The New Light of Myanmar 20-09-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 157 2nd Waxing of Thadingyut 1371 ME Sunday, 20 September, 2009

* 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

Just as the milk freshly taken from acow’s udder does not go sour nor give off avapour, so also a misdeed just does not give offsmoke (to testify to its ill nature). Like anember being covered with ash, the misdeedsmoulders in the foolish perpetrator’s heart.

(Dhammapada, Balavagga 23)

ADMONITION ByVEN. U Vicittasarabhivamsa,

Abhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru,Abhidhaja Agga

Maha Saddhammajotika,Tipitakadhara

Dhammabhandagarika

Today’s vehicles and motorwaysin Myanmar (1)

Articles: Kayan Soe MyintPhotos: Ministry of Construction

As I am a newsman I have been travelling a lot.Among my tours of the whole country, I made mostof my trips by car.

I have travelled not only along the fine roads

but also along the rough roads by car. On my roadtrips made after 1988, I saw big trucks overloadinggoods on the motorways. I was worried about thelong term existence of roads.

So I interviewed officials of the ministriesconcerned about “Today’s vehicles and motorwaysin Myanmar” in order to inform the public through abyline.

Myanmar, situated in South-East Asia is amember of the Association of Southeast Asian Nations(ASEAN). It shares borders with the People’sRepublic of China, Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh andIndia. It has an area of more than 260,000 squaremiles. It is the most beautiful country in SEA andsurrounded by high snow-capped mountains andoffshore seas in addition to rivers such as Ayeyawady,Chindwin, Thanlwin and Sittoung.

(See page 7)Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon road section of Yangon-Mandalay Expressway.

INSIDE

I hope that the released prisoners will actively partici-pate in the drive for opening the door to democracy realiz-ing the goodwill and loving-kindness of the State and thepeople.

Strengthening nation’s workforce through amnesty

U MYO MYINT (LAW)PAGE 8

An ember among ashes smoulders on

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Sunday, 20 September, 2009

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

Drug producing and smuggling arecommon in many countries of the world andthe drug problem is a matter of concern to theentire humanity. It is also the problem that isthreatening the family members of a druguser and the human society related to drugpushers.

Narcotic drugs include not only opium,heroine, opium oil and marijuana but alsostimulant tablets produced based on chemicals.

So the global nations are takingmeasures to reduce and eliminate the narcoticdrugs production and trafficking that arespreading to the world in various forms. Theyare speeding up their drug elimination driveto create a drug-free environment for the well-being of the humanity, especially the youth.

Myanmar is implementing a 15-yeardrug elimination plan by setting the periodfrom 1999 to 2014. Now, success has beenachieved in drug elimination tasks thanks tothe cooperation of the government and thepeople.

With the participation of the localpeople, the State is destroying poppyplantations in the areas where poppycultivation is traditionally common. In August,the efforts of special anti-drug squads andduty-conscious people led to the large seizureof opium, heroine, opium oil, marijuana andstimulant pills and action was taken againstthe culprits in accord with the law.

Nonetheless, chemicals used inproducing narcotic drugs are still a threat tohumans and their environment. Therefore,regional bodies, special anti-drug squads andthe people are to beef up combating narcoticdrugs.

Create a drug-freeenvironment

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Sept—Commander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe attended the openingof Central Command Commander’s Shield BoxingCompetition at the gymnasium in PyinOoLwinTownship on 11 September.

The commander attended the rainy season treeplanting ceremony at Myainghaywun Park inAungmyaythazan Township on 12 Septembermorning.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Sept—Chairman of ShanState (East) Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Triangle Region Command Maj-GenKyaw Phyo on 11 September inspected cultivation ofmonsoon paddy in Watsaung village-tract in KengtungTownship. He viewed demonstration of preservationof quality paddy strains in Watsaung village of thetownship.—MNA

Commander viewspreservation methods of

quality paddy strains

Central CommandCommander’s Shield boxing

competition commences

NAY PYI TAW, 19Sept—Minister forIndustry-1 U Aung Thaunginspected construction siteof 500-ton Nay Pyi Tawcement plant project(Taungphila) beingimplemented by MyanmarCeramics Industries on 17September.

The minister heardreports on progress of workand ongoing tasks presentedby on official. ManagingDirector U Soe Yi make asupplementary report.

The minister lookedround the construction siteand gave necessaryinstructions. The minister

Industry-1 Minister inspects Nay Pyi Tawcement plant project (Taungphila)

also visited 500-ton cementplant project site beingconstructed by Max

Myanmar Group ofCompanies and left

necessary constructions.MNA

YANGON, 19 Sept—Educative talks on health,jointly organized byMyanmar Nursing andMidwifery Association(Central) and Mo Asia CoLtd (DUMEX), was heldat University of Nursing(Yangon) this morning.

YANGON, 19 Sept—Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin this morning looked into laying of newpavements on Anawrahta Road near the junction ofAnawrahta Road and Shwebontha Street and cleaningof creeping plants on the buildings in PabedanTownship. The Mayor also viewed laying of newpavements on Maha Bandoola Street near the junctionof Maha Bandoola Street and 14th Street in LanmadawTownship laying of new pavements on Maha BandoolaStreet near the junction of Maha Bandoola Street andSintOdan Street, repaving of SintOdan street in LathaTownship and laying of new pavements on MahaBandoola Street in Pabedan Township and leftnecessary instructions.—MNA

Earthquake News

Educative talks on health heldFirst, Chairperson of

MNMA Professor DrDaw Nan Htwam Hlaextended greetings.

Next, responsiblepersons from Mo Asia CoLtd (DUMEX) presentedK 200,000 to the MNMAchairperson. Afterwards,Vice-Chairperson of theassociation Daw NweNwe Khin gave talks onpromotion of nursingskills, Treasurer Daw SanYi, on nursing ethics andSenior Nutrition AdvisorDaw Su Su Lwin fromMo Asia Co Ltd(DUMEX), on nutritionfor infant. Andresponsible persons thenanswered the questionsasked by those presentand gave concludingremarks.

MNA

Chairperson of MNMA Professor Dr DawNan Htwam Hla receives cash assistance

from responsible person of Mo AsiaCo Ltd (DUMEX).

MNA

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung inspects 500-ton Nay Pyi Tawcement plant project (Taungphila).—INDUSTRY-1

YANGON, 19 Sept—The Meteorology andHydrology Department announced that a moderateearthquake of intensity (5.8) Richter Scale with itsepicenter about (2300) miles south-east of Kaba-AyeSeismological observatory outside of Myanmar(Indonesia) was recorded at (5) hrs (36) min (57) secMST on 19 September 2009.—MNA

Mayor looks into laying ofnew pavements

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Indonesian National police chief BambangHendarso Danuri holds up a picture of killed

militant Ario Sudarso during a news conference inJakarta on 17 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

Indonesia police: DNA testconfirms Noordin death

Iraq and Syria at talks in Turkey

Syria’s Foreign Minister(R) attended a signingceremony with his Turkish counterpart (2ndL) in

Istanbul.—INTERNET

Russia hails US missile overhaul

Shooting in Mexico Citysubway kills at least two

MEXICO CITY, 19 Sept — A man scrawling graffiti in-side a downtown subway station pulled out a gun and be-gan shooting when confronted by police Friday, killing atleast two people and wounding five before being shot andsubdued by officers.

Mexico City Attorney General Miguel Angel Mancerasaid a passenger and a police officer were killed at theBalderas subway station, near the Ciudadela crafts market.He said six people, including the shooter, werewounded.Mancera identified the gunman as Luis FelipeHernandez Castillo, 38, and said he was arrested carrying a.38-caliber revolver. The gunman was writing on the stationwalls with a black marker when a police officer confrontedhim, Mancera said.He said the man fatally shot the officerand a civilian who tried to stop him, and then ran to a sub-way car where he reloaded his gun and kept firing until otherpolice officers shot him and captured him.—Internet

Colombia moves to dismantledomestic spy agency

Iraq rush hour market bomb kills sevenBAGHDAD, 19 Sept — A bomb planted in a busy market in the Iraqi town of

Mahmudiya, south of Baghdad, killed at least seven people and wounded 21 onFriday, police said.

The explosion shattered a relatively calm holy Muslim month of Ramadan,which ends this weekend and has been a favourite militant target in past years. Itstruck just as town residents were shopping for food to brake their fast.—Internet

Damaged Italian military vehicles are seen at the site of a suicide car bombattack targeting an Italian military convoy in Kabul, Afghanistan,

on 17Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

ISTANBUL, 19 Sept —The foreign ministers ofIraq and Syria have metfor talks in Turkey to de-fuse tensions following adiplomatic row.The neigh-bours recalled their en-voys last month after a se-ries of bomb attacks inBaghdad that killed nearly100 people.Iraq allegedthat Syria was harbouringthe attacks’ masterminds.

Turkey has been actingas broker between the two,who only revived diplo-matic links in 2006 aftermore than 20 years ofmutual hostility.TurkishForeign Minister AhmetDavutoglu said there was“determination to co-oper-ate in uncovering all facts

behind these barbarian at-tacks against the Iraqigovernment andpeople”.Near-simultane-ous bomb attacks struck

the finance, foreign anddefence ministries in theheart of Baghdad on 19August 2009.

Internet

Onlookers gather at the site of a shooting attack at the Balderas subwaystation in downtown Mexico City, on 18 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

Moscow, 19 Sept —Russian Presi-dent Dmitry Medvedev has welcomedas “positive” the US decision to shelvecontroversial missile defence bases inPoland and the Czech Republic. MrMedvedev said there were now “goodconditions” for US-Russia talks on tack-ling missile proliferation.US PresidentBarack Obama had earlier announcedthere would be a shift in US missiledefence strategy, following a review ofthe threat posed by Iran.

Russian Prime Minister VladimirPutin said it was a “correct and brave”move.However, US Republicans havecalled the decision “short-sighted” and“harmful”.Some said it was a conces-sion to Moscow with nothing in return.

Russia had long objected to plans pur-sued by the administration of former-President George W Bush to base a mis-sile interceptor system close to its bor-ders, calling it a threat to its security.

Mr Bush had argued the systemwas to defend against missiles from“rogue states” like Iran.Mr Obama or-dered a review on taking office ear-lier this year.

On Thursday he said that newintelligence had shown Iran was pursu-ing short-range and medium-range mis-sile development, rather than long-range.He said the US therefore needed a“proven, cost-effective” system thatwould use land- and sea-based intercep-tors against the evolving threat.—Internet

JAKARTA, 19 Sept —DNA tests have con-firmed it was SoutheastAsia terrorist leaderNoordin Top who waskilled days ago in ashootout with police, In-donesian police said onSaturday.Police used fin-gerprints to identifyNoordin’s body after agun battle at a safe housein central Java on Thurs-day. DNA tests have con-firmed those findings,National Police spokes-man Nanan Sukarnasaid.”There’s no longerany doubt,” Sukarna said.

Last month, authoritiesinitially believed a terrorsuspect killed by policewas Noordin, but DNAtests proved otherwise.Police say Noordin, aMalaysian national,planned the 2002 and 2005suicide bombings on the

resort island of Bali andthe 17 July attacks on theJW Marriott and Ritz-Carlton hotels in Jakarta.

In all, he is thought to beresponsible for the deathsof 222 people, mostly for-eigners.—Internet

BOGATA, 19 Sept —After a wiretapping scan-dal, Colombia’s domesticspy department will be

dismantled and a newagency will be set up tofocus on intelligence andcounter-intelligence workinvolving national secu-rity, the nation’s spy chiefsaid on Friday.

Felipe Munoz Gomezsaid the majority of thecurrent agency’s 6,000employees will be trans-ferred to the criminal in-vestigative unit of thepolice and other investi-gative bodies.

On Thursday, Presi-dent Alvaro Uribe saidfor the first time that hefavored eliminating theDAS spy agency.

Uribe previouslytalked of the need to re-structure the troubleddepartment.

Internet

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‘Barcodes’ tackle bush meat trade

Brazil eyes Amazon sugar cane ban

Panama Canal to invest some$800 m in 2010

Critics say plantations are pushing further into the rainforest.—INTERNET

Bush meat is a keypart of the diet for

many in centralAfrica.—INTERNET

UN report says global economic crisis notover yet, at least for the poor

Brazil to beworld’s top

five economy RIO DE JANEIRO, 19

Sept—Brazilian Presi-dent Luiz Inacio Lula daSilva said on Friday thatabundant natural re-sources might help thecountry become theworld’s third largesteconomy in the near fu-ture. The recently discov-ered pre-salt oil and gasreserves may help thecountry achieve this goal,Lula said.

“In 10 or 15 years, thiscountry will be the third,or the fourth largesteconomy in the world, orthe fifth if it does nothave luck,” Lula said atthe inauguration of aproject in the southernstate of Rio Grande doSul. The government hasto improve the quality ofeducation in the country,as well as the economicsituation of the poor, withthe pre-salt revenues,Lula said.—Xinhua

Nicaragua, Cuba evaluateexpansion of cooperation MANAGUA, 19 Sept—Nicaragua and Cuba on Friday

set a joint commission here to evaluate the expansion ofbilateral cooperation. Nicaraguan Development, Indus-try and Commerce Minister Orlando Solorzano said thecommission will analyze the possibilities of expandingthe commercial ties between both nations. Solorzano saidthat Nicaragua is interested in exporting to Cuba agri-culture, livestock and industrial products, since Nicara-gua is an important agriculture producer.

The commission will also discusS Cuba’s supportto the Nicaraguan government’s social projects, like theliteracy campaign, the ophthalmologic surgeries andhealth programs. Cuban Minister of Foreign Trade andForeign Investment Rodrigo Malmierca Diaz, who ledthe delegation visiting in Nicaragua, told the press thatthe bilateral initiative “answers the cooperation willsand the possibilities of both countries to develop coop-eration projects in different areas.”— Xinhua

California’s unemploymentrate reaches new high

in August LOS ANGELES, 19 Sept — Unemployment rate in

California climbed to 12.2 percent in August, settinga new modern record, authorities announced on Fri-day. The new statistics was registered as an — increasefrom July’s rate of 11.9 percent and 7.6 percent inAugust 2008. The number of unemployed people inCalifornia climbed by 49,000 in August, bringing thenumber of unemployed to 2.2 million.

It’s also more than 850,000 additional unemployedpeople since last year, when the unemployment ratewas 7.6 percent in August 2008, according to the stateEmployment Development Department.

Manufacturing, trade, business services, leisure andother services led the state in job losses.

The national unemployment rate was 9.7 percent inAugust, down from 9.4 percent in July, and 6.2 per-cent in August 2008.

Xinhua

RIO DE JANEIRO, 19 Sept—The Brazilian govern-ment has unveiled plans toban sugar cane plantationsin environmentally sensi-tive areas. The proposal,which must be passed byCongress, comes amidconcerns that Brazil’s de-veloping biofuels industryis increasing Amazon de-forestation.

Environment Minister

Carlos Minc said themeasures would meanethanol made from sugarcane would be “100%green”. The governmentagenda is becoming moreenvironmentally friendlyahead of the 2010 presi-dential poll, analysts say.The plans unveiled by MrMinc would limit sugarcane plantations to 7.5%of Brazilian territory or

64m hectares, and preventthe clearing of new landfor the crop.

The proposed legisla-tion, expected to be put toCongress next year, wouldalso prohibit the building ofethanol distillation plants infood-growing areas or inthe vast wetlands of thePantanal, on Brazil’s borderwith Bolivia. Brazil, theworld’s top producer ofsugar, has long champi-oned ethanol as an environ-mentally friendly source ofenergy but concerns havegrown over its potentialhazards. — Internet

PANAMA CITY, 19 Sept—The Authorities of thePanama Canal (ACP) re-ported Friday that its in-vestment budget for 2010will be of 792 million USdollars.ACP DirectiveBroad president RomuloRoux said that money willcontribute to modernize

the canal during this pe-riod, which goes from 1Oct, 2009 to 30 Sept,2010.

“This budget allowsexecuting expansionplans and modernizationof the canal during thecoming fiscal term,”Roux told the Press on

Friday.The ACP estimatesthat during 2010 it will getincomes for fees of 1.525billion dollars, from some14,259 ships using the ca-nal. On Wednesday, thePanamanian National As-sembly approved the Ca-nal’s budget for the term.—Xinhua

LONDON, 19 Sept—Researchers havedeveloped a new tool in the fight againstthe illegal hunting and trading of wildanimals. “We can use a small sequenceof DNA as a species identifier in thesame way as a barcode,” says GeorgeAmato of the American Museum ofNatural History.

The technique can accurately identifyan animal species, even once it has proc-essed and turned into meat or other prod-ucts. The illegal trade in bush meat hasgrown dramatically over recent years.Hunting for income or subsistence is tra-

ditional in Asia, South and CentralAmerica and West and Central Africa.

There is also increasing internationaldemand for meat and other productsfrom “exotic” wild animals. The trade isdifficult to monitor but estimated to beworth billions of dollars a year. Know-ing the species can help trace where ananimal is from, and therefore help de-termine whether the hunting and killingwas illegal. Along with traditional tech-niques like education, it could help con-trol the trade.

Internet

UNITED NATIONS, 19Sept—Despite “greenshoots” of recovery, theworld economic financialand economic crisis is stillnot over yet, at least for themillions of the most vulner-able who cannot make theends meet everyday, theUnited Nations warned onFriday. “The ‘near poor’ arebecoming the ‘new poor,’”UN Deputy Secretary-General Asha-Rose Migirotold reporters in New York

at the launch of the Voicesof the Vulnerable: the Eco-nomic Crisis from theGround Up report.

The crisis, the worse ofits kind since the 1930s,continues to push millionsof people into poverty andis reversing some of thehard-won developmentgains of the past decade, thereport said. “Workers inboth the formal and infor-mal sectors are being badlyhit, particularly in manu-

facturing, commerce andconstruction,” said Migiro,before quoting one con-struction worker who saidthat the “monster” eco-nomic crisis is “devouringthe poor.” She added thatmigrants are finding theirsituation increasingly pre-carious, with forecasts pre-dicting that remittances todeveloping countries will bereduced by over seven per-cent this year.

Xinhua

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Bulgaria, Russia agree to createSouth Stream working groups

Photo taken on 18 Sept , 2009 shows the rehearsalof Yellow River Cantata in Shanghai, east China.

The cantata, with participation of more than22,000 people, will be staged with live broadcasting

in 10 provinces and regions on Saturday to com-memorate the 70th anniversary of the cantatacomposed by Xian Xinghai, a famous Chinese

composer, and the 60th birthday of the People’sRepublic of China.— XINHUA

SOFIA, 19 Sept —Bul-garia and Russia agreedFriday to create commonworking groups to preparedetails of the “SouthStream” natural gas pipe-line project. BulgariaEconomy, Energy andTourism Minister, TraichoTraikov,and Russia En-ergy Minister, SergeiShmatko, held talks in So-fia on Friday regarding thefuture of the South Streamgas pipeline, Belene Nu-clear Power Plant andBurgas — Alexandrou-polis oil pipeline projects.

With regard to the“South Stream,” Russiaand Bulgaria have agreedto establish two jointworking groups, one ofwhich will work on theterms of the shareholders’agreement of the projectcompany for the project,while the other will workon preparing the guide-lines for the tender for afeasibility study, Traikovannounced.

He continued that “forthe Belene nuclear powerplant we also reached acommon understanding

that the project has so farbeen led in a way that wasnot beneficial to its successand that now we need aclear and transparent fi-nancing structure - this iswhat we will do from nowon.”“We are starting thisprocess, by the end of it wewill have a clear positionon what part of the projectwe want to keep and whatwill be presented to inter-ested investors. Russiancompanies will not be dis-criminated against in theprocess,” Traikov con-cluded. — Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

An athlete competes in the international surfboard invitational tournamentin Weihai, east China’s Shandong Province. — XINHUA

Women account for majority ofBrazil’s population

5.4 m Mexicans take part inquake simulation exercise

MEXICO CITY, 19 Sept— About 5.4 million residentsof Mexico City took part in an earthquake simulationexercise that evacuated 12,142 buildings, head of thecity’s Civil Protection Department (SPC) Elias MorenoBrizuela said on Friday.Around 12,000 police, 2,000firefighters and 500 SPC staff were mobilized for theexercise on Friday, Brizuela said, adding that the RedCross, local volunteer group the Emergency MedicalRescue Squadron had also participated.Emergency serv-ices practiced rescue works at the National Lotterybuilding in Mexico City’s biggest avenue, Reforma,while paramedics evacuated people with injuries thatwould be consistent with a building collapse.— Xinhua

Mexican state calls forarmy help after floods

MEXICO CITY, 19 Sept—Mexico’s east coastal stateVeracruz Friday asked army soldiers for help, after2,450 buildings were flooded in Xalapa, capital of thestate.”We have had an unprecedented rainy season inXalapa. There have been nine days and nine nights ofintense rain, a great deluge,” State Governor FidelHerrera told media on Friday during a tour in the af-fected areas. Around 40 localities have been hit in the city andsome now have water 1.5 meters deep. Five houseshave collapsed due to weak foundations and 15 schoolshave been closed due to flood damage.On Thursday,authorities reported that some 18,000 people inVeracruz had lost contact with the outside world dueto strong rains while 17 areas in the state reported land-slides, which blocked highways and stranded 35towns.—Xinhua

293 kg of cocaine seized inDominican Republic

RIO DE JANEIRO, 19Sept—Brazil’s populationis composed of mostly fe-males, according to theNational Household Sam-ple Survey (Pnad) releasedon Friday by the BrazilianInstitute of Geography andStatistics (IBGE). Accord-ing to the survey, whichwas based on 2008 figures,women make up 51.3 per-

cent of Brazil’s 189.9 mil-lion inhabitants, whilemales account for 48.7percent. The IBGE stated thatthe birth rate of boys ishigher than that of girls.However, while womenhave a longer lifespan, thenumber of males is lowerin the country.In additionto the higher number of

men who die from healthproblems, the number ofmales killed in acts of vio-lence and in motor vehicleaccidents is also higher,causing women to be themajority of the population. Black and mixed-racecitizens are also the major-ity of the Brazilian popu-lation, according to thePnad. —Xinhua

HAVANA, 19 Sept —Authorities of the Do-minican Republic an-nounced Friday a largehaul of narcotics and cashwas found in two opera-tions. Altogether, the po-lice found 293 kg of co-caine and 167,160 USdollars. According to in-formation reaching herefrom Santo Domingo, theseizure was carried out onThursday night during ajoint operation of the Na-tional Direction of DrugControl (DNCD), the

Central Anti-narcotic Di-rection from the NationalPolice and the PublicMinistry.According toDNCD President RolandoRosado Mateo, the drugswere seized in BuenaVista district in the capi-tal, and the money wasseized in Benny district,also in the capital. Rosadosaid that a large numberof officers had partici-pated in the operation,who acted on intelligencewhich had taken 10 daysto gather. —Xinhua

People visit the photoexhibition dubbed as“Colourful China” inNew York on 18 Sept,

2009. — XINHUA

Chinese Mainland seesrebound in inbound tourism

in August BEIJING, 19 Sept—Inbound tourism in theChinese Mainland re-bounded in August afterit fell for 15 consecutivemonths since May lastyear, the National Tour-ism Administrationsaid.The mainland re-ported more than 11.09million inbound touristarrivals in August, up3.06 percent year on year,according to data from theadministration releasedon Friday.

Growth was recordedin the number of arrivalsfrom 16 major sources ofoverseas tourists, exceptRussia, said the adminis-tration. — Xinhua

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People unfold a gigantic flag atTeddy Football stadium in Jerusa-lem, on 17 Sept 2009. The 44,404-

square-meter flag, which costs$120,000, was finished by six work-

ers in 120 days.The flag was stampedby Guinness World Records when itwas first unfolded in the Philippines

on 11 April, 2009.

Astronomers have found the coldestspot in our solar system and it may be alittle close for comfort. It’s on our moon,right nearby. NASA’s new Lunar Recon-naissance Orbiter is making the firstcomplete temperature map of the moon.It found that at the moon’s south pole,it’s colder than far away Pluto. The areais inside craters that are permanentlyshadowed so they never see sun.

“It’s sort of like a faint glow andthat’s your only source of heat,” saidDavid Paige, a University of California,Los Angeles, scientist who is part of theNASA team. “Right here in our ownbackyard are definitely the coldestthings we’ve seen in real measure-ments.”

Temperatures there were measuredat 397 degrees below zero. That’s just62 degrees higher than the lowest tem-perature possible.

With a length of 98 meters and a heightof 16 meters, the Gongchen Bridge inHangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Prov-ince, is the landmark and the southmostterminal of the Hangzhou section ofBeijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal.

It dates back to 1631 in the Ming

Wang Qi, former photographer ofthe Culture Service of Gongshu

District of Hangzhou, shows a photoof Beijing-Hangzhou Grand Canal

in Hangzhou, east China’s ZhejiangProvince, on 14 Sept, 2009.

Changes of Gongchen Bridge in E China over yearsDynasty (1368-1644) and was rebuilt in1881 in the Qing Dynasty (1636-1911).Silk and cotton factories were launchedhere in 1950s and 1960s, bringing pros-perity to the area along the canal.

Nevertheless, the plants underwenta decline since the moving of the facto-ries in 1990s. Things have beenchanged from 2000.

The area along the canal became azone housing a thriving artist and de-signer community in 2003. This undated image provided by

NASA, taken by NASA’s LunarReconnaissance Orbiter, shows the

crater called Faustini, upper, center,on the south pole of the moon, where

temperatures reached 397-degreesbelow zero. Some of those coldest

temperatures in the solar system weremeasured in the crater called

Faustini. Astronomers have foundthe coldest spot in our solar systemand it may be a little close for com-fort. It’s on our moon, right nearby.

Coldest place in the solarsystem? Right nearby

NEWS ALBUM

Japan mulls Afghan role afterdropping naval mission

Some injuries after quake near Indonesia’s Bali

This 2007 photo shows Japanese Maritime Self-Defence Force’s oil tanker“Tokiwa” (right) during a fueling mission in the Indian Ocean. New Japa-

nese government is considering a new role in Afghanistan, after dropping thecontroversial refuelling mission.—INTERNET

Quake rocksNW Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 19 Sept—An earthquake of 5.1 mag-nitude rocked Swat,Peshawar and several otherareas of Pakistan’s NorthWest Frontier Province onSaturday, local TV channelreported. Met. Department saidthat Peshawar, Swat,Malak and other areas werestruck by tremors of me-dium intensity, which onthe Richter scale measured5.1, the Private TV GEONews reported. The de-partment further said thatthe epicenter of the quakewas in Hindukush moun-tain range of Afghanistan.There has been no report ofcasualty so far. .—Xinhua

Italian scientists announcecancer-related discovery

ROME, 19 Sept — Italian scientists announced onFriday a step forward in developing an early warningsystem to prevent tumors from forming.The study,published in Friday’s issue of the scientific journal Cellby a team of biologists at the University of Siena,shows how a complex interaction of proteins regu-lates the replication of DNA. These proteins are produced by a pair of genesknown to give rise to cancerous cells when they mu-tate. The team of researchers, lead by microbiologistSalvatore Oliverio, said that changes in these proteinscould give away a cancerous cell in the making. Ac-cording to a statement from the experts, “this repre-sents an important step in understanding the codes andsignals for a number of cellular processes so that wecan intervene in case of irregularities.” — Xinhua

TOKYO, 19 Sept—TheJapanese government isconsidering a new role inAfghanistan, after droppinga naval refuelling missionin the Indian Ocean, a me-dia report said onSaturday.Prime MinisterYukio Hatoyama is keen to

offer agricultural aid andother assistance aimed atstabilising the economicand social situation in theviolence-torn nation, theYomiuri Shimbun said.

Hatoyama took officeon Wednesday after hiscentre-left DemocraticParty of Japan scored amassive election victory,ousting the conservativeLiberal DemocraticParty.Hatoyama, whoformed a coalition with two

smaller parties, cam-paigned on a promise ofsweeping change, includ-ing stopping Japan’s IndianOcean mission providingfuel to US-led forces oper-ating in Afghanistan.

Washington has askedJapan to propose alterna-tives to the mission by No-vember, when PresidentBarack Obama visits Ja-pan, the Yomiuri said, cit-ing unnamed sources.

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JAKARTA, 19 Sept — Anearthquake struck offshorefrom Indonesia’s island ofBali on Saturday, causingsome injuries, the meteo-rology agency and thehealth ministry said. Offi-cials said no tsunami warn-ing had been issued, but thequake at around dawn wasfelt strongly on the resortisland.At least seven peo-ple were injured, some hitby falling debris frombuildings and others afterjumping from high floors,said Rustam Pakaya, an

official at Indonesia’shealth ministry.

The roof of a shoppingmall in the island’s capitalof Denpasar also collapsed,the official said.”When thequake happened I was in amarket and some peoplestarted shouting and run-ning out of the marketbuilding, leaving their be-longings behind,” said PutuSuartana, a resident inSingaraja in Bali.He saidlamps swayed violently af-ter the quake.

The quake measured

6.4 on the Richter scale andits epicentre was 101 km(62.76 miles) southeast ofNusadua in Bali at a depthof 36 km, the meteorologyagency said.Indonesia suf-fers frequent earthquakeslying in an area of intenseseismic activity where sev-eral tectonic plates meet. Aquake killed at least 57 anddestroyed thousands ofhomes in the hills of WestJava on 2 Sept, also caus-ing panic and some dam-age in the capital Ja-karta.—Internet

NC doctor removes plasticfragment lodged in lung

Doctors say a North Carolina manwho was plagued with coughing fitsshould be OK now that they haveremoved a 1-inch piece of plastic fromhis lung, where it had rested since heapparently inhaled it nearly two yearsago while sucking down a soft drink ata Wendy’s restaurant.

Doctors at Duke University MedicalCenter say the plastic fragment of aneating utensil — with the Wendy’s logostill legible on the side — was likely toblame for the coughing, fatigue andpneumonia spells that plagued JohnManley for almost two years.

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(from page 1)It is home to various national brethren including

Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon, Rakhine andShan. In transportation sector, road transport is moreimportant than other means of transport such as rail, airand water transport. So the government is building roadsand bridges for development of production and bettertransportation, thereby contributing towardsimprovement of social life of the people.

In the past, the route that was the main road tolink the upper part and lower part of the country lied inthe east of the Ayeyawady. But now it has had easyaccess to every part of the nation.

According to the 2008 Record, the followingsare miles of road built by ministries concerned.1. Public Works Department of the Ministry ofConstruction

Mile Furlong- main roads 11259 0- inter-town roads 8054 7

2. Ministry for Progress of Border Areas andNational Races and Development Affairs- urban roads 5990 4- rural roads 39438 3- roads in border regions 6414 5

3. Yangon City Development Committee- roads in the municipal area 1951 6

4. Mandalay City Development Committee- roads in the municipal area 605 3. 75

5. Nay Pyi Taw Development Committee- Nay Pyi Taw Special Development Project Roads

334 1.5

6. Directorate of Military Engineers of the Ministryof Defence- Strategic roads 4296 3

Today’s vehicles and motorways in Myanmar (1)Articles: Kayan Soe Myint, Photos: Ministry of Construction

Photo shows trucks overloaded with timber logs.

Photo shows Takaw-Mongping-Kengtung motorway in border region.

Background of the Ministry of ConstructionPublic Works Department (PWD) was established in1888 and it was formed with Road/Building Branchand Irrigation Branch. The Road/Building Branch wastransferred to Diarchy Government in 1922. AfterWorld War II, the formation of the department wasextended to district and township levels forrehabilitation works. In 1951, Housing Board was setup and it took over the construction works of PublicWorks Department. The Public Works Departmentwas renamed Highway Department in 1952. Ministryof Housing Construction was established since therehad been a lot of works to carry out. The Ministry ofHousing Construction was renamed the Ministry of

Public Works and Housing Construction afterElectrical and Mechanical Engineering Departmentand Sanitation Engineering Department of the PublicWorks merged with Housing Board in 1954. It wasreorganized as the Ministry of Construction in 1972.Background of Public Works

Public Works Corporation was established in1965 after the merger of Highway Department set upin 1952 and 21 Civil Engineering Departments underother ministries. It was reorganized as ConstructionCorporation (CC) in 1972 and Public Works emergedon 1 April, 1988.

The Ministry of Construction has expeditedbuilding new roads and upgrading existing ones yearafter year. Although there were 13,635 miles of roadin 1988, there were 19,999 miles and one furlong in2009. A total 984 miles of Mule tracks are beingmaintained.

(To be continued)Translation: YM

Myanmar, situated in South-East Asia, is a member of theAssociation of Southeast AsianNations (ASEAN). It shares borderswith the People’s Republic of China,Thailand, Laos, Bangladesh andIndia. It has an area of more than260000 square miles. It is the mostbeautiful country in SEA as it issurrounded by high snow-cappedmountains and offshore seas inaddition to rivers such asAyeyawady, Chindwin, Thanlwinand Sittoung.

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The people of a nation can become affluentwith a high standard of living only if the nation is asovereign, independent one. If so, the people can dotheir bit with heart and soul in the tasks for develop-ment of their country, harnessing natural resources. Ifa country loses its sovereignty to colonialists, all thenatural resources, agricultural produce, industrialproducts and gem lands will fall to the hands of aliens.The people will be under oppression, torture andexploitation, and they will all stay far below thepoverty line. Myanmar people were under the rule ofthe British colonialists for over a century.

If the nation is independent but the peopleremain disunited with constant riots and armed strug-gle line, the people, like being under the yoke of aliensubjugation, will go through the hell of hardships andadversities. The nation will be far distant from devel-opment and the people will not have their basic needsfulfilled. Innocent people will be in a state of panicand stay hiding for their lives. The whole environ-ment will be covered with smell of cordite, instead offresh air. Myanmar people encountered suchsufferings for more than half a century.

And if the nation is independent and freefrom internal armed insurgency, the people willbe able to enjoy economic growth through freetrade, and lead a peaceful life. The developmentmomentum of the nation will be on the increase.Getting on with their businesses, the people will beable to make charities on a large scale very often.

Even if the condition of a nation is satisfactory,there may be many types of cases that make thepeople frustrated. The people dare not leave theirdoors open while sleeping at night due to those withcriminal behaviour. Cases on bodily injuries com-prise hurt, murder and rape; cases on possessions,pickpocket, robbery, armed robbery, fraud, makingcounterfeit money and misappropriation; and caseson the State, illegal assembly, high treason, illegalpossession of arms, riot and spying.

Commitment of such crimes mainly harms thepeople. So, the government has promulgated Crimi-nal Law and Penal Law to protect the people, posses-sions, property, limbs, life and dignity. The govern-ment not only promulgates Offence Law and SpecialOffence Law to protect the people against harms, butalso charges offenders on behalf of the public. Courtshave to pronounce punitive punishments in order thatthe offenders will not commit the crimes again.

There are many habitual criminals, whereassome commit crimes out of hardships, inevitability,and circumstance. In Western industrialized coun-tries, there is a great gap of wealth between the richand the poor. The poor commit crimes in desperation.There, films and novels somehow equip the peoplewith a sense of criminal behaviour, thus leading tocriminal cases. Some commit crimes out of theirviolent behaviour.

Strengthening nation’s workforce through amnestyU Myo Myint (Law)

In Western countries, many are staging protestsfor freedom of drug abuse. They abuse narcotic drugsas a matter of course. Arms are available on roadsidestalls in the evening. If an order is placed, arms aredistributed by post. The people can get arms easily, sogoing on a shooting spree is common out of anger anddue to insanity. Those countries have to deal with over20 million cases involving the use of guns every year.

Unlike in those countries, the majority of thecriminal cases in Myanmar are incidental ones dueto the teachings of parents, teachers and religion,correct guidance of publications, and gentle natureand attitude of the people. In the period between thetime of the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom Leaguegovernment and the time of the Revolutionary Councilgovernment issued amnesties with the aim of achiev-ing national reconsolidation. Tens of thousands ofprisoners were released under the amnesties. Capitalpunishments were commuted into life sentences. Pris-oners were granted amnesties for the sake of theirbetter lives and future of their families.

Just after coming to power, the RevolutionaryCouncil government planned to introduce the coun-try Socialism, free from pernicious systems charac-terized by exploitation of man by man, for betterliving standard of workers and peasants. In March1963, the chairman of the Revolutionary Council hada meeting with prisoners at Yangon Jail on BogyokeAung San Street in Yangon. He said that he thoughtif asked they would respond that they had committedcrimes due to poverty; that the government did notwant to put them behind bars, but it had to do so andfed them in prison; that so the government would setup a new system with which it would be able to fulfillthe basic needs of the public; and that the prisoners ontheir part were to do their bit with a sense of duty inreconstructing the nation. He dissuaded them fromcommitting crimes again. He granted amnesty forprisoners. Then, Yangon Jail was dismantaled underhis instruction.

Then, the armed groups were invited to a peacetalk. You will still remember that, I think. In 1980 thegovernment granted a general amnesty for thousandsof prisoners after the All Ganas of Sangha Meetinghad been successfully held. Internal and externalinsurgents and groups were invited to return to thelegal fold. Leftist and rightist veteran politiciansliving abroad were invited and politicians releasedfrom prison. At that time, the people were happy tosee a gathering of independence patriots. There weresongs of peace and unity. However, they did not lastlong.

After assuming State duties on 18 September1988, the Tatmadaw granted amnesties many timesand released thousands of prisoners. Nationalreconsolidation was built. Seventeen major armedgroups and over 20 small armed groups returned to thelegal fold and made peace with the State. With the

prevalence of peace, remarkable progress was madein all sectors of the whole Union including border andrural areas.

The National Convention with the participa-tion of national brethren from all walks of life adoptedsound principles for the new constitution. These aregood examples of unity, amity and mutual trust andconfidence among the national people and that wasmade known to the world.

Unlike in the previous eras, the present gov-ernment side by side with the national race peacegroups and national people is building a demo-cratic nation while striving to ensure peace andstability of the Union and development of the State.Now the fourth step of the seven-step Road Map hasbeen completed. This is due to the strength andunity of the national people based on Union Spirit.

Then, the fifth step, the successful holdingof the 2010 multi-party democracy general elec-tion, and the sixth and seventh steps will be imple-mented. The Union Government emerging fromthe seven-step Road Map will usher the nationalpeople into a peaceful, modern and developeddiscipline-flourishing democratic nation, the na-tional goal.

In the not-too-distant future, a democratic na-tion will surely emerge for the Myanmar people.Therefore, the united, active national people have tocontinue to work together sparing no effort. They willhave to continue implementing the remaining 5th, 6thand 7th steps of the road map while ensuring peaceand stability of the State and carrying out nation-building tasks.

Internal and external destructive elements willalways try to make slanderous accusations and causedisturbances. They can do nothing except bad deeds.Anyhow, Myanmars have to keep marching towardsthe democracy goal by overcoming any difficultiesand hardships.

Most of the prisoners become aware of theirmisdeeds while serving their terms in prison. Whilekeeping good discipline, they try to mend their badbehaviours. They unavoidably committed crimes be-cause of a hard life. But they are not the ones who areattempting to harm the State by committing treason.

Now is the time when Myanmar is in its initialstage of democracy. I have noticed that the Stategranted amnesty to 7114 prisoners and released thembecause it did not want to see them have a feeling ofbeing in prison for long.

The government granted amnesty on 17 Sep-tember 2009 under Criminal Procedure Code Section401/sub-section (1) and terminated the prison termsof 7114 prisoners for their good conduct and disci-pline to enable them to serve the interests of theirregions, their own and the State after realizing thegovernment's compassion and goodwill.

The released prisoners as well as their fam-ily members will be delighted. The entire peoplewill be happy as well. The prison is a place wherelaw breakers are detained and prisoners aretrained to mend their bad behaviours and becomegood citizens for the human society. I hope that thereleased prisoners will actively participate in thedrive for opening the door to democracy realizingthe goodwill and loving-kindness of the State andthe people.

Translation: MS+ST

In the not-too-distant future, a democraticnation will surely emerge for the Myanmar people.Therefore, the united, active national people haveto continue to work together sparing no effort.

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YANGON, 18 Sept —Organizedby Yangon Division Health Committee,a press meet on private-owned healthcare services was held at the hall ofUniversity of Public Health this after-noon.

Secretary of Yangon DivisionPeace and Development Council U KhinMaung Tun made an address and DeputyDirector-General Dr Kyee Myint ofHealth Department explained mattersrelated to applying licence for private-owned health care services.

NAY PYI TAW, 19Sept—Vice-Chairman ofBago Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilBrig-Gen Sein Myint on 7September met with localfarmers at Alotawya vil-lage-tract in Pyay Town-ship and gave necessaryinstructions.

Next, the vice chair-man looked intoMyarknawin dam and leftnecessary instructions.

YANGON, 19 Sept— Minister forHotels and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naingmet with chairmen of Ward Peace andDevelopment Councils, townselders andlocals from Kazaung, Kape, Yekyawand Phoshantawsu villages at Kazaungvillage on 14 September and fulfilledthe requirements.

Next, the minister presented K300,000 and 50 corrugated iron sheetsto build Dhammayon and K 200,000 formaintenance of the village bridge.

After that, officials accepted K100,000 for renovation of the bridgedonated by Dr Daw Myat Myat OhnKhin, clothes, mosquito nets and medi-

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Sept—Chair-man of the leading committee for organ-izing the 17th Myanmar Traditional Cul-tural Performing Arts CompetitionsCommander of Nay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin on 10 Septemberattended the ceremony of the first cashdonation to hold the 17th Myanmar Tra-ditional Cultural Performing Arts Com-petitions.

Commander attends first cashdonation ceremony for

Performing Arts Competitions

First, the commander deliveredan opening address and the chairman ofFinance and Prize Presentation Sub-committee Deputy Minister forProgress of Border Areas and NationalRaces and Development Affairs ColTin Ngwe and officials concerned ac-cepted the cash donated by well-wishers, and presented certificates ofhonour to them.—MNA

Press meet on private-ownedhealth care services held

Next, Head of Yangon Divi-sion Health Department Dr Hla Myint,Secretary of Yangon Division HealthCommittee, explained work to be donefor private-owned health care services,officials answered the queries raised bythose present.

It was also attended by mem-bers of Yangon Division Health Com-mittee, chairmen of district/townshipPDCs, heads of district/township healthdepartments and responsible persons ofprivate-owned clinics. — MNA

Minister inspects development tasksin Pyapon Township

cines by District Maternal and ChildWarfare Association, and blankets andmedicines by the Chairman of DistrictPeace and Development Council, thecommander of District Police Force andthe district health officer.

Furthermore, the ministerviewed the thriving monsoon paddy plan-tations along the road by boat. The min-ister met with the chairmen of WardPeace and Development Councils andtownselders at Thapyaykan Basic Edu-cation Primary School and he presentedK 1.3 million for maintenance of KadaVillage bridge and Thapyaykan villagebridge and to buy the boats.— MNA

Basic Clerical Course No(130) concludes

YANGON, 18 Sept—The concluding ceremonyof Basic Clerical Course No (130) took part at theparade ground of Central Institute of Civil Service(Phaunggyi) this morning with an address by Rector UWin Maung. The rector presented prizes to the out-standing trainess and completion certificates to thetrainees.—MNA

Vice-Chairman of Bago Division PDClooks into regional development tasks

On 8 September, heattended the discussion onuplifting of skilled per-son’s efficiency and pro-moting of birth rate andteachership course held atDivision Health Depart-ment office and gave anopening speech.

Brig-Gen Sein Myint

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin receiving cash donation from awellwisher.—MNA

Objectives of the 17th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts Competitions

Marketing Manager U Zeyar Oo explains purpose of holding talks on computer networkingopportunity with Cisco.—MNA

YANGON, 19 Sept—With the aim of developinginformation and communication technology and thecomputer networking technology, talks on ComputerNetworking Opportunity with Cisco, organized byNetInfo technology training centre, was held atMyanmar Info-Tech in Hline Township this morning.

Marketing Manager U Zeyar Oo of NetInfo ex-plained the purpose of holding the talks. Lecturer UAung Myo gave talks on guidelines for the youth to seekCCNA Network certificate and studying the curriculumwith the use of software simulators.—MNA

Talks on Computer Networking Opportunity with Cisco held

also attended InternationalLiteracy Day held at No-3Basic Education HighSchool. Afterwards, Brig-Gen Sein Myint and offi-cials presented prizes towinner students andviewed the booths to markInternational LiteracyDay.—MNA

1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural �herit-age and national character

2. Uplift of morale and morality of the entire nation3. Uplift of dynamism of genuine patriotic spirit

based on national unity4. Emergence of new generations who will preserve

and safeguard national character

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NAY PYI TAW, 19 Sept—Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Development Council Commander ofWestern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye on 9September met with Chairmen of Village Peace andDevelopment Councils and local farmers in AnTownship at the meeting hall of the township.

First, the commander delivered an address andcoordinated regional development tasks reported byofficials. At the hall of station, he viewed military codeof conduct of officers and servicemen from battalionsand units under Western Command and wall magazine.

On 11 September, the commander attendedthe coordination meeting for upgrading of roads andbridges in Rakhine State and gave an address. And thenhe gave necessary instructions on undergoing taskspresented by officials.

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Commander meets localfarmers in Rakhine State

NAY PYI TAW, 19Sept—Chairman ofSagaing Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of North-West Command Maj-GenMyint Soe on 14September arrived atShwebo in ShweboDistrict and looked intorepaving of MahaBandoola street and

Commander carries out regionaldevelopment tasks in Shwebo District

paving of gravel at thecorner of railway stationstreet and left necessaryinstructions.

Next, the commanderinspected extending ofpipelines laying tasksfrom Maha Nanda lake inShwebo and the officialspresented completiontasks to him.

After that, he also

looked into Chlorinefactory, construction ofroof over the water-filtertank and incoming ofwater to the lake.

On the arrival ofLetpanhla Village inKhinOo Township, thecommander also inspectedconstruction progress ofbridge in the Village andpaddy fields in Gwaygonnursery farm of the seedbranch under MyanmaAgriculture Service inGwaygon village and gavenecessary instructions.

At Moksi Village inYeU Township, hereleased fingerlings putonto the paddy fields.

Afterwards, the com-mander viewed Ngwechi-6 cotton plan-tation inSaipyin village in DabayinTownship and met withcotton growers and attendedto the needs.—MNA

YANGON, 19 Sept— Deputy Minister forConstruction U Tint Swe arrived at Kanaung hall ofmanagement office of Shwelinpan Industrial Town inHlinethaya today.

Director-General of Department of HumanSettlement and Housing Development U Aung Winand Deputy Chief Engineer of Myanma Port AuthorityU Kyaw Oo reported on matters related to No 2concrete jetty built on Seikkantha street in ShwelinpanIndustrial Town of Hlinethaya Township and the deputyminister gave necessary instructions.

Next, the Deputy minister inspectedconstruction site of No 2 concrete jetty.—MNA

Construction of paper mills, bricks factories inspectedNAY PYI TAW, 19

Sept— Minister forIndustry-1 U Aung Thaunginspected the constructionof 20-ton Cardboard PaperMill of Yeni No (2) papermill under Myanma Paperand Chemical Industries on17 September. Theminister heard reports onthe matters related to theprojects presented byManaging Director U YiMon and officialsconcerned.

The minister lookedinto 50-ton NewsprintPulp and 80-tonPackaging Paper Mill,

CTMP Newsprint PulpMill, Nay Pyi Taw BrickFactory Project (Pantin)under Myanma CeramicsIndustries and fulfilled theneeds.

The Brick factory(Pantin) project willproduce 50,000 bricks per

day. The plan is under wayto produce 150,000 bricksa day. So, the factory willproduce 50 million bricksa year.

Afterwards, theminister inspected theconstruction sites of NayPyi Taw Brick factory

(Minkon) under MyanmaCeramics Industries andgave the instructions. Oncompletion of the project,the factory will produce150,000 quality bricksdaily and 50 million bricksyearly.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19Sept—Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-West CommandMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe on 11September arrived atYekyiU Yeiktha in YekyiTownship. The com-mander heard reports oncompletion tasks ofofficials and he then leftnecessary instructions andlooked into ongoing tasks.

On 11 September,

Commander looks into Pathein-Monywaroad, embankments

the commander inspectedmixed-cropping of cottonand groundnut plantationand weeding tasks atShataw Village inMyanaung Township andgave necessaryinstructions.

At Kanzunkhonvillage-tract, officialspresented ongoing tasksto the commander.

Next, thecommander met teachers,members of the SchoolBoard of Trustees at BasicEducation High School inKanaung and donated cashassistance.

On arrival at

Ngarpiseik village, he alsomet with jute growers atbuying centre underMyanma Jute Enterpriseand heard reports ondevelopment tasks ofofficials.

He looked intoNyaungkyo Villagelibrary in IngapuTownship and met withlocal people at BEHS.

Afterwards, thecommander inspectedvillages on the bank ofAyeyawady river andNgawun river, watercourse and em-bankments.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Sept— Chairman of Kayah StatePeace and Development Council Brig-Gen Win Myintattended the ceremony to mark the InternationalLiteracy Day at the city hall in Loikaw Township,Kayah State, on 8 September and delivered an address.

Next, the chairman and officials presented theawards to the winners in the essay and postercompetition and he viewed the prize winning works.

After that, the chairman attended the departmentallevel work coordination meeting at the Kayah StatePDC Office. At the meeting, officials reported onprogress of their work and the chairman gave necessaryinstructions.— MNA

International Literacy Dayobserved in Loikaw

DY Minister of Constructioninspects No 2 concrete jetty

Deputy Minister for Construction U Tint Swe looks into No. 2 concrete jetty in ShwelinpanIndustrial Town of Hlinethaya Township.—CONSTRUCTION

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung visits Nay Pyi Taw BrickFactory Project (Minkon).—INDUSTRY-1

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Kunming locals look at fresh flowers during aninternational flower expo in Kunming, capital ofsouthwest China’s Yunnan Province, on 19 Sept,

2009. The flower expo was opened here onSaturday, attracting nearly 100 flower enterpriseshere from many countries and regions such asChina, the Netherlands and Australia.—INTERNET

Smoke rises from the base of African Union (AU)peacekeepers at the airport after the base wasattacked by suicide car bombers in Somalia’s

capital Mogadishu on 11 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

Customers look at agricultural machine during an internationalagriculture expo in Kunming, capital of southwest China’s Yunnan

Province, on 19 Sept, 2009. The five-day agriculture expo was opened hereon Saturday with many exhibits like good-quality farm products and

agricultural machine, attracting more than 200 enterprises from China andother countries and regions.—INTERNET

Engineer founddead in car in

DelhiNEW DELHI, 19 Sept—

A 23-year-old engineerwas found dead and ateenaged girl, with whomhe had a relationship,unconscious in a car inOuter Delhi early thismorning, police said.

Dinesh Gupta and the17-year-old girl gottrapped inside the car withits AC on after the vehicleran out of petrol in PunjabiColony of Narela at around12.30 am, a senior policeofficial said.

“They could not openthe door before carbondioxide got filled insidethe car. After sometimeGupta managed to openthe doors. In a semi-conscious state he cameout, but fell down resultingin his death,” the officialsaid. The girl, a student,survived the incident asGupta opened the doorsand oxygen supply wasrestored, he said.

She is recuperating ina hospital. Both areresidents of Punjabi Colonyin Narela.—Internet

Marty becomes a tropical depressionin the Pacific

MIAMI, 19 Sept—Marty is weakening in the Pacific off the coast of Mexico andis now a tropical depression.

The National Hurricane Center says Marty’s maximum sustained windsdecreased to near 35 mph (55 kph) on Saturday morning. The system is expectedto continue to lose strength and should become a remnant low in a day or so.

Marty is centered about 445 miles (715 kilometers) west of the southern tip ofMexico’s Baja California peninsula. The system is moving west-northwest near 9mph (15 kph).—Internet

NAIROBI, 19 Sept—The UnitedNations is investigating the use of itsvehicles by suicide bombers who killed17 African Union peacekeepers at theirmain base in Somalia, a senior officialsaid on Saturday.

President Sheikh Sharif Ahmed’sgovernment said on Friday Islamistrebels had seized more UN vehicles inreadiness for suicide attacks.

“There are very large numbers ofUN vehicles in Somalia that have beenused for a variety of projects,” Mark

Bowden, the UN humanitariancoordinator for Somalia told Reuters.

Bowden said the UN had been giventhe chassis number of one of the vehiclesused in the attack. “We are trying totrace whether it’s a UN vehicle,” he said.

Bowden said the attack on thepeacekeepers’ base next to Mogadishuairport on Thursday would not weakenthe UN’s resolve to deliver aid to half theSomali population but it could hamperoperations on the ground.

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UN probes use of its vehicles inSomalia bombing

Russia navy considering buyingFrench-built ship

MOSCOW, 19 Sept—Russia has been negotiatingthe possible purchase of amilitary ship built in France,a Russian deputy defenseminister said Saturday.

Vladimir Popovkinsaid it’s too early to saywhether an agreement forbuying a Mistral-classhelicopter carrier can bereached, but he added thatit could mark an importantstep in modernizing theRussian navy.

If a deal goes through,

it would be the first foreignship that Russia’s navy hasbought in decades, and thefirst-ever from a NATOmember nation.

Popovkin told EkhoMoskvy radio Saturday thatalong with the ship Russiawas seeking to acquiretechnologies that wouldhelp raise the level ofdomestic shipbuildingindustries.

“We are discussing theship’s purchase and, at thesame time, we are talking

about having facilities toproduce such ships inRussia,” he said.

He said that Frenchtechnologies could helpRussia build its own aircraftcarriers if it decides to dothat, but added that Russianshipbuilders stronglyoppose the purchase.

Popovkin said that thegovernment is yet to makea decision on whetherRussia needs to build costlyaircraft carriers.

Internet

Decorations on Tiananmen Square in Beijing ahead of National Daycelebration on 1 October . A French woman was stabbed in central Beijingnear Tiananmen Square, state media has said, two days after a man fatally

knifed two people and wounded 14 in the same area.—INTERNET

French woman stabbed in knifeattack in Beijing

BEIJING, 19 Sept—AFrench woman was attackedin Beijing near TiananmenSquare on Saturday, aFrench diplomat said in anattack that came two daysafter a man with a knifekilled two and injured 14 inthe same area.

Saturday’s attackoccurred just before noonnear the south end ofTiananmen Square, withpolice capturing the attacker

identified as DouMingxiang, 41, from eastChina’s Jiangxi province,slashed her. Police areinvestigating the case, itadded.

On Thursday, a 46-year-old man identified asZhang Jianfei stabbed twopeople to death andwounded 14 others inBeijing, state mediareported.

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on the spot, a spokesman forthe French Embassy inBeijing told AFP.

“The attack was notserious, the woman was nothurt seriously and hasalready rejoined her touristgroup,” the spokesman said,declining to identify thevictim.

Xinhua news agencysaid the elderly Frenchwoman had been rushed tohospital after the attacker,

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UK turns down ‘jungle migrants’LONDON, 19 Sept—The UK Border Agency has rejected calls for

Britain to accept some migrants from the illegal camp in Calaisknown as “the jungle”. High Commissioner for Refugees AntonioGuterres had said the government should consider granting entry tothose who already have large families in the UK.

He spoke after French officials said the camp would be shut downimminently.But the UK Border Agency said genuine asylum seek-ers should make their claim in the country where they enterEurope.An agency spokesman said: “People seeking asylum shoulddo so in the first safe country they come to, those who are not inneed of protection will be expected to return home.—Internet

Japan upbeat on economicrecovery

TOKYO, 19 Sept—The Bank of Japan (BOJ) has given an upbeatassessment of the Japanese economy and hinted it may soon with-draw some emergency support measures. Along with other centralbanks around the world, the BOJ has been pumping money intothe economy to help stimulate demand. The bank said that keepingthese measures in place too long could hinder an “autonomous re-covery.”

On Thursday, the bank said the economy was showing signs ofimprovement. The Japanese economy emerged from recession inthe second quarter of this year after four consecutive quarters ofdeep contraction. Despite the comments, leading Japanese stocksslipped slightly after consumer lender Aiful said it would ask credi-tors to let it delay repayments of around 280bn yen ($3.1bn; £1.9bn).The main Nikkei 225 index closed down 0.7%.

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Japan is becoming increasingly optimistic about the economicoutlook.—INTERNET

Tetanus kills 2,960Nigerian kids in two years

DowntownLos Angeles

building caughtin fire, no injury

reported LOS ANGELES, 19

Sept—A blaze in a highcommercial building insouthern Los Angeles wasfinally put out by fire-fighters early Fridaymorning with no one hurt,local fire departmentsaid.The fire broke out ataround 12:30 am on the1300 block of South MainStreet, and the entirestructure was bathed insmoke when 50 firefight-ers arrived at the spot, LosAngeles Fire spokes-woman Melissa Kelleysaid.

Parts of the roof cavedin and fire shot out of thethird floor, forcing fire-fighters work outside the100-by-100 foot (929square meters) mansion.Authorities declared aknockdown in about anhour and a half. Entirespace of the third floorwas totally destroyed inthe flame. No injurieswere reported. An inves-tigation is ongoing, theauthorities said.

Xinhua

US reports 364flu-related deaths, 4,569hospitalizations in first

half of September HOUSTON, 19 Sept—The federal Centers

for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC)reported on Friday that 364 people had diedof influenza and pneumonia-associatedcomplications in the first half of thismonth.Meanwhile, according to the lateststatistics released by the CDC, 4,569 peo-ple across the country have been admittedto hospitals resulting from all types orsubtypes of influenza, not just those fromthe A/H1N1 flu virus.

The agency said the data, based onreports by US States and territories bySept. 15, shows that 21 states - most inthe southeast region - had geographicallywidespread flu activity, nine states, in-cluding California and Texas, and PuertoRico territory had regional influenza ac-tivity, 11 states — in the Midwest — andthe District of Columbia had local fluactivity, eight states — most in the cen-tral region — and Guam had sporadic fluactivity, only one state, Rhode Island,reported no flu activity.

Xinhua

Egypt jails US‘adoption’ couples

CAIRO, 19 Sept — Two US couples have been jailedin Egypt for two years for trying to illegally adoptchildren.Iris Botros and her husband Louis Andros hadbeen offered orphaned twins by a Coptic Christianchurch in Cairo. When they applied to take the chil-dren out of the country they were arrested for childtrafficking.A second couple, Suzan Hagoulf and herhusband Medhat Metyas, were also sentenced alongwith several officials from the orphanage.

The case has laid bare the tangle of Egypt’s com-plicated adoption system based on Islamic law.InEgypt the adopting couple must be Egyptian, the nameof the child must not be changed and the childrenshould not be removed from the country. But customsare less clear when it comes to the Coptic minority.Inthis case the court heard that a church orphanage inCairo had supplied forged documents that Iris Botroshad given birth to twins.The couple had donated$4,500 (£2,700) to the orphanage.

When they tried to get passports for the babies, whomthey renamed Victoria and Alexander, embassy officialsbecame suspicious.Faced with a DNA test, Botros, ofjoint US and Egyptian nationality, admitted she wasn’tthe biological mother.Suzan Hagoulf, who also has jointnationality, and her Egyptian husband Medhat Metyashad adopted children from the same orphanage more thana year ago.Three workers from the orphanage, includinga nun, were all jailed for five years. —Internet

Some 1,500 migrants live in very poor conditions outside Cal-ais.—INTERNET

LAGOS, 19 Sept—Atleast 2, 960 children diedas a result of tetanus infec-tion in Nigeria between2005 and 2006, Nigeria’sNational Primary HealthCare DevelopmentAgency (NPHCDA) saidthis week.OladimejiOlayinka, NPHCDA’ssouthwest Nigeria’ s zonalcoordinator, disclosed thisat the opening of a train-ing program for officials inOgun State, the NigerianTribune newspaper re-ported on Friday.

According to the offi-cial, the rate keeps in-creasing in the southwest

region of Nigeria unlikethe other geo-politicalzones. Olayinka said thetraining was connectedwith immunization pro-gram of pregnant women,women of child-bearingage and children under ayear, adding that theremust be concerted effortsin fighting the high rate ofinfection which hadclaimed many lives.Thecoordinator said it wasone of the training pro-grams designed for Phase1 Maternal and NeonatalTetanus EliminationCampaign in Nigeria.

Xinhua

Yemen military to probe report of deadlystrike on civilians

Women and childrencollect water earlier

this month at camp innorthern Yemen forthose displaced by

fighting.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 19Sept—Yemen’s militaryopened an investigationon Friday into reports thatan airstrike intended forShiite rebels mistakenlystruck and killed dis-placed Yemeni civilians,a Yemen Embassyspokesman in the UnitedStates said.

“We have been exercis-

ing strict precau-tions tominimize collateral civiliancasualties and damage,”said the spokesman, Mo-hammed Albasha. Thurs-day’s strike was meant totarget Shiite rebels in

Amran Province, accord-ing to Yemeni governmentofficials who spoke on con-dition of anonymity.Houthi Shiite rebels werefighting near the site, offi-cials said.—Internet

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CDC: First swine flu vaccines may benasal spray

Station grabs Japanesefreighter

The nine countries that pledged on Thursday to make 10 percent of theirA(H1N1) vaccine supply available to other countries in need. Production of

swine flu vaccines will fall “substantially” short of the amount needed toprotect the global population, the World Health Organisation warned as the

pandemic death toll rose.—INTERNET

ATLANTA, 19 Sept—The first doses of swineflu vaccine may all be thenasal spray version, gov-ernment health officialssaid on Friday.

The government hassaid a trickle of vaccinewill be available in earlyOctober, but on Fridaythey defined the size ofthat trickle — an esti-mated 3.4 milliondoses.Currently it lookslike all of them will be anasal spray vaccine that isapproved only for healthypeople ages 2 to 49, said

Dr Jay Butler, an officialwith the Centers for Dis-ease Control and Preven-tion.

The nasal spray, calledFluMist, is not recom-mended for some of thepeople most in danger ofsevere swine flu compli-cations. That includespregnant women, chil-dren younger than 2, andpeople with asthma andother chronic respiratorydiseases.However, it’spossible that some vac-cine shots will becomeavailable by the first week

of October as well, saidButler, chief of the CDC’sswine flu vaccine taskforce.

Flu shots are made ofkilled influenza virus,while FluMist is a live butweakened strain.

The nasal spray is onlyapproved in the UnitedStates, and is made by theM a r y l a n d - b a s e dMedImmune, anAstraZeneca PLC sub-sidiary. Four other compa-nies are making flu shotsfor the US.

Internet

Shirtmaker designs tie for your iPodSYDNEY, 19 Sept—For bored commuters with already bulging pockets, a shirt

design company has come up with the perfect solution to keep them entertainedon the trip to work — a commuter tie with a hidden iPod storage pocket.ThomasPink, the British shirt brand, is introducing the Commuter Tie as part of its mainline for the autumn and winter 2009/2010 with the silk tie featuring a small pocketon the reverse designed to hold an iPod nano or mp3 player.

“The music player is placed in the pocket to avoid having expensive devices ondisplay or damaging the line of one’s suit,” the company said in a statement.Anextra fabric loop keeps wires, including headphone wires, out of sight and close tothe body.Thomas Pink, which has its flagship store on Jermyn Street, London, isowned by luxury goods group LVMH and has more than 80 boutiques and con-cessions in Europe, the United States and Asia.

Internet

TOKYO, 19 Sept—apan’s new unmannedspace freighter has beensafely berthed to the Inter-national Space Station(ISS).The H-II TransferVehicle (HTV) moved it-self to within 10m of theISS to allow itself to begrabbed by the platform’srobotic arm.The arm, op-erated from inside the sta-tion by astronauts NicoleStott and Bob Thirsk, thenmoved the freighter to adocking port to lock it inplace.

The HTV is carryingabout 4.5 tonnes of sup-plies for the station.

These stores includefood, water, clothing,laptops and otherequipment.The new ves-sel is one of Japan’s ma-jor contributions to the or-biting project and is partof the barter agreement ithas with the other stationpartners to pay itsway.The HTVs that fol-low in the coming yearswill play a critical role inservicing the ISS after theUS space shuttles areretired.This initialfreighter was launchedfrom the Tanegashimabase in the south of Japanlast week.—Internet

Germany boosts terrorismalert level

BERLIN, 19 Sept — The German government raisedits terrorism alert level after al Qaeda posted a video onthe Internet threatening attacks in Germany if this month’selections do not come out the way the terrorist organiza-tion wants.

“The federal elections offer a special [opportunity]for propaganda and operative activity by terror groups,”the Interior Ministry said on Friday. “A new video postedon 18 September by al Qaeda underlines this. The secu-rity services have therefore increased the threat level,which leads to increased security measures especially atairports and railway stations.”

The ministry added that it has noted an uptick in threatsagainst Germany by al Qaeda and other Islamist groupssince the beginning of the year.In his nearly 26-minutevideo statement, a man identified as Bekay Harrach, us-ing the pseudonym Abu Talha and speaking in German,says that, if the 27 September elections vote into powerparties that do not pledge to pull German troops fromAfghanistan, there will be a “rude awakening.—Internet

FDA approves new HIV testfrom Abbott LaboratoriesWASHINGTON, 19

Sept—The Food andDrug Administration hasapproved a new test fromAbbott Laboratories thatdetects both types of thevirus that causesAIDS.The FDA says thecompany’s Abbott PrismHIV O Plus test can de-tect HIV types 1 and2.HIV type 2 is mostlyfound in West Africa,while HIV type 1 consistsof various subgroupsfound in both the US andWest Africa.

The test runs on NorthChicago, Ill.-basedAbbott’s Prism system,an automated instrumentalso used to test blood forhepatitis.The new testwill be used to screen forHIV in blood and organ

donations.HIV attacks thebody’s immune system,eventually causing AIDS.Just over 1.1 millionAmericans are estimatedto have HIV and 232,000do not know it, accordingto the Centers for DiseaseControl and Preven-tion.—Internet

The new iPod nano, featuring a variety colours anda video camera, is shown at an Apple Inc special in

San Francisco, California recently .—INTERNET

WHO: Pandemic flu vaccineproduction to fall short

GENEVA, 19 Sept—Global production of swine fluvaccines will be “substantially less” than the previ-ous maximum forecast of 94 million doses a week,the World Health Organization said on Friday.

The number of doses produced in a year will there-fore fall short of the 4.9 billion doses the global healthbody previously hoped could be available for the pan-demic, WHO spokesman Gregory Hartl told report-ers in Geneva.

Internet

Improvements in VAendoscopic equipment use

WASHINGTON,19 Sept—Inspections show that Vet-erans Department medical facilities have made sig-nificant progress on fixing endoscopic procedure prob-lems that potentially exposed thousands to HIV andother infections.The VA’s inspector general said in anew report released Friday that it did surprise visits to128 medical facilities and that all were compliant infollowing procedures. It also said all but one showedit properly trained their staffs for using the devices.

Internet

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S P O R T S

ACROSS 7 Flower fertiliser 8 Whinnies10 Go backwards11 Norwegian inlet12 Noisy13 Contest17 Seat18 Male swine22 Top of the head23 Dig up24 Egg dish25 Chosen profession

DOWN 1 Glitter 2 Taste 3 English king 4 Flawless 5 Incite (3,2) 6 Spoken in an undertone 9 Use a tonic (anag.)14 Part of a church15 Wooed16 Toxophily19 Deep shovel20 Channel port21 Rot

CROSSWORDS PUZZLE

Leo Messi extends Barce-lona deal

Barcelona’sLionel Messi

Wozniak advances at Quebec tennis

Canada’s Aleksandra Wozniak

Unbeaten Sampdoria home inon record start

Sampdoria’s fowardAntonio Cassano.

Lyon juggernaut heads for Paris

Spain en-route toDavis Cup final

MADRID, 19 Sept — The Spanishteam won the two singles matches onthe opening day of its Davis Cup semi-final against Israel to virtually book aplace in the final of the tennis teamevent. Although Rafael Nadal wassidelined with a stomach injury, thereigning champions got off to a flyingstart when David Ferrer defeated the Is-raeli number two Harel Levy 6-1, 6-4,6-3 in a one-sided match that lasted justone hour and 55 minutes.

Xinhua

Ferguson warns Tevez to expecthostile ManU reception

Carlos Tevez

Bayern’s van Gaal looking forredeeming win

BERLIN, 19 Sept—Coach Louis van Gaal says hisBayern Munich side have a chance to redeem theirpoor start to the season providing they win Saturday’sBundesliga showdown with Bavaria rivals Nuremberg.Having started the season without a win from theirfirst three games, Bayern have finally hit some formwith Bundesliga wins over defending championsWolfsburg and Borussia Dortmund as well as a Euro-pean win at Maccabi Haifa.

Wednesday’s 3-0 win at Haifa got their ChampionsLeague campaign off to a flying start and Bayern’spoor start in the German league - which included a 2-1 defeat at minnows Mainz - could be forgiven if theybeat Nuremberg.—Internet

MANCHESTER, 19 Sept—Manchester United man-ager Sir Alex Ferguson haswarned former OldTrafford favourite CarlosTevez to expect a hostile re-ception from the supporterswho used to adore him ifhe features for ManchesterCity in Sunday’s derbyshowdown. Tevez is ex-pected to win his fight torecover from a knee injuryin time to line up against hisformer United team-mateson his first return to the clubhe left to join City in a 24million pounds (26 millioneuros) deal during theclose-season.

Ferguson might havepreferred to have kept

Tevez, but if he did he hasdone a good job of hidingthat feeling amid the war ofwords between both campsahead of this derby. TheScot admits he couldn’tcare less if Tevez plays ornot, claimed EmmanuelAdebayor is City’s bestplayer and hinted that theArgentinian might be onthe receiving end of someabuse from United support-ers. Ferguson said: “We of-fered what they asked for(for Tevez) at the begin-ning, when he joined us itwas 24 million pounds buthe had obviously made hismind up.—Internet

ROME, 19 Sept—IfSampdoria beat lowlySiena at home onSunday the Genoa basedclub will set a new clubrecord of four straight

wins at the start of a SerieA campaign. Sampdoriasit alongside neighboursGenoa and giantsJuventus as the onlyteams with 100-percentrecords after threematches and while thatwill come as little sur-prise for the other two,for Sampdoria it consti-tutes a considerableimprovement.

Internet

QUEBEC CITY, 19 Sept—Canada’sAleksandra Wozniak cruised into thesemi-finals and top seeded Russia NadiaPetrova withdrew from her quarter-finalmatch at the WTA Bell Challenge withan illness.Instead of meeting Russia’sPetrova in the semis, Wozniak will faceHungarian Melinda Cink who washanded the win when Petrova did notstart the second set because of a virus.Cink had won the first set in a tiebreak.

Third seeded Wozniak easily defeatedRussian Alla Kudryavtseva 6-1, 6-1 at

the 220,000 dollar indoor hardcourtevent.Meanwhile, fourth-seeded LucieSafarova of Czech Republic beat wildcard Mattek Sands 6-3, 6-4 and eighth-seeded German Julia Goerges stoppedAmerican qualifier Lilia Osterloh 6-2,6-4.Safarova and Goerges will meet inSaturday’s other semi-final.—Internet

United getchance to putCity in their

placeLONDON, 19 Sept—

Manchester United havemade a habit of puttingwould-be challengers intheir place over the yearsbut it will be with particu-lar relish that they seek toto cut their neighboursdown to size thisweekend.ManchesterCity’s flaunting of theirnewly-acquired wealthappears to have got underthe skin of everyone atOld Trafford from SirAlex Ferguson down,providing an intriguingbackdrop to the most ea-gerly awaited derby clashin years.—Internet

PARIS, 19 Sept—Lyonwill hope to take their im-pressive recent form intotheir French first divisionclash at Paris Saint-Germainon Sunday, in what will bethe first genuine test of theirtitle aspirations. ClaudePuel’s team are Ligue 1’sform side, having won theirlast four league games, andthey made a positive start totheir Champions League

campaign with a 1-0 victoryat home to Serie A heavy-weights Fiorentina onWednesday. Bordeaux’s ti-tle triumph last season leftLyon trophyless for the firsttime since 2000, but theirperformances in recentweeks suggest they are wellplaced to challenge for hon-ours again and they go intoSunday’s game level onpoints with Bordeaux at thetop of the table. “The teamlooks great to me,” said PSGgoalkeeper Gregory Coupetof his former side Lyon,who he left after 11 years’service in 2008.—Internet

Burnley 3 - 1 Sunderland

Arsenal 4 - 0 Wigan Athletic

Aston Villa 2 - 0 Portsmouth

Bolton 1 - 1 Stoke City

Hull City 0 - 1 Birmingham City

West Ham U. 2 - 3 Liverpool

19-9-2009

MADRID, 19 Sept—Argentinean football starLeo Messi signed a newcontract with FC Barce-lona on Friday.

The 22-year-old, whomany consider the bestplayer in the world, hasagreed a deal that willkeep him with the currentPrimera Liga and Cham-pions League holders un-til the end of June 2016,when he will be 29 yearsold .

His previous contracthad tied him to the clubuntil 2014.

As well as receivinga considerable wage in-crease, Messi has alsoagreed to a substation in-crease to the buyoutclause on his contract.Any club that now wantsto buy him will have to

pay 250 million euros.The previous clause was150 million euros; nolonger inaccessible, con-sidering that Real Madridpaid 95 million euros forCristiano Ronaldo thissummer increase on hisprevious agreement.

The agreement shouldput an end to rumors of in-terest from big spendingEnglish club ManchesterCity as well as ruling outany chance of a move toReal Madrid.—Xinhua

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inChin, Kayah States and Magway Division, rain orthundershowers have been isolated in Kayin and Mon States,lower Sagaing and Yangon Divisions, scattered in RakhineState, Mandalay and Ayeyawady Divisions, fairlywidespread in Shan State and upper Sagaing Division andwidespread in the remaining States and Divisions. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Putao (3.03)inches, Kyaukpyu (2.60) inches, Mogok (2.05) inches,Monghsat (1.65) inches, Sittway (1.37) inches andNyaungdon (1.16) inches.

Maximum temperature on 18-9-2009 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 19-9-2009 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 19-9-2009 was 96 %. Totalsun shine hours on 18-9-2009 was Nil.

Rainfall on 19-9-2009 wasTr at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was(95.55) inches at Mingaladon, (105.51) inches at Kaba-Aye and (111.93) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Southat (15:30) hours MST on 18-9-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 20th September 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in Kachin,Rakhine States and Taninthayi Division, fairly widespreadin upper Sagaing, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions,scattered in Chin, Shan, Kayin, Mon States and Bago Divisionand isolated in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofthundery conditions in the Central Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for20-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for20-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for20-9-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

WEATHERSaturday, 19th September, 2009

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 10:00am) MSTEurope - (15:30pm ~ 23:30pm) MSTNorth America - (23:30pm ~ 07:30am) MST

Chinese female skaters shine atISU World Cup Short Track

BEIJING, 19 Sept—Reigning Olympic championWang Meng and promising star Zhou Yang snatchedtwo golds for China at ISU World Cup short-trackhere on Saturday.

Wang, the 500 meters winner in the 2006 TurinOlympics, dominated the women’s 500m final bytaking the lead from the very start of the race andpocketing the gold in 43.430 seconds.

“Our Chinese team finished with one short-track gold in the Turin Games. In the comingVancouver Games, I hope we can have a betterperformance, or our hard training during theseyears will be meaningless,” said Wang, theanchorwoman of the Chinese team.

The 24-year-old Wang enjoyed a heavy harvestlast season. She wrapped up a fruitful season with10 World Cup titles, four gold medals from theVienna World Championships as well as a title inthe world team championships in the Netherlands.

Jessica Gregg of Canada finished second inwomen’s 500m and the other two finalists both felldown in the first lap. The bronze went to Canadianskater Marianne St-Gelais, who finished the race in52.085, while Zhao Nannan of China finished atthe bottom.—Internet

Olympic champion Wang Meng.

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2nd Waxing of Thadingyut 1371 ME Sunday, 20 September, 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 among thepeople

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage■ 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

NAY PYI TAW, 19 Sept—The Ministry of Health has been steadfastlytaking preventive measures against New Influenza A (H1N1) flu since 28 April.Up to now, a total of 45 cases have been confirmed and there have not been anyflu death cases.

Of the flu patients, 36 have been discharged from hospitals, followingtheir full recovery from the disease. The remaining nine are getting better now.

The Ministry of Health today urged the people to follow strictly the publicnotices about New Influenza A (H1N1) and have a hand in the disease controlmeasures.—MNA

A (H1N1) flu control measuresgaining momentum

YANGON, 19 Sept—The respect paying ceremony of old students of Instituteof Medicine-2 (1st MB students in 1985, 86, 87 and 91 academic years) will be heldon 26 December.

Those wishing to make donations may contact Dr Aung Naing Win, Tel:098020079, Dr Lwin Han, Tel: 095020116, Dr Khaing Mar Myint, Tel: 01-535774,Dr Khin Khin Soe, Tel: 095131217, Dr Moe Aung, Tel: 095152671, Dr Soe Tun,Tel: 095041934, Dr Maung Maung Latt, Tel: 095007249, Dr Myint Myat Tun, Tel:095021718 and other executives.—MNA

Old students of IM-2 to hold respectpaying ceremony on 26 December

Noteworthy amountof rainfall

Putao 3.03 inches

Kyaukpyu 2.60 inches

Mogok 2.05 inches

Monghsat 1.65 inches

Sittway 1.37 inches

Nyaungdon 1.16inches

Weather forecast on (20-9-2009)

Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areas:Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree

of certainty is (80%).

Yangon and neighbouring areas:Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree

of certainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring areas: Likelihood of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

SCIENCE DAILY, 19 Sept—Blackholes are invading stars, providing aradical explanation to bright flashes in

Invading black holesexplain cosmic flashes

the universe that are one of the biggestmysteries in astronomy today.The flashes, known as gamma raybursts, are beams of high energy radia-tion – similar to the radiation emittedby explosions of nuclear weapons –produced by jets of plasma from mas-sive dying stars.

The orthodox model for thiscosmic jet engine involves plasma be-ing heated by neutrinos in a disk ofmatter that forms around a black hole,which is created when a star collapses.But mathematicians at the Universityof Leeds have come up with a differentexplanation: the jets come directly fromblack holes, which can dive into nearbymassive stars and devour them.

Internet

Artist’s concept: In the center of aswirling whirlpool of hot gas is likely a

beast that has never been seendirectly: a black hole.

Reconstruct Marsautomatically in minutes

SCIENCE DAILY, 19 Sept— Acomputer system is under developmentthat can automatically combine imagesof the Martian surface, captured by landersor rovers, in order to reproduce a threedimensional view of the red planet. Theresulting model can be viewed from anyangle, giving astronomers a realistic andimmersive impression of the landscape.

The new development has beenpresented at the European Planetary Sci-ence Congress in Potsdam by Dr MichalHavlena.

“The feeling of ‘being right there’will give scientists a much better under-standing of the images. The only inputwe need are the captured raw images andthe internal camera calibration. Afterminutes of computation on a standardPC, a three dimensional model of the

captured scene is obtained,” said DrHavlena.

The growing amount of availableimagery from Mars is nearly impossibleto handle for the manual image process-ing techniques used to date. The newautomated method, which allows fasthigh quality image processing, was de-veloped at the Center for Machine Per-ception of the Technical University ofPrague, under the supervision of TomasPajdla, as a part of the EU FP7 ProjectPRoVisG.—Internet

This is a visualization of Mars combin-ing two digital elevation models from the ESTEC Planetary Test Bed.

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