham saidin this month’s issue of thejournal EnvironmentalScience and Technology.

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Brain training for fun, not mental fitness

A visitor takes photo ofa new mini electrically-

powered communityvehicle in the Liuzhou

Wuling AutomobileIndustry Co Ltd, atLiuzhou, southwestChina’s Guangxi

Zhuang AutonomousRegion, on 28 Dec,

2009.—XINHUA

LOS ANGELES, 29 Dec— Childrenregularly exposed to tobacco smoke athome were more likely to developearly emphysema in adulthood, a newstudy suggests. The conclusionwas based on analysis of CT scans of1,781 non-smokers without clinicalcardiovascular disease recruited fromsix communities in the United States.

Those reporting childhood exposureto tobacco smoke (ETS) were somewhatyounger, with an average age of 61; weremore likely to be non-Hispanic white;and less likely to have been born out-side the United States. These differenceswere statistically controlled in the analy-ses.

Approximately half of the partici-

pants in this large multiethnic cohort hadat least one regular cigarette smoker intheir childhood home. Participants withmore childhood ETS exposure had moreemphysema-like lung pixels; an averageof 20 percent of scan pixels were em-physema-like for those who lived withtwo or more smokers as a child, com-pared with 18 percent for those who livedwith one regular smoker, or 17 percentfor those who said that they did not livewith a regular inside smoker as a child.

This finding by researchers at Colum-bia University’s Mailman School of Pub-lic Health suggests that the lungs may notrecover completely from the effects ofearly-life ETS.

Xinhua

SEATTLE, 29 Dec — Thestereotype of computerscientists as nerds whostay up at night codingand have no social lifemay drive women fromthe field, US researcherssuggest.

“When people think ofcomputer science the im-age that immediately popsinto many of their mindsis of the computer geeksurrounded by computergames, science fictionmemorabilia and junk

food,” lead author SapnaCheryan, a University ofWashington assistant pro-fessor of psychology, saysin a statement. “Thatstereotype doesn’t appealto many women whodon’t like the portrait ofmasculinity that itevokes.”

Cheryan set up fourexperiments involvingmore than 250 female andmale students who werenot studying computerscience. The students

were exposed to class-rooms, offices and roomsthat contained objectsstereotypically associatedwith computer sciencesuch as Star Trek posters,video game boxes andCoke cans, or non-stere-otypical items such as na-ture posters, art, a diction-ary and coffee mugs.

The objects help createwhat Cheryan calls ambi-ent belonging, the feelinga person fits or doesn’t fitin somewhere.—Internet

VNew Zealand youth unhealthysWELLINGTON, 29 Dec

— New Zealand youthsuffered some of the

worst health outcomesin the developed world,but funding for theirhealth services is “tenu-ous”, according to a newreport released onTuesday.

The New ZealandMinistry of Health-com-missioned report saidthat New Zealand youthhave higher rates of men-tal illness, suicide,teen pregnancy and suf-fered more injuries than

young people in otherOrganization for Eco-nomic Cooperation andDevelopment (OECD)countries.

However, fragmentedand tenuous fundingmodels for dedicatedyouth health facilitiesmeant they were strug-gling to meet demand andprovide adequate serv-ices for their clients, thereport said.

Xinhua

COLOGNE, 29 Dec —Brain training — cross-word puzzles, for exam-ple — is recommendedfor those who enjoy it,researchers in Germanysay.

The researchers at theGerman Institute forQuality and Efficiency inHealth Care, say braintraining can lead to im-provement in the specificability it is aimed at but

there is no scientificproof brain training im-proves overall mentalfitness.The study, pub-lished at informedhealthonline.org, con-cludes there is no needfor people to push them-selves to do brain train-ing if it is not enjoyed.

“Doing exercises liketrying to find symbols ona computer screen as fastas possible can actually

improve your reactiontime, but scientific stud-ies have shown that braintraining only leads toan improvement in thespecific ability that itis aimed at.

So if you learn to findsymbols quickly, it doesnot mean that you will beable to remember namesbetter too,” Peter Sawickisays in a statement.

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S P O R T S

Manchester City’s Carlos Tevez (C)scores his second goal against Wolver-hampton Wanderers during their Eng-lish Premier League soccer match atMolineux in Wolverhampton, centralEngland, on 28 Dec, 2009.—INTERNET

Mancini’s Manchester City grab second straight win

Toni eager to join AS Roma

Chelsea players celebrate their 2-1victory over Fulham after their Pre-mier League match at StamfordBridge. With the win Chelsea increased

their lead at the top of the PremierLeague to five points.—INTERNET

Chelsea will cope with Drogba absence: manager

Super-sub Diouf rescues RoversBLACKBURN, 29 Dec—El Hadji Diouf rescued

Blackburn as the Senegal striker came off the benchto earn a 2-2 draw against Sunderland on Monday.

Sam Allardyce’s side were heading for defeat whenDarren Bent scored his second goal of the game mid-way through the second half at Ewood Park.

Bent’s double had come either side of an equaliserby Blackburn’s Morten Gamst Pedersen and it neededDiouf’s strike with 13 minutes remaining to bail outthe hosts, who remain two points behind mid-tableSunderland.—Internet

BlackburnRovers’Senega-

leseforwardEl Hadji

Diouf

Kaka declares himself fit for Real

Real Madrid’s Brazilianmidfielder Kaka

Everton end barren home spell against Burnley

Burnley’s Scottish midfielder KevinMcDonald(R) challenges Everton’s

South African midfielder StevenPienaar during their English PremierLeague football match in Liverpool.

Everton won 2-0.—INTERNET

Redknapp sets Spurs’ sightson Champions League

Tottenham Hotspur’sLuka Modric celebrates

scoring the openinggoal of their Premier

League match betweenVs West Ham United atWhite Hart Lane, northLondon, on 28 Decem-

ber. Tottenham won2-0.—INTERNET

Jerome helpsin-form

Birminghamdefeat StokeSTOKE, 29 Dec—Bir-

mingham extended theirunbeaten run to 11 Pre-mier League matches asCameron Jerome’s sec-ond half strike clinched a1-0 win over Stoke onMonday.

Alex McLeish’s sidehave now equalled theclub’s longest run withoutdefeat in the top-flight - arecord stretching back to1908 - thanks to Jerome’sscrambled winner at theBritannia Stadium.

A remarkable streak ofseven wins and fourdraws has liftedunfancied Birminghamup to seventh place in thetable and has Blues fansdreaming of Europeanfootball next season.

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Bayern Munich’s out-of-favour Italian WorldCup winner Luca Toni,seen here in November2009, revealed Mondayhe is close to a move to

Serie A club ASRoma.—INTERNET

LONDON, 29 Dec—Tottenham Hotspur man-ager Harry Redknapp in-sisted his side couldqualify for the ChampionsLeague after Luka Modricreturned to inspire theirlatest victory.

Croatia midfielderModric and England for-ward Jermain Defoe wereon target in a 2-0 Londonderby win over West Hamat White Hart Lane hereon Monday that liftedSpurs into the top four ofthe English PremierLeague.

If they stay there untilthe end of the currentcampaign, Spurs will playin next season’s edition ofEuropean club’s football’spremier tournament.

Internet

LONDON, 29 Dec—Carlos Tevezscored twice to enable Roberto Mancini’sManchester City into second win in rowin a convincing 3-0 Premier League vic-

tory away victory at Wolves on Monday. City stayed sixth in the standings, but

they moved level on points with AstonVilla and gave Mancini a perfect gift inChristmas holiday as the new managertasted sweet two wins in three days fol-lowing Saturday’s 2-0 win over StokeCity. Argentina striker Tevez finished aneat move in the 33rd minute before Spainmidfielder Javier Garrido caught Wolvescold on a freezing night with a brilliantcurling and low free-kick in the 69th

minute. Former Manchester United forward

Tevez rounded things off four minutesfrom time with a well-taken second goalas City recorded a second straight cleansheet under their Italian manager.

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LIVERPOOL, 29 Dec—Everton won atGoodison Park for the first time sinceSeptember as they beat 10-man Burnley2-0 here on Monday, a result that madeit nine Premier League games without awin for the visitors.

Substitute James Vaughan struckseven minutes from time for DavidMoyes’s men following MarouaneFellaini’s cross before South Africa’sSteven Pienaar added a second goal instoppage time. By that stage Burnley hadlong been a man down against their Lan-cashire rivals after defender Stephen Jor-dan was sent-off for a second yellow cardmidway through the second half.

Victory saw Everton climb five pointsaway from the relegation zone.

Yakubu went close for Everton earlyon, his shot hitting the post and Burnleykeeper Brian Jensen then had to make a

diving save to deny Russian midfielderDiniyar Bilyaletdinov.

But come the hour mark Burnley werestill very much in the game only for Jor-dan to get himself dismissed for a reck-less tug on Pienaar’s shirt.—Internet

ROME, 29 Dec—Bayern Munich’s Italianinternational Luca Tonisays he is only willing toconsider a move to ASRoma on Monday.

The 2006 World Cupwinner has been out offavour in Bayernundernew coach Louisvan Gaal in the season.

“I’ll say it again, Iwon’t consider any clubapart from Roma,” Toniwas quoted as saying inthe Corriere dello Sporton Monday.

The 32-year-old wantsregular starts to help himseek a place in MarcelloLippi’s Italy squad for the

2010 World Cup. Earlier in the month,

Bayern president UliHoeness said Toni couldleave on a free transfer.

Xinhua

MADRID, 29 Dec—RealMadrid’s Brazilianmidfielder Kaka has de-clared himself recoveredfrom a hernia injury thathas kept him sidelinedsince early this month.

“I am much better, I amhealed,” he told Spanishmedia in Sao Paulo, wherehe has been resting, beforereturning to Madrid lateSunday to rejoin histeammates after the Christ-mas break.

Kaka, a 65-million-eurosummer signing from ACMilan, did not join theother players at a trainingsession on Monday after-noon but instead did exer-cises in the gym, Real said.If his recovery is con-firmed this week, he couldbe called up to the squadto face Osasunain the league in Pamplona

on Sunday. Other Real stars re-

sumed training Monday,including CristianoRonaldo of Portugal, theworld’s most expensiveplayer, and FrenchmanKarim Benzema, whoSpanish media said wasinvolved in a traffic acci-dent while on holiday onthe Indian Ocean island ofLa Reunion.—Internet

LONDON, 29 Dec—Chelsea managerCarlo Ancelotti is adamant his team willcope with the loss of Didier Drogba whilethe striker competes in the African Na-tions Cup.

The Ivory Coast international was

given special permission to delay hisflight to Angola, along with compatriotand Chelsea colleague Salomon Kalou,and the decision proved vital for his clubas he spearheaded their 2-1 win over westLondon rivals Fulham.

Drogba headed in from BranislavIvanovic’s cross in the second half atStamford Bridge here on Monday to can-cel out Zoltan Gera’s fourth minuteopener for Fulham.

The goal took Drogba’s tally to 19 forthe season in all competitions, underlin-ing his importance to the English PremierLeague leaders, who could be without theforward for the whole of the January ifthe Ivory Coast go all the way in Angola.

However, Ancelotti maintains he willmake do without Drogba as Chelsea, nowfive points clear of reigning championsManchester United, look to retain theirgrip on top spot.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, Rain have been scatteredin Taninthayi Division, weather has been partly cloudy inKachin, Rakhine and Mon States and generally fair in theremaining States and Divisions. Night temperatures were(3°C) to (4°C) below December average temperatures inKachin State, lower Sagaing, Mandalay and BagoDivisions, (5°C) to (6°C)below December averagetemperatures in Shan and Rakhine States, MagwayDivisions, (7°C) to (8°C) below December averagetemperatures in Chin State and upper Sagaing Division,(3°C)to (4°C) above December average temperatures inMon State and Taninthayi Division and about Decemberaverage temperatures in the remaining States and Divisions.The significant night temperatures were Haka (-4°C), Loilem(-3°C), Namsam (-1°C), Heho (0°C), Pinlaung (1°C), Lashio,Mogok and An (2°C) each. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded was Myeik (2.44) inches.

Maximum temperature on 28-12-2009 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 29-12-2009 was 57°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 29-12-2009 was 63%.Total sun shine hours on 28-12-2009 was (9.4) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 29-12-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, atKaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.69) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Northeast at (16:30) hours MST on 28-12-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 30th December 2009:Except for the possibility of islolated light rain in TaninthayiDivision and weather will be generally fair in the wholecountry. Degree of certainty is (40%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days:Likelihook ofcontinuation of light rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for30-12-2009: Generally fair weather .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for30-12-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for30-12-2009: Generally fair weather.

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Members of a winter swimming club form a2010 sign in the snow on the bank of the Yenisei

River as they celebrate the coming of the newyear in Russia’s Siberian city of Krasnoyarsk,

on 27 Dec, 2009.—INTERNET

Websites that died in 2009BEIJING, 29 Dec— While some websites have

flourished in 2009, most notably Facebook andTwitter, others have fallen by the wayside. Manysites that died were relatively small enterprises. Buteven the big Internet giants, Google, Microsoft andYahoo ditched once popular services and websites.

January saw Google’s changes to Jaiku andDodgeball. Jaiku, a social networking, micro-blogging and lifestreaming service comparable toTwitter, was not shut but will be left to flounder. OnJanuary 14, 2009 it was announced that Googlewould be open-sourcing the product but would “nolonger actively develop the Jaiku codebase” leavingdevelopment to a “passionate volunteer team ofGooglers”. Dodgeball was a location-based socialnetworking software provider for mobile devices.Users would text their location to the service, whichthen notified them of crushes, friends, friends’friends and interesting venues nearby. Dodgeballwas shut down by Google in March 2009 andreplaced with Google Latitude. Google Notebookwas also shutdown for new users as cloud serviceslike Google Docs increased in popularity. Anothercloud service owned by Yahoo also announced itsclosure in January. Yahoo’s Briefcase had beendeemed somewhat useless by many observers.

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Fullmoon Day of Pyatho 1371 ME Wednesday, 30 December, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

SPECIAL FEATURES TO HAIL 62nd ANNIVERSARY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Byline Poem Cartoon

* Unyielding and ready to retaliateOur patriotic forefathers

With firm resolve

And no hesitation

Sacrificing lives and blood

Daring so much were nation’s sons

Noble enough to risk lives

Restored they independence

Energy sector contributing to nationalprogress and socio-economy of the people

Article: Arkar Hein

With economic andsocial development of acountry, its demand forenergy usually increases.As developing countries inthe world are striving forgreater economicdevelopment, their needfor energy is getting bigger.

Also in Myanmar, the

Ministry of Energy isimplementing thegovernment’s policy onenergy to meet thenation’s demand forenergy. On 25 December,I read a newspaper reporton the laying of a naturalgas pipeline across theHline River. As I oftennotice such news itemsin the newspaper, Ihave

(See page 8)

Photo shows YedagunNatural Gas Project.

Hailing the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day:

Always safeguard independ-ence

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