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Volume XX, Number 94 5th Waxing of Second Waso 1374 ME Monday, 23 July, 2012

NAY PYI TAW, 23 July—U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a messageof felicitations to His Excellency Mr Mohamed Morsi, President of the Arab Republic of Egypt, on the occasionof the National Day of the Arab Republic of Egypt, which falls on 23 July, 2012.—MNA

President U Thein Sein felicitatesPresident U Thein Sein felicitatesEgyptian PresidentEgyptian President

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration of the Union

* Non-disintegration of National

Solidarity

* Perpetuation of Sovereignty

NAY PYI TAW, 22 July—A Myanmar delegation ledby President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar UThein Sein left here by special aircraft of Myanmar AirwaysInternational for Thailand at 9 am today at the invitationof Prime Minister Ms Yingluck Shinawatra of the Kingdomof Thailand.

President U Thein Sein and party were seen off atNay Pyi Taw Airport by Vice-President Dr Sai MaukKham, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Vice-Senior General Min Aung Hlaing, Deputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Commander-in-Chief (Army)General Soe Win, Union Minister for Defence Lt-Gen HlaMin, Union Minister for Border Affairs and for MyanmaIndustrial Development Lt-Gen Thein Htay, UnionMinister for Cooperatives and for Livestock and FisheriesU Ohn Myint, Union Minister at the President Office NayPyi Taw Mayor U Thein Nyunt, Union Minister forConstruction U Khin Maung Myint, Union Minister forElectric Power No 1 U Zaw Min, Union Minister forTransport U Nyan Tun Aung, Commander of Nay Pyi TawCommand Maj-Gen Maung Maung Aye, Vice-Chief ofMyanmar Police Force Police Brig-Gen Zaw Win,departmental heads, Charge d’ Affaires ai of the ThaiEmbassy Mr Kallayana Vipattipumiprates and embassyofficials.

The President was accompanied by Union Ministerfor Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Ministerfor Agriculture and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing, Union Ministerfor National Planning and Economic Development U TinNaing Thein, Union Minister for Labour and for SocialWelfare, Relief and Resettlement U Aung Kyi, Union Ministerfor Energy U Than Htay, Union Minister for Commerce UWin Myint, Chief Minister of Kayin State U Zaw Min, Chief

President U Thein Sein leaves forPresident U Thein Sein leaves forThailand on goodwill visitThailand on goodwill visit

Minister of Taninthayi Region U Myat Ko, Adjutant-GeneralLt-Gen Khin Zaw Oo of the Commander-in-Chief (Army)’sOffice, Deputy Minister for Industry U Myo Aung, DeputyMinister for Rail Transportation Thura U Thaung Lwin,Deputy Minister for Health Dr Win Myint and departmentalheads.—MNA

KYAUKKYI, 22 July—Kyaukkyi Township ForestDepartment of ToungooDistrict in Bago Region heldthe rainy season treegrowing ceremony at theplayground of Basic

Saplings collectively planted inKyaukkyi Township

Education Primary School inTheindan Ward of KyaukkyiTownship on 4 July morning.

At the ceremony,Township Administrator UMyint Khaing, Staff Officerof Township Forest

Department U Khin MaungHtwe, departmentalpersonnel, staff of ForestDepartment, members ofsocial organizations andstudents planted 500saplings.—Myanma Alin

YANGON, 22 July—Aspart of efforts to preventdengue hemorrhagic fever,the team comprisingTownship Medical OfficerDr Daw Mya Mya Win,health staff, ward

Preventive measures taken against DHFin Dagon Myothit (South) Township

administrator and membersof social organizationsled by TownshipAdministrator U Myint Lwinperformed preventivemeasures in Ward 20 ofDagon Myothit (South)

Township on 16 Julymorning.

They put abadeinto water tanks and potsat over 2500 houses in theward.

Myanma Alin

Noteworthy amounts ofrainfall (22-7-2012)

Kyauktaw (3.03) inchesShwegyin (2.56) inchesAn (2.05) inchesNyaunglebin (1.97) inchesTaungup (1.69) inchesKawkareik (1.69) inches

President U Thein Sein and party being seenoff at Nay Pyi Taw Airport by Vice-PresidentDr Sai Mauk Kham, Commander-in-Chief of

Defence Services Vice-Senior GeneralMin Aung Hlaing and officials.

MNA

Effective supply chain mechanisminstrumental in agricultural development:

Union Commerce Minister

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PERSPECTIVES

Rising AsiaMonday, 23 July, 2012

Some of the Asian economies like Japan,South Korea and Singapore are in the club ofdeveloped countries or rich industrializedcountries of the world. China now is the secondlargest economy in the world after the UnitedStates and is still growing rapidly. Malaysia,Thailand, Hong Kong special administrativeregion of China, and China Taiwan and so onare included in the fast developing economies.Moreover, India and Indonesia are in the G20together with other Asian economic powersChina, Japan and South Korea.

ASEAN as a whole has also become aneconomic powerhouse with a lot of potentialsto offer. Giants like China and India are nowtermed as the engines of global economicgrowth. So, Asia is rising and its importance inthe global theatre growing more than everbefore. In fact, Asia is the largest landmark ofthe world and most populous continent housinglarger number of countries than any othercontinent of the world.

So there are more opportunities in Asiaalone than in any other place on Earth as it hasthe world’s second and third largest economies,economic tigers, global engines of growth andmany other fast growing economies apart froma number of countries emerging as neweconomic frontiers.

At the dinner hosted for the participants ofUS-ASEAN Business Forum the other day inSiem Reap of Cambodia, President U TheinSein underscored the growing importance ofthe development of Asia in the world. As weare also an Asian country and a new frontierwe must learn and imitate the ways of meansand the spirit of our counterparts that are nowthe integral part of the rising Asia.

We firmly believe with hard work,responsibility and accountability in everyinstitution especially the government bodiesand transparency in the areas to fight any kindof malpractice including bribery andcorruption we can be on the right track towardsbecoming the core part of rising Asia.

NAY PYI TAW, 22 July—Union Minister for CommerceU Win Myint and Sagaing Region Chief Minister U ThaAye attended the opening of the office of Shwese YaungchiRice Co at Taze Township in Sagaing Region on 20 July.

The Union minister and the chief minister addressedthe ceremony to provide inputs to farmers by ShweseYaungchi Co at Taze Township Hall.

Speaking on the occasion, the Union minister said thatemphasis is put on enhancement of the social status offarmers that constitutes 70 per cent of the whole population.Taxes have been cut or exempted on agricultural produceand assistance provided too to reduce the production costin order that farmers can fetch reasonable benefits from theirlabour.

The Union minister stressed the need for continuousimprovement both in terms of quantity and quality, withlower production cost. He called for better marketpenetration strategies, regular market share retention andhigher price. He added that the Ministry of Commerce has

Effective supply chain mechanism instrumental inagricultural development: Union Commerce Minister

assisted in supply chain management since 2009. The Unionminister underscored the need to make a shift to qualitymarketable strains to guarantee the domestic food securityand strong foothold in international market. He called forharmonious cooperation of farmers, traders, companies,departments concerned and the State in supply chainmechanism from provision of technical assistance to farmersto exportation.

The region chief minister also spoke on the occasion.Managing Director of Shwese Yaungchi Co explainedmission and work programmes of the co and marketingmanager U Soe Moe explained agricultural methods.

The Union minister, the chief minister and personnelpresented agricultural inputs to farmers. Shwese YaungchiCo donated K 20 million for renovation of Maha ThiriLake.

The Union minister and the chief minister theninspected renovation of Maha Thiri Lake in Taze Township.

MNA

Union Minister for Commerce U Win Myint addresses ceremony of Shwese Yaungchi Rice Co toprovide inputs to farmers.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 22 July—Wellwishers donated cashand kinds and foodstuff topeople today in RakhineState who lost their homesand properties in recentunrest in the state.

The donationceremony was held at theFire Services Department(Head Office) in MayangonTownship today. During theceremony, Tagun non-governmental organizationin Dagon Seikkan Townshipdonated over K1.2 million

Cash, foodstuff donated to people inRakhine Stateand 126 packages of clothes,medicines, five bags of rice,one bag of slippers;Myanmar PharmacyProfessionals AssociationK200,000 and clothes,foodstuff, householduntensils and medicinesworth K1.5 million; Myanmarnationals in Papua NewGuined K570,000; U KhinAung from HmawbyK115,000, two packages ofclothes and one package ofblankets; U Aung Moe andDaw Khin Khin Myo

K100,000 and one packageof clothes, Ko Kyaw TintSwe and Dr Daw Khin KyiK100,000 each; PoliceCaptain Tun Hla Zan andDaw Shwe Sein K100,000and one package of clothes;U Sein Hla of YankinTownship K50,000, DawKhin Ohn Myint and familyK30,000 and one package ofclothes; U Zaw Win and DrDaw Myat Than Nwe K20,000 and four packages ofclothes; a group comprising14 friends from the Punhlaing

Housing six packages ofclothes and utensils; U SeinWin and Daw Pu Pu twopackages of clothes, UThaung Win and Daw KhinThandar Tun one packageof clothes; Ma Thazin Ayeof Kyimyindine Townshipone package of clothes, MaTin Myint Yi and friends twopackages of sanitarynapkins and U Tin Moe,Director -General of the FireServices Department, andofficials accepted thedonations.

Total cash donation tothe people has reached overK 302 million so far.

MNA

YANGON, 22 July—Under the arrangements ofMyanmar Rice IndustryAssociation and RamaNegiv Institute in Tel Avivof Israel, nine trainees toattend the agriculturaltraining course left here byair on 16 July.

They were seen off at

Trainees of agriculturalcourse leave for Israel

Yangon InternationalAirport by Chairman ofMyanmar Rice IndustryAssociation U Sein WinHlaing, Executive U SoeWin of Republic of theUnion of MyanmarFederation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry andofficials.—Myanma Alin

NAY PYI TAW, 22 July—Mon State Traffic RulesEnforcement SupervisoryCommittee and TrafficPolice Corps have opened amotorbike driving and trafficrules course for the second

Traffic rules course opened inMon State

time this year inMawlamyine.

The opening ceremonyheld this day was attendedby Lt-Col Than Daing oflocal station andTatmadawmen from 17

regiments and units.Police Sub Inspector

Aung Naing Oo and membersof Mon State Traffic PoliceCorps gave lectures on trafficrules.

MNA

KATHA, 22 July—As partof efforts to alleviatepoverty, a ceremony toprovide school uniforms tooffspring of vendors fromMyoma Market was held atthe office of KathaTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee on 7 July.

Executive Officer UTun Tun presented one seteach of school uniform to55 students.—Myanma Alin

Schooluniforms

provided tostudents

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GENEVA, 22 July—TheWorld Health Organization(WHO) on Saturday reporteda polio eradication workerbeing shot dead on Fridayevening in the Gadap townarea of Karachi, Pakistan.

The victim wasidentified as MuhammadIshaq, who had worked withthe national polioeradication effort for severalmonths, helping to plan andimplement vaccinationcampaigns to protect localchildren against the disease.

This is the secondshooting incident in a week,which targeted health

ISLAMABAD, 22 July—Pakistani military jets struckmilitant hideouts in thenorthwest of the country onSunday, killing 15 militantsand wounding several others,military officials said.

The airstrikes targetedfour hideouts in the remoteGhaljo and Dabori areas ofthe northwestern Orakzaitribal region, the officialssaid. The locations werebeing used by members ofthe Pakistan Taleban.

The death toll could notbe independently verified

TOKYO, 22 July—A USF-16 fighter jet crashed intothe Pacific Ocean off the coastof northern Japan on Sundayand efforts are underway torescue the pilot, aspokeswoman for the MisawaAir Base said.

The jet took off from theUS air base in Aomori andcrashed about 11:30 Japantime (0230 GMT) some 200miles northeast of Hokkaido,Japan’s northernmost island,the spokesperson said.

“One person, the pilot,was on board. Efforts arecurrently underway toretrieve the pilot,” she said,reading from a statement.

“The aircraft was enrouteto North America when theincident occurred. The causeof the incident is unknown atthis time.”

The F-16 is made byLockheed Martin Corp.

Reuters

WASHINGTON, 22 July— US President Barack Obamahas promised every effort will be made to ensure the safetyof Americans, a day after a shooting rampage in a Coloradomovie theater killed 12 people.

“We are still gathering all the facts about whathappened, but we do know the police have one suspect incustody.

And the federal government stands ready to doeverything necessary to bring whoever’s responsible forthis heinous crime to justice,” Obama said in his weeklyradio and Internet address on Saturday.

Police have detained James Eagan Holmes, 24, whoallegedly killed 12 and wounded 59 at a midnight showingof the new Batman movie—The Dark Knight Rises, at

BEIJING, 22 July—Theheaviest rain in six decadesin the Chinese capital hasleft 10 people dead, Beijingauthorities said on Sunday.

As of 4 am Sunday, morethan 30,000 residents inDistricts of Fangshan,

Ten dead, 30,000 evacuated in Beijingdownpour

Firefighters pull a submerged car near GuangqumenBridge in Beijing, capital of China, on 21 July, 2012.

XINHUA

A military training base is trapped by waters before allthe 350 students and 40 teaching staff trapped were

relocated in Fangshan District of Beijing,on 21 July, 2012.—XINHUA

Huairou, Mentougou andPinggu as well as Miyun andYanqing counties wererelocated, the city’s floodscontrol headquarters said at9 am.

In Fangshan, where themaximum precipitation

reached 460 mm in HebeiTownship as of 6 am, roadtraffic in 12 townships wasdisrupted. Mobile teleco-mmunication services andInternet access were cut offin six townships, theheadquarters said.

Train services betweenBeijing and Guangzhouwere suspended as therailway line section atNangangwa, FengtaiDistrict, was soaked in water,the headquarters said.

More than 12,000people worked for draining1 million cubic metres ofwater from streets. Mostpuddles in the city werecleared by 6 am.

As of 6 am, citywidepeople suffered an averageprecipitation of 170 mm.

Xinhua

US President Barack Obama during amoment of silence for the shootings inColorado at an event in Fort Myers,Florida, on 20 July, 2012.—XINHUA

Obama vows to ensure public safetyafter Colorado shooting

Aurora, Colorado, a Denver suburb. The man surrenderedwithout a fight in a parking lot behind the theater, policesaid.

The shooting reminded Americans of the Virginia Techbloodbath in April 2007 in which 33 died. The FBI saidthere was so far no indication of any links to terror groups.

“We will take every step possible to ensure the safetyof all our people. And we will stand by our neighbors inColorado during this extraordinarily difficult time,” Obamasaid.

Police said 30 victims remained hospitalized Saturday,11 of them in critical condition.

“And if there’s anything to take away from this tragedy,it’s a reminder that life is fragile. Our time here is limited andit is precious,” the US President said.

However, Obama didn’t mention gun control, a sensitiveissue for any candidate for the November presidentialelections.

Gallup polls showed 39 percent of Americans owneda gun in 2010, while the National Rifle Association, a pro-gun lobby group, said almost half of US households possessguns.

Xinhua

Studentstrain in

mud by asandbank

at asummermilitarycamp inAnsan,south ofSeoul on20 July,2012.

INTERNET

Health worker shot deadin Pakistan

CAIRO, 22 July—An explosion onSunday rocked the Egyptian pipeline builtto carry natural gas to Israel and Jordan, the15th time it has been attacked since the startof the uprising in early 2011 that toppledPresident Hosni Mubarak.

The blast occurred in the early hours ofSunday morning at al-Tuwail, east of thecoastal Sinai town of al-Arish, at a pointbefore the pipeline splits into separatebranches to Israel and Jordan, securityofficials and witnesses said.

Gunmen in a small truck drove up to thepipeline, dug a hole and placed explosivecharges under the pipeline that theydetonated from a distance, a security officialand witnesses said.

A large boom echoed across the area andresidents up to 30 km (18 miles) away saidlater they could see flames of burning gaslighting the sky.

Blast rocks Egypt’s gas pipeline to Israel, Jordan

US F-16fighter

crashes offcoast of Japan

Airstrikes kill 15 militants innorthwest Pakistan

workers.On Tuesday, a WHO

staff member and aninternational consultantworking for the healthagency were injured in thesame region by armed men.

Polio immunizationactivities were suspendedafter Tuesday’s attack.

Xinhua

and militants often disputeofficial figures.

The Pakistan militaryhas been conductingoperations against militantsin Orakzai for months.

Several militant groupsare active in Pakistan’snorthwestern semi-autonomous tribal regions,near the border withAfghanistan, including thePakistan Taleban,responsible for many of thebombings across the countryin recent years.

Reuters

An official in the company that managesthe pipeline said exports of gas to both Israeland Jordan had been halted since an explosionthat hit the pipeline in April and that theflames were caused by residual gas.

Residents in al-Arish, however, said gasshipments had begun three days ago throughthe pipeline, which at one point suppliedIsrael with about 40 percent of its natural gas.

Egypt in April terminated its agreementto supply gas to Israel because of what it saidwas a business dispute. The 20-year gas deal,signed in the Mubarak era, was unpopularwith many Egyptians, with critics accusingIsrael of not paying enough for the fuel.

No group has claimed responsibility forthe attacks on the installation that crosses theincreasingly volatile Sinai Peninsula. Securityin Sinai was relaxed after the fall of Mubarakas the police presence thinned out acrossEgypt.—Reuters

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NEW YORK, 21 July — Manufacturing heavyweightFoxconn is reportedly interested in acquiring board seats atSharp Electronics, DigiTimes reported on Friday. Thecompany received three non-executive board seats at SharpDisplay earlier this month after it acquired a 46.48% stake inthe company, equivalent to 1.32 million shares.

In response to reports that it was seeking a board seat atSharp Display’s parent company, Foxconn reportedly saidthat “the company’s focus in cooperating with Sharp is tohelp complement each’s weakness to allow each side toachieve maximum benefits.

“ The company did say “a board seat is not really themain focus of Foxconn,” however, adding that it’s “hopingto have more substantial influence to help Sharp improve itsmanagement and sales and raise the panel maker’s

Foxconn looks for a board seat at Sharp as AppleHDTV nears.— INTERNET

Foxconn looks for a boardseat at Sharp as Apple HDTV

nears

profitability.” Sharp Display currently supplies displaypanels used in Apple’s latest iPad, and it is rumored to bebuilding TV panels for Apple’s rumored HDTV, which isexpected to launch early next year.— Internet

WASHINGTON, 22 July—Native American and AlaskaNative leaders told of theirvillages being under waterbecause of coastal erosion,droughts and more onThursday during a Senatehearing intended to drawattention to how climatechange is affecting tribalcommunities. Theenvironmental changesbeing seen in nativecommunities are “a seriousand growing issue andCongress needs to addressthem,” Tex Hall, chairman ofthe Mandan, Hidatsa andArikara Nation of New Town,ND, said on Wednesday.

Mike Williams, chief of

Leaders say climate is changing Native wayof life

VANCOUVER, 22 July — The engineer behind Canadianstartup Acrylic said on Friday that he was closing up his one-man shop and joining the design team at leading socialnetwork Facebook.Facebook confirmed that it has boughtAcrylic in an “acqui-hire” that brings on board founderDustin MacDonald, the creator of mobile gadget applicationsfor newsfeeds and digital wallets.

“Facebook is an invaluable service that we all use daily,and a company I believe is one of the most innovative andimportant around today,” MacDonald said in a blog postannouncing his move to California. “After visiting late lastyear, I discovered that we shared many of the same coreproduct design goals and principles, and it soon becameobvious that it was a natural fit.”

Acrylic’s best-known applications — Wallet andNewsfeed — were not acquired by Facebook in the deal.Buying promising startups for the talent and not its productshas become common in the competitive Internet technologyworld. Facebook recently bought startups Spool and TagTilein “talent acquisitions” aimed at helping it stay in synch withusers as they shift increasingly to using smartphones andtablet computers.

Internet

LONDON, 21 July — A former RAF Kinloss MountainRescue Team leader has told how he sought evidence that aRussian satellite crashed in the Highlands 50 years ago.David “Heavy” Whalley was intrigued by a story from the1960s that a shepherd found the remains of a Sputnik on amoor above Ardgay in Sutherland. An RAF Kinloss MountainRescue Team member sent to the scene later told Mr Whalleyof finding unusual debris. Team members involved wereallegedly told to “keep quiet” about it.

After becoming Kinloss’s rescue team leader in the late1980s, Mr Whalley tried to find a record of the search in theteam’s logs. He believes the information was deliberatelysuppressed. Sputniks were a series of satellites built andlaunched by the former Soviet Union. The first was launchedin 1957 and was the first man-made satellite to orbit the Earth.The achievement has been widely credited with starting thespace race between Russia and the US. In 1962, a shepherdreported finding wreckage from a Sputnik in the hills aboveArdgay.

Russia’s launch of the Sputnik 1 is credited withsparking the space race.

INTERNET

RAF leader sought evidence of Highland Sputnik crash

The engineer behind Canadian startup Acrylic saidthat he was closing up his one-man shop and joiningthe design team at leading social network Facebook.

INTERNET

Facebook acquires mobileapp maker Acrylic

the Yupit Nation in Akiak,Alaska, said in theinformational Senate IndianAffairs Committee hearing,that villages are literallybeing wiped out by coastalerosion. Williams said he cancast a net and catch salmon athis childhood home becausethe home is under water, hesaid. He also described howthe Iditarod Trail Sled DogRace, in which heparticipates, has been movedbecause of lack of snowfalland that dogs must run atnight to stay cool.

“We’ve always lived offthe land and off the watersand continue to do that. Butwe’re bearing the burden of

living with these conditionstoday,” Williams said.Sen.Daniel Akaka, committeechairman, acknowledgedthat environmental changesare widespread, but theHawaii Democrat said nativecommunities aredisproportionately impactedbecause they depend onnature for traditional food,sacred sites, and for culturalceremonies. Several tribesalready are coming up withplans to adapt to the changesand federal agencies areassisting with resources,Akaka said.

Members of several WestCoast tribes and Alaskacommunities have been in

Washington this week for asymposium at theSmithsonian Institution’sNational Museum of theAmerican Indian on theimpact of climate change onindigenous people and theircommunities.

The symposium, titledFirst Steward, broughttogether tribal leaders, peopleexperiencing the changesand scientists. Williams saidCongress needs to come upwith a strategic plan to addressthe impact to help ensureAlaska Natives and AmericanIndian tribes continue toexist.

He said in coming upwith the plan, Congressshould consider Nativepractices and traditionalknowledge.— Internet

The late Jack Baines, an experienced climber who laterbecame an RAF Kinloss MRT leader, was among militarysearchers sent to investigate. For the first time, Mr Whalleyhas revealed publicly that he looked for records of what theyrecovered. He said: “They found various bits and pieces.“They included a part with Russian and pictures on itexplaining what to do if the satellite was found crashed, andthat a reward would be given for its return.

“Jack said the team were told to keep quiet about whatthey found. “When he told me the story I first thought it wasan urban myth, but he convinced me and I believe theydefinitely found a crashed Sputnik.” Mr Whalley added:“There is no incident report, or mention in the team archives,as I checked when I became the team leader in the late 80s.”The story of the crash is recalled in a section of Frank Card’s1993 book Whensoever, which marked 50 years of RAFmountain rescue.

Internet

HANOI, 22 July —Vietnamese authorities havedetained three soldierssuspected of torturing andkilling two rare monkeys,state-run Voice of Vietnamnewspaper reports. One of themen had posted photos onFacebook showing how themonkeys were killed,triggering a publicoutcry.The monkeys wereendangered grey-shankeddouc langurs (Pygathrixcinerea), reports say.Thesoldiers, stationed inVietnam’s Central Highlandsarea, are now underinvestigation.

One of them, NguyenVan Quang, who is serving inthe Tay Nguyen Commandof the Vietnamese army,posted photos of themonkeys on his Facebookpage last week. The photosshowed one of the monkeys,believed to be pregnant,being made to smoke acigarette before it wastortured and killed. ColNguyen Van Hai, head of TayNguyen Command’s

The monkeys were endangered grey-shanked douclangurs.— INTERNET

Vietnamese soldiers held overdeaths of rare monkeys

Military Prosecutor’s Office,told the Voice of Vietnamthat the soldiers had beendetained and were beingquestioned.

“We’re still continuingour investigation into thecase. When we have enoughevidence, they [the soldiers]will be dealt with inaccordance with Vietnamesemilitary laws,” he said.Headded that the three hadadmitted killing themonkeys and said they hadbought them from locals. Themen, who were identified onThursday, are set to appear ina military court on an as yetunspecified date.

What is more worryingabout the incident is that theyoung soldier who postedthe photos on Facebook didnot think he did anythingwrong, says Nga Pham fromBBC Vietnamese.

Authorities now realisethat they need to do somethingto educate people, especiallythe young, about animalwelfare and protection, sheadds.— Internet

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LONDON, 22 July —Europe is on the cusp ofapproving a gene therapy forthe first time, in what wouldbe a landmark moment forthe field. Gene therapies altera patient’s DNA to treatinherited diseases passedfrom parent to child.TheEuropean Medicines Agencyhas recommended a therapyfor a rare genetic diseasewhich leaves people unableto properly digest fats.TheEuropean Commission will

Gene therapy nears approval in Europe

Gene therapies alter a patient’s DNA. INTERNET

now make the finaldecision.The idea of genetherapy is simple: if there is aproblem with part of apatient’s genetic code thenreplace that part of thecode.The reality has not beenso easy. In one gene therapytrial a US teenager, JesseGelsinger, died, and otherpatients have developedleukaemia.There are no genetherapies available outsideof a research lab in Europe orthe US. The European

Medicines Agency’sCommittee for MedicinalProducts for Human Use hasconsidered the use of Glyberato treat lipoprotein lipasedeficiency.One in a millionpeople have the deficiency.They have damaged copiesof a gene which is essentialfor breaking down fat.It leadsto fat building up in the blood,abdominal pain and life-threatening pancreatitis(inflammation of thepancreas).The only way tomanage the condition is byhaving a very low-fat diet.Thetherapy uses a virus to infectmuscle cells with a workingcopy of the gene.It wasrecommended for patientswith severe pancreatitis, whocannot control the diseasethrough diet.

The manufacturer,UniQure, said the decisionwas a “major breakthrough”for patients and medicine asa whole. UniQure chief

executive officer Jorn Aldagsaid: “Patients withlipoprotein lipase deficiencyare afraid of eating a normalmeal because it can lead toacute and extremely painfulinflammation of thepancreas, often resulting in avisit to intensive care.”Now,for the first time, a treatmentexists for these patients thatnot only reduces this risk ofgetting severely sick, but alsohas a multi-year beneficialeffect after just a singleinjection.

“Restoring the body’snatural ability to break downfat particles in the blood, inorder to prevent pancreatitisand excruciating abdominalpain suffered by patients, iswhat gene therapy is all about:curing disease at the geneticlevel.”Dr Tomas Salmonson,from the agency’sCommittee, said the use ofGlybera should be restrictedto patients “with greatestneed”.

Internet

WASHINGTON, 22 July — General Electric Co on Fridayreported a 2.5 percent rise in profit from continuing operations,topping Wall Street expectations, as solid demand in theUnited States and emerging markets offset weakness inEurope.The largest US conglomerate by revenue stuck withits forecast for the rest of 2012, saying it would increaseearnings at a double-digit percentage rate by pushing profitmargins higher. In a move intended in part to cut costs, GEsaid it will break up its big energy division into three separateunits. “The environment continues to be challenging,” ChiefExecutive Jeff Immelt said on a conference call with investors.He said the US economy was stable, adding that “Europeremains very tough, but within our expectations.”GE’sindustrial sales in Europe were down 7 percent in the quarter,but up 6 percent in the United States and 24 percent higherin China, said Chief Financial Officer Keith Sherin. Overallrevenue rose 2.5 percent, but missed expectations.

The company, the world’s biggest maker of electricturbines and jet engines, posted profit of 38 cents per share,excluding one-time items, a penny above analysts’ averageestimate, according to Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S. It excludes5 cents in charges from its former US subprime mortgage unitand Japanese consumer finance business. GE’s reportfollowed two days of stronger-than-expected earnings fromother industrial companies, including Textron Inc andHoneywell International Inc, indicating multinationalcompanies were finding a way to manage through a rougheconomy.— Reuters

A GE logo is seen in a store in Santa Monica, California,on 11 Oct, 2010.— REUTERS

GE second quarter profit topsWall Street view

LONDON , 22 July — Mobile phones are now the mostcommon way for people to connect to the Internet in China,a report has said. For the first time, desktop computers are nolonger the leading method for the country’s 538 millionconnected citizens to get online. The report from the ChinaInternet Network Information Center (CINIC) said over 50%of the year’s new internet users were from rural areas. A fallin smartphone costs has been the key cause of growth, expertssaid.

“Mobile phones are a cheaper and more convenientway to access the internet for [residents in] China’s vastrural areas and for the enormous migrant population,” saidthe report from the state-linked CINIC. Mobile internetusers now number 388 million, up almost 10% since thestart of the year.

“Mobile phone prices continued to drop,” the reportsaid. “The emergence of smartphones under 1,000 yuan[$157, £100] sharply lowered the threshold for using thedevices and encouraged average mobile phone users tobecome mobile web surfers.”

The total number of those online has risen 5% since the

The number of people accessing the internet via mobilehas risen 10% since the end of 2011.— INTERNET

Rural Chinese get online asmobile overtakes desktop

end of last year, many of whom are very active in cyberspace.Bill Dutton, professor of Internet studies at the University

of Oxford, told the BBC that the trend followed similargrowth in other parts of the world. “We’re moving to what wecall next-generation users,” he said.

“They’re likely to have three or four devices in theirhomes, therefore they’re able to integrate computing intotheir lives wherever they are.”He added that the rapid adoptionof mobile among the rural community was one of necessityover desire.”There’s a wave of people coming online thatwould not otherwise be able to afford to be there.”—Internet

LONDON, 22 July —People living on the Englishcoast are more likely thanthose living inland to saythey are fit and well, ananalysis of census datasuggests. The researcherssaid living in areas such asSkegness, St Ives orScarborough was linked to a“small, but significant”improvement in health.

Lower stress and moreopportunities to exercisewere suggested as possibleexplanations.The findingswere published in the journalHealth and Place.

The researchers lookedat data from 48 millionpeople in England from the2001 census. They comparedhow close people were to thebracing sea air and theiranswer to a question about

Are areas like the Wirral coastline good for health? INTERNET

People feel ‘healthier’ on the English coasttheir own health.The studywas conducted by theEuropean Centre forEnvironment and HumanHealth at the PeninsulaCollege of Medicine andDentistry at the University ofExeter.It found people livingless than 1km from the seawere more likely to say they

were in “good health” thanpeople living further away.

The effect was small butthe researchers said that whenmagnified across 48 millionpeople it could have a largeimpact on public health. Thelead researcher Dr BenWheeler said loads ofexplanations had been

suggested, although they hadnot yet been tested. “One ofthe most obvious is theopportunity for physicalactivity or being moremotivated to go for a walkalong the coast,” hesaid.There are also ideasabout ‘being beside theseaside’ being a morerelaxing environment.

However, there is anotherexplanation. Wealthier andhealthier people might bemore able to move to thecoast. “They are possiblymoving to the coast andbringing their good healthwith them,” Dr Wheeler toldthe BBC.The study alsofound that people from thepoorest backgroundsbenefited most from a coastalhome. There was little or nobenefit to the most affluentpeople.

Internet

LONDON, 22 July — Vodafone has seen its sales growthslow in the first quarter, dragged down by a weak performancein Europe. Group service revenue grew 0.6% on an organicbasis to £9.98bn. In the fourth quarter it had recorded growthof 2.3%.Sales in Italy and Spain shrank, as conditionsremained “challenging”. UK growth was weak due to“increased competition and a weak economy”. Vodafoneoutperformed its peers over the previous year, paying a recorddividend to shareholders. Shares in the mobile operatorclosed down 2% on Friday trading in London. Vodafone’sstrength in emerging markets, Germany, Turkey and—untilrecently — the UK has helped offset a slump in southernEurope. But in recent months the downturn on the Continenthas begun to take its toll.

In May, the company wrote down the value of its assetsin Italy, Spain, Portugal and Greece by £4bn. Vodafone, theworld’s largest mobile operator by revenue, provides itsgrowth figures on a reported basis and on an organic basis.Organic revenue growth reflects performance on a comparablebasis, by stripping out the effects of mergers and acquisitionsand of movements in foreign exchange rates.— Internet

Vodafone sees revenue growth slow

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6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 23 July, 2012

Putin signs Russia’s WTO accession protocol

Russian President Vladimir Putin

MOSCOW, 22 July —Russian President VladimirPutin has signed into law aprotocol ratifying thecountry’s accession to theWorld Trade Organization(WTO), the Kremlinannounced here on Saturday.

The bill was approved bythe State Duma, or the lowerhouse of the parliament, on 10

June and passed by the upperhouse on 18 July ahead of itssummer break, according to astatement issued by thePresident’s Office.

In light of the Russianlaw, the country will officiallybecome a member of the WTO30 days after the parliament’sapproval and the president’sratification.

In December 2011, theWTO decided to grant Russiaits membership, thus usheringin the last major economyoutside the global trade club.

The WTO accession hastriggered heated debates inRussia, though the countryhas been seeking it for morethan 18 years.

Those against it claim thatthe move would negativelyimpact domestic economy, andeven undermine nationalsovereignty and security. Afterthe WTO accession, Russiawill have to gradually lower itsaverage tariff ceiling to 7.8percent from the current 10percent, with the agriculturaltariff down from 13.2 percentto 10. 8 percent. Tariff forindustrial products will alsobe reduced from 9.5 percent to7.3 percent.—Xinhua

Chinese navy escort ships complete first jointescort operation

GULF OF ADEN, 22 July—The Chinese navy’s 11th and12th escort groups accomp-lished their first joint escortoperation here on Friday.

The groups escorted sixmerchant ships from China,Singapore, Norway, SouthKorea and Portugal.

The two fleets held a

handover ceremony on thedestroyer “Qingdao” beforethe joint escort operation. Thefarewell ceremony of the 11thgroup will be held on 23 July.Then the flotilla will leave theGulf of Aden and Somaliwaters and embark on agoodwill visit.

The 11th group has

escorted 184 ships in 43operations since it started themission on 27 Feb. A total of126 pirate vessels in 58incidents were successfullydriven away by the fleet.

To date, the Chinese navyfleets have escorted 4,727ships from countries all overthe world.—Xinhua

LONDON, 22 July —Fauja Singh, the world’soldest marathon runner at101, will be running theOlympic torch through thestreets of east London lateron Saturday.

Singh, who carried thetorch in Athens eight yearsago, was born in Punjab in1911 and has been stayed inUK since 1992.

He ran his firstmarathon at the age of 89and has since completed sixLondon marathons.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 22 July —Threeuniversity students havebeen selected to attend the2012 Asia-Pacific EconomicCooperation (APEC) summitin Vladivostok, Russia, inSeptember on behalf of all ofthe country’s university

Indian election observers (L) watch officials sort ballotpapers from an emptied box as they begin tallying thepresidential election results, at the Parliament in New

Delhi on 22 July, 2012.—INTERNET

An aerial view shows Kansai Electric Power Co’s Ohinuclear power plant’s No 4 reactor (front) in Ohi,

Fukui prefecture, in this photo taken by Kyodo on 19July, 2012. Kansai Electric Power Co said its 1,180-

megawatt No 4 reactor at its Ohi nuclear plantresumed supplying electricity to the grid on Saturday,Japan’s second nuclear unit to regain power since last

year’s Fukushima crisis led to the shutdown of allunits.—REUTERS

101-year-oldFauja Singh torun Olympictorch relay

Three students selected to attend 2012 APECsummit

students.The three representa-

tives were chosen from nearly10,000 contestants afterseveral rounds of competition,which were conductedthrough mock summits heldin key universities across the

country.The competition was

started in 2010 to broadenstudents’ internationalknowledge and improve theirunderstanding and analyticalabilities regarding politics andeconomics.—Xinhua

EU to continue joining peaceeffort in S Philippines

MANILA, 22 July— TheEuropean Union (EU) willcontinue to participate in theMalaysian-led InternationalMonitoring Team (IMT) inconflict-stricken areas insouthern Philippines after itsterm expired last month, theMoro Islamic Liberation Front(MILF) disclosed onSaturday.

MILF said that thedecision to continue EU’s rolein the IMT was made late lastmonth by the EuropeanCommission. “The decisionalso outlined a newprogramme of support for thepeace-making in Mindanaoby the EU,” the MILF said.

Muhammad Ameen,head of the MILF Secretariat,welcomed EU’s move, sayingit was a positive developmentthat would give inspirationsto the parties to strive further

to resolve the Moro Questionand the armed conflict inMindanao.

“This is an indication ofthe EU strong commitment toprovide support to the GPH(Government of thePhilippines)-MILF peacenegotiation,” he stressed.

IMT, composed ofrepresentatives fromMalaysia, EU, Brunei,Indonesia, Norway andJapan, has been overseeingthe ceasefire agreementbetween the governmenttroops and the MILF and thedevelopment aspects in theconflict-affected areas.

The GPH and the MILFhave been engaged in a peaceprocess with the goal offorging a final peace pact toend the decades-old conflictin Mindanao.

Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 22 July—The Pentagon is seeking tosend hand-launched dronesto Kenya as part of a $40million-plus military aidpackage designed to help fourAfrican countries fight al-Qaeda and al-Shabaabmilitants, notably in Somalia,the Wall Street Journalreported. Kenya would geteight “Raven” unmannedaerial systems—an unarmeddrone that can be used toidentify targets for strikes byground forces or other aircraft.

“This assistance willimprove the tacticaleffectiveness and operationalreach of the Kenyan NationalDefence Forces engaged in CT(counter-terrorism) operationsagainst al-Shabaab in Somalia,”the newspaper quoted aPentagon document as saying.

The Ravens for Kenyawould be part of an initial $41.4million package that alsowould include trucks, com-munications gear and rifles forBurundi, Djibouti and Uganda,

The USS Nimitz, a nuclear-powered aircraft carrierwhich is currently supplemented by biofuel, sails about

150 miles north of the island of Oahu during theRIMPAC Naval exercises off Hawaii on 18

July,2012.—INTERNET

Kenya clinches 8 cooperativedocuments with E China’s

Jiangxi

NANCHANG, 22 July —Kenya inked eightmemorandums of cooperationhere on Saturday with eastChina’s Jiangxi Provinceduring the visit paid by the

Kenyaclinches 8

cooperativedocuments

with EChina’sJiangxi.XINHUA

African country’s PrimeMinister Raila Amollo Odinga.

Five of the documentswere reached by Kenya andJiangxi Corporation forInternational Economic and

Technical Cooperation onprojects of upgrading Kenya’shighways and the construc-tion of diesel-solar hybridpower supply system.Meanwhile, the other dealsare stroke between Kenya andJiangxi Zhongmei EngineeringConstruction Co Ltd, coveringthree highway constructionprojects worth of 600 millionUS dollars.

Odinga paid the visit afterattending the Fifth MinisterialConference of the Forum onChina-Africa Cooperation(FOCAC) held in Beijing fromThursday to Friday. Statisticshows that a total of 21contracts worth over 5 millionUS dollars each had been inkedbetween Jiangxi’s companiesand Kenya from 2009 and2011.— Xinhua

Pentagon eyes drones forKenya to fight militants nearby

the newspaper said. TheUnited States providedRavens to Uganda last year, itadded, citing officials anddocuments. The DefenceDepartment and the StateDepartment had no immediatecomment. US government-to-government arms transfers arepresided over by the StateDepartment, subject to anoften- lengthy congressionalreview process.

The newspaper citedofficials as saying the militaryaid package would be meant tohelp key African allies in theregion go after al-Sabaab andother al-Qaeda supporters.

The Raven is built byMonrovia, California-headquartered Aero Viron-ment Inc Weighing 4.2 pounds(1.9 kilograms) and with awingspan of 4.5 feet (1.37metres), it is described ascapable of sending real-timecolor or infrared imagery toground controllers and toremote viewers day or night.

Reuters

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 23 July, 2012 7

The best time to plant a treewas 20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

HELLO TOURISM By Ba ThanTourism has come to our Land of a million pagodas

and smiling peoples. It is indeed a hearty welcome for theglobal tourists who have now chosen this beautiful havento enjoy the still virgin landscape, the magnificent pagodasand temples of a thousand years of heritage, the yetunexplored nooks and corners, swaying coconut trees,silver sands, and unspoiled clear seas. The time has neverbeen more opportune. A constellation of factors and eventshave converged to affect a glorious boom: the multi-partyelection resulting in the opening of democracy and civilsociety, resurged interest of the Western hemispheretowards the country overlooked through passage ofdecades, and not yet ready for the hospitality services.

The spate of catastrophic disasters in the years 2008onwards had caused havoc for the regular tourist-friendlyhost nations of Japan, Thailand, Chinese Taipei in SouthEast Asia such as severe storms, floods, earthquakes andattending tsunami deadly deluges, at one time or the other.Even in Myanmar the deltaic fertile flatland once thegranary of Asia, was utterly devastated by Nargis followingAceh, as hundreds of thousands of lives perished,uncountable thatched huts demolished, mangroves andpaddy fields wasted. Continuing calamities followed offand on as a result of turbulence caused by mancompounding nature’s miseries in the wake. Only now thesituation had somewhat calmed due to the efforts of theState and the sympathetic public, NGOs and many generousdonors who came to the rescue of the afflicted, out ofsublime compassion.

There is also a welcome climate of change visible inthe overall landscape and socio-economic spectrum. Thisis the morn of Democracy, openness pervading in theoverall environment, and the voice of the people, from theelectorate and constituency to representation for the peoplebecoming more articulate. The dawn of the New Year 2012augurs spreading the red carpet to the distinguishedstatesmen, celebrities and friends from the West, followedin its heels in rapid progression by the people with warmingof relations amity and trade. There is also an activeinterchange as we also reach out beyond to the ASEAN, theASPAC and the wide wide world. Never has our aspirationbeen so brimming as we look forward with pride anddignity to the years ahead.

Global tourists who used to plan yearly summer toursmonths ahead with regularity, were now faced with disruptedtour plans never before experienced, with their jauntsalmost totally wiped out. Thereupon, as an alternative theyswarmed to Myanmar to explore the land quite adjacent butseldom frequented. Only now in just two years the touristindustry and its complementarities started to gainmomentum. Hotel bookings rose to cater to unprecedenteddemands as tourists from UK, EU, the America, Australia andNew Zealand, as well as traditionalists from our Asianneighbours thronged in frenzy to make the most of the timeavailable in the tail-end of the holiday season. As with theeconomics of demand and supply, rentals rose erratically asthe hoteliers lolled on windfall gains with near-full

occupancy. Shortage of hotels, and rooms in hotels werenever more critically felt and tariffs skyrocketed, as scruplesgot the better of reason and conscience and the souveniritems intrinsic to the host country in a wide array such aspaintings, exquisite tapestry, elaborate lacquer wares,sculpture, figurines crafted in genuine precious and semiprecious jewels plain or inlaid with gold and silver, rightdown to small figurines made of teak and a variety ofhardwoods enjoy brisk sales too. Clothing and apparelwoven in silk with elaborate designs descending from theancient heritage of Myanmar kings are also displayed for thenouveau riche with the sky as the limit.

The first magnificent sight for the incoming tourist byair is the majestic Shwedagon Pagoda, epitome of pristineperfection, a 326 feet glittering golden stupa inlaid withthousands of priceless gems of heritage value of the ancientkingdoms, now 2600 years old this March 2012. Then thereis the ancient city of Bagan of more than a thousand-yearstanding with over 2000 relic pagodas, stupas, temples,caves and ancient library of Buddhist canonical scriptures.Then there is the Shit-thaung Pagoda complex of Rakhinemaritime nation on the west coast of the Bay of Bengalenjoying prosperity around the same millennium. Formillions of Buddhists around the religious world andparticularly for the devotees and disciples of 5 TheravadaBuddhism: Sri Lanka, Myanmar, Thailand, Laos andCambodia, they are the sacred repositories of the enduringfaith. Intrinsically also they are the marvels of art, cultureand architecture of bygone centuries, for many to wonderat the state of preservation witnessed today in spite oficonoclastic vandalism, and wanton destruction, over andabove the vagaries of tropical weather of the centuries.What remains are indeed treasure troves which the touristswill eagerly scout with zest and enthusiasm.

The British had been here since 1824 in three wavesculminating with total occupation in 1886.ForeignChristian missionaries of various denominations madeearly incursions followed by war, and then by trade. Colonieswere the source of raw materials, cheap exploited labourand market for finished goods for the colonial industrialpower. Mercantilism, Laissez-faire economics andmonopoly capitalism were the order of the times till 1939the outbreak of the Second World War, when the BritishGovernment made hasty mass retreat by motor road alongMahamyaing forest from Tamu border to India.

Colonial architecture, representative of massivecolonnaded commercial buildings lined the Strand Roadwith the Strand Hotel as the flag bearer of the British Raj inMyanmar. Viewed from vantage point in 2012 the fadedbuildings along Strand Road, the Secretariat, coupled withChristian cathedrals and churches with lingering old grace,have become history, which had stood witness to a bygoneera of heritage value and themes for research and study forscholars, historians and tourists.

A scintillating panorama opens up to the tourist on hisfirst visit in a number of ways: the sights he sees, the air hebreathes, the water he drinks, the earth he treads, the esoteric

food he tastes. The Sacred Shwedagon is unique,comparable to none, in its breath-taking aura, pomp andpageantry. Then there are many others too for sheer beautyin their own beautiful renditions. You may climb theGolden Rock Pagoda, perched precariously on the tip ofa boulder, defying gravity. For curiosity if not for anythingelse you can push the Golden Rock and be amazed that itrocks. There are two famous lakes, the Inle in the SouthernShan State and the Inn-Daw-Gyi in the Kachin State inNorthern Myanmar where “Mount Khakhaborazi” withsnow capped peak amidst virgin surroundings willcaptivate you ravishingly. There are so many to explorethat the author leaves you to your imagination tailored toyour own itinerary.

There are also national and ethnic food to savour atwill. Being ethnically linked since the beginning ofmigration to the main Mongolian races, the foods arenatively similar with distinct flavor, aroma and mixture ofspices, sweets, and condiments to accentuate the nationalcredo. Here the sojourn of a tourist will not be completewithout the two Myanmar national snacks: mohingar,and lephet. Being rice-eaters, rice in all its varietiesjaponica and indica are consumed as the staple food. Andalmost all snacks, delicacies and finger foods are mostlyrice-based. Preparation of curry and snacks vary with itsregional or ethnic preferences. Hinthada Mohingar,Mandalay taw win(Royal) Nangyi Monti, Shan khauksweand Tofoo, Rakhine Monti salad, Bhamo Myee Shay andAnyar crisp fried flour parata with boiled mash peas etc aremost eagerly sought. Then there is a variety of fried fritterswith succulent fresh gourd leading the finger food treatwith potatoes a distant second. And there are also fruits ofmany varieties to the bargain. While we Asians indolentlyconsume delicious oranges, bananas, mangoes, exoticpungent durians and tropical varieties, we tend to crave forapples luxurious and high priced. Little will our commonfolks imagine that what we take as ordinary is indeedtreasured as exotic as is the other way round mutatismutantis indeed.

All these preconditions positively point out to rosydays ahead for boom of long term tourism. Tourism here,in spite of a certain head-start 20 years ago seemed to benot as it should have been so. Much will still need to bedone in terms of infrastructure, investment, recruitment,training in the hospitality industry, and above all themindset and ambience to make it going. Start from thebasics such as clean and fragrant toilets encompassingstandard toilet culture and rise in progression to the ladderof efficiency, courtesy and service with a smile, a real one,not a plasticized copy. Both forward and backwardlinkages, spread effects and backlash will have to becarefully noted. Experiences will have to be nurtured andoutsourcing worked out. Setting high vision for the futurewith open environment, transparency and allure of tourists,Myanmar may yet set its place as one of the risingattractions in the global map of tourism.

*****

Palethwe hybrid paddyharvested on model plot of

Pyawbwe Township

PYAWBWE, 22 July—Under the supervision of PyawbweTownship Agriculture Department, the harvesting ofPalethwe hybrid paddy was held in Thitseintpin Village

of the township on 14 July.Head of Mandalay Region Agriculture Department U

Hla Myint Aung explained 10-point good agriculturepatterns for production of over 100 baskets per acre.

The paddy harvesting work on 0.10 acres of farmlandin field No 364/A of Thitseintpin Village of ChaungmagyiVillage-tract produced 171.68 baskets per acre in drystatus.—Kyemon

MYANAUNG, 22 July—Myanma AgriculturalDevelopment Bank of Myanaung Township disbursedagricultural loans to local farmers for cultivation ofmonsoon crops in 2012.

The ceremony was held at the hall of TownshipGeneral Administration Department in Myanaung on 12

Agricultural Development Bankdisburses loans to farmers in

Myanaung Township

July. Township Administrator U Aye Kyu explainedeffective spending of loans on cultivation of monsoonpaddy through 14-point good agricultural patterns.

It was attended by administrators of 57 village-tracts, secretaries of village-track banks and farmers ofKwantaw Village. Manager of the Township MyanmaAgricultural Development Bank Daw Khin Myint Yiexplained matters related to loans for cultivation ofmonsoon paddy.

After that, Township Administrator U Aye Kyupresented K 66850000 for 1337 acres of farmlands to213 farmers from Kwantaw Village-tract.

Myanma Agricultural Development Bank ofMyanaung Township has disbursed K 4625 million for92500 acres of farmlands in 2012.—Myanma Alin

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 23 July, 2012YANGON, 22 July—A ceremony to open Sayagyi Thakin

Kodawhmaing library sponsored by Myanmar LibrariesFoundation took place at Walai village, Meelaung village-tract, Shwedaung Township, Pyay District, Bago Regionthis noon with an address by Patron of MLF Union Ministerfor Information and for Culture U Kyaw Hsan.

Also present on the occasion were Bago RegionHluttaw Speaker U Win Tin, Bago Region DevelopmentAffairs Minister U Ye Myint Tun, Director-General ofInformation and Public Relations Department U Ye Htutand officials, Chairman of Myanmar Writers AssociationU Tin Hlaing (Ledwintha Saw Chit) and executives,Chairman of MLF U Maung Maung, Vice-President UNyunt Swe and executives, film stars and musicians,social organizations, local people, students andwellwishers.

Bago Region Hluttaw Speaker U Win Tin, BagoRegion Development Affairs Minister U Ye Myint Tunand Chairman of MLF U Maung Maung formally openedthe library.

Next, Patron of MLF Union Minister for Informationand for Culture U Kyaw Hsan unveiled the signboard ofthe library.

Afterwards, the Union Minister and party looked intothe library and signed in the visitors’ book.

Making a speech on the occasion, Union Minister forInformation and for Culture U Kyaw Hsan said that it wasa great pleasure for the Ministry of Information and MLFto witness the opening of a library at the native of PatrioticSayagyi Thakin Kodawhmaing who had devoted all hisefforts to anti-imperialist, national liberation and internalpeace.

He added that the Ministry of Information launchedthe opening of self-reliant rural libraries since 2004, andit has opened libraries at over 50,000 villages so far. Thevillages covering the opening of libraries include those ofnoted writers and well-known personalities.

Those libraries were established by locals as a tokenof paying gratitude to their villages or by families inmemory of their late parents or by locals in admiration oftheir noted and well-known persons. A report of IPRD in2010 revealed that there was no library in Walai village,Shwedaung Township, the native of well-known Sayagyi

Sayagyi Thakin Kodawhmaing library opened

Thakin Kodawhmaing and in Mangyitone village, WetletTownship, the native of Sayagyi Shwe Oo Daung. Hence,the library was established by the Ministry of Informationand MLF in cooperation with wellwishers and local people.

The Union Minister said that the newly-opened librarywas built at a cost of over K 21 million and stressed theneed for local people to try their utmost to ensure itsperpetual existence and to transform it into an e-librarycomplete with online media network while turning it intoa second monastery. He also stressed one more point tobear in mind the patriotism and brilliant endeavours ofSayagyi Thakin Kodawhmaing and expressed his thanks toMLF, well-wishers and local people who contributed theirshares for the emergence of the facility.

Next, Chairman of Myanmar Libraries FoundationU Maung Maung clarified the purpose of the opening ofthe facility.

Afterwards, Union Minister U Kyaw Hsan and wifeDaw Kyi Kyi Win family donated a generator for thelibrary and 50 dozens of exercise books for students ofWalai village. Chairman of Library Funds RaisingCommittee U Khin Maung Than accepted the donations.

Later, Chairman of MLF U Maung Maung handed

over the related documents to member of LibraryCommittee U Myo Kyi while Vice-Chairman of MLF UNyunt Swe presented publications to Librarian U Nyi NyiZin.

Next, Shwe Than Lwin Co donated a set of SkyNet anda LCD TV; musicians led by Academy Khant Sithu donateda set of computer, DVD and a wall watch; U Myo Kyi(Walai village) a plot of land for the library worth 2million; Bago Region USDA K 100,000; Ledi PitakattaikLibrary (Shwedaung) K 100,000; Newloktha Motor Gate(Pyay) K 100,000; Printing Entrepreneurs (Pyay)K 50,000; Yadana Filling Station K 50,000 andAyeyashwewar K 50,000. Officials accepted the donationsand U Myo Kyi,on behalf of the wellwishers, spoke wordsof thanks.

After the ceremony, the Union Minister cordiallygreeted those present on the occasion.

The newly-opened library was established by MLFwith the contributions of wellwishers. Situated on a 67feet x 175 feet, the RC type-facility is 40 feet long, 30 feetwide and 16 feet high. The construction of the librarystarted on 16 May 2012 and it costs over K 21.27 million.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 22 July—Recycling,Environmental Conservation andRenewable Energy Promotion SubCommittee Chairman Deputy Minister forElectric Power No. 1 U Myint Zaw metvillagers of Singwin and Sinkun villages inPekhon Township of Kayah State yesterdayand presented 101 sets of 92 watt solarpackages inclusive of solar bulbs to thevillages and stationary to the schools inthose villages.

The deputy minister then addressed the

Myitkyina University welcomes freshersNAY PYI TAW, 22 July—Myitkyina

University Kachin National Literatureand Culture Committee extended awelcome to freshers of 2011-2012academic year at the convocation hall ofthe universi ty yesterday morning,attended by Myikyina University RectorDr Aye Ko and committee chairman DrZaw Jab.

The committee chairman presentedKachin State Chief Minister U La JohnNgan Hsai, the State Hluttaw speaker andthe rector with gifts.

Next, officials presented cash to thecommittee and undergraduates stagedmusic shows and Kachin traditionaldances, extending welcome to thefreshers.—MNA

Deputy Electric Power No. 1 Minister calls forutilization of renewable energy

fourth meeting of the recycling,Environmental Conservation andRenewable Energy Promotion SubCommittee at Upper PaunglaungHydropower Project. The deputy ministeron the occasion called for promotion ofsolar energy use, small-scale hydropowerplants and wind power utilization,highlighting the importance of systematicwaste disposal and environmentalconservation.

MNANAY PYI TAW, 22 July—The ruraldevelopment and poverty alleviationsurvey and implementation teams made fieldtrips for the third time to Region 7 ofAungzabu Ward in Zabuthiri Township.

This morning, member of Nay Pyi TawCouncil U Myo Nyunt looked into the tasksof the survey teams.

Survey on rural development, povertyalleviation undertaken

In meeting with local people, heexplained purpose of the survey teams andcomforted the patients.

Members of Township Women’s AffairsOrganization, Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation, Red Cross Society and AuxiliaryFire Brigade joined hands with the surveyteams in their undertakings.—MNA

Flowery plants blooming in farms ofYamethin Township

YAMETHIN, 22 July—Floweryplants are grown in Nyaunglebin,Hseto, Zaygon and Kokkogonvillages of Htihlaing Village-tractin Yamethin Township of MandalayRegion.

The plantations of flowers thatbloom in Thadingyut andTazaungmon, (October andNovember) fetched good prices.Local growers in Yamethin sendtheir flowers to markets in Nay PyiTaw, Tatkon, Yamethin, Pyawbweand Meiktila.

Blooming flowers in YamethinTownship contribute to environ-mental conservation in one way oranother.

Kyemon

Taninthayi RegionTransport Minister

Dr Kyaw Hsanpresenting stipend to a

university student.Owners of Thiha Min,Kyal Sin Hein and MinHtet Hein Express, a

major transportor fromYangon to the regiongranted stipends to

offspring of staff at MyaSein Hall in Dawei on

14 July.—MNA

Patron of MLF Union Minister for Information and for Culture U Kyaw Hsan unveils thesingboard of Sayagyi Thakin Kodawhmaing library.—MNA

A local grower showers various species offlowery plantations.

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Duties of projects assigned in Mansi TownshipMANSI, 22 July—A

ceremony to assign annualduties of projects for 2012-2013 fiscal year was held at thehall of Mansi TownshipGeneral Administration

Department of Bhamo Districton 16 July afternoon.

At the ceremony,Township Administrator UThein Zaw Oo made a speech.Staff Officer U Zaw Min Htay

of Planning Departmentassigned duties to Head ofTownship AgricultureDepartment U Hla Pe on behalfof township level departmentalofficials.—Township GAD

Trees collectively planted in rainy season

NAMHSAN, 22 July—Therainy season tree growingceremony 2012 was held in

Namhsan Township of LoilemDistrict on 12 July morning.

The ceremony was held

at Myenigon of No 5 Village-tract. The Assistant Directorof Loilem District ForestDepartment, TownshipAdministrator U Khin MaungLwin, Chairperson ofTownship Women’s AffairsOrganization Daw TheinThein Thin and thecommander of TownshipPolice Force presentedsaplings to local people.

After that, the localpeople planted over 1000saplings at the designatedplaces.—Myanma Alin

Collection of taxes explained in PatheinPATHEIN, 22 July—

Ayeyawady Region InternalRevenue Department held aceremony to makeclarification matters relatedto various taxes toentrepreneurs at the hall ofthe Region Internal RevenueDepartment in Pathein on 15July.

The clarification wasaimed at levying taxes fromentrepreneurs of hotels, innsand restaurants under therules of commercial tax law.

The clarification wasattended by entrepreneursfrom Chaungtha andNgwehsaung regions ofPathein Township.

At the ceremony, Headof Ayeyawady RegionInternal Revenue DepartmentThura U Khin Kyaw Moeexplained matters related totaxes and replied to queriesraised by entrepreneurs.

Myanma Alin

CSC ISSUED: The issuance of citizenship scrutiny cardswas held at the administrative office in Kyuchaung

Village of Malit Village-tract in Dagon Myothit (East)Township recently. Head of Township Immigration and

National Registration Department U Set Shwe issuescitizenship scrutiny cards to 60 eligible citizens.

MYANMA ALIN

Shwegyin Township keeps itselfgreen and clean

SHWEGYIN, 22 July—The ceremony to mark theSchool Environment Daywas organized in thecompound of BasicEducation Primary School inYontaing Village ofThayetchaung Village-tractin Shwegyin Township ofBago Region on 15 July

morning.At the ceremony,

Township Administrator UKhin Thein Maung anddepartmental officials,teachers and students of theschool participated incultivation of over 1000saplings.

Myanma Alin

Taxation talks given at BEHSNo 1 in Yamethin

YAMETHIN, 22 July—Atalk on taxation was organizedby Yamethin TownshipInternal Revenue Departmentof Mandalay Region on 18July.

At Anawrahta Hall ofBasic Education High SchoolNo 1 in Yamethin, Staff Officerof Yamethin Township

Internal Revenue DepartmentU Aung Kyaw Hsanexplained facts about taxationbeing managed by thetownship IRD.

Deputy Head ofDepartment U Kyi Thein andstaff distributed pamphletsto the students.

Myanma Alin

DISTRICTNEWS

SCHOOL EQUIPMENTDONATED: U Thein

Myint-Daw Lay Kyi andfamily of Yangyiaung

Ward in Ye of Mon Statedonated 50 sets of desksand chairs worth K 1.25million for No 1 Basic

Education Primary Schoolin Ye on 10 July. TheHeadmistress accepts

donation.—MYANMA ALIN

APBCC of Yangon Region training bus workersYANGON, 22 July—

Yangon Region All PrivateBus-line Central ControlCommittee conducts trainingcourses to the drivers andbus conductors with the aimof reducing traffic accidentsand abiding by the rules andregulations.

On 8 July, the basictraining course No 9/2012 forbus workers was opened andit was attended by 91 trainees.The refresher course No. 7/

2012 will be opened on 27July.

So far, a total of 821 busworkers have attended thetraining courses up to courseNo. 9/2012. Likewise,altogether 585 bus workershave completed the refreshercourses up to No 6/2012.

“The training courses areaimed at changing thecharacteristics of the busworkers. Some of bus workerskeep themselves away from

training courses due todifficulties of their basicneeds. Actually, all the busworkers must attend thetraining courses. It is surethat those who completed thetraining courses show offtheir moral and mentalcharacters with betterattitudes,” said an official ofYangon Region All PrivateBus-line Central ControlCommittee.

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Books, publications donated to library inKangyidaunt Township

KANGYIDAUNT, 22 July—A ceremony to donate booksand cash to Pyinnya PyokhinLibrary was held inMyinkaseik (Seebyuchaung)Village of Kangyidaunt

Township in AyeyawadyRegion on 12 July morning.

At the ceremony,Township Information andPublic Relations Departmentdonated books andpublications, departmentsand NGOs cash to the library.

The library with themeasurement of 20 feet longand 18 feet wide brick nogginwas built at a cost of K 1million funded by the State

and K 800,000 by fourwellwishers.

The library building wasformally opened byTownship Administrator UMyint Sein, Head ofTownship Information andPublic RelationsDepartment Daw Zin MarOo, Village Administrator UThein Soe and townselder UTun Aung.

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Thai Ambassador donates Taraflex Floor toMyanmar Volleyball Federation

YANGON, 22 July—Ambassador of Thailand toMyanmar Mr SinauSuvanajata donated TaraflexFloor to Myanmar VolleyballFederation at National IndoorStadium in Yangon on 17 Julyevening.

Also present on theoccasion were Vice-Presidentof Myanmar VolleyballFederation U Thein Win,General Secretary U Nyi NyiLwin and Myanmar selectedvolleyball athletes who arebeing trained for XXVII SEAGames and internationalvolleyball tournaments.

Speaking on theoccasion, the ThaiAmbassador said that hisdonation will contribute todevelopment of volleyball

sports in Myanmar bysecuring medals for selectedMyanmar men’s and women’svolleyball athletes in theXXVII SEA Games andinternational volleyballtournaments and to training

courses for the Myanmarvolleyball teams.

After that, Vice-President of the federation UThein Win spoke words ofthanks.

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Thai Ambassador, Vice-President of MyanmarVolleyball Federation seen with players after donation

of Taraflex Floor.

MyanmarLibraries

Foundationinvites cash,

bookdonationsMyanmar Libraries

Foundation is givingencouragement tobroadening the horizon ofthe people and developingself-reliant libraries acrossthe nation.

Those wishing todonate cash and books tothe libraries may contactMyanmar LibrariesFoundation at No. 228 onTheinbyu Street inBotahtaung Township,Yangon, Tel: 01-371342, 01-201936 and 01-398756.

Employees Cooperative Societyholds annual general meeting

GANGAW, 22 July—Gangaw TownshipEmployees Micro-creditCooperative Society ofMagway Region held theannual general meeting for2011-2012 fiscal year at thehall of Gangaw TownshipCooperative Department on 1July afternoon.

Chairman of the societyU Khaing Tun, TownshipAdministrator U Hla Win

Aung and Staff Officer U MyoAung of TownshipCooperative Departmentmade speeches.

Secretary of the societyU Chit Wai read the annualreport of the society. Themeeting adopted future tasksand decisions. Later, thechairman presented prizes tooutstanding students in thematriculation examination.

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NATO soldiers killed in E AfghanistanKABUL, 22 July—Three

NATO soldiers have beenkilled in two separateincidents in restive easternAfghanistan, the NATO- ledcoalition confirmed onSunday morning.

“Two InternationalSecurity Assistance Force(ISAF) service members diedfollowing an improvisedexplosive device (IED) attackin eastern Afghanistan

today,” the NATO-led ISAFsaid in a statement issuedhere.

Another ISAF soldierwas killed in an insurgentattack also in eastern part ofthe country on Saturday.

The brief ISAFstatement gave neither thenationalities of the victims northe details about the incidentsunder the ISAF policy.

Troops mostly from

United States have beenstationed in easternAfghanistan within theframework of ISAF to curbTaleban-linked insurgencythere.

Violence has been on therise since Taleban launchedan annual spring offensiveon 3 May. A total of 247foreign soldiers have beenkilled in Afghanistan so far in2012.—Xinhua

Motoristsnegotiate a

floodedstreet

following aheavy

monsoonrain

spawned bya tropicaldepressionin Manila,

Philippines.INTERNET

Police display counterfeit money during a newsconference in Lima, on 18 July, 2012. Police seized

counterfeit $2 million in US dollars, 1.5 million in Eurosas well as printing machines and other counterfeitingequipment during a raid on Wednesday, according to

local media reports.—INTERNET

9 killed in suicide bomb attack in NW PakistanISLAMABAD, 22 July—At

least nine people includingfive children were killed and15 others were injured when asuicide bomb hit a militantheadquarters in Pakistan’snorthwest tribal area ofKurram Agency on Saturdayafternoon, local mediareported.

Earlier reports said thatthe attack was launched inKurram Agency’s neighbou-ring area of Hangu.

In a report, local state-run TV channel PTV said thatthe incident took place atabout 1:00 pm (local time)

when a suicide bomberrammed his explosive-laddenvehicle into the wall of a houseused as headquarters of aMolana Nabi Hanfi-ledmilitant group in Speen Tallarea of Kurram Agency, arestive semi-autonomoustribal area at Pakistan-Afghanistan border.

The suicide blast killednine people including fourmilitants and five kids whowere passing by the blastsite after attending theirschool.

Outer wall of the militants’headquarters was completely

destroyed and four nearbyhouses were also damaged inthe blast.

No group claimedresponsibility for the blast.

The attack seems to bean outcome of internal conflictbetween two militant groupslead by Molana Hafiz ZiaurRehman and Molana NabiHanfi.

Both groups have beenat odds with each other forthe last two years and theyare often involved in killingand kidnapping of rivalfighters in Kurram Agency.

Xinhua

Bodyguard ofShiite VP shot

dead inBaghdadBAGHDAD, 22 July—A

bodyguard of Iraqi Shiite vicepresident was shot dead onSaturday in an attack in centralBaghdad, an Interior Ministrysource said.

Unidentified armed mengunned down a bodyguardof Vice President Khudair al-Khuzaie in Baghdad’s centraldistrict of Karrada, the sourcetold Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.

Khuzaie himself was notat the scene when the attackoccurred around midday, thesource said.

Violence and sporadichigh-profile bomb attacks stillcommon in Iraqi cities despitethe dramatic decrease inviolence since its peak in 2006and 2007 when the countrywas engulfed in sectariankillings.—Xinhua

Moderate quake hitsHokkaido, Japan region

TOKYO, 22 July—An earthquake measuring 5.1 on theRichter scale jolted Hokkaido, Japan region at 0441 GMT onSunday, the US Geological Survey said.

The epicenter, with a depth of 57.70 km, was initiallydetermined to be at 42.5113 degrees north latitude and 142.9201degrees east longitude.

Xinhua

One missing, two injured in helicopter crashin SW China

Afghan soldiers stand guardnext a destroyed vehicleafter a roadside bomb in

Nangarhar province easternof Afghanistan on July 21,2012. At least four civilians

killed and two otherswounded after a vehicle hit

to a roadside bomb inNangarhar police on

Saturday, police officialsaid.—XINHUA

KUNMING, 22 July—Oneperson was missing and twoothers injured after ahelicopter crashed into areservoir in the city ofChuxiong in southwestChina’s Yunnan Province,local authorities said onSunday.

The accident happened

at around 5:45 pm onSaturday at the Qingshanzuireservoir, local authoritiessaid.

Three people were onboard when the helicoptercrashed, two of them havingbeen rescued and sent tohospital for treatment. Theyare currently not in critical

conditions, according to localauthorities.

Initial investigationshowed the helicopterbelonged to the YunnanGeneral Aviation Co, LtdRescuers are searching forthe missing person. Probes tothe cause of the accident areunderway.—Xinhua

16 killed, 27 injured in bus collision in South Africa

JOHANN RESBURG, 22 July—A running bus collided with the other one in the southernSouth Africa on Saturday, leaving at least sixteen people dead and 27 hurt, local news agencyreported.

The accident occurred on the route R61 in the southern province of the Eastern Cape,the South African Press Association (SAPA) reported.

One of the two buses was carrying schoolchildren to an event as it collided with the otherone with passengers, said the SAPA.

Among the injured, four are in a critical condition, according to the SAPA.Police are investigating the fatal incident.

Xinhua

13 killed in road mishap innorthern India

NEW DELHI, 22 July—In a tragic incident, 13 people,including 11 women, were killed when a speeding truckmowed them down while they were sleeping on the roadsideslums and pavement in the northern Indian state of UttarPradesh late Saturday night, a senior police official said onSunday.

“The mishap happened in the state’s Etawah district.Some 17 people were sleeping when 13 of them were run overby the truck after its driver lost control of the vehicle. All thevictims died on the spot while others who sustained injurieshave been rushed to a local hospital,” he said, on conditionof anonymity.

The driver of the truck has managed to flee but effortsare on to nab him, the official said, adding that a probe hasbeen ordered into the incident.

A large number of homeless people sleep on pavementsin cities and towns across the country, often becomingvictims of road mishaps.

Xinhua

Italy shipwreck hearingpostponed to 15 October

GROSSETO, 22 July—Experts investigating theCosta Concordia shipwreck,which killed as many as 32people, need more time togather evidence and willpresent their findings at apre-trial hearing on 15October, lawyers said onSaturday.

The panel of expertsinvestigating the January 13cruise line disaster off theItalian coast are expected tocomplete their work bySeptember.

Saturday’s pre-trialhearing, which considersevidence ahead of a full trial,was postponed after the

experts asked for more timeto answer some 50 requestsfrom information by theprosecutors, lawyers said. Itwas the second hearing sincethe procedure opened on 3March. “It was a simpletechnical delay,” said BrunoLeporatti, a lawyerrepresenting the ship’scaptain Francesco Schettino,who is accused of causing theaccident and who facescharges including multiplemanslaughter.

Leporatti said theinvestigators had not beenable to gather all the evidence“given the complexity of thequestions”.

The Costa Concordia cruise ship lies on its side, half-submerged during sunrise at Giglio Island on 14 July,

2012.—REUTERS

The huge CostaConcordia, with some 4,200passengers and crew aboard,ran aground and halfcapsized after a rock tore ahole in its hull when itapproached the tiny Tuscanisland of Giglio during a

cruise of the westernMediterranean.

At least 30 people diedduring a chaotic nighttimeevacuation of the 114,500-tonne ship, and another twobodies have still not beenrecovered.—Reuters

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Lawmakers in Japan outline denuclearizationbill

TOKYO, 22 July—FormerJapanese prime ministerNaoto Kan and othergoverning party lawmakershave announced an outlineof a bill that would end Japan’sreliance on nuclear energy by2025.

The draft outline saysnuclear power generationcould lead to infinite damagesin the event of an accident. Itadds that lack of final disposalmeasures will end up leaving

future generations piles ofradioactive waste.

It calls for establishingalternative power sources andreducing the number ofoperating nuclear powerplants to zero.

The draft also calls forpromotion of solar, wind, andother sources of renewableenergy to cut carbon dioxideemissions.

The outline alsomandates the central

government to create jobs incommunities that hostnuclear plants.

The secretary general ofthe governing DemocraticParty, Azuma Koshiishi, hasbeen asking Kan to compile aplan on future energy sources.

The former prime ministersaid he intends to seeksupport within his party andthat he wants to submit thebill with support from theopposition.—NHK

Cui Yonggu,62, a garbage

collector, takesa break fromcleaning thewater surfaceto the west of

the ThreeGorges Dam.

By scooping upwaste from theriver, Cui earns

40-50 yuan($6.3-$7.8) a

day thissummer.XINHUA

At least 18 killed inbus accident in India

NEW DELHI, 22 July—A bus plunged intoa gorge after landslides in India’s northeasternstate of Mizoram, killing at least 18 peopleand injuring dozens, a police official said onSunday.

The accident took place on Saturdaynear Keifang village, close to the border withMyanmar and more than 100 km (60 miles)from the state capital Aizwal, the official, L.R.Sailo, said.

“Seventeen people died on the spot anda 10-year boy died in the hospital,” Sailo saidby telephone from Aizwal.

Reuters

A robot Ultraman lookalike shaves noodles at arestaurant in Jilin, Jilin Province on 17 July. The owner

said the robot cost him 20,000 yuan ($2,973) and itworks twice as fast as a human and conserves energy.

The lights, in place of eyes, signal the robot is working.Many people visit the robot noodle restaurant to have a

bite made by the machine. China is undergoing aninvasion of Ultraman robots serving noodles to

customers. In November 2011, one was pictured makingnoodles in Shijiazhuang city, capital of North China’sHebei Province. In March 2012, another one appeared

at a restaurant in Xuchang, Central China’s HenanProvince.—INTERNET

Boy attacked by hyenas receivingtreatment

Rescued Taiwan fishing vessel crew membersarrived in Tanzania

BEIJING, 22 July—Chinahere on Saturday voiced thewill to maintain close contactswith Russia for an early andproper solution of the disputeon the detained Chinesefishing ships, which left afisherman missing.

Such events are “suddenand individual” cases, andChina hopes the two sides cansolve them while bearingChina-Russia friendship inmind, said Foreign Ministryspokesman Hong Lei whencommenting on a relevantquestion. According to theChinese Consulate inVladivostok, Russia’s Far-Eastregion, two Chinese fishingships from China’s easternShandong province wererecently seized by the Russianside respectively.

Media reports said that aRussian coast guard vesselfired shots to one of the twoChinese fishing ships that hadbeen fishing in Russia’sexclusive economic zone. AChinese fisherman wentmissing after the boat he wasaboard collided with a Russianship that chased the Chineseone.

China had lodged

WAJIR, 22 July—A 10-year-old Kenyan boy left with several long scarson his face from an attack by hyenas has been flown to Nairobi for treatment,officials said.

The pack of hyenas attacked Musa Jelle on 10 June as he and his familyslept in their home in the northern Kenya town of Wajir, the BBC reported.

The attack left two children in the family dead and 10 other people injured.The Kenya Wildlife Service, which manages the country’s game parks

and wildlife, is covering Musa’s medical expenses and paying compensationof about $230 to his family.

KWS has killed the hyenas involved in the attack.The BBC noted wild animals are a major tourist attraction in Kenya but

confrontations with humans have increased recently.KWS is trying to stop the killing of wildlife in local communities.

Internet

China to seek “early, proper”solution with Russia ondetained Chinese ships

DAR ES SALAAM, 22July—The 26 rescued Taiwanfishing vessel Xufu 1 crewmembers, transferred by aChinese navy warship,arrived in Dar es Salaam, thecapital of Tanzania onSaturday morning.

All crew memberslooked well and weretransported immediately tohotel for medical examines bya Chinese medical teamwaiting there.

They crew members havealso received medical andpsychological examines when

they were on the Chinesenavy warship for three daysafter freed by Somalia pirates.

An official with China’sMinistry of Foreign affairssaid the Chinese navywarship sent a helicopter toairlift the crew members to thewarship after they were freed,due to the difficulties causedby strong wind and seawaveat the rescuing spot. Chineseambassador to Tanzania LvYouqing expressed hisgratitude to the Tanzaniagovernment for its help duringthe transferring and Customs

clearance process.The Vietnamese crew

members were received byofficials with Vietnamambassy to Tanzania afterarriving at the port. TheChinese crew members wereexpected to fly back home onMonday.

Xufu 1, with 13 crewmembers from the Chinesemainland, one from Taiwanand 12 from Vietnam, washijacked by Somali pirates inDecember 2010 off theMadagascar coast and takento Somalia.—Internet

TOKYO, 22 July—Mitsubishi Motors hasintroduced a system to useelectric vehicles as anemergency power source inthe event of outages at itsheadquarters in Tokyo.

Mitsubishi experiencedpower cuts following lastyear’s earthquake and tsunamithat hit northeast Japan. Theauto company’s headquartersbuilding has been refurbishedso that electric vehicles can beconnected by cable to switchboxes.

The company says thatin the event of a power outage,stored electricity will be usedto feed power to communica-tions equipment and ateleconference system at adisaster response task force.The company says the systemwill allow it to confirm safety ofemployees and giveinstructions to productionsites across Japan.

Mitsubishi says it willmake the stored electricityavailable for workers strandedat the company by trafficdisruptions. It plans to connect4 electric vehicles to thebuilding, which it says canprovide enough electricity tomaintain the system for 3 days.

Another Japanese autofirm, Nissan, startedpreparations to use electriccars as emergency powersources at its dealershipsnationwide this month. MoreJapanese companies areexpected to follow suit.—NHK

A train-turned hotel sits onthe tracks waiting for its firstgroup of guests in Xifengcounty, Southwest China’sGuizhou Province, on 18

July, 2012. —XINHUA

Children are treatedwith a “sanfutie”

plaster at theHuaibei Hospital ofTraditional ChineseMedicine in AnhuiProvince on 18 July.

“Sanfutie” datesback to the Jin

Dynasty (AD 265-420) and is believed

to be useful inrelieving chronic

illnesses.—XINHUA

Mitsubishi to useEVs as emergency

batteries

TOKYO, 22 July—A small sightseeing boat narrowlyescaped a large wave created by a piece of crumbling icebergin the Arctic. The boat carrying a tourist was approaching agigantic iceberg off the coast of western Greenland onThursday when the wave was created.

A video taken by a crewmember shows the icebergcreaking and cracking and a massive wave closing in on theboat. The boat barely stayed ahead of the wave as its captainsteered it at full speed.

NHK