the new light of myanmar 31-07-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 106 10th Waxing of Wagaung 1371 ME Friday, 31 July, 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, 30 July—Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein, accompanied by Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint, Director-General Col Thant Shin ofthe Government Office and officials concerned, leftNay Pyi Taw for Mandalay by air on 28 July.

The Prime Minister and party were welcomed atMandalay International Airport by Chairman ofMandalay Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe,Minister for Communications, Posts and TelegraphsBrig-Gen Thein Zaw, Chairman of Mandalay CityDevelopment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Phone ZawHan and officials concerned.

At Yatanarpon Teleport in YatanarponMyothit of PyinOoLwin Township, CommanderMaj-Gen Tin Ngwe presented reports to thePrime Minister on the location of Yatanar-pon Myothit, progress in the construction of

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects progress in buildingYatanarpon Myothit and upgrading of roads in Mandalay

State rendering assistance to investment of local companies inindustrial services inviting companies from abroad to invest in

country in accordance with rules and regulations

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspectssamples of communication equipment and

Internet related equipment displayed atYatanarpon Teleport in PyinOoLwin.—MNA

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially greets entrepreneurs investing at Yatanarpon Myothit in PyinOoLwin Township.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 31 July, 2009

Friday, 31 July, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Work together for energy

security and sustainable

development

The 27th ASEAN Ministers on Energy

Meeting was opened at the convocation hall of

Mandalay University in Mandalay on 29 July

and Prime Minister General Thein Sein

attended and addressed it.

As ASEAN is one of the fastest growing

economic regions of the world, energy demand

is higher and higher by economic and

demographic growth. The region’s over-

reliance on external sources of oil would have

serious implications on the security and stability

of energy in the region.

It is time to take into consideration

efficient use of energy as well as alternative

energy sources. Myanmar attaches great

importance to ASEAN Energy Cooperation

Programmes and is actively participating in

the regional cooperation activities.

Myanmar has been working to the best of

its ability to have energy supply security and at

the same time embarking on programmes for

energy efficiency and conservation as well as

development of alternative and renewable

energy sources.

Myanmar will do its utmost to cooperate

with other ASEAN member nations as well as

ASEAN+3 and EAS countries in its efforts for

energy security, climate change issues and

mitigation of environmental impact.

We believe that the 27th ASEAN

Ministers on Energy Meeting will contribute a

lot to future energy security and sustainable

development of ASEAN member nations.

FM receives Bangladeshi delegation

NAY PYI TAW, 30

July—The round matches

of 3rd Nay Pyi Taw Inter-

Ministry Football

Tournament continued at

designated sports grounds

today.

Ministry of Forestry

beat out Ministry of

Electric Power No.1 1-0 at

Nay Pyi Taw Sports

Ground. The match

3rd Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry Football

Tournament continuesbetween Ministry of Labour

and Ministry of Industry-2

ended in a tie with 2-2 at

Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana

(Paunglaung) Sports

Ground while Ministry of

Agriculture and Irrigation

crippled Ministry of Science

and Technology 2-0 at Nay

Pyi Taw Lewe Sports

Ground. Ministry of

Defence will play against

Ministry for Progress of

Border Areas and National

Races and Development

Affairs; Ministry of

National Planning and

Economic Development,

Ministry of Electric Power

No. 2; Ministry of Energy,

Ministry of Hotels and

Tourism, at respective

venues tomorrow.

MNA

Minister U Nyan Win receives Joint-Secretary of the Ministry of Foreign

Affairs of Bangladesh Commodore (Retd) Khurshed Alam.—MNA

Officials of UMFCCI hold discussion with delegation members ofNorth East Federation on International Trade (NEFIT).—NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 30 July

— Minister for Foreign

Affairs U Nyan Win today

received a Bangladeshi

delegation led by Joint-

Secretary of the Ministry of

Foreign Affairs of

Bangladesh Commodore

(Retd) Khurshed Alam

who arrived here to attend

the 4th Round of Technical-

Level Talks on

Delimitation of the

Maritime Boundary

between Myanmar and

Bangladesh at the ministry

here today.

Also present at the call

were Ambassador of

Myanmar to Bangladesh

U Phae Thann Oo, Director

of Myanmar National

Hydrographic Center

Commodore Myo Myint

Than, Director-General of

Consular and Legal Affairs

Department of Ministry of

Foreign Affairs U Min

Lwin, Charge d’ Affaires ai

of Embassy of Bangladesh

in Yangon Mr Md Golam

Mostafa and Mr

Muhammad Ali Sorcar.

The Bangladesh delegation

arrived in Myanmar

yesterday.

MNA

YANGON, 30 July—Gusto Computer Technology

Training School will launch an Applied Programming

Course “Software Solution with Java” on 14 August to

enable those who are studying computer technology

and who want to go abroad for further studies not only

to access programming techniques but also to apply

their own knowledge.

The course will last three months and trainees are

to attend the course two days a week (Thursday and

Friday).

As the number of trainees for the course is limited

to 20, those who want to take the course are to enroll

at Gusto Computer Technology Training School, No.

(11), Shwetaungdan Street (Lower), Lanmadaw

Township, Yangon (Ph: 222052) not later than 10

August.—MNA

Applied Programming

Course on 14 August UMFCCI meets NEFITYANGON, 30 July—

President of Union of

Myanmar Federation of

Chambers of Commerce

and Industry U Win

Myint, Vice-Presidents U

Zaw Min Win and U Tun

Aung, Secretary-General

Dr Maung Maung Lay and executive members

met with Mr Bijoy

Phangcho, Working

President of North East

Federation on

International Trade

(NEFIT) of India, and

members at the UMFCCI

building on 28 July.

At the meeting, they

discussed boosting, trade

and border trade and

cooperation in economic

sector between the two

countries.

After the meeting, the

presidents of the two sides

signed MoU.

NLM

Earthquake

ReportNAY PYI TAW, 30

July—A moderate

earthquake of intensity

5.5 Richter Scale with its

epicenter outside

Myanmar (China-Tapi)

about 1600 miles

northwest of KabaAye

s e i s m o l o g i c a l

observatory was

recorded at 11 hrs 23 min

04 sec MST today,

announced Meteorology

and Hydrology

Department.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 31 July, 2009 3

Venezuela’s border withColombia remains open

CARACAS, 30 July — The Vene-zuelan government said Wednes-day that its border with Colombiaremains open despite a diplomaticimpasse between both nations. The impasse was triggered by thealleged weapon supply from Cara-cas to Colombian rebel groups. Ven-ezuelan Vice President RamonCarrizalez said despite his govern-ment’s decision to freeze diplomaticties with Colombia, Venezuela hadnot issued any measures to close theborder or block trade.—Internet

Relatives of survivors of the capsized boat are seen waiting for survivor at theairport in Cap-Haitien, Haiti, on 29 July , 2009. Rescuers searched by seaand air Wednesday for nearly 70 Haitians after an overloaded sailboat ran

aground and capsized in reef-studded waters off the Turks and CaicosIslands, killing at least 15 people.—INTERNET

Most handguns in Canadian guncrimes trace back to US

A local resident cleans up debris at the site of a

bomb attack in New Baghdad District, eastern

Baghdad on 29 July, 2009.

INTERNET

Palestinian killed in tunnelcollapse in Gaza

GAZA, 30 July—One Palestinian was killed onWednesday night as a smuggling tunnel under the bor-derline between southern Gaza Strip and Egypt col-lapsed, witnesses and rescue workers said.

A local worker was pulled out dead after the tunnelcollapsed, the witnesses in the southern Gaza Striptown of Rafah said. According to rescue workers at aRafah town hospital, the worker was suffocated todeath inside the collapsed tunnel. No other injurieswere reported.

The incident is the fourth in a week. The latest fa-talities raise the death toll from disasters of the under-ground business to111 since Israel imposed a block-ade on the Gaza Strip in 2 June.

Internet

US Capitol Hillbuilding evacuated

after suspiciouspackage found

WASHINGTON, 30 July— A US Capitol Hillbuilding was evacuatedafter a suspicious packagewas found on Wednesday,said police. According toCapitol police, the pack-age was discovered in theLongworth House Officebuilding in the late after-noon, leaving peopleworking inside the build-ing to move to the CanonBuilding temporarily.

Police told reportersthat the device has beentransported safely outsidethe building, which is nowalready considered safe.

Internet

OTTAWA, 30 July —The United States pro-vides at least two-thirds ofhandguns recovered fromcrime scenes in Canada,according to an interna-tional study released onWednesday.

Researchers fromCanada, the United Statesand Switzerland contrib-uted to the study, whichwas published in theCriminology and Crimi-nal Justice journal onWednesday, Loose fire-arms laws in the UnitedStates feed an illegalweapons trade connected

to shooting deathsin Canada, Mexico, theCaribbean and other partsof the world, according toone of the authors, profes-sor at Toronto’s RyersonUniversity and prominentgun control activistWendy Cukier.

“It is not possible todetermine with certaintythe percentage of gunsused in crime in Canadaor Mexico that have beenillegally exported fromthe United States, butthere is some relevant evi-dence available that indi-cates the proportion is

high,” the study reads.“There are very few

cases that show handgunsused in crime comingfrom anywhere other thanthe USA.”

The study’s findingssupport what Canadian au-thorities have been sayingfor years. A gun tracingprogram in Ontario prov-ince found that 69 percentof 705 guns used in 2007in crimes in that provincecould be traced to theUnited States. About 90percent of those guns wereeither restricted or prohib-ited in Canada. — Internet

Guatemala sees morekidnappings in 2009

MEXICO CITY, 30 July—Some 109 people were kid-napped in Guatemala during the first half of 2009,according to reports reaching here from GuatemalaCity on Wednesday.

According to the nation’s civil police, the capitalcity saw most kidnappings in the period with 35 cases,which was followed by Quetzaltenango and Escuintlawith 11 cases each.

The police said there were nine active kidnappinggangs in the country and six more victims had beenkilled in recent kidnapping cases.

Meanwhile, a woman and two girls were freed afterbeing kidnapped in the last few days, police said.

Last Thursday, a child was killed by kidnappers af-ter his parents failed to pay 1 million quetzals (121,762US dollars) of ransom. Relatives said his parents hadpaid only 800,000 quetzals (97,408 dollars), 200,000quetzals short of the sum demanded.

Internet

ALGIERS, 30 July—An Algerian military convoy wasambushed by rebels in northern Algeria on Wednes-day, leaving 14 soldiers killed and seven others in-jured, local newspaper El Watan reported.

The convoy of government troops was carryingmunitions from Damous to Beni Mlika in the province of Tipaza while ambushed by agroup of rebelsof Salafist with bombs and automatic weapons, ac-cording to the report.

During the clash, the armed extremists set off sev-eral bombs and opened fire at the convoy. The gov-ernment troops then sealed off the region and searchedfor the rebels.—Internet

Four Algerian soldiers killed in ambush

Men mourn for their sister Rweda Hussein, 25, outside a hospital in

Baqouba, 60 kilometers (35 miles) northeast of Baghdad, Iraq, on Thursday,

30 July, 2009. Rweda Hussein was killed in a bomb blast in a building used

by a Sunni backed political group.—INTERNET

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RIO DE JANEIRO, 30 July— Brazil’s Finance Mini-ster Guido Mantega saidon Wednesday that thecountry is already leavingthe global financial crisisbehind.

Mantega said at a Pressconference in the capital

The crew of The Armada de la Republica de Colombia (ARC) Gloria, a brigtype sail-training ship of the Republic of Colombia, stand on the masts to greetofficials of the Philippine Navy during their arrival at the south harbour port

area in Manila on 30 July, 2009.—INTERNET

A man looks

at Sony

Corp’s

portable

music player

accessories

displayed at

an

electronics

store in

Tokyo on 30

July, 2009.

INTERNET

File photo shows aworker assembling anengine at a factory in

Aichi prefecture.Japan’s factoriesramped up their

production at the fastestpace in 56 years in thesecond quarter, datashowed on Thursday,

boosting hopes theworld’s number two

economy has returned topositive growth.

INTERNET

Brazil leaving globalfinancial crisis behind

city Brasilia that the coun-try’s economy is alreadygrowing at a 4 percent rateand will maintain thegrowth rate in the next 12months.

He said Brazil will beone of the first countriesto overcome the crisis andwill emerge from it evenstronger than before,thanks to the efficientmeasures taken by thegovernment to minimizethe impact of the crisis.

The Brazilian govern-

ment will keep on adopt-ing measures to boost theeconomy if necessary, hesaid, adding that no moretax cuts will be an-nounced.

He attributed the sharpfall of the primary surplusin the first half of this yearto tax decrease, addingthat Brazil will register ahigher tax revenue in thesecond half of this yearand reach its fiscal targetsfor both this year and2010. — Internet

BERLIN, 30 July— Lower oil price sends Germaninflation rate into -0.6 percent in July 2009 comparedwith July 2008, the German Federal Statistics Office(Destatis) said on Wednesday in Wiesbaden.

In Germany, a negative inflation rate was last re-corded in March 1987 at -0.3 percent, said Destatis.The reason for that development was a strong year-on-year decline in liquid fuel and motor fuel prices,which reached a peak in July 2008. It was lower thanthe 0.4 percent decline forecast by economists, accord-ing to the local media reports.

Some analysts believe oil prices will rise again asenergy prices are climbing and the economy looks setto recover.

European Central Bank President Jean-ClaudeTrichet said on 2 July that he expected the current ex-tremely low or negative inflation rates to be “short-lived,” and the central bank have taken measures toprotect the economy of the 16 euro nations from the“shorter-term threats of deflation.”

The harmonized inflation rate for Germany, whichis calculated for European purposes, is expected todecrease by 0.6 percent in July 2009, said Destatis.

The final results for July 2009 will be released on11 Aug.

Internet

TOKYO, 30 July — To-kyo stocks openedslightly higher on Thurs-day on a weaker yenwhich benefits exportersand the rise of industrialoutput for the fourthstraight month.

In the first 15 minutesof trading, the benchmarkNikkei-224 gained 18.22points, or 0.18 percent,from Wednesday to10,131.46.

The broader Topix in-dex of all First Sectionissues on the Tokyo StockExchange was up 4.31points, or 0.46 percent, to934.67.

The Second Sectionalso advanced.

Internet

CARACAS, 30 July —Venezuela and Spainsigned Wednesday sevendeals on energy and ther-moelectricity cooperation.

MEXICO CITY, 30 July— Mexico’s economymay shrink 7.5 percentthis year, the country’scentral bank, Bank ofMexico, said in its quar-terly inflation report onWednesday.

The new estimatecomes a day after the Na-tional Statistics Agency(Inegi) reported that theeconomy may haveslipped by over 11 percentin May, according to apreliminary indicator.

The report said Mexi-co’s Gross DomesticProduct (GDP), which ismeasured quarterly,shrank 8 percent duringthe first quarter, adding

Tokyo stocksopen higheron weaker

yen,industrial

output

Venezuela, Spain sign seven deals on energy,thermoelectricity co-op

Among the sevendocuments, four were onthe cooperation betweenthe Spain-Argentine oilcompany Repsol YTF andVenezuela’s state-ownedPetroleos de Venezuela(PDVSA).

The two sides agreedto jointly produce oil fromBlock Junin 7 in theOrinoco Strip, which hasreserves of some 31 bil-lion barrels of oil.

They also signed a let-ter of intent on the creation

of a joint venture,Petroquiriquiri, to explorethe oil sources in the BaruaMotatan field, some 700km southwest to Caracas,whose daily output wasexpected to reach 100,000barrels.—Internet

Lower oil price sends Germaninflation into minus in July

Mexican economy may shrink 7.5% this year

Indonesia’s largest banks posthuge growth in H1

JAKARTA, 30 July — Indonesia’s largest state-runand private banks, Bank Mandiri and Bank Central Asia(BCA), booked tremendous operation growths in thefirst half this year, the Jakarta Post reported here onThursday.

Bank Central Asia (BCA), booked a net profit of3.3 trillion rupiah (about 330.3 million US dollars) inthe first half this year, a year-on-year rise of 35.9 per-cent, compared with 2.4 trillion rupiah the same pe-riod last year. Meanwhile, Bank Mandiri reaped a netprofit of 2.9 trillion rupiah (some 290.2 million dol-lars, or 12.1 percent higher than that of the same pe-riod last year.—Internet

that Mexico might onlygrow 2.5 percent nextyear.

“The world financialcrisis has exposed Mexi-co’s economic weak-

nesses,” the report said.“The contraction of oureconomy has been verysevere and larger thanmany other nations.”

Internet

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Turkey, Georgia to buildpower line

Egyption FM visits Brazilon Mideast, bilateral relationsBRASILIA, 30 July—Egyptian foreign minister Ahmed

Ali Abud Gheit met on Wednesday with BrazilianPresident Luiz Inacio Lula da Silva on the situation inthe Mideast and cooperation between their two coun-tries. Brazil can play an important role in the peacenegotiation on the Palestine-Israeli conflict, Gheit saidat a press conference at the Itamaraty Palace, the seatof the foreign ministry.

On the Palestinian-Israeli conflict, Gheit said thatIsrael has to accept “the idea of two states.”

Amorim said that there must not be restrictions fora future Palestine State, adding that “to set restrictionsagainst Palestinians will not lead the negotiations to agood end.” Last week, Israeli foreign minister AvigdorLieberman visited Brasilia to discuss Brazil’s possi-ble role in the Mideast conflict and to counteract “thegrowing Iranian activity in South America.”

Brazil and Egypt also signed on Wednesday agree-ments on bilateral cooperation.—Xinhua

Israel to allow cement into Gazafor first time since Cast Lead

JERUSALEM, 30 July—Israeli Defence Minister EhudBarak Wednesday authorized the transfer of hundredsof tons of cement to the Hamas-ruled Gaza Strip forthe first time since the end of Operation Cast Lead inJanuary. Barak’s ministry noted that the supplieswould be transferred directly to the UN Relief andWorks Agency (UNRWA), not Hamas, and that theywould be used for UN buildings, local daily TheJerusalem Post reported.

Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s of-fice said although he wasn’t directly involved in thedecision, the premier supported the humanitarianmeasure.

Meanwhile, local daily Ha’aretz reported that thetransfer of materials is part of the implementation ofa UN plan devised by UN envoy to the Middle East,Robert Serry, who has submitted to Israel a list of 10UN-sponsored construction projects in Gaza.

Among the construction projects are the reconstruc-tion of Gaza’s largest flour mill and the refurbishingof a sewage treatment plant.— Xinhua

The ground-breaking ceremony of Subway Line 1 is held in Nanchang,capital of east China’s Jiangxi Province, on 29 July, 2009. —XINHUA

ANKARA, 30 July—Turkey and Geor-gia will build a 1,000-megawatt powerline with a total investment of 140 mil-lion US dollars, the semi-officialAnatolia news agency reported Wednes-day.

Turkey’s Energy and Natural Re-sources Minister Taner Yildiz and hisGeorgian counterpart AlexanderKhetaguri signed an agreement on theproject in the Turkish capital of Ankaraon Wednesday, the report said.

The project will help transmit exces-

sive electricity generated in Georgia andCaspian countries to Turkey and thento Europe, Khetaguri was quoted as say-ing.

Yildiz said at the signature ceremonythat 130 kilometres of the line will beconstructed in Turkey and 25 kilome-tres will be in Georgia, with each coun-try to fund their respective sections, ac-cording to the report.

The construction of the line is ex-pected to be finished in 2012,saidYildiz.—Xinhua

Dancers from the Gansu Provincial Song andDance Company perform the Chinese classic six-

scene dance drama “Flower Rains along SilkRoad”, an episode on the Silk Road, in Beijing,capital of China, on 29 July, 2009. —XINHUA

China to have 1,027 ruralbanks by 2011

BEIJING, 30 July — China plans to increase thenumber of rural banks over tenfold to 1,027 by 2011to bolster financial support to less developed areas,the country’s top banking regulator said on Wednes-day.

The increase will concentrate on counties in centraland western China that rely heavily on agriculture andalso areas with low financial coverage, the China Bank-ing Regulatory Commission said on its Website.

“We are going to introduce more rural financial play-ers into the market to improve competitiveness andadd financial coverage in the areas,” the banking regu-lator said.—Xinhua

Chinese tobacco control expert callsfor smoking ban in TV, film

Envoy proposes taking long-term,global view of China-Europe relations

BEIJING, 30 July —The relationship between Chinaand the European Union (EU) should be viewed froma long-term and global perspective, China’s EU Am-bassador Song Zhe said on Thursday.

“To ensure the sound and steady growth of China-European ties, we should transcend our differences,seek common ground and keep the overall relationsfrom the effect of any single accident,” Song said inan interview with Xinhua.

Song, who served as head of China’s EU missionsince 2008, suggested a long-term view of China-Eu-ropean relations, dismissing any temporary difficul-ties that might shake the confidence and directionguiding the relations.

“Taking a global perspective, we should expand anddeepen China-European strategic cooperation with anaim to seeking world peace and development,” Songsaid.

Thanks to the 34-year growth, China and the EUhave developed a multi-level cooperation, Song said,citing frequent political consultations, increasing tradevolume and close personnel exchanges.

Stressing that the EU holds a crucial part in China’sdiplomatic domain, Song characterized China-EU tiesas “mutually supporting and beneficial.”—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

People visit at the fourth Chengdu Biennial Exhibition in Chengdu, capital ofsouthwest China’s Sichuan Province, on 29 July , 2009.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 30 July — AChinese tobacco-controlexpert has called forscreens to be free of smok-ing scenes so as to betterprotect viewers, particu-larly the minors.

Currently, both home-made and imported TV se-ries and films containsmoking scenes, which

had a negative impact onviewers, especially minorsas they tend to follow andmirror others, Xu Guihua,deputy director of the Chi-nese Association on To-bacco Control(CATC)was quoted by Thursday’sChina Daily as saying.

Study shows that youngpeople aged between 13 to18, who often see smok-ing scenes in movies andTVs, are 16 times morelikely to become smokersthan their counterparts.Among 144 box-office hitmovies from 2004 to 2009,of which 66 wereimported, about 69 percentcontain tobacco-relatedscenes such as peoplesmoking a cigarette or ci-gar, with ash tray or light-ers in the background, astudy jointly launched byCATC and the ChineseCenter for Disease Controland Prevention (CDC) hasfound.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

How to avoid being bitten by mosquitoes

Visitors look at the flower beds on thegrounds of the “Bundesgartenschau”horticultural show. The historic castlein Schwerin, northern Germany, risesin the background. The leafy show runs through on 11 Oct.Hearing-impaired girl learns

peace from a dolphinTen-year-old McKenna McGough

said it was a friendship with a dolphinthat finally made her realize she shouldn’tbe embarrassed to wear her hearing aids.On a trip two years ago to Clearwater,Fla, McKenna met Winter the dolphin,who had lost her tail in an accidentinvolving a crab trap.

The girl’s mother, Stacy McGough,told Dallas-Fort Worth television stationKXAS that after seeing Winter for thefirst time, McKenna started wearing herhearing aid.

McKenna says of Winter, “She’s notso shy to show her stump, so why shouldI be shy to show my hearing aid?”

A tug boat secures the overbalancedfront end of the ferry “Tor Freesia”of the DFDS Tor Line at the MWB

shipyards in Bremerhaven, northernGermany, on 25 July, 2009. The bow

capsized during a thunderstorm atabout noon. According to the police,nobody was injured. Stormy weather

has been sweeping over many parts ofGermany, darkening along with the

skies the moods of those who’d ratherbe on summer picnics in the park

than stuck indoors.

Extreme wet weather in some partsof the United States has caused an in-crease in mosquitoes and their bites,which can cause disease like West Nile.

David Mizejewski of the NationalWildlife Federation says since the peskybiters start life out as aquatic larvae instanding bodies of water — as little asone-inch of water — it’s best to get ridof hot beds for mosquito reproduction.

These include clogged gutters,flower-pot drainage dishes, play equip-ment, tarps and debris. A birth bath willnot become a nursery if the water ischanged every few days.

There are a number of other waysMizejewski recommends to avoid bites.Some of these include:

— Attracting mosquito predators,frogs, salamanders and dragonflies.Putting up houses for birds and bats.Letting fish feed on mosquito larvae, butdon’t release goldfish or other exotic

species into natural areas.— Not using insecticides or putting

oil on the surface of bodies of water.These kill beneficial insects, mosquitopredators and cause air and water pol-lution. Bug zappers also kill beneficialinsects but are not effective against mos-quitoes.

— Mosquitoes are not strong flyersand the breeze created by a fan is oftenall that is needed to keep a patio mos-quito-free.

— Avoid going outdoors at dusk,which is peak mosquito time.

Car thief found sleepingin the car

Police arrested a suspected car thiefthey found asleep in the 2001Oldsmobile he’s accused of stealing.Officers said a 26-year-old man and awoman were found asleep in the carThursday about six miles from where itwas stolen.

Both were taken into custody andthe man was arrested on suspicion ofgrand larceny. It’s not clear if the womanfaces charges.

An arrest warrant affidavit said hetold officers the car had been sittingoutside a liquor store, unlocked with thekeys in the ignition.

The chief chef of Quanjude RoastDuck Restaurant pushes out the 148

millionth duck during the 145thanniversary celebration of the

restaurant in Qianmen of Beijing,capital of China. Founded in 1864,

Quanjude has cemented itsreputation by modern management

and has stuck closely to itstraditional business tenet.

BEIJING, 30 July— A paranoid Chongqing wom-an’s idea of keeping burglars away has begun to infu-riate her neighbours. She leaves her music on at fullvolume through the night. Last Thursday, neighboursgathered outside Wang’s house and knocked on herdoor, only to realize she wasn’t even at home.

When Wang returned home, she told the sleepycrowd parked outside her door that she worked nightsand was afraid someone might break into her house.

“That’s why the music, you see. It even fooled you,”she said. — Internet

MOSCOW, 30 July —Russia successfully sentsix satellites into orbit onWednesday, said the Fed-eral Space Agency(Roskosmos).

The rocket carrierDnepr blasted off from theBaikonur space center inKazakhstan at 10:46 pmMoscow time (1846GMT), carrying satellitesof various purposes for theUnited Arab Emirates,Spain, the United Statesand Britain.

By 11:02 pm Moscowtime (1902 GMT), all sat-ellites have separatedfrom the rocket and beensent into orbit.

The Dnepr rocket wastransformed from the RS-20 intercontinental ballis-tic missile, said the Itar-Tass news agency.

The three-stage liquidpropellant missile cancarry payloads up to3.7tons to the orbit altitude of300 to 900 km.

Internet

NEW YORK, 30 July—A bald-headed songbird,or bulbul, with a nearlyfeatherless, pink face hasbeen discovered in a rug-ged region of Laos, theWildlife ConservationSociety (WSC) said onThursday.

It marks Asia’s first de-scription of a new speciesof bulbul — a family ofabout 130 species — inover 100 years. Besides,the thrush-sized bird isnoteworthy because it isthe only known bald song-bird in mainland Asia.

WASHINGTON, 30 July —Space shuttle Endeavour’sastronauts inspected its heatshield one more timeWednesday with lasers andcameras as they begin to settheir sights on a Fridaylanding, NASA said.

Endeavour’s thermalprotection system wascleared for landing earlierin the flight. This late in-spection will ensure thatthere has been no impactdamage from microme-

A paranoid Chongqing woman’s idea of keepingburglars away has begun to infuriate her

neighbours.— XINHUA

Woman blasts music to keepburglars at bay

Russialaunches six

satellites

Astronauts inspect heat shield forshuttle Endeavour

teoroids or space junkduring its docked opera-tions or fly-around of thestation.

A preliminary look atthe images beamed downfound nothing amiss, andeverything was on trackfor Friday’s planned land-ing, according to NASA.

The US space agencyalso said Wednesday thatthere are two landing op-portunities at NASA’sKennedy Space Center in

Florida at 10:48 am (1448GMT) and 00:23 pm EDT(1623 GMT) on Friday.

NASA will evaluateweather conditions atKennedy before permit-ting Endeavour and itscrew to land. If weatherprevents a return toKennedy on Friday, thebackup landing site atEdwards Air Force Basein California will be acti-vated Saturday for consid-eration as well.—Internet

WSC says rare bald songbird discovered in AsiaA description of the

new species, dubbed theBare-faced Bulbul, is pub-lished in the latest issue ofthe Oriental Bird Club’sjournal Forktail.

The bird is said to befound in an area of sparseforest on rugged lime-stone karsts — a little-vis-ited habitat known forunusual wildlife discover-ies.

“Its apparent restrictionto rather inhospitable habi-tat helps to explain whysuch an extraordinary birdwith conspicuous habits

and a distinctive call hasremained unnoticed for solong,” said Iain Woxvoldof the University of Mel-bourne, who made the dis-covery along with WSCresearchers.

Although much of thebird’s presumed habitatfalls within legally pro-tected areas in Laos, quar-rying of limestone loomsas a potential threat towildlife in this area, alongwith habitat conversionfor agriculture, the re-searchers warned in astatement. — Internet

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I would like to present two different Americanviews about Myanmar that were expressedrecently.

The first view was expressed by US Secretaryof State Hilary Clinton in response to thequestions of correspondents at the ASEANRegional Forum (ARF) held in Phuket, Thailand,in the third week of July.

She said that the US wanted to see positivechanges of the Myanmar military government;and that among them, the major one was to releaseDaw Aung San Suu Kyi. She added that if DawSuu Kyi was released, the US would generatebetter opportunities to strengthen the relationswith Myanmar; and that one of which was tomake investments in Myanmar.

She urged ASEAN countries to make achange in its policy towards Myanmar unless DawAung San Suu Kyi was released.

On 25 July, US President Obama endorsedthe law to extend the provision to embargo allthe goods from Myanmar. It is disappointing thatPresident Obama said that he always welcomesthose with the clenched fists to shake hands withthem, but did sign the extension of the sanctionsdesigned to deepen the abject misery being facedby Myanmar people.

Some time later, Mrs Clinton’s remarks werefollowed by a counter view from the US.

The view was expressed by Ms Ella Gudwin,staff member of Ameri Cares and Director ofEurasia for Asia Pacific Cooperation as well asmember of the Council of Foreign Relations. Herview was featured in the July 22 issue of ChristianScience Monitor Newspaper.

Ms. Gudwin came along with internationalnon-governmental organizations to Myanmar afterthe cyclone “Nargis” hit the country last year,and got involved in rehabilitation tasks. She

Two different American views about MyanmarTaw Thar Lay

Ms. Ella Gudwin said that not as others thought,

Myanmar authorities were not the people who did notknow anything and who were not negotiable; and thatmost of the persons who had helped her in therehabilitation tasks were local authorities and militaryofficers.

carried out rehabilitation tasks in cooperation withward and village elders, monks, local authoritiesand servicemen, so she knows objective conditionsof Myanmar to a certain degree.

She has an opposite view from that of Mrs.Clinton. She pointed out that the exaggerated policyon release of Daw Suu Kyi had lasted for years,but had not worked at all.

She said that if President Obama offered toshake hands with those who clenched their fists,he should include Myanmar as well, adding thatshe did not rule out the demands for release ofDaw Suu Kyi, but there should be a differentapproach from the policy of isolating Myanmar byputting pressure on and imposing sanctions againstthe country.

Pointing out the success achieved incollaborative work in the Nargis affairs by theMyanmar government, international organizationsand local NGOs, she commented that it was anopportune time for the US to adopt a new policy,but US President Bush failed to grab theopportunity; and that fortune favoured him toapproach Myanmar through humanitarian aid, buthe extended the sanctions and imposed newsanctions against Myanmar in July after the Nargis.

She said that not as others thought, Myanmarauthorities were not the people who did not knowanything and who were not negotiable; and thatmost of the persons who had helped her in therehabilitation tasks were local authorities andmilitary officers.

She presented three ways the US should takein Myanmar: to encourage US humanitarianorganizations to provide aid for rehabilitation andsocial development in Myanmar; to build trustwith medium-ranking officials in favour of reformsthrough discussions; and to lay down appropriateprogrammes in cooperation with the countriesinterested in the Myanmar’s future such as thePeople’s Republic of China, the Republic of Indiaand ASEAN members.

Here, I would say it is up to you readers toconsider which view is pragmatic approach forthe sake of the interest of Myanmar. These twoviews at opposite ends of the political spectrumawakened me to think an aphorism that a drop ofhoney could attract more flies than a gallon of acertain liquid stated in the book “How to winfriends and influence people” by Dale Carnegie.

Translation: MS**********

YANGON, 29 July—Capital Book City will beopened at Room 203 onthe second floor of CapitalHypermarket at No. 14-Eon Minnanda Road inDawbon Township, hereon 1 August.

The books on

Capital Book City to be opened on 1 Augustmanagement, marketeconomy, religiousaffairs, health, education,science, computer,language, medicaleducation, dictionary,cooking, astrology, guide,sports, novel, poem,stories for children,

cartoon and othersincluding magazines andjournals in English andMyanmar are available atthe book city.

To mark the openingof Capital Book City, theCapital Book Fair will beheld from 7 to 16 Augustand the books will be soldat discount.

MNA

Logo of Capital BookCity at Room 203 onthe second floor of

Capital Hypermarketin Dawbon

Township.—NLM

Commander attends agriculturalsupplies providing ceremony

NAY PYI TAW, 30July—Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth-West CommandMaj-Gen Kyaw Swe on18 July attended theceremony to providepaddy strains, agricultureloans and agriculturalsupplies to profits-sharingfarmers organized byHinthada Rice TradingCo.

The managingdirector of MyanmaAgricultural ProduceTrading of the Ministry ofCommerce explained

establishment of suchcompanies and thedirector of Hinthada RiceTrading Co. The personnelfrom the companypresented agriculturalloans to peasants throughofficials of the village-tracts.

The commanderinspected condition ofroads and bridges alongAito Aithbyu Street fromHinthada and met withdepartmental personnel,townselders, members ofsocial organizations andchairpersons of village-tract PDCs in LaymyethnaTownship.

The commanderaddressed the fifthceremony to distributeagricultural supplies toprofit-sharing peasants ofKisanakyuntha CO Ltd atBEHS in Danubyu on 19July.

The CEO of thecompany presentedagricultural assistance onbehalf of the farmers andK 5 million of stipends forthe six-distinction winnerstudent in thematriculation exam.

The commanderinspected Sinthwelat farmof the company in Thabyuvillage-tract.—MNA

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects samples of communication equipment and Internetrelated equipment displayed at Yatanarpon Teleport in PyinOoLwin Township.—MNA

(from page 1)the buildings inYatanarpon Myothit, in-vestment of the companiesand implementation in thehousing projects in thenorth of YatanarponMyothit.

Next, Minister Brig-Gen Thein Zaw presentedreports to the Prime Minis-ter on investment and con-struction tasks in theproject, installation of com-munication facilities inYatanarpon Myothit andcommunication relatedequipment to be manufac-tured, telephone lines to beextended in Yangon andMandalay Divisions, mod-ern rural region communi-cation system to be set upand progress in buildingYatanarpon Cyber Halland staff quarters.

State rendering …Afterwards, Man-

dalay Mayor Brig-GenPhone Zaw Han presentedreports to the Prime Minis-ter on measures for theimplementation of hous-ing projects, allocation ofland plots, efforts for build-ing roads and supplyingwater and electricity.

In response to thereports, the Prime Minis-ter asked what he wantedto know and gave instruc-tions to officials concerned.

After cordiallygreeting entrepreneursfrom the companies whohad invested in YatanarponMyothit Project, the PrimeMinister made a speech onthe occasion, saying thatarrangements had beenmade to carry out tasks forbetter transport that is thebasic requirement and sup-

ply clean water and elec-tricity sufficiently. Planshad been made for compa-nies to be able to use suffi-cient land. Everything wasprovided to set up indus-trial services. All are tocontribute to the restora-tion of law and order andthe development of theState.

The industrializedcountry had to be estab-lished based on agriculturefor the development of theState. Arts and ScienceUniversities, Universitiesof Computer Studies,Technological Uni-versities and Collegesexisting in 24 special de-velopment regions are nur-turing intellectuals and in-telligentsia necessary foran industrialized country.

The State is render-ing assistance to the in-

vestment of local compa-nies in the industrial serv-ices and inviting compa-nies from abroad to investin the country in accord-ance with laws rules andregulations. Industrial en-trepreneurs are to cooper-ate with the Government

in the development of theState.

Next, the PrimeMinister inspected samplesof communication relatedequipment to be manufac-tured by factories of thecompanies and those of

Internet related productson display on the groundfloor of YatanarponTeleport.

On arrival at MCCTraining Institute(Yatanarpon) inYatanarpon Myothit, thePrime Minister and partywere welcomed by Chair-man of MCC GroupCo.,Ltd U Tin Win Aungand plans to conductcourses were explained.

Afterwards, thePrime Minister looked intothe internationally recog-nized computer course andthe trainees attending theinternational software de-velopment centre. Thetrainees have access tolearning different aca-demic subjects. Next, thePrime Minister gave in-structions on nurturing ofoutstanding intellectuals.

Afterwards, thePrime Minister oversawprogress in constructingcommunication structures,company buildings andhigh-class housing projectsin Yatanarpon Myothit ina motorcade. The PrimeMinister and party thenarrived at Mandalay in theevening.

The following daythe Prime Minister, accom-panied by the commander,ministers and the Manda-lay mayor, inspectedprogress in building theretaining wall ofShwetachaung Drain at

the corner of 38th streetand 86th street inMahaaungmyay Town-ship. While inspectingproper flow of drainage,Mayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han and Acting Headof Road and Bridge De-partment Daw Khin MayHtay presented reports tothe Prime Minister on ac-complishment of the roadand bridge works.

After hearing thereports, the Prime Minis-ter gave instructions to of-ficials concerned.

Next, the PrimeMinister and party lookedinto progress in upgradingthe 30th tarred street inChanayethazan Townshipwith the extension of 50feet from 62nd street to thering road of Mandalay-PyinOoLwin, the 35th

street from the ring road tothe 53rd street and pavingthe gravel as the basic layerat the entrance road toMandalay of Yangon-Mandalay Highway.

Afterwards, thePrime Minister and partyarrived at Mandalay Inter-national Airport in a mo-torcade and they were seenoff there by Commander

Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe,Mayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han and officials con-cerned.

Leaving Mandalayby air, the Prime Ministerand party arrived back herein the afternoon.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein views internationally recognized computer course and attending of trainees at International SoftwareDevelopment Center in MCC Training Institute (Yatanarpon), PyinOoLwin Township.—MNA

Arts and Science Universities, Universities ofComputer Studies, Technological Universitiesand Colleges existing in 24 special developmentregions are nurturing intellectuals and intelli-gentsia necessary for an industrialized country.

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Related meetings of ASEAN Ministers onEnergy Meeting continue

NAY PYI TAW, 30July—The 6thASEAN+3 Ministers onEnergy Meeting andThird EAS Ministers onEnergy meeting - 3rdEAS EMM, which arerelated meetings of the27th ASEAN Ministerson Energy Meeting,continued at SedonaHotel in Mandalayyesterday.

Energy ministersfrom ASEAN countriesand dialogue partners ofEast Asia countries,deputy ministers, seniorofficials, the DeputySecretary-General andofficials of ASEANSecretariat, represen-tatives of ASEAN Centerfor Energy (ACE) andEconomic ResearchInstitutes for ASEANand East Asia attendedthe meeting.

Chairperson of themeeting Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen LunThi made an openingspeech. Afterwards,ministers, deputy

ministers and seniorofficials from dialoguepartners of East Asiacountries made openingspeeches and thosepresent discussed energymatters.

After the meeting,press conferencefollowed at the samevenue, attended byMinister for Energy

Brig-Gen Lun Thi,Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Than Htay, DeputySecretary-General MrPushpanathan Sundramof ASEAN Secretariat,departmental heads,correspondents fromMyanmar ForeignCorrespondents Club and

media men. At theconference, the Ministerexplained facts about thecompletion of holdingthe meeting.

After that, theMinister and officialsreplied to queries raisedby the reporters.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 July—Minister for Industry-2Vice-Admiral Soe Thein received a delegation led byChairman Mr Wang Jinian of XJ Group Corporation atthe hall of ministry here this afternoon.

At the meeting, the minister stressed the need oftimely completion of multi-purpose diesel engineproject jointly implemented by the ministry and thegroup in Thagara industrial region in December 2009and starting of production process.

Also present at the call were Deputy MinisterLt-Col Khin Maung Kyaw, Directors-General,Managing Directors and officials.—MNA

Industry-2 Minister receivesChairman of XJ Group

Corporation

NAY PYI TAW, 30July—The openingceremony of theCommander-in-Chief’s(Navy) Shield Track andField Meet 2009 washeld at the hall ofAyeyawady NavalRegion CommandHeadquarters on 22 July.

On behalf of theCommander-in-Chief(Navy), Commander ofNaval Dockyard CommandRear-Admiral Han Sein

C-in-C’s (Navy) ShieldTrack and Field Meet

concludesgave an opening address.

Also present on theoccasion were senior navalofficers of Yangon andThanlyin stations,servicemen, familymembers, guests andspectators.

At the prizepresentation ceremony,Commander Rear-AdmiralHan Sein awardedchampionship shield toNaval Dockyard Commandteam.—MNA

YANGON, 30 July — No. 8, Volume II of YangonTravel Journal came out on 28 July.

The journal has covered short stories, articles,cartoons, jokes, poems and youth section.

The journal is now available at book shops inYangon and branches of All bus-line Control Committee.Those wishing to send manuscripts to the journal maycontact No. 474, Theinbyu Road, Kandawgalay, MingalaTaungnyunt Township, Ph 381858.

The journal is published with the aim ofdisseminating knowledge on traffic rules to drivers,bus conductors and travellers and declining the roadaccidents.— MNA

Yangon Travel JournalNo. 8, Volume II comes out

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence delivers address at meeting No. 13/2009 of Leading Committee for Beautifyingand Upgrading Yangon.—MNA

Chairperson Daw Aye Aye of Central Working Committee for Myanmar Women’s SportsFederation makes an address at preliminary meeting on participation of athletes in XXV SEA

Games in Laos in December, 2009.—MNA

Energy ministers from ASEAN countries and China, Japan andROK pose for documentary photo at 6th ASEAN+3 Ministers on

Energy Meeting.—MNA

(from page 16)making efforts for properflow of water in the drainsand upgrading of roads.

Chairman ofYangon Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint and Chairman ofYangon City Develop-ment Committee MayorBrig-Gen Aung Thein Linreported on progress of

Leadingcommitteefor beauti-fying …

work and future tasks ofthe leading committee.

Afterwards, chair-men and responsible offi-

cials of the work commit-tees reported on completed

works, and the meetingended with concluding re-

marks by Lt-Gen MyintSwe.— MNA

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Lt-Gen Tha Aye of Ministry of Defence views locals fetching water at the opening of tube well

at Kyaunggon Village, Budalin Township.—MNA

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defence inspects worksite of

Mongnai-Kengtung railroad construction project in Kengtung.—MNA

(from page 16)

and yolk put in the oval-

shaped-plastic container and

dried for some time. Then,

chemical egg that exactly

looks like the real one is

obtained.

Medical experts warned

that those chemical eggs do

not have any nutrition values

and may harm health if

consumed due to the

chemical agents. Thus,

public is to be conscious of

consuming eggs.

Those chemical eggs are

found addled if shaken and

they spin faster and longer

than real ones if spun on the

surface of mirror or plate.

Compared with the real

ones, those fake eggs are

found more dark in colour,

more reflective as their shells

are made of wax, the surface

seemed rougher if rub, no

Fake eggs made…membrane in shell, and the

white and yolk of the

chemical ones mix if boiled.

Moreover, laboratory

tests on the chemical eggs

of departments concerned

are under way now and

further findings will be

announced to the public.

The real eggs are

distinguishable from

chemical ones with the

above-mentioned methods

and authorities concerned

urged the sellers not to sell

and restaurants not to serve

customers with those eggs.

Town Development

Committees in respective

regions are taking steps to

seize those chemical eggs

and people are to inform to

the authorities concerned

should they come across

them in market.

MNA


—Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the

Ministry of Defence

inspected chicken

breeding special zone in

Shwebo, Shwebo District

Lt-Gen Tha Aye inspects regional development tasks in Shwebo District

and Shwebo-

Kyaukmyaung Road on 26

July.

Accompanied by

Chairman of Sagaing

Division Peace and

Development Council

Commander of North-

West Command Maj-Gen

Myint Soe and officials,

Lt-Gen Tha Aye looked

into Maha Nandar Lake, a

chlorination plant and

water filter tank in

Shwebo, and oversaw

Laungshae water pumping

works in KhinU.

At chicken breeding

special zone in Aung Thiri

Ward, Lt-Gen Tha Aye

heard reports on facts about

the breeding zone presented

by officials.

Next, Lt-Gen Tha Aye

viewed development of

KhinU, and condition of

KhinU-Dabayin-Budalin-

Monywa road section.

Then Lt-Gen Tha Aye

opened the tube well at

Kyaunggon Village in

Budalin Township on 27

July.Afterwards, Lt-Gen

Tha Aye attended the

opening of new school

building for Yaybudalin

Village BEPS.

He also inspected the

suspension bridge at

Chaungwagyi Village and

presented publications for

village library and

medicines for village clinic.

He visited Inndaw

River Water Pumping

Project in Yinmabin

Township.

He also oversaw Aung

Zeya Housing Project,

plantations and water tank.

MNA


—Lt-Gen Min Aung

Hlaing of the Ministry of

Defence together with

Chairman of Shan State

(East) Peace and

Development Council

Commander of Triangle

Region Command Maj-

Gen Kyaw Phyo and

officials inspected worksite

of Mongnai-Kengtung

railroad construction

project and Lwelon chicken

farm yesterday.

Lt-Gen Min Aung

Hlaing attended the

collective rainy season tree

planting ceremony of Shan

State (East) at Mongzinn

Kengtung Township gaining

development momentum

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Oo deliveringspeech in meeting with district and

township level departmental officials andmembers of social organizations in Bhamo

Township, Kachin State.—MNA

organizations and staff of five

departments at the hall in Sagaing,

Sagaing Division on 28 July and at the

office of Mandalay Division Peace

and Development Council on 29 July.

The minister gave accounts on

present political and economics issues

and urged them to discharge their

duties in line with the staff rules and

regulations.— MNA

YANGON, 30 July — Minister for

Home Affairs and for Immigration and

Population Maj-Gen Maung Oo met

with district and township level

departmental officials and members of

social organizations at the hall of Bhamo

Township in Kachin State on 26 July.

The minister also met with district

and township level departmental

officials, members of social

Minister meets service personnel, social organization

members in Bhamo, Sagaing and Mandalay

village-tract in Kengtung.

Next, Lt-Gen Min

Aung Hlaing visited

Pankwetaung elephant foot

yam tuber plantation on

Kengtung-Tachilek road

and Wulon tea plantation.

Afterwards, he at-

tended the ceremony to

present summer and

monsoon paddy

cultivation awards to

winners at the town hall in

Kengtung. The

commander reported on

extended cultivation of

summer and monsoon

paddy in the state. Then

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing

urged officials to make

concerted efforts forachieving the success ofagricultural tasks in thestate in cooperation withlocal farmers andcordially greeted those

present.MNA

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Shwegyin Township enjoying development at unprecedented levelArticle, photos: Reporter Peinzalok Thein Nyunt

The 1,500 feet long Sittoung (Shwegyin-Madauk) Bridge linking Shwegyin and Madauk.

Shwegyin Township People’s Hospital(100-bed) in Bago Division.

U Thein Oo, Chairman of ShwegyinTownship PDC.

A bus plying between Shwegyin and Yangon.

YANGON, 30 July—The Central ExecutiveCommittee of Myanmar Writers and JournalistsAssociation held meeting No. 7/2009 at SarpayBeikman building, here, yesterday.

Chairman of MWJA U Hla Myaing (KoHsaung) made a speech.

Secretary Dr Tin Tun Oo (Dr Tin Tun Oo)reported on accomplishment on resolutions of theprevious meeting and leaders of the respective workcommittees on their respective sectors.

The meeting ended with the remarks by thechairman.

MNA

YOUTH Computer tolaunch Network Engineer

and MCSA coursesYANGON, 30 July—YOUTH Computer Centre

has been conducting the monthly practical A+, MCSAand computer aided music courses, publishing thecomputer technology books, disseminating weeklycomputer knowledge lessons through online RCTReader (www.zawlinyouth.net). YOUTH ComputerCentre will now open the new courses of NetworkEngineer (Enterprise Level) and Microsoft CertifiedSystem Administrator on 10 August and Practical A+on 1st August.

YOUTH Computer Centre has been conductingadvanced computer courses as well as Hardware,

Network and Computer Music lessons by uploadingthrough e-learning system on www.zawlinyouth.netfor 60 lessons a month. Prepaid cards with user IDand password are available at book stalls and publicaccess centers at the rate of 1500 per month for thosewho wish to be members of the website.

Anyone interested to enroll the course, to buybooks and to take membership may contact No. 6-A,Pansodan Office Tower on Pansodan Road nearJ Donuts, Kyauktada Township (Ph: 254893 and 09-5003596) during office hours.—MNA

MWJA holds meeting

moat, wall and archwayembodied with the arts ofMyanmar handicraft.

It is located on thespur of the eastern Yomamountain range, and 17miles east of it is PapunTownship in Kayin State,two miles north of it,Nyaunglebin, Kyaukdagaand Waw townships, 23miles south of it, KyaiktoTownship in Mon State,and 23 miles north of it,Kyaukkyi Township.

Of the famousregional festivals inMyanmar is Shwegyinlantern floating festivalannually held ShwegyinTownship, Bago

Division.In an interview,

Chairman of TownshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil U Thein Oo toldthe Kyemon that thetownship was composedwith eight wards, 31village-tracts and 82villages with a populationof 86,216; that in 2008-2009, it put 50,778 acresunder monsoon paddy,3146 acres under summerpaddy, 15,874 acres underbeans and pulses, 2249acres under vegetables,2324 acres undersunflower, 3012 acresunder cold seasonsesame, 200 acres underniger, 11,089 acres undercold season groundnut,and 1214 acres undermonsoon groundnut; thatprevious year it grew 2466acres of monsoongroundnut.

Previously, thetownship had only a 16-bed hospital; and that thegovernment opened a100-bed townshippeople’s well-equipped

hospital on 27 December2004. The township nowhas 16-bed DonzayitStation Hospital, threeprivate clinics, ruralhealth branch, a sub-ruralhealth centre, MyomaMaternal and ChildWelfare Association,Leprosy, TB, Malariacentres, he said.

In the educationsector, the township hastwo basic education highschools, five affiliatedhigh schools, one middleschool, two affiliatedmiddle schools, onemiddle school (branch),15 post-primary schools,59 primary schools, two

pre-primary schools, andthree monastic educationschools.

With respect to thecommunication sector,the township had amanual exchange in thepast. The Myanma Postsand Telecommunicationsopened a digital autoexchange on 1 April 2005.Now, the exchange isinstalled with 559telephones. Now, local

people can make a phonecontact with any otherregion in the country.

In order to improvethe region’s transport,1,500-foot-long SittoungBridge over the SittoungRiver linking Shwegyinand Madauk was openedon 11 February 2003.The region has gotNyaunglebin feeder roadleading to Yangon-Mandalay Highway.Public Works and theTownship DevelopmentAffairs Committee arebuilding new tarred,gravel, laterite and earthroads and repairing oldones.

The rapid develop-ment of ShwegyinTownship is largely dueto the onerous tasks thegovernment is carryingout to improve theinfrastructures in theinterests of the people.Now, the townshipenjoys all-rounddevelopment far betterthan that in the past.

Translation: MSKyemon: 29-7-2009

Shwegyin Townshipin Bago Division hasseen a lot of positivechanges in all fields.Housing estates and fineroads coping with anincreasing volume oftraffics clearly testify tothe fact that the regionhas become an urbanizedregion as a result of thedrive for making peaceand stability return tonormal.

The townshipfounded by King BodawPhaya in 1160 MyanmarEra stands at an altitudeof 96 feet with easternYoma mountain ranges

in the east. It is, indeed, aregion of scenic naturalbeauty. At the entrance ofthe township is asignboard saying“Welcome to ShwegyinTownship” along with its

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SIRI BHUM VOY NO (336)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SIRI BHUMVOY NO (336) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 31.7.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P 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 REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TAMPAN VOY NO (263)Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA

TAMPAN VOY NO (263) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 31.7.2009 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 GOLD MENAM VOY NO (95)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GOLDMENAM VOY NO (95) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 31.7.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.7 where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINERSINGAPORE PTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Crocodiles’ origins still mystery in ShanghaiBEIJING, 30 July—The

Shanghai Wildlife Protec-tion Office has still notdiscovered the source oftwo young estuarinecrocodiles found in thecity recently.

Investigation of nearbyrestaurants came up withnothing, officialssaid.Officers visited theLantian Hotel in YangpuDistrict on Wednesday,the only restaurant big

enough to deal with croco-dile meat near theWujiaochang area ofYangpu District, where anestuarine crocodile wasfound on a Metro Line 10construction site on Tues-day. They found no clue inthe kitchen or store house.

“We had no evidenceproving that they weredoing crocodile trade,” saidPei Enle, director of theoffice. “So we couldn’t

take any action, but onlywarned the hotel that it’sillegal to sell crocodilewithout the government’spermission.”

Pei said estuarinecrocodiles are endangered.

“Most wild estuarinecrocodiles live in South-east Asia,” he said. “Thetwo crocodiles may comefrom abroad. They man-aged to escape on the wayto restaurants.”—Internet

Visitors take photos of a dog during the Pet SouthAmerica fair in Sao Paulo recently.—INTERNET

Hungarian police arrest int’l team forillegal stem cell treatment

BUDAPEST, 30 July—The Hungarianpolice arrested four people, two foreign-ers and two Hungarians, on charges ofillegally treating patients with stem cells,and a court ruled on Wednesday that thefour were to be held in preliminary de-tention, the local wire service MTIreported. The four, including YuliyBaltaytis, a US citizen, a Ukrainian na-tional identified only as Natalia K,Istvan Seffer, a Hungarian doctor, anda second Hungarian, believed to beSandor Szabo, worked out of a medical

clinic in Kaposvar, southwest Hungary,where Seffer’s brother was director andSeffer and Szabo were part-owners.

They were accused of injecting stemcells into patients over a two-year periodbeginning in 2007 and ending with theirarrest. They charged about 25,000 USdollars to administer the treatments. Theproducts administered to the patientswere untested on either humans or ani-mals, and the effects were unknown, Na-tional Bureau of Investigation spokes-man Soma Csecsi said.—Internet

Poland not to join euro zone in 2012: officialWARSAW, 30 July—Po-

land would not join theeuro zone in 2012, DeputyFinance Minister LudwikKotecki said here Wednes-day. “In August the gov-ernment will publish astrategic framework of theNational Plan of euro in-troduction. It will includeadditional conditions. To-day we may say that 2012as the euro zone joiningdate is unfeasible,”

Kotecki told the Senate.Earlier the Polish gov-

ernment planned that Po-land would join ERM2(European exchange ratemechanism) in 2009 toadopt euro in 2012.

“We assume that Polandcould best join the ERM2when it will need to stayin the mechanism for theshortest time. FX market

volatility is still quite highalthough it is declining.There is no political con-sensus, either,” Polishnews agency PAP quotedKotecki as saying.

“We will present newconditions in the nationalplan of euro adoptionwhich will define newprospects and dates,” headded.—Internet

People work at an archaeological site in Xihu Township in the Weiyang Districtof Yangzhou City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 29 July, 2009. An ancienttomb, which is estimated to be a tomb of the Han Dynasty (206 BC-220 AD),has been excavated and burial artifacts like copper mirror, pottery, lacquer article have been found. The coffin has not been opened yet.—XINHUA

Government of the Union of MyanmarMinistry of Health

Department of Medical ScienceAnnouncement for Refresher Course for Issuing DoctorRegistration Cards (Sa Ma), and Refresher Course for

Issuing Dentist Registration Cards (Tha Kha)1. Refresher Course for Issuing Doctor Registration Cardsand Refresher Course for Issuing Dentist RegistrationCards will be conducted at the universities of medicineand universities of dental medicine under the Departmentof Medical Science of the Ministry of Health in August2009. The following persons are eligible for the courses.2. Those who have completed internship since December2007, but have yet to get Doctor Registration Cards (SaMa), or Dentist Registration Cards (Tha Kha).Remark : :Those in service are not eligible for the

courses.3. Closing date for applications - 7 August 20094. Applications to be submitted - Mother university5. For further details, contact the Department of MedicalScience (Head Office) in Nay Pyi Taw and motheruniversities.

Department of Medical Science

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Building starts on straw house for2010 World Expo

BEIJING, 30 July —Construction began onWednesday on propertydeveloper Vanke’spavilion for the 2010Shanghai World Expo.

But, rather thanshowcase its new houses,China’s biggest listedreal estate developer willurge people with itspavilion to protectnature. And, unlike otherExpo pavilions, theVanke building willgradually decay and loseits glory during the 2010

event . The facade of the

5 , 0 0 0 - s q u a r e - m e t e rpavilion will be made ofwheat straw. The eco-friendly constructionmaterial will start outgold in color but will turnyellow and then blackby the end of theevent.The color andsmell of straw will makepeople think of natureand the decaying processwill show the changes ofnature to Expo visitors,said Lu Xiang, the

pavilion’s chiefdesigner.

The building willcomprise seven 18-meter-tall steelstructures in the shape ofstraw piles, which is acommon sight in China’sfarmlands.

The structures will bewrapped in straw andhave skylights at the topto allow in thesunshine.The exhibitio fRespect.”The pavilionwill be called “2049,”referring to the centenaryof the People’s Republicof China. — Internet

Wang Shi (right), chairman of Vanke group, and Hong Hao, director-general of the Bureau of Shanghai World Expo Coordination, show off the

main building material of the Vanke Pavilion at the groundbreakingceremony, on 29 July , 2009.— INTERNET Thailand, Australia,

Malaysia report moreflu-related deaths

HONG KONG, 30 July — Thailand’s Public HealthMinistry on Wednesday announced 21 more deaths due tothe A/H1N1 influenza infection, while Australia reportedfour flu-related deaths and Malaysia reported one. Of thetotal death cases, a large number of the victims died due tohaving complication and congenital diseases, the ministrysaid. Meanwhile, the country’s total number of the A/H1N1 infected patients rose to 8,877, higher compared to6,776 as of July 22, the ministry said. Australia’s NewSouth Wales (NSW) recorded four more deaths of peoplewith A/H1N1 flu, bringing the state’s toll to 21, healthauthorities revealed on Wednesday.

NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant confirmed thefatalities, saying all four people - two men and two womenaged between 57 and71 - had underlying medicalconditions.Chant said they had been at greater risk ofdeveloping severe illness from A/H1N1 flu due to theirunderlying illnesses. “Pregnant women, people who haveexisting health problems, such as diabetes, respiratory, heartand renal disease need to take extra care and consult theirdoctor if they experience flu-like symptoms,” Chant said ina statement. Chant reminded everyone to practice goodhygiene, including covering the nose and mouth with atissue when coughing or sneezing and disposing of tissuespromptly after use.

A total of 3,874 people in NSW have now testedpositive for A/H1N1 flu, however, this figure representsonly a small proportion of the true number of cases.Malaysiareported the fourth death of A/H1N1 flu, for the first timeinvolving a female, a health official said near here onWednesday. — Internet

Two polar bear cubs are kept in a nursing box inLaohutan Ocean Park in Dalian of northeast China’sLiaoning Province, on 29 July, 2009. Two polar bearcubs, one female and one male, were born on Wednesdayin Laohutan Ocean Park. — INTERNET

Health Minister says only half Vietnameselocalities have plans to fight A/H1N1 flu

More dairyas a child

prolongs life,a study saysBEIJING, 30 July—

Drinking milk andconsuming dairy producefrom an early age mayresult in a longer life annew study suggests.Researchers in Britainand Australia say that ofthose they studied, theconsumption of a calciumrich diet played animportant part inprotecting against strokesand other causes of death.

Researchers traced4,374 British childrenwho had taken part in a1930s study and foundthat those who hadindulged in a high dairyand calcium diet weregenerally more healthy.The study suggests that adaily consumption of 300ml of milk, containingaround 400 mg ofcalcium, could cut thechance of dying from astroke by as much as 60percent.—Internet

Scientists discover Amazon river is11 million years old

WASHINGTON, 30 July— A team of scientistshave discovered thatthe Amazon river, and itstranscontinental drainage,is around 11 million yearsold and took its presentshape about 2.4 millionyears ago. The study waspublished in the July issueof US journal Geology.

University of Liver-pool researchers, incollaboration with theUniversity of Amsterdamand Petrobras, the nationaloil company of Brazil,analyzed sedimentarymaterial taken from two

boreholes near the mouthof the river to calculatethe age of the Amazonriver and the Amazondeep sea fan.

Prior to this study, theexact age of the Amazon,one of the two largestrivers in the world, wasnot known. Until recentlythe Amazon Fan, asubmarine sedimentcolumn around 10 kmthick, had provendifficult to penetrate.New exploration effortsby Petrobras, however,have led to two newboreholes being drilled

near the mouth of theAmazon — one 2.5 miles(4.5 km) below sea level— which resulted in newsediment logical and paleontological analysis ofsamples from the riversediment.

“River sedimentrecords provide a uniqueinsight into thepalaeoclimate andgeography of thehinterland,” said JorgeFigueiredo from theUniversity’s Departmentof Earth and OceanSciences.

Internet

HANOI, 30 July —Vietnamese HealthMinister Nguyen QuocTrieu said only 34 out of63 municipalities andprovinces in the countryhave A/H1N1 preven-tionplans despite the fastspread of the disease, localnewspaper the VietnamNews reported onThursday.

Trieu made the remarksat the weekly meeting ofthe National SteeringCommittee for A/H1N1Prevention in Hanoi onWednesday, said thenewspaper. In the pastweek, the disease hasspread to many schoolsand office buildingsacross the country, saidTrieu.

At the meeting, theminister required A/H1N1 flu-hit provincesto set up temporaryhospitals where they aremost needed such asschools, offices and

industrial zones, accord-ing to the newspaper.

The Health Ministryplanned to buy moreTamiflu and Relenzadrugs, said the newspaper.

Internet

1,529 newA/H1N1 flu casesconfirmed in Europe

STOCKHOLM, 30 July — A European health agency said Wednesday that 1,529new A/H1N1 flu cases were reported in European countries within the last 24hours.Of the new cases, 1,096 were confirmed in Germany, 104 in Norway, 91 inNetherlands, 63 in Sweden, 50 in Ireland, 34 in Austria, 17 in Switzerland, 14 inLuxemburg, 12 in Iceland, nine in Romania, seven respectively in Denmark,Slovenia and Hungary, five in Lithuania, three respectively in the Czech Republic,Estonia and Slovakia, two respectively in Bulgaria and Latvia, one respectively inNorway and Estonia, the European Center for Disease Prevention and Control(ECDC) said in its daily situation report.

The total number of confirmed cases of the H1N1 flu virus in the EuropeanUnion (EU) and European Free Trade Association (EFTA) countries rose to22,817, with 1,538 cases in Spain and 11,159 in Britain, 628 in France and 4,445in Germany, the ECDC said.—Internet

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BEERLIN, 30 July — Antonio Valencia scored thewinner for Manchester United in a 2-1 victory overBoca Juniors in a friendly tournament in Munich onWednesday.

Midfielder Anderson opened the account for Man-chester United with a free kick.

Valencia scored the English club’s second goal be-fore halftime with a low shot.

Federico Insua pulled one back for Boca in the 55thminute. —Internet

BEIJING , 30 July—Tottenham Hotspur boss HarryRedknapp is delighted with the progress his team havemade pre-season, singling out their positive attitudeand ability to retain the ball.

The affable Redknapp has a knack of getting thebest out of his players and he is looking to steer theclub into the top six next season.

They got a good workout here Wednesday in a 1-0victory over London rivals West Ham in the BarclaysAsia Trophy, with England international JermainDefoe scoring the only goal of the game.

Internet

Manchester City signs ToureLONDON, 30 July — Premier League club Man-

chester City have signed Cote d’Ivoire defender KoloToure from Arsenal, the club said on Wednesday.

Toure, 28, has signed a four-year deal with Man-chester City, the club said on their website.—Internet

Redknapp delighted withTottenham progress

Tottenham Hotspur’sJamie O’Hara. Team boss

Harry Redknapp isdelighted with the

progress his team havemade pre-season, singlingout their positive attitudeand ability to retain the

ball.—INTERNET

Man United edges BocaJuniors 2-1

STANFORD, 30 July—Maria Sharapova rolled overfellow Russian Nadia Petrova 6-1, 6-2 in the secondround of the 700,000 dollar Bank of the West Classic.

Former world number one Sharapova needed justover an hour to beat current world number 10 Petrova.

Maria Sharapova ofRussia blows kisses to

the crowd after beatingNadia Petrova of Russia

6-1, 6-2 at Stanford. INTERNET

Sharapova advances atStanford tennis

Sharapova now has 13wins and four losses in2009 as she continued herdomination over Petrova,winning seven of theireight career matches. “Iknew what I had to im-prove upon,” Sharapovasaid. “I started that firstmatch lousy. This time thegoal was to get a betterstart.” Sharapova wasplaying just her 17thmatch since returningfrom a nine-month layoffbecause of shoulder sur-gery.— Internet

PARIS, 30 July — French international BafetimbiGomis joined seven-time French champions Lyonfrom St Etienne in a 15 million euro deal onWednesday, according to an AFP report.

The 23-year-old signed a five-year contract, clubofficial Bernard Lacombe told AFP.

“Everything has been finalized, it is a great thing.He will be a focal point for the attack which is impor-tant - ‘Bafe’ is a really exciting player,” Lacombeadded. —Internet

Van Der Burgh breaks men’s50m breaststroke world recordROME, 30 July — South African Cameron Van Der

Burgh won the men’s 50m breaststroke gold medalon Wednesday, breaking the world record for the sec-ond time in two days with a time of 26.67 in the worldswimming championships.

Van Der Burgh had set the record at 26.74 in Tues-day’s semifinals.

Brazil’s Felipe Silva and American Mark Ganglofffinished second and third respectively. —Internet

ROME, 30 July — Russian Anastasia Zueva brokethe women’s 50m backstroke world record in a semi-final heat with a time of 27.38, just minutes after Ger-man Daniela Samulski had bettered the mark to 27.39.

Samulski, swimming in the first semifinal, im-proved the mark of 27.61 she set in Berlin on June 26.

But Zueva took one-hundredth of a second offSamulski’s new record.—Internet

French Gomis joins LyonRussian Zueva breaks women’s

50m back world record

RIO DE JANEIRO, 30 July — Undergoing surgery onhis left, Corinthians’ star striker Ronaldo received 12pins and two titanium plates in his left hand on Wednes-day.

The player hurt himself on 26 July during a matchagainst Palmeiras. Colliding into Souza, Ronaldo fellonto the ground, placing all his weight on his left hand,and broke his middle and ring finger.

The multiple fractures did not require surgery, butthe athlete opted for the operation in order to speed uphis return time.

Ronaldo is expected to miss nearly 40 days, or eightgames for Corinthians. He will be able to return to prac-tice in 10 days and is forecasted to return to play infour to six weeks.

Internet

ROME, 30 July — Ita-ly’s Federica Pellegriniwon the women’s 200mfreestyle gold medal at theworld swimming champi-onships on Wednesday,breaking the world recordfor the second time in twodays with a time of oneminute 52.98 seconds.

Pellegrini had set themark of 1:53.67 in Tues-day’s semifinals. Ameri-cans Allison Schmitt andDana Vollmer picked sil-ver and bronzerespectively.

Internet

BERLIN, 30 July —German luxury car makerBayerische MotorenWerke AG (BMW) willquit Formula One in No-vember at the end of 2009season, Chief ExecutiveNorbert Reithofer con-firmed on Wednesday inits Munich headquarters.

BMW became the sec-ond carmaker followingHonda in less than a yearto withdraw from theauto-racing series amidslumping sales.

“The board decidedyesterday that we wouldchange our involvementin motor sport. The BMWgroup will end its involve-ment with Formula One atthe end of 2009 season,”said Reithofer. The im-portance of Formula Oneis reducing as BMW“places stronger focus onsustainability initiatives,”he added.

At present, BMWspends an estimated 200million euros (some283million US dollars) onFormula One every yearto market its brand. How-ever, its team only got onewin in 63 races, when

LONDON, 30 July – After two decades as Manches-ter United manager, Sir Alex Ferguson has grown usedto watching his players treated like idols across theworld, but even he was taken aback by the fervourthat greeted Park Ji-Sung in South Korea during theclub’s recent pre-season tour.

Park is by far South Korea’s most successful foot-ball export and he heads into his fifth season with Unitedfirmly established as a key figure in Ferguson’s squad.

So when Park returned home with United for thefirst time in July, his compatriots were determined topay tribute to their hero. They flocked to the airport togreet him when United arrived in Korea and, although

SEVILLE, 30 July — English Premier League sideAston Villa eased into the Peace Cup semi-finals onWednesday with a 3-1 victory over Mexican outfitAtlante.

The up and coming English outfit - a rising forceunder former Celtic handler Martin O’Neill - will meetPortugal’s 2004 Champions League winners Porto inthe semi-finals.

Porto eked out a dour 0-0 draw with Turkish sideBesiktas, which was enough to see them through toFriday’s semi-final in Malaga.

Villa encountered few problems against Atlantewith Norwegian international John Carew grabbingtheir second in the 48th minute and Ashley Youngwrapped it up in the 62nd minute.

The other semi-final in Seville also on Friday fea-tures Italian powerhouses Juventus and Spanish gi-ants Real Madrid.—Internet

Ronaldo receives 12 pins in his left hand

World record for Italian Pellegrini inwomen’s 200m freestyle

Federica Pellegrini ofItaly shows her medalduring the awardingceremony after the

Women’s 200m Free-style Final in the 13thFINA World Champi-onships in Rome, Italy,

on 29 July, 2009.INTERNET

BMW withdraws from F1Robert Kubica took vic-tory in Canada last sea-son.

Analysts thought thehigh cost and the poorperformance of BMWteam in F1 were the rea-sons why BMW quit F1,but Reithofer denied that,saying the decision wasmade based on compa-ny’s new strategy ratherthan the high costs anddisappointing results.

Internet

Park sets bar for PremierLeague’s Asian stars

A poster showsManchester United’s

Park Ji-Sung, in ashopping mall in Seoul.

INTERNET

Park was not fully fit,Ferguson felt compelled tosend him on as a substitutein the friendly against FCSeoul.—Internet

Villa cruise into Peace Cupsemis, meet Porto

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin lower Sagaing Division, rain have been isolated in KayahState and Magway Division, scattered in MandalayDivisions, fairly widespread in Shan and Chin States, upperSagaing and Yangon Divisions and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions with locally heavyfalls inRakhine and Mon States, isolated heavyfalls in Chin andKayin States, Bago Division. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Lewe) (0.70) inch, NayPyi Taw (Pyinmana) (0.20) inch, An (7.55) inches, Kyauktaw(5.47) inches, Maungdaw (5.07) inches, Sittway (4.81)inches, Palatwa (4.33) inches, Thandwe and Ye (3.74) incheseach, Paung (3.54) inches, Hpa-an (3.50) inches,Nyaunglaypin (3.31) inches, Mawlamyine (3.27) inchesand Yamethin (0.15) inch.

Maximum temperature on 29-7-2009 was 87°F.Minimum temperature on 30-7-2009 was 70°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 30-7-2009 was 88%.Total sun shine hours on 29-7-2009 was Nil.

Rainfall on 30-7-2009 was (0.55) inch at Mingaladon,(0.51) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.51) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (68.66) inches atMingaladon, (75.27) inches at Kaba-Aye and (76.38) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (7) mph from Southwest at (15:30) hours MST on29-7-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Seaand South Bay and moderate elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 31st July 2009: Rainwill be isolated in Kayah State, lower Sagaing and MagwayDivisions, scattered in Mandalay Division, fairlywidespread in Chin, Shan States, upper Sagaing Divisionand widespread in the remaining States and Divisions withlikelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon, KayinStates and Taninthayi Division. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for31-7-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for31-7-2009: One or two rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for31-7-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain. Degree of certaintyis (60%).

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NEW YORK, 30 July—Jerry Hall says it wouldbe a "luxury" to find afaithful man. The 53-year-old former model -whose nine-yearmarriage to RollingStones rocker Sir MickJagger ended in 1999when she discovered hehad fathered a child withanother woman—would consider tying theknot again if she founda different type of man.

Asked if she thoughtshe was attracted todifficult men because

Jerry Hall saysfinding a faithful man

is a “luxury”

her father beat her as achild, Jerry replied:"Yeah, I hope that's over.I feel excited and stillhopeful about what'saround the corner, aboutthe future.

Internet

A car runs past a section of a flooded street inShanghai, China, on 30 July, 2009. A short-timestorm hit Shanghai due to a heavy cloud clusteron Thursday. Local observatory issued red alert

signal of rain storm.—INTERNET

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

People’s Desire■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 30 July—According to the(12:30) hr M.S.T observation the water level ofSittoung River at Madauk is (1047) cm. It may reachits danger level (1070) cm during the next (48) hourscommencing noon today.

According to the (12:30) hr M.S.T observa-tion today, the water level of Shwegyin River atShwegyin is (659) cm. It may reach its danger level(700) cm during the next (48) hours commencingthis noon.

MNA

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Testing their mettle against fly nosesDrosophila

melanogaster –the fly whose

olfactoryreceptors wereused to bench-mark the elec-

tronic nose.

SCIENCE DAILY, 30 July — Scientists fromCSIRO’s Food Futures Flagship have made a break-through in efforts to extend the sensory range of‘electronic noses’ (e-noses) by developing a systemfor comparing their performance against the much-superior nose of the fly.

“Although e-noses already have many uses –such as detecting spoilage in the food industry andmonitoring air quality – they are not as discriminat-ing as biological noses,” according to CSIRO scien-tist, Dr Stephen Trowell.

“Our efforts to improve e-noses recently re-ceived a boost following our development of a newsystem which enables us to compare technical sen-sors with biological sensors.—Internet

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YANGON, 30 July—Leading committee for beau-tifying and upgrading Yangon held its meeting No 13/2009 at the City Hall here yesterday.

Leading committee for beautifying andupgrading Yangon holds meeting

At the meeting, Patron of the committee Lt-GenMyint Swe of the Ministry of Defence called for

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Fake eggs made of chemicals enter throughborders, not suitable to consume

NAY PYI TAW, 30 July—It is learnt that fake eggsmade of chemicals have been entering into markets ofsome regions in border areas and some local marketsin the country through border areas.

Those eggs look like natural eggs in appear-ance and cannot be differentiated from real oneswith mere superficial view and are made chemi-cally.

White of a chemical egg is made of benzoric acid,jelly, unknown chemical powder, chemicals used insize and chemical powder used in bakery.

In making yolk of a chemical egg, first, un-

Fake chicken egg that is not suitable to consume seen with domesticchicken eggs.—MNA

known yellow powder is mixed thoroughly withsome kind of liquid and then it is mixed again withliquid called Magic Water which contains calciumchloride.

Then white and yolk of the egg is poured downinto an oval-shaped-plastic container to appear theshape and Magic Water, a form of thin membrane,separates yolk and white.

The shell of the egg is made with the mixture ofwax that contain paraffin and unknown white chemi-cal liquid and then it is poured into fake white

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TAW THAR LAY

Two different Americanviews about Myanmar

Ms. Ella Gudwin has an oppositeview from that of Mrs. Clinton. Shepointed out that the exaggeratedpolicy on release of Daw Suu Kyihad lasted for years, but had notworked at all.

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