constitution it is very important for people not to be misled by

Established 1914

14th Waning of Tawthalin 1369 ME Wednesday, 10 October, 2007Volume XV, Number 177

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

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

YANGON, 9 Oct— Over 60,000 people includ-ing townselders, national race leaders, members ofsocial organizations, representatives of peace groups,members of cultural troupes, entrepreneurs, farmers,workers, departmental personnel, students and localnationals attended the ceremony to support the Na-tional Convention and the forthcoming constitutionheld on a grand scale at Thiri Grounds of Hpa-an,Kayin State, this morning.

Before the ceremony, Hpa-an column led byExecutive U Aung Myint Thein of Kayin State UnionSolidarity and Development Association, Kawkareikcolumn led by U Ko Ko Naing of Auxiliary FireBrigade, Zwegabin column led by Executive U SawOhn Tin of Hlaingbwe Township USDA and Myawadycolumn led by U Khun Kyaw Win of State Red Cross

It is very important for people notto be misled by killers in air waves

Ceremony to support National Convention and forthcomingconstitution held in Hpa-an, Kayin State

Society marched towards Thiri Grounds and took theirdesignated places.

Townselder Head of Planning Department ofHpa-an University U Saw Nyunt Thaung presidedover the rally together with Executive U Saw Han Ayeof Kayin State USDA, Chairperson Daw Tin Sein ofKayin State Women’s Affairs Organization, Daw NanAye Kyi of Kayin State Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation, U Kyi Lin of Kayin State War VeteransOrganization, Townselders Pa-O national U KhunThan Myint and Mon national Daw Ngwe Chi asmembers of the Panel of Chairmen. Executive DawNan Ni Ni Aye of Kayin State USDA acted as masterof ceremonies and Executive Daw Htar Ei Win of Hpa-an Township USDA as Co-MC. First, those attendantsaluted the State Flag.

In his address Chairman U Saw Nyunt Thaungsaid that building of a peaceful, modern and developednation is the national goal of the State, and that with theestablishment of firm foundations in the political,economic and social sectors, efforts are being made toachieve this national goal. In doing so, the NationalConvention which has laid down fundamental princi-ples and detailed basic principles was completed suc-cessfully on 3 September, 2007.

In the process, peace and stability, unity, lawenforcement and strong national economy are vital forthe perpetuation of the new nation.

It was not a group or individual involved inholding discussions to achieve fundamental principlesand detailed basic principles to draft the constitution,

(See page 8)

Ceremony to support the National Convention and the constitution being held at Thiri Grounds of Hpa-an, Kayin State. — MNA

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

People’s DesireWednesday, 10 October, 2007

Entire people duty-boundto bring about State con-stitution

The Union of Myanmar is a multi-culturalcountry. National races live in the Union withfamily spirit, demonstrating mutual under-standing, forbearance, help and reliance oneach other.

These fine characteristics are, in reality,the essence of national solidarity and patrioticspirit. Only when these fine characteristicsflourish throughout the Union, will it be pos-sible for the people to equip themselvesstrongly with patriotic spirit and nationalisticspirit.

Now, the nation is in the process of trans-forming itself into a peaceful, modern anddeveloped democratic country with flourish-ing discipline, and the people can visualize thefuture of the nation. At such a time, it isrequired to serve the national interests throughthe people’s brilliant lineage, high intellectualpower and tenacious spirit.

The government is producing human re-sources, while sharpening the abilities of theyouth, the future of the nation. In the mean-time, it is also taking all possible measures torestore stability and peace, enhance nationaleconomic growth and improving the nation’seducation standard.

Subversive elements who hate to see thecombined efforts of the government, the peo-ple and the Tatmadaw for democratic transi-tion are instigating unrest and protests bydriving a wedge among the people and creat-ing public outrage.

The entire people are to be constantlyvigilant against such destructive acts.

The government is now working hard forintroducing democracy to Myanmar that haspossessed good foundations. So, the entirepeople are to actively strive for the emergenceof the State constitution.

Winners of quiz presented prizesYANGON, 9 Oct— ASEAN Radio Quiz, a radio

programme broadcast by Myanmar Radio in Septem-ber 2007, was held at Myanma Radio and Televisionon 5 October.

Officials concerned presented prizes to win-ners Ma Yupa Htwe Hlaing of Kyimyindine Townshipof Yangon Division, Maung Kaung Htet Kyaw ofSouth Okkalapa Township of Yangon Division andMa Hnin Hnin Htwe of Kyonpyaw Township whostood first, second and third respectively.

The consolation prize was won by Maung AungKyaw Soe of Sangyong Township of Yangon Division.

Interested persons from states and divisionsmay enroll at MRTV, Pyay Road, Yangon.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct — Three innocent civil-ians were killed and three others injured as theystepped on insurgent-planted mines in Ye Township,Mon State, and Kyaukkyi Township, Kayin State,yesterday.

Out of the four villagers who went hunting inPadaung mountain range, south-east of Hangan Vil-lage in Ye Township, U Aung Htay and U Maung Winwere killed and U Ah Maung and U Kyaw Myintinjured as they stepped on a mine. Likewise, out of thethree villagers who were on their way home after goingto Katpe Village as porters, U Aung Min Oo was killedand U Thet Lwin and U Thet Naing Oo injured as theystepped on a mine at the corner of Kyaukhtet, east toKyaukkyi Township.

The injured people are now being givenmedical treatment and necessary assistance at YeHospital and Kyaukkyi Hospital. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct — The conclusion of specialrefresher course No 28 for basic education teachers washeld at Central Institute of Civil Service (UpperMyanmar) in PyinOoLwin Township yesterday.

On behalf of Chairman of Myanmar EducationCommittee Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein, Minister for Scienceand Technology U Thaung delivered a speech. In his speech, Minister U Thaung said today thegovernment is making endeavours for equal and harmo-nious development in every part of the Union includingrural areas. It is also upgrading education sector. The government is also creating equal learning op-portunities for people in border and rural areas tonarrow the gap of education and it is making arrange-ments for teachers in the country to enhance theirqualifications.

He said new schools were opened, some schoolswere upgraded and more teachers were appointed. Nowthere are over 40,500 schools in the country. Altogether259,000 teachers are nurturing 7.84 million students. Incomparison with the figures in 1988, the number ofschools, teachers and students increased by 20.2 percent, 49.3 per cent and 49.6 per cent respectively.

He said in accord with the guidance of the Head ofState the teaching methods of the teachers and syllabusand curriculum were upgraded with the use of modernteaching aids. As a result, better results have beenachieved.

Every student will become good and able citizenunder the great care and training of the teachers, he said.Students are to be nurtured to be polite and outstandingones who serve the interest of the nation, he added.

Beginning 1999-2000 academic year, a new sub-ject on the Union spirit was added to the curriculumand lessons on patriotism are taught at grade five andabove. Moreover, codes of moral conduct and publicethics are taught at the basic education level to havepractice of keeping disciplines and rules and laws, headded.

Talks in commemoration of significant days areheld at the school assembly for the students to possessthe Union spirit, team spirit and spirit of pride. Thepupils are being nurtured to become well-disciplinedcitizens with good moral through school activities andeducational development activities.

Special refresher course No 28 for basic educationteachers concluded in PyinOoLwin

He spoke of the need for the teachers to dischargetheir duties with seriousness after realizing the effect ofyounger generation and future of the nation and itspeople. Next, the minister presented prizes to outstandingtrainee teachers and certificates to the teachers andgreeted them. The course was attended by 1,308 teachers. Present were the ministers, the chairman of CivilService Selection and Training Board, the deputyministers, members of CSSTB, the chairman ofMandalay City Development Committee Mayor ofMandalay heads of departments, the rector of CICS(Upper Myanmar), heads of departments and instruc-tors and trainees.—MNA

Three killed, four injured inmine blasts in Ye, Kyaukkyi

Minister U Thaung presents a prize to anoutstanding trainee. — MNA

Winners of ASEAN Radio Quiz pose for agroup photo after accepting prizes. — H

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UK Labour trails behindConservatives in new opinion polls

LONDON, 8 Oct—Threenew opinion polls showedSunday the ruling Labourtrailing behind the oppo-sition Conservatives afterPrime Minister GordonBrown announced therewould be no GeneralElection this year or next.

One in the News Of TheWorld gives the Conser-vatives a six-point lead,which puts the Conser-vatives on 44 percent, ascore that would have seenthe Brown’s Commonsmajority wiped out andresulted in a hung Parlia-ment, according to SkyNews Sunday.

The latest survey for the

News Of The Worldsuggests the Conser-vatives led by DavidCameron would havedeposed 49 Labour MPs.

The Conservativeswere also ahead in twoother polls, enjoying athree-point lead in aYouGov survey for theSunday Times and a onepoint advantage in a pollfor the Mail On Sunday.

As Conservative votersare more likely to go tothe polls than Laboursupporters, these resultscould be exaggerated evenmore at the GeneralElection, the Sky Newsreport said.

David Cameron hascalled Gordon Brown'sdecision (not to hold anelection) a “humiliatingretreat,” which Cameronsaid was the result of“great weakness andindecision.”

Liberal Democratleader Sir Menzies Cam-pbell accused Brown ofputting party politicsabove the national interest.

MNA/Xinhua

Students hold banners with the image of late Argentine-born Cuba’s revolutionary leader Ernesto ‘Che’Guevara during a ceremony in his honour at hismonument in Santa Clara, on 8 Oct, 2007. —INTERNET

US troops’ mistaken firekills two Afghans

KABUL, 8 Oct—US troops based in Afghanistan’seastern Kunar Province opened fire on a civilian vehicleSaturday morning, killing two persons, spokesman ofprovincial government Zarghon Shah Khaliqyar said.

“The US troops mistakenly opened fire on a local carin Manogai District at around 8: 00 am local time thismorning, leaving two civilians dead and injuring threeothers,” Khaliqyar told Xinhua.

He did not give more details.The US military officialswere not immediately available to make comment.

MNA/Xinhua

Iraq President says 100,000 US troopswill leave soon

WASHINGTON, 8 Oct—Atleast 100,000 US troopscould return home fromIraq by the end of 2008,Iraqi President Jalal Tala-bani said in an interviewaired on Sunday althoughhe proposed that severalAmerican military basesstay in Iraq. Speaking onCNN television, Talabanienvisioned faster US troopreductions than US com-manders have discussed inpublic. But he stressed thatthe pace of withdrawal wasup to those commandersand did not explain why heforesaw a faster pullout.

“I think it is possible atthe end of the next yearthat a big part of the Ameri-can Army will be backhere,” said Talebani, whogave the interview duringa trip to the United States.

“More than 100,000

(troops) can be back by theend of the next year.” ButTalabani, a Kurd andformer guerilla leader whofought Saddam Hussein,said he was not pushing foran independent Kurdistanin Iraq’s North, becauseneighbouring countrieswould never agree to it.

He also expressedconfidence in Iraqi PrimeMinister Nuri al-Maliki, anArab from the Shi’iteMuslim majority, saying

Maliki was not personallycorrupt despite allegationsof widespread corruptionin his government. “He is aclean man,” Talebani said.The United States currentlyhas about 165,000 troopsin Iraq. Under pressurefrom opposition Demo-crats and some seniorRepublicans for big cuts introops, President GeorgeW Bush last monthapproved a plan from histop commander in Iraq to

gradually reduce the USforce by 20,000 to 30,000by mid-2008.

Pentagon Chief RobertGates says he hopes forcuts of around 20,000 moretroops by January 2009,when the next presidentwill take office. But even ifthat happens, the pulloutswould add up to only abouthalf the number Talebaniis saying could leave in thesame period of time.

MNA/Reuters

Young women amuse themselves during a carnival in Vaparaiso of Chile, on5 Oct, 2007. The carnival featuring human skin paintings attracted many

visitors on Friday. — INTERNET

Police try to prevent protesters from pulling down a fence in Parliament Squareduring an anti-Iraq demonstration in London on 8 Oct, 2007. —INTERNET

Pakistani families flee Waziristan battle zoneMIRANSHAH, Pakistan,

9 Oct — Thousands offamilies began fleeing atown in a Pakistani tribalregion after three days offierce clashes betweenpro- Taleban militants andsecurity forces that killednearly 200 people,witnesses said on

Tuesday.Around 150 militants

and 45 soldiers were killedin fighting around Mir Ali,a town in North Waziristantribal region known as anal Queda haunt.

Families streamed outof the town of 50,000people and outlying

villages, making their wayon foot, in tractor trailersand cars.

“Eighty to ninetypercent of families of MirAli have gone. Just one ortwo people are stayingbehind in each house toguard their belongings,”Sher Khan, a resident, toldReuters.

“The main bazaar ofMir Ali is sealed by theArmy. All shops areclosed. We have nothingto eat. That’s why I havesent my family to Bannu,”he said, referring to a townin the North West FrontierProvince at the gatewayto the tribal regionbordering Afghanistan.

Waziristan is a hotbedof support for Taleban andal Qaeda militants, whofled to the region after US-led forces drove them outof Afghanistan in late2001. — MNA/Reuters

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ISLAMABAD, 8 Oct—Pakistani soldiers backedby helicopter gunshipsand jets killed 65 pro-Taleban militants but lost20 of their own men infierce fighting in a tribalarea on the Afghanborder, officials andwitnesses said on Sun-day.

The fighting beganwhen militants ambusheda military convoy nearMir Ali Town in NorthWaziristan on Saturdaynight.

Casualties mounted asthe Army struck back andfresh clashes broke out inother areas close to MirAli, known as an al-Qaeda haunt, and thefighting continued intoSunday evening, militaryspokesman Major-General Waheed Arshadsaid.

He said fighter jetswere also used in the

Train-bus collisionin Cuba kills 28

HAVANA, 8 Oct— A train slammed into a bus insoutheastern Cuba on Saturday, killing at least 28people and injuring 73 others in one of the deadliestsuch crashes in years, Cuban state televisionreported.

Railway sources told Reuters that the traindragged the bus until it fell over a bridge. The traintravelling from Cuba’s second city Santiago toManzanillo collided with the bus at a level crossingin Yara, in Granma Province about 500 miles (800kilometres) southeast of Havana.

At least 15 people were in critical condition innearby hospitals, according to a governmentstatement read on the nightly newscast, whichshowed images of a derailed train.

MNA/Reuters

Three killed as Syrian planecrashes near Damascus

DAMASCUS, 8 Oct — A small aircraft used by theSyrian military crashed on Sunday near Damascuskilling three people, witnesses and the officialnews agency said.

A technical fault caused the crash of the Navajoplane, which belonged to a department linked tothe Syrian military, the agency said.

“The accident killed the crew of three,” the agencysaid. Three people wearing military uniforms werepulled out of the wreckage among olive trees in theMuadamiet al-Sham District, 7 kilometres (fourmiles) west of Damascus.“The plane was swayingviolently before it hit the ground,” said a residentof the area. —MNA/Reuters

Man charged withtoddler’s murder in UKLONDON, 8 Oct— A 38-year-old man has been

charged with murdering a two-year-old boy founddead in a house in Leicester, police said on Sunday.

The toddler had been found by officers at thehouse in the Beaumont Leys area of the city onFriday. The boy was taken to hospital where he waspronounced dead. A post-mortem is being carriedout to determine how he died.

The murder suspect will appear at LeicesterMagistrates Court on Monday.

MNA/Reuters

65 killed in fierce fightingin Pakistan’s Waziristan

operation.“Helicopter gunships

and jets are pounding thearea. I could see hugeflames of fire rising fromthe area,” a resident ofMir Ali told Reuters.

Pakistan has seen awave of violence sinceJuly, when a peace pactwith militants brokedown in NorthWaziristan and Armycommandos stormed aradical mosque in thecapital, Islamabad.

The violence has rein-forced opposition amongmany Pakistanis to Pre-sident Pervez Mu-sharraf’s support for theUS-led war on terrorism.

Musharraf, who wonmost votes in a presi-dential election on Satur-day, has said terrorismand extremism are thebiggest challenges thecountry faces and hascalled for reconciliationamong political parties totackle it.

Residents had saidearlier they had seen amilitary build-up, appa-rently in preparation

for an offensive againstthe al-Qaeda-linked mili-tants.

Waziristan is ahotbed of support forTaleban and al-Qaedamilitants, who fled to theregion after US-led forcesdrove them out ofAfghanistan in late 2001.

Militants in neigh-bouring South Waziristanare still holding about225 soldiers captured atthe end of August.

MNA/Reuters

Protesters sit down in the road in Parliament Square during an anti-Iraqdemonstration in London on 8 Oct, 2007.—INTERNET

Four arrested at anti-warprotest in Britain

LONDON, 9 Oct —Police arrested four peopleon Monday during an anti-war protest which wasgiven the go-ahead onlyat the eleventh-hour,Scotland Yard said.

The four weredetained for offencesincluding assault onpolice officers andobstruction.

Hundreds of pro-testers marched fromTrafalgar Square toParliament to call for thegovernment to withdrawtroops from Iraq aspoliticians gathered on thefirst day after the summerrecess.

Police, who hadearlier threatened to use aVictorian law to preventthe Stop the War Coalitiondemonstration, said theprotesters had broken anagreement.

“It was disappointingthat, after assurances fromorganizers that they hadno intention of disruptingparliament or preventing

MPs from attending, agroup of demonstratorsheld a ‘sit-down protest’in the road in ParliamentSquare,” Deputy AssistantCommissioner ChrisAllison said in a statement.

“To my mind this wasnot about lawful protestbut about those whowished to deliberatelyflout the law and incon-venience others.”

Permission to hold

the event was given lessthan an hour before thestart, organizers said.

Authorities had effec-tively banned the marchunder the MetropolitanPolice Act of 1839, whichdates from the timeof the Chartist protestmovement, a period whenthe ruling class believedthey were on the brink ofsocial revolution.

MNA/Reuters

Foreign security guardsshoot dead Iraq women

BAGHDAD, 9 Oct –Foreign security guardshave killed two womenas they opened fire on acar inthe Iraqi capital,Baghdad, officials haveconfirmed.

Ali al-Dabbagh, angovernment spokesman,said: “There has been anincident, an attack oncivilians. Two Iraqiwomen were killed andan investigation is goingon to find which securitycompany it was.”

The shooting camethe same day as Iraq’sgovernment demandedthat a US securitycompany pay $8meachto families of 17people killed in ashooting.

A probe into lastmonth’s killings foundthat Blackwater guardswere unprovoked whenthey opened “deliberate”fire killing Iraqicivilians.

Internet

Israel’s separationbarrier near Abu Dis

near Jerusalem. SeniorIsraeli officials

discussed a possibledivision of Jerusalem in

public on Monday,signaling a shift in theIsraeli consensus on

one of the most sensitiveissues in the Israeli-

Palestinian conflict, butstill falling short of a

Palestinian demand toset up their futurecapital in all of the

Israeli-annexed area ofthe city.

INTERNET

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India, Sri Lanka sign pacton import quota for textiles

NEW DELHI, 7 Oct—India and Sri Lanka Fridaysigned an agreement aspart of their moves to putin place a tariff rate quota(TRQ) for duty-free textiletrade. The agreementcovered three millionpieces of apparel articlesunder an India-Sri LankaFree Trade Agreement(ISLFTA) of 2000.

It was signed in New

Delhi by Qaiser Shamim,a joint secretary in India’sTextiles Ministry, and WD Jayasinghe, additionalsecretary with Sri Lanka’sTextile Industry Ministry.

In 2000, both countriesdecided that Sri Lankacould export to India, inone calendar year, threemillion pieces of apparelarticles covered under theISLFTA on a duty free

basis and without anyrestriction on entry pointsand sourcing of fabric.

Friday, Sri Lanka’stextile quota board anddepartment of commercewas designated asauthority for issuingquotas and certificates oforigin for the export ofapparel articles from SriLanka to India.

MNA/Xinhua

Mexican, Canadian oil companies signcooperation accord

MEXICO CITY, 7 Oct—Mexican state oilcompany Pemex andCanadian oil firm NexenFriday signed an accordon technology and trainingcooperation.

Pemex stated in acommunique that theaccord will expire afterfive years.

Pemex inked anotherdeal Thursday withRoyal Dutch Shell, aspecialist in natural gasand petrochemicals.

Nexen, with 36 yearsin the oil industry, hasexploration and pro-duction activities inCanada, Colombia, Nige-ria, Britain and Yemen, as

Car advertising in

Hanoi. Vietnamese car

sales have rocketed 83

percent in the first nine

months of the year.

INTERNET

A model poses next to Nissan Motor’s concept car ‘ Pivo 2’ during an unveilingfor the upcoming Tokyo Motor Show 2007, on 5 Oct, 2007. The concept car,

featuring a rotating cabin which can swivel 360 degrees and 90 degrees turningwheels, is powered by compact lithium-ion batteries.— INTERNET

BEIJING, 8 Oct —China’s output of mobilephones soared 27.9 percent year-on-year in thefirst eight months of 2007,boosted by expandingrural markets.

The handset outputreached 347.6 millionunits in the eight-monthperiod, according to thedepartment of the eco-nomic system reform andeconomic operationsunder the Ministry ofInformation Industry

well as in the Gulfof Mexico’s deepwaters.

Nexen focuses itsoperations in the crude-

oil sector and obtaineda total crude oil productionof 212,000 barrels perday in 2006.

Xinhua

China’s handset output hits 348mln units in first eight months

(MII). The huge increasecame as the companiesdesigned low-pricedhandsets to cash in on therising demand of morerich rural residents, theMII said.

It forecast thecountry’s output wouldaccount for 40 per cent ofthe more than one billionunits of global handsetshipments this year.

The handset producersneed to boost research anddevelopment, improve

products quality and after-sale services to nurturetheir brands as the poorperformers will be final-ly eliminated in theindustry’s restructuring,the ministry warned.

China’s phone sub-scribers hit 885 million bythe end of August, andmore than 515 million ofthem, or 58 per cent, weremobile phone users,according to statisticsfrom the MII.

MNA/Xinhua

Message from the Director Generalof the Universal Postal Union

Universal postal service and its economic benefitsEach year, 9 October,

World Post Day, servesas a reminder, for peoplethe world over, of thesocial and economicimportance of a publicservice dating back 2,000years.

Based on a glabalnetwork of more than660,000 post offices andfive million employees, itis a public service whichcontinues to grow and toimprove. Each year, postalservices all over the worldhandle and deliver around436 billion letter-postitems, in their domestic andinternational services andsix billion parcels not tomention the millionsof money transfersperformed through postalfinancial networks, whichprovide millions of peoplewith ready access tofinancial services where-ver they are and mostnotably in unbanked areas.

We no longer need tobe reminded of theimportance of universalservice, which is at theheart of the UPU mission,Providing high quality,affordable postal servicesin all territories bringsa number of oftenunexpected benefits. Ifpostal deliveries, or ac-cess to postal financialservices, were to berestricted to the mainurban centres, thiswould leave millions ofpeople and businesses

dangerously sidelined andunable to participate in theeconomic activity of theircountry.

World post Day2007 comes at a time whenuniversal postal service isa hot political topic, and Iwould like to focus on therelevance of universalservice from an economicperspective.

If we take account ofall the positive effects ofstable, lasting univer-sal postal coverage,maintaining such cover-age will be seen as a must.It is true that it comes at aprice, but we must notoverlook the ability ofuniversal service tocontribute to the economicefficieney of a country,and of the whole world,at a time when newtechnologies and theInternet are helping postaloperators to improveexisting services ordevelop new ones.Universal service too isadapting, thanks to thepossibilities opened up bynew technologies.

Recently, a seem-ingly mundane event —the release of a new book— provided us with astriking example of whatuniversal service means inthe Internet age, with theworldwide distribution ofthe epic Harry Potternovel. Over 2.5 millioncopies of the book — allordered via the Internet

— were delivered byvarious postal services assoon as it was launchedin July. This is thought tobe the biggest ever postaldelivery, on a single day,of identical articlesordered over the Internet.Could this endeavourhave been possiblewithout universal postalcoverage?

Providing a universalpostal service acrossborders to all businessesand all citizens alsohelps to promote theintegration of markets ina highly competitiveinternational environ-ment, it provides com-panies and individualswith ready access todomestic markets. It is akey facilitator of tradebetween countries, orbetween regionaleconomic blocs. With-out postal services,commercial sites likeAmazon or eBay, whichbenefit millions ofpeople, might never havehad the success theyenjoy today.

Today, on WorldPost Day, I call upon allUPU member countriesto renew their com-mitment to one of thefounding principles ofour organization and tocontinue developing andimproving the efficiencyof the universal postalservice, for the benefitof all.

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Have discipline and sense of responsibilityBanya Aung

When the National Convention approvedand included the expression “a genuine discipline-flourishing democracy” in fundamental principlesand detailed basic principles, internal and externalanti-government elements strongly criticized thatexpression. They said that the expression “discipline-flourishing” means in Myanma politics the Tatmadawwill continue grasping the State power.

Why was the expression “a genuinediscipline-flourishing democracy” prescribed?Frankly speaking, in our Myanmar history there wereno political parties which practised democracy systemproperly and systematically. In the period from 1948to 1962 in which parliamentary democracy systemwas practised not only the ruling party AFPFL butalso the opposition party applied various ways fortheir parties to come to power. The region-wiseleaders and MPs of the ruling party formed their ownpocket army in their region to wield enormousinfluence. Such armies as Lewe Thakhin Kyi Shein,Pyinmana Bo Tauk Htein, Aung Gyi army of Yedasheand Meiktila Saya Hti were some pocket armies of thethen noted politicians. Even the governmentdepartments were at the mercy of those pocket armies.The opposition party also tried to wield its influence.Relying on the insurgents, they bullied local people.They killed the ones whom they assumed the men ofthe government.

Likewise, the political parties organizedmonks, students, workers, peasants, and businessmen.Unions and organizations representing political partiesemerged from various strata of life. Those unions andorganizations were just the ones to organize thepeople for the parties they favoured to win the electionrather than representing people from all walks of life.Therefore, it was seen in the newspapers that duringthe election there occurred conflicts and quarrelsamong them as they were canvassing for votes. Afterthe election, the organizations that were in favour ofthe winning party enjoyed privileges while theorganizations that favoured the opposition party weresubjected to bullying. This is the political formula inthe Parliamentary democracy period.

Even the service personnel who had to stayaway from party politics were often subject to allforms of bullying by the then politicians who struggled

for power. When the election was drawing near, thereliable governmental officials were assigned duties tothe important constituencies for the ruling party to winthe election. The governmental officials who remainedneutral and fair had been neglected. When the AFPFLwas split into two the ‘clean’ party got all thegovernment officials supposed to be close to the ‘stable’party resign or transfer to trivial departments.

Even periodicals were at the mercy ofpolitical parties. The presses that criticized thegovernment were attacked by those who supportedthe government. The attackers destroyed printingmachines and printing materials of the presses. Thereporters who criticized the opposition party werekidnapped or killed by those who supported theopposition party with the help of the insurgents.Frankly speaking, the number of politicians andjournalists who were taken action according to thelaw was much greater than that in the time of the(Myanma Socialist) Programme Party and theTatmadaw government. Even Sayagyi Shwe OoDaung who was morally upright was arrested bythe AFPFL government. Those who were arrestedwere sent up to Coco Island instead of Insein Jail.

As the then politics was mere the powerpolitics both the government and the oppositionparty did what should be done or what should notbe done legally or illegally to gain power. Finally,they breached the provisions stipulated in theconstitution as to prohibiting the use of religion inpolitics and were engaged in politics in the name ofreligion. At last, the complication of religion

extended to politics harmed the national unity.When the ruling AFPFL party was split into

two the party problems were not addressed in ademocratic way within the party. They weresubmitted to the Hluttaw instead. They gavepromises to Pa-Ma-Nya-Ta who had been oppressedfor years and state MPs organized them to winvotes. Their promises were that new states were tobe formed, the Burma communist party is to begranted the right to be able to exist as a lawfulorganization and to grant more authority to thestates after reviewing the constitution.

When the general election was drawingnear, the issue of State religion came to beemphasized. The Tatmadaw acting as CaretakerGovernment because of the split of AFPFL warnedagainst any act to put the nation in danger forpolitical purposes so as to ensure a free and fairelection. However, the then political parties didnot pay heed to the warning and even tried topersuade the Tatmadaw to get involved in thepolitical confusion. The ‘Clean’ and Pa-Ma-Nya-Ta attacked the Tatmadaw as their enemy. The‘Stable’ group organized the Tatmadaw to favourthem and steal votes. That was why theCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services had toissue a directive for servicemem to remain neutral.After the election, some commanding officerswho threatened the voters to vote for the ‘Stable’party were forced to retire.

Most of the former commanding officers,also members of NLD today, were forced to retirebecause of their involvement in the electoralmalpractice.

Take a look at the period of election before1990. The majority of political parties were constantlycritical of the Tatmadaw. At the time, the Tatmadawdid not run for candidates in the election but acted asa judge. Most of the parties were only criticizing thejudge and inciting grudges, extremism andconfrontation among the public instead of educatingthe people to understand the democratic practices intransition period from one-party system into multi-party system. There were some parties that canvassedin a fair and just way but it was found that they couldnot influence the extremist parties. How some politicalparties that competed for the election in violation ofthe rules and regulations can be learned in the list offailure to submit the financial statement showingcollection of electoral funds and expenditures. Everydemocratic nation has its laws to make records of the

Take a look at the period of election before 1990. The majority ofpolitical parties were constantly critical of the Tatmadaw. At the time, theTatmadaw did not run for candidates in the election but acted as a judge.Most of the parties were only criticizing the judge and inciting grudges,extremism and confrontation among the public instead of educating thepeople to understand the democratic practices in transition period fromone-party system into multi-party system. There were some parties thatcanvassed in a fair and just way but it was found that they could notinfluence the extremist parties.

For the entire people, there is no choice but to build discipline-flourishing democracy if they want to build a modern and developednation and hand it over to the posterity. Myanmar faced evil consequencesof practicing democracy in an undisciplined way in the Parliamentarydemocracy period, and the too-strict Centralized Policy and weaknessesof the one-party system, in the time of the Myanma Socialist ProgrammeParty. Taking these invaluable lessons from the historic events and takingconsideration into the prevailing conditions of the nation, the NationalConvention has chosen the genuine discipline-flourishing democracy. Thenation has seen the State’s seven-step Road Map that can pave the waytowards the goal. So, golden opportunities through which the people canmarch towards the goal in harmony and discipline are awaiting the entirepeople. We should all grab such unique opportunities to perform abounden duty. (See page 7)

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Have discipline and sense… How some political parties that competed for the election in violationof the rules and regulations can be learned in the list of failure to submitthe financial statement showing collection of electoral funds andexpenditures. Every democratic nation has its laws to make records of thecollections of electoral funds and expenditures for the prevention againstpolitical malpractice and corruption. After the elections, those facts andfigures are to be submitted for inspection. The same applies in the 1990election law. However, most of the Hluttaw representatives refused topresent reports of their electoral expenditures by adhering to the policy ofdefying all orders. It would be hard to believe that the party representativeswho failed to follow a principle being practised in every democraticcountry would practise democratic system.

It is natural that the Tatmadaw leaders who had to spend theirlifetime during the periods of fake democratic systems would like to seeforthcoming democratic system to be a discipline-flourishing one. Inaddition, to be able to avoid the situation in which every time the countryfaced problems due to power struggle of political parties, the Tatmadawhad to solve those problems by taking over State power, only a discipline-flourishing democratic system must be practised. The concept thatMyanmar needs a discipline-flourishing democratic system is based onthe past historical lessons and the nation’s prevailing conditions.

(from page 6)collections of electoral funds and expenditures forthe prevention against political malpractice andcorruption. After the elections, those facts and figuresare to be submitted for inspection. The same appliesin the 1990 election law. However, most of theHluttaw representatives refused to present reports oftheir electoral expenditures by adhering to the policyof defying all orders. It would be hard to believe thatthe party representatives who failed to follow aprinciple being practised in every democratic countrywould practise democratic system.

It is natural that the Tatmadaw leaderswho had to spend their lifetime during the periodsof fake democratic systems would like to seeforthcoming democratic system to be a discipline-flourishing one. In addition, to be able to avoid thesituation in which every time the country facedproblems due to power struggle of political parties,the Tatmadaw had to solve those problems bytaking over State power, only a discipline-flourishing democratic system must be practised.The concept that Myanmar needs a discipline-flourishing democratic system is based on the pasthistorical lessons and the nation’s prevailingconditions.

It seems that critics of a word ‘discipline-flourishing’ forget the word ‘genuine’ that precedesthe former. That word expresses the people are aimedat practising a genuine democratic system.

In order to practise the very essence ofgenuine democratic system, the political partiesare required to be qualified and the people arealso to have wider knowledge. Looking back to thepast history of Myanmar, in parliamentary democracyperiod, most of the voters cast their votes based onpersonality cult. At the time, the candidates got votesfor their incentives and gifts. Sometimes, villagerscast their votes as asked by reverend monks andinfluential elder people in their village. In somecases, some people voted under the threat ofauthorities, pocket armies and insurgents.

In the time of the Socialist Programme Party,according to the socialist democratic practices, votershad the right to vote for whom they liked in nominatingcandidates at different levels of People’s Council inline with the constitution or party’s rules andregulations. However, most of the general publicwere ignorant of and uninterested in their rights andthey voted as bidden by the party concerned.

So, these events showed how much importantwas a wide knowledge of the electorate in thedemocratic transition process. Having a look at theactivities of the government one can notice that it ispouring a great deal of energy into the drive forimproving economic growth and broadening thehorizons of the people especially of rural folks whoconstitute the majority of the electorate. Apparently,the measures it is taking unremittingly for extensiveconstruction of education infrastructures in special

development zones, achievement of the five ruraldevelopment tasks and the establishment of self-reliantlibraries are particularly designed for building capacityof the whole society of the nation.

What were political parties doing for democratictransition while the Tatmadaw government wasbuilding infrastructures for transforming the nationinto a democratic one? It is regrettable that somepolitical parties have not been able yet to get out ofthe political intention of seizing power. A certainpolitical party is found still resorting to all possibleways to grab power, considering that democracy canbe practised in the nation only when it has come topower. It is not strange that trust cannot be builtbetween such political parties and the Tatmadawgovernment that prefers systematic transition todemocracy.

It seems that since 1988 NLD and its ally partieshave been pleased with being called opposition partiesby west media. They are on the political trend ofopposing whatever the government does. In fact, thereshould be no opposition parties in the nation now. TheTatmadaw government formed political parties tointroduce democracy to the nation. So, what the politicalparties should do in this regard is just to compete eachother to find out whose policy is likely to serve thenational interests more than the others’. The Tatmadawgovernment is, indeed, just the referee of the competition.The Tatmadaw government will have to supervise theiractivities so that the competition will be a fair anddisciplined one. At such a time, it is totally wrong that apolitical party under the name of the opposition party isagainst whatever the government does and tries totopple the government to seize power through short cut.

In the democracies, not all the activities ofopposition parties are designed to oppose whateverthe ruling government does. And the winning partyand the opposition party work together wheneverthey have to pursue the common goal of servingnational interests. In the US, for example, theDemocratic Party is criticizing Bush’s policy overIraq war, but all internal forces are found pursuingthe common goal of serving the interests of theirmotherland—to enable the US to remain the world’s

super power. In our country, many parties, sincethe Parliamentary democracy period, have takena wrong view that their coming to power was toserve national interests. Up to now, some partieshave such views and stick to the opinions thatthey will have to devastate everything in thenation if they do not come to power.

Now, the National Convention, the first step ofthe seven-step Road Map, has been over successfully.A lot of measures have yet to be accomplished oneafter another for the emergence of the State constitutionto shape a genuine discipline-flourishing democracy.The speech delivered at the conclusion of the NationalConvention officials of the National ConventionConvening Commission said that the NC was overbut there were still many follow-up programmes toput into action for the emergence of a democraticnation; and that it was required to consider that whatthey had accomplished was just the very first step.

Right. A large number of follow-up programmesare yet to be realized in the process. The governmentalone is unable to achieve the goal, so politicalparties, social organizations, the people and servicepersonnel are to work whatever role they are in.Here, what is necessary is that each of the contributorshave to respect the law in doing their bit in theprocess. Present parties need to have discipline anda sense of responsibility if they wish to participate inthe process of transforming the nation into ademocratic one. So do those who have planned tostand for election in future. Moreover, they arerequired to abandon all the extreme opinions,underground methods, political attacks, and violentacts they have practised in the past and to carry outpolitics with refreshed mind and renewed vigour.

For the entire people, there is no choice but tobuild discipline-flourishing democracy if theywant to build a modern and developed nation andhand it over to the posterity. Myanmar faced evilconsequences of practicing democracy in anundisciplined way in the Parliamentarydemocracy period, and the too-strict CentralizedPolicy and weaknesses of the one-party system, inthe time of the Myanma Socialist ProgrammeParty. Taking these invaluable lessons from thehistoric events and taking consideration into theprevailing conditions of the nation, the NationalConvention has chosen the genuine discipline-flourishing democracy. The nation has seen theState’s seven-step Road Map that can pave theway towards the goal. So, golden opportunitiesthrough which the people can march towards thegoal in harmony and discipline are awaiting theentire people. We should all grab such uniqueopportunities to perform a bounden duty.

Translation: TS+ST+MS(Kyemon: 8-10-2007)

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It is very important for people…

(from page 1)but representatives ofpolitical parties,representat ives-elect ,nationanl races, peasants,workers, intellectuals andintelligentsia, state servicepersonnel and other invitedpersons activelyparticipated in thediscussions.

The 1947 constitutionpractised in the period ofparliamentary democracysystem was drafted underthe rule of colonialists. The1974 constitution also wasbased on one party systemand socialist economicsystem. So, theseconstitutions were not inline with present condition.It can be found that theforthcoming constitution ismore comprehensive thanthose of the past.

He continued to saythat it is found thatsaboteurs, instigation andmaking political gains weremade to harm the effortsfor emergence of theconstitution and underminethe prevailing results in thepolitical, economic andsocial sectors. Especially,some big powers incitedcivil unrest in the country.

At a time whenmajority of people supportthe National Conventionand the forthcomingconstitution, some foreignbroadcasting stations andthe media sow discordamong the government andmonks and peopleinventing fabricated news.The government is like aparent. It is a wish of everyparent to see his or herfamily’s prosperity.

Parents will behappy only if they see theirchildren happy. Love,attachment and unity areimportant for familymembers. Moreover, it isvery important for thepeople not to be misled bykillers in the air waves fromsome countries. A handfulof internal destructiveelements are to be exposed.Those attendants are thestrength of the State andthose who are endeavouringfor development of KayinState, he said.

Axe-handles andlackeys of the colonialist arenow in the state of losingeverything and they aredisturbing everything.Taking dollars as a bribeand thus they became

puppets. Now is the time tounite and this ceremony isto show the wish and supportof 1.7 million people ofKayin State, he said.

In conclusion, he said,emergence of a peaceful,modern and developednation with disciplineflourishing democracywhich the entire peoplelong for, is based on theobjective conditions of thecountry and urged thepeople to strive foremergence of theconstitution in accord withthe good results of theprinciples laid down by theNational Convention.

Next, Executive U SawHtoo Ka Paw of Kayin StateUSDA tabled a motioncalling for the support of theNational Convention and theState Constitution. He saidthat the ultimate goal of theState is to build a peacefulmodern developeddiscipline-flourishingdemocratic nationupholding Our Three MainNational Causes.

It is very important tothe entire people to cultivatepatriotic spirit and Unionspirit. The Constitutionshould not be drawn by

anyone, any organizationand any government andmoreover it cannot be madeitself into a carbon copy oflaws of other countries.

The constitution shouldbe drawn based onprevailing situations of thecountry. Fifteen generalprovisions have been laiddown during the sessions ofthe National Convention.Basic principles and detailedbasic principles to beincluded in the Constitutionhave been drawn firmly.

In support of theNational Convention and theState Constitution, I wouldlike to present that it isknown to all that Tatmadawis making all-out efforts tobuild a modern developed

nation after taking up allresponsibilities of the State.

Kayin State hasenjoyed fruits ofdevelopment now. Themain requirements of KayinState are peace and stability,and food security, clothingand shelter.

The government isimplementing nation-building endeavors forensuring the developmentof all sectors includinghuman resources, education,economic and health. Headof State Senior General ThanShwe pointed out during the

opening ceremony ofThanlwin Bridge (Hpa-an)on 3 August in 1997 that thepurpose of buildingThanlwin Bridge was thatall Kayin nationals living inKayin State would makeprogress.

There are over 500,000sown acres, over 15,000acres of edible oil cropsand 400 acres of fish farmin Kayin State. Thegovernment built 271 milesof motor road, 190 bridges,three universities and onecollege in Kayin State. Atotal of 1,480 libraries wereopened in Kayin State.Every country in the worldhas its conflict. The presentgovernment managed toaddress such conflict.

Eighteen armed groupsexchanged arms for peaceand returned to the legalfold in the time of thepresent government.Tatmadaw is striving forhaving high nationalprestige. Nationalconsolidation is veryimportant in the country.The duty of all citizens is topreserve nationalconsolidation.

I table the motioncalling for the support ofthe National Conventionand the upcoming StateConstitution and warmly

welcome it.Next, member of

Kayin State Women’sAffairs OrganizationPrincipal of Hpa-anUniversity of ComputerStudies continued tosecond the motion, sayingthat it is commonknowledge that theNational Convention, aprerequisite for theemergence of a discipline-flourishing democraticnation, was successfullycompleted. Theexpressions stipulated infundamental principles anddetailed basic principlesstated that all citizensregardless of male andfemale have to enjoy theright on equal terms. This

Local people participating in the ceremony to the support NationalConvention and the constitution. — MNA

Chairman and Members of Panel of Chairmen and the attendeeschanting slogans at the ceremony to support the National Convention

and the constitution.— MNA

reflects Myanmar cultureand customs.

Some western nationsthat are superior to thecountry in science andtechnology drove a wedgeamong Myanmar people.Applying a spate of themedia, they launchedpropaganda to be deeplyimpressed by developingcountries. But their wickedplots and interior motivescannot be covered. Thewhole world realized theirschemes by viewing theincident in Iraq.

(See page 9)

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(from page 8)The US looking down

upon others but thinkinghighly of itself received astring of hatred and anger.We would like to say thatthe US should stop itssubversive acts.

Colonialists used tobe deceptive. They oftencreate unrest and violencein the nations they dislike.We strongly oppose andcondemn those who createunrest in synchronisationand those who rely onalien nations. Franklyspeaking, we want to getrid of those who inciteddisturbances in the nationin the name of religion,using even monks andnuns.

Internal problems

It is very important for people…

should be addressed in thenation. However, sometraitors invited the help of

saviours abroad in thatregard. Consequently, thenation had to sufferdegradation. But the entirenational people know bestthe situation of Myanmar.

At present, thegovernment is building upa modern and developednation. In this regard, it haslaid down and isimplementing the 12political, economic and

social objectives forregional and nationaldevelopment. Now,unprecedented progresshas been made in allspheres when comparedwith that of 1988. Thosewho did not take part inn a t i o n - b u i l d i n gendeavours by doing theirbit are jealous of nationaldevelopment. Withnegative views, they thinkhighly of foreigners onlyand want to entrust thenation to them.

We Kayin StateWomen’s AffairsOrganization would stampout the dangers that befallus while carrying socialwelfare tasks such asgiving educative talks,providing necessary

assistance and conductingcourses on vocationalactivities and social affairsfor women.

In conclusion, she saidthat she, on behalf of theentire people of KayinState, hailed and supportedfundamental principles anddetailed basic principles asthey grant the equal rightsto male and female.

Next, member ofKayin State Maternal andChild Welfare SupervisoryCommittee Professor DawMyint Myint San of Hpa-

Chairman U SawNyunt Thaung of

Hpa-an University.—MNA

Phado Aung San ofPhayagon Peace

Group.— MNA

Phado La Ba ofDemocratic Kayin

BuddhistAssociation.— MNA

Executive U SawHtoo Ka Paw of

Kayin State USDA.—MNA

U Saw Ka Paw Htooof Hpa-an Township

WVO.— MNA

MC Daw Nan Ni Ni Aye and Co-MC Daw HtaEi Win .— MNA

Dr Thin Thin Htaik,Principal of Hpa-anUniversity of Com-puter Studies.—MNA

Professor Daw MyintMyint San of Hpa-an

University.MNA

an University continued tosecond the motion. Shesaid that the NationalConvention wassuccessfully completed on3 September 2007. TheNC laid down fundamentalprinciples and detailedbasic principles for thedrafting of the Stateconstitution. With regardto the welfare of mothersand older persons, theyhave been thoroughlydiscussed in the interest ofthe State and the people.The rights and welfare ofmothers and older personshave been stated in Para-25 of Chapter-1 of basicprinciples.

In view of those basicprinciples, it is obviousthat the State protects the

rights of all the citizens.Hence, the forthcomingconstitution will becapable of shaping thefuture of the State.

The government lovesand cherishes its ownpeople. It always wants tosee the prosperity of itspeople. And those whobetray the State are theones like neo-colonialists.Traitor neo-colonialists incollusion with communistsincited the innocent youthsto take to the street. It isknown to all that Iraq wasdragged into the whirlpoolof troubles due to a wrong

decision of the US. Eventhough there is growingconcern about violence inIraq the US completelydisregarded it andcontinued its war againstIraq.

In conclusion, she saidthat she seconded themotion since theforthcoming constitutionthat will emerge in linewith fundamentalprinciples and detailedbasic principles will beable to formulate ademocratic nation.

U Saw Ka Paw Htooof Hpa-an Township WarVeterans Organization ofKayin State said that it isneeded to share the threesovereign powers andensure check and balancein pursuit of the goal ofbuilding a modern anddeveloped discipline-flourishing democraticnation.

Due to the USinvasion of Iraq, the nationhas lost its sovereigntyalong with disintegrationamong the people, andmany civilians lose theirlives daily owing tosuicide-bomb attacks.These undesirable eventsreceive media coverage.

In the past, someregions of Kayin Statewere common to corditeand reverberated withsound of gunfire due todisunity among localpeople resulting fromhatred sowed by thecolonialists. Unlike that,now local people of KayinState are leading apeaceful life.

The fundamentalrights and detailed basicprinciples of theforthcoming Stateconstitution are full ofdemocracy essence.

Seconding the motion,he, on behalf of the people,expressed support for theNational Convention andthe upcoming State

constitution.Phado Laba of

Democratic KayenBuddhists Organizationsaid that the NationalConvention adopted thefundamental rights anddetailed basic principlesthrough discussions ofrepresentatives of thepeople from all walks oflife.

It is commonknowledge that the State’sseven-step Road Map haswon the support of theentire nation.

It is incumbent uponall citizens to participate inthe building of a peaceful,modern and developeddemocratic nation withflourishing discipline.

He expressed hissupport for the NC and theState constitution that willcome into force.

Phado Aung San ofPhayagon Peace Groupseconded the motion insupport of the NationalConvention and theforthcoming constitution.He said: The NationalConvention wasparticipated by over 1,000delegates and was

completed successfully.The fundamentalprinciples and detailedbasic principles laid downat the National Conventionare valuable to theforthcoming constitution.Neo-colonialists have triedto control Myanmar, andit was a shame thatinternal elements, stoogesof foreign countries,ignoring the people, theirown religion and thepatriotic spirit, stagedprotests crying andapologizing to neo-colonialists. Myanmarpeople practise their ownreligion and are gentle.There is also freedom ofworship in Myanmar.Western media mensupported that peace and

stability prevailed inMyanmar and every citizenhad equal rights as theywitnessed the situation inthe country when theyarrived Myanmar. But,when they were abroad,they aired waves of liesthat Myanmar wasdeteriorating and peoplewere starving.

We, national races inKayin State, also favourpeace and development.The number ofintellectuals andintelligentsia has increasedas roads and bridges anduniversities havemushroomed in the stateand higher education isnow within the reach of theresidents.

Peace groupsincluding Phayagon peacegroup, Haungthayaw peacegroup, DKBA peacegroup, Thandaung peacegroup, and KNU/KNLApeace council are nowliving in peace.

According to thedetailed basic principleslaid down at the NationalConvention, theforthcoming constitutionguarantees that the State

will help development oflanguage, literature, artsand culture of all nationalraces, strengthening theunity and friendshipamong all national racesand development of socialeconomic life of nationalraces.

Therefore, theforthcoming constitution isnecessary for the countryand guarantees the securityof lives and property of allnational races. Hence, onbehalf of 1.7 millionpeople in Kayin State, allnational races support theNational Convention andthe forthcomingconstitution.

Then, those presentchanted slogans and themass rally ended at 8.40am.

MNA

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Thousands of people participate in mass rallies to denounce violent acts

Local residents taking part in a mass rally in Myingyan.—MNA

Local people participating in a mass rally in Pyawbwe Township.— MNA

Participants of the mass rallies chanted slogans “We don’t want terrorists”and “We don’t want internal and external destructive elements” and holdState flags and placards that say “We favour peace and stability”, “Weoppose violent acts”, “We must guard against violent acts”, “Those who doviolent acts are our enemies”, “We don’t want provocation of foreigncountries”, “We want unity of monks and laypersons”, “The Seven-stepRoad Map must be successful”, “We support Our Three Main NationalCauses, the National Convention and the forthcoming Constitution”,“Violence is the opposite of democracy”, “We don’t accept neo-colonialism”,“Beware of rumours of BBC and VOA” and “RFA setting up hostilities”.

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Oct— People in Mandalay,Sagaing and MagwayDivisions who favourpeace and stability of theState have held massrallies since 27 Septemberwith the concept that therecent protests staged bysome monks and NLDmembers had underminedthe community peace andstability.

They organized themass rallies after seekingpermission from theauthorities concerned inaccord with the law.

Mass rallies were heldin Taungtha and Myingyanin Myingyan District,Mandalay Division on 27September, inKyaukpadaung, Ngazun,Natogyi and NyaungU on28 September, in Kyaukseon 30 September,PyinOoLwin, Natmauk inMagway Division,Shwebo and Wetlet inWetlet District, SagaingDivision, on 1 October,Meiktila, Mahlaing, Thazi,Wundwin, Thabeikkyinand Madaya in MandalayDivision, Taungdwingyi inMagway Division andAyadaw in SagaingDivision on 2 October,Pyawbwe in MandalayDivision and Dabayin inSagaing Division on 3October, YeU and Salingyiin Sagaing Division andSingu and Yamethin inMandalay Division on 4October, Htigyaing andButalin in SagaingDivision on 5 October,Kanbalu and Yinmabin inSagaing Division on 6October and Katha inSagaing Division on 7October respectively.

(See page 11)

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More than 5,700 people who favour stability of the State, prevalence of law and order, andcommunity peace hold a mass rally in Taungtha Township, Myingyan District,

Mandalay Division.—MNA

Mass ral-lies

againstprotestsheld in

Shwebo,Wetlet

Local people marching to the mass rally in Shwebo. — MNA

People of

Sagaing,

Mandalay

Divisions hold

mass rallies to

denounce recent

protestsLocal residents participating in the mass rally in Yamethin.—MNA

(from page 10)Mass rallies were held for the second time in

Taungtha and Myingyan in Myingyan District,Mandalay Division, on 28 September andKyaukpadaung, Ngazun, Natogyi and NyaungU in

Mandalay Division on 29 September.Participants of the mass rallies chanted slogans

“We don’t want terrorists” and “We don’t wantinternal and external destructive elements” and holdState flags and placards that say “We favour peace and

stability”, “We oppose violent acts”, “We must guardagainst violent acts”, “Those who do violent acts areour enemies”, “We don’t want provocation of foreigncountries”, “We want unity of monks and laypersons”,“The Seven-step Road Map must be successful”, “Wesupport Our Three Main National Causes, the NationalConvention and the forthcoming Constitution”,“Violence is the opposite of democracy”, “We don’taccept neo-colonialism”, “Beware of rumours of BBCand VOA” and “RFA setting up hostilities”. — MNA

Local people marching to the mass rally in Kanbalu.—MNA

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

INVITATION TO TENDER Sealed tenders are invited by the Department of Health,Central Medical Stores Depot for the Supply of Pharmaceu-ticals and N

2O Cylinders tested and filled with N

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Tender documents are available during office hours at theoffice of the Deputy Director (Medical Stores). CentralMedical Stores Depot, No 57, Sakawa Road, Dagon Town-ship, Yangon, commencing from (11.10.2007). Sealed bids are to be submitted to the office of the DeputyDirector (Medical Stores), Central Medical Stores Depot, notlater than (25.10.2007) 14:00 hour, after which no bid will beaccepted. No telegraphic/telex proposal will be accepted. For detail information please contact the Deputy Director(Medical Stores).Phone No. 371284, 372362.

Central Medical Stores Depot Department of Health

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TERAJU VOY NO (261)

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

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

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Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Assistant to village headmanshot dead in Thai south

HK, Ireland signoffender surrender pact HONG KONG, 7 Oct— Hong Kong and Ireland signed

a bilateral agreement Friday on the surrender of fugitiveoffenders, the 17th of its kind the Chinese specialadministrative region has signed with other regions orcountries.

The bilateral pact could help “strengthen HongKong’s capacity to deny safe haven to criminals”, theHong Kong SAR Government said in a Press release.

The agreement sets out the conditions for thesurrender of fugitive offenders between the two andcontains the usual safeguards of similar internationalagreements, which cover critical issues such as doublecriminality, death penalty, political offenses, primafacie as well as the specialty rule.

It also provides for protection against re-surrenderof an offender to a third jurisdiction.

MNA/Xinhua

Members of the Tepeyac Association leave the Basilica of Guadalupe in MexicoCity with a relay torch that will be carried to New York on 7 Oct, 2007. About

seven thousand runners — mostly Mexican immigrants and family members—will carry the torch from Mexico City to arrive in New York on 12 December, in

an effort to unify Mexicans living on both sides of the border.— INTERNET

BANGKOK, 8 Oct—Violence continued inThailand’s deep south assuspected insurgents shotdead an assistant to avillage headman in frontof a mosque in PattaniProvince Saturday after-noon.

The Bangkok Postwebsite reported thatWaehama Hama, 40, wasgunned down by twomilitants when he wasreturning home fromprayer at the mosque.Police said he was shotonce in the head.

Meanwhile in nearbyprovince Narathiwat,more than 200 police andsoldiers raided fourlocations in Bacho DistrictSaturday morning anddetained 10 people.

Two of the detaineeswere believed to have beeninvolved in cases con-cerning national securitywhile the rest are drugsuspects, the report said.

MNA/Xinhua

Colombian police smash105 cocaine labs

BOGOTA, 8 Oct—Colombian police on Sundaydestroyed 105 cocaine processing laboratories in a raidnear the country’s northeastern Caribbean coast, policespokesman Jorge Luis Ramirez said.

Police made no arrests in Operation Jungla, whichwas carried out in the towns of Montelibano and SanJacinto in the provinces of Cordoba and Bolivar, hesaid. Police used helicopter gunships, but there wereno clashes during the operation, he added.

“We found and destroyed 105 rustic laboratorieswhich were being used to process coca leaves withcement and gasoline,” he said, adding the producedcocaine was transported for distillation in otherareas.

The US Government estimates Colombia has144,000 hectares of land under cultivation and producessome 450 tons of drug each year.

In a separate raid on Sunday, anti-narcotics policefound a cocaine laboratory that produced 3.5 tonsof cocaine a month in Barranca de Upia, a rural areain Meta Province. No one was arrested in Metaeither.

MNA/Xinhua

China’s software revenue up 22.9% in first eight monthsBEIJING, 8 Oct—China’s

software industry reporteda revenue of 343.89 billionyuan (45.73 billion USdollars) for the first eightmonths of this year, up22.9 per cent year-on-year,according to the lateststatistics from the Ministryof Information Industry.

Of the total revenue,software products acco-unted for 121.25 billionyuan, up 24.1 per cent;

system integration madeup 84.05 billion yuan, up18.5 per cent; softwaretechnological serviceswas 55.81 billion yuan,up 23.9 per cent;embedded system soft-ware was 74.26 billionyuan, up 24.5 per cent;and IC design collected8.52 billion yuan, up 27.6per cent.

A spokesman of theministry said this year a

series of policies wouldbe promulgated to furtherencourage the develop-ment of software andintegrated circuits.Efforts will also be madeto foster and regulatedomestic softwaremarket, and supportproducts withself-owned intellectualproperty rights throughgovernment purchasing.

MNA/Xinhua

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the Olympics. —XINHUA

Some huge debrisscattered by TyphoonKrosa and ruined cars

and buildings , on 7Oct, 2007, in China

(Taipei). Four peoplewere killed after the

typhoon slammed intoChina (Taipei) but thestorm weakened as it

moved towardMainland China on

Sunday.INTERNET

A model presents acreation by Japanesedesigner Yuki Torii as

part of her Spring/Summer 2008 ready-

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Fashion Week on 7Oct, 2007. INTERNET

Getting rid of excess weightkey to healthy heart

BEIJING, 8 Oct — Faddiets, fewer fatty foods,more fruits and vegetablesor more exercise simplywon’t do the trick for thoseseeking a healthy heart.The key is excess weightand getting rid of it.

“What I find happens isthat people tend to focuson one thing,” says RiskaPlatt, a registered dietitianand spokesperson for theAmerican Heart Asso-ciation. “They just add infish to their diet and feelthat they’ve taken care ofeverything. There areselected foods that haveexcellent properties in themanagement of heartdisease but you’ve also gotto look at your total diet.”

While cardiologists stillrecommend cutting backon salt and fat, in the pastfew years their advice hasshifted for the averagepatient. Rather thanencouraging people to eatcertain healthy foods,doctors, more thananything, want patients toconsume less calories.

“The point for people inthe US is to eat less,” saysNew Jersey-based DrAugustine E Agocha, lead

physician at AdvancedHeart, Lung and VascularCare and chief ofcardiology at DeborahHeart and Lung Centre.“It’s about calories.”

Agocha says too manypeople who attempt ahigh-fiber diet, for in-stance, overdo it and giveup after two months. Hetells men to limit them-selves to 2,500 calories aday, and women 2,000.If you can’t resist acheeseburger, that’s OK,

he says, as long as you cutback the rest of the day.You can always buyyourself more calories byexercising, too.

This is importantbecause excess weightnegatively affects car-diovascular risk factors,increasing LDL, or badcholesterol, triglyceridelevels, blood pressure andblood glucose levels andlowering HDL, or goodcholesterol.

Internet

Study: brain turns significant datainto memories

BEIJING, 8 Oct — Newresearch on mice revealswhy memory-storingregions of our brain —often facing overloadbecause of the mass of

information bombardingour brain — reject trivialand retain significantinformation that is trans-formed into long-termmemory.

The new study, pub-lished in the 5 Oct issue ofthe journal Cell, revealshow emotions could helpthe brain “decide” whichmemories to keep andwhich to discard.

Memories are thoughtto form with the streng-thening of connectionsbetween neurons.

These connections relyon receptors to send andreceive “brain data.”Past research has shown

that emotional stress isconnected to an increasein the hormone nore-pinephrine in the brain.

Hailan Hu of ColdSpring Harbour Labo-ratory in New York andcolleagues say they havepartly discovered howthe stress hormoneinfluences the processesinvolved in neuron con-nections and memoryformation.

They ran lab tests onmice, finding that norepi-nephrine, as well asemotional stress, leads toa chemical change incertain brain receptors.

InternetTanzania interested in power generation by N-reactors

DAR-ES-SALAAM, 8 Oct—The government ofTanzania has expressedinterests in electricitygeneration through nu-clear reactors in the coun-try, local media reportedon Saturday.

English broadsheet TheGuardian quoted a gov-

ernment statement assaying that the govern-ment was exploring thepossibility of putting upa nuclear energy plant asan alternative source ofenergy.

“As a member of theInternational AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA),

Tanzania is allowed touse nuclear technologyand allied material as perregulations laid downby the nuclear techno-logy watchdog,” readin part the statement is-sued by the governmentof Tanzania after theIAEA meeting held in

Vienna. The newspaper quoted

Tanzanian Science andTechnology MinisterPeter Msolla as saying thatthe country has enoughunexplored reserves ofuranium for the generationof electricity.

MNA/Xinhua

Swiss League calls for free breastcancer screening for women

GENEVA, 8 Oct— The Swiss Cancer League calledfor free breast cancer screening programmes for allwomen over the age of 50 across the country, theofficial Swissinfo website reported on Saturday.

The campaign comes at the start of the Breast CancerAwareness Month, which is being observed acrossSwitzerland, according to the report.

Currently only the French-speaking part of thecountry offers free and routine mammograms to allwomen aged between 50 and 69.

“The problem we have at the moment is that there isno law at a national level requiring the introduction ofmammogram programmes, leaving it up to theindividual cantons to decide their own approach toscreening,” the league’s Nicole Bulliard told Swissinfo.

A study carried out by the organization showed thatsystematic screening programmes for breast cancerwere cheaper and more effective than ad hoc testing.

In Swiss cantons where a universal screeningprogramme is in place, all women are invited to comefor a mammogram soon after their 50th birthday.

MNA/Xinhua

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Real Madrid’s Gonzalo Gerardo Higuain (C)celebrates after scoring past Recreativo Huelva’sStefano Sorrentino (L) during their Spanish firstdivision soccer match at the Santiago Bernabeustadium in Madrid on 7 Oct, 2007. — INTERNET

Barcelona’sXavi

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INTERNETLeonard beats Parnevik inplayoff to win Texas OpenHOUSTON, 9 Oct—American Justin

Leonard nailed a 17-foot birdie putt onthe third playoff hole to win his thirdTexas Open on Sunday and deny hardluck Swede Jesper Parnevik his first titlein six years.

Leonard, who began the day four shotsoff the lead, forced a playoff with a finalround five-under 65, that included a stretchof three consecutive birdies from the 12th,to end his own two-year title drought.

He joined Arnold Palmer as the onlythree-time winners of the event.

MNA/Reuters

Ajax coach Ten Cate set tojoin Chelsea

AMSTERDAM, 9 Oct — Ajax Amsterdam coach HenkTen Cate is set to join Chelsea after the two clubsreached agreement on Monday.

"Last week, Henk Ten Cate asked Ajax to nego-tiate with Chelsea after Chelsea contacted him per-sonally," the Dutch club said in a statement.

"After an internal consultation, Ajax agreed to therequest."

It was now up to Ten Cate and Chelsea to finalizethe transfer, Ajax said, adding the club did not thinkthe move would take long. Ten Cate has been linkedwith an assistant coach position at Chelsea in mediareports.

He was assistant coach to Frank Rijkaard at Barce-lona when they won the Champions League andbecame Ajax coach in May 2006 on a two-yearcontract.

Ajax were eliminated from the UEFA Cup lastweek after a 3-2 home loss to Dinamo Zagreb put themout on away goals.— MNA/Reuters

Altitude becomes headachefor Bolivia

LA PAZ, 9 Oct — Bolivian officials admitted onMonday that playing at high altitude, previously con-sidered their trump card, was causing logistical head-aches for this month's opening World Cup qualifiers.

Faced with the prospect of a match away to Uru-guay at sea level on Saturday and another at home toColombia at altitude four days later, Bolivia havedecided to split their squad in two.

Bolivian federation president Carlos Chavez said thecountry's foreign-based players would train in lowlandSanta Cruz and the home-based ones in La Paz.

"We're trying to avoid submitting the players wereare based at sea level to a demanding adaptation toaltitude just before playing Uruguay in Montevideo,"he said.

Seven of the 30-man squad named for the twogames are based abroad.

Bolivia traditionally play home matches in La Paz,the world's highest international venue at 3,600 metresabove sea level.

Earlier this year, FIFA banned matches at over2,500 metres, a decision which caused an outcry in theAndean nation.— MNA/Reuters

Diouf announces end ofinternational career

DAKAR, 9 Oct — Senegal captain El Hadji Dioufannounced he was ending his international career onMonday, citing organizational problems at the WestAfrican side.

“I have stopped my international career,” Diouftold commercial radio station RFM in a telephoneinterview from England, where he plays club footballfor Premier League Bolton Wanderers. “There are somany problems with the national team. “The team hasa scheduled friendly match in a week and we don’teven know who we are playing against. This is unac-ceptable,” said the 26-year-old striker, who has playedfor his country over 30 times. — MNA/Reuters

Vidal threatens to boycott Chilematch over unpaid bonus

SANTIAGO, 9 Oct — Chile defender Arturo Vidal onMonday threatened not to play in this month's twoWorld Cup qualifiers because of a pay row going backto this year's Under-20 World Cup in Canada.

Vidal said the members of the under-20 squad werestill waiting to receive a bonus of 10,000 US dollarseach for finishing third in the tournament in July.

“I’m going to speak to the coach (Marcelo Bielsa)because they have to pay us this money,” the BayerLeverkusen player told reporters. “We’ve been wait-ing two months and there's no solution.”

“I think we'll take drastic measures to get paid.” The Chilean federation say the money has not been

paid because they are investigating an incident follow-ing the semifinal defeat against Argentina, when play-ers brawled with Canadian police.

All 21 members of the squad were briefly detainedafter the game in Toronto. Witnesses said police usedpepper spray and electric-shock guns against the play-ers.

Vidal is one of the three members of the Under-20team named in the senior squad for this month's matches,the first in the South American qualifying competitionfor the 2010 World Cup.

Chile visit Argentina on Saturday and host Perufour days later.

Chile have been plagued by disciplinary problemsrecently and has banned six senior players for 20international games following an incident at the teamhotel during the Copa America in Venezuela.

MNA/Reuters

UEFA opens disciplinary caseagainst Milan’s Dida

BERNE (Switzerland), 9Oct — UEFA has openeddisciplinary proceedingsagainst AC Milan and theirgoalkeeper Dida followingthe Brazilian's controver-sial substitution during lastweek's Champions Leaguedefeat away to Celtic.

Dida was carried off ona stretcher near the end ofthe Group D match after aCeltic fan invaded the pitchand appeared to make lightcontact with the goal-keeper.

In a statement releasedon UEFA’s website(www.uefa.com), Euro-pean soccer's governingbody said the case wouldbe discussed by its disci-plinary body on Thursday.

UEFA said the proceed-ings had been instigatedbased on a paragraph oftheir disciplinary regula-tions which states that"players, officials andmembers, shall conductthemselves according tothe principles of loyalty,integrity and sportsman-

ship”. Milan’s lawyerLeandro Cantamessa saidthe club's medical staff haddecided the keeper shouldbe substituted as a precau-tionary measure.

“Milan did not commitany disloyal act,” Canta-messa told Italian newsagency ANSA’s website(www.ansa.it). “The doc-tor could not take the re-sponsibility of keeping himon the field. This wholeaffair has been blown up.

MNA/Reuters

Thais rout Macao, UAE clinch late winnerBANGKOK, 9 Oct — Thailand began their 2010

World Cup qualification campaign with a stylish 6-1thumping of lowly Macao on Monday.

Vietnam, however, did not enjoy the same fortuneand were beaten 1-0 by the United Arab Emirates.

Out of favour striker Surayuth Chaikamdee, whowas dropped from the Thais' Asian Cup squad, scoreda goal in each half of the first round match to finish offtheir hapless 188th-ranked opponents.

Vietnam, who beat UAE to reach the quarterfinalsof the Asian Cup in July, fell behind in the 79th minutewhen Basheer Al Hammadi broke the deadlock in theill-tempered first leg match.

Tajikistan boosted their chances of reaching thesecond round after earning a 1-1 draw away to Ban-gladesh.

In front of a crowd of only 700 people in the cricket-obsessed country, Bangladesh went ahead five min-utes after the break through Zumratul Mithu.

But that lead was short-lived as striker NumondzhonKhakimov converted a spot kick to level the scoreline.

The Thais, Southeast Asia's most successful team,took the lead after eight minutes when Surayuth latchedon to a neat through ball from Teerasil Dangda and ran40 metres before rounding the keeper.

Teerasil made it two on 20 minutes when he headedhome a perfectly-floated cross from captain TawanSripan.— MNA/Reuters

Espanyol striker Tamudoreplaces Villa for Spain

MADRID, 9 Oct — Espanyol strikerRaul Tamudo was called up to theSpain squad by coach Luis Aragoneson Monday for their Euro 2008 quali-fier against Denmark on October 13.

The 29-year-old comes in to re-place David Villa, who pulled out ofthe squad after suffering an ankle in-jury during Valencia’s 2-1 defeat toEspanyol at the weekend.

Tamudo, who has won nine capsand scored four goals for Spain, lastfeatured in a World Cup qualifieragainst Serbia & Montenegro in Sep-tember 2005.— MNA/Reuters

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Tuesday, 9 October, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, Southwest monsoon hadwithdrawn from the whole country. Weather has been partlycloudy in Kayah State, rain or thundershowers have neenwidespread in Chin and Rakhine States, Bago, Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions, fairly widespread in Kachin State, up-per Sagaing and Ayeyawady Divisions and widespread in theremaining areas with locally heavyfall in Rakhine State. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were MyaukU (5.51)inches, An (4.13) inches, Sittway (3.66) inches, Khayan (1.77)inches, Hkamti (1.50) inches, Maungtaw (1.46) inches,Kyauktaw (1.30) inches and Shwegyin (1.18) inches.

Maximum temperature on 8-10-2007 was 85ºF. Minimuntemperature on 9-10-2007 was 70ºF. Relative humidity at09:30 hours MST on 9-10-2007 was 96%. Total sunshinehours on 8-10-2007 was (1.5) hours approx.

Rainfall on 9-10-2007 was (0.27) inch at Mingaladon,(0.79) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.75) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (129.29) inches atMingaladon, (133.94) inches at Kaba-Aye and (137.95)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Southwest at (12:30) hoursMST on 8-10-2007.

Bay inference: According to the observations at (06:30)hours MST today, yesterday’s low pressure area over WestCentral Bay and adjoining Northwest Bay has become unim-portant. Weather is partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and Bayof Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 10-10-2007: Weatherwill be partly cloudy in Kayah State, rain or thundershowerswill be isolated in Shan and Kayin States, lower Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Divisions, scattered in Mon State andupper Sagaing Division, fairly widespread in Chin State,Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions andwidespread in the remaining States and Divisions. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough seas are likely attimes off and along Rakhine Coasts. Surface wind speed insqualls may reach (40) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewherein Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofdecrease of rain in the eastern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for10-10-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for10-10-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for10-10-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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A convoy of British armoured vehicles arrive at contingency operating base afterpulling out from Basra Palace, on 3 Sept, 2007. Britain will reduce its force inIraq — now numbering more than 5,000 — to 2,500 troops from spring next

year, Prime Minister Gordon Brown said on Monday. —INTERNET

Britain to halve its Iraq force to 2,500 troopsLONDON, 9 Oct —

Britain will halve its forcein Iraq to 2,500 troops fromspring next year, afterhanding over responsibilityfor the southern provinceof Basra to Iraqi securityforces, Prime MinisterGordon Brown said onMonday.

In his first majorforeign policy speech toParliament, Brown alsoannounced plans to allowIraqis who have worked for

British troops to apply forfunds to resettle in Britain,Iraq or other countries inthe region.

Brown announcedduring a visit to Iraq lastweek that 500 more soldierswould be home from theunpopular war in Iraq byyear’s end. The force hadalready been due to fall from5,500 to 5,000, and willnow fall to 2,500 fromspring next year.

Brown, who took over

from Tony Blair as primeminister in June, had beenwidely expected to speedup the withdrawal of Britishtroops after voters’ dismayat the war sent Blair’spopularity plum-metingand hastened his departurefrom office.

The announcementmarks a turning point insouthern Iraq, where therewill no longer be a majorpresence of internationalforces patrolling the street.

However, Brown toldParliament, Britain’s“overwatch” role wouldstill mean British troops had“a capacity to operatesupply lines and look at theborder issues”.

“That means we are ina position to support Iraqitroops but also to re-intervene,” he said.

Britain had sent45,000 troops to Iraq duringthe US-led invasion in 2003as Washington’s main allyand had maintained around7,000 to 8,000 troops formost of the past four yearsin the mainly Shiite areathat produces most of Iraq’soil wealth.

MNA/Reuters

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14th Waning of Tawthalin 1369 ME Wednesday, 10 October, 2007

People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

� Skyful liars attempting to destroy nation� BBC lying

VOA deceivingRFA setting up hostilities

� Beware! Don’t be bought by those slickers

� RFA, VOA and BBC airing skyful of lies� RFA, VOA and BBC saboteurs, watch your step!� The public be warned of

killers in the air waves —RFA, VOA and BBC

Who are the winners, who the losers from violent protests?� Due to violence and unrest

Peace-loving people have to live in state of alarmLearning of students disruptedCommodity flow stagnantVendors have hard timesPassenger transport services delayed

� Due to violence and unrestOnly the notorious neo-colonialists benefitedInstigators covertly earning dollarsExpertriates and ax-handles living in luxuryFollowers of colonialists earning handsome dollar rewards

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