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Volume XVI, Number 257 5th Waxing of Pyatho 1370 ME Wednesday, 31 December, 2008

Established 1914

Essaying to interfereNowadays, brazen annexation of a nation with the use of force is not

as popular as before. However, it is found that some big nations areessaying to interfere in the domestic affairs of others and influence theirpolitical, economic, social and cultural tradition fields.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(From message sent on the occasion of the 58th Anniversary Independence Day)

Unprecedented progress made in storm-hitregions thanks to concerted efforts of

government, entrepreneurs, well-wishersSenior General Than Shwe inspects rehabilitation

of Hainggyigyun, Kyaukkalat, Pyinsalu regions

NAY PYI TAW, 30Dec— Chairman of theState Peace and Develop-

Senior General Than Shwe inspects construction of cyclone shelter in Pyinsalu. — MNA

Photo shows the Communication Office ofPyinsalu.— MNA

ment Council Com-mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services Senior

General Than Shwe, ac-companied by member ofthe SPDC General ThuraShwe Mann, Chairman ofNational Disaster Prepar-edness Central Commit-tee Prime Minister Gen-eral Thein Sein, memberof the SPDC Lt-Gen TinAye, the Commander-in-Chief (Navy), the Com-mander-in-Chief (Air),senior military officers ofthe Ministry of Defence,Chairman of AyeyawadyDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of South-WestCommand Maj-GenKyaw Swe, the ministers,the deputy ministers andofficials, left Pathein by

helicopter yesterdaymorning and arrived inHainggyigyun at 10.50a.m.

Along the route, Sen-ior General Than Shweand party inspected thedevelopment of Kyonkuand Zeegyaingt villages.

Next, Senior GeneralThan Shwe and partylooked into rehabilitationand construction tasks inHainggyigyun region,progress in reconstruc-tion of residential struc-tures, basic educationschools, hospital, dispen-sary, departmental build-ings and religious edi-fices in a motorcade.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 December, 2008

Wednesday, 31 December, 2008

Head of State Senior General Than Shweduring his tour of storm-hit areas ofMawlaminegyun and Labutta of AyeyawadyDivision on 28 December inspected rehabilitationand reconstruction tasks, model villages, thrivingplantations of summer paddy and cold seasoncrops, mangrove forests and rows of wind-breaking trees.

In meeting with local authorities andpeople, the Head of State gave guidance on stepsfor economic growth of the division with the useof rich natural resources, development of townsand villages, and better transport.

Ayeyawady Division has potential foreconomic development thanks to its vast area ofarable lands, fisheries, and salt farms. Despite alarge number of watercourses in it, the region iseasily accessible by car with a swift commodityflow thanks to new bridges spanning rivers andcreeks and roads.

Now, the natural disaster-devastated areashave returned to normal, resulting from generouscontributions made by well-wishers and nationalentrepreneurs under the aegis of the government.Agricultural farms and fisheries have beenrestored. Departmental offices, religious edifices,hospitals, dispensaries, schools, rural housingestates, gravel and laterite roads are beingrepaired and new ones are being constructed.

Maubin-Yaylegalay-Shwetaunghmaw-Kyaukpi-Mawlamyinegyun Road, Mawlamyine-gyun-Hlinebone-Thitpok-Kwinpauk-PyinsaluRoad, Labutta-Thingangyun-Pyinsalu Road,Bogale-Kyeinchaung-Kadonkani Road, Labutta-Thongwa-Oaktwin-Hteiksun Road are underconstruction to help form a transport network ofthe delta.

The loss of the cyclone-torn areas inAyeyawady Division was huge, but reconstructionand economic tasks are now in full swing. It isbelieved the catastrophe-ravaged areas of theregion will be able to enjoy better living conditionsthan it was previously due to harmoniouscooperation of local organizations and people inthe ongoing tasks and measures for bettertransport.

Storm-affected areas enjoybetter living conditions

* 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

YANGON, 30 Dec—Natawzar folio fertilizerDistribution of National Development Co Ltd organizeda ceremony to introduce new product at Traders Hotelhere today.

Chairman of the company U Soe Tun Sheinextended greetings and agriculturalists explained factsabout the new product.

Next, documentary video on production processof Natawzar fertilizer was shown. Responsible persons

NAY PYI TAW, 30Dec— Ministry ofIndustry-2 held itstechnical seminar in theassembly hall here today.It was attended byMinister for Industry-2Vice-Admiral Soe Thein,Deputy Ministers,departmental heads andstaff.

Director U SanLin submitted the paperon Promotion on EnergyEfficiency andConservation forIndustries, deputyassistant director Daw MeMe Win Nyi on CostManagement & Low-cost

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Dec—Talks on fire preventivemeasures were given along with a fire drilldemonstration for prevention of fires at the dailynewspapers under the News and Periodicals Enterpriseof the Ministry of Information at Myanma Alin Dailyin Bahan Township this afternoon.

Head of Tamway Township Fire ServicesDepartment Ye Bala Myo Win gave talks on preventivemeasures against fire, and presented a demonstrationof fire drill participated by service personnel of thedailies, also members of Auxiliary Fire Brigade.

Also present on the occasion were officials, DeputyDirector (Admin) of NPE U Tin Sein, managers andservice personnel of the Myanma Alin, the Kyemon,the New Light of Myanmar, and Myanma Alin Press.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Dec— Working coordinationmeeting (6/2008) of Myanmar Human Rights Bodytook place at the Ministry of Home Affairs here today.

Present on the occasion were Chairman of

Industry-2 Ministry holds technical seminar

approach to Management,deputy assistant directorDaw Kyi Kyi Aung onFinancial Management

and deputy assistantdirector Daw Thida Oo onPost Harvest Technologyfor Small & Medium

Enterprises.Afterwards, the

minister delivered aspeech.—MNA

MHRB meetsMHRB Maj-Gen Maung Oo and members.

Secretary of MHRB reported on condition ofdrafting responsibility and rights of ASEAN HumanRights Body.—MNA

New Natawzar folio fertilizer introducedof the company gave accounts on sale policy of thecompany and arrangements for purchasing of cropsand answered the queries raised by sales representatives.

Those interested may contact NationalDevelopment Co Ltd at No (224), U Wisara Road,Bahan Township, Yangon (Ph: 01-374567, 09-8553498and 01-686331), (Fax: 01-375413) and [email protected].

MNA

Fire drill demonstrated

YANGON, 30 Dec — Environment Working Groupof Myanmar Women’s Affairs Federation organizededucative talks on environmental conservation as partof December Environmental Conservation Activity atThingangyun Education College here yesterday withan address by leader of the working group Daw NilarThaw.

Daw Li Li Tin of Engineering Department (Waterand Sanitation) of Yangon City DevelopmentCommittee gave talks on Water Quality and Water

Technical Seminar of Ministry of Industry-2 in progress.MNA

Chairman of National Development Co Ltd U Soe Tun Shein extends greetings at ceremony tointroduce new product. —�MNA

Environmental conservation disseminatedSupply System of YCDC.

Next, deputy leader of the working group DawYin Yin Lay presented educative journals for thelibrary of the college to Head of Department (Admin)Daw Mya Mya Aye.

It was also attended by the chairperson of YangonEast District Women’s Affairs Organization andmembers, the chairperson of Thingangyun TownshipWAO and members, Principal Daw Khin Swe Tint ofthe college and teachers and students.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 December, 2008 3

Roadside bomb kills Afghanchild, injures 21 in S Afghanistan

Scenic Pakistani valley falls to Taleban militants

Pakistan army say we must‘avoid conflict’ with India

Civilian deaths in Iraq 98,000since 2003

US soldiers and Iraqisecurity forces inspectthe scene of a bomb

attack in Falluja on 28Dec, 2008. A car bombexploded near a police

patrol, killing twopeople, one of them a

policeman, andwounding 5, near theeastern entrance to

the city of Falluja, 50km (30 miles) westof Baghdad, police

said.INTERNET

A man wounded in a bomb attack cries while awaitingtreatment in a hospital in Baquba, 65 km (40 miles)northeast of Baghdad, on 29 Dec, 2008. Six residentswere wounded after a bomb exploded in a market inBaquba on Monday, police said.—INTERNET

Local residents gather at the site of a suicide bombing in Buner, a districtbordering Swat valley, Pakistan on 28 Dec, 2008. —INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 30 Dec—Sectarian blood-shed has dropped sharply in Iraq fromthe high levels of 2006-07, but attacksagainst US and government forcescontinue, claiming the lives of Iraqicivilians in step, a new study found onSaturday. Between at least 8,300 and9,000 civilians were killed in Iraq in2008, bringing the total of civilian deathssince the US-led invasion in 2003 to atleast 98,400, human rights group IraqBody Count said in a new report.

Twenty-five civilians died a day in2008, the study found. While far below2006-2007, when at least 48,000 civilianswere killed, it is comparable to violence

during 2003-2004.The group, whichcollates deaths reported by media and fromother sources, acknowledges the true toll ofmore than five years of violence in Iraq maybe far higher. The grim estimates come asthe United States prepares to draw down itstroops in Iraq from around 143,000 todayand restrict operations ahead of a 2012deadline for with-drawal. US President-elect Barack Obama has planned to removetroops within 16 months. Since 2003, morethan 4,200 US soldiers and more than 175British soldiers have died in Iraq.The studyfound that Iraqi civilian deaths involvingforeign forces reached 584 in 2008,compared to 1,359 in 2007.—Internet

Residents wounded in a bomb attack in Shi’ite district of Kadhimiya lie in ahospital in Baghdad on 27 Dec, 2008.—INTERNET

KABUL, 30 Dec — Aremote-controlled road-side bomb went off inTaleban former stron-ghold Kandahar ofsouthern AfghanistanMonday morning, killingone child and wounding21 others, an official said.

“The bloody incidentoccurred in the Spin-boldak border townat11:00 am local time

(0630 GMT), leaving atwo-year old child deadand 21 others injured,including mother of thechild and one police,” apolice officer in the townSaifullah told Xinhua.

Saifullah, who, likemany Afghans, uses onlyone name, added that thecondition of five injuredis critical.

It is the secondbombing in the war-tornAfghanistan in a singleday on Monday. The firstbombing which rattledParwan’s provincialcapital Charikar earlymorning left at least twocivilians dead and 17others injured, includingtwo American soldiers.

More than 5,000people, with some 2,000civilians, have beenkilled in violent incidentssince January this year inAfghanistan.

Internet

ISLAMABAD, 30 Dec — Talebanmilitants are beheading and burning theirway through Pakistan’s picturesque SwatValley, and residents say the insurgentsnow control most of the mountainousregion outside the lawless tribal areaswhere jihadists thrive.

The deteriorating situation in theformer tourist haven comes despite anarmy offensive that began in 2007 andan attempted peace deal. It is especiallyworrisome to Pakistani officialsbecause the valley lies away from theareas where al-Qaeda and Talebanmilitants have traditionally operated

and where the military is staging aseparate offensive.

“You can’t imagine how bad it is,”said Muzaffar ul-Mulk, a federallawmaker whose home in Swat wasattacked by bomb-toting assailants inmid-December, weeks after he left. “It’sworse day by day.”

The Taleban activity in northwestPakistan also comes as the country shiftsforces east to the Indian border becauseof tensions over last month’s terroristattacks in Mumbai, potentially givingin-surgents more space to maneuveralong the Afghan frontier.—Internet

ISLAMABAD, 30 Dec—Pakistan’s armychief stressed Monday the need to avoidconflict with India, days afterhe ordered troops toward the rivals’shared border amid tensions followinglast month’s terror attacks onMumbai.

Gen Ashfaq Parvez Kayani made theremarks to a top Chinese diplomat whowas visiting Islamabad to try and easethe situation between nuclear-armedPakistan and India.

Kayani’s remarks were believed tobe his first about the tensions withPakistan’s traditional rival and could

help reassure a jittery region that thecountry does not intend to escalate thecrisis further.

On Friday, Pakistani intelligenceofficials said thousands of troops werebeing shifted toward the Indian border,though there has been no sign yet of amajor build up at the frontier.

Without referring specifically to thesituation, Kayani told Chinese ViceForeign Minister He Yafei of the “needto de-escalate and avoid conflict in theinterest of peace and security,” a briefarmy statement said.

Internet

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MOSCOW, 30 Dec—Russian Foreign MinisterSergei Lavrov on Mondayurged the Islamic Resist-ance Movement (Hamas)to realize responsibilitybefore the Palestinianpeople, restore reconcili-ation and reiterate Pales-tinian President Mah-moud Abbas’ powers.

“Mahmoud Abbas is alegal leader of the Pales-tinian people and head ofthe Palestine LiberationOrganization (PLO). Weinsist Hamas to uncondi-tionally share the positionof the PLO,” Lavrov said

Volunteers with the Fernie Search and Rescue team prepare to head out tosearch for eight missing snowmobilers on 29 Dec, 2008 in Fernie, Canada.

Eight snowmobilers buried in avalanches were missing Monday in a westernCanada’s backcountry, and rescuers feared some of the men were killed bythe falling snow. Three other men from the group pulled themselves free

Sunday, the Royal Canadian Mounted Police said.—INTERNET

Photo taken on 28 Dec, 2008 shows traditionalOroqen houses in Oroqen ethnic autonomous

county in north China’s Inner Mongolia Autono-mous Region. —XINHUA

Traffic queues on the South Africa-Zimbabwe border. South Africa has reverseda block on aid to Zimbabwe because of the worsening humanitarian crisis in the

neighbouring country, a presidential spokesman said Monday.—INTERNET

Russian FM urges Hamasto reiterate power of Abbas

during an interview withthe Moscow-based VestiTV channel. Russia isjointly working with othermembers of the UnitedNations Security Counciland Arab League states onmeasures to stop violencein the Middle East, he said.

“We are convinced thatdirect talks between Pal-estinians and Israelis haveno alternative,” he said,noting that Syria andLebanon should be in-volved in the process.

Israel kicked off mas-sive air raids against theHamas-ruled Gaza Strip

on Saturday, while Hamasshelled Israeli territory af-ter a six-month ceasefirebetween Israel and Gazamilitants ended on 19 Decand Hamas refused to re-new it. The death toll hasrisen to 345 and more than1,600 were wounded inthe ongoing airstrikes, ac-cording to Palestinian se-curity sources.

Hamas and the IslamicJihad (Holy War) move-ments have rejectedAbbas’ call for holdingdialogue to study the de-teriorating situation in theGaza Strip. —Internet

TEHERAN, 30 Dec—A suicide attack has killed twopolice officers in southeastern Iran, Iran’s satellitePress TV reported on Monday.

The incident happened in the city of Saravan, lo-cated in Iran’s southeastern province of Sistan-Baluchistan, the report said without referring to thedate of the attack.

“The bomber carrying explosives tried to enter theSaravan police department with his car but failed andwas killed in the explosion”, Press TV said, addingthat “Two police officers were killed and nearly 20others were wounded.”

Reportedly, the Jundullah (Soldiers of God) Sunnirebel group, headed by Abdolmalek Rigi, has beenresponsible for the deadly operation.

The Deputy Commander of Iran’s Police Forces,Brigadier GeneralAhmad-Reza Radan said last weekthat the Iranian forces had killed the chief agents ofthe rebel group in southeastern Iran.

The Jundullah group, the target of the operation,killed 16 policemen they kidnapped in southeast Iranin June.

The group captured the 16 policemen at a check-point in Saravan, and then took them across the bor-der into Pakistan. The group has constantly beenblamed for offense and kidnappings in southeasternIran at the bordering zone with Pakistan.—Internet

DETROIT, 30 Dec—Utilities in Michiganscrambled Monday to re-store power knocked outby a gusty weekend stormas rain and melting snowcaused flooding there andin other parts of the Mid-west.

Power was restored toabout 80 percent of the413,000 Michigan homesand businesses that lostservice, according to thestate’s utilities. Somecould remain withoutpower until Wednesday

Flooding the latest weather threatin Midwest

because of Sunday’sstorm, which carriedwinds gusting more than60 mph.

Nearly 60,000 custom-ers from central New Yorkto Buffalo also lost powerSunday as wind gusts ashigh as 75 mph broughtdown trees and utilitypoles there.

About 4,400 New Yorkutility customers re-mained without power onMonday.

Flood warnings wereposted throughout the

Midwest as temperaturesrose after a week of heavysnowfall.

Forecasters said flood-ing was possible in areasof Iowa, Missouri, Illi-nois, Indiana, Michiganand northwest Ohio.

In Michigan, roads insome Ottawa County sub-divisions were under 2 to3 feet of water, while thefirst floors of some homeswere flooded, NationalWeather Service hydrolo-gist Mark Walton said.

Internet

Suicide attack kills two policeofficers in Iran

Mild quake joltsS Philippines

MANILA, 30 Dec—A4.7-magnitude earth-quake rocked parts ofMindanao in southernPhilippines before noonTuesday, the Philippineseismology authoritiessaid. The quake, tectonicin origin, occurred

around 11:20 am with itsepicenter at 158 kilo-me-ters southeast of GeneralSantos City, the Philip-pine Institute of Volcan-ology and Seismologysaid. No casualties havebeen reported so far.

Internet

Pakistan suspends NATOsupplies to tackle militantsJAMRUD, 30 Dec—Pa-

kistan suspended suppliesgoing to foreign forces inAfghanistan on Tuesdayas security forceslaunched an operationagainst militants in theKhyber Pass region, agovernment official said.

Militants havelaunched a string of at-tacks in recent monthsaimed at choking off sup-

plies trucked to foreignforces in landlocked Af-ghanistan through north-west Pakistan from theport city of Karachi.

Khyber’s top adminis-trator, Tariq Hayat, toldreporters that a curfewhad been imposed and themain road leading to theAfghan border had beensealed.

Internet

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China, Russia to further promotestrategic partnership

Earth-moving excavators, bulldozers and trucks are busy with the backoutproject of scraping down the new Lugou Bridge, which is parallel to theadjacent historical Lugou Bridge (Marco Polo Bridge), at the suburb of

Beijing, on 28 Dec, 2008.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 30 Dec—China is ready to continuecooperation with Russiain 2009, said ChineseForeign Minister YangJiechi on Monday duringa telephone conversationwith his Russian coun-terpart Sergei Lavrov.Yang said the Sino-Russiastrategic partnership hasreaped fruitful achieve-ments in 2008, the growthof Sino-Russia ties hasbenefited the two peoples,

and contributed signi-ficantly to maintainingworld peace and stability.

In 2009 when the twocountries mark the 60thanniversary of theirdiplomatic ties and theYear of the RussianLanguage is held in China,China is ready to availitself of the opportunity tofurther enhance high-levelvisits with Russia andbilateral exchange andcoordination on majorissues, Yang said.

Yang pledged furtherefforts to enhancefriendship and mutual trust

between the two countries,strengthen cooperationand promote the Sino-Russia strategic partner-ship. On his part, Lavrovpraised the developmentof Sino-Russia relations,adding that Russiais willing to work closelywith China and make asuccess the importantactivities scheduled bythe two countries for2009, and make continuedefforts to push forwardthe strategic and practi-cal cooperation withChina.

Xinhua

Chinese escort fleet toenter Indian Ocean

ABOARD THE DESTROYER WUHAN, 30 Dec—TheChinese naval task force en route to the Gulf of Adenand waters off Somalia for an escort mission againstpirates will enter the Indian Ocean on Tuesday.

The fleet, two destroyers and one supply ship, onMonday passed through the Malacca Strait after athree-day voyage, which started from China’s HainanProvince.

During the voyage, members of a special force unitaboard the warships carried out anti-piracy trainingwith a ship-borne helicopter, from which they droppedby rope onto the deck to simulate landing on hijackedor pirate vessels. According to the Xinhua reporteraboard the Navy’s flagship destroyer DDG-169 Wuhan,the helicopter crews also finished a lifting and landingexercise in the dark.

When passing through the Malacca Strait, aninternational waterway between the Pacific and Indianoceans, the reporter observed an increasing numberof vessels including oil tankers, container ships andsome Chinese merchant ships. —Xinhua

A helicopter of the Chinese naval fleet attends alanding exercise at night on 28 Dec, 2008, while theChinese naval fleet heads for the Gulf of Aden. TheChinese naval fleet including two destroyers and asupply ship set off on 26 Dec for waters off Somalia for an escort mission against piracy.—XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Injured Palestinians arrivein Egypt for treatments

CAIRO, 30 Dec—A group of Palestinians who werewounded in the Israeli airstrikes on the Palestinianterritory of Gaza Strip arrived in Egypt on Monday formedical treatments, a Palestinian official in Egyptsaid. The first batch of the wounded Palestinianscrossed into the Egyptian territory via the Rafah crossingat the Egyptian-Gaza border, Palestinian representativeat the border town Mohamed Arafat told Xinhua.

Some 170 wounded Palestinians are also on the wayfrom Gaza to Egypt to receive treatments in Egyptianhospitals, Arafat added.

Meanwhile, contacts are under way to send moremedicine, medical equipment and power generatorsoffered by Libya, Qatar and Egypt into the coastalstrip, which has been under intensive Israeli attacks inthe past three days, said Arafat.

On Saturday, Israel launched massive air raids whichwere targeted at Hamas militants in the Gaza Strip.

According to Palestinian security sources, the deathtoll has risen to 345 and more than 1,600 were woundedin the ongoing Israeli airstrikes.—Xinhua

Two Israelis killedin attacks from Gaza

JERUSALEM, 30 Dec—Two Israelis werekilled Monday evening as Palestinian militantsin the Gaza Strip pelted southern Israel withrockets and mortar shells, a police spokesmantold Xinhua.

According to the spokesman MickyRosenfeld, an Israeli man was killed in amortar shell attack in the western Negev,adding that another person was criticallyinjured in the strike.

The Salah al-Din Brigades, the armed wingof the Popular Resistance Committees, saidthey were behind the strike, local news serviceYnet reported. Meanwhile, a woman was killedin a rocket attack in the city of Ashdod, saidRosenfeld, adding that three others were injuredin the attack, one critically and two moderately.

Local daily Ha’aretz said that the womandied from wounds she sustained when therocket pounded a bus stop in Ashdod.—Xinhua

Bulgaria to increase forcesin Afghanistan next yearSOFIA, 30 Dec—Bulgaria is

going to increase its contingent inthe International SecurityAssistance Force in Afghanistannext year, local Sofia News Agencyreported on Monday, citing thechief of staff of the BulgarianArmy, General Zlatan Stoykov.

According to the general, NATOhad asked Bulgaria to increase itstroops in Afghanistan. The scopeof the surge in Bulgarian forces inthe central Asian country, however,remained unclear as Stoykov’sGeneral Staff was first going tocraft an expert opinion, which wasthen going to be presented torelevant national institutions.Bulgaria currently has 460 troopsin Afghanistan.

Xinhua

Israeli medics evacuate an injured man from the scene of a rocket attack inthe southern city of Ashkelon 29 Dec, 2008. Israeli aircraft attacked Hamastargets in the Gaza Strip for a third day on Monday and militants launched afatal rocket attack on Israel in defiance of an offensive that has killed more

than 300 Palestinians. In Ashkelon, a rocket launched from the Hamas-controlled Gaza Strip killed one person, the second such fatality in Israel

since Saturday, when it began its strongest assault against Palestinianmilitants in decades.—XINHUA

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Residents in Phonesogyi Village welcome Senior General Than Shwe

and party. — MNA

Unprecedented

progress made

in storm-hit …

Head of State Senior General Than Shwe greets residents in Pyinsalu. — MNA

(from page 1)At the meeting hall

of Hainggyigyun, Brig-Gen Myo Myint Than oflocal station reported onrehabilitation of thestorm-hit Hainggyigyunand work carried out forregional development tothe Head of State andparty. Details of his re-ports include salientpoints of Hainggyigyun,reconstruction of hospi-tal, schools, monasteriesand religious buildingsin storm-hitHainggyigyun by ShweThan Lwin, AryonOo,

FMI, Moe Kye Sin,Thein, AMC and Tet LanCompanies, distributionof relief items, recon-struction of roads inwards and village-to-vil-lage roads and bridges,distribution of paddyseeds, tractors and cattlefor timely cultivation ofmonsoon paddy,progress in cultivation ofmonsoon paddy, supplyof fishing boats and nets,restoration of import offish, prawn and crabs,distribution of waterpumps, power tillers andfuel. Next, CommanderMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe re-ported on other salientpoints.

After hearingthe reports, SeniorGeneral Than Shwestressed the need for offi-cials concerned to reha-bilitate and construct

Hainggyigyun phase byphase so that it can pos-sess the characteristics ofa town and to regeneratelocal business until it re-turns to normal, whilestriving for ensuing bet-ter transport.

Next, Senior Gen-eral Than Shwe and partyviewed the rehabilitationand development ofHainggyigyun from themeeting hall’s view point.

Afterwards, SeniorGeneral Than Shwe andentourage leftHainggyigyun by heli-copter and arrived inKyaukkalat village at12.30 pm. Along theroute, they looked into

Aerial view of housing in Kyaukalat Village in Ngapudaw Township,Ayeyawady Division. — MNA

construction of Labutta-T h o n g w a - O t t w i n -Hteiksun road and devel-opment of Chaungwa,Pyinkhayaing, Hteitsunand Phondawpyi villages.

The Head of Stateand entourage were wel-comed there by Ministerfor Mines Brig-Gen OhnMyint who is supervisingthe rehabilitation and con-struction of NgapudawTownship, departmentalofficials and local people.

Later, Senior Gen-eral Than Shwe and partyinspected progress in re-construction of houses,schools, dispensaries andoffices in Kyaukkalat,Phonsoegyi and Konthayavillages and constructionof gravel roads.

At the briefing hallin Kyaukkalat village,Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint reported

on tasks carried out in re-habilitation of NgapudawTownship such as con-struction of rural houses,rehabilitation of hospi-tals, dispensaries, schools

by AryonOo, FMI, TetLan, Myint Myat Ahlinand Mitta FoundationCompanies, cultivation of

monsoon paddy inNgapudaw Township,distribution of paddyseeds, power tillers, cat-tle and arrangements forcultivation of summerpaddy, distribution offishing boats and nets,reconstruction of schools,dispensaries and religiousedifices by Shwe ThanLwin, Tet Lan, Thein,AryonOo, AMC and MoeKye Sin Companies, con-struction of two-storeyschool building, disburs-ing of loans for full re-generation of salt indus-try, emergence of motor-cycles, private bus line,boat line, shops, videolounges, arrangement forconstruction of cycloneshelters, construction ofL a b u t t a - T h o n g w a -Ottwin-Hteiksun roadand cultivation of cropson a manageable scale toSenior General ThanShwe and party.

After hearing thereport, Senior General

Than Shwe spoke of theneed to make arrange-ment for ensuring drink-ing water, electricity androads in rehabilitation ofHteiksun, Kyaukkalatand Konthaya villages, for timely completionof Labutta-Thongwa-Ottwin-Hteiksun road asit plays a leading role inregional developmentand to strive for ensuringelectricity with the useof bio-gas and solar en-ergy.

Senior GeneralThan Shwe continued tosay that the strong cy-clone hit some villagesand left heavy loss andcasualty. However, as thegovernment, construc-tion entrepreneurs andwell-wishers were ableto engage in rehabilita-tion and construction ofthe storm-hit regions, un-precedented progress hasbeen made in thoseregions.

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An aerial view of land allotment for building of houses at Saluseik village in PyinsaluTownship.— MNA

An aerial view ofland allotment forbuilding of houses

at Taungalayvillage.

MNA

An aerial view of land allotment for building of houses at Oaktwin village.— MNA

Unprecedented progressmade in…

(from page 6)He said that those who

observe the situation ofthe regions are now wit-nessing the fruitful resultsof development enjoyedby local people, and spokeof the need for officialsconcerned to make con-tinued efforts for improve-ment of socio-economicstatus of local people in-cluding development ofeducation, health andbusiness of villages.

At the same time, cy-clone shelters are to bebuilt in case of a disasterand cyclone preparednessdrills are to be launchedfor local people to be ableto face natural disasters,he noted.

Next, the Head ofState and entourage ob-served the beach from thebriefing hall’s view pointand greeted local peopleof Kyaukkalap village.Senior General ThanShwe and party leftKyaukkalat Village inNgapudaw Township byhelicopter. They in-spected reconstruction ofThingangon, Thet-kalthaung, Thingangyi,

people, members of so-cial organization and offi-cials.

The Head of State in-spected reconstruction ofPyinsalu, construction ofhouses, offices, hospitals,dispensaries and schoolsand growing of shade treesand windbreak plants.

Senior General ThanShwe and party went tothe Max Myanmar officeof rehabilitation and con-struction of Pyinsalu. Min-ister for Progress of Bor-der Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs Col Thein Nyuntreported on massivelosses and measures takenfor rehabilitation and re-construction,

Senior General ThanShwe observed a mapshowing Pyinsalu and itsenvirons and gave guid-ance to officials.

Next, CommanderMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe re-ported on production ofmonsoon paddy, Ministerfor Construction Maj-GenSaw Tun on constructionof Labutta-Thingangyi-Pyinsalu Road, Ministerfor Livestock and Fisher-

sooner in case of emer-gency.

On his way toPathein, Senior GeneralThan Shwe and party in-spected construction ofLabutta-Thingangyi-Pyinsalu road from thehelicopter. They arrivedin Pathein at 4 p.m.

MNA

Zinywe and Saluseik vil-lages and villages wherecyclone shelters are to bebuilt.

At 2.30 p.m, they ar-rived in Pyinsalu wherethey were welcomed bydepartmental officials andentrepreneurs.

Senior General ThanShwe and party inspectedconstruction of heightsand cyclone shelters andcordially greeted local

ies Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein on regen-eration of fisheries, thechairman of MaxMyanmar on provision oftractors, fertilizers, paddyseeds and fuel, construc-tion of religious, educa-tion and health structures,offices, houses and staffquarters. Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein gavea supplementary report.

In his guidance, Sen-

ior General Than Shwesaid Pyinsalu region wasseverely hit by the storm.Now Pyinsalu and villagesnearby have developed.Efforts are to be made tobecome Pyinsalu andother villages model ones.He spoke of the need toreturn schools, hospitalsand dispensaries to nor-mal and to complete cy-clone shelters in the re-gions close to the sea

YANGON, 30 Dec—Old students ofB.A (Law), LLB who joined in 1975 andgraduated in 1980 at Law Department ofYangon University held the third respectpaying and get-together at KandawgyiKaraweik Palace on 28 December. At theceremony, old students presented cashand gifts to 22 old teachers.

Afterwards, on behalf of teachers,Supreme Court Judge Dr Tin Aung Ayeand member of Myanmar Academy of Artsand Science Professor (Retd) Daw Than

Old Law students get-togetherNwe of Law Department of YangonUniversity gave words of advice. Chair-man of the organizing committee DawMyint Myint Yi spoke words of thanksand Secretary U Thein Tun explainedmatters related to work carried out.

Afterwards, dinner was served andlaw-graduate artists entertained the audi-ence with songs. Starting from this year,social fund will be set up in order toprovide health care services to law-gradu-ates (1975-80). —MNA

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HAILING THE 61ST ANNIVERSARY INDEPENDENCE DAY:

The youth of today to realizethe value of independence

Hlaing Aung

Safeguard independence and sovereigntythrough might of patriotism

“The young generation born as independentcitizens who are well convinced of the value of andtaste of independence, are duty-bound to safeguardthe independence and sovereignty of the motherlandthrough the might of unity and harmony.”

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and

Development CouncilCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services(From message sent on the occasion of the

59th Anniversary Independence Day)The guidance to the youth, who will shoulder

State’s duties as the saying, “The youth of today are theleaders of tomorrow”, stated in the message of theHead of State inspired me to clarify what the value andtaste of independence is for the youth of the nation.

First and foremost, I would like to explain somepoints about the value of independence. Now, theworld has seen 192 independent and sovereigncountries. However, about 100 years ago, two-thirdsof those countries were under the rule of one colonialempire or another.

The majority of the countries that had stood withown monarchs and sovereign for thousands of yearswere trampled underfoot by colonialists who hadtransformed themselves from pirates with the opinionthat those who conquered the sea could conquer theworld.

One of the victimized countries was Myanmar that

had stood tall continuously with own monarchs sincethe time of King Abhiraja of Tagaung Period. Myanmarpeople smouldered for many years with the incident inwhich King Thibaw was taken away abroad in 1247Myanmar Era (AD 1885). As the saying that goes,“Great events are relayed from one generation to thenext”, senior citizens shared painful experiences withyoung ones at green tea parties in villages at moonlitnights that the Myanmar king had to yield to theoppressions of alien invaders due to the great armsuperiority; that he was conveyed to Gawwein port onlyby bullock cart instead of being sent on an elephant, ona horseback, or by coach flanked by troops; and that theMyanmar monarch had to get onboard the ship througha small gangplank.

On contrast, today it is not much possible foryounger generations to learn such events from theirforefathers due to the fact that parents do not have muchtime to have a long conversation with their children inconsequence of pressure on them to catch up with rapidtechnological advancements and hustle and bustle sociallife along with a variety of entertainment equipmentsuch as TV, video, Internet games, Internet chatting,and karaoke. To make things worse, books arecompletely under the domination of the media thatproduce pictures and sound simultaneously. Decreasingpopularity of reading among the youth may be describedthat they are following the trends of modern times.However, it is feared that due to decreasing popularityof reading, later the people may not be equippedthemselves as much as they should with nationalisticspirit and fervour based on fine traditions of theirancestors and historic events, and the youth of Myanmardo not know well about their motherland.

Accordingly, I feel obliged to write this article inorder that those without knowledge of independencestruggles would come to realize the value ofindependence, and those with knowledge recall them inthe run-up to Independence Day.

Myanmar’s sacrifices for independence were verycostly if compared with that of other colonies. Manycountries fell victim to colonialism. Some of themyielded to the attacks of the colonialists, concealing

their loss without showing much tenacity. In someregions, natives were uprooted by huge floods ofaliens, and later they became the minority under avariety of oppression in the new country established bythe foreign immigrants.

Some countries are too large to be colonized by acolonial country alone. So, each of their commercialport cities and islets at the mouth of the sea wasmanipulated by a first-comer colonial country underthe agreement of many colonial countries that none ofthem would have to manipulate the whole colony.Eventually, such a country became a common colony.A certain country was colonized by two colonialpowers at the same time but it did not lose its ruler andsovereignty. However, the country was reduced to aland in a way that a woman who got married to two menat the same time.

Myanmar stood as a country that its citizens showedunwavering spirit in the fights to repulse the attacks ofthe colonialists. Only after the three wars that tookplace in 1824, 1852 and 1885, for about 60 years, couldthe colonialists occupy the whole country.

Even though the entire country had fallen underalien subjugation, the people did not take things lyingdown. They rose against the colonialist governmentfor many decades through guerilla warfare, armingthemselves with whatever arms they got. Theirindependence struggles came to a halt due to a greatgap of arm power, and so they started to exertindependence struggles based on mental prowess.

Only few of the colonies under the British Empire,which was said to be the one where the Sun never set,persisted in opposing the colonial governments.

Myanmar became a battlefield two times in theWorld War II, and its people went through the hell ofthe war. Nevertheless, Myanmar patriots launchedanti-colonialist battles and Anti-Fascist Resistance toregain independence, sacrificing many of their lives.

From the First Anglo-Myanmar War that occurredin 1824 to the pre-independence time in 1948, Myanmarsaw sacrificing a lot of lives, limbs, blood and sweat, andtears of Myanmar revolutionaries and people. So, the

(See page 9)

Myanmar’s sacrifices for independence were verycostly if compared with that of other colonies. Manycountries fell victim to colonialism. Some of them yieldedto the attacks of the colonialists, concealing their losswithout showing much tenacity. In some regions, nativeswere uprooted by huge floods of aliens, and later theybecame the minority under a variety of oppression inthe new country established by the foreign immigrants.

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POEM

HAILING THE 61ST ANNIVERSARY INDEPENDENCE DAY:

* O, people of Myanmar

Aware of the guidance that

If taken for granted

Independence can be lost

All of a sudden subjugation

Of the alien aggression

* To get back our lost land of heritage

Many people had to sacrifice

Lots of blood, sweet, lives

For considerable length of time

We have noted

The guidance given often

By Head of State

* Entire Myanmar people

With unity and strength

Vitalize national spirit

Have independence awareness ever

For perpetuity of sovereignty

With never waning glory

Let’s safeguard our heritagePo Yan Naing (Kyaukkyi) (Trs)

Hailing the 61st Anniversary Independence Day

Safeguard ourheritage

* All the national people to constantly join

hands for ensuring the perpetuity of inde-

pendence and sovereignty of the State;

* All the national people to collectively strive

for non-disintegration of the Union and

non-disintegration of national solidarity;

* All the national people to harmoniously

make all-out efforts for building up a

modern, developed discipline-flourishing

democratic nation in accord with the new

State Constitution that has been approved

by the votes of the great majority of na-

tional people;

* All the national people to cooperate in

realizing the State’s seven-step Road Map

with Union Spirit and patriotic spirit

Four objectives of the 61st

Anniversary Independence Day

(from page 8)drive to regain independence was very costly forMyanmar.

In some way, it was worth it because Myanmar isa gifted country. It is blessed with impressivegeographical features, natural resources in abundance,and rivers with fertile deltas, that ensure security ofthe basic needs of the people, mountain ranges thatserve as natural walls in protecting it against alienintrusion, favourable climate pattern, gems such asruby, jade and pearl, oil, teak, crops, and marineresources. So, unlike some other countries, Myanmarhas never suffered chronic consequences of any crisesup to now.

Moreover, it was also very costly to maintainindependence. In the post-independence period, thenation saw disintegration of national unity andsectarian and racial instigations, so it was said that thenation was newly-independent but political conflictswere violent. And many revolutionaries ofindependence struggles turned their backs on theircomrades, followed by a struggle for power withinpolitical elite. Therefore, the people did not get anyopportunities to test the taste of independence. Tomake matters worse, the nation faced an alien intrusionof its border areas. The nation thus had to sacrifice alarge number of lives to restore the costlyindependence.

It would be impossible for the youth of today torealize how hard it is to restore independence if theydo not have knowledge of historic battles and militaryoperations such as Insein battle in which bullets ofsmall arms and shells of heavy weapons were likedrops of rainfall in the time when Myanmar wasironically branded Yangon government as itsadministrative machinery stretched just to ThamaingJunction; the Operations “Yanggyi Aung” and“Mekong” in which servicemen, risking their lives ata high degree, had to occupy strong fortresses built ofhuge teak logs to drive out alien intruders; and anti-insurgent battles launched with tenacity such as the40-day Kunlon battle, Chushwepankok, CiciwanTarpan, Mongyang and Methawaw.

Making a study of the conditions of the globalcommunity, it can be noted that some developedcountries were split into many pieces, resulting inarmed conflicts between same nationals; somecountries were invaded by other countries, followingdisunity of the people and they have not been able toput out the blazing infernos of armed revolts thatcaused casualties of many innocent people every dayand hundreds of thousands of people had to flee theirhomes. Moreover, famine and hunger stemming fromclimate changes in some countries and crises due tosky-high prices of food in some countries receivecoverage of international media daily.

Comparing prevailing conditions of Myanmar withthat of such countries, a citizen can know well the tasteof independence and peace, and the value of sovereignty

and independence. While internal armed insurgencywas raging in the nation, local people of many regionshad to stay hiding just it got dark, local people had tosleep hidden under their houses or in paddy barns infear of attacks of insurgents. The youth of today arevery fortunate because the nation no longer sees suchhard times. Now, even border areas that used to bereverberated often with fires of arms and weapons inthe past have got schools. Battlefields and minefieldshave been changed into paddy fields. The whole nationincluding rural areas has seen dam clusters, river waterpumping stations, underground water tapping stations,agricultural farms. Sufficient irrigation supply has ledto boosting production of crops. And State-owned andprivate-owned factories can boost production of goodsseveral times.

Many new railroads, roads and bridges, each ofwhich is more than 1000 feet long, throughout thenation and remarkable development in the trade,communication and transport sectors are, indeed,fruitful results of independence and peace.

In the colonial days, the colonialists were veryactive in doing things from which they could gainmaximum benefits and make profits, but they did notspend even a penny on any matters that were notbeneficial to them, culminating in a great developmentgap between hilly regions and plains and betweenrural and urban areas. Theirs was a political schemecleverly designed to drive a wedge among nationalraces. As a result, the nation lacked peace and stabilityowing to internal armed strife following disintegrationof unity among national races and people in the post-independence period.

So, it can be deduced from the above-mentionedpoints that the nation cannot develop withoutindependence and peace. And without development,independence and peace cannot be maintained in thelong-run. It is because independence and peace areinterrelated with development. Unity is essential forindependence and peace and development.

The youth of today are mainly responsible forsafeguarding of independence for which many of theirforefathers had to sacrifice their lives, and generatingfreedom, peace and development of their motherland.In that case, I would like them to study the nation’shistory, broaden their horizons, and continue to workhard with nationalistic fervour to be able to realize theduties. Instead if they do not take anything serious, putostentation to the fore, and indulging themselves infestivities, the people are likely to become again slaveswho have to rely a lot on aliens for their living becausetoday every sector is very challenging. And withoutpatriotic spirit and national cohesion, the nation-buildingtasks will not work. In conclusion, I would, therefore,like to exhort the youth of today who will have toshoulder State’s duties to work hard with a sense ofnational unity for ensuring perpetual existence of verycostly independence and the mother country.

Translation: MS


Hlaing Aung

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No Name Location InaugurationDate

1. Ingapu Township People’s Ingapu Township, 14-1-2008Hospital, two-storey building, Ayeyawady Division

2. Minbu 200-bed People’s Hospital, Minbu, Magway Division 10-2-2008two-storey extended building

3. Zegon Village Rural Health Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana 9-3-2008Department (Branch)

4. Homalin 100-bed People’s Hospital Homalin, Sagaing Division 11-3-20085. Paunglaung Station Hospital Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana 18-9-20086. Kyinichaung Village Station Kayan Township, 20-9-2008

Hospital Yangon Division7. Special care units of Nay Pyi Taw 27-9-2008

Nay Pyi Taw People’sHospital (1000-bed)

8. Paediatric unit of Theyethamein Waw, Bago Division 4-10-2008Station Hospital

ACHIEVEMENT OF THE HEALTH

SECTOR IN 2008

HAILING THE 61st

ANNIVERSARY

INDEPENDENCE DAY:

Photo shows newly-constructed 100-bed People’s Hospital in

Homalin, Sagaing Division, on 11 March, 2008.

Photo shows newly-opened special care units in Nay Pyi Taw People’s Hospital (1000-bed) on 27 September, 2008.

Photo shows 200-bed special hospital in Myeik, Taninthayi Division.

The archway and the main building of University of Traditional

Medicine (Mandalay).

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NEWS ALBUM

An Asian sauce called “Black Widow”is presented at the Eat’n Style fair inCologne, Germany. Its hotness ismeasured at 229,000 scoville units.To compare, standard jalapenopeppers weigh in at only 2,500 to 8,000 scoville units. Do you dare?

A model presents a Walk-In-Heart,which is aimed at showing patientsfunctions specific to the heart andpossible heart diseases, in Dusseldorf.The model heart is a preview of whatawaits visitors to the Medica medicaltechnology fair.

Ice carver Mikhail Fedotov from Russiaworks on his masterpiece “Bremen’sTown Musicians” in the northernGermany city of Bremen. Some 40artists turned out to carve 28 figuresinspired by the Brothers’ Grimm fairytales. The city’s ice skulpture festivalopens its doors to the public on 22 Novand runs through on 25 Jan, 2009.

69 Rabbits discovered in1-bedroom apartment

The DuPage County Animal Careand Control Center in Wheaton has somerabbits available for adoption — 69 ofthem, to be exact. All of them werefound recently in a one-bedroomapartment.

Officials said the domesticated Dutchrabbits that were discovered during arecent eviction, and the female tenanttold animal control workers her financialsituation had overwhelmed her.

Authorities would not identify thewoman nor the location of her apartment.

Center executive director KerryVinkler called it a typical pet-hoardingsituation, but she said all the rabbits butone were in good shape when they werefound.

Vinkler estimates the oldest rabbitsto be about 18 months old and saidDutch rabbits have a life span of eight to12 years.

Cocaine suspectdescribes himself to

Texas policeGalveston police knew who to look

for — exactly — when they arrested analleged delivery man in a call-for-cocaine investigation.

A 29-year-old Galveston man wasjailed Friday on a charge of manu-facturing or delivering a controlledsubstance. Sgt T Barr, at the GalvestonCounty Jail, told The Associated Pressthat John Patrick Lacour Jr was held on$250,000 bond.

Barr had no information on anattorney for Lacour.

Lacour is accused of taking deliveryorders for crack over the phone.

Officers, acting on a tip, called thenumber and pretended to want to buycocaine. They requested a delivery to acertain address, plus asked the person todescribe himself so they would knowwho to expect.

Lt DJ Alvarez told the GalvestonCounty Daily News that Lacour wasarrested early Thursday when he arrived.Police confiscated a small amount ofcocaine.

Hot gold puts mich postalworker in hot water

A Detroit-area postal worker hasbeen charged with stealing gold fromthe mail after he tried to pawn histreasure to the shop that had shipped it.

The postal worker sold the gold on 7Nov to G&S Brokers pawn shop for$320. Authorities told The Detroit Newsthat jeweler James Zelinske recognizedthe gold because he had melted and mailedit to a business in Ann Arbor. Zelinskehad insured the parcel of gold for $1,000.

The postal worker has been chargedwith embezzling mail from the MountClemens post office. He appearedThursday in federal court in Detroit.Court records did not identify his lawyer.

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 Dec— Malaysia has sought In-donesia’s help to crackdown on pirates in military-style uniforms who havebeen menacing fishingboats in the southern Ma-lacca Strait, a senior policeofficial said on Tuesday.The action came after afisherman was woundedearlier this month when searaiders dressed in camou-flage gear fired at his ves-sel, said Isa Munir, com-mander of Malaysia’smaritime police depart-ment.

“We are investigatingit. We are trying to coor-dinate the operation (to

File photo shows members of the Indonesian SpecialNavy Force on patrol in Jakarta. Malaysia has

sought Indonesia’s help to crack down on pirates inmilitary-style uniforms who have been menacing

fishing boats in the southern Malacca Strait, a seniorpolice official said Tuesday.—INTERNET

Malaysia seeks Indonesia’s helpagainst military-style pirates

provide security for fish-ing boats) with Indone-sian authorities. We areintensifying our patrols,”he told AFP.

Isa said the attack tookplace in the waters offsouthern Johor state fac-ing neighbouring Indone-sia, part of the waterwaywhich is a crucial lifelineto global trade and whichjust a few years ago wasa piracy hotspot.

In the last few years,coordinated patrols fromthe countries borderingthe strait — Indonesia,Malaysia, Singapore —have virtually eradicatedattacks.—Internet

BEIJING, 30 Dec—Thenumber of foreigners whoregistered for the city’semployment permits hasincreased by 13 times in13 years.

According to the new-est figures from ShanghaiMunicipal Human Re-sources and Social Secu-rity Bureau, a total of68,648 foreign nationals

NEW YORK, 30 Dec —Crude prices rose above 40 USdollars a barrel Monday on the Middle East tension.

Israel launched massive air raids against theHamas-ruled Gaza Strip as Hamas shelled Israeli ter-ritory after a six-month cease-fire between Israel andGaza militants. The death toll has risen to 345 andmore than 1,600 were wounded in the ongoingairstrikes. The tension in the Middle East raised con-cern that supply maybe disrupted.

Oil prices were also supported as the US dollar lostmore than 2 percent against the euro.

Light, sweet crude for February delivery rose 2.31dollars to settle at 40.02 a barrel on the New YorkMercantile Exchange. —Internet

HANOI, 30 Dec— Vietnamese Prime MinisterNguyen TanDung asked the country’s agriculture sec-tor to improve forecasts and use of statistics to boostproduction and exports next year, the local newspaperVietnam News reported on Tuesday.

Dung made the requirement at a conference in Ha-noi on Monday, which discussed the sector’s plans for2009. The conference was crucial as next year is pre-dicted to be a harsh year for the country’s agricultureand farmers.

Dung praised the development of the agriculturesector for its remarkable growth of production in 2008compared with that of 2007despite difficulties suchas world price fluctuations, rising input prices and se-vere cold spells earlier this year.

The food security was ensured and export revenueof six major products exceeded the one-billion-USdollar mark including coffee, rice, wooden furniture,rubber, shrimp and tra fish.—Internet

Crude

prices rise

on

Middle East

tension

Foreign employees in Shanghai multiply13 times in 13 years

had registered for em-ployment permits by theend of November.

Japan, the UnitedStates, South Korea, Sin-gapore, Germany andFrance lead the list of na-tionality, and the top 10countries represent 80percent of all registered.

Of all the expats regis-tered for employment,

32.1 percent are seniormanagers, 7 percent aresenior technicians and45.9 percent are in man-agement roles.

Shanghai reported atwo-digit increase in thenumber of foreign work-ers in 2008 —the 30th an-niversary of China’s re-form and opening-up.

Internet

Vietnamese PM calls forself-improvement inagricultural sector

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SUPA BHUM VOY NO (122)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SUPA BHUM

VOY NO (122) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 31.12.2008 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ADMIRE-CORAL VOY NO (16)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ADMIRE-CORAL VOY NO (16) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 1.1.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINER LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV FRATERNITY WISDOM VOY NO (48)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV FRATER-NITY WISDOM VOY NO (48) are hereby notified thatthe vessel will be arriving on 31.12.2008 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of S.P.W.6 where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINER LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

Food phosphatesmight spur lung

cancerSEOUL, 30 Dec— A diet

rich in the inorganic phos-phates found in manynatural and processedfoods accelerated thegrowth of lung cancers inrats, South Korean re-searchers report.

“Our study suggeststhat dietary regulation ofinorganic phosphates maybe critical for lung cancertreatment as well as pre-vention,” Myung-HaingCho, lead author of a re-port in the first Januaryissue of American Jour-nal of Respiratory andCritical Care Medicine,said in a statement.

But, “an individualshouldn’t act on these re-sults as yet, other than toencourage funding organi-zations such as the NationalInstitutes of Health to sup-port research to seewhether dietary phos-phates encourage cancer,”said Dr John Heffner, aprofessor of medicine atthe Oregon Health & Sci-ence University in Port-land and past president ofthe American Thoracic So-ciety, which publishes thejournal. Natural sources ofdietary phosphates includeleafy vegetables, fruits,meats and poultry prod-ucts. Phosphates also areadded to a number of foods,including baking powder,carbonated cola drinks, icecream, bread, rolls, maca-roni, fruit jellies and pre-serves. Food phosphates arelisted by the US Food andDrug Administration asGRAS—generally recog-nized as safe—with no lim-its on their use.—Internet

Air New Zealandsuccessfully

conducted firstbiofuel test flightAUCKLAND, 30 Dec—

Air New Zealand’s two-hour test flight of a secondgeneration new biofuel wassuccessfully conductedabove Auckland on Tues-day. A Boeing 747-400took off at 11:30 am localtime (2230 GMT Monday)and flied over the widerHauraki Gulf area, pow-ered by a 50:50 blend ofjatropha and Jet A1 fuel.

Jatropha plants produceseeds that contain ined-ible lipid oil, which is usedto produce fuel.

During the flight thecrew conducted a numberof fuel tests confirmingand measuring the per-formance of the engineand fuel systems at vari-ous altitudes and under avariety of operating con-ditions. The flight was partof a series of trials takingplace at airlines around theworld, testing differenttypes of biofuel as a sus-tainable alternative to thefossil fuel-based Jet-A1fuel. —Internet

Researchers discover newuse for human hair

WASHINGTON, 30 Dec—Studies by US researchershave shown that human hair, a readily available wastegenerated from barbershops and hair salons, is anadditional nutrient source for crops if combined withadditional compost.

Researchers from Mississippi State University re-cently published their study results in the current issueof journal Hort Technology.

Agricultural crop production usually relieson composted waste materials and byproducts,such as animal manure, municipal solid waste com-posts, and sewage sludge, as a necessary nutrientsource.

Although human hair has become commerciallyavailable to crop producers in the past couple years, ithas not been proven to be an exclusive source ofnutrients in greenhouse container production.

Internet

File photo shows people

crossing the junction at

Singapore’s prime

Orchard Road shopping

belt. More than five

million US dollars’

worth of watches have

been stolen from a

Singapore shop, the

dealer said, in a rare

crime of such magnitude

in one of Asia’s safest

cities.—INTERNET

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China’s Foton says clean energycar factory opened in Beijing

China’s Beiqi Foton Motor Co has launched afive-billion-yuan (US$730 million) design andproduction base for clean energy vehicles inBeijing, the company has said.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 30 Dec — Chi-na’s Beiqi Foton MotorCo has launched a five-billion-yuan (730-mil-lion-dollar) design andproduction base for cleanenergy vehicles inBeijing, the company saidon Tuesday.

The facility will pro-duce up to 5,000 clean-energy buses and 400,000fuel-efficient engines ayear, the company said in

a statement.The design and produc-

tion base, backed by thecity government, is part ofthe capital’s efforts tofight pollution by reduc-ing car emissions, thecompany said.The mostprominent investor in

green car technology inChina is American inves-tor Warren Buffet, whoowns a 10 percent stake inanother company, BYDAuto, which unveiledChina’s first mass-pro-duced hybrid electric carin December.—Internet

Key gene linked to high bloodpressure identified

US-Japanese study finds genes for 1918‘Spanish flu’ pandemic

Researchers at a flu researchlaboratory. A US-Japanese researchteam announced on Monday it had

isolated three genes that explain whythe 1918 Spanish flu, believed to bethe deadliest infectious disease inhistory, was so lethal.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 30 Dec— A US-Japa-nese research team announced it had iso-lated three genes that explain why the1918 Spanish flu, believed to be the dead-liest infectious disease in history, was solethal.The pandemic killed between 20and 50 million people — more than in

all of World War I, which ended in No-vember 1918 — and spread around theworld.

The genes allowed the virus to repro-duce in lung tissue, according to researchpublished in the Proceedings of the Na-tional Academy of Sciences.

“Conventional flu viruses replicatemainly in the upper respiratory tract: themouth, nose and throat,” said Universityof Wisconsin-Madison virologistYoshihiro Kawaoka, who co-authored thestudy along with Masato Hatta, also ofUW-Madison.“The 1918 virus replicatesin the upper respiratory tract, but also inthe lungs, causing primary pneumoniaamong its victims,” Kawaoka said.

“We wanted to know why the 1918 flucaused severe pneumonia,” he added.

Autopsies of Spanish flu victims oftenrevealed fluid-filled lungs severely dam-aged by massive hemorrhaging.Virologistslinked the virus’ ability to invade the lungswith its high level of virulence, but thegenes that conferred that ability were un-known, the researchers wrote.—Internet

Workers take part inthe refurbishment of

an airplane at theEADS plant in the

eastern German city ofDresden, August2008.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 30 Dec— A gene that affects howthe kidneys process saltmay help determine a per-son’s risk of high bloodpressure, a discovery thatcould lead to better waysto treat the condition, re-searchers said on Mon-day.

People with a commonvariant of the gene STK39tend to have higher bloodpressure levels and aremore likely to developfull-blown high bloodpressure, also called hy-pertension, University ofMaryland School ofMedicine researchersfound.

They identified thegene’s role in high bloodpressure susceptibility byanalyzing the genes of542 people in the insular

Old Order Amish commu-nity in Lancaster County,Pennsylvania.

The researchers con-firmed the findings bylooking at the genes ofanother group of Amishpeople as well as fourother groups of white peo-ple in the United Statesand Europe.

About 20 percent of thepeople studied had eitherone or two copies of thisparticular variant, the re-searchers said.

The gene produces aprotein involved in regu-lating the way the kidneysprocess salt in the body —a key factor in determin-ing blood pressure, theresearchers said.

Yen-Pei ChristyChang, who led the studyappearing in the journal

Proceedings of the Na-tional Academy of Sci-ences, said the findingscould lead to the develop-ment of new high bloodpressure drugs targetingthe activity of STK39.

“What we hope is thatby understanding STK39we can use that informa-tion for personalizedmedicine, so we can actu-ally predict which hyper-tensive patients should beon what class of medica-tion and know that theywill respond well andhave minimal risk for sideeffects,” Chang said in atelephone interview.

People with high bloodpressure are more likely todevelop heart attacks,heart failure, strokes andkidney disease.

Internet

Chile says Chaiten volcano still poses dangerSANTIAGO, 30 Dec —

Chile’s government said onFriday the area surroundingthe Chaiten Volcano, whicherupted in May for the firsttime in thousands of years,was still not safe and that adecision regarding the fu-ture of the town of Chaitenwould be made in comingdays.

The Volcano, only sixmiles from the town,started spewing ash, gasand molten rock on 2 May,forcing the evacuation ofabout 7,000 residents.

A cloud of debris thatsoared as high as 20 milesinto the air was kept aloftby the pressure of constanteruptions for weeks, andeven covered towns inneighboring Argentina

with volcanic ash.“We received the

latest report from theUniversidad Catolica ...and the only thing I can tellyou is that the volcano isexactly as dangerous as it

was before,” Interior Min-ister Edmundo Perez-Yoma told reporters.

“We were hoping wemight have better news,but unfortunately wedon't.”—Internet

Liver transplants from elderly donors are safeNEW YORK, 30 Dec—

Advanced donor age, perse, does not adversely af-fect the transplant recipi-ent or the survival of theorgan after liver transplan-tation, according to a re-

port in the Journal of theAmerican College of Sur-geons. Previous reportshave indicated that the ageof the donor — older than60 years — contributes todecreased organ and pa-tient survival, as well as apoorer quality of life forthe recipient, the authorsexplain. They hypoth-esized, however, “thatproper selection of donorsolder than age 60 and evenover age 70” can produceoutcomes comparable to

those obtained withyounger donors.

Dr William C. Chap-man and colleagues fromWashington UniversitySchool of Medicine, StLouis, Missouri, analyzedtheir experience with 741adult-to-adult whole organtransplants — 91 donorswere 60 years or older and650 were younger than 60years.

There was no signifi-cant difference in thenumber of second trans-plants performed or signsthat another transplant wasgoing to be needed be-tween patients who re-ceived organs fromyounger and older donors,the authors report.

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S P O R T S

Brazil’s striker Ronaldotrains at his new soccer

club, Corinthians, inSao Paulo, on 26 Dec,

2008.—INTERNET

There are three in for the title,says Man U’s Fergie

Real must choose betweenHuntelaar and Diarra

Dimitar Berbatov, seenhere in November 2008,

still to hit it off atManchester Unitedsince arriving fromSpurs in September,

settled this tense clashwith a 69th minute

volley to give the Cham-pions League holders a

1-0 victory here onMonday.—INTERNET

Real Madrid must choosebetween new signingsKlaas-Jan Huntelaar,seen here, and LassanaDiarra to play in theknock-out stages of theChampions League,UEFA spokesman WilliamGaillard said on Spanish

radio.—INTERNET

Liverpool captain Gerrard charged over bar brawl

Steven Gerrard, seen here, the captainof English Premier League leadersLiverpool, was charged Tuesday withassault and affray over an alleged bar

brawl, police told AFP.—INTERNET

Adebayor tops in Togo again

Arsenal’s strikerEmmanuel Adebayor hasbeen voted Togo Foot-baller of the Year for thefourth consecutive yearby local sports journalistsit was announced onMonday.—INTERNET

Iniesta set to return for BarcaMADRID, 30 Dec—Barcelona midfielder Andres

Iniesta, sidelined since the beginning of Novemberwith a muscle injury, has received the green light from

Barcelona midfielderAndres Iniesta, seenhere in November2008 when sidelinedwith a muscle injury,has received thegreen light from doc-tors to return to ac-tion, the club said onMonday.—INTERNET

Jewell quits DerbyDERBY, 30 Dec—Derby manager Paul Jewell has re-

signed after only 13 months in charge of the Champi-onship outfit, the club said on Monday. Former Wiganboss Jewell threw in the towel after Sunday’s 1-0 homedefeat by Ipswich, his 50th game in charge of the Rams.

Jewell, 44, went ahead of an upcoming League Cupsemi-final against Manchester United after a loss whichleft the side 18th in the table.

A statement said Jewell “feels he is no longer in aposition to take the club forward” and assistant bossChris Hutchings will take temporary charge to try tolift a side with only seven wins in 26 league matches.

Jewell took over a Derby side in freefall last seasonrooted to the foot of the Premiership. Chairman AdamPearson told BBC Radio Derby that the club had notput pressure on Jewell to go. But Pearson said: “It wasprobably one result too far for Paul. He came to seeme after the (Ipswich) game and said that he felt itjust wasn’t working out and didn’t want to club to suf-fer as a result. He just feels that the club needs a freshimpetus and a new direction.”

Hutchings takes charge for Saturday’s FA Cup thirdround tie at non-league Forest Green Rovers and thenDerby host Manchester United in the first leg of theirLeague Cup semi at Pride Park on 7 January.—Internet

Rooney’s agent loses ban appealLONDON, 30 Dec—Wayne Rooney’s agent Paul

Stretford on Monday lost an appeal against an 18-month ban imposed by the Football Association inJuly for breaking regulations when signing up theEngland striker.

Stretford was also fined 300,000 pounds (then377,000 euros) in July after being charged by the FAfollowing his troubled appointment as Rooney’s agentin 2002.

Seven of the nine charges brought by the FAagainst Stretford for breaches of world football gov-erning body FIFA’s players’ agent regulations wereproved.

The charges included failing to protect Rooney’sinterests and failing to respect the rights of third par-ties.

Stretford was also hit with an improper conductcharge in relation to the “making of false and/or mis-leading witness statements to police and giving falseand/or misleading testimony to Warrington CrownCourt” in a case about the circumstances of how hecame to represent the England striker.

Stretford made it clear he would lodge an appealbut an independent appeal board here Mondayupheld the original punishment.

LONDON, 30 Dec— Liverpool captainSteven Gerrard was charged Tuesdaywith assault and affray over an allegedbar brawl, police told AFP.

The football star, 28, was chargedalong with two other men who were alsoarrested early Monday after an incidentat a late-night bar in Southport, north ofLiverpool.

The venue’s disc jockey, a 34-year-old local man, required hospital treat-ment after suffering facial injuries.

“He was charged in the early hoursof this morning with assault and affray,”a spokesman for Merseyside Police toldAFP. The England midfielder was re-leased on bail from Southport police sta-tion early Tuesday.

The disturbance occurred hours afterLiverpool won 5-1 at Newcastle Unitedon Sunday, with Gerrard scoring twogoals.—Internet

doctors to return to action, theclub said on Monday.

The 24-year-old Spanishinternational will join thesquad to face Real Mallorcaon Saturday.

Iniesta strained his rightthigh muscle during the sec-ond half of Barcelona’s 1-1Champions League drawagainst Swiss side Basel at theNou Camp on 4 November.

Despite that his absence hasnot prevented the club frommaintaining its place at the topof the Primera Liga wherethey lead Sevilla by 10 pointsafter 16 matches.

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MADRID, 30 Dec—RealMadrid must choose be-tween new signingsKlaas-Jan Huntelaar andLassana Diarra to play inthe knock-out stages ofthe Champions League,UEFA spokesmanWilliam Gaillard said onSpanish radio.

“I am very sorry, butthe rules are what they areand they cannot bechanged in the middle ofa season,” he said onOnda Cero radio. “Thatmeans that only one of thetwo players can play inthe Champions League...

“They can include ei-ther Huntelaar or Diarra.”

The Spanish champi-ons, plagued by injuriesand poor form this season,signed Dutch strikerHuntelaar and Frenchmidfielder Diarra thismonth from Ajax andEnglish side Portsmouthrespectively.

But under UEFA rulesonly one of them can playin the Champions League

as both have have alreadyrepresented their formerclubs in Europe this sea-son. Real had hoped toconvince European foot-ball’s governing body toagree to a different inter-pretation of the rule sothat both players couldtake part.—Internet

LOME, 30 Dec—Emmanuel Adebayor hasbeen voted Togo Foot-baller of the Year for thefourth consecutive yearby local sports journalistsit was announced onMonday.

The Arsenal striker re-turned to the nationalteam during October aftera row with officials overtravelling conditions andscored four goals againstSwaziland to keep Togo incontention for a place atthe 2010 World Cup.

Adebayor is a finalistfor the 2008 African Foot-baller of the Year awardwith Chelsea’s DidierDrogba of Ivory Coastand the latter’s club mateMichael Essien of Ghanaand Egyptians MohamedAboutraika and Amr Zaki,who has scored 10 goalsfor his on loan PremierLeague club Wigan thisseason.

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MANCHESTER, 30 Dec—Sir Alex Ferguson insistedthat the Premier Leaguetitle race will be a three-way fight between Man-chester United, Liverpooland Chelsea after DimitarBerbatov’s second-halfstrike sealed a narrow 1-0win against Middles-brough at Old Trafford onMonday.

Berbatov’s third leaguegoal in a United shirt - al-lied to the club’s seventhsuccessive PremierLeague clean-sheet - se-cured the victory thattakes the reigning cham-pions to within sevenpoints of leaders Liver-pool with two games inhand.

United struggled toovercome GarethSouthgate’s team forlengthy periods, but withthe points in the bag,Ferguson predicted atense run-in to the title in2009.

“It’s going to be a greatrun-in, really exciting, but

I wouldn’t say that Liver-pool are a greater threatthan Chelsea now,” saidFerguson.

“Chelsea are a greatside too, but the importantthing is to do our own joband we have always donethat.—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin and Shan States, upper Sagaing,Yangonand Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair in the re-maining areas . Night temperatures were (3˚C) to (4˚C)below December average temperatures in Mon Sate, upperSagaing and Bago Divisions, (6˚C) below December av-erage temperatures in Chin State, (3˚C) above Decemberaverage temperatures in Kachin State and about Decem-ber average temperatures in the remaining areas.The sig-nificant night temperatures were Hakha (-2˚C), Loilem(-1˚C), Namsam (2˚C) and Pinlaung (3˚C).

Maximum temperature on 29-12-2008 was 90˚F.Minimum temperature on 30-12-2008 was 60˚F. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 30-12-2008 was64%. Total sunshine hours on 29-12-2008 was (9.3) hrsapprox.

Rainfall on 30-12-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (110.31) inches at Mingaladon,(120.95) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (140.94) inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Southwest at (11:30) hours MST on 29-12-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 31st December 2008:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin State, upperSagaing and Taninthayi Divisions and generally fair inthe remaining areas.

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fair inthe whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 31-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 31-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 31-12-2008: Generally fair weather.

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NEW YORK, 30 Dec—A closely watched indexshows home prices dropped by the sharpest annualrate on record in October.

The Standard & Poor’s/Case-Shiller 20-cityhousing index released Tuesday fell by a record 18percent from October last year, the largest drop sinceits inception in 2000. The 10-city index tumbled 19.1percent, its biggest decline in its 21-year history.

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An encapsulated rose officially named after theTournament of Roses, which flew on NASA’s

space shuttle Atlantis in Feb 2008, is displayed atthe Bayer, Garden of Oz Float in Pasadena, Calif.

on Monday, 29 Dec, 2008. The theme of thisyear’s parade will be ‘Hats off to Entertainment’

held on New Years day.—INTERNET

Tech companies push stylish,personal design

Home prices post 18 percentannual drop in October

The headquarters of GMAC, the troubledfinancial arm of General Motors, in Horsham,Pennsylvania. The US Treasury has unveiled a

$6bln package aimed at boosting the founderingfirm.—INTERNET

SAN FRANCISCO, 30Dec —With consumersshowing an appetite forstylish personal devices,PC and gadget makers willneed more than justvibrant colors, roundededges or an elegantmetallic finish to stand outin a crowded market.

PC users areincreasingly interested inwhat's on the outside asmuch as what’s on theinside. And as the marketshifts to laptops fromdesktops, computers are

more portable and hencemore visible, making themas much of a designstatement as a purse or apair of shoes.

Richard Shim, a PCanalyst with IDC, said it’sall part of a larger trend of“hyper-specialization” innotebooks.

“Personalization isbecoming a big diff-erentiator. It’s just aquestion of how far youcan take it and how muchmoney you can get for it,”he said.—Internet

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5th Waxing of Pyatho 1370 ME Wednesday, 31 December, 2008

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

SPECIAL FEATURES TOHAIL 61st ANNIVERSARY

INDEPENDENCE DAY

Article

Poem

Take FirePreventiveMeasures

A bird’s eye view of Pyinsalu. (News on page 1) — MNA

Safeguard our heritage

* O, people of MyanmarAware of the guidance thatIf taken for grantedIndependence can be lostAll of a sudden subjugationOf the alien aggression

YANGON, 30 Dec—Hailing the 61st Anniver-sary Independence Day 2009, the special sale festi-vals of the Ministry of Industry-1 will be held atChanayethazan Township from 27 December to 2January, Kyaukme of Shan State (North) from 27December to 2 January, Toungoo of Bago Divisionfrom 31 December to 7 January and Thayawady ofBago Division from 3 January to 9 January.—MNA

Independence Day special sales

Why locusts abandon solitarylife for swarm

SYDNEY, 30 Dec — By applying an old theory thathas been used to explain water flow through soil and thespread of forest fires, researchers may have an answerto a perplexing ecological and evolutionary problem:why locusts switch from an innocuous, solitary life-style to form massive swarms that can devastate cropsand strip fields bare.

Their report, published online on December 18thin Current Biology, a Cell Press publication, concludesthat once the insects’ ranks grow to a certain thresholdsize, banding together prevents predators from movingfrom one patch of insects to the next and easily pickingthe bugs off one by one.

“A predator can only move continually across alandscape, consuming locusts as it goes, if there is alandscape-spanning pathway of connected, high-yield-ing patches containing locusts in abundance,” saidAndy Reynolds of Rothamsted Research.—Internet

MADRID, 30 Dec — Antonio Valencia’s agentclaims he has not had any contact with Real Madridbut admits the Wigan winger would jump at thechance to secure a move to the Bernabeu.

Speculation has been rife that the Spanish cham-pions are set to table a 17million euro (£16.6 million)bid for Valencia, with reports suggesting they havealready opened discussions with Wigan.

Diego Herrera remained coy about his client’sfuture but hinted the Ecuador international could beoff as early as next week.—Internet

No Real offer for Valencia yet

Photo shows newly-opened special care units inNay Pyi Taw People’s Hospital (1000-bed)

on 27, September 2008.


The youth of today are mainly responsi-

ble for restoration of independence for which

many of their forefathers had to sacrifice

their lives, and generating freedom, peace

and development of their motherland.

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