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Volume XVIII, Number 254 10th Waning of Nadaw 1372 ME Friday, 31 December, 2010

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of 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

Make sustained efforts for perpetuity of motherland

SPDC Chairman Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentialsof newly-accredited Ambassador Mr. Talal Mohammad Sabri Abdul Salam of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia.—MNA

It is required of the entire national people to remain vigilant at all times againstdangers posed by neo-colonialists, and to make sustained efforts, putting the nationalpolicy in the fore and exerting patriotism for ensuring perpetuity of the motherland.Now, many projects are ongoing simultaneously for ensuring equitable developmentof all parts of the Union, and improving the living conditions of the people. Pursuingthe national goal of building a peaceful, modern and developed nation with might andmain is, in fact, laying substantial foundations for prosperous future of the nation.

Chairman of the State Peace and Development CouncilCommander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe

(From message sent on the occasion of the 62nd Anniversary Independence Day)

Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentialsof Ambassador of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Dec— H.E. Mr. Talal Mohammad Sabri Abdul Salam, the newly-accredited Ambassador of the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia to the Union of Myanmar presented hiscredentials to Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil of the Union of Myanmar, at Zeyathiri Beikman, here, at 10 am today.

Present on the occasion were Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development CouncilThiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win and Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of the Protocol Department.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe accepts credentialsof Ambassador of People’s Republic of China

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Dec— H.E. Mr Li Junhua, the newly-accredited Ambassador of thePeople’s Republic of China to the Union of Myanmar presented his credentials to Senior GeneralThan Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar,at Zeyathiri Beikman, here, at 10.30 am today.

Present on the occasion were Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Development CouncilThiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo, Minister for Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win and Director-General U Kyaw Kyaw of the Protocol Department.— MNA

Chairman of the State

Peace and

Development Council

Senior General Than

Shwe receives

Ambassador of the

People’s Republic of

China to the Union of

Myanmar Mr. Li

Junhua at Zeyathiri

Beikman in Nay Pyi

Taw.— MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 31 December, 2010

Friday, 31 December, 2010

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

People’s Desire

Secure and smooth transport plays animportant role in striving for equitabledevelopment of all parts of the Union. Bettertransport will contribute a great deal todevelopment of economic, education, healthand social sectors.

Looking forwards to the fruitful results,motor roads, railroads and small and largebridges have been built as networks amongRegions and States. As a result, friendlyrelations among national brethren will befurther strengthened.

At present, roads have been constructedfrom Kachin State in the north to TaninthayiRegion in the south as well as from RakhineState in the west to Shan State in the eastcrossing mountain ranges and ravines. Thepeople from the west bank of Ayeyawady Riverand those from Chin State have easy access toShan State (South) and Kayah State in a shorttime.

The Yangon-Mandalay ExpresswayConstruction Project from Nay Pyi Taw at thecentre to States and Regions commenced in2005. Over 200 miles long Yangon-Nay PyiTaw road section was inaugurated in March2009. As a result, people travelling betweenNay Pyi Taw and Yangon take about fourhours.

Yangon-Mandalay Expressway (Nay PyiTaw-Mandalay section) was commissioned intoservice on 29 December. Over 150 miles longNay Pyi Taw-Mandalay section becomes athree-hour drive. Arrangements have beenmade for enabling the towns along Yangon-Mandalay road to have access to the expresswaythrough 26 link roads including the roadscrossing Bago Yoma mountain range from theeast to the west.

Yangon-Mandalay Expressway wasconstructed within five-year period throughthe collaborative efforts of Myanmar engineersand technicians. People can make a trip fromYangon to Mandalay taking seven hours.Emergence of an international standardexpressway helps promote trade and businessesand uplift socio-economic life of the nationalpeople.

Yangon-Mandalay UnionExpressway

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Dec—The State Peace andDevelopment Council has confirmed the appointment ofthe following heads of service organizations shown againsteach on expiry of one-year probationary period.

Name Appointment(a) U Myint Zaw Director-General

HydropowerImplementationDepartmentMinistry of ElectricPower No.1

(b) U Aung Than Oo Managing DirectorMyanma Electric PowerEnterpriseMinistry of ElectricPower No.2

(c) U Khin Maung Thet Director-GeneralDirectorate ofTelecommunicationsMinistry ofCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs

(d) Dr Win Myint Director-GeneralDepartment of HealthMinistry of Health

(e) Prof Dr Naing Win RectorUniversity of MedicalTechnology (Yangon)Medical Science

DepartmentMinistry of Health

(f) Prof Dr Tint Swe Latt RectorUniversity of Medicine (2)YangonMedical ScienceDepartmentMinistry of Health

(g) Prof Dr Daw Malar Win RectorNursing University(Mandalay)Medical ScienceDepartmentMinistry of Health

The State Peace and Development Council hasappointed Deputy Director-General Dr Ye Myint Swe ofHigher Education Department (Upper Myanmar) underthe Ministry of Education as Director-General of GeologySurvey and Minerals Exploration Department under theMinistry of Mines on probation from the date he assumescharge of his duties.—MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

NAY PYI TAW, 30 Dec— Chairman of BagoRegion Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Southern Command Brig-GenSoe Htut, together with senior military officers,commanding officers, officers and other ranksand their families, took part in December MassWalk in Taungoo on 18 December morning.

On 20 December, the commander inspectedprogress in construction of Myochaung Bridgeand road works after hearing reports by officialsconcerned on construction of Minhla-Seinkanlant-Myochaung-Painzaloke (Penwegon)road at the briefing hall of Myochaung of PublicWorks.

Together with Vice-Chairman of BagoRegion PDC Brig-Gen Sein Myint and officials,the commander inspected the local battalion ofSeinkanlant station, where he cordially greetedofficers and other ranks and their families.

Afterwards, the commander inspected theconstruction of Taikkyi-Phaunggyi-Phukyi-Bagoroad and Koeseyoe bridge at mile postNo.38.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30Dec—Minister for Mines

Mines Minister receivesChinese Ambassador

Southern CommandCommander in December

Mass Walk

Minister for Mines U Ohn Myint receives Mr Li Junhua, Ambassadorof the People’s Republic of China to Myanmar, and party.

MNA

KMD to mount New Yearprogramme

YANGON, 30 Dec—KMD Sales & ServiceCentre plans to mount New Year Sales RoadShow programme at its every centre in Yangonand Mandalay on 4 and 5 January, with up to 50%off like previous special sales.

For more information, contact KMD Sales& Service Centre at Pansodan branch (Ph: 385177and 245180), Maha Bandoola park street branch(Ph: 09-8303778), Myaeynigon branch (Ph:503522 and 503511) in Yangon, and (Ph: 02-60360 and 60239) in Mandalay.

MNA

U Ohn Myint receivedAmbassador of thePeople’s Republic ofChina to the Union ofMyanmar Mr Li Junhuaand party at the ministryhere today. Theirdiscussion covereddevelopment of mineralinvestments sectorbetween the twocountries.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30Dec—Ko Maung Winliving in Kyaukkyipaukvillage in KyaukkyiTownship, BagoRegion stepped on amine planted by KNUinsurgents on 26December. The victim,who lost his left and rightankles, and his fivecompanions were ontheir way to pickorchids. He is nowreceiving treatment atHtantabin TownshipPeople’s Hospital, andofficials concerned areproviding necessaryassistance to him.

MNA

One woundedin Kyaukkyimine blast

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 31 December, 2010 3

NATO trucks attacked in Pakistan, driver killed

Pakistani onlookers watch a burning NATO oiltanker in Katakasht Village near the town of

Jamrud in Khyber tribal district recently.INTERNET

PESHAWAR, 30 Dec—Taleban militants innorthwest Pakistanattacked two NATOsupply trucks earlyWednesday, killing adriver and wounding twoother people, officialssaid.

Half a dozenmilitants armed withassault rifles launchedthe attack in Landikotal,a town in Pakistan’stribal District of Khyberon the border withAfghanistan, theofficials said.

Pakistani officialsthis month reported USdrone strikes in Khyber,an apparent expansionof the covert droneprogramme previouslyconfined to targeted Al-Qaeda and Talebancommanders elsewhere

Suicide bomber kills twosoldiers, injures seven in

eastern Afghan townSHARAN, 30 Dec—A suicide bomber blew himself

up near a group of Afghan army soldiers, killing twoand injuring seven others including five civilians onWednesday, the provincial police chief said.

“A suicide bomber blew himself up in BarmalDistrict’s bazaar at 12:15 pm local time near a group ofAfghan National Army (ANA) soldiers. As a result twosoldiers were killed and seven others including twosoldiers and five civilians sustained injuries,” DaultKhan Zadran told Xinhua.

The soldiers were in the bazaar to buy somethingwhen the bomber targeted them, the police officer said.

He added that the bomber who strapped explosiveon his body was also killed in the blast.

However, he said most of the injured persons werein stable condition.

No group has claimed responsibility for the attack.Taleban militants who often carry out such bombingshave yet to make comment.

Paktika and the neighbouring Khost and PaktiaProvinces have been experiencing escalating Taleban-led militancy over the past couple of years.—Xinhua

The building which houses the Jyllands-Posten newspaper in Copenhagen.

Scandinavian intelligence agencies said theyhad foiled a plot Wednesday to kill staff at a

Danish newspaper which publishedcaricatures of the Prophet Mohammed and

had arrested five suspects.—XINHUA

Denmark, Sweden jointlyarrest five terror suspects

COPENHAGEN, 30 Dec—The Danish Security andIntelligence Service (PET) said Wednesday that thePET and the Swedish Security Service (SAPO) havejointly arrested five individuals suspected of plottinga terror attack in Copenhagen.

The arrests were made at two flats in Herlev andGreve, both municipalities of Copenhagen. The PETbelieved that the suspects were preparing a terrorattack on the Danish newspaper Jyllands-Posten inCopenhagen.Three of the suspects are living inSweden and have entered Denmark during the nightof 28-29 Dec, including a 44-year-old Tunisian, a29-year-old Swede, born in Lebanon, and a 30-year-old Swede, whose country of origin is so far unknown.

Simultaneously, the Swedish authourities inStockholm have arrested a 37-year old Swedishnational of Tunisian origin.

The last one is a 26-year old Iraqi asylum seeker,who is living in Denmark.

In Denmark, the PET have seized several objects,including some plastic strips that can be used ashandcuffs as well as a machine gun with matchingsilencer and live ammunition.

Xinhua

Two Taleban local commanderskilled in E Afghanistan

KABUL, 30 Dec— Two Taleban local commanderswere killed in Nangarhar Province of easternAfghanistan Wednesday as part of the Afghan andNATO forces intensified campaign against militants’mid-level command structure and its supply lines, theNATO-led International Security Assistance Force(ISAF) said in a press release issued here on Thursday.

Xinhua

A policeman looks at a damaged police vehiclefollowing a car bomb in Ramadi on 27 Dec . Civilian

deaths from violence in Iraq are on track to be thelowest number this year since the 2003 US-led invasion,according to a preliminary report released on Thursday

by a monitoring group.—INTERNET

in the tribal belt.“The militants

started firing from thehilltop. A driver of onetruck was killed on thespot, while his helperand another driver ofanother truck wereinjured,” localadministrative official

Iqbal Khatak told AFP.Intelligence offici-

als said the militants fledafter the attack, andconfirmed that the truckswere carrying goods forNATO troops inAfghanistan.

Pakistan shut itsmain northwestern

border crossing to NATOsupply vehicles on 30September for 11 daysafter a cross-borderNATO helicopter assaultkilled two Pakistanisoldiers.

The bulk of suppliesand equipment requiredby foreign troops inAfghanistan is shippedthrough Pakistan,although US troopsincreasingly usealternative routesthrough central Asia.

Scores of NATOsupply vehicles weredestroyed in gun andarson attacks while theborder crossing wasshut, with Talebanmilitants determined todisrupt the route andavenge US drone strikesin Pakistan’s tribal belt.

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Blast kills at least 14 civilians in Afghanistan Body of aroadside

bomb blastvictim lies ina vehicle asAfghan men

mourn next toit at a

hospital inLashkar Gah,

Helmandprovincesouthern

Afghanistan,Thursday,Dec. 30,2010.

INTERNET

KABUL (Afghanistan), 30Dec—A roadside bomb blew upnext to a minibus at a crowded in-tersection on a major highway insouthern Afghanistan on Thursday,killing at least 14 civilians, officialssaid.

The blast struck the minibusin the Lashkar Gah-Sangin district inHelmand province on the main roadrunning from the city of Kandahar toHerat, said Daoud Ahmadi, a spokes-man for the Helmand governor's of-fice.

He said four others were

wounded in the blast and that the deadincluded women and children.

The bus was transportingpeople to a local bazaar, said GhulamHaidar, who arrived at the scene afterlearning that two of his brothers hadbeen killed.

"There was a huge blast ...body parts were scattered far away"from the bus, he said.

Haidar said he took his cousinand a child who was on the bus to alocal hospital. He learned that the childlater died.

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US, UK scientists draw up list ofworld’s plants

LONDON, 30 Dec—British and USscientists say they’ve compiled themost comprehensive list of land plantspecies ever published — a 300,000-species strong compendium that theyhope will boost conservation, tradeand medicine.

The list, drawn up by researchersat Kew Gardens in London and theMissouri Botanical Garden in St Louis,is intended to help resolve one ofbotany’s most basic problems:Figuring out which plants go by whatname.

Some plants have been labeleddifferently by researchers operatingin different countries over the pastcentury, while in other cases the

In this 8 Oct, 2010file photo, people walk

amongst treesshedding their leaves

and changing toseasonal autumnalcolors at the Royal

Botanic Gardens, Kew,in London.INTERNET

Manatees paddle to warm water toescape Fla. chill

APOLLO BEACH, 30Dec—People aren’t theonly ones in Florida whodon’t like cold weather.

Manatees — thosegiant aquatic mammalswith the flat, paddle-shaped tails — areswimming out of thechilly Gulf of Mexicowaters and into warmersprings and power plantdischarge canals. OnTuesday, more than 300manatees floated in theoutflow of TampaElectric’s Big BendPower Station.

“It’s like a warmbathtub for them,” saidWendy Anastasiou, anenvironmental specialistat the power station’smanatee viewing centre.“They come in here andhang out and lollaround.”

Cold weather canweaken manatees’immune systems and

Manatees congregate in a canal wheredischarge from a nearby Florida Power & Lightplant warms the water in Fort Lauderdale, Fla

on 28 Dec, 2010. Overnight temperatures inSouth Florida were in the 30s.—INTERNET

eventually kill them.State officials said 2010has been a deadly yearfor the beloved animals:between 1 Jan and 17Dec, 246 manatees diedfrom so-called “coldstress.” During the sametime period in 2009,only 55 manatees diedfrom the cold. In 2008,only 22 manatees

succumbed to chillytemperatures.

Manatee deathsdocumented from 1 Janthrough 5 Dec are nearlydouble the five-yearaverage for that timeperiod, according toFlorida Fish and WildlifeConservation Commiss-ion statistics.

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different variants of the same planthave been erroneously identified asbelonging to different species. Thereare also cases in which plants names’have been applied mistakenly, or justmisspelled.

Although a rose by any other namemay still smell as sweet, scientists saythat attaching different labels to thesame plant can rob researchers of thechance to get the information theyneed.

“If you only know it by one of itsmany names you only get part of thestory,” said Eimear Nic Lughadha,the senior scientist at Kew responsiblefor the list.

Internet

Skype adding Wi-Fi, 3G video calling

to iPhone appSAN FRANCISCO, 30 Dec—A new

version of the free iPhone app forSkype SA will let users make andreceive video calls.

Users of the Internet calling andmessaging service will be able to useboth Wi-Fi and AT&T Inc’s 3G cellularnetwork. FaceTime software, whichcomes with iPhones, works only withWi-Fi.

The app, which is being releasedThursday through Apple Inc.’s iTunesStore, will let iPhone 4 and iPhone3GS users make free video calls toother Skype users who are using theapp or have access to the feature usingSkype on their computer or other videophone.

Those with the latest iPod Touchwill be able to make video calls overWi-Fi. The app allows the iPad andprevious-generation iPod Touch toreceive video calls, too, Skype said.

Skype’s software offers freeservices such as voice or video calls toother Skype users.

Users pay to do things such asmake calls from a PC to a landline orcell phone.—Internet

File photo of a “Napster To GoCafe” sign in Union Square, in

2005 in New York City. Napster,the file-sharing renegade, upendedthe music industry and copyrightin ways still being felt a decade

later while WikiLeaks, for betteror worse, is likely to have a similarimpact on government secrecy and

transparency.—INTERNET

Canada is most web-addicted nationTORONTO, 30 Dec— Maybe it’s all those

Justin Bieber fans: Canadians log moretime on the web and social media, includingFacebook and YouTube, than any othernation.

The measurement company comScorereported Canada has the highest penetrationof Internet access, with around 68% ofCanadians routinely surfing online, against62% in France and Britain. Close behind is60% of Germans going online and, southof the border, 59% of Americans. Thelaggards are Italians, where only 36% ofthe population goes online, according tocomScore.

Web-addicted Canadians now spendan average 42 hours a month surfing theweb, up from 40 hours in 2009, and view

an average 147 videos a month onYouTube and other online video websites.And around 17 million Canadians, or 51%of the population, have Facebook accounts.

Canada has a vibrant Twitterverse, withan estimated 5% of the traffic routinelyfollowing the world domination ofhomegrown pop idol Justin Bieber.

Internet

A picture released by Egypt’s SupremeCouncil of Antiquities in May showing a

wall image from the 3,000 year oldtomb of a Pharaonic army commander.Reporters without borders has issued ajoint call with rights groups for Egypt’spresident to intervene after an Internetuser was sentenced to jail for starting a

Facebook group for army recruits.INTERNET

Pew study hints at what Web users will pay forNEW YORK, 30 Dec—The Web may seem like the land of something for

nothing. Free video. Free news. Even free tools such as word processingand spreadsheets.

But almost two-thirds of adult Internet users in the US have paid foraccess to at least one of these intangible items online, according to a newsurvey from the Pew Internet and American Life Project.

Whether people will pay for different types of material on the Web isamong the most pressing questions facing media companies in the 21st

century. As people shift their attention to the Internet from more traditionalways of enjoying media, the companies that provide everything frommovies to mystery novels want to make sure they can still get paid for whatthey do. —Internet

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The malaria

parasite inside a

red blood cell, left,

and in a computer-

generated model.

Malarial infection

inhibits the smooth

flow of blood

through capillaries.

INTENRET

Some soy supplementsOK for long-term useNEW YORK, 30 Dec—Menopausal women who

take a certain type of soy supplement long-term aren’tat increased risk for breast cancer or any other illeffects, a new two-year study suggests.

But the researchers point out that the findings maynot apply to all soy supplements. The ones used in thestudy contained a different combination of the estrogen-like compounds called isoflavones than preparationstypically available over the counter.

Given their estrogen-like properties, soy isoflavoneshave been suggested as an alternative to hormonetherapy for women experiencing menopausal

symptoms, Dr Francene M Steinberg of the Universityof California, Davis, and her colleagues note in theAmerican Journal of Clinical Nutrition. While thereis little evidence from current research that thesupplements can cause harm, the researchers add,they allow women to consume up to four times theamount of isoflavones contained in a typical Asian diet.

Very few studies have looked at the long-termsafety of consuming so much soy, however.

To investigate, the researchers analyzed data fromthe Osteoporosis Prevention Using Soy (OPUS) Study.A previous analysis of the results found no effect ofsoy supplements on the density of breast tissue, oneindicator of breast cancer risk. In the current study, theresearchers looked at blood tests, health exams andadverse events to further examine the risks of soy.

A total of 403 women completed the study, including134 women taking placebo, 135 women taking 80-milligram soy tablets, and 134 taking 120-milligramtablets. While the researchers identified a fewdifferences in blood tests between the women onplacebo and those taking soy supplements, all but onewere not statistically significant, meaning they couldhave been due to chance. —Reuters

More signs lung cancer screening could save livesNEW YORK, 30 Dec—

More research issuggesting that heavysmokers may benefit fromscreening for lung cancer,to detect tumours in theirearliest stages. A newstudy finds that regularsmokers who receivedthree dimensional X-rays

to look for the presence ofearly tumours had asignificantly lower risk ofdying over a 10-yearperiod.

The results are inkeeping with those of amuch larger study publis-hed last month, whichshowed that these 3-D X-rays, or CT scans, reducedthe death rate among53,000 current and formerheavy smokers by 20percent compared withscreening using regularchest X-rays.

That previous findingwas “very good news in

the field,” said Dr BruceJohnson of the DanaFarber Cancer Institute,who treats lung cancerpatients and reviewed theresults for Reuters Health.

This latest study,published in the journalLung Cancer, looked atdeath rates in a different,smaller population ofheavy smokers, andestimated that those whoreceived up to two CTscans would have betweena 36 and 64 percent lowerrisk of dying, compared tothose who went unscre-ened.—Internet

Consumer confidence slips as home prices declineNEW YORK, 30 Dec—Consumer confidence

unexpectedly deteriorated in December, while pricesof single-family homes fell almost double the expectedpace in October, tempering growing optimism on theeconomy’s recovery.

The latest data was at odds with other signssuggesting the economic recovery is acceleratingand a separate report last week showing consumersentiment in December at its highest level since June.

Concern about the jobs market pushed an index

of consumer attitudes to 52.5 in December from 54.3in November, the Conference Board said on Tuesday.That was below the median of forecasts fromanalysts polled by Reuters for a reading of 56.0.

“US consumers are still worried about highunemployment, housing market stagnation and thegenerally meager growth they’ve seen so far,” saidKathy Lien, director of currency research at GFT inNew York.

Reuters

President of the New YorkYankees Randy Levine, New

Era CEO Chris Koch, anduniversity players

participating in the New EraPinstripe Bowl visit the New

York Stock Exchange(NYSE) trading floor.

INTERNET

The centralbusiness District of

Sydney. Lifeinsurer TowerAustralia onWednesday

unanimouslyrecommended

shareholders accepta takeover offer

from Japan’s Dai-ichi Life Insurance

Co.—INTERNET

Health Tip: Help yourhalitosis

Bad breath—medically called halitosis — isfrequently caused by rotting food particles that collectbetween the teeth, on the tongue and near the gumline.

The American Dental Association says commoncauses of halitosis include:

* Eating potent foods, such as onions or garlic.* Not eating frequently enough.* Not brushing and flossing your teeth each day.* Having a dry mouth from lack of saliva.* Using tobacco products.* Having a medical disorder such as sinusitis,

postnasal drip, respiratory infection, or liver or kidneyproblem.—Internet

Soy beans are displayed by a worker at a depositin Montevideo city, Uruguay on 28 July, 2010.

INTERNET

BERLIN, 30 Dec— Germany’s average inflation ratestood at 1.1 percent for the whole year, while itunexpectedly accelerated in December, the FederalStatistics Office said Wednesday.

The Office said German consumer price index (CPI)jumped 1.7 percent in December year on year, from 1.5percent last month, pushing the overall inflation for 2010to a modest 1.1 percent. The figure last year was only 0.4percent, mostly because of the global economic crisis andgloomy domestic market.

Economists had forecast the rate would stay unchangedin December, according to survey of Dow JonesNewswires.

In December, consumer price climbed 1 percent on amonthly basis, much higher than that in November, whichwas only up to 0.1 percent.—Xinhua

NEW YORK, 30 Dec—Crude prices fell on Wednesdayin light trade as investors took profit from earlier gainsbefore year-end.

There were no crucial economic data scheduled torelease on Wednesday and the trade volume on the crudemarket was very thin. Investors played out because of theNew Year holiday.

But weak dollar and supply drop were still supportiveto crude oil price.

The US dollar index, which tracks the dollarperformance against a basket of currencies, dipped about0.6 percent.

On Thursday, the Energy Information Administrationwill provide weekly information on petroleum inventoriesin the United States, which is forecasted to fall.

Light, sweet crude for February delivery declined 37cents to 91.12 US dollars a barrel on the New YorkMercantile.—Xinhua

Oil falls in light year-end tradeGerman inflation remainsmoderate in 2010

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MOGADISHU, 30 Dec—Somalipirates have freed a German shipwith a crew of 22 people, mediareports quoted maritime officials assaying on Tuesday.

The chemical tanker was seizedby pirates in May, reports said.

Piracy has been rife in the war-torn Somalia since the collapse ofthe Somali government in 1991.Pirate attacks have continued inSomalia’s Indian Ocean coast,

Somali pirates set free German shipdespite the presence of escortingwarships to protect cargo and cruiseships against piracy.

The Horn of Africa nation hasbeen without an effectivegovernment for nearly two decades,fuelling the lawlessness which hasallowed the pirates to thrive. Morethan 130 pirate attacks were reportedin the waters off Somalia from thebeginning of last year.

Xinhua

A vehicle runs on the 3rd ring road in Kunming, capital of southwestChina’s Yunnan Province, on 28 Dec, 2010. The north and west parts of

Kunming 3rd ring road operated for a trial successfully on Tuesday,marking the fully completion of the ring road.—XINHUA

Somali pirates seize Antigua andBarbuda-flagged ship

MOGADISHU, 30 Dec— Somali pirates have on Monday seized an Antiguaand Barbuda-flagged ship in the Gulf of Aden, media reports said on Tuesday.

According to the reports, there were eight crew onboard, yet it was not yetclear about ownership of the vessel.—Xinhua

Ski lift stuck in northeast US,injuries reported

WASHINGTON, 30 Dec—Several people wereinjured Tuesday when a gust of wind sent skierstumbling off a chairlift at a ski resort on SugarloafMountain in Northeast US state of Maine, mediareports said Tuesday, noting that over 100 weretrapped in the lift.—Xinhua

Passengers restat Kennedy

InternationalAirport in New

York, the UnitedStates, on 28Dec, 2010. A

large number ofpassengers werestill stranded atthe airport on

Tuesday morningthough it had

reopened since 4pm local time on27 Dec. —XINHUA

Girls play on the snowin New York’s CentralPark, on 27 Dec, 2010.

New York bore thebrunt as heavy snowbegan falling late

Sunday morning and isexpected to last intoMonday morning,

possibly piling up 38 to50 cm of snow amid 64

to 96 kph gale.More than 1,000 flightshave been canceled inmajor area airports ofLaGuardia, Newarkand JFK airports.

XINHUA

BRISBANE, 30 Dec—Australia’s Queenslandsuffered huge flooddamage with the statefacing its toughest hour,said Queensland PremierAnna Bligh as she touredthe flood-stricken townof Emerald in centralQueensland on Thurs-day.

The premier said theestimated flood damage toroads alone would reach at

LAGOS, 30 Dec—Two explosions hit aNigeria’s southern cityon Wednesday, injuringseveral people, mediareport said.

The report quotedpolice source as sayingthat two bombs explodedduring a political rally inYenegoa, State capitalof Nigeria’s Bayelsastate.

The police saidnobody was killed in thebomb explosions but

SYDENY, 30 Dec—A leadingChinese steel trading firm managedto get listed in Australian SecuritiesExchange (ASX) on Thursday, as themarket opened the trading day at 11am of Sydney local time.

Rongtai International GroupHoldings Limited aimed to issue 15million ordinary shares at an offerprice of 0.20 Australian dollars (0.203US dollars), to raise a total of 3 millionAustralian dollars (3.04 million USdollars), with the ability to raise anadditional 7 million Australian dollars(7.13 million US dollars) inoversubscription.

As a leading steel tradingcompany in China, RongtaiInternational works to source andpurchase raw materials and steel

Australia’s flood-hit Queensland facing“toughest hour”

least 1.5 billion AU dollars(1.53 billion US dollars).

“As we look acrossQueensland and see thecommunities affected bythe scale of the disaster,it’s fair to say thatQueensland is facing itstoughest hour,” she toldreporters.

Bligh said looting

had been a problemduring Emerald’s 2008floods, and police weretaking no chances thistime. She said 20 extrapolice had been deployedto Emerald to prevent anylooting, amid predictionsthat 80 percent of thetown would be swamped.

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Two explosions hit Nigeria’s southern city

China’s steel trading firm listed in ASXproducts from within China andoverseas, offer solutions oftransportation, warehouse andprocessing facilities and managelogistics and delivery of the finalproduct to the customers.

According to Lin Jie, executivechairman and Managing Director ofRongtai, the entire process is achievedvia the e-commerce trading platform,namely China United Steel(CUSTEEL).

The trading platform is one of thelargest business-to-business (B2B)steel trading platforms in China, whichboosts 230,000 members and providescustomers an efficient, easy andconvenient method of purchasingcommodities whilst creating greaterglobal exposure.—Xinhua

several people wereinjured.

Nigeria has witness-ed a series of bombattacks in the past fewdays.

Three bomb explosi-ons rocked Nigeria’scentral north PlateauState on the ChristmasEve, killing at least 80people and injuringdozens of others. Thebomb blasts which hitAnguwan Rukuba, theKabong Satellite Market

and the flyover at GadaBiyu, came one weekafter a Nigerian courtsentenced 15 persons to10 years each in prisonfor involvement of theviolent crisis in Jos inMarch.

Jos was plunged in apool of blood on 7 Marchthis year, when membersof local Muslim andChristian communitiesfought each other inrevenge for previouskillings.—Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 31 Dec— U ThantKyaw, Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary of the Union of Myanmarto the Kingdom of the Netherlands,

Myanmar Ambassador presentsCredentials to Queen of the Netherlands

presented his Credentials to Her MajestyQueen Beatrix, Queen of theNetherlands, on 15 December 2010 inThe Hague.—MNA

UMFCCI officials meet ROK guestsYANGON, 30

Dec—Vice-Presidents ofthe Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambersof Commerce andIndustry U Win Aung, UZaw Min Win, U AungLwin and U Tun Aung,joint General secretary DrMyo Thet and CECmembers held talks with anine-member delegation

led by Executive Vice-President Mr Dong- WoonKwak of Korea TradeInvestment PromotionAgency of the Republicof Korea and CommercialAttaché Mr Park Chulhoof Commercial Section(KOTRA) from theKorean Embassy, atUMFCCI Office here on23 December.

At the meeting,they mainly discussedopportunities forcooperation in basicinfrastructures such astrade and investment,electric power andconstruction of roads andbridges, foreign investmentprocedures and exchangeof technology.

MNA

Mingala Taungnyunt Tsp gets morefive upgraded roads

YANGON, 30 Dec —Five upgraded roads inMingala TaungnyuntTownship wereinaugurated today as agesture of hailing the 63rd

Independence Day. Chairman of Yangon

City DevelopmentCommittee Mayor UAung Thein Lin and

officials concernedformally opened theconcrete roads at theceremonies to inauguratethe roads.

The mayor andofficials also formallyinaugurated the two 2-inch-diametre tube wellsin Mahlwagon MiyahtaWard in the township

yesterday. About 3000gallons of water can bepumped out of each tube-well per hour, supplyingdrinking water to over 100house holds sufficiently.

The mayor andofficials also inspected thecompletion of otherupgraded roads in thetownship.—MNA Dy Construction Minister inspects

upgrading of Gangaw-Kalay RoadNAY PYI TAW, 30 Dec — Deputy

Minister for Construction U Tint Sweassisted in upgrading of Gangaw-KalayRoad on 27 December.

The deputy minister went to thebase camp of the road constructiongroup-11 near the mile post No.32/0 andinspected the road works.

Afterwards, Deputy Minister U TintSwe proceeded to the work site of SapaOBridge on the road and assisted in thebridge construction. He also inspectedthe bridge works between the mile postNo. 93/7 and 94/0 of Monywa-Pale-Gangaw Road.

MNA

SSA shooting spree kills two innocent civiliansshooting spree and killedtwo innocent civilians inMongton Township,Shan State (East), on 27December.

While hunting on 27December afternoon,five men from BawathitVi l lage , MonghanVillage-tract, MongtonTownship: Lu Kar, YawHan, Darwi, Eli andKyati came cross a 15insurgents of the SSAgroup in the forest ,about two miles east ofNarkaungmu Village.

The insurgents then tookthe f ive homemadebarrel guns from the fivevillagers forcibly, andforced them to runaway. Thereafter, theinsurgents openautomatic fire at therunning men with M.16s. Lu Kar and YawHan were shot dead, andthe other three survivedthe shooting.

The military columnis now in pursuit of theinsurgents.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30Dec—SSA terroristinsurgents went on a

Chairman ofthe State Peace

andDevelopment

Council SeniorGeneral ThanShwe acceptscredentials of

Ambassador ofthe People’sRepublic of

China Mr. LiJunhua atZeyathiri

Beikman inNay Pyi

Taw.(News onpage 1) —MNA

Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Senior General Than Shwe receives Ambassador of Kingdom of Saudi Arabia Mr. TalalMohammad Sabri Abdul Salam at Zeyathiri Beikman in Nay Pyi Taw. (News on page 1) —MNA

Officials of UMFCCI meet Executive Vice-President Mr Dong-Woon Kwak and party of KoreaTrade Investment Promotion Agency of ROK.—MNA

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Ward off colonialisttricks with patriotism

HAILING THE 63RD ANNIVERSARY INDEPENDENCE DAY:

Ensure perpetuation of inherited UnionKo Myanmar

It is the 4th of January 1948 when the Union

of Myanmar regained her independence from British

colonialists and became an independent nation. In

2011, Independence Day will be in its 63rd

anniversary. Its independence is not as old as

Myanmar. How long has Myanmar stood so far?

Does Myanmar’s birth date back to the

Bangan Period in the 11th Century, or to the times

of city states such as Tagaung, Beikthanoe and

Srikestra that came into being in the period between

the early BC and centuries before Christ, or to

Hanlin Bronze Age about 5000 years ago, or to

Pyadalin Stone Age about 20,000 years ago?

So, it can be deduced from abovementionedpoints that even if it does not take into accountanthropoid primates aged about 45 million yearsexcavated in central Myanmar, Myanmar hasstood for tens of thousands of years, which isundeniable.

In such a very long existence, Myanmar used

to be city states, then a feudal state, and then powerful

empires. However, all national races such as Kachin,

Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Mon, Bamar, Rakhine and

Shan have been living through thick and thin in

amity and sticking together since the birth of the

Union.

Throughout past successive periods,Myanmar could stand tall with own monarchsand sovereignty in the international community.Occasionally, Myanmar faced alien threats. As thesaying that goes “Blood is thicker than water”, theentire national brethren repulsed alien attacks inconcert. Therefore, Myanmar had still been on themap of the world for aeons.

From the geographical point of view,

Myanmar lies between two neighbouring countries,

whose populations and areas are extremely huge.

Myanmar had been able to stand between such

mega giants and maintain friendly relations with the

two neighbours and safeguard its sovereignty for

thousands of years. That implies the diplomatic

skills of our forefathers. Whenever necessary, our

ancestors protected our land with lion heart and a

sense of being hypersensitive to any forms of

threats to the territory of the motherland. That is the

reason why the Union of Myanmar has still existed

up to now.

Today, some peoples are stranded in other

countries as refugees because they have lost their

countries due to adverse effects caused by other

countries. Some unions have split into pieces

stemming from civil wars triggered by disintegration

of national unity. And some countries have not

(See page 9)

Golden era not far-off

We need to cherishand safeguard our

independence as well as tobuild a new democratic

state aspired by the entirepeople.

Yes, we are not far-off to reach thenew democratic state. You see, the

Constitution has already beenapproved by a great majority and the

elections, successfully held.

From the geographical point of view, Myanmar liesbetween two neighbouring countries, whosepopulations and areas are extremely huge. Myanmarhad been able to stand between such mega giants andmaintain friendly relations with the two neighboursand safeguard its sovereignty for thousands of years.That implies the diplomatic skills of our forefathers.Whenever necessary, our ancestors protected ourland with lion heart and a sense of being hypersensitiveto any forms of threats to the territory of the motherland.That is the reason why the Union of Myanmar has stillexisted up to now.

Golden era not far-off

Ye Htet

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* Never let independence be lost

Nationalistic fervour we foster

Courageous and blood red-hot

Fighting back colonialists and fascists

On hills, plains and in valleys

Everywhere in country

Braving dangers in unity

However much they are hazardous

Joining hands in harmony

Fine traditions we hand down

To coming new generations

Our cherished independence

Be protected with glory

Shining in whole world

* No to give away any part

From our land, our heritage

With this conviction in mind

Safeguarding our Union

All in harmony and unison

Dutiful the whole country

Independence we cherish

Will be in safe hands

And be glorious in world forever

* If cherish independence

Brethren and kin

Hands joining firmly

Ever strong like rock

Patriotism so high

All destructive acts in vain

Prevailing is peace

In misty mild winter

Independence we value much

Will be in safe hands

And be glorious in world forever

(Hailing the 63rd Anniversary Independence Day)

Hinthada Myint Ngwe (Trs)

POEM:

If you cherish independence

(a) All the national people to constantly join hands for ensuring the perpetuity of independence andsovereignty of the State

(b) All the national people to collectively strive for non-disintegration of the Union andnon-disintegration of national solidarity

(c) All the national people to work in concert for building a modern, developed and discipline-flourishing democratic new nation as the multiparty democracy general elections have been heldsuccessfully

(d) All the national people to make collaborative efforts with the Union Spirit and the patriotic spiritfor further strengthening the already achieved stability and peace, security, prevalence of law andorder, unity, development and democratization process with momentum

(e) All the national people to have greater awareness in warding off all destructive acts to disintegratethe Union and the national unity as the perpetuity of the Union plays a crucial role in building theUnion of Myanmar

Objectives of 63rd Anniversary Independence Day

(from page 8)

collapsed yet, but they are deteriorating withdisunity of nationals, groups in rivalry for power,

and without rulers. Invaluable lessons can be

taken from terrible incidents of those countries.Whenever I learn evil consequences being faced

by those countries, I feel so encouraged becauseour country has been able

to rise from the nightmare of untold miseries

and the people of us remain united, leading apeaceful life with food security and freedom of

business, and there is no need to be concerned

about any adversities.With State stability and community peace,

the nation’s transport is getting smooth and the

nation is enjoying economic growth withconsolidated national unity. As a result, the

development gap between rural and urban areas

and between the mainland and highlands isbeing narrowed. Ere long, all states and regions

of the nation will be in a position to enjoy

equitable development. In the post-

With State stability and community peace, thenation’s transport is getting smooth and the nation isenjoying economic growth with consolidated nationalunity. As a result, the development gap between ruraland urban areas and between the mainland andhighlands is being narrowed. Ere long, all states andregions of the nation will be in a position to enjoyequitable development. In the post-independenceperiod, the nation encountered instability and lackedcommunity peace due to armed insurgency.

independence period, the nation encounteredinstability and lacked community peace due to

armed insurgency. So, the nation’s transport

remained poor. In consequence, the nation laggedbehind other countries in development. And

national people were not much experienced and

knowledgeable about affairs. And there emergedmisunderstanding among national races, which

culminated in armed insurrection and then in

instability and least development. Such untoldmiseries will soon dwindle away in the new

nation that will come into existence with the new

constitution.Having a look back to the past history of

the nation that has stood for tens of thousands ofyears, our forefathers were found dutiful, as

evidenced by the fact that they inherited their

posterities the Union which is blessed with richnatural resources and impressive geographical

features.

In recognition of the dutifulness of ourforefathers, younger generations of us, whohave been inherited the Union of Myanmar,are to work together with renewed vigour inpursuing the goal of building a new nation inorder that the Union of Myanmar, ourmotherland, perpetuates forever and standstall with promising future, blaze glory andsignificant development.

Translation: MS

In such a very longexistence, Myanmar used tobe city states, then a feudalstate, and then powerfulempires. However, allnational races such asKachin, Kayah, Kayin,Chin, Mon, Bamar, Rakhineand Shan have been livingthrough thick and thin inamity and sticking togethersince the birth of the Union.

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The government has been striving for realization of developmentplans for the State and the people since it took the State’s responsibilities.While overcoming the challenges of present internal and external destructiveacts and natural barriers in addition to evil legacies of the history through thestrength of national unity in line with the motto “Strength of the nation lieswithin the nation”, the government is making earnest efforts for rapidimprovement of the nation that had lagged behind in development in the past.

The 24-special development regions project is part of endeavours of

Progress of 24-special development regions in the time ofthe State Peace and Development Council

Entire Myanmar have developed in allcorners with progress of 24-special

development regions project

the State. With the aim of rapidly developing all parts in 14 States andRegions of the Union, main areas were designated as special developmentregions, and emphasis is being placed on providing these regions withtransport, education, health and technology facilities. At present, developmenttasks are being undertaken in 24 special development regions namelyMyitkyina, Bhamo, Loikaw, Hpa-an, Kalay, Monywa, Sagaing, Dawei,Myeik, Bago, Pyay, Magway, Pakokku, Mandalay, Meiktila, Myingyan,Sittway, Kengtung, Taunggyi, Panglong, Lashio, Pathein, Hinthada andMaubin and other populous and main regions such as Mohnyin, Kyaukseand Shwebo.

In carrying out development tasks in 24-special development regionson a wider scale, each special development region is equipped withnecessary development facilities such as university, technological university,university of computer studies and specialist hospital (200-bed). Progress of24-special development regions project and improvement of the nation in allcorners are the sound foundations for the future democratic new nation.

Projects completed, under way and follow-up projects of24-special development regions

Sr.Special Develop-

ment RegionsProjects Progress Remarks

Myitkyina region

Bhamo region

Loikaw region

1.

2.

3.

Myitkyina UniversityTechnological University (Myitkyina)University of Computer Studies(Myitkyina)Myitkyina People’s HospitalBala Min Htin BridgeSub-printing House (Myitkyina)Myithson Hydropower ProjectMyitkyina-Ledo new roadMyitkyina-Momeik-Hsipaw-LaikharailroadBhamo UniversityTechnological University (Bhamo)University of Computer Studies(Bhamo)Bhamo People’s HospitalBhamo-Myitkyina roadKatha-Bhamo railroadBhamo Hydropower ProjectLoikaw UniversityTechnological University (Loikaw)University of Computer Studies(Loikaw)

111

300-bed2688 feet14100 MW228 miles474 miles

111

200-bed115 miles98 miles300 MW111

CompletedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayunder wayto be built

CompletedCompletedCompleted

upgradedCompletedunder wayto be builtCompletedCompletedCompleted

Hpa-an region

Sittway region

Lashio region

4.

5.

6.

200-bed240 feet28 MW62 miles101.92 miles48 MW150 miles1111

200-bed2252 feet2900 feet11114 miles111

110,000 feet202 miles111

200-bed650 acres1500 acres

Loikaw People’s HospitalHtisekha BridgeBaluchaung-1Loikaw-Shadaw roadAungban-Loikaw railroadBaluchaung-3Toungoo-Loikaw railroadHpa-an UniversityInstitute of EducationTechnological University (Hpa-an)University of Computer Studies(Hpa-an)Hpa-an People’s HospitalThanlwin Bridge (Hpa-an)Gyaing Bridge (Zathabyin)TV Re-transmission StationHpa-an Industrial ZoneThaton-Myainggale-Hpa-an roadSittway UniversityTechnological University (Sittway)University of Computer Studies(Sittway)Phaungdawgyi JettySittway AirportYangon-Sittway Union HighwaySub-printing House (Sittway)Technological University (Lashio)University of Computer Studies(Lashio)Lashio People’s HospitalKaukkwe DamSub-printing House (Lashio)Kengkham Dam

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayto be builtCompletedCompletedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedupgradedCompletedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedCompletedunder way

Loikaw Universitynurtures national

youths ofKandayawady.

Hailing the 63rd

AnniversaryIndependence Day

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Local national youths in Shan State (North) now have an opportunity to pursue higher education at Technological University (Lashio).

Ngawun Bridge (Myokwin) built in Hinthada Region for better transport of local people.

Sr.Special Develop-


Kengtung region

Taunggyi region

Panglong region

Monywa region

Sagaing region

Kalay region

7.

8.

9.

10.

11.

12.

250 acres179 acres145 miles11

200-bed126 miles87 miles200 acres111

111700 acres111111

1200-bed4730 feet96 miles1135 miles1111200-bed11

Wampon DamNamkyan DamLashio-Muse railroadTechnological University (Kengtung)University of Computer Studies(Kengtung)Kengtung People’s HospitalSub-printing House (Kengtung)Mongnai-Kengtung railroadMonghsat-Kengtung railroadPintauk DamTaunggyi UniversityTechnological University (Taunggyi)University of Computer Studies(Taunggyi)Women’s and Children’s HospitalSub-printing House (Taunggyi)Taunggyi (Ayethaya) Industrial ZoneHtibwa DamPanglong UniversityTechnological UniversityUniversity of Computer StudiesMonywa UniversityTechnological University (Monywa)University of Computer Studies(Monywa)Monywa Institute of EconomicsMonywa People’s HospitalChindwin Bridge (Monywa)Sagaing-Monywa railroadMonywa Industrial ZoneMonywa-Kalay railroadInstitute of EducationEducation CollegeGovernment Technological CollegeGovernment Computer CollegePeople’s Hospital (Sagaing)Kalay UniversityTechnological University (Kalay)

under wayto be builtto be builtCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedunder wayunder wayunder wayupgradedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompleted

Myeik region

Dawei region

Bago region

Pyay region

University of Computer Studies(Kalay)Myintha BridgeChaungU-Kalay railroadSub-printing House (Kalay)Kalay Industrial ZoneManipur DamMonywa-Kalay railroadKalay-Tamu railroadMyeik UniversityTechnological University(Myeik)University of Computer Studies(Myeik)Myeik District People’s HospitalKyweku-Kyaukpya BridgePathaung BridgeSub-printing House (Myeik)Myeik Industrial ZoneMyeik-Dawei railroadDawei UniversityTechnological University(Dawei)University of Computer Studies(Dawei)Dawei People’s HospitalAnyapya DamDawei-Kawthoung roadYe-Dawei railroadDawei Deep Sea Port

Bago Degree CollegePeople’s Hospital (Bago)Zalattaw DamMazin DamShwepyi (3) DamZaungtu Diversion WeirPathi DamAlaingni DamBago (local) BridgeBago-Thanlyin railroadPyay UniversityTechnological University (Pyay)

1

1320 feet277 miles11380 MW135 miles84 miles11

1

200-bed3612 feet810 feet11132 miles11

1

200-bed3200 acres360 miles102 milesmulti-purpose1200-bed2000 acres6500 acres1250 acres36250 acres4000 acres10,000 acres350 feet67 miles11

Completed

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayto be builtto be builtCompletedCompleted

Completed

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayCompletedCompleted

Completed

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedto be built

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayto be builtCompletedCompleted

13.

14.

15.

16.

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20.

21.

22.

23.

24.

Mandalay International AirportYeywa Hydropower ProjectMandalay Industrial ZoneSub-printing House (Mandalay)Meiktila UniversityTechnological University (Meiktila)University of Computer Studies(Meiktila)Meiktila Institute of EconomicsMyanmar Aerospace EngineeringUniversityPeople’s HospitalMandalay-Meiktila roadMeiktila Industrial ZoneGovernment Technological CollegeSunlun DamMyingyan Industrial ZoneNo. 4 Steel MillPathein UniversityTechnological University (Pathein)University of Computer Studies(Pathein)People’s Hospital (Pathein)Pathein BridgePathein-Ngaputaw roadIndustrial Zone (Pathein)Pathein-Yangon railroadHinthada UniversityTechnological University (Hinthada)University of Computer Studies(Hinthada)Hinthada People’s HospitalNgawun Bridge (Myokwin)Hinthada Industrial ZoneHinthada-Nyaungdon railroadMaubin UniversityTechnological University (Maubin)University of Computer Studies(Maubin)Maubin People’s HospitalMaubin BridgeKhathtiya BridgeMaubin natural gas fieldMaubin-Mawlamyinegyun roadWadaw sluice gateHtani sluice gate

14000 feet790 MW11111

11

200-bed97 miles11300 acres11111

200-bed4500 feet21 miles189 miles111

200-bed2280 feet148 miles111

200-bed2362 feet1243 feet143 miles15000 acres15000 acres

Meiktila region

Myingyan region

Pathein region

Hinthada region

Maubin region

University of Computer Studies(Pyay)People’s Hospital (Pyay)Mataungta DamKangyigon DamAyeyawady Bridge (Nawade)Pyay Oil and Natural Gas FieldPyay Industrial ZonePyay-Nay Pyi Taw railroadMagway UniversityTechnological University (Magway)University of Computer Studies(Magway)Community Health UniversityMagway Teaching HospitalGeneral HosiptalMagway AirportAyeyawady Bridge (Magway)Sub-printing House (Magway)Magway-Natmauk-Pyawbwe roadPakokku UniversityTechnological University (Pakokku)University of Computer Studies(Pakokku)People’s Hospital (Pakokku)Pakokku-Mindat roadPakokku-Gangaw roadPakokku AirportPakokku Industrial ZoneAyeyawady Bridge (Pakokku)Kyangin-Pakokku railroadMandalay UniversityTechnological University (Mandalay)University of Computer Studies(Mandalay)University of Foreign LanguagesPeople’s HospitalTeaching HospitalUniversity of Medical TechnologyUniversity of Dental MedicineUniversity of NursingNationalities Youth Resource Devel-opment Degree CollegeAyeyawady Bridge (Yadanabon)

1

200-bed10520 acres1400 acres4183 feet1190 works120 miles111

1200-bed200-bed10000 feet5192 feet162 miles111

200-bed97 miles140 milesnew12.16 miles320 miles111

1200-bed11111

5614 feet

Magway region

Pakokku region

Mandalay region

General and

Teaching

Hospital in

Magway Region

providing health

care services to

local people.

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompleted

CompletedupgradedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayCompletedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayCompletedCompletedCompleted


Completed

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayCompletedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedupgradedCompletedCompletedCompleted

CompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedCompletedunder wayunder wayCompletedCompletedCompleted


Completed

17.

18.

19.

Photo shows a train

on Kengtung-

Wamkaung railroad

section of Mongnai-

Kengtung railroad

construction project.

Sr.Special Develop-


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Putin praises START treaty,warns on WTO

Bank Holidays All Banks will be closed on4th January (Tuesday) 2011,Independence Day & 5th

January (Wednesday) 2011Kayin New Year Day, beingpublic holidays under theNegotiable Instruments Act.Central Bank of Myanmar

MYANMA PORT AUTHORITYHOLIDAY NOTICE

As the wharve warehouse and chel an Office ofYangon Port will be closed on the 4th January2011 (Independence Day) and on the 5th January2011 (Kayin New Year Day) shipped or deliveredon payment will be received as Holiday Fees.

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV FRIENDLY SEA VOY NO (45)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV FRIENDLYSEA VOY NO (45) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 31.12.2010 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W-6 where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINER S’POREPTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Russia’s Prime Minis-ter Vladimir Putin

chairs a meeting of theGovernment Presidiumin Moscow, December.

INTERNET

MOSCOW, 30 Dec —Russian Prime MinisterVladimir Putin praised theNew START nuclear armstreaty with the United Stateson Wednesday, but madeprotectionist remarks thatmay complicate talks onjoining the World Trade Or-ganization (WTO).

In his first comments onNew START since the USSenate approved it lastweek, Putin lauded Presi-dent Dmitry Medvedev forforging the treaty with Presi-dent Barack Obama — asignal of approval for theagreement from Russia’sparamount leader.

Putin told reporters thepact was an “unconditionalsuccess for PresidentMedvedev in foreignpolicy.” The Russian par-

liament, which is dominatedby Putin’s United Russiaparty, is now set to ratify thetreaty.

Putin, described in secretUS diplomatic cables re-leased early this month byWikiLeaks as an “alpha-dog” ruler who presidesover a corrupt elite, addedthat his trust in US partnerswas now strengtheningbut “was not fully thereyet.”—Internet

Armoured car sales jump asdrug war batters Mexico

MEXICO CITY, 30 Dec — Armoured cars and body ar-mour in Mexico are no longer exclusively for govern-ment officials, foreign executives and the super rich, as araging drug war spreads across the country, leading to aspike in orders. Sales of armored vehicles rose 20 percentthis year, the bloodiest in the government’s four-year fightagainst the cartels, to 1,900 units, according to the Mexi-can Armoured Car Association.

In a garage in Mexico City, technicians this monthwere busy fitting bulletproof glass and armor plating tovehicles ranging from luxury cars to humble family se-dans. “A couple of years ago (armoured cars) were forwealthy businessmen or the powerful families of Mexico.Today the range of clients has grown because ordinarypeople now feel the same risks,” said Fernando Echeverri,the head of specialist firm Ballistic, who runs thegarage.—Internet

A welder works on a carto be fitted with armorplating at a garage in

Mexico City on 15 Dec,2010.—INTERNET

US says havingambassador in

Venezuela importantCARACAS, 30 Dec —

The US government onWednesday said it is im-portant to have an am-bassador in Venezuela,and is considering thepossible consequencesafter President HugoChavez rejected Wash-ington’s chosen envoy.

Chavez on Tuesdaydared the US govern-ment to expel his ambas-sador, saying he will notallow the US diplomatLarry Palmer to be am-bassador because hemade what Chavez de-scribed as blatantly dis-respectful remarks aboutVenezuela.—Internet

Uptick in Haiti cholera deathsPORT-AU-PRINCE, 30

DEC—Haiti’s choleradeath toll has risen to 2,761and the water-borneepidemic appears to bestrengthening its grip onthe quake-hit Caribbeannation, official figuresshowed Wednesday.

At least 60 people wereshown to have died on fourof the previous five daysrecorded by the healthministry, between 14December and 17 Decem-

ber. This level has not beenseen since deaths peakedin mid-November.

The number of infec-tions has soared above130,000 as Haiti’s firstcholera outbreak in morethan a century pours fur-ther misery on a poor andpolitically dysfunctionalcountry trying to recoverfrom a devastating Janu-ary earthquake.

The cholera outbreakled to deadly anti-UN ri-ots last month as someturned their anger onpeacekeepers from Nepalaccused of bringing thedisease into the country.

Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 30Dec—Brazilian PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silvasaid on Wednesday that thegovernment’s megahousing programme,Minha Casa Minha Vida(My house my life), hascovered 1 millionhouseholds.

Lula attributed thesuccess to the change of thegovernment’s efforts toaddress the housingproblem and criticized thosewho did not believe thegovernment’s promise todeliver one million housingunits.

“Some comrades fromthe media said we wouldnot manage to fulfill the 1million-house programme.Some people were used tothe bure-aucracy ofgovernment officials whokept their lazy butts glued tothe chair and did not troublecalling their comrades anddemand what had to be

A NASA’s Solar andHeliospheric

Observatory (SOHO)image of the Sun.

Many people may besurprised to learn thatthe Sun, rather thanburn with faultlessconsistency, goes

through moments ofcalm and tempest.

INTERNET

Brazil’s housingprogramme fulfilled

demanded,” he said.“We did this to tell those

skeptics to never again doubtthe abilities of the Brazilianworkers to build houses andof the government, whichis determined to solve thehousing deficit problem inthe country,” the presidentadded. Additionally, Lulasaid that his successor,President-elect DilmaRousseff, will have even abigger responsibility thanhe had, because she willhave to prove to the sexiststhat a female ruler can do asmuch or more than a male.

Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Ten-man Wigan rally to stun Arsenal Liverpool fans round on Hodgson after Wolves loss

Ten-man Celtic go top in Scotland

Man City‘offer 35 mln euros for Dzeko’

Arsenal’s defender Bacary Sagna(L)is challenged by Wigan Athletic’smidfielder Tom Cleverley.—INTERNET

WIGAN, 30 Dec — Ten-man Wigancome from behind to secure a 2-2 drawagainst Arsenal after Sebastien Squillaci’sown-goal turned the spotlight on Gunnersboss Arsene Wenger’s controversial selec-tion policy.

Both sides went into Wednesday’smatch here at the DW Stadium on the backof thrilling victories last week that didwonders for their respective ambitions this

season. Wigan managed to defeat Wol-verhampton Wanderers to breathe newlife into their struggle against relegationwhile Arsenal underlined their title cre-dentials with a superb win over Chelseaat the Emirates.

However, if Arsenal’s players fromthat 3-1 victory over the champions feltthey had done enough for a spot in thestarting XI for this fixture, they were mis-taken as manager Wenger made eightchanges.

But things did not go to plan for theFrench boss, whose side missed thechance to go second in the table.

They went a goal down to a BenWatson penalty, before going 2-1 aheadcourtesy of Andrey Arshavin and NicklasBendtner only for Squillaci to gift thehosts a draw late on and just minutes afterWigan’s Charles N’Zogbia had been dis-missed for a headbutt.—Internet

LIVERPOOL,30 Dec — Home support-ers turned on manager Roy Hodgsonas Liverpool’s season hit rock-bottom

with a 1-0 defeat to relegation-threatened Wolverhampton Wanderersat Anfield here on Wednesday.

Stephen Ward’s 56th minute goalearned Wolves, who climbed off the bot-tom of the table, their first win at thefamous venue for 26 years as Liverpoolended a miserable 2010 on the back ofthree defeats in four games.

Angry fans taunted Hodgson, whoonly took over from Rafa Benitez inpre-season, with mocking taunts of“Hodgson for England” after the formerFulham boss replaced David Ngog withRyan Babel as the game slipped away.

A home match against the league’sbasement club was supposed to presentLiverpool with an ideal opportunity tosign off the calendar year with a victorythat would offer their followers a glim-mer of hope to take into 2011.

Internet

Wolverhampton Wanderers’ defenderRichard Stearman (L) clashes withLiverpool’s forward Fernando Torresduring their English Premier Leaguefootball match at Anfield in Liverpool.Wolves moved off the bottom of thetable with a 1-0 win away to Liverpoolthat piled the pressure on Redsmanager Roy Hodgson.—INTERNET

Celtic FC’s player ScottBrown controls the ball

during a match.INTERNET

GLASGOW, 30 Dec —Ten-man Celtic movedtop of the Scottish PremierLeague after grinding outa 1-0 win overMotherwell at Parkheadon Wednesday.

With Rangers’ gameaway to St Johnstonehaving been postponedfor a frozen pitch it meansCeltic will go into Sun-day’s Old Firm derby onepoint clear of their fiercerivals, albeit havingplayed two games more.

Olivier Kapo had al-ready had a strike ruledoffside before a stunningshot from Paddy McCourtput the Hoops ahead mid-way through a first-halfthe home side dominated.

However, as has often

been the case for Celticwhen playing at home inrecent weeks they failedto turn their dominanceinto goals and in ascrappy second-halfScott Brown saw red forhis second bookable of-fence in injury time,meaning the Celtic cap-tain will miss the Rang-ers game.—Internet

Malouda ends Chelsea’swinless streak

Stoke seal permanentPennant deal

Chelsea’s FlorentMalouda (L) and Bol-ton’s Paul Robinson (R)fight for the ball duringtheir Premier League

match.—INTERNET

LONDON, 30 Dec —Florent Malouda’s contro-versial 61st minute goalsealed Chelsea’s 1-0 vic-tory over Bolton to giveCarlo Ancelotti’s side afirst win in seven leaguegames and move the Bluesback into the top four ofthe English Premier Leagueat Stamford Bridge here onWednesday.

Bolton were furiousMalouda’s goal was al-lowed to stand, insistingChelsea forward DidierDrogba was offside in thebuild-up to the strike.

But referee MichaelJones waved away theircomplaints and the reign-

ing champions held on toease the pressure that hasbuilt-up around Ancelottiduring a run that deliv-ered just six points ineight games — Chelsea’sworst sequence in elevenyears.—Internet

LONDON, 30 Dec —Stoke City have signedwinger Jermaine Pennanton a permament deal forSpanish side RealZaragoza following aloan spell, the EnglishPremier League club an-nounced on Wednesday.

Pennant, who madehis name at Arsenal,joined the Potters on atemporary basis in pre-season after failing to ce-ment a spot at Zaragoza.

But now Stoke havegiven him a two-yearcontract, subject to inter-national clearance andregistration with Englishfootball authorities in adeal that has already costthe Midlands club 1.725million pounds (2.668million dollars) and couldrise to 2.8 million pounds(4.3 million dollars). “Ithink everyone knowshow I feel about being atthis football club,” Pen-nant told stokecityfc.com.

Internet

Blackhawks F Toews outfor two weeks

Manchester City havereportedly offered 35

million euros (29.8million pounds) for

Wolfsburg’s Bosnianstriker Edin Dzeko.

INTERNET

BERLIN, 30 Dec —Manchester City have of-fered 35 million euros(29.8 million pounds,45.9 million dollars) forWolfsburg’s Bosnianstriker Edin Dzeko, Ger-

many’s Bild daily re-ported on Wednesday.

In what Bild saidwould be a record pricefor a Bundesliga player,the English club wouldpay the Germans 30 mil-lion euros for the 24-year-old plus five millioneuros more if City reachthe Champions League.

The transfer could befinalised in time forCity’s crunch away clashat Arsenal on 5 January,Bild added, without iden-tifying a source.

The paper citedWolfsburg’s generalmanager Dieter Hoenessas declining to commenton what he called“speculation”.

Internet

Henin not expecting miraclesafter elbow injury

Chicago Blackhawks’Jonathan Toews right,tries to score against

Columbus Blue Jacketsgoalie Mathieu Garon

in the third period of anNHL hockey game inChicago, on 26 Dec,2010. Chicago won

4-1.—INTERNET

CHICAGO, 30 Dec —Chicago Blackhawks for-ward Jonathan Toews willbe out two weeks with ashoulder injury.

Coach Joel Quen-neville disclosed the se-verity of the injury afterpractice Wednesday.

Toews was injuredTuesday night in a loss atSt. Louis. He was checkedhard into the boards byMatt D’Agostini in thefirst period and got upholding his right shoul-der.

Toews is Chicago’ssecond-leading scorerwith 33 points, including15 goals. Chicago hasstruggled with injuries this

season and only recentlywelcomed back MarianHossa and Patrick Kane.

The Blackhawks hostSan Jose on Thursdaynight.—Internet

Former world No1Justine Henin admits sheis probably six monthsaway from recapturingher best form, as she pre-pares for her second An-tipodean comeback in asmany years.—INTERNET

PERTH, 30 Dec —Former world No.1Justine Henin admits sheis probably six monthsaway from recapturingher best form, as she pre-pares for her second An-tipodean comeback in as

many years.The seven-times

Grand Slam winner tookalmost two years off fromtennis to grapple with herpersonal life before com-ing back at this year’sAustralian Open in Janu-ary, amazingly reachingthe final, where she wasbeaten by SerenaWilliams in three sets.

Just under 12 monthson and this time Henin ispreparing to return froma serious elbow injurythat threatened to end hercareer for good.

Internet

Stoke City have signedwinger Jermaine

Pennant.—INTERNET

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar.

Friday,31 December

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, weather has been partlycloudy in Mon State, Upper Sagaing, Yangon andTaninthayi Regions and generally fair in the remainingStates and Regions. Night temperatures were (3°C) to(4°C) below December average temperatures in Kachinand Shan States, Mandalay, Magway and Bago Regions,(6°C) below December average temperatures in UpperSagaing Region and about December averagetemperatures in the remaining States and Regions. Thesignificant night temperatures were Pinlaung (-2°C),Namhsan, Heho and Loilem ( 1°C) each Haka (2°C).

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 29-12-2010 was 85°F.

Minimum temperature on 30-12-2010 was 54°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 30-12-2010 was (72%).Rainfall on 30-12-2010 was (Nil) .

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 29-12-2010 was 89°F.

Minimum temperature on 30-12-2010 was 59°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 30-12-2010 was (65%).Total sunshine hours on 29-12-2010 was (9.8) hours.

WEATHERThursday, 30th December, 2010

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Rainfall on 30-12-2010 was at (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2010was (83.19) inches at Mingaladon, (97.64) inches at Kaba-Aye and (109.29) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum windspeed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Northeast at(10:30) hours MST on 29-12-2010.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudyin the Andaman Sea and Southwest Bay and generally fairelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 31st December2010: Light rain are possible to be isolated in TaninthayiRegion, weather will be partly cloudy in Kayin and MonStates, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions andgenerally fair in the remaining States and Regions.Degree of certainty is (40%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: likelihood of slightdecrease of night temperatures in the Eastern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 31-12-2010: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 31-12-2010: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 31-12-2010: Partly cloudy.

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am MSTOversea Transmission - (31-12-10 09:30 am ~

1-1-11 09:30 am MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* 63rd Anniversary Independence Day

(Sound Foundations for the New Government)‘‘Nation-wide Special Projects’’

* News* Myanamr’s Traditions and Culture

‘‘Novicehood in Myanmar’’* News* Today’s Efficient Youth (Debate)* Gift From Sagaing Hill In Returning Home* News* Seven Special Stops around Inlay LakeOversea Transmission* Opening* News* 63rd Anniversary Independence Day

(Sound Foundations for the New Government)‘‘Nation-wide Special Projects’’

* News* Myanamr’s Traditions and Culture

‘‘Novicehood in Myanmar’’* News* Today’s Efficient Youth (Debate)* Gift From Sagaing Hill In Returning Home* News* Seven Special Stops around Inlay Lake* News* Culture Stage* News* Significant Chinlon Competition in Shwebo* Music Gallery* News* Current Affairs‘‘Surprising Myanmar(Thanakha)’’* News* The Reh Lake

(The Greatest Attraction in Chin State)* Beautiful Myanma Silver Bowl* Myanmar Movies ‘‘Life As Parents’’

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule (31-12-2010)(Friday)

7:00 am 1. Paritta By

Venerable Min GunSayadaw

7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy

Exercise 7:30 am 3. Morning News 7:40 am 4. Dhamma Puja Song 7:50 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song

8:00 am 6. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing

Arts Competition

8:15 am 7. The Mirror Image

Of The MusicalOldies

8:25 am 8. One village and one

Product8:40 am 9. International News8:45 am10. Musical Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Musical Programme

4:20 pm 3. Dance Of National

Races

4:30 pm 4. Songs Of Yester

Years4:40 pm 5. University Of

Distance Education(TV Lectures)-Second Year(Public Policy)

4:55 pm 6. Songs For

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:00 pm 7. Myanmar

Language5:15 pm 8. 63rd Anniversary

Independence Day5:30 pm 9. Yoetha Phyu Sin

Kalaydoeathwin

6:00 pm

10. Evening News

6:15 pm

11. Weather Report

6:20 pm

12. Documentary

6:35 pm

13.TV Drama Series

7:25 pm

14. Documentary

8:00 pm

15. News

16. International News

17. Weather Report

18. Monthly Weather

Report

19. Just For Laughs

(Gags Asia)

20. TV Drama Series

21. Song Lover

Paul the octopus swims through his aquariumdecorated with a football at the Sea Life

aquarium in Oberhausen, western Germany.Paul shot to fame during 2010’s football WorldCup in South Africa for correctly predicting the

outcome of games. He died on 26 Oct, 2010.INTERNET

Australian Navy ship leaves forMiddle East on anti-piracy mission

SYDNEY, 30 Dec — The Australian Navy shipHMAS Stuart with 190 Australian sailors on board leftSydney on Thursday for the Middle East on a six-month anti-piracy mission, according to the AustralianAssociated Press (AAP) report.

Hundreds of family members and friends, alongwith Australian Defence Personnel Minister WarrenSnowdon, were at the wharf in Sydney to wave theship goodbye.

Navy chiefs paid tribute to family members fortheir sacrifice in letting their loved ones go during thefestive period.

In its fourth deployment to the Gulf, HMAS Stuartwill relieve HMAS Melbourne on Operation Slipper.

While deployed, Stuart will conduct maritimeinterdiction and counter-piracy missions, providing adeterrent presence and an escort for merchant ships inthe Gulf of Aden in the Arabian Sea.

Xinhua

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

10th Waning of Nadaw 1372 ME Friday, 31 December, 2010

Article

SPECIAL FEATURES TO HAIL 63rd ANNIVERSARY INDEPENDENCE DAY

Namtu TVretransmitting

station launchedNAY PYI TAW, 29 Dec—As part of the exten-

sive TV retransmission programme, the building ofNamtu TV retransmitting station in Shan State (North)was carried out and completed on 25 December.

The facility was put into service the follow-ing day. With 50-watt capacity, the station airsMRTV programmes with sharp pictures and clearsound through UMF Channel –j 13.

MNA

MahlaingTownship boostspaddy per acre

yieldMAHLAING, 30 Dec—

The 4.50- acre modelpaddy plot of farmer UNyo of Legyi Village ofMahlaing Township washarvested on 19November and the peracre yield of theHsinnweyin paddy was93.26 baskets.

Myanma Alin

Ward off colonialisttricks with patriotism

* Never let independence be lostNationalistic fervour we fosterCourageous and blood red-hotFighting back colonialists and fascistsOn hills, plains and in valleys

PAGE 9HINTHADA MYINT NGWE (TRS)

PAGE 8YE HTET

Throughout past successive periods,

Myanmar could stand tall with own

monarchs and sovereignty in the

international community. Occasionally,

Myanmar faced alien threats. As the

saying that goes “Blood is thicker than

water”, the entire national brethren

repulsed alien attacks in concert.

KO MYANMAR PAGES 8+9

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