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Volume XIX, Number 327 6th Waning of Taboung 1373 ME Tuesday, 13 March, 2012

Established 1914

True patriotism * It is very important for every one of the

nation regardless of the place he lives tohave strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities will haveto safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—A goodwilldelegation led by Foreign Affairs Minister ofthe Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr PhamBinh Minh paid a call on President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar U TheinSein, at the Credentials Hall of PresidentialPalace, here, at 11 am today.

Also present at the call together withPresident of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar U Thein Sein were Union Ministerfor Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin,Union Minister for Industry U Soe Thein, UnionMinister at President Office U Soe Maung,

President U Thein Seinreceives Vietnamese ForeignAffairs Minister and party

Union Minister for Finance and Revenue U HlaTun, Union Minister for Commerce U Win Myintand departmental heads. The Vietnamesedelegation led by Foreign Affairs Minister MrPham Binh Minh was accompanied by VietnameseAmbassador to the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar Mr Chu Cong Phung.

They had a cordial discussion onpromoting and strengthening mutual relationshipsand mutual cooperation in the sectors of agriculture,livestock, trade and investment, communicationand transport.

MNA

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U TheinSein cordially greets Foreign Affairs Minister of the Socialist

Republic of Vietnam Mr Pham Binh Minh.—MNA

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein receives delega-tion led by Foreign Affairs Minister of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam Mr Pham

Binh Minh and party at the Credentials Hall of Presidential Palace.MNA

TechnologicalUniversities,

Universities ofComputer

Studies and Artsand Science

Universities inMagway Region

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 13 March, 2012

PERSPECTIVES

Better places to live in or visitTourism as we know is a smokeless industry,

but it too has negative impacts on theenvironment, social lives of the people and thedestinations themselves. In some cases largenumbers of visitors cause damage,contamination or even threats of destructionto the ancient edifices, artifacts, paintings andmurals which in reality are invaluable heritagesof the host country.

As tourism is a promising and lucrativebusiness, no country can discard this industry.Instead, countries around the world are vyingwith each other for a larger share in the globalmarket minimizing the ill effects andmaximizing the benefits for national interestthrough the best possible means of protectingthe environment, the way of life and thedestinations.

The bottom-line here is the sustainabledevelopment covering economic growth,environmental conservation and social andcultural values. Finally, the industry has founda new way of travelling which is aboutrespecting and benefiting the destinations,artifacts, local people and the environment.

Responsible tourism as it is called today isthe best way global countries have found atpresent for sight seeing, recreation, fulfillment,discovery, adventure or any other kind oftourism. It eases harmful economic,environmental and social impacts whilegenerating superior economic benefits for localpeople and enhancing the well being of thepeople of host countries.

Actually, responsible tourism can help avisitor know more about local cultures andenvironments through the active involvementof local people. It encourages the traveler tobuy local products, hire local guide, makecontributions for local projects, stay awayfrom buying products made from endangeredspecies, hard woods or ancient artifacts, respectlocal sacred places and traditions and cultures,use public transport, and understand the viewsand concept of locals.

Hence, we hope that through theresponsible tourism the world will offer betterplaces for people to live in and better places tovisit.

Tuesday, 13 March, 2012

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker ThuraU Shwe Mann met Chairperson of National League forDemocracy Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the meeting hall ofPyithu Hluttaw of Hluttaw Building at 9:30 am today.

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker receives NLD Chairperson

During the meeting, they discussed matters related toHluttaw affairs and national and people interests.

Daw Aung San Suu Kyi then observed the 12 th dayregular session of first Pyithu Hluttaw.—MNA

PyithuHluttawSpeakerThura U

Shwe Mannmeets

Chairpersonof NationalLeague forDemocracyDaw Aung

San Suu Kyiat the meetinghall of Pyithu

Hluttaw ofHluttaw

Building inNay Pyi Taw.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12March—At the invitation ofU Wunna Maung Lwin,Union Minister for ForeignAffairs of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar, Mr PhamBinh Minh, Minister forForeign Affairs of theSocialist Republic ofVietnam arrived Yangon inthe evening of 10 March topay an official visit toMyanmar. The VietnameseMinister for Foreign Affairsarrived Nay Pyi Taw thismorning and called on UnionMinister for Foreign AffairsU Wunna Maung Lwin at hisoffice here at 9 am today.

Also present at the callwere Director-General ofPolitical Department U HauDo Suan, Director-General ofProtocol Department U AyeThaw, Director-General ofInternational Organizations& Economic Department U

Union Foreign Affairs Minister receives VietnameseForeign Affairs Minister

Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U WunnaMaung Lwin receives Minister for ForeignAffairs of the Socialist Republic of Vietnam

Mr Pham Binh Minh and party.—MNA

Win Naing, Director-Generalof ASEAN AffairsDepartment U Aung Lin andofficials from the Ministry ofForeign Affairs.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12March—Union Minister atthe President Office U TheinNyunt, Ayeyawady Region

Golden robe offered to MaubinShwephonepwint Pagoda

Road TransportationMinister U Than Tun andAyeyawady Social AffairsMinister U San Maung

YANGON, 12 March—A coordination meeting onparticipation in implementing tasks for socio-economicdevelopment in Myanmar was held at the National ArchiveDepartment here on 5 March.

During the meeting, Deputy Minister for NationalPlanning and Economic Development Dr Kan Zawexplained measures related to systematic participation inimplementing development tasks in Myanmar by UNagencies and INGOs.

The coordination meeting was participated by YangonRegion Minister for Planning and Economic U Than Myintand departmental officials, resident representatives of UNagencies in Myanmar and officials concerned anddiplomats.

MNA

Systematic participation intasks for socio-economic

development invited

attended merit-sharingceremony for offeringgolden robe toShwephonepwint Pagoda in

Maubin this morning.The congregation led

by the Union ministerreceived Five Percepts fromthe Abbot of DhammayonShwegyin Monastery inMaubin and donatedoffertories to members ofSangha.

The abbot gave sermonto the congregation whichthen shared merit.

The Union Minister andparty offered meal tomembers of Sangha.

The Union Ministerattended the openingceremony of one-storeybuilding of Basic EducationMiddle School (Branch) inLetpangyun village inShwehlaythaung village-tract in Maubin Townshipon 10 March.—MNA

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WASHINGTON, 12 March —US President Barack Obamaon Sunday called Afghan President Hamid Karzai to expresshis “shock and sadness” at the killing of Afghan civilians.

A US soldier Sunday morning walked out from hismilitary base in Kandahar Province and opened fire, killing16 civilians, including women and children.

“President Obama extended his condolences to thepeople of Afghanistan, and made clear his administration’scommitment to establish the facts as quickly as possible andto hold fully accountable anyone responsible,” the WhiteHouse said in a statement.

Obama also “reaffirmed our deep respect for the Afghanpeople and the bonds between our two countries,” Xinhuaquoted the statement as saying.

Karzai condemned the killing as an “unforgivableaction”, demanding an “explanation” from Washington.

Internet

Obama calls Karzai overcivilian killings

An Israeli missile is launched from the Iron Dome missilesystem in the city of Ashdod in response to a rocket launch

from the nearby Palestinian Gaza Strip.INTERNET

Israel lauds its anti-rocket system

TEL AVIV, 12 March—Top Israeli officials Sunday praisedits homemade anti-rocket system Iron Dome after it interceptedvolleys of rockets fired by Gaza militants. In a sudden flare-upof violence that shattered months of relative calm, Palestinianmilitants have fired more than 120 rockets into southern Israelsince on Friday, the Israeli defence ministry said in a statement.

The Iron Dome system intercepted 28 of the 31 Gradrockets fired at major Israeli cities over the weekend, andanother seven of 15 rockets fired on Sunday, Xinhua reported.

“The system has proven itself very well,” Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu said during his cabinet’s weekly meetingon Sunday. He said the government “will do everythingwithin its power” to procure more batteries in the coming yearsto improve the protection of the country.

Defence Minister Ehud Barak said on Saturday that IronDome provided the country’s political and military leadership“greater freedom” to deal with threats, referring to the decisionto order the assassination of a top militant in the Gaza Strip onFriday, whom the military said had planned to launch animminent attack on the Israel-Egypt border.

Internet

Britain’s Hague to be sued over Pakistandrone attacks

Taleban vow revenge for US soldier’s rampage

Five of a family killed in Iraq

File photo of Britain’sForeign SecretaryWilliam Hague.

INTERNET

ings at Britain’s High Courton behalf of Noor Khan,whose father was killed by aUS strike in Pakistan.

Lawyers will claim thatcivilian intelligence officerswho pass on intelligence tothe US are not “lawfulcombatants”, thereforecannot claim immunity fromcriminal law and could beliable as “secondary partiesto murder”.

They will also argue thatthe immunity clause does notapply as Pakistan is notcurrently involved in an“international armed conflict”.

“There is credible,unchallenged evidence that(Hague) is operating a policyof passing intelligence toofficials or agents of the USgovernment and that heconsiders such a policy to bein ‘strict accordance’ with thelaw,” Richard Stein, head ofhuman rights at Leigh Day,said in a statement.

“If this is the case, theSecretary of State hasmisunderstood one or moreof the principles ofinternational law governingimmunity for those involvedin armed attacks on behalf of

a state.”Britain’s Foreign Office

said it would not comment onlegal or intelligence matters.

Khan says his father,Malik Daud, was killed by adrone missile while at a councilof elders meeting in northwestPakistan.

Drone attacks havebecome a key feature of USPresident Barack Obama’sfight against terrorism inPakistan, but manyinhabitants are deeplyunhappy about the civiliandeath toll incurred in the raids.

Internet

LONDON, 12 March—ABritish law firm said it was tosue Foreign Secretary WilliamHague on behalf of a Pakistaniman over claims that Britishintelligence was used to assistUS drone attacks.

London-based LeighDay and Co confirmed theywould issue formal proceed-

Xinhua quoted the source assaying requesting anonymity.

The gunmen thenplanted bombs in the houseand blew it up before fleeing,the source added.

Internet

house of a bodyguard of themayor of Tarmiyah town,some 30 km north of Baghdadand shot him dead along withhis wife, sister and twodaughters. The incidentoccurred after midnight,

BAGHDAD, 12 March —Unidentified gunmen shotdead five members of a familyin an Iraqi Town, an interiorministry source said onSunday.

Gunmen broke into the

KABUL, 12 March—Afghanistan’sTaleban militants on Monday vowed revengeagainst “sick minded American savages” forthe weekend rampage by a US soldier whokilled 17 villagers in their homes.

The Taleban would “take revenge fromthe invaders and the savage murderers forevery single martyr”, the Islamists said in astatement on their website.—Internet

File photoof Talebanfighters onpatrol inGhazni

Province.INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 12 March—Gunmen with rifles andhandgrenades blasted their way into a row of Baghdadgoldsmiths shops on Monday, killing nine people andwounding 15, and escaping with gold and cash, police said.

Police said the gunmen stormed the al-Aswad goldmarket in Baghdad’s northeastern Ur district. They killed twogold shop owners, two policemen, two soldiers and threepassers-by. Hospital sources confirmed the death toll.“Gunmen in two to three vehicles broke into the gold shopsand started firing. Some gunmen were shooting at peoplestanding outside to enable other gunmen to steal gold,” apoliceman at the scene said by telephone.

At least 15 people, including four policemen, werewounded in the attack. Iraq is no longer plagued by the masssectarian killing that took place in 2006-07, but bombings andshootings by insurgents still take place every day, andcriminals frequently use military assault weapons to carry outrobberies.—MNA/Reuters

Gunmen kill nine in Baghdadgoldsmith shop heist

Machine gun ammunition.

President Barack Obama talks with President HamidKarzai of Afghanistan during a phone call.

INTERNET

Man sits beside the body of child.—INTERNET

Afghanistan killings deal anotherblow to Obama’s exit plan

WASHINGTON, 12 March—The killing of 16 civilians inAfghanistan, allegedly by a lone US serviceman, is one moreblow to President Obama’s hopes for an easy exit from a 10-year-old war and deepens doubts about US plans to assignadvisors to Afghan forces.

The gruesome predawn attack showed how horrificand unforeseen events in Afghanistan, not timetables andplans at the White House and Pentagon, are setting theendgame for America’s involvement in a deeply unpopularwar. Washington had hoped for a carefully managedwithdrawal starting this year, with 20,000 US troops duehome by September. Obama administration officials also areseeking a long-term security agreement with AfghanPresident Hamid Karzai in an effort to keep the Talebaninsurgency at bay after the remaining US and allied combattroops depart by the end of 2014. In public, administrationofficials insisted that the mass slaying would not derail theirplans or force them to reassess the withdrawal.

“This tragic incident does not reflect the commitment ofthe US military to protect the Afghan people and help builda strong and stable Afghanistan,” Defence Secretary Leon EPanetta said in a statement. He added that he told Karzai in atelephone call Sunday that he remains “fully committed toensuring that our cooperation continues.”—Internet

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Trial against Big Tobacco starts in Montreal on Monday

WASHINGTON, 12March—A groundbrea-king trial gets underway inMontreal Monday againstthree leading tobacco com-panies which face a $25billion lawsuit for allegedlyfailing to adequately warnsmokers of the dangers ofcigarettes.

Plaintiffs have filedtwo separate class actionsin what is Canada’s biggest-ever civilian lawsuit,against Imperial Tobacco,JTI-Macdonald and Rot-hmans Benson & Hedgesin the Superior Court ofQuebec.

A groundbreaking trial gets underway in MontrealMonday against three leading tobacco companies

which face a $25 billion lawsuit for allegedly failing toadequately warn smokers of the dangers of

cigarettes.—INTERNET

The first class includes90,000 current and formersmokers in Quebec who saythey have fallen ill with a rangeof smoking-related ailmentsincluding emphysema andcancer of the throat and larynx,and are seeking $105,000Canadian per person. Thesecond suit was filed by 1.8million current smokers whosay they are unable to quitthe tobacco habit, and areseeking $10,000 per person.

According to courtdocuments, the plaintiffsaccuse the Canadian tobaccocompanies of hiding researchwhich has established a link

between smoking and serioushealth problems like cancer.

The suit also alleges thattobacco firms in Canada havetried to manipulate the levelsof nicotine in their cigarettes,increasing the levels ofdangerous tar and have alsoadded certain products suchas ammonia. Mario Bujold,director general of theQuebec Council on Tobacco

and Health said told AFP thatone of the witnesses will beRobert Proctor, author of“Golden Holocaust,” a bookabout alleged nefariouspractices by the US tobaccoindustry.

Quebec is only one ofseveral Canadian provincesseeking monetary damagesfrom the tobaccomanufacturers.—Internet

S Korea reports AvianInfluenza case

SEOUL, 12 March —Forty-five chickens died in a poultryfarm in South ChungcheongProvince and an initial testwith symptoms showedpositive results, said theSouth Korean government onMonday.

“A more thorough test isunderway, with the resultsexpected to be released later,”an official of the Ministry forFood, Agriculture, Forestry

Forty-five chickensdied in a poultry farmin South ChungcheongProvince and an initial

test with symptomsshowed positive results,said the South Korean

government onMonday.—XINHUA

and Fisheries said.The avian influenza

(AI) case was reported inSouth Korea in nearly 10months. Although thefurther test will determinewhether the virus is the H5or H7 types, with highly-pathogenic strains, theministry ordered epidemicprevention and restrictedpassage in the area, said theministry official.—Xinhua

FIFE, (Scotland), 12 March—Adding a few servings offruits and vegetables a day might do more than expensivecreams to improve skin appearance, researchers in Scotlandsuggested. Ross D Whitehead of the University of St Andrewsin Scotland and colleagues investigated longitudinally theeffects of fruit and vegetable consumption on skin-colour, todetermine the magnitude and duration of diet change requiredto change skin-colour perceptibly.

Diet and skin-colour were recorded at baseline and afterthree and six weeks, in a group of 35 Caucasian and EastAsian college students who were without makeup, self-tanning agents and/or recent intensive ultraviolet exposure.

The study published in the journal PLoS One found six-week changes in fruit and vegetable consumption weresignificantly correlated with changes in skin redness andyellowness — three servings a day enhanced health andattractiveness of the skin. Beta carotene which give carrotstheir orange color helped cause a yellowish-orange tint to theskin in those who ate carrots, while reddish tones weredetected in the skin of those who ate tomatoes and redpeppers, the study said.—Internet

Produce may enhance skinmore than creams

Stocks may avertpullback - again

NEW YORK, 12 March—For a moment, US stockslooked like they were headed for a long-awaited pullbacklast week.

But that didn’t happen.After the latest signs of a healthier economy, stocks

may have more room to rally in the week ahead.The benchmark Standard & Poor’s 500 Index <.SPX>

registered another week of gains on Friday, its fifth in sixweeks, once again defying calls for a reversal in its five-month rally. Friday also marked the three-year anniversaryof the S&P 500’s plunge to a 12-year low, a move that wasfollowed by a sharp rally. The S&P 500 still is up 102percent from that low.

“Everyone’s looking for a correction here, which justtells me we’re probably going to have another little run upbefore we get that correction,” said Scott Billeaudeau, aportfolio manager at Fifth Third Asset Management inMinneapolis. Much of the optimism has come from signsof further improvement in the US economy. Friday’sstronger-than-expected jobs report — the most widelywatched US economic indicator — gave the stock marketmore wind in its sails. The S&P 500 ended the week up 0.1percent, even though on Tuesday, it marked its weakestday so far in 2012 on concerns about a default by Greeceon its country’s debt.—Internet

Traders work on the floor of the New York StockExchange, on 6 March, 2012. —INTERNET

Yuan mid-point sees 2ndbiggest single-day fall on

recordSHANGHAI, 12 March—

The People’s Bank of Chinaon Monday fixed the yuan’smid-point against the dollarsharply lower, its secondbiggest single-day fall onrecord, in the latest sign Chinaintends to let its currencymove in a wider range.

The central bank set theyuan’s mid-point at 6.3282to the dollar, 209 pips or 0.33percent weaker than lastFriday’s fixing, which alsopushed the Chinese currencydown against the dollar inearly spot trade.

The only other day it

Chinese one yuan coins are placed on 100 yuanbanknotes in this illustrative photograph taken in

Beijing 30 December, 2010.—INTERNET

Japan machinery orders rise,capex recovery seen

TOKYO, 12 March—Japan’s core machinery orders rose ata faster pace than expected in January in a sign that rebuildingthe country’s tsunami-battered northeast coast could propelcapital expenditure and support the fragile economy. Coremachinery orders, which help gauge the strength of capitalspending, rose 3.4 percent in January from the previous month,beating a median market forecast for a 1.6 percent increase.

The data bolsters the argument that domestic demandcan drive the world’s third-biggest economy this year as thecountry rebuilds from last year’s disaster and could stay thehand of the Bank of Japan when it starts a two-day policymeeting later on Monday. Other recent data, includinglarger-than-expected gains in industrial output and an upwardrevision to fourth quarter gross domestic product, also raisedhopes that Japan’s economy will gather momentum this year.

“The data shows corporate capital spending is risingmoderately thanks partly to reconstruction-related demand,although the momentum is not that strong,” said JunkoNishioka, chief economist at RBS Securities in Tokyo.

“As reconstruction shifts to a higher gear, corporatecapital spending is expected to pick up in April-June thisyear. As the yen has eased and corporate profits are expectedto recover, the economy is likely to maintain a moderaterecovery.”—Internet

An assembly line worker works on the body of a ToyotaAqua, the world’s cheapest and most fuel-efficient

conventional hybrid car, at a factory of the automaker’ssubsidiary, Kanto Auto Works, in Kanegasaki, Iwate

prefecture, north of Japan, on 9 March, 2012.—INTERNET

posted a bigger fall sinceChina established itsforeign exchange marketin 1994 was on 12 August,2010. The yuan dropped247 pips, or 0.36 percent,on that day.

In spot trade, the yuanfell to 6.3271 against thedollar in early trade fromFriday’s close of 6.3107.

PBOC governor ZhouXiaochuan said last weekthat conditions were nowripe for the yuan’sexchange rate to float morewidely.

Reuters

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Technological Universities, Universities of Computer Studies and Artsand Science Universities in Magway Region

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—A discussionbetween Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura UShwe Mann and Legal Affairs and SpecialCases Assessment Commission, took placeat the meeting hall of Pyithu Hluttaw ChairmanOffice in Hluttaw Building here at 2 pm today.

Also present at the call together withthe Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker were DeputySpeaker and Chairman of Legal Affairs andSpecial Affairs Assessment Commission UNanda Kyaw Swa, Vice-Chairmen U TheinSwe, U Htay Myint and members.

First, the Pyithu Hluttaw Speakerdelivered an opening speech. TheCommission Chairman explained thecommission’s undertakings andimplementations on the meeting resolutions.

Commission members Dr Tin May Tun,Dr Thida Oo and U Myint Lwin reported onarrangements made for amendment,

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker holds discussion with LegalAffairs and Special Cases Assessment Commission

abolishing and enactment of laws.After that, the commission members U

Win Thein submitted survey on 23 transportlaws, U Win Than, on Union Hluttaw PlanningScrutinizing Law, U Myint Swe, on Airline

and transport matters, U Thein Oo, onconstruction of data base with the use of ICTregarding E Commission, U Khin Maung Oo,on antiques, U Than Tun, on foreign relationslaw and U Than Maung, on proposal on

enactment of new copy right law.Afterwards, those present submitted

the sector-wise matters. The meeting cameto an end after the Pyithu Hluttaw Speakermade a concluding remark.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker ThuraU Shwe Mann meets Legal Affairs

and Special Cases AssessmentCommission.—MNA

Photo shows the Technological University (Magway) (above) and Magway University(left) for enabling youth in Magway of Magway Region to pursue advanced technologiesand education.

* With a view to ensuring development of human resources in Magway Region,the government has set up universities in order that youth can pursue educationin their region.

* There are one university and one technological university each in Magway andPakokku in Magway Region. So, the Region has six universities.

Photo shows University of Computer Studies (Pakokku) (above) and TechnologicalUniversity (Pakokku) (below) for enabling local youth to pursue advanced computerscience and technologies.

Translation: MT

Archive: Maung Nyein Aye

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NAY PYI TAW, 12 March —National Democratic Force leader U Khin Maung Swe presented the party’s policy, stance and work programmes through radio and TV today.The translation of his presentation is as follows.

Esteemed peopleFirst, I wish all the people good health and happiness.I, U Khin Maung Swe, leader of National Democratic

Force, will do my presentation. The first thing I would liketo explain is that the symbol portraying a bamboo hat withdouble stars overhead is the official logo of our NationalDemocratic Force, which is also called ‘Khamauk (Bamboohat) Party’. As this logo has been legally permitted by theElection Commission, I would like to make it clear that itis the real logo of our party.

Our party upholds five principles —ensuring internalpeace, national unity, equal right for the entire nationalpeople, equitable development of all parts of the nationand genuine Union. They are basic principles for buildinga new democratic Union and concerned with each andevery citizen. Here, we pledge that upholding theseprinciples, our party will try to have a careful watch bothinside and outside the Hluttaw with political awareness inorder to serve the public interest.

Therefore, we will try to ensure a democracy-basedconstitution by promulgating political, economic andsocial laws in the legislative Hluttaw, which will serve thebest interests of the people. We believe that we will beable to promote the living conditions of the nationalpeople within the framework of legislative law.Esteemed people,

Without peace, our economy will not develop.Without economic development, a Union with equaldevelopment will be a long way away. In the Union withinequitable progress, we cannot seek national unity. Anation without national unity will still have politicalproblems. Our view is that achieving peace by solving thepolitical problems now is the national cause.

This is why in Myanmar we have to take steps forpromoting democracy, peace and economysimultaneously. And then, every family will be able to earnenough income to improve their living standards. Ourparty believes that the economy of both the entire peopleand the nation will improve through development ofagricultural economy and small and medium enterprises.With this belief, we promise to continue our efforts in thelegislative Hluttaw.

Our party submitted the proposals on the continued

granting of amnesty, clearing of land mines, increasing ofmonthly pensions and national water resource legislation(as supply of pure drinking water is a basic human right).Moreover, we made proposals on the increasing ofagricultural loans, ensuring the right for every farmer toown government grant-land, protection of women’s rights,ensuring women have equal rights with men, ensuringservice personnel mothers get three-month maternity leaveafter delivering their babies, ensuring cost-sharing healthexpenses and the emergence of people’s hospitals inwhich the State will bear all medical expenses of thegrassroots.

Our party maintains political uprightness — we dowhat have been said and we say what have been done inthe interest of the people. Nothing is more important thanloyalty to the people. We proved that in the 2010 electionsby coming forward before the people who could not havedecided who and which party they had to vote for. Despitehaving only a few seats in the Hluttaw, we have shown ourpolitical blood saying daringly what we wanted to do. Thisis why a scientist once said that one can move the worldif he has only one standing. Here, we pledge that our party,even if we had only one seat in the Hluttaw, would try toshake the parliamentary politics if it was in the interest ofthe people.Esteemed people,

Although our party had to struggle politically, weworked together with other democracy forces for civilianadministration and parliamentary politics in the interest ofthe people. It is clear that we have shouldered thedemocratic duty with political outlook for the wellbeing ofthe people. The Myanmar people still have to be in direpoverty. To eliminate their wounds of poverty, we have tocreate jobs. According to our policy, our party submittedthe proposal to the Hluttaw demanding that the State andprivate banks disburse capital loans for all business people,including vendors, merchants and entrepreneurs. Themicro-credit loan plan for rural development being carriedout by the government is found to have been in conformitywith our party policy. If we continue the micro-credit loanplan and employment measures for the people sufferingfrom poverty, we believe that we will be able to reduce thepoverty rate effectively.

The slogans of our party for the upcoming by-electionsare: It is Khamout that changes the system and It isKhamount that changes the era.

This is the history of our party. When political partyregistration law was passed in 2010, we formed NationalDemocratic Force with political sense and political outlook.No one can deny that the people who had lost democracyfor many years found out the trace of democracy at thattime. Therefore, our party’s slogan was ‘Let’s vote forKhamount for the victory of the people’ in order for thepeople to meet their basic needs. Our party values newgenerations. As the future of the nation is in the hands ofyoung people, the political future of our party will be built

with the strength of youths.So, we have committed toachieve the victory of thepeople with the strength ofthe youths.Esteemed people,

We have to achieve thegoal of perfect marketeconomy. For the properevolution of marketeconomy, there must beguarantees for full private

National Democratic Forcepresents its policy, stance and work programmes

ownership rights. Every citizen must have equal right todo business. Only then, can perfect market economy beachieved. Therefore, to the Hluttaw, we made a proposalon the promulgation of economic monopolizationprevention law so that only a handful of people cannotmonopolize the economy. Besides, our party willencourage the abolishing of laws that are not in conformitywith democratic practices. Actually, we took measuresfor economic legislation that will suit AFTA to emerge in2015.

Democracy is the tool of freedom and that freedomwill be enjoyed depending on the amount of publicparticipation. If there is only the rule of law withoutjustice, one’s own freedom will be threatened. Gravepoverty will also restrict one individual’s freedom.What’s more, if a group of people accumulated allrichness, freedom of the majority will be threatened aswell.

Therefore, we have to guarantee one’s own freedomby discarding social wounds such as poverty, lack ofeducation, unhealthiness and unemployment. Withindividuals fully enjoying their freedom, we will be ableto reach a democratic society. We are keeping socialliberalism and market-oriented economy in the fore.

We have four fulfillments for the people. They are asfollows:

- to eliminate social wounds- to develop social rights- to make sure the people meet their basic needs- to reach the Union with equal right and achieve

national unityWe will continue our political journey side by side

with the people.Esteemed people,

With the above five principles and four fulfillmentsin hand, we will send our candidates before the people sothey can shoulder the duty the people will give in the by-elections.

Our party is doing steadfastly in the present Hluttawsession. This is why we promise that our party’scandidates who looks at only the public face are not theones who will stay in the far corner of the Hluttaw if thepublic face has turned pale.

Wishing all the people happiness!

YANGON, 12 March—The Physical RehabilitationSociety of Myanmar Medical Association (Central) willorganize the orientation talks on rehabilitation for cardiacpatients at its auditorium (A) of MMA at 8.30 am on 17March.

Physiotherapists and any interested person mayattend the talk.

Those wishing to attend the talk may enlist atMMA (Central) on Theinbyu Street in MingalaTaungnyunt, here, beginning 8 am on 17 March.

MMA

MUSE, 12 March—Staff Officer U Kyaw Khaing ofMuse District Cooperative Department and Staff OfficerDaw Khin Hla Myint of Township Cooperative Departmentof Muse District in Shan State (North) and party gave talkson policies of the Ministry of Cooperatives and proceduresat the hall of Muse Township War Veterans Organizationon 29 February.

Chairman of the Township War VeteransOrganization Captain Ko Zaw (Rtd) and members andfamily members attended the talks.

District IPRD

STAKE DRIVEN: A ceremony to drive stake forconstruction of Zeyamon Library was held in the

compound of Ward 11 of South Okkalapa Township on2 March morning. Departmental officials, social

organization members, wellwishers and wardadministrator U Myint Hsan drives stakes for the

building.—MYANMA ALIN

Talks on rehabilitation forcardiac patients on 17 March

Talks on cooperativepolicies given in Muse

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NAY PYI TAW, 12 March — Chairman of the People’s Democracy Party Dr Than Htaik Oo presented party’s policy, stance and work programmes through radio and TV thisevening.

The translation of his presentation is as follows:-

Esteemed Peoples,First of all, I wish all the people watching the TV right

now and the 60-million population of Myanmar may freefrom fear and enjoy happiness and good health.

I am Dr Than Htaik Oo, Chairman of People’sDemocracy Party based in Mandalay Region. I would liketo present our party’s policies, stance, political concepts,work programmes, future work and objectives to protectthe interests of the people.

To present our party’s policy, stance and politicalconvictions, I’d like to clarify our party’s flag, logo andemblem first.

There is a blue colour square on the left upper corneron the red background is designed on our party’s flag andthere is a big white star circled by five white stars in equalsize in the blue square. The hammer and sickle tools anda pinion circled by 14 white stars in equal size are designedon the lower right corner of the flag. The red colourrepresents brave and decisiveness, the blue colour peaceand the white cleanliness. The big white star representsthe Union and the five white stars in same size around itrepresent workers, farmers, intellectuals andintelligentsias and businessmen, reflecting the Union issurrounded by the people from the five strata.

The design of the hammer and sickle tool circled by14 white stars in same size represent shows that thedevelopment of the country would be carried out basedon the farmers, labourers and workers in industries.

This design of hammer and sickle does not meanthat we uphold the leftism. It is found that the populationof workers and labourers in the agricultural sector of thedeveloping countries in the South East Asia is huge. InMyanmar, the population of farmers living in rural areasmakes up the 70% of the total population of the country.Besides, the country has seen gradually development ofsmall- and large-scale industries and foreign investmentwould flow into the country in the near future due to thepolitical reforms. There would be a rise of workerspopulation when mass production driven by foreigninvestment happened in the country. Therefore, nationsin the south-east Asia region including Myanmar shouldwork for the development based on farmers and workersand it is necessary to promulgate policies and laws thatshall give protection to those strata. This is the reasonwhy we use the symbol of the hammer and sickle andpinion.Esteemed Peoples,

Let me clarify our party’s policies, stance, politicalconvictions, long-term visions and current visions. Thepolicy of our party is aimed at building a socio-economicenvironment blessed with freedom, social security andbasic rights or a social market economy in which socialaffairs and the economy is agreeable each other. It is foundthat the world’s rich countries such as Norway, Swedenand Scandinavia which also meet the high living standardhave a political system that combines the principles of thefreedom of democracy and socio economy. In Myanmar,there is a wide gap between rich and poorness today due

to lack of fair competitiveness in the past. If liberalization andfree market system are allowed in the country by reason ofdemocracy, the rich will become richer and the poor will bejust in comfortable. If there is no laws which can guaranteeprotection to the masses even in the transition period, therewould be social disparities and exploitations. Besides, it isthe time to prepare for promulgating laws that can guaranteeprotection to interests of the farmers, workers, small- andmedium – scale industries and entrepreneurs as foreigninvestments are going to flow into the country due to theopening up of the country. As part of efforts for preventionof social disparities, laws should be drawn to give guaranteebasic rights such as education, health, social security andworkers rights and can guarantee in minimum. The agreeablesocio economic environment should be for all citizensincluding the peoples of different national races and religions.It is our party’s policy, stance and political convictions toemerge only one Tatmadaw comprising all national racesand equal sovereignty of the Union.Esteemed Peoples,

My presentation on our party’s policy, stance andpolitical convictions are a long-term visions, and anenvironment where socio and ecomomic affairs are agreeableeach other should be built with the participation of thegovernment, Hluttaws and the people. That’s why, mypresentation above are our party’s long-term visions.Esteemed people,

May I present our party’s current aims and objectives,process and undertakings. While taking a look at thecurrent situation, our country’s democratization is only atthe stage of political transition. People feel the directimpact of political, economic and social instability, whichis usually faced in the time of transition. The countries intransition always have to face such difficulties as policyimplementations have yet to reach low-level administration,there is no adaptation of the old system to the new one andself-interested low-level administration and businesstycoons are making capitalizations on ordinary people whoare unfamiliar with the new system by using the abuse oflaws. The ordinary people have to suffer the directconsequences of it. Taking a look at our country’s transition,although country’s highest institutions which are thegovernment and the Hluttaws are putting strenuous effortsinto the democratization process, it can be seen that it haveyet to reach low-level administration. It is also found thatthere is weakness in obedience to the new system, theirsheer negligence of it and adherence to the old system. Forinstance, here, I would like to present the problems ofpeople in Mandalay in which our party headquarters. Ourparty was set up only after the 2010 Election. Since then,we have been engaged only in politics outside the Hluttaw.The affairs with which our party is dealing more frequentlyare that unlawful confiscation of ordinary people’s lands,removal of those people and physical oppression in someplaces by self-interested business tycoons in cooperationwith low-level administration. With a view to ensuring theconsolidation of check and balance system which is theessence of democracy, we are submitting complaints fromthe people who come into contact with our party about theirgeneral grievances to the President, the respective Hluttawsand the respective Union level organizations along withfull legal evidences, even though our party is outside theHluttaw. Thanks to it, low-level administration thatoppressed the people could be charged. Other difficultiesare illegal taxes and unfair fines, which are not in accordwith the Constitution. For instance, people have to pay thefines to three departments for one traffic rule penalty whilea roadside vendor has to pay unlawful taxes to three or fourdepartments. Mandalay Region Government has alreadyabolished All Buses Lines Supervisory Committee

recent cases of oppression over the basic stratum, ex-governmental officials and ego-centric capitalists, takingadvantage of ambiguity and some loopholes of law, wenthand in glove with some self-interested departments andstaff and confiscated over 80 acres of farmland illegallywithout prior notice from farmers who are working onthose farm honestly. People who suffered from illegalfarm confiscation asked help from our party with muchtrust in us. So, we are collecting required legal evidencesand preparing to submit the case to the President andHluttaws at different levels and committees, and relatedUnion ministries in search of justice.Esteemed people,

In addition to some recent cases I have presented,there are many more similar cases. We know howMandalaly people feel as our party is headquartered inMandalay. As well, our party members and candidatesfrom regions in which we open party office know well thehardships of the people concerned. So, I would like toinform the people that every representative of partyknows exactly how people in those places feel and seekingremedial solutions.Esteemed people,

Currently, we are realizing our long-term and short-term objectives, work programmes and political beliefs,public interests prevention works as a political party outsidethe parliament. No matter, we win a seat in the parliamentor not, we would accomplish the responsibility of a politicalparty to get check and balance into shape and to protectpublic interests, the essence of democracy. However,during the transition period, it is more effective take actionsinside the parliament rather than outside so as to solve thedifficulties of the people especially the basic stratum. Toeliminate the problems people are facing, it needs to discussgrievances of the people at the parliament and submit thebills for enactment of certain preventive laws to ensure ruleof law. To do so, we need to win seats in the parliament. Wejust cannot walk straight into there and no authority cantake us into there. We cannot get into parliament unlesspeople, the original owner of the national authority, allow.If only the people cast vote in favour of our party, canrepresentatives from our party can demand and submitbills in the interests of the people.

Therefore, I would like to request the people—Please let us protect your general interests and send

our party members into the parliament.We know what you feel and what you want to be. We

have also sought the ways to realize your dreams. We won’t go into the parliament just for sitting and

to say “Yes” but to amplify the voices of the people. Ipledge we would surely take the bills to protect theinterests of the people when we go into the parliament.

Let us air the grievances of people especially offarmers and blue workers at the parliament, protect publicinterests and build a society of harmonious socio-economy. Trust us and let us serve for you. Please, votein favour of People Democracy Party whose emblem ishammer, sickle and pinion.

(Mandalay) collectingillegal taxes which are not inaccord with theConstitution after our partyhas submitted the lettercalling for abolishing of thatCommittee to the Presidentand the respectiveHluttaws. Our partycontinues to keep a watchfuleye on such illegal taxes.

To name one of the

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NAY PYI TAW, 12March—Wife of President UThein Sein of the Republicof the Union of MyanmarDaw Khin Khin Win, accom-panied by wife of Shan StateChief Minister Daw PhyuPhyu Nyunt and members ofKengtung District WomenAffairs Organization andMaternal and Child WelfareSupervisory Committee, ar-rived at Training School forDevelopment of NationalRaces Youth in Border Area,yesterday morning. There,the School principal reportedabout the training school.

President U Thein Sein’s Wife visit BorderArea National Races Youth Development

Training School in KengtungAfter that, a

donation of K 0.5 million bythe President and wife andfamily was presented for edu-cation funds for the school,Kanbawza Bank Ltd andShwe Thanlwin, alsopresented K 5 million each,Shwe Thanlwin Co, a set ofSky Net (DTH) receiver, a setof TV and one generator.

Afterwards, thePresident’s wife proceededto the Child Care Departmentof Social Welfare Departmentin Yankhan of Kengtung.There, the President and wifeand family’s donation of

K 5 million, Shwe ThanlwinCo a set of Sky Net (DTH)receiver, a set of TV and onegenerator.

Then, thePresident’s wife and partydonated the supplementaryfood and looked round thecompound. They then pro-

K 0.5 million was presentedKanbawza Bank Ltd andShwe Thanlwin, donated

Wife of President U Thein Sein of theRepublic of the Union of MyanmarDaw Khin Khin Win giving sweet

complement to the students at Border AreaNational Races Youth Development Training

School at Kengtung.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—Chair-man of Union Election Commission U TinAye received United States Special Envoyand Policy Coordinator for MyanmarMr Derek Mithchell and party at his office at11 am today.

At the meeting, they had a cordial

UEC Chairman meets USSpecial Envoy and Policy

Coordinator for Myanmar

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Wife of President U Thein Sein of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar Daw Khin Khin Win

treating the children nutrient food at ChildCare Department of Social Welfare Depart-

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Chairman of Union Election Commission U Tin Aye receives United States SpecialEnvoy and Policy Coordinator for Myanmar Mr Derek Mithchell and party.

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Rail Transportation Ministrycrown victory in Fifth

Nay Pyi Taw inter-ministry MenBasketball Contest-2012

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—The fifth Nay Pyi Taw inter-minis-try Men Basketball Contest-2012reached its final match at Basket-ball ground in the sports zone inZabuthiri Township here this morn-ing.

Chairman of Myanmar MenSports Committee Union Ministerfor Sports U Tint Hsan enjoyed thefinal match between the Ministryof Rail Transportation and the Min-istry of Agriculture and Irrigation,which the Rail Transportation Min-istry won the competitor with 66-43 marks.

The awarding ceremonytook place soon after the final match

ceeded to ZaytawunMonastic Education Schoolin Yanlaw village ofKengtung Township andpaid homage to the Presid-ing Nayaka SayadawBhaddanta Sanda Wara.The President’s wife andfamily donated K 0.5

million for education fundsof school. Kanbawza BankLtd and Shwe Thanlwin alsodonated K 10 million forschool fund, Shwe ThanlwinCo a set of Sky Net (DTH)receiver, a set of TV and onegenerator.

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discussion on developments in Myanmarand preparations for holding the by-elec-tions in a free and fair manner, and mutualcooperation between the two countries.

Also present on the occasion wereUEC members and others.

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ended. Union Minister U Tint Hsanpresented first, second and thirdprices to the winner teams, and pre-sented duplicate shields and theChampion shield to the Ministry ofRail Transportation, the continuouschampion for three years.

The Union Minister attendedthe opening of the training courseNo. 1 for the Liaison Officers whowill be assigned in the 27th ASEANSEA Games, at the hall of the hold-ing 27th ASEAN SEA Games andachieving victory Committee inShwekyarbin Ward, Nay Pyi Taw.

The two-week course is be-ing taken by a total of 201 traineesof the States and Regions.—MNA

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Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker receivesNLD Chairperson

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U KhinAung Myint met Chairperson ofNational League for Democracy DawAung San Suu Kyi at the meeting hall

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myintmeets Chairperson of National League forDemocracy Daw Aung San Suu Kyi at the

meeting hall of Amyotha Hluttaw of HluttawBuilding.—MNA

of Amyotha Hluttaw of HluttawBuilding at 8:45 am this morning.

During the meeting, theydiscussed matters related to HluttawAffairs.—MNA

Third regular session of first PyithuHluttaw…

(from page 16)Myanmar private hospitals association washeld on 2-3-2012 and the ministry hasassigned works to be continuouslyimplemented by the association. In additionto above-mentioned efforts, others will alsobe included in the draft of Private HealthIndustry Bylaw and Rules and Regulationswhich will meet international standards.

U Thein Tun Oo of AmarapuraConstituency asked whether there is plan toorganize workshop with respective scholarsfor effectively learning English. UnionMinister for Education Dr Mya Ayeanswered: Basic Education Primary andMiddle School Level English andMathematics Skills Contests held annuallysince 2008-2009 academic year. One weekday is designated as English speaking day inschools on which students are required tospeak in English.

Training teachers at education collegesand basic education schools with nativespeakers in cooperation with internationalorganizations and non-governmentalorganizations and they will be handedscholarships for English offered by foreigneducation centres.

English test is included in entrance examfor post-graduate, master and doctoratecourses. English departments of YangonUniversity, Yangon University ofEconomics, Yangon Institute of Educationand Yangon University of Foreign Languagesare compiling international-standardEnglish curricula for each year.

Upskilling Programme for FreshlyAppointed Tutors of English, EnglishLanguage Course for Higher EducationTeachers, English proficiency course ofstudents of Ph.D courses, summer Englishrefresher course for English teachers, GlobalEnglish courses and SEAMEO Englishcourse are being opened.

A total of 548 trainees completed 13English courses at Myanmar-India EnglishLanguage Training Centre from December,2009, to December, 2011. Staff under theministry are also sent to English proficiencycourses conducted by Myanmar-SingaporeTraining School.

A workshop on education promotionwas held from 24 to 27 May 2011. Elevenacademicians for higher education sectorand eight for basic education sector dis-cussed English proficiency in groups. Forpromoting English language skills of stu-dents, ongoing tasks and other measures tobe taken for English language developmentaccording to the results from the workshopwill continue. So, regarding that matter, thereis no plan at the moment to hold a separateworkshop.

In response to the question of U TunThein (a) U Tun Tun of Mansi Constituencyabout whether the government has anyplan to carry out reconstruction work forthe resettlement of local people who fled

their region due to clashes in Kachin State,Deputy Minister for Social Welfare, Reliefand Resettlement U Phone Swe said thenumber of people who have moved tempo-rarily to 65 rescue camps in 12 townships forsecurity reasons is 19103. They are nowbeing rendered assistance by governmentdepartments, the Kachin State government,public wellwishers, UN agencies and INGOs.Up to 6 March 2012, cash and aids worth K2652.689 million were provided. Measureswere taken for the education and healthcareof the children of those families.

When peace prevails, those who wantto resettle in their native places will beallowed to do so with reestablishment oftheir businesses. And new projects will beundertaken for those who want to settle innew places. In the second week of February,a group led by the deputy minister for borderaffairs and deputy minister for social welfare,relief and resettlement made a field trip andcarried out resettlement and rehabilitationtasks for those people who fled their regionsdue to regional security. In so doing, theUnion government and the state governmentas well as UN agencies, NGOs, INGOs andpublic wellwishers are cooperating with eachother.

Next, Deputy Minister for Energy USoe Aung answered the two questions aboutthe energy sector raised by two MPs.

Regarding the question by Dr ThanWin of North Okkalapa Constituency aboutwhether the State can reconsider anyamendment concernging the increasedelectricity bills and fuel prices as that canhave impact on low-income people, thedeputy minister said that diesel is mainlyused in public transport sector. As dieselprice does not change, commodity flow willnot be affected and the economy of thepeople will not be affected either. Increasedpetrol prices are cheaper compared with theneighbouring nations. As a result, publicburden can be reduced, the Ministry ofEnergy’s spending of money from the fundof the Union Government can also bereduced. Thus, the government can spend

more on other sectors such as public health,education and social sectors.

The Union government has directed theministries to operate themselves in abusinesslike manner. So, the ministries needto stand on their own income and it is a mustin the market economy system. Electric billsdid not increase tremendously and suchmeasures had to be taken so as not to causepublic burden and to reduce the spending ofthe government’s fund.

Regarding the question of U ThaungHan of Yinmabin Constituency on “there isany plan to implement Urea Fertilizer Plantproject on the river bank of Salingyi,Yinmabin and Kani Townships on the westbank of Chindwin River in Monywa Districtwith the use of gas from gas reserve inMahutaung Region, Pale township”Monywa District, the Deputy Minister re-plied:

Thingadon region of Pale Township,Monywa District sees decrease in amount ofoil and natural gas less than estimated. So,Padaukkone well No.3 and Yargyi well No.1were stopped, which would be done inMahutaung region. At the same time, gasand oil exploration and drilling inThingadon region were temporarily stopped.Detailed survey on findings is being con-ducted. Development programme for gasexploration can be drafted only after gasreserve in Thingadon Region is known. Then,gas exploration can be carried out on acommercial scale in Mahutaung Region. Itwould take six or seven years for gasproduction.

Construction of a new fertilizer plantneeds enough gas as raw materials and fuel,gas with quality chemicals, enough invest-ment, time and technology for running ofthe plant. The project can be implementedonly after detailed survey regarding theaforesaid factors is conducted.

Deputy Minister for Construction UKyaw Lwin replied the questions raised bytwo representatives. With respect to thequestion of Daw Nan Say Owar of Hpa-anConstituency on “there is any plan toreduce closing time of Thanlwin Bridge inKayin State or to make arrangement for24 hours use,” the deputy minister saidthat: Kayin State is sharing border with theother country where Thanlwin Bridge

crosses. There was no peace and stabilitywhen Thanlwin Bridge was opened. So,security forces designate crossing time forsecurity measure of the Bridge. Officialsconcerned gradually reduce the closingtime based on Kayin State’s peace andstability.

People can use the Bridge from 4 am to10 pm, starting 8-2-2012. Security forcesallow the use of Bridge on emergency basis.There is a plan to reduce the closing times ofthe bridge in coordination with Kayin Stategovernment if the region sees more peaceand stability.

With respect to question of U AungKyaw Khin of Kyauktan Constituency on“Why are respective departments carryingout survey and taking photos and videos offarmlands and huts in villages in 11 village-tracts on the other bank of Hmawwon Creekand in Kamakaloke Station in KyauktanTownship” the deputy minister replied: withthe aims of ensuring the State’s economicdevelopment, technology transfer andcreating more job opportunities in the region,confiscation of farm lands was carried out forconstruction of industrial zone in Thanlyin-Kyauktan region development area.

Human Settlement and HousingDevelopment Department is collecting dataand taking photo and video records incooperation with General AdministrationDepartments in Thanlyin Township andKyauktan Township and Settlement andLand Records Department so as to know theimplementation of special economic zonesin industrial zones area and its related areas.Doing so is meant to know actual conditionsthere if the State has plan to implementspecial economic zones in that region.

At the report-submitting session,Chairman of Bill Committee U T Khun Myatsubmitted the committee’s report regardingthe foreign investment bill sent by AmyothaHluttaw.

The Hluttaw has proposed to discussthe Bill on 16 March. Those representativeswho want to submit the amended proposalare to register their names not later than 14March, along with detailed description ofparagraph, subparagraph and particulars. Themeeting came to an end at 1.35 pm and willgo on at 10 am tomorrow.

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Pyithu Hluttaw RepresentativeU Thein Tun Oo of AmarapuraConstituency asking questions.

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Third regular sessionof first AmyothaHluttaw…

(from page 16)The union minister replied that the road

had a distance of two miles and four furlongsin Monyo Township and four furlongs inShwedaung Township totalling three miles.It was estimated that it would cost K 68million to construct the earthen road and K7 million to construct seven conduit pipesalong the road as it was passing the wetlandand farmland, he added.

In the 2012-2013 fiscal year, MonyoTownship Development Affairs Committeewould pave a distance of three furlong withasphalt in the township at the cost of K 21million funded by the State and work onconstruction the new road linking betweenNyaungpinkaryar and Kanyan villageswould be launched in the 2013-2014 fiscalyear and stepped up year by year, he said.

U Aung Win of Taninthayi RegionConstituency No 4 asked whether theministry had a plan to upgrade the roadlinking between Kyaukhlegar andTaungzin in Thayetchaung Township to agravel one.

The Union Minister replied that theroad had a distance of seven miles and fourfurlong in a gravel section and seven milesand four furlong in earthen portion totaling15 miles. The ministry had constructed adistance of two furlongs in the 2007-2008fiscal year and two concrete bridges in the2008-2009 fiscal year and one woodenbridge in the 2010-2011 fiscal year, at thetotal cost of K12.62 million.

It was estimated that it would cost K606million to upgrade the road which was about10 miles long and just a road for bullockcarts to a gravel one and it would be necessaryto seize private-own farmland to upgradethe road. Besides, it would cost around K55.5 million to construct two 80 ft longbridges and five wooden bridges on theroad, reaching a total cost of K661.5 million,he said.

Thayatchaung Township DAD wasconstructing the distance of two miles ofRin-kanatthiri earth road and the distanceof one mile of Nyaungzin-Sawbya gravelroad at the cost of K 48 million funded by theState, he said.

The upgrading of the old road passingthrough Kyaukhlegar, Sawbya,padatchaung and Taungzin would benefitthe areas than construction of Kyaukhlegar-Taungzin new road, and a distance of twomiles of road section between Sawbya andPadatchaung would be upgraded to a gravelone in the 2012-2013 fiscal year and theremaining sections would be upgraded yearby year.

Afterwards, two representatives askedquestions related the education sector andDeputy Minister for Education U Aye Kyureplied the questions.

Dr Tin Shwe of Yangon Regionconstituency No 6 asked whether theministry to transfer teachers working inother areas to their residential townships.

Deputy Minister U Aye Kyu replied thatthe Ministry of Education had been takingmeasures related to yearly transfer of teachersincluding those who should be transferreddue to their family and social conditions andthose who had been serve their duties for oneor two years in specific areas.

With respect to the question of U ZungHlei Htang of Chin State Constituency No.2on “ there is any plan to upgrade the postprimary school in Htalanyaw village inFalam Township into middle school(branch)” Deputy Minister for Education UAye Kyu said that for more educationopportunity, Ministry of Education is up-grading of schools and opening of newschools for four years project starting 2012-2013 Academic year. There are 372 postprimary schools in which a total of more than150 middle level students are pursuing theireducation. Post primary school in Htalanyawvillage in Falam Township has 49 middlelevel students only. So, there is no plan toupgrade to Basic Education Middle School(Branch) at present.

Regarding the question of U Thet NaingOo of Bago Region Constituency No.6 on“does the Union government assign theduties to private companies and entrepre-neurs for carrying out economic and socialaffairs in Region/ State or whether or notthe Union government can do like so,”Deputy Minister for National Planning andEconomic Development Dr Kan Zaw re-plied: with respect to the State’s economy,Chapter 8, Section 370 “Citizen, Funda-mental Rights and Duties of Citizens in the2008 Constitution states that Every Citizenshas, in accord with the law, the right toconduct business freely in the Union, fornational economic development.

Section 455 under Chapter 15 (GeneralProvisions) in the 2008 Constitution saysthat the Government of the Union may in theinterest of the Union, relating to any of theeconomic activity prescribed to be carriedout only by the Government of the Union:

(a) permit the Region government orthe State government to form ajoint venture with the Governmentof the Union or to operate underterms and conditions;

(b) permit a co-operative organization,economic organization and anindividual person to form a jointventure with the Government ofthe Union or to operate under termsand conditions

Section 4 under Chapter (2) in State-owned enterprise law prescribes that thegovernment of the Union may in the interestof the Union, relating to any of the economicactivity prescribed according to section 3 tobe carried out only by the Government of theUnion permit the government and anypersons or any economic organization toform a joint venture with the Government ofthe Union or to operate under terms andconditions by issuing notice.

So, according to the Constitution,Myanmar citizens have the rights to engagein the State-owned enterprises.

Ministry of Commerce has startedsetting up paddy specialized companies intownships since 2009 in coordination withthe Republic of the Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry, Myanmar Paddy TradingAssociation, Myanmar Beans and Pulsesand Sesame Merchants Association, localauthorities in region/State, local merchantsand local farmers.

A total of 54 paddy specializedcompanies have been set up in Ayeyawady,Bago, Sagaing and Yangon Regions andRakhine, Shan, Kayin and Mon States; 21beams and pulses specialized companies inAyeyawady, Bago, Magway and YangonRegions; and one agriculture specialized

company in Nay Pyi Taw. These companiesare providing the farmers with strains, inputsand agricultural expenses and carrying outthe distributions of farm equipment.

These companies are disbursing loanwith two percent interest rate without buyingfarmlands from the farmers and doing farmingthemselves. In so doing, there have been noproblems in every township such as removaland compensation.

There are no time limits on thesecompanies. From agricultural production tosale, farmers, local merchants, machineowners, merchants and exporters, whichinclude in supply chain mechanism, wouldcarry out in harmony.

With respect to the social affairs,Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement is giving green light to localprivate donors and entrepreneurs for openingof self-reliant preschools, volunteer primarynight schools, youth developmentphilanthropic center and homes for the agedin the Region/State, regardless of time limits.Secretary of Amyotha Bill Committee U SanTun submitted the reports on amendment toGovernment Facade Act (eviction) (1955).

U Nyunt Tin of Yangon RegionConstituency No. 2, Dr Tin Shwe of YangonRegion Constituency No. 6, U Htay Win (a)U Zayad Rawman of Rakhine StateConstituency No.7, U Pe Thaung of KachinState Constituency No. 6, U San Pyae ofKachin State Constituency No. 7, U ZawNaing Oo of Mon State Constituency No. 12,Daw Khin Waing Kyi of Yangon RegionConstituency No. 1, Dr Myint Kyi of YangonRegion Constituency No. 8, U Hla Swe ofMagway Region Constituency No. 12 and DrMyat Nyana Soe of Yangon RegionConstituency No. 4 discussed the proposalsubmitted by U Myint Tun of Bago RegionConstituency No. 10 “urging the Uniongovernment to copy preferable systems ofsome foreign countries to make governmentdepartments and staff reliable by the publicin order to support formation of CleanGovernment and Good Governance”. Theydiscussed: Bribery brings about highcommodity prices, inflation, moral dilemmas,misconducts for life improvement anddownfall in personality. The issue of civilservants must be addressed through combinedefforts. The solution is reducing the currentworkforce of civil servants. The governmenthas to grant full pensions and create jobopportunities for those who are maderedundant. As the government mechanism isrunning on collected tax, the tax levyingsystem should be more thorough. If thegovernment could block loopholes of tax,decent salary and profits can be paid to thestaff from the increased earnings. Transparencywill curb bribery. It is needed to form anti-bribery commission with scholars andexperienced persons at home and abroad. Inseeking remedial measures, the systems ofdeveloped countries should be copied.

Union Minister at President Office USoe Maung said: It is the time the democraticgovernment elected by the people is makingall-out efforts to bring about all-rounddevelopment to the country. The civilservants play a key role in this attempt. TheUnion government is systematicallysupervising capacity building, improvementof attitude and morale building ofgovernment staff.

I myself met heads of government stafffrom Union ministries on 6-5-2011 anddirected them to discharge duties under rulesand regulations and existing laws for

emergence of Good Governance and CleanGovernment as guided by the President.Six departments at Central Institute of CivilService are training government staff toimprove their skills, have the right attitudeand accomplishing duties.

Basic courses for officers are alsoopened to improve their skills in order tocope with changes of the age. Workshopsand courses for capacity building of civilservants were conducted in cooperationwith ASEAN member countries, UNagencies, and international organizations.

ASEAN Resource Center for Trainingfor Civil Service was opened in 2004 andtraining courses are being conducted. TheUnion Civil Service Board has distributedcopies of office manual to variousministries and organizations in order tocarry out office work effectively andcorrectly.

In choosing gazetted officers, writtenexaminations, psychological tests andinterviews, finalized choosing and trainingat central institutes for civil service arebeing carried out with a view to ensuringloyalty to the State, serving the publicinterest, promoting moral and morality and

increasing work knowledge and professionalskills.

Measures are also being taken for civilservants to become good and qualifiedpersonnel by publishing civil service rulesjournal-1984, civil service rules enforcementmanual-1985 and civil servants’ code ofethics-2004. Assistance measures for thework of civil servants are being taken inaccord with the civil service rules.

Moreover, action is taken againstservice personnel who break laws and rules,lack moral conducts, shirk their duties andviolate departmental rules and orders inaccord with the nine kinds of punishmentprescribed in the civil service rulesenforcement. Such measures are being takenfor service personnel to be able to live indiscipline, for ensuring that punishment isdeservedly done according to the crimecommitted, for ensuring that any punishmentleading to demoralization is not done andenabling them to be able to work harder forwellbeing of their own departments afterthey have been punished.

Moreover, letters of suggestion,complaint and appeal regarding anyinconvenience and dissatisfaction betweenthe public and service personnel can besubmitted directly to the President, MyanmarNational Human Rights Commission orLetters of Complaint and Appeal Commit-tee in the Amyotha Hluttaw. In connectionwith those letters, the President of the UnionGovernment assigns duty to the UnionMinister at the President Office to takesystematic supervision measures.

To ensure good governance and cleangovernment, the Ministry of President Office

(See page 11)

AmyothaHluttaw

Representa-tive U Nyunt

Tin ofYangonRegion

ConstituencyNo.2

makingdiscussion.

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Third regular sessionof first AmyothaHluttaw…

(from page 10)scrutinized 3200 out of 7869 letters ofcomplaint submitted during the period from5-4-2011 to 29-2-2012. The remaining are2085 letters, some of which lack set standardsand some of which are submitted repeatedly,and 2584 letters under scrutiny. Continuedmeasures are being taken to take action forthe scrutinized letters in accord with themotto ‘No one is above the law and everyoneis equal before the law. Some letters, afterbeing scrutinized, were also found to beaimed at harming the character of servicepersonnel and manufacturing fabricationswith intent to disrupt the systematic per-

formance of personnel. Accordingly,warnings had to be given against those letters.In the future, action will be taken againstsuch cases. Anyone who lodges a complaintletter must give his signature, name,citizenship scrutiny card number, contactaddress and phone number. If not, such aletter will be regarded as lack of set standards.Occasional measures are being taken to grantservice personnel from respectivedepartments rights and privileges, awardsfor working overtime and contributions madeby wellwishers. As for discipline, if there isany inconvenience in departments that havedirect contact with the public, officers orresponsible persons can be met in person orletters of suggestion can be put into mailboxes which can be seen at ministries, banks,post offices, electric bill departments,hospitals, bus stands, seaports, rail stations,

airports.Measures are also being taken to

distribute free civil servants’ cod of ethicsmanuals, to hold seminars, talks andexaminations and to conduct advanced on-job training courses at the ministries. Withdemocracy more mature, the governmentis trying to win the trust and reliance of thepeople by taking all possible reformmeasures and promoting the skills ofpersonnel. The Hluttaw decided to approvethe proposal and announced to enlistrepresentatives for discussion.

Dr Myat Nyana Soe of Yangon RegionConstituency-4 submitted the proposal urgingthe Union government to establish emergencyrescue units as car accidents are happening onYangon-Mandalay Highway causing lots ofdeaths. An MP seconded it. The Hluttaw agreedto discuss it and announced to enlist

representatives for discussion.Dr Aye Maung of Rakhine State

Constituency-1 submitted the proposal urgingthe Union government to make sure that theduties, authority and rights, facilities andsalary rates of civil servants meet with theinternational, regional and ASEAN standardsby abolishing some departmentalorganizations, reducing and extending thesize of some organizations and forming someorganizations. A representative seconded it.The Hluttaw agreed to discuss it andannounced to enlist representatives fordiscussion. Today’s session was concludedand the 14th day session will be heldtomorrow.

At the session, 10 questions were raisedand answered, one report read, one proposaldiscussed and approved and three newproposals submitted. —MNA

49th Myanma Gems Emporiumcontinues for fourth day

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise of Ministry ofEnergy and GeopetrolInternational Holding Inc ofSwitzerland and A-1 MiningCompany Limited signed acontract for sharing RSF-9onshore block at Yadana Hallof the Ministry, hereyesterday.

Present on the occasionwere Union Minister forEnergy U Than Htay,Chairman of MyanmarInvestment CommissionUnion Minister for IndustryU Soe Thein, Member ofMyanmar InvestmentCommission Union Ministerfor Rail Transportation UAung Min, Joint-Secretary ofMyanmar InvestmentCommission DeputyMinister for Rail

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—A press conferenceon peace negotiation between Union-level PeaceMaking Group comprised of group leader PyithuHluttaw Representative of Taungtha Township UAung Thaung, deputy leader Pyithu HluttawRepresentative of Myitkyina Township U Thein Zaw,and members Kachin State Chief Minister U La JohnNgan Hsai and Deputy Minister for Border AffairsMaj-Gen Zaw Win and Kachin national armed group

Union-level Peace Making Group meets pressKIO was held in Shweli Yadana Yeiktha Hall in Museon 10 March evening.

It was attended by chief editors and reportersof the Yangon Times, the Monitor, the Snapshot, theNorthern Star, Naypyitaw Times, Modern, Kumudra,the Nan Myint, Man Taung Yeik, The Voice, theIrrawady, the Express Times and Sky Net TV channel.The leader and members answered queries raised bythe journalists.—MNA

Merchants gather at 49th Myanma Gems Emporium at Mani Yadana JadeHall in Nay Pyi Taw—MNA

Transportation Thura UThaung Lwin, DeputyAttorney-General U TunTun Oo, Deputy Minister forEnergy U Soe Aung,Corporate TechnicalManager of GeopetrolInternational Holding Inc MrFrancois Payot, ManagingDirector of A-1 MiningCompany Limited U YanWin and departmentalpersonnel and guests.

At the ceremony, UnionMinister U Than Htay madeaddress and ManagingDirector of Myanma Oil andGas Enterprise U Aung Htooand Corporate TechnicalManager of GeopetrolInternatioanl Holding Inc MrFrancois Payot extendedgreetings.

The contract was signedby Managing Director of

Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise U Aung Htoo,Corporate TechnicalManager of GeopetrolInternational Holding Inc MrFrancois Payot andManaging Director of A-1Mining Company LimitedU Yan Win. Director-Generalof Energy PlanningDepartment U Htin Aung,Country Manager ofGeopetrol InternationalHolding Inc Mr Claude Seilerand Director of A-1 MiningCompany Limited U SoeMyint Swe signed thecontract as witnesses.

The new exploration ofoff shore and on shore oil andgas will be used for localconsumption. It can satisfythe demand of localconsumption.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March — The49th Myanma Gems Emporiumcontinued for the fourth day atMani Yadana Jade Hall here today.

So far, 1894 jade lots havebeen sold through the open tendersystem and the sales will continuetill 15 March. The sales will be heldthrough the competitive bidding

Chairman of Rotary Club of Essendom of AustraliaMr Steve Roe and party donated medicines and medicalequipment in total amount of US$ 50,000 to Jivitadana

Sangha Hospital through Board of Chairman of HospitalU Maung Maung.—MNA

system from 16 to 18 March.Patron of the central committee

for organizing the emporium UnionMinister for Mines U Thein Htaikinspected the sales today.

Visiting Vietnamese delegationled by Foreign Affairs Minister MrPham Binh Minh visited theemporium today.—MNA

Deputy Ministerfor TransportU Win Sheinattends theanniversary

commemmorativeceremony of

earthquake hit onthe west-east

beach of Japanbeing welcomed

by JapaneseAmbassador tothe Republic of

the Union ofMyanmar Mr.

Takashi Saito on12 March.

MNA

Second contract on onshore oil and gasexploration signed

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DYNAMIC OCEAN 09 VOY NO (2/12)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DYNAMICOCEAN 09 VOY NO (2/12) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 12.3.2012 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of B.S.W-4 where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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.

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Chronic stress cloudsthinking, memoryWASHINGTON, 12 March— Being subject

to chronic stress not only clouds your thinkingbut also impairs memory, new research says.

It uncovered a neural (brain cell)mechanism that directly links stress withimpaired memory and clouded thinking.

Stress hormones are known to influencethe prefrontal cortex (PFC), a brain region thatcontrols high level “executive” functions suchas working memory and decision making,reports the journal Neuron.

“Previous work has shown that chronicstress impairs PFC-mediated behaviours, likemental flexibility and attention, explains studyauthor Zhen Yan, State University of NewYork, according to a State University statement.Yan and colleagues examined whetherrepeated stress had a negative influence onglutamate receptors in juvenile rats. Glutamatesignalling plays a critical role in PFC function.

They found that in response to repeatedstress, there was a significant loss of glutamatereceptors, which resulted in a deficit of PFC-mediated cognitive processes, such as workingmemory and decision making.—Internet

A clock 100-fold more accurate than itsatomic cousins

SYDNEY, 12 March—A new timekeepingsystem could be a 100 times more accuratethan the best atomic clocks in existence,gaining or losing only 1/20th of a second in14 billion years - the age of the universe.

Based on the orbiting of a neutron aroundan atomic nucleus, “it would allow scientiststo test fundamental physical theories atunprecedented levels of precision andprovide an unmatched tool for applied physicsresearch,” study co-author Victor Flambaum.

Flambaum, professor of theoreticalphysics at the University of New South WalesSchool of Physics, co-authored the studywith rsearchers from the Georgia Institute ofTechnology and the University of Nevada,the journal Physical Review Letters reports.

Flambaum and New South Wales

colleague Vladimir Dzuba reported that theirproposed single-ion clock would be accurateto 19 decimal places, according to Walesstatement. The exquisite accuracy of atomicclocks is widely used in applications rangingfrom GPS navigation systems and high-bandwidth data transfer to tests offundamental physics and systemsynchronization in particle accelerators.“With these clocks currently pushing upagainst significant accuracy limitations, anext-generation system is desired to explorethe realms of extreme measurement precisionand further diversified applicationsunreachable by atomic clocks,” saysFlambaum. “Atomic clocks use the orbitingelectrons of an atom as the clock pendulum.

But we have shown that by using lasersto orient the electrons in a very specific way,one can use the orbiting neutron of an atomicnucleus as the clock pendulum, making a so-called nuclear clock with unparalleledaccuracy.”—Internet

Chinesehostesses

working fordelegatesfrom theNationalPeople’sCongress

pose outsidethe Great

Hall of thePeople inBeijing.INTERNET

Bugs help makeeco-friendlydetergents

BERLIN, 12 March —Environmentally conscious detergentmanufacturers are turning from crude oilto plant oils, sugar and bugs to developgreen products.

Researchers are involving bugs andfungi to engineer surfactants with the helpof biotechnology. Surfactants remove dirtfrom human skin, textiles and others solids.

“We produce biosurfactants micro-bially, based on sustainable resourcessuch as sugar and plant oil,” says SuzanneZibek, technical biologist at theFraunhofer Institute for InterfacialEngineering and Biotechnology IGB,Germany.

Unlike their synthetic competitors,biological surfactants are biodegradable,less toxic and are just as good at looseningfats. But they are being used in only a fewproducts and cosmetics, because of thesteep production costs and low yields,according to a Fraunhofer statement.

One biosurfactant researchers use asan additive in household cleaningproducts is the sophorose lipid, producedby a yeast harvested from bumble-beenectar.

“If we want natural surfactants toconquer the mass market, we need toincrease fermentation yields,” says Zibek.Accordingly, scientists are optimizingthe production process in order to bringdown manufacturing costs.—Internet

Photo taken on 11 March, 2012 shows thesite of the accident where 2 young men diedwhen they practiced “bungee jumping” in

Buenos Aires, Argentina.—XINHUA

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Cooks prepare grasshopper food for vistors during theMuseum Night in the Historic Nature Museum inRotterdam, the Netherlands, on 10 March, 2012.

Penguins waddle down aisleon plane

Passengers flying from San Antonio to Atlanta andAtlanta to New York said they got an unexpected treat whentwo penguins waddled down the aisle mid-flight.

Pete and Penny, the penguins from SeaWorld, becamethe star attractions Wednesday, ABC News reported.

“When we reached cruising altitude, the captain allowedtheir handler to take them for a stroll up and down the aisleso that everyone could take a look at the cute, 1-foot-tallpenguins and get some great photos and videos,” passengerJane Worthington Roth wrote on her YouTube page.

She uploaded three videos of the penguins on the plane.The pilot and flight crew allowed trainers to let the

penguins out of their kennels, to the delight of passengers.“Oh my gosh! Look at him,” one said.“They’re just so cute,” said another.“Pete and Penny are obviously enjoying their training

to become flight attendants,” Roth wrote. “You’ll note thatsince they were sitting in first class, they are wearing theirtuxedos!”

The two penguins were en route to New York for thepremier of the upcoming Discovery Channel/BBC series“Frozen Planet.” “It’s the first time I’ve ever seen everyoneon a plane smiling at the same time!” Roth wrote.

Man caught speeding threetimes in an hour

The Portland Oregonianreported. All three stopsoccurred within about anhour. Romero-Valenzuelacame close to getting a fourthticket, when a trooper west ofHood River tracked him witha radar gun and found he waschugging along at a stately65 mph.

“I’ve heard of two stops,but not three,” Hastings said.“You’d hope that themessage would have gottenacross the first time he wasstopped. Unfortunately, thatwasn’t the case.”

In addition to a possible$2,000 in fines, Romero-Valenzuela could lose hislicense for 90 days for drivingat more than 100 mph,Hastings said. Romero-Valenzuela already had legalproblems in Oregon. He wason his way to a preliminaryhearing on a drug charge inOregon City.

A Nevada man driving toa court hearing was stoppedfor speeding three times inOregon, racking up $2,000 infines, police said.

Lt Gregg Hastings, aspokesman for the OregonState Police, said the driver,Jose Romero-Valenzuela, 34,of Las Vegas, was clocked at105 mph the first time, 98 mphthe second and 92 the third,

Wild turkey collides with school busEdwin Ramos, the driver,

said he was near the end of hisrun. “He just went rightthrough that windshield glass,shattered the whole glass andhit me in my face,” Ramos toldWCAU-TV, Philadelphia.“Everything was in slowmotion, I could only seethrough one eye.”

Wild turkeys, common inNew Jersey, can weigh 25pounds or more.

A wild turkey collidedwith a school bus Fridaymorning on a rural road inSouth Jersey, shattering thewindshield, school officialssaid.

The driver was able tomaintain control of the busand come to a stop despitebeing hit by flying glass, TheNews of Cumberland Countyreported. The driver and threestudents from the Myron L

Powell School in Lawrencewere treated for minor injuries.

The turkey was killed bythe crash.

“Fortunately several staffmembers on their way to worksaw what happened andstopped to help calm the kids,”Superintendent John Saporitosaid. “Everyone was shakenup pretty badly, but otherwiseOK. We are just very gratefulthat no one was hurt.”

Tom Cruise eyed for ‘A Staris Born’

HOLLYWOOD, 12 March—Tom Cruise’s dance card maysoon include a staring role in the upcoming remake of “A Staris Born,” Hollywood sources told Daily Variety.

Cruise has been getting good buzz among studioexecutives for his work as a rock star in the upcoming musical“Rock of Ages” and is considering joining the cast of the ClintEastwood production opposite leading lady Beyonce.

Variety said no negotiations have taken place and Cruisehas two other projects lined up before he could devote hisattention to “A Star is Born.”

Warner Bros. and New Line are apparently not bankingentirely on Cruise for the picture. They have also consideredLeonardo DiCaprio for the role as well as Christian Bale andHugh Jackman.—Internet Tom Cruise

Actor Madsen arrested forfight in Malibu

star of “Kill Bill” was takeninto custody Friday afternoonat his Malibu home andbrought to the Los AngelesCounty Sheriff’s station inthe area.

Sources said deputiesreported Madsen appearedto be under the influence ofalcohol and was locked up on$100,000 bail.

Madsen’s lawyer calledTMZ later and said thedispute was a family matterthat began when Madsenbusted his juvenile sonsmoking marijuana in thehome. Recommended Stories.

Internet

Actor Michael MadsenMALIBU, 12 March—

Actor Michael Madsen wasarrested on child endanger-ment charges after allegedlygetting into a fight with hisson, sources told TMZ.com.

Law enforcement sour-ces told the entertainmentindustry Web site that the

Oprah Winfrey receives DVF‘Lifetime Leadership’ award

JOHANNESBURG, 12March—Oprah Winfrey hasbeen honoured with a“Lifetime Leadership” awardat the third annual DVFAwards.

Winfrey, 58, was huggedby long-time friend, designerand humanitarian Diane vonFurstenberg, as she took thestage to accept the accoladeon Friday night, Channel 24reported.

Von Furstenberg calledWinfrey the “most formidableperson I have ever met in mylife”.

The famous chat showhost spent much of her speechhonouring another of thenight’s award winners, JayceeDugard, who was abductedwhen she was 11 and heldagainst her will for 18 years.

Dugard took the stagesoon after and got emotionalas she thanked her mother fornever giving up hope offinding her. She also spokeabout her JAYC Foundation,which supports familiesdealing with abduction andother tragedies.

Internet

David Hasselhoff hates being alone

Video shows Evil Queen usingsocial media

LONDON, 12 March — Actor David Hasselhoff has admitted that hehates being alone and finds it difficult travelling for work without hisgirlfriend.

The 59-year-old is currently dating Welsh beauty Hayley Williams.“Eighty percent of the time I am positive and upbeat. But you know

what? You can meet 10,000 people in a night, however, if you then go backto your hotel room and you’re on your own, the silence can be deafening,”contactmusic. com quoted Hasselhoff as saying.

“I worked on Christmas Day, I’ve missed a lot of weddings because ofwork commitments. You miss a lot,” he added.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 12 March—An online video promotingthe Hollywood flick “Mirror, Mirror” shows to hilarious effectwhat the story’s Evil Queen might accomplish using socialmedia.

“Mirror Mirror on the Web, who is the fairest of them all?”said a news release announcing the clip’s debut on YouTubeFriday. “The video follows the Evil Queen surfing the Weband exploring the kingdom’s best social media Web sites towin over the handsome prince and get rid of the beautiful andfair Snow White.”

“Mirror, Mirror” stars Julia Roberts, Lily Collins, ArmieHammer, Nathan Lane and Sean Bean. It opens in US theaters30 March.

Internet Actress Julia Roberts

Clarkson,Richie to star

in ABC’s‘Duets’

LOS ANGELES, 12March—Kelly Clarkson,Jennifer Nettles, Lionel Richieand Robin Thicke are to starin the new US musiccompetition series “Duets,”ABC said.

The series is to debutthis summer on the network.

Clarkson, Nettles, Richieand Thicke will individuallyset out across Americalooking for undiscoveredtalent worthy of being theirproteges, a synopsis said.

“Ultimately, eachsuperstar will choose twosingers to be his/her duetpartners,” the synopsis said.

“Together the supers-tars and their proteges willtake the stage each week andperform in front of a live studioaudience. In the end, only oneduet will be at the top of thecharts, and the winningamateur will receive a recordingcontract with HollywoodRecords.”—Internet Lionel RichieActor David Hasselhoff

Oprah Winfrey

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AC Milan extend lead as Juvedraw again

Zlatan Ibrahimovic of AC Milan, centre, in actionagainst Lecce during the match at Stadio Giuseppe

Meazza on 11 March, 2012 in Milan, Italy.—INTERNET

ROME, 12 March— ACMilan extended their lead tofour points at the top ofSerie A with a 2-0 win overLecce as Juventus were held0-0 at Genoa on Sunday.

Goals from AntonioNocerino and ZlatanIbrahimovic gave Milan acomfortable victory.

Juve, who were facinga defensive selection crisis,drew for the fourth game ina row and sixth time in theirlast seven outings although

Serie A: the graveyard ofcoaches

ROME, 12 March— WhenDavide Ballardini was fired byCagliari on Sunday he becamethe 15th coaching casualty inthe 20-team Serie A this season.

Italy is quickly becomingthe graveyard of coaches asclub presidents displayincreasingly shorteningpatience with the men they putin charge of their teams.

The situation is so severethat Cagliari presidentMassimo Cellino has just firedhis third coach in less thanseven months.

In August, in pre-season,the Sardinians were coachedby former Italy boss RobertoDonadoni but he wasdismissed following a pre-season friendly — whichCagliari actually won — andreplaced by Massimo

Ficcadenti. He lasted lessthan three months beforeBallardini took over, only tobe fired in under four monthswith Ficcadenti widely tippedto be given back his old job.

That is a commonoccurrence in Italy wherepresidents, although trigger-happy in firing coaches, areless keen on the contract pay-offs those actions would incur.

Instead they essentiallystick unwanted coaches ongardening leave.

This allows the presidentto bring back that coach, whois still under contract, whenhis successor may be axed.

A few years ago currentUdinese boss FrancescoGuidolin had four spells asPalermo boss between 2004and 2007.

The Sicilians’ presidentMaurizio Zamparini isconsidered the most cut-throat president in Italyhaving changed coach onaverage more than twice aseason in his 10 years sincebuying Palermo.

It is a situation that hasleft Players’ Union presidentRenzo Ulivieri flabbergasted.

Internet

Roberto Donadoni wassacked in pre-season byCagliari, the first in along line of Serie A

dismissals.—INTERNET

they hit the woodwork threetimes on Sunday.

Although unbeaten,they have now drawn morethan half their league matchesthis season.

And that is what hasallowed champions Milan tonot only haul them in butstreak past as they bid for asecond title in a row.

Milan coach Massi-miliano Allegri insistednothing was decided despitetheir lead.—Internet

Rose sets sights on a majorafter WGC triumph

Doral Golf Resort owner Trump poses with Britian’sRose and daughter Ivanka Trump after Rose won the

WGC-Cadillac Championship .—REUTERS

DORAL, 12 March—England’s Justin Roseclinched the biggest win ofhis career in Sunday’s WGC-Cadillac Championship thenpromptly set his sights onlanding his first major.

Rose shot a two-under-par 70 to beat AmericanBubba Watson by a strokeand hold off a late surge fromworld number one RoryMcIlroy to claim his firstvictory in the elite WGC series.

It was Rose’s fourth winon the PGA Tour, followingvictories in the MemorialTournament and the AT&TNational in 2010 and lastyear’s BMW Championship,and crowned an impressivestart to the year for the 31-year-old.

It also suggested theSouth-African born, Orlandoresident, who also has five

wins on the European Tour,could be a real contender atthe Masters next month.

“If you look at thetournaments I’ve won andnow a World Golf Cham-pionship, the progression isreally, really nice. The onlything that really is the nextlevel up is a major,” Rosesaid.

“But that’s not to saythat I’m at that stage in mycareer where I am onlyfocusing on the majors. Ithink there is a lot more for meto do in the game to get tothat point. But no doubt, Ifeel my game is getting readyfor that.”

Rose’s best finish in amajor was tied for fourth inthe 1998 British Open whilehe finished fifth at the Mastersin 2007 and fifth at the 2003US Open.—Reuters

Tigers Woods withdraws withsore Achilles’ tendon

he injured last year at AugustaNational, which eventuallycaused Woods to miss twomajors last year.

The severity of thisinjury won’t be known untilWoods has it evaluated. Hewas 3-over par in the finalround at Doral, 10 shots out ofthe lead, when he hit a 321-yard tee shot on the par-5 12thhole, shook hands with WebbSimpson and left in a cart. “Ifelt tightness in my left Achilleswarming up this morning, andit continued to get pro-gressively worse,” Woodssaid in a statement. “Afterhitting my tee shot at 12, Idecided it was necessary towithdraw. In the past, I mayhave tried to continue to play,but this time, I decided to dowhat I thought wasnecessary.” NBC Sportsshowed Woods behind thewheel as he drove away fromDoral in a black sedan. Woodsis to play in two weeks at BayHill, his last tournament beforethe Masters. Woods is a four-time champion at AugustaNational, and with an ordinarygame, he still has tied for fourththe last two years.—Internet

Tiger Woods grimacesafter he hit off the 12th teeduring the final round of

the CadillacChampionship golf

tournament on Sunday, on11 March, 2012 in Doral,

Fla. Woods withdrewfrom the tournament, andwas driven away in a cart.

INTERNET

DORAL, 12 March—TigerWoods’ road to the Masterstook a surprising detourSunday when he withdrewafter 11 holes in the CadillacChampionship because ofsoreness in his left Achillestendon.

It’s the same Achilles that

Azarenka run goes on, Kvitova out

INDIAN WELLS, 12March—Top seed VictoriaAzarenka charged into thefourth round of the IndianWells WTA tournament bycrushing Svetlana Kuzne-tsova 6-1 6-2 on Sunday,improving her unbeatenrecord to 19-0 this year.

The Belarusian worldnumber one, who had battledthrough her opening matchagainst Germany’s MonaBarthel 6-4 6-7 7-6, brokeRussian Kuznetsova threetimes in the first set and twicein the second.

Victoria Azarenka ofBelarus.

Serving for the match at5-2, Azarenka went 40-15 upbefore double-faulting butthen sealed the win on the nextpoint when her opponent’sbackhand flew long.

Kuznetsova, who wonthe 2004 US Open and the 2009French Open, had won four oftheir previous meetings butshe was outplayed by theBelarusian on a sun-splashedafternoon in the Californiadesert.

Wimbledon championPetra Kvitova became thehighest seed to exit the IndianWells WTA tournament aftera 2-6 6-2 6-3 loss to Americanteenager Christina McHale inthe third round. French Openchampion Li Na beat fellowChinese Zheng Jie 6-1 6-3, herfirst victory over hercompatriot in five careermeetings.—Reuters

Nadal breezes throughat Indian Wells

INDIAN WELLS, 12March—Twice championRafa Nadal imperiouslycoasted into the third roundof the Indian Wells ATPtournament with a ruthless 6-1 6-3 victory over ArgentineLeonardo Mayer on Sunday.

Rafael Nadal of Spain.

The Spanish left-hander,who has reached the last fourat Indian Wells in his last sixappearances here, brokeMayer twice in each set towrap up a commanding win inone hour 15 minutes. Indazzling afternoon sunshine,

the match ended when aMayer forehand sailed wideand Nadal removed his greenheadband in triumph as thenear-capacity crowd eruptedin applause. “I am happy tostart with a victory,” theSpaniard, who will next facecompatriot Marcel Grano-llers, said in a courtsideinterview. “I think I did a verygood match.” Nadal, whodominated Mayer with hiscrunching ground strokesfrom behind the baseline, hasnot competed since he lostan epic Australian Open finalto Novak Djokovic inJanuary. The world numbertwo enjoys a superb recordat Indian Wells where he wonthe title in 2007 and 2009 andwas beaten in last year’s finalby Serb Djokovic.—Reuters

Players succumb to stomach bug at Indian WellsINDIAN WELLS, 12

March—Intestinal fortitudehas become a prizedcommodity at Indian Wellswhere Vera Zvonareva andGael Monfils are among eightplayers who have succumb-ed to a widespread viralinfection.

Russian Zvonareva, theninth seed in the WTAtournament, withdrew fromher scheduled third-roundmatch on Sunday, giftingCzech Klara Zakopalova aspot in the next round.

Earlier in the day,Frenchman Monfils, the 14thseed in the ATP event,American Vania King andAustrian Juergen Melzer also

pulled out because of stomachproblems.

“I’m really sorry towithdraw from the tournamentbut unfortunately I’m notfeeling well enough to competetoday,” Zvonareva, a 12-timeswinner on the WTA Tour, saidin a statement.

Monfils, who had beenset to play his first match

against Russian NikolayDavydenko in the secondround, was replaced by luckyloser Bjorn Phau of Germany.

King, who won her firstWTA title in Paris last month,had already played twomatches in the Californiadesert and her pullout handed18th-seeded GermanAngelique Kerber a place inthe fourth round.

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Weather forecast for13th March, 2012

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 34/93 15/59 Partly cloudy

2 Kayah 32/90 18/64 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

3 Kayin 37/99 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

4 Chin 27/81 05/41 Partly cloudy

5 Upper Sagaing 34/93 16/61 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

6 Lower Sagaing 38/100 19/66 Partly cloudy

7 Taninthayi 36/97 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

8 Bago 36/97 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

9 Magway 37/99 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

10 Mandalay 36/97 21/70 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

11 Mon 36/97 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

12 Yangon 37/99 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

13 Rakhine 34/93 21/70 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

14 Southern Shan 29/84 15/59 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

15 Northern Shan 32/90 08/46 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

16 Eastern Shan 31/88 18/64 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

17 Ayeyawady 36/97 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 38/100 20/68 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 37/99 23/73 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 36/97 21/70 Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers 60(%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been scattered in Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Regions, Kayin State and isolated in Mon State, weather have been partly cloudy in the remaining Regions and States. Day temperatures were (3°C) above March average temperatures in Upper Sagaing Region, Kachin, Southern Shan, Chin and Rakhine States and about March average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States.The significant day temperature was Minbu (40°C). The noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded were Kawkayeik (1.50) inches and Phyarpon (0.63) inch.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the

Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

(13-3-12 09:30 am ~14-3-12 09:30 am) MST

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MYANMAR TV

(13-3-2012) (Tuesday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly Region

Missionary Sayadaw-Uppatasanti Paritta

7:50 am 2. Nice & Sweet Song8:00 am 3. Helth Programme8:20 am 4. Dance Of National Races8:25 am 5. Teleplay (Health)8:40 am 6. International News4:00 pm 7. Martial Song4:45 pm 8. Songs For Upholding

National Spirit5:15 pm 9. Documentary5:45pm10. Songs on honour of

(67th) AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

6:35 pm11. Documentary6:55 pm12. TV Drama Series8:00 pm13. News14. Bakery World15. India Drama Series

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"Dutiful ButThoughtless Son"

BEIJING, 12 March—Authorities have completed theinitial selection of crew members for China’s first mannedspace docking mission, and the roster includes femaleastronauts, an official with the country’s manned spaceprogram has said.

Shenzhou-9 may take femaleastronaut to space

Model Chinese spacerockets are seen on display at theShanghai Science & Technology Museum in Shanghaiin January 2012. Tiangong-1, China’s first space stationmodule, was launched in September.—INTERNET

But the final three-person crew will be decided “on thevery last condition,” said Niu Hongguang, deputycommander-in-chief of the country’s manned spaceprogram and deputy head of the General ArmamentDepartment of the Chinese People’s Liberation Army. Themanned spacecraft Shenzhou-9 will take its crew membersto board the Tiangong-1 space module lab, which waslaunched in September last year and completed thecountry’s first space docking with the unmannedShenzhou-8 spacecraft in November. The selectedastronauts are in training at the moment, Niu, who is alsoa deputy to the 11th National People’s Congress (NPC),said on the sidelines of the annual parliamentary session.

Assembly on the Shenzhou-9 and its carrier rocket, theLong March-2F, has been completed, and the mannedspace docking is due between June and August this year,he said. “The perfect docking between Shenzhou-8 andTiangong-1 has laid the perfect foundation for the manneddocking this year,” Niu said, noting that the manneddocking will feature brand new technology. Tiangong-1,or Heavenly Palace-1, has been orbiting normally for morethan 160 days, and is capable of docking with Shenzhou-9 and accommodating astronauts, he said.—MNA/Xinhua

ISTANBUL, 12 March—Eleven workers died in a fire inthe Turkish city of Istanbul on Sunday night, according toa Turkish official.

Necmi Kadioglu, mayor of Istanbul’s Esenyurt District,said that 11 workers were killed when a fire engulfed a gianttent in which the workers were staying at the constructionsite of a shopping mall.

A local TV station said that the fire might have beensparked by a short circuit in the mall, which is about 35kilometres west of Istanbul city centre. The report said thatfirefighters had already put out the fire. — MNA/Xinhua

11 killed in fire inIstanbul, Turkey

Firefighters and police attend the scene of a fire at aconstruction site in the Esenyurt district in Istanbul.

INTERNET

PARUN, (Afghanistan), 12 March—At least 45 peoplewere killed on Monday morning when a snow avalanchehit and destroyed 13 houses in Mandol District of easternAfghan province of Nuristan on Monday morning, deputyto provincial governor Qazi Mohammad Nabi Ahmadisaid.

“The tragic incident happened in Guru and Koshanvillages of Madol District in the wee hours of Mondayand so far 45 people including women and children havebeen confirmed dead,” Ahmaid told Xinhua.

He also said that the casualties could go up as rescueoperation is going on in the remote area of the provincesome 180 kilometres west of capital city of Kabul.

MNA/Xinhua

Avalanche kills 45 inE Afghan Nuristan province

GYOBINGAUK, 12 March—Optical Vision Co Ltdprovided free eye test and donated optical glasses at thehall of Gyobingauk Township General AdministrationDepartment of Thayawady District in Bago Region on 2March morning.

Free eye tests provided toeye patients PARIS, 12 March—

Uruguay team-mates LuisSuarez and Edinson Cavaniboth expressed interest inplaying for Paris Saint-Germain during a reportbroadcast on Frenchtelevision channel Canal+on Sunday evening.

Both players werespeaking in a segment abouttheir Uruguay team-mateDiego Lugano, who iscurrently playing for PSG.

“It would be verytempting to come to Paris,”said Napoli striker Cavani.“I’d love for us to playtogether.” Liverpoolforward Suarez said hewould “love to play at thesame club as (Lugano)” andadmitted he could betempted by a move to Parcdes Princes in the future.“Yes, I could come to Paris,but like any other big club,”he said.

Suarez, Cavani admit PSG interest

Uruguay’s Edinson Cavani(L) and Luis Suarez duringa training session in 2010.

“There are lots of bigclubs with that kind of status,who want to build a greatteam, and Paris are one ofthose clubs that arerecruiting to makethemselves stronger.” PSGhave embarked on anambitious recruitment drivesince being taken over byQatar Sports Investmentslast summer, notablysigning Argentineplaymaker Javier Pastorefrom Palermo for a Frenchrecord fee of 43 million euros($56m).—Internet

Deputy Speaker of Bago Region Hluttaw U WinMyint Soe delivered an address and gave optical glassesto eye patients.

At the ceremony, optical glasses worth over K 1million were donated to over 700 people from wards andvillage-tracts of Gyobingauk Township.—Myanma Alin

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Tuesday, 13 March, 20126th Waning of Taboung 1373 ME

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March—PyithuHluttaw regular session continued for 12th

day at Pyithu Hluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Buildinghere at 10.20 am today. It was attended byPyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mannand 347 Pyithu Hluttaw representatives. Eightquestions were raised and one report wassubmitted at today’s session.

U Ngun Moung of Haka Constitu-ency asked whether there are restrictionson tourists’ travel to Chin State; by whichdepartment or on which date or for whichreason the restraint order, if any, is is-sued; if the recommendation is needed,which department can recommend or inhow many days it can be issued. UnionMinister for Hotels and Tourism U TintHsan answered: There are restrictions ontourists’ travel to Chin State. There are alsorestrictions for other regions and states. Thedesignation of existing restricted area, routesand vehicles was made in the order of theMinistry of Home Affairs dated 10-4-1996to contain travel of foreigners. It was issuedas it was found some foreigners arriving inMyanmar illegally often crossed borders,smuggled precious things from Myanmarand undermined economy, social affairs andsecurity of the country. The travel of touriststo Chin State was restricted under this order.

If they want to travel beyond the area

Third regular session of first Pyithu Hluttaw continues for 12th day

Eight questions raised, one report submittedlimited for the travel, they are allowed by thesuperior department with the assurance ofrespective Union ministries depending onroad transportation and security of the re-gion. Both package tour groups and foreignindependent travelers are allowed to visitKanpetlet, Natmataung, Mindat, Ayeywastation, Ramsi station, 8-mile station,Kennedy mountain, Haka and Falam underthe programmes of tour companies.

Myanmar Police Force allows for-eigners to enter Myanmar through Yangonand Mandalay International Airports. Theintelligence corps checked whether the for-eigner is blacklisted by the government.Those who are not blacklisted are issueddesignated visa and allow entering, travelingand observing the country. Respective localpolice closely attend to the tourists for theirsecurity without restriction or prohibition.

Chin State government has issueddirective to eject the foreigners who do nothave the permission of the superior depart-ments and only have social visa as there is nospecific directive for it after scrutinizingentrance of foreigners and neutralized Chinnationals to Chin State by Immigration andNational Registration Department and otherdepartments.

The Ministry of Hotels and Tourismis trying to issue permission within a few

days under the existing laws. The branchesin Muse, Tachilek and Kawthoung bordergates have been equipped with email andinternet to grant the permission within theshort range of time. In accord with the chang-ing policies of the new Union government,restrictions on travel to Chin State will soonbe relaxed.

Dr Nay Lin of Seikkan Constituencyasked whether there is plant to handleimprovement in treatment provided byprivate specialist hospitals and clinics of-ficially permitted by the Ministry of Healthin accord with Private Health IndustryLaw. Union Minister for Health Dr Pe ThetKhin answered: In accord with health policyof the government, the development of pri-vate health industry is being implementedunder Private Health Industry Law prescribedwith a view to developing private healthindustry, encouraging private health indus-try to fulfill their quota in national healthsystem, using resources of private sectoreffectively in providing healthcare to thepublic, offering the public with more op-tions for healthcare, providing high-qualityhealthcare to the public at reasonable priceand ensuring accountability.

It is being encouraged to the privatehospitals to employ more doctors/special-ists, to improve the capacity of nurses, to

appoint diploma holder/graduate nurses andto not assign nurse aids as nurses.

The ministry is encouraging theemergence of private health entrepreneurs’association to form united public healthcaresystem and help each others. Generalplenary meeting for formation of

(See page 9)

Union Minister for EducationDr Mya Aye replies queries.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 March— The thirdregular session of the first Amyotha Hluttawcontinued for the 13th day at the AmyothaHluttaw Hall in the Hluttaw Building heretoday.

It was attended by Speaker ofAmyotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint and191 representatives of Amyotha Hluttaw.

During the meeting, five representa-tives raised questions and Union Ministerfor Border Affairs Lt-Gen Thein Htay re-plied the questions.

U Swe Aung of Yangon Region con-stituency No 12 asked the ministry whetherit had a plan to upgrade the laterite roadin Waryonson Village-tract in HleguTownship to a asphalt road or a concreteroad.

He replied that it was estimated that itwould cost K165.43 million to upgrade theroad to a 12-ft-in-width asphalt road and K236 million to a concrete one. The road,passing through villages, was linkingWaryonson Village-tract and the Yangon-Mandalay Highway and the road was twomiles and one furlong long, he said.

The development affairs committeeshad been carrying out tasks for upgradingroads from earthern to gravel ones in ruralareas, and still, the ministry had no plan toupgrade the road to a concrete one, he said.In the 2012-2013 fiscal year, one conduit

Third regular session of first Amyotha Hluttaw continues for 13th DayTen questions raised, one report read out, one proposal

approved and three new proposals submittedpipe would be constructed on the road andwould upgrade a distance of three furlong toa gravel one at the cost of K23 million fundedby Hlegu Township Development AffairsCommittee, he added.

U Aye of Mandalay Region constitu-ency No. 7 asked whether the ministry hada plan to maintain the roads leading tofamous pagodas in Bagan archaeologicalregion.

NyaungU Township DevelopmentAffairs Committee had planned to maintainthe major roads Anawrahta, Shwesigon,Ngatpittaung, Alodawpyai and Phayaniroads and the department would spendK26.45 million on maintain a distance offour furlong on Anawrahta Road, extensionof a distance of one furlong on ShwesigonPagoda Road and repaving a distance of onefurlong on Payani Pagoda Road.

The ministry did not upgrade someearthen roads in Bagan archaeological re-gion, but repaired damages in coordinationwith boards of trustees of ancient pagodasnot to destroy the original styles, he said.

To maintain the roads leading thefamous pagodas in Bagan archaeologicalregion, the Ministry of Culture had drawnplans to conserve the region and the Minis-try of Border Affairs would maintain theroads in the region without damaging theoriginal styles in coordination with the De-

partment of Archaeology, National Museumand Library of the Ministry of Culture.

U Naing Tun Ohn of Mon State con-stituency No. 5 asked whether the minis-try had a plan to repair Karuitpi Bridgeover the Karuitpi Creek in Karuitpi Vil-lage in Thanbyuzayat Township.

Union Minister for Border AffairsLt-Gen Thein Htay replied that the bridgewas constructed at the cost of K426.678million funded by the people and was com-missioned into service on 27 October 2010.The bridge located on Thanbyuzayat-AninRoad passing through villages was 300 ftlong and 18 ft wide, he said. The bridgecrosses the creek in 60-foot-in-length twospans of iron bailey type. The span of thebridge on the bank in Thanbyuzayat side is120 ft long while 60 ft long on the bank inKaruitpi side and those portions are of iron-reinforced type.

Trucks loaded with fish paste, driedfish and rubber weighing five tons werecrossing Karuitpi Bridge daily. The trucksweighing over five tons of loads were pro-hibited not to pass through the bridge thoughit could withstand eight tons of loads, hesaid. The ministry would make detailed as-sessment to the foundation of the bridge andThanbyuzayat Township Development Af-fairs Committee would carry out the tasks formaintaining and conserving the bridge.

U Aung Cho Oo of Bago Regionconstituency No 11 asked whether the min-istry to construct Nyaungpinkaryar-Kanyan Road linking between Monyo andShwetaung townships and to repair roadsin Monyo.

(See page 10)

Deputy Minister for NationalPlanning and Economic Develop-

ment Dr Kan Zaw answersquestions.—MNA

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