the new light of myanmar 09-12-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 237 8th Waning of Nadaw 1371 ME Wednesday, 9 December, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Dec—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein, accompanied by Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry of Defence, Minister for Hotels andTourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing, Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win, Minister for Mines Brig-GenOhn Myint, and heads of department, left here by airand arrived at Kengtung in Shan State (East) thismorning.

The Prime Minister and entourage were wel-comed at Kengtung Airport by Chairman of Shan State(East) Peace and Development Council Commanderof Triangle Region Command Maj-Gen Kyaw Phyo,Chief of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi,senior military officers, and state level departmentalofficials.

On arrival at the briefing hall of Mongnai-KengtungRailroad Project being undertaken by the MyanmaRailways of the Ministry of Rail Transportation, thePrime Minister heard a report by Project Engineer UMin San Mon on progress in building Kengtung-Monghsat section of the project. Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing of the Ministry of Defence gave a supplemen-tary report.

In response to the reports, the Prime Ministercalled for completion of the whole Kengtung-Monghsatsection on schedule by dividing the section into three

Prime Minister inspects ceremony to destroyseized narcotic drugs in Kengtung

parts and effectively using heavy machinery.The Prime Minister proceeded along the com-

pleted earthen embankment of the railroad section, andinspected construction of a conduit for the railroadproject on Hsinhnakaung Hill.

Next, the Prime Minister arrived at the sportsgrounds of the state in Kengtung, where a ceremony

to destroy seized narcotic drugs would take place,and cordially greeted ambassadors and responsiblepersons of foreign embassies, the resident coordina-tor of UN agencies, and officials, and guests.

The Prime Minister inspected the display of nar-cotics to be destroyed, and cordially greeted localpeople of national races to the ceremony.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein views seized narcotic drugs to be destroyed.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects construction of a conduit for the railroad project on Hsinhnakaung Hill in Kengtung-Monghsat

railroad section.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 9 December, 2009

Wednesday, 9 December, 2009

PERSPECTIVES

Actively and enthusiasticallypursue education

The government is taking all the neces-sary measures for harmonious developmentof both basic and higher education sectorsfor the emergence of an education systemthat can create a constant learning societycapable of facing the challenge of today’s ageof knowledge. It has also been making con-stant efforts to build infrastructures in everyregion for regional economic developmentand for parallel development of the entireUnion.

Human resources development is a pre-requisite for building a modern and devel-oped nation. Therefore, the government hasbeen building new basic education schoolsand their total number now has hit 40,679.The number of post-primary schools, whereup to grade nine students can study, hasreached 6,601; affiliated and branch middleschools total 1,723 and affiliated and branchhigh schools 1,092.

Multimedia classrooms have beenopened in basic education schools in ruralareas as well as in border areas. Thus, allthose in rural and urban areas have equalaccess to learning opportunities and it isthanks to the benefit of electronic technolo-gies.

For the youths living in various parts ofthe Union to be able to pursue higher educa-tion in their own regions, the governmenthas built 159 colleges and universities. Therewere only 32 in the past.

As the government, on its part, is fulfill-ing all the requirements for human resourcesdevelopment necessary for building a peace-ful, modern and developed nation, the newgenerations, on their part, are required toactively and enthusiastically pursue theireducation.

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

People’s Desire

YANGON, 8 Dec—The Annual General Meeting ofthe shareholders of Co-operative Bank was held atTraders Hotel here yesterday morning.

Speaking on the occasion, Minister forCooperatives Maj-Gen Tin Htut said that Co-operativeBank on one hand had to act in accord with thefinancial policies adopted by the State, on the otherhand, had to abide by the laws and regulations ofmonetary organizations, and central banks; that Co-operatives Bank needed to be main sources of capitalfor progress of all economic sectors being implemented

Shareholders of Co-operative Bank hold AGM

by the State; that Co-operative bank, in order to serveas the financial background of Co-operative Syndicatesand privates, had always been a lender to suchorganizations; that serious attention was to be paid tosustainable growth of agricultural sector, industrialsector and export sector.

Next, Chairman of the AGM President U KhinMaung Aye of Co-operative Bank gave a speech andsought approval of report of board of directors, 2008-2009 financial statement, audit report. Then newboard of directors was elected.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Dec—Deputy Minister for RailTransportation U Pe Than inspected condition of NayPyi Taw-Magway railroad section and maintenanceand repair of bridges on 3 December.

At the construction site of Ayeyawady river-crossing rail-cum-road bridge (Malun), the deputyminister left necessary instructions. He also inspectedconstruction of Magway-Kanpya railroad.

On 4 December, he inspected construction of

Rail Transportation Dy Minister inspects railroad sectionsKyangin-Pakokku railroad section and over 180 feetlong bridges along Magway-Minhla railroad section.

Next, the deputy minister looked into layingrailway between Malun station and Paytaw station,construction of 287 feet long Tanyinchaung Bridgebetween Htupauk station and Thawuthti station andrailroad works between Ywathitkyi station andThayagon station.

MNA

YANGON, 8 Dec—Medi Max Trading Co Ltdheld a ceremony tointroduce the first KoreanGinseng + Linzhi tonicHAGIN along with dinnerat Chatrium Hotel here on6 December.

It was attended byrepresentatives from

Korean Ginseng + Linzhi tonic HAGIN introduced

pharmacies, journalistsand guests. ManagingDirector Dr Zaw Tun Ayeof Medi Max Trading CoLtd extended greetingsand Mr U Chan Kim ofKorean Ginseng ResearchCo Ltd explained the factsabout the tonic.

HAGIN is the first ever

tonic which is producedby the combination ofGinseng and Linzhiwithout chemicalingredients. It is registeredtonic imported fromKorea. The tonic isdeveloped by combiningthe natural antioxidantssuch as Natural Vitamin

E, Royal Jelly and BCarotene plus to Ginsengand Linzhi. So, it canimprove the immunesystem without side effects.

For more information,contact Ph: 559518,552720, 511137, 09-5015354 and 09-5079398.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Tin Htut addresses the AGM of the shareholders of Co-operative Bank.—MNA

Chairman U Aung Naing ofAungmyaythazan Township Peace and

Development Council gives a speech at aneducative talk on tax to businessmen in the

township on 29 November.—NLM

Managing Director Dr Zaw Tun Aye of Medi Max Trading Co Ltdgives a speech at the dinner of the company.

MNA

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A Pakistani nurse tends to an injured girl at a localhospital in Lahore, Pakistan, on 7 Dec, 2009. Twosynchronized bombs ripped through a market popu-lar with women in the eastern Pakistani city of La-hore on Monday, igniting a massive fire and killing dozens of people, authorities said.—INTERNET

S Korea likelyto deploy up to350 troops toAfghanistanSEOUL, 8 Dec — South

Korea said on Tuesday itfinalized on its Afghani-stan troop deploymentplan, set to deploy up to350 troops to the CentralAsian country for twoand a half years as part ofthe US-led reconstructionprogramme.

According to a state-ment by the Ministry ofNational Defence, theSouth Korean govern-ment plans to send atmost 350 troops toParwan Province, northof Kabul, in order to pro-tect the South KoreanProvincial Reconstruc-tion Team (PRT).

Xinhua

Alleged US missiles kill threein Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 8 Dec — Suspected US missiles killedthree people in a Taleban-riddled northwest regionearly on Tuesday, intelligence officials said, as Pa-kistanis reeled from a day’s worth of bombings thatkilled at least 59 in the US-allied, nuclear-armednation.

The bombings signalled a relentless determina-tion on the part of the militants, who — despite be-ing pressured by a major army offensive along oneof their Afghan border strongholds — have sustaineda retaliatory campaign since October that has killedmore than 400 people. The missile strike came asUS Defence Secretary Robert Gates said Washing-ton was ready to work more closely with Pakistan assoon as Islamabad.—Internet

Venezuela acquires thousands of missiles

Gas line explodesat Ill factory;

debris kills oneBELVIDERE, 8 Dec — A

gas line exploded onMonday at a technologyplant in northern Illinois,sending aloft debris thatkilled a man at a nearbyhighway rest area.

The explosion rockedthe NDK America Inc.plant in Belvidere, about70 miles northwest ofChicago, sending trem-bles through buildings asfar as a mile away andechoing throughout thecommunity of about20,000 people.

“It sounded like a traf-fic accident — a boom,”said Greg Brown, a schooldistrict official. “Wethought someone droppedsomething on the roof. Itwas like a little earth-quake.”—Internet

Workers walk back to their factory at an industrial area of the western Indiancity of Surat on 25 November, 2009. Just next to India’s west coast, Surat islearning to live with big upheavals and now wants to become a front-runnerin preparing for the impact of climate change in a country with fast-rising

emissions but generally low environmental awareness.—INTERNET

CARACAS, 8 Dec —President Hugo Chavezsaid on Monday that Ven-ezuela has received thou-sands of Russian-mademissiles and rocketlaunchers as part of hisgovernment’s militarypreparations for a possiblearmed conflict withneighbouring Colombia.

“They are preparing awar against us,” Chavezsaid during a televisedaddress, repeating acharge he has been mak-ing for months. “Prepar-

ing is one of the best waysto neutralize it.”

Both Colombia andWashington deny havingany plans to attack Ven-ezuela, but Chavez arguesthey are plotting togethera military offensiveagainst Venezuela.Chavez says his govern-ment is acquiring moreweapons as a precau-tion.

“Thousands of mis-siles are arriving,” Chavezsaid. The former para-trooper-turned-presidentdid not specify what typeof missiles, but said Ven-ezuela’s growing arsenalincludes Russian-madeIgla-1S surface-to-air

missiles and rocket-pro-pelled grenades.

Chavez, who has beenfeuding with Colombiafor months, claims anagreement between Bo-gota and Washington al-lowing the US military toincrease its presence atseven Colombian militarybases poses a threat to hiscountry. Colombia saysthe deal is only to help itfight the war on drugs andinsurgents inside its terri-tory.

Chavez also said Mon-day that Russian tanks,including T-72s, will bearriving “to strengthenour armoupred divisions.”

Internet

At least 49 dead in marketbombs

LAHORE, 8 Dec — Police scoured the charredwreckage of a market in Pakistan’s second biggestcity Lahore on Tuesday for clues into twin bombblasts blamed on Taleban rebels that killed at least49 people. Two bombs planted 30 metres (yards)apart blew up within seconds of each other at thebustling Moon Market in central Lahore, engulfingthe area in flames as people were milling around theshops and restaurants.

Attacks blamed on militants have surged this yearas Pakistani troops battle the Taleban in the ruggedtribal regions near the Afghan border, under heavyUS pressure to do more to destroy extremist strong-holds.—Internet

127 Iraqis killed in spate of deadlybombings in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 8 Dec—Five massive carbombings hit the Iraqicapital on Tuesday, killinga total of 127 people andwounding 448, in the thirddeadliest series of attackssince August.

The attacks camehours before the Iraqipresidency council fixed anew date for the country’scrucial parliamentaryelections on 6 March.

The first attackoccurred at about 10:25am (0725GMT) when acar loaded with explosiveswent off at the park of thenew seat of the FinanceMinistry after a massivetruck bombing on August

19 badly damaged itsoriginal building inWaziriya district.

Seconds later, anothercar bombing took placenear an intersection close tothe Interior Ministry ineastern Baghdad, while athird car bombingdetonated in the park of acourt near the Institution ofFine Arts in Baghdad’swestern district ofMansour.

The bombing at thecourt building apparentlytargeted the part of thebuilding occupied by the

federal court which movedrecently from its originalplace in the building of theJustice Ministry inSalhiyah which wasdestroyed by a massivetruck bombing on 25October.

A minute later, afourth car bombing carriedout by a minibus loadedwith explosives went off atthe intersection of theNidaa mosque, near theMinistry of Labor andSocial Affairs in the al-

Qahira neighborhood innortheastern Baghdad.

The powerful blastdestroyed dozens ofcivilian cars which werecrowded at the inter-section. “I saw dozens ofcars were charred andmany bodies werescattered at the site andsome parts of humanbodies were thrown on theroofs of nearby buildings,”Jamal al-Obiedi, a witnessat the scene told Xinhua.

Xinhua

Map locates Tuesday's five bombing

sites in areas in Baghdad.

INTERNET

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A worker puts a TV set onto a disassemble line at a recycling plant. A multi-billion dollar pump-priming plan unveiled by the Japanese government is

meant to boost a gradual return to health from the country’s worst post-warrecession, a rebound that started early this year but is now threatened by

deflation and the strong yen’s impact on exports.—INTERNET

A woman collectschemically pollutedwater from a tap in

Ahmedabad, westernIndia, in November.India’s giant TataGroup on Monday

unveiled a new low-cost water purifier,which it hopes will

provide safe drinkingwater for millions andcut the toll of deadlydiseases.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 8 Dec—Japan’s government agreed on a7.2 trillion yen ($81 billion) stimulus package on Tues-day, aiming to prevent the economy from tipping backinto recession as deflation persists and a strong yenthreatens exports.

Economists said the spending, equal to about 1.5percent of gross domestic output, would not providea significant lift to an economy dependent on over-seas demand for machinery, electronics and cars.

The package was due to be compiled on Friday butthe ruling party was forced to add 100 billion yen inspending to appease a small coalition partner whose sup-port is needed to enact legislation smoothly.—Internet

KATHMANDU, 8 Dec—China and India will be themajor markets for Nepal in the upcoming Nepal Tour-ism Year 2011 campaign, Secretary of Ministry ofTourism and Civil Aviation Nagendra Ghimire hassaid.

Speaking at the celebration of the 65th InternationalCivil Aviation Day on Monday, Nagendra Ghimire saidthat tourist arrivals from these countries would makea huge difference in Nepal’s tourism, local media re-ported on Tuesday.

Xinhua

HONG KONG, 8 Dec—Hong Kong saw the totalport cargo throughput fallto 64.4 million tons in thethird quarter of the year,down 4 percent over thesame period last year, thelocal statistical authoritysaid on Monday.

Within this total, in-ward port cargo dropped2 percent to 36.3 milliontons and outward portcargo fell 7 percent to28.1 million tons, theHong Kong Census and

HK port cargo throughput down 4% in Q3Statistics Departmentsaid.

Seaborne cargo fell 7percent to 43.1 milliontons over the same periodlast year, while river cargorose 1 percent to 21.3 mil-lion tons.

Imports rose 5 per-cent to 19.5 million tonswhile inward tranship-ments fell 9 percent to16.8 million tons in thethird quarter.

Exports and outwardtranshipments dropped 8

percent to 10.3 milliontons and 6 percent to 17.8million tons.

Hong Kong port han-dled 5.6 million Twenty-feet Equivalent Units(TEUs) of containers,down 16 percent over lastyear.

Within this total, ladencontainers went down 13percent to 4.8 millionTEUs, while empty con-tainers fell 28 percent to0.8 million TEUs.

Xinhua

Japan unveils $81 billioneconomic stimulus

Nepal targets China, Indiaon tourism in 2011

United Nations Secretary-General’sMessage on International

Anti-Corruption Day9 December 2009

The theme of this year’s observance of theInternational Anti-Corruption Day “don’t letcorruption kill development” highlights one of thebiggest impediments to the world’s efforts to reachthe Millennium Development Goals.

When public money is stolen for private gain, itmeans fewer resources to build schools, hospitals,roads and water treatment facilities. When foreignaid is diverted into private bank accounts, majorinfrastructure projects come to a halt. Corruptionenables fake or substandard medicines to be dumpedon the market, and hazardous waste to be dumped inlandfill sites and in oceans. The vulnerable sufferfirst and worst.

But corruption is not some vast impersonalforce. It is the result of personal decisions, mostoften motivated by greed. Development is not theonly casualty. Corruption steals elections. Itundermines the rule of law. And it can jeopardizesecurity. As we have seen over the last year, it canalso have a serious impact on the internationalfinancial system.

Fortunately, there is a way to fight back. TheUnited Nations Convention against Corruption isthe world’s strongest legal instrument to buildintegrity and fight corruption. A new mechanismdecided on at the recent Conference of States Partiesin Doha means that, from now on, States will bejudged by the actions they take to fight corruption,not just the promises they make.

The private sector should not lag behindGovernments. Businesses must also preventcorruption within their ranks, and keep bribery outof tendering and procurement processes. I urge theprivate sector to adopt anti-corruption measures inline with the UN Convention. Companiesparticularly those that subscribe to the 10th principleof the Global Compact, to work against corruptionshould pledge not to cheat, and should openthemselves up to peer review to ensure that everyoneis playing by the same rules.

We all have a part to play. On InternationalCorruption Day 2009, I urge all people to join the UNanti-corruption campaign at www.yournocounts.org.And I encourage everyone to make a pledge: never tooffer or accept a bribe. Live by that motto, and theworld will be a more honest place and we will increasethe chances of reaching the Millennium DevelopmentGoals.—UNIC

SKorea-ledconsortium,

Georgia

in $1 billion dealSEOUL, 8 Dec—A con-

sortium led by South Ko-rea’s state power supplierKEPCO on Tuesdaysigned a deal for a one-bil-lion-dollar project to buildhydroelectric power plantsin Georgia, officials said.

KEPCO said it signeda memorandum of under-standing with Georgia’senergy ministry to buildthree plants at Namak-hvani in the north to pro-duce a combined 450megawatts.This would ac-count for 13 percent of thecountry’s power supply, itsaid.—Internet

Iran to launch oil, gas explora-tion in Caspian Sea

TEHERAN, 8 Dec— Iranis to start explorationdrillings in the CaspianSea for oil and gas by theend of the current Iranianyear (21 March, 2010),the local satellite PressTV reported on Monday.

With the inaugurationand operation of Iran-Alborz semi-floating rig,the country can reach ahigh level of technicalknowledge and oil indus-try technology in deepwaters, Press TV quotedan Iranian official atKhazar Exploration andProduction Co (KEPCO)as saying.

“There is a bright pros-pect of finding reserves ofcrude oil in the region... inthe Caspian Sea,” Mah-moud Zirakchianzadeh, amember of KEPCO’sboard of directors, said onMonday.

Earlier in July, Iran an-nounced that the countrywould launch explorationof oil and gas using its do-mestically-built semi-floating drilling rig in theCaspian Sea.

Iran-Alborz weighs14,000 tons and is the larg-est in the Middle East,Iran’s Oil MinisterGholam Hossein Nozarisaid in July.—Xinhua

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Russia, India agree on nuclearcooperation, warship overhaul

Russia’s President Dmitry Medvedev (L) shakeshands with India’s Prime Minister ManmohanSingh as they meet in Moscow’s Kremlin, on 7

Dec, 2009. —XINHUA

Elephant kills fourin central NepalKATHMANDU, 8 Dec—At

least four including threeof a family died in el-ephant attack in Dhanushadistrict in central Nepal onMonday. According tomyrepublica com report,the elephant has killedfour locals of Godar vil-lage, some 125 km southof Kathmandu.

Half-a-dozen otherswere injured in stampedewhen the villagers whowere either collecting tim-bers or guarding grazinganimals ran towards vil-lage. According to policeinspector Shyam KC, theelephant moved towardsChisapani village.

Xinhua

MOSCOW, 8 Dec—Rus-sia and India agreed onMonday to boost coopera-tion in the civilian nuclearenergy sector, while finallyending a dispute over awarship overhaul.

After formal talks withRussian President DmitryMedvedev on Monday,visiting Indian PrimeMinister Manmohan Singhtold reporters that Russiawould help build fourmore nuclear reactors inIndia, in addition to thenuclear power plant inKudankulam that is sched-uled to be launched nextyear.

These four reactors will

be built after a new sitewas selected in West Ben-gal, said Singh.

The Kudankulam nu-clear power plant, de-signed by Russia usingRussian technology andexpertise, is currently un-der construction.

“We are at the finalstage of the Kudankulamproject. If everything goeswell, we’ll complete nextyear the launch of the firststage of the Kudankulamnuclear power plant,” theRIA Novosti news agencyquoted Russia’s nuclearchief Sergei Kiriyenko assaying.

On Monday, Russia and

India also signed an agree-ment on cooperation in ci-vilian nuclear energy use,which, Kiriyenko said,was worth several dozenbillions of US dollars.

Singh voiced satisfac-tion over his country’s nu-clear energy cooperationwith Russia, whileMedvedev said the agree-ment paved the way forlarge-scale joint work incivilian nuclear energyuse. Meanwhile, the twocountries have finallyended a dispute over theAdmiral Gorshkov aircraftcarrier, according to aKremlin source.

Xinhua

China stresses “green economies” and South-Southcooperation at UNIDO conference

Russia to launch MIM1module to ISS next year

MOSCOW, 8 Dec—Russia is scheduled to launch aMIM1experiment module to the International SpaceStation (ISS) next year, said the head of Russia’s aero-space conglomerate on Monday.

The 7.9-ton module, temporarily named “Twilight”(Sumerki), had been assembled and is awaiting ship-ment to the United States in mid-December, said VitalyLopota, president of Russia’s Energia Aerospace Cor-poration, in Korolev in the Moscow region.

It will be sent to the ISS by a US space shuttle in May2010, together with a storage of some 1.4 tons of UScargoes, Lopota added. It is reported that “Twilight” willbe deployed to conduct a series of scientific experiments,especially studies on biotechnology and hylology.

Currently there are 10 modules on the ISS, with theRussian segment consisting of Zvezda service mod-ule, Zarya functional cargo module, Pirs docking sta-tion and Poisk scientific module.

The Poisk, which will be formally deployed this month,is the first of three components Russia is planning to addto the space station in the next three years.—Xinhua

Two killedin Airplane crash

in US state of TexasHOUSTON, 8 Dec—Two

people were killed onMonday when a smallairplane crashed near anairport in the US state ofTexas, officials said.

The turboprop-poweredairplane crashed shortlyafter 11:30 am Monday onfinal approach to Austin-Bergstrom InternationalAirport, Texas, killing aman and a boy aboard, ac-cording to records from theFederal Aviation Adminis-tration (FAA). It was notclear whether the two wererelated. The FAA recordsindicate the plane was reg-istered to a Texas attorney.

Yellow tape surroundedthe crash site, where debrislay in an open field in arural farmland area.

Xinhua

A salesclerk shows a gold bar with the sign of tigerat the Caibai department store in Beijing, capitalof China, on 7 Dec, 2009. The gold bars carrying

the sign of tiger ranging from 50 grams, 100grams, 200 grams, 500 grams and one kilogramwill be on sale at the store on 8 Dec.—XINHUA

People pose for agroup photo while

visiting Chinese missilefrigate “Xuzhou” at a

port in the state ofSelangor of Malaysiaon 7 Dec, 2009. Themissile frigate of the

third Chinese fleet forescort mission against

pirates arrived inMalaysia on 6 Dec to

start a three-dayfriendship visit afterending its mission.

XINHUA

Canada to host G20 summit in TorontoOTTAWA, 8 Dec—Canada will host the G20 summit

on 26-27 June, 2010 in its biggest city Toronto, PrimeMinister Stephen Harper confirmed on Monday.

Days before that, Canada will host the G8 summitin the small city of Huntsville in central Ontario prov-ince, about 200 kilometres north of Toronto.

Canada has planned to host the G20 summit inHuntsville too, but officials say the huge hotel demandand challenging security tasks are beyond the city’sabilities. Hosting a G20 summit implies finding at least10,000 hotel rooms and providing air-tight securityfor more than 30 international delegations. Huntsvillehas 1,000 rooms at most, officials say.—Xinhua

VIENNA, 8 Dec—Chi-nese Vice Minister ofCommerce Yi Xiaozhun,China’s representative tothe 13th session of theUNIDO General Confer-ence, said in Vienna onMonday that China con-siders green industry thedirection of economic de-velopment in the future.

At the 13th session of theUnited Nations IndustrialDevelopment Organization(UNIDO) General Confer-

ence, Yi pointed out that“low-carbon economy,green industries, energysaving and new energy arewhere future economicgrowth will come from.”Therefore, countries needto align their near-term eco-nomic priorities with long-term economic prospects.“While enabling economicrecovery, we shouldoptimize the energy mix,promote industrial upgrad-ing and develop green

economies,” he said. In his speech, Yi also

introduced the measuresChina has taken in thisarea. In response to the se-rious impact of the globalfinancial crisis and grow-ing domestic energy andenvironmental constraints,the Chinese governmenthas adopted such measuresas maintaining growth,expanding domestic de-mand and readjusting eco-nomic structure.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Indonesia’s tallest manSuparwono(C) is measured by

officials of the Indonesian Museumof Records during an awards cer-emony in Jakarta. The Indonesian

labourer who hoped to be named theworld’s tallest man is actually fivecentimetres (almost two inches)

shorter than record-holder SultanKosen of Turkey, an official

said.

A young girl looks at an art exhibit byartist Jorge Pineda, of the DominicanRepublic, at the opening of ‘The Glo-bal Caribbean’ exhibit in the Little Haitiarea of Miami. The exhibit includespaintings, sculpture and other instal-lations by 25 contemporary artists fromCuba, Trinidad, Haiti, the Bahamas and other Caribbean countries.

This undated photo provided byChristie’s in New York shows the Olivettimanual typewriter on which authorCormac McCarthy typed all of his nov-els from 1958 to 2009, including ‘TheRoad’ and ‘No Country for Old Men.’The typewriter and its original blue car-rying case was sold at auction byChristie’s for $254,500, in New York.

Mother gives birthaboard airplane

An expectant mother gave birth to ababy boy aboard a Southwest Airlinesplane in flight Friday morning north ofDenver, authorities said.

“We now have a new passenger,” aflight attendant announced on the jet’spublic address system after the delivery.

The flight, scheduled from Chicagoto Salt Lake City, was diverted to Denverwhen the mother went into labour,KMGH-TV, Denver, reported.

Flight attendants aboard the 737Bthrew down a blanket in the back of thecabin. A doctor who happened to be onboard delivered the baby while in con-tact with Stat Med, a company withwhich Southwest contracts for medicalemergencies.

After the plane landed at Denver In-ternational Airport, paramedics trans-ported the mother and newborn to TheMedical Centre of Aurora.

Active commuting cantake place of gym

Active commuting — walking, cy-cling or skating to and from work orschool — can make all the difference inbeing physically active, New York offi-cials say.

Sixty-eight percent of adults livingin New York City reported walking orbiking at least 10 blocks to run errandsor get to work or school during thepast month, a report by the city healthdepartment said.

Sixteen percent of working adults inNew York count walking or biking aspart of their daily commute.

“Just 10 minutes of exercise at a timecan improve long-term health,” Dr Tho-mas Farley, New York City health com-missioner, said in a statement. “Activecommuting is an excellent way to in-corporate more exercise into a daily rou-tine.”

However, the report pointed out thatpeople become less active with age.Twenty-four percent of 18- to 24-year-old New Yorkers report fewer than 10blocks of active travel during the pastmonth, but the proportion grows to 27percent among 25- to 44-year-olds, 34percent among 45- to 64-year-olds and46 percent among those age 65 andolder.

A nurse checks aninjured Yucai MiddleSchool student in a

hospital in Xiangxiang,in south China’s Hunan

Province, on 8 Dec,2009.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 8 Dec—Eight youths were killed and 26injured when students descending a crowded staircaseafter evening classes at a school in central China losttheir footing amid a crush of bodies, state media andthe local government reported on Tuesday.

Students were rushing out of evening study sessionsat 9:10 pm on Monday (1310 GMT) at Xiangxiang city’sprivate Yucai Middle School when some lost their foot-ing and began to fall on top of one another in a stampedeon the steps. More than 400 students had been exitingclassrooms via an enclosed stairwell just 4 feet (1.2 me-tres) wide, according to state broadcaster CCTV.

The dead were listed as seven boys and one girl,aged 11-14, while eight other students were hospital-ized with serious injuries, according to a local gov-ernment notice and the official Xinhua News Agency.

CCTV footage shot five hours after the tragedy showeda puddle of blood in a corner of a landing in the darkened,tunnel-like stairwell. “I just can’t describe how I feel,”school guidance counselor Chen Xinwei told the station.“You see these students so full of life and then they’re justgone in an instant. There’s just no way to process it,” Chensaid.

Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 8 Dec—The Indian Navy on Mon-day thwarted a piracy at-tempt on a Norwegian-flagged tanker off theGulf of Aden, the Indo-Asian News Service re-ported.

The Indian Navy ship,on anti-piracy patrol inone of the busiest sealanes in the Gulf of Aden,got a distress signal thatpirates started approach-ing the Norwegian tanker.It immediately launched ahelicopter to thwart theattempt, the report quotedan Indian Navy spokes-person as saying.

The helicopter pre-vented the piracy attemptwhile the warship arrivedin the area, said the report.

An Indian Navy war-

DUBAI, 8 Dec—Aspokesman for Al-Qaedain the Islamic Maghrebclaimed the kidnappingsof one Frenchman andthree Spaniards, seizedlate last month in Maliand Mauritania, in asound tape released onTuesday by Al-Jazeeratelevision.

“Two units of the val-iant mujahedeen managedto kidnap four Europeans

CHICAGO, 8 Dec—Aformer Minnesota danceinstructor who becameparalyzed and is confinedto a wheelchair after eat-ing a contaminated ham-

Woman sickened by hamburger sues Cargillburger has sued agricul-ture conglomerate CargillInc for allegedly produc-ing the E coli-tainted beef,her attorney said on Mon-day.

Separately, a Cargillunit is recalling more than20,000 lbs of beef due topossible salmonella con-tamination that may havesickened two other peo-ple.

In a case filed lastweek, 22-year-old Steph-anie Smith of Cold Sp-ring, Minnesota, suedCargill in the US DistrictCourt in Minnesota in

connection with thetainted hamburger thatleft her paralyzed and se-riously ill. She may neverrecover to lead a normallife, her attorney BillMarler told Reuters.

Marler, who special-izes in foodborne illnesslaw, said Cargill andSmith’s family had beenin negotiations for a set-tlement prior to the suitbeing filed.

“We are worlds aparton what this kid needs forher future,” her attorneysaid. “We had no alterna-tive but to file.”—Internet

Al-Qaeda claims kidnappings ofthree Europeans

in two distinct operations:the first in Mali whereFrenchman Pierre Cama-tte was seized on 25November, and the sec-ond in Muaritania wherethree Spaniards wereheld on 29 November,”spokesman Saleh AbuMohammad said.

The spokesman, whoidentified the Spanishhostages, added that“France anhd Spain will

be informed later of thelegitimate demands of themujahedeen.” He did notgo into detail about thedemands.

Al-Qaeda in the Is-lamic Maghreb is an off-shoot of Osama bin Lad-en’s Al-Qaeda, the terrorgroup that claimed re-sponsibility for the 9/11bombings in the UnitedStates.

Internet

Indian Navy thwartspiracy attempt on tanker

off Gulf of Adenship has been patrollingthe piracy-infested Gulfof Aden since last yearand has thwarted severalpiracy attempts on com-mercial vessels by thepirates. —Xinhua

Eight killed, 26 injuredin China school stampede

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NAY PYI TAW, 8 Dec— The first round matchesof the 48th Defence Services Commander-in-Chief'sTrophy (Army, Navy and Air) Football Tournament2009 continued at designated sports grounds thisevening.

In Group (A) matches held in Eastern CommandZone (Taunggyi), Yangon Command beat South-West Command 3-0 while No. 11 LID won over No.22 LID 2-0, in Group (C) in North-West CommandZone (Monywa), Southern Command made narrowwin 1-0 over Western Command team-B while South-East Command team-B crippled Triangle RegionCommand team-B 3-1. In Group (D) in SouthernCommand Zone (Toungoo), Northern Commandhammered Coastal Region Command team-B 2-0while North-West Command beat North-EastCommand team-A 1-0.

MNA

Tatmadaw FootballTourney (2009) continues

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Dec—Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Development Council Commander ofWestern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye addressedthe World AIDS Day 2009 commemorative ceremonyat the hall of Sittway Township, Rakhine State on 3December.

Commander Maj-Gen Thaung Aye nextpresented prizes to the prize winning students in theWorld AIDS Day 2009 commemorative contests. Healso viewed the prize winning essays, paintings andwall posters.

MNA

World AIDS Day 2009marked in Rakhine State

scale Industries Director-General of the CottageIndustries Department U Win Myint; Chairman ofSubcommittee for Development of Steel Industryand Subcommittee for Rubber TechnologyDevelopment Deputy Minister for Rail TransportationThura U Thaung Lwin; Chairman of Subcommitteefor Development of Human Resources DeputyMinister for Labour Brig-Gen Tin Tun Aung;Chairman of Subcommittee for SupervisingAutomobile Production Deputy Minister for Industry-2 Lt-Col Khin Maung Kyaw; Chairman ofSubcommittee for Drawing Industrial Law Director-

Work coord meetingon industrial

development held

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Dec—The Myanmar IndustrialDevelopment Work Committee and 10 subcommitteesheld a meeting to coordinate work for industrialdevelopment at the Ministry of Industry-2 at complexbuilding No (30) here this morning.

Chairman of the Work Committee Minister forIndustry-2 Vice-Admiral Soe Thein in his speechdealt with necessary measures for industrialdevelopment inclusive of speeding up theindustrialization of the nation, improving the industrialsector, and development of human resources.

Vice-Chairman of Subcommittee for Productionof Farm Machinery and Machine Tools Director-General of the Agriculture Mechanization DepartmentU Win Maw; Chairman of Subcommittee forStandardization and Quality Improvement DeputyMinister for Commerce Brig-Gen Aung Tun;Chairman of Subcommittee for Industrial ResearchDevelopment and Technology Dissemination DeputyMinister for Science and Technology U Kyaw Soe;Secretary of Subcommittee for Development of Small-

General of the Attorney-General’s Office U HanNyunt; Chairman of Subcommittee for IndustrialInformation Director-General of the Information andPublic Relations Department U Ye Htut; anddepartmental officials presented reports on workprogress.

Secretary of the Work Committee Director-General of the Directorate of Myanma IndustrialPlanning reported on work done by the workcommittee.

The minister responded to the reports and gaveconcluding remarks.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein greets locals at ceremony to incinerate narcotic drugsseized in Eastern Shan State area. (News on Page-1)—MNA

PrimeMinisterGeneral

Thein Seingreets

diplomats,UN

AgenciesResident

Coordinatorand guests

atceremony

toincineratenarcoticdrugs.

(News onPage-1)

MNA

Minister for Industry-2 Vice-Admiral

Soe Thein addresses work coordination

meeting on industrial development.—MNA

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(from page 16)Again on 7 August

2009, a joint team ofsecurity forces, based onthe information from localpeople, exposed and seized37,600 ATS tablets fromMae Khong quarter inTachilek.

When a combinedsecurity forces searched ahouse on 24 August 2009at Wan Li village, HongLeik quarters, Tachilek,they discovered a singlelong rifle, one pistol, (108)9mm Luca bullets, 964,000

ATS tablets, 21 kilos ofheroin powder and 102blocks of heroin inside thehouse and in the car parkedwithin the compound andwere accordingly seized.Through furtherinvestigations, additional196,200 ATS tablets, 2blocks of heroin, and 10kilos of ICE from a housein Wan Lone village and,24 grams of ICE and 11grams of Khut-khu from ahouse at outer Taw Kawtvillage in Houng Leikquarters, Tachilek were

uncovered and seized.On 11 September, a

joint team of security forcesuncovered and seized2,632,000 ATS tablets, (5)38mm bullets, (29) 32mm

bullets, (70) 6.5mm bullets,(2) 5.56 mm bullets totaling106 and a grenade from ahouse of Houng Leikquarters, Tachilek.

Similarly on 18October, the joint teammanaged to seize 80,000ATS tablets, 10 short M16magazines, 195 m-16bullets (100) 9mm bullets

from a vehicle at WanKyauk Lon village,Tachilek township.

The anti-narcotic taskforces, in close cooperationwith the local population,

have been stepping upmeasures to suppress thetransport and use ofprecursor chemicals whichare the key substance usedin manufacturing ATStablets. Thus, it has reachedto a point that precursorchemicals are not easilyavailable and drugs dealersare now using all available

avenues to smuggle inpharmaceutical drugs thatcontains pseudo ephedrinefrom a neighbouringcountry. As soon as werealize that ephedrine, thekey chemical required tomanufacture ATS can beextracted from thispharmaceutical product, weconcentrated our efforts tocombat smuggling ofpseudo ephedrine.

A developing nationlike ours do not have themeans and capacity toproduce precursorchemicals – only theindustrialized countries cando it. As such, thesechemicals are brought infrom neighbouringcountries and though theyare being smuggled in aspure chemicals in the past,recent developments hadprompted manufactures tosmuggle them under theguise of pharmaceuticalproducts. Consequently,countries within the regionare exchanging informationto combat the changingtrends resulting in seizuresof pseudo ephedrine drugsused for extracting requiredraw chemicals.

A joint enforcementteam uncovered and seized8.16 million pseudoephedrine tablets on 18February 2009 from 4trawler-gy vehicles at ChinShwe Haw check point.Further investigation revealthat these tablets are fromthe other side of bordertown.

Another 414,700tablets of illegal pseudoephedrine were seized on aToyota Hilux vehicle by acombined security forceson 6 May at Wan Tar Pinjoint inspection gate in

Kengtung.Again on 1 September,

a combined security forcesfound and seized 48,870tablets of pseudo ephedrinetablets hidden inside amotor cycle on No. 1Friendship Bridge inTachilek.

Similarly, a combinedteam of security forcesseized 31 different types ofpharmaceutical drugs thatcontain pseudo ephedrinetotaling 1.68 million tabletson a six-wheel type Hinobus at Naung Noun jointinspection gate at Kengtungon 14 October.

A combined team, at10:30 pm on 10 November,seized 4,567,255 tablets ofpseudo ephedrine tablets ona Nissan 12-wheel truck at16-mile Kyaukchaw checkpoint in PatheingyiTownship. Through furtherinvestigation, additional445,230 tablets of pseudoephedrine were uncoveredat a house in Aung-myaythazan Township at11:00 am. Follow upinformation and actionresulted in additionalseizure of 2,239,550 tabletsof pseudo ephedrine from aFuso 10-wheel truck in thesame place in PatheingyiTownship. The total seizurewas 7,252,035 tablets, allof which were found to befrom neighbouringcountries, according to thelogo on the tablets.

There is no drugswithout raw chemicalsknown as precursor. NoPrecursor, No Drugs. It isof great importance tocollaborate and cooperatewith our neighbouringcountries to deter the tideof precursor chemicalschanging its flow illegallyinto our country.

That our anti-drug lawenforcement agencies hadsucceeded in preventingsuch precursor chemicalsevolving into lifethreatening substancesknown as narcotic drugshad doubtlesslyprohibited the productionof narcotic drugs in a hugequantity.

The amount of narcoticdrugs, ATS tablets,precursor chemicals andaffiliated paraphernaliaseized in Eastern Shan Statesince 26 June 2009 till nowis 6,998,554 tablets of ATS, (See page 9)Local people at the destruction ceremony of narcotic drugs seized in Eastern Shan State area.—MNA

Minister U Nyan Win and Singaporean Ambassador HE Mr Robert Chua Hian Kong press thebutton to incinerate seized narcotic drugs.—MNA

Chief ofMPF

Brig-GenKhin Yipresses

the buttonto

incinerateseized

narcoticdrugs.

MNA

TownselderU SaiAungKhampresses

the buttonto

incinerateseized

narcoticdrugs.

MNA

K 93 billion worth of narcotic drugs…

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(from page 8)819.7536 kilos of Heroin,10.045 kilos of ICE,156.31855 kilos of rawopium, 0.18 kilo of ATSpowder, 0.0394 kilo ofdamped ATS, 1031 kilosof caffeine, 0.031 kilo ofopium oil, 0.018 kilo ofdried opium bits.

The total amount ofseized drugs, chemicalsand affiliated parapherna-lia to be burnt and de-stroyed valued over K 93billion, which if convertedinto US dollar, is over 93million.

Myanmar ferventlybelieves that it is the re-sponsibility of the nationto strive utmost in com-bating and eradicatingnarcotic drugs. With thisserious and intense en-deavour, it has laid downtwo strategies and threetactics in accord with theguidance of its Head ofState and adopted andimplemented 15-yeardrug elimination pro-gramme starting from1999 to 2014, making use

of its own natural re-sources.

As the programmehad now reached the tailend of the second 5-yearphase of its duration, ourquest to eradicate narcoticdrugs can be said to haveattained some consider-able achievements. Thegovernment, on one hand,is scaling up law enforce-ment measures to combatthe menace of drugs andto reduce its production,on the other hand, is alsocooperating withUNODC to reduce thedemand for drugs.UNODC had proclaimedthat “No individual, fam-ily, or community is safewhere illicit drugs takecontrol.” In Compliancewith the proclamation,nationwide campaignshad been launched to in-form and educate thecommunities on the haz-ards of drugs and are lend-ing treatment and reha-bilitation services for drugusers who want to endtheir habits.

Myanmar, is beingfully conscious of the factthat it cannot single-handedly combat narcoticdrugs and cooperationwith the internationalcommunity, neighbouringnations and regionalcountries is essential ineradication of narcoticdrugs, had accordingly,signed bilateral MoU andcooperating with India,Bangladesh, Vietnam,Laos, Russian Federation,Philippines, China and

Thailand.In conclusion, the sig-

nificant drug seizuresmentioned above clearlyindicated that Myanmar isemploying the three tac-tics for combating anderadicating narcotic drugs,which are supply elimina-tion, demand elimination,and law enforcement,hand in hand with the pub-lic in at unambiguousmanner. Responsible pub-lic officials, together withmembers of the communi-ties who are entirelyagainst drug use and who

are fully familiar with thehazards this habit entails,will continue to work tothis end throughout thenation. The strength andwisdom of our people willbe utilized continuouslyand vigorously in workingtowards prevalence ofpeace, tranquillity, law andorder and in developingEastern Shan State region.At the same time, we willall strive relentlessly toachieve the targets pre-scribed in the aforesaid15-year drug eradicationprogramme.

Next, Dean of Diplo-matic Corps, ambassa-dors, personnel from em-bassies, resident repre-sentatives of UN agen-

cies, Yangon-based drugabuse control officers, andresponsible persons, re-porters and foreign corre-spondents viewed thedocumentary photos andinspected the drugs to beput in blaze.

Next, Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin, Chief of MPF Brig-Gen Khin Yi, Dean ofDiplomatic CorpsSingaporean AmbassadorMr Robert Chua HianKong and senior citizen USai Aung Kham ofKengtung pressed the but-

ton to burn the drugs andthe ceremony concludedat 2.40 pm. The amount ofnarcotic drugs destroyedtoday was 6,998,554 tab-lets of ATS, 819.7536 ki-los of Heroin, 10.045 ki-los of ICE, 156.31855 ki-los of raw opium, 0.18

kilo of ATS powder,0.0394 kilo of dampedATS, 1031 kilos of caf-feine, 0.031 kilo of opiumoil, 0.018 kilo of driedopium bits. The totalamount of seized drugs,chemicals and affiliatedparaphernalia destroyedvalued over K 93 billion,or equal to US dollar, over93 million.

Afterwards, Dean ofDiplomatic Corps, am-bassadors, personnel fromembassies, resident repre-sentatives of UN agen-cies, Yangon-based drug

abuse control officers, andresponsible persons, re-porters and foreign corre-spondents in companywith personnel concernedlooked round Kengtung ina motorcade and left thetown in the evening.

MNA

US, British embassy staff visit NLDHeadquarters 26 times in November

YANGON, 8 Dec—The public have condemnedthe NLD and remained constant vigilance against itsHeadquarters that has been contacting with the USand British Embassies in Yangon and following theirinstructions.

The staff of those embassies visited the NLDHeadquarters 26 times in the month of November2009. They met NLD CEC members and sent classi-fied documents.—MNA

The Dean of Diplomatic Corps, ambassadors, diplomats, residentrepresentatives of UN agencies, Yangon-based drug abuse control

officers, responsible persons, and local and foreign correspondentsview seized narcotic drugs.—MNA

Photo shows narcotic drugs to be incinerated at the destruction ceremony of narcotic drugs inEastern Shan State.—MNA

K 93 billion worth of narcotic drugs…

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These days, local political groups and foreignmedia are found hand in glove making variouscomments on the open letter Daw Aung San Suu Kyihas delivered to the Head of State. In particular, veryrepeatedly, they are suggesting that Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi’s offer be honoured, and criticizing that itwas not proper the offer had not been responded yet.Apparently, they are putting pressure on our countryto shape itself into one to the liking of the West Bloc,by chopping and changing about the case.

In reality, they are able to broadcast newsstories about the case irresponsibly due to theinternal traitors that are stirring up problems.Foreign radio stations can take full advantage ofand overstate the cases provoked by internal anti-government groups.

It is common knowledge that NLD’s specialannouncement 6/09/09 and Daw Aung San SuuKyi’s open letter to the Head of State came out on28 September 2009. In the letter, she said that shewanted to cooperate with the government on liftingthe sanctions against Myanmar.

A thorough review shows that it was she and theparty that called for international sanctions againstMyanmar. And she has never stated any hints ofchanging her mind regarding her policy about thesanctions. But only when the US announced tointroduce the policy of sanctions plus direct relationswith Myanmar, would she offer to work together withthe government to lift sanctions. Her offer does notconform to what she did and said previously, and ishighly questionable. Anyhow, the governmentaccepted her offers with benevolence. It is globalknowledge that after the two meetings between UAung Kyi and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, the governmentfulfilled her wishes of meeting three foreign envoysfrom the West Bloc, and NLD CEC.

Then, she delivered the second letter dated 11November to the Head of State. In the letter, she saidshe wanted to cooperate with the government innation-building tasks and to meet ailing NLD CECmembers to pay respects to them, to meet other NLDCEC members, and also with the Head of State.

Nowadays, the government is stepping upcooperation with local political forces, and trying toimprove ties with the US. It implies that thegovernment has showed its positive attitude in thiscontext. If the other side shows true positive attitudein response, positive results can be visualized.However, the behaviours and acts of Daw Aung SuuKyi and followers are somewhat doubtful.

If positive attitude and honesty are shown, …Chan Mya Aye

The two letters reflect her dishonesty. She shouldhave approached the government in an honest way inorder to work out the stalemate. In practice, I feel thather letters suggest her dishonesty, and are designed totarnish the image of the ruling government, putting allthe blame on the government.

If NLD and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi really wantto work together with the government in the nationalinterest, they can deliver letters directly to the Headof State. They sent letters by post, but the newsabout the letters had received media coverage,from the Internet down to the radio stations beforethe letters were received by the person concerned.In the first time, NLD issued an announcement withthe letter as part of it, before the letter was receivedby the Head of State, thus prompting widespreadstatements of the news by the media. In otherwords, the person concerned received the letteronly after a wide variety of suggestions had beenmade through the media to fuel the case. Here, thegovernment was like the parents of naughtychildren. I am confident that the government saddue to the fact that it was inconsiderate of itschildren to show complete disregard for itsbenevolent attitude towards them. However, thegovernment showed its magnanimity by complyingwith their wishes.

Surely, if they had realized and recognized thegovernment’s fulfillment of their wishes, they wouldhave mended their ways. Instead, they went furtherin the second letter. It was said that they hadsecretly informed the media about the letter inadvance through NLD (Central) Work YouthsGroup. Then, they tried to hold the governmentresponsible for that as though the government haddisclosed the case. In the end, they admitted that thepersons who were held responsible were thoseamong the members of NLD.

In the meantime, various media are shouting that itshould be done this or that way, it has not been acceptedyet, there has been no reply regarding this. It is quiteobvious that it was all a ploy to attract the attention of themedia by spreading the issue among them. Franklyspeaking, I think it was an attempt to put pressure on theruling government through the media as a way of sayingthat “We, on our part, have made an offer and thegovernment is to see to the remaining part.”

All will remember that this is not the first time andit has been done before. Even before the two sidescould not make any compromise during the meetingsbetween Minister U Aung Kyi and Daw Aung San Suu

Kyi, the latter issued a unilateral announcement dated8-11-2007 in Singapore via Mr Gambari. Actually, aclandestine plan was made to issue the announcementby taking advantage of the meeting between MrGambari and Daw Suu Kyi arranged by thegovernment during his visit to Myanmar. I stillremember that the situation got unnecessarily confusedas the media was used as a tool by taking advantageof the government’s kind approval. Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi herself should have understood that theannouncement was to be issued in the media onlyafter reaching agreement between the two sides untilthe discussion period was over. She might as wellhave understood that. This time, she has employedthe same way again in complicity with the outsideanti-government media. This is the insincere way ofhers, I think.

No one can avoid mistakes. Nobody is perfect.One may make a mistake sometimes and one shouldnot be blamed for making a single mistake. Usually,we say ‘forgive and forget’ when a person makes asingle mistake. But when a person makes the samemistake two or three times, we will have to assumethat he is doing the mistake on purpose with insincereintention.

It has been three times since Daw Aung San SuuKyi and NLD used the media as a tool in an insincereway. Their act was not sincere at all. They made theploy intentionally.

It should be taken into consideration that theattempt of one side to force the other into a corner bymaking dishonest use of the media might delay theother's response. If one looks at the event superficially,it can be said that Daw Aung San Suu Kyi's offermight be positive. However, making dishonest use ofthe media like this could make the other side's directionchange. It could also make it hard for the other side torespond positively. Anyway, it is hoped that thegovernment, like parents, will be generous enough todo what should be done.

It was a matter that should have been discussedfirst between the two sides. But one side made apre-emptive attempt by disclosing it to the mediauntimely. Now, the foreign media's untruthfuland fruitless broadcast could prevent the otherside's step forward and make it withdraw thehand it is going to extend. It should have beentaken into serious consideration. Oppositiongroups at home are now trying to avoidembarrassment about their wrong strategy andtactics by making use of the letters like this. Andat the same time, they are trying to put the blameon the government with the use of foreign media.It is something that should not be done.

To cut a long story short, it is acceptable that DawAung San Suu Kyi sent a letter to the Head of State.However, they should not have passed the buck to thegovernment after disclosing the letter to the mediawith an ulterior motive. If they are really in favour ofthe interests of the nation and the people and if theyare honest and have good intentions, it is the best wayfor them to put forward their stand frankly and makean honest approach to the government.

Translation: MS+ST

It should be taken into consideration that

the attempt of one side to force the other into

a corner by making dishonest use of the

media might delay the other's response.

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Composers, vocalists honoured for theirreligious songs and nation-building songs

YANGON, 8 Dec—TheMinistry of Informationorganized a ceremony tohonour advisers,composers and vocalists,who had contributed tocomposing religioussongs and nation-buildingsongs, at Myanma Radioand Television on PyayRoad here yesterdayafternoon.

It was attended byMinister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan,heads of department,officials, advisers,chairmen and members ofthe Myanmar Writers andJournalists Associationand the Myanmar MusicAssociation, composers,vocalists, artistes, MRTVstaff and guests.

The ministerdelivered an address andpresented certificates ofhonour to advisers U ArntMaung and U Min Kyifrom the Department forPromotion andPropagation of the Sasanaunder the Ministry ofReligious Affairs who hadcontributed to composingreligious songs andnation-building songs; UWin Maw (Forever GroupCo Ltd) who had donatedK 2.8 million, and U KyawWin (Shwe Than LwinCo) who had donated K1.6 million; vocalist UThan Myat Soe on behalfof U Wunna Tin Soe(Zabei Oo Studio) whohad contributed to therecording of background

religious music; Chairmanof MMA U Maung MaungLatt on behalf of religioussongs composers fromMRTV; vocalist Daw Htaron behalf of the vocalistswho sang MyanmarDhamma Puja songs ofMRTV; composer ThuKha Mein Hlaing onbehalf of studio religioussongs composers; andvocalist Hay Mar NayWin on behalf of thevocalists who sang studioreligious songs.

On behalf ofcomposers, composerBogale Tint Aung spokewords of thanks.

After the ceremony,the minister cordiallygreeted the attendees.

MNA

YANGON, 8 Dec—Everything we see in ourenvironments every dayis decorated with graphicdesign technology.

Today, graphic designcomes into great use forcreating colourfulbillboards and itemspacked in charming designand package, enchantinglogo, journal, magazine aswell as website.

Gusto now openedGraphic Design Coursewith the aim ofgenerating skillfulgraphic designers.

The training coverslecture on knowledgeablethinking not only for

Gusto launches graphicdesign course

technical skills but alsofor conceptual skills. Thetrainees will have a chanceto observe both design andcolour theories. Withteaching practical andtutorial platforms, designtheory and colourprinciple will be taught tothe trainees in order thatthey will be able to createadvanced designsoftware.

The softwarecomprising in the teachingon the course are Adobe

PhotoShop, AdobeIllustrator and AdobeInDesign.

Anyone that onlyknows computer basicknowledge is eligible toattend the course.

Those willing toattend the course maycontact No. 26 GustoComputer TechnologyTraining School, 14thStreet (lower block),Lanmadaw Township,Yangon (Ph: 01-222052or 01-224496).—MNA

YANGON, 8 Dec—Organized by MyanmarComputer ProfessionalAssociation (MCPA) andsponsored by MSIAuthorized Distributor(Royal Smart Co., Ltd),talks on Introduction toAMD PlatformTechnology &Demonstration will begiven by general managerU Ye Kyaw Thein ofCompu Tech Servicing &Training Center and R&DManager U Win Min Zawof Sumpower Co., Ltd at

Talks on Introduction to AMD PlatformTechnology & Demonstration on 12 Dec

No. 205, main ward inMyanmar InfoTech, HlineTownship here on 12December. The aim of thetalk is to give theknowledge about the useof AMD Processortechnology and computeroperating system.

Members of MCPA,IT enthusiasts, hardwaretechnicians and interestedpersons may attend thetalks. For moreinformation, may contactRoom No.4, Ward (4),MCPA office (Ph-652276).—MNA

All this needs to be known* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan addresses the ceremony to honour composers, vocalists for their religious songs and nation-building songs.MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presents a certificate of honour toChairman U Maung Maung Latt of Myanmar Music Asiayon.—MNA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV RAINBOW ANGEL VOY NO (9)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV RAINBOWANGEL VOY NO (9) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 9.12.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.3 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: TOKO KAIUN KAISHA LTD.JAPAN

Phone No: 256924/256914

Death tollof A/H1N1 flu

reaches 32in Egypt

CAIRO, 8 Dec—Egyptreported on Monday onemore death case of influ-enza A/H1N1, bringingthe country’s death toll ofthe flu to 32, Egypt’sMENA news agency re-ported.

A 35-year-old man diedof A/H1N1 virus inMenoufeya Governorate,north of Egypt, MENAsaid, adding that the mansuffered from pneumonia.

Egypt has so far re-ported more than 3,800cases of the novel flu inthe most populous Arabcountry.

Xinhua

China’s Antarcticexploration helo

launches first operationABOARD XUELONG, 8

Dec—A helicopter fromChina’s Antarctic explo-ration team carried out itsfirst operation here onMonday, transferringgoods from the icebreakerXuelong, or SnowDragon, to the ZhongshanStation in eastern Antarc-tica.

The “Snow Eagle,” aKa-32 helicopter, took offin the morning aboard theXuelong icebreaker with16 barrels of aviationkerosene on its first Ant-arctic flight.—Xinhua

Magazine alcohol ads target youthBOSTON,8 Dec—Alcohol companies are aiming their

magazine ads at youth, researchers at Boston Univer-sity and Baltimore’s Johns Hopkins University found.

Study co-author Dr Michael Siegel, professor ofcommunity health sciences at Boston UniversitySchool of Public Health, said the study provides strongevidence the companies are targeting underage youths.

The researchers compared 13,513 alcohol advertise-ment placements in 118 magazines from 2002 to 2006.In magazines with the highest levels of youth reader-ship, youth alcoholic beverage types — such as pre-mium beer, low-calorie beer, rum, vodka, and flavoredalcohol beverages — more than four times more likelyto be advertised than non-youth types of alcohol —gin, brandy, whiskey and scotch.

As youth readership increased in a magazine, sodid the number of youth alcoholic beverage advertise-ments, the study found.

“Alcohol companies are deceiving us,” Siegel saidin a statement. “Contrary to their public statements,they are targeting youth through their advertising. Theyare saying one thing, but doing another.”

The findings are published in the Journal of Ado-lescent Health. —Internet

John Crofton, TB researcher, dies at 97

This undated photo shows a Japanese participantto Twitter Inc’s special event launching a Japan-

based mobile version of the popular microbloggingservice showing the Twitter page asking ‘what are

you doing?’ in Japanese on a mobile phone inTokyo, Japan.—INTERNET

Turning trash into treasure in CairoCAIRO, 8 Dec—In an attempt to help curb the city’s stifling pollution and meet

their energy needs too, a few Cairo families have begun to recycle waste—now thatthe nation’s pigs are gone — by generating biogas from rubbish.

It is an ambitious project that is still in its infancy but may just catch on in thisteeming city of 18 million people, often obscured in a dirty grey veil of haze pro-duced mainly by the fumes from millions of car exhausts. The idea has taken addedurgency since the slaughter earlier this year of the nation’s pigs—wiped out on gov-ernment orders supposedly to prevent the spread of swine flu—which would other-wise have eaten much of the waste. The plan to transform organic waste into alterna-tive energy was started by an American, Thomas Culhane, in east Cairo’s ManshietNasser slums, which are known locally as Garbage City.—Internet

LONDON, 8 Dec—JohnCrofton, a researcherrenowned for hisgroundbreaking workon the treatment of thetuberculosis, has died athis home in Scotland.He was 97.

Dr Crofton died on 3Nov in Edinburgh, ac-cording to his family andthe Royal College ofPhysicians of Edinburgh.The cause of death wasnot given.

Born in Dublin, Ire-land, into a doctor’s fam-ily, Crofton was particu-larly instrumental in find-ing the combination ofdrugs needed to combattuberculosis in the 1950s,

when doctors were tryingto perfect the use of anti-biotics against the oftenlethal disease, the RoyalCollege of Physicianssaid.

“The work of Sir Johnand his colleagues hassaved many, many thou-sands of lives worldwide.Sir John worked tirelesslythroughout his life and hewas still active until veryrecently,” the group saidin a statement.

After attending schoolin England and serving inthe Royal Army MedicalCorps in World War II,Crofton turned his atten-tion to tuberculosis in1951. He led a team of

doctors and bacteriolo-gists in Edinburgh whodeveloped effective drugtreatment combinationsthat greatly reduced deathrates attributed to the dis-ease.

The team’s approachof combining antibioticswas adopted in numerousEuropean countries andin the United States,the physicians’ groupsaid.

Before the antibioticapproach was proven ef-fective, doctors had veryfew treatment options,usually prescribing bedrest for tuberculosis pa-tients.

Internet

Google upgrades search enginewith real-time results

BEIJING, 8 Dec— Google has upgraded its searchengine with its search results with data updated inseconds of time in social networking websites likeTwitter, according to news reports on Tuesday. Associal networking websites are gradually gettingpopular and are playing a significance role in themodern Web 2.0 technology world, Google certainlywould not just sit aside and do nothing.

Underscoring the importance of these communitywebsites, Google has begun to increase itscompetitiveness in Internet search business withagreements signed with Twitter, let alone its long-timecompetitor has already signed such agreements withTwitter and Facebook in October this year.—Internet

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A worker adjust a huge tree stump which is a part of the Ghost ForestExhibition in front of the Danish Parliament in Copenhagen on 6 Dec, 2009.

Copenhagen is the host city for the United Nations Climate ChangeConference 2009, from 7 December until 18 December.—XINHUA

Workers build snow and ice scenery with ice cubesat the Disney Ice and Snow World in Harbin,

capital of northeast China’s HeilongjiangProvince, on 7 Dec, 2009. —XINHUA

Quitting smoking can reverseasthma damage

Earth sensitivity to CO2 is studiedBRISTOL, 8 Dec — British scientists say the Earth

might be up to 50 percent more sensitive to atmosphericcarbon dioxide than has been estimated.

University of Bristol researchers, led by Dan Lunt,said their study shows components of the Earth’sclimate system that vary over long timescales — suchas land-ice and vegetation — have an important effecton temperature sensitivity, but such factors are oftenneglected in current climate models.

The researchers said they compared results from aglobal climate model to temperature reconstructionsof the Earth’s environment 3 million years ago whenglobal temperatures and carbon dioxide concentrationswere relatively high.“We found that, given theconcentrations of carbon dioxide prevailing 3 millionyears ago, the model originally predicted a significantlysmaller temperature increase than that indicated by thereconstructions,” Lunt said. “This led us to reviewwhat was missing from the model.”The study showedthe increased temperatures indicated by thereconstructions can be explained if factors such asland-ice and vegetation are included in the model.

That, the scientists said, is primarily because changesin vegetation and ice lead to more sunlight beingabsorbed, which in turn increases warming.AlanHaywood, a study co-author from the University ofLeeds, said the findings show studying past climatescan provide important insights into how the Earthmight change in the future.—Internet

Post-surgical blood clot risk Climatechange couldhit mentally

ill hardLONDON, 8 Dec — Two

British psychiatrists say areview of researchindicates climate changewill have major negativeimpacts on mental illness.

Dr Lisa Page and DrLouise Howard of theInstitute of Psychiatry atKing’s College Londonreviewed recent researchon the mental healthimpact of climate change.

The review, publishedin Psychological Medi-cine, concludes the overallburden of mental disorderworldwide will increase— including adversepsychiatric outcome suchas post-traumatic stressdisorder and majordepression in theaftermath of predictednatural disasters such asfloods and droughts.

“Climate change isassuming center stage withthe upcoming UNconference in Copen-hagen [Denmark],” Pagesaid in a statement. “Whiledelegates will discuss theeffects of climate changeand possible responses bythe international govern-ments, we fear that theeffects of climate changeon mental health will belargely ignored, posing atremendous risk to themental health of millionsof people in the not-too-distant future.”—Internet

Cellphones help track air pollution

Experts blame alcohol forcancer rise

LONDON, 8 Dec — Binge drinking habits and cheapalcohol are partially to blame for the increasing numberof cancer cases in England, medical experts said.

Experts warn that alcohol consumption is likelyrelated to increases in the numbers of cases involvingcancer of the mouth, breast, colon and liver, The DailyMail reported on Monday. Case figures reveal thenumber of oral cancers diagnosed in England eachyear has increased by 53 percent since 1997.

That year, England saw an average of 3,225 oralcancer cases compared with the current rate of nearly5,000 annually. Similar increases were seen in thenumber of cases involving cancer of the esophagus,liver and colon, as well as female breast cancer cases.

Internet

GRONINGEN, 8 Dec —Asthmatic smokers maybe able to reverse someof the damage totheir lungs by snuffing outtheir cigarettes, Dutchresearchers say.

Lead author MartineBroekema of the Universityof Groningen in theNetherlands and colleaguesexamined patients withasthma who were assessedfor the severity of theirasthma and allergy, givenquestionnaires to deter-

mine the extent of theirsmoke-induced symptomsand then underwentbronchial biopsies.

Of the 147 patients, 66had never smoked, 46 wereex-smokers and 35 werecurrent smokers.

“We found that exposureto cigarette smoke appearsto increase the thickness ofthe epithelium, or lining, ofthe airways in the lung,”Broekema said in astatement.

“This may be the

underlying cause of the factthat smoking asthmapatients experience moreasthma symptoms, suchas shortness of breathand phlegm production,compared to non-smokingasthma patients.”

In addition to theepithelial thickening, theresearchers foundthat cigarette smokenegatively affects levelsof exhaled nitric oxide,making it an unreliableindicator of asthmaseverity in smokers,Broekema said.

Internet

LONDON, 8 Dec — The post surgicalrisk for a potentially fatal blood clot ishigher and lasts longer than previouslythought, researchers in Britain said.

The findings, published in the BritishMedical Journal, suggests that there is asubstantially increased risk of venousthromboembolism — blood clot — aftermany different types of surgery thatlasts for up to 12 weeks post-operatively.

An international team of researchersexamined the pattern of increased risk ofvenous thromboembolism over time andafter different types of surgery.

The findings are based on hospitaladmission and death records for 947,454middle-age women in Britain recruitedin 1996-2001 as part of the MillionWomen Study. Each woman was trackedfor an average of 6.2 years.

Compared with the risk withoutsurgery, women were almost 70 timesmore likely to be admitted with venousthromboembolism during the first sixweeks after an inpatient operation andalmost 10 times more likely after a daycase operation.

Internet

SAN DIEGO, 8 Dec — USscientists say a networkof sensors could helpasthmatics avoid airpollution. CitiSense,planned by the Universityof California, San Diego, isa wireless network in whichhundreds or thousandsof small environmentalsensors are attached to thebackpacks, purses andjackets of San Diegansgoing about daily life.

The sensors shuttle

information via cellphonesto central computers to beanalyzed, “anonymized” andsent back out to individuals,public health agencies andSan Diego at large.

The sensor-wearingpeople will have the optionof also wearing biologicalmonitors to collect basichealth information — suchas heart rate — making itpossible for researchers toinvestigate the effect ofparticular environmental

pollutants on human health.“San Diego County has

3.1 million residents, 4,000square miles and only fiveofficial EnvironmentalProtection Agency airquality monitors. We knowabout the air quality in thoseexact spots but we knowmuch less about theair quality in other places,”principal CitiSenseinvestigator WilliamGriswold said in astatement.—Internet

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S P O R T SAncelotti backs under-fire

Lampard and Cech

Chelsea’sItalian ManagerCarlo Ancelotti

New report repeats Domenechbonus claims

France’s coachRaymond Domenech

Toni announces Italy return,van Gaal gives blessing

Bayern Munich’s Italianstriker Luca Toni

Diawara apology overRonaldo tackle

Marseille defenderSouleymane Diawara

from Senegal

Real and Barca sweep FIFAworld player nominees

Spanish giants Barce-lona and Real Madridhave swept the list of

five nominees, includ-ing Argentine

playmaker LionelMessi, seen here onDecember 6, for the2009 FIFA WorldPlayer of the Yearaward.—INTERNET

The winners of the2009 Davis Cup

tennis tournamentRafael Nadal(L)and David Ferrer

sign a shirt forSpain’s Prime

Minister Jose LuisRodriguez

Zapatero duringa ceremony hon-ouring the Span-ish team at the

Moncloa Palace inMadrid.

INTERNET

Spanish PM honoursDavis Cup winners

MADRID, 8 Dec—Prime Minister Jose LuisRodriguez Zapatero on Monday honoured his coun-try’s tennis team after they defended their Davis Cuptitle over the weekend, saying they had made Spanishtennis “the best in the world”.

“It was a spectacular series, you managed to makeSpanish tennis, without a doubt, the best tennis in theworld. You proved it again with this Davis Cup,” hetold the players at a reception at his official residencein Madrid.

“You played just like the Roja. What one noticesabove all is the tremendous teamwork you display,”he added, using the nickname for the Spain’s nationalfootball team which won the Euro 2008 champion-ship.

Defending champions Spain had sealed their fourthDavis Cup title on Saturday when the doubles pair ofFernando Verdasco and Feliciano Lopez demolishedtheir Czech opponents to give the hosts an unassail-able 3-0 lead.—Internet

Seve invited to playin British Open celebrationST ANDREWS, 8 Dec—Seve Ballesteros is among 32

former British Open champions invited to play fourholes on the Old Course at St Andrews the day beforenext year’s 150th anniversary tournament.

The Royal and Ancient invited champions to playthe first, second, 17th and 18th holes at the Old Courseon 14 July.

Ballesteros is still recovering from a brain tumor.But R&A director of championships David Hill saidMonday that he hopes “the majority of our formerchampions will accept the invitation.”

Internet

Juve fined againfor anti-Balotelli chants

Juventus were onMonday fined for the

second time this seasonfor chants their fansdirected against InterMilan’s black strikerMario Balotelli, seen

here.—INTERNET

MADRID, 8 Dec—Marseille defenderSouleymane Diawara is-sued an apology on Mon-day for his tackle on RealMadrid star Ronaldo,which resulted in the Por-tuguese player beingsidelined for two monthswith an ankle injury.

“It was in the heat ofthe game, nothing more,I’m not a violent player,I’ve never hurt anyone,”Diawara told Spanishsports daily Marca.

Diawara picked up asecond yellow card and asending off for the tacklein the Champions Leaguegame on 30 September at

the Santiago Bernabeustadium.

The Senegalese inter-national will meetRonaldo again on Tues-day at the Stade Velo-drome for the crucialChampions League en-counter.

Internet

ROME, 8 Dec—BayernMunich’s Italian strikerLuca Toni has claimed hewill be returning to Italywhile his coach insistedhe would not try to stophim. Toni moved to theBavarian giants in 2006after winning the WorldCup with Italy in Ger-many.

But after three success-ful seasons he has foundhimself left out in the coldby new coach Louis van

Gaal for most of this cam-paign and his repeatedoutbursts against hiscoach have seen him leftin limbo.

But in an interview tobe published on Wednes-day in Chi magazine, Toniaffirmed that he is com-ing home, presumablyduring January’s transferwindow.

“I miss everythingabout my country: thefans, my friends, mymummy. I don’t yet knowwhich team I will play forbut I’m sure I’ll be com-ing back to Italy,” he said.

“I’ve made some mis-takes here in Germanyand I regret them. Thosemistakes have cost me myplace at the World Cup inSouth Africa, even if I stillhold some hope that (Italycoach Marcello) Lippiwill call me.—Internet

PARIS, 8 Dec—Raymond Domenech wasin line to receive 826,222euros in bonuses as a re-sult of France’s success-ful World Cup qualifyingcampaign, according to areport to be published inLe Monde on Tuesday.

Figures from theFrench Football Federa-tion (FFF) showed that theFrance coach should re-ceive 198,000 euros forthe 2008-09 season and328,222 for the current2009-10 season, with afurther 300,000 euros inimage rights for both cam-paigns.

A player who partici-pated in all of the Franceinternational matches thattook place during thesame period stood to re-

ceive 563,111 euros.“Every qualifying

match gives rises to aguaranteed minimum of10,000 euros for eachplayer called up, no mat-ter what the result is,” saidLe Monde.

“To this fixed amountis added an additional bo-nus, as an incentive toqualification, of between100,000 and 240,000euros depending on thenumber of appearancesthe player has made.

Internet

LONDON, 8 Dec—Chel-sea boss Carlo Ancelottihas backed goalkeeperPeter Cech and FrankLampard to bounce backfrom being blamed for theclub’s defeat to Manches-ter City at the weekend.

Cech was criticised forallowing Carlos Tevez toscore City’s winner froma 25-yard free-kick whileLampard has been underthe spotlight for having an83rd-minute spot-kicksaved by Shay Given.

But Ancelotti shruggedoff both incidents as mi-nor blips and insistedChelsea had played rea-sonably well at Eastlands.

“This season, I thinkCech did very well,” theItalian said. “I like him.He takes the responsibil-ity and likes to come out

and catch the ball in thebox.

“He could do better ifyou ask me about the free-kick on Saturday. I thinkthe goalkeeper has to stayon his post and, if theplayer puts the ball overthe wall and in, we haveto congratulate him.

Internet

ROME, 8 Dec—Juven-tus were on Monday finedfor the second time thisseason for chants theirfans directed against InterMilan’s black strikerMario Balotelli.

Juve were hit with a25,000-euro penalty just acouple of weeks after theywere fined 20,000 eurosfollowing a match againstUdinese.

Both times it was theItalian under-21 striker ofGhanaian origin who borethe brunt of the fans’wrath.

Italy’s sporting judgedeemed the chants tohave constituted “racialdiscrimination” and saidthey had been directedagainst two Inter players,presumably meaning theother one was eitherCameroon’s Samuel

Eto’o or Muntari Sulley ofGhana.

AFP’s reporter at thegame was not aware,however, of any chants ofa racial nature or of any-one other than Balotellibeing targeted.

Internet

PARIS, 8 Dec—Spanishgiants Barcelona and RealMadrid have swept the list

of five nominees for the2009 FIFA World Playerof the Year award.

Barcelona are repre-sented by Spanishmidfielders AndresIniesta and Xavi alongwith Argentine playmakerLionel Messi, the strongfavourite for the award tobe handed out on 21 De-cember.

Real Madrid arepresent thanks to the in-clusion of Brazilian Kakaand Cristiano Ronaldo,the Portugal internationalwho won the award lastyear when in ManchesterUnited colours.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, isolated light rain havebeen in Kachin States and Taninthayi Division and weatherhas been partly cloudy in the remaining States andDivisions. Night temperatures were (5°C) below Decemberaverage temperatures in Yangon Division, (3°C) to (4C)below December average temperatures in Chin and MonStates, Sagaing, Magway and Bago Divisions, (5°C) aboveDecember average temperatures in Kachin State and aboutDecember average temperatures in the remaining Statesand Divisions.The significant night temperatures wereHaka and Loilem (0°C) each, Namsan, Pinlaung, Heho, Anand Tedim (6°C) each and Mindat (7°C) each. The noteworthy amount rainfall recorded was Kawthoung (0.08)inch.

Maximum temperature on 7-12-2009 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 8-12-2009 was 58°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 8-12-2009 was 76%.Total sun shine hours on 7-12-2009 was (7.8) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 8-12-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, atKaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.69) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5) mphfrom East at (17:30) hours MST on 7-12-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in the SouthBay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 9th December 2009:Light rain are likely to be isolated in Kachin State andTaninthayi Division and weather will be partly cloudy inthe remaining States and Divisions. Degree of certainty is(60%).

State of the sea: Sea will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of slightdecrease of night temperature in Eastem Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for9-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for9-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for9-12-2009: Partly cloudy.

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Mg Phyo Thi Ha Zaw (26 yrs) who gavegood social hands for Nargis CycloneVictims, who passed away on(3.12.2009) at near Bogalay work site.

Raina Eckert, Kyaw Swa, Aung Hein,Bo Bo Hein, Wint Naing Myint,

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Sir Richard Branson before the officialunveiling of Virgin Galactic’s SpaceShipTwo,

the world’s first commercial mannedspacecraft, at the Mojave Air and Space Portin Mojave, California. Branson unveiled hisspaceliner for tourists willing to pay 200,000

dollars a ticket Monday for a trip into theweightlessness of space in a craft designed to

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

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

and violence

K 93 billion worth of narcotic drugsdestroyed in Eastern Shan State

NAY PYI TAW, 8D e c — D e s t r u c t i o nceremony of narcoticdrugs seized in EasternShan State area was heldat the state sports groundin Kengtung, Shan State(East) this afternoon.

It was attended byVice-Chairman of CentralCommittee of Drug AbuseControl Minister forForeign Affairs U NyanWin, Secretary ofCCDAC Chief ofMyanmar Police Force

Brig-Gen Khin Yi andmembers, senior militaryofficers, ambassadorsfrom foreign embassiesled by Dean of DiplomaticCorps SingaporeanAmbassador HE MrRobert Chua Hian Kong,Resident Coor-dinator MrBishow B Parajuli of UNAgencies, Yangon-baseddrug abuse controlofficers, division/state,district and township leveldepartmental officials,local and foreign media

persons, members ofsocial organizations,town-selders, guests andlocals.

Secretary of CCDACChief of Myanmar PoliceForce Brig-Gen Khin Yiexplained the efforts madefor drug abuse control.

The secretary said:The Central Committee forDrug Abuse Control hasbeen holding similaroccasions for burning anddestroying seized narcoticdrugs occasionally, both at

respective States andDivisions as well as inYangon. Since 2006, a totalof 20 occasions were heldin Yangon with another 47in States and Divisionswhere the drugs were

seized. In Kengtung,Eastern Shan State,destruction ceremonieswere held once in 1997,twice in 2006 and anotherone in 2009, totaling up to4 and today is the fifth

occasion of destroyingseized narcotic drugs inthis region.

Starting from 26 July2009 up to this day, therewere 20 significantincidents where drugswere being searched,exposed and seized in thisEastern Shan State area.Some of the significantevents will be explainedhere.

At Tachilek Lwei TawKhan joint inspectionstation, a combinedsecurity forces uncoveredand seized 2177 blocks ofheroin weighing 761.95kilos and 340,000 ATStablets carried on a six-wheel type Nissan vehicleon 7 July 2009.

(See page 8)

Chief of Myanmar Police Force Brig-Gen Khin Yi explains the efforts made for drug abuse control.—MNA

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