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True patriotism * It is very important for every one

of the nation regardless of theplace he lives to have strong Un-ion Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true pa-triotism all the nationalities willhave to safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—Second regular session offirst Pyithu Hluttaw continued for 30th day at PyithuHluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building here at 10 am today,with the attendance of Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura UShwe Mann and 385 Pyithu Hluttaw representatives.

At today’s session, six questions were raised andanswered and one bill was approved.

Union Minister for Commerce U Win Myint an-swered five questions related to commerce raised byfive Hluttaw representatives.

Regarding the question raised by U Aung Zin ofPazundaung Constituency asking whether the pri-vate entrepreneurs will be given a tax exemption foragricultural machinery and farm implements andthey will be allowed to produce them at home, theUnion minister said the Ministry of Commerce,exercising power vested by 1947 Export and ImportSupervisory (provisional) Act Section (3), Sub-sec-tion (1), exempted “agricultural tools and machinery”imported by State-owned institutions and private exportand import entrepreneurs from import licensing chargesin order to help agricultural production developwiththe notification No (2/93) as of 1-2-1993;the Ministryof Finance and Revenue exempted agricultural ma-

Second regular session of first Pyithu Hluttawcontinues for 30th day

Six questions raised and answered,one bill approved

chinery from customs duties with its notification No(370) dated 15-9-1961; the Ministry of Industry-2 isoperating three factories producingagricultural ma-chinery; No (16) General Heavy Industry (Hsinte)

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NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct— The second regular session of theFirst Amyotha Hluttaw continued for the 29th day at AmyothaHluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building here today.

It was attended by Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin AungMyint and 204 representatives.

Dr Myat Nyana Soe of Yangon Region Constituency No.4asked whether there was a plan to issue licences to medical prac-titioners and lawyers, who lost their licences in the past, so thatthey could serve in the interest of the State and people makingthe best use of their professional.

Union Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin replied that doctorsand dentists who worked in civil service could be fired fromtheir jobs and their licences were suspended if they werenot at their departments concerned during their in serviceperiod. Their suspensions from their carriers had to beconsidered how many years they worked for. After the suspensionperiod, licences were scrutinized and issued to them and they couldresume their medical professional. Myanmar Medical Council hadscrutinized licences in accord with the rules and regulations of thecouncil.

(See page 10)

Second regular session of first Amyotha Hluttaw continues for 29th dayThree questions answered, one out of three handed over toThree questions answered, one out of three handed over to

Public Complaint and Petition Committee, one old proposalPublic Complaint and Petition Committee, one old proposalapproved, two bills passed, one bill submitted to Hluttawapproved, two bills passed, one bill submitted to Hluttaw

Amyotha Hluttaw representatives signing attendance book.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 4 October, 2011

PERSPECTIVESTuesday, 4 October, 2011

Quality paddy for qualityrice through mechanizedfarming

Farmers and workers are basic class ofthe nation. Now is the time when thegovernment is striving for realization of ruralregion development and poverty alleviationscheme, placing emphasis on improvement insocioeconomic life of local folks.

Boosting agricultural production is of vitalimportance for better socioeconomic statusof rural region. Especially, higher per acreyield of various crops, use of quality strainthat can increase output, transformation fromsmall farmland plots to hectare plots throughmechanized farming system have become toppriorities.

The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigationis making a great stride in conducting researchon crops output growth. But it is required towidely impart agricultural knowledge fordistribution of quality strains including paddystrain that are cost effective use of GAPsystem, utilization of farm equipment on awider scale and making the transition fromconventional farming to mechanized farmingsystem.

Plans are underway to implement modernmechanized farming system in 70000-acreirrigated farmland in Nay Pyi Taw CouncilArea step by step. Machinery for landpreparation, combined harvesters, paddytransplanting machines and other implementsare ready to implement the system. Harvestingand winnowing of monsoon paddy are inprogress at 500-acre model plantation ofmechanized farming. Arrangements are beingmade to cultivate winter crops and summerpaddy in coming growing seasons and to makecent per cent transformation in 12000-acreirrigated farmland through GAP system.

It is necessary to have higher income andcost effectiveness in cultivation of paddy andother crops. Emphasis has to be placed ongrowing of quality paddy for quality rice.Cultivation of quality paddy strains for qualityrice and utilization of modern agriculturalmachinery for minimizing wastage during theperiod from the harvest to the storage arenecessary for farmers.

The paddy and rice businesses are wide.Development of agricultural sector needsmore cooperation. Only with collaborativeefforts between trade and commercedepartments concerned in transforming theagricultural sector into mechanized farmingfrom conventional farming system, will riceand paddy sector develop, thereby enablingfarmers to generate greater incomes and costefficiency.

Country Seminar for CapacityBuilding of Training Teams held

Union Health Minister receives member of House ofRepresentatives of Japan

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—Union Minister forHealth Dr Pe Thet Khinreceived member ofHouse of Represen-tatives of Japan MrRyota Takeda and partyat the ministry, here, at 2pm today.

Their discussionsfocused on ruraldevelopment beingundertaken by the State,progress of cooperationbetween Myanmar andJapan, quality control forpharmaceuticals andmedical equipment,registration for medicalproduction and import,and conducting test onmedicines.

The member of theHouse of Represen-tatives of Japan

explained mattersrelated to hospitalequipment such as wool

and bandage producedin Japan andmachinery.—MNA

morning.Deputy Director-

General Dr TheinThein Htay of HealthDepartment made aspeech. She stressedthe need to draw thetraining programmesbased on requirements,weak points , heal thproblems and needs ofthe people.

JICA-BHS ProjectChief Advisor MsChiyoko Hashimotogave a speech.

The seminar beingattended by 45members of trainingteams from regions andstates and projecttownships will last upto 7 October.—MNA

NA Y PY I TA W, 3Oct—Jointly or-ganizedby Health Department

and JICA, the In-Country Seminar forCapacity Building of

Training Teams wasopened at HotelAmara, here, this

Union Foreign Affairs Minister back from UNNAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct— Union Minister for Foreign

Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin arrived backhere today after attending the 18th session of theUnited Nations Human Rights Council held inGeneva, Switzerland and the 66th session of theUnited Nations General Assembly and otherrelated sideline meetings held at the United

Nations Headquarters in New York, United Statesof America.

The Union Minister was accompanied by Director-General of the Political Affairs Department U Hau DoSuan and Head of Branch U Kyaw Zeya Lin of theMinister’s Office of the ministry.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—The opening ceremonyof Basic Computer andEnglish LanguageProficiency Course No.1/2011 for the staff ofdepartments and enter-prises under the Ministryof Mines was held at

Basic Computer and English LanguageProficiency Course commences

Thiri Yadana Hall of theministry, here, thismorning, with an addressby Union Minister forMines U Thein Htaik.

In his address, theUnion Minister said thatas nowadays isComputer, Information

and CommunicationTechnology age, thestaff members are tostudy it in the long run.They have to pursueEnglish languagefluently with high levelproficiency. Learninglectures from the

training, the staffmembers are to applytheir knowledge andexperience in thepractical field.

Sixteen trainees areattending the four-weekcourse. The Ministry hasplanned to conductadvanced computercourses.

MNA

The best time to plant a treewas 20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

Union Minister for Health Dr Pe Thet Khin receives member of Houseof Representatives of Japan Mr Ryota Takeda. —MNA

Health Department under the Ministry of Health and JICA hold theopening of In-Country Seminar for Capacity Building of Training

Teams. —MNA

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Bombs kill four anti-al-Qaeda fighters in IraqBAGHDAD, 3 Oct—

Four anti-al-Qaedafighters died Sundaywhen two roadsidebombs exploded as theirpatrol passed by, Iraqipolice and health

officials said.A police officer said

the first bomb went offnext to a passing patrolof the Sahwa orAwakening Councils, anetwork of predomin-

People clean up at the scene of a car bombattack in a town just outside Hillah, about 60miles (95 kilometres) south of Baghdad, Iraq,

on 1 Oct, 2011.—INTERNET

Tourist walk at Ras Gitau, Manda Island,Lamu archipelago.

INTERNET

Kenya’s Lamu fears tourist exodus afterkidnaps

antly Sunni Arab militiasallied with the Iraqigovernment.

The officer said thesecond bomb hit anotherpatrol rushing to thescene a few minuteslater, killing two others.Three Sahwa fighterswere injured in theblasts. The attack tookplace near the Town ofMishahda, 20 miles (30kilometres) north ofBaghdad.

A doctor in a nearbyhospital confirmed thecasualty figures.

Both officials spokeon condition of anonymityas they were notauthorized to releaseinformation. Many of theSahwa were former

militants or sympathizerswho later turned on moreextreme groups such asal-Qaeda in one of the keyturning points of the war.Since then, the Sahwahave often been targetedby militants who accusethem of being traitors andsupporters of the Shiite-led government inBaghdad.

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NAIROBI, 3 Oct—InShela Village, on Lamuisland, opposite the islewhere a handicappedFrench-woman waskidnapped Saturday,those who run the all-

important tourist tradeare demanding theKenyan governmentbeef up security.

Since the kid-napping of Marie Dedieufrom Manda Island,Abdalla Fadhil, a localinvestor and the ownerof the land on which theFrench-woman had herhouse built, says Lamu’shotels have recordedsome 300 cancellations.

An exodus of touristswould be a “disaster” forthe community: the localeconomy is 90 percentdependent on tourism, hetells a Press conferenceorganized around localpolitical and economicfigures.

He insisted thekidnapping was an“isolated incident.” Ithappened, he said,because no one wasprepared. In Shela“nothing of the sort everhappened,” insistedAzhar Ali, deputy mayor

of Lamu and a localcouncillor for the village.

“But we want to beefup security so thatpeople feel safe in ourvillage... We’re askingthe government to domore,” he said. He saidthe most important thingis to bring Marie Dedieuback safe and sound“rather than fightingover who is or is notdoing his work.”

But he noted thepresence of a naval baseon the outskirts of Shelaand expressed hisastonishment that no onehad heard the gunshotsthe night of the attack.

Call for better navalpatrols. Omar Mohamed,a former teacher whonow runs a guesthouseis not so forgiving. Heaccuses the authoritiesof negligence andincompetence. He pointsout that there is morethan one naval base inthe area.—Internet

Sudan Airways plane crash lands after wheels jamKHARTOUM, 3 Oct—A Sudan Airways plane

carrying 45 passengers was forced to crash land atKhartoum airport on Sunday after its wheelsjammed, a civil aviation spokesman said, withoutcausing deaths or serious injury.

The Fokker 50 aircraft left the Sudanese Capitalbound for the southern town of Malakal but theyoung pilot was unable to deploy the wheels onarrival and returned directly to Khartoum,Abdelhafez Abdelrahim told AFP.

Aviation authorities instructed the pilot to flyaround the city for more than an hour, to burn uptwo tons of fuel still in the aircraft before thedescent, and covered the runway with chemicals tofacilitate the landing.

The Sudan Airways general manager blamedUS sanctions for the technical problems that causedthe near-fatal accident.

“American sanctions impact on the wholeaviation industry in Sudan, because we face manydifficulties in getting spare parts,” Al-ObeidMohammed told reporters.

It was the latest in a series of air crashes andaccidents in Sudan, whose national carrier is on alist of airlines banned from the EU because they do

not meet European safety standards.At least 30 people burned to death when a

Sudan Airways Airbus A310, carrying more than200 people, burst into flames on landing inKhartoum in 2008.—Internet

Foam covers the tarmac after a Sudan AirwaysFokker 50 plane carrying 45 passengers was

forced to crash land at Khartoum airport afterits wheels jammed, a civil aviation spokesmansaid, without causing deaths or serious injury.

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12 dead in Mexico tourist hubsMEXICO CITY, 3 Oct—Twelve people have been

shot dead in two of Mexico’s top tourist spots, authoritiessaid, in two states that have been hard hit in thecountry’s spiral of drug-related violence.

In Mazatlan, one of Mexico’s busiestinternational tourism hubs, gunmen killed fivepeople in a vehicle outside a liquor store. Witnessestold police the gunmen did say a word beforeopening fire on the three men and two women.

Mazatlan is in Sinaloa State — home to Joaquin‘el Chapo’ Guzman’s Sinaloa cartel, one ofMexico’s largest, with its operational reachextending through Central America and down toColombia. Guzman was arrested in 1993 but bribedhis way out of a maximum security facility byhiding himself in a laundry cart.

He has a $5 million bounty on his head.In southwestern Guerrero State, seven bodies

bound and riddled with bullets were found Sundayin the beach resort of Zihuatanejo, local police said.

A local newspaper published a photo of thevictims, who appeared to be half-naked andbloodied, with their feet bound to a pole in the

street. Threatening notes bearing the seal of the KnightsTemplar, an offshoot of the La Familia crime gang,appeared to be near the bodies.

More than 41,000 people have been killedacross Mexico since the federal government in2006 launched a crackdown against drug cartels,according to official data and media tallies.

Internet

File photo of Mexican soldiers standing next toa truck where two people were murdered by

hitmen in Mazatlan, Mexico.—INTERNET

Explosion rocks AfghanKandahar, kills one, wounds six

KANDAHAR, (Afghanistan) 3 Oct—An explosionrocked Kandahar, 450 km south of capital cityKabul Monday morning, leaving one person dead,wounding six others, police said.

“A suicide bomber riding a motor-bike blewhimself up in the 3rd precinct of Kandahar City, thecapital of Kandahar Province this morning as aresult one civilian was killed and six others sustainedinjuries,” provincial police chief Abdul Raziq toldXinhua.

The attack took place while Minister for Tribaland Frontiers Affairs Assadullah Khalid was passingthe area, the official said, adding the minister is safeand all the victims are civilians.

He also blamed the enemies of peace, a termused against Taleban by Afghan officials fororganizing the attack, but the outfit fighting Afghanand NATO-led troops has yet to make comment.

Xinhua

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Asia stocks fall after Greece misses deficit goalBANGKOK, 3 Oct—

Asian stock marketstumbled Monday assentiment took a hit froma weakening economicpicture in Europe andGreece’s admission itwon’t meet its deficitreduction target despiteausterity.

Oil prices fell to near$78 a barrel while thedollar strengthenedagainst the euro butslipped against the yen.

In Tokyo, the Nikkei225 slumped 2.3 percentto 8,493.24 — wellbelow the close of8,605.15 on 15 March inthe aftermath of adestructive earthquakeand tsunami that wiped

Glenn Carell, left, and a fellow specialist work

at a post on the floor of the New York Stock

Exchange on 30 Sept, 2011.—INTERNET

out Japan’s northeasterncoast. A governmentsurvey showing animprovement in businessconfidence amongJapanese manufacturersdid little to nudge stocks

back to life.Hong Kong’s Hang

Seng dived 5 percent to16,722.46 by the end ofthe morning session —its lowest level this year.

Australia’s S&P/

ASX 200 fell 2.6 percentto 3,904.40.Benchmarks inSingapore, Taipei,Indonesia, the Philippinesand Thailand were allsharply lower. Marketsin mainland China andSouth Korea are closedfor national holidays.

Francis Lun, a HongKong-based analyst, saidgovernments have beenmishandling theireconomies since the 2008financial meltdown.Greece was not given thesupport it needs fromother countries that usethe euro currency to wardoff the prospect ofdefaulting on its debts.

Reuters

Study finds early potential in GSK

leukaemia drug

LONDON, 3 Oct—British scientistsconducting early-stageresearch have found thata potential new drugfrom GlaxoSmithKlinecould treat mixed-lineage leukemia(MLL)— the most commonform of leukemia inbabies.

In a study publishedin the journal Nature,scientists from the Britishdrugmaker collaboratingwith the charity CancerResearch UK (CRUK)and Cellzome AG foundthat the experimental

Signage is pictured

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GlaxoSmithKline in

west London.

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drug, called I-BET151,mimics a chemical tagwhich is key topreventing the processof activating theleukemia genes.

“This ... is anexciting new avenue fordrug discovery which wehope will be useful forother types of cancer inaddition to MLL-leukaemias,” said TonyKouzarides of theWellcome Trust/CRUKGurdon Institute atCambridge University,who co-led the study.

Kevin Lee, head of

epigenetics discoveryresearch at GSK, whoalso worked on the

study, said he too wasexcited about thefindings, although it willprobably be many years

before the drug couldpotentially reach themarket.

Reuters

Barclays, BofA mull sale of Archstone

stakes-source

NEW YORK, 3 Oct— Barclays Plcand Bank Of America Corp are lookingto sell their stakes in apartment companyArchstone, a source familiar with thematter said on Sunday.

The banks have been trying to workwith the estate of Lehman Brothers —Archstone’s other co-owner — on aplan to exit Archstone, but have notbeen able to agree on a course of action,

The sign on a Bank of America

ATM machine is pictured in

downtown Los Angeles on 8

October, 2010.—INTERNET

Business

Cheap medication helps

smokers quit

LONDON, 3 Oct—Cytisine, a nicotinesubstitute, more thantriples a person’schances of quittingsmoking for at least ayear, British and Polishresearchers say.

Lead author RobertWest, director of tobaccostudies at the CancerResearch UK HealthBehavior ResearchCentre at UniversityCollege London said co-investigator WitoldZatonski, a doctor at theCancer Centre andInstitute of Oncology inWarsaw, Poland, hadbeen telling him for years

the source said.So, the two banks have decided to

try to sell their stakes, which total 53percent of Archstone, the source said.

The source spoke on condition ofanonymity because the matter is notpublic yet. The Wall Street Journalreported the news earlier on Sunday.The newspaper said the combined valueof Barclays’ and Bank of America’sstake is likely between $2 billion and $3billion, citing people familiar withArchstone’s finances. Barclays declinedto comment. Bank of America, Lehmanand Archstone could not immediatelybe reached for comment. Archstone isone of the largest owners of USapartments, with many of its holdings insome of the most expensive metropolitanareas, including New York, WashingtonDC, San Francisco, Boston, SouthernCalifornia and Seattle.—Reuters

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that “there was this pillavailable in EasternEurope that he believedwas effective and costnext to nothing,” to helpsmokers quit.

The drug, sold underthe name Tabex toEastern Europeancountries for more than40 years, binds with highaffinity to the nicotinicacetylcholine receptor,controlling nicotinedependence, MedscapeMedical News reported.

Although Tabex waswithdrawn by somecountries when theyjoined the EuropeanUnion, it is still available

in Poland for about $15for a treatment courseand for about $6 inRussia, Zatonski said.

A randomized,controlled trial of morethan 740 smokers fromPoland, who smoked 10or more cigarettes a dayfor 25 days.

The study, publishedin the New EnglandJournal of Medicine,showed significantlymore participantsreceiving cytisinemaintained smokingabstinence at six monthsand one year comparedwith those receiving aplacebo.—Internet

Health

Purple potatoes lowerblood pressure

SCRANTON PA., 3 Oct— People who ate purplepotatoes cooked in the microwave twice a day fora month lowered their blood pressure by 3 percentto 4 percent, U.S. researchers say.

Joe Vinson of the University of Scranton inPennsylvania said the blood pressure-loweringeffects are likely due to the high concentration ofpotatoes’ antioxidants — which protect the bodyfrom “free radicals,” or molecules that can damagehealthy cells.

Potatoes contain a variety of potentiallybeneficial phytochemicals at similar levels asbroccoli, spinach and Brussels sprouts, but not ifthey are deep fried as French fries or potato chips,Vinson said.

The findings, presented at the national meetingof the American Chemical Society in Denver,showed those who ate purple potatoes loweredtheir diastolic blood pressure — the bottom numberin a blood pressure reading — by an average of 4.3percent and systolic — the top number — by 3.5percent.—Internet

Getting the right screening test at the right timeis one of the most important things a man can

do for his health. Screenings find diseasesearly, before you have symptoms, when

they’re easier to treat. Early colon cancer canbe nipped in the bud. Finding diabetes early

may help prevent complications such as visionloss and impotence. The tests you need arebased on your age and your risk factors.

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Scientists worried as Arctic has record

ozone loss

A factfile shows how manmadepollutants affect the ozone layer.An ozone hole five times the size

of California opened over theArctic this spring, matching ozone

loss over Antarctica for the firsttime on record, scientists said on

Sunday.—INTERNET

SAN FRANCISCO, 3 Oct—An ozonehole five times the size of Californiaopened over the Arctic this spring,matching ozone loss over Antarcticafor the first time on record, scientistssaid on Sunday.

Formed by a deep chill over theNorth Pole, the unprecedented hole atone point shifted over eastern Europe,

Russia and Mongolia, exposingpopulations to higher, but unsustained,levels of ultra-violet light. Ozone, amolecule of oxygen, forms in thestratosphere, filtering out ultraviolet raysthat damage vegetation and can causeskin cancer and cataracts. The shieldcomes under seasonal attack in bothpolar regions in the local winter-spring.Part of the source comes from man-made chlorine-based compounds, oncewidely used in refrigerants and consumeraerosols, that are being phased out underthe UN’s Montreal Protocol.

But the loss itself is driven by deepcold, which causes water vapour andmolecules of nitric acid to condense intoclouds in the lower stratosphere. Theseclouds in turn become a “bed” whereatmospheric chlorine molecules convertinto reactive compounds that gobble upozone. Ozone loss over the Antarctic istraditionally much bigger than over theArctic because of the far coldertemperatures there. In the Arctic, recordshave — until now — suggested that theloss, while variable, is far more limited.Satellite measurements conducted in the2010-2011 Arctic winter-spring foundozone badly depleted at a height ofbetween 15 and 23 kilometres (9.3 and14.3 miles).—Internet

Russia launches first Soyuz rocket sinceAugust crash

A Soyuz-2-1A launch vehicle blasts off from the launch pad at theRussian leased Kazakhstan’s Baikonur cosmodrome in 2010.—INTERNET

MASCOW, 3 Oct—ARussian Soyuz-2 rocketlaunched a GLONASSnavigation satellite onSunday, the defenceministry said, in the firstlaunch since a freightercarried by the flagshipvehicle crashed into Earthin August.

Russia has “success-fully completed thelaunch of a Soyuz-2rocket with theGLONASS-M (satellite)

Tim Cook’s time to shine withnew Apple iPhone

at 0015 (2015 GMT),”Colonel Alexei Zolotukhinwas quoted as saying bythe Interfax news agency.

The satellite waslaunched from the Plesetskcosmodrome 800kilometres (500 miles)south of Moscow.

In August, anunmanned Progress space

ship carrying tonnes ofcargo for theInternational SpaceStation (ISS) crashed intoSiberia in August shortlyafter blast-off. Sunday’slaunch had been scheduledfor late August, but wasrepeatedly postponedfollowing cargo ship’scrash.—Internet

Alejandra Oyarzo,pilot of the

Universidad de LaSerena’s Intikalpa

team arrives inAntofagasta, some1300 Km north toSantiago, Chile,after completingthe first stage of

the Atacama SolarChallenge on 30September, 2011.

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Chilean car shines in solar auto competitionSANTIAGO, 3 Oct—Latin America’s first big solar car competition has a

winner: a Chilean entry named Intikalpa sped to success in the Atacama SolarChallenge. Intikalpa — which means solar energy in the indigenous Quechualanguage of the Andes — beat out 30 entries from seven countries across theAmericas on a 1,060 kilometre (660 miles) course.

Racers hit the road with clean green vehicles in the Friday through Sundaycompetition which saw vehicles travel through Iquique, Antofagasta and Calama,crossing the Atacama desert, the world’s driest.

On the Atacama Solar Challenge track of the competition, for cars only, theIntikalpa had some stiff competition but pulled out ahead.

Built by the Chilean team Antakari, it chalked up an impressive average speedof 75 km/h. The team was made up of engineers from the private Los Pelambresmining company and students at the Universidad de La Serena.—Internet

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Act now to diversify crops at risk, say scientistsCOPENHAGEN, 3 Oct—

Farm chiefs have anarrowing chance todiversify vital crops atrising threat from drought,flood and pests broughtby climate change, foodresearchers warned onMonday. The world’snearly seven billion peopleare massively dependenton a dozen or so cropsthat, thanks to modernagriculture, are intensivelycultivated in a tiny numberof strains, they said.

When climate changegets into higher gear, manyof these strains could becrippled by hotter and drier— or conversely wetter —weather and exposed to

SAN FRANCISCO, 3Oct—Tim Cook finallygets his chance to strideout from under SteveJobs’ shadow, and hecould not have picked abetter time or device tomark his unofficial debutas Apple Inc’s CEO.

The latest generationof the iPhone — still thesmartphone industry’sgold standard after fouryears — is expected tosee the light of day thisTuesday, just in time forthe holidays.

Even in a dismaleconomy, consumersshould again line up indroves for a souped-updevice that also marksCook’s first major productlaunch since taking over

File photo shows a crop duster plane sprayingfungicide to protect a 7,000-hectare banana

plantation in the southern Philippine island ofMindanao.—INTERNET

insects and microbialpests that advance intonew habitats. “Farmershave always adapted, butthe pace of change underclimate change is goingto be much greater thanin the past. There’s goingto be a real need to movefast,” Bruce Campbell,head of a researchprogramme calledClimate Change, Agri-culture and FoodSecurity (CCAFS), toldAFP.

In a series of studies,the experts highlightedthe risk for staples suchas wheat, corn, bananasand cassava. Theydescribed the example of

the potato, whose starchis a vital nutrient tohundreds of millions ofpeople.

Although it is a hardytuber, the potato isvulnerable to heat stress,which curbs growth andstarch formation. Warm-

ing will make potato-growing more hazardousin southern Africa andtropical highlands, andencourage the spread ofan insect pest, the potatotuber moth, into morenortherly latitudes.

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from Jobs in August.The so-called iPhone

5 is widely expected tohave a bigger touchscreenand faster processor thanthe current iPhone 4,which helped thecompany stay a stepahead of rivals in anincreasingly competitivesmartphone market.

Its challenge will beto “wow” consumers withyet more game-changinginnovations and top itself.The aging iPhone 4 is stillan unqualifiedblockbuster: with morethan 20 million sold in thethird quarter that ended25 June alone, it is likelyto become the world’stop-selling smartphone.

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Japan eyes private firms help on cyberattacks

TOKYO, 3 Oct—Japanplans to work more closelywith private companies bysharing information oncyber attacks afterdefence contractorMitsubishi HeavyIndustries was hacked,Nikkei business dailyreported Sunday.

The government alsoaims to ratify aninternational treaty ononline crimes, the Nikkeisaid without citing asource.

The United States hasrecently pressured Japanto take more actionagainst cyber attacks afterMitsubishi Heavy, whichworks closely with Boeing,said in September networkinformation such as IPaddresses may have beenleaked.

Tokyo is consideringasking private companiesincluding utilities, railwayoperators, defence

contractors, automakersand electronics to sign anagreement with publicbodies to share informationon cyber attacks, theNikkei said.

Once the agreementis in place, the governmentand the public bodieswould then widely shareinformation on suchattacks without identifyingwhich firms were targeted,the Nikkei said. ButTokyo will not establisha new law requiring firmsto report online breachesto the government as thiswould be too difficult,the Nikkei reported.

The government alsoplans to ratify theConvention on Cyber-crime, a treaty dealingwith network securitybreaches and otheronline crimes byestablishing an inter-national network toprovide help to

investigators globally,the Nikkei said.

Japan, which in2001 signed the treatyinitiated by the Councilof Europe, is among thenearly 50 countries thathave signed or ratifiedthe treaty, but it has yetto bring this into force.

Reuters

The logo of Mitsubishi Heavy Industries Ltd is seen on the companyheadquarters in Tokyo on 20 September, 2011.—INTERNET

Soldiers of armedpolice transfer

trapped villagersin Jiulong

Township ofQinzhou,southwest

China’s GuangxiZhuang

AutonomousRegion, on 2 Oct,

2011.XINHUA

Filipinos still trapped onroofs; typhoons kill 59

MANILA, 3 Oct—Floodwaters are slowly recedingin many parts of the Philippines after two typhoonsthat killed nearly 60 people.

Some people are still stranded on rooftops andlocal officials are appealing for more rescuers andboats to bring them down.

Mayor James de Jesus of worst-hit Calumpit townnorth of Manila said Monday that at least 15 villageswere still inaccessible.

He says evacuation centres are crowded andcannot accommodate any more families.

At least 59 people were killed by two typhoons thathit the northern Philippines days apart last week.Typhoon Nalgae killed at least three people Saturday.It is headed for China’s Hainan Island and centralVietnam—Internet

Residents keep themselves dry on the steps of aflooded basketball court which serves as an

evacuation centre as flooding continues for thefourth day on 2 Oct, 2011 at Calumpit township,Bulacan Province north of Manila, Philippines.Back-to-back typhoons left at least 59 peopledead and rescuers scrambling on Sunday to

deliver food and water to hundreds of villagersstuck on rooftops for four days because of

flooding in the northern Philippines.—INTERNET

Boat searching for kidnappedFrench woman capsizes, two

navymen missingNAIROBI, 3 Oct—A Defence Military Intelligence

(DMI) boat searching for the French womankidnapped early Saturday in Kenya’s coast hit arock and capsized on Sunday, leaving two militarymen missing.

There were 10 soldiers onboard when theaccident happened. Eight military personnel fromthe Kenya army, Kenya navy and DMI were rescuedby their colleagues while the two, a corporal and asenior private army officer, are still missing so far.

A witness said he saw a boat capsizing at theKiu Channel and one of the officers swimming tosafety and reporting to the Kenya Wildlife Service(KWS) at Mkokoni about the accident. The disabledFrench woman, 66, was kidnapped by suspectedSomali pirates from her beach villa on MandaIsland, which is opposite Lamu Island. She wasthen taken across the border to Somalia where sheis still being held.

It had also been claimed that the security teamhad been shot at by the pirates, who were using thewoman as a human shield, making it difficult forthem to launch any meaningful attacks.

The beach villa’s security guard has beenarrested after the incident.

Police sources confirmed that the guard was thefirst person to give a call after a group of 10 armedmen ambushed the house and abducted the woman,shooting at her partner, before escaping with her ona fiber boat.—Xinhua

Man accused of 1957 murderalso charged with a teen’s rape

CHICAGO, 3 Oct—A Seattle man accused of killinga young Chicago-area girl in 1957 now has beencharged as well with sexually assaulting a teenage girl,Illinois authorities said. The suspect, Jack McCullough,was charged in July with the kidnapping and murder of7-year-old Maria Ridulph in Sycamore, Illinois. He isbeing held at the Dekalb County, Illinois jail in one of thenation’s oldest cold cases of murder.

McCullough, who was 71 at the time of his arrest,has been indicted on one count of child sexual assaultand four counts of indecent liberties with a child, theIllinois State Police and the Dekalb County State’sAttorney’s Office said in a statement on Friday.

The victim told investigators that McCulloughraped her when she was 14 in Sycamore, the statementsaid. “Sadly, we have another victim, and for thefamilies of all victims, the pain never goes away,” saidIllinois State Police Director Hiram Grau.

The statement did not give details of the allegedassault by McCullough, a former police officer inWashington state. However, a probable cause statementfiled by Seattle police in conjunction with McCullough’sarrest in June said that a runaway teenage girl who metMcCullough in the early 1980s accused him of sexuallyassaulting her.—Reuters

Typhoon-triggered floods kill at least four in south China,more rains to come

NANNING, 3 Oct—The death toll in thefloods caused by Nesatrose to four on Sundayin south China’sGuangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, asthe typhoon continued

to wreak havoc, localauthorities said onSunday.

By 4 pm, 2.48million of people wereaffected by the typhoonin the region’s eightcities and 37 counties,

and over 140,000 wereevacuated, according tothe region’s civil affairsdepartment.

More than 2,700houses were toppled,with another 7,800damaged.

Water from heavydownpours brought byNesat has entered majorriver courses in theregion, and the waterlevels of five rivers inthe region had exceededdanger marks bySunday morning, localflood control anddrought relief head-quarters said.

In the City ofQinzhou, the QinjiangRiver edged over anembankment thatprotects a riverside park,submerging roads andbushes.

The headquarterswarned that flooding isexpected to crest onMonday morning,putting the water levelat 1.2 metres above thedanger mark inQinzhou.

Xinhua

About 311,000hectares of crops weresoaked. Direct economiclosses exceeded 1.6billion yuan (251million US dollars), thedepartment said.

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In the 21st century, human society is puttingforward a series of needs for talented persons. Itbecomes the important duty of teachers. Teachersof today have to take on various duties as passingon knowledge, promoting skills andcomprehensive ability, cultivating creative spirit,shaping their beliefs, values and behaviours,molding noble souls, encouraging their talentsbuilding peace in their mind, etc. New centurymakes higher demands for teachers’ qualities.

The basic professional quality of a teacher issubject knowledge, which is to be engaged intheir teaching profession. They must master intheir subjects. Then, they should make great effortsto master modern educational technique andmethods and to positively investigate teachingand educating methods. Only by doing so, canthey be specialists in educating their students.Moreover, teachers’ knowledge, thoughts andmoral character should be admired and respectedby the people. The huge strength of teachers liesin the fact that they can be set up as a role modelfor their students to imitate.

It is also the duty of teachers to ensure that theneeds of future generation will be met througheducation. They must have the ability to forecastthe future of the society. They must clearly knowthe requirements of the future for the students andalso for themselves. They must have the

TTeachers in the 21eachersinthe21st CenturCenturyyDaw Nyunt Nyunt (DMERB)

characteristic of opening up. They must renewtheir education ideas, keep up with the time, andimprove themselves all the time. They must learnnew knowledge all their lives. They should makegreat efforts to have a large range of knowledge,accumulate more experience. They should helpstudents to create a good cultural environment inthe cultivation of students.

In this rapidly changing society, creativity andimagination will be more and more important.Teachers’ development of potentiality will enablethem to create a more active more harmoniousenvironment for students to put their creation andimagination to good use.

Teacher-student cooperation is a key for thesuccess of education. It should be the cooperationin the process of teaching, in theintercommunication of feelings, moral, spirit, etc.A good teacher must also enhance his cooperationwith parents, with his fellow teachers and thecommunity. They must keep in pace with the rapiddevelopment of the society receiving as muchinformation as possible.

The ability to use computer is also necessaryfor a teacher of today. The computer has broughtus a lot of convenience. A huge amount ofinformation was disseminated through computerand internet. Teachers must be able to use computerdeftly in their teaching and education. Multi-media

teaching will not only make the classroom full oflife, but also promote the efficiency of education.

In this century, research work is also a functionof teachers. Teachers have accumulated a lot ofexperience from their work. Teachers of thiscentury must have the ability to conclude theirpractical teaching and education experiences anddo research work arduously. Research work isvery important for teachers to promote the level ofunderstanding, and it is the important sign ofteachers’ self learning ability, thinking ability,creation ability, etc.

In conclusion, it is essential to improve thequality of teachers to meet the needs of the new age,since teaching profession in the 21st century has itsnew importance. Learning to keep up with the agewill be a necessity of all teachers. It should be notedthat the illiterate persons in the future will not be thepeople who can’t read and write, but the people whodon’t know how to learn. In this context, enhancingteachers training is crucial important. All educationalinstitutions should create opportunities for teachersto improve themselves by combining institutionstudies with self study and teaching with research.Only then, can teachers solve the new educationalproblems of this century. Let’s make concertedefforts to ensure that future needs of our humansociety will be met through education.

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Union Minister at President Office U Soe Maung and wife being welcomed byAmbassador of the Republic of Korea to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar

Mr Kim Hae Yong at the reception to mark National Day and Armed ForcesDay of ROK in Traders Hotel of Yangon on 3 October.—MNA

Departmental staff, members of social organizations andresidents of Nyaungdon Township weeded and gave

fertilizers in teak plantation of the township on 25September.—MYANMA ALIN

Mine planter killed whileactivating the mine in MyitkyinaNAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—An

explosion occurred near the fenceof staff quarter in Myitkyina ofKachin State yesterday night,killing a male stranger.

Due to the sound of blast thatturned out near the fence of staffquarter in Thida lane, Thida Wardof Myitkyina at about 7.55 pm, ateam led by the head of KachinState police force rushed to the

scene where a stranger agedabout 30 and assumed to be aninsurgent was found dead.

According to findings in theimmediate vicinity, the mine wentoff while the man was activatingit and he who was trying to causepublic causalities and panic withvillainous desire was killed. Thecase is under investigation toexpose further details.—MNA

Tiny nation Tuvalu declares fresh

water emergency

11 injured in Argentina sound system collapse

WELLINGTON, 3 Oct—The tiny Pacificisland nation of Tuvalu has declared astate of emergency due to a severeshortage of fresh water.

New Zealand’s Foreign MinisterMurray McCully said in a statementthat water is scarce in the capital,Funafuti, as well as in a number ofoutlying islands.

McCully said New Zealand’sdefence services were flying Monday toTuvalu armed with supplies includingtwo desalination units. The New ZealandRed Cross is also contributing supplies

and people to help.Tuvalu officials could not be

immediately reached Monday by TheAssociated Press.

Less than 11,000 people live onTuvalu’s series of low-lying coral atolls.

Internet

BUENOS AIRES, 3 Oct—At least 11people were injured Sunday in the upscaleneighbourhood of Belgrano in theArgentine Capital when a sound systemcollapsed upon a group of people attending

a charity event, emergency personnelsaid. The accident happened when atower with loud speakers for broadcastingmusic and announcement suddenlycollapsed at the University of Palermo.

“One of the women injured in theaccident suffered a serious skull trauma,”said a spokesman at the Medical andEmergency Service of Buenos Aires,adding that all the injured were quicklysent to nearby hospitals for treatment.

Xinhua

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(from page 1)produces power tillers, 4-inch pump, 2-inch pump, 16-tooth harrow, 3-tooth plough, 3-tooth power plough,chopping hoe, dust-pan and water pump; No (17) GeneralHeavy Industry (Malun) produces 4-ton trailer of 90-horsepower tractor, thresher and rice mill with capacityof (3/5) tons a day; No (18) General Heavy Machinery(Inngon) produces combine harvester and 22-horse-power engine; in moving towards agricultural mechani-zation for the development of the State with its base inagriculture, importing and producing agriculturalmachinery are allowed as the State-owned industriesalone do not meet the demand.

Regarding the question raised by U Win Myint ofMyingyan Constituency asking whether there is plan toimport motor vehicles and machinery under amendedrules and regulation to be commensurate with thecurrent reality in order to boost commodity tradewith low transportation rate and to cover against thefall in dollar and kyat currency exchange rate, theUnion Minister answered that the ministry adopted thepolicy to allow importing left-hand drive trucks manu-factured within past seven years, machinery manufac-tured within past seven years, and left-hand drive mini-buses and buses manufactured within past seven years; asthe State is amending rules and regulation to be suitedwith the current age in public interests, old privatevehicles are planned to be swapped with new ones; theprogramme was detailed in newspapers published on 11September; respective ministries of the Union govern-ment are working in cooperation under the programme;with the recommendation form (d) of the group forhanding over of overage vehicles with cancelled registra-tion, joint departmental group constituted with staff ofthe Ministry of Commerce, the Ministry of Rail Trans-portation and the Ministry of Finance and Revenue isissuing permits; for public convenience, permits will beissued on weekends if necessary; the opening of automo-bile showrooms in Myanmar will be allowed in contactwith automakers in Japan, China, India, Korea, Malaysiaand Thailand; luxury vehicles, light trucks, trucks andbuses will be allowed to apply for in regard to the kindsof overage vehicles handed over; the Ministry of Com-merce will issue permits for purchase of automobiles forforeign export enterprise, tourism industry, investmententerprise, those who are working in foreign country andseamen if foreign currency is deposited officially inState-owned banks; the government is handling withhigh price of automobiles and high transportation chargesfollowing paucity of vehicles.

Regarding the question raised by U Sai Saw Tin ofMongyawng Constituency asking how the officials con-cerned will help tackle issues of peasants in MongyawngTownship as they are not able to sell out surplus riceof previous year, the Union Minister answered Myanmaradopted rice policy to extend arable lands for foodsecurity for estimated 100 million population, improvingper-acre yield and exporting the surplus rice; there areTapin investigation gate on Kengtung-Mongla road,Wuntapon gate, Mongkhat gate and Mongyawng gate onKengtung-Mongyawng road, Kengtung cooperated gate,Mongphyat cooperated gate, Malyan cooperated gate onKengtung-Tachilek road and Mongyu gate at the exit ofMongyawng in Shan State (East); Myanmar Police Forceand related departments are conducting investigations atthe gates for deterring passage of weapons and explosives,restricted goods by the State, drugs and trafficking;agricultural produce including rice is allowed to exportofficially to foreign countries if it outnumbers localdemand; illegal trafficking will be contained; theexporting of rice will be scrutinized to make sure itsurpass domestic demand as rice is stable food; unnecessaryrise in rice price and illegal trafficking will be suppressed;to export through border regions, respective Stategovernments should estimate surplus from self-sufficiency

Second regular session offirst Pyithu Hluttaw…

of each State and submit it to the Union government; ricein Mongyawng Township of Shan State (East) can besold and exchanged in the country freely; to sell throughborder trade, the State government should implement byreporting to the Union government.

U Khin Maung Yi (a) U Khaing Maung Yi of AhlonConstituency asked “if there is a plan to amend tradepolicy for importation of reconditioned and second-hand machines in addition to brand new ones asdesired by industrialists for development of small andmedium enterprises” and the Union Minister replied thatthe Ministry of Commerce has permitted privatebusinessmen to import brand new machines withoutrestrictions; it has also permitted importation of recondi-tioned machines for SMEs which are pivotal in industrialdevelopment; in addition, importation of reconditionedmachines is permitted in accordance with rules and regu-lations for private entrepreneurs to be able to establishfactories for domestic production (including hiring);

moreover, the ministry has permitted importation of brandnew and fully reconditioned automobiles, constructionalvehicles and machinery; so importation of reconditionedvehicles is safer than used vehicles; if importation ofunlimited number of used machines is permitted, uselessmachines from abroad will influx into Myanmar, leadingto environmental pollution, scarcity of spare parts deterringnormal operation of factories and workshops, poor qualityof products due to old machines, incapacity to penetrateinternational market because of sub-standard products; allof these are to be taken into consideration for developmentof the nation in the long-run.

U Sai Maung Tin of Laikha Constituency asked “ifMinistry of Finance and Revenue and Ministry ofCommerce can share fixed percentage out of alltaxes collected from border trade with regions andstates which have border trade camps for theirfund, and if there are measures to promote bordertrade through check-points in regions and statessharing border with neighbouring countries andillegal entrances and exits and raise funds for regionand state.”

The Union Minister replied that import tax licensefees is the only tax collected from border trade camps ofBorder Trade Department under the Ministry of Com-merce and his ministry hands over all import tax licensefees to the budget of the Union; Customs Department levycommercial tax on imports and exports except some goodsof border trade which Internal Revenue Department ofMinistry of Finance and Revenue has exempted from tax.

The Union Minister added that according to Article231 (a) of the 2008 Constitution of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar, those taxes are not included inTable-5—tax to be levied by Region or State and but areto be levied by the State and handed over to Union fund;In Article 254 (a), (b) and table-5 of the 2008 constitutionprescribes the tax to be levied by the Region or StateGovernments; so there is no provision in the constitution

that Union-level organizations have to share fixed per-centage of taxes levied with region and state govern-ments.

He went on that a total of 12 border trade camps inborder regions sharing border with neighbours are han-dling normal cross-border transaction and taxes collectedfrom border trade are handed over to the Union fund;measures are taken to block trade through illegal en-trances and exits and for trade through legal border tradecamps; to transform the illegal entrances and exits toillegal border trade camps, the chosen region should havepeace and safety, smooth transportation, and the twoneighbours should maintain friendly ties, and haveagreed to open border trade camp and reached agreementin commercial, tax and banking services practicable,balance in trade volumes and intersection linking withother regions and states should be available. He con-cluded that all taxes levied from border camps are handedover to Union fund.

U Thein Swe of An Constituency asked “actionsof the Union government for delimitation ofmaritime boundary between Myanmar and Bang-ladesh which is being heard at International Tri-bunal for the Law of the Sea and progress.”

Union Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin repliedthatMyanmar and Bangladesh had held a numberof talks through exchange of technical teamsinclusive of representatives of the two countriesfrom 1974 to 2009 for delimitation of maritimeboundary such as territorial waters, ExclusiveEconomic Zone and offshore shallows in Bay ofBengal; despite those talks, the two nations couldnot reach any accurate and acceptable agreementand thus Bangladesh on 8, October 2009, proposedthat it would like to file delimitation of maritimeboundary.

In order to deal with the proposal of Bangladesh,special work leading group inclusive of the ministerfor Foreign Affairs as the chairman, the minister forTransport as the vice-chairman and scholars, totaling27 was formed according to Order No. 22/2009 ofthe government dated 29-10-2009 for settlement ofBangladesh-Myanmar marine delimitation dispute.Also, a legal expert group led by the then DeputyAttorney-General Dr Tun Shin, a technical expertgroup led by Commodore Myo Myint Than ofPanmawady Naval Region Command and amanagement and supporting group led by DeputyMinister for Foreign Affairs U Maung Myint wasformed.

As Bangladesh submitted the proposal for thedispute to the International Tribunal for the Law of theSea (ITLOS) on 13-12-2009, the ITLOS addressed itto Myanmar on 14-12-2009. Myanmar also agreed toappear at ITLOS. Why to do so was that Myanmar,a member of the UN, is obliged to settle the disputein peace, accepting the disputes between regional

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Union

Minister

for Home

Affairs

Lt-Gen Ko

Ko makes

clarifica-

tions.

MNA

Pyithu HluttawRepresentative

U Khin Maung Yi (a)U Khaing Maung Yi

of Ahlon Constituencyraising question.—

MNA

Pyithu HluttawRepresentative

U Sai Saw Tin ofMongyawng

Constituency raisingquestion.

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(from page 8)countries are to be settled in a peaceful way prescribed inChapter Six of the UN Charter. Four peaceful ways tosettle arguments are prescribed in Article 287 in Inter-national Law of the Sea Convention which is part of theinternational law. To settle dispute before the ITLOS isfirst way. As advantage, the dispute can be resolved at theITLOS and the UN bears all the costs of the tribunal. Thatwas why Myanmar accepted the proposal of Bangladeshto be coped at the ITLOS. So, Myanmar earned recog-nition of global countries as a UN member country toapproach the dispute through peaceful way. Myanmarannounced that it accepted the judicial power of theITLOS on 4-11-2009. Now, marine delimitation be-tween the Myanmar and Bangladesh at the Bay of Bengalreached case No. 16 before ITLOS in Hamburg ofGermany.

ITLOS is formed with 21 judges who come from allover the world and can prove adept in the art ofinternational law without political attachment, and bothsides can submit to send an ad hoc judge each. The twoad hoc judges have equal right like other judges in givingverdict. The present president of the tribunal is aninternational legal expert from Cape Verde in the Caribbean.The tribunal makes judgment about international lawaffairs, profession and marine measuring cases. Now, asthe marine delimitation case is the one that came up firstbefore the tribunal, the world sets eyes on the case andthe case was posted on the website of the tribunal frombeginning to end.

The State appointed the then Deputy Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin of the Attorney-General’s Office asthe representative of the country along with two secondrepresentatives. The Deputy Attorney-General and partymade discussion with the president of the ITLOS, secondrepresentative and judges of Bangladesh about the case,and coordinated arrangements and appointed dates forthe case at ITLOS on 25 and 26 January, 2010.

In coordination with the chairman of legal expertgroup, technical expert group and management andsupporting group, doctors of law, legal expert group,marine measurement experts and judges from all over thecountry, who qualified for international law andinternational marine affairs and three law systems of theworld, were hired to deal with the ITLOS case.

Hearing the case at the tribunal is similar to civil casein the country. The case involves two parts. First part isthe submission of proposal and rebuttal. Bangladeshsubmitted proposal on 1-7-2010 and Myanmar submittedrebuttal on 1-12-2010. Then, Bangladesh resubmittedproposal on 15-3-2011 and Myanmar resubmitted rebut-tal on 1-7-2011. Next, hearing the case started in thesecond part. The tour for hearing the case took 15 daysconsecutively without counting days for preparation.

In accordance with rules and regulations to tackle thecase at ITLOS, Myanmar side headed by legal expertgroup leader in detailed coordination with oversea law-yers group could make submission and resubmission ofrebuttal. Pleading the case by both sides started.

Arguments from both sides have been heard at theITLOS. Bangladesh presented arguments from 8-9-2011to 13-9-2011 for the first time of hearing the case. TheUnion Attorney-General made an opening speech for thecase and Myanmar pleaded arguments from 15-9-2011 to20-9-2011. Myanmar lawyers also firmly presentedarguments from the point of views of legality, marinemeasuring profession and geological way. For secondtime pleading case, Bangladesh pleaded arguments from21-9-2011 to 22-9-2011 and Myanmar, on 24-9-2011.

The Union Attorney-General together with hiredoversea lawyers from Myanmar side presented docu-ments on International Law of the Sea, professions,marine measurement professions, geological evidence.The representatives of both countries made concludingspeeches that they believed the peaceful settlement will


boost existing friendly relations between Myanmar andBangladesh.

It is hoped that ITLOS will make impartial judg-ment on the case in accord with International Law of Seain March of 2012; officials concerning the territorialwaters dispute between Myanmar and Bangladesh areworking under the directive of the Union government,there are three parts in Law of Sea; the first one isterritorial waters, normally it is 12 miles under the law;the second one is continental shelf; and the third isExeclusive Economic Zone; if the distance goes beyond200 miles, it is assumed as economic zone called offshoresea; Myanmar demanded Equidistance Method whichensure justice; only if the method is not applicable, theother method is used; that is why Myanmar made suchdemand as its attitude is to adopt Equidistance Method;laws and precedents of international tribunals are referred;Myanmar chose Equidistance Method after consultingwith attorneys as it will make no loss to its side and willbe fair for the opposing site; the method adopted by theother side is what they called Angle by Sector; they askedfor the territory as the situation is in special conditionaccording to their method; Myanmar turned down theirclaim; the demarcation line we demanded is underEquidistance Method, but that their demand is underAngle by Sector Method; both sides are to be heard inaccord with the procedures of the tribunal; after expertsof both sides are heard, the tribunal comprising of all 23judges has to hear third expert summoned separately bythe tribunal; after hearings, the tribunal will adopt themethods which will not suffer each side; the case is thefirst in the world regarding territorial waters and forMyanmar; and the judges are also trying to pass impartialverdict with great care, said the deputy attorney-general.

Peaceful Gathering and Peaceful Procession Billsubmitted on 26 September was discussed, based onamendment proposals submitted by Hluttaw representa-tives on 29 September. Paragraphs and subparagraphswith no amendment proposal are approved withoutsubmitting separate proposal and acquiring approval ofthe Hluttaw. Amendment proposals are discussedparagraph by paragraph.

Chapter (1) title, paragraphs 1 and 2, andsubparagraphs (a) we are approved as part of the bill asthere is no proposal for amendment.

U Aung Thein of Ywangan Constituency submittedthe proposal “to insert the word freely behind the phraseone’s desire in paragraph (2), subparagraphs (b) and (c)of original text, the phrases desires and or with anyother ways in paragraph (2), subparagraph (e) of originaltext, the phrases desires and or with any other ways inparagraph (2), subparagraph (f) of original text, the wordprocessions in paragraph (3), subparagraph (b) of origi-nal text and the word rights in subparagraph (c), and thephrase one’s desire in paragraph (4) of original text”.Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko sug-gested the original text is more appropriate when hisattitude was acquired.

U Aung Thein said he accepted the clarification ofthe Union minister.

The Hluttaw decided the proposal of U Aung Theinwas not approved and paragraph (2), subparagraphs (b),(c), (e) and (f), paragraph (3) subparagraphs (b) and (c),and paragraph (4) are part of the bill as in original.

Paragraph (2), subparagraphs (d, g, and h), para-graph (3), subparagraph (a) and paragraph (4),subparagraphs (a and b) are approved as part of bill asthere is no proposal for amendment.

U Khin Maung Yi (a) U Khaing Maung Yi of AhlonConstituency submitted the proposal of amendment onsubstitution of the word personal profile in the originalprovision of paragraph 4, subparagraph (c) with the wordname and address. In asking the attitude, Union Ministerfor Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko remarked that it shouldkeep the word as original provision.

As U Khaing Maung Yi submitted that he would liketo seek decision of the Hluttaw, the majority ofrepresentatives objected his proposal. The Hluttaw ap-proved that paragraph 4, subparagraph (c) shall be part

of the bill.As there is no amendment to subparagraphs (d) and

(e) of paragraph 4, the Hluttaw approved them.The Bill Committee submitted that the clause however,

if it is not against the State security, prevalence of lawand order, community peace and tranquility or lawsprescribed for the sake of the people, it shall notrefuse issuance of permission behind the original pro-vision of paragraph 5. In asking the attitude, UnionMinister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko remarked thatas it was thorough supplement, there was no separatesubmission.

As there is no objection from paragraph 6 to paragraph8, subparagraph (d), the Hluttaw approved them.

U Thein Nyunt of Thingangyun Constituency sub-mitted a proposal of amendment to substitute the phrasethe rules prescribed in regional necessary require-ment in the original provision of paragraph (8),subparagraph (e) with the phrase following the existinglaw. The Hluttaw asked the attitude of the Union Ministerfor Home Affairs, and Lt-Gen Ko Ko remarked that itshould be kept as original provision.

U Thein Nyunt sought the approval of the Hluttaw.The majority of representatives did not approve theproposal, and the Hluttaw decided that paragraph (8),subparagraph (e) shall be part of the bill in line with theoriginal provision.

Paragraph 9, subparagraph (a) shall be part of the billbecause there was no objection against the proposal.

U Thein Nyunt of Thingangyun Constituencysubmitted a proposal of amendment to substitute thephrase head of General AdministrationDepartment in the original provision of at third lineparagraph (9), subparagraph (b) with the phraseMinister for Security and Border Affairs. TheHluttaw asked the attitude of the Union Minister forHome Affairs, and Lt-Gen Ko Ko remarked that itshould be kept as original provision.

U Thein Nyunt sought the approval of the Hluttaw.The majority of representatives did not approve theproposal, and the Hluttaw decided that paragraph (9),subparagraph (b) shall be part of the bill in accord withthe original provision.

U Khaing Maung Yi of Ahlon Constituency submit-ted a proposal of amendment to substitute the phrasewithin 14 days in the original provision at second line ofparagraph (9), subparagraph (b) with the phrase withinseven days. The Hluttaw asked the attitude of the UnionMinister for Home Affairs, and Lt-Gen Ko Ko remarkedthat it should be kept as original provision.

U Khaing Maung Yi sought the approval of theHluttaw. The majority of representatives did not approvethe proposal, and the Hluttaw decided that paragraph (9),subparagraph (b) shall be part of the bill in accord withthe original provision.

U Khaing Maung Yi of Ahlon Constituency submit-ted a proposal of amendment a new clause to add onemore subparagraph that if it is completed in decision ofregion or state police force commander, appeal canbe submitted to chief minister of region or state asparagraph 9, subparagraph (c), and to substitute theclause that the decision of chief minister of region orstate shall be final resolution in accord with thesubparagraph (c) of the original provision with thesubparagraph (c) and the original provision subparagraph(c) is to be designated as the subparagraph (d). In askingthe attitude, Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen KoKo remarked that it should keep the word as originalprovision.

U Khaing Maung Yi sought the approval of theHluttaw. The majority of representatives did not approvethe proposal, and the Hluttaw decided that subparagraphsof paragraph (9) shall be part of the bill in accord withthe original provision.

The Bill Committee submitted that subparagraph (a)of paragraph 10 should be cancelled and the remainingclause is to be formed as paragraph 10. Likewise, U SaiMaung Tin of Laikha Constituency submitted a proposal

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(from page 9)to amend single clause that it shall peacefully assemble atthe place prescribed in the permission with regard to thepeaceful assembling in the paragraph 10 instead of provi-sions of subparagraphs (a) and (b) of paragraph 10 in linewith the original provision.

The Chairman of Bill Committee reported that thesubparagraph (a) was cancelled due to unconformity withthe constitution.

With regarding the amendments, the Union Minis-ter for Home Affairs was sought for his attitude. Lt-Gen KoKo said that as these amendments did not harm the originalmeanings, and so he said he had no separate remark.

The Hluttaw approved paragraph 10 as part of thebill in accord with amendment. As there was no objectionagainst the paragraph 11, the Hluttaw approved that it shallbe part of the bill.

U Khaing Maung Yi submitted a proposal to cancelthe phrase it may be possible in second line of subparagraph(a) of paragraph 12 in accord with the original provision. Inasking the attitude, Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-GenKo Ko remarked that it should keep the word as originalprovision.

U Khaing Maung Yi said that he would like towithdraw his proposal. Thus, the Hluttaw approved thatsubparagraph (a) of paragraph 12 shall be part of the bill.

As there is no objection, subparagraphs (b) (c) and(d) of paragraph 12 shall be part of the bill.

U Tun Myint Oo of Mongpan Constituency sub-mitted a proposal “to cancel the phrase and chantingslogan in the original provision of subparagraph (e) ofparagraph 12 and U Thein Nyunt of Thingangyun Constitu-ency, a proposal to substitute the clause not to do chantingand shouting in the subparagraph (e) of paragraph 12 with


the clause not to do chanting and shouting except slogansallowed”.

In asking the attitude, Union Minister for HomeAffairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko remarked that he has no objection asamendment of U Thein Nyunt reflected disciplinary acts andprocess of democratization.

U Tun Myint Oo accepted the attitudes of the UnionMinister and U Thein Nyunt.

Thus, the Hluttaw approved the subparagraph (e)of paragraph 12 in line with the amendment of U TheinNyunt shall be part of the bill.

U Win Myint of Pyay Constituency submitted aproposal to add one more new paragraph bearing that do nottalk incorrect information (rumours) or incorrect factsas subparagraph (e) below the subparagraph (d) of originalprovision paragraph 12. In asking the attitude, Union Ministerfor Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko remarked that the submissionwas better so he had no separate report.

Thus, subparagraph (e), paragraph 12 shall bepart of the bill in line with the new supplement.

Due to adding subparagraph (e), the subparagraphs(e, f, g and h) of paragraph 12 shall be subparagraphs (f, g,h and i).

As there was no objection, subparagraphs (f, g andh) of paragraph 12, paragraphs 13 and 14 shall be part of thebill.

U Thein Nyunt of Thingangyun Constituencysubmitted a proposal to insert the clause to withdraw theorder of permission in accord with the evidences behindthe clause for ensuring region peace and tranquility inthe first line of paragraph 15 of the original provision and thephrase with official letter behind the clause with regard towithdrawl in the fifth line. In asking the attitude, UnionMinister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko remarked that thefirst part of proposal should not need to insert, and he hadno objection against the second part.

U Thein Nyunt withdrew the first part of hisproposal.

Thus, the Hluttaw decided that the first part ofproposal was not approved, and the second one wasapproved.

As there was no amendment, it shall be part of thebill.

U Win Swe of Nyaungshwe Constituency submit-ted the proposal “to add a new phrase not exceed … thanbefore the phrases “or fine” in paragraphs 17, 18 and 19 ofthe original provision. In asking the attitude, Union Ministerfor Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko said that as the submissionwas appropriate and he agreed it. And, he added that if theapproval has been sought from the organization that canapprove the fine to be prescribed in the bill, he said he willsubmit the report again.

Thus, paragraphs 17, 18 and 19 shall be part of thebill in line with the amendments.

As there was no objection, the title of Chapter VIII,paragraphs 20, 21 and 22 shall be part of the bill.

Therefore, the Hluttaw approved the title andpreamble of the bill shall be part of the bill.

Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Kosubmitted a proposal “to approve the Rights of PeacefulAssembling and Peaceful Processing Bill in line with theamended paragraphs and subparagraphs. The Hluttawapproved it in line with the sub-rule (d) of Pyithu HluttawRule.

Today’s approved the Rights of Peaceful Assem-bling and Peaceful Processing Bill comprising eightchapters and 22 paragraphs. As Section 354, Sub-section(b) of the constitution of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar stipulates every citizen shall be at liberty in theexercise of the following rights, if not contrary to the laws,enacted for Union security, prevalence of law and order,community peace and tranquility or public order and moralityfor assembling peacefully without arms and holdingprocession, they strove for enacting this bill.

Today’s session ended at 3.30 pm and the 31st daysession continues 10 am tomorrow.—MNA

(from page 1)He continued to say Union Supreme Court is-

sued licences to advocates on recommendation of theBar Council and the Union Supreme Court issuedlicences to the Higher Grade Pleaders. Works ofpleaders were scrutinized under the Bar Council Actand the Legal Practitioners Act.

When complaints about advocates happened,the Union Supreme Court looked into the cases andhanded over the cases to the Bar Council to be pro-ceeded. Then, the Bar Council assessed the cases indetail and sent recommendations on the cases to theUnion Supreme Court. Then, the Union Supreme Courtwarned or suspended the licences or fired the pleadersconcerned, he added.

Permanent revocations of licences of pleaderswere very rare as the Bar Council scrutinized each casein details and only warnings and licence suspensionswere happened unavoidably.

If a pleader concerned petitioned for a punish-ment of liscence suspension or revocation during theperiod of the punishment, the Bar Council could makesuitable recommendation after making reassessmentof the case according to the justice, equity and con-science and could send it to the Union Supreme Court.On recommendation of the Bar Council, the UnionSupreme Court had to decide the case again, he said,

The Union Supreme Court also had to scruti-nized the complaints about the high grade pleaders, hesaid. Therefore, matters related to licences of medicalpractitioners and pleaders had handled by the MyanmarMedical Council, the Bar Council and the Union Su-preme Court based on the justice, equity and con-science, he said.

Afterwards, Dr Aye Maung of Rakhine State

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Constituency No. 1 asked whether there was a planto categorize and disclose the list of farmland inSittway District confiscated by departments to pub-lic or not, to scrutinize and categorize the extraconfiscated farmland and to allow farmers to usethe their confiscated farmland and grazing landlegally or not.

Deputy Minister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen KyawZan Myint replied that land were confiscated for specialprojects and departments under the 1894 Land Acquisi-tion Act and measures for land acquisition had to takenstep by step under the agreement of the Union Govern-ment and ministries concerned. If the land should bemade acquisition, the Union Minister for Home Affairshad to appoint a deputy commissioner as an officer forland acquisition under Section 4 (1) of the Act and grandthe power of land acquisition to a deputy commissionerunder the Section 6 of the Act. The deputy commissionerhad to carry out the tasks under the rules and regulationsof the Act and had to make acquisition as least of the requiredland. Besides, a department or an organization which madeacquisition were obliged to use the land as they applied forand if they did not follow the obligation or no longer wantto use the land, they must be return the land to the State, hesaid.

He continued to say that any one can apply to adistrict administration office concerned through ward/vil-lage, township administrative bodies to see not only catego-ries of the land acquisition and list of land acquisition inrespective areas but also extra land acquisition when theywere made, encouraging the people to carry out the work inaccordance with rules and regulations as a district generaladministration department concerned was available to co-operate with a land record department concerned.

He continued to say that those farmers who viewedthat they lost their farmland when the governmental depart-ments and organizations made more land acquisition morethan the areas they were permitted could apply for gettingtheir farmland to a township or district general administra-

tion office concerned through their ward/village adminis-tration bodies concerned. A representative of a state govern-ment and officials from the General Administration Depart-ment, Settlement and Land Record Department and Fisher-ies Department would made field trips to do assessment ofthe land acquisition and the Region/State Governmentwould make arrangements for the farmers.

Land acquisition was not allowed for the privateinterests and just for interests of State and the people. Onrecommendations of the region/state governments onassessment made by regional administrative bodies, theMinistry of Home Affairs had to report to the UnionGovernment. The Union Government had been makingthe land acquisition in accordance with the rules andregulations, he said. Next, the Hluttaw announced thatthe question was transferred to the Public Complaintsand Petitions Committee.

Regarding the question raised by U Zon Hle Htanof Chin State Constituency-2 who asked whether thereis a plan to set Chin State as a special zone for ruraldevelopment and poverty alleviation and to imple-ment special projects in the state as Chin State has thehighest poverty rate among 14 States and Regions,Union Minister for Environmental Conservation andForestry U Win Tun answered that it is required topresent a report describing reasons to the Union govern-ment through the Chin State government for setting up of“Chin Hills Development Special Funds” for Chin Statewith natural barriers and that is not included in “24-Special Development Regions Project”.

The Union minister continued to say that Iwa-3and Koyoko quality apple strains which are suitable forthe Chin State are being used and systematic agriculturalmethods, grafting from quality plants and imports ofquality strains carried out. The Ministry of Agricultureand Irrigation will encourage in extended growing ofapple and other fruits like grape which are suitable for theregion. He called or active participation of the Stategovernment in this process.

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(from page 10)A total of 68000 mythuns are being bred in Chin

State under pasturized breeding system. 8040-acre ofpasture land was set for breeding of 2000 mythuns inHaka since 2010. Arrangements are being made to set uppasture lands and a special breeding zone for mythuns intownships with the potential for mythun breeding. Whenmeat production develops, private sector will be invitedto invest in canned meat and leather production busi-nesses.

The proposal submitted by Pyithu Hluttaw Rep-resentative Thura U Aung Ko of Kanpetlat TownshipConstituency of Chin State to set a prioritized plan bythe Union government for poverty alleviation in ChinState and to lift the ban as a restricted area and to buildinfrastructures for emergence of ecotourism was an-swered by the Union Minister for Hotels and Tourism.

Up to 2010-2011 fiscal year, the Ministry ofBorder Affairs built 19-mile and four-furlong tarred road,35-mile and seven-furlong gravel road, 817-mile and six-furlong earth road and three above 100-foot bridges andone under100-foot bridge and nine suspension bridgeswith the contribution of K 2570.619 million. Besides,extended construction of earth road, village-to-villageroad and rural road are being prioritized in eight town-ships with a total fund of K 90.24 million in Chin State for2011-2012 fiscal year.

From the beginning of 2002-2003 fiscal year todate, the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation reclaimedhighland farming on 2684 acres by the department con-cerned and 4109 acres by farmers totaling 6793 acres.Reclamation of 100-acre highland farming is under ar-rangement in accord with the funds for 2011-2012 fiscalyear and 46 acres have been reclaimed so far. Dependingon the funds for coming fiscal years, reclamation ofhighland farming will be continued. The Ministry ofEnvironmental Conservation and Forestry under the firstfive-year plan performed making the list of slash and burnfarmlands for elimination of slash and burn farming inChin State from 2002-2003 fiscal year to 2006-2007fiscal year, setting up of 6349-acre of crop and forestplantations and 3290-acre of forest plantation owned bylocal people, demonstration on natural fertilizer anddistribution of .115 million saplings. During the secondplan from 2007-2008 to 2011-2012, 600-acre of forestand crop plantation and 1036-acre of local-owned forestplantation have been established so far. Demonstrationon making natural fertilizer and distribution of 0.13million saplings have been carried out. Courses on yamgrowing and propagation of herbal orchids and valuableteak plants are being conducted for local people in NatmaHill National Park in cooperation with Makino BotanicalGarden of Japan.

Regarding the proposal submitted by U Nyunt Tinof Yangon Region Constituency-2 on 29 September tourge the Union government to enact a law related toMyanmar aviation with the aim of upgrading MyanmarAirways as a National Flag Carrier in global aviationsector, serving the national interest, Dr Myint Kyi, DrMyat Nyana Soe, U Kyaw Kyaw and U Khin Maung Yidiscussed saying that it is required to lay down plansfor development of Myanmar aviation sector as plansare being implemented in other ASEAN member coun-tries for development of aviation sectors. A boardshould be formed by setting as a public firm fordevelopment of Myanmar aviation sector which lackedprogress due to various reasons. Harmonious efforts ofthe Union government, private companies and all citizensshould be made without seeking profit. In accord withchanging economic policies and economic system of theState and ASEAN standards, it is time to draw a bill inconformity with the present time and system for emer-gence of National Flag Carrier by revoking MyanmaAviation Law. In accord with the provisions of the futurelaw, the Ministry of Transport is to grant permits to do

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freely, provide necessary supervision, assistance anddirectives by forming a management committee.

Regarding the proposal, Union Minister forTransport U Nyan Tun Aung replied that Department forCivil Aviation is supervising the functions of domesticand international flights in accord with provisions ofInternational Civil Aviation Organization whileDepartment of Marine Administration domestic andforeign going shipping in accord with provisions ofInternational Marine Organization.

In the aviation sector, Myanma Airways operatesflights of three F-28s, three AFTs and three MA-60s to 25domestic routes from Yangon at its centre for passengersand commodities transport. Moreover, one joint ventureairline, four private airlines and Myanma Airways, totalingsix are giving aviation services.

With regard to international flights, Myanma Air-ways International jointly established by Myanma Air-ways and Royal Myanmar Transport Co manages itsflights from Myanmar to neighbouring countries with theuse of four Air Bus-320s. In addition to the regularinternational flights, the MAI transports leaders of theState on their visits to foreign countries and attending thesummits.

Airlines face uncertainties such as large amount ofcapital, difficulty on recruitment of skillful pilots andengineers and rapid changes of market situation. Moreo-ver, the aviation depends on economic growth of people,improvement of tourism industry and others.

Myanma Airways is running its flights with other

private and joint venture airlines in competitiveness indomestic passenger transport. At present, it is a difficultsituation to achieve success in undertaking the tasks asmanagement system and financial control system of theState-owned economics of Myanmar are not in conform-ity with the market economic system.

He concluded that formulation of a specific law isin the process in order that economic system can bepracticed in line with management system and financialcontrol system compatible to market economy in con-formity with the existing constitution and announced thatthe Hluttaw confirmed the proposal.

Then, Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker asked the opin-ions of Amyotha Hluttaw representatives about amend-ments made by Pyithu Hluttaw to the bill amending theAmyotha Hluttaw Election Rule which Amyotha Hluttawsent to Pyithu Hluttaw for further amendments. As norepresentatives raised objection to the amendments of thePyithu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttaw announced that amend-ment Section 49 (a) did not need to be included in the billamending the Amyotha Hluttaw Election Rule as it wasalready included in the original rule and amendments 74(a), 88 (a), 88 (b) and 88 (c) confirmed were parts of thebill.

Amyotha Hluttaw asked the opinions of AmyothaHluttaw representatives about amendments made byPyithu Hluttaw to the bill amending the Region HluttawElection Rule or State Hluttaw Election Rule which

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct— The special appellatecourt comprising of Union Chief Justice of UnionSupreme Court U Tun Tun Oo, and Judges of UnionSupreme Court U Tha Htay and U Mya Nyein heard6 special civil appeal cases at the courtroom-1 ofUnion Supreme Court at 9.30 taday and heard 6special civil appeal cases.

MNA

Special civil appealSpecial civil appealcases heardcases heard

Amyotha Hluttaw sent to Pyithu Hluttaw for furtheramendments. As no representatives raised objection tothe amendments of the Pyithu Hluttaw, Amyotha Hluttawannounced that amendment Section 49 (a) did not need tobe included in the bill amending the Region HluttawElection Rule or State Hluttaw Election Rule as it wasalready included in the original rule and amendments 74(a), 88 (a), 88 (b) and 88 (c) confirmed were parts of thebill.

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker announced that PyithuHluttaw had made amendments to Private School Regis-tration Bill sent by Amyotha Hluttaw for further amend-ments and said representatives wishing to discuss the billmay register at Amyotha Hluttaw Department.

Then the Hluttaw announced that the second regu-lar session of Amyotha Hluttaw put the ceremony inwhich Republic of the Union of Myanmar was acceptedfully fledged member of AIPA and Myanmar delegationattending 32nd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assemblyheld in Phnom Penh of Cambodia on record as a remark-able achievement.

Amyotha Hluttaw also put message of felicita-tions dated 15-4-2011 sent by the Myanmar HonoraryConsul General to Lebanon to the Speaker of AmyothaHluttaw on his election as the Speaker of AmyothaHluttaw, message of condolence dated 30-3-2011 sent bythe President of Senate of Thailand to Amyotha Hluttawfor loss of lives and properties in Shan State due to anearthquake, message of felicitations dated 8-4-2011 sentby the Filipino Ambassador to Amyotha Hluttaw onsuccessful completion of the first regular session of firstAmyotha Hluttaw.

The Speaker announced that Amyotha Hluttawwould send message of condolence to Phnom Penh forloss of lives and properties in Cambodia due to floods.

Then, the 29th-day second regular session of firstAmyotha Hluttaw adjourned at 12.10 pm and the 30th-day session continues at 10.30 am tomorrow.

At today’s session, Union Minister replied to threequeries raised by Hluttaw representatives, one out ofthree were handed over to Complaint and Petition Com-mittee, one old proposal was approved, two bill passed,Republic of the Union of Myanmar becoming a fullmember of AIPA and Myanmar delegation attending32nd AIPA was put on record together with messagessent to Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker and Amyotha Hluttawdecided to send message of condolence to Cambodia forloss of properties and lives due to floods.—MNA

Union

Attorney-

General

Dr Tun

Shin

replies to

queries.

MNA

Amyotha HluttawRepresentative Dr

Myat Nyana Soe ofYangon Region

Constituency No (4)raises question.—MNA

Amyotha HluttawRepresentative UZone Hle Htan of

Chin State Constitu-ency No (2) asking

question.MNAY

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BILLION VOY NO (128)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BILLIONVOY NO (128) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 4.10.2011 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W-4 where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S PHULSAWAT SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (409)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATAMPAN VOY NO (409) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 4.10.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TEGAP VOY NO (601)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TEGAP

VOY NO (601) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 4.10.2011 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BIENDONG FREIGHTER VOY NO (1150)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BIENDONGFREIGHTER VOY NO (1150) are hereby notified thatthe vessel will be arriving on 3.10.2011 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where itwill lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




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

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Models display creations of designer Lee Seoyounduring the Korea Heritage Fashion show in Seoul,capital of South Korea, on 2 Oct, 2011.— XINHUA

Chinese archeologists find evidenceof agricultural activity in ancient city

BEIJJING, 3 Oct —Chi-nese archeologists havefound evidence indicatingthat the mysterious ancientCity of Loulan (Kroraina)once had highly-devel-oped agricultural systems.Scientists from the Insti-tute of Geology and Geo-physics under the ChineseAcademy of Sciences con-ducted remote sensingprocedures, field investi-gations and sample test-ing in the area and foundthat there were once largetracts of farmlands in

Loulan. The farmland fea-tured regular and straightcircumferences stretchingfor 200 to 1,000 metres aswell as irrigation ditchesrunning throughout, saidQin Xiaoguang, a memberof the research team.

Moreover, researchersfound grain particles inthe area's ground surface,which are very likely to beremains of crop plants, Qinsaid. These findings showthat irrigation farming hadbeen practiced in Loulanfor at least 100 years,

Qin said. Qin said theyalso found canal remainsmeasuring 10 to 20metres wide and 1.6metres deep in the Loulanrelics, indicating that thecity, which is suspectedof perishing in drought,was once rich in waterresources.—Xinhua People visit the art car show in Houston, the

United States, on 2 Oct, 2011. — XINHUA

NEW YORK, 3 Oct—A CIA contractor whokilled two men during ashootout in Pakistan ear-lier this year has beencharged aftergetting into a fight overa parking spot at a shop-ping centre in the UnitedStates.

Deputies respondedto an altercationbetween two men out-side Einstein Bros Ba-gels in HighlandsRanch, south ofDenver, Colorado, andtook Raymond Davisinto custody on Satur-day morning, policesaid.

He was chargedwith third-degreeassault and disorderlyconduct, both misde-meanours.

Internet

Indian Air Force to acquiresix more Hercules aircraft

from USNEW DELHI, 3 Oct—

The Indian Air Force(IAF) would procure sixmore C-130J SuperHercules special opera-tions aircraft from theUnited States in additionto the six already ordered,local media reportedMonday.

Head of the IndianAir Force, Air ChiefMarshal Norman AnilKumar Browne, said thatthe aircraft hadperformed well in therecent earthquake reliefoperations in north-eastern India, the Times

of India newspaperreported. The C-130J canland and take off fromunpaved, grassy fieldswith the size of a footballground and can be a bigsupport in both peace andwar to drop or pick upequipment, soldiers andthose hit by calamities,the newspaper said.

The IAF had earliersigned a deal for six C-130J aircraft for about1.1 billion US dollars withthe US military systemsgiant Lockheed Martinon 31 Jan, 2008.

Xinhua

CIA killerarrested afterparking-spot

fight

Philippine gunmen free US hostageMANILA, 3 Oct—Kidnappers in a lawless part of the Philippines have freed an

American woman after more than two months in captivity, but held on to her sonand nephew, according to authorities. Gerfa Yeatts Lunsmann, her 14-year-old sonKevin and her Filipino teenage nephew were abducted on 12 July on a resort islandoff Zamboanga City, close to other southern islands where a range of Islamistmilitants are based.

Lunsmann’s ordeal ended on Sunday night after the kidnappers took herby boat from an undisclosed location to a wharf on nearby Basilan island, andordered her to walk into a town, local officials and the military said.

However her son and nephew remain in captivity, said Celso Lobregat,mayor of Zamboanga City. “Efforts are now being made to also recover thechildren,” Lobregat told AFP, but did not give further details.

Regional military spokesman Lieutenant Colonel Randolph Cabangbangsaid Lunsmann was taken to a military base in Zamboanga to recover and forhealth checks, but no details about her medical condition were released.

No group has officially claimed responsibility for the kidnapping althoughIslamist militants are suspected.

A Muslim militancy in the south that has dragged on for more than 40years has given birth to a wide range of Islamist militants, bandits and pirates,many of which regularly carry out kidnappings for ransom.—Internet

A man prepares to take pictures of his son in frontof a straw figure, that stands by the roadside nearthe town of Molodechno, 70 km (46 miles) north-

west of Minsk, Belarus, on 30 Sept, 2011. Satwfigures are installed to mark the agricultural holiday

of the end of the harvest on state collective farms.INTERNET

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Waiters compete in the annual Waiters Race, in Buenos Aires, capital ofArgentina, on 2 Oct, 2011. About 450 waiters took part in the

competition on Saturday.

Beer man suspended for joking with playerA veteran beer

peddler at YankeeStadium in New York wassuspended after jokingaround with a player fromthe rival Boston Red Sox.

Steve Lazarus, 53,was standing with co-workers near a freightelevator at the stadium lastSunday when he heard thesound of cleats, the NewYork Post reported.

“I think we all lookedover,” he said. “It’s rarethat we hear [players]come by now.”

NM balloon festival sets world recordThe 40th Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta in New Mexico said it set

a world record Saturday by launching 345 hot air balloons into the sky in 1 hour.The annual October balloon festival is petitioning to have the number added

to the Guinness World Records, Albuquerque International Balloon Fiesta Inc.said in a release Saturday. “There’s no better way to celebrate the 40th BalloonFiesta than breaking a world record on our opening day,” said John Sena, presidentof the board for the Albuquerque Balloon Fiesta. “It was a beautiful day and asignature moment for the world’s premier balloon event.” The current record isheld by the 12th Lorraine World Air Balloon Festival in Chambley-Bussieres,France, which launched 343 balloons earlier this year. The Albuquerque InternationalBalloon Fiesta, the largest gathering of balloons and balloonists in the world, heldthe record in 2000 by launching 329 balloons in 1 hour.

This NASA imagereleased on 7 October,2010 shows the nose ofan inflatable half-scalemodel of a NASA F/A-

18 in front of theNASA Aeronautics

exhibit points skywardas a host of hot-air

balloons ascend duringthe 2010 International

Balloon Fiesta inAlbuquerque, NM.

N e w s A l b u m

The footstepsbelonged to Red Sox reliefpitcher Alfredo Aceves.

Lazarus walked overto the pitcher and jokinglycalled out, “Hey, you gotID?” Aceves answeredby grabbing his crotch andsaying, “I got your ID righthere.”

The beer man, a Bronxnative who has been sellingbeer since he was 19, wassummoned by a supervisorlater in the game. “He said,

‘You were harassing theopposing team’s player,”Lazarus told thenewspaper. After aninvestigation of the incident,Lazarus was suspendedThursday from the first twogames of the AmericanLeague Division Series.

“They take mybadge — this is only my35th year, by the way —and they escort me outlike a common criminal,”he told the Post. “Tosuspend me, when I didnothing?”

Thousands of guests watch as fireworks andconfetti close the celebration ceremonies forDisneyland’s 50th anniversary at Walt Disney

World’s Magic Kingdom near Orlando Fl on 5May, 2005.—INTERNET

UK studio tour aims toconjure Harry Potter magic

Cast members of the film “Harry Potter and theChamber of Secrets” post for photographs at

the Leavesden Studios in Hertfordshire.INTERNET

Cozi Zuehlsdorff, acast member in the

motion picture familydrama “Dophin Tale”,attends the premiere ofthe film in Los Angeles

on 17 Sept, 2011.INTERNET

‘Dophin Tale’ leaps to top boxoffice spot

LOS ANGELES, 3 Oct—“Dophin Tale,” starringHarry Connick Jr andAshley Judd, jumped fromNo 3 to the top spot at theUS box office during theweekend, grossing $14.2million.

“Moneyball,” starringBrad Pitt and RobinWright, claimed the No2 spot in its second weekat $12.5 million, whilethe 3-D re-release of the1994 animated feature“The Lion King”

dropped from No 1 toNo 3 at $11 million.

All studio estimatesof gross US box officereceipts are via BoxOffice Mojo. “50/50”was fourth with $8.9million; “Courageous”fifth with $8.8 million;“Dream House” sixthwith $8.2 million;“Abduction” seventhwith $5.7 million;“What’s Your Num-ber?” eighth with $5.6million; and “Con-tagion” ninth with $5million. “Killer Elite”rounded out the Top 10with $4.9 million.

Internet

ORLANDO, 3 Oct—Disney World says it will wrap up the festivities markingthe 40th anniversary of the Florida park’s opening with an extended fireworksshow Sunday.

Scores of visitors have been packing Disney World all weekend as part ofthe anniversary celebration of its opening day on 1 Oct, 1971.

There was plenty of commemorative merchandise to be snapped up bysouvenir hunters, and the park’s guidebook was patterned after the original parkmap issued in the 1970s, the Orlando Sentinel said. Saturday’s big event was amass sing-along of the classic “When You Wish Upon a Star” at Cinderella’sCastle.

Park President Meg Crofton and Vice President Phil Holmes also made briefremarks that saluted the past and also the future, symbolized by the ongoingexpansion of Fantasyland. “That will be another part of our legacy that goes on andon,” said Holmes, who was a ticket-taker on the first day.

Internet

Disney World marks 40th anniversary

LONDON, 3 Oct— Wave a wand and a ladle acrossthe room turns in a cauldron. Move your hand and aknife starts to chop.

Warner Brothers aims to recreate the magic ofthe Harry Potter movies with a major tour at itsnewly renovated Leavesden Studios on the outskirts ofLondon, with the attraction due to open next spring.

The Hollywood studio behind the record-breakingfranchise has relocated the original Great Hall atHogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, andvisitors will be treated to a surprise entrance into thetowering set.

There they can admire the attention to detail inwhich the production crews on the eight movies tookgreat pride — from the elaborate “stonework” of theouter walls to graffiti carved into wooden tables bystudents.

There will be no floating candles — thatparticular piece of magic was conjured bycomputers, but many of the characters, props,costumes and settings were real-life.

Among the highlights will be the giant spiderAragog suspended from the ceiling, and fans willbe able to pose for photographs in one of the“flying” Ford Anglia cars used in “Harry Potter andthe Chamber of Secrets.”

The sharp-toothed “The Monster Book ofMonsters” has been dusted off, and Buckbeak the“Hip-pogriff” is getting a meticulous makeover forwhen the doors of the attraction open.

Reuters

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Na hits Vegas jackpot withfirst PGA Tour title

Tumbling Tiger set to dropout of world’s top 50

Li Na bows out ofChina Open first round

Allegri insists Milan havenothing to worry about

AC Milan defenderPrince Kevin Boateng (R)and Juventus forwardMirko Vucinic during theSerie A football match on2 October, at the Juventus

stadium in Turin.INTERNET

Barcelona top La Liga,Higuain fires Real hat-trick

Villas-Boas hails Chelsea’sruthless finishing vs Bolton

Wenger gives up on Arsenaltitle hopes

Ex-England boss McClarenquits as Forest coach

Li Na of China

Arsene Wenger

LONDON, 3 Oct—Arsene Wenger admitsArsenal cannot be re-garded as title contendersafter falling 12 points be-hind leaders ManchesterUnited following their 2-1 defeat at north Londonrivals Tottenham. Wengerendured another frustrat-ing day as his side crashedto their fourth loss in sevenleague games at White

Hart Lane. The Gunners'disappointment was com-pounded by a potentiallyserious injury to BacarySagna who was taken tohospital with an ankleproblem that could keephim out for several weeks.

Arsenal's dismal start tothe season mean they sitjust two points above thebottom three and Wengeraccepts it is unrealistic toconsider his side to belikely challengers for thechampionship while theyare in their current plight."I think at the moment wehave to set realistic targetslike to say today we wantto get in the ChampionsLeague positions," Wengersaid. —Internet

Former England coachSteve McClaren

LONDON, 3 Oct—Ex-England coach SteveMcClaren has resigned asNottingham Forest man-ager after just 10 games incharge of the strugglingChampionship side, theformer European champi-ons confirmed on Sunday.McClaren walked out justhours after Forest fanscalled for him to quit fol-lowing Birmingham's 3-1win at the City Ground.

"Nottingham Forestcan confirm that SteveMcClaren has resignedfrom his role as manager,"

a club statement said."McClaren informedchairman Nigel Doughtyof his decision after to-day's 3-1 home defeat byBirmingham. He has leftthe club without compen-sation, nor will he be seek-ing any.

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Sporting Gijon'smidfielder Ivan

Hernandez (L) vies withBarcelona's Argentin-

ian forward LionelMessi (R), during the

Spanish league footballmatch Sporting Gijon vs

Barcelona, at ElMolinon stadium, in

Gijon.—INTERNET

AC Milan coachMassimiliano Allegri

ROME, 3 Oct—AC Mi-lan coach MassimilianoAllegri insisted there wasnothing to worry aboutdespite a 2-0 defeat atJuventus leaving his side15th in Serie A. Althoughthe season is only fivematches old, championsMilan have managed justone victory in the leagueand are two points abovethe relegation zone.

However, they are alsojust six points off top anda point ahead of bitter ri-vals Inter Milan, who, be-fore the season began,were considered their ma-

jor title rivals.Milan were outplayed

by Juventus but held outuntil three minutes fromtime when ClaudioMarchisio scored the firstof his two goals. Allegripaid tribute to Juve butclaimed his team willcome good. "They playedvery well, we weren't upto it, we made many tech-nical mistakes," he said.

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GIJON, 3 Oct—Defend-ing champions Barcelonawent top of La Liga with alaboured 1-0 win at rock-bottom Sporting Gijonwhile Gonzalo Higuainblasted a hat-trick in RealMadrid's 4-0 cruise atEspanyol. An injury-plagued Barcelona movedinto first place with 14points on Sunday asAdriano gave them theirfirst away win of the sea-son.

Unfashionable Levanteare tucked just behind ongoal difference after a 1-0win against Real Betis,while Real are a pointfurther back in third spotahead of Malaga andValencia who also have13 points. After drawsagainst Real Sociedad andValencia, Barcelona went

into their game at Sport-ing with a lengthy injurylist. Cesc Fabregas andAndres Iniesta wereamong the midfielders inthe treatment room whileneither Carlos Puyol norGerard Pique started indefence. — Internet

Kurt Busch wins at Dover

Kurt Busch (22) does aburnout after he won theNASCAR Sprint Cup Se-ries auto race at DoverInternational Speedwayin Dover, Del, on 2 Oct, 2011. —INTERNET

Chelsea manager AndreVillas-Boas

BEIJING, 3 Oct —Worldnumber five Li Na becamethe biggest seed casualtyin the opening round of theChina Open on Sunday,slumping to a 6-4, 6-0 de-feat to the unknown Ro-manian qualifier Monica

Niculescu. Li, who brokeup with her Danish coachMichael Mortenson afterstaging a string of disap-pointing results since be-ing crowned as FrenchOpen champion, still cut asorry figure on home courtunder the guidance of herhusband coach Jiang Shan.

Li meant her words inthe pre-tournament Pressconference the previousday, saying that the maindraw was never easy al-though her rivals in thefirst two rounds are eitherqualifier or wild cardplayer. —Xinhua

Tiger Woods

ATLANTA, 3 Oct — Ti-ger Woods will plummetto depths he has notreached in 15 years as heis projected to drop twospots to 51st in the worldrankings to be issued Mon-day. The former worldnumber one has not tri-umphed anywhere sincethe 2009 Australian Mas-ters and has been steadilylosing ranking points be-cause of his struggles onand off the course.

In Monday's rankings,Woods is expected to be

sandwiched by South Af-rican Louis Oosthuizen (in50th) and fellow Ameri-can Jonathan Byrd (52nd),the first time he has beenout of the top 50 since hewas 61st on 13 Oct, 1996.

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S P O R T S

LONDON, 3 Oct — Chel-sea manager Andre Vil-las-Boas insists his team's5-1 destruction of Boltonshowed they have finallydiscovered the ruthless in-stincts required to win thePremier League.

Frank Lampard scored

a hat-trick within an houron his 350th league ap-pearance for the club,while Daniel Sturridgescored twice as Chelsearouted Wanderers, whohad to settle for a consola-tion goal from DedryckBoyata early in the sec-ond half at the ReebokStadium on Sunday.

The Blues are now inthird place, three pointsbehind leaders Manches-ter United, and Villas-Boasis adamant it was abouttime Chelsea won by a bigscoreline.— Internet

DOVER, 3 Oct — KurtBusch left a rocky start tothe Chase and his fiercestrival behind him. Buschstormed into contention fora second Cup champion-ship, holding off fellowChase drivers JimmieJohnson and Carl Edwardsto win Sunday at DoverInternational Speedway,tightening the leaderboardin a playoff where no driverhas emerged as a clear-cutfavorite. Busch, though, isin the mix. His No 22Dodge seemed only to getstronger over the 400-milerace and he beat Johnson,his long-time antagonist,on the final restart to takethe checkered flag for the

second time this season.The win pushed Buschfrom ninth to fourth in thepoints standings, only ninepoints out of first. Only 15points separate the top eightdrivers with seven racesleft.— Internet

South Korea's Kevin Na

LAS VEGAS, 3 Oct —Kevin Na kept his coolwith a red-hot putter tohold off fellow Ameri-can Nick Watney andclaim his first PGA Tourtitle with an emotionaltwo-shot victory at theLas Vegas Open on Sun-day.

South Korea-born Narolled in a 43-footer to

birdie the par-three 17thbefore parring the last fora six-under-par 65 and a23-under total of 261 atthe TPC Summerlin.

The 28-year-old, whohad been winless in hisprevious 210 PGA Tourstarts, threw both armsskywards in celebrationbefore removing his capand embracing his cad-die. "Oh wow," a tearfulNa said greenside afterbeing told he had finallytriumphed in his 211th ca-reer start. "I went througha lot. I'd have nightmaresfinishing second.

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

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Weather forecast for 4th October, 2011

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Min Gun Sayadaw7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja Song7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise7:30 am 4. Morning News7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 6. Health Programme

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(4-10-2011) (Tuesday)

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOverseas Transmission - (4-10-11 09:30 am ~ 5-10-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Festival of Month April..Traditions from

Eastern Shan State* News* The Magic of Melodious Music (Part-2)* News* Introduction of the DVD entitled “Kamma”* News

* A Warm Welcome from the Golden Land

Overseas Transmission* Opening* News* Festival of Month April..Traditions from

Eastern Shan State* News* The Magic of Melodious Music (Part-2)* News* Introduction of the DVD entitled “Kamma”

* News* A Warm Welcome from the Golden Land* News* The Heart Love Influenced (U Hla Tun

Cancer Foundation)* News* Me N My Travel (Min Gun)* News* Closing Ceremony of Russia Language 4

Skills Training Course* Music Gallery* News* September Emotion* Myanmar Movie “Pure Love”

8:05 am 7. Documentary8:15 am 8. Dance of National

Races8:30 am 9. Selected Songs

for 18th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetition(2011) (Modern Song)(Amateur (Second)Division) (Level Men)

8:40 am10. International News8:45 am11. Songs of Yester Years4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. The Mirror Images of

The Musical Oldies 4:20 pm 3. Dhamma Sekka

Thutta RecitingCompetition (1stPrize Winner)

('Thanlin) B.E.H.S (1)4:50 pm 4. University of

Distance Education(TV Lectures) - ThirdYear (Myanmar)

5:05 pm 5. Songs for Up-

holding NationalSpirit

5:10 pm 6. Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetition

5:20 pm 7. Selected Songs

for 18th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetition(2011) (ModernSong) (Amateur)(Second Division)(Level Men)

5:35 pm 8. Greatest Famous

Songs

6:00 pm 9. Evening News6:15 pm10. Weather Report6:20 pm11. Kyae Pwint

Myaye Yin KhoneThan

6:30 pm12. Sing A Song7:00 pm13. TV Drama Series8:00 pm14. News15. International News16. Weather Report17. 8th Myanmar

Traditional CulturalPerforming ArtsCompetition(2011) Interview(Songs)

18. Bakery World19. TV Dramma

Series20. India Dramma

Series

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr. No.

Regions/States Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 28/82 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

2 Kayah 27/81 19/66 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

3 Kayin 30/86 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

4 Chin 23/73 13/55 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

5 Upper Sagaing 31/88 22/72 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

6 Lower Sagaing 28/82 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

7 Taninthayi 29/84 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

8 Bago 32/90 22/72 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

9 Magway 30/86 25/77 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

10 Mandalay 30/86 22/72 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

11 Mon 28/82 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) 80%

12 Yangon 33/91 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

13 Rakhine 33/91 22/72 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

14 Southern Shan 21/70 15/59 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

15 Northern Shan 30/86 21/70 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

16 Eastern Shan 28/82 21/70 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

17 Ayeyawady 31/88 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 32/90 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

19 Neighbouring Yangon 33/91 24/75 One or two rain or thundershowers 80%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 30/86 22/72 One or two rain or thundershowers 80%

Summary of observations at 09:30 hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers has been Scattered in Magway and Yangon Regions and Shan State, fairly widespread in Bago, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Regions and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with regionally heavy falls in Lower Sagaing and Mandalay Regions, Kayah and Mon States and isolated heavy falls in Upper Sagaing Region.. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Kyaukse (7.51) inches, Myitthar (5.80) inches, Mandalay (4.41) inches, Sagaing (4.37) inches, Amayapura (3.92) inches, Mudon (3.46) inches, Thaton (3.23) inches, Sintkaing (3.20) inches, Kalay (3.02) inches and Loikaw (2.60) inches.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy in the North Bay. Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Sea and Southeast Bay and weak to moderate elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Squalls with moderate to rough seas are likely at times Gulf of Mottama off and along Mon-Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days

Likelihood of thurdery activities in Deltaic areas.

Denmark’s Caroline Wozniacki serves the ballto the Czech Republic’s Lucie Hradecka

during a women’s singles tennis match of theChina Open tennis competitions held at the

National Stadium court in Beijing, China, on3 Oct, 2011.—INTERNET

Roddick out, Wozniackiwins at China OpenBEIJING 3 Oct— Andy Roddick lost to

South Africa’s Kevin Anderson 4-6, 5-7 in thefirst round of the China Open on Monday, adefeat the sixth-seeded American called“unacceptable.”

On the women’s side, top-ranked CarolineWozniacki rallied from a set down to beatLucie Hradecka of the Czech Republic 3-6, 6-0, 7-5.

Roddick managed to handle Anderson’shuge serve but struggled with his own andwas broken in the seventh game to go one setdown. The second set brought more of thesame. While Roddick evened things up at 5-5, Anderson’s momentum carried himthrough.

“If I break twice and don’t win a set thatsays my serve isn’t on,” Roddick said. “It’sunacceptable.”

Wozniacki, the defending champion, wastroubled at the start against another big-servingopponent — Hradecka had nine aces to theDane’s two. But Wozniacki improved in thesecond set as Hradecka’s first servesincreasingly hit the net, saving eight of 12break points for the match.

“It wasn’t a pretty match,” Wozniackisaid. “But I’m through and that’s what’s mostimportant.”

Third-seeded Klara Zakopalova of the CzechRepublic defeated Nadia Petrova of Russia 6-3,6-7 (3), 6-1, while Maria Kirilenko of Russiabeat Julia Goerges of Germany 7-6 (9), 6-3.

Serbia’s Ana Ivanovic downed Russia’sSvetlana Kuznetsova, 6-2, 6-3, and Italy’s FlaviaPennetta defeated China’s Peng Shuai, 7-6 (6),7-5.

Wild-card entry Zheng Jie of China outlastedAlberta Brianti of Italy 4-6, 6-1, 7-5; qualifierVirginie Razzano of France defeated GiselaDulko of Argentina 6-2, 6-3; and Tamira Paszekof Austria beat Petra Cetkovska of the CzechRepublic 1-6, 6-4, 6-2.

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NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct—Speaker of Pyithu HluttawThura U Shwe Mann received a delegation led bymember of House of Representatives of Japan Mr.Ryota Takeda at the hall of Pyithu Hluttaw ofHluttaw Building, here, at 9 am today.

Also present at the call were Deputy Speakerof Pyithu Hluttaw U Nanda Kyaw Swa, Chairmanof Resources and Natural Environment Conser-vation Committee U Lun Thi, Chairman ofEconomic and Trade Development CommitteeU Maung Maung Thein, Chairman ofInternational Relations Committee U Hla MyintOo, Chairman of Investment and IndustrialDevelopment Committee U Htay Myint andofficials of the Pyithu Hluttaw office.

The member of House of Representatives ofJapan and party were accompanied by officials ofthe Japanese Embassy.

They held discussions on fostering relationsbetween two Hluttaws of both countries, andpromotion of friendly relations and businesses be-tween Myanmar and Japan.

MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann receivesmember of House of Representatives of Japan and party

Union level peace making group, “Wa” Special Region (2)peace making group hold peace talks for first time

offices, reassignment of staff, drug elimination tasks incooperation with the government and measures to betaken for border region development and arrangementsfor economy-driven industries and signed agreements.

Peace making group of the Union government led byU Aung Thaung (Pyithu Hluttaw representative ofTaungtha Township) and nine members and “Wa”special region (2) led by U Shauk Min Hlyan (vice-chairman) and 15 members attended the meeting.

After the meeting, both sides exchanged gifts. MNA

First peace talks between the peace makinggroup formed by the Union Government of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar and “Wa”

Special Region (2) peace making group inprogress.—MNA

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann receives a delegation led by member ofHouse of Representatives of Japan Mr. Ryota Takeda at the hall of Pyithu Hluttaw.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Oct — The first peace talksbetween the peace making group formed by theUnion Government of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar and “Wa” Special Region (2) peace makinggroup took place in Lashio at 9 am on 1 October.

At the meeting, Leader of “Wa” Special Region(2) peace making group U Shauk Min Hlyan said that“Wa” Special Region (2) is a part of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar; the Union and it will notsecede from the Union; it will never commit the act ofdisintegrating the Union and it will cooperate with thegovernment for peace and stability and development ofthe border region, moving ahead on ensuring internalpeace.

Furthermore, both sides discussed matters re-lated to reopening of education, health and liaison

Union Health Ministerreceives member of House of

Representatives of Japan

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