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Volume XVII, Number 163 8th Waxing of Thadingyut 1371 ME Saturday, 26 September, 2009

Appamadena sampadetha,Accomplish oneself with

mindfulness.“O bhikkhus! All conditioned and

compounded things, coporeality and men-tality, arisen out of kamma, citta, utu andahara have the nature of decay and disin-tegration; so with steadfast mindfulnesscultivate morality, concentration and wis-dom.”

(Digha Nikaya, Mahavagga Pali-128)

The Buddha’s Messageof Great Value

* 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 participa-tion in terms of technical know-how and invest-ments from sources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must bekept in the hands of the State and the nationalpeoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and pres-ervation and safeguarding of cultural heritageand national character

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

of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace and tran-quillity, prevalence of law and order

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

Ayeya-1 Power-tiller designed toimprove economic-life of farmers

Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe;Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

Ayeya-1 power-tillers on their way from Assembly Shop (1).

The process of transforming Myanmar fromconventional into mechanized farming is picking upmomentum. With the aim of expediting the process, thegovernment is boosting production of farm machineryand machine tools.

Recently, we had an opportunity to pay a visit toNo. (1) Farm Machinery and Machine Tools Factoryunder the Ministry of Industry-2 near Hsinte Village inPadaung Township, Pyay District. The factorymanufactures Ayeya-1 Power-tillers that are powerfulin ploughing fields.

On arrival at the large factory, we saw workshopsand machines in operation. Workers were at work inrespective sections of the 460 ft x 90 ft Assembly Shop

(1). While we were observing the assembling ofmachines into Ayeya-1 power-tillers, Daw AungSandar Kyaw (Assistant Manager) of the AssemblyShop explained, “We produce Ayeya-1 power-tillersfor farmers to get power-tillers at fair prices andcomplete a lot of work in a short time. With thispower-tiller, we can harrow and plough fields. It isconvenient for farmers to use this power-tiller incombination with some types of farm equipment suchas harrow, plough, water pump, generator and trailer.”

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Scandinavians are descendedfrom stone age immigrants,

ancient DNA revealsSCIENCE DAILY, 25 Sept— Today's

Scandinavians are not descended fromthe people who came to Scandinavia atthe conclusion of the last ice age but,apparently, from a population that arrivedlater, concurrently with the introductionof agriculture. This is one conclusion ofa new study straddling the borderline

between genetics and archaeology,which involved Swedish researchers andwhich has now been published in thejournal Current Biology.

“The hunter-gatherers whoinhabited Scandinavia more than 4,000years ago had a different gene pool thanours,” explains Anders Götherström ofthe Department of Evolutionary Biologyat Uppsala University, who headed theproject together with Eske Willerslev ofthe Centre for GeoGenetics at theUniversity of Copenhagen.—Internet

New research suggests that modernScandinavians are not descended

from the people who came toScandinavia at the conclusion of thelast ice age but, apparently, from a

population that arrived later,concurrently with the introduction of

agriculture.

SCIENCE DAILY, 25 Sept—TheALMA (Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array) astronomicalobservatory has taken another step forward— and upwards. One of its state-of-the-art antennas was carried for the first time

ALMA telescopereaches new heights

to the 5000m plateau of Chajnantor, inthe Chilean Andes, on the back of acustom-built giant transporter. Theantenna, which weighs about 100 tonsand has a diameter of 12 metres, wastransported up to the high-altitude ArrayOperations Site, where the extremelydry and rarefied air is ideal for ALMA’sobservations of the Universe.

The conditions at the ArrayOperations Site on Chajnantor, whileexcellent for astronomy, are also veryharsh. Only half as much oxygen isavailable as at sea level, making it verydifficult to work there. This is whyALMA’s antennas are assembled andtested at the lower 2900 m altitude of theALMA Operations Support Facility. Itwas from this relatively hospitable basecamp that the ALMA antenna began itsjourney to the high Chajnantor site.

Internet

An ALMA antenna en route to theplateau of Chajnantor for the first

time.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 26 September, 2009

Saturday, 26 September, 2009 * 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

In building up a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation, the government gives priorityto industrial development.

Industrial regions and eighteen industrialzones have been established in order to developboth state-owned and private-owned industries.In an effort to bring about private industrialdevelopment, the State is fulfilling therequirements of the private sector.

In the drive for national industrial sectoralso, the State has opened technologicaluniversities and colleges and technical institutesfor producing human resources like technicians.

The industrial regions and zones in thestates and divisions are manufacturing dieselengines, heavy machinery and machine parts.At the same time, more import-substituteindustries are being established.

Moreover, a cement plant, vest factory,candy factory, footwear factory, bicycle factory,advanced firebrick factory and plastic factoryhave been established in Kyaukse industrialregion.

For the factories in Thagara industrialregion producing vehicles, excavators,bulldozers, machine parts and electricalappliances, all necessary control systems andmachines will be manufactured.

The government is therefore trying toproduce skilled technicians and manufacturingquality machines by establishing industrialregions and zones across the Union so as tomarch towards an industrial nation.

Strive for industrialdevelopment

YANGON, 25 Sept—A ceremony to launchnew model of Epsonprinters in IT market ofMyanmar was held atMyanmar Mingalar Hallof Traders Hotel on SulePagoda here yesterdayevening.

Mr Francis AuSeng Huat of ClientFocus Marketing Pte Ltdextended greetings andSales Manager U MoeAung Zaw of ClientFocus Technology GroupCo Ltd explained factsabout new inkjectprinters of Epson—Epson StylusTM TX 111,Epson StylusTM TX 210,Epson StylusTM TX550W, Epson StylusTM

Photo T60 and EpsonStylusTM Photo TX 700W.

YANGON, 25 Sept—Organized by MyanmaGolf Federation and

NAY PYI TAW, 25Sept—Minister for Con-struction Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint attendedthe signing ceremony be-tween Public Works andFoundation AssociatesEngineering Pte. Ltd fromSingapore at the ministry,here, yesterday.

Also present on theoccasion were Minister forNational Planning andEconomic DevelopmentU Soe Tha, Minister forElectric Power No. (1) ColZaw Min, Chief Justice UAung Toe, Attorney-Gen-eral U Aye Maung, deputyministers, departmentheads and officials.

Minister Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint madean opening speech and

Construction Minister attends signing ceremony

Managing Director ofFoundation AssociatesEngineering Pte. Ltd MrJimmy Teoh Guan Hooispoke words of thanks.

Next, ManagingDirector of Public WorksU Khin Maung Hse andManaging Director MrJimmy Teoh Guan Hooi

signed and exchanged thecontract of buying one setof Casagrande C 600 NGBentonite Bored PileEquipment.—MNA

Nay Pyi Taw Golf Tournament(open) to be held

Myanmar PGA andmainly sponsored by AirBagan Ltd and

International BeveragesTrading Co., Ltd (IBTC),Nay Pyi Taw GolfTournament (open), thefirst round of MyanmarGolf Tour (2009-2010),will be held at City golfcourse in Nay Pyi Tawfrom 29 September to 2October on a grand scale.

Only professionaland amateur level(Handicap 0-12) golfersare eligible to participatein the tournament.

The tournament willbe held in compliancewith St Andrews’s ruleand local regulations, andhandsome prizes will beawarded to Hole-In-Onewinners.

Golfers wishing toparticipate are remindedto register at Nay Pyi Taw

Golf Course (Ph-067410000) not later than 4pm on 27 September.

With a view to turningout famous Myanmargolfers, the tournament ismainly sponsored by AirBagan Ltd andInternational BeveragesTrading Co., Ltd (IBTC)and KBZ Bank Ltd, HotelYangon, KM Golf Centre,Han Golf Masters Pte Ltd,Myanmar Thiha TradingCo.,Ltd, Bay of BangleResorts (BOB), TMWEnterprise Ltd (INAX,T-Home), CEPSA Lubri-cant, ACCEL Inter-national Co., Ltd (Canon),Imperial Jade PurifiedDrinking Water, LifelineCo., Ltd and GP Watch areco-sponsors.

NLM

New models of Epson launched in ITmarket of Myanmar

There are threemodels of printers forhome and commercialuse and two models forphotography use.EPSON StylusTM TX 111can print out 30 sheets ina single minute whereasEpson StylusTM TX 210

can perform manyfunctions such asprinting, copying, andscanning in one Epson.StylusTM TX 550 W isalso a multi-functionedone which can also beused with wirelessnetworking.

Six colours of inkcan be used in EpsonStylusTM Photo T60 andEpson StylusTM Photo TX700 W which areintended for commercialand photography use. AsPhoto TX 700 W isequipped with Pict-

bridge function, photosfrom digital cameras andmobile phones can beprinted out wirelesslyand can be copy on CDand DVD.

The printers andinks are available at

Computer Sales Centre inthe whole country. Forfurther information,contact Client FocusTechnology Co Ltd, soleagent in Myanmar(Ph: 215247, 09-8610868).—MNA

Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint attends signing ceremony between PublicWorks and Foundation Associates Engineering Pte. Ltd

from Singapore.—MNA

Mr Francis Au Seng Huat of Client Focus Marketing Pte Ltd extendsgreetings at ceremony to launch new model of Epson printers.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 26 September, 2009 3

Prominent nuclear disarmament organizationwelcomes UN nuclear-free call

School drinking water contains toxins School adminis-trators in thefarmworker

town of Cutlercannot fix

chronic waterproblems atLovell High

School becausefunding is

frozen due tothe state’s

budget crisis.INTERNET

Anger at Afghan warsparked Britain scandalLONDON, 25 Sept — A “mole” who leaked data on

lawmakers’ expenses, sparking Britain’s biggest po-litical scandal in years, was angry about a lack of re-sources for troops in Afghanistan, a newspaper saidon Friday.

The unnamed worker was incensed by a perceivedfailure to properly equip British soldiers in Afghani-stan, at a time when politicians filed lavish expensesclaims, according to the newspaper that published theleaks.

The Daily Telegraph published weeks of materialearlier this year showing how members of parliament(MPs) claimed expenses from the public purse for eve-rything from a duck island to moat cleaning and ten-nis court repairs.

“It’s not easy to watch footage on the televisionnews of a coffin draped in a Union Jack and then comein to work the next day and see on your computerscreen what MPs are taking for themselves,” theworker, a civilian, said.—Internet

Two Frenchfighter planes

crashPARIS, 25 Sept— Two

fighter planes belongingto French Navy crashedon Wednesday afternoonduring exercise, with onepilot surviving and theother still missing, FrenchNavy said in a statement.

The two Rafale fighterjets had one pilot on eachbefore they crashed intothe Mediterranean, east ofthe French city ofPerpignan, at around 6 pmduring their testing flight,the statement said.

One pilot have beensaved from the sea while thewhereabouts of the other isunknown yet. The authori-ties have not revealed thecause of the accident.

Rafale, made byFrance’s munitionerDassault Aviation, isFrance’s most advancedtranssonic fighter plane.

Xinhua

People gather at the site of a collapsed chimney in Korba on 23 Sept. Thedeath toll from the collapse of a giant chimney in central India rose to 36 on

Friday, with many more bodies set to be pulled from the debris, a localgovernment official said.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 25 Sept — Global Zero,a prominent organization for interna-tional nuclear disarmament, on Thurs-day hailed a new United Nations resolu-tion that aims at nuclear-free world.

The UN resolution, endorsing calls byUS President Barack Obama and hisRussian counterpart Dmitry Medvedevto eliminate all nuclear weapons, “indi-cates a global consensus for this goal hasbeen achieved,” Global Zero said in apress release.

Global Zero, a group of more than200 political and military leaders fromaround the world, will hold a plenarysession in February for strategy talks on

the phased elimination of arsenals andlaunch of global public campaign, therelease said.

The UN Security Council on Thurs-day unanimously adopted a resolution tostop the proliferation of nuclear weap-ons in a bid to seek a safer world for alland to create the conditions for a worldwithout nuclear weapons.

The resolution was adopted shortlyafter US President Barack Obamaopened the Summit on Nuclear No-Pro-liferation and Nuclear Disarmament, thefirst of its kind in the history of the 15-nation UN body.

Xinhua

An Iraqi traffic police officer checks the registration and papers of a vehicleduring random checks in central Baghdad. Iraqi authorities launched a

manhunt on Thursday after an apparent inside-job saw 16 Al-Qaeda mem-bers, including five awaiting execution, escape from prison overnight in

Saddam Hussein’s home town.— INTERNET

Al-Qaeda-linked inmates break outof Iraq prison

Two Italian soldiersinjured in W Afghanistan

KABUL, 25 Sept—Taleban militants fighting Afghanand the NATO-led forces in Afghanistan attacked Ital-ian forces and injured two soldiers in western HeratProvince on Thursday, a local official said.

“The Taleban rebels opened fire on Italian troops inBarmakan village of Shindand district at 10:00 localtime wounding two soldiers,” said Lal MohammadOmarzai, the district chief of Shindand.

He also added that the militants used light weaponsin the ambush. However, he did not say if there wereany casualties on the militants.

Xinhua

CUTLER, 25 Sept —Over the last decade, thedrinking water at thou-sands of schools across thecountry has been found tocontain unsafe levels oflead, pesticides and dozensof other toxins.

An Associated Pressinvestigation found thatcontaminants have sur-faced at public and privateschools in all 50 states —in small towns and innercities alike.

But the problem hasgone largely unmonitoredby the federal govern-ment, even as the numberof water safety violations

has multiplied.“It’s an outrage,” said

Marc Edwards, an engi-neer at Virginia Tech whohas been honored for hiswork on water quality. “Ifa landlord doesn’t tell atenant about lead paint inan apartment, he can go tojail. But we have no sys-tem to make people fol-low the rules to keepschool children safe?”

The contamination ismost apparent at schoolswith wells, which represent8 to 11 percent of the na-tion’s schools. Roughly oneof every five schools withits own water supply vio-lated the Safe DrinkingWater Act in the past dec-ade, according to data fromthe Environmental Protec-tion Agency analyzed bythe AP.—Internet

BAGHDAD, 25 Sept —US aircraft and Iraqi pa-trols combined in a mas-sive manhunt on Thursdayafter the escape of 16 pris-oners — including five al-Qaeda-linked inmatesawaiting execution — whoapparently crawledthrough a bathroom win-dow in a makeshift jail ona former compound ofSaddam Hussein.

The jailbreak inSaddam’s hometownTikrit highlighted thestruggles for Iraqi authori-ties to maintain controlover an overcrowdedprison system and absorbthousands of detaineesturned over by US forcesas part of a broad securitypact. At least two seniorofficials were fired afterthe late Wednesday es-

cape. Few details on thefugitives were provided byIraqi security chiefs. Butfive were Iraqis who weresentenced to death for ter-rorism-related crimes andlinks to al-Qaeda in Iraq,said a Tikrit police officer,said on condition of ano-nymity because he was notauthorized to discuss theoperation with media.

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A Ford cardealership inBeijing. Ford

and its Chinesepartner an-nounced on

Friday they willbuild a third

plant in Chinaas the US

automakerstruggles to

improve its weakperformance in

the world’sstrongest market.

INTERNET

A worker inspects a glove at the factory of Top Glove in Kelang, outsideKuala Lumpur on 25 Sept, 2009. Shares of Malaysia’s rubber glove makershave sky-rocketed since the outbreak of the H1N1 virus sent global demand

for health-protection products soaring.—INTERNET

CHICAGO, 25 Sept—The US decision to in-crease Chinese tire tariffsrisks starting a full-scaletrade war, distorts eco-nomic growth and ulti-mately hurts consumers,according to a US tradeexpert.

In an interview withXinhua in Chicago onThursday, Marshall PEldred, president of Chi-cago-based internationaltrading company GoldenHill Foods, said the tiredecision was protection-ism that could potentially

SHANGHAI, 25 Sept—Ford and its Chinese part-ner announced on Fridaythey will build a thirdplant in China as the USauto-maker struggles toimprove its weak perform-ance in the world’s strong-est market.

Ford will run the new490-million-dollar plantin southwestern Chongq-ing through Changan FordMazda, its joint venture

MOSCOW, 25 Sept—Prime Minister VladimirPutin on Thursday openedthe door to foreign invest-ment in Russia’s gas-richYamal Peninsula, in anunusual meeting with adozen bosses of globalenergy giants deep in theArctic.

Putin held a televisedmeeting with chief execu-tives of companies includ-ing ExxonMobil, RoyalDutch Shell and Cono-coPhillips in a region withsome of the last untappedmajor energy reserves inthe world.

“We are ready for awide partnership and this

US protectionism risks tradewar, distorts economic growth

have a negative impact ontrade relations.

“Every action has areaction. This could leadto further protectionismon China’s part. At thevery least, this sort of pro-tectionist policy creates atense trade environment,”he said.

Eldred has been in in-ternational trade and dis-tribution for 20 years. Hiscompany, Golden HillFoods, imports spices andother food ingredientsfrom around the world,including China.

Eldred believes thattrade protectionism ingeneral distorts economicgrowth by supporting un-competitive industries.“In this case, the tire ta-riff will have a negativeimpact on the auto indus-try as automakers seek theleast expensive alterna-tives for inputs. Ulti-mately, the US consumerwill suffer as they will nothave access to the lowestpossible price for cars,”he said.

Xinhua

PITTSBURGH, 25 Sept—European Commission Presi-dent Jose Manuel Barroso on Thursday called for moreprogress on reforming the International Monetary Fund(IMF) and warned against protectionism in face of cri-sis.

In a statement ahead of the G20 financial summit,Barroso, who was in Pittsburgh for the event, urgedstrengthened role for the IMF. “The Pittsburgh meet-ing must put more flesh on the IMF’s reinforced sur-veillance role.”

Barroso, who heads the EU’s executive body, calledon the G20 to make progress on reforming IMF quo-tas and representation to rebalance voting rights at theIMF.

“All the world’s largest economies should have avoice commensurate to their size,” he said, adding thatcountries also must shoulder the responsibilities thatgo with their enlarged rights at the IMF.

Warning of the dire consequences of protection-ism, Barroso said “previous economic crises have ledto rampant protectionism. And at worst, to conflictsthat have killed tens of millions.” Barroso called forcooperation among G20 members. The world economycan secure a gradual recovery next year only if lead-ing nations cooperate to build a sustainable frameworkfor growth, he said.—Xinhua

PITTSBURGH, 25 Sept—World leaders announcedon Friday the Group of 20developed and developingnations would become thetop economic forum,spreading influence toemerging powers such asChina and India.

The dramatic shift wasannounced by the White

PARIS, 25 Sept—Thetotal value of the world’stop 100 brands has de-clined for the first time ina decade, according to the2009 rankings released bya major consultancy firm.

Affected by the globalfinancial crisis, the totalvalue of the best 100brands fell 4 percent com-pared with last year, thefirst backward move inthe last 10 years, the con-sulting firm Interbrandreported.

Brands of financialservice companiess werehurt the worst with none

Ford, lagging in China,to build third plant

with Chongqing ChanganAutomobile Co and Ja-pan’s Mazda Motor Corp,the company said in astatement.

The plant, due to openin 2012, will produceFord’s Focus compact carwith an initial capacity for150,000 vehicles a year,the US auto giant said.

The new facility willboost Ford’s and Mazda’scombined annual produc-tion capacity to 600,000vehicles from 447,000 inChina — where it is lag-ging behind US rival andlocal market leader Gen-eral Motors, Ford said.

GM’s partnerships andjoint ventures give it a to-tal capacity of 1.29 mil-lion vehicles a year, in-cluding low-cost microvans.

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G20 becomes main world economic forumHouse as PresidentBarack Obama hosted hisfirst major summit inPittsburgh, which wasmarred by occasional vio-lence as anti-capitalistprotesters clashed withpolice.

“Today, leaders en-dorsed the G20 as thepremier forum for their

international economiccooperation,” a statementsaid.

“This decision bringsto the table the countriesneeded to build a stronger,more balanced globaleconomy, reform the fi-nancial system, and lift thelives of the poorest.”

Internet

EU president urges reform ofIMF, opposes protectionism

Putin opens Arctic to foreign energy firms

Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin.

is why we invited youhere to Salekhard,” Putinsaid, referring to the maintown at the foot of theYamal Peninsula, some2,000 kilometres (1,240miles) northeast of Mos-cow. “We want you to feelyourselves to be part ofour team and participants

in this process,” he added.Energy Minister Sergei

Shmatko made it clear thatRussia was interested in at-tracting “strategic foreignpartners” to Yamal, a hugepeninsula some 435 miles(700 kilometres) in lengthjutting into the Kara Sea.Potential partners wouldhave to provide “innova-tive technologies” to assistin the extraction, produc-tion and marketing of gasfrom Yamal, the energyminister said.

They would also haveto use Russian facilitiesand workers as much aspossible, Shmatko added.

Internet

Total value of world’s top brandsdeclines

among the Top 20 brands.The brand value of 10

famous financial firmsdropped 40 percent in2009. Citigroup andUnited Bank of Switzer-land bore the worst loss ofnearly 50 percent each.

Automotive brandsdeclined 9 percent andbrands in the transporta-tion field fell 25 percentin value, Interbrand said.

The best 10 brands inthe report remained al-most the same as last year,with Coca Cola holdingthe top position for theninth successive year, fol-

lowed by IBM, Microsoft,General Electric and Fin-land’s Nokia.

Though also struck bythe downturn, the bignames in restaurants,Internet services, and foodand beverage saw theirbrand values increase.

McDonald’s rankedsixth, up from eighth lastyear, and the Internetsearch engine Googlewent from 10th last yearto seventh. Americanbrands remain extremelypropular with eight in theTop Ten and 29 in the Top50.—Xinhua

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Israeli President lauds China’sachievements, world role

TEL AVIV, 25 Sept—Is-raeli President ShimonPeres Thursday lauded thegreat achievements madeby China over the past 60years when attending areception held by ChineseEmbassy in Israel to cele-brate the 60th anniversaryof the founding of thePeople’s Republic ofChina.

At the reception held atthe residence of ChineseAmbassador to IsraelZhao Jun, Peres stressed

that China currently playsan important role in theworld. He said that due tothe great achievementsmade by China over thepast 60 years, Chinesepeople are now becomingmore affluent and confi-dent, noting that “Israelloves China.”

Highlighted the impor-tant role China is playingin the world, Peres saidthat “a peaceful China isa peaceful world.”

Before Peres’ speech,

Zhao said that the recep-tion was also held to cele-brate the 17th anniversaryof the establishment ofdiplomatic relations be-tween China and Israel.

China has made re-markable achievementsover the years, said theChinese ambassador, add-ing that despite theprogress, China remains adeveloping country andwill continue its develop-ment.

Xinhua

A huge parterre is seen in front of the National Stadium or “Bird’s Nest” inBeijing, capital of China, on 24 Sept, 2009. The Olympic Park in which the

Bird’s Nest is located has been decorated to celebrate the 60th anniversary ofthe founding of the People’s Republic of China which falls on 1 Oct.—XINHUA

FAO report says food demandto rise 70% in 2050

ROME, 25 Sept—In 2050 there will be 2.3 billionpeople more to feed leading to a 70 percent increase inglobal food production, a newly released UN Food andAgriculture Organization (FAO) paper warned.

FAO estimates the total population in the year 2050is set to reach 9.1 billion, with a third more mouths tofeed. Demographic growth, together with rising in-comes, will boost global food demand.

World leaders’ future challenges will be to ensurefood security by combating hunger and poverty, re-ducing geographical inequalities, increasing efficiencyin the use of natural resources such as water and adapt-ing to climate change, the report added.

Investment in primary agriculture should become atop priority and needs to increase by 60 percent, thepaper added. Agriculture is crucial in that it not onlyproduces food but also generates income and supportsrural livelihoods.—Xinhua

Clock goes 1 hour back on 1 Oct in Bangladesh

More regulation needed to cut deadly dietary sodium in CanadaVANCOUVER, 25 Sept—Excessive salt intake likely kills more Canadians every

years than any other chemical, said a reported released on Thursday, calling formore regulatory efforts from government.

The report Salty to a Fault, published by the Centre for Science in the PublicInterest, an Ottawa-based health advocacy group, suggested that the use of dietarysodium remains largely off-limits for regulators and is underestimated as a public-health risk by the federal government.

The study compare sodium content of 264 package foods and 50 restaurantfoods. The food categories included soups, salad dressings, breads, potato chips,pasta sauce, cookies.—Xinhua

DHAKA, 25 Sept—Clockwill go back an hour on 1Oct in Bangladesh as theDaylight Saving Time(DST) scheme for this yearends on 30 Sept, leadingnewspaper the Daily Starreported on Friday. The nextDST one-hour time shiftwill be on 1 April next year.

The Bangladeshi go-vernment on 18 June thisyear introduced the DST asan energy saving measure.The Power DevelopmentBoard was quoted as say-ing it reduced up to 200megawatt (MW) powerconsumption during typicalpeak hours between 7 pm

and 9 pm. As load sheddingin the country hoveredaround 1,000 MW to 2,000MW during June-Septem-ber period this year, mostpeople did not notice theimpact of 200 MW powerdemand reduction due tothe DST, PDB said.

Load shedding will con-tinue to nag the country tilladequate new power plantscome into operation in2011. This is why the gov-ernment introduced severalsteps to reduce power de-mand and manage the cri-sis, PDB said.—Xinhua

A policeman clears an“explosive” with a me-chanical arm during an

anti-explosive drill inDandong city of northeastChina’s Liaoning Prov-ince, on 24 Sept, 2009.The border police of

Dandong city held ananti-explosive drill toimprove their skills onThursday.—XINHUA

Gold plunges below 1,000dollars on strong dollar, weak oil

CHICAGO, 25 Sept— Gold futures onthe COMEX Division of the New YorkMercantile Exchange went sharply downon Thursday as dollar rallied and crudeoil weakened, closing below the keylevel of 1,000 dollars for the first timesince 9th September. Silver and platinumboth ended much lower.

Gold price for December delivery fell15.50 US dollars, or 1.5 percent, to fin-ish at 998.90 dollars an ounce, althoughearlier in the session the contract rose toan intraday high of 1,021 dollars.

The National Association of Realtorssaid that home sales dropped 2.7 percentto a seasonally adjusted annual rate of5.1 million in August, from a pace of5.24 million in July. This is the first de-cline in five months.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Regimental police of the Hubei Provincial Armed Police Corps take part inthe 2009 Comprehensive Counterterror Manoeuvre, jointly launched by the

Hubei Provincial Armed Police Corps, the Wuhan Municipal Public SecurityBureau, and Wuhan Municipal Bureau of Health, etc, at a drilling base in

Wuhan, central China’s Hubei Province, on 22 Sept, 2009. —XINHUA

Vietnam reaffirmscommitment to nuclear

non-proliferation, disarmamentUNITED NATIONS, 25 Sept—Vietnam

on Thursday reaffirmed its commitmentto nuclear non-proliferation and nucleardisarmament, saying that “man who in-vented nuclear weapons must bear theresponsibility of eliminating them.”

“There still exists a nuclear stockpilecapable of destroying the entire worldmany times over,” Vietnamese PresidentNguyen Minh Triet said at Thursday’sUN Security Council Summit on NuclearNon-Proliferation and Nuclear Disarma-ment. The efforts against nuclear prolif-eration are currently “undergoing newand complex developments,” he said. Vi-etnam is a non-permanent member of the15-nation Security Council.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUMA Utah man is the newest million-

aire the world of golf after winning ahole-in-one contest that followed acharity golf tournament.

Jason Hargett, 35, of Springville, ascratch golfer who manages a restau-rant in Provo, was one of six playerswho qualified for the contest by hittingclosest to the cup on a par-3 hole in theMark Eaton Celebrity Golf Classic atRed Ledges Golf Resort east of HeberCity.

For the hole-in-one contest, the sixplayers shot at a 150-yard hole set in atemporary green carved into the resort’sdriving range.

Utah golfer hits holein one a classic

A model demonstrates the use ofUmo Inc’s 24-carat gold leaf

“Gold Facial Treatment” at theBeautyworld Japan 2007 trade fair

in Tokyo. The treatment costs30,000 yen ($250).

Toast and jam, eggs and bacon, congeeand steamed buns, fruit and yogurt —that’s what makes up traditional break-fasts, but there’s a new concept of whatmakes a healthy breakfast.

It’s called “three cups in the morning”and it appeals to some health-consciouspeople.

It includes a cup of aloe juice, a cup ofnutritious milk shake and a cup of herbaltea. It is said to provide all you need inthe morning for energy, nutrition andhydration.

“This combination has a scientificfoundation, though it runs counter to tra-ditional ideas of a healthy breakfast,” saysGu Linong, director of the Department ofEndocrinology at Peking University Peo-ple’s Hospital and a member of HerbalifeNutrition Committee.

Carbohydrates, fat, protein, vitaminsand minerals, water and fiber are keyelements in a good breakfast.

A pastor from northern Illinoisswam 21 miles across the EnglishChannel from England to France toraise money for an African school.

Rev Mike Solberg of the SecondCongregational Church in Rockford,Ill, said he completed his on Saturdayswim from Samphire Hoe, England, toWissant, France, in 13 hours and 31minutes, the St Louis Post-Dispatchreported Monday.

Solberg said he raised more than$30,000 toward his goal of $50,000 tobuild a school in Waku Kungo, An-gola.

Drink your breakfast with three cups a day“The three cups provide enough nu-

trition and energy and it’s low-fat, low-calorie and low-cholesterol,” says Gu.

Aloe juice, a well-known laxative,is good for digestion and helps elimi-nate toxins accumulated overnight.

The special milk shake — that youmake in a blender — is a mixture ofprotein powder and milk or soybeanmilk, combined with fruit or nuts.

This provides energy and nutrition.Jujubes, white fungus, black-kernelrice, bananas and other fruit can beadded.

Pastor swimsEnglish Channel

for school

An undated handout picture showsthe remains of a man and a womanbelieved to have died in 1,200 BC in

the ancient city of Troy innorthwestern Turkey.

Archaeologists in the ancient city ofTroy in Turkey have found the

remains of a man and a womanbelieved to have died in 1,200 BC.

Nalin (bottom), a one-year-old malewhite Bengal tiger, ducks as Akasha,a one-year-old female Bengal tiger,jumps over him at Six FlagsDiscovery Kingdom in Vallejo, CA.Nalin and a female Bengal cubnamed Akasha, spent most of the dayin the pool, cooling off during the warm weather in the area.

Floodwaters engulf

parts of the RM Clayton

Sewage Treatment Plant

in Atlanta, Georgia, in

this aerial view taken on

23 Sept, 2009.—XINHUA

NEW YORK, 25 Sept—An Afghan immigrantwho received explosivestraining from al-Qaedawent from one beautysupply store to another,buying up large quantitiesof hydrogen peroxide andnail-polish remover, in achilling plot to buildbombs for attacks on USsoil, authorities chargedon Thursday.

Najibullah Zazi, a 24-year-old shuttle driver atthe Denver airport, wasindicted in New York oncharges of conspiracy touse weapons of mass de-

MEXICO CITY, 25 Sept—An earthquake measuring6.2 on the Richter scale rocked on Thursday the Mexi-can state of Jalisco, in the west of the country.

There was no immediate report of injury or dam-age.

The earthquake occurred at 2:16 am local time(0716 GMT), with its epicenter located some 275 kmsouthwest of the tourist resort of Puerto Vallarta inJalisco state, at a depth of 21 km.

The Civil Protection and Fire Department of Jaliscosaid that it is closely monitoring the coastal region ofthe state, though no reports of damage or injuries havebeen received.

Since the beginning of the year, Mexico has regis-tered 12 earthquakes measuring above 5.5 on the Rich-ter scale.—Xinhua

JAKARTA, 25 Sept—In-donesia and China willcooperate in managementand certification of forestproducts to ensure legalwood trading betweenthem to meet with ruleson certification of originunder the US Lacey Act,a media reported here onFriday. Director Generalof Forest Product Devel-opment in the IndonesianMinistry of Forestry HadiDaryanto quoted by theJakarta Post as saying

LOS ANGELES, 25Sept— High school drop-outs cost California 1.1billion dollars annually injuvenile crime costs,anew study shows.

Cutting the dropoutrate in half would save550 million dollars andprevent 30,000 juvenilecrimes a year, accordingto the study published bythe Los Angeles Times onThursday.

High school dropoutsare more likely to commitcrimes than their peerswith diplomas, said thestudy by the CaliforniaDropout Research Project(CDRP) at University ofCalifornia in SantaBarbara.

“This study demon-

Magnitude-6.2 earthquakeshakes western Mexico

Suspect hit beauty stores for bomb suppliesstruction. Investigatorsfound bomb-making in-structions on his compu-ter’s hard drive and saidZazi used a hotel room inColorado to try to cook upexplosives a few weeksago before a trip to NewYork.

The extent of Zazi’sties to al-Qaeda was un-clear, but if the allegationsprove true, this could bethe first operating al-Qaeda cell to be uncov-ered inside the US sincethe 11 Sept, 2001, attacks.

Over the past few days,talk of the possible plotset off the most intenseflurry of national terror-ism warnings since the af-termath of 9/11.

Prosecutors said theyhave yet to establish ex-actly when and where theZazi attacks were sup-posed to take place. ButAttorney General EricHolder said in Washing-ton, “We believe any im-minent threat arising fromthis case has been dis-rupted.”—Internet

Dropouts cost California $1.1 b annuallystrates the immediate im-pact dropouts have onboth public safety and theeconomy,” said projectDirector Russell WRumberger.

“If California could

reduce the dropout rate, itcould subsequently re-duce the juvenile crimerate and its staggeringimpact on the statebudget.”

Internet

Indonesia, China to cooperate in wood certificationthat the two countries hadagreed to sign the MoUon the cooperation.

The cooperationwould include exchangeof data on imports andexports of woods pro-ducts, and exchangesbetween the governmentofficials to learn aboutproduct management andcertification, he said.

“China appreciates wehave adopted certificationof forest and forest prod-ucts and wants to learn

from us how to strengthenimplementation of sus-tainable management offorest and forest-based in-dustries,” said Daryanto.

The Indonesian gov-ernment has introduced anew system of certifyingthe country’s forest man-agement and wood prod-ucts enabling it to benefitfrom the Lacey Act in theUS, which requires allimporters and exporters tospecify the origins of theirproducts.—Xinhua

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(from page 1)An Ayeya-1

Power-tiller is composedof 338 machine parts. AnAyeya-1 Power-tiller withrubber wheels weighsonly 356 kilograms. So, afarmer can easily shift itsposition as needed inploughing a field.

Daw Aung SandarKyaw said, “When wecomplete the processes toproduce Ayeya-1 power-tillers in the factory suchas casting, forging,forming, welding andassembling, we drivethem for quality control.”

An Ayeya-1Power-tiller has 22-horsepower. It can harrow 0.7acres of land or can plough0.33 acres of land in anhour. It consumes 0.7gallon of diesel an hour.

Ayeya-1 Power-tiller designed toimprove economic-life of farmers

Byline: Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

Workers assembling Ayeya-1 power-tillers.

Daw Aung Sandar Kyaw, Assistant Manager, Assembly Shop.

Multipurpose Ayeya-1 power-tillers.

It is very useful tofarmers in the mechanizedfarming. It worksamazingly. Farmers canuse a set of an 18-bladeharrow and a 21-inchploughshare or a set ofthree-blade power harrowwith gear and a 32-inch

diameter ploughharrow tobe used in combinationwith an Ayeya-1 power-tiller.

An 18-blade harrowis designed to plough a fieldthoroughly, and a three-blade power ploughshare,to turn over the soil of hard

land and virgin land, andweedy fields. An Ayeya-1Power-tiller ismultipurpose farmmachinery.

With an Ayeya-1power-tiller, a farmer canplough 3.5 acres of land ineight hours or about 50

acres of land in a couple ofweeks. It is so powerfulthat farmers can save timeconsiderably, completeagricultural work onschedule, make a goodheadway, and get enoughtime to grow mixed cropswith less expense.

Ayeya-1 Power-tiller is of two types: 18 hpand 22 hp. With a trailerthat can hold one-ton loads,an Ayeya-1 power-tillercan move at 10 mph. Inaddition, it can be used inmilling paddy, and

the Ministry of Industry-2 in Nay Pyi Taw. Allnecessary services areprovided for theconvenience ofcustomers.

It is heartening tonote that farmers can buyAyeya-1 power-tillers byinstallment. Thosewishing to purchaseAyeya-1 power-tillersmay contact No (1) FarmMachinery and MachineTools Factory in Hsinte,dialing 067 405323(round the clock), or 053

pumping water. It is alsoall-round machinery.

Ayeya-1 power-tillers are on sale at No (1)Farm Machinery andMachine Tools Factory inHsinte, or the MyanmarFarm Machinery andMachine Tools Factory of

40026 or 40028.Therefore, farmers

are urged to use Ayeya-1power-tillers on a widerscale for contributingmechanized farmingprocess and greaterprofits.

Translation: MS

delicate creatures can navigate up to2,000 miles to a single location.Neurobiologists at the University ofMassachusetts Medical School(UMMS) have now found that a keymechanism that helps steer the butter-flies to their ultimate destination residesnot in the insects' brains, as previouslythought, but in their antennae, a surpris-ing discovery that provides an entirelynew perspective of the antenna's role inmigration.

"We've known that the insectantenna is a remarkable organ, respon-sible for sensing not only olfactory cuesbut wind direction and even sound vi-bration," said Steven M. Reppert, MD,professor and chair of neurobiology andsenior author of the study."—Internet

Migrating monarch butterflies'nose' their way to Mexico,

neurobiologists discoverSCIENCE DAILY, 25 Sept—The

annual migration of monarch butterfliesfrom across eastern North America to aspecific grove of fir trees in Mexico haslong fascinated scientists who havesought to understand just how these

Monarch butterfly.

of their ability to walk? Anew paper published thisweek in PLoS ONE re-solves this debate using amassive data set of themorphology, behavior,and genetics of living andfossil relatives. Cetaceanancestors probablymoved into water beforechanging their diet (andtheir teeth) to includecarnivory; Indohyus, a 48-million year-old semi-aquatic herbivore, andhippos fall closest tocetaceans when the evo-lutionary relationships ofthe larger group are re-constructed.—Internet

Getting a leg up on whale and dolphinevolution: New comprehensive analysissheds light on the origin of Cetaceans

SCIENCE DAILY, 25Sept—When the ancestorsof living cetaceans—whales, dolphins and por-poises—first dipped theirtoes into water, a series ofevolutionary changes were

sparked that ultimately nes-tled these swimming mam-mals into the larger hoofedanimal group. But whathappened first, a changefrom a plant-based diet to acarnivorous diet, or the loss

The Eocene "walking whale"(Ambulocetusnatans) is a close relative to the Cetacean.

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NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—Special RefresherCourse for officers of Ministry of Information (1/2009) concluded at the ministry here this morning,with an address by Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan.

It was attended by directors-general and man-aging directors, deputy directors-general, generalmanagers, responsible personnel, course instructors,trainee officials and staff of departments and enter-prises under the ministry.

Speaking on the occasion, the minister saidthat the course was the first of its kind conducted bythe ministry which had trained the officers to be-come qualified and efficient ones who can effi-ciently assume the duties of the departments con-cerned under the ministry; that the course has re-sulted in an increase in number of officers who canaccomplish media tasks which are to be carried outextensively in parallel with the time in addition toprimary tasks of the ministry; that trainees are to tryfor enhancement of efficiency, initiative, active anddynamic as the course had awakened talent andcapacity of the trainees.

Information Minister addresses concluding ceremony of Special Refresher Course (1/2009)

Trainee officers urged to make efforts to become those servingnational interest, qualified mediamen and high efficient personnel

The minister went on that the trainees are tomake use of experience and knowledge obtainedfrom the course in performing their duties; that theyare to be dutiful in discharge of their responsibilitiesand to be proud of being dutiful; that they are todischarge their duties with goodwill and are to actwith four visions being media men.

The minister then urged the trainee officers tomake efforts to become those serving national inter-est, qualified media men and high efficient personneland called for acting with care and consciousness indischarging duties.

Afterwards, the minister presented gifts to acourse instructor on behalf of the course instructorsand completion certificates to the leader of the train-ees on behalf of the trainees.

After the concluding ceremony, the ministertogether with departmental heads, course instructors,trainee officers had documentary photographs takenand cordially greeted course instructors and traineeofficers . A total of 25 trainee officers of the minis-ter's office, departments and enterprises under theministry attended the 2-week course.—MNA

YANGON, 25 Sept—The respect paying ceremonyto 60 and over 60 years old CEC members and ordinarymembers, monthly organized by Myanmar Women En-trepreneurs’ Association (MWEA), will take place at the

MWEA’s respect paying ceremony on 4 Oct

Introducing ceremony of ConcordiaInt’l Co Ltd on 26 Sept

YANGON, 25 Sept—A ceremony to introduceTopcon brand DifferentialGPS (RTK) technologyand other land-surveyingmaterials distributed byConcordia Int’l Co Ltd,will take place at ParkRoyal Hotel on AlanpyaPagoda Road here at 10am on 26 September.

At the ceremony,responsible persons fromthe company will explainfacts about Topcon brandDGPSs (RTK system),

geodetic total stations,handling GPS use in GIS,digital theodolites,autolevel and civilcadsoftwares.

Those Topconbrand land-surveying ma-terials are high qualityproducts and suitable to usein Myanmar. All of thoseproducts are under one yearwarranty and service is in-cluded and provided at itsservice centre.

The interested per-son who wants to buy

those products may con-tact the following servicecenters: Shwegon plaza onKaba-Aye Pagoda road inBahan Township, Yangon(Tel: 01-544824, 558170,540026 and Fax: 544199),SY building on 30th roadand (77th x 78th) road inChanayethazan Town-ship, Mandalay (Tel: 02-36478, 69303 and 09-5067172) and ThiriYadana market in Nay PyiTaw (Tel: 067-420819 and421362).—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan addressesconcluding ceremony of Special Refresher

Course for officers.—MNA

Chairman of Civil Service Selection and Training Board U Kyaw Thuand wife being welcomed by Ambassador of Saudi Arabia to the Unionof Myanmar HE Mr Turki Bin Naji Abdul Kadir Al Ali at ceremony to

mark National Day of Saudi Arabia on 25 September.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presentscompletion certificates to a leader of

trainees.—MNA

hall of MWEA at No (288/290) on Shwedagon PagodaRoad, Dagon Township, here, at 10 am on 4 October . Themembers of the association are invited to attend withoutfail.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept— Minister for Agricul-ture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo met with farmersat Basic Education Middle School (branch) of Thabayarvillage in Hinthada Township, Ayeyawady Divisionand set up education funds on 20 September.

Next, the minister met with the farmers fromPagyeekyon(east), Pagyeekyon(west), Kokhosu, Aye,

Minister meets farmers from village-tracts

Lattpansu, Yelaekyon, Uyin, Sipinthar, Thatkaepyit,Thaehtone, Tharyarsu and Chinpok village tracts atBasic Education Middle School (branch) inPaekyeekyun village.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—Chairman of Shan State(East) Peace and Development Council, Commanderof Triangle Region Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyoon 19 September inspected mixed cropping of pigeonpea in rubber plantations cultivated by the command inYamhla village of Kengtung Township.

The Commander then met with Shan state-leveldepartmental officials, personnel of Public Works atthe Superintending Engineer's Office of PublicWorks.—MNA

Mixed cropping of pigeon pea inrubber plantations inspected

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—Organized by the Min-istry of Culture, a paper reading session on “HistoricalEvidence” took place at the hall of the ministry herethis morning with an address by Vice-Chairman ofMyanmar National Cultural Committee Minister forCulture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint.

It was also attended by Vice-Chairman of

Culture Minister attendspaper reading session on

“Historical Evidence”

Myanmar Historical Commission Dr Toe Hla, Secre-tary Dr Kyaw Win, member Dr Khin Maung Nyuntand U Kyaw, Archaeologist U Myint Aung, depart-mental heads, researchers and enthusiasts. Next,Director-General U Sann Win of Department of Ar-chaeology, National Museum and Library extendedgreetings and gave accounts on the session.

Then the paper reading session followed. As-sistant Director Daw Babe of Department of Archae-ology, National Museum and Library (Pyay Branch),Director-General U Sann Win, Principal U TheinLwin of Archaeological Technology Training School

(Pyay), Assistant Director U Myint Soe Aung of thedepartment (Bagan Branch) and U Myo Nyunt of thedepartment (North) read out the papers.

The session came to an end after concludingremarks by the minister. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—Minister for ElectricPower No (2) Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint on 22 and23 September met with financial officers of the Elec-tric Power Supply Enterprise at the ministry here.

Also present at the call were Director-Generalof the Department of Electric Power U Khin MaungZaw, Managing Director U Tin Aung of ElectricitySupply Enterprise, departmental officials and 24financial officers from States, Divisions and Dis-tricts.

Next, the minister gave instructions on devel-opment and economy drive of the ministry. Theminister then heard reports on financial matters andattended to the requirements.

MNA

EP-2 Minister meetsfinancial officers

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—The Special AppellateBench comprising Deputy Chief Justice of The Su-preme Court (Nay Pyi Taw) U Tun Tun Oo, SupremeCourt Judges of The Supreme Court (Yangon) UMyint Thein and U Chit Lwin sitting at court roomNo.1 of The Supreme Court (Nay Pyi Taw) deliveredjudgment of (7) special civil appeal cases. And thenheard (5) special appeal cases under section (7) of theJudiciary Law, 2000, today.—MNA

Special Appellate Benchin Nay Pyi Taw

YANGON, 25 Sept—The Puja ceremony to SandhiLady took place at Hindu Temple Sri Sri Durga Bari onBo Aung Kyaw street, here, yesterday evening. Secre-tary of the Darga Puja Celebration Committee U Shweextended greetings.

Indian Ambassador Sri Aloke Sen, Nepali Am-bassador Mrs Guna Laxmi Sharma, Bangladeshi Am-bassador Major-General Anup Kumar Chakma, SriLankan Ambassador Mr Newton Gunaratna, the chair-man of the Darga Puja Celebration Committee Secre-tary of Hindu Committee U Kyaw Thu, Patron ofThanantana Dhammapalaka Organization U Kyi Minand guests attended the inauguration ceremony.

This Puja will continue up to 28th September.NLM

Puja ceremony inaugurated

YANGON, 25 Sept—The 49th Commander-in-Chief (Air)’s Shield Trackand Field Championship2009 was held at AungSan Stadium here thismorning, with an openingspeech of the Commanderof Mingladon Airbase onbehalf of the Commander-in-Chief (Air).

The Senior Offic-ers awarded the winners

C-in-C (Air) Shield Track andField Championship held

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo gives a speech at Basic Education Middle School (branch) ofThabayar village.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint addresses paper reading session on“Historical Evidence”.—MNA

Commander ofMingladon Airbasepresents shield to

winning team.MNA

and the commander pre-sented the shield to thewinning team.—MNA

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YANGON, 25 Sept—Chairman ofYangon City Development CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lininspected tasks being undertaken byEngineering Department (Road and YANGON, 25 Sept—A

ceremony to demonstrateefficiency of farmingequipment of the Ministryof Agriculture andIrrigation was held atmodel paddy field ofMyanma AgricultureService in Kamanat villageof Bago Township on 23September.

The head ofAgricultural Mech-anization Departmentexplained purposes ofdemonstration and the

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—Chairmanof Magway Division Peace and Devel-opment Council Col Phone Maw Shweinspected the situation of No (1) tributaryof Kinpuntaung Dam, extended cultiva-tion of monsoon paddy in the irrigatedarea of No (3) tributary, water drainageof canals and cultivation of monsoonpaddy in Wukkathay Village inTaungdwingyi Township on 27 August.

On 28 August, the chairman ofMagway Division PDC inspected the

YANGON, 25 Sept—Chairman of Yangon Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-

Commander attends military codeof conduct contest

mander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen WinMyint viewed the partici-pation of servicemen in

Command Level MilitaryCode of Conduct Contestof Yangon Command atthe command headquar-

ters this morning.The commander also

addressed at the coordina-tion meeting of Supervi-sory Committee for ensur-ing secure and smoothtransport, held at themeeting hall of the com-mand headquarters in theevening.

The commanderheard the report related tothe university ferries, traf-fic rules and tasks for se-cure transport presentedby officials of the univer-sities and colleges, depart-mental personnel andchairman of bus lines.

The commander at-tended to the needs andmade a concluding re-mark.—MNA

Cultivation of monsoon paddyin Magway inspected

Mayor inspects improvement of drainage system

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Development Council Commander ofWestern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye on 17September, inspected repairing of An-Sittway motorroad in Myaybon Township and broadcasting andmaking of natural fertilizers in Chaunggyi village, andpresented iodinated salt to local farmers.

The commander inspected growing of rubberson the both sides of An-Sittway motor road, nurturingof rubber siblings in Gwason village and site chosenfor construction of station hospital Thayettabin villageof Kyauktaw Township.

On 18 September, the commander made aspeech at closing and awarding ceremony of state-level Myanma Traditional Performing ArtsCompetitions held at Sittway Town hall, and presentedawards to winners.—MNA

Commander inspectsundertakings of regional

development tasks

YANGON, 25 Sept—Minister for ElectricPower No.1 Col Zaw Minreceived President MrWujing of China DatangOverseas Investment Co.,Ltd (CDOI) from thePeople’s Republic ofChina and party at theministry in Nay Pyi Tawthis morning.

Also present at the callwere were Deputy MinisterU Myo Myint and depart-mental heads.

MNA

Efficiency of FarmingEquipment demonstrated

director-general andpersonnel explained whatfarmers wanted to know.In the demonstration offarming equipmentproduced by AgriculturalMechanization Depart-ment, harvesting withharvester, thrashing withthrasher, reclaiming ofharvested farm with powertillers for multiplecropping.

Agricultural Mech-anization Department willopen tractor stations inBago, Toungoo, Yedashe,Ottwin, Pyu, Kyaukdaga,Nyaung-laybin, DeikU,Waw, Thanatpin and Kawatownships and will becooperating with localfarmers according to theirneeds in harvest of monsoonpaddy in current year.

MNA

EP No. 1 Minister receives CDOIPresident of PRC

Minister Col Zaw Min receives President Mr Wujing of China DatangOverseas Investment Co., Ltd (CDOI) from the People’s Republic

of China.—MNA

Deputy MinisterBrig-Gen Myint Theinaddresses concluding

ceremony ofRefresher Course for

Junior Engineer-3and Course for Road

Workers-5. CONSTRUCTION

Commander Maj-Gen Win Myint views participation of servicemen inCommand Level Military Code of Conduct contest.—MNA

YANGON, 25 Sept—Deputy Min-ister for Construction Brig-Gen MyintThein delivered an address at the con-cluding ceremony of Refresher Coursefor Junior Engineer-3 (Civil) andCourse for Road Workers-5 at Central

Dy Construction Minister attends courseconcluding ceremony

undertaking of integrated farming sys-tem and cultivation of monsoon paddyin Than Village of Aunglan Township,extended cultivation of monsoon paddyin Hsedaw Village of Pwintbyu Town-ship, situation of water sluice gates andwater supply of Mesali suspension Dam,Mesali suspension bridge, proper drainof water at Taungmon main canal, culti-vation of monsoon paddy, experimentalcultivation of new strain at Pwintbyuquality strain plantation.—MNA

Bridge) of YCDC for improving drainagesystem and smooth flow of traffic inHline, Tamway and Bahan Townships,and fulfilled the needs.

MNA

Training School (Thuwunna) of PublicWorks under the Ministry of Construc-tion this morning.

The 5-week course was attendedby 71 male and female trainees.

MNA

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BEIJING, 25 Sept—China’s industrial output rose8.1 percent in the first eight months from the sameperiod last year, said the Ministry of Industry andInformation Technology (MIIT) Friday. The growthrate was 7.6 percentage points lower than that in thesame period last year, but 1.1 percentage points higherthan that in the first half year.

In August alone, China’s industrial outputexpanded 12.3 percent year on year. The growth ratewas the largest since September last year when theglobal economic slowdown hit China. China’s exportsin August dropped 23.4 percent year on year, indicatingthe country faced a tough exports situation, said areport on the MIIT website.

China finished 662.4 billion yuan (96.98 billionU.S. dollars) of industrial investment in August, up23.1 percent year on year. Total industrial investmentwas 4.73 trillion yuan in the first eight months, up 26.6percent year on year.—Xinhua

A submarine is seen in Monte Carlo port at the opening of the Monaco Yacht show,on 23 Sept, 2009. Luxury boats are moored for the Monaco Yacht Show, which is theworld’s leading prestige boat show, highlighting hundreds of yachts.—INTERNET

LONDON, 25 Sept—Asenior British armycommander has resignedafter bitter clashes with theBritish government overthe war in Afghanistan,local media reported onFriday.

The Ministry ofDefense said Major-General Mackay resignedfor “personal” reasons.

“We can confirm thatMajor General AndrewMackay has decided toleave the army. This is apersonal matter for him,”a ministry spokespersonsaid.

However, the leadingBritish newspaperIndependent reportedFriday that Mackay,recently appointed generalofficer commandingScotland, Northern Irelandand Northern England,resigned due to the“inadequate support”given troops and a “lack ofclear policy” in the conflictin Afghanistan.—Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, 25Sept—Malaysia isexpected to introduce aprogram, beginning nextyear, to protect young girlsagainst cervical cancer.

Malaysian HealthMinister Liow Tiong Laisaid here on Friday thatthe human papilloma virus(HPV) immunizationprogram would cost thegovernment 150 millionringgit (42.8 million U.S.dollars) a year, involving300,000 girls in thecountry. Yet, Liow saidthat the matter had yet to

Musicians from“Oriental Jasmine”, a

Chinese traditionalinstruments orchestra,perform at the SydneyOpera, Australia, on24 Sept, 2009. The

“Oriental Jasmine”from southwest

China’s SichuanProvince held aconcert here on

Thursday.INTERNET

This picture shows a presentation by Indian SpaceResearch Organization (ISRO) principal scientistJN Goswami at a press conference in Bangalore.India on Friday hailed the discovery of water on themoon as a triumph for its lunar programme as thecountry aims to cement its reputation as a serious

player in the space industry.—INTERNET

HEFEL, 25 Sept—A senior commerce bureauofficial in east China’s Anhui Province committedsuicide by jumping off a building, because he wasdissatisfied with a stalled pig slaughterhouse projecthe was in charge of, the local government said Friday.

Zhou Xin, head of the Anqing MunicipalCommerce Bureau, fell to his death from a governmentoffice building at around midday Wednesday.

Police found a posthumous paper in Zhou’s trouserspocket. It said “the stalled pig slaughter house projectis down to the wrong site selection and irresponsiblesupervision.”

“The remedy to the blocked sewage is ineffective.I feel overloaded and exhausted and shamed to face theorganization and the public,” the paper said, “I decideto end my life to shoulder my responsibilities.”

Police investigation found the railings on the fifthfloor of the building had obvious marks of having beenclimbed upon.—Xinhua

China’s industrial output up8.1% in first eight months

Malaysia to introduce programagainst cervical cancer

be finalized, but it wasvery likely that itsimplementation would bethrough a school-basedprogram, instead of atgovernment hospitals orclinics. The girls wouldneed three doses of theHPV vaccine every sixmonths to give them thebest protection, he toldreporters.

Liow said the HPVvaccine was reported tobe 98 percent effective inprotecting against HPVtypes 16 and 18, known asthe cause of up to 95

percent of cervical cancer.Quoting the World

Health Organization(WHO) as saying, Liownoted that the HPVvaccine could reduce theincidence of cervicalcancer by at least 70percent. Cervical cancerwas the second mostcommon cancer, afterbreast cancer, amongMalaysian women, withalmost 2,000 new casesdiagnosed every year,according to theMalaysian HealthMinistry.—Xinhua

British armycommanderquits over

Afghan policy

Work pressure causes Chinesecommerce official’s suicidal

jump from government building

LAGOS, 25 Sept—Nigeria’s National Roll Back Malaria (NRBM) program saysup to 300,000 children die from the mosquito-transmitted disease annually in theWest African country. The News Agency of Nigeria quoted NRBM official OlayemiShofoluas saying on Friday that malaria is also responsible for the death of 11 percentof pregnant women in the country every year. Half of the country’s population, thelargest in Africa, is vulnerable to the disease, the official added.—Xinhua

BEIJING, 25 Sept—China and Brunei on Fridayvowed to further militaryexchanges as a Bruneimilitary officer visits China.

“China is willing tomake concerted efforts withBrunei to promote friendlycooperation between thetwo countries and the twoarmed forces,” said ChineseDefense Minister LiangGuanglie in a meeting withMohammad YasminUmar, Deputy Minister ofDefense of Brunei.

“China is grateful forBrunei’s adherence to one-China policy,” said Liang.

China, Brunei pledge further military exchangesChina-Brunei relations

have entered a new periodof comprehensivedevelopment withcooperative potentials, saidLiang, who is also a statecouncilor. Yasmin, whoarrived in Beijing onThursday, said China has

played an important andconstructive role in regionaland global affairs. Bruneihoped the two countrieswould advance bilateral tieson the basis of mutualbenefit and mutual trust,Yasmin said.

Xinhua

Malaria kills 300,000 Nigerian children yearly: official

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG XIU VOY NO (9048)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG XIUVOY NO (9048) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 26.9.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (273)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA

TAMPAN VOY NO (273 ) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 26.9.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

TENDER INVITATIONMyanma Ceramic Industries, Ministry of Industry (1), is

intended to establish a Cement Manufacturing Plant inSinkan Region, Bamaw Township, Kachin State, adoptingthe wet process Cement Manufacturing and capacity of 700ton per day, using kiln firing burner system of coal and gasfiring with free mixing ratio.

Seal Tenders are invited from Cement MachineryManufacturing Companies with machinery and Full-TurnkeyBasis including technical services, machinery supply,erection, commissioning and supervisory service. The detailscan be obtained from the following contact office.

Myanma Ceramic Industries: Building No (41) Nay Pyi Taw Union of Myanmar Tel 067-408386, 408296 Fax 067-408064 Tender Closing Date- 30.11.2009

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DIBENA WIN VOY NO (123)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DIBENA WINVOY NO (123) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 27.9.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W.2 where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S PHUL SAWAT SHIPPINGCO., LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

IITA develops bio-pesticidefor moth control in Africa LAGOS, 25 Sept—The International Institute of

Tropical Agriculture (IITA) has developed a bio-pes-ticide for the control of a moth, which ravages Afri-can cabbage, the institute has announced.

The institute said in a statement reaching here onThursday that the Beauveria Bassiana developed byscientists at the International Institute of Tropical Ag-riculture records a huge success in the control of thepest. “Resource-poor farmers said the bio-controlmethod has proved effective in controlling insect pestthat has devastated both smallholder and large scalecabbage farms in Africa,” the statement said.—Xinhua

20 killed, 15missing in bus acci-

dent in central NepalKATHMANDU, 25 Sept—

At least 20 people died and15 others went missingwhen a bus veered off theroad and fell some 30 me-tres into the SunkoshiRiver at Sukute area alongAraniko Highway inSindhupalchowk district incentral Nepal on Thursday.According to Friday’s TheKathmandu Post, the busen route to Kathmandufrom Jalbire, Sindhu-palchowk, swerved toavoid a taxi coming fromthe opposite direction butthe driver lost control ofthe vehicle and the busplunged into the river.

At least 35 people weretraveling on the bus, ac-cording to police report.However, a hotel-owner atBalefi, where the bus hadstopped for tea, said thatthere were over 40 peopleon board.—Xinhua

20-year-old brunette winsMiss Venezuela

Vulture flock messyguests in Florida

BAYTREE, 25 Sept—A Florida trapper said a flockof vultures returning to Brevard County for the win-ter tore up a pool cover, allowing one of the birds totake a dip.

Chris Gangraw of The Critterman trapping servicein Rockledge, Fla, said vultures are rapidly appearingin the area in great numbers, and he was called to catcha group of the scavengers holding an unauthorizedpool party on Monday in Baytree, Florida Today re-ported on Thursday.

He said the birds were captured and set free awayfrom the pool.

Gangraw and other experts said the large birds,which typically return to the area in September andOctober, are causing messes all over the county bydamaging property and covering clay roof tiles withtheir excrement.

“They’re everywhere,” Gangraw said. “They’re allover Viera, Suntree, Merritt Island.”—Internet

Miss Miranda, Marelisa Gibson Villegas ,left,reacts as she is named Miss Venezuela 2009 during

a beauty pageant in Caracas, on 24 Sept, 2009.Second place went to 22-year-old Adriana Visini,right, who will represent Venezuela in the Miss

World pageant.—INTERNET

A long-winged turkey vulture is seen at the “Birdsof Prey” programme taking place at the Wildlife

Conservation Society’s Bronx Zoo in New York inan undated photo.—INTERNET

CARACAS, 25 Sept—Marelisa Gibson, a 20-year-oldbrunette, has been crowned Miss Venezuela and willrepresent the beauty-obsessed South American coun-try at next year’s Miss Universe pageant.

The annual Miss Venezuela pageant is the one ofVenezuela’s most watched programmes and a sourceof national pride. Venezuela has won six Miss Uni-verse, five Miss World and four Miss Internationalcrowns — more than any other country.

Stefania Fernandez, a Venezuelan, was selected MissUniverse last month at the pageant in the Bahamas.

Fernandez gave the Miss Venezuela crown to Gibsonat the conclusion of Thursday’s four-hour pageant.

Second place went to 22-year-old Adriana Visini,who will represent Venezuela in the Miss World pag-eant.

Internet

MINISTRY OF INFORMATION

NEWS AND PERIODICALS ENTERPRISE

INVITATION TO TENDER

1. Sealed tenders are invited by News and PeriodicalsEnterprise for supply of the following prepress machines-

Sr. No Description Quantity(1) CTP (Computer to Plate) Machine 2 Nos

2. Tender documents are available at ProcurementCommittee, No. 28, Kokkine Yeiktha Street, BahanTownship, Yangon. Closing date of bid will be on 8th

October 2009 at 16:30 hrs.3. Please contact Phone No. 01-536029, 534574 for

further information.

Ministry of InformationProcurement Committee

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The Japanese government on Friday set up a special team to study strugglingJapan Airline’s rehabilitation plan, the transport ministry said.—INTERNET

This computerized picture released in 2008 byEuropean aerospace giant EADS shows a

refueling tanker KC-45, a militarized version ofAirbus’s 330, formerly called KC-30. ThePentagon on Thursday unveiled plans to

relaunch a competition for a contract on a newfleet of aerial refueling tankers that pits USaviation giant Boeing against Airbus parent

EADS.—INTERNET

Molecule might block the spread of cancerNEW HAVEN, 25

Sept— US and Chinesescientists say a piece ofgenetic material with nopreviously knownfunction might hold thekey to being able to stopthe spread of cancer.

Researchers at YaleUniversity’s School ofMedicine and SichuanUniversity in Chengdu,China, found in a study ofmice an RNA moleculethat can bind to and blockthe function of proto-oncogenes — genes thathave the potential totrigger cancer.

The researchers, led by

Professor Alan Garenat Yale and Xu Songin China, said onemechanism that stops cellproliferation is a familyof tumor-suppressorproteins. The TSP proteinthey discovered, calledPSF, is virtually identicalin mice and humans, theysaid.

The Yale team said itsucceeded in preventingthe formation of tumors inmice by either increasing

the amount of PSF ordecreasing the amount ofthe non-coding RNA in acell. “The tumor cell stopsproliferating and the tumorregresses in a mouse modelof cancer, suggesting thatboth procedures could bethe basis of a clinicalprotocol,” said Garen.

The study appeared inthe Sept 11 issue of theProceedings of theNational Academy ofSciences.—Internet

‘Green’ roofs could counterglobal warming

EAST LANSING, 25 Sept — A Michigan State Universitystudy has determined “green roofs” — those covered withplants — could help fight global warming.

The scientists, led by horticulturist Kristin Getter andProfessor Brad Rowe, found replacing traditional roofingmaterials with green plants in an urban area with a populationof about 1 million, would be equivalent to eliminating ayear’s worth of carbon dioxide emitted by 10,000 mid-sizedsport utility vehicles and trucks.

The researchers said their study is the first of its kind toexamine the ability of green roofs to sequester carbon,which may impact climate change. Getter and colleaguessay scientists have known green roofs also absorb carbondioxide, a major greenhouse gas that contributes to globalwarming, but nobody had measured the impact until now.

The scientists said they measured carbon levels in plantand soil samples collected from 13 green roofs in Michiganand Maryland during a two-year period. They found greenroofing an urban area of about 1 million people wouldcapture more than 55,000 tons of carbon.

The research is to be reported in the 1 Oct issue of thejournal Environmental Science & Technology.—Internet

Paper battery may powerfuture electronics

UPPSALA, 25 Sept —Swedish scientists saythey have developed abattery made of cellulosethat might become aninexpensive battery of thefuture.

Research scientistAlbert Mihranyan andcolleagues at Uppsala

University noted scientistshave been trying todevelop light, ecofriendlyinexpensive batteriesconsisting entirely of non-metal parts. The mostpromising materialsinclude so-called con-ductive polymers or“plastic electronics.”

One conductive po-lymer, polypyrrole,known as PPy, showedpromise, but was oftenregarded as too inefficientfor commercial batteries.

But Mihranyan and hiscolleagues realized that bycoating PPy on a largesurface area substrate andcarefully tailoring thethickness of the coating,both the charging capacityand discharging ratescould be drasticallyimproved.

Internet

Scientists set boundaries for survivalPHOENIX, 25 Sept —

A group of European,Australian and USscientists say humans havepushed the Earth systembeyond three of theplanet’s biophysicalthresholds.

The 29 scientistssay the consequences ofthose actions might becatastrophic for large partsof the world.

The group saysscientists have beenwarning for decades theexplosion of humanactivity since the industrialrevolution is pushing theEarth’s resources andnatural systems to theirlimits. Now data confirm6 billion people are capableof generating a globalgeophysical force the

equivalent to some of thegreat forces of nature —just by going about theirdaily lives.

That force has given riseto a new era —Anthropocene — in whichhuman actions havebecome the main driver ofglobal environmentalchange, the scientists said.

“On a finite planet, atsome point, we will tip thevital resources we relyupon into irreversibledecline if our consumptionis not balanced withregenerative andsustainable activity,” saidreport co-author Sandervan der Leeuw, director ofthe School of HumanEvolution and SocialChange at Arizona StateUniversity.

The lead author,Professor JohanRockstrom of StockholmUniversity, said humanpressure on the Earthsystem has reached a scalewhere abrupt globalenvironmental change canno longer be excluded.

Internet

Brain pathway that regulates weight ID’dNEW HAVEN, 25 Sept— US scientists say they have identified a new brain pathway

that’s responsible for regulating a person’s weight and bone mass.Yale University researchers said their discovery contradicts the view that the

hormone leptin acts primarily in the brain area know as the hypothalamus.The researchers, led by Professor Tasas Horvath, said they discovered leptin, which

is critical for normal food intake and metabolism, appears to regulate bone mass andsuppress appetite by acting mainly through serotonin pathways in the brain.“Our studychallenges the view that the hypothalamus is the critical brain site where leptin actsdirectly to alter neuronal circuit function to suppress appetite and bone metabolism,”Horvath said. “We’ve now found a novel explanation for how leptin can act on thebrain.”To determine whether leptin regulates bone mass through serotonin pathways,Horvath and his colleagues analyzed multiple lines of mice that were geneticallyaltered to remove serotonin in the brain.—Internet

Fear of back pain, predicts back painCOPENHAGEN, 25 Sept

— Researchers inDenmark suggest the fearof getting back pain fromnursing or caring for theelderly is predictive ofactually developing backpain. Jette Nygaard Jensenand colleagues atthe National Research

Centre for the WorkingEnvironment in Copen-hagen, Denmark, say fear-avoidance beliefs involveavoiding physicalactivities that are expectedto cause pain — althoughironically these beliefs areoften associated withdeveloping chronic pain.

More than 2,600 femalehealthcare workers weregiven questionnaires thatmeasured both fear-avoidance beliefs aboutwork and fear-avoidancebeliefs about physicalactivity.

For those who had aprevious history of lowerback pain, both workloadand fear-avoidance beliefsplayed a part in newepisodes of lower backpain.The study, publishedin the journal BMCMusculoskeletal Disor-ders, said, in general, agreater workload wasassociated with morelower back pain, andworkload had a greaterrole to play than fear-avoidance beliefs.

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S P O R T S

TOKYO, 25 Sept —World No 2 SerenaWilliams has announcedto skip next week’s PanPacific Open due to herknee and toe injuries, saidthe organizers on Thurs-day. Serena, who rant at alineswoman in her semi-final loss to comebackBelgian Kim Clijsters atthe US Open women’ssingles final earlier thismonth, has not playedcompetitive match sincethe last Grand Slam event.

The Australian Openand Wimbledon cham-pion was initially namedin the two million eventalongside with the rest of

Cristiano not chasing Messi’sgoal tally

MADRID, 25 Sept — Real Madrid striker CristianoRonaldo added another goal to his tally on Wednes-day night, but said on Thursday he was not interestedin chasing the number of goals scored by Barcelona’sLeo Messi.

Ronaldo’s second minute goal in the 2-0 win atVillarreal means he has now scored seven goals in fivecompetitive matches for the side he joined from Man-chester United this summer.

Messi also has seven goals this season and has beenon fine form for Barcelona.

Now with this season’s Primera Liga title alreadylooking like a two horse race between Barca and Ma-drid, Ronaldo and Messi are also the main candidatesto end the season as Spain’s top scorer.

However, Ronaldo says his aim is not to overtakethe Barcelona forward in the goal scoring stakes.

“My aim is not Messi, but to score as many goalsas I can in every game with Real Madrid,” Ronaldotold Spanish newspaper El Mundo.

“Messi is an excellent player and of course he isgoing to be there near the top of the scoring charts.

However, although individual prizes are important,the most important thing is to win titles and the goalsI score are for my team,” he said. —Xinhua

MADRID, 25 Sept– Garry Kasparov soundly defeatedAnatoly Karpov on Thursday in an exhibition chessmatch marking the 25th anniversary of their first titlebout.On the last of three days of play that resumed alegendary rivalry, Kasparov won five games of speedchess, while Karpov took one game and two othersended in a draw.That made a final score of 9-3 forKasparov in the 12-game match in the eastern Spanishcity of Valencia.

On Thursday the two grandmasters played eightblitz games in which each started with five minutes onthe clock, with two seconds added after eachmove.Karpov won the first game even though he wasplaying with the black pieces. But it was to be his onlytriumph of the evening.The second game ended in adraw, then Kasparov won five in a row to clinch thewin over his former archrival. The last game was alsoa draw.—Internet

ALEXANDRIA, 25 Sept—In front of more than80,000 soccer fans at theArmy stadium of Borg el-Arab near Alexandria,Egypt crushed Trinidad &Tobago 4-1 on Thursdayin the opener of FIFA U-20 World Cup.

In the fourth minute,Egyptian goalkeeper AlyLotfi saved his team froma strong free kick, beforeforward MahmoudMohamed Ahmed, alsoknown as Afroto, scoredthe first goal at 35 to putthe Egyptian team ahead.About six minutes later,Trinidad midfielder JeanLuc Rochford scored thefirst and the sole goal forhis team to end the firsthalftime 1-1.

Egypt’s midfielderArafat put Egypt aheadagain when he scored thesecond goal from unex-pected kick at the 51st

m i n u t e . F o r w a r dMohamed Talat scoredEgypt’s third goal at the

Trezeguet saves Juventus fromfirst Italian league defeat

ROME, 25 Sept — Frenchman David Trezeguet cameoff the bench to score a late leveller as Juventus nar-rowly avoided slumping to a first defeat this season ina 2-2 draw at Genoa on Thursday.

Hernan Crespo looked to have given Genoa a vic-tory that would have moved them to within a point ofthe summit, but dreadful defending at a free-kick al-lowed Trezeguet to snatch the equaliser and ensure Juveboss Ciro Ferrara’s unbeaten run as club coachcontinued.The result, however, represented the end ofthe team’s 100-percent Serie A record.

Since taking over two games before the end of lastseason, Ferrara has led the Old Lady of Turin to sixwins and two draws. Now they sit behind championsand leaders Inter Milan only on goal difference.Ferrarasaid his team had deserved the three points and com-plained about two disallowed goals when close off-side decisions went against his side.— Internet

O’Hair takes 1-shot lead overWoods, others

ATLANTA, 25 Sept— Sean O’Hair knew he wouldneed some help from Tiger Woods to win the FedExCup. He got more than he expected.And it was aboutputting, not points.Woods and O’Hair practiced to-gether on the back nine at East Lake on the eve of theTour Championship, and O’Hair sought some adviceon his putting from the world’s No 1 player, regardedas among the best in golf with the putter.

Woods suggested that O’Hair open the face of theclub on the way back so that he could release the bladethrough the ball. It paid off Thursday when O’Hairmade enough putts for a 4-under 66 and a one-shotlead over three players — including Woods.”I’m go-ing to go chew him out right now,” Woods said.Woodswas joking, for it is typical in this sport for players tohelp each other even as they’re tried to beat each other.O’Hair is the first to concede that his putting has heldhim back in his five years on tour, and he wasn’t afraidto ask.—Internet

LONDON, 25 Sept —Arsenal manager ArseneWenger believes former England defender SolCampbell quit English fourth-tier side Notts Countyafter just one game because he believes he can still bea Premier League player.

Campbell, 35, terminated his five-year deal withNotts County, where former England boss Sven-GoranEriksson is director of football, on Wednesday.” Heknew straight away that’s not where his challenge is,”said Wenger.” It is always a cultural shock when yougo down a level. I know from talking to players whohave had to do that. I believe Sol still has enough inthe locker to play in the Premier League.

“I knew it would be difficult for him there.” How-ever, Eriksson had less patience for the ex-Arsenal,Tottenham and Portsmouth defender who was earn-ing a reported 40,000 pounds a week. Asked if he feltlet down by the ex-England defender’s swift exit,Eriksson told Sky Sports News: “Yes, a little bit.

Internet

Big chess rematch in Spain:Kasparov beats Karpov

Former chess world champion Garry Kasparov (R)makes a move against his opponent Anatoly Karpov

during the last game of their 25th anniversarymatch in Valencia, on 24 Sept, 2009. —INTERNET

Egypt crushes Trinidad & Tobago4-1 in U-20 World Cup

Egpyt’s Mostafa Galal(Up) vies with Uriah

Bentick of Trinidad andTobago during the firstmatch of the 17th FIFAU-20 World Cup cham-pionship in Alexandria,Egypt, on 24 Sept, 2009.

XINHUA

58th minute to confirmthe home side’s ad-vanceTrinidad and Toba-go’s team tried hard toscore in the last ten min-utes of the match but invain. Moreover, at the93rd minute Arafat scoredhis second goal and thefourth for Egypt to endthe match 4-1.—Xinhua Serena Williams.

Serena withdraws from PanPacific Open due to injury

the women’s world top 10including her elder sisterVenus. World No 1 DinaraSafina, who was not onthe initial entry list, hasopted to compete in To-kyo in a bid to retain thePan Pacific crown shewon last year.— Xinhua

Tennis champ Clijsters toplay all 2010 Grand Slams

Belgian

tennis

player

Kim

Clijsters

TESSENDERLO, 25 Sept — US Open champion KimClijsters said on Thursday she will play the four GrandSlams in 2010, as well as the Fed Cup and half a dozenmore tournaments.

“I’m not going to base my programme on the worldrankings because I want to concentrate on the GrandSlam tournaments,” the Belgian said, adding that thiswould leave time for her baby girl and family life.

Fresh from her second Grand Slam victory in NewYork after two years in retirement, the 26-year-oldwill start the season at the Brisbane International from3 January in preparation for the Australian Open.

She will follow that with Indian Wells, Miami,Madrid, Roland Garros, Wimbledon, Cincinnati,Montreal, the US Open, Beijing and the Masters inDoha, if she qualifies.—Internet

Wenger backs Campbell’s briefencounter, Sven stunned

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Kachin State and Magway Division, rain orthundershowers have been isolated lower Sagaing, Bagoand Yangon Divisions, scattered in Shan, Rakhine, Kayah,Kayin States, upper Sagaing and Mandalay Division, fairlywidespread in Ayeyawady Division and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions. The noteworthy amountsof rainfall recorded were Hakha (2.45) inches, Kawthoung(2.25) inches, Mindat (2.09) inches, Thaton (0.79) inch,Falan and Mawlamyine (0.67) inch each, Dawei (0.63)inch, Mandalay and Pathein (0.59) inch each.

Maximum temperature on 24-9-2009 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 25-9-2009 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 25-9-2009 was 85 %.Total sun shine hours on 24-9-2009 was (5.9) hours approx.

Rainfall on 25-9-2009 was Tr at Mingaladon, Nil atKaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (96.26) inches at Mingaladon, (105.87) inches atKaba-Aye and (112.87) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom South at (08:30) hours MST on 25-9-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the NorthBay and monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea andelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 26th September 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in lower Sagaing,Magway and Mandalay Divisions, scattered in Kachin andRakhine States, upper Sagaing Division, fairly widespreadin Chin State, Ayeyawady, Bago and Yangon Divisionsand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions withisolated heavyfalls in Mon and Kayin States, Yangon andTaninthayi Division. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Increase of rain inlower Myanmar areas .

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for26-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for26-9-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for26-9-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Weather outlook for last weekend of September 2009:During the coming weekend, rain of thundershowers willbe isolated in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and MandalayDivisions.

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MANCHESTER, 25 Sept—Manchester United managerAlex Ferguson has decided against dropping BenFoster following an erratic display by the Englandgoalkeeper in last weekend’s derby win over ManchesterCity. With United’s first-choice keeper, Edwin van derSar, still sidelined with broken fingers, Ferguson gaveFoster a vote of confidence by confirming he wouldstart the Premier League match at Stoke on Saturday.Tomasz Kuszczak had made a strong case for promotionabove Foster in the United pecking order with aconfident display and a clean sheet in the League Cupwin over Wolves on Wednesday.

But Ferguson continues to regard Foster as a betterlong-term prospect and does not want to risk furtherundermining the Englishman’s confidence after hegifted City their first goal in United’s 4-3 win at OldTrafford.

“It was a good opportunity for Tomasz to play onWednesday but Ben will play tomorrow,” Fergusonsaid Friday. “Ben has not had a lot of game experiencebut he will be OK.” Stoke provide a tough test for anygoalkeeper with their effectiveness at set-plays and thelong-throws of Rory Delap requiring good commandof the penalty area. Ferguson expects van der Sar totake anot her three weeks to complete his recoveryfrom breaking two fingers in a pre-season game againstBayern Munich in July.—Internet

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8th Waxing of Thadingyut 1371 ME Saturday, 26 September, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred among thepeople

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept—Special sales of theMinistry of Industry-1 will take place at the townshiphall of Wakema in Ayeyawady Division from 26September to 2 October, Kyauktawgyi Pagoda Pujaniyain Aungmyethazan Township in Mandalay Divisionfrom 29 September to 5 October, township hall ofMindon in Magway Division from 30 September to 6October, Myodaunt Pagoda Pujaniya in Madaya andNyantaw Pagoda Pujaniya in PyinOoLwin in Manda-lay Division from 1 to 7 October and MyathalunPagoda Pujaniya in Magway Division from 2 to 8October.—MNA

Special sales of Ministry ofIndustry-1 to be held

YANGON, 25 Sept—Women’s Chapter ofMyanmar Medical Association (Yangon) will conduct27th respects paying ceremony for the aged at the hall ofthe association, Theinbyu Road, here in December.Those who didn’t get the invitation, who lost contactwith MMA and old doctors (born in December, 1936)who live in Yangon may enroll at Dr Daw Khin Mar Aye(Ph: 095137823), Dr Daw Yu Yu Lwin (Ph: 095137570)and at Women’s Chapter of MMA (Yangon), No. 249Theinbyu Road, Mingala Taungnyunt Township here(Ph: 378863 and 380899; ext: 106 and 113) not later than31 October during office hours (weekdays).—MNA

MMA to organize respectpaying ceremony

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Sept— Altogether 3,603,360acres of farmlands have been put under monsoonpaddy in Ayeyawady Division till 24 September.

MNA

3,603,360 acres of monsoon paddycultivated in Ayeyawady Div

The whole nation has now seen numerous damsand reservoirs intended to effectively utilize river waterand rainwater all-year round for the agricultural pur-pose.

Now, Pakokku, which used to be an arid regionin those days, has become re-greening with thrivingagricultural farms thanks to Mingan Dam near Mingan

Mingan Dam in Myaing Township Byline: Tin Mar Win & Aye Thandar Thein,Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Village, Myaing Township, Pakokku District, MagwayDivision, which was put into commission on 30 July2008. Rainwater is collected into Mingan Dam in therainy season to irrigate nearby farmlands, without lettingit flow away. As a result, local people now enjoy foodsafety and adequate potable water.

The earthen type irrigation facility was constructed

by damming the Padauk Creek near Mingan Village. Itis 40 feet high and 2100 feet long with the maximumwater storage capacity of 390 acre feet. It makes signifi-

cant contribution towards regional greening and ben-efits 200 acres of farmlands of paddy farms and othercrops.

Owing to the dam, local farmers can grow cropswith irrigation water not only in the rainy season but alsoin summer, thus enjoying better socio-economic life.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin: 24-9-2009

Mingan Dam with its control tower nearMingan Village, about 14 miles southwestof Myaing Township, Pakokku District,

Magway Division.

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