Volume XIV, Number 52 12th Waxing of Nayon 1368 ME Wednesday, 7 June, 2006

Established 1914

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

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 6 June —

Mr Rodolphe S Imhoof, newly-

accredited Ambassador of the

Swiss Confederation to the Un-

ion of Myanmar presented his

credentials to Senior General

Than Shwe, Chairman of the State

Peace and Development Council

of the Union of Myanmar, at

Bayintnaung Yeiktha, Nay Pyi

Senior General Than Shweaccepts credentials of

Ambassador of the SwissConfederation

Taw, at 10 am today.

Also present on the occa-

sion were Secretary-1 of the State

Peace and Development Council

Lt-Gen Thein Sein, Minister for

Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win,

Deputy Minister for Foreign Af-

fairs U Maung Myint and Direc-

tor-General U Kyaw Kyaw of the

Protocol Department. —MNA

Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentials of Ambassador of theSwiss Confederation Mr Rodolphe S Imhoof at Bayintnaung Yeiktha of

Nay Pyi Taw. —MNA

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe receives Ambassador of the Swiss ConfederationMr Rodolphe S Imhoof at Bayintnaung Yeiktha of Nay Pyi Taw. —MNA

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Wednesday, 7 June, 2006

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

Rubber is a perennial. It is an industrialcrop and, because of its usefulness, it is in greatdemand in the world market. Black gold is ametaphor for oil and so is white gold for rub-ber.

Rubber can be grown all over the nationexcept certain areas in Sagaing, Mandalay andMagway Divisions. Efforts are being made toput one million acres under rubber.

Cultivation of rubber can contribute notonly to economic development but also to thegreening of the environment. A rubber treecan produce latex for 30 years starting fromthe age of six. When it becomes old and itsproduction of latex gets less and less, it can beused as timber. Furniture can be made of rub-ber wood and rubber leaves can be used inmaking decorative flowers.

Rubber Production Research and Train-ing Centre under Myanma Perennial Enter-prise is doing research on new ways to makevarious kinds of consumer goods from rubberand improve their quality.

Moreover, they are doing research toproduce rubber modified asphalt from wasterubber. In this research process, old tyres andwaste rubber are used as raw material inmaking asphalt. Roads paved with rubbermodified asphalt is more durable than the onespaved with ordinary asphalt. Moreover, rub-ber modified asphalt prevents slipping, reducesthe cost for raw material and the recycling ofwaste prevents environmental pollution.

As there are many tyre-retreading worksin Myanmar, there can be tons of waste rub-ber every year. If all the waste rubber arerecycled and used in making asphalt, it canimprove the quality of roads and save the costof their maintenance.

As all parts of rubber tree are useful, wewould like to call on farmers and nationalentrepreneurs to grow rubber in the interestsof the nation and their own.

Grow more rubber formultiple uses

YANGON,6 June —A delegation led byNaval Command Collegeof Chinese Army DeputyCommandant Rear Ad-miral Li Tiemin arrivedhere by air yesterday.

The 6-memberdelegation was wel-comed at Yangon Inter-national Airport byDeputy Commandant ofNational Defence Col-lege Brig-Gen ThanMaung, military officers,Deputy Military AttacheCol Xiong Shaowei andofficials.

MNA

YANGON, 6 June— Chairman of Civil SerciveSelection and Training Board Dr Than Nyun, ac-companied by members of CSSTB, arrived at Cen-tral Institute for Civil Service (Upper Myanmar) inPyinOoLwin on 4 June.

At CICS (Upper Myanmar), Dr Than Nyun

YANGON, 6 June —Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint,accompanied by officials,on 3 June visitedShwesigon, WetgyiinGupyaukgyi, Dham-mayangyi, Sulamani,Arnanda and Thatbinnyustupas in Bagan archaeo-logical zone in BaganNyaungU and inspectedthe maintenance works ofthe stupas. The ministeralso went to YokesonMonastery in Sale and in-spected antiques kept atthe monstery.

On his inspectiontour, Minister Maj-GenKhin Aung Myint visitedMaha Labaman BuddhaImage in Wetlet. —MNA

Culture Minister visits Bagan archaeological zone

Deputy Ministerinspects hotelsin Chaungtha

and NgweHsaung

YANGON, 6 June —Deputy Minister for Ho-tels and Tourism Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu in-spected damages of thehotels in Chaungtha andNgwe Hsaung Beachescaused by Mala stormand reconstruction workson 30 and 31 May. The deputy ministergave instructions on re-ceiving guests, speedyreconstruction and train-ing of hotel staff.—MNA

CSSTB Chairman meets staff of CICS (Upper Myanmar)

met with Rector U Aung San Win and staff of CICS(Upper Myanmar) and called for the improvementof quality of the staff and turning the institute into amodel one.

Later, he inspected the construction works atthe institute and gave instructions.—MNA

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Dr Than Nyun meeting with heads of department and faculty members of theCentral Institute of Civil Service (Upper Myanmar).—MNA

Rear Admiral Li Tiemin and party on arrivalat Yangon International Airport.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint inspects maintenance ofMyanma handicrafts in Yokeson Monastery in Sale.

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A group of officials representing Cambodia’s donors tour the site of Bakhengmonument in the Angkor archaeological park in Siem Reap province, 230kilometres (143 miles) northwest of the capital Phnom Penh, Cambodia,

on 5 June, 2006. —INTERNET

CAIRO, 5 June —Egypt has told the US-based International RepublicanInstitute (IRI) to stop its activities in Egypt, saying comments by itsrepresentative were interfering in the country’s internal affairs.

US institute in Egypt toldto suspend work

The Foreign Ministrysaid on Sunday it hadsummoned countrydirector Gina London andtold her to suspend allactivities until theorganization, whichmonitors political systemsabroad and promotes

multi-party politics,receives a permit.

The ministry statementsaid London's commentsto an Egyptian newspaper,in which she said politicalreform in Egypt had notbeen achieved in the past25 years, were flagrantinterference in Egypt’saffairs.

In the interview withthe Nahdet Masr daily onSaturday, she also saidthe institute could greatly

speed up the democra-tization process.

It has been in talks witha number of Egyptianpolitical parties in fourprovinces to provide themwith training and in-formation to help themengage in multipartypolitics.

London told the paperthe institute had not yetfinished the paperwork forlicensing.

MNA/Reuters

Palestinian bankpaying some govt

wagesGAZA, 5 June—One

Palestinian bank beganpaying some governmentworkers a month’s salaryon Sunday, witnesses said,the first bank to do so de-spite threats of sanctionsagainst institutions dea-ling with the Hamasgovernment.

The Bank of Palestinesaid in a statement thatgovernment employeeswho hold accounts at itsbranches and earn 1,500shekels a month (325 USdollars) or less could startwithdrawing their moneyfrom automated tellermachines.

Witnesses said someworkers had already beenable to take money fromthe Bank of Palestine’sATMs in the Gaza Strip.

MNA/Reuters

Three Iraqi civilians killed byUS artillery fire

BAGHDAD, 5 June —A US artillery round landed in a small Iraqi townand police reported afterwards that two civilians were killed in a blastand one woman later died from her wounds, the US military said onSunday.

Thai military chief visits Laosto boost bilateral ties

BANGKOK, 6 June — Royal Thai Armed ForcesSupreme Commander General RuengrojMahasaranond left for Laos Monday morning on anofficial visit with an aim to strengthen bilateral relationsbetween the armed forces of the two close neighbouringcountries. Speaking before his departure, GeneralRuengroj said the visit is to forge closer ties betweenthe Armed Forces of the two nations.

However, there may be a discussion on ways tocope with narcotics along the common border.

On a border demarcation, General Ruengrojconceded there remain many spots along the Thai-Laoborder that have not yet been demarcated.

However, the problem has no impacts on thebilateral relations.

Actually, the Lao Government wants to speed updemarcating, but has small budget to do that, he said.

Apart from strengthening the relations betweenthe two nations’ Armed Aorces, he said, the visitwould also help forged closer bilateral cooperation ineconomic and political affairs. — MNA/Xinhua

Trucks carrying 8 Asian elephants head for theexit of the university in the western Thai provinceof Kanchanaburi at the start of their journey to anairport for a flight to Australia on 5 June, 2006.

INTERNET

Demonstrators shout and hold a placard protesting the presenceof a US military transport ship in the Crimean port of Theodosia during

a rally in the eastern Ukrainian city of Donetsk on 5 June, 2006.The placard reads ‘Shame on the lackeys of the USA. We are slaves!’

INTERNET

Paper reportsSudan will join

OPEC soon LAGOS, 5 June—Sudan

will soon become a memberof the Organization ofPetroleum-ExportingCountries (OPEC), thestate-owned News Agencyof Nigeria reported onSunday. OPEC PresidentEdmund Daukoru wasquoted as saying Sudan wasinterested in joining theOPEC. Daukoru, who isNigerian Minister of Statefor petroleum resources,said, “We held fruitfuldiscussions with Sudaneseauthorities in that regard,but we will be silent to avoidbeing misinterpreted.”

He added that the OPEClast week extended aninvitation to Sudan to joinOPEC to enable it gain fromits hydrocarbon resources.

MNA/Xinhua

Convicts hitch helicopter rideout of Greek prison

ATHENS, 5 May— A helicopter landed in the middle of the high securityAthens Korydallos prison, picked up two prisoners and flew away in a Holly-wood-style escape that has left Greek police stunned.

A criminal on the runhijacked the helicopteron Sunday to get hisbrother out of prison,police said.

Vassilis Paleo-kostas,40, who was serving a25-year sentence for kidn-apping and bank robbery,

and an Albanian convictescaped.

“The guards thought itwas a surprise inspectionby ministry officials anddid nothing,” a policeofficial said.

The helicopter pilot,who said he was forced at

Three other peoplewere also reportedwounded and sixhouses were damagedin the town of Hibhib,north of Baghdad, aftera US artillery unitfired a 155-mm roundduring training on

Friday, it said in astatement.

“Accident in Diyala(Province) kills three,injures three,” thestatement’s headlinesaid.

The incident came ata sensitive time for Iraqi-

US relations. New Iraqi Prime

Minister Nuri al-Malikisaid last week he waslosing patience withreports of US killings ofIraqi civilians “bymistake”.

MNA/Reuters

gunpoint to undertake themission, flew the inmatesto a nearby cemetery andthey made their escapeon motor-bikes.

Greek police havelaunched a manhunt forthe convicts.

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A child plays around a muddy volcano in Berca village, 140km (88 miles)northeast of Bucharest, Romania on 4 June, 2006. —INTERNET

TOKYO, 5 June —About 100 Japanesetroops departed from anairport in central Japan onSunday for the earth-quake-stricken Indonesiato assist disaster relief,Kyodo News reported.

The 100 Self-DefenceForces (SDF) memberswill arrive in the hard-hit Yogyakarta onMonday via Jakarta andjoin the 49 troops whohas started providingmedical support in thearea, it said.

After the 2004 tsunamiin the Indian Ocean,Japan dispatched some900 troops to Indonesiato assist in relief efforts.

MNA/Xinhua

JINAN, 5 June — TheChinese Government hascreated the world’sleading force in artificiallyinducing rain to relievedroughts and fight fires,according to the NationalMeteorological Bureau.

The country’s army ofrainmakers use rockets,artillery and aircraft to sowrain inducing chemicals attimes of need, said anofficial with the bureau’sDepartment of Fore-casting Services and

SHJIAZHUANG, 5 June— Archaeologists have found two ancient engravedchessboards probably used by soldiers on the Great Wall more than 700 yearsago at Qinhuangdao, North China’s Hebei Province.

BAGHDAD, 5 June — Iraq vowed on Saturday to press on with its own probeinto the deaths of civilians in a US raid on the town of Ishaqi, rejecting the USmilitary’s exoneration of its forces.

SANTA CRUZ (Bolivia), 5 June — Bolivia’s President Evo Morales took a firststep on Saturday toward handing over a fifth of the country’s territory to poorfarmers, a day after angry landowners vowed to form self-defence groups.

Ancient engraved chessboardsfound on Great Wall

Japan sends100 moretroops to

Indonesia forquake relief

The two boards, onefor Chinese chess andthe other for the ancientgame of “Tiger EatsSheep”, were engravedon a stone in front of aGreat Wall beacon towerpossibly in the SongDynasty (960-1279),said officials with theprovincial department

Archaeologists believethat soldiers from all partsof ancient China used toplay chess to while awaythe time on the remotewall.

The chessboards werenever mentioned indocuments on the GreatWall or in local chro-

nicles, said an official.However, more work

was needed to identify theexact date of the boards,he added.

Archaeologists havealso found 17 Chinesecharacters in five linesengraved on a stonenearby, of which thenames of two soldiers arestill clear.

China’s first emperor,Qinshihuang, founder ofQin Dynasty, had theWall built as a defence by

over one million workersin 12 years against attackby the Xiongnu, anancient nationality inNorth China.

Rebuilt many timesthrough the centuries, thewall stretches 6,000kilometres from Jiayu-guan Pass innorthwestern GansuProvince to end atShanhaiguan Pass on theshores of Bohai Bay inthe east.

MNA/Xinhua

An activist holds a ball as a symbol of gold during a protest calling for theclosing of the US Freeport-McMoran Copper and Gold giant Grasberg mine at

the Indonesia’s Papua Province in Jakarta on 5 June, 2006.—INTERNET

Iraq rejects US probe on killings in Ishaqi

Adnan al-Kazimi, anaide to Prime MinisterNuri al-Maliki, said thegovernment would alsodemand an apology fromthe United States andcompensation for thevictims in several cases,including the allegedmassacre in the town ofHaditha last year.

“We have from morethan one source that theIshaqi killings were

carried out underquestionable circum-stances. More than onechild was killed. Thisreport was not fair for theIraqi people and thechildren who were killed,”he told Reuters.

The US military hadissued a statement aboutIshaqi saying allegationsthat US troops “executeda family — and then hidthe alleged crimes bydirecting an airstrike, areabsolutely false”.

It said troops had beenfired on as they raided ahouse to arrest an al-Qaedasuspect. They returned fireand called in air support,which destroyed the

building, killing onemilitant and resulting in“up to nine collateraldeaths”.

The military hadpreviously said oneguerilla, two women anda child were killed in the15 March raid in Ishaqi,60 miles (100 kilometres)north of Baghdad.

It has repeatedlypledged to punish anysoldier found guilty ofatrocities in Iraq, but thedecision to clear the troopsin Ishaqi fuelled deepmistrust among ordinaryIraqis three years after theUS-led invasion to oustSaddam Hussein.

MNA/Reuters

China leads world in rainmakingDisaster Mitigation.

Its aircraft alone haveundertaken enough missionsto fill four Yellow Rivers,the country’s second longestriver, in the past five years.

The aircraft sowedrainmaking chemicals thatbrought down 210 billioncubic metres of water overthree million squarekilometres, nearly a thirdof China’s territory, in2,840 flights from 2001 to2005, said the official.

Rainmaking rockets and

shells have been used in1,952 counties by the end of2005. More than 3,000people are employed inrainmaking with an arsenalof 7,000 cannon and 4,687rocket launchers, the officialtold a meeting in Jinan,capital of East China’sShandong Province.

Engineers “seed” cl-ouds by burning che-micals such as silveriodide and other measuresto induce rain.

MNA/Xinhua

Bolivia starts “land revolution”

Morales chose theeastern city of Santa Cruz,the landowners’ power basein Bolivia’s agriculturalheartland, to award 60 titlesto 7.8 million acres (3.1million hectares) of formergovernment land to someof the poor peasants whosupport him.

“The historical enemiesof the poor must acceptthis land revolution,”Morales said at a

ceremony in a squarepacked with thousands ofindigenous people.

Morales, a coca farmerfrom a peasant background,unveiled the land reformprogramme on 1 May, thesame day he nationalizedthe oil industry in SouthAmerica’s poorest country.

Although Morales’ oil na-tionalization plans haveworried foreign investors andstoked fears in Washington

of continuing a leftward,nationalist trend begun byVenezuela’s Hugo Chavez,criticism at home has notbeen widespread.

Government pledges toredistribute only idle landand avoid massiveseizures have failed toreassure landowners, andtalks broke down betweenthe government andlandowners on Friday.

MNA/Reuters

Huanhuan, the Olympic Flame, one of the fivemascots of the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games, triesto enter a small door after a World EnvironmentDay program at the Beijing Museum of Natural

History on 5 June, 2006. —INTERNET

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An archaeologist works on a newly discovered 18th Dynasty coffin in the Valleyof the Kings in Luxor on 4 June, 2006. Hopes of finding a royal mummy in theValley of the Kings got a boost this week as a small, gilded sarcophagus emerged

from the mysterious chamber known as KV63.—INTERNET

ATLANTA, 4 May—Women going throughtreatment for breast cancerfelt better when they triedyoga, according to one ofthe first scientific studies ofits kind. “Our belief issomething as simple andbrief as a short (yoga)programme would be veryuseful” at combating sideeffects from cancertreatment, said LorenzoCohen, a psychologist wholed the pilot study.

Yoga incorporatesmeditation, relaxation,imagery, controlledbreathing, stretching andphysical movements.Although the study wassmall and preliminary, it’sone of the few to try torigorously measure thebenefits of this form ofexercise, Cohen said.

Researchers at theUniversity of Texas MDAnderson Cancer Center

Floods continue in northernThailand, moving to south

BANGKOK, 5 June —Floods have moveddownstream as run-offfrom the rain-drenchedupper northern provincesmoved downstream andnew rainfall has carriedflood disorder southward,flooding hundreds of ruralhomes and muchfarmland, the Thai NewsAgency Sunday said.

Heavy rains combinedwith run-off from theupper north have causedthe water level of the Yom

River to rise five cen-timetres per hour onSunday as some onehundreds of village homesand large areas of rice,corn and other crops innorthern Phichit Provinceare now under water.

The situation in PhoPrathap Chang District isworst as the water level inlocal canal continuesrising due to fast-flowingwater from the Yom Riverand across flooded fieldsfrom Kamphaeng PhetProvince.

Farmers are pumpingwater out of their

paddyfields into the riverin a bid to protect theircrops.

Meanwhile, theMeteorological Depart-ment of Thailand haswarned that heavy rainswill likely hit some 70 percent of the country,especially in Tak andSukhothai provinces, fromSunday through Thursday(4-8 June) this week.

It said around 40 to 60per cent of areas in centralBangkok and outlyingareas would encounterheavy rainfall during theperiod.—MNA/Xinhua

A four-year-old male orang utan is seen at theforestry department after he was rescued from thestreets of Phnom Penh on 5 June, 2006.—INTERNET

Study says Yoga helps breast cancer patientsfocused on 61 women whohad surgery for breastcancer and now weregetting six weeks ofradiation treatment. Thirtywomen were assigned to atest group that took twice-a-week yoga classes. Theothers did not.

At the end of six weeks,study participants filled outdetailed questionnairesgrading their ability to liftgroceries, walk a mile andperform other physicalactivities. They also wereasked about feelings offatigue, their sense of well-being and other aspects oftheir quality of life.

Their scores wereconverted to a scale thatranged from 0 to 100. Theresearchers found the yogagroup consistently hadhigher scores in almostevery area. It was mostpronounced in physicalfunction — the yoga group

had a mean score of about82, compared with 69 forthe other group.

Participants said theywere in better generalhealth, were less fatiguedand had fewer problemswith daytime sleepiness.But the researchers foundno differences between thegroups in measurementsof depression or anxiety.

The researchers drewblood and took salivasamples in an effort tomeasure the participants’immune system functionand stress levels, but thoseresults are not finished yet,said Cohen, who presentedthe results at a medicalconference in Atlanta heldby the American Societyof Clinical Oncology.

A future study will haveone group do stretchingand another yoga, to see ifthere is a difference in theresult, Cohen said.

Traditionally, suchscientific approaches havebeen lacking in theassessment of yoga'smedical benefits, said AlanKristal, an epidemiologyprofessor at the Universityof Washington School ofPublic Health and Com-munity Medicine.

Teresita Ladrillo, 52, aHouston breast cancerpatient currently takingyoga classes at MDAnderson, said thestretching helped her regainflexibility in her right arm,which was limited byscarring from surgeries andother treatments.

Learning to control herbreathing through yoga hashelped her to calm andsleep, she said. “Wheneveryou do yoga, the first thingthey tell you is forgeteverything else and justfocus on your breathing,”she said. —Internet

Kilometre-long fissure appears in East China

Residents clean up debris at the ruins of a house in Bantul, Indonesia,on 5 June, 2006. A 6.3-magnitude quake struck the region on 27 May, killingat least 5,782 people and damaging more than 130,000 homes, government

officials said. —INTERNET

FUZHOU, 5 June —Afissure stretching about akilometre appeared Sundayat a village in East China’sFujian Province after days

of torrential rain, causing ahouse to collapse, localsource said.

No casualties werereported although 11 other

houses near the fissure weredamaged, the source said.

Most parts of the fissurein Zhenshan Village,Zhangping City, are five-

centimetre wide, and insome parts the gap opens to80 centimetre.

More than 30 springsalso emerged in the village,gushing water red with mudand sand and affecting thehomes of 95 people in 31families. The source citedan old man surnamed Lianas saying that a landslideoccurred in the village in1954 due to continuousrains. The local governmenthas relocated all the familieswho lived in the damagedhouses on the fissure anddispatched monitoringteams. Fujian has beensubjected to continuousrains that have claimed 22lives and destroyed 19,000homes, forcing theevacuation of more than50,000 people, since 30May. — MNA/Xinhua

Miners saved in N-E China afterbeing trapped for over 60-hours HARBIN, 5 June—Five miners have been saved after

being trapped for more than 60 hours in a coal minecave-in in Hegang, northeast China’s HeilongjiangProvince, while four others were confirmed dead.

The five miners were sent to hospital immediatelyafter rescuers found them on Saturday night and earlySunday morning, sources with the Hegang branch ofthe Longmei Mining Group said on Sunday.

The cave-in occurred at about 9:00 am Thursday atXing’an Coal Mine, trapping nine miners. —MNA/Xinhua

18 injured as plane skids offrunway in Indonesia

JAKARTA, 6 June — A small passenger planeskidded off runway in the Indonesian eastern provinceof Maluku on Monday, injuring 18 people onboard,including the aircrews.

The Casa NC212 plane was seriously damaged inthe accident, which occurred due to bad weather.

The wings, landing gears and passenger cabin ofthe plane were broken, reported the national Antaranews agency. The plane belongs to state-run carrier PTMerpati Nusantara.

It skidded off the runway when landing on theBanda Airport in Central Maluku, some 2,300kilometres east of Jakarta. It was not clear how manypeople were aboard the plane. — MNA/Xinhua

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Actor Andy Lau (C) hugs model Vanessa Yeung (L)and actress Anna Yau during a promotional event in Hong Kong on 5 June, 2006.—INTERNET

Subway passengers are seen wearing yellow shirts in different designs inBangkok, Thailand, on 5 June, 2006. Yellow shirts, honouring the country's

beloved King Bhumibol Adulyadej on the 60th anniversary of his accession tothe throne, are so popular that there aren't enough to go around. —INTERNET

A supporter of South Korean farmers takes part in a protest againstupcoming talks between the US and South Korea for a free trade agreement,

in Washington on 4 June, 2006.—INTERNET

Cloned mule finishes third in Nevada race LOS ANGELES, 5 June — Two cloned mules finished third and seventh in a Nevada mule race on

Sunday, disappointing the scientists who created them a day after each animal won its respectiveelimination heat.

But winning aside,scientists said the strongperformances of themules, named Idaho Gemand Idaho Star, will bekey to showing the publicthat the controversialtechnology producesnormal, healthy animals.Idaho Gem, the world'sfirst equine clone, tookthird place and Idaho Starfinished seventh in a 350-yard (metre) race againstsix naturally bred three-

year-old mules at theWinnemucca Mule Race,Show & Draft HorseChallenge inWinnemucca, Nevada,the scientists said.

The winning mule,Bar JF Hot Ticket,finished in 20.8 seconds,while Idaho Gemfinished in 21.2 secondsand Idaho Star finishedin 22.2 seconds.

On Saturday, bothcloned mules won their

respective heats. It was thefirst time cloned mules hadentered a professionalrace.

"Today it's adisappoint-ment, but we'renot disheartened," saidDirk Vanderwall, aUniversity of Idahoscientist said in atelephone interviewfollowing the race. "We'restill pleased with theirracing activity bothyesterday and today."Scientific evidence and apreliminary report by theUS Food and DrugAdministration haveoffered few signs thatcloned products such asmeat and milk are not safe,though public opinionpolls have shown that

consumers are skeptical. "This is an excellent

venue for showcasing acouple of cloned animals,"said Ken White, aprofessor at Utah StateUniversity who hasworked with the clonedmules.

"This is a very athleticevent, it takes a lot ofenergy and the animalshave to be on top of theirgame. When the public hasan opportunity to see thisthat's a very positivething." Idaho Gem, IdahoStar and a third mule whodid not race, Utah Pioneer,are clones of a fetusproduced by the motherand father of a championrace mule named Taz.

MNA/Reuters

17 bodies found in Baghdad BAGHDAD, 5 June — The Iraqi police found 17

bodies in Baghdad on Sunday, a police source said. “Our patrols found seven bodies of men aged

between 30 to 40 in the Karrada neighbourhood incentral Baghdad,” the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

The bodies showed signs of torture and wereriddled with bullets in the head and chest, he said.

In a separate incident, the police found 10 bodieswrapped up in nylon bags near the Bilat al-Shuhadaaprimary school in Baghdad’s southern district ofDoura, the source added. Violence and sectarianreprisal attacks have mounted in Iraq since theFebruary bombing of a key Shiite mosque in thenorthern Iraqi town of Samarra. — MNA/Xinhua

Car bomb kills 15 in Basra BASRA (Iraq), 5 June — At least 15 people were

killed and 30 wounded on Saturday after a car bombexploded in Iraq’s southern city of Basra, police said.The bombing came three days after Prime MinisterNuri al-Maliki announced a state of emergency tocrack down on gangs and feuding Shiite factionsthreatening oil exports. — MNA/Reuters

Gunmen kill 19 civiliansnortheast of Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 5 June — Unknown gunmen killed19 civilians on Sunday when they forced minibusesto stop on a highway northeast of Baghdad and shotat the passengers, a source from the US-Iraqi liaisonoffice in Diyala Province told Xinhua.

Unknown armed men stopped minibusescarrying people on a highway near the Ayn Laylaarea, northeast of Baquba, some 65 kilometresnortheast of Baghdad, and opened fire at the civilianson board, said the source from the Joint CoordinationCentre of Diyala, where Ayn Layla is located.

The source also said that two Iraqi civilians werewounded in the attack and that seven minibusdrivers were among the dead. Violence and reprisalsectarian attacks have persisted in Iraq despite theformation of a new national unity government on 20May. — MNA/Xinhua

Pakistan records 6.6%growth this fiscal year

ISLAMABAD, 5 June —Pakistan has seen a robustgrowth of 6.6 per centduring this fiscal year (1July, 2005 to 30 June, 2006)despite suffering from theOctober earthquake andeffects of soaring world oilprices, the government saidon Sunday.

Pakistan, with apopulation of 155 million,reduced poverty by morethan 10 per cent and its percapita income rose to 847dollars from 579 dollars inthe previous fiscal year,according to an officialeconomic survey releasedby Salman Shah, FinanceAdviser to Prime MinisterShaukat Aziz on Sunday,the GEO TV reported.

The inflation during thefirst 10 months of the fiscalyear stood at 8.0 per cent,down from 9.3 per cent lastyear, while the fiscal deficitincluding losses caused bythe devastating earthquakein October was 4.2 per centof GDP (Gross DomesticProduct), the GEO reportsaid. Pakistan’s economyhas grown at an averagerate of over 7.5 per cent in

the last three years and isone of the fastest growingeconomies of the Asianregion, Shah was quoted assaying. — MNA/Xinhua

Rumsfeld lauds growing Asiansecurity networks

SINGAPORE, 5 June —US Secretary of DefenceDonald Rumsfeld onSaturday hailed anexpanding network ofmultilateral security

cooperation in Asia as a“welcome shift” in a regionthat has lacked institutionslike NATO in Europe.

Joint actions againstterrorism and piracy and

disaster relief helped fleshout an Asian regionalsystem that had long beenbased on US bilateralalliances, the Pentagonchief told defence officialsand experts gathered inSingapore.

“Now we see anexpanding network ofsecurity cooperation in thisregion, both bilaterallybetween nations andmultilaterally amongnations, with the UnitedStates as a partner,” he said.

“We see this as awelcome shift,” Rumsfeldtold the annual Shangri-LaDialogue. The Pentagonhas built close ties to Asiancountries ranging fromMongolia to Vietnam,reached out to China anddramatically overhauledits linchpin US allianceswith Japan and SouthKorea, he said.

MNA/Reuters

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 7 June, 2006 7

All smiles in southern Shan StateDr Kyi Soe

Children with cleft lip and cleft palate usuallyface physical as well as mental problems, alwayslonging for someone who will help them free from allof their sufferings. Some of the children with split lipand palate may feel so outcast or depressed that theyare even afraid to go out or associate with friends orattend classes, a social problem that may even ruintheir lives. But there are people who are willing tohelp those children.

One of them is the commander of EasternCommand. So eager is the commander to cure childrenof cleft lip and cleft palate that he set up a trust fundand assigned duty to Shan State (South) Maternal andChild Welfare Supervisory Committee. Thechairperson of the committee and the commander’swife, asked help from the medical superintendent ofMandalay General Hospital who sent a teamcomprising three specialist surgeons, threeanaesthetists, one oral specialist, and six nurses.Members of the team have already operated over3,000 patients in upper Myanmar, as they have touredthe major towns annually. Even the foreign doctors

who conducted joint surgical operations with the teammarvelled at the members’ experience and skill insurgical operation. The team arrived in Taunggyi on 5March with much enthusiasm.

With the help of local authorities, Maternal andChild Welfare Supervisory Committees at differentlevels sent patients to Taunggyi, the major city of ShanState. The commander alone sent 18 patients he hadfound during his tour around Kayah State to the city.Altogether there were 121 patients including eightchildren whose hands or legs were deformed by fire. Afour-year-old girl became disabled because of theknee deformation caused by fire. Thanks to the medicalskill of the team members, all those children becamenormal after surgical operations.

As members of the team had to leave their dailyduties behind in Mandalay, they had not much time tostay in Taunggyi. They had only three and a half daysto cure all the 121 patients, meaning 35 operations perday. As for cleft lip patient, an operation normallytakes only 30 minutes. But for cleft palate, it takes twoto three hours per operation. The team members had to

Mt Everest becoming more highway than mountainKATHMANDU, 6 June —

Conquering Mt Everest,the world’s highestmountain, was once anawesome feat. But now,with a large number ofclimbers conquering thesummit every year, thatsense of awe is dis-appearing.

Plenty of agencies areselling 30,000 US dollarssophisticated packages ofhi-tech help and veteranSherpa support to reach the

summit. It is almost like a

climber can book an ascent.The only thing the climberneeds to do is to take therequired steps.

Sherpas make thecamps, prepare the routewith ropes and ladder andcarry all the baggage. Aslong as the weather is good,the chances of a successfulascent are high.

As in previous years,a remarkable number of

ascents have been madeand plenty of new recordsset this climbing season.

A Japanese mount-aineer, Takao Araya, 70,became the oldestmountaineer to climbEverest. New ZealanderMark Inglis became thefirst double-amputee toreach the summit. LeoOracion, Pastor Emata andRomi Garduce set therecord as the first Filipinosto do it.—MNA/Xinhua

conduct operations from 7.30 am to 10 pm daily.Physicians of the Eye, Ear and Nose Hospital of thecity also took part in the operations to help the team.They were all happy to contribute their services forthe purpose.

However, the team members had to conductsome operations with much difficulty. They had tooperate a child with deformed chin for three hours.Shan State (South) Maternal and Child WelfareSupervisory Committee bore all the expenses of theoperations. Myanmar Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation (Central) donated K 1 million, and 25wellwishers from Taunggyi K 8 million. The ShanState (South) MCWSC took the duty of ensuringevery convenience to all the 121 patients and the teammembers. In addition it provided K 3,000 and packagesof foodstuff daily to every patient.

Of the 121 patients, some could not undergotreatments before because of financial problems,and some due to lack of knowledge. They were allvery fortunate as they were treated free of charge.

A parent of one patient said, “I don’t knoweven how to say thanks.” One little girl was tearful asshe was overjoyed because she would be able to wearlipstick. When the commander’s wife asked an eight-year-old girl her grade at the school, her mother said,“She refused to attend class for her cleft palate. Nowshe will go to school.”

At the farewell dinner, MCWSC Secretary DrSai Hkam Hlaing said, “Patients will be happilythanking the medical team every time they look theirface in the mirror.” Those who made the programmepossible were also happy for what they had done.They have freed those children from their sufferings.After the successful completion of all operations the121 children and their parents will be all smiling.

(Translation: TMT)Myanma Alin: 6-6-2006

A parent of one patient said, “I don’t know even how

to say thanks.” One little girl was tearful as she was

overjoyed because she would be able to wear lipstick.

When the commander’s wife asked an eight-year-old

girl her grade at the school, her mother said, “She

refused to attend class because of her cleft palate. Now

she will go to school.”

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ball during a “PandaWorld Cup” in the

Wolong Giant PandaReserve Center insouthwest China’sSichuan Province

Monday. The eventwas organized by thecenter to celebrate the

2006 World Cup,which is scheduled tokick off on Friday inGermany.—INTERNET

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NAY PYI TAW, 6 June—Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen TheinSein, accompanied bySPDC Member Lt-Gen YeMyint of the Ministry ofDefence, the ministers,deputy ministers andofficials of SPDC Office,on 4 June morninginspected building ofY a n g o n - M a n d a l a yrailroad (dual) andarrangements foroperating express trainbetween Nay Pyi Taw andMandalay.

The Secretary-1 andparty looked into thelaying of rails andconstruction of bridgesalong the Yangon-Mandalay rail tracks andpreparations for runningNay Pyi Taw-Mandalay

Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay express railservice to be launched on 7 June

express train.On the Nay Pyi Taw-

Mandalay Express,Minister for RailTransportation Maj-GenAung Min reported to theSecretary-1 on progress inbuilding Yangon-Mandalay railroad dualtrack, laying of gravel,replacing of old sleeperswith new ones, daily trainschedules for Yangon-Mandalay railways, andupcoming operation ofNay Pyi Taw-Mandalayexpress train.

In response, theSecretary-1 called formeeting the standards,completion of the projecton schedule, maintenanceand cleanliness ofcoaches, greening ofstations, ensuring arrivaland departure times

according to schedule, andmeasures for convenience

of passengers.The Nay Pyi Taw-

Mandalay Express Trainwill be launched on 7 June.

The Secretary-1 andparty proceeded toMandalay CentralRailway Station later inthe morning. They werewelcomed there byChairman of MandalayDivision PDCCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen KhinZaw, the deputycommander, theMandalay mayor andofficials.

Yesterday morning,the Secretary-1 attendedthe opening of the SpecialRefresher Course No 6 forFaculty Members. Hearrived back here in theevening.

MNA

YANGON, 6 June —Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint,accompanied by Col KhinMaung Soe of YangonCity Electric PowerSupply Committee andresponsible personnelinspected refilling CNGfor vehicles at CNG fillingstation No 002 on Insein

Minister inspects CNG filling stationsRoad yesterday morning.

Next, the ministerand party proceeded toCNG filling station No007 on Bayintnaung Roadwhere the minister lookedinto refilling CNG forvehicles at the station.Afterwards, Magaging

Director of MyanmaPetroleum ProductsEnterprise U Sein Tin Winreported to the ministeron water supply tasks.

Upon arrival atCNG filling station No001, the minister oversawavailability of electric

power and acceptance ofCNG. Similarly, theminister and party arrivedat CNG filling station No013 in Ahlon Townshipwhere they inspectedrefilling CNG at thestation.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 June— Commander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen KhinZaw, Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw and responsiblepersonnel were on aninspection tour ofOhnchaw auto-exchangeand gave necessaryinstructions on 2 June.

Next, thecommander and theminister went to ZegyoPlaza and instructedresponsible personnel toinstall an auto-exchange atthe plaza. The followingday, Commander of North-West Command Maj-GenTha Aye and Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw and

Commanders, ministerlook into communication

tasks in Mandalay,Sagaing

officials concerned arrivedat Wetlet and met withtownselders and helddiscussions on installationof an auto-exchange.

After the inspectionof Shwebo auto-exchange,the commander and theminister met withtownselders at KhinU PDCand held discussions oninstallation of an auto-exchange. Next, thecommander and theminister gave instructionson building of Taze auto-exchange. Afterwards, thecommander and theminister inspected Tazeauto exchange, YeU auto-exchange, Dabayin auto-exchange, Budalin auto-exchange, Ahlon GSM

station and Monywa auto-exchange. The next day,the minister inspected achosen place for buildingan auto-exchange inPyawbwe and a microwavestation in Yemethin and amicrowave station inTatkon.

In response to thereports presentedresponsible personnel, theminister gave necessaryinstructions.

MNAMinister Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint in his inspection tour of CNG

filling station No 007 on Bayintnaung Road in Insein.—MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein receives a welcome at Mandalay Central Railway Station byCommander Maj-Gen Khin Zaw and officials.—MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein hears report by Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min on Yangon-Mandalay Railroad.—MNA

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 7 June, 2006 9

Nay Pyi Taw, 6June—Lt-Gen Kyaw Winof the Ministry of Defence,accompanied by seniormilitary officers andofficials of the State Peaceand Development CouncilOffice, yesterday morningmet with responsiblepersonnel at the meetinghall of Mandalay DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil and discussedmatters on the use ofelectricity and fuel.

The meeting wasattended by Deputy

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win calls for efficient use of electricity, fuel

At present, efforts are being madefor production of bio-diesel from physicnuts and it will soon satisfy the demandof fuel in the nation.

Commander of CentralCommand Brig-Gen NayWin, Secretary ofMandalay Division Peaceand Development CouncilLt-Col Kyi Thein andmembers, officials of theMinistry of No 2 ElectricPower and the Ministry ofEnergy and others.

In his address,Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of theMinistry of Defence saidthat the government ismaking all-out efforts foreconomic development inan effort to build a peaceful,

modern and developednation. Electricity and fuelplay an important role inensuring economicdevelopment. This beingthe case, the Ministry ofNo 2 Electric Power istaking steps for increasedgeneration of of electricity.

He went on to saythat Mandalay Division isa strategic region for thenation, and efforts are tobe made for minimizingloss and wastage ofelectricity and thriftily usefuel, to regularly supply

power to Mandalay andindustrial zones and togive priority to supplyingpower to industrial zones.

He stressed theneed for minimising lossand wastage in storing anddistributing fuel and calledon officials concerned tosupervise the thrifty useof fuel. At present, effortsare being made for theproduction of bio-dieselfrom physic nuts and itwill soon satisfy thedemand of fuel in thenation. He urged officialsconcerned to try theirutmost through initiativeand innovation indischarging the Stateresponsibilities and toconvince the people of thegoodwill and endeavoursof the State.

Next, Manager of

Mandalay DivisionMyanma Electric PowerEnterprise U KyawThaung reported ondistribution of electricityin Mandalay Division,steps being taken toprevent the loss andwastage of power andthrifty use of power in thedivision.

After that, Head ofTagundaing Sub-powerStation U Win Maung andHead of Aungpinle Sub-power Station Daw AyeAye Min reported onacquisition of power anddistribution of it.

Later, GeneralManager of Myanma Oiland Gas Enterprise (UpperMyanmar) U Tun Myint

Oo reported on obtainingand distribution of fuel inMandalay Division andofficials concerned onopening of filling stationsand supervision of thosestations, sale of CNG toCNG-used vehiclesbeginning 4 October 2004,the number of CNG-usedvehicles and others.

In response to thereports, Lt-Gen KyawWin called on officials incooperation with localauthorities to monthlyinspect fuel tanks, to takefire preventive measuresand to make relentlessefforts in discharging theState duties, and themeeting came to an end.

MNA

YANGON, 6 June — Minister for Electric PowerNo-1 Col Zaw Min, accompanied by the deputy ministerof the ministry and officials of the Hydro-electric PowerDepartment, on 2 June arrived at Kengtawng hydelpower project in Langkho District, Shan State (South),and assisted in construction tasks of the project.

The hydel power project is located nearKengtawng Waterfall on Nanttain Creek 30 miles fromMongnai in Langkho District.

At the project, the minister discussed matters onthe construction tasks and machinery with officialsconcerned and fulfilled the requirements.

During his tour of inspection, Minister Col ZawMin and officials inspected two small-scale power

Minister inspects Kengtawng hydel power projectstations which generate 135 kilowatt to be supplied toconstruction tasks while Kengtawng hydel powerproject is under construction. He also inspected twoconcrete diversion dams, construction tasks and progressof two bridges across Nanttain Creek.

Kengtawng hydel electric power project will beequipped with three 18-megawatt generators. Uponcompletion, the project is expected to generate 472million kilowatt hours to supply Namsang, Laikha,Panglong and Loilem in Loilem District and to Mongnai,Langkho and Mongpan through Namsang sub-powerstation. Moreover, the project will put its surplus poweron the power grid through Kalaw sub-power station.

MNA

Road and bridge projectsinspected

YANGON, 6 June—Minister for Construction Maj-Gen Saw Tun inspected maintenance of roads andbridges, digging of drains, laying of gravel, and tasksfor maintenance of conduits and speedy clearance ofmass of earth that slid down the mountains, alongKale-Falam-Hakha Road on 30 May.

The minister gave instructions on proper drainageand construction of gravel road sections near the footsites of mountains.

He also inspected the Barh Bridge Project andcalled for convenience of the vehicles passing over thebridge and completion of the project on schedule.

In the past, the Barh Bridge was just a suspensionfacility across the Manipur River at mile post 68/5 onKale-Falam-Hakha Road in Falam Township, ChinState. Now, it is being upgraded to a facility with steel-beam frame with reinforced concrete floor. Oncompletion, it will be a 340-foot facility with a 24-foot-wide motor way and two three-foot-wide pedestrianlanes. It will be able to withstand 60 tons of load.

The minister looked into maintenance work at theplace between mile post Nos 29/0 and 30/0 and theconduit at mile post No 23/0. He inspected theconstruction of Kangyiwa Bridge spanning the MahuyaCreek on Tamu-Zedi Road in Tamu Township, SagaingDivision, and called for completion of the project onschedule, preparations for construction of a motorwayon the bridge, collaboration with respective authoritiesto find the axis on the pagoda side.

The old facility was just a framework with woodand steel beams. On completion, it will be a 360-foot-long one with a 24-foot-wide motor way with twothree-foot-wide pedestrian lanes. It will be able towithstand 60 tons of load. — MNA

Minister Col Zaw Min inspects Kengtawng Waterfall . — ELECTRIC POWER NO (1)

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win meeting with service personnel at the Mandalay Division Peace and Development Council office. — MNA

10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 7 June, 2006

NAY PYI TAW, 6 June—Carpenter Ko Yan NaingLwin, 24, son of U Maung Maung, of Yuzana Street inKwindaunt Ward, Kyauktada Township, Bago Division,lost his left foot in a bomb blast that took place near thetransformer at the junction of Bogyoke Street andMarket Street in Zaybaing Ward, Kyaukdaga.

The bomb went off while he accidentally treadedon it planted by insurgent terrorists at the site, abouttwo feet outside the wall of the transformer. At thattime he was trying to replace the decayed wooden barsupporting the main switchboard of the transformer.Then, he was rushed to Kyaukdaga Township People’sHospital for medical treatments. The case is underinvestigation by officials concerned.

Insurgent terrorists are committing various formsof destructive acts with the intention of jeopardizingstability of the State, community peace and prevalenceof law and order, and creating public panic.—MNA

YANGON,6 June—Adelegation led by U KyawThu, Deputy Minster forForeign Affairs arrived

Deputy Foreign Minister back from Manilahere by air today afterattending the Myanmar-Philippine PolicyConsultations held in

Manila from 2 to 5 June.While in Manila,the

deputy minister met withErlinda F Basilio, DeputyForeign Minister of thePhilippines at Hyatt Hotelon 3 June and theydiscussed matters onfurther enhancing ofbilateral relations andcooperation, as the twocountries will becelebrating the 50thAnniversary of theestablishment of diplomaticrelations.

Next , DeputyMinister Erlinda F Basiliohosted a lunch in honour ofU Kyaw Thu and party atHyatt Hotel.—MNA

Departmental functions inspectedin Yemethin District

NAY PYI TAW, 6June — Deputy Ministerfor Information Brig-GenAung Thein together withDirector of Informationand Public RelationsDepartment U Maung Pewent on an inspection tourof Yemethin DistrictIPRD on 4 June and metwith service personnel ofthe district, townshipwriters and journalistsassociation and videoorganization.

During the meeting,the deputy minister made

a speech on the occasion,saying that measureswould be taken fordevelopment of librariesin the long run. Librarieswere being opened forrural people to gain generalknowledge.

It was of importancefor rural people to gainknowledge for realization

of the State’s goals.Measures would be takenfor an increase of readers.

Next, the deputyminister and partypresented VCDs andbooks donated bywellwishers for BuddhaRays Library andArmanthit Library.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 June— Minister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing on 2 June pointedout convenience andsecurity of local andforeign guests as thepriority his ministry’s staffshould give.

Cooperation withprivate organizations isrequired in realizing the

Convenience and securitypriority task in tourism

ministry’s aims, he alsonoted at his meeting withthem in Mandalay. Theymust be loyal to the state,while striving to fill itscoffers and reducingwastage, he said.

The minister said thatcooperation between thegovernment andentrepreneurs is a requisitefor rapid development of

tourism in Myanmar. Thegovernment will providefull assistance toentrepreneurs doingbusiness within the law.After inspecting a numberof hotels in Mandalay, Maj-Gen Soe Naing went toPyinOoLwin where he helddiscussions with staff ofgovernment hotels andentrepreneurs. — MNA

YANGON, 6 June—Special Refresher CourseNo 9 for university teachersopened at the Nawarat Hallof Central Institute of CivilService (Phaunggyi), inHlegu Township, YangonDivision yesterdaymorning. On behalf ofChairman of MyanmarEducation CommitteeSecretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen Thein Sein,Minister for Education DrChan Nyein delivered anaddress on the occasion.

Also present wereministers, the Chief Justice,the Attorney-General, theDeputy Auditor-General,members of the CivilService Selection andTraining Board,departmental officials, the

Enhance national education to keep abreast of international communitySpecial Refresher Course No 9 for University Teachers opens

rectors and facultymembers of CICS(Phaunggyi) and traineeteachers.

On behalf of Chairmanof Myanmar EducationCommittee Secretary-1 ofthe State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein, Ministerfor Education Dr ChanNyein said that thegovernment has beenimplementing the 30-yearplan divided into five-yearprojects.

The third five-yearproject successfullyconcluded after exceedingthe targets. It is now in thefourth five-year project thatwill ensure humanresources developmentwith the drive to extendhealth and education.

The universities andcolleges produce highly-qualified human resourcesthat can bring aboutregional development withthe application of the relatedfields so that a moderndeveloped nation will surelyemerge. He urged the facultymembers to do research onnatural resources,unexplored resources in theinterest of regions and toexchange experiences onrelated fields with higherinstitutions in foreigncountries and to apply theresults in practical fields.

He spoke of the needfor them to improve thevarious fields. In particular,teachers and academicsfrom the education field areurged to work hard for the

The implementation ofthe national educationproject covers developmentand dissemination ofscience and technology,production of academics,technicians, engineers andmedical experts for humanresources development,development of inter-national level ICTinfrastructures andemergence of a constantlearning society inMyanmar. The entire nationwill have to take part invarious fields to realize thegoal of educationdevelopment, with theteachers in all academicfields at the helm.Especially in the ICTdominated-era, in whichself-learning is possiblethrough the Internet

website, teachers areplaying a greater role. Inaddition, teachers arerequired to keep abreastwith the latestdevelopments in theirrespective fields of study.

Nowadays, thegovernment is makingefforts for all-rounddevelopment in everysector and implementingthe various projects forequal development of allparts of the Union.

The government is alsobuilding infrastructuressuch as factories andworkshops, irrigationnetworks, modern airfields,Union Highways, bridges,hospitals and universitiesand colleges ofinternational standard.

country as educationoverwhelms all othersectors.

In conclusion, theminister said that all thefaculty members are tostrive for the enhancementof national education tokeep abreast of theinternational community asa sovereign nation and thatthey are to play an activepart in making a peaceful,modern and developeddiscipline-flourishingdemocratic nation withpatriotism and Union Spirit.

After the ceremony,Minister Dr Chan Nyeincordially greeted the traineeteachers. A total of 749trainees from universities andcolleges are attending thefour-week course.—MNA

Minister Dr Chan Nyein addresses the opening of Special Refresher Course No (9) for Faculty Members at Central Institute of Civil Service (Phaunggyi).—MNA

Deputy

Minister U

Kyaw Thu

pays a call

on his

Philipino

counterpart

Erlinda F

Basilio.

MNA

Man loses foot inKyaukdaga bomb blast

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 7 June, 2006 11

A Mexican farmer hangs a cow carcass froma flag pole outside the economy ministry in

Mexico City during a protest about dairyproduct imports on 5 June, 2006.—INTERNET

Patissier Kikujiro Yoshida holds a soccer ball made of chocolate inTokyo on 6 June, 2006, before the upcoming World Cup in Germany.The soccer ball is made from white and bitter chocolate.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 6 June—US fighter jets on Mon-day intercepted a smallplane that had breachedrestricted airspace aroundWashington, DC, but it didnot appear to pose a secu-rity threat to the US capitalarea.

The Cessna 182 wasflying from Philadelphia toCharlottesville, Virginia,before two F-16 fightersescorted it to an airport inMaryland, said Sean Kelly,the spokesman for theNorth American Aero-space Defence Command,which monitors NorthAmerican airspace.

Small plane enters restrictedWashington airspace

“Currently US SecretService and Immigrationand Customs Enforcementare investigating,” saidAndrea McCauley, aspokeswoman for the theTransportation SecurityAdministration.

The incident did not“appear to be a securitythreat,” said one US offi-cial, speaking on the con-dition of anonymity.

US authorities re-stricted airspace around thethree major Washingtonarea airports after the Sep-tember 11 attacks on NewYork and Washington.

All pilots with per-

mission to fly into orthrough Washington air-space — mainly commer-cial flights — must trans-mit special identificationcodes to air traffic control-lers.

In 2004, a plane car-rying Kentucky GovernorErnie Fletcher to formerpresident Ronald Reagan’sfuneral entered the re-stricted airspace, sparkingan evacuation of the Capi-tol and panic due tomiscommunication be-tween the Federal Avia-tion Administration andlaw enforcement.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 6 June—Thesister of Margaret Hassan,a British aid worker mur-dered in Iraq in 2004, ac-cused the government onMonday of effectivelycondemning her to deathby refusing to talk to hercaptors.

The care worker wasambushed and kidnappedon the way to work inOctober 2004 and shotdead nearly one monthlater. Her body has neverbeen recovered.

As one man wasjailed for life and two ac-quitted in Baghdad in con-nection with the murder,Hassan’s sister DeirdreFitzsimmons told BBCradio that Britain hadtreated four phone callsfrom her captors ashoaxes.

“We were advised ...by the powers that be thatthese were hoax calls. Butafter all they were made

Sister of aid worker murdered inIraq accuses Britain

on my sister’s mobile tel-ephone,” she said.

“They were defi-nitely coming from thesekidnappers because theywould make calls and thenthey would issue videosand they never made anydemands for money,” sheadded, accusing the au-thorities of having aban-doned the family.

Hassan, who also hadIraqi and Irish citizenship,had lived in the countryfor 30 years and was mar-ried to an Iraqi.

“My brother-in-lawwas left in a house on hisown without any record-ing equipment. He wasgiven the advice to say theBritish didn’t want to beinvolved,” Fitzsimmonssaid.

“After the first callwhen they demanded tospeak to the British, theadvice given to mybrother-in-law was ‘we’ll

emphasise her Iraqiness”-- which was a ridiculousthing to do after all be-cause they had kidnappedher and taken possessionof her British passport.

“The last phone callswere made on 7 Novem-ber. They demanded to ne-gotiate. I don't think heknew what to do. He didthe best he could.

“After all this was aman in a house on his own.His wife had been takenhostage. He had seen ter-rible videos of her and hewas really left on his own,”Fitzsimmons said.

MNA/Reuters

London bomb probe revealscommunication breakdown

credibly brave” but thatlessons needed to belearned after their commu-nications broke down.

An over-reliance onmobile phones was ex-posed when police in theCity of London financialdistrict ordered the tempo-rary shutdown of part ofthe network without check-ing with those leading theresponse.

“We actually hadsomeone acting outside thecommand structure on July7 and that was not neces-sarily helpful,” Barnes toldBBC Radio. The failure toprovide survivors with acentral place to gather af-ter the bombings to get helpand give their details wasanother key mistake, headded.—MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 6 June —Emergency crews at lastJuly’s London bombingswere let down by poor com-munications and flawedplans to help survivors, a6-month inquiry concludedon Monday.

Some rescuers reliedon radios which did notwork on the undergroundrail network and others’mobile phones failed, thereport by the elected Lon-don Assembly said.

“This breakdown incommunication led to afailure to deploy the rightnumbers of ambulances tothe right locations; a lackof necessary equipmentand supplies at the sceneand delays in getting someof the injured to hospital,”the report said.

The most striking fail-ing was the lack of plan-ning to care for people whosurvived and were trauma-tized, it added.

“It is unacceptablethat the emergency serv-ices, with the exception ofthe British Transport po-lice, are still not able tocommunicate when theyare underground,” the re-port said.

Four suicide bomberskilled 52 commuters andinjured some 700 in attackson three trains and a bus inthe capital during the morn-ing rush hour on 7 July,2005.

Richard Barnes,chairman of the commit-tee which wrote the report,said police, fire and ambu-lance crews had been “in-

“AIDS” is 3rd biggest killerfor young PanamaniansPANAMA, 6 June—Acquired Immune Deficiency

Syndrome (AIDS) is the third biggest cause of deathamong Panamanians aged between 15 and 24, said anofficial report published on Sunday.

In 2005, there were more than 25,000 cases ofHuman Immuno-Deficiency Virus (HIV) in Panama,a massive figure for a country with a population ofonly 3.1 million, according to the report issued by TheNational HIV Programme, a research project initiatedby the Health Ministry.

Programme coordinator Emilio Messina said thedisease was the biggest cause of death for Panamani-ans between 25 and 44 after heart attacks and cancer.

Statistics show that since AIDS was first reportedin 1984 in Panama, it has killed 7,485 people.

Panama has undertaken an aggressive campaignto prevent the disease from spreading, which includesdistributing pamphlets in schools and universities.

As part of the campaign, the Health Ministry hadalso created a network of civil society groups in thoseparts of the country with high occurrences, Messinasaid.—MNA/Xinhua

Oil tankexplosionkills 3 in

Mississippi WASHINGTON, 6

June—Three people werekilled and another wasseriously injured on Mon-day morning in an oil tankexplosion in the southernUS state of Mississippi,news reports said.

The explosion hap-pened at Raleigh Field inSmith County, whenworkers were welding ona tank, the Smith CountySheriff’s Department wasquoted as saying.

The blast was soforceful that it blew offthe top of the tank thatlanded dozens of feetaway. Two people died atthe scene and the third vic-tim died at a local hospi-tal.—MNA/Xinhua

Indonesiareports

continuteddecline in

overseas debts JAKARTA, 6 June —

Indonesia’s overseas debtshas declined over the lasttwo years, the governmentreported Monday, aheadof a meeting with its maindonors grouping in theConsultative Group on In-donesia (CGI).

In his report to theHouse of Representatives,Bank Indonesia GovernorBurhanuddin Abdullahsaid overseas debts to-talled 131.8 billion USdollars until March thisyear, against 133.48 bil-lion dollars in December2005. Debt to gross do-mestic product ratio fell to47 per cent in 2005 from54.2 per cent in the previ-ous year. The governmenthas targeted to graduallycut the ratio to 31.8 percent by 2009, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SHAN HAI GUAN VOY NO (042)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SHAN HAIGUAN VOY NO (042) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrive on 5.6.2006 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where itwill lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses andsubject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port ofYangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S COSCO SHIPPING CO, LTDPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

MINISTRY OF FINANCE & REVENUEINTERNAL REVENUE DEPARTMENT

INCOME TAX DIRECTORATE

NOTICE FOR FILING OF RETURN OFINCOME

1. All Co-operative societies which have beenassessed to tax under the Income Tax Law and those Co-operative societies having income amounting to Kyats30001 and above during the income year 2005-2006 arealso required to file the return of income, duly filled-inand signed by the chairman or the secretary of the societyconcerned, in the respective Township Revenue Officesnot later than 30 June 2006. Moreover, Companies, Jointventure enterprises and other taxpayers who are coveredby the Income Tax Law are also required to file the returnof income duly filled-in and properly signed in therespective Township Revenue Office not later thanaforesaid date.2. Persons having income amounting to Kyats 30001and above solely under the head “Salaries” during theincome year 2005-2006 are not required to file the returnof income in respect of their salary income as the tax hadbeen paid thereon by way of deduction at source. However,the employer is responsible for furnishing the AnnualSalary Statement in the respective Township RevenueOffice not later than 30 June 2006.3. Prescribed forms of return of income and AnnualSalary Statement are available free of charge at theTownship Revenue Offices. The Return can be filed inthe person or sent by registered post. A receipt will beissue by the Township Revenue Office concerned in casethe return is filed in person.4. Further information can be obtained fromTownship Revenue Offices and Companies Circle TaxOffice.

(Thein Naing) Director

Income Tax Directorate Internal Revenue Department

China quickens pace of preparationfor listing financial futures

BEIJING, 5 June—China’s top securities regulatorsaid China would step up its research and creation offinancial futures to prepare for the listing of the financialproducts at an opportune time, Shanghai SecuritiesNews reported Saturday.

Shang Fulin, chairman of the China SecuritiesRegulatory Commission, was quoted on Saturday bythe newspaper as saying China would strongly pushforward the expansion of the country's futures sector ina stable and healthy manner in the coming few years.

Shang made those remarks at a national meetingheld on Friday by the country's futures association.

He urged futures companies to improve theircorporate governance and stockholders' structure, boosttheir operating capability, improve their risk controlmechanism so as to make good preparations for listingfinancial futures products. Meanwhile, China wouldalso continue its efforts to consolidate and expand itscommodity futures sector, said Shang.— MNA/Xinhua

Mubarak-Olmert summit focuseson stalled M-E peace process

CAIRO, 5 June—Egyptian President HosniMubarak held talks withvisiting Israeli PrimeMinister Ehud Olmert onSunday in Egypt's popularRed Sea resort of Sharmel-Sheikh over stalledMideast peace process.

The Mubarak-Olmertsummit, first of its kindsince Olmert became Israeliprime minister on 4 May,also discussed Olmert'scontroversial convergenceplan and a future three-waysummit that will alsoinvolve PalestinianPresident MahmoudAbbas.

At a joint Pressconference after thesummit, Mubarak said thatOlmert's visit to Egypt is agood chance for peace inthe troubled Middle East

region. Egypt and Israel have

been carrying out “goodcooperation” in solvingthe Palestinians-Israeliconflicts, said Mubarak,adding that an eventualpeace would be achievedno matter how hard itmight be. For his part,Olmert said that he wouldmeet with Abbas for theresumption of negotia-tions on the roadmappeace plan.

Without giving aspecific date for hismeeting with Abbas,Olmert said that Israel iswilling to negotiate withthe Palestinians on theinternationally-backedroadmap peace plan.

The first priority wasto negotiate with thePalestinians based on the

roadmap plan, said Olmertwho has been advocatinghis convergence orrealignment plan.

According to the plan,Olmert vows to drawIsrael's final borders withthe Palestinians by 2010by evacuating around70,000 Jewish settlersfrom isolated settlementsin the West Bank whilekeeping major ones withor without peace talks withthe Palestinian side.

However, Olmert didnot rule out the possibilityof resuming talks with thePalestinians this time,but insisted that thePalestinian side shouldmeet the requirements setin the roadmap planbefore resuming thenegotiations.

MNA/Xinhua

World Bank says less than $300m spent on bird flu

Kuwait sends first relief aid toquake-hit Indonesia

KUWAIT CITY, 5 June —Kuwait sent its first planeloadof humanitarian aid to Indonesia, the Kuwait NewsAgency (KNA) reported on Saturday.

The 40 tons of relief supplies, valued at four millionUS dollars, include tents, blankets, baby milk,medicaments and medical supplies, said the report.

The relief package, supplied by the Kuwait RedCrescent Society (KRCS), was aimed to help victimsin the quake-stricken areas in the Java Island inIndonesia, KRCS officer Yousef Al-Mi'raj was quotedby KNA as saying.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 5 June —Just 286 million US dollarshas been spent to fight birdflu out of nearly 1.9 billionUS dollars pledged lastJanuary by nations andorganizations that said theywanted to make a "massiveeffort" against the virus,according to a World Bankreport. Only Japan,Switzerland and the CzechRepublic have fully spentthe money promised at ameeting of big donors inBeijing last January,according to the report, acopy of which wasobtained by Reuters.

Africa in particularneeds more money, thereport said. “Japan has fullycommitted its pledge inBeijing of 158 million USdollars to a range ofcountries and

organizations at theregional and global level,"the report reads.Switzerland pledged andhas spent 4.7 million USdollars while the CzechRepublic promised and hasspent 200,000 US dollars.

The report, prepared fora meeting of senior officialsin Vienna on June 7, alsosingles out the UnitedStates, which pledged andcommitted 334 million USdollars, but which has spent70.95 million US dollars.Of 500 million US dollarsin loans promised by theWorld Bank, just 113million US dollars has beencommitted and only 1.97million US dollars sent out.

Since that meeting inJanuary, the H5N1 avianinfluenza virus has spreadout of Asia, across Europe

and into Africa. It has notalways affected com-mercial poultry but haskilled or forced the cullingof tens of millions of morebirds. In January, the virushad killed 79 people, all ofthem in Asia. Now it hasinfected at least 224 peoplein 10 countries, and killed

127 of them, according tothe World Health Organi-zation. “..We agree to takevigorous prevention,mitigation, emergencypreparedness and rapidresponse measures...,” thedonors said in their pledgein January.

MNA/Reuters

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pvaer;®Pc\. eKt\m^P∑M>‘Pi;tui;tk\eqa Nuic\cMeta\”k; tv\eSak\AM.Teenage boy shot five times in Manchester

LONDON, 5 June — A 15-year-old boy was in a serious condition in hospital on Sunday after being shotfive times during an incident in Manchester in which another teenager was also shot, police said.

Thailand prepares to become regionalelectronic hub

BANGKOK, 5 June — Thailand will produce more semi-skilled and skilled techniciansin the electronic sector in preparation for the country to become a regional electronicmanufacturing hub in the future, a local media reported on Sunday.

China-US cooperative industrialpark project starts in C China

ZHENGZHOU, 5 June — A China-US cooperative industrial park project“California Industrial City” has started construction in Zhengdong District ofZhengzhou, capital of central Henan Province.

Chavez opens Venezuela studios tocounter Hollywood

CARACAS (Venezuela), 5 June — Lights, camera and... revolution. Signallingfrom a director’s chair, Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez inaugurated a filmstudio complex on Saturday on the outskirts of Caracas to counter the cultural“dictatorship” of Hollywood movie giants.

The two victims werewith a group of youths inthe Ardwick Green areaof the city shortly beforemidnight on Saturdaywhen a silver car with fouror five men inside pulledup beside them.

“One of the men thengot out of the car and firedshots towards the group,”a Greater ManchesterPolice spokeswoman

said. The 15-year-oldlocal boy was hit in thechest, back, groin, buttockand thigh. He is in aserious but stable con-dition in hospital.

A 13-year-old boyfrom nearby Longsightsuffered a bullet woundto his left leg and is in astable condition inhospital.

“This incident is

obviously very serious,”Superintendent GerryMcGowan told reporters.

“The early indicationsare this is not a randomattack. However what wecannot say is whether thetwo young men whoreceived bullet woundswere the intended victimsof the attack.”

Gun crime has been onthe rise in Britain in recent

years, often blamed ondrugs.

Recent high-profileincidents include the killingof female police officer,Sharon Beshenivsky,following an armed robberyin Bradford last November,while in Nottingham in2004 Danielle Beccan, 14,was gunned down in anapparently motivelessattack.

The government hasintroduced tougher sen-tences for anyone caughtin possession of a firearmalthough campaignershave called for more to bedone.

MNA/Reuters The project lies in the southeasternpart of Zhengzhou, between the Beijing-Guangzhou Railway in the west and theBeijing-Zhuhai Expressway in the east.The project will be built in three phases,to accommodate industries such asaerospace, pharmacy, new materials,building materials, automibiles andelectronics.

The project is sponsored by

Zhengzhou State-owned AssetsManagement Company and CaliforniaIndustrial City DevelopmentCorporation. The overall investment inthe project will be higher than two billionUS dollars, with the infrastructure to befinished within three years. Foreigncompanies and some joint-venturecompanies will be introduced to theindustrial park. — MNA/Xinhua

A Cambodian man leads an elephant in a march to mark the collaborationceremony of national and World Environment Day in Phnom Penh on 5 June,

2006. The placard reads, ‘Against deserts and desertification’. — INTERNET

Movie star Vince Vaughn of the US arrives at theAustralian premiere of his latest movie “The

Break Up” in Sydney on 5 June, 2006.—INTERNET

Models parade fashions made out of recycled materials in Beijing on 4 June, 2006,on the eve of the World Environment Day. More than 100 pieces of garments, allfrom recycled materials, are designed by famous designers in a bid to call on all

people to pay more attention to environmental protection.—INTERNET

“For Venezuela,action,” Chavez called outas the cameras rolled and aharp and guitar bandstrummed traditional folkmusic on the set of a film inproduction.

Allied with Cubaand flush with oil cash,Chavez has clashed withWashington as he pushes asocialist revolution to rivalUS influence. Top USofficials call him an oil-rich autocrat threatening

regional stability. Chavez brands

President George W Busha terrorist, attacks US free-market policies and deridesAmerican consumerculture. He has even urgedVenezuela children toignore US heroes likeSuperman and forgetHalloween celebrations.

Last year, he launchedTelesur, a regionaltelevision news stationmeant to compete with

networks such as CNN. Hiscritics dismissed thechannel as a vehicle forVenezuela to promoteChavez’ left-wing agendaoverseas.

The Film VillaFoundation was openedwith an investment of 9million US dollars for twostudios that organizers hopewill promote the productionof independent local andSouth American movies.

MNA/Reuters

According to ThaiLabour Minister SomsakThepsuthin, his ministry,in cooperation withagencies concerned andthe Federation of ThaiIndustries (FTI), hadtargeted to produce100,000 semi-skilled andskilled technicians eachyear over the next five

years, from around 20,000a year currently.

A Labour Ministrycommittee will be set upto coordinate with theMinistries of Education,Industry and Commerce,as well as all other agenciesconcerned to work outcurricula and measuressupporting the production

of the semi-skilled andskilled technicians so thatit meets the targeted figure,Somsak said.

Thailand is now facingacute shortage of up toaround 50,000 semi-skilledand skilled technicians ayear in the local electronicsector, according to theFTI.— MNA/Xinhua

China reports 68 collapses of reservoirdykes every year

BEIJING, 5 June — The State Flood Control and Drought Relief Headquarters ofChina has called for more attention to be paid to the safety of reservoirs followingreports that 68 dykes collapse every year, causing casualties and economic losses.

From 1954 to 2005dykes collapsed at 3,486reservoirs across China,said Secretary-General EJingping, who is alsoVice-Minister of Waterresources. There are85,160 reservoirs in thecountry.

“A dyke collapse maykill more people and causemore losses than a tsunamior a strong earthquake,”he said.

He said 26,000 peoplewere killed when dykescollapsed at Banqiao andShimantan reservoirs in

central China’s HenanProvince in August 1975.

The official alsoattributed the dyke coll-apses to the poor quality andmanagement of reservoirsand their personnel’s lack ofresponsibility.

MNA/Xinhua

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S P O R T S

US Golfer Michelle Wie hits her teeshot on the second hole as she plays inthe 36 hole US Open Sectional Qualify-ing Round at Canoe Brook CountyClub in Summit, New Jersey, on 5 June,2006. Wie is attempting to become thefirst woman in history to qualify for theUS Open Championship.—INTERNET

Switzerland's Martina Hingis plays a shot toIsrael's Shahar Peer during the French Opentennis tournament at Roland Garros in Paris,

on 5 June, 2006.—INTERNET

The referees of the soccer World Cup 2006 pose for a picture in NeuIsenburg, near Frankfurt, central Germany, on 5 June, 2006 .—INTERNET

Ballack misses trainingwith calf strain

BERLIN, 6 June — Germany captainMichael Ballack missed training as aprecaution on Monday, four days beforethe start of the World Cup, after strain-ing his right calf muscle.

Ballack remained at the team hotel fora solo fitness session, a spokesman forthe German Football Association said.

"It's a precautionary measure becausethe players will be doing sprints in themain session," the spokesman said.

Germany play Costa Rica in the open-ing match of the World Cup in Munichon Friday. Ballack has scored 31 goals in65 internationals and his form and fit-ness are crucial to Germany's chance ofa home success in the tournament, whichruns until July 9.

The 29-year-old midfielder was alsoforced to miss training for several daysat the squad's recent camp in Geneva.

The problem then was an ankle strainand he was unable to play in the friendlyagainst Luxembourg, although he re-turned to face Japan and Colombia in thefinal two warm-up games.

MNA/Reuters

World Cup referees to clamp downon serious foul play

FRANKFURT, 6 June— Referees will clamp down on elbowing, dangeroustackles and diving to allow World Cup matches to flow, they said on Monday.

FIFA launch probe into Paraguayticket sales

UkraineUnder-21

Internationalsuspendedfor doping

KIEV, 6 June— UkraineUnder-21 internationalDmitry Nevmyvaka hasbeen temporarily sus-pended by UEFA after ac-knowledging he had useda banned substance, thecountry's soccer federa-tion said on Monday.

Nevmyvaka had "en-countered periodic prob-lems with blood pressureand took, on the advice ofhis local doctor, withoutadvising team doctors, thewell-known drug tenorik,"a federation statementsaid.

It said the drug con-tained a diuretic and wasincluded on a list ofbanned substances be-cause it can be used tomask the use of other pro-hibited items. A final de-cision on the defender'sfuture would be taken at ameeting of a UEFA disci-plinary committee.

Nevmyvaka was amember of the Ukrainesquad that finished run-ners up in the EuropeanUnder-21 championshipafter losing Sunday's final3-0 to the Netherlands.

MNA/Reuters

FIFA plans new ethicscommittee to fight corruption MUNICH, 6 June— FIFA plans a new independent

ethics committee and the introduction of professionalreferees in a bid to fight widespread corruption.

Sepp Blatter, president of soccer's world governingbody, said on Monday that the creation of the commit-tee would be proposed at the 56th FIFA Congress inMunich on June 7 and 8.

"This will be our main proposal," he said. FIFA already has an ethics committee but the new

independent body will have a far wider brief to includeinvestigations into serious off-field transgressions suchas illegal betting and bribery.

It will also act independently of the all-powerfulFIFA executive committee, which largely runs thegame in most other areas.

Blatter mentioned several scandals that had affectedthe game, including those involving a German refereefound guilty of match-fixing last year and others inBrazil, Belgium, one in the Balkans and most recentlyItaly. "Every time, where you see circles drawn, youknow that the referee is at the heart of it," he said.

Blatter added that it was imperative for professionalreferees to be introduced for all of the leading leagues.

"A man who is professional is more difficult tointimidate," said Blatter.

Every player, referee and official at the World Cuphas been asked to sign a pledge against racism and"insider" betting and to ensure taht no-one in theirfamilies places any bets.—MNA/Reuters

Iran team want to leavepolitics out of World Cup

RAVENSBURG (Germany), 6 June— TheIranian team say they want no part in theircountry's row with the West over its nu-clear ambitions.

Feelings over Iran are running high asEuropean leaders have stopped short ofbanning President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadfrom visiting the World Cup but havesignalled he would face a frosty welcome.

Ahmadinejad has questioned whetherthe holocaust, during which the Nazis andtheir allies killed six million Jews, actuallyhappened and has made inflammatory re-marks about Israel in the past.

Ahmadinejad has left open whether hewill go to the World Cup. Denying theholocaust is a crime in Germany, punish-able by up to five years in prison.

While such comments and the country'snuclear spat with the West keep leadersaround the globe on their toes, Iranianplayers just want to get on with their sport.

"We almost don't talk about it. We some-times make jokes about it but this is allbusiness on the fringes that we do not careabout," midfielder Ferydoon Zandi toldreporters.—MNA/Reuters

Sometimes criticizedfor failing to adequatelypunish serious foul play,referees are under instruc-tions from soccer's worldgoverning body FIFA toensure such problems donot spoil the tournamentin Germany, which startson June 9. "Protecting skil-ful players is the mainthing," English refereeGraham Poll told report-ers at a referees' open day.

"You want to see thebest players playing thebest football at the world'sbiggest sporting event.And referees have got toplay their part in makingsure they have the oppor-tunity to do that."

The men with the whis-tles can go largely unno-

ticed for most of a matchuntil they make a contro-versial decision and sud-denly the centre of atten-tion. This happened anumber of times at the2002 World Cup whensome referees were criti-cized for making highlycontentious decisions thatcost teams vital goals.

Referees have beengiven recordings ofmatches played by theteams they will be incharge of so they can be-come familiar with thedifferent playing styles

and formations. "What is important is

not to prejudge players orteams, not to go in precon-ditioning your mind to 'thisis a very physical team' or'this is a very cynicalteam'," said Poll. "But wemust be prepared, for ex-ample, so that if a teamthat gets a free kick in thedefensive third always hitsa long ball, there is nogood you loitering aroundthe defensive third say-ing: 'Can we have it onthat blade of grass,please'."—MNA/Reuters

MUNICH, 6 June— FIFA has launchedan investigation into claims that WorldCup tickets designated officially to Para-guay have been put on general sale.

General secretary Urs Linsi confirmedon Monday that following "rumours andreports", he had written to the Paraguay

federation. He said FIFA had also asked Ernst &

Young, one of the world's leading auditand investigation companies, to compilea report.

Linsi said that he did not know of any"hard evidence" to prove any wrongdo-ings but had launched an inquiry into theclaims that official Paraguayan ticketshad been offered to fans.

Speaking at a news conference fol-lowing a meeting of FIFA's executivecommittee on Monday, Linsi said he wasaware of the reports and rumours butrefused to give any further credence tothem than that.

The tickets are said to be for two ofParaguay's matches; against England inFrankfurt on June 10 and Sweden inBerlin on June 15.

Linsi said that he had no more reasonto believe that the claims about Para-guayan official tickets were true than hehad when similar stories surfaced in re-cent weeks about official tickets desig-nated to the Ivory Coast.

He said that following an investiga-tion those claims were proved to be with-out any grounds, or solid evidence, at all.

"We have no idea how long this inves-tigation will take," he told reporters. "Withthe Ivory Coast, we found no evidence atall at the end of the day."—MNA/Reuters

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WEATHERTuesday, 6 June, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather hasbeen partly cloudy in Magway Division, rain or thun-dershowers have been isolated in Kayah State andlower Sagaing Division, scattered in Shan and KayinStates, Manadalay Division, fairly widespread in ChinState and upper Sagaing Division and widespread inthe remaining States and Divisions with locallyheavyfalls in Rakhine State and isolated heavyfallsin Mon State and upper Sagaing Division. The note-worthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Hkamti(6.58) inches, Kyauktaw (4.49) inches,Thandwe(3.15) inches. Theinzayat (3.03) inches and Myeik(2.95) inches.

Maximum temperature on 5-6-2006 was 88°F.Minimum temperature on 6-6-2006 was 68°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 6-6-2006 was(84%). Total sunshine hours on 5-6-2006 was (1.1)hours approx.

Rainfalls on 6-6-2006 were (0.24) inch atMingaladon, (0.04) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.07) inchat Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006were (17.05) inches at Mingaladon, (21.81) inches atKaba-Aye and (23.42) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(8) mph from Southwest at (21:40) hours MST on5-6-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate inAndaman Sea generally strong in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7-6-2006:Rain will be isolated in Kayah State,lower Sagaing,Mandalay, and Mgway Division, scattered in ShanStates and upper Sagaing Divisions, fairly widespreadin Chin and Kayin States widespread in the remain-ing States and Divisions with isolated heavyfalls inRakhine State. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate torough sea are likely at times Deltaic, off and alongRakhine Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls mayreach (35) to (40) mph. Sea will be moderate else-where in Myanmar Water.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbour-ing areas for 7-6-2006: Isolated rain. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 7-6-2006: One or two rain. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 7-6-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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4:30 pm

3. Practice in reading

4:40 pm

4. Musical programme

4:55 pm

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5:10 pm

6. Song of national races

5:25 pm

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5:30 pm

8. Classical song

5:45 pm

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7:25 am 2. To be healthy

exercise

7:30 am 3. Morning news

7:40 am 4. Nice and sweet song

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5:50 pm

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6:00 pm

11.     Evening news

6:30 pm

12.Weather report

6:35 pm

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7:05 pm

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7:15 pm

15.Musical programme

7:30 pm

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7:45 pm

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8:00 pm

18. News

19. International news

20. Weather report

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20. The next day’s

programme

YANGON, 6 June—A ceremony to open themonastic educationschool for 2006-2007 aca-demic year was held inconjunction with theopening of a free-clinic inthe PantapwintaungTawya religious region inTaikkyi Township,Yangon North District thismorning.

The ceremony wasattended by Chief Patronof the religious region Pre-siding Sayadaw of themonastic education

Gifts for Pantapwintaung Tawyareligious region in Taikkyi Township

school SaddhammaJotikadhaja BhaddantaPannasara, members of theSangha and teachers, theSecretary of the HmawbyTownship, Union Solidar-ity and Development As-sociation and members,the Chairman of Phugyivillage PDC and guests.

First, the congrega-tion received the Five Pre-cepts from PresidingSayadaw of the monasticeducation schoolSaddhamma JotikadhajaBhaddanta Pannasara, and

well-wishers presentedmedicines and cash dona-tions to the Sayadaw.

This was followedby the opening of theclinic.

Presiding SayadawBhaddanta Pannasara, DrSaw Win, Physician DrMaung Maung Ohn,Medical Superintendentof Wa Netchaung Hospi-tal Dr Win Min Thiri andSecretary of HmawbyTownship USDA U HlaOo formally opened theclinic.—MNA

UN warns ofconflict risk fromgrowth of deserts

ALGIERS, 6 June—The United Nations usedWorld Environment Dayon Monday to warn thatland turning to desert is agrowing obstacle to end-ing poverty and a threat topeace.

To mark the day un-der the slogan “Don’tdesert drylands!”, envi-ronmentalists were plant-ing trees to slow erosion,cleaning cities, going onmarches and holding spe-cial lessons in school.

Algerian PresidentAbdelaziz Bouteflika,whose largely-desertcountry was officiallyhosting the campaign,urged the adoption of aWorld Charter on Desertsto help achieve a Millen-nium Goal of halving pov-erty by 2015.

He said destructionof natural ecosystems anddesertification “aggravateconditions of povertyacross the world, deepen-ing the crisis”.

The United Nationssays almost a quarter ofthe world’s land surface isalready desert, and theshare is growing.

MNA/Reuters

The opening of free-clinic and monastic education school inPantapwintaung Tawya religious region in progress. — MNA

12th Waxing of Nayon 1368 ME Wednesday, 7 June, 2006

NAY PYI TAW, 6 June —

Mrs Merete Fjeld Brattested,

newly-accredited Ambassa-

dor of the Kingdom of Nor-

way to the Union of Myanmar,

presented her credentials to

Senior General Than Shwe,

Chairman of the State Peace

and Development Council of

the Union of Myanmar, at

Bayintnaung Yeiktha, Nay Pyi

Senior General Than Shweaccepts credentials of

Ambassador ofthe Kingdom of Norway

Mrs Merete Fjeld Brattested, newly-accredited Ambassador of theKingdom of Norway, (R) presents her credentials to

Senior General Than Shwe. — MNA

Senior General Than Shwe receives Mrs Merete Fjeld Brattested, newly-accredited Ambassador of the Kingdom of Norway to theUnion of Myanmar.. — MNA

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Nay Pyi Taw & neighbouring areasIsolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Yangon & neighbouring areasOne or Two rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring areasLikelihood of isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Weather Forecast for (7-6-2006)At the farewell dinner, MCWSC Secretary Dr Sai Hkam

Hlaing said, “Patients will be happily thanking the medicalteam every time they look their face in the mirror.” Those whomade the programme possible were also happy for what theyhad done. They have freed those children from their sufferings.After the successful completion of all operations the 121children and their parents will be smiling.

Taw, at 10.30 am today.

Also present on the occa-

sion were Secretary-1 of the

State Peace and Development

Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein,

Minister for Foreign Affairs

U Nyan Win, Deputy Minister

for Foreign Affairs U Maung

Myint and Director-General

U Kyaw Kyaw of the Protocol

Department. —MNA