Volume XIV, Number 38 13th Waning of Kason 1368 ME Wednesday, 24 May, 2006

Established 1914

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

* Development of agriculture as the base andall-round development of other sectors ofthe economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-orientedeconomic system

* Development of the economy inviting par-ticipation in terms of technical know-howand investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrityand preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national charac-ter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed na-

tion in accord with the new State Consti-tution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectivesTrue patriotism

* It is very important for everyone of the nation regardless ofthe place he lives to have strong Union Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism all the nationalitieswill have to safeguard.

YANGON, 23 May — Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence, Chairman of Yangon DivisionPeace and Development Council Commander ofYangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win, Chairmanof Yangon City Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa andofficials inspected tax-free markets here this morning.

On arrival at the tax-free market near Hti HlaingShin Housing in Hlinethaya, Lt-Gen Myint Swe waswelcomed by the commander, the mayor and officials.

Tax-free marketsin townships inspected

They visited tax-free markets in Shwepyithaand Dagon Myothit (North and South) and inspectedshops of the Ministry of Industry-1 and the Ministry ofEnergy, YCDC, regiments and units of Yangon Com-mand, District and Township Peace and DevelopmentCouncils and companies, Central Sanpya Fish Marketand Myanmar Rice Merchants Association, Oil Mer-chants and Entrepreneurs Association and sale of com-modities.

MNA

INSIDE* Up to 17 May 2006, a total of 54,177 self-reliant village libraries have been

established across the country.* Successful establishment of self-reliant libraries in the villages in rural areas is

making remarkable contribution towards the drive for transforming the Myanmarsociety into a life-long learning one. And Myanmar has become a nation oflibraries.

Nay Pyi Taw & neighbouring areasLikelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (60%).

Yangon & neighbouring areasSome rain or thundershowers which may beheavy at times. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring areasLikelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (60%).

Weather Forecast for (24-5-2006)

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Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects a tax-free market in Dagon Myothit (North) Township. — MNA

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Wednesday, 24 May, 2006

PERSPECTIVES

Continue carrying out thenation-building work

* 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

Emergence of the State Constitution is

the duty of all citizens of Myanmar. The Union

Solidarity and Development Association, on

its part, is actively carrying out its lot for the

successful execution of that national duty.

The Union Solidarity and Development

Association is a major national force. It is par-

ticipating in the nation-building work with the

national spirit and Union Spirit. At the same

time, it constantly remains vigilant to ward

off any danger that could jeopardize peace

and stability and successful realization of a

modern and developed nation.

Members of the Union Solidarity and

Development Association are being trained in

order that they can become human resources

who have the right way of thinking and keep

things in perspective. Training courses and

seminars for USDA members are designed for

honing their skills and abilities and strength-

ening their convictions.

The courses deal with management, na-

tional politics, national security and defence

and national development. Only if the mem-

bers of the association at different levels are

highly-qualified will the fulfilment of the As-

sociation’s visions and realization of its future

work programme be possible.

Members of the associations at lower lev-

els are required to follow the leadership of the

associations at higher levels. Only then will all

the members be able to work together in unity

and unison for achievement of their ambition.

It is with the concerted efforts of the

government, the people and the Tatmadaw

that a peaceful and developed nation is being

built. The entire national people including the

USDA members constitute a major force in

this national endeavour. We believe that mem-

bers of the associations at different levels, fol-

lowing the correct leadership, will continue

carrying out the nation-building work.

Nay Pyi Taw, 23 May—The Ministry of RailTransportation held its work coordination meeting atthe meeting hall of the ministry here yesterday morn-ing with an address by Minister for Rail Transporta-tion Maj-Gen Aung Min.

Also present at the meeting were DeputyMinisters for Rail Transportation Thura U ThaungLwin and U Pe Than, directors-general and manag-ing directors of departments and enterprises underthe ministry, departmental officials, state level offi-cials and others.

In his address, Minister Maj-Gen Aung Minsaid that the Ministry of Rail Transportation is tak-ing steps for the convenience of passengers andcommodity transport. With a view to ensuring thesmooth flow of commodities, special cargo trains

Ministry of Rail Transportation holdswork coordination meeting

are being run across the nation.The minister stressed the need for Road Trans-

port Administration Department and Transport Plan-ning Department to make relentless efforts for ex-ceeding the target of the ministry.

Next, Deputy Ministers Thura U Thaung Lwinand U Pe Than assessed the work done.

Afterwards, directors-general and managingdirectors of departments and enterprises took part inthe discussions.

The meeting came to an end with the conclud-ing remarks by Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min.—MNA

YANGON, 23 May— At the SummitParkview Hotel here thismorning was a presenta-tion of FP diesel engineparts organized by MVAssociates Co Ltd andFederal Mogul Corpora-tion.

In his three-partpresentation, Mr Augus-tino Sarrentino, Asia Pa-cific Sales Director ofFederal Mogul Corpora-tion, said that the FPparts include pistons, lin-ers, gaskets, rings, bear-ings and valves for Cat-erpillar Cummins, DetroitDiesel, International,John Deere, Komatsu,

Two companies present FPdiesel engine parts

Mack Waukesha, WhiteSuperior Engine used inoperating excavators,dumper trucks, genera-tors and other heavymachines, and ship en-gines.

MV Associates CoLtd is the sole distributorof FP diesel engine partsin Myanmar, he said. Inaddition, the company isdistributing ChampionSpark Plugs, Beral ClutchDiscs, AE engine compo-nents, Payen oil sales,National oil sales, SKFRolling Bearings, main-tenance equipment,Optibelt, TRW-Lucas,Petronas lubricants andMilitec-1 metal condi-tioners as the sole agent,he said.

The distributorcompany is located at 216,Bogyoke Street,Botahtaung Township,Yangon, (Ph: 392502,392503, 392588, 392823).The ceremony openedwith an introductory byCEO U Ye Htut of MVAssociates Co Ltd.—MNA

Nurse Aid Course to be openedin Jivitadana Sangha Hospital

YANGON, 23 May — A Nurse Aid Course willbe opened at Jivitadana Sangha Hospital in a bid toimprove the qualification for nursing at the hospital.

Anyone who passed 10th grade and agedbetween 18 and 25 (man, single) is eligible to attendthe course and can register at the hospital not laterthan 10 June. After the course, the trainees will beappointed as assistant nurses at the hospital.

More information are available at 10-558434,541795,545782.—MNA

USDA CEC member giveslecture on national policy

YANGON, 23 May — Central Executive Com-mittee member of Union Solidarity and Develop-ment Association, Deputy Minister for InformationU Thein Sein, today gave lecture on national policyand development of the State at No 23 Basic Organ-izing Course organized by South Okkalapa Town-ship USDA.

A total of 102 trainees are attending thecourse.—MNA

YANGON, 23 May—Funfair towards the fundsof the monastic education school in Hlaingthaya tobe built by Ven Mok Tak, Chairman of Korea-Myanmar Friendship Interchange Association willbe held at Karaweik Palace from 4 to 7 pm on 2June and from 9 am to 7 pm on 3 June.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min addresses thework coordination meeting of Ministry of

Rail Transportation. — MNA

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A Shanghai girl named Xu Yan gobbles up 10 puffs in three minutes and 58seconds in an eating contest in the city recently. Sixty contestants took part in

the event, with 28 getting through to the semi-final to be heldon 20 May 2006.—INTERNET

A miner walks between mounds of coal waiting to be processed at a mine inChina. As many as 57 coal miners were feared trapped in a flooded pit in

northern China and several managerial staff were arrested for trying to coverup the disaster, state media said.—INTERNET

The 499-foot cooling tower at the Trojan NuclearPlant in Rainier, Oregon is imploded 21 May, 2006.Portland General Electric’s facility located 42 milesNorth of Portland on the Columbia River is the firstlarge-scale commercial nuclear plant to bedecommissioned in the United States. The implosionof the 41,000 tons of concrete and steel took only 10seconds and 2,800 pounds of dynamite. The towerprovided water cooling for electricity production in

the region from 1976-1993. —INTERNET

Syria condemns EU for interfering indomestic affairs

DAMASCUS, 22 May —Syrian Foreign Ministrysummoned representative ofthe European Union onSaturday to protest againstinterference in its internalaffairs after the EU criticizedSyria’s crackdown ondissidents, the official SANAnews agency reported.

The EU urged Damascuson Friday to release all

political prisoners includingactivists who demandedmending ties with Lebanon.“The EU announcementconstitutes unacceptableinterference in Syrianinternal affairs,” a ForeignMinistry statement said.“The (arrests) issue lies inthe domain of Syriansovereignty, which includesprotecting the population

and applying the country'slegal code.”

Syria rejected on 17May a UN SecurityCouncil resolution callingon Syria to establish formaldiplomatic ties withLebanon and demarcatethe countries’ commonborder, terming it asinterference”.

MNA/Xinhua

Innocent Britions branded ascriminals due to mix-up

LONDON, 22 May —The British government, already under pressure over a series of blunders in itsimmigration and prison services, has confirmed it wrongly branded around 1,500 innocent people ascriminals due to a computer mix-up.

It said the Criminal Records Bureau (CRB), whichcarries out checks on people who have applied for jobsworking with children or vulnerable adults, hadconfused the innocent people with convicted criminalsbecause they had similar or identical names.

The names were stored on a police database. The case is the latest in a series of embarrassments

for Prime Minister Tony Blair and his beleagueredHome Office (Interior Ministry), which oversees theCRB. “We make no apology for erring on the side ofcaution. We are talking about the protection of childrenand vulnerable adults,” a Home Office spokesmansaid. Last month, the Home Office admitted it hadallowed more than 1,000 foreign prisoners to walk freefrom British jails when they should have beenconsidered for deportation.

Home Secretary Charles Clarke was sacked in areshuffle shortly after the fiasco and has been replacedby John Reid.

The ministry is also looking into allegations ahandful of illegal immigrants worked for several yearsas cleaners at the offices of the Immigration andNationality Directorate, also overseen by the HomeOffice. And on Saturday the ministry said it hadsuspended an immigration officer from his job after anewspaper alleged he offered to help an 18-year-oldZimbabwean woman with her asylum application inexchange for sex. Blair, coming under increasingpressure to name a date for his departure after nineyears in office, has vowed to sort the problems out.

The Home Office described the CRB incidents as“mismatches” rather than mistakes, and defended thebureau’s actions.

“These cases are clearly regrettable, but representa tiny proportion of cases — 0.03 per cent of the ninemillion disclosures issued by the CRB since it beganoperating in March 2002,” the spokesman said.

MNA/Reuters

Pakistan, Iran discuss project of gas pipeline ISLAMABAD, 22 May—

Pakistani and Iranianexperts on Sundayconcluded their first roundof talks on the multi-billion- dollar gas pipelinein Islamabad and discussedits “technical, financial andlegal aspects”, officialssaid. “The meeting alsoconsidered the issues of gassales and purchase pricing,project structuring andfeasibility study of theproject,” according to astatement issued byPakistan PetroleumMinistry.

Iranian Deputy OilMinister Muhammad HadiNejad Hosseinian andPakistan SecretaryPetroleum Ahmed Waqarled their delegationsrespectively at the eighthmeeting of the Iran-Pakistan bilateral workinggroup.A two-day trilateralworking group meeting ofthe Iran-Pakistan- India gaspipeline project will be heldon Monday, the statement

said. It is the second expert

level meeting in less than amonth to review progresson the project to involve7.1 billion US dollars.

Pakistan sent a draft gaspricing formula to Iranbased on its domestic gaspricing mechanism and thetwo sides discussed the

formula in the talks onSunday. If the project beimplemented, the 2,670-kilometre-pipeline willhave 1,115 kilometres inIran, 705 kilometres inPakistan and 850kilometres in India, thestatement said, addingthat despite extensivediscussions on the project,

the United States has notgiven up its opposition tothe project.

But Pakistani PrimeMinister Shaukat Aziz saidon Saturday that Pakistanwould go ahead with thegas pipeline project andthat the project was likelyto be finalized this year.

MNA/Xinhua

Annan names pine tree at E China’srenowned Huangshan Mountain

BEIJING, 22 May— Visiting UN Secretary-GeneralKofi Annan on Sunday named a pine tree "UmbrellaPine" on Mount Huangshan, a famous tourist site inEast China. Annan toured Mount Huangshan, a WorldCultural and Natural Heritage site, and the nearby XidiVillage, a well-preserved ancient village and also aWorld Cultural Heritage site.

There are tens of thousands of pine trees on MountHuangshan, according to the tour guide accompanyingAnnan. However, only a few of them have been named.

Annan stopped at a pine tree shaped like an openumbrella along the mountain path and asked whether itcould be named “Umbrella Pine”. — MNA/Xinhua

Death toll rises to 13 inBaghdad restaurant attack

BAGHDAD, 22 May—The death toll has risen to atleast 13 in a bomb attack in a Baghdad restaurant onSunday, which also wounded 18 others, an InteriorMinistry source said.

“Our latest reports said that we have 13 peoplekilled and 18 others wounded in the powerful blast intothe Saffar Restaurant in Karada District,” the sourcetold Xinhua on condition of anonymity.— MNA/Xinhua

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Sanitary workers carry a garbage can used to cull domestic birds in aquarantined area in Bucharest, Romania on 21 May, 2006. The area was

sealed off after laboratory tests confirmed the presence of birds infected withavian flu in the Romania’s capital for the first time since it was detected in

poultry in the Danube delta last October, officials said on Sunday. Romaniahas reported more than 20 bird flu outbreaks over the past week, mostly inthe central county of Brasov, just a month after the strain was said to have

been eradicated in the Black Sea state.—INTERNET

A visitor looks at the golden crown, part of Zlatinitsa Thracian goldentreasure dated 4th century BC at the Archaeology Museum in Varna.

Bulgaria, ancient home of the Thracian civilization, took this weekend onfull display in the eastern Black Sea city of Varna its nine largest Thracian

gold and silver treasures, exhibited together for the first time to act as amagnet for tourists.—INTERNET

British standards watchdog slamsBlair over sleaze row

LONDON, 22 May —Prime Minister Tony Blair,caught up in a row over thealleged sale of peerages,has made a “major error ofjudgement” by ignoring theimportance of upholdingstandards, Britain’s sleazewatchdog said on Sunday.

Sir Alistair Graham,chairman of the committeeon standards in public life,told The Sunday Timesnewspaper Blair treatedstandards as a “peripheral,minor issue, not worthy ofserious consideration”.

Blair swept to power in1997 promising to be“whiter than white” after astring of sleaze allegationsdamaged the previousConservative government.

But the Prime Ministerand his Labour governmenthave been damaged inrecent months by the “loansfor peerages” row. Police

are investigating accusa-tions that Blair’s officenominated severalmillionaires for seats inthe House of Lords —Parliament’s unelectedUpper Chamber — in returnfor loans to Labour orfunding for new schools.

A 1925 law made itillegal to sell seats in theLords. Labour denies theallegations. Graham, whowas appointed by Blair tooversee the behaviour ofpoliticians, said the rowhad damaged the wholegovernment. “Opinionpolls (show) the publicthink this government is assleazy as the last,” he toldthe paper. “He (Blair) haspaid a heavy price forignoring standards.”

A poll in the SundayTelegraph newspaper saidmore than half of thosequestioned thought seats

in the House of Lords wereoffered in return for loansand, if proven, Blair shouldbe prosecuted.

Graham said the “loansfor peerages” row had beenparticularly damaging tothe trust between the publicand politicians. “We wouldhave preferred morepositive support from thePrime Minister,” he said.

“We suspect he is prettylukewarm to the work wedo.” The scandal broke afterthe Labour Party revealedit had received nearly 14million pounds (26.25million US dollars) in loansfrom 12 businessmen, someof whom were laternominated for seats in theUpper House of Lords.

MNA/Reuters

World’s oldest running shoesThe University of Oregon and running shoes seem

to match well. Oregon’s Museum of Natural andCultural History contains the world’s oldest runningshoes – 10,000 year-old-sandals found by the lateuniversity archaeologist Luther Cressman. Hediscovered them in the 1930s at Fort Rock Cave inOregon’s high desert.

The sample above, from the famed cache ofsagebrush bark footwear, is on display as part of themuseum’s permanent exhibit, Oregon – Where Pastis Present.—Internet

Beijing to build over 100 hotelsfor 2008 Olympic Games

BEIJING, 22 May— Beijing will build about 110 starhotels to accommodate the increasing demand duringthe 2008 Olympic Games.

“The planned 110 hotels will range from one star tofive stars, with a majority of them targeting at high-endguests,” Du Jiang, director of Beijing Tourism Bureau,said at a seminar on economy hotels on Friday.

During the 2008 Olympic Games, most guests willbe accommodated in Beijing hotels, Du said. “But thehotels in neighbouring Hebei Province, which areabout 100 kilometres away from Beijing, will be stand-by hotels.” According to the official, there are 56hotels, including eight four or five-stars hotels, arewithin 100 kilometres away from Beijing.

By 2007, the number of star hotels in Beijing willhit 800, providing 130,000 rooms, Beijing’s Vice-Mayor Zhang Mao said at the seminar. It is estimatedthat some 250,000 foreign tourists, regular tourists andgame viewers will make Beijing hotels accommodate550,000 people per day during the 2008 OlympicGames. Till now, Beijing has 658 star hotels, whichoffer a total of 109,000 rooms.—MNA/Xinhua

Bangladesh hoping toreduce river accidents DHAKA, 22 May—Bangladesh said on Sunday that

it would tighten shipping laws and regulations in aneffort to cut the number of ferry accidents that claimhundreds of lives each year.

Shipping Minister Akbar Hossain said plans includetighter monitoring of passenger numbers and stiffpenalties for companies that ignore regulations orstorm warnings. The government is also mobilizingfunds to buy better salvage tugs to deal with accidents,and also dredgers to clear silt from rivers.

According to the Bangladesh shipping department,thousands of people have been killed in dozens ofaccidents in the past three decades.

Bangladesh has over 8,000 kilometres (5,000 miles)of riverways, and ferries and boats carry 70 per cent ofBangladesh’s inland passengers and goods, providinga lifeline to the poor nation's economy, governmentofficials said. But journeys are often risky. A surveyconducted by two teachers of the Bangladesh Universityof Engineering and Technology (BUET) revealed lastweek that about 35 per cent of river accidents occurredbecause of bad weather. — MNA/Reuters

Asians join immigrationreform call

LOS ANGELES, 21 May—Asian-American andPacific Islander groups havejoined calls for immigrationreforms as undocumentedAsian immigrants also facethe possibility of deporta-tion.

Leaders representing 39Asian-American andPacific Islander groups inSouthern California havepresented a list of principlesto achieve humaneimmigration reform, thegroups said in a statementavailable to Xinhua onSaturday.

The group said currentdebate on immigration hasfocused on Southern borderissues, but stories ofimmigrants and refugeesfacing deportation alsoraise the need for acomprehensive reform.

The groups, whichinclude the Asian PacificAmerican Legal Centreand the Pilipino Work-ers’ Centre, called onWashington to providemeans for undocumentedimmigrants to obtaincitizenship, eliminate thebacklogs in the family-based immigration systemand end unjust detentionand deportation ofimmigrants and refugees.

“We want to see apathway to citizenship,"said Stewart Kwoh,executive director of theAsian Pacific American

Legal Centre. “We believeimmigrants should not becriminalized and we rejectthe House approach.”

The groups describedthe border security billHR 4437, passed by theHouse of Representativesin December, as“draconian”. The Senateis now working on abroader bill followingPresident George WBush’s call Monday forNational Guard troops topatrol the US border withMexico.

MNA/Xinhua

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Seals swim through a vertical tube-like water tankconnected to a huge water tank at Asahiyama Zooin Asahikawa, northern Japan on 22 May, 2006. Thezoo, known as its unique interactive animal viewingfacilities, is one of the most popular zoos in Japan,and about 2.07 million people visited in the previous

year, the zoo official said. —INTERNET

KDDI Corp PR staff Yoko Watanabe displays her company’s new cellulartelephone handset with built-in Sony Corp ‘Walkman’ music player in Tokyoon 22 May , 2006. The Walkman-brand phone is one of seven new handset

models KDDI will launch in June, aiming to win new subscribers in theincreasingly competitive mobile communication market. —INTERNET

Visitors follow the landing of an Airbus A-380-841 at the InternationalAerospace Exhibition ILA2006 in the German capital of Berlin on 21 May,2006. Around 60,000 people attend the last day of the air show to watch the

world’s largest double-decker passenger aircraft among high-techpresentations by 1.014 exhibitors from 42 countries.—INTERNET

Russia, Kazakhstan to enhancecooperation in mily, energy areas MOSCOW, 22 May — Russia and Kazakhstan made a series of agreements

to enhance cooperation, especially in the military and energy areas duringtalks between Russian President Vladimir Putin and his Kazakh counterpartNursultan Nazarbayev in the Black Sea resort of Sochi on Saturday.

India’s Tarapur Atomic PowerPlant almost complete

Seven killed in roadaccident in Spain

MADRID, 22 May — At least seven people werekilled and other 26 injured in a bus accident on Sundayoutside the capital city of Madrid, officials said.

The accident occurred when the bus, carrying agroup of Moroccans who were going back to Brusselsafter a visit to Spain, veered off a highway some 50kilometres north of Madrid, flipped over and hit a tree,said Alfredo Prada, Interior and Justice Minister of theMadrid regional government.

There were 31 passengers and two drivers on thebus. The victims of the accident included an 18-month-old boy. Six of the injured were in seriousconditions, and other 20 suffered minor injuries.

MNA/Xinhua

Two Iraqis killed in car bombattack in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 22 May — A car bomb went off in aheavily populated neighbourhood in northernBaghdad on Sunday, killing two people andwounding 15 others, an Interior Ministry sourcesaid. “A car parked in the Shula District, a mainlyShiite neighbourhood, detonated shortly aftermidday, killing two people and wounding 15 others,”the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity. MNA/Xinhua

China rescues 330 Vietnamesefishermen after typhoon

BEIJING, 22 May — China has rescued 330Vietnamese fishermen missing after a typhoon sweptthrough the South China Sea but also recovered 18bodies, state television said on Sunday.

Rescuers found the survivors on 22 Vietnameseships near the Pratas Islands, off the southern coastof Guangdong Province, the report said, adding itwas the largest international marine rescue operationever mounted by China. — MNA/Reuters/Xinhua

Chinese coal mine accidenttraps 44

BEIJING, 22 May — A flood at a colliery hastrapped 44 miners in the northern Chinese provinceof Shanxi, the official Xinhua news agency said.

The flood hit on Thursday night, but 101 minersmanaged to escape, Xinhua said in an overnightreport on Saturday. The police have arrested nine ofthe mine’s managers, but the boss has gone intohiding, Xinhua said.

Some managers had hired taxis to send familymembers of the trapped miners to the neighbouringregion of Inner Mongolia to stop them rioting orspeaking to the Press, it added.—MNA/Reuters

The two states havereached “major agree-ments on interaction in thedevelopment of the ArmedForces and on militarytechnological cooperation,in particular concerning theacquisition by Kazakhstanof Russian armaments,”Putin was quoted by theITAR- TASS news agencyas saying.

Putin also said the twocountries had madeagreements on energy.

“Our specialists cameto agreements on the jointproduction, process-ing, refinement, andmarketing of Kazakh(natural) gas. Specialistsassess the volumes as byand large comparable tovolumes of production onlarger Russian fields.Also, an agreement onprices has been reached,something that has beenquite a difficult point atnegotiations until now,”

Putin said. Nazarbayevsaid Kazakhstan andRussia had for the first timereached an agreement oncargo transportation incontainers from China toEurope via Kazakhstanand Russia. The twocountries had also made aCustoms tariff agreement,and deals on exports ofKazakh grain to Belarusvia Russia and on coaltrade, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Death toll from Turkey’straffic accident rises to 44

ANKARA, 22 May—Death toll from a Fridaytraffic accident in southernTurkey rose to 44, the semi-official Anatolia newsagency reported onSaturday. A truck carrying55 illegal immigrantsfrom Afghanistan andBangladesh crashed into atransport truck on ahighway between thesouthern provinces ofOsmaniye and Gaziantepon Friday.

The death toll rose to 44after two of the six injureddied in the hospital and threepeople are still receivingmedical treatment.Speeding was reportedlythe cause of the accident.The ill-fated immigrantshad entered Turkey from

Iran and planned to sneakinto Bulgaria and then toGreece, Anatolia reported.

MNA/Xinhua

Intel to make India its globaldesign hub for innovation

NEW DELHI, 22 May—Intel Corporation, the 39billion US dollars global chip maker, is set to makeIndia its design and development hub for drivinginnovation at a global level, a top company officialhinted in Bangalore on Sunday. Even as its new CEOPaul Otellini comes calling on Tuesday, a flurry ofactivities is on at Intel India in Bangalore to play theperfect host and showcase the country’s growingprowess in technology and research. — MNA/Xinhua

TARAPUR (Maharashtra),22 May — India took agiant leap forward innuclear power generationwhen its 16th nuclearpower plant and second 540MW Pressurised HeavyWater Reactor (PHWR),Tarapur Atomic PowerPlant (TAPP-3), wentcritical Sunday. “This is onestep before connectingpower to the western gridand the electricity producedfrom this plant would besynchronized to the grid inJune,” the Chairman andManaging Director of theNuclear Power Corporationof India Limited (NPCIL)S K Jain said.

He said the plant went

critical by 0514 GMTSunday. The commercialproduction will start in July.Once it is done, the country'stotal installed capacity ofnuclear energy will go up to3,890 MW from the existing3,350 MW of electricity, Jainsaid. The fourth unit ofTarapur Atomic Power Plant(TAPP-4), commissionedahead of TAPP-3, wentcritical last March and wassynchronized to the grid inJune 2005. It startedcommercial production inSeptember, 2005. The twounits were built at a cost of61 billion rupees although ithad an approval cost of 65.25billion rupees, Jain said.

MNA/PTI

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ASEAN University Network EducationalForum opens in Singapore

SINGAPORE, 23 May — The 8th ASEAN University Network Educational Forum opened inSingapore on Monday with the theme of “Tertiary education in ASEAN — perspectives from youngleaders”.

The visitor’s center encompasses adinosaur bone yard embedded in sand

on 18 May, 2006, at DinosaurNational Monument east of Vernal,

Utah. The building, however, isshifting due to the unstable ground it

was built on, resulting in crackedwalls, uneven floors and jammed

doors.—INTERNET

KDDI Corp’s new Walkman brand music phone(R) and water and impact resistant phone aredisplayed at an unveiling in Tokyo on 22 May,2006. KDDI, Japan’s second-largest telecoms

operator, said on Monday that it plans to launch themusic phone, developed by Sony Ericsson, in Japan

in June for about 20,000 yen ($179). —INTERNET

British sailor Dee Caffari waves to the crowd onthe bow of her yacht Aviva as she returns home to

the city of Southampton, England on 21 May,2006, at the end of her epic six months alone at

sea Caffari is the first woman to sail solo, non-stoparound the world against the prevailing winds and

tides.—INTERNET

According to ChannelNewsAsia report, more than40 youth leaders from 15universities in members ofthe Association of South-East Asian Nations(ASEAN) — Brunei,

Cambodia, Indonesia,Laos, Malaysia, Myanmar,the Philippines, Singapore,Thailand and Vietnam—are participating in the 10-day event.

They will discuss topics

such as why only threeuniversities from ASEANwere included in the world’stop 200 universities list andhow Southeast Asia canserve as the gateway toChina and India, said the

report. The forum provides an

opportunity for participants,who are “the cream or thetop students in eachuniversity” and “expectedto be the leaders of theirrespective countries in thefuture”, to exchange ideasand familiarize with eachother, the report quotedPiniti Ratananukul,executive director ofASEAN UniversityNetwork, as saying. Thestudents will also take partin educational and culturaltrips during their stay in thecity state.

This is the first time forSingapore to host thisannual event.

MNA/Xinhua U2 Bono sayseradicating malaria islike first moon walk

Two French servicemenkilled in combatin Afghanistan

China keen for furtheringSino-German relations

BEIJING, 23 May— China on Monday called for furthering China-Germanyrelations to enhance their global responsibilities based on the principles ofmutual respect, equality and mutual benefit.

“China regards its tieswith Germany asextremely important andis willing to makeconcerted efforts withGermany to fosterall-round China-EUpartnership and achievesustainable peace andcommon prosperity of theworld”, Chinese PresidentHu Jintao said in hismeeting with visitingGerman ChancellorAngela Merkel.

“China and Germanyare both influential nationsin the world and theirrespective regions”, Husaid, noting that the twosides share same or similarviews on significantinternational issues suchas the maintenance of theworld peace and thepromotion of commonprosperity.

Hu also spoke highlyof the development ofbilateral relations, expres-

sing his appre-ciation toGermany’s focus onrelations with China andthe continuity of thecountry’s China policy.

“China and Germanyhave established frequenthigh-level exchanges andwitnessed rapid growth ofbilateral trade andinvestment in recentyears”, Hu said, addingthat Germany is China’slargest trading partnerwithin the EU and the twocountries have heldintensive consultationsand cooperation oninternational issues withinthe framework of China-EU relations.

“We appreciate theGerman Government’sadherence to the one-China policy and supportsGermany playing a largerrole in internationalorganizations such as theUnited Nations”, Hu said.

Echoing Hu’s view

on bilateral relations,Merkel said that Germanywill continue to uphold theone-China policy and thecontinuity of the China-Germany strategic andcooperative partnership.

MNA/Xinhua

Chief Financial OfficerSummit Asia Pacific 2006

held in S’pore SINGAPORE, 23 May— The annual Chief Financial Officer

Summit Asia Pacific organized by the World Trade Groupopened Monday in Singapore.

The three-day event featuresa conference, where experts inthe financial industry from NorthAmerica, Europe and AsiaPacific are expected to deliverspeeches, as well as workshops,one-to-one meetings andnetworking activities.

“Business events like thisSummit are important platformsfor businesses to enhance theirintellectual capital and globalnetworks to advance theirbusiness agendas,” saidSingapore’s Minister of Statefor Education and Trade andIndustry Chan Soo Sen at theopening ceremony.

He added that each companyneeds to have “its own particularqualities that set it apart from its

competitors” and to achieve“growth coupled withresponsibility, accountability andflexibility to respond toenvironmental changes”.

Over 600 local and foreignfinancial institutions includingbanks, insurance companies,insurance brokers, stock-broking firms and fund managersare currently based in Singapore,while the financial servicessector accounts for some 11 precent of the country’s grossdomestic product (GDP),according to the minister.

Headquartered in London, theWorld Trade Group is a globalcorporation dedicated toorganizing business summits.

MNA/Xinhua

The front man forIrish rock band U2 —who is half-way througha six-nation Africanjaunt — was inspired bythe use of newtechnology in a family-owned Tanzanian fac-tory to make nets whichwill repel mosquitoes,the insect which tran-smits malaria.

“It’s about as excitinga reason to get out of bedin the morning as I haveever heard. That ischanging the world,”Bono said after a tour ofA to Z Textile Mills Ltd.

The company teamedup with Japan’s

Sumitomo Chemical tobecome the first factoryin Africa to use newtechnology that makeslong-lasting nets treatedwith insecticide.

Malaria infectsbetween 300 million to500 million people ayear.

A million of thosetaken ill will die, mostlyinfants and babies.

Of the deaths, morethan 80 per cent occur inAfrica and more than halfthose could be preventedif bed nets were madeavailable to families,according to experts.

MNA/Reuters

ARUSHA (Tanzania), 22 May — Rock singerand activist Bono said on Saturday the idea oferadicating Africa’s biggest killer in the nextdecade was as exciting as watching NeilArmstrong take the first walk on the moon.

PARIS, 22 May — Two French special forcessoldiers were killed Saturday in a combat withTaleban militants, the French Defence Ministrysaid in a statement.

The statement gave no more details about thefighting near Kandahar in southern Afghanistan.

French Defence Minister Michele Alliot-Marieexpressed condolences to the families of the killedsoldiers and reiterated support for the coalitionforces fighting in Afghanistan, according to thestatement.

About 200 French special forces soldiers arestationed in Afghanistan as a part of the US-ledmilitary operations there.

MNA/Xinhua

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 24 May, 2006 7

Moe Htet Myint (Delta Region)

Myanmar, nation of libraries

Many ages have passed, and information

studies and knowledge becomes common

throughout the world. It is required to combine

library studies and information studies to serve the

interests of the people. Information studies plays a

major role in the process.

Information studies becomes an important

part in the 21st Century and people need to specialize

in it. In a drive for ensuring all-round development

of a nation, a network system like Internet is installed

in libraries and that calls for preservation and

development of literary heritage of a nation.

Libraries help sharpen the abilities and uplift

moral conduct of students, enhance knowledge of

the people and ensure development of a nation. In

order to achieve the target fully, it is needed to

establish libraries systematically. According to

today’s education system, a scholar is not only to

learn by rote but also to be a data bank. Ancient

cultural heritages such as palm-leaf manuscripts,

stone inscriptions and ink inscriptions are to be

preserved and pursuing education and library studies

are to be combined for national development.

Establishment of a library calls for three

requirements — books, the brain and the building.

It is also required to do research on Myanmar

literature and libraries so as to ensure qualitative

and quantitative improvement of Myanmar literature

and libraries.

A library is a building where collections of

publications and newspapers are kept systematically

for people to read, study or to borrow. So, a library

is a place where those who wish to enlarge their

scope of knowledge, can enhance their knowledge

freely. In olden days, in Myanmar, libraries were

called Pitakataiks. In the Bagan Period, King

Anawrahta conveyed Pitakats (three repositories of

Buddhist Scriptures) from Thaton and kept them in

a brick building in Bagan. Later, there emerged a

large number of Pitakataiks in Myanmar.

After the Third Anglo-Myanmar War that

took place in 1885, the colonialists occupied royal

libraries and Pitakataiks, and that led to loss of many

palm-leaf manuscripts and records. But, the invaders

dared not destroy the pitakataiks in monasteries. So,

Myanmar literature flourished again due to monastic

libraries. Yangon University Library was established

in 1920.

Since 1948 in which Myanmar regained

independence, efforts had been exerted to establish

libraries that contributed toward the development of

the education sector, thereby bringing about various

forms of libraries in abundance in urban areas.

In Myanmar, libraries can be categorized into

five groups as follows:—

(1) National Library

(2) university and college libraries

(3) public libraries

(4) special libraries

(5) rural self-reliant libraries.

It is particularly needed to establish libraries

in rural areas where 70 per cent of the nation’s

population live. The Information and Public

Relations Department under the Ministry of

Information is opening self-reliant libraries in villages

the length and breadth of the nation to catch up with

the world level in the knowledge age.

The Ministry of Information organized a

ceremony to mark successful completion of

establishment of a self-reliant library in each village

in Bago Division along with the presenting of cash

donations, TV sets, radios and publications to the

libraries in Toungoo, Bago Division, on 11 May this

year. In his speech, Minister for Information Brig-

Gen Kyaw Hsan expressed gratitude to the officials

and wellwishers in Bago Division for their

contributions towards the drive.

He said that Head of State Senior General

Than Shwe gave guidance on establishment of a

life-long learning society in Myanmar. Now, youths

and young people had an easy access to advanced

technologies in the nation.

However, he said that rural folks that made up

70 per cent of the nation’s population had less

opportunity to enhance their intellectual power and

knowledge. So, a plan was laid down to facilitate

the villages with self-reliant libraries and was

launched in 2004-2005. Up to 18 April 2006, of

61,949 villages, 53,554 villages had been served

with a self-reliant library each. The opening of self-

reliant libraries had covered all the 6,602 villages in

Bago Division. So, Myanmar could be proud to be

the first-ever country in the world where each

village has a self-reliant library. People should also

be proud of being capable of shouldering such a

national duty, he said.

Today is knowledge age, and so a variety of

technologies are applied to accomplish the functions

of human society such as education and health. And

these steps are to be taken with added momentum

in future for national development.

Myanmar will face many forms of losses and

hardships unless it can keep abreast of other nations

in the field of knowledge. It is now implementing

the 30-year long-tern education plan for promotion

of the national education.

Of the three strengths — the government,

local people, and wellwishers — wellwishers play

a crucial role in the process. So far, 13 ceremonies

to donate publications have been held and

wellwishers have donated cash and kind worth

more than K 255.3 million including 20 different

kinds of books, 1,220 TV sets and radios and more

than K 71.3 million.

At the ceremony held in Bago Division,

wellwishers donated cash and kind valued at K

57.899 million including trust funds of K 12.45

million, publications, radios, TV sets and furniture.

Here, five work programmes are to be

implemented for perpetuation of the already-

established libraries — to organize rural people to

cultivate a good habit of reading, to set up trust

funds to maintain the publications and to increase

the number of books, to construct a building in a

village where there has been no library, to provide

libraries with complete set of furniture, and for the

IPRD to nurture skilled librarians for the libraries.

Up to 17 May 2006, a total of 54,177 self-

reliant libraries have been established across the

country.

Successful establishment of self-reliant

libraries in the villages in rural areas is making

remarkable contribution towards the drive for

transforming the Myanmar society into a life-long

learning one. And Myanmar has become a nation of

libraries.

Translation: MS

Myanma Alin: 23-5-2006

********

Five work programmes are to be implemented for

perpetuation of the already-established libraries — to organize

rural people to cultivate a good habit of reading, to set uptrust funds to maintain the publications and to increase the

number of books, to construct a building in a village where

there has been no library, to provide libraries with completeset of furniture, and for the IPRD to nurture skilled librarians

for the libraries.

8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 24 May, 2006

YANGON, 23 May —Agreement on improvingoil palm research,development andproduction in Myanmarbetween the Ministry of

Developing Namtain Village in MongpanTownship, Langkho District, Shan State (South)

NAY PYI TAW, 23May—The MyanmarEnvironmental Con-servation Committee heldits third meeting at theMinistry of Forestry inNay Pyi Taw yesterday.

Chairman of thecommittee Minister forForestry Brig-Gen TheinAung dealt withimplementation ofresolutions passed at thesecond meeting,conservation of forests inthe watershed areas forproper flowing of riversand creeks, andconservation of mangroveforests for ensuringconstant production of fishand prawns. He instructed

YANGON, 23 May—Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-GenMaung Maung Sweinspected the Fire ServicesDepartment near theTooth Relic Pagoda inMayangon Township,here, this afternoon.

Director-General UMyint Tun and directorsreported on work being

Agreement on oil palm production inkedAgriculture and Irrigationand Food and AgricultureOrganization-FAO wassigned today at MyanmaPerennial CropsEnterprise (Head Office)

here.Director-General

of Agriculture PlanningDepartment U Tin HtutOo and ResidentRepresentative of FAO MrTangzhengping signed theagreement.

Under the agree-ment, FAO will provideassistance to extendedcultivation of oil palm inMyanmar. Since 1998, oilpalm cultivation has beenextended in TaninthayiDivision. So far a total of164,927 acres — 163,048acres in TaninthayiDivision, 1,723 acres inMon State, 57 acres inKachin State, 94 acres inRakhine State and 5 acresin Ayeyawady Division—have been put under oilpalm. — MNA

Social welfare tasks supervised

done. The minister gaveinstructions on fireservices.

The minister alsoinspected the SocialWelfare Department onKaba Aye Pagoda Road.Director-General U SitMyaing reported onorganizational set-up ofthe department and socialwelfare tasks. Theminister called for

contributing towards theimplementation of theState’s policy andcooperation with localadministrative bodies,social organizations andwellwishers in carryingout social welfare tasks.

Next, he visited KabaAye youths training centreand the training centre forwomen in MayangonTownship. — MNA

Myanmar EnvironmentalConservation Committee meets

those in charge of thespecial work group of thecommittee to make fieldtrips to the regions wherethey were assigned dutiesto lay down plans throughcoordination with localauthorities anddepartments and toimplement them, and tosubmit four-monthlyreports.

Vice-Chairman of thecommittee Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint said thatenvironmental conser-vation became the mostimportant function in theworld.

The Head of Stategave guidance onestablishment of thecommittee for carryingout environmental con-servation tasks sys-tematically.

A huge amount ofinvestment has to be madein the work for preventionof rivers from being siltedup and recovery fromenvironmental de-gradation. So, those incharge deputy ministersare to make field trips tostates and divisions to dowork for environmentalconservation and the

reports are to submittedregularly, he said.

Secretary of thecommittee Director-General of the ForestDepartment U Soe Winreported on progress ofwork and reception ofreports.

Those in charge of thecommittee DeputyMinister for Agricultureand Irrigation U OhnMyint, Deputy Ministerfor Hotels and TourismBrig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu,Deputy Minister forInformation Brig-GenAung Thein, DeputyMinister for TransportU Pe Than, DeputyMinister for Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs Col Tin Ngwe andDeputy Minister forElectric Power (1) U MyoMyint and the director ofthe General Admini-stration Depart-mentreported on work beingdone.

The chairman of thecommittee gaveconcluding remarks,calling for collaborativeefforts for environmentalconservation.

MNA

YANGON, 23 May — Five ruraldevelopment tasks are beingundertaken in accord with theguidance of the Head of State acrossthe country. Self-reliant Ywamagravel road was opened in Namtainmodel village in Mongpan Township,Langkho District, Shan State(South),on 4 May. The openingceremony was attended by Shan State(South) Peace and DevelopmentCouncil member-1 U Khin MaungGyi, District PDC Chairman Lt-ColAung Maung, departmental officialsat district and township levels,members of social organizations andlocal people totalling 2500. The roadwas built at a cost of K 300,000.

Township Maternal and ChildWelfare Association executive DawSan Yin Ohn Pyinnya Alinyaung self-reliant library, opened by Informationand Public Relations Department,donated K 5,000 to the library.Member of Township Women’sAffairs Organization Daw Nan SeinNu and Township Union Solidarityand Development AssociationSecretary U Maung Maung Oo alsodonated K 5,000 and 100 books ofvarious kinds to the library. Officialspresented prizes to students at theprize-presentation ceremony ofNamtain Village BEMS for 2005-2006 academic year.

At Namtain Rural HealthCentre, Specialist Dr Tin Zaw Win-led team of Loilem District Hospitalgave free medical treatment to 206patients. Officials inspected growingof physic nut plants on five-acre landin Namtain Village. In MongpanTownship, 1158 acres of physic nutshave been grown and there are 17.11physic nut saplings. At NamtainVillage monastery, Langkho DistrictWomen’s Affairs Organization held around-table discussion with nationalwomen. On the occasion, functions ofWAO and prevention againsttrafficking in persons and violenceagainst women were discussed. Next,12 elderly persons were presented withcash assistance.

Namtain Model Village has 72households and 1548 acres of cultivableland. Its main crops are paddy, soy bean,garlic, pineapple and orange. Itsagricultural produce is distributed to othertownships via Langkho District. Thevillage is being supplied with powerthrough three generators and irrigationwater through three Namtain dams.Mongpan can be reached via NamtainVillage where Maha Teza Dipadi Pagoda(Replica of Shwedagon Pagoda) islocated. Sharing borders with Thailand,Mongpan Township is abundant in teak,timber and agricultural products that helpdevelop Namtain model village. — MNA

Officials visiting

Pyinnya Alinyaung

self-reliant library

in Namtain Model

Village. — MNA

Director- General U Tin Htut Oo and MrTangzhengping exchange documents. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe visits Kaba Aye Youth TrainingSchool.— MNA

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Culture Ministry coordinates workNAY PYI TAW, 23 May—Ministry of Culture held

a meeting to coordinate work at the ministry in NayPyi Taw this afternoon.

Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myintdelivered an address.

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Soe Win Maung andofficials reported on accomplishment of tasks by

respective departments and future plans.In his concluding remarks, the minister called for

speeding up efforts harmoniously to meet the targets.Before the meeting, the minister met with officials

and personnel of departments and the University ofCulture under the ministry.

MNA

Patron of Yangon Division Women’s Affairs Organization Daw Mar Mar Wai speaks atopening of Basic Management Course. — MNA

Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint addresses the ministry’scoordination meeting. — MNA

Yangon Division WAOorganizes Basic

Management Course

YANGON, 23 May — A first aid course, organizedby Myanmar Red Cross Society, was opened at No 1Basic Education High School in Kayan Township on15 May.

The opening ceremony was attended by MsBridget Gardner of International Federation of RedCross and Red Crescent Associations, officials ofKayan Township Peace and Development Counciland social organizations and coordinators of MyanmarRed Cross Society. Ms Bridget Gardner andCoordinator of MRCS Dr Tun Aung Shwe spoke onthe occasion. A total of 36 trainees from the townshipsof Minbu, Kyaukpyu, Shwebo, Zigon, Madaya,Mingaladon, Pathein and Pyu are attending the coursewhich will last till 25 May. — MNA

First aid course opens inKayan Township

7th Meeting of ASEAN CustomsDirectors commences

YANGON, 23 May —The 7th Meeting of ASEANCustoms Directors of ICT was opened today at TradersHotel here.

Mr Alexander Musnic Arevalo of the Philippinespresided over the meeting which will last till 25 May.

In his opening address, Director-General of theCustoms Department U Khin Maung Linn called forthe development of information and communicationtechnology in transportation and custom services amongASEAN nations. — MNA

Director-General of the Customs DepartmentU Khin Maung Linn delivers address at the

7th Meeting of ASEAN Customs Directors ofICT. — MNA

Chairmanof the

meetingMr

AlexanderMusnic

Arevalo ofthe

Philippinesgiving aspeech.

MNA

SINGAPORE, 23 May —Singapore’s domestic andforeign wholesale tradeindices grew 7.5 per centand 15.4 percentrespectively in the firstquarter of 2006 incomparison with the sameperiod last year.

According to thefigures released bySingapore Department ofStatistics (SDS) Monday,the general wholesaletrade sector and the shipchandlers and bunkeringsector led the growth ofthe domestic wholesaletrade by expanding 61.6per cent and 37.8 per centrespectively in the firstquarter of this year.

The electroniccomponents sector and thetelecommunications andcomputers sector alsoregistered double-digitincreases in domesticwholesale in the firstquarter, while domesticwholesaling of the food,beverages and tobacco

Singapore’s wholesaletrade up in Q1

sector, the timber, paintsand construction materialssector and the petroleumand petroleum productssector contracted year-on-year in the same period.

The ship chandlersand bunkering sector,which rose 63.5 per centin the first quarter of 2006over the previous year,remained the majorgrowth contributor to theforeign wholesale trade.

The wholesaling ofelectronic components,petroleum and petroleumproducts, generalwholesale trade and otherwholesale trade outsideSingapore saw double-digit increases in thequarter.

The foreignwholesaling of timber,paints and constructionmaterials, food, beveragesand tobacco, as well ashousehold equipment andfurniture, declined in thequarter ending in March2006. — MNA/Xinhua

YANGON, 23 May — Basic Management Courseorganized by Yangon Division Women’s AffairsOrganization was opened today at No 1 Basic EducationHigh School in Thingangyun Township, Yangon EastDistrict.

A total of 81 trainees from Yangon East Districtare attending the one-week course.

The course was opened with an address byPatron of Yangon Division Women’s AffairsOrganization Daw Mar Mar Wai.

The opening ceremony was also attended byChairperson of Yangon Division Women’s AffairsOrganization Daw Khin Myo Thu and executives,Patron of Yangon East District WAO Daw Nann Shweand members of Yangon East District and TownshipWAOs.

MNA

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Fires break out inBago, Meiktila

YANGON, 23 May — A fire broke out on a Hinopassenger bus No Ba/7143 of Pyikyaw bus servicebetween mile posts 56 and 57 on Yangon-MandalayHighway near Mayin Village, Bago Township yester-day evening. The fire occurred due to the wire shock and the busplies Yangon and Pyinbongyi and it was driven byU Tin Win and conductor U Khin Soe.

Altogether 17 firefighters rushed to the sceneand put out the fire. Some seats and the front part of thebus were destroyed. The loss was about K 500,000. Another fire occurred at the house of U Kyaw KyawOo in the compound of Sibinthayazay in MeiktilaTownship early morning today. Fifty firefighters put out the fire. Due to the fire, roofof the house and some properties were destroyed.

MNA

Prisoners in MeiktilaPrison supplied with

food, medicineYANGON, 23 May —Meiktila District Union

Solidarity and Development Association on 9 Maywent to Meiktila Prison and supplied medicines andfood to the prisoners.

Comprising members of Meiktila DistrictUSDA, members of Meiktila Township Maternal andChild Welfare Association, Women’s Affairs Organi-zation, War Veteran’s Organization and Auxiliary FireBrigade and Health Department, a 20-member groupled by Secretary of Meiktila District USDA U SawHtay and Secretary of Meiktila Township USDAU Soe Than comforted the prisoners saying that theywill provide them with monthly supplies of food andmedicines and will inform the families of those wholost contact with their relatives.

On their trip to the prison, they presented 2,000tablets of Metronidazone, 240 bars of soap, 14 sportsjournals, 74 Nanmyint Journals, cheroots, cakes andbetel and betel nut. There are 389 prisoners — 318 menand 71 women — in the prison.

MNA

YANGON, 23 May—Minister for Livestockand Fisheries Brig-GenMaung Maung Theinyesterday afternoon in-spected the AntibioticResidue and Virus Labo-

ratory of the FisheriesDepartment under theMinistry of Livestockand Fisheries onShukhintha Street inThakayta Townshipwhere Director-General

of Fisheries DepartmentU Than Tun and DeputyDirector-General U KhinKo Lay reported on car-rying out laboratorywork for marine prod-ucts and fish and meatto be free from bacteriaand virus.

Next, the ministergave instructions onchecking up of bacteriaand virus, meeting the in-

ternational standard andviewed round the labora-tory.

On arrival at the300-ton Palm Oil Mill ofYuzans a Edible OilGroup on ShukhinthaStreet in Thakayta, theminister inspected thefunctions of the mill in-cluding the productionprocess of palm oil.

MNA

Minister inspects laboratory ofFisheries Department

Workers walk in front of the Three GorgesDam on the Yangtze river in central China's

Hubei Province, on 17 May, 2006.INTERNET

WHO chief dies afterblood clot on brain

GENEVA, 23 May— The head of the World HealthOrganization, Lee Jong-wook of South Korea, diedon Monday after suffering a blood clot on thebrain, the United Nations agency said.

Lee was 61 and had been WHO director-generalsince 2003.

“I am sorry to tell you that Dr Lee Jong-wook,director-general of the WHO, died this morning,”Spain’s Health Minister Elena Salgado told the open-ing session of the agency’s annual assembly.

Lee underwent an operation on Saturday to re-move a blood clot on his brain at the CantonalHospital of Geneva. He had been taken ill suddenlyin the afternoon.

Before taking over as its head, he had workedfor the health agency at country and regional leveland at the Geneva headquarters for 23 years.

The five-day annual assembly was immediatelysuspended for 30 minutes following the announce-ment. It is set to discuss the global reaction to thethreat of bird flu, whether or not to destroy theworld's remaining stocks of smallpox and Taiwan'slong-standing bid to win observership. —MNA/Reuters

EU says 22 states to easedefence market access

BRUSSELS, 23 May — Twenty-two out of 25European Union states will take part in an EU-runvoluntary scheme to give each other's firms greateraccess to their national defence markets, the blocsaid on Monday.

Spain and Hungary have notified the EU theywill not take part in the scheme under which de-fence equipment contracts will from July be postedon an electronic bulletin board, a EUspokeswomansaid. Denmark has an existing opt-out from someEU defence cooperation.

At present Europe's national defence marketsare jealously guarded, with EU states able to citenational security grounds for not opening a contractto competitive bidding. Around half of all procure-ment contracts worth around 30 billion euros (38billion US dollars) a year are estimated to have suchprotection.—MNA/Reuters

Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein inspects Antibiotic Residueand Virus Laboratory of the Fisheries Department in Thakayta Township. — L & F

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 24 May, 2006 11

The move is part ofthe National EnvironmentManagement Authority’s(NEMA) grand plan toconserve the environment.

“By nature polythenebags are not environmen-tally friendly,” Monday’sDaily Monitor quotedNEMA’s executive direc-tor Henry AryamanyaMugisha as saying.

“As a priority, we aregoing to ban the produc-tion, importation and useof the black and white thinpolythene carrier bags,” hesaid, adding that all is setto implement the ban, ex-cept that NEMA has beenwaiting for Parliament to

Ugandan Govt set to ban plastic bags KAMPALA, 23 May — The Ugandan Government has planned to ban the

importation, production and use of certain types of polythene bags, known asbuveera in local language.

pass an enabling law. Local industries

would be encouraged toproduce paper bags asthey phase out buveeraand importers would beadvised to bring in envi-ronment friendly bags.About 10 per cent ofbuveera is produced lo-cally while 90 per cent isimported. The central andlocal governments willprovide money for recy-cling of existing buveera.

But the UgandaManufacturers Associa-tion (UMA) and tradersunder the Kampala CityTraders Association(KACITA) oppose the

ban. UMA’s Executive

Director Obonyo Hillarysaid the paper bags, whichthe government prefers,would also degrade theenvironment by increas-ing pressure on the exist-ing trees.

Obonyo said the gov-ernment and NEMAshould provide incentivesto the private sector tocollect the buveera in cir-culation and take them forrecycling.—MNA/Xinhua

ABUJA, 23 May — India has agreed to invest sixbillion US dollars in power plants and other projects inNigeria, Indian Deputy High Commissioner to NigeriaAnil Trigunayat said at the weekend.

“An agreement to that effect has been reachedafter an Indian delegation met with President OlusegunObasanjo recently,” he said.

Already, he added, Obasanjo had constituted acommittee headed by Minister of Power and SteelLyiel Imoke to workout the modality for such projects.

Describing Nigeria as one of India’s strategicpartners, the Indian diplomat said as the most populouscountries in Africa and Asia respectively, both Nigeriaand India had a lot to learn and gain from each other.

MNA/Xinhua

India to invest $6b inNigeria

Entrepreneur says tourismbusiness reviving in Nepal KATHMANDU, 23 May — Nepali tourism business,

which witnessed lean days in the past, is graduallyrising, a tourism entrepreneur said here on Monday.

“Although, immediate impact of the politicalchange in tourism sector has not seen for the moment,positive signs are already being felt,” Shyam MohanShrestha, owner of Mirabel Resort nestled at the scenichills of Dhulikhel Town of central Kavre District, toldXinhua.

Referring to the activities at his own resort locatedsome 50 kilometres east of Nepali capital Kathmandu,Shrestha said that there has been a steady rise in thenumber of people who have been going there forexcursion and seminars in the past few days.

Tourists were seen moving around the four-starfacility resort on Monday morning and bookings wereall filled for the rooms.

The turn out of tourists at the resort was encourag-ing, Shrestha noted, adding, “A total of 11 guestschecked out Monday, however, more than 11 newguests have already booked the rooms so far.”

Nepal experienced huge loss in the past years ofinsurgency. — MNA/Xinhua

China “positive” on maglevcooperation with Germany

BEIJING, 23 May — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao said on Monday that hisgovernment is “positive” in continuing cooperation with Germany on mag-netic levitation (maglev) railway development.

“The cooperation be-tween China and Ger-many on maglev railwayshas been fruitful,” Wensaid when asked why histalks with German Chan-cellor Angela Merkelfailed to yield a new con-tract.

China and Germanyhave already built a 30-kilometre maglev line inShanghai.

Wen said China wasundertaking a feasibilitystudy on a 175-kilometreline between Shanghai andZhejiang Province.

“Considering thehuge investment, thor-ough research should bedone in order to make ascientific decision,” Wensaid. “But I can make quite

clear that China has a posi-tive attitude to coopera-tion with Germany.”

The Premier saidChina hoped to introduceGermany’s advancedtechnology. “Meanwhile,we will also make solemncommitment that we pro-tect intellectual property.”

MNA/Xinhua

Pigeons take advantage of water lying on top of apillar in Lahore on 21 May, 2006.— INTERNET

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

Filipino journalist killedin W Philippines

Malaysiapledges $16mto Palestinian

Authority SHARM EL-SHEIKH

(Egypt), 22 May—Malaysia pledged 16million US dollars onSunday in humanitarianaid and budget support tothe Palestinian Authorityto compensate for the lossof US and Europeanassistance.

But in practice theMalaysian pledge, likeprevious contributionsfrom Arab states, will notreach the Palestinians untilthe United States lifts thethreat of sanctions againstbanks which transfer thefunds to the West Bank orGaza.

Malaysian PrimeMinister Abdullah AhmadBadawi made the pledgeat a news conference onthe sidelines of a WorldEconomic Forum meetingin Egypt.

The PalestinianAuthority lost most of itsdirect funding after theIslamist group Hamas wonparliamentary electionsand formed a new Cabinet.

MNA/Reuters

Zimbabwe joins fight againstchild hunger

Police impound89 sick cattle

in westernUganda

KAMPALA, 22 May—Police have arrested fiveon charges of moving cattlein a quarantined area,following the interceptionof 89 cattle with foot andmouth disease in Ugandanwestern district ofMbarara.

According to thereport of the Daily Monitoron Saturday, the police areholding an assistant districtveterinary officer and fourothers for illegally movingcattle from a quarantinedarea.

The accused officer,William Tumwebaze wasarrested for allegedlyissuing cattle movementpermits from a prohibitedarea on Thursday with 89cows most of which weresuffering from foot andmouth disease and werebelieved to have beenferried from IsingiroDistrict.

"We impounded fourtrucks full of cattle at thejunction of Rushere roadcheck point commonlyknown as Kaguta Road inthe wee hours of themorning and they are nowat Mbarara PoliceStation," said the regionalPolice Commander TaireIdhwege.

MNA/Xinhua

Venezuelan int’l flights suspended due tovolcanic ash

MANILA, 22 May—Unidentified gunmen shotdead a radio newscommentator in PuertoPrincesa, Palawan Island,Western Philippines onMonday morning, localradio said.

The victim wasidentified as FernandoBatul, commentator ofPalawan's DYPR radiostation. Batul was the fifthFilipino journalist killedin the country this year,according to a report onRadio DZMM.

Initial reports by theradio said two men ridinga motorcycle drove up toshoot Batul who was onhis way to the DYPR radiostation in Valencia Streetof the city around 6 a.m.

Puerto PrincesaMayor Edward Hagedornconfirmed the killing, thereport said.

In an interview withDZMM, Hagedorn saidthat Batul was one of hiscritics. He added that hehas ordered the policemento resolve Batul's killingwithin 48 hours or face

possible dismissal. On last Tuesday,

tabloid photojournalistAlberto Orsolino was shotdead also by unidentifiedgunmen in Caloocan City,north of Manila.

In its annual report,the Paris-based organi-zation Reporters WithoutBorders ranked thePhilippines as the mostdangerous country forjournalists only after Iraq.

MNA/Xinhua

HARARE, 22 May —Zimbabwe will on Sundayjoin the rest of the worldin a World FoodProgramme (WFP)solidarity walk aimed atencouraging people tofight against child hunger.

The walk, to beundertaken under thetheme of Walk the World,will see participants walkfor 3.4 kilometres to andfrom Harare Gardens inthe country's capital city.

Boy scouts, primaryschool children as well asrepresentatives fromgovernment and non-

governmental organi-zations will participate inthe march that seeks totransform the lives of thepoorest children in theworld.

More than 700,000people from over 100countries across 24 timezones are expected to walkto fight child hunger.

"This numberincludes some 100,000children who are expectedto walk in Sub-SaharanAfrica, most arebeneficiaries of WFP'sinnovative and successfulSchool Feeding Scheme,"

said WFP in a statement. It said the walk was

meant to call attention toan estimated 300 millionchildren who suffer fromhunger all over the world,adding that in 2005, over200,000 people in 266locations participated andraised enough funds tofeed 70,000 children.

"This year, we aim toraise 5 million US dollarsfor WFP's global schoolfeeding programme, whichhelps children in poorcountries grow into healthyand educated citizens," itsaid. — MNA/Xinhua

CARACAS, 22 May—Some international flightswere suspended due to ahuge cloud of ash billowingfrom a volcano on theCaribbean island ofMontserrat, airlines officialsaid on Sunday.

Aeropostal, aVenezuelan carrier, has"decided to suspend flight

from Venezuelan to theUnited States...due toclouds of volcanic ash inthe region," AeropostalVice-President Juan CarlosBlanco told Venezuelantelevision stationGlobovision.

Ash will start movingaway from the region onearly Monday morning, he

said. The US-basedcompany, AmericanAirlines, also announcedits suspension of flightsbetween the United Statesand Venezuela.

Delta Air Lines andContinental Air Lines,another two US companiesthat also operate flights toVenezuela, have not madestatements about theirflight plans. A dome atop avolcano on Montserratisland collapsed onSaturday, emitting debrisand ashes about 16kilometres into the sky. Noinjures have been reported.

MNA/Xinhua

The world’s smallest box of matches.—INTERNET

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after the tickets began selling.At the upcoming performances, the group will sing its hit songs, such as

“Timeless,” “Crime and Punishment” and “Gwang,” and other OST songs frompopular hallyu TV dramas. SG Wannabe began gaining popularity when the songsof popular TV dramas, including “Isn’t It Funny?” from the drama “Hotelier” and“While I’m Living” from the drama “Sad Love Story,” became known in Japan.The group has captivated the hearts of many Japanese fans with its outstandingsinging ability and beautiful tunes. —Internet

SEOUL,22 May—Hallyu star Song Seung-heon, who iscurrently serving in the Army, will send a video message to beshown at the group SG Wannabe’s first solo concert in Japan.

A 5-minute video message from Song will be shown at thegroup’s concert to be held at the Stellar Hall of the ShinagawaPrince Hotel in Tokyo on 13 May.

Song has a close relationship with the music group, as theyare under contract with the same agency. He filmed about a5 minute-long video message to celebrate the group’s first soloconcert in Japan. SG Wannabe will sing its hit song “While I’mLiving,” using as a backdrop the music video of “Sad LoveStory,” which was filmed in Australia.

Upon hearing the news, members of Song’s official Japanesefan club “Heonirang Japan” had asked the group’s agency andthe programme planning agency for 10,000 tickets to attend theconcert. But as the performing hall’s capacity is limited to 3,000seats, the agencies decided to allocate only about 100 tickets toSong’s fans.

SG Wannabe’s performances are scheduled to be held at 2:00pm and 6:00 pm on the concert day. The group’s popularity hasbeen demonstrated as the concerts were sold out just three days

Steve Williams holds up the ball at his home in Pacifica, California from SanFrancisco Giants Barry Bonds’ 700th home run after the top bid of $804,129

was announced. The ball had received 240 offers after a 10-day onlineauction. Williams got the ball after a scramble in the left-center field

bleachers at SBC Park in San Francisco. —INTERNET

Rooftop collapse leaves sixdead, 18 more injured

DALIAN, 22 May — Six people were killed and 18more injured when a rooftop collapsed at aconstruction site in Dalian, a port city in northeastChina’s Liaoning Province.

The tragedy happened around 9:40 pm on Friday atthe construction site of Shenyang Music Conservatory’sDalian school area, located at Jinshitan of Dalian,when some of the workers were doing concrete pouringon the rooftop of a five-storey mansion, a local officialin charge of construction affairs from Dalian City toldXinhua.

Three of the six killed were transient workers hiredfrom a local labour market a day before the accident.

The construction site did not even have a permit forconstruction. It had been twice sealed from entrancefor factors including chaotic management, and thefallen part this time was the sunlight rooftop, said theofficial—MNA/Xinhua

Toyota Motor employees dust the cars at the company’s Tokyo showroom.Toyota Motor Corp plans to build new factories in Asia, North America and

Europe to boost its annual output to 10 million vehicles by 2010 and probablyovertake US General Motors, a report said recently.—INTERNET

Thousands march in New Yorkfor immigration rights

NEW YORK, 22 May — Several thousand New Yorkers took to the street inmidtown Manhattan on Saturday afternoon to show their support forimmigrant rights just days before the US Senate votes for the immigration billnext week.

The week between 14and 20 May has beendesignated as a week fornationwide action forimmigration rights, andSaturday’s march is justthe latest in a series ofevents which have takenplace nationwide over thepast few months,according to New YorkImmigration Coalition,one of the organizers ofSaturday’s march.

The coalition said itlaunched the march on thelast day of the week just tosend a strong signal to theBush Administration andthe Senate that immigrantswant changes inimmigration laws and areagainst the immigrationbill up for a vote in theSenate next week. Itargued that the proposedGuest Worker programmeis in fact just an effort to

find immigrants anddeport them.

It also asked for an end toraids against illegalimmigrants and treatingcommunity activists whohelped illegal immigrants ascriminals.The coalitionurged the Congress to offerimmigrants, both legal andillegal, access to UScitizenship, and enable themto reunite with their families.

MNA/Xinhua

Venezuela claims to buy Russianfighter planes

CARACAS, 22 May — Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez said on his Sundaytelevision and radio show, Alo Presidente, that his nation will sign a deal to buyRussian fighter planes when he visits Moscow in August or September.

Chavez also said that he could sell Venezuela’s F-16 fighter planes if the UnitedStates does not providespare parts to his country.

“We will soon be inMoscow, because we willbuy Russian fighter planesto defend our sky and land,”said Chavez, adding thesejets would be Russia’sSukhoi Su-30 planes,which are “100 times betterthan the F-16s thatVenezuela bought from theUnited States.”

Chavez’s remarksechoed a statement by

General Alberto MullerRojas, the presidentialadvisor, who said last weekthat Venezuela waslooking at the idea ofselling the F-16s to Iran ifVenezuela does not receivespare parts.

Citing Muller’sstatement, Chavez said:“he said that if they do notwant to sell us spare parts,we should sell the planes...why lose all that money? Itis millions of dollars. Then,

Muller said, we should sellthem to Iran, and that couldbe done.”

Last Monday, theUnited States announceda ban on military salesto Venezuela, and oneday after that SeanMcCormack, spokesmanfor the US StateDepartment, said that thesale of the planes to Iran,or anyone else “is notpermitted.”

MNA/Xinhua

Actor Song Seung-heon to send message toSG Wannabe’s Concert in Japan

Song Seung-heon

HIV on increase in Belgium BRUSSELS, 23 May

— The number of peopleinfected with the HIVvirus in Belgium is on theincrease, local VRT newsquoted latest researchresults as reporting onMonday.

According to thelatest figures from Sensoa,the Flemish centre forsexually transmitted diseasesand HIV, 2.9 new cases ofcontamination of the virusthat can lead to AIDS arerecorded every day. A total

of 1,066 new HIV infectionswere diagnosed last year.That is an increase of morethan 6 per cent on 2004 whenthe number of new casesactually decreased for thefirst time is 10 years.

MNA/Xinhua

14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 24 May, 2006

S P O R T S

Cruyff says Henry will regretfor snubbing Barca

LONDON, 23 May— Football legend Johan Cruyffhas claimed that striker Thierry Henry may live toregret his decision to snub Barcelona and stay atArsenal.

Federer, Kostelic win Laureus sporting oscars BARCELONA, 23 May— Roger Federer reasserted his status on top of the sporting world on Monday by

again winning the Sportsman of the Year title at the Laureus World Sports awards on a big night fortennis.

Moggi denies wrongdoing, blamesGalliani for ambush

MILAN, 23 May— Luciano Moggi, the former Juventus official at thecentre of Italy's soccer scandal, has denied he tried to get favourable ref-erees appointed to his club’s games and blamed AC Milan vice-presidentAdriano Galliani for his downfall.

Brazil arrive in lakeside resortfor training camp

WEGGIS (Switzerland), 23 May— World champions Brazil arrived inthe lakeside resort of Weggis on Monday to begin their training campahead of the World Cup.

Lippi gets backing from Italy administrator FLORENCE (Italy), 23 May— Italy coach Marcello Lippi, who has faced calls

to resign, has been given a vote of confidence by the head of the Italian FootballFederation.

Watford promoted after 3-0 win over Leeds

In an interview withthe QN group of regionalnewspapers Moggi, whois being investigated byprosecutors in Rome andNaples, said he wasmerely trying to get a fairdeal for Juventus.

"I, like my other col-leagues, wanted only toassure myself that ref-

erees who were enemiesof Juventus did not takethe field and that all thematches would be takencharge of by serious pro-fessionals, who weregood and above all im-partial," said Moggi.

Published telephoneintercepts of Moggi'sconversations with Foot-

ball Federation officialsresponsible for selectingreferees have led to aseries of investigationsinto allegations of match-fixing.

But Moggi said thatall clubs were involved inlobbying over refereeingappointments.

"I will tell you onething — for years, everyday of the week, the ref-ereeing selectors receivedcalls from the presidentsand directors of clubs atall levels, starting from(AC Milan officialLeonardo) Meani and(Inter Milan PresidentGiacinto) Facchetti."

Meani is already un-der investigation by pros-ecutors, but Facchetti isnot.

MNA/Reuters

The Catalan giantshoped to clinch a deal forHenry after beating Arse-nal 2-1 in the ChampionsLeague final.

But Henry, 28, opted tosign a new four-year con-tract at Arsenal, a moveheavily criticized byCruyff.

The former Nou Camplegend said: "In the coldlight of day, without look-ing inside his head, I thinkthat he has made a mis-take."

Cruyff added: "He hastaken a decision in the heatof the moment when youshould make them with alot of consideration. "Withhis track record of what hehas achieved in France andEngland it only lacked aspell in Spain to give himthe rubber stamp. Thisspell could have been atBarcelona.

"There are big deci-

sions to be made in everyfootballer's career. Thiswas the moment in Hen-ry's life, not just as a playerbut as a man. He couldlook back and regret it.

MNA/Xinhua

Croatian skier JanicaKostelic took the wom-en’s prize after an unprec-edented fourth Winter Ol-ympic gold, whileFederer’s compatriotMartina Hingis won theComeback of the YearAward, a day after her firstsingles title success in overfour years.

Spaniard Rafael Nadal,Federer’s great rival, wasnamed Newcomer of theYear after 12 months inwhich the 19-year-old wascrowned French Openchampion and becameunbeatable on clay.

“He totally deserves it.He’s almost at the level

where he could win the(top) Laureus Award, but Ithink Newcomer is theright award for him,”Federer said.“Him winningthe Newcomer and mewinning the big one, that’sa great sign for tennis.”

Formula One construc-tors Renault won the teamaward, offering some con-solation to losing nomi-nee Fernando Alonso,who became the sport’syoungest-ever champion.

Along with Alonso,Federer beat off competi-tion from seven-timesTour de France winnerLance Armstrong, Bra-zil’s Ronaldinho, two-time winner Tiger Woods,and Italian motorcyclechampion ValentinoRossi, who picked up aSpirit of Sport Award af-ter three fruitless years asa contender.

Federer, who goes tothe French Open on Sun-

day aiming to become thefirst man since 1969 tohold all four grand slams,also won the LaureusAward in Estoril 12months ago — when hewas the Wimbledon andUS Open champion.

With the AustralianOpen title also now in hispossession, the powerfulframe of Nadal is likely tobe his greatest obstacle toglory at Roland Garros.

MNA/Reuters

"I have total and full confidence inLippi," federation emergency adminis-trator Guido Rossi told reporters at Ita-ly's pre-World Cup training camp.

Magistrates summoned Lippi on Fri-day as a witness in an investigation intoallegations surrounding his former clubJuventus. He is expected to be ques-tioned more extensively next week.

Lippi denied last week that formerJuventus general manager LucianoMoggi, who is at the centre of match-fixing allegations, forced him to select

certain players for the national side.Lippi's son Davide is also an agent at theGEA players and coaches managementagency being probed by authorities.

Some politicians and newspaperscalled for Lippi to resign before the WorldCup in Germany which starts on June 9as a step towards improving the image ofItalian football.

But Rossi, who was appointed fol-lowing the resignation of Federationpresident Franco Carraro, said that wasout of the question.—MNA/Reuters

Media representa-tives outnumbered fansas the bus arrived at theirhotel at about 1600 localtime (1400 GMT),around one hour laterthan scheduled.

Some of the playersturned up earlier aftermaking their own way,including Real Madridstriker Ronaldo, who hadnipped off to Dubai for aquick holiday, and ACMilan trio Kaka, Cafuand goalkeeper Dida.

The players will un-dergo medical tests at anearby clinic on Tuesdaybefore training begins inearnest on Wednesday.

A 5,000 capacityarena has been built —1,000 more than thepopulation of the village— and organizers saytickets for all the plannedtraining sessions have al-ready been sold.

On Monday, Brazil-ian improvisation seemedto be the rule rather thanSwiss efficiency withbuilders still putting thefinishing touches to thetraining complex, whichlies just up the hill fromthe team hotel.

They join champions Reading andSheffield United as the three promotedteams. Watford had finished the seasonin third place in the Second Division,with Leeds in fifth.

American defender Jay DeMerit putWatford in front midway through thefirst half when he met an inswingingcorner at the far post with a firm header.

Watford doubled their advantage 12minutes into the second half when aJames Chambers shot was deflected offLeeds's World Cup-bound US midfielderEddie Lewis, hit the base of the near postand went in off diving goalkeeper NeilSullivan.

Darius Henderson put the finishingtouch to an emphatic victory with a pen-alty seven minutes from time after ShaunDerry brought down striker Marlon King.

The victory to Watford, who had oneseason in the Premier League in 1999/2000, is worth close to 40 million pounds(75 million US dollars), made up largelyof expected television revenue in the topflight, according to British media re-ports.

"It sounds fantastic," was DeMerit'sreaction to the fact that Watford will bein the Premier League next season. "Weall worked really hard all season.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 23 May— Watford won promotion to the English Premier Leaguewhen they beat Leeds United 3-0 in the playoff final at Cardiff's MillenniumStadium on Sunday.

Braxton Bilbrey, left, a 7-year-old from Arizona,sits with his father, Steve Bilbrey at San

Francisco's Aquatic Park, where the youngsterfinished an estimated 1.4 mile swim from AlcatrazIsland, on 22 May, 2006, in San Francisco. Bilbreybecame one of the youngest swimmers to cross the

channel from Alcatraz Island to the city. INTERNET

Brazil, who faceCroatia, Australia and Ja-pan in their Group F firstround matches in Ger-many, will stay inWeggis until SaturdayJune 3 when they headfor Geneva to play NewZealand in their only in-ternational warm-up thefollowing day.

They then move onto Germany. About 150fans had given the squada send-off from Rio deJaneiro on Sunday night.

"We're going to thisWorld Cup with an obli-gation to win," coachCarlos Alberto Parreiratold reporters.

MNA/Reuters

Spain’s Daniel Sordo and his navigator Marc Martitake a jump in their Citroen Xsara during the Rallyof Italy, in the Sardinian town of Olbia, Italy, on 21

May, 2006. Sordo placed third.—INTERNET

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WEATHER

Tuesday, 23 May, 2006Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been widespread in Chin and Mon States,Taninthayi and Yangon Divisions, scattered in Shan andRakhine States, upper Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway,Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions and isolated in theremaining areas with locally heavyfalls in Yangon Divi-sion and isolated heavyfalls in Magway Division. Daytemperatures were (3°C) to (4˚C) above normal in RakhineState, Mandalay, Magway and Ayeyawady Divisions,(5°C) to (6˚C) above normal in upper Sagaing Division,(7˚C) above normal in Kachin State and about normal inthe remaining areas. The significant day temperatureswere Kalaywa, Myingyan, NyaungU, Chauk, Minbu,Magway and Pakokku (40˚C) each. The noteworthyamounts of rainfalls recorded were Co Co Island (6.54)inches, Central (Yangon) (3.66) inches, Myeik (2.44)inches, Kaba-Aye (Yangon) (2.36) inches, Magway andKhayan (1.49) inches.

Maximum temperature on 22-5-2006 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 23-5-2006 was 67°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hrs MST on 23-5-2006 was (92%).Total sunshine hours on 22-5-2006 was (4.2) hour (appox).

Rainfalls on 23-5-2006 were (0.86) inch atMingaladon, (2.37) inches at Kaba-Aye and (3.66)inches at Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006were (13.50) inches at Mingaladon, (16.50) inches atKaba-Aye and (18.15) inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (7) mphfrom South at (21:15) hours MST on 22-5-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is vigorous in theAndaman Sea and strong in South and Central Bay andweather is partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 24-5-2006: Rainor thundershowers will be widespread in Mon State,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions, fairly widespread inKayin State and Ayeyawady Division, scattered in Shan,Rakhine, Kayah States, lower Sagaing, Mandalay,Magway and Bago Divisions and isolated in the remain-ing areas with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in MonState, Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions. Degree of cer-tainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough sea are likelyat times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach(35) to (40) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofadvancement of Southwest monsoon over CentralMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 24-5-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 24-5-2006: Some rain or thundershowerswhich may be heavy at times. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 24-5-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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“CONDOLENCE”

We convey our deepest sympathy to Lt.Col-HTUN SHEIN (Retd) &DAW MYA OHN on the sad demise of their beloved daughter, also toDr. U SEIN HLA KYAW (Myanmar ISOS, Total Myanmar) on the sad

demise of his belovede wife

Dr. DAW WIN WIN SHEIN (55 Years)

Assistant Health Program Co-ordinator (Care International inMyanmar) on Friday 19th, May, 2006.

1. Myanmar 21st Century Group Co., Ltd. (Tel: 502468)2. Eastern Star Trading Co., Ltd. (Tel: 539443)3. Myint Sadana Tyres & Lubricant Trading. (Tel: 501660)4. Kyaw Ye Aung Trading Co., Ltd. (Tel: 527708)5. 313 Refrigerator & Air-Con Trading And Services. (Tel: 525401)6. Shwe War Win Trading Ltd. (Tel: 297705)7. Nine Dimension Int’l Trading Co., Ltd. (Tel: 681169/09 50 18407)8. Tri Star General Trading Co., Ltd. (Tel: 524621/Fax: 501028)

E-Mail:tristar@mptmail.net.mm)

The 18 ships from thefour central provinces ofDa Nang, Quang Nam,Quang Ngai and BinhDinh had been defined by21 May either sinking orgoing missing, the news-paper quoted VietnameseDeputy Fisheries Minis-ter Nguyen Viet Thang assaying.

By 21:30 of 20 May,Chinese forces had rescueda total of 21 Vietnamesefishing ships sailing in theChinese waters hit by thetyphoon, the Chinese Em-bassy in Hanoi said, not-ing that they had supplied

Nearly 300 Vietnamese fishermen missing inTyphoon Chanchu

HANOI, 23 May — Eighteen Vietnamese fishing ships with a total of 287 people on board have gonemissing in Typhoon Chanchu, local newspaper Saigon Liberation reported on Monday.

fuel, drinking water andfoodstuffs to 15 Vietnam-ese ships with 330 fisher-men on board. Of the peo-ple, 21 have died and sixhave been injured, the em-bassy noted.

Collapsing church roof injuresthree in Uganda

KAMPALA, 23 May — Three children were injured after a church roof wasripped off in Kampala by the strong wind and downpour two months after acollapsing church killed 28 people in the capital city.

Chanchu, whichmeans "pearl," formed inthe Pacific, about 550 kilo-metres east of MindanaoIsland in the Philippineson 9 May. It hit the centralPhilippines, then headed

to central Vietnam, butsuddenly changed its di-rection to southern China,killing dozens of peopleand affecting thousands ofothers from the three coun-tries. — MNA/Xinhua

The children were partof the congregation in thechurch when the accidentoccurred on Sunday, ac-cording to a report of DailyMonitor on Monday.

Witnesses said theincident was caused bystrong winds in the heavydownpour, causing somebricks to descend onto thechildren, who were rushed

to Mulago hospitals fortreatment.

The church, whichaccommodated about 100worshippers, is located inCorner Zone in KawempeDivision, Kampala.

In the same area, awall fence of Aya factoryowned by the Sudanesetycoon Mohammed Aya,collapsed on a house and amaize-milling store afterrainwater forced its waythrough it.

According to the po-lice officer in charge ofKawempe, PeruthKarungi, the wall col-lapsed due to poor drain-age. — MNA/Xinhua

13th Waning of Kason 1368 ME Wednesday, 24 May, 2006

Pyapon Bridge construction project inspected

YANGON, 23 May—Minister for Construction

Maj-Gen Saw Tun, accompanied by officials

concerned, this morning inspected construction of

bridges along Hlinethaya-Kanbe-Twantay-

Kungyangon-Dedaye-Pyapon road.

At the briefing hall of Pyapon Bridge project,

Deputy Superintending Engineer of Bridge

Construction Project Special Group-7 U Khin Maung

Se reported to the minister on progress of work and

future tasks.

Before inspecting the project site, the minister

gave instructions on timely completion of the project

and attended to the needs.

Pyapon Bridge is of reinforced concrete type. The

3,932 feet long bridge has a 28 feet motor road and two

pedestrian lanes on either side. It can withstand 60 tons

of load.

The installation of steel beams has been completed

and the laying of reinforced concrete on the bridge is

nearing completion.

MNA

YANGON, 23 May — Minister for Transport

Maj-Gen Thein Swe went on an inspection tour of Bo

Aung Kyaw Jetty of Myanma Port Authority yesterday

afternoon.

During the arrival, Managing Director of

Myanmar Port Authority U Thein Htay, Director-

General of Customs Department U Khin Maung Lin

and officials conducted the minister around containers

arriving at the port and stockpile of cargoes at the

warehouse.

In connection with the reports, the minister

gave necessary instructions and inspected X-ray

machine for checking containers and packed goods for

export.

Next, the minister together with the directors-

general and officials proceeded to Ahlon Asia World

Port Terminal.

Director-General of Customs Department U

Khin Maung Lin and officials conducted the minister

around containers arriving at the port. Afterwards, the

minister looked into imported cargoes inside the

containers, a newly-installed X-ray machine and its

checks on containers, loading and unloading of cargoes

Minister inspects Myanma Port Authority,Asia World Port Terminal, docking tasks

Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspects goods at Asia World Jetty on hisinspection tour. — MNA

YANGON, 23 May

— Tha National Cycling

Races continued at

National Cycling C’ship continuesYouths Sports Training

Centre here today.

Maung Maung Soe

of (F&R) came in first in

the 1000-metre individual

race followed by Myint

Aye of the same ministry

and Khin Maung Cho

(A&I). In the women’s

event Khaing Mar Oo

(A&I), Su Su Wai (L&F),

and Khin Soe Htay

(YCDC) were first, second

and third respectively.

In the 1600-metre

individual race, Win

Naing Tar (A&I) won the

first prize, Maung Maung

Soe (F&R) second prize,

Kyaw Myo Hlaing (F&R)

third prize. In the women’s

race, Khaing Mar Oo

stood first, Yu Mar Oo

(A&I) second and Khin

Soe Htay (YCDC) third.

The events con-

tinue tomorrow. — NLM

and arrival of containers and stockpile of cargoes.

Regarding the reports, the minister gave instructions

and attended to the needs. After the minister had overseen

docking tasks of Bago vessel which belongs to Myanma

Five Star Line at 12000-ton water-tight dockyard, work

procedures were reported to him by Managing Director of

Myanma Shipyards U Maung Maung Nyein and General

Manager U Aye Thaung. Next, the minister inspected

worksites and left. —MNA

Cyclists taking part in the women’s 1600-metre individual event. — NLM

Cyclists in action in the men’s 4800-metre

individual event.— NLM