Established 1914

1st Waxing of Tabodwe 1369 ME Thursday, 7 February, 2008Volume XV, Number 297

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

It is necessary for the entire national people to remain vigilantwith nationalistic awareness that the old and new colonialists alike benton occupying or holding sway over our Union have hatched wickedschemes to weaken our national solidarity, which is the foundation ofthe Union, and attempted and are still attempting to dissolve thenational strength.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(From message sent on the occasion of 58th Anniversary Union Day)

It is necessary for entire national people to remainvigilant with nationalistic awareness

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in termsof technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Feb — Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein accompanied by member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint,Maj-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defence,Chairman of Sagaing Division PDC Commander ofNorth-West Command Brig-Gen Myint Soe, theministers, the deputy ministers, Brig-Gen Kyaw Oo

People in Chin State urged to make moreconcerted efforts than those of other regionsPrime Minister General Thein Sein tours Chin State

Lwin of Kalay Station, the director-general of Gov-ernment Office and departmental heads on 4 Febru-ary morning met the medical superintendent, spe-cialists, doctors and nurses of 200-bed Kalay Peo-ple’s Hospital.

Chairman of Work Committee for Developmentof Border Areas and National Races Prime Minister

General Thein Sein and party left Kalay by helicopterand arrived in Tiddim at 10.30 am. The Prime Minis-ter and party were welcomed there by Chairman ofChin State PDC Brig-Gen Hong Ngai and officials.

At Kamhauk Hall in Tiddim, the Prime Ministermet with departmental personnel, members of social

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein meets with departmental personnel and members of USDA and social organizations at nursing trainingschool in Falam.—MNA

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

People’s DesireThursday, 7 February, 2008

For perpetuation of theUnion

The significance of the Union of

Myanmar is that national races such as

Kachin, Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon,

Rakhine and Shan plus other ethnic groups

live in unity and amity.

The national races have social and

traditional customs, culture and languages

of their own. Based on Union Spirit, they are

like national brethren born of the same

parents.

Myanmar regained her sovereignty and

independence with the strength of unity of

all national races who have been

safeguarding the State. The people are

participating in the tasks of building a

peaceful modern developed discipline-

flourishing democratic nation.

The government is building a new

democratic nation with the active

participation of the people in accord with

the national policy—non-disintegration of

the Union, non-disintegration of national

solidarity and perpetuation of sovereignty.

Only when there is national unity will

there emerge a peaceful modern developed

nation. Therefore all the national people will

have to safeguard the Union forever.

All national brethren have to work hard

and discharge the national duties while

preserving the Union’s characteristics with

noble traditions in order that a peaceful

prosperous nation will last forever.

Minister inspects factories inHlinethaya Industrial Zone

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Feb—Chairman of MyanmaIndustrial Development Committee In-charge ofHlinethaya Industrial Zone Minister for Industry-2Maj-Gen Saw Lwin inspected UPG paints factoryof United Paints Group Co Ltd in HlinethayaIndustrial Zone 1 on 4 February. He instructedentrepreneurs to make efforts for penetratinginternational market and take measures for factorysecurity and prevention of fire.

Next, the minister looked into Beans Mill ofAkar Oo Company and instructed them to preservequality of exporting products, make efforts for gainingmore market share in international market and takemeasures for factory security and prevention of fire.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Feb— Minister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aungarrived at Bowdi Tahtaungnursery in Monywa on 1February and inspectedestablishment of nurseriesalong Bowdi Tahtaung-Kyaukkar-Shwemyintinmountain ranges.

On 2 February, theminister visited Alaung-daw Kassapa nationalpark.

In Paukintaungreserve forest in KaniTownship, the ministerviewed thriving 4,400-acre physic nut plantationsof a private company. Healso looked into thriving1,200-acre teakplantations of privatecompanies in Sabei Nathaforest in KanbaluTownship on 3 February.

Afterwards, ministerand officials paid homageto Maha ShwesigyiPagoda in Kanbalu andmade cash donations.

After inspecting

Teak plantations, value-addedwood products factories inspected

in Sagaing, Mandalay DivisionsIngyin Park in Kanbalu,the minister visited themuseum in Chatthinsanctuary.

On 4 February,minister inspected value-added wood productfactories at the industrialzone-1 in PyigyidagunTownship and another onevalue-added woodproducts factory inKyaukse. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Feb—Chairman of Civil ServiceSelection and TrainingBoard Dr Than Nyun,accompanied by officialsconcerned, inspectedwritten examination

Chairman of CSSTB inspects writtenexamination centres

centres held at No 5 andNo 6 Basic Education HighSchools in Nay Pyi Tawand No 1 and 2 BEHSs inNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana,here, on 2 February. Thewritten examination was

held for the posts of headof branch-2 / third secretaryof the Ministry of ForeignAffairs. A total of 1516candidates sat for theexamination.

MNA

Cowboy leadwith four wins inHorizon League

BasketballTourney

YANGON, 6 Feb—Horizon LeagueBasketball Tournament(2007-2008) organized byMyanmar BasketballFederation and HorizonInt’l Education Centrewent on at KyaikkasanGymnasium here on 2 and3 February.

Red Star beat Gyutsby 76-65, GB beat Furious53-52, Cow Boy beat CCY97-62, and Blue Boy beatFilipino 22-12.

After today’smatches, Cow Boy hasfour wins in four matches,followed by Red Star andKKS with three wins eachin three matches.—NLM

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung inspects furniture of valued-addedwood product factory in Pyigyidagun Township.—MNA

Players of

Blue Boy

and

Filipino

competing

in Horizon

League

Basketball

Tourney.

NLM CSSTB Chairman Dr Than Nyun inspects written examination centresheld at BEHSs in Nay Pyi Taw and Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana. —MNA

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Deadly tornado sweeps southernUS; at least five killed

Republican Huckabee winstight race in Georgia primary

Mike Huckabee

NASHVILLE, 6 Feb—Tennessee: Severe stormsblasted the mid-southUnited States late Tuesday,killing at least five peopleand damaging buildings,local reports said. Areasnear the Tennessee statecapital of Nashville wereon alert after a tornadoreportedly made landfallwest of Memphis and swepteast, local media said. Thecity’s Commercial Appealnewspaper reported that aman in his seventies wasfound dead in his car. NBCnews reported a total of twopeople killed in the state.

Fox News said threedeaths in neighbouring

Arkansas were blamed onthe tornado, citing localsheriffs. At Union Univer-sity in the town of Jackson,in western Tennessee, thetornado collapsed roofs,

trapping students underrubble in their dormitory.No deaths and only minorinjuries were reported,local channel WSMV said.

Internet

A tornado in handout photo from the UnitedNations Environmental, Scientific and Cultural

Organization (UNESCO).—INTERNET

Suicide bomber hitsanti-al-Qaeda group

in N BaghdadBAGHDAD, 6 Feb—A

suicide bomber blewhimself up at a check-point manned by anti-al-Qaeda group membersin a village in northof Baghdad on Tuesday,killing several of the groupmembers, police said.

“A suicide bomber blewup his explosive vest at acheckpoint outside thehouse of Sheikh Shatheral-Obeidi, head of a Sunnitribe that formed anAwakening Council groupin the Awad Village inTaji area, 30 kilometresnorth of Baghdad,” thesource said on conditionof anonymity.

The source could notimmediately give exactnumber of human casua-lties by the attack, but

confirmed that severalmembers of the groupwere killed and otherswounded, the source said.

The Awakening Cou-ncils fighters are armedgroups of tribesmen andlocal neighbourhoods,including some powerfulanti-US Sunni insurgentgroups, who have turnedtheir rifles toward the al-Qaeda network after thelatter adopted a hardlineIslam and exercisedindiscriminate killingsagainst both Shiite andSunni Muslim com-munities.—MNA/Xinhua

I N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W S

Kenya death toll hits 1,000,parties talk

NAIROBI, 6 Feb —The death toll fromKenya’s post-electionbloodletting has risen to1,000, the Red Crosssaid on Tuesday, aspolitical rivals began thetoughest part of theirnegotiations so far.

Fighting in westKenya in recent daysbetween rival ethnicgangs had increasedthe number of deaths,the Red Cross said.

“One thousand

plus have died sincethe conflict started,”Red Cross head AbbasGul le t to ld a con-ference in Nairobi.

Mos t o f thedea ths , in one ofKenya’s darkest mo-ments s ince inde-pendence from Britain44 years ago , havecome from cycles ofethnic killings, policeclashes with protes-ters, and looting.

What started as a

dispute over theDecember 27 re-electionof President MwaiKibaki has laid baredecades-old divisionsover land, wealth andpower, dating fromcolonial rule then stokedby Kenyan politicians.

Some 304,000Kenyans have beendisplaced by the crisis,the Red Cross said,though that figure waslikely to rise.

MNA/Reuters

A man rides by a bicycle a destroyed tank in the capital city N’Djamena, onon 5 Feb, after a weekend of heavy fighting between government forces andrebels. Underlying the Chad conflict is a struggle to control the country’s oil

resources, which while not extensive are nonetheless vital to the future of oneof Africa’s most impoverished nations. — INTERNET

Children displacedduring post-election

violence stand in line toreceive food at their

temporary shelter outsideTigoni police station,

near Nairobi, on 4 Feb,2008.— INTERNT

WASHINGTON, 6 Feb—Republican MikeHuckabee won a closelyfought battle in Tuesday’spresidential primaries inGeorgia where 72delegates are at stake, USnetworks Fox and NBCprojected.

Huckabee, an ordainedBaptist preacher, drewfirst blood in the SuperTuesday primaries,

winning in West Virginia,the first state to report itsresults in the biggestnominating contest inhistory.

He was also projectedto have won in Alabamaand his home state ofArkansas, putting himfirmly back into the raceagainst rivals JohnMcCain and MittRomney.—Internet

UNSC condemns attacksagainst Chad’s Govt

UNITED NATIONS, 6 Feb—The UN Security Councilstrongly condemned Monday attacks against theChadian Government by armed groups this pastweekend. In a presidential statement read out byRicardo Alberto Arias of Panama, the Council’spresident for this month, the 15-member body calledon all states in the region to cooperate in putting anend to the activities of armed groups and “theirattempt to seize power by force” in the central Africancountry.

The Council also welcomed a decision by the AfricanUnion to mandate the Libyan leader, Colonel MoammarKadaffi, and President Denis Sassou Nguesso of theRepublic of the Congo to engage the Chadian partieswith a view to ending the fighting and forging a lastingsolution to the crisis. The Council expressed its concernregarding the direct threat that the combats pose for thesafety of the civilian population, including internallydisplaced persons and refugees.

The Council also expressed its concern over thesafety and security of humanitarian personnel, UNpersonnel and European Union personnel and materialdeployed in Chad. — MNA/Xinhua

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NAUDERO, 5 Feb —The party of slainPakistani oppositionleader Benazir Bhuttoreleased her will to thepublic on Tuesday toprove that it names herhusband as her politicalheir. The move follows awhispering campaignthat Bhutto had nothanded the leadership ofthe Pakistan People’sParty (PPP) to her spouseAsif Ali Zardari, and thatshe instead picked their19-year-old son Bilawal.

The handwritten will— dated 16 October, twodays before the formerpremier returned toPakistan from exile —also says that she fearedfor Pakistan’s future in theface of extremism anddictatorship.

“I would like my

JAKARTA, 5 Feb —Alandslide triggered byheavy rains on the northcoast of Indonesia’sCentral Java has left twopeople dead and fivemissing, a health ministryofficial said Wednesday.

The landslide slammedinto houses in Sindang-wangi village shortly afterdusk on Tuesday, saidRustam Pakaya, whoheads the health ministry’sCrisis Centre.

Two bodies have beenrecovered while a searchfor five other people whowere in the three buriedhouses continued, he said

LONDON, 5 Feb — Five men who helped the bombersin the aftermath of the failed London attacks on 21July, 2005 have been jailed on terror charges, localmedia reported Monday.

The five men provided the plotters with safe houses,passports, clothing and food, Kingston Crown Courtheard, BBC reported. The five — Muhedin Ali, 29,Wahbi Mohammed, 25, Ismail Abdurahman, 25, SirajAli, 32, and Abdul Sherif, 30, all from London — weregiven between seven and 17 years.

The five men, all originally from Africa, wereconvicted of 22 charges of failing to discloseinformation about terrorism and assisting an offender.

Siraj Ali and Mohammed were also convicted ofhaving prior knowledge of the plot to explode deviceson the London transport network. —MNA/Xinhua

Bhutto party reveals will naminghusband as successor

Two dead, five missing in landslidein Indonesia’s Central Java

A rescuer digs the mud to search for landslidevictims.—INTERNET

in a telephone text mess-age. Six other houses wereseriously damaged andtwo bridges were des-

troyed, the official said,adding that one person wasalso injured.

Internet

Five jailed for helping 2005terror plot in London

Palestinians gather atthe border between the

southern Gaza Stripand Egypt waiting forpermission to cross it,

on 5 Feb, 2008.XINHUA

The party of slain Pakistani opposition leaderBenazir Bhutto released her will to the public on5 Feb to prove that it names her husband as her

political heir on 6 Feb, 2008. —INTERNET

husband Asif Ali Zardarito lead you in this interimperiod until you and hedecide what is best. I saythis because he is a man ofcourage and honour,” saidthe will, unveiled at theBhutto home in southernPakistan. Bhutto was

assassinated at a politicalrally on 27 December.

The party namedZardari and Bilawal asco-chairmen three dayslater, after the will wasread out to senior partymembers, but not to thepublic.—Internet

Obama, Romney lead inCalifornia on Super Tuesday

WASHINGTON, 6 Feb—Democratic presidentialhopeful Barack Obamasurged to a big lead overHillary Clinton in Cali-fornia hours before “SuperTuesday” voting began in24 states, according to aReuters/C-SPAN/Zogbypoll released on Tuesday.

In the Republican race,former MassachusettsGovernor Mitt Romneyheld a 7-point advantageon Arizona Senator John

McCain in California,while McCain added tocommanding double-digitleads in New York andNew Jersey.

On a sprawling day ofcoast-to-coast voting, thebiggest ever in a USprimary race, the USpresidential contenders inboth parties were fightingto win a huge cache ofdelegates to thissummer’s nominatingconventions.

In California, whichalone provides more thanone-fifth of the Demo-cratic delegates need-ed for the nomination,Obama led Clinton by 49per cent to 36 per cent,the poll found. Themargin of error was 3.3percentage points.

Clinton pulled into a 5-point lead in New Jersey,46 per cent to 41 per cent,after being tied onMonday. Obama held a45-per-cent to 42-per-centedge on Clinton inMissouri.

Both polls had a marginof error of 3.4 percentagepoints.

Obama had a 20-pointedge in Georgia, aided bya more than 3-to-1 leadamong Black voters.

MNA/Reuters

Two factories in S Israelhit by Palestinian rockets

GAZA, 6 Feb — Palestinian militants fired tworockets from the Gaza Strip into southern Israel onTuesday and hit two factories in Sderot Town.

Both the Popular Resistance Committees (PRC),a radical militant group, and an armed wing of Fatahclaimed responsibility for the attack.

In a statement faxed to the press, the fighters saidthe rocket attacks came in response to the killing ofAmer Qarmout, a senior PRC Commander by IsraeliAir Force on Monday.

Fatah’s armed wing of al-Aqsa Martyrs Brigadessaid the rockets were fired at 8:00 am (0600 GMT).They also pledged more rocket attacks.

MNA/Xinhua

US forces kill 3 family members north of Baghdad

The incident tookplace at dawn in the townof al-Dowr, 30 kilometresnorth of the provincialcapital of Tikrit, the sourcefrom the provincial JointCoordination Centre(JCC) told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

He said that aninterpreter working for theUS troops informed the

branch of the JCC in thetown of the killing andasked them to collect twobodies in a house in one ofthe town’s neigh-bourhoods.

An Iraqi police forceheaded to the scene andfound three bodies —those of a man and hiswife in their 40s as well astheir 18-year-old son. All

of the three were killedwith gunshots in the head,he said.

The police also foundmany spent cartridges ofweapons used by UStroops at the scene, headded.

Residents at theneighbourhood told thepolice force that they heardgunshots at dawn and saw

US military vehiclesleaving the neighbour-hood later, the source said.

He also said that a 16-year-old daughter of thefamily made a call with amobile phone for help asshe was injured and takenby the US troops to amedical facility in a USbase in the province.

MNA/Xinhua

TIKRIT (Iraq), 6 Feb — The US forces allegedly killed three people and wounded a fourth from onefamily in a town in Salahudin Province, north of Baghdad, on Tuesday, a source from the US and Iraqiliaison office said.

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Volvo to recall 1,502 S40sedans imported into China BEIJING, 5 Feb—Swedish automaker Volvo will

recall 1,502 S40 sedans imported into China becauseof an electronic component rust problem, according toChina’s top quality watchdog.

The General Administration of Quality Supervision,Inspection and Quarantine (AQSIQ) said that anelectronic module that controlled gas flow in the fuelpump could be corroded when exposed to damp. Inworst case it could cause engine stalling.

The sedans to be recalled were produced between16 September, 2004 and 22 August, 2005. Thoseproduced afterwards did not have the problem, AQSIQsaid.

The company would replace the electronic part forfree and adjust its position to eliminate potential danger.

MNA/Xinhua

Crude-oil falls below $89

Survey shows eurozone businessactivity weakest in over three years

Men work at a construction site in Germany.

BRUSSELS, 5 Feb—Aservice sector slump inJanuary plunged businessactivity in the nationssharing the euro to thelowest level in overthree years, a widelywatched survey showedWednesday.

An NTC Researchsurvey of business leadersfell to 51.8 points inJanuary from 53.3 pointsin December for the lowestreading since November2004.

The result fell short ofan initial estimate of 52.7points but was still abovethe 50-point level thatindicates expansion.

However, the index ofservice sector activity felleven more sharply,catching economists offguard and raising fears that

growing headwinds facingthe 15-nation eurozoneeconomy were taking theirtoll.

The service sector indexfell to a four-and-a-half-year low of 50.6 points inJanuary, down from a firstestimate of 52.0 points anda reading of 53.1 points in

December.“The substantial down-

ward revision in theJanuary eurozone servicesector business activityindex is an absoluteshocker,” economistHoward Archer said atconsultants GlobalInsight.—Internet

E C O N O M I C N E W S

NEW YORK, 5 Feb—Crude-oil futures fellbelow 89 US dollarsTuesday as a services-sector benchmark of theUS economy came inmuch weaker than antici-pated, sparking recessionworries and generatingfresh questions aboutprospects for energydemand.

Crude for Marchdelivery declined 1.61dollars, or 1.8 percent, to88.41 dollars a barrel onthe New York MercantileExchange. It dropped toan intraday low of 87.50

dollars earlier.The non-manufacturing

side of the US economy,which had been thefirmest pillar of the eco-nomic expansion, buckl-ed in January, accordingto data reported Tuesdayby the Institute for SupplyManagement (ISM).

The ISM non-manu-facturing index fell to areading of 41.9 percentlast month, down from54.4 percent in December,the largest one-monthdrop in the index’shistory.

Internet

India may raise fuel prices this week NEW DELHI, 6 Feb—

India is set to raise retailpetrol and diesel prices thisweek for the first time in20 months, a senior OilMinistry source said, asthe government riskspolitical capital to easelosses at state oil refiners.

The source, who did notwish to be identified aheadof a decision by theCabinet, said on Mondaythat petrol prices werelikely to rise by 4.6 anddiesel by 3.3 per cent,small adjustments that areunlikely to add significantinflationary pressures.

But the decision, whichfollows months of debate,could trigger protests fromCommunist allies whoprovide the rulingcoalition with a parlia-mentary majority. “Thedecision will be taken at aCabinet meeting thisweek,” the ministryofficial said of theexpected price revision.

The Cabinet usuallymeets on Thursday but canbe convened earlier. If itapproves the measure,petrol will go up by twoIndian rupees (0.05 USdollar ) a litre and dieselby one rupee.

World crude oil pricesthat hit a record above 100

US dollars last monthretreated to below 89 USdollars a barrel last weekbut are still sharply higherthan a year ago, forcingmany Asian nations toincrease their heavilysubsidized domestic pumpprices.

MNA/Reuters

An iPhone is displayed at an Apple Store in San Francisco, California. Appleon 5 Feb rolled out new iPhone and iPod Touch models with beefed-up

memories and bumped-up prices.—INTERNET

A horsewoman performs during the horsemen’sfestival in Mexico City, capital of Mexico,

on 3 Feb, 2008.—XINHUA

CARACAS , 6 Feb —

Venezuelan President

Hugo Chavez warned

on Monday he could

nationalize large food

distributors caught

hoarding amid wide-

spread shortages of

groceries, saying he was

hoping for an “excuse” to

take them over.

Despite unprece-

Chavez warns of nationalizingfood companies

dented oil income, the

OPEC nation has

struggled for months to

keep food on supermar-

ket shelves, a problem

businesses blame on

government price con-

trols.

Authorities attribute

the shortages to hoarding

by unscrupulous capi-

talists.

“I hope they give me

the excuse I need to

intervene and expropriate

the big chains ... of food

production and distri-

bution,” Chavez said

during a televised speech.

“We are going to keep

an eye on the big ones,

that’s where the most

ferocious capitalism is.”

MNA/Reuters

Vietnam’s coal exportdown in January

HANOI, 5 Feb—Vietnam shipped abroad 2.5 milliontons of coal worth 77.6 million US dollars last month,posting respective year-on-year declines of 10.7 percent and 3.2 per cent, according to a local trade agencyon Monday.

Vietnam is estimated to export some 25 million tonsof coal worth 850 million dollars, mainly to China,Japan, South Korea, and some North-west Europeancountries, this year, the Trade Information Centre underthe Ministry of Industry and Trade said, predicting thatcoal export prices would increase some 30 per cent in2008 against 2007.

The Vietnamese Min-istry of Planning andInvestment has asked the government to reduce coalexports in the coming years to ensure supplies for localenergy-thirsty industries like electricity and cement.

MNA/Xinhua

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People in Chin State urgedto make…

Hatred is never appeased by hatred; it is appeased by non-hatred. This is the eternal law.

The Eternal Law

Dhammapada 5

Prime Minister General Thein Sein presentscash assistance to an official.— MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein looks into Women’s VocationalTraining School in Tiddim. —MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein greets personnel, social organiza-tion members and local people at Thantlang Town Hall.— MNA

(from page 1)organizations, local peo-ple and heard reports onworks being carried outfor the development ofTiddim, thriving over3000-acre tea plantationand 20000-acre physic nutplantation and breeding ofover 4000 mythuns pre-sented by Chairman ofTiddim Township PDC UAung Zaw Moe.

In his speech, thePrime Minister explainedthe purpose of his inspec-tion tour of Chin State,political, economic, edu-cation and health matters,rice sufficiency in ChinState, emergence of teaState, improvement of liv-ing standards of local peo-ple, dynamism of UnionSpirit and attended to theneeds.

Next, the Prime Min-ister presented gifts toTiddim Township UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association, Wom-en’s Affairs Organization,Maternal and Child Wel-

fare Association, WarVeterans Organization,Red Cross Society andAuxiliary Fire Brigade,cash assistance for the de-velopment of the town-ship through officials andviewed the gifts presentedby respective ministriesfor the township. ThePrime Minister cordiallygreeted those present.

In the afternoon, thePrime Minister and partyarrived at Kyikhar ofTonzang Township fromTiddim by helicopter and

inspected progress ofKyikhar which is situatedin fur flung area, construc-tion of departmental of-fice buildings and 16-bedPeople’s Hospital. Theyalso looked into telecom-munications office ofMyanma Posts and Tel-ecommunications.

Next, the Prime Min-ister met with departmen-tal personnel, members ofsocial organizations andlocal people and askedabout regional develop-mental matters and re-quirements of the region.Maj-Gen Khin Zaw madea supplementary report oncondition of Kyikhar at theoffice of Kyikhar GeneralAdministration Depart-ment.

The Prime Ministerpresented cash and kindto local people of the townthrough Township Of-ficer U Thet Lwin andofficials, saying thatKyikhar is a border town,so local people have tolive in unity. He stressed

the importance that thetown should possess allcharacters of a town, call-ing for improving theeducation and health sec-tors of local people. Hesaid that administrativemechanism has been setup. He dealt with meas-ures for giving assistanceto local people, ensuringprevalence of law andorder, effectiveness of ad-ministrative machineryand rural development.

They proceeded toTonzang by helicopter and

inspected 16-bed TonzangTownship People’s Hos-pital. The township healthofficer and staff conductedthe Prime Minister andparty round the hospitaland Deputy Minister forHealth Dr Mya Oo gaveaccounts of the hospital.

In meeting with de-partmental personnel,members of social organi-zations and local people atthe township hall, Chair-man of Tonzang Town-ship PDC U Soe Win re-ported to the Prime Minis-ter on tasks carried out for

the development of the re-gion based on thefulfillment of the Statelevel officials who werein Tonzang, progress ofcultivation of 200-acremulberry tree plantationand 1400-acre tea planta-tion and breeding of 1200mythums.

In response to the re-ports, the Prime Ministercalled for substitution ofhighland cultivation inslash and burn system forensuring local food suffi-ciency, extended cultiva-

tion of tea plant and breed-ing of mythum, bettertransport and realizationof national unity and pre-sented gifts and cash as-sistance.

The Prime Ministerand party arrived backTiddim by helicopter.

On 5 February, thePrime Minister and partyvisited vocational trainingschool for women of Edu-cation and Training De-partment of the Ministryof Progress of Border Ar-eas and National Racesand Development Affairsin Tiddim.

Principal Daw AyeMay and teachers reported

on conducting courses onknitting, basic and ad-vanced tailoring, cane andbamboo. The Prime Minister andparty visited learning ofthe trainees and observedhandicraft. They went to BorderArea and National RaceYouth DevelopmentTraining School and metthe trainees. Deputy Minister forProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs ColTin Ngwe reported on ad-mission of the trainees andconducting courses.

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Sr. Subject Unit 1988 2007 Progress

1. Arable land acre 89992 169163 79171 2. Dam number 28 50 22 3. River water pumping station number - 3 3 4. Reserve forest Sq mile 74 270 196 5. Protected public forest Sq mile - 2180 2180 6. Railway station - 1 1 7. Rail track mile - 101 101 8. Motor road mile 396 581 185 9. Bridge (above 180 feet) 6 9 310. Post office office 11 13 211. Telegraph office office 10 11 112. Telephone station 3 15 1213. Microwave station - 1 114. Hydropower station 1 2 115. Basic education school school 333 388 5516. University/college - 3 317. Hospital 15 16 1

Hailing the 61st Anniver-sary Union Day

Kayah State which hasdeveloped significantly in the

time of Tatmadaw Government

The photo shows microwave station built in Loikaw of Kayah State forensuring smooth communications between Kayah State and other

parts of the nation.

A general view of Loinanpha Dam constructed to irrigate farmlands ofDimawhso Township in Kayah State.

The main building of Loikaw University built as an education facility in Loikaw for enabling university students in Kayah State to easilypursue higher education.

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 7 February, 2008

WILL REMAIN EVER UNITED

WHOEVER CONSPIRES TO DIVIDE US

The Union Day reflects the consolidated unity andcohesion of national races of Myanmar as well as theprestige of national brethren living in the Union.

The term “Myanmar” comes from a combination ofclan, and tribe or minority or nationality who have beenliving in the same land in the course of history throughthick and thin. Myanmar people lived in the nationpeacefully, were not aggressive to and never invadedany other nation, and repulsed alien intrusion.Myanmar national races showed their nationalisticspirit, patriotic spirit and national solidarity in thefirst intrusion (1824), the second intrusion (1852) andthe third intrusion (1885).

British colonialists realized the patriotic spirit, unity,nationalistic fervour, and the strength of nationalsolidarity of national races such as Kachin, Kayah,Kayin, Chin, Bamar, Mon, Rakhine and Shan. TheBritish had to send tens of thousands of troops fromIndia to suppress the armed revolt of patriotic guerrillasof various national races from 1885 to 1900s. TheBritish brutally killed local people of national racesthrough the scorched-earth method.

Myanmar people engaged in independence strugglessuch as mass movements, political means or nationalpolitics from the 1900s till the nation regainedsovereignty on 4 January 1948. In the Anti-FascistResistance, patriotic people of various national racesshowed their bravery.

The strategy the British laid down in 1886 andapplied till they completed the occupation of the wholeMyanmar was to rule the regions of Myanmar nationalraces separately with specific administrative systemsand different laws in order that national races would notmeet or deal with each other. It was “divide and rule”policy. These schemes indicated they were frightenedby the strength of solidarity of national races.

The British renamed hilly regions of highlandernational races variously for racial discrimination againstnational races residing in the highlands. That was part oftheir divide and rule tactic. They renamed hilly regionsthe regions that less developed regions before Di-archyRule period (1923), scheduled areas in Di-archy Ruleperiod, separate regions in the 91-division rule period(1937), and “frontier areas” after they re-entered

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Myanmar (after Myanmar had driven Fascist Japanesetroops in post-World War II). They did not guaranteebetter administration to the highlanders, but continued topractise the divide-and-rule policy. Whenever hilly regionswere renamed, the British commissioner for hilly regionstightened the laws for the highlands.

The major intention of why the British occupiedMyanmar was to exploit the natural resources at minimumcosts. At that time, the British were already industrialized,but they did not have enough raw materials, fuel or workforce. Moreover, the number of customer countries whopurchased its products was not enough, either. So, morethan 100 nations including Myanmar fell under the rule ofcolonialists.

In spite of the divide and rule policy and variousrestrictions, Myanmar people became cohesive withnational awareness and harmoniously launchedindependence movements one after another. Thecolonialists constructed transport facilities that werejust enough to transport Myanmar’s natural resourcesand products for their benefits. They deliberatelyfailed to construct roads or schools in the regions fromwhich they could not benefit, especially in the hillyregions, far-flung areas and border areas. It alsomade those regions suffer grinding poverty and createdsituations that local people of those regions would dieof hunger unless they made the choice of poppycultivation. In consequence, many Asian regionsincluding Golden Triangle Region and Golden CrescentRegion came to see a large number of poppy plantationsof the British, Portuguese and French. The British opiumtrade became so high that the Anglo-China opium warbroke out. According to the west media, at that time ahuge sum of income gained from opium trade flowed intothe treasury of the King or the Queen of England. Myanmarnational races still have to struggle to their utmost to wipeout the evil legacy of poppy the British left on purpose.

In the periods of repulsing of alien intrusion,independence struggles and Anti-Fascist Resistance,Myanmar national races became more united. Insafeguarding independence and implementingnational development tasks, the people workedtogether with Union Spirit.

The British colonialists (including today’s neo-colonialists) drove a wedge among Myanmar national races.The British government promulgated Frontier CrossingRegulation designed to impose border-crossing restrictionson the people in their own land. Even Buddhist monks hadto ask the British high-ranking officials for traveling fromone region to another, and they could do so only when theywere granted permission, let alone politicians. In the hillyregions, locals were under complete oppression of feudallords and the British frontier officer. Local residents whoviolated the Frontier Crossing Regulation had to pay taxestwofold, were accused of being thieves, robbers and drugaddicts and were sent into exile.

The British also placed restrictions on the youth fromhilly regions who went to plain regions, especially those whocame from Shan State to Yangon to pursue tertiary educationand kept them only in Ava hostel. Furthermore, they werenot allowed to deal with other students. Ava hostel wasunder the administration of Englishman Dr Peacock.However, in the end, patriotic people who were engaging inindependence struggles kept in touch with Shan students,despite the British restrictions. They also published politicalliterary works to rekindle the people’s patriotism andnationalistic spirit, and inspired them to regain independence.

That was not all. They also gave anti-colonialist talks toorganize the people. In that way, they managed to make thepeople become more politically awakened. As a result, thepeople of various national races became united with thestrong feelings of anti-feudalism, anti-British governmentsentiment, and cooperation of plain and hilly regions toregain independence.

Independence movements picked up momentumthanks to the organizing measures of Doh Bamar Asiayon(our Myanmar organization). The British governmentcould no longer resist the people’s aspiration to regainindependence. At the end of 1946, a Myanmar delegationunder the leadership of Bogyoke (Major-General) AungSan held a meeting with Prime Minister Clement Attleein London for independence. It was the British thatoccupied the whole Union of Myanmar, however theywere hesitant when there was no choice but to grantMyanmar independence. With the intention of dividingMyanmar into parts, they said that the people of hillyregions had not known how to rule themselves, so theywould continue to keep the regions as scheduled areas,and they would grant independence to the mainland(plain regions) only.

At the instigation of British hilly regions highcommissioner Stephenson, some Shan sawbwas(chieftains) sent a telegram to London, saying thatBogyoke Aung San was just a Bamar representative,and if the British wanted to know the stance of Shannationals, they should invite Shan representatives toLondon. Nonetheless, Shan patriotic youths with anti-Shan feudalism sentiment and aspiration to regainindependence held a mass rally in Taunggyi, and madea decision that Bogyoke Aung San also representedShan nationals, and Shan nationals would win backindependence together with Bamars. And they sent atelegram of their decision to London.

In February 1947, the conference of various nationalrace leaders was held in Panglong in Loilem District toexpress the strong desire of national people. It was alsoknown as Panglong Conference. Secretary for colonyaffairs Bottomley sent from London and Britishcommissioner for hilly regions Stephenson instigatedsome Shan sawbwas to disrupt Panglong Conference.The second session of Panglong Conference took placein February 1947. The first session was held in conjunctionwith the handicraft exhibition in Panglong in March1946. At that time, the British said that Myanmar hadregained semi-independence and persuaded the countryto get dominion. Galon U Saw was one of the attendeesat the first session of Panglong Conference. Shan patrioticyouths leader U Tin E (later known as Associate Professorof Myanmarsar Department of Yangon University U TinE) bluntly said that he wished the attendance of Galon USaw a good presence. If the purpose of U Saw’s visit toShan State was to introduce dominion in Shan State forwhich he had not achieved any success in Yangon in thatregard, U Saw should go back to Yangon as soon aspossible. And what the people of Shan State reallywanted was none other than absolute independence, headded. Independence the entire Myanmar people wantedat that time was absolute independence.

The session of Panglong Conference commencedon 3 February 1947. National race leaders and thepeople passed a resolution that the entire nation was toregain independence together. At Panglong Conference,Stephenson interfered that it would be safe if Shan State (See page 9)

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(from page 8)agreed to regainindependence separatelyand joined the BritishCommon Wealth. If so,the British would provideall necessary assistance,and it would provide fivemillion kyats plus smallarms if Shan State wantedto. If Shan State made awrong decision and gotindependence togetherwith the mainland, itwould have committedmistakes that could not beremedied.

Besides, he told Shannationals that Bamarscomplied with theirwishes excessively, sothere might be somethingdishonest. Bogyoke AungSan was still under theinfluence of Japan. So,Shan State might fallunder the Fascist rule.

However much thecolonialists instigated, thepeople from all the fourcorners of the nation,especially those fromShan State held massrallies, demanded absoluteindependence, andclaimed that hilly andplain regions would enjoyindependence together.

Regarding the stanceof all national races toregain independencetogether, Sawbwa SaoKhun Pan Sein of PalaungMountain in Namhsan,northern Shan State, whopresided over PanglongConference and played aleading role in organizingthe conference delivered aspeech, saying that it wasnot strange that everycolony wanted to regainindependence, andMyanmar also wanted toregain independence. Itwas a long timehighlanders had longedfor independence.However, they were notin a position to doanything to put theirwishes into realitybecause of thedomination of thecolonialists. And thepeople were not able tocarry out anydevelopment tasks dueto the British oppressionof the nation. The Shanpeople would neveraccept any consultancy

accepting PanglongAgreement. The reply of allnational races given to thecommission was the same“We national races all wantabsolute independence”.

Myanmar, home toover 100 national races,has stood as a union sincetime immemorial. Now,people of various nationalraces live in each of thestates and divisionstogether. All the peopleassume that the Union ishome to over 100 nationalraces (56 million nationalpeople).

The world started tosee capitalism andcolonialism due to thecovetousness of thecapitalists from the westernhemisphere based onEurope. Myanmar peopleknow well colonialist andneo-colonialist countries,whose people do not wantthe collapse of their nationsor unions, but are anxiousto interfere in the internalaffairs of other countriesand revive old colonialism.

The US as well ascertain European countriesthat occupied 77 per centof the world and 75 percent of world people anddeprived the peoples of thecolonies of human rightsand democracy. Thesecountries are conspiringagain to interfere in theinternal affairs of andoccupy the old colonies,using sweet-to-hear wordsof democracy, humanrights, and rights of ethnicminorities to secede fromthe Union concerned, andto break up the developingcountries.

In the US wherevarious peoples fromdifferent countries attackedthe native Red Indians, andenslaved the Blacks,Hawaii, the 50th state, sawnative people of Hawaii (anisland in the middle of thePacific Ocean) demandingfor independence. Southernstates that had beenannexed to the US tried tosecede from the country.President Abraham Lincolnsent troops there tosuppress the movements,culminating in the civil warof the US around 1860 thatclaimed the lives ofhundreds of thousands of

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Love the Union* Love the Union

National races are relativesToo close with so much amityOnly we love our landNo alien can

* Union we loveOur Three Main National CausesNational duty of oursLove and unity, new strengthFar not is the goal

* Love our UnionRoad Map with seven stepsThat’s everyone’s dutyNew ConstitutionEnduring fundamental principles it has

* Love the UnionPanglong spirit in heartsVigorous strength we haveHands joined for sixty-one yearsAnd a thousand more years to come.

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into German FederalRepublic.

I wonder why thecapitalist countries try toensure their perpetualexistence and resort tovarious means to break upother union nations. Thereason is that they want toexercise colonialism withthe divide-and-rule tactic,and to exploit naturalresources of the oldcolonies.

Now, the US andBritain invaded Iraq underthe pretext of searchingweapons of massdestruction in the nation,ensuring freedom anddemocracy for Iraqis. Andthey have monopolized theoil resources of the nation.They divided the nationinto three parts—Kurds,Sunny Muslims, andShiites. In consequence,hundreds of thousands ofinnocent people have losttheir lives and many peoplehave lost their property.Their invasion of Iraq will

council supported by theBritish, he said.

His speech echoed thevoice of PanglongConference. In spite ofStephenson and Bottomleydissuading the national racerepresentatives from signingthe Panglong Agreement,national race leaders andAFPFL leaders signed theagreement on 12 February1947. The British colonialistgovernment (including theLondon government) werepleased with the thoughtthat Panglong Conferencewould not reach anyagreement. They alsoresorted to all possible waysto disrupt the agreement.They opened a temporarytelegraph office in Panglongwith the hope of receivingthe failure of PanglongAgreement immediately.However, Londongovernment on 12 Februarywas shocked by thetelegraph saying that theconference had successfullycompleted and theagreement had been signed.

Panglong Conferencelaid a resolution thatMyanmar people wouldnot accept the Britishplan to divide Myanmarinto parts and grant semi-independence and that allthe regions the Britishhad annexed in 1885would enjoy absoluteindependence together. Inother words, theconference passedMyanmar resolution toregain independence andthat made the strength ofnational solidarity thatensured the emergence ofsovereign andindependent Union ofMyanmar known to theinternational community.

But, the British had notgiven up their plan. Theyagain gave an excuse thatall the national races hadnot signed the agreement,so it was not the stance ofall the national races. So, itsent a commission withBritish Parliament MP ReeWilliam as chairman toMyanmar to ascertain thewishes of all the nationalraces from hilly regionsand plain regions. Thecommission asked leadingquestions and dissuadednational races from

people. Unions of southernstates are still active tosecede from the nation. Ido not want to point outthat the measures taken bysuccessive USgovernments to ensurenon-disintegration of theUnion are unfair, andconsider that they are theirinternal affairs. The USmedia brandedsecessionists of southernstates enemy of the people.

The British(Englishmen) people camefrom Europe andestablished England. Theyoccupied the regions ofWales and Scotch andwestern Ireland island intoUnited Kingdom (UK).Such prefix words asunited, union and federalmean Union. Irelandrebels, Ireland bombers,Sinn Fein and IRAengaged in the struggles inthe 19th and 20th centuriesfor liberation from the ruleof the British. Itunavoidably grantedindependence to a part ofan Ireland island that ismade up of 25 southerndistricts. It keeps NorthernIreland (five districts)under the British union.British media brand therevolutionaries as terroristsand rioters.

After the World WarII, Germany collapsed intotwo parts — East Germany(Socialist) and WestGermany (Capitalist). TheUS-Britain efforts led tothe downfall of theSocialist government ofEast Germany. Then, thetwo countries combined

turn five years soon. Theyalso occupied Afghanistanunder the name of anti-terrorist war. Oil pipelineswere laid for US oilcompanies and plans wereset up to produce oil fromlandlocked countries,north to Afghanistan. Thewar, which was launchedseven years ago, costs tensof thousands of innocentAfghans.

The people ofnational races do notaccept any form ofattempts to break up theUnion.

Today, the Union ofMyanmar has developedin various sectors alongwith peace and stability.And democratic prcesseshave come to fruition toan extent. The con-solidated unity ofnational races is, indeed,the greatest strength thatdefends and safeguardsthe nation.

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(from page 16)Although UNICEF stated in the report that

there were 104 deaths out of 1000 under-five childrenin Myanmar, WHO (SEARO) issued that the mortalityrate of Myanmar stood at 66.1 every 1,000. In TimorLeste, UNICEF stated 55 mortality rate of children outof 1,000 and WHO (SEARO), 130. Hence, it can beseen that there were some discrepancies between thetwo UN organizations.

The minister said that whatever it may be, theMinistry of Health will make all-out efforts for ensur-ing health and fitness of the entire nation and theministry continues to join hands with the UN agenciessuch as UNICEF, WHO, etc, INGOs and NGOs. Inconclusion, the minister urged those present to main-tain accomplishments of leprosy elimination in coop-eration with the entire people and to take part inrehabilitation tasks for the patients and their families.

Afterwards, Minister Dr Kyaw Myint andDeputy Minister Dr Paing Soe presented prizes to thewinners in the Leprosy Elimination Day contests. Theminister and party visited the booths on preventionagainst leprosy and rehabilitation for disabilities of theleprosy patients.

Later, the paper-reading session on leprosyprevention and rehabilitation followed. — MNA

5th Leprosy Elimination…

NAY PYI TAW, 6Feb — Director-GeneralU Aye Lwin of No 2 BasicEducation Depart-mentunder the Ministryof Education met with thetownship education of-ficer, heads of Basic Edu-cation High Schools andsenior assistant teachers at

Basic education schools inspectedin Kyaukse Township

the meeting hall of BEHSNo 1 in Kyaukse yester-day afternoon.

He explainedmatters related to teach-ing and learning tasks, su-pervision of teachers, passrate of matriculation ex-amination, subject-wisepass rate, preparations for

the matriculation exami-nation, implementation ofplans for improving passrate in the examination.

Later, the Direc-tor-General looked intoconstruction of Basic Edu-cation Middle School(Myoma).

MNA

Tarred roads opened in Nyaungdon, Einme

YANGON, 6 Feb—Hailing the 61st Anniver-sary Union Day, a cer-emony to inaugurateArzarni tarred road sec-tion built by NyaungdonTownship Development

Affairs Committee washeld in Nyaungdon on 4February, attended byCEC member of USDAMinister for Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and Development

Affairs Col Thein Nyunt.Officials cut the

ribbon to open the newroad section which is con-venient for local people.The one-mile and one fur-long road is linking

Yangon-Pathein highway.The minister and partyviewed the new road sec-tion. The minister also at-tended the opening oftarred Anawrahta road inEinme Township. The road, 3,350 feetlong and 18 feet wide, wasbuilt at a cost of K19,120,000 by EinmeTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee.

The USDA CECmember met the Chairmanof the township PDC, theSecretary of the townshipUSDA and departmentalofficials and fulfilled therequirements. —MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein comforts a patient at FalamTownship People’s Hospital.—MNA

Minister Col Thein Nyunt attends opening of Anawrahta tarred road in Einme Township.—MNA

Delegates from States and Divisions arrive atNay Pyi Taw to attend 61st Anniversary Union

Day ceremony.—MNA

People in Chin State urged to make…(from page 6)

The Prime Ministergave necessary instruc-tions and provided cashassistance to the principalof the school.

He also visitedTiddim People’s Hospi-tal and asked after healthof the patients. The Prime Ministerurged the doctors andhealth staff to providehealth care services to thepeople at the grassrootslevel. He presented cashfor the fund to officials.

The Prime Minister andparty went to Reedkhodain Tiddim by helicopter.

The Prime Ministerdiscussed transport, agri-culture, livestock breed-ing, border trade and high-land cultivation in meet-ing with officials, mem-bers of social organiza-tions and local people.

Next, he presentedgifts and cash forReedkhoda USDA andsocial organizations to of-ficials.

He also inspected de-

velopment of Reedkhoda,cultivation of tea andphysic nut and Reedkhodahospital.

The Prime Ministerwent to Falam and metdepartmental officials,USDA and social organi-zation members and localpeople.

Chairman of FalamTownship Peace and De-velopment Council U ZawWin Htay reported on im-plementation of the guide-lines given by high-rank-ing officials during theirinspection tour and re-quirements.

The Prime Ministerstressed the importanceof agricultural and live-stock breeding sectors,extended cultivation ofpaddy and maize for foodsufficiency in the region,community peace andtranquillity and regionaldevelopment.

The Prime Ministerpresented gifts and cashfor the associations andthe township to officials.He went to nursing train-

ing school and greeted thetrainees.

He also inspected150-bed Falam DistrictPeople’s Hospital andcalled on the doctors tocarry out the measures onhealth with wider outlook.

The Prime Ministerpresented cash for DistrictPeople’s Hospital andTraining School to offi-cials concerned. He in-spected thriving tea plan-tation in front of the hos-pital and its environs.

The Prime Ministerand party went toThantlang and inspected16-bed Township Peo-ple’s Hospital and pre-sented cash for the fund ofthe hospital.

They toured the town-ship and met departmen-tal officials and local peo-ple.

Chairman of Town-ship Peace and Develop-ment Council U KhunHlay Thang reported ondevelopment of the town,breeding of mythum, cul-tivation of 1,400 acres of

tea and upgrading the hos-pital to 25-bed one.

In his discussion, thePrime Minister spoke ofthe need to find out waterresources that can gener-ate hydro power as thereis insufficiency of powersupply in Chin State.

He said developmentof agriculture in Chin Statecannot be achieved easilydue to geographical con-ditions. Therefore it is nec-essary for the people in

Chin State to make moreconcerted efforts thanthose of other regions andto upgrade livestockbreeding from manage-able scale to commercialone, he said.

His said endeavoursare to be made for raising

of living standard, ensur-ing smooth transport andprosperity of the statethrough peace.

The Prime Ministerand party greeted depart-mental officials and localpeople and left for Haka.

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Efforts are being made for improvement of

therapy methods in Myanmar while various treatments

have been developing in the world. As part of efforts

Seminar of Ear, Nose and ThroatSpecialists benefits public health

Article by Maung Maung Myint Swe,Photos by Thein Win Lay

for the improvement of medical treatment methods in

Myanmar, conferences, paper reading sessions and

researches have been organized in the country and

workshops and practical operations were carried out

with the participation of specialists and health experts

from foreign countries.

In an effort to improve the skills of the new

generation of ear, nose and throat specialists, the

workshop on ear surgery and demonstration were

held at Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist Hospital in

Yangon from 4 to 7 February and ear, nose and throat

specialists from Myanmar Medical Association,

Thailand and England participated in the workshop.

In an interview at the opening ceremony of

the workshop on 4 February, Dr Sai Lu, medical

superintendent of Ear, Nose and Throat Specialist

Hospital, explained the aim of the workshop. He said

that with the aim of producing more qualified ears,

nose and throat specialists in the country, ear, nose

and throat surgeries were carried out in Myanmar

with the cooperation of specialists from foreign

countries. Ear, nose and throat specialists from Yangon

and other states and divisions were participating in

the workshop.

Professor Dr Thein Tun of Ear, Nose and

Throat Specialist Hospital said, “Eight specialists

from England and 19 from Thailand are attending the

workshop and Thai specialists will demonstrate how

to perform ear surgeries with the use of special

microscopes for ear surgery. It is very difficult to

perform an ear surgery. That’s why Thai specialists

will demonstrate how to use microscopes in ear

surgeries.”

Ear, nose and throat specialists from England

and Thailand will perform surgeries on 21 patients

these days, he said.

Dr Robbin Yang, a leader of ear, nose and

throat specialists group from England, said their

participation in the workshop and their demonstration

were aimed at strengthening friendship, exchanging

views and coordination between specialists in Myanmar

and England in surgeries. Specialists from England

will perform nose and throat surgeries, he said. They

had participated in workshops on ear, nose and throat

surgeries and performed demonstrations for three times.

A leader of Thai specialists group said the

workshop aims to train local specialists in Myanmar so

that they can receive good skills for ear, nose and throat

surgeries. Thai specialists will mainly discuss the

otorrhoea and damage of tympanic membrane and

eardrum which have happened mainly in developing

countries. A brain damage may occur due to otorrhoea,

and that can cause even loss of life. That’s why we have

brought necessary equipment to perform such kind of

surgeries and to demonstrate how to use them.

Therefore, ear, nose and throat specialists in Myanmar

can receive proper skills for surgeries, and that can

produce good results in the country.

In other countries, an entrance fee to such

workshop and demonstration costs US$ 1500 per head.

Now, 20 specialists are attending the workshop and we

have saved almost US$ 30,000, he said.

The cooperation of ear, nose and throat

specialists of Myanmar, England and Thailand will

certainly benefit Myanmar doctors and people.

Translation AMS

Myanma Alin: 5-2-08

We willdiscuss

otorrhoea anddamage oftympanic

membraneand eardrumand perform

demonstrations. Leader of

ThaiSpecialists

Group

We will performdemonstrations

on nose andthroat surgeries.

Leader of Ear,Nose and ThroatSpecialists Group

from England

The aim of theworkshop is toproduce morequalified ear,

nose and throatspecialists inMyanmar.Dr Sai Lu,Medical

Superintendentof Ear, Noseand ThroatSpecialistHospital

Eight specialists fromEngland and 19 from

Thailand are attendingthe workshop.

Professor Dr Thein Tunof Ear, Nose andThroat Specialist

Hospital

ASpecialist

fromEngland

demonstrateshow to use

theequipmentto conductsurgeries at

theworkshop

on ear, noseand throat

surgery anddemon-stration.

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T

Indonesian officialwarns spread of

bird flu JAKARTA, 5 Feb— The

spread of bird flu in Jakartahas been much like thespread of dengue fever andtuberculosis which havebeen difficult to containdespite the city’s toughbylaw on poultry control,an official has said.

“This disease, this virus,it’s no simple virus. It’s likedengue fever or tuber-culosis which are stillprevalent in this country,”Bayu Krisnamurti, chiefexecutive of the NationalCommission for AvianInfluenza Control, wasquoted Monday by localnewspaper The Jakarta Postas saying. Dengue fever, amosquito borne disease,claimed 86 lives among31,682 reported cases in theIndonesian capital lastyear.— MNA/Xinhua

Spain’s Goya givesout film awards

Two skiers missingin California after storm

LOS ANGELES, 5 Feb—Rescuers have launched asearch for two skiers believed to have become lostfollowing a storm at a resort in Northern California,authorities said Sunday.

The skiers were reported missing Saturday night atthe Alpine Meadows resort just north of Lake Tahoe inNorthern California, said sheriff's Sergeant Allan Carter.

The two skiers were last seen at a resort bar listeningto advice on skiing in different outlying areas, Cartersaid. During the night, the storm dumped up to two feetof snow in the area.

The authorities said the missing men were expertskiers aged 32 and 35 respectively but would notrelease their names or hometowns.

Carter said rescuers were searching a wide areabecause the authorities were unsure where they went.

MNA/Xinhua

China fuel station collapsekills four, injures 16

MADRID, 5 Feb—Spain’s Goya academypublished its list of filmawards Sunday, with “LaSoledad” (Solitude) takingthe trophy for the bestdomestic film andArgentina’s “XXY” re-ceiving the best Spanishlanguage foreign filmaward.

“La Soledad,” directed byBarcelona’s Jaime Rosales,was a surprise winner forthe domestic category,although it had already wonbest director and bestnewcomer for actor JoseLuis Torrijo. It beat morefamous films “El Orfanato”(The Orphanage), whichhad won seven of its 14possible awards, and “LasTrece Rosas” (The 13Roses), which won four ofits 14 possible awards.

“La Soledad” tells astory of a divorced mother

played by Sonia Almarchaand a widow played byPetra Martinez. In the filmthe two women want toput their lives together tocare for their children.

Rosales dedicated hisawards to the children ofcinephiles, “who are thefuture of cinema”. Heurged parents to take theirchildren to the cinema notjust to watch Disney filmsbut also to watch art filmslike Vittorio de Sica’s“Bicycle Thieves”.

MNA/Xinhua

7,000 Britishsoldiers unfit to

fight on front line LONDON, 5 Feb—Almost 7,000 British

soldiers are unfit to fight, leaving front-line troops “dangerously exposed”, TheDaily Telegraph reported Monday.

Statistics from the Ministry of Defenceshow that one in 14 soldiers is sick orinjured at a time when every regiment of600 faces a shortfall of 100 men becauseof problems with recruitment and thenumbers leaving the Army, the paperquoted the report as saying.

The seriousness of the shortages facedby the Army is highlighted in the springdeployment to Afghanistan.

Troop shortages are so acute that atleast six battalions are being sent to dothe job of four battalions when the nextbrigade deploys to Afghanistan thisspring, the report said.

Figures in the report show that the2nd Battalion Yorkshire Regiment hasleft behind 50 long-term sick troops whilethe battalion is fighting in HelmandProvince.

While the 1st Regiment Royal HorseArtillery had almost 10 per cent of its388 gunners unfit for duty in Iraq lastyear. —MNA/Xinhua

Military says Sri Lankabus blast kills 12

A lady shows a new-year picture at a rural fair in Dalian, northeast China’sLiaoning Province, on 3 Feb, 2008. People are engaged in purchasing new yeargoods ahead of the Spring Festival, which falls on 7 Feb this year. —XINHUA

COLOMBO, 5 Feb—Atleast a dozen people werekilled in a suspected TamilTiger bomb attack on acivilian bus in north-eastSri Lanka on Monday, themilitary said. The blastoccurred just hours afterthe Armed Forces held adefiant show of militaryprowess in the capital tomark the country’s 60thanniversary of indepen-dence from Britain.

“It was a Tamil Tigerclaymore mine targeting acivilian bus in Weli-oya.

Twelve were killed and 17admitted to hospital,” amilitary spokesman said.

Weli-oya is in the north-eastern district of Polon-naruwa, about 200 kilo-metres (120 miles) fromColombo.

Monday’s blast is thelatest in a series of bombattacks blamed on theLiberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE), the rebelgroup fighting to create anindependent state in theisland’s north and east.

Fighting between the

military and the rebels hasintensified since thegovernment scrapped atruce agreement lastmonth, saying the rebelswere using it to rebuild andre-arm and were not sincereabout talking peace.Hundreds of people havebeen reported killed inrecent weeks and analystssay both sides tend toexaggerate enemy losses.An estimated 70,000people have died in theconflict since it began1983.—MNA/Reuters

Smoking kills 100,000people every year in

TurkeyANKARA, 5 Feb—Turkish Temperance

Association estimated on Tuesday thatnearly 100,000 Turkish people die ofdiseases caused by smoking cigarettesand other forms of tobacco every year,the semi-official Anatolia news agencyreported. Turkey is ranked the fourth inthe world in tobacco consumption, theassociation chairman Ahmet Sirri Arvassaid, calling on Turkish people to quitsmoking on the occasion of “QuitSmoking Day” on 9 Feb.

“Three out of every four people, whoonce try smoking, become addicted,”Arvas said, reminding that smoking andalcoholic beverages cause severaldiseases, mostly cancer.

According to Arvas, Turkish peoplespend almost 20 billion US dollars onsmoking and this amount of moneywould significantly help heal most ofthe patients in the country.—Internet

NANJING, 5 Feb—Fourpeople died and 16 wereinjured when a snow-laden fuel pump shelter inNanjing suddenly col-lapsed on Sunday after-noon, according to localsources.

The accident took placearound 2:30 pm at theSinopec Wujiang fuelpump station in PukouDistrict of Nanjing, theJiangsu Province capital,

when one van, one sedanand six motorbikes wererefuelling.

The station ceiling,with a floor area of 1,430square metres, suddenlygave way to the thick snowthat had accumulated on itover the past few days.When it hit the ground, itengulfed all the vehiclesand people beneath it, saidinformation from the citygovernment.

It was not immediatelyknown whether anystation service workerswere in the accident.

The victims were allrescued from the debrisand rushed to hospitalimmediately. Four laterdied from their injuries.The others were hospi-talized.

The accident is underfurther investigation.

MNA/Xinhua

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A man holds a

picture of

Palestinian

suicide bomber

Loay al-

Lahwani, 20,

who blew

himself up in

southern Israel,

in front of his

house in Gaza

on 4 Feb, 2008.

INTERNET

Russianship seizedoff Somalia

MOSCOW, 5 Feb—ARussian tugboat has beencaptured by pirates off thecoast of Somalia, Russianmedia reported Sunday.

The ship, SvitserKorsakov, had six peopleon board, two Britons andfour Russians, the RIANovosti news agencyreported.

“The ship was seizedby pirates near Somaliaon February 1 at 1:17 pmGMT,” RIA Novostiquoted the Russian FarEastern Rescue Centre assaying.

The boat, which hadbeen launched only lastmonth in St Petersburg andwas intended for use onthe Sakhalin II oil and gasproject, was en route tothe Sakhalin Island inRussia’s Far East throughthe Malacca Strait.

The pirates wereprobably running thetugboat toward Mog-adishu, Somalia, said RIANovosti, quoting theRussian Far EasternRescue Centre.

The Russian Navy hasinformed NATO navalforces about the incident.

MNA/Xinhua

Bird flu kills 103 outof 126 cases in

Indonesia JAKARTA, 5 Feb—A 29-year-old Indonesian woman

from Tanggerang, an outskirt city of Jakarta, has diedon avian influenza and another 38 year-old womanfrom West Jakarta has been infected by the virus,putting the total death to 103 out of 126 contractedpeople, Health Ministry said here Monday.

All of their laboratory tests showed that all thewomen were positively infected by the lethal disease,said Lili Sriwahyuni Sulistyowati, head of infor-mation centre of the ministry.

“All their laboratories tests were positive on Sundayafternoon,” she said.

All of them had historical contact with fowls, saidSulistayowti.— MNA/Xinhua

China combats price hikes,speculation in severe winter

Stampede leaves one deadin Guangzhou Railway Station

Group says 65 journalistskilled in world in 2007

UNITED NATIONS, 5 Feb—At least 65 journalists werekilled around the world because of their work last year,the highest figure for 13 years, and nearly half of themdied in Iraq, a leading media watchdog reported onMonday.

The figure compiled by the Committee to ProtectJournalists, or CPJ, in its annual report, “Attacks on thePress,” was one more than that cited by the New York-based group in a 18 December statement and compareswith 56 in 2006.

The 2007 toll is one lower than the 66 journalistskilled in 1994 but that figure was swollen by thegenocide in Rwanda.

Other groups have reported higher figures, withParis-based Reporters Without Borders saying 86journalists were killed last year. CPJ says it applies thestrictest criteria for the work-related nature of deathsand is still checking 23 cases.

In Iraq, 32 journalists — the same figure as in 2006— were killed last year, all but one of them Iraqis, aswell as 12 media support workers, who includetranslators, fixers, guards and drivers, CPJ said.

The report called the Iraq war “the deadliest conflictfor journalists in recent history,” with 125 journalistsand 49 support workers killed since the March 2003US-led invasion. — MNA/Reuters

“Lucky gourds”, with images of rats painted on, are displayed at the ChineseNew Year market in Singapore’s Chinatown on 4 Feb, 2008.

INTERNET

BEIJING, 5 Feb—Aformer railway official inChina’s central HunanProvince has beenprosecuted for colla-borating with ticket toutsand making undeservedmoney.

Luo Zhongxing, aformer railway stationmanager in Huaihua City,was suspected of using hispower to reserve ticketsfor illegal scalpers.

A train ticket during theLunar New Year holidayrush has for years provena hot commodity in China.

Scalpers, some of whomhave special connectionswithin the railway system,often buy up tickets thatthey re-sell for great profit.

Across China, the worstwinter storm in fivedecades has promptedgovernments to fightprofiteering and maintainmarket order.

In the worst-hit HunanProvince, the local pricebureau on Sunday issuedan order demandingrestaurants to keep theirprofit margins within 60per cent after it receivedcomplaints of price in-creases.

On Friday, the pricebureau in the neigh-bouring Guangdong Pro-vince also imposed a banon profiteering by hotelsand inns along the Beijing-Zhuhai Expressway, akey north-south trunkroad.

MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 5 Feb—Astampede in GuangzhouRailway Station of southChina’s Guangdong Pro-vince has left onepassenger dead as strand-ed passengers rushed toboard trains after days ofwaiting. The Guangzhoupolice authority confirmedthe death of Li Hongxia, aGuangzhou watch factoryworker from HubeiProvince, despite emer-

gency treatment on theearly morning of Saturday.

Qi Xiaolin, deputy headof the Public SecurityBureau of Guangzhou tolda Press conference lateSaturday night that this isthe first such case inGuangdong Provinceduring the current SpringFestival transport period.

This is the secondreported death thathappened in an

overcrowded railwaystation. On 13 January,Leng Jing, a student fromthe Anhui NormalUniversity, was killedafter being shoved off anovercrowded platform ina railway station in Wuhu,Anhui Province.

The head of the station,a deputy head andplatform worker weresacked after the accident.

MNA/Xinhua

Spoonful of sugar easesbabies’ vaccination pain

NEW YORK, 6 Feb—Giving infants a smalldose of a sugar solutionjust before they getinjections seems to makethe pain more tolerable, astudy shows.

“Administration of twomillilitres of a 24-per-centoral sucrose solution twominutes before routine

immunizations is effectivein decreasing maximumimmunization pain andshortens the time beforereturning to a near normalstate in infants at two andfour months of age,” theresearch team reports inthe medical journalPediatrics.

Dr Linda A Hatfield, at

the Pennsylvania StateUniversity School ofNursing in UniversityPark, and her associatesgave the sugar solution to38 infants and plain waterto 45 infants before theywere to get a series ofinjections.

The first, second andthird injections wereadministered at twominutes, five minutes, andseven minutes after thesolutions were given.

To assess the babies’experience of pain, theinvestigators used avalidated composite painscale that measures crying,facial expression, be-haviour, body movement,and sleep. The scale goesfrom 0 to 5, with higherscores representinggreater pain. Pain wasassessed immediatelyafter each injection, and atnine minutes.

MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

Serbian FA Vice-President arrested

France’sAmelie

Mauresmoserves to US’

Juli Dittyduring their

French OpenGaz deFrance

tournamentfirst round

tennis match,in Paris on 5Feb, 2008,Mauresmowon 6-1,6-2.—

INTERNET

Gerrard to captain Englandagainst Switzerland

LONDON COLNEY (England), 6 Feb — Liverpoolskipper Steven Gerrard will captain England in Wednes-day’s friendly against Switzerland, the team’s firstmatch under new Italian coach Fabio Capello.

Gerrard leads the side at Wembley in the absence ofinjured defender John Terry who was the regularcaptain under former manager Steve McClaren.

Capello told a news conference on Tuesday: “I willnot name a permanent captain until we start the WorldCup qualifiers against Andorra in September.

“But Steven Gerrard will be captain against Swit-zerland. He is the captain of Liverpool and has author-ity. He is important because he can transmit things andpass on things and inspire players on the pitch.”

The honour comes as Gerrard was named as theEngland fans' Player of the Year for 2007.

Gerrard won the award from 42 candidates, polling22 per cent of the votes. Manchester City defenderMicah Richards finished second in the poll.

Gerrard also captained his country at the start of lastyear against Spain and skippered the side five times inthe 11 matches he played for England last year.

Capello said he had been hugely impressed by theattitude of the players in the squad after his openingthree training sessions with them.

"We have only just started working together and ourobjective is to form a group that will gel togetherbefore our match against Andorra.

MNA/Reuters

Sebastian Blanco (L), Maximiliano Velazquez (C)and Agustin Pelletieri of Argentina’s Lanus

celebrate their team’s third goal against Ecuador’sOlmedo in the first stage of the Copa Libertadores

soccer match in Buenos Aires, on 5 Feb,2008.—INTERNET

Matian Fritzler (L) of Argentina's Lanus and

Freddy Samaniego of Ecuador's Olmedo jump for

a header during their first stage Copa Libertadores

soccer match in Buenos Aires, on 5 Feb,

2008.—INTERNET

New York Giants’ Brandon Jacobsholds up the Vince Lombardi Trophy ata celebration rally at Giants Stadium inEast Rutherford, NJ. The New YorkGiants beat the New England Patriots17-14 in Super Bowl XLII.—INTERNET

Malaysia call on Rushto solve striking woes KUALA LUMPUR, 6 Feb — Malaysian

soccer chiefs are hoping to inject someAnfield magic into their forward lineafter recruiting Liverpool great Ian Rushto help solve the country's goalscoringproblems.

The country's soccer federation is plan-ning an upheaval of its national teamafter their embarrassing performance asco-hosts of last year's Asian Cup.

Malaysia suffered humiliating defeatsin all three of their group matches andscored only one goal.

As part of the revamp, national teamcoach B. Sathianathan will spend threeweeks with English Premier Leaguechampions Manchester United, workingalongside former Real Madrid coachCarlos Queiroz, Alex Ferguson's numbertwo. —MNA/Reuters

CAF deny Drogba,Kanoute award allegations

ACCRA, 6 Feb — African soccer’s governing bodyhas denied telling Didier Drogba and Frederic Kanoutethat they had to attend last week’s African Footballerof the Year award ceremony to have a chance ofwinning.

Chelsea’s Ivory Coast striker Drogba opted not totravel to Togo and Mali’s Kanoute, who did go, wasdeclared the winner on Friday.

Drogba said afterwards that a Confederation ofAfrican Football official had warned him that theaward would be given to Sevilla striker Kanoute if hedid not go to Lome.

However CAF chief communications directorSuleiman Habuba rejected that version of events.

“CAF have never called Didier Drogba or FredericKanoute to tell them that if they did not attend theceremony they would not get the award,” he toldReuters on Tuesday.

“However, I met Frederic Kanoute because I wantedto tell him that it was very important that he came to theceremony in Lome,” he added.

“I did that following the comment made by hiscoach (that he would not be allowed to go if Mali hadqualified). Kanoute said that he had commitments withhis club, but I assured him that everything would bedone for a quick trip.”—MNA/Reuters

Benjani completes move toManchester City

LONDON, 6 Feb — Manchester City have com-pleted the signing of Portsmouth striker BenjaniMwaruwari for 3.87 million pounds (7.64 millionUS dollars), the Premier League club said on Tues-day.

The Zimbabwe striker passed a medical on Mon-day and has signed a 2-1/2-year contract.

City failed to clinch the signing of Benjani ontransfer deadline day last Thursday when Portsmouthspent around nine million pounds on TottenhamHotspur striker Jermain Defoe.

However, the Premier League have approved thedeal which will rise to around seven million poundsif Benjani, Portsmouth’s top scorer this season, starts75 matches for City.

“I would like to thank Portsmouth Football Club,the Premier League and the Football Associationfor their help, understanding and assistance inenabling this transfer to be completed to thesatisfaction of all concerned,” City's chief executiveAlistair Mackintosh told the club's Web site(www.mcfc.co.uk).

Benjani could make his debut for City againstchampions Manchester United at Old Trafford onSunday.

“I am delighted that we have signed such a qualityplayer, and I am looking forward to working withhim straight away,” City manager Sven-GoranEriksson said.

MNA/Reuters

BELGRADEM, 6 Feb — Serbian Foot-ball Association (FSS) vice-presidentDragan Dzajic and two other former RedStar Belgrade officials were arrested onTuesday for alleged fraud and abuse ofpower.

Police said Dzajic, a former presidentof Serbian champions Red Star, wasdetained along with the club’s formerdirector of operations VladimirCvetkovic and secretary MilosMarinkovic.

“The three long-serving former RedStar officials have been arrested undersuspicion that they have abused theirpositions and forged identification docu-ments,” a police statement said.

“In the period between 4 July 2001 and15 March 2002, the three Red Star offi-cials concluded a deal stipulating the clubwas to get 27 million German marks from

the transfer of its player Goran Drulic to(Spanish club) Real Zaragoza,” it said.“They had forged documents to falselyshow that Drulic was to receive 18 mil-lion German marks from the transfer.

“They then opened a bank account toDrulic's name without his knowledgeand transferred the Spanish club’s pay-ment for the player in the amount of6,127,104.24 euros (9.08 millionUS dol-lars) to Red Star’s account.

“After doing that, they madeseveral withdrawals by using Drulic'sfake signature they had forged to makeillegal profit for themselves.”

Dzajic's lawyer Sveta Vujacic saidthe 62-year-old former Yugoslaviawinger had been taken to the investiga-tive judge for questioning and called hisarrest “a disgrace for Serbia”.

MNA/Reuters

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Thursday, 7 FebruaryTune in today

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Wednesday, 6 February, 2008Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers has been isolated in Taninthayi Division andweather has been partly cloudy in Kachin and MonStates, upper Sagaing Division and generally fair inthe remaining areas. Night temperatures were (3ºC)below February average temperatures in Chin, East-ern Shan and Kayin States, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions, (5ºC) below February average tempera-tures in upper Sagaing and Bago Divisions, (5ºC)above February average temperatures in Mon Stateand Taninthayi Division and about February averagetemperatures in the remaining areas. The significantnight temperatures were Loilem (0ºC), Namhsam (1ºC),Haka (3ºC), Lashio, Pinlaung and PyinOoLwin (4ºC)each. The noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded wasDawei (0.08) inch.

Maximum temperature on 5-2-2008 was 93ºF.Minimum temperature on 6-2-2008 was 60ºF. Rela-tive humidity at (09:30) hours MST on 6-2-2008 was59%. Total sunshine hours on 5-2-2008 was (8.2) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 6-2-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2008 was (0.67) inch at Mingaladon, (0.47 ) inchat Kaba-Aye and (0.35) inch at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(3) mph from West at (18:30) hours MST on 5-2-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and Southwest Bay and generally fairelsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7-2-2008: Possi-bility of isolated rain in Taninthayi Division, weatherwill be partly cloudy in Kachin and Mon States andgenerally fair in the remaining States and Divisions.Degree of certainty is (40%)

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofslight increase of night temperatures in the LowerMyanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 7-2-2008: Fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 7-2-2008: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 7-2-2008: Fair weather.

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US abandons embassy in ChadWASHINGTON, 6 Feb — The United States has evacuated its embassy in N’Djamena, the capital of Chad,

due to the worsening situation in the central African country, the State Department said Monday.“All the embassy staff

has been moved out ofthe airport,” State Depart-ment spokesman SeanMcCormack told reporters.

“We are working veryclosely with the FrenchGovernment. Their flightshave been coming andgoing and a number ofAmerican citizens,including the embassypersonnel, have flown theseflights,” he said.

“We are continuing tobe in contact with otherAmerican citizens who arenot at the airport and weare still talking to some ofthem who would like tocome to the airport andtransit out. “

The US Embassy,situated at downtown inN’Djamena, was reportedlyhit by indirect fire duringweekend clashes.

Following the eva-

cuation of all US staffmembers in the embassy,McCormack warnedChad’s rebels not to enterthe compound, whichremains sovereign USterritory.

“We plan to make itvery clear that it is USGovernment territorial soiland that the embassycompound, if it has beenentered, should imme-diately be exited and

certainly they should notattempt to enter thechancery or the embassy,”he said.

The heavy fightingbroke out last Friday nearN’Djamena between gov-ernment security forces andsome 2,000 armed rebels.

Thousands of civiliansfled N’Djamena onMonday after armed rebelspulled back from the city,following two days of fiercefighting in an attempt tooverthrow President IdrissDeby.

MNA/Xinhua

Israeli airstrike kills 6 in southern GazaGAZA, 6 Feb– Six

Palestinians were killed andfive others wounded onTuesday afternoon in anIsraeli airstrike at a base thatbelongs to Hamas’ policeforces in southern GazaStrip, medics said.

Mo’aweya Hassa-nein, chief of Emergencyand Ambulance Servicein the Health Ministry ofthe deposed Hamas

government, confirmed iton the telephone andadded that all casualtieswere taken to NasserHospital in the southernGaza Strip town of KhanYounis.

Crowds at the hospitalchanted for revenge, hesaid.

Palestinian witnessessaid that Israeli warplanesfired two air-to-ground

rockets into the Hamasbase in the town of BaniSuheila, east of KhanYounis.

The wintnesses saidthe rockets had complete-ly destroyed the base,adding that rescue teamsmanaged to pick up thebodies of six Hamaspolice officers and pullout those injured.

MNA/Xinhua

Pirates seize Russians, Britishcaptain off Somalia

MOSCOW, 6 Feb –Pirates in Somalia havecaptured the Russian crewand British captain of a shipsailing off the Horn ofAfrica, a spokesman for thevessel’s owner said onMonday.

Four Russian crewmembers, an Irish chiefengineer and a Britishcaptain were aboard theSvitzer Korsakov, an Ice-

class tug vessel, when itwas seized on Friday as itwas making its way toRussia’s Pacific Coast.

“We have been incontact with the master (ofthe ship), and subsequentlyalso with the pirates,” saidPatrick Adamson, aspokesman for Svitzer, theDanish firm that owns theship.

“What we have heard

is that they are unharmed,they have got food, waterand are getting somesleep. Morale is good,”he said by telephone fromLondon.

Adamson declined tocomment on whether thepirates had made anydemands. “Discretion willbe of the utmost importanceto the safety of the crew,”he said. — MNA/Reuters

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People’s Desire� We favour stability.� We favour peace.� We oppose unrest and violence.

SPECIAL FEATURES TO HAIL 61st ANNIVERSARY UNION DAYArticle

CARTOONPOEM

* Love the Union National races are rela-

tives Too close with so much

amity Only we love our land No alien can

Kayah State which has developed significantlyin the time of Tatmadaw Government

NAY PYI TAW, 6 Feb — A ceremony to mark the5th Leprosy Elimination Day was held at the meeting hallof the Ministry of Health, here, this morning, with anaddress by Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint.

Speaking on the occasion, the minister said thatthe Ministry of Health designated the motto “SustainLeprosy Control Activities: Let’s continue our efforts”for this year’s 5th Leprosy Elimination Day. Somepatients recover from leprosy after receiving the treat-ment of MDT, however some disabilities may remain intheir body. Therefore, he said, measures are being takenfor prevention against disabilities, rehabilitation of disa-bled persons, dissemination of health knowledge to thepatients for taking self care and providing of suitabletraining courses in 20 townships of eight states anddivisions.�Furthermore, the plan is under way to carryout rehabilitation work in 20 more townships everyyear.

The minister said that efforts are being made forimplementation of the appropriate plans for solving

5th Leprosy Elimination Day observed

health, social and economic difficulties of the formerpatients as much as possible. Concerning health, statis-tics, the minister said that recently, UNICEF issued areport entitled State of the World Children. The reportstated that the child mortality rate of under-five childrenin Myanmar was 104 out of 1,000 in 2007. Somenewspapers in the world reported that Health and Nutri-tion Section Chief Dr Osamu Kunii of UNICEF inMyanmar said that Myanmar is standing at the secondposition in the child mortality rate after Afghanistan inAsia. Dr Osamu Kunii sent a letter of apology to theMinistry of Health saying that some newspapers hadwrongly stated some points regarding the annual reportreleased by UNICEF, and misquoted the words he hadnot spoken. So, he said, he was sorry for the misunder-standing if that had adverse effects on the hard work ofthe Ministry of Health and the government.

Indeed, there were discrepancies in the figuresfor 2007 issued by UNICEF and WHO (SEARO).

(See page 10)

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint delivers an address at the ceremony to mark the 5th Leprosy Elimination Day.—MNA

Dr Osamu Kunii sent aletter of apology to the Min-istry of Health saying thatsome newspapers hadwrongly stated some pointsregarding the annual re-port released by UNICEF,and misquoted the wordshe had not spoken.

Love the Union

The Union Day reflects the con-solidated unity and cohesion of na-tional races of Myanmar as well as theprestige of national brethren living inthe Union.

Union of Myanmar will enjoypeace and development through

solidarity of national races

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