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and tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

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Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

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standards of the entire nation

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development of other sectors of the economy as well* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic

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terms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

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Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and party tour Chittagong, Bandarban,Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh

YANGON, 7 April— TheMyanmar goodwill delega-tion led by Prime Ministerof the Union of MyanmarGeneral Khin Nyunt flew toChittagong from Zia Inter-national Airport in Dhakaon 5 April morning. Thedelegation that was on agoodwill visit to Bangla-desh was accompanied byMinister for Foreign AffairsMr M Morshed Khan of thehost country and officials.

The Prime Minister andparty were seen off at theairport by staff and familiesof Myanmar Embassy andMilitary Attaché’s Office.

At 8.30 am local time,General Khin Nyunt andparty arrived at ShahAmanat International Air-port in Chittagong by spe-cial aircraft of BangladeshAirlines.

Prime Minister GeneralKhin Nyunt and party werewelcomed there by Adviserto Foreign Affairs Mr ReazRahman, Chittagong Divi-sional Commissioner MrAshraful Mokbul and offi-cials.

Afterwards, the PrimeMinister and party flew to

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and Bangladeshi Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr M Morshed Khan exchangesouvenirs at the dinner.— MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt cordially converses with local Myanmar people atthe monastery in Chittagong.— MNA

Bandarban by Air Forcehelicopter of Bangladeshwhere they were welcomedby Bandarban Hill DistrictAdditional District Magis-trate Mr Syed Md Hashimand officials. Next, theywent to Tadagyi Village inYwadaw.

At the pandal inTadagyi Village, the cer-emony to plant Maha Botree and lay cornerstone forNat Nagamin Lake Monas-tery was held. Present were130 members of the Sanghaled by Natchaung ThariSayadaw BhaddantaAsapha and BangladeshiSayadaw BhaddantaPaññajota, Prime MinisterGeneral Khin Nyunt andparty, Myanmar people inYwadaw and local people.

The congregationopened the ceremony withthree-time recitation NamoTassa. Next, Hill RegionSangha Council ChairmanK h a m a u n g - c h a u n gSayadaw Bhaddanta Vannaadministered the Five Pre-cepts. The General andparty offered provisions tothe Sayadaws. Similarly,the General presented do-

nations to BangladeshiSayadaw BhaddantaPaññajota for carrying outpropagation of TheravadaBuddha Sasana.

Next, townselders pre-sented pictures of MahaSukha Hsutaungpyay Pa-goda to General Khin Nyunt

and party and the Bangla-deshi Minister for ForeignAffairs. U Saw Pru ofYwadaw gave dear horns asgifts to Prime Minister Gen-eral Khin Nyunt.

Afterwards, the Generalplanted the Maha Bo Treeand sprinkled scented wa-

ter on it.Next, Prime Minister

General Khin Nyunt, Sec-retary-1 of the State Peaceand Development CouncilLt-Gen Soe Win and Chair-man of Rakhine State Peaceand Development CouncilCommander Maj-GenMaung Oo laid cornerstonefor construction of NatNagamin Lake Monastery.

The Prime Minister for-mally unveiled the plaqueto mark the planting ofMaha Bo Tree and corner-stone-laying of the monas-tery.

Later, SayadawBhaddanta Asapha deliv-ered a sermon and the Gen-eral and party shared meritsgained. Then, the ceremonycame to a close with three-time recitation of BuddhaSasanam Çiram Titthatu.

After the ceremony, theGeneral and party paidhomage to Maha SukhaHsutaungpyay Pagoda.Next, the Prime Ministerdonated cash to the pagodafunds and signed in the visi-tors’ book.

On arrival at Cox’s Ba-

zar from Bandarban, theGeneral and party were wel-comed by State Minister forCommunications Mr SalahUddin Ahmed, DeputyCommissioner for Cox’sBazar District Mr SaifuddinAhmed and officials.

At Seagull Hotel inCox’s Bazar, State Minis-ter for Communications MrSalah Uddin Ahmed hosteda luncheon in honour of theMyanmar Prime Ministerand delegation members.

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PERSPECTIVES

Strengthening bilateral relationsand cooperation between Myanmarand Bangladesh

At the invitation of Prime Minister ofthe People’s Republic of Bangladesh BegumKhaleda Zia, Prime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar General Khin Nyunt paid a good-will visit to Bangladesh from 4 to 6 April.

Myanmar and Bangladesh have estab-lished diplomatic relations for long and theircultural heritage and aims concerning regionalpeace, security and development are identical.The two countries being friendly neighbours,their leaders have paid reciprocal goodwillvisits. Chariman of the State Peace and Devel-opment Council Senior General Than Shwepaid a goodwill visit to Bangladesh in 2002 andPrime Minister Begum Khaleda Zia recipro-cated it in March, 2003. The goodwill visits ofthe leaders of the two countries have not onlycemented the bilateral relations but also con-tributed a lot towards bilateral cooperation.The recent visit of Prime Minister GeneralKhin Nyunt was shot in the arm for alreadystrong bilateral relations and cooperation. Asbilateral trade and economy have improvedmuch, the peoples of the two countries will beable to enjoy a lot of mutual benefit.

The Prime Minister of Bangladesh hosteda dinner in honour of the Myanmar delegationheaded by Prime Minister General Khin Nyuntat Hotel Sonargaon in Dhaka on 4 April. Theprime ministers delivered speeches at the din-ner. Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt, inhis speech, said, “Our two countries enjoy goodneighbourly relations and there exist no bigissues between our two countries. We canrightly be proud that Myanmar and Bangla-desh have nurtured good relations and ourborder is one of peace and stability. It is alsoincumbent on both of us to turn our borderinto one of prosperity.” Prime Minister BegumKhaleda Zia, in her address, said, “Bangla-desh and Myanmar are developing countrieswith similar economic challenges. We need tointensify our efforts to face these challengestogether through closer political and economiclinks. Our talks today were a clear reflectionof our resolve in this pursuit.”

During the visit, the two prime ministersdiscussed the promotion of bilateral relationsand cooperation, especially in internationalaffairs, trade, land and water transport andinvestment sectors, in a friendly atmosphereand the MoU’s were also inked. We stronglybelieve that Prime Minister General KhinNyunt’s goodwill visit to Bangladesh will notonly strengthen the bilateral relations but alsoincrease cooperation between the two countriesin trade and economy.

* Oppose those relying on external elements,acting as stooges, holding negative views

* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stabilityof the State and progress of the nation

* Oppose foreign nations interfering ininternal affairs of the State

* Crush all internal and external destructiveelements as the common enemy

People’s DesireSitagu Sayadaw and Religious AffairsMinister arrive back

YANGON, 7 April — Sitagu International AcademyBuddhist University Chancellor Sayadaw Bhaddanta DrÑanicsara and Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung arrived back here by air this evening afterattending the preliminary coordination meeting held in Ja-pan for the holding of the Fourth World Buddhist Summit.

The Sayadaw and party were welcomed back atYangon International Airport by SWBU AdministrativeOfficer Sayadaw Bhaddanta Mahosadha Pandita, Pro-Rec-tor Sayadaw Bhaddanta Osadha, Assistant RegistrarSayadaw Bhaddanta Pinñajota, Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung, Minister for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-Gen Sein Htwa, Deputy Minister forReligious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung Ko and officials.Religious Affairs Department Director-General Dr MyoMyint, who accompanied the Sayadaw and the minister,also arrived back here on the same flight. — MNA

YANGON, 7 April— The auxiliary fire brigade mem-bers of News and Periodicals Enterprise, led by Ye ThureinKo Ko Soe and party of Tamway Township Fire ServicesDepartment and Bahan Township Auxiliary Fire Brigade,demonstrated measures for fire prevention and drills ofpractical fire fighting at Myanma Alin Daily at No 53, 1stNatmauk Lane, Bahan Township, this morning, inspectedby NPE Managing Director Col Soe Win.

Also present were Chief Editor U Ye Myint Pe ofMyanma Alin Daily, Deputy Director (Admin) U Mya

NPE auxiliary fire brigade members demonstrate fire fighting drillsHlaing of NPE, Manager U Zaw Win of the daily, coursein-charge and course instructors. Course in-Charge YeThurein Ko KO Soe and instructors and 25 auxiliary firebrigade members of NPE, demonstrated the fire fightingdrills with one fire engine, two light fire engines and extin-guishers. After the demonstration, Managing Director ColSoe Win gave instructions on measures to be taken to pre-vent outbreak of fire due to negligence and short circuit.He also urged the fire-fighters of the enterprise to try hardto be equipped with fire fighting skills. — MNA

NPE Managing Director Col Soe Win views the demonstration on fire prevention and fire fighting at Myanma Alin daily. — MNA

Commander, Minister, Mayor attendopening of Multipurpose Community

Telecentre in PhaunggyiYANGON, 7 April — The opening ceremony of Mul-

tipurpose Community Telecentre, was held at the centrein east village of Phaunggyi, Hlegu, Yangon North Dis-trict this morning. The centre was built by Directorate ofTelecommunications of the Ministry of Communications,Posts and Telegraphs and International Telecom-muni1cations Union (ITU). Present on the occasion wereChairman of Yangon Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe, General Sec-retary of the Union Solidarity and Development Associa-tion Minister for Cooperatives Maj-Gen Htay Oo, Minis-ter for Livestock & Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung MaungThein, Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office Maj-GenThein Swe and Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin.

First, Director-General of Directorate of Telecom-munications U Kyi Than and Asia-Pacific Telegraph Com-munications Development Bureau Senior ConsultantMr E Behdad gave speeches and formally opened thetelecentre. Later, Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe andparty viewed round the telecentre and the students learn-ing at the computer training course.

The telecentre was built at a cost of US$ 55,600with the contribution of ITU and an equivalent to US$44,600 contributed by Directorate of Telecommunications.With the opening of the telecentre, computer course andInternet and E-mail training course can be conducted andservices such as desktop printing, copier works, filmdeveloping are provided to local people and it contributesmuch towards the development of education, health,economic and social affairs of local people and thestudents become familiar with IT.

MNA

Mingon Model Village in HleguTownship opened

YANGON, 7 April— Under the arrangement ofYangon Division Supervisory Committee for Maternal andChild Welfare Association, the ceremony to open MingonModel Village was held in Hlegu Township this morning,attended by Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and De-velopment Council Commander of Yangon CommandMaj-Gen Myint Swe and wife Patron of the divisionalassociation Daw Khin Thet Htay.

First, Daw Khin Thet Htay formally opened themodel village. The commander formally unveiled the sign-board of the village.

Next, the commander and wife and party inspectedMCWA branch office, rural dispensary, Pyinnya TazaungLibrary and Village Peace and Development CouncilOffice. Village MCWA Branch Chairperson Daw Ohn Yipresented MCWA membership applications to Chairmanof Yangon Division SC for MCWA head of divisionalHealth Department Dr Hla Myint. Afterwards, CommanderMaj-Gen Myint Swe and Daw Khin Thet Htay presenteddonations for the village to officials. Similarly, wellwishersdonated K 1,729,000 to officials. The commander andwife presented toys and foodstuff to children at Pre-Pri-mary School of Village MCWA Branch. Next, the com-mander and party saw over Mayanchaung Station Hospi-tal. The commander and officials presented cash towardsthe funds of the hospital. — MNA

YANGON, 7 April — The Ministry of Health andthe World Health Organization jointly observed the WorldHealth Day (2004) commemorative ceremony at the In-ternational Business Centre on Pyay Road here this morn-ing.

It was attended by Deputy Minister for Health DrMya Oo, departmental heads, medical superintendents,WHO resident representative Dr Agostino Borra, officialsof the UN agencies, members of social organizations and

guests.The deputy minister delivered a speech on the

occasion.Next, the WHO resident representative read out

the message of WHO Director for Southeast Asia regionDr Sam Lee Pliambang Chang.

Afterwards, the deputy minister and guests viewedthe photos of activities to mark the World Health Day.

MNA

World Health Day observed

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30 US soldiers killed in Iraq in72 hours

If Iraq had beensimmering in the back-ground, it has moved front-and-centre now, and thetiming is likely to provetroublesome for President

Unfortunately for Bush, thenews from the militarycampaign isn't any better, aseven his own generals noware raising a politicallyexplosive topic for an

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killed in battlesNAJAF , 7 April— Insurgents and rebellious Shiites

mounted a string of attacks across Iraq's Shiite southand US Marines launched a major assault on the turbu-lent Sunni city of Fallujah on Tuesday. Up to a dozenMarines, two more coalition soldiers and at least 66Iraqis were reported killed.

Iraqis look over a pair of flattened cars crushed by armoured vehicles after fightingbetween guerillas and US forces erupted in the north Baghdad suburb of Adhamiya on

6 April, 2004.—INTERNET

Sources say al-Sadr supporters takeover Najaf

BAGHDAD , 7 April— -Supporters of maverick Muslim cleric Muqtada al-Sadrcontrolled government, religious and security buildings in the holy city of Najaf earlyTuesday evening, according to a coalition source in southern Iraq.

A British Army Land Rover lies burned while surrounded by children near the southernIraq city of Amara on 6 April, 2004. —INTERNET

Bush. With Bush hoping towin re-election as a wartimepresident, political analystssay continued violence inIraq could threaten Bush'shold on the White House.

election year: The UnitedStates might need to sendmore troops to Iraq.

The violence Tuesday,including an attack thatkilled as many as 12 USMarines, comes on the heelsof the shocking images lastweek of charred and batteredAmerican corpses inFallujah.

"To a certain degree overtime, people become numbto it all, but they don'tbecome numb to days likethis one," Larry Sabato, aUniversity of Virginiapolitical scientist, saidTuesday. "The more dayslike this, the more peoplewill say, we have to vote forchange."

The Bush administrationtransition toward putting theIraqis in power is June 30.Bush is holding firm to thatdate for a handover, thoughcongressional leaders arequestioning whether it canhappen in the face of all thisviolence.

This week's events alsohave given ammunition toDemocrats like Sen EdwardKennedy of Massachusetts,a leading opponent of thewar, who on Monday calledIraq "Bush's Vietnam."

Bush's presidential rival,Sen John Kerry called theJune 30 deadline "a fiction"devised to hand over Iraqicontrol well before thepresidential election.

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Troops were battling in ahalf-dozen cities on twofronts in some of the mostextensive fighting sincePresident Bush declaredmajor combat over on 1 May.US forces fought insurgentsin Sunni triangle cities ofFallujah and Ramadi west ofBaghdad, and coalitiontroops battled Shiite militia-men of radical clericMuqtada al-Sadr in the south.

"America has shown itsevil intentions, and the proudIraqi people cannot acceptit," al-Sadr said in a state-ment. "They must defendtheir rights by any meansthey see fit."

Reports from Ramadi,

near Fallujah, said dozensof Iraqis attacked a Marineposition near the gover-nor 's palace, a seniordefense official said fromWashington. "A signifi-cant number" of Marineswere killed, and initial re-ports indicate it may be upto a dozen, said the offi-cial, speaking on conditionof anonymity.

Heavy casualties were in-flicted on the guerillas well,officials said. It was not im-mediately known who theattackers were, nor whetherthe attack was related tofighting under way in nearbyFallujah.

Internet

Greek fiscal deficit reaches 2.95% in 2003 ATHENS, 7 April— Greek Economy and Finance Minis-

ter George Alogoskoufis said on Monday the country's2003 fiscal deficit reached 2.95 per cent of gross domesticproduct (GDP) staying just within limits set by the Euro-pean Union (EU).

Alogoskoufis pledged his ministry would make coordi-nated efforts to keep the deficit below the 3.0-per-cent limitset by the EU's Stability and Growth Pact.

However, he said a fiscal discipline policy sought by thenew government would not undermine the priority of ensur-ing a successful Olympic Games.

MNA/XinhuaRussia concerned over deteriorationof situation in Iraq

Singapore ends trooppresence in Iraq

SINGAPORE, 7 April— Sin-gapore ended its militarypresence in Iraq on Mondaywith the return of personnelfrom the war-battered coun-try after a two-month deploy-ment. "With today's batchcoming back, basically wehave no more military per-sonnel in the Gulf," saidFelicia Tang, a spokes-

woman for Singapore's De-fence Ministry.

The small city state hadsent 31 personnel from theSingapore Armed Forces anda C-130 Hercules transportplane to Iraq in February.Some returned with the trans-port plane on Sunday and therest came back on commer-cial flights.

Singapore had also de-ployed its biggest warship, alanding ship, with 160 troopsto Iraq last year.

The end of Singapore'stroop presence in Iraq comesduring controversy aboutSpain's decision to withdrawits troops, and a politicaluproar in Australia after theopposition party said it woulddo the same if it won powerin elections expected laterthis year.— MNA/Reuters

MOSCOW, 7 April— Only “extensive par-ticipation of the world community, includingthe neighbour countries of Iraq, together withthe active role of the United Nations Organisa-tion could give positive dynamics to the Iraqisettlement,” Russian Foreign Ministry spokes-man Alexander Yakovenko said here on Tues-day in connection with the worsening of thesituation in Iraq. “Russia is willing to promotethat process in every way in cooperation withthe Iraqis, its partners in the region and in theUN Security Council,” he said.

According to Yakovenko, “it is importantnow to stop a wave of violence in Iraq. Withthis in view, it is necessary for the Iraqi nationto decide their destiny by themselves, torestore the sovereignty of their country and tobecome again a member of the world com-munity in their own right. The world commu-nity, in its turn, should express solidarity withthe aspirations of the Iraqi people and shouldrender effective assistance to them in the

creation of a democratic state and in thepreservation of the unity and territorial integ-rity of the country.”

“Russia has stated on more than one occa-sion that this goal could be attained throughthe convocation of an international confer-ence under the UN aegis, at which all thepolitical forces of Iraq would be represented,and which would outline the strategy of dura-ble Iraqi settlement with the participation ofthe neighbour countries of Iraq, members ofthe UN Security Council and other partiesconcerned.”

“Moscow is extremely worried over thecontinuing deterioration of the situation inIraq, whose character is changing. Massiveunrest, attacks on the coalition troops and thereciprocal use of force, not in proportion to thescope of the attacks, are further spreading andinvolving numerous casualties. Iraq is turninginto a base of the activities of internationalterrorism,” he said. — Internet

The source said al-Sadr'sfollowers controlled the gov-ernor's office, police stationsand the Imam Ali mosque,one of Shia Muslim's holiestshrines. Iraqi police werenegotiating to regain theirstations, the source said.

The source also said al-Sadr was busing followersinto Najaf from Sadr City inBaghdad and that manymembers of his outlawedmilitia, Mehdi's Army, werefrom surrounding pro-vinces.

Business people are clos-

ing their shops and eitherleaving the city or hoardingtheir wares in their homes,the source said.

Late Tuesday, U.S. Ma-rines moved into Fallujahfrom several directions, com-ing under heavy fire frominsurgents.

The move comes the dayafter U.S. Marines sealed offFallujah in response to thekilling and mutilation of fourAmerican civilian securitycontractors last week.

About 1,300 troops fromthe 1st Marine Expedition-

ary Force, along with Iraqiarmed forces, set up a cor-don around the city Monday,said Brig Gen Mark Kimmitt,a US military spokesman inBaghdad.

The operation has beendubbed Operation VigilantResolve.

Seven Marines have beenkilled since Saturday in theal Anbar province -- whereFallujah is located -- but thecoalition has only confirmedone as a direct result of theFallujah conflict.

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WASHINGTON , 7 April— This week in Iraq marks one of the bloodiest periods for Americans since the warended; 30 soldiers have been killed in just 72 hours.


WASHINGTON , 7 April — Support among Americans for US President George W Bush’s handling of the Iraq warhas fallen to 40 per cent after last week’s mutilation killings of US contractors, according to a new poll issued onMonday.

US poll shows support forBush on Iraq falling

The President’s overall job approval and other ratingswere also at or near record lows.

The Pew Research Centre survey of 790 adults takenApril 1-4 showed that confidence in Bush’s handling of theIraq situation had fallen 19 points since mid-January andwas at its lowest ebb since researchers first asked thequestion in October 2002.

The poll was taken after last Wednesday’s heavily-publicized murder and mutilation of four US contractors inFallujah, Iraq, which promoted new questions about the US-led occupation. The poll had a margin of error of plus orminus four percentage points.

Only 32 per cent thought Bush had a clear plan of whatto do in Iraq while 57 per cent disagreed. Half of thosequestioned said US troops should remain in Iraq, down from63 per cent in January.

Bush’s ratings on other issues were no stronger. His

overall approval rating was 43 per cent — the lowest everrecorded by the Pew poll. His approval rating for his handlingof the economy was 39 per cent and of energy policy was 29per cent. Bush still had a 53-per-cent approval rating for hishandling of terrorist threats, according to the Pew poll.

Other national polls have shown Bush with somewhathigher ratings on Iraq and overall job approval. A CBS polltaken March 31-April 1 showed a 44 per cent minoritysupported his handling of Iraq. A Gallup poll taken March26-28, before the Fallujah attacks, gave him a 51-per-centapproval rating on Iraq, which Gallup said was an increaseover January.

A Los Angeles Times survey taken March 27-30 foundBush’s overall job approval rating was 51 per cent, downslightly from November and just above the 50-per-cent levelthat heralds a danger zone for candidates seeking reelection.

MNA/Reuters

US Marines with the 2nd Battalion 1st Marine Regimentpause after a gunbattle with the Iraqi insurgents on theoutskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, on Tuesday, 6, April 2004.

INTERNET

DOHA, 7 April — Qatar, a firm ally of the United States, said on Monday it feareda civil war could break out in Iraq and that the country was becoming a “fertile groundfor terrorists”.

US ally Qatar says it fearscivil war in Iraq

“The developments inIraq in the last few days arealarming and we fear thatwe are facing a civil war inIraq reminding me of whathappened in Afghanistanand Lebanon,” Qatari For-

eign Minister SheikhHamad bin Jassim al-Thanitold reporters on the side-lines of a conference ondemocracy in the MiddleEast.

“We are worried about

the cluster of resistance andterrorist organizations inIraq which has become afertile ground for these peo-ple to implement their ex-tremist ideology,” saidSheikh Hamad, whose GulfArab state hosted the USadvance headquarters in lastyear’s war in Iraq.

US helicopters blastedtargets in Baghdad on Mon-day in an intensifying show-down with Shiite Muslimradicals resisting Ameri-ca’s postwar plans for Iraq.US forces also tackledSunni guerillas in Fallujah,where four American secu-rity men were killed lastweek.—MNA/Reuters

Putin supports leading UNrole in world affairs

MOSCOW, 7 April — Russian President Vladimir Putin reaffirmed on Monday thathis country would continuingly support the United Nations playing a leading role inworld affairs.

“We are hearing everywhere that theUnited Nations is not doing a good job ofsolving the difficult problems it faces. Iwould like to see how the world woulddevelop if the United Nations did not exist,”said Putin when meeting with visiting UNSecretary General Kofi Annan in theKremlin.

“We have no other effective mecha-nism for solving international problems to-day,” Putin said in a televised statement.

The recent appointment of SergeiLavrov, Russia’s former UN envoy, as theForeign Minister has underlined Russiansupport of the world body and its develop-ment, said the President.

He said Russia backs the idea proposedby Annan to create an expert group todiscuss issues relating to UN reforms.

Lavrov, who also met with Annan laterMonday, said Iraq still poses an interna-tional threat today and the international com-munity should join forces to find solutionsto the problems rather than “digging throughthe past”.

“We should focus on what we are to doin Iraq... It is necessary to focus on thesearch for constructive solutions, and this

must only be done under the aegis ofthe UN,” Lavrov told a Press conferencefollowing the meeting.

Annan, who arrived here Sunday for athree-day visit, said the UN is already work-ing to find a way to form a new Iraqi govern-ment by the end of June and that the organi-zation is doing its best to help the IraqiGovernment.

Speaking of the process of the Mideastsettlement, Lavrov said that all movesbeing made by the parties must fit withthe roadmap peace plan, proposed by theMideast four mediators of the United States,Russia, the European Union and the UnitedNations.

He said Russia and the United Nationshave similar approaches to the basicmeasures for settling the Palestinian-Israeliconflict.

“First, bloodshed must be preventedand then long-term measures should beconsidered,” he was quoted as saying.

Lavrov also praised Annan’s efforts tobroker a deal to heal a rift between the Greekand Turkish Cypriot communities andrestore the island as a unified state.

MNA/Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 7 April — Sixpeople were killed andseveral others wounded onMonday when US troopsclashed with militants in theIraqi restive city of Fallujah,west of Baghdad, witnessessaid.

The US soldiers blockedall the roads leading toFallujah as the predawnclashes which lasted morethan two hours erupted, theysaid.

The US troops bombedsome residential neighbour-hoods with rockets and clus-ter bombs, they added.

The US-led coalitionforces has closed thehighways from Baghdad toJordan indefinitely due tomilitary activities in the area,according to a statementissued Monday.

A number of gunmenattacked on Wednesdayfour American contractorsand mutilated their bodies,hanging some human partson one of the bridges inFallujah.

The US military vowedto avenge for them.

MNA/Xinhua

Six killed in UStroops clash

with militants inFallujah

DAMASCUS, 7 April— The Chinese Embassy in Syriadonated 400 books to Syria’s Assad National Library onMonday.

The books, classified in 52 categories and provided bythe Chinese Ministry of Culture, showed a colourful view ofthe Chinese history, culture, literature, customs and arts.

Zhou Xiuhua, Chinese Ambassador to Syria, andMahmud Sayyed, Syria’s Cultural Minister, attended thedonating ceremony.

Sayyed showed great interest in the books and askedjournalists from the Syrian TV stations at the spot to makespecial programmes of China so as to further introduce theChinese culture to ordinary Syrian people.

The minister spoke highly of the Syrian-Chinese friendlyrelationship during his talks with Zhou. He also extended aninvitation to the Chinese Ministry of Culture to the annualbook exhibition held by the Assad National Library.

The Assad National Library, built in 1985, is located incentral Damascus, covering an area of 22,000 square kilo-metres with an collection of over 700,000 books.

MNA/Xinhua

China donates 400books to Syria

Italian troops block a highway bridge at the entrance to the southern Iraq city ofNassiriya after clashes erupted on 6 April, 2004.—INTERNET

US soldier killed inblast in northern Iraq

M OSUL (Iraq), 7 April — A roadside bombattack on a US convoy in the northern Iraqi city ofMosul on Sunday killed one American soldier andwounded another, a US military spokesman said onMonday.

The attack was on a main road in Mosul, 240 milesnorth of Baghdad. Since the US-led invasion to oustSaddam Hussein last year, 420 American soldiers havebeen killed in action in Iraq.

MNA/Reuters

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LOS ANGELES, 7 April — Weapons inspector David Kay warned the CIA last July that there were no weaponsof mass destruction in Iraq but it took months before the US Congress and the American people were told, accordingto a special report in the May issue of Vanity Fair Magazine.

US told early on that Iraq had no WMDs

Iraq’s alleged weapons of massdestruction was the main reason citedby President George W Bush when helaunched a war against PresidentSaddam Hussein four months earlier.

Kay told Vanity Fair that in July,less than a month after he arrived inIraq at the behest of the CIA, he wassending e-mail to the intelligenceagency’s Director George Tenet that“it looks as though they did not pro-duce weapons”. He also said he wasready to quit his job in December butwas urged to stay on because it wouldlook bad if he left early. He quit abouta month late. The former weapons hunt-er’s comments appear in a 22,000-wordreport, “The Path to War”, written andreported over the last four months in

what the magazine said was the longestpiece of reporting it has ever published.The issue goes on sale this week.

Kay said that after he concludedthat there were no weapons of massdestruction in Iraq he received a phonecall in Baghdad from CIA DeputyDirector John McLaughlin, who toldhim: “We have to be very careful howwe handle this.”

The magazine said that as a result itwas months before Congress and thepublic learned the truth.

Last October after briefing Congress,Kay told reporters, “We have not foundat this point actual weapons. It does notmean we’ve concluded there are no ac-tual weapons. It means at this point intime, and it’s a huge country with a lot to

do, that we have not yet foundweapons.”

Kay, at that point, said his teamwould have a better handle on the statusof Iraq’s banned weapons in six to ninemonths. But Vanity Fair said Kay wasready to quit by December and thatTenet pleaded with him not to do so.Kay said Tenet told him, “If you resignnow it will appear like we don’t knowwhat we’re doing and the wheels arecoming off”. Kay resigned on January23. A CIA spokesman had no immedi-ate comment on the Vanity Fair article.

The magazine also reported thatVice-President Dick Cheney visitedthe CIA about 10 times prior to the warto argue his views, according to a mem-ber of his staff. — MNA/Reuters

US Marines with the 2nd Battalion 1st Marine Regiment stand guard at a railway on theoutskirts of Fallujah, Iraq, on Tuesday, 6 April, 2004. —INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 7 April —Bank of America Corp saidMonday that it will cut12,500 jobs, or about 7 percent of its work force. Thereductions will occur overthe next two years and willbegin this month.

Bank of America Corpcompleted its merger withFleetBoston Financial Corplast week, which created thethird biggest bank in theUnited States. The bank saidapproximately 30 per centof the cuts will come throughattrition. Ken Lewis, chiefexecutive of Bank ofAmerica has said that hewants to achieve about 1.6billion US dollars in costsavings by the end of 2005.

Bank of America Corpand FleetBoston FinancialCorp do not have a largenumber of overlappingbranches that can be closed,which is a major source ofsavings in many bankmergers. Instead, Lewis hassaid that the bank expects toget about 650 million dollarsin savings from trimmingoverlapping operations andprocesses. For example, thebank will be able to consoli-date headquarters for com-bined business lines.

MNA/Xinhua

MANILA , 7 April — Road accidents are a major public health problem in Asia andthe Pacific, with some 10 million people severely injured or killed annually on theregion’s roads, the World Health Organization (WHO)’s Western Pacific RegionalOffice (WPRO) warned Monday.

US death toll fromBaghdad clashes rises

to eightBAGHDAD , 7 April— An eighth US soldier has died

from wounds sustained in fighting with Shiite militia-men in the impoverished Baghdad suburb of Sadr Cityon Sunday, the US Army said on Monday.

An Army statement said its previous reports that a USsoldier was also killed on Sunday in clashes with Shiitesnear Najaf was incorrect. It said a Salvadoran was the onlyforeign soldier killed in the fighting near Najaf, 100 milessouth of Baghdad.

Since the US-led invasion to oust Saddam Hussein lastyear, 422 American soldiers have been killed in action inIraq. — MNA/Reuters

Bremer cancelsWashington trip amid

Iraq violenceWASHINGTON , 7 April — The US administrator in

Iraq, Paul Bremer, has cancelled a trip to brief lawmak-ers in Washington and will stay in Iraq as occupationforces battle an uprising by radical Shi’ites, lawmakerssaid on Monday.

Bremer had been slated to brief senators, some of whomhave begun to question the US timetable for transferingsovereignty to Iraqis, at the Capitol on Tuesday. “I think itis because of the activity that is going on there — that he feltshould he should stay there,” said Senate Majority LeaderBill Frist, a Tennessee Republican. — MNA/Reuters

Bank ofAmerica to cut

12,500 jobs

Australian PM urges Pacific nations towork together

CANBERRA, 7 April — Australian Prime Minister John Howard on Monday calledon Pacific nations to continue to work closely together for the common goal of a secureand prosperous region.

Howard made the call onthe eve of a special retreatfor Pacific Islands Forumleaders in Auckland, NewZealand.

“Australia and our re-gional friends and neigh-bours must and will continueto work closely together to-wards the common goal of asecure and prosperous re-gion. The forum has a valu-

able role to play in achiev-ing this,” Howard said in astatement, in which he an-nounced he will attend themeeting.

The meet ing wascalled by Prime Ministerof New Zealand HelenClark, the forum’s chair-woman, to discuss a re-port on forum reformcommissioned by leaders

Road accidents are major health problem inAsia, Pacific

The WPRO said in astatement that the Asia-Pa-cific Region, where only 16per cent of the world’s vehi-cles run, accounts for about60 per cent of global roaddeaths.

Road deaths jumped bynearly 40 per cent in Asiabetween 1987 and 1995while in developed nations,they fell by about 10 per centbecause of better safetymeasures, it said.

“If current trends con-

tinue, road accidents will bethe third global cause of dis-ease or injury by 2020, afterheart disease and depression,with the numbers of thosekilled and disabled up by 60per cent,” the statement said.

In the coming WHO’sWorld Health Day on 7 April,the road safety will serve asthe theme for 2004.

WPRO’s DirectorShigeru Omi said roads,which is the gateway for thedevelopment in the region,

have been where many peo-ple are injured, disabled orkilled. “This is a publichealth crisis which demandsour attention.”

WPRO cited in the state-ment the use of seat belts,restrictions on speed andalcohol intake, and en-hanced vehicle standardsand road design and condi-tions as key preventivemeasures of more car acci-dents.

MNA/Xinhua

Iraqis chant anti US slogans in Najaf, 170 kilometres, 105 miles south of Baghdad,Iraq, on Tuesday, 6 April, 2004. — INTERNET

in the 34th Pacific IslandsForum in New Zealand inAugust last year.

Howard’s call came at atime when some regionalleaders are rejecting the ideaof establishing a EuropeanUnion-style Pacific Union,proposed by Australia lastyear.

MNA/Xinhua

CARACAS, 7 April — Venezuela is to supply Argentinawith fuels worth 200 million US dollars throughan accord to be signed by the governments of bothcountries.

Venezuelan Energy and Mines Minister Rafael Ramirezsaid Monday the state-run oil company PDVSA is to supplyArgentina with five million barrels of fuel oil and 250,000barrels of diesel oil.

Ramirez said an Argentine mission, led by Julio deVido, an official in charge of planning, was due to arriveshortly to sign the accord on fuel supply.

The accord was reached on 29 March, under whichVenezuela will provide fuel for the Argentine electriccompanies to guarantee heating for the coming winter, aseason that lasts approximately from May to September.

Ramirez added that the Argentine mission includesmore that 15 important officials who will discuss paymentconditions that might include a food swap.

MNA/Xinhua

Venezuela to supply fuelto Argentina

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Gunbattles cast shadow over Iraq handover deadline BAGHDAD , 7 April — As US forces battle militants with helicopter gunships and heavy arms, plans for Iraqis

to take power within three months look increasingly doubtful. The US administration is due to hand sovereignty to an

Iraqi Government on June 30 which will take charge of a raftof affairs from trade policy to foreign relations as well asmore responsibility for security.

More than 120,000 US and coalition troops will remainin Iraq, conducting daily anti-guerilla operations, but theintention is for Iraqis to steadily take over authority forpolicing and security in a country awash with insurgency.

“There’s no way Iraq is ready to take over 90 per cent ofthe responsibility for running the country in less than threemonths,” Jonathan Stevenson, a Middle East expert atLondon’s International Institute for Strategic Studies, toldReuters.

“For US policy in Iraq to be vindicated, the country hasto be made stable, which means US forces staying to fightan insurgency and stave off a civil war.”

In a measure of a growing alarm in Washington, twomembers of the US Senate’s foreign relations panel said theBush Administration should consider extending the June 30handover deadline or risk seeing Iraq fall into even deepertrouble.

“We’re going to end up with a civil war in Iraq, if in factwe decide we can turn this over — including the bulk of thesecurity — to the Iraqis,” Democrat Senator Joseph Bidentold Fox News Sunday, saying an Iraqi force would not beready to assume security duties for at least another threeyears. “Something’s got to happen between now and then...or else we’re going to end up with a civil war there. We’regoing to end up with the worst of all worlds.”

Republican Senator Richard Lugar, the chairman of theForeign Relations Committee, was equally stern, criticiz-ing the White House for its lack of a plan for what happensafter Paul Bremer, the US governor of Iraq, leaves thecountry on July 1.

“At this point, I would have thought there would havebeen a more comprehensive plan,” he told ABC’s “ThisWeek” on Sunday. “The fact is that we don’t know whatwe’re going to do.”

Asked whether it was time for Washington to considerextending the sovereignty deadline, Lugar said: “It may be.And I think it’s probably time to have that debate.”

MNA/Reuters

An Iraqi child looks at the damage on 6 April, 2004,following an explosion in the Shiite district of Sadr City,

north Bagdhad, Iraq, late Monday. — INTERNET

Spanish troopscome undermortar fire in

Iraq MADRID, 7 April — Span-

ish troops in Iraq came undermortar fire on Monday, oneday after deadly clashes withprotesters in and near the holyShi’ite city of Najaf, Spain’sDefence Ministry said.

“Both in Najaf and inDiwaniya the bases occupiedby the (Spanish-led) PlusUltra Brigade have been un-der sporadic attack frommortar launchers, althoughnone of the rounds has causedpersonal or material dam-age,” a Defence Ministrystatement said.

The Spanish-led brigade,which includes CentralAmerican troops, clashedwith protesters on Sundaywho were upset over the ar-rest of an aide to a radicalcleric.—MNA/Reuters

US urged not to interfere in othercountries’ affairs

KUALA LUMPUR, 7 April— The United States should not try to interfere in theaffairs of other countries under the guise of fighting international threats, MalaysianForeign Minister Syed Hamid Albar said on Monday.

“Once you (the US) start to place your Navy in the Straits of Melaka, you are actuallyinterfering with our rights in that area,” Syed Hamid told reporters at his office in Putrajaya,Federal Administrative Centre near here.

The minister was responding to comments by Commander-in-Chief of the US PacificCommand, Admiral Thomas Fargo, that US planned to patrol the Straits of Melakapurportedly to help flush out terrorists along one of the world’s busiest waterways.

The minister said, “I hope they will not take such steps and I am sure that the US is fullysensitive to the position that countries like Malaysia take.”

Syed Hamid joined Deputy Prime Minister Najib Tun Razak in voicing displeasure overthe plan which was reportedly revealed in Washington after American legislators quizzedFargo on his command’s budget allocations.

On Sunday, Najib, who is Defence Minister, said Kuala Lumpur had no intention to seekAmerican military help to guard the Straits of Melaka as it was the joint responsibility ofMalaysia and Indonesia to do so.

Concurring with Najib, Syed Hamid said the two Southeast countries did take jointefforts to ensure the safety and security of the waterway.

“But to have the US Marine or Navy policing the Melaka Straits, I don’t think that iswhat we want,” he said.

“As far as our position is concerned, while we want cooperation from the internationalcommunity, we do not want the placement of any security forces of countries that havenothing to do with the littoral states in the Melaka Straits area,” he said.

MNA/Xinhua

“There will be protocolsand administrative require-ments of course, but nothingshould now stand in the wayof rolling out treatment tohundreds of thousands —soon to be millions — in theimmediate future.”

And they will be cheap,Lewis said.

“We’re talking of fixed-dose combinations of ge-neric drugs, pre-qualified bythe World Health Organi-zation, to be purchasedoverwhelmingly from ge-neric companies based inIndia, at prices as low as140 US dollars per personper year.”

This is about a third toone-half of the lowest, dis-counted price now offered.In contrast, HIV cocktailscan cost more than 10,000US dollars a year whenmade with name-branddrugs in industrializedcountries.

US President George WBush’s AIDS advisers havequestioned the safety ofthese generics and has pro-posed not using US aid dol-lars to buy them.

AIDS activist groups, theinternational relief groupDoctors Without Bordersand some members of Con-gress have accused the Ad-ministration bowing to pres-sure from companies thatmake expensive, brand-name HIV drugs.

MNA/Reuters

A police officer joins supporters of Iraqi Shi’ite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr celebrating onthe roof while occupying the governor’s residence in the southern city of Basra, on 5April, 2004. The costs of the war in Iraq, which contributed to a destabilization of theMiddle East, have outweighed the benefits of removing Saddam Hussein, former UN

weapons inspector Hans Blix told a Danish newspaper on 6 April. —INTERNET

Secretary-General OngKeng Yong was to visitAustralia for five daysfrom April 12 as part of the30th anniversary

celebrations of relationsbetween Australia andASEAN, Downer said.

“It’ll be an opportunity forus to reinforce our commit-

“Our long-term visionis the Free Trade Agree-ment between Australiaand ASEAN.” However,he said ASEAN was notready for a free trade dealdespite talks with the Aus-tralian Government thatbegan in 2000.

Instead, Canberra was pur-suing bilateral deals with moreadvanced nations in ASEAN.

Last year Australia, aleading agricultural exporter,sealed a free trade agreementwith Singapore and a re-cently concluded deal withThailand was expected tocome into force in early2005. Australia struck a freetrade deal in February withthe United States, its sec-ond-largest trading partnerafter Japan, which is set togo before the US Congressmid-year. It is also con-ducting a study into possi-ble free trade talks withChina.—MNA/Reuters

ment to strong security rela-tions with ASEAN, to buildthe trade relationship,”Downer told a news confer-ence.

CANBERRA, 7 April — Australia aims to push forward four years of free trade talks with the 10-memberAssociation of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) when the head of the group visits next week, Foreign MinisterAlexander Downer said on Tuesday.

Australia to push for free trade talks with ASEAN

WASHINGTON , 7 April— The UN, World Bank, theGlobal Fund to fight AIDS, Tuberculosis and Malariaand former US president Bill Clinton said on Tuesdaythey had set up a joint plan to buy and distribute cheap,generic AIDS drugs in poor countries.

Clinton, UN announce cheapgeneric “AIDS” drug plan

About 15 Iraqiskilled in

Nassiriya clashes ROME, 7 April — About

15 Iraqi civilians and Iraqisoldiers were killed in clashesbetween Italian troops andShiite militiamen in thesouthern town of Nassiriyaon Tuesday, the Italian newsagency Ansa quoted anofficial as saying.

Ansa quoted Paola DellaCasa, a spokeswoman for theCoalition ProvisionalAuthority (CPA) as sayingthe number was an estimateand that isolated clashes werecontinuing.

“There were victimsduring the clashes and rightnow it seems the number ofdead is about 15, althoughthis is just an approximateestimate,” she was quoted assaying.— MNA/Reuters

In a clear jab at the USGovernment, they said theyhad negotiated discounts of50 per cent or more on HIVdiagnostic tests and on drugswhose safety has been ques-tioned by the Bush Admin-istration.

“Simply put, the ClintonFoundation will negotiate thedrug prices, UNICEF willemploy its procurement ca-pacity and the Global Fundand World Bank will pro-vide the funding,” StephenLewis, United Nations Spe-cial Envoy for HIV/AIDS inAfrica, said in a statement.

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An Introduction to Bioeconomic

In this article I would like to present aboutbioeconomic. A bioeconomic approach means that it com-bines two elements: the biology of animal growth and de-cline and the behavioral consequences that flow from eco-nomic decision made by humans.

At first, I will present marine resources. Ocean andinland water cover more than two thirds of the surface ofplanet Earth. We can get natural resources from it. Theaquatic ecosystem is the source of numerous products andservices of value to humans. And then, we stated land isthe ubiquitous natural resources. Human beings are land-dwelling creatures and for them land is both a spatial re-source, providing space to live, work, travel and play anda productive resource from which they draw their suste-nance of food, fibre and other materials, thus we find landis the ultimate resource in the sense that is thesurface of the earth on which the activities of organisms areconcentrated.

A minimal classification of natural resources wouldperhaps be: land resources, water resources and air resources.These are broken down into extractive and non-extractiveresources. Extractive resources are those subjects to someprocess of physical removal from their natural surroundingand perhaps physical transformation during their use. Nonextractive resources are those that yield valuable serviceswithout being removed from their natural setting. Classiccase includes the mining and ores of various types andharvesting of timber. Commercial fishing, recreational fish-ing, and hunting are extractive. But the classic case of anon-extractive resource is resources-based recreation, suchas backpacking and river rafting.

Many resources produce both extractive productsand non-extractive services. Forests may produce both tim-ber and backpacking. Water can be used for municipal andindustrial water supplies and for boating. Twenty years agothe word biodiversity did not exist. Now it is a householdword and a major focus of research in biology and ecology.The newest natural resources, biodiversity is perhaps a spe-cial type of extractive resources. Biodiversity refers to thevariation that exists at all levels of biological organization,individual spaces and ecosystems. We consider biodiversityprotection and conservation using the analytical tools ofeconomic of the developing countries today that are heav-ily dependent on natural resources, especially agricultural

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or fishery resources. There are two important linkages thatneed to be looked at closely the contribution that naturalresources can make the economic growth such asEcotourism. Tourists are a ubiquitous part of the modernworld. Ecotourists are those whose visits are linked in somefashion to natural or environmental resources. Ecotourismis seen by people in some locales as a key element forstimulating economic development.

Ecotourism has a number of important bioeconomicaspects. And the differences will hinge on the trade-offbetween the values of the biological impacts and the eco-nomic value associated with the ecotourism. I assumedhabitat preservation is clearly the key to biodiversity pres-ervation, thus in practical terms, diversity preservationmeans habitat preservation. The study of economic growthhas been a major speciality in their economics for manyyears. Economic growth in any country is related to thegrowth in its productive capacity relative to the growth ofits population, growth requires increase in the quantity ofinputs or in their productivity. We thus have a way oflinking natural resources with economic growth. Naturalresources can be thought of as natural capital, the quanti-ties and qualities of which are provided by nature. Humanbeings may make use of this capital, combining it withother inputs to produce goods and services. Natural re-sources economic or bioeconomic is the study of how theflow of goods and services derived from natural resourcesis and ought to be managed in today’s world.

These problems derive from the underlying techno-logical, institutional and cultural factors that characterize aneconomy. Natural resources economics focuses on resourcesflows into an economy, whereas the flow out of that economyback into nature is studied under environmental economics.There is a great variety of types of natural resources goodsand services. The most basic distinction between naturalresources is that between renewable and non renewable re-sources characteristics such as recyclability and reversibilityare very important. So to analyze the problems of salt waterfisheries, for example, we will try to understand the basicbioeconomic operation of the interconnected system thatincludes the growth and decline of fish stock together withthe human fishing effort expended on them. We must try tounderstand the main linkage between natural resources andsuch things as the rate of growth.

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YANGON, 7 April —A coordination meeting washeld at the meeting hall ofthe Ministry of Transport onMerchant Street here at 12noon for the successfulhoisting of diamond bud,Hngetmyatnadaw andShwehtidaw atop ofThabinnyu Pagoda, whichwill be constructed for pub-lic obeisance atKyaukyaydwin ward inMayangon Township here.

The meeting was at-tended by Chairman of theWork Committee for Con-struction of Thabinnyu Pa-

goda, Minister for TransportMaj-Gen Hla Myint Swe,Vice-Chairman Minister forIndustry-2 Maj-Gen SawLwin, Deputy Ministers forTransport U Pe Than andCol Nyan Tun Aung, chair-men of subcommittees andsecretaries.

At the meeting, Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe said themeeting was held to put intodiscussions matters relatedto the holding of a cer-emony to hoist diamondbud, Hngetmyatnadaw andShwehtidaw atop of thepagoda on a grand scale.

Deputy Minister forAgriculture and IrrigationBrig-Gen Khin Maung,Deputy Minister for Reli-gious Affairs Brig-GenThura Aung Ko, DeputyMinister for InformationBrig-Gen Aung Thein, Di-rector-General of the De-partment for Promotion and

Hoisting of diamond bud atop Thabinnyu Pagoda coordinatedPropagation of the SasanaU Sann Lwin, ManagingDirector of the Inland Wa-ter Transport U Soe Tint,and secretaries of relevantsubcommittees presentedreports on measures beingtaken by their committees.A general round of discus-sions then followed. MNA

PRC delegation concludes visitYANGON, 7 April — The Chinese journalist delega-

tion led by Editor of the Farmers’ Daily of the People’sRepublic of China Mr Liu Zhanmian left here by air forhome this afternoon. They were seen off at Yangon Inter-national Airport by Director (News) of the News andPeriodicals Enterprise U Hla Tun and officials. — MNA


Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and party receiving Five Precepts from Khamaukchaung Sayadaw Bhaddanta Vanna at cornerstone laying ceremony of a monastery inBandarban.—MNA

(from page 1)At the luncheon, State

Minister for Communica-tions Mr Salah UddinAhmed and Prime Ministerof the Union of MyanmarGeneral Khin Nyunt deliv-ered addresses. Next, thePrime Minister and partyhad lunch together with theBangladeshi Minister andparty.

Afterwards, the PrimeMinister and party pro-ceeded to Ramu (Panwa)and attended the ceremonyto open the stone pillar tomark the construction ofB a n g l a d e s h - M y a n m a rFriendship Road.

According to the pro-gramme, Minister for Trans-port Maj-Gen Hla MyintSwe and Bangladeshi Min-ister for CommunicationsBarister Nazmul Huda for-mally opened the stone pil-lar to mark completion of36 kilometres long Ramu-Gundun road section of 133

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt addresses the dinner hosted in Chittagong by Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr M Morshed Khan of Bangladesh.— MNA

Traditional dances being presented to Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and party at the dinner in Chittagong.— MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win laying cornerstone of Nat Nagamin Lake Monastery inBandarban. —MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt …kilometres long Bangla-desh-Myanmar FriendshipRoad.

Next, they went toAggameda Myanmar Mon-astery in Cox’s Bazar(Phalaungcheik) where theywere welcomed by disciplesand local Myanmar people.

General Khin Nyunt andparty paid homage toSayadaw Bhaddanta Panditaand members of the Sanghaand offered a Buddha im-age and provisions to theSayadaws. Next, the Gen-eral cordially conversedwith local Myanmar people.In the evening, the Generaland party arrived back inChittagong.

While in Chittagong, theGeneral received reportersfrom news agencies andnewspapers at Agrabad Ho-tel and explained the pur-pose of the goodwill visitand agreements reached forcooperation in various sec-tors of the two countries.

Also present at the call wereBangladeshi Minister forForeign Affairs Mr MMorshed Khan, DeputyMinister for Foreign AffairsU Khin Maung Win, Direc-tor-General Lt-Col PeNyein of the State Peaceand Development CouncilOffice and Director-GeneralU Soe Tint of the Govern-ment Office.

In the evening, Bangla-deshi Minister for ForeignAffairs Mr M MorshedKhan hosted a dinner inhonour of the General andparty at Agrabad Hotel inChittagong. At the dinner,Minister M Morshed Khanand General Khin Nyunt de-livered addresses. Next, theGeneral and party had din-ner together with the Bang-ladeshi Minister and party.Also present at the dinnerwere Secretary-1 Lt-GenSoe Win, Commander Maj-Gen Maung Oo, the minis-ters, the deputy ministers,

the Myanmar Ambassadorand departmental officials,the Bangladeshi Minister forForeign Affairs and minis-ters, deputy ministers, mem-bers of Parliament, local au-thorities, the ChittagongMayor, consuls-general,merchants and guests. Afterthe dinner, traditional danceswere presented to the audi-ence. — MNA

Nursery Market Festival continuesYANGON, 7 April — The Nursery Market Festival

continued at Myayha Padetha Park in Bahan Townshiphere today with the aim of providing necessary assistaceto growers and attracting the public to be interested inagriculture, horticulture, livestock breeding and vegetablefarming.

Kitchen crops, fruits and saplings of herbal plantsare being shown at the festival. Poultry farming and fishbreeding are also exhibited there. Booklets and pamphletson utilization of fertilizers arev also available there. MNA


Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt cordially converses with local Myanmar people at Aggamedha Myanmar Monastery in Cox’s Bazar.—˚MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and party being welcomed in Chittagong byAdviser to Foreign Affairs Mr Reaz Rahman and party.— MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt plants Maha Bo tree at ceremony to laycornerstone for building the monastery in Tadagyi Village, Ywadaw.— MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt donates cash for use in propagation ofTheravada Buddhism in Tadagyi Village, Ywadaw.— MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt offers Maha Bo tree to Sayadaws at theceremony to plant Maha Bo tree in Tadagyi Village, Ywadaw.—˚MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt meets with reporters from news agencies andnewspapers in Chittagong.— MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt being welcomed by officials in Cox’s Bazar,Bangladesh. — MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and party tourChittagong, Bandarban, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh


Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt seen at opening ceremony of Bangladesh-MyanmarFriendship Road in Ramu (Panwa). — MNA

Bangladeshi State Minister for Communications Mr Salah Uddin Ahmed presentssouvenir to Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt at the dinner in Cox’s Bazar. — MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt offers provisions to Aggameda Monastery SayadawBhaddanta Pandita in Cox’s Bazar. — MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt signs in the visitors’ book at Maha SukhaHsutaungpyay Pagoda. — MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt unveils the plaque to mark cornerstone layingceremony of Nat Nagamin Monastery in Bandarban. — MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt poses for documentary photo at the dinner inChittagong. — MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and party tourChittagone, Bandarban, Cox’s Bazar in Bangladesh

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt addresses the luncheon hosted by State Minister forCommunications Mr Salah Uddin Ahmed in Cox’s Bazar. — MNA

State Minister for Communications Mr Salah Uddin Ahmed addresses the luncheonin Cox’s Bazar. — MNA


Ever like the Padauk

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sinking tube-wellsYANGON, 7 April— The Development Affairs

Committees under the Ministry for Progress of BorderAreas and National Races and Development Affairs aremaking concerted efforts to sink tube-wells for sufficientsafe water in rural areas in States and Divisions wherewater is scarce.

One 200 feet deep two-inch diameter tube-wellcosts K 250,000; one 400 feet deep two-inch diametretube-well costs K 500,000; and one 200 feet deep four-inch diametre tube-well costs K 500,000.

Those wishing to donate cash for the tube-wellsinking projects for rural areas may contact the followingtelephone numbers.

Director-General (Tel: 01-245420 & 253088), theDeputy Director-General (Tel: 01-240118), the Director(Engineering) (Tel: 01-291967), the Directors (SagaingDivision Development Affairs Committee) (Tel: 071-21012), the Director (Magway Division DevelopmentAffairs Committee) (Tel: 063-23164) and the Director(Mandalay Division Development Affairs Committee )(Tel: 02-54657). — MNA

First Leg of Myanmar GolfTour 2004 12-15 AprilYANGON, 7 April — The 46th PyinOoLwin

invitational golf tournament, the first leg of Myanmar GolfTour, organized by Myanmar Golf Federation andPyinOoLwin Golf Club, will be held on a grand scale atPyinOoLwin Golf Club from 12 to 15 April.

The golf tournament included professional event,amateur event, individual handicap event, individualscratch event, team handicap event, team scratch event,senior event and women event.

The tournament was mainly sponsored by KM GolfCentre and PyinOoLwin Golf Club and co-sponsors wereMaruman, Shwe Sar Yan Golf Resort, Eden Group, AirMandalay, Imperial Jade, MK Fashion Shop, VES, AKCompany, Wilson, Tiger and Sun Far Travels and Tour.

Those wishing to participate in the tournament areto enlist at PyinOoLwin Golf Club and can contact forany further information. It was organized by Han EventManagement and PyinOoLwin Golf Club for ensuringsuccessful holding the tournament. Rothmans of Pall MallMyanmar Pte, Ltd will provide as tour sponsors throughoutthe Myanmar Golf Tour 2004. — MNA

* Thingyan Festival is Myanmar’s Cultured festival since long ago Water’s splashed and you feel refreshed The waterfest is New Year Fest.* Of all Myanmar’s festivals The Festival to douse water Is enjoyed by all throughout the land It’s traditional and touches the heart.* Traditional Waterfest, the grandest occasion Captures Myanmar’s honour, displays culture These are displayed as vital points.* At Festival time, in summer Throughout the land, Golden Padauk Buds and blooms, nationwide Its fragrance is wafted.* Every year, without losing fervour The branches of yellow padauk As if beautifying the nation Myanmar blood, Myanmar kin Our Myanmar’s being cultured As tradition goes we must together Display at the festival The Waterfest We believe we’ll celebrate We’ll feel everfresh in mind And keep enhancing beauty of Myanmar.

May Yu (Trs.)

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.The second best time is now.

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win signs in the visitors’ book at Maha SukhaHsutaungpyay Pagoda. —˚MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt offers provisions to a Sayadaw at cornerstonelaying ceremony of the monastery in Bandarban.—˚MNA

U Saw Pru of Ywadaw presents horns of deer to Prime Minister General KhinNyunt.—MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt presents cash donations towards Maha SukhaHsutaungpyay Pagoda.—˚MNA

A townelder presents picture of Hsutaungpyay Pagoda to Secretary-1Lt-Gen Soe Win.— MNA

Bangladeshi Minister for Foreign Affairs Mr M Morshed Khan delivers an addressat the dinner in Chittagong.—MNA


TRADE MARK CAUTIONORIENT WATCH

CO., LTD, of No. 4-4, 2-chome, Soto Kanda,Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo, Japan,is the Owner of the follow-ing Trade Mark:-

O R I E N TReg. No. 951/1969

in respect of “precious met-als and their alloys and goodsin precious metals or coatedtherewith, jewellery, pre-cious stones, horological andother chronometric instru-ments”

Fraudulent imitation orunauthorised use of the saidTrade Mark will be dealt withaccording to law.

Win Mu Tin ,M.A., H.G.P., D.B.L

for ORIENT WATCHCO., LTD

P.O. Box 60, YangonDated: 8 April 2004

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CORRIGENDUMIn the Trademark Cau-

tionary Notice appearingin this paper on 7 October,2003 for the Cumminslogo, the correct companyname is Cummins Inc.

CAUTIONARYNOTICE

NOTICE is hereby giventhat Pierre Cardin, a FrenchCitizen, of 59, rue duFaubourg Saint-Honore,75008 Paris, France

do solemnly and sincerelydeclare that we are theOwners and Sole Proprie-tors of the following trademarks in Myanmar.

1. PIERRE CARDIN

2.

The said marks are used inrespect of “Leather and imi-tation of leather; animalskins; trunks and travellingbags; umbrellas; parasolsand walking sticks; whipsand saddlery; hand bags;beach bags; travelling setsand trunks (leatherware);garment bags for travel;school bags; pocket wallets;card cases (notecases);briefcases; key cases(leatherware); purses not ofprecious metal; hat boxes ofleather; vanity-cases (notfitted); covers for animals(class 18); Clothing for men,women and children;knitware (clothing) and ho-siery; underclothing;pajamas; dressing gowns;sweaters; skirts, frocks,trousers, jackets (clothing);coats, waterproof clothing;shirts; layettes (clothing);neckties; scarves; sashes forwear, belts (clothing);gloves (clothing); braces;hats; caps (headwear);socks, stockings; tights;shoes, slippers, boots; bootsfor sports, beach shoes, skiboots; bathing drawers andsuits; clothing for sports(class 25).The said trade marks are thesubject of Declarations ofOwnership recorded withthe Registrar of Deeds andAssurances, Yangon,Myanmar, in Book underNos. IV/341/2004- dated20th January 2004 and IV/342/2004 dated 19th Janu-ary 2004”

Any infringement or col-ourable imitation thereof orother infringement of therights of the said Corpora-tion will be dealt with ac-cording to law.

U KYI WIN,B.Com., B.L.,

for Pierre Cardin,by its Attorneys

REMFRY & SAGAR INDIA

Dated: 8th April 2004

TRADE MARKCAUTIONNOTICE

F U M A K I L L AMALAYSIA BERHAD, acompany incorporated underthe laws of MALAYSIA andhaving its principaloffice at Level 16, MenaraPSCI, 39, Jalan SultanAhmad Shah, 10050 Penang,Malaysia is the owner andsole proprietor of the fol-lowing Trademark:-

Reg. No. 4/4403/1999

Used in respect of:-“Insecticide aerosol” Any unauthorized use,imitation,infringements orfraudulent intentions of theabove mark will be dealt withaccording to law.

TIN OHNMAR TUNB.A(LAW)LL.B,LL.M(UK),

P.O. Box 109,Ph:248108/723043,

(For. Texchem Group,Malaysia)

Dated: 8 April, 2004.

China turnscultural

institutions intocompany

BEIJING, 7 April — TheChina Arts and Entertain-ment Group (CAEG), thefirst large state-owned cul-tural enterprise, set its debuton Monday, as a major stepto reform culture and art in-stitutions in China.

Sun Jiazheng, Ministerof Culture, said at the inau-guration ceremony that thegroup was built on the basisof the China Performing ArtsAgency and the China Inter-national Exhibition Agency,the experimental units ofChina’s reform on culturalsystem.

Sun said the group com-pany will speed up estab-lishment of a modern enter-prise system, create compre-hensive industrial chainswith the focus on perform-ance and exhibitions whiledeveloping various busi-nesses including artworks,publications, audio andvisual products, newspaper,TV and Internet.

The company will alsotry to get listed after estab-lishing the stockholding sys-tem, with shares under statecontrol, Sun said.

MNA/Xinhua

Philippine exports up 7.5%in February

MANILA , 7 April — Philippine merchandise exportswent up 7.5 per cent year-on-year in February, reaching2.999 billion US dollars, the government said Tuesday.

32 flights delayed as crewmembers cast votes

in Indonesia

Electronic products,which accounted 65.9 percent of all exports in Febru-ary, rose by 6.6 per cent overthe same period last year to1.976 billion US dollars, theNational Statistics Officesaid in a statement.

Apparel and clothing ac-cessories, the second largestexport accounting for 6.2 percent of the total in February,was down 6.8 per cent overthe same period last year to185.03 million US dollars,the office said.

Japan was the single larg-est buyer of Philippines ex-ports, accounting for 17.4 percent of the total or 523.14

million US dollars in Febru-ary, followed by the UnitedStates with 17.2 per cent ofthe total or 516.1 million USdollars, it added.

Philippine exportsgrowth in February was asharp improvement over the4.1 per cent growth in Janu-ary, with the total exports forthe first two months this yearup 5.8 per cent year-on-yearto 5. 843 billion US dollars.

The Philippines is ex-pecting to register a 10-per-cent export growth this yearfrom last year’s only 1.5-per-cent growth due to thepoor performance of elec-tronics. — MNA/Xinhua

also affected flights from Ja-karta to Hong Kong, Singa-pore, Guangzhou and KualaLumpur.

Basuki, head of the air-port’s flight safety service,said the delay was mostlycaused by a small number ofpassengers and the legisla-tive election.

Actually, PT Angkasa-pura II, the airport’s operator,has anticipated the delay bysetting up 20 polling stationsin the airport, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 7 April —Thirty-two flights from theSoekarno-Hatta Airport inJakarta to a number of citiesat home and abroad were de-layed as their crew memberscast their votes on Monday.

The delay which occurredfrom 5:00 a.m. to 11:00 ammostly affected money-mak-ing routes linking Jakarta toMedan, Denpasar, Pontianak,Balikpapan and Batam, statenews agency Antara re-ported.

The report said the delay

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security systemBEIJING, 7 April — The

Ministry of Public Securitysaid that a new regulation oninformation security productsmanufactured at home andabroad will come out in thenear future, further wideningmarket access for softwaredevelopers, reported theChina Daily on Tuesday.

An official with the min-istry said as information se-curity products are crucial tothe protection of the coun-try’s security, the central gov-ernment has to supervise andtest the quality of the theseproducts. But he said thenew regulation will only tar-get products whose majorfunctions are dedicated toprotecting information, suchas anti-virus products.

Only after the approvalcould a company sell its pro-duct in China, said the paper.

But under the new regu-lation, only products solelyused for information secu-rity protection would needapproval of the ministry andsale permits. —MNA/Xinhua

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Los Angeles Times tops listwith five Pulitzer Prizes

NEW YORK, 7 April — The Los Angeles Times won five Pulitzer Prizes on Monday,winning journalism’s top awards for their coverage of California wildfires and Wal-Mart, offbeat car reviews, editorials on the troubled state government and photo-graphs of Liberia’s civil war.

In a year when the war inIraq dominated much of thenews, only two prizes wentto journalists covering theUS-led invasion.

The international report-ing award went to AnthonyShadid of The WashingtonPost and the Pulitzer forbreaking news photographywent to David Leeson andCheryl Diaz Meyer of TheDallas Morning News forphotographs depicting theviolence of the war with Iraq.

Winners received 10,000US dollars, up from 7,500US dollars, in a tumultuousyear in journalism, rockedby false reporting scandalsthat hit at The New YorkTimes and USA Today. The88th annual awards wereannounced on Monday atNew York’s Columbia Uni-versity.

Beside the Los AngelesTimes, The Wall Street Jour-

nal was the only other multi-ple winner. Beat reportinghonours went to DanielGolden for stories on admis-sion preferences given tochildren of alumni and do-nors at US universities.

The Journal’s otheraward came for explanatoryreporting by Kevin Hellikerand Thomas M Burton forcoverage of aneurysms.

The New York Times wonits sole 2004 prize for PublicService reporting for thework of David Barstow andLowell Bergman that exam-ined death and injury amongUS workers and exposedemployers who break basicsafety rules. The winners inthis category get a gold medalrather than a financial award.

The staff of The Los An-geles Times was honouredfor breaking news coverageof wildfires in southern Cali-fornia and for national re-

porting for its examinationsof how Wal-Mart became thelargest company in the world.

Dan Neil of The Los An-geles Times won in criticismfor reviews of automobiles,blending technical expertisewith offbeat humour andcultural observations, whileWilliam Stall won for edito-rials on California’s troubledstate government.

The feature photographyaward went to Carolyn Coleof The Los Angeles Timesfor a behind-the-scenes lookat the effects of civil war inLiberia.

The Pulitzer for investi-gative reporting went toMichael D Sallah, MitchWeiss and Joe Mahr of TheBlade, Toledo, Ohio, for theirseries on atrocities by TigerForce, an elite US Army pla-toon during the VietnamWar.

MNA/Reuters

China develops powerfulsemiconductor chip for illuminationSHENZHEN , 7 April — A powerful semiconductor chip used for illumination has been

developed by a Chinese high-tech company here. Two to three semiconductor chips of

this kind are able to form a high-poweredillumination, said China Fangda Group, ahigh-tech company based in Shenzhen,Monday.

Usually over 100 semiconductor chipsare needed to make a reading lamp.

The illumination industry worldwide hasagreed that LED (light- emitting diodes)semiconductors will be a trend for the in-dustry’s future development but withoutpowerful semiconductor chips they are notwidely used as a light source, the companysaid.

LED semiconductors, more durable, en-ergy-saving and eco-friendly, will probablyreplace fluorescent lamps and incandescentlamps in the future.

A LED semiconductor lamp uses onetenth of the electricity that an incandescentlamp of the same power needs and lasts 100times longer.

The Chinese Government has listed high-powered LED semiconductors as one of themajor scientific and technological researchprojects during the period of the tenthFive-Year Plan (2001-2005).

MNA/Xinhua

China’s economic stimulates demandfor petrochemical products

HONG KONG, 7 April — China’s economy will further stimulate the increase indemand for petrochemical products in 2004, said Du Guosheng, chairman of theboard of the Sinopec Beijing Yanhua Petrochemical Company Limited, here Tuesday.

Announcing the annualresults of the company, Dusaid that looking forward to2004, since the internationaleconomic situation has seenfurther improvement re-cently, the board of the com-pany believes that interna-

tionalization will be a morecommon phenomenon inChina’s domestic market asa result of China’s accessionto the WTO.

The establishment andcommencement of produc-tion of a number of joint

venture petrochemical enter-prises will not only intensifymarket competition, but willalso exert significant influ-ence on the production andoperations of the petrochemi-cal industry in China, saidDu.

In 2003, despite the out-break of the Iraqi war and theSevere Acute RespiratorySyndrome (SARS), China’seconomy nonetheless con-tinued to grow at a high speedand the demand for petro-chemicals remained strong,said Du.

Due to strong market de-mand for petrochemicals andan increase in the prices ofraw materials in 2003, petro-chemical products in Chinamaintained a high price level,which resulted in a 25.9 percent increase in the weightedaverage sales price of the eightprincipal products of thecompany. — MNA/Xinhua

“Running on Karma” wins BestFilm prize of HK Film Awards

HONG KONG, 7 April — “Running on Karma” produced by One Hundred Yearsof Film Co Ltd won the Best Film prize of the 23rd Hong Kong Film Award conferredSunday night.

Johnnie To obtained BestDirector prize for the film“PTU”. Andy Lau won theBest Actor prize for his rolein “Running on Karma” forhis years efforts on playingvarious roles in Hong Kongfilms.

The Best Actress fell inthe hands of Cecilla Cheungwho played actress in thefilm “Lost in Time”.

Tony Leung Ka Fai ob-tained Best Supporting Ac-tor prize for his role in “MenSuddenly in Black” whileHosie Ho won Best Support-ing Actress prize for her rolein film “Naked Ambition”.

Hong Kong Chief Execu-

tive Tung Chee Hwa at-tended the award confer-ring ceremony and conferredBest Asia Film prize to arepresentative from Japan’sShockiku Co Ltd for film“The Twilight Samurai”.

He said he likes HongKong films and Hong Kong-Chinese Mainland madefilms. He said quite a numberof Hong Kong films are ofinternational fame and he feltproud of Hong Kong films.He have seen “Infernal Af-fairs”, “Hero”, “CrouchingTiger and Hidden Dragon”and some other films.

Tung said his govern-ment would further support

Hong Kong’s film industryand expects Hong Kong filmsto become more influentialin the international marketand become more prosper-ous.

According to CEPA,which has been implementedfrom the beginning of thisyear, more Hong Kong filmswill have the access to theChinese Mainland market.

Quite a number of Chi-nese Mainland film directorsand stars such as FengXiaogang, Jiang Wen, ZhouXun and Xu Jinglei were in-vited to the award conferringceremony Sunday night.

MNA/Xinhua

Russian nuclearexpert convicted

of spyingMOSCOW, 7 April — A

Russian nuclear weapons ex-pert accused of passing se-crets to the United States andBritain was found guilty oftreason on Monday, Russiannews agencies reported.

Igor Sutyagin, an armsexpert from Moscow’s re-spected USA-Canada Insti-tute, could receive a jail termof up to 20 years from a judgein the Russian capital. Thejudge is due to pass sentenceon Tuesday.

“The jury were unanimousin finding him guilty,”Sutyagin’s lawyer BorisKuznetsov was quoted as say-ing by Interfax news agency.“Moreover only four of themfelt he deserved leniency. Most— eight — came to the con-clusion that he did not.”

MNA/Reuters

Brazil denies barringinspectors from

nuclear plant RIO DE JANEIRO (Brazil), 7 April — Brazil on Monday

denied it was refusing to allow UN inspectors into auranium enrichment plant, saying it was strictly follow-ing the conditions set out in international treaties.

Foreign Minister CelsoAmorim acknowledged, how-ever, that Brazil was negotiat-ing with the United Nations’atomic watchdog, the Interna-tional Atomic Energy Agency(IAEA), so that a proposedexpansion of its inspectionsregime would not put Brazil’sproprietary research at risk.

On Sunday, The Washing-ton Post reported Brazil wasdenying IAEA inspectors ac-cess to its Resende facility,which is still under construc-tion.

“We have not banned ac-cess to any facilities,” Amorimtold reporters. “We are rigor-ously following the conditionsof the Vienna nonprolifera-tion treaty and of the bilateralpact with Argentina.”

The treaties call for bothregular and surprise inspec-tions by the IAEA. The Bra-zilian Nuclear Energy Asso-ciation said inspections andIAEA-controlled camerasmonitor all facilities whereuranium is being handled.

What is being discussed,Amorim said, were proposalsby the IAEA that go beyondthe original nonproliferationtreaty, such as additional visualcontrols over the facility.

“We want to protect ourtechnology and research,

which are only meant forpeaceful purposes. ... We areone of the very few countriesthat ban nuclear arms researchin the constitution,” Amorimsaid.

Regarding Washington’sposition on the subject,Amorim saw no diplomaticproblem there and said theUnited States made a cleardistinction between Brazil androgue states with nuclear am-bitions such as Iran.

“I wouldn’t say there isany pressure coming fromWashington on the nuclearissue. What I do see is under-standing that Brazil is in adifferent league,” Amorimsaid.

After Iran was discoveredcovering up potential arms-related atomic research, theIAEA began pressing all coun-tries to open up their nuclearprogrammes.

The Resende unit’s centri-fuges should start enrichinguranium next year to producefuel for Brazil’s two-reactoratomic power plant. Thatwould put Brazil in an eliteclub of countries with a fullnuclear cycle from mining tofuel usage. Now, Brazil en-riches its uranium mainly inthe Netherlands.

MNA/Reuters

Two crocodiles lie by their feeding pond. Footprints found on a mud bank in asuburban Hong Kong town may belong to wild dogs and not a runaway crocodile, the

government said after the discovery caused panic among villagers.—INTERNET

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Owen restores Liverpool to fourth, Villa heldLONDON, 7 April — England striker Michael Owen grabbed a first-half double as

Liverpool crushed Blackburn Rovers 4-0 at Anfield on Sunday to reclaim fourth placein the Premier League.

Smith strikes dramatic late winner for LeedsLONDON, 7 April— Striker Alan Smith smashed in an 86th-minute winner to give

Leeds United a dramatic 3-2 home victory over fellow strugglers Leicester City onMonday and continue their push towards Premier League survival.

Beckham denies newspaper allegations LONDON, 7 April — England soccer captain David Beckham has

denied newspaper allegations that he had an affair with his formerpersonal assistant but failed on Monday to stop media speculationabout the state of his marriage.

British tabloids were full of intimate details of the alleged affairbetween Beckham, 28, and 26-year-old Rebecca Loos followingSunday's original News of the World story, including a series ofexplicit text messages the paper said was sent between the couple.

The Real Madrid midfielder issued a statement describing thestory as "ludicrous" and said he was happily married with a"wonderful wife". "There is nothing that any third party can doto change these facts," he said.

Rumours regarding the state of the style icon's marriage to hispop star wife Victoria started last September following his move toMadrid from Manchester United.

As one of the biggest sports names in marketing, Beckham andhis wife are regularly the focus of intense media speculation inBritain and Spain and are treated on a par with royalty by theirmillions of fans. — MNA/Reuters

Liverpool’s Michael Owen (C) celebrates after scoringhis first goal against Blackburn, during their premiership

match in Liverpool.—INTERNET

Leeds United striker Alan Smith

The result meant Liver-pool leapfrogged Newcas-tle United in the battle forthe fourth and final qualify-ing spot for next season'sChampions League.

With seven games leftLiverpool have 49 points,one more than Newcastlewho beat Everton 4-2 onSaturday.

In Sunday's other gameAston Villa's hopes of quali-fying for Europe suffered ablow when they were held1-1 at home by strugglingManchester City.

Liverpool made an elec-tric start and Owen, whomissed England's 1-0 friendlydefeat by Sweden on Wednes-day with a hamstring injury,gave them the lead after onlyseven minutes when he drilledhome a shot from the edge ofthe area.

Rovers defender AndyTodd then volleyed a crossby Senegal striker El HadjiDiouf into his own net tomake it 2-0 after 22 minutes.

Two minutes later Owenfired into the top corner fromanother Diouf pass to wrap

up the points with barely aquarter of the match played.

Rovers improved slightlyin the second half but EmileHeskey swept in Liverpool'sfourth 11 minutes from timeand defeat left GraemeSouness's team fifth frombottom on 31 points, onlythree points clear of therelegation zone.

Captain Steven Gerrardwas most pleased by the factthat it was Liverpool's fourthconsecutive clean sheet inthe league. He told SkySports News: "It was em-phatic, we played very well.

"But I thought the mostimportant thing was our de-fending. That's what we tryto base our play upon. Weknow if we get clean sheetswe've got the people up frontto score the goals.

"If we keep playing likethat today I'm sure we cangrab this fourth spot."

At Villa Park French de-fender Sylvain Distin headedin a corner for ManchesterCity with eight minutes leftto cancel out Colombian JuanPablo Angel's 26th-minuteopener for Villa.

The result left Villa sev-enth on 44 points, five pointsadrift of Liverpool. City'spoint lifted them four pointsabove the drop zone in 15thplace. — MNA/Reuters

Two goals in two minutes early in thefirst half appeared to have put Leeds incontrol but a similar burst from the visitorslate in the second saw them level at 2-2.

Smith's late goal, however, earned threepoints that brought the Yorkshire club levelwith Leicester on 28 points. They stay sec-ond-last on goal difference but are now onlytwo points adrift of Portsmouth, who are17th, the final place of safety.

Leeds were bottom of the league andfacing financial ruin two weeks ago but,with a financial takeover safely negotiatedand an improvement in their results on thepitch, they can approach the run-in with realbelief.

Defender Michael Duberry, making hisfirst appearance since January, headed inSeth Johnson's deep cross in the 11th minuteand two minutes later Smith found MarkViduka inside the area and the big Austral-ian striker scored with an acrobatic over-head kick.

Goalkeeper Ian Walker then producedseveral good saves as Leeds continued tomake the running.

However, Leicester, who had won oneand drawn five of their last six league games,hit back when poor marking allowed PaulDickov (77) and Muzzy Izzet (79) to scorewith well-taken shots.

Leicester could even have won it asRobinson had to make an excellent divingsave to deny Peter Canero but seconds laterLeeds had regained the lead as Viduka ex-pertly cushioned the ball off his chest andinto the path of Smith, who beat Walker onthe half-volley.

"It's probably one of the most importantgoals I'll get and hopefully at the end of the

season it will be the three points that willkeep us up," Smith told Sky Sports.

The England striker hit the headlines lastweek when he said he would leave the clubhe has been with since he was a trainee ifthey were relegated and accused some of histeammates of "bottling" under pressure.

"I've said a few things that upset a fewpeople but they needed to be said and some-times the truth hurts," he said.

"But I got the response we wanted to-night. We showed great character to comeback and if we can keep that up until the endof the season I think we'll be alright."

The only black mark for Leeds was theinjury-time dismissal of Viduka, who wasshown a second yellow card for kicking theball away after a free kick was awardedagainst him.—MNA/Reuters

Furtado's "Forca" unveiledas official Euro 2004 song LISBON, 7 April— Canadian-born singer

Nelly Furtado's "Forca" has been chosen asthe official song of the Euro 2004 SoccerChampionship being held in Portugal, tour-nament organizers said on Monday.

Furtado, who was born in Canada to Por-tuguese emigrant parents from the Azores,will sing the song as part of the entertainmentbefore the final at the Stadium of Light onJuly 4 and is likely to release a new versionin Portuguese.

"My understanding is that there will be aPortuguese version and that it will be re-leased in June in time for the start of theevent," UEFA marketing director Alan Ridleysaid at a news conference to launch the songon Monday.

Euro 2004, one of the world's largestsporting events, runs from June 12 to July 4.Holders France are among 16 finalists at thetournament, which takes place every fouryears.—MNA/Reuters

Cambodia beat East Timor3-1 in U-14 football match

PHNOM PENH, 7 April— The Under 14year-old football team of Cambodia defeatedEast Timor team 3-1 on Monday in the AsiaFootball Confederation (AFC) U-14 Festi-val of Football 2004.

The Cambodian team has put pressureon its counterpart for the whole first half.

Cambodian player Phoeun Saorumscored the opening goal in the 23rd minute.Another Cambodia player, Sem Chandavuth,scored two goals in the match, one in the firsthalf and another in the second half. EastTimor team scored at the 44th minute throughAtanasio Serafin Amaro.

There are a total of 37 U-14 footballteams participating in the tournament.Cambodia is in Group F with other teamsfrom Thailand, East Timor, Maldives andMyanmar. Cambodia will face Myanmaron Tuesday while Maldives will take onThailand.

˚MNA/Reuters

Primera Liga reportsMADRID, 7 April— Brief reports of Primera Liga matches played on Sunday: Athletic Bilbao 0 — Celta Vigo 0A result that will satisfy neither side,

Bilbao losing ground in the race for a placein Europe and Celta wasting an opportunityto improve their chances of survival in thetop flight.

Bilbao had defender Aitor Karanka sentoff in the dying minutes for a second book-ing, but had the better of the game and if ithad not been for some top class work fromCelta keeper Pablo Cavallero they wouldhave made off with all three points.

Atletico Madrid 2 — Valladolid 1An important victory that puts Atletico

in pole position to secure a place in nextseason's UEFA Cup, but they had to endurea nervous second half before they couldclaim the victory.

Atletico appeared to be on course for acomfortable home win after a deft finishfrom Fernando Torres and a powerful closerange shot from fellow striker VeljkoPaunovic put them 2-0 up at the break.

But Valladolid pulled one back whendefender Pablo Ricchetti headed in from acorner on 65 minutes and dominated therest of the game, having a goal disallowedfor a borderline offside and hitting thepost late on.

Osasuna 1 — Malaga 1Malaga scrambled a draw that kept them

in the race for a UEFA Cup place afterArgentine Federico Insua headed home twominutes from time after good work frommidfielder Edgar.

Uruguayan forward Richard Morales hadgiven Osasuna the lead midway through thefirst half when he got his head to a 35-metrefree kick from midfielder Patxi Punal andflicked the ball on into the top corner.

Real Mallorca 1 — Real Sociedad 1Mallorca can count themselves lucky to

have scraped a draw as the referee failed to

notice that forward Jesus Perera has scoredthe 59th minute equalizer with his hand.

Sociedad went in front on 33 minuteswhen midfielder Igor Gabilondo clipped inunder keeper Leo Franco after DarkoKovacevic had cut a pass into his path in thearea. They wasted several good chances tograb the win after Perera's equalizer. Real Zaragoza 2 — Racing Santander 2

Attack-minded Racing fought their wayfrom two goals down to claim an importantaway draw that keeps both sides well clear ofthe danger zone.

Former Barcelona striker Dani putZaragoza in front late in the first half when herifled in at the near post after racing on to asmart back-heeled pass from David Villa,who added another after the break with anunstoppable close-range volley.

MNA/Reuters

Ferguson banned for fourmatches, fined $10,000

LONDON, 7 April— Everton strikerDuncan Ferguson was banned for fourmatches and fined 10,000 pounds (18,470US dollars) by the English FA on Mondayfor violent behaviour and improperconduct in a Premier League match lastmonth.

The Scot, dismissed for two yellow cardoffences in the 1-1 draw with Leicester Cityon March 20, grabbed opposing midfielderSteffen Freund around the neck before leav-ing the pitch at the Walkers Stadium.

He already faced an automatic one-matchban for the dismissal and will now miss afurther three matches.

Ferguson also made an obscene gestureto the crowd as he departed. He pleadedguilty to both charges. The ban starts onApril 19.—MNA/Reuters


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9:00 Signature TuneGreeting

9:02 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Myanma Pano-rama & Myanma Sen-timent”

9:06 Let’s have fun watch-ing Chinlone Games

9:10 Headline News9:12 Ayeyawady Dolphin

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Weaving Industry9:58 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & ScenicSights “Come and SeeMyanmar”

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9.00 pm Aspects of Myanmar-Kachin State

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-WHO confirms newpolio cases inCameroon, Bench-Study findsmelatonin may helpblood pressure-“Spirit” ready to roll,sees water clues onMars

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Communal Drum16:55 Brave Youth Showing

His Strength & Abili-ty

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Stick17:15 National News17:20 Shwe Nan Daw Cul-

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19:36 Myanma TraditionalBronze Casting


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Festival (ThingyanDrizzle !)

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenwidespread in Chin State, isolated in Shan, Mon and RakhineStates, Mandalay and upper Sagaing Divisions and weather hasbeen partly cloudy in the remaining areas. Day temperatureswere (4°C) above normal in Taninthayi Division, (5˚C) abovenormal in upper Sagaing Division and about normal in the re-maining areas. The significant day temperatures were (41°C)each in Myingyan, Magway, Minbu and Aunglan.

Maximum temperature on 6-4-2004 was 37.0°C (99°F).Minimum temperature on 7-4-2004 was 20.8°C (69°F). Relativehumidity at 9:30 hrs MST on 7-4-2004 was 71%. Totalsunshine hours on 6-4-2004 was (9.8) hours approx. Rainfall on7-4-2004 was nil at Yangon Airport, Kaba-Aye and centralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2004 was 3 mm (0.12 inch)at Yangon Airport and 12mm (0.47 inch) at Kaba-Aye and 3mm (0.12 inch) at central Yangon. Maximum wind speed atYangon (Kaba-Aye) was 12 mph from Northwest at (08:20)hours MST on 7-4-2004. Bay inference: Weather is partlycloudy to cloudy in the Bay of Bengal. Forecast valid untilevening of 8-4-2004: Scattered rain or thundershowers are likelyin Kachin, Chin and Shan States, Mandalay and Sagaing Divi-sions, isolated in Rakhine State, Yangon, Bago, Magway andTaninthayi Divisions and weather will be partly cloudy in theremaining areas. Degree of certainty is (60%). State of the sea:Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters. Outlook for subse-quent two days: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowersin upper Myanmar areas. Forecast for Yangon and neighbour-ing area for 8-4-2004: Possibility of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (40%). Forecast for Mandalayand neighbouring area for 8-4-2004: Possibility of isolatedrain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

UNTIMELY RAINFALL WARNING(Issued at 10:00 hrs M.S.T on 7th April, 2004)

According to the observations at (09:30) hrs M.S.T today,isolated rain or thundershowers are likely in Kachin, northernRakhine, Shan and Chin States, Sagaing and Mandalay Divi-sions within next (48) hrs commencing morning today.

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Wednesday, 7 April, 2004

4th Waning of Hnaung Tagu 1365 ME Thursday, 8 April, 2004

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt inspects Silver Sea Fishmeat Plant in Silver Sea Fisheries Industrial Zone in Hlinethaya Township.— MNA

Silver Sea Fisheries Industrial Zone opened in Hlinethaya Township YANGON, 7 April — TheSilver Sea Fisheries Indus-trial Zone was opened at thearchway of the zone nearShwepyitha Bridge inHlinethaya Township thismorning, attended by PrimeMinister General KhinNyunt. Also present on the oc-casion were members of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-Gen Tin

Aye, Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen Myint Swe,the ministers, the Yangonmayor, the deputy ministersand officials of social or-ganizations. First, member of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-Gen TinAye, Chairman of Yangon

Division Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen Myint Sweand Minister for LivestockBreeding and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein formally unveiled thearchway of the zone. Next, Prime MinisterGeneral Khin Nyunt for-mally unveiled the stoneinscription and sprinkled

scented water on it. Lt-GenTin Aye, Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe and Minis-ter Brig-Gen Maung MaungThein also sprinkled scentedwater on it. Prime Minister GeneralKhin Nyunt performed ritu-als of golden and silvershowers to mark the open-ing of the zone. Prime Minister GeneralKhin Nyunt went to the

briefing hall of the zone. Lt-Gen Tin Aye reported onwork of the Silver Sea In-dustrial Zone Project. In his address, PrimeMinister General KhinNyunt said in the world in-dustrial zones are being setup for development of in-dustries. Industrial Zoneshave been established in thecountry for development ofindustrial sector and assist-

ance is also being providedto private industrialists. Inthe zone basic requirementswere fulfilled. The zone willcontribute towards the pro-duction and utilization ofmarine resources inMyanmar. He called for establish-ing of modern industrialzone in accord with theproject. Lt-Gen Tin Aye pre-sented a commemorativegift to Prime Minister Gen-eral Khin Nyunt. Prime Minister GeneralKhin Nyunt inspected theFishmeat Plant and gaveinstructions. The 213.43 acres SilverSea Fisheries IndustrialZone is situated on the bankof Hline River. The plotsranging from 2.5 acres to3.5 acres were reclaimed inthe zone. The one-stop servicezone is the first of its kind inMyanmar. It includesfishmeat plant, diesel pump,water pump, workshop, coldstorage, food processing zoneand value-added processingzone and banking services.Ships can berth and dock atthe zone and marine productscan be sold.—MNASilver Sea Fisheries Industrial Zone seen in Hlinethaya Township.— MNA

Minister inspects No 2 FarmMachinery Factory (Malun)

YANGON, 7 April — Minister for Industry-2 Maj-GenSaw Lwin, accompanied by officials, inspected produc-tion process at No 2 Farm Machinery Factory (Malun) inMinhla Township, Magway Division, on 5 April morn-ing.

Managing Director of the Myanma Agricultural Ma-chinery Industries Col Myo Tint and General Manager ofthe factory U Thein Aung reported on facts about thefactory. In response to the reports, the minister gave in-structions on meeting the targets and standards set andstaff welfare services. — MNA

Pilot production of minirice mills, parts inspectedYANGON, 7 April — Minister for Commerce Brig-Gen

Pyi Sone inspected the Production Department under theMyanma Agricultural Produce Trading Service on UpperPazundaung Road in Mingala Taungnyunt Township herethis afternoon. Managing Director U Min Hla Aung of MAPTand officials conducted the minister round the rice mills.

The minister looked into production process at themills and stressed the importance of innovative measuresfor extended production of parts of rice mill for develop-ment of rice milling industry and substitution of importitems. — MNA

Management Staff Grade-IICourse concludes

YANGON, 7 April— The Management Staff Grade-IICourse No 1/2004 of General Administration Departmentconcluded at the Management Development TrainingSchool of the department this afternoon, with an addressby Minister for Home Affairs Col Tin Hlaing.

Also present were Deputy Minister for Home AffairsBrig-Gen Phone Swe, the director-general of MyanmarPolice Force and directors-general, officials and divisionalcommissioners.

Speaking on the occasion, the minister said that thetraining course was opened for ensuring uplift of capa-bility of staff of GAD in accord with the guidance ofHead of State Senior General Than Shwe. Thus, it is ofimportant course for staff individually as well as boththe ministry and the State. The trainees should try toachieve success in their tasks based on experience in thetraining. Upholding Our Three Main National Causes,the staff are to implement programmes of the develop-ment of the State, revitalization of Union Spirit andperpetual existence of the State. In implementing theseven-step future policy of the State step by step, as thetrainees will discharge important duties, they should trainthemselves to become highly-qualified management staffas well as leaders.

Altogether 70 trainees attended the 10-week course. MNA

Upgrading of Ye-Mawlamyinerailroad section inspected

YANGON, 7 April — Minister for Rail TransportationMaj-Gen Aung Min, accompanied by Deputy Minister UPe Than and officials, inspected upgrading tasks beingcarried out along Ye-Mawlamyine railroad on 4 April.

Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Mininspected the fitness of 550-foot long Thingangyun bridgeat mile-post No 260, the replacement of old sleepers withnew ones at mile-post Nos 245 and 234, and measures forkeeping the railway stations clean and pleasant.

In the afternoon, Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min arrived at the briefing hall of Thanlwinbridge (Mawlamyine) railway construction project, wherehe heard reports on progress of construction works andfuture tasks. The deputy minister presented a supplemen-tary report on the occasion.

After hearing the reports, Minister for Rail Transpor-tation Maj-Gen Aung Min gave instructions on takingsystematic steps for timely completion of the Thanlwinbridge (Mawlamyine) railway construction project.

Yesterday, Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-GenAung Min also oversaw progress of construction of earthretaining wall near the approaching road to Sittaung bridge,the painting of the bridge, the laying of sleepers, and thedurability of the bridge. He later gave instructions andattended to the requirements.

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