Established 1914

12th Waning of Nayon 1369 ME Monday, 11 June, 2007Volume XV, Number 56

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

Senior General Than Shwe sees offSecretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein on his

departure for PRC

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 10June — Chairman of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe sawoff Secretary-1 of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-GenThein Sein who left herefor Beijing, the People’sRepublic of China at theinvitation of the StandingCommittee of the Na-tional People’s Congressof the PRC, at Nay Pyi

Taw Airport at 10 am on5 June.

Also present atthe airport to see off theSecretary-1 were Vice-Chairman of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Deputy Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services Com-mander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye, Membersof the SPDC GeneralThura Shwe Mann, Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Lt-GenKyaw Win, Lt-Gen Khin

Maung Than, Lt-GenThiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo, Lt-Gen AungHtwe and Lt-Gen TinAye of the Ministry ofDefence, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein,Commander-in-Chief(Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein,Lt-Gen Myint Hlaing ofthe Ministry of Defence,Military Affairs Security (See page 8)

Senior General Than Shwe sees offSecretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein at

Nay Pyi Taw Airport on his departure forPeople’s Republic of China. — MNA

Senior GeneralThan Shwe shakes

hands withSecretary-1 Lt-GenThein Sein prior to

his departure for thePRC.—MNA

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One resigns from MadayaTownship NLD as he no

longer trusts in party andleaders

PERSPECTIVES* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesireMonday, 11 June, 2007

There occurs forest depletion in the

world due to the deterioration of natural

surroundings. It is necessary to conserve

natural forests for existence of living and

non-living things. Trees are to be grown for

making the world green and pleasant.

In Myanmar the government has been

launching forest and environment conserva-

tion activities. Beginning 1994, the nine-dis-

trict greening project was implemented in

some regions in central Myanmar, which

had faced the situation that may cause

desertification. Later, the project was ex-

tended up to 13 districts. The regions in

central Myanmar have now become green

and pleasant.

Green forests regulate climate condi-

tions and improve the environment in ac-

cord with the slogan “climate depends on

forests”. This is why the government is mak-

ing continuous arrangements for growing of

trees and conservation of the forests.

The Ministry of Forestry and local

organizations undertake environment con-

servation systematically for protection of

forest resources. It is the duty of all the entire

people to conserve the forests and trees.

Conservation of forests forlong-term use

NAY PYI TAW,10 June — Secretary-1of the State Peace andDevelopment Council ofthe Union of MyanmarLt-Gen Thein Sein anddelegation members vis-ited Beijing PlanningExhibition Hall inBeijing at 3.30 pm on 6June.

They were wel-comed by In-charge ofthe hall Mrs Zhaoli andofficials.

At the briefinghall, Mrs Zhaoli ex-plained that constructionof the hall started in Sep-tember 2003 and it wasopened in September2004. During two-yearperiod after opening, over1 million guests includ-ing leaders of the Peo-ple’s Republic of Chinaand 80 foreign countriesvisited the hall. She com-pared condition of ancientBeijing city with themodern and developedBeijing city with the use

of video documents.On the fourth

floor of the hall, theSecretary-1 and partyviewed picture ofBeijing in 1949, thescale model of the sta-dium where the Sum-mer Olympic Gameswill be held in Beijingin 2008, developingnew Beij ing, sportsgrounds and buildingsfor the Olympic Games,the scale model of the91,000-spectator-capac-ity stadium where theopening and closingceremonies and finalmatch of the footballtournament will beheld, the scale model of17 ,000- fan-capac i tyswimming pool and theunderground railroad,the views on longtermplan for development ofBeijing and buildings,e-book, the scale modelof Beijing InternationalAirport , the scalemodel of the Great

Wall displayed on theground floor and thelay-out plan of Beijing.

Next, the Secre-tary-1 signed in the visi-tors’ book of the hall.

At the GreatHall of the People inBeijing, the Secretary-1and party were wel-comed by Head of Re-ception Department Ms

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein visits BeijingPlanning Exhibition Hall, Great Hall of People

Wang Li and officials.Ms Wang Li ex-

plained construction ofthe Great Hall of thePeople. Next, the Secre-tary-1 and party visitedthe halls representing theStates where leaders ofthe State were born. Of-ficials conducted themround the hall.

MNA

YANGON, 10 June—A member of theMadaya Township National League for Democ-racy of Mandalay Division, U Maung Maung Aye,resigned from the party of his own volition on 4June, sending letter of resignation to the NLDHeadquarters and local authorities concerned.

In his letter of resignation sent to theMadaya Township Multiparty Democracy GeneralElection Subcommission, he said that he resignedfrom the NLD party as he was dissatisfied with theparty’s activities and no longer trusted in the partyand its leaders.

MNA

YANGON, 10 June— A ceremony to donatecash to the Mittayeik FreeClinic was held atMyaungmya PariyattiMonastery on ShinpinPhonepwint Street inPathein, Ayeyawady Di-vision on 3 June.

U Aung Kyi(Kantkaw Longyi Shop)presented K 1 million andDaw Tin Tin Nwe andfamily K 100,000 for theclinic.

The clinic opens

Cash donated to MittayeikFree Clinic in Pathein

every day from 7 am to 9am except Sundays.Everyone can receivetreatment free of charge.Those wishing to donatecash and kind may con-tact Sayadaw U Teza ofMyaungmya MyazeyonMonastery, PresidingNayaka SayadawBhaddanta Vannita ofMyaungmya PariyattiMonastery and PatheinMittayeik health care as-sociation.

MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein and delegation members visit the Great Hall of Peoplein Beijing.—MNA

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A poster of newly-weds Brunei’s Princess Majeedah Nuurul Bulqiah and herbridegroom Pengiran Khairul Khalil is on display at a street in Bandar SeriBegawan on 9 June , 2007. The royal wedding ceremony held at the Nurul Iman Palace in the Brunei’s capital on Sunday. — INTERNET

French actress CaroleBouquet watchesBelgium’s JustineHenin and Serbia’sAna Ivanovic play theirwomen’s finals matchat the French Opentennis tournament atRoland Garros in Parison 9 June, 2007. INTERNET

Russia asks US to stopwork on Europe shield

MOSCOW, 9 June — Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov on Saturdaycalled on the United States to freeze work on the planned deployment of amissile defence system in Europe until President Vladimir Putin’s alternativeproposal for joint use of the Gabala radar base in Azerbaijan is fullynegotiated.

Japan’s elderly are urged to work

Six detainees killed in attack onUS-run prison in S Iraq

Big fire occurs in central Thailand factory

“There must be a freezeon US deployment ofmissile defence facilitiesin Europe for the periodof analysis and negotia-tions,” Lavrov said atnews conference here.

“We invite the US tojointly and competentlyassess everything and alsoto sort things out andachieve universal under-standing,” he added. Hewarned that if Washingtonwanted to achieve stablesecurity, then it shouldrefrain from any actionthat affect the security ofits partners.

Lavrov also expressedconfidence that the infor-mation provided by the

Gabala radar station inAzerbaijan will allow theUS to drop its plans fordeployment of missiledefence components inEurope. The ForeignMinister stressed US plansto deploy elements of itsmissile defence system inEurope will seriouslyhamper efforts to solve theIranian nuclear problem.Lavrov said experts wereactively working to clarifyall aspects of Iran's nu-clear programme, inclu-ding the UN. “Nobody hasprovided proof that theIranian nuclear program-me has a military dimen-sion,” he said.

During his talks with

US President George WBush on the sidelines ofthe G8 summit inHeiligendamm, Putin hadproposed the joint use ofthe Gabala radar base inthe former Soviet republic,which Russia currentlyleases from Azerbaijan.

But in an interview onFriday, US Secretary ofState Condoleezza Riceappeared to throw coldwater on Putin’s proposal,saying Washington wouldcontinue its talks withPoland and the CzechRepublic on its missileshield plans regardlessof whether negotiationsbegin on the Russian offer.

Internet

BAGHDAD, 9 June —Six civilian detaineeswere killed and at least 50wounded in rocket ormortar attack on a US-rundetention facility onSaturday in southern Iraq,the military said.The six were killedwhen the Multi-NationalForce-Iraq Theatre In-ternment Facility at CampBucca near the city ofBasra was attacked by

“indirect fire,” whichusually refers to rocket ormortar attack, accordingto a brief statement.The statement said thatno US service members

were killed or injured inthe attack.The names of thosekilled are being withhelduntil families have beennotified. — Xinhua

BANGKOK, 9 June — Afactory in Thailand’s centralprovince of Samut Prakanwas caught in big fireresulted from short circuitof one engine on Friday

afternoon, causing hund-reds of gas tanks to explode.

The synthetic fibrefactory in Samut Prakan’sBang Bu District, locatedsome 40 kilometres from

the capital Bangkok, wastotally damaged by the fire.By Press time, hundreds ofgas tanks stored in the yardof the factory are still ex-ploding one after another.

Local media reports saidat about 4:00 pm (0900GMT), an engine in one ofthe factory’s workshopswas caught in fire becauseof short circuit. The blazequickly spread to otherworkshops and the gas tankswarehouse. Black thicksmoke from the factorycould be clearly seen fromBangkok. No injuries werereported immediately.Local radio FM 100 said allthe 200 workers in thefactory have beenevacuated from the sceneand nearby residents arealso being moved to safeplaces.—MNA/Xinhua

TOKYO, 8 June—Japan’s government saysthe nation has to workharder to encourageelderly people to remainin the workforce.

They need to see themas a resource not a burden— invaluable manpowerinstead of people who justneed support and care.

In a White Paperpublished on Friday, thegovernment says thetransformation to anageing society is un-precedented.

In 50 years time, more

than two-fifths of thepopulation will be over 65,twice the current figure.

Issues such as pensionsand care for the elderlyare becoming moreimportant for politiciansas a result.

At the moment, thereare more than three peopleof working age to supporteach person over 65. In2055, that figure will havefallen significantly.

Roughly speaking,there will just be oneyounger person to supporteach pensioner.

The government plansspecific measures to try to

ease the hardship causedby such demographicchallenges.

These include pro-moting employmentamong the elderly andhelping people in their 50sto shape post-retirementlife plans. —Internet

Apple Computer Inc Chief Executive Officer Steve Jobs holds the new iPhonein San Francisco, California on 9 Jan, 2007 file photo.— INTERNET

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sk\mOs∑m\;Aa; eKt\ek¥a\lWa;CIA ran secret prisons in Europe, report claimsPARIS, 10 June — The CIA ran secret prisons in Poland and Romania from 2003 to 2005 to interrogate

terror suspects under a programme authorized by the countries’ presidents, a report by a Europeaninvestigator said Friday.

Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao met with IndonesianVice President Yusuf Kalla in Beijing on 8 June,2007, calling for expanding cooperation between

the two countries. — XINHUA

A labourer worksat the constructionsite of the SiduheHigh-way Bridge,

connecting Yichangwith Enshi,

in central China’sHubei Provinceon 7 June, 2007.

INTERNET

The prisons in northeastPoland and southeastRomania were part of a“global spider’s web” ofdetentions and illegaltransfers spun out aroundthe world by the UnitedStates and its allies after

the 11 September, 2001attacks, said the report byCouncil of Europe in-vestigator Dick Marty.

He claimed that NATOand the United Statesreached a secret frameworkdeal in 2001 allowing the

New human case of bird fludetected in Egypt

C AIRO, 8 June — Egyptian Health Ministryspokesman Abdel-Rahman Shahin confirmed Fridayevening that a new human bird flu case was detected inEgypt, the official MENA news agency reported.A 10-year-old girl from the town of Naqada in theUpper Egyptian governorate of Qena, about 450 kmsouth of Cairo, was admitted to hospital after developingbird flu-like symptoms, Shahin said, without disclosingher name. The victim, who is believed to have contactedinfected birds, brought to 35 the number of human birdflu cases in Egypt, according to the spokesman.Among the previous 34 human cases, 14 of themdied and 20 recovered, said the official.Egypt reported its first case of the H5N1 strain ofbird flu in dead poultry in February 2006 and the firsthuman case in March of the same year. — Xinhua

Bomb kills one, wounds 23 in Thai southYALA (Thailand), 9

June — A bomb ex-ploded at a tea shoppacked with Buddhistcustomers in Thailand’sMuslim-majority southon Friday, killing onewoman and wounding23, police said.

The remote-controlledthree-kilo (6.6-pound)bomb was placed in apublic phone booth nearthe shop popular withsecurity forces and civilservants in the city ofYala, one of the threeprovinces hit by dailyviolence, police said.

Leaflets were left at

the site saying the“Independent Warriors forPatani Darusalam” wereresponsible for the blast,and that it was meant toretaliate for attacks bysecurity forces on innocentMuslims.

“As long as securitytroops hurt our innocentpeople, we will do the same

to yours,” said the leafletseen by Reuters.

Muslim militants, whohave conducted a sepa-ratist insurgency in whichmore than 2,300 peoplewere killed in the past 41months, have rarelyclaimed responsibiity intheir attacks.

MNA/Reuters

Gunmen hold 23 Egyptianfishermen off Eritrea coast

SUEZ (Egypt), 9 June— Gunmen are holding23 Egyptian fishermenafter attacking their boatin international waters off

Eritrea’s Red Sea coast,an official with Egypt’sfishing syndicate said onFriday.

Bakri Aboul Hassan,head of the syndicate’soffice in Suez where thecaptured boat is re-gistered, said the fisher-men were taken captiveon their boat after comingunder heavy gunfire aweek ago while fishingnear the Horn of Africanation.

He said attackers onspeedboats had forced theEgyptian fishing vesselinto Eritrean territorialwaters before boardingthe boat and taking thecrew captive.

“The captain of thecaptured boat, AbuZakaria, called us andconfirmed that they weretaken captive a week agoby unknown armedEritreans,” Aboul Hassantold Reuters.

MNA/Reuters

A man tries out the new PlayStation 3 videogame console at a Sony showroom in Tokyo inthis 6 Nov, 2006 file photo. Sony Corp’s game

unit said on Thursday it plans to cut jobs in theUnited States, but the scale and timing of the

cut have not been decided. — INTERNET

Central IntelligenceAgency to run the covertprisons. “There is nowenough evidence to statethat secret detentionfacilities run by the CIAdid exist in Europe from2003 to 2005, in particularin Poland and Romania,”Marty said in the report.

“There were no secretbases in Poland,” saidPolish foreign ministryspokesman RobertSzaniawski. Romania’sforeign ministry said thereport “provided no proofto confirm the allegationswith the exception ofunidentified sources whose

credibility cannot bejudged.”

In Brussels, theEuropean Commissioncalled on EU countriesaccused of taking part in thecovert CIA programme toconduct impartialinvestigations “as quicklyas possible” to establishresponsibility. The 72-pagereport, which followed afirst probe last year into CIAtransfers of terror suspects,said a 2001 NATOagreement to supportWashington’s “war onterror” contained secretannexes that allowed forthe detentions. —Internet

Canada requests WTOto solve US agri subsidies

OTTAWA, 10 June — Canada has requested that aWorld Trade Organization (WTO) dispute settlementpanel be established to solve the issue of US agriculturalsubsidies, Minister of International Trade DavidEmerson announced Friday.

“We remain concerned that the US is providingagricultural subsidies in breach of its WTOcommitments,” Emerson said in a statement.

Canada considers that US subsidies exceed itsannual WTO commitments of 19.1 billion US dollarsin 1999, 2000, 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005, said thestatement.

The United States also provides export creditguarantees that subsidize the exportation of certainagricultural products, it said.

The request comes as US lawmakers draft the nextfarm bill, and Emerson urged Washington to ensurethat its next farm bill complies with WTO rules.

MNA/Xinhua

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E C O N O M I C N E W S

The Dell XPS 700 is displayed during a Dell product launch in Hollywood in this31 May, 2006 file photo. Dell Inc said on Friday it will start selling consumernotebook computers at more than 500 of Wal-Mart Stores Inc’s Sam’s Club storesstarting next week, its latest move to sell computers in retail chains.— INTERNET

China’s central bank said on 8 June , 2007 it hadagreed in principle that foreign banks operating inChina could be enrolled as members of the Shanghai Gold Exchange (SGE). — INTERNET

A residential

building is flooded as

a rainstorm hits

Lianzhou, south

China’s Guangdong

province, on 7 June,

2007.

INTERNET

Huawei Technologies Co Ltd. — XINHUA

Chinese communications giant toincrease investment in Russia

ST PETERSBURG,9 June —China's leading telecomprovider, Huawei Techno-logies Co Ltd, will increaseinvestment in Russia, seniormanagement officials saidhere on Saturday.

“We will increaseinvestment in Russia,enhancing local researchand development, as wellas providing better servicefor Russian clients andconsumers,” said SunYafang, chairwoman ofboard of directors at aceremony marking thecompany’s 10th anniver-sary of operations in Russia.She did not give furtherdetails, only pledging thatHuawei will insist on thelocalization of the industry.Huawei has set upjointly-funded factories andlabs in Russia with a totalsales volume of 1.2 billionUS dollars till 2006 andsome 1,000 local emplo-yees.Chinese Vice Premier

Wu Yi and Russian DeputyPrime Minister AlexanderZhukov were present at theoccasion.

“Chinese companies,typically Huawei, havecontributed to the Sino-Russia cooperation in thetelecommunication sectorby providing qualityproducts, solutions andback-up service,” said XiGuohua, Chinese viceminister of InformationIndustry. Huawei hasestablished more than 100

branches worldwide,including research anddevelopment centers inRussia. It has more than 1billion customers and topte lecommunica t ionsservice providers asclients in more than 100countries. The com-pany’s annual salesincome totaled 11 billionUS dollars last year, ofwhich, some 70 percentwere from theinternational market.

Internet

ILO says one-fifth of world’sworkers work excessive hours

GENEVA, 9 June — One in five workers around theworld are still working excessively long hours, oftenmerely to make ends meet, the International LabourOrganization (ILO) said on Thursday.

In a new report, the ILO said an estimated 22 per centof the global workforce, or 614.2 million workers, arestill working over 48 hours a week.

It added that progress toward a maximum 48-hourweek is still uneven around the world, nearly a centuryafter the standard was adopted by ILO member states.

“The good news is that progress has been made inregulating normal working hours in developing andtransition countries, but overall the findings of this studyare definitely worrying, especially the prevalence ofexcessively long hours,” said Jon C Messenger, a co-author of the study. The study spotlighted working timein over 50 countries. In terms of those countries with thehighest incidence of long working hours for 2004-2005(defined as more than 48 hours per week). Peru toppedthe list at 50.9 per cent of workers. — MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam’s automobile salessoar in first five months

HANOI, 9 June —Automobile joint venturesin Vietnam posted totalsales of 22,445 vehiclesin the first five months ofthis year, up 85 per centover the same period lastyear, according to a localindustrial association onFriday.

In May alone, thecountry's automobile salesstood at 5,580 units,increasing 59 per cent overlast May, said the VietnamAutomobile Manufac-turers Association.

Between January andMay, Toyota Vietnamand local bus and truck

maker Truong Hai heldthe biggest local marketshare.

Automobile jointventures in Vietnam, soleproducers of cars and mainmakers of other kinds ofautomobiles in thecountry, sold 39,876vehicles in 2006, downfrom 40,853 in 2005, saidthe association.

Vietnam with apopulation of over 83

million currently houses13 automobile jointventures with totalregistered capital of nearly700 million US dollars andcombined annual capacityof 173,000 units.

Besides, the countryhas dozens of localenterprises specializing inproducing automobileparts and assemblingsimple vehicles.

MNA/Xinhua

Minister welcomesincrease inNT tourism

MELBOUNE, 10 June—Northern Territory TourismMinister Paul Hendersonsays a $10 millioninvestment by the TerritoryGovernment in inter-national tourism marketinghas paid off. The latest figuresfrom Tourism ResearchAustra-lia show touristnumbers have increased by3.7 per cent for the year toMarch. International holiday-makers are also stayinglonger and are spending moremoney.

Mr Henderson says thestatistics are good news forlocal businesses.

“A very happy $10million investment becausewe can really see tourismnumbers significantlyincreasing across theNorthern Territory,” hesaid. “$372 million into oureconomy, that's a lot of jobs,that’s a lot of business forTerritory operators.”

Internet

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Another school year has started.I was always happy when schools reopened. I

loved my school days. It was a joy for me to attendclasses wearing a new uniform and slinging a bagwhen the earth was cool under the early monsoonshowers. Now the schools have reopened, and therecome students wearing white and green uniformstogether with the early monsoon showers.

Student youths are always clean and fresh likethe blossoming flowers in the early rainy season.They are moving forward with vigorous stepstowards the future, while enhancing their intellectualand physical abilities, health and fitness, moralconduct, and morale. But all my pleasures and joysof seeing those students were gone when I heardabout the disgusting news of a group of bad adultsunder the name of students. So evil and wickedthat they are too mean to be compared with today’sstudents. They are the so-called ‘88’ generationstudents the whole nation is regarding them as tooloathsome.

See, Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi and theirgroup of so-called ‘88’ generation students weresaid to have sent letters to President Hu Jintao ofthe People’s Republic of China and PresidentVladimir Putin of Russian Federation through therespective embassies in Yangon on 4 June 2007. Inthe letters, they reportedly said that they were soregretful for the veto used by both countries to rejectthe plan to put Myanmar on the agenda at the UNSecurity Council on 12 January 2007; that due tothe veto, ways of solving the Myanmar issue throughthe UN were lost; that the use of veto amounted toletting Myanmar military junta go against the worldcommunity; that violent responses and unjust arrestsagainst activists demanding democracy throughpeaceful means are increasing. They have made alot of exaggerations and lies. The letters alsodemanded China and Russia to join hands with theinternational community if they had the real wishto see prosperity and stability in Myanmar. So

To national traitors under the name of students

Ko Keshameful and disgusting that those so-called ‘88’generation students are like the persons trying toattack their own village and even their own army.

I also learned that they distributed a news releasedemanding China and Russia to render assistance inMyanmar’s transition to democracy to foreignembassies and diplomats. My anger reached to thedegree beyond tolerance, when I heard this. Theyare so thickheaded to the degree beyond imagination.They are dim-witted enough to understand nothing.Their intelligence is too low when compared withtheir age. Those old bat bogus students had disturbedmy mind that was calm and peaceful because of thestudents.

On 18 September 1988, the Tatmadaw had totake over all the duties of the State as the dangerof national disintegration loomed large then. Fromthat time on, the government has been givingpriority to the rule of law and regional peace andsecurity. It then laid down the four politicalobjectives and has been paying attention tostability of State, community peace andtranquillity and the rule of law. We all havewitnessed the government’s endeavours.

Stability of State, community peace andtranquillity and the rule of law are essential fornational development, ensuring security for publiclives and property and a peaceful workingenvironment and perpetuation of sovereignty.

In this regard, the government will have tostop, investigate, arrest and take actions againstall persons trying to ruin stability of State,community peace and tranquillity and the rule oflaw. It is only the normal duty of everygovernment of the world to ensure peace, stabilityand security for the public. The Tatmadawgovernment is just performing its task well. Ihonestly accept that it is the duty of everygovernment to take preventive measures to protectits citizens against all forms of terrorist acts.

In reality, Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi and

group have become well-known for their misdeedto muddle up student affairs and politics. But thereare little known facts behind the scene. So, I wouldlike to present about them a little. Those bogusstudents received financial assistance from certainembassies, with U Ye Tun as a contact person.They committed conspiracies together with MoeThee Zun raised by the BCP. They formed unlawfulassociations — All Burma Students Union (ABSU)and All Myanmar Students Union (AMSU), andfuelled the 1988 unrest through instigative acts.

When the Tatmadaw controlled the nationalsituation and took over the State duties on 18September 1988, ABSU founded and led by MinKo Naing, Ko Ko Gyi and Moe Thee Zun laiddown three strategies — to launch semiunderground activities, to form a political party andcarry out activities, and to resort to the armedstruggle line — with the hope of continued opposingand attacking the State.

According to the strategy, they formed theABSDF terrorist insurgent group for undergroundactivities, and Moe Thee Zun-led Lubaung ThitDemocratic Party for aboveground activities. Sincethen, Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi and Aung Dinhave been trying to arouse public ire with theintention of creating another unrest. The group ledby Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi has its roots inthe perpetration to oppose the State and the people.

Authorities concerned took legal action againstMin Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi, Aung Din, Sit KoNaing and Soe Thein as they were giving anti-government and anti-Tatmadaw talks at sometownship NLD offices from 16 to 21 March 1989and attempting to incite unrest in the nation. TheMoe Thee Zun-led Lubaung Thit Democratic Partywas proclaimed unlawful on 6-12-1991 as italthough existing as a legally formed organizationpreviously was making contacts with insurgentgroups and cooperating with underground BCPs inaccord with their strategy.

Aung Din who plotted conspiracies togetherwith Min Ko Naing and others in the ABSU wasarrested for his offences. He was released fromprison on 7-7-1993. Now, he is serving as a directorof US Campaign for Burma formed with Myanmarexpatriates in US and is still opposing and attackingthe government. It is common knowledge that BoKyi, who worked together with Min Ko Naing andKo Ko Gyi as ABSU members in 1988-89 is activein Assistance Association for Political Prisoners(Burma)-AAPP.

The government also declared ABSDF unlawfulassociation on 28-8-2005 for threatening the ruleof law and the stability of the State. ABSDF andthose perpetrators are on the same band wagon.

(See page 7)

Stability of State, community peace and tranquillity and the ruleof law are essential for national development, ensuring security forpublic lives and property and a peaceful working environment andperpetuation of sovereignty.

In this regard, the government will have to stop, investigate, arrestand take actions against all persons trying to ruin stability of State,community peace and tranquillity and the rule of law. It is only thenormal duty of every government of the world to ensure peace,stability and security for the public. The Tatmadaw government isjust performing its task well. I honestly accept that it is the duty ofevery government to take preventive measures to protect its citizensagainst all forms of terrorist acts.

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(from page 6)ABSU members including Moe Thee Zun,

Aung Din, Bo Kyi, Min Ko Naing, Ko Ko Gyi,Htay Kywe and Min Zeya made instigative acts tofan the 1988 unrest. A review of the events andfacts I have presented in this article have spotlightedthe conspiracies inside and outside the nation ofthose former ABSU members to put the entirenation in harms way while working as terrorists,expatriate opponents and semi-UG hard cores allacting hand in glove.

Min Ko Naing and Ko Ko Gyi were releasedfrom the prison in 2005. Then, they joined fellowex-convicts Htay Kywe, Pyone Cho and Min Zeyaand called themselves “88” generation studentgroup. They are now in their early forties, and donot deserve at all the prestige of students who arehonest and loyal to the nation and the people.Indeed, they are, like Maung Ba Than, just nationaltraitors working as servants of and havingthemselves exploited by external elements, andbetraying the motherland and the people. Almostall the adults have passed their schooldays and pinefor the student life. Min Ko Naing and party’snaming themselves students is aimed to exploit thestudents, while betraying the mother country. Anyparents of the students including me cannot ignoresuch an improper and self-centred act that is harmfulto the education of the students.

It has come to the knowledge of the peoplethat Min Ko Naing and party are taking part in theprogrammes of certain foreign broadcasting stationswith the intention of winning local and internationalattention and regaining contact with their oldpartners, visiting the embassies of some westerncountries, keeping in touch with anti-governmentunderground groups, and forming a students unionlike All Burma Students Union. We still rememberthat they sent a letter to the secretary general of theUnited Nations through the US embassy callingfor direct handling of Myanmar affairs by himselfand the UN Security Council.

Getting involved in political movements to theliking of their alien masters, Min Ko Naing andparty are leading an easy life with foreignassistance. Many news stories were unbearable tomy ears that Bo Kyi of AAPP was providing MinKo Naing and party with cash donations hecollected from Myanmar old students and NGOsin foreign countries, through the embassy of acertain country; that in the second week of April2006, he was said to have sent 25 million kyats tothem; that he would continue to provide cashassistance so that all members of the group wouldget a mobile phone each and the group would geta car; that Min Ko Naing and party were collectingcash donations to provide the so-called politicalprisoners in various jails in the nation; that on 14August 2006, an NGO in the US provided 30,000US dollars for Htay Kywe through the US embassy;and that Myanmar old students and NLD memberKhin Ohnmar in the US sent K 2.5 million to MinZeya.

Member Ne Tin Myint of the “88” generationstudent group illegally left for Maesok last month.

It is apparent to the entire people that the membersare too subservient to alien countries and organizationsinstead of crushing various attacks on the mothercountry to denigrate the image of their country dueto their dishonest purposes. Recent incidents alsoshowed that their traitorous way with too muchreliance on external elements is similar to that of NLDleaders, on which they rely much.

His illegal trip revealed his performance of a wolf inthe sheep’s clothing, as evidenced by the informationthat he would have to hold a meeting to discussfollow-up programmes of the “88” generation studentgroup with Moe Thee Zun, Aung Din and Bo Kyi inexile; and that he was making arrangements forestablishment of a liberation zone of the “88”generation student group in foreign countries and inborder areas.

It can be deduced from the above-mentionedfacts that the group of Min Ko Naing and Ko KoGyi are receiving cash assistance from theembassies of some western countries, and theyhave contact with expatriate Myanmar oldstudents and are doing activities in the countrywith the support of the latter. I want to warnthem that all Myanmar people equipped withpatriotic fervour including me will not remainindifferent from the attempts to seize power ofthe guys receiving the assistance of and dancingto the tune of foreign countries and directlycopying western democracy.

Now, the people have understood well the realintention of their movements such as signaturecampaign, white expression campaign, lettercampaign and white Sunday campaign. The groupmembers serving as slaves and supporting theactivities of certain foreign countries and constantlymaking attempts to obstruct the interests of themotherland and the people sent letters to China andthe Russian Federation. I do not think those stupidpersons noticed such a brazen act tarnished the imageof the nation and the people and declared them asnational traitors. The letter written to the liking oftheir foreign masters put them on record as nationaltraitors.

It is apparent to the entire people that themembers are too subservient to alien countriesand organizations instead of crushing variousattacks on the mother country to denigrate theimage of their country due to their dishonestpurposes. Recent incidents also showed that theirtraitorous way with too much reliance on externalelements is similar to that of NLD leaders, onwhich they rely much.

It is still in my mind that around 1988-89 NLDChairman U Tin Oo sent letters to the then USPresident, the US State Secretary, the Indian PrimeMinister, the Thai Foreign Minister, the JapaneseForeign Minister, the chairman of the JapaneseSocialist Party, the Amnesty International in the UK

and the International Human Rights associations inSwitzerland. In general, the letters said that theMyanmar junta brutally suppressed pro-democracyactivists; that so they would like the countries toreject the offers if Myanmar government proposedto export its products to them; and they would alsolike them to deter the plan for sending backMyanmar students in border areas into Myanmar.The traitorous acts indeed.

In like manner, Daw Suu Kyi, General Secretaryof the NLD, irresponsibly blemished the reputationof Myanmar and its people by sending letters to theLondon-based Amnesty International, the head ofthe UNDP in New York and ambassadors of foreignembassies in Yangon. They should have realizedthat their disgracing the nation and the people bysending letters in desperation to seize power ispushing the nation into an abyss of diversehardships. Ordinary people like me do not get suchan abysmal idea even incidentally, and I did notknow why they showed no consideration in thatregard.

Whatever it may be, NLD, Daw Suu Kyi and UTin Oo did betray the nation and the people bydishonouring the nation on account of theirdesperation to come to power. The “88” newgeneration student group has also betrayed thenational cause by sending letters. Those who havebetrayed the nation and the people will have to facethe punishment meted out by the nation and thepeople and action will be taken according to thelaw.

I would also like to warn that it is high timeso-called students of the “88” generation studentgroup stopped manufacturing rumours andexaggerated news stories in complicity withinternal and external anti-government elements andforeign media, levelling groundless accusations todestroy the people’s admiration for the government,committing terrorist acts, and inciting mass proteststo jeopardize stability and peace of the State.Otherwise, they will get punitive punishmentimposed by the people soon. I think the punishmentto be inflicted by the people on them may be muchmore severe than legal action they will face ifthey continue to commit such acts, and they evenmay meet their end. I wish so-called students wouldaccept my advice.

Translation: TMT+MSMyanma Alin, Kyemon: 9-6-2007

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(from page 1)Chief Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, senior military officers, de-partmental heads and officials, Ambassador of thePRC to the Union of Myanmar Mr Guan Mu andembassy staff.

The Secretary-1 was accompanied by Com-mander of Nay Pyi Taw Command Maj-Gen WaiLwin, Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen Tin NaingThein, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win,Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint, Ministerfor Electric Power No 1 Col Zaw Min, Minister forElectric Power No 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint,Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, Minis-ter for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi, Attorney-Gen-eral U Aye Maung, Deputy Chief Justice U TunTun Oo, Deputy Attorney-General U Tun Tun Oo,Director-General Col Kyaw Kyaw Win of the SPDCOffice and departmental officials. — MNA

Senior General Than Shwesees off…

(from page 16)Minister for Electric Power No 1 Col Zaw Min,Minister for Electric Power No 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint, Minister for Transport Maj-Gen TheinSwe, Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi, Attor-ney-General U Aye Maung, Deputy Chief Justice UTun Tun Oo, Deputy Attorney-General U Tun TunOo, Myanmar Ambassador to the PRC U Thein Lwin,Director-General Col Kyaw Kyaw Win of SPDCOffice, departmental heads and officials.

Together with the Chairman of the StandingCommittee of the NPC were Vice-Chief Mr JiPeiding of the Foreign Affairs Committee of theNPC, Deputy General Secretary Mr Cao Weizhouof the Standing Committee of the NPC, DeputyGeneral Secretary Mr Sun Wei of the StandingCommittee of the NPC, member of the Law Com-mittee of the NPC Mr Zhang Chun Sheng, DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs of the PRC Mr WuDawei, Deputy Director Mr Hu Xiao Li of the For-eign Affairs Department of NPC Office and seniorofficials.

At the discussions, Mr WuBangguo, Chair-man of the Standing Committee of China’s NationalPeople’s Congress (NPC) extended greetings to theSecretary-1 and party.

The Secretary-1 explained the purpose of hisvisit to the PRC to Mr WuBangguo. He said theHead of State conveyed his best wishes to him and

Myanmar thanks China…

NAY PYI TAW, 10 June— Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union ofMyanmar Lt-Gen TheinSein called on Mr TangJiaxuan, State Councillorof the People’s Republicof China, at the Building(5) of Diao Yu Tai StateGuest House in Beijing at6 pm on 5 June.

Together with theSecretary-1 at the callwere Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, Ministerfor Commerce, Brig-GenTin Naing Thein, Minis-ter for Foreign Affairs UNyan Win, Minister for

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein meets PRCState Councillor Mr Tang Jiaxuan

Mines Brig-Gen OhnMyint, Minister for Elec-tric Power No 1 Col ZawMin, Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint, Ministerfor Transport Maj-GenThein Swe, Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen Lun Thi,Attorney-General U AyeMaung, Deputy Chief Jus-tice U Tun Tun Oo,Deputy Attorney-GeneralU Tun Tun Oo, MyanmarAmbassador to the PRC UThein Lwin, Director-General Col Kyaw KyawWin of the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil Office, departmentalheads and officials.

Together with MrTang Jiaxuan at the callwere Assistant Minister ofForeign Affairs Mr CuiTiankai, member of Chi-na’s National People’sCongress LegislativeCommittee Mr ZhangChunsheng, Deputy Di-rector-General of China’sNational People’s Con-gress Political Bureau MrHu Xiaoli and high-rank-ing officials.

After extending greet-ings, Mr Tang Jiaxuansaid mutual friendship be-tween China andMyanmar is cementing.So, China will continue toplace emphasis on pro-

moting all-round eco-nomic cooperation.Moreover, the two coun-tries will continue to co-operate in combating nar-cotic drugs at China-Myanmar border. Ricewill be provided for ex-poppy growers and Chinawill also continue to makecooperation in other eco-nomic affairs, he added.

Secretary-1 Lt-GenThein Sein, after express-ing thanks, explained thepurpose of visiting Chinaand political and economiccooperation between thetwo nations. He also ex-plained opportunities forgeneration of hydropowerand producing of oil andgas and invited economicinvestments in Myanmar.He then briefed then ontransformation of bordertrade to normal trade, com-bating production ofnarco-tics at the boarderbetween the two countries,matters related toalthernative development,Shweli-Lashio railroadconstruction, speedy im-plementation of the inTernational ConventionCentre constructionproject in Nay Pyi Taw,arrangements for recon-vening of the NationalConvention and State’s de-velopments. Then, he con-veyed a message of greet-ings by Head of State Sen-ior General Than Shwe toPresident Hu Jintao andinvited the Chinese Presi-dent and leaders to visitMyanmar.

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the Chinese leaders. He said he remembered MrWu’s visit in 1997 and the Head of State invitedhim to pay a visit to Myanmar.

He said Myanmar government and the peoplethanked China for its stand and support on Myanmarin the fields of international relations.

Mr Wu Bangguo told the Secretary-1 thatChina highly values the ties with Myanmar andbilateral relations have improved due to close coop-eration and mutual trust and understanding.

He expressed China’s appreciation ofMyanmar’s support to one-China policy adding thatChina thanked Myanmar for its stand as a goodneighbour.

He said China always opposes every actionthat interferes in internal affairs of one nation. Onlythe people of that country have rights to make adecision on internal affairs. The volume of bilateraltrade reached US $ 1.4 billion in the previous year.China wishes to boost its cooperation in the fieldsof energy, mining and other economic sectors, headded.

He said bilateral cooperation in drug elimina-tion is gaining a success, and China will continue tofight against drug trafficking.

He said China is the most populous nation.After studying international experience and review-ing the events, China laid down own policies inconformity with its people, character and customsfor peace, stability and national development. That

was why the country found the suitable developmentpath, he said.

Chinese government and its people supportMyanmar’s endeavours for national development onits own way, he added.

Next, the Secretary-1 expressed thanks for ex-planation of political, economic and social develop-ments and adding that he was proud of Chinese lead-ers who lead the nation for gaining success in thefields of economic, social and science and technol-ogy.

He said the government is making efforts forthe emergence of a peaceful, modern developed dis-cipline-flourishing democratic nation. The NationalConvention adopted detailed basic principles fordrafting the State Constitution and it will be com-pleted soon. The remaining future programmes willbe implemented.

He said that Head of State Senior General ThanShwe wished him and the President of the PRC healthand happiness and he invited latter to pay a visit toMyanmar at the appropriate time. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-GenThein Sein meeting

with Mr TangJiaxuan, State Coun-cillor of PRC, at Diao

Yu Tai State GuestHouse.—MNA

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Secretary-1 pays homage to Sacred Buddha’sTooth Relic, visits Forbidden City

NAY PYI TAW, 10 June— Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union ofMyanmar Lt-Gen TheinSein and party arrivedLing Guang Si BuddhistTemple where the SacredBuddha’s Tooth Relic isbeing kept in Ba Da ChuPark in Beijing at 9 am on6 June.

The Sayadaw of LinGuang Si Buddhist Tem-ple who is also Vice-Chairman of ChineseBuddhist Association, re-sponsible persons of theassociation and memberswelcomed the Secretary-1 and party.

They paid homage to

the Sacred Buddha’sTooth Relic and the JadeBuddha Image donated byMyanmar at GandakutiBuilding.

The Sayadaw ex-plained the history of thesacred tooth relic, the visitof the sacred tooth relicto Myanmar for furthercementing relationshipbetween Myanmar andChina, journeys of the sa-cred tooth relic fromChina to Sri Lanka, Thai-land and Hong Kong andkeeping of the Jade Bud-dha Image donated byMyanmar.

The Secretary-1 andparty paid homage to Pa-tron Sayadaw of Chinese

Buddhist Association YiCheng. The Secretary-1offered alms includingeight requisites and do-nations to the PatronSayadaw for the ChineseBuddhist Associationand Ling Guang Si Tem-ple.

The Secretary-1 ac-cepted a Buddha imagedonated by the PatronSayadaw for Chairman ofthe State Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander-in-Chief of De-

fence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe andwife Daw KyaingKyaing. The Sayadawalso presented a Buddhaimage to the Secretary-1.

Secretary-1 Lt-GenThein Sein and partyviewed the stone plaqueof the temple and leftthere.

Accompanied by of-ficials of the Ministry ofForeign Affairs of China,the Secretary-1 and partyvisited the Forbidden City

in Beijing. They enteredthe ancient palace throughMeridian Gate (Wu Men).After visiting ancientbuildings, they left theForbidden City throughShen Wa Men (Gate ofDevine Might).

The area of Forbid-den City of the PRC is720,000 square metres.The palace includes 8,700rooms. The ancient pal-ace is enclosed with a3,400-metre red wall.

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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein pays homage to Sacred Buddha’s Tooth Relic at Ba Da Chu Park.—MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein acceptsBuddha image donated by Patron Sayadaw

of Chinese Buddhist AssociationYi Cheng.—MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein and delegation members visit Forbidden City in Beijing.—MNA

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PRC State Councillor hostsdinner in honour of

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein

NAY PYI TAW, 10June— State CouncillorMr Tang Jiaxuan of thePeople’s Republic ofChina hosted dinner inhonour of members of thegoodwill delegation led bySecretary-1 Lt-Gen TheinSein of the State Peaceand Development Councilat Diao Yu Tai State GuestHouse at 6.30 pm on 5June. The dinner was

attended by Commanderof Nay Pyi TawCommand, the ministers,Attorney-General, DeputyChief Justice, DeputyA t t o r n e y - G e n e r a l ,Myanmar Ambassador tothe PRC, Director-General of SPDC Office,departmental heads andofficials.

After the dinner, thedelegation went to GrandHotel Beijing.—MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Seinarrives in Beijing

NAY PYI TAW, 10 June— At the invitation of theNational People’sCongress StandingCommittee of the People’sRepublic of China, aMyanmar goodwilldelegation led bySecretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen Thein Seinleft here on 5 June for thePRC on goodwill visit.

They arrived atBeijing InternationalAirport at 3.40 pm.

Myanmar Ambas-sador U Thein Lwinboarded the plane andgreeted the Secretary-1.

Next, the Secretary-1and party were welcomedby member of LegislativeWork Committee ofChina’s NPC Mr ZhangChunsheng, DeputyDirector-General of

Foreign Relations Officeof China’s NPC Mr HuXiaoli and officials.

A Chinese girl and aMyanmar girl presentedbouquets to the Secretary-1.

The Secretary-1 andmembers of Myanmargoodwill delegation werewelcomed by Daw NweNwe Han, wife ofMyanmar Ambassador UThein Lwin, MilitaryAttaché Col Tint Wai andwife Dr Daw Nwe Ni Win,embassy staff and familymembers.

The Secretary-1cordially met member ofLegislative WorkCommittee of China’sNPC Mr ZhangChunsheng.

Members of Myanmargoodwill delegation wentto Grand Hotel Beijing.

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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein meets Vice-Chairman ofStanding Committee of National People’s Congress of PRCNAY PYI TAW, 10 —

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen TheinSein of the State Peace andDevelopment Council ofthe Union of Myanmar metVice-Chairman Mr LiTieying of StandingCommittee of NationalPeople’s Congress of thePeople’s Republic ofChina at the Shanghai hallon the second floor of GreatHall of the People at 6 pmon 6 June.

Together with theSecretary-1 at the call wereCommander of Nay PyiTaw Command Maj-GenWai Lwin, Minister forCommerce Brig-Gen TinNaing Thein, Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister for MinesBrig-Gen Ohn Myint,Minister for Electric PowerNo 1 Col Zaw Min,

Minister for Electric PowerNo 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint, Minister forTransport Maj-Gen TheinSwe, Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi,Attorney-General U AyeMaung, Deputy ChiefJustice U Tun Tun Oo,Deputy Attorney-GeneralU Tun Tun Oo, MyanmarAmbassador to the PRC UThein Lwin, Director-General Col Kyaw KyawWin of the SPDC Office,departmental heads andofficials.

Together with theVice-Chairman of theStanding Committee of theNPC were Deputy DirectorMr Kui Fulin, member ofNationalities Committee ofthe NPC, Deputy DirectorMr Shi Xiushi, member ofFinance and EconomicCommittee of the NPC,Deputy Director Mr JiPeiding, member ofForeign Affairs Committeeof the NPC, DeputyGeneral-Secretary Mr CaoWeizhou of the StandingCommittee of the NPC andmember of LawCommittee of the NPC MrZhang Chun Sheng.

Mr Li Tieying said thevisit of Myanmardelegation will helpstrengthen the mutualfriendship between thetwo countries andeconomic cooperation. Hesaid being the goodneighbourly nations since

yore, the friendship hasbeen cemented more andmore. Economic andsocial cooperationbetween the two countiesis improving and they willcontinue to maintain suchcooperation.

After expressinggratitude, Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein explainedthe purpose of goodwillvisit. He said that hisgoodwill visit willcontribute towardspromotion of friendlyrelationship between thetwo countries and furthercementing of fiveprinciples of peaceful co-existence. He reiteratedgratitude to the People’sRepublic of China for itsstanding by Myanmar as agood neighbour wheneverMyanmar affairs occurred.He said that the Union ofMyanmar and the People’sRepublic of China arepromoting economiccooperation. At present, headded that the trade volumeof the two countries isrising year after year. ThePRC increased economicinvestment in Myanmar,he said. Therefore, he saidthat everybody can witnessgood conditions forboosting more trade andinvestment in Myanmar incoming years. Afterwards,Secretary-1 Lt-Gen TheinSein and Vice-ChairmanMr Li Tieying exchangedgifts.

Next, the SigningCeremony of Me-morandum of Un-derstanding on Myanmar-China Natural GasCooperation and Me-morandum of Un-derstanding For FeasibilityStudy of Joint De-velopment of Crude oilPipeline in Myanmar washeld at the Taiwan hall onthe first floor of the GreatHall of the People.

It was attended bySecretary-1 Lt-Gen TheinSein and party, Vice-Chairman Mr Li Tieyingand members, Vice-Chairman Mr LiaoYongyuan of PetrochinaCompany Limited andofficials.

Firstly, The Secretary-1, the Vice-Chairman andthose present had adocumentary photo taken.Next, Director-GeneralCol Kyaw Kyaw Win ofSPDC Office and Vice-Chairman Mr LiaoYongyuan signed theMoU. After the signingceremony, Vice-ChairmanLi Tieying hosted a dinnerin honour of Secretary-1Lt-Gen Thein Sein andparty at the Beijing hall ofthe Great Hall of thePeople.

After having dinner,the Secretary-1 and partycordially greeted the Vice-Chairman and party andleft for Grand HotelBeijing. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein being welcomed by member ofLegislative Work Committee of NPC Mr Zhang Chunsheng at Beijing

International Airport.—MNA

Mr Tang Jiaxuan, State Councillor of PRC, hosts dinner in honour of Secretary-1 Lt-GenThein Sein and members at Diao Yu Tai State Guest House.— MNA

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An undated photo of people trying computers at an IT fair. Singapore’s SpamControl Act will take effect next week as the city-state seeks to controlunsolicited advertising, the government said on Friday. — INTERNET

Apple Chief Executive Steve Jobs introduces full-length, high resolution movie downloads from theiTunes website to an audience in San Francisco,California, on 12 Sept, 2006 file photo. MelodeoInc said on Tuesday it plans to help music fans

expand use of their iTunes digital musiccollections beyond their desktop computer and

iPod by streaming songs in personal libraries tomobile phones. — INTERNET

BEIJING, 9 June — The State Meteorological Administration (SMA) isstepping up lightning prevention education after a series of lightning strikesacross the nation.

Rising lightning strikes raiseconcern in China

The country reported19,982 lightning disastersin 2006, way up on the11,026 disasters in 2005,8,892 in 2004 and 7,625in 2003. Lightningdisasters caused directlosses of more than 600million yuan last year.

This year has alsostarted badly. Over the pastfifteen days, China hasreported two severe light-ning strikes. Seven childrenwere killed and 44 injuredon 23 May in Xingye Vill-age of Kaixian County,Chongqing Municipality.

A week later, lightningstruck in the area again,killing one and injuringanother in Chongqing’sXinghe Township.

Lightning strikesclaimed 717 lives in Chinalast year and 619 in 2005.But when all lightning-related disasters are takeninto account — includinglightning-triggered firesand explosion accidents— the annual death toll isover 1,000.

Of the total, about 10per cent of the victims areunder 18 years old,according to SMA figures.

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BEIJING, 8 June — A recent study found teenagers whose parents sufferfrom chronic pain feel their pain from migraine headaches is more disablingthan teens whose parents are free from reoccurring pain.

Three young men shot dead in BrooklynNEW YORK, 9 June —

Three young men werefound shot dead in Brooklyn,New York, overnight, localmedia reported on Thursday.

Police say they werecalled out to a home on LottAvenue in Brownsville justbefore midnight. When theyarrived on the scene, theyfound three men withmultiple gunshot wounds.

The victims, allfriends, were taken toBrookdale Hospital wherethey all later died.

The victims’ familiesexpressed shock over theslayings because thevictims were neithertroublemakers nor in a gang.

Police were srching forsuspects on Thursday. Butso far, no leads have beenfound.

New York City wasthe safest big city in theUnited States last year,according to a reportreleased by the FederalBureau of Intelligence

earlier this week. The report, released

Monday, says the BigApple continues to see itscrime rate drop from yearto year. Violent crime rose1.3 per cent nationwide lastyear, but in the city, violentcrime fell 4.6 per cent.

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Study finds some parents pass pain totheir teenagers

Although migraineheadaches are thought tobe inherited, the degree ofassociated pain varieswidely among individuals. The scientists whoheaded up the new researchsuggest some of thevariability is becauseteens model their par-ents’responses to their ownpain.“We want to knowhow much of a child’sresponse to migraine painis learned and how much ishereditary,” said lead authorAnn Pakalnis, a neurologist

at Columbus Children’sHospital and a professor atOhio State UniversityCollege of Medicine.

The researcherssurveyed 20 teens,12 to17 years old, who sufferedfrom one to 15 migraineseach month, as well astheir parents. More than90 percent of parentsin the study reportedat least one chronic-paincondition, including mi-graines and fibromyalgia,which is characterized bywide-spread pain in a

person’s muscles andother tissues.

Preliminary data,presented this week at ameeting of the AmericanHeadache Society inChicago, found parentswho reported greaterdisabilities due to chronicpain also had adolescentswho rated their migrainesas more disabling thanteens with no chronic-painparents.can develop in-dividual treatments thatare best for them.”

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Dengue fever outbreakkills 14 across Thailand

BANGKOK, 9 June — Thailand’s Ministry ofPublic Health announced on Thursday that the numberof dengue fever patients nationwide has risen to over10,000 and 14 people have been killed by the dangerousdisease this year.

Until 7 June, a total of 11,574 dengue feverpatients, most of them between 10-24, have been foundacross the country, especially in the central, northeasternand southern Thailand, a public health official said.

MNA/Xinhua

A monkey sits in an enclosure in a primate stationin Sukhumi, the capital of the Georgian break-awayregion of Abkhazia, on 8 June , 2007. — INTERNET

Chinese green tea growers becomeworld’s oldest balloonists

CHENGDU, 10 June — A 104-year-old tea grower and her 99-year-oldcolleague from southwest China’s Sichuan Province have been named theworld’s oldest hot air balloonists.

The two elderlywomen, Yang Zhangshiand her youngercompanion Nie Qinglian,received certificates fromthe Shanghai office of theGuinness Book of WorldRecords on Saturday intheir home village on a

remote mountain inSichuan after taking a 30-minute flight ten weeksago.

“I’ve been growingtea on the mountains sinceI was a little girl — I nevereven dreamed of flying,”said Yang.

Yang and Nie weredeemed the healthiest ofall the 1,300 tea growersaged over 85 working onthe tea plantations onMount Heibao, on thefamous Chinese Buddhistmountain of Emei Shan.

They were offered afree hot air balloon flightin a cleverly designed PRstunt by EmeishanXianzhi Tea Products Co.Ltd., a local trader thatbuys green tea from thegrowers and sells it toworldwide dealers and teadrinkers.

The two balloonistsdid not travel far — theballoon hung 50 metresabove a central square inChengdu on March 31next to a huge companylogo. — MNA/Xinhua

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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GEE HONG VOY NO (711)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GEE HONGVOY NO (711) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 11.6.2007 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

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

Cambodian PM doubts servicepattern of foreign experts

Thai Army chief calls for solidarity fornational peace

Armed forces in Asia mull concertedefforts in disaster relief

SHIJIAZHUANG, 9 June — The Armed Forces of the Association of South-East AsianNations (ASEAN) and China, Japan and the Republic of Korea (ROK) have voiced theirintention of better cooperation in international disaster relief operations. Militaryofficials from the ten ASEAN nations and three East Asian countries exchanged viewsand offered suggestions on the cooperation this week at a seminar held in the capital ofnorth China’s Hebei Province. It was the first dialogue on disaster relief by ArmedForces within the ASEAN plus three (10+3) framework, with participants suggestingmutual trust, better coordination and effective information sharing.— MNA/Xinhua

China rejects US capsules, raisins for bacteria

BANGKOK, 9 June —Thailand’s Council forNational Security (CNS)chairman Sonthi Boon-yaratkalin on Friday calledon all Thai people to “joinhands” to address nationalconflicts for the sake of

the country’s peace andorder.

“Whether the country’speace and order will existdepends on all people’sgood intentions to createit,” Sonthi was quoted bythe state-run Thai News

Agency as saying. In response to news

reports that 60 formerHouse representatives ofthe now-defunct Thai RakThai Party (TRT) wouldjoin then anti-CNSmovement at Sanam

Luang, the coup leaderreminded the public thatwhatever the ex-TRTwanted to do must beunder the framework ofthe law.

As the general electionnears, Sonthi warned thepoliticians of the formerruling party must becareful what they plan todo.

“Now, we must helpdenounce people withoutgood intentions and lovefor their country,” Sonthisaid. “We cannot appre-ciate bad behaviour.”

The CNS chairman saidhe believed “the problemscan be resolved if we allcooperate to do that”.

MNA/Xinhua

PHNOM PENH, 9 June —Cambodian PrimeMinister Hun Sen ex-pressed doubt on Thurs-day about the servicepattern of some foreignconsultants working fordonor countries’ deve-lopment projects inCambodia.

These experts used tobe paid dearly, but unableto contribute originalinitiative to the kingdom,he told a symposiumabout the partnershipbetween the governmentand the Asian Develop-

ment Bank (ADB). “We can’t accept this.

They should have shamefor these affairs,” he said.

When donor countriesprovide technical assis-tance to Cambodia, theyrequest the governmentto hire foreign experts athigh expences (to carryout relevant projects),thus collecting theirmoney back and makingCambodia receivenothing, he said.

Some consultants juststay at five-star hotels, hireCambodian students to

conduct survey for them,compose their reports onbasis of the survey andfinally tell the govern-ment that this is theirachievement, said thePremier.

“They steal Cambodianinitiatives...This is acorruption of intellectualproperty rights,” he said,adding that this should bechanged.

Cambodia also needs tostrengthen its capacity tofinish such projects withits own national staff, hesaid. —MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 9 June — Chinasaid on Friday it haddestroyed or returnednutritional supplementcapsules and raisinsimported from the UnitedStates after detectinga higher-than-normalamount of bacteria.

The move comes asChina itself facesinternational criticism,especially in the UnitedStates, over a series ofscandals that have plaguedChinese food, drugs andother products frompoisoned cough syrup totainted toothpaste and petfood.

Health capsulesimported from K-MaxHealth Products and CMODistribution Centres ofAmerica Inc were detected

to have high coliform andother bacteria, the qua-rantine bureau said.

Raisins from SupervaluInternational also exceededthe Chinese standard, itsaid in a statement postedon its website.

It did not give any valueor volume of the goods.

The companies were notimmediately available for

comment. “The General

Administration of QualitySupervision, Inspectionand Quarantine asks alllocal departments toincrease quarantine exa-minations of foods im-ported from the UnitedStates,” said the admi-nistration.

MNA/Reuters

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The 40,000 tonne coal ship Pasha Bulker sitsabout 100 metres (330 feet) off Nobbys Beach afterrunning aground on Friday near the coal port ofNewcastle on Australia’s east coast on 9 June,

2007. — INTERNET

Air Force pilots stand beside UH-1H helicopters during a ceremony at Villamor AirBase in Pasay City, Metro Manila, on 9 June, 2007. The Philippine Air Force received nine Huey helicopters from the United States and refurbished them through the Armed Forces of the Philippines modernization programme. — INTERNET

Lincoln letter on Gettysburgfound at US archives

WASHINGTON, 9 June —An optimistic two-sen-tence note that AbrahamLincoln penned to his topgeneral after the CivilWar's decisive battle wasunveiled on Thursday atthe National Archiveswhere it was undetectedfor nearly 70 years.

The note from Lincolnto Major-General HenryHalleck was written on 7July , 1863, four days afterthe defeat of ConfederateGeneral Robert E Lee atGettysburg, Pennsylvania,and three days after thecity of Vicksburg on the

Mississippi River fell toUnion forces.

A misspelling showedthe rudimentary educa-tion of the 16th USPresident, who waslargely self-taught.

The brief missive toHalleck, the commandinggeneral of the UnionArmy, remarked on thetwo major victories aftera series of crushing Unionlosses in the four-year warfought to prevent the then-fledgling union fromsplitting apart. Lincolnhad repeatedly replacedhis generals for failing to

be aggressive enough. General George Meade,

who led Union forces atGettysburg, had takencontrol of Lincoln’s Armyof the Potomac just a weekbefore the battle, which cameto be seen as the turningpoint of the Civil War.

The note was found threeweeks ago at the archivesamong docu-ments longopen to researchers and wasknown to have existedbecause Halleck cited it in atelegram, said archivistTrevor Plante, the Civil Warspecialist who found it.

MNA/Reuters

Actor SeanConnery andwife MichelineRoquebrunepose at thetaping of theAmerican FilmInstitute’s LifeAchievementAward galahonouring AlPacino inH o l l y w o o d ,California, on7 June, 2007. INTERNET

Sean Connery says no to next “Indiana Jones” film

Coal ship beached in Australia storm

LOS ANGELES, 9 June — Retirement has been goodto actor Sean Connery.

So good, in fact, the 76-year-old Scottish actor hasdecided against appearing in the upcoming “IndianaJones” movie, the fourth in the series, Connery saidin a web posting on Wednesday.

“In the end, retirement is just too damned muchfun,” Connery wrote on website indianajones.com.

Fans had hoped the actor might be lured fromretirement to reprise his role as Jones’ dad, ProfessorHenry Jones. Harrison Ford previously announced hewould again star in the title role as the daring treasurehunter who battles exotic animals, jumps off cliffsand wields a whip with extreme precision.

The film’s backers, who include famed director/producers Steven Spielberg and George Lucas, saidOscar-winning actress Cate Blanchett and veteranactors John Hurt and Ray Winstone will join thefourth movie.

It is expected to land in theatres in May 2008, butthe title and story are being kept under close wraps.

Spielberg will direct and Lucas will co-write andproduce. Connery’s participation was the subject ofmuch speculation among fans of the blockbusterseries that has earned nearly 1.2 billion US dollars atglobal box offices. — MNA/Reuters

SYDNEY, 9 June —Stormy seas beached a40,000-ton coal ship with21 aboard in Australia onFriday, sparking a major

rescue operation whichsaw crew membersairlifted off the strickenvessel in gale force winds.

The Pasha Bulker had

been anchored off the coalport of Newcastle onAustralia’s east coastawaiting entry whenwaves as high as fourmetres (12 feet) and galeforce winds swept it ontoa reef and Nobbys Beach.

“It’s getting absolutelybelted at the moment, it’san amazing sight, the spraycoming right over the topof this huge tanker,” oneeyewitness told localmedia.

Plans for tugs to pullthe ship out to sea wereabandoned due to therough seas. With windsover 100 kilometres perhour (62 miles per hour),

two rescue helicoptersairlifted crew off thestricken ship.

“We have twohelicopters hoisting thecrew off the vessel andtaking them to shore.They are being droppedon the beach,” said PeterCummings, a spokesmanfor the rescue helicopters.

“We have got 10 crewoff at the moment,” saidCummings, adding thecrew had not suffered anyinjuries.

Waterfront unionssaid the crew wereFilipino and feared theship would break up.

MNA/Reuters

Heritage of four Indian towns among 100 most endangered

Indonesia expects to see 122mmobile phone subscribers

NEW DELHI, 9 June —The cultural andarchitectural heritage offour Indian towns figureon a list of 100 mostendangered sites in theworld, Indo-Asian NewsService (IANS) reportedhere Friday.

They are Srinagar, thesummer capital of Indian-controlled Kashmir, thetown of Leh in north India,Amber in west India andChettinade in south India.

Besides the cities, alsoendangered is a site, JantarMantar observatory inJaipur in west India, IANSsaid, quoting the latestranking released by WorldMonument Fund (WMF)this week.

WMF is a private,nonprofit organizationdedicated to the pre-servation of endangeredarchitectural and culturalsites around the world.

Through WatchListings, selected by apanel of experts andannounced every twoyears, WMF encouragescommunity support andhighlights the need fortechnical and financialresources to assist in therescue of endangered sites.

There might be hopefor the five Indian places.IANS quoted the WMFnotes as saying “Since thelaunch of the Watch in1996, more than 75 percent of the sites have beensaved or are well on theirway, thanks to timelyintervention.” CallingSrinagar a heritage zone,the WMF says it is facingdevelopmental pressures.

The city was foundedbetween the river Jhelumand Dal Lake in the mid-third century BC. Its mostfamous monuments, inclu-ding the Shalimar and

Nishat Gardens, were builtafter Mughal emperorAkbar captured Kashmirin the 16th Century.

MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 9 June —The number of mobilephone users in Indonesiawould reach 122.1million, up from 66.5million in 2006 and 46million in 2005, anexecutive has said. Hasnul Suhaimi,president—director ofcellular operator Ex-celcomindo Pratama,was quoted Fridayby English dailyThe Jakarta Post assayingthat the mobilete le -communica t ionspene trationrate wouldreach its peak at around

50 per cent within the nexttwo or three years as themarket was already begin-ning to consolidate. The current penetrationrate stands at between 32per cent and 35 per cent,with a total of 75 millionsubscribers. “Thus, theindustry will continue to beattractive for the next twoor three years,” Hasnul said. Excelcomindo iscurrently the No. 3 playerin the local mobile phoneindustry, with a total of10.1 million subscribersat the end of March.

MNA/Xinhua

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Belgium’s Justine Henin poses withher trophy after defeating Serbia’sAna Ivanovic in the women’s finalmatch at the French Open tennistournament at Roland Garros in

Paris on 9 June, 2007. — INTERNET

The All Black’s Jerry Collins beats France’sdefence to score a try in the second rugby uniontest match at Westpac Stadium in Wellington,

on 9 June, 2007. — INTERNET

Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic hits a return toBelgium’s Justine Henin during thewomen’s finals of the French Opentennis tournament at Roland Garros

in Paris on 9 June, 2007. — INTERNET

Real on verge of title after night of high drama

Tanzania, Zambia 1-1in soccer friendly

DAR-ES-SALAAM, 10 June — The Tanzanian na-tional eleven on Saturday were held to a one-all drawby their visiting Zambian counterparts in a friendlymatch. The match, held in Morogoro some 260 kilo-metres west of here, was held as a tune-up for theTanzanians, known locally as the Taifa Stars, for their2008 African Cup of Nations Group Seven qualifierwith Bukina Faso slated for Saturday next week.

The visitors are champions of two regional soccertournaments as they won both the COSAFA Cup andthe CECAFA Senior Challenge Cup.

The hosts played the tune-up match without itsstarting captain and key defender, Mecky Mexime andVictor Costa, because of injuries.— MNA/Reuters

Henin completes French Open hat-trick

Scott retains Memphis leadafter second round

A capacity crowd watches the women’s finals oncenter court between Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic andBelgium’s Justine Henin at the French Open tennistournament in Paris on 9 June, 2007. — INTERNET

Green races three shots clear at Austrian Open

Uruguayan Markarianappointed coach of Cruz Azul

MEXICO CITY, 10 June — FormerParaguay World Cup coach SergioMarkarian has been named as trainer ofCruz Azul, the Mexican club said.

“Mr Sergio Markarian wasappointed today as the new coach of theCruz Azul team for the 2007 AperturaChampionship,” Friday’s statement said.

The 62-year-old Uruguayan replacesIsaac Mizrahi, who left the club on Thurs-day by mutual agreement.

“The new trainer has a wide curricu-lum and vast experience, so we areconfident his signing will lead tomany sporting achievements,” thestatement added.

MNA/Reuters

NEW ORLEANS, 10June — Australia’s AdamScott retained his one-shot lead when the thun-derstorm-hit secondround of the St JudeChampionship was com-pleted in Memphis, Ten-nessee on Saturday.

The world numberfour had taken control byfiring a four-under-par 66

on Friday but 26 golferswere still out on the coursewhen play was suspendedin fading light.

Of those yet to finish,Australia’s AndrewBuckle trailed Scott by oneshot with three holesremaining but he slippedfurther behind when hedouble-bogeyed the last onSaturday morning.

That gave Buckle a 66and third place at four-under 136.

Compatriot Scott, bid-ding for his sixth PGATour title, set the pace atseven under with Ameri-can Brian Gay (66) alonein second spot.

The cut fell at five overwith 81 players qualifyingfor the last two rounds.

MNA/Reuters

BADEN (Austria), 10June — Australian left-hander Richard Green,seeking his second Euro-pean Tour title 10 yearsafter his first, took a three-shot lead over Briton Ri-chard McEvoy after theAustrian Open third roundon Saturday.

The 36-year-old fromMelbourne again showedhis liking for the Fontanacourse, producing aflawless four-under 67 fora 15-under tally of 198.

Green, one of thecourse record holders aftershooting a 63 last year, wasfour strokes better than

former Ryder Cup manMiguel Angel Jimenez ofSpain (69) and SwedeSteven Jeppesen (69).

"I feel comfortable onthe course, it suits the wayI like to putt," Green toldreporters.

"I'll be fairly anxiousto win because it's been along time but I won't be

desperate because I'm notgoing to put any unduepressure on myself. It'shard to put a finger on whyI've not won again but I donow have more self-be-lief."

Green's maiden tourvictory came at the 1997Dubai Desert Classic.

MNA/Reuters

PARIS, 10 June — World number oneJustine Henin completed a rare FrenchOpen hat-trick by crushing Serbia's AnaIvanovic 6-1, 6-2 in the women's final onSaturday.

Belgian Henin totally dominated her

19-year-old opponent, seeded seventh, tobecome the first woman to win three suc-cessive Roland Garros titles since MonicaSeles in 1992. Ivanovic, the first playerrepresenting Serbia to feature in the finalof a Grand Slam tournament, challengedthe top seed in the first couple of gamesbut then collapsed.

The 25-year-old Henin, who also wonhere in 2003, soon took control and stayedon top until sealing victory with a fore-hand volley on the first match point after65 minutes of a one-sided contest.

Back at her best after the breakdownof her marriage and her subsequent with-drawal from this year's Australian Open,Henin looked far too strong for Ivanovic,who crushed world number two MariaSharapova in the semifinals.

MNA/Reuters

MADRID, 10 June —Real Madrid were left onthe verge of winning theSpanish title on Saturdayafter staging yet anotherdramatic comeback to graba 2-2 draw at Real Zaragozawhile Barcelona surren-dered a lead to draw 2-2with Espanyol.

Real's title hopeslooked to have gone up insmoke as they trailedZaragoza 2-1 with just over

a minute to go, while Barcaled 2-1 at home against cityrivals Espanyol. But a latescrambled goal from Ruudvan Nistelrooy earned Realtheir 2-2 draw and at almostexactly the same moment,Raul Tamudo scored hissecond to equalize againstBarcelona.

The results mean thatReal will win their firstleague title in four years ifthey beat mid-table Real

Mallorca at home in thefinal game of the seasonnext weekend.

With one game left toplay Real and Barcelonaare both on 73 points, butthe nine-times Europeanchampions lead because oftheir better head-to-headrecord. Sevilla are twopoints behind on 71.

Juande Ramos' sidewere held 0-0 at RealMallorca, but still have anoutside chance of taking thetitle if they win their finalmatch at home to Villarrealand both Barca and Realslip up. If all three sidesfinish level on points Realwill take the title, if Realand Sevilla have the sametotal then the Andalucianswill be champions and ifBarca and Sevilla are tied atthe top then the Catalanswill win through.

In an evening of highdrama, Real drew first bloodwhen Barcelona fell behindafter Tamudo stroked theball into the top corner fol-lowing a deft through passfrom Ivan de la Pena on thehalf hour.— MNA/Reuters

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Sunday, 10 June, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Mon State, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Kayah, Kayin States and Taninthayi Division,scattered in Chin State and Mandalay Division, fairly wide-spread in Shan State, Magway and Yangon Divisions andwidespread in the remaining States and Divisions. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(0.52) inch, Bhamo (1.53) inches, Homalin and Yangon(Central) (1.23) inches each, Hkamati, Kyaukphya and Bago(1.18) inches each, Shwebo and Monywa (1.14) inches each,Aunglan (0.94) inch, Pyinmana (0.79) inch andKyaukpadaung (0.42) inch.

Maximum temperature on 9-6-2007 was 89°F. Mini-mum temperature on 10-6-2007 was 76°F. Relative humid-ity at 09:30 hours MST on 10-6-2007 was 93%. Totalsunshine hours on 9-6-2007 was (4.7) hours approx.

Rainfall on 10-6-2007 was (0.51) inch at Mingaladon,(0.44) inch at Kaba-Aye, (1.23) inches at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (33.54) inches at Mingaladon,(38.82) inches at Kaba-Aye and (36.54) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(12) mph from Southwest at (17:15) hours MST on 9-6-2007.

Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate in the AndamanSea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 11-6-2007: Rain orthundershowers will be isolated in Kayah State, scattered inMon and Kayin States, Taninthayi Division, fairly wide-spread in Chin and Shan States, lower Sagaing, Mandalayand Magway Divisions and widespread in the remainingareas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderate monsoon.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areas

for11-6-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is(80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areas for11-6-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areas for11-6-2007: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree or cer-tainty is (80%).

WEATHER

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French Open women’ssingles winners since 1993

PARIS, 9 June — Following is the list of past

women’s singles winners at the French Open since

1993:

2007- Justine Henin, Belgium

2006- Justine Henin

2005- Justine Henin

2004- Anastasia Myskina, Russia

2003- Justine Henin

2002- Serena Williams, United States

2001- Jennifer Capriati, United States

2000- Mary Pierce, France

1999- Steffi Graf, Germany

1998- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Spain

1997- Iva Majoli, Croatia

1996- Steffi Graf, Germany

1995- Steffi Graf

1994- Arantxa Sanchez-Vicario, Spain

1993- Steffi Graf

Xinhua

Actor Robert De Niro

(R) boards a water

taxi before the start

of the Arts Biennale

in Venice on 8 June ,

2007.

XINHUA

LONDON, 9 June —Arjen Robben’s father andagent Hansdismissedspeculation about theDutch winger’s move fromChelsea to Real Madrid.

“I did not speak to(Real president Ramon)Calderon, I never met himor anyone from RealMadrid and did not speak

to them,” said Hans afterthe Real boss told mediaon Thursday that he wasin talks with Chelsea andRobben about a transfer.

Hans said, however,his son will rather thanleaving Chelsea, but isclose to sign a five-yearnew deal with the formerEngland champions.

Robben cleared rumors of leaving Chelsea“We are nearly

finished negotiating withChelsea and Arjen willstayanother five years with the

club,” he was quoted astelling the EveningStandard.

Xinhua

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12th Waning of Nayon 1369 ME Monday, 11 June, 2007

Senior General Than Shwe welcomes backSecretary-1 on his return from China

NAY PYI TAW, 10 June —Chairman of the State Peace and De-velopment Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe welcomed backSecretary-1 of the State Peace and De-velopment Council Lt-Gen Thein Seinand party, who had paid a goodwillvisit to the People’s Republic ofChina at the invitation of the Stand-ing Committee of the National Peo-ple’s Congress of the People’s Re-public of China, at Nay Pyi TawAirport, here, at 1.35 pm today.

Also present at the airportwere Vice-Chairman of the StatePeace and Development CouncilDeputy Commander-in-Chief of De-fence Services Commander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior General MaungAye, Members of the SPDC GeneralThura Shwe Mann, Lt-Gen Ye Myint,Lt-Gen Kyaw Win, Lt-Gen MaungBo, Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo, Lt-Gen Aung Htwe andLt-Gen Tin Aye of the Ministry ofDefence, Commander-in-Chief

(Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein,Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-GenMyat Hein, Lt-Gen Myint Hlaing ofthe Ministry of Defence, Military Af-fairs Security Chief Lt-Gen Ye Myint,Minister for Information Brig-GenKyaw Hsan, senior military officers,departmental heads and officials.

Members of the delegationCommander of Nay Pyi Taw Com-mand Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, Ministerfor Commerce Brig-Gen Tin NaingThein, Minister for Foreign AffairsU Nyan Win, Minister for MinesBrig-Gen Ohn Myint, Minister forElectric Power No 1 Col Zaw Min,Minister for Electric Power No 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint, Minister forTransport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, Min-ister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi,Attorney-General U Aye Maung,Deputy Chief Justice U Tun Tun Oo,Deputy Attorney-General U Tun TunOo, Director-General Col KyawKyaw Win of the SPDC Office anddepartmental officials arrived back onthe same flight. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 June— Secretary-1 of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council of the Un-ion of Myanmar Lt-GenThein Sein called onChairman of the Stand-ing Committee of the Na-tional People’s CongressMr Wu Bangguo of thePeople’s Republic ofChina at the hall on thefirst floor of Great Hallof the People in Beijingat 5 pm on 6 June.

Together with theSecretary-1 at the callwere Commander ofNay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin,Minister for CommerceBrig-Gen Tin NaingThein, Minister for For-eign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister for MinesBrig-Gen Ohn Myint, (See page 8)

Myanmar thanks China for stand, supportLt-Gen Thein Sein

China wishes to boost cooperation with Myanmar

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein calls on Mr Wu Bangguo in Beijing.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe welcomes back Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Seinat Nay Pyi Taw Airport .—MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein meets Mr Wu Bangguo

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Mr Wu Bangguo

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Stability of State, community peace and tranquillity andthe rule of law are essential for national development, ensur-ing security for public lives and property and a peaceful work-ing environment and perpetuation of sovereignty.

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