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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms of

technical know-how and investments from sources inside thecountry and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Vinayo ca susikkhito; to be well-trained in discipline; this is the way to auspiciousness

The State Peace and Development Council hereby enacts the followingLaw:-1. This Law shall be called the Law Amending the Code of Civil Procedure.2. Section 7, sub-section (4) of Section 24, sub-section (2), first proviso ofsection 35 A, rule 13 of order 38, order 50 and order 53 of the Code of CivilProcedure shall be deleted.3. The sum of fine contained in sub-section (c) of section 32 of the Code ofCivil Procedure shall be substituted by the expression of “five thousand kyats.”4. The sum of money contained in clause (a) of sub-section (1) of section 58of the Code of Civil Procedure shall be substituted by the expression of “one

The Union of MyanmarThe State Peace and Development Council

The Law Amending the Code of Civil Procedure(The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 6/2008)

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hundred thousand kyats.”5. In sub-section (1) of section 60 of the Code of Civil Procedure:

(a) the amount of money contained in clause (h) and clause (i) shall besubstituted by the expression “ten thousand kyats”;

(b) the expression “a railway administration or” contained in clause (i)shall be deleted;

(c) clause (j) shall be substituted as follows:-“(j) the pay and allowances of persons to whom the Defence

Services Act, 1959 applies.”(See page 9)

YANGON, 28 Aug — In meeting with depart-mental heads at the hall of Myanma Port Authorityon Pansodan Street, here, Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence this afternoon heard reports onwork progress of the Committee for Waterway Clear-ing and Salvage of Sunken Vessels, survey on the

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspects jetties which have been repaired in Yangon River. — MNA

Law Amending Code of Civil Procedure issued

Officials urged to supervise secure and smoothrunning of vessels in Yangon River

floor of Yangon River, clearing of sunken vessels inthe river caused by the storm, reconstruction ofjetties, 73 per cent salvage of sunken vessels andpulling back of vessels washed ashore and berthingof ocean-going liners at Yangon Port presented byManaging Director U Thein Htay of Myanma Port

Authority, Managing Director U Soe Tint of InlandWater Transport, Director-General U Maung MaungOo of Department of Marine Administration andManaging Director U Kyi Soe of Myanma Ship-yards.

(See page 8)

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

People’s DesireFriday, 29 August, 2008

The number of trafficked people is onemillion to two million in a year, and there havebeen about 30 million people who have beentrafficked across the globe. Therefore, globalnations are placing great emphasis on addressingthe problem.

Myanmar is also combating humantrafficking as a national task. Myanmar,Thailand, Cambodia, Laos and Australia signeda memorandum of understanding on the drivefor prevention of trafficking in persons in Asia inDecember 2003 and started implementing it veryeffectively.

Prevention of Trafficking in Persons Lawwas promulgated in 2005, and taking punitiveaction against traffickers has stopped many casesof human trafficking. At the same time, measuresare being taken state-, division- and township-wise to save those who fall prey to humantraffickers, to enable the victims to integrateback with their society and to rehabilitate them.

It is found that some profit-makingunscrupulous persons are committing humantrafficking by persuading innocent people withjob offers at factories and workshops in the othercountry. So special emphasis is being paid totaking preventive measures against humantrafficking along the routes easily accessible tothe neighbouring countries.

Myanmar has enacted Prevention ofTrafficking in Persons Law and is taking severeaction against human traffickers. Myanmar issolving the problem of human traffickers incooperation with UN agencies, ASEAN, theneighbours such as China, Thailand, India andBangladesh as well as Russia and Vietnam. All inall, with the extensive participation ofdepartmental and social organizations and thelocal people, more and more preventive measuresagainst trafficking in persons can be taken.

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IRD officials receiveguidelines

YANGON, 28 Aug — Deputy Minister for Financeand Revenue Col Hla Thein Swe met with DeputyDirector-General U San Myint, directors and officialsat the meeting hall of Internal Revenue Department onPansodan Street, here, today.

He also inspected Clerical Refresher CourseNo. (1/2008) and Basic Computer Course No. (1/2008) being conducted at the training hall and computertraining hall of the department and left necessaryinstructions.—MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTENAY PYI TAW, 28 Aug — The State Peace and

Development Council has appointed GeneralManager U Soe Myint of Hydropower GenerationEnterprise under the Ministry of Electric PowerNo. 1 as Managing Director of Myanma Automobileand Diesel Engine Industries under the Ministry ofIndustry-2 on probation from the date he assumescharge of his duties. — MNA

Foreign Minister to attendBIMSTEC meeting

NAY PYI TAW, 28 Aug—Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win left for India this morning by airto attend the 10th Ministerial Meeting of the Bay ofBengal Initiative for Multi-Sectoral Technical andEconomic Cooperation (BIMSTEC) to be heldtomorrow in New Delhi, India.

Minister U Nyan Win was accompanied byAssistant Director U Kyaw Tin Shein of the Minister’sOffice of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Deputy Director-General U Thant Kyaw of theInternational Organizations and Economic Departmentunder the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Deputy Director-General U Than Aye of Agricultural PlanningDepartment under the Ministry of Agriculture andIrrigation, Director U Htin Aung of Energy PlanningDepartment under the Ministry of Energy, Director UKyaw Swa of the International Organizations andEconomic Department under the Ministry of ForeignAffairs, Assistant Director U Aung Kyi and Subject-Incharge U Lin Maung Maung Win are attending the12th Senior Officials’ Meeting of BIMSTEC in NewDelhi, India.— MNA

UMFCCI to modernize farming with Malaysian cooperationYANGON, 28 Aug

—Seminar on EnhancingAgricultural Productsfurther to the aftermath ofCyclone Nargis was heldat Traders Hotel, here,today.

It was organized byUnion of MyanmarFederation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry,Nutri Plant BiotechFertilizer Sdn Bhd(Malaysia), MalaysianAgricultural Research andDevelopment Institute(MARDI) and MalaysiaPalm Oil Board (MPOB).

Partner Major (Rtd)Amir Alias of Nutri PlantBiotech Fertilizer Sdn Bhd

(Malaysia) extendedgreetings and GeneralSecretary of UMFCCI USein Win Hlaing explainedthe purpose of the seminar.

Next, the UMFCCIGeneral Secretary andMalaysian Ambassador toMyanmar Dato’ MazlanMohammad cut the ribbon

UMFCCI General Secretary U Sein Win Hlaing, MalaysianAmbassador to Myanmar Dato’ Mazlan Mohammad open the

seminar.—MNA

Deputy Minister for Finance and Revenue Col Hla Thein Swe inspects Clerical RefresherCourse No. (1/2008) and Basic Computer Course No. (1/2008).—MNA

to open the seminar.Experts discussed matterson enhancing agriculturalproducts.

MNA

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Iran says can hit Israelwith missiles if attacked

At least 10 dead in Pakistan suicide attack

TEHERAN, 28 Aug—Irancould hit back at Israelwith missiles if the Jewishstate attacked it and couldalso rely on allies in theregion to strike, thecommander of the IslamicRepublic’s RevolutionaryGuards said on Wednes-day. Israel, like the UnitedStates, has not ruled outmilitary action against Iranif diplomacy fails toresolve a row overTeheran’s nuclear ambi-tions.

The West and Israelaccuse Iran of seeking tobuild nuclear weapons,despite Iran’s insistencethat it wants technologyto make electricity so thatit can save more of its vastoil and gas resources forexport.

“Our strategic calcula-tions show that if theZionist regime wants tomake the smallest moveagainst our interests, eitherindependently or withAmerica, in the shortest

time all the territoriesunder the Zionist regime’scontrol will becomeunsafe,” Guards com-mander-in-chief Mo-hammad Ali Jafari said.

“That country iscompletely in the range ofthe Islamic Republic’smissiles. The missilecapabilities of our armedforces is such that theZionist regime, with all itscapabilities, would not beable to confront it,” headded.—Internet

A Pakistani policeman stands in front of a policebarrier in northwestern Swat valley. At least 10

people, including police officers and prison staff,died in a suicide attack on Thursday in a garrison

town in northwest Pakistan as they headed to work,a police official told AFP.—INTERNET

BANNU, 28 Aug—At least10 people, including policeofficers and prison staff,died in a suicide attack onThursday in a garrison townin northwest Pakistan asthey headed to work, apolice official told AFP.

The incident was the latestin a series of deadly attacksto hit Pakistan since theresignation of PervezMusharraf as president,with the country’s fragilecoalition governmentstruggling to combat

Islamic militancy. “The vanwas carrying policemen andjail staff when it was hit byan explosives-laden carwhich was used in theattack,” said Bannu policeofficial Najeebullah, whouses only one name.

“Ten people, mostlypolice and prison workers,were killed in the attack,”he said. The van that wastargeted in the head-oncollision was normallyused to carry prisoners tocourt and then back to jail.

Bannu is a garrison townsituated 250 kilometres(150 miles) southwest ofthe Pakistani capitalIslamabad and is close tothe country’s lawless tribalareas bordering Afgha-nistan.

Internet

Russia wins backing from China,Central Asia over Georgia

MOSCOW, 28 Aug —Russia won support onThursday from China andCentral Asian states in itsstandoff with the Westover the Georgia conflictas the European Unionsaid it was weighing

sanctions against Mos-cow.

Russia’s PresidentDmitry Medvedev said hehoped the “unitedposition” of a summit ofCentral Asian nationswould “serve as a serious

signal to those who try toturn black into white”.

The West has stronglycondemned Russia'smilitary offensive inGeorgia this month andMedvedev's decision torecognize Georgia’sbreakaway regions ofAbkhazia and SouthOssetia as independentstates.

Ratcheting up pressureon Russia, French ForeignMinister BernardKouchner, whose countryholds the presidency of theEuropean Union, said the27-nation bloc waspreparing sanctions onMoscow.

Internet

Obama wins Democratic nomination,with backing of Clintons

Barack Obama

WASHINGTON, 28 Aug—Barack Obama becamethe first black presidentialnominee of a major USparty, with rousingsupport from Bill andHillary Clinton, at theDemocratic NationalConvention. Delawaresenator Joe Bidenaccepted the vicepresidential nomination.

To shouts of “Yeswe can,” Democratsnominated Barack Obamasaid on Wednesday astheir presidential can-didate in a historic first fora black American, backedby his ex-rivals Bill andHillary Clinton.

Obama made his firstappearance at theDemocratic NationalConvention, stepping outon stage after his vicepresidential running mate,Sen Joe Biden, attackedRepublican John McCainas he accepted thenomination as No 2 on theticket.

“I think the

convention has gonepretty well so far. Whatdo you think?” Obamasaid to cheering delegatesafter hugging Biden andhis wife Jill on stage.

Former President BillClinton, who has beenslow to warm to Obamaafter his wife lost abruising primary battle,worked to encourage partyunity by giving Obama anunwavering seal ofapproval in a speech to apacked convention hall.

Delegates cheeredClinton’s appearance forso long that he asked themto sit down.

Internet

DENVER, 28 Aug —Senator Joseph R. BidenJr of Delaware acceptedthe Democratic vice-presidential nomination onWednesday night with anode to his middle-classupbringing and a blisteringattack on Senator JohnMcCain.

On tax policy and thewar in Iraq, on health careand terrorism, on theminimum wage and on

Biden opens new phase withattack on McCain

Russia, Mr. Biden said,the contrast was clearbetween Mr McCainand the Democraticpresidential nominee,Senator Barack Obama.

“Again and again,”he said, “on the mostimportant national secu-rity issues of our time, JohnMcCain was wrong, andBarack Obama was provenright.”

He said Mr McCain

had supported PresidentBush’s policies that MrBiden said had driven theAmerican economy into aditch and backed Mr Bushon a war that is costingAmerican taxpayers $12billion a month.

As Democrats oftendo, he paid tribute to MrMcCain’s military serviceand his more than five yearsas a prisoner of war inVietnam. —Internet

At least 90 Afghan civilians killed inrecent military operations, says UNUNITED NATIONS, 28

Aug—An investigationby the United NationsAssistance Mission inAfghanistan (UNAMA)has found that some 90civilians, including 60children, were amongthose killed duringmilitary operations in thestrife-torn nation’swestern Herat provincelast week.

A team of humanrights officers fromUNAMA went to Herat’sShindand district toinvestigate reports thatlarge numbers of civiliancasualties were sustainedduring operations con-ducted by foreign andAfghan military personnelaround midnight on 21August.

They found “con-vincing evidence, basedon the testimony ofeyewitnesses, and others,”that some 90 civilianswere killed – including60 children, 15 women

and 15 men – and another15 villagers wounded.

“This is a matter ofgrave concern to the UnitedNations.

I have repeatedly madeclear that the safety andwelfare of civilians mustbe considered above all elseduring the planning andconduct of all militaryoperations,” Kai Eide,Special Representative ofthe Secretary-General forAfghanistan, said in astatement issued today inKabul.

According to thepeople interviewed byUNAMA, the militaryoperations lasted severalhours during which airstrikes were called in.

“The destruction fromaerial bombardment wasclearly evident with some7-8 houses having beentotally destroyed andserious damage to manyothers. Local residents wereable to confirm the numberof casualties, including

The border fence between Egypt and Israel. Egyptianauthorities have arrested 33 African migrants,including four children, who were trying to cross theborder illegally into Israel, a security offical has said. INTERNET

names, age and gender ofthe victims,” the missionsaid.

Mr Eide called on theinternational and Afghanmilitary forces to“thoroughly review” theconduct of the operationto ensure that it does nothappen again.

“The impact of suchoperations undermines thetrust and confidence of theAfghan people in effortsto build a just, peaceful,and law-abiding State,” hestated, reminding allparties that the protectionof civilians must be theirprimary concern.

Internet

Mr Kai Eide, SpecialRepresentative of theSecretary-General for

Afghanistan.

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JERUSALEM, 28 Aug—Chinese exports to Israelsurpassed Germany’s in2007, making China Israel’ssecond largest importingcountry, Israel’s CentralBureau of Statistics saidon Wednesday.

Imports from Chinagrew to 4.6 billion USdollars in 2007 from 3.2billion dollars in 2006, thebureau said.

In 2006, Germany

Visiting Chinese President Hu Jintao presents a wreath to the monument tothe ethnic pacification and recovery in Dushanbe, capital of Tajikistan,

on 27 Aug, 2008.—XINHUA

China becomes Israel’s secondlargest importer in 2007

was the second largestexporter of goods to Israelexcluding diamonds. Itsexports to the Jewishcountry rose to 3.3 billiondollars in 2007 from 3.1billion dollars in 2006.

Analysts said that theincrease in Chinese im-ports was part of a trendof growth that would in-clude a wider variety ofproducts over time.

“The big difference is

that Israel will start im-porting an increasingamount of high-techequipment, not just con-sumer equipment,” AmosYudan, Chairman of theIsrael China Chamber ofCommerce, told Xinhua.

“The Israeli marketwill understand thatChina is not only supply-ing cheap materials butalso items which arereally high-tech,” Yudansaid, noting that someChinese high-tech equip-ments were already beingimported.

“This is a trend that islikely to change the tradebetween Israel andChina,” he said.

Xinhua

Revellers pose in tomatopulp during the annual

“Tomatina” (tomatofight) in the Mediterra-nean village of Bunol,near Valencia, on 27

Aug, 2008.XINHUA

QUITO, 28 Aug — Ecua-dor and Venezuela willexplore oil reserves inVenezuela, EcuadorianMining and Oil MinisterGaloChiriboga said onWednesday.

Ecuador’s state-ownedoil company Petro-ecuador will sign anagreement on Friday withVenezuelan oil giantPDVSA on the joint ex-ploration of the oil re-serves at Campo Ayacu-cho in Venezuela’s Orino-co Strip, said Chiriboga ina statement. Under theagreement, the two oilgiants will create a jointventure to perform thetask, Chiriboga said, add-ing that the PDVSA willhold majority shares ofthe company.

SANTIAGO, 28 Aug —The Economic Commis-sion for Latin Americaand Caribbean (ECLA)said on Wednesday thatLatin America benefitedin the past year from theenhanced economic co-operation with Asian

Latin America benefits from cooperation withAsian countriescountries.

In this way LatinAmerica has been able toface in a better way theworld economic turbu-lences, ECLA said.

ECLA’s ExecutiveSecretary Mexican AliciaBarcena said that the eco-

nomic exchange terms in-creased around 33 per-cent in 2007 and SouthAmerica benefited moreas it exports big amountof minerals and agricul-ture products to China,Inida and other nations.

Xinhua

Ecuador, Venezuela to launchjoint oil exploration

in Venezuela

All items from Xinhua News Agency

HANOI, 28 Aug — A shipexploded when exploitingmetal scraps in Vietnam’ssea waters, killing one lo-cal man and injuring 19others, local newspaperYoung People reported onThursday.

The ship owned by LeVan Cu from Ninh Phuocdistrict, southern NinhThuan province, explodedon Wednesday some 17km off the Ninh-Phuoccoast, making itself and anearby ship sink. Somefishing ships brought allthe victims, includingeight seriously injuredpeople onshore. —Xinhua

The move marks thebeginning of the interna-tionalization of Petro-ecuador’s operations, ac-cording to Chiriboga.

Ecuador and Vene-zuela, which have closecooperation in econo-my,oil and culture, are theonly two Latin Americancountries that are part ofthe Organization of Petro-leum Exporting Countries(OPEC).— Xinhua

Ship explosionkills one, injures

19 in Vietnam

MEXICO CITY, 28 Aug— Many European countrieshave alerted their tourists against rising violence inMexico and warned them about the links betweenMexican police agents and organized crime, reportsby the daily El Universal said on Wednesday.

The governments of Germany, Britain and Swit-zerland advised their citizens to be cautious duringtrips to Mexico.

The countries told their citizens that Mexican po-licemen have been involved in crimes like robberies,homicides and kidnappings.

The German Foreign Ministry advised its citizensnot to resist if they fell victim to any crime in Mexico,because that might threaten their lives. —Xinhua

European countries warntourists against violence

in Mexico

OTTAWA, 28 Aug— The alliance troops’ mission inAfghanistan is a difficult one and things will not im-prove in one or two years, warned Arif Lalani, Cana-da’s ambassador on Wednesday.

As Canada’s military commitment to Afghanistanends in 2011, no miracles can be expected by that timeconcerning the situation there, he said during an in-terview with Canadian Television.

“In 2011, I think Canadians should not expecteverything in Kandahar will be fixed,” he said.

Xinhua

Envoy: Great challenges lieahead for alliance troops in

Afghanistan

US astronaut Michael Fincke attends a training session in a space capsule inthe Star City space centre outside Moscow on 27 August, 2008. Fincke isscheduled to visit the International Space Station (ISS) in October as part

of the 18th ISS crew.—XINHUA

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Sony’s Chubachi warnsstagflation threatens Asia

SINGAPORE, 28 Aug—Sony Corp PresidentRyoji Chubachi warned onThursday that stag-flation— slowing eco-nomic growth andquickening inflation — inthe US, Europe and Japanis beginning to undermineconsumer demand in Asia.

“This is the reality weare facing. Our concern isthat consumers’ buyingpower is decreasing.”Chubachi said at a newsconference in Singaporeat the opening of a lithium-ion battery plant here,Sony’s first battery factory

in Southeast Asia.“If this situation

continues long-term, itwould affect Sony,” hesaid. Sony said last monthits April-June profitplunged by about halffrom a year ago, in partbecause of slowingelectronics sales growth.

Chubachi, which headsthe company’s electronicsoperations, said demand forSony televisions jumpedahead of this month’sOlympic Games in Beijing,and that the Tokyo-basedelectronics giants’computers, appliances and

mobile phones also remainpopular.

Sony invested $106million in the Singaporeplant, which will produce8 million battery units amonth for mobile phonesby 2010 and employ 500workers. Rechargablelithiumion batteries, nowcommon in cell phonesand laptops, produce morepower and are smaller thannickel-metal hydridebatteries.—Internet

An aerial view of the San Miguel river at an Amazonian region of Ecuador,on the border with Colombia, is seen from an helicopter on 26 Aug, 2008.Ecuador will run next September a programme named ‘Plan Ecuador’, to

formally shelter around 50,000 Colombian citizens who live along insettlements along the border with Colombia.—INTERNET

Survey: US workers’ confidencein job market sags

NEW YORK, 28 Aug—American workers’ confidencein the job market is as low as it was during the 2001recession, according to a survey released on Thursday.

When asked whether this is a bad time to find aquality job, 65 percent said it was matching the level ofthe 2001 recession, according to the survey by RutgersUniversity’s John J Heldrich Center for WorkforceDevelopment.

With unemployment at 5.7 percent, the highest levelsince 2004, and weekly unemployment claims hitting asix-year high earlier this month, workers are worriedabout everything from their weekly hours to their totalpay. As for retirement, many agree with Ray O’Connell,56, an editor of engineering and computer sciencejournals in New York City. “Won’t happen,” he said.The survey found one third of workers said they oftendon’t have enough money to make ends meet.—Internet

Venezuela nets 4.3 billion dollars inwindfall oil profit tax

CARACAS, 28 Aug—Venezuela has raked in 4.3 billiondollars from a tax on windfall oil profits it startedcollecting from state-owned Petroleos de Venezuela inmid-April, President Hugo Chavez said.

“Up to now we have obtained 4.3 billion dollars,”President Hugo Chavez told his ministers during apublicly broadcast cabinet meeting.

Of that, 800 million dollars has already been used bythe Chavez administration, while 3.56 billion dollarshave been placed in a fund, Chavez said, withoutelaborating further Venezuela’s legislature in mid-Aprilapproved a “mandatory contribution” on windfall oilprofits, as oil prices surged to record levels worldwide.

The measure is levied on profits when oil prices riseabove 70 dollars a barrel, officials said, beginning at 50percent and increasing to 60 percent when prices top100 dollars a barrel, using the barrel of Brent crude asa reference price. Venezuelan crude closed on Fridayat 108.63 dollars a barrel. Its average price so far thisyear has been 103.74.—Internet

File photo shows state-owned Petroleos de Venezuelaoil company workers at the Jose Antonio Anzuateguiindustrial complex. Venezuela has raked in 4.3 billiondollars from a tax on windfall oil profits it startedcollecting from Petroleos de Venezuela in mid-April,

President Hugo Chavez said.—INTERNET

Unemployment leaps over 20 percent in 25 New York countiesNEW YORK, 28 Aug—

The ranks of unemployedworkers soared more than20 percent in 25 New Yorkcounties in the first half of2008, even in wealthysuburbs around New YorkCity such as Westchesterand Nassau, a report said

on Thursday. Some half amillion New Yorkers wereunemployed by mid-year,the highest number since2004. More job losses arelikely as a national eco-nomic downturn is in-tensified by the problemsWall Street firms are

struggling with, accordingto the Fiscal PolicyInstitute’s study. “At aminimum, it appears thatthe state’s economy willcontinue declining throughthe rest of 2008 andpossibly into 2009,”according to the study bythe Albany-based thinktank.

New York’s economyis dependent on thefortunes of the Wall Streetfinance industry, so thestate’s tax collections haveplunged with the profit-drought now witheringbanks and brokerages.Democratic Gov DavidPaterson recently per-suaded the legislature tocut $427 million ofspending and prune thethree-year deficit by $2billion to $24.4 billion.

Internet

Toyota cuts sales forecastas demand sputters

TOKYO, 28 Aug—ToyotaMotor Corp (7203.T), theworld’s most profitablecarmaker, cut its 2009vehicle sales forecast bynearly 7 percent due to asevere downturn inWestern markets driven byhigh fuel prices and a creditcrunch. The weakeroutlook highlights anincreasingly difficultenvironment for globalautomakers faced withsoftening demand in theUnited States and WesternEurope, especially forhigher-margin, gas-thirstyvehicles.

Toyota said on Thursdayit expects to sell about 9.7million vehicles next yearincluding its DaihatsuMotor Co (7262.T) and

Hino Motors Ltd (7205.T)units. It had previouslyforecast sales of 10.4million vehicles. No carmaker has yet passed the10 million annual unit salesmilestone. “We are lookingat the current shift towardsfuel-efficient cars (in the

United States) as astructural change indemand,” Toyota Pre-sident Katsuaki Watanabetold a news conference.“We intend to respondquickly and flexibly to thisenvironment.“

Internet

A worker on the production line of Japan’s autogiant Toyota assembles an engine for the vehicle

manufacturer’s Lexus car range.—INTERNET

Two volunteers learn the skill of makinghandicrafts from a handicapped person at the

Warm Family of Xicheng District HandicappedAssociation, the Beijing 2008 Paralympic Games

volunteers training base, in Beijing, capital ofChina, on 22 Aug, 2008. —XINHUA

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NEWSALBUM

An entire house standing up sidedown is seen in Trassenheide,

northern Germany. The house wasbuilt to enable a new perspective on

everyday life for visitors.

Is it a bird, is it a plane? No, it’s adrone designed to measure the

concentration of deadly gases in theair. The project called Airshield was

presented in Dortmund. A wholeswarm of such drones would be

deployed in the event of a major fireor other disaster to sample the air.

People play Monopoly in a former prison yard in Frankfurt, Germany,on 27 Aug,2008, as they join thousands of people playing the board game worldwide at the same time to break a Guinness world record.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 28 Aug — Caterpillar Inc (CATN) expectsweakness in rich-country economies to persist into 2009but its sales in China will remain strong, Jim Owens,chairman and chief executive of the US construction andmining equipment firm, said on Thursday.

Caterpillar raised its full-year earnings guidance inJuly as strong growth in emerging countries offset theimpact of rising commodity prices and weakness ineconomies in North America, Western Europe andJapan.—Internet

Hurricane threatens New Orleans,three years after Katrina

Hewlett-Packard completes purchaseof Electronic Data Systems

Kidnapped UNHCR Mogadishu chief released

NEW ORLEANS (Loui-siana), 28 Aug— Threeyears after HurricaneKatrina devastated NewOrleans, residents of theBig Easy are bracing foranother major strike as

officials vow they will notrepeat the mistakes thatlefts thousands strandedin floodwaters.

Louisiana GovernorBobby Jindal declared astate of emergency on

Wednesday and an-nounced plans to beginevacuating coastal areaswell ahead of the stormforecast to strike onMonday as a Category 3hurricane.

“Our state is betterprepared than it hasbeen before to respondto a major disaster,”Jindal said at a Pressconference.

“We have suppliespreposition but ... peopleneed to make their ownplans as well. Now is thetime to make sure you havegas in the car, food andprescriptions.”

Internet

Caterpillar sees strong Chinasales enduring

MOGADISHU, 28 Aug — Chief ofMogadishu office for UN refugee agencyabducted by unknown gunmen late lastJune was released on Wednesday by hiscaptors, local media reports said.

Relatives of Hassan Mohamed Alitold Shabelle Radio in Mogadishu thatthe Mogadishu chief of the UnitedNations High Commissioner forRefugees (UNHCR) was in good healthand was not tortured during his two

month long detention. Ali, locally known as Keynaan, was

kidnapped last June after unknowngunmen raided his home in ElashaBiyaha, between Mogadishu and thesouthwestern town of Afgooye.

Hundreds of thousands of displacedpeople live on the outskirts of the restiveSomali capital after they fled the on-going violence in the city.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 28 Aug—Hewlett-Packard (HP)has completed its pur-chase of Electronic DataSystems (EDS), thecomputer giant’s biggestacquisition since HPbought Compaq for nearly20 billion dollars in 2002,it was reported on Wed-nesday.

The 13.9-billion-dollardeal, completed on

Tuesday, will expandHP’s business in thelucrative field of techno-logy consulting andoutsourcing services,according to the San JoseMercury News.

But it remained un-known what the futureholds for nearly 140,000EDS employees, thereport said.

HP Chief Executive

Mark Hurd has promisedto cut costs and improveefficiency at EDS, basedin Plano, Texas, indicatingsome future layoffs.

Hurd, who has cut staffand lowered costs in otherHP divisions, has a goodtrack record of improvingprofit margins, said thereport, quoting industryanalysts.

Internet

Berlin Cat survives underwalled bath for 7 weeks

A four-year-old cat in Germany calledBonny has survived after being walled inbeneath a bathtub for seven weeks, itsowner said on Tuesday.

“It’s a miracle,” said Monika Hoppert,a 60-year-old widow from the westerntown of Stadthagen. “I’m a strong believer,I think she must have had a guardianangel. I'm so happy.”

Bonny disappeared on 19 June whileworkmen were replacing pipes in the blockof flats where Hoppert lives. The black catwas last seen in a neighbouring apartment,where the cladding around a bathtub hadbeen removed.

Just before tub was sealed up again,Bonny had probably crept underneath,Hoppert said.

By the time the neighbour heardBonny’s plaintive miaowing from behindthe tiles on 8 August, the cat’s weight haddropped from six kilos to two kilos (fromthree pounds to one pound).

Berlin Cathedral has been given back itsgolden cross. The cross, which was takendown for restoration in Dec 2006 wasfinally replaced on the morning ofTuesday, on 19 Aug. The total costs forthe maintenance and restoration reached1.42 million euros ($2.08 million) andthe cross alone cost 700,000 euros -- thatmay be unsurprising given that around1.5 kilogrammes (3 lb 5 oz) of gold leafwas applied to it. Together with its basethe cross is 15 metres high (49 feet) and weighs two tons.

Mamba bite exposes illicitTokyo snake collection

A Japanese man living with 51venomous snakes, including cobras andhuge mambas, in his apartment in centralTokyo was caught when he called anambulance after one of them bit him.

The 41-year-old Tokyo manuallabourer was arrested on Wednesday onhis release from hospital becausekeeping dangerous snakes without alocal government licence is illegal inJapan, broadcaster NHK said.

Boy, 12, accused of fleeing Texas police at 60 mphA 12-year-old boy took his

grandmother's car and led police on achase at speeds up to 60 mph beforeswerving to avoid spikes in the road andcrashing into a fence, police said.

The boy was treated for a small cut tothe head then taken to Nueces CountyJuvenile Justice Centre, where he

remained in custody on Tuesday, chiefjuvenile probation officer Homer Floressaid.

Corpus Christi Police Capt Todd Greensaid officials spotted the youngster in thecar late Monday at a stop sign near hisgrandparents' home. Names of the boy andhis grandparents were not released.

The male mandrill (Mandrillussphinx) or man-ape of equatorial

West Africa has an average head andbody length of 61–76 cm (24-30 in)and a tail length of 5.2–7.6 cm (2-3

in). Adult males weigh an average of25 kg (55 lb), although specimensweighting up to 54 kg (119 lb) andmeasuring 50.8 cm (20 in) to theshoulder have been known. Themandrill is also one of the most

colourful mammals, recognized by itsnaked vivid-blue rump, red-striped

face and yellow beard.

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 29 August, 2008 7

Bagyi Phyo: People want to have things due to

ignorance. Then they crave and have attachment

to the things. And then, they are not in a position

to realize the truth and to discard them. Ignorance

and craving are two factors that support each

other. I have some apprehension at the phenomena

of abstract objects.

Mg Deh Doe: You are giving religious talks a lot. It

seems to me it is because you have just completed

the 10-day meditation camp in the retreat period.

I wonder if you are going to renounce the world.

Phyo: I have not fulfilled that much perfection yet,

my boy. We can have enough apprehension at the

phenomena of abstract objects only if we

contemplate them in practice. Due to too much

attachment, some consider impermanence to be

permanence. Then, they come to take wrong

views and misunderstand the situations. Then,

they do wrong things. When I learn about such

persons, I feel sorry for them.

Doe: I am not as knowledgeable as you are. So,

explain them to me directly, rather than indirectly.

Phyo: I really don’t want to mention the persons by

name. As the saying that goes “Wisdom and

vigilance are different”, some representatives-

elect of 1990, in their old age are making

comments. If they think over their words, they

may have apprehension. I am sure they know well

that everything is impermanent. And people

continuously deal with the three characteristics

of existence: impermanence, sufferings and no-

self. I wonder why they do not consider the three

characteristics of existence. It has been more than

18 years since 1990. And there have been a lot

of changes in the conditions of the persons

concerned, their organization, their nation and

the people if compared with those 18 years

ago. Apparently, old things deteriorate and

new things come into existence. However, they

stick to the 1990 election results and are

repeatedly claiming themselves to be the

people’s representatives.

I would say they are like the crow that ate and

made home on the carcass of an elephant drifting

along the current of a river, because it thought that

A prosperous future of the nation and the peopleMg Deh Doe

the carcass of the elephant was inexhaustible. So,

it could not notice that the body was adrift from the

river to the mouth of the sea. In the end, it met its

tragic end in the sea.

Now, the State constitution has been adopted

with the approval of the great majority of the

voters. New elections are going to take place in

the next one to two years. If they still cling on to

the 1990 election results, I would like to remind

them that the dead body of the elephant is now

in the mouth of the sea.

Doe: Your example about an elephant carcass evokes

my memories of another example about an elephant

carcass. You know the story that a fox tried to eat

a carcass of an elephant. The elephant skin was too

hard to bite, so the fox got into the body of the

elephant through the anus. When it was hot under

the sun, the anus became dry and the cavity of the

anus became smaller, the fox had no exits to get out

of the body. I think the situations of those who got

involved in the demonstrations in the nation and

fled abroad face the fate of the fox. Now, they are

not in a position to return to their mother country.

If a person has joined the group, it is very hard for

him to leave the group. And like the fox that

managed to survive by staying inside and eating

the innards of the dead body of the elephant, the

expatriates have to invent news stories at the

expense of the reputation of their motherland and

cheat newcomer young compatriots in order to

make money for their survival. Then, they have

come to make death threats to others. So, now they

are notorious for their behaviours. By good fortune,

the fox could get out of the dead body of the

elephant when the anus became soft again following

heavy rains. So, they wish the start of a political

heavy rain in Myanmar so that they may return to

the country.

Phyo: God forbid! Since the storm “Nargis”, the

people have tried to forget the painful memories of

torrential rains and strong winds. Now, they have

noticed that it is no use relying on even their

masters for political changes in the nation they

favour. So, they are now provoking the people

including monks to stage protests. It is disheartening

to note that they are now trying to arouse the

emotional feelings of the people in their own

interests. Moreover, in desperation, some detonate

bombs, commit bomb explosions and use terrorist

methods in order to kill public members and

create public panic. How terrible it is!

Doe: We public members want to see a prosperous

future of our country. Parents by nature want to

see the prosperous future, not hardships of their

children. Our country has regained independence

for 60 years. Our country should have been on the

path towards development.

Phyo: Your expression “a prosperous future of

children” is spoken in a scene of a film that the

parents persuade their daughter to get married to

the son of rich parents. The people have approved

the new State constitution, like a situation in

which the children from the two sides fall in love

with each other. The UN, ASEAN, the

international community and regional

organizations have expressed their support for

the State’s seven-step Road Map, and they urged

our country to hold free and fair elections. Now,

the programmes of new elections have been

accepted, so there is no need to take the previous

election results into account. Global organizations

like parents have accepted and the people and the

new State constitution like the bride and

bridegroom have fallen in love with each other.

So, we can expect a brighter future, cannot us?

Doe: Nevertheless, some persons are trying to disrupt

the process. They are not capable in that regard,

they do not have positive attitude towards others’

constructive efforts, they have no impressive

policies, have not done any brilliant performances,

and they are urging the people to oppose whatever

the government does. So, I am sure their activities

will never yield any fruitful results.

Phyo: Don’t worry about that. Those who do good deeds

will enjoy fruitful results, and those who do misdeeds

will suffer evil results. I believe the strength of the

people who can distinguish right and wrong. There is

a Myanmar saying that goes “A friend in need is a

friend indeed”. The people know that who showed

goodwill and actively participated in the relief

tasks and who criticized others’ humanitarian

services, sowed discord among the people, and

destroyed the generosity of the donors. So, I would

say I believe that we can achieve our common goal

if we overcome the destructive acts through the

strength of the entire people in building a peaceful,

modern and developed nation.

Translation: MS

Public members want to see a prosperousfuture of our country. Parents by nature wantto see the prosperous future, not hardships oftheir children.

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 29 August, 2008

Officials urged to supervise secure…(from page 1)Chairman of

Yangon Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Commander ofYangon Command Brig-Gen Win Myint gave asupplementary report.

After attending tothe needs, Lt-Gen Myint

Swe gave necessary in-structions.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweinspected maintenance ofBotahtaung No. 6 jetty,Shwetaungdan No. 2jetty, Lanthit jetty andKaingdan No. 1 jetty inYangon Port area andberthing of vessels and

speedy flow of commodi-ties.

He instructed offi-cials to supervise secureand smooth running ofvessels in Yangon River,speedy flow of commodi-ties and timely comple-tion of remaining tasks.— MNA

YANGON, 28 Aug —Chairman of Sagaing Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of North-WestCommand Brig-GenMyint Soe supervised col-lective fertilizer broad-casting for cultivation of

Farmers urged to use natural fertilizermonsoon paddy on sixacres of farmland of farm-ers U Khin Maung Tintand U Pyu in Thanar Vil-lage-tract of Wetlet Town-ship on 21 August.

Shwebo-1 paddystrains are cultivated onthe farmland. In meeting

with local farmers, thecommander gave instruc-tions on production of tar-geted production ofmonsoon paddy for 2008-09 and utilization of natu-ral fertilizers and attendedto the needs.

MNA

Members of MAWFA,

wives of Ambassadors

from embassies in

Myanmar enjoy

traditional dances

on 41st Founding

Anniversary of

ASEAN.

MNA

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa andofficials open Phyo free clinic in North Okkalapa.—YCDC

Secretary of National Disaster Preparedness Central CommitteeMinister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe accepts K 34.8 million donatedby U Saw Mout Thon and wife Thudhammatheingi Naw Phaw Phaw

of DKBA.—MNA

MAWFA celebrates 41st

Anniversary ASEAN DayYANGON, 28 Aug—

ASEAN cultural dance,organized by MyanmarASEAN Women Friend-ship Association to com-memorate the 41st found-ing Anniversary of ASEANwhich falls on 8 August,was held at Yangon CityHotel this morning.

It was attended bymember of panel of patronsof MAWFA wife of Minis-ter for Foreign Affairs DawMyint Myint Soe, wives ofdeputy ministers Daw LeLe Kyi and Dr Daw KhinMya Win, executive wivesof departmental heads ofMinistry of Foreign Affairs,wives of Ambassadors fromASEAN countries, wives

of Ambassadors from em-bassies in Myanmar, mem-bers and guests.

Member of panel ofpatron of MAWFA, headof international relationsdepartment of MyanmarWomen’s Affairs Federa-tion Daw Myint Myint Soedelivered a greeting speech.

Afterwards, NationalCulture and Fine Arts Uni-versity of the Ministry ofCulture entertained theguests with dances andASEAN embassies withtraditional dances andsongs. ASEAN traditionalfood was served to theguests.

MNA

Flood NewsNAY PYI TAW, 28

Aug—According to the11.30 hr MST observationtoday of the Departmentof Metrology and Hydrol-ogy, the water level ofSittoung River at Madaukis 1078 cm and it has ex-ceeded by 8 cm (about 3inches) above its dangerlevel. It is forecast to fallbelow its danger level1070 cm during the next24 hours.—MNA

Transport, CPT winners in Inter-Ministry footballNAY PYI TAW, 28

Aug— The group matchesof 2nd Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry Football Tourna-ment-2008 of Group-Dcontinued at Nay Pyi Tawsports ground andPaungloung sports ground

today.At the Nay Pyi Taw

sports ground, Ministryof Transport routed Min-istry of Health 6-nil.

At the Paungloungsports ground, Ministryof Communications,

Posts and Telegraphs beatMinistry of Social Wel-fare, Relief and Resettle-ment 4-0.

On 29 August, Min-istry for Progress of Bor-der Areas and NationalRaces and Development

Affairs will play againstMinistry of Labour at NayPyi Taw sports ground,Ministry of Industry-1against Ministry of Rail-ways Transportation atPaungloung sports groundof Group-AA.— MNA

New free clinics for N OkkalapansYANGON, 28 Aug—A

free clinic was opened forthe people of NorthOkkalapa Ward-2 of thetownship yesterday.

CEC members of theUnion Solidarity andDevelopment Association(Yangon division in-charges) Chairman ofYangon City DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin andVice-Mayor Col Maung Paattended the openingceremony of clinic.Founded by YangonDivision USDA, it isnamed Phyo free clinic.

They also attended theceremony to open anotherPhyo free clinic inKanaung Prince street inShwe Paukkan industrialzone of North Okkalapatownship and formallyopened the clinic.

The Mayor gave aspeech at the office of theindustrial zone manage-ment committee after theceremony and accepted630 membership appli-cations submitted byWard-2 of North Okkalapatownship and ShwePaukkan industrial zone.U Aye Myint, U Soe Win

donated 1.2 million, thoseengaged in aluminiummelting 1 million and other19 donors 3 million andclinic-used furniture for theclinics through the CECmembers. Next, U MaungMaung Myint of Tawwinautomobile manufacturingspoke words of thanks andthe ceremony came toclose.

Yangon divisionUSDA have founded 23free clinics in townshipsin Yangon and health careservice has been providedto over 0.3 millionpatients.—MNA

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(d) clause (k) shall be substituted as follows:-“(k) all compulsory deposits;”

6. In sub-section (1) of section 86 of the Code of Civil Procedure:-(a) the expression “or any member of a British foreign military

mission” shall be deleted;(b) the expression “a Secretary to the Government” shall be substi-

tuted by the expression “a Director-General of the Office of theGovernment”.

7. The amount of fine contained in sub-section (1) of section 95 of the Codeof Civil Procedure shall be substituted by the expression “one hundred thousandkyats,”.8. The proviso “Provided also that nothing in this proviso shall affect thepower of Supreme Court in the exercise of its revisional jurisdiction” shall beadded after the proviso of section 115 of the Code of Civil Procedure.9. In order 26 of the Code of Civil Procedure:

(a) the second paragraph contained in rule 23 shall be substituted asfollows:“Commissioners’ fees for every effective meeting shall notexceed five thousand kyats for the first two hours and onethousand kyats for each succeeding hour.”

(b) the text of the paragraph of rule 24 shall be substituted asfollows:“24. When, under the orders of a State or Divisional Court orDistrict Court, an oath or solemn affirmation is administered toa declarant of an affidivit at his request elsewhere than at theCourt, a fee of fifteen hundred kyats shall be paid by the saiddeclarant;”

The Union of MyanmarThe State Peace and Development Council

The Law Amending the Code of Civil Procedure(The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 6/2008)

The 12th Waning of Wagaung 1370 ME(28 August, 2008)

Law Amending Code of Civil Procedure issued

(from page 1)

(c) the amount of fees contained in sub-rule (b) of rule 24 shall besubstituted by the expression “five hundred kyats;”

(d) the amount of fees contained in sub-rule (c) of rule 24 shall besubstituted by the expression “five thousand kyats.”

10. In sub-rule (a) of rule 6 of order 34 of the Code of Civil Procedure:(a) the expression “or in a suit instituted by the Bank, at such rate as

fixed by the Central Bank of Myanmar, from time to time and oneper cent shall be added in addition to that rate fixed as such;” shallbe added after the expression “as the Court deems reasonable”contained in clause (1);

(b) the expression “or in a suit instituted by the Bank, at such rate asfixed by the Central Bank of Myanmar, from time to time and oneper cent shall be added in addition to that rate fixed as such;” shallbe added after the expression “the preliminary decree” containedin clause (2);

(c) the expression “failing both such rates, at nine per cent perannum; and” contained in clause (3) shall be substituted by theexpression “where both of such rates are not fixed, at such rate asthe Court deems reasonable or in a suit instituted by the Bank, atsuch rate as fixed by the Central Bank of Myanmar, from time totime and one per cent shall be added in addition to that rate fixedas such;”.

11. In rule 6 of order 34 of the Code of Civil Procedure, the expression “or ina suit instituted by the Bank, at such rate as fixed by the Central Bank of Myanmar,from time to time and one per cent shall be added in addition to that rate fixed assuch;” contained in sub-rule (b) shall be added after the expression of “as the courtdeems reasonable.”12. The amount of money contained in the first proviso of rule 4 of order 38 ofthe Code of Civil Procedure shall be substituted by the amount of “one hundredthousand kyats.”

Sd/ Than Shwe Senior General

ChairmanThe State Peace and Development Council

(from page 16)streets of ChanayethazanTownship, progress inbuilding a 2250 feet longand 40 feet wide new tarredroad being implemented byMandalay City Develop-ment Committee, Nadicreek bridge and retainingwalls.

After the inspectionof durability of Myitnge-Htonebo-PyinOoLwinroad in Amarapura Town-ship, they viewed a dem-onstration of transplanting

Myogyi Dam to irrigate …(from page 16)

At the hall of Kengtawng Station, he met serv-icemen and family members and handed over books,stationery and sports equipment to officials.

At Weintaung BEMS, he inspected learning ofstudents, computer room and language lab and pre-sented cash to the funds of the school.

On arrival at Kengtawng Hydropower Projectbeing implemented by Hydropower ImplementationDepartment under the Ministry of Electric Power No.1, Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, the commander andparty viewed progress of the project, installation ofgenerators, turbine, functions of control room andoutlet drain. — MNA

Implementation of …skills on a 50-acre modelpaddy plot, cultivation ofmonsoon paddy by theuse of machinery, ferti-lizers and pesticides forcrops and then handedcash prizes and bags offertilizers to transplantersand local peasants.

On their way toKyaukse they viewedprogress in paving tarredroad and met with depart-mental officials at districtand township levels, fac-ulty members and mem-

bers of social organizationsand townselders.

At Myogyi multi-purpose dam project inMyogyi village ofYwangan Township ofShan State (South),progress in building en-trance of the tunnel, diver-sion canal and exit of thetunnel were inspected.Upon arrival at Myogyi di-version weir near Taungtawvillage of Kyaukse town-ship, they looked into tasksbeing carried out alongMyogyi drain. Myogyi damis 2461 feet long and 258

feet high. It is an earthdam. If completed, it willbenefit some 30,000 acresof farmlands in Meiktilaplain and generate 30mega watt of power.

On arrival at the 44mile and 3 furlongsThanywa crossroad inKyaukse, they inspectedNo. 2 district-to-districtroad and repair of Nwatetbridge at mile post No. 6/2and thriving monsoonpaddy plantations.

MNA

YANGON, 28 Aug—Sky HomeLanguage Center, Yangon branch ofTokyo West International EducationAcademy in Tokyo of Japan, openednew courses.

The courses are NihongoNooryoku Shiken (level 1, 2, 3 and 4),conversation (Basic/ Inter), four skillsclass (Level 1,2,3 and 4) and basic JapanLanguage (single/table).

Sky Home Language Center willalso provide English and Chinese Lan-guages in addition to Japanese language.Sky Home will make arrangements forenabling those wishing to continue to

Sky Home Language Center openspursue Japanese language to directly linkwith Nishe Tokyo School. A special pro-gramme has been realized for conductingthe language courses to the children offourth and above standards in line withthe curriculum of Japan.

All courses will commence from 1September, and 15 students will be ac-cepted at a classroom. The Headmastersand teachers of the training school fromJapan will conduct the exam test andinterview for the students at Sky Home inYangon. Interested students may sit forthe exams. Those wishing to sit for theexam may enlist in advance.—MNATrainees in classroom of Sky Home Language Center.—MNA

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1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

2. Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

3. Keeping genuine patriotism based on nationalsolidarity alive and dynamic

4. Turning out younger generation who willcontinue to safeguard the national cultureand character

Objectives of the 16th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions

Natmauk gets new digitalauto-exchange

NAY PYI TAW, 28Aug—A ceremony toopen a new digital auto-exchange of Natmauk inMagway division was heldin front of the auto-exchange on 24 Augustmorning.

Minister forCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw and Chairmanof Magway Division Peaceand Development CouncilCol Phone Maw Shwe cuta ribbon to open it.

Next, the ministerpressed the button to open

On arrival atMagway digital auto-exchange, the ministerinspected communicationequipment and leftnecessary instructions.

In Minbu, theminister inspected theinstallation of GSMequipment at themicrowave control roomand fulfilled the needs forimprovement of trunk callservices. The ministerlooked into Minbu digitalauto exchange and gavenecessary instructions.

MNA

the signboard and lookedinto the equipmentsinstalled at the new digitalexchange. Afterwards, theminister called on staff tohandle machinessystematically and madelocal and overseas calls.

Next, the ministerobserved Public AssessCenter. At NatmaukTownship communicationoffice, officials reportedon matters related to posts,telegraphs and telephone.After hearing the reports,the minister fulfilled theneeds.

NAY PYI TAW, 28Aug—Myanma Oil andGas Enterprise organizeda meeting on increasedoutput of petroleum andnatural gas at Mannoilfield meeting hall inMinbu, Magwaydivision, on 24 August,attended by Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen LunThi.

The minister calledfor maintaining thecurrent output from oldoil fields and at the sametime to explore new oilfields with the use of

Energy Minister: Maintain currentcrude oil output, explore new fields

drilling machines.Next, general

managers reported onarrangements for targetedproduction of theirrespective oil fields.Officials of GeophysicsDepartment and thedirector of oil explorationand developmentdepartment reported onlocation of oil fields thatcan be explored.

The ministergave instructions to dopreliminary practice tohandle the drillingmachines effectively and

to prepare to overcomedifficulties in drilling oilfields

On arrival atNo.1 fertilizer plant (Sale)in Magway Division, theminister heard reports onarrangements for runningthe plant at full capacitypresented by U Aung Din,expert of MyanmaPetrochemical Enter-prise. The minister calledfor exceeding the setproduction target andlooked into man-ufacturing of Ureafertilizer.—MNA

YANGON, 28 Aug— The Civil ServiceSelection and TrainingBoard offered Soon to 318members of the Sanghafrom State PariyattiSasana University

Soon offered to Sangha(Yangon) on 25 August.

Held at MogokRefectory on Sirimin-galar Hill, here theceremony was attendedby Chairman of the boardDr Than Nyun who

donated offertories and K500,000 to members ofthe Sangha. Members ofthe board and stafffamilies were also presenton the occasion.

MNA

YANGON, 28 Aug— Myanmar TraditionalArtists and ArtisansOrganization (Central)will organize TunFoundation Bank’s bestpainting of the year 2008contest in December.

Those artists in thecountry includingprofessionals wishing toparticipate in the contestmay send paintings whichshould not be smaller than3’x4' and not be larger than

Tun Foundation Bank’s best paintings ofthe year 2008 contest in December

4’x6' to the foundation atNo. 53/61 at the corner ofStrand Road and TheinbyuRoad. Every contestant isallowed to enter twopaintings at the contest,MTAAO said.

In the contest,veteran artists from localand abroad will be inchargeof the contest as judges.According to the MTAAO,K 3 million will beawarded to the first prizewinner, K 2.5 million to

the second , K 2 million tothe third , K 1.5 million tothe forth and K 1 millioneach to six consolationprize winners. For furtherinformation, please contactMyanmar TraditionalArtists and ArtisansOrganization (Central) atNo. 188-192 East Wing,Bogyoke Aung SanMarket, phone numbers :240966/; Ex 706 and240966/Ex:707.

NLM

Brig-Gen Thein Zaw inspects digital auto-exchange in Magway.COMMUNICATIONS

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Myint accepts 50 bags of fertilizer

worth K 1.1 million donated to storm survivors by Chairman U Thant

Zin and Director U Soe Moe Naing of Thazin Naing Trading Co Ltd

MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 29 August, 2008 11

The Myanmar

Football Federation is

gearing for making

beach soccer popular in

the country. The MFF

is taking measures for

putting Myanmar

soccer, the national

sport, on the track to

victory. It has

introduced Futsal to the

nation since 2005. Now,

the country has

achieved success to an

extent in international

Futsal tournaments.

The drive for

introducing beach

soccer to the nation has

started to yield fruit.

The federation is

preparing itself for

taking part in

international beach

soccer tournaments.

Myanmar’s beach

soccer was conceived,

following the

appointment of MFF

President U Zaw Zaw

as an executive of

FIFA’s Futsal and

Beach Soccer

Committee. After his

appointment, U Zaw

Zaw visited Brazil to

watch World Beach

Soccer matches so as to

introduce the sport to

the nation.

As its first step,

Myanmar will

participate in Merdeka

Cup Beach Soccer

Tournament to be held

in Malaysia from 27 to

31 August. Myanmar

does not have much

time for training. So,

the beach soccer team

was formed with some

Myanmar to make debut in Merdeka CupBeach Soccer Tournament

Article and photos by Po Thaw Zin

popularity of the sport in the

nation and winning victory

in international

tournaments. As part of its

plan, the MFF is building a

beach football ground. It is

preparing itself for Asian

Beach Soccer Tournament

to be held in Bali Island,

Indonesia, in coming

October.

It is holding beach

soccer matches with

professional footballers and

outsiders it has invited to

select for the national team.

It will be able to select

finalists well and take more

time for training sessions

for the Asian beach soccer

matches.

The construction of the

beach soccer ground is

nearing completion, and

then it will be able to hold

training sessions

effectively.

The Myanmar team

has been camped since

the last week of July for

Merdeka Cup Beach

Soccer Tournament.

Nineteen tentatively-

selected footballers were

called in, but two of them

failed to appear. So,

training sessions are

being held with 17

players. The training

ground is under

footballers of Myanmar

soccer league. Now, the

MFF is in pursuance of the

plans it has adopted for

construction, and the

players are now

undergoing training

under the instructions of

Myanmar football

selection U Aung Tun

Tun in the sand grounds

in Dagon Seikkan

Township. Technical

Director U Soe Myint

Lwin of the MFF is

playing a role as the

technical adviser.

Coach U Aung

Tun Tun said, “We

haven’t got any

experience in interna-

tional beach soccer

matches yet, but we are

trying our best to win

victory. In that regard, we

show video tapes about

international beach

football matches to our

players. Then, we learn

good lessons from those

games. We also learn

suitable techniques from

the games and teach them

to our players. Now, it is

in the rainy reason here,

and sand grounds are not

in good condition. So, we

may face some difficulties

in the games.

But, by the time of

Asian beach football

games, we will have got a

lot of more experiences.

Now, we are training 30

selected players for the

cup. Ten of the 30 players

are outsiders.

“Our debut will be

in the forthcoming

Merdeka Cup, but we will

try our best to gain good

results. And we will

prepare ourselves for next

international games

through the experiences

we will gain in that

tournament. I am pleased

with the hard work of the

players. I would say it will

be the first step for

popularity of beach soccer

in our country.”

The Myanmar team

to Merdeka Cup Beach

Soccer Tournament is

made up of U Soe Myint

Lwin as manager; U Aung

Tun Tun, as coach; Ya

Wai Zin (Kanbawza) and

Khaing Soe Tun

(Energy), as goal-

keepers; and Nyar Na

Lwin (Kanbawza), Win

Min Htut (Transport),

Nay Zaw Htet

(Kanbawza), Thiha

(Agriculture and

Irrigation), Aung Than

Win (Kanbawza), Myo

Hlaing Oo (Commerce),

Htet Aung (Transport)

and Tin Aung Moe

(Agriculture and

Irrigation).

Myanmar team

will make their debut in

Merdeka Cup Beach

Soccer Tournament as

part of the MFF’s first

step for popularity of

beach soccer in the

nation. Then, it will

spread its wings for the

sport to have reputation

at home and achieve

victory in international

games.

Translation: MS

Myanma Alin:

25-8-2008

******

“We haven’t got anyexperience in

international beachsoccer matches yet, butwe are trying our best

to win victory.” (CoachU Aung Tun Tun)

Myanmar players seen in a training session.

The selected Myanmar team in the training ground.

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makers BOGOTA, 28 Aug—

Colombian police arrestedon Tuesday two suspectsbelieved to be manu-facturers of remote-control submarines usedto transport drugs toCentral America, Colom-bian Anti-Drug Policesaid. Deputy Director ofAnti-Drug Police ColonelJuan Mendoza said the twomen, identified as GustavoGarcia and AntonioLopez, specialized inbuilding submarines witha loading capacity of twotons. They were capturedin the city of Medellin inthe northwestern provinceof Antioquia. Both havebeen requested forextradition by US courts.“The organization tookapproximately two tothree months to build thevehicles,” Mendoza said.

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Russia says NATO warships in BlackSea are “worrying”

MOSCOW, 28 Aug—Russia’s top military brasssaid on Tuesday it doubtedthat NATO ships weredelivering only humani-tarian aid to Georgia andsaid Moscow was worried

about a build up of alliancewarships in the Black Sea.

Moscow, already angryat NATO expansion closeto its borders, has beendismayed by the West’ssupport for Georgia afterTbilisi tried to retake apro-Russian breakawayregion, sparking a massiveRussian counter-attack.

The United States saidthat two warships woulddock at the Georgian portof Poti on Wednesday todeliver humanitarian aid.

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MNA/Reuters

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PATNA (India), 28 Aug—Rising rivers in easternIndia that swamped more land and homes on Tuesdayhave affected more than two million people, some ofwhom vented their anger by attacking officials tryingto assess the damage. Since the monsoon began inJune, torrential rains have killed more than 1,000people in South Asia, mainly in India’s states of Biharand Uttar Pradesh but also Nepal and Bangladesh. TheKoshi River in the eastern state of Bihar, one of India’spoorest regions, has broken its mud embankments inseveral places. The river also broke a dam inneighbouring Nepal, sweeping away seven villages,officials said.— MNA/Reuters

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Chefs prepare free pizzawhile staging a protest

to demand stricter pricecontrols on the risingcost of pizza in Napleson 27 August, 2008.

INTERNET

File photo shows a glacier seen from the Ice Fjord on the Norwegian Arcticarchipelago of Svalbard. The Arctic ice cap keeps melting under the effects ofglobal warming and in August saw its second largest summer shrinkage since

satellite observations began 30 years ago, US scientists said.—INTERNET

A barbecue worker carries a box of barbecue chicken, in preparation of the‘Fete du poulet’ the chicken barbecue festival, on 23 Aug, 2008 in Sierre,

Switzerland. The organizing committee is trying to break the world record ingrilling chicken that was established in Stans, Switzerland, in July this year.On the giant barbecue grill 610 chicken can be grilled at the same time and

the cooks are trying to grill a total of 2,500 chicken.—INTERNET

Experts warn of careless use of soilVIENNA, 28 Aug— On

the third day of theinternational conferenceEUROSOIL 2008, whichheld from 25 August to 29August in Vienna, expertswarned of the careless useof soil, saying not only crudeoil and food, but also thesoil on our planet would bein short supply.

President of the Euro-pean Confederation of SoilScience Societies (ECSSS),also the organizer ofthe EUROSOIL 2008,Winfried E H Blum said to

the local media that in thewhole Europe, an area ofabout a village-large of soildisappears every day.

In Austria, there wouldbe 12 to 15 hectares of landwhich for agricultural usebeing erased from the mapeveryday.

The situation of Austria’sneighbour countries isalmost the same.

Switzerland loses dailyabout 8 to 10 hectaresand Germany evenuses about 110 to 120hectares everyday for the

construction of streets,houses or other buildings.

Meanwhile, the need forthe agricultural soil wasincreasing, due to the risingpopulation by about 85million annually.

Blum therefore called forcareful use of agriculturalsoil, since the global trendof soil shortage could hard-ly be turn around. Heemphasized also theimportant approach ofprohibiting a further urbansprawl of the landscape.

Internet

Canada announcesextension of jurisdiction

over Arctic waters OTTAWA, 28 Aug—

Canada will extend itsjurisdiction in the Arcticby doubling the rangeat which Canadianenvironmental laws andshipping regulations willbe enforced, from100nautical miles offshoreto 200, Prime MinisterStephen Harper announ-ced on Wednesday.

“Whether it is thethawing of the NorthwestPassage or the suspectedresource riches under theArctic seabed, more andmore countries are

taking an interest inthe waterways of theCanadian Arctic,” saidthe Prime Ministerin Tuktoyaktuk, anInuvialuit hamlet locatedin Northwest Territories.

“We will be sending aclear message to the worldthat our environmentalstandards and sovereigntyare not up for debate — ifyou are in Canada’s Arcticyou will be playing byCanada’s rules,” he wasquoted as saying in a Pressrelease.

Internet

Economic growth slows down to 4.6percent in Philippines

Van crashkills 10

S Koreantourists inPhilippinesMANILA, 28 Aug— Ten

South Korean nationals onvacation tour in northernPhilippines were killed onWednesday when theirvan crashed onto aconcrete wall, local mediareported. Police said thataccording to initialinformation, the SouthKoreans were on their wayto a Bolinao resort inPangasinan provincewhen the tragedy struck,local news network ABS-CBN News said.

The victims have yet tobe identified. Their bodieshave been brought to localhospitals, the report said.It is not yet confirmedwhether there were othernationals on board.

Witnesses and policesaid the victims’ van lostcontrol and crossed thehighway’s right lane to theleft and crashed on thewall. —Internet

MANILA,28 Aug—Economic growth sloweddown to 4.6 percent amidhigh prices of goods andservices in the Philippinesfrom January to Junethis year, said thecountry’s planning bodyon Thursday. It will bedifficult for the Southeast

Asian country to achievea full-year gross domesticproduct (GDP) growthtarget of 5.5 percent to 6.4percent, Socio-economicPlanning Secretary RalphRecto said in a Pressrelease on the country’seconomic performance.GDP is the broadest

measure of goods andservices produced in acountry in a period of time.

The Philippine economyexpanded 7.3 percent in2007, the fastest pace overthe past 31 years.

The slower pace ofexpansion this year wasblamed on inflation, whichdecreases consumerspending and crimps thevalue of the peso.

The average inflationrate for the first six monthshit 7.6 percent aftersurging to 11.4 percent inJune, the highest in 14years.

Internet

Man suspected ofover 50 murdersarrested in Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, 28 Aug— Brazil’s police arrestedon Wednesday a 19-year-old man who confessed toseveral rapes and over 50 murders in Guarulhos, SaoPaulo metro area, local police said.

The suspect, Leandro Basilio Rodrigues, was arrestedwhen he passed by a police station. He was recognizedby a policeman who had a picture distributed by theWomen Protection Division (WPD), which wasinvestigating a series of rapes in the area.

According to the police, Rodrigues confessed toover 50 murders in three different states in the country.The last two murders were committed in less than 24hours, with the last one only an hour before the arrest.

The police found the bodies of two young women inthe places he indicated. Both women were strangled todeath. Further investigations are needed to find outwhether they were raped or not before the murder.

Two women who managed to survive Rodrigues’sattacks have already identified him. The police nowexpect other victims to testify against the criminal.

Police Chief Beatriz Relva, head of the WPD, saidRodrigues has admitted being addicted to crack. Hesaid Rodrigues will be charged with rape, murder andtheft, as some of the victims also had their belongingsstolen after the attacks.

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S P O R T SFabregas’s return to Arsenal energises Wenger

LONDON, 28 Aug — Arsene Wenger believes the return of Cesc Fabregas inArsenal's 4-0 Champions League rout of FC Twente signals the real start of hisside's season.

Arsenal's French Defender WilliamGallas (left) celebrates scoring withteammate Spanish Midfielder CescFabregas during their third round,2nd leg, UEFA Champions League

qualifier match against FC Twente atthe Emirates Stadium, London.

Arsenal won 4-0.—INTERNET

NASCAR puts Kyle Busch,Carl Edwards on probationDAYTONA BEACH, 28 Aug — NASCAR placed Kyle

Busch and Carl Edwards on probation Wednesday forthe next six Sprint Cup Series races, the result of theiron-track incident last weekend at the end of the race atBristol Motor Speedway.

During the cooldown lap after Edwards' Ford tookthe checkered flag for Roush Fenway Racing, Buschdrove alongside Edwards and bumped his car. Edwardsresponded by driving the nose of his car into the rightside of Busch's Toyota, spinning him out.

The postrace incident was apparently a reaction toEdwards nudging Busch aside with 30 laps to goSaturday night. Busch had led the previous 415 laps.

Internet

Carl Edwards (99) passes Kyle Busch (18) during thefinal few laps of the NASCAR Sprint Cup SeriesSharpie 500 auto race at the Bristol Motor Speedwayin Bristol, Tenn, on 23 Aug, 2008.—INTERNET

Volatile system brings unpredictable PGA playoffs

PGA Championshipwinner Padraig

Harrington, of Ireland.INTERNET

Kuyt’s late goal clinches win for LiverpoolLIVERPOOL, 28 Aug — Dirk Kuyt’s goal three minutes from the end of extra-time

ensured Liverpool progressed to the group stages of the Champions League at the

Liverpool’s Dutch forward Dirk Kuyt(R) controls the ball in front of

Standard Liege’s Senegalese defenderMohamed Sarr during their Cham-pions League third qualfying roundsecond leg football match at Anfield,

in Liverpool. Liverpool won 1-0.INTERNET

Hargreaves to use Super Cup to get Unitedcareer back on track

Manchester United midfielder OwenHargreaves (left; seen here on 6 Au-gust) wants to use Friday's EuropeanSuper Cup clash against Zenit StPetersburg to kick-start his season.Hargreaves, 27, has been strugglingwith tendinitis and hasn't made a firstteam appearance for United since help-ing Sir Alex Ferguson's side win theChampions League in May.—INTERNET

Marseille’s forwardMamadou Niang cele-brates after scoring thesecond goal of the gameat the Velodrome stadiumin Marseille, southernFrance, during the thirdqualifying round of theEuropean ChampionsLeague’s football matchMarseille/Brann Bergen.

Marseille won 2-1.INTERNET

Marseille muddle to a 2-1victory over Brann

Anorthosis upset Olympiakosto reach group stage

Jankovic hangstough to down

ArvidssonNEW YORK, 28 Aug —

Jelena Jankovic wasgiven the run aroundby Sweden's SofiaArvidsson before shebooked her place in thethird round with a nerve-jangling 6-3, 6-7, 7-5 winat the US Open onWednesday.

The second-seededSerbian twice served forthe match in the secondset and had also opened a3-0 lead in the tiebreakbut each time Arvidssonpegged her back with aseries of stinginggroundstrokes.

Internet

NORTON (Mass), 28Aug— Padraig Harringtonhas won the last two majorsand is considered the favour-

ite to be voted player of theyear on the PGA Tour. Butif he doesn’t play well thenext two weeks, he mightnot even make it to the TourChampionship.

Then there’s Kevin Suth-erland, who hasn’t won inmore than six years and hasnever made it to the Tour

Championship in his 13years on tour. But he will teeoff Friday in the DeutscheBank Championship at No 3in the FedEx Cup standings.The tour wanted more vola-tility in the second year of itsplayoff system.

“It’s definitely createdsome excitement among theplayers,” Brett Quigley saidon Wednesday at the TPCBoston, site of the secondround of the PGA TourPlayoffs.—Internet

Fabregas was badly missed duringArsenal’s first three matches as theSpanish midfielder recovered from ahamstring injury.

The Gunners laboured to a pair ofunconvincing victories before slump-ing to a dismal defeat at Fulham onSaturday, but it took just 66 minutes ofFabregas's elegant influence at theEmirates Stadium on Wednesday torestore Wenger's belief that Arsenalcan flourish this year.

With Fabregas pulling the strings inhis first competitive appearancesince Spain's Euro 2008 final triumphin June, Arsenal were transformedand Steve McClaren's Twente had noanswer to their movement andpenetration.

Internet

ATHENS, 28 Aug —Anorthosis Famagusta be-came the first team fromCyprus to reach the groupstage of the ChampionsLeague on Wednesdaywhen their 1-0 loss at

Olympiakos left themwith a 3-1 aggregate vic-tory in the third qualify-ing round.

A solitary goal fromArgentine FernandoBelluschi was too littlefrom the Greek champi-ons at the Karaiskakis Sta-dium after the Cypriots'stunning 3-0 win in thefirst leg in Larnaca twoweeks ago. "We aredelighted. It's an amazingresult," said Anorthosiscoach Temuri Ketsbaia.

"We knew it wouldbe difficult becauseOlympiakos are a greatteam, they have been inthe Champions League forthe last 11 years. But wecame here and we held onand deserved to gothrough."

Internet

MARSEILLE (France), 28Aug — French first divi-sion front-runners Mar-seille muddled into theChampions League properhere on Wednesday afteran unconvincing 2-1 home

win against Brann to gothrough 3-1 on aggregate.

The Velodrome sta-dium observed a minute'ssilence for the two fanskilled in a car accidentbefore last weekend'smatch against Le Havre,and when play started itwas the Norwegians wholooked the snappier.

Brann got an early shoton goal after a run by ErikHuseklepp exposed somesloppy defending, cuttingin from the right to fire apacey shot against SteveMandanda.

Marseille were slow torespond to the visitors' at-tempts to cancel out theone-goal deficit from thefirst leg, but in the 13thminute Eric Gerets' menfinally snapped awake.

Internet

expense of an unfortunate StandardLiege.

Rafael Benitez's side had been un-convincing all evening and the gameappeared destined for penalties whenKuyt struck with a far post volley fromRyan Babel's deep cross.

For Liverpool, twice finalists in theprevious seasons and winners of thecompetition in 2005, the goal broughtrelief after a stuttering display that willhave reinforced their manager's deter-mination to bring in new faces duringthe remaining five days of the transferwindow.

Internet

MANCHESTER, 28 Aug— Manches-ter United midfielder Owen Hargreaveswants to use Friday's European SuperCup clash against Zenit St Petersburgto kick-start his season.

Hargreaves, 27, has been strugglingwith tendinitis and hasn't made a firstteam appearance for United since help-ing Sir Alex Ferguson's side win theChampions League in May.

But the England international is fi-nally back in training and Fergusonexpects him to play against Zenit inMonaco.

Hargreaves is desperate to getback in action after a injury-ravagedbeginning to his spell at OldTrafford.

Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Chin State and Magway Division, rain or thun-dershowers have been isolated in Kayah State, Sagaing,Mandalay, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions, scatteredin Kayin State, fairly widespread in Rakhine and MonStates, Bago Division and widespread in the remainingStates and Divisions. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Shwegyin (2.72) inches, Kyauktaw (1.89)inches, Bilin and Bago (1.57) inches each and Loilem(1.18) inches.

Maximum temperature on 27-8-2008 was 89˚F.Minimum temperature on 28-8-2008 was 74ºF. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 28-8-2008 was89%. Total sunshine hours on 27-8-2008 was (0.2) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 28-8-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, (Tr)at Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2008 was (79.92) inches at Mingaladon, (90.67)inches at Kaba-Aye and (108.58) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom Southwest at (15:30) hours MST on 27-8-2008.

Bay inference: Monsoon is feeble in the AndamanSea and weak in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 29-8-2008: Rain orthundershowers will be widespread in Kachin, NorthernShan State and Taninthayi Division, fairly widespread inRakhine, Southern and Eastern Shan, Chin States,upperSagaing and Bago Divisions, scattered in Mon and KayinStates, Mandalay, Ayeyawady and Yangon Divisions andisolated in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Weak monsoon.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area

for 29-8-2008: Likelihood of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 29-8-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 29-8-2008: Likelihood of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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NATO soldier killed inN Afghanistan

Kidnapped Japanese aidworker killed in AfghanistanSHEWA (Afghanistan), 28 Aug—A Japanese aid

worker kidnapped in eastern Afghanistan has beenkilled by his captors, the governor of NangarharProvince said on Wednesday.

“He has been killed. Police have recovered hisbody and are trying to bring it down from the top of themountain,” Gul Agha Sherzai told Reuters.

Kazuya Ito, 31, was kidnapped by gunmen onTuesday in Nangarhar. Afghan police launched arescue operation on Wednesday.

Sherzai, together with Afghan police andinternational troops, travelled to the village of Shewato recover the body. A Reuters reporter saw the bullet-riddled body of the victim after it was brought downfrom the mountain.

Sherzai did not say who the kidnappers were orexplain how Ito was killed. The Afghan ForeignMinistry said the captive was killed by “terrorists”, aterm often used by government for describing Talebanand other militants.

Hours after the abduction, the Interior Ministrysaid police had launched a raid to rescue the Japanese.

MNA/Reuters

KABUL, 28 Aug — A German soldier under theleadership of the NATO-led International SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF) died from wounds caused byan IED (Improvised Explosive Device) on Wednesdayin northern Afghanistan, said an ISAF statement.

“This soldier’s life was taken while helping thepeople of Afghanistan build a better future,”saidBrigadier-General Richard Blanchette, an ISAFspokesperson. Meanwhile, German Defence Ministrysaid in a statement that the German patrolling convoyhit roadside mines Wednesday morning in the outskirtsof Kunduz City, northern Afghanistan. One soldierwas killed and another three were wounded.

In another incident, ISAF, in conjunction withAfghan National Police, detained 12 suspectedinsurgents and discovered a weapons cache in thecentral Afghanistan’s Ghazni Province on Tuesday,the ISAF statement said.— MNA/Xinhua

ASEAN, India concludefree trade deal in goods

SINGAPORE, 28 Aug—The Association of South-East Asian Nations(ASEAN) has concluded afree trade deal in goodswith India, the bloc’sseventh largest tradingpartner, after five years ofnegotiations, ministers saidhere on Thursday.

At a news conferenceon Day Three of theASEAN economicministers meeting,Singapore’s Trade andIndustry Minister Lim HngKiang and India'sCommerce and IndustryMinister Kamal Nathannounced the deal, whichis expected to be signed atthe ASEAN’s BangkokSummit in December.

Nath expressed “deepsatisfaction” at conclusionof the deal, despite thedifficult issues in thenegotiations, saying “it isan important milestone for

our region”.ASEAN-India trade

has reached 30 billion USdollars and both sites haveset a target of 50 billion USdollars by 2010. ASEAN’sexports to India during2005-2007 grew at anannual rate of 31 per cent,the fastest amongASEAN's exports to majortrading partners.

“ASEAN-India tradeaccounts for only 2 per centof ASEAN’s global trade,so the potential of bilateraleconomic cooperation... isprofound,” said Nath.

The trade-in-goodsagreement is the first steptowards the establishmentof free trade area (FTA)between ASEAN's Brunei,Indonesia, Malaysia,Singapore, Thailand andIndia by 2011 and with theremaining five ASEANcountries by 2016.

MNA/Xinhua

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NAY PYI TAW, 28 Aug — Dams, bridges andmonsoon paddy plantations were looked over by theofficials led by Maj-Gen Ohn Myint of the Ministry ofDefence, Chairman of Mandalay Division Peace and

Myogyi Dam to irrigate 30,000 acres, generate 30 megawatts

Development Council Commander of Central Com-mand Brig-Gen Tin Ngwe and Chairman of MandalayCity Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han in Mandalay Division on 26 August.

They also inspected traffic rules enforcementactivities through CCTV cameras installedat the traffic lights between 26th and 73rd

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NAY PYI TAW, 28Aug — Together withChairman of Shan StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofEastern Command Brig-Gen Ya Pyae and depart-mental officials, Maj-GenMin Aung Hlaing of theMinistry of Defence in-spected the site chosen forconstruction of the build-ing of Mongpan BasicEducation High Schooland for the sports groundon 26 August. While inMongpan, he paid hom-age to Maha TezadipatiPagoda and made cashdonations.

After viewingthriving 10-acre sugarcaneplantation, they met de-partmental officials, mem-bers of social organiza-

Implementation of Kengtawng HydropowerProject in full swing

Maj-Gen Ohn Myint looks into Myogyi multi-purpose dam project in Ywangan Township, Shan State (South).—MNA

Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing inspects Kengtawng Hydropower Project in Kengtawng Township.—MNA

tions and townselders atthe office of LankhoTownship PDC. Maj-GenMin Aung Hlaing pre-sented books, stationeryand sports gear to offi-cials.

In Lankho, he vis-ited the 25-bed TownshipHospital and viewed thriv-ing groundnut plantationson 2.6 acres of plot inPonhtun Village-tract.

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