Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 297 9th Waning of Tabodwe 1371 ME Sunday, 7 February, 2010

Developing in Unity

* 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 Consti-

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Our national races have lived as a nuclear family, going through all theadversity and prosperity. With these fine traditions and high cultural standard,they consolidated themselves as a people in the simple and single term“Myanmar”.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services (From the message sent on the occasion of 58th Anniversary Union Day)

Secretary-1 and wife attend Myanma Motion Picture OutstandingAward (Academy) presentation ceremony for 2008

All parties, politicians and general people will have to act by servingnational interest although they may have different ideologies

Choose persons and organizations worthy of trust for peace, stability and progress ofthe future based on past lessons and present sizable peace, stability and development

NAY PYI T AW, 6 Feb—Myanma Motion PictureEnterprise of the Ministry of Information organizedthe ceremony to present Myanma Motion PictureOutstanding Award (Academy) for 2008 at the open airtheatre of the Nay Pyi Taw City Hall, here, this evening,attended by Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin.

Also present on the occasion were senior militaryofficers of the Ministry of Defence and their wives,Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen WaiLwin and wife, ministers and their wives, the Auditor-General, deputy ministers, senior military officers,departmental heads, Union Day delegate national races,responsible persons of the Myanmar Motion PicturePromotion and Scrutinizing Board, Motion PictureCensorship Board and Video Censorship Board,Myanmar Motion Picture Asiayon, Myanmar MusicAsiayon, Myanmar Thabin Asiayon, Myanmar Writers

(See page 4)

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo and wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin

cordially greet Academy award winning moviestars and film technicians.—MNA

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Sunday, 7 February, 2010

PERSPECTIVES

Extensively grow tea andperennial crops for regionaldevelopment

Prime Minister General Thein Seinfrom 2 to 4 February visited Kanpetlet,Mindat, Matupi, Haka, Falam, Reedkhoda,Tonzang and Tiddim in Chin State andinspected regional development. During hisinspection tour, the Prime Minister mettownselders, departmental officials andsocial organizations and gave guidance onimprovement of the socio-economic statusof local people.

National development projects arein full swing the length and breadth of thenation including Chin State. Tasks for bettertransport which is a driving force for nationaldevelopment are being carried outextensively both in plains and hilly regions.With better transport, one can travel fromone place to another, thereby bringing abouthigher socio-economic status of local people.

Relying on slash and burn farming,Chin State was in no position to enjoy self-sufficiency in rice. At a time when highlandfarming is being introduced in Chin Statewith the assistance of the government, localpeople are to extensively grow tea andperennial crops, while engaging in highlandfarming.

Since tea thrives well in hilly regions,it is grown on a commercial scale in ShanState and Sagaing Division in addition toChin State. At present tea is being grownextensively in Haka, Tiddim, Mindat andMatupi townships. And continued effortsare to be made to maintain such achievement.

Sharing border with India, Chin Stateplays a pivotal role in security and bordertrade. And steps are to be taken forprevalence of peace and stability andensuring security and border trade in theregion.

As the five main roads in Chin Stateare being upgraded into all weather facilities,progress has been made in transport,education and health sectors. At such a time,it is largely incumbent upon local authorities,social organizations and local people toparticipate in regional development tasks.

YANGON , 6 Feb – Spe-cial refresher course No.16 for faculty membersconcluded at the CentralInstitute of Civil Service(Phaunggyi) in HleguTownship here this morn-ing. On behalf of Chair-man of the Myanmar Edu-cation Committee Secre-tary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil General Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oo, Min-ister for Education DrChan Nyein delivered aconcluding speech.

Present on the occa-sion were Civil ServiceSelection and TrainingBoard Chairman U KyawThu, deputy ministers, theYangon City Develop-ment Committee Vice-Chairman Vice-Mayor,the Deputy Chief Justice,CSSTB members, offi-cials of the EducationMinistry, the rector andpro-rectors of the CICSand course instructors.

In his speech, Minis-ter Dr Chan Nyein saidthat in building up a peace-ful, modern and developednation, the government isbuilding all necessaryinfrastructures. At thesame time, it is trying toproduce qualified humanresources. Since the as-sumption of State duties,the Tatmadaw govern-ment has been realizingthe political, economicand social objectives forensuring national unity

Special refresher course No. 16 forfaculty members concludes

and emergence of a disci-pline-flourishing demo-cratic nation that are fun-damental for Our ThreeMain National Causes.

The Tatmadaw hasbeen carrying out nationaldevelopment tasks by up-holding the cause of per-petuation of national sov-ereignty as a national dutywhile discharging defenceduties to protect the livesand property of the peo-ple. As a result, all the re-gions including border andrural areas have enjoyedpeace, stability and devel-opment.

According to the oneof the economic objec-tives: ‘development of ag-riculture as the base andall-round development ofother sectors of theeconomy as well’, the Statewill try to build an indus-trial nation based on agri-culture by making use ofits rich land and water re-sources in combinationwith advanced science and

technologies. Service per-sonnel are a force that is topursue the policies of thegovernment in building apeaceful, modern and de-veloped nation. So, do-mestic and internationalrefresher courses and on-job training courses arebeing conducted for en-hancing the efficiency ofservice personnel.

As the teachers areeducation staff responsi-ble for the higher educa-tion sector, they are to tryto become good civil serv-ants by fully understand-ing the State’s political,economic and social ob-jectives and the seven-stepRoad Map.

Trainee instructorsfrom different universitiesand colleges are to nur-ture themselves as well asstudents of younger gen-eration to ensure long-term interests of the na-tion.

The minister addedthat younger generation

is to strive for emergenceof efficient humanresources by continuouslearning to be able to sur-mount challenges of 21stcentury.

The minister thenurged the trainee instruc-tors to strictly observe theguidance of the Head ofState, “a machine c anperform job that needs thelabour of a considerablenumber of ordinary menhowever there w ill be nomachine that possesses thequality of an efficienthuman being and there-fore, efficiency of humanbeing is the most basicfact in any field.”

The minister then pre-sented best t raineeawards, diligence awards,model hostel awards aswell as completion certifi-cates to trainees. A total of523 faculty members fromcolleges and universities inLower Myanmar attendedthe four-week course.

MNATamway BEHS No. 1 to payrespects to old teachers Dy Construction Minister supervises

Pathein-Monywa RoadNAY P YI TAW, 6 Feb—

Deputy Minister for Con-struction U Tint Swe on 3February left Minbu by carand inspected mainte-nance of Mezali Bridge onPathein-Monywa Road

and construction of ThayuCreek Bridge.

He met with engineersof Road ConstructionProject Special Group (3)and those from PakokkuDistrict at Kazunma hall

on Pathein-MonywaRoad.

Next, he looked intoconditions of the road sec-tion between No. 202/4and No. 275/0 on Pathein-Monywa Road.—MNA

YANGON , 6 Feb—Tamway Basic EducationHigh School No. 1 willhold the ceremony to payrespects to the old teachersat the hall of the school on12 February noon.

The old teachers whodischarged duty up to 1995and the teachers of above

55 years old and oldstudents are invited toattend the ceremony.

Those wishing todonate cash may contactDr Thein Soe, Tel:095022412, Ko ThetNaing, Ma Mie Mie Soe,Tel: 095163006, Ko AungKyi, Tel: 095013322, Ma

Myat Myat Khaing, Tel:540342, Ma Marlar, Tel:290121, Ko MaungMaung Kyi, Tel: 554843,Ko Khin Maung Thaung,Tel: 095071734, MaMyint Myint Yi, Tel:095019158 and Ma KhinKhin Than, Tel:564197.—MNA

Ministerfor Educa-

tion DrChanNyein

presentsdiligenceaward toAssistantResearchOfficer

DawThida Zaw

Win.MNA

* 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

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Children wear surgical masks at “Enrique Rebsamen” school in Oaxaca, Mexicoin 2009. The global death toll from swine flu has risen to 15,174, up 463 from aweek ago, but the pandemic is steadily losing momentum around the world, the World Health Organization said on Friday.—INTERNET

Afghan problems not be solvedby military alone

ISTANBUL, 6 Feb —Turkish PresidentAbdullah Gul said here onFriday that problems ofAfghanistan could not besolved by military meas-ures alone.

Gul made the state-ment while addressing theinformal meeting ofNATO defence ministerswith non-allied partners ofthe International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)

in Istanbul.“After all, foreign

forces will leave Afghani-stan one day. They shouldnot leave behind a devas-tated country, but a coun-try intact with functioninginstitutions. We should notforget that Afghanistanbelongs to Afghan peo-ple,” Gul said.

“As the internationalcommunity, we need tocontinue our struggleagainst terrorism, extrem-ism, arms smuggling andorganized crime, in col-laboration,” he said.

He underlined that pri-ority should be given totraining Afghan soldiersand providing arms andequipment.

He said succeeding inthis would make with-drawal of foreign soldierseasier, having establishedsecurity, peace andstability.

International SecurityAssistance Force andNATO did not enter Af-ghanistan to alter the cul-ture, identity and tradi-tions of the Afghan peo-ple, he noted. — Xinhua

Teen shot at Ala middle school dies;student held

MADISON , 6 Feb—A ninth-grader was shot to death by another stu-dent during a class change on Friday at a north Alabama middle school,authorities said.

Todd Brown, 14, was shot about 1:45 pm and taken by ambulancefrom Discovery Middle School to Huntsville Hospital, where he died,said hospital spokeswoman Kristen Bishop. She wouldn’t release anyother details.

The suspected shooter was arrested inside in the school, where po-lice are regularly stationed.

Police did not release the name of the alleged shooter, also a ninth-grader, citing their ongoing investigation. No one else was injured andit wasn’t immediately clear what prompted the gunfire.—Internet

Foreign militarychopper attacked in

NE Afghanistan,one injured

KABUL, 6 Feb — Ahelicopter of the Interna-tional Security AssistanceForce (ISAF) was underattack from a round ofmilitants small-arms fireon Friday in the country’snortheastern Kapisa Prov-ince, leaving one indi-vidual injured.

The NATO-led ISAFsaid in a Press release thatthe gunfire caused no sig-nificant damage to thestructure or the systems ofthe chopper.

The helicopter landedsafely at an operatingbase, said the Press re-lease, but it didn’t dis-close the identity of theinjured person. — Xinhua

Afghan police keep watch at the site of a suicide car bombing which killedthree Afghans on Thursday, in Kandahar on 5 February, 2010. A suicide

car bomber attempting to strike foreign troops in southern Afghanistanblew up his vehicle near a hotel on Thursday, killing three Afghan civilians

and wounding 17, police said.—INTERNET

Afghan police patrol kills seven civilians

A shocked studentleaves with her fatherafter Todd Brown, a14-year-old boy, was

shot by a fellowstudent, on 5 Feb,

2010 at the DiscoveryMiddle School in

Madison, Ala.INTERNET

KANDAHAR, 6 Feb — Afghan borderpolice mistook a group of villagers gath-ering wood near the Pakistan border asmilitants and opened fire, killing seven ci-vilians, a police official said on Saturday.

All six officers involved in Friday’spre-dawn shooting have been arrested andthe incident is under investigation, saidGen Abdul Raziq, the commander of theborder police of southern Afghanistan.

The Afghan-Pakistan border area isa common transit route for both Taleban

militants and smugglers, and border po-lice regularly are attacked in the area.

The officers were driving throughKandahar Province’s Shorabak Districtbefore sunrise on Friday when they spot-ted the group of seven men and thoughtthey were about to be ambushed, Raziqsaid. They started shooting from about400 yards (metres) away and only dis-covered when they went to recover thebodies that none were armed, he said.

Internet

MANILA, 6 Feb — En-gine failure may havecaused the recent crash of anomad plane that resulted inthe death of a Philippine AirForce (PAF) general andseven others.

In a statement issued onFriday, PAF Spokesman Lt.Col Gerardo M Zamudio, Jr

said that based from Air-craft Investigation Board’sinitial findings, the pilotmay have encounteredengine failure while onflight.

“The left hand engineand propeller were badlydamaged and the compo-nents there on were de-tached upon impact whilethe right-hand engine wasintact. It is believed thatthe LH Engine and Propel-ler were still operating androtating at high speedwhen the plane hit the con-crete house upon impact,”he said. Zamudio said thePAF will open the RH en-gine to determine its con-dition before impact.Technical experts from theengine manufacturer willhelp in this invesigation.

Xinhua

Brazil starts exportingsoybeans to Russia

BRASILIA, 6 Feb—The first shipment of 24,400 tonsof Brazilian soybean has left for Russia this week, theBrazilian Agriculture Ministry said on Thursday, add-ing that another ship was being loaded for departure.

Technical barriers imposed by the Russian govern-ment on the import of Brazilian products were removedat a recent meeting attended by representatives fromboth countries in Berlin in January, according to theSecretary of Agricultural Defence Ignatius Kroetz.

“Russia has invested in chicken and pork produc-tion and needs soybean for feed. As Brazil is a majorsupplier, there is a great chance that export will growsubstantially,” said Kroetz.

The latest survey from the National Supply Com-pany (Conab) indicates Brazil is expected to produce65 million tons of soybean in 2009/2010 harvestseason, about 8 million more than in 2008/2009season.—Xinhua

Engine failure may have caused Nomad plane crash in Cotabato

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(from page 1)and JournalistsAssociation and socialorganizations, filmartistes and people.

Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan delivered anaddress on the occasion.

In his address,Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsansaid: First, I wish healthand happiness to

Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil General ThihaThura Tin Aung MyintOo and wife, SPDCmembers, ministers,deputy ministers, heads ofdepartment, Union Daydelegates, members ofMyanmar Motion PictureAsiayon, MyanmarThabin Asiayon,Myanmar Music Asiayonand other NGOs, filmartistes and technicians,distinguished guests andmovie fans who are here.

At this ceremony,Myanmar motion pictureacademy awards will bepresented to outstandingartistes and technicians ofthe movies released in2008. With the aim ofdeveloping Myanmarmovie world, for 57 yearsthe State has beenpresenting the awardsannually since 1952.

During the period,there were a lot of changesand developments inglobal movie-making

techniques and more andmore new filmingequipment are being used.Hence we have seenstage-by-stage progress inthe movie standard. So, inaccord with the guidanceof the Head of State, theMinistry of Informationhas been providingencouragement andassistance for improve-ment of Myanmar moviestandard in all aspects.The result is that thestandard of almost all themovies screened in 2008were high thanks tomodern sound editingstudios, colour separatorsand screening equipmentbought by MyanmarMotion PictureEnterprise. Moreover, ar-rangements are under wayto purchase and installother necessary film-making equipment. Thegood news is that we aregoing to produce movieswith better picture, colourand sound system. Withthe concept that

improvement of moviestandard and marketextension is the life bloodof the movie world,movie professionalsshould strive with addedmomentum in all sectors.

In addition toencouraging theMyanmar movie worldfor its development, thegovernment on 12November 2009reformed for the thirdtime the new executivecommittee of MMPA, areliable body for the film

professionals. I believethat the new EC with newvigour will play a leadingrole and strive forrealizing the fiveobjectives fordevelopment of movieworld and the five sectors-- the key to successfulimplementation of thesaid objectives. At thesame time, I would like tourge the professionals ofthe movie world – artistes,technicians andentrepreneurs – to strive in

unity under the banner ofMMPA. The movieprofessionals have earnedtheir place in the historybooks for theirharmonious efforts in theinterest of movies and thenation and the people.

A review of theiraccomplishments showsthat they founded themovie industry duringpre-World War II periodamidst difficulties. Theygradually develop theirindustry from silentmovies till reaching the

present stage. We willhave to honour anddocument their power ofart to foster nationalismand independenceawareness among thepeople amidst variousmethods of colonialist andFascist oppression duringthe independencestruggle.

In addition toopposing the colonialistsand Fascists with theirprofession, they also tookpart in the anti-colonialist

struggle, anti-Fasciststruggle and indepen-dence struggle in person.At present, they in therespective sectors aretaking part in the task ofsafeguarding indepen-dence and building a newnation with might andmain.

Myanmar movie hasits glory in successive earsin its history. The artisteesnot only strive for thedevelopment of the movieworld but also dutifullyserve the national duties inthe respective roles. Ibelieve that theprofessionals will have toactively participate inbuilding a peaceful,modern and developeddemocratic nation.

To be able maintainthe fine tradition of theMyanmar movie world, itis required to establishdefinite and suitable tasksfor the present time. Ihave already stated thefive tasks to beimplemented by the

MMPA and theprofessionals. I would liketo state the five tasksagain. They are :1. To strive for

development andsolidarity of theMyanmar movie andvideo world with theaim of improving theliving standard anddevelopment of movieprofessionals

2. To strive fordevelopment oftechniques andtechnology related toproducing movies

3. To upgrade the qualityof movies and videos

4. To strive for Myanmamovies to penetrateforeign markets and

5. To join hands with thepeople for carrying outthe national dutiesI would like to state

the five tasks as follows toenable the filmprofessionals to try toimplement them incooperation:

(See page 5)

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo and wife attend Academy awarding ceremony and Minister forInformation Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan delivers an address at the ceremony.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents BestCinematography Award to Than Nyunt

(Pantha).—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents BestSupporting Actor Award to Ye Aung.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents BestActress Award to Moh Moh Myint Aung.—MNA

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2. To cooperate broadly with foreign countries in film-making, film editing and screening and to strive forshowing Myanmar films abroad.

3. To strive to change from analogue to ditigal in film-making and screening

4. To modernize sound and projecting systems ofprivate and State-owned cinemas

5. To strive for emergence of cinema complexes anddigital cinemas simultaneouslyIt is clear that the five tasks are laid down for the

development of the movie world. Therefore, I would liketo urge again all film professionals to strive to successfullyimplement them. The professionals may face difficulties,

disagreements and challenges in implementing them.Success will surely be achieved if the following pointsare used as the base in overcoming the difficulties,disagreements and challenges:

The aim of developing movie professionalsTo strike a balance between self-interest and other’s

interestZeal, perseverance and effortsUnityCooperationPatience and understandingThe ministry will also lend a helping hand for

achieving success.Looking at today’s standard of Myanmar film

industry, there are still shortcomings and weaknesses inall parts such as plot, acting, mode of dress, studio,shooting, movie show and services, foreign marketpenetration, technology and production. But it isencouraging to see that efforts are being made forMyanmar movies to be able to penetrate the foreign marketby fulfilling the needs to a certain extent.

A producer has made a Myanmar movie abroad andit is being shown in the country today. And efforts are

being made to show it abroad soon. Likewise, anotherproducer is making a movie with digital system and willshow it at home and abroad. The Ministry of Informationis encouraging such efforts and will continue to encouragesimilar efforts.

As the production standard has improved, it is alsonecessary to raise the standard of screening.

Only then, will the film industry develop in allaspects. So, I met entrepreneurs from the film industryand adopted eight points and five policies on upgrading

the movie theatres. Encouragement was given to buildmovie theatres of international standard. In Nay Pyi Tawtwo advanced movie theatres have emerged and buildingof another one will be completed soon. In Yangon also,more advanced movie halls will emerge. The movietheatres in some big cities of states and divisions such asMandalay, Monywa, Lashio and Taunggyi are beingupgraded into modern ones. As today’s world movie

production and screening have adopted the digital system,our nation also needs to try to make and screen movieswith digital system.

It can be found global nations focus on theirnational interests to decide whatever they do. Inpractising multi-party democracy in our country,all parties, politicians and the ordinary people willhave to act by serving the national interestalthough they may have different ideologies. Thus,the interests of the State and the people can beserved effectively within democratic system. So, itis very important for all the media, including thosefrom the film world, to try to become ones whoserve best interests of the nation.

The government is implementing the seven-stepRoad Map for democracy transition. The Road Map isthe best democratization process that is in accord withthe reality. It is the safest and most appropriate way to

(See page 10)

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents BestActor Award to Khant Sithu.—MNA

Myanma Motion Picture Award (Academy) winners for 2008.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents BestDirector Award to Nyi Nyi Tun Lwin.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents BestFilm Award to Myetchei Film Industry.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents BestSupporting Actress Award to Khin Moh Moh

Aye.—MNA

(from page 4)1. To build modern studios individually or collectively

within the framework of the principles laid down bythe State.

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Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day

Peace and stability in the Union leads toall-round development of Zwegabin Land

Article: Maung Maung Htwe (MNA); Photos: Tha Nyan (MNA)In a recent morning of

cold season, we the newscrew arrived at the land ofZwegabin. As soon as weentered the land, we sawthe misty Zwegabin Hill.I have visited Zwegabinseveral times.Hailing 63rd Anniver-

sary Union DayTo write articles on

progress of Kayin Statehonouring the 63rd Anni-versary Union Day, we hadan opportunity to travel toalmost all the towns andvillages of Kayin Stateincluding Hpa-an,Hlaingbwe, Kawkareik,Htoekawkoe, Myainggyingu and PhayagonVillage.

TransportKayin State had only

eight bridges of over 180feet long in 1988. Now,the region has 16 largebridges including the re-cently inaugurated DaliBridge.

The 330-foot PataCreek Bridge, the 340-footWinyaw River Bridge andthe 270-foot HaungtharawRiver Bridge in Kyain-seikkyi Township areready to provide the trans-port needs of the localpeople.

The length of motorroad in Kayin State in-creased up to 2930 milestill today from 554 milesin 1988. As hilly KayinState has plenty of rivers,creeks and lakes due tomany inches of rainfall,

the authorities are payingattention to upgrading andmaintaining roads yearly.The 110 miles and twofurlongs long Hpa-an-Kawkareik-MyawadyRoad, the artery of KayinState, is being upgradedunder the plan.

EducationWith the farsighted-

ness, the Head of State gaveguidance on implementingthe Border Areas andNational Races Develop-ment Plan, the 24-SpecialRegion DevelopmentProject and the five RuralDevelopment Tasks fornarrowing the developmentgap among the regions ofthe Union. Now, Hpa-anUniversity, TechnologicalUniversity and Universityof Computer Studies haveemerged in Hpa-an ofKayin State to enable thelocal youth for pursuinghigher education withintheir region.

While in Kayin State,we observed the learning ofstudents at the universities.Almost all the studentsunanimously expressedtheir feeling that they donot need to go far citiesanymore for pursuinghigher education; thatthey are pleased withhaving easy access tolearning the education inthe native regions bysaving money; and thatthey would like to applytheir experiences of pur-suing higher education forserving the interest of theregion and the State.

In addition, EducationCollege, Technical HighSchool and 1269 basic edu-cation schools are turningout human resources of thestate.

HealthWe visited Hpa-an

General Hospital (200-bed)and Kawkareik GeneralHospital (100-bed).

Specialists of Hpa-an Gen-eral Hospital (200-bed) areat work providing healthcare services to the localpeople. Moreover,Midwifery Training Schooland the Nurses TrainingSchool are producing healthstaff continuously.

For giving health careto the local people of thestate, the specialist teamgoes right down to thegrassroots level monthly.The ophthalmologists haveprovided eye care to over6,000 local national races,performed free eye surgicaloperations on over 600patients and donated opti-cal glasses to them. Mem-bers of the medical corps ofthe Directorate of MedicalServices of the Ministry ofDefence also made fieldtrips to various regions ofKayin State includingHtoekawkoe andMyainggyingu regions.

CommunicationsThe communication

networks have been builtfor enabling towns andvillages of the state to haveaccess to Internet, auto-telephones, CDMA, GSMand PCO. The state had fivetelephone offices, 27 postoffices, seven telegraphicoffices and one microwavestations in 1988. Now, theregion has 24 telephoneoffices, 34 post offices, 15telegraphic office and 6 mi-crowave stations.

InformationTV re-transmission

stations were built in

Myawady, Kyaikdon,Phayathonhsu, Paingkyon,Papun, Myainggyingu,Kyain-seikkyi andHlaingbwe townships bythe Ministry of Informationto inform, to entertain andto disseminate knowledgeto the local people. In addi-tion, village libraries anddaily newspapers are giv-ing information services forensuring media cover in thevarious regions. Moreover,the local people can enjoythe programmes of Nay PyiTaw Myanma Radio andShwe FM.

ForestryKayin State is blessed

with valuable forests. In theabsence of peace, thevaluable forests weredepleted in the pastsuffering great losses. TheTatmadaw Government isextracting timber from theforest reservessystematically whileestablishing forest reservesand protected public forests.The private sector is allowedto establish various kindsof forests and teakplantations. In every rainyseason, three teak saplingsand 20 Eucalyptus saplingswere distributed to everyhousehold.

In 2010, the ForestDepartment nurtures226,468 teak saplings,189,060 Eucalyptus sap-lings and 84,472 othersaplings and Kayin StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil, 200,000 teaksaplings and 300,000 other

saplings in villagenurseries. The plan is underway to grow 1 millionsaplings.

IrrigationIn the time of

Tatmadaw Government,many clusters of dams andriver water pumpingstations have been builtacross the nation. Twodams including YebokDam, six river waterpumping stations anddrains including Shwegun,Kanni and Takuseik siltingdrains were built in KayinState to benefit 5452 acresof farmlands. As a result,u n p r e c e d e n t e ddevelopment can be seenin the cultivation of cropsin Kayin State.

AgricultureThe news crew made

a trip to Shwegun,Kawhlaik, Htonaing andMeinmahlagyun Villages.Due to fertile alluvial landgiven as a gift by ThanlwinRiver, systematic use ofinputs and quality strains,groundnut yielded over100 baskets per acre. InShwegun, the groundnutplantation of farmer U OhnTin yielded 156 basketsper acre. Farmer U OhnTin used Hsinpadetha-7groundnut strain.Therefore, arrangementsare being made to extendcultivation of suchgroundnut strain inShwegun, Thayagon,Kappali and Wetkhoktawvillages.

(See page 7)Don dance of Kayin national races reflecting Union Spirit.

Technological University (Hpa-an) seen in the background of Zwegabin Hill.

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1. Arable land acre 470839 988010 5171712. Dam number - 1 13. River water pumping station number - 7 74. Forest reserve sq/mile 1633.32 1752.32 1195. Protected public forest sq/mile - 1733.47 1733.476. Motor road miles 554 2930 23767. Above 180-foot bridge number 8 16 88. Post office office 27 34 7

9. Telegraphic Office 7 15 810. Telephone office office 5 24 1911. Microwave station station 1 8 712. State-owned factory factory 6 7 113. Private factory factory 409 586 17714. Basic education school school 1149 1269 12015. University/college number 1 2 116. Technological university number - 1 117. University of computer studies number - 1 118. Hospital number 17 26 9

No. Subject Unit 1988 2009 Progress

Development of Kayin State in the time of Tatmadaw Government

Yebok Dam under construction near Htilon Village of Hpa-an Township to benefit 5452 acresof farmlands.

No. Subject Location Remarks

Projects to be implemented for development of Kayin State

1. AgricultureYebok Dam

2. TransportThree bridges ofabove 180 feet long

3. Communications- CDMA/GSMmobile phones- GSM mobile phone

4. Electric PowerImplementingprojectHatgyi hydropowerplant

Hlaingbwe Township

Kyain-seikkyi Town-ship

Kyain-seikkyi Town-ship

Kawkaerik Township

Kayin State

Hpa-an/Myawady

Hlaingbwe Township

3000 benefited acres

340-foot WinyawBridge (wooden baileywith iron frames)270-foot HaungtharawBridge (wooden baileywith iron frames)330-foot Pata Bridge(wooden bailey withiron frames)

3901 phones

2752 phones

7325 megawatts

Kawkareik People's Hospital providing health care to local national races.

(from page 6)Groundnut growers

can fetch K 300,000 asprofit per acre. Afterharvesting early-coldgroundnut, the farmers re-grow groundnut as doublecropping. As a result ofcultivating paddy onceand groundnut twice, thelocal farmers are enjoying

higher living standard. In2009-2010, the state plansto put 30,778 acres of landunder monsoon and coldseason groundnut.

The state grew531,536 acres of monsoonpaddy against the targetof 524,482 acres in 2009-2010 cultivation seasonand set a plan to grow138,668 acres of summerpaddy. Plans are underway to grow beans andpulses this year and tocultivate Ngwechi-6 longstaple cotton on trialbasis.

Cultivation of RubberThanks to assistance of

Kayin State PDC, the sownacreage of rubber rose up to14569 6 acres from 8122acres in 1988. The KayinState PDC formed theexecutive committee ofRubber CultivatorsAssociation in 2004.

Livestock BreedingA livestock breeding

zone was established inHpa-an for those engagedin the livestock breeding notonly on manageable scalebut also on commercial

scale. We visited the 7000layers farm of U Win Htein.He started the business byraising 500 layers only.

Development of townsand villages

During our visit, wewitnessed progress ofZwegabin region.

HtoekawkoeHtoekawkoe region

has been equipped with longand smooth roads andhousings. The governmentis implementing supply ofpower and water,agriculture, livestockbreeding, forestry,education, health,

information andcommunication sectors inthe region. A VocationalTraining School is underconstruction with the aimof training the local nationalraces for uplifting theirliving standard.

MyainggyinguWhile in

Myainggyingu, we sawpagodas and religiousedifices and progress oftransportation and supplyof water in addition to

loving-kindness andgoodwill of the Head of Statefor the Union national races,Kayin State now seespeaceful results and all-round development afterrestoration of the peace andstability.

Grandpa Htay Maungof Htoekawkoe region toldus, “Kayin State has muchdeveloped more than thatof last two decades. Thelocal people have fear nomore. No one should

achieves progress.”Phahti Pado Aung San

of Phayagon Peace Villageexplained, “I went into thedarkness in 1967.However, I returned tothe legal fold in 1998. Ourgroup was accorded arousing welcomed byhundreds of thousands ofpeople in Hpa-an, and Iwill never forget suchoccasion. In 1992 when theState unilaterallysuspended the military

“Kayin State hasmuch developed morethan that of last twodecades. The local

people have no morefear.”

Grandpa HtayMaung, Htoekawkoe

Region.Seinpanmyaing Dam andPyinnya AlinyaungLibrary, 16-bed hospital andBEHS.

PhayagonDuring our visit to

Phayagon, Phahti PadoAung San served us withdelicious refreshments andexplained all-rounddevelopment of the village.National Reconsolidation

The Chairman of theState Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Servicesunilaterally suspended themilitary offensives in KayinState in 1992 with the aim ofensuring nationalreconsolidation.

Thanks tofarsightedness and profound

commit terrorist acts. Ifthe remnant armed groupswant to make peace withthe government, I myselfwill take them to thegovernment. TheGovernment and ourgroup have made peacedeeply.”

Grandpa Tha HtooKyaw of Myainggyinguregion said, “The people ofKayin State are enjoyingthe peaceful results to alarge extent. Terrorist actcauses only destruction.Only when peace isrestored fully, will all theregions develop.Myainggyingu region inthe past had only busheswithout any sign ofdevelopment. Due torestoring peace, the region

offensives in Kayin State,not only the people butalso all our armed groupsin the jungle were pleasedwith the move of the State.Now, we all are enjoyingfruits of peace. Peacecannot be exchanged foranything.”

On completion ofthe assignment, we leftZwegabin land. Iremember the don songof the cultural troupe ofKayin State. The songthey sang in chorus goes:Welcoming to ourKayin State; all thehonest people areengaged in cultivation;and we will wait foryou at the entrance tothe village.

Translation: TTA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 7 February, 2010

Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day

New nation of national races with consolidated unityKyaw Min Khaung

* In the cold season mistScenic was the Panglong

* Agenda was Myanmar futureA desire for Independence

* Kith and kinMeeting in amity

* Descendents of same familyLiving long in same territory

* Weak is a single stickEasy to break

* But in a bundleSo strong they are

* Signing of Panglong AgreementTriumph for all

* Preserving ancestral heritageWith love and homage

* Unity foreverBrings enormous strength

* Lest we forget Union DayA happy anniversary celebration

Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day

Padaung Than Kywe (Trs)

Poem

Lest we forget Union Day

In the course of the Myanmar history, nationalraces have remained united. National unity is, in fact,the lifeblood for the nation. If national people aredisunited, there will be disintegration of the Union. Ifso, the nation will lose independence and sovereigntythat cost lives of a very large number of nationalbrethren.

Myanmar national races have been makinghome with a spirit of perfect amity in the Unionof Myanmar for aeons. Once, the city states ofMyanmar people such as Beikthanoe, Srikestra,Hanlin, Thuwunnabumi, Mongmao, Tagaung,Pinya, Konbaung, Bagan, Innwa, Vesali, andDanyawady were held in high esteem byneighbouring countries. In spite of differentgeographical locations, the national races equipthemselves with Union Spirit, which inspire themthat they live in the same motherland. As regardsthat point, Head of State Senior General ThanShwe in his message to mark the 46th AnniversaryUnion Day said, “The Union of Myanmar ishome to various national races. As the sayingthat goes ‘A stem with one hundred fruits init’, there may be slight difference between thenational races in terms of culture, custom,tradition, dialect and lifestyle. However, theyin reality make home together and share Union

Spirit. So, like the stem with many fruits in it,Myanmar is a land with various national racesin it.”

There was a nightmare for the Union due toBritish colonialists. They annexed Myanmar afterthe three aggressive wars on the nation: the FirstAnglo-Myanmar War on 5 March 1824, the SecondAnglo-Myanmar War on 5 April 1852, and theThird Anglo-Myanmar War on 11 November 1885.In the three wars, Myanmar national brethrenarmed themselves with whatever arms they gotand repulsed the attacks by the colonialists. Yet,the weapon superiority of the colonialists overMyanmar led to the fall of the whole country on28 November 1885. Then, the colonialists tookMyanmar King Thibaw and the queen, followedby the loss of Myanmar’s sovereignty andindependence. National races therefore launchedfierce attacks on the invaders in both hilly regionsand plains, out of the strong sense of patriotismand the great hunger for liberation from the yokeof the colonialism. In 1942, the colonialists hadto withdraw from the Myanmar soil.

The British’s total retreat from the nation wasfollowed by the entry of Fascist troops’, whoseatrocities were intolerable for national races. Allnational brethren had to cohesively drive theFascists out of the nation. Eventually, nationalbrethren hand in hand with the MyanmarTatmadaw led by the Thirty Comrades managedto help the mother country regain theindependence.

In the course of the Myanmar history,national races have remained united. Nationalunity is, in fact, the lifeblood for the nation. Ifnational people are disunited, there will bedisintegration of the Union. If so, the nation willlose independence and sovereignty that cost livesof a very large number of national brethren. Inconnection with that point, Head of StateCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe in his address to theGraduation Parade of the 52nd Intake of theDefence Services Academy on 11 December 2009said, “National unity lies at the core of ensuringour country’s sovereignty. The Union will beperpetual with sovereignty only if nationalraces remained united.”

It was in 1988 when the nation was paralyzedby the wholesale riot that dragged the nation’sname through the quagmire. The people were

dissatisfied with the Myanmar SocialistProgramme Party, which had ruled the nation for14 years or since 1974, for the economic declineand hardships. The people’s general grievanceswere fuelled by the propagandas of leftist andrightist subversives, thus generating mass proteststhat brought democracy and formation of aninterim government to the fore. Then, the massprotests grew into anarchy and mob rules in whichthere were massacres, inhumane killings in public,robbery of warehouses, and bullying innocentcivilians. Taking full advantage of the prevailingconditions, the Burma Community Party (BCP)launched fierce attacks on the Tatmadaw outpostin Mongyan; and KNU, on the outpost inMethawaw with the intention of pushing thegovernment into a corner in the military arena.

Moreover, neo-colonialists and oldcolonialists tried to break up the nation, by airingmade-up and distorted news stories through massmedia. Internal opportunists came to publish avariety of journals and publications to underminenational cohesion and the Tatmadaw. A five-warship fleet including aircraft carrier Coral Seafrom a power intruded into the Myanmar waters,about 190 knots off Yangon, posing grave dangersto the sovereignty of the nation. So, the nationwas on the verge of losing independence. TheTatmadaw could no longer look on withindifference. The Tatmadaw, which gets readyto make sacrifices to defend the motherland,

(See page 9)

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(from page 8)took over the sovereign power of the nation, and savedthe nation from a wide variety of threats on18 September 1988.

Since its unavoidable assumption of Stateresponsibilities according to the rampant deteriorationof the nation, the Tatmadaw has given major priorityto Our Three Main National Causes and stepped updevelopment undertaking across the nation. As a result,there have emerged a large quantity of new roads andbridges in highlands and plains throughout the Union.With better communications, the nation has enjoyedremarkable development in social, economic,education and health care sectors. Hilly regions, whichused to run poppy farms, have seen signs of progresswith farmlands of poppy-substitute crops.

In addition, the Tatmadaw government managedto build consolidated national unity, for whichsuccessive previous governments tried in vain. In thelight of the loving-kindness and benevolent attitudethe Tatmadaw government shows towards nationalraces, so far 17 major national race armed groups and

many other small armed groups have returned to thelegal fold. Now, some of the national race peace groupshave transformed themselves into border guard forcesfor national defence duties and begun to serve asTatmadaw members.

Since its taking up State duties, the Tatmadawgovernment has been working hard to chart a prosperousfuture for the nation. Now, its earnest efforts havestarted to yield fruitful results that have brightened thenation’s future. Making the Union of Myanmar theirhome, all national races share the common sense ofworking for peace, stability and development of theircountry. Needless to say, none of the national raceswants to make their country a minion of alien countries.The motherland is the real heritage handed down byour forefathers. Therefore, every national is duty-bound to preserve and protect the heritage of ourancestors.

The State Peace and Development Council istrying its best with tenacity, braving and surmountinga wide range of destructive acts committed by internaland external elements, to complete the seven-step

Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day

New nation of national races with consolidated unityKyaw Min Khaung

Road Map in its bid to build a new nation. Now, theRoad Map is in its fifth step: to hold a free and fairelection in 2010 to form hluttaws (parliaments)in line with the new constitution. Surely, thenation has a brighter future ahead of it, now. As agesture of honouring the 63 rd Anniversary UnionDay, I would like to urge all national brethren tosafeguard the heritage of our forefathers, join handsfirming in carrying out nation-building tasks andwelcoming the future nation.

***Translation: MS

World Leprosy Day observed NAY PYI TAW, 6 Feb—The Ministry of Healthmarked the 7th WorldLeprosy Day in a ceremonyat the meeting hall of theministry here this morningwith an opening addressby Deputy Minister forHealth Dr. Paing Soe.

It was also attended byresponsible persons ofMWAF and MMCWA,officials of the ministry,medical superintendents,representatives of socialorganizations, WHO,International Medical

Center of Japan (IMJC),Japan InternationalCooperation Agency(JICA) and InternationalFederation of Anti-Leprosy Association(ILEP).

The deputy minister,WHO Acting ResidentR e p r e s e n t a t i v eDr. Leonard Ortega,Director Dr. TamotsuNakasa and SeniorConsultant Dr. YutakaIshida of IMCJ presentedawards to winners in basiceducation level essay

contests to mark WorldLeprosy Day.

Next, the deputyminister and party viewedbooth on prevention ofdisabilities andrehabilitation displayed atthe ceremony.

Leprosy Specialist DrKyaw Kyaw, Writer WinWin Myint (Nandawshae),Ma Thida Myint and U TinHla, ex-patients withleprosy, gave talks andanswered the questionsraised by those present.

MNADeputy Minister for Health Dr Paing Soe addresses ceremony to mark

World Leprosy Day.—MNA

Words of strangers and blood kin

Remember in your life mygrandchildren,

believe what strangers sayonly after due consideration.

Yes, grandpa.

Strangers may say howevermuch they have goodwill

towards us ...

they have nothing to worry aboutwhatever happens at our house.

“Goodwill” in speech,“Empty hands” in

deeds.

Believing whatstrangers said ...

our ancestors often fought amongthemselves.

It was like pounding one’s own thigh. No good.

Ah... yo... yo...Both my elbow

and thighhurt.

It is the household to suffer the pain orto enjoy the benefits. In emergency,

only the blood kin are reliable.

Ye Min Htet

* For all national races to uphold thenational policy—non-disintegrationof the Union, non-disintegration ofnational solidarity, and perpetua-tion of sovereignty

* To boost the sense of Union Spirit ofthe national people

* To defend and safeguard the Unionwith consolidated unity of all na-tional races against dangers posed todisrupt State stability and develop-ment by internal and externalsubversives

* For all national races to work harderto build a modern, developed, disci-pline-flourishing democratic nationin line with the State Constitutionapproved with the great majority ofthe ballot

* For all national races to make con-certed efforts for successful accom-plishment of the seven-step RoadMap

63rd Anniversary Union Day Objectives

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Secretary-1 and wife attend ...(from page 5)

adopt democracy in peace and stability. The multipartydemocracy general election, the fifth step of the RoadMap will be held this year.

The entire people including the movie professionalswill have to elect hluttaws and a government with theability to lead and administer the task of building anew democratic nation. In doing so, they need tocombine their awareness and conviction to choosepersons and organizations worthy of trust for peace,stability and progress of the future based on past lessonsand present sizable peace, stability and development.

Soon the awards will be presented individually. Asin the previous years, Myanmar motion picturesecuritization bodies at different levels will select winnersbased on seven fundamental principles. The 12 moviesreleased in 2008 were scrutinized again and again to awardonly the deserved ones depending on the quality orstandard. I would like to urge this year’s winners to striveto win more awards and those who have not won theaward yet to win in the coming years.

It can be seen that film stars and technicians

Cinematography Award went to Than Nyunt (Pantha)for his work in “Kyo-dan” movie, the Best SupportingActress Award to Khin Moh Moh Aye for role in“Amyar-hnint-ma-thet-hsaing-thaw-thu” movie, theBest Supporting Actor Award to Ye Aung for his rolein the “Academy Shot” movie, the Best Actress Awardto Moh Moh Myint Aung for her role in the “Myinmo-htet-ka-tharaphu” movie, the Best Actor Award toKhant Sithu for his role in the “Amyar-hnint-ma-thet-hsaing-thaw-thu” movie, the Best Film Award to“Amyar-hnint-ma-thet-hsaing-thaw-thu” movieproduced by Myetchei Film Industry and the Best FilmDirector Award to Nyi Nyi Tun Lwin for his work inthe “Amyar-hnint-ma-thet-hsaing-thaw-thu” movie.

Next, some selected scenes of the award winnerswere shown.

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presented AcademyAwards to the stars and technicians.

The Academy award winners paid respects toSecretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Ooand wife.

The Secretary-1, wife and party cordially greetedthe Academy Award winners.

MNA

National races and local people attending Myanma motion picture outstanding award (Academy) presentation ceremony.—MNA

This photo released by Car Crazy Desksshows a Corvette desktop. All Deskshave working Lights with three way

dimming, high quality tail light lenses,thick glass top available with an etchedname plate, exhaust pipes, hand madebillet aluminum engraved knobs, high

grade solid wood construction availablein multiple woods and finishes.

A British man said his 60-foot-longcatamaran boat featuring 12,500 plasticbottles took a successful shakedown sailin San Francisco ahead of a Pacificvoyage.

David de Rothschild, 31, said thePlastiki had a successful sail on Wednes-day on the San Francisco Bay as a shake-down voyage for his upcoming trip across

There’s only so much swingingthrough the trees a girl can do.

So after a busy morning playing,Yewande the baby lowland gorilla de-cided to sit back, take a deep breath andcontemplate her navel. Not that shecould actually see it.

Instead, she gazed at her surround-ings at Calgary Zoo in Canada with anexpression of pure contentment.

Yewande — from Calgary Zoo,Canada — decided to take this time outafter spending a good half-an-hour play-ing with her favourite pink blanket. Three cheetahs swam a moat and

crawled through a hole in a rusty fence toescape their enclosure and then brieflyroamed inside a wildlife park in NewZealand. Orana Wildlife Park rushedvisitors to a secure area while rangersrounded up the big cats on Thursday, parkchief executive Lynn Anderson said onFriday.

“Our cheetahs, just like a domestichouse cat, they all hate swimming, so ifyou had asked me yesterday would any ofour cheetahs swim I would have said no,”

Relax! Baby gorilla takes time out from aping around

Yewande leans back with her armsbehind her head in a remarkably

human-like pose.

A woman was stabbed by a muggeron her way home in Moscow, butwalked calmly home without noticingit, according to media reports Thursday.

Julia Popova, a 22-year-old officeworker, grappled with the attacker whosnatched her handbag on her way homefrom work. During the process, the as-sailant buried a kitchen knife in herneck.

Woman stabbed didn’tnotice blade in neck

Plastic boat practices for Pacific tripthe Pacific to Australia, the San FranciscoChronicle reported on Thursday.

The boat features twin hulls made fromthe used plastic bottles and othercomponents made from a self-reinforcingplastic material, filled with dry ice.

Three cheetahs escape New Zealand wildlife parkAnderson told National Radio. “Theyproved us quite wrong.” The cats, threeyoungsters who had been bred at the park,crawled through a fence hole that wasexposed recently when greenery was cutback, she said. The breakout at the parknear Christchurch lasted about a half hour.

The whole fence around the cheetahs’enclosure will be replaced, Anderson said.Lucy Tame, a 25-year-old park visitor,said she and her mother took photographsas the three cats made their escape shortlyafter midday.

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actively joined in struggling for gaining and safeguard-ing independence of the Union of Myanmar andstability and peace and development throughout thehistory. Nowadays, they are also participating in theseactivities actively and harmoniously. I would like tourge you to take part in building discipline flourishingdemocratic nation energetically in the future as mediamen who will safeguard national interest by upholdingUnion Spirit and Our Three Main National Causes.

In conclusion, I would like to urge the movieprofessionals to implement five objectives to beundertaken by Myanma Motion Picture Associationfor development of movie world and movie worldprofessionals and 12 basic work programme to beundertaken for achievement of those objectives; tostrive to acquire required equipment and studios, makefilms in cooperation with foreign countries, to upgradefilm projecting system and cinemas that meetinternational standards; to preserve and protect culturalheritage and national characters with the help of theirprofessional skills; to join hands with the governmentand the people for emergence of peaceful, modern anddeveloped democratic nation.

In the list of Academy Award winners, the Best

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ST PETER-ORDING, 6Feb — A tourist lost in thedark on a frozen sea innorthern Germany hasbeen rescued after flashesfrom his camera werespotted on a beachwebcam. The man, whohas not been named, had

The local tourism boardruns a website with

webcams.— INTERNET

LONDON , 6 Feb—About 40 percent of can-cers could be prevented ifpeople stopped smokingand overeating, limitedtheir alcohol, exercisedregularly and got vaccinestargeting cancer-causinginfections, experts say.

To mark World CancerDay on Thursday, offi-cials at the InternationalUnion Against Cancerreleased a report focusedon steps that governmentsand the public can take toavoid the disease.

According to the

This undated photo shows a radiologist examines breast X-rays after a cancerprevention medical check-up at the Ambroise Pare hospital in Marseille,

southern France. — INTERNET

German ice walker saved by webcamin St Peter-Ording

become lost after walkingonto ice off St Peter-Ording to photograph asunset, police in the NorthSea area said.

A woman watchingthe sunset via webcamhundreds of kilometresaway in southernGermany noticed theflashes.She alerted policewho were able to guidethe man to safety. Thephotographer, a Germantourist in his 40s, couldhave frozen to death orfallen through the ice,police said.

“He got lost on the ice

and could not find thecoast again because it wascovered in snow,” spokes-woman Kristin Stielowtold reporters. Ms Stielowsaid local people werewell aware of the risk ofdisorientation as darknessfell and the beach becamehard to locate but vividsunsets over frozen land-scapes often drew peopleaway from the shore.

St Peter-Ording is apopular tourist destinationknown for its beaches andsailing, and the local tour-ism board runs a websitewith webcams.—Internet

SYDNEY, 6 Feb — Rising levels of obesity and de-layed effects of smoking were behind a major increasein cancer rates, Chief executive of Cancer Council Aus-tralia, Professor Ian Olver said on Thursday. Austral-ia’s rate of oesophageal cancer had more than doubledin 25 years and the cause was mostly lifestyle-relatedand therefore preventable.

“This is a big concern, not just in Australia but inmany other countries where increasing affluence isbeing accompanied by expanding waistlines,” Olversaid in a statement to mark World Cancer Day 2010 (4Feb). “Oesophageal cancer is a good example of howAustralia is falling short of our potential to preventcancer through lifestyle change, with 37 percent ofcases attributed to obesity and more than 45 percentcaused by smoking.”

Olver said although community-wide smoking rateswere declining slowly, rates of related illness were ris-ing as the ramifications of tobacco use were only justemerging for many long-time smokers.The number ofAustralians who were overweight or obese was also ina “disturbing” upward trend, he said, in a call for alltiers of government to do more in the area of preven-tion initiatives.

“Federal, state and territory government’s mustshow genuine commitment to work together to reducethe impact of a disease responsible for more prema-ture death in Australia than any other cause,” he said.

Xinhua

LIMA , 6 Feb — Some5,600 cases of respiratoryinfections among infantsunder 5-year-olds wereregistered on Wednesdayin Peru’s southern Punoregion, the regional healthauthorities said. The surgein infections is caused bythe abrupt change ofweather in southern Peru,which is having rain,snow and hails, said theauthorities.

So far, deaths frompneumonia have in-creased from 24 in the pre-vious report to 49. Inaddition, there are 1,031children suffering diar-rhoea, and two were re-ported dead. San Romanis the hardest hit in PunoProvince, with 1,641 in-fants with respiratory in-fections, and 333 otherswith diarrhoea. Weatherconditions also affectedthe health centres inMelgar and Huancane,causing delay to the treat-ment of sick children.

Xinhua

WASHINGTON , 6 Feb —Expectant mothers aregetting a new tool to helpkeep themselves and theirbabies healthy: pregnancytips sent directly to theircell phones. The so-calledtext4baby campaign is thefirst free, health educationprogramme in the US toharness the reach of mo-bile phones, according toits sponsors, which in-clude Johnson & Johnson,Pfizer, WellPoint and

BUDAPEST , 6 Feb— Inall 112 people have diedof the A/H1N1 influenzain Hungary, HungarianHealth Minister TamasSzekely told a news con-ference in Budapest onWednesday. Over353,000 people have be-come ill with the diseaseand nearly three millionreceived inoculations(Hungary’s total popula-tion is 10 million),Szekely said. He addedthat last week 15,400 peo-

5,600 infants withrespiratory

infections in S Peru

Cancer rate doublesin Australia

112 people dies of A/H1N1 influenzain Hungary

ple sought medical carefor flulike symptoms, aslight increase over thetwo preceding weeks.

Szekely said that onThursday Hungary willclose down the specialvaccination centresopened to offer residentsinoculations against theA/H1N1 influenza. About92,000 of the inoculationswere administered at thespecial centres. Shouldpublic demand for theshots grow once again, the

centres will reopen, headded.

Vaccinations will con-tinue to be available de-spite the centre closings.The regional facilitiesoperated by the publichealth service will beequipped to offer shots topeople who may wantthem. In addition, phar-macies are stocking thevaccine and primary carephysicians will inoculateanyone on request.

Xinhua

Healthy baby campaign uses textsto reach mothers

CareFirst BlueCross andBlue Shield.

Wireless carriers in-cluding AT&T, Verizonand Sprint have agreed towaive all fees for receiv-ing the texts. Organizerssay texting is an effectivemeans of deliveringwellness tips because 90percent of people in theUS have cell phones.

“Especially if you starttalking about low-incomepeople, cell phones are the

indispensable tool forreaching them and engag-ing them about theirhealth,” said Paul Meyer,president of Voxiva, acompany which operateshealth texting program-mess in Africa, LatinAmerica and India. Stud-ies in those countries haveshown that periodic textscan reduce smoking andother unhealthy behav-iours in pregnant mothers.

Internet

40 percent of cancers are preventableWorld Health Organiza-tion, cancer is responsiblefor one out of every eightdeaths worldwide —more than AIDS, tubercu-losis and malaria com-bined.

WHO warned thatwithout major changes,global cancer deaths willjump from about 7.6 mil-lion this year to 17 millionby 2030.

In the report from theInternational UnionAgainst Cancer, expertssaid about 21 percent ofall cancers are due to in-

fections like the humanpapillomavirus, or HPV,which causes cervical can-cer, and hepatitis infec-tions that cause stomachand liver cancer.

While the vaccines toprevent these cancers arewidely available in West-ern countries, they are al-most nonexistent in thedeveloping world.

Nearly 80 percent ofthe world’s cervical can-cer deaths are in poorcountries, according to theagency.”

Internet

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Pill may burn calories of a20-minute walk

NORMAN, 6 Feb—A weight-loss supplement testedby the University of Oklahoma has the potential to burnas many calories as a 20-minute walk.

Joel T Cramer, assistant professor of exercise physi-ology, says General Nutrition Centres contracted withthe University of Oklahoma to test the weight-lossbenefits of the supplement called the tri-pepper blend,which contains black pepper, caffeine and a concen-trated form of capsaicin — the ingredient that makesred peppers hot. The study showed energy expendi-tures of 3 percent to 6 percent — results statisticallysignificant enough to validate product weight-lossclaims, Cramer said.— Internet

Virtual programme teaches cataract surgeryDoctors, patients can differ on treatmentANN ARBOR, 6 Feb—Diabetes patients and doctors

can differ over whether pain and depression or hyper-tension should be a top priority, US researchers said.Researchers at the University of Michigan Health Sys-tem and Veterans Affairs Healthcare System surveyed92 doctors and 1,200 of their patients with diabetesand found 38 percent of doctors were more likely torank hypertension as the most important issue, but only18 percent of diabetics felt likewise.

The survey, published in the Journal of General In-ternal Medicine, found 28 percent of patient-doctorpairs — did not prioritize health conditions the sameway. “If a patient and their doctor do not agree on whichof these issues should be prioritized, it will be difficultfor them to come up with an effective treatment plantogether,” Dr Donna Zulman, the lead author, said in astatement.—Internet

World Cancer Day focuses on prevention

BOSTON, 6 Feb— A USstudy evaluating a surgicalvirtual trainer says theprogramme enhances cata-ract surgery teaching ascompared with traditionalmethods. The Massachu-setts Eye and Ear InfirmaryCataract Surgery Trainer, avirtual training tool, helpsto train physicians to per-form cataract surgery—themost frequently performedsurgery in the UnitedStates on people over 65years old.

Researchers say the pro-

cedure is one of the mostdifficult surgeries to learn.Dr John Loe-wenstein, as-sociate chief of ophthal-mology at the Massachu-setts Eye and Ear Infir-mary, developed the traineras an interactive computerprogram to assist ophthal-mology residents in learn-ing skills required to per-form cataract surgery.

The trainer allows resi-dents to experience the de-cisions required and tasks in-volved in performing cata-ract surgery in a virtual en-vironment. Specifically, theprogramme allows the

learner to click on actionsinvolved in cataract sur-gery, view the animatedactions on the computerscreen and receive feed-back as needed. That al-lows them to practice cog-nitive skills and view theconsequences of their sur-gical decisions in a safe,computer-simulated envi-ronment. Researchers saidthe prospective,multicentre, single-masked, controlled trialfound learners using thevirtual trainer programmescored significantly higheron post-tests. —Internet

Dancers of the Momix Dance Theatre Company perform a scene of“Bothanica” at the Olympic Theatre in Rome on 3 Feb, 2010. — XINHUA

GENEVA, 6 Feb — Health groups aredrawing attention to World Cancer Dayand ways to prevent cancer, World HealthOrganization officials in Switzerland say.In 2005, 7.6 million people died of cancerworldwide. Each year on 4 Feb, WHOsupports the International Union AgainstCancer and other groups to promote waysto ease the global burden of cancer.

This year’s theme, focuses on simplemeasures to prevent cancer such as:

— No tobacco use.— A healthy diet and regular exercise.— Limited alcohol use— Protection against cancer-causing

infections.Tobacco is the single largest prevent-

able cause of cancer in the world. It causes80 percent to 90 percent of all lung cancerdeaths. Smoking also causes some 30 per-

cent of all cancer deaths in developingcountries, including deaths from cancer ofthe oral cavity, larynx, esophagus andstomach.

There is a link between overweightand obesity to many types of cancer, butdiets high in fruits and vegetables mayhave a protective effect, while excessconsumption of red and preserved meatincreases colorectal cancer risk. Regu-lar physical activity and the maintenanceof a healthy body weight will also re-duce cancer risk.

Infectious agents are responsible foralmost 22 percent of cancer deaths in thedeveloping world and 6 percent in indus-trialized countries. Viral hepatitis B andC cause cancer of the liver; human papil-loma virus infection causes cervical can-cer.—Internet

Techniciansequip solar

energy panelson the ChinaPavilion for2010 WorldExpo in east

China’sShanghai

Municipality,on 3 Feb,

2010. XINHUA

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RESTU VOY NO (009)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RESTUVOY NO (009) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 7.2.2010 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.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 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 ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

NYPD repeatedlyarrests

wrong manNEW YORK, 6 Feb— A

New York man repeatedlymistaken by police for afugitive with the samename said legal actionagainst the department hasnot stopped the arrests.

Michael Terry, 37, saidhe was awarded a $120,000settlement from the NewYork Police Department in2005 after he was jailed for28 days due to the mix-upwith his name and that of awanted Pennsylvania man,but he has been arrestedtwice since then due to thesame name confusion, theNew York Post reported onWednesday.

Terry said he was jailedfor a week in 2008 on awarrant meant for the Penn-sylvania Terry and a Sep-tember arrest on the samewarrant led to a strip-searchand five days behind bars.He said a second lawsuitagainst the police depart-ment is pending.

Internet

Workers place sand bags to prevent more flooding afterheavy rains in Nezahualcoyotl, a town adjacent to Mexico

City, on 4 Feb, 2010.—INTERNET

29 dead, homes floodedin central Mexico

TOLUCA, 6 Feb — A landslide killed atleast 11 people in central Mexico on Friday,adding to 18 deaths this week from severeand unseasonable winter storms that closedschools and freeways and flooded thousandsof homes.

Ten men and a woman died in MexicoState after mud and boulders loosened byheavy rains swept down onto a highway onFriday afternoon.

At least 20 more people were reportedmissing in the slide 30 kilometres (20 miles)west of Toluca, Mexico State prosecutorsspokesman Alfredo Albitir said.

Internet

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Strong quake shakesNorthern California

LOS ANGELES, 6 Feb—A magnitude-6.0 earth-quake hit the coast of Northern California on Thurs-day, but there were no immediate reports of injuriesor damage.

The quake was centred along the Northern Cali-fornia coastline about 35 miles (56 kilometres) north-west of the town of Petrolia and nearly 50 miles (80kilometres) west of Eureka, according to the US Geo-logical Survey.

It struck shortly after 12:20 pm local time, the sur-vey said.

The Humboldt County Sheriff’s Office said it re-ceived no reports of major injuries or damage.

The National Weather Service said no tsunamiwarning has been issued following the quake.

Xinhua

5.1 magnitude earthquake hitsNZ’s South Island

WELLINGTON, 6 Feb —An earthquake measuring5.1 on the Richter scale hit New Zealand’s lowerSouth Island on Friday evening, causing no casual-ties or damages.

The earthquake struck Otago and Fiordland at10:48 pm on Friday local time (0946 GMT Friday)and was centered 40 km west of Milford Sound at adepth of 5 km, New Zealand’s Institute of Geologi-cal and Nuclear Sciences said.

Xinhua

Genes may be linked with preterm births

Regatta players practice early morning at a polluted lake in Calcutta, India, on 5Feb, 2010. Leaders from various regions of the world are gathered in New Delhifor the Delhi Sustainable Development Summit (DSDS), the first major global meeting after the Copenhagen climate summit in December 2009.—XINHUA

LOS ANGELES, 6 Feb—Genetic traits in mothersand fetuses may play arole in premature labourand delivery, US research-ers suggest.

The findings could leadto preventive treatment byhelping doctors discoverwhich women are at mostrisk for premature birth, theUS National Institute ofChild Health and HumanDevelopment said in aPress release on Thursday.

This would enable doc-tors to help pregnantwomen postpone delivery

until an appropriate time,said the press release.

The finding was basedon analysis of genes from229 women and 179 pre-mature infants in Chile. Allof the women were His-panic. The traits are foundin genes that regulate in-flammation—the immunesystem’s response to in-vaders —and the materialthat holds cells within tis-sues, according to the Pressrelease.

“A substantial body ofscientific evidence indi-cates that inflammatory

hormones may play a sig-nificant role in the labourprocess,” said Dr Alan EGuttmacher, acting direc-tor of the institute.

“The current findingsadd evidence that indi-vidual genetic variation inthat response may accountfor why preterm labouroccurs in some pregnan-cies and not in others.”

The findings were pre-sented on Thursday in Chi-cago at the annual meetingof the Society for Mater-nal-Fetal Medicine.

Xinhua

Russian cargospace shipdocks with

ISSMOSCOW , 6 Feb—A

Russian cargo space-ship successful lydocked with the Inter-national Space Stationon Friday, said the Mis-s ion Control Centeroutside Moscow.

The Progress M-04Mhooked up with theZvezda service modulein automatic mode at7:26 am Moscow Time(0426 GMT), said thecentre.

The vessel was deliver-ing 2.5 tons of food, wa-ter, fuel and scientificequipment to astronautson board the ISS.

The spacecraft hurtledin space for two daysafter blasting off early onWednesday from theBaikonur cosmodromein northern Kazakhstanatop a Soyuz carrierrocket.

Xinhua

Yemen seizes more than 13,000pieces of weapons in January

Photo taken on 3 Feb, 2010 shows the Japan Pavilion in the Shanghai WorldExpo Park in east China’s Shanghai Municipality. The Asian pavilions of the2010 Shanghai World Expo have been constructed completely at present.—XINHUA

Acrobats perform tocelebrate the upcoming

Spring Festival atDisneyland in south

China’s Hong Kong on4 Feb, 2010. This

Spring Festival, theChinese New Year bythe lunar calendar,

falls on 14 Feb, 2010.XINHUA

SANAA, 6 Feb—Yemeni security forceshave seized up to 13,154pieces of various weap-ons from the country’smajor governorates dur-ing January, the InteriorMinistry said on Thurs-day.

“About 865 pieces ofweapons were seized in-side major cities, while

the remaining ones wereseized in areas of securitybelt surrounding thegovernorates as well as atthe entrances and exits ofYemen’s main cities,”said the ministry in astatement posted on itswebsite.

It said “the plan to bancarrying weapons hasbeen implemented in all

governorates under thesupervision of the minis-try and with a daily fol-low-up course to assurethe plan to be put intopractice.”

The minis t ry sa idthat the plan was imple-mented along with thenewly-launched man-hunt to chase thewanted suspects , aswell as seizing vehiclesinvolved in criminalcases, in order to safe-guard the security andstability of society.

Xinhua

Nigerian gunmen kidnapeight-month-old baby for ransom

LAGOS, 6 Feb—Gunmen have kidnapped an eight-month-old baby girl for ransom in the Nigerian oil cityof Port Harcourt, a police spokeswoman told AFP onFriday.

“The gunmen went into the house in Port Harcourt(the state capital) at about 9:30 pm (2030 GMT) onThursday (and) seized the child ostensibly for a ran-som,” Rita Abbey, of Rivers State police, said.

“They went to the house to rob. They must havepicked up the little girl when they could not get enoughfrom the robbery,” she said on telephone.

The police were yet to establish contact with thegunmen after they fled, leaving their phone number inthe house, she said.

It was not clear if the girl’s parents were at the houseduring the attack.—Xinhua

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S P O R T S

ACROSS 1 Arrived (6,2) 7 Is aware 8 21 down individual (3,6) 9 Type of rummy10 Lemon rind11 Cave13 Tittle-tattle14 West wind17 Blush18 Snare20 Falsehood22 Explorer by sea23 Scion24 Devoted to study

DOWN 1 Pass in a body 2 Set right 3 Always 4 Not certain 5 African river 6 Apart 7 Grew together12 Commanding13 Hungarian stew15 ———Nelson16 Silk-pile fabric17 Refurnish with weapons (2,3)19 European city21 Ancient

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Rangers face St Mirren inScottish Cup 5th round tie

Real Madrid’sCristiano Ronaldo

Ronaldo appeal rejected for second time

Chelsea slip lets Gunners intolast chance saloon

LONDON, 6 Feb—Wayne Rooney was widely believedto have shattered Arsenal’s Premier League title hopeswhen he orchestrated Manchester United’s 3-1 win overthe Gunners at the Emirates stadium last weekend. Sotamely did Arsene Wenger’s men surrender that it washard to resist the conclusion that the title race had justbeen downgraded from a three to a two-club contest.

Wenger, understandably, begged to differ and Chel-sea’s unexpectedly lacklustre display in a 1-1 draw atHull on Tuesday suggested the Arsenal manager wasright to predict a few more twists in the plot before thedenouement of what has been an intriguing season.Chelsea’s midweek slip means Arsenal can move backto within three points of their London rivals if theycan repeat last season’s win at Stamford Bridge on Sun-day.— Internet

Ferguson sees United hittingform at right time

Manchester United’smanager

Sir Alex Ferguson

Real Madrid defenderMarcelo signs new deal

MADRID, 6 Feb—Real Madrid’s Brazilian defenderMarcelo agreed a three year extension to his contractwith the club this Friday. The 21-year-old, who arrivedat Real Madrid from Fluminense in January 2007, willnow remain with the club until the end of June 2015.

His adaptability has seen Marcelo play as both leftback and on the left side of midfield this season andhe has appeared in 19 of his side’s Primera Ligamatches to date. He is the only outfield player whohas started 18 of those 20 games in coach ManuelPellegrini’s starting 11. The Brazilian has so far made98 first team appearances and has scored a total of sixgoals.— Xinhua

Stricker, Johnson tied for lead at rainy Riviera

Steve Stricker watches his drive at Rivi-era Country Club in the Pacific Pali-sades area of Los Angeles.— INTERNET

leg of the League Cupsemi-final with Manches-ter City, United have hadan unusually inconsistentopening to the campaign.

But, having beaten Ar-senal 3-1 at the Emirateslast weekend, Ferguson’steam are still firmly in therace for the PremierLeague title race withChelsea. They have alsolined up a League Cup fi-nal date with Aston Villaand are through to the sec-ond round of the Champi-ons League, in which theyface AC Milan. Fergusonthinks that overcomingCity in the second leg andthen beating Arsenal haveput United’s season ontrack and he expects histeam to get stronger andstronger as the end of thecampaign approaches.

Internet

MANCHESTER, 6 Feb—Manchester United man-ager Sir Alex Fergusonfeels that his team are hit-ting form just as the sea-son is beginning to get se-rious. United have alreadylost five Premier Leaguematches this season andwere knocked out of theFA Cup at the third roundstage by League One teamLeeds. Having lost in theChampions League athome to Besiktas and alsosuffered defeat in the first

Bremen clinch first winin seven months

BERLIN, 6 Feb—Werder Bremen claimed their firstwin in seven months after a 2-1 victory over strugglerHertha Berlin in the German Bundesliga soccer tour-nament. Marko Marin and Claudio Pizarro were theheroes Friday as Werder Bremen ended a seven-matchwinless streak with a 2-1 victory over Bundesliga bot-tom club Hertha Berlin. Bremen went into the clashwithout a win in seven games and losers in the lastfive but fully deserved the win after carving out a hostof chances.— Xinhua

Chelsea’s John Terry

Terry sackedas England captain

LOS ANGELES, 6 Feb—DustinJohnson made a hole-in-one and SteveStricker had seven birdies to brighten anotherwise dreary day at rainy Riviera andfinish atop the leaderboard on Friday atthe Northern Trust Open. Johnson’s 8-iron from 152 yards landed between the

pin and the famous bunker in the middleof the green at No. 6, spinning back intothe cup for an ace that put him in the leadfor most of the afternoon. He had twoholes left when play was halted bydarkness.

Stricker, playing in a morning rainthat never relented, chipped in for birdieon the 18th and nearly made an ace onNo. 4 when his hybrid from 230 yardslipped out. He shot a 6-under 65 and hadthe clubhouse lead.”I’m very happy tobe done with the round, to tell you thetruth,” said Stricker, who was at 10-un-der 132. “It was pretty miserable outthere today.”Johnson and Stricker werethree shots clear of Andres Romero, whohad three holes remaining. Forty-oneplayers failed to finish the second round.

Internet

GLASGOW, 6 Feb—Rangers have beenhanded an injury boost asthey prepare to take on StMirren in their ScottishCup fifth round tie. Thematch will be the first ofthree games between theclubs in a month with thesides meeting in theLeague Cup final onMarch 21 as well as theScottish PremierLeague.Cup holdersRangers are on a great runof form lately and are un-beaten in their last 12matches despite a horren-dous injury list since theturn of the year.

Club manager WalterSmith has had to do with-out top-scorers Kris Boydand Kenny Miller as wellas American winger

DaMarcus Beasley andhis internationalteammate Maurice Edu.However Smith was givena lift when Miller declaredhimself fit for the matchagainst the ‘Buddies’ asRangers aim to get to theirsixth cup final in a row.—Internet

MADRID, 6 Feb—TheSpanish Committee ofSporting Discipline(CEDD) this Friday re-jected the appeal Real Ma-drid had lodged overCristiano Ronaldo’s twogame suspension.Ronaldo served the firstmatch of the suspension,which he received forlashing out and breakingthe nose of Malaga de-

fender Mtiglia a fortnightago, when he sat out lastweekend’s win againstDeportivo la Coruna. RealMadrid wanted the for-ward to be available forSaturday’s home matchagainst Espanyol.

Although the CEDDhad last week rejected anappeal to suspend the ban,the club again took itscase to the governmentcontrolled body in a bid tooverturn what remainedof the suspension. How-ever, the CEDD again re-jected Real’s allegations

and Ronaldo will nowhave to wait until nextweekend’s trip to Xerezbefore returning to action.It was not the best newsfor the Portuguese interna-tional on his 25th birth-day. — XinhuaLONDON, 6 Feb—Chel-

sea defender John Terrylost his captain armbandon Friday after a meetingwith coach Fabio Capello,said the Football Associa-tion (FA). Terry’s positionas a skipper since 2006was under speculationafter negative news abouthis private life splashednewspapers. “After muchthought I have madethe decision it will be bestfor me to take the cap-taincy away from JohnTerry,” Capello said onthe FA website(www.thefa.com).

“As a captain with theteam John Terry has dis-

played extremely positivebehavior. However, I haveto take into account otherconsiderations and what isbest for all of the Englandsquad. “What is best forall of the England teamhas inspired my choice,”added Capello. — Xinhua

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* Signature Tune* Song of Myanma Beauty & Scenic Sights* If you happen to visit Mrauk-U* Union Day Programme; Hundred Fruits from a

Common Stem, Our Union (Kayin State)* Myanmar Movies Impact; Shadows of

the Past (I)* Dams that contribute to greening of

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(7-2-2010) (Sunday)

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, light rain has beenisolated in Kachin State, weather has been partly cloudyin Rakhine State and Taninthayi Division and generallyfair in the remaining States and Divisions. Nighttemperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) below February averagetemperatures in Kachin, Shan and Rakhie States, lowerSagaing, Mandalay, Magway and Yangon Divisions, (5°C)below February average temperatures in upper SagaingDivision, (7°C) below February average temperatures inBago Division, (11°C) below February average temperaturesin Chin State, (5°C) above February average temperaturesin Taninthayi Division and about February averagetemperatures in the remaining areas. The significant nighttemperatures were Hakha (-5°C), Loilem and An (1°C)each, Lashio and Pinlaung (3°C) each. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded was Machanbaw (0.16) inch.

Maximum temperature on 5-2-2010 was 95°F.Minimum temperature on 6 -2-2010 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 6-2-2010 was 69%.Total sun shine hours on 5-2-2010 was (6.9) hours approx.

Rainfall on 5-2-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010was (Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(5) mph from Southeast at (12:30) hours MST on 5-2-2010.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 7thFebruary 2010:Likelihook of isolated light rain in Kachin, Shan andKayah States, Taninthayi Division and weather will bepartly cloudy in Chin, Mon and Kayin States and generallyfair in the remaining States and Divisions. Degree of certaintyis (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of slightdecrease of night temperatures in the upper Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for7-2-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for7-2-2010: Generally fair.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for7-2-2010: Partly cloudy.

Saturday, 6th February, 2010

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Workers enjoy a group dinner for Xiaonian, thefestival that falls on the 23rd or 24th day of the

12th month of the Chinese traditional lunarcalendar, in a local company in Guang’an,

southwest China’s Sichuan Province, Feb. 6,2010. A local company gave a banquet to itsnearly 1,000 migrant workers in the honor of

Xiaonian.—INTERNET

Dinosaur footprints found ineast China city

JINAN, 5 Feb— Chinese archeologists said Fridaythey have discovered an exceptional large track ofdinosaur footprints in a city in the eastern provinceof Shandong.

After a three-month excavation, more than3,000 dinosaur footprints have been uncovered ona 2,600-square-meter slope in a gully of Huanghuatown in Zhucheng City. Wang Haijun, a seniorengineer at the Institute of Vertebrate Paleontologyand Paleoanthropology under the Chinese Academyof Sciences and Xing Lida, a dinosaur footprintsresearcher, said the prints dated back to more than100 million years ago in the mid Cretaceous period.

The footprints in at least three layers are rare inthe world in terms of both their number and totalsize, they said.—Xinhua

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9th Waning of Tabodwe 1371 ME Sunday, 7 February, 2010

★ 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 swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause 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 63RD ANNIVERSARY UNION DAYArticle Poem Cartoon

In transport sector, Kayin State had only eight bridges of over 180 feet long in 1988. Now, theregion has 16 large bridges including the recently inaugurated Dali Bridge. (Pages 6 and 7)

In the course of the Myanmar history, national races haveremained united. National unity is, in fact, the lifeblood forthe nation. If national people are disunited, there will bedisintegration of the Union.

KYAW M IN KHAUNG

* In the cold season mistScenic was the Pang-long

* Agenda was Myan-mar future

Lest we forget Union Day

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