Volume XIX, Number 310 4th Waxing of Taboung 1373 ME Saturday, 25 February, 2012

Established 1914

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration ofthe Union

* Non-disintegration ofNational Solidarity

* Perpetuation ofSovereignty

President U Thein Sein sends messageof felicitations to Prime Minister

of the State of Kuwait

President U Thein Sein sendsmessage of felicitations to Emir of

the State of Kuwait

Cooperation of businessmen important in making microfinanceworks successful for rural development and poverty alleviation

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—Vice-President Dr Sai MaukKham on his tour of Lashio in Shan State, met businessmenfrom Muse and Lashio in Shweli Hall of Lashio yesterday.

Two local traders from Muse and Lashio explainedparticipation in rural development and poverty alleviationscheme of the government. Next, Deputy Ministers U WinThan and Dr Kan Zaw and Shan State Chief Minister U SaoAung Myat reported to the Vice-President on formation ofrural development and poverty alleviation centralcommittee, formation of credit unions in agriculture, meatand fish, and small industries sector in districts andtownships in line with the private microfinance law, andmeasures to loan money to urban and rural residentsincluding hawkers at low interest rates.

Next, chairmen of Shwe Thanlwin Co and New StarLight Co elaborated on formation of credit unions incooperation with local traders and raising funds for them.

Speaking to the businessmen, the Vice-President saidthe meeting was intended to urge them to play a part inrural development and poverty alleviation scheme of thegovernment. Credit unions would bear expected resultswith cooperation of locals in addition to efforts of thegovernment. Credit unions were founded at region, state,

(See page 8)

YANGON, 24 Feb—The first day 16th

plenary session of the sixth 47-member StateSangha Maha Nayaka Committee took placeat Wizaya Mingala Dhamma Thabin Hall onThirimingala Kaba Aye Hill here thismorning. Chairman of State Sangha MahaNayaka Committee Mandalay BhamoMonastery Sayadaw Abhidhaja MahaRatthaguru Abhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhamma Jotika Dr Bhaddanta KumaraBhivamsa presided over the meeting andJoint Secretary Sayadaw Agga MahaPandita Bhaddanta Vayama acted as masterof ceremonies.

First, the Bhamo Sayadaw deliveredSaraniya Ovada Katha. Next, Joint SecretarySayadaw Agga Maha Pandita

(See page 8)

First day 16th plenary session of sixth 47-memberState Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee convened

16th plenary session of the sixth 47-member State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee in progress.—MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham speaks to departmental personnel, members of social organizations,ward and village-tract administrators and senior citizens at Tangyan Township Hall.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Feb—U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Highness Sheikh SabahAl-Ahmad Al-Jaber Al-Sabah, Emir of the State of Kuwait, on the occasion of theNational Day of the State of Kuwait which falls on 25 February 2012.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Feb—U Thein Sein, President of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to His Highness Sheikh Jaber Al-Mubarak Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Prime Minister of the State of Kuwait, on the occasionof the National Day of the State of Kuwait which falls on 25 February 2012.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 25 February, 2012

PERSPECTIVESSaturday, 25 February, 2012

Infant and young childfeeding

Human resources development has reachedthe centre stage for a country’s development asthe world today is relying more and more ontechnology and science that man has createdfor his own good.

As human resources are renewable, themore important thing is the inexhaustible supplyof skilled workforce and intellectuals andintelligentsia that can shape a better future andbring prosperity.

Here, we need to develop the humanresources from the very start or in other wordsfrom the childhood so that we will have aninexhaustible source. We cannot educate aninfant or a baby, but we can make him healthyand smart through nutritious food.

It’s simple that infants and young childrenneed wholesome food to develop everythingfrom their bones and muscles to brains. In fact,infant and young child feeding are a cornerstoneof care for childhood development.

Generally, infants and young children areunder the full care and protection of theirparents, especially mothers. Accordingly,parents have the duty to make their children fitand healthy and develop their brains throughproper feeding.

But rather than letting the job done byparents alone, there should be a comprehensivestrategy jointly realized by a wide sector ofparticipants for producing tangible results.

One of the effective ways is to educate thesepersons on the proper infant and young childfeeding practices as even the well-educated andwell-informed people sometimes lack knowledgeon this issue.

As this strategy calls for the participationof a wide range of sectors, the governmentdepartments, private businesses, localcommunities, domestic and international NGOsand UN agencies can fulfill this requirement.

With such a comprehensive force, we cansurely facilitate the work of disseminating infantand young child feeding knowledge and practicesto reach every grassroots and every doorstepeven in remote areas.

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Feb—On the occasion of theNational Day of the State of Kuwait, which falls on 25February 2012, U Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister forForeign Affairs of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar,has sent a message of felicitations to His Excellency SheikhSabah Al-Khalid Al-Hamad Al-Sabah, Deputy PrimeMinister and Minister of Foreign Affairs of the State ofKuwait.—MNA

Union Foreign AffairsMinister felicitates KuwaitiDeputy Prime Minister andMinister of Foreign Affairs

Thai guests calls on UnionHealth Minister

YANGON, 24 Feb —Fuyo Group donatedlaboratory equipment forinstitutions of the Ministryof Science and Technologyat Yangon Technological

Lab equipment donated for institutions of theMinistry of Science and Technology

Mr Takayoshi Nakao ofthe Representat ive ofFuyo Fund Manage-ment Committee madespeeches.

Then, Resident Re-

University here thismorning.

Deputy Minister DrKo Ko Oo, JapaneseAmbassador Mr TakashiSaito and Vice-Chairman

presentative of Fuyo FundManagement CommitteeMr Hiroshi Suehiropresented lab equipmentworth K 30970000.

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Deputy

Minister

Dr Ko Ko Oo

speaks at the

donation

ceremony.

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NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—Pathein TV retransmissionstation in Ayeyawady Region has switched over from 3 KW(VHF Channel 4) to 3 KW (UHF J-17) in transmitting MRTVprogrammes since 19 this month to extend the coverage withclearer pictures. Pathein, Ngapudaw and Myaungmyatownships have access to MTTV programmes through 3KW UHF system. Village-tracts in the south of Ngapudawand Myaungmya within 30 miles radius of Pathein can enjoyvivid pictures with the help of UHF outdoor antenna (11-bar) with booster.

Pathein TV retransmission station will still bebroadcasting through VHF Channel 4 and UHF ChannelJ-17 till 29 this month and shift to 3 KW UHF (ChannelJ-17) beginning 1 March, 2012.

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MRTV programmes goUHF in Pathein

retransmission station

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—Deputy Minister for Livestockand Fisheries U Khin Maung Aye, on his tour of Pinlebu,Bamauk and Indaw townships in Sagaing Region from 20to 22 February, coordinated with personnel concerned tofulfill the requirements of the region and donated K 2.1

Veterinary care provided inPinlebu, Bamauk, Indaw

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—Hotel Services CoursesNo. 4/2012 conducted by Nay Pyi Taw Hoteliers Associationunder the Hotels and Tourism Ministry was concluded at theministry here this morning, with an address by Union MinisterU Tint Hsan.

Speaking on the occasion, the Union Minister saidMyanmar stood number 6 in the world’s seven best placesfor travel in 2012 according to the international news agencies.

Union Hotels and Tourism Minister calls fordevelopment of hospitality industry

Myanmar is back on the radar following the changingpolitical, economic and social conditions of the country withan increase in international inbound tourists.

The Union Minister then awarded the outstandingtrainees. The course was aimed to improve the competencyof hotel staff from Nay Pyi Taw Hotel Zone to offer betterservices to the guests.

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NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—Deputy Director TechnicalDirector-Professor SumanaKhomvilai of QueenSaovabha MemorialInstitute of Thai Red CrossInstitute and ProfessorVisith Sitprija ofChulalongkom University ofMedical School fromThailand paid a call on UnionMinister for Health Dr PeThet Khin at the ministryand discussed with the latteron current production ofanti-venom and anti-rabiesserum in Myanmar, sharingof production technologyand cooperation.

Also present at the call

Myanmar, China to cooperate inflourishing of Buddha SasanaNAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—Union Minister for Religious

Affairs Thura U Myint Maung received Vice-President ofChinese Buddhist Association Ven. Shi Mingsheng andparty at his office at noon today.

They cordially discussed strengthening friendly tiesbetween the two countries and cooperation in the flourishingof the Buddha Sasana. Deputy Minister Dr Maung MaungHtay and officials were also present on the occasion.—MNA

were Director-General DrTun Naing Oo of the HealthDepartment, Director-

General of Medical ScienceDepartment Dr Than

Zaw Myint andpersonnel.—MNA

million in Pinlebu, 0.1 milion in Masilay Village and K 0.3million in Bamauk Township for regional development.

He met with officials and veterinary staff ofLivestock and Veterinary Departments in Sgaiang Regionin Thetkha Village of Indaw Township and instructed onquarantine regulations against animal diseases. He alsoviewed vaccination works jointly done by veterinary stafffrom Pinlebu, Bamauk and Indaw townships and ruralveterinary staff.

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BANGKOK, 24 Feb—Four soldiers were wounded whenthree bombs exploded at a shelter inside a school’s groundsin Thailand’s restive southern province of Yala, BangkokPost online reported on Thursday.

According to police, six soldiers from Yala Task Force 14who were on a security patrol went into the shelter inside thegrounds of Samakkhi School in Yala’s Yaha District to takea rest. Three bombs which had been planted there weredetonated simultaneously at about 9.30 am local time onThursday. The explosions wounded four soldiers and wreckedthe shelter. The schoolchildren were all in their classroomsabout 200 metres away at the time.

The improvised bombs, made of gas cylinders, weighedabout 10 kg in total, police said. They blamed separatistmilitants for the blast. Since the resurgence of insurgency in2004, around 11,000 violent incidents instigated bysecessionists in the southernmost provinces of Yala, Pattaniand Narathiwat happened with almost 5,000 people killedand nearly 8,000 injured.—Xinhua

MOSCOW, 24 Feb—Prime Minister Vladimir Putin onThursday vowed he would not allow foreign powers tointerfere in Russia’s internal affairs and predicted victory inan ongoing battle for its future.

“We will not allow anyone interfere in our internal affairs,”Putin said in a speech to more than 100,000 people packed intothe stadium and its grounds at Moscow’s Luzhniki stadiumahead of 4 March presidential elections.

“We will not allow anyone to impose their will on us. Wehave our own will and this has always helped us be victorious.We are a victorious nation. This is in our genes. This is in ourgenetic code.”

In a fiery, nationalist-tinged speech that had not beenannounced in advance, Putin thanked voters who wouldsupport him in the elections and repeatedly invoked pastbattles for Russia.

“We will be victorious,” declaimed Putin. He then turnedto the crowd and asked: “And I want to ask you. Will we bevictorious?” The tens of thousands in the crowd roared back“Yes!”

“The battle for Russia continues. Victory will be ours,”

Putin vows ‘victory’ in battle for Russia’s futureRussianPrime

MinisterVladimir

Putin speaksas he attends

a massiverally in hissupport atLuzhniki

stadium inMoscow.INTERNET

Prime MinisterManmohan Singh

NEW DELHI, 24 Feb—Indian Prime MinisterManmohan Singh hasaccused America- based non-government organizations forfuelling protests at the Russia-aided Kudunkulam nuclearpower station in the southernState of Tamil Nadu.

“What’s happening inKudankulam... the atomicenergy programme has gotinto difficulties because theseNGOs, mostly I think based inthe United States, don’tappreciate the need for ourcountry to increase the energysupply,” the local media Fridayquoted prime minister assaying in an interview to USjournal Science. The primeminister has also blamed theseNGOs for opposing geneticallymodified foods and use ofbiotechnology to increasefood production in the country.

“Biotechnology hasenormous potential and in duecourse of time we must makeuse of genetic engineeringtechnologies to increase theproductivity of our agriculture.But there are controversies,”he said.

“There are NGOs, oftenfunded from the United Statesand the Scandinaviancountries, which are not fully

Indian PM accuses US NGOsfor fuelling stir at nuclear

plant, opposing biotechnology

he said.He added: “We came today to say that we love Russia

and to say it so that the whole country hears us,” he said. “Myquestion is do we love Russia?,” he asked, as the participantsagain yelled in return “Yes!”

In his only clear reference to the approaching elections,he added: “I cannot embrace each one of you and shake eachone of your hands. But I see everything and thank you for thesupport, for the moral assistance.”

“I thank you for each one of your votes,” he said.Possibly addressing those not in the stadium who have

staged mass protests against his rule, he added: “I would liketo tell you that we are not pushing anyone away, we are notdefaming anyone or grabbing anyone.”

“Just the opposite — we call on everyone to unite aroundour country, those who see Russia as their own motherland,who are ready to protect her, cherish her and believe in her.”

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appreciative of thedevelopment challenges thatour country faces,” Singhadded. The 130 billion rupee(2.6 billion US dollars)Kudankulam Nuclear PowerPlant, being built with Russiancollaboration in Tamil Nadu, isexpected to provide respitefrom the power shortageproblem in the state.

But activists and localshave stalled the Indo-Russianjoint venture, staging massiveprotests citing safety concernsin the wake of the Fukushimadisaster in Japan last year. Asa result of these frequentprotests, the commissioningof two 1,000 megawatt nuclearreactors at the plant has beenstalled. Several rounds of talksbetween a government paneland representatives ofvillagers opposing the planthave failed to resolve thestand-off.—Xinhua

US-Pakistanties too

importantto turnback

US Secretary of StateHillary Clinton

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An Iraqi firefighter douses a car as security forcesinspect the site of a blast in the northern city of Kirkuk

on 23 Feb, 2012.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 24 Feb— Chinais ready to work with theUnited States to advancemilitary-to-military links in ahealthy and stable way,Defence Ministry SpokesmanGeng Yansheng said onThursday.

Geng told a monthlyPress briefing that duringChinese Vice President XiJinping’s official visit to theUnited States last week, Xihad in-depth exchanges ofviews with US leaders andmilitary officials on bilateraland military-to-military ties.

“This visit was of greatsignificance to guiding the

People dressed in traditional costumes sing and dance tocelebrate the Defenders of the Fatherland Day in Moscow,

capital of Russia, on 23 Feb, 2012.—XINHUA

Four soldiers wounded inbomb explosion in restive

S Thailand

Defence spokesman: China ready to advancemilitary ties with US

development of relationsbetween the two countriesand the two militaries,” Gengsaid.

He said China has alwaysplaced importance onexpanding military-to-militarylinks with the United States,which he said remains one ofthe most important bilaterallinks in the world.

In recent years, the twomilitaries have carried outsound cooperation in the areasof high-level contact,dialogues, military records,humanitarian relief anddisaster reduction, Geng said.But he said the military ties

still faced certain difficultiesand obstacles.

“We are ready to workwith the US side, by observingthe principles of mutualrespect, trust, equality and

mutual benefits, to respectand take care of each other’score interests and majorconcerns, properly handledifferences and controversialissues, cultivate strategicmutual trust and push forwardChina-US military links in ahealthy and stable way,” Gengsaid.

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YANGON, 24 Feb— Visiting Secretary-General of theAssociation of South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) DrSurin Pitsuwan on Thursday appraised Myanmar newgovernment’s determination to carry out reform whichASEAN encourages, saying that cooperation betweenASEAN and Myanmar would bring about developmentand benefit to the country and the people.

Briefing Yangon-based foreign correspondents here,Surin said he is satisfied to see Myanmar’s recent seriesof reform measures, describing it as unusual. He toldmedia that “Myanmar lies in the midst of a historicallyimportant moment. A new Myanmar is emerging. Myanmaris facing great challenges as well as opportunities. Theworld puts hope on Myanmar”.

He voiced ASEAN’s support for Myanmar’s reformmeasures, hoping Myanmar to march forward withoutreverse.

Surin added that he toured once-cyclone-hitAyeyawaddy delta region on Wednesday and assessprogress of Nargis recovery efforts.

Invited by Myanmar Foreign Minister U WunnaMaung Lwin, Surin arrived Myanmar Sunday on a five-day special visit to monitor the country’s latestdevelopment and preparation work for 2014 ASEANalternate chairmanship.—MNA/Xinhua

ASEAN S-G satisfiedto see Myanmar’sreform measures

LONDON, 24 Feb—USSecretary of State HilaryClinton on Thursday saidrelations between the US andPakistan were “tooimportant” for both countriesto turn their back on.Speaking after a meeting withPakistani Foreign MinisterHina Rabbani Khar on thesidelines of a one-daySomalia Conference held inLondon, Hilary said the US-Pakistan ties were “simply tooimportant to turn our back onit for both nations, and we

both remain committed toworking to improveunderstanding andcooperation.”

Clinton admitted thatrelations between the US and

Pakistan were “in difficulttimes,” but said onThursday’s talks with Kharwere constructive andcovered common concernssuch as violent extremism,supporting Afghan-ledreconciliation, and improvingbilateral relations.

The US relations withPakistan cooled after 24Pakistani soldiers were killedby US forces last November,fuelling anti-US sentimentsacross the country.

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Melanoma drug nearly doubles survival timeLOS ANGELES , 24 Feb

— A new drug to treatadvanced skin cancer, ormetastatic melanoma, hasbeen shown to nearlydouble average survivaltime in a study of morethan 130 patients,researchers said onWednesday.

Made by Genentech,a US subsidiary of theSwiss phar,maceuticalgiant Roche, the drug,Zelboraf, was approvedby the US Food and DrugAdministration in August2011, making it the firstnew treatment formelanoma in 13 years.

The latest study, anintermediate phase II trial

A doctor examines a patient for symptoms of skincancer in Florida in 2011. A new drug to treat

advanced skin cancer, or metastatic melanoma, hasbeen shown to nearly double average survival time ina study of more than 130 patients, researchers said on

Wednesday. — INTERNET

whose results are publishedin the New England Journalof Medicine, followed 132patients at 13 medical sitesin the United States andAustralia. Study subjectssurvived an average of 15.9months, when typicalsurvival among peoplewhose melanoma has spreadto other organs is about ninemonths, it said.

“We knew this drugwould make the melanomasshrink in a large proportionof patients and that it workedbetter than chemotherapy,”said senior author AntoniRibas, a professor ofhematology and oncologyand researcher at Universityof California Los Angeles’s

Jonsson Cancer Centre. “We did not know that

patients taking Zelborafwere living longer untilnow.”

The drug can be used totreat about half of all patientswith metastatic melanoma,or about 4,000 patients inthe United States each year,the researchers said.Zelboraf, a twice-a-day pill,works by blocking a proteinthat is involved with cellgrowth in patients withadvanced melanoma whosetumors express a genemutation called BRAFV600E.

About 53 percent ofpatients with that mutationsee their tumors shrink bymore than 30 percent, whilean additional 30 percent ofpatients see tumors getsmaller but not quite as much.The drug failed to elicit aresponse in 14 percent ofpatients.

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Heart attack symptoms ‘differ in women’

LONDON, 24 Feb — Fewerwomen than men sufferingfrom a heart attack appear toexperience chest painsymptoms, according to astudy of more than one millionpeople in the US Overall menhave significantly more heartattacks, but under the age of55 women are more likely todie from one.

Without displaying theclassic chest pain symptomsof a heart attack, researchers

say some women may not begetting the right kind oftreatment. The study lookedat patients seen at more than1,000 hospitals. The researchfound that among youngerwomen — those aged under55 —the differences in sym-ptoms with men of the sameage were striking.

Overall, 42% of womendid not experience chest paincompared with 30% of men.And once admitted, the study

found that women weremore likely to die than menfrom the same age group.Some 14% of women diedcompared with 10% of men.

The study adds toevidence that women canexperience quite differentsymptoms to men. Theauthors, writing in theJournal of the AmericanMedical Association, said:“Optimal recognition andtimely management ofmyocardial infarction (MI),especially for reducingpatient delay in seekingacute medical care, iscritical.

“The presence of chestpain/discomfort is thehallmark symptom of MI.

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Womenare morelikely todie froma heartattack.

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US health experts give nod to new obesity drugWASHINGTON , 24 Feb — An advisory panel

to the US Food and Drug Administration onWednesday urged approval of a new obesitydrug, Qnexa, after warning against its approvalin 2010 due to safety concerns. The panel voted20-2 that the FDA should allow Qnexa on themarket, saying the latest overall benefit-riskassessment supported its approval.

The drug, made by California-basedbiotech firm Vivus, is the first obesity drugsubmitted to the FDA in more than a decade.Qnexa combines two existing drugs, theappetite suppressant phentermine andtopiramate, an anti-convulsant that can be usedin conjunction with other drugs for weight loss.The FDA does not have to follow the advice ofthe advisory panel, though it usually does. A

An advisory panel to the US Foodand Drug Administration on

Wednesday urged approval of a newobesity drug, Qnexa, after warningagainst its approval in 2010 due to

safety concerns.—INTERNET

final decision is expected by 17 April.Internet

Mazda shares dive on plan to raise $2 billionTOKYO, 24 Feb —

Mazda stock dived nearly7 percent on Thursdayafter the struggling carmaker said it will raise about$2 billion from selling newshares to invest inassembly plants anddeveloping new vehicletechnologies.

The Japanese com-pany, which makes theMiata sports car, said in astatement it aims to havehalf of its vehicleproduction basedoverseas by early 2016 aspart of plans to make itsbusiness morecompetitive.

Mazda’s earningshave been hurt by the yen’ssharp rise, the tsunamidisaster last year in Japan,flooding in Thailand andthe European debt crisis.Its shares were down 6.8percent at 37 yen in Tokyo.Of the 163 billion yen ($2billion) it hopes to raisefrom the share sale, some93 billion yen will beallocated to developingauto technologies focusedon fuel efficiency and

Mazda Motor Corp President and Chief ExecutiveTakashi Yamanouchi.Mazda stock dived nearly 7

percent on 23 Feb, 2012, after the struggling car makersaid it will raise about $2 billion from selling new sharesto invest in assembly plants and developing new vehicle

technologies.— INTERNET

safety. The rest will gotoward building new car andengine assembly factories inMexico and upgradingexisting assembly lines inRussia, China, Japan andSoutheast Asia.

The automaker plans tointroduce eight new vehiclesby early 2016 using its“Skyactiv” technology thatimproves fuel efficiency by20 percent to 30 percentcompared with older models.It said it continues to seekalliances with other

automakers overseas.Mazda, which has lostmoney for the last three fiscal

years, is struggling to assertits brand as the relationshipwith longtime partner FordMotor Co withers.

Dearborn-based Fordbought 25 percent of Mazdain 1979, raising it to 33.4percent in 1996.

But Ford began cuttingties in 2008, and in 2010lowered its ownership to 3.5percent. Mazda does nothave flashy greentechnologies in its lineup thatits bigger Japanese rivals do— such as the hybrids atToyota Motor Corp or electricvehicles at Nissan Motor CoApart from the share sale,Mazda is planning to borrow70 billion yen to repay existingloans.—Internet

A logo of HP is seenoutside Hewlett-Packard Belgian

headquarters in Diegem,near Brussels.

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HP profit plummets, CEOurges patience

SAN FRANCISCO, 24 Feb—Hewlett-Packard Co’searnings fell nearly 44percent and the world’s No 1computer maker forecast asecond-quarter profit belowWall Street estimates as itstruggles with weak sales ofPCs and printers.

The storied SiliconValley company, which hasbeen trying to move past theinternal upheaval thatmarked 2011, posted

quarterly sales declines inthree of its key units:personal computers,printers and enterpriseequipment.Chief Exe-cutive Meg Whitman, aveteran Silicon Valleyexecutive who took the topjob last September after thefiring of Leo Apotheker,has been trying to turnaround HP’s sprawlingbusinesses. OnWednesday, she pleadedfor a little patience.

“If you look atbusiness history and youlook at companies whichhave gone through the kindof turnaround that we’releading HP through rightnow, these things are notquick,” she said, adding itcould anywhere from twoto five years. “It took us awhile to get into thesituation in which we findourselves. It’s going to takeus a little while to get out.”

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Air Asia hit by high fuel costsKUALA LUMPUR, 24 Feb — Malaysian

budget airline Air Asia has reported a 56% fallin fourth-quarter profit, hurt by higher fuelcosts. Net profit for the last three months of2011 fell to 135.7m ringgit ($44.8m; £28.6m)from 311.1m ringgit in the same period a yearearlier. However, revenue for the quarter rose9.3% to 1.27bn ringgit, thanks to morepassengers and higher average fares.

Last month, Air Asia said it was endingits flights to Europe and India because of highfuel prices and weak demand. For the fullyear, revenue rose 13% to 4.47bn ringgit,while net profit fell 46.8% to 564.1m ringgit.

Air Asia is one of Asia’s biggest low-cost airlines.— INTERNET

Air Asia is run by chief executive TonyFernandes, who took over English PremierLeague football club Queens Park Rangersearlier this year.— Internet

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Stem cell implants boostmonkeys with Parkinson’sKYOTO , 24 Feb — Monkeys suffering from Parkinson’s

disease show a marked improvement when human embryonicstem cells are implanted in their brains, in what a Japaneseresearcher said on Wednesday was a world first. A team ofscientists transplanted the stem cells into four primates thatwere suffering from the debilitating disease.

The monkeys all had violent shaking in their limbs —a classic symptom of Parkinson’s disease — and wereunable to control their bodies, but began to showimprovements in their motor control after about three months,Kyoto University associate professor Jun Takahashi toldAFP.

About six months after the transplant, the creatureswere able to walk around their cages, he said. “Clearimprovements were confirmed in their movement,” he said.Parkinson’s disease is a progressive neurological illnesslinked to a decrease in dopamine production in the brain.There is currently no medical solution to this drop off in akey neurotransmitter.

The condition, which generally affects older people,gained wider public recognition when Hollywood actorMichael J. Fox revealed he was a sufferer.— Internet

Fileillustrationphoto showsembryonicstem cells

beingmicroinjected

into anembryo.INTERNET

Italian engineer invents floating solar panelsROME , 24 Feb — Rays of

the winter sun bounce offgleaming mirrors on the tinylake of Colignola in Italy, whereengineers have built a cost-effective prototype forfloating, rotating solar panels.“You are standing on aphotovoltaic floating plantwhich tracks the sun, it’s thefirst platform of its kind in theworld!” said Marco Rosa-Clot,a professor at FlorenceUniversity, proudly showingoff his new project. Rosa-Clotand his team say they arerevolutionising solar powerand that their floating flower-

Marco Rosa-Clot (right)and Paolo Rosa-Clot(centre) and RanieroCazzaniga stand on a

photovoltaic floating planton the lake of Colignola

in Tuscany on 11January.—INTERNET

Humboldt squid’s impressive dives

WASHINGTON , 24 Feb —The energetic world ofHumboldt squid has beendetailed in new trackingstudies that follow thecreatures as they dive andclimb through the ocean. The

Humboldt squid have beenmaking forays intoCalifornia waters in recent years.

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animals are found in warmerwaters of the eastern Pacificand live an up-down existenceas they follow prey. JuliaStewart from StanfordUniversity fitted tags to thecephalopods, and found themto be spending many hours invery oxygen-poor Californiawaters.

Ms Stewart spoke abouther work at the biennial OceanSciences meeting. Thetagging study followed thecreatures as they dovehundreds of metres into the

deep during the day, only toreturn to surface waters atnight. “We’ve seen themmake really impressive divesup to a kilometre and a halfdeep, swimming straightthrough a zone where there’sreally low oxygen,” theHopkins Marine Stationresearcher said. “They’re ableto spend several hours at thiskilometre-and-a-half-deep,and then they go back up andcontinue their normal dailyswimming behaviour. It’s justa really impressive, really fast,

deep dive through what isquite a harsh environment.”

Humboldt are foundpredominantly in waters offMexico and further south,but in recent years havebeen extending their range,on and off, into theCalifornia current. Therehave even been sightingsas far north as Alaska. Thesquid are voracious. Theycapture their prey with theirtentacles and suckers andrip it apart with theirpowerful beaks.—Internet

petal-like panels soaking upthe Tuscan sun have alreadyattracted a lot of interest frominternational buyers. Standardsolar panels on buildings or infields have been criticised fortaking up valuable agriculturalland, being unsightly andlosing energy throughoverheating — issues thefloating plants would resolve.The Floating TrackingCooling Concentrator (FTCC)system is designed to exploitunused areas of artificialreservoirs or disused quarries.

While the water keeps thepanels at low temperatures,

reflectors are positioned tomaximise solar capture atdifferent times of day, makingit more efficient than atraditional installation, Rosa-Clot said. —Internet

Russians revive Ice Age flower fromfrozen burrow

MOSCOW, 24 Feb — Itwas an Ice Age squirrel’streasure chamber, a burrowcontaining fruit and seeds thathad been stuck in the Siberianpermafrost for over 30,000years. From the fruit tissues,a team of Russian scientistsmanaged to resurrect an entireplant in a pioneeringexperiment that paves the wayfor the revival of other species.The Silene stenophylla is theoldest plant ever to beregenerated, the researcherssaid, and it is fertile, producingwhite flowers and viable

This undated photoprovided by the Instituteof Cell Biophysics of the

Russian Academy ofSciences show a Sylene

stenophylla plantregenerated from tissue

of fossil fruit. INTERNET

seeds.The experiment proves

that permafrost serves as anatural depository for ancientlife forms, said the Russianresearchers, who publishedtheir findings in Tuesday’sissue of “Proceedings of theNational Academy ofSciences” of the UnitedStates.

“We consider it essentialto continue permafroststudies in search of an ancientgenetic pool, that of pre-existing life, whichhypothetically has long since

vanished from the earth’ssurface,” the scientists saidin the article. Canadianresearchers had earlierregenerated somesignificantly younger plantsfrom seeds found in burrows.

Svetlana Yashina of theInstitute of Cell Biophysicsof the Russian Academy OfSciences, who led theregeneration effort, said therevived plant looked verysimilar to its modern version,which still grows in the samearea in northeastern Siberia.

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Apple, Google, Amazon,smartphone makers sign

privacy accordSAN FRANCISCO, 24 Feb

— Six of the world’s topconsumer technology firmshave agreed to provide greaterprivacy disclosures beforeusers download applicationsin order to protect thepersonal data of millions ofconsumers, California’sattorney general said onWednesday. The agreementbinds Amazon, Apple,Google, Microsoft, ResearchIn Motion, and Hewlett-Packard — and developerson their platforms — todisclose how they use privatedata before an app may bedownloaded, AttorneyGeneral Kamala D Harris said.

“Your personal privacyshould not be the cost of usingmobile apps, but all too oftenit is,” said Harris.

Currently 22 of the 30

A box fromAmazon.comis pictured

on the porchof a house in

Golden,Colorado. INTERNET

most downloaded apps donot have privacy notices,said Harris.

Some downloadedapps also download aconsumer’s contact book.Google said in a statementthat under the Californiaagreement, Android userswill have “even more waysto make informed decisionswhen it comes to theirprivacy.”

Apple confirmed theagreement but did notelaborate. Harris was alsoamong US state lawmakerswho on Wednesday signeda letter to Google CEO LarryPage to express “seriousconcerns” over the webgiant’s recent decision toconsolidate its privacypolicy.

Internet

Was Einstein wrong — or was the cable loose?GENEVA, 24 Feb — The world of science was upended

last year when an experiment appeared to show one ofEinstein’s fundamental theories was wrong — but now thelab behind it says the result could have been caused by aloose cable. Physicists at the CERN research institute nearGeneva appeared to contradict Albert Einstein’s 1905 SpecialTheory of Relativity last year when they reported that sub-atomic particles called neutrinos could travel fractions of asecond faster than light.

Einstein’s Special Theory of Relativity, which underpinsthe current view of how the universe works, says thatnothing can travel faster than light, and doing so would belike traveling back in time.

James Gillies, a spokesman for European Organizationfor Nuclear Research, or CERN, said on Wednesday thelab’s startling result was now in doubt.

Earlier on Wednesday, ScienceInsider, a website runby the American Association for the Advancement ofScience, reported that the surprising result was down to aloose fibre optic cable linking a Global Positioning Systemsatellite receiver to a computer.

Gillies confirmed that a flaw in the GPS system was now

A scientist looks at the first collisions pictures at fullpower at the Compact Muon Solenoid (CMS) experience

control room at the Large European Organization forNuclear Research (CERN) in Meyrin, near Geneva on 30

March, 2010.— INTERNET

suspected as a possible cause for the surprising reading.Further testing was needed before any definite conclusionscould be reached, he added. —Internet

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DISTRICT NEWSNurturing of Palethwe hybrid paddy straintalked in Yangon North District

YANGON, 24 Feb—Aneducative talk on nurturingof Palethwe hybrid paddystrain on 11 acres of farmlandthrough good agriculturepattern was given inconjunction with thedisbursement of loans inYintaikkwin Village ofTaikkyi Township, YangonNorth District, on 4 Februarymorning.

Yangon RegionMinister for Agriculture andLivestock Breeding U SoeMin and Region Manager UTin Aung Win of Myanma

Agriculture Departmenttalked about cultivation ofPalethwe hybrid paddy strainthrough 14-point goodagriculture pattern toproduce over 200 baskets ofpaddy per acre so as toincrease income of farmersand to contribute towards theuplifting of their livingstandard.

Seed Manager U Tin

Nyunt of Diamond StarCompany explained that thecompany grants to buy 100baskets of Palethwe paddyper K 400,000 at harvestingperiod from the farmers whowould grow 11 acres ofPalethwe hybrid paddystrain.

He said that at thecultivation period, thecompany will give K 200,000

each in advance for paddy tofarmers to be able to spentmoney on cultivation costand purchase of inputs.

Next, he presented K 2.2million to the farmers.

Later, the demonstrationon nurturing of paddysaplings was performed atthe farmland through goodagriculture pattern.

District IPRD

Inter-village concrete bridgeput into service

MYAUNGMYA, 24 Feb—A ceremony to commissionMyitta Pan inter-villageconcrete bridge was held atthe bridge in KywechanwaVillage in MyaungmyaTownship of AyeyawadyRegion on 18 Februarymorning.

Myaungmya TownshipAdministrator U Ko Ko Latt,

wellwisher U Hla Phone-DawCherry and townselder MahnTaik Wai cut the ribbon toopen the bridge.

It is reinforced concretebridge linking Kywechanwaand Hleseik village. Thefacility is 54 feet long and 10feet wide.

With the aim of ensuringsmooth transport for the localpeople, wellwisher U HlaPhone-Daw Cherry spent K 7million on construction ofthe bridge.

District IPRD

Stake driven for constructionof No. 3 bridge

YANGON, 24 Feb—A ceremony to drive stake forconstruction of No. 3 bridge to link Ward 8 and Ward 9 inShwepyitha Township was held at the site for the bridge on12 February morning.

Township Administrator U Aung Moe Oo, Ward 8administrator U Thein Naing, Ward 9 administrator U TunWai, townselders, Chairman of the bridge constructioncommittee U Shwe Soe and wellwishers drove stakes.

The bridge will be of reinforced concrete type withrailings. It will have 11 feet wide and 12 feet long, and thefacility will withstand two-ton loads. It was estimated that theconstruction of the bridge would cost K 7.5 million.

Myanma Alin

Fire engine handed over inPangsai (Kyukok)

MUSE, 24 Feb—A ceremony to hand over a fire enginewas held at No. 1 Basic Education Post-Primary School inPangsai (Kyukok) of Muse District in Shan State (North) on21 January.

Administrator U Myint Oo Maung of Pangsai (Kyukok)Sub-Township made a speech. On behalf of the wellwishers,U Ah Chi handed over key of the fire engine to the sub-township administrator.

After giving certificates of honour to the wellwishers, thehead of Muse Township Fire Services Department decoratedmembers of Pangsai (Kyukok) auxiliary fire brigade withinsignia.

The fire engine is worth over K 24 million donated by 73wellwishers. It is Tungfung brand six-wheeled 1500-gallon-capacity fire engine.

District IPRD

Cash and kind provided todisabled Tatmadawmen

BAGO, 24 Feb—Aceremony to provide cashassistance and walkingequipment to disabledTatmadawmen was held atthe hall of Bago TownshipWar Veterans Organizationin Bago Region on 11February morning.

Bago Region Minister

for Security and BorderAffairs Col Thet Tun spokeon the occasion.

At the ceremony, cashassistance K 1.7 million andwalking equipment worthK 200,000 were presentedto 85 disabled Tatmadaw-men.

TWVO

Driver dead in turnover oftruck

MEIKTILA, 24 Feb—ANissan diesel 18-wheeledtruck driven by Kyaw NaingLin, 30 of Hinthada, leavingKyaukpadaung for Meiktilaat 5 pm on 1 February turnedover at mile post No. 17/0 onMeiktila-KyaukpadaungRoad in the area ofShanmange Police Stationdue to out of control in highspeed.

In the incident,

driver Kyaw Naing Lin diedon the spot and conductorMyo Min Htet was injuredand then he was pulled outfrom the truck. SIP Myint Winof Shanmange Police Stationof Meiktila Townshipinspected the scene andopened file against the driverat the police station underSection 304 (a)/337 of thelaw.

Kyemon

MANDALAY, 24 Feb—Under the permission of the CentralBank of Myanmar, the private banks in Mandalay such asAsian Greening Development Bank, Cooperative Bank andKanbawza Bank use automatic teller machines round the clockas of mid-January 2012.

Users cannot pay charge for using the ATM. Thoseopening the savings can easily take out money from themachines with the use of their ID codes. The users can takeout K 1 million in maximum within 24 hours. Moreover, theATM card holders can remit money among them.

Thiha Ko Ko (Mandalay)

Private banks in Mandalayinstalled ATMs

LOCAL SPORTS Golf tourney held in ShwegyinSHWEGYIN, 23 Feb—Shwegyin Township General

Administration Department of Bago District in BagoRegion and Shwe Khit Toetetyay Gold and MineralsExploration Co jointly organized the golf contest atShwegyin Golf Course in Shwegyin on 12 February.

Township level departmental officials, entrepreneursand golf enthusiasts took part in the contest. Officialspresented prizes to the respective winners.

Myanma Alin

Inter-Township Physical CultureContest opened in Insein

YANGON, 24 Feb—Jointly organized by Yangon NorthDistrict Sports and Physical Education Committee and DistrictWomen’s Affairs Organization, the Inter-Township PhysicalCulture Contest of Yangon North District was held at themain workshop (south) in Insein Township on 10 Februaryevening.

Chairperson of the District WAO Daw Sein Sein Soe andAssistant Director Daw Mu Mu of District Sports and PhysicalEducation Department opened the contest.

District IPRD

The openingceremony of inter-

village concretebridge linking

Kywechanwa andHleseik villages in

progress.

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The Chindwin Bridge (Monywa) makes smoothly modes of transportation ofChin State and the regions on the west bank of the Chindwin River

The salient points of thebridge

1. The total length of the bridge is4730.2 feet with the 2745.6 feet lomgmain bridge and the two 1984.6 feetlong approach structures.

2. The upper structure of the bridge isof steel truss and the upper part ofthe approach structure is ofreinforced concrete truss and floor.The lower structure of the bridge isreinforced concrete.

3. It is complete with the 28 feet widemotorway flanked by 6 feet widepedestrian lanes on each side.

4. The water clearance of the bridge is305 feet wide and 40 feet high.

5. It can withstand 60 tons of loads.6. The construction of the bridge

started from 9-12-2000 and it wasopened on 7-4-2003.

* The Chindwin Bridge (Monywa) plays pivotal role to provide economic andsocial development not only Chin State but the regions on the west bank ofthe Chindwin River in Sagaing Region.

* As it boosts trade activities with the neighbouring country, the bridge is ofvital importance to both Sagaing Region and the entire Union.

* Villages and towns on the west bank of the Chindwin River lagged behindin development in the past, for rivers and creeks served as a barrier. Thoseregions are now enjoying the fruitful results of better transport thanks to thebridge.

* With the facility, the national brethren have been able to make frequentcontact and forged friendly ties and cemented the Union Spirit among them.

Archive: Maung Nyein Aye

China closes over 7,000 illegal websitesBEIJING, 24 Feb—Authorities in China

have shut down a total of 7,846 websitesinvolved in illegal commercial activity, thegovernment said.

The ministry of public security took thestep as part of a nationwide campaign againstonline black markets, Xinhua reported.

Illegal activity singled out in the campaignincluded sale of weapons, ammunition,

ROCHESTER, 24 Feb— No injuries werereported when a passenger jet carrying about45 people slid off the runway at the Rochester,NY, airport, officials said.

The jetliner, traveling from Chicago toRochester, ran off the runway late Wednesdayat the Greater Rochester International Airport,The (Rochester, NY) Democrat andChronicle reported. There were no injuries in

No injuries as jet slips off runwayexplosives, toxic chemicals, personalinformation and devices used to tap mobilephones.

The campaign also resulted in the arrestof 905 suspects and the elimination of 53criminal gangs, the ministry said.

The ministry deleted 1.2 million onlineposts and disciplined 1,075 internet serviceproviders.—Internet

the incident, said Angela Veltre, the actingdirector of aviation for Monroe County.

Veltre said United Airlines flight No 3350landed at the airport at 11:37 pm during heavysnow fall. The plane ended up 50 to 75 feet offa runway, Veltre said. Other flights landedwithout incident. Veltre said Federal AviationAdministration officials were investigatingthe incident.—Internet

Translation: TLA

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First day 16th

plenary session... (from page 1)

Bhaddanta Jotika supplicated on the briefreport of the sixth State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee (third subcommittee) in the fifthperiod. Then, member Sayadaws discussedrespective matters in the report. At theafternoon session, supplications onreligious affairs were discussed.

A ceremony to donate cash for almsfor the 16th 47-plenary session of the sixtState Sangha Maha Nayaka Committeeand the sixth meeting of the sixth StateCentral Working Committee of the Sanghawas held at 9.30 am. Wellwishers madecash donations including K 350,000 by UKyaw Win-Daw Khin San Wai, K 450,000each by U Tun Tun Oo-Daw Myint MyintWai and family of Kyimyindine OhnpinStreet (North), K 500,000 by Thura U TunTin (former Prime Minister)-Daw Myint

Myint Thein and U Sein Ya (ex-minister)-Daw Aye Aye Soe and K 500,000 by Lt-Gen Ye Myint (Retd)-Dr Daw Tin LinMyint.

For the sixth meeting of the sixth StateCentral Working Committee of the Sangha,wellwishers also made cash donationsincluding K 1 million by Mahasi BuddhaSasana Nokgaha Federation, K 1.5 millionby U Thein Maung-Daw Pa Pa of Sandiherbal medicine, K 1.8 million by (U MaungMaung Swe Tin)-Dr Daw Mya Thida Swe

Tin (SI Co), K 1.9 million by (General SoeWin)-Daw Than Than Nwe, Lt-Gen AungHtwe (Retd)-Daw Khin Hnin Wai, Lt-GenKyaw Win (Retd)-Daw San San Yi, (Lt-GenMaung Bo)-Daw Khin Lay Myint, Lt-GenKhin Maung Than (Retd)-Daw Marlar Tint,Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe (Retd)-Daw Nan KhinHla Win and Lt-Gen Ye Myint (Retd)-DrDaw Tin Lin Myint.

Later, wellwishers offered a day’s mealto the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Sayadaws.

MNA

(from page 1)district and township levels and have beenin operation.

Money-lending business needscontinuous injection of capital and the moresuccessful the business, the more increasethe capital. According to microfinance law,the interest rate for saving is 15 per cent fora year and that for credit is about 30 per centa year .The interest rate is such a low rate forthe poor that the business would contributea great deal to the needy.

So, the participation of local tradersplays a major role. The advantages ofmicrofinance works is that the interest rateis low, that work can be done swiftly, thatwhoever shares the same aim can found thecredit union and assumes responsibilityreciprocally, that the procedures are notcomplex and only need registration, that itcan serve as a small bank as the capital hasbecome larger and larger, and that it directlybenefits the needy of the own region.

All the financial businesses have thepossibility of loss, but it is learnt thatmicrofinance works can be implementedwidely in some places with desired resultsand least loss. The participation of localbusinessmen is very fundamental as it is achance they can grasp to develop own region.

The Vice-President then calledbusinessmen and social organizations todevote in development undertakings of owntownships and districts by cooperating inagriculture, livestock breeding,cooperatives and social sectors.

The Vice-President stressed that thedesire of local traders is the most importantin microfinance works, noting that it is awork to be done with philanthropic attitudeand patriotic spirit in the interests of thepoor and not a profit-making one.

The Vice-President urged them to work in

Cooperation ofbusinessmenimportant in...

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham meets businessmen from Muse and Lashio at Shweli Hall in Lashio.—MNA

Vice-President

Dr SaiMaukKham

cordiallygreetsthose

present atthe

meeting atMongyal

UnionHall.MNA

concert for establishment of industrial zone orspecial economic zone in Muse, calling themto hold multilateral discussion for it as it callsfor collaborative efforts of them.

Next, Vice-President Dr Sai MaukKham and wife Daw Nan Shwe Hmonaccompanied by Union ministers, the statechief minister and departmental personnelleft there for Mongyal.

The Vice-President and party mettownship-level departmental personnel,members of social organizations, ward andvillage-tract administrators, senior citizensand local national race people at MongyalUnion Hall.

The Vice-President spoke on theoccasion. Next, ward and village-tractadministrators reported to the Vice-President on requirements of the region.Next, the Mongyal Township administratorreported on further requirements for regionaldevelopment, realization of the instructionsof the Vice-President on his tour of theregion on 16-12-2011, and amount of loansneeded for purchase of farming equipmentfor agricultural production development.

Next, Union Minister Lt-Gen TheinHtay, Union Minister Dr Mya Aye andDeputy Minister U Khin Zaw replied to thereports. Union Minister U Khin Yi presented

25 sample solar lanterns to 25 villagesthrough the village administrators.

Kanbawza Bank Ltd, Asia World Co,Co-operatives Bank Co, New Star Light Coand Shwe Thanlwin Co presented K 4 millionto Shan and Lahu Literature and CulturalOrganizations, K 15 million for renovationof Mongyal Township Union Hall.

The chairman of DGH Battery Co fromLashio presented 25 boxes that hold 240batteries each of R 20 batteries and thechairman of Shwe Hningtaung Co 50 cropsprayers for the villages. The Shwe ThanlwinCo chairman presented 5 sets of DTH SkyNet receivers to Shan and Lahu Literatureand Cultural Organizations anddepartments.

The Vice-President, wife and party thenwent to Pariyatti Sadhamapala MonasticSchool Saimain in Mongyal and donated K5 million to the monastery.

The Vice-President, wife and party thenproceeded to Tangyan where they mettownship-level departmental personnel,members of social organizations, ward andvillage-tract administrators and townselders.

The Vice-President spoke on theoccasion and heard reports on requirementsof the region presented by the wardadministrators. Next, a senior citizen, on

behalf of the local, spoke words of thanks tothe government for its developmentmeasures for Tangyan.

Next, the Tangyan townshipadministrator explained additionalrequirements of the region, progress inrealization of instructions of the Vice-President on his tour of the region on 16-12-2011 and rural development and povertyalleviation measures. Next, Union ministers,the Shan State chief minister and deputyministers made replies to the reports.

Next, Union Minister U Ohn Myintpresented 49 sample solar lanterns to village-tracts. Next, Kanbawza Bank Ltd, Asia WorldCo, Co-operatives Bank Co, New Star LightCo and Shwe Thanlwin Co presented K 6million to Shan, Lahu and Wa Literatureand Cultural Organizations, the chairmanof DTH Battery Co 49 boxes that hold 240batteries each of R 20 batteries, the chairmanof Shwe Hnintaung Co 50 crop sprayers.

Kanbawza Bank Ltd, Asia World Co,Co-operatives Bank Co, New Star Light Co,DTH Battery Co, and Shwe Thanlwin Copresented K 35 million for construction of70 toilets in basic education schools inNangyan. The Shwe Thanlwin Co chairmanpresented seven sets of DTH Sky Netreceivers to Shan, Lahu and Wa Literatureand Cultural Organizations.

The Vice-President, wife and party thenwent to Maha Vihara (Aung Mingala)Monastery. They received five precepts fromthe abbot and donated robes and offertoriesto him.

The Union ministers, the Shan Statechief minister and deputy ministers alsodonated offertories to the monks. The Vice-President and party donated K 5 million tothe board of trustees. The Vice-Presidentthen viewed construction of new monasticschool building in the monastery precinct.He donated K 5 million for construction ofthe school and cordially greeted nationalrace people.

The Vice-President, wife and party flewback to Lashio from Tangyan. The Vice-President while visiting Mansu Plaza inLashio heard reports on progress in

(See page 9)

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Cooperation ofbusinessmenimportant in...

(from page 8)upgrading of Mansu Market and measuresfor second-phase construction of Mansumarket and gave necessary instructions. Hethen inspected the progress in constructionof the market.

On his tour of Mongyal and Tangyan,the Vice-President in his speech todepartmental personnel, members of socialorganizations ward and village-tractadministrators, senior citizens and localnational races said it was his second visit ofMongyal and Tangyan. On his first visit, hehad attended to the requirements of thoseregions and this time he came to inspectprogress in implementation of works and tofulfill the other needs and also for swifterimplementation of rural development andpoverty alleviation scheme.

The majority of rural folk residing inthe country are still leading a hard life andit needs to launch effective campaign forrural development and poverty alleviationnationwide to enhance the socio-economiclife of those people.

In agriculture sector, paddy productionof traditional farming is about 50-60 basketper acre. For actual production of at least

100 baskets per acre, there needs to makechanges in paddy strain, fertilizers, capital,farm equipment and agricultural techniques.The higher the standards of agriculturalsector, the higher the rural people’sstandards.

So as to do livestock breeding oncommercial scale, Township LivestockBreeding Departments will provide paddystrain, disseminations of technologies andpractical knowledge and supervisions.

Micro credit society will be implantedextensively so as to run foodstuff productionand manufacturing of bags and traditionalclothes on commercial scale.

Small-scale credit societies would assistmore in getting capital and additional capitalinvestment, which is essential for doing bigand small businesses and earning theirliving. Micro credit society can be formedwith five or six people and needs to register.Due to the advantages such as increase incapital, low interest rates and small scale, itwould bring more benefits to the needyfamilies. Competitions among businessesshould be long-term.

Thanks to ASEAN EconomicIntegration that will emerge in 2015, therewill be free trade between the countries. So,our country needs to be ready for thecompetitiveness.

So, establishments of industrial zonesare being carried out in Muse and Lashiotownships in order to produce and export

high-cost products and create more jobopportunities.

The country can not achievedevelopment and economic growth, basedonly on agriculture. So, emergence ofindustries is crucial. There should be closecooperation and participations among localentrepreneurs for the successful running ofthese industries.

Anticipations and cooperation amonglocal entrepreneurs play an important part.When only there is market demand, they canget good prices. If not, the prices are verylow. Exports and sales of logs, uncut gemsand jades, fruits and fishes and meats withoutbeing value-added have to rely on marketdemand.

So, the country needs to establishindustrial zones for the emergence of smalland medium industries. In doing so, it isvery important to know local people’s needsand suggestions. It needs to be aware of notcausing harm to the local people’s interests.

Besides, rural people of Mongyal wishto promote tourism industry in their regionbecause of the reason that the place wasbased by Shan chiefs of former times andthere have been ancient buildings in it.Tourists prefer ancient buildings tomodernized ones, natural beauty to artificialones. They like to feel traditional arts, foods,daily life of national races as well as theirtraditions. In addition, Tangyen is a townthat while viewing its regional greening,

one can get lessons from it if one can haveability to see how much rural people feltdefects of narcotic dugs in the former time.

The names of towns in that region telltheir history. Therefore, it is important to letsomebody see those towns as a touristattraction, by having traditional houses inneat and tidy, purified water and hospitalityof the people.

To pay a look on environmentalconservation in the region, the region is atthe risk of deforestation, which may becaused by slash-and-burn farming. It isneeded to transform that farming intoterraced one, and it should be known thatgrowing organic crops on a commercialscale gives much help in environmentalconservation. And those tasks will have tobe done under the programmes of theorganizations for rural development andpoverty alleviation.

In conclusion, he said Myanmar isnow practicing democracy system withtransparency. He expressed his hope thatthe rural people will be pleased as UnionMinisters and the Deputy Ministers takeaction promptly. And the needs that can’tbe done in a short time will be carried outunder the supervision of respectivedepartments as a long-term plan, and heurged the rural people to join hands withthe Union government for stability anddevelopment of the region.

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NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—DawNan Shwe Hmon, wife of Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham, metmembers of Township Maternaland Child Welfare Association andWomen Affairs Organization atMongyal Township GeneralAdministration Departmentyesterday morning.

Daw Phyu Phyu Nyunt, wifeof the State Chief Minister, made aspeech and Township WAOchairperson and Township MCWAsecretary reported on functions ofthe associations.

Daw Nan Shwe Hmonpresented K 1 million for repairingthe pre-primary school of MongyalTownship MCWA and the wife ofthe chief minister K 500,000 formicro-credit enterprise.

Daw Nan Shwe Hmon meets members of MCWAs,WAOs in Mongyal and Tangyan townships

Daw Nan Shwe Hmon alsopresented K 100,000 each to Shannational cultural troupe and Lahunational cultural troupe.

In meeting with members ofTangyan Township MCWA andWAO and national race women’sgroups, Daw Nan Shwe Hmon urgedmembers of MCWA and WAO togive priority to raising living statusof the women folk and workearnestly for the wellbeing of localnational women and the nationalpeople.

Then, the wife of the chiefminister who is also patron of ShanState Maternal and Child WelfareSupervisory Committee andWomen’s Affairs Organization andthe chairperson of TangyanTownship MCWA reported on the

tasks of the associations. Next,leaders of national race groups ofShan, Wa, Lahu and Kokant

introduced themselves.Daw Nan Shwe Hmon

presented K 500,000 each for

Township MCWA and WAO andK 100,000 each for four nationalrace women’s groups.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—The Attorney-General of the Union on behalf of thePresident has submitted letter No. 1/2012 tothe State Constitutional Tribunal, askingthe tribunal’s resolution about “whetherdefining of committees, commission andboards formed by respective Hluttaws asUnion level organization in the provisionsof the laws of the respective Hlutatws is inline with the constitution (or) whether

State Constitutional Tribunal hears Attorney-General’s querycommittees, commissions and boardsfounded by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, PyithuHluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw with therights vested to them in the constitution canbe considered as Union level organization.”The tribunal heard the proposal submittedaccording to Article 322 (a) and Article 325(a) of the Constitution of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar at Room No. 1 thismorning.—MNA

Traffic rules disseminated NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—Nay Pyi Taw

Traffic Rules Enforcement Committee heldan educative talk under the theme "trafficrules"at the hall of Road TransportAdministration Department in PubbathiriTownship yesterday noon. Nay Pyi TawTraffic Rules Enforcement Office's Head

Police Captain Min Teik Htaik elaboratedthose present sourses of motor car accidents,numbers of death and injuried persons,including right and wrong decisions onaccidents. A total of 133 motorbike usersand 61 car drivers were present in theevent.—MNA

Daw Nan Shwe Hmon, wife ofVice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham,

presents cash for renovation ofpre-primary school of Mongyal

Township MCWA.—MNA

Yangon RegionChief Minister UMyint Swe being

welcomed byKuwaiti

Ambassador toMyanmar Mr

Essa Yousef AlShamali at the

reception tomark 51st

AnniversaryNational Day and21st Liberation

Day of Kuwait atSedona Hotel inYangon on 24

February.—MNA

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Pyidaungsu Hluttawsession…

(from page 16)With the two primary requirements in complete, the

department will be able to scrutinize and submit the accountsof income and spending of those organizations. The Unionbudget accounts for 2011-2012 fiscal year are being checkedand plans are under way to submit the report in Novemberor December next fiscal year.

The deputy auditor general went on to say that ininspecting the financial accounts and business transactionswith the strength of employees from the Union Auditor-General’s Office and auditor offices at various levels,inspection of accounts in every six months started as a trialin the previous fiscal year. In doing so, in comparison withinspection inputs, it was found to be inappropriate due to

the first six month cash flow and accounts situation.Most of the checked accounts are found to have been

drawn unsystematically with incomplete amendments andheadings. Therefore, the Union Auditor -General’s Office isplanning to inspect only necessary departments biannuallyin the coming fiscal year and to prioritize inspection ofbusiness transactions and project undertakings.

All Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives have alreadyknown that the result of the examinations is more effective.International Auditor-General Offices place more emphasizeson it. These offices usually submit the reports on annualState Budgets. Union Auditor-General Office and RegionalAuditor-General Offices at different levels are to carry outauditing and work examinations with the two third of staffstrength. Only then, productive findings would come out.So, the proposal should be withdrawn.

U Thein Win said that he doesn’t want to withdrawhis proposal and want to take the Hluttaw’s decision. The

Hluttaw approved it with “yes” vote. At the proposal-submitting session, U Myo Myint of Mandalay RegionConstituency No.6 submitted the proposal on “urging theUnion Government to amend the provisions of Public WorkDepartment (PWD Code) and Public Work Account (PWACode) and publish the amended books.”

The Hluttaw approved to discuss it. Those who wantto discuss it are to register at the end of the meeting.

At the bill clarification session, Vice-President U SanTun of Joint Bill Committee explained the Committee’sobservations and comments on Pyithu Hluttaw Bill, andmember of the Committee Dr Soe Moe Aung, on Region/State Hluttaw Bill. Those who want to discuss thedisagreements between two Hluttaws are to register alongwith brief descriptions, at the end of the meeting. Themeeting came to an end at 12:15 pm and it will go on at 10 amtomorrow.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—The 8th daythird regular session of the first MandalayRegion Hluttaw, attended by MandalayRegion Chief Minister, Speaker of theregional hluttaw and a total of 74 regionalrepresentatives, continued at 10:00 amtoday.

At the session, there were fouranswers to the queries of four regionalrepresentatives, decision of the hluttawabout the bills relating to regional projectsin Mandalay Region, discussions of thoserepresentatives and assigning dates onwhich the discussions would be proved,

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—UnionMinister for Energy U Than Htay receivedMr Dong-Hee Lee, CEO & Vice- Presidentof Daewoo International Corporation injointly cooperation with Myanma Oil andGas Enterprise of the Ministry of Energy atthe latter’s office, here, today.

At the meeting, they discussedmatters on implementation of Shwe Natural

Union Energy Minister receives CEO &Vice-President of DIC

Gas plan which have met a deadline accordingto contract, upgrading the local peoples’socio-economic lives, promoting KoreaCompany investment in other sectors andenergy sectors, as well.

Also present were Deputy Minister USoe Aung, the director-general of the EnergyPlanning Department and the managingdirectors from the enterprises.—MNA

Union Mines Minister meets Chinese guests

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—Union Minister for Mines UThein Htaik received aChinese delegation led byFijian Xing DingConstruction EngineeringCompany Chairman Mr.Deng Daiyi at 10:00 am, and

a delegation led by GeneralManager Mr. Jin Shu Xing,Right Investment LimitedHong Kong-based, at theminister’s office here thisnoon.

The meetings allconcentrated on tasks to be

carried out for excavationmineral deposits inMyanmar, making plans forbilateral cooperation,investments, as well asjoining hands in doing tasksfor environmentalconservation.—MNA

Union Mines Minister U Thein Htaik receives Chairman Mr Deng Daiyiof Fijian Xing Ding Construction Engineering Co from China and

party.—MNA

reading a report of Mandalay Region HluttawBills Committee on an attempt to elaborateupon amended bills on Mandalay Citydevelopment affairs and on Mandalaydevelopment affairs organizations, designingdates on which the related discussions to bemade by those representatives, and giving adate on which the discussions about the billson supplementary budget allocation ofMandalay Region for 2011, which has beentabled to the present Hluttaw, and on budgetof Mandalay Region for 2012.

The session came to an end at 11:00 amtoday.—MNA

Mandalay Region Hluttaw’s8th day session continues

Central Bank of Myanmar GovernorU Than Nyein receives Managing

Executive Officer Mr Takashi Morisakiof the Bank of Tokyo Mitsubishi

UFJ, Ltd and party. (News reported)

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb — UnionMinister for Health Dr Pe Thet Khinvisited Mon State TraditionalMedicine Hospital on 21 Februarymorning and left instructions ondistribution of traditional medicinekits to faraway villages, growing ofindigenous herbal plants andproviding of effective health care

Traditional medicine hospital, people’shospitals in Mon State inspected

with the use of traditional medicine.Next, the union minister met the

head of Kayin State HealthDepartment, medical superintendent,specialists, doctors and nurses atHpa-an People’s Hospital. He theninspected the lecture halls of thenursing and mid-wifery school.

The union minister also met withthe health staff at Thaton DistrictPeople’s Hospital and inspectedprogress in construction of a newward. In the evening, the unionminister met health staff and membersof social organizations at BelinPeople’s Hospital and those atKyaikhto Township People’sHospital.—MNA

The eighth day third regular session ofthe first Mandalay Region Hluttaw in

progress.MNA

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Traditional cane-ball contest held at BuddhaPujaniya of Shwedagon Pagoda

YANGON, 24 Feb—In the2600th Buddha Pujaniya ofShwedagon Pagoda, theMyanmar traditional cane-ball contest was opened atthe car parking near theeastern stairway ofShwedagon Pagoda on 22February.

Patron of MyanmarCane-ball Federation U TunLin Thaung, Vice-PresidentChairman of the CentralCommittee for Organizingthe Myanmar TraditionalCane-ball Contest U TunWin and film directorAcademy Zinyaw Maung

Maung formally opened thecontest.

The traditional cane-ball teams demonstratedtheir brilliant skills.

Executive Director UThant Zin Thaung ofYangon Transformer &Electrical Co Ltd donatedK 500,000, KhittayaAssociation (Yangon)treasurer Daw Ohnma ThanK 130,000 and cane-ballenthusiasts cash donationsto the OrganizingCommittee for the MyanmarTraditional Cane-ballContest.

The contest lasts 15 daysfrom 22 February to 7 Marchfrom 4 am to 11 pm daily.

A total of 15 cane-ballteams of 225 are taking partin the contest daily.—mcf

Female athlete set newrecord of Myanmar in

chain shot-putNAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—

The Myanmar NationalSports CommitteeChairman’s Shield 60th

National (Inter-Ministry)Track and FieldChampionships took placeat Youth Training Centre(Thuwunna) from 8 to 12February.

In the competitions, oneathlete set new sports recordof Myanmar, one athlete, newyouth record and twoathletes, new records ofministries.

In the women’s chainshot-put event, Ma M SoeZar (Commerce) set newrecord with 38.16 metres bybreaking 34.79 metres ofMyanmar record set by MaWin Win Maw (RailTransportation) in 2006.

In the 400-m hurdle race,Han Zaw Tun (Forestry) setnew record with 55.96 sec bybreaking the old record with56.70 sec by Zaw Htoo Lwin(Home Affairs) in 2007.

In the women’s walkingrace of the inter-ministryevent, Saw Marlar Nwe(Commerce) broke old recordof Kay Khaing Myo Tun(Commerce) with 1 hr 42 min14.8 sec in 2011 and set new

record with 1 hr 41 min 50sec. In the women’s chainshot-put event, Ma Ju Ni (RailTransportation) set newrecord with 35.12 metres bybreaking the old record ofMa Win Win Maw (RailTransportation) with 34.79metres in 2006.

Ma M Soe Zar is aPalaung national fromNamkham. She joined thesports world in 2010 withJudo sports professionthrough Sports and PhysicalEducation Institute(Mandalay).

After making

assessment on qualification,her coaches changed hersports profession to chainshot-put event and urged herto take part in the ChampionChallenge Cup Tournamentheld in Nay Pyi Taw in 2011.

After taking about oneweek training, she could showoff her wonderful sports talentand skills and secured onegold medal in the SPEI levelcontest. Effectively applyingher brilliant talent during theshort-term training period, theathlete could set new recordof the nation.

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Ma M Soe Zar (Commerce) seen in action for takingpart in chain shot-put event.

First Women’s Pool 8-BallContest on 10 March

YANGON, 24 Feb—TheSports and PhysicalEducation Department,Myanmar Billiards andSnooker Federation andAmbur Electronics Co jointlyorganized the First Women’sPool 8-Ball Contest with thesponsorship of MyanmarBrewery Ltd at the hall ofKokkine swimming club ofYangon Region on 10 March.

First prize winners cansecure K 1 million, the second

K 500,000, the thirdK 300,000, the fourthK 150,000, from the fifth tothe 10th K 50,000 and fromthe 11th to the 25th K 30,000.

Those women athletesmay enlist at the MyanmarBilliards and SnookerFederation in Aung San

Stadium and Myoma Clubin Mandalay, not later than 5March.

Co-sponsors will beYay Pyar Aye Co Ltd, MDG,Kokkine Swimming Club,Citygn Enterprise, Canonand 100 Plus.

Myanma Alin

MNL clubs to meet with Thailand’sBEC Tero Sasana FC in tune-up

YANGON, 24 Feb— BEC TeroSasana FC of Thai Premier Leagueplanned to hold tune-up matcheswith football clubs of MyanmarNational League in Myanmar.

BEC Tero Sasana FC will playagainst Defending Leaguechampion Yangon United FC, 2011MNL first runner-up AyeyawadyUnited FC and former championYadanarbon FC in the tune-upmatches.

The Myanmar FootballFederation set the dates for thematches. Tero Sasana FC metAyeyawady United FC at Aung SanStadium on 23 February, will playagainst Yadanarbon FC at BahtooStadium on 25 February and withYangon United FC at YUSC

Stadium on 27 February.Yangon United FC and

Ayeyawady United FC are allowedto take part in the AFC Cup 2012.As preparations for the cup, the twoMyanmar FCs will play the tune-upmatches. Yadanarbon FC is leadingthe standing table of MNL 2012after the 7th fixture.

BEC Tero Sasana FC is one ofthe top positioned clubs in the ThaiPremier League and it securedLeague Cups in 2000 and 2001-2002 seasons. Recently, the Thaiclub appointed British andAustralian citizen chief coach andthe club is constituted with oneplayer each of Brazil, England,Ghana, Algeria and France togetherwith Thai players.—Kyemon

Township Administrator’s CupFootball Tourney finishes

KYAUKDAGA, 24 Feb—Theawarding of the KyaukdagaTownship Administrator’s CupMen’s Football Tournamenttook place at the townshipsports ground in Kyaukdagaon 9 February.

In the final, Ganet teamemerged champion with a 2-0victory over Hpado team.

The chairman of the

GTI old students’ golf tournament 1 MarchYANGON, 24 Feb—Old students of Government Technical

Institutes (GTI) will organize the 18th golf tournament at 9th-MileGolf Course on Pyay Road, here, at 10 am on 1 March.

Those wishing to take part in the tournament may enlist atU Khin Aye (Head of Office), not later than 3.30 pm on 29February and may dial 01-519863.

The tournament will be sponsored by U Aung Moe (MD),First Glass Industry (FGI) Company.—Kyemon

organizing committee andRegion Hluttaw representativeU Kyaw Hsan Oo presentedprizes to the respective winners.

Administrator ofTownship GeneralAdministration Department UHtet Aung Phyo awardedK 300,000 as cash award andtrophy to Ganet team.

Township SPED

Fire preventivemeasures taken

TACHILEK, 24 Feb—An educative talkon danger of fire was given in conjunctionwith the fire drill at the fire station inTachilek on 13 February morning.

Deputy Commissioner U Thet Lwinmade a speech. And Head of Township FireServices Department U Aung Kyaw Naingtalked about fire fighting at fuel stationsand systems of putting out fire.

Later, those present participated indemonstration on fire drill.

Myanma Alin

Citizenship scrutinycards issued in

Kyauktan TownshipYANGON, 24 Feb—According to Moe

Pwint (2) Plan adopted by the Ministry ofImmigration and Population, Head ofTownship Immigration and NationalRegistration Department U Ko Ko Naingand party made a field trip to Meepyamodel village in Kyauktan Township on 3February.

They issued citizenship scrutiny cardsto the local eligible people.

It was learnt that they planned to makemore field trips to other villages for issuanceof citizenship scrutiny cards.

Township IPRD

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (109)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINAR BIMA

VOY NO (109) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 25.2.2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DAN JIANG VOY NO (059)Consignees of cargo carried on MV DAN JIANG

VOY NO (059) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 25.2.2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797 Philippine bandits kill six in

revenge raidZAMBOANGA, 24 Feb—Six people were shot dead by

gunmen who raided a remote Philippine village on Thursdayin apparent retaliation for the killing of a bandit leader, themilitary said.

About 10 gunmen attacked several homes at a farm on thesouthern island of Mindanao, targeting relatives of a policeaide and killing six of them, regional military spokesmanLieutenant Colonel Randolph Cabangbang said.

The attack on Tininghalang village followed the killingnearby on 11 February of bandit leader Samang Andi, who wastracked down by police with the help of police aide DencioTabayag.

“The Tininghalang victims are relatives of Tabayag, whohelped the police get Samang,” the military spokesman toldreporters.

A brother of the bandit chief led the attack on the village,Cabangbang added.

Police accuse the Samang gang of being behind a rangeof lawless activities in the area, Cabangbang said, but did notcite specific crimes.

Armed groups, including former rebels, engage inkidnapping, highway robbery, and extortion across Mindanaoas the security forces fight decades-old Muslim and communistinsurgencies as well as Islamist militants.—Internet

File photo of a Philippine soldier (R) aboard anarmoured personnel carrier (APC) near a military

checkpoint on Mindanao island.—INTERNET

Two avalanches in India kill at least 11Seven USMarines killedin helicopter

collisionWASHINGTON, 24 Feb —

Seven US Marines were killedin a mid-air collision of two USmilitary helicopters in southernArizona, CNN reported onThursday. The crash tookplace during routine trainingoperations on Wednesdaynight along the California-Arizona border, the MarineCorps said in a statement.

The collision, whichoccurred near the Marine CorpsAir Station Yuma, involved anAH-1W “Super Cobra” attackhelicopter and a UH-1Y“Huey” utility chopper. “Thecircumstances are beinginvestigated,” it said.

Internet

Kashmiri villagers search for their belongings after theirhuts were buried under snow due to an avalanche at

Ramwari some 70 km from summer capital Srinagar on23 Feb, 2012.—INTERNET

KASHMIR, 24 Feb— Twoavalanches killed at least 11soldiers and left eight othersmissing at military camps inIndian-controlled Kashmir,

authorities said.The avalanches swept

over a health resort atSonamarg and Dawar, a townclose to the India-Pakistan

border in Kashmir onWednesday, CNN reported.

“The first avalanche hitthe Sonamarg camp, buryingseveral army troopers. Werescued all but three,” said LtCol JS Brar, an Indian defencespokesman. “The bodies oftwo soldiers and an officerhave been recovered.”

The second incident atDawar buried 29 soldiers alive.

“We safely rescued 13troopers. Bodies of eightsoldiers have also beenrecovered while a search foreight others is continuing,”Brar said. A harsher-than-normal winter in the regionhad led to an avalanche lastmonth, killing seven men whowere part of the Indian armyand border security forces,CNN said.—Internet

Colombia extradites 17 alleged drug traffickersto US, Europe

BOGOTA, 24 Feb— Colombia’s NationalPolice on Thursday extradited 16 Colombiansand one Nicaraguan to the United States,Spain and Italy to face prosecutions for drugtrafficking crimes in those countries.

Danilo Bustos, “a strategic partner ofDaniel Barrera Barrera, known as ‘El LocoBarrera’ “ and one of the most wanted drugtraffickers in Colombia, is among the extraditedColombians, a statement from the police said.

Bustos was arrested in 2009 by Colombianintelligence organizations.

In the last years, he had served as thetransportation manager of the chemicalsubstances for manufacturing drugs which

Jinshanling, located in the mountainous area in Luanping County, 125 km northeastof Beijing, is a section of the Great Wall. It is connected with the Simatai section to the

east, and Mutianyu section to the west. Jinshanling was built from 1570 during theMing Dynasty, and is 10.5 km long with five passes, 67 towers and 2 beacon towers.

INTERNET

Chemical explosion occurs at Australia’sUniversity of Queensland

BRISBANE, 24 Feb—Australian students and staffat the University ofQueensland have beenevacuated after a chemicalexplosion at one of theuniversity’s buildings in StLucia in Brisbane’s inner-west, authorities said onFriday.

LONDON, 24 Feb—People will soon be able to eattheir bottles after they havefinished their drink — thanksto an avant-garde ediblematerial developed byscientists. The product, amembrane created using abiodegradable plasticcombined with food particles,could either be peeled off orpotentially eaten as a wholeand can taste like the drinkinside.

Until now, experts atHarvard University have filledan orange membrane with

The chemical, lateridentified as a toxic corrosiveliquid, leaked in the buildingon Coppers road in St Luciaon Friday morning and theexplosion occurred at 9.20 amlocal time, the Queensland Fireand Rescue Service (QFRS)said.

The nine-story building

was evacuated and QFRSfirefighters in splash suits andbreathing apparatus wentinside. No injuries have beenreported. “Crew on scenehave completed atmospherictesting and all levels havebeen deemed safe,” the QFRSsaid in a statement.

Xinhua

orange juice, a tomato-flavoured enclosure withgazpacho and grape packageswith wine. They have not yetcreated a bottle withWikiCells — the ediblematerial— but biomedicalengineer Dr David Edwardshopes to craft a prototypesoon. “In the near term, wewill be encountering WikiCellsin restaurant settings’ as anovelty item,” the Daily Mailquoted him as saying.

After that, Prof Edwardsplans to expand WikiCells tospeciality stores and

supermarkets.Eventually, he plans to

develop a WikiCells machinethat would allow individualsto produce their own ediblebottles. “The idea was to tryto create a bottle which wasbased on how nature createsbottles,” he told the HarvardCrimson.

“People in a village inAfrica could become plasticbottle-free and make thingsfor themselves. It’s reallyexciting from a humanitarianpoint of view,” he added.

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were sent from Colombia to the United Statesand Europe.

Bustos will appear before the FloridaSouth District Court in the United States toface the accusations of drug trafficking.

Nicaraguan Franklin William Mcfield,who was arrested in Cartagena in northernColombia for crimes of alleged smuggling ofweapons and drugs, will also appear beforethe same court.

This is the first massive extraditionexecuted by the Colombian authorities in 2012.Last year, Colombia extradited a total of 147people to the United States.

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LOS ANGELES, 24 Feb—Charlie Sheen is all set for his official return tothe tube. The actor will make a comeback to American TV screens with hisnew comedy series “Anger Management” in March — a year after he wasfired from hit sitcom “Two And A Half Men”.

Sheen will lead the cast in “Anger Management” as a former baseballplayer with rage issues who becomes an unconventional managementcounsellor, reports dailystar.co.uk. Selma Blair will star as his therapist andShawnee Smith will portray his onscreen ex-wife. Production on the projectis yet to begin. But reports indicate the show will be shot on location in LosAngeles’ San Fernando Valley ahead of its debut on TV 22 March.

Sheen will be seen on TV a year after months of excessive drug takingand erratic behaviour and was subsequently replaced by Ashton Kutcher.

Internet

Charlie Sheen set for TV comeback

Charlie Sheen

NEW YORK, 24 Feb— A stage musical based on the British film“Kinky Boots,” with a book by Harvey Fierstein, and music and lyricsby Cyndi Lauper, is to premiere in Chicago.

The show’s producers Daryl Roth and Hal Luftig said the WindyCity engagement in October will precede an anticipated Broadwayrun.

“‘Kinky Boots’ is the kind of joyous, inspirational musical thatwe love and are excited to share with audiences,” Roth and Luftig saidin a statement on Wednesday. The musical is being directed andchoreographed by Jerry Mitchell.

Based on a true story, the show follows Charlie Price, who isforced to step in and save his family’s shoe factory in NorthernEngland, following the sudden death of his father. He meets afabulous drag performer named Lola and, together, they not onlyrevitalize the nearly bankrupt business, but also help one anothergrow into the men their fathers always dreamed their sons wouldbecome, a synopsis said.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 24—KatyPerry’s “Part of Me” is No 1on the US record chart,Billboard.com reported onThursday.

Coming in at No 2 on theBillboard Hot 100 is Adele’s“Set Fire to the Rain,”followed by the late WhitneyHouston’s “I Will AlwaysLove You” at No 3, KellyClarkson’s “Stronger (WhatDoesn’t Kill You)” at No 4and Adele’s “Rolling in theDeep” at No 5.

Rounding out the top tierare fun.’s “We Are Young”featuring Janelle Monae atNo 6, Adele’s “Someone LikeYou” at No 7, Rihanna’s “WeFound Love” featuring CalvinHarris at No 8, Nicki Minaj’s“Starships” at No 9 and ChrisBrown’s “Turn Up theMusic” at No10.—Internet

‘Part of Me’tops US

record chart

Katy Perry

Lauper, Fierstein create ‘Kinky Boots’ musical

Cyndi Lauper arrives at the 54thannual Grammy Awards at theStaples Centre in Los Angeles

on 12 Feb, 2012.INTERNET

LONDON, 24 Feb—Actor Josh Duhamelwill star in road trip movie “Scenic Route”.

The 39-year-old is set to team up with DanFogler in the movie, which is a story about twoformer college friends who be-come strandedin the desert while on a road trip.

According to contact-music.com, themovie has been written by Kyle Killen whileKevin and Michael Goetz will direct theproject.—Internet

Josh Duhamel to star in‘Scenic Route’

ActorJosh

Duhamel

NEW YORK, 24 Feb— Little, Brown and Co saysit has signed a deal to publish a book for adultspenned by Britain’s JK Rowling, creator of the HarryPotter franchise.

“Although I’ve enjoyed writing it every bit asmuch, my next book will be very different to the HarryPotter series,” Rowling said in a statement. “Thefreedom to explore new territory is a gift that Harry’ssuccess has brought me, and with that new territoryit seemed a logical progression to have a new

British author JK Rowlingattends the World

premiere of “Harry PotterAnd The Deathly Hallows

Part 2” in Londonon 7 July, 2011.

INTERNET

JK Rowling’s next book will be for adults

Left to right, Best Supporting Actor ChristianBale, Best Actress Natalie Portman, Best

Supporting Actress Melissa Leo and Best ActorColin Firth pose backstage at the 83rd annual

Academy Awards in Hollywoodon 27 Feb, 2011.—INTERNET

BEVERLY HILLS, 24 Feb—Christian Bale,Colin Firth, Melissa Leo and Natalie Portmanare to be presenters at Sunday’s 84th AcademyAwards show in Los Angeles, telecastproducers said.

Both Bale and Leo earned Oscars for theirsupporting roles in “The Fighter” last year.

Firth and Portman took home AcademyAwards for their lead performances in “TheKing’s Speech” and “Black Swan,”respectively, at the 83rd edition of the prizepresentation.

Previously announced Oscar presentersinclude Halle Berry, Rose Byrne, BradleyCooper, Tom Cruise, Penelope Cruz, CameronDiaz, Michael Douglas, Will Ferrell, Tina Fey,Zach Galifianakis, Tom Hanks, Angelina Jolie,Milla Jovovich, Ellie Kemper, Jennifer Lopez,Melissa McCarthy, Wendi McLendon-Covey,Maya Rudolph, Emma Stone, Meryl Streep andKristen Wiig.

Internet

Last year’s winners tobe Oscar presenters

publisher. I am delighted to have a second publishinghome in Little, Brown, and a publishing team that willbe a great partner in this new phase of my writinglife.”

The Hollywood Reporter said the USpublishing company did not divulge the book’stitle, subject or publication date.

This will mark Rowling’s first book since thePotter spinoff “Tales of Beedle the Bard” was releasedin 2008. “Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows,” thefinal installment in the seven-book series about theboy wizard, was published in 2007.

The Potter books were published byBloomsbury in the United Kingdom and Scholasticin the United States.—Internet

A working staffmeasures the height ofa pancake stack made

by Andy Wrobel (L)from Melbourne’sPancake Parlour

during theInternational Pancake

Day celebration inMelbourne, Australia,on 21 Feb, 2012. Andy

Wrobel broke theGuinness World Record

by building a76-centimetre-tall stack

of pancakes.

A Florida womanaccused of ramminganother car in a fast-foodrestaurant’s drive-throughlane was upset aboutanother woman’s slowordering, police say.

Largo police saidJennifer Lynn Betterly, 24,rammed her Ford Focus intothe vehicle in front of her atthe KFC/Taco Bell drive-through Saturday becauseshe was angry about howlong it was taking thewoman in front of her toplace an order, The Tampa

A Denver couple preparing to move from theirrented home said they are trying to find a temporaryabode for the 30,000-book “library” in their basement.

Jeffrey Lee and Ann Martin said they just don’thave enough room in their new home right now to keeptheir collection of books about “the land and people’sconnection to the land,” which they call the RockyMountain Land Library.

The couple said they would only need temporarystorage for the thousands of books until they cancomplete their planned restoration of a ranch house inthe Buffalo Peaks wilderness, The Denver Post reportedon Monday. John Calderazzo, who sits on the board forthe non-profit Rocky Mountain Land Library, said thebooks represent “the best nature library I know ofanywhere.”

“There are so many beautiful books. Piles and pilesand piles,” he said. “There’s a thin line betweencollecting and hoarding.” He pleaded for the public tohelp the Martins find a temporary home for the books,which fill about 600 boxes. “Help us, please,” Calderazzosaid. “This is really a wonderful resource. And they’regreat people.”

Authorities in San Francisco said several downtown streets were closed when a box carrying6 tons of steel wound up dangling from a disabled crane.

Police said the streets were blocked on Sunday afternoon when the crane atop the former Bankof America building malfunctioned and threatened to send the steel plummeting 600 feet to theground, the San Francisco Chronicle reported on Monday.

The box had to be lowered via hand crank, a process estimated to take up to 6 hours.The streets were reopened about 7 pm on Sunday.

Police: Woman rammed carin drive-through

Temporary home neededfor 30,000 books

Crane malfunction leaves steel dangling

Bay Times, St Petersburg,reported on Monday.

Betterly was arrestedabout an hour later and policefound she had been drivingon a suspended license andwas in possession of a singlepill of the prescription sleepdrug Ambien. She wasunable to prove the pill hadbeen prescribed to her, policesaid.

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Russian pole vaultathlete Yelena is

congratulated by hercoach after the

women’s pole vaultcompetition at the XL

Galan StockholmIndoor meeting, in

Stockholm, Sweden,on 23 Feb, 2012.

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Man Utd survive scareto progress

Ajax win at Old Trafford but Unitedbook place in last 16 of Europa

LeagueLONDON, 24 Feb —

Manchester United 1-2 Ajax(agg 3-2). Manchester Unitedmade it into the last 16 of theEuropa League aftersurviving a big scare in theirsecond-leg clash againstAjax at Old Trafford. Leading2-0 after the first leg in theNetherlands, United lookedto be on their way to acomfortable aggregatevictory when JavierHernandez fired home on six

ManchesterUnited didnot have

things theirown wayagainst

Ajax at OldTrafford.INTERNET

minutes. But Ajax got a goalback through Aras Ozbiliz andafter United’s Nani clippedthe bar in the second half,Toby Alderweireld set up anervy finish by heading in forthe visitors from close rangewith three minutes to go. Ajax,though, could not find thethird goal that would havesent them through leavingUnited to prepare for a last-16tie against Athletic Bilbao.

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Tiger Woods eliminated by Nick WatneyMARANA, 24 Feb —

The roar resonated acrossDove Mountain from fanspacked around the 18thgreen as Tiger Woods,

Tiger Woods tees off onfour while playing Nick

Watney during the MatchPlay Championship golftournament, on 23 Feb,2012, in Marana, Ariz.

INTERNET

Claxton leads PGA Mayakoba ClassicPHOENIX , 24 Feb — Will Claxton fired a

five-under par 66 on to top a log-jammedleaderboard after the first round of the USPGA Tour’s Mayakoba Golf Classic. Claxtonon Thursday played the Greg Norman-designed El Camaleon course without abogey. He teed off on 10 and four of his fivebirdies came in a burst from the secondthrough the fifth holes.

Claxton, whose 66 matched the 66 heshot in the first round of the Sony Open, hasthe overnight lead for the first time in a PGATour event. His best finish was at TorreyPines last month, where he was tied for 23rd.The 30-year-old had a one-shot lead over agroup of seven players — Mark Anderson,Spain’s Alejandro Canizares, Matt Every,Charles Howell, John Huh, England’s Greg

Will Claxton on Thursday fired a five-under par 66 to top a log-jammed

leaderboard after the first round of theUS PGA Tour’s Mayakoba Golf

Classic.— INTERNET

Owen and Marc Turnesa. Turnesa joinedClaxton as the only players without abogey.— Internet

Isinbayeva sets new indoor pole vault world markindoors at Volgograd,Bydgoszcz and Lievin,although until Thursday, shehadn’t got beyond the five-metre mark.

Bleasdale enjoyed first-time clearances at 4.52m and4.72m before Isinbayeva,starting at the latter height,entered the event, succeedingon her second attempt.

At 4.82m, Isinbayevawent clear first time butBleasdale failed three times.The Russian then cleared4.92m before succeeding at5.01m on her secondattempt.— Internet

Russian pole vault athleteYelena Isinbayeva posesnext to her new indoor

world-record 5.01 after thewomen’s pole vault event

during the XL GalanStockholm Indoor meetingin Stockholm.— INTERNET

STOCKHOLM , 24 Feb —Russia’s Olympic championYelena Isinbayeva set a newindoor pole vault world recordon Thursday with a clearanceof 5.01m.

The 29-year-old had heldthe previous best of fivemetres set in Donetsk inFebruary 2009. Isinbayeva,who also holds the outdoorworld record of 5.06m set inZurich in August 2009, hasnow set 28 world records inher career.

“I’m so happy to come

back at this level, I’ve beendreaming about this,” she toldTV4 news after setting therecord on her second attempt.

Double Olympicchampion Isinbayeva hadalready clinched first place at4.92m, ahead of Britain’s fast-improving Holly Bleasdaleand Cuba’s Yarisley Silva whoboth finished at 4.72m.Isinbayeva’s latest worldrecord comes just over twoweeks out from the worldindoor championships inIstanbul.

It was also her third winof the year to follow victories

Mexico call upArgentine-born

midfielderAlvarez

Argentine-bornmidfielder Damian

Alvarez

MEXICO CITY, 24 Feb —Argentine-born midfielderDamian Alvarez was calledup to the Mexico side for thefirst time at the age of 32 onThursday ahead of nextweek’s friendly againstColombia in Miami.

The former River Plateplayer, who helped TigresUANL win the Aperturachampionship in December,has carried his good form intothe Clausura where his teamare joint leaders.

Coach Jose Manuel dela Torre named the followingsquad for Wednesday’sgame at the Sun Life stadiumwhich marks ArgentineNestor Pekerman’s debut asColombia coach. Squad:

Goalkeepers: JesusCorona (Cruz Azul), GuillermoOchoa (Ajaccio) Defenders:Enrique Perez (Morelia), EfrainJuarez (Celtic), RafaelMarquez (New Red Bulls),Francisco Rodriguez (VfBStuttgart), Hector Moreno(Espanyol), Hugo Ayala,Carlos Salcido and JorgeTorres Nilo (all Tigres UANL)

Midfielders: JonathanDos Santos (Barcelona),Jesus Zavala (Monterrey),Gerardo Lugo (Morelia),Pablo Barrera (Real Zaragoza),Andres Guardado (DeportivoCoruna), Damian Alvarez(Tigres UANL) Forwards:Giovani Dos Santos (Totten-ham Hotspur), Oribe Peralta(Santos Laguna), JavierHernandez (ManchesterUnited), Miguel Sabah(Morelia)

InternetVenusWilliams

receives KeyBiscayne wild

card

needing a birdie on the lasthole to stay in his match, hit ashot that dropped out of theArizona sky and landed 5 feetfrom the hole. That wasfollowed by silence. Woodsmissed the putt so badly thatit never even touched the hole.

No one was moresurprised than Nick Watney,who removed his cap to shakehands with Woods after a 1-up victory Thursday in theMatch Play Championship.

It was the third straighttime in this fickle event thatWoods failed to get out of thesecond round, and it raisedmore questions about hisability to make key putts that

once seemed so automatic.“I was fighting the

blocks all day with myputter,” said Woods, whomissed three putts inside 10feet on the last six holes.“Left-to-right putt, I took itslightly shut right there, andI knew it — and blocked itopen.”

Watney was so surethat Woods would squarethe match that he alreadyhad his yardage book out,checking the hole locationon the first green (the 19thhole of their match), trying todecide if 3-wood was theright club off the tee.

Internet

KEY BISCAYNE, 24 Feb —Venus Williams has received a wild card to play her firsttournament since August at the Sony Ericsson Open next month.

Williams hasn’t played singles since withdrawing after the opening round of the US Openbecause of an autoimmune disease. She returned to competitive tennis earlier this month whenshe teamed with Liezel Huber for a doubles victory that capped a Fed Cup shutout for theUnited States against Belarus.

Williams won the Key Biscayne title in 1998, 1999 and 2001. She was a finalist in 2010 andmissed the tournament last year. Fernando Gonzalez and David Nalbandian received men’swild cards, officials said on Thursday. The event begins 20 March.— Internet.

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Pacquiao feels pressure athome to fight MayweatherNEW YORK, 24 Feb —

Besides the urgings of boxingfans around the world eagerfor Manny Pacquiao to fightFloyd Mayweather Jr , Pacmansaid on Thursday he was

The much-discussedmega fight will have to waituntil at least November, asPacquiao first has a date in thering with undefeated juniorwelterweight champion

Undefeated junior welterweight champion Manny“Pacman” Pacquiao of the Philippines attends a newsconference in New York on 23 Feb, 2012.— INTERNET

feeling pressure closer tohome to settle the argumentover who is the world’s bestpound-for-pound boxer.

“My oldest kid(Emmanuel Jr.) is 11 years oldand he said, ‘Daddy, I wantyou to retire, but before youretire I have one request. Youfight Mayweather, you beathim and then you retire,’” theWBO welterweight championtold a news conference. “I wantthat fight to happen,” admittedPacquiao.

Timothy Bradley on June 9 inLas Vegas, and Mayweatheris fighting Miguel Cotto thereon 5 May.

Pacquiao, who has wontitles in eight different weightdivisions, said satisfying hisson’s wish was still possiblebut that time was running out.“I have maybe two, three morefights,” the 33-year-oldPacquiao said about his boxingfuture. “Hopefully he will fightbefore I retire. I’m hoping for aNovember fight.”— Internet

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 25 February, 2012 15

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Weather forecast for25th February, 2012Oversea Transmission

* News* ILBC Pre School Annual

Concert* News* A Visit To Kayah State

(Part - I)* News* Youth and Career* News* Products of Myanmar

(Pottery Business)* News* White Gold from Manaw

Land* Let's Speak Myanmar* News* Mortar Song* News* Easily Cooked & Tasty

Dishes "Sour Fish Soupwith Drumstick"

* News* The Light of World Peace* Myanmar Movies "The

True Love"* Live Show "10th ASEAN

Bodybuilding Competition"

(25-2-12 09:30 am ~26-2-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV(25-2-2012) (Saturday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

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

THAYET, 24F e b — T h u t aBank librarywas opened inBaw Village ofThayet Town-ship on 11February.

D e p u t yCommissionerof Thayet Dis-trict U Mya Aye,Staff Officer ofThayet DistrictI n f o r m a t i o nand Public Re-lations Depart-ment U Aye Peand MagwayRegion Hluttawrepresentative

Theyet gets new building of villagelibrary

Daw Yin Yin Hla formally opened the library.The deputy commissioner made a speech, and the IPRD

Staff Officer U Aye Pe explained the perpetuation of thelibrary.

Next, local people donated cash and books to the library.The building was constructed at a cost of K 4 million by theState and the local people.—District IPRD

Tony Stewart looks out from the garage during practicefor Sunday’s NASCAR Daytona 500 auto race in

Daytona Beach, Fla.— INTERNET

Stewart and Kenseth winDaytona qualifying races

DAYTONABEACH, 24 Feb—Roush Fenway Racing willhave three cars at the front of the season-opening Daytona500. Matt Kenseth won the second of the twin 150-milequalifying races Thursday with a bold pass of teammate GregBiffle. The victory gave Kenseth a spot on the second row forSunday’s race — right behind teammates Carl Edwards andBiffle.

Tony Stewart, the defending NASCAR champion, wonthe first race and will line up next to Kenseth at DaytonaInternational Speedway. Biffle was leading headed into thefinal lap, but he tried to block Kenseth, who dove to the insideand used a push from Jimmie Johnson to take the lead.

“Well, we were going so much faster that we were goingto go by him regardless,” Kenseth said. “I think that was hisonly hope, is to try to get up the track, try to line my frontbumper up where I had to push him. The problem was, I wasgoing too fast. Even if I wanted to slow down, which I didn’t

want to on the last lap, I couldn’t have.”Robby Gordon and Michael McDowell earned the two

spots up for grabs in the first race, while Joe Nemechek andDave Blaney each raced their way into the 500 in the secondqualifying race.— Internet

‘Third of UK postcodes’ have slow broadband speedsLONDON , 24 Feb — A third of homes in the UK

have broadband speeds well below the nationalaverage, according to research from pricecomparison site uSwitch. While half of addressesget broadband speeds of 6.7Mbps or above, a thirdstruggle to get speeds above 5Mbps, 1.7m speedtests found. The East Sussex village of Winchelseawas the slowest, with an average speed of 1.1Mbps,according to uSwitch. Hereford was the slowestcity, with average speeds of 3.1Mbps.

The government wants to see super-fastbroadband as the gold standard in most UK homes,and has pledged to make the UK the fastestbroadband nation in Europe by 2015. By thattime, it also promises to make sure that all homeshave speeds of at least 2Mbps. The uSwitch data- based on 1.68 million speed tests carried out overthe last six months - suggests that there could stillbe some way to go.

“Britain might be riding the wave of a super-fast broadband revolution, but for 49% who getless than the national average broadband speed,the wave isn’t causing so much a splash as a

ripple,” said Julia Stent, director of telecoms atuSwitch. “And what’s really surprising is the numberof cities and towns such as Hereford and Carlislethat are suffering from slow broadband speeds,dispelling the view that it’s just rural areas andsmall towns that have issues with their broadband,”she added. Other towns and cities to offer averagebroadband speeds of below 5Mbps includeKilmarnock (3.2Mbps), Dumfries (3.6Mbps),Canterbury (4Mbps) and Shrewsbury (4Mbps).

Internet

For some UK homes, superfast broadband isstill a distant dream.— INTERNET

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy Exercise7:40 am 3. Nice & Sweet Song8:15 am 4. Poem Garden11:25 am

5. Game For Children11:50 am

6. Round Up Of TheWeek’s TV Local News

1:20 pm 7. Delicious Dishes2:20 pm 8. Solo Favourites3:45 pm 9. BEC- Tero Sasana &

Yadanabon Club(Myanmar NationalLeague) (Live)

6:00 pm10. Evening News6:15 pm11. Weather Report6:20 pm12. Song Programme6:40 pm13. TV Drama Series8:00 pm14. News15. Cartoon Series16. TV Drama Series17. Gitadagale Phwintbaohn

Shipwreck treasure:Trans-Atlantic voyage near end

TAMPA, 24 Feb—A 17-ton trove of silver coins recoveredfrom a Spanish galleon sunk by British warships on a voyagehome from South America in 1804 was set to be flown Fridayfrom the US to Spain, concluding a nearly five-year legalstruggle with the Florida deep-sea explorers who found andrecovered it.

Spain’s ambassador to the United States, Jorge Dezcallarde Mazar, was expected to watch when the two Spanishmilitary C-130s take off from MacDill Air Force Base with594,000 silver coins and other artifacts aboard, packed intothe same white plastic buckets in which they were broughtto the US by Tampa, Fla.-based Odyssey Marine Explorationin May 2007.—Internet

In this undated photo made available by the Spain’sCulture Ministry, a member of the Ministry technical

crew displays two of the 594,000 coins and otherartifacts found in the Nuestra Senora de las Mercedes, aSpanish galleon sunk by British warships in the Atlantic

while sailing back from South America in 1804, in awarehouse in Tampa, Fla.—INTERNET

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 28/82 17/63 Likelihood of isolated light rain or

thundershowers 60(%)

2 Kayah 33/91 10/50 Generally fair weather

3 Kayin 38/100 15/59 Generally fair weather

4 Chin 22/72 10/50 Partly cloudy

5 Upper Sagaing 29/84 15/59 Partly cloudy

6 Lower Sagaing 38/100 15/59 Generally fair weather

7 Taninthayi 36/97 17/63 Partly cloudy

8 Bago 35/95 20/68 Generally fair weather

9 Magway 38/100 18/64 Generally fair weather

10 Mandalay 37/99 17/63 Generally fair weather

11 Mon 37/99 17/63 Partly cloudy

12 Yangon 37/99 19/66 Generally fair weather

13 Rakhine 32/90 16/61 Partly cloudy

14 Southern Shan 27/81 12/54 Generally fair weather

15 Northern Shan 29/84 08/46 Generally fair weather

16 Eastern Shan 31/88 11/52 Generally fair weather

17 Ayeyawady 36/97 19/66 Generally fair weather

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 37/99 19/66 Generally fair weather

19 Neighbouring Yangon 37/99 19/66 Generally fair weather

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 37/99 17/63 Generally fair weather

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, weather have been partly cloudy in Taninthayi Region, Kachin, Chin, Rakhine and Mon States and generally fair in the remaining Regions and States. Night temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) below February average temperatures in Taninthayi Region, Kayin and Mon States, (3°C) to (4°C) above February average temperatures Upper Sagaing and Magway Regions, Kachin and Chin States, (5°C) above February average temperatures in Rakhine State and about February average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States. The significant night temperatures were Namhsan (4°C), Pinlaung (6°C) Lashio, Heho and Mogok (7°C) each.

Bay

Inference

Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Southwest Bay and partly cloudy in the Andaman

Sea and elsewhere Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be slight to moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershowers in the extreme Southern Myanmar areas.

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Saturday, 25 February, 20124th Waxing of Taboung 1373 ME

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session continues for 15Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session continues for 15Pyidaungsu Hluttaw session continues for 15th dayday

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb —The15th day Pyidaungsu Hluttawsession continued today atPyidaungsu Hluttaw Hall inHluttaw Complex here, attendedby Pyidaungsu Hluttaw SpeakerU Khin Aung Myint and 531representatives.

At the session, one amendedproposal was submitted anddiscussed, one new proposalsubmitted and two bills explainedand submitted.

Regarding the proposalsubmitted yesterday, U Thein Winof Sagaing Region Constituency

One amended proposal submitted and discussed, one newOne amended proposal submitted and discussed, one newOne amended proposal submitted and discussed, one newproposal submitted, two bills explained and submittedproposal submitted, two bills explained and submitted

(9) said in considering annuallyadditional budgetary allocationbill of the Union, it is necessary toexactly know the actual incomeand expenditure of organizationsincluded in the Union budget fundplan. In considering the Unionbudget bill, it must be based on the

budget law of the previous fiscalyear. So, he submitted an amendedproposal urging the UnionGovernment to inspect the incomeand expenditure prescribed inaccord with the law every sixmonths and to submit other auditreports in time asked by thePyidaungsu Hluttaw. The Hluttawapproved the proposal.

Three MPs discussed theamended proposal. Daw Tin NweOo of Dagon Myothit (North)Constituency said timeframe isnecessary and audit report needsto be submitted in time. Ministrieshave to scrutinize accounts stepby step and send them to theAuditor-General’s Office, whichthen has to assess systematicallyand submit audit report. So, shesaid she seconded the amendedproposal as it was really necessary.

U Zon Hle Htan of Chin StateConstituency (2) also secondedthe proposal saying that thePyidaungsu Hluttaw needs tothoroughly assess the audit reportso that the government’smanagement and spending can be

systematic. U Sai Paung Nat ofShan State Constituency (12)discussed that the proposal isappropriate as it reflects the natureof work of all Union levelorganizations and Unionministries on a practical basis.

In response to the proposal,Deputy Auditor-General U MyoMyint of Union Auditor-GeneralOffice said that the Union Auditor-General’s Office is implementingits tasks with the workforce, whichaccounts for two thirds oforganizational employment. Thetasks include inspection offinancial accounts and of businesstransactions. There are two primaryrequirements for the Union AuditorGeneral’s Office to check whetheror not the organizations includedin the Union budget fund programhave actual income and spendmoney systematically. They arefor government organizations tocomplete accounts drawings in aprescribed period and for theBudget Department (Headquarters)to compile a grand total.

(See page 10)

Union A & I Minister inspects production of hybridcucumber seeds, palethwe hybrid quality paddy strain

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Feb—UnionMinister for Agriculture and Irrigation UMyint Hlaing looked into 100-daypalethwe farmland at eleven speciescompetitive palethwe hybrid paddy strainfarmland planted by joining cooperationof Myanmar-Vietnam agriculturists nearChaing Village of Dekkhinathiri Townshiptoday. The union minister urged theofficials to compile detailed records ofper acre yields of each paddy strain, lifespan, resistance to insets and weather,expenses and profit.

Next, an agriculturist from theagriculture department demonstratedproduction of hybrid cucumber seeds.The union minister instructed them todisseminate knowledges to farmers anddistribute it to farmers at affordable price.

Afterwards, the union minister

inspected palethwe hybrid paddy strainfarmland at integrated mechanizedfarming (100-acre) at Taegyigon, inZabuthiri Township and yezin-1 hybridsunflower plantation (5-acre) inDekkhinathiri Township.

The ordinary sunflower seeds canyield 2 viss of oil, but yezin-1 hybrid ,4 viss of oil. In addition , its yield wouldbe 50 baskets per acre. Plans are underway to distribute enough sunflower strainsto farmers as they take more interestsin it.—MNA

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives on their arrival at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.—MNA

Union Agriculture and IrrigationMinister U Myint Hlaing inspects

100-day-old Palethwe paddyfarm near Chaing Village in

Dekkhinathiri Township.—MNA

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The ChindwinBridge (Monywa)makes smoothly

modes oftransportation of

Chin State and theregions on the west

bank of theChindwin River

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Myanmar, China to cooperate inflourishing of Buddha Sasana

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Union Mines Ministermeets Chinese guests

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