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Volume XII, Number 285 2nd Waning of Pyatho 1366 ME Wednesday, 26 January 2005

Established 1914

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

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

Four political objectives

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

YANGON, 26 Jan — On the occasion of the anniversary of the Australia Day, which falls on26 January 2005, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Major-General Michael Jeffery, AC, CVO, MC (Retd), Governor-General of Australia. — MNA

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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein addresses the regular meeting No 1/2005 of Central Organizing Committee of Myanmar War Veterans Organization.—MNA

YANGON, 26 Jan — On the occasion of the 56th Anniversary of the Republic Day of Indiawhich falls on 26 January 2005, Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excel-lency Dr APJ Abdul Kalam, President of the Republic of India. — MNA

Senior General Than Shwe sends messageof felicitations to Indian President

YANGON, 26 Jan — On the occasion of the 56th Anniversary of the Republic Day of Indiawhich falls on 26 January 2005, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye, Vice-Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations toHis Excellency Mr Bhairon Singh Shekhawat, Vice-President of the Republic of India. — MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye sends messageof felicitations to Indian Vice-President

YANGON, 25 Jan — The meeting 1/2005 ofCentral Organizing Committee of Myanmar War Vet-erans Organization was held at MWVO Headquar-ters in Mayangon Township this evening. Present were Chairman of Central OrganizingCommittee of MWVO, Secretary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Council Adjutant-General Lt-GenThein Sein, Vice-Chairman Vice-Admiral Kyi Min(Retd), member ministers, senior military officers,the deputy ministers and officials. In his address, the Secretary-1 said efforts are tobe made for consolidation of MWVO and to be aunited one with new thought and outlook and fresh

MWVO urged to become strong,prestigious organization

MWVO Central Organizing Committee meetsidoas after reviewing weak and strong points. Hesaid it is important for an organization to follow asingle policy, belief and concept for its unity. OurThree Main National Causes are the belief and con-cept, he said. He spoke of the need for officials ofthe organization to discuss the national policy ofnon-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegrationof national solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty,as the national duty. He said the government is making endeavoursfor emergence of discipline-flourishing modern de-veloped nation after laying down the seven-pointRoad Map. The first step, an important one, the

National Convention is in progress. The NationalConvention resumed from 17 May to 9 July 2004successfully. It will resume on 17 February. It is theConvention where eight delegate groups namely,

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The implementation of every stage of theseven-point policy programme calls for time andserious consideration to ensure complete successof the whole programme and eternal existence ofthe Union and ever-lasting national unity.

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

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

* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State

* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s Desire

Work in concert forcomplete success ofseven-point Road Map

In the Union of Myanmar, foundationsare being laid down for the emergence of apeaceful, modern, developed and discipline-flourishing democratic state in accordancewith the historical backgrounds, traditionsand culture and for the perpetuation of theUnion through the step-by-step implementa-tion of the seven-point policy programme.Now, the National Convention, the very firstand important stage of the seven-point RoadMap, is in the process.

Secretary-1 of the State Peace and De-velopment Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein metVice-Chairman of the Kachin State SpecialRegion-2 U Gaw Yi Zaw Hsaing and party atthe Dagon Yeiktha of Yangon Command on23 January. At the meeting, the Secretary-1said that it was necessary for all the nationalpeople to actively take part in every stage ofthe seven-point policy programme to ensurethe total success of the road map for thefuture of the nation and the emergence of apeaceful, modern, developed and discipline-flourishing democratic state.

All the national people from variouswalks of life are participating in the Na-tional Convention, which is to resume on17 February. At the National Convention,the delegates are discussing the basic prin-ciples to be based in drafting a constitutionthat can ensure national unity, nationalinterests and perpetuation of sovereignty.

After the draft constitution has beendrawn, the national referendum will be heldto approve it and then measures will betaken to hold free and fair elections.

The implementation of every stage ofthe seven-point policy programme calls fortime and serious consideration to ensure com-plete success of the whole programme andeternal existence of the Union and ever-last-ing national unity.

At such a time like this, we must keepconstant vigilance against the interferencesof some western nations, which are puttingpressure on our nation without realizing themeaning and essence of the Union and itsobjective conditions.

We would like to call on all the entirenational people to ward off all the internaldisturbances and external interferences andto work in concert till the seven-point policyprogramme is fully realized.

YANGON, 25 Jan — A ceremony to launchShwepyithit high speed vessel, a 500-ton cargo shipand Waiponla double-decker passenger vessels builtat Dalla Shipyards of Inland Water Transport underthe Ministry of Transport was held at Nanthida Jetty,Pansodan this morning, which was attended by Min-ister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, Deputy Min-ister Col Nyan Tun Aung, Officer at Special DutyBrig-Gen Myo Tin, Managing Director of the IWTU Soe Tint, heads of department and officials of theIWT.

During the ceremony, the minister deliveredan address. In his address he said the ministry couldbuild good high speed-vessels and take innovativemeasures for water transport services for a long run.Building of cargo vessels is meant to ease the costof inland cargo transport. As a result, ways and meanswill be sought for building of cargo vessels. Afterthat, Managing Director U Soe Tint reported on

New vessels of IWT launched at Nanthida Jettyprogress in building the vessels.

Next, U Soe Tint presented related documentsto carry out the tasks for water transport to the As-sistant General Manager (Transport) and a scalemodel for Shwepyithit vessel to the minister as agift. Afterwards, the minister and party inspectedShwepyithit, 500-ton cargo and Waiponla double-decker at Nanthida Jetty.

Two 396 HP engines installed Shwepyithithigh speed vessel is 110 feet long, 13 feet wide and6 feet high and it can run 16 nautical miles per hourand carry 20 passengers.

It will be used for tourists on Bagan-NyaungUand Mandalay trips. Waiponla double-decker will runon Lutputta-Yangon route. The 500-ton cargo ship is160 feet long, 34 feet wide and 7 feet and 6 incheshigh, which can carry 32 containers each measuring20 feet long, 8 feet wide and 8 feet high.

MNA

Gems and jade sale ofUMEHL continues

YANGON, 25 Jan — The 18th gems and jadesale of Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Lim-ited 2005 continued for the second day at MyanmaGems Mart on Kaga Aye Pagoda Road from 9 am to5 pm today.

When Managing Director of UMEHL Maj-Gen Win Hlaing (Retd) arrived at the mart this morn-ing, he was welcomed by members of board ofdirecotors and officials. After cordially greeting gemmerchants, the managing director left there at noon.

A total of 495 gem merchants— 370 fromhome and 125 from abroad observed lots of gemsand jades at the mart. — MNA

Delegates to JCCBangkok call on

Chairman of GMS-BFYANGON, 25 Jan — A two-member delegation

led by General Secretary of Japanese Chamber ofCommerce, Bangkok Mr Keisuke Matsumoto to-gether with Managing Director of JETRO in YangonMr Tomohiro ANDO and Director of JCCY MrHajime Tamanyu called on Chairman of GreaterMekong Subregion Business Forum (GMS-BF) UWin Aung, Vice-President of Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers of Commerce and IndustryU Aung Lwin and CEC members at the office of theUMFCCI on 20 January morning.

At the call, they frankly discussed matters re-lated to arrangements for holding Investment Semi-nar for Myanmar to be held in Bangkok about thefirst week of May 2005, for attending the seminarand for submitting papers on economy and invest-ment. — MNA

YANGON, 25 Jan — The Work Group for Pre-venting Violence Against Women and Rehabilitationunder Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation heldtalks on knowlege and Myanma traditional sportscontests at Women Development Centre on ThalwinStreet here on 23 January morning.

First, member of the work group Daw KhinMyo Myint talked on salient points on preventingviolence against women, Police Capt Aung Thanon human trafficking and Daw Myat Myat Kyawon child rights and codes of conduct.

Present on the occasion were work groupleader Daw Khin Aye, second leader Daw KhinMyo Myint, work group leaders Prof Daw Htay

Talks on knowledge, Myanma traditional sports contests heldHtay, Daw Khin May Soe, Daw Kyi Kyi Mya,Daw Po Po Kyi and members, officials of SocialWelfare Department and trainees of VocationalTraining School and Women Development Cen-tre.

After Myanma traditional Htoke-Hsi-Toesports contest, officials presented prizes to win-ners. — MNA

Myanma Tatmadaw MedicalConference on 9-11 February

YANGON, 25 Jan—The 13th MyanmaTatmadaw Medical Conference will be held at theDefence Services Orthopaedic Hospital (500-bed) inMingaladon from 9 to 11 February 2005.

Medical experts, house surgeons, cadets fromDefence Services Medical Academy and DefenceServices Nursing Institute and those interested mayattend the conference, and they are to register inadvance with the DSMA (Tel 03135063), DefenceServices General Hospital (1000-bed) in Mingaladon(Tel 03135079), No 2 Military Hospital (500-bed)(Tel 03131253) starting from 1 February.

MNA

Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspects Shwepyithit vessel at Nanthida Jetty. —TRANSPORT

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Syria denies interference in IraqWASHINGTON , 24 Jan—Syrian Foreign Minister Farouq al-Shara on Sunday

denied US charges that Damascus is interfering in Iraq.

Fire at southIraqi hospital

kills 14 ROME, 24 Jan— Fire

killed 14 people at asouthern Iraqi hospital inan area manned by Italiantroops, the Italian newsagency ANSA said onSunday. Another 75people were injured in thefire in the Nassiriyahregion, ANSA reported,adding that all of thecasualties were Iraqis andnone Italians.

Several thousandItalian troops are stationedaround Nassiriyah andfour Italian militaryambulances were helpingto evacuate people fromthe hospital, ANSA said.

Officials had yet todetermine the cause of thefire but said they had noreason to suspect it wasthe result of an attack byguerillas, ANSA said.

Some reporterssuggested it could havebeen caused by a shortcircuit in the hospital’selectrical system, ANSAsaid. —MNA/Reuters

ASEAN seeks to woo backworried tourists

LANGKAWI (Malaysia), 25 Jan— Southeast Asian Governments urgedforeigners Monday not to scrap vacation plans over concerns, saying theregion is taking steps to ensure its resort islands and beaches are safe.

Tourism ministers from the 10-member Association of South-East AsianNations began a two-day meeting onMalaysia’s Langkawi Island on how torevive their industry from its latestsetback, which followed earlier scaresdue to avian influenza, SARS andterrorism.

ASEAN members will cooperate topromote their region as “one big tourismdestination,” inviting international travelwriters to attractive destinations andsending out video clips overseas to lurepotential visitors, Toyad said.

Tourism is a big money-earner forSoutheast Asia. Before the tsunami, theASEAN Tourism Association expectednearly 50 million tourists to visit thisyear, with the number projected to rise

to 56 million in 2006.Tourism generated 27.7 billion US

dollars (Ä21.3 billion) for ASEAN in2002 — excluding Brunei — or 4.8 percent of its gross domestic product.

Khirk-Krai Jirapaet, Thailand’sDeputy Tourism Minister, said he wasoptimistic that this week’s conferencewould help limit the fallout from the 26December tsunami.

“This is the first time we’re meetingafter the disaster, so we have to come outwith some decisions,” he said.

The ministers also will meet withsenior tourism officials from China,Japan and South Korea on Tuesday tocoordinate new measures to jointly speedup the development of the region’s travelindustry. — MNA/AP

Goh to visit Malaysia forbilateral talks in February

SINGAPORE, 25 Jan— Singapore’s Senior MinisterGoh Chok Tong plans to visit Malaysia after theChinese New Year in February to have talks withMalaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Badawi.

According to local media reports on Sunday, Gohwas speaking at a Marine Parade Constituency eventwhen he called the proposed visit a progress in thedevelopment of bilateral relations.

“I will be going up sometime after the Chinese NewYear to see Prime Minister Badawi, so I suppose that’sprogress. Then let’s see how it goes from that meeting,”Goh said. Goh, who has been authorized to handleSingapore’s negotiations with Malaysia, discussedoutstanding bilateral issues with Badawi during theirlast meeting on 13 December last year in Kuala Lumpur.

Progress has been made recently on the landreclamation issue when the two countries agreed inprinciple to end the dispute by signing an agreementafter consultations.—MNA/Xinhua

Cotton prices remain low in Chinese marketafter bumper harvest

BEIJING , 25 Jan — Cotton prices on Chinese market will stay at their current low level for a while, dueto bumper domestic harvests, temporary cash shortages among spinning mills and an uncertainty aboutexports, according to Monday’s China Daily report.

“Prices will continuelingering around at a lowlevel before the domesticgrowing season sets inApril,” Gao Fang,secretary-general of theChina Cotton Association(CCA), was quoted assaying. According toCNCotton.com, a leadingChinese cotton infor-mation portal, the cottonprice of spot transactionsstood at 11,887 yuan(1,437 US dollars) per tonFriday.

That was in starkcontrast to 13,900 yuan

(1,680 US dollars) beforethe harvest in August oflast year, let alone thepeak of 18,000 yuan 2,176US dollars earlier last year.

The harvest is the mostpronounced factor thatdrags down prices, shesaid. The nation reaped arecord of 6.32 million tonsof cotton in 2004 whilethe output was 4.86million in 2003, accordingto figures released by theNational Developmentand Reform Commission,China’s top economicplanner.

“When output risessharply, however, demandbecome somewhatsluggish. Cotton users arereluctant to ink bigpurchases,” Gao added.

Cotton spinners andtextile producers say theyare running out of moneydue to credit tighteningplaced by the centralgovernment in May,aimed at cooling down theblistering economy.

“We are struggling witha shoe-string budget. It’smuch harder for us to getbank loans now,” said

Yang Chao, a managerwith a Yangzhou-basedtextile company. “Beforethe Spring Festival, wehave no intention to buybig stocks of cotton.”

The Spring Festival, orChinese Lunar New Year,falls on 9 February thisyear.— MNA/Xinhua

If anti-American guerillas “cross anybordering state to Iraq, it is against thewill of the government of Syria,” Sharasaid in an interview with CNNTelevision’s Late Edition with WolfBlitzer. “We are not friendly, even withthem, because this is not the right way tohelp the Iraqis,” the minister added.

President George W Bush hasdemanded that Syria — as well as Iran— stop guerillas and money fromentering Iraq ahead of next Sunday’slandmark elections. Iraq’s interimDefence Minister has accused bothcountries of working with the networkof al Qaeda Islamist Abu Musab al-Zarqawi in Iraq. Military options havealso not been ruled out.

Shara denied charges by an Iraqiofficial that “tens of thousands” of high-ranking members of Saddam Hussein’sIraqi Baathist Party are in Damascus,including Izzat Ibrahim al-Douri, a leaderof the Revolutionary Command Council.

Many Iraqis have fled to Syria for

“safety” but “all the Iraqi previous regimemembers are not welcome,” he insisted.

Shara also predicted Syrian militaryforces would remain in Lebanon “only acouple of years” more. Syria has beenunder intense UN pressure to leaveneighboring Lebanon, where it has14,000 troops. —Internet

Eri Kameda, an employee of Sega Toys Co, Ltd withthe toy maker’s new pet dog robot, ‘idog,’ in Tokyo on24 Jan, 2005. Depending on how the robot dog feels,‘idog’ plays creative sounds. Owners can speak to it,sing for it, play music for it, and it communicates backwith melodies. It can also dance if connected to a music player at a jack at its leg. —INTERNET

Tourism ministers from ten ASEAN countries, from left, Vietnam's Dr. Pham Tu,Singapore's Vivian Balakrishnan, Cambodia's Lay Prohas, Philippines'a JosephH. Durand, Brunei's Pehin Haji Abdul Rahman Talib, Malaysia's Leo MichaelToyad, Indonesia's Jero Wacik, Thailand's Krirk Krai Jirapaet, Laos's SomphongMongkhonvilay, Myanmar's Thein Zaw and Deputy Secretary General MashorPengiran Ahmad of Brunei join hands during a group photo session before the 8thASEAN Tourism Ministers meeting in Langkawi Island, Malaysia, Monday, Jan. 24, 2005.—INTERNET

African summit focusing onfood security to open in Abuja

ABUJA, 25 Jan — The African Union(AU) committee of permanentrepresentatives held a meeting Mondayafternoon in the Nigerian capital Abuja,in a buildup to the summit of heads ofstate from the world's most impoverishedcontinent that will focus on food security.

The two-day meeting of thecommittee, made up of AU ambassadors,is to be followed by another two-daymeeting of the AU executive council offoreign ministers which comes upThursday, according to draft agendas ofthe pan-African body.— MNA/Xinhua

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NEW DELHI , 25 Jan — Abundant availability of skilled manpower is attracting a large number ofpetroleum consultancy firms to India with a number of them setting up a base here to service other markets.

Petroleum technology companies look to India for talent

A Britain-based knowledge provider to petroleumexploration companies, Paradigm, has decided to makeIndia a hub for its Asia-Pacific operations.

“We have a team of 25 geoscientists in Mumbaiand we have plans to expand it to service markets inAsia-Pacific,” Eldad Weiss, Group CEO of Paradigm,told PTI.

But contrary to IT companies, who set up base inIndia for software development, the Britain-basedcompany would not shift its IT functions to India.

“We have 15 per cent of the world-wide explora-tion and production software market but we will notshift software development functions to India. Wewant to develop the geoscience consultancy marketand capability in India,” he said.

Paradigm, which entered the country two yearsago, is also looking at acquiring clients in India.

“We are already working with Reliance and Oiland Natural Gas Corporation and going forward, wewould like to deepen our engagement with them,”Weiss said.

Aker Kvaerner Geo, a consultancy arm of the sixbillion dollars Norwegean company Aker Kvaerner, issetting up a Exploration and Production Data Manage-ment Centre in India in collaboration with ScicomInfotech.

While Scicom was already working on data man-agement for petroleum exploration companies, tie-upwith global consultancy firm Aker will improve therange of its offerings.

For the new venture, both companies have madesignificant commitments.

“At present, a small team from Scicom is inNorway for a pilot. Later experts from Aker will flydown to India to train Scicom team in India,” SteinarKristiansen, Administrative Director of Aker KvaernerGeo, said.

“In next 12 to 24 months the team working on thejoint initiative of both companies can grow to any-where between 50 to 100,” Indranil Chakravarty,Managing Director of Scicom, said.

MNA/PTI

Beijing Olympic venuesconstruction to

speed upBEIJING, 25 Jan— Construction of Olympic infra-

structure will move into overdrive this year with workstarting on stadiums, the athletes village, roads and raillines, the Mayor of Beijing was quoted as sayingMonday.

“We will spare no efforts to ensure a successfulcompletion of Olympic venues and auxiliary facili-ties,” Mayor Wang Qishan said of the 2008 Olympicsin a report on the work of the municipal government.

“New venues, the National Conference Centre, theOlympic Village and the journalists’ village will startconstruction this year,” China Daily cited him astelling the 12th Beijing Municipal People’s Congress.

“We will speed up road building and buildingfacilities surrounding the venues and start work onscenic projects in the central area of the OlympicPark,” Wang said. Construction of four urban railwaylines to cope with the influx of visitors expected to visitthe Chinese capital would also be sped up, he added.

While Wang did not say which venues world getstarted this year, the main 80,000-seat National Sta-dium is already under way, with construction of a newand cheaper version beginning last month.

Initial plans to equip the stadium with an expensiveretractable steel roof have now been scrapped amid ageneral austerity drive.

Construction of the stadium, nicknamed the “Bird’sNest” because of its giant lattice-work structure ofirregularly angled metal girders, was abruptly halted inlate July.—MNA/AFP

BAGHDAD , 24 Jan—As of Monday, 24 Jan, 2005, at least 1,372 membersof the US military have died since the beginning of the Iraq war in March2003, according to an Associated Press count. At least 1,077 died as a resultof hostile action, the Defence Department said. The figures include threemilitary civilians.

The AP count is fourhigher than the DefenceDepartment’s tally, lastupdated at 10 am ESTMonday.

The British militaryhas reported 76 deaths;Italy, 20; Poland, 16;Ukraine, 16; Spain, 11;

Bulgaria, seven; Slovakia,three; Estonia, Thailandand the Netherlands, twoeach; and Denmark, ElSalvador, Hungary, Latviaand Kazakhstan one deatheach. Since 1 May, 2003,when President Bush de-clared that major combat

operations in Iraq hadended, 1,234 US militarymembers have died, ac-cording to AP’s count.That includes at least 968deaths resulting from hos-tile action, according tothe military’s numbers.

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Israeliairline staffexposed to

highradiationJERUSALEM, 25 Jan—

Israeli airline workers inthe new airport terminalare exposed to levels ofelectromagnetic radiationup to five times greaterthan the government al-lows, according to a re-port released by Haaretzon Sunday.

Those exposed tothis level of radiationfrom antennas and elec-trical networks risk “adrop in the concentrationof acetylcholine in theblood” and increased lev-els of an agent that causesblood clotting, the reportnoted.

The airline arguedthat two other reports hadnot shown “any irregular-ity endangering workers’health”.

MNA/Xinhua

DUBAI, 24 Jan— An Egyptian hostage warnedforeign drivers against going to Iraq in an Internetvideo before he was shot dead in public by a group ledby al-Qaeda ally Abu Musab al-Zarqawi.

The body of Egyptian driver Ibrahim MohammedIsmail, who worked for a Kuwaiti company, was foundby Iraqi police on 16 January, dumped in a street in thewestern city of Ramadi. The video, which was postedon an Islamist web site on Sunday, showed guerillas’growing confidence. The hostage was taken out into astreet and shot four times by a masked militant in broaddaylight as cars passed by.— MNA/Reuters

Hostage warned against comingto Iraq before being shot dead

Chinese travellers wait in line to enter the Beijing western railway station25 January, 2005. China’s peak Lunar New Year travel season, the worldsbiggest annual human migration, began on Thursday with about 2 billion

journeys expected over 40 days, state media said.—INTERNET

(L to R) Contestants Lisa Wang Yueqi of Chicago, Jolene Chin Yeng Mun ofKuala Lumpur, Linda Tomko Marie of Seattle, Mary Sy Grace Siy of Manilaand Patricia Hon Wing Yen of Calgary attend a news conference for the Miss

Chinese International Pageant 2005, in Hong Kong on 24 Jan, 2005.—INTERNET

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1,372 members of the US military killedsince the beginning of the Iraq war

SINGAPORE, 25 Jan— A historic low record of 36,900 babies were born inSingapore last year, 700 fewer than that of the previous year, according to theMinistry of Health on Monday.

Though 50,000 new-born babies are needed forthe population replace-ment in Singapore, birthfigures have been declin-ing since 1990 and fellbelow the 40,000-mark in2002.

To encourage morecouples to have babies, theSingapore Governmentannounced last August a

Singapore’s birth rate hitsrecord low in 2004

pro-family package of 300million Singapore dollars(about 184 million USdollars) as well as meas-ures like the five-day weekfor the civil service andthe extended maternityleave. Local media reportssaid on Monday that ex-perts have seen 1-2 percent more new expectantmothers every month

since last August andexpect at least 40,000new-born babies this year.

MNA/Xinhua


Honda seeks to boost sales inIndonesia

JAKARTA , 25 Jan— Japanese auto giant Honda Motor Corp has projectedto boost its car sales in Indonesia to 52,000 units this year and to raise thecapacity of its Indonesia-based assembly plant.

Indonesian branchPT Honda Prospect Mo-tor (HPM) has announcedthat its car sale volume inthe country rose sharplyto 46,500 units in 2004from 21,650 units in theprevious year.

“With the assumednational car sales of520,000 units this year,Honda has targeted to grabat least 52,000 units,”HPM Marketing ManagerJonfis Fandy was quoted

Monday by Bisnis Indo-nesia newspaper as say-ing.

The new target is alsobased on the company’splan to boost its produc-tion capacity to 50,000units this year from 40,000units in 2004, he said.

Meanwhile, HPMwill cut the import of com-pletely built-up cars by37.5 per cent to 10,000units this year, he said.

Honda managed to

grab 9.6 per cent of lastyear’s total automotivemarket of 483,417 unitsthanks to high demand forits compact car HondaJazz.

The sale of Jazz, whichwas launched last March,reached 24,844, or 53 percent of Honda’s total sales.Fandy said Honda Jazzwill be fully assembled inits West Java-based fac-tory for local markets.

MNA/Xinhua

An LG Electronics employee displays a 3-Dgame phone loaded with a chip capable of process-ing data five times faster than currently availablechips. South Korea's LG Electronics said its net

profit surged 130 per cent to 1.48 billion dollars onrecord sales last year, although a weak dollarsslowed fourth quarter performance. — INTERNET

China donates reliefmaterials to Kenya, Somalia

NAIROBI , 25 Jan— Hundreds of packagesbearing the picture of the Chinese national flagwere loaded off a chartered cargo plane on Sundayat the Kenyatta International Airport in Kenyancapital Nairobi.

Those are relief ma-terials worth 10.22 billionshillings (1.31 million USdollars), donated by theChinese Government toKenya and Somalia,which were affected bythe tsunami disaster as wellas severe drought.

The relief materialsinclude 250 tents, 4,000towelling coverlets, 350power generators, medi-cines, food and daily ne-cessities, said GuoChongli, China’s ambas-sador to Kenya, who wasat the airport to overseethe arrival of the cargo.

“The Chinese Gov-ernment has recently do-nated 100,000 US dol-lars respectively to theKenyan Government andthe Somali Government.This time, China sends aplaneload of relief mate-rials to further supportthe disaster-hit people inboth countries,” said theChinese ambassador.

Officials from theKenyan and the Somalipresidential offices wereat the airport to receivethe materials on behalfof their respective gov-ernments. Both sides ex-pressed their sincerethanks to the ChineseGovernment and the Chi-nese people, saying

China has always been help-ful and the Chinese peopleare really friends indeed.The Chinese donation willbe distributed to people inaffected areas as soon aspossible, they said.

About 200 Somaliswere killed and many morewere missing after the tidalwaves struck the Somalicoast late December as theeffect of a series of strongundersea Sumatra earth-quakes hit the east Afri-can coast. The disastercaused extensive propertydamage in the Horn ofAfrica country.

Kenya also suffered asevere blow in which oneperson was killed, severalothers were injured andmany boats destroyed atthe coast. Besides, Kenyahas been suffering fromdrought in 27 of its 71districts in eight provincessince last July. An earth-quake measuring 8.7 onthe Richter Scale was reg-istered on 26 December,west of the island ofSumatra, triggering tsuna-mis, or tidal waves, inSouth and Southeast Asia.

Over 165,000 peoplein Sri Lanka, India, Indone-sia, Bangladesh, Maldives,Thailand and Malaysia havebeen killed in the disaster.

MNA/Xinhua

Chinese firm becomesVietnam's first housing

foreign investor HANOI , 25 Jan— China’s Success Investment

and Development Company has become the firstforeign investor licensed to develop a housingproject for low-income earners in Vietnam’s HoChi Minh City.

Filipino missing in Saudi Arabia suspected to be kidnapped MANILA , 25 Jan— An overseas Filipino worker has been missing for two weeks and he was suspected

of being kidnapped in Saudi Arabia, a local TV reported Monday.

Cellular phone usersregister fast growth in

Indonesia JAKARTA , 25 Jan—Cellular phone operators in

Indonesia have reported a remarkable rise of 61.6per cent in the number of subscribers in 2004 to seta record high.

Operators Association(TSI) Secretary-GeneralRudiantara was quoted assaying. He said intensecompetition has forcedoperators to cut registra-tion tariff that eventuallydrove up the number ofcellular phone users.

MNA/Xinhua

The number of cel-lular phone subscribers inIndonesia rose to 29.9million in 2004 from 18.5million a year earlier,Bisnis Indonesia newspa-per reported Monday.

“It represents thefastest growth ever,” In-donesian Cellular Phone

The company willinvest 80 million US dol-lars in building apartmentblocks of 5-15 storieshigh on a 37.7-hectare sitein District No 12, and sev-eral public facilities suchas schools and parks, lo-cal newspaper VietnamInvestment Review re-ported on Monday.

The project, oncecompleted by 2010, willaccommodate about200,000 people. Most ofthe apartments will besold in installments, saidthe company’s directorLin Yin Sang.

The project is in linewith the city’s overallplan to develop housesfor low-income people,said the city’s deputymayor, Nguyen Huu Tin.

Ho Chi Minh City,which is home to morethan 6 million people, hastargeted to raise its aver-age accommodation acre-

age to 9-12 square metresper person by 2010.

To lure more inves-tors in the housing sector,the city will offer suitablelocations to investors whoimplement projects usingtheir own capital, andgrant preferential treat-ment to those who setaside 60 per cent of theirallotted land for construc-tion of multi-story build-ings and 15 per cent oftheir housing for lease orsale in installment.

Besides, investors willnot have to pay land usetax on land accommodat-ing low-income earners,land rentals, corporate taxand value added tax.HoChi Minh City plans tobuild 190,000 new housesfor low-income earners by2010, which will require atotal funding of 15 trillionVietnamese dong (955.4million US dollars).

MNA/Xinhua

Oppsn demands withdrawal ofItalian troops from Iraq

ROME, 25 Jan — Italian opposition legislatorsdemanded Sunday that Italian troops be pulled out ofIraq, saying that the government had “masked” theoperation in Iraq as a peace mission.

Opposition legislator Marco Rizzo said the gov-ernment has deceived Italians by presenting the pres-ence of Italian troops in Iraq as for humanitarianpurpose.

Rizzo cited Gustavo Selva, head of the ItalianLower House Foreign Affairs Committee, as sayingthat the government had to “mask the mission in Iraqas a humanitarian operation. Otherwise it would havefailed to get approval from the head of state”.

Opposition Green Party legislator Paolo Centoalso called on the government to stop claiming that“Italian troops were on a peace mission in Iraq”.

MNA/Xinhua

According to the ABS-CBN news channel, the 40-year-old missing, identified as Suelito Leong, workedas a power technician for a telecommunication com-pany named Detecon al-Saudi.

The Department of Foreign Affairs (DFA) con-firmed to the television that Leong’s co-workers at

Detecon al-Saudi called up the Philippine Embassy inRiyadh on 18 January to report Leong’s disappear-ance. His colleagues said that Leong was asked by hisemployer to pick up plane tickets about 40 kilometresfrom their office on 11 January, and then he wentmissing. — MNA/Xinhua

A Samsung Electronic employee walks past the company logo in the lobby ofits main office building in Seoul on 24 Jan, 2005. The company said it hadstarted mass-producing what it called the world's fastest data-processing

memory chip for multimedia applications.—INTERNET


China, Mauritius to promote bilateral relations

BEIJING , 25 Jan— Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao and his Mauritiancounterpart Paul Raymond Berenger vowed here Monday to further relationsbetween the two countries.

“Sino-Mauritian rela-tionship is a new type ofpartnership based on mu-tual trust, reciprocity andoverall cooperation. It is inthe fundamental interests ofthe two countries to enhancethe relationship,” said Wen.

He expressed hopethat the two countriesshould enhance mutualsupport in internationalaffairs to safeguard theinterests of the develop-ing countries and expandcooperation in economy,trade and other fields.

Mauritius is an islandcountry in the IndianOcean. Wen said thatChina would like to coop-

erate with Mauritius andother relevant countries ondisaster early warning andprevention. He expressedhis appreciation of Mauri-tius’ adherence to the one-China policy.

Referring to the Sino-African relationship, Wennoted that China and theAfrican countries havesupported each other inpolitical affairs while con-ducted fruitful economiccooperation, adding thatChina has reduced andexempted the debts ofsome African countries,and began to give tarifffree treatment to somegoods imported from the

most underdeveloped Af-rican countries from Janu-ary 1 this year.

He said that Chinawould like to enhance co-operation with Africancountries and try to pro-mote the internationalcommunity’s more con-cern about the develop-ment of Africa.

Berenger said thatMauritius adheres to theone-China policy and Chi-na’s reunification cause,and would like to furthercooperate with China ontrade, economy and otherfields to benefit the peo-ple of the two countries.

MNA/Xinhua

Israeli reserve duty tobe reformed

JERUSALEM, 25 Jan— By 2008, Israeli reservistswill be called up only in times of emergency or toundergo training, according to the reform planon reserve duty published on Jerusalem Post onSunday.

The reforms mean that many conscripts serving insupport and administrative positions will not do re-serve duty at all. According to the plan, soldiers will berequired to carry out a total of 14 days reserve duty ayear and no more than 42 days in a three-year period.

Officers will be required to serve up to 70 days ina three-year period, said the plan. The intention tocarry out reforms on reserve duty is to eventually lowerthe age of exemption, for now it remains at age 40 forreservists and 45 for officers, said the report.

The plan will also provide reservists with extrafinancial benefits in addition to the remunerations theyare currently paid due to loss of work or studies whencalled up for service. The recommendations will bepresented soon to the Knesset (Parliament) ForeignAffairs and Defence Committee for approval, and thenforwarded for the Cabinet’s approval. erve-duty billand brought to a vote in the plenum. — MNA/Xinhua

CPC to strengthen multi-party cooperation, political consultation BEIJING , 25 Jan— The Political Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central Committee

held a meeting here Monday to discuss issues on how to further strengthen multi- party cooperation andpolitical consultation under the leadership of the CPC.

The move is of “great importance” to developingsocialist democracy, maintaining social stability andunity and building a socialist harmonious society, saidthe meeting.Chaired by General Secretary of the CPCCentral Committee Hu Jintao, the meeting discussed adraft of guidelines put forward by the CPC CentralCommittee on further strengthening construction ofthe system of multi-party cooperation and politicalconsultation under the leadership of the CPC.

“Practice has shown the system conforms with thesituation in China and possesses great superiority andstrong vitality,” the meeting said.

The meeting noted that since China’s reform andopening to the outside world, important progress hasbeen made in promoting cooperation between the CPCand democratic parties. The democratic parties andpersonages without party affiliation have been playingfurther roles in participation in and discussion ofpolitical and government affairs and democratic su-

pervision, it added. The meeting stressed that development should be

the fundamental task of multi-party cooperation andpolitical consultation.In addition, cooperation withdemocratic parties and personages without party af-filiation should be strengthened and alliance with non-CPC members consolidated. Promotion of socialistpolitical civilization must proceed from China’s ac-tual conditions and persevere in taking the politicaldevelopment road with Chinese characteristics.

“We should draw upon the beneficial achieve-ments in political civilization of the mankind, butnever totally imitate other countries’ modes of politi-cal system,” the meeting said. The guidelines dis-cussed at the meeting have taken into consideration ofopinions of the central committees of democraticparties and representatives of personages without partyaffiliation. They will be officially issued after furthersoliciting their views. — MNA/Xinhua

Fact-finding mission to probejournalist slayings

MANILA , 25 Jan— A joint team of international and Filipino mediamenwould launch a fact-finding mission this week to probe into the increasingnumber of murders of Filipino journalists, the National Union of Journal-ists of the Philippines (NUJP) said on Monday.

The NUJP said thatthe team, composed ofInternational Federationof Journalists (IFJ) del-egates and NUJP offi-cials, will fly to GeneralSantos City in the south.Tuesday to meet withfamilies of murderedjournalists and police in-vestigators and local jour-nalists to learn moreabout the murder casesover the years.

The delegation is setto present its preliminaryfindings in Manila on 31January while a two-dayworkshop on safety forjournalists will also beheld in the capital, theNUJP said.

The Brussels-basedIFJ said in a recent re-

port that a recorded 129journalists were killed in2004 in comparison with93 killed in 2003, show-ing that journalists wereincreasingly being con-sidered as legitimate tar-gets as they reported onwar zones and investi-gated corruption.

Iraq, where 19repor-ters and other me-dia workers were killedlast year, was rankedfirst in the list of themost dangerous coun-tries to media, followedby the Philippines, where13 journalists were mur-dered, according to thereport.

It noted that the is-sue of journalist safety inthe Philippines had

reached a crisis point. “Time and time

again, journalists whowere vigorous andindependent in their re-porting are singled outand murdered with ap-parent impunity,” the re-port said.

The IFJ is theworld’s largest organiza-tion of journalists, withmore than 500,000 mem-ber journalists.

The NUJP, IFJ’s Phil-ippine affiliate, is thecountry’s largest journal-ist union, with more than30 chapters nationwide.

MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam toexport

more tea in2005

HANOI, 25 Jan —Vietnam plans to export100,000 tons of tea worth107 million US dollarsthis year, posting year-on-year increases ofmore than 3 per cent and15 per cent, respectively.

To fulfil the target,the country will maintainkey markets such asChina, Taiwan, Russia,Iraq and the UnitedStates, according to theMinistry of Trade onMonday.

It will also enhancequality of its processedtea by applying advancedtechnologies in teacultivation and process-ing, using new teastrains, and diversifyingtea products.

MNA/Xinhua

A sales asistant puts out computers at a retail outlet of China's largestmanufacturer of personal computers Lenovo, in Beijing recently.—INTERNET

A Chinese opera actor performing on 24 Jan,2005. China is launching an ambitious

digitisation plan to help save traditional Chineseoperas from dying out amid the country's rapid

modernisation. — INTERNET

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National Convention vital…(from page 16)

Natogyi Township Mater-nal and Child Welfare As-sociation President DawOhn Tin, Township organi-zation for Women’s Affairschairperson Daw OhnMyint, Township WVOChairman U Ko Ko Gyi,and townselder of PyinsiVillage U Toe Hlaing.

Myingyan TownshipUSDA Executive DawWah Wah Soe acted as MCand Member of Organiza-tional Group of Ward 16USDA of Myingyan Town-ship Daw Aye Mya Thu, asco-MC.

The chairman an-nounced the start of the cer-emony, and those presentsaluted the State Flag.

Chairman U Aung Zanin his speech said that thepurpose of the ceremonywas to commemorate Un-ion Day and to support theNational Convention,which would resume on 17February 2005.

It reached an agreementin Panglong in Shan Stateon 12 February 1947 thatall the national races wouldcarry on living as a cohe-

throw off the yoke of slav-ery on 4 January 1948thanks to the might of unity.So, Union Day has beencelebrated annually in thenation, he remarked. Thegovernment is now build-ing a new nation throughthe three national tasks —non-disintegration of theUnion, non-disintegrationof national solidarity andperpetuation of sover-eignty. At the same time, itis making endeavours withmight and main day in, dayout for transforming thenation into a modern anddeveloped one, he dis-closed.

Efforts are thus to bemade for enabling themother country to standshoulder to shoulder withthe global nations, and stepsare to be taken effectivelyfor the nation to be able tostand tall as a sovereignstate as well as to be a mod-ern state. Only when the

years, and it reflected thegovernment’s genuinegoodwill to the people, hepointed out. Besides, theentire nation has enjoyedsmooth transport with anetwork of roads, he said.

With respect to thehealth sector, the govern-ment has made investmentheavily on the public healthcare services. In the past,the people had to go to cit-ies like Yangon or Manda-lay to receive medical op-erations, but they can nowreceive such medical treat-ments in their regions, hestated.

Regarding the basiceducation sector, the Statehas opened 40,505 basiceducation schools acrossthe nation to enable everycitizen to pursue basic edu-

flourishing democracy inthe nation. With this end inview, the governmentadopted the State’s seven-point Road Map, and theNational Convention, thevery first stage of the RoadMap, was held in May 2004to frame the basic princi-ples. He said that beforelong, the National Conven-tion will resume, calling onthe entire people to be fullyimbued with patriotism,Union Spirit and national-ist sentiment to participatein the drive for successfulrealization of the pro-gramme.

held every year. This year the Union Daywill be observed with thefollowing objectives— for all national races to

safeguard the nationalpolicy—non-disintegra-tion of the Union, non-disintegration of na-tional solidarity and per-petuation of sovereignty

— to keep the Union spiritever alive and dynamic

He said the objectivesare filled with political es-sence. The government haslaid down Our Three MainNational Causes as national

sive Union keeping nest andeggs intact, and due to theagreement, that date wentdown the history of the na-tion, he added.

The entire national peo-ple in the Union ofMyanmar managed to

nation is modern, will theeconomy of the entire peo-ple be strong, he remarked.

The government is tak-ing all possible measures indiversified areas to mod-ernize the nation. A total often dams were constructedduring the region ofMyanmar kings, eight inthe colonial period, 51 inthe Parliament Period, and69 in the time of the Social-ist Programme Partyamounting to 138 dams dur-ing the period of 1000 years.In the time of the presentgovernment, altogether 169dams have been built in 16

cation. The school enrol-ment rate has increased to96.9 per cent, compared to77 per cent in the past, andliteracy rate has risen from78 to 93.3 per cent, he said.It has increased the numberof universities and collegesfrom 33 to 156 the lengthand breadth of the nation,and now the doctoralcourses are producing doc-torate degree holders in re-spective subjects. In con-sequence, the nation hasbeen able to produce hu-man resources unremit-tingly, he said. It is alsoimplementing border areasand national races devel-opment projects, the 24 re-gions development projectand the rural developmenttasks simultaneously.

Its drive to build up apeaceful, modern and de-veloped nation means the

Regarding the UnionDay, Joint Secretary ofMyingyan District USDAU Nyi Nyi Naing said allthe national people decidedto live in unity in the coun-try on 12 February 1947.Later, the day was desig-nated as Union Day. Weregained independence andsovereignty due to the his-toric unity and the countryexisted again as an inde-pendent nation in theworld. The Union Day is

among the national peo-ple

— for all national people todefend and safeguard theUnion spirit for its per-petual existence

— to prevent, through na-tional solidarity, the dan-ger of internal and exter-nal destructive elementsundermining peace andstability of the State andnational development,and

— for all national races tomake concerted effortsfor successful imple-mentation of the sevenpoint future policy pro-gramme.

policy and is implementingthe tasks hand in hand withthe people and we are onthe development path. Thegovernment made effortsfor peace and tranquillityand national developmentthrough unity and madepeace with 17 armedgroups. It launched borderarea development tasksspending a great deal ofmoney on security, trans-port, agriculture, livestockbreeding, education andhealth sectors. The government alsoimplemented tasks for de-velopment of transport,education and health sec-tors in Panglong regionwhere Union spirit was con-ceived. Now there arePanglong University, Tech-nological University, Com-puter College and LoilemHospital in the region.

(See page 15)

Members of USDA and social organizations and local people marching to theceremony to commemorate Union Day, support National Convention.— MNA

Members of the panel of chairmen at the ceremony.— MNA

Myingyan District USDASecretary U Aung Zan.

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Natogyi Township USDASecretary U Aye Thant

Swe.— MNA

Myingyan TownshipUSDA Joint Secretary UNyi Nyi Naing.— MNA

Myingyan District USDAExecutive U Aung Win

Kyi.— MNA

Myingyan TownshipUSDA Executive Daw

Kyi Kyi Sein.— MN

Myingyan TownshipUSDA Executive DawWah Wah Soe emcees

with member of Ward 16organizational group of

Myingyan TownshipUSDA Daw Aye Mya

Thu.— MNA

Myingyan District USDA Joint-Secretary U Aung Zaw Myint presents K 1.7million to Ngazun Township USDA Secretary U Myat Thu.— MNA


(from page 1)delegates of national races, delegates of official po-litical parties, delegates of representatives-elect, del-egates of workers and delegates of peasants, del-egates of State service personnel, delegates of intel-lectuals and intelligentsia, delegates of those whohad returned to the legal fold took part in the discus-sion. The State Constitution essential for future demo-cratic State is to be drawn based on fundamentalprinciples and detailed basic principles reached atthe previous conventions. Therefore, successful hold-ing of the National Convention is important, he added.

MWVO urged to become strong, prestigious organization He warned that the government, the Tatmadawand the people in cooperation with WVOs, USDA,Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation, MMCWAand other social organizations must prevent againstthe danger of internal and external destructionists whowant to destroy the National Convention. He also spoke of the need to make concertedefforts to become a strong and prestigious organiza-tion which can defend the State and to stand as anauxiliary force. He urged the members of the CentralOrganizing Committee to provide assistance forWVOs in states and divisions. Next, Joint-Secretary of the Central Organizing

Committee Vice-Adjutant-General Maj-Gen HlaShwe reported on minutes of MWVO’s 3/2004meeting and work of meeting 1/2005 for approval. Vice-Chairman Vice-Admiral Kyi Min (Retd)reported on implementations of MWVO Headquar-ters in 2003-2004 and strength of the members ofthe organization. Members of Central Organizing Committee andleaders of five major tasks and organizational tasksreported on the work done. The Secretary-1 took part in the discussions andthe meeting came to a close after giving concludingremarks by the Secretary-1.—MNA

YANGON, 25 Jan—The inauguration of thePade Dam, constructed bythe Construction Group-3of the Irrigation Depart-ment under the Ministryof Agriculture and Irriga-tion, was held at thepandal near Natmauk Vil-lage, Aunglan Township,Thayet District, MagwayDivision, yesterday morn-ing.

Present on the occa-sion were Chairman ofMandalay DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofCentral Command Maj-Gen Ye Myint, Ministerfor A & I Maj-Gen HtayOo, Magway Division

Pade Dam in Aunglan Township inauguratedcal farmers, members ofthe Union Solidarity andDevelopment Associa-tion, Myanmar Women’sAffairs Federation,Myanmar War VeteransOrganization, Red CrossSociety and auxiliary firebrigade.

The commander de-livered an address to theceremony, saying thatthe SPDC is implement-ing one of the four ob-jectives — developmentof agriculture as the baseand all-round develop-ment of other sectors ofthe economy as well.With the development ofthe agricultural sector,the nation will enjoy

Pade Dam on the Pade Creek in Aunglan Township, Thayet District, Mangway Division.—˚MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Ye Myint gives a speech to the inauguration of Pade Dam.—˚MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Ye Myint unveils the stone inscriptions of Pade Dam.— MNA

PDC Chairman ColPhone Maw Shwe, IDDirector-General UKyaw San Win, localauthorities, officials, lo-

higher economy, so em-phasis is to be placed onextended cultivation ofcrops, boosting per acreyield, and stepping up

double or triple crop-ping, he urged.

He noted that Chair-man of the SPDC Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fend Services Senior

General Than Shwe hasgiven guidance on agri-cultural progress. Hesaid the Pade Dam willbenefit Thayet District,

part of the nine districtsgreening project, addingthat the government ismaking provision for thefuture of the nation bymeans of pouring invest-

ments into projects forconstruction of irrigationfacilities. In conclusion,he called for mainte-nance of the facilities for

durability and effectiveuse of farm machinery.

Minister Maj-GenHtay Oo and Col PhoneMaw Shwe also gavespeeches.

A local farmer ofShwepan Village,Aunglan Township,expressed gratitude tothe government for the

facility.Next, the com-

mander formallyunveiled the stone in-scriptions of the dam.The commander, theminister and theMagway Division PDCchairman formallyopened the dam.

They posed for adocumentary photo to-gether with the farmersand officials of the so-cial organizations infront of the archway. Af-terwards, they viewedthe main embankment,spillway, watershed area,conduit and controltower.

The earthen dam islocated on the PadeCreek with the 2,400-foot-long and 118-foot-high embankment. It canstore 32,900 acre feet.

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Navy’s main duty, to…(from page 16)

should have discipline and qualifications. The 140,000-square-mile Myanmar territorial waters include a 1,385-mile long coastline from Naff River mouth to the Capeof Bayintnaung. In addition, Myanmar waters are richin natural resources. The main duty of Navy is to guardthe waters against alien intrusion and ensure security toexploit the natural riches systematically.

Together with the developments in science andtechnologies, the ocean economy is taking a greaterrole in today’s world. There will be stability in Myanmarwaters, only if there is regional stability. Thus, theTatmadaw (Navy) will have to work in cooperationwith navies of other countries on common interest.Thus, the officers are required to be skilled in theirwork. They should live and act in accord with thequalifications of a junior naval officer to win the trustand reliance of their subordinates. At present, theGovernment is in the process of building a peaceful,modern and developed nation as well as a strong andefficient Tatmadaw. All the national races will have tolend their helping hand to reach the goal. Union Spiritis an essential need for the nation formed with sevenstates and seven divisions. The additional duty of thejunior officers is to foster Union Spirit in anyplace ofthe nation they are assigned to and to play a role inbuilding a modern Tatmadaw. The 12 objectives havebeen laid down for all to take part in the task of buildinga modern and developed nation, while keeping in the

Foreign Minister sendsmessage of felicitations to

Indian counterpartYANGON, 26 Jan — On the occasion of the

56th Anniversary of the Republic Day of Indiawhich falls on 26 January 2005, U Nyan Win,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations toHis Excellency Mr K Natwar Singh, Minister ofExternal Affairs of the Republic of India. —MNA

YANGON, 25 Jan—The Fourth Myanmar In-formation and Technol-ogy Week 2005 contin-ued for the fifth day atthe Myanmar Informationand Technology Park(MICT) in Hline Town-ship today.

It was packed withICT science enthusiasts,businessmen, teachers andstudents and the public.

On display at theexhibition are ICT prod-ucts and computer relatedequipment from 14booths of the ministriesconcerned and 196booths of local and for-eign companies.

The booth ofMMG Technologies offerservices such as data,voice, video communica-tion, network security

Meeting of Directors-Generalof Agricultural Statistics and

Information in ASEAN+3Countries and the ThirdFocal Point Meeting ofAFSIS Project continueYANGON, 25 Jan—The Meeting of Directors-

General of Agricultural Statistics and Information inASEAN+3 Countries and the Third Focal PointMeeting of AFSIS Project continued for the secondday at Kandawgyi Palace this morning.

At the meeting, representatives from Brunei,Indonesia, Malaysia, the Philippines and Singaporepresented statistics and data utilization for agricul-ture policies and representatives from the People’sRepublic of China, Japan and Republic of Koreapresented matters related to technological develop-ment and its application to agricultural statistics andinformation.

In the afternoon, those present dealt with theexpected output and contribution of the AFSIS projectduring the period of 2005-2007 and adoption ofsummary report.

The Third Focal Point Meeting of AFSISProject will continue tomorrow—MNA

Foreign Minister sendsmessage of felicitations to

Australian FMYANGON, 26 Jan — On the occasion of the

anniversary of the Australia Day, which falls on26 January 2005, U Nyan Win, Minister forForeign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of felicitations to His ExcellencyMr Alexander Downer, MP, Minister for ForeignAffairs of Australia. — MNA

Enthusiasts throng Fourth MICT Weeksolution maintenancesupport, multi-vendorsupport, regional support,systems integration,structural cabling solu-tions and services andwireless network solu-tions.

Computer accesso-ries, UPS, printers, scan-ners, Intel CPU and Intelmotherboard of DCD(Direct Channel Distribu-tion) Co were displayed.

Moreover, ParamiGroup Co Ltd, ZEST Co

Ltd, Aisa Tech Co Ltdand Forever Group alsodisplayed their functionsand items.

The exhibition willbe kept open until 27from 10 am to 5 pm.

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fore Our Three Main National Causes.The Commander-in-Chief (Navy) inspected the

guard of honour and the graduating company. In addi-tion to their military drills, the junior officers salutedthe Commander-in-Chief (Navy) from a flotilla ofnaval boats.

Dignitaries at the concluding of Management Course No 65 for Junior Officers and EngineeringCourse No 39 for Junior Officers of the Tatmadaw (Navy). — MNA

Vice-Admiral Soe Thein presents Best CadetAward (course No 65) to Sub-lieutenant

Moe Kyaw Hetin. — MNA

Vice-Admiral Soe Thein presents Best CadetAward (course No 39) to Sub-lieutenant Khun

Aung Hsan. — MNA

Vice-Admiral Soe Thein presented best cadetawards to Sub-Lt Moe Kyaw Htein of course No 65 andto Sub-Lt Khun Aung Hsan of course No 39. — MNA

Visitors at the pavilion of the MMG Technologies Co Ltd. — MNA


YANGON, 25 Jan — The textile anddyeing and printing factory of MyanmaTextile Industries of the Ministry of In-dustry-1 was opened at the factory inYamethin Township this morning, at-tended by member of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Ye Myintof the Ministry of Defence. The textile and dyeing and printingfactory built on the plot of 26.48 acres issituated by Yangon-Mandalay Road, fivemiles north of Yamethin Township. Also present were Chairman of Man-dalay Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Central Com-mand Maj-Gen Ye Myint, Minister for

Textile and dyeing and printing factory opens in YamethinIndustry-1 U Aung Thaung, YamethinStation Commander Brig-Gen HlaMyint, officials of the ministry, Chair-man of Yamethin District Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Col Aung KyiShein, members of District and Town-ship Peace and Development Councils,members of the Union Solidarity andDevelopment Association, members ofWomen’s Affairs Committee, Maternaland Child Welfare Association, RedCross and Fire Brigade, local people andmembers of royal drum troupe totalling3,000. Lt-Gen Ye Myint, Maj-Gen Ye Myint,Minister U Aung Thaung and depart-

mental officials took the designated placeand Managing Director of MTI U OoThein Maung and Chairman of YamethinDistrict PDC Lt-Col Aung Kyi Sheinformally opened the factory. Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myint formally un-veiled the signboard of the factory andvisited the factory. Lt-Gen Ye Myintand party inspected machines and 400looms. Managing Director of MTI U OoThein Maung reported on detailed factsof the factory. He presented K 50,000each for Township USDA, TownshipMCWA and Township Women’s Af-fairs Committee to officials concerned.

Twenty four machines were installedat the factory which is capable of pro-ducing various kinds of fabric. Construction of dyeing and printingfactory began on 22 October 2001 andthe 400-loom factory on 30 May 2003. Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party later vis-ited the soap factory (Yamethin) andthey inspected production of Carbolic,Sunlight and Hmwe soaps. The factory lies at Shweda Villagenear Yangon-Mandalay Road inYamethin Township and it produces 40tons of soap a day and it can also produce13,200 tons of washing soap and 1,900tons of toilet soap a year.—MNA

Minister attends coord meeting to upgradedevelopment affairs

YANGON, 25 Jan—Chairman of MyanmarOlympic Committee Min-ister for Sports Brig-GenThura Aye Myint thisevening attended theMyanmar Olympic Com-mittee Chairman’s Tro-phy round robin HockeyTourney for 2005 held atthe Theinbyu HockeyPitch and made a speechon the occasion.

Also present wereofficials of the Ministryof Sports, President ofMyanma Hockey Federa-tion Commander of No 2Military Region Com-mandant of Defence Serv-ices Records Office Brig-Gen Myo Myint, Vice-Presidents U KyawNaing, U Kyaw Kyaw

Hockey related equipment donated to hockeyteams of Tatmadaw (Navy), Tatmadaw (Air)

Hlaing and U Khin MaungLatt, executives, guests,well-wishers and enthusi-asts. Afterwards, the cer-emony to donate hockey

related equipment to thehockey teams ofTatmadaw (Navy) andTatmadaw (Air) followed.

Chairman ofMyanmar Olympic Com-mittee Minister forSports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint presentedthose equipment. Vice-President of MHF UKyaw Naing and Chair-man of Tatmadaw (Air)Hockey Sub-CommitteeLt-Col Kyaw Nyein ac-cepted the donations.Next, U Kyaw Min ofMMM Construction andMr Nara Yan of ACCLCo also donated hockeyrelated equipment forMHF to President Brig-Gen Myo Myint.

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YANGON, 25 Jan — Minister forProgress of Border Areas and NationalRaces and Development Affairs ColThein Nyunt delivered an address atthe coordination meeting to promotedevelopment affairs held at the meet-ing hall of Developement Affairs De-partment, at No 245, Botahtaung thismorning.

Also present on the occasionwere Deputy Minister Col Tin Ngwe,Officer on Special Duty Brig-GenKyaw Thu, Director-General of Devel-opment Affairs Department Col MyoMyint, directors-general and directorsof State and Division DACs, deputysuperintending engineers, TownshipDACs executive officers and engineersin-charge.

At the meeting, the minister in-structed officials concerned to build

district-to-district roads which areprojects of priority, to take mesures forpotable water in the arid zone and tostep up construction of rural modelhouses meeting the set standards.

Next, Directors of DAC inYangon, Bago (West) and MandalayDivisions reported on measures takenfor district-to-district roads and Direc-tors of DAC in Sagaing, Magway andMandalay Divisions that for water sup-ply in their divisions.

Afterwards, Deputy Minister ColTin Ngwe, Officer on Special DutyBrig-Gen Kyaw Thu gave supplemen-tary reports.

Arrangements were made for8,042 villages in three divisions in thearid zone to get potable water in a ten-year period.

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Lt-Gen Ye Myint views production process at the Dyeing and Printing Factory(Yamethin). — MNA

The Dyeing and Printing Factory (Yamethin) of Myanma Textiles Industries. MNA

Minister Col Thein Nyunt addresses the meeting on promotion of developmentaffairs tasks. — MNA

TONG TAH TRADE FAIR: Preliminary inspection ofpreparations for Myanma Tong Tah Trade 2005 tookplace at Yangon Trade Centre on 25-1-2005. Officialsof Libraries, Museums and Exhibitions SupervisoryCommittee present certificate of permission to in charge of the trade fair U Khin Maung Latt. — H

Mr Nara Yan of ACCL Co presents hockey sticks toBrig-Gen Myo Myint. — MHF


Kamal Nath to lead delegation toDavos WEF Summit

NEW DELHI , 25 Jan— India’s Commerce and Industry Minister KamalNath will lead a high-powered delegation to the Davos World EconomicForum Summit beginning January 26 to be followed by a WTO mini-ministerial.

The WEF meeting as-sumes importance as itcomes at a time when In-dian manufacturing and ex-ports were looking up andNath will use this opportu-nity to showcase the coun-try as an ideal destinationfor Foreign Direct Invest-ment (FDI).

Nath is being accom-panied by Junior Ministerfor Science and Technol-ogy Kapil Sibal and a 50-member delegation of theConfederation of IndianIndustries for the four-daysummit.

With India emergingas a low-cost manufactur-

ing centre for pharmaceu-ticals, a delegation of theindustry, which is expectedto grow at 35 per cent, isexpected to go with theminister to Switzerland.There will be four impor-tant meetings during theSummit, including a ses-sion on how India meetsWTO obligations, KamalNath told PTI.

He will also have dis-cussions with his Chinesecounterpart in a bid to fur-ther strengthen the grow-ing economic ties betweenBeijing and New Delhi.

Apart from interactivesessions with top European

CEOs, Nath will utilize thisopportunity to build a coa-lition for tsunami recon-struction.

He will also have aone-to-one meeting withoutgoing US Trade Repre-sentative Robert Zoellickon January 28, a day aheadof the mini-ministerial andG-20 meeting on the side-lines of the Summit. About30 trade Ministers, includ-ing those from India, US,EU, China and Brazil areexpected to attend the min-isterial in which strategieswould be formulated totake the WTO talksforward. — MNA/PTI

Vietnam has bigger cement demand this year HANOI , 25 Jan — Vietnam will consume 28-29 million tons of cement this

year, a year-on-year rise of 8-12 per cent against last year, according to thecountry’s biggest cement producer on Monday.

China’s Aviation head winsCAPA’s annual award

SINGAPORE, 25 Jan — Yang Yuanyuan, Director General of Civil Avia-tion Administration of China (CAAC), shared the Minister of the YearAward for 2004 by the Centre for Asia Pacific Aviation (CAPA) with Sin-gapore Transport Minister Yeo Cheow Tong on Monday.

Singapore to unveil cyber networkssecurity plan

Speaking at a secu-rity dialogue with busi-nessmen on Monday, Tansaid that the plan, drawnup by the National Secu-rity Coordination Centreand the Infocomm Devel-opment Authority (IDA),is to ensure the safety ofthe cyber networks.

Calling the cyber net-works one vulnerable areain Singapore, Tan said theplan will prepare estab-lishments doing businessby electronic means

against any terrorist at-tacks and guide them tocope with the governmentin maintaining cyber se-curity effectively.

According to localmedia reports, Ministerfor Home Affairs WongKan Seng said a surveyconducted last Novembershowed that about 400hotels and businesseshave formed securitywatch groups in the pasttwo years. Of them, 80per cent have hired secu-

SINGAPORE , 25 Jan — Singapore will unveil its national infocommssecurity plan in about three weeks, said Deputy Prime Minister Tony Tan onMonday.

rity guards, more than 70per cent conduct personalsecurity checks and 50 percent have also set up bar-ricade structures aroundtheir premises.

Regarding itself as apossible terrorist attacktarget, Singapore has beenstrengthening its anti-ter-rorism measures. The gov-ernment also initiated sev-eral dialogues on nationalsecurity to keep the publicin vigilance.

MNA/Xinhua

The producer, Viet-nam National CementCorporation, plans torecord total sales of 12.5-12.8 million tons this year.Meanwhile, it will import1.5-2 million tons ofclinker for cement produc-tion, up from nearly 2.2million tons of the prod-uct last year.

The country’s ce-ment demand is estimated

at 46.8 million tons in2010, some 62.5 milliontons in 2015 and around69 million tons in 2020. Asmall part of the demandwill be met by imports,said the corporation.

To increase domes-tic cement production andreduce imports, Vietnamwill focus its investmenton upgrading existingplants, and building new

The CAPA awardedYang for “concluding aprocess of domestic air-line consolidation in acommercial and orderlymanner, demonstratingstrategic leadership inadjusting to a more lib-eral operating environ-ment, and introducing

new bilateral and multi-lateral liberalization ini-tiatives”.

Macau Airport wonthe Asia Pacific Airportof the Year award whilethe Airline of the Yearaward went to QantasAirways of Australia.

Also presented were

the Low Cost Airline ofthe Year, the Cargo Air-line of the Year and theAirline Turnaround of theYear, which were won bythe budget carrierAirAsia, Korean AirCargo and SriLankanAirlines respectively.

MNA/Xinhua

Outbreak of infectious diseases undercontrol in Sri Lanka

COLOMBO , 25 Jan — Sri Lanka’s Centre for National Operations (CNO) saidMonday that due to timely action by heath authorities, the outbreak of infectiousdiseases in Sri Lanka is under tight control following the tsunami disaster.

According to the lat-est figures released by theHealth Ministry for theweek of January 8 to Janu-ary 14, there have beenonly 135 cases of diar-rhoea and 579 cases ofviral fever in the tsunami-affected areas.

This is well below thebaseline for epidemics, theCNO was quoted by the

local Lankapage web siteas saying.

They attribute thissituation to prompt actiontaken by the Health Min-istry in deploying systemsto combat the spread ofdisease as early as Decem-ber 27.

This is all the moreimpressive consideringthe substantial loss of as-

sets by the ministry interms of damages to hos-pitals and the lives ofmedical personnel, theCNO said.

According to HealthMinistry sources, the otherimportant factor was thatthe affected areas werevirtually free of such dis-eases prior to the tsunami.

MNA/Xinhua

ones in southern, centraland northern mountainousregions in the 2005-2008period. It will not licensecement projects whichemploy outdated tech-nologies.

Vietnam currentlyhas over 60 cement facili-ties with annual combinedcapacity of more than 20million tons.

MNA/Xinhua

Indian labourers warm their hands in front of a fire on a pavement in Kolkataon 24 Jan 2005. A cold snap blowing in from Europe dumped a blanket of snow

on north India and cut off several Himalayan tourist resorts. — INTERNET

A Chinese worker installs lotus-shaped lanterns in a lake in a park in Xi’an, innorthwest China’s Shaanxi province, on 24 Jan, 2005. A month-long lantern

festival will be held in the park starting from the first day of the Chinese LunarNew Year, which falls on 9 Feb. — INTERNET

ARMED FORCES DAY RECEPTION: Member of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen Maung Bo being welcomed at the reception to mark the Armed ForcesDay of Thailand at the Thai Embassy on 25-1-2005. Photo shows Thai Military Attache Col Prissapa Suvanatat and wife greeting Lt-Gen Maung Bo and wife. — MNA


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with wedding

party falls

off road in NepalKATHAMANDU, 24 Jan

— A bus carrying a wed-ding party fell off a hillyroad into a river in westNepal killing 17 peopleincluding the bride-groom, his father and abrother, police said onSaturday.

The bride was amongmore than a dozen peopleinjured in the accident lateon Friday in the remotePyuthan District.

MNA/Reuters

Strong earthquake hits Sulawesi Islandearly Monday

Whooping cough, measles kill 28 Afghan children

20 die in Nigerian auto accident

Palestinian groups signal to helpmaintain calm in Gaza

Four killed in helicopter crash in England

GAZA, 24 Jan — Pal-estinian militants sig-nalled on Sunday theywould help maintain calmin Gaza for at least a monthbut denied Israeli reportsthey had agreed to a cease-fire at the behest of Pales-tinian leader MahmoudAbbas.

Abbas, whose elec-tion this month as YasserArafat’s successor revivedhopes for Middle Eastpeace, has been trying toget militants to call off a4-year-old armed revoltwhile he negotiates for astate in Israeli-occupiedterritories.

Militants indicatedthey would carry out nofurther attacks on Israelisunless provoked whilethey were conducting “na-

tional unity” dialogue withAbbas expected to go onfor about a month, when afirm decision about aceasefire could bereached.

Both Israel and themilitants have avoidedgoing first in declaring atruce. But relative quiethas taken hold in Gazasince Abbas began tryingto swing Palestinian gun-men behind his agenda ofnon-violence.

In a further sign ofthe change in atmosphere,Israeli Prime MinisterAriel Sharon held a Cabi-net meeting on Sunday inSderot, a southern Israelitown often hit by rocketfire from nearby Gazauntil a few days ago.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 25 Jan —Four people were killed ina helicopter crash in Som-erset, southern England, aBBC report said Sunday.

The wreckage of aprivately owned Jetranger206B was found in a fieldsouth of Wellington at

about 0900 GMT on Sun-day, the report said.

The dead are all maleand include a 15-year-oldboy. An air accidents teamis investigating the acci-dent.

The crashed helicop-ter took off Saturday from

Gloucestershire Airport insouthwestern England anddisappeared after hours offlight. A police helicopterand an Royal Air ForceSea King helicoptersearched the missing air-craft throughout the dayand night.— MNA/Xinhua

A Thai fisherman repairs his boat in Thailand’s southen fishing town ofBan Nam Khem on 24 Jan, 2005.

INTERNET

LAGOS, 25 Jan— Atleast 20 passengers, in-cluding children, died in amotor accident involvingan 18-seater bus in thesouthern Nigerian state ofDelta, the Punch daily re-ported Monday.

The accident oc-curred Saturday eveningat Issele-Asagba Junction,about four kilometres toAsaba, capital of Deltastate, when the propellerof the bus in which thepassengers were travellingto Nigeria’s biggest cityLagos suddenly pulled attop speed, forcing the ve-hicle to somersault sev-eral times.

Eyewitness said theill-fated vehicle later went

up in flames, trapping allthe 28 passengers onboard, identified as indi-genes of Oha-Ozara com-munity in neighbouringEbonyi State.

The report said 16 ofthem were instantly burntto death while 12 otherswho sustained varyingdegrees of burns wererushed to various hospi-tals in Asaba.

The 16 deceasedwere given mass burial atthe scene of the accidentby the combined team ofthe Federal Road SafetyCorps and Delta State Po-lice Command in the earlyhours of Sunday, it added.

Four of the passen-

gers reportedly died onSunday morning.

According to officialstatistics, Nigeria is oneof the world’s hardest hitby road accidents, inwhich over 7,000 peopledie and some 26,000 areinjured annually.

Poor conditions ofvehicles and roads plusspeeding, overloading andreckless driving areblamed to be the maincauses.

On Wednesday lastweek, at least 30 people,including a pregnantwoman and a baby, werekilled in a road accidentinvolving five vehicles inLagos. — MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 24 Jan — Alarge earthquake measur-ing 6.2 on the RichterScale shook Indonesia’seastern Sulawesi Islandearly on Monday, damag-ing buildings and panick-ing residents, officials andlocal media reports said.

The tremblor comes amonth after a massivequake off Aceh Provincein western Sumatra Islandthat sent a tsunami hur-tling across the Indian

Ocean, killing more than234,000 people, most ofthem in Indonesia.

A large quake was alsofelt in the Aceh provincialcapital, Banda Aceh, onMonday morning, rattlingbuildings and sending resi-dents into the streets.

There were no imme-diate reports of casualtiesas a result of the Sulawesiquake which hit at 3:10a.m. (2010 GMT Sunday),the meteorological and

geophysics agency said. Police went around

the streets calming resi-dents, many of whomfeared a tsunami could beheaded towards theSulawesi coast, local ra-dio stations reported.

“At least eight housesare damaged, but there isno report of casualties yet,”meteorological and geo-physics agency officialSutiono told Reuters.

MNA/Reuters

KABUL, 24 Jan — Atleast 28 Afghan childrenhave died from outbreaksof whooping cough andmeasles in central Af-ghanistan in the past week,the public health ministersaid on Sunday.

The Public HealthMinistry has rushed medi-cal teams and equipmentby road and air to preventan epidemic of measlesand whooping cough in

Deh Rawud District ofUruzgan and in GezabDistrict of Dai Kundiprovinces, he said.

Sayed MohammadAmin Fatemi said 25 chil-dren had died fromwhooping cough in Gezabwhile three children haddied of measles in DehRawud.

“The deaths havehappened in a period of aweek’s time,” Fatemi told

a news conference. Both Uruzgan and

Dai Kundi are among themost remote and impov-erished parts of war-tornAfghanistan.

Fatemi said the gov-ernment was planning tolaunch a massive immu-nization campaign in thetwo affected areas afterassessing the extent of thedisease outbreaks.

MNA/Reuters

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US actor Leonardo DiCaprio and Australian actressCate Blanchett arrive to the premiere of their film'The Aviator' in Berlin. Hollywood held its breath,hours ahead of a pre-dawn unveiling of the 2005Oscar nominations, as three films jostled for poll

position in the race for cinema's top prize.INTERNET

�� Global warming has hit the

danger point LONDON, 25 Jan— Global warming has hit the danger point and immediate

steps are needed to reduce pollution to prevent extinction of human race,R Pachauri, the Indian origin chairman of the Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change has said.

Obesity may hinder prostatecancer screening’s accuracy

ATLANTA , 25 Jan — A new US study suggests a man's weight may affectthe accuracy of a common test to detect prostate cancer, leading researchersto warn that doctors could be missing the dangerous cancer in obese men.

"The world has al-ready reached the level ofdangerous concentrationsof carbon dioxide in theatmosphere and immedi-ate and very deep cuts inthe pollution are needed ifhumanity is to survive,"Pachauri said at a recentconference of Small Is-land Developing States inMauritius.

"Climate change is forreal. We have just a smallwindow of opportunityand it is closing rather rap-idly. There is not a mo-ment to lose," he told theconference attended byrepresentatives from 114countries.

"Widespread dying of

coral reefs, and rapid melt-ing of ice in the Arctic,has driven me to the con-clusion that the dangerpoint the IPCC has beenset up to avoid has alreadybeen reached," Pachaurisaid.

Reefs throughout theworld are perishing as theseas warm up: as watertemperatures rise, theylose their colours and turna ghostly white. Partly asa result, up to a quarter ofthe world's corals havebeen destroyed.

A multi-year study by300 scientists in Novem-ber concluded that theArctic ice was warmingtwice as fast as the rest of

the world and that its icecap had shrunk by up to 20per cent in the past threedecades. The ice is also 40per cent thinner than inthe 1970s and is expectedto disappear altogether by2070.

According to a reportin The Independent Sun-day, Pachauri's remarkswere given a hostile re-ception by the Bush Ad-ministration. Pachauriwas appointed as IPCCchairman after the oilmajor Exxon complainedto the US Governmentthat his predecessor wastoo "aggressive" on theissue.

MNA/PTI

Researchers at the Uni-versity of Texas HealthScience Center in SanAntonio studied 2,779 menwithout prostate cancer be-tween 2001-04. In the studyreleased online Monday inthe journal Cancer, theyreported finding that themore obese the men were,the lower their levels ofprostate-specific antigen orPSA, A PSA of 4.0 or lowerusually means no cancer.

Previous studies haveshown that prostate canceris more aggressive in obesemen than in men of aver-age weight. The research-ers wanted to see if thecancer's detection wassomehow being delayed inobese men.

The Texas study foundthat the most morbidlyobese men had about 30 percent lower PSA levels thanmen of normal weight.

"That tells us it's likelyor it's possible that prostatecancer detection may bedelayed in overweight orobese men," said JacquesBaillargeon, associate pro-fessor of epidemiology atthe Health Science Center.

The research may en-courage many doctors totake a closer look at thetests of obese men.

"For sure, I will bemore vigilant in my patientswho are obese in evaluat-ing their PSA," said DrNelson Stone of Mount Si-nai School of Medicine,

who was not involved inthe study. "We may be los-ing some of the sensitivityof the test in the obese pa-tient in our ability to detectprostate cancer. We mayhave to set our sights lower.

" The antigen used inthe screening test is madeby normal prostate cells andis measured in blood. Thehigher the antigen level, themore likely the chance ofprostate cancer, as the cellsmultiply uncontrollably,according to the AmericanCancer Society.

But having high PSAlevels is not a definitivediagnosis of cancer, whichis why the Atlanta-basedsociety recommends menwith high PSA levels havea biopsy.

The latest study buildson previous research re-leased in May in the NewEngland Journal ofMedicine that found thatmen with a "normal" PSAactually had cancer 15 percent of the time and thattwo-thirds of those menwith cancer had aggres-sive cases.

The Texas study didnot explain why obesemen have lower PSA lev-els. But doctors believeobese men produce moreestrogen, which drivesdown testosterone levelsand could affect cells thatproduce the antigen usedin the test. — MNA/AP

Producers Guild named“The Aviator” best film for 2004

LOS ANGELES, 25 Jan — The Producers Guild of America, often animportant barometre of Oscar sentiment, on Saturday night named "TheAviator," director Martin Scorsese's film biography of billionaire HowardHughes, best film of 2004.

In 11 of the past 15years, the Producers Guildhas honoured films thatwent on to win the bestpicture Oscar — includ-ing "The Lord of theRings: The Return of theKing" last year.

The producers are thefirst of three craft guildsto name their best picturefor the year prior to theOscars on February 27.Next Saturday night, theDirectors' Guild will se-

lect its best film and thenon February 5, the ScreenActors Guild will do thesame.

"The Aviator," star-ring Leonardo DiCaprio,has strong competition asOscar season enters its fi-nal weeks. Critics havehailed comedy "Side-ways" and ClintEastwood's tragic boxingdrama "Million DollarBaby" and many Oscarexperts say there will be a

tight race between thethree films.

"The Aviator" wasnamed best dramatic pic-ture at last week's GoldenGlobe Awards, but ClintEastwood was named bestdirector for "Million Dol-lar Baby." In other awards,the Producers Guild namedHBO's "Angels in America"as the year's best TV movieor miniseries. It also gavetwo other HBO showsawards: "The Sopranos" wasnamed best drama series and"Curb Your Enthusiasm"best comedy series.

NBC's "The EllenDeGeneres Show" wasnamed best TV varietyprogramme and "TheAmazing Race" on CBSwas named best realityseries.—MNA/Reuters

Britain cancels 31 US flights dueto blizzards

LONDON, 25 Jan— Asmany as 31 flights be-tween Britain and cities innortheastern United Stateshit by severe blizzardshave been cancelled, BBCreported Sunday.

London's mainHeathrow Airport can-celled all the 29 flightsbetween London and theUS cities of New York,Boston and Philadel-phia, which were hit by

heavy snowfall, the re-port said.

"There's minor con-gestion in the terminalsbut not a situation wherepeople are stranded," aHeathrow spokeswomanwas cited as saying.

Manchester Airport innorthwestern Englandsaid one flight from NewYork has been cancelled,as well as a US Airlinesflight from Philadelphia.Passengers have beenbooked on alternativeflights.

"All other flights areoperating as normal, butsome are late," a Manches-ter spokeswoman said.

MNA/Xinhua

Talk show host Johnny Carsondies at 79

WASHINGTON, 25 Jan — JohnnyCarson, the NBC "Tonight Show" TVhost from 1962 to 1992, died early Sun-day morning at the age of 79, NBCreported.

Nebraska-born Carson interviewedscores of celebrities during his three dec-ades with NBC's "The Tonight ShowStarring Johnny Carson." The popularlate-night talk show king entered theTelevision Hall of Fame in 1987 and was

awarded the Presidential Medal of Free-dom in 1992.

Starting his career at Nebraska sta-tions in the late 1940s, Carson spentnearly all of his professional life intelevision. He retired in May 1992 andhad since lived a quiet life. His finalshow was seen by an audience of 50million across the United States, ac-cording to NBC.

MNA/XinhuaJay Leo, the host of 'The Tonight Show with JayLeno,' pays tribute to Johnny Carson.—INTERNET


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Pathan wins international sports personalityof 2004 award

LONDON, 25 Jan— India's left-arm seamer Irfan Pathan was chosen theInternational Sports Personality of the year 2004 at a glittering awardsceremony here.

Sharapova overcomes slow start, reachesAustralian open quarters

Lille beat Olympique Lyon 2-1 PARIS, 24 Jan— Matt Moussilou's double for Lille handed champions

Olympique Lyon their first Ligue 1 defeat of the season and closed the gap atthe top to three points.

Valencia misses chance to close gap on Barcelona MADRID , 24 Jan— Third-placed Valencia missed a chance to close the gap

on Primera Liga leaders Barcelona on Sunday as they lost 3-1 at local rivalsVillarreal.

Panathinaikos keep top spotin Greek 1st division

ATHENS, 24 Jan— Panathinaikos kept top spot in the Greek firstdivision in spite of dropping points in their match at Ionikos onSunday. The champions, who were without Argentine midfielderEzequiel Gonzalez and German Marcus Munch as well as defenderSotoris Kiriagos, who completed his transfer to Rangers onThursday, could only manage a 0-0 draw.

They stayed top when their greatest rivals, Olympiakos Piraeuscould also only manage a point, drawing 1-1 away to Kallithea.

AEK Athens kept up their bid for the title with a 1-0 home winover Egaleo which lifts them into second place ahead of Olympiakos.

Panathinaikos top the table on goal difference from AEK withboth teams on 33 points.

Olympiakos are two points behind but face an appeal hearing onMonday into the crowd violence that caused their match againstPanionios earlier in January to be called off. The Piraeus Club weredocked three points and the game was ordered not to be replayedwith both sides taking no points. —MNA/Reuters

Former flamboyant batsman andwicketkeeper Farokh Engineer wasconferred upon with the 'LifetimeAchievement Award' instituted by SonyEntertainment Television.

Twenty-year-old Pathan outvoted SriLanka's legendary off-spinner MuttiahMuralitharan and World No 1 golferFiji's Vijay Singh in a keen contest.

Pathan was not present at theceremony held Saturday night at HiltonHotel and Indian-origin singer Raghavreceived the trophy, sponsored by wellknown caterer, Madhu's Brilliant, on hisbehalf.

"After exceptional performancesagainst Australia and Pakistan, IrfanPathan celebrated winning the YoungPlayer of the Year Award at the ICCCricket Awards here in the summer. He

ended 2004 by achieving personal bestfigures of 11 for 96 against Bangladeshin Dhaka," the award citation said.

Pathan, who had a consistent run inTests taking 38 wickets in nine Tests lastyear, was recently voted Indian Cricketerof the Year by a leading web site in aworldwide poll.

Receiving the award, 67-year-oldEngineer, now a distinguishedcommentator for Sky Sports, said: "Thisis a very special occasion. I am also gladto see so many young Asian talentscoming up and making a mark in differentsports events".

Mumbai-born Engineer, who beganhis Test career in 1961, played 56 Testsfor India scoring over 3000 runs andclaiming over 100 catches.

MNA/PTI

Second-placed Lille's 2-1 victory onSunday halted Lyon's surge towards afourth consecutive title, while Monaco's2-0 victory over RC Lens on Saturdaykeeps them in touch.

Moussilou put Lille ahead after threeminutes and ruined Lyon's hopes of acomeback when he added a second froma counter-attack midway through thesecond half.

Lyon, who fielded an attacking teamin the second half, halved the deficitwhen Brazil international JuninhoPernambucano scored a 77th-minutepenalty.

Lille had already beaten Lyon in theLeague Cup second round in November,while the French champions' only otherdefeat came against Manchester Unitedin the Champions League.

Lyon have 45 points from 22 games,Lille have 42 and Monaco are a furtherthree points back. AJ Auxerre and

Olympique Marseille both have 38 pointsafter victories on Saturday.

Lyon coach Paul Le Guen said: "Ithurts. We would have liked to keep thatunbeaten label a little bit longer.

"Now we must recover physically andmentally to bounce back against StadeRennes and Bastia.

"It's a peculiar week with three gamesat different times of the day. We willhave to adapt."

Lyon host Rennes on Wednesday at1700 GMT and travel to Bastia onSaturday for a 1630 kickoff. Lille face atricky trip to Nice in midweek.

Le Guen said the title race had neverbeen over, despite his team's dominationso far. "It's a tight fight against teams likeLille, Auxerre, Monaco and Marseille.The competition has always been wideopen and we know we're going to have tofight all the way," he said.

MNA/Reuters

Serena Williams wavesto the crowd afterdefeating Amelie

Mauresmo.—INTERNET

Fourth seed Russia's Marat Safin chases to returnthe ball during his quarter-final match against

Slovakia's Dominik Hrbaty, the number 20 seed, atthe Australian Open tennis tournament inMelbourne January 25, 2005. Safin won

6-2 6-4 6-2.—INTERNET

Brazilian Fernandinho (L) andUruguayan Cristian Rodriguez jumpfor the ball during their second roundmatch of the South American under-20

soccer championship in Pereira,Colombia, January 24, 2005. Brazil

won 4-2.—INTERNET

Australian open advances to quarterfinals CANBERRA, 25 Jan— Linsey Davenport, Andy Roddick, Lleyton Hewitt,

Alicia Molik and Patty Schnyder marched into the singles quarterfinals of theAustralian Open in Melbourne on Monday.

In just over one hour,Davenport, women'sworld No. 1 and top seedbreezed into the quarters,beating 13th seed KarolinaSprem of Croatia 6-2, 6-2.

In another round 4match, 12th seeded PattySchnyder of Switzerlandcast aside 6th seed ElenaDementieva of Russia 6-7(8-6), 7-6 (7-4), 6-2.

Roddick, men's secondseed, defeated the 125thin the world, Germany'sPhillipp Kohlschreiber instraight sets.

Although Roddick hadto work harder in thesecond set but managed towin 6-3, 7-6 (8-6), 6-1.

In the second round

match betweenKohlschreiber andNicolas Massu, theChilean retired due to aninjury, helping theGerman into the thirdround.

Hewitt, the third seedand Australia's No. 1, whohad never been beyond thelast 16 at the AustralianOpen, overcame an injury,beating unseededSpaniard Rafael Nadal 7-5, 3-6, 1-6, 7-6 (7-3), 6-2.

In the quarters, Hewitt'sopponent will be either 6thseed Guillermo Coria orfellow Argentinian DavidNalbandian, the ninthseed. Russia's 3rd seedAnastasia Myskina was

cast aside by NathalieDechy of France instraight sets.

Dechy won 6-4, 6-2over Myskina, thereigning French Openchampion.

Meanwhile, anotherRussian ElenaDementieva, whomMyskina beat at the FrenchOpen final, wasdemolished by 12th seedSwiss Patty Schnyder.

Australia's 10th seedAlicia Molik beat formerworld No. 1 VenusWilliams 7-5, 7-6 (7-3),adding her straight setsvictory this year to 12. Thevictory also brings Molik'sworld ranking to top 10.

MNA/Xinhua

A hat-trick by Argentine playmakerJuan Roman Riquelme, whomasterminded Villarreal's victory overBarcelona two weeks ago, left Valencia12 points behind the leaders after 20matches.

With second-placed Real Madridplaying later, Valencia had the firstopportunity to cut Barca's lead butRiquelme was on inspirational form,scoring with a penalty after 17 minutes.

The Argentine netted a second on thestroke of halftime after a meanderingrun left him space to drill a long-rangeshot past startled goalkeeper Santiago

Canizares. Valencia clawed back a goal with a

penalty by Pablo Aimar in injury timebut Riquelme then added his third, alsofrom the penalty spot, in the last minuteof the game.

Espanyol slipped to fifth place after a4-1 drubbing at Deportivo Coruna withthe Galician side finding the key to unlockwhat had been the Primera Liga's tightestdefence.

Sevilla moved into the fourthChampions League qualifying spot witha comfortable 2-0 victory at lowlyAlbacete. —MNA/Reuters

MELBOURNE, 24 Jan— Wimbledonchampion and fourth seed MariaSharapova overcame a slow start to battlepast Italian Silvia Farina Elia 4-6, 6-1,6-2 on Sunday to reach the quarter-finals of the Australian Open for the firsttime.

Sharapova, 17, will now playcompatriot and fifth seed SvetlanaKuznetsova after the US Open championheld off another Russian in VeraDouchevina 6-4, 6-2.

Sharapova appeared out of sortsagainst an opponent almost twice herage but grew in confidence and finallymanaged to close out the match against15th seed Farina Elia after two hoursand 13 minutes on Melbourne Park'sVodafone Arena.

She lost a tight struggle in the first setand then handed the 32-year-old Italiana service break at the start of the secondin a surprisingly meek display.

However, the Russian started to findher range with her groundstrokes to break

Farina Elia three times in the second set. Sharapova then battled through an

untidy third set littered with six servicebreaks before she finally prevailed.

MNA/Reuters


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constitution, and it is surethat the nation will success-fully materialize all theseven stages of the RoadMap. Moreover, the peoplewill have to join hands toreach this end. But all willhave to beware of the de-structionists at home andabroad. All will have toward off the attempts toharm unity and UnionSpirit. USDA announcedthe seven-stage Bagan Dec-laration in 2003.

Myingyan DistrictUSDA Executive Daw Kyi

Tuesday, 25 January, 2005Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy to cloudy in Kachin State, upper Sagaing andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remain-ing areas. Night temperatures were (3˚C) to (4˚C) abovenormal in upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, (3°C)below normal in Mandalay and Yangon Divisions, (5˚C)below normal in Chin State and about normal in theremaining areas. The significant night temperatures werePinlaung (4˚C), Lashio and Namsam (5˚C) each andPyinOoLwin (6˚C).

Maximum temperature on 24-1-2005 was 94°F. Mini-mum temperature on 25-1-2005 was 58°F. Relative hu-midity at 9:30 hrs MST on 25-1-2005 was 78%. Totalsunshine hours on 24-1-2005 was (6.8) hours approx.Rainfalls on 25-1-2005 were nil at Yangon Airport, Kaba-Aye and central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2005were nil at Yangon Airport, Kaba-Aye and centralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye)was 6 mph from Northwest at (14:40) hours MST on24-1-2005.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in the EastCentral and Southwest Bay and partly cloudy elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 26-1-2005: Weatherwill be partly cloudy to cloudy in Kchin, Chin andRakhine States, Sagaing, Ayeyawady, Yangon andTaninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the remain-ing states and divisions.

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fairweather in the whole country.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for26-1-2005: Partly cloudy to cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for26-1-2005: Fair weather.

WEATHER

Asleep in JesusKerr y Tin Win

Age (45) yearsMaster Mariner

Chief MateA.S. Moellar Co. (MAERSK LINK) Kerry Tin Win,

firstborn son of Lt.Cdr. Soe Win (Rtd) and Daw MaySoe Win, of No 2 Padonma Road, Dagon Township,Yangon, beloved husband of Michiko @ Aye Aye Yin,father of Kyaw Tin Win, Tin Win Kyaw and Tin KyawWin, son in law of Dr Tin Maung Tun and (Daw SiWin) died suddenly and unexpected on 23rd January 2005.Funeral arrangements will be announced later.

The bereaved family

(from page 7) Implementation of bor-der area development tasksstrengthens national soli-darity and Union Spirit andleads to perpetuation of theUnion. He said the massmeeting highly values his-toric Union Day with nobletradition.

Myingyan DistrictUSDA Executive U AungWin Kyi said that the con-vening of the National Con-vention is of vital impor-tance for the nation, as thetask involves the layingdown of basic principles indrawing a constitution, thefirst stage of the seven-pointRoad Map. The NationalConvention will resume on17 February. Only if theentire people play a role inthe respective sectors, willthe Convention be able torealize its aims. Myanmaris home to over 100 na-tional races. It is a commonknowledge for all that theGovernment has been giv-ing priority to unity and sta-bility of the state as unity isthe basic requirement forthe nation. At the same time,it is implementing the threemajor developmentprojects, border areas andnational races developmentproject namely, the 24-de-velopment zone project andthe five rural developmenttasks. In this regard, theentire nation at present isenjoying peace and stabil-ity and security and rapidprogress in all sectors, of-fering opportunities for allthe nationalities to take partin the development under-takings, fostering UnionSpirit and patriotism, anddeveloping the human re-sources. Rays of hope areshining for emergence of a

National Convention vital… renovate four schools. Inaddition to its efforts todevelop many other sec-tors, the association has in-stalled bio-gas power gen-eration stations in 14 vil-lages.

Myingyan DistrictUSDA Secretary U AungZaw Myint presented adocument related to reno-vating of 11 BEPSs to dis-trict education officer, UKaung; documents relatedto sinking of 20 tube wellsin 20 villages of the districtwhich cost K 10.38 millionto Deputy Director of De-velopment Affairs Depart-

that adopts detailed basicprinciples for writing theState Constitution to be ableto build up a discipline-flourishing democratic na-tion. In doing so, the firststep of the seven-point RoadMap is to hold the NationalConvention to lay down thedetailed basic principles thatwill be included in the Stateconstitution, he added. It isincumbent upon all the na-tional people includingthose present at this massrally to take their respectiveroles in realizing the goalsof the National Convention.Arming themselves with thesense of national solidarityand Union Spirit, all na-tional people of the countryheld a mass rally in BaganArchaeological Zone andfully supported the seven-point Road Map. So, U AyeThan Swe said, on behalf ofthe people, he welcomedand supported the NationalConvention which willresume on 17 February.

Meanwhile, it isheartening to note that theState in cooperation withthe USDA and social or-ganizations implementedthe tasks to help developour region by buildingroads, bridges and schoolsand giving other necessaryassistance. So, he said, heappreciated the efforts forrural development work inMyingyan District. Thepeople are urged to takeactive part in the efforts to

serve the interest of the re-gion, he concluded. After-wards, the mass rally maderesolutions that they hon-our the Union Day, and sup-port the National Conven-

tion and the efforts for ruraldevelopment tasks by keep-ing the three main nationalcauses in the fore.

The meeting ended,shouting slogans. — MNA

Rays of hope are shining for emergenceof a constitution, and it is sure that the nationwill successfully materialize all the sevenstages of the Road Map.

Kyi Sein said that theUSDA is implementing thefive rural developmenttasks to narrow the gap be-tween the urban and therural. It has built over 23miles of rural roads, reno-vated 27 schools, sunk1,169 tube-wells, installed7,943 hand pumps and dug1,004 lakes in the district.The association has alsorendered assistance to erectnine water pumps to irri-gate 10,600 acres of cropsand 19 dams irrigating14,739 acres. It has alsohelped people to grow morerice and other crops and runfarming on manageablescale for social develop-ment. Forty-nine doctorsincluding four specialists,29 health assistants, 74nurses and 219 midwivesare working in the district.The USDA donated K10.38 million to sink 20tube-wells in villages, K 4.5million to build 11 schoolsfor the second time. It alsodonated K 1.7 million to

ment U Kyaw Nyein; K 1.7million for four basic edu-cation schools inMyingyan, Taungtha,Kyaukpadaung andNgazun townships toNgazun township USDASecretary U Myat Thu; andK 2 million for bio-gas-used power supply for thevillages of Myingyan town-ship to township USDASecretary U Mya Aung.

Next, Natogyi town-ship USDA Secretary UAye Than Swe secondedthe motions submitted bythe three representatives,saying that we regained ourindependence due to thenational unity throughwhich there emerged theUnion Day. As a result,Myanmar enjoyed its sov-ereignty and can stand tallamong the global nations.The mass rally was held tohail the Union Day. At thesame time, U Aye ThanSwe said, the National Con-vention, which will resumeon February 17, is a one

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Navy’s main duty, to safeguard Myanmar territorial watersto enable nation to exploit her riches systematically

National Convention vital importance for nationMyingyan District USDA commemorates Union Day,

supports National Convention

Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Winsends message of felicitations to

Australian counterpartYANGON, 26 Jan — On the occasion of the anniversary of the

Australia Day, which falls on 26 January 2005, Lt-Gen Soe Win,Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message offelicitations to His Excellency Mr John Howard, MP, Prime Ministerof Australia. — MNA

YANGON, 25 Jan — Management Course No 65for Junior Officers and Engineering Course No 39 forJunior Officers of the Tatmadaw (Navy) concluded atthe Naval Training Command Headquarters here to-day.

Present were members of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Quartermaster-General Lt-Gen

Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo, Chief of ArmedForces Training Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and Lt-Gen TinAye of the Ministry of Defence, Commander-in-Chief(Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein, Commander-in-Chief(Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, senior military officers of theMinistry of Defence, senior naval officers, officialsand relatives of the junior officers.

Commander-in-Chief (Navy) said that as theyhave been assigned as junior naval officers, they needto know the fine traditions and history of the Tatmadawto be able to discharge the important duties in theTatmadaw (Navy). The junior officers should have ahigh morale to do their duties well. In addition, they

(See page 9)

Vice-Admiral Soe Thein addresses conclusion of Management Course No 65 for Junior Officers and Engineering Course No 39 for Junior Officers.—MNA

YANGON, 25 Jan—Aceremony to commemo-rate Union Day and tosupport the National Con-vention took place atPyinsi model village,Natogyi Township,Myingyan District, Man-dalay Division, this morn-ing.

It was attended byMandalay Division Un-ion Solidarity and Devel-opment Association Sec-retary U Tin Maung Oo,Joint-Secretary U SeinMyint and executives,Myingyan District USDAexecutives, secretaries,joint-secretaries and ex-

ecutives of USDAs ofMyingyan, Taungtha,Natogyi, Kyaukpadaungand Ngazun townships,organizers, executives andmembers of ward and vil-lage USDAs, members ofMyanmar War VeteransOrganization, MyanmarWomen’s Affairs Federa-

tion, Red Cross Societyand Auxiliary Fire Bri-gade, and locals totallingmore than 9,200.

Members of NgazunTownship USDA, socialorganizations and localpeople led by TownshipExecutive U Tin Hla,members of Natogyi

Township USDA, socialorganizations and localpeople led by TownshipExecutive U Aye Kyaw,members of Kyauk-padaung TownshipUSDA, social organiza-tions and local people ledby Natogyi Township Ex-ecutive U Myo MyintKhaing, members ofUSDA, social organiza-tions and local people ledby Natogyi Township Ex-ecutive U Tin Hlaing,members of USDA, so-cial organizations and lo-cal people led by NatogyiTownship Executive USoe Myint took positionsat respective sites in theground.

Myingyan DistrictUSDA Secretary U AungZan presided over themeeting together with

(See page 7)Ceremony to commemorate Union Day and support the National Convention in progress at Pyinsi model village in Natogyi Township.—MNA

Prime Minister Lt-Gen Soe Winsends message of felicitations to

Indian counterpartYANGON, 26 Jan — On the occasion of the 56th Anniversary of

the Republic Day of India which falls on 26 January 2005, Lt-GenSoe Win, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has sent amessage of felicitations to His Excellency Dr Manmohan Singh,Prime Minister of the Republic of India. — MNA

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