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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms 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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand 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 economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Technological University (Bhamo) turning out technocratsArticle: Myint Maung Soe, Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

Technological University (Bhamo).

The Government has been openingTechnological Universities in every State andDivision, with a view to increasing the number ofyouth engineers.

Now, local youth have opportunities to studyengineering due to the emergence of TechnologicalUniversities in Special Development Zones andefforts made to keep abreast of the Age of

Information and Technology.We, Myanma Alin news crew, visited

Technological University (Bhamo) under thearrangement of District Peace and DevelopmentCouncil during our tour of Kachin State for writingarticles on developments of the region.

We have seen endless thriving paddy fields ofdouble-cropping in the rainy season along the road

to the university which is the sign of KachinState’s efforts to become the fourth granary ofMyanmar.

We interviewed Acting Principal Dr AkarKyaw Myint of Technological University (Bhamo)about the background history and courses of theuniversity.

(See page 7)

Myanmars should be a people that deservesdemocracy after the nation has been transformed intoa democratic one. Only then can the people build thenation into a developed one, making good use of thedemocratic practice.

Looking forward to positive response

NGAR MIN SWE

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Saturday, 22 August, 2009* 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Actively participate insuccessful realization ofseven-step Road Map

At present, the government is makingrelentless efforts for all-round development ofthe nation in line with the national policy, that is,non-disintegration of the Union, non-disintegration of national solidarity andperpetuation of sovereignty. Every citizen is touphold in the fold the national policy in allseriousness both at present and in future.

Peace and stability is indispensable forthe development of a region or a nation. Withcommunity peace and stability and prevalenceof law and order across the nation includingborder areas, the socio-economic status of thepeople has improved remarkably.

The government places special emphasison peace and development of the nation, and isextensively engaged in economic developmentdrive and national education promotionprogrammes. As its effort for nationalreconsolidation is meeting with success, it hasbeen able to forge friendship and understandingamong national brethren.

Thanks to concerted efforts of thegovernment and the entire national people, peaceand stability prevails the length and breadth ofthe nation. Meanwhile, with the emergence of alarge number of infrastructures, progress hasbeen made in economic, education, health andsocial sectors as well as in agriculture, productionand transport sectors.

At a time when the drive for nationaldevelopment is taking shape, efforts are beingmade for the emergence of a peaceful, modernand developed nation in accord with the wishesof the people through the realization of the seven-step Road Map.

At such a time, the entire national peopleare to actively participate in the drive forsuccessful realization of the seven-step RoadMap making better use of the already-achievedpeace and stability and development.

YANGON, 21 Aug—The opening ceremony of 17th

Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing ArtsCompetitions of Yangon South District took place atthe hall in Kyauktan this afternoon, attended byChairman of Yangon Division Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of Yangon Command Maj-GenWin Myint.

The commander formally opened the competitions.

Yangon South District opens 17th Performing Arts CompetitionsThe artistes presented dances and songs. The

commander and officials presented a flower basketand cash awards to the artistes.

Also present on the occasion were senior officersof the command headquarters, the secretary andmembers of the Yangon Division PDC, departmentalofficials, local authorities, members of the panel ofjudges and guests.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Aug —Chairman of MandalayDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe attended theprize presentation ceremony of Mandalay DivisionPDC Chairman’s Shield Inter-township Sepak Takrawtournament at Bahtoo Gymnasium in Mandalay on 13August. The commander watched the final match andpresented the Championship Shield to the winningteam.—MNA

Mandalay Division PDCChairman’s Shield Sepak

Takraw tournamentconcludes

Six women trainees of SPEI(Yangon) move to Industry-1

football teamYANGON, 21 Aug — A ceremony to transfer six

women trainees of the Sports and Physical EducationInstitute (Yangon) of the Sports and Physical EducationDepartment under the Ministry of Sports to the Ministryof Industry-1 football team was held at the Union Hallof the institute in Kyaikkasan Sports Ground in TamwayTownship here yesterday.

General Secretary of Myanmar OlympicCommittee U Thaung Htaik, Director-General ofSPED, made an opening address.

U Aye Han, manager of the Industry-1 footballteam, presented K 600,000 to the fund of the institutethrough the director-general.

Then the director-general handed over documentsrelated to the trainees and other remuneration.

MNA

YANGON, 21 Aug—Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U MaungMyint paid an official visitto Malaysia from 17 to 20August, at the invitationof the Ministry of ForeignAffairs of Malaysia.

On 18 Augustmorning, Deputy MinisterU Maung Myint called onthe Deputy Minister ofForeign Affairs ofMalaysia Mr YB SenatorA Kohilan Pillay at theMalaysian Foreign

Dy FM arrives back from MalaysiaMinistry in Putrajaya anddiscussed enhancement ofbilateral relations andcooperation on labourmatters.

In the afternoon,Deputy Minister U MaungMyint called on theDeputy Minister of HomeAffairs of Malaysia MrDatuk Wira Ku SemanYusop at the Home AffairsMinistry of Malaysia anddiscussed cooperation inlabour matters.

Afterwards, the

Myanmar technical-leveldelegation met with theMalaysia technical-leveldelegation consisting ofrepresentatives from theMinistry of HomeAffairs, the Ministry ofLabour, and the Ministryof Human ResourcesDevelopment at theMinistry of Home Affairsof Malaysia and discussedcooperation in labourmatters.

Later that day, DeputyMinister U Maung Myint

met with members of theCommittee for theWelfare of MyanmarWorkers at the MyanmarEmbassy in KualaLumpur. Afterwards, thedeputy minister proceededto Ambassador U TinLatt’s residence and metwith officials and familymembers of the MyanmarEmbassy staff at theAmbassador’s residence.

On 19 August, DeputyMinister U Maung Myint,accompanied byAmbassador U Tin Lattand Military AttacheCaptain Aung Thaw(MN), visited the DufuIndustries Sdn Bhd andthe Bagan Printers SdnBhd in Penang. He metwith Myanmar workersthere and spoke words ofencouragement. TheMyanmar delegation ledby the deputy minister leftKuala Lumpur andarrived back here on 20August.

MNA

Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe presents a shield towinning team.—MNA

DeputyMinisterU Maung

Myint meetsMalaysiancounterpart

Mr YBSenator A

Kohilan Pillayat Malaysian

ForeignMinistry inPutrajaya.

MNA

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Iraq tightens security afterBaghdad deadly attacks

Federal police officersguard a scene where apolice vehicle was shot

near the US-Mexicoborder in Tijuana,

northern Mexico, on20 Aug, 2009. At leastone police officer was

injured in theshooting.INTERNET

A house is wreckedafter a tornado wentthrough Vaughn, a

suburb of the GreaterToronto Area, on 20

Aug, 2009.INTERNET

Smoke billows from the scene of a car bomb in front of the foreign ministryin central Baghdad, on 19 Aug, 2009.—XINHUA

Afghan children look at the site where twoterrorists were killed after an operation in Kabul,capital of Afghanistan,on 20 Aug , 2009. — XINHUA

Bermuda under storm warning as Bill churns

Naval flotilla for escort mission inwaters off Somalia, Gulf of

Aden returnsBEIJING, 21 Aug — China’s naval convoy on duty

off the Somalia coast and in the Gulf of Aden hassuccessfully accomplished its missions and returnedto the naval port in Zhanjiang city in GuangdongProvince at 9 amon Friday, said a PLA Navy source.

The convoy amassed 85,000 sea miles in 142 days’voyaging. During that time it escorted 308 merchantships, conducted regional cover for 85 more and wentto the assistance of four being attacked, the sourcesaid.

The convoy, the second from China to patrol thepirate-infested area, was sent to the region on 2 Aprilthis year. It was made up of guided missile destroyer“Shenzhen”, missile frigate “Huangshan” and a supplyship.—Xinhua

Second phase of Air Francecrash research ends

PARIS, 21 Aug — The Office of Investigation andAnalysis (BEA) announced on Thursday that they havesuspended the second stage of operation research andfailed to find the black box of Air France flight 447crashed into the Atlantic on 1 June.

“The search failed to locate the wreckage of theplane,” the BEA said, adding it will meet internationalinvestigators and specialists in next few weeks toanalyze data collected with a third phase of researchand identify ways and means of this —Xinhua

Russia’s fifth-generationfighter jets to start trials

MOSCOW, 21 Aug — Russia’s fifth-generationfighter planes are set to start trials in November, theAir Force chief said on Thursday.

The second prototype fighter jet is undergoing fieldtrials, the Itar-Tass news agency quoted Air Forcechief Alexander Zelin as saying.

Zelin acknowledged that there have been someproblems with the engines the aircraft will use butresearch was continuing.

Deputy Prime Minister Sergei Ivanov said inJanuary that the fifth-generation fighter jets muststart trials this year and be in use by the Air Forceby 2015.

The fifth-generation fighter planes were designedto become the main force of the 21st century Russianarmy.—Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 21 Aug —Iraqi forces intensifysecurity measures acrossBaghdad a day after a seriesof deadly attacks includingtwo truck bombings thatkilled 97 people andwounded 585 others, awell-informed policesource said on Thursday.

We have (received)orders to take new securitymeasures, which includedan increased presence ofsecurity members onBaghdad streets and inneighbourhoods andtougher searches atcheckpoints,” the sourcetold Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.

The Iraqi security forcesfanned out on high alertfollowing an urgentmeeting between PrimeMinister Nuri al-Maliki andcommanders of Iraqisecurity forces lateWednesday, the sourcesaid. “The command ofBaghdad operations hasordered detention of seniorofficers in charge of theSalhiyah and Bab al-Muadham areas for agovernment probe oversecurity failure that led to

Wednesday’s deadly truckbombings,” the source said,referring to the centralBaghdad areas housing twoministries targeted by twomassive truck bombs onWednesday. The source,however, did not disclosehow many senior officerswere on the list of detention.Despite the tightenedsecurity measures, a bicyclebomb went off on Thursday

morning at the commercialarea of Hafiz al-Qazi at theal-Rasheed street in centralBaghdad, killing two peopleand wounding eight others.

In recent months,violence has droppeddramatically across thecountry, though insurgentsare still capable of launchingdeadly attacks in Baghdadand some northern Iraqicities.—Xinhua

Graphic shows thelocation and projectedpath of Hurricane Bill.

INTERNET

MIAMI, 21 Aug—Hurricane Bill continuedits slog across theAtlantic on Friday,threatening to floodBermuda’s coastlines andbring dangerous wavesand riptides to the easternUS coast.

The Category 3storm’s maximum sustai-ned winds weakenedslightly on early Friday,decreasing to near 120mph. But forecasterswarned the hurricanecould strengthen andregain its Category 4status Friday as it feedson warm waters.

“It’s moving overwaters of 84, 85 degrees

Fahrenheit, which couldprovide some fuel to it.We still think it couldrestrengthen back into aCategory 4. Theenvironmental conditionsappear to be right,” EricBlake, a hurricanespecialist at the NationalHurricane Center, said onThursday.

Bill was expected to

cause significant floodingalong the Bermudacoastlines over Friday andSaturday and Bermudaissued a tropical stormwarning. Dangerouswaves and riptides werelikely along most of theeastern US coast over theweekend.

Bermuda’s stormwarning means winds of40 mph or more wereexpected to arrive withina day, and the islandremained under ahurricane watch thatindicated even strongerwinds were possiblewithin 36 hours.

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CARACAS, 21 Aug —Venezuela is consideringstepping up its economiccooperation and tradewith Brazil, VenezuelanForeign Minister NicolasMaduro announced onThursday.

Maduro said at anopening session of aconference for Brazilianentrepreneurs that Vene-zuela offered many op-portunities for trade and

Women dressed as devils dance to celebrate the ‘Day to demand the Bolivianorigin of the Diablada dance’ in La Paz, on 20 Aug, 2009. Bolivia has issued

a formal complaint on the origin of the traditional dress the Peruviancandidate for Miss Universe is wearing during the contest: a Diablada

costume.—INTERNET

Miss Singapore Rachel Kum give a thumbs up sign as she rides atop amoving float during a parade given for contestants of the 2009 Miss Universe

Competition, in Nassau, Bahamas, on 20 Aug, 2009. —INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 21 Aug— The US governmentannounced on Thursday37 million US dollars infunding to help smallbusinesses’ clean energytechnology research andjob creation.

Energy SecretarySteven Chu said theinvestment from theRecovery Act will bemade available to quali-fied small businessesthrough the Department’sSmall Business Innov-ation Research (SBIR)and Small Business Tech- Solar’s first commercial solar power plant in the desert city of Lancaster,

California is seen on its opening day on 5 Aug, 2009.—XINHUA

Venezuela to step upeconomic cooperation with

Brazilinvestment. A delegationof 80 Brazilian business-men was in Caracas forbusiness negotiations onThursday.

On the same day,Venezuelan Trade Mini-ster Eduardo Saman toldReuters that Venezuelawas considering replacingthe import worth of 7billion US dollars fromneighbouring Colombiawith alternatives bought

from countries such asBrazil or Argentina.

Venezuela is at oddswith Colombia over theallegation that Venezuelais supporting Colombianguerilla fighters.

Colombia’s recentagreement with theUnited States to allow USmilitary to have moreaccess to Colombianmilitary bases is also asensitive issue betweenthe two countries.

Xinhua

MEXICO CITY, 21 Aug— Economic recovery inLatin America and theCaribbean region startedin second quarter this yearand would beconsolidated in 2010, theEconomic Commissionfor Latin America and theCaribbean (ECLAC) saidon Thursday.

Due to the globalgrowth deceleration, acontraction of 1.9 percentis forecast in the regionfor 2009, said OsvaldoKacef, director of theeconomic developmentdivision of the ECLAC.

The recovery will beslow as a result of thedamage to the productionand social sectors, Kacefadded.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 21 Aug — Canon, the world’s largestdigitalcamera maker, looks to China for one fifths ofthe company’s global digital camera revenue in thenext couple of years, said on Friday.

The company’s confidence springs from thejudgment that the global economic crisis had notimpacted China’s digital camera market as much asearlier estimated, the newspaper said.

Canon is the biggest player in the Chinese digitalcamera market, with a nearly 30-percent share.

It is followed by Sony, Samsung and Nikon,according to domestic research firm CCID Consulting.

During the past few years, the company hadrecorded nearly 30 percent growth in the country,making China Canon’s third largest market after theUnited States and Japan.

But the financial crisis cut Canon’s net profit by37 percent last year.

Hideki Ozawa, president of Canon China, said hewas still confident that the company’s business inChina could grow by 20 percent this year.

He said Canon plans to launch more new productsin the second half of this year and will focus onmarketing to China’s post-1980s generationconsumers, who have showed great purchasing power.

Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 21 Aug —Singapore has beenranked as the second mostexpensive city in Asia,local media reported onThursday.

Local TV broadcasterChannel News Asiaquoted the UBS’ Pricesand Earnings 2009 study

Canon counts onChinese market Economic

recovery beginsin Latin America,

Caribbean

Singapore ranked as 2nd most expensive city in Asiaas reporting that Tokyo isranked as the mostexpensive city in Asia,Singapore comes thesecond, while China’sHong Kong takes thethird position.

Singapore is ranked24th globally, in acomparison of livingcosts in 73 cities aroundthe world.

Based on a standardi-zed basket of 122 goodsand services, the studyfound that Oslo, Zurich,Copenhagen, Geneva,Tokyo and New York tobe the world’s priciestcities, while Mumbai,Delhi, Manila and KualaLumpur are cities with thelowest price levels.

XinhuaUS Govt promotes small business clean energy research

nology Transfer (STTR) energy economy,” said

programmes.This funding empha-

sizes the Department’scommitment to develop-ing near-term, cleanenergy technologieswhile allowing smallbusinesses take part inthe new industrial revo-lution that the sustain-able energy economywill bring.

“Small businessesare engines of jobcreation and innovation,and we need their ingen-uity and entrepreneurialspirit to drive a clean

Secretary Chu.“By helping small

businesses bring cleantechnologies to market,we can create jobs,reduce our dependenceon foreign oil , andreduce carbon pollut-ion.”

DOE’s SBIR/STTRprogrammes target UScompanies with fewerthan 500 employees.Small businesses withstrong research capabili-ties in science or engine-ering are encouraged toapply.

Xinhua

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China coal-electricity project toincrease coal output

BEIJING, 21 Aug—China’s first large coal-electricity joint project,Huaneng Yimin CoalElectricity Corp aims toincrease its annual coaloutput to 20 million tonesthis year, reported onFriday’s China Daily.Located in Hulunbuir,Inner Mongolia Autono-mous Region, thecompany, a subsidiaryunder China’s leadingpower generator HuanengGroup, now has aninstalled capacity of2,200 megawatts and anannual coal output of 15

million tonnes.The company is

planning for its own coal-to-gas and coal-to-chemical projects tofurther diversify itsbusiness portfolio, said thenewspaper, citing YinLong, general manager ofHuaneng Yimin.

Rising coal prices havealways been a headachefor China’s powergenerators. Last year,major power companies allincurred losses in theirpower generation businessbecause of the sharp rise incoal prices, according to

the newspaper.Coal-fired power

accounts for more than 70percent of China’s totalpower generation. Thecountry’s main powercompanies have allaccelerated their develop-ment of coal mineprojects. China’s powercon-sumption in July rose6 percent year on year to342 billion kilowatt-hours,according to China’sNational Energy Admini-stration (NEA). The figurewas 10.9 percent morethan that of June, NEAsaid.—Xinhua

Chicago feds indictMexican drug cartel leaders

CHICAGO, 21 Aug—The Chicago authoritiesannounced on Thursday indictments against leadersof warring Mexican drug cartels blamed for increasingviolence south of the border and for bringing up tofour tons of cocaine to the city each month for nationaldistribution.

Authorities said 36 individuals, including threecartel leaders, were charged in eight indictmentsunsealed in Chicago, and additional defendants areexpected to be indicted in New York.

The three most significant defendants in the casesare leaders of two feuding cartels, authorities said.

“These are the most significant drug importationconspiracies ever charged in Chicago,” Chicago’s USAtty. Patrick Fitzgerald said in a statement.

“The indictments charge two major internationalsupply organizations with importing many tons ofcocaine and quantities of heroin into the UnitedStates,” Fitzgerald said. —Xinhua

Quakerocks

E IndonesiaJAKARTA, 21 Aug—A

quake measuring 5.7degree on the RitcherScale hit eastern part ofIndonesia on Thursday,no report of damage orcasualty was reported, thecountry’s Meteorologyand Geophysics Agencysaid.

The quake struck at19:12 Jakarta time (0212GMT) with epicenter at12 kms southeastMelonguane of NorthSualwesi province and at10 kms under sea bed, anofficial of the agencynamed only Nurjamantold Xinhua in antelephone interview.

The intensity of thequake was felt at 3 to 4MMI (Modified MercalliIntensity) at TalaudIslands of the province.

Xinhua

Philippine police kill suspectedkidnappers of Korean businessmen

COTABATO, 21 Aug—Security forces killed twomembers of a local kidnap gang after they broke intoa hotel at dawn in a small southern Philippine town tokidnap two Korean businessmen sleeping there, policesaid on Friday.

Acting on a civilian tip, policemen reached the hotelin Sto Ninol town of the South Cotabato provinceshortly after the break-in and clashed with fivekidnappers. Two were killed in the shootout whilethree others fled, said regional police commanderChief Superintendent Felicisimo Khu.

The police said no civilian was hurt in the brief clash.Philippine security forces blamed local crime gang

“Pentagon” for a spike of kidnap-for-ransom activitiesin the central Mindanao region. The group gained itsnotoriety almost a decade ago when it abducted Italianpriest Guissepe Pierrantoni on his mission inZamboanga del Sur Province. The priest was safelyreleased after six months in captivity. —Xinhua

Lockerbie bomber being released to die in Libya

Over 100,000 pills of drug substances destroyed in Cambodia

Young Chinese of Kazak ethnic minority group catch a goat from ground asthey present performances of horseback skills during a tourism promotional

gathering at Kazak Autonomous County of Aksay in northwest China’sGansu Province, on 20 Aug, 2009. —XINHUA

A tiger cub and a pigsnooze together, atthe Sriracha TigerZoo, in Thailand.

XINHUA

PHNOM PENH, 21 Aug—Phnom Penh Munici-pality on Thursdaydestroyed 107,958 pills ofmixed drug substancesincluding 21,499 gramsof cocaine, 601 grams ofheroin, over 80,000 pillsof methamphetaminesand amphetamines andother drugs substances, aswell as some materials ofdrug lab.

“Drug substances anddrug materials for labs

that we burned off todaywere confiscated fromcriminals,” Kep Chutema,Phnom Penh governorsaid in the ceremony ofdestroying at the outskirtof Phnom Penh.

“Drug trafficking caseshave decreased after theauthorities have crackeddown on drug distributionplaces and drug using

places,” he said.However, he added thatcases of crimes haveincreased in Phnom Penhand it has occurred amongyoung people. —Xinhua

Contestants for 2009 Miss Tourism Internationalperform their pageant show at a city park in

Luohe city, central China’s Henan Province, on19 Aug, 2009. Some 120 contestants from around

the world attended the pageant show onWednesday.—XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

LONDON, 21 Aug—The only personconvicted in the Lockerbie bombing isbeing released from prison oncompassionate grounds, Scottish JusticeSecretary Kenny MacAskill said onThursday.

MacAskill formally announcedAbdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi’srelease in Edinburgh, saying the man,who has terminal prostate cancer, will beallowed to return to Libya to die after

serving eight years of a 27-year minimumsentence on charges of murdering 270people in Britain’s worst terrorist episode.MacAskill’s announcement came almost21 years after a bomb smuggled ontoPan Am Flight 103 exploded at 31,000feet (9,449 metres) over the Scottish townof Lockerbie on 21 Dec, 1988. Thebombing killed 259 people on board and11 on the ground. Of the dead, 189 wereAmericans. —Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Creative director Peter Redlinchecks the effects of a three metres

globe with LED tiles that wasinstalled for test purposes at a hallin Stuttgart, southern Germany.The globe is equipped with tilescontaining some 400,000 LED’s

works as a display for pictures andmovies, that can be influenced by aviewer’s voice. The globe is planned

to be one of the highlights of theGerman Pavilion at the Beijing

EXPO 2010.

Many Britons too lazy tochange TV channel

Britons are so lazy that one in sixcannot be bothered to change televisionchannel if the remote control is notworking, according to a study publishedrecently.

More than half said they would takethe lift rather than climb two flights ofstairs to their workplace, while threequarters had too little energy for sex atthe end of a long day.

An entire generation risks beingblighted by idleness, warned NuffieldHealth, a non-profit organization whichcommissioned the poll.

“Ready-meals, remote controls andeven Internet shopping are allcontributing to a dangerously lazy andidle Britain,” said Doctor SarahDauncey, its medical director.

Home milk to fuel Kenyansuccess at Berlin

Kenyan athletes will be able to enjoya daily supply of Kenyan milk at theworld championships thanks to a decisionby a local milk-processing company toship cartons of the dairy product to Berlin.

Since training for the world cham-pionships started in Nairobi three weeksago, the athletes have each been receivinga packet of milk a day provided by theirsponsors.

“All 40 athletes will be getting theirdaily intake of the milk for the durationof the championships,” Jane Mbuthia, aspokeswoman for the sponsors, told AFPat the Jomo Kenyatta International airportbefore the first batch of the team left forthe German capital where action getsunderway.

“We are putting the cargo in the plane.The athletes will definitely have theirfavourite Kenyan milk in their diet inBerlin,” she added.

Gibson, the California dog dubbedthe tallest in the world by the

Guinness Book of World Recordsdied after a battle with bone cancer.

World’s tallest dog diesBorn in 2002, Gibson took the title of

the world’s tallest dog from ‘Harvey’,who measured 41 inches(104cm), in2004.

Weighing 180 pounds and measuring7 feet 1 inch(215.9cm) standing on hishind legs, Gibson worked as a therapyand special needs training dog, visitingcare centres and schools throughout theCalifornia area.

Gaining world wide attention due tohis huge frame he was diagnosed with

bone cancer in his right front paw inApril of this year.

Within ten days of his diagnosis,Gibson underwent a seven hour operationto remove the leg in a bid to prevent thecancer from spreading further.

The surgery was performed to preventthe cancer from spreading, and earlytests showed positive results.

After the surgery, the harlequin GreatDane received follow up chemotherapytreatments as a precaution.

These two young storks inSchoeneiche near Berlin are gearingup for their first flight. Their parents

have already taught them how tolook for the frogs, fish, snakes and

insects that make up their diet.Sometime during August orSeptember they'll be leavingGermany for warmer climes.

Forensic workers inspect

the vehicle of a man who

was gunned down in

front of the US

Consulate in the border

city of Ciudad Juarez,

on 20 Aug, 2009.

INTERNET

ATLANTA, 21 Aug —A humanpapillomavirus vaccine analysis foundadverse events consistent with pre-licensing data except for fainting andblood clots, US researchers say. In 2006,the Food and Drug Administrationlicensed the quadrivalent humanpapillomavirus vaccine for females ages9-26 to prevent infection with genitalhuman papillomavirus types 6, 11, 16and 18.

Dr Barbara A Slade of the Centersfor Disease Control and Prevention inAtlanta and colleagues analyzed reportsof adverse events following HPVimmunization received by the USVaccine Adverse Event ReportingSystem. During the study period, thesystem received 12,424 reports ofadverse events following immunizationwith HPV — an overall reporting rateof 53.9 reports per 100,000 vaccinedoses distributed.—Internet

BEIJING, 21 Aug—For more than a decade, Jonathanand Angela Scott have been following these majesticbeasts across the African plains for the BBC’s BigCat Diary. But now the future of the top-rated wildlifeshow is in doubt. For the first time in 13 years, nonew series has been commissioned and, in a cost-cutting exercise, the film crews who annually criss-crossed Kenya’s Masai Mara have stayed at home.

With no series to film, the Scotts have continuedfollowing the region’s big cats — lions, leopards andcheetahs — and have now produced a book: Stars OfBig Cat Diary.

Scott first pitched his tent in the Mara in 1975 as azoology graduate on a backpacking trip. It was therethat he met wildlife photographer Angela and theygot married on the dramatic escarpment where thefinal scenes for the film Out Of Africa were filmed.Angela Scott took the amazing photographs shownhere. The couple have a home in Nairobi but spendmost of their time in the endless bushlands of theMasai Mara and the neighbouring Serengeti plain inTanzania. — Xinhua

Thereby hangs a tail: Lion cubs are fascinated bythe swishing tails of older relatives, even taking an

occasional bite.—XINHUA

LOS ANGELES, 21 Aug— All four soldiers wereconfirmed dead after anArmy MH-60 BlackHawk helicopter crashedduring a training missionon Colorado’s second-highest mountain, theDenor Post reported onThursday.

The crash took placeon Wednesday afternoonnear the summit of14,421-foot MountMassive, the report saidon its Web.

All four people on thehelicopter were malesoldiers, spokesman forthe Army’s Special Oper-ations Command Lt ColJohn Clearwater said inremarks published by thepaper.

Their names haven’tbeen released, and noinformation has beenmade public about thecause of the crash.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 21 Aug — One year after theUnited States and Poland signed anagreement to deploy parts of anAmerican missile defence shield inEastern Europe, the project has becomea bargaining chip during talks betweenthe US and Russia on nuclear weaponsreductions, observers say.

Although Poland and the CzechRepublic, which was also included inthe anti-missile system, were eager forthe implementation of the project,Russia’s sharp opposition, the Iran issueand a different voice in the US Congresshave added uncertainties and com-plications to the plan, analysts say.

The anti-missile defence system hasbeen part of the US strategic deploymentin the world for a long time.

Xinhua

Four soldierskilled in Black

Hawkhelicopter

crash

Dear Diary, spent all day lionaround

HPV vaccine linked tomore blood clot risk

US anti-missile planbecomes bargaining

chip

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Technological University (Bhamo) turning out technocrats

YANGON, 21Aug—The Myanmardisabled athlete team ledby Col Htay Naing whotook part in the 5thASEAN Para SportsMeet 2009 held in KualaLumpur of Malaysia ar-rived back here by airyesterday afternoon.

They were wel-comed back at YangonInternational Airport by

Myanmar team bag 14 gold, 19silver and seven bronze in 5th

ASEAN Para Sports MeetVice-President ofMyanmar Sports Fed-eration for the DisabledU Myo Myint, DirectorU Than Kyaw Nyunt ofSports and Physical Edu-cation Department and of-ficials.

Zaw Moe Aung,Myo Than Htet and MyoMyint Hlaing secured thebest player awards in therespective places in the

volleyball event.Ma Theint Thu

Thu Lin bagged threegold medals in the dis-cus, shotput and javelinevents and swimmerNaing Sit Aung also wonthree gold medals.

The Myanmardisabled athlete team se-cured 14 gold, 19 silverand seven bronze medalsin the sports meet.—MNA

Article: Myint Maung Soe, Photos: Myo Min Thein (Mayangon)

“We aremaking

efforts fornurturing

highly-skilled

engineers.”Dr Akar

Kyaw MyintActing

PrincipalTechnological

University(Bhamo).

Students taking notes at Technological University (Bhamo).

(from page 1)

“Technological

University was opened

in January, 2002. As

a result, youth in

the region have

opportunities to study

for a degree in

engineering. In the past,

becoming an

engineering graduate

was mere a dream in the

region. Without the

efforts of the

Government, there

would be no

opportunity for youth of

the region to do for a

degree in engineering”,

explained the principal.

“Students who

have passed the matricu-

lation examination can

study at the university.

The minimum mark of

last year’s intake was 320

and there are 351

undergraduates learning

at the university in

current 2008-2009

academic year. The

courses conducted are

two-year course on G.T.I

diploma, then two-year

course on B.Tech if

qualified, and one-year

course on B.E degree if

qualified in B.Tech,

what’s more, those who

qualify in B.E course can

study for a postgraduate

degree—two-year M.E

course”, he went on.

One more chance

in 2009-2010 academic

year is that Government

Technological High

School (GTHS) two-year

course was opened for

the first time which can

be attended by students

under 18 with Grade-9

e x a m - p a s s e d

q u a l i f i c a t i o n . T h e r e

follows a six-month field

study after completion of

the two-year course and

one can go on for A.G.T.I

diploma if qualified. If

not, further education can

be pursued at Vocational

Colleges like

Lacquerware Institute.

The course can be

attended at Governmet

Technological Schools in

Myitkyina, Bhamao and

Putao”, he added.

It is learnt that

GTHS courses have

been conducted in

T e c h n o l o g i c a l

Universities in order to

supply the demand of

basic skilled workers in

22 Special Industrial

Zones.

Thus, local youth

can study engineering

and do for a diploma or

degree in Engineering

in their own regions,

thanks to the efforts of

the State for erection of

T e c h n o l o g i c a l

University (Bhamo).

Translation: TKK

Myanma Alin:

19-8-2009

Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint inspects laboratory of Food andDrug Administration in Yangon on 17 August. (News Reported)

HEALTH

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 August, 2009

I was standing silent on Thetketaung Hill, onwhich some 30 people of Kyaikkhami met theirtragic death due to internal armed insurgency follow-ing the independence. A monsoon wind was blowinggently, and gradually, I lost myself in my memoriesof historic events.

After the Second World War, the war-tornMyanmar still had piles of remnant arms along withammunition. At that time, Myanmar Tatmadaw wasnot strong yet. Some leaders of western countriesremarked that Myanmar would see bloodshed if itregained independence in that situation. Myanmarpeople were under the yoke of colonial rule for manygenerations, so they were anxious to regain independ-ence. Myanmar regained independence on 4 January1948, and Independence Day ceremonies were cel-ebrated on a grand scale across the nation. InKyaikkhami, local people not only celebrated Inde-pendence Day ceremony but also put up an Independ-ence Day commemorative monument in the towncentre. We can visualize how much Myanmar peoplewere happy with independence.

Surely, Kyaikkhami dwellers, who were mas-sacred on Thetketaung Hill, had taken part in theIndependence Day celebration with a great joy. Andthey might have expected that after having regainedindependence, sovereign Myanmar would become apeaceful, developed nation. However, their hopeswould not come true, and instead they lost their livesin consequence of armed struggle line two years afterthe independence. At the national level, the armedstrife cost lives of tens of thousands of Myanmarpeople. The inferno of insurgency was raging forabout 40 years. Indeed, Myanmar has achieved inde-pendence, so the people should have deserved inde-pendence. And Myanmars should be a people thatdeserves democracy after the nation has beentransformed into a democratic one. Only then canthe people build the nation into a developed one,making good use of the democratic practice.

After zipping my raincoat, I drove the cycle toleave Thetketaung Hill. I noticed that Hneepadawand Kunhlar villages were lively with restaurants infront of them. The region used to often see robberieseven in daytime. In contrast, local people can nowlead a peaceful life. I got to Thanbyuzayat at about10.30 pm. Upon arrival at Wagaru Village on my wayto Thanbyuzayat, it rained heavily. I was wet throughwith rainwater and shivering with cold. At that time,Ok-aw-than Restaurant near Shweyingwe beyondWagaru Village was still on. I stopped for a while atthe restaurant. I changed my dressing with the spareclothes I carried in my haversack inside the restau-rant. Long ago, robbery occurred very often in thatplace, and passengers were in fear on arrival at theplace. There, I enjoyed entertainment programmes.

Looking forward to positive responseNgar Min Swe

The rain persisted, so only at 1 am the following day,could I leave the restaurant. I saw the entrance road toKyaikkhami decorated with toddy palms.

The whole Kyaikkhami was in darkness and Ithought local people were enjoying a good sleep. Ifound no one on the main road. The entire dwellers andKyaikkhami were asleep. A grid has been set up inKhaikkhami, the town is hoped to get adequate powersupply.

Getting home, I found my mother asleep. Shehad been bedridden for about five years. After havinga long gaze at Mother, I laid a bamboo matting besideher bed and went to bed. I woke up late the followingmorning. She shared my tiredness, saying that I hadbeen tired because I returned by motorcycle home inKyaikkhami from Kyaikto. Her words of loving-kind-ness made tiredness go away in no time. While havinga chat with my mother, there was a phone call to mefrom my immediate elder sister. On the phone, sheinvited me for lunch.

I drove to my sister’s house through the mainroad. Unlike at night, Kyaikkhami was lively withactivities under the morning sunshine. Along the mainroad were many fine houses with lovely cars.Kyaikkhami has about 25 luxurious licensed cars al-though such a luxury car is priced at about 100 millionkyats. Kyaikkhami has changed a lot if compared witha couple of decades ago. Previously, Kyaikkhami didnot see any such fine houses and cars. All vehicles localpeople had at that time were only about 10 motorcy-cles. Now, the whole town is hustle with Honda cycles.

I had mohinkha to my heart’s content in mysister’s house, and then I proceeded to Kyar jetty wheretrawlers were moored. In the past, the alleyways wereearthen ones in the town. It was under dust layers insummer, the streets were muddy in the rainy season.Now, the streets have been upgraded to tarred ones.The bamboo matting houses along the road to Kyarjetty have been replaced with fine ones. Kyar jetty wasfound boisterous with trade activities of fish purchas-ing centres. I visited the fish purchasing centre of mycousin U Khin Win. He conducted me round the centre.I was pleased to see that fish merchants were getting onwith their businesses as evidenced by fine residencesand luxurious automobiles due to the fact that saltwaterfish has foreign markets. U Khin Win was born in YeHla Village near Kyaikkhami. About 20 years ago, hewent through tough times, as a woodcutter. Now, hehas become rich, fishing and farming rubber in anhonest way. In Kyaikkhami, the majority of rich menlike U Khin Win used to be odd-job earners.

I left Kyaikkhami jetty for the Yayle Pagoda.There, I met Chairman U Thein Win and Secretary UAung Than of the pagoda board of trustees. I said,“Gentlemen, I have just had sightseeing around thetown. Kyaikkhami has developed a lot in a couple of

decades. It is even more convenient for me to phonehere than in Yangon with CDMA phone I broughtfrom Yangon.” U Thein Win said, “About 20 yearsago, local people did not have access to even manualphone, let alone auto phone and CDMA phone. Now,Kyaikkhami has 400 auto phones.” Kyaikkhami hasmany auto phones in proportion to its population. Italso has about 50 CDMA mobile phones.

I noticed many more religious buildings on thepagoda hill. U Thein Win said that they had built atwo-storey hostel, two one-storey hostels and a fineguesthouse on the hill for the comfort and conven-ience of the pilgrims, and that could accommodateabout 1000 pilgrims. The Kyaikkhami Yayle Pagodais situated in the sea, but people can visit it safely dueto the sky road to it. After paying reverence to thepagoda, I went to Shukhintha and sat down on a brickbench. I thought about our town and country, enjoy-ing the natural beauty of the sea with coral reefs.

Kyaikkhami has developed leaps and boundsif compared with that about two decades ago, and sohave townships and villages throughout the nation.No one can deny that the whole nation has developedto a certain degree owing to the combined efforts ofthe government, the people and the Tatmadaw. If thecountry had not come under economic sanctionsimposed by the West Bloc, the nation would havedeveloped many more times that at present.

The waters in front of the town are a large area.Myanmar has an over 1500 miles long coast. Na-tional traders can do oversea trade through the sea.Fish and prawn are plentiful in the Myanmar waters.The water from the sea is an inexhaustible source toproduce salt on a commercial scale. The nationproduces oil, gas and pearl a vast scale from the sea.Myanmar is gifted with resource-rich forests, fertilesoil, mines, precious stones, fish, prawn and electric-power sources. So, Myanmar should have been adeveloped country.

The nation lacked stability and peace for 40years from 1948 to 1988 as a result of politicalconflicts and racism. Therefore, Myanmar was oncea least developed country, which is very discourag-ing. Since 1988, the government, the people and theTatmadaw have been rebuilding the nation, takinglessons from the past. In that regard, they gave firstpriority to stability and community peace. Then, theytried to their utmost to help the motherland rise fromthe state of being a least developed country.

Although the government, the people and theTatmadaw were working hard in concert for stability,peace and development of the nation, anti-governmentgroups made demands that the government hand overpower to them. The nation can be out of control ifpower is handed over to them in the absence of anenduring constitution. Then that can be followed bynational disunity and collapse of the Union. Our ThreeMain National Causes namely Non-disintegration ofthe Union, Non-disintegration of national solidarityand Perpetuation of sovereignty serves as the lifebloodof the nation. Therefore, the Tatmadaw governmentadheres to the lifeblood of Myanmar. Anti-govern-ment groups’ one-side demands were not fulfilled. Itis very stupid of anti-government groups to ask thecountries of the West Bloc to impose economicsanctions against their mother country. Those coun-tries complied with their requests.

(See page 9)

The groups concerned have to decide whetherthey will keep on disrupting the approved consti-tution and nation-building tasks or to work incooperation with the government, the people andthe Tatmadaw respecting the constitution.

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 August, 2009 9

YANGON, 21 Aug—The executive committee of Myanmar Motion Pic-ture Association will be re-organized at No.50, the studio of feature film (MotionPicture Promotion) of Myanma Motion Picture Enterprise on Shwetaunggyaroad. The Asiayon has invited its members to attend the ceremony without fail.

The schedules for selection items, time and days are as follows: 1. Play and movie background musicians group at 9 am on 3 September. 2. Mechanical group at noon on 3 September. 3. Editing group at 3 pm on 3 September. 4. Video group at 9 am on 4 September. 5. Story and play script group at noon at 4 September. 6. Film director group at 3 pm on 4 September. 7. Actor and actress group at 9 am on 5 September. 8. Management, distribution and show group at 1 pm on 5 September. 9. Producers group at 9 am on 6 September.10. Supporting actor and actress group at 1 pm on 6 September.—MNA

YANGON, 19 Aug — Vocationalcourses of the vocational training schoolsof the Education and Training Depart-ment under the Ministry of Progress ofBorder Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs concluded on 14August.

Three vocational trainingcourses of the vocational training schoolfor women in Kengtung, Shan State(East) concluded with an address byChairman of Shan State (East) Peaceand Development Council Commanderof Triangle Region Command Maj-GenKyaw Phyo. A total of 49 trainees re-ceived vocational skills during the train-

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Aug—A cer-emony to launch the Bago DivisionSchool Health Week was held in con-junction with the prize presentation forthe outstanding school at the hall inBago on 14 August morning.

After delivering an address,Chairman of Bago Division Peace and

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Aug — Minis-ter for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint re-ceived Chief Economist Dr. Du Zhigangof State Grid Corporation, Board Chair-

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Aug—Ministerfor Electric Power No. 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint received Board Chair-man Mr Wang Jinian and party of XJGroup Corporation of the People’s Re-public of China at 4.35 pm yesterdayand Mr Wang Yuanhang and party of

NAY PYI TAW, 21 Aug—Minis-ter for Foreign Affairs, U Nyan Winreceived visiting delegation membersof the National Assembly of the Repub-lic of Korea Mr Huang Woo-yea, MrKim Se-yeon and party accompanied byMr Park Key-Chong, Ambassador ofthe Republic of Korea at the Ministry ofForeign Affairs here at 4 pm today.

Minister U Nyan Win meets members of National Assembly of ROKMr Huang Woo-yea, Mr Kim Se-yeon and party.—MNA

Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint receives Chief EconomistDr Du Zhigang, Board Chairman Professor Mr Wang Jinian and

party from State Grid Corporation of China.—MNA

Vocational training courses in border areas concludeing courses.

The vocational training schoolfor women in Haka, Chin State, alsoconcluded its five training courses on 14August with a concluding address byChairman of Chin State Peace and De-velopment Council Brig-Gen Hong Ngai.

Similarly, vocational trainingcourses of the training schools inMonghsat and Tachilek of Shan State(East), and Falam, Tiddim, Mindat,Matupi and Kanpatlat in Chin State,Maungtaw of Rakhine State, Yinmabin,Pale and Salingyi of Sagaing Division,and Leshi, Lahe, Nanyun in Naga regionalso concluded on the same day. — MNA

Foreign Minister receives members of theNational Assembly of ROK

During the meeting, both sidescordially discussed matters on the pro-motion of bilateral relations and coop-eration between Myanmar and ROK.

Also present at the call wereDeputy Director-General of the PoliticalDepartment U Hau Do Suan and officialsconcerned of the Ministry of ForeignAffairs.—MNA

Electric Power No. 2 Minister receives Chinese guestsState Grid International DevelopmentLimited of the People’s Republic of Chinaat 7 pm yesterday at the ministry, here,separately.

Also present at the calls wereDeputy Minister Brig-Gen Win Myint,departmental heads and officials.—MNA

School Health Week launched in Bago DivisionDevelopment Council Commander ofSouthern Command Maj-Gen Hla Minpresented prizes to the model award win-ning schools.

The commander and party viewedhealth care services and giving of re-freshments to the students at Basic Edu-cation High Schools in Bago.—MNA

Mines Minister meets Chinese guestsman Professor Mr. Wang Jinian of thePeople’s Republic of China at his officehere this morning.

MNA

Executive Committee of Myanmar MotionPicture Asiayon to be reorganized

Looking forward topositive…

(from page 8)The economic sanctions have strong negative

effects both on the nation and on the people. Many ofthe foreign entrepreneurs have withdrawn their in-vestments from Myanmar, thus destroying a largenumber of job opportunities and harming good op-portunities for economic growth. In spite of economicsanctions, the country has risen from a least devel-oped to a developing one thanks to the earnest effortsthe government, the people and the Tatmadaw have

been making in collaboration. If the anti-governmentgroups had not put their wish in the fore or demandedeconomic sanctions for 20 years and if the govern-ment, the people and the Tatmadaw had worked sincethen, Myanmar would have developed many moretimes than at present.

My article is not designed to put blame on anindividual, or a particular group, but to persuade anti-government groups to learn lessons from the pastevents and mend their ways. Myanmar people bynature do not harbour grudge even towards those whohave harmed their interest, and inspired by loving-kindness, they forgive those persons. To err is human,but anti-government groups are required to take les-sons from their mistakes and mend their ways.

Now, Myanmar has seen an enduring consti-tution. So, the government, the people and theTatmadaw will keep on working together to build amodern, developed discipline-flourishing demo-cratic nation in accordance with the new constitu-tion. The groups concerned have to decide whetherthey will keep on disrupting the approved constitu-tion and nation-building tasks or to work in coop-eration with the government, the people and theTatmadaw respecting the constitution. With theforgive and forget sentiment, the people are lookingforward to loving-kindness from anti-governmentgroups.

*****Translation: MS

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10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 August, 2009

(from page 16)

Near Wardan

Pontoon Jetty-3, there is

a concrete driveway

bridge—a structure ena-

bling vehicles weighed

up to three tons run up

from Z-craft to jetty di-

rectly and vice versa,

considering swift com-

modity flow and smooth

transportation for pas-

sengers.

Lanthit Pontoon

Yangon Port facilitates swift commodityflow and better transport

Article: Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

A ferry named Nay Lin Tun docking at Sinh-oh-dan Pontoon Jetty-1.

Cargo vessel from Bogale seen at Botahtaung Pontoon Jetty No. 5 of Yangon Port .

The view of a ferry docking at Lanthit Pontoon Jetty of Yangon Port.

proceeded to Botahtaung

Jetty where we saw load-

ing and unloading of com-

modities from and onto

vessels at Botahtaung

Pontoon Jetties No. 3, 4,

5, and 6. A vessel from

Bogale was docking at

Botahtaung Pontoon Jetty

No.5 and was a vessel fully

loaded with rice.

We also saw pri-

vate-owned vessels at

Zaygyi Pontoon Jetty

of an enormous tons of

fish to Yangon and other

townships.

Thus, swift com-

modity flow and

smooth transportation

are attributable to pon-

toon jetties in their best

condition which help

freight vessels and pas-

senger vessels dock at

Yangon Port in conven-

ience.

Translation: TKK

Kyemon:

19-8-2009

Jetty also seemed to be

alive with passengers dis-

embarking in a hurry and

dockers working in a rush.

Likewise, cargo

vessels and passenger

vessels were docking at

Shwetaung Pontoon

Jetty- 2 of Yangon Port

and private-owned ves-

sels could be seen dock-

ing at Lanmadaw Pon-

toon Jetties-1and 2.

A double-decker

ferry named Nay Lin Tun

from Delta Region was

docking at Sinh-oh-dan

Pontoon Jetty when we

arrived there.

Afterwards, we

(Kyimyindaing). Arrange-

ments have been made for

coastal powered schoon-

ers to be able to dock at

Bagaya Pontoon Jetties

No. 1, 2 and 3 any time.

Natsin Pontoon Jet-

ties No. 3 and 5 are contrib-

uting to transport of various

kinds of fish to Yangon by

water. They are main pon-

toon jetties for daily supply

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 August, 2009 11

Photo taken on 21Aug., 2009 shows

the Liberian-registered tanker which

collided with a cargo ship in the

Strait of Malacca outside Port

Dickson in Negri Sembilan of

Malaysia.—XINHUA

SINGAPORE, 21 Aug — The biennial SingaporeArt Exhibition opened on Friday, featuring a diverserange of artworks.

This year’s exhibition has been themed “ArtBuffet,” local TV broadcaster Channel News Asiareported, saying that the theme is set to guide theartists.

A spread of 12 subject matters was given to theartists to choose from. The subjects are food, material,ritual, spectrum, signs, gestures, craft, body, time,space, order and humor.

The Singapore Art Exhibition 2009 features visualarts of all forms and some also allows visitors to getinteractive with it.

Besides featuring local artists, there are alsoartists hailing from diverse countries such as Malaysia,the United States and even Iran.

One of the artworks will be awarded the SingaporeArt Exhibition Prize, a 50,000 Singapore dollars(34,965 U.S. dollars) grant for the winner to developmore works.— Internet

Singapore opens biennial ArtExhibition 2009

NEW DELHI, 21Aug — A fighter aircraft of theIndian Navy Friday crashed in the Arabian Sea off thecoast of the western state of Goa, in which the solopilot was killed, a senior Indian Defense Ministryofficial said.

“The Indian Navy’s single-seater Sea Harrieraircraft crashed at around noon when it was on aroutine sortie over the Arabian Sea. The pilot failed toeject from the plane when it crashed. The pilot hasbeen identified as Lieutenant Commander SauravSaxena,” the official said, on condition ofanonymity.Efforts are on to retrieve the remains of thefighter jet, he said.

The Indian Navy air arm consists of Sea Harrierjets that operate from the aircraft carrier INS Viraatand from INS Jalashwa.

Recently, the Harriers were modernized forBeyond Visual Range missile capability.—Xinhma

Indian navy aircraftcrashes, pilot killed

Los ANGELES, 21Aug— Scientists havedetected mercurycontamination in every oneof hundreds of fish sampledfrom 291 freshwaterstreams, according to a USgovernment study releasedon Wednesday.

More than a quarterof those fish containedconcentrations of mercuryexceeding levels set by theEnvironmental ProtectionAgency for the protectionof people who eat averageamounts of fish, the US

Mercury-tainted fish found widelyin US streams

Geological Survey reportsaid.

More than two-thirdsexceeded the EPA-setlevel of concern for fish-eating mammals. “Thisstudy shows just howwidespread mercurypollution has become inour air, watersheds, andmany of our fish infreshwater streams,”Interior Secretary KenSalazar said in astatement. The USGS ispart of the InteriorDepartment.

The neurotoxinenters the environmentchiefly as an air pollutantspewed into theatmosphere by industrialemissions, then falls backto the surface inprecipitation andparticulate matter carriedover long distances. Themain source ofatmospheric mercury,according t1o the EPA,is coal-fired powerplants.

Some of the highestlevels of mercury in thelatest study were foundin the coastal“blackwater” streams ofNorth and SouthCarolina, Georgia,Florida and Louisiana —relatively undevelopedareas marked byabundant pine forestsand wooded wetlands.

MNA/Reuters

Chinese railway workers install power-transmission cables on supportingpoles at the Yangtse River Bridge section of the Beijing-Kowloon Railwaynear Jiujiang city in east China’s Jiangxi Province, on 21 Aug, 2009. Thespeed of the Beijing-Kowloon Railway will increase to 200km from thepresent 160km per hour after it is electrized.—XINHUA

A visitor standsbeside art pieces byFranck Tordjmann

titled “Le ViolonBleu” (R) and

Violoncelle SableRouge during athree-day-long

‘India Art Summit2009’ in New Delhion 21 Aug., 2009.

The summit consistsof 54 top galleriesfrom around the

world, according to amedia release.

INTERNET

A Chinese borderpoliceman looks on as abrigade of 36 Frenchtourist vehicles prepareto cross the borderrolling into Erenhot Cityin north China’s InnerMongolia AutonomousRegion, on 21Aug.,2009. — INTERNETJAKARTA, 21 Aug— Indonesia will need

infrastructure investments worth 1,429 trillion rupiah(about 142.9 billion US dollars) or 3 percent of its grossdomestic product (GDP) in 2010- 214 to supporteconomic growth of 5-7 percent per year, a ministersaid here on Thursday.

“The government needs to promote improvementin investment climate involving private sector toaccelerate infrastructure availability based on healthbusiness principles,” Minister- for NationalDevelopment Planning Paskah Suzetta said. That’swhy, he said, the government has conducted variousreforms to attract domestic and international privatesector to invest in the country’s infrastructure.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia needs $142.9binfrastructure investments

in 2010-2014

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 22 August, 2009

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV CORAL HERO VOY NO (95)Consignees of cargo carried on MV CORAL HERO

VOY NO (95) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 22.8.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W.5 where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (9032)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (9032) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 22.8.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S CHINA SHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Closing date: 6 September 2009 Number of US woman drunkendrivers sharply increases

US drone strike kills 12 in PakistanMIRANSHAN, 21 Aug—A suspected US drone fired

two missiles into Pakistan’s North Waziristan regionon the Afghan border on Friday, killing at least a dozenpeople, Pakistani intelligence agency officials said.

The strike on Darpa Kheil village, about twokilometres (one mile) from North Waziristan’s maintown of Miranshah, was the third such attack by a CIA-operated drone aircraft in Pakistan’s ethnic Pashtuntribal areas this month.

Pakistani and US officials believe Pakistani Talebanchief Baitullah Mehsud was killed in a similar strike inneighbouring South Waziristan on 5 August , althoughhis men have denied that. “The attack caused a hugeexplosion that forced our doors open,” said a Reutersreporter in Miranshah. He said drones were heardflying over the area after the blast.— MNA/Xinhua

Sri Lankan Army pushes for mine clearanceAnjana, a two-and-a-

half year-oldchimpanzee, looksafter his newbest

friend, a 21 day oldwhite tiger cub, atT.I.G.E.R.S (The

Institute of GreatlyEndangered and Rare

Species), in MyrtleBeach, South

Carolina.—XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 21 Aug—The number of womandrunken drivers hasincreased almost 30percent in the past 10 yearsin the United States, saidthe government onWednesday.

According to theTransportation Depart-ment, from 1998 to 2007,the number of womenarrested for Driving UnderInfluence has increasedfrom 126,000 to 162,493.

During the same period,the number of men arrestedon the same charge fell 7.5per cent from 676,911 to626,371, it said.

The statistics werereleased after a womandrove the wrong way on aroad in New York state lastmonth, and slammed intoanother vehicle, killingeight people includingherself. An autopsy foundthe woman driver had a0.19 blood-alcohol, much

higher than the 0.08-per-cent legal limit, when shewas driving.

The TransportationDepartment, along withother authorities, is kickingoff an anti-drunk drivingcampaign that will runfrom 12 August through 7September. A total of11,000 police departmentsand law enforcementagencies were expected totake part in the nationwidecampaign.—MNA/Xinhua

COLOMBO, 21 Aug—SriLanka’s Army fresh fromits military successesagainst the Tamil Tigershave now set its sight ongetting the former battlezone rid of its land mines.

Lieutenant GeneralJagath Jayasuriya theArmy Commander said “Ihave assigned 400 troopsfrom the engineering

corps to do mineclearance”.

He said the Army didnot have numbers for landmines that remain to becleared from the formerstrongholds of theLiberation Tigers of TamilEelam (LTTE) rebels.

“We need to train moretroops for mine clearanceactivity”, said Jayasuriya.

Jayasuriya said thecompleting of thedemining process wasimportant in the task ofresettling the conflictdisplaced civilians.

Nearly 300,000displaced are housed ingovernment run welfarecamps in the northernJaffna and Vavuniyadistricts.—MNA/Xinhua

Thai pregnant woman dies of A/H1N1 BANGKOK, 21 Aug—A Thai pregnant woman died

on early Thursday morning due to the A/H1N1influenza, while her fetus is safe, a senior doctor said.

The woman, 26, had been admitted at MaharajHospital in the city of a northeastern province of Na-korn-raj-sri-ma for about three weeks, Doctor WeerasakKiat-pa-doong-gul, deputy director of the hospital said,Thai language news agency Thai Rath Online reported.

She died of lung infection, respiratory system’sfailure and renal failure as she is confirmed of havingbeen infected with the new virus, the doctor said.

However, a medical team successfully rescued herfetus through a caesarean section, doctor Weerasaksaid. It is a baby girl, with a 1,400-gramme weight, asnow she is in an incubator and she is free from the A/H1N1 influenza disease, the doctor said. On Wednesday,Thailand’s Public Health Ministry on announced 14more deaths due to the A/H1N1 influenza infection,bringing the country’s death toll to 111. Thailand had itsfirst two confirmed patients on 12 May. — MNA/Xinhua

South American Fur Seals rest on a rock on theIsla de Lobos, 5 nautical miles southeast of Punta

del Este, on 19 Aug, 2009. The island has apopulation of 250,000 seals.—XINHUA

11 “Arctic Sea” crewmembers return to MoscowMOSCOW, 21 Aug—Eleven crew members of the

hijacked freighter Arctic Sea, believed to be missingfor over two weeks, arrived in Moscow on Thursday,the Russian Foreign Ministry said.

The other four crew members, led by the captain,remain on duty aboard the ship, the ministry said in astatement.

Investigators and suspected hijackers, together withthe crew members, arrived at the Chkalovsky militaryairport outside Moscow in three Il-76 military planesfrom the Cape Verde islands, the Interfax news agencyreported. —MNA/Xinhua

Donate BloodClosing date: 6 September 2009

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Study reveals insight into life on EarthLOS ANGELES, 20 Aug—

A NASA-funded studysuggests humans mightnot exist today if not forthe ancient fusing of twomicroscopic, single-celled organisms calledprokaryotes.

Biologist James Lakeof the UCLA Center forAstrobiology comparedproteins present in morethan 3,000 differentprokaryotes — a type ofsingle-celled organismwithout a nucleus — anddiscovered two majorclasses of relativelysimple microbes fused

together more than 2.5billion years ago. Thatendosymbiosis, ormerging of two cells, hesaid, enabled theevolution of a highlystable and successfulorganism with thecapacity to use energyfrom sunlight viaphotosynthesis.

Further evolution led tophotosynthetic organismsproducing oxygen as abyproduct and theresulting oxygenation ofEarth’s atmosphereprofoundly affected theevolution of life, leading

to more complexorganisms that consumedoxygen, which were theancestors of moderno x y g e n - b r e a t h i n gcreatures, includinghumans.”Higher lifewould not have happenedwithout this event,” Lakesaid. “These are veryimportant organisms. Atthe time these two earlyprokaryotes wereevolving, there was nooxygen in the Earth’satmosphere. Humanscould not live. No oxygen-breathing organisms couldlive.”—Internet

Chinese residents line up for free poison to eradicate pest near a display ofpest control equipments during a campaign held in Beijing, China, on 21

Aug, 2009. The neighborhood committee called for a pest free environmentahead of the country’s 60th Anniversary celebrations.—INTERNET

An unidentified schoolchild wrestles with formersumo wrestler Taiichiro Tashima during a beachsumo promotional event in Tokyo, Japan.—INTERNET

Ancient Chinese herbsmay help heart

HOUSTON, 20 Aug—Ancient Chinese herbalformulas for heart disease may produce large amountsof artery-widening nitric oxide, US researcherssaid.Researchers at The University of Texas HealthScience Center at Houston said nitric oxide is crucialto the cardiovascular system because it signals theinner walls of blood vessels to relax — facilitatingthe flow of blood through the heart and circulatorysystem.

Senior author Nathan S Bryan said the study revealsthat ancient Chinese herbal formulas “have profoundnitric oxide bioactivity primarily through theenhancement of nitric oxide in the inner walls of bloodvessels, but also through their ability to convert nitriteand nitrate into nitric oxide.” Researchers performedlaboratory tests on DanShen, GuaLou and other herbspurchased at a Houston store to assess their ability toproduce nitric oxide. Ancient Chinese herbal formulasused primarily for cardiovascular indications are madeup of three to 25 herbs — used as tablets, elixirs, soupsand teas.— Internet

WEST LAFAYETTE, 20Aug— A person with highneuroticism is likely toexperience anxiety ordepression and may self-medicate with tobacco,alcohol or drugs, USresearchers suggest DanielK Mroczek of PurdueUniversity in WestLafayette, Ind, says chronicworrying, anxiety andbeing prone to depressionare key aspects of thepersonality trait ofneuroticism.

Mroczek, Avron SpiroIII and Nicholas A. Turianoanalyzed data of 1,788 men

US scientists develop targeted cancertreatment using nanomaterials

WASHINGTON, 20 Aug—US Scientists have developeda way to targeted brain cancer cells using inorganictitanium dioxide nanoparticles bonded to soft biologicalmaterial, the US Department of Energy’s ArgonneNational Laboratory said on Wednesday. Thousands ofpeople die from malignanat brain tumors every year,and the tumors are resistant to conventional therapies.This nano-bio technology may eventually provide analternative form of therapy that targets only cancer cellsand does not affect normal living tissue. “It is a realexample of how nano and biological interfacing can beused for biomedical application,” said scientist ElenaRozhkova with Argonne’s Center for NanoscaleMaterials. “We chose brain cancer because of its difficultyin treatment and its unique receptors.” “The significanceof this work lies in our ability to effectively target nanoparticles to specific cell surface receptors expressed onbrain cancer cells,” said Dr Maciej S Lesniak, Directorof Neurosurgical Oncology at University of ChicagoBrain Tumor Center. He said, “In so doing, we haveovercome a major limitation involving the applicationof nanoparticles in medicine. We are no win a positionto develop this exciting technology in preclinical modelsof brain tumors, with the hope of one day employingthis new technology in patients.”—Internet

Neuroticism linked to smokingand their smoking behaviorand personality traits overa 30-year period from1975-2005. The data werepart of the Department ofVeterans Affairs’ Nor-mative Aging Study, along-term study of agingmen based at the BostonVA Outpatient Clinic.

Internet

Life in the roar (or is ita yawn): The lion on

the left lost a battle witha buffalo. XINHUA

Latin American countriesreport more A/H1N1 flu deaths

MEXICO CITY, 21 Aug—Five Latin Americancountries reported on Thursday more infections anddeaths of A/H1N1 flu, according to reports reachinghere. The Brazilian Health Ministry reported 14 newdeaths of A/H1N1 flu. The country’s death toll nowexceeds 400. Also, the state of Amazon as reportedits first death.

The Brazilian authorities said that they haveconfirmed 5,767 cases. Of these, 3,087 wereconsidered grave.

In Chile, the Health Ministry reported a total of12,175 confirmed cases on Thursday, including 128deaths. At the time, it observed “a clear decreasingtendency” across the country.—Xinhua

Zimbabwe reports firstconfirmed A/H1N1 flu

HARARE, 21 Aug—Five school children in Mutare,a city 260 km to the east of Harare, have testedpositive for the A/H1N1 flu, the country’s first casesof the flu which has swept many parts of the worldsince it broke out in Mexico in April this year.

New Ziana reported on Thursday that health andchild welfare minister Henry Madzorera told a pressconference that the five, all pupils at Hillcrest PrimarySchool, tested positive for the flu early this month.“Samples were also forwarded for confirmatory teststo South Africa from results we have just received,all five came back positive,” he said.

Madzorera said following the outbreak, thegovernment is activating the concrete preparednessand response plan it has developed to deal with thepandemic.—Xinhua

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OTTAWA, 21 Aug —World number two SerenaWilliams stormed into thequarterfinals of the RogerCup in Toronto after beat-ing Ukrainian AlonaBondarenko 6-1, 6-4 onThursday.

It took the Americanonly 64 minutes to disposeof the world number 33,kind of revenged her sis-ter Venus who lost to theUkrainian’s sisterKateryna in the secondround.

The Wimbledon andAustralian Open cham-pion next plays Czechqualifier Lucie Safarova,who progressed with a 7-6, 6-4 win over China’sZheng Jie. —Xinhua

Federer, Murray makeCincinnati Masters quarter-final

WASHINGTON, 21 Aug— World No 1 Roger Federerand Andy Murray made the quarterfinals at theCincinnati Masters on Thursday.

The Swiss top seed Federer rallied for a 3-6, 6-3,6-4 victory over Spain’s David Ferrer for his ninthstraight win over the Spaniard to line up a meetingwith Australian veteran Lleyton Hewitt, who overcameAmerican Sam Querrey 6-1, 2-6, 6-3.

Murray needed just one hour and 16 minutes tobeat Czech Radek Stepanek 6-4, 6-1, and the Scot willface France’s Julien Benneteau, a 4-6, 6-4, 7-6 (4)winner over Spain’s Guillermo Garcia-Lopez. Afternotching his first career French Open crown and thentaking his Grand Slam tally to a record 15 at Wimble-don, Federer took some time off as he and his wife,Mirka, welcomed the birth of twin daughters. –Xinhua

RIO DE JANEIRO, 21 Aug — Brazil head coach Dungaon Thursday announced Adriano’s return to his teamthat will face Chile and Argentina in the upcoming2010 World Cup qualifiers.

Adriano was released from the national team afterhe went missing following the team’s 3-0 victory overPeru on 1 Apr.

Disappointed with his lack of playing time, thestriker decided to blow off some steam and unwindwith his friends in the city of Riode Janeiro.

Consequently, the player did not return to his Ital-ian club, Internazionale, leading to his dismissal andeventual signing with Flamengo.

At Flamengo, Adriano has recaptured the attentionof the Brazilian Confederation of Soccer. Adriano iscurrently in a three-way tie for the most goals scoredin this year’s Brazilian Championship with 10 goalsafter 20 rounds. His apparent new found maturity hasearned him another chance with Dunga.

Brazil will travel to play Argentina on 5 Sept. On 9Sept, Brazil will host Chile in the city of Salvador.

Xinhua

Tokyo says 17 sponsorsbacking 2016 Olympic bidTOKYO , 21 Aug—Tokyo now has 17 Japanese com-

panies serving as official sponsors for the city’s bid tohost the 2016 Olympics, organizers said on Thursday.

The sponsors include sports apparel companiesAsics and Descente, beer maker Asahi, toymakerBandai, commercial carriers Japan Airlines and AllNippon Airways, Internet giant Yahoo Japan, and par-cel service Yamato Transport.

The Tokyo Metropolitan Government has set asidea $4 billion fund for the Olympic games, while majorbusiness lobbies Japan Business Federation and To-kyo Chamber of Commerce and Industry have offeredto provide overall support, the organizers said.

Internet

PARIS ,21 Aug—Aston Villa have work to do in theEuropa League after losing their playoff first leg onThursday away to Austria’s Rapid Vienna 1-0.

The Austrians caught Villa cold as Nikica Jelavicnetted the only goal in the opening minute to floor theEnglish Premier League side, who began their leaguecampaign last week with a surprising home loss toWigan.

GREENSBORO, 21 Aug—If Brandt Snedeker keepsthis up, he’ll wind up back on a billboard.

The 2007 Wyndham Championship winner shookoff a long weather delay, shot a 64 and shared the leadwith Chez Reavie and Ryan Moore on Thursday dur-ing a suspended first round of the PGA Tour’s finalevent before the playoffs.

Justin Rose, Kevin Streelman and Colt Knost wereone stroke back at 65, with Chris Riley also at 5 underthrough 14 holes. US President’s Cup captain FredCouples and John Daly were among the eight who shot

LONDON ,21 Aug – Chelsea midfielder Deco in-sists his decision to stay at the Premier League clubdespite enduring the worst season of his life will payoff this year.

Deco struggled to adapt to English football last sea-son after joining from Barcelona as a series of injuriesstopped the Portugal playmaker from finding hisrhythm.

He could have cut his losses in the close-season asseveral clubs, including Inter Milan, were keen to signhim, but he opted to stay and is already showing signs

LIVERPOOL , 21 Aug—Liverpool have agreed a dealwith AEK Athens to sign Greek centre-back SotiriosKyrgiakos subject to a medical.

Kyrgiakos is expected to arrive on Merseyside be-fore the weekend to complete his switch to RafaBenitez’s team.

TOKYO, 21 Aug —Ja-pan coach Takeshi Okadaplans to call up emergingCatania striker TakayukiMorimoto for his first in-ternational cap to beef upthe Blue Samurai’s peren-nially feeble firepower.

Okada described the21-year-old as powerfuland “strong in front ofgoal” Thursday as he out-lined his likely squad forfriendlies in the Nether-lands next month.

Japan will play thehosts — ranked third inthe world behind Braziland Spain — in Enschedeon September 5 and

Serena races into Torontolast eight

Serena Williams of

the US waves to fans

after her win over

Alona Bondarenko of

Ukraine at the Rogers

Cup tennis tourna-

ment in Toronto on 20

Aug, 2009.

XINHUA

Adriano returns to Braziliannational soccer team

Snedeker, 2 others share leadat rainy Wyndham

Brandt Snedekerwatches his tee shot onthe 11th hole during the

first round of theWyndham Champion-ship PGA golf tourna-

ment at SedgefieldCountry Club inGreensboro, NC.

INTERNET

Villa suffer shock Austrian defeat

Aston Villa’s managerMartin O’Neill.

Villa coach MartinO’Neill shrugged off thedefeat.

“We knew this wasgoing to be exceptionallydifficult - so will the re-turn tie - but we are goingto try to win,” said

O’Neill, a European Cup winner with NottinghamForest.

“Of course we can overturn it. It was never goingto be an easy match but this time next week we willbe fitter again.”

Another top flight English side, Everton, had amuch easier time of it as they swamped Czech clubSigma Olomouc 4-0 in their first game of the EuropaLeague, a revamped version of the UEFA Cup.

Internet

66. Steve Elkingtonjoined them at 4 underthrough 14 holes and BillHaas was at 4 underthrough 10. Snedeker,who won this event beforeit moved across town toSedgefield Country Club,admitted earlier in theweek to being a bit un-nerved last year by seeinghis face splashed all overbillboards in the centralNorth Carolina Triad asthe defending cham-pion.—Internet

Chelsea midfielderDeco.

Deco confident Chelsea careeron the up

of a significant improve-ment.

Playing behind just thestrikers in Tuesday’smatch at Sunderland,Deco scored a superb goaland was Chelsea’s mostinfluential performer.

Internet

Liverpool have agreed adeal with AEK Athens tosign Greek centre-back

Sotirios Kyrgiakos.INTERNET

Liverpool agree deal to signKyrgiakos

Benitez moved for the30-year-old Greece inter-national after MartinSkartel suffered a jaw in-jury at Tottenham on Sun-day that saw him join fel-low centre-back DanielAgger on the sidelines.

Benitez had wanted tosign Hull defenderMichael Turner but wastold he only had two mil-lion pounds (2.3 millioneuros) to spend, leading tothe move for former Rang-ers star Kyrgiakos, who isbelieved to have cost 1.5million pounds (1.7 mil-lion euros).—Internet

Japan to call up Cataniastriker Morimoto

Japan coach TakeshiOkada plans to call up

emerging Cataniastriker Takayuki

Morimoto.INTERNET

Ghana in Utrecht on Sep-tember 9 as part of theirpreparations for the 2010World Cup in South Af-rica.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inKayah State and Magway Division, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Kayin and Mon States, lower Sagaing,Bago and Yangon Divisions, scattered in Shan State,Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisions, fairly widespread inChin State and Ayeyawady Division and widespread in theremaining areas with isolated heavyfalls in Mandalay andupper Sagaing Divisions. The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Aviation) (2.40) inches,Nay PyiTaw (Pyinmana) (0.23)inch, Hkamti (4.10) inches, Thandwe(1.89) inches, Kawkareik (1.77) inches, Sittway (1.73) inchesand Maungtaw (1.58) inches.

Maximum temperature on 20-8-2009 was 92°F.Minimum temperature on 21-8-2009 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 21-8-2009 was 85%. TotalSun shine hours on 20-8-2009 was (3.9) hours approx.

Rainfall on 21-8-2009 was Tr at Mingaladon, Nil atKaba-Aye and Nil at Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2009 was (81.30) inches at Mingaladon, (92.87 ) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (93.70) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mph from Southwestat (18:30) hours MST on 20-8-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 22th August 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be isolated to scattered in Kayahand Mon States, lower Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Bago,Ayeyawady and Yangon Divisions, fairly widespread inChin, Kayin States and Taninthayi Division and widespreadin the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation of weakmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for22-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for22-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for22-8-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Weather Outlook For Forth Weekend of August2009:During the coming weekend, rain of thundershowerswill be isolated in Nay Pyi Taw, Yangon and MandalayDivisions.

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88 yearsResiding at No.31, Thu Mingalar Ward, Circular Road,

PyinOoLwin; beloved wife of (U Bo); beloved mother of Dr SaiKhin Zaw-Daw Wah Wah Hla and Dr Daw Aye Nwe (Dentist,People’s Hospital, PyinOoLwin); beloved grandmother of DrSaw Min Htoo-Ma Aye Sandar and Maung Nyan Lin Zaw fellasleep in Jesus peacefully on 21-8-2009 (Friday) at 4: 53 am.Funeral service will be held at Calvary Baptist Church on 22-8-2009 (Saturday) at 1 pm and the remains will be conveyed to 8thMile Christian Cemetery at 2 pm for burial.

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US life span hit new recordat 77.9 years

WASHINGTON, 21Aug—The US life spanhas hit a new record at77.9 years, said thegovernment onWednesday. “The 2007increase in lifeexpectancy, up from 77.7in 2006, represents acontinuation of a trend,”said the Centres forDisease Control andPrevention in a statement.

“Over a decade, lifeexpectancy hasincreased 1.4 years from76.5 years in 1997 to77.9 in 2007,” it said.According to thestatistics, men and

women both gainedlonger life expectancy,but women still can liveaveragely five moreyears than men.

The statistics alsoshowed that 2,423,995people died in the US in2007, 2,269 fewer thanin 2006, most of whomdied of heart disease orcancer, accounting for48.5 percent of all deathsin the year 2007.

Infant mortality rateswere statisticallyunchanged at 6.77 infantdeaths per 1,000 livebirths, it also found.

MNA/Xinhua

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

★ Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracy★ Riots beget riots, not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred among thepeople

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

The News and PeriodicalsEnterprise has been deliveringits three dailies to sales agentsin towns throughout the coun-try at the cost of K 50 per copy.

Yangon Port facilitates swift commodity flow and better transportArticle: Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

Wardan Pontoon Jetty No. 3 and Ro-Ro

Ferry Jetty of Yangon Port.

Yangon port plays an important role in inlandwater transportation and is of large amount in use.There is a constant movement of domestic andoverseas vessels every day.

Only with pontoon jetties being in their goodcondition, would cargo and passenger vessels beable to dock at Yangon Port in convenience. Thus,personnel concerned are doing daily maintenanceworks for keeping them in good condition.

There is a total of 43 pontoon jetties inYangon Port and some jetties damaged in the Cy-clone Nargis had been repaired and some recon-structed.

We saw departing, docking, loading andunloading of private-owned vessels and vessels ofInland Water Transport at Wardan Pontoon jetties-1, 2, 3 and 4.

Cargo vessels and passenger vessels fromMawlamyinegyun, Pyapon and Myaungmya ofDelta Region were docking at Wardan PontoonJetty-3. The pontoon jetty was kept busy loadingand unloading of bags of rice and other commodi-ties. It is learnt that various commodities weighingthousands of tons arrive in Yangon through water-way daily.

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