Volume XIV, Number 138 10th Waxing of Tawthalin 1368 ME Friday, 1 September, 2006

Established 1914

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

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Sept— Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman ofthe State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His Highness, Emir Hamad Bin KhalifaAl-Thani, Emir of the State of Qatar, on the occasion of the IndependenceDay of the State of Qatar which falls on 1 September, 2006.

MNA

Senior General Than Shwefelicitates Uzbekistan President

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Sept — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman ofthe State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His Excellency, Mr Islam AbduganievichKarimov, President of the Republic of Uzbekistan, on the occasion of theIndependence Day of the Republic of Uzbekistan, which falls on 1 Septem-ber, 2006. — MNA

Senior General Than Shwesends felicitations to Qatar

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Aug — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint ofthe Ministry of Defence and Kachin State PDC Chair-man Northern Command Commander Maj-Gen OhnMyint offered robes and alms to the chairman Sayadawsof Kachin State and Township Sangha Nayaka Com-mittees at Zeya Mingala Sasana Beikman in Bhamo on29 August.

The secretary of the Township Sangha NayakaCommittee and the presiding Monk of Mingala KanUmonastery gave a sermon. The congregation sharedmerits gained for the donations.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party cordially met localfarmers at Sihe Village-tract in Bhamo Township.

Upon arrival at the 100-acre model monsoon

Myitkyina-Bhamo-Tagaung-MandalayRoad reduces travelling hour

Lt-Gen Ye Myint inspects regional development undertakingspaddy field at the entrance to the township, they heardan account of the cultivation of high-yield strainmonsoon paddy on 232 acres of land in the village-tract by an agricultural official.

They inspected the 219-acre Hsinshweli strainpaddy field of local farmer Daw El Mon. They alsoviewed the physic nut and paddy plantations on bothsides along the road of Mansi, and the 16-acrephysic nut plantation of Mansi Township PoliceForce.

They observed the artefacts discovered atKaungton Village, 27 miles from Bhamo. They alsoviewed the old Kaungton fortress of Bala Min Htin inthe village, and visited the Myohaung Pagoda at theKaungton fort. In meeting with social organizations,

townselders and teachers at the prayer hall of thepagoda, Lt-Gen Ye Myint called for extended culti-vation of paddy, and seasonal and perennial crops andpresented K 500,000 to the funds for the developmentof the village.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party inspected the SinkhanBridge on Mandalay-Thabeikgyin-Tagaung-Shwegu-Bhamo Road across the Sinkhan Creek, and viewedthe second defile of the Ayeyawady River betweenBhamo and Shwegu.

On arrival at mile post No 152/4 of the road, Lt-Gen Ye Myint heard a report by officials on mainte-nance of the road section between mile post Nos 129/4 and 175/4 of Tagaung-Katha Road and programmes

(See page 8)

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of Ministry of Defence inspects renovation of Shweli Bridge (NgaO). — MNA

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Friday, 1 September, 2006

PERSPECTIVES

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

People’s Desire

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Sept— The Government ofthe Union of Myanmar has agreed to the proposedappointment of Mr Michael Sternberg as Ambas-sador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of theKingdom of Denmark to the Union of Myanmar.

Mr Michael Sternberg served for UNDP andWorld Bank in 1970s and then joined the Ministryof Foreign Affairs of the Kingdom of Denmark in1979. He served in various capacities at differentdepartments of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs ofDenmark and at Royal Danish Embassies in NewDelhi and Nairobi. Then from 1995 to 2001, heserved as Ambassador of the Kingdom of Den-mark to the Republic of Indonesia. Currently he isthe Ambassador of the Kingdom of Denmark tothe Republic of India and also accredited to SriLanka, Bhutan and Maldives.

He is married and has a daughter.MNA

Foreign Minister sendsfelicitations to Qatar

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Sept— On the occasion ofthe Independence Day of the State of Qatar whichfalls on 1 September, 2006, U Nyan Win, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His ExcellencySheikh Hamad Bin Jassim Bin Jabr Al-Thani,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the State of Qatar.

MNA

Foreign Minister sendsfelicitations to Uzbekistan

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Sept— U Nyan Win,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr Norov Vladimir Imamovich, Min-ister for Foreign Affairs of the Republic ofUzbekistan, on the occasion of the IndependenceDay of the Republic of Uzbekistan which falls on1 September, 2006.

MNA

YANGON, 31 Aug— Yangon East Districtopened its Myanmar Tra-ditional Cultural Per-forming Arts Competi-tions at Yankin Educa-tion College yesterday,attended by Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofYangon CommandBrig-Gen Hla HtayWin.

Chairman of Dis-trict Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-ColMaung Maung Sheingave an address after for-mally opening the com-petitions in which 79 pro-fessionals and 326 ama-teurs totalling 405 are tak-ing part.

The venue of sing-ing and composing con-tests is Thingangyun Edu-cation College and that ofdance and music contestsis Thingangyun TownshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Office.

Yangon East Districtholds Performing Arts

Competitions

YANGON, 31 Aug— The State Peace andDevelopment Council has appointed Deputy Prin-cipal U Han Soe of the Sagaing Cooperative Col-lege as Principal of the same college under theMinistry of Coopertives on probation from the datehe assumes charge of his duties.

MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

Polio, also called poliomyelitis, is a conta-gious viral disease. There are three types ofpolio, namely, abortive polio, nonparalytic polioand paralytic polio. Children who have abortivepolio or nonparalytic polio usually make a fullrecovery. However, paralytic polio can damagethe nervous system and cause paralysis.

Polio is most common in infants and youngchildren and it is preventable by immunization.There are two types of polio vaccine and they areoral polio vaccine (OPV) and inactivated poliovaccine (IPV) and experts say that OPV is moreeffective in preventing the spread of polio virus.

Myanmar has been working towards eradi-cating polio since 1996, holding the nationalimmunization days twice a year and feedingpolio vaccine to children under five. Myanmarhas now vaccinated at least 95 per cent of itschildren under five. Polio mainly affects chil-dren under three years of age and it is importantto continue vaccinating kids against polio.

The last case of wild polio was reported inMyanmar in 2000. Then, there had been no casesof the disease for three successive years. There-fore, Myanmar was recognized as polio-freecountry by a regional committee on 13 Febru-ary, 2003.

But in May this year, there was a case of ahighly infectious polio caused by a virus likewild-type polio virus in PyinOoLwin Township,Mandalay Division. As the disease is likely torear its head in our polio-free county, it has beenplanned to continue feeding OPV to children ineach and every region on national immunizationdays to check the spread of the virus timely.

This year, 3 September and 1 October havebeen designated as national immunization daysand more than two million children in 80 town-ships in Mandalay, Magway and Sagaing Divi-sions and Shan State (North) and Kachin Statewill be given polio vaccine. We believe that theentire people will take an active part in nationalimmunization activities region-wise in order thatall their children can be healthy and their nationcan remain a polio-free country.

Continue working towards apolio-free country

Appointment ofAmbassador agreed on

The commanderpresented gifts to artisteswho entertained the au-dience at the opening cer-emony.

MNA

OUTSTANDING STUDENTS HONOURED— Mingala Taungnyunt Township’s No 1

Basic Education High School’s six-distinctionwinner (L) accepts an award presented by a

member of the Board of Trustees of the schoolon 30 August 2006. — H

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

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

Commander

Brig-Gen Hla Htay

Win presents a

flower basket to

artistes.

MNA

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Six ASEAN countries agree to connectflights to boost tourism

JAKARTA, 30 Aug—Six member countries ofthe Association of South-East Asian Nations(ASEAN) have agreed toopen flights to each otherin their efforts to boosttourist arrivals, an Indo-nesian official said Tues-day.

The six countries —Cambodia, Indonesia,Laos, Myanmar, Thailandand Vietnam — are deter-mined to boost interna-tional arrivals by 15 percent a year, said Ministerof Culture and TourismJero Wacik.

Speaking to journalistsafter meeting with Presi-dent Susilo Bambang

Yudhoyono here, Waciksaid the number of tour-ists visiting the six coun-tries totalled only aroundhalf a million a year.

The six countries alsoagreed to jointly launchtourism promotion andopen training programmefor tourism workers fromeach country.

MNA/XinhuaIran’s President wants TV debate with BushTEHERAN, 30 Aug— Iranian President Mahmoud

Ahmadinejad on Tuesday proposed holding a livetelevision debate with US President George W Bushto discuss global affairs.

“I suggest holding a live TV debate with Mr

George W Bush to talk about world affairs and theways to solve those issues,” Ahmadinejad told anews conference in which he complained about theUS and British roles in the world after World WarII. The United States and Britain are abusing theprivileged positions they hold in the internationalorder set up after World War II, he said.

“We think the special privileges that Americaand Britain are taking advantage of today are theorigin of all disturbances in the world,” he said,adding that they were abusing their roles as perma-nent members of the Security Council.

“Isn’t it time that international relations werefounded on democracy and equal rights of thenations?” he said.

He made similar complaints about the worldorder in a recent letter to German Chancellor AngelaMerkel in which he suggested that both Iran andGermany were subject to the “tyranny” of the win-ners of World War II.— MNA/Reuters

Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejadduring a news conference in Teheran,

on 29 Aug, 2006. —INTERNET

Iranian VP says Iranto help rebuild Lebanon

BEIRUT, 30 Aug—Visiting Iranian Vice-PresidentAli Saeedlou said here on Tuesday that Iran would doits endeavour to help rebuild Lebanon.

“We have come as an official delegation to say thatwe in the Islamic Republic of Iran put all resources atthe disposal of Lebanon’s reconstruction and develop-ment process,” Saeedlou told reporters after his meet-ing with Lebanese officials.

He added that “We discussed with Lebanese offi-cials how Iran can participate in rebuilding infrastruc-ture in Lebanon, including schools, roads and places ofworship that were damaged and destroyed in the Israeliaggression”. Meanwhile, Saeedlou said his meetingwith Lebanese Prime Minister Fouad Siniora waspositive, saying “With all honesty, during my meetingwith Siniora, I heard only positive indications, under-standing and readiness to cooperate whether in thereconstruction stage or in enhancing bilateral coopera-tion.”— MNA/XinhuaNepali registered in “Guinness

Book” as world’s shortest man

Fourteen-year-old KhagendraThapa-magar from the West

Nepali village of Baglung walksin the capital Kathmandu.

INTERNET

Venezuela seized 300pistols bound for

Colombia CARACAS, 30 Aug—

The Venezuelan Customsofficials seized 300 pistolsat the Maiquetia Interna-tional Airport in the capi-tal, said the country's topTax and Customs officialJose Gregorio VielmaMoraon Tuesday morning.

“The warehouse at LaGuaira did not report toSENIAT (the NationalTax and Customs Serv-ice),” said Vielma, notingit would be fined about39.98 million bolivars(18,633 US dollars) forviolating Customs rules.

The 300 millimetresVernadeli-brand pistols,bound for Colombia, weretransported by the AlitaliaAirlines from Turkey, hesaid, stressing that by lawall arms that arrive in Ven-ezuela are required to beregistered with the ArmedForces Munitions Direc-torate.—MNA/Xinhua

Workers walk beside cars lined up at a Brazilian Volkswagen plant, whichemploys 12,000, in Sao Bernardo do Campo, near Sao Paulo on 30 Aug,

2006. —INTERNET

A worker carries a statue of a golden-winged lion,the symbol of Venice Film Festival, during prepa-rations for the festival in front of Cinema Palace

in Venice on 30 Aug, 2006. The 63rd edition of theVenice Film Festival will take place from 30 Aug

to 9 Sept, 2006. —INTERNET

KATHMANDU, 30 Aug— A 14-year-old Nepali has been registeredin the Guinness Book of World

Records as the world’s shortest man,The Himalayan Times newspaper re-ported on Tuesday.

With 20 inches height and 4.5kilogrammes weight, KhagendraThapamagar of Baglung, westernNepal, has his name registered in theGuinness Book of World Records asthe world’s shortest man, accordingto the newspaper.

“The Guinness Book people sentus information that Khagendra con-tested for the title with Jordan’sYoyansvans, who is 25.5 inches talland weighed 10 kilogrammes, butKhagendra came out as the winner,”Min Bahadur Rana, chairman of theKhagendra Thapamagar Academy,which organizes exhibitions onKhagendra to support him and hisfamily, was quoted as saying by thedaily.

Khagendra’s mother Dhan Mayasaid her son started moving aroundonly when he was eight and his physi-cal growth stopped at the age of 11,the daily said. —MNA/Xinhua

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SINGAPORE, 30 Aug— Singapore is now holding amajor inter-agency maritime security exercise, whichstarted on 21 August and will end on 1 September.

Confirming the exercise on Tuesday, Singapore’sDefence Ministry said that some 1,600 personnel fromthe city state’s Air Force and the Army, as well as thePolice Coast Guard (PCG), Maritime Port Authority(MPA), and the Immigration and CheckpointsAuthority (ICA), are participating in the exercise,code-named Exercise APEX 06.

Some Singapore Navy’s mine countermeasuresvessels and Fokker 50 maritime patrol aircraft, as wellas boats from the above- mentioned agencies werealso involved in the annual drill, the fifth and largest inthe series.

Various scenarios played out in the exerciseincluded the disposal of a sea mine detected in theSingapore Straits by the country’s mine-hunting assets,as well as a ferry mishap which required co-ordinatedresponses by different agencies to handle variousconsequence management issues, such as evacuationand medical aid for casualties, according the DefenceMinistry.

MNA/Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 30 Aug—Iraqi police found 11bodies in execution-style in southwestern

NEAR DIWANIYA(Iraq), 30 Aug— At least 29 peoplewere killed when a blast ripped through scavengerssiphoning petrol from pools around a breach in adisused pipeline in central Iraq late on Monday, healthofficials said.

A Reuters reporter at the rural site Near Diwaniya,180 kilometres (110 miles) south of Baghdad, saw 15charred bodies, including that of a boy. The explosionseverely wounded 26 people.

“Some of the wounded have burns in 75 per cent oftheir bodies,” Hamid Jaafi, a health official in Diwaniyatold Reuters, adding the death toll is expected to climb.

A police source said more than 50 were killed,although that figure could not be confirmed. Witnessessaid the blast occurred at 11 pm (1900 GMT), while agroup of impoverished people were scooping fuelfrom two large pools.

The cause of the blast was still under investigation,officials said.— MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 30 Aug— In the world’s biggesteconomy, one in eightAmericans and almost onein four Blacks lived inpoverty last year, the USCensus Bureau said onTuesday, both ratiosvirtually unchanged from2004.

The survey alsoshowed 15.9 per cent ofthe population, or 46.6million, had no healthinsurance, up from 15.6per cent in 2004 and anincrease for a fifthconsecutive year, even as

US data show one in eightAmericans in poverty

the economy grew at a3.2 per cent clip.

It was the first yearsince President George W.Bush took office in 2001that the poverty rate didnot increase. As in pastyears, the figures showedpoverty especially con-centrated among Blacksand Hispanics.

In all, some 37 millionAmericans, or 12.6 percent, lived below thepoverty line, defined ashaving an annual incomearound 10,000 US dollarsfor an individual or 20,000

US dollars for a family offour. The total showed adecrease of 90,000 fromthe 2004 figure, whichCensus Bureau officialssaid was “statisticallyinsignificant”.

The last time povertydeclined was in 2000, thefinal year of Bill Clinton’spresidency, when it fell to11.3 per cent.

The stagnant povertypicture drew attentionfrom Democrats andothers who said notenough is being done tohelp the nation’s poor.

MNA/Reuters

Blast at Iraqi pipeline site kills at least 29

Residents gather near a crater after an explosionNear Diwaniya, 180 km (112 miles) south of

Baghdad on 29 Aug, 2006. —INTERNET

Singapore conducts inter-agencymaritime security exercise

Police find 11 bodies inS-W Baghdad

Baghdad on Tuesday, anInterior Ministry sourcesaid.

The bodies weredumped in the backyardof the Alam school inAl-Furat neighbour-hood, the source toldXinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The bodies, withbullets in the back oftheir heads, wereblindfolded and bound,the source said.

The almost dailygruesome body find-ings, assassinations andexplosions in Baghdadand other cities wereseen as a major setbackfor the Iraqi Govern-ment’s efforts to stemviolence and achievenational reconcili-ation.

MNA/Xinhua

Jing Jing, a panda who was chosen as one of theOlympic mascots, sits in a tree at the Chengdu

Research Base of Giant Panda Breeding inChina’s western province of Sichuan

on 31 Aug, 2006. —INTERNET

Firefighters use water to control natural gas leaking from a destroyedpipeline on a street in southwest China’s Chongqing Municipality on 30 Aug,2006. More than 200 people were evacuated and gas supply to 170 thousand

users was cut off due to this gas leakage.—INTERNET

A farmer gather

peanuts leftover from

the harvest in Suining,

southwest China’s

Sichuan Province

on 29 Aug, 2006.

INTERNET

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Artists perform during the 250th anniversary celebration of theAlexandrinsky Theatre, which re-opened after 15 months of refurbishment,

in St Petersburg on 30 Aug, 2006. —INTERNET

Gyles Brandreth co-founder of the world’s oldest teddy bear museum inStratford-upon-Avon, England with some of the bears which are to be sold

together with the museum building as a groing concernin London on 30 Aug, 2006. —INTERNET

NEW DELHI, 30 Aug—At least 27 people,including 12 women andeight children, drownedTuesday when a minibusplunged into a river insouth Indian state ofKarnataka, Indo-AsianNews Service reported.

The driver lost controlof the bus when trying toavoid colliding with amotorcycle on a bridgeover the Krishna River inBagalkot District of Kar-nataka at around 1:00 pmTuesday, the local policesaid.

“The 30-seater mini-bus was carrying four

BEIJING, 31 Aug —Earth's protective ozonelayer, which was notablythinning in 1980, may befully recovered by mid-century, climate scientistssaid Wednesday.

Ozone in thestratosphere, outside thepolar regions, stoppedthinning in 1997, theyfound after analyzing 25years worth ofobservations, publishedin the Journal of

Depleted ozone layer to be recovered

LUSAKA, 30 Aug—Zambia, Botswana andZimbabwe on Mondaysigned a memorandum ofunderstanding (MoU) forthe construction of theKazungula Bridge alongthe Zambezi River,according to ZambiaNews and InformationService.

Zambia, Botswana, Zimbabwe tobuild bridge on Zambezi River

Zambian PresidentLevy Mwanawasa, Zim-babwean PresidentRobert Mugabe andBotswana PresidentFestus Mogae signed theMoU in Harare, the capitalof Zimbabwe.

Speaking before thesigning ceremony, Mu-gabe said the const-ruction of the bridgelinking the three countrieswill boost tourism in theregion and enhance theflow of trade.

Mugabe paid tribute to Zambia and Botswanafor providing shelter tomany Zimbabweans whowere running away frompersecutions by the racistcolonial regime.

Speaking after the

signing ceremony, Mwa-nawasa said he washappy with the agreementsigned and lookedforward to its implemen-tation.

Mogae said thesigning of the MoUcaptures the true spirit ofAfrica.

According to a jointcommunique, the obje-ctive of the MoU is torecord the undertakingsand commitments of thethree countries regardingtheir intended coope-ration to the constructionof the bridge.

The countries willexplore and agree onsuitable arrangements forthe development of theproject.—MNA/Xinhua

KUNMING, 30 Aug— Amajor aftershock mea-suring 4.7 degrees on theRichter Scale on Tuesdayjolted counties of Yanjinand Daguan in southwestChina’s Yunnan Pro-vince, injuring 16 peopleand destroying thousandsof buildings.

The quake, whichlasted about five seconds,occurred at 9 am onTuesday, local authoritiessaid, adding that moreaftershocks may hit the

LOS ANGELES, 30 Aug— Google Inc Chief ExecutiveOfficer Eric Schmidt has joined the board of directorsof Apple Computer Inc, Apple said on Tuesday.

Apple, maker of the Macintosh personal computer,elected Schmidt to the board at a meeting earlier in theday, according to a statement by California-basedApple.

Schmidt, 51, joined Mountain View, California-based Google from Novell Inc in 2001. Before Novell,Schmidt was chief technology officer at SunMicrosystems Inc.

The statement signals closer professional tiesbetween Apple CEO Steve Jobs, whose iPod is themost popular digital music player, and Schmidt, whowitnessed Google's rise to become the most-usedInternet search engine. There have been few instancesthat really top-flight people with operationalexperience can become directors, technologicalanalysts in Silicon Valley said.

MNA/Xinhua

Geophysical Research -Atmospheres.

The ozone layershields the planet from thesun's harmful ultravioletradiation, but human-made chemicals —notably the chloro-fluorocarbons found insome refrigerants andaerosol propellants —depleted this stratosphericozone, causing theprotective layer to getthinner.

The scientists said theozone layer's comebackis due in large part tocompliance with a 1987international agreementcalled the MontrealProtocol, which aimed tolimit emissions of ozone-depleting chemicals.

“These results confirm

the Montreal Protocol andits amendments havesucceeded in stopping theloss of ozone in thestratosphere,” said Eun-Su Yang of the GeorgiaInstitute of Technology,who led a team thatanalyzed the data.

Internet

This 2001 NASA image depicts the hole in theozone layer over Antarctica. Earth’s protective

ozone layer, which was notably thinning in 1980,may be fully recovered by mid-century, climate

scientists said on 30 Aug, 2006. —XINHUA

27 drown in bus mishapin south India

families from theneighbouring KoppalDistrict on a sightseeingtrip to Bagalkot,”Bagalkot superintendentof police Ramesh Hariharsaid.

Two passengers andthe driver survived theaccident, he said. Thewreckage of the bus hasyet been traced and thepolice and local residentswere busy searching forbodies.

The police haveregistered a case of rashand negligent drivingagainst the driver.

MNA/Xinhua

Google CEO joinsApple board of directors

Strong aftershock hitsS-W China, injuring 16

area in the next few days.The tremour has

destroyed some buildingsin an elementary schoolin Yanjin County, forcingall students to moveout of their classrooms.

Among the 16 injured,three are in criticalcondition.

Local governmentsare making efforts toprevent possible geo-logical disasters triggeredby the quake such aslandslides and rockfalls

in mountainous areas.Two moderate earth-

quakes measuring over5 degrees on the RichterScale hit the twocounties on 22 July and25 August , killing over20 people, injuring 100others.

The quakes causedeconomic losses of 700million yuan (87.5 millionUS dollars), affectingmore than 300,000people.

MNA/Xinhua

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Cast members of the movie “The Black Dahlia” (L-R), Scarlett Johansson,director Brian De Palma, Mia Kirshner, Josh Hartnett, Aaron Eckhart, andwriter James Ellroy, arrive at the Cinema Palace in Venice on 30 August,

2006. —INTERNET

India, Iran talk about nuclear,energy issues

NEW DELHI, 30 Aug— India and Iran discussed the nuclear issue and cooperation in energy sector atthe meeting between visiting Iranian Deputy Foreign Minister and Indian counterpart Tuesday, theMinistry of External Affairs said.

Koizumi discusses energy ties withUzbek President

TASHKENT, 30 Aug— Japanese Prime Minister Junichiro Koizumi, seekingto bolster Tokyo’s role in Central Asia, discussed energy ties on Tuesdaywith Uzbek President Islam Karimov and cautiously pressed him on humanrights.

Japanese Prime MinisterJunichiro Koizumi (L) and

Uzbek President IslamKarimov. —INTERNET

Amanis looking at the destroyed carin Baghdad on 30 Aug, 2006. A bombexploded in a central Baghdad market killing 24 people and wounding 45,

police and Interior Ministry sources said. —INTERNET

Eight Egyptians killedin building collapses

CAIRO, 30 Aug— Eight people were killed whentwo buildings collapsed within hours of each otherin Egypt, and rescuers were searching for anyothers who could be trapped in the rubble, securitysources said on Monday.

The two residential buildings, one in Cairoand another in the town of Qalyoub 20 kilometres(12 miles) north of the city, collapsed between onSunday evening and Monday morning. Qalyoubwas also the scene of a train crash which killed 58people last week.

Building collapses are frequent in Egyptiancities because of poor construction andmaintenance. — MNA/Reuters

Mindful of China’saggressive oil diplomacyin Central Asia, Koizumifocused on oil, gas anduranium cooperation inhis talks with Uzbek

leader IslamKarimov.

“I hope myvisit under-lines Japan’sintention tohave closer tieswith Uz-

bekistan and shows Japanhas much interest inCentral Asia and intendsto work more activelyhere,” he said after talks.

The West, includingJapan’s key ally the UnitedStates, has criticizedKarimov for crackingdown on dissent and jailing

opposition politicians in hisgas-rich country.

Koizumi’s trip toUzbekistan is the first by akey leader from theWestern camp since theAndizhan uprising in May2005 when witnesses sawhundreds of men, womenand children being killedafter troops opened fireon a crowd.

MNA/Reuters

At least five killed intrain collision in ZimbabweHARARE, 30 Aug— At least five people were

confirmed dead and eight others were injured in atrain collision when a Victoria Falls-boundpassenger train collided with a goods train atVictoria Falls in Zimbabwe on Sunday, sourcestold Xinhua on Monday.

The sources with theNational Railways ofZimbabwe (NRZ) saidthree people wereconfirmed to be dead onthe spot, and two othersdied in the hospital onMonday.

An NRZ official whowas on the scene said onSunday that burnt limbscould be seen in themangled coachessuggesting more peopledied. Rescuers could notpull out the limbs from thecoaches because of heatfrom the fire.

The official said theSpoornet goods train,which was carryingcopper sulphate and fueltanks, left the VictoriaFalls station after the NRZofficials had confirmedthat the passenger train hadbeen alerted to wait at theDibamombe junction untilthe Spoornet train hadpassed.

Mugariri could notconfirm the number ofcausalities saying he could

only confirm three deaths,a woman and two men.The two men were theengine drivers.

MNA/Xinhua

Iranian DeputyForeign Minister for Asia,Oceania and Common-wealth Mehdi Safariarrived here Tuesday andmet with Rajiv Sikri,Secretary (East) with

Indian Ministry ofExternal Affairs, theministry said in a Pressrelease.

On the nuclear issue,Safari said Iran is open tonegotiations and willing

to cooperate fully withInternational AtomicEnergy Agency (IAEA)but insist on its rightsunder the Non-Proliferation Treaty(NPT) and the issue being

reverted to the IAEA. India does not want

confrontation anddestabilization in theregion, Sikri said. “Indiawants all issues to beresolved through dialogueand discussion rather thancoercion.”

India believes that as asignatory to the NPT Iranmust enjoy all its rightsand honour all itsobligations, he said. Thetwo sides reaffirmed thecommitment to the Iran-Pakistan-India gaspipeline project whileIndia emphasized theimportance of Iran tohonour the liquefiednatural gas (LNG) dealsigned in June 2005, thePress release said.

MNA/Xinhua

Guarani Indians

work at a sugar cane

mill in Tarenda, some

250km (155 miles)

south of Santa Cruz,

Bolivia, on 30 Aug,

2006.—INTERNET

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Myanmar football heading for era of goldArticle & photos by Thaung Win Bo

Myanmar Victorious* Myanmar team at Merdeka

Won three gold, three silverBronze several timesAre facts to be chronicled.

* This time around, has won againAnd knowing the fact for sureCaused us to hold the Union FlagAnd make it flutter in the windTrue as the nation’s sons.

* When on screen MRTVFurther vouched for sure“Myanmar Victorious”, the song reverber-atedThe sight and sounds touched usOverjoyed, with brimming smilesSo brimmed over, our gladness.

Dr Than Oo (Trs)

When I heardthe news that MyanmarNational Football Teamcruised into the final bywinning over hostMalaysian team in theMerdeka Tournament,I wanted to welcome thereturn of the champion-ship trophy of theMerdeka Cup which weall the people have de-sired for 35 years. I waseager to listen to thesong entitled “Myan-mar has won victory.”

In retrospect,

times in the competitionsof the Merdeka Tourna-ment in 1964, 1967 and1971. Furthermore,Myanmar team stood atthe second positions in theMerdeka Cup for threetimes in 1966, 1968 and1970. Moreover, the na-tional team clinched thethird prizes for four timesin 1965, 1969, 1973 and1975. After having beenaway from the trophy for35 years, the presentMyanmar National Teamfulfilled the desire of all

pating in the MerdekaTournaments for 17 times,Myanmar team was heldin high esteem by its op-ponent teams from South-east Asian countries. Withthe concept that ifMyanmar did not take partin the competitions, theMerdeka Tournamentwould be less meaning-ful, the host country in-vited Myanmar team tothe tournament.

Speaking on theoccasion on 30 Augustevening, Minister for

Sports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint said thatMyanmar selected foot-ballers Than Toe Aung,Myo Hlaing Win and SoeMyat Min had been trying

their best for many yearsto be able to lift the trophyof the Merdeka Cup again,and the dream has cometrue now.

Indeed, Myanmarhad established a goldenera as far as football isconcerned in the past. Allthe footballers desired tobe victorious players.Former selected players ofMyanmar teams in thegolden era of the footballarena looked forward toachievements of thepresent Myanmar Na-tional Team.

Media persons

from State-run newspa-pers, Myanma Radio andTelevision and MyawadyTV made preparatorytasks to welcome back theMyanmar National Teamthat would arrive back atYangon International Air-port at 9.15 pm on 30 Au-gust after clinching thechampionship title in thefinal match of the 38thMerdeka Tournament bybeating Indonesian with a2-1 result. Likewise, jour-nalists from various pri-vate journals and maga-zines waited for the victo-rious Myanmar team at theairport. Similarly, artistesjoined the crowd to gar-land the footballers at theairport.

In an interview,vocalist and actress ThaZin said that she was wait-ing for victorious football-ers who brought honourto the State to welcomeback them at the airport.Being a Myanmar na-tional, she was proud thatMyanmar team hademerged champion in theMerdeka Tournament, sheadded.

So also, vocalistand actor Tun Tun spokewith delight about the vic-torious Myanmar team.He realized that Myanmarhad become MerdekaChampions in the past isnot a legend. He expressedhis feeling of esteem tothe players.

After the aircrafthad landed at the airport,the Myanmar footballersalighted. In an interview,former selected player U

Aye Maung Gyi said, “Itake a great pride in thepresent Myanmar team insecuring Merdeka Cham-pionship more than that ofours. After 35 years of hardwork, our expectation fi-nally comes to fruition.”

Team captain SoeMyat Min said, “We hasachieved success due toconcerted efforts of all theteammates. I am so happybecause the Myanmarteam has fulfilled the de-sire of the Myanmar foot-ball fans who expected towin victory in the footballevent. We will try harderin future.”

Striker KyawThura who scored equal-izer in the match said thesupport of Myanmar peo-ple at home and those inMalaysia meant a lot forthe success. And SithuWin who shot two goalsfor Myanmar team alsoexpressed his happiness.

The mass of fanswelcomed the team backand honoured the football-ers with garlands at theairport. By waving to thesports enthusiasts, the vic-torious players left the air-port by car and proceededto Karaweik Palace along

Pyay Road throughThamaing junction andMyenigon junction.

On arrival atKaraweik Palace, Presi-dent of Myanmar Foot-ball Federation U ZawZaw handed over thechampionship trophy toChairman of MyanmarOlympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint.After that, the ministerdelivered an address. Atthe dinner, those presentincluding the footballerswere entertained withmusic by Emperor Band.

On its return,Merdeka ChampionMyanmar National Foot-ball Team was accordeda rousing welcome by alarge number of peopleincluding enthusiastsalong the route from theairport to Karaweik Pal-ace. The people wel-comed back the teamwith garlands and shookhands with them.

the Merdeka Cup Foot-ball Tournament com-menced in 1957.Myanmar NationalFootball Team securedchampions for three

the people of Myanmar in2006 by securing thechampionship trophy inthe 38th Merdeka Tour-nament.

Whiling partici-

Victorious Myanmar Team welcomed back by people at junction ofPyay Road and Kamayut Road.

Artistes wait to welcome back winning football team.

Soe Myat Min. Kyaw Thura. Sithu Win.

Tun Tun

Tha Zin.

By winning theMerdeka ChampionshipMyanmar football isagain heading for the eraof gold.

Translation: TTA* * *

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(from page 1) for the upgrading of the facility in the dry season. Thecommander and officials gave supplementary reports.

From Shukhintha (Kyeegan Bazat) at mile post No150/6, Lt-Gen Ye Myint viewed the second defile ofthe river.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party, accompanied bySagaing Division PDC Chairman North-West Com-mand Commander Maj-Gen Tha Aye, inspected theprogress of Shwegu.

They met township level service personnel, socialorganizations, townselders and local authorities. Thetownship PDC chairman gave an account of workprogress for regional development. The commandergave a supplementary report.

The officials concerned also reported on progressof work in respective sectors.

Concerning the report, Lt-Gen Ye Myint said thatthe government has been implementing various projectsfor equitable development of all parts of the Union,that calls for harmonious efforts of the people, depart-ments and local administrative bodies. In the past,local people had to stop over a night in Thabeikgyin totravel by boat between Shwegu and Mandalay. Now,thanks to the emergence of Myitkyina-Bhamo-Tagaung-Mandalay Road the government has con-structed for expediting tasks for regional development,the travelling time can be reduced to one day. He urgedlocal people to maintain the facility for its durabilityand to strive for exceeding the targeted per acre yieldsof monsoon paddy, physic nut, rubber and sugarcane,calling for planting of physic nut on all vacant land. Hesaid that departmental officials are to play an exem-plary role and local authorities to fulfill the require-ments. He called on all to make earnest endeavours inconcert for regional development in response to the

Myitkyina-BhamoTagaung-Mandalay…

goodwill of the government.Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party inspected plantaitons

of physic nut, vegetables, pineapple, banana, djenkolbean, cashew, tamarind and physic nut of ShweguStation.

Next, they looked into the sugarcane farm ofYuzana Co Ltd in Shwegu. Project director U Sonnyreported on progress of cultivation of sugarcane on121.91 acres of land. Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myintgave a supplementary report.

In response, Lt-Gen Ye Myint said that the govern-ment is encouraging national agricultural entrepre-neurs and reclaiming vacant lands, while local authori-ties are attending to the needs to meet the goal. Hecalled for extended cultivation of crops.

They inspected the 1,500-acre teak plantation ofthe Forest Department and three companies at Namtmereserve forest in NgaO Village-tract, Mabein Town-ship, Kyaikme District, Shan State (North).

They viewed the plantations of physic nut, vegeta-bles and perennial crops of local regiment. Next, they

inspected the 2,330-foot Shweli Bridge (NgaO) span-ning the Shweli River at mile post No 101 of Shwegu-Tagaung-Twinnge-Momeik Road.

Afterwards, they inspected Hunda-Myanmar Co’sfactory project that will be able to produce 30,000 tonsof gasohol from sugarcane at Pyindaunglay Village inKatha Township, and the 800-acre teak plantation of thecompany in Indaung forest reserve in Htigyaing Town-ship. They saw over the Great Wall 1,500-ton sugar millproject in Htigyaing Township.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myintand Commander Maj-Gen Tha Aye met with localauthorities, service personnel, social organizations andthe employees at the factory. Lt-Gen Ye Myint called forconcerted efforts for regional development.

Together with Shan State (North) PDC ChairmanNorth-East Command Commander Brig-Gen Aung ThanHtut, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party visited the Twinnge-Momeik Road Project site. Lt-Gen Ye Myint called forcompletion of the project by the coming dry season.

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Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win and wife Daw Mar Mar Wai viewmeals at cooking contest. — MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry of Defence inspects teak special plantation ofHonda Co Ltd. — MNA

YANGON, 31 Aug —A prize presentationceremony of quiz andcooking contestorganized by Maternaland Child WelfareSupervisory Committeeof Yangon West District,was held at No 2 BasicEducation High Schoolin Latha Townshiptoday.

Chairperson ofYangon DivisionMCWSC Daw Mar MarWai made an address atthe ceremony.

Commander ofYangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Winpresented the first prizeto Daw Lwin Lwin Cho,

Yangon West District MCWSC holdsquiz and cooking contest

the second prize to DawKhine Khine Win andthe third prize to DawThandar Win of the quiz

contest.Next, Chairperson

Daw Mar Mar Wai ofMCWSC gave the firstprize in cooking contestto Kyimyindine Town-ship, the second prize toSangyaung Townshipand the third prize toKyauktada Township.

Myanmar, India to discusstrade cooperation

YANGON, 31 Aug — The Indian-MyanmarBusiness Matching, jointly organized by the Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry and Indo-Myanmar Chamber of Commerceand Industries based in Mumbai, India, will be held atUMFCCI Office Tower from 1 pm to 4 pm on 5September.

The 15-member Indian trade delegation ledby Mr G L Goenka, chairman of Indo-Myanmar CCI,will discuss matters related to forest products,medicines, auto parts, household appliances, handicraft,chemicals and tourism with Myanmar businessmen.

Those wishing to take part in the discussionmay dial the numbers between 214344 and 214349 ofUMFCCI. — MNA

Refresher course forgeneral practitioners on

2 SeptemberYANGON, 31 Aug — The Orthopaedic Group of

Myanmar Medical Association will hold a refreshercourse for general practitioners under the title of‘‘Common Geriatric Orthopaedic Problems’’ atthe association on Theinbyu road in MingalaTaungnyunt Township at 8.30 am on 2 September.

Interested persons can register at 7.30 am andattend the course. — MNA

After the prizepresentation ceremony,the commander and wifeDaw Mar Mar Waiviewed meals of thecooking contestparticipated by 13townships of YangonWest District.

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(from page 16)They viewed paddy

harvesters, Leyar-16power-tillers, combinedharvesters and tractors.

At the localbattalion in Kyaukpyu,Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thangave instructions onundertakings of agricul-ture and livestockbreeding to Tatma-dawmen and familymembers.

At RammawadyHall in Yanbye, Lt-GenKhin Maung Than metwith departmental per-

Cultivation of pepper to be…sonnel and local people.In his address, Lt-GenKhin Maung Than saidthat the Government hadopened Yangon-Kyaukpyu Highway andbuilt 15 bridges on theroad. Departmentalpersonnel and local peopleare to join hands inmaintaining theconstruction facilities.Departmental personnelare to cooperate with localpeople in their field tripsto grassroots levels inundertaking ruraldevelopment tasks.

He presented cashassistance and schoolstationery to TownshipEducation Officer U NyoTun.

At YanbyeTownship Hospital, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thanvisited wards and gavecash assistance to thepatients. He inspected theoperation theatre andmedical store of thehospital and left necessaryinstructions.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thanand party proceeded toMaei.

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Lt-Gen Myint Swe…(from page 16)

After the ceremony,Lt-Gen Myint Swe metwith the rector, professors,faculty members andstudents at theconvocation hall and

briefed on measures beingtaken by the governmentfor the development ofhuman resources in thecountry.

In his address, Lt-GenMyint Swe said the State

laid down the seven-pointroad map and has beenstriving for the emergenceof the peaceful, modernand developed nation.Thanks to the communitypeace and tranquillity,urban and rural areas haverapidly developed.

In an attempt tounderpin the economy ofthe country, the govern-ment has constructednecessary infrastructuresand stepped up efforts toincrease the country’sproductivity includingagricultural produce. So,the country has enjoyedthe growth of GDP yearby year.

He continued to saythat building a peaceful,modern and developednation depends on thecommunity peace andtranquillity, developmentof the economy anddevelopment of humanresources of a country.Therefore, he said, with aview to developinghuman resources, thegovernment established24 develop-ment zonesand universities andcolleges across thecountry so that residentsin rural areas can also getaccess to higher

Prevention against bird fludiscussed in Mandalay

NAY PYI TAW, 31 Aug — Minister-Counsellor,Mr Patrick Deboyser of European Union Delegation ofthe European Commission, Health and Food Safety,who will conduct survey on controlling bird flu inMandalay called on Director-General U Maung MaungNyunt of Livestock Breeding and VeterinaryDepartment of the Ministry of Livestock and Fisheriesat the department in Pyigyitagon Township yesterday.

Mr Patrick Deboyser was accompanied byAssistant Director U Tint Wai of Fisheries Department.

They cordially discussed matters related toprevention against bird flu outbreak that broke out inSagaing and Mandalay divisions in March, 2006, activecooperation with international organizations incontrolling the bird flu in Myanmar and technicalassistance for prevention against bird flu to be providedby EU through World Bank.

Later, Mr Patrick Deboyser and party made afield trip to the Laboratory of the department andchicken farm of Dr Aung Kyaw Moe. — MNA

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than presents exercise books, pencils and cash assistance to Kyaukpyu Township Education Officer Daw Tin Tin Ohn. — MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe waters a plant at DagonUniversity’s Tree Planting Ceremony. — MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win, Mayor Brig-Gen Aung TheinLin and Rector U Kyaw Myint Oo formally open Tree Planting

Ceremony of Dagon University. — MNA

Ambassador of Malaysia HE Dato’Shahamddin Bin Md Som welcomes DeputyForeign Minister U Kyaw Thu at a receptionto mark 49th Anniversary Independence Day

of Malaysia on 31 August. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 31Aug — A delegation ledby Chairman of CivilService Selection andTraining Board Dr ThanNyun attended the 5thofficials’ meeting onASEAN Charter held inKuala Lumpur, Malaysia,from 22 to 24 August.

On 23 August,participants of the meetinghold a meeting withASEAN EconomicMinisters and exchangedviews on founding ofAsean EconomicCommunity (AEC).

Malaysian PrimeMinister Dato' Seri

Myanmar delegation attends 5thofficials’ meeting on ASEAN Charter

Abdullah Ahmad Badawihosted a dinner in honourof the participants of themeeting.— MNA

education.In conclusion, Lt-

Gen Myint Swe urgedstudents to try hard tobecome educated persons

and to safeguard thecultural heritage andnational character withunion spirit and patrioticspirit. — MNA

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YANGON, 31 Aug —The 21st Gem and JadeSales 2006 of the Unionof Myanmar EconomicHoldings Ltd commencedat Myanmar ConventionCentre on MindhammaRoad in MayangonTownship this morning,attended by ManagingDirector of UMEHL Maj-Gen Win Than, members

NAY PYI TAW, 31Aug — A Myanmardelegation led by Ministerfor Hotels and TourismMaj-Gen Soe Naingarrived back here by airthis morning afterattending the ministerialand senior officialsmeetings and symposiumon Ancient CulturalHeritage Tourism ofCambodia, Laos,Indonesia, Myanmar,Thailand and Vietnamheld from 27 to 30 Augustin Jogjakarta, Indonesia.

They were wel-comed back at the NayPyi Taw Airport byMinister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement and forImmigration andPopulation Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe,Minister for ReligiousAffairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung, depart-mental heads andofficials.

While they werein Indonesia, the minister

H&T Minister arrives back from Indonesia

and party attended theopening ceremony ofministerial meeting heldat Mercure Hotel inJogjakarta on 28 Augustand visited Borobudurimage. In the evening, theminister made an addressat the meeting held atAmonjiwo Hotel andsigned Borobudur

Declaration to promote theculture based tourismsector.

On 29 August, theminister together withministers and deputyministers of membernations called onIndonesian President DrSusilo Bambang Yudo-yono at Merdeka Palace inJogjakarta. — MNA

21st Gem and Jade Sales 2006 ofUMEHL commences

of the Board of Directorsand gem merchants.

Gem merchantsexamined gem and jadelots from 28 to 30 August.Officials inspectedbargain forms from thetender boxes.

Managing DirectorMaj-Gen Win Thandelivered an address andopened the sales.

A total of 224 gem lotswere sold through bargainsystem and auction.Managing Director Maj-Gen Win Than andmembers of BODspresented gifts to the gemmerchants who bought thegems with highest prices.Jade lots will be soldthrough bargain systemtomorrow. — MNA

YANGON, 31 Aug— A ceremony tointroduce new model ofDaewoo Air Conditionerconducted by OKMyanmar Co Ltd washeld at Sedona Hotel thisevening. Present weredepartmental officials,developers and repre-sentatives of electric andelectronic sale centres.

F i r s t l y ,Managing Director ofOK Myanmar Co Ltdmade an introductory

Introduction for Daewoo Air conditioner heldMerdekaTrophy

handed overto MOC

YANGON, 31 Aug— Victorious Myanmarfootball team handed overthe trophy of the 38thMerdeka Tournament toMyanmar OlympicCommittee (MOC)yesterday.

The football teamwho emerged thechampion of the 38thMerdeka Tournamentarrived back here at 9.15pm yesterday andPresident of MyanmarFootball Federation UZaw Zaw handed over thetrophy to Chairman ofMOC Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura AyeMyint at Karaweik PalaceHotel.

Afterwards, theteam held a press briefingand President of MFF UZaw Zaw, Manager UThein Aung, Coach U SanWin and responsibleofficials replied thequeries raised byjournalists.

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speech and Director UZaw Weik explainedimport and distributionplans, its guarantee onquality and services.

Next, officialsanswered the queriesraised by those presentand conducted themround the showroom.

OK Myanmar CoLtd is the sole distributorfor Daewoo electricproducts for Myanmarmarket and it willdistribute refrigator, TVand DVD sets later. Itsproducts were tested

under the internationalstandard and a three-yearguarantee was providedfor customers. Duringthe sale promotion,the products will bedistributed at areasonable price at itsoutlets in othertownships.

Those wishingto make inquires maycontact Headquarters(Ph::544463, 544464,544465) and showroom(Ph: 241077, 387644,377627).

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Hotels and Tourism Minister Maj-Gen SoeNaing being welcomed back at Nay Pyi TawAirport by Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung

Swe and Minister Brig-Gen Thura MyintMaung. — MNA

21st Gem and Jade Sales of Union of Myanmar Economic HoldingsLtd at Myanmar Convention Centre in Yangon. — MNA

Daewoo Air-con to be distributed by OK Myanmar Co Ltd. — MNA

Director of OK Myanmar Co Ltd U Zaw Weik briefs on distribution of electronic goods. — MNA

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350i/-

A model presents a creation by Indiandesigner Rohit Bal at a fashion show on thefirst-day of India fashion week in New Delhi

on 30 Aug, 2006. — INTERNET

CHANGSHA, 31 Aug — Archaeologists have discovered a building thatserved as a drug rehabilitation centre about a century ago in central China’sHunan Province.

Century-old drug rehabilitationcentre found in C China

Anti-terrorist exercisestarts in Canberra

Between January andAugust, the country is setto ship abroad 634,000tons of coffee, mainly tothe European Union, theUnited States, Japan andSingapore, posting a year-on-year decrease of 8.7 percent, said the Trade Infor-

Vietnam reaps bigger coffeeexport revenues in 8 months

HANOI, 31 Aug — Vietnam is estimated to earn 733 million US dollarsfrom exporting coffee in the first eight months of this year, up 33.8 per centover the same period of last year, despite lower volume of the goods, accordingto a local trade agency on Wednesday.

mation Centre under theTrade Ministry.

Vietnam, the world’ssecond biggest coffee ex-porter, is diversifying cof-fee products for export,partaking more actively ininternational coffee trad-

ing floors, and applying

more advanced farmingand processing tech-niques.

MNA/Xinhua

Over 40 firefighters battlecentral London blaze

LONDON, 31 Aug —More than 40 firefighterstackled a blaze on Tues-day at the former Museumof Mankind behind theRoyal Academy of Arts inPiccadilly, the LondonFire Brigade said.

Eight fire engineswere sent to the three-sto-rey building on BurlingtonGardens, after fire crewswere alerted at 1:40 pm

Plumes of smokecould be seen billowingacross the district, which

The building, the an-cestral hall of the Li fam-ily in Daweishan town-ship, Liuyang, was builtin 1815 and turned into a

rehabilitation centre in1907 after many youngerfamily members becameaddicted to opium.

The experts with thecultural relics protectionbureau in Changsha, capi-tal of Hunan, identifiedthe building during a re-cent provincial investiga-

tion into cultural relics. Opium became legal

in the Qing Dynasty(1644-1911) after Britaindefeated the governmentin the Opium War, result-ing in millions of Chinesedeveloping an addiction.

MNA/Xinhua

CANBERRA, 31 Aug —As many as 7,000 peoplewere evacuated from ashopping centre and gov-ernment offices at a sub-urb of Canberra Tuesdayas part of one of the big-gest anti-terrorist exer-cises in the AustralianCapital Territory (ACT).

Some 300 police andemergency services per-sonnel were also involvedin the exercise, aimed attesting the ACT govern-ment’s emergency re-

sponse systems in case ofa terrorist attack such ascar explosion or a hostagesituation.

ACT Police MinisterSimon Corbell said theevacuation was the larg-est evacuation ever in theterritory, and a very goodtest of emergency re-sponse systems. “Thepossibility of a terroristincident in Canberra can-not be discounted,” hesaid.

MNA/Xinhua

is home to some of Lon-don’s most upmarketshops. A fire brigadespokesman said it was tooearly to say what hadcaused the blaze, whichhas also set the roof of thebuilding alight.

The former museumbuilding, now owned bythe Royal Academy andused for special exhibi-tions, was empty at thetime of the fire which didnot spread.

MNA/Reuters

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Consignees of cargo carried on MV YANGONSTAR VOY NO (412) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrived on 1.9.2006 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe 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 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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Nissan plans $50m new investment in IndonesiaJAKARTA, 30 Aug—

Japanese carmakerNissan plans a newinvestment of 50 millionUS dollars to expandassembly plant andincrease dealerships in

Indonesia, a news-paper reported onTuesday.

Nissan through itslocal subsidiary PT NissanMotor Indonesia(NMI) has announced a

plan to introduce a newmulti-purpose vehiclemodel, the Levina, whoseassembling will be basedin Indonesia.

The new investmentis aimed at increasing

production capacity in itsplant in Purwakarta, WestJava Province, from 1,000units per month to 1,500units, reported BisnisIndonesia.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia says to seedcloud to douse forest fires

JAKARTA, 30 Aug— Indonesia will carry out cloudseeding this week to help extinguish forest fires, butplans to use cargo planes to drop water bombs on theflames have been ditched because of a lack ofequipment, officials said on Monday.

Indonesia has been under pressure fromneighbours Singaporte and Malaysia to deal withrecurring forest fores in Sumatra and Borneo thatspread a thick haze across the region, deterring touristsand causing health problems.

"Our target is that the hotspots could disappear bythe 2nd (of September). If not all, at least the significanthaze would not be there any more," InformationMinister Sofyan Djalil told a news conference.

A continuing flare-up in the fires in coming dayscould be embarrassing for Indonesian President SusiloBambang Yudhoyono, who is due to attend a summitin Singapore on 4 September.

The island state near Sumatra frequently suffersfrom the haze caused by Indonesian forest fires.

Research Minister Kusmayanto Kadiman toldreporters cargo planes would start dropping salt toinduce rain via cloud-seeding on Tuesday but a plan tobomb the hotspots with water had been shelved.

MNA/Reuters

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Hong Kong actors Jackie Chan (L), Tony Leung Ka-fai and others take partin a protest against local weekly magazine “Easy Finder”, which publishedsemi-nude photos of Hong Kong pop star Gillian Chung, in Hong Kong on

29 Aug, 2006.—INTERNET

France urges Iran, Syriato work with the world

PARIS, 30 Aug— Iranand Syria should notisolate themselves fromthe international com-munity but instead worktowards building a last-ing peace in the MiddleEast, French PresidentJacques Chirac said onMonday.

In a speech to Frenchambassadors, Chiraccalled Iran “a greatcountry” and urged it tonegotiate with worldpowers over its nuclearambitions.

“Iran will not findsecurity in the develop-

ment of hidden (nuclear)programmes, but in its fullimmersion into the heartof the international com-munity,” Chirac said.

“Once again, I urgeTeheran to send thenecessary signals to createthe conditions for trust.There is always room fordialogue,” he added.

Turning to Syria,Chirac said it should:“Abandon its insular

mentality.” The French President

used to have a goodrapport with Syria'sleaders, but those tiessuffered following theassassination last year inBeirut of one of Chirac'sclose friends, formerLebanese prime ministerRafik al-Hariri.

The killing wasblamed on pro-Syrianagents.—MNA/Reuters

In this photo released by China’s Xinhua NewsAgency, a robot harpist developed by ShanghaiElectric Group plays music at the Fifth China

International Equipment ManufacturingExposition held in Shenyang, capital city of

northeast China’s Liaoning Province on 29 Aug,2006. —XINHUA

Workers clear the court during a rain delay at the US Open tennistournament in New York, on 29 Aug, 2006.—INTERNET

Study shows ovarian cancermore aggressive in obese women

LONDON, 30 Aug—Research has suggestedthat obese women are lesslikely to survive ovariancancer than those ofnormal weight, accordingto national newspaper TheGuardian on Tuesday.

The research done byUS scientists suggestedfor the first time that awoman's weight can affectthe course of the disease.

Those who are obesenot only have lowersurvival rates, but thecancer recurs sooner aftertreatment and they face anearlier death than womenwho are diagnosed at theirideal body weight.

The research wasreportedly the first toidentify weight as anindependent factor inovarian cancer disease

progression and overallsurvival, suggesting thatthere is an element in thefat tissue itself thatinfluences the outcome ofthis disease in obesewomen.

In the study, theresearchers compared theprogression of the diseasein 216 women, 35 ofwhom were obese, and108 were of ideal weight.

The scientists discoveredthat in addition to theirfindings on mortality andrecurrence of the disease,the cells of the tumoursappeared different.

“While further mole-cular studies are war-ranted, our study suggeststhat fat tissue excretes ahormone or protein thatcauses ovarian cancer cellsto grow more aggres-

sively,” Andrew Li, thestudy’s principal investi-gator, was quoted assaying.

The next steps will beto examine this re-lationship more closely,and to determine the exactbiological mechanismsthat influence tumourgrowth in ovarian cancer,Li said.

MNA/Xinhua

Hurricane John lashes Mexico’sPacific coast

BEIJING, 31 Aug—A Category 4Hurricane John lashed Mexico’s Pacificcoast on Wednesday, pounding touristresorts with heavy winds and rain inAcapulco. Acapulco, home to some onemillion people and a popular touristdestination, had sea surges of up to 10 feet(3.5 metres), seafront roads were ankle-deep in water and people struggled to stayon their feet in 135 mph (215 kph) winds.

The hurricanecould dump up to a footof rain along parts of Mexico’s southerncoast, causing landslides or flooding,meteorologists warned. The Miami-basedNational Hurricane Center upgradedJohn to Category 4, the second-strongesttype of hurricane, capable of extensive

A lifeguard station stands askew asHurricane John lashes the resort cityof Acapulco on 30 Aug, 2006.—XINHUA

Magnitude 6.4 quake jolts E Indonesia JAKARTA, 30 Aug—A

magnitude 6.4 underseaearthquake struck Indo-nesia's Moluccas Islands onTuesday and there was apossibility of a tsunami, anofficial at the meteoro-logical agency said.

“There is a possibilityof a tsunami, but until now

we have not received areport that it has happened,”Fauzi, head seismologist atthe agency, told Reuters.

The epicentre of thequake lay southwest ofTual Island at a depth of33 kilometres beneath theBanda Sea, he said. Thatwould put it due east of

East Timor and due northof Darwin in northernAustralia.—MNA/Reuters

damage if it hits inhabited areas directly. It was expected to strengthensomewhat throughout its path.—Internet

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S P O R T S

US overrun Germany to reach semis SAITAMA (Japan), 31 Aug — The United States broke out of a first-half slumber to beat Germany

85-65 and reach the last four of the world basketball championship on Wednesday.

Nadal makes impressivestart to US Open bid

NEW YORK, 31 Aug — Second seed Rafael Nadalmade an impressive start to his US Open title bid onWednesday when he beat former runner-up MarkPhilippoussis 6-4, 6-4, 6-4 in the first round on Wednes-day. The Spaniard, who has never been beyond thethird round in three visits to Flushing Meadows,looked full of confidence as he brushed aside theAustralian wildcard in just over two hours.

Philippoussis hammered 19 aces but French Openchampion Nadal broke once in each of the first twosets to take command. Nadal broke again in theopening game of the third set and after saving fourbreak points in the fourth game, held on to set up aclash with Luis Horna of Portugal or SpaniardGuillermo Garcia-Lopez. — MNA/Reuters

Poland'sAgnieszkaRadwanskareturns a

shot toChina'sYan Ziduringtheir

match atthe USOpentennis

tourna-ment in

New York,on 30

Aug, 2006.INTERNET

Los Angeles Dodgers' Andre Ethier, right, slidesinto home as Cincinnati Reds catcher Jason LaRue

awaits a throw in the second inning of a baseballgame in Los Angeles on 30 Aug, 2006. Ethier

scored on a single by Greg Maddux.—INTERNET

Former World Cup winnerKohler named newIvory Coast coach

ABIDJAN, 31 Aug — Former West Germany de-fender Juergen Kohler has been named Ivory Coast’snew coach, charged with getting the team to the 2008African Nations Cup finals, the Ivorian football fed-eration said on Wednesday.

Kohler, who made 105 international appearances,winning the World Cup in 1990, succeeds FrenchmanHenri Michel, who quit after taking the team to theWorld Cup finals in June.

Kohler, who has signed a two-year contract withthe Elephants, was sacked as coach of MSV Duisburgin April. — MNA/Reuters

The US blew a one-point game wide open in a high-energy third quarter as the red-hot tournament favour-ites moved a step closer to ending a six-year world andOlympic title drought.

The Americans will take on Greece in Friday’ssemifinals after the European champions overpow-ered France 73-56 earlier on Wednesday.

“We won despite not having a good offensivenight,” US coach Mike Krzyzewski told reporters.“But we forced 24 turnovers and we did the things thatwin ball games.

“Defensively I thought we couldn’t have playedbetter in the second half and we needed that.”

Carmelo Anthony led the US with 19 points andfellow co-captain LeBron James added 13 after amuch-improved second half propelled them to a per-fect 7-0 record in Japan.

Dallas Mavericks forward Dirk Nowitzki had 15points for Germany but spent much of the game in foultrouble after picking up his third personal with 3:04left in the second quarter.

“They deserved to win — no question,” said Ger-many coach Dirk Bauermann. “They were the betterteam defensively and they killed us on the offensiveglass.”— MNA/Reuters

Top seed Mauresmo winsdelayed first-round match

NEW YORK, 31 Aug — Top seed Amelie Mauresmoreached the second round of the US Open a day laterthan originally scheduled when she beat German quali-fier Kristina Barrois 6-1, 7-5 on Wednesday.

After the rain delays of Tuesday, the Wimbledonchampion resumed a set up but 5-2 down in the secondto the world number 131.

Although Barrois got to within two points of level-ling it up at one set apiece, Mauresmo won five gamesin succession to complete victory.

“When we came back on the court it wasn’t easy butI was able to do it,” the Frenchwoman told reporters.

“It’s been a great year. I feel great physically, buttennis-wise I still have a few things to work on.”

Mauresmo will play the winner of the match be-tween American Meghann Shaughnessy and ItalianRoberta Vinci.

MNA/Reuters

Sharapova advances tosecond round

NEW YORK, 31 Aug — Third seed Maria Sharapovaused a dominant serve and laser-like groundstrokes tocrush Dutch teenager Michaella Krajicek 6-3, 6-0 andadvance to the second round of the US Open onWednesday.

Sharapova hit 10 aces and was successful on 82 percent of her first serves to defeat Krajicek in 59 minutes.

The 17-year-old Krajicek lost her serve to open thematch and then hung in with Sharapova until gettingbroken again in the ninth game to lose the set.

Krajicek, making her Open debut, hit four doublefaults and just one ace in the match.— MNA/Reuters

Fine start for relaxedchampion Federer

NEW YORK, 31 Aug — Roger Federer took the first step towardswhat he hopes will be a third consecutive US Open title as hecruised past Wang Yeu-tzuoo of Taipei 6-4, 6-1, 6-0 in the firstround on Wednesday.

The world number one was at his effortless best as he racedto victory in just one hour 41 minutes to set up a clash with thewinner of the all-British clash between Tim Henman and GregRusedski.

Federer, who has won four of the past five Grand Slam events,was pushed hard by the world number 109 in the first set but thenromped through the remainder of the match. The growing rivalrybetween Federer and second seed Rafael Nadal has captured plentyof attention on the ATP Tour this year.

The Spaniard beat Federer to win the French Open in June butthe Swiss got his revenge in the Wimbledon final. The pair areseeded to meet in the final here but Federer said he was not lookingthat far ahead.

John McEnroe and Ivan Lendl are the only other men to havewon three consecutive titles at the US Open in the professionalera.— MNA/Reuters

Eight-time Grand Slam winner RogerFederer retruns a forehand to unseededWang Yeu-Tzuoo of Taipei during the

first round of the 18.5 million dollar USOpen in Flushing Meadows. Federer

won 6-4, 6-1, 6-0.—INTERNET

Necaxa’s midfielder Gerardo Galindo (R) controlsthe ball next to Cruz Azul defender Jose Carmonaduring their Mexican league championship soccermatch at the Azul stadium in Mexico City, on 30

Aug, 2006.—INTERNET

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Friday, 31 August, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has beenpartly cloudy in lower Sagaing Division, rain have beenisolated in upper Sagaing and Magway Divisions, scat-tered in Mandalay Division and fairly widespread to wide-spread in the remaining areas with locally heavyfall inMandalay Division. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Nay Pyi Taw (1.02) inches, Pyinmana (3.19)inches, Hpa-an (2.56) inches, Taunggu (2.17) inches,Loikaw (2.01) inches and Shwegyin (1.66) inches.

Maximum temperature on 30-8-2006 was 89°F.Minimum temperature on 31-8-2006 was 75°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 31-8-2006 was (89%).Total sunshine hours on 30-7-2006 was (0.2) hour approx.

Rainfalls on 31-8-2006 were (0.43) inch atMingaladon, (0.59) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.43) inch atCentral Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were(79.80) inches at Mingaladon, (91.42) inches at Kaba-Aye and (96.10) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph fromSouthwest at (15:30) hours MST on 30-8-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in theAndaman Sea and south Bay and generally moderateelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 1-9-2006: Rainwill be isolated in lower Sagaing and Magway Divi-sions, scattered in upper Sagaing and Mandalay Divi-sions, fairly widespread in Kachin and Rakhine Statesand widespread in the remaining areas with likelihood ofisolated in heavyfalls in Mon State and Deltaic area.Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Sea will be moderate inMyanmar water.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 1-9-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 1-9-2006: Some rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 1-9-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

WEATHER

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Friday, 1 SeptemberView on today

7:00 am1. Recitation of Parittas

by Missionary Saya-daw U Ottamathara

7:25 am 2. To be healthy

exercise7:30 am3. Morning news

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8:35 am9. tMcåtMta;tMcåtMta;tMcåtMta;tMcåtMta;tMcåtMta;

8:45 am10. English for Everyday

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1. Martial song4:15 pm2. Songs to uphold

National Spirit4:30 pm 3. Practice in reading4:45 pm4. Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;Aew;qc\tkquil\pvaer;

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5:00 pm5. Song of national

races5:15 pm 6. {Aer;Âk;liu≥på}{Aer;Âk;liu≥på}{Aer;Âk;liu≥på}{Aer;Âk;liu≥på}{Aer;Âk;liu≥på}

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programme

Friday, 1 SeptemberTune in today

8:30 am Brief news8:35 am Music:

-Good sign8:40 am Perspectives8:45 am Music:

-I gotta know8:50 am National news &

Slogan9:00 am Music:

-The way to my heart

9:05 am International news

9:10 am Music:-Life is good

1:30 pm News & Slogan1:40pm Lunch time

music-To love you more-Someday-You’re all that I need

9:00pm WOM-Israel,Potugal, Hungary, India, Indonesia

9:15pm Article9:25pm Music at your

request-Promiue me you’ll try-Whenever you go-Love sent ingel

9:45 pm News & Slogan10:00 pm PEL

French driver Sebastien Loeb of Citroen chats withhis team staff before his second run during the

shakedown for P1 drivers of the Japan Rally 2006in Obihiro on Japan’s northernmost main island

of Hokkaido Thursday, 31 Aug, 2006. — INTERNET

Survey says children’s hourmost important for NZ parents

WELLINGTON, 31 Aug — Two-thirds of fathersand a half of mothers in New Zealand want to spendmore time with their children, according to a sur-vey released on Wednesday.

Philipines coastal oil spill reaches 500,000 litresMANILA, 31 Aug — The Philippine Coast Guard said on Wednesday that more than half a million litres

of bunker oil have been discharged from a sunken tanker near Guimaras Island, Western Visayas Regionof the country.

“The leak is continu-ous,” local TV ANCquoted Coast Guardspokesman Joseph Coymeas saying.

The spokesman saidthat the Coast Guard esti-mated that 500,000 to700,000 litres of industrialfuel oil have been spill-ed, according to the TV

report.The country will hire

a Japanese remote-oper-ated vehicle, which is ableto dive down the sea, todetermine how many tank-ers have ruptured and howmany litres of oil are stillremaining in the vessel,Coyme added.

The figure is an in-

crease from the CoastGuard’s initial report of200,000 to 300,000 litresof oil that leaked out afterthe Philippines tanker’ssinking on August 11, thereport said.

The tanker has yet tobe refloated due to the

Philippines’ lack of tech-nical capability. Withpractical foreign help, twoto three months will beneeded to siphoning offthe remaining oil withoutraising the ship, Coymesaid.

MNA/Xinhua

The survey for Rela-tionship Services of 1,000New Zealanders showsthat 66 per cent of menand 52 per cent of womensurveyed want to havemore time with their chil-dren.

Exactly half of themwant to have more timewith their partners. Only 2per cent or less said theywanted to spend less timewith any of these.

Jeremy Robertson, aresearcher at Victoria Uni-versity’s Roy McKenzieCentre, said the findingsshowed that “policies thathelp achieve a better workand family life balance are

more likely to lead to bet-ter individual wellbeing”.

Despite feeling thatthey would like to spendmore time with their chil-dren, New Zealanders inthe sample were happierwith their relationshipwith their offspring thanwith anyone else in theirlives. — MNA/Xinhua

“Flood Bulletin”(Issued at 12:30 hrs MST on 31-8-2006)

According to the (18:30) hr MST observationtoday, the water level of Sittoung River at Madauk is(1141) cm. It may remain above its danger level (1070)cmduring the next (72) hours cmmencing noon today.

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Prime Minister sendsfelicitations to Qatar

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Sept — General Soe Win, Prime Minister ofthe Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Sheikh Abdullah Bin Khalifah Al-Thani, Prime Minis-ter of the State of Qatar, on the occasion of the Independence Day ofthe State of Qatar which falls on 1 September, 2006. — MNA

Cultivation of pepper to be extendedas main crop in Rakhine State

NAY PYI TAW, 31Aug — Member of theState Peace and Develop-

social organizations andlocal people atRammawady Hall in

guard and maintainYangon-Kyaukpyu High-way for its durability. Rub-

ment Council Lt-GenKhin Maung Than of theMinistry of Defence, to-gether with Chairman ofRakhine State PDC Com-mander of Western Com-mand Brig-Gen MaungShein, met departmentalpersonnel, members of

Kyaukpyu on 27 Augustmorning.

In his speech, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thanstressed the need to con-centrate on cultivation ofdouble cropping and ex-tension of livestock breed-ing. It is necessary to safe-

ber and physic nut plantsare to be grown for ex-ceeding the target. In ad-dition, cultivation of pep-per is to be extended asmain crop in RakhineState. Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan presented cash as-sistance and school sta-

tionery to Township Edu-cation Officer Daw TinTin Ohn.

They attended theceremony to grow physicnut saplings at KyaukpyuEducation College. Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thanand the commander

planted physic nut sap-lings at the designatedplaces.

They also at-tended the collectiveweeding ceremony atHnanphetin field inHnanphetaung Village. Atthe ceremony, Acting

Chairman of the Town-ship PDC U Myint Hlaingreported on cultivation of60,692 acres of monsoonpaddy against the targetof 60,690 acres for 2006-07, cultivation of 139 acresof rubber and pepper.

(See page 9)

INSIDE

YANGON, 31 Aug— Dagon University inYangon East District or-ganized a tree plantingceremony today and Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defenceplanted a Gangaw(Meswaferrea) tree infront of the university’smain building.

As part of a planof the university to grow10,000 plants on thecompus, over 3,000 plantswere grown at the cer-emony.

Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Commander ofYangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win, Cen-tral Executive Commit-tee Member of UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association Mayorof Yangon Brig-Gen

Lt-Gen Myint Swe participates inDagon University’s tree planting ceremony

Aung Thein Lin, Patronof Yangon DivisionWomen’s Affairs Organi-zation Chairperson ofYangon Division Mater-nal and Child WelfareSupervisory CommitteeDaw Mar Mar Wai, therector and faculty mem-bers of the university, stu-

dents and members ofUSDA and social organi-zations also participatedin the tree planting cer-emony which was for-mally opened by Com-mander Brig-Gen HlaHtay Win, Brig-GenAung Thein Lin and Rec-tor U Kyaw Myint Oo.

At the ceremony,Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Com-mander Brig-Gen HlaHtay Win, Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin,Chairperson Daw MarMar Wai and Rector UKyaw Myint Oo and dis-tributed to the participants.

(See page 9)

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than on inspectiontour of Kyaukpyu, Yanbye

Lt-Gen Myint Swe meeting with the rector, faculty members and students of Dagon University. — MNA

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of Ministry of Defence views collective scattering of fertilizer in fields at Hnanpetaung Village,Kyaukpyu Township. — MNA

After the aircraft had landed at theairport, the Myanmar footballers alighted.In an interview, former selected player UAye Maung Gyi said, “I take a great pridein the present Myanmar team in securingMerdeka Championship more than that ofours. After 35 years of hard work, ourexpectation finally comes to fruition.”

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