The New Light of Myanmar 15-09-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 152 12th Waning of Tawthalin 1371 ME Tuesday, 15 September, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Sept— Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein, accompaniedby Lt-Gen Ko Ko of theMinistry of Defence,Chairman of BagoDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of SouthernCommand Maj-Gen HlaMin, ministers, deputyministers, Vice-Chairmanof Bago Division PDCBrig-Gen Sein Myint, thedirector-general of theGovernment Office anddepartmental heads, metwith chairmen of districtand township PDCs fromPyay, Paukkhaung,Padaung, Thegon,Shwetaung and Paungdetownships in Pyay Districtat the guesthouse of thelocal battalion yesterdaymorning. Speaking on theoccasion, the PrimeMinister said admini-

Constant measures to be taken to ensurerule of law to thwart any disturbances

Prime Minister inspects regional development tasks,thriving paddy plantations in Bago Division

strative bodies at variouslevels need to constantlyknow about the Statepolicies and objectives. Itis necessary to strive forthe emergence of apeaceful, modern anddeveloped nation byupholding Our Three

Main National Causes asit is a national policyforever so long as theState exists. To do so, therule of law is important.At a time when the Stateis in its important state,constant measures are tobe taken to ensure the rule

High civil administrative capability is the

main factor and that will contribute much

towards community peace and stability.

of law in order to thwartany disturbances.

In this regard, high

civil administrativecapability is the main factorand that will contribute

much towards communitypeace and stability.

(See page 6)

Prime Minister General Thein Sein views spreading fertilizer on rain-fed rice field by farmers.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects Mini Hydroturbine Generator Plant.— MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 15 September, 2009

Tuesday, 15 September, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

Extend forest plantations and

maintain them for long-term

benefitPrime Minister General Thein Sein visited

Toungoo on 11 September and inspected the

thriving forest plantations on the Bago mountain

range and progress of work in building the Pyay-

Paukkhaung-Ottwin-Toungoo road across the

mountain range.

Cultivation of perennial trees will help

enrich forest resources, improve the ecological

system, prevent soil erosion and keep the climatic

balance.

The government has taken systematic

measures for private entrepreneurs to become

more engaged in forest plantation work in

accordance with rules and regulations. As a result,

the work on greening the Bago mountain range

and cultivation of teak and other perennial trees

can now be carried out on a wider scale all over

the country.

The Ministry of Forestry has been

implementing the project for greening the Bago

mountain range in 31 townships in eight districts

in Yangon, Bago, Mandalay and Magway

Divisions since 2004. Out of the teak saplings

cultivated on 1,000 acres of land in Ottwin

Township in the year 2007-2008, 90.16 per cent of

them are growing well.

A total of 9,700 acres of land has been

allocated for private teak plantations in the

Taungnawin forest reserve in Paukkhaung

Township in Pyay District in Bago Division (West),

the Kyangin forest reserve in Kyangin Township

in Ayeyawady Division and the Yenwe forest

reserve in Kyauktaga Township in Bago Division

(East). So far, about 4,100 acres have been put

under teak.

The government is extending the forest

plantations in the natural forests every year.

Therefore, the people are required to

conscientiously maintain the forest plantations

in order that forest products can be extracted in

the long run.

* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s Desire

A meeting in progress between trade

delegation from Hong Kong and responsible

personnel from Union of Myanmar

Federation of Chambers of Commerce &

Industry, Myanmar Industrialists

Association and Myanmar Printing and

Publishers Association.

UMFCCI

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Sept—Minister for Industry-2

Vice-Admiral Soe Thein inspected Magway Industrial

Region yesterday.

The officials reported on progress in building

factories in the region. The minister instructed them to

make arrangements for improving workers’ skills on

operating machines and spontaneous start of the

production line following the launch of the heavy

truck factory (Magway).

He inspected the construction of transmission

workshop, parts manufacturing factory and a staff

quarter.—MNA

Minister visits Magway

Industrial RegionYANGON, 14 Sept—

General Secretary Dr

Maung Maung Lay of

Union of Myanmar

Federation of Chambers

of Commerce and

Industry together with

Joint-Secretary Dr Pwint

San of UMFCCI,

Chairman U Paw Hein of

Myanmar Industrialists’

Association, Joint-

Secretary U Aung Cho

Min of Myanmar Printing

and Publishers Asso-

ciation and officials

received a delegation

headed by Resident

UMFCCI receives foreign

delegationDirector Ms Loretta Wan

of HKTDC of the

People’s Republic of

China, Indochina Affairs

Director Ms Tina Phan

and Mr Nguyen Quoc Uy

of EA, Vietnam at the

UMFCCI office on 9

September. They mainly

discussed matters on

trade fair to be held in

Hong Kong, attending

and displaying in the

trade fair for Myanmar

businessmen, cooper-

ation for further trade

fairs.

MNA

YANGON, 14 Sept— Sarpay Beikman Book

Association under Printing and Publishing Enterprise

of Ministry of Information had distributed the book

entitled “Post Harvest” written by Aung Soe (Sikepyo-

107), first prize winner in the novel genre and the full

of knowledge (Science and Apply Science) for 2007,

to the members in Yangon and other towns.

There are many ways to keep fruits and vegetables

systematically and not to waste after harvest in this

book with the theory and practical photos.

Those wishing to join the association may contact

the sales centres of the association, No Ta 55,

Thabyegon market, Nay Pyi Taw (Ph: 067-414681),

No 529/531, Merchant Street, Yangon (Ph: 01-249031)

and agents of the association in other towns.

MNA

Sarpay Beikman Book Association

distributes prize winning book

Commander Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe delivers address at 17th Ayeyawady Division Myanmar

Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14

Sept—Chairman of

Ayeyawady Division

Peace and Development

Council Commander of

South-West Command

Maj-Gen Kyaw Swe

together with officials

attended the prize

presenting ceremony of

17th Ayeyawady Division

Commander attends

prize-presenting ceremonyMyanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing Arts

Competitions held at city

hall of Pathein on 30

August and awarded the

winners.

The commander also

attended the opening of

championship boxing

competition at station

gymnasium.—MNA

The place where metta prevails is

usually a home in excellent bliss.

Therefore the moral virtue is compared

with flowery fragrance, and loving-

kindness, metta, with the cool clear water

in the holy abodes.

Metta, the cool clear

water

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China military spotlightedin national day parade

BEIJING, 14 Sept— Chi-na’s biggest military paradein a decade will show offan army bristling with for-midable new capabilitiesand deliver a potent mes-sage to the US and othersnot to underestimateBeijing’s determination todefend its interests at homeand abroad.

The military display isexpected to be thecenterpiece of a grandioseparade through Beijing on1 Oct to celebrate the 60thanniversary of the foundingof the People’s Republic. A

preview rumbled throughthe Chinese capital a weekago, giving an excitedcitizenry and foreign mili-tary analysts a first-timeglimpse at some cutting-edge weaponry.

Upgraded interconti-nental DF-31 nuclear mis-siles capable of strikingWashington rolled onlong-bed trucks along withadvanced short-range DF-11 and DF-15 missiles,sea-skimming YJ-83 anti-ship missiles and DH-10long-range cruise missiles— intended to strike tar-

gets from coming to theisland’s defence. Not seenin the preview but ex-pected to appear in a fly-over above TiananmenSquare are domesticallyproduced J-10 jet fighters.

The advanced equip-ment is the fruit of a 20-year military buildupfueled by annual double-digit percentage increasesin defence spending andbuoyed by rapid economicgrowth that has enabledthe government to spendlavishly.

Internet

In this photo taken on 6 Sept, 2009, Chinese made Self-propelled 155mmHowitzers at left and trucks with a DF21 medium range ballistic missile, in

front and a DF31 Intercontinental Ballistic Missile, at right making their wayto a military parade rehearsal for the 60th anniversary of the founding of the

People’s Republic of China held in Beijing, China.—INTERNET

“Friendly” fire wounds USsoldier, Afghan interpreter

KABUL, 14 Sept—Quarrel between an Afghan po-lice constable and an American soldier injured three,including the soldier, his interpreter and police, a lo-cal newspaper reported on Monday.

“The incident occurred in Khak-e-Jabar area out-side Afghan capital city of Kabul on Sunday when anAmerican soldier asked a policeman if he has ciga-rette, but the police said it is fasting month and thesoldier ridiculed,” said daily Arman-e-Millie.

During the Ramadan fasting month, Afghans likeother Muslims do not eat from dawn to dusk.—Xinhua

At least 3 killed in car bombingin northeast Baghdad

BAQUBA, 14 Sept—At least three people werekilled and 20 others injured in a car bomb explosionat a popular market in a town in the volatile Diyalaprovince on Sunday, a provincial police source said.

The incident took place in the afternoon in a busymarketplace in the town of Maqdadiyah, some 100km northeast of Baghdad, the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

The blast damaged several nearby shops, stallsand buildings, the source said.

Iraqi security forces sealed off the scene as am-bulances and civilian cars rushed the victims to thetown hospital, he said.

Xinhua

US water pollutersrarely punished

WASHINGTON, 14 Sept—Polluters are admittingdumping more toxic substances into US drinking wa-ter supplies but they are rarely punished by regula-tors, records indicate.

Even though chemical factories, manufacturingplants and other workplaces have self-reported morethan 500,000 instances of violating the Clean WaterAct in the last five years, state agencies and the USEnvironmental Protection Agency have often failedto act, The New York Times reported on Sunday.

Regulators admitted to the newspaper that enforce-ment actions are unacceptably rare. New EPA Admin-istrator Lisa Jackson said state regulators struggle withinsufficient resources and vowed to make clean tapwater her agency’s top priority.

The Times, after obtaining hundreds of thousandsof water pollution records through the Freedom of In-formation Act, found that an estimated one in 10Americans have been exposed to drinking water thatholds hazardous chemicals or that doesn’t meet safetystandards in other ways.—Internet

JAKARTA, 14 Sept—A Twin Otter airplane operated by Aviastar Airline skiddedoff runway while landing at the Serui airport of Papua province, at 10:00 am onMonday, the private news portal Kompas.com quoted an official as saying onMonday. Serui Regional Police Chief Adj Sr Comr Iman Setiawan said the air-craft skidded after its tire burst on the runway.

The ill-fated airplane piloted by Suryan Daru and co-piloted by M Sofyan, car-ried five passengers and one mechanic.

The airport is still closed as the investigation into the incident is underway.Xinhua

Singapore’s native speciesin danger due to acid rain

Wreckage of a vehicle following a car bomb inal-Sharqat, 100 kms north of the city of Tikrit.

INTERNET

Plane skidsoff runway

at Indonesia’sPapua airport

SINGAPORE, 14 Sept—Acid rain may be wipingSingapore’s native spe-cies to extinction, localmedia reported on Mon-day.

A National Universityof Singapore (NUS) studyshowed that the 20 speciesof animals plentiful in theSingapore’s Bukit TimahNature Reserve in the

1980s, including frogs,crabs and fish, are slowlybeing wiped out, localnewspaper the StraitsTimes reported.

The NUS findingsshowed that that it may bedue to the acidity of astream in the 80 hectarenature reserve, which of-fers great biodiversity inplant and animal life.

The four-year studyfound that the stream,which covers 5 hectare ofland, is more acidic aftertorrential rain. The re-searchers have found thatthe water in the stream onthe nature reserve have apH value of 4.4 to 4.7,which is said to be moreacidic now than 20 yearsago.—Xinhua

School workers clean tables and chairs in a school classroom in Bangkok whereover 400 schools were closed in July due to swine flu. —INTERNET

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Visitors walk around the exhibitive pavilion of the Wuhan Airport Group duringthe ongoing 15th World Route Development Forum, which opens at the new

China International Exhibition Center, in Beijing, on 13 Sept, 2009.—XINHUA

Photo illustration of a nurse preparing a patient for chemotherapy at ahospital in Lille. People with cancer who are depressed are more likely to diethan are patients with good mental health, psychologists reported on Monday

in the science journal Cancer.—INTERNET

CARACAS, 14 Sept—ARussian consortium haspaid one billion dollars toVenezuela to assure par-ticipation in exploiting theOrinoco oil fields, amongthe world’s largest, offi-cials said on Sunday.

The group of five Rus-sian firms — Rosneft,Lukoil, Gazprom, TNK-BP and Surgutneftegaz —paid “for access to exploitthe reserves with us,” theSouth American nation’sEnergy Minister RafaelRamirez said Ramirez

Partial view of an oil refinery in the city of Moron, Venezuela, in April 2009.A Russian consortium has paid one billion dollars to Venezuela to assure

participation in exploiting the Orinoco oil fields, among the world’s largest,officials said on Sunday.—INTENRET

Russia pays $1 b for oilexploration in Venezuela

said on President HugoChavez’s radio show.

On Saturday Venezue-la’s state oil companyPetroleos de Venezuela(PDVSA) said productionon the massive Junin 6heavy crude oil blockwould begin by 2012, andthat the Orinoco-basedoperation would produce“between 400,000 and450,000 barrels of crudea day.”

Junin 6 is estimated tohold 53 billion barrels ofheavy crude, making it

one of the world’s largestreserves.

Chavez, leader of thelargest oil exporter inSouth America and afounding member of theOrganization of Petro-leum Exporting Countries(OPEC), said that duringhis visit to Moscow lastweek he signed the jointventure that would givePDVSA a 60-percentstake, with the remaining40 percent to the consor-tium.

Internet

HANOI, 14 Sept— Vietnamese Deputy MinisterHoang Trung Hai approved a national strategy on de-velopment of green industry by 2020 to ensure sus-tainable development, said a report of the Vietnamesegovernment website on Monday.

According to the strategy, 50 percent of local com-panies will apply green technologies to production by2020. This will help to save around eight to 13 per-cent of energy consumption and minimize harmfulemissions and pollution.

Five major projects will be carried out from nowto 2020. These projects focus on establishment ofdatabases on clean production, providing technicalassistance, and forming a network of organizations fa-cilitating green technology applications.—Xinhua

SEOUL, 14 Sept—South Korea saw a sharp declinein its trade surplus in August, despite of logging a tradesurplus for a seventh consecutive month, a govern-ment report showed on Monday.

According to the report by the Korea Customs Serv-ice (KCS), South Korea’s trade surplus stood at 1.7billion US dollars in August, dipping from 4.4 billionUS dollars marked the previous month.

Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 14 Sept—Oil prices dropped below$69 a barrel on Mondayin Asia amid a strongerUS dollar and a slide inregional stock markets.

Benchmark crude forOctober delivery wasdown 83 cents at $68.46a barrel at midday Singa-pore time in electronic

FRANKFURT, 14 Sept—Hundreds of millions ofeuros in German state aidplanned for carmakerOpel is earmarked for op-erations in Russia, anOpel trustee with reserva-tions about the projectwas quoted as saying in anewspaper interview.

“More than 600 mil-lion euros ($876 million)of the 4.5 billion (in Ger-man aid) is supposed to beused to modernize theRussian automotive in-dustry according to theMagna plan,” Dirk Pfeiltold the Frankfurt Allge-meine Zeiting in an inter-view, part of which wasreleased ahead of publica-tion on Monday. “Thatmeans German expertisewill soon be transferred toRussia and jobs will be cuthere later.”—Internet

BEIJING, 14 Sept—China pushed back aga-inst US tariffs on its prod-ucts on Sunday, with anti-dumping and anti-subsi-dies inquiries into Ameri-can automotive and chick-en products.

Announcing the meas-ures, the Chinese Com-merce Ministry did notcall them retaliation butresponses to domesticconcerns, adding they arein line with World TradeOrganization rules, the

Vietnam unveils strategy on greenindustry development by 2020

S Korea’s trade surplusplunges in August

Oil drops below $69 as dollar gains, stocks slidetrading on the New YorkMercantile Exchange. OnFriday, the contract tum-bled $2.65 to settle at$69.29.

Oil prices have fallenabout $4 in the last twotrading days as the dollarrebounded off its lows ofthe year last week. Oil ispriced in dollars so it be-

comes more expensivewhen the US currencygains. The euro fell onMonday in Asian trade to$1.4535 from $1.4597 onFriday and the dollar wassteady at 90.45 yen.

Internet

Millions inGerman Opel aidbound for Russia,

says report

China, US trade disputes widenChina Daily reported.

The ministry, whilestressing its stand againstprotectionism, said Chinesebusinesses had complainedthat US-made products en-tered the nation’s marketswith “unfair competition”and harmed domestic in-dustries. The New YorkTimes said the Chinese re-taliatory steps come in re-sponse to US PresidentBarack Obama’s decisionon Friday to impose up to35 percent tariffs on Chi-

nese tire imports.Chinese tire exports

totaled about $1.3 billionin the first seven monthsof this year. During thesame period, the UnitedStates exported about$800 million worth of au-tomotive products and$376 million worth ofchicken meat to China, theTimes reported, citing fig-ures from the GlobalTrade Information Serv-ices in Columbia, SC.

Internet

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A flowery float in the shape of “Haibao”, mascot of the 2010 Shanghai WorldExpo, shows up during the opening pageant of the 2009 Shanghai TourismFestival on Huaihai road in Shanghai, east China, on 12 Sept, 2009. —XINHUA

China begins space centre constructionin southern island of Hainan

WENCHANG, 14 Sept—China on Monday beganconstruction of its newspace launch centre inWenchang City, on thenortheast coast of thetropical island provinceof Hainan, which isscheduled to be com-pleted by 2013.

The Hainan Space Sat-

ellite Launch Centre, thefourth and the lowest lati-tude one in China, only19 degrees north of theequator, would allowChina to take part in moreinternational commercialspace launches, saidWang Weichang, directorof the Hainan SpaceCenter Project Headquar-

ters.He said at the corner-

stone laying ceremony ofthe centre that the newlaunch site will be mainlyused for launching syn-chronous satellites,heavy satellites, largespace stations, and deepspace probe satellites.

Xinhua

A ground-breaking ceremony is held in Wenchang, southernmost China’sHainan Province, on 14 Sept, 2009, marking the beginning of construction of

a new space launch centre in this city. —XINHUA

S Korea, Italy vow to promote bilateral cooperation

Eight PKK rebels killedin southeastern TurkeyANKARA, 14 Sept—Eight rebels of the outlawed

Kurdish Workers’ Party (PKK) have been killed bythe Turkish security forces in southeastern Turkey inthe last four days, the semi-official Anatolia newsagency reported on Sunday.

The security forces clashed with a group of the PKKmilitants in an operation on Sunday in Kazan Valleyin Cukurca town of the southeastern province ofHakkari and killed three PKK militants, said the re-port.

This result had brought the death toll of the PKKmembers in Hakkari Province to eight in the last fourdays.

The security forces also captured some weaponsfrom the PKK militants during the operation, said thereport.—Xinhua

Cuba supports developing countries’position on climate change

HAVANA, 14 Sept—Cuba supports the position of thepoor nations on demanding a “shared but differenti-ated responsibility” in taking collective measures tocombat climate change, an official said on Sunday.

Orlando Rey Santos, an official of the Science, Tech-nology and Environment Ministry, was quoted by lo-cal media as saying that developed countries are re-sponsible for most of the emissions whittling downthe ozone layer and must start making a compromiseto reduce them.

The poor countries “are the one to suffer more theeffects of climate change and Cuba supports the ef-forts to reduce the emissions,” Santos said.

Cuba has suggested a 40-percent reduction in emis-sions, which is considered necessary by experts, hesaid.—Xinhua

Guatemala faces worstdrought in three decadesMEXICO CITY, 14 Sept—Guatemala is facing the

worst drought for the past three decades, which hastriggered a food crisis in the country, the National In-stitute of Seismology, Vulcanology, Meteorology andHydrology said on Sunday.

The amount of rainfall in June this year was 3 per-cent lower than the average level in the past 30 years,the institute said. The lack of rainfall in the country’s22 departments has caused a loss of 90 percent of theharvests of more than 120,000 families. Low rainfallin July and August has reportedly destroyed corn in atleast four provinces, triggering a severe food shortagefor thousands of families. Authorities have estimatedthat around 400,000 families would suffer severe foodshortage, and the government has declared a state ofemergency over food supply in the country.—Xinhua

SEOUL, 14 Sept—SouthKorea and Italy vowed tomake joint efforts tostrengthen bilateral coop-eration between the twocountries.

While meeting with hisItalian counterpart GiorgioNapolitano, South KoreanPresident Lee Myung-bakcalled for beefing up bilat-eral cooperation to combatthe global financial crisis,

according to a press re-lease issued by Seoul’spresidential office CheongWa Dae on Monday.

Lee said that bilateralexchanges and coopera-tion between the two coun-tries in various fields suchas political, economic andcultural sectors “have beenimproved steadily” in re-cent years.

He thanked the Italian

president for his country’srecent support to Seoul onthe South Korea-EU FreeTrade Agreement (FTA)negotiations, and hopedthat the trade deal can besigned as early as possible.

The Italian presidentsaid that it is necessary forthe two nations to workclosely to boost bilateralties.

Xinhua

Israeli soldiers search for the debris of the crashed F-16A plane of Israeli AirForces in the southern Hebron hills, the West Bank, on 13 Sept, 2009. An Israelifighter pilot was killed in the crash during a routine flight as part of the advanced pilot training course on Sunday afternoon, said the Israeli army. —XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Israeli fighter-jet crash kills late astronaut’s son JERUSALEM, 14 Sept—An Israeli F-16A

fighter jet crashed in the West Bank onSunday afternoon, killing a son of lateIsraeli astronaut Ilan Ramon who died inthe 2003 Columbia spaceship tragedy,said the Israeli army.

“The aircraft crashed during a routineflight as part of the advanced pilot train-ing course,” said the Israel DefenceForces (IDF) in a statement, adding thatsearch and rescue teams found debris ofthe fighter in the hills near the West Bankcity of Hebron. A witness told local TVChannel 10 that a parachute was foundin the wreck, indicating that the pilot,

identified as Assaf Ramon, had tried toeject from the aircraft. As the protocolfor training flights stipulates, the jet wasnot armed, according to local media.

It is still unclear what caused the crash.The army said that an investigative com-mittee has been set up to examine thecauses and that all F-16 training flightshave been suspended until further notice.

Assaf Ramon, 21, was the eldest son ofColonel Ilan Ramon, the only Israeli as-tronaut thus far, who was killed with sixother crew members when their spaceshuttle Columbia disintegrated during re-entry on 1 Feb, 2003. —Xinhua

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Constantmeasures tobe taken toensure....

(from page 1)So, to ensure high

administrative capabilityand the rule of law, thestrength of ward andvillage peace anddevelopment councils isneeded, said the PrimeMinister.

Next, the PrimeMinister inspectedNawaday Bridge acrossthe Ayeyawady River andconstruction of the towerof 230 KV Shwetaung-Oakshitpin power gridover the AyeyawadyRiver being undertaken bythe Ministry of ElectricPower No (2). Ministerfor Electric Power No (2)Maj-Gen Khin MaungMyint and officialsreported on constructionof the river-crossingtowers (Pyay) and powergrid. The Prime Ministergave necessaryinstructions and fulfilledthe needs.

The Prime Ministerattended a ploughing andfe r t i l i z e r - sca t t e r ingceremony held at amonsoon paddyplantation nearNyaungzin village,Paungde Township, PyayDistrict. Bago Division(West) MyanmarAgriculture ServiceManager U Tint Lwinreported on use offertilizers in paddy fields,common paddy strainsgrown in PaungdeTownship and weedsgrowing in the paddyfields.

The Prime Ministercordially greeted thefarmers from nearby

villages and viewed thescattering of fertilizers.Along Yangon-Pyay road,the Prime Minister andparty viewed thrivingmonsoon paddyplantations on both sidesby car. At the ploughingand fertilizer-scatteringceremony in theSinthwelat monsoonpaddy field of U ThienWin in Kantali Village-tract in Zigon Township,Thayawady District, thePrime Minister met withthe local farmers fromnearby villages andenquired about regionaldevelopment. Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oodiscussed with the farmerson use of quality strainsfor ensuring per-acre highyield of paddy. The PrimeMinister viewed thespreading of fertilizersand paddy strains andfertilizers used in theregion.

Afterwards, thePrime Minister attendeda ploughing andfe r t i l i ze r - sca t t e r ingceremony held at amonsoon paddy planta-tion of farmer U Tin Winin Gwaytaunkkwinvillage-tract in LatpantanTownship and met with

the local farmers fromnearby villages. Afterviewing the scattering offertilizers, he leftnecessary instructions.On arrival at Thonezedam project inThayawady, the PrimeMinister was welcomedby Chairman of YangonDivision PDC Com-mander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint and officials.

At the briefing hall,Director U Kyaw MyintHlaing of Construction-9

of Irrigation Departmentreported on progress inconstruction of canals forirrigation system ofThonze Dam and tasksbeing carried out fordevelopment of irrigationsystem in Khabaungand Thonze with theloans of OFID-OPECFund for InternationalDevelopment.

Director U Kyaw Soeof Bago DivisionIrrigation Departmentreported on constructionof irrigation systems in

the division and BagoDivision PDC ChairmanCommander Maj-Gen HlaMin and Lt-Gen Ko Kogave supplementaryreports.

After hearingreports, the PrimeMinister called fortimely completion of theirrigation facilit iesmeeting the set standardwhile irrigating ricefields to meet the targetof the paddy cultivation.

Loan borrowed fromOPEC has been injected

on construction of theirrigation system of righttributary of Thonze Damproject. Now, 87.10percent of earthwork and19.64 percent of buildingof the facility havecompleted. Upon com-pletion of the wholeirrigation system, the damwould supply water to28,500 acres.

Thonze Dam projectcan supply water to50,000 acres of rice fields.The completed left canals

(See page 7)

Earthworks in progress on Pyay-Paukkhaung section of Pyay-Paukkhaung-Toungoo-Nay Pyi Taw rail road.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein views fertilizers and paddy strains used in the region.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially greeting local farmers in Kalani village-tract of Zigon Township.—MNA

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(from page 6)and the right canal whichis under construction haveirrigated 21,978 acres ofsummer paddy this year.Plans are underway toirrigate water to 32,878acres of summer paddy in2009-2010.

Afterwards, the PrimeMinister met with chairmenof district and townshippeace and developmentcouncils in ThayawadyDistrict. Speaking at themeeting, the PrimeMinister stressed theimportance of achievingthe five rural areadevelopment tasks andproviding assistance byadministrative bodies toschool-age children forensuring uplift of educationstandard of nural people.

During the tour, thePrime Minister also visitedthe Mini HydooturbineGeneral Plant nearBogyigon Village in

Constant measures to betaken to ensure....

Thayawady Township toproduce electricity. At thefactory, Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo briefedon operation of the plantconstructed on the canalof Thonze Dam andgeneration of electricity atthe plant.

The Prime Ministercordially greeted the locals

at the village. Constructedby the Construction Group-9 of the IrrigationDepartment, the mini hydel-power plant equipped with

two 3 kilowatt-turbines issupplying power to 99households.

Afterwards, thePrime Minister and party

inspected thriving ricefields in a motorcade onway back to Yangon.

At the meetings withlocal farmers in Pyay

District and ThayawadyDistrict, the PrimeMinister expressed hisdelight as he witnessed thedevelopment in the areas.

Despite the fact thatfarmers in Myanmar are inthe habit of doingagriculture-cum- livestockfarming to increase the

income, they are to takecare to minimize thewastages in their work, thePrime Minister said. Healso urged the farmers not

to be content with theircurrent income and tofocus on integratedfarming in suitable areasin an attempt to improvetheir living standard.

He also stressed theneed for use of agriculturalmachinery to boost the per-acre yield. Thegovernment will rendernecessary assistance tofarmers while constructingmore irrigation facilities toirrigate rice fields insummer season to boostproduction of rice, headded.

The Prime Ministerurged the farmers to makemore efforts for boostingagricultural production andincreasing their income.The government madeefforts to increaseopportunities for access toeducation in urban and ruralareas across the country andfarmers are to take theopportunities for theirchildren, he said. Hecontinued to say thatchildren of the farmers

Farmers spread fertilizer on rice field in Kantali Village-tract in Zigon Township.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects construction of tower for 230 KV cable at Thitseikpin Village in

Padaung Township.—MNA

Photo shows Mini Hydroturbine Generator Plant at Bogyigon Village in Thayawady Township.—MNA

should complete auniversity degree becausethey will take a leading rolein the agricultural sector inrural areas. In conclusion,the Prime Minister urgedfarmers not to waste theirincome because they haveto work up as weat for theirincome, up a sweat and tospend on improving theirliving standard.— MNA

Thonze Dam project can supply water to 50,000 acres ofrice fields. The completed left canal and the right canalwhich is under construction have irrigated 21,978 acres ofsummer paddy this year. Plans are under way to supplywater to 32,878 acres of summer paddy in 2009-2010.

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Myanmar had been coping with internalarmed insurgency since the pre-independenceperiod. Many groups were locked deeply inserious clashes against each other due to differencein ideology and racism. The armed groups, eachwith own specific policy, collapsed into manyfactions, stemming from personal attachments.Moreover, the armed groups formed with racialground split into factions, following theirdisharmony based on policy. They were fightingnot only the government but also each other.

Apart from internal armed strife, the nationencountered alien intrusions by Mujahid andKMT nationalist Chinese troops. The newly-independent Myanmar had to pay all its attentionto tackling the conflict and security, rather than tonational development tasks. In consequence, thenation was behind other regional countries indevelopment.

Only in 1989, could the nation hope cessationof internal armed insurgency. The Tatmadawgovernment reached ceasefire agreements withnational race armed groups. Peace could bemade in border areas and national race armedgroups returned to the legal fold. As a result,local national races in the former insurgency-prone areas were in a position to enjoy bettersocio-economic life and peace dividend.

In their times, the Anti-Fascist People’sFreedom League (AFPFL) government, theRevolutionary Council government and theMyanmar Socialist Programme Party governmentheld talks with the national race armed groupsseveral times for truce and returning to the legalfold, but they achieved scanty success in thepeace-making process. In contrast, the Tatmadawgovernment managed to make peace with 17major and many small national race armed groups.What was the key to success in that regard?

It was because the Tatmadaw governmentmade a different approach to the issue of theinternal armed insurgency. Previously, the

Everlasting peace for all national racesYe Kyaw

successive governments in the peace talks made amajor demand: for national race armed groups tosurrender their arms after returning to the legalfold. And they said that they would continue todiscuss matters for accommodation andrehabilitation of the members of the armed groupsonly after the groups had done so.

In reality, it was very hard for the armed groups thathad been engaged in armed insurgency for many yearsto hand over their arms overnight, because they werealso to be self-confident about their security and that oftheir regions. Furthermore, according to the past events,when an armed group gave up its arms, its area was thendominated by other armed groups. In addition, therewere many responsibilities to be dealt with such asenabling the peace groups to resettle down in thesociety and attending to their basic needs. Once theirsecurity was not guaranteed and they did not have theirbasic needs fulfilled, they defected to other armedgroups and relapsed into armed struggle line. That wasthe root cause of why successive governments did notachieve any success in holding peace talks.

After assuming State duties in 1988, theTatmadaw government initiated a newapproach to make peace with national racearmed groups. According to the approach,peace groups did not need to give up theirarms, but they were not to strengthen theirforces or make recruitment, and they had tolive in the regions as agreed by both sides andthrow themselves to tasks for development oftheir regions concerned. The Tatmadawgovernment rendered assistance to improvethe economic, education, health and transportsectors of their regions. In return, the nationalrace peace groups had to pledge to honour thelaws. The new approach is win-win solutioncommon today in the internationalcommunity.

As to the politics, the Tatmadaw governmentsaid to the peace groups that it was laying foundationsfor democratic process; that so if they wanted to

discuss political matters, they should do so at theNational Convention; that after the approval of theState constitution, all had to adhere to the provisionsof the constitution; and that currently it wasreconstructing the nation, so the peace groups shouldcarry out regional development tasks in line with thelaw. The national race peace groups accepted thosepoints, so they attended the National Convention,and they enjoyed the rights to submit their desiresthere. Some of their desires were satisfied with thesupport of other delegates to the National Conventionand for some, suitable alternative ways were used,taking into consideration the requirements of othernational races and social classes, and national interests.Anyhow, the State constitution was drafted at theNational Convention and now, it has been approvedwith the overwhelming majority of the votes.According to the new constitution, there will be statehluttaws (parliaments) and governing bodies. Andthe national races that meet requirements will all haveself-administratered zones. These are the rights thatwere not prescribed in the previous two constitutions.

In order to form legislative, executive and judicialbodies at various levels in accord with the constitution,general elections will be held in 2010. The nationalrace armed groups will have to consider formation oftheir political parties if they wish to work for theirregional development within the framework of theconstitution. To do so, those groups that existed asarmed organizations for many years will have to seekways to transform themselves into political parties.

Some anti-government groups have instigated tocontinue to keep their own forces as national racearmed organizations that have made peace with theState. Again, there has been instigation that this is thefederal principle. In practice, federal principle meansthe Union system in Myanmar. Among the worldnations practising the Union system, there were onlytwo unions — Yugoslavia and the Soviet Union —that allowed their self-administration regions andstates to keep their own armed forces not undercontrol of federal forces. Looking at the collapse ofthose two unions, we can see that how dangerous itis to keep private armed forces for the union. Eventhe US does not allow its states to form their ownforces and practises the National Guard systemunder the joint responsibility of the union and states.The assumption that the Union will be genuineonly if it has separate forces in its states is not inconformity with the objective conditions ofMyanmar nor global nations. This is an act ofinstigation to cause disintegration of the Union.

Before the elections are held in 2010, the nationalrace armed groups that have made peace with theState are to act in accord with the constitution

(See page 9)

In their times, the Anti-Fascist People’s Freedom League(AFPFL) government, the Revolutionary Council governmentand the Myanmar Socialist Programme Party governmentheld talks with the national race armed groups several times fortruce and returning to the legal fold, but they achieved scantysuccess in the peace-making process. In contrast, the Tatmadawgovernment managed to make peace with 17 major and manysmall national race armed groups. What was the key to successin that regard?

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regarding their armed forces if they want to standfor elections. Studying international incidents, ithas been a common practice that armed forcesrising against their governments weredecommissioned and demobilized in post-conflictdemocratization process. After ceasefireagreement had been reached between thegovernment and rebels in Ache state of Indonesia,the rebel troops surrendered their arms and theirsettlements and rehabilitations were arrangedbefore the regional elections took place.

Similarly, after the government and Maoistguerrillas in Nepal had reached ceasefireagreement, the guerrillas’ settlements werearranged in designated places and their weaponswere kept under the care of internationalsupervisory bodies. In the incidents of SouthAfrica, it was found that qualified ones out of theoriginal guerrillas were individually selected tojoin the military and police forces.

However, in taking measures for the future ofthe national race armed groups, the government ofMyanmar acted according to the nation’s objectiveconditions based on historical events withoutcopying the above international incidents. Therefore,the government made arrangements for the nationalrace armed groups wishing to form political partiesto retire for engaging in politics and to reconstitutetheir existing armed groups as frontier forces. Apartfrom a few Tatmadaw officers and other ranks forcarrying out administrative matters, those frontierforces are to be formed only with members ofnational race armed forces concerned.

These are more opportunities given to thenational race armed groups in comparison withdecommissioning and demobilizing practices inthe international community.

Anti-government groups are making criticalremarks that the national race armed groups thathave made peace with the government have to taketime to undergo transformation; the time has notcome yet and more time is needed for them. Actually,they have made peace with the government for acouple of decades. During the period, they can workfor their regional development and socio-economicimprovement of the local people and their forces. Inother words, duration of the time is more thanenough.

Unlike the previous governments, the present

government’s sole intention in holding talks on

truce was only to stop all the fighting, instead of

arguing about politics and giving up arms. Only

when the fighting ended would local people be

able to escape the cycle of violence they had

experienced for years and work together with

respective peace groups for the development of

their regions. Moreover, they would be able to

trade with other developed regions of the nation

with peace of mind. The government was

convinced that the best way to build peace was

only by tasting the fruits of peace.

Thanks to the good intentions of the government,

local people and members of peace groups have

been able to work for the development of their

respective regions in accordance with the law.

They are now in a position to travel to other parts of

the nation that were univisited for more than a

hundred years due to the divide-and-rule policy of

the colonialists and have firsthand experience of

the development situation of the national races.

They can do businesses not only in their regions but

also in the entire nation in accordance with the law.

At the same time, their children can pursue primary

education in their hometowns and higher education

in their states. The leaders and members of the

respective peace groups can learn the skills of

administration and management by engaging in

regional development work, instead of fighting.

Moreover, they have been able to rebuild their

family life neglected amidst armed struggles.

All those situations reflect the government’s

good intentions of helping the local people rebuild

their socio-economic life that stagnated owing

to internal insurgencies, integrating members

of peace groups that were isolated due to armed

conflicts and taking steps for stagnant regions to

be able to catch up with other developing regions

of the nation. Forced integration through

surrender of arms and disbursement of funds

for livelihood is the common practice of the

international organizations in solving

international disputes and conflicts. Unlike the

international organizations, the government

practices the policy of gradual integration by

allowing local people and peace groups to

participate in development work.

On account of the government’s correct policy

and good intentions, the regions of peace groups

have had excellent potential for social and

economic development. Educated youths and

entrepreneurs have also emerged. Peace groups

have had some experience in administration and

management. Therefore, with the emergence of

the new constitution, they will have the right to

form political parties if they wish to continue

taking part in political and administrative affairs

of their respective regions. Those who want to

defend their regions and nation will be able to

join frontier forces. And those who think that

they have done their bit and want to build a

peaceful family lives will be able to live with

their families in peace. There will also be more

business prospects for those who want to work

for the development of their regions as well as the

socio-economic development of their families.

Of course, it would not be wrong to say that

the last twenty years has been a period of

temporary peace. During that period, people

have fully enjoyed the fruits of peace. Therefore,

when they have the right to carry out their

duties for the development and security of their

respective regions, eternal peace will prevail in

those regions. Then, they will be able to practise

democratic rights and do more for peace and

development of their regions in the next twenty

years than in the past twenty years.

At such a time of good opportunities, there emerge

instigators who want to drag the nation back into

nightmare of the past. There were incidents in which

action had to be taken against those who believed the

instigators and committed acts that are against the law.

Some have chosen the right path. Some are undecided,

standing at the crossroads. There are also those who

accepted the peace overtures made by the government

for the sake of national unity since 1988. Some have

still embraced the policy of armed struggle and refused

to accept the government’s peace overtures, believing

the words of the instigators. If peace groups compare

the situation of their region and their socio-economic

status before 1988 with the present situation and the

situation of those who have continued armed struggle

and their own, they will realize that eternal peace is

only the best way for them. Therefore, we want all the

national brethren to take the path to eternal peace.

Translation : MS + ST + NN

Everlasting peace for all national racesYe Kyaw

If peace groups compare the situation of their region and

their socio-economic status before 1988 with the present

situation and the situation of those who have continued armed

struggle and their own, they will realize that eternal peace is

only the best way for them.

(from page 8)

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Myanmar Red Cross Society

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun makes a speech at a ceremony to hand over new school building of

Songon village BEPPS in Kyaukpadaung Township, Mandalay.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myint inspects Taungphila limestones deposit

in Lewe Township of Nay Pyi Taw.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Sept — Chairman

of Ayeyawady Division Peace and

Development Council Commander of

South-West Command Maj-Gen Kyaw

Swe watched the final match of

Ayeyawady Division Peace and

Commander watches Sepak Tekraw

final match

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Sept—Minister for

Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint on 13

September inspected Taungphila mountain

limestones deposit in Taungphila region in

Lewe Township, Nay Pyi Taw and heard

reports on production of limestones for

cement factory.

Development Council Chairman’s Cup

Inter-Township Men/Women’s Sepak

Tekraw Tournament at Koethein

Gymnasium in Pathein on 28 Aug. He

also presented prizes to the winners.

MNA

Mines Minister inspects Taungphila

limestones deposit

The minister stressed the needs and

looked round mining of limestones with

machinery, surveying of lime layer, piling

of lime stones, and construction site of

cement factory in Taungphila region.

The minister then coordinated essentials

for supplying raw materials.—MNA

Minister receives guests of PRC

YANGON, 14 Sept—

Women’s Chapter of

Myanmar Medical

Association (Yangon) will

conduct 27th respects paying

ceremony for the aged at the

hall of the association,

Theinbyu Road, here in

MMA to organize respects paying ceremonyDecember. Over and 73-

year-old doctors (born in

December, 1936) who live

in Yangon may enroll at Dr

Daw Khin Mar Aye (ph: 09

5137823), Dr Daw Yu Yu

Lwin (ph: 09 5137570) and

at No. 249 Women’s

Chapter of MMA (Yangon),

Theinbyu Road, Mingala

Taungnyunt Township here

(ph: 378863 and 380899)

not later than 30 October

during office hours

(weekdays).

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14

Sept—Minister for

Agriculture and Irrigation

Maj-Gen Htay Oo

received Chief Executive

Officer Mr. Wang Xu of

Sichuan Donlin

Corporation of the


China and party at the

office of the ministry at

4:45 pm on 10 September.

Similarly, Minister

received Director Mr Lu

Kaiping of Foreign

Affairs Department of

Guang Xi Zhhuang

Autonomous region of the


China and party at 5pm on

the same day.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Sept—Myanmar

Red Cross Society will hold 64th Central

Council Meeting at the meeting hall of

the Ministry of Health here on 23

September.

MRCS invited the executive

members of MRCS, members of State/

MRCS to hold 64th central council meetingDivision Red Cross Central Council,

members of State/Division Red Cross

Supervisory Committee heads of State/

Division Health Department, members

of State/Division Red Cross Society

State/Division police officers.

MNA

Triangle Region Command Commander attends

opening of 17th Performing Arts Competitions

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Sept—Chairman

of Shan State (East) Peace and

Development Council Commander of

Triangle Region Command Maj-Gen

Kyaw Phyo formally opened and

addressed the opening of 17th Myanmar

Traditional Cultural Performing Arts

Competitions of Shan State (East) on 6

September at the city hall of Kengtung

on 6 September.

The commander, wife and guests

enjoyed the performance of the

contestants and presented prizes to

them.—MNA

F & R Minister attends ceremony to hand

over new school building

NAY PYI TAW, 14

Sept—Minister for Finance

and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla

Tun attended the ceremony

to hand over the new school

building of Songon village

Post Basic Primary School

in Songon village tract,

Kyaukpadaung Township,

Mandalay Division on 12

September morning.

Chairman of

Kyaukpadaung Township

Peace and Development

Council U Zaw Myint

Thein, Chairman of Tun

Foundation Bank Donor U

Thein Tun and Head of

Township Education

Department Daw Ah Kyu

cut the ribbon to open the

new school building. The

Minister sprinkled scented

water on stone plaque. He

inspected the new building

and made a speech.

Afterwards, the

donor handed over the

documents related to the

new school building to

the head of Township

Education Department,

and gave school uniforms

to teachers and students.

Villageselder U Tun Tun

spoke words of thanks.

After that, the

Minister called for active

participation of the people

in regional development

tasks under the leadership

of the State and greeted

the local people, teachers

and students.

MNA

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

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flat-

tered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

Meeting Hall of

Ministry of Health, Nay Pyi Taw

64th Central Council Meeting

23rd September 2009

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NEWS ALBUMArizona driver dons monkey masks to elude tickets

A tailor-made piano worth of about1.17 million US dollars is displayedat a cultural soiree held at XinghaiSquare during the Annual Meeting

of the New Champions 2009 inDalian, northeast China’s Liaoning

Province.

Guests have lunch at a new eventvenue which offers “Dinner in theSky” as they are seated around a

table that is lifted by a crane abovethe Tuileries Garden in Paris.

This photo-enforcement picturereleased by the Arizona Departmentof Public Safety, taken in July 2009,shows someone wearing a monkey

mask and driving a Subarubelonging to Dave VonTesmar on

a Phoenix-area freeway.

Extinct New Zealandeagle may haveeaten humans

Sophisticated computer scans offossils have helped solve a mysteryover the nature of a giant, ancient raptorknown as the Haast’s eagle which be-came extinct about 500 years ago, re-searchers said.

The researchers say they have de-termined that the eagle — which livedin the mountains of New Zealand andweighed about 40 pounds (18kilogramms) — was a predator and nota mere scavenger as many thought.

Much larger than modern eagles,Haast’s eagle would have swooped toprey on flightless birds — and possi-bly even the rare unlucky human.

Ken Ashwell of the University ofNew South Wales in Australia and PaulScofield of the Canterbury Museum inNew Zealand wrote their conclusionsin the peer-reviewed Journal of Verte-brate Paleontology.

A driver has racked up dozens ofspeeding tickets in photo-radar zones onPhoenix-area freeways while sportingmonkey and giraffe masks, and is fight-ing every one by claiming the costumesmake it impossible for authorities to provehe was behind the wheel.

“You’ve got to identify the driver, andif you can’t it’s not a valid ticket,” saidDave VonTesmar, a 47-year-old flight at-tendant said.

It took Arizona state police months torealize the same driver was involved and

was refusing to pay the fines. By the timethey did, more than 50 of the tickets hadbecome invalid because the deadline forprosecution had passed.

Authorities have since stepped up theirefforts to ensure that VonTesmar pays his$6,700 in fines.

On 19 Aug, the Arizona Departmentof Public Safety served VonTesmar in per-son with 37 tickets, mostly between 11 and15 mph over the speed limit. The picturesaccompanying the tickets show a driverwearing either a monkey or giraffe masksin VonTesmar’s white Subaru, which hasblack-and-white checkered racing stick-ers on its sides and a sticker on thewindshield that reads “Bucktooth Racin’.”

A British environmentalist attemptingto become the first woman to row aloneacross the Pacific Ocean has completedthe second leg of her journey, arrivingsafely in the tiny South Pacific nation ofKiribati.

Roz Savage reached the main island ofTarawa, setting foot on dry land for the firsttime in more than three months. Two lo-cals carried the laughing 41-year-old towardan applauding crowd, which adorned herwith a floral lei and headpiece and gave hera drink of cold coconut water.

“There were quite a lot of challenges,”Savage said. “Crossing the equator was very

Briton completes 2nd leg of cross-Pacific solo rowdifficult — there were some tricky windsand currents there. There’s also just thepsychological challenge of spending thatmuch time on your own on a tiny littlerow boat, so it’s nice to be around peopleagain. I’m very happy to have my feet backon dry land.”

Savage set off from San Francisco on25 May, 2008, and rowed 2,900 miles(4,670 kilometres) over 99 days to Hawaii.On 22 May of this year, she left Hawaiiand rowed 3,158 miles (5,082 kilometers)— or an estimated one million oar strokes— before reaching Kiribati, according toher Web site.

SAN JOSE, 14 Sept—Costa Rican authorities de-tained 54 US-bound migrants from Africa and Nepalafter their boat arrived on the Central American coun-try’s coast, officials said on Sunday.

Authorities were treating some of the migrants fordehydration after several days at sea and took into cus-tody three suspected Colombian smugglers who weretraveling with them, said Sergio Lopez, a spokesmanfor Costa Rica’s security ministry.

Officials originally said all 54 migrants were fromAfrica. But after interviewing them, authorities re-ported 15 were from Nepal and 39 from Africa.

One migrant asked a Costa Rican policeman uponarrival: “How close is this country to the UnitedStates?” according to the newspaper Al Dia.

The security ministry released a statement quotingone migrant as saying he left Nepal for India, wherehe stayed a month, before heading to South Africa.From there he caught the boat promising to take himto the United States.—Internet

Undocumented Africanmigrants listen to

instructions from a CostaRican immigration

official upon their arrivalat a detention centre inSan Jose, on 13 Sept,

2009.INTENRET

MOGADISHU, 14 Sept—African Union soldiersshot dead 11 camels in theSomali capital on Satur-day night, mistaking thegalloping animals for anmilitants attack, residentssaid.

Al Shabaab rebelssometimes use passing ci-vilians and vehicles togive them cover before at-tacks, police said, and thepeacekeepers fromAMISOM mission thou-ght they were behind thecamels which ran past theentrance to Mogadishu’sairport.

“We thought Islamistsand AMISOM were fight-ing last night, but thismorning we just saw 11dead camels,” residentFarah Aden told Reuters.“Each camel had at least10 bullet wounds — thewhole area was coveredwith blood.”

Internet

NEW HAVEN, 14 Sept— Police on Sunday said theyfound what they believe is the body of a Yale Univer-sity graduate student and bride-to-be hidden inside thewall of a university building where she was last seenfive days before.

New Haven Assistant Police Chief Peter Reichardsaid officials are presuming the body was that of doc-toral student Annie Le, who has been the focus of amassive police search since on Tuesday.

“It hasn’t been positively identified as of this time,”Reichard told reporters on Sunday night. “However,we are assuming it is her ... so we are treating it as ahomicide.”

State police found the body at around 5 pm on Sun-day in an area of the building that houses utility cablesthat run between floors. The building is in the IvyLeague school’s medical complex, about a mile fromthe main campus.

Internet

CHAGHCHARAN, 14 Sept—Gulbadan Halifazadalives in a house in mud-brick compound withoutelectricity or running wa-ter in the poorest region ofone of the world’s mostdestitute countries.

In the compound she,her husband and theirhalf-dozen children sharewith two other families,four goats and a calf aretied up in a corner, turkeysscratch around them andsunflowers planted in theparched earth wilt in thesearing late-summer heat.

Not much has changedin Chaghcharan, capital ofcentral Afghanistan’sGhor Province, in recentyears, 42-year-old Halifa-zada told AFP, but per-haps things are about toget better for the next

54 US-boundmigrants detained

at Costa Rican coast

Polio makes a return to destitute Afghanistangeneration.

All her five daughtersgo to school, she said,while she didn’t get thechance. And the arrival onher doorstep of a team ofUN volunteers adminis-tering polio vaccinationsto the under-fives couldonly be a good thing.

“We have no land orcattle, only two people areworking among us andthey can only do day-la-bouring that brings in 200

afghanis (four US dollars)a day,” she said, standingamong a crowd of abouta dozen children aged un-der 10.

“But the girls are get-ting an education and I amexpecting them to do bet-ter than I did,” she said,looking older than heryears and the small bluetattoo between her eyesfading into the deep linesof her bronzed forehead.

Internet

Found body is likely missingYale student

AU soldiersmistake

camels forSomali

rebel attack

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (271)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA

TAMPAN VOY NO (271) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 15.9.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at 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

Six Hong Kong workersdie in elevator shaft fallHONG KONG, 14 Sept—A construction platform

inside an elevator shaft collapsed on Sunday, sendingsix workers falling about 20 stories to their deathsinside a Hong Kong skyscraper, officials said.

The accident occurred at the International CommerceCentre, which will be 118 stories high when completednext year, making it one of the world’s tallestbuildings and the highest in Hong Kong.

Speaking at the scene in the Kowloon district, HongKong leader Donald Tsang told reporters the men fellafter the platform they were working on collapsed inthe elevator shaft. All six workers died, policespokesman Michael Kwan said. The workers werebelieved to have fallen from around the 30th floor tothe 10th floor, he said.—Internet

The International Commerce Centre, centre, isseen in Hong Kong on 13 Sept, 2009. A group ofconstruction workers plunged down an elevator

shaft of Hong Kong’s tallest skyscraper on Sunday,and at least three were killed, police said.

INTERNET

Layoffs lead to fewercorporate blood donors in USJACKSONVILLE, 14 Sept—Before the recession hit,

Jacksonville’s blood bank would pull its buses up tothe Anheuser-Busch brewery and pump 300 units ofblood from employees. Then came buyouts, retire-ments and layoffs. During the company’s last blooddrive, the Blood Alliance only collected about 45 units.

Which is why, on a recent day, the organization’sbloodmobile was parked in a driving rainstorm out-side a small law firm. With the smell of latex glovesin the air, donors read the paper and listened to softrock on the radio as workers pricked their arms withneedles.—Internet

A newly-wed couple celebrates during a photo session at a mass weddingceremony in front of Thean Hou temple in Kuala Lumpur. Some 200 couplestied the knot on the auspicious date on 09.09.09 in the morning session out of

560 couples. For the Chinese, the number 999 means longevity and everlasting love which they believe will ensure long-lasting marriage and

happiness—INTERNET

Singapore partners global microscopymanufacturer in life science researchSINGAPORE, 14 Sept—Singapore’s Agency for Sci-

ence, Technology & Research (A*STAR) has collabo-rated with Carl Zeiss MicroImaging, a statement byA*STAR said on Monday.

The Biopolis Shared Facilities (BSF) of the Biomedi-cal Sciences Institutes (BMSI), Agency for Science,Technology & Research (A*STAR) has inked aMemorandum of Understanding (MoU) with CarlZeiss MicroImaging, a global market leader inmicroscopy solutions and systems for research, labo-ratories, routine and industrial applications on Mon-day.—Xinhua

New sensor array can detect toxic fumesCHAMPAIGN, 14 Sept—

University of Illinoisresearchers say they havedeveloped a sensor arraythat represents an inex-pensive and simple way todetect toxic industrialchemicals.

Kenneth Suslick,Schmidt professor ofchemistry at the Univer-sity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, said in anews release on Sundayhis team created an arraythat changes colors to in-dicate what type of toxicgas it has detected.

“Our device is simply adigital multidimensional

extension of litmus paper.We have a six by sixarray of differentnanoporous pigmentswhose colors changedepending on their chemi-cal environment,” Suslicksaid. “The pattern of thecolor change is a uniquemolecular fingerprint forany toxic gas and also tellsus its concentration.”

The creation of thedetection array couldprove beneficial to chem-ists who currently lack agood method equivalentto physicists’ radiationbadges. A new detectioneffort could be invaluable

in regards to monitoringif chemists are beingexposed to toxic chemi-cals.

The director of theNational Institute ofEnvironmental HealthSciences at the NationalInstitutes of Health,whose institute fundedthe project, applauded thepaper published in thejournal Nature Chemistry.

“This paper brings usone step closer to havinga small wearable sensorthat can detect multipleairborne toxins,” NIEHSdirector Linda Birnbaumsaid.—Internet

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7th A/H1N1 flu death reported in S Korea SEOUL, 14 Sept — South Korea’s health authorities on late Sunday reported a new

death case related to A/H1N1 influenza virus, which is the second case in the day,bringing the country’s death toll from the new flu to seven.

According to the Ministry of Health and Welfare, a 78-year-old man, who haslong suffered from liver cirrhosis, high blood pressure and other diseases, diedin the day due to septicaemia caused by the A/H1N1 virus. The exact cause ofthe death was still under investigation, the ministry said.

The patient, a resident of southeastern country, was admitted to hospital on 8Aug after showing high fever, abdominal pain and spasms. He was diagnosed ashepatocirrhosis and septicaemia caused by alcoholism, and received antibiotictreatment. —Xinhua

In this 1969 file photo, astronauts Edwin E Aldrin and Neil Armstrongrehearse tasks they will perform on the moon after landing in July 1969

during the Apollo 11 mission.—INTERNET

Apollo moon rocks lost in space?No, lost on Earth

AMSTERDAM, 14 Sept —Attention, countries of theworld: Do you know whereyour moon rocks are?

The discovery of a fakemoon rock in theNetherlands’ nationalmuseum should be a wake-up call for more than 130countries that received giftsof lunar rubble from boththe Apollo 11 flight in 1969and Apollo 17 three yearslater.

Nearly 270 rocksscooped up by US astronautswere given to foreigncountries by the Nixonadministration. Butaccording to experts andresearch by The AssociatedPress, the whereabouts of

some of the small rocks areunknown.“There is nodoubt in my mind that manymoon rocks are lost or stolenand now sitting in privatecollections,” said JosephGutheinz, a University ofArizona instructor andformer US governmentinvestigator who has madea project of tracking downthe lunar treasures.

The Rijks museum,more noted as a repositoryfor 17th century Dutchpaintings, announced lastmonth it had had its plum-sized “moon” rock tested,only to discover it was apiece of petrified wood,possibly from Arizona. Themuseum said it inherited

the rock from the estate of aformer prime minister.

The real Dutch moonrocks are in a naturalhistory museum. But themisidentification raisedquestions about how wellcountries have safeguardedtheir presents fromWashington.

Genuine moon rocks,while worthless in mineralterms, can fetch six-figuresums from black-marketcollectors.

Internet

Vietnam confirms sixth death of A/H1N1influenza

HANOI, 14 Sept — Vietnam reported that a 19-year-old girl died of A/H1N1influenza, bringing the number of deaths of the flu to six in the country, said areport of the Vietnamese Ministry of Health on Monday.

The girl was admitted to a general hospital of Mekong Delta Province of BenTre on 5 Sept for having fever, difficulty in breathing and coughing.

The girl was tested positive with A/H1N1 virus last Friday. She died one daylater, said the report.

Vietnam confirmed 399 more cases of A/H1N1 influenza over the pastweekend, bringing the total number of flu patients in the country to 4,664.

Xinhua

Italy performs in the ropes and ribbons portion during the group apparatusfinal at the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships in Ise, Mie

prefecture, central Japan on 13 Sept, 2009.—INTERNET

Japan’s Waseda University opensbioscience institute in Singapore

US researchers measure brainwaves to predict effective

depression treatmentLOS ANGELES, 14 Sept — A method has been

discovered to measure brain waves to predict whichdrugs can be successfully used on individuals diagnosedwith depression, it was announced on Sunday.

The test will reportedly eliminate a major problemfor clinically-depressed persons and their doctors,who often must play a guessing game to find aneffective anti-depressant from the dozens of drugsavailable, the University of California in Los Angeles(UCLA) said in the announcement. Medical workerswill be able to use brain patterns that can be measuredoutside the body to predict within a week how effectivea drug will be, the researchers announced.

The method, called the Biomarkers for RapidIdentification of Treatment Effectiveness in MajorDepression (BRITE), was described in the journalPsychiatry Research by a team of four UCLA doctors.It measures changes in brain-wave patterns usingquantitative electroencephalography — a non-evasive,computerized measurement that recognizes specificalterations in brain-wave activity.

Researchers said these changes precedeimprovement in mood by many weeks and appear toserve as a biomarker that accurately predicts howeffective a given medication will be.—Xinhua

Traffic noiselinked with

bloodpressure

LOS ANGELES, 14Sept— Living next to busyroads may contribute tohigh blood pressure, a newstudy available on Sundaysuggests.

People whose homesare in earshot of enginesrumbling, horns honkingand brakes screechinghave an increased risk ofhigh blood pressure,according to the studyappearing in the Sept.issue of EnvironmentalHealth published in theUnited States.

To determine how muchtraffic noise they wereexposed to on a regularbasis, researchers atLund University Hospitalin Sweden analyzedata from nearly 28,000questionnaires aboutpeople’s living arr-angements in Scania, aprovince in southernSweden.—Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 14 Sept — Japan’s WasedaUniversity opened the Waseda BioscienceResearch Institute in Singapore(WAIBOS) on Monday.

The WABIOS marks the first timethat Waseda University is settingup research operations overseasindependently.

WABIOS will focus its research in theareas of bio-imaging, bioengineering,biophysics and nano-biotechnology.

It will also further develop theneuroscience, focused research findingsderived from the Waseda-OlympusBioscience Research Institute, a jointinitiative between Waseda University andOlympus Corporation from 2004 to 2009,according to a statement by Singapore’sAgency for Science, Technology and

Research (A*STAR).WABIOS has committed 2 million

Singapore dollars (1.4 million US dollars)for its research activities here and will startwith a few researchers from both Japan andSingapore.President of Waseda UniversityKatsuhiko Shirai and Chairman ofA*STAR Lim Chuan Poh also signed onMonday a Memorandum of Intent (MOI)here at the opening of WABIOS.

The agreement aims to facilitate researchcollaborations between scientists from thetwo organizations through joint symposiaand workshops as well as enable graduatestudents from Waseda University to spendup to 2 years at A*STAR research institutesduring the course of their PhD studiesunder A*STAR’s Research AttachmentProgramme. —Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Clijsters wins US Open in return from retirement

Kim Clijsters (R) of Belgiumposes with her husband (L) anddaughter during the awarding

ceremony for the women’ssingles final against Caroline

Wozniacki of Denmark at the USOpen tennis tournament in New

York, on 13 Sept, 2009.— XINHUA

Villa wins Birmingham derby LONDON, 14 Sept—Gabriel Agbonlahor headed

home a late winner to give Aston Villa a 1-0 win inBirmingham derby on Sunday. Fulham came frombehind to beat Everton 2-1 at Premier League. TimCahill’s header put Everton ahead after half hour, butPaul Konchesky and Damien Duff both scored afterthe restart, assisting the hosts to grab three points atlast.

Fulham was ranked 10th while Everton only man-aged to be better than the struggling Portsmouth, whichsuffered a five-game losing streak. The England strikerAgbonlahor nodded in the only goal in the game after85 minutes, helping Villa claiming their third victoryout of four Premier League matches. Both sides strug-gled to gain control in the midfield and the home sideshowed aspiration of revenging the 5-1 defeat whenthe two met last time.

Xinhua

Schalke overcomeCologne to stay

third BERLIN, 14 Sept—Ger-

man soccer powerhouseSchalke 04 overcame bot-tom team Cologne 2-1 onSunday, lifting themselvesinto the third place of theBundesliga table, whilethe game betweenBremen and Hannoverended goalless.

Despite a long-awaitedfirst goal of the seasonfrom new signing LukasPodolsi, strikes fromJefferson Farfan andLevan Kobiashvili wereenough to give Schalke 04their third win of the sea-son against Cologne, leav-ing the hosts still in searchof their first Bundesligavictory of the season.

Xinhua

Williams fined $10,000; newinvestigation opened

NEW YORK, 14 Sept – Serena Williams’ profanity-laced, finger-pointing tirade at a US Open linespersondrew a $10,000 fine Sunday, and more punishmentcould follow from a broader investigation into what thehead of the tournament called her “threatening manner.”The fine — not quite 3 percent of the $350,000 in prizemoney Williams earned by reaching the semifinals — isthe maximum on-site penalty that can be issued forunsportsmanlike conduct at a Grand Slam tournament.

“The average individual would look at that and say,‘A $10,000 fine for what she did? What are you guys,crazy?’ The answer is: the process isn’t over,” tourna-ment director Jim Curley said in an interview with TheAssociated Press. Bill Babcock, the top administratorfor Grand Slam tournaments, will review what hap-pened Saturday night, when Williams yelled at alinesperson who called a foot fault with the defendingchampion two points away from losing to Kim Clijstersin the semifinals.—Internet

Best shot of his life movesFederer to final

Roger Federer, ofSwitzerland

Liverpool seals deal withStandard Chartered

Liverpool’s English mid-fielder Steven Gerrard inaction during a match on

Saturday.—INTERNET

Park the hero for Monacoas PSG see red

Monaco’s forward ChuYoung Park (R) is con-gratulated by teammateNene after scoring a goalduring the French L1football match Monacovs Paris Saint-Germainat the Louis II stadium in

Monaco, south ofFrance.—INTERNET

Valencia’s Spanish connectioncome up trumps again

Valencia’s forwardDavid Villa

Eto’o, Milito fire Inter upto fourth

Inter Milan’s Portu-guese coach Jose

Mourinho looks at hisplayers during their

Italian Serie A footballmatch against Parma atthe San Siro stadium in

Milan.—INTERNET

LONDON, 14 Sept—Liv-erpool football club an-nounced late Sunday asponsorship deal with Brit-ish bank Standard Char-tered, reportedly worth 80million pounds over fouryears. The deal starting inJuly 2010 was the “largestcommercial agreement inLiverpool’s history,” astatement on the club’swebsite said. Media re-ports said the deal wasworth some 20 millionpounds (22 million euros,33.2 million dollars) perseason, which would equalthe most lucrative ever inEnglish football, but thiscould not be confirmed.

The figure would matchthe deal struck by Man-chester United with Aon

Corp, the American finan-cial giant earlier this year,reports said. Under the Liv-erpool deal, the bank’s logoand name will replaceCarlsberg as the main spon-sor on the English PremierLeague club’s shirt, endinga 17-year relationship withthe side.—Internet

NEW YORK, 14 Sept—Kim Clijsters cradledthe baby in one arm, the trophy in the other.The joy of motherhood. The joy of winningthe US Open. Clijsters made history Sundaynight, capping a comeback from two years outof tennis to become the first unseeded womanto win the Open — and the first mom to win amajor since 1980 — with a 7-5, 6-3 victoryover No. 9 Caroline Wozniacki.

When it was over, Clijsters collapsed to theground and started crying — tears of joy, prob-ably mixed in with a little bit of shock, too.Her 18-month-old daughter, Jada, watchedfrom a suite with a pacifier in her mouth, butlater came down to the court to take part inthe celebration.Guess what mommy got foryou, sweetie! A Grand Slam title.”It still seemsso surreal,” Clijsters said. “Because it wasn’tin the plan. I wanted to come back here, get afeel for it, play a Grand Slam so I wouldn’thave to come back next year and learn the newexperiences all over.”—Internet

PARIS, 14 Sept—GuyLacombe’s resurgent Mo-naco side threw a spannerinto Paris Saint Germain’sdrive for league honoursthis season with a dramatic2-0 win in the Principalityon Sunday. South KoreanChu Young Park openedthe scoring with a fine soloeffort in the 85th minuteand Brazilian midfieldpartner Nene added a sec-ond barely three minuteslater as PSG went intomeltdown and finished thematch a man down.

The result means PSGremain fifth on 10 pointsfrom five games with Mo-naco two places furtheradrift on nine points. Lead-ers Bordeaux, on 13points, lead former seven-times winners Lyon ongoal difference after their1-0 win over Grenoble onSaturday. Earlier Sunday

struggling Auxerregrabbed their first win ofthe new campaign thanksa 2-0 home win againstNice that moved them uptwo places from 19th andsecond last to 17th.

Internet

MADRID, 14 Sept—Afterplaying a pivotal role inSpain’s qualification for theWorld Cup, David Villa,David Silva and Juan Matawere all on target in a 4-2win at Valladolid on Sun-day as Valencia joined Bar-celona and Real Madrid ona maximum six points.Cash-strapped Valenciamanaged to hold onto thetrio in the summer and theytore Valladolid apart withfour goals in less than anhour.

Silva opened the scor-ing with a 10th minuteheader from Mata crossbefore a mistake from Va-lencia goalkeeper Miguel

Moya helped Valladolidequalise. However, Span-ish international Villabagged a brace (34min,55min) with Mata also ontarget. Valencia shouldhave scored more withVilla hitting the bar andsubstitute Jordi Alba miss-ing a sitter to score his firstever goal for the club.

Internet

ROME, 14 Sept—NewInter Milan strike pairingSamuel Eto’o and DiegoMilito scored the goals asthe Italian champions beatParma 2-0 at the San Siroon Sunday to move up tofourth in Serie A. Eto’oand Milito were boughtby coach Jose Mourinhoto replace ZlatanIbrahimovic and they re-paid the Portuguese’s faithby scoring their secondgoals in three matches.

It leaves Inter in ex-cellent shape ahead ofWednesday’s ChampionsLeague visit of Barcelonaand Ibrahimovic.Mourinho was satisfiedwith what he saw. “Thatwas a normal match. Wedidn’t have enough inten-

sity in the first half but wecould have scored four orfive goals,” he said.

Internet

NEW YORK, 14 Sept—And for his next act...Roger Federer punctu-ated his latest US Open

victory on Sunday with ashot he called, quite sim-ply, the greatest of his life:a between-the-legs, back-to-the-net, cross-courtwinner from the baseline.A point later, with thecrowd in hysterics andopponent Novak Djokovicstill in shock, the world’stop-ranked player closedout the victory, 7-6 (3),7-5, 7-5, to move one winfrom his sixth straight USOpen title.OK, who’s gotnext?—Internet

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* Signature Tune* Song of Myanma Beauty & Scenic Sights* Myanmar Footwear and Bags* Turtle! Our Heritage* Documenting Thabyu Village Practicing OVOP* Myanmar Modern Song “Let’s Sing Together!

All’s gone away!”* i Love Myanmar’s Development Tour around

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershower have beenisolated in Kayah State, upper Sagaing and MagwayDivisions, scattered in Mandalay, Bago and YangonDivisions, fairly widespread in Chin State and AyeyawadyDivision and widespread in the remaining areas with locallyheavyfall in Mon State, isolated heavyfalls in Kachin, ShanStates and Mandalay Division. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Paung (6.69) inches, Kyaukse (4.68)inches, Belin (4.13) inches, Lashio (3.27) inches, Bhamo(3.04) inches, Chaungsone (2.40) inches, Moekok (2.21)inches, Theinzayat (2.20) inches and Pakokku (0.51) inch.

Maximum temperature on 13-9-2009 was 93°F.Minimum temperature on 14-9-2009 was 68°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 14-9-2009 was 79 %.Total sun shine hours on 13-9-2009 was (6.4) hours approx.

Rainfall on 14-9-2009 was Tr at Mingaladon, (0.04)inch at Kaba-Aye and Nil at Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2009 was (94.33) inches at Mingaladon, (104.80)inches at Kaba-Aye and (110.94) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom Southeast at (18:30) hours MST on 13-9-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak to moderate in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 15th September 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in Kachin,Shan, Mon States and Taninthayi Division, fairlywidespread in Chin, Rakhine, Kayin States, upper Sagaing,Ayeyawady and Yangon Divisions and isolated to scatteredin the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofthundry conditions in the Upper Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for15-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for15-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for15-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

WEATHERMonday, 14th September, 2009

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FUZHOU, 14 Sept—More than 26,000 boats havebeen told to return to harbor as offshore oilfieldworkers were evacuated on Monday as China’ssouthern and southeastern provinces braced fortropical storm Koppu, the 15th to hit the country’scoastal regions this year.

Koppu, which is expected to strengthen into atyphoon in the next six hours, will land in southeastChina’s Fujian Province between on Mondayevening and Tuesday morning. More than 26,000fishing boats had returned to harbor in southernHainan Province by 8 pm and more were en route.

Shipping services across the southernQiongzhou Strait have been suspended sinceMonday afternoon because of the threat of thestorm. The Hainan Maritime Affairs Bureau saidthe suspension of shipping was for the safety ofpassengers.

A total of 111 workers have been evacuatedfrom a gas and oil field in the strait.

Xinhua

Fujian braces for tropicalstorm Koppu

An all-terrain vehicle is on display during an autoshow highlighting the development of China’sautomobile industry in Xi’an, capital of northwestChina’s Shaanxi Province, on 14 Sept, 2009. Theshow started up in Beijing last month and isscheduled to tour 116 Chinese cities.—INTERENT

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12th Waning of Tawthalin 1371 ME Tuesday, 15 September, 2009

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

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

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred among thepeople

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

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

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NAY PYI TAW, 14 Sept—Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry of Defence called for regionaldevelopment tasks in meeting with Chairman of ShanState (North) Peace and Development CouncilCommander of North-East Command Maj-Gen AungThan Htut, Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Phone Swe, Deputy Minister for Education Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min, Deputy Minister for CommerceBrig-Gen Aung Tun, Deputy Chief of Myanmar Police

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing meets officials in Shan State (North)Force Police Brig-Gen Zaw Win, officials of the commandand departmental officials at the meeting hall of Laukkaiyesterday.

The officials reported work progress to Lt-Gen MinAung Hlaing. The commander gave supplementaryreports. Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing later left necessaryinstructions.

Next, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspected thedevelopment programmes of Laukkai, and met with

officers and other ranks, and their families at the hall ofLaukkai station.

At the hall of Nyankhom station, Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing met with officers and other ranks, and theirfamilies, and provided them with foodstuff.

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing also looked into thecondition of Laukkai-Tarshwehtan-18 miles-Nyankhom-Tapar Road and durability of Thanlwin (Tapar) bridge.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 14 Sept—TheMinistry of Health has beensteadfastly taking preventivemeasures against New Influenza A(H1N1) flu since 28 April. Up to now,39 cases has been confirmed, andthere have not been any flu deathcases.

Of the flu patients, 33 have

A (H1N1) flu control measuresgaining momentum

been released from hospitals,following their full recovery from thedisease. The remaining six are gettingbetter now.

The ministry today urged thepeople to follow strictly the publicnotices about New Influenza A (H1N1)flu and have a hand in the diseasecontrol measures.—MNA

Scientists trace evolution of butterfliesLIVERPOOL, 14 Sept— In a perfect

world, for every boy there would ofcourse be a girl, but a new study showsthat actual sex ratios can sometimessway very far from that ideal. In fact,

the male-to-female ratio of one tropicalbutterfly has shifted rapidly over timeand space, driven by a parasite thatspecifically kills males of the species,reveals a report published online onSeptember 10th in Current Biology, aCell Press publication.

“We were surprised at the speedwith which change in sex ratio couldoccur,” said Emily Hornett of theUniversity of Liverpool. “Between 1886and 1894 in Fiji, the male-killingbacterium rose from 50 percent to over90 percent frequency, changing the sexratio from 2:1 to 10:1.—Internet

A male Great Eggfly (Hypolimnasbolina).

Flash recovery of ammonoidsZURICH, 14 Sept — After the End-

Permian extinction 252.6 million yearsago, ammonoids diversified andrecovered 10 to 30 times faster than

Asteroceras, a Jurassic ammonitefrom England.

previous estimates. The surprisingdiscovery raises questions aboutpaleontologists’ understanding of thedynamics of evolution of species andthe functioning of the biosphere after amass extinction.

The study, conducted by a Franco-Swiss collaboration involving thelaboratories Biogéosciences (Universitéde Bourgogne / CNRS),Paléoenvironnements & Paléobiosphère(Université Claude Bernard / CNRS)and the Universities of Zurich andLausanne (Switzerland), appears in theAugust 28 issue of Science.—Internet

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