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Volume XVII, Number 200 1st Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Monday, 2 November, 2009

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 2 Nov—At the invitation of the Government of Japan, General Thein Sein, PrimeMinister of the Union of Myanmar, will be visiting Japan in the near future to attend “The First Mekong-Japan Summit” to be held in Tokyo.—MNA

Prime Minister to attend First Mekong-Japan Summit in near future

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo addresses ceremony to present certificates of honour and host adinner to the maestros.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Nov—The whole Nay Pyi Tawsaw rituals held on a grand scale to mark TazaungmonFullmoon Day (Samanna Phala Day) today.

The Uppatasanti Pagoda on Nay Pyi TawUppatasanti Hill was packed today with visitors fromfar and near performing meritorious deeds such asoffering flowers, water, fruit and alms food to thepagoda, making charities, observing precepts and doingmeditation.

The Dhatucaya (Datpaungsu) Pagoda in NayPyi Taw was teeming with Buddhists doing meritoriousdeeds the whole day. At night, people celebratedTazaungdaing Festival by lighting oil lights andreleasing hot air ballons. The roundabouts and ShopeikDam on Pyinmana-Taungnyo Road in Nay Pyi Tawwere illuminated.

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Tazaungmon Fullmoon Day marked across the nation

Uppatasanti Pagoda packed with visitors onTazaungmon Fullmoon Day (Samanna

Phala Day).—MNA

Secretary-1 addresses ceremony to present certificates ofhonour and host dinner to mark 17th Myanmar

Traditional Cultural Performing Arts CompetitionsNAY PYI TAW, 1

Nov—A ceremony topresent certificates ofhonour and host a dinnerto the maestros, who hadjudged the performancesof the contestants at the17th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing ArtsCompetitions, andmanagers took place atNay Pyi Taw City Hallyesterday evening, withan address by Patron fororganizing thecompetitions Secretary-1of the State Peace and

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Monday, 2 November, 2009

Monday, 2 November, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

A ceremony to destroy narcotic drugs andprecursor chemicals seized in Kokang area, Spe-cial Region (1) of Shan State (North) took place inthe compound of Kokang Region Drugs Elimina-tion Museum on 31 October.

From time to time, the Central Committeefor Drug Abuse Control held ceremonies to incin-erate narcotic drugs seized across the nation inStates and Divisions and Yangon.

Out of 46 different occasions held for de-stroying seized narcotic drugs at States and Divi-sions, five were actually in Laukkai, KokangRegion, during the years 1991, 1993, 1996, 1997and 2002 and up to 2006, 20 occasions were heldin Yangon.

The narcotic drugs, ATS tablets and re-lated precursor chemicals destroyed were thoseseized within a short period after the significantincident that happened in Laukkain area in Au-gust. The total value of drugs, chemicals andrelated equipment destroyed is over 20 billionkyats (over US$ 20 million).

The government in its efforts to eliminatethe illicit drugs as a national cause with its ownresources had laid down the two strategies andthree tactics. Now is the final year of the 2nd 5-year phase of the 15-year drug elimination planand we can say the effort to eliminate narcoticdrugs has gained momentum. While scaling upand prevention and elimination of drug produc-tion, the government is also taking speedy meas-ures to ward off drug abuse.

The government is striving for preventionof the danger of narcotics and education andrehabilitation in accord with UNODC’s theme“No individual, family or community is safe whereillicit drugs take control”. So the national peopleare to work together to eliminate narcotic drugsfrom Myanma soil.

Work together to eliminatenarcotic drugs from Myanma soil

Myanmar Edible Oil Dealers’ Association meets

YANGON, 1 Nov—Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Min-istry of Defence addressedthe 17th Annual GeneralMeeting of the MyanmarEdible Oil Dealers’ Asso-ciation at the Union ofMyanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerceand Industry on Min YeKyaw Swa Street inLanmadaw Township herethis morning.

Before the ceremony,Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Chair-man of Yangon DivisionPeace and Development

the participation ofMyanmar in the expo, andwinning a medal.

The official con-cerned handed over themedal Myanmar had wonin the expo to the chair-man of the committee forparticipating in the expo.Officials presented certifi-cates of honour to thosewho contributed and thosewho drew designs for thenational pavilion and thecommodity pavilion.

The meeting wasopened with speeches by

Council Commander ofYangon Command Maj-Gen Win Myint, DeputyMinister for CommerceBrig-Gen Aung Tun andofficials inspected the ed-ible oil shops staged by theassociation.

During the meeting,the honouring of those whocontributed towards theparticipation in the 6th

China-ASEAN Expo washeld. UMFCCI PresidentU Win Myint gave anopening speech. Respon-sible persons reported on

Lt-Gen Myint Swe and theUMFCCI president.

Next, cash donationswere presented; the reportand the financial statementof the CEC (2008) weresubmitted; members’ priorsuggestions were re-sponded, the expiry andresigning of the executivecommittee (2007-2008)were declared; and the newexecutive committee for2009-2011 term was ap-proved. The chairman ofthe meeting gave conclud-ing remarks.—MNA

CSSTB Chairman U Kyaw Thu arrives back from Lao PDRYANGON, 1 Nov—A

Myanmar delegation led byChairman of Civil ServiceSelection and TrainingBoard U Kyaw Thu arrivedback from Lao PDR by airyesterday after attendingthe 15th ASEAN Confer-ence on Civil Service Mat-ters-ACCSM in Vientianefrom 28 to 30 October.

The 15th ACCSMmeeting opening ceremonywas held on 28 October atthe Donchan Palace Hotel,Vientiane. The meeting wasattended by the Heads ofASEAN Civil Service Or-ganizations and representa-tives and the opening ad-dress was delivered byH.E Mr SomsavatLENGSAVAD, DeputyPrime Minister of the LaoPDR.

During the meeting,the Heads of ASEAN CivilService Organizations andrepresentatives discussed

matters relating to theirrespective country reports,technical papers and up-date on Asean ResourceCentre ARC projects.

The Chairman of theCSSTB exchanged viewson implementation ofBlueprint for ASEANSocio-Cultural Commu-nity 2009-2015,operationalization ofACCSM work plan 2008-2012 with the Heads ofASEAN Civil Service and

also met with his counter-parts from ASEAN+3(China, Japan and the Re-public of Korea).

Together with theChairman of CSSTB,members of the Myanmardelegation Director U Zaw

Moe Win, Deputy Direc-tors Daw Thet Thet Kyawand U Myo Lwin of theCivil Service Selectionand Training Departmentalso arrived back on thesame flight.

MNA

Respects paid to doyensports journalists

YANGON, 1 Nov—Thesecond respect paying cer-emony of Myanmar SportsJournalists Federation to thedoyen sports journalists washeld at the National IndoorStadium No (1) Thuwunnathis morning. It was at-tended by Minister forSports Brig-Gen Thura AyeMyint.

The minister extendedgreetings and Chairman ofMSJF Dr Tin Tun Oo ex-plained the purpose of hold-ing the ceremony.

Southern MyanmarFootball Club and YangonUnited Football Club do-nated K 0.5 million each,Kanbawza Football Club,In Ar Media Group andGold Media Group K 0.1

million each, Eleven Me-dia Group and U Soe Moe(IBC) K 50,000 each, USoe Win (Tetkatho SoeWin) K 30,000, PremierCoffee Co Ltd and SwesonMedia Group K 0.15milllion. The chairman ofMSJF accepted the dona-tion and presented thehonouring certificates.

The minister and sportjournalists paid respect tothe doyen sport journalists.The minister donated K 1.5million to the doyen sportjournalists. The chairmanand responsible personneldonated cash and gifts tothe doyen sport journalists.U Kyi Nyunt (Sagaing KyiNyunt) gave words of ad-vice. —MNA

CSSTB

Chairman U

Kyaw Thu

attending

15th

ACCSM

meeting.

CSSTB

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence addresses Annual Meeting of MEODA.—MNA

3.7m acres put under monsoonpaddy in Ayeyawady Div

YANGON, 30 Oct—Up to 29 October, AyeyawadyDivision has put 3,700,017 acres under monsoonpaddy.—MNA

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Cyprus supports India’s bid for UNSecurity Council seat

Syria reviews Syrian-EuropeanPartnership Agreement “with care”

DAMASCUS, 1 Nov— Syria is restudying “withcare” the Syrian-European Partnership Agreementand its effects on Syrian economy, Syrian DeputyPrime Minister for Economic Affairs Abdullah al-Dardari said on Saturday, the official SANA newsagency reported.

Dardari made the remarks at a joint press confer-ence with visiting Italian Minister of Economic De-velopment Claudio Scajola.

Syria and Italy signed on Saturday a number ofmemos of understanding (MOU) to boost bilateralcooperation on trade, agriculture and transport, whichincludes establishing an Italian Technological Centerin Damascus, SANA said.

As the top trade partner of Syria in Europe, thetrade volume between Italy and Syria in 2008amounted to 20 percent of Syria’s total trade withthe European Union.

Scajola affirmed his country’s desire to increaseinvestments in Syria in various fields such as tech-nology and tourism and expand cooperation in tech-nical training, in addition to cooperation in export-ing agricultural products, according to the report.

The Italian minister also stressed the importanceof signing the Syrian-European Partnership Agree-ment, though, he said Syria “has the right to think itover.”—Xinhua

Philippines repairs damage after deadly storm

Airport workers drive aluggage cart past a

plane covered in snowat Beijing’s interna-

tional airport on 1 Nov,2009. The first snowfall

for the winter seasonfell on the Chinesecapital early this

morning.—INTERNET

Iraqi police officerkilled by Baghdadbombing suspect

NICOSIA,1 Nov— Cy-prus voiced its support onSaturday for India’s aspi-ration to be a permanentmember in an expandedUN Security Council.

Cyprus PresidentDemetris Christofias tolda state banquet in honor ofvisiting Indian PresidentPratibha Devisingh Patil

would enjoy the highestpossible approval,” he said.

The Indian President,on her part, thanked Cy-prus for “deep under-standing” of India’s na-tional aspirations.

“India values the con-sistent support that Cy-prus has extended on is-sues of vital concern,” sheadded. India and Cyprushave enjoyed traditionalfriendship. The two sidesagreed that bilateral trade,at 68.7 million US dollarsin 2008, was far below po-tential. India wants to ex-plore cooperation oppor-tunities in fields of IT,technology and pharma-ceuticals.—Xinhua

MANILA, 1 Nov —Philippine authorities onSunday scrambled to re-store power and repairdamage after TyphoonMirinae smashed into thestorm-weary nation, kill-ing at least 12 people.

bridges that collapsed inurban areas south of Ma-nila, while power wasslowly being restored tomost of the 22 towns thatwere blacked out at theheight of the typhoon, theRed Cross said.

“We have been toldthat power in most areashas been restored and interms of flooding, thewaters receded withinhours,” national RedCross secretary generalGwen Pang told AFP.

She said a pre-emptiveevacuation that saw thetransfer of about 115,000people in the typhoon’sdirect path to safer grounddays ahead of its landfallhad meant fewer casual-ties compared with tworecent deadly storms.

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Residents wade through a flooded street caused byflash floods brought about by Typhoon Mirinae inthe town of Santa Cruz, south of Manila. Authoritiesin the country have scrambled to restore power andrepair damage after the storm smashed into the em-battled nation, killing at least 12 people.—INTERNET

A day after Mirinaebrought heavy rains andwinds, crews were clear-ing roads of fallen treesand power lines in capitalManila and nearby areas.

Efforts were beingmade to repair four

that Cyprus considers In-dia as a very importantcountry, at the regional aswell as at the internationallevel. “Should a decisionon the reform of the UNSecurity Council be made,India would deserve a per-manent seat in such a bodywhich would have en-hanced authority and

BAGHDAD, 1 Nov—An Iraqi police officerwas killed by a suspectbeing questioned overBaghdad’s twin suicidebombings last week, anInterior Ministry state-ment said on Saturday.

The incident at theCriminal InvestigationsDirectorate resulted inthe killing of an officerand the suspect, alongwith wounding anotherpoliceman.

During the interroga-tion, a policeman offeredthe suspect water, but thesuspect stole the police-man’s gun and shot andwounded him; the sus-pect then fired on MajorArkan Hachim andkilled him, the statementsaid.

The suspect himself

was seriously woundedand was later announceddead in hospital, thestatement added.

Xinhua

A firefighter inspects a damaged minibus following a bomb explosion on thehighway close to Muthanna airport, northwestern district of Baghdad, Iraqon 31 Oct 2009. A bomb attached to a minibus went of early on Saturday,

wounding some civilians, police said . —INTERNET

ISLAMABAD, 1 Nov—At least nine militants werekilled and two othersarrested during the on-going military operation inPakistan’s SouthWaziristan tribal area in thelast 24 hours, an armystatement said on Sunday.

Pakistani securityforces have surroundedmilitant’s hub Sararoghafrom three directions andoperation is progressingsmoothly, the InterServices Public Relationssaid in a daily press release.Security forces havesurrounded Makeen,another key towncontrolled by Talebanmilitants, from threedirections and cleared LittaSar area, the army said.

Nine militants killed in Pakistan tribalarea operationConsolidation is in process.Two security men werekilled and two othersinjured during theoperation.

During last 24 hourssecurity forces haverecovered huge quantity ofarms and ammunition insearch and clearanceoperations along all threeaxes. On relief activities,7,203 cash cards have beendistributed amongst thedisplaced families ofWaziristan. Army FieldHospital has beenestablished at nearby D IKhan district and treated 50patients. According to localnewspaper Daily Times,military sources said onSaturday that the army willwrap up the operation

coded Rah-e-Nijat withintwo weeks, bringing downthe terrorists in SouthWaziristan.

“We will clear SouthWaziristan within the nexttwo weeks and accomplishthe objectives of theoperation ahead of thestipulated time,” thesources said.

Pakistani securityforces launched the groundassault on 17 Oct in theSouth Waziristan,advancing towards themain base of Talebanmilitants in Pakistan. Thearmy said that about30,000 soldiers are in placeto take on an estimated10,000 hard-core Talebanmilitants in the lawlessarea. — Xinhua

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UK to shake up banking, 100s ofbranches for sale

China’s PMI of manufacturingsector rises to 55.2% in Oct

An exhibitor introduces to a visitor a sunlightlightening system that can lead sunlight into a

room through pipe at the 2009 Hangzhou Interna-tional Recycling Economy and Environmental

Industry Expo of China in Hangzhou, east China’sZhejiang Province, on 31 Oct, 2009.—XINHUA

Malaysia’s Maxis to make SEAsia’s biggest listing

India governmentto import rice

Indian farmers use a combine harvester to harvesta crop of rice on the outskirts of Amritsar inSeptember 2009. India’s government plans to

import 30,000 tonnes of rice to offset an expectedproduction shortfall following the worst monsoon

in nearly four decades, a report saidon Saturday.—INTERNET

Maxis, Malaysia’s top mobile operator,is tipped to receive a warm welcomeback to the bourse this month in an IPOworth around 3.43 billion dollars, billed

as the biggest in Southeast Asianhistory.—INTERNET

S Korea’s October trade surplus 3.79 bln dollarsSEOUL, 1 Nov—South Korea’s trade surplus was 3.79 billion dollars in October,

with imports declining more sharply than exports, the government said in a pre-liminary report on Sunday. Exports fell 8.3 percent year-on-year to 34.03 billiondollars last month, while imports plunged 16.3 percent to 30.23 billion, accordingto the Ministry of Knowledge Economy.

The October surplus compares with an adjusted 4.7 billion dollar surplus forSeptember and marks the ninth consecutive month in the black.

Exports, which make up more than half of South Korea’s economy — the fourthlargest in Asia — remained sapped by the sluggish global economy.

Outbound shipments fell in most export items except semiconductors and dis-play panels for TVs, mobile handsets or computers which jumped 36.8 and 38.8percent year-on-year respectively last month.—Internet

Assembly line workersat the South Koreanauto-maker SsangyongMotors. The country’strade surplus was 3.79billion dollars in Octo-ber, with imports declin-ing more sharply thanexports, the governmenthas said in a prelimi-nary report.—INTERNET

KUALA LUMPUR, 1 Nov—Maxis, Ma-laysia’s top mobile operator, is tippedto receive a warm welcome back to thebourse this month in an IPO wortharound 3.43 billion dollars, billed as thebiggest in Southeast Asian history.

Maxis Berhad, controlled by reclu-sive Malaysian tycoon Ananda Krishnanand Saudi Telecom, is launching the ini-tial public offering (IPO) on Bursa Ma-laysia two years after it was taken pri-vate and de-listed.

It is offering 2.25 billion, or 30 per-cent, of its shares at an indicative priceof 5.20 ringgit (1.52 dollars) whichwould raise 11.7 billion ringgit. Mostof the shares will go to institutional in-vestors.

Parent company Maxis Communica-tions is expected to deploy the proceedsof the sale, slated for 19 November, onfunding expansion in the booming In-dian and Indonesian markets, and to re-duce debt.

Economic pundits are upbeat aboutthe listing despite the uncertain globaleconomic outlook that has soured other

recent share offerings in the region, butwarn that the market remained unpredict-able.—Internet

NEW DELHI, 1 Nov—In-dia’s government plans toimport 30,000 tonnes ofrice to offset an expectedproduction shortfall fol-lowing the worst monsoonin nearly four decades, areport said on Saturday.

The move comes as theUS Department of Agricul-ture has forecast India’s riceoutput will fall between 15million and 17 milliontonnes in the crop yearfrom October 2009 to Sep-tember 2010 following twoyears of bumper harvests.India is the world’s second-largest rice producer. Thecountry of nearly 1.2 billionpeople produced a record99.15 million tonnes of ricelast year.

The government hasasked three state-ownedtrading firms, MMTC,STC and PEC, to import10,000 tonnes of rice eachand sell it in the market,the Press Trust of Indiasaid.

“The tender to importrice is under the govern-ment instruction,” SanjivBatra, chairman ofMMTC, told the newsagency. An official of an-other publicly owned trad-ing company STC said therice shipments were likelyto arrive in the country inNovember and December.

As of now, the threestate-run trading firmshave been advised to im-port only 10,000 tonneseach, added the STC offi-cial, who was not identi-fied.—Internet

BEIJING, 1 Nov—ThePurchasing Managers’ In-dex (PMI) of China’smanufacturing sector roseto 55.2 percent in October,up 0.9 percentage pointsfrom the previous month,the China Federation of Lo-gistics and Purchasing(CFLP) said on Sunday.

The index was 0.6 per-centage points higher thanthe number in September,when the PMI edged uponly 0.3 percentage pointsto 54.3 percent. It was theeighth month in a row thatthe PMI reading stayedabove 50.

A reading of above 50suggests expansion, while

one below 50 indicatescontraction. The PMI in-cludes a package of indicesthat measure economic per-formance. The survey, con-ducted by the National Bu-reau of Statistics (NBS),covers purchasing and sup-ply managers in more than700 firms across China.The CFLP launched thePMI in 2005.

The production index inthe PMI reached 59.3 per-cent in October, the high-est level since last May.

October’s new exportindex rose to 54.5 percent,up 1.2 percentage pointsfrom the previous month.

Xinhua

LONDON, 1 Nov—TheRoyal Bank of Scotland,Northern Rock, andLloyds Banking Groupare to sell off as many as700 branches in the nextfew years in exchange forthe public aid they re-ceived during the eco-nomic meltdown, a gov-ernment official told TheAssociated Press on Sat-urday.

The assets being put upfor sale would be reservedfor new entrants to theBritish banking market,effectively creating threenew banks over the nextfive years or so, the offi-cial said.

The official said thatthe banks were in negotia-tions with Britain’s treas-ury and European regula-tors over how many assetsthey would have to giveup in return for the helpthey received from tax-payers.

“Essentially, they areexpected to have to divest— each of them — someof their branches,” hesaid.

As many as 700branches could be soldoff, the official said. Thatfigure would include all ofNorthern Rock’s 100 or sobranches, as well aschunks from the Lloyds

Banking Group PLC’sapproximately 3,000branches and just over2,200 branches operatedby the Royal Bank ofScotland Group PLC.

Established playerssuch as Barclays PLC orthe Spanish BancoSantander SA, whichowns three UK bankingbusinesses, would not beallowed to bid.

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All Items from Xinhua News Agency

Chinese NPC vice chairman leavesfor African visit

China’s Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi (R) and Nolana Ta Ama (2nd R),representative of the African diplomatic missions to China and Togo’s ambas-sador, watch the performances of the Ugandan artists during the theme open-day of the Forum on China-Africa Cooperation (FOCAC), in Beijing, China,

on 31 Oct, 2009. —XINHUA

BEIJING, 1 Nov— Adelegation of the Na-tional People’s Congress(NPC), China’s parlia-ment, left here on Sundayfor an official goodwillvisit to South Africa,

Mauritius and Kenya.The delegation was

led by Wang Zhaoguo, amember of the PoliticalBureau of the CentralCommittee of the Com-munist Party of China

and vice chairman of theNPC Standing Commit-tee.

The delegation was in-vited by the parliamentsof the three countries.

Xinhua

Cellphone ban in vehicles comes intoeffect in New Zealand

WELLINGTON, 1 Nov—It is an offence for motor-ists to use a hand-heldcellphone while driving inNew Zealand from Sun-day morning.

The ban on making orreceiving calls from acellphone, texting and e-mailing is one of a raft ofnew road rules under theLand Transport (RoadUser) Amendment Rule2009 which came into ef-fect from Sunday, localmedia reported.

Motorists can makecalls legally if they have afully voice activatedphone, or the device is se-cured in a fixed mounting.Genuine emergency calls

are also allowed.Those caught break-

ing the law can be givenan 80 NZ dollars (59USdollars) infringementticket and 20 demeritpoints. New ZealandTransport MinisterSteven Joyce said thatthe cellphone ban hadbeen needed for sometime and New Zealand’sroads would be muchsafer for it. He said mostpeople were aware of thenew rule, so there was noexcuse for breaches.

Police are also enforc-ing new drug-drivingrules from Sunday, withcompulsory tests on mo-torists suspected of being

under the influence ofdrugs, according to RadioNew Zealand.

Xinhua

A farmer coupleevaporate vegetables at

Liangzhou region ofWuwei, northwest

China’s Gansu Prov-ince, on 30 Oct, 2009.Farmers in this regionplanted and producedplenty of evaporatedvegetables that could

make more money thanusual vegetables on the

market. —XINHUA

Most of Gaza water unsuitablefor drinking

GAZA, 31 Oct—Most of Gaza water is unsuitable for drinking, a report byPalestinian Water Authority (PWA) said on Saturday.

“From 90 percent to 95 percent of underground water does not meet the stand-ards recommended by the World Health Organization (WHO), so it is inapt forhuman usage,” the report said.The daily quota of water for each person in Gaza is80 liter, half of the amount the WHO standard.

“The Gaza Strip suffers from a water shortage of up to 70 million cubic meterper annum due to the natural increase of population,” the report added.

The 1.5 million people of the coastal strip rely on one aquifer as their solosource of water, the report said. However, the sea water has mixed up with theunderground water, making it salty. The bad ways of draining sewage water hasalso contributed to the crisis, the study showed.—Xinhua

A hoard of crocodilescrowd together at the

bank of the reservoir ofthe crocodilebreeding

aquafarm inHuangshan Reservoir,Changfeng Township,Wanning City, south

China’s Hainan Prov-ince, on 31 Oct, 2009.A total of 46 crocodilesbroke away from the

breeding aquafarm asthe wall collapsed

under a deluge on 21Oct, 2009.—XINHUA

Five drown, ten missing as boat capsizesin Bangladesh

HK Sai Kung District namedsafe community by WHO

HONG KONG, 1 Nov—Sai Kung District of HongKong has been named the 170th Safe Community inthe World by the World Health Organization (WHO)and a designation ceremony was held here on Satur-day. The ceremony was held to certify Sai Kung’s sta-tus, making it the seventh international safe commu-nity in Hong Kong after Tuen Mun, Kwai Tsing, TaiPo, Tsuen Wan, Sham Shui Po and Tung Chung.

Speaking at the ceremony, Hong Kong’s Secretaryfor Home Affairs Tsang Tak-sing praised the Sai KungDistrict Council for its commitment to community par-ticipation and safety awareness.

Initiated by WHO, the safe community programmeaims to promote a health and safety culture throughclose collaboration among governments, local organi-zations and the public.—Xinhua

DHAKA, 1 Nov—Atleast five persons weredrowned and 10 others re-mained missing after aboat sank into theMorichbunia river inBangladesh’s southerncoastal district ofPatuakhali, 204 km southof capital Dhaka on Sat-urday evening carrying60-70 passengers.

Sadar sub-district chiefexecutive Khorshed Alomconfirmed the boat cap-sizal with Xinhua over

phone on Sunday morn-ing, saying the over-crowded boat overturnedas it was passing througha bend of the river nearthe bank while returningfrom Padma village inanother coastal districtBarguna, some 247 kmsouth of Dhaka.

Ten persons were in-

jured while they jumpedout of the boat and swamto safety. The injured weregetting treatment at differ-ent hospitals inPatuakhali. The divers ofthe district and the localpeople picked up the bod-ies of five persons andbegan a search on Sunday.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A British woman dubbed the coun-try’s top Avon saleswoman said confi-dence was the key to going from unem-ployment to $408,000 a year.

Debbie Davis, 29, of Sunderland,England, said she started selling cosmet-ics for Avon to raise Christmas moneyafter she was laid off from her job fiveyears ago and during that time she hasgone from collecting government ben-efits to driving a Mercedes and leadinga sales team of 2,500 people, Sky Newsreported.

Davis said confidence and “just be-ing friendly” are the secrets to sales suc-cess, even during an economic recession.

“At first I was really shy so it was allabout getting my confidence back — myconfidence just went after I was madeunemployed,” she said.

“Now it’s about friendliness, just be-ing friendly and talking to people.”

Motorcross rider Travis Pastrana of

the US jumps his bike over a hover-

ing helicopter in front of the Sydney

Harbour Bridge on 28 October, 2009.

Pastrana performed the stunt to

promote a new television show.

A man observes the restored statue ofMadame Xinzhui from the ancientMawangdui Tomb of the Western

Han Dynasty (202 BC- 25 AD), at theongoing 2009 Heritage PreservationChina, International Trade Fair ofHeritage Conservation, Restoration

and Museum Technology, whichopens at the Xi’an Qujiang Interna-tional Convention and Exhibition

Center, in Xi’an, northwest China’sShaanxi Province, on 29 Oct, 2009.The fair, with the theme of EffectiveProtection, Legal Exploitation andPermanent Utilization, draws thepresence of over 100 specializedrelics protection institutes from

Germany, Italy, France, the UnitedStates, Japan, etc, together with

prominent exhibitive pavilions forChina’s Palace Museum, Terra Cotta

Army Museum and Dunhuang ArtMuseum, and etc.

Hundreds of people have attendeda wedding in central Somalia betweena man who says he is 112 years old,and his teenage wife.

Ahmed Muhamed Dore — who al-ready has 13 children by five wives —said he would like to have more withhis new wife, Safia Abdulleh, who is17 years old.

“Today God helped me realise mydream,” Mr Dore said, after the wed-ding in the region of Galguduud.

The bride’s family said she was“happy with her new husband”.

Mr Dore said he and his bride —

Somali man, 112, weds girl, 17

The couple posed for photos at thewedding celebrations.

who is young enough to be his great-great-grand-daughter — were from thesame village in Somalia and that he hadwaited for her to grow up to propose.

“I didn’t force her, but used my ex-perience to convince her of my love; andthen we agreed to marry,” the groomsaid.

Cat doubles up as alarmclock for master

A pet cat in Nan’ao county,Guangdong Province, doubles up as analarm clock for its master every morn-ing.

Each morning, except on Saturdaysand on Sundays, Li’s brown cat meowstill her master wakes up for work.

The cat pulls on the mosquito net andquilt if Li tries to linger on in bed.

The cat even ensures Li leaves forwork on time and does not waste timechatting up neighbours on her way out.

Li, who brought home the cat some10 months ago, said she can’t imaginelife without the animal.

Avon lady thrivesamid recession

NEW YORK, 1 Nov—Tough economic timeshave hurt HarvardUniversity’s publicstanding in the media overthe past nine months, whileschools perceived as a safereducational investmenthave benefited, a researchfirm said.

Global LanguageMonitor, which rankscolleges and universitiesbased on their appearances

SHANGHAI, 1 Nov—China’s Geely isconfident i ts bid forFord Motor’s Volvo carunit will be successful,chairman Li Shufu saidon Friday, as it seeks tolead China’s auto-makers onto the globalstage.

Zhejiang GeelyHolding Group, theparent of GeelyAutomobile was namedby Ford Motor as a

China’s “father of space technology” dies at 98

Harvard brand takes a hitin tough times

in print and other media, saidthe venerable Ivy Leagueinstitution has fallen fromfirst to third behindUniversity of Michigan-AnnArbor and theMassachusetts Institute ofTechnology. The firm said itrecorded a 20 percentdecline in mediarepresentations of Harvard,America’s richest universityby endowment, which hasallowed some technical

schools and state-run“public Ivies” to improvetheir standing.

Among the major newson Harvard in recent monthshas been the tumbling valueof its endowment. Theuniversity, located inCambridge, Mas-sachusetts,said its endowment fell 27.3percent, or $11 billion, to$26 billion in the yearending on 30 June.

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Qian Xuesen.

China’s Geely confident on Volvo bid

Liu Xinling shows off the certificate that she got for being the first person tobuy an iPhone online on the Chinese mainland on Friday.—INTERNET

preferred bidder for itsloss-making Swedishunit Volvo Car Corp lateWednesday.

Li told Reuters onthe sidelines of abusiness event inShanghai that the talkswere still at an earlystage and wereproceeding at a cautiouspace.

Geely, which means‘auspicious’ in Chinese,is discussing the bid as

head of a consortiumwhose financing wouldcome from both domesticand foreign banks, Lisaid.

Ford and Geely havenot disclosed a possiblesale price for Volvo, butmedia reports suggestedit could be closer to $2billion than the $6.45billion Ford paid for theSwedish car maker in1999.

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BEIJING, 1 Nov—China’s keystone spacescientist Qian Xuesen,widely acclaimed as thecountry’s “father of spacetechnology” and “king of

rocketry”, died of illnesshere on Saturday morningat the age of 98.

In 1956, based onQian’s position paper on thecountry’s defence andaviation industry, the centralgovernment set up anaviation industry committee,which later became theleading organization forChina’s missile and aviationprogrammes.

Under the guidance ofQian, also known as TsienHsue-shen, China finishedthe blueprint on developingjet and rocket technology.

He also played a significantrole in developing thecountry’s first artificial earthsatellite.

“Mr Qian used to holdacademic seminars for us.We exchanged scientificideas and wrote articlestogether. The whole timewhen we worked with MrQian had a great influenceon us,” Yu Jingyuan, a seniorresearcher with the ChinaAerospace Science andTechnology Corporationtold Xinhua on Saturdayafternoon on hearing thenews.—Xinhua

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Nay Pyi Taw seesa growing number ofbuses and trucks day byday. There, straight andwide roads are coping

Bus lines plying systematically in Nay Pyi TawByline; Maung Maung Myint Swe; Photos: Tin Soe (Myanma Alin)

U Sein Win Hlaing,Head of Nay Pyi Taw

District TransportPlanning Department. A combined team inspecting a light highway

bus in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana.

A bus from Taw Win bus line.

Traffic rules are enforced to systematize theplying of highway buses.

Some buses that ply daily between Nay PyiTaw and other cities throughout the

nation.

with a constant stream oftraffic including buses.That implies Nay Pyi Tawis developing rapidly.

For our knowledgeof private bus lines com-muting in Nay Pyi Taw,we staff members fromthe Myanma Alin con-ducted an interview withChief of Nay Pyi TawDistrict Transport Plan-ing Department U SeinWin Hlaing from theTransport Planning De-partment under the Min-istry of Rail Transporta-tion.

He said, ''Nay Pyi

Taw is developing rapidly,so the number of buses ison the sharp increase, andlocal people can travelfrom one place to another

with comfort. Our Nay PyiTaw District TransportPlanning Department is-sues licences for new buslines, renews, revokes andchange old licences. Wealso have to enforce trafficrules, inspect bus lines, andtake action.''

He said that the de-partment issues six kindsof licences for the vehiclesplying in Nay Pyi Taw;that they constantly en-forced traffic rules for buslines; that the number ofbuses plying between NayPyi Taw and Yangon andbetween Nay Pyi Taw and

Mandalay was higher thanthat of any other bus line;and that Nay Pyi Taw-Yangon line had 20 buslines, and in maximum, 47

buses plied between NayPyi Taw and Yangon, and14 buses from 10 bus lines,between Nay Pyi Taw andMandalay a day.

In addition, busesply between Nay Pyi Tawand many townships suchas Pyay, Taungdwingyi,Magway, NyaungU,Meiktila, Myingyan,Monywa, Lashio,

Taunggyi and Loikaw.He said that major

bus lines plying in Nay PyiTaw were Taw Win, ShweMyodaw, Arman Thit andTaungnyo; that all the buslines commute as far as stra-tegic places, especially be-tween Nay Pyi Taw Cen-tral Railways Station and

buses; and Shwe Myodawbus line, 120 buses.

From April to Oc-tober in the 2009-2010financial year, the buslines in Nay Pyi Tawtransported 726,034 high-way passengers and4,159,030 commuters.That indicates that Nay

Nay Pyi Taw staff quarters,Myoma Market, ThabyegonMarket, Mingalar Market,Sibin Yeiktha, Nay Pyi TawPyinmana Myoma Market,Shwe Nyaungbin Junction,Bawga Thiri Bus Terminal,Ahara Thukha Market,Pinlaung Junction, andThaikchaung.

Taw Win bus linehas 65 buses; Arman Thitbus line, 100 buses;Taungnyo bus line, 41

Pyi Taw has becomelively with transport ac-tivities.

In a word, thenumber of buses plyingin Nay Pyi Taw is on thegradual increase and it hasbecome convenient forpeople to travel from NayPyi Taw to other regionsaround the country.

Translation: MS(Myanma Alin:

31-10-2009)

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(from page 1)All Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana Township’s 38th

Kathina-robe offering ceremony was held at Tabaungground on Yan Aung Ward (2) in Nay Pyi Taw PyinmanaTownship. The pagodas in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana werethronged with visitors performing meritorious deedsindividually as in groups.

Staff families of the Ministry of Information held

Tazaungmon Fullmoon Day…

charity bazaar in Nay Pyi Taw Pyinyar Theiddi Ward(Khayay Housing Estate) at 5 pm.

In Yangon, the Shwedagon Pagoda Board ofTrustees organized the 25th Matho robes weaving andoffering ceremony and Tazaungdaing oil lights offeringceremony on its platform at 5 pm yesterday. At 1 amtoday, prizes for the Matho robes weaving contest werepresented to the winners and Matho robes were offered tothe Buddha images on the platform.

At dawn, the Shwedagon Pagoda was offered almsfood, flowers, fruit, oil lights and joss sticks, and dawnmeal was offered to Ovadasariya monks of the pagodaboard of trustees, and merits were shared. In like manner,pagodas, temples and stupas throughout the country werelively with meritorious deeds, offering of Matho robes,Samanna Phala Day commemorative rituals and Kathinarobes offering ceremonies.—MNA

Crowded Zoological Garden (Nay Pyi Taw)on Fullmoon Day of Tazaungmon.—MNA

Colourful lights bright at Lotusroundabout on Fullmoon Day of

Tazaungmon.—MNA

Visitors at Lotus roundabout onFullmoon Day of Tazaungmon.—MNA

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing tours Shan State (North)NAY PYI TAW, 1 Nov— Lt-Gen

Min Aung Hlaing of the Ministry of De-fence, accompanied by Chairman of ShanState (North) Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander of North-East Com-mand Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut and de-partmental officials, arrived at the brief-ing hall of Lashio-Hsenwi-Kunlong-ChinShwe Haw Road maintenance project on28 Oct and heard the reports on progressof works presented by the officials.

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing gave nec-essary instructions and inspected the ex-tension and upgrading of Lashio-Kunlongroad and situation of Kunlong suspensionbridge. On arrival at Chin Shwe HawPeople’s Hospital, Lt-Gen Min AungHlaing presented cash and foodstuff to the

patients an presented prizes to the nursesand medicines to the hospital.

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing visitedChin Shwe Haw Basic Education HighSchool. Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing, thecommander and Deputy Minister forHome Affairs Brig-Gen Phone Swe andofficials inspected the development ofLaukkai.

At the meeting hall of the hospitalin Laukki, Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing heardthe reports presented by the official.

He also visited Laukkai No (1)Basic Education High School and metwith members of Kokang Region Provi-sional Leading Committee and stressedthe need for the development of the re-gion. —MNA

Lt-Gen Min Aung Hlaing of Ministry of Defence inspects No (1) BasicEducation High School, Laukkai.—MNA

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Secretary-1 addresses ceremony to presentcertificates of honour and host dinner…

Opening of new building and sales centre of Ta-Fa Trading Co Ltd atNo (205) A, Wardan Street in Lanmadaw in progress.[News reported.]

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Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo presenting certificate of honour to U

Aung Kein.—MNA

Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo presenting certificate of honour to

U Hla Win of MRTV.—MNA

(from page 1)Development CouncilGeneral Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo.

Also present on theoccasion were Chairmanof the Leading Committeefor organizing the comp-etitions Commander ofNay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin,Chairman of the WorkCommittee for organizing

the competitions Ministerfor Culture Maj-Gen KhinAung Myint, ministers,the auditor-general,deputy ministers, headsof department, membersof the LeadingCommittee, the secretaryand members of the WorkCommittee, responsiblepersons fromsubcommittees, centrallevel and state/division

level judges, managers,members of national racetraditional culturaltroupe, and distinguishedguests.

Upon arrival at NayPyi Taw City Hall at5 pm,the Secretary-1 receiveda welcome fromCommander Maj-GenWai Lwin, members ofthe Leading Committee,and Minister Maj-Gen

Khin Aung Myint.In his address, the

Secretary-1 said: First andforemost, I would like toexpress my heartfeltthanks to the artistes fortheir wholeheartedcontribution withperforming arts tosuccessful completion ofthe 17th MyanmarTraditional CulturalPerforming Arts

Competitions.Traditional cultural

performing arts play animportant role in the fieldsthat reflect the culture ofa nation or a people. Theartifacts excavated acrossMyanmar every year bearwitness that the nation hasbeen a source of high-standard arts for tens ofthousands of years.

Myanmar traditionalcultural performing artshave been preservedthrough a combination ofinnovations and relatedtechniques for theirsustainable progress.Artistes devote theirwhole lives to the artfields concerned with themight of the art to servethe interest of the nationand the people. In thecourse of Myanmarhistory, artistes andmaestros with a sense ofnational fervour haveshowed resilience tovarious forms of threatsposed by alien culture topreserve the traditionalcultural performing arts.Therefore, Myanmartraditional culturalperforming arts remainflourishing till today.

As you know, theUnion of Myanmar ishome to over 100 nationalraces that have been livingthrough thick and thinsince time immemorial.Myanmar traditionalcultural performing artsrepresent the cultures ofthe national races.

Myanmar nationalartistes worked hard tomaintain own culture and

characters and shoulderedbounden duties fornational causes. In timesof emergency in whichnational races wererepulsing alien intrusionand they were trying tounify the nation into aconsolidated one, artistestook part in themovements with theirmight of arts, and theyhave preserved that finetradition till today.

I would like to urgeyou artistes to convinceyounger generations ofthe fact in relaying finetraditions to them thatstrong national concepts,national character, andcultural heritages ofnational races are behindrespective arts.

Today, thegovernment is workinghard to shape the nationinto a peaceful, modernand developed democraticone in accordance with theState’s seven-step RoadMap. In successiveperiods, national peoplehave tried to achieve Statestability, peace anddevelopment, andconsolidated nationalunity lies at the core of thedrive.

Here, a notable pointis that in times ofweakening of nationalunity, the nation fell toalien subjugation and lostsovereignty. And intimes of consolidatednational unity, the nationstood tall as anindependent andsovereign one withstrong national forces inthe internationalcommunity.

Therefore, I wouldsay I believe that artistes

and maestros who carryout duties with a sense ofduty, and preserve andrelay the traditionalcultural performing artsto new generations willcontinue to work hardwith the arts from thecultural point of view tofurther strengthen thecohesion of nationalbrethren.

In conclusion, Iwould say that on such anauspicious occasion, letus wish professionalartistes a success withphysical and mental well-being in shoulderingnational duties onMyanmar traditionalcultural performing arts.

Next, the Secretary-1 presented certificates ofhonour to judges throughChairperson Daw Tin TinMya of the Work Groupfor Singing Contests,Chairman U Sein Mar Dinof the Work Group for

Dancing Contests;Chairman U MaungMaung Lat of the WorkGroup for ComposingContests, and Vice-Chairman U Aung Keinof the Work Committeefor Musical InstrumentsContests, to masters ofceremonies through UHla Win of MRTV, andto vocalists throughPyinmana Myint Hlaing.

Chairman U MaungMaung Lat spoke wordsof thanks.

The prizewinningcontestants (dances)entertained the attendeeswith dance varieties, anda song by Gita Lulin UKo Ko.

Next, a dinner washosted to the artistes,maestros, judges andattendes.

After the dinner, theSecretary-1 cordiallygreeted the guests.

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Minister U Aung Thaung supervises regionaldevelopment tasks in Taungtha Township

NAY PYI TAW, 1Nov—Bags of rice weredonated to MyingyanHome for the Aged byMinister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung and familyon 30 October.

Next, the minister at-tended the opening cer-emony of the tube-well inNan Myint Village inTaungtha Township.

The tube-well cansupply 12000 gallons of

water per day for 608households in Nan MyintVillage.

In the afternoon, theminister attended the ricedonation ceremony organ-ized by social organiza-tions to the home for theaged and hospital and do-nated 60 bags of rice forhome for the aged, 50 bagsof rice for the hospital and3085 bags of rice for 243villages in the township.

This was followed bythe hand-over ceremonyof a new building for EastThazi Village BEMS(Branch)at which the min-ister inspected the newschool building.

In the evening, theminister attended the fi-nal match of the Fifth In-dustry-1 Ministry’s Tro-phy Football Tournamentand presented prizes to thewinners.—MNA

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(from page 16)Minister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint

and Minister for Cooperatives Maj-Gen Tin Htutpresented prizes to the winners in the dancing and

Kwetseik contests.Afterwards, the Secretary-1 presented the prizes

to the winners in the amateur level marionette contest(first class) Illisa Dvicitta Drama contest, the amateurlevel (first class) Thakaung Yadana drama contestand the amateur level (first class) Uggasena JatakaDrama contest.

Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint pre-sented prizes to the winners in the amateur level (firstclass & second class) song composing contests andthe higher level song composing contest. Next, DawMu Mu Swe of Yangon Division, the gold medalist ofthe amateur level (first class) song composing contestsang the song with which she competed in the contest.

Minister for Home Affairs Maj-Gen MaungOo presented prizes to the winners of the amateurlevel (first class & second class) men's harp contestsand the basic education level (aged 15-20) men'sharp contest. Minister for Social Welfare, Relief

and Resettlement Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe pre-sented prizes to the winners in the basic educationlevel (aged 10-15) boys' harp contest, the basiceducation level (aged 5-10) boys' harp contest and

presented prizes to the winners in the basic educa-tion level (aged 15-20) women's xylophone contest,the basic education level (aged 10-15) girls' xylo-phone contest and the basic education level (aged 5-10) girls' xylophone contest. Chief Justice U AungToe presented prizes to the winners in the amateurlevel (first class & second class) men's piano con-tests and the basic education level (aged 15-20)men's piano contest. Auditor General Maj-Gen LunMaung presented prizes to the winners in the basiceducation level (aged 10-15) boys' piano contest,the basic education level (aged 5-10) boys' pianocontest and the amateur level (first class & secondclass) women's piano contests. Attorney General UAye Maung presented prizes to the winners in thebasic education level (aged 15-20) women's pianocontest, the basic education level (aged 10-15) girls'piano contest and the basic education level (aged 5-10) girls' piano contest. Brig-Gen Than Soe of theMinistry of Defence presented prizes to the winnersin the amateur level (first class & second class)men's guitar contests and the basic education level(aged 15-20) men's guitar contest. Maj-Gen MaungMaung Ohn of the Ministry of Defence presentedprizes to the winners in the basic education level(aged 10-15) boys' guitar contest, the basic educa-tion level (aged 5-10) boys' guitar contest and theamateur level (first class & second class) women'sguitar contests. Deputy Minister for Hotels andTourism Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu presented prizesto the winners in the basic education level (aged 15-20) women's guitar contest, the basic educationlevel (aged 10-15) girls' guitar contest, the basiceducation level (aged 5-10) girls' guitar contest andthe amateur level (first class) men's mandolin con-test. Deputy Minister for Transport Col Nyan TunAung presented prizes to the winners in the amateurlevel (second class) men's mandolin contest and thebasic education level (aged 15-20) men's mandolincontest, the basic education level (aged 10-15) boys'mandolin contest and the basic education level (aged5-10) boys' mandolin contest. Deputy Minister forNational Planning and Economic Development ColThurein Zaw presented prizes to the winners in theamateur level (first class & second class) women'smandolin contests, the basic education level (aged15-20) women's mandolin contest, the basic educa-tion level (aged 10-15) girls' mandolin contest andthe basic education level (aged 5-10) girls’ man-dolin contest.—MNA

Brig-Gen Than Soe of Ministry of Defencepresenting prize to a winner in amateur(first

class) men’s guitar contest.MNA

Deputy Minister for Hotels and TourismBrig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu presenting prize toa winner in basic eduation level (aged 15-20)

women’s guitar contest.—MNA

YANGON, 31 Oct—A press meeton organizing the second U-18 AsianYouth Men’s Hockey Contest tookplace at Park Royal Hotel Ball Room(3) here today.

First, President Col Htin ZawWin of Myanmar Hockey Federationexplained the purpose of the contest tobe hold at Myanmar.

Vice-President U Kyaw HlaingHlaing, Secretary U Khin Maung Lattof the federation explained matters

2nd U-18 Asian Youth Men’s Hockey

Contest on 11-12 November

related to the contest. The contest willtake place on 11 and 12 November 2009and the participants are host Myanmar,India, Japan, Korea, Malaysia, Pakistan,Singapore, Sri Lanka, China (Taipei),and Thailand.

The first prize winner team in thiscontest will be had a chance to participateas a Asian representative team in the firstWorld Youth Olympic Game to be held atSingapore from 14 to 26 August and 170countries will participate in it.—NLM

President of MHF Col Htin Zaw Win explained the purpose of holdingsecond U-18 Asian Youth Men’s Hockey Contest.—MHF

Secretary-1 awards winners of 17th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions

the amateur level (first class & second class) wom-en's harp contests. Minister for Sports Brig-GenThura Aye Myint presented prizes to the winners inthe higher education level women's harp contest,the basic education school (aged 10-15) women'sharp contest, the basic education level (aged 10-15)girls' harp contest and the basic education level(aged 5-10) girls’ harp contest. Minister for Infor-mation Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan presented prizes tothe winners in the amateur level (first class &second class) men's xylophone contests and thebasic education level (aged 15-20) men’s xylo-phone contest. Minister for Education Dr ChanNyein presented prizes to the winners of the basiceducation level (aged 10-15) boys' xylophone con-test, the basic education level (aged 5-10) boys’xylophone contest, the amateur level (first class &second class) women's xylophone contests. Minis-ter for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min

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BE I J I N G, 1 Nov—Chinese meteorologistscovered Beijing in snowon Sunday after seedingclouds to bring winterweather to the capital inan effort to combat alingering drought, statemedia reported.

The unusually earlysnow blanketed thecapital from Sundaymorning and kept fallingfor half the day, helpedby temperatures as low asminus 2 Celsius (29Fahrenheit) and strongwinds from the north,Xinhua news agencyreported.

Besides falling in thenortheastern provinces ofLiaoning and Jilin andthe northern province of

MOSCOW, 1 Nov—All 11 people onboard a Russian transport plane diedafter the aircraft crashed early Sundayin Russia’s far-eastern region ofYakutia, RIA Novosti news agencyreported.

The plane, an Ilyushin transportplane of the Interior Ministry, fell andcaught fire minutes after takeoff ataround 2:40 am (2340 GMTSaturday). It crashed at about three kmfrom Mirny airport. The plane wasbound for the city of Irkutsk.

Pedestrians make their way across the snow in Tian’anmen Square in Beijingon 1 Nov.—XINHUA

B H U B A N E S W A R ,1Nov—Two tribal minorgirls have been testedpositive for swine flu inOrissa’s Sundargarhdistrict, health officialssaid here today.

Swab samples of thegirls, aged 13 and 7years, had been sent tothe Regional MedicalResearch Centre herewhich tested positive forH1N1 virus, they said.

The girls, students ofthe Government Girls’High School at Jamapallivillage, were among theover 200 students of theschool who hadundergone treatment forfever, cold and sore throatsince October 28, theofficials said.

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A woman looks at a sculpture “Dying for a drink”by Phill Hall as part of the Sculpture By The Seaexhibition at Tamarama beach in Sydney on 31

October, 2009.—INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 1 Nov—The death toll from a bikebomb explosion at amarketplace in southBaghdad on Sunday roseto six and 37 people wereinjured, a local policesource said.

“Our latest report saidthat six were killed and 37injured by the bikebombing in the town ofMussayab,” the sourcetold Xinhua on conditionof anonymity.

Earlier the source putthe toll at five killed and20 injured when a booby-trapped bicycle left at acrowded market in thetown detonated at about9:00 am (0600 GMT).Iraqi security forces havesealed off the area tosecure the scene, whileambulances and civiliancars transported the

A man carries a blueribbon as he

participates in theannual Halloween

parade in GreenwichVillage in New Yorkon 31 October, 2009.

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Trading specialists

work at the Goldman

Sachs booth on the

floor of the New York

Stock Exchange on 30

October, 2009.

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MUMBAI, 1 Nov— Travel and financial services company Thomas Cook Indiaplans to make “significant” investments in the country this year, including 10new product-launches over the next six-months.

“We are looking at nothing less than 10 new leisure products over the nextsix-months— just for Indians traveling domestically and overseas. We are gettingquite serious on international expansion for the in-bound business (foreign touristsinto India). So we’ll try and build new destinations for the international markets,”Thomas Cook (India) Ltd Executive Director-Travel Businesses Rakshit Desaitold PTI here.

The BSE-listed company said it will embark on a marketing campaign fromthis month-end.—Internet

Beijing’s first snow of season‘artificially induced’

Hebei, the eastern portcity of Tianjin also got itsfirst snow of the autumn,the report said.

“We wont miss anyopportunity of artificialprecipitation sinceBeijing is suffering fromthe lingering drought,”the report quoted ZhangQiang, head of theBeijing WeatherModification Office, assaying.

Chinese mete-orologists have for yearssought to make rain byinjecting specialchemicals into clouds.

Although thetechnique often getsresults, a drought in thenorth of the country hascontinued for over a

decade.Besides the snow,

which the BeijingEvening News said wasthe earliest to hit thecapital in 10 years, thecold weather and strongwinds also delayed airtravel from Beijing’sCapital Airport, whileinterrupting passengershipping services off thecoast of Shandongprovince in the east,Xinhua said.

Xinhua

Eleven killed in Russian plane crash“All eleven people on board died in

the air crash,” a spokesman for theministry’s regional center said.

The spokesman said six bodies hadbeen found at the site, and the search wascontinuing for more bodies.

Russian TV channel Vesti said on itswebsite that the flight recorders of thecrashed cargo plane have been found byrescuers.

Investigation into the incident iscurrently underway.—Internet

Tribal girls testpositive forswine flu in

Orissa

Up to six killed, 37 wounded insouth Baghdad bike bombing

victims to the town’shospital and medicalcenters, the source said.

The blast damagedseveral nearby stalls andshops, he added.

Mussayab, some 60km south of Baghdad, ispart of the once restivearea, dubbed Triangle ofDeath, which is a clusterof towns scattered north ofHilla City, the capital ofBabel province, some 100km south of Baghdad.Sporadic attacks continuein Iraq as part of recentdeterioration in securitywhich shaped a setback tothe efforts of the Iraqigovernment to restorenormalcy in the countryafter more than threemonths of US troopspullout of cities and towns.

Internet

Thomas Cook to launch ten new products in India

LONG BEACH, 1 Nov—A 16-year-old honorsstudent wearing a “Supergirl” costume was mortallywounded by gunfire as she left a Homecoming footballgame in Long Beach, Calif.

Melody Ross was shot as she left the Wilson Highstadium with friends on Friday night, the LosAngeles Times reported. Her uncle, Sam Che, said shewas pronounced dead about half an hour later in thehospital.Two young men, ages 18 and 20, werewounded.—Internet

Honors student killed after H.S. game

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Mobile revolution finallyreaches Pacific

WELLINGTON, 1 Nov—The Pacific islands are thelast frontier for mobile tel-ecommunications but thearrival of Irish-ownedDigicel Pacific in the pastthree years has broughtabout a revolution.

Residents of the islandsand visitors all have hor-ror stories about the poorservice and sky-highcharges of telecoms mo-nopolies in the Pacific.

But the arrival of com-petition through Digicelmeans Pacific islanders arebeginning to experiencesome of the benefits takenfor granted elsewhere inthe world.

Digicel opened its firstPacific operations in Sa-moa on 1 November, 2006

— exactly three years ago.Now it has expanded to

Papua New Guinea,Tonga, Vanuatu, Fiji andNauru, a total market of7.5 million people, and thecompany has investedmore than 500 million USdollars and now employs1,100 people.

Digicel shows no signof slowing down, planningto expand to the SolomonIslands, East Timor andTahiti over the next year,Digicel Pacific chief ex-ecutive Vanessa Sloweysaid.

“It’s most certainly im-proved the lives of mil-lions of people in the re-gion,” Slowey said of thenew competition.

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Dancers perform at the opening ceremony of thetraditional Loi Krathong Festival or the Water

Festival in Bangkok, capital of Thailand, on 31 Oct,2009. Tens of housands Thai people released waterlanterns for peace and luck on the day. —XINHUA

Algeria seizes 3.5 tonnes of cannabis Brazilian national team defenderin 1950 died at age of 86

A truck filled with 3.5tonnes of cannabis

seized in 2006. Algeriansecurity forces haveseized 3.5 tonnes ofcannabis as well as

weapons and two all-terrain vehicles in thesouth of the country,press reports said onSaturday.—INTERNET

ALGER, 1 Nov—Alge-rian security forces haveseized 3.5 tonnes of can-nabis as well as weaponsand two all-terrain vehi-cles in the south of thecountry, press reportssaid on Saturday.

Customs and policeofficers intercepted thetwo vehicles and the

drugs “in a well-pre-pared” raid on their wayfrom Morocco nearTaous, about 1,300 kilo-metres (800 miles) south-west of Algiers on Thurs-day, the reports said.

Liberte newspaper saidthe suspects had been car-rying two machine guns.

Security forces acted

on a tip-off, said Le Jourd’Algerie.

The two drivers fledtoward the border be-tween Algeria and Mo-rocco, abandoning the ve-hicles and their cargo.

In December last yearAlgerian customs officersseized nearly nine tonnesof cannabis in the sameregion.—Internet

BRASILIA, 1 Nov—Former defender JuvenalAmarijo, the sole holder ofthe Brazilian team in the1950 World Cup that wasalive, died on Friday at ageof 86 in the northern cityof Salvador, local televi-sion reported on Saturday.

Amarijo had been hos-pitalized for fifteen daysin a hospital at the capitalof the northeastern state ofBahia and died of physi-ological complications,reported on Saturday thelocal channel Bandnews.

The former defenderwas the only survivor ofBrazil’s starting eleven atthe historic 1950

“Maracanazo”, when thehost team lost the WorldCup final 2-1 to Uruguay.

According to local tel-

evision, Amarijo lived inprecarious conditions inJaua, municipality ofBahia.—Xinhua

Fifteen shot dead atMexico ranch

MEXICO CITY , 1 Nov—Fifteen people have beenkilled on a remote ranch in northern Mexico, with aprominent union leader among the dead.The body ofMargarito Montes, an organiser of agricultural workers,was among those found riddled with bullet holes insouthern Sonora state.

Correspondents say the killings bear the hallmarksof drug gang murders, but the link has not officially beenmade.More than 15,000 people have died in drug-relatedviolence since a concerted push against drug gangs beganin 2006.President Felipe Calderon has so far deployedsome 45,000 extra security forces in key areas acrossMexico in a bid to tackle the cartels.—Internet

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Cholesterol drug may halt Parkinson’s

A Chinese sailor waves goodbye as the fourth Chinese navy flotilla depart fromthe Zhoushan Islands in east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 30 Oct, 2009. The

flotilla departed from the Zhoushan Islands on Friday to escort merchantvessels and protect them from pirate attacks in the Gulf of Aden, the fourth task

force China has deployed to the region since the end of last year. —INTERNET

CHICAGO, 1 Nov—Simvastatin, a widely usedcholestrol-reducing drug,may halt the progressionof Parkinson’s disease, re-searchers in Chicago said.

In a study using mice,researchers at Chicago’sRush Medical Centerfound simvastatin haltedthe advance of biochemi-cal, cellular and anatomi-cal changes seen in Parkin-son’s, said KalipadaPahan, a Rush professor ofneurological studies.

In the brains of mice,simvastatin blocked theactivity of a toxic protein

called p21Ras and im-proved motor functions,Pahan said on Thursdayin the Journal of Neuro-sciences.

“If we are able to repli-cate these results in Par-kinson’s patients in theclinical setting, it wouldbe a remarkable advancein the treatment of thisdevastating neuro-degen-erative disease,” Pahansaid. Pahan’s work was

supported by grants fromthe National Institutes ofHealth and the Michael JFox Foundation for Par-kinson’s Research. Parkin-son’s is a progressive dis-ease that slows movement,stiffens limbs, unbalancesthe body and producestremors. An estimated 1.2million residents of NorthAmericans suffer from thedisease.

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Anti-oxidants may aid lungs with influenza

North Little Rock Fire Department Lt Jeff Jeffries,right, and firefighter Brian Miller mark automobilesin a flooded intersection in North Little Rock, Ark,

on 30 Oct, 2009, after hours of heavy rains onThursday and early Friday.—INTERNET

A yellowtail snapper

swims by as a diver

carves a jack-o’-lantern

underwater in the

Florida Keys National

Marine Sanctuary off

Key Largo, Florida on

30 October, 2009

during a underwater

pumpkin carving

contest. —INTERNET

19 US children die of A/H1N1flu this week, CDC report

HOUSTON, 1 Nov— The US Centers for DiseaseControl and Prevention (CDC) on Friday reported that19 more children died of the deadly A/H1N1 flu inthe current week, bringing the pediatric death toll ofthe flu confirmed by laboratory to 114 since the newvirus breakout in late April. “Twenty-two flu-relatedpediatric deaths were reported this week, 19 of thesedeaths were confirmed 2009 H1N1,” the CDC saidon Friday on its website, adding altogether it has re-ceived reports of 114 laboratory-confirmed pediatric2009 H1N1 deaths since 26 April, 2009.

The latest statistics released by the CDC show thatthe death rate for US children under 18 years old hasrose 20 percent in the past week, from 95 reported on23 Oct by the federal health agency.—Internet

A/H1N1 flu death toll risesover 5,700, says WHO

GENEVA, 1 Nov— At least 5,712 people worldwidehave been killed by the A/H1N1 influenza, an increaseof more than700 in a week, the World Health Organi-zation (WHO) said in a latest update on Friday. Of allthe deaths, 4,175 occurred in the Americas, 605 oc-curred in South-East Asia and 465 occurred in the WestPacific. The other three WHO regions — Europe, EastMediterranean and Africa — reported 281, 111 and 75deaths respectively.

The WHO, which declared the H1N1 flu as a pan-demic in June, said the total number of lab confirmedcases worldwide is now over 441,661, but this case countis significantly lower than the actual number of casesthat have occurred because many countries have stoppedtesting and reporting individual cases.

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Evidence found on oxygen productionin oceans long before GOE

LOS ANGELES, 1 Nov—US scientists have found evidence that oxygen produc-tion began in Earth’s oceans at least 100 million years before the Great OxidationEvent (GOE) around 2.4 billion years ago. Evidence further demonstrates thateven very low concentrations of oxygen can have profound effects on ocean chem-istry. It is widely accepted by scientists that around 2.4 billion years ago, theEarth’s atmosphere underwent a dramatic change when oxygen levels rose sharply.Called the “Great Oxidation Event,” the oxygen spike marks the transformationfrom an oxygen-poor atmosphere to an oxygen-rich one, thus paved the way forcomplex life to develop on the planet.

But scientists were unable to answer questions on when oxygen production viaphotosynthesis got started and when it began to alter the chemistry of Earth’socean and atmosphere. The new findings were made by geoscientists at the Uni-versity of California, Riverside. A team of researchers analyzed 2.5 billion-year-old black shales from Western Australia.—Xinhua

BIRMINGHAM, 1 Nov—The Achilles’ heel for allstrains of influenza maybe plant-based anti-oxi-dants, a team of research-ers from the University ofAlabama at Birminghamsaid.

The study, scheduled tobe published in the No-vember issue of the Fed-eration of American Soci-eties for Experimental Bi-ology Journal, showsanti-oxidants — the samesubstances found in plant-based foods such as ap-

ples, grapes and strawber-ries — might hold the keyin preventing the flu vi-rus from wreaking havocon the lungs.

“The recent outbreakof H1N1 influenza andthe rapid spread of thisstrain across the worldhighlights the need to bet-ter understand how thisvirus damages the lungsand to find new treat-ments,” study co-authorSadis Matalon said in astatement. “Additionally,our research shows that

anti-oxidants may provebeneficial in the treatmentof flu.”

Matalon and col-leagues showed the fluvirus damages lungsthrough its M2 protein,which attacks the cellsthat line the inner surfacesof the lungs — epithelialcells. Specifically, the M2protein disrupts lung epi-thelial cells’ ability to re-move liquid from insidethe lungs, setting the stagefor pneumonia and otherlung problems.—Internet

Egypt reports fifthdeath of A/H1N1 flu

CAIRO, 1 Nov — Egypt reported on Saturdaythe fifth A/H1N1 flu death case, the health minis-try said in a statement.

A nine-year-old child from Helwangovernorate, to the south of the capital, died of A/H1N1 virus in an unnamed hospital in Cairo onSaturday morning, the statement said withoutelaborating.

Up till now, the ministry has reported more than1,000 cases of the novel flu in the most populousArab country.

Egypt reported its first A/H1N1 flu case on 2June, a 12-year-old Egyptian-American girl com-ing from the United States via the Netherlands.

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Liverpool’s Lucas Leiva(left) jumps for the ballagainst Fulham’s ClintDempsey during their Pre-mier League match atCraven Cottage, west Lon-don. Liverpool managerRafa Benitez endured an-other day to forget after hisside were beaten 3-1 atFulham and had two mensent-off.—INTERNET

Benitez on backfootafter Reds flop at Fulham

Come-back kingsSchalke poach a point

BERLIN, 1 Nov—Bayer Leverkusenwent back to the top of the Bundesligaon Saturday despite come-back kingsSchalke 04 forcing a late equaliser forthe second match running to seal a 2-2draw.

With eight minutes remaining,Leverkusen were cruising to a 2-0 win,but goals from Schalke forwards KevinKuranyi on 83 minutes and VicenteSanchez on 88 sealed the draw, but Bayerare still a point clear of second-placedBremen.

Leverkusen’s 64-year-old coach JuppHeynckes brushed off the effects of ‘fluto see teenager Tony Kroos and Germanystriker Steffan Kiessling put the guests2-0 ahead at the break.—Internet

Leverkusen’s striker Stefan Kiessling(L) and Schalke’s defender MarceloJose Bordon fight for the ball during

their German first division Bundesligafootball match in the western German

city of Gelsenkirchen. BayerLeverkusen went back to the top of theBundesliga on Saturday despite come-back kings Schalke 04 forcing a lateequaliser for the second match run-

ning to secure a 2-2 draw.—INTERNET

Juventus’ midfielder Diego (L)jumps for the ball with Naples’ de-fender Salvatore Aronica duringtheir Serie A football match at Tu-rin’s Olympic Stadium. Napoli

fought back from a two-goaldeficit for the second time in

three days to shock Juventus 3-2in Turin.—INTERNET

Napoli stun Juventus asMilan win in Serie A

ROME, 1 Nov—Napoli fought back from atwo-goal deficit for the second time in threedays to shock Juventus 3-2 in Turin on Satur-day and prevent Ciro Ferrara’s team from clos-ing the gap on leaders Inter Milan.

Marco Borriello scored a brace as improv-ing AC Milan moved up to fourth with a 2-0defeat of newly-promoted Parma, whodropped to sixth.

Having scored two injury-time goals to earna 2-2 draw at home to Milan on Wednesday,Napoli produced another dramatic and ulti-mately even more successful comeback.

Marek Hansik scored a brace while substi-tute Jesus Datolo scored one and created oneas Napoli moved up to fifth while second-placed Juve remain four points behind Inter.

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Everton andVilla share spoils

LIVERPOOL, 1 Nov—Everton and Aston Villadrew 1-1 at GoodisonPark here on Saturday ina Premier League matchwhere both sides finishedwith 10 men.

Diniyar Bilyaletdinovput the Toffees in front af-ter being set up byAiyegbeni Yakubu beforesubstitute John Carewlevelled for Villa. Butin the closing stagesBilyaletdinov was sent offfor a two-footed challengeand Villa’s Carlos Cuellarthen saw red.—Internet

Celtic ended a run of fourmatches without a win atCeltic Park as theycoasted to a 3-0 win overKilmarnock to increasetheir lead at the top of theScottish Premier League.Substitute Niall McGinnscored late on to add tofirst-half goals fromAiden McGeady, picturedin March, and GeorgiosSamaras as the Hoops

ended their homehoodoo.—INTERNET

Mowbray satisfied as Celticend home win drought

GLASGOW, 1 Nov—Tony Mowbray says he ishappy with his side’sprogress as his Celtic sidebrought to an end a fourmatch run without a winat Parkhead with a 3-0victory over Kilmarnock.

The Celtic managerhad been under pressuregoing into the game hav-ing led his side to just twowins out of nine games atCeltic Park this season, arun which had seen hisside defeated in three Eu-ropean ties and knockedout of the League Cup byHearts.

His misfiring playersalso came in for criticismafter they had failed tofind the back of the net intheir previous three homeappearances.—Internet

Barcelona draw allows Madrid toclose gap in Spain’s Primera Liga

Barcelona’s Zlatan Ibrahimovic(C) kicks the ball past Osasuna’s

Miguel Flano (L) and CesarAzpilicueta during their Spanish

First Division soccer match atReyno de Navarra stadium inPamplona on 31 Oct, 2009.

INTERNET

Ten-man Real Madrid beatsGetafe to save coach’s job

MADRID, 1 Nov—Real Madrid striker GonzaloHiguain scored two goals to give 10-man Real Ma-drid a 2-0 home win against local rivals Getafe in theSpanish soccer league on Saturday.

Higuain struck twice in the second half to give hisside a well-deserved win after playing for over an hourwith a player less after the controversial sending offof defender Raul Albiol.

The win almost certainly saved the job of RealMadrid coach Manuel Pellegrini after a run of onlyone win in five games.—Xinhua

Real Madrid’s GonzaloHiguain celebrates his

goal against Getafeduring their SpanishFirst Division soccer

match at SantiagoBernabeu stadiumin Madrid on 31

October.—XINHUA

LONDON, 1 Nov—Liv-erpool manager RafaBenitez admits he hasplenty of thinking to doafter an already troubledseason took another turnfor the worse with a 3-1

defeat by Fulham here atCraven Cottage.

Saturday’s setback wasLiverpool’s fifth reverse injust 11 Premier Leaguefixtures and they trail lead-ers Chelsea by nine points,with champions Manches-ter United, Arsenal andTottenham all ahead ofthem in the table.

Benitez also has Cham-pions League qualifica-tion to secure and cannotafford another defeat onWednesday away toFrench club Lyon, whoearlier in the competitionwon 2-1 at Anfield.

Steven Gerrard andFernando Torres, the un-disputed top talents in hissquad, are both strugglingfor fitness so Benitez isnot short of problems.

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MADRID, 1Nov—SpanishPrimera Ligaleaders Barce-lona could onlydraw 1-1 away toOsasuna to allowReal Madrid toclose the gap atthe top of theleague table onSaturday night.

Seydou Keitalooked to havegiven Barcelonathe three pointswith a goal in the71st minute, butan own goal from Gerard Pique, in what was virtuallythe last action of the game, allowed Osasuna to take ashare of the points. That result allowed Real Madridto temporarily overcome the crisis at the club and moveto within a point of the top of the table.

Goals from Gonzalo Higuain after 53 and 56 min-utes gave under pressure coach Manuel Pellegrini somebreathing space.—Internet

Williams sistersto vie for WTAChampionship

title DOHA, 1 Nov—Ameri-

can Venus Williams beatSerbian Jelena Jankovic5-7, 6-3 and 6-4 to enterthe final of the season-ending WTA Champion-ship here on Saturday.

With her sister Serenaadvancing earlier, it willbe their 23rd meeting inthe women’s tennis.

Serena, who will endthe year as world numberone for the first time since2002, got past CarolineWozniacki after the Danepulled out with a stomachinjury when trailing 6-4,0-1.—Xinhua

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr.M.S.T. During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been scattered in Ayeyawady Division, isolated inTaninthayi Division and weather has been partly cloudy inthe remaining States and Divisions. Nigh temperatureswere (5°C) to (6°C) below November average temperaturesin Shan State and upper Sagaing Division, (3°C) to (4°C)below November average temperatures in lower Sagaing,Yangon and Taninthayi Divisions, (3°C) above Novemberaverage temperatures in Kachin and Mon States, Mandalayand Bago Divisions and about November averagetemperatures in the remaining States and Divisions. Thesignificant night temperatures were Loilem (5°C) and Haka(6°C). The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded werePathein (1.38) inches and Nyaungdon (0.30) inch.

Maximum temperature on 31-10-2009 was 96°F.Minimum temperature on 1-11-2009 was 69°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 1-11-2009 was 71%.Total sun shine hours on 31-10-2009 was (8.5) hoursapprox.

Rainfall on 1-11-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (111.06) inches at Mingaladon, (122.09) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (129.41) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mphfrom Southeast at (21:30) hours MST on 31-10-2009.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 2nd November 2009:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated in Kachinand Rakhine States, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisionsand weather will be fair in the remaining States and Divisions.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofincrease of rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for2-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for2-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for2-11-2009: Partly cloudy.

WEATHERSunday, 1st November, 2009

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In this Friday on 30 Oct, 2009 photo, a man walkspast rows of Chevrolet Cruze compact cars at theparking lot of Shanghai GM in Shengyang innortheast China’s Liaoning province. China remainsone of the few automobile market still growing

despite the global financial crisis.—INTERNET

GAZA, 1 Nov—A Palestinian was suffocated todeath on Sunday when a smuggling tunnel alongthe border between the Gaza Strip and Egyptcollapsed, medical sources said.

Two other Palestinians were injured in thecollapse which happened when the workers werebringing in fuel from Egypt, witnesses and thesources added.

The killed was identified as MohammedAbdeen, 35, according to the sources whodemanded anonymity.

The Palestinians depend on hundreds of tunnelsbeneath the border to get fuel and various otherproducts since Gaza has been sealed off from allbut vital humanitarian aid by Israel and Egypt afterHamas takeover in June 2007.

But due to frequent Israeli bombings, Egyptiancrackdown and cave-ins, more than 130 Palestinianshave been killed while working in the tunnels.

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Palestinian killed in Gazatunnel collapse

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1st Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Monday, 2 November, 2009

★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 1 Nov — The prize presentationceremony for the 17th Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions was held at the CityHall here at 9.00 am yesterday. Patron for Organizingthe 17th Myanmar Traditional Cultural PerformingArts Competitions Secretary-1 of the State Peace and

Secretary-1 awards winners of 17th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions

Development Council General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo delivered an address and presented prizes tothe winners in the competitions.

Also present on the occasion were Lt-Gen KhinZaw and Lt-Gen Ohn Myint of the Ministry of De-fence, Chairman of the Leading Committee for Organ-izing the Competitions Commander of Nay Pyi TawCommand Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, ministers, the Chief-Justice, the Attorney-General, the Auditor-General,deputy ministers, senior military officers, the director-general of SPDC Office and departmental heads, sec-retaries of the Leading Committee and the Work Com-mittee, officials of the subcommittees, members of thepanel of judges, judges from States and Divisions,team managers, contestants, national races and guests.

U Hla Win, Daw Lein Maung Pan and Daw MyaKyay Mon of Myanma Radio and Television acted asMCs and read out the agenda of the ceremony.

First, the Secretary-1 delivered an address.Next, the Secretary-1 presented prizes to the

winners in the amateur level (first class) men's MahaGita contest, the amateur level (second class) men'sMaha Gita contest, the higher level men's Maha Gitacontest, the basic education level (aged 15-20) boys'Maha Gita contest, the basic education level (aged 10-15) boy's Maha Gita contest and the basic educationlevel (aged 5-10) boy's Maha Gita contest.

Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of the Ministry of Defencepresented prizes to the winners in the women's MahaGita contests at different levels. Lt-Gen Ohn Myint ofthe Ministry of Defence presented prizes to the win-ners in the men's classical/modern song contests atdifferent levels. Chairman of the Leading Committee

for Organizing the Competitions Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin presentedprizes to the winners in the women's classical/modernsong contests at different levels.

(See page 10)

Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-GenAung Min presenting prize to a winner in

xylophone contest.—MNA

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myintpresents prize to a winner in harp contest.

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