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Volume XVII, Number 203 4th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Thursday, 5 November, 2009

Senior General Than Shwe views progress of rehabilitation andreconstruction in storm-ravaged regions of Ayeyawady Division

Head of State urges citizens to try hard fornation to become industrialized country

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Nov— Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General ThanShwe, accompanied by member of the State Peace

It is necessary to work hard with a wide range of scopefor ensuring prosperity for new generations

and Development Council General Thura ShweMann, Secretary-1 of the State Peace andDevelopment Council General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy), senior

military officers of the Ministry of Defence, theChairman of Ayeyawady Division PDC Commanderof South-West Command, ministers, the DeputyMinister for Health and officials of the SPDC Office,left Pathein by helicopter this morning and arrivedin Labutta at 9.30 am to look into rehabilitation andreconstruction of storm-ravaged regions inAyeyawady Division.

The Head of State and party were welcomed byMinister for Progress of Border Areas and NationalRaces and Development Affairs Col Thein Nyuntwho are closely supervising the rehabilitation andreconstruction of Labutta Township, departmentalofficials, entrepreneurs and members of socialorganizations. The Senior General cordially greetedthe local people.

The Senior General viewed construction ofdistrict level offices and reclamation of land plots in3rd-Mile satellite town of Labutta by car.

At the briefing hall of the Labutta District 200-bed Hospital construction project site, Minister ColThein Nyunt reported on production of monsoon andsummer paddy for 2008-2009 in Labutta Township,cultivation of monsoon paddy in 2009-2010, exportingof fish and prawn in 2008-2009 and increased exportvolume for 2009-2010, cent per cent construction ofrural housings, construction of cyclone shelters,

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Senior General Than Shwe inspects construction site of Razudaing bridge No.2 in Mawlamyinegyun township.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe inspects tailoring of Basic Vocational Special Course No. 2at Yway Nadi hall in Labutta.—MNA

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Thursday, 5 November, 2009 * 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Head of State Senior General Than Shwearrived at Pyinsalu the other day to inspect progressin rehabilitation and reconstruction tasks in thestorm-hit areas in Ayeyawady Division.

In his guidance, he said that the nation neverfaced such a violent storm like Nargis before; thatthen the nation had encountered a highly destruc-tive natural disaster; and that the government wastaking all possible steps to minimize loss and deathin the face of a similar catastrophe.

In building new roads in the regions, thedrains on both sides of the roads are large enoughfor a small boat ride, and the raised parts of theroads are high enough for local people to takeshelter in times of natural disasters. Cyclone shel-ters are also designed to be used as schools andhospitals.

Damaged schools, hospitals and health carecentres and broken dykes to prevent seawater tidesfrom flowing to farms are under emergency repair.The government is rendering all necessary assist-ance for the regions’ major businesses such asagricultural farming, fishing and salt farming willreturn to normal.

Apart from conventional livelihoods for localpeople, special courses on cottage industries havebeen reopened to bring about handicraft men. Insome basic education high schools, governmentaltechnical high schools are opened as affiliated onesto step up industries.

The Head of State gave guidance, saying thatregions were storm-prone seaside plains; and so,local farmers should grow crops in addition topaddy through multiple cropping patterns to boosttheir incomes. He also stressed the importance ofinnovations to be able utilize water and land sources,and natural resources.

Only with economic growth will it be possiblefor the people to enjoy long-term interests. With thiscontext in view, the government has paid moreattention to boosting production of agriculturalproduce, meat and fish, and salt, and improvingtransport services. In response to the benevolentattitude and objectives of the government, localpeople should work harder than ever for quickrecovery of their own regions.

In recognition of government’sbenevolent attitude, objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Nov— The State Peace and De-velopment Council has transferred Rector Dr MyintThein of University of Veterinary Science under theMinistry of Livestock and Fisheries as Director-Gen-eral of the Livestock Breeding and Veterinary Depart-ment under the same ministry from the date he as-sumes charge of his duties.

The State Peace and Development Council hasappointed the following persons as heads of serviceorganizations shown against each on probation fromthe date they assume charge of their duties.

Name Appointment(a) U Myint Zaw Director-General

Deputy Director-General HydropowerHydropower ImplementationImplementation DepartmentDepartment Ministry of ElectricMinistry of Electric Power No. 1Power No. 1

(b) Professor RectorDr Daw Marlar Win University ofProfessor/Head of Nursing (Mandalay)Department Medical ScienceMicrobiology Department DepartmentUniversity of Ministry of HealthMedicine (Mandalay)Medical ScienceDepartmentMinistry of Health MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

Educative talks on common cancer diseases and latest treatment

in progress.—NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 5 Nov—The Government of theUnion of Myanmar has agreed to the appointment ofH.E Dr Johannes Peterlik as Ambassador Extraordi-nary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria tothe Union of Myanmar.

Dr Johannes Peterlik was born on 23 January 1967.He graduated from Vienna University of Economics andBusiness Administration with Master’s Degree (MBA)in Economics and Business Administration in 1994 andobtained Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D) from University ofVienna in 2003. He joined the Ministry of Foreign Affairsof the Republic of Austria in 1994 and since then, heserved in various capacities at the Ministry of ForeignAffairs, Vienna from 1994 to 2004. He served as Ambas-sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republicof Austria to the Socialist Republic of Vietnam from 2004to 2009. He is currently serving as Ambassador Extraor-dinary and Plenipotentiary of the Republic of Austria tothe Kingdom of Thailand.

He will be concurrently accredited as the Ambas-sador of the Republic of Austria to the Union ofMyanmar with residence in Bangkok, Thailand. He ismarried with two children.

MNA

Appointment ofAmbassador agreed on

Talks on common cancer diseases and latest treatment heldYANGON, 4 Nov—Un-

der the supervision ofKembangan Liver and On-cology Centre, the educa-tive talk on Common Can-cer diseases and LatestTreatment was held at(IHBC) Promotion Hall,No. (365/367), Bo AungKyaw Street (upper block)on 1st November.

At the talks, CancerSpecialist Professor Dr USoe Aung, Professor Dr UThan Sit, Liver Specialist

and Dr Hsieh Wen Son,Consultant Medical On-cologist who is from Sin-gapore discussed common

cancer diseases inMyanmar and latest treat-ment.

Those interested were

consulting the SingaporeCancer Specialist aboutcancer free of charge.

NLM

Press conference on Basic Education LevelInter-school U-16 Basketball Tournament held

YANGON, 4 Nov— Apress conference on BasicEducation Level Inter-school U-16 Boys’ and

Girls’ Basketball Tourna-ment for 2009-2010, orga-nized by Myanmar Bas-ketball Federation and

sponsored by Calsome(MDG Co Ltd), was heldat Western Park Royal(Kandawgyi), here, thismorning.

It was attended byVice-President U MyintThein of the federation andofficials, Sales and Mar-keting Consultant U MinTalanyan of MDG Co Ltd.

Secretary of the fed-eration U Maung MaungMyint gave a speech. Re-

sponsible persons repliedto the queries raised bymediamen.

The tournament willbe held with the participa-tion of Kachin State,Kayin State, Sagaing Di-vision, Bago Division,Magway Division,Mandalay Division, MonState, Shan State (South),Shan State (North),Yangon Division andAyeyawady Division at

Aung San Gymnasiumfrom 9 to 16 November.

K 600,000 will beawarded to the first prizewinning team, K 400,000for the second, K 300,000each for the thirds and K10,000 for the best player.

At the opening cer-emony , vocalists Sai SaiKham Hlaing, Hackerd,Anagga and others willpresent songs to the spec-tators.— NLM

Pressconfer-ence onBasic

EducationLevelInter-

school U-16 Basket-

balltourney inprogress.

NLM

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Afghan policemen

carry a wounded man

from a UN guest house

after it was attacked by

gunmen in Kabul,

Afghanistan, on 28

Oct, 2009.

INTERNET

Half Iraqis killed in October died inone attack

Iraqis walk towards a destroyed vehicle caught in one of two suicide bomb-ings in the western city of Ramadi, 100kms west of the capital Baghdad, on 1

November.—INTERNET

A policeman searches a man on a street inKandahar on 1 November. Challenger AbdullahAbdullah on Sunday pulled out of Afghanistan’srun-off election, plunging the country into freshpolitical chaos as international pressure grew for

the race to be scrapped.—INTERNET

Taleban suicide gunmen stormed a UN guesthousein Kabul, killing eight people in an attack.

INTERNET

Ex-minister urges troops out of Afghanistan

BAGHDAD, 4 Nov —Nearly half of all Iraqiswho died in October per-ished in a single coordi-nated attack against gov-ernment offices in Bagh-dad, a tally by The Asso-ciated Press showedMonday.

Of the 364 Iraqis killedover the past month, ac-cording to the AP count,

155 died in two nearly si-multaneous bombs target-ing government buildingsOct. 25 in downtownBaghdad — the worst co-ordinated attack in morethan two years.

The impact of the dev-astating bombing, whichoccurred in one of themost protected parts ofthe capital, continues to

be felt as the governmentstruggles to convince Ira-qis it can protect them.

The governmentblamed an alliance of al-Qaida in Iraq and mem-bers of Saddam Hussein’soutlawed Baath party forsimilar bombings in Au-gust of the Justice and Fi-nance ministries thatkilled about 100 peopleand has called for an in-ternational investigation,particular with regard tothe role of neighboringSyria.

In a nod toward Iraqiconcerns, special U.N.envoy Oscar Fernandez-Taranco met Monday withIraqi Prime MinisterNouri al-Maliki and sen-ior government officialsas part of “preliminaryconsultations on the inci-dents surrounding” the 19Aug and 25 Oct blasts.

Internet

LONDON, 4 Nov — Thegovernment should with-draw its troops from Af-ghanistan, a former juniorforeign minister saidWednesday, in a split withPrime Minister GordonBrown’s government overthe drawn-out conflict.

Labour lawmaker KimHowells, who chairs a se-curity watchdog, said bil-lions of pounds could besaved from a phased troopwithdrawal and redirectedto defending Britain’sborders from attacks byAl-Qaeda.

“It would be better tobring home the great ma-jority of our fighting menand women and concen-trate, instead, on using themoney saved to secure

our own borders, (and)gather intelligence on ter-rorist activities insideBritain,” he said, writingin the Guardian newspa-per.

Howells also called foran expansion of intelli-gence operations abroadand greater co-operationwith foreign intelligenceservices.—Internet

Iraqis returning home can’t find workGENEVA, 4 Nov—The International Organization for Migration says nearly

350,000 displaced Iraqis have returned to their homes but are now suffering fromwidespread unemployment and lack of resources.

The group says the returnees represent a small percentage of Iraqis uprootedsince the 2003 US invasion. But spokeswoman Jemini Pandya said on Tuesdaythey face a “new set of challenges that are almost as daunting as those when theywere displaced.”

Most are returning to Baghdad, and half of them lack health care. A third of thefamilies have no wage earners and another third have returned to partially or com-pletely destroyed homes.—Internet

Iraqi policemen

transport a wounded

woman, after a bomb

attack planted in a bus

in Kerbala, 80 km (50

miles) southwest of

Baghdad on 1 Novem-

ber, 2009.

INTERNET

Invasion of US and allies kills,injures Iraqi people

BAGHDAD, 4 Nov— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi people

The total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to4 November reached 699,326 and the total number of seriously injured peoplereached 1,261,823, according to the news on the internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 699,3262. The total number of seriously injured people 1,261,823

Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 4 Nov — The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 32,324 Afghan people were killed

and 37,989 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 4 November.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 32,3242. Seriously injured Afghan people 37,989

Internet

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HANOI, 4 Nov—Thedeath toll from TropicalStorm Mirinae rose to 57in Vietnam on Wednes-day as authorities step-ped up rescue and reliefoperations in the af-fected central regions.

In the hardest-hitprovince of Phu Yen, 24more deaths were re-ported as informationtrickled in from isolatedareas, disaster officialDang Thi Lanh said onWednesday. An addi-tional 18 people were

Floods force 44,000 peoplefrom homes in MexicoVILLAHERMOSA, 4 Nov— Flooding

after days of heavy rain along Mexi-co’s Gulf Coast has forced more than44,000 people from their homes.

Tabasco state Gov Andres Graniersays several rivers jumped their banks,flooding homes in more than 90 com-munities. The federal government de-clared a state of emergency and troopswere helping rescue people on Tues-day.—Internet

TEHERAN, 4 Nov—A moderate earth-quake has shaken southern Iran earlyon Wednesday, injuring 80 people andcutting power and telephone lines.

State radio says residents of thesouthern port city of Bandar Abbaspoured into the streets after the 4.9-magnitude quake hit at 2:56 am localtime on Wednesday. The broadcast saysthere are no reports of deaths.

Internet

A crashed car in Francein July 2009. A seven-

year-old Australian boy“redefined the word

lucky” on Tuesday whenhe managed to escapefrom an out-of-controlcar moments before it

plunged off a cliff, policesaid.—INTERNET

Plants are presented

in containers coverd

with blue jeans at

Yangling Agricultural

Hi-tech Fair in

northwest China’s

Shaanxi Province

on 3 Nov, 2009.

XINHUA

JERUSALEM, 4 Nov—The Hamas movementoperatives in the GazaStrip possess in their mili-tary arsenal rockets thatare capable of striking TelAviv, a senior Israeli mili-tary intelligence officerwarned on Tuesday in Je-rusalem.

Major General AmosYadlin, head of Military

Vietnam storm death toll rises to 57reported missing.

The storm and flood-ing left another 18 peopledead and seven othersmissing, according to dis-aster officials and the gov-ernment’s Web site.

Soldiers using speedboats continued to movepeople from floodedhomes and provide vic-tims with instant noodlesand water, Lanh said.

Authorities haveevacuated nearly 15,000people from Phu Yen,where the water began to

recede on Wednesday. Aday earlier, many fami-lies scrambled to roof-tops to escape the over-flowing Ha ThanhRiver.

In the neighbouringprovince of Binh Dinh,two military helicopterscontinued to drop foodand water to villagersstill stranded in isolatedareas, said Ho QuocDung, deputy chairmanof the provincial Peo-ple’s Committee.

Internet

Rescue workers pull a boat through flooded waters in Binh Dinh province,in south central coast, in Vietnam, on 3 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

Earthquake injures 80in southern Iran

SINGAPORE, 4 Nov—The International EnergyAgency will “substan-tially” downgrade itslong-term oil demandforecast in its annual en-ergy outlook next week,the second cut in a row, theWall Street Journal re-ported on Wednesday.

Efforts to better man-

CARACAS, 4 Nov—Venezuelan Vice PresidentRamon Carrizalez announced on Tuesday that hiscountry will increase its military presence on its bor-der with Colombia, due to the incursion of Colom-bian paramilitaries into its territory.

Carrizalez, also the defence minister, said that Ven-ezuelan soldiers will act with strength to deal with theproblem on the border with Colombia.

On Monday noon, two agents of the VenezuelanNational Guard (GNB) were killed at the border checkpoint in El Patoral, located between Urena and SanAntonio town in Tachira state, 880 km from Caracas.

According to Venezuelan authorities, the killerscrossed the checkpoint with motorbikes and shot deadthe agents. Carrizalez said one Venezuelan involvedin the issue was detained and two guns were seized.

Without mentioning the number of soldiers to bedeployed, Carrizalez said the killing of Venezuelansoldiers is the peak of an attempt to create panic onthe border with Colombia.—Xinhua

BRUSSELS, 4 Nov—TheEuropean Union econo-my is set to fall by 4 per-cent in 2009 but wouldgrow by 0.75 percent in2010 and 1.5 percent in2011, the European Com-mission (EC) said onTuesday in its autumnforecast for 2009-2011.

The EC report said Eu-rope experienced thedeepest, longest and mostbroad-based recession inhistory during the firsthalf of 2009 due to theglobal financial crisis.

“A contraction in em-ployment of around 2.25percent is foreseen thisyear, with a further de-cline of about 1.25 per-cent expected in 2010 ...the unemployment rate isprojected to reach 10.25percent in the EU,” thereport said.

“A gradual stabiliz-ation in employment islikely towards the end of2010 and into 2011 as therecovery takes hold,” itadded.

Public finances havealso been hit hard.

The government defi-cit was projected to triplethis year in the EU, reach-ing close to 7 percent ofGDP, up from 2.25 per-cent in 2008. The deficitwill rise further in 2010 toaround 7.5 percent ofGDP, the report predicted.

Xinhua

Hamas has rockets capable of striking Tel AvivIntelligence for the IsraelDefence Forces (IDF),made the warning whileaddressing the Knesset(parliament) Foreign Af-fairs and Defence Com-mittee, saying that Hamashas recently tested arocket capable of reachingtargets at a distance of 60km, which means the TelAviv area is under threatof rocket fire from Gaza.

The rocket was firedinto the MediterraneanSea, Yadlin was quoted bylocal daily Ha’aretz astelling lawmakers, thoughhe did not say whether theweapon was manufac-tured in Gaza or wassmuggled into the Stripfrom abroad.

This latest develop-ment is indicative ofHamas’ growing military

capabilities, said the intel-ligence officer.

Yadlin added thatHezbollah, the Shiitemovement based in south-ern Lebanon, has alsobeen stockpiling weap-ons.

“The organization con-tinues to arm itself and itis amassing many weap-ons by (acquiring themfrom) Iran via Syria,” hesaid.

The major general alsoreported that Syria contin-ued to play a key role inarming both organiza-tions, saying that “Syriahas turned into the mainfactory and weaponscache for Hamas andHezbollah, as well as forSyria itself, with financialaid from Iran.”

Xinhua

EU’s GDP setto fall 4%

in 2009

Venezuela announces militaryreinforcement on border with Colombia

IEA to cut long-term oil demand outlook next weekage expanding oil demandin the developed worldhave been more effectivethan first expected, thepaper quoted a person fa-miliar with the report assaying. It did not give anyestimates on how deep thecut might be. While theIEA’s outlook is unlikelyto affect the prevailingshort-term view that theglobal economy’s recov-ery from recession is re-viving oil use, it is an im-portant gauge for oil com-panies consideringwhether to build refiner-ies or drill new wells.

The IEA and otheranalysts have repeatedlywarned that a failure tomake sufficient invest-

ments now could lead toanother supply crunch inthe next decade, particu-larly as economic growthin energy-intensive devel-oping nations revives, butsome are also growing in-creasingly bearish on theoutlook for demand.

“The rise in global oilconsumption over thenext 10 years could beminimal,” the paperquoted Philip Verleger, aveteran independent en-ergy economist based inColorado, as saying, not-ing that new energy-effi-ciency standards for eve-rything from vehicles tobuilding codes will helpkeep a tight leash on de-mand.—Internet

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Sinopec joint-venture petrochemunit inaugurated

BEIJING, 4 Nov—Asia’slargest refiner, SinopecCorp (Sinopec), and SaudiBasic Industries Corp(SABIC) has inauguratedtheir new petrochemicalcomplex in north China’sTianjin, China Dailyreported on Wednesday.

The two companies hadformed a 50-50 joint ven-ture, Sinopec SABICTianjin PetrochemicalCo Ltd, to build and oper-ate the facility, which canproduce 1 million tonnesof ethylene annually and

cost 18.3 billion yuan(about 2.6 billion USdollars), the newspapersaid.

The complex includes a1-million-tonne ethylenecracker, along with eightdownstream units andutilities, which have beentested and are ready tobegin production by thefirst quarter of next year.

The project will produce3.2 million tonnes ofchemicals annually, in-cluding 1 million tonnes ofethylene, as well as other

downstream products suchas polyethylene, ethyleneglycol, polypropylene,butadiene, phenol, andbutene-1.

Products manufacturedby the project will mainlybe sold on the domesticmarket, but exports arealso likely in future.Sinopec and SABIC mayalso build other jointpetrochemical projects,in China or Saudi Arabia,according to SinopecPresident Wang Tianpu.

Xinhua

Visitors look at the model of Chinese-made ARJ-21, short for “AdvancedRegional Jet for the 21st Century”, at the China International Industry Fair

2009 in east China’s Shanghai, on 3 Nov, 2009.—XINHUA

Malaysia invites foreigninvestors into aquaculture

KUALA LUMPUR, 4 Nov—Malaysia invites investors,both local and foreign, to participate in the country’sexpanding aquaculture sector, a Malaysian official saidhere on Wednesday.

Malaysian Agriculture Minister Noh Omar madethis remark at the Asian-Pacific Aquaculture (APA)2009 and Malaysian International Seafood Exposi-tion (MISE) 2009 here.

Noh said that the country’s aquaculture industrywas expected to grow at ten percent annually over thenext ten years, offering good opportunities for all in-vestors. He also said that through effective manage-ment of the sea resources and aquaculture, the sea-food and aquaculture products’ exports would con-tinue to offer around 2.5 billion ringgit (714.29mil-lion US dollars) yearly.

The figure was expected to rise to 6.2 billion ringgit(1.77 billion US dollars) in 2010 based on the GoodAquaculture Practices and Post-harvest handling,added Noh.

To increase fish production and to improve theNational Trade Balance of Malaysia, Noh said theMalaysian Department of Fisheries under his minis-try would turn out successful entrepreneurs by 2010through seminars and research. —Xinhua

Indonesia faces toughjobs to set correct

climate changepolicies

JAKARTA, 4 Nov—Indo-nesia is facing tough tasksto prepare itself prior tothe 15th United NationsFramework Conventionon Climate Change (UNF-CCC) summit scheduledfor December in Copenha-gen, Denmark. It is likelyto face problems with itsdevelopment policies thatcould be contradicted withthe efforts to reduce cli-mate change impacts. Asa developing country, In-donesia needs foreign in-vestors to spur its industrysector that would employmore people and wouldeventually spur economicgrowth. As an equatorialcountry that has vast areasof rainforests, peatlandsand sea, Indonesia has akey role in climate changeissue. With all that facts,the world expected muchfrom Indonesiato becomethe lungs for the world.

Xinhua

Morgan Stanley downgradessemiconductor industry

NEW YORK, 4 Nov—Morgan Stanley cut its rating onthe semiconductor industry to cautious from attractiveon Tuesday, warning the risk of an inventory buildupand growth peak.

In a note to clients, the investment bank said the pacein the recovery in expectations for the group has beenunprecedented and suggests selling the sector’s stockson their rallies.

The firm warned that fundamentals are peaking, in-ventories are “creeping up,” and year-on-year growthwill peak in the first quarter of 2010.

Analyst Mark Lipacis downgraded chip giant Intel Corpto “equal weight” from “overweight,” saying “expecta-tions for 2010 have risk.” Among others, Micron Tech-nology Inc, Altera Corp, and Xilinx Inc (XLNX) werealso lowered to “equal weight”, while ArvinMeritor Inc,Nvidia Corp and ON Semiconductor Corp were down-graded from “equal weight” to “underweight.”—Xinhua

Mexican economy generates 120,000 jobs in six weeksMEXICO CITY, 4 Nov—The Mexican economy created 120,000 net new jobs

during the six weeks of September and the first half of October, as it recoveredfrom a deep collapse, Mexican President Felipe Calderon said on Tuesday.

The job creation was mainly due to the central government’s lending conductedto fight the country’s recession, triggered by a sharp drop in exports to its northernneighbour the United States and the world financial crisis, Calderon told the open-ing session of the Small- and Medium- Sized Enterprises (SME) Week Confer-ence. SMEs account for seven out of 10 Mexican jobs.

“We have already generated 64 billion pesos (4.83 billion US dollars) of creditthat is benefitting over 73,000 small and medium sized companies in the country,”Calderon said.

Xinhua

The technician intro-duces ways to operate a

transplanter in thetraining class of agricul-tural machinery in Lu’an

City of east China’sAnhui Province, on 2Nov, 2009. The first

period of training class ofagricultural machineryfor farmers started in

Lu’an on Monday,providing operationaland technical instruc-tions and supports for

local farmers.XINHUA

Firemen help local residents build temporary tents at Mahua Village inBinchuan County of Dali Bai Autonomous Prefecture, southwest China’sYunnan Province, on 3 Nov, 2009. Binchuan County was hit by an earth-

quake measuring 5 on the Richter scale earlyy on Monday.—XINHUA

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6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 5 November, 2009

NEWS ALBUMA man who sneaked a bag of his

feces into a San Diego courtroom duringhis home-invasion robbery trial,smeared it on his lawyer and threw it atjurors has been sentenced to 31 years inprison.

Superior Court Judge Frank Brownon Monday sentenced Weusi McGowanfor robbery, burglary and two assaultcharges stemming from the feces-flinging incident during his January trial.

This undated photo provided by Geomagazine, shows a Panay monitor

lizard in the Philippines. The animalis 1.7 metres long, is vegetarian andlives most of its life in trees. Switzer-land-based IUCN surveyed a total of47,677 animals and plants for this

year’s ‘Red List’ of endangeredspecies and determined that 17,291of them, including this reptile, are

threatened with extinction.

The Oasis of The Seas, the world’slargest cruise ship clears a crucial

obstacle, lowering its smokestacks, tosqueeze under a bridge in the Baltic

Sea, Denmark on 31 Oct, 2009.The Oasis of the Seas, which risesabout 20 stories high, passed below

the Great Belt Fixed Link with a slimmargin as it left the Baltic Sea onSaturday on its maiden voyage to

Florida. Five times larger than theTitanic, the ship has seven

neighborhoods, an ice rink, a smallgolf course and a 750-seat outdoor

amphitheater.

Joel Waul, 28, climbs on top of hisrubber band ball on the driveway ofhis home in Lauderhill, Fla, on 23Oct, 2009. Waul who works nights

restocking a Gap clothing store, hasspent the last six years carefully

wrapping and linking and stretchingrubber bands of various sizes into the

ball shape. The Guinness Book ofWorld Records declared it the world’s

largest rubber band ball in 2008.

Man who threw feces in CA courtroom gets 31 yearsMcGowan, who attorneys say suffers

from mental illness, had asked for amistrial because he believed jurors hadseen him in restraints when he enteredthe courtroom.

Several days after his request wasdenied, McGowan pulled out a bag ofexcrement he had hidden in his clothing,rubbed it on his lawyer and tossed it atthe jury, hitting one juror’s computercase.

Police have broken up a network ofworkshops and warehouses used toillegally smuggle 140 tons of used,foreign clothing through southernChina, the official Xinhua news agencyreported.

Authorities detained 11 peopleinvolved in the smuggling ring inLufeng City, a southern coastal area inGuangdong Province, and raided morethan 500 workshops and warehouses,according to the report.

The smugglers brought in usedclothes, particularly from Japan andSouth Korea, to be reprocessed andsold to many inland Chinese areas,including the northeastern region andXinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region,authorities said.

Children in British primary schoolsas young as nine are to receive advicevia internet sites such as YouTube ontheir future career paths under a newscheme, the government said onMonday.

Under the program designed to helpchildren of all socio-economic back-grounds realize their goals, students willbe given mentors, have the chance tovisit universities, and be given coun-seling on what subjects to study via so-cial networking sites like Facebook.

A recent study showed that 75 percentof 11-year-olds wanted to attenduniversity, the government said.

Crackdown on smugglersof used clothing

Kids as young as nineto receive career

advice

BEIJING, 4 Nov—The World Bank on Wednesdayupgraded its 2009 economic growth forecast for Chinato 8.4 percent on the back of huge public spendingbut warned stronger domestic demand was needed toensure a sustainable recovery.

The new prediction given by the Washington-basedlender in its quarterly update marked a sharp jumpfrom its June forecast for 7.2 percent growth.

Economic growth in the Asian giant would “risesomewhat” in 2010, it added.

“In spite of a large drag on growth from exportsamidst the global recession, China’s economy con-tinues to grow robustly because of expansionary fis-cal and monetary policies,” the bank said in the re-port.—Internet

PANAMA CITY, 4 Nov—Panamanian police saythey have arrested twoteenage boys for allegedlywounding an Americanand a Russian tourist in abotched robbery attempt.

Police spokesmanRoberto Ballesteros saysinvestigators believe theassailants mistook the

WASHINGTON, 4 Nov—The US auto market stead-ied in October, recovering from the end of govern-ment trade-in incentives despite a dismal month forthe struggling Chrysler Group, monthly sales datashowed on Tuesday.

Overall new US vehicles sales hit an annual paceof 10.46 million — up sharply from 9.22 million inSeptember but below the October 2008 level of 10.82million, according to market research firm AutodataCorp.

The big US automakers saw a mixed month, withGeneral Motors and Ford Motor Co improving mod-estly and rival Chrysler suffering a sharp year-over-year drop of 30 percent.

Jessica Caldwell, analyst at Edmunds.com, said thatChrysler, set to unveil future plans on Wednesday, is“in desperate need of a new message.”

“They are still struggling with a lot of carryoverproducts, they have nothing new in their arsenal,” shesaid.—Internet

Chinese labourers at aconstruction site in

Hefei, eastern China.The World Bank has

upgraded its 2009economic growth

forecast for the countryto 8.4 percent on theback of huge publicspending but warned

stronger domesticdemand was needed toensure a sustainablerecovery.—INTERNET

BARCELONA, 4 Nov—Some 50 African nationsstaged a show of force at world climate talks here onTuesday, demanding that rich countries commit to deepcuts in the carbon emissions that stoke global warm-ing.

Talks were suspended throughout the day in one ofthe twin negotiation tracks under the 192-nation UNFramework Convention on Climate Change(UNFCCC) before delegates hammered out a proce-dure for addressing the demand.

In an exceptional show of unity, African countriesblamed advanced economies for using fossil fuels totake the fast track to prosperity but at the cost of un-leashing today’s climate nightmare.

They accused rich countries of backsliding on say-ing how deep they will rein in their greenhouse-gaspollution in the medium term.—Internet

American, Russian wounded in Panamaresort town

tourists for employees ofa construction firm deliv-ering cash payments.

He identified the tour-ists as Mike Lowe, 66,and Olga Shidlovskaya,56, who both live in Mi-ami, Florida.

They were hospital-ized but there was no in-formation on their condi-

tion.Police announced the

arrest of a 15-year-old and17-year-old on Tuesday.

The shooting occurredSaturday in Playa Blancaon the Pacific coast.

The US Embassy saidit could not comment be-cause of privacy reasons.

Internet

US auto sales stabilize, butChrysler sputters

World Bank boosts Chinagrowth forecast to 8.4 pct

Africa demands deep carboncuts from rich world

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 5 November, 2009 7

YANGON, 4 Nov—Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Develop-ment Council Commanderof Western CommandMaj-Gen Thaung Aye,Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Thein Swe andMinister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi attended aceremony to launch con-struction of Myanmar-China gas pipeline andworkboat wharf held atRammawady Hall ofKyaukpyu, Rakhine Stateon 31 October.

First, the Commandermade an opening speechon the occasion. Next, theTransport Minister madeclarifications on progressin providing assistance forthe construction of theworkboat wharf and theenergy minister on mat-

Commander, ministers attendceremony to construct Myanmar-China

Gas Pipeline and Workboat Wharfters related to theMyanmar-China gas pipe-line.

Next, Vice-ChairmanMr Liao Yong Yuan ofChinese National Petro-leum Corp (CNPC) andMr Zhang Jia Lin of Plan-ning Institute of CNPCgave explanations on mat-ters related to gas pipelineproject.

Afterwards, the En-ergy Minister and theVice-Chairman formallyopened the launching cer-emony of gas pipelineproject and they posed fora documentary photo to-gether with the guests.

Present on the occa-sion were the Deputy Min-ister for Energy and offi-cials, the Managing Di-rector of Myanma PortAuthority and officials,

Chinese Charge d’Affaires ai to MyanmarMr Wang Zongying, offi-cials of CNPC and AsiaWorld Company Limited,officials at district andtownship levels, membersof social organizations andlocals.

After the ceremony,the commander and min-isters arrived at theworksite of building theworkboat wharf inMadekyun of Kyaukpyuby watercraft.

Next, the energy min-ister aboard the ship in-formed to start work andthe vice-chairman of CNPCinstructed workers to beginconstruction tasks. After-wards, the commander andministers viewed progressin beginning constructiontasks.—MNA

Minister U Nyan Win receives Mr Takashi Tajima, Chairman ofMyanmar Economic Management Institute and Emeritus Professor of

Akita International University of Japan and party.—MNA

MinisterMaj-GenHla Tunattendsdemon-

stration one-BankingSystem of

MEB.F&R

Openingof fourth

MissPeopleStyle

contest ofMyanmar

PeopleMagazine

inprogress.

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NAY PYI TAW, 4Nov—Minister for For-eign Affairs of the Unionof Myanmar U Nyan Winreceived Mr. TakashiTajima, Chairman of

Minister receives Japanese delegation

Myanmar EconomicManagement Institute andthe Emeritus professor ofAkita International Uni-versity (AIU) of Japan andparty, here, at the Minis-

try of Foreign Affairs, to-day at 4:30 pm. They helddiscussions on promotionof bilateral relations be-tween Myanmar and Ja-pan.—MNA

F&R Minister attends demonstration one-banking system

NAY PYI TAW, 4Nov—Minister for Fi-nance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun attended thedemonstration on e-bank-ing system being imple-mented by Myanma Eco-nomic Bank at the meet-ing hall of MEB (headoffice) on Myatpanthazinroad in Nay Pyi Tawbanks zone this morning.

Managing Director UMyat Maw of MEB ex-plained condition of thee-Banking system ofMEB and taking moneyin and out by using onlineDigital Key Card of MEBfrom Online Services Ter-minal.

Advisor to the imple-mentation of e-BankingSystem U Thein Htut re-

ported on process of re-mittances and receivingamong MEB, Nay PyiTaw Bank and otherbranch banks, and analy-sis of e-banking system.

Afterwards, DeputyMinister Col Hla TheinSwe and Governor of theCentral Bank of MyanmarU Than Nyein discussedthe matters on the reports.

Afterwards, the min-ister said; that undertak-ings of MEB will be moreeffective due to the factthat information andcommunication tech-nologies can be used asnecessary in carrying outfinance and monetaryduties, and will expeditefor the public; that Onlythen, benefit of economic

development momentumwill be gained; So, em-phasis should be put onimplementation of e-Banking System.

MNA

YANGON, 4 Nov—TheFourth Miss People Stylecontest, which is held byMyanmar People Maga-zine every year, was heldat Inya Lake Hotel on 1November.

Academy Lu Min,

Miss People Style contest heldacademy Eindra KyawZin, Nawarat, directorMin Htin Ko Ko Gyi, pho-tographer Htin Lin, DawEi Myo Nwe, Daw Le LeThan, U Aung KyawNaing, Daw The May Suand U Yan Paing Win

to schools.The Naw Zar (Own

Design) won Miss Peo-ple, People’s Choice andMiss Daily Vitagin; MayZu Maung (Designer ChoKay Zin Zaw), 1st Run-ner-Up and Miss Shoe

YANGON, 4 Nov—Organized by the Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry, an Advanced Course on Trademarks (WIPO,Worldwide Academy, DL-302 will be conducted atUMFCCI Office Tower every Sunday from 6 Decem-ber to 14 February of 2010.

Anyone at the high school level may attend thecourse and only 50 trainees will be accepted. Applica-tion forms are available at UMFCCI and will be sentnot later than 5 December.

Certificates of passing the course will be pre-sented to the trainees by UMFCCI. WIPO will alsopresent certificates of passing the course to those whosat for the course on-line.—MNA

Advanced Course onTrademarks to be opened

judged the contest.Along with the con-

test, renowned vocalistsperformed at the stageshow to the accompani-ment of The Trees Band.All the money from thecontest and stage showwere donated to Kaba AyeYouth Training School,Kyaikwaing Youth Train-ing School and MalikhaVocational TrainingSchool.

After the contest,three sets of computer,printer and UPS and cashK 500,000 were donated

Gallery; Chan Me Me Ko(Designer Phyoe Pyae(Pyi Soe Aung), 2nd run-ner-up; Daw La Pwint Wai(Designer MaungMaung), best stylist andWint Dali, Miss A 21,Miss Ba Wang and MissPEP.

The sponsors were A21 Beauty Soap, PEP,Shoe Gallery, DailyVitagin, Ba Wang Sham-poo, Smooth E Skin Care,Revlon, Alpine, Xenon,Wellwoman, Slenfig,Dolly Bird and Man ShwePyi transport.—MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 5 November, 2009

Senior General Than Shwe inspects construction of 200-bed hospital in Labutta District.—MNA

(from page 1)renovation of basic edu-cation schools,hospitals, clinics and re-ligious buildings, cashassistance, pumps,power-tillers and fuelprovided by thegovernment for

asked about the matters hewanted to know. Com-mander Maj-Gen KyawSwe and the ministerpresented the reports.

In his guidance, theSenior General stressed theneed to strive for providingbasic requirements of road,

that officials are to meetwith teachers of basic edu-cation schools to superviseteaching the students inaccord with the curricu-lum in the academic yearand improvement of stu-dents for uplift of educa-tion standard.

With regard to eco-nomic development of the

he said.The Senior General

continued to give guidancethat efforts are to be madefor gaining moredevelopment of meat andfish industry and saltindustry in the favourableweather. He said that it isnecessary to give encour-agement to produce salt not

become an industrializedone. Therefore, the Se-nior General stressed theneed to collect the in-vestment based on thecurrent agriculture taskand to establish thecountry as an industrial-ized nation. In conclu-sion, the Senior Generalgave guidance that it is

of local roads in Labuttaand development of thetown. The Senior Generaland party were welcomedby departmental person-nel, members of social or-ganizations and localpeople.

At Yway Nadi Hallin Labutta, they arrived atthe training school of

restoration of the saltindustry and redevelop-ment of salt production,repairing and upgradingof local roads and jetties,conducting of basic do-mestic science coursesand carpentry, masonryand steel fixing coursesby the ministry inPyapon, Bogale, Mawla-myinegyun and Labutta,educative talks and tasksof the mobile rural de-velopment teams instorm-affected villages,reclamation of land plotsin 3rd-Mile satellitetown of Labutta andconstruction of 200-bedhospital, arrangement toincrease storage of 160million gallons of waterfrom 16 million gallonsat the water tanks in thetownship including onemore earthen water tank,supply of water from30,000-gallon-capacitywater tank to the urbanarea through waterpipeline, construction ofdistrict level offices, aplan of Max MyanmarCo for building YouthAhman Training School,the si te chosen forconstruction of the portin 3rd-Mile satellitetown and arrangementsfor construction of Fishand Prawn Cold Storage.

With regard to thereports, the Senior General

electricity and water in rec-lamation of land plots in3rd-Mile satellite town inLabutta, to systematicallyplan for development ofeconomic, education andhealth sectors, to growflowery plants, shady treesand perennial trees in thesatellite town, to try hardto complete the construc-

region, the Senior Generalgave guidance, saying thatit is necessary to strive forexploiting the naturalresources with the use ofmanpower and utilizingthem to raise per capitaincome. He pointed out thatit needs to change the cul-tivation system of mon-soon paddy single crop-

only for the local consump-tion but also for industrialraw materials. Likewise,the Senior General said thatinnovative measures are tobe taken for manufacturingof value-added products byextending cold storage andfinished goods factories inthe meat and fish sector ofthe region.

necessary to work hardwith a wide range ofscope for ensuring pros-perity of the new genera-tion.

The Head of Stateinspected progress in con-struction of 200-bed Hos-pital being undertaken byMoe Kyei Sin Construc-tion Co and gave guid-

Basic Vocational Domes-tic Science Special CourseNo. 2 being conducted bythe Ministry of Progressof Border Areas andNational Races andDevelopment Affairs.They viewed practicalworks of female trainees,teaching aid and garmentsand equipment.

tion task before comingrainy season, to systemati-cally provide health careservices to urban and ruralareas, and to make utmostefforts for declining thechild mortality and expect-ant mother death rates. Hesaid that the respective doc-tors-in-charge are to pro-vide necessary assistanceand supervise the task ofmidwives. The SeniorGeneral continued to say

ping in the region. He notedthat more items of cropsafter monsoon paddy areto be cultivated to increaseincome of the families. It isimportant to seek ways andmeans for preparation ofsoil and water and success-ful cultivation of crops, headded. It is necessary toreview the cultivationsystem for crops, growingof quality strains and sys-tematic use of fertilizers,

The Senior Gen-eral added that the con-certed efforts in the vari-ous sectors will increaseincome of the localpeople and contribute tothe economicdevelopment of the State.He said that indeed, theagro-based country is adeveloping nation, and ifthe country would like tobe a real developed na-tion, it must try hard to

ance on timely comple-tion of the constructiontask before coming rainyseason.

After viewing theprogress of 3rd-MileMyokwetthit, the SeniorGeneral and party lookedinto development ofagriculture task atsurrounding areas ofLabutta, construction ofLabutta-Thingangyi-Pyinsalu Road, upgrading

Upon arrival at thecourse of carpenter,mason and ironworksopened at SasanaBeikman, Senior GeneralThen Shwe viewedprogress in building boats,rural wooden housingscale models on displayand practical activities oncarpentry, crafts andironworks.

(See page 9)

Senior General Than Shwe hears report presented by Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint on fact about RazudaingBridge.—MNA

Head of State urges citizens…

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(from page 8)Senior General Than

Shwe said that conductingof vocational trainingschools is to turn out basicworkers and TechnologicalUniversity, Colleges andInstitutes are to nurtureengineers capable ofsupervising constructiontasks. Emergence ofengineers, carpenters,masons and steel fixingworkers is important for thedevelopment of constructiontasks. Arrangements are tobe made to have sufficientbasic skilled workers fordifferent tasks. Therefore,these courses are aimed atturning out skilled workersto generate more familyincome. In addition, thecourses are targeted atproducing local skilledworkers to carry outconstruction tasks in theirregion and have an objectiveto nurture basic skilledworkers a lot. He urged thetrainees to try their best to beefficient in basic skillslearned from the courses.

Next, the Head ofState and party continuedtheir inspection tour byhelicopter and they inspecteddevelopments ofT h a k h a t c h a u n g ,Nyaungchaung and otherstorm-hit villages, thrivingagricultural tasks, cultivationof mangrove forest, windbreaking and shade trees ontheir way toKyeingchaunggyi modelvillage of Bogale township.

The Head of State andparty were welcomed atBogale township by Ministerfor Forestry Brig-Gen TheinAung who is supervisingrehabilitation andreconstruction tasks.

Head of State urges citizens…

Carpentry, masonry and steel fixing course No 2 being opened atSasana Beikman in Labutta Township.

MNA

Next, Senior GeneralThan Shwe inspectedprogress in building ruralhouses and reestablishing offorest plantations.

Along the entranceroad to the village, the Headof State cordially greeted thechairman of Htoo Trading

houses by Myanmar ForestProducts and TimberMerchants Association,reopening of basiceducation schools, buildingof new schools,reconstruction of healthcare centres, appointmentof new health staff,renovation of religiousedifices, water and electric

ment of infrastructuralbuildings.

The Senior Generalviewed houses, lake forfreshwater, sport groundand progress of the modelvillage.

Flying fromKyeinchaunggyi ModelVillage to Mawlamyinegyun, the Senior

Razudaing Bridges No (1)and No (2) spanningRazudaing River onMaubin-Yaylegalay-S h w e d a u n g h m a w -K y a i k p i - M a w l a -myinegyun Road, factsabout Razudaing BridgesNo (2), progress in buildingbridges on the roads of theAyeyawady Delta Road

that so there will be a roadnetwork comprising 10project roads.

Razudaing BridgesNo (1) and No (2) are beingundertaken by PublicWorks under the Ministryof Construction.

Razudaing BridgeNo (1) is of one-way steelgirder type. The main

Co Ltd and members,departmental officials,members of socialorganizations and localpeople.

At the briefing hallin Kyeinchaunggyi ModelVillage, Minister Brig-GenThein Aung, comparing theconditions of the regionbefore and after the storm,reported on process oforganizing the villages instorm-hit KyeinchaunggyiVillage-tract into a modelvillage, population andhousings of the village,progress in rehabilitationtasks, situations oflivelihoods that have cometo normal, 220 rural housesdonated by Htoo TradingCo Ltd, and 200 rural

power supply, establish-ment of raised grounds,mangrove forests, andwind-breaking trees,construction of 300-capacity cyclone shelter,monastery, ordination hall,and playground.

Minister forConstruction Maj-GenKhin Maung Myintreported on completion ofthe first phase of 41-mileBogale-Kyeinchaung-Kadonkani Road, andconstruction of bridges.

In response, theSenior General gaveguidance on building roadsto be serviceable at the firststage, and to be durable atthe second stage, and calledfor sustainable develop-

General inspected progressof storm-hit villages fromthe helicopter.

The SeniorGeneral and entouragewere welcomed there byDeputy Minister forConstruction U Tint Sweand departmental officials.

At the briefing hallof Razudaing BridgeProject (2), Minister ColThein Nyunt reported onrehabilitation and recon-struction of Mawla-minegyun Township,recovery of agriculturalfarming and fishingindustry, completion of1964 rural houses inHlinephone Village,Ngwezinyaw integratedvillage, Kyetsharintegrated village,Danichaung integratedvillage, Hlaingphonelayvillage and KyahoneVillage and in thetownship, reconstructionof basic education school,hospitals, health carecentres, and religiousbuildings, ongoing con-struction tasks in thetownship, construction ofpeople's hospital (100), andconduction of courses oncottage industries,carpentry and steel fixing.

Minister Maj-GenKhin Maung Myintreported on construction of

Network Project: Maubin-Yaylegalay-Shwetaung-hmaw-Kyaukpi-Maw-lamyinegyun Road,M a w l a m y i n e g y u n -Hlaingphone-Thitpok-Kwinpauk-Pyinsalu Road,L a b u t t a - T h i n -gangyungyi-PyinsaluRoad, Labutta-Thongwa-Ottwin-Hteiksun Road,Bogale-Kyeinchaung-Kadon Kani Road, Bogale-Se t san -Htaw-ba ing -Ahmar Road, Pyapon-Kyongadun-Daw Nyein-Ahma Road, Kyongadun-Setsan Road, and Pathein-Thalutkhwa-MawtinsunRoad, programmes to build46-mile Bogale-M a w l a m y i n e -Kyonmange-MyaungmyaRoad and bridges.

In response, theSenior General said thatthe government has builtroads and bridges inAyeyawady Division, sopeople can travel withcomfort not only by boatbut also by car; that in thepost-Nargis period, newroads for the road networkare being built; that inaddition, Bogale-M a w l a m y i n e g y u n -Kyonmange-MyaungmyaRoad, and Pathein-Thalatkhwa-MawtinsunRoad are to be built tosupport the road network;

bridge is 998.2 feet longand the total length of thebridge is 1955 feet.

The bridge has a 20-foot-wide motorway andtwo two-foot-widewalkways on it. Theclearance area of the bridgeis 180 feet wide and 20 feethigh. It can withstand 60tons of loads.

Razudaing BridgeNo (2) is of broad cresttype. Its main structure is300 feet, and its totallength, 540 feet.

It has a 20-foot-wide motorway and twotwo-foot-wide walkwayson it. The clearance areaof the bridge is 180 feetwide and 10 feet high. Itcan withstand 60 tons ofloads.

From the obser-vation deck, the SeniorGeneral viewed theconstruction of RazudaingBridge No (2).

The Senior Generalinspected progress ofMawlamyinegyun by car,and local people warmlywelcomed him and hisentourage.

Senior GeneralThan Shwe and party leftMawlamyinegyun byhelicopter and arrivedback at Pathein later inthe afternoon.

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Senior General Than Shwe inspects boat building at carpentry, masonry and steel fixing course No. 2 in SasanaBeikman in Labutta Township.—MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 5 November, 2009

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordiallygreets US Assistant Secretary of State forBureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs

Mr Kurt Michael Campbell at the meeting hallof Government Office in Nay Pyi Taw.

(News on page 16)—MNA

Chief Justice U Aung Toe and responsible persons from the NationalConvention Convening Commission and the Commission for HoldingReferendum meet US Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of EastAsian and Pacific Affairs Mr Kurt Michael Campbell and party.—MNA

US Assistant Secretary of State for Bureau of East Asian and PacificAffairs and party meet with social organizations, National Convention

Convening Commission, Commission for Holding Referendum, TCG andSpoke Authoritative Team of SPDC, national race groups before leaving

Nay Pyi Taw for Yangon

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Nov—The delegation led by As-sistant Secretary of Statefor Bureau of East Asianand Pacific Affairs Mr.Kurt Michael Campbell of

the United States ofAmerica arrived here byair at 10.30 am yesterday.

Mr. Kurt MichaelCampbell and party metresponsible persons of the

Union Solidarity and De-velopment Association ledby Secretary-General UHtay Oo, and Secretary DrThet Thet Zin and respon-sible persons of the

Myanmar Women’s Af-fairs Federation at the hallof USDA in Nay Pyi TawDekkhinathiri at 11 am;responsible persons of theNational Convention Con-vening Commission andthe Commission for Hold-ing Referendum led byChief Justice U Aung Toeat the hall of Office No. 22in Nay Pyi Taw at 1.30 pm;responsible persons of theTripartite Core Group ledby Chairman of TripartiteCore Group Chairman ofCivil Service Selectionand Training Board UKyaw Thu at the hall ofCSSTB, here, at 2.30 pm;the Spoke AuthoritativeTeam of the State Peaceand Development Councilled by Minister for Infor-mation Brig-Gen KyawHsan at the meeting hall ofthe Ministry of Informa-tion, here, at 3.40 pm; thechairman, the vice-chair-man and leaders of NDKAgroup of Kachin State Spe-cial Region (1), KDAgroup of Shan State(North) Special Region(5), PNO group of ShanState Special Region (6),Ka La La Ta group ofKayah State Special Re-gion (1), Phayagon SpecialRegion Peace Group andDKBA group at Myat TawWin Hotel in Nay Pyi TawHotel Zone at 5.30 pm;and Minister for Scienceand Technology U Thaungat Myat Taw Win Hotel inNay Pyi Taw Hotel Zoneat 6.10 pm.

At 7.50 pm, DeputyMinister for Foreign Af-fairs U Maung Myinthosted a dinner to Mr. KurtMichael Campbell andparty at Myat Taw WinHotel in Nay Pyi Taw Ho-tel Zone.

At 10 am today, Mr.Kurt Michael Campbelland party left Nay Pyi Tawfor Yangon by air. Theywere seen off at Nay PyiTaw Airport by officials ofthe Ministry of ForeignAffairs. On arrival atYangon International Air-port, Mr. Kurt MichaelCampbell and party were

welcomed by the director-general of the Training,Research and LanguageDepartment of the Minis-try of Foreign Affairs andparty. Next, Mr. KurtMichael Campbell andparty met with Daw AungSan Suu Kyi at Inya LakeHotel at 11.40 am.

The arrangementshave been made for the USAssistant Secretary andparty to meet with CentralExecutive Committeemembers at the office ofNational League for De-mocracy and the CECmembers of NationalUnity Party at the NUPHeadquarters. Moreover,arrangements have beenmade for the US AssistantSecretary and party tomeet with representativesof the remaining legallyregistered political partiesat the hotel.

In accordance with therequest of Mr. KurtMichael Campbell, theGovernment made plans toarrange a meeting between

Daw Aung San Suu Kyiand NLD CEC membersbefore meeting with DawAung San Suu Kyi. At 3.30pm on 2 November, an of-ficial informed Daw AungSan Suu Kyi about arrange-ments for a meeting withthe CEC members exceptU Tin Oo and asked her thedesired time of the meeting.Daw Aung San Suu Kyireplied that she did notwant to meet them becausenot all CEC members wereincluded; but she expressedthanks, all the same.

Although the Govern-ment took heed of therequest of Mr. KurtMichael Campbell and ac-ceded to the requests withpositive attitude with theaims of promoting bilat-eral relations between thetwo countries and improv-ing the local political situ-ations, Daw Aung San SuuKyi refused it. Therefore,the meeting between DawAung San Suu Kyi andCEC members had nottaken place.— MNA

Coordination meeting for holding 2nd Boys’ U-18Asia Cup Hockey Tournament held

Director-General U

Thaung Htaikmakes aspeech at

coordinationmeeting forholding 2nd

Boys’U-18 Asia CupHockey Tour-

nament.MHF

YANGON, 4 Nov—Awork coordination meet-ing for holding 2nd Boys’U-18 Asia Cup HockeyTournament was held atSports and Physical Edu-cation Department inKyaikkasan sports groundin Tamway Township hereyesterday. It was attendedby General Secretary ofMyanmar Olympic Com-mittee Director-General UThaung Htaik of Sports andPhysical Education De-partment and officials,President of MHF Col HtinZaw Win, General Secre-tary U Tin Maung Lat, ex-ecutives, departmental of-

ficials and guests.Chairman Director-

General U Thaung Htaikurged departmental offi-cials to carry out duties oftheir respective depart-ments for holding the tour-nament successfully be-cause of Myanmar being ahost country.

President of MHF ColHtin Zaw Win explainedthe arrangements made for2nd Boys’ U-18 Asia CupHockey Tournament.

Director U Naw Taungof Training and Competi-tion Division under Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment reported on

work to be done and de-partmental officials on sec-tor-wise work.

The chairman fulfilledthe need and made conclu-sion remark.

Myanmar, China-Taipei, India, Japan, theRepublic of Korea, Ma-laysia, Pakistan, Singa-pore, Sri Lanka and Thai-land will take part in thetournament to be hostedby Myanmar at artificialhockey turf of MyanmarHockey Federation inMingala TaungnyuntTownship here from 11 to22 November 2009.

MNA

YANGON, 4 Nov—Organized by Asian FootballConfederation (AFC), the soccer qualifier of Asian U-19 for 2010 is being held in Zibo Sport Centre of thePeople’s Republic of China.

Myanmar youth lost to Malaysia with 0-4 in thegroup-G on 1 November. Myanmar whitewashed thePhilippines with 6-0.

Myanmar faces host China on 6 November.MNA

Myanmar youth participates in2010 Asian U-19 soccer qualifier

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BEIJING, 4 Nov—The world has becomefocused on a smallvil lage in Englandcalled Argletonapparently situated offthe A59 near Ormskirk,in Lancashire. Thereason for the suddeninterest is that Argletondoesn't exist, except inGoogle Maps. Thephantom village wasfirst spotted by a bloggerin 2008 who writes, "Ilived there for most ofmy l ife but Google

HONG KONG, 4 Nov—The 38th French filmfestival "French Cin-epanorama" will be heldfrom Nov. 27 to Dec. 13,the Alliance Francaise ofHong Kong said Tuesday.

French Cine-panorama, one of thelongest-running filmfestivals in Hong Kong, setto show over 50 most-recent French long featureand short movies this year,18 of which had neverbefore been showed inHong Kong. All screeningswill be divided into five

This photo released

by Audi shows the

2010 Audi S4.

INTERNET

A man tries out the

new iPhone 3GS on

the first day it is being

sold in Spain at the

company's store in

downtown Madrid on

19 June, 2009.

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LO S AN G E L E S, 3Nov—For a certain kindof worms, eating sugarmay reduce their lifespan by 20 percent, anew study suggests.

But i t 's unclearwhether the same holdstrue for human beings,according to the studypublished in theNovember issue of thejournal CellMetabolism.

In the study,researchers at theUniversity of Californiain San Francisco addeda small amount ofglucose - sugar - to thediet of worms known asC. elegans, but only tosee the worms hadshorter lives.

The researchersattributed this to thesugar's effect on theworms' insulin signals.The worms normally eatbacteria.

One of theresearchers, CynthiaKenyon, said the wormsand people are actuallysimilar in the way theirbodies handle insulin.

"In the early '90s,

Workers of the Opel car plant in Bochum, westernGermany, enter the plant on Wednesday, 4 Nov,2009. Germany's politicians reacted with anger andOpel workers readied walkouts after General MotorsCo. reversed a plan six months in the making to sellits European subsidiary, slamming the brakes on adeal that had seemed all but done. Tuesday's decisionby GM's board of directors took the new Germangovernment by surprise, coming just hours afterChancellor Angela Merkel gave a well-receivedspeech to a joint session of the U.S. Congress,further cementing trans-Atlantic ties between thetwo longtime allies.—INTERNET

NAIROBI, 3 Nov—Permanent Secretary ofKenyan ministry ofeducation KalegaMutahi has said that thesupport and aid of theChinese government forhis country's educationis conducive to Kenyanpeople and the eastAfrican country shouldlearn from China'sexperience indeveloping educationand boosting economy.

Kalega Mutahi madethe remarks in a recentexclusive interview withXinhua. Mutahi alsoexpressed histhankfulness to theChinese government.

Google invents town in Englandwants to wipe it off theface of the planet!"

Mike Nolan, theauthor of the short post,say he doesn't reallybelieve that is Google'sintention, but remainssomewhat puzzled to thenew town situated a shortdistance from his nativeAughton. It could ofcourse be a simple typingerror, but neither Googleor the Dutch companyTeleAtlas could revealanything that might giveexplanation to the

anomaly. Google havemerely said that"occasional errors" dooccur and a Tele Atlasspokesperson said, "Ireally can't explain whythese anomalies get intoour database."

The subject has ofcourse been widelydiscussed on the Internetwith Argleton fastbecoming a popularhashtag. Some havesuggested the'error' is atrap street of sorts.

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HK to hold 38th French film festseries, including New Film2009 and Premieres, FirstWorks, Short Film andShort Animation films.

The festival will openwith Marina de Van's"Don't Look Back", apsychodrama in whichtwo world famous starsSophie Marceau andMonica Belluccicollaborate for the firsttime. It was part of theofficial selection for theMidnight Screening at the2009 Cannes Inter-national Film Festival.

Cannes award-

winning film "A Prophet"by Jacques Audiard, athriller about a young Arabman sent to a

French prison wherehe becomes a mafiakingpin, is chosen as oneof the Gala Premieremovies in the film festival.

Other selectionsinclude the love story about"Coco Chanel & IgorStravinsky", the biopic ofa female version VincentVan Gogh "Seraphine" and"Villa Amalia", starringIsabelle Huppert.

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Sugar reduces life spanin worms

we discovered mutationsthat could double thenormal l ife span ofworms," Kenyon said ata news release from thejournal 's publisher.Those mutationsinvolved internal signalsregarding insulin, sheexplained.

The researchersnoted a l though theresearch is in its earlystages, it's possible thata low-glycemic index— one that doesn ' tquickly boost blood-sugar levels —couldboost longevity.

Scient is ts areal ready a t work onrelated research, tryingto unders tand howtightly restricted diets— in which animals eatmuch less than theynormally would— helpthem l ive longer ,according to the report.

Humans couldconceivably try to do thesame thing, but i t ' simpractical for manypeople to eat much lessthan their bodies tellthem they should, saidthe report.—Xinhua

Kenya should learn fromChina's experience indeveloping education

"We are very gratefulthat the Chinesegovernment and peoplehave helped on a greatdeal, particularly onhigher levels ofeducation".

The Chinesegovernment hasprovided around 30scholarships for theuniversity educationannually to Kenyanstudents and they havecreated exchangeprograms between theChinese universities andKenyan universities,which is very beneficial,the permanent secretarysaid.

Xinhua

JAKARTA, 4 Nov,—Indonesian migrant workersemployed in foreign countries have contributed4.1 billion US dollars to the country’s earnings asof the third three month period ending Septemberthis year, a senior official at the ManpowerMinistry said on Tuesday.

“The amount of migrant workres’ contributionto the country would singificantly help boostnational economy, ” Lisna Poeloengan, deputyhead of the National Ageney for the Placementand Protection of Migrant Workers (BNP2TLI) atthe Manpower Ministry said on the sidelines offormer migrant workers’ business expo held inWest Kalimantan province’s capital city ofPontianak.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesian migrant workerscontribute $4.1B by sept. ‘09

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 5 November, 2009

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI MAJESTIC VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI MA-JESTIC VOY NO ( ) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 5.11.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S GATI COAST TO COASTPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Buffett buys out second largestUS railroad company

NEW YORK, 4 Nov—Renowned investor WarrenBuffett has put his biggest bet on Burlington NorthernSanta Fe Corp (BNSF), second largest US railroad com-pany, according to a statement released on Tuesday.

Buffett’s Berkshire Hathaway Inc will pay 100 dol-lars per share in cash for the 78 percent of BNSF thatit has not already owned, which comes to a total of 34billion US dollars. The price is 31.5 percent premiumon BNSF’s closing price on Monday.

Plus BNSF’s 10 billion-dollar debt that Berkshirehas agreed to take, the value of the deal will top44 billion dollars, which is the biggest acquisition everfor Berkshire.—Xinhua

French energy giant signspact with MIT on solar

power utilizationPARIS, 4 Nov—French energy giant Total announced

on Tuesday its signing on an agreement over develop-ment of solar power utilization with the American re-search university the Massachusetts Institute of Tech-nology (MIT).

The agreement, worth four million US dollars overfive years, aims to develop new stationary batteriesthat are designed to enable the storage of solar power,the company declared in a statement.

The joint project will mainly put focus on “develop-ment of a low-cost, long-life battery” which can storethe “power generated by solar panels,” Total said.

The energy giant hails the cooperation “a major stepforward” in its research and development efforts ofdeveloping alternative energy source.

Total debuted its solar power activity since 1983through its interest in Tenesol and Photovoltech com-panies, which specialize in manufacturing photovoltaicsolar modules and other special components relatedto solar power.—Xinhua

17,000 children died with noinsurance

BALTIMORE, 4 Nov—A lack of health insurance mayhave led or contributed to the deaths of 17,000 hospi-talized children in the last 20 years, US medical re-searchers said.

Study co-investigator David Chang of the JohnsHopkins Children’s Center said the researchers used datafrom more than 23 million hospital records in 37 statesfrom 1988-2005.

Researchers compared the risk of death in childrenwith health insurance and in those with no health insur-ance. Other factors being equal, the study, published inthe Journal of Public Health, found that uninsured chil-dren were 60 percent more likely to die in the hospitalthan those with insurance.

In the study, 104,520 patients died — 0.47 percent— out of 22.2 million insured hospitalized children,compared to 9,468 — 0.75 percent — who died amongthe 1.2 million uninsured ones.—Internet

BEIJING, 4 Nov—Shanghai Automotive Industry Corporation (SAIC) Group plansto invest 6 billion yuan (879 million US dollars) in researching of and making newenergy cars starting this year and during the next two years, said group chairmanHu Maoyuan on Tuesday.

The investment includes 2 billion yuan to support the research and develop-ment of new energy cars, 2 billion yuan for producing parts for new energy carsand 2 billion yuan for the building of car-making factories, Hu told an industryforum in Beijing.

He said SAIC plans to put to market a series of new energy cars next year thatcould save fuel as much as 30 percent; by 2012, cars that save more than 50 per-cent less fuel and purely electric cars would be rolled out.—Xinhua

Shanghaiauto groupon move indevelopingnew energy

cars

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Yemen reports 17A/H1N1 deaths

SANAA, 4 Nov— A total of 17 people in Yemenhave reportedly died of the A/H1N1 flu, out of 2,070confirmed cases in the country, Yemeni governmentspokesman Hassan al-Lawzi said in a press confer-ence Tuesday. Two A/H1N1-infected patients died over the pastweek, while 1,925 cases took a long while to recoverafter undergoing treatment, Lawzi said. He added that around 128 people were still undertreatment, including four cases discovered at univer-sities and 25 others found in schools. The Yemeni ministries of health and education de-cided to immediately close schools after confirmedflu cases were detected in a precautionary measureto prevent further spread of the pandemic which hasrecently soared in the country.—Xinhua

A/H1N1 flu death tollrises to 11 in Turk

ANKARA, 4 Nov—The Turkish Health Ministryannounced on Tuesday that two more Turks died ofA/H1N1 flu in Turkey, bringing the A/H1N1 fludeath toll to 11. The ministry said in a statement thata 31-year-old woman and a 55-year-old man died ofA/H1N1 flu on Tuesday.

Turkey registered the first A/H1N1 case on May15, a 28-year-old male hospital janitor in Ankara onOctober 24. As of Sunday, 1,870 people in Turkeyhad tested positive for A/H1N1 flu since May, ac-cording to the statement. On Monday, Turkey be-gan to vaccinate vulnerable groups against A/H1N1flu, starting from health workers and Muslim pil-grims preparing to travel to Mecca for the annualhajj.—Xinhua

Death toll from A/H1N1flu rises to 37 in VietnamHANOI, 4 Nov— Vietnam confirmed one more

death of A/H1N1 influenza, bringing the country’stotal number of flu deaths to 37, said a report on thewebsite of the Ministry of Health on Tuesday. Thepatient was a 38-year-old man in the suburbs of theVietnamese capital city Hanoi. He had a history ofkidney disease.

The patient was taken to the National Instituteof Infectious and Tropical Diseases on 5 Oct withfever, coughing, and difficulties in breathing. He wasdiagnosed with pneumonia and kidney infection.

Xinhua

Kelly Holmin, age 12,sits on a bull mooseafter she shot and

killed it on GunflintTrail in Grand Marais,

Minn. A Minnesotawildlife official

confirms that KellyHolmin, a 12-year-old

girl is the youngestMinnesotan to kill amoose in the modernera. The bull moosehad a 58-inch antlerspread and weighed

1,100 pounds.INTERNET

Death toll of A/H1N1 flurises to 18 in Italy

ROME, 4 Nov— The death toll of H1N1 flu virusin Italy rose to 18 on Tuesday with a new toll nearNaples. Doctors said Fernando Lettieri, a 37-year-old jazz musician on dialysis following a kidneytransplant, died of pneumonia compounded by a fluvirus infection.

Lettieri is the ninth person to die of flu relatedcauses in the Campania region around Naples aftertwo women, 45 and 72, died in Naples on Monday.

Prosecutors said they were investigating the deathof an apparently healthy 12-year-old girl from Na-ples suburb of Pompei. The girl died of the viruslast weekend 48 hours after coming down with symp-toms. On Monday, the flu claimed its youngest Ital-ian victim so far, an 11-year-old girl being treatedfor the flu at a hospital in Austria.—Xinhua

Medical masks on display at the Hyatt RegencyWashington Hotel in Washington, DC People overthe age of 50 who are hospitalized with swine fluare the group most likely to die from the illness,

but (A)H1N1 flu remains a young person’s illness,US researchers said on Tuesday.—INTERNET

Folic acid linked to childhood asthma Sugarreduces life

span inworms

LOS ANGELES ,4 Nov —For a certain kind ofworms, eating sugar mayreduce their life span by20 percent, a new studysuggests.

But it’s unclearwhether the same holdstrue for human beings,according to the studypublished in the Novem-ber issue of the journalCell Metabolism.

In the study, research-ers at the University ofCalifornia in San Fran-cisco added a smallamount of glucose - sugar- to the diet of wormsknown as C elegans, butonly to see the worms hadshorter lives.The re-searchers attributed this tothe sugar’s effect on theworms’ insulin signals.The worms normally eatbacteria.—Xinhua

SYDNEY, 4 Nov—Preg-nant women, who takefolic acid supplements toboost their baby’s health,are increasing their risk ofhaving a child withasthma, a groundbreakingAustralian study revealedon Wednesday.

The study, which couldexplain rising rates of thechronic lung condition,found pregnant womenwho overuse the supple-ment were 30 percentmore likely to have achild with asthma.

Taking a folic acid sup-plement is recommendedfor women who intend tobecome pregnant, as it isknown to prevent neuraltube defects during a foe-tus’ critical first weeks inthe womb.

Associate ProfessorMichael Davies, from theUniversity of Adelaide’sRobinson Institute, hasuncovered an “additionaland unexpected” conse-quence for women whoalso take the supplementthroughout their preg-

nancy. “We see a substan-tial proportion of womentaking these folate supple-ments throughout preg-nancy, and it may be be-cause people think it isentirely benign,” Daviessaid.

“Folate is incrediblyimportant because of itsrole in preventing neuraltube defects (like spinabifida) but because it is soimportant, and sobioactive, it needs to betreated with some respectas well.”—Xinhua

NASA technology might treat breast cancer

Depression, drugs linkedto preterm birth

SEATILE, 4Nov— Pregnant women with a history ofdepression who used psychiatric medication have tri-ple the risk of premature child delivery, US research-ers found.

Researchers at the University of Washington, Uni-versity of Michigan and Michigan State Universityfound that a combination of medication use and de-pression — either before or during pregnancy wasstrongly linked to delivery before 35 weeks’ gesta-tion.

Lead author Amelia Gavin of the University ofWashington said the findings highlight the need forcarefully planned studies that can clarify associationsbetween depression, psychiatric medications andpreterm delivery.“Women with depression face diffi-cult decisions regarding the benefits and risks of us-ing psychotropic medications in pregnancy,” Gavinsaid in a statement.

Internet

CHICAGO,4 Nov— USscientists say they’re try-ing to determine if aNASA imaging tech-nique can predict radia-tion therapy tissue dam-age experienced bybreast cancer patients.

The Rush UniversityMedical Center andArgonne National Labo-ratory researchers saidthe imaging technique —called three-dimensionalthermal tomography —is used by NASA to in-spect the space shuttle.

The scientists are exam-ining the utility of thetechnology for use in ra-diation oncology.

Rush University Pro-fessor Dr KatherineGriem said approxi-mately 80 percent ofbreast cancer patientsundergoing radiationtreatment develop acuteskin reactions that rangein severity.

The study’s goal is todetermine if the NASAimaging technology canmeasure the thermal

effusivity of skin tissue— a measure of its abil-ity to exchange heat withits surroundings.

Our initial data withradiation induced skinchanges are quite encour-aging,” said Dr AlanCoon, chief resident ofradiation oncology atRush and primary authorof the study.

Internet

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S P O R T S

Man United, Chelsea, Porto and Bordeauxmake last 16

LONDON, 4 Nov—Manchester United,Chelsea, Porto andGirondins Bordeauxhave sealed their places inthe next round after Tues-day’s European Champi-ons League group matches.

French champions Bor-deaux’s 2-0 road victorypushed the four-time Euro-pean champion BayernMunich to the edge ofelimination while Man Utdsuffered a scare before theypulled two goals back tolevel CSKA Moscow 3-3.Porto clinched a 1-0 win atAPOEL Nicosia and Chel-sea drew 2-2 with AtleticoMadrid to make the last 16.

The result confirmsAtletico’s improvementunder new coach QuiqueSanchez Flores, but withgroup rivals Porto win-ning its game against

Bordeaux players reactafter fellow team

member MarouaneChamakh scored a goal

during their Group AChampions League

soccer match againstBayern Munich inMunich, southern

Germany, on 3 Nov,2009. —XINHUA

Chelsea’s Didier

Drogba celebrates his

first goal during their

Champions League

soccer match against

Atletico Madrid at the

Vicente Calderon

stadium in Madrid, on

3 November, 2009.

XINHUA

APOEL, it also means theSpaniards are out of thecompetition. Atleticowent into the game withonly one point from threeChampions Leaguematches in which theSpanish team not scoreda single goal.

In a dramatic GroupB match, Man Utd trailedat 3-1 with only 10 min-utes left when PaulScholes and a deflectedAntonio Valencia effortoff the head of GeorgyShchennikov forced thedraw. Hosts Besiktas lostto VfL Wolfsburg 3-0 inthe other match.

Didier Drogba scoredtwice on his return from athree-match Europeansuspension for Chelsea inGroup D where Porto alsoadvanced.

With Bordeaux ad-

vancing from Group Awith 10 points andJuventus moving on toeight with a 1-0 win atHaifa, Bayern with fourpoints, face a battle toqualify with a home matchagainst Haifa and a visit toJuventus remaining.

The Group C saw aclash between AC Milanand Real Madrid, whohave won the EuropeanCup 16 times betweenthem.

The 1-1 draw left bothon seven points from fourmatches, just one ahead ofOlympique Marseille whocrushed FC Zurich 6-1.

Maccabi Haifa,Besiktas, APOEL Nicosiaand Atletico were alleliminated, but could yetfinish third in their respec-tive groups and go into theEuropa League.—Xinhua

Manchester United’sMichael Owen (R)celebrates his goal

against CSKA Moscow’swith Nani during their

Champions Leaguesoccer match at Old

Trafford in Manchester,northern England,

on 3 November, 2009. XINHUA

AC Milan’sAndrea Pirlo(R) fights forthe ball with

Real Madrid’sRaul during

their Champi-ons League

soccer matchat the San

Siro stadiumin Milan on 3

November,2009.

XINHUA

MANILA, 4 Nov—Forthe Philippines, boxerManny Pacquiao is morethan a sports champion.His fans, the media andpoliticians see him asnothing less than a na-tional hero whose featscan lift the nation.

“The hopes of an entirecountry are riding on me.That is why I cannot letmyself fall,” Pacquiaosays in one televisionadvertisment.

It is a heavy messagefor a shampoo commercialbut it is one that many Fili-pinos have taken to heartas they cheer Pacquiao onin his improbable careerthat has seen him rise fromdeep poverty to six-timeworld champion.

“There is a great re-

BASEL, 4 Nov—NovakDjokovic made a winningdebut on Tuesday at theSwiss Indoors as the Ser-bian claimed a 6-3, 7-5victory over AndreasBeck in the tennis strong-hold of Roger Federer.

Djokovic took just un-der 90 minutes to moveinto the second round atthe St Jakobshalle, wheretop seed Federer got hisstart in the game a decadeand a half ago as a ballboy at the indoor event.

Djokovic, who leadsthe ATP with 67 wins, saidhe feels the presence ofFederer around thegrounds.

“Of course in hishometown and home tour-nament, all of the atten-tion will be on him,” saidthe Serbian sporting hero.“But I’ve found it finehere.

“I hope to repay the

SHANGHAI, 4 Nov—The field for a World GolfChampionship is never asstrong when Americansrequire a passport.

The HSBC Champi-ons is no exception.

Tiger Woods and PhilMickelson, the best twoplayers in the world, arecompeting at the sametournament in Asia for thefirst time. That alone isenough to give the HSBCChampions the appear-ance of a world-classevent, just as it would anytournament at home.

Even so, it is difficultto ignore the number ofAmericans who chose tostay home.

And it’s equally diffi-cult to ignore the sarcas-tic, yet caustic commentfrom Stuart Appleby at thestart of the decade whena dozen Americans de-cided against going toSpain to close out the

Boxer Pacquiao holds hopes ofthe Philippines

Philippine boxing heroManny Pacquiao (L)

exercises during atraining session at agym in Manila on 24

October, 2009.INTERNET

sponsibility on his shoul-ders because his victoriesare the victories of all ofus and his loss would bethe loss for all of us,” De-fence Secretary GilbertoTeodoro said when heawarded Pacquiao an“outstanding achieve-ment” medal recently forhis feats in the ring.

Internet

Djokovic breezes throughin Basel

Novak Djokovic.

INTERNET

kindness by going on thecourt and getting as far aspossible this week.”

The player whose onlyexperience in Basel was aqualifying loss in 2004,couldn’t fault his openingmain draw effort.

“For a first match(since Shanghai lastmonth) I played well.

My strokes were solidbut I could have closed itout better in the secondset.”

Internet

A good step for golf, even withAmericans at home

From left, Yang Yong-eun of South Korea,

Tiger Woods of the US,Phil Mickelson of the

US and defendingchampion Sergio

Garcia of Spain smileduring a photo call ofthe HSBC Championsgolf tournament on 3

Nov, 2009 in Shanghai,China. The golf tourna-

ment will be held atShanghai Sheshan

International Golf Clubfrom on 5 to 8 Nov.

INTERNET

PGA Tour season.“They’re like a bag of

prawns on a hot Sunday,”he said in 2000 atValderrama. “They don’ttravel well.”—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenscattered in Mon State, isolated in Kayin State, Bago andTaninthayi Divisions, weather has been partly cloudy inthe remaining States and Divisions. Night temperatureswere (3° C) to (4°C) below November average temperaturesin Chin State and Lower Sagaing Division, (5°C) to (6°C)below November average temperatures in Shan State andYangon Division, (3°C) to (4°C) above November averagetemperatures in Kachin and Mon States and MandalayDivision, (5°C) above November average temperaturesKayah State and about November average temperatures inthe remaining States and Divisions. The note worthy amountsof rainfall recorded were Kawthoung (0.90) inch, Thaton(0.16) inch and Kawkayeik (0.12) inch.

Maximum temperature on 3-11-2009 was 93°F.Minimum temperature on 4-11-2009 was 65°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 4 -11-2009 was 77%.Total sun shine hours on 3-11-2009 was (9.3) hours approx.

Rainfall on 4-11-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was(111.06) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inches at Kaba-Ayeand (129.41) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Northeastat (16:30) hours MST on 3-11-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in AndamanSea and East Central Bay and partly cloudy to cloudyelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 5thNovember 2009:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated in MonState, Bago, Yangon, and Taninthayi Divisions and weatherwill be partly cloudy in the remaining States and Divisions.Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Occasional strong easterly wind withmoderate to rough seas will be experienced off and alongGulf of Mottama, Mon and Taninthayi coasts. Surface windspeed may reach 30 to 35 mph in strong wind. Seas will beslight elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation oflight rain or thundershowers in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for5-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for5-11-2009: Likelihood of isolated light rain orthundershower. Degree of certainty is (60%)

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for5-11-2009: Fair weather.

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DHAKA, 4 Nov—Bangladesh's largest mobileoperator-- Grameenphone — has chosen EricssonBangladesh Limited to upgrade its mobile soft switchsolution for further expansion of network.

According to a press release of Ericsson hereWednesday, the latest switching technology fromEricsson will help Grameenphone (GP) meet the needsof its expanding subscriber base and pave the way forthe quick and cost-effective future introduction of newservices such as mobile broadband.

It said the two-year contract, which was signedrecently, also includes charging solutions and relatedservices. The value of the deal was not, however,disclosed. Apart from upgrading GP's packet-switchedand circuit-switched core network, the press releasesaid, the contract will also cover the upgrade of GP'sGSM radio access network and the supply, deploymentand systems integration of Ericsson's Mobile PacketBackbone Network solution. Ericsson's advancedtechnology will optimize our network operations andstrengthen our ability to evolve and expand our businesswhile preparing our network for future needs," OddvarHesjedal, Chief Executive Officer of GP was quoted assaying in the press release.—Xinhua

Smile Ambassador for Operation Smile JackieChan gestures while speaking during a newsconference in Hanoi, Vietnam, Wednesday, 4

Nov, 2009. —INTERNET

Ericsson to modernizeBangladesh's largest mobile

operator's network

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4th Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Thursday, 5 November, 2009

★ 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 swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

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

and violence

* 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 Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Nov—Prime Minister of the Unionof Myanmar General Thein Sein received a delegation ledby Assistant Secretary of the State for the Bureau of EastAsian and Pacific Affairs Mr. Kurt Michael Campbell ofthe United States of America at the meeting hall of theGovernment Office here at 8.40 am today.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives US Assistant Secretary of State forBureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Mr Kurt Michael Campbell

Also present at the call together with Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein were Minister for Science and Tech-nology U Thaung, Minister for Foreign Affairs U NyanWin, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin, Director-General Col Thant Shin of the Government Office, Direc-tor-General U Kyaw Kyaw of the Protocol Department

under the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and Director-GeneralDr Ko Ko Oo of the Ministry of Science and Technology.

The US Assistant Secretary of the State was accom-panied by Charge d’Affaires ai Mr Larry M. Dinger of theUS embassy.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives US Assistant Secretary of State for the Bureau of East Asian and Pacific Affairs Mr Kurt MichaelCampbell and party. —�MNA

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