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

Volume XII, Number 114 8th Waning of Second Waso 1366 ME Sunday, 8 August, 2004

Four political objectives* Stability of the State, community peace

and tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four social objectives* Uplift of the morale and morality of

the entire nation* Uplift of national prestige and integrity

and preservation and safeguarding ofcultural heritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

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

development of other sectors of the economy as well* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic

system* Development of the economy inviting participation in

terms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be keptin the hands of the State and the national peoples

YANGON, 7 Aug — Thefifth Waso robes offeringceremony of the families ofDefence Services (Army,Navy and Air) of the Min-istry of Defence to FiveNikaya Pitakat ThonbonMonastery in DagonMyothit (South) Townshipwas held at Pyilon ChanthaMaha Ordination Hall ofthe monastery at 9.15 amtoday, attended by Chair-man of the State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services SeniorGeneral Than Shwe andwife Daw Kyaing Kyaing.

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaingattend fifth Waso robes offering ceremony of Tatmadaw

families at Five Nikaya Pitakat Thonbon MonasteryEight requisites, alms, Waso robes donated to members of the Sangha

Also present on the oc-casion were StateOvadaçariya PazundaungMyatheindan MonasteryPresiding Nayaka SayadawAgga Maha PanditaAbhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhammajotika Bhad-danta Sobhana, Vice-Chair-man of the State SanghaMaha Nayaka CommitteeBahan AungmyebonsanMonastery PresidingNayaka Abhidhaja MahaRattha Guru AbhidhajaAgga Maha Saddham-majotika BhaddantaPaññindabhivamsa andmember Sayadaws,Tipitakadhara TipitakaKovida Sayadaws, mem-bers of the State CentralWorking Committee of theSangha, Sayadaws fromState Pariyatti Sasana Uni-versity (Yangon) and Inter-national Theravada Bud-dhist Missionary Univer-sity, members of theSangha from the monas-tery, Vice-Chairman of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Deputy Com-

mander-in-Chief of De-fence Services Com-mander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye and wifeDaw Mya Mya San, Prime

Minister General KhinNyunt and wife Dr DawKhin Win Shwe, Daw KhinThan Nwe, widow of Lt-Gen Tin Oo, member of theState Peace and Develop-

ment Council GeneralThura Shwe Mann ofthe Ministry of Defenceand wife, Secretary-1 ofthe State Peace andDevelopment Council

Lt-Gen Soe Win and wife,Secretary-2 Adjutant-General Lt-Gen TheinSein and wife, membersof the State Peace and

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing offer eight requisites andWaso robes to a Sayadaw.— MNA

Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and Tatmadaw families share merits for offering of Waso robes to Sayadaws atFive Nikaya Pitakat Thonbon Monastery.— MNA

ArticleA historical milestoneleading the nation to a

new age—7(0)

INSIDEPerspectives

Boost yield of cropsthrough effective useof irrigation facilities

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Sunday, 8 August, 2004

PERSPECTIVES

Boost yield of cropsthrough effective use ofirrigation facilities

Once, local farmers residing in MyingyanDistrict, Mandalay Division, had to rely on rainsto grow their crops.

Therefore, Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council Senior General ThanShwe gave guidance to implement the 13-Dis-trict Greening Project that also coversMyingyan District in the arid zone of the coun-try. Good results have come out from theproject and with the participation of local peo-ple, efforts are being made to continue theproject.

The inauguration of the Taungyay Dambuilt by Construction 7 of the Irrigation De-partment of the Ministry of Agriculture andIrrigation on Taungyay Creek near Tepinte Vil-lage, Kyaukpadaung Township, Myingyan Dis-trict, Mandalay Division, was held on 28 July,with an address by member of the State Peaceand Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint ofthe Ministry of Defence.

On the occasion, Lt-Gen Ye Myint saidthat, under the guidance of Senior GeneralThan Shwe, ways and means were sought inorder to feed more water to KyetmauktaungDam, that according to the feasible study, watercan be supplied to the dam by building twosupporting dams, and that therefore the twodams namely Taungyay Creek and Kyauktagadams were built.

Taungyay Creek Dam is located nearTepinte Village, Kyaukpadaung Township,Mandalay Division and it was built with theaim of feeding water to Kyetmauktaung Damthat was built in 1966. The Government hasso far built 41 dams in Mandalay Division since1988 and irrigated areas are over 333,000 acres.

Altogether 15 dams namely Sunlun Dam,Taung Pinle and Myauk Pinle Dams inMyingyan Township; Kyauktalon Dam,Hsindewa (Thamakku) Dam, Sunkan Dam,Taungtha Dam, Welaung Dam and Kyauktalonsupporting Dam in Taungtha Township; ZedawDam in Natogyi Township; Myotha Dam,Phaungkadaw Dam and Natthadaw Dam inNgazun Township; and Pinchaung Dam andTaungyay supporting dam in KyaukpadaungTownship, have been built in Myingyan Dis-trict and these facilities supply water to 38,303acres of land.

At a time when the Government is striv-ing for the development of the agriculture sec-tor, farmers are urged to make earnest effortsfor boosting the yield of crops through effec-tive use of the irrigation facilities.

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

People’s Desire

Daw San Yone, wife of the Minister for Foreign Affairs, and guests viewround the Food Festival. — MNA

August 2004 was held at theKandawgyi Palace Hotelhere this morning.

Daw San Yone, wife ofmember of the Panel ofPatrons of the AssociationMinister for Foreign AffairsU Win Aung, formallyopened the festival.

Also present on theoccasion were Daw Le LeKyi, wife of member of thePanel of Patrons of the As-sociation Deputy Ministerfor Foreign Affairs U KyawThu, ministers’ wives whoare honorary members,wives of officials of theministry who are execu-tives, the Philippine Ambas-sador to Myanmar, wives ofambassadors of ASEANcountries to Myanmar andfamilies of diplomatic corpsof Embassies in Yangonand UN agencies.

MNA

YANGON, 7 Aug—TheASEAN Food Festival or-ganized by the MyanmarASEAN Women’s Friend-ship Association to hail the37th Anniversary ofASEAN which falls on 8

ASEAN Food Festival held Article, essay and poster competitionsto mark International Literacy Dayand UN Literacy Decade 14, 22 Aug

YANGON, 7 Aug — Hailing the International Lit-eracy Day which falls on 8th September 2004, the article,essay and poster competitions to mark International Lit-eracy Day and the United Nations Literacy Decade 2004,will be held. The entry must be titled “Education for All”.The entry must be between 3,000 and 4,000 words. Thetwo copies of the entry must be expressed clearly only onone side of page in computer, typewriter or handwriting.The entry must be own creation. The competitor mustsubmit the brief biography and three 1.5"x 2" size colourlicence photos. The entries are to be sent to Director UMyat Naing of Myanmar Education Research Bureau onPyay Road in Kamayut Township, not later than 25 Au-gust. Essay and poster competitions will be held dividinginto three categories. The trainees from the on-job train-ing courses at Institutes of Education and Education Col-leges may take part in the essay competition with the titleof ‘Helping Illiterate’ to be held on 22 August. BasicEducation High School students may take part with thetitle ‘Everybody must be literate’ on 14 August. BasicEducation Middle School students may participate in theposter competition on 14 August. Those wishing to par-ticipate can inquire for detailed information to respectiveInstitutes of Education, Education Colleges and Town-ship Education Officer’s Office. — MNA

Cyclists with full enthusiasm take part in the race. — NLM

YANGON, 7 Aug — Under the leadership of theMinistry of Sports, the 160 km long Yangon-Bago-Yangonmen’s open and 80 km long women’s open cycling race,co-organized by Myanmar Cycling Federation and ShweThan Lwin Co Ltd, was held at Youths Training Centrein Thuwunna this morning, attended by Chairman ofMyanmar Olympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint. Chairman of Committee for En-suring Success of Myanma Sports Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin launched the opening of the race. The cyclistsstarted the point in front of the Youths Training Centre inThuwunna and went to No 1 traffic island at the entranceto Bago along Weizayanta Road through South Okkalapaand North Okkalapa townships and Mingaladon GardenCity, along Pyay Road through Htaukkyant, Hlegu Town-ship and Indaing, and turned back and finished their routeat Daewoo Garment Factory (Pyinmabin) on Pyay Road.

At the prize presentation ceremony at Aung SanStadium, Leading Patron of the Myanmar Women’s SportsFederation Daw Aye Aye presented first, second and thirdprizes to Khin Soe Htay of YCDC, Moe Sanda Oo ofYCDC and Su Su Wai of Livestock and Fisheries respec-tively. The first prize winner clocked 3 hours, 58 minutesand 15.31 seconds for women’s 80 km event. Daw LKhun Yi of MWSF and Daw Nan Mauk Lao Hsai, wifeof the President of MCF Chairman of Shwe Than LwinCo Ltd, presented prizes to fourth, fifth and consolationprize winners. Next, member of the Leading Panel ofPatrons of MWSF Daw Kyi Kyi Win presented first,second and third prizes to Win Hlaing (Yangon Division),

Win Hlaing, Khin Soe Htay secure first prize each in cycling race

Kyi Moe Aung (Finance & Revenue) and Zeya Win (Agri& Irri) respectively. The first prize winner clocked 4 hours,01 minute and 24 seconds for men’s 160 km event. MOCGeneral Secretary, Director-General of Sports and Physi-cal Education Department U Thaung Htaik, MCF Presi-dent Shwe Than Lwin Co Chairman U Kyaw Win andofficials presented prizes to the respective winners. Joint-Secretary of MCF Staff Officer Daw Hnin Sanda Oo ofSPED accepted 200 bicycle tyres donated by Shwe ThanLwin Co. — MNA

Member of the Leading Panel of Patrons ofMWSF Daw Kyi Kyi Win presents the first prize

to Win Hlaing (Yangon Division). — NLM

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Four Lebanese driverstaken hostage in Iraq

BEIRUT , 6 Aug— Four Lebanese truck drivers have been taken hostage in Iraq, asource in Beirut’s Foreign Ministry said on Friday.

The source said the four were capturedon Thursday while driving on a road be-tween Baghdad and Ramadi, a volatile re-gion west of the capital where resistance tothe presence of foreigners in Iraq is particu-larly strong.

He had no information about who hadtaken them hostage or who they worked for,although relatives of two of the missingmen said they were employed by Lebanon’sal-Jubeili transit company.

The head of the Lebanese Truckers’Association said the drivers were takingelectric generators from Lebanon to Iraq,to sell to Iraqi traders. He said they had nolinks with US or any other foreign troops.

“They were supposed to arrive in Bagh-dad last night,” Chafic al-Assis told Reuters.“Our office in Baghdad called this morningto say they didn’t show up.”

A family in north Lebanon identified twoof the truckers as Nasir al-Jundi and Tarekal-Jundi, and said they had left Lebanon on

Sunday. Other Lebanese drivers in Iraq calledthe family on Friday to say they had notarrived.

Relatives appealed for their release, say-ing the two had gone to Iraq only to earn aliving.

“We have asked the foreign ministry andthose responsible in Lebanon to get themfreed because all they were doing was bring-ing Iraqis the basic things they need,” saidAbdulrahman al- Jundi, a member of thefamily. Assis said diplomats in Baghdad andBeirut were trying to find out who kidnappedthe men.

A spokesman in Baghdad’s interior min-istry said the ministry was aware of thereports but had no further information.

There are now five Lebanese nationalsmissing in Iraq. Businessman AntoineAntoun was kidnapped along with a Syriandriver last Friday, according to his relativesin north Lebanon. Talks are ongoing tosecure his release. — Internet

Group tells El Salvador notto send troops to Iraq

DUBAI , 6 Aug— A group saying it has ties to Al- Qaeda vowed on Thursday to strikeinside El Salvador if the country sends fresh troops to Iraq, according to a messageposted on an Islamist Web site.

El Salvador’s PresidentTony Saca said on Wednes-day a new contingent ofSalvadoran troops — ap-proved by the Legislature lastmonth after heated debate— would leave for Iraq inthe middle of August.

“Dispatching any troopsfrom El Salvador would be a

declaration of war againstIraq’s Muslim people,prompting us to launch waragainst you and move theconflict inside El Salvador,”said the hitherto unknowngroup Mohammed Atta Bri-gades – Al-Qaeda of Jihad.

The authenticity of thestatement could not be veri-fied. The group is named af-ter a leader of the hijackerswho carried out the Sept 11,2001 attacks in the UnitedStates.

“No citizen will enjoy se-curity in El Salvador as soonas any soldier arrives in Iraq... and do not hold us respon-sible for bloodshed in El Sal-vador as we have cautionedyou against taking such astep,” said the brief state-

ment in Arabic.El Salvador’s legislature

narrowly approved sending380 troops to join US-ledforces in Iraq.

The first contingent of 360Salvadoran troops went toIraq a year ago and a secondcontingent of 380 troops re-lieved them in February.

Insurgents have tested thewill of states in the US-ledcoalition in Iraq by kidnap-ping and in some cases be-heading their citizens.

Last month the Philip-pines, with one of its nation-als under a death threat inIraq, joined Spain, the Do-minican Republic, Nicara-gua and Honduras in pullingits troops out of the coali-tion. — Internet

Ceasefire in Iraq splinters

A vendor watches British troops securing the main avenue leading to radical Shiitecleric Moqtada Sadr’s office in Basra, southern Iraq on 5 Aug, 2004. — INTERNET

engaging in sporadic ex-changes of small-arms firewith US forces.

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jured when they were am-bushed by rebel fighters, amilitary statement said.

“Fight the blasphemous,fight the Americans,” Sadrsaid in a statement issued byhis office in Najaf, fuelingfears that the Shiite rebellionseemingly quelled in earlyJune is back on the boil.

Fighting also flared in thesouthern city of Basra be-tween British forces andmembers of Sadr’s militia,al-Mahdi Army, after Brit-ish soldiers detained fourSadr supporters. Two mili-tiamen were reported killed.

By late morning, the vio-lence had spread also to SadrCity, the Baghdad strongholdof Sadr’s militia, wheremasked militiamen took tothe streets in force, sealingoff access routes into the slumneighbourhood and

BAGHDAD, 6 Aug—Fiercebattles erupted Thursday be-tween US forces and rebelShiite fighters in several cit-ies across Iraq shattering a2-month-old cease-fire andthreatening to ignite a freshShiite uprising.

The most intense fightingwas reported in the holy cityof Najaf, where insurgentsloyal to rebel Shiite leaderMoqtada Sadr shot down aUS Marine helicopter in theworst fighting since a truceput an end to the Shiite in-surgency there in early June.

The helicopter and itscrew were rescued, accord-ing to US military officials,who declined to confirm re-ports that several Marineson board were injured. In aseparate incident on the out-skirts of Najaf, a US soldierwas killed and five were in-

Russia close to WTO dealswith China, Japan

MOSCOW, 6 Aug— Russia plans to join the WorldTrade Organization (WTO) in early 2006 and is close toagreeing accession terms with several key trading part-ners, a top trade official said on Wednesday.

Russia wants to sign bi-lateral deals with all its trad-ing partners this year. Itcleared a major hurdle in Mayby reaching agreement withits biggest trading partner,the European Union, anddeals with China and Japanlook to be next on the cards.

“In January-February2006 Russia could reallybecome a member of thisorganization,” AndreiKushnirenko, Russia’sdeputy head of trade nego-tiations, told journalists.

“At the moment the gov-ernment’s plans are to com-plete bilateral discussionswith the main partners by theend of the year. Technicaldiscussions will occupymuch of next year, and to-wards the end of 2005 therewill be a conference to dis-cuss Russia’s membership.

Kushnirenko said Russiaexpected to strike a deal with

China — as well as Norway,Switzerland and Iceland —at talks scheduled for Sep-tember 15-20 this year.

MNA/Reuters

Pakistan Army helicoptercrash kills at least four

PESHAWAR (Pakistan), 6 Aug— A Pakistan Armyhelicopter crashed in the country’s northwest on Thurs-day, killing at least four people, the military spokesmansaid.

“It is an accident, but we are trying to find out details,”Major-General Shaukat Sultan told Reuters.

The helicopter came down near Karak, in a districtneighbouring North Waziristan, a tribal area where securityforces come under regular fire from militants.

MNA/Reuters

922 US service members killedsince beginning of

military operations in IraqBAGHDAD , 6 Aug — As of Friday, Aug 6, 922 US service members have died since the

beginning of military operations in Iraq in March 2003, according to the DefenceDepartment. Of those, 685 died as a result of hostile action and 237 died of non-hostilecauses.

The British military has reported 61 deaths; Italy, 18; Spain, eight; Poland, seven;Bulgaria, six; Ukraine, four; Slovakia, three; Thailand, two; and Denmark, El Salvador,Estonia, Hungary, Latvia and the Netherlands have reported one death each.

Since May 1, 2003, when President Bush declared that major combat operations inIraq had ended, 784 US soldiers have died 576 as a result of hostile action and 208 of non-hostile causes, according to the Defense, Department on Friday.

The latest deaths reported by US Central Command:Two Marines were killed Thursday in fighting in Najaf.A US soldier was killed and 12 troops were wounded Thursday in fighting in Najaf.

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A US Marine helicopter is grounded in Najaf after being shot down during fighting inthe southern Iraqi city in this image taken from TV on 5 Aug, 2004.

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Khatami accuses US of doublestandards in Iraq

BAKU , 6 Aug— Iranian President Mohammad Khatami said the United States was using double standards in itswar in Iraq and accused it of sparking interethnic conflict.

Addressing the Azeriparliament on the second dayof his visit to the formerSoviet republic, Khatamidefended both Iraq andPalestinian territories againstthe West.

“Unilateral internationalpolicies followed by doublestandards create difficultiesamong people, and this can

ties between two countriesembroiled in a dispute overoil access in the Caspian Seaand Azerbaijan’s closer re-cent relations with the UnitedStates.

Khatami is due to leaveAzerbaijan on Saturday.

In recent months, the Pen-tagon has been ramping upits military assistance to

Azerbaijan, which, like Iran,has a Caspian shoreline.

The US military has runjoint exercises with the Azerinavy in the Caspian.

The US is backing a ma-jor project to export Azerioil from the Caspian Sea —home to some of the world’sbiggest untapped oil and gasreserves — to internationalmarkets.

But Iran is suspicious ofUS motives, particularly af-ter President George W Bushdescribed the country aspart of an “axis of evil”following the September 11attacks.

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be seen in Iraq and Pales-tine,” Khatami said.

“The Islamic religion al-lows for peace and securityin the region and a true dia-logue for between the world’scivilizations,” he said.

Khatami was paying thefirst visit by an Iranian leaderto the former Soviet republicsince 1993, trying to build

Marine killedin Iraq

BAGHDAD, 4 Aug—A Marine who grew up in Milfordwas killed in Iraq Wednesday, just two weeks before hewas scheduled to return home.

News Center 5’s Amalia Barreda reported that Gun-nery Sgt. Elia P. Fontecchio’s family and friends werepreparing for his homecoming in just a few weeks, butnow are preparing for his funeral.

Fontecchio was assigned to the 3rd Battalion,7th Marines, 1st Marine Division, 1st Marine Ex-peditionary Force, based at the Marine Corps AirGround Combat Center in Twentynine Palms,Calif.

Last December, Fontecchio was said to agonize overbreaking the news to his wife, Kinney, that he would bereturning to Iraq for a second tour of duty.

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Ministry says three Turks heldhostage, two others missing in Iraq

ANKARA , 6 Aug — The Turkish Foreign Ministry said on Friday that threeTurkish citizens are claimed to have been held hostage and two others are reportedmissing in Iraq.

All capabilities of theministry and other relevantstate institutions have beenmobilized also with contri-bution of several Iraqicircles to find and rescuethose Turkish citizens, theministry said in a statement.

Meanwhile, it said thatTurkey will strongly con-tinue sendingaid to meethumanitarian needs ofIraq’s people with whom ithasties that have roots deepin history.

Iraq remained to be arisky country in terms of se-curity despite efforts and ac-tivities that have been underway for Iraq’s rebuilding andsettlement of stability, thestatement said. Despite allefforts of the Iraqi interimgovernment and multina-tional force, public orderand security could not be pro-vided yet and in this envi-ronment, Turkish citizenswho go to Iraq and personnelof Turkish trans-portation, exportation and

contracting companieswhich make business in Iraqface serious safety risk, itsaid.

The ministry recalledthat three Turkish citizenshave recently been killedby kidnappers or in armedattacks, saying that “we im-plore God’s mercy on theseTurkish people and we offerour condolences to theirfamilies and relatives. theTurkish state will extend itshelping hand to these fami-lies.”

It said that a series ofmeetings took place in theForeign Ministry with repre-sentatives of Turkish com-panies making business

in Iraq and relevant state in-stitutions’ officials for bet-terment of safety conditionsof their personnel in Iraq.

“As a result of thesemeetings, a series of addi-tional security and logisticmeasures were determinedregarding the areas of roadsecurity, safe transportationand secure storing and dis-charging places, alternativeroutes, personnel arrange-ments, cooperation with Iraqiauthorities and insurance, as-suring the minimizing ofdangers and risks in Iraq. TheTurkish government willsupport implementation ofthese measures,” it said.

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A US soldier stands guard as Iraqi policemen inspect the site of a suicide car bomboutside a police station in the town of Mahawil, 95km south of Baghdad recently.

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Reservist says intelligenceled Iraq abuse

HAGERSTOWN, 6 Aug — An Army reservist who saw naked detainees being humiliated at Abu Ghraib prison in Iraq says military intelligence officials led anddirected the abuse.

The account by KennethA Davis, a former sergeantin the Maryland-based 372ndMilitary Police Company,contradicts the government’sposition that only membersof Davis’ unit were directlyresponsible for the abuse.

Davis’ account—in a Maystatement to Army investi-gators and in interviews thisweek with The AssociatedPress—makes him the firstmember of the unit who isnot facing charges to pub-licly describe one of the epi-sodes that led to criminalcharges against others. Nomilitary intelligence person-nel have been charged.

Davis says military intel-

ligence soldiers were moreculpable in the incident hewitnessed than a military in-telligence analyst acknowl-edged during testimonyThursday at the pretrial hear-ing of Pfc. Lynndie England,one of seven members of the372nd charged with abusingdetainees.

Davis, 33, said Friday thattestimony given Thursday bySpc. Israel Rivera, an ana-lyst with the 325th MilitaryIntelligence Battalion, was“inaccurate.”

Rivera testified Thursdaythat military police forceddetainees to crawl naked“low enough that their geni-talia were rubbing on the

floor, causing pain.” Riverasaid two members of his unit,Spc Armin J Cruz and SpcRoman Krol, participated inthe abuse, and that he wasdisgusted by it.

Davis said it was Cruz andKrol who forced the men tocrawl across the floor whiledemanding that they confessto raping a boy in the prison.Davis said he doesn’t recallany military police joiningin the abuse.

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Brazilian suffers arrested indrugs scam

JAKARTA, 6 Aug— Indonesian Customs officers said onThursday they caught three Brazilian men with six kilos ofcocaine stashed inside their surfboards.

They said the men, heading to the surfing paradise ofBali, were arrested at Jakarta’s International Airport onSaturday after their eight surfboards were X-rayed.

In June, a Brazilian hang-gliding athlete received thedeath sentence over cocaine smuggled in the frame of hishang-glider.“The officers were suspicious over the bags andboards. They re-examined the belongings and X-rayed themagain, opening the board bags and cut open the surfboards.Inside they found 12 bags weighing half a kilo each,” EdyAbdurahman, director-general of Customs and excise, toldreporters in a news conference.

President Megawati Soekarnoputri has vowed to gettough on drug smuggling and dealing, and the country’scourts have handed down a small number of death sentencesfor convicted drug felons, most of them foreigners.

About a dozen drug offenders of foreign origin are ondeath row.

MNA/Reuters

Indonesia tries to acceleratenon-oil export growth

JAKARTA, 6 Aug— Indonesia’s non-oil export must stayabove 4.5 billion US dollars per month in the next sixmonths to achieve the targeted full year export growth of 7 per cent, an official said here Thursday.

National Agency for Export Development (Nafed) Chair-woman Diah Maulida said that much need to be done toboost non-oil export, which grew by a mere 2.2 per cent inthe first half of 2004.

“Non-oil export in the January-June period stood at 24billion US dollars, or grew by 2.21 per cent. It means that weneed to do more to achieve the targeted growth of 7 percent,” she said in a seminar here.

Indonesia’s non-oil export valued at 47.4 billion dollarslast year.

MNA/Xinhua

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An armed Iraqi Shi'ite militiaman, follower of the radicalcleric Moqtada al-Sadr, mans a checkpoint in the easternBaghdad suburb of Al Sadr city on 6 Aug, 2004. — INTERNET


Doctors tend to Wassan Nassir, 14, who was hit twice by bullet fire during clashesbetween al Mahdi army fighters and US soldiers in the wards of al Sheala hospital,

in a west Baghdad neighbourhood in Iraq on 6 Aug, 2004. —INTERNET

British soldiers take position during clashes in Basra on 5 Aug, 2004. —INTERNET

British soldier killed inaccident in Iraq

LONDON, 6 Aug — The British Ministry of Defence (MoD) confirmed Thursday thata British soldier died in an accident in southern Iraq.

Private Christopher Gordon Rayment, aged 22, “died in a tragic accident at AlAmarah on 4 August , 2004,” the MoD said in a statement.

According to the MoD, Rayment was serving with 1st Battalion The Princess ofWales’ Royal Regiment.

The MoD did not reveal any further details of Rayment’s death. The incident brought the death toll of British troops in Iraq to 61 since Britain joined

the US-led war against Iraq last March. Britain, a staunchest US ally on Iraq, has nearly 10,000 troops in southern Iraq.

MNA/Xinhua

Philippine Govt keepsban on deployment of

workers in Iraq MANILA , 6 Aug— The Philippine Government has

decided to maintain the ban on the deployment of over-seas Filipino workers (OFWs) in Iraq despite a loss ofthousands of job opportunities and over 100 million USdollars of remittance.

Chinaconstructionindustry’s

production up infirst half of ’04 BEIJING, 6 Aug — Statis-

tics from the National Statis-tics Bureau indicate that Chi-na’s construction industryhas completed a productionvalue of 1,009.7 billion yuan(about 122.24 billion USdollars) in the first half of2004, up 27.5 per cent overthe same period of the previ-ous year.

But the increase marginof the six months was 3.8 percent lower than this year’sfirst quarter, it said.

According to the bureau,the government’s macro-economic measures aregradually paying off. Thismeans that construction com-panies are not building asmuch and as a result theirproduction value growthslows slightly.

“Both the enterprises’operational efficiency andprofits are generally sound,”said the bureau.

Construction enterpriseshave signed contracts worth2,607.8 billion yuan (about315.7 billion US dollars) dur-ing the first half year, up 34.7per cent year-on-year, it said.

MNA/Xinhua

US troopsin Kosovo couldface misconduct

charge PRISTINA (Serbia and

Montenegro), 6 Aug — TheUS Army said on Wednes-day it was consideringcharging seven of its sol-diers in Kosovo with mis-conduct after two civilianscomplained of mistreat-ment during a search op-eration.

A statement from the21st Theatre Support Com-mand in Germany said aninvestigation had beencompleted into “allegedmisconduct regarding theiractions in the execution ofa cordon and search opera-tion” in the eastern villageof Vrbovac in April.

“The alleged offensesstem from complaints madeby two Kosovo civilians re-lated to their treatment dur-ing the operation”, it added.

A spokesman said thecase had been referred toMajor-General Bennie EWilliams to considerwhether to press charges.

MNA/Reuters

Iraq abuse defencelawyers focus oncommand chain

FORT BRAGG (North Corolina), 6 Aug — Lawyers forthe American woman soldier who was pictured holdinga naked Iraqi prisoner on a leash probed at a hearing onThursday for links between abuse at Abu Ghraib Prisonand the military chain of command.

A military intelligenceanalyst said he witnessed twocolleagues abusingprisoners, but a top militaryintelligence commander atAbu Ghraib in late 2003 saidshe never approved abusivetactics.

The testimony came onthe third day of the hearing ata military court in Fort Bragg,North Carolina, to determineif Private First class. Eng-land, a pregnant 21-year-oldmilitary police officer,should stand trial for pris-oner abuse.

England, who faces up to38 years in prison if convicted,became the public face of ascandal that shocked theworld and hampered the USwar effort after the release ofphotographs of soldiers andinmates at Abu Ghraib.

Thursday’s testimony fo-cused on the larger issue of

prisoner abuse at Abu Ghraibas defence lawyers sought tobolster their contention thatEngland was just followingorders. They grilled militaryinvestigators about how muchcontrol the Military Intelli-gence unit had at Abu Ghraib.

Investigators said therewas no evidence the US mili-tary chain of command or-dered or sanctioned abuse.But a series of witnesses tes-tified to seeing prisoners na-ked and handcuffed, placedin awkward or humiliatingpositions, or worse.

Specialist Israel Rivera,an MI interrogation analyst,said that last October he wit-nessed mistreatment involv-ing two MI personnel, bol-stering the defence assertionthat abuse in the cell blockswas not limited to MilitaryPolice.

MNA/Reuters

Philippine Overseas Em-ployment Agency chiefRosalinda Baldoz saidThursday that the ban wouldbe retained due to an increasein the number of bombingincidents and abduction offoreign workers in Iraq.

Baldoz said that she madethe decision after meetingwith the government’s spe-cial envoy to the Middle East,Roy Cimatu, to assess theIraqi security situation.

“As of this time, there is

higher risk (for Filipinoworkers) because of the in-crease in bombings... includ-ing some churches,” Baldozsaid.

“Based on the initial se-curity assessment of(Cimatu), we do not see thepossible lifting of the ban atthis time,” she added, stress-ing that the government’sfocus was on “security andprotection of workers, notemployment.”

MNA/Xinhua

Earthquake hitsTokyo

TOKYO , 6 Aug— An earthquake registering an esti-mated magnitude of 4.9 on the Richter Scale joltedTokyo and its neighbouring Chiba Prefecture in eastJapan early Friday morning, the Japan MeteorologicalAgency said.

The quake was stronglyfelt in Tokyo and Chiba. Therewere no immediate reports ofcasualties or damage from the03.30 am (1830 GMT) quake,which measured 3 to 4 on the

Japanese seismic intensityscale of 7.

Its focus was about 80kilometres underground inChiba Prefecture, the agencysaid. — MNA/Xinhua

Kerry hopes to cut troopsin Iraq within year

K ANSAS CITY , 7 Aug — Democratic presidential nominee John Kerry said on Fridayhe believes he could "significantly" cut American troop levels in Iraq within a year,drawing quick fire from the White House.

"I believe that within a yearfrom now, we could signifi-cantly reduce American forcesin Iraq, and that's my plan,"Kerry said. "I believe we can."

Kerry made the com-ments in an interview withNational Public Radio thataired on Friday, a day after itwas conducted while he cam-paigned in Missouri.

White House Chief ofStaff Andrew Card re-sponded: "Those kinds ofdecisions should be based onwhat the military command-ers in the field recommend,and I doubt Senator Kerryhas the benefit of the com-manders who are in the field."

Travelling with President

George W Bush in NewHampshire, Card told report-ers, "The President's not go-ing to make political deci-sions based on what trooplevels should be, but basedon what commanders on theground suggest."

Continuing demands on the138,000 US troops in Iraq dueto the current bloody insurgencyhave increased the length oftime many American soldiersmust now serve there.

Kerry said in the NPRinterview, "If I get other coun-tries involved in the trainingof troops and training themmore rapidly, the Iraqis them-selves can take over a great

deal more of their own se-curity." "But you need sta-bility to be able to do that.How do you achieve the sta-bility? You need to havemore people involved in theprocess," Kerry said.

"We have not seen thisAdministration do thestatesmanship, do the diplo-macy necessary, and Ameri-ca's paying a very high price,both in terms of the lives ofour young and the moneythat's coming out of the tax-payers' pockets," he said.

"I will do a better job ofbuilding those alliances andgetting our troops home,"Kerry said. — MNA/Reuters


The soldiers belonged to the 13th CorpsSupport Command, based in Balad, northof Baghdad and redeployed to Najaf wherefighting erupted overnight between mili-tiamen loyal to radical Shiite clericMoqtada al-Sadr, the military said in a

Four Vietnamese drug traffickerssentenced to death

HANOI , 7 Aug— The Court of Appeal upheld the death sentences passed by thecourt of first instance on three defendants in a drug-trafficking ring in Vietnam’s HoChi Minh City, local newspaper Saigon Liberation reported Friday.

The court, on Thursday,also upheld the life impris-onment sentences on fiveother defendants and gavefour others jail terms of 10-16 years, as the ring’s mem-bers trafficked over 22 kilosof heroin.

Ring leader Chu DucHai, who was sentenced to

death, and a defendant, whoreceived the life imprison-ment sentence in the courtof first instance, did notlodge their appeals. Hai and16 accomplices traffickedthe drug from January 2001until their arrests in April2002.

In Vietnam, possessing,

trading or trafficking 600grammes of heroin or 20 ki-los of opium is punishableby death or life in prison.

By late 2003, the coun-try had 169,000 drug addicts,of whom 30.5 per cent arefrom 13 northern mountain-ous provinces.

MNA/Xinhua

Amman, Baghdad still differ overIraq’s stationed planes

AMMAN , 6 Aug — Jordan and Iraq still differ over Iraqi planes stationed atAmman International Airport since 1991, a government source said Wednesday.

The source told reporters that the Iraqiplanes issue, has been raised during IraqiPrime Minister Ayad Allawi’s recent visit toJordan, but no solution has been reached tillnow.

Jordan regarded the stationed planes aspart of the Iraqi frozen assets and the storagefees should be dealt with through the UnitedNations, the source said.

Iraq transferred civilian airplanes Boeing727s and 707s to Jordan during the 1991Gulf War to protect them from being bombed.

Iraq has recently demanded return of theplanes, but Jordan wants to dismantle andsell the parts to cover part of the storage fees,which is amounted to four million US dollarsor more, it was reported.

MNA/Xinhua

Fierce clashes in Iraqiholy city of Najaf

NAJAF, 6 Aug— US Marines and Iraqi security forces fought fierce battles withsupporters of radical Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr in the holy city of Najaf onThursday, with Marines calling in helicopters for backup, witnesses said.

The clashes followedovernight fighting duringwhich an Iraqi police stationwas attacked.

A US military statementsaid the police station was

attacked by “a significantnumber of aggressors” be-lieved to be members ofSadr’s Mehdi Army militia.

The statement said theattackers used heavy ma-

chine guns, rocket-propelledgrenades, mortars and smallarms in an assault on thepolice station around 3 a.m.(2300 GMT Wednesday).

MNA/Reuters

“Egypt’s position onsending forces to Iraq isclear. It rejects sending anyforces there,” Abul Gheittold reporters, in responseto a Saudi proposal thatArab and Islamic forcesreplace the US-led coali-tion troops.

“What has been broughtup about sending Arab and

Islamic forces is merely aproposal, which the UnitedStates and Arab parties arestill looking at,” he said.

Egypt, which has of-fered to train Iraqi policeofficers in Egypt, has madeit clear that it has no plan tosend troops to Iraq.

Saudi Foreign MinisterSaud al-Faisal has recently

floated a proposal on send-ing an Islamic peacekeep-ing force to Iraq to replacethe coalition forces in Iraq.

Shortly after the abduc-tion of an Egyptian diplo-mat in Iraq last month,Egypt has reaffirmed that itwould not consider send-ing troops to Iraq.

MNA/Xinhua

The signing ceremonytook place in the southernJava town of Yogyakartaduring the 22nd Indone-sia-Singapore Joint Coor-dinating Committee Meet-ing.

Colonel D J Nachrowifrom the Indonesian Mili-tary said after the signingceremony that both coun-tries agreed to open theirsecurity posts to all com-mercial ships threatened bysea pirates.

In case of emergency,commercial ships can con-tact the nearest security postfor immediate action, he said.

“In the future, we willexpand the area of opera-tions,” he was quoted byDetikcom online news serv-ice as saying.

Military commandersfrom both countries andMalaysia on July 20launched joint patrol in theStraits of Malacca. The so-called Malsindo Operationis a year-round operation to

safeguard some 50,000 com-mercial ships passing the

narrow strait every year. MNA/Xinhua

PLaa Laa, a rare baby Francois’ Langur monkey born on6 July, gazes at the public from it’s enclosure at London

Zoo on 5 Aug, 2004. — INTERNET

US soldier killed inNajaf shootout

BAGHDAD , 6 Aug — Gunmen attacked a US military convoy near the holy Iraqicity of Najaf on Thursday, killing one US soldier and wounding five others, the UScommand said.

statement.Three of the wounded were evacuated to

a military medical facility, and two otherswere treated for minor injuries, the state-ment added.

MNA/Xinhua

Iraqi policemen gather at the site of a suicide car bomboutside a police station in the town of Mahawil, 95km

south of Baghdad recently. At least 16 people were killedand a US helicopter was shot down in the fiercest fighting

between multinational troops and Shiite Muslimmilitiamen in Iraq since a truce was brokered in June.

INTERNET

China willing to expand ICTcooperation with ASEAN nations BANGKOK , 7 Aug— China is willing to expand information and communication

technology (ICT) cooperation with ASEAN (the Association of South-East AsianNations) nations to promote joint development in this field, a Chinese official said hereon Friday.

At the 3rd China-ASEANInformation and Communi-cation Seminar kicked offhere on Friday, Chinese In-formation Technology Indus-try Minister Wang Xudongsaid China is willing to carryout broader cooperation withASEAN countries in the fieldsof network construction, busi-

ness operation and govern-ment regulation and consul-tation.

“China and ASEAN na-tions have enjoyed long-termfriendly cooperation in theeconomic and trade field. Inrecent years, the exchangesand cooperation in ICT sec-tors among related countries

have yielded positive results,”said Wang, referring to thesigning of the memorandumof understanding on ICT co-operation between China andASEAN in October 2003,which opened up a new chap-ter in the mutually beneficialcooperation among countriesin the region.

Thanks to the concertedefforts from all these coun-tries, cooperations stated inthe memorandum have beencarries out, said the minister.

Initiated by China, thebuilding of a trunk communi-cation network along theGreater Mekong Subregion(GMS) has received activeresponse from ASEAN coun-tries and the project was be-ing pushed forward.

“As developing coun-tries, China and ASEANcountries need to jointly pro-mote information and com-munication development toadapt to the change of theglobal economic situation,”said the minister, addingChina’s plan to train 500telecom management per-sonnel for ASEAN has got agood start.

Governmental officials,entrepreneurs and expertsfrom China and ASEANcountries participated in thetwo-day seminar.

ASEAN groups Brunei,Cambodia, Indonesia, Laos,Malaysia, Myanmar, the Phil-ippines, Singapore, Thailandand Vietnam.

MNA/Xinhua

Egypt not to send troops to Iraq CAIRO , 6 Aug — Egyptian Foreign Minister Ahmed Abul Gheit reiterated Wednes-

day that his country would not send troops to Iraq.

Indonesia, Singapore sign anagreement on joint maritime patrol

JAKARTA , 6 Aug — Indonesia and Singapore signed Thursday agreement on jointmaritime patrol to combat piracy on the waters between the two countries.

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Endeavours to supply electricity

People living in Myitkyina, Kachin State, are now enjoying electricity supplied by Kyeinkharankha hydro power station which is generating25 kilowatt.— MNA

Zawgyi Hydroelectric Power Plant in Yaksawk Township, Shan State.—MNA

Mone Creek Hydel Power Project in Sedoktara Township, Magway Division. — MNA


(from page 1)Development Council andtheir wives, theC o m m a n d e r - i n - C h i e f(Navy) and wife, theCommander-in-Chief (Air)and wife, the Chairman ofYangon Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand and wife,ministers and their wives,the Chief Justice, theAttorney-General, the

Senior General Than Shweand wife Daw KyaingKyaing attend fifth Wasorobes…

Yangon Mayor and seniormilitary officers and theirwives, the Director-Generalof the State Peace andDevelopment CouncilOffice, departmental headsand families of DefenceServices (Army, Navy and

Bhaddanta Paññinda-bhivamsa administered theNine Precepts. Next,members of the Sangharecited Parittas.

Afterwards, SeniorGeneral Than Shwe andwife Daw Kyaing Kyaing

offered eight requisites,Waso robes and provisionsto the Vice-ChairmanSayadaw.

Senior General ThanShwe and wife Daw KyaingKyaing then donatedprovisions for the Chairman

Air).Adviser U Arnt

Maung acted as master ofceremonies. The ceremonywas opened with three-timerecitation of Namo Tassa.Next, on behalf of thePresiding Nayaka of theMonastery Chairman of theState Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee PresidingNayaka Sayadaw ofMyingyan Koehsaungtaik,Vice-Chairman Sayadaw

Sayadaw to PresidingNayaka Sayadaw of FiveNikaya Pitakat ThonbonMonastery TipitakadharaTipitaka Kovida BhaddantaSilakkhandhabhivamsa.

Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye and wife DawMya Mya San, PrimeMinister General Khin

Nyunt and wife Dr DawKhin Win Shwe and DawKhin Than Nwe, widow ofLt-Gen Tin Oo donatedeight requisites, alms andWaso robes to the membersof the Sangha.

Next, General ThuraShwe Mann and wife,Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe

Win and wife, Secretary-2Adjutant-General Lt-GenThein Sein and wife,members of the State Peaceand Development Council,the commander, theministers, the Chief Justice,the Attorney-General, theMayor and senior military

Senior General Than Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and party offer ‘soon’ to a Sayadaw. — MNA

Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing present offertoriesfor the State Sangha Maha Nayaka Sayadawgyi to Five Nikaya Monastery

Presiding Sayadaw Bhaddanta Silakkhandhabhivamsa. — MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt and wife Dr Daw Khin Win Shwepresent Waso robes and offertories to a Sayadaw. — MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife Daw Mya Mya San present Wasorobes and offertories to a Sayadaw. — MNA

General Thura Shwe Mann and wife Daw Khin Lay Thet present Wasorobes and offertories to a Sayadaw. — MNA

Secretary-2 Lt-Gen Thein Sein presents offertories to a Sayadaw. — MNA

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Soe Win presents offertories to a Sayadaw. — MNA

(See page 9)


(from page 8)officers presented Eight requisites, alms and Waso robesto the Sayadaws.

Afterwards, Sayadaw Bhaddanta Silakkhandha-bhivamsa delivered a sermon. And, the Senior Generaland wife and the congregation shared merits gained.

Later, the donation ceremony ended with three-time recitation of Buddha Sasanam Çiram Titthatu.

After the ceremony, Head of State Senior GeneralThan Shwe, wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing and party offered‘soon’ to the Sayadaws. Next, State Peace anddevelopment Council Chairman Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief Senior General Than Shwe, wifeDaw Kyaing Kyaing and party donated ‘soon’ to membersof the Sangha from the Five Nikaya Pitakat ThonbonMonastery. — MNA

Senior General ThanShwe and wife DawKyaing Kyaing attendfifth Waso robes…

(from page 16)It was attended by

Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi, Chairman ofMyanmar InvestmentCommission Minister forScience and Technology UThaung, Minister forLivestock and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein, Thai Minister ofEnergy Mr PromminLertsuridej and officials.Officials of the two countriessigned the productionsharing contracts for

Daw Kyaing Kyaing, wife of Head of State Senior General Than Shwepresents offertories to a Sayadaw. — MNA

Daw Mya Mya San, wife of Vice Senior General Maung Aye presentsoffertories to a Sayadaw. — MNA

Dr Daw Khin Win Shwe, wife of Prime Minister General Khin Nyuntpresents offertories to a Sayadaw. — MNA

Daw Khin Than Nwe, widow of Lt-Gen Tin Oo presents offertories toa Sayadaw. — MNA

Daw Khin Lay Thet, wife of General Thura Shwe Mann, presents offertoriesto a Sayadaw. — MNA

Myanmar, Thailand sign energy contracts …exploitation of oil andnatural gas at blocks M-3and M-4 of Mottammaoffshore being undertakenby Myanma Oil and GasEnterprise and PTTEPInternational Ltd of Thailandand the MoU on cooperationin renewable energy andenergy saving sectorsbetween the Ministries ofEnergy of Myanmar andThailand. Next, theyexchanged documents.Afterwards, Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen Lun Thi

presented of notification onissuing permits and MICChairman Minister forScience and Technology UThaung, permit of MIC toPresident of PTTEP Co MrMaroot Mrigadat. At 2.30pm, the two EnergyMinisters opened the newoffice of PTTEP Interna-tional Ltd at 8 1/2 mile, here.In the evening, the Thaiminister left here by air.Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thiand officials saw him off atthe airport. — MNA

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Sayadaws and members of the Sangha seen at the Waso robes offering ceremony. — MNA

Head of State Senior General Than Shwe, wife DawKyaing Kyaing and party presented Eight requisites, almsand Waso robes to the Sayadaws and members of theSangha.


A historical milestone leadingthe nation to a new age — 7

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

tricity only if there is not enoughnatural light

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

* Preventing waste of electricity benefitsthe user and others

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

Efficient use of electricity

* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated

* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered

* Do not be softened whenever appeased

Aung Moe San

All this needs to be known

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

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

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

Efficient use of fuel

The international events stand witness to the factthat a country can build the market economy anddemocracy only in accord with its present social, economicand political status. Even if a nation is on the road toprogress, it cannot leapfrog the difficulties it will have toface, it has to pass through the different stages ofdevelopment, and it cannot overcome them just by enactinglaws. It will have to choose the least painful way for itscommunity.

Nowadays, the Tatmadaw Government has laiddown the seven-point policy programme, that is inconformity with the Myanmar society, and is building ademocratic nation. Due to some of the political parties’intransigent attitude towards the Tatmadaw Government,the nation has to face economic sanctions, cutting off ofhumanitarian aids and pressures of some global powers,who are their accomplices. If those parties choose thepolicy of consolidation, we can build a democratic statethat is standing tall among the world nations without delay.The situation at present is that while the TatmadawGovernment is making efforts for development, some ofthe parties are opposing the move. The Tatmadaw and theparties are different from each other like the plus sign andthe minus sign. Today, Myanmar history is demandingnational consolidation and democracy. The entire peoplewill have to dutifully work for national consolidation andthe cause of democracy. National consolidation meansbuilding of unity among all the forces in the nation. Theforces will have to rely on and trust each other.

But the genuine national consolidation cannot bebuilt if there is trust in and reliance on, especially anextreme trust in and reliance on, some foreign forces andnations. In addition, the foreign powers should stay awayfrom committing brazen interferences in the internal affairsof others to cause dissension. They should try to possessthe spirit of the good neighbours of Myanmar and theASEAN, because the spirit is in accord with the UN’sfive principles of peaceful co-existence. At the 50thanniversary to mark China’s foreign policy that givespriority to peace, held on 28 June, Prime Minister WenJiabao said that in this world today, no country has theright to force others to practise democracy; that if theyhave the wish to promote democracy world-wide, thecountries concerned should encourage and educate othersto willingly practise democracy in accord with their ownwishes; and that in the international diplomacy, the meansof forceful democratization through the use ofhegemonism, political games, with force as the judgment,

you would divine the future”, we can see some of thelessons of Myanmar history as follows:

The national unity dwindled in 1950 after regainingof independence due to the conflicts resulting from thecolonialist instigation. The armed groups in the junglesalso took sides in the racial conflicts. The colonialistswere very happy to see their scheme worked. As the racialconflict grew larger, the racial hatred became intense. Thepeople upholding the policy of racial prejudice even hatedthe persons who tried to end the conflict in a peacefulway. But thanks to the continued sacrifices to restore peacebetween the warring parties, based on their ownexperiences, they were able to consider and consolidatethe national solidarity. Filled with remorse they came tounderstand the fact that re-consolidation benefits bothparties while wars and killings only bring losses to them.The national races shed blood because of their own kinfor failing to see the alien instigation. The value of theTatmadaw Government that has striven to restore nationalconsolidation to end conflicts and bloodshed must berecorded in history.

The Revolutionary Council Government invitedleaders of aboveground political parties and formed theadvisory council comprising 33 persons for internal unityin 1968. The committee was formed to give advice forrestoring internal unity that would perpetually benefit thepolitical, economic and social affairs of the State and thecause of the national races. But there was difference ofopinion among the members themselves, and former primeminister U Nu demanded to entrust power back to him.Thus, the endeavour to restore internal unity faced a deadend, because priority was given to party interests insteadof internal unity. And it was the second lesson for thenation.

Another lesson was in 1988 when the thengovernment of Dr Maung Maung made an offer to holdan election within six months. But the political leaderswho took part in the incident and strike groups opposedit and continued to stage street demonstrations. They madedemands to form an interim government, while exercisingthe policy of confrontations. It was like sowing the seedsof intransigence or refusing to negotiate.

It is time lessons were taken from those past events.Because the seven-point political programme, that is inconformity with the Myanmar society has been laid down,and the work to build a democratic nation has alreadystarted. We should not let lose the opportunity. We willhave to sow the seeds of national consolidation and tounitedly build a democratic nation. Because the seven-point policy programme is a historical milestone leadingthe nation to enter a new age.

(Myanma Alin + Kyemon: 7-8-2004)(Translation: TMT)

2004-2005 Academic Year

School Health Week(9th to 13th August 2004)

At All Basic Education Schools

Ministry of Education

The national unity dwindled in1950 after regaining of independencedue to the conflicts resulting from thecolonialist instigation. The armedgroups in the jungles also took sidesin the racial conflicts. The colonialistswere very happy to see their schemeworked.

Experience serves as the powerof consideration or common sense,wisdom and the directive for theTatmadaw Government.

Based on its experiences inbuilding a democratic nation, it is ableto accept and introduce a morepractical way of democracy; and haslaid down and implemented a systemthat suits the Myanmar way of life.

and bullying methods should be avoided.Mr Wen Jiabao also said that it is true that wider

introduction of democracy in the international relations isa dire need, but no nation has the right to force anotherto accept democracy; and that for no reason a nation willhave the right to abolish, withdraw or grab otherssovereignty.

Experience serves as the power of consideration orcommon sense, wisdom and the directive for the TatmadawGovernment. Based on its experiences in building ademocratic nation, it is able to accept and introduce amore practical way of democracy; and has laid down andimplemented a system that suits the Myanmar way of life.Some of the political parties uphold dogmatism as theyhave less experience. They are holding the policy ofdreaming to copy the Western Europe style of democracy.In accord with a saying, which goes, “Study the past if

The Myanmar-IndiaFriendly FootballMatch was held at

Youth Training Centrein Thuwunna, Yangon,at 4 pm on Saturday.The selected MyanmarFootball Federationteam and the Mohun

Bagan XI team played1-1 draw. The two

teams seen in action.NLM

The best time to plant atree was 20 years ago.The second best time

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Sanitation tasks carried out in YangonYANGON, 7 Aug—Yangon Division Peace and Development Council Chairman Yangon Command Commander

Maj-Gen Myint Swe and Yangon City Development Committee Chairman Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin inspectedsanitation tasks for cleanliness and proper drainage being carried out by Tatmadawmen, policemen, YCDC staff andlocal people at respective districts, townships and wards in Yangon this morning. The commander and the mayorarrived at the junction of Kaba Aye Pagoda Road and Bahan 3rd lane here at 6.30 am. They inspected collection ofgarbage, dredging of the drains, weeding of shrubs and spraying of pesticides into drains in Bahan, Hline, Hlinethaya,Shwepyitha, Thingangyun and Dagon Myothit (South) townships. During the inspection tour, the commander and themayor gave instructions to respective administrative bodies and officials on systematic garbage collection system,ensuring proper drainage and proper flow of creeks. — MNA

YANGON, 7 Aug—Prime Minister General KhinNyunt attended a ceremony to honour Assistant Registrarof Sitagu International Buddhist Academy Professor DrAshin Pañajota who acquired MA degree from BanaresHindu University and PhD from Sanskrit University inVaranasi, India, and who is the disciple of the SitaguSayadaw of Sitagu International Buddhist Academy,Sagaing Hill, was held at the Maha TheindawgyiDhammayon in Pabedan Township, Yangon Division at 2pm today.

Also present on the occasion were memberSayadaws of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee ledby Vice-Chairman of State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee Abhidhaja Maharatthaguru Abhidhaja AggaMaha Sadhmmajotika Aungmyay Bonsan SayadawBhaddanta Paññindabhivamsa, invited members of theSangha led by Chancellor of Sitagu International BuddhistAcademy Agga Maha Pandita Agga MahaSadhammajotika Dhaja Maha DhammakathikaBahujanahitadhara Dr Bhaddanta Ñanisara, Chairman ofYangon Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Yangon Command Maj-Gen Myint Swe,ministers, the Yangon Mayor, deputy ministers, officialsof the State Peace and Development Council Office, headsof department, members of Committee for Organizing theceremony, officials of religious and social organizations,well-wishers Sihasudhamma Manijotadhaja SirisudhammaManijotadhaja U Thein Win and wife Sihasudhammasingi

Sirisudhammasingi Agga Maha Sirisudhammasingi DawNi (Shwethanlwin) and family and disciples of the SitaguSayadaw.

The ceremony was opened with the three timerecitation of Namo Tassa. Next, Prime Minister GeneralKhin Nyunt and the congregation received the FivePrecepts from Bhaddanta Paññindabhivamsa. Afterwards,Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt presented offertoriesto Bhaddanta Paññindabhivamsa, Dr Bhaddanta Ñanisaraand Dr Ashin Paññajota. Next, the commander, ministersand the Yangon Mayor presented offertories to membersof the Sangha. After that, U Thein Win-wife Daw Ni(Shwethanlwin) and family presented K 50 million forshooting Buddha missionary colour film to mark the FourthWorld Buddhist Summit to be held in Myanmar andChairman of Shwe Thanlwin Co Ltd U Kyaw Win andwife Daw Nan Mauk Loung Sai presented K 10 millionfor construction work of Sitagu International BuddhistAcademy Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung accepted the donations and presentedcertificates of honour to the well-wishers.

Next, master of ceremonies Head of YangonDivision Religious Affairs Department U San Thin Hlaingread the brief biography of Dr Ashin Paññajota (MA,PhD). Next, Vocalists Daw Yi Yi Thant and Daw HninYi Thant extolled the virtues of Dr Ashin Pañajota (MA,PhD).

Later, Dr Bhaddanta Ñanisara delivered a sermon,

followed by sharing of merits gained. The ceremony endedwith the three time recitation of Buddha Sasanam CiramTitthatu. After the ceremony, Prime Minister General KhinNyunt performed rituals of golden and silver showers.

Dr Ashin Pañajota was born of U Kyi Sein-DawMya Tin, of Myaungtaka Village, Hmawby Township,Yangon Division, on 9th Waxing of Thadingyut 1330Myanma Era (Thursday). He is the youngest son.

He was novitiated by the Sayadaw of TheinMonastery in Myaungtaka Village, Hmawby Township,in Waso, 1341 ME with the sponsorship of his parents.On 30 December 1990, he was ordained by PresidingSayadaw of Kyakhatwaing Pariyatti Monastery in Bagowith the sponsorship of U Tun Nyein-Daw Saw Kyi ofThaton, Mon State. He studied Pali on Buddha literatureunder the Sayadaws led by Presiding Sayadaw ofKyakhatwaing Pariyatti Monastery. Starting from 1996,he studied English under the Sayadaws including theChancellor Sayadaw of Sagaing Sitagu InternationalBuddhist Academy. With the assistance of the SitaguSayadaw, he was sent to Banares Hindu University andSanskrit University in Varanasi, India, and SanskritUniversity for further studies. He studied at theseuniversities from 1998 to 2003 and obtained M.A andPhD degrees.

During his residing at Kyakhatwaing PariyattiMonastery, he was assigned duties as member of thePathamapyan Exam Supervisory Committee and as lecturerfor five years. At present, he is discharging Sasana dutiesas Assistant Registrar of Sagaing Sitagu InternationalBuddhist Academy, giving lectures in English to membersof the Sangha under the Ovada of the Sitagu Sayadaw.

During his MA courses at Banares HinduUniversity, he passed the courses with the highest mark intwo consecutive years and he was therefore awarded MAdegree with a golden medal. He also obtained PhD degreefrom Sanskrit University and was thus honoured by monksand disciples led by Shwethanlwin family. — MNA

National policy lectured YANGON, 7 Aug— CEC member of the UnionSolidarity and Development Association Deputy Ministerfor Information U Thein Sein gave a lecture on the nationalpolicy and seven-point future political programme of theState at the basic organizational course opened at HlineTownship USDA Office this morning.—MNA

PM attendsceremony to

honourProfessorDr AshinPaññajota

Starting from 1996, he studiedEnglish under the Sayadaws includingthe Sagaing Sitagu Sayadaw. With theassistance of the Sitagu Sayadaw, hewas sent to Banares Hindu Universityand Sanskrit University in Varanasi,India, and Sanskrit University forfurther studies. He studied at theseuniversities from 1998 to 2003 andobtained M.A and PhD degrees.

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt presentsoffertories to Sagaing Sitagu Sayadaw. — MNA

Professor Dr Ashin Paññajota who has acquiredMA from Banares Hindu University and PhD

from Sanskrit University. — MNA

Wellwishers U Thein Win and Daw Ni of ShweThanlwin Co donated K 50 million for producing

World Buddhist Summit commemorative film. MNA


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World sugar price may jump 10% after WTO ruling BANGKOK /SYDNEY , 6 Aug — Sugar prices could soar 10 per cent under a World Trade Organization ruling

against European subsidies that was being cheered by the major producing countries of Australia, Thailand andBrazil on Thursday.

The big three producershad accused the EuropeanUnion of breaking trade rules

with unfair sugar export sub-sidies and predicted the EUwould have to sharply slash

its exports if the preliminaryruling is made final.

“This is a significant win

for Australia,” Warren Malesof Queensland Sugar Ltd. toldReuters, echoing similar tri-umphant remarks from Thai-land, the world’s second larg-est sugar exporter and Asia’sbiggest. Thailand, which ex-ports around seven milliontons of sugar each year worthabout 1.4 billion US dollars,“will gain from the ruling”,said a senior official at theThai Sugar Millers Associa-tion. “The world sugar price isexpected to rise by at least 10per cent.” Queensland Sugar,Australia’s monopoly rawsugar exporter, and the farmergroup Canegrowers said theimpact on world prices wouldbe significant, but it was tooearly to tell just how high priceswould go. Canegrowers cal-culated the ruling would slashEU sugar exports by aroundtwo-thirds, to about 1.3 mil-lion tons a year, or sharplylower than the 4 million tonsthe EU shipped in 2004.

MNA/Reuters

Unsafe injections causepremature deaths

BEIJING , 6 Aug — About 390,000 Chinese have diedprematurely from unsafe injections, said a think tank ofChina’s Ministry of Health here Thursday.

MoH injection department,said one million medicalworkers had been hurt byneedles annually, some ofwhom got HBV or HIV/AIDS.

China has 840,000 HIVcarriers and 120 million HBVcarriers, 10 per cent of thetotal population. Two thirdsof the latter caught the virusbefore the age of five.

Ye Lei, national direc-tor of the United States Cen-tres for Disease Control andPrevention Global AIDSProgramme-China, believesthat the best way to avoidunsafe injections is to useAuto-disabled (AD) Sy-ringes which can be self-de-structed after the injection.

Ye said AD Syringes,with a price only 0.01 USdollars higher than the cur-rent single-use ones, arecheap enough for rural con-sumers.

However, the product isfar from popular in the coun-try. Despite 30 manufactur-ers with an annual capacityof 1.7 billion, the annual salesof AD Syringes linger at 100million due to low domesticdemand. — MNA/Xinhua

The Thinktank HealthResearch Centre released thestatistics at a seminar onunsafe injection that openedhere Thursday.

The results show thatAIDS and HBV (Hepatitis BInfection) caused by unsafeinjections have caused390,000 premature deaths and6.89 million Disability Ad-justment Life Year losses. Thedirect medical spending onunsafe injection has reached142 million US dollars.

There are three billioninjections in China annually,one fifth of the global total.In poor western regions andrural areas, it is a commonpractice of grassroots clinicsto reuse disposable syringeswithout effective disinfec-tion measures.

Statistics show that 30per cent of immune injec-tions and 50 per cent of thera-peutic ones are unsafe. Inwestern rural areas, morethan 70 per cent of dispos-able syringes for single useare reused.

Unsafe injections havealso caused damage to doc-tors and nurses. GuoYanhong, in-charge of the

Elephants destroyTanzanian farms DAR-ES-SALAAM, 6 Aug

— Herds of wild elephantshave destroyed more than50 hectares of paddy rice insome farms near a nationalpark in central Tanzania, lo-cal Press reported Thursday.

The elephants roamingout of the Mikumi NationalPark invaded the farms, caus-ing huge losses to the stapleand cash crops of farmers inthat region, the Daily Timesnewspaper said. “I have in-vested a lot of money and en-ergy there in the fields only tofind everything destroyed (byelephants),” farmer DikupatileEdwini was quoted as saying.

There have been severalreports in the past six monthsabout elephants harassingand destroying farm crops.

MNA/Xinhua

France demands alcoholwarnings for pregnant women

PARIS, 6 Aug— France’s government told drinksmanufacturers on Thursday to add labels warningwomen against consuming alcohol during pregnancy, itslatest move to alert the French to the dangers of drink.

The call comes amid a government crackdown on drinkdriving and after a state prosecutor launched an inquest intowhether the drinks sector can be held legally responsible fordamage to foetuses caused by their mothers’ drinking.

“Drinking while pregnant is overly risky for the foetus,it is indeed the major cause of mental retardedness,” HealthMinister Philippe Douste-Blazy, an ex-doctor, told report-ers.

The labels should recommend total abstinence forpregnant woman, he said.

Health warnings have been on bottles of alcohol sold inthe United States for years, but until now France has insistedonly that drinks advertising should carry such warnings.

Philippe Dehaene, a paediatrician specializing in theeffect of alcohol on the foetus, said about 1 per cent of babiesborn in France each year suffered from their mother’sdrinking.

Reactions from the drinks industry were frosty. “Drinking during pregnancy is a serious problem which

needs serious debate rather than just attempts to grab theheadlines,” said Jerome Agostini, head of wine industrygroup CNIV. — MNA/Reuters

Doctors fear asylum policymay raise HIV infections

LONDON, 6 Aug — Britain’s policy of dispersing asylumseekers from London and southeast England to other partsof the country may lead to increased transmission of theHIV virus which causes AIDS, doctors said on Friday.

It is unclear how many asylum seekers infected withHIV have been affected by the policy, but many come fromcountries or regions which have high rates of HIV/AIDS.

“Doctors believe that dispersal is disruptive, may com-promise HIV care, and may lead to increased transmission,”Simon Edwards, of Camden Primary Care Trust in London,said in a report in The British Medical Journal.

A survey of physicians working in sexual health clinicsrevealed that people are moved at short notice, without priorarrangement and sometime without community support.

Many of the 56 doctors questioned in the survey feltmoving patients was inappropriate if they were starting orhaving treatment with anti-retroviral drugs, if multiplemedical specialists were caring for them or if the patient hadAIDS. Doctors in some clinics said patients were movedagainst medical advice.

Britain started a policy of dispersing asylum seekersfrom southeast England in April 2000 to spread the cost oftheir care. More than 100,000 asylum seekers have beenmoved under the policy, according to Edwards and hiscolleagues. An estimated 38 million adults and childrenworldwide are living with HIV/AIDS. Sub-Saharan Africa,which has 25 million people infected with the virus, is theworst affected region. — MNA/Reuters

Tanzanian herbs may becomenew AIDS soother

DAR-ES-SALAAM , 6 Aug — People, either sufferingfrom HIV/AIDS directly or harassed by its menace, havelong heard of the tried-and-true cocktail of chemicals,but they will soon get a new soother from anothercocktail of natural herbs.

A compound extractedfrom a herb which grows inTanzania may provide apromising cure for the fataldisease.

The substance, scholas-tically known as Thiarubrine,is isolated from plants usedby chimpanzees for self-medication, local newspaperThe Guardian Thursdayquoted a researcher as say-ing.

Professor MayungaNkunya, chief academic of-ficer from the University ofDar-es-Salaam, identifiedthe herb as Aspiliamossambicensis (akaAsteraceae).

“Up to now several prom-ising anti-HIV compoundshave been isolated fromplants,” said the professor,“among them is Thiarubrinethat has been obtained fromAspilia mossambicensis, aplant that is used by sick chim-panzees for self-medication”.

Four other new anti-HIVcompounds have just beenisolated from a plant speciescalled Chassalia parvifoliawhich also grows in Tanza-nia.

MNA/Xinhua

A 13 years old boy displays his mobile phone in Hong Kong. A survey showed thatmobile phone ownership among children in Hong Kong is the highest as compared to

12 other countries in Asia.—INTERNET

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Acid rain reverse global warming process NEW DELHI , 7 Aug — Acid rain, considered hazardous until recently, helps in

slowing the process of global warming, according to US scientists. The sulphate present in the rain helps in

retarding the process of global warming, aninternational research published in the Pro-ceedings of the National Academy of Sci-ences here has said.

In an experiment, Dr Vincent Gauciand his colleagues at an Open University inthe US chose several wetlands in the coun-try, Britain and Sweden and dosed themwith various amounts of sulphate.

They decided to experiment in wetlandswhich provide fertile ground for the mi-crobes that emit methane.

Methanogenic microbes, which pro-duce methane in large quantities, are inhib-ited by a type of bacteria that thrives onsulphate present in acid rain, the reportsaid.

Microbes produce about 32 per cent ofthe methane present in the environment,they said adding “160m out of 500m tons ofmethane is produced by those microbes”.

The team, interested in guaging theemission level of methane, found that its

emission was significantly suppressed duepresence of sulphate.

All experimental sites displayed 30 to40 per cent reduction in methane productionas the team simulated low level of acid rain,the report said.

Methane exists in smaller quantities inthe atmosphere as compared to carbon diox-ide and accounts for about 22 per cent globalwarming which is caused due to humanactivities, it said.

However, majority of methane presentin the environment comes from nature, thereport said adding that carbon dioxide, heatand moisture are known to stimulate meth-ane production in the micro organisms.

The researchers found that increasedsulphate levels helped the bacteria domi-nate over Methanogenic microbes (MA), itsaid.

Gauci believes that bacteria could out-shine MA because they have a more strongbonding for the organic substrates present inthe ecosystem, it said. — MNA/PTI

New study offers hope forAlzheimer’s treatment

LOS ANGELES, 6 Aug — Early treatment of brain lesions associated with Alzheim-er’s disease can halt and even reverse the course of the mind-erasing ailment,according to authors of a study published on Thursday.

The study provided thebest evidence so far that earlytreatment which target lesionscalled beta-amyloid plaquescould actually stop the dis-ease’s progression, research-ers said.

“I think the results of thisstudy indicate we are on theright track,” said FrankLaFerla, associate professorof neurobiology and behaviorat the University of Califor-nia, Irvine and head of theresearch team.

“These results offer hopethat in five to 10 years therewill be therapies available totarget beta amyloid plaquesand have an effect on treating

this disease,” he said. Thestudy was published in theAugust 5 issue of Neuron.

Alzheimer’s, which af-fects some 4.5 million Ameri-cans, is marked by the pres-ence of two distinct types ofbrain lesions: beta-amyloidplaques and neurofibrillarytangles. Both accumulate inbrain areas critical to learningand memory.

Many neuroscientists be-lieve that the accumulation ofamyloid plaques triggers theprogression of the disease in a“cascade” process that leadsto the tangles.

Earlier clinical trials hadindicated that treating beta

amyloid lesions could be ef-fective in treating Alzheim-er’s. But LaFerla said the UCIstudy found that treating thebeta amyloid lesions could haltthe “cascade” effect.

“We found that when wecleared amyloid plaques fromthe brains of mice, the down-stream consequences of thedisease were lessened and evenremoved, provided the diseasehad not progressed to a certainadvanced state,” LaFerla said.

Researchers usedtransgenic mice that LaFerla’slab had previously developed.Because mice normally do notget Alzheimer’s, human geneswere inserted into their ge-nome, allowing the mice todevelop the ailment. The re-searchers then injected anti-beta-amyloid antibodies intothe hippocampus — one ofmost critical brain structuresinvolved in learning andmemory — of the mice andfound that the amyloid plaqueswere cleared by three days.

The lesions caused byneurofibrillary tangles disap-peared two days later. Thirtydays later, the researchersfound amyloid plaques re-emerged but the tangle lesionsdid not. — MNA/Reuters

DHL opens newCentral AsiaHub in HK

HONG KONG, 6 Aug —DHL, the world’s leadingexpress and logistics com-pany, Wednesday opened itsnew Central Asia Hub, an airexpress cargo facility, at theHong Kong InternationalAirport. John Mullen, chiefexecutive officer — Asia Pa-cific, DHL Express, said atthe official opening cer-emony that the new hub willstrengthen Hong Kong’s po-sition as a leading regionalhub and logistics gateway toChinese Mainland.

“Strategically located inHong Kong, which is withina four-hour average flyingtime to major cities in AsiaPacific, the new Central AsiaHub will significantly in-crease express shipmentthroughput capacity in HongKong and Southern China,”he said. “Already, over 60per cent of express cargoprocessed by the Central AsiaHub is intra-Asia Pacificshipments. It clearly reflectsthe important role that HongKong plays as a conduit forinternational and intra-AsiaPacific trade,” Mullen said.

MNA/Xinhua

Baboons warm up as they shelter in their cage in drizzling rain at a private zoo near

the Black sea resort of Yalta, on 5 Aug, 2004. After weeks of hot muggy days in most

regions of Ukraine temperatures fell to some 20 degrees Celsius . — INTERNET

British couple quits smokingfor health of parrot

LONDON, 6 Aug — A British couple booked them-selves into a clinic to quit smoking after the vet said it wasthe only way to save their beloved sick parrot.

Kevin Barclay andSharon Wood gave up a 50-cigarette-a-day habit to savetheir Amazon orange-wingedparrot J.J., said the vet, GlenCousquer of the South BeechVeterinary Surgery in Essex,southeastern England.

“One of the key thingsthat we need to get right withparrots generally is air qual-ity,” he told Reuters.

“This particular bird pre-sented with very severe res-piratory problems. The own-ers were instructed to do eve-

rything they could to improvethe bird’s environment.”

“I think I must haveshaken the owners up quitebadly, because the next time Isaw them they actually hadbooked themselves into oneof these anti-smoking clinicsand were determined to stop.They’ve gone five weeks,”he said.

JJ, he said, “is doing re-ally well. It is certainly goingto improve his life expect-ancy”. It may help the own-ers, too. —MNA/Reuters

Thailand, Chinaagree to

cooperate in ICTdevelopment BANGKOK, 7 Aug —

Thailand has signed a dealwith China which will seethe two countries work to-gether to develop informa-tion and communicationstechnology (ICT), followingthe signing of similar agree-ments with India, Japan andSouth Korea, the Thai NewsAgency reported Friday.

The pact was announcedThursday by Thai ICTMinister, Surapong Sue-bwonglee, who said that thedeal would pave the way forthe mutual exchange of ex-perience for the developmentof the ICT sector, with Thai-land hoping firstly to learnfrom China’s success inboosting the efficiency ofstate enterprises through theuse of telecommunicationstechnology.— MNA/Xinhua

Philippine conjoined twinsseparated in New York

NEW YORK, 6 Aug — Two-year-old twins from thePhilippines who were born joined at the head have beensurgically separated, but the next few days are critical totheir survival, doctors said on Thursday.

Over four separate op-erations that began last Oc-tober, twins Carl andClarence Aguirre first hadtheir blood vessels separated.The intricate process culmi-nated with their physicalseparation on Wednesday ina 12-hour operation.

Surgery to separate con-joined twins often takes placein a single marathon proce-dure. The Aguirre twins wereseparated using a new tech-nique aimed at reducing com-plications.

James Goodrich,

Montefiore Medical Center’sdirector of children’s neuro-surgery and the lead surgeon,said the procedure was com-plicated since the twinsshared large blood vesselsthat fused their brains.

He said the next twodays, doctors will watch forthe prospect of infection andother complications and thatit will take up to two weeksto assess possible brain dam-age.

“This is an enormouslycomplex case,” Goodrichsaid, adding that during thesurgery doctors were reas-sessing strategy “every 15minutes”.

Conjoined twins occuronce in every 200,000 livebirths. One or both twins of-ten die after separation, andthe rate of survival beyondthe age of two is only 20 percent. — MNA/Reuters

Lava buried juicy evidence on Mars WASHINGTON , 6 Aug — A mysterious lava flow buried what Mars experts had

hoped would be good evidence of a planet once covered with lakes and rivers, scientistssaid on Thursday.

To add insult to injury,the area has spent millions ofyears being bombarded bymeteorites and pockmarkedwith rocks thrown up by

nearby impacts. The first 90 days of the

Spirit rover’s explorationsare documented in a series ofreports in Science on Fridaythat show puzzling lava flowsand evidence of ice ages thatvaguely resemble those onceseen on Earth. Spirit and itstwin on the opposite side ofthe planet, Opportunity, havemoved on to more excitingformations but scientistshave learned they can trustmany of their instincts aboutwhat they have seen on Mars.

Spirit landed in the 95-mile wide Gusev crater onJanuary 3 and rolled thoughpockmarks and around boul-ders, collecting dust, drillinginto rock and takingspectrometre measurements.

“Gusev crater is a placethat we believe surely musthave had liquid water on it atsome point,” said principalscience investigator Steven

Squyres. “When you see a hole in

the ground with a major riv-erbed flowing into it, itdoesn’t take a rocket scien-tist to figure out there waswater in it at some time.”

To their great disappoint-ment, Spirit has found littleevidence of that water, in-stead finding that a thicklayer of basalt and other vol-canic rock flowed over muchof the crater, burying the mostjuicy evidence. It is not clearwhere the lava would haveflowed from. “We landedwith hopes that we might beable to identify water-layingsediments. Instead the rockswe found were all layers ofbasalt,” said Squyres.

“There are little cratersall over the place. Lavas havecovered this region of Gusevcrater and then they havebeen all busted up by im-pacts.” — MNA/Reuters

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Hannah Schmidt an employee for Christies Auctioneersholds a ball as she wears soccer legend Pele's 1958

Brazilian World Cup shirt in central London on 5 Aug,2004. The shirt is to be auctioned Sept. 21, 2004, and isexpected to sell for $126,000 to $180,000. —INTERNET

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Late goal gives werder victoryover Schalke 04

BERLIN, 7 Aug— A late goal by substitute striker NelsonValdez gave champions Werder Bremen a 1-0 home victoryover Schalke 04 in Friday's opening Bundesliga game of theseason, which was delayed by a power shortage.

Valdez struck from close range with seven minutes leftin a dull affair with few highlights. The match started overan hour late because of a cable problem caused by buildingworks near the champions' stadium.

German public television channel ARD, which wasbroadcasting the game live, showed a music programmewhile waiting for the match to start. Bayern Munich, eagerto bounce back after failing to win the title last season, starttheir campaign at Hamburg SV on Saturday. —MNA/Reuters

Mutu's loan moveto Juventus falls

through BUCHAREST, 7 Aug— The

proposed loan transfer ofRomanian striker AdrianMutu from Chelsea toJuventus has fallen throughbecause the clubs failed toagree terms, the player'sagent said on Friday.

Mutu and his agentGiovanni Becali travelled toTurin on Thursday afterChelsea had agreed a one-year loan with the Italian gi-ants but the deal then brokedown.

"Chelsea asked to havethe first option for a possibletransfer of Mutu in the futurebut Juventus officialsrejected the proposal,"Becali told Reuters on Fri-day by telephone fromTurin.

Mutu will return to Eng-land to complete his five-year contract with Chelsea.

"Mutu is Chelsea's playerfor the next four years,"Becali said. — MNA/Reuters

Wenger warns Vieira about leaving Arsenal LONDON, 7 Aug— Arsenal manager Arsene Wenger said on Friday

that his captain Patrick Vieira would be making a mistake if he left theEnglish champions.

Vieira is still being linked with a move to Real Madrid, even thoughArsenal have rejected an initial bid by the Spanish club.

"I believe every player who leaves Arsenal makes a mistake,"Wenger told reporters. "Frankly, I find change for the sake of changeunacceptable, the basic desire of a player is to win and everything elseis superficial."

Wenger said he did not want to have to convince the 28-year-oldFrance midfielder to stay.

"I want him to stay because he's convinced he wants to be part of thisclub," Wenger said.

"If a player comes to me and says he can't win things and wants toleave, that's fair enough.

"Why does Michael Schumacher stay at Ferrari? Because he knowshe can win there." — MNA/Reuters

Agassi beats Johansson at Cincinnati WASHINGTON, 6 Aug— Tennis veteran Andre Agassi

beats former Australian Open champion Thomas Johanssonto reach the last 16 of the Masters Series in Cincinnati, Ohioon Wednesday.

The American registered a 6-1, 3-6, 6-1 success in amatch delayed one hour by rain. It was only the second timethat Agassi had won two successive matches since Marchand it earned him a third round match against Juan IgnacioChela, the 17th seed from Argentina.

In the same half of the draw, defending champion AndyRoddick beat Germany's Nicolas Kiefer for the third time inten days. Halfway through the second set of his 6-4, 6-4defeat, Kiefer launched a vicious slash at the net with hisracket that gave Roddick a psychological boost.

The second-seeded American next plays ParadornSrichaphan, the 15th seed from Thailand, a 6-3, 6-4 winnerover Sjeng Schalken. In the final match of the day, fifth-seeded Briton Tim Henman rallied past Moroccan HichamArazi 4-6, 6-3, 7-5 to advance. — MNA/Xinhua

Owen closing on new Liverpoolcontract

LIVERPOOL (England), 6 Aug— England striker MichaelOwen could agree a new contract with Liverpool before thePremier League season starts on 14 August.

Owen's current contract runs out at the end of the comingseason, when he would be able to leave the club on a freetransfer. "The speculation about a new contract startedbefore we even had our first meeting so it feels like it's beengoing on for six months," Owen told reporters on Thursday.

"The reality is we have only had four or five meetingsand that is normal during contract negotiations.

"There was a meeting in New York last week and anotheris planned for next week. We are in no rush.

"We are closer than we were, but we are not there yetbecause the contract has not been signed."

Owen, 24, scored 19 goals last season for Liverpool, whostart their season next week with a Champions Leaguequalifying game against AK Graz. — MNA/Reuters

Chelsea's Mututo sign forJuventus

BUCHAREST, 6 Aug— Ro-manian striker Adrian Mutuof Chelsea is set to sign aone-year loan deal with Ital-ian club Juventus, his agentsaid on Thursday.

"Mutu left London todayfor Italy and he'll signtomorrow a deal withJuventus," agent GicaPopescu told Reuters.

Popescu did not offer anyfinancial details of the dealbut said the deal could beextended if both clubsagreed.

Mutu joined Chelsea for15.8 million pounds (28.83million US dollars) fromParma last August as part ofRussian billionaire ownerRoman Abramovich'sspending spree at the Lon-don club.

However after scoringfour times in his first threegames under former man-ager Claudio Ranieri, Mutustruggled with niggling in-juries and a loss of form.

His chances of regularfirst team football this seasonlook slim after new managerJose Mourinho bolstered hisstriking options by signingDidier Drogba fromOlympique Marseille andMateja Kezman from PSVEindhoven. — MNA/Reuters

Liverpool defender Vignaljoins Rangers on loan

GLASGOW, 6 Aug— Liverpool defender Gregory Vignaljoined Rangers on a one-year loan on Thursday as theScottish side secured their seventh signing of the closeseason. "Discussions were completed last night and I canconfirm that Gregory has signed and will join us on a one-year loan deal," Rangers said on their website.

The 23-year-old Frenchman joined Liverpool fromMontpellier four years ago but has been loaned out to Frenchside Rennes and Spain's Espanyol over the past two seasons.

Rangers manager Alex McLeish has already signeddefenders Jean-Alain Boumsong and Marvin Andrews,midfielders Alex Rae and Dragan Mladenovic and strikersDado Prso and Nacho Novo as he rebuilds after finishingwithout a trophy last season.

Vignal could feature in Saturday's Scottish PremierLeague opener at Aberdeen and the away first leg of theirChampions League final round qualifier against CSKAMoscow on Tuesday. — MNA/Reuters

Arsenal boostsponsorship deal

with mmO2 LONDON, 7 Aug— Premier

League champions Arsenalhave boosted their sponsor-ship deal with the mmO2mobile phone company byone million pounds (1.83 mil-lion US dollars) a year.

MmO2, Britain's fourth-largest mobile phone com-pany, said on Friday that theterms of the deal had beenimproved and the contractwas now worth more thanthree million pounds a year.

"It's just over three millionpounds," said mmO2 spokes-man Simon Gardner. "Theoriginal contract signed twoyears ago was for two milliona year for four years." He addedthat there was also a revenuesharing agreement betweenthe two parties on textmessaging. — MNA/Reuters

Iran's Jalal Kameli, top, competes for the ball withBahrain's A'ala Hubail during their Asian Cup thirdplace match in Beijing's Workers' Stadium on 6 Aug,

2004. Iran defeated Bahrain 4-2 to take third place in thesoccer tournament. — INTERNET

Schalke's Tomasz Waldoch, left, from Poland, andBremen's Miroslav Klose, right, go for the ball during theGerman Bundesliga soccer match in Bremen, Germany,

between Werder Bremen and FC Schalke, on Friday,6 Aug, 2004. — INTERNET


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WEATHER

Saturday, 7 August 2004Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has been cloudyin Kayah State, lower Sagaing and Magway Divisions,rain or thundershowers has been isolated in Kachin Stateand scattered to widespread in the remaining areas withlocally heavyfalls in Rakhine State and upper SagaingDivision. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Thandwe and Kata (3.69) inches and Sittwe (3.18)inches.

Maximum temperature on 6-8-2004 was 29.0˚C (84°F).Minimum temperature on 7-8-2004 was 21.4°C (70°F).Relative humidity at 9:30 hrs MST on 7-8-2004 was 87%.Total sunshine hours on 6-8-2004 was (0.9) hour approx.Rainfall on 7-8-2004 was nil at Yangon Airport, Kaba-Aye and central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2004was 1811 mm (71.30 inches) at Yangon Airport and1791 mm (70.51 inches) at Kaba-Aye and 1795 mm (70.67inches) at central Yangon. Maximum wind speed atYangon (Kaba-Aye) was 15 mph from West at 18:30 hoursMST on 6-8-2004.

Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate to strong in theBay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 8-8-2004: Rain orthundershowers will be widespread in Shan and RakhineStates, upper Sagaing and Ayeyawady Divisions, scat-tered in Kachin, Chin, Mon and Kayin States, Yangon,Bago and Taninthayi Divisions and isolated in the re-maining areas with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls inRakhine State and upper Sagaing Division. Degree of cer-tainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough sea are likely attimes in the off and along Rakhine Coast. Surface windspeed in squall may reach (35) to (40) mph. Seas will bemoderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderatemonsoon.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for8-8-2004: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for8-8-2004: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Sunday, August 8Tune in today:

8.30 am Brief news

8.35 am Music: Love toinfinity

8.40 am Perspectives

8.45 am Music: Until theend of time

8.55 am National news/Slogan

9.05 am Music: I’ve got

my eye for you9.10 am International news

9.15 am Cultural Images ofMyanmar:

- Myanmar andIvory Sculpture

1.30 pm News/Slogan

1.40 pm Story for children1.50 pm Songs for children

9.00 pm ASEAN DayCommemorative

talk9:10 pm Music

9:15 pm Article

9.25 pm Latest Hits !-Love comes

again-Come with me

9.45 pm News/Slogan

10.00 pm PEL

7:00 am 1. Parittas Recitation by

Mingun Sayadawgyi7:25 am 2. To be healthy exercise7:30 am 3. Morning news7:40 am 4. Nice and sweet song7:50 am 5.�� 8:05 am 6.��8:20 am 7.�� !�"�#�� !�"�#�� !�"�#�� !�"�#�� !�"�#��8.30 am 8. International news8:45 am 9. Islands of Dhamma8:50 am 10.$�%&'�(�&%�$�"�)��$�*+$�%&'�(�&%�$�"�)��$�*+$�%&'�(�&%�$�"�)��$�*+$�%&'�(�&%�$�"�)��$�*+$�%&'�(�&%�$�"�)��$�*+,�!-��.�/�$�*+��0,�,�!-��.�/�$�*+��0,�,�!-��.�/�$�*+��0,�,�!-��.�/�$�*+��0,�,�!-��.�/�$�*+��0,�)�1�+��23)�1�+��23)�1�+��23)�1�+��23)�1�+��23�!��&��)�4,��!��&��)�4,��!��&��)�4,��!��&��)�4,��!��&��)�4,�5��6/�!7��8�#��5��6/�!7��8�#��5��6/�!7��8�#��5��6/�!7��8�#��5��6/�!7��8�#��6/9)"��8!��6/9)"��8!��6/9)"��8!��6/9)"��8!��6/9)"��8!��!��,��$��8��!��,��$��8��!��,��$��8��!��,��$��8��!��,��$��8��/:,5��/!5��5��6��/:,5��/!5��5��6��/:,5��/!5��5��6��/:,5��/!5��5��6��/:,5��/!5��5��6;�<5"��);)#�=��>;�<5"��);)#�=��>;�<5"��);)#�=��>;�<5"��);)#�=��>;�<5"��);)#�=��>��(��=��(��=��(��=��(��=��(��=��

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8-8-2004 (Sunday)(Programme Schedule)Morning Transmission

(9:00 - 10:00)9:00 Signature Tune

Greeting9:02 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & ScenicSights “Myanma

Panorama & Myan-ma Sentiment”

9:06 A Peaceful Place of

Mind9:10 Headline News9:12 Mandalay, The

Golden City

9:15 National News9:20 Music Icon9:30 National News9:35 Teak-Tissue Culture9:40 Myanmar Modern

Song “Shadow ofLove”

9:42 Native home of the

Khame9:45 National News9:50 Beautiful Pleasant

Beach Village

9:58 Song of MyanmarBeauty & Scenic

Sights “Come and

See Myanmar”

8-8-2004 (Sunday)Evening Transmission

(15:30 - 17:30)15:30 Signature Tune

Greeting

15:32 Song of MyanmarBeauty & Scenic

Sights “Mingalabar”

15:36 A Peaceful Place ofMind

15:40Headline News15:42 Mandalay, The

Golden City15:45National News15:50 Music Icon

16:00National News16:05 Teak-Tissue Culture

16:10 Myanmar ModernSong “Shadow of

Love”16:12 Native home of the

Khame

16:15National News16:20 Beautiful Pleasant

Beach Village16:25 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & Scenic

Sights “MyanmaPanorama & Myan-

ma Sentiment”16:30 National News16:35 The Art of Playing

Cane-Ball

16:40 Nan-Thae Model

Plantation (InlayLake)

16:45 National News16:50 From Yangon to the

Peak of Mt. Victoria

17:00 National News17:05 The World’s Biggest

Book17:08 Myanmar Modern

Song “Two, To-gether”

17:12 Shwe Nan Daw

Kyaung

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19. The next day’sprogramme

17:15 National News17:20 National Races Vil-

lage (Muse)

17:25 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & ScenicSights “Come and

See Myanmar”

8-8-2004 (Sunday)Evening Transmission

(19:30 - 23:30)

19:30 Signature Tune

Greeting19:32 Song of Myanmar

Beauty & ScenicSights “Myanma

Panorama & Myanma

Sentiment”19:36 Annual Pilgrims

From the River19:40Headline News19:42 Easily Cooked Tasty

Dishes “ Hot andSpicy Prawn Curry”

19:45National News19:50 Unforgettable Trip to

Ahka Village19:55 The Ogre Dance

20:00National News20:05 Central Glass Pavil-

ion

20:10 Myanmar ModernSong “We’ll Greet

You In Mon Lan-

guage”20:12 Myanma Custard

Apple20:15National News20:20 Traditional Bamboo

Utensils of Myanmar

20:25 Myanmar Modern

Song “No right to

Sunday, August 8View on today:

love, yet”

20:30 National News20:35 Good Prospects For

Myanmar Coffee

20:40 Thanakha, aMyanmar Cosmetic

20:45 National News20:50 Myanmar Movies

Impact “Dream An-gel”

21:00 National News21:05 King Alaung Min-

taya’s Palace Site

21:10 Song “The NightWhen We Celebrate

Donyein Dance”21:12 Lawka Nanda Sanc-

tuary Garden

21:15 National News21:20 Around Bagan by

Pony Cart (AnandaTemple)


Beauty & ScenicSights “Minga-

labar”21:36 A Peaceful Place of

Mind21:40Headline News21:42 Mandalay, The

Golden City21:45National News21:50 Music Icon22:00National News22:05 Teak-Tissue Cul-

tural22:10 Myanmar Modern

Song “Shadow ofLove”

22:12 Native home of theKhame

22:15National News22:20 Beautiful Pleasant

Beach Village

22:25 Myanmar ModernSong “Invitations

from Manaw Land”

22:30National News22:35 The Art of Playing

Cane-Ball22:40 Nan-Thae Model

Plantation (InlayLake)

22:45 National News22:50 From Yangon to the

Peak of Mt. Victoria

23:00 National News

23:05 The World’s Big-

gest Book23:08 Myanmar Modern

Song “Two, To-

gether”23:12 Shwe Nan Daw

Kyaung23:15 National News23:20 National Races Vil-

lage (Muse)


Beauty & ScenicSights “Come and

See Myanmar”

8th Waning of Second Waso 1366 ME Sunday, 8 August, 2004

YANGON, 7 Aug— Prime Minister General Khin Nyunthanded over two ancient Buddha images donated to himto the Ministry of Culture at the National Museum onPyay Road this evening. Present were Chairman of Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of Yangon CommandMaj-Gen Myint Swe, ministers, the Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Yangon mayor, deputyministers, officials of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Office, heads of departments and officials of theMinistry of Culture. On behalf of the Prime Minister,Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung explained about

Prime Minister hands over two ancient Buddhaimages to Ministry of Culture

the handover of the ancient Buddha images. He saidwellwishers presented two ancient religious cultural arti-facts on 4 of this month. He said the Prime Minister alsohanded them over to the Ministry of Culture for publicobeisance at the National Museum. The Buddha images were in hand of late U AungThan Myint and wife Daw Thein Thein over 30 years agoand they were kept well in order not to be smuggled outof the country through unscrupulous persons. Accordingto the wish of late U Aung Than Myint, wife Daw TheinThein and family presented them to the Prime Minister. He said the Prime Minister handed them over to the

ministry for public obeisance and preserving them for-ever. Next, Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt handedthe Buddha images to Minister Maj-Gen Kyi Aung. Afterthe ceremony, the Prime Minister, the commander and theministers paid obeisance to the images. The Prime Minister and party paid obeisance to a stand-ing Pyinsalawha ancient Buddha image and other Buddhaimages of successive periods on the fourth floor of theNational Museum.

The image was of great cultural value and the workof early Bagan period (11 AD) and the other was cast ofbronze, dating back to Konbaung period.—MNA

YANGON, 7 Aug — Prime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar General Khin Nyunt received Minister of En-ergy Mr Prommin Lertsuridej and party of Thailand atZeyathiri Beikman on Konmyinttha, here, at 5 pm today.

Also present at the call were Minister for ForeignAffairs U Win Aung, Minister for Energy Brig-Gen LunThi, Minister for Electric Power Maj-Gen Tin Htut, DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs U Khin Maung Win, Direc-tor-General U Soe Tint at the Prime Minister’s Office andDirector-General Thura U Aung Htet of the ProtocolDepartment of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

The Thai Minister and party were accompanied byCharge d’Affaires ai of the Thai Embassy Mr OpasChantarasap and officials.

At the call, the Thai Energy Minister briefed the PrimeMinister on cooperation of Myanmar and Thailand in oiland natural gas exploration.

MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt hands over an ancient Buddha image toMinister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung. —˚MNA

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt hands over an ancient Buddha image toMinister for Culture Maj-Gen Kyi Aung. — MNA

Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Lun Thi and Thai guests at the energicalcontract signing ceremony.— ENERGY

Prime Minister General Khin Nyunt receives Minister of Energy Mr Prommin Lertsuridej of Thailandat Zeyathiri Beikman. — MNA

Myanmar, Thailand signenergy contracts, MoU

Prime MinisterGeneral Khin Nyunt

receives Thai Minister

YANGON, 7 Aug —Thai Minister of Energy MrPrommin Lertsuridej anddelegation arrived here byair this morning at the invi-tation of Minister for En-ergy Brig-Gen Lun Thi.They were welcomed atYangon International Air-port by Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi and offi-cials.

The two ministers cor-dially discussed mutual co-operation in energy sectorat Elephant Room of InyaLake Hotel at 10.30 am.

The signing ceremonyof the production sharingcontracts for oil and naturalgas exploitation and MoUon cooperation in renewable

energy and energy savingsectors was held at MingalaHall of the Inya Lake Hotelhere at 10.30 am.

(See page 9)

In the presence of Myanmar En-ergy Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi andThai Energy Minister Mr PromminLertsuridej, officials sign productionsharing contracts for oil and naturalgas exploitation and MoU on coop-eration in renewable energy and en-ergy saving sectors.

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