The New Light of Myanmar 05-02-2010

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 295 7th Waning of Tabodwe 1371 ME Friday, 5 February, 2010

An auspicious and historic day“Union Day” is an auspicious and historic day, on which the Union of Myanmar, through

the might of unity of national people, managed to throw off the yoke of servitude under thecolonialists who enslaved the nation for more than one hundred years, and the nation becamean independent and sovereign nation again.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(From the message sent on the occasion of the 59th Anniversary Union Day)

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Chin State dwellers urged to forge Unionspirit as Chin State is part of the Union

Prime Minister General Thein Sein on inspectiontour of Kanpetlet, Mindat, Matupi and Haka

NAY P YI TAW, 4 Feb—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein, accompaniedby Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence,Chairman of Sagaing Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of North-WestCommand Maj-GenMyint Soe, ministers,deputy ministers and de-partmental heads, leftBagan-NyaungU at 7.35am on 2 February by airand arrived at Kanpetletof Mindat District at 8 am.

They were welcomedthere by Chairman of ChinState PDC Brig-Gen HongNgai and officials.

At the hall ofKanpetlet Township PDC,the Prime Minister metwith local people and pre-sented clothes and medi-cines to townselders andsocial organizations andschool uniforms and

books to schools.Next, the Prime Min-

ister viewed developmentof Kanpetlet. At KanpetletBasic Education HighSchool, the Prime Ministerurged the headmaster andteachers to train the studentsto become outstandingyouths who are able to servethe interest of the regionand equip them with goodmorals and Union Spirit.

Accompanied byChairman of Chin StatePDC Brig-Gen Hong Ngai,the Prime Minister and partyleft Kanpetlet by helicopterand arrived at Mindat. Theywere welcomed by ColAung Moe of the local unitand officials.

The Prime Ministerand party looked intoprogress of Mindat in amotorcade and met withlocal people at MindatBEHS No. 1.

(See page 4)

INSIDE

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially converses with departmental officials, members ofsocial organizations and townselders in Matupi.— MNA

Since 1988, such story-telling foreign radio stations asBBC, VOA, RFA and DVB have manufactured fabricationsone after another with the intention of causing wholesale deathand destruction to the nation and the people.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 5 February, 2010

Friday, 5 February, 2010

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 Desire

Industrial development is the sine qua nonfor all-round national development. Therefore,favourable conditions are being created totransform the nation into an industrialized one.Industrial regions and zones have now beenestablished all over the nation and new factoriesand workshops are being built.

High-tech and highly productive factoriesare being built in various industrial regions,including Thagara Industrial Region. Recentlyin Tharaga Industrial Region, a multi-purposediesel engine factory, a hydropower turbine anda generator factory were inaugurated. Thesefactories are going to produce diesel engines forcraft, hydroelectric power plants, vehicles andmachinery.

The multi-purpose diesel engine factory isgoing to produce three types of engine and about700 units annually. In the same way, thehydropower turbine and the generator factoryare to manufacture 50 pairs of 500-kilowatt and2000-kilowatt turbines and generators yearly.

For industrial development, factories andworkshops are being established in industrialregions and zones. Universities, colleges andinstitutes produce mechanical technicians everyyear. In the same way, technical training schoolsalso turn out skilled workers constantly.

Under the Ministry of Industry-2, thereare two technical training schools – one in Hsindeand another in Mandalay. Now, an advancedtechnical training school has been opened inThagara. More than 100 trainees are attendingthe courses on machine tools, computer aideddesign, electrical power and electronics at thenew school.

Owing to the emergence of modern factoriesand workshops, job opportunities have beenopened and workers will be able to learn modernproduction technologies. With the emergence ofskilled mechanical workers, the industrial sectorwill enjoy rapid development.

Turn out mechanical expertsand set up modern industrialbusinesses

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb—Minister for Industry-2Vice-Admiral Soe Thein received Deputy Minister atthe Prime Minister’s Office Mr. Park Young June andparty of the Republic of Korea at the Ministry ofIndustry-2, here, on 2 February afternoon.

Industry-2 Minister receives Deputy Minister at PrimeMinister’s Office of ROK

They discussed matters related to industrialdevelopment between the two countries.

Also present at the call were Deputy MinisterLt-Col Khin Maung Kyaw and officials.

MNA

YANGON , 4 Feb — Member of the National DisasterPreparedness Central Committee Minister for Hotelsand Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing on 1 Februaryinspected road and bridges on Pyapon-Kyonkadonmotorway, and visited Yoekon Village BEPS in AmarTownship.

Next, the minister looked into chosen site forconstruction of extended school building at SeikmaVillage BEMS (Branch) and Seikma bridge which isunder repair.

The minister oversaw development of fishery andsalt-making and Yoekon bridge.

Minister inspects construction works in Pyapon TownshipThen the minister presented aids in meeting with

local people, teachers and members of socialorganizations at Naukmee Anauk village BEHS(Branch), and inspected site chosen for constructionof cyclone shelter.

Afterwards, the minister looked into constructionof hillock and laying of concrete at cyclone shelterconstruction site and construction of Daw NyeinStation Hospital (16-bed) being built by DagonConstruction Group with the contribution of Thai RedCross Society.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi addresses opening of Sixth Energy Minister's Cup Men's andWomen’s Volleyball Tournaments.—MNA

NAY PYI T AW, 4 Feb — Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi delivered an address at the opening of thesixth Energy Minister's Cup men's and women'svolleyball tournaments at Aung San Thuriya HlaThaung Indoor Stadium in Kungyangon, Yangon

Energy Minister’s Cup Volleyball Tournament kicks off

Division on 30 January.The minister enjoyed the volleyball matches.

Altogether 15 men’s and nine women’s volleyballteams are taking part in the tournaments.

MNA

Hasee brand

laptopsdistributed by

MicroComputer.

MNA

YANGON, 4 Feb—Hasee brand models FU401 and FU 402 laptopswith Myanmar alphabetsthe first ever in the world,distributed by MicroComputer Co Ltd areavailable at the market.

Users may buy the2kg-laptops with CPU Inteldual core 2.2 GHz T 4400(L2 cache 1MB/Front SideBus 800), HDD 250 GBSATA, DVD-RW SuperMulti, 4-in-1 card reader,wireless LAN 802.11 b/gand 10/100 LAN, 1.3 Mega

Micro Computer distributes laptops with Myanmar alphabets

Pixels Webcam at MicroComputer Co Ltd, No (143)on 46th Street in Botahtaung

Township, Yangon (Ph:294503, 202453 and721668) and computer sales

centers in Yangon andMandalay.

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Thandwe District Association tohold AGM

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb— Thandwe DistrictAssociation will organize the annual general meeting,the respect paying and the prize presentation ceremonyat Rekhine State Dhammayon in Bahan Township at12 noon on 28 February. Members of the associationand those from Thandwe District are invited to attendthe ceremony without fail.

Members over aged 75 with copies of CitizenshipScrutiny Cards and outstanding students who passedthe matriculation examination 2009 with flying coloursare to enlist at Chairman U Kyaw Yin, Tel: 376848 and095126489, Vice-Chairman U Mya Maung, Tel:643620 and 095121521 and Vice-Chairman Daw KhinKyi Myint, Tel: 699987 and 095136401, Secretary-2U Maung Maung Thein Pe, Tel: 095112307, Secretary-3 U Tin Kyaw Lin, Tel: 616656, Auditor U Myint Swe,Tel: 548892 and executives.

The executive committee urged the prize winningstudents to attend the ceremony.—MNA

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Three die in helicoptercrash in Germany

BERLIN, 4 Feb— A US military helicopter crashedin western Germany on Wednesday, killing all threepeople aboard, according to a spokesman for US ArmyEurope. The aircraft went down about 6:20 pm(1720GMT) on Wednesday in woods near the A67highway between Viernheim and Lorsch, south ofFrankfurt, Hesse state police said.

The helicopter was a UH-60 Black Hawk , said USArmy Europe spokesman Bruce Anderson.

The Black Hawk is used for air assault and othermilitary operations. It is normally designed to carry11 combat-loaded troops.— Internet

Pakistan arrests suspectsin bombing of US troops

Local residents examine a damaged school caused by Wednesday’s roadsidebombing in Shahi Koto, a village of Pakistani Lower Dir District, on 4 Feb,

2010.— INTERNET

Mexico says neighbour’s info ledto massacre of 15

Bomb in Pakistan kills threeUS soldiers, three childrenT IMERGARA, 4 Feb — Pakistan’s Taleban

claimed responsibility for a bomb on Wednesdaythat killed three US Special Operations soldiersnear a girls’ school in northwest Pakistan andthreatened more attacks on Americans. In scenesthat have become familiar in the struggle betweenTaleban militants and the state, a young girltrapped below the stones of a collapsed wall criedout for help after the blast.

Three children and a Pakistani soldier were alsokilled and 45 people, including 40 schoolgirls, werewounded in the attack near Swat Valley, where thegovernment mounted a crackdown nearly a year agothat it said had cleared out Taleban militants. “We willcontinue such attacks on Americans,” Taleban spokes-man Azam Tariq told Reuters by telephone.— Internet

Security officials walk past the crater of a bombingand destroyed school in Timergara, the main townin Lower Dir district, located in Pakistan’s restive

North West Frontier Province on 3 Feb, 2010.INTERNET

Iran says launches satellite rocket

A woman and a girl mourn the death of two broth-ers who were killed at a high school birthday party

in Ciudad Juarez on 2 Feb, 2010.— INTERNET

CIUIDAD JUAREZ 4 Feb —Gunmen who killed 15 peo-ple in this Mexican bordercity — many of them teen-agers with no known crimi-nal ties — were directed tothe neighbourhood by aresident who said membersof a rival gang were plan-ning a party, an official saidon Wednesday. The mayorof Ciudad Juarez and otherofficials have said the vic-tims had no criminalrecords and the gunmenmay have been acting onmistaken information.

The massacre couldmark the worst loss of in-nocent life yet in the gangbattles that have turned thecity across the border fromEl Paso, Texas, into one ofthe world’s deadliest — anddeepened a sense thatno residents are safe, eveninside their own homes.More than 2,300 peoplewere killed last year in the

IED proves deadly for NATO-ledtroops in Afghanistan

KABUL, 4 Feb — Adopting IED (Improvised Ex-plosive Device) as weapon by the Taleban militantshas been proved lethal as so far this month six soldiersof the NATO-led International Security AssistanceForce (ISAF) have been killed by the sort of attack.The majority of the victims, according to the ISAFstatements, are Americans.

Using IED as the lethal weapon against the NATO-led multinational peacekeeping forces claimed the livesof two American soldiers on Tuesday, a statement ofthe military alliance said on Wednesday. “Two ISAFservice members from the United States were killedyesterday in an IED strike in southern Afghanistan,”the statement said.— Xinhua

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad speaksduring a ceremony to introduce the domestically pro-duced Simorq propulsion system, for rockets to carrysatellites into space, during a ceremony in Teheran on 3 Feb, 2010. — INTERNET

TEHERAN, 4 Feb — Iransaid on Wednesday it hadlaunched a Kavoshgar-3rocket capable ofcarrying a satellite, amove Washington de-scribed as a “provocativeact.” Western powersfear Iran is trying to buildnuclear bombs and thatthe long-range ballistictechnology used to putsatellites into orbit canalso be used to launchwarheads. Iran says itsnuclear programme issolely to generate elec-tricity.

President MahmoudAhmadinejad said thelaunch was a huge break-through which would helpbreak “the global domi-neering system” — a ref-erence to Iran’s Westernfoes. “A launch like thatis obviously a provocativeact,” White House spokes-man Bill Burton told re-porters.

Internet

city of 1.3 million. Authori-ties say most were druggang members, but by-standers have increasinglygotten caught in the cross-fire.

Authorities say two sus-pects — one in custody andanother who was killed ina shootout with soldiers onMonday — belonged togang of hit men tied to theJuarez cartel. The detained

suspect told investigatorsabout the tip from theneighbour, state AttorneyGeneral Patricia Gonzaleztold reporters. The suspectsaid the neighbour claimedhit men tied to the rivalSinaloa cartel were plan-ning a party in Villas deSalvarcar, a working-classneighbourhood of modest,cinderblock homes.

Internet

SHAHI KOTO , 4 Feb—Authoritieshave detained 35 suspects in connectionwith a suicide car bombing that killedthree US soldiers in northwest Pakistanwho were part a little-publicizedmission to train local forces to fight theTaleban and al-Qaeda, police said onThursday.

The killings on Wednesday were thefirst known US military fatalities innearly three years in Pakistan’s Afghanborder region, drawing attention to atraining programme officials rarely dis-cuss because of opposition here toAmerican boots on Pakistani soil.

The blast also killed three girls at a

nearby school and a Pakistani paramili-tary soldier travelling with the Americans.Two more US soldiers were wounded,along with about 100 other people, mostlystudents at the school. Several wereleft trapped, bloodied and screaming inthe rubble.

“We launched a massive search in thearea yesterday, and now about 35 suspectsare in our custody and we are question-ing them in an effort to trace those whoorchestrated the suicide attack,” policeofficial Naeem Khan told The AssociatedPress on Thursday. “God willing, we willcapture those responsible for this car-nage.”— Internet

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Chin State dwellers urged…(from page 1)Townselder U Gae

Lein presented Chin tradi-tional items to the PrimeMinister. Next, the PrimeMinister gave clothes todepartmental personneland local people.

At Mindat DistrictPeople’s Hospital, thePrime Minister and partymet with Medical Superin-tendent Dr Maung MaungZin, doctors and nurses.

After asking the medi-cal treatment given to thepatients and infectious ofcommon diseases, thePrime Minister instructedthe health staff to makefield trips to the grassrootslevel for disseminatinghealth knowledge to therural people and preven-tive measures against dis-eases.

At Matupi, the PrimeMinister and party werewelcomed by Col Zaw MinOo and Col Saw Myint ofthe local unit anddepartmental officials.

At Matupi BEHS

No. 2, the Prime Ministermet with headmistress andteachers and attended tothe needs.

Next, the Prime Min-ister and party met withtownselders, departmentalofficials and members of

Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence asgift s.

The Prime Ministerpresented clothes fortownselders, departmentalofficials and members ofsocial organizations

ister and party cordiallygreeted them and posed fora documentary phototogether with them.

At 2.30 p.m., the PrimeMinister and party arrivedin Haka by helicopter. Theywere welcomed by Brig-Gen Aung San Chit of lo-cal unit and departmental

Training Department un-der the Ministry of Scienceand Technology, the PrimeMinister and party askedabout academic matters tothe principal and teachersand attended to the needs.

The Prime Ministerurged teachers to teach thepupils to have competencein their learning, to be pro-ficient in their respectivesubjects, to perform con-stant learning themselvesand to turn out clever andwell-disciplined studentsequipped with good mor-als and Union spirit.

Next, the Prime Min-ister and party viewedlearning of students atworkshops of MechanicalEngineering and Electron-ics Departments and en-couraged them.

Then they went toDevelopment of BorderRegion and NationalRaces Training School ofEducation and TrainingDepartment under theMinistry for Progress of

social organizations at thehall of the school and thePrime Minister asked aboutregional developmenttasks.

A townselder pre-sented regional products tothe Prime Minister and Lt-

through officials.Lt-Gen Tha Aye, the

commander and ministerspresented clothes,medicines, schooluniforms and books toofficials.

Next, the Prime Min-

officials.Next, the Prime Min-

ister and party viewed de-velopment of Haka in amotorcade.

At Government Tech-nical Institute (Haka) ofTechnical and Vocational

Border Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs where they werewelcomed by the princi-pal and teacher and stu-dents.

The Prime Ministerand party visited hostel,

mess and office of theschool.

Then the Prime Min-ister presented aids andcash to the principal at thehall of the school.

In his inspection tourof Kanpetlet, Mindat andMatupi in Chin State, thePrime Minister gaveinstructions todepartmental officials andlocal people. He said thatChin State plays animportant role in securityand economic sectors ofthe State as it sharesborders with India. Hestressed the need to forgethe Union spirit as ChinState is a part of the Un-ion. He pointed out thatslash and burn cultivationcan make great impacts onenvironment for natureand wildlife and climatechange. He urged locals toorganize villages to laydown a five-year plan forfood sufficiency and moreincome by carrying outone-acre terrace farming

and one-acre tea cultiva-tion within a year and workharder. He urged parentsto encourage their childrento be educated and healthstaff to educate local peo-ple to have healthylifestyle.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein views learning of students at Government TechnicalInstitute (Haka). —MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein meets teachers and students at BEHS in Kanpetlet. — MNA

An aerial view of Mindat in Chin State. — MNA An aerial view of Matupi in Chin State. — MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 4 Feb—Minister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung received Mr Jin Honggen, Economicand Commercial Counsellor of Embassy of thePeople’s Republic of China to Myanmar, at theMinistry on 2 February. At the meeting, they focusedon matters related to economic cooperation betweenthe two countries.

Present on the occasion were heads ofdepartment and enterprises of the Ministry ofIndustry-1 and officials.

MNA

Minister receivesChinese Economic andCommercial Counsellor

Training Course on Prevention againstRecruitment of Minors concludes

YANGON, 4 Feb—The closing of TrainingCourse No (1/2010) onPrevention againstRecruitment of Minors,co-organized by YangonCommand Headquartersand UNICEF, took placeat the headquarters on 2February, with anaddress by DeputyCommander of YangonCommand Brig-GenKyaw Kyaw Tun. The

MWJA receives cash donationYANGON, 4 Feb —A ceremony to donate cash to the

Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association was heldat the office of Ecovision Journal , here, yesterday.

Wellwisher U Zaw Min Aye presented K 300,000for MWJA through Joint Secretary-1 U Than Hlaing(Tekkatho Thinkha).

It was also attended by MWJA CEC members UMaung Maung Myint Aye (Maung Maung MyintAye), U Aung Thein Win (Maung Khine Khant) andeditorial staff of the journal.— MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspectshostel for male students of Border AreasNational Races Development School in

Haka.(News on page 1)—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially greets medical superintendent,

doctors and nurses at Mindat District People’sHospital.(News on page 1)—MNA

Deputy Commander ofYangon Command

Brig-Gen Kyaw KyawTun speaking at

closing of TrainingCourse No 1/2010 onPrevention against

Recruitment of Minors.MNA

conclusion of the coursewas held at the samevenue this afternoon,

Prime Minister General Thein Sein presentsclothes and medicines to a local people in

Kanpetlet. (News on page 1)MNA

with a speech by thedeputy commander.

MNA

Village BEMS gets new building inDedaye Township

YANGON, 4 Feb—Aceremony to open newbuilding of BasicEducation Middle Schoolwas held inAkechaungwa Village inDedaye Township on 31January, attended byMember of NationalDisaster PreparednessCentral CommitteeMinister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing.

The leader of AmaraFoundation team

explained theconstruction of newschool building. TheChairman of PyaponDistrict Peace andDevelopment Counciland the AyeyawadyDivision EducationAssistant Director madespeeches.

The leader of thefoundation team handedover documents related tothe building to theTownship EducationOfficer.

The ministerpresented a certificate ofhonour to the leader ofthe foundation team.

The school buildingis of octagonal shape two-storey building and eachside of the building is 60feet long. AmaraFoundation constructed10-classroom buildingwith the use of localmaterials such as bricks,bamboo, rattan, straw andcement.

MNA

Take Fire PreventiveMeasures

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Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day

The long-established unity of the people of UnionKyaw Zin (Sarnezin)

The Myanmar delegation to London led by GeneralAung San did not accept the proposal which said thatthe British would grant independence only to Myanmarproper; that they would continue to put hill peopleunder their administration as these hill people were notable to rule themselves. The national races of the entirenation were also totally against the proposal.

Brethren of all the regions did not want to liveunder colonialists anymore. They wanted independ-ence. They all thundered to regain independence to-gether with Bamars.

Thus, a multi-national race conference washeld at Panglong in Loilem District from 3 to 12February, 1947. At the dinner on the eve of theconference, General Aung San said that Bamar na-tionals were going to secure independence at the endof the year, that it was up to each national race whetherto regain independence together with Bamar nation-als, that Bamar nationals would not like to force anyother national race to get independence together withthem, that they had to fight for independence for about60 years and that no one knew how long it would takeif the other national races would fight for independ-ence later.

(See page 7)

The land is the Union of Myanmar in which over100 national races have been living in amity andharmony like members of a large family since yore.

The history of national races warding off everyalien intrusion is the history of the Union.

The British colonialists waged three aggressivewars against Myanmar in 1824, 1852 and 1885.During the time, national people from plains and hillregions fought back the intruders with anti-colonialistspirit, unyielding spirit and the spirit to restore inde-pendence conceived in their hearts. In other words, itis their Union Spirit.

Throughout the periods to free the nation and toward off the Fascists, the national races took part inanti-colonialist, anti-Fascist and independence strug-gles with the concept that these struggles were theircommon duty towards the Union.

As for the colonialists, the brilliant history andthe unity of the national people was a serious blow totheir scheme to prolong the occupation and exploita-tion of the nation. Hence, the colonialists introducedthe divide-and-rule method.

There were some who willfully embracing thecolonialist’s divide-and-rule policy for their owninterest. Those who coveted power, privileges, moneyand prosperity committed acts to break up the Unionor break away from it as national traitors.

Myanmar delegation led by General Aung Sanon 2 January 1947 went to London to demand inde-pendence. Despite the fact that the British occupiedthe whole Third Myanmar Kingdom founded byKing Alaung Phaya they were making a scheme tofree only the plains (Bamars) and continue coloniz-

ing and enslaving the hill regions (other national races).During the time, there was a meeting of Shan

chieftains in northern Shan State. Stevenson, Directorof Frontier Areas Administration of the British gov-ernment, arrived in northern Shan State in advance. Hepersuaded the chieftains through cajole, flatter andattempts to pour bad blood, asking them not to joinMyanmar proper.

Beginning late 1885, the colonialists practiced thedivide-and-rule policy through clever tactics. In thehill regions alone there were a variety of administrativesystems, administrators and administrative laws. Theylaid down obstacles to prevent relations between onenational race and another and one region and the other.Especially, they barred Bamars, whose politicalawareness was rising, of the plains from visiting thehill regions with the imposition of restrictions.

They completely destroyed Myanmar monarchi-cal administration and put it under the domination ofbureaucracy. However, they entrusted feudal adminis-tration power to Shan chieftains. On the other hand,they considered Duwa chieftains of southern KachinState as just villageheads.

They discriminated the national races whoconverted into their religion and Buddhists and theanimists. They practiced religious discrimination ingiving promotions. In that way, they created dissensionamong the national races and kept them apart from oneanother.

Certain Shan chieftains who were overly attachedto feudal administration power sent a telegram to thethen British Prime Minister Attlee of LabourGovernment, who was holding talks with GeneralAung San and delegation. The telegram said thatGeneral Aung San who was in London was just aBamar representative; that he did not represent Shanchieftains; he should invite Shan chieftains separatelyto discuss hill region affairs. Attlee showed GeneralAung San the telegram and pressed him to representonly for the Myanmar proper.

General Aung San said that it was true that hewas not a representative of Shan chieftains; that hewas working for the good of the people of hillregions. Patriotic Shan youths of Shan State People’sFreedom League (Taunggyi) received informationabout the telegram in advance before it was sent. UTin Aye, U Tun Myint Gale, U Ba Zan, U San Pe, UTin Pe and U Tun Myat of the League convened amass meeting of the Shan people in Taunggyi on 15January 1947.

The mass meeting tabled and seconded motions,which were, total independence, national unity, anti-colonialism and united front. The people of Shan Stateissued an ultimatum demanding the British govern-ment to free Shan State that had been forced to liveunder colonialist rule and exploitation for about 60years; that they would struggle to regain independencewithout fail.

After the mass meeting, Shan patriots (independ-ence advocates) sent a telegram to London, saying thatGeneral Aung San was a representative of Shan people;and that they supported his independence campaign.

* In harmony and unisonBrethren of the nationUnion of Myanmar they built

* Amity foreverLiving on this landSince time immemorialAny place in Myanmar they settledRiding the same boat towards samedestinationObstacles they overcomeLike hundred fruits of a single stalkSame source they come fromEach and every one fosteringTrue patriotism in hearts

* Keeping in foreOur Three Main National CausesEnsuring everlasting of nation

* Having the same visionImplementing theyThe seven-step Road MapNever divided the brethrenEver united they alwaysTo enjoy victory every oneRooting out all saboteursWith diligence they declare“We are the Myanmar people”Let’s every one enterThe new golden age(Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day)

Myinmu Maung Naing Moe (Trs)

Towards the new golden age

Poem

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— For all national races to uphold the

national policy—non-disintegrationof the Union, non-disintegration of

national solidarity, and perpetua-

tion of sovereignty— To boost the sense of Union Spirit of

the national people

— To defend and safeguard the Unionwith consolidated unity of all na-

tional races against dangers posed to

disrupt State stability and develop-ment by internal and external

subversives— For all national races to work harder

to build a modern, developed, disci-

pline-flourishing democratic nationin line with the State Constitution

approved with the great majority of

the ballot— For all national races to make con-

certed efforts for successful accom-

plishment of the seven-step RoadMap

63rd Anniversary Union Day Objectives


The long-established unity of the people of UnionKyaw Zin (Sarnezin)

(from page 6)Sao Khun Pan Sein, Palaung Southern

Sawbwa of Namsan in Northern Shan State, whotook a leading role at the Panglong Conference, saidthat he was glad General Aung San spoke openly andthanked him for his frankness. He also told GeneralAung San that they no longer wanted to live underthe British rule either, and assured him that theywould demand independence together with Bamarnationals.

Also present at the Panglong Conference wereBob Tomley, Secretary for British Colonies, andStevenson, Commissioner for Frontier Areas. Theformer was based in London and the latter in Yangon.Stevenson told the other national races not to trustBamar nationals. He said that General Aung San hadonly two dresses and no money and that they wouldgo hungry if they demand independence togetherwith Bamar nationals.

He also told the other national races that theBritish would give them enough financial aid if theylived under their rule. He went on to say that whatBamar nationals said was not to be trusted andGeneral Aung San’s face was like that of a fascist.The British Prime Minister in London was muchdelighted at the thought that the national races, whowere subject to their divide-and-rule policy, wouldbe against the Panglong Coference and that it wouldcome to nothing.

On 12 February, 1947, all the national racessucceeded in signing the Panglong Agreement thatwould ultimately result in an independent Myanmar,making the success of the Panglong Conferenceknown to not only to London but also to the wholeworld through the telegram office opened especiallyfor the Conference.

It was written in the editorial of the Thuriyanewspaper of 9-2-1947 issue that the ongoingconference at Panlong in Shan State was importantbecause Mr Bob Tomley, Secretary for Dominions,would attend it himself and report the issue of hillregions to the British Parliament and that hill regionswere part of Myanmar and people in these regionswere also Myanmar nationals born out of the samewomb and living through weal and woe.

It was also written in the editorial of theHanthawady newspaper of 12-2-1947 issue thatMyanmar nationals were like blood brothers whenthey got to know each other, that representatives ofChin nationals from Falam, Tiddim and Hakha arrivedat Panglong only on 7 February but they all were infavour of the proposals tabled on 6 February, thatthere was no calculation of gains and losses in therelations between all Myanmar national people andthat it was like the two people tied together with arope and dropped on the Himalayans and they couldnot be separated.

Mass rallies in favour of the PanglongAgreement were held in all parts of Myanmar – inKarmaing on 27-2-1947, in Moegaung on 28-2-1947and in Mankhein and Taunggyi from 1-3-1947 to 3-3-1947. The mass rally held in Taunggyi released anannouncement.

In that announcement, it was mentioned thatShan, Chin, Kachin and Bamar nationals were unitedat the Panglong Conference and signed an agreementthat they would work together to be able to build anindependent nation, that Panglong would berecognized not only in the history of Shan, hill regionsand Myanmar but also in the history of the world, thatit was decided to erect a monument at Panglong inorder that posterity could take pride in it, that it was

believed that all the measures taken at Panglongwould benefit Shan State as well as the entireMyanmar. The editorial called on the entire nationalpeople to work together actively and enthusiasticallyif they thought, after careful consideration, themeasures taken should be supported. It concludedthat unity and cooperation would bring independenceand prosperity and so it was necessary to be unitedand make concerted efforts.

Throughout the history of independencestruggle, national brethren of the Union had strivenfor non-disintegration of the Union and eternalperpetuity of the Union built with Panglong Spirit,and unitedly taken part in nation-building work forpeace, prosperity and development of the independentUnion.

The entire nation has enthusiastically andunanimously approved the Constitution written inthe best possible way to be able to build a peaceful,modern, developed and discipline-flourishingdemocratic nation and now all the national races aremaking preparations to make the 2010 election asuccess.

Translation: TMT+NN*******

Union of MyanmarAll the national brethren have residedin the Union of Myanmar since time im-memorial, much like the eggs and thenest intact.

All the national races in onenessjoined hands in repulsing the exter-nal enemies in different periods.

When the nation was in servitude theyunitedly waged national liberation strug-gle together.

Victory!

Internal insur-gents who haverisen against theState sinceregaining of inde-pendence come torealize the fruits ofunity. They arenow marching onthe road to peaceand progressputting an end tothe grudges withhands joined.

Fruits ofunity. Aren’t

they?

Yes, ofcourse.

LIN MYAT

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Developing Kachin State with peace, unity and pleasantnessArticle & Photos:Tin Htwe (MNA)

Recently, No. 57-up Mandalay-Myitkyina ex-press train left Mandalay Railway Station at 4 pm, andI was going to spend one night on board the train tocontinue my trip to Myitkyina.

I visited Kachin State three times in 2009. Thelocations of roads and bridges of the state were freshin my memory. However, I made previous trips toKachin State by flight and by car. Then, I had anopportunity to visit there by train for the first time.

Although there are motor roads in the region, thepeople of Kachin State use railroads to travel to theplain regions. Although flights are being operated tothe routes of Yangon-Myitkyina and Mandalay-Myitkyina regularly, most of the local people put theirreliance on rail transportation. Due to reasonablefares, train can carry commodities more than theflights. So they can save money.

In the past, the townships of Kachin State hadfaced difficulties of delay in transporting commodi-ties from other regions due to lack of peace. Atpresent, the products from dry regions can be speedilytransported to towns and villages of Kachin Statethanks to the runs of four up-trains along Mandalay-Myitkyina route and four down-trains along theMyitkyina-Mandalay route.

The express train that left Mandalay at 4 pmpassed towns and villages of Sagaing Division andthen entered Kachin State next morning. At 2 pm, thetrain arrived in Myitkyina. Indeed, the rail transporta-tion is the artery between Mandalay and Myitkyina.

As Mandalay-Myitkyina express train stoppedover at Mohnyin, Mogaung, Namti, etc, the localpeople have easy access to Myitkyina by savingmoney. Now, Myanma Airways and Air Bagan air-lines operate flight schedules to Myitkyina daily.However, most of the local people travel by train.

It can be said that only when the traveller has theopportunity to enjoy the scenic beauties of Bala MinHtin Bridge and the Ayeyawady River on arrival at

Myitkyina, will the trip be perfected. The town wasnamed Myitkyina due to its location near theAyeyawady River, and therefore the chronicles ofAyeyawady and Myitkyina could not be separated.The Ayeyawady River originates at the confluence ofMaykha and Malikha rivers near Tanphe Village, 27miles upstream of Myitkyina. Therefore, it can be saidthat the Ayeyawady River starts at Myitkyina.

Bala Min Htin Bridge across Ayeyawady River onMyitkyina-Bhamo Road was inaugurated on 14-11-1998. The bridge contributes much to the better trans-port between Myitkyina and Waingmaw and the smoothtransportation between Myitkyina and Bhamo-Chipwe-Panwa-Hsadon-Kanpaikte route. Bala Min Htin Bridge,2688 feet long, is of steel frame type.

Public works under the Ministry of Construc-tion has built 20 bridges of over 180 feet long in KachinState.

In Kachin State, the 700 feet longKaunghmulon suspension bridge across AyeyawadyRiver (for only jeeps) is under construction onPutao-Htawadam-Nagmon Road and theAyeyawady River crossing Katha-Bhamo railroad(Sinkhan Bridge), 3215 feet long, is being built onMandalay-Tagaung-Bhamo Road. Putao DistrictPublic Works commenced construction ofKaunghmulon suspension bridge in 2003 and hasplanned to complete it in 2009-2010 financial year.

Kachin State formed with four districts, 18townships, 143 wards, 597 village-tracts and 2583villages is located in an area of 34,379.2 square miles.The state is 172 miles in width from the east to the westand 335 miles in length from the south to the north. Upto 15 December 2009, a total of 489,168 people ofKachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon, Rakhineand Shan national races were residing in the state.

Myitkyina, Waingmaw, Ingyanyan, Tanai,Chipwe and Hsawlaw townships are included inMyitkyina District, Mohnyin, Mogaung and Phakant

townships in Mohnyin District, Bhamo, Shwegu,Momauk, Dawphonyan and Mansi townships inBhamo District and Putao, Machanbaw, Nagmon,Khaunglanphu and Sumprabum townships in PutaoDistrict.

A total of 53 border posts were erected at theborder shared by Myanmar and China and five postsat the Myanmar-India border. Indawgyi Lake, 24miles long and 8 miles wide, which is the largest lakein Myanmar, is located in Mohnyin Township. TheBuddha Pujaniya of Shwe Myinzu Pagoda is held atthe lake annually. A national park attracting touristsand researchers is located in Pannandin of NagmonTownship.

The first defile and the second defile ofAyeyawady River can be seen in Kachin State. Thefirst defile is located between Myintha andYaynapinlon village-tracts of Hsinbo of MyitkyinaTownship. The first defile started at a place, 86 milesfrom Myitkyina. At the lowest level of the water, theriver is only 70 feet wide. The second defile of the riveris located between Bhamo and Shwegu. The width ofthe second defile is shorter than the first defile. Whenthe current of the river water is swift in the rainyseason, motorboats and ships have to suspend theirruns temporarily. A high rocky bank called NatmyathnaHill is situated at the second defile, and the narrowestarea of the defile is only 400 feet.

In the cold season, the people from far andnear take a rest at Momauk hot spring, south ofKyangin Village of Momauk Township. Significantly,a 3000-ton massive jade stone was explored in KachinState. The Massive Jade Stone, 70 feet long, 16 feetwide and 20 feet high, weighing over 3000 tons of JadeExtraction Unit of Myanma Gems Enterprise, is dis-played as a museum, 100 feet southeast fromNamhmaw Creek and Phakant Yekyi Creek in SeikmuVillage-tract of Phakant Township.

(See page 9)

Bala Min Htin Bridge linking Myitkyina and Waingmaw townships contributing totransport of local people and commodities in Kachin State.

A tower of Myanma Posts andTelecommunications in Kachin State.

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Developing Kachin State with peace, unity and pleasantnessArticle & Photos: Tin Htwe (MNA)

No. Subject Unit 1988 2009 Progress

1. Arable land acre 355644 833267 477623

2. Dam number 50 116 66

3. River water pumping project number - 5 5

4. Protected public forest sq/mile - 3868.95 3868.95

5. Motor road mile 2152 3343 1191

6. Above 180 feet bridge bridge 27 71 44

7. Post office number 64 83 19

8. Telegraphic office office 20 31 11

9. Telephone office office 12 71 59

10. Microwave station number - 24 24

11. Hydropower plant plant 1 7 6

12. Private factory factory 622 1049 427

13. Basic education school school 1178 1313 135

14. University/college number 1 3 2

15. Technological university/college number - 3 3

16. Universities of Computer Studies number - 2 2

17. Hospital number 33 47 14

Development of Kachin State in the time of Tatmadaw Government

(from page 8)Due to pleasant environs and cold season,

11,500 feet high ice-capped Phonkanrazi Mountainis a famous tourist attraction in Putao Township. The19,315 feet high Mount Khakaborazi, the highest inthe country, and the 19,142 feet high Ganlanrazimountain range, are located in the township. Thesnow-capped hills and mountain ranges are stretchingfrom the north to the south. While in Myitkyina, Ivisited other townships through Myitkyina-Sumprabum-Putao road. I still remember my tripfrom Myitkyina to Putao by flight and the way backto Myitkyina along Putao-Sumprabum-MyitkyinaRoad in February 2009.

Once, it took hours to cover even one-mile-long trip on Myitkyina-Sumprabum-Putao Road. Atpresent, the 218 miles long Myitkyina-Sumprabum-Putao Road is one-day trip. Regularly, the travellersare to spend one night only. Beginning 2008-2009financial year, task of constructing the road sectionswere assigned to Road Project Special Groups. Now,I have learned that some Superroof vans got to Putaofrom Myitkyina.

I had an opportunity to visit the confluenceof Maykha and Malikha rivers near Tanphe Village,27 miles from Myitkyina and enjoyed the beautifulscenes of the area. At Wanshi Village near mile postNo. 31, I had lunch at Moe Gaung Thu Restaurant.

Kachin State has 36 miles and one furlonglong tarred road, 311 miles and five furlongs longgravel road, 726 miles and 7 furlongs long hard road,436 miles and 5 furlongs long earth road and 458miles and 7 furlongs long path for mules, totalling2295 miles and one furlong.

Myitkyina-Namti-Tanai Road, Mogaung-Karmaing-Lawa-Phakant Road, Shwebo-MyitkyinaRoad, Bhamo-Myitkyina Road, Myitkyina-Tanai-Pansauk-Lido Road, Tanai-Nanyun-Pansauk Road,Hopin-Kontha-Lonton-Nyaungbin Road, Myitkyina-Sumprabum-Putao Road, Myitkyina-Chipwe-PanwaRoad, Waingmaw-Hsadon-Kanpaikte Road,Myitkyina-Akye-Hsinbo-Myohla Road and Putao-Machanbaw-Nagmon Road are transportation facili-ties in Kachin State.

The government has adopted the Border

Areas and National Races Development Plan, the 24-Special Regions Plan and the Rural RegionDevelopment Tasks for ensuring equitable develop-ment for all the regions of the Union and the growthof socio-economic status of the local people. Theplans are being implemented for enhancement ofagriculture, meat and fish, forestry, industrial, trans-port, communication, electric power and energy sec-tors for improvement of all the regions of the nation.

At the same time, the government adoptedthe short- and long-term national level plans such asthe education promotion plan and the national healthcare promotion plan for development of humanresources. Nowadays, the people are enjoying thefruits of development after implementing the plans.

Myitkyina District, Bhamo District andMohnyin District of Kachin State are covered by the

24-special regions development plan. In the time ofTatmadaw Government after 1988, these threedistricts were equipped with universities, colleges,technological universities, universities for computerstudies and hospitals.

Before 1988, Kachin State had only oneuniversity/college. During the period from 1988 to2009, two more universities/colleges, three more Tech-nological Universities/Colleges and two moreUniversities for Computer Studies were built in thestate.

In the health sector, there were 33 hospitals inthe state before 1988. After building 14 more hospitalsfrom 1988 to 2009, the state has 47 hospitals in total.In the time of Tatmadaw Government, two universities/colleges, three technological universities, two univer-sities for computer studies and 14 hospitals were builtin Kachin State.

Myitkyina University was opened inMyitkyina District in 1998, Myitkyina EducationCollege in 2002, Myitkyina TechnologicalUniversity in 2006, Myitkyina University ofComputer Studies in 2007 and GovernmentTechnical High School (Myitkyina) in 2009.

Mohnyin Degree College was inauguratedin Mohnyin District in 2003 and MohnyinTechnological College in 2007.

Bhamo University was commissioned inBhamo District in 2001, Bhamo University ofComputer Studies in 2002, Bhamo TechnologicalUniversity in 2005 and Government Technical HighSchool (Bhamo) in 2009.

After 1988, eight hospitals were opened inMyitkyina District—one people’s hospital (300-bed)and one people’s hospital (100-bed fordrug addicts) in Myitkyina Township, twopeople’s hospitals (25-bed) in Waingmaw Township,

(See page 10)

Technological University (Myitkyina) for enabling local youth to pursue higher education inKachin State.

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No. Subject Location Remarks 1. Agriculture Shwegu Township Benefited acreage

- Paungnet Dam Project 5000 2. Transport

Construction of above 180 feet bridge- Malikha River-crossing Kaunghmulon Suspension bridge Machanbaw Township 700 feet

3. RailroadKatha-Bhamo railroad construction project 98 milesBhamo-Sinkhan railroad section Bhamo District 32 miles

4. Railway Stations Planned region 8(a) Bhamo Station Bhamo Township(b) Manywet Station Bhamo Township(c) Mansi Station Mansi Township(d) Yekhumankhan Station Mansi Township(e) Hanhtet Station Mansi Township(f) Myale Township Bhamo Township(g) Sinkhan Station Bhamo Township(h) Gwegyi Station Mansi Township

5. Rail Bridge- Ayeyawady Bridge (Sinkhan) Project Bhamo Township RC 3215 feet

6. Electric PowerImplementing hydropower project(a) Tarpein (1) hydropower project Momauk Township 240 megawatts(b) Chipwenge hydropower project Chipwe Township 99 megawatts(c) Myithson hydropower project Myitkyina Township 6000 megawatts(d) Dabatchaung hydropower project Myitkyina Township 2800 megawatts(e) Dunban hydropower project Waingmaw Township 6 megawatts(f) Dothtanchaung hydropower project Putao Township 150 megawatts

7. Hydropower projects to be implemented(Maykha River Valley Project)(a) Yinan (Yelan) Hsawlaw Township 1400 megawatts(b) Khaunglanphu Khaunglanphu Township 3000 megawatts(c) Phizaw Hsawlaw Township 2400 megawatts(d) Wusauk Hsawlaw Township 2500 megawatts(e) Chipwe Chipwe Township 3400 megawatts(f) Lazar Sumprabum Township 2800 megawatts

Projects to be implemented in Kachin State

Translation: TTA

(from page 9) one people’s hospital (16-bed) in Shinbweyan ofTanai Township, onepeople’s hospital (25-bed)each in Chipwe, Hsawlawand Ingyanyan townships.

Myitkyina Peo-ple’s Hospital (200-bed)was upgraded to the 300-bed facility, and thepeople’s hospital (DrugAddicts) (50-bed) to the100-bed facility.

Mohnyin Districtextended six morehospitals after 1988. Theywere: one 100-bedpeople’s hospital inMohnyin Township, one50-bed hospital and onestation hospital inMogaung Township andone 25-bed hospital andtwo station hospitals inPhakant Township.

After 1988, BhamoDistrict got five morehospitals. These facilitieswere one 200-bed people’shospital in BhamoTownship, one 25-bedhospital in MansiTownship, one 25-bedhospital and one 16-bed(Dawphonyan) people’shospital in MomaukTownship and one 25-bedpeople’s hospital inShwegu Township.

The projects to beimplemented fordevelopment of KachinState are amazing. Theseplans are: the PaungnetDam Project to benefit

5000 acres of farmlandsin Shwegu Township, theconstruction project of 98-mile Katha-Bhamorailroad and 32-mileBhamo-Sinkhan RoadSection in Bhamo District,the construction ofBhamo Station, ManywetStation, Mansi Station,Yekhumankhan Station,Hanhtet Station, MyaleStation, Sinkhan Stationand Gwegyi Station inBhamo and Mansitownships, and the planfor extended installationof GSM, cellular andCDMA phone systems.Tarpein (1) hydropowerproject to generate 240megawatts is beingimplemented in MomaukTownship, Chipwe ngehydropower project togenerate 99 megawatts inChipwe Township,Myithson hydropowerproject to generate 6000megawatts and Daba-tchaung hydro powerproject to generate 2800megawatts in MyitkyinaTownship, Dunbanhydropower project togenerate 6 megawatts inWaingmaw Township,Dokhtanchaung hydro-power project to generate150 megawatts in PutaoTownship. Moreover, theplans are under way toimplement hydropowerprojects in the MaykhaRiver valley namelyYinan (Yelan) project to

generate 1400 megawattsin Hs awlaw Township,K h a u n g -lanphu project to generate3000 megawatts in

K h a u n g - l a n p h uTownship, Phizawproject to generate 2400megawatts in HsawlawTownship, Wusaukproject to generate 2500megawatts in HsawlawTownship, Chipweproject to generate 3400megawatts in ChipweTownship and Lazarproject to generate 2800megawatts inSumprabum Township.

A Lisu national UDavid Fish, over 60 yearsold, of Myitkyina said,“The people from most ofthe regions of KachinState were difficult to visitone place to anotherbefore peace could not berestored. The local peoplehad no access to motorroads. Bridges availablewere in poor condition, sothe travellers continuedtheir trips by passing

creeks. After restoringpeace, the better motorroads and bridges haveemerged one afteranother, and vehicles canspeedily drive along theroads any time. In theabsence of peace andstability and law andorder, the local peoplecould not do theirbusinesses let aloneengaging in social,education and healthsectors. In the time ofTatmadaw Government,the whole Kachin State isenjoying fruits of peaceand stability. So,unprecedented develop-ment can be seen in theeducation, health andculture sectors of nationalraces from hilly regions. Itis heartening that theeducation, health andculture tasks that could beundertaken only in the

urban areas in the pastcan now be carried outin the border regions.”

The experiencesrecounted by elderpersons like U David Fishreflect the authentic imageof Kachin State.

On my way home, Iremember the attractivescenes of mistymountain ranges, lushand green forests,smiling faces ofnational races, scenicbeauties of AyeyawadyRiver at the confluenceof Maykha and MalikhaRivers.

Whatever it may be, Ihave to go back home fordischarging the endlessduties. At an opportunetime, I am going toobserve progress of peace,unity and pleasantness inKachin State once again.


Developing Kachin State with peace, unity and pleasantnessArticle & Photos: Tin Htwe (MNA)

Photo shows Myitkyina-Waingmaw-Hsadon-Kanpaikte Road forsmooth transportation in Kachin State.

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Story-telling foreign radio stations (2)The Dabwint

Nevertheless, the whole truth wasdiscovered some time thereafter. After the unrest,Aye Nyein Thu admitted with repentence that shejust did as asked by Christopher Gunness, HtayKywe and Ko Ko Latt; that she was neither jailednor raped; and that she made a silly mistake underthe persuasion and pressure of the group of theaxe-handles.

Attempt to break up the Tatmadaw hasbeen going on on a large scale since the 1988unrest. It seems to me that the axe-handles andthose foreign radio stations are fully committed totheir scheme of breaking up the Tatmadaw withwhatever ways and means they have sought, becausethey are well convinced of the fact that they will bein no position to exploit the nation and the peopleso long as the armed forces remain cohesive andstrong. That is why they stick to their plot ofbreaking up the Tatmadaw. It has been over acouple of decades or since 1988. In the end, thegood shall triumph over the evil. The people of usnotice that none of their attempts has come tofruition, whereas the Tatmadaw is getting moreand more united and strong and strengthened.

As far as I remember, broadcasts onannouncements intended to break up theTatmadaw were aired repeatedly on 12 September1988. Fake announcements with fake signatureswere rampant around the nation. They said thatan interim government had to be formed by 1 pmon 13 September 1988, or the Air Force wouldlaunch air strikes, and the Navy had set its targetsat many certain places; and that the Tatmadawhad collapsed into pieces. Actually, suchannouncements are very destructive, and thatreflects their selfishness. Under the negative impactof the announcements, the majority of Yangondwellers came to be in a state of panic, and theyplaced some Tatmadaw members in a dilemma,thus accounting for to how much extent their plotwas effective.

Today, whether those announcements aretrue or not has been clear to all. However, at thattime, many people withstood all the stresses andstrains caused by the announcements. So, anevening TV news on rebuttal was announced byMyanma Radio and Television that theannouncements were fake ones in order to allay

anxiety of the people. In addition, copies of letterswere dropped from Tatmadaw aircraft in orderthat the people and Tatmadaw members wouldcome to know the truth. Yet, some artlessTatmadaw members fell into the snare of theannouncements, and took the wrong path afterturning their back to the Tatmadaw. That was acostly lesson. The number of such soldiers wasvery small. The whole Tatmadaw (Army, Navyand Air Force) showed its consolidated unity andmanaged to save the nation that was at that timestanding on the edge of the abyss.

Since 1988, such story-telling foreign radiostations as BBC, VOA, RFA and DVB havemanufactured fabrications one after anotherwith the intention of causing wholesale deathand destruction to the nation and the people.They cling on to their subversive plots, airingdistorted news, news based on rumours, andinvented news stories day in, day out. In fact,Western neo-colonialists heavily aid and abetthose radio stations and give directions toabsconders, perpetrators and axe-handles fromtheir targeted countries to harm their mothercountries concerned, calling them as democracyactivists. The cohorts and axe-handles underthe influence of the neo-colonists are too naïveto notice that their acts harm none except themand their country. Therefore, they and suchforeign radio stations work hand in glove.

The internal West-looking groups providethe West Bloc radio stations with exaggeratednews stories in abundance based on personaldissatisfactions, grudges associated with politicalissues, and impossible hopes for their party tocome to power. Those radio stations fail to honourthe code of press ethic by exaggerating the providednews stories to contribute towards their neo-colonialism at the expense of the interests of anyother country. The Western radio stations canconstantly give the people a real earful aboutfabricated news stories as they keep in touch withthe West-looking axe-handles. They air groundlessbroadcasts at will, taking full advantage of the toolof the media, and showing total disregard for thecode of press ethic. Personally, they are like a foolwith a gun.

As to their objectives and acts, Minister for

Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan in a pressconference said that today the government hasto seek the most appropriate ways and meansin line with the objective conditions in theinterest of the nation and the people; and thatbut, pessimists at home and from abroad,those encouraging subversive acts, and someforeign media groups that are behind theirplots are constantly entertaining rumours,and airing distorted news, and news storiesdesigned to drive a wedge among the people,news stories to persuade the people to take tothe streets, and misinformed stories with theintention of undermining the State stabilityand peace, national unity, creating publicpanic, misleading the people, and stirring upmass protests. What he said is totally right, andreflects the nature of the West radio stations.

The made-up stories they have aired since1988 are uncountable. A news story they aired isstill fresh in my mind that they exploited thesituations and invented Tadani (red bridge) affairs,regarding the event in which security forcesprevented student protesters at Tadabyu (WhiteBridge) on the embankment of Inya Lake on 16March 1988. In reality, none of the students fell inthe event, but they aired as if many of them werekilled, describing the protest as Tadani Affairs.Similarly, after the Tatmadaw had assumed Stateresponsibilities, some persons in the country andcertain foreign radio stations masterminded a plotto force student protesters to go underground,which is still in the mind of the people. Surely, thepainful memories are always with the studentswho faced untold miseries there and their parentsin their life.

Those foreign radio stations are, indeed,media enterprises doing media services. So,they have to follow the code of press ethicstrictly. Instead, they have violated the code ofpress ethic so many times that they are merelyblack media. Therefore, they are brazen enoughto air such harmful, groundless news stories.

In my opinion, they should not manufacturea fabrication about a person. In spite of DawAung San Suu Kyi in good health, BBC and VOAin their broadcasts have said on purpose so manytimes that she is not in good health; that they aredeeply concerned over her health, and she doesnot have access to good health care. Accordingly,the government has to occasionally issue news inorder to get rid of the people’s concerns anddoubts.

Again on 23 August 2005, BBC aired anevening news story, which posed grave danger tothe nation, which was related to the Head of theState and the nation. To make things worse, theyadded some comments to the news. At that time,the Head of State was doing his duty in goodhealth. Although they knew that well, they airedunreliable, baseless news story deliberately.

Translation: MS

Those foreign radio stations are, indeed, mediaenterprises doing media services. So, they have tofollow the code of press ethic strictly. Instead, theyhave violated the code of press ethic so many timesthat they are merely black media. Therefore, theyare brazen enough to air such harmful, groundlessnews stories.

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A trumpet-shaped structure is to soak up the sun’srays to light up galleries and catch the rain to

water the green areas at the site of the World expo2010 in Shanghai. China, the world’s number oneemitter of greenhouse gases, aims to hold the first

“green” World Expo in Shanghai, as the sprawlingmetropolis tries to shed its polluted past and

become eco-friendly.— INTERNET

A man carries aninjured girl from thesite of a bombing inTimergara, the maintown in Lower DirDistrict, located inPakistan’s restive

North West FrontierProvince on 3 Feb,

2010. —XINHUA

Teens not turning to Twitter

Air passenger says he ate potPITTSBURGH, 4 Feb—A man pulled off a coast-to-

coast flight during an emergency stop in Pittsburghsays he ate marijuana cookies before takeoff, investi-gators say. Kinman Chan of San Francisco faces fed-eral charges of interfering with flight crew, the Pitts-burgh Post-Gazette reports. He was detained on Sun-day after the US Air plane bound from Philadelphia toLos Angeles landed in Pittsburgh.

Flight attendants said Chan, who was returning froma conference in the Dominican Republic, actedstrangely after he boarded. He waved and smiled andmade strange gestures but then shut himself in a toiletand screamed.The criminal complaint said Chanemerged from the toilet with his pants down. He al-legedly attacked a flight attendant who tried to get himback to his seat and was then put in a choke hold andphysically restrained.— Internet

Low Serotonin levels cause infant deaths

Scientists find ideal targetfor malaria therapy

WASHINGTON , 4 Feb—Scientists at Washington Uni-versity School of Medicine in St Louis have identifieda protein made by the malaria parasite that is essentialto its ability to take over human red blood cells, theuniversity said on Wednesday in a statement.

Malaria, which is spread by mosquito bites, killsbetween one million and three million people annu-ally in developing countries. Death results from dam-age to red blood cells and clogging of the capillariesthat feed the brain and other organs.

“The malaria parasite seizes control of and remod-els the red blood cell by secreting hundreds of pro-teins once it’s inside,” says Dan Goldberg, professorof medicine and of molecular microbiology and aHoward Hughes Medical Institute Investigator. “ Butwithout this protein, plasmepsin V, those other pro-teins can’t get out of the parasite into the blood cell,and the infectious process stops.”

The closest equivalent to plasmepsin V in humansis a protein called beta secretase, but it’s only distantlyrelated. The significant differences between the ma-larial protein and its closest human relative may meanscientists will be able use drugs to disable plasmepsinV with little worry of adverse side effects on humanbiology, according to Goldberg.The results are reportedin Nature this week. — Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 4 Feb—Teen Internet users makeup the biggest presence inmost online applicationsand social networkingsites, with one unlikelyexception — Twitter, asurvey says. Only 8 per-cent of users ages 12-17use the social messagingsite, far less than the 66percent who send or re-ceive cellphone text mes-sages or the 62 percentwho go online for news

and information, the PewInternet and AmericanLive Project reported onWednesday.

Blogging is undergoingchange also, droppingamong teens and youngadults. Fourteen percent ofteens say they blog, downfrom 28 percent in 2006.In contrast, blogging byolder adults has remainedsteady with roughly one in10 adults maintaining ablog or personal journal

online, Pew said.In all, 73 percent of

teens with Internet accessuse social networkingWeb sites, up from 55 per-cent in 2006 and 65 per-cent in 2008. Computerchoices among youngadults reflect the impact ofWiFi and the mobile Web,as two-thirds own a laptopor net book, whereas only53 percent own a desktop,the survey said.

Internet

BEIJING, 4 Feb — Re-searchers have found thatlow Serotonin levels maybe the cause of the suddeninfant death syndrome, orSIDS, according to mediareports on Wednesday.Infants who died of SIDShad low levels of serot-onin, a brain chemical thathelps the brainstem regu-late breathing, tempera-ture, sleeping, waking andother automatic functions,according to an autopsystudy in Tuesday’s Jour-nal of the American Medi-cal Association.

The finding may helpidentify babies at risk forSIDS, which each yearkills more than 2,300 ba-bies before their firstbirthday.Abnormal levelsof serotonin may hamperan infant’s breathing, es-pecially when the babybreathes in too much ex-haled carbon dioxidewhile sleeping face down.“When the infant isbreathing in the face-down position, he or shemay not get enough oxy-gen. An infant with a nor-mal brain stem would turn

his or her head and wakeup in response. But a babywith an intrinsic abnor-mality is unable to re-spond to the stressor,”said Dr Hannah Kinney ofHarvard and Children’sHospital.

Doctors hope to usetheir discovery to screenbabies for serotonin prob-lems and find a way toprotect them, says co-au-thor David Paterson, alsoof Harvard and Children’sHospital. Those develop-ments are still years away,he says.— Xinhua

Canada, California to launch15 sci-tech initiatives

OTTAWA, 4 Feb—Cana-dian Minister of Interna-tional Trade Peter VanLoan announced onWednesday that Canadaand California of theUnited States wouldlaunch 15 research initia-tives worth of 1 millionCanadian dollars (about942,600 US dollars), un-

der the Canada-CaliforniaStrategic Innovation Part-nership (CCSIP).

“Today’s partnershipannouncement will helpmove ideas from thelaboratory to the realworld, and will contributeto a cleaner environmentand improvedhealthcare,” said Van

Loan. “Our joint projectswill lead to advances inmany fields, from carbonstorage and new biofuelsto energy-efficient com-puters and better bordercrossings.”

Of the 15 initiatives,nine are collaborativeevents and six are re-search and developmentprojects. 21 Canadianuniversities are involvedin partnership with eightUniversity of Californiacampuses. The universi-ties are contributing 1million Canadian dol-lars, with half comingfrom Canadian institu-tions and the other halffrom Californian institu-tions. The 15 projectswere selected from 45submissions in a firstround of proposals.

“This collaborativepartnership is great newsfor both California andCanada.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

This photo released by MelanieTypaldos shows Typaldos and Caplinher pet capybara wearing his Hallow-

een custome. The capybara,Hydrochoerus Hydrochaeris, is a

semi-aquatic rodent of SouthAmerica. It weighs about a hundred

pounds, and is about 2 feet tall at theshoulder.

After struggling for years to explain

why some apparently healthy babies

die suddenly in their sleep, a studypublished on Tuesday singles out

serotonin deficiency as a key culpritin sudden infant death syndrome

(SIDS) or cot death.

Researchers in Australia found achild’s birth month could influence hisor her future health, fitness and sportsability.

Dr Adrian Barnett, a senior researchfellow at Queensland University ofTechnology’s Institute of Health andBiomedical Innovation, and AnnetteDobson of the University of Queenslandsay the month of your birth influencesyour chances of becoming a professionalathlete.

The researchers analyzed the birth-days of professional Australian FootballLeague players and found a dispropor-tionate number of the soccer players hadtheir birthdays in the early months of theyear, while many fewer were born in thelater months — especially December.

The Australian school year begins inJanuary. “Children who are taller havean obvious advantage when playing the[soccer] code of AFL,” Barnett said in astatement. “If you were born in January,you have almost 12 months’ growthahead of your classmates born late in theyear, so whether you were born on 31 Decor 1 Jan could have a huge effect on yourlife.” The results mirror other interna-tional studies that found a link betweenbeing born near the start of school yearand the chances of becoming a profes-sional player in the sports of ice hockey,soccer, volleyball and basketball.

Authorities in South Carolina saida man who searched for money in 18cars left footprints in the snow leadingfrom the crimes to his home.

Spartanburg County sheriff’s depu-ties said a number of people reportedtheir vehicles had been rummagedthrough or their locks tampered withon Saturday evening in the area aroundDeer Chase Drive in the county,WYFF-TV, Greenville, SC, reportedon Tuesday.

Deputies said they discovered dis-tinct footprints in the snow near one ofthe vehicles and followed them for sev-eral blocks to the back door of a home.

They said Garret Wayne Pierce, 21,answered the door and his shoesmatched the prints found in the snow.

Pierce admitted to searchingthrough several unlocked for moneyand attempting to enter several locked

Snow footprints lead deputies to suspectcars, without success, officials allege.Deputies said he showed them 18 carshe targeted.

Pierce was taken to the SpartanburgCounty Detention Centre in lieu of$45,000 bond.

Photo taken on 25 Jan, 2010 shows asculpture of an American Indian man

in traditional costume and decora-tions in front of the Pueblo Indian

Museum in Albuquerque, NewMexico, the United States. Casinos

and hotels are the main incomesources in the American Indian

reservations. The native AmericanIndians are living at risk in the

United States. Indian people are twiceas likely to be living in poverty than

the general population and less likelyto finish high school, and they sufferfrom higher death rates of alcohol-

ism, tuberculosis and diabetes.The Indian cultural and traditional

heritags are in danger of losing underthe assimilation of modern civiliza-tion. Some Indian tribal languagesare vanishing among native tribalmembers. American Indians are

taking pains of wandering betweenpreserving tradition and involving in

modern ways of life.

Birth month affects beinga sports star

Kiteboard surfer killed bysharks off coast of FloridaNEWS CORE, 4 Feb — A kiteboard surfer died after

he was attacked by several sharks off the coast ofFlorida.The 38-year-old man had beeen apparentlysurfing in an unguarded stretch of water near StuartBeach, Martin County. A lifeguard went to his rescuebut found him unconscious and severely wounded.

The man, who had been bitten several times, laterdied in hospital. Police said that they wereinvestigating.Thousand sharks have been spotted offthe Florida coast in recent days, leading to the closureof beaches.The increase in shark sightings is due totheir migration pattern.— Internet

LONDON , 4 Feb — Aman who had been pre-sumed to be in a vegeta-tive state for five years,can communicate yes andno via his thought pat-

Thousands of sharks have been spotted off thecoast of Florida.— INTERNET

URUMQI, 4 Feb—Chi-na’s government has ap-proved a plan to recruit5,000 special police offic-ers in the western Xinjiangregion to help prevent un-rest such as the devastat-ing riot of 5 July last year.

The new recruits wouldbe civil servants under theleadership of the XinjiangRegional Public SecurityBureau, with their area ofoperations covering thewhole region.

LOS ANGELES , 4 Feb—Kids with higher levels oflead may face greater riskof developing attention-deficit hyperactivity disor-der (ADHD), US research-ers suggest. Researchers atOregon Health & ScienceUniversity in Portland de-termined the link betweenlead and ADHD in twostudies. The first studyfound that children withADHD had slightly higherlevels of lead in their blood

‘Vegetative man’ communicates via scanterns, a new study says.

The man, now 29, sus-tained a severe traumaticbrain injury in a road traf-fic accident in 2003.

He remained physi-

cally unresponsive andwas presumed to be in avegetative state for fiveyears, according to theresearchers in Belgiumand Britain.Using func-tional magnetic resonanceimaging (fMRI), the pa-tient’s brain activity wasmapped while he wasasked to answer yes andno questions such as “Isyour father’s name Tho-mas?”, according to thestudy results published inthe authoritative NewEngland Journal of Medi-cine.—Internet

Lead exposure raises riskof ADHD

than did children withoutADHD. The second studyshowed an association be-tween elevated levels oflead in children’s bloodand parent/teacher ratingsof ADHD symptoms, in-cluding both hyperactivityand attention problems.

In both studies, the linkbetween lead and ADHDwas independent of thechildren’s IQ, family in-come, race or whethertheir mothers had smoked

during pregnancy.Thefindings strongly suggestthat lead may be a causeof ADHD, said Joel Nigg,a psychological scientistat the university.

In his article, pub-lished in the Feb issue ofCurrent Directions inPsychological Science,Nigg offers a causalmodel in which lead at-taches to sites in thebrain’s striatum and fron-tal cortex, and acts on thegenes in these regions —causing them to turn onor remain inactive.Hesaid lead might disruptbrain activity in a waythat leads to hyperactivityand attention problems.

Genes are believed toaccount for as much as 70percent of ADHD in chil-dren. As for the other 30percent, lead may be aprime suspect among pos-sible environmentalcauses, according to theAmerican Association ofPsychological Science.

Xinhua

Xinjiang beefs up special police unitto enhance public safety

It would be the largestrecruitment campaign ofits kind in Xinjiang and allnew recruits, after a monthof intensive training,would serve alongside spe-cial police officers sec-onded from other p rov-inces, said Zhu Changjie,director of the regionalpublic security bureau.“We expect them to be onpatrol independently at theend of March,” said Zhu.

In China, special po-

lice units are responsiblefor combating terrorism,maintaining public secu-rity, and dealing with vio-lent crime and emergen-cies. More than 3,600people, mainly decomm-issioned soldiers and col-lege graduates, had beenenlisted so far after a strictscreening procedure, in-cluding written exams, in-terviews and physicalfitness tests.

Xinhua

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S P O R T S

GLASGOW , 4 Feb—Walter Smith says the joyof reaching a cup final isstill the same as ever as hewatched his Ranger sidecruise to a 2-0 LeagueCup semi-final win overSt Johnstone.

Steven Davis and LeeMcCulloch got the goalsand substitute StevenNaismith had a penaltysaved as the Ibrox side

LEEDS, 4 Feb — HarryRedknapp believesJermain Defoe went a longway towards cementinghis place in England’sWorld Cup squad afterwatching him score a hat-trick to take TottenhamHotspur into the fifthround of the FA Cup.The27-year-old England for-ward might have wastedseveral chances but he stillmanaged to score a hat-trick at Elland Road tospare Tottenham’s blushesin a 3-1 win away toLeague One promotion-chasing Leeds here onWednesday.

ROME, 4 Feb —DiegoMilito scored the onlygoal of the game to giveInter Milan a 1-0 win overFiorentina and a slightadvantage in their CoppaItalia semi-final after thefirst leg at the San Siro onWednesday. However,they will have a long waitto see if they make the fi-nal or not as the secondleg will not be played un-

LONDON , 4 Feb —John Terry will discuss his fu-ture as England captain with manager Fabio Capellobefore making any public comment, the player’sspokesman said on Wednesday. The 29-year-old Chel-sea skipper’s position has been called into questionfollowing reports of an affair with model VanessaPerroncel, the former girlfriend of international team-mate Wayne Bridge.

Now the defender is reportedly due to meet withEngland boss Capello later this week, with the Foot-ball Association having made clear any decision onthe captaincy rests solely with the Italian manager. PhilHall, Terry’s spokesman, said: “John Terry asked meto make it clear that he has made absolutely no state-ment about his future as England captain.”

Internet

LONDON , 4 Feb –Patrick Vieira cannot waitto play his first PremierLeague match after foursseasons away from Eng-lish football. The 33-year-old former Arsenalmidfielder has endured afrustrating wait on thesidelines with an ankleinjury since joining Man-chester City from Italiangiants Inter Milan lastmonth.

But Vieira is now fitand could make his Citydebut against Hull on Sat-urday as he bids to boosthis chances of being se-lected for France’s World

LONDON, 4 Feb—The storm centred on John Ter-ry’s future as England captain is not the only head-ache that Carlo Ancelotti has to deal with at the mo-ment. The Chelsea boss is also grappling with histeam’s tendency to leak goals from set pieces amidfears it could cost them dear at the business end of theseason. The depth of Chelsea’s squad has seen theminstalled as favourites to reclaim the Premier Leaguetitle from Manchester United.

But with United starting to hit form, Chelsea’s prob-lems in defending corners and free-kicks have onceagain been put in the spotlight by the ease with whichSteven Mouyokolo headed Hull into the lead in Tues-day’s 1-1 draw at the KC Stadium. Didier Drogba can-celled out Mouyokolo’s strike but Hull might easilyhave claimed all three points if Anthony Gardner hadnot missed an excellent chance from Tom Cairney’sfree-kick.

“I know very well how many goals we have con-ceded from set pieces,” said Ancelotti. “Every teamhere in England has a very good jumper and a verygood striker and it can happen that you concede a goal.“How we score, sometimes we can concede.

Internet

Almunia says Arsenal can stillfight for title

LONDON , 4 Feb —Manuel Almunia says Arsenalare only a “little step” away from getting back to thetop of the English Premier League despite their defeatby champions Manchester United. The third-placedGunners are now six points behind leaders Chelsea butcan close the gap when they play their London rivalsat Stamford Bridge on Sunday.

Arsenal’s 3-1 defeat to United, currently second,revived doubts about their ability to sustain a title chal-lenge following a 3-0 loss at home to Chelsea back inNovember. But Gunners goalkeeper Almunia said theway in which Arsene Wenger’s men responded to thatdefeat by going on a 10-match unbeaten run showedhow they could bounce back and still challenge forthe title.—Internet

MOSCOW , 4 Feb —Russia head coach GuusHiddink moved to quellspeculation about hisshort-term future onWednesday by saying thathe intends to see out hiscontract with the RussianFootball Union (RFU).The Dutchman an-nounced his decision afterarriving in the Russiancapital to meet newly in-stalled RFU chief SergeiFursenko.

“I’m happy to be backhere,” Hiddink said. “Iwill stay in Moscow forseveral days before at-tending the draw cer-emony for the 2012 Euro-pean Championship inPoland.

After that we will startour preparations for thefriendly with Hungary.”iddink added that he wasset to meet Fursenko onThursday to discuss hisfuture with the national

Hull City’s French defender Steven Mouyokolo(2R) scores past Chelsea’s Czech goalkeeper Petr

Cech during their Premier League match at The KCStadium in Hull, northeast England,

on 2 February.— INTERNET

Walter Smith.

Scottish Cup finals are stillan ode to joy for Smith

clinched a place in the fi-nal against St Mirren, whothey also meet in the fifthround of the Scottish Cupon Saturday.

Since returning to theclub in January 2007 the61-year-old Rangers man-ager has led his side to fivesuccessive domestic cupfinal appearances.

But the veteran man-ager says the desire formore trophies still driveshim on. “Of course it does.

We always want to tryand get to the final.

We meet St Mirrenthere and we play them inthe Cup on Saturday andwe seem to be playingeach other quite a bit,”Smith said.

Internet

Ancelotti admits set piecestroubling Chelsea

Milito gives Inter slightadvantage

Inter Milan’s Argentin-ian forward Diego

Milito (R) is tackled byFiorentina’s defender

Gianluca Comottoduring their Coppa

Italia football match atSan Siro Stadium inMilan.— I NTERNET

til 14 Apri.Milito scored in the

34th minute after he wasset up by Mario Balotelli,although Inter hadchances to make the vic-tory more emphatic.In acompetition often shownlittle respect by teams,Inter coach JoseMourinho had said beforethe game that he wantedto make the final and thatwas demonstrated by hisselection which was asgood as his first choiceXI, with only goalkeeperJulio Cesar rested.

But the win wasmarred by a spat betweenMourinho and Balotellimidway through the sec-ond half that saw thecoach haul off his errantstar as punishment forcomplaining about havinghurt himself rather thangetting back to defend acorner.— Internet

Terry to stay silent ahead ofCapello meeting

Vieira relishing PremierLeague return

Patrick Vieira.

Cup finals squad in SouthAfrica later this year -which would be his fourthappearance at football’sglobal showpiece.“ It hasbeen a frustrating spellwith the injury. ThankGod it is over and I amready to start, ” Vieira toldthe club’s website,mcfc.co.uk on Wednes-day.

Internet

Tottenham Hotspur’sJermain Defoe.

Cup hero Defoe ‘up with thebest’ says Redknapp

That took his tally forthe season to 23 goalswith his third hat-trickwhich helped secureSpurs a last 16 clashagainst Premier Leaguerivals Bolton Wanderers.

Internet

Russia’ national soccerteam coach Guus

Hiddink.

Hiddink vows to see outRussia contract

side.”My contract expiresin July. Let’s wait and seewhat happens after that,”he said.

“In December I took asmall vacation to rehabili-tate after our failure in the(2010 World Cup) quali-fying campaign.

Now the time for acomeback has arrived.”iddink, who led Chelsea tovictory in the FA Cup dur-ing a short spell at thePremier League club atthe end of last season, hasin recent weeks beenlinked to the managerialposts at Liverpool andJuventus.

Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin, Shan and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing,Bago and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in theremaining areas. Night temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C)below February average temperatures in Kachin andRakhine States, upper Sagaing and Yangon Divisions,(8°C) below February average temperatures in Chin State,(3°C) to (4°C) above February average temperatures inMon State, Taninthayi Division and about February averagetemperatures in the remaining areas. The significant nighttemperatures were Haka (-2°C), Loilem (-1°C), Nansam(0°C) and Pinlaung and Heho (3°C) each.

Maximum temperature on 3-2-2010 was 94°F.Minimum temperature on 4 -2-2010 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4-2-2010 was 54%.Total sun shine hours on 3-2-2010 was (9.8) hours approx.

Rainfall on 3-2-2010 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2010was (Tr) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom South at (17:30) hours MST on 3-2-2010.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theSouthwest Bay and generally fair in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 5thFebruary 2010:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin, Chin, Shan,Rakhine and Mon States, upper Sagaing and TaninthayiDivisions and generally fair in remaining areas.

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

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

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for5-2-2010: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for5-2-2010: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for5-2-2010: Partly cloudy.

Thursday, 4th February, 2010

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A high school student displays her costume withelements of the tiger in Beijing, China, Feb. 3, 2010.

High school students from 18 districts of Beijing tookpart in a competition to design “tiger costumes” to

celebrate the upcoming Chinese lunar new year of thetiger, which falls on 14 Feb. —INTERNET

S. Korea, DPRK take stepsfor tour talks

SEOUL, 4 Feb—The Democratic People’s Republicof Korea (DPRK) notified South Korea that thedelegation for the working-level talks to discussresuming cross-border tours will consist of officialsfully entrusted with authority to deal with the relatedmatters, the South Korean Government said onThursday.

The move comes after South Korea told theDPRK that an official who can discuss securityissues for its tourists can head the DPRK ‘s delegationto hold a working-level talks next Monday.

“It is the government’s position that anyagreement reached at the working-level meetingwill be finalized by authorities in both Seoul andPyongyang,” ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sungtold reporters a day ago, an apparent sign that Seoulwants authoritative figures to be involved in thetalks.—MNA/Xinhua

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

★ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

★ Do not allow ourselves to be swayedby killer broadcasts designed tocause troubles

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

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SPECIAL FEATURES TO HAIL 63RD ANNIVERSARY UNION DAYArticle Poem Cartoon

Academy award presentationceremony to be broadcast live

NAY P YI TAW , 4 Feb—Myanma MotionPicture Enterprise under the Ministry of Informationwill hold the Myanma motion picture outstandingaward presentation ceremony for 2008, here, at 6pm on 6 February.

The TV Myanmar and the Nay Pyi TawMyanma Radio will broadcast live the prizepresentation ceremony beginning 5.15 pm.—MNA

Haka (-2o C)

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Towards the new golden age

* Having the same visionImplementing theyThe seven-step Road MapNever divided the brethrenEver united they alwaysTo enjoy victory every oneRooting out all saboteursWith diligence they declare“We are the Myanmar people”Let’s every one enterThe new golden ageHailing the 63rd Anniversary Union Day

Developing Kachin State with peace, unity and pleasantness

Beginning late 1885, the colonialists practiced the divide-and-rule policy through clever tactics. In the hill regions alonethere were a variety of administrative systems, administratorsand administrative laws. They laid down obstacles to preventrelations between one national race and another and one regionand the other.

The long-established unity of the people of Union

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