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True patriotism * It is very important for every one of the

nation regardless of the place he lives tohave strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the truepatriotism all the nationalities will haveto safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—The public are here byinformed that exceptionally high spring of from 20.4 feetto 21.1 feet high above the datum are expected to occurin Yangon River during the period from 17 to 23 August2012.

That it is not serious because the high tide havereached up to 21.7 feet high above datum in the year 2010and 2011, and that the warning is issued by Myanma PortAuthority only because high tide reaches over 20 feethigh above datum.—MNA

High tide warning atYangon River

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—The fourth regular session ofPyithu Hluttaw continued for 24th day at Pyithu Hluttaw Hallin Hluttaw Complex here this monring, attended by Speakerof Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann and 404 PyithuHluttaw representatives.

Deputy Minister for Rail Transportation Thura U ThaungLwin answered five questions regarding Dawei Deep SeaPort Project raised by U Thein Nyunt of ThingangyunConstituency.

Regarding the question No (1) on which workinggroup of any ministry or commission take parts and howmuch stake it holds in Dawei Deep Sea Port Project forwhich agreement was signed between Thailand-basedItalian-Thai Development Company and Myanma PortAuthority of Ministry of Transport of Myanmar, thedeputy minister answered that central committee of MyanmarSpecial Economic Zone, central working committee andmanagement committees will supervise Dawei region projectsunder Myanma Special Economic Zone Law and DaweiSpecial Economic Zone Law. Dawei SEZ ManagementCommittee was formed to enforce the laws in developmentof Dawei SEZ and meeting satisfaction of the local peoplewith himself as the chairman.

The State will receive land premium of US$ 30.675 millionin five installments for 204.5 square kilometers of Dawei SEZat the rate of US$ 0.15 million per one square kilometer. Apartfrom the land premium which is only for operation there, theState will also get any percent of the profit from the projectin each year.

Regarding the question No (2) on which Myanmarnational company has how much stake and investment inthe project, the deputy minister answered that Max MyanmarGroup of Companies owned by a Myanmar national has 25percent share in the project. The profit will be distributed,depending on the share. Max Myanmar is currently planningto withdraw its investment. Dawei Development CompanyLimited has been formed with companies that will invest inthe project and investments from abroad were invited. AboutUS$ 8600 million will have to be invested in its infrastructures.

Regarding the question No (3) on progress of the

Directives given to local companies to take leading rolesin Dawei Special Economic Zone

Myanmar citizens except experts, skilled workers andsupervisors must be employed

project since the signing of agreement between MPA andItalian-Thai Development Company, the deputy ministeranswered that as Italian-Thai Development company isimplementing the project, alignment of the road linkingThailand has been constructed. Detailed survey andfeasibility test for making finishing touches on alignmentdesign is being carried out. Design of the deep sea port hasbeen completed by 80 percent. Feasibility test is beingconducted to build breakwater. The construction of 400MW coal-fired power plant with Clean Coal Technology thathas no impact on the environment and the local people isbeing taken into consideration. Field surveys are beingmade for supply sufficient water to the special economiczone. Relevant ministry is in negotiation with Dawei

Development Co Ltd to sign sectoral agreement.Regarding the question No (4) on measures for

prevention of risks to natural environment, the deputyminister answered that Environmental Management Planwould be drafted according to reports of Social ImpactAssessment (SIA), Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA)and Payment for Environmental Services (PES) would beincluded. Rules, orders, directives, rules and regulationswould be issued for waste management abiding byenvironmental conservation law.

Regarding the question No (5) on job opportunitiesfor Myanmar citizens in Dawei Deep Sea Port Project, thedeputy minister answered that the investor is required tooperate with at least 25 percent of citizen workers at the endof first five years, with at least 50 percent at the end of secondfive years and with at least 75 percent at the end of thrid fiveyears. Myanmar Special Economic Zone Law

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shows

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attending

24th day

session of

Pyithu

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LONDON, 10 Aug—Jade Jones fought through thepain barrier to land Britain’s first Taekwondo Olympic

Jones overcomes pain to win gold gold with a stunning victory over world champion HouYuzhuo of China in the women’s -57kg final at ExCeL.

The Welsh teenager - world silver medallist afterbeing beaten by Hou in Korea last year - had opened herOlympic debut with an impressive 15-1 victory overSerbian Dragana Gladovic and dispatched Japan’s MayuHamada 13-3 in the last eight, before a late rally oftrademark headkicks beat world number one Tseng Li-Cheng of Chinese Taipei.

The 19-year-old showed no fear in the final against theChinese fighter, closing out a 6-4 victory as South Arena1 erupted.

Jones was not going to let anything get in the way ofher Olympic dream.a

‘I hurt my foot in the very first fight, it was a kick to theshin, so I had an injection in it,’ said Jones.

‘At first, I was whinging and feeling sorry for myself,but I just had to deal with it because I wanted to win.’

London-2012

Jade Jones of Great Britain celebrates withher gold medal after the women’s -57kg

Taekwondo final on Day 13.—LONDON-2012

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 11 August, 2012

PERSPECTIVES

A test of our democracySaturday, 11 August, 2012

Recent unrests in Rakhine State sparkedoff debate over religiosity although variouspolitical and religious figures including thePresident have made clear that it had noconnection with the religion. Earlier reportsfrom media of the outside world illustrated,albeit wrongly, the incident as a fight betweentwo communities of different faiths while somepoliticized the issue.

Myanmar is a country where more than60 million people from various religions havelived in peace and amity. The constitution alsoguarantees the freedom of religion.

The purpose of every religion is to teachpeaceful ways of living in the human community.Actually, it is a tool to get the people together,not to separate them. In whatever religion webelieve, we will not be able to live in peace andharmony unless we do not hold each other inrespect. Human beings should see each otheras equals regardless of race, religion, colour orsocial status.

Many innocent people in Rakhine Stateare now suffering substantial losses. All of thesufferers, whether or not the people of thesame religion or race, deserve aids on thehumanitarian ground.

Regarding arguments over citizenship,the parliaments in session should prescribecomprehensive citizenship legislation urgently.Meanwhile, we should also show to the worldthat Myanmar is a civilized country which couldexpress generosity towards the persons introuble. But nothing may block our measuresto respond to our enemies who brought thebad to our beloved country even if the personis our own citizen.

We all should aware that the conflictbetween different religious groups is atraditional tool for political gains. The country’sdemocracy is still in its infancy. It would bebetter not to talk about the differences.

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—A ceremony to donate cashto the fund, footballs to bestperformance schools andscholarship awards to bestperformance schools washeld at Basic EducationHigh School No. 1 in

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—Industrial Crops DevelopmentDepartment and Blue Ocean Myanmar Ltd of India signeda profit-sharing contract for construction of advanced cottonginning mills at the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation,here, yesterday morning, attended by Union MinisterU Myint Hlaing, Deputy Ministers U Ohn Than andU Khin Zaw.

Director-General of Industrial Crops DevelopmentDepartment U Kyaw Shwe extended greetings and signed

Profit-sharing contract signed for advancedcotton ginning mills

the contract with Managing Director Mr Ajay Shastry ofBlue Ocean Myanmar Ltd.

According to the 100 per cent foreign investmentprogramme between Industrial Crops DevelopmentDepartment and India, the contract was signed formodernization and capacity upgrading of the ginning millswith integrated edible oil unit for contributing to the self-sufficiency of edible oil.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—According to the 12.30 hrM.S.T observations today,the water level ofAyeyawady River atHinthada 1364 cm hasexceeded by 22 cm (about

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—A coordination meeting onpilgrimage tour ofSamvejaniya four places toIndia and Nepal was held atthe meeting hall of theMinistry of ReligiousAffairs here this noon, withan address by UnionMinister Thura U MyintMaung. The Union Ministersaid in his address that fewpilgrimage tour companiesmade in the past due todifficulties. Now, a numberof pilgrims is increasing yearby year, said the UnionMinister. He urged officialsof pilgrimage tourcompanies to offer betterservice for convenience ofpilgrims at reasonable price.

Deputy Minister DrMaung Maung Htay,director-general of SasanaPropagation Departmentand officials fromsubcommittees reported onpreparation tasks toconvenience of pilgrims andcoordination tasks betweenthe committees to the UnionMinister.

MNA

Coordination meeting on pilgrimage tour ofSamvejaniya four places holds

Flood warning for Ayeyawady, Sittoung rivers0.7 foot) above its dangerlevel. It may fall about 10cm (about 0.3 foot) duringthe next three days and mayremain above its dangerlevel 1342 cm.

The water level ofSittoung River at Madauk

HHI donates fund, scholarshipawards to schools in

Kyaukpyu

1199 cm has exceeded by129 cm (above 4.2 feet) aboveits danger level. It may remainabove its danger level 1070cm during the next three days,announced Meteorology andHydrology Department.

MNA

Union Minister for Religious Affairs Thura U Myint Maung speaking atcoordination meeting on pilgrimage tour of Samvejaniya four places to

India and Nepal.—MNA

Kyaukpyu on 29 July.Chief Operation Officer

of Offshore Division ofHyundai Heavy Industry CoLtd Mr JD Kim (HHI) anddeputy commissioner ofDistrict General Ad-ministration Department U

Yan Lin Aung madespeeches.

The head of KyaukpyuBEHS No. 1 spoke words ofthanks.

The Chief OperationOfficer and ManagingDirector of HHI Mr. JS Kimdonated cash and footballsto the schools andscholarship awards to bestperformance schools.

The deputy commis-sioner presented acertificate of honour to thechief operation officer.

HHI donated US$20,000 to three BEHSs, oneBEMS, two Post-PrimarySchools, ten BEPSs, oneorphanage and one monasticeducation school.

HHI renovatedemergency room andmedical equipment worthUS$ 170,000 to KyaukpyuDistrict Hospital. Thecompany upgraded the road,donated rice and stationeryto orphanage and monasticeducation school.

NLM

YANGON, 10 Aug—Ateam from Yangon RegionPolice Force together withwitnesses searched the gamecenter of Aung Myo Naingof Kyuntaung South Wardof Sangyoung Township at8.30 am on 29 July.

They seized 22 personsincluding center ownerAung Myo Naing and fourworkers, 17 gamblers

Gamblers arrested inSangyoung Township

Crime News

together with 10 AppleJacob red game players, fourDapaisha branc Shark gameplayers, gambling money K651,950 and one mobilephone.

Action was takenagainst 22 gamblersinclusive of game centerowner Aung Myo Naing, 34at Sangyoung Police Stationunder Pa/248/2012, Section13(a)/14(a) of GamblingAct.

Myanma AlinMaung Maung Lay

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Little sign of battle in Egypt’s Sinai regionSHAIKH ZUWAID, 10 Aug

— Egypt poured troops intoNorth Sinai on Thursday in anoffensive meant to tacklemilitants in the Israeli borderregion, but residents wereskeptical, saying they had seenno sign of anyone being killedin what they described as a“haphazard” operation.

The offensive is crucialto maintaining good relationswith Israel, which fears Islamistmilitants based in theincreasingly lawless desertregion could link up withhardliners in neighbouringGaza to launch attacks on theJewish state — potentiallythreatening a 1979 peacetreaty with Egypt. Armycommanders said as many as

Egyptian army trucks,carrying heavy

machinery to be used todestroy tunnels linking

Egypt and the Gaza Strip,arrive at Rafah city,

about 350 km (217 miles)northeast of Cairo on 9Aug, 2012 . —REUTERS

20 “terrorists” had died in theoffensive launched aftersuspected Islamist militantskilled 16 Egyptian borderguards on Sunday and drovea stolen armoured car intoIsrael which was thendestroyed by Israeliforces.Hundreds of troops anddozens of military vehicleshad reached al-Arish, the mainadministrative centre in NorthSinai, security sources said onThursday.

Armoured vehicles,some equipped withmachineguns, could then beseen driving out of al-Arishtowards the border settlementof Sheikh Zuwaid — whichhad been targeted by aircrafton Wednesday. The troops

saluted passersby and flashedvictory signs, or filmed theirdeparture with videocameras. But residentsinterviewed later in ShaikhZuwaid and surroundingvillages said they had seen

Army trucks carryingtanks and vehicles,

expecting oppositionagainst militants,

arriving at Rafah city,some 350 km (217miles) northeast of

Cairo on 9 Aug, 2012. REUTERS

no sign of fighting.In al Toumah, a village

surrounded by olive fields,one witness said he sawtroops firing in the air.

“We thought they werechasing someone, but theirarms were directed up and wedidn’t see who they werefighting with,” the witness,who declined to be named,said. “We couldn’t find any

bodies or signs of battle afterthey left.” In Shaikh Zuwaid,controlled by Bedouin triballeaders since police desertedthe area last year, lifecontinued as normal, itsmarkets bustling. Witnessesreported a military presenceon the outskirts, but nofighting since Wednesday’sair strikes.

Reuters

UN, WorldBank agree on

workingtogether to

address globalchallengesUNITED NATIONS, 10 Aug

— The UN and the WorldBank agreed here onThursday that they will workmore closely in addressingglobal challenges includingsustainable development,health and education.

In his meeting with KimJim Yong, new president ofthe World Bank, UNSecretary-General Ban Ki-moon said the twoorganizations are “strongestpartners” in addressingpeace and developmentagenda and are very happyto work together veryclosely.

“We will work regularly,to raise awareness, as wellas to mobilize resources, andmobilize political will to helpmember states to achievethese goals (MillenniumDevelopment Goals),” saidBan.

Ban also discussedwith Kim global healthissues, saying “Our target isto save 16 million womenand children who would bedying needlessly frompreventable diseases. Ireally count on Dr Kim’sleadership on that.” This isthe first time that Kim visitedthe UN headquarters sincehe assumed the post on 1July.

Xinhua

Chavez says US citizen arrestedfor entering Venezuela illegally

CARCAS, 10 Aug —Venezuelan security forceshave arrested an Americancitizen who entered the nationillegally with geographicalcoordinates in a notebook,President Hugo Chavez saidon Thursday. In the tenserun-up to an 7 Octoberpresidential election, thesocialist leader has frequentlymentioned the possibility ofviolence by opponents withUS backing.

Foes say that is typicalgrandstanding nonsensefrom Chavez, intended to currysupport with the masses forhis re-election bid bypresenting himself as a victimof “imperial” plots. At acampaign rally in the coastaltown of Catia La Mar, Chavezsaid the man, of LatinAmerican origin, was arrestedfour or five days ago crossinginto Venezuela from Colombia.

“He has the look of amercenary. We areinterrogating him,” Chavez

Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez speaks during theopening of a state-run Bicentenario supermarket in

Caracas on 8 Aug, 2012.REUTERS

China urged to guard againstEl Nino

Finland’s PM proposes bank-funded EUcrisis fund

HELSINKI, 10 Aug —Finland’s prime minister hasproposed a banking sector-funded European crisis fundto recapitalize troubled banksas part of Europe’s plans for abanking union to tightensupervision. The premier oftriple-A rated Finland, one ofonly four remaining euro zonemembers to retain the top creditrating, also said the EuropeanUnion should fully implementdecisions made to establishcloser fiscal union. “We shouldbe able to build a system wherebanks cannot shake up whole

Finland’s PrimeMinister Jyrki

Katainen speaks at anews conference

during his Italiancounterpart Mario

Monti’s visit toFinland, at theFinnish Prime

Minister’s officialresidence in Helsinki

on 1 Aug, 2012.REUTERS

BEIJING, 10 Aug — A top meteorological official has urgedauthorities to guard against extreme weather in China during thecoming months, as unusually warm ocean temperatures causedby El Nino will impact seasonal weather patterns, state mediareported on Friday. China has been under the influence of ElNino since July and will continue to feel its effects into the fall,China National Radio quoted Zheng Guoguang, director ofthe China Meteorological Administration, as saying.

Under El Nino, heavy rains are likely to hit the middle andeastern parts of China this August, according to Zheng, whocalled for strengthened flood control efforts in the Haihe RiverBasin in north China and along the middle and lower reachesof the Yellow and Yangtze rivers. Local authorities in areassouth of the Yangtze River should also take precautions againstsummer droughts and arid weather, Zheng said.

Lower-than-average rainfall and higher temperatures willappear in the fall, except in the northern parts of the InnerMongolia Autonomous Region and the northeasternprovinces, said Zheng. Zheng said El Nino is not to blame forthe recent typhoons and will actually lead to weaker typhoonactivity after the autumn season. Typhoon Haikui, whichmade landfall in the coastal province of Zhejiang at 3:20 am onWednesday, has brought heavy downpours to east Chinaand left three people dead as of Thursday.

It was the third typhoon to wallop China’s eastern coastin a week, after storms Saola and Damrey hit the region overlast weekend. El Nino, characterized by an abnormal warmingof the sea surface in the Equatorial Pacific, can causeexceptionally heavy rainfall in some parts of the globe andextreme droughts in others.—Xinhua

US to boost missile defence in Gulf:spokesman

WASHINGTON, 10 Aug —The United States will continueto work with its allies to boostdefence against the growingthreat of ballistic missiles inthe Persian Gulf, a StateDepartment spokesman saidon Thursday.

“What I would say is thatthe threat from ballistic missilesto our deployed forces, alliesand partners in the region isgrowing, and this threat is likelyto increase in both volume and

complexity in the comingyears,” Patrick Ventrell said ata regular news briefing.

The spokesman wascommenting on a report byThe New York Times sayingthat Washington and its Araballies are knitting together aregional missile defencesystem across the Gulf toprotect cities, oil refineries,pipelines and military basesfrom a possible Iranian attack.

“The US has a robust

security partnership, includingmissile defence, with our alliesand partners in the Gulf and iscommitted to their security,”Ventrell said, adding thatWashington “will continue towork with our partners in theMiddle East to strengthenmissile defence in the PersianGulf.” The United States andits NATO allies are building amissile shield in Europe thatthey claim targets Iran as well.

Xinhua

said, adding that the man hadstamps in his passport fromvisits to Iraq, Afghanistanand Libya.When he wasdetained, the man tried todestroy a notebook full ofcoordinates, Chavez said inthe middle of a speech carriedlive on state TV, implying aplot was afoot. “We havereconstructed the pages,” hesaid.

“He says he was fleeingfrom someone ... It’s apowerful sign. This citizenwanted to enter the countryillegally, for who knows whatreason. He cannot say wherehe was going, or who waswaiting for him.”Chavez, whosays he is completely curedafter three cancer operationsin the last year, has a healthytwo-digit lead in most pollsahead of the presidentialelection.He gave no moredetails of the case and USEmbassy officials could notimmediately be reached forcomment.—Reuters

countries. One solution inaddition to monitoring couldbe European banks’ crisisfund,” Jyrki Katainen wasquoted as saying in aninterview with economicmagazine Talouselamapublished on Friday.

He suggested the fund,which would get its moneyfrom European banks, wouldbe used to recapitalize viableparts of troubled banks. TheEuropean Central Bank, theEuropean Commission andeuro zone member states areworking on a proposal for

creating a banking union andare debating what powers thenew bank watchdog shouldget. The plan is expected to beannounced in September.While Katainen’s governmentis pro-euro, it has taken a toughstance on bailouts and hasdemanded collateral inexchange for loans tostruggling euro zone countries.It has also opposed measuressuch as the European bailoutfund buying sovereign bondsin the secondary markets tosupport weak euro zone states.

Reuters

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Science & Technology Science & Technology Science & Technology

IBM made “informal approach” for RIM’Senterprise business

LONDON, 10 Aug —International BusinessMachines Corp hasconsidered buying ResearchIn Motion’s enterprisedivision, Bloombergreported on Friday, citing twounnamed sources.

IBM made an informalapproach for the enterprisebusiness that operates theservers used for supportingBlackBerry email andmessaging services, one ofthe sources said, according

US space agency to begin new mission for study on Earth’s radiation beltsWASHINGTON, 10 Aug —

The American space agencyNASA announced onThursday that it would sendtwo spacecraft into the harshenvironment of the earth’sradiation belts from the SpaceCoast in the US state ofFlorida on 23 August.

Researchers are expectedto be able to develop anunderstanding of the invisibleVan Allen radiation belts,named after James Van Allen,the discoverer of the radiationbelts, based on data collectedby the spacecraft, which willbe sent by a mission dubbedas “Radiation Belt StormProbes (RBSP).”

The spacecraft are

Do men seekthe comfort ofa “motherly”figure whenput underpressure?INTERNET

Stressed men drawn to heavy womenLONDON, 10 Aug — When

placed under stressfulsituations, men rate largerwomen as more attractive, newresearch has shown. Britishresearchers found that menexposed to tasks that weredesigned to put them underpressure preferred a wider rangeof female body sizes. Theyconclude that stress can act toalter judgments of potentialpartners.

The work by a team fromLondon and Newcastle ispublished in the open accessjournal Plos One. “There’s alot of literature suggesting thatour BMI (body mass index)preferences are hard-wired, butthat’s probably not true,” co-author Dr Martin Tovee, fromNewcastle University, toldBBC News.

Dr Tovee and hiscolleague, Dr Viren Swami,have previously researchedwhat factors could alter BMI

preferences, includingpublishing a paper in theBritish Journal of Psychologyon the effect of hunger, and theinfluence of the media. Butthrough this new work theyaimed to investigate whetherknown cross-culturaldifferences in body sizepreferences linked to stresswere also mirrored in short-term stressful situations.

“If you look atenvironments where food isscarce, people’s preferences forbody size in a potential partnerare shifted. [The preference]appears to be much heaviercompared to environmentswhere there’s plenty of food

Russia says derailed satellitesno threat to ISS

MOSCOW, 10 Aug — The two satellites that failed to reachthe designed orbits posed no threat to the International SpaceStation (ISS), the Russian Defence Ministry said on Thursday.Experts from the Russian Air and Space Defence Troops areclosely monitoring the Telkom 3 and Express MD2telecommunications sate-llites that didn’t enter their orbitson 7 August, Interfax news agency quoted Defence Ministryspokesman Alexei Zolotukhin as saying.

“Currently these satellites pose no threat to the InternationalSpace Station and space vehicles of the Russian orbit group,”Zolotukhin said. Experts received information on changes ofthe space vehicle’s orbits from the Russian space control system,the spokesman said, adding that they were analyzing data andadjusting forecast of possible approaches of dangerous objectsto the ISS. Russia on Monday night launched Telkom 3 andExpress MD2 aboard the Proton-M rocket from the Baikonurspace centre in Kazakhstan. The carrier rocket failed to orbit thetwo satellites on Tuesday due to problems in the rocket’s booststage, federal space agency Roscosmos said.— Xinhua

Pentagon helps build Meshworm reconnaissance robotWASHINGTON , 10 Aug —

Engineers have created arobot that mimics a worm’smovements—crawl ingalong surfaces by contractingsegments of its body. Thetechnique allows themachine to be made of softmaterials so it can squeezethrough tight spaces andmould its shape to roughterrain. It can also absorbheavy blows withoutsustaining damage. ThePentagon’s Darpa researchunit supported theMeshworm project,

suggesting a potentialmilitary use.

Work on the machinewas carried out by researchersat the Massachusetts Instituteof Technology and HarvardUniversity in the US, andSeoul National University inSouth Korea. Details arepublished in the journalIEEE/ASE Transactions onMechatronics. “[The] softbody, which is essentiallycompliant, exhibits largestrains and enables the robotto traverse small openingsand reconstitute shape, and

survives from large impactforce on falling,” theengineers wrote. They addedthat using a worm-like motionhelped reduce the noise suchmachines produce, makingthem suitable “forreconnaissance purposes”.

Previous attempts tocreate such a robot have usedgears and air-powered orpneumatic pumps. But theseadded to the bulk of themachines making them lesspractical for real-world uses.The Darpa-supported teaminstead moved their machineby using an “artificialmuscle” made out of nickeland titanium wire designedto stretch and contract withheat.The Meshworm is madeout of a tube created frompolymer mesh around whicha metal wire is wrapped tocreate an “artificial muscle.”

By wrapping this wirearound a mesh-like tube the

engineers replicated thecircular muscle fibres of anearthworm, creating differentsegments in the process.When a current was appliedto part of the wire itcontracted, squeezing thetube. The team createdalgorithm to send acontraction wave across eachof the machine’s fivesegments in turn, squeezingthe tube and propelling itforward. This mimics themovement of its biologicalcounterpart. They were ableto make the robot move at arate of about 5mm per second(0.2 inches/sec). Twoadditional “muscles” wereadded to the sides of themachine to pull it left andright, allowing its directionto be controlled.

The researchers said thatthe soft nature of the robot’sbody allowed it to besubjected to hammer blows

and be trod on withoutsustaining any damagebecause its shape changed tohelp absorb the blows. “Youcan throw it, and it won’tcollapse,” said Sangbae Kim,assistant professor inmechanical engineering atMIT.”Parts in Meshworms areall fibrous and flexible. Themuscles are soft and the bodyis soft... [and] we’re startingto show some body-morphing capability.”The

Meshworm is just one ofseveral animal-inspiredprojects being funded byDarpa.

Other examples includea robotic “cheetah” that canrun at speeds of 18mph(29km/h), a micro-aircraftequipped with a camera thatlooks like a hummingbird,and AlphaDog—a four-legged robot designed tocarry soldiers’ gear.

Internet

The engineers said that the Meshworm remainedfunctional even after being hit with a hammer.— INTERNET

The Meshworm moves itself along by squeezing each ofits segments in turn.— INTERNET

An IBMCentral

ProcessorUnit (CPU) is

seen on aHard Disk

Drive (HDD)controller in

Kiev, on 5March, 2012.

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to Bloomberg. The report saidno talks were currentlyunderway.

Under the leadership ofnew chief executive, ThorstenHeins, RIM has hired bankersfor a strategic review that couldinclude a potential sale andpartnerships for its technology.

The Bloomberg reportsaid the BlackBerry maker hasnot yet received any offers forits phone business or for thewhole company.

RIM virtually invented

mobile email with its firstBlackBerry devices morethan a decade ago, but itsmarket share has evaporatedas consumers have flocked toApple Inc’s iPhone anddevices based on GoogleInc’s Android system. RIMhas lost over 70 percent inmarket capitalization in thelast year alone.

RIM officials declinedto comment to Reuters whileIBM officials were notimmediately available.

On Thursday, SouthKorea’s Samsung ElectronicsCo said it has not consideredacquiring RIM or licensingthe embattled BlackBerryphone maker’s new mobileoperating system, despite anearlier report from aninfluential analyst floatingthe idea.

Reuters

and a much more relaxedatmosphere,” he explained.

“If you’re living a far morestressful, subsistence lifestyle,you’re going to have higherstress levels.” To simulateheightened stress, a test groupof men were placed in interviewand public speaking scenariosand their BMI preferencescompared against a controlgroup of non-stressed men. Theresults indicated that thechange in “environmentalconditions” led to a shift ofweight preference towardsheavier women with the menconsidering a wider range ofbody sizes attractive.

Internet

designed to fly and operatein the heart of the mosthazardous regions of near-earth space, according to theNASA announcement. “Atthe end of this month we willturn our attention from planetMars to planet Earth, bothimmersed in the atmosphereof our sun,” said BarbaraGiles, director of NASA’sHeliophysics Division.“RBSP will further explorethe connection of solarvariability and its impacts onEarth’s radiation belts.”

The Van Allen radiationbelts are a torus of energeticcharged particles (plasma)around Earth, which is held inplace by Earth’s magnetic

US spaceagency tobegin newmission for

study onEarth’s

radiation.XINHUA

field. It is believed most of theparticles that form the beltscome from solar wind, andother particles by cosmic rays.

Located in the innerregion of the Earth’smagnetosphere, the belts aresplit into two distinct ones,with energetic electronsforming the outer belt and acombination of protons andelectrons forming the innerone.

RBSP will also helpscientists understand how theVan Allen radiation beltsbehave and react to changesin the sun, therebycontributing to Earth’s spaceweather, which is caused ingreat part by the sun’sinfluence on Earth and near-Earth space, including solarevents such as giant eruptionsof solar material called coronalmass ejections.—Xinhua

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Business & Health Business & Health Business & HealthChina export and import growth slows sharply

in JulyBEIJING, 10 Aug —

China’s export and importgrowth slowed for the secondstraight month in July, raisingfears about the strength ofthe world’s second-largesteconomy.

Exports rose by 1% froma year earlier, down from 11.3%growth in June, amid slowingdemand from key markets.Meanwhile, imports rose by4.7% compared with 6.3% inJune, indicating that domesticdemand was alsoslowing.Analysts said thedata was weaker-than-expected and may see Beijingintroduce stimulus measuresto spur growth.

“Trade data has come indramatically below expecta-tions—the worst exportgrowth number (excludingChinese New Year) sinceNovember 2009 - high-lighting the risk that theexternal environment posesto an economy in the midst ofa rapid internal slowdown,”said Alistair Thornton of IHSGlobal Insight in Beijing. “Thegovernment is likely torespond by ramping-up itsstimulus efforts, with bothmonetary and fiscal gunsfiring.”

The data comes just aday after China reported thatgrowth in industrial output

fell to a three-year low in July.Industrial production rose by9.2% during the month, froma year earlier, down from 9.5%increase in June. At the sametime, growth in retail salesduring the month also fellshort of forecasts.

Analysts said that theweak data had raisedconcerns that the economymay be slowing faster thanpreviously thought.

“Things really aren’tgoing China’s way,” said IHSGlobal Insight’s MrThornton.” Those looking forsigns of resilience in China’seconomic data were merelydisappointed yesterday, butthey are going to be distraughttoday.” — Internet

Jaguar boosts profits at Tata Motors parentcompany

MUMBAI, 10 Aug — A34% rise in sales by luxurycarmaker Jaguar Land Rover(JLR) boosted Indian parentcompany Tata Motors’ profitsduring the April to Junequarter.

Net profits came in at22.45bn rupees ($405m;£260m), up 12% whencompared with the sameperiod a year earlier.

The UK subsidiary’sstrong performance helpedoffset weak car, truck and bussales in India, but failed tomollify investors. Shares fellbecause investors hadexpected profits of 27.61bnrupees. Tata failed to meetthose expectations aspassenger car sales in India

Popular Jaguar Land Rover models such as the RangeRover Evoque helped lift Tata Motors’ profits.

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fell 10% during the period,while commercial vehicle salesrose 1.3%.

By contrast, JLR salesrose 34.4% to, bolstered bystrong demand in Russia andChina. Foreign exchange

losses, resulting from adepreciating rupee, alsocurbed the carmaker’s profitgrowth. Revenues fell 8.9%to 105.9bn rupees, with JLRaccounting for about 40% ofthe earnings.— Internet

Demand for Chinese products has been falling in some ofits biggest markets.— INTERNET

Study finds there may be an “obesity paradox” in diabetesNEW YORK, 10 Aug —

Obesity and diabetes may notbe the double whammypeople expect, with ananalysis of previous studiessurprisingly finding thatoverweight and obese peoplewho get diagnosed with theblood sugar disorder tend tolive longer than leaner peers.The findings, which appearedin the Journal of theAmerican MedicalAssociation, were based ondata from five earlier studiesthat tracked people over timeto identify risk factors forheart disease.

Study leader MercedesCarnethon of the FeinbergSchool of Medicine atNorthwestern University inChicago said this sort of“obesity paradox” had beenobserved before in chronicdiseases such as heart andkidney failure—but itdoesn’t mean gaining weightis a good way to improveyour prognosis if you get thedisease. In fact, it’s probablynot that extra pounds areprotective, but that leanpeople who get diabetes are

somehow predisposed toworse health. “Perhaps thoseindividuals are somehowgenetically loaded to developdiabetes and have highermortality,” she said. “Anormal-weight person whohas diabetes has an extremelyhigh mortality rate.”

More than 2,600participants developed type2 diabetes during the studies,and 12 percent of them had anormal weight when they gotthe diagnosis. The death ratewas 1.5 percent per year

among overweight and obesepeople, compared to 2.8percent per year among theirtrimmer peers. Afteraccounting for several riskfactors for heart disease,including age, bloodpressure, high cholesteroland smoking, lean people weremore than twice as likely todie at any given point asheavier people. The same heldtrue for deaths caused by heartdisease, which is linked toobesity.

“It was a little bit

unexpected to see that,” saidCarnethon. One potentiallimitation of the study is thatthe researchers couldn’talways account for how muchpeople smoked, which mightexplain part of the results. It’salso possible that a few peoplemight have been diagnosedwith diabetes outside of thestudies and been told to slimdown by their own doctorbefore they were seen by thestudy researchers. That couldalso have contributed to thefindings, although Carnethonsaid the effect would be small.

She added that it’s notclear how to best treat normal-weight people with type 2diabetes, although weighttraining seems preferable overcardio exercise. Older peopleand people of Asian descentare more likely to be normal-weight when diagnosed, andCarnethon stressed thatdoctors need to take thedisorder extra seriously whenit’s not accompanied byobesity. “These findings doapply to a growing segmentof the population,” sheadded.— Reuters

An overweight woman watches a street performer atVenice Beach in Los Angeles, California, on 11 May,

2012.— REUTERS

US FDA approves newmedication to treat rare type of

leukemiaWASHINGTON, 10 Aug

— The US Food and DrugAdministration (FDA) onThursday approved Marqiboto treat adults with a rare typeof leukemia calledPhiladelphia chromosomenegative acute lympho-blastic leukemia (ALL).

Marqibo, marketed byCalifornia-based TalonTherapeutics Inc, isapproved for patients whoseleukemia has returned(relapsed) two or more times,or whose leukemia hasprogressed following two ormore regimens of anti-leukemia therapy.

The medicationcontains vincristine, acommonly used anti- cancerdrug, encased within aliposome, a drug deliveryvehicle composed of

US FDA approves new medication to treat rare type ofleukemia.— Xinhua

material similar to that of cellmembranes. It is an injectionadministered once a week bya health care professional.

According to the FDA,the most common side effectsof Marqibo observed duringclinical studies includeconstipation, nausea, lowblood cell counts, fever, nervedamage, fatigue, diarrhea,decreased appetite, andinsomnia.

ALL is a rapidlyprogressing form of bloodand bone marrow cancer thatis more commonly diagnosedin children than adults.According to the US NationalCancer Institute, an estimated6, 050 men and women will bediagnosed with ALL and1,440 will die from the diseasethis year.

Xinhua

Google to pay hefty fine for violatingApple users’ privacy

SAN FRANCISCO, 10 Aug— Google has agreed to paya record 22.5-million-US-dollar civil penalty to settlecharges that it bypassedApple users’ privacy settingsto track their online activities,the US Federal TradeCommission (FTC)announced on Thursday.The settlement is part of theFTC’s ongoing efforts tomake sure companies live upto the privacy promises theymake to consumers, and isthe largest penalty thegovernment agency has ever

obtained for a violation of aCommission order, the FTCsaid in a statement.

The FTC also requiresGoogle to disable all thetracking software it had said itwould not place onconsumers’ computers. Thecharges and the fine by theFTC came after reports inFebruary that Google madean end run around a privacysetting in Apple’s Safaribrowser, the default browserfor iPhone, iPad, iPod andMacintosh users, in order totrack users’ online activities.

It was found by a graduatestudent at Stanford Universityand first reported by TheWall Street Journal.

Google has said thetracking was inadvertent andcaused no harm to Safari users.But the FTC believed that theInternet search giant violateda deal it reached with federalregulators last October, inwhich the FTC “bars thecompany from future privacymisrepresentations.” “Therecord setting penalty in thismatter sends a clear messageto all companies under an FTC

Google to pay hefty finefor violating Apple users’

privacy.— XINHUA

privacy order,” said JonLeibowitz, Chairman of theFTC, in a statement.

“No matter how big orsmall, all companies mustabide by FTC orders againstthem and keep their privacypromises to consumers, orthey will end up paying manytimes what it would have costto comply in the first place.”

Xinhua

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US firms waking up to Africa investmentJOHANNESBURG, 10 Aug—American companies are starting

to wake up to huge investment opportunities in Africa, thechairman of the US Export Import bank, Fred Hochberg said hereon Wednesday. Hochberg, in South African as part of abusiness delegation alongside US Secretary of State HillaryClinton, said more US companies must invest in the “rich anddeep market” in Africa.

“Many US companies didn’t see the need to have anambitious export profile for many years, but I think there’s moreof a waking up (to) opportunities here in sub-Saharan Africa,”he told reporters. Hochberg identified potential sectors ofinvestment as energy, aircraft, mining, medical and smallbusinesses. This week, ExIm Bank unveiled a loan worth $2.0

billion to finance clean energy in South Africa.South Africa is the leading US export market on the

continent, taking in more than $7.0 billion worth of goods andservices in 2011, 30 percent more than the previousyear.Hochberg said that last year the ExIm Bank signed amemorandum of understanding for the expansion of the energyand agriculture sectors in power-starved Nigeria. “There hasbeen some interest that is beginning to take some hold... highlevels of interest there” in Nigeria, he told reporters.—Internet

American companies are starting to wake up to hugeinvestment opportunities in Africa, the chairman of the US

Export Import bank, Fred Hochberg, pictured, said inJohannesburg on Wednesday.—INTERNET

HP braces for huge loss after $8 billion EDSwritedown

stronger competitor to thelikes of IBM.

A logo of HP is seenoutside Hewlett-PackardBelgian headquarters in

Diegem, near Brussels, on12 Jan, 2010.

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BOSTON, 10 Aug—Hewlett Packard Co warnedof a mammoth quarterly lossafter writing down $8 billionon the value of its servicesbusiness, most of which itacquired four years ago withits $14 billion purchase ofEDS. The world’s largestcomputer maker also plans toreplace its head of services, avast but sluggish division thatnew CEO Meg Whitmanwants to reshape into a

Whitman, the formereBay CEO who took up thecomputing giant’s helm in2011 to some skepticismabout her technology andhardware credentials, is tryingto turn around the company.HP’s stock has lost more thanhalf its value in the two yearssince CEO Mark Hurdunexpectedly resigned amida scandal over his relationshipwith a female marketingcontractor.

In a sign that Whitman’sefforts to trim costs and bolsterthe company’s prospects weresucceeding, HP onWednesday raised itsquarterly outlook for profit,after excluding one-time itemssuch as the goodwillwritedown. It did not providereasons.

HP’s stock rose 2.4percent to end at $19.41 afterthe increase in the company’soutlook relieved investors,who had been expectinganother bad quarter withglobal IT spending on thewane. “Everybody wasexpecting them to miss thequarter. Now they said theyare going to beat their forecast.That’s why the stock is up,”said Shaw Wu, an analyst withSterne Agee. But analystscautioned that it is prematureto say that HP’s darkest dayshave passed, especiallybecause the company did notexplain why it raised itsoutlook for profit, excluding

items.“There are a lot of un-

answered questions,” saidStifel Nicolaus analyst AaronRakers. “It is hard for me to gettoo terribly positive on it.”

HP said it decided to takethe $8 billion non-cash chargein its fiscal third quarter endedon 31 July following a reviewprompted by declines in itsstock price, changing marketconditions and the servicesdivision’s financialperformance.

“When indicators ofpotential impairment areidentified, companies arerequired to conduct a review ofthe carrying amounts ofgoodwill and other long-livedassets to determine if animpairment exists,” HP said ina statement. Analysts said thatcharge confirmed what haslong been widely known byinvestors: HP paid too muchfor EDS, one of the pioneers ofthe outsourcing of technologyservices.—Reuters

Two killed, two missing in S Africa’s heavysnow, rain falls

JOHANNESBURG, 10 Aug —At least two people died andtwo went missing onWednesday as heavy snowand rain battered SouthAfrica’s southeast leavingswathes of the countrywithout electricity, mediareports said.

A homeless man in his50s was found dead in acardboard box near a naturereserve in Westville town,SAPA news agency said.

A man walks in a park covered in snow on 7 August inJohannesburg.—INTERNET

Hong Kong tests babies over Japanese milk formulaHONG KONG , 10 Aug — Hong Kong said on Thursday it

will test babies who have consumed Japanese-made infantformulas found to have insufficient levels of iodine, after theproducts were ordered off the city’s shelves. Officials foundthe Wakodo and Morinaga brands lacked enough iodine, andwarned they could have “adverse health effects” on babies’thyroid glands and brains. “We urge parents to take theirbabies to the 10 government-designated health centres forblood tests,” a spokesman at the Food and EnvironmentalHygiene Department told AFP, adding that around 2,000babies could be affected.

The government ordered the two products to be removedfrom shop shelves, following the findings of a random test on14 milk brands. The banned products, which are for babiesaged up to nine months, were found to contain less than one-third of the World Health Organization’s recommended levels

of iodine, an essential nutrient for infant development. “Thismay affect the functioning of the thyroid gland,” the Centrefor Food Safety said in a statement. “If the thyroid gland’snormal functions are significantly affected, there may bepotential impact on the brain development of infants.”

The government said it would continue to test otherbrands. Japanese-made baby formula accounts for aboutthree percent of the total milk brands distributed in HongKong. Their popularity slumped after the nuclear disaster inJapan last year sparked fears of radiation poisoning. Theproducers of Wakodo and Morinaga formula said the productswere not intended for sale in Hong Kong, which had differentrequirements for iodine content than Japan. “We presumethat local importers... are marketing it there,” Morinagaspokeswoman Natsumi Takahashi told AFP in Japan.

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In Eastern Cape a three-year-old girl was killed whenthe walls of her housecrumbled after torrential rains.A man went missing afterfloodwaters swept his car offa low-lying bridge. Aparamedic whose ambulanceveered off a bridge into a riveron Tuesday, was also stillmissing a day later.

The snowfall forced theclosure of parts of the highwaylinking Johannesburg and

Durban, Africa’s busiest port,for several hours, while trainservices in that part of thecountry were also cancelled .The heavy snow and rainplayed also havoc with powertransmission equipment,plunging parts of the regioninto the dark.

The country’smeteorological departmentforecast that the weatherwould improve fromThursday.—Internet

Plane uses ice runway to evacuate Americanfrom Antarctic outpost

NEW YORK, 10 Aug—AnAustralian aircraft has madea rare mid-winter emergencyflight to Antarctica involvinglanding on an ice runway toevacuate a member of a USgovernment expedition inapparent need of urgentsurgery, US authorities saidon Wednesday.

The US National ScienceFoundation said the medicalevacuation was due to end alittle after 2 am EDT (0700GMT) on Thursday when a

A319 Airbus from Australia’sAntarctic research programwas due to land with theAmerican patient inChristchurch, New Zealand.

The Airbus had alreadycompleted the most perilouspart of its journey when ittouched down on an icerunway or landing stripknown as Pegasus nearMcMurdo Station, one ofthree year-round researchoutposts the National ScienceFoundation runs in

Antarctica.Flights to Antarctica are

usually only made in thesummer, but the NSF said thepatient — an Americanmember of one of its projects“may require immediatecorrective surgery.”

Antarctica is currentlyemerging from its six-month-long night. There is now aperiod of twilight at middaythat may have assisted pilotsin landing on the ice runway.

Reuters

Tsunami debris latestaddition to ocean pollution

VANCOUVER, 10 Aug — A US environmental grouptracking the debris from last year’s Japan tsunami said thefloating garbage only highlights the increasing severity ofocean pollution. A California-based Ocean Voyages Institutesaid they spotted a large quantity of debris off the coasts ofOregon and Washington State while sailing up from SanFrancisco in their research vessel Kaisai, which droppedanchor in the Vancouver suburb city of Richmond onWednesday.

Institute founder Mary Crowley told media the vessel’screw documented small pieces of a dock and many debris,which are believed to have come from Japan tsunami on 11March, 2011. The Japanese debris, including four big piersand myriad containers afloat in the Pacific, could take a toll onshipping safety. Over the years, the Kaisai crew hasdocumented in regular expeditions the “Great Pacific GarbagePatchin,” where millions of bits of plastic were broughttogether by winds and currents, forging a roughly 34-million-square-km swirling vortex between Hawaii and California,known as a “gyre.” “Everyday, all over the Pacific basin,debris is going into the ocean,” she said. “We do feel with anykind of emergencies that there should be debris cleanup.”

“I don’t know if it’s possible to clean up all of it... howtragic is it to be destroying our ocean eco-system before weeven understand it.” Crowley said the institute is working withUS coastguards to study the debris and improve safetymeasures by informing them of the whereabouts of largedebris pieces. Crowley suggests the governments payfishermen to collect plastic and build a factory ship in theocean to recycle the plastic into fuel and energy.—Xinhua

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We must cooperate with the government withawareness, consciousness and sympathy (1)

Taking advantages of unrest and violence that wasrife in Rakine State early June, some local and internationalorganizations and individuals extensively made a spate ofcriticism. Some blamed the incident as violation of humanrights while some dubbed the indent as religious persecutionand racial oppression. Some also advocated the incidentas using excessive forces in the settling of disputes andconflicts. To put it in a nutshell, incidents in Rakhine Statewere pushed into religious and human rights problemsapplying different approaches. And it can be assessed thatthere emerged attempts to create a series of political andinternational problems should religious and human rightsproblems be widely accepted.

As it is known to all that Rakhine incident was alocal dispute that stemmed from unlawful acts of mobdue to an unjust act of a group of people. The anarchicactivities become wider due to instigations puttingreligion, racism putting rage, hatred and vengeance inthe fore.

The Rakhine unrests left 77 people dead, 109 injuredand 4822 houses, 17 mosques, 15 monasteries and threeschools were burnt down in Sittway, Maungtaw andButhidaung Townships. Killing, arson attacks,retaliations and revenges left both sides to suffer much.The incident had turned out to be a lesson for those whofell victims and a stigma for Rakhine region.

Despite of a diversity of religious beliefs since yearone, we have a very long history of amicable co-existencewith reciprocity. In the time of our new government, weare amending and enacting laws and rules to ensure thatall citizens to enjoy such fundamental rights as freedomof expression, freedom of faiths and freedom ofassociation. Nowadays, it can be found that officials atdifferent levels are trying their utmost in settlingproblems and fulfilling the desires of the people as muchas they can.

Soon after the incidents of Rakhine State happened,officials at different levels have been able to put thesituations under control immediately. Likewise, they madenecessary preparations to deter the incidents from spreadingto other regions and to restore peace soonest. On the otherhand, they openly informed the people throughout thenation of latest developments of the incidents in real time.Priority is now being given to public affairs and transparencywhen compared in the past. This is to be recognized.

A 16-member investigation team was formed withthe Deputy Minister for Home Affairs as chairman on 6June in order to expose anarchic acts committed by mob on3 and 4 June in Rakine State and take actions against thosewho got involved in the atrocities. As violence, arsonsagainst residences, shops, guest houses, mosques andmonasteries continued unabated, Maungtaw andButhidaung Townships were put under curfew with theannouncement of Section-144 on 8 June and peace and lawand order were restored. Similarly, Sittway, Thandwe,Kyaukpyu and Yanbye were placed under curfew with theannouncement of Section-144 and peace and law andorder were restored.

However, violence was spread to such a degree thatcould harm the administrative machinery of Rakhine State.This being the case, the state of emergency was imposedwith the announcement of Ordinance No. 1/2012 on 10June so as to enable local people to live with peace of mind.Shortly after the imposition of the state of emergency, thehelp of the Tatmadaw was sought to effectively guardagainst local people. Such efforts reveal that crisis responsehas been taken in a systematic and timely manner.

Prompt actions were taken to open relief camps forlocal people who fell victims of violence and necessaryassistance was provided to them while striving for ensuringsecurity of lives and property of local people by controllingthe situations in time. Local battalions in cooperation withpolice and local administrative bodies made efforts torestore peace and law and order and guarded against thepeople. At the same time, they were taking rehabilitationmeasures with mind and main. Meanwhile, the Tatmadaw(Navy) was on patrol in order to prevent unscrupulouselements from entering the nation through the Myanmarwaters west of Maungtaw. Lt-Gen Hla Min of Commander-in-Chief (Army) Office and Chief Minister of Rakhine StateU Hla Maung Tin themselves were in Maungtaw andsupervised the tasks. All the necessary measures were takenin the fairest way regardless of race and religion.

Furthermore, the President made a request concerningthe incident in Rakhine State to the public through MyanmaRadio and Television on 10 June, saying that we are in thecondition that all of us including religious organizations,religious leaders and political parties have to take controlof the situation carefully in unison. It is noted to all that thePresident pointed out the situation from all angles withvision.

He said, “The situation could deteriorate and couldbe extended beyond the Rakhine State if we are terrorizingand killing each other with such sectarianism, endlesshatred, the desire of vengeance and anarchy.

There are also possibilities of other stimulations. Iwould like you all to realize how seriously it would damagestability, democratization process and national developmentof our country in transition period,” the President sincerelyappealed to the people to consider what is right and what iswrong rationally, revealing his concern over the future of thecountry and the people.

The President went into to details saying, “Ourgovernment would take legal actions against the caseswhich have already happened. At the same time, we wouldtake systematic measures under existing laws and rulesand regulations to make sure such phenomena and incidentsdo not happen again. I would like to request all to realizeevery aspect of the situation with considerable magnanimityas we would focus on bringing back justice for the sufferersin the incidents. I promise our government would attachgreat importance to the rule of law.” The President himselfmade necessary requests, guidance and criticisms as regardsRakhine incident with great seriousness and right timing.

Everyone will be well aware that stability was restoredin Rakhine State in next to no time thanks to the President’s

appeal to the people, highlighting that the good environmentof stability and the rule of law is a sine qua none for successof longed-for democratization and the country’s bids fordevelopment.

While the President was addressing the country,respective ministers and officials were making field trips toand and undertakings in Rakhine State without delay. Theytook urgent rescue measures and started plans for long-term recovery of the local people at the relief camps. Thenews reports generated a clear picture that they alsoreached out the Bengali community as well as to the localRakhine nationals. I firmly believed the amount of aidswould go to both Rakhine people and Bengalis equally.

Donations of wellwishers, civil societies, NGOs andINGOs as well as the government for survival and recoveryof people in Rakhine State facing troubles were encouraging.Donations in Yangon, in Sittway and at Region/Stategovernments have totalled more than K 30 billion. Seeingtransportation of aids by ships, cars and even Tatmadawaircrafts and choppers, I realized that the whole nationacknowledged responsibility for the people in RakhineState.

Medical staff from both the Defence Services and theMinistry of Health provided healthcare to local people inrelief camps. The extent of the seriousness of the State forthe region and its people could be seen in transportation ofemergency patients by the Tatmadaw choppers.

The Minister for Border Affairs led a group of officialsof UN agencies, religious leaders of Islam and departmentalheads who visited Maungtaw on 14 June. Providing aidsand comforting the sufferers at the relief camps, the ministerexpressed his sympathy for them and promised a return tonormalcy with reconstruction of housings, peaceful livingsand reestablishment of their safe villages. He alsoguaranteed that the victims would be taken in care of boththe government and the people regardless of race or religion.He also assured the legal actions against terrorists, callingfor patience and compassion. The minister cordiallydiscussed matters for recovery in the long run as well asurgent requirements of food and shelter. I felt the goodwill,equality and the humanitarian that the government andofficials at various levels ensured as equal as the sufferers.

Special Representative of the United NationsSecretary-General Mr Vijay Nambiar, UN ResidentRepresentative Mr Ashok Nigam and UNHCR ResidentRepresentative Mr Johannes Ten Feld also comforted thevictims. Religious leaders of Islam from Yangon mettownselders and religious leaders of Islam in Maungtawand called for peaceful living in line with the teachings ofthe religion as well. No religion encourages violence,revenge, killing and arson attacks. Every religion hasteachings to treat others with kindness, compassion,tolerance and patience and not to take vengeance. Though,human beings could not suppress anger, ignorance andhatred and are repeating cycles of sufferings. But theiranger, ignorance and hatred has ended up in sufferings.

(To be continued)Translation: TS+HKA

Maung Hmat

STIPENDS GRANTED: Maubin Township WarVeterans Organization held the ceremony to providecash assistance for students of its members for 2012-

2013 academic year at its office on 21 July. Member ofTownship WVO U Myat Khaing gives cash assistance to

students of the war veterans.—MYANMA ALIN

PATHEIN, 10 Aug—At 2am on 27 July, Isuzu withnumber plate Has/— drivenby Myat Thu, 32, son of USan Myint of Ward 3 inChaungtha stopped theroadside for loadingcommodity on it near old tollgate of Pathein on Yangon-Pathein Road.

A Kenbo motorcycledriven by Kyaw Thura, 22,son of U Maung San of

Two motorcyclists die on sport intraffic accident

Phakhabin Village ofNgathainggyoung withHtein Lin, 22, son of UMaung Win of Strand Roadin Ngathainggyoung on theback seat from downtownPathein to TechnologicalUniversity drove with highspeed under heavy rains.Due of out of break control,the motorcycle violently hitthe back of Isuzu car andboth riders on the

Accident on the Road

YANGON, 10 Aug—Aceremony to donate cash, TVand books to BawaAlinyaung self-reliant librarywas held in Ward 24 of DagonMyothit (South) Townshipon 28 July morning.

At the ceremony,

Cash, books donated toself-reliant library

Ward Administrator UKyan Hoke donate one 21-inch TV, Daw Su Su Hlaing,Assis tant Director ofYangon RegionInformation and PublicRelations Department UMyint Swe and Head ofTownship IPRD Saw YinYin Thwe 100 books andTownship Administrator UMyint Lwin K 10,000 to thelibrary through officials.

Myanma Alin

motorcycle died on the spot.Pathein Police

Station No. 2 opened a file oflawsuit against the trafficaccident.

Myanma Alin

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(from page 1)prescribes that the investormust hire nationalentrepreneurs or company ororganizations for the tasksthat need no specific skills. Itis directed to give localcompanies the leading rolesin Dawei Special EconomicZone and Myanmar citizensmust be employed in theposts, except that of scholars,skilled workers andsupervisors. Up to 14-6-2012,six local contractors areoperating in the zone with1039 Myanmar workers.

U Thein Nyunt askedhow the fund forenvironmental conser-vation in Dawei Deep SeaPort is managed. The deputyminister answered that theItalian-Thai Company isrequired to establishenvironmental conservationfund and to fund Paymentfor Environmental Services.

Hluttaw Speaker ThuraU Shwe Mann asked whether

Directives given to localcompanies to take leading roles ...

the withdrawal of MaxMyanmar Company couldimpact on the interest of thecountry and the people andwhether any Myanmarcompany will replace it. Thedeputy minister answeredthat Max Myanmar has yetto withdraw all of itsinvestments. It is planningto replace it with localcompanies. As theTaninthayi Regiongovernment demanded someland to establish industrialzone for local people, theItalian-Thai Company agreedto return 50 square kilometersfrom 204.5 square kilometersafter negotiations inThailand. Italian-ThaiCompany has been invitedto countinue discussing it.

There is plan to amendFramework Agreement for

more profit of Myanmar side.The involvement of localcompanies is currentlysuspended. It would beresumed after Italian-Thaiagreed the signing of newFramework Agreement.

The Speaker said theDawei Deep Sea Port is animportant project. He taskedthe Economic andInvestment Committee totake necessary measures incooperation with respectivecommission uponexplanation of the deputyminister.

Daw Le Le Win Swe ofTamway Constituencyasked social protection forwomen as Myanmar hassigned UN Convention onElimination of All Forms ofDiscrimination AgainstWomen (UNCEDAW) andDr Daw Aye Myint ofShwedaung Constituencyon measures for minor care.Deputy Minister for SocialWelare, Relief andResettlement U Phone Sweanswered that, regarding thefirst question, Myanmarsigned UNCEDAW on 22-7-1997. Myanmar NationalCommittee for Women’sAffairs was formed forwomen empowerment,Myanmar Women’s AffairsFederation for wider womenempowerment measures,Myanmar Maternal andChild Welfare Associationfor care of mothers andchildren and Women’sEntrepreneurs Associationfor boosting economiccapacity of women.

In accordance with theUN’s Convention on theElimination of All Forms ofDiscrimination againstWomen, programs onpromoting equal rights formen and women haveconducted in states andregion for four times.

To prevent trafficking inperson, the Anti-traffickingin Persons Law was enactedon 13, September, 2005.Besides, national-levelguides for reunification oftrafficked persons and theirfamilies have been drawn andplans have been made todistribute the guide books tothe people.

Regarding the secondquestion, Ministry of SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement signed the TheUnited Nations Conventionon the Rights of the Child(CRC) on 16, July, 1991 andhas been implementing theprovisions included in theconvention. In accordance

with the provisions of theconvention, the nationalcommittee, the workcommittee on rights ofchildren and region/state/district/township CRCcommittees have beenestablished. Besides, in 1993,the Child Law was enactedand the Rules andRegulations related to theChild Law was adopted in2000. The Child Law is beingre-drawn to meetinternational standards. Asfrom June, 2012, thedepartments, INGOs andexperts are working to re-write the law which includesthe education, health andnutrition of the under-8children and socio-economy,environmental conservationand povert alleviation.

At the discussionsession, U Aung Thein Lin ofSouth Okkalapaconstituency, U Pike Htweof Kanma Constituency andU Win Than of Thabaungconstituency discussed theproposal submitted by UHtay Oo of Hinthadaconstituency during the 18-day session on adoption ofthe migration policy for thelife security of Myanmarmigrant workers in foreigncountries.

Their discussion calledon the authorities concernedfor adopting the migrationpolicy to be able to giveguarantee of social securityto the migrant workers.

While the country isgoing to be a member of theASEAN Community, priorityshould be placed on theissue of migrant workers inthe ASEAN region. Theyalso called for adoption ofmigrant workers issue as aregional issue whenMyanmar has to consider theASEAN migrant workersissue during the time of thecountry’s 2014 ASEANchairmanship. They alsourged the Hluttaw to adoptthe Migration Policy as soonas possible due to the currentsituation.

Regarding the proposal,Deputy Minister for LabourU Myint Thein said the UnionGovernment has set up theForeign EmploymentSupervisory Committee andthe management workcommittee, the workcommittee ensuring workers’benefits and the workcommittee for protectingrights of labours were alsoestablished under thesupervisory committee. Thesupervisory committee isdrawing the OverseasEmployment Policy. It isdifficult for Myanmar toimplement currently the

Labour Migration Policy inconformity with internationalstandards. However, in anattempt to adopt the firm anddefinite migration policy, theministry would work foradoption of the policy inaccordance with thediscussion ofrepresentatives, ILO’sconventions andinternational standards.

Afterwards, DeputyMinister for Foreign AffairsU Maung Myint said theMinistry of Foreign Affairshas to work for the safe andsecurity of Myanmarmigrant workers during thetime of successivegovernments. However,there happended somehindrances due to somereasons. There is noMyanmar embassy in somecountries where Myanmarmigrant workers areworking. The ministry hasordered Myanmarembassies to work for thesafe and security ofMyanmar migrant workers.

Afterwards, DeputyMinister for Finance andRevenue U Win Shein saidthat Ministry of Finance andRevenue is working togetherwith private banks to helpMyanmar migrant workers tosafely transfer their moneyto the homeland.

Afterwards, DeputyAttorney-General U TunTun Oo said the the UnionAttorney-General’s Office isimplementing theconventions and treaties.

U Htay Oo whoproposed the proposal saidmigrant workers issuesdepend on the conditions ofa country which sends theworkers and a country whichaccepts the workers.Myanmar is currently acountry which sendsworkers. What Myanmarmigrant workers aredemanding is the rights theyconsidered what theydeserve and the expectationof their families. Therefore, itis suitable that the issueshould be discussed at the

Hluttaw whererepresentatives of the peopleare gathered than outside theHluttaw. He believed that hisdiscussion would be helpfulfor drawing the LabourMigration Policy which isnecessary for Myanmarwhich has migrant workersin foreign countries.

The Hluttaw put theproposal on record anddecided to proceed the workin coordination withministries concerned.

At the proposalsubmitting session, U TheinSwe of An constituency saidsubmitted a proposalcalling on respective Union-level bodies which areorganized in accordancewith the State Constitutionto adopt laws which hadbeen enacted by thePyidaungsu Hluttaw within90 days after the Presidentsigned and declared themon the duration set by theHluttaw.

U Ye Tun of Thandweconstituency seconded theproposal.

Pyithu Hluttaw decidedto discuss the proposal andurged representatives whowant to discuss the proposalto enlist not later 1 pm, 13August.

At report submittingsession, Chairman of PyithuHluttaw Judiciary and LegalAffairs Committee Thura UAung Ko presented the

report of the committee.The Hluttaw asked the

representatives who want todiscuss the report as thereport would be approved atthe 26th day session of theHluttaw.

At the informing theHluttaw session, the Hluttawinformed the representativesthat it received the BillRevoking the State CropsMarketing Board Act fromAmyotha Hluttaw on 7August and distributed thecopies of the bill to therepresentatives.

The Hluttaw informedthe representatives that itreceived the Bill RevokingPublic Welfare ServicesProtection Act on 8 Augustand the Anti-corruption Billon 3 August from AmyothaHluttaw and distributed thecopies of the bills to therepresentatives.

During today meeting,three questions were raised,one proposal discussed andone proposal and one report informed the

representatives that it

Please read “Mentally, the two countries have hadan experience of relations. He thanked Myanmar, onbehalf of 75 million Turkish people for maintenance ofthe war cemetery of about 1200 Turkish soldiers out of12,000 POWs who were brought to Myanmar by theBritish Army in World War I” instead of “The twocountries also have maintained the emotional relations.He thanked Myanmar, on behalf of 75 million Turkishpeople for maintenance of the war cemetery of about 1200Turkish soldiers who were fallen in Myanmar in WorldWar II while serving in the British army” in fifth paragraphin first column of Page 8 in the news items of the meetingbetween President U Thein Sein and Turkish ForeignMinister Mr Ahmet Davutoglu in 10 August issue of thesame paper, and read “World War I” instead of “WorldWar II” in the same paragraph.—MNA

Correction

Deputy

Minister

for

Labour

U Myint

Thein

makes

discussion.

MNA

Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative U Pike

Htwe of KanmaConstituency

participates indiscussion.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative Dr Daw

Aye Myint ofShwedaung

Constituency raisingquestion.—MNA

received three bills.The meeting ended at 1

pm and the 25th day meetingwill be held at 10 am, on 13August.

MNA

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Myanmar’s toll fees are… (from page 16)or 1.29 percent that broke therules. So, toll fees collectionsystem is in full swings.

Regarding the questionof U Moe Myint of TaninthayiConstituency No. 7 on “thereis a plan to upgradeTaninthayi River-crossingbridge” and “he would liketo know the construction ofriver-crossing bridgelinking Thamoke villageand Lawlaw village on UnionRoad”, he replied: The 1360-ft-long Taninthyi Rivercrossing bridge is located onMyeik-Taninthayi-Bokpyin-Kawthoung road in

Taninthayi Region. Its lowerstructure is RC post and upperstructure, bailey type. It wascommissioned into service on12 November, 2000. It canwithstand 23 tons of loads. Atpresent, there is no plan toupgrade it. It will be upgraded,based on allotted State’s fund.

Steering clear of theThamot River on Yangon-Dawei-Myeik Union Road, 25-mile-long Bod-Daw-KabinRoad has been put into service.Besides, the three bridges—Pabyin Bridges with 180-feetlength, Alechaung Bridgewith 80-foot length and DawBridge with 50-foot length—in lower maintenance on Bod-Daw-Kabin Road are undertransition into concrete onesand whose ten miles and sixfurlongs under upgradingwith the fund of 2012-2013fiscal year. Upon completion,road passers would have easyaccess to Myeik withoutusing the route cross theThamot River. Therefore, therewas no plan to construct theThamot River crossing Bridgeyet.

Concerning with thequery on there is any plan toconstruct Nansan-Mongsitmotor road that would belong 19 miles and 4 furlongsin Nansan Township in

Loilem District, presented byU Sai Kyaw Zaw Than fromNo. 2 Constituency in ShanState, the deputy ministeranswered that the road with19 miles and 4 furlongs longis on a list to maintain forwithstand, which is to beimplemented by Shan Stategovernment. Therefore, theroad work would be carriedout with the funds K 543.155million of the 2012-2013 fiscalyear.

According to the plan ofthe 2012-2013 fiscal year, fourmiles and four furlongs lengthearth road session of the roadwould be upgraded to be hardone, and two miles of four-mile-and four-furlong gravelroad session would be donetar-marking work. The rest ofthe road depends on theamount of funds to beallocated.

The deputy ministerreplied to the proposal on“there is any plan to put Pyayin Bago Region in priority tobe added in the list to be awareof recognizing ruraldevelopment projects”,presented by Dr Khin MaungLay from No. 8 Bago RegionConstituency. He said that therural project planning groupof the Department of HumanSettlement and HousingDevelopment under theMinistry of Construction is

carrying out the town plan ofthe region after making fieldtrips. The group is arrangingthe concept plan and itsrelated report.

Under the plan onexchanging views betweenthe department and CologneUniversity of Germany, therehas collected the indicators of56 towns in which there areover 0.1 million in population

and that are hearts forgovernance and commercialincluding Bago, Pyay andToungoo to implement a rural

network system.The rural project

planning of Pyay in BagoRegion would have beenstarted in the opening seasonof the year 2012 incooperation with respectiveorganizations.

After Member ofAmyotha Hluttaw BillCommittee U Tin Yu had readout the reports sent by thecommittee on discussionsabout the job prospects andproficiency development billmade by the Hluttawrepresentatives, the Hluttawproved each paragraph of thebill in line with the amendmentof the committee.

Union Minister forLabour U Aung Kyi presenteda proposal to prove the bill onjob prospects and proficiencydevelopment. One of theHluttaw representativesagreed with it.

The Hluttaw decided toprove the bill.

Member of Union CivilServices Board Dr KyawKyaw Htay tabled the bill onState services personnel’s lawto the Hluttaw to be underdiscussion. One of theHluttaw representatives gavean agreement on it.

The Hluttaw decided toagree the proposal to bediscussed. Any Hluttawrepresentatives who wish toparticipate in the discussionmay register not later than15th August, 2012.

The meeting came to anend at noon and the 25th daymeeting continues at 10 amon 13 August.

There were six questionsanswered, one bill provedand one bill tabled in today’smeeting.

MNA

Amyotha HluttawRepresentative Dr

Khin Maung Lay fromBago Region

Constituency No. 8asks question.—MNA

Amyotha HluttawRepresentative

U Thein Hlaing fromSagaing Region

Constituency No. 8makes question.—MNA

Amyotha HluttawRepresentative U Moe

Myint of TaninthayiConstituency No. 7

raises question.—MNA

YANGON, 10 Aug—As thelocal people of Rakhine losthouses and property invarious situations in theregion, cash and foodstuffwere donated for them so asto ensure their survival, atthe head office of FireServices Department, here,this morning.

At the ceremony, UKhin Maung Naing-Daw Choand family of ShwepinthuRice Co Ltd of Thanatpindonated 50 bags of rice and20 viss of fish paste, U YeNaing Aung (StateCommissioner)-Daw Kyi

Cash and kind donated to locals in Rakhine StateKyi Wai of Shan StateGeneral AdministrationDepartment K 500,000,Myanmar EngineeringSociety K 405,000 and ninebales of clothes, and twoboxes of pencils, Daw ChoCho and family ofLanmadaw Township K400,000, Seepwar PankhinEducation Service K302,000 and 13 bales ofclothes, Maung Win Htut,Ma May Thu Chaw (fromEngland) K 10000 and twobales of clothes, Ma HsuMyat Wai of BahanTownship one bale of cloth,

Sai Mya Aye of ThuwunnaK 30000 and one bale ofcloth, teachers and studentsof Kyimyindine BEHS No. 2one bale of clothes, DawKyin Aye Than ofKyimyindine Township onebox of personal goods, MaKhin Khin Thit (GeneralManager) of Wynn LandInternational Co Ltd K100,000, Ashin Kemaçara ofMyayagon Monastery ofMingala TaungnyuntTownship 15 sets of robesand three mosquito-nets,Daw Htay Kyi of Thuwunnathree bales of clothes, staffof Thukha Gabar Hospitaltwo bales of clothes, Ma ShuMawa Soe of Pyay Road K100,000, Dr San Naing-DawSan San Htay and family K30,000 and one bale of cloth,U Kyaw Min Htin-Dr KhinTheingi Hla Maung ofYankin one bale of cloth andone packet of personalgoods.

Director-General of FireServices Department U TinMoe and officials acceptedthe donations and presentedcertificates of honour towellwishers.

Up to now, the cashdonation at FSD (HeadOffice) amounted to K315,696,823.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—The meeting (1/2012) of thenational health committee washeld at the meeting hall of theMinistry of Health, here, at 9am today.

Chairman of NationalHealth Committee UnionMinister for Health Dr Pe ThetKhin addressed the meeting.He said that the ministry wasmaking strenuous efforts incarrying out health careservices at rural health centre(branch), rural healthdepartment, townshiphospital, district hospital,People’s Hospitals in regionsand states, central-levelgeneral and specialisthospitals at the four cornersof the country. He added thatas the national healthcommittee is constituted atUnion level to achievesuccess in healthdevelopment sector, mattersrelated to form healthcommittees at region and statelevel for improvement ofhealth sector would be putinto discussion.

Concerning implemen-tation of necessary tasks todevelop State’s economy asmuch as they can, thePresident has givenguidelines to hold national-level talks on promoting healthsector following thediscussions on respectivesectors at each and everyministry, which needs to be

National Health Committee’s first meeting heldparticipated by UnionMinisters, departmentalspecialists of region and stategovernments, economists,businessmen, townseldersand should-be-invitedpersons nationwide, theUnion Minister stressed.

Similarly, humanresources developmentdepends on improvement ofeducation and health sectors.Works done are needed to beable to announce theministries’ policy and rulesand regulations innewspapers so big foreigninvestments could be seen inour country more and more.The President hasemphasized that it needs tofirmly disseminate policiesand rules and regulations tobe let foreign investments foremergence of internationallevel schools, colleges,clinics and hospitals.

The conclusion of hisspeech cited that in line with

the guidelines of thePresident, the health ministryneeds to make discussionsabout drawing sector-widepolicies and rules andregulations, programmes forimplementing short-term andlong-term plans anddevelopment of health sectorand opportunities forinvestments at the firstmeeting of the national healthcommittee.

Also present at themeeting were Vice-Chairmanof National Health CommitteeUnion Minister for Labourand for Social Welfare, Reliefand Resettlement U AungKyi, members of thecommittee deputy ministers,Nay Pyi Taw Councilmembers and chairmen ofsocial organizations, socialministers of region and stategovernments, directors-general of the health ministryand officials concerned.

MNA

In memory of late grandparents and parents,Major Min Sithu-Daw Ei Phyu Khaing andfamily of Myoma Kyaung Street in DagonTownship donated K 500,000 to Hninzigon

Home for the Aged through EC Joint-SecretaryU Maung Maung Gyi recently.—NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug— International organizationsdonated foodstuff for locals of Rakhine State who lost theirhomes and possessions due to various reasons occurred inRakhine State.

Tatmadaw aircraft carried foodstuff and kitchen utensilsfrom Yangon to Sittway donated by Red Cross of Turkey.Tatmadawmen from Sittway battalion, members of state firebrigade and officials from state Relief and ResettlementDepartment accepted the relief aids at Sittway Airport anddonated to Rakhine State government yesterday.—MNA

Turkey Red Cross donates foodstufffor locals of Rakhine State

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Prizes awarded in MyanmarArtist Painting Competition

Inter-Basic Education Schoolvolleyball tourney wraps up

KYANGIN, 10 Aug—Ayeyawady River isrelentlessly raising its waterlevel as of last week of July.In the afternoon of 3 August,the water level reached 72foot of danger level.

Kyingin Township is setits danger level at 69.10 feetin August this year. Thisyear, constant heavy rains insome areas of UpperMyanmar and AyeyawadyRegion affected the raisingof water level of AyeyawadyRiver in Kyangin.

Local authorities,personnel of TownshipIrrigation Department and

CSC ISSUED: Head of Kawa Township Immigrationand National Registration Department U Kyaw Myo

Tun and staff made a field trip to Thakkala Village ofKawa Township of Bago District in Bago Region on 14and 15 July for implementing Moe Pwint Plan-3. They

issue cards to the local people.—MYANMA ALIN

Fertilizer provided to farmersof Shwedaung Township

PATHEIN, 10 Aug—Thefinal match of theAyeyawady Region Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment Head’s CupInter-Township U-15 BasicEducation Student VolleyballTournament of PatheinDistrict was held at KoetheinGymnasium in Pathein on 29July.

Assistant Director UAung Aung of Region SPEDpresented cash award K50,000 and individual medalsto players of Pathein BEHSNo 2, District Education

Officer U Kyin Thaung cashaward K 100,000 and medalsto the players from PatheinBEHS No 5, Region EducationOfficer (Admin) U Ye Myintcash K 200,000 and medalsto players from ThabaungBEHS and Deputy DirectorU Soe Nyunt of Region SPEDbest player awards to therespective players.

Ayeyawady RegionMinister for DevelopmentAffairs U Kyaw Win Nainggave trophy to ThabaungBEHS.

Myanma Alin

SHWEDAUNG, 10 Aug—A ceremony to hand overfertilizers to farmers whogrow Palethwe hybridmonsoon paddy for 2012-2013 season was held at thehall of GeneralAdministration Departmentin Shwedaung Township ofPyay District in Bago Regionon 15 July.

Bago Region Ministerfor Agriculture andLivestock Breeding U TinSoe handed over bags offertilizers for farmers to UThan Myint of KyaniganVillage-tract, Director ofAgriculture Department UKyaw Win to U Myo Win ofHsegyigon Village-tractand Township Admini-

strator U Thet Zaw Oo to UAung Soe of NwamayanVillage-tract.

Myanma Alin

KAWTHOUNG, 10 Aug—Organized by KawthoungDistrict GeneralAdministration Department,the basic administrativemechanism reform coursewas opened at HanthawadyHall of the department on 30July.

On the occasion,Deputy Commissioner UMyint Than of District GADmade a speech. Staff Officer

Reckless driving causes carupside down

YANGON, 10 Aug—A car caused upside down infront of Department of Human Settlement and HousingDevelopment at the junction of Bo Aung Kyaw andBogyoke Aung San streets in Botahtaung Township atabout 9 am on 4 August.

A Canter with number plate 4A/—— driven byHtein Lin Tun from the west to the east on Bogyoke AungSan Street carrying purified water containers hit the lamp-post in the middle of the road due to out of control.

The lamp-post was broken at its central part anddamaged. Aung Aung and Aung Kyaw Kyaw in the frontroom of the car were injured to their faces, arms and legs.Driver Htein Lin Tun sustained severe injuries. Officialsrushed him to Yagon General Hospital.

Zaw Oo on the rare of the car was thrown awaytogether with water containers and injured a little. SIPThet Swe made necessary investigation into theaccident.—Kyemon

Ayeyawady River exceeds danger levelof Kyangin

other departments, membersof Fire Brigade formed fourgroups as water sentries atthe outposts along the bankof Ayeyawady River day inand day out for takingpreventive measures against

Basic administrativemechanism reform courseconducted in Kawthoung

of District GAD U Hlaing MyoThant and TownshipAdministrator U Percy gavelectures to the trainees.

The training course wasattended by two deputyheads of township GADs, 30clerks from ward andtownship administrativeoffices and one KhamaukkyiSub-Township Admini-strator, totaling 33.

Myanma Alin

Danger of narcotic drugs talkedYANGON, 10 Aug—

Organized by VolunteerDrug SupervisoryAssociation of YangonRegion Social WelfareDepartment, a talk on dangerof narcotic drugs was held atthe hall of Hsuhtoopan ThiriMingala Kandaw MonasticEducation School inAyemyitta Ward inAlwansuk Village ofThanlyin Township, YangonSouth District, on 4 Augustmorning.

Joint In-charge ofYangon West District of the

Association U Nyan Wingave lectures on youth andnarcotic drugs.

Kyemon danger of floods.They drew the work

plans for emergency stateand for rescue and reliefworks as preventivemeasures.

Myanma Alin

YANGON, 10 Aug—Myanmar TraditionalArtistes and ArtisansAssociation (Central) andCamel Art Foundation jointlyorganized the MyanmarArtist Painting Competitionat its office on the easternwing of Bogyoke Aung SanMarket in Yangon on 26 Julymorning.

Camel BusinessDevelopment Manager MrMalay Roy Choundhury ofCamel Art Foundationpresented first, second andthird prises to the winners.

On behalf of theAssociation, Vice-ChairmanSra New spoke words ofthanks.

Myanma Alin

DistrictNews

Accident on the road

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Libyan assembly votes Mohammed Magariefas president

TRIOLI, 10 Aug —Libya’s national assemblypicked former oppositionleader Mohammed Magarief

as its president on Thursdayas the North African country’snewly elected congressbegan its rule. Magarief,leader of the National Frontparty, will head the 200-

Participants standduring the handover

ceremony of power fromof the National

Transitional Council(NTC) to members of the

national congress inTripoli, on 8 Aug, 2012.

REUTERS

a new constitution is draftednext year.

Magarief, seen as amoderate Islamist, iseffectively Libya’s actinghead of state, but the trueextent of his powers is yet tobe determined. A formerdiplomat who had lived inexile since the 1980s,Magarief was a leading figuresin Libya’s oldest oppositionmovement — the NationalFront for the Salvation ofLibya — which made severalattempts to end the lateMuammar Gaddafi’s rule.

Magarief’s NationalFront Party is an offshoot ofthe old oppositionmovement and it won threeseats in the 7 July poll for thenational assembly — Libya’sfirst free vote in a generation.“I am very very happy. This is

member congress, which willname a prime minister, passlaws and steer Libya to fullparliamentary elections after

a big responsibility,” he toldReuters. Magarief won 113votes versus independent AliZidan who secured 85 votes.Voting went to a secondround after no one managedto win an outright majority inthe first round.

“This is democracy, thisis what we have dreamt of,”Zidan told Reuters,congratulating Magarief. Theassembly was also set to picktwo deputies for Magarief,who had been seen as aleading contender for the topjob. “He is a politicalpersonality and everybodyknows him.” said OthmanSassi, a former official of theNational TransitionalCouncil. “He has very goodexperience to lead congressand the Libyan democraticstate.”— Reuters

A logo of Swiss pharmaceutical company Roche ispictured in front of a company’s building in Rotkreuz, on

12 Apri, 2012. — REUTERS

NICE seeks more info onRoche cancer pill

LONDON, 10 Aug —Britain’s healthcare costagency said on Friday itneeded more informationfrom Roche before it coulddecide whether torecommend the Swissgroup’s new melanoma pillZelboraf for use on the statehealth service.

The National Institutefor Health and ClinicalExcellence (NICE)previously rejected the drugin a preliminary ruling inJune.While Roche hassubmitted additionalanalysis on the costeffectiveness of the drugsince then, NICE said itneeded further clarification.

Zelboraf, also known asvemurafenib, was approvedin Europe in February andhas been hailed as a prime

Analysis:Discounts

backafter

summerrestaurant

slump

NEW YORK, 10 Aug — Restaurant discounts and special offers have returned after a recent salescool-down at some of the nation’s hottest chains, a trend that threatens to squeeze industry profitsat a time when food costs are set to rise. US consumers ate fewer Big Macs at McDonald’s Corp,skipped some caffeine runs to Starbucks Corp and passed on the occasional burrito at ChipotleMexican Grill Inc — sending a shiver through the investment community that has grown used to thosechains posting strong growth in the face of the nation’s lackluster economic recovery.

McDonald’s on Wednesday vowed to focus more on value after reporting flat sales at establishedrestaurants around the world in July — its worst showing in more than nine years. Starbucks and Chipotle’sindustry-leading same-restaurant sales growth decelerated last quarter, forcing both chains to makeadjustments to reinforce their positions. The world’s biggest coffee chain last week brought back itsmorning “treat receipts” that give discounts to customers who return in the afternoon and is offeringcoupons for some products. Chipotle said it would put the brakes on menu price hikes, even though itsfood costs are more vulnerable to volatility because its ability to lock in costs is hampered by its use oforganic produce and antibiotic-free meats. An early sign of the shift to keep customers coming back camein June, when Darden Restaurants Inc vowed to step up value-priced promotions aimed at boosting trafficto its Olive Garden and Red Lobster chains.— Reuters

example of personalisedmedicine since it is designedto treat melanoma patientswith a particular geneticmutation. It costs 1,750pounds for a week’s supply,although Roche has offered adiscount, details of which arecommercially confidential.

The snub for Zelborafmarks the latest in a series ofclashes between Roche andNICE over cancer medicines,including a rejection of its $6billion-per-year sellerAvastin. NICE, whosedecisions are closelywatched in other countries,has also angered otherdrugmakers, although it hasmany supporters amongmedics who say a central bodyis needed to make rationaldecisions on how to spendscarce resources.— Reuters

Tropical Storm Ernesto weakens over land, kills threeMEXICO CITY, 10 Aug —

Tropical Storm Ernestoweakened as it traveledinland from the Gulf ofMexico on Thursday, but itsent wind gusts and showersacross the state of Veracruz,home to some of Mexico’sbusiest ports and oilinstallations.

The storm, withmaximum sustained windsof 40 mph, made landfall inthe early afternoon close tothe port city ofCoatzacoalcos. Ernesto washeading west over southernMexico at a speed of about14 mph, the US NationalHurricane Centre in Miamisaid in its 11 pm EDT (0300

A food stand isbeing washedaway by the

flood in BocaDel Rio on the

outskirts ofVeracruz on 9

Aug, 2012.REUTERS

GMT) advisory. Thehurricane centre said itexpects further weakening asErnesto moves overmountainous terrain onFriday. However, torrentialrain and flooding wasexpected and authoritiesreported three deaths.

Officials from state-runoil company Pemex said there

were no reports of disruptionsto facilities in the region,which include the Minatitlanrefinery, producing 185,000barrels of crude per day. Theeye of the storm passed theoilfields of Cantarell and KuMaloob Zaap, which accountfor just over half of Mexico’soil production of about 2.5million bpd.— Reuters

NASA’s Morpheus lander in fiery crash atCape Canaveral

Typhoon Haikui affects 130,000 in E China province

NANCHANG, 10 Aug —More than 130,000 peoplehave been affected and about10,000 residents have beenrelocated in east China’sJiangxi Province as a result

CAPE CANAVERAL, 10 Aug — A smallNASA lander being tested for missions to themoon and other destinations beyond Earthcrashed and burned after veering off courseduring a trial run at the Kennedy SpaceCentre on Thursday, officials with the USspace agency said.There were no injuriesafter the prototype, known as Morpheus,burst into flames near the runway formerlyused by NASA’s space shuttles. The insect-like vehicle, designed and built by engineersat NASA’s Johnson Space Center in Houston,had made several flights attached to a cranebefore Thursday’s attempted free-flight.

Morpheus’ engines, which burn liquidoxygen and methane, appeared to ignite asplanned, lifting the 1,750-pound (794 kg)vehicle into the air. But a few seconds later,Morpheus rolled over on its side andplummeted to the ground. NASA videoshowed the vehicle engulfed in flames andthen rocked by a spectacular explosion,presumably due to the fuel tanks rupturing.“Failures such as these were anticipated priorto the test, and are part of the developmentprocess for any complex spaceflighthardware,” NASA said in a statement.

An investigation is under way, thestatement added. Project Morpheus began inpartnership with privately owned ArmadilloAerospace, which is developing re-usable,suborbital vehicles that take off and landvertically. NASA, which has spent about $7million on the project over the past 2-1/2 years,is interested in developing technologies thatcould be used to fly cargo to the moon and otherfuture missions beyond Earth orbit.ProjectMorpheus was an example of what the formerproject manager called “Home Depot

engineering” — low-budget projects that useexisting resources and partner with non-traditional aerospace companies.

“The Morpheus lander is kind of our posterchild. It’s one of our first attempts to do thesekinds of projects,” former project manager MattOndler said in an interview with Reuters lastyear. “Instead of building some elaborate teststructure, you go to Home Depot and buildsomething very quickly that gets you 80 percent

NASA’s project Morpheus lander is seenbursting into flames during a test at

Kennedy Space Centre, Florida in thisNASA handout photo taken on 9 Aug,

2012.— REUTERS

of the answer and allows you to keep movingforward,” he said. Morpheus arrived at Florida’sseaside space center in July for three months ofincreasingly rigorous test flights, includingautomated landings in a mock moonscape,complete with craters and boulders.

The lander was designed to deliver about1,100 pounds (500 kg) of cargo to the moon,NASA said on its Project Morpheus website.Technologies being developed include apropulsion system that uses liquid oxygenand methane — green fuels that could bemanufactured on other planetary bodies,NASA said. — Reuters

Workers bulida bridge to

transfertrapped

visitors in AnjiCounty, east

China’sZhejiang

Province, on 9Aug, 2012.

XINHUA

of typhoon Haikui, localauthorities said on Friday.Typhoon-triggered torrentialrainstorms have battered theprovince, forcing therelocation of 13,359 people

after the typhoon madelandfall early Wednesdaymorning in east China’sZhejiang Province,according to the provincialflood control and droughtrelief headquarters.

The city of Jingdezhen,which was hit hard by theheavy rains, received 220 mmof rain, the headquarters said.

The provincialmeteorological stationissued an orange alert for thestorm at 8:40 am, as morerains will pelt the provinceon Friday.

Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PAC STAR VOY NO (001)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV PAC STARVOY NO (001) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 12.8.2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S COSCO SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RATU VOY NO (497)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RATU

VOY NO (497) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 11.8.2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (459)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (459) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 11.8.2012 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of H.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Japan McDonald’s recallsflawed giveaway glasses

TOKYO, 10 Aug — McDonald’s in Japan said onWednesday it was recalling giveaway glass tumblers after 78people reported being injured by the Olympic-themed freebies.The fast food giant said it had received 130 complaints afterhanding out the tumblers to purchasers of “Value Sets”,which included fries and a soft drink, during their “OlympicCheer Coke Glass Campaign” in June and July.

McDonald’s said they gave away six million tumblers inJapan, some of which had “glass protrusions” on their edgesor insides because of a manufacturing error. “We received 130complaints from our customers by 7 August, of which 78customers said they suffered cuts, although injuries were notserious enough to warrant their going to hospital,” companyspokesman Kazuyuki Hagiwara told AFP.

He said flawed metallic moulds used by the producer ofthe glasses were to blame.The company said customers whoreturn their glasses between now and the end of October willbe given replacements.— Internet

Glass tumblers produced by McDonald’s Holdings Co(Japan). McDonald’s in Japan said on 8 Aug, 2012 itwas recalling giveaway glass tumblers after 78 peoplereported being injured by the Olympic-themed freebies.

INTERNET

Threatened shark species turning up in US restaurants

Graphic on the endangeredshark populations

worldwide and the trade inshark fins.—INTERNET

conservation program, “andany international trade in thesevulnerable and endangeredspecies must be tightlyregulated.” The study marksthe first time that DNA testinghas been used to ascertain thedifferent kinds of sharks usedto make shark fin soup in theUnited States on a largenationwide scale.

Samples were collectedin Albuquerque, New Mexico;Atlanta, Georgia; Boston;Chicago; Denver, Colorado;Fort Lauderdale, Florida;Houston; Las Vegas; LosAngeles; New York; Orlando,Florida; San Francisco; Seattleand Washington.—Internet

NEW YORK, 10 Aug —Threatened shark species arebeing used to make shark finsoup, a delicacy in Chinesecuisine, in several US cities,according to an unprece-dented study based on DNA

testing. Thirty-three differentspecies of sharks turned up insamples collected in 14 citiesand analyzed at Stony BrookUniversity’s Institute forOcean Conservation Sciencein New York. “US consumersof shark fin soup cannot becertain of what’s in their soup,”said Demian Chap-man, whoco-led the DNA testing, in astatement on Wednesday.“They could be eating aspecies that is in serioustrouble.”

Scalloped hammerheadsharks, listed as endangeredby the International Union forConservation of Nature, wasamong the species found on

the menus of US restaurantswhere shark fin soup can sellfor as much as $100 per bowl.Others included smoothhammerheads, school sharksand spiny dogfish, all listed asvulnerable to extinction, as wellas a variety of near-threatenedspecies such as bull and coppersharks.”This is further proofthat shark fin soup here in theUnited States, not just in Asia,is contributing to the globaldecline in sharks,” said LizKaran, of the Pew Environ-ment Group, a foundation thatsupported the study.

“Sharks must be protectedfrom overfishing,” said Karan,manager of Pew’s global shark

Oil flow from Iraq-Turkey oilpipeline to resume: minister

The oil flow from the Turkish-Iraqi pipeline will resumeon Wednesday following a blast that damaged thepipeline, Turkey’s Energy Minister Taner Yildiz,

pictured in May 2012, said.— INTERNET

ISTANBUL, 10 Aug — The oil flow from the Turkish-Iraqipipeline will resume on Wednesday following a blast thatdamaged the pipeline, Turkey’s energy minister said.

“In addition to security measures, the maintenance (ofthe damaged pipeline) will continue but the flow of crude oilwill hopefully resume today,” Taner Yildiz was quoted assaying by the Anatolia news agency on Wednesday. A blastMonday hit the Kirkuk-Ceyhan pipeline in Mardin provinceclose to Turkey’s border with Syria, with Kurdish rebelssuspected of being behind the attack.

Yildiz blamed “terrorists” for the attack, a term often usedby Turkish officials to refer to militants from the outlawedKurdistan Workers’ Party (PKK).

The PKK, listed as a terrorist group by Turkey and muchof the international community, have sabotaged the pipelineseveral times in the past as part of an armed campaign againstthe Ankara government.

The 970-kilometre (600-mile) pipeline runs from Iraq’snorthern oil hub of Kirkuk to the port of Ceyhan on Turkey’sMediterranean coast, pumping 450,000 to 500,000 barrels ofcrude oil per day. Iraq depends on oil sales for the vast majorityof government income. The oil-rich nation exported some2.515 million barrels per day in July, earning about $7.535billion in revenues.—Internet

American Airlines pilots reject tentative contractWASHINGTON, 10 Aug —

Pilots at AMR Corp’sAmerican Airlines rejected atentative contract from thecarrier by a wide margin onWednesday, leaving a majorissue unresolved with thebankrupt airline’s mostpowerful employee group.Failure to reach a consensuallabour deal is a blow toAmerican’s efforts to developa stan-dalone reorganizationplan, which relies on slashingdebt and labour costs to return

American Airlines aircraft stand on the tarmac at LosAngeles International Airport in Los Angeles on 20

April, 2012.— REUTERS

to profitability. Thedevelopment comes as thethird-largest US carrier hasbegun to review potentialmergers, including a deal withUS Airways Group, todetermine whether mergingwith a rival will generate morerecoveries for American’screditors than going it alone.

American’s pilots and twoother key labour groups havealready declared their supportfor US Airways’ proposal tomerge with the larger rival. The

groups each have a seat onAmerican’s nine-memberunsecured creditorscommittee and have a say inhow American restructures inbankruptcy. Pilots could facestricter terms should the judgeoverseeing American’sbankruptcy case now allowthe carrier to end its currentcontract with the pilots union.“We are disappointed with theoutcome of today’s votingresults, as ratification of thepilot tentative agreement

would have been an importantstep forward in ourrestructuring,” AmericanAirlines spokesman BruceHicks said in a statement.

He added the companymust now await a ruling thatwill let it “implement the changesnecessary to move forward withour restructuring.” Bankruptcyrules give companies the rightto abandon collectivebargaining agreements andimpose their own termsunilaterally. —Reuters

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Woman swallows butter knifeA 30-year-old Atlanta

woman is OK afteraccidentally swallowing abutter knife, doctors said.

The woman wasapparently demonstrating toa friend that she no longerhad a gag reflex because ofher history with bulimia, theNew York Daily Newsreported.

During her exhibition, shelaughed and accidentallyswallowed the knife, NewEngland Journal ofMedicine said. She wasrushed to the hospital wheredoctors performed a surgeryto remove the knife from herbody.

Drs Aida Venado andSarah Prebil said doctors wereable to remove the knife

without damaging thewoman’s throat or stomach.

However, her husbandlater revealed the woman hadswallowed a knife four yearsago and she was thentransferred to a psychiatricunit, the doctors said.

The Los Angeles Timesreported that most instancesof people swallowing foreignobjects are not life-threatening, citing anEmedicine.com article.

“After reaching thestomach, a foreign body hasgreater than a 90 percentchance of passage,” thearticle states.

Although, the article saidthere are about 1,500 deaths ayear from ingesting foreignbodies.

Cow goes to new heights to flee bull’s advancesA cow which was not in

the mood ambled to the topstorey of a Siberian apartmentbuilding to escape a bull whichwas, and had to be led backdown by firefighters,authorities said.

The cow was discoveredbellowing on the top of astairwell in the five-storeybuilding in the village of

Lesogorsk last month, withthe probable cause of thecow’s distress an amorousbull at the bottom.

“The bull was very lovingand had paid excessiveattention to the cow duringthe summer grazing,” theIrkutsk regional branch ofRussia’s EmergencySituations Ministry said in a

statement.“Trying to escape from

him, the cow ran into thebuilding and climbed up tothe fifth storey,” it said.

It took firefighters aboutthree minutes to get the cowdownstairs by roping itshorns and pulling, accordingto the statement, whichsuggested members of the

UK’s BSkyB to launch 24-hour James Bond TVchannel

British pay televisionbroadcaster BSkyB willlaunch a new 24-hour channeldedicated to showing JamesBond films on repeat inOctober to mark the 50thanniversary of the Bondfranchise, the company saidon 7 August.

The channel, to be calledSky Movies 007, will show 22original Bond films in high

crowd that gathered shouldhave done the jobthemselves.

“When we arrived therewere dozens of peopleoutside the building. Therewere members of the localadministration, police andmany bystanders,” it quotedfire station shift chiefYevgeny Smirnov as saying.

“In principle, they couldhave done without us.”

The rotating numberplate on the originalAston Martin DB5,

driven by actor SeanConnery in the James

Bond films“Goldfinger’’ and“Thunderball’’ is

displayed in London.News Album

definition from 5 October fora month, beginning with the1962 Bond film, ‘Dr No’, itsaid.

It added that it will alsoscreen independent titles‘Never Say Never Again’ and‘Casino Royale.’

The launch comes afterSky bought the rights to theBritish film franchise fromMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer

Studios in April, ending rivalITV’s 38-year stronghold onthe films’s rights.

“We’re delighted thatour customers will have thebest Bond movie-watchingexperience ever with SkyMovies — uninterrupted, inHD (high definition), ondemand and on the go,”Director of Sky Movies, IanLewis, said in a statement.

Rick Ross performs duringthe 2011 BET Awards atthe Shrine Auditorium inLos Angeles on 26 June,

2011. —INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 10 Aug—Rick Ross’ “God Forgives, IDon’t” is No 1 on the USalbum chart, Billboard.comreported on Wednesday.

Coming in at No 2 on theBillboard 200 is Zac BrownBand’s “Uncaged,” followedby Justin Bieber’s “Believe”at No 3, One Direction’s “UpAll Night” at No 4 and theBee Gees’ “Number Ones”at No 5. Rounding out thetop tier are Nas’ “Life is

Actor Stanley Tucci andhis fiance Felicity Blunt

British actor Bob Hoskins

LONDON, 10 Aug—Britain’s Bob Hoskinsannounced on Wednesday heis suffering from Parkinson’sdisease and is retiring fromacting at the age of 69.

Hoskins has starred indozens of films, including“Snow White and theHuntsman,” “Mrs HendersonPresents,” “Neverland,”

BEVERLY HILLS, 10 Aug—French director Luc Bessonbegan principal photographyon Wednesday on“Malavita,” a film starringRobert DeNiro and MichellePfeiffer, producers said.

Filming commenced inNormandy, France, and willcontinue at La Cite duCinema where the newStudios de Paris are located.Additional shooting will takeplace in New York.

Besson adapted the filmfrom the novel “Badfellas”by Tonino Benacquista. Ittells the story of theManzonis, a notoriousorganized crime familyrelocated to Normandy underthe witness protectionprogram, a synopsis said.

The movie is set for a2013 release.

Internet

‘God Forgives’ tops US album chart

Actress MichellePfeiffer

Jon Favreau

NEW YORK, 10Aug—Hollywood filmmaker JonFavreau is to direct a big-screen version of the FrankieValli and the Four Seasonsstage musical, “Jersey Boys.”

The show has been ahuge success since it debutedon Broadway in 2005 and inLondon’s West End in 2008.

The Official LondonTheatre Web site saidFavreau’s movie version is

LONDON, 10 Aug—Comedian and talk-showhost Jimmy Fallon said onWednesday he has no plansto serve as host of the nextOscars ceremony in LosAngeles.

The awards presentationwill honour the best films of2012. It will be held nextFebruary.

Fallon has long beenrumoured to be in therunning to serve as emcee ofthe star-studded event. BillyCrystal was the host of thisyear’s show.

However, Fallon said onWednesday’s edition of the“Today” show he hasdeclined the gig.

“No, I’m not going to dothe Oscars,” Fallon said on“Today,” which is taping in

Stanley Tucci marriesFelicity Blunt

NEW YORK, 10 Aug—Stanley Tucci has marriedliterary agent Felicity Blunt,sister of his “The DevilWears Prada” co-star EmilyBlunt, the New York Daily

News said on Wednesday.The couple confirmed

their marriage to thenewspaper as they walkedthe red carpet at a screeningfor “Hope Springs” at theSchool of Visual Arts. Theydid not divulge where orwhen they tied the knot,however.

A source close to Tuccitold the Daily News he andBlunt are planning a formalwedding in front of friendsand family in the near future.

Tucci’s first wife, Kate,died of breast cancer in 2009.

“Hope Spings” starsTucci’s “Prada” leading ladyMeryl Streep.

Internet

Favreau to direct ‘Jersey Boys’ movieexpected to hit theaters nextyear, however, no casting has

Good” at No 6, “Kidz Bop22” at No 7, Adele’s “21” atNo 8, Maroon 5’s“Overexposed” at No 9 andJoss Stone’s “The SoulSessions, Vol 2” at No 10.

Internet

Bob Hoskins retires fromacting

“Enemy at the Gates,” “Maidin Manhattan,” “Hook,”“Mermaids,” “Who FramedRoger Rabbit,” “The LongGood Friday” and “MonaLisa,” as well as the TV series“The Street.”

“He wishes to thank allthe great and brilliant peoplehe has worked with over theyears, and all of his fans whohave supported him during awonderful career,” his agentsaid in a statement issued tothe BBC. “Bob is nowlooking forward to hisretirement with his family,and would greatly appreciatethat his privacy be respectedat this time.”

The actor said at a 2002roundtable interview withreporters to promote the

romantic comedy “Maid inManhattan” that he neverrealized how short he was untilhe worked with statuesqueactress Cher on the 1990comedy “Mermaids.”

“I didn’t (know),”insisted Hoskins, whomIMDB.com says is 5-foot-6.

“I thought I was normal.I never thought about it andthen I went to kiss Cher andthey gave me a box to stand on... and then I realized whenCher said, ‘You’re a little guy,Bob.’”

The bright side to hisheight, he noted, was it led tolots of jobs playing historicalcharacters like NikitaKhruschchev, ManuelNoriega, J Edgar Hoover andPope John XXIII.—Internet

been announced yet.The musical features

numerous hits by the 1960sNew Jersey vocal groupFrankie Valli and the FourSeasons, including “Sherry,”“Walk like a Man,” “Big GirlsDon’t Cry,” “Oh What aNight!” and “Beggin’.”

Favreau is a native NewYorker best known fordirecting “Swingers,” “Elf”and “Iron Man.”—Internet

Jimmy Fallon

DeNiro,Pfeiffer begin

shooting‘Malavita’

Fallon says he won’t hostOscars

London for the Olympics. “It’san honour to be asked by theAcademy [of Motion PictureArts and Sciences,] but it’snot my year.”—Internet

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Chen Ruolin wins women’s10m platform gold at London

Olympic GamesLONDON, 10 Aug — Chen

Ruolin collected a high 422.30points for the title of women’s10m platform diving atLondon Olympic Games onThursday.

It is the 200th gold medalChina won from all thesummer Olympic Games itparticipated in.

Brittany Broben ofAustralia took the silver medalat 366.50 and Pamg PandelelaRinong of Malaysia won thebronze medal at 359.20 points.

Another Chinese diverHu Yadan made two bad divesand finished only 9th in the 5-dive final.

Xinhua

Soccer: Japan’s “steel carnations” win hearts in defeatTOKYO, 10 Aug —

Japanese soccer fans begantheir Friday bleary-eyed, manyhaving shed tears but mostphilosophical, after the worldchampions were beaten 2-1 bythe United States in thewomen’s Olympic soccer finalin London. As hundreds ofsupporters wearing Japansoccer shirts, faces still paintedin national red and white, rolledout of bars around 6 am localtime, an impromptu party brokeout on Tokyo’s iconicShibuya “scramble”crossroads.

“Gold, silver - it doesn’tmatter. Japan were the bestteam,” 32-year-old chefKensuke Arai told Reuters asrevelers danced in front ofpolice and early commuters.Japan’s “Nadeshiko” team,named after a frilly pinkcarnation, embodied the iron-willed spirit of a nation battlingto recover from disaster as theywon last year’s World Cup.Having shocked the mightyUS on penalties in the Frankfurtfinal, they were unlucky not totopple their powerfulopponents again inThursday’s Olympicshowdown.

The Japan team wave and bow to the crowd after losingtheir women’s soccer final gold medal match against the

US at Wembley Stadium during the London 2012Olympic Games on 9 Aug, 2012.— REUTERS

Twice rattling thecrossbar and also having astrong penalty claimed wavedaway, Japan were evendescribed by US coach PiaSundhage as the better team.Japan’s media, yet to reachprint but crackling online,praised their pint-sizedwarriors for their heart. “Standtall, silver medallists!” blazedthe Nikkan Sports newspaper,while the Sankei Sports ran theheadline “Fierce Fight”,referring to Japan’s refusal toaccept defeat. Tears of joyshed for their astonishingWorld Cup win in July lastyear were tinged with sadnessas Japan confronted theaftermath of the deadlytsunami and a raging nuclearcrisis.

There was no fairytalerepeat, but Japan’s playerstook defeat on the chin as theAmericans claimed a thirdsuccessive Olympic title. “Wewanted the gold, but noregrets,” said Japan’s worldplayer of the year Homare Sawabefore the Olympic medalceremony, repeated onmorning television shows.Japanese fans, many settingoff for work after a quick

shower and change of clothes,refused to blame the referee ormake excuses, and had nothingbut praise for their beatenheroines. “You can’t help butlove them,” 21-year-oldstudent Yuria Sato, who hadalmost screamed herselfhoarse. “They never give up.I was crying after the game butjust so proud.”

Succinctly summing upthe mood of the Japan players,the Mainichi newspaper said:“Every ounce spent: Tears andsmiles.” Japan’s petitemusketeers, at an average

height of 1.62m standing sevencm shorter than the muscularAmericans, at least look set tofly home in style. JapaneseOlympic officials were accusedof sex discrimination beforethe Games for allowing themen’s team to fly in businessclass while the women had tomake do with premiumeconomy. “It was a fantasticgame,” said coach NorioSasaki after what could be hislast game in charge. “It wasnot the result we wanted butit’s been an incredible fouryears.”— Reuters

Agassi selectedfor US Open

Court ofChampionsNEW YORK, 10 Aug —

Andre Agassi will be the 2012inductee into the US OpenCourt of Champions.

Agassi will be inductedin Arthur Ashe Stadiumbefore the men’s final on 9September.

The 42-year-old Agassiwon the US Open twice. In1994, he became the firstunseeded player in the Openera to capture the title. Hewon again in 1999, part of hiseight career Grand Slamchampionships.

Agassi competed in thetournament a men’s Open-era record 21 consecutivetimes, from 1986 through 2006.He was elected to theInternational Tennis Hall ofFame last year.

Internet

Andre Agassi

MONTREAL, 10 Aug — Former world number one AnaIvanovic suffered her first ever double bagel loss, crashing outof the WTA Montreal tournament after losing 6-0, 6-0 toRoberta Vinci. Vinci on Thursday needed just 44 minutes tooust the 11th seeded Ivanovic, who had three game points inthe match but never converted. Ivanovic had game pointserving at 0-4 in the first set and two more serving 0-2 in thesecond.

“I really struggled to find my rhythm out there,” the Serbsaid. “It came as a surprise a little bit because I was practisingreally well. “I was struggling to find my feet and get twoconsecutive balls in the court. Against players like Robertawho don’t make many errors, it’s always going to be tough towin like that. “When you’re down 4-0, 5-0, 6-0, the panic startsto set in. I forced a little bit. It was bad already without that. Itwas really, really tough for me out there.”

Vinci didn’t expect such an easy victory. She came frombehind to beat Yanina Wickmayer in the first round. “It’s noteasy to win 6-0 6-0 against a great player like Ana,” Vinci said.“I was playing really consistently with a lot of slice — and shedoesn’t like my slice. I think that was the key. I’ve played againsther a lot of times, and it was strange to play her when she wasplaying like this.”In other matches, Serb Jelena Jankovic fell

Roberta Vinci of Italy hits a return to Ana Ivanovic ofSerbia during round two of the Rogers Cup at the

Uniprix Stadium, on 9 August, in Montreal, Quebec,Canada. Ivanovic suffered her first ever double bagel

loss, crashing out to Vinci, 6-0, 6-0.— INTERNET

Ivanovic crashes out of WTAMontreal

6-2, 6-3 to Canadian wildcard Aleksandra Wozniak. Jankovichas now lost her opening match at 12 of her last 16 tournaments.

“It couldn’t have been better, to be here in front of thehome crowd and make the third round at a big tournament likethis,” Wozniak said. “I was trying to not give her any rhythm,in fact I was trying to make her make mistakes. I was going formy shots, but I was trying to do as few errors as I could at thesame time.” Other winners Thursday were Carla Suarez Navarro,who surprised No 15 seed Sabine Lisicki 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 and No9 seed Marion Bartoli, who cruised past Peng Shuai 6-1, 6-3.

Internet

Sizzling Swede Pettersson takes commandat Kiawah

KIAWAH ISLAND, (SouthCarolina) , 10 Aug — SwedeCarl Pettersson flawlessly puthimself in position to improvea mediocre record in themajors, spearheading a glutof low scoring to surge into aone-shot lead in the PGAChampionship openinground on Thursday. The 34-year-old, who became a UScitizen in January, fired asizzling six-under-par 66 inrelatively calm, sunnyconditions at the KiawahIsland Golf Resort to takecontrol of the season’s finalmajor.

Former US Open winnerRory McIlroy, long-hittingAmerican Gary Woodland,Spaniard Gonzalo Fernandez-

Castano and Swede AlexNoren charged intocontention with 67s while four-times champion Tiger Woodswas happy after opening witha six-birdie 69. Defendingchampion Keegan Bradley,

Carl Pettersson of Swedenwalks off the eighth greenduring the first round ofthe PGA Championshipgolf tournament at The

Ocean Course on KiawahIsland, South Carolina, on

9 Aug, 2012.— REUTERS

1991 winner John Daly andDutchman Joost Luiten, whobriefly led at eight under beforebogeying his last four holes,were among a group of eightplayers who carded 68s atKiawah, where ocean breezesstrengthened later in the day.

Forty-four players brokepar on the longest layout tostage a major championship,making the most of conditionssoftened by heavy rain earlierin the week. The average scorewas 73.42. “I played reallygood,” Pettersson toldreporters after breaking 70 forthe first time in 21 rounds atthe PGA Championship withan nerveless six-birdie displayon a hot and humid day.

Reuters

Rudisha wins Olympic 800 in world record timeLONDON, 10 Aug —

David Rudisha did what noone else, Usain Bolt included,has been able to: set a worldrecord on the London Olympictrack. Rudisha had told hisrivals in the 800 metres to beready for a world record, andhe delivered on his word,winning Thursday’s final in 1minute, 40.91 seconds, one-tenth of a second off the markhe set in 2010. After crossingthe finish, he flung up botharms to celebrate, then drapedhimself in a Kenyan flag andposed for photographs nearthe timing clock with “NEWWR” on it. He has been thedominant 800-meter runner for

the last three years, setting theworld record three times andlosing just once since 2009.This, though, topped all that.

“It’s something specialto break the world record at theOlympics,” Rudisha said.Sebastian Coe, a middle-distance running great andhead of the London organizingcommittee, wasn’t in muchdoubt. “That was simply anunbelievable performance,”Coe said. “David Rudishashowed supreme physical andmental confidence to run likethat in an Olympic final.“Instead of just doing enoughto win the race, he wanted todo something extraordinary

Kenya’s David LekutaRudisha reacts after

winning the men’s 800-meter finals in the

Olympic Stadium at the2012 Summer Olympics,London, on 9 Aug , 2012.

INTERNET

and go for the world record aswell. Rudisha’s run will godown in history as one of thegreatest Olympic victories.”

Internet

InternationalSports

China’s Chen Ruolin competes during women’s 10mplatform diving final, at London 2012 Olympic Games inLondon, Britain, on 9 Aug, 2012. Chen Ruolin won gold

medal in this event. — XINHUA

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Brilliant Bolt completes sprintdouble

LONDON, 10 Aug—Usain Bolt tonight secured thelegendary status he craved by becoming the first man ever towin the Olympic Games sprint double twice in succession.

While millions would already consider Bolt a legend forwinning triple gold in Beijing and defending his 100m titleat London 2012 last Sunday, the Jamaican insisted he alsohad to retain his 200m title to achieve such status.

And the 25-year-old did precisely that with anotherimperious performance, leading a Jamaican clean-sweepahead of 100m silver medallist Yohan Blake and WarrenWeir, both of whom are just 22. Bolt’s winning time of 19.32was outside his own world record of 19.19 which he felt mightbe a possibility, but the 80,000 crowd had already witnessedone such feat as Kenya’s David Rudisha stormed to 800mgold in 1:40.91, taking 0.10 off his own record.

Bolt had lost to Blake over 100 and 200m at theJamaican trials - and later underwent treatment on a stiff backwhich was causing hamstring problems - but gained sweetrevenge over both distances in London. Asked about loweringthe world record he set when winning the world title in Berlinin 2009, Bolt said: ‘I think it was possible...but I guess I wasn’tfit enough. I was fast but I wasn’t fit enough.

‘I came off the corner, I could feel the strain on my backa little bit so I was trying to keep my form, but I stoppedrunning because I knew it wasn’t going to be a world record.When I came off the corner I could feel it. ‘It was hard. I reallydedicated [myself] to my work, I know what London meantto me. I came here and I gave it my all and I’m proud of myself.I didn’t get a world record - I really wanted to do it in the 200m- but I’m happy.’ —London 2012 Olympic

Usain Bolt of Jamaicacelebrates after winninggold in the men’s 200mFinal on Day 13 of theLondon 2012 OlympicGames at the OlympicStadium.—INTERNET

Coe salutes record breaker RudishaLONDON, 10 Aug—Seb

Coe tonight hailed a “simplyunbelievable” display fromKenya’s David Rudisha whobroke his own world record toclaim Olympic gold in the 800metres. Rudisha, 23, stormedthrough the first lap in 49.28seconds and powered to astunning victory in oneminute 40.91secs, taking 0.10soff his previous record as alleight finalists set record times.

Eighteen-year-old NijelAmos of Botswana claimedsilver in a world junior recordof 1:41.73, ahead of 17-year-old Kenyan Timothy Kitum,with Britain’s Andrew Osagietaking 0.71 off his personalbest despite finishing eighth.

Amazingly, Osagie’stime of 1:43.77 would havewon gold at the last threeOlympic Games, while it alsotook him fourth on the Britishall-time list behind Coe, SteveCram and Peter Elliott. “Thatwas simply an unbelievableperformance,” London 2012chairman and former Olympic800m silver medallist LordCoe said. “David Rudisha

showed supreme physicaland mental confidence to runlike that in an Olympic final.

“Instead of just doingenough to win the race hewanted to do somethingextraordinary and go for theworld record as well.Rudisha’s run will go downin history as one of the greatestOlympic victories. I feelprivileged to have witnessedit in London.” Rudisha, whohas spoken of his desire torace Usain Bolt in the4x400m relay, said: “It wassomething special. A worldrecord in the Olympics issomething fantastic. Ibelieve I’m going to maintainfor a couple of years. I want tobecome a legend in the 800m.

“I was expecting this yearto run a 1:40 and already I’vedone it here so I still want to seehow I am going to feel in a fewweeks before my last race,whether I can still push it orchase for the world record. If Iget (good) weather I can try todo it again. “Nobody has everdone the world record in the800m without a pace-setterand I thought it was going tobe difficult. I knew I could run1:41, but breaking the worldrecord was a different story.

“But I was verydetermined and I knew thatI’m in good shape this year.When we started in the heatson Monday I felt the track wasfast and I was just praying wewould get perfect weather fora fast race. “To break the worldrecord here is somethingspecial and I couldn’t believeit myself.”

London 2012 Olympic

NLM-ner Joke

“Salary Theorem” states that “Engineers and Scientistscan never earn as much as Business Executives and SalesPeople.”

This theorem can now be supported by a mathematicalequation based on the following two postulates:

1. Knowledge is Power.2. Time is Money.As every engineer knows:Power = Work / TimeSince:Knowledge = PowerTime = MoneyIt follows that:Knowledge = Work/Money.Solving for Money, we get:Money = Work / Knowledge.Thus, as Knowledge approaches zero, Money

approaches infinity, regardless of the amount of work done.Conclusion:The less you know,the more you make.

The less you know, the more youmake

David Lekuta Rudisha ofKenya celebrates with his

country’s flag afterwinning gold and setting a

new world record of1.40.91 in the men’s 800m

Final on Day 13 of theLondon 2012 OlympicGames at the OlympicStadium.—INTERNET

Sanitation carried out inurban of Monghsat

MONGHSAT, 10 Aug—Servicemen of local battalions,members of Myanmar Police Force, Fir Brigade and WarVeterans Organization collectively participated in sanitationin Monghsat of Shan State.

On 21 July morning, they cleaned the Aungzeya multi-purpose sports ground in Monghsat.

The sanitation was supervised by Col Aung Thu Oo ofthe local station, Deputy Commissioner U Thaung Tin Htweof District General Administration Depart-ment, Commanderof District Police Force Police Lt-Col Myo Kyi and TownshipAdministrator U Naing Aye.

After that, they looked into progress in dredging ofdrains for proper flow of water in the rainy season in the urbanarea with the use of heavy machinery supervised by SeniorEngineer U Aung Nyo of District Public Works.

Myanma Alin

STUDENTS HONOURED: A ceremony to honouroutstanding students in 2012 matriculation examination by

education family of Shwepyitha Township was held atShwepyi Yadana Hall of Basic Education High School No 1 inShwepyitha on 28 July. Headmaster U Salai Aung Lwin of theschool presents prizes to Ma Hnin Yadana Oo.—MYANMA ALIN

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 28/82 24/75 Fairly Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

2 Kayah 28/82 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

3 Kayin 25/77 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) (100%)

4 Chin 19/66 18/64 widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

5 Upper Sagaing 28/82 26/79 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

6 Lower Sagaing 34/93 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers (100%)

7 Taninthayi 26/79 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (RH) (100%)

8 Bago 28/82 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

9 Magway 34/93 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

10 Mandalay 36/97 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers (100%)

11 Mon 25/77 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers(RH) (100%)

12 Yangon 28/82 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

13 Rakhine 27/81 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers(RH) (100%)

14 Southern Shan 23/73 18/64 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

15 Northern Shan 33/91 21/70 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

16 Eastern Shan 31/88 20/68 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

17 Ayeyawady 28/82 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (100%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 31/88 24/75 One or two rain or thundershower (100%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 28/82 22/72 Some rain or thundershower (100%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 36/97 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershower (80%)

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, weather has been partly cloudy in the Lower Sagaing Region, rain or thundershowers have been scattered in Mandalay Region, fairly widespread in Upper Sagaing, Magway, Bago and Taninthayi Regions, Shan and Rakhine States and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with regionally heavy falls in Ayeyawady Region, Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States and isolated heavy falls in Bago and Taninthayi Regions and Kachin State. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded Bago (9.30) inches, Thaton (8.15) inches, Mawlamyine (6.89) inches, Bilin (6.73) inches, Kawkareik (6.30)inches, Paung (5.55) inches, Hpa-an(5.43) inches, Mudon(4.60) inches, Dawei(4.41) inches, Chaunzon (4.33) inches,Zalun (4.21) inches, Myitkyina (3.90) inches, Ngathaichaung (3.86) inches, Gwa(3.78) inches and Mangaung(3.43) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is Strong to vigorous in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Occasiomal squalls with rough sea will be experienced off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Cotinuation of increase of rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

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Saturday, 11 August, 20129th Waning of Second Waso 1374 ME

Myanmar’s toll fees are the cheapest, compared with other ASEAN countries

Roads and bridges of Ministry of Construction have yet to meet ASEAN standardsNAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug—Amyotha Hluttaw Session

continued for 24th day, at Amyotha Hluttaw Hall of HluttawComplex, here, at 10.10 am today, attended by Speaker ofAmyotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint and 201 MPs.

At the session, Deputy Minister for Construction USoe Tint replied to the questions on construction sectorraised by six representatives.

With respect to the question of U Nu of YangonRegion Constituency No.10 on “there is a plan to upgradeNo.3 Highway in Mingaladon Township into four-laneone”, the deputy minister replied:

Max Myanmar Construction Co is implementing No.2Highway (9 miles and 2 furlongs long) through the B.O.Tsystem. Width of the road is designated based on AnnualAverage Daily Traffic (AADT). AADT of the road is 2800.So, Ministry of Construction has informed the company toconstruct 48-ft-wide tarred road. Expansion of road bankwill be carried out in open season. It will be implementedas tarred road in 2013-2014 financial year.

Regarding the question of U Thaw Zin Oo of MagwayRegion Constituency No.9 on “there is a plan to constructRC bridge or gravel-filled culvert crossing the KyitCreek on Pakokku-Seikbyu road section”, the deputyminister said: The 900-ft-wide Kyit Creek is located betweenMile post Nos.12/2 and 12/4. In the rainy season, it can becrossed only when water level decreases. Hninthazin Co hasbeen carrying Pakokku-Seikphyu road through B.O.T system.At present, there is no plan to construct RC bridge or gravel-

filled culvert crossing Kyit Creek.Regarding the question of U Thein Hlaing of Sagaing

Region Constituency No.8 on “the matter on disturbanceto smooth commodity flow due to poor quality standard

scales”, the deputy minister replied:There will be slight variances of scales due to

weather condition and different commodities etc. Thevariance range can be 0.50 tons. Ministry of Constructionhas exempted that variance. Directives to avoid the scaleerrors have been given. The best way to save scalemeasurement time is that car owners and drivers on theirparts are to avoid over-load.

Bridge crossing fees are collected based on thelength of the bridges, not on withstand load and bridgetypes. And it is classified into four. Fee is not charged forunder-180-ft bridges. It is fee, but not tax. Collecting of feesis aimed at covering capital expenses and carrying outmaintenances, repairs and upgrade of roads and bridges byusing collected fees.

ASEAN standard is that with the aim of tradingbetween countries by roads by means of economicintegration in ASEAN countries by 2015, roads and bridgesare being upgraded, drivers are educated to follow trafficrules. Roads and bridges of the Ministry of Constructionhave yet to meet ASEAN standards. 10 tons per axis ismaximum weight in ASEAN countries. Although it is notsuitable, Myanmar has allowed it.

Myanmar’s toll fees are the cheapest, compared withother ASEAN countries. According to the survey conductedon 23 toll gates on 19-6-2012, it was found that there were32530 cars or 98.71 percent that follow the rules and 387 cars (See page 9)

London 2012 Olympic medal tallyLondon 2012 Olympics medal tallyDay 14, 23:30 hours MST

Rank Country Gold Silver Bronze Total

10-man MoI trounces Education 5-2 infirst group match

NAY PYI TAW, 10 Aug —The 10-man team of Ministryof Information turned theirterriffic potential into a solidresult with a 5-2 victory overthe Education Ministry atthe Sports Ground-1 here thisevening.

The team of Educationopened the scoring on a goalin the 13th minute by itsstriker, but Pyai Pyo Aung ofthe MoI answered back toequalize at 21st minute andAye Min Pyo scored onemore and sent the sides intohalftime tied 2-1.

In the second halftime,the team of MoI got off to aremarkable start, controllingpossession and creatingchances and Captain WaiPyar Soe kicked the ball tothe back of the net at 51st

minute.A striker of the team of

Education scored a goal at

54th minute. Aye Min Phyoand Wai Pyar Soe of MoIscored a goal each at 58th

miniute and 82nd minuterespectively and the gameended in 5-2.— NLM

Gold for New Zealand in women’s 470LONDON, 10 Aug —The New Zealand pair of Jo Aleh and

Olivia Powrie won the women’s 470 class medal race andtook the gold medal.

Great Britain’s Hannah Mills and Saskia Clark, whoentered the medal race top of the standings alongside them,took silver. The Netherlands pair of Lisa Westerhof andLobke Berkhout took bronze after coming sixth in the medalrace.—London 2012

Aleh (black cap) and Powrie (white cap) celebrate theirvictory.—INTERNET

1 United States of America 39 25 26 902 People’s Republic of China 37 25 19 813 Great Britain 25 15 16 564 Russian Federation 13 21 24 585 Republic of Korea 12 7 6 256 Germany 10 17 11 387 France 8 9 12 298 Hungary 8 4 3 159 Australia 7 14 10 31

10 Italy 7 6 7 2011 Kazakhstan 6 0 3 912 Japan 5 14 15 3413 Netherlands 5 5 8 1814 Islamic Republic of Iran 4 4 1 915 New Zealand 4 3 5 1216 DPRK 4 0 1 5

17 Belarus 3 3 4 1018 Cuba 3 3 3 918 Jamaica 3 3 3 920 Ukraine 3 1 6 1021 South Africa 3 1 1 522 Spain 2 7 3 1223 Romania 2 5 2 924 Denmark 2 4 3 925 Czech Republic 2 3 3 826 Brazil 2 2 7 1127 Kenya 2 2 3 728 Poland 2 1 6 929 Croatia 2 1 1 430 Switzerland 2 1 0 331 Ethiopia 2 0 2 432 Canada 1 5 11 1733 Colombia 1 3 4 834 Sweden 1 3 3 735 Slovenia 1 1 2 436 Georgia 1 1 1 3

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