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

Kataññuta, gratitude towards the grateful; this is the way to auspiciousness.

Established 1914

Volume XII, Number 17 Fullmoon Day of Kason 1366 ME Monday, 3 May, 2004

Four political objectives* Stability of the State, community peace and

tranquillity, prevalence of law and order* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Consti-

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives* Development of agriculture as the base and all-

round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

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

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

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

Four social objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of the

entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity and

preservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

YANGON, 3 May— Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr AleksanderKwasniewski, President of the Republic of Poland, on the occasion of the National Day of the Republicof Poland, which falls on 3 May 2004.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe sends message offelicitations to President of Poland

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Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt addresses Central Committee for Drugs AbuseControl Special Meeting 1/2004.—˚MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt addresses Central Committee for Drugs Abuse Control Special Meeting 1/2004.— MNA

World's nations including US as well as UN Agenciesand international organizations acknowledge

Myanmar's efforts for eradication of drug menacePrime Minister attends Special Meeting of Central

Committee for Drugs Abuse Control 1/2004YANGON, 2 May — A

Special Meeting 1/2004 ofthe Central Committee forDrugs Abuse Control(CCDAC) was held at theDrug Elimination Museum,Kamayut Township thisevening.

Prime Minister GeneralKhin Nyunt attended themeeting and made aspeech.

Also present at themeeting were Secretary-1of the State Peace and De-velopment Council Lt-GenSoe Win and Secretary-2Lt-Gen Thein Sein, theministers, the Chief Justice,the Attorney-General, theVice-Chief of Military In-telligence, the deputy Min-isters, senior military offic-ers, members of theCCDAC, officials of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Office,the Director-General ofMyanmar Police Force, de-partmental heads, charimenand officials of theMyanmar Anti-NarcoticsAssociation, MyanmarNarcotics Elimination As-sociation and Border AreaDevelopment Association.

At the outset, PrimeMinister General KhinNyunt made a speech onthe occasion.

Prime Minister hoistsHtidaw atop NagaCave Aungchantha

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to destruction of poppyfields.

After implementing theNew Destiny Project, drugelimination tasks havegained more achievements.

Therefore, it can bevividly seen in the reportsof poppy yield survey,jointly carried out byMyanmar and the UnitedStates that both poppycultivation and opium pro-duction in Myanmar havedecreased significantlyyear by year.

In the year 2004 also,Myanmar and the UnitedStates have successfullymade the poppy yield sur-vey as the tenth year.

He said efforts toeliminate the narcotic drugsis not the tasks carried outonly at present but, in thesuccessive governments,the Union of Myanmar hasbeen striving for elimina-tion of narcotic drugs on itsown or with the coopera-tion of neighbouring coun-tries and international or-ganizations.

In the time of thepresent government, greatersuccess has been achievedin efforts to eliminate nar-cotic drugs with the coop-eration of the neighbouringcountries.

Moreover, in the time

of the present government,drug elimination tasks havebeen carried out with addedmomentum in cooperationwith local national racesand that the major 15-yearplan for elimination of nar-cotic drugs has been imple-mented since 1999-2000fiscal year.

Under the 15-year plan,three 5-year plans have beenimplemented. The first 5-year plan will conclude inthe fiscal year 2003-2004and it can be seen that sig-nificant achievements havebeen made.

At a time when successhas been achieved in the

first 5-year plan of the 15-year plan, the New DestinyProject has been imple-mented in order to acceler-ate the momentum of drugelimination drive.

Under the New DestinyProject, the ministers andthe deputy ministers madefield trips and presentedfood, seeds for poppy-sub-stitute crops, pedigrees andagricultural and livestockbreeding methods to poppygrowers. The taskshave been carried out witha view to providingassistance immediately topoppy growers whohave faced difficulties due

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Monday, 3 May, 2004

PERSPECTIVES

Kason Fullmoon Day,Buddha Day

* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s Desire

The Fullmoon Day of Kason is a day ofsignificance. It was an auspicious day onwhich Gotama Buddha attained Enlighten-ment. Gotama Buddha was born, He attainedenlightenment and entered Mahapari-Nibbana on this day.

It was also the day on which, as a reclusein Gotama Buddha’s previous existence he,Sumedha was blessed by the prophecy ofDepankara Buddha that, after the completefulfillment of “paramis” needed for Buddha-hood he would also become a Buddha oneday in this world-cycle.

The Fullmoon Day of Kason is markedby the waterpouring ceremony at the Maha-Bodhi tree, the holy Bodhi tree (Fiscusreligiosa) at the foot of which Gotama Bud-dha attained Buddhahood. Devotees alsopoured water there to make sure it did notdie of drought during summer, especially inKason, the middle of the hot season, and thecustom has survived to the present day.

In reverence of the Lord Buddha and up-holding the traditions, the Buddhists, youngand old, will be observing the Fullmoon Dayof Kason by pouring water at the Maha-Bodhi tree, taking sabbath, doing meritori-ous deeds, paying homage at the pagodas andpaying obeisance to the monks.

Buddhist devotees of Myanmar have beenable to do meritorious deeds with peace ofmind and delight in view of flourishing ofthe Sasana throughout the country.

Thanks to earnest efforts of the govern-ment and immense generosity of thewellwishers, there have emerged a greatnumber of occasions and incidents for pro-motion and propagation of Theravada Bud-dhism across the country for years.

For example, with the contribution of thegovernment and donation of the wellwishers,new pagodas and religious edifices were con-structed and Shwehtidaw, Hngetmyatnadawand Seinbudaw hoisted atop pagodas acrossthe country.

Moreover, provisions were donated to ahost of Kyaungtaiks and nunneries, and reli-gious tiles conferred on outstanding Buddhistmonks at grand ceremonies.

With Theravada Buddhism flourishing inthe country, the Fullmoon Day of Kason willbe observed by the Buddhist devotees withfull of essence upholding the fine traditions.

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YANGON, 1 May—Chairman of the Yangon DivisionPeace and Development Council Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen Myint Swe and Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung TheinLin, this morning inspected sanitation tasks and tasks forproper flow of water at drains being carried out byTatmadawmen, members of Myanmar Police Force, work-ers of YCDC, NGOs and people and they gave instructionsto responsible officials and fulfilled their needs.

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe and Mayor Brig-

Gen Aung Thein Lin inspected the above-mentioned tasksin Pazundaung, Mingala Taungnyunt, South Okkalapa andKamayut townships. Officials reported on carrying out ofsanitation tasks and dredging of drains.

The commander and the mayor gave necessaryinstructions. Similar tasks were also undertaken in NorthOkkalapa, Dagon Myothit (East), (South), (Seikkan) and(North), Thakayta, Tamway, Dawbon, Thingangyun,Sangyoung, Dagon, Pabedan, Lanmadaw, Bahan and Ahlontownships. — MNA

Commander, Mayor inspect sanitation tasks in Yangon City

Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe inspects the airport extension work. — TRANSPORT

Paper-reading session heldto remember Saya Taik Soe

YANGON, 2 May— The paper-reading session toremember Saya Taik Soe, organized by Myanmar Writersand Journalists Association and Myanmar Library Asso-ciation, was held at the hall of Sarpay Beikman this morn-ing, attended by Minister for Information Brig-Gen KyawHsan. Also present were Deputy Minister Brig-Gen AungThein, directors-general and managing directors of de-partments and enterprises, Chairman of MWJA U HlaMyaing (Ko Hsaung), Vice-Chairmen U Tin Kha(Tekkatho Tin Kha), U Myint Thein (Myint Thein Aung)and U Than Maung (Than Maung), Secretary U Hla Tun(Hla Tun-Twantay), officials, Chairman of Myanmar Li-brary Association U Khin Maung Tin and members, writ-ers and enthusiasts.

In the morning session, Daw Kyan (Ma Kyan), UKyaw Win (Manoktha Kyaw Win), U Aye Cho (MA) andU Arnt Maung (Arnt Maung) submitted their papers.

In the afternoon session, U Min Naing (Min Naing),U Sein Hlaing (Thura Zaw), U Kyaw Naing (Htet Myet)and U Myint Kyaing (Cultural Institute) read out theirpapers. — MNA

YANGON, 2 May — Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Hla Myint Swe, accompanied by Director-General ofDepartment of Civil Aviation U Win Maung arrived atthe construction site of extension project for Yangon In-ternational Airport this morning.

At the briefing hall, the minister heard reports onprogress of work and future tasks presented by ProjectManager U Nay Lin of Asia World Co Ltd. The minister

gave instructions on completion of construction projectsas early as possible.

After giving instructions, the minister inspectedconstruction of bored piles, land preparation for the apron,construction of the power station, the water treatment plantand drains. Moreover, the minister also inspected con-struction of water tank which supplies water for greeningof the airport and its environs. — MNA

Extension project of Yangon International Airport inspected

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan attendswhile Daw Kyan (Ma Kyan) presents a paper at the

paper-reading session. — MNA

Sermon to be delivered to marksuccess of Htidaw hoisting ceremony

of Thabbyinnyu StupaYANGON, 1 May—A

ceremony to hoist Seinbu-daw, Hngetmyatnadaw andShwehtidaw atop Thabbyin-nyu Stupa will be held on 3May 2004 (on FullmoonDay of Kason) at the stupato be built in KyaukyedwinWard, Mayangon Town-ship, Yangon Division.

Chancellor Sayadaw of

Thitagu International Bud-dhist Academy Agga MahaPandita Agga Maha Sad-dhammajotika Dhaja Maha-dhammakathika BahujanaHitadhara BhaddantaÑanissara will deliver asermon at 7 pm on FullmonDay of Kason at the stupato mark the success of theceremony. — MNA

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The US occupying force in Iraq has not liberated the country and has failed to bring thepromised peace and democracy, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said.

Here Iraqi guerillas heavily armed stand behind their national flagin Fallujah on 1 May. —INTERNET

One of the pictures of British torture in Iraq published by the Daily Mirror.—INTERNET

DAMASCUS, 2 May— The US occupying force in Iraq has not liberated the country and has failed to bring thepromised peace and democracy, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad said in an interview aired by the Qatar-basedAl-Jazeera television channel.

Assad says US has failed in Iraq

FALLUJAH , 2 May—Guerillas killed a US soldier and two civilian contractors in northern Iraq and attacked a USconvoy Saturday in Baghdad, as scores of people took to the streets of Fallujah to celebrate a deal to end a monthlongsiege of the city.

Four US service members killed in Iraq

The soldier was killed in a roadside bomb attack on hisconvoy Saturday near the town of Qarraya, 45 miles southof Mosul, the military said. A second soldier died Saturdayof wounds suffered in a Friday roadside bombing in thesame area. The latest deaths brought to 140 the number ofUS service members who have died since the current waveof violence began in early April.

In another Saturday bombing, two foreign contractorswere killed and five other foreigners were injured in anattack in the northern city of Mosul, the US military andwitnesses said. Nationalities of the victims were unavailable.

In the Baghdad attack, a bomb set a military tanker truckablaze as a convoy traveled along the main highway betweenFallujah and the capital. When US reinforcements arrived,the attackers fired four mortar shells, which caused nocasualties, witnesses said.

Elsewhere, a British soldier was wounded Saturday in anambush in the southeastern city of Amarah, the Britishmilitary said. The Al-Mahdi Army, led by radical anti-American cleric Muqtada al-Sadr, is active in the area.

The latest violence followed a deal signaling the apparentend of the siege of Fallujah, launched last month after a mobkilled four US contractors and mutilated their bodies.

Amid mounting international criticism, the US militaryforged an agreement to withdraw US Marines frommuch of the city and turn over security to an Iraqi forcemade up largely of former soldiers from Saddam Hussein'sarmy, which the US-led occupation authority disbandedlast year.

Some 1,360 Iraqis have also died, according to a count byThe Associated Press — more than in any month sinceSaddam's fall.— Internet

Blair condemns Iraqabuse photos

L ONDON, 2 May—Tony Blair has condemned as"completely and totally unacceptable" pictures whichappear to show the torture of an Iraqi prisoner byBritish soldiers.

If the pictures, published in the Daily Mirror , prove to begenuine Mr Blair said he would "condemn it utterly".

"We went to Iraq to get rid of that sort of thing, not to doit," he added.

Earlier Armed Forces Minister Adam Ingram agreed thepictures were "appalling" if they were genuine.

Military police are conducting an investigation into thephotos which appear to show a soldier using violence andurinating on a captive.

Mr Ingram said this investigation had to be given time.Pictures showing American troops humiliating Iraqi

prisoners, with a hooded and naked prisoner standing on abox with wires attached to his genitals, also generatedoutrage earlier this week.

US President George W Bush vowed that those responsiblewould be "taken care of".

Mr Ingram said there was no "culture of abuse" in theBritish Army despite the fact that five separate inquiries intomaltreatment are under way.

He admitted: "If these allegations are true, they areappalling, they are despicable and there can be no justificationfor them at all."

The United States "has notliberated Iraq, nor installeddemocracy, nor improved thestandard of living in thecountry. It is certainly one(an occupation). Even theysay that. They have failed inIraq that's for sure," saidAssad in a wide-ranginginterview lasting around 90minutes, extracts of whichhad been aired onWednesday.

The United States may

slap sanctions on Syria "verysoon" under a law meant topunish Damascus forallegedly supportingterrorism and seekingunconventional weapons, theWhite House warned Friday.

In comments unlikely todeter Washington from suchaction, Assad said thatattacks targeting US-ledoccupation forces in Iraqamount to "resistance".

"What happened at the

popular level (in Iraq)confers legitimacy on theresistance and confirms thatmost of what is happeningamounts to resistance," hetold Al-Jazeera newschannel.

"Some of the actions killcivilians, and the Iraqis toodon't approve of those. Idistinguish (between attackson military and civiliantargets)," he added.

US officials attribute the

ongoing violence in Iraq toforeign fighters linked to theAl-Qaeda network who theysay enter the country viavarious borders, includingSyria's. They accuseDamascus of doing too littleto prevent forces looking toattack the US-led coalitionfrom crossing into Iraq.

"Is it possible that all those,the hundreds of thousands,the millions, resisting theoccupation—in variousways, not necessarilymilitary resistance only —are (affiliated to) Al-Qaeda... or are all supporters of the(deposed) regime of SaddamHussein?" Assad asked.

He said that dialoguewith Washington wascontinuing "but that doesn'tmean that relations aregood... There are elementsat the heart of the Americanadministration who refusedialogue while others judgeit important".

Last November, theUS Congress approvedeconomic and diplomaticsanctions against Syria,accusing it of meddling inIraq and supportingPalestinian and Lebanesemovements considered to beterrorists by Washington andIsrael.

Internet

China promises more efforts to promotedecent employment

BEIJING , 2 May— The Chinese Government will exert more efforts to promote fulland decent employment along with the International Labour Organization, says theconsensus reached at the China Employment Forum that closed here Friday.

During the three-day forum, participantsfrom over 20 countries held heateddiscussions over issues concerningemployment, gender, rural labour force andthe building of fair labour force market.

“China will give more priority toemployment in policy making,” said ZhengSilin, China’s Labour Minister at the closingceremony of the forum.

Experts at the forum said that China’sover-heated pursuit of economic growth inthe past decade has caused imbalanceddevelopment, including the highunemployment rate against the fast economicgrowth.

The government will adjust its strategy

of development to realize coordinateddevelopment of economy and employment,said the minister.

“We must make good use of theadvantages of rich labour force and give astronger drive to labour-intensive industryas well as small and medium-sizedenterprises,” said Zheng.

As system barriers in labour market hasblocked the promotion of employment inChina, the participants suggested the buildingof a unified and fair labour market.

More efforts should go to improve policyon labour market and build a unified labourmarket, says the consensus.

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The reason for making the photos publicwas, they said, to show why the US-UK coalitionwas encountering such fierce resistance inIraq.

And he said the inquiry by the Royal Military Police'sSpecial Investigations Branch would "not leave any stoneunturned". Those who are opposed to the coalition'soccupation of Iraq would employ "full exploitation of theseincidents", Mr Ingram said.

The Mirror says the pictures were handed over by Britishsoldiers from the Queen's Lancashire Regiment who claimeda rogue element in the British army was responsible forabusing prisoners and civilians.

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the soldiers told thepaper no charges were brought against the unnamed captive.

They allege that during his eight-hour ordeal he wasthreatened with execution, his jaw broken and his teethsmashed.

After being beaten and urinated on, he was driven awayand dumped from the back of a moving vehicle, the soldiersclaimed, unaware if he was dead.

One told the paper: "We are not helping ourselves outthere. We are never going to get them on our side. We arefighting a losing war." Army spokesman Roger Goodwin,on behalf of the Queen's Lancashire Regiment, said therewas "clearly some form of link to the regiment".

"But the precise form of that link, including whether thesoldiers involved in the alleged atrocities were members ofthe QLR, needs to be established.

Internet


British troops clash with Shiitemilitants in southern Iraq

BAGHDAD , 2 May—A British foot patrol came under attack in the southern city of Amarah on Saturday, sparkinga seven-and-a-half-hour gunbattle with guerillas in the city center that left five Iraqis dead and six British soldiersinjured, witnesses and a British forces spokesman said.

at a British base Saturday night, and British soldiers lobbedflares into the night sky to illuminate and fire upon attackers’positions.

The clashes started just after midday, when a Britisharmy foot patrol responding to gunfire came under attackand one of its soldiers was wounded, Arnold said.

Five more troops among a force trying to recover thewounded soldier were also wounded, Arnold said bytelephone from British forces headquarters in the southerncity of Basra. Witnesses said two British trucks wereburned in the fighting.

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Witnesses said the five Iraqis killed were members ofradical Shiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s al-Mahdi Army. Thebodies of the de ad were brought to al-Sadr’s office in thetown, they said.

The clashes were ongoing Saturday night, said BritishRoyal Air Force Squadron Leader Jonathan Arnold, a militaryspokesman. He confirmed the six British wounded but hadno information on Iraqi deaths.

‘’There is some ongoing unrest in the city right now.There are ongoing follow-up operations going on now,’’Arnold said.

Witnesses said guerillas fired rocket-propelled grenades

Six British soldierswounded in gun battle

AMARAH (Iraq), 2 May—Six British soldiers werewounded in a seven-and-a-half-hour gun battle in thesouthern Iraqi city of Amarah yesterday.

Five Iraqis were killed inthe firefight, sparked whenthe foot patrol was attackedin the city centre.Witnessessaid the five Iraqis killedwere members of radicalShiite cleric Muqtada al-Sadr’s al-Mahdi Army. The

bodies of the dead werebrought to al-Sadr’s officein the town.

The British soldiers, oneof whom was seriouslyinjured, were evacuated to amilitary hospital at Shaibah,near Basra. A militaryspokesman said the clasheswere still going on last night.Insurgents fired rocket-propelled grenades at aBritish base and Britishsoldiers lobbed flares intothe night sky to illuminate -and fire upon - attackers’positions. “There is someongoing unrest in the city,”said the spokesman. “Thereare follow-up operationsgoing on now.”

The earlier clashes startedjust after midday when aBritish army foot patrol sentto deal with a demonstrationoutside the city’s Civic Housecame under attack and one ofits soldiers was wounded.

Five more troops sent outto try to help the injuredsoldier were also wounded,and two British trucks wereburned in the fighting.

The demonstration wassparked by an operation inAmarah on Friday in whichseveral Iraqis were arrestedon suspicion of attackingcoalition forces.

The spokesman said hehad no information on anyIraqis injured or killed. “It isvery difficult for us to getany firm estimate of theenemy casualties,” he said.“The enemy body count isnot our priority.”

Last month, 15 Iraqis werekilled and eight wounded inAmarah in fighting betweenal-Sadr’s followers andBritish troops.

Internet

Abuse by UK soldiers inIraq ‘common’

BAGHDAD , 2 May—It was pitch dark when Walid Fayay Mazban drove homethrough British-controlled southern Iraq late on 24 August last year.

As so often happened amidthe confusion still grippingIraq less than six months afterthe fall of Saddam Hussein,the street lights were notworking. Mazban’s familyare convinced this was whyhe did not see the makeshiftroadblock erected by Britishsoldiers near their base inBasra. They also believe thatone ‘mistake’ cost him hislife.

When the 42-year-olddrove through thecheckpoint, punishment wasimmediate: the troopsopened fire and he was hitseveral times in the back. It is believed he was deadby the time they got to hiscar.

After a perfunctorysearch, the soldiers foundnothing suspicious in hisvehicle and the incident waswritten off as a tragic

accident. The followingmonth, his family was givenaround £1,000 as a“humanitarian” payment,although the Ministry ofDefence insists the gesturedoes not signify guilt.

The incident is among aseries of cases compiled byAmnesty International asevidence of what it claims isthe continuing “abuse” ofcivilians in Iraq, and theapparent failure of coalitionforces to deal with themcorrectly.

As is often the case withwar zone images, a handfulof pictures apparentlyshowing British troopsabusing an Iraqi detaineehave done more damage tothe UK’s image than all thereported - butunphotographed - incidentsthat came before.

At a stroke, the perhaps

naive, complacentassumption that UK forceswere benign, beret-wearingversions of their trigger-happy American brothers inarms has evaporated.

“It comes as no surprise tous that there are allegationsof torture involving Britishforces in Iraq,” said NicoleChoueiry, Amnesty’sMiddle East spokeswoman.

“It is true that theAmericans are in generalinvolved in more incidentsof brutality than the British,but we have discovered apattern of torture in theBritish zone as well.”

Amnesty estimates morethan 10,000 Iraqi civilianshave been killed as a directresult of the militaryintervention in Iraq, and theforces ostensibly attemptingto pacify the country do notescape the blame.—Internet

Hostile fire : A US soldier secures the area where amilitary petrol tanker was attacked by a rocket propelledgrenade at the al-Gazalieh area in Baghdad on 1 May.

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Interpol chief fears terrorthreat from stolen IDs

BERLIN , 2 May— Most countries are failing to supplyInterpol with details of stolen passports and “govern-ments will fall” if terrorists exploit this in future attacks,the head of the world police body said on Friday.

Secretary-General Ronald Noble said Interpol had been“woefully and grossly underfunded” and political leaderswere not exploiting its full potential in the war on terror.

He voiced bitter frustration at the lack of cooperation onstolen travel documents, particularly blank passports inwhich criminals or militants can insert photographs, de-scriptions and aliases at will.

“The world is at great risk that another terrorist act willoccur...unless more countries get serious about checkingInterpol’s stolen travel document database and about con-tributing to it,” Noble told Reuters.

“I cannot rule out stolen passports having played a rolein the Madrid attack, in the attack in Indonesia, in the attackin Uzbekistan, in the US September 11 attack. I can’t rule itout because I’m not getting enough data to make that kind ofdetermination,” he said in a telephone interview.

He was referring to attacks attributed to al-Qaeda orrelated militant Islamist groups in Spain and Uzbekistan lastmonth and in the Indonesian resort of Bali in October 2002.

Noble, the first American to head the world policeorganization, said he was “disgusted” at comments by asenior EU official this week describing the Interpol databaseas a “rather empty shell”.

He said it now contained serial numbers of 1.1 millionstolen travel documents, of which 188,609 were blankpapers and therefore a special risk.

“We know that the so-called al-Qaeda training manualsays that to truly be a terrorist organization, military-like,you need stolen or forged travel documents, and they havea lesson in this manual concerning counterfeit currency andforged documents,” Noble said.

MNA/Reuters

dealing with infestations.The Indo-Asian News

Service quoted K.S. Money,Chairman of Agricultural andProcessed Food ProductsExports Development Au-thority of India as saying thatthe Chinese delegation wasquite happy with the arrange-

ments for heat water treat-ment for tackling the fruit flyand other pest infestations.

But whether the Indianmango can be shipped toChina in May depends largelyon how fast the approvalcomes from Chinese authori-ties, he said. —MNA/Xinhua

Japanese airline pilotcaught dozing in flight

TOKYO, 2 May— A pilotfor Japan’s All Nippon Air-ways fell asleep at the con-trols for several minutes whileon a domestic flight and hadto be awakened by a govern-ment inspector who was trav-elling in the cockpit.

A spokesman for the air-line said on Friday that the50-year-old pilot, whosename was not released, dozedoff while flying on 23 Marchfrom Tokyo’s Haneda Air-port to the western prefectureof Yamaguchi, a trip that takesabout an hour. MNA/Reuters

NEW DELHI, 1 May —The Chinese people couldenjoy Indian mango as earlyas May, an Indian agricul-tural product export officialsaid on Friday.

After paying a visit to anumber of mango orchards inIndia early April, a Chinesedelegation showed strongdesire to import Indianmango, and expressed satis-faction over the heat watertreatment facility in India for

Indian mangoes to hit Chinese markets

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US Army soldiers set up a new checkpoint as they reposition tooutside the town of Fallujah, Iraq, on 1 May, 2004.

AP/PHOTO


India railwaybans

smoking NEW DELHI, 1 May —

Beginning from Saturdaysmoking is banned in all In-dian trains and railwaypremises.

Chewing of tobaccoproducts, sale, advertise-ment and trade in tobaccoand tobacco related products,including their production,supply and distribution willalso be prohibited in trainsand railway premises, a Rail-way Ministry statement saidFriday.

The punishment forsmoking in railway premisesis 200 rupees (around4.4 US dollars). It is com-poundable and subject tosummary trial in accordancewith the procedure, addedthe statement.

It is reported that thereare around 250 millionsmokers in India.

With this, India will jointhe league of select coun-tries like Sri Lanka that havegone beyond curbing smok-ing in public places to ban-ning tobacco promotion di-rectly or in any surrogateform. — MNA/Xinhua

US troops withdrawfrom Fallujah

BAGHDAD , 1 May — US Marines started withdrawingfrom their positions in several parts of Fallujah early onFriday as Iraqi police deployed in some parts of thebesieged Iraqi city, witnesses said.

The US troops had movedback from southern, westernand southeastern parts ofFallujah, including the indus-trial zone in the south wherethey abandoned theirfrontline bases in some fac-tories and garages.

A fragile ceasefire wasannounced earlier this monthbut the Marines and peoplein the city traded accusationsof breaching the truce, whichended the fighting thaterupted on April 5 betweenthe US troops and guerillafollowing the killing andmutilation of four US civilsecurity in the city.

US military officials havesaid their talks with leadersof Fallujah would lead to thedeployment of Iraqi policeand the newly establishedsecurity forces named asFallujah Protective Army(FPA).

US troops bombarded thebesieged city late Thursday,hours after a US commanderannounced the planned with-drawal of the Marines sur-rounding it.

US commander Lieuten-ant-Colonel Brennan Byrnesaid earlier on Thursday thatthe Marines will end the siegeof Fallujah and they will starttheir withdrawal on Fridayto allow a newly establishedIraqi security forces to moveinto the city.

The move is announcedin line with a new agree-ment signed by US officialsand representatives ofFallujah on Wednesdayevening.

The agreement stated theestablishment of the FPAwhich will consist of 1,100Iraqi soldiers led by an Iraqigeneral from the formerIraqi Army, Byrne told re-porters.

He said the Marines willpull out from their positionsin and around the city to pavethe way for the FPA to de-ploy around the city andthen to enter it.

“The plan is that thewhole of Fallujah will beunder the control of theFPA,” Byrne said.

MNA/Xinhua

Local Iraqi council member woundedby unknown gunmen

BAQUBA (Iraq), May 1 — Unknown assailants critically wounded a member of alocal Iraqi Governing Council after raking his car with gunfire north of Baghdad,witnesses said on Friday.

They said NajahHamdoush, a CommunistParty official and memberof the local governing coun-cil in Baquba, 40 milesnortheast of Baghdad, wasshot in the face during theattack late on Thursday.

Guerilla battling theUS-led occupation of Iraqhave repeatedly targetedmembers of local govern-ments established in coor-dination with the US mili-tary.

Baquba, one of several

cities near the capital whereguerilla activity has beenfiercest, has been the site ofseveral bomb attacks on po-lice and civilian facilitiesas well as ambushes of USsoldiers.

MNA/Reuters

Cars line up in front of a US Army checkpoint at the entrance of Fallujah, Iraq waitingto enter the city, on Saturday, 1 May, 2004. —INTERNET

British sun-seekershelp Cuban tourism

recovery HAVANA, 1 May — British

tourists seeking Caribbean sunand beach have spurred therecovery of Cuba’s tourismtrade, which grew 13.6 per centin the first quarter of this year,the Cuban Government said.

Despite world security con-cerns and the SARS scare, Brit-ish tourists have flocked to Com-munist-run Cuba in growingnumbers, and charter compa-nies are increasing weekly flightsfrom eight to 12 a week. RebecaJara, sales promotion director atCuba’s Ministry of Tourism, saidarrivals in the first three monthsof 2004 were up 13.6 per centover last year’s first quarter. “Weare on track to meet our target forthis year of 2 million tourists,”she told reporters. Jara said Brit-ish tourism grew 37 per ent inthe first quarter to 32,616 visi-tors, and became the fastestgrowing European market forCuba in March, though stillbehind Canada, Italy, Germany,France and Spain in overallnumbers. Tourism is Cuba’sbiggest hard-currency earner,generating 2.1 billion US dol-lars in earnings last year, when1.9 million people visited theisland. The number of Germansvisiting Cuba has fallen off,Jara said. —MNA/Reuters

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General “sickened” by Iraq prisonabuse photos

NEW YORK , 2 May — The Army Reserve generalwhose soldiers were photographed mistreating Iraqiprisoners said she was “sickened” by the pictures andsuspected those involved acted with the encouragementof intelligence units that ran the cellblock, The New YorkTimes reported in Sunday editions.

Br igad ie r -Genera lJanis Karpinski of the 800thMilitary Police Brigade toldthe newspaper in a phoneinterview from her home inSouth Carolina on Saturdaythat the high-security cell-block where the abuses tookplace had been under thetight control of a separategroup of military intelli-gence officers who had sofar avoided any publicblame.

The treatment of theprisoners at the Abu GhraibPrison outside Baghdad hasdrawn widespread condem-nation, including fromPresident George W Bush,since photographs docu-menting it were broadcaston Wednesday by CBSNews.

Karpinski said thatwhile the reservists in-volved were “bad people”who should be punished, shesuspected they were encour-aged, if not directed by, mili-tary intelligence units thatran the special cellblockused for interrogation.

She said military com-manders in Iraq were tryingto shift the blame exclu-sively to her and the reserv-ists, who she said the mili-

tary considered “dispos-able”.

“Why would they wantthe active-duty people totake the blame? They wantto put this on the MPs (mili-tary police) and hope thatthis thing goes away. Well,it’s not going to go away,”the Times quoted her assaying.

The general said re-peatedly she was not defend-ing the actions of the reserv-ists who took part in the bru-tality, who were part of hercommand, and that when shefirst saw the photos in Janu-ary, they “sickened” her, thepaper reported.

“I put my head downbecause I really thought Iwas going to throw up,” shesaid. “It was awful. My im-mediate reaction was: Theseare bad people, because theirfaces revealed how muchpleasure they felt at this.”

But she also said thecontext of the brutality hadbeen lost, noting that theMPs involved representedonly a small fraction of thenearly 3,400 reservists whoreported to her from 16 Iraqiprisons and similar loca-tions.

MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 2 May —A year after declaring majorcombat over in Iraq, Presi-dent George W. Bush saidon Saturday that US forcesstill faced serious challengesthere but that daily life wasimproving for Iraqis.

But speaking for theDemocrats, an Iraq war vet-eran accused the Presidentof leaving soldiers in thelurch there.

Bush, in his weekly ra-dio address, sought to put thebest face possible on a diffi-cult situation in Iraq, wherethe United States and its al-lies went to war over weap-ons of mass destruction thathave never been found andare now caught in a bloodyguerilla war.

A year ago, Bush puton a flight suit, landed on thedeck of the USS AbrahamLincoln aircraft carrier anddeclared major combat op-erations over in Iraq in frontof a “mission accomplished”banner.

In the Democrats’weekly radio address, Iraqwar veteran 1st. LieutenantPaul Rieckhoff said Bushshould take responsibility foran ill-prepared mission thatwas on the wrong course.

“Mr. President, ourmission is not accom-plished,” said Rieckhoff, 29,of New York.

In the past year parts ofIraq have descended intochaos. Since Bush said ma-jor combat was at and end,

428 US service personnelhave been killed in action inIraq, 127 of them in Aprilalone. Fewer than 100 diedin the three weeks it took totopple Saddam Hussein.

“My question for Presi-dent Bush — who led theplanning of this war so longago — is this: When will youtake responsibility for thedecisions you’ve made inIraq and realize that some-thing is wrong with the waythings are going?” Rieckhoffsaid.

Bush said more vio-lence as likely as the transferof sovereignty from the US-led coalition to an interimIraqi government ap-proached a June 30 deadline.

MNA/Reuters

Bush says US troops face serious challenges in Iraq

A US Army soldier approaches a burning US Army military truck after a convoy cameunder attack in the outskirts of Baghdad, Iraq, on the highway leading to Fallujah,

on Saturday, 1 May, 2004.—AP/PHOTO


Images of Iraq

Bursts of gunfire have ripped Fallujah as guerillas and US Marines skirmishedintermittently on 1 May 2004 despite a deal to hand security responsibilities back to

Iraqis. Here an Iraqi in front of destroyed houses in Fallujah.

The rubble of a building that was shelled by a mortar during a fight between Iraqiguerillas and US troops in Fallujah, Iraq, seen on 30 April, 2004.

Iraqi men search through the rubble of their house which was shelled by a mortar during a fight between Iraqi guerillas and US troops in Fallujah, Iraq on 30 April 2004.

Iraqi youths look at the damage to a house caused by a helicopter gunship strike on therestive town of Fallujah on 6 April , 2004.

An Iraqi man carries electrical wire past his destroyed house in an attempt to restoreelectricity, after returning to Fallujah, on 1 May, 2004.

Iraqis return to Fallujah to find their homes damaged on 30 April 2004. An Iraqi boy leaves the town of Fallujah, on 30 April, 2004.


New and fast developments throughout Myanmar

Opening ceremony of Myingyan Government Technical Institute in progress on 11-2-2004. — MNA

Paunglin Dam in Hlegu Township, Yangon, Division. — MNA

200-bed Kengtung General Hospital in Kengtung, Shan State (East). — MNA


Five factors of strivingWin PeWin PeWin PeWin PeWin Pe

* Saving one gallon of fuel per car permonth will save the nation one US dollar

* Thus, a total of 455,822 cars in Myanmarcan save US$ 5.5 million in a year

* The amount, US $ 5.5 million, can builda major bridge across Ayeyawady River

Efficient use of fuel

* Use daylight as the main source of light* Use the least possible amount of elec-

tricity only if there is not enoughnatural light

* Use the least possible amount of elec-tricity required in production andservice enterprises

* Preventing waste of electricity benefitsthe user and others

There are about 500,000 households us-ing electricity in Yangon. Thus, saving afour-foot fluorescent lamp everyday by eachhousehold amounts to saving power that isequal to the capacity a 20-megawatt powerstation can supply.

* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated

* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered

* Do not be softened whenever appeased

All this needs to be known

Efficient use of electricityKason Fullmoon Day is Buddha Day. It is a

thrice glorious day. On this day Buddha was born,attained Enlightenment and passed into the finalliberation of Parinibbana.

On this day, the Lord of the Three Worlds madethe supreme effort and gave to us that light which helpsus to see the true nature of becoming and birth withtheir three characteristics of impermanence, incapacityto satisfy and non-disposability. Such a day ofculmination of Buddha’s effort should be an auspiciousday for us to consider the nature of the attitude andbehaviour required to realise the characteristics ofcompounded natures, not as a matter of intellectualopinion held either tenuously or with firm belief but asa matter of knowledge acquired and developed in ourheart of hearts.

Buddha’s doctrine requires of us seriousness ofpurpose. It is not for the easy-going man of glib tongueand facile disposition. It calls for diligence andapplication which the slothful man, oppressed by torpor,is unwilling to offer. It demands scrupulousness whichis lacking in the careless man of slipshod ways anddistracted mind.

In the sutta preachments Buddha kept stressingthe need for zeal and effort. “I declare to you, I protestto you: Let there be no falling back in your aim whilethere is something further to be done. And what isthere further to be done? First, to become conscientiousand scrupulous; to become pure in deed, speech, thoughtand mode of living; to become guarded as to the senses;to become intent on diligence, to become mindful andcircumspect; to become possessed of the six-foldknowledge. Each of these is something further to be

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done, and while there is something to be done let therebe no falling back in your aim”.

In another passage in the Majjhima Nikaya,Buddha preaches that there are five factors of striving.

“What are they? He is full of faith in theAwakening of the Enlightened One. He is withoutdisease, endowed with a good digestion that is neithertoo cool nor too warm, but medium, innuring tostriving. He is not dishonest nor deceitful but manifestshimself as he is to his teacher. He fares along puttingforth energy, he is staunch, strong in effort. He comesto be wise. Endowed with these five factors for striving,taking the Enlightened One as his guide, having realisedhere and now that supreme goal of the good-faring forthe sake of which young men of good family rightlygo forth from home into the homeless, may fare alongtowards it.”

It is a laudable practice of Myanmar youngmen to go forth from home to the homelessness ofthe monastery either as novices or monks for a weekor more during the transition days from the oldMyanmar year to the new. It is desirable that onBuddha Day we should remember that if the life ofgood-faring is to be lived, if what is to be done is tobe done, there is no avoiding the striving. A manmust make an intense desire, an effort, endeavour,exertion, struggle, mindfulness and attentiveness to giveup every evil and wrong state of mind and manner. Hecannot do things in a half-hearted way, a way of easeand comfort. He will need to do them rigorously.

Buddha exhorted in the Anguttara Nikaya: “Benot of those who turn back afterwards.”

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(from page 1)The combined team of the two countries have toured

Mongpan, Hsiseng, Namsan, Leikha and Mongshu town-ships in Shan State (South), Mongpyin, Kengtung andMongkhat in Shan State (East), Wa regions of Khwinmar,Mongmaw, Namtit, Lonhtan, Panlon and Hopan andKokang regions of Laukkai and Shaukhaw in Kutkai town-ship and Kaungkha in Shan State (North). It can be seenthat during the tour, they have made survey on poppyfields and collected poppy bulb and raw opium, met withpoppy growers in the regions and interviewed them, stud-ied the destroyed poppy fields and viewed agriculture andlivestock breeding tasks being carried out as poppy sub-stitute undertakings.

According to Myanmar-US opium yield survey, therewere 47,130 hectares of poppy fields that produced 484tons of opium in 2003 and it was the 39 per cent less thanthat of the previous year. And according to this year’ssurvey, cultivation of poppy decreased compared with thatof the previous year and opium yield would also be on adecline. It can be said that the decrease in poppy cultiva-tion year by year was fruitful result of the New DestinyProject under which poppy fields have been destroyedand assistance provided to farmers whose poppy fieldswere destroyed.

Especially, the New Destiny Project has been success-fully implemented in northern, southern and eastern ShanState. The poppy growers, of their own volition, haveabandoned poppy cultivation and handed over poppy seedsand thus ceremonies to destroy poppy seeds have beenheld one after another.

At the same time, illegally grown poppy fields havebeen destroyed by combined teams including local popu-lace and as a result, 1,557 acres of poppy field weredestroyed in 2002-2003 poppy cultivation season. In 2003-2004 poppy cultivation season, 7,519 acres of poppy fieldwere destroyed up to 21 April 2004.

As regards providing assistance to farmers who haveno longer engaged in poppy growing, it is learnt that5,000 bags of rice and 100 bags of salt were provided freeof charge to farmers of Kokang region in Shan State(North), 400 bags of rice and 20 bags of salt to farmersof Phaunghsai region and 600 bags of rice and 30 bags ofsalt to farmers of Manpan region in June, 2003.

Arrangements have been made to provide 5,000 bagsof rice and 150 bags of salt to villages in Wa region,Pinlaung and Pekhon in Shan State (South) and Mongpantownship where poppy fields were destroyed most. Inter-national organizations have also lent themselves to thetasks under the New Destiny Project. The WFP with thecooperation of NGOs will have to provide 760 tons ofrice to Shan State (North) Special Region-1 Kokang re-gion. Altogether 11,937.61 bags of rice weighing 596.89tons were provided free of charge to 124 villages with7,212 households of 47,999 people in Kongyan, Manlaw,Shaukkai, Shaukpinkai and Tarshwehtan regions. Moreo-ver, 3,262.2 bags of rice weighing 136. 11 tons have beenprovided to the people for building roads and bridges,dredging drains, erecting toilet and carrying out sanitationtasks. Thus, a total of 15,200 bags of rice weighing 733tons have been provided. Progress has been made in thefight against drugs together with neighbouring countries.

Under Myanmar-China drug control programme, thetwo countries are making integrated and well-coordinatedefforts in exchange of information on drug eradication.As a result, progress has been made in the fight againstdrug trafficking and Myanmar has been able to arrest andhand over Chinese culprits wanted in China to Chineseauthorities.

Under MoU on Myanmar-Thai drug control, Thailandhas pledged to provide baht 20 million for control of drugin border areas of Myanmar, and Yaungkha Village inMonghsat Township was established into Yaungkha ModelVillage after designating the village as a project region.Yaungkha Model Village development project waslaunched in February 2001. Under the project, there haveemerged poppy-substitute plantations and one 500-capac-ity school and one 16-bed hospital in the region.

Furthermore, to cultivate soy bean and Pedisein aspoppy-substitute crops in Mongka project region, alto-gether 50 model plots were established for cultivation of80 hectares of Pedisein in the region and agriculturalcourses were conducted to as many as 200 local farmers.Pedisein is now being cultivated in the region.

A a time when significant progress has been made inthe fight against drug and there has been a dramatic dropin poppy growing and production stringent measures areto be taken for preventing the recurrence of trafficking ofstimulants.

Nowadays, steps for control of stimulants are to be

World's nations including US… taken with added momentum as there have been seizuresof the drugs in some regions. Precursor chemicals formaking stimulants entered the country from neighbouringcountries. Therefore, only when there is cooperation withneighbouring countries in the fight against stimulants willthe nation be able to make progress.

Regarding narcotic drug elimination, Wa national raceleaders have pledged to totally eliminate drug in Wa re-gion in 2005 whereas Kokang national race leaders havepledged to totally eliminate drug in their region in 2005.

Therefore, it is incumbent upon the departmental offi-cials to contribute their shares in successful realization ofthe project. To be brief, the first five-year of the 15-yeardrug elimination project and the New Destiny Project aremeeting with success and there has been a significantdecrease in poppy growing and production. Similarly,tough measures are to be taken for preventing the recur-rence of stimulant trafficking.

Likewise, cooperation with international communityand neighbouring countries in the fight against drug ismeeting with success. At such a time, systematic meas-ures are to be taken for Myanmar to be able to fullyimplement the resolutions of the international meetingson control of drug, meetings between ASEAN nationsand meetings on cooperation between the two nations. Itis needed for the Ministry of Home Affairs and the Min-istry for Progress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs that are the most responsible in thesuccessful realization of the project are to make relentlessefforts with the participation of the related ministries.

Collective and concerted efforts are to be made fordevelopment of education, health and social infrastruc-tures of local people while making efforts for ensuringachievement in poppy substitute agriculture and livestockbreeding and providing assistance to local farmers whoquit the habit of poppy growing for their food, clothingand shelter needs.

Next, CCDAC Chairman Minister for Home Af-fairs Col Tin Hlaing submitted the reports. He said thatthe New Destiny Project to add the narcotic drug elimina-tion 15-year plan for opium elimination is being imple-mented beginning 2002-2003 financial year. Thus, poppyseeds and dry poppy bulbs weighing 163,720 kilos handedover by poppy growers, on their own accord, were incin-erated for 11 times. The New Destiny Project will con-tinue to implement in coming five years.

According to the project, the target could exceed fordistribution of 90,000 baskets of seeds of various kinds ofcrops, 74,611 kilos of vegetable seeds, 5,049,796 saplingsof perennial crops, 921,360 kilos of hybrid maize andpaddy and 31,131 viss of potato, onion and kitchen cropsand cultivation of crops on 492 acres of test-plot and9,186 acres of model plots. In addition, fertilizers andpesticide were distributed and land reclamation was car-ried out.

Macadamea plantations were grown although it wasnot included in the master plan. Before the project, 12acres of land were put under macadamea plantations inKaungkha and Tamoenye regions. In 2003-2004 cultiva-tion season, macadamea plantations were grown on over600 acres of lands. And 200,000 acres of saplings werenurtured and 60,000 seeds were sown.

In the livestock breeding sector, animal infectious dis-eases were treated in the project areas. The health careservice work group could perform exceeding the target inopening of 46 drug addict treatment units and hospitals,conducting of 28 research works, conducting of 38 drugaddict treatment and prevention courses and providinghealth care services to 7,277 drug addicts. According tothe Wa region development programme provided byUNODC, the southern Wa region drug addict eliminationproject was implemented in the first five-year period anddry addict are now receiving medical treatment.

The student youth educative work group, on its part,could carry out school and township level talks for 10,365times, dangers of narcotic drug show and contest for 9,752times, training course for teachers and parents for 93 timesin addition to opening and upgrading 207 basic educationschools in the first five years.

The public educative work group also gained beyondthe target in opening of Information and Public Rela-tions Offices and TV retransmission stations, presentingof wall magazines, phamphlets and photo shows, de-scribing of perspectives on narcotic drug elimination,articles, news photos, dramas and songs, interviews,educative talks on radio and TV, poems and cartoons inthe project areas.

A total of 549 persons were rehabilitated at ShwepyithaYouth Nurturing Centre, 150 at Shwepyi-aye Youth Nur-turing Centre, 118 at Mandalay Rehabilitation Camp and23 at Tachilek Rehabilitation Camp and 831 personsthrough community based rehabilitation system.

Work groups of CCDAC implemented cultivation andproduction of narcotic drugs and elimination tasks as wellas regional development and construction tasks with theuse of the funds of the Ministry for Progress of BorderAreas and National Races and Development Affairs andministries concerned for ensuring uplift of living standardof national races who reside in the border areas. In con-structing roads, bridges and buildings, they constructed250 miles of tarred road, 1,008 miles of gravel road and922 miles of earth road, 237 staff quarters and schools, 36schools, hospital, rural health care units and staff quartersand 35 bridges were repaired. So, the sector could exceedthe target. Similarly, matters related to power supply, com-munications and trade were fulfilled.

In the drug elimination sector, there were seizures on1,806 cases of opium, 5,694 cases of heroin, 1,924 casesof marijuana, 2,637 cases of stimulant tablets, 142 casesof Ephedrine, 12 cases of diazepan tablets, 81 cases ofcough syrup, 10 cases of acetic anhydrate, 72 cases ofchemical liquid and 16 cases in chemical powder. In doingso, 7,333 kilos of opium, 1,357 kilos of heroin, 1,651kilos of marijuana, 100,064,106 stimulant tablets , 13,997kilos of Ephedrine, 456 litres of cough syrup, 596,066tablets of diazepan, 20,533 litres of acetic anhydride,60,903 litres of chemical liquid and 62,641 kilos of chemi-cal precursors were seized. Likewise, 33 opium refineriesand 69,562 acres of poppy plantations were destroyed inthe five-year period.

The Money Laundering Law was promulgated as thelaw No 6/2002 of the State Peace and Development Coun-cil and the rules by notification No 1/2003 of the Ministryof Home Affairs. In addition, the Mutual Legal Assist-ance Law was also enacted. At present, tasks are beingcarried out to issue the restricted chemicals supervisoryrules. News exchange, investigation, taking of action andjudgement are being performed in connection with UNconvention member countries, international and regionalorganizations and neighbouring countries.

The groups comprising the chairmen and vice-chair-men of CCDAC, region in-charge ministers, diplomatsand foreign news agencies went on field trips to Wa andKokang regions annually and discussed with national raceleaders, so various countries recognized success of works.Furthermore, 37 meetings related to narcotic drugs, 29workshops and three times of training courses were heldas a host country.

Myanmar delegation arrives backfrom Cambodia

YANGON, 2 May — Myanmar delegation led byDeputy Minister for Rail Transportation Thura U ThaungLwin attended the cross-border transport meeting of SixGreater Mekong Sub-region (GMS) in Phnom Penh,Cambodia, and arrived back here yesterday.

The six countries in Mekong Sub-region are havingdiscussions in three phases to reach the Cross-BorderTransport Agreement in view of multilateral socio-economic promotion through cooperation in trade,investment and tourism.

The deputy minister on 30 April attended theceremony to sign the documents of the agreement andprotocols related to cross-border transportation. Membersof the delegation Director of Road Transport U AungMyint, Director of Transport Planning Department U MyintMaw, Director of Transport Department Daw Yin Kyway,Deputy Director of Immigration and National RegistrationDepartment U Saw Aung, Assistant Director ofAgricultural Planning Department U Aung Hlaing andAssistant Director of Customs Department Salai Aung MinHlaing arrived at Phnom Penh on 26 April and discusseddocuments and protocols related to the agreement for thesecond step. — MNA

Rail Transportation Minister Maj-Gen Aung Minwelcomes back the Myanmar delegation at the Yangon

International Airport. — MNA

(See page 10)


(from page 9)Moreover, tasks were carried out in the Shan State

(North) Drug Abuse Reduction Project implemented incooperation with UNODC, Wa Region Drug Control andDevelopment Project, Yaungkha Village DevelopmentProject in Monghsat Township, Shan State (East) beingimplemented in cooperation with Thailand and KokangSpecial Region-1 Poppy-Substitute Crop CultivationProject being undertaken in cooperation with the People’sRepublic of China. From 2000 to date, 25 culprits wantedin narcotic drug cases by China were handed over.

In addition, CCDAC conducted opium yield survey incooperation with the United States and illicit poppy cul-tivation data collection tasks with UNODC in the firstfive years.

In 2004, the illicit poppy cultivation data collectiontask was carried out in Shan State (South), (North) and(East) regions, and the Rapid Assessment Survey wasconducted in Kachin and Chin States and northern part ofSagaing Division and Shan State (East) Special Region-4 separately. Due to carrying out of cooperation works byMyanmar, US and UNODC, it is reviewed that poppycultivation and production of Myanmar continues to de-cline.

Meanwhile, various countries pay attention to the caseon food sufficiency of local farmers in Kokang, Wa andShan State (South) regions.

CCDAC and UNODC often organize for study toursof journalists of popular magazines in foreign countriesand TV crews to enable global people to know correctprogress of border areas, opium elimination and regionaldevelopment of national race organizations and develop-ment of infrastructures being undertaken by the State.

He reported matters related to the study on poppy-substitute buckwheat cultivation project and suggestionsby JICA. The team led by Managing Director MrMikiharu Sato of Japanese International CooperationAgency (JICA) Head Office went on a field trip to com-pile data for implementing the Kokang Special Region-1Elimination of Poppy Cultivation and Economic Pro-grammes from 6 to 14 February 2004.

He reviewed accomplishment of the narcotic drugelimination 15-year plan and reduction of poppy cultiva-tion and production in the first five-year period. In sodoing, aims of the first five-year project of the narcoticdrug elimination 15-year plan realized thanks to imple-mentation, supervision and fulfilment of the Governmentin cooperation with local authorities, national race leadersand local people, the border areas development project,the 24 development regions project, five rural develop-ment project and improvement of living standard of thepeople who reside in the border areas.

Therefore, earnest efforts are to be made to gain suc-cess in carrying out elimination of production and use,prevention, cooperation of the people and internationalcooperation in the second five-year period. Next, Vice-Chairman of the CCDAC Minister forForeign Affairs U Win Aung explained at length mattersrelating to international meetings on prevention of precur-sor chemicals used in producing stimulant tablets, obser-vation of diplomats and representatives of UN agenciesin Myanmar at border areas, international acknowledge-ment of the endeavours of the CCDAC.

Afterwards, Vice-Chairman of the CCDAC Ministerfor Progress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs Col Thein Nyunt presented reportson condition of direct assistance rendered from the fundsof work committee for development of border areas andnational races to projects of the CCDAC, cooperation withUNDP, FAO and non-governmental organizations in data.

Likewise, members of the CCDAC Minister for La-bour U Tin Winn and Minister for Commerce Brig-GenPyi Sone presented reports on achieving success in com-bating narcotic drugs, decrease in slanderous accusationof narcotic drugs, measures taken for prevention of cul-tivation of poppy and manufacturing and trafficking stimu-lant tablets in northern and eastern regions of Myanmarand carrying out the tasks to gain success for New DestinyProject.

Later, Secretary of the CCDAC Director-General ofMyanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Ye presented re-ports on implementation of minutes of the special meet-ing of the CCDAC. Deputy Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Brig-Gen Khin Maung reported on cultivation of opium substi-tute crops, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U KhinMaung Win on drop of poppy cultivation in Myanmaraccording to the 2003 International Narcotic ControlBoard’s report, Deputy Minister for Health Dr Mya Ooon health care services, Deputy Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief and Resettlement Brig-Gen Kyaw Myinton rehabilitation, Deputy Minister for Education Col AungMyo Min on the educative tasks for the teachers and stu-dents, Deputy Minister for Information Brig-Gen AungThein on information on drugs, Chairman of MyanmarAnti Narcotics Association Dr Nay Win on holding theIFNGO-meeting of ASEAN in Myanmar.

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt delivered the con-cluding address. He said the 15-year drug elimination master plan hasbeen successful and more achievements have also beenmade with the assistance of New Destiny Project. TheUnion of Myanmar is implementing the tasks for elimina-tion of narcotic drugs by 2014. It is certain that the objec-tives will be realized with the present momentum. He said cooperation with international communitieshas become a great success. Diplomats in Myanmar wereinvited to the border areas in order to witness Myanmar’sefforts for eradication of narcotic drugs and cooperationof local people so that they realized the true situations andinternational communities accepted the government’s anti-drug campaign. This is why nations of the world including the US andUN agencies and international organizations acknowledgedMyanmar’s efforts for eradication of narcotic drugs. He said government departments are to provide assist-ance for realization of the multi-projects for developmentof Wa region, Mongpauk and Hotaung region being im-plemented in cooperation with the UN agencies, watersupply project in Mongka, agricultural projects andYaungkha Mongka regions development projects beingundertaken in cooperation with Thailand. He spoke of the need to provide necessary assistancefor acceleration of momentum of buckwheat cultivationproject in Kongyan and Tarshwehtan regions being car-ried out in cooperation with Japan.

He also spoke of the need to speed up the successalready achieved for establishment of Tachilek, Myawadyand Kawthoung drug free zones and to promote coopera-tion on drug elimination with all neighbouring countriesincluding China, Thailand and Laos. Formation of treat-ment groups for drug addicts is very excellent and meas-ures are to be taken with greater momentum, he added. Activities of Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association(MANA) are gaining momentum. He spoke of the needfor ministries concerned to provide assistance for keepingthe activities dynamic. Support tasks of the New DestinyProject being implemented by four deputy ministers areuseful to local people and non-poppy growers and contin-ued efforts are to be made for achieving more progress,he said. He said cooperation with international organizationsincluding UNDOC is to be promoted. Extended cultiva-tion of macadamia which can earn a lot of money is to beundertaken in connection with opium substitute cropscultivation. Spiritual development activities and training of voca-tional education at Shwepyitha and Shwepyiaye rehabili-tation camps for drug addicts in Bago Division and south-ern Shan State are effective and useful, he said. He said the youths trained at the camps were formedas Youth Force under the leadership of MANA. Anti-narcotic drug campaigns and educative activities amongthe youths are effective and successful. Based on theachievements, arrangements are being made for rehabili-tation of drug addicts after opening of Shwepyithit campin northern Shan State, he said. He said it is certain that the objectives of the drugelimination project launched by the State will be success-ful with the implementation of prevention tasks againstopium cultivation and production, trafficking of stimulanttablets and rehabilitation of drug addicts in harmony. He said the government departments are to provideassistance for drug elimination tasks in 2005 being car-ried out by national race leaders of Wa and Kokang re-gions. There were some accusations of money launderingin connection with drug trafficking. Myanmar is under-taking necessary measures including prescribing law andit can refute accusations on drug cases. In connectionwith the drug elimination works, efforts are being madeto promote the socio-economic lives of the national racesat border areas. In conclusion, he urged all to make ener-getic efforts collectively for realizing the aims of the Statein full.

After the meeting, Prime Minister General Khin Nyuntwent to Drug Elimination Museum and viewed round thebooths displaying the introduction of opium to Myanmar,drug control activities during the reign of Myanmar kings,the dangers of narcotic drug abuse, the anti-drug move-ment in the post-independence period and historic docu-mentary photos.

MNA

World's nations including US as well as UN agencies…

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt conveys the diamond orb around the Aungchantha Pagoda. — MNA

The Naga Cave Aungchantha Pagoda. — MNA


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The man, who belongedto Germany’s elite anti-terrorGSG-9 security force, wentmissing with a colleague lastmonth after his convoy cameunder attack on the wayfrom Jordan to Baghdad.

The Foreign Ministrysaid it would not disclosedetails on how the man wasfound while efforts to locatethe other man continued. Ithad earlier said both menwere probably dead.

Germany confirms death ofsecurity official in Iraq

BERLIN , 2 May — Germany’s Foreign Ministrysaid on Saturday one of two German security officialswho went missing in Iraq last month had been founddead.

“The Foreign Ministryconfirms that the remains ofone of the two Germansecurity officials has beenfound and identified byGerman experts,” theministry said in a statement.

The Foreign Ministryhad said the two men wentmissing near the Sunni townof Fallujah, the scene ofheavy fighting between USforces and Iraqi guerillas inrecentweeks.—MNA/Reuters

M OSCOW, 2 May — The Russian Government willmake a decision on the feasibility of the oil pipelinefrom Angarsk in Siberia to Nakhodka facing Japanby the end of the year, Russian Deputy Prime MinisterAlexander Zhukov said Friday.

Russia promises decision onfar East oil pipeline by year-end

“By the end of the yeara decision will be reachedon the route of the pipelineand on the preparation of afeasibility study for thisproject,” Zhukov said aftermeeting here with JapaneseEconomics, Trade andIndustry Minister ShoichiNakagawa, Interfax newsagency reported. Zhukovsaid during discussionabout the pipeline that theJapanese side expressed itsinterest in the project,which will require majorinvestment and ecologicalstudies. Ecological issuesof the project are currentlybeing carefully examined,said the deputy premier,stressing that the paybackissue of the 4,000-

kilometre pipeline shouldbe carefully calculated.

China and Russia havesigned a frameworkagreement to build apipeline linking Russia’sAngarsk to China’sDaqing. However, theKremlin became ambi-guous over the project afterJapan offered a rivalpipeline that would bypassChina and stretch toRussia’s Far East port ofNakhodka. The thirdpossible route that will alsotransport crude fromRussia’s vast Siberianreserves to the Asia PacificRegion is a pipeline toNakhodka with a branchline to China.

MNA/Xinhua

According to theSerbian Statistics Bureau,the monkeys were importedfrom Tanzania two yearsago and paid for by the kilo.The shipment weighed twotons, which works out atabout 1,000 monkeysweighing two kilos each,the paper said.

The national vaccineproducer Torlak Institutebought 400 for poliovaccine testing, but the fateof the others is unclear.

Belgrade Zoo directorVuk Bojovic said he had not

Serbia ponders case ofmissing monkeys

BELGRADE , 2 May — Serbia is trying to accountfor around 600 monkeys thought to be missing from aconsignment imported from Africa, the daily Balkanreported on Friday.

LONDON, 2 May — Drunken brawlers beware—the weapon of choice for police in the southern Englandseaside town of Bournemouth is chocolate rather thantruncheons and handcuffs.

British police use sweet tactics tocurb drunken brawls

In an effort to reducealcohol-related violence,police in the southerncounty of Dorset arehanding out chocolate barsto late-night revellers asthey leave the town’s barsand clubs during the currentthree-day holiday weekend.

The government haslaunched a crackdown onheavy drinking in towns andcities across the country,aimed particularly at theyoung.

“The reason for most

alcohol-related violence inBournemouth is that peopleget frustrated, thenaggressive, waiting foreither food or a taxi home,”said police constable IanCurtis.

“By giving themsomething to eat as theyleave bars and clubs, wehope to distract people fromcausing trouble by fulfillingone of their main needs —food — and giving themsomething else to do.”

MNA/Reuters

bought a single monkey in20 years.

The Serbian Chamberof Commerce said onlyTorlak would buy monkeysfor laboratory use, andwhile some people tookthem as pets, it was unlikely600 were sold toindividuals.

The Chamber ofCommerce said Customshad to have all data on liveimports. But Customs couldnot immediately supplyfigures.

MNA/Reuters

Record US gasoline drives oil higheragain

LONDON, 2 May — International oil prices hit fresh 3-1/2 year peaks on Friday led by an all time high price for USgasoline, a market haunted by fears of a shortage in theperiod of peak summer demand.

London’s Brent crude stood at 34.85 US dollars, up 47cents, hitting a session high at 35.00 US dollars, its highestsince October 2000. US light crude gained 47 cents to 37.78US dollars a barrel. US gasoline hit a fresh all-time peak of1.2510 US dollars a gallon on Friday. — MNA/Reuters

Iraqi prisoners face “sadistic”abuses

WASHINGTON, 2 May — Iraqi prisoners facednumerous “sadistic, blatant and wanton criminal abuses”by US soldiers, including sodomy and beatings, accordingto a US Army report quoted by the New Yorker magazine.

The New Yorker said it had obtained a 53-page,internal US military report into alleged abuses at thenotorious Abu Ghraib Prison outside Baghdad. In an articleposted on its web site on Saturday, the magazine said thereport had been authorized by Lieutenant-General RicardoSanchez, the top US officer in Iraq, and was completed inFebruary. The May 10 issue of the magazine goes on saleon Monday. The Army report listed abuses such as“breaking chemical lights and pouring the phosphoricliquid on detainees; ... beating detainees with a broomhandle and a chair; threatening male detainees with rape;allowing a military police guard to stitch the wound of adetainee who was injured after being slammed against thewall in his cell; sodomizing a detainee with a chemicallight and perhaps a broom stick.”

The report, written by Major-General Antonio Taguba,said evidence to support the allegations included “detailedwitness statements and the discovery of extremely graphicphotographic evidence”.

A senior Pentagon official said he had seen noallegations of rape or sthe use of chemicals againstprisoners in Iraq, but said abuse of prisoners was“despicable and inexcusable”.

News of the military report comes days afterphotographs showing abuse by US troops of Iraqi prisonerswere published and broadcast around the globe.The photosshowed US troops smiling, posing, laughing or giving thethumbs-up sign as naked, male Iraqi prisoners were stackedin a pyramid or positioned to simulate sex acts with oneanother.

Pentagon spokesman Bryan Whitman declined tocomment on the allegations in the New Yorker, but stressedthat “we take all reports of detainee abuse seriously andall allegations are thoroughly investigated.”

He said that when incidents of abuse first came tolight earlier this year, the Army immediately ordered aninvestigation, and Sanchez ordered a separate probe tomake sure that such incidents were not widespreadthroughout the military detention system in Iraq.

MNA/Reuters

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Afghan Foreign Minister to visit Moscow MOSCOW, 2 May— Afghan Foreign Minister Abdullah Abdullah is expected to pay

a working visit to Russia on 6-7 May to discuss primarily economic issues, Afghanofficial said here on Friday.

cussed during Abdullah’svisit.

ITAR-TASS cited anotherRussian official as sayingthat Afghanistan had “sev-eral billion dollars” in out-standing debts inherited fromthe Soviet time. Noting thatthe debts “present a certaindifficulty in our economicrelations”, the official saidRussia was prepared to writeoff much of the debt.

In an interview withVremya Novostei daily pub-lished on Friday, Abdullahsaid that the purpose of thetalks is “to look for new ideas

to expand cooperation”. “It is important for us to

decide how Russian compa-nies can participate in theeconomic revival of Af-ghanistan. We believe Rus-sia should be more activelyinvolved in everythingrelated to Afghanistan,” hesaid.

The minister reportedprogress on the issue of Af-ghanistan’s debts to Russia.“An acceptable solution tothe debt problem will befound shortly. Afghanistanis actively working on this,”he said. — MNA/Xinhua

During his two-day stayin Moscow, Abdullah willtalk with his Russian coun-terpart Sergei Lavrov “pri-marily on Russia’s assistanceto the reconstruction of theAfghan economy, the pay-ment of Afghan debts toRussia,” Press secretary ofthe Afghan Embassy in Mos-cow Sahi Gairat was quotedby Interfax news agency assaying.

A source at the RussianMinistry confirmed that thedebt issue, bilateral relations,fighting terrorism and drugtrafficking would be dis-

South Africans named biggest fans of SMS service JOHNNESBURG, 2 May— The International Telecommunication Union (ITU) has

named South African cellphone subscribers as the world’s biggest fans of shortmessage service (SMS), who use the service 17 times a month on average.

The global average wasonly four, the ITU wasquoted as saying Friday bylocal newspaper This Day.

In its report, Africa: TheWorld’s Fastest GrowingMobile Market, the unioninterpreted the huge popu-larity of SMS in South Af-rica as a sign that wirelessInternet access will take offfaster in Africa than else-where.

“With the region’s lim-ited fixed-line penetrationeffectively curtailing Internet

access via more traditionalaccess methods, mobile tech-nology now has the power todrive the uptake of Internet,”said the report. .

As the economic power-house of the African conti-nent, South Africa was seenas the door into Africa oninformation and communi-cations technology.

South Africa, now hav-ing three mobile communi-cations operators, is thefourth fastest growing mar-ket in the world, according

to the country’s official sta-tistics.

By October 2003, therewere 15 million cellular us-ers and the figure is expectedto reach 21 million by 2006,accounting for 46.6 per centof the total population.

Starting from nearly zeroin 1995, cellphones overtookfixed-lines in 2000. By theend of last year, 6.2 per centof Africans had cellphonesand 3 per cent had a landline,said the report.

MNA/Xinhua

19,000 fighters disarmed in Liberia so far MONROVIA , 2 May— Some 19,000 fighters in Liberia have handed in weapons or

ammunition so far under a disarmament scheme to cement peace after 14 years of war,the head of the country’s UN peacekeeping force said on Friday.

Lieutenant-GeneralDaniel Opande was speak-ing as members of one ofthe most feared forces inLiberia, the Anti-TerroristUnit (ATU) which backedex-president Charles Taylor,arrived at a cantonment site

to prepare for a return tocivilian life.

The ATU fighters handedin their weapons in Decem-ber when the United Nationslaunched the disarmamentscheme. But the programmewas soon suspended as

former soldiers rioted in adispute over how they wouldbe paid for turning in theirguns.

The UN started a moreorderly, revamped version ofthe scheme earlier April andthe ATU fighters turned upat the cantonment site in thecapital Monrovia on Fridayto resume demobilization —including medical screeningand counselling.

“From the time the disar-mament started, we havecollected 11,000 weaponsfrom fighters. We have alsocollected four million roundsof ammunition as of yester-day. Also, 19,000 fightershave been disarmed,”Opande said.

UN officials have esti-mated there are around40,000 fighters to be dis-armed but Moses Jarbo, thechairman of the West Afri-can country’s disarmamentcommission, told reporterson Friday the true figurecould be between 55,000 and60,000.

Opande, a Kenyan, saidthe entire disarmament proc-ess would take about ninemonths.

World Historical, Cultural CitiesExpo well prepared

NANJING, 2 May— East China’s historical city Nanjing,with more than 6,000 years of civilization, is busy prepar-ing China’s first World Historical and Cultural Cities Exposcheduled on Saturday.

Xu Ning, spokeswoman of the Nanjing municipal gov-ernment, told Xinhua the exposition, with 58 activities ina week, has attracted mayor-level officials from 21 worldhistorical and cultural cities, among which 10 came fromabroad and 11 from China. They will attend various activi-ties including a Forum of Mayors on topics like heritageprotection and development.

The ten foreign cities include Leipzig, St Petersburg,Daejeon, Barcelona, Melbourne, Melaka, Vienna, Flor-ence, Kyoto and Nagoya. The Chinese cities includeZhengzhou, Kaifeng, Chengde, Lijiang, Pingyao, Beijing,Hangzhou, Xi’an, Luoyang and Anyang.

“So many delegates attending the event demonstratedthe expo has drawn attention from the world, and theChinese side is attaching more and more importance tocultural heritage protection,” Xu said.

She stressed delegates to the meeting also include Chi-nese ministerial officials and experts in the field, which willplay a positive role in pushing forward policy making in thecultural industry and the exchange of experience on herit-age protection.— MNA/Xinhua MNA/Reuters

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Used in respect of:-Textile and textile goods, notincluded in other classes; bedand table covers. Clothing,footwear and headgear.

Any unauthorized use,imitation, infringements orfraudulent intentions of theabove mark will be dealt withaccording to law.

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ALCOA INC., a Penn-sylvania corporation ofAlcoa Corporate Center, 201Isabella Street, Pittsburgh,Pennsylvania 15212-5858,U.S.A., is the Owner of thefollowing Trade Mark:

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South Africasends

anti-pollutionboat to stricken

ship CAPE TOWN, 2 May—

South African shipping au-thorities sent an anti-pollu-tion vessel to remove oilfrom a stricken bulk carrieroff its west coast on Fridayas efforts began to save theship.

The 150,000-ton Tai-wanese-registered Cape Af-rica started taking on wateron Monday through a holenear its bow. The hole isreported to be 20 metres longby two metres wide.

The Environment Min-istry said the ship could sinkor break up, releasing 1,800tons of fuel oil on board, butthe South African MarineSafety Authority (SAMSA)said local salvers Smit Ma-rine had reported the ship tobe in a stable condition.

MNA/Reuters

HARARE, 2 May — Zim-babwe Cancer Associationsaid on Friday HIV/AIDShas a big influence on whichcancer people get in Zimba-bwe, connecting the two big-

gest threats to human healthin the country.

The association educationofficer Shingirayi Dakwa saidKaposi’s Sarcoma is the lead-ing cancer affecting Zimba-bwean adults. “Kaposi’s Sar-coma ranks high, because it isassociated with HIV/AIDS,”said Dakwa. She said thatKaposi’s Sarcoma affects chil-dren when they become sexu-ally active.—MNA/Xinhua

Zimbabwean official says cancerlinked to HIV/“AIDS”


China on holiday SARS alertat airports, stations

BEIJING , 2 May—Airports and rail stations across China are checking tempera-tures of passengers from Beijing and eastern Anhui Province for SARS as the week-long May Day holiday approaches, state media said on Friday.

but life in the Chinese capi-tal is going on at its usualhectic pace, with some get-ting an early start to the holi-day in which scores of mil-lions of people will travel.

The China Daily, quotinga senior official with the Na-tional Tourism Administra-tion, said tour-related indus-tries were expected to reap 4.2billion US dollars fromcountrywide travel next week.

At Beijing’s main rail-way station and airport, vir-tually no one has been seenwearing face masks, ubiqui-tous during last year’s out-break of the deadly diseasethat killed nearly 800 peopleworldwide.— MNA/Reuters

The Health Ministry hasreported four diagnosed andfive suspected cases of se-vere acute respiratory syn-drome in Beijing and Anhuiin recent weeks, includingone suspected SARS patientwho died on April 19 inAnhui.

One of the confirmedcases was in critical condi-tion, the ministry said.

“Railway stations andairports have been orderedto check the temperatures ofall passengers from Beijingand Anhui,” the China Dailysaid on Friday.

Several countries, fear-ful of a repeat of last year’sdevastating SARS outbreak,

have started screening visi-tors from China. China said ithad notified foreign visitorsthat a Beijing disease controllaboratory could be the sourceof the new outbreak.

The World Health Or-ganization, which has a teamof about 16 people in Beijingand Anhui investigating thelatest outbreak, said on Fri-day there was an apparent“chain of transmission” inthe cases so far.

“What we are saying atthe moment is that there is nosignificant public healththreat from SARS in China,”spokesman Bob Dietz said.

Hundreds of people havebeen isolated for observation

China’s localitiesurged to step upefforts on safety BEIJING , 2 May— The General Office of the State

Council recently issued an urgent circular, orderinglocal governments to step up efforts to ensure safety inindustrial production, social stability, and prevention ofepidemic diseases.

The circular was issueddue to the rising number ofdangerous chemical leaks,explosions, traffic accidents,and the recent reoccurrenceof SARS (severe acute respi-ratory syndrome) in Beijing,the national capital.

In the circular, the Gen-eral Office of the State Coun-cil urged localities to step upefforts in the prevention ofSARS and banned any at-tempts to conceal, delay orgive false information about

the SARS situation. Factories involved in

dangerous or explosivegoods must strictly followlaws and regulations, whilegreater efforts should be toensure safety in public placesand facilities. Companies andinstitutions engaged in thetourism sector should con-duct thorough checks onsafety measures as the week-long “May Day” holidaysapproach, according to thecircular.—MNA/Xinhua

CPC official highlightsimportance of ethics

education BEIJING , 2 May— Li Changchun, member of the

Standing Committee of the Communist Party of China(CPC) Central Committee Political Bureau, has urgedto ceaselessly promote ethics education for juveniles,saying that schools are the main classroom, front andchannel for the education.

Li said this Thursdaywhen he visited the Ministryof Education to study the is-sue. He praised the educa-tional authorities in the coun-try for their efforts in furtherstepping up and improvingethics education for juveniles.

Ethics education is thefundamental job for schools,Li said. He called for imple-

menting the policy of theCommunist Party of Chinaon education and includingethics education throughoutall the periods of schooling.

It is the common task forthe whole party and the wholesociety to step up and im-prove ethics education forjuveniles, Li stressed.

MNA/Xinhua

Siberian tigergives birth to

quadruplets inN-E China

HARBIN, 2 May—A 12-year old Siberian tiger gavebirth to quadruplets Wednes-day in an animal breedingcentre in northeast China’sHeilongjiang Province.

“Dou Hua” gave birth tothe four tiger cubs onWednesday and it was theseventh time she became amother, said an expert withthe Hengdaohezi Feline Ani-mals Breeding Centre.

“Dou Hua” has givenbirth to 25 baby tigers andonce set a record by givingbirth to quintuplets.

MNA/Xinhua

HK acts on illegal movementof hazardous e-waste

HONG KONG, 2 May—Hong Kong is committed to curbing illegal movement ofhazardous electronic waste (e-waste), said a spokesman for Hong Kong EnvironmentProtection Department ( EPD) recently.

The EPD and the Cus-toms and Excise Department(C&ED) have been workingclosely to control and moni-tor hazardous e-waste ship-ments imported into or trans-shipped through Hong Kong,and the joint enforcementaction has been stepped upsince early 2004, said thespokesman.

Ever since the C&EDlaunched operation “Trig-ger” on 1 March to combatillegal import and transship-ment of hazardous e-waste,it has examined 133 suspi-cious consignments.

Of them, 15 consign-ments were suspected of con-taining hazardous e-waste,which was imported withouta valid permit. The EPD isnow investigating these

cases, said the spokesman. A summons was issued

Friday to the importer of oneof these shipments for im-porting 617 waste televisionsets containing cathode raytubes to Hong Kong withouta permit. The other cases arestill under investigation.

“More summonses areexpected to be served laterthis year upon the comple-tion of investigations,” thespokesman noted.

For those suspected ille-gal consignments, nine havebeen returned to the coun-tries of origin through theBasel Convention liaison.The authorities under theconvention for these coun-tries have been notified be-forehand to facilitate theirinvestigation.

The spokesman pointedout that the import and ex-port of hazardous e-waste,such as cathode ray tubes inwaste computer monitorsand TV sets, were subject topermit control under theWaste Disposal Ordinance(WDO).

Under the WDO, anyperson who imports or ex-ports hazardous e-wastewithout a permit issued bythe EPD is liable to a maxi-mum fine of 200,000 HongKong dollars (25,641 USdollars) and six-month im-prisonment for the first of-fence, and 500,000 HongKong dollars (64,102 USdollars) and two-year impris-onment for subsequentoffense.

MNA/Xinhua

12 killed asbus overturnsin East India

NEW DELHI, 2 May— Atleast 12 people were killedand 85 others injured when abus overturned at Mohanpurin West Bengal’s BirbhumDistrict on Thursday.

The accident occurredwhen one of the front tyres ofthe bus burst and came off.Many of the passengers sit-ting on the roof of the buswere thrown off as the vehi-cle spun out of control, theIndo-Asian News Servicequoted local police as saying.

While eight people diedon the spot, four more suc-cumbed to their injuries inthe hospital.

The injured have beenadmitted to hospital. Doc-tors said the conditions of 45passengers were critical andthe death toll was feared torise.— MNA/Xinhua

Argentine police seizes 200 kilos of cocaine

BUENOS AIRES, 2 May— Argentine Federal Police seized in the first hours of Friday200 kilos of cocaine and more than 10,000 bottles of wine with drug hidden inside.

Police sources said theraid was carried out in Munrolocality, in the suburbs of thecapital Buenos Aires.

They arrested two Eng-lish citizens, two Yugoslavi-ans and an Argentine, whoseidentities were not informed,and handed over them to thejustice.

Authorities said the five

alleged drug-dealers pre-tended to have a wine bottlerbusiness, but an internationaldrug-dealing and moneylaundering ring was actuallyworking there.

Federal Police Danger-ous Drug Division chief,Commissar RobertoRaglewski, said the 200 ki-los of cocaine were hidden

inside some 10,000 bottlesof red wine that were readyto be shipped abroad.

Raglewski, who led theVinas Blancas raid, saidthe gang had “branches inLondon, Spain and othercountries,” where they areworking with the local authori-ties and thus new arrests arenot ruled out.— MNA/Xinhua

E China city to host ItalianRenaissance art show

NANJING , 2 May—An Italian Renaissance art show is due to open Sunday inNanjing, capital of east China’s Jiangsu Province, featuring classics by Renaissancemasters including Michelangelo and Da Vinci.

Insiders say this will bethe first exhibition of ItalianRenaissance fine arts in Chinasince the People’s Republicwas founded in 1949.

The show will feature 70to 80 sculptures and paint-

ings from the 14th to16th centuries, includingMichelangelo’s David andPieta and Da Vinci’s Horse.

Reproductions of someRenaissance masterpieces byartists from around the 18th

Century will also be on dis-play at the exhibition. Mostof the pieces feature heroesand legendary figures of theRoman Empire and carry re-ligious and humanisticthemes.— MNA/Xinhua

Bavarian highlanders carry their 60-feet-long May Tree through the snow onGermany’s highest mountain, the Zugspitze, near Garmisch-Partenkirchen, southern

Germany, on 1 May, 2004. Following a century-old tradition, May Trees are set up onthe first of May all over Bavaria. —INTERNET

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Monaco’s Fernando Morientes (L) of Spain evades atackle from Franco Dolci of Nice during their French

league 1 soccer match in Nice, on 30 April, 2004.INTERNET

Kar Litburtr, center, a player for the Bermuda team along-side Franklin Lopez, left and Miguel Sanchez during asoccer game in Diriamba, 37km south of Managua, Nicara-gua, on 30 April, 2004. Nicaragua won 2-0.—INTERNET

Spanish tennisplayer Tommy

Robredocelebrates

after his winover Chilean

FernandoGonzalez,during the

quarterfinalsof the Barce-lona Open inSpain, on 30April, 2004.

RobredodefeatedGonzalez

4-6,7-5,7-6(2).INTERNET

Desailly has ban cut to twomatches

NYON (Switzerland), 1 May — Chelsea defender MarcelDesailly's ban for elbowing an opponent has been cut to twomatches after an appeal, UEFA said on Friday.

The Chelsea captain was initially banned for three gamesafter appearing to catch Monaco forward Fernando Morientesin the face during the Champions League semifinal at theStade Louis II on April 20.

Chelsea appealed and, after Friday's hearing, UEFA saidin a statement on their website: "UEFA's Appeals Body hasreduced the ban on Chelsea FC defender Marcel Desailly totwo matches.

"The Appeals Body ruled that Desailly did not commit anact of deliberate assault. Desailly's good record was alsotaken into account, as well as the fact that the incidenthappened when both players were in contention for theball."

The decision means the 35-year-old, who has alreadywon the Champions League with Olympique Marseille andAC Milan, will still miss the return leg of the semifinal onMay 5 and the final, on May 26, should Chelsea winthrough.

Monaco lead the tie 3-1 after goals from Dado Prso,Morientes and Shabani Nonda. — MNA/Reuters

Beckham leads way intransfer talk

L ONDON, 1 May— With just over two weeks left untilthe transfer window opens, Real Madrid's DavidBeckham is top of the speculation league as Europe's bigclubs prepare for next season.

Rio de Janeiro teams flop again in Brazilian championship RIO DE JANEIRO , 1 May — Flamengo and Vasco da Gama suffered embarrassing defeats to

leave Rio de Janeiro's four teams without a win in the Brazilian championship.

Flamengo started the campaign with two goal-less draws but were beaten 2-1 at Parana, whothemselves lost 6-1 to Vitoria four days earlier,and have two points from three games.

Vasco went down 1-0 at home to Guarani infront of a paltry crowd of 1,087, also on Thurs-day, and have one point from nine.

Rio de Janeiro clubs once dominated Brazil-ian football but have suffered an alarming de-cline blamed on chaotic administration.

The city has also been shunned by the nationalteam because crowds at the famous but crum-bling Maracana Stadium jeer and insult the sidewithin minutes of the kick-off if they do not scorean early goal.

Brazil's last match at the Maracana was aWorld Cup qualifier against Bolivia nearly fouryears ago.

Fluminense (18th) are Rio's highest-placedclub in the 24-team table with two points fromthree games, followed by Flamengo (20th), Vasco(22nd) and bottom club Botafogo, whose coachLevir Culpi resigned after two games on Sunday.

Four-times former champions Flamengo tooka first-half lead through Rafael Gaucho in Curitibabut the home side capitalized on sloppy defendingto score twice in three minutes through Adrianoand Willian in the second half.

Flamengo substitute Robson was sent off 10minutes after coming on for a second bookableoffence. An early goal by Guarani strikerAlexandre sank Vasco, the 2000 champions,prompting Vasco coach Geninho to say:

"There's a long way to go. I don't think there'sa big difference between Rio and other regions."

MNA/Reuters

Answers for yesterday’sCrossword Puzzle

The likes of Arsenal, Chel-sea and Bayern Munich havealready agreed deals in ad-vance for Robin van Persie,fellow Dutchman ArjenRobben and Iran strikerVahid Hashemian respec-tively, even though themoves can only be regis-tered from May 17.

Brazil's Rivaldo, a freeagent, is touting for a club.

But bigger transfer dealscould well be on the way andfew are attracting the kind ofintense speculation as thatgenerated in Britain by thepossible Premier League re-turn of Beckham.

The England captain'shigh-profile move fromManchester United to Realfor 40 million US dollarslast year was heralded as anew lease of life.

The move looked goodfor Beckham, whose rela-tionship with United man-ager Alex Ferguson hadsoured, and for Real, whoacquired the most market-able commodity in a globalsoccer business.

But after a promisingstart, Beckham's form hasdipped sharply in the PrimeraLiga, where a demandingPress are already turningagainst him.

Top-selling sports daily

Marca have dubbedBeckham "Forrest Gump"after the hapless movie char-acter, while the wisdom ofsigning such an attack-minded midfielder has beenquestioned given Real's de-fensive frailties.

Widely publicized allega-tions of an extra-marital af-fair, the fact that his wifeVictoria and children haveremained in England and adecision not to renew thelease on his Madrid mansionafter May have all fuelledthe speculation.

Chelsea, buoyed by thehuge wealth of Russian bil-lionaire owner RomanAbramovich, are tipped asthe most likely destinationfor the Londoner.

Beckham, who turns 29on Sunday, could hardly re-turn to United whileFerguson remains in chargeand Beckham's combinedtransfer fee and wage de-mands would be tough toswallow for the money menat champions Arsenal.

But Chelsea have the nec-essary cash and ambition toadd yet another top player toa squad that has already beenre-built once since last July.

Beckham, meanwhile,has insisted he is happy inSpain, enjoying his footballand will be a Real playernext season, in a house he islooking to buy in Madrid.

United's Dutch strikerRuud van Nistelrooy has alsobeen sufficiently drawn intothe rumour mill for the clubto issue a "hands-off" warn-ing to Barcelona and Real.

"I have written to the clubsconcerned and told themRuud is not for sale," Unitedchief executive David Gilltold MUTV.

Spain, where Real havealso been linked with a bidfor AS Roma playmakerFrancesco Totti, and Eng-land are not the only majorleagues facing transferspeculation.

MNA/Reuters

Wenger backs Lehmann LONDON COLNEY (England), 1 May — Criticism of

Arsenal goalkeeper Jens Lehmann is unjustified andundervalues the German's contribution to the club'stitle success, manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday.

The Frenchman also saidthere was a "good chance"Dutch striker DennisBergkamp would still bearound to help the Londonclub defend their PremierLeague title next season.

Lehmann's temperamenthas been brought into ques-tion by off-the-ball clasheswith opponents which culmi-nated in him giving away apenalty during last Sunday's2-2 derby draw againstTottenham Hotspur thatsealed the championship tri-umph. "I have been disap-pointed with some of thecriticism Jens Lehmann hasreceived this season,"Wenger said. "I think wehave the best defence in theleague and you don't do thatwith a bad goalkeeper.

"The criticism is not jus-tified. He gets it becausesometimes he reacts badlywhen he is provoked by otherplayers, but that means they

are not focusing on how goodhis game is.

"I cannot think of gameswhere we have droppedpoints because of a mistakehe has made. However, I caneasily think of matches wherewe have gained points due tohis performances."

Bergkamp, 35 next month,is out of contract at the end ofthe season and the recruit-ment of forward Robin vanPersie from Feyenoord ear-lier this week was thought insome quarters to signal theend of the experienced strik-er's stay at Highbury.

"With regards to DennisBergkamp, there is a goodchance he will stay," saidWenger. "He is a great influ-ence in the dressing room andwill help Robin van Persiewhen he arrives in the sum-mer. He is van Persie's idoland he will be able to helphim settle in and give himadvice."— MNA/Reuters

Hitzfeld to close dooron Bayern years

BERLIN, 1 May— BayernMunich coach Ottmar Hitzfeldwill leave the Bundesliga clubat the end of next season, hesaid on Friday.

"It is better to end specula-tion and say that it will beover in 2005," Hitzfeld told anews conference in Munich.

Hitzfeld is widely ex-pected to remain in chargefor the 2004-2005 season af-ter which his contract expires.

The 55-year-old was ap-pointed Bayern coach in1998. Under his guidance,the club have won fourBundesliga titles, lifted theGerman Cup twice and wonthe Champions League in2001. Bayern are second inthe Bundesliga, six pointsbehind leaders WerderBremen with four gamesleft, and face a struggle toretain their title.

There had been specula-tion that Hitzfeld might leaveafter this season following adisappointing run with earlyexits from the German Cup

and the Champions League. However, chairman Karl-

Heinz Rummenigge, who hadhimself suggested last monththat the coach's job was not safe,said this week the club weredefinitely planning withHitzfeld for next season.

MNA/Reuters

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(9:00 - 10:00)

9:00 Signature TuneGreeting

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

9:06 Water Pouring Festivalin Bo Tree

9:10 Headline News9:12 New Hydel Power

Project for Putao andits environs

9:15 National News9:20 Unforgettable Tradi-

tion of Pao National9:25 Rakhine Traditional

Cultural Dance Hon-ouring Buddha

9:28 Blacksmith of KayinState

9:30 National News9:35 Myanmar Modern

Song “MesmerizeYour Longing Wish”

9:40 The Ancient CityMrauk U

9:45 National News9:50 Four Greatest Places of

Lord Buddha (Renun-ciation Attainment ofEnlightenment)

9:58 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Come and SeeMyanmar”

3-5-2004 (Monday)Evening Transmission

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15:32 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar”










Monday, May 3Tune in today:

8.30 am Brief news8.35 am Music: Stay (Dream

House)8.40 am Perspectives8.45 am Music: Story of love

(OTT)8.50 am National news/

Slogan9.00 am Music: Me, myself &

(Vitamin C)9.05 am International news9.10 am Music: At your side

(The Corrs)1.30 pm News/Slogan1.40 pm Lunch Time Music

- Everything I own(N’sync)- Looking through your eyes(Leann Rimes)- Too late(Jennifer Lopez)

9.00 pm Spotlight on the star- Hillary Duff

9.15 pm Article9.25 pm Radio Magazine9:35 pm Vocal Gems

- One sweat day(Mariah Carey)

9.45 pm News/Slogan10.00 pm PEL

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16:25 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “MyanmaPanorama & MyanmaSentiment”

16:30 National News16:35 Archaeological Mu-

seum, Pakhangyi (I)16:40 Myanma Beauty &

Myanma Nature PhotoContest

16:45 National News16:50 Tour In Myanmar

“Mandalay”16:55 Three Types of Dances17:00 National News17:05 Myanmar Marionette

“The Orge Dance”17:10 Song

“What love is”17:12 King Thayawaddy’s

Bell17:15 National News17:20 Unique Biodiversity of

Indawgyi Lake (Part-I)17:25 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & ScenicSights “Come and SeeMyanmar”

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19:32 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Myanma Pano-rama & Myanma Sen-timent”

19:36 A Village of PaO19:40 Headline News19:42 The Beauty and The

Chinlone19:45 National News19:50 Myanma Toddy Palm:

A Source of RuralIncome

19:55 The “Htaung YaungNay” (Classical MaleDance)

19:58 Myanma Paintings ofSuccessive Periods

20:00 National News20:05 The Ancient City

Thirikhittaya20:10 Song “Summertime”20:15 National News20:20 Talent Show on the

Myanmar BambooXylophone

20:25 Song “You From NextDoor”

20:30 National News20:35 Thameehla Island

Home to FascinatingTurtles

20:40 Myanma Lacquerware20:45 National News20:50 Myanmar Traditional

Snacks20:55 The Beauty and Grace

of the hands21:00 National News21:05 Taninthayi, Land of

Oil Palm21:10 Song “Secret Love”21:15 National News21:20 Spirulina (or) Blue

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22:25 Song“Smoke of Sorrow”





“Mandalay”22:55 Culture Stage “Three

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Evening Transmission(23:30 - 1:30)


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Project for Putao and

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers has been iso-lated in Shan, Chin, Kayah, Mon States and Bago Division,scattered in Taninthayi Division and weather has been partlycloudy in the remaining areas. Day temperatures were (3°C) to(4°C) above normal in Chin, Shan, Rakhine, Mon, Kayin States,Sagaing, Yangon, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions, (5°C) to (6°C)above normal in Kachin State, Mandalay, Magway, AyeyawadyDivisions and about normal in the remaining areas. The signifi-cant day temperatures were (44°C) in Magway, (43°C) inAunglan. Noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded was (1.10)inches in Taungoo.

Maximum temperature on 1-5-2004 was 40.8°C (105°F).Minimum temperature on 2-5-2004 was 23.8°C (75°F). Relativehumidity at 9:30 hrs MST on 2-5-2004 was 66%. Total sunshinehours on 1-5-2004 was (10.5) hours approx. Rainfall on 2-5-2004 was nil at Yangon Airport, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2004 was 5 mm (0.20 inch) at YangonAirport and 12 mm (0.47 inch) at Kaba-Aye and 5 mm (0.20inch) at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was 10 mph from Southwest at (15:30) hours MSTon 1-5 -2004.

Bay inference: According to the observation at (09:30) hoursMST today, yesterday’s the low pressure area over SouthwestBay has weakend. Weather is cloudy in the South Bay andpartly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 3-5-2004: Rain or thunder-showers are likely to be isolated rain in Kachin, Rakhine, Mon,Kayin States, Ayeyawady, Bago, Yangon and Taninthayi Divi-sions and weather will be partly cloudy in the remaining areas.Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate in Myanmarwaters. Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation of rainor thundershowers are likely in lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for 3-5-2004:Possibility of isolated rain or thundershowers in the afternoon/evening. Degree of certainty is (40%). Forecast for Mandalayand neighbouring area for 3-5-2004: Partly cloudy.

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its environs23:45 National News23:50 Unforgettable Tradi-









00:25 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “MyanmaPanorama & MyanmaSentiment”





“Mandalay”00:55 Three Types of Dances01:00 National News01:05 Myanmar Marionette






4-5-2004 (Tuesday)Evening Transmission

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03:32 Song of MyanmarBeauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar

03:36 A Village of PaO03:40 Headline News03:42 The Beauty and The

Chinlone03:45 National News03:50 Myanma Toddy Palm:

A Source of RuralIncome

03:55 The “Htaung YaungNay” (Classical MaleDance)

03:58 Myanma Paintings ofSuccessive Periods

04:00 National News04:05 The Ancient City

Thirikhittaya04:10 Song “Summertime”04:15 National News04:20 Talent Show on the

Myanmar Bamboo

Xylophone04:25 Song “You From Next

Door”04:30 National News04:35 Thameehla Island

Home to FascinatingTurtles

04:40 Myanma Lacquerware04:45 National News04:50 Myanmar Traditional

Snacks04:55 The Beauty and Grace

of the hands05:00 National News05:05 Taninthayi, Land of

Oil Palm05:10 Song “Secret Love”05:15 National News05:20 Spirulina (or) Blue

Green Algae05:25 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & ScenicSights “Mingalabar”








06:00 National News

06:05 Myanmar ModernSong “MesmerizeYour Longing Wish”




06:25 Song“Smoke of Sorrow”





“Mandalay”06:55 Culture Stage “Three

Types of Dances”07:00 National News07:05 Myanmar Marionette






Fullmoon Day of Kason 1366 ME Monday, 3 May, 2004

Prime Minister hoists Htidaw atop Naga Cave Aungchantha PagodaYANGON, 2 May— A ceremony to hoist Shwehtidaw

atop Naga Cave Aungchantha Pagoda of Kalaywa TawyaMonastery was held at the monastery in Mayangon Town-ship this morning, attended by Prime Minister GeneralKhin Nyunt.

Also present on the occasion were Vice-Chairman ofthe State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee AbhidhajaMaha Rattha Guru Abhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhammajotika Aungmyebonsan Sayadaw BhaddantaPaññindabhivamsa, Joint-Secretary Kalaywa Tawya Mon-astery Sayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Agga MahaSaddhammajotikadhaja Dwi Pitakadhara Dwipitaka KovidaBhaddanta Jagarabhivamsa and members of the Sangha,Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen MyintSwe, ministers, the mayor, deputy ministers, officials ofthe State Peace and Development Council Office anddepartmental heads, local authorities, social organizationsand wellwishers.

The Prime Minister and party received the Nine Pre-cepts from the Vice-Chairman Sayadaw. Next, membersof the Sangha recited Parittas.

The Prime Minister offered Seinbudaw,Hngetmyatnadaw and provisions to the Vice-ChairmanSayadaw. The commander presented Hsatthaphudaw anddonations to members of the Sangha. The Joint-SecretaryKalaywa Tawya Sayadaw delivered a sermon and thePrime Minister and party shared merits gained.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister, the commander, the min-isters and wellwishers conveyed Seinbudaw,Hngetmyatnadaw, Hsatthaphudaw and tiers of Shwehtidawround the pagoda and carried them again to the pandal ofthe decorated carriage. The Prime Minister and party sprin-kled scented water on them and conveyed them on top ofthe pagoda.

At the auspicious time, the Prime Minister offered

scented water for cleansing tiers of Shwehtidaw,Hngetmyatnadaw and Seinbudaw after hoisting them atopthe pagoda. Later, the Prime Minister performed the ritu-als of golden and silver showers to mark successful com-pletion of the ceremony.

Next, members of the Sangha consecrated the pagoda.Yesterday morning, the ceremony to hoist three tiers

of Htidaw atop the pagoda was held at the monastery,attended by the Kalaywa Tawya Sayadaw and members

of the Sangha, Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-GenThura Myint Maung, Deputy Minister Brig-Gen ThuraAung Ko, Adviser U Arnt Maung, departmental heads,nuns and wellwishers.

The Sayadaw, the deputy minister and wellwisher UMaung Maung Kha Swe fixed three tiers of Htidaw atopthe pagoda. Later, the deputy minister and the wellwisherperformed the rituals of golden and silver showers to markcompletion of the ceremony .— MNA

YANGON, 2 May— Thedemonstration of the Na-tional Symphony Orches-tra, organized by MyanmaRadio and Television of theMinistry of Information washeld at the Myanmar Con-vention Centre onMindhamma Road inMayangon Township at

7.15 pm today, attended byPrime Minister GeneralKhin Nyunt. Also presenton the occasion were Chair-man of Yangon DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe, ministers,the mayor, deputy ministers,

officials of the State Peaceand Development CouncilOffice, departmental heads,members of the NationalSymphony Orchestra Com-mittee, musicians andguests. The National Sym-phony Orchestra led byConductor Lt Thet TinAung (Navy) and U Tin

Thein performed musicalprogrammes to the PrimeMinister and party. First,they played the nationalanthem.

The programmes in-cluded the Symphony No41 of WA Mozart, the songentitled “only when theTatmadaw is strong, will thenation be strong” by Acad-emy Gitalulin U Ko Ko,melody of Minuet in G ofBeethoven, the song entitled“Nagani” by AcademyGitalulin U Ko Ko, melodyof Eine Kleine Natch Musikof WA Mozart andAyarwadi the Great River(1st, 2nd and 3rd move-ment) by AcademyGitalulin U Ko Ko.

After the ceremony, thePrime Minister cordiallyconversed with the mem-bers of the National Sym-phony Orchestra Commit-tee and musicians and pre-sented cash awards to themusicians of the orchestra.

MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt enjoysdemonstration of National Symphony Orchestra

Yangon Commandhonours military band,

volleyball teamYANGON, 2 May—

Chairman of Yangon Divi-sion Peace and Develop-ment Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe and wifeDaw Khin Thet Htay at-tended the ceremony tohonour the military bandrepresenting Yangon Com-mand who stood first in the13th Tatmadaw (Army,Navy and Air) MilitaryBand Competition andYangon Command men’svolleyball team which wonthe championship shield inthe Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services’ ShieldTatmadaw (Army, Navyand Air) Volleyball Tour-nament at the hall of

Yangon Command Head-quarters yesterday evening.

Also present wereDeputy Commander ColWai Lwin, military regioncommanders and theirwives, local authorities andwinners.

First, the prize-winningteams presented their cham-pionship shield and trophyto the commander who gaveaway cash prizes to them.

The commander pre-sented new musical instru-ment to the leader of themilitary band.

Afterwards, the com-mander gave a speech.Later, the commander andwife hosted a dinner in hon-our of the winners.— MNA

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Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt hoists diamond orb atop Naga Cave Aungchantha Pagoda of KalaywaTawya Monastery in Mayangon Township on 2-5-2004. — MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt watches the demonstration of the National Symphony Orchestra. — MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt presents cash awards to musicians of theNational Symphony Orchestra. — MNA

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