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Volume XVII, Number 131 6th Waxing of Tawthalin 1371 ME Tuesday, 25 August, 2009

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Importance of efficient use of water from the dams,river water pumping stations and tube-wells the

government has constructed in the arid regions stressedPrime Minister inspects greening tasks, water supply tasks,

agricultural undertakings in Mandalay, Magway, Sagaing divisionsNAY PYI TAW, 24 Aug – Prime Minister General

Thein Sein, accompanied by Lt-Gen Tha Aye of theMinistry of Defence, Chairman of Mandalay DivisionPeace and Development Council Commander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof North-West Command Maj-Gen Myint Soe, ministers,

deputy ministers, Chairman of Magway Division PDCCol Phone Maw Shwe, the director-general of theGovernment Office and departmental heads, visited theShwezigon Pagoda in Bagan archaeological region at 7am yesterday and offered flowers, water, oil lights andincensed sticks to the pagoda.

Next, the Prime Minister made cash donations tothe pagoda’s funds and paid homage to the pagoda. Onarrival at the integrated farm of NyaungU TownshipCooperatives Syndicate by NyaungU-Myingyan road,the Prime Minister heard a report by Director U AungPhyo of Mandalay Division Cooperatives Department

on farming and products.At the farm, the Prime Minister inspected the bio-

gas tank, seasonal crop plantation, livestock breedingfarms and monsoon paddy plantation and instructedresponsible persons to strive for greater success ofintegrated farms and to organize the educated youth toengage in farming.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister visited the 160-acre plantation of Hsinnweyin, Shwemyanmar Ya-9,90-day Thetlyin, Thukhayin and Shwethweyin paddystrains which was transformed from crop lands in theThukaungte river-water pumping field in Thitdaukvillage in NyaungU Township and cordially greeted thelocal farmers.

The Prime Minister and party went to Pakokku inMagway Division by crossing the Ayeyawady Riverby watercraft. Departmental officials welcomed thePrime Minister and party. Next, he viewed developmentof Pakokku by car.

At the briefing hall of Kyeeywa river-waterpumping project, the Prime Minister heard reports byDeputy Director U Tin Maung Win of Magway DivisionWater Resource Utilization Department on the projecttasks, supply of water. Col Phone Maw Shwe reportedon greening tasks in Pakokku District and employingof various ways to get irrigation water.

In response to the reports, the Prime Minister gaveinstructions on carrying out of water supply tasksthrough the already-built dams and reservoirs,compulsorily growing of paddy with single-croppingpattern in irrigated areas and cultivation of other cashcrops to contribute to regional food-sufficiency.

Kyeeywa river-water pumping project will benefit5000 acres of farmlands by pumping water from theAyeyawady River. Now, the project has carried outthree pumping phases out of nine and providingirrigation water to 700 acres of lands.

(See page 8)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects Integrated Farm of Cooperatives Syndicate of NyaungU Township.—MNA

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Tuesday, 25 August, 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

Work hard for the success of

the agricultural sectorPrime Minister General Thein Sein on 21

August inspected the progress of agricultural

work and availability of water for agricultural

purpose in Yamethin, Meiktila, Myingyan and

NyaungU Districts in Mandalay Division.

During his tour, the Prime Minister met

with the farmers of Twinywa village-tract in

Pyawbwe Township, inquired about the rainfall

in the region, cultivation of paddy and seasonal

crops, per-acre yield and availability of water

and encouraged them to work hard.

The Prime Minister also met with local

farmers of Apyauk village and urged them to

work hard for improvement of their socio-

economic status by systematically using education,

health, transport and irrigation facilities provided

by the government.

In his meeting with the farmers of Legyi

village-tract in Mahlaing Township on 22

August, the Prime Minister took part in the

discussion on modern integrated farming

system and use of bio-gas for rural development.

The government has been rendering all

the necessary assistance for irrigation of

farmland and increasing per-acre yield of crops

to fulfil the basic needs of people.

In the upcountry, where water is scarce,

the government is building dams, river water-

pumping stations and sinking tube-wells to

ensure sufficient water supply not only for

drinking but also for agricultural work.

The government is fulfilling all the needs

for the improvement of education, health and

transport in every region across the nation.

Therefore, it is necessary for the farmers to

work hard for the success of the agricultural

sector by making the best use of assistance

rendered by the government.

Minister

Brig-Gen

Maung

Maung

Thein

presents

Laptop

Computers

and Printers

for Shwehlay

village

BEHS of

Khayan

Township.

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Premier Coffee Singing Contest and

Ginsetin Beauty Contest in progress.—MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Aug—Chairman of Mandalay

Division Peace and Development Council Commander

of Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe on 17 August

inspected Lawka Nanda River Water Pumping Project,

the renovation of Kamma Lake in Phonetaw Village,

Central Command Commander visits NyaungU Townshipthe construction of the alignment to build inter-village

road between Thebyindaw and Natpalin villages, and

Natthami cliff water pumping stations in NyaungU

Township, and gave instructions on tasks.

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YANGON, 24 Aug —

Minister for Livestock

and Fisheries Brig-Gen

Maung Maung Thein met

with villagers and

fishermen of Kimonchog

village-tract in eastern

Kayan Township,

Yangon Division on 22

Aug morning and

attended to the needs. He

presented stationery and

exercise books for Basic

Education Schools of the

township.

The minister also met

with departmental

personnel and townselders

in the Hall of Khayan

Township and fulfilled the

needs. He donated six

Laptop Computers and

two printers for Basic

Education Schools in

L&F Minister supervises regional development tasks

Shwehlay and Maungma

villages to the headmistress

and townselders.

In the evening, the

minister met with the

Managing Director and

officials of Fisheries

Department and the

Chairman and executives

of Myanmar Fisheries

Federation at the

department on Sinmin

Road in Ahlon Township

and discussed matters

related to boosting of

export. On 23 Aug, the

minister inspected No (2)

Fish Breeding Station in

Wadaw Village of Maubin

District, Ayeyawady

Division.—MNA

YANGON, 24 Aug—

Premier Coffee Singing

Contest and Ginsetin Beauty

Contest jointly organized by

Premier Coffee and Ginsetin

(Korea Ginseng capsules)

took place at the Sedona

Hotel here on 22 August

evening.

The contests were

graced by the presence of

members of the board of

directors of the company,

doctors, sales agents,

journalists from the media,

and artistes.

Premier Coffee Singing Contest

and Ginsetin Beauty Contest heldA total of 18 selected

candidates contended for the

prizes in the singing contest.

First prize went to Su Mu

Mu Htwe, second to Tun

Myint Win and third to

Khine Thazin. Ginsetin

Beauty Contest was

participated by 12 selected

candidates in which Su Pyae

Soe Lwin won first prize,

Su Latt Nanda second and

Aye Myat Thihan third. The

best singer prize of Premier

Coffee advertisement song

went to Yun Pan Ein.

Premier Coffee and Ginsetin

(Korea Ginseng capsules)

awarded the prize winners.

The guests were served

Premier coffee and presented

samples of Ginseng capsules.

Then, a lucky draw

programme followed for

customers. The no-blank

tickets included five sets of

GSM (FEC 20 Sim-card +

Handset) and other

handsome prizes.—MNA

Special Appellate Bench hears

seven special civil appeal cases

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Aug — The Special Appellate

Bench comprising Deputy Chief Justice of the Superme

Court (Yangon) U Thein Soe, Superme Court Judges

of the Superme Court (Yangon) U Khin Myint and U

Chit Lwin sitting at court room No. 1 of the Superme

Court (Nay Pyi Taw) heard 7 special civil appeal cases

under section 7 of the Judiciary Law 2000 this

morning.—MNA

Golden Retriever Show-2009

to be held

YANGON, 24 Aug—Golden Retriever Show-2009

organized by Pet Keepers’ Association of Myanma

Livestock Breeding Association and sponsored by

Fortune Int’l Ltd will be held at the federation on

Bayintnaung Street in Insein Township here on 28

August.

Feed to Breed Dr Fabienne of Royal Canin

Group and Dr Maung Maung San (Author Kyi Min)

will give talks and those interested may attend the

talks.

Experts of Royal Canin Group will give talks on

Dermatology and Vet Diet to vets at Sedona Hotel

here on 29 August and details can be inquired at

Fortune Int’l Ltd, Ph:211392, 211393 and 0950-14645.

MNA

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Obama facing hard choiceson Afghanistan war plans

WASHINGTON, 24 Aug—As public support for thewar in Afghanistan erodes,President Barack Obamasoon may face two equallyunattractive choices:increase US troops levelsto beat back a resilientenemy, or stick with the68,000 already committedand risk the politicalfallout if that’s not enough.

Army Gen StanleyMcChrystal, the top UScommander in Afghan-istan, is completing anassessment of what he

needs to win the fightthere. That review, how-ever, won’t specificallyaddress force levels,according to Adm MikeMullen, the chairman ofthe Joint Chiefs of Staff.

But military officialsprivately believe Mc-Chrystal may ask for asmany as 20,000 additionalforces to get an in-creasingly difficultsecurity situation inAfghanistan undercontrol. And one leadingRepublican is already

saying McChrystal will bepressured to ask for fewertroops than he requires.

“I think there are greatpressures on GeneralMcChrystal to reducethose estimates,” said SenJohn McCain, R-Ariz, inan interview broadcast onSunday. “I don’t think it’snecessarily from thepresident. I think it’s fromthe people around him andothers that I think don’twant to see a significantincrease in our troops’presence there.”—Internet

A view of the damage at the Mohammad al-Qassem bridge following a massive explosion nearthe Iraqi Finance Ministry in the northern Bagh-

dad neighbourhood of Waziriyah. — INTERNET

Air Force testfires missile

from Calif coastVANDENBERG AIR FORCE

BASE, 24 Aug— The AirForce says it hassuccessfully launched anunarmed Minuteman 3intercontinental ballisticmissile from a Californiabase, firing it to targets inthe Pacific Ocean.

Sgt Benjamin Rojeksaid the ICBM waslaunched from Van-denberg Air Force Base at9:01 am on Sunday. Hesaid it carried oneunarmed re-entry vehiclethat hit its target near theKwajalein Atoll in theMarshall Islands, some4,200 miles away.

The Air Force said thelaunch was an operationaltest to check the weaponsystem’s reliability andaccuracy.

Test data will be used byUnited States StrategicCommand planners andDepartment of Energylaboratories.—Internet

Abbas’ calling for PNCconvention hinders

inter-Palestinian dialogueGAZA/RAMALLAH, 24 Aug—Gaza-ruling Hamas

movement on Sunday said Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas’ decision to convene the PalestinianNational Council (PNC) in the West Bank on 26 Augadds “another obstacle to the success of inter-Palestinian dialogue.” “This would make thePalestinian situation more complicated and adds moreobstacles to the dialogue as well as Egypt’s efforts toreach a reconciliation agreement in Cairo soon,” Hamassaid in a statement sent to reporters in Gaza.

Abbas earlier announced that the PNC, parliament ofthe Palestine Liberation Organization (PLO), wouldconvene in the West Bank city of Ramallah to elect newmembers of the PLO executive committee, whichrepresents the PLO factions and is considered the solerepresentative of all Palestinian people. Abbas saidthe new members will fulfill the seven vacant posts ofthe 18-member executive committee. In 1996, the PNCmet in Gaza and removed the reference of destroyingIsrael from its charter. In 1998, the PNC convenedin Gaza and reaffirmed these changes, with 660members from the Palestinian territories and abroadattending the meeting. Since the last PNC conventionin 1998, several members of the PLO executivecommittee had died, challenging the legality of thecommittee due to short of quorum.—Xinhua

Vehicles and pedestrianstrudge ahead against the

rainfalls, as an hour-long thundershowerformed by the strong

convective weather hitthe urban areas of

Qingyuan City, southChina’s GuangdongProvince, on 23 Aug,

2009. —XINHUA

A firefighting vehicle moves towards the fire in Dionissos northern Athenssuburb. Greek officials evacuated houses, children’s hospitals and a

retirement home on Sunday as firefighters backed by water-bombing aircraftbattled a raging wildfire threatening Athens’ eastern suburbs.—INTERNET

KABUL ,24 Aug — AnAmerican service mem-ber was killed in an insur-gent attack in southernAfghanistan, the US mili-tary said on Monday.

The fatality on Sundaywas the 37th death of amember of the US militaryin the Central Asian coun-try since the beginning ofAugust, a month that hasseen a jump in attacks andviolence as Afghanistanreadied for its second-everdirect presidential electionon Thursday.

A military statementsaid the service memberdied on Sunday, and pro-vided no further details.US commanders had pre-dicted a bloody summerafter President BarackObama ordered 21,000 ad-ditional US troops to Af-ghanistan in a bid to turnthe tide against a resurgentTaleban and shift the focuson the global war againstIslamic extremism fromIraq.—Internet

US servicememberkilled insouthern

Afghanistan

Venezuela repeats atMiss Universe contestNASSAU, 24 Aug—Miss Venezuela was the fair-

est of them all once again, winning the 2009 MissUniverse crown for the second year straight andthe sixth time since the pageant’s creation.

Dressed in a flowing red gown, 18-year-oldStefania Fernandez hugged the runner-up from theDominican Republic and danced in joy as her vic-tory was announced on Sunday.

The crown briefly fell to the floor as it passedfrom one Venezuelan beauty to the next.ButFernandez said there was time for outgoing MissUniverse Dayana Mendoza to whisper in her earthat she must have worked hard for Venezuela towin consecutive crowns.”What do we Venezuelanshave?” Fernandez, an international relations student,told reporters after the pageant. “That we are our-selves.”—Internet

Miss Venezuela Stefania Fernandez (left) iscrowned Miss Universe 2009 by 2008 Miss Uni-verse Dayana Mendoza, another Venezuelan, atAtlantis, Paradise Island Bahamas,on 23 Aug.

INTERNET

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NEW YORK, 24 Aug—A prominent bankinganalyst said on Sundaythat 150 to 200 more USbanks will fail in the cur-rent banking crisis, andthe industry’s paymentsto keep the Federal Depo-sit Insurance Corp afloatcould eat up 25 percent ofpretax income in 2010.

Richard Bove ofRochdale Securities saidthis will likely force theFDIC, which insures

Customers fill up at a Sinopec gas station on 24 Aug, 2008 in Shanghai,China.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 24 Aug—China’s Sinopec said onSunday first-half net profitrose more than fourfoldfrom a year earlier to33.25 billion yuan (4.85billion dollars), helped byhigher refined oil prices inthe domestic market.

Net profit in the firstsix months of 2009 increa-sed by 332.8 percent fromthe year-earlier period,said Sinopec, the largestoil refiner in Asia, in state-

Workers walk on a roof of the Theme Pavilion for the 2010 World Expocovered by solar panels in Shanghai, on 23 Aug, 2009. Beijing is trying to

improve its energy efficiency and reduce surging demand for imported oil andgas by closing smaller, less efficient power plants and encouraging use of

wind, solar and other clean sources.—INTERNET

A gondola carriespassengers in Venice.

Empty terrace tables atParisian cafes. Fewersunbathers scattered

along Italian andSpanish beaches: Theglobal economic crisishas cast a dark cloud

over Europe’s toptourist destinations.

INTERNET

PARIS, 24 Aug—Empty terrace tables at Parisiancafes. Fewer sunbathers scattered along Italian andSpanish beaches. The global economic crisis has casta dark cloud over Europe’s top tourist destinations.

France, the world’s tourism champion with 79.3million visitors last year, has been hit hard by thedrop in foreign travellers.

The number of international visitors in France hasfallen by nearly one-third in the heat of summer —July and August — after sinking by 15.5 percent inthe first five months of the year, government figuresshow.

Spain, which fell to third place among the world’sfavourite tourist destinations last year, has suffered a10 percent drop in visits this summer following an11.4 percent fall in the first half of the year.

Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 24 Aug— Brazilian privatebanks’ economic fore-casts are unexpectedlymore optimistic thanthose made by the go-vernment.

Three top banks —Bradesco, Itau-Unibancoand Rio Bravo Inversionsrespectively forecast thatthe GDP would grow 2.1percent, 1.8 percent and1.7 to 2 percent in thesecond quarter.

However, FinanceMinister Guido Mantegaestimated that the GDPwould grow 1.5 to 1.7percent in the secondquarter from a yearearlier, while the NationalEconomic and SocialDevelopment Bank(BNDES) believes thefull-year growth would bejust 0.7 percent.

Xinhua

MELBOURNE, 24 Aug—Australian flag-carrierQantas on Sunday blamedflagging demand on itskey London and LosAngeles routes for an 88percent drop in annual netprofit.

Chief executive AlanJoyce said the two routes,once the airline’s mainprofit generators, wereoperating at a loss due to

Analyst Bove sees 150-200more US bank failures

deposits, to turn increa-singly to non-US banksand private equity fundsto shore up the bankingsystem. “The difficulty atthe moment is findingenough healthy banks tobuy the failing banks,”Bove wrote.

The FDIC is expectedon 26 August to vote onrelaxed guidelines forprivate equity firms toinvest in failed banks,after critics said pre-

viously proposed ruleswere too harsh and wouldactually dissuade firmsfrom making investments.

Bove said “perhapsanother 150 to 200 bankswill fail,” on top of 81 sofar in 2009, adding stressto the FDIC’s depositinsurance fund.

Three large failures thisyear—BankUnited Finan-cial Corp in May, andColonial BancGroup Inc,Guaranty Financial GroupInc in August — collecti-vely cost the fund roughly$10.7 billion.—Internet

SINGAPORE, 24 Aug— Singapore has downplayedmedia reports of a plot to attack an Asia-Pacificsummit in the city-state in November, the StraitsTimes newspaper reported on Monday.

“The rumors are rumors. You check it, if it isunverifiable, you know you can’t be chasing afterevery rumor,’ Second Home Affairs Minister KShanmugam was quoted by the daily as saying duringa mock terrorist attack exercise on Sunday.

The Singapore Police Force and the Ministry ofHome Affairs were not available for immediatecomment.

An intelligence analyst from the Center forIntelligence and National Security in Indonesia toldReuters last week probes into last month’s bombingsin Jakarta had uncovered a plot to target the Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation (APEC) summit inSingapore.—Internet

Singapore shoots down“rumor” of APEC attack plot

Europe’s top tourist venueshit by economic crisis China’s Sinopec first-half net profit up

more than fourfoldments to the Shanghaiand Hong Kong stockexchanges.

“Since 2009, domesticoil product pricing me-chanism reform hasturned refining businessfrom loss to profit,” thecompany said in thestatement. “The domesticpricing mechanism of oil

products is being impro-ved.”

China raised retail fuelprices once in March andtwice in June.

Last month, it cutpetrol and diesel prices,but in net terms prices arehigher than at thebeginning of the year.

Internet

Brazil’s banksmore optimisticabout economic

growth than govt

Qantas blame LA and London routesfor profit nosedive

increased competitionand the impact of theglobal financial crisis.

Joyce said that whilethe airline’s domesticoperations were stillprofitable, the LA andLondon routes had drag-ged its internationalbusiness into the red.

“Basically, thoseroutes are the biggestissue,” he told public

broadcaster ABC.“Those two big routes

are very dependent onpremium traffic. Pre-mium traffic dropped bybetween 20 and 30 per-cent for us.” Qantas lastweek announced netprofit fell to 117 milliondollars (96.6 million US)in the 12 months to June,down from 969 million.

Internet

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Netanyahu hopes Israeli-Palestinianpeace talks to resume by late September

Developed countries eyeing greeneconomy as route out of crisis

BEIJING, 24 Aug—Under the pressure of a doublecrisis, financial and climate, some developed countriesare striving to add more green colour to their economies,as a way out of recession and to create more jobs.

Investment in green economy is a good way tocombine economic stimulus with the urgent task ofaddressing climate change, said World Bank ChiefEconomist and Senior Vice President Justin Yifu Linin an recent interview with Xinhua. “It will also yieldgreat benefit in the long run,” he added.

However, doubts and worries remain despite thepromising future government officials described inadvocating the green economy. Britian has taken thelead in promoting a green economy and has becomethe first country in the world to set itself legally binding“carbon budgets.” The British government in Julyissued the Low Carbon Transition Plan that plots outhow the country will meet its emissions targets bycutting 34 percent by 2020, from 1990 levels.—Xinhua

Thai economy contracts 4.9% in Q2BANGKOK, 24 Aug—Thailand’s gross domestic

product (GDP) in the second quarter contracted by4.9 percent year-on-year, which in turn makescountry’s economy register a 6 percent decline in firsthalf of 2009, said a economic performance report onMonday. “However, seasonally adjusted real GDP inQ2 expanded by 2.3 percent after 5.9 percent and 1.8percent contraction in Q4/2008 and Q1/2009,suggesting that the Thai economy has alreadybottomed out and the worst is behind Thailand,” saidthe report “Thai Economic Performance in Q2 andOutlook for 2009”, released by National Economicand Social Development Board (NESDB) on Monday.

According the report, the decline is attributedprimarily to the impacts of the world economicrecession, domestic political unrest, and the A/H1N1flu 2009 epidemic, and these hampering factors haveled exports, tourism, private consumption andinvestment to fall sharply.—Xinhua

JERUSALEM, 24 Aug—Israeli Prime MinisterBenjamin Netanyahu saidon Sunday that heexpected direct peacenegotiations between theJewish state and thePalestinians to resume bylate September.

“Israel, the UnitedStates and others areinterested in resumingdirect (peace) talks withthe Palestinians. It’spossible to hold in lateSeptember, but requirereaching understandingswith the Americans and

the Palestinian Authority,”Netanyahu was quotedby local daily TheJerusalem Post as tellingthe ministers during theweekly cabinet meeting.

The peace talks havebeen stalled since Israellaunched a militaryoffensive in the Gaza Stripin December. ThePalestinian Authorityhas repeatedly said peacetalks with Israel cannot resume untilNetanyahu halts settle-ment activities and acceptsthe two-state solution.

Over the past fewmonths, the US admini-stration has been leadingthe international com-munity in urging Israelto totally freeze settle-ment activities in the WestBank and East Jerusalemto help revive theIsraeli-Palestinian peaceprocess.

Yet the Netanyahugovernment has so farrefused to yield to thatdemand, raising worriesabout the relationsbetween the two nations.

Xinhua

Visitors look at vehiclesduring the Dalian Inter-national AutomotiveIndustry Exhibitionheld at Dalian WorldExpo Center in Dalian,a coastal city of north-east China’s Liaoning Province, on 23 Aug, 2009.—XINHUA

Tourists take photos forthe local people duringthe horse racing festival

held in Damxung,southwest China’s TibetAutonomous Region, on21 Aug, 2009. —XINHUA

China’s Bai becomes youngest everwomen’s world marathon champion

BERLIN, 24 Aug—China’s Bai Xue had expected towin a medal but ended up with a historic gold and arecord. After 40 kilometres when there were only threeleft in the leading pack and a medal had already beensecured, she decided to fight her heart out for a gold.

She then threw her hat away with one kilometresto go, overtaking her only rival Yoshimi Ozaki of Japanand winning the first gold medal for China at the 12th

World Athletics Championships.At 20, Bai became the youngest ever women’s

world champion in the marathon. She was the firstChinese to win a marathon race in the worldchampionships or Olympic Games. She also put anend to Chinese women’s 10-year-old gold drought atthe worlds. Liu Hongyu was the last Chinese womanto win a gold in women’s 10km walk in Seville 1999.

Xinhua

China’s Bai Xue (C) stands on the podium duringthe women’s marathon medal ceremony of the 2009 IAAF Athletics World Championships in Berlin, capital of Germany, on 23 Aug, 2009.—XINHUA

Indonesia, China to develop tradecooperation despite dwindling trade in H1JAKARTA, 24 Aug—Chinese ambassador to Indonesia

Zhang Qiyue said here on Monday that trade valuebetween Indonesia and China was down by 20 percentyear-on-year to 11.7 billion US dollars in the first halfthis year.

She said that the trade value reduction in the firsthalf this year was due to the impact of global economiccrisis and was the first to occur since 2001.

Zhang, however, said that the trade value betweenthe two countries apparently increased 37.2 percent inthe second quarter this year, compared with the numberin the first quarter. She regarded it as a sign of recovery.“The trade value between Indonesia and China isexpected to reach 30 billion US dollars in 2010. Butsurprisingly we learned that the trade value has reached31.5 billion dollars in 2008,” Zhang said in her remarksto usher Chinese’s Henan Province delegation in theIndonesian Industrial Ministry.—Xinhua

Bus crash kills 19 in PeruLIMA, 24 Aug—A total of 19 people

died on Sunday after an inter-city bus felloff a 50-metre ravine, the nation’sHighway Police told reporters on Sunday.

The accident took place in Quichuas,a town on the Huancayo-HuancavelicaHighway, which links the central Juninprovince with the southern HuancavelicaProvince. Apart from the killed, 15wounded were sent to nearby hospitals.

A passenger said that the driver wastalking to someone on the bus when theaccident took place.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Contestants of Miss Tourism Queen International 2009 posefor photos with the students of Shaolin Temple Tagou Wushu

School in Dengfeng, central China’s Henan Province,on 23 Aug, 2009. —XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUM

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Bad news for coffeedrinkers who get

headachesPeople who consume high amounts

of caffeine each day are more likely tosuffer occasional headaches than thosewith low caffeine consumption, a teamof researchers at the NorwegianUniversity of Science and Technology(NTNU) reports in a study recentlypublished in the Journal of HeadachePain.

But in findings that had “no obviousreason”, the researchers, led by KnutHagen from NTNU’s Faculty ofMedicine, also reported that low caffeineconsumption was associated with agreater likelihood of chronic headaches,defined as headaches for 14 or more dayseach month.

The 19th Hanse Sail festival draws to aclose. It’s one of the biggest maritimespectacles in Germany. More than 230traditional sailing vessels, tall ships andmuseum ships from 12 different nationswere in Rostock, with hundreds ofthousands of spectators coming to seethe ships. The parade has however feltthe pinch of the global financial crisis.The number of reservations by com-panies to partake in day trips dropped by30 percent, as companies have less

money going around.

Six-year-old Malin Walter from Berlinuses a magnifying glass to examine theinner life of an uncooked egg in aplastic skin on 3 April. The egg is one ofthe exhibits at the ExploratoriumMuseum in Potsdam. Around Easter, aholiday in which eggs play a leadingrole, the children’s science centre offers several eggy experiments.

The weird and wonderful world ofmodern cycling takes over the

Cologne Trade Fair complex thisweek. This roadster was just one ofthe many custom bikes on show at

the IFMA 2008 Bike Fair in the city.No longer, it seems, is the humblebicycle just merely a mode of self-propelled transport but a fashionstatement...and in some cases, a

product of science.

Children ages 5-9 — especially boys— are at greatest risk of dog bites, a USveterinarian says.

Dr Kate Stenske of the University ofKansas says small boys are probably atmost risk due to their size and proxim-ity to dogs, their loud noises, fast move-ments, unintentional provoking and lackof understanding of dogs’ body lan-guage.

Usually, the boys’ injuries are usu-ally the most serious from pet bites,Stenske says.

“Wounds that are most likely to be-come infected are those on the face andhands or when people wait more thaneight hours before seeking medical at-tention,” Stenske says in a statement.“If you are bitten, first wash the woundthoroughly with soap and water, andthen call your physician right away.” A 1,145-pound pumpkin from the “Kentucky Pumpkin Mafia” came in first place

at the Giant Pumpkin Contest at the Indiana State Fair, officials said.The Indianapolis Star reported John Van Hook, 42, of Somerset Kentucky grew

the winning pumpkin. Van Hook’s brother, a fellow pumpkin grower, also attendedthe Indianapolis fair sporting a hat emblazoned with “Kentucky Pumpkin Mafia.”It was the second year in a row Kentuckians won top awards at the Indiana fair.

Kentuckians have some advantage over the Indiana growers because their warmseason starts earlier, admitted Dwight Slone of Prestonsburg, Ky Slone and hiswife, Karen, entered a pumpkin weighing 1,126 pounds that took second place.

One Northern Indiana grower agreed. “They start their growing the first ofApril because they can, because it’s warm down there, whereas up north I can’tstart mine until the end of April,” said Roger Howard, 61, of Grovertown.

Small boys at greatestrisk of dog bites

The great pumpkin is from Kentucky

HONG KONG, 24 Aug—With Air China last weekboosting its stake in Cathay Pacific, the globallyrenowned Hong Kong airline has moved a step closerto becoming a mainland company, analysts say.

By increasing its holding to 29.99 percent, AirChina bolstered its position to just a hair’s breadthbelow the 30 percent threshold that would trigger amandatory takeover offer, while also doubling itspresence on the Cathay board to four members.

Yet the move was met with rumblings of disquietin some corners, amid fears a Chinese takeover maytarnish a carrier regarded as a key emblem of HongKong’s “One Country, Two Systems” autonomy fromthe mainland, and even pose an existential threat tothe city.

“The sale raises the spectre of Cathay one daybeing a mainland-controlled firm,” said Hong Kong’sSouth China Morning Post, adding that “mainlandairlines are not highly regarded here.

Internet

A Cathay Pacific aircraft takes off in grey skiesfrom Hong Kong’s international airport

on 5 Aug, 2009.—INTERNET

Entrepreneur Chris Lonsdale holds an iPoddisplaying a screen shot of ‘The Third Ear’

language learning application, in Hong Kong. Theboom in “smartphones”, led by Apple’s iPhone,has inspired language learning tools that would

have been inconceivable just months ago — and aHong Kong firm is leading the charge.—INTERNET

BRISBANE, 24 Aug—Australian researchershave linked motherhood,widowhood and other lifeevents to exercise.

The study, part of theAustralian LongitudinalStudy on Women’sHealth involving morethan 40,000 participants,surveyed women at threelife phases — youngwomanhood, middle ageand older age. Theyounger women wereages 18-23; middle-agedwomen ages 45-50 andolder women ages 70-75.

JAKARTA, 24 Aug—Agroup of thieves killed anendangered tiger in anIndonesian zoo and stolemost of its body, zooofficials said on Sunday,a theft police suspect wasmotivated by the animal’svaluable fur and bones.

The remains of thefemale Sumatran tigerwere found by staff onSaturday at the TamanRimba Zoo in JambiProvince on Sumatraisland, said zoo directorAdrianis, who like many

China ready to pilotCathay Pacific

BAGHDAD, 24 Aug—The US military says anAmerican soldier has diedof injuries sustainedduring an attack on a USpatrol in the Iraqi capital.

A military statementsays the soldier assignedto Multi-National Divi-sion-Baghdad died Sun-day but gave no furtherdetails.

It says the soldier’sidentity is being withheldpending notification ofnext of kin.

It says the incident isunder investigation.

Internet

Rare tiger killed, body stolen from Indonesian zooIndonesians uses only onename.

“It was sadistic,”Adrianis said of theattack. “The killers leftonly its intestines in thecage.”

Posma Lubis, leaddetective for the Jambipolice department, saidthey were searching forthe perpetrators.

It was unclear how thethieves broke into the zooor how many were invol-ved.

British-based inter-

national wildlife trademonitoring networkTRAFFIC said in a 2008report that it found tigerbones, claws, skins andwhiskers being soldopenly in eight cities onIndonesia’s Sumatraisland in 2006, despitetough laws banning suchtrade.

The group estimatedthat 23 tigers had beenkilled to supply the partsfound for sale in souvenir,Chinese medicine andjewelry stores.—Internet

Americansoldier killed

in Iraq

Life events affect women’s exerciseDecreases in physical

activity were associatedwith marriage andchildbirth in youngwomen and declininghealth in older women.However, the study alsofound that women whoretired or who becamewidows tended toincrease their physicalactivity level.

Internet

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NAW PYI TAW, 24 Aug—Minis-ter for Information Brig-Gen KyawHsan, on 21 August, met with localpeople from villages in Pale Townshipof Monywa District, Sagaing Division.

First, the minister met with localsat Kokkogon village. The minister askedprogress of and difficulty in cultivationand attended to the needs. He also pro-vided students and self-reliant library ofthe village with exercise books, clothingand publications and periodicals.

The minister proceeded toLatpukan village to meet with local peo-

Information Minister meets locals fromPale Township of Monywa District

ple and fulfilled the requirements forcultivation of the village. The ministerpresented exercise books, clothing, pub-lications and periodicals to students andself-reliant library of the village.

The minister then met with villag-ers of Hnawkan village and attended tothe needs for cultivation of the village.The minister donated exercise books forstudents and publications and periodi-cals for self-reliant library of the village.He encouraged the students and coordi-nated essentials for production ofmonsoon crops, difficulties in cultiva-

tion and preparations for winter crops.The minister then fulfilled the

requirements for renovation of creek-crossing-bridge and drinking water tankin Kokkogon village, providing of cash-assistance for assistant teachers ofBasic Education Post Primary School inLatpukan village, renovation ofHnawkan village Basic Education Pri-mary School. The minister urged thelocals to read at village self-reliant li-braries so as to cultivate reading habbit

which may help them broaden the scopeof knowledge. The minister continuedthat parents, teachers and students are tojoin hands for emergence of able andbright educated youth. The minister urgedthe locals to strive for improvement ofsocio-economic status by cultivating per-ennial crops that are suitable to the re-gions while raising poultry.The ministerthen cordially greeted the locals.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Aug—Chair-man of Kayah State Peace and Develop-ment Council Brig-Gen Win Myint at-tended the work coordination meetingon construction of roads and bridges atthe meeting hall of Kayah state in Loikawon 5 August. At the meeting, officialsreported on progress of work, and theChairman gave instructions.

On 6 August, the chairman at-

Chairman of Kayah State PDC attends coordinationmeeting, inspects regional development tasks

tended the opening ceremony of nutri-tional week activity at the City Hall anddelivered a speech on the occasion.

On 7 August, he also inspected theconstruction work of the 50-bed ward ofBawlake people’s hospital.

The chairman viewed develop-ment of Monghtan village on 9August.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Aug—The 113th meeting ofBank Supervisory Committee and Myanmar BanksAssociation under Ministry of Finance and Revenuetook place at the meeting hall of the ministry, here, thismorning. It was attended by Minister for Finance andRevenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun, Deputy Minister Col HlaThein Swe, Governor U Than Nyein of Central Bankof Myanmar, directors-general and managing direc-tors of departments under Ministry of Finance andRevenue, chairmen, managing directors and executivemembers of State banks and private banks.

The minister said that State banks and privatebanks are to collectively strive to improve bankingservices, officials concerned are to make efforts throughstrong foundation resources in line with related laws,

YANGON, 24 Aug—A ceremonyto educate traffic rules under the ar-rangement of Mon State Traffic RulesEnforcement Supervisory Committeewas held at No-1 Basic Education HighSchool in Mawlamyine Township on 15August. First, Headmaster U Soe Myintdelivered an address and then memberof State TRESC Police Captain MyintAye, (traffic incharge) Police Sub-In-spector Aung Naing and Police Sub-Inspector Aung Aung Naing explained

rules and regulations, for effective use of moderntechnology and e-Banking System, for making effortson banking services in fair way.

Next, the deputy minister and governor of Cen-tral Bank of Myanmar discussed on banking tasks. Theexecutive members of Myanmar Bank Association

the traffic rules.Police Captain Myint Aye, (traffic

incharge) presented educative VCD andpamphlets through the headmaster.

Afterwards, Traffic Police Mem-bers showed photos on traffic rules.

Police Captain Myint Aye, incharge of traffic, and party under thearrangement of Mon State TRESC willgive talks at Basic Education Schools in6 Townships in Mawlamyine District and4 Townships in Thaton District.—MNA

Talks on Traffic Rules held

113th meeting of BankSupervisory Committee

and Myanmar BanksAssociation held

and officials also took part in the discussion. Thedirectors-general of State banks and chairmen andmanaging directors of private banks reported matterson banking undertakings for present month.

The meeting came to an end with concludingremarks by the minister.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsanmeeting with locals of

Kokkogon village in PaleTownship.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsanpresents exercise books, clothing,publications and periodicals forstudents and self-reliant library

of Hnawkan village.MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun addresses the 113th meeting of Bank Supervisory Committee and

Myanmar Banks Association.—MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 25 August, 2009

Importance of efficient useof water from the dams,…

(from page 1)The Prime Minister

attended a ceremony tocollectively grow latemonsoon Ngwechi-6 longstaple cotton by 41 farmersin the 50-acre land inYesagyo Township,Pakokku District. He nextmet with the local peopleof Sitha, Myaybyu,Minkan, Gwaycho,Taungsin and Hsinchaungvillages.

Afterwards, the PrimeMinister visited PanyinVillage in Pekon Village-tract and met with farmerstransplating on the 150-acre rice field which isbeing irrigated by

pumping water from 25tube-wells.

Irrigated by waterfrom tube wells, a total of10,750 acres in YesagyoTownship have been putunder paddy and over3,000 tube-wells havebeen sunk in PakokkuTownship.

In the afternoon, thePrime Minister and partywent to the station hospital

in Kyartat Village,Salingyi Township,where they werewelcomed by Minister forSports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint, Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan,departmental officials,medical superintendentand nurses.

The Prime Ministerand party cordiallygreeted the patientsreceiving eyes and oraltreatment provided by aspecial medical team ledby Deputy Director-General of the HealthDepartment Dr. KyiMyint. Afterwards, they

presented eye glasses toeye patients andcontributed cash to thefunds of the hospitalthrough the medicalsuperintendent.

At the meeting withdepartmental officials atthe office of PaleTownship Peace andDevelopment Council, thePrime Minister asked theofficials and townselders

on education andagricultural sectors of theregion.

Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan reported to the

Prime Minister on theextended irrigation systemafter completion of MyaukYama Dam in 1995-96,prospects for more ricefields if one moreirrigation cannel isconstructed in the regionand requirements for theeducation sector in theregion. Lt-Gen Tha Ayeand Commander Maj-GenMyint Soe also reported

to the Prime Minister.After hearing reports,

the Prime Minister gavenecessary instructions toresponsible officials.

After the meeting, the

Prime Minister and partyvisited a ceremony to plantrice on the rain-fed 100-

acre rice field nearKokkosu Village inLattaunggyi Village-tractin Pale Township. Duringthe ceremony, MinisterBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsanreported to the PrimeMinister on prospects forirrigating the fields in Paletownship from Taung

Yama and Myauk Yamadams.

Afterwards, the PrimeMinister viewed thesamples of fertilizer,paddy strains, seedlings

and power-tillers.After the ceremony,

the Prime Minister and

party visited the 520-acremodel rice field inLengauk Village-tract,Yinmabin Township, andpresented gifts to localfarmers.

The Prime Ministerand party arrived backMonywa in the evening.

The Prime Minister

and entourage,accompanied by SagaingDivision PDC ChairmanMaj-Gen Myint Soe andofficials, visited AungTheikdi briquette factoryin Monywa at 7.45 am. UNyunt Lwin, incharge ofthe factory reported onhistorical background ofthe factory, productivity,and facts about raw andfinished materials.

The Prime Ministerobserved the productionline.

Next, they visitedAung Chantha briquettefactory. U Nwe Oo,incharge of the factory,conducted them round thefactory.

The factories’briquettes made ofsawdust burn longer thanordinary briquettes

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects extended approach bridge of Ayeyawady Bridge(Yatanarpon) on Mandalay bank.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially greets local farmers at 520-acre model paddy field in Lengauvillage-tract of Yinmabin Township.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects one-wheeled power tillersdisplayed at Kokkosu village in Lattunggyi village-tract of

Pale Township.—MNA

without producing anysmell, smoke andsparks.

The Prime Ministerwent to LaygyunsekkyaStanding Buddha Imagein Monywa Town-ship through MonywaUnion Highway and

(See page 9)

High quality briquette of Aung Chantha briquette factory inMonywa.—MNA

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Importanceof efficientuse of waterfrom thedams, …

(from page 8)Monywa-Mandalay Roadand offered flowers, waterand lights to the Buddhaimage in the chamber.

The Prime Ministerstrolled around the imageclockwise to pay homageto it. Next, the PrimeMinister inspected tasksfor greening Maha BodhiTahtaung.

At the briefing hall, the

commander reported onthe three-year BodhiTah taung-Kyaukka -Shwemyintin GreeningProject (2007-2008 to2009-2010), workprogress, follow-upprogrammes, progress inconstructing BodhiTahtaung Dam, supply ofirrigation water, growingof various species of treesaround the dam, supply ofwater through twoplatforms, programmesbeing undertaken by the

pagoda board of trusteesfor long-termdevelopment of the image,and designation of Bodhi

Tahtaung, Kyaukka andShwemyintin as protectedforests for their greening.Lt-Gen Tha Aye gave asupplementary report.

In response to thereports, the Prime Ministercalled for fire preventivemeasures against theforests, and taking adocumentary record ofrenovation of the image,and gave instructions onfuture work.

The Prime Ministerinspected Monywa-Bodhi

Tahtaung Road by car.He visited the

Ngwechi (6) long staplecotton farm and the mixed

plantation of long staplecotton and pigeon peas in athree-acre field run on amutual interest basis by theMyanma Cotton andSericulture Enterprise andfarmer U Ni Ga Toe atLegyi Village in SagaingTownship, and cordiallygreeted and helddiscussions with localfarmers from Legyi andNowndwin villages.

He observed theNgwechi (6) long staplecotton farm.

On arrival at OhndawMain Power SupplyStation of the MyanmaElectric Main PowerEnterprise under theMinistry of Electric Power(2) near Ohndaw Villagein Sagaing Township, thePrime Minister heardreports by Minister forElectric Power (2) Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myintand officials on Belin-Ohndaw-Nyaungbingyi230 KV Grid Project andprogress in building powersupply stations.

After giving directiveson power supply tasks, thePrime Minister viewed theconstruction of OhndawMain Power SupplyStation.

He inspected progressin building Thiri MingalaOverpass in Sagaing. On

Khin Maung Myint gavean account of constructingthe approach bridge onMandalay side. The PrimeMinister gave instructionsand attended to the needs.

At the meetings heheld with local farmers inNyaungU Township inMandalay Division,Yesagyo Township inMagway Division, andPale, Yinmabin andSagaing townships inSagaing Division, thePrime Minister stressed theimportance of efficient useof water from the dams,river water pumpingstations and tube-wells thegovernment hadconstructed in the aridregions.

He called forexpeditious use of arablelands and multiple-

water sources, divertingfarmlands into paddyfields, cultivation of cashcrops through multiple-cropping pattern, boostingper acre yields of crops,practice of integratedfarming and ensuring ricesufficiency of townships.He noted that other sectorsespecially industrial sectorwould make progress onlythrough agriculturaldevelopment.

He said that he waspleased to see servicepersonnel working hard atthe river water pumpingstations and called forhealthy competitionbetween one station andanother for more effectiveuse of irrigation water andboosting per acre yields ofcrops.

He urged local people

arrival at AyeyawadyBridge (Yadanabon), hewas given a welcome byChairman of MandalayDivision PDCCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe, Mandalay MayorBrig-Gen Phone Zaw Hanand officials.

Minister forConstruction Maj-Gen

cropping pattern, andextensive growing andboosting per acre yield ofmarketable Ngwechi (6)long staple cotton foreconomic growth offarmers. Only then wouldthe living standard offarmers in arid regions beon the rise, he pointed out.

He also called for moreeffective use of land and

to conserve theenvironment for temperateclimate, running theirfarms.

He said that thegovernment alone couldnot accomplish all the tasksfor national and regionaldevelopment. The goalwould be achieved onlywhen the people shared thetasks, he remarked.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects cultivation of paddy at Thukaungte field in Thitdauk village of

NyaungU Township.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein presents medicines and cash to thefunds of hospital for Kyartak Model Station Hospital in Salingyi

Township.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein observes production process ofquality briquette at Aung Theikdi briquette factory.—MNA

Ngwechi (6) long staple cotton farm and mixed plantation of longstaple and pigeon peas of farmer U Ni Ga Toe of Legyi village in

Sagaing Township.—MNA

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 25 August, 2009

Upgrading Yangon for cleanliness and proper flow of waterArticle & Photos: Maung Maung Htwe (MNA)

(from page 16) Asian region set the lay-out plans of their townslike that of Yangon.

The Leading Com-mittee for Beautifyingand Upgrading Yangonand Yangon City Devel-opment Committee iskeeping Yangon cleanand pleasant with addedmomentum to possesscharacteristics of majorcities of global coun-tries.

Recently, I lookedinto upgrading of roadsand bridges, maintenanceof pavements and drainsand proper flow of waterbeing undertaken by En-gineering Department(Road and Bridge) of

Sule Pagoda Road in downtown Yangon seenwith modern buildings in the background.

Photo shows a clean and beautiful downtownof Yangon.

Bahan Roundabout seen with fine landscaping.

YCDC in Yangon.First, I viewed beau-

tiful Tawwin Overpasson Sule Pagoda Roadnear the City Hall.Tawwin Overpass is lo-cated in the downtowntraffic area. It is built withroofs, two 52 feet by sixfeet stairs and one 52 feetby 3.5 feet stair. Thestairs were designed byEngineering Department(Road and Bridge) ofYCDC.

The bridge attracts

the people to avoid thetraffic jam area. I sawmany pedestrians usingthe bridge across SulePagoda Road.

At Banyadala Roadin front of Yuzana Plazain Tamway Township, Iwitnessed workers andstaff of YCDC upgradingthe road section in theoverflow drainage areaand digging a 700 feetlong, four feet wide andsix feet deep drain.

In order to preventflooding in the rainy sea-son, they were upgradingthe shoulders along 1200feet long North HorseRace Course Road be-tween Tamway andYankin townships.

Moreover, I viewed con-struction of a reinforcedconcrete new MoegaungBridge across Khunnapin-lein Creek and renovationof the pavements at 8th

mile junction.I have learned that

Engineering Department(Road and Bridge) ofYangon City Develop-ment Committee is up-grading the road sectionsand carrying out majormaintenance tasks. AsYangon is located in the

lower Myanmar region,tasks are being under-taken for ensuring properflow of drains, creeksand rivers due to heavyrains.

Indeed, the upgradingof roads in the wards isimportant for develop-ment of a major city.

Therefore, a total of167 roads stretching293,474 feet long in vari-ous wards of respectivetownships in Yangon arebeing upgraded to thetarred roads from the earthworks in the 2009-2010financial years. Of them,62 roads have so far beenupgraded. Likewise, six

out of 16 bridges havebeen completed.

On completion ofPyinnyaung CementPlant being built inThazi Township ofMandalay Division byYangon City Develop-ment Committee, all theroads in Yangon will beupgraded with asphaltconcrete.

As such, the dwell-ers of Yangon have totake part as good citi-zens in the task to con-stantly keep the townclean and pleasant.

*****Translation: TTAKyemon: 22-8-2009

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Shaolin students perform martial arts at Tagou Wushu School in Dengfeng,Henan province August 23, 2009. About 35,000 domestic and internationalstudents attend more than 80 kung fu schools in Dengfeng, China’s largest

centre for martial arts education, according to local officials.—INTERNET

Jumper catches a frisbee as it jumps over owner Sven van Driessce ofBelgium during the first ever European Canine Disc Championship in

Budapest on 23 Aug, 2009. The event, staged by Flydogs Hungary, attractedcompetitors from 10 countries. —INTERNET

An endangered drillmonkey is pictured at asanctuary in Nigeria.Advertisements on theInternet to woo buyers

into taking “playfulprimates” from

Cameroon into theirhomes have become oneof the primary means of

further threateningalready endangeredspecies.—INTERNET

Space shuttle launch visiblefrom east coast

Nokia to make laptop, jumpingon wireless trend

NEW YORK, 24 Aug—Nokia Corp., the world’slargest maker of cell phones, said on Monday that itwill start making a small, light laptop, similar to onesPC manufacturers are already selling through wirelesscarriers around the world.

The Finnish company says the Nokia Booklet 3Gwill run Microsoft Corp.’s Windows software, havea 10-inch screen and weigh 2.8 pounds. That puts itsquarely in the “netbook” category pioneered byTaiwanese manufacturers like AsusTek ComputerInc.

Nokia said it would reveal the price and launchdate of the PC on Sept. 2. Most netbooks sell for lessthan $500.

Nokia said its PC would be “satisfying a need”among wireless carriers. AT&T Inc and VerizonWireless have started selling netbooks in their stores,subsidizing the purchase for customers who sign up forwireless broadband plans. Sprint Nextel Corp. hasstarted subsidizing netbooks sold at Best Buy. InEurope, many carriers started selling netbooks lastyear.—Internet

Chinese vice premier urges more efforts tofight flood, drought

BEIJING, 24 Aug—Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu called for greater effortsto fight floods and droughts on Monday at a meeting held by the State Flood Controland Drought Relief Headquarters.

Hui said governments at all levels should place priority on ensuring people’ssafety and taking care of people in disaster-hit regions.

Local governments were urged to take measures to combat droughts andfloods in major grain production bases and to step up monitoring of freak weather.

A severe drought has affected north China since late July as a result ofinsufficient rainfall and continued high temperatures, while heavy rains andtyphoons have battered some other parts of the country.—Xinhua

China to host world philosophy congressin September

BEIJING, 24 Aug—China will host the 24thWorld Congress of theInternational Associationfor Philosophy of Law andSocial Philosophy (IVR)in September.

It will be the first timethat China has hosted theIVR World Congresssince it was established in1909 in Germany.

The biennial congresswith the theme “Global

harmony and rule of law”will be held in Beijingfrom Sept. 15 to 20,according to the ChinaLaw Society (CLS), whichis hosting the event.

“We hope thecongress will not only givegreater voice to traditionsand contemporarythinking in easterncountries, but also suggestnew dimensions ofcollaboration among

eastern and westernscholars,” said CLSdirector Han Zhubin onMonday.

Thousands ofphilosophers and legalexperts from around theworld are expected togather in China toexchange ideasconcerning relationsamong nations, andbetween cultures and legalsystems, said Han.

The last congress washeld in Poland in 2007.

Xinhua

A competitor takes part in the WorthingInternational Birdman competition in Worthing,

southern England, on 23 Aug, 2009. Entrantscompete to try and fly mechanically-unaided over100 meters or more from Worthing Pier to claim a

£30,000 prize.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 24 Aug—Toyota will recall688,314 sedans made by its two Chinesejoint ventures because of a flaw in theirelectric window controllers. This is thelargest auto recall in China since 2004,the Beijing Times reported on Monday.

The recall includes 384,736 Camrymodels and 22,767 Yaris models madeby Guangzhou Toyota between May 15and Dec 31 of 2008, the General

Administration of Quality Supervision,Inspection and Quarantine said in anannouncement on its website posted on23 Aug.

The recall also includes 35,523 Vioscars made by Tianjin FAW-ToyotaMotor between 18 Feb and 25 Dec of2008, and 245,288 Corolla models madebetween 17 May, 2007 and 25 Dec of2008.—Internet

Toyota makes largest China recall

WASHINGTON, 24Aug—People in theeastern United States willget a great opportunity,weather permitting, to seethe space shuttle Discoverylaunched into orbit earlyTuesday morning. And itmight also be the finalopportunity ever to see anighttime shuttle launch.

This flight (STS-128)will be the 30th torendezvous and dock with

the International SpaceStation (ISS), and the glowof the shuttle’s engineswill be visible along muchof the Eastern Seaboard.A SPACE.com mapshows the area ofvisibility.

To reach the spacestation, Discovery must belaunched when Earth’srotation carries the launchpad into the plane of thestation’s orbit. For missionSTS-128, that will happenat 1:36:05 a.m. ET onTuesday, resulting (if allgoes as planned) inNASA’s second nighttimelaunch of a space shuttlein 2009 (the most recentwas March 15).—Internet

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 25 August, 2009

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SIRI BHUM VOY NO (338)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SIRI BHUMVOY NO (338) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 24.8.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (465)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAPVOY NO (465) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 25.8.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Skulls, sealsunearthed in

Turkey date backthousands of

yearsANKARA, 24 Aug—

Archeologists haveunearthed two skullsdating from 1,500 BCand two 8,500-year-oldseals in one of the oldestresidential areas ofAnatolia, the semi-officialAnatolia news agencyreported Sunday.

Found in theYumuktepe tumulus insouth Turkey’s MersinProvince, the skullsbelonged to the Hittiteperiod and the sealsdated back to the Neolithicperiod, Italian ProfIsabella Caneva,head ofthe excavation teamat the tumulus, toldAnatolia.

The seals were rarein Anatolia and amongimportant findings un-earthed in Turkey so far,Caneva was quoted assaying.

Internet

Blood test detects boxerbrain damage

GOTHENBURG, 24 Aug—Swedish and Turkishresearchers, in a study of amateur boxers, found nervecell deterioration may occur even after a two-monthbreak from boxing.

Researchers at the Sahlgrenska Academy and theErciyes University Medical School in Turkey said thefindings constitute further evidence that repeatedblows to the head may damage the brain. A blood testcan now be used to detect brain damage in amateurboxers, the researchers said.

The study involved 44 Turkish amateur boxers,whose blood samples were collected in the beginningof a training camp after a two-month break fromboxing. The results were compared to those found ina healthy control group.

Henrik Zetterberg of the Sahlgrenska Academysaid the research team analyzed several proteins thatcan be used to identify brain damage, and found thatthe levels of one protein, called NSE, were higheramong the boxers than in the control group.—Internet

Roubini warns of double-diprecession

NEW YORK, 24 Aug—Nouriel Roubini, one of thefew economists who accurately predicted themagnitude of the world’s recent financial troubles, seesa “big risk” of a double-dip recession, according toan opinion piece posted on the Financial Times’website on Sunday.

Roubini, a professor at New York University’s SternSchool of Business, said it appears the global economywill bottom out in the second half of this year, andthat US and western European economies will likelyexperience “anemic” and “below trend” growth for atleast a couple of years.

Yet he warned that policymakers face a “damned ifthey do and damned if they don’t” conundrum in tryingto unwind their massive fiscal and monetary stimulito keep the global economy from toppling into adepression.

He said that if policymakers try to fight rising budgetdeficits by raising taxes and cutting spending, theycould undermine any recovery.

Internet

The spruce bark beetle, 6millimetres (25 inch) long,which has devastated the

forests of southwest Yukon,aided by warmer summers that

speed up its reproductiveprocess and warmer winters

that don’t kill off beetle larvaeas in the past .

INTERNET

HAINES JUNCTION, 24 Aug— A veil of smoke settled over the forest in the shadow of theSt Elias Mountains, in a wilderness whose spruce trees stood tall and gray, a deathly grayeven in the greenest heart of a Yukon summer. “As far as the eye can see, it’s all infested,”forester Rob Legare said, looking out over the thick woods of the Alsek River valley.

Beetles and fire, twin plagues, are consuming northern forests in what scientists say is apreview of the future, in a century growing warmer, as the land grows drier, trees growweaker and pests, abetted by milder winters, grow stronger.

Dying, burning forests would then only add to the warming. It’s here in the sub-Arcticand Arctic — in Alaska, across Siberia, in northernmost Europe, and in the Yukon andelsewhere in northern Canada — that Earth’s climate is changing most rapidly.—Internet

Double threat in warming world

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Surfers get vaccines against hepatitis A

Mangrove destruction threatensfood supply

Camp for kids with cancerstruggling

Orchardist Mazzareno “Tom” Bisogni is seen standing by the roots of peartrees he has been forced to pull out at Cobram as the continuing drought

affects Australia’s food bowl region, some 300 kilometres north ofMelbourne.—INTERNET

Influenza A/H1N1relateddeath cases rise to 16 in

New Zealand WELLINGTON, 24 Aug— A woman who died in anAuckland hospital last week has been confirmed asNew Zealand’s 16th influenza A/H1N1 victim, theMinistry of Health said on Monday. The ministry said although the woman had sufferedunderlying medical conditions, her case would becounted among those where the H1N1 virus wasdeemed the primary cause of death. There were other deaths also under investigationby the coroner, the ministry said. More than 3,000 people have tested positive forinfluenza A/H1N1, but the number of those infectedis much higher as most people do not require medicaltreatment. —Xinhua

India reports 64th deathfrom A/H1N1 flu

NEW DELHI, 24 Aug— A 48-year-old man died ofA H1N1 flu on Sunday in succumbed to A/H1N1 atthe SSG hospital in Gujarat, western India, raisingthe number of fatalities from the flu in India to 64,said health officials.

Hasmukh Hingu was admitted to hospital threedays ago because he was suffering from respiratorydistress syndrome, said health officials.

After being tested positive for A H1N1 flu onSaturday, he died on Sunday morning after his illnessdeveloped very quickly, said the officials.—Xinhua

SAN DIEGO, 24 Aug—Some 75 surfers andbodyboarders whofrequent Imperial Beachnear San Diego signed upfor free hepatitis A shots,a spokeswoman for aprogram co-sponsor said.

Imperial Beach hasattracted avid surfers sincebefore the pier was builtin 1963, surfer Jim Knox,61, said.

“I think (the vaccine) isan excellent idea foreveryone because I knownot everyone stays out ofthe water when they’re

supposed to,” Knox toldThe San Diego Union-Tribune.

Paloma Aguirre,spokeswoman forWildcoast, a not-for-profitenvironmental group, saidher organization’s goal isto educate the public toobey the signs that say tostay out of the water.

The danger of diseasefrom the water offImperial Beach wasdiscovered three years agoby San Diego StateUniversity researcherswho found hepatitis A in

80 percent of watersamples taken off theImperial Beach Pier.

Wildcoast, which co-sponsored thevaccinations with thehealth centre, found threeout of five regular oceanuses in Imperial Beachsuffered illnesses causedby water contamination.

The contamination, theuniversity found, comesfrom northbound oceancurrents funnelingpolluted water from theTijuana River.

Internet

Vietnam’s A/H1N1flu cases increase to

over 2,000HANOI, 24 Aug—The Vietnamese Ministry of

Health confirmed 271 cases of A/H1N1 influenza inthe country over the weekend, raising total number offlu patients to 2,014, local newspaper the Peoplereported on Monday.

Most of the new cases are in the southern part of thecountry, said the ministry.

So far, 1,198 patients have recovered and beendischarged from hospitals. The rest are beingquarantined and treated.

Vietnam has reported two deaths of A/H1N1influenza since the first case was confirmed in thecountry.— Xinhua

Low vitamin D raisesdiabetic heart risk

Seabirds fly around aship near Fernando de

Noronha island innortheast Brazil, on 22Aug, 2009. The island,which has wonderful

environment andcomfortable weather,attacts many seabirdsliving there.—XINHUA

ANTANANARIVO, 24Aug— Much of coastalAfrica’s food supply isbeing threatened by thedestruction of swampymangrove forests,NASA scientists warn.

The groves are beingdestroyed by pollution,real estate development,and deforestationnecessary to sustainlarge-scale commercialshrimp farming, Lola

Fatoyinbo, anenvironmental scientistwith NASA’s JetPropulsion Laboratory,said on Friday in arelease.

The groves areessential breedinggrounds for fish andshellfish in tropicalAfrican countries such asMozambique andMadagascar, she said.

Satellite studies

conducted by Fatoyinboand her team show morethan half of coastalAfrica’s mangroveforests have disappearedin the last 50 years, witha third of themdisappearing in the last20 years alone.

Mangrove forests areimportant for ricefarming, fishing, timber,firewood and aquaculture in coastal Africa,with some nationsincreasingly dependingon them for eco-tourism,she said.—Internet

ST LOUIS, 24 Aug—Diabetics deficient invitamin D can’t processcholesterol so it builds inblood vessels, increasingheart attack and strokerisk, US researchers said.

Principal investigatorDr Carlos Bernal-Mizrachi, a WashingtonU n i v e r s i t yendocrinologist at Barnes-Jewish Hospital in StLouis, said when peopleare deficient in vitamin Dthe macrophage cells —dispatched by the immunesystem in response toinflammation — eat morecholesterol, which theycan’t get rid of.

“Vitamin D inhibitsthe uptake of cholesterolby cells called macro-phages,” Bernal-Mizrachisaid in a statement.

“The macrophages getclogged with cholesteroland become whatscientists call foam cells,which are one of theearliest markers ofatherosclerosis.”

The researchers studiedmacrophage cells taken

from people with andwithout diabetes, and withand without vitamin Ddeficiency. When vitaminD levels were low in theculture dish, macrophagesfrom diabetic patientswere much more likely tobecome foam cells.

The study, published inthe journal Circulation,found vitamin D regulatessignaling pathways linkedboth to uptake and toclearance of cholesterol inmacrophages.

Internet

ASPEN , 24 Aug— Agroup of Aspen property-owners are battling a planthat could keep bringingchildren with cancer to acamp in the Coloradomountain resort.

Andrea Jaeger, a formerchild tennis star, foundedthe Little Star Foundation,which owns a 6.5-acreproperty used for the camp.City officials approved herplan to sell the property tothe Chabad JewishCommunity Center for$13.5 million, while

allowing the camp tocontinue there for a fewweeks in the summer, TheDenver Post reported.

Rabbi Mendel Mintzof the Chabad Centre calledit a “deal madein heaven.” But the Still-water Homeowners As-sociation, threateninga lawsuit, says the onlyallowable uses for theproperty are a residence orthe camp, not a synagogue,daycare centre andcommunity rooms.

Internet

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S P O R T SFederer downs Djokovic to

win Cincinnati Masters

Roger Federer of Swit-zerland holds the win-ners trophy aloft after

defeating NovakDjokovic of Serbia in theSingles Final during dayseven of the Western &

Southern FinancialGroup Masters at the

Lindner Family TennisCenter in Cincinnati,

Ohio.—INTERNET

Ancelotti expects great things fromDrogba and Anelka

LONDON, 24 Aug—Carlo Ancelotti believes Didier Drogba andNicolas Anelka’s revitalised partnership will strike fear into the heartsof Chelsea’s Premier League title rivals.The Italian manager saw hisnew charges extend their perfect start to the season with a 2-0 vic-tory at Fulham on Sunday, sealed by a goal in each half from Drogbaand Anelka.

The pair have not always gelled successfully during their timetogether at Stamford Bridge.But former AC Milan coach Ancelottihas tinkered with Chelsea’s system, converting his midfield into adiamond formation and challenging Drogba and Anelka to dovetailneatly up front.The results have been spectacular.

Internet

Chelsea’s Nicolas Anelka (L) cel-ebrates scoring the second goal with

Didier Drogba against Fulhamduring their football match in the

Premier League at Craven Cottage inLondon. —INTERNET

Barcelona wins SpanishSuper Cup

Barcelona’s captainCarles Puyol raises thetrophy after the team de-feated Athletic Bilbao inthe Spanish Super Cupfinal second leg soccermatch at Nou Camp sta-dium in Barcelona on 23Aug, 2009. — XINHUA

Champions Inter held bynewboys Bari as Juve win

ROME, 24 Aug—Defending champions Inter Milanwere held to a surprise 1-1 draw at home to promotedBari at the San Siro on Sunday in their first match ofthe new Serie A season.

But rivals Juventus got off to a winning start asVincenzo Iaquinta scored the only goal in a 1-0 homesuccess against Chievo.Cameroon forward SamuelEto’o scored his first goal for Inter since joining fromBarcelona in a swap deal that saw Zlatan Ibrahimovichead to Spain, but Vitaly Kutuzov’s equaliser earnedthe plucky Serie A newboys a deserved share of thespoils. Inter coach Jose Mourinho picked new signingsEto’o and Diego Milito up front together but they couldnot fire the champions to victory.”We have the qualityto do well, we played a great game but we didn’t havethe luck needed to score a second goal and make thegame safe,” moaned the Portuguese boss.—Internet

Juventus forwardVincenzo Iaquinta (L)

celebrates withteammate Juventusdefender GiorgioChiellini (R) after

scoring against Chievoduring their Serie A

football match atOlympic stadium inTurin.—INTERNET

Ronaldo shows intention ofstaying with Corinthians next year

RIO DE JANEIRO, 24 Aug—Despite the uncertaintyof Ronaldo’s permanence with Corinthians in 2010,he hinted on Sunday that he would like to stay on board.Citing Corinthians’ already guaranteed participationin the 2010 Libertadores Cup plus the team’s historiccentennial anniversary, the star striker said that it wouldbe an exciting year.

“Next year is going to be historic, independent ofany titles won. It will be the team’s centennial year,marking an important date for the club. Also, it wouldbe fantastic to play in the Libertadores Cup and possi-bly win it. Also, staying in Brazil will keep me closerto Dunga and the national team. Playing for a big teamlike Corinthians will keep me in the spotlight and in-crease my chances of returning to the national team,”said Ronaldo.—Xinhua

Redknapp’s Tottenham eye top-four finish

Mark Noble (right) of West Ham andWilson Palacios of Tottenham battle

for the ball during their EnglishPremier League match at Upton Park

stadium, east London.—INTERNET

UEFA European Women’s Championship2009 starts in Finland

HELSINKI, 24 Aug—UEFA European Women’sChampionship 2009 kicked off in Finland on Sunday,with the Netherlands and Finland beating their oppo-nents in group matches.

The opening group A match was held in Turku, south-western Finland on Sunday afternoon. The Netherlandsbeat Ukraine 2-0 with two early strikes within 9 min-utes of the first half. Another match of Group A wasstaged on Sunday evening in Helsinki, in which hostFinland made a perfect start for the Championship, se-curing a victory against Denmark with defender MaijaSaari’s goal.

Defending champion Germany will make its debutin this Championship on Monday, in an encounter withNorway, also one of the most successful teams in thetournament’s history. The UEFA European Women’sChampionship 2009 will be played in Helsinki,Tampere, Turku and Lahti of Finland between 23 Augand 10 Sept, with the participation of women’s nationalsoccer teams from 12 European countries.—Xinhua

Everton agreeLescott fee with City

LIVERPOOL, 24 Aug—Everton on Sunday con-firmed they have agreed afee with English PremierLeague rivals ManchesterCity for the sale of defenderJoleon Lescott, bringing toan end a bitter, summer-long saga. The England in-ternational is expected toundergo a medical on Mon-day after City finallymatched the Merseysiders’valuation of 24 millionpounds.

Earlier, Everton man-ager David Moyes took afinal swipe at City over theaffair. Asked after his side’s1-0 defeat at Burnley onSunday if the Lescott dealwas well advanced Moyessaid: “If they (City) saythey are quite far on I’msure they are.—Internet

Argentine soccer giantBoca draws 2-2

in season opener BUENOS AIRES, 24 Aug—Argentine

soccer giant Boca Juniors drew withArgentinos 2-2 in the team’s first gameof the Argentine soccer championshipsat home on Sunday.

Argentinos, trained by ClaudioBorghi, surprised Boca with two firsthalf goals from Gabriel Hauche andGerman Gianni apiece.

Boca manager Alfio Basile madesome change ahead of the second half,replacing Chile’s Gary Medel withGuillermo Marino, who helped with theteam’s two goals in the 46th and 51stminutes.—Xinhua

LONDON, 24 Aug—Tottenham man-ager Harry Redknapp believes his sideare ready to nail down a place in the Pre-mier League’s top four after makingtheir best start to a season for 49 years.

Aaron Lennon’s late strike at WestHam on Sunday sealed a 2-1 victory thatextended Tottenham’s winning run tothree matches and put them top of thetable.It is the fastest opening to a leaguecampaign from a Spurs team since the1960-61 side that won the league andFA Cup double.

Redknapp refused to compare his cur-

rent crop to Bill Nicholson’s celebratedteam, but he feels his side have a chanceof creating their own history and push-ing for a place in the ChampionsLeague.”Nine points is a great start forus,” Redknapp said. “But I wouldn’teven compare ourselves to the ’61 or ’62team. That was an amazing footballteam.”—Internet

CINCINNATI, 24 Aug—World number one RogerFederer defeated fourth-

seeded Novak Djokovic6-1, 7-5 to win theCincinnati Masters titleSunday and cement hisstatus as favourite for theupcoming USOpen.Federer set the tonein the second game of thematch, when Djokovicsaved six break points butstill couldn’t ward off thebreak of serve.”A goodstart always helps,” saidFederer. “That was thecase today.”

When Djokovic finallyheld serve in the sixthgame of the match hecould only look at the skyand smile.

Internet

MADRID, 24 Aug—Lionel Messi scored twosecond half goals Sundayto help Barcelona beat Ath-letic Bilbao 3-0 for theSpanish Super Cup trophy.The Spanish giant, who

completed a historic treble-winning campaign last sea-son, secured their eighthSuper Cup at 5-1 on aggre-gate following 2-1 win inthe first leg a week ago.

The Camp Nou wasdesperate for ZlatanIbrahimovic — Barca’smost expensive ever sign-ing — to score his first goalin the famous blue andwhite shirt. He almost didso on the half hour with aspectacular volley.

Messi made it 1-0 fourminutes into the secondhalf. In the 68th minute,Messi scored his secondgoal from the penalty spotafter a Bilbao defender washarshly adjudged to havepulled down Daniel Alves.Four minutes later, BojanKrkic made it 3-0 after in-tercepting a naive backpassfrom Ander Iturraspe.

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Kayah State and Magway Division, scattered inKayin State and Mandalay Division, fairly widespread inlower Sagaing Division and widespread in the remainingareas with isolated heavyfalls in Magway, Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Kawthong (5.36) inches, Yangon (Central)(3.66) inches, Katha (2.36) inches, Heho (2.04) inches,Hmawbi (1.77) inches and Pakokku (1.54) inches.

Maximum temperature on 23-8-2009 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 24-8-2009 was 70°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 24-8-2009 was 84%.Total Sun shine hours on 23-8-2009 was (2.9) hours approx.

Rainfall on 24-8-2009 was (0.75)inch at Mingaladon,(0.39)inch at Kaba-Aye and (3.66) inches at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (82.05) inches atMingaladon, (93.46) inches at Kaba-Aye and (97.48) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from South at (17:20) hours MST on 23-8-2009.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 25th August 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be isolated to scattered inKayah State, lower Sagaing, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions, fairly widespread in Shan, Kayin States andAyeyawady Division and widespread 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: Moderate monsoon.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for

25-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for25-8-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for25-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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China to hold biggestmaritime rescue drill

for World ExpoHANGZHOU, 24 Aug—China’s maritime rescue

services will stage their biggest ever rescue drill inthe East China Sea next month, an official withZhejiang Provincial Maritime Bureau said onMonday.

The drill, jointly held by the Ministry of Transportand east China’s Zhejiang Province, will involve 35ships, three aircraft and more than 1,000 personnel.

No exact timetable was given.The drill would test maritime rescue capabilities

and security for the Shanghai World Expo in 2010,said He Yipei, deputy director of the Zhejiangprovincial maritime bureau.

The 90-minute exercise would simulate acollision between a passenger ship and a cargovessel loaded with chemicals, and a fire on thepassenger ship and a benzene leak, He told a pressbriefing.

Rescuers would search for people in the water,put out the fire and evacuate 16,000 people livingalong the coast.—Xinhua

Daw Nan Thu (Sittway)(102 years)

Rakhine Longyi ProprietorWife of (U Thar Maung) of Kyaebintan Ward in

North Lanmadaw of Sittway, Mother of Daw Pan Yaing,Daw Anu, Daw Ngwe Sein, U Ba Thein, Daw Phyu Ma, UBa Myaing, U Aung Wai, grandmother of 55grandchildren, great grandmother of 78 great grandchildren, great great grandmother of 7 great greatgrandchildren, expired at 6 pm on 23.8.2009, Funeralservice will be held at the Arkyeiktawgon Cemetery on25.8.2009 (Tuesday) at (1:00) pm. Bereaved Family

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

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

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred 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

Flood bulletinNAY PYI TAW, 24 Aug—According to the 12:30

hr MST observation today, the water level of theChindwin River at Homalin is 2905 cm and it hasexceeded by 5 cm above its danger level. It may fallbelow its danger level (2900) cm during the next 48hours commencing noon today.

And the water level of the Sittoung River atMadauk is 1078 cm and its has exceeded by 8 cmabove its danger level. It may fall below its dangerlevel 1070 cm during the next 24 hours commencingnoon today.—MNA

Orchids and fungi—partners for lifeSCIENCEDAILY, 24 Aug—Three Thai orchids have

been found to rely on a wide range of fungi to helpthem take carbon out of the soil instead of producingtheir own organic carbon. A detailed study of therelationship, published in the open access journalBMC Biology, also features stunning pictures of theplants.

Marc-André Selosse and Mélanie Roy, from theCentre d’Ecologie Fonctionnelle et Evolutive,Montpellier, France, studied Aphyllorchis montana,A. caudata and Cephalanthera exigua orchids withSuyanee Vessabutr and Santi Watthana from theQueen Sirikit Botanic Garden, Thailand.—Internet

Upgrading Yangon for cleanlinessand proper flow of water

Article & Photos: Maung Maung Htwe (MNA)

Yangon was established as a new town in1755. Since 1950, Yangon, a seaport, has been fa-mous in Asia for its cleanliness and beauty with

Tawwin Overpass seen on Sule Pagoda Road in Kyauktada Township.systematic allotments of roads, bridges and build-ings. Therefore, some countries in Southeast

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