Volume XIX, Number 330 9th Waning of Taboung 1373 ME Friday, 16 March, 2012

Established 1914

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration ofthe Union

* Non-disintegration ofNational Solidarity

* Perpetuation ofSovereignty

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March—A goodwill delegation ledby Foreign Affairs Minister of Malaysia Datuk Seri AnifahAman paid a call on President of the Republic of the Unionof Myanmar U Thein Sein, at the Credentials Hall ofPresidential Palace, here, at 11.30 am today.

Also present at the call together with President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein wereUnion Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin,

U Thein Sein, President ofthe Republic of the Union of

Myanmar, receives MalaysianForeign Affairs Minister and party

Low-priceSim cards

on sale

President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar U Thein Sein receives goodwill

delegation led by Foreign Affairs Ministerof Malaysia Datuk Seri Anifah Aman atCredentials Hall of Presidential Palace.

MNA

Union Minister at President Office U Soe Maung, UnionMinister for Finance and Revenue U Hla Tun and depart-mental heads. The Malaysian delegation was accompaniedby Malaysian Ambassador to Myanmar Dr Ahmad FaisalBin Muhamad.

They had a cordial discussion on promotingfriendship and cooperation and enhancing trade andinvestment between two countries.—MNA

President of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar U Thein Sein cordially greets Foreign

Affairs Minister ofMalaysia Datuk Seri Anifah Aman at Credentials

Hall of Presidential Palace.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March—Sale of K 200,000 GSM Sim Cards,one of a series of installments ofGSM 30 million project, waslaunched in Kachin State yesterday.Kachin State Chief Minister U LaJohn Ngan Hsai, Union Minister forRoad Transportation U KamanDunaw and State Manager ofMyanma Posts and Telecommuni-cations U Aung Phyo Myat formallyopened the ceremony in which thechief minister made a speech.

The state chief minister alsoaddressed the coordination meetingfor prevention against fire at townhall of Myitkyina.—MNA

Universities inMaubin of

AyeyawadyRegion offering

local youths withquality higher

educationPAGE 6

Pyithu Hluttaw DeputySpeaker meets Chairperson ofForeign Affairs Committee of

Thai Upper House

Human rights workshopkicks off

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PERSPECTIVES

Planting seeds of kindnessDespite every major religion having love

as a universal principle, there have been casesof mass genocide and brutal war in this worldstemming from personal hatred or nationalinterests, proving the “survival of the fittesttheory” of evolution, which says that humansare driven to compete for existence selfishly.

If there had been less cruelty, there wouldnot have been so many human tragedies.Nonetheless, still we can build the world tobe much more beautiful if only everyone isjust a little kinder and sympathetic towardseach other. Humans are humans everywhereunder the sun. They are selfish, self-centeredbut kind and helpful at the same time.

Helping others is its own reward. Kind-ness can help regulate emotions, which haspositive impact on our health. Studies showthat kindness can make us happier and it isdifficult to be angry, resentful, of fearful whenone is showing unselfish love towards anotherperson. I do not mean kindness as large cashcontribution, offering your seat on bus ortrain to someone weaker or older, and givinga lift to school children waiting bus, are alsoacts of kindness.

We can train ourselves to be kinder bydoing acts of kindness on a regular basis. Wehave an in-built capacity to help others, espe-cially those close to us. But, how about to thecomplete strangers? There is a phenomenaknown as “bystander effect” which explainswhen someone needs help in a public place,they are less likely to receive if there are morepeople around because everyone in the crowdassumes someone else will take responsibil-ity. But, be never hesitant to act from thegoodness of your heart as kindness you haveshown to someone, can make a difference,however small, in his life.

However, kindness has to begin withinourselves. The more altruists in a society, themore peaceful and prosperous it becomes asaltruists cooperate and contribute to thewellbeing of fellow group members. Let’sshare a seat under the shade of tree grownfrom the seeds of kindness.

Friday, 16 March, 2012The President of the Republic of the Union of

Myanmar has confirmed the appointment of Rector DrNay Soe Maung of Public Health University (Yangon) ofthe Medical Science Department, the Ministry of Health,on expiry of the one-year probation period.

Union Foreign Ministerreceives goodwill Malaysian

delegation led by ForeignAffairs Minister

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March— At the invitation of UnionMinister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin, aMalaysian delegation led by Minister of Foreign Affairs Mr.Datuk Seri Anifah Aman, paid a State visit to Myanmar.

They yesterday evening arrived in Yangon and got toNay Pyi Taw this morning.

The delegation called on Union Foreign Affairs Minister

Over 1400 jade lots fetched on 7th day ofMyanma Gems Emporium

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March — DeputyMinister for Communications, Posts andTelegraphs U Tint Lwin assisted in theinstallation of GSM tower and machinery forGSM/UMTS services at the relay station ofMyanma Radio and Television in Lashio on13 March.

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March— A total of 1471 jade lotswere fetched through thetender system at the seventhday of 49th Myanma GemsEmporium here today.

Union Minister forMines U Thein Htaik visitedthe sales organized by thecentral committee for holding49th Myanma Gems Emporiumat Mani Yadana Jade Hall.

The jade lots will be soldthrough the competitivebidding system tomorrow andSecretary of the centralcommittee Managing Directorof Myanma Gems EnterpriseU Thein Swe and members ofthe central committee assistedthe merchants in evaluatingthe jade lots.

The sales will continueon 18 March.— MNA

CPT Deputy Minister inspects GSM/UMTS stations in Lashio

Union Minister for

Foreign Affairs

U Wunna Maung

Lwin receives

Malaysian

Foreign Affairs

Minister Mr.

Datuk Seri Anifah

Aman.

MNA

Local and international merchants observes jade lots.—MNA

Staff Officer of Ahlon

Township Immigration and

National Registration

Department and staff issued

citizenship scrutiny cards to

local people in Kayanchan

village on 6 March.—MNA

MYANMAR GAZETTE

U Wunna Maung Lwin at his office at 9:30 am today.Also present at the call were Director-General U Hauk Do

Soun of the Political Department, Director-General U WinNaing of the International Organizations and EconomicsDepartment, Director-General U Aung Lin of ASEAN AffairsDepartment, Deputy Director-General U San Lwin of thePolitical Department and officials concerned.—MNA

During the visit, he inspected the towersand mobile stations in Lashio and also metwith employees of the Myanma Posts andTelecommunications at the office of themanager of Shan State MPT. The deputyminister also inspected the Shan State autoexchange office.—MNA

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SEOUL, 15 March—South Korean PresidentLee Myung-bak heldtelephone talks with his UScounterpart Barack Obamato celebrate the beginningof a long-delayed free tradeagreement ( FTA) betweenthe two countries, SouthKorea’s presidential officeCheong Wa Dae saidThursday.

Lee said he expectsthat the implementation ofthe (South) Korea-US FTAwill contribute to enhancingthe two countries’economic developmentand bilateral relations,according to Cheong WaDae.

He also said hebelieves the agreement willserve as a “good model”for global free trade andthat he hopes it will achievesuccessful results.

Obama responded

ISLAMABAD, 15 March—Three policemen were killedand another was injured in asuicide blast that took placeon Thursday morning inPakistan’s northwest city ofPeshawar, said local police.

Shafqat Malik, AssistantInspector General of police inPeshawar, said that the attacktook place at about 9:30 amlocal time when a suicidebomber blew himself up near apolice vehicle in Pishtakhuraarea of the city.

Superintendent PoliceKalam Khan who was on aninspection tour of check postsat the outskirts of Peshawarwas killed right on the spot

US President Barack Obama, left, and South KoreanPresident Lee Myung-bak, right, exchange smiles

during their joint Press conference at the Blue Housein Seoul, South Korea on 19 Nov, 2009.—INTERNET

Lee, Obama welcome implementationof S Korea-US FTA

that he is pleased with theimplementation of the deal,and stressed that it is a strongexample of the two country’spartnership, Cheong Wa Daesaid.

The deal, which wentinto effect at midnightWednesday, was ratified bythe South Korean parliamentin November last year despite

vehement protests fromopposition lawmakers. Itwas initially signed in 2007and was renegotiated in2010.

The two leaders alsoagreed to work closely forthe upcoming NuclearSecurity Summit in Seoulon 26 to 27 March.

Xinhua

Defence Secretary Leon Panetta is greeted by Col JohnShafer after arriving to greet troops at Forward

Operating Base Shukvani, Afghanistan,on 14 March, 2012.—INTERNET

KABUL, 15 March—An Afghan man who crashed astolen truck at an airfield as US Secretary of Defence LeonPanetta’s plane was landing there died Thursday of extensiveburns, a top US general in Afghanistan said.

US Lt Gen Curtis Scaparotti, the deputy commander ofAmerican forces in Afghanistan, told reporters traveling withPanetta in Kabul that the driver was an interpreter working forthe foreign forces.

The man apparently had a container of fuel in the car,which ignited during the crash Wednesday at the Britishairfield in Helmand Province in southern Afghanistan.

“There was a puff of smoke and he came out engulfed inflames,” Scaparotti said. He said the truck was headed towarda group of US Marines assembled at the ramp.

“My personal opinion, yes, he had an intent to do harm,”Scaparotti said.

But he said he did not think the incident was related toPanetta’s arrival because it would have been difficult to knowwhich plane the defence secretary was aboard.

Afghan who crashed truckwhere Panetta landed dies

No one in Panetta’s party was hurt. The defence secretarywas told about the incident after he got off the aircraft.

Authorities were not able to talk to or get any informationfrom the driver before he died. A US military official said aBritish soldier was injured when he tried to stop the driver fromstealing the truck on the base. The Afghan man hit the Britishsoldier with the truck as he was driving away. The officialspoke on condition of anonymity because the incident is stillbeing investigated.—Internet

Rescuers and policemeninspect the suicide blast

site in northwest Pakistan’sPeshawar on 15 March,2012. Three policemenwere killed and anotherinjured in a suicide blastthat took place Thursday

morning in Pakistan’snorthwest city of Peshawar,

said local police.XINHUA

KABUL, 15 March—About 1,000 Afghans tookto the streets in a southerntown on Thursday toprotest the killing of 16civilians in a murderousrampage by a US soldier,police said.

Shouting anti-Ameri-can slogans the demonstra-tors poured into the maintown of Qalat in ZabulProvince neighbouringKandahar, where theshooting spree took place onSunday, regional policespokesman HekmatullahKochai told AFP.

The protest came withUS Defence Secretary Leon

Afghans protest USsoldier’s deadly rampage

Afghan demonstrators are seen burning an effigy ofUS President Barack Obama during a

demonstration in Jalalabad, Capital of NangarharProvince, on 13 March. Hundreds of university

students took to the streets in Jalalabad to protest arampage by a US soldier who killed 16 villagers,

witnesses said.INTERNET

Three policemen killed, one injured in suicidebomb in NW Pakistan

while his three colleagues inthe vehicle were wounded inthe blast. Two of the injuredpolice later died in hospital.

Police quickly cordonedoff the area after the attack wasreported and six suspects havebeen arrested from the nearbyarea in the search operation.

Bomb disposal squadbelieved that an estimated sixkilograms of explosives wereused in the suicide vest wornby the bomber. Ball bearingswere used in the bomb toenhance the intensity of theblast, they said. Identity of thesuicide bomber is yet to bedetermined, said local police,adding that no group has

claimed responsibility for theattack yet. Over the last coupleof days, a series of attacks onpolice were reported in thecountry.

On Tuesday night,unknown gunmen killed fourpolicemen in Pakistan’seastern district of Gujrat, aplace lying some 120kilometres north of Lahore inPunjab Province. On the samenight, three cops were killed inPakistan’s southern port cityof Karachi.—Xinhua

NEW DELHI, 15 March—Three Iranians have been namedby Indian police as suspects in an attack on an Israelidiplomat in New Delhi, the first time Iran has been firmlylinked to the bombing, reports said on Thursday.

The men entered the country on tourist visas and leftafter the assassination attempt in the centre of the Indiancapital on 13 February that badly wounded a female embassyworker, The Times of India and The Indian Express reported.

“They had entered the country during different timesand did not leave together,” an unnamed security sourcetold The Indian Express. “We have their travel details.”

The reports, based on anonymous police andintelligence agency sources, said police had asked a localcourt for warrants for the men and their names would begiven to the Iranian government.

Last week, a veteran Indian freelance journalist calledSyed Mohammed Kazmi who worked part-time for Iran’snews agency IRNA became the first person arrested inconnection with the attack.

He is accused of providing logistical support for theplotters and a bike used for reconnaissance of the embassywas allegedly found at his house in an upmarket area of theIndian Capital.

In the attack, a hitman on a rented motorbike attacheda magnetic bomb to the back of an Israeli embassy carcarrying the 42-year-old diplomat as she went to pick up herchildren from school.

The woman, also the wife of the defence attache at theembassy, was left in a critical condition with spinal injuriesand has since been flown to Israel for further treatment.

Internet

India police name Iraniansuspects in Delhi attack

Indian and foreign investigators are seen working at thescene of an explosion near the Israeli embassy in New

Delhi, on 13 February. Three Iranians have been namedby Indian police as the main suspects in an attack on an

Israeli diplomat, according to reports.—INTERNET

Panetta due to hold talks withAfghan President HamidKarzai in Kabul aimed atcalming troubled ties.

The protesters, carryingwhite flags, demanded apublic trial for the shooter,identified as a 38-year-oldUS army sergeant.

The protest is the secondin Afghanistan since thekillings in three war-scarredvillages in KandaharProvince’s Panjwayi Districtlast Sunday.

The suspect was flownout of Afghanistan, likely toface trial, according to thePentagon officials.

Internet

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Venus and Jupiter cuddling up in night sky

CAPE CANAVERAL, 15 March——It’snot too late to catch the spectacular Venusand Jupiter show. On Monday and Tuesdayevenings, the planets will appear just 3

In this 1 Dec, 2008 file photo, the moon isilluminated in close proximity to Venus

and Jupiter, on the top, during aspectacular display of celestial rare

phenomenon called a planetaryoccultation, in the Kenyan capital

Nairobi.—INTERNET

degrees apart in the western sky. The gap hasbeen narrowing since last month.

The two planets are visible every nightat twilight. Venus is brighter because of itsrelative closeness, compared with super-far-away Jupiter.

Even though the gap will widen, theplanets will appear remarkably close allweek and be easily visible the rest of thismonth. So says astronomer Tony Phillips,author of the spaceweather.com website.Grab a small telescope, and you can alsocatch Jupiter’s four largest moons.

Astronomers consider it the best eveningtag-up of Venus and Jupiter in years. In July,early-risers will be treated to a similarspectacle, in the eastern sky at daybreak.Phillips says throw in the crescent moon, andit “will be worth waking up for.”

Internet

Cassini spacecraft glimpsesnew views of moon RheaPASADENA, 15 March—The pockmarked surface of

Saturn’s second-largest moon has come into sharper focusin new images released by NASA.

The space agency on Monday released the newviews of the moon Rhea, which were captured by theinternational Cassini spacecraft during a recent flyby.One of its cameras spied two huge impact basins andother geologic features on Rhea’s icy surface from 26,000miles away last week.

Cassini, funded by NASA and the European and Italianspace agencies, was launched in 1997. It reached Saturn in2004 and has been studying the ringed planet and itsnumerous moons.

Internet

This photo made 10March, 2012, byNASA’s Cassini

spacecraft shows araw, unprocessedimage of Saturn’smoon Rhea. The

camera was pointingtoward Rhea from a

distance ofapproximately

42,096 kilometres(26,157 miles).

INTERNET

Encounters of another kind: meteoritechunk falls on Oslo

OSLO, 15 March—ANorwegian family wasflabbergasted to find thatwhat appeared to be a pieceof a meteorite had crashedthrough the roof of theirallotment garden hut in themiddle of Oslo, mediareported on Monday.

The rock weighing 585grammes (one pound, fourounces), which split in two,probably detached from ameteorite observed overNorway on 1 March, expertssaid, and had landed on theempty hut in the Thomassenfamily’s allotment in a

An apparent meteorite that split in two after hitting theroof of a cottage in central Oslo. A Norwegian familywas flabbergasted to find that what appeared to be apiece of a meteorite had crashed through the roof of

their allotment garden hut in the middle of Oslo, mediareports said Monday.—INTERNET

working-class neighbour-hood of the NorwegianCapital. Astrophysicist KnutJoergen Roed Oedegaard andhis wife Anne Mette Sannes,a meteorite enthusiast,identified the object as abreccia, or a rock composedof broken fragments ofminerals or rock.

“It is a sensation in morethan one way. On one handbecause it is rare that a pieceof meteorite goes through aroof and on the other handbecause it is a breccia, whichis even harder to find,” Sannestold AFP.

She said the owners ofthe meteorite pieces wanted

to keep them in Norway,maybe in a museum.

Meteorites speedthrough space andgenerally break up as theyenter our atmosphere, butit is extremely rare for thedebris to fall on inhabitedareas, according to SergeKoutchmy, a researcher atthe Paris AstrophysicalInstitute. “This family isvery lucky,” Koutchmytold AFP.

“First off because thepiece of meteorite did notcause much damage, butalso because it is worth asmall fortune,” he said.

Internet

Yahoo sues Facebook forinfringing 10 patents

SAN FRANCISCO, 15March—Yahoo Inc suedFacebook Inc over 10 patentsthat include methods andsystems for advertising onthe Web, opening the firstmajor legal battle among bigtechnology companies insocial media.

The lawsuit, filed in aSan Jose, California federalcourt on Monday, marks amajor escalation of patentlitigation that has alreadyswept up the smartphone andtablet sectors and high-techstalwarts such as Apple Inc,Microsoft Corp and MotorolaMobility Holdings Inc.

Yahoo’s patent lawsuitfollows Facebook’s annou-

The Yahoo! Connected TV booth is shown during the2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES)

in Las Vegas, Nevada in this file photo taken on 7January, 2011.—INTERNET

in federal court,” the companysaid in a statement.

Yahoo, one of the Web’spioneering companies, hasseen its revenues decline inrecent years at a time whenrivals such as Facebook and

Twitter buys mobile bloggingstartup Posterous

SAN FRANCISCO, 15March—Twitter onMonday announced that ithas bought mobile bloggingstartup Posterous and willput engineers behind thepopular “lifestreaming”service to work on specialprojects.

Posterous has been acquiredby Twitter.—INTERNET

working on several keyinitiatives that will makeTwitter even better.”

Posterous launched in2008 as a platform forblogging with an emphasison letting people usesmartphones to post pictures,videos, audio or other digitalsnippets and share them withgroups in virtual “Spaces.”

The legions of Posterousfans have grown along with a“lifestreaming” trend inwhich moments are capturedthroughout the day andshared in online journals.

“The opportunities infront of Twitter are exciting,”Posterous founder and chiefexecutive Sachin Agarwalsaid in a message at thefreshly-acquired SanFrancisco startup’s website.

“We couldn’t be happierabout bringing our team’sexpertise to a product thatreaches hundreds of millionsof users around the globe.”Posterous Spaces willcontinue to operate with usersof the firm’s free applicationpromised they would getplenty of notice of any changesto the service, according toTwitter.—Internet

Intel Corporation headquarters in Santa Clara,California. —INTERNET

Intel eyes Internet-based TV service: WSJSAN FRANCISCO, 15 March—Chipmaker Intel Corp is

developing an Internet-based TV service for consumersand has been promoting it with media companies, the WallStreet Journal said, citing people familiar with the effort.

The world’s top chipmaker plans to create a “virtualcable operator” that would offer media companies’ TVchannels in a bundle over the Internet, the WSJ said. AnIntel spokeswoman declined to comment on the story.

The product could use an Intel set-top box and Intel’sname, and the chipmaker has told its potential partners itwants to start the service before the end of the year, the WSJsaid. In October, Intel wound down its efforts to make chipsfor digital “smart” TVs, although it continues to makechips for set-top boxes. At the same time, it formed the IntelMedia business group, headed by former BBC executiveErik Huggers, aimed at promoting digital content on Intel-based platforms.—Reuters

ncement of plans for an initialpublic offering that couldvalue the company at about$100 billion. Facebookspokesman Jonathan Thawsaid Facebook learned of thelawsuit through the media.

“We’re disappointedthat Yahoo, a longtimebusiness partner of Facebookand a company that hassubstantially benefited fromits association withFacebook, has decided toresort to litigation,” he said.

In an emailed statement,Yahoo said it is confident itwill prevail. “Unfortunately,the matter with Facebookremains unresolved and weare compelled to seek redress

Google have thrived. InJanuary, Yahoo appointedformer PayPal PresidentScott Thompson as its newchief executive, replacingCarol Bartz, who was firedin September.—Reuters

“This team has built aninnovative product thatmakes sharing across theWeb and mobile devicessimple — a goal we share,”San Francisco-basedTwitter said in a blog post.

“Posterous engineers,product managers andothers will join our teams

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Health Tip: Calm a cankersore

Canker sores are ulcers that form inside the mouth thatcan make eating and drinking painful.

The American Dental Association suggests how tohelp heal a canker sore:

* Apply an over-the-counter topical anesthetic to numbthe sore.

* Use an antimicrobial mouth rinse.* Avoid foods that may irritate the sore, especially

anything spicy, hot or acidic.* See your dentist if the sore doesn’t heal without

treatment after two weeks.* Use an antibiotic and/or bandage as recommended by

your dentist, to help reduce the risk of infection.Internet

Anti-smoking efforts save800,000 US lives

WASHINGTON, 15 March—Higher taxes on cigarettes,limits on selling to kids andcampaigns to educate peopleon the dangers of smokinghave saved nearly 800,000lives, according to a US studyreleased on Wednesday.

The research is based onscientific models that countedhow many people smoked upuntil 1970 and projected howmany would have died oflung cancer between 1975and 2000 if not for a concertedUS effort to cut back. “This isthe first attempt to quantifythe impact of changes insmoking behaviors on lungcancer mortality based ondetailed reconstruction ofcigarette smoking histories,”said lead author SureshMoolgavkar of the FredHutchinson Cancer ResearchCentre in Seattle.

“The methods that weredeveloped as a part of thisresearch should prove to beinvaluable to otherresearchers investigating theadverse health impacts ofcigarette smoking.” Ifeveryone had quit smokingafter the Surgeon General’s1964 report that first warned

Higher taxes on cigarettes, limits on selling to kidsand campaigns to educate people have saved nearly

800,000 lives.INTERNET

Drug may reduce subconscious racismThe study published in Psychopharmacology found the

propranolol group scored significantly lower on the ImplicitAttitude Test into subconscious racial bias — a standard testfor testing subconscious racial attitudes.

Propranolol blocks activation in the peripheral“autonomic” nervous system and in the area of the brainimplicated in fear or emotional responses, Terbeck said.

The researchers said they think propranolol reducedimplicit racial basis because such bias is based on automatic,non-conscious fear responses, which propranolol blocks,Terbeck explained. Study co-author Julian Savulescu saidthis research raises the tantalizing possibility that unconsciousracial attitudes could be modulated using drugs, a possibilitythat requires careful ethical analysis. “Biological researchaiming to make people morally better has a dark history,”Savulescu said in a statement.

“And propranolol is not a pill to cure racism. But giventhat many people are already using drugs like propranololwhich have ‘moral’ side effects, we at least need to betterunderstand what these effects are.”—Internet

of the hazards of cigarettes,2.5 million lung cancerdeaths could have beenavoided, said the study inthe Journal of the NationalCancer Institute.

But since that did nothappen, of course, there weremore than two milliondeaths among men fromlung cancer and more thana million among womenfrom 1975 to 2000. Tobaccocontrol efforts averted550,000 lung cancer deathsamong men and 240,000among women during thatspan, said the study, fundedby the National CancerInstitute. The study onlyextended to 2000 becausethe researchers lackeddetailed data forsubsequent years at thetime when the study firstbegan, the study authorssaid.—InternetFile photo of an 80mg capsule of Propranolol, a

medication used to treat heart disease, which accordingto British scientists may affect a person’s subconscious

attitudes towards race.—INTERNET

OXFORD, (England), 15 March—A beta-blocker, amedication used to treat heart disease, may reduce a person’ssubconscious racial bias, researchers in Britain suggest.Lead author Sylvia Terbeck, an experimental psychologistat Oxford University in England, and colleagues gave 18people the drug propranolol and 18 people a placebo.

Treasury to sell stock in sixbailed-out banks

WASHINGTON, 15 March—The US Treasury said onWednesday that it plans to sell its preferred stock positionin six community banks as part of the Obama administration’seffort to unwind bailout programmes from the financialcrisis. Treasury said it plans to conduct public auctions tosell its stock in Banner Corp, First Financial Holdings Inc,MainSource Financial Group, Seacoast Banking Corp,Wilshire Bancorp and WSFS Financial Corp.

It has so far recovered $259 billion from the TroubledAsset Relief Programme bank programmes, which were setup to help stabilize the financial system during the 2007-09 crisis. The Treasury said it expects to start unwindingits positions in the six small banks around 26 March usinga modified Dutch auction that establishes a market price byallowing investors to submit bids at specified increments.

Treasury still has stakes in 361 banks. Last week theadministration announced plans to cut its position ininsurer American International Group to 70 percent from77 percent.—Reuters

US Treasury Secretary Tim Geithner is met withprotesters with signs as he arrives to testify before theCongressional Oversight Panel on TARP on Capitol

Hill in Washington, on 10 Sept, 2009.—REUTERS

Asia stocks mixed amiddoubts about China growth

BANGKOK, 15 March—Asian stock markets weremixed Thursday, hindered byfalling commodity prices andworries about the extent ofChina’s economic slowdown.

Benchmark oil remainedbelow $106 per barrel whilethe dollar rose against the yenbut slipped against the euro.Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rosefor a third straight day,basking in the ongoing retreatof the yen from record highsagainst the US dollar. TheNikkei was 0.9 percent higherto 10,144.48.

But Hong Kong andmainland Chinese shares fell,a day after Chinese PremierWen Jiabao said curbs thathave started to cool surging

housing prices will remain inplace despite complaints theymight worsen an economicslowdown. Construction andreal estate sales are key driversof China’s growth.

South Korea’s Kospirose less than 0.1 percent to2,046.28, while Australia’sS&P/ASX 200 was down 0.3percent at 4,276.30.

In currencies, the eurorose to $1.3028 from $1.3024late Wednesday in New York.The dollar rose to 84.05 from83.72 yen. The Japanesecurrency has been weakeningagainst the dollar ever sincethe Bank of Japan increasedits economic stimulusprogramme in February.

Internet

Pedestrians are reflected on the electric signboard of asecurities firm in Tokyo, updating exchange rate of theUS dollar to Japanese yen, top, and that of the Euro to

yen, bottom, on 15 March, 2012.—INTERNET

China Mobile Q4 growthmild; hopes pinned on

iPhone tie-up

A China Mobile logo is pictured at the ITU TelecomWorld in Geneva on 24 Oct, 2011.—REUTERS

HONG KONG, 15 March—China Mobile <0941.HK>,the world’s biggest wireless carrier by number of subscribers,met expectations by posting a 4.6 percent rise in fourth-quarter net profit on Thursday as higher mobile data usageoffset some of the impact of hefty handset subsidies.

The carrier, which has a market value of about $218billion and competes with smaller rivals China Unicom<0762.HK> and China Telecom Corp <0728.HK>, could seegrowth accelerate later this year if it succeeds in sealing a dealwith Apple Inc to offer the iPhone. China Mobile has beentrying to boost the average rates users pay in the world’s largestmobile phone market, where barely 15 percent of the 988million subscribers - and soon to hit 1 billion - are 3G users.

But its adoption of a homegrown mobile phonetechnology, the TD-SCDMA standard, viewed by analystsas inferior to the internationally accepted technologiesused by its main competitors, is a stumbling block in itsefforts to secure the Apple tie-up and attract higher-endphone users. China Mobile, which was born out ofseveral rounds of government restructuring of thedomestic telecoms industry, is now running trials on asuperior 4G technology - TD-LTE - which it expects touse on a wider scale next year.—Reuters

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Universities in Maubin of Ayeyawady Regionoffering local youths with quality higher education

University of Computer Studies(Maubin) provides Ayeyawady

Region with advanced computertechnologies.

Main campus of TechnologicalUniversity (Maubin) in Ayeyawady

Region.(Right)

Maubin University with fullfacilities of a high-profile

university.* Pathein and Maubin in Ayeyawady Region include in 24 special

development regions for higher education nation-wide.* Like other regions and states, Maubin of Ayeyawady Region has

one arts and science university, one university of computer studiesand one technological university which offer local youths withquality higher education.

Archive: Maung Nyein Aye

Translation: HKA

Two freight trains collide inRussia’s Far East, two injured

VLADIVOSTOK, 15 March—Two freight trains collidedSunday morning in Russia’sfar eastern Jewish Autono-mous Region, causing one ofthem to derail and injuringtwo people, RIA Novostinews agency reported.

The collision threwthree locomotives and 23 cars

One killed, three injured in BC avalancheSPARWOOD, 15 March—

An avalanche in southeasternBritish Columbia killed oneperson and injured threeothers, Canadian authoritiessaid.

The three survivours ofthe Friday afternoonavalanche in Elk Valley nearSparwood were taken toSparwood Hospital in stablecondition, Postmedia Newsreported.

It was unknown if thereare any other survivors or

what the victims had beendoing when the avalanchestruck. The Royal CanadianMounted Police have takenover the investigation.

A “special publicavalanche warning” wasissued Friday for recreationalback-country users by theCanadian Avalanche Centreand is in effect during theweekend. The warningincludes the mountains of theSouth Coast Inland, theColumbia Mountains from

near Prince George in thenorth to the US border in thesouth and British Columbia’sSouth Rockies, theAvalanche Centre said.

Ilya Storm, the centre’savalanche warning servicescoordinator, said in a newsrelease avalanches werelikely to be much bigger thanexpected and could betriggered from a distance orat the bottom of a slope. Stormalso said slopes typicallyconsidered safer — those with

lower angles and belowtreeline — were “primed” forbeing triggered by humans.

Storm said localknowledge and extensivetraining and experience areneeded to travel safely inavalanche terrain.

The centre urges allrecreational back-countryusers to monitor bulletins andbe equipped with a shovel,probe and transceiver. Thecentre also advises back-country users to take anavalanche awareness course.

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of the freight train carryingcoal off the tracks, local mediareports said. Two trainworkers were injured.

Rescuers and firefighterswere working at the scene,the reports said. Rail trafficon a section of Trans-SiberianRailway was suspended.

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NAY PYI TAW, 15 March—Chairman of Myanmar National Congress Party U Kaung Myint Htut presented party’s policy, stance and work programmes through radio andTV on 15 March evening.

The translation of his presentation is as follows:-

Esteemed Myanmar people,First and foremost, I would like to say that it is a great

pleasure for me to give talks to all Myanmar people whenMyanmar political lanscape is achieving progress openly.

We are of Myanmar National Congress Party.We steadfastly joined the politics together with the

people through thick and thin during the period ofMyanmar political crisis.

We firmly believe that politicians and political partieswill properly lead the nation through the way of electionacross the world.

Our Myanmar National Congress Party opposestaking the State power through various ways and meansbut not applying the election on a basis of public desire.

It was not easy to turn out the politicians desired bythe nation through the way of election.

The people knew that the way of election was attackedand criticized for several times.

The people who hoped for a change of paradigm wereindecisive whose guidelines were correct or incorrect.

Many criticism and blames were put on the Tatmadawfor its rights to participate in various Hluttaws in line withthe constitution.

Our party has been making vigorous efforts foremergence of a stable political situation in Myanmar welove for many years before getting the permission forestablishment of our party.

Why do we prefer all the Myanmar people to deeplyabide by the constitution?

I would like to explain a little how we would like toachieve success in way of election.

Our point of view on present political situation is asfollows:-

(1) Only upholding national interest is appropriatefor Myanmar people.

(2) All the persons residing in Myanmar are Myanmarcitizens. So, disputes and hostilities among theMyanmar people based on any organization,politics and religions will not come out any goodresult.

(3) The Myanmar Tatmadaw is a part of strongnational cause in the nation. The Tatmadaw hasreally cultured the spirit to safeguard the country.Therefore, it needs to place the role of the

Tatmadaw in the constitution of Myanmar whichis now on the threshold of democratization process.

(4) Myanmar people have least experience in theelection through democratic process. Thus, thepeople need to take care of avoiding somepoliticians who would show off their heroicactivities with bad manner in coming by-electionwithout any sacrifice for the people. You allshould beware of their heroic activities forpolitical exploitation without any sacrifice forthe people.

(5) At last, I would like to say that Myanmar democracyissue is national concern. Any person should nottarnish the future political situation of Myanmarwith personal grudges. It is important that everyMyanmar people needs to adore the land ofMyanmar in which they reside. So, the people areto turn out the politicians who can really serve theState interest so as to enable the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar to stand tall among the globalcountries prestigiously.

To do so, the people need to carefully elect thepoliticians who dare sacrifice their self-interest in makingmanagement for the sovereignty of the nation wheneverthey talk about righteous matters and do righteous issuesfor the sake of the people.Esteemed Myanmar people,

We, the Myanmar National Congress Party, aresteadfastly talking about that only when will the way ofelection will be the single solution for Myanmar politicalsituation to be able to elect them.

I would like to show off my heartfelt expression for theopportunity on presentation of Myanmar National CongressParty to the people through State-owned radio and TV.

Our party would not apply such opportunity incanvassing for the by-election.

Only when all the citizens have capabilities to buildthe nation with awareness of national cause, will the nationdevelop.

In coming by-election, the people will have theopportunity to select the organizations and persons of theirchoice.

We will satisfy if the people recognize us for our years-long sacrifices to receive the right of selection.

It is democracy the people long for.Esteemed Myanmar people,

Myanmar National Congress Party has striven fortaking part in vacant constituencies in MingalaTaungnyunt, Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) and Mayangontownships in coming by-election.

We would like to urge you if you do not like MyanmarNational Congress Party, you should not vote for us.Indeed, Myanmar National Congress Party is not a granderpolitical party. Policies and presentation of us are writtenin similar to that of other political parties. MyanmarNational Congress Party has not possessed the strong

Congress Party like the majority of Myanmar peopleaspires to ensuring peace and stability of the nationwhoever candidate becomes Hluttaw representative. Wewish convenience and security of the people in basicneeds whoever candidate becomes Hluttawrepresentatives. Moreover, we all will steadfastly involvein politics whoever candidate becomes Hluttawrepresentative.

Members of Myanmar National Congress Party admirethe good political leaders for their best qualificationssuch as honesty, courage, sacrifice and accountability.We believe that the majority of the people will accept thesimilar concept.Esteemed Myanmar people,

Myanmar National Congress Party is only tree grower.We all take pleasure to see you plucking fruit and flowersas you like.Esteemed Myanmar people,

I would like to present the most important and finalpoint to the esteemed people throughout the nationincluding Mingala Taungnyunt, Dagon Myothit(Seikkan) and Mayangon townships. You all should notblindly believe our presentation. You safeguardsdemocracy of Myanmar in its infancy. We would like tourge you to take out the responsibility of the people in thecoming by-election after considering all things, assessingthe issues based on your own experiences and reviewingyour real situations. Our Myanmar National CongressParty will try our best to be oneness with the people inrealizing the present political situation with full essenceso as to totally cease the internal strife, to achieve successin national interest without putting reliance on othercountries and securing greater progress in political,economic, education and health infrastructures of theMyanmar and its people in the world political arena.Esteemed Myanmar people,

In conclusion I would like to say that whoever winsthe elections, only the all-inclusiveness of Myanmarnational forces can be said the true victory of democracy.

May the entire Myanmar people including those ofMingala Taungnyunt, Dagon Myothit (Seikkan) andMayangon townships always have good fortunes.

May they be physical and mental well-being for thefuture of Myanmar.

financial situation.Myanmar NationalCongress Party is not famousamong the people.Therefore, if those whoprefer these things, theyshould not vote forMyanmar NationalCongress Party.Esteemed Myanmarpeople,

Myanmar National

Myanmar National Congress Partypresents its policy, stance and work programmes

KENGTUNG, 14 March—A ceremony to disburseloans to Kengtung District Government EmployeesCooperative was held at the hall of KengtungTownship General Administration Departmenton 16 February morning.

Township Administrator U Thein Oopresented K 3 million to Kengtung District GECthrough Chairman U Kyaw Moe Aung andKengtung Township Micro-Credit CooperativeSociety to Chairman U Saw Naing.—District IPRD

FIRE DRILL PRACTISED: A demonstration on use offire extinguishers at fuel stations was held at ThazinNyunt fuel station beside Yangon-Mandalay Highway inTayoksu Ward in Singaing Township on 26 February.Head of District Fire Services Department U Htet Aungexplains use of fire extinguishers.—MYANMA ALIN

Untimely strong winds hit NyaunglebinNYAUNGLEBIN, 14 March—Untimely strong winds hit Nyaunglebin

Township of Bago Region from 7.30 pm to 8 pm on 12 March.Moreover, heavy rain fell there up to 9.30 pm.The strong winds destroyed some houses and blew off roofs of

some buildings. In the strong winds, some lamp-posts fell down andtrees broken down.—Myanma Alin

Loans disbursed toKengtung District GEC

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20th day session ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw… (from page 16)Ministry, to reduce the works of the minister’s office,Hydropower Administration Department, HydropowerImplementation Department, Hydropower GenerationEnterprise under the Ministry of Electric Power No (1) by 10.45per cent, to reduce the work volume of the minister’s office,Department of Electric Power, Myanma Electric PowerEnterprise, Electric Power Supply Enterprise and Yangon CityElectricity Supply Board under the Ministry of Electric PowerNo (2) by 9.93 per cent, to reduce the work volume of PublicWorks, Department of Human Settlement and HousingDevelopment, and Road and Bridge Enterprise by 30.19 percent, and to reduce the work volume of Myanma Railwaysunder Ministry of rail Transportation by 7.9 per cent.

Today’s session came to an end at 5.05 pm and the 21st

day session continues at 10 am tomorrow.MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw Deputy Speaker meetsChairperson of Foreign Affairs Committee of

Thai Upper HouseNAY PYI TAW, 15 March—A delegation led by

Chairperson of Foreign Affairs Committee of Thai UpperHouse Miss Pikulkeaw Krairiksh paid a call on DeputySpeaker of Pyithu Hluttaw U Nanda Kyaw Swa, at PyithuHluttaw Committee Hall No.1 in Hluttaw Building, here, at9.25 am today.

Also present at the call together with the DeputySpeaker were Chairman of Pyithu Hluttaw InternationalRelations Committee U Hla Myint Oo and members of PyithuHluttaw Committee.

They cordially discussed all sectors for promotingcurrent amity.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March—Chairman ofPyithu Hluttaw International RelationsCommittee U Hla Myint Oo met a delegationled by Chairperson of Foreign AffairsCommittee of Thai Upper House MissPikulkeaw Krairiksh and party, at PyithuHluttaw Committee Hall No. 1 in HluttawBuilding, here, at 11 am today.

Pyithu Hluttaw International RelationsCommittee Chairman receives Chairperson of

Foreign Affairs Committee of Thai Upper HouseAlso present at the call with U Hla

Myint Oo were Secretary U Ko Ko Tun,members U Kyaw Myint, U Aung Hsan, UTun Aung Kyaw, Dr Roh Ouk, U Win Sweand U Sai Kyauk. They had a discussion onemergence of Hluttaws and their backgroundhistory, Myanmar’s current foreign policiesand international relations.—MNA

Union I&P Minister meetsstaff in Kengtung

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March—Union Minister forImmigration and Population U Khin Yi on 10 March met staffof state, district and township Immigration and NationalRegistration Departments at the hall of Shan State (East)INRD in Kengtung.

In his instructions, the Union Minister stressed theneed to take out their tasks dutifully based on patrioticspirit.—MNA

YANGON, 15 March—Workshop on Human RightsSubject for Government Staffand Commission Officials washeld in Inya Lake Hotel today,with the sponsorship ofSwedish InternationalDevelopment CooperationAgency (SIDA) incooperation with of RaoulWallenberg Institute ofHuman Rights and

Human rights workshop kicks offCommissioner for Refugeesand officials.

MNHRC Chairman UWin Mra, SIDA AidCoordinator for Myanmar MrBengt Ekman and visitingProfessor of RWI BrianBurdekin AO extendedgreetings.

The workshop windsup on 17 March.

MNA

Humanitarian Law (RWI) ofUniversity of Lund of Sweden.

The workshop wasattended by members ofMyanmar National HumanRights Commission, resourcepersonnel, the SIDA aidcoordinator for Myanmar,UNICEF ResidentRepresentative in Yangon MrRamesh Shrestha, Ms RosalieFournier of Office of UN

DeputyPyithu

HluttawSpeakerU NandaKyaw Swareceives

Chairpersonof Foreign

AffairsCommitteeof UpperHouse ofThailand

and party.MNA

Chairman of Myanmar National Human Rights Commission U Win Mraspeaking at human rights workshop for government and commission

officials.—MNA

2012 summer invitational 3 on 3 openand U-16 men/women basketball

tournament on 5-7 May

Fifth day regular session of FirstAyeyawady Region Hluttaw held

NAY PYI TAW, 15March—The fifth day thirdregular session of the FirstAyeyawady Region Hluttawcontinued yesterday,attended by Region Hluttaw

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March— At MyaingTownship People’s Hospital, medical supplieswere on 11 March morning donated to a totalof 8 rural health divisions and 35 rural healthsub-divisions under Myaing TownshipHealth Department, with an address of UnionMinister for Communications, Posts andTelegraphs U Thein Tun.

Together with wellwishers andofficials concerned, the Union Minister and

Medicines donated to rural healthdivisions, sub-divisions

wife made the donations.There, the Union Minister comforted

the eye patients who were waiting for theirremaining treatments.

On 13 March, the Union Minister andwife presented honouring certificates to Dr.Therese Worstmann, Dr Win Kyaw and othersof Myanmar Eye Center, and so did theofficials concerned to the respectivedepartments.—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

Speaker U Hsan Hsint andrepresentatives.

16 questions wereasked and answered,supplementary budgetaryallocation bill for 2012

discussed, and approved,report on investigation oncomplaints submitted andtwo new proposalssubmitted at today’ssession.—MNA

YANGON, 15 March—Ministry of Sports andMyanma Basketballfederation will jointlyorganize summer invitational3 on 3 open and U-16 men/women basketballtournament at Aung SanStadium here from 5 to 7 May.

Participants can makeup a team with four members.The MBF will provide theparticipating teams fromregions and states with

K 40,000 as travel expensesexcept teams from YangonRegion and provide boardand lodging expenses to theall teams.

Participating teamsmay enroll at the MBF by 2May, further informationavailable at 556952.

MNA

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Union A&I Minister inspects progress ofPalethwe hybrid paddy fields

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March— Ontour of 25-acre Palethwe hybridpaddy field near Ngansat Village ofOttarathiri Township, UnionMinister for Agriculture andIrrigation U Myint Hlaing lookedinto nurseries and left the necessaryinstructions.

Palethwe hybrid quality paddystrains could get more profitable pricein the international market, and that’swhy farmers can earn double fruitfulresults by planting Palethwe hybridquality paddy strains with the use ofmodern technologies, the unionminister said at 35-acre Palethwehybrid paddy field in Yayaye Villageof Yabain Villag-tract in LeweTownship. He then presented

foodstuff to the farmers andagricultural staff.

He proceeded to 369-acrePalethwe hybrid paddy field inAlyinlo Village in PyinmanaTownship and met with the farmerssharing knowledge on ricecultivation each other.

When the union minister was atthe farmer’s educative 500-acre fieldin Pobbathiri Township, he observedVietnam Palethwe hybrid paddystrain and China Palethwe hybridpaddy strain plus vegetable farmsnear the field. He inspected sortingout Palethwe hybrid quality paddystrain and packaging to distribute intime.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March—Despite effective solutionswithin reach, there are stillchallenges to tackle inbringing down childmortality rate, UnionMinister for Health Dr Pe ThetKhin said in his address toWorkshop on Child Survivalfrom DisseminationWorkshop on Evaluation ofCommunity Case

Child mortality rate, still an issue to addressManagement of Pneumoniaand Diarrhoea by HealthVolunteers in the ministryyesterday morning.

On behalf of theUNICEF ResidentRepresentative, Chief ofYoung Child Survival andDevelopment Section DrMarinus Gotink alsodelivered an address at theworkshop.

Deputy Director-General (Public Health) ofHealth Department Dr DawThein Thein Htay presidedover Child Survival Forumand explained conditions ofpneumonia and diarrhoea inSoutheast Asia.

Stakeholders in the fieldshared experiences at theforum.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March—A gravel road wascommission into service inMinbu Township yesterdayas a gesture of hailing the 67th

Armed Forces Day.The road is one mile and

seven furlongs long and itwas constructed by MinbuTownship Development

Upgraded road benefits people in Minbu,Pwintbyu TspsAffairs Committee. Theopening of the new roadwould shorten the travel timefrom villages in Minbu andPwintbyu townships toMinbu.

A signboard of the roadwas unveiled by MagwayRegion Chief Minister UPhone Maw Shwe and the

road was formally opened byMagway RegionDevelopment AffairsCommittee U Nay Shin,Director of the department UMaung Maung Aung andHead of Minbu DistrictAdministration DepartmentU Khin Maung Myint.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March—Governorof Central Bank of Myanmar under theMinistry of Finance and Revenue U ThanNyein met technical assistance delegation ofIMF Legal Department at his office thismorning. They discussed legislation offoreign exchange management and technicalassistances.

CBM Governor meets IMF Legal Deptdelegation, WB Country Director

The governor received CountryDirector Ms Annette Dixon of World Bankand party yesterday afternoon. The meetingfocused on developments in monetary sectorof Myanmar.

Also present at the calls were thedeputy governor and division heads.

MNA

Committee for Smooth Entrance of Tourists meetsNAY PYI TAW, 15 March—

Committee for SmoothEntrance of Tourists met atNilar Hall of the Ministry ofHotels and Tourism here thismorning for switching to e-

visa system.Vice-Chairman of the

Committee Deputy MinisterU Htay Aung addressed themeeting and ManagingDirector U Kyaw Moe Naing

of Myanmar East Net Co Ltdand committee membersreported and discussed on thework carried out by thecommittee.

MNA

Roads, bridges commissioned into service

Technique of hutching fingerlings sharedKYONPYAW, 15 March—For ensuring

rural development, fingerling hutching wascarried out in Inye Village of KyonpyawTownship on 9 March morning.

Under the supervision ofAyeyawady Region Fisheries Department,Head of Pathein District Fisheries DepartmentU Tun Lwin, Township Administrator UThan Sein of Kyonpyaw Township, In-charge

of Pathein District Fisheries Camp Daw AyeAye Maw, Head of Township FisheriesDepartment U Aung Hsan Win and stafftogether with departmental officialspresented fingerlings of golden Hamilton’sCarps to fish breeder U Khin Maung Win ofInye Village.

They also shared technique ofhutching fingerlings.—Township IPRD

Hospital equipment donated to TagaungSub-Township People’s Hospital

TAGAUNG, 15 March—A ceremony todonate cash and hospital equipment toTagaung Sub-Township People’s Hospitalin Thabeikkyin Township of MandalayRegion was held at the hall of the hospital on3 March afternoon.

Next, cash and hospital equipmentdonation followed. Medical Superin-tendent Dr Htay Nyunt and officials accepted

PATHEIN, 15 March—Theearthen motor road, the over3000-foot concrete road andbridges on Pathein-Mawtinsoon Road were putinto service in Pathein

Township on 4 March.On behalf of Speaker of

Ayeyawady Region Hluttawconsecration of 27 feet longDatpaungsu Thabbaynyureclining Buddha image on

the mountain range inThebyu Village andenshrining of 70 feet longand 40 feet wide DhammaThiri Beikman and sharedmerit gained.—Myanma Alin

U Tin Win-Daw San Pwint of Golden SunSugar Trading of Chanthagyi West Block211 of Thiri Marlar West Ward inAungmyethazan Township of Mandalaydonated K 600,000 to the medical fund of thehospital, wellwisher family of Tagaung oneair-conditioner, Modern Trading onesterilizer and two wellwishers six hospitalbeds.—Myanma Alin

Union Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation

U Myint Hlaing views farmers educative farm 500

acres in Pobbathiri Township.—MNA

Deputy Minister for Transportation U Win Shein gave responsible personsand staff from Myanma Airways guidelines for preserving reputation of

the airline for good services on 10 March.—MNA

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ABC National Women’s Pool 8-BallChampionship commences

YANGON, 15 March—Jointly organized byMyanmar Billiards andSnooker Federation of theMinistry of Sports and AmburElectronic Co Ltd, with thesponsorship of the MyanmarBrewery Ltd, the First ABCNational Women’s Pool8-Ball Championship wasopened at KokkineSwimming Club in BahanTownship, at 12 noon on 10March.

Patron of MyanmarBilliards and SnookerFederation Col Kyaw Zan Hla(Rtd), President U Tin MaungWin and Managing DirectorMr Lim Yew Hoe of MyanmarBrewery Ltd formally opened

the championship.After delivering an

address, Patron Col KyawZan Hla launched thechampionship.

Altogether 36 playersfrom Yangon Region, four

from Mandalay Region, twofrom Bago Region and oneach from AyeyawadyRegion and Kachin State,totalling 44 are taking partin the championship.

Myanma Alin

DISTRICTNEWS

Environmental conservationtalked in MraukU

MRAUKU, 15 March—An educative talk oneradication of illegal timberextraction and conservationof environment was held atthe hall of Township GeneralAdministration Department

in Htamariz Ward of MraukUon 1 March afternoon.

First, TownshipAdministrator U Ye Win gavean opening address.

Head of TownshipForest Department U Aung

Kyaw Win explained factsabout conservation ofenvironment and the law onforestry affairs. Later, officialsdemonstrated use of high-capability stove.

Township IPRD

Public-based TB care course commencesTAMU, 15 March—The public-based TB

care course was opened in Tamu of TamuDistrict in Sagaing Region on 6 Marchmorning.

At the hall of the People’s Hospital,Head of District Health Department Dr YeMyint Aung made a speech. TB specialist Dr

Aye Thein of Sagaing Region explainedfacts about TB disease.

Altogether 30 trainees from Red CrossSociety, Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation and Women’s AffairsOrganization attended the course.

Myanma Alin

PRIZES AWARDED INFOOTBALL SPORTS:

Final match of the MinhlaTownship Administrator’s

Cup Inter-VillageFootball Tournament ofBago Region was held at

Aungdagun SportsGround on 5 March.

Chairman of TownshipSports and Physical

Education CommitteeTownship Administrator UTin Yi presents first prizeto Hlegu Village team.

TOWNSHIP IPRD

Crime reduction talked inPyinsalu

PYINSALU, 15 March—The talks on crime reductionwas held at Basic EducationPrimary School inKanyinkaing Village ofHlwaza Village-tract inPyinsalu Sub-Township ofLabutta Township, LabuttaDistrict in AyeyawadyRegion on 28 Februarymorning.

Police Captain Win Kyiof Labutta District gave talkson reduction of criminalcases. The talk was attendedby Village Administrator USoe Naing, villageauthorities, local people fromsix villages, teachers,members of auxiliary firebrigade and village elders.

District IPRD

Documentary video on anti-human traffickingto be broadcast by March

YANGON, 15 March—Ashort documentary video onprevention againsttrafficking in person will bepresented in the TVprogrammes by March.

MTV EXIST will show adocumentary video entitledEnslaved with participationof vocalist R Zarni soon tobroaden horizon of thepeople on anti-humantrafficking tasks.

The documentary videowas created by CentralCommittee for Preventionagainst Trafficking in Person,USAID, AusAID and ASEAN.The work will be presented in

the last week of Marchthrough MRTV and MRTV-4 with the aim ofdisseminating knowledgeabout prevention againsttrafficking in person andraising preventive measures.

The backbone of thestory was based on actualexperiences of victims. It is atrue story of three persons inhuman trafficking case. Infact, the documentary videois a series of Trafficdocumentary film presentedin 2009. At that time, vocalistPhyu Phyu Kyaw Theinnarrated the documentaryfilm for the first time of MTV

EXIT through MRTV-4.The new video was

telecast so as to effectivelycontribute towards theeducative works of anti-human trafficking in personin Myanmar.

Kyemon

Lectures on role of forests andprevention against forest fire given

KENGTUNG, 15 March—The natural disaster managementcourse No. 2/2012 was opened in Kengtung of Shan State(East) on 23 December.

Secretary of Shan State (East) EnvironmentalConservation Committee Deputy Director U Tun Myint ofForest Department gave talks role of forests in conformitywith climate change and preventive measures against forestfire.—District IPRD

Loans disbursed to vendors inOttwin Township

OTTWIN, 15 March—Sibin Thayar Yay Bank Ltd ofOttwin Township Development Affairs Committee of BagoRegion disbursed loans to vendors on 23 February.

Executive Officer of Township Development AffairsCommittee U Khaing Tun presented K 1.5 million to thevendors.—Township IPRD

Tax management computerizationcourse opens in Pathein,

Ayeyawady Region

PATHEIN, 15 March—The tax managementcomputerization course was opened with a caremony at thehall of the Ayeyawady Region Internal Revenue Departmentin Pathein on 5 March morning.

Altogether 35 trainees from Pathein, Myaungmya,Labutta, Hinthada and Pyapon Districts in AyeyawadyRegion are attending the course that lasts two weeks.

District IPRD

CSC ISSUANCE EXPLAINED: In line with Moe Pwint-2 Plan, the issuance ofcitizenship scrutiny cards was issued in Taungni Village in Mogaung Township on 8March. Head of Kachin State Immigration and National Registration Department U

Kyi Lin explained process of the plan to the local people.—STATE INRD

Strong winds hitNabu Village

KAWKAREIK, 15 March—The strong winds hit NabuVillage of KawkareikTownship in Kayin State at3.30 pm on 11 March.

The strong winds blewoff roofs of hall-1, hall-3, hall-5 and hall-6 of Nabu BasicEducation High School anddestroyed ceilings.Moreover, the 140 feet longwalls of the school collapsedin the strong winds.

Myanma Alin

Myanmar Libraries Foundation is givingencouragement to broadening the horizon of the peopleand developing self-reliant libraries across the nation.

Those wishing to donate cash and books to the librariesmay contact Myanmar Libraries Foundation at No. 228 onTheinbyu Street in Botahtaung Township, Yangon, Tel:01-371342, 01-201936 and 01-398756.

MLF invites wellwishers todonate cash, books

SUPERVISORS MEET: Township Administrator U ThetNaing gave necessary instructions to supervisor and

teachers who will supervise matriculation examinationsfor 2011-2012 academic year, at Aung San Hall of Basic

Education High School in Ngazun Township ofMyingyan District in Mandalay Region on 10 March.

MYANMA ALIN

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Untimely strong winds hitNyaunglebin

Group-wise vaccination ofmeasles discussed

YANGON, 15 March—Organized by HmawbyTownship HealthDepartment of YangonRegion, an educative talk ongroup-wise vaccination ofmeasles to children was heldat the meeting hall ofTownship GeneralAdministration Departmentin Hmawby of YangonRegion on 9 March morning.

At first, Head of

Township HealthDepartment Dr Kyaw Nyeinexplained the procedure forvaccination of measles.Health Assistant-I U MyintSoe reported on programmesto carry out vaccination.

It was attended bydepartmental personnel,village administrators andmembers of socialorganizations.

Township IPRD

MULTIPLIER COURSEOPENED: Dawei DistrictMap Drawing MultiplierCourse 1/2012, organizedby Taninthayi RegionImmigration and NationalRegistration Department,was opened at the regiongovernment office on 27February. Head of RegionINRD U Than Htay speakson the occasion. MYANMA ALIN

Pedigrees of golden Hamilton’sCarps provided

YANGON, 15 March—Aceremony to providepedigrees of goldenHamilton’s Carps to local fishbreeders was held inSangyounglay Village ofShwepyitha Township on 3March with the aim offlourishing fingerlinghutching technology forrural people.

Head of Yangon RegionFisheries Department U MyoAung, Head of Yangon NorthDistrict FisheriesDepartment U Thant Zin andofficials of MyanmarFisheries Departmentdemonstrated hutching offingerlings at the pond offish breeder U Soe Win.

Likewise, the official

NYAUNGLEBIN, 15 March—Untimely strong winds hitNyaunglebin Township of Bago Region from 7.30 pm to 8pm on 12 March.

Moreover, heavy rain fell there up to 9.30 pm.The strong winds destroyed some houses and blew off

roofs of some buildings.In the strong winds, some lamp-posts fell down and trees

broken down.—Myanma Alin

team presented pedigrees ofgolden Hamilton’s Carps tolocal fish breeders inSinmakaw Village ofKyauktan Township andTagundaing Village ofTwantay Township. Theydemonstrated hutching offingerlings.—District IPRD

Fire destroys two poultry farmsin Ketumati Myothit

YEDASHE, 15 March—A forest fire destroyed one hut andtwo poultry farms on Athinkhaya Road of Ketumati Myothitin Toungoo Township.

At 12.05 pm on 14 March, the forest fire burnt a hut onsouthern side of the road and then destroyed two poultryfarms of U Aye Kyaw in Ward 2 of Toungoo, 50 yards to theburnt hut. In the fire, over 1000 chickens were blazed.

Fire brigade members put out the fire with the use of onefire engine from Ketumati Myothit, two from YedasheTownship and one from Toungoo Township. As a result, thefire did not burn other residences and it was extinguished at12.25 pm.—Kyemon

Fire breaks out near ChaukhtetgyiPagoda

YANGON, 15 March—Afire broke out atZeyathukhakayi Monasterynear Chaukhtetgyi Pagodain Shwegondaing Ward ofBahan Township at 10.50am on 14 March.

It started from overheatof regulator being kept

upstairs of the monastery.Fire brigade members

put out fire with the use of36 fire engines of MyanmarFire Brigade, sevenmanagement vehicles andtwo supporting vehiclesand the fire died out at 11.25am.—Thurein

Short documentary film, JapaneseFilm Festival 29-30 March

YANGON, 15 March—Ashort documentary film tomark the anniversary ofJapanese eastern earthquakeincident that caused innortheast region of Japan on11 March 2011 and JapaneseFilm Festival will be held atJapanese Embassy at No. 100on Natmauk Street in BahanTownship soon.

The film festival willcomprise the 30 minutes long

Setting Sail From the Ruins,and 123 minutes longWanko-The Story of Me, MyFamily and My Dog at theembassy hall starting 2 pmon 29 and 30 March.

Those wishing to enjoythe films may fill up thenecessary points bringingtogether with citizenshipscrutiny cards to enjoy thefilms.

Ko Gyi Tha

DISTRICT NEWS

Take Fire Preventive Measures

Govt will do more to continue to invest in parks,says Khaw

cultural and historicalattractions.

But with suchinvestments, Mr Khaw urgedthe community to play its partin taking ownership of publicspaces.

He cited parks inAustralia, Japan and Korea,which Mr Khaw described asbeing “wonderfully clean”and not because they have“foreign cleaners to pick uplitter”.

“The users do not litterin the first place. Park userstake their rubbish with themas they leave. Pets are leashedand the owners (clean up aftertheir pets). ManySingaporeans are picking upsuch good habits. But I thinkwe are still not yet at the levelof the Aussies, Koreans orJapanese,” he said.

Internet

SINGAPORE, 15 March —Singapore NationalDevelopment MinisterKhaw Boon Wan has saidthat his ministry will do moreto continue to invest inparks.

In his latest blog post,he wrote that parks add to the

quality of life, promoteshealthy living andcommunity bonding.

Mr Khaw pointed to twobig projects - the RailCorridor and the 150kilometre-long Round IslandRoute which will link up thecountry’s major natural,

Australia floods inundate almost 2,000 homes

An aerial handoutphoto received

from the New SouthWales Premier

Barry O’Farrellshows floodwatersat North Wagga

Wagga.INTERNET

present to see whether theywill crack the 2,000 markwhich sadly I think it willdo,” State Emergency Service(SES) spokesman PhilCampbell told AFP.

“This is all over-floorboard flooding. It is thesignificant stuff that causesso much damage and it doesrange from water up to theceiling to down to justcreeping into the house.”

Internet

SYDNEY, 15 March—Australian floods haveinundated close to 2,000homes in New South Wales,an official said Saturday, asthe surging waters appearedto claim the life of a man inthe state’s north.

Eastern Australia has beenhit by heavy downpours inrecent days, causing swollenriver systems to pour throughtowns and villages in NewSouth Wales, Queensland and

Victoria, damaging crops,roads and bridges.

In badly-hit southernNew South Wales, morehomes were evacuatedSaturday as the StateEmergency Service saidsome 1,963 homes had beeninundated, mostly around themajor inland town of WaggaWagga and the surroundingregions.

“There’s furtherassessments being done at

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12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 16 March, 2012

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MONZA EXPRESS VOY NO (9)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV MONZA EX-PRESS VOY NO (9) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 16.3.2012 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie atthe 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: EASTERN-CAR LINER S’POREPTE LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Han Man-Hee (1st R, Front), Vice Minister of Land, Transport and Maritime Affairsof the Republic of Korea (ROK), China’s Minister of Water Resources Chen Lei (2nd

R, Front) and Okuda Ken (2nd L, Front), Senior Vice Minister of Land, Infrastructure,Transport and Tourism of Japan, attend the signing of a cooperation document on the

sidelines of the Six World Water Forum in Marseille, France, on 13 March, 2012.China, Japan and ROK inked the Memorandum of Cooperation on the Mechanism of

Ministerial Meeting to boost trilateral cooperation on water challenges here onTuesday.—XINHUA

Twoearthquakesrattle Japan

TOKYO, 15 March—Atsunami advisory, warning ofa half-metre wave followinga 6.8-magnitude earthquakeWednesday off the Japanesecoast, has been canceled,officials said.

Two earthquakes withmagnitudes greater than 6struck off the east coast ofHonsu, Japan, the USGeological Survey said.

The first quake, at a depthof 16 miles, was a magnitudeof 6.8, USGS said.It was about145 miles south of Kushiro,and 457 miles northeast ofTokyo. The second quake wasa 6.1-magnitude event at adepth of about 5 miles, USGSsaid. Its epicenter was about151 miles south of Kushiroand 447 miles northeast ofTokyo.

The Japanese JapanMeteorological Agencyissued a tsunami warningfollowing the first quake butnot the second, Kyodo Newsreported. Reports of damageor injuries for both quakeswere not available.—Internet

Xu Kuangdi (L front), honorary chairman of ChinaAssociation for International Friendly Contacts

(CAIFC) talks with Prem Tinsulanonda (R Front),president of the Thai Privy Council, in Bangkok,capital of Thailand, on 13 March, 2012. The 10-

member CAIFC delegation arrived in Bangkok onMonday to start a 6-day visit to promote friendly

ties between China and Thailand.XINHUA

Terror attack foiled inRussia

MOSCOW, 15 March—Russian security forcesWednesday prevented a terror attack by defusing nine bombsat an illegal laboratory in Nalchik City.

According to the National Anti-Terrorism Committee,the laboratory where the bombs were produced was locatedin a garage in Nalchik, capital of Kabardino-Balkaria republicin the North Caucasus Region.

The total mass of the explosive devices was theequivalent of over 100 kg of TNT. According to bombexperts, an explosion of that magnitude would have destroyeda whole city block, the committee said.

All the bombs were taken to a secure area and destroyed.Terror attacks are common in the mainly Muslim North

Caucasus republics. Nalchik witnessed a clash in 2005between 150 local militants and police. The attackers killed35 policemen and 14 civilians but lost 92 of their own men.

Internet

World’s tallest man finally stops growingLONDON, 15 March—Sultan Kosen, the

world’s tallest man, has finally stoppedgrowing, after he was treated at a US hospitalto control the production of growth hormone.

The 29-year-old at 8ft 3inches measuresin Guinness World Records as the tallestliving man.

Kosen from Turkey received treatmentat the University of Virginia Medical Centrein May 2010 for treatment for a disordercalled acromegaly, which is usually causedby a tumour in the pituitary gland.

Special equipment was flown in fromSweden to fit Kosen’s larger skull, according

to doctors.According to the Richmond Times-

Dispatch, he was placed on a new medicationthat could potentially help control theproduction of growth hormone and stop hiscontinued growth.

University officials now claim that Kosenhas stopped growing.

The treatment will be noted in GuinnessWorld Records.

“He’s done very, very well, fortunately,”the Telegraph quoted Dr Jason Sheehan, aUniversity of Virginia Brain surgeon, assaying.—Internet

Somali palace scene ofsuicide blast

MOGADISHU, 15 March—A suicide car bombing nearSomalia’s presidential palacekilled at least three people,including the bomber, andinjured four others, witnessessaid Wednesday.

Witnesses said thebomber detonated hisexplosive at the entrance ofVilla Somalia, located in aheavily fortified zone in the

Tourists pose for photos atthe Avenue of Stars in

Hong Kong, south China,on 14 March, 2012. HongKong’s visitor arrivals in

package tours in Februarysoared by 37.7 percent

year on year to 9,204, andthe total visitor arrivals inpackage tours in Januaryand February add up to

17,761, according tofigures released by the

Travel Industry of HongKong on Wednesday.

XINHUA

country’s capital city ofMogadishu, Shabelle MediaNetwork reported.

Senior Somali govern-ment officials, includingPresident Sharif Ahmed,Parliament Speaker SharifHassan and Prime MinisterAbdiweli Mohammed Ali,live and have offices in thezone, officials said.

Internet

117 dead, more missing in Bangladeshferry sinking

DHAKA, 15 March—Villagers along a Bangladeshriver where a packed ferrycapsized earlier this weekfound five more bodiesfloating in the waterThursday, bringing the death

Recovery workersattempt to lift the

wreckage of a ferry thatcapsized in the Meghna

River in MunshiganjDistrict, about 20 miles(32 kilometres) south ofDhaka, Bangladesh, on

14 March, 2012.INTERNET

toll from the disaster to 117.The decomposing

bodies surfaced near the sceneof the accident hours after thedouble-deck ferry wassalvaged and the rescueoperation was called off, localpolice chief MohammadShahabuddin Khan said.Rescuers recovered 112bodies from inside the sunkenboat Tuesday andWednesday.

At least another 12people were still listedmissing, the area’sgovernment administratorAzizul Alam said. Localmedia, quoting relatives, putthe number of missinghigher.

The ferry carrying about200 people collided with acargo boat and sank earlyTuesday, sending scores ofpeople into the MeghnaRiver, just south of Dhaka.Khan said about 35 survivorswere plucked from the water,while local media reportedthat another 40 managed toswim to shore.

Hundreds of anxiouspeople, many of themweeping, gathered near thescene of the accident to lookfor their loved ones. Somewere angry, saying theyblamed local authorities forthe slow pace of the rescueoperation.

Internet

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Real Madrid book place in last 8 ofChampions League

MADRID, 15 March —Real Madrid had fewproblems in qualifying forthe last eight of theChampions League as theydefeated CSKA Moscow 4-1 in the Santiago BernabeuStadium on Wednesdaynight. The win, which camethanks to goals fromGonzalo Higuain, CristianoRonaldo and Karim Ben-zema takes Madrid into thequarterfinals of the com-petition and keeps alive theclub’s hopes of winning atenth European Cup.

Real Madrid coach Jose

Mourinho had said in the runup to the game, that he wouldstart with three strikers, but inthe end he only started withtwo as Cristiano Ronaldopartnered Higuain in attack,while fit-again KarimBenzema was kept on thesubs’ bench.

Madrid did have twoattacking midfielders in Kakaand Mesut Ozil on the pitchbut it was a more defensiveplayer, Sami Khedira who wasto prove vital with amagnificent pass for Higuainto open the score after 25minutes. Higuain once again

proved that he deserves a placein the Real Madrid startingline up with his fourth goal inthree matches. Ahmed Musacame close to levelling thescore before the break, butIker Casillas showed he wasalert to the danger with a goodsave.

Ronaldo doubledMadrid’s lead 10 minutes intothe second half as he shot from30 metres and CSKAgoalkeeper Sergie Chep-chugov made a horrible messof it, allowing it to bounceinto the back of the net whenhe really should have made asave.

Karim Benzema replacedHiguain with 21 minutesremaining and wasted no timein staking his claim to a firstteam place by scoring the thirdgoal a minute later. ZoranTosic gave his side a slimlifeline when he scored forCSKA with a fine individualgoal with 13 minutesremaining, but Ronaldorounded up the scoring in thelast minute of injury time ashe finished from a Benzemacross.—Xinhua

Chelsea victory inspires hope for rest of season

Real Madrid’s Portuguese forward Cristiano Ronaldocelebrates after scoring his team’s second goal duringthe UEFA Champions League football match between

Real Madrid and CSKA Moscow at the SantiagoBernabeu stadium in Madrid.—XINHUA

LONDON, 15 March—Chelsea interim managerRoberto Di Matteo believeshis team’s nail-bitingChampions League victoryover Napoli can inspire theclub to a successful seasonfinale.

The Premier Leaguegiants confounded thebookmakers as well as theweight of history onWednesday as theyoverturned a 3-1 first legdeficit with a pulsating 4-1win over the Italians at

Stamford Bridge.Branislav Ivanovic’s

dramatic extra-time winnersealed a 5-4 aggregatevictory for Chelsea, who arefacing an uphill battle toqualify for next season’sChampions League after apatchy league campaign.

It was only the fourthtime in Champions Leaguehistory that a club hassuccessfully come back froma two-goal first leg deficit.

Di Matteo — who hasnow won three games out of

three since taking overfollowing the sacking ofAndre Villas-Boas —believes Chelsea’s win overNapoli can lift his side overthe vital final few weeks ofthe season. “It meant a lot tothe club that we’re still ableto play in the ChampionsLeague and also you couldsee how much it meant tothe players tonight,” said DiMatteo, who celebrated withthe squad at the finalwhistle.

Internet

Chelsea’sIvorianstrikerDidier

Drogbascores theopening

goal duringtheir UEFAChampions

Leaguematchagainst

Napoli atStamfordBridge,London.INTERNET

Nadal humbles Dolgopolov toenter BNP Paribas Open

QuarterfinalsINDIAN WELLS, 15

March—World No 2 RafaelNadal made quick work ofUkrainian Alexandr Dol-gopolov to advance to thequarterfinals of the 2012BNP Paribas Open, joiningNovak Djokovic and DavidNalbandian into the last eightof the event.

Two time formerchampion Rafael Nadalbreezed past World No 21Alexandr Dolgopolov instraight sets to advance tothe quarterfinals of the 2012BNP Paribas Open, season’sfirst masters series eventbeing played here in IndianWells, California, USA.

Nadal made a superbstart to the match and brokeDolgopolov’s serve in thesecond game to race to aquick 3-0 and 4-1 lead, afterwhich he sealed the 43minute first set with a 6-3scoreline.

The second set did not

World No 2 Rafael Nadal

change the story much asNadal made quick in-roadsand broke Dolgopolov twicewith the help of hispenetrating ground strokes toseal the 6-3, 6-2 victory injust 76 minutes of play.

Nadal joined top seedand defending championNovak Djokovic into the lasteight after the Serb wasstretched to limits by anotherSpaniard Pablo Andujar in atwo hour plus battle endingwith a 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-2scoreline in the former’sfavour.—Internet

Roger Federer beats Bellucci to reach thequarter-final at Indian Wells

Third-seeded RogerFederer of Switzerland

INDIAN WELLS, 15March—Third-seeded RogerFederer of Switzerland earneda came from behind victory tobeat the Brazilian ThomazBellucci with a 3-6 6-3 6-4scoreline on Wednesday andsecured his berth in thequarterfinal of the 2012 IndianWells Open.

Chasing his fourth title atIndian Wells, World No 3Roger Federer of Switzerlandmade a fine recovery from a setdeficit to beat the BrazilianThomaz Bellucci with a 3-6 6-3 6-4 scoreline on Wednesdayand secured his berth in the

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Victoria Azarenka

quarterfinal of the 2012 IndianWells Open.

Federer took 1 hour and40 minutes to win this duel, ashe fired 8 aces and mustered82% points on his first serve.The Swiss also hammered 27winners and converted 3 outof 7 break-points. On the otherhand, Bellucci did well topush Federer to a great extent,but he could not get his acttogether – during the crucialmoments of the match.

It was the top BrazilianThomaz Bellucci, who tookonly 27 minutes to clinch thefirst set against the third-seedRoger Federer. The Brazilianserved beautifully, as he fired5 aces and mustered 86%points on his first serve.Interestingly, he committedonly 5 unforced errors ascompared to Federer’s 13.Bellucci converted 2 out of 3break-points, while Federerdid not have a break-point inthe first set. Federer gave afitting reply to World No 50Bellucci, as he claimed thesecond-set convincingly in36 minutes and took this battleinto the final set. Federermustered 100% points on hisfirst serve, hammered 8winners and got benefitedfrom Bellucci’s 13 unforcederrors. —Internet

Victoria Azarenkawrecks

Radwanska toenter semis inIndian WellsINDIAN WELLS, 15

March—Victoria Azarenkamade quick work of Ag-nieszka Radwanska as shebeat her 6-0, 6-2 to register aplace in the quarterfinals ofthe 2012 BNP Paribas Open.

Victoria Azarenkacame in with all guns blazingas Agnieszka Radwanskawas a mere spectator to thebrilliance of the worldnumber one’s straight setvictory. Radwanska was onthe defensive for the wholeset as Azarenka assertedaggression with her massiveserves and angledbackhands.

Radwanska lackeddepth in her strokes asAzarenka broke all her servesand consolidated com-fortably with easy holds ofher own service games towin the first set 6-0.

Internet

Kerber tops Li to reach semis at Indian WellsINDIAN WELLS, 15 March—World No 19

Angelique Kerber of German upset eighthseeded Na Li of China in straight sets with a 6-4 6-2 scoreline on Wednesday night andsecured her berth in the semi-final of the 2012BNP Paribas Open. German Angelique Kerbercontinued her good form in the new season onWednesday, as she beat eighth seeded Na Liof China in straight sets with a 6-4 6-2 scorelineand secured her berth in the semi-final of the2012 BNP Paribas Open.

Kerber took 1 hour and 23 minutes to winthis duel, as she mustered 75% points on herfirst serve and got benefitted from Li’s 43unforced errors. Kerber also smacked 13winners to keep the proceedings in control.

After 46 minutes of fine tennis action,German Kerber clinched the first set. TheGerman served really well, as she mustered75% points on her first serve - with the help of8 winners and got benefited from Li’s 21unforced errors. In the end, Kerber converted2 out of 4 break-points to surge through. Onthe other hand, Li could convert only 1 out of

3 break-points – in the first set.Both contenders exchanged breaks early

on in the second-set. Then, Kerber got back-to-back breaks in the fifth and seventh gamesto surge through – with the match. In the semi-final, Kerber will take on the top-seededVictoria Azarenka who eased past AgnieszkaRadwanska 6-0 6-2 earlier in the day.

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WorldNo 19

AngeliqueKerber ofGerman

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

Weather forecast for 16th March, 2012

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

(16-3-12 09:30 am ~17-3-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV

(16-3-2012) (Friday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly Region

Missionary Sayadaw7:40 am 2. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 3. Health Programme8:30 am 4. Songs in honour of

(67th) AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

8:40 am 5. International News4:00 pm 6. Martial Song4:55 pm 7. Songs For Upholding

National Spirit5:00 pm 8. Myanmar Language5:20 pm 9. Songs in honour of

(67th) AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

5:45 pm10. Sports Highlight6:20 pm11. Internet Garden7:00 pm12. Documentary8:00 pm13. News14. Talk Of the Political

Parties15. Just for Laughs

(Gags Asia)16. TV Drama Series

* News* "Myanmar International

Frontier" India-MyanmarCordial Ties (Part-1)

* News* "Myanmar International

Frontier" India-Myanmar Cordial Ties(Part-2)

* News* Geomyanmar 2012

International Conference* News* Myanmar Movies

Impact "ProblemEntanglement"

* News* Responsible Tourism

Workshop & Conference(Part-1)

* News* Responsible Tourism

Workshop & Conference(Part-2)

* News* A Day in Bagan* News* How to cast vote?* Myanmar Movie

"Twin Brothers InDifferent Lives"

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr.

No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 32/90 16/61 Likelihood of isolated rain or

thundershowers 60(%)

2 Kayah 35/95 17/63 Partly cloudy

3 Kayin 39/102 22/72 Likelihood of isolated rain or

thundershowers 60(%)

4 Chin 25/77 13/55 Partly cloudy

5 Upper Sagaing 35/95 17/63 Likelihood of isolated rain or

thundershowers 60(%)

6 Lower Sagaing 38/100 18/64 Partly cloudy

7 Taninthayi 36/97 24/75 Likelihood of isolated rain or

thundershowers 60(%)

8 Bago 38/100 23/73 Partly cloudy

9 Magway 41/106 24/75 Partly cloudy

10 Mandalay 38/100 22/72 Partly cloudy

11 Mon 38/100 25/77 Likelihood of isolated rain or

thundershowers 60(%)

12 Yangon 38/100 23/73 Partly cloudy

13 Rakhine 35/95 20/68 Partly cloudy

14 Southern Shan 30/86 14/57 Partly cloudy

15 Northern Shan 32/90 10/50 Partly cloudy

16 Eastern Shan 34/93 15/59 Partly cloudy

17 Ayeyawady 39/102 25/77 Partly cloudy

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 40/104 19/66 Partly cloudy

19 Neighbouring Yangon 38/100 23/73 Partly cloudy

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 38/100 22/72 Partly cloudy

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Taninthayi Region and weather have been partly cloudy in the remaining Regions and States. Day temperatures were (3°C) above March average temperatures in Chin and Rakhine States and about March average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States.The significant day temperature were Chauk and Minbu (41°C) each. The noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded was Myeik (0.83) inch.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be slight to moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers in the Northern Myanmar areas.

LONDON, 15 March—Ronaldinho was on Wednesdaynamed in Brazil coach Mano Menezes’ preliminary 52-man squad for the football tournament at this year’sLondon Olympics.

Menezes must whittle the squad down to 35 playersby 8 June before announcing a final 18-man squad by6July. Each squad is only allowed to include three playersaged over 23 and Menezes’ squad included young starssuch as Santos forward Neymar, his club-mate PauloHenrique Ganso, and AC Milan forward Alexandre Pato.

Ronaldinho in Brazil’spreliminary Olympic squad

Brazil’s forwards Neymar (L) and Ronaldinho smileprior to a friendly football match between Bosnia-

Herzegovina and Brazil in February 2012. Ronaldinhowas on Wednesday named in Brazil coach Mano

Menezes’ preliminary 52-man squad for the footballtournament at this year’s London Olympics.—INTERNET

There is strong competition for the three over-ageslots, with Flamengo playmaker Ronaldinho joined inMenezes’ list by Barcelona right-back Dani Alves, Chelseadefender David Luiz and Milan centre-back Thiago Silva.There was no place, however, for either Milan attackerRobinho or Real Madrid playmaker Kaka. In total, 24 ofthe players pre-selected currently play their domesticfootball in Brazil. The London Olympics run from 27 Julyto 12 August.—Internet

Novak Djokovic survivesAndujar to enter quarters

in Indian WellsINDIAN WELLS, 15

March—Novak Djokovichad to lose a set againstSpaniard Pablo Andujar,but then made the most ofthe third set to win 6-0, 6-7, 6-2 and marched intothe quarterfinals of the2012 BNP Paribas Open.

Novak Djokovicstarted with confidencebut then lost the secondset to a charging PabloAndujar.

The World numberone later regrouped andtook care of the Spaniardin three sets.

It was blistering

performance from Djokovicas he struck his forehands toperfection and movedAndujar from side to sidewith his backhandsefficiently.

Andujar tried his to keeppace with the world numberone but was unable to fishout a single game.

Djokovic broke thriceand consolidated with easeto take the first set 6-0.

Andujar played withconfidence in the second setas he combined cannon firstserves with massiveforehands.

He held all his service

games with ease and putDjokovic under immensepressure on his servicegames.

He dragged the set to a

well deserved tie-breakerand continued hisaggression.

He cracked an ace andshot 10 winners to win theset 7-6(5) and leveledscores at one set all.

Djokovic was quick toforget about the past andpounced on the first lookof a break point in the firstgame of the third set.

He took the early breakand managed to holdserves consolidating thebreak.

He then snatchedanother break of serve inthe seventh game andconsolidated comfortably.

The Serbian served 4aces, got 69% first servesand knocked 28 winners towin 6-0, 6-7(5), 6-2.

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World No 1Novak Djokovic

Age of warningsatellite causes

concernWASHINGTON, 15

March—A US satellitegiving the only advancewarning of incoming high-energy solar particles isgetting old and is possiblyon its last legs, researcherssay.

But a replacement forNASA’s AdvancedComposition Explorer, orACE, satellite is at least twoyears away, they said.

ACE provides theonly advance notice ofincoming high-energyparticles from the sun whichcan wreak havoc onindispensable radio, GPSand satellite commu-nications, researchers said.

Launched in 1997,ACE gives the NationalOceanographic andAtmospheric Admini-stration’s space weatherforecasting arm advancenotice if a storm is headedtoward Earth, as it did withthe solar storm that left thesun Tuesday.

How much longer thesatellite can keep workingis a concern, scientists said.

“It would be a very badday for us if that spacecraftwas not working,” WilliamMurtagh, programmecoordinator for NOAA’sSpace Weather PredictionCenter in Boulder, Colo,told Discovery News.

“When an eruptionoccurs on the sun, there arestill quite a few questionmarks as to if it’s going to

hit the Earth and when it’sgoing to hit the Earth,” hesaid.

From about 1 millionmiles away, ACE providesthe only early warning ofwhat’s headed toward Earthand utility operators,airlines, satellite owners,GPS users and othersdepend on space weatheralerts from NOAA.

“ACE is a single pointof failure and it’s old,”Murtagh said. “Every time Ihave a space weather stormI cringe a little bit that ourvery own space weathersatellite doesn’t succumb tothe storms I’m relying on itto help forecast.”

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ACE satellite.ACE provides the only

advance notice ofincoming high-energyparticles from the sun

which can wreak havocon indispensable radio,

GPS and satellitecommunications.

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2020th day session of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw continuesday session of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw continues

Amendments made to National Planning BillAmendments made to National Planning Bill

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint at 20th day sessionPyidaungsu Hluttaw.—MNA

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives at 20th day session of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.—MNA

Civil servants workingin far-flung areas withdifficult access to socialaffairs granted regional

allowances

Pre-monsoon rain/squalls warning

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March—The 20th daysession of First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw continuedat Pyidaungsu Hluttaw in Hluttaw Complexhere today, attended by Pyidaungsu HluttawSpeaker U Khin Aung Myint, Pyithu HluttawSpeaker Thura U Shwe Mann and 526 MPs.

At today’s session, MPs submittedproposals to amend 2012-2013 fiscal yearNational Planning Bill, Union ministersdiscussed and approval was sought from theparliament to approve the amendment.

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U ShweMann and U Soe Tha from TwantayConstituency made proposals to amend thebill and Union Minister for National Planningand Economic Development U Tin NaingThein discussed the proposals.

U Soe Tha from Twantay Constituency,U Aye Mauk from Mahlaing Constituency, DrAye Maung from Rakhine State ConstituencyNo (1), Daw Nan Wa Nu from KunheinConstituency, U Min Swe from DaikUConstituency, U Tin Maung Oo fromShwepyitha Constituency, U Maung Toe from

Minhla Constituency, U Kyi Tha fromGwa Constituency, U Win Than fromThabaung Constituency, U Myo Myintfrom Mandalay Region Constituency No(6) and U Mya Thein from MudonConstituency submitted proposal to amendAppendix-2 of the National Planning Billand Union Minister at the President OfficeU Thein Nyunt, Secretary U Sit Myaing ofMyanmar National Human RightsCommission, Union Minister forInformation and for Culture U Kyaw Hsan,Union Minister for Sports U Tint Hsan,Union Minister for Agriculture and IrigationU Myint Hlaing, Union Minister forIndustry U Soe Thein, Deputy Minister forMyanma Industrial Development U HanSein, Union Minister for Electric Power No(1) U Zaw Min, Union Minister for ElectricPower No (2) U Khin Maung Soe, UnionMinister for Construction U Khin MaungMyint, Union Minister for RailTransportation U Aung Min and UnionMinister for National Planning and

Economic Development U Tin Naing Thein replied to theproposal.

The parliament approved the amendment proposalsconcerning planned investment in the Chapter “State-owned”of the Appendix-2 of the bill as part of the bill, i.e to reduce thevolume of special development projects of the PresidentOffice by 31.365 per cent, to reduce the work volume of theInformation and Public Relations Department and News andPeriodicals Enterprise under the Information Ministry by 1.77per cent, to reduce the quantity of traffic island constructionand landscaping works of the Sports Ministry by 20.26 percent, to reduce the work volume of Zabuthiri Sports Complexconstruction by 20.93 per cent, to reduce the works of theIrrigation Department under the Agriculture and IrrigationMinistry by 28.74 per cent, to reduce the works of theMechanized Farming Department by 65.89 per cent, to reducethe work volume of the Myanma Pharmaceuticals andFoodstuff Industries, Myanma Ceramics Industries and No.2 General Heavy Industries under the Industry Ministry byfive per cent, to totally suspend the works of IndustrialPlanning Department of Myanma Industrial Development (See page 8)

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March — During the pre-monsoon period ofMarch to Mid-May, isolated rain or thundershowers are likely in theafternoon or evening accompanied with 35 mph to 40 mph surface wind,hails and lightning due to the rising day temperature in the whole country.

Public are advised to take necessary awareness with the weathernews and warning.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 15 March —The Ministry ofFinance and Revenue has granted a monthly extraallowance of K 30,000 plus a regional allowanceequivalent to their monthly salary rate to servicepersonnel serving in 87 far-away townships andsub-townships with difficult access to social affairsas of 1 April 2012 with Notification No.101/2012dated 8th Waning of Taboung 1373 ME (15-3-2012),it is learnt.—MNA

TODAY

Today’s issue of NLMcarries a two-page

supplement

Venus andJupiter

cuddling upin night sky

Encounters ofanother kind:

meteorite chunkfalls on Oslo

Anti-smokingefforts save 800,000

US lives

Chelseavictory inspireshope for rest of

season

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