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10th Waxing of Thadingyut 1369 ME Sunday, 21 October, 2007Volume XV, Number 188

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

* 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

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

CHAN MYA AYEPAGES 8 & 9

Acting Prime Minister and Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein enjoys Suvannasama Drama Contest. — MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct—Suvannasama Drama Con-test of the 15th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Per-forming Arts Competitions went on today at the Uni-versity of Veterinary Science in Nay Pyi Taw Yezin at7 pm.

Patron of the Leading Committee for Holding thePerforming Arts Competitions Acting Prime Minis-ter and Secretary-1 of the State Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein enjoyed the per-

Acting Prime Minister and Secretary-1Lt-Gen Thein Sein enjoys Suvannasama Drama Contest

formance of the troupe representing Ayeyawady Di-vision.

Among the audience were Lt-Gen Myint Hlaing ofthe Ministry of Defence, Leading Committee Chair-man Nay Pyi Taw Command Commander Maj-GenWai Lwin, Minister for Agriculture and IrrigationMaj-Gen Htay Oo, Minister for Communications,Posts and Telegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw, LeadingCommittee Vice-Chairman Minister for Culture

Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint, the deputy ministers,members of the Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard, Director-General of the Government OfficeCol Thant Shin, departmental heads, officials of theLeading Committee, Work Committee and Sub-com-mittees, contestants and the people. The drama wasdirected by U Than Win (Hinthada) and script writerwas U Ko Ko Gyi (Hinthada).

MNA

Aunty Suu, we

are living in

hope

or

Our only wish

is to see a win-

win situation -2

In the finale of Suvannasama jataka, the two parents regained sight,Suvannasama, the Buddha-to-be was recovered from fatal poisoned arrow woundand came back home carrying a pot of gold on his shoulder, and celestial beings said“Well Done” with great pleasure. It is a story with a glorious and happy ending inMyanmar culture and a model for all of us to follow and take lessons from it. I wisha glorious and happy ending in solving our political problems. Please let us enjoyhappiness and auspiciousness. I firmly hope that the solution will result in aglorious and happy ending like the Suvannasama jataka and will ensure benefitsfor the nation and the people, joy for government, satisfaction for Aunty Suu andNLD, and pleasure for global countries including the ASEAN and neighbours. Wethe people are so eager to see Aunty Suu’s positive steps.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 21 October, 2007

PERSPECTIVES* 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 DesireSunday, 21 October, 2007

Work hard in concert foremergence of genuinedemocratic nation

The government, in its drive for nationaldevelopment, has given priority to nationalreconsolidation and mobilized the harmoni-ous participation of the entire people.

In recognition of the government’s be-nevolent attitude, 17 major national racearmed groups and other small groups havereturned to the legal fold, and are now join-ing hands with the government in the under-takings for development of their regions. Asa result, the regions that have made peaceare enjoying the taste of peace and stabilityalong with rapid development.

Now, the government is implementingthe State’s seven-step Road Map for emer-gence of a discipline-flourishing democraticnation, as aspired by the entire people. TheNational Convention, the first step of theseven-step Road Map, has been convenedsuccessfully.

Moreover, it has formed the Commissionfor Drafting the State Constitution.

In cooperation with the government, thepeople are to ward off the agitation andmade-up stories of internal and external de-structive elements that are specially designedto destabilize the nation and undermine thepeaceful life of the people.

At a time when the government is work-ing hard for building a genuine democraticnation, the entire people have to do their bitin step-by-step implementation of the RoadMap and work in concert in the tasks forrestoration of peace and stability and preva-lence of law and order.

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct — Staff families of theMinistry of Industry-1, Mandalay Division UnionSolidarity and Development Association and industri-alists in Mandalay collectively donated provisions tofour monasteries in Mandalay on 18 October.

At a ceremony to donate provisions to mem-bers of the Sangha held at Kanbawza Htutmyat Mon-astery in Maha Dabayin Monastery Compound inAungmyethazan Township, the congregation led byChairman of Mandalay Division Peace and Develop-ment Council Commander of Central Command Maj-Gen Khin Zaw, Secretariat Member of Union Solidar-ity and Development Association Minister for Indus-try-1 U Aung Thaung and Chairman of Mandalay CityDevelopment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Phone Zaw

Provisions donated to four monasteries in Mandalay

Han received the Five Precepts from a Sayadaw anddonated robes, 80 bags of rice, soap, toothpaste tubesand exercise books to members of the Sangha.

Afterwards, Commander Maj-Gen Khin Zaw,Minister U Aung Thaung and Mayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han and wellwishers went to Maha ThandaryonMonastery in Aungmyethazan Township and donated100 bags of rice, edible oil, soap, paper and toothpastetubes to the monastery.

Similarly, Minister U Aung Thaung andwellwishers also donated provisions to MyataungMonastery in Mahaaungmye Township and WasoMonastery in Maha Withoddayon Monastery Com-pound in Mahaaungmye Township.

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NAY PYI TAW, 20Oct—Those who favourstability of the State,prevalence of law and or-der and community peacein Mongshu Township,Shan State (South) held amass rally on 17 Octoberagainst the recent protestsstaged by some monks andmembers of the NationalLeague for Democracy.

Some 13,000 peoplefrom ten village-tracts andfour wards of Mongshuon 17 October morningmarched along U AungMyat Road from Sao SanHtun Street to NawadeStreet and then alongBogyoke Road to MyomaSports Ground, chantingslogans such as “OurThree Main National

Mass rally against recent protests held inMongshu Township, Shan State (South)

Causes” and “the seven-step Road Map must meetwith success” and hold-ing placards that read “We

favour stability”, “We fa-vour peace”, “We opposeunrest and violence”, “Wedon’t accept foreign sub-

jugation”, and “Ward offinternal and external de-structive elements”.

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Local residents marching to the mass rally in Mongshu Township.

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Cuban, Belizean officials meetto enhance cooperation

HAVANA, 20 Oct— Cuban and Belizean officialson Thursday started a two-day meeting in Cuba’scapital of Havana to enhance cooperation and bilateralrelations.

Belizean Minister of Foreign Affairs and ForeignTrade Lisa Shoman headed her country’s delegationto the 10th Session of the Cuba-Belize Intergovern-mental Commission on 18-19 October at the headquar-ters of the Ministry of Foreign Investment and Eco-nomic Cooperation in the capital.

The two sides will discuss cooperation in economyand science, aiming to reinforce bilateral ties.

During her stay, Shoman will meet several Cubanofficials and pay a visit to Havana’s Latin American Schoolof Medicine, where about 80 Belizeans are studying.

Some 127 Belizeans have graduated from Cubanschools. Among them, 116 Beligeans graduated fromuniversities and 11 from high schools. Cuba and Belizeestablished official relations on 14 July, 1995.

MNA/Xinhua

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 21 October, 2007 3

Tut\kun\Ṅs\S tiu;®mHc\.ÂkI N T E R N A T I O N A L N E W SBhutto-led party announces

3-day mourning

Putin warns Washingtonover missile shield

Report says mostfake bombs missed

at US airportscreeners

WASHINGTON, 19 Oct — More than 60 per cent offake bombs hidden on undercover agents posing aspassengers were missed by security screeners at twobusiest US airports last year, a newspaper reported onThursday.

A report by the Transportation SecurityAdministration (TSA) shows about 75 per centsimulated explosive and bomb parts TSA staff hidunder their clothes and in carry-on luggage havebeen missed at the Los Angeles International Airport,and about 60 per cent were let go at the ChicagoO'Hare International Airport.

The failure rate stunned the security experts, saidthe report.

“That’s a huge cause for concern,” said Clark KentErvin, the former Homeland Security Departmentinspector general to the newspaper.

MNA/Xinhua

Iraq says security contractorBlackwater must go

NatalyaAndreyevaof Moscowsmiles as

shereceivescongra-tulationsafter shewon the

Beauty ofRussia

contest inMoscow inearly hours

of19 Oct,2007.

INTERNET

Performers of the Zhejiang Xiaobaihua Shaoxing Opera Troupe stage thenew edition of Shaoxing Opera “the Butterfly Lovers” in Nantong, east

China’s Jiangsu Province, on 18 Oct, 2007. —INTERNET

Germany’s University of Bochum solar car team prepares their entry,SolarWorld No 1, in Darwin on 19 Oct, 2007 for the World Solar Challenge

race which begins this weekend. The World Solar Challenge is a biennialevent where Teams are required to research, build and design vehicles

capable of completing the 3,000-km (1,864 miles) journey from Darwin in theNorthern Territory, to Adelaide in South Australia. —INTERNET

ISLAMABAD, 20 Oct —The Pakistan People’sParty (PPP) led by formerprime minister BenazirBhutto Friday announcedthree days’ countrywidemourning after attacks onthe party’s rally that killedover 130 and woundedmore than 500 people.

In the three-daymourning, party flag at thePPP offices throughoutPakistan would belowered at half-mast andblack flags will be hoistedto mourn the tragic

incident, according tolocal Press reports.

Bhutto was unhurt,narrowly escaping withher life as the blasts rippedthrough the police escortof the parade in the streetsof the southern Pakistanicity of Karachi.

Meanwhile, thedeath toll from the attackshas risen to 138, accordingto the private GEO TV.

Two explosionswent off shortly aftermidnight close to thevehicle Bhutto was

travelling in, at the headof a procession ofhundreds of thousands ofPPP supporters who hadflooded the streets ofKarachi to welcome thereturn of their leader. Asmall explosion eruptednear the front of thevehicle. That was quicklyfollowed by a larger blastjust feet from the truck,setting an escorting policevan on fire and breakingwindows in Bhutto’svehicle.

MNA/Xinhua

MOSCOW, 19 Oct —Russian PresidentVladimir Putin said onThursday the UnitedStates was seeking waysto resolve differences overa planned missile shield,but warned that Moscowcould re-deploy weapons

if its concerns were notheeded.

Washington plans toplace interceptor missilesin Poland and a radarsystem in the CzechRepublic as part of ashield it says is needed tocounter possible missile

attacks from “roguestates” such as Iran andNorth Korea.

Russia says the shieldis a threat to its ownsecurity. US Secretary ofState Condoleezza Riceand Defence SecretaryRobert Gates were in

Moscow for talks on theissue last week.

“The latest contactswith our Americancolleagues show that theyhave indeed given somethought to the proposalswe made and they arelooking for a solution tothe problems and for waysto ease our concerns,”Putin said.

But Putin, in an annualthree-hour question-and-answer session aired liveon state television, saidRussia would takeretaliatory steps if itsinterests were not takeninto account.

MNA/Reuters

WASHINGTON, 19 Oct —Iraq put more pressure onthe United States onThursday to pull outsecurity contractorBlackwater from Baghdadbut the State Departmentsaid no decision had beenmade on the NorthCarolina firm.

Iraqi Governmentspokesman Ali al-Dabbagh told reporters atthe White HouseBlackwater must be heldaccountable for its conductin a September 16shooting incident thatkilled 17 people and hasenraged Iraqis.

“We would like ....Blackwater to leave Iraq,this is at the end theirposition, this is the StateDepartment position,”said Dabbagh. “There isan anger, a great angeramong the Iraqis againstBlackwater. They shouldbe kept accountable, this

is what the IraqiGovernment needs. It is acrime what they did inBaghdad, we havedeclared it,” he added.

But State Departmentspokesman Tom Caseysaid no final decision had

been taken on Blackwaterand the department wasawaiting the outcome ofseveral investigations,including a top-levelreview of securitycontractors overall.

MNA/Reuters

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sk\mOs∑m\;Aa; eKt\ek¥a\lWa;US House apologizesto mistakenly-detained Canadian

Belgian, Dutchfugitives caught on

Thai island

Five dead babies discovered in cellar in FranceROUEN (France), 19 Oct — The bodies of five newborn babies have been

discovered in a plastic bag in a cellar in northern France, a judicial source said onThursday.

A 35-year-old woman, who admitted giving birth to the babies between 1999and 2006, and her boyfriend were held for questioning.

The boyfriend found the bodies after smelling rotting flesh and alerted thepolice on Wednesday night. It was not immediately known whether the boyfriendwas the father of any of the babies. One of the bodies had a plastic bag on its head,in a sign the infant may have been suffocated after its birth.

The case is the third of its kind to make headlines in France in a year. In August, police discovered the bodies of three babies hidden in boxes in a

house in eastern France. — MNA/Reuters

Ship sinks off Indonesia’s Sulawesi, 15 deadJAKARTA, 19 Oct — An Indonesian passenger ship capsized off the island of

Sulawesi, killing 15 people and leaving six missing, a Transport Ministry officialsaid on Friday.

The small wooden ship, carrying 71 passengers and 11 crew, sank onThursday night just before reaching the town of Baubau in southeastern Sulawesi,Transport Ministry spokesman Bambang Ervan said.“Preliminary investigationshave indicated that the ship may have sunk because passengers piled onto oneside... tipping its balance and causing it to roll over,” he said. “It wasn’t becauseof a big wave. The weather was normal.”

The safety record of Indonesian passenger ships and ferries, widely used toconnect the thousands of islands in the archipelago, is poor with vessels frequentlyoverloaded and in poor condition. — MNA/Reuters

People stand in front of a light beamer nearBerliner Dom during the “Festival of Lights” in

Berlin on 16 Oct, 2007. Landmarks of the Germancapital, including boulevards, squares, towers,

historical and modern buildings, will beilluminated for one week from 16 to 28 Oct

during the festival.—INTERNET

Snowball, an11-year-old medium

sulfur-crestedEleonora cockatoo,

dances to theBackstreet Boys song

‘Everybody(Backstreet’s Back)’ inthe Schererville, Ind,

home of Irena Schulz,on 16 Oct, 2007.

INTERNET

A flooded Indianstreet. Tweleve people

died and eleven su-stained severe injuries

in southern Indiawhen an apartmentbuilding collapsedafter heavy rain,

police said on 20 Oct,2007. —INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 19 Oct— The US House ofRepresentatives madean apology on Thursdayto a Canadian citizenwho has been mistakenlydetaining by USauthorities as a terroristsuspect for almost oneyear.

“Let me personallygive you what our

government has not: anapology,” said Demo-cratic RepresentativeBill Delahunt at asubcommittee jointhearing. “Let meapologize to you and theCanadian people for ourgovernment’s role in amistake.”

Maher Arar, a 37-year-old Syrian-born

Canadian, was arrested byUS Homeland Securityagents on 26 September,2002, as he made astopover at New York’sJohn F KennedyInternational Airport onhis way home. Days later,he was sent to Syria for adetention, where he saidhe was tortured for almosta year without charges.

After being released,the Canadian Governmentapologized to Arar for itspart in the mistake anddecided to compensatehim with about 10 millionUS dollars. But the USGovernment has not takenany move to amend thefault.

Arar’s case wasincluded in an extra-ordinary rendition pro-gramme, meaning thatterror suspects are grabbedby government agents andtaken to another countrywhere local authoritiesmay torture confessionsout of them.

Democrats attemptedto end the renditionprogramme but thegovernment noted itwould be a vital tool inanti-terror efforts.

MNA/Xinhua

Hunt for killers of shot teenager in BritainLONDON, 19 Oct — Detectives hunting the killers of a 16-year-old boy shot

dead in a Sheffield park promised on Thursday to protect any witnesses who cameforward.

Jonathan Matondo was found by police and paramedics in a recreation area inthe Burngreave part of the city at about 7:30 pm on Wednesday.

A post mortem revealed he had died from a single bullet wound to the head. “He was only 16, much too young to die and much loved by his friends, family

and all the community,” his uncle Armand Vibila told a Press conference. MNA/Reuters

BANGKOK, 19 Oct —Three Belgian and twoDutch fugitives alleged tobe part of a major drugtrafficking ring in Belgiumwere arrested on thesouthern Thai island ofSamui on Thursday aftertip-offs from Belgianofficials, Thai police said.

The five were soughtby Belgium after 125 kilos(275 pounds) of heroin,200 kilos (440 pounch) ofcocaine and 350 tons ofmarijuana were seized in

Belgium in November lastyear, Thai police said.

The value of the drugsin Belgium was estimatedat five billion baht (150million US dollars), theysaid in a statement. Itidentified the twoDutchmen as RonaldKoornwinder, 55, andPaulus Meyer, 44 and thethree Belgians as KoenVanstaay, 29, KellyCautereels, 25 and PedroJose Noves Gracia, 40.

MNA/Reuters

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E C O N O M I C N E W S

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange, on 19 Oct, 2007.US stocks sank Friday as worries about more problems in the bank sector,

slower corporate earnings growth, the weak dollar, and record-high oil pricesall came to a head.—INTERNET

A customer pays at a self service counter in the'restaurant of the future' at the Dutch university ofWageningen, Eastern Netherlands, on 10 Oct, 2007

file photo. — INTERNET

Biofuel production promoted in Argentina

India offers Nigeria $900mfor economic agenda

Oil extends rally to over $90a barrel

Novartis to cut more than 1,000 jobs in US

NEW YORK, 19 Oct —Oil prices extended arecord rally to above 90US dollars a barrel onThursday as weakness inthe dollar, tight fuelinventories and geo-political concerns drew awave of investor buying.

Oil’s climb of about 13per cent since last weekhas renewed concerns thatsoaring energy costs couldhinder world economicgrowth and raised a red

flag for OPEC, which maycall an early formalmeeting to discuss output.

US crude oil futures hita record 90.02 US dollarsin electronic tradingactivity after settlingearlier Thursday afternonin New York with a gainof 2.07 US dollars at89.47 US dollars a barrel.It was the fifth straighttrading day that oil set arecord high.

London Brent crude

rose 1.47 US dollars to84.60 US dollars.

“This is a market that iswatching the dollarweakness very closely andas long as the dollarremains weak andstockpiles at the market’sdelivery point inOklahoma remain low,this market will keepheading north,” said JimRitterbusch, president ofRitterbusch and Asso-ciates.— MNAReuters

LAGOS, 19 Oct — Indiahas offered a 900-million-US-dollar grantto Nigeria to assist theimplementation ofNigerian President UmarMusa Yar’Adua’s seven-point economic agenda,local media reported onWednesday.

India made such offerduring its Prime MinisterManmohan Singh’s visit

to Nigeria on Monday andTuesday.

Nigerian ForeignMinister Ojo Maduekwe,while briefing journalistson the outcome of Singh’svisit, said it was a clearindication that the visitwas not just a governmentto government affairs buta multifaceted one.

He said the agreementssigned by the two sides

involved key areas suchas defence matters,agriculture, powergeneration and civilaviation.

In respect of defence,Maduekwe said it wasagreed that the longmilitary relationshipbetween the two countrieswould be strengthened,just as it was agreed thatIndia would establish twoinformation technologylaboratories in defenceacademies in Nigeria.

He said, “In the energyand power generation,the rapidly growingpartnership will be furtherencouraged. A new civilaviation agreement will beentered into within sixmonths.”

“Other areas for oneform of cooperation or theother are in the field ofculture, education, scienceand technology andinformation and com-munication,” he said.

MNA/Xinhua

GENEVA, 20 Oct —Swiss pharmaceuticalgiant Novartis said onThursday that it would cut1,260 jobs in the UnitedStates among a series ofsetbacks in the USmarket.

The decision is part

of a reorganization ofNovartis’ pharmacaldevelopment system in theUnited States, which isresponsible for gettingnew drugs through clinicaltrials.

The job cuts areexpected to save the

company 230 million USdollars annually, said theBasel-based company ina statement. The Swissfirm has suffered severalsetbacks to key drugs thisyear, impacting its shareprice which has dropped11 per cent since January,

the Swissinfo websitereported.

The launch of one keyproduct — Galvus fordiabetes — was delayedin the United Statesbecause of safetyconcerns. Galvus has beenapproved for Europe butwill not be resubmitted inthe United States before2009. And last month, USregulators denied approvalfor the painkiller Prexige.

MNA/Xinhua

Chinese ceramist Huang Maijiu (Front), paints during an exchangeprogramme of China and foreign ceramists in Jingdezhen, a city of east

China’s Jiangxi Province, on 19 Oct, 2007, during the ongoing 2007 ChinaJingdezhen International Ceramic Fair. —XINHUA

A visitor looks at dolls on display at the ShanghaiToy Expo on 18 Oct, 2007. Orders for Chinese toysare on the rise in the run-up to Christmas despite

a wave of product recalls that have shakenconfidence in the safety of Chinese-made goods,

the country’s product safety chief saidon Wednesday.—INTERNET

BUENOS AIRES, 20 Oct —Argentina’s Renovacompany seeks to becomeone of the world’s largestbiofuel producers after itsTuesday inauguration of anew plant in the country,local Press said Thursday.

The plant has cost 30million US dollars onconstruction and will havean annual biodieselproduction capacity of about230,000 tons, the local media

quoted the company’sofficial document as saying.

The plant, located in SanLorenzo in the country’sSanta Fe Province, is thesecond of the company. Itwas built together with asoya bean and sunflowergrinding centre wherebiofuel will come from. Thecompany’s first plant,located in Avellaneda ofRio Negro Province,currently generates about

50,000 tons of biodiesel peryear. The plant is going tobe the first of a series ofinvestment, aiming to makethe region extending fromSan Lorenzo to San MartinPort the largest “biodieselcentre” worldwide.

Biodiesel surges as agreat opportunity for thecountry’s agriculture andnew investments since theoil price remains high.

MNA/Xinhua

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State bank says China helps Africawhere West failed

BEIJING, 19 Oct— China is spreading prosperity in Africa where the West failed, a Chinese bankofficial said on Thursday in a sharp rebuke to critics of his country’s growing role in the world’s poorestcontinent.

Li Ruogu, president ofChina’s state-ownedExport-Import Bank, keyfunder of China’s pushinto Africa, said roads andradios were more urgentneeds for Africans thanhuman rights and freedom,and that China wasdelivering such concretebenefits.

“Western colonialismover 400 years in Africadid not bring anydevelopment and wealth,”Li said. “But China hasbrought many benefits toAfrica.”

After 50 billion USdollars in debt write-offsfor impoverished

countries mainly in Africalast year, Western donorsfear China’s expandingeconomic links with thecontinent could lead to abuild-up in burdensomedebts all over again.

Speaking in Chineseduring a meeting on thesidelines of China’sCommunist PartyCongress, Li switched toEnglish momentarily tocharacterise Westerncriticism as “totallygroundless and totallyfabrication”.

“Western countriestalk about human rightsand freedom every day,but if the people there can’t

even watch television orlisten to radio, how canthey enjoy human rightsand freedom?” Li said.

China has recentlyclaimed credit forpersuading Sudan toaccept UN peacekeepersin the troubled Darfurregion and it has wonpraise from the UnitedStates for its “constructiverole” in dealings withKhartoum.

ExIm Bank has alsobeen working to addresssome concerns ofinternational donors,signing a Memorandum ofUnderstanding with theWorld Bank earlier this

year to improvecoordination ofdevelopment projects.

As one of China’s threepolicy lenders that makeloans explicitly in supportof government policies,ExIm Bank has investedin some 300 projectsacross Africa with a focuson building roads,railways, ports and mines.

China argues its ownrapid growth andexperience in lifting morethan 400 million peopleout of poverty over past20 years could providevaluable lessons toAfricans.

MNA/Reuters

Kurds rally in Iraq againstTurkish incursion vote

ARBIL, 19 Oct—Thousands of Kurds,many of them students,marched on the UN officesin the Kurdish capitalArbil on Thursday toprotest the TurkishParliament’s authoriza-tion of military incursiCarrying banners withslogans in English,Kurdish, Turkish andArabic, the marcherscalled for peaceful dia-logue with their northern

neighbour to end the crisisand vowed to resist anymilitary invasion of theirKurdistan region.

Turkey’s Parliamentvoted overwhelmingly onWednesday to give themilitary the go-ahead tohunt down PKK rebelshiding out in Kurdistan’smountains who areblamed for a risingnumber of attacks onTurkish troops.

MNA/ReutersStorm, rainfall cause loss of $1.96m in S BangladeshDHAKA, 19 Oct— The

recent storm and heavyrainfall due to depressionin the Bay of Bengal hascaused loss of over 137million taka (about 1.96million US dollars) inagriculture and fisheriessectors of Bangladesh’ssouthern coastal BagerhatDistrict.

District DisasterManagement and Reliefoffice was quoted byprivate news agency UNBThursday as saying thatthe storm that swept overthe district in last threedays till Wednesday moreor less caused damage tomost parts of all nine sub-districts in Bagerhat, 140kilometres southwest ofcapital Dhaka.

The storm damaged1,590 dwelling houses,standing crops on 100acres (40.5 hectares) of

land and uprooted 50,000trees, causing loss of 77.0million taka (about 1.1million US dollars).

Fish worth 60 milliontaka (about 857,000 USdollars) was washed away,the fish cultivatorsc l a i m e d . M o r e o v e r ,30,000 people in differentsub-districts were living

in the dark till Wednesdayas 26 electric poles havebeen uprooted in thedistrict due to the storm.

The government hasallocated 200,000 taka

(about 2,857 US dollars)for the affected people ofthe district, which coversan area of 3,959 squarekilometres.

MNA/Xinhua

Diarrhoea claims 19 in NepalKATHMANDU,19 Oct — Diarrhoea outbreak has

killed at least another 19 people in Nepal, localleading media group’s website Nepalnews reportedon Thursday. In Ghaulagoh Village DevelopmentCommittee (VDC) in remote Kalikot District, some400 kilometres west of capital Kathmandu, at least16 died of Diarrhea in the last six days.

The victims of diarrhoea outbreak, most of whomwere children and elderly people, died due to lack ofmedicines. The District Public Health Office of Kalikothas sent a medical team to the affected area, but drugsare in short supply in local health centers.

More than 500 people in different villages in theVDC have been affected by diarrhoea.

Similarly, three people have died of diarrhoea inTejapakad and Maryadapur VDCs in Rautahat District,some 110 kilometres south of Kathmandu. A four-yearold girl and a youth died Wednesday while a death wasreported on Thursday morning. Dozens of diarrhoeapatients have been undergoing treatment at the districthospital in Gaur.

The number of patients in Rautahat is growing inthese VDCs due to polluted drinking water and lack ofsanitation. — MNA/Xinhua

Wipro Limited Chairman Azim Premjispeaks while announcing the company’s

quarterly financial results at theirheadquarters, in Bangalore, India, on 19

Oct, 2007. —INTERNET

JK Rowling poses with a copy of her new book‘Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows’s at the

Natural History Mseum in Londonon 20 July, 2007 file photo.

INTERNET

Severe floods kill 5, displace over 120,000 in central Uganda KAMPALA, 20 Oct — Severe floods in central

Uganda have killed at least five people and displacedover 120,000 in Mubende District, a district officialhas said.

Ziad Kalema, the district vice chairperson, wasquoted by the Daily Monitor on Friday saying thatthree of the victims drowned at a washed away bridgeat River Kitumbi in Kitumbi sub-county.

The bridge, which links Kiboga and MubendeDistricts, was washed away late last month, followingdays of heavy rain.

He said the two others died earlier when a bicyclethey were riding on through the flooded NyangomaRiver on the Kasambya-Kitenga Road in Kagando

sub-county, slid and fell into the river. He said the flood has cut off four sub-counties

from the rest of Mubende, leaving about 120,000people helpless.

The floods, which have swept away so far twobridges, have forced the district officials to closetraffic on the Bukuya-Izanyiro Road and Bukuya-Kitumbi Road.

“Those roads are now a no go area and whoeverdares to use them does so at his/her own risk,” he said.

The central districts are currently facing the bruntof days of heavy rain after the northern and easternparts of the country have faced months of flooding.

MNA/Xinhua

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The 15th MyanmarTraditional Cultural

Performing Arts Competitions

Marionette Contest

No Date Division

1. 22.10.07 Ayeyawady Division

2. 24.10.07 Yangon Division

3. 27.10.07 Sagaing Division

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct— Member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen YeMyint of the Ministry ofDefence this morningattended the rice andedible oil donationceremony of MandalayDivision PDC at Sasa-na Hitakari DhammaBeikman of MahaWizitayon Monasteryin ChanayethazanTownship for the 23rdShwegyin Nikaya VinayaExamination.

Also present on theoccasion were StateOvadaçariya 14thSangharaja of ShwegyinGana Zeyamedani WasoMonastery SayadawAbhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru Abhidhaja AggaMaha SaddhammajotikaBhaddanta Agghiya,Chairman of MandalayDivision Sangha NayakaCommittee (Shwegyin)

Lt-Gen Ye Myint offers rice, edible oil to Sayadawsfor 23rd Shwegyin Nikaya Vinaya Examination

Dahattaw MonasteryPresiding NayakaSayadaw Agga MahaSaddhamma JotikadhajaBhaddanta Sujatasara,Maha WizitayonMonastery SayadawAgga Maha Pandita AggaMaha SaddhammajotikaBhaddanta Viçarin-dabhivamsa, Secretary ofthe Division SanghaNayaka Committee(Shwegyin) PadamyaMonastery SayadawAgga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Paññajo-tabhivamsa, Chairman ofChanayethazan Town-ship Sangha NayakaCommittee (Shwegyin)Maha SaddhammaJotikadhaja BhaddantaVannita and members ofthe Sangha, Chairman ofMandalay Division PDCCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen KhinZaw and wife, Chairmanof Mandalay City

Development CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han and wife,Deputy Chief Justice UKhin Maung Latt, seniormilitary officers,departmental officialsand disciples.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint,the commander, themayor, senior militaryofficers and departmentalofficials donated meals tothe Sayadaws.

14th Sangharaja ofShwegyin Gana SayadawBhaddanta Agghiyaadministered the FivePrecepts.

Lt-Gen Ye Myintoffered alms to theShwegyin SangharajaSayadaw.

The commander andwife, the mayor and wife,senior military officersand departmentalofficials also donatedprovisions to theSayadaws.

The Chairman of theDivision Sangha NayakaCommittee (Shwegyin)and the Presiding NayakaSayadaw of MahaWizitayon Monastery

delivered sermons, andLt-Gen Ye Myint andparty shared meritsgained.

Mandalay DivisionPDC donated 100 bags of

rice and 50 viss of edibleoil to members of theSangha for the 23rdShwegyin Nikaya VinayaExamination.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct—The amateur level(First Class) Maha Doat Drama (marionette)Contest of the 15th Myanmar TraditionalPerforming Arts Competitions took place at theAgricultural Research Department in Nay Pyi TawYezin at 7 pm today.

Among the spectators were Lt-Gen Ye Myintof the Ministry of Defence, Minister for Health DrKyaw Myint, Deputy Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin,

Maha Doat Drama Contest(marionette) continues

heads of department, officials of the Work Committeeand sub-committees, enthusiasts from Nay Pyi TawPyinmana Township, Nay Pyi Taw Tatkon Townshipand Nay Pyi Taw Lewe Township and others.

Myanmar Cultural Yokson Thabin marionettetroupe led by University of Culture (Mandalay)representing Mandalay Division took part in thecontest.

MNA

Lt-Gen Ye Myint of the Ministry of Defence enjoys marionette contest.—MNA

Member of the State Peace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myintof the Ministry of Defence offers provisions to a Sayadaw.—MNA

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Aunty Suu, we are living in hopeor

Our only wish is to see a win-win situation -2Chan Mya Aye

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I will now continue the second part of myarticle.

Aunty Suu, you were continuously attackingthe government while trying to realize your policy ofconfrontation, defying authority and grabbing powerthrough short-cut in addition to jeopardizing theNational Convention. We also heard you slammingthe government constantly at the talks and publicmeetings you were holding in front of your houseweekly and giving addresses and sending messagesopposing the government on international days. Theworst was the NLD announcement No 35 (8/98)issued on 23-6-1998. Actually, you opened a newfront with the announcement demanding to convenethe Hluttaw within 60 days before 21 August. AuntySuu demanded the convening of the Hluttaw as aform of a struggle laying down a strategy to convenethe Hluttaw in accord with her own schedule, togenerate a civil commotion with the intention ofprotecting the Hluttaw from any acts to halt thescheme and to pave the way for the UN andinternational community to intervene if unrest anddemonstrations erupted. I did not think you had anidea that we the people were so anxious with thethought that something bad might happen afterdrawing a conclusion that it was an extremelydangerous strategy.

I assume that Aunty Suu came to realizethat the front – the demand to convene the Hluttaw– was not enough. Aunty Suu in deliberatedefiance of the government’s restrictions touredTaikkyi or Nyaungdon or other places in Julyand August 1998. The worst was that Aunty Suustopped her convoy at Htantabin Anyasu onYangon-Nyaungdon Road, staging protests fordays. I still remember your solitary protest duringwhich you were so haughty that you stopped yourline of cars on the public highway; makeshifttents including toilets had to be built. In the endyou had to go back home in accord with the wish

of party members as you failed to incite a civilunrest as you did not win public support and thelast date (21 August) to convene the Hluttaw hadpassed. The incident at Yangon Railway Station isstill in my memory. As you were staging anti-government activities and confrontations inviolation of the law, the government had to imposerestrictions on you at your home for the secondtime on 21-9-2001. At that time, I was able toaccept the fact that the government did what wasactually necessary. Aunty Suu, you have destroyedour faint hope.

Even though we the people assumed thesituation to be hopeless it seemed that thegovernment had not given up the process of nationalreconsolidation. We have known that the group ledby the Head of State met Aunty Suu four times andanother group comprising ministers met you 20times while you were under restrictions. The Headof State hosted dinner for Aunty Suu and NLDmembers at the Guest House at 14 Inywa Road on29-1-2002 evening leading to frank discussionsbetween you and the government. The governmentshowed its true goodwill and seriousness. We havelearnt that you agreed to end all acts that wouldgenerate disturbances and outdoor meetings and tohold only indoor meetings with the number ofparticipants less than 50. We were supposing thatAunty Suu had changed her intentions as asettlement might have reached after a series ofdiscussions. The government seemed to believe so.So it is believed the government again lifted therestrictions imposed on you in accord with thesettlement on 6-5-2002. In accord with the mutualagreement, Aunty Suu was allowed to launchorganizational campaigns in the nation. You wereeven cooperating with officials concerned inarranging itineraries and schedules for reopeningof township offices. They were positive signs. Webelieved that with this trend the political goal of our

nation would not be so far.Thanks to the government’s concessions,

Aunty Suu was able to visit Mandalay, Magway,Bago and Ayeyawady divisions and Mon, Kayin,Shan, Rakhine and Chin states, carrying out partyfunctions in 95 townships from June 2002 to April2003. In addition you were treated as a VIP studyingnational developments in every place you visited.It seems that although Aunty Suu did things asagreed in advance in her early trips, but relapsedinto her old ways later.

Beginning from her tour to Chin State, AuntySuu started to travel at night, and tried to causeconfusion and gave anti-government talks at publicmeetings. It was Aunty Suu that initiated the idea ofdefiance – To launch struggles for keeping politicalactivities alive. The truth is that Aunty Suu herself leftthe road to national reconsolidation and went back tothe path to defiance and confrontation.

During the trips to Sagaing Division,Kachin State and Shan State that started on 6-5-2003, Aunty Suu’s followers and NLD’s cars andmotorcycles unruly moved on the road. Theyeven tried to provoke quarrels with and challengethe on-lookers, those who took photos and thosewho expressed their wishes peacefully as they didnot accept Aunty Suu. So the problems grew evento the level of causing clashes between them andthe public. In the end there broke out a fightbetween NLDs and your followers on one sideand the local people who could not tolerate youranarchic acts any more on the other side atDabayin on 30-5-2003. It was indeed adisappointing and sorrowful incident. Both sidesshould exercise restraint to avert the brawl. Anyhow,because of the brawl Aunty Suu was put underrestrictions for the third time at her own house on 30-5-2003. If I were a person responsible for maintainingand restoring national peace and stability, I wouldhave decided the same.

There were some groups assuming that AuntySuu purposely created the situation so that she wouldbe put under restrictions again. They said, “If she cantravel freely like that the government’s internationalimage will improve and the NLD’s internationalsupport will dwindle and the economic sanctions willbe lifted. Aunty Suu cannot accept that tendency.”Other sources said, “There was growing concern aspublic support for Aunty Suu was falling as more andmore people knew about her true nature with thepassage of time. So, she deliberately generated thebrawl for the government to take action against her.Only then will the international community condemnthe government as the one keeping up restrictions onher and crushing the NLD. That was her basic aim.”I have no idea whether those views are right or wrong.Most of the people including me have accepted withunderstanding that what the government did is actuallynecessary; and that it does not have any intention at allto impose restrictions on Aunty Suu.

Will Aunty Suu apply her old method ofopposing the government, confrontation, generating

(See page 9)

Thanks to the government’s concessions, Aunty

Suu was able to visit Mandalay, Magway, Bago and

Ayeyawady divisions and Mon, Kayin, Shan, Rakhine

and Chin states, carrying out party functions in 95

townships from June 2002 to April 2003. In addition you

were treated as a VIP studying national developments

in every place you visited. It seems that although Aunty

Suu did things as agreed in advance in her early trips,

but relapsed into her old ways later.

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(from page 8)civil commotion and defying authority again if therestriction order imposed on her is lifted? If she isrestricted even if she promises not to apply thosemethods again, it can be said that the ones whoimpose restriction order on her are at fault. But to theextent of my knowledge, outsiders are saying thatAunty Suu is so stubborn. Her arrogant behaviourof thinking herself as always better than others,assuming what she says is always right and mustbe obeyed without fail and using threats for failureto obey her is spreading outside the NLD throughthe whisper of the party members. Aunty Suuherself will know best whether they are right orwrong. Because of the given situation, there arecriticisms saying that NLD has no inter-partydemocracy. If you amend yourself, Aunty Suu,you will become a valuable politician.

Even under restriction order, Aunty Suu hasbeen enjoying full security and health care and othernecessary services at her home. Aunty Suu knowsbest the offers for dialogue made by the governmentagain and again. The Head of State has met hermany times and paved the way to create a bettersituation. You should understand those positiveattitudes like I do. I have learned that when MrGambari visited Myanmar for the first time inMay 2006, the government asked you to sendwritten messages concerning your wishes andopinions to the Head of State through the UNspecial envoy; and that the government wouldconsider fulfilling them. But there was nodevelopment. So, I was wondering whether MrGambari failed to convey messages to Aunty Suuor you yourself have rejected the offers outright.My view is that Aunty Suu should effectively usethe many ways paved by the government.

As I know very well the government’sendeavours for building a democratic nation andkeeping in the fore national interest, I as an ordinarymember of the public will have to stand by the truth.I am not partial to the government. But I cannotignore or deny the truth if the government’s endeavoursare correct and excellent. I hope you will alsounderstand this.

Like us Aunty Suu should have trust in thegovernment’s offers as constructive and willing.Aunty Suu, you should view those offers as anopportunity to make a turning-point in Myanmar’shistory. I am worried that the essence of the offer– an opportunity for dialogue – will be lost in asuperficial argument saying that Aunty Suu wasnot responsible for the four means to blockMyanmar. The government, the people and theentire world know that Aunty Suu has supported the

Aunty Suu, we are…calls to bar tourists from visiting Myanmar and othereconomic sanctions. In my view you should accept thefact that the sanctions are not good either for the peopleor the government or you yourself. One will have todiscard even the policy that one has upheld throughouthis life if it is bad and wrong. One should have thecourage to do so. Aunty Suu, one will be a hero only ifone gets rid of the wrong and bad policy with courage.

Aunty Suu, you should not be deceived byforeign media that are attacking the government’soffer in unison. You should reconsider your idea ofintransigence. Stubborness benefits nobody. Wewith pleasure accepted Aunty Suu’s words that youwill join hands with anyone if it serves the nationalinterest. You have said those words many times.But you should prove your words with deeds. Isincerely believe that Aunty Suu too will have tomake sacrifices through appropriate and necessaryefforts to initiate a meaningful dialogue.

It is the human nature that everyone wantsthe upper hand. No one would like to hold a dialoguehaving to make concessions. As both sides will haveto go against the human nature to make concessionsthrough coordination, magnanimity and correctattitude are specially required in this matter.Moreover, both sides will have to sacrifice theirbeliefs and convictions and what they appreciateand what they value in making concessions for thenation or in other words for producing valuableand noble results. The essence of dialogue is thereaching of a mutual agreement through sacrificesand concessions. No dialogue can achieve successwithout sacrifices and concessions. Aunty Suu, youshould understand the nature of giving up somethingfor achieving another that is ten times valuable andbeneficial.

Instead of putting blame on each other,means to join hands for finding the truth throughconcessions will produce practical benefits. In ourcountry we have been blaming one anotherendlessly since the nation regained independence.Enough is enough. We should love each otherwithout finding fault with others. As thegovernment has already made the official offer,it’s your turn now. Aunty Suu’s response maybring peace and success to the nation or lead toproducing negative results. I write this article foryou to weigh up the situation. I wish you chose theway that is good and beneficial for all of us.

We are hearing the voices to cause incitementsaying that the government has made the offer to useAunty Suu in finding an escape from internationalpressure. I think that extreme ideas, thoughts andcriticisms cannot produce any beneficial results at thistime. I hope you have already read the UNSCPresidential Statement issued on 11-10-2007. Even theUNSC emphasizes the fact that it welcomes Myanmar’sannouncement to cooperate with the UN and to assign

a liaison officer to facilitate relations with Daw AungSan Suu Kyi.

The statement calls on the government ofMyanmar and other parties concerned to worktogether towards the positive development of thesituation and a peaceful solution. It also urges thegovernment and all parties concerned to cooperatefully with Mr Gambari. Aunty Suu whom do youthink the words “all parties concerned” refer to?It is the first time the UN has openly acknowledgedthat not only the government but also Aunty Suu’sNLD is responsible for the development of politicalsituation in Myanmar. I believe Aunty Suu alsounderstands this. And I sincerely trust that it’stime you weighed the matter to make a response.

Aunty Suu, now, I have already presented acomprehensive article for you. Anyhow, I have aclear conscience as I have presented this article takinginto account the national interest, public interest,Aunty Suu’s interest and government’s interest fairly.So, please accept what I have presented in the articleas the words that came out from the heart of anordinary person. As the ending part of one of ourfamous jatakas, we wish to see the son carrying a potof gold on his shoulder or in other words a win-winsituation. Aunty Suu’s role is also vital in this matter.

In the finale of Suvannasama jataka, thetwo parents regained sight, Suvannasama, theBuddha-to-be was recovered from fatal poisonedarrow wound and came back home carrying a potof gold on his shoulder, and celestial beings said“Well Done” with great pleasure. It is a story witha glorious and happy ending in Myanmar cultureand a model for all of us to follow and take lessonsfrom it. I wish a glorious and happy ending insolving our political problems. Please let us enjoyhappiness and auspiciousness. I firmly hope thatthe solution will result in a glorious and happyending like the Suvannasama jataka and willensure benefits for the nation and the people, joyfor government, satisfaction for Aunty Suu andNLD, and pleasure for global countries includingthe ASEAN and neighbours. We the people are soeager to see Aunty Suu’s positive steps.

When it is a matter between personal interestand party interest, priority should be given to thelatter and when it is a matter between party interestand national interest, priority should be given to thenational interest. As you have already understood andknown the situation more than me, please do notassume that I am giving you unnecessary lecture. Weare truly longing for the day on which the stalematehas ended and we can start our successful journeyonwards. I pray Aunty Suu begins her positive stepsas soon as possible.

(Concluded)Translation: TMT

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The essence of dialogue is the reaching of a mutualagreement through sacrifices and concessions. Nodialogue can achieve success without sacrifices andconcessions. Aunty Suu, you should understand the natureof giving up something for achieving another that is tentimes valuable and beneficial.

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NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Win ofthe Ministry of Defence and wife Daw San San Yiattended the dancing and music contests of the 15thMyanmar Traditional Cultural Performing ArtsCompetitions in Nay Pyi Taw Yezin this afternoon.

After enjoying performance of contestants in

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and wife attend dancing andmusic contests of Performing Arts Competitions

the amateur level (second class) men’s dancing contestat the convocation hall of University of VeterinaryScience and the higher education level men’s pianocontest at the hall of Forest Research Division, Lt-GenKyaw Win and wife cordially greeted members of thepanel of judges of the respective contests.

Accompanied by Deputy Attorney-General U

Myint Naing, Civil Service Selection and TrainingBoard member U Aung Myint and officials, Lt-GenKyaw Win and wife viewed the participation of studentsin the basic education level (10-15 age group) Dobatcontest at the hall of Agricultural Research Department,and cordially conversed with members of the panel ofjudges. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 20 Oct— The singing, dancing,song composing andmusic contests of the 15thMyanmar TraditionalCultural Performing ArtsCompetitions continuedfor the third day at thedesignated places in NayPyi Taw Yezin yesterday.

Present on theoccasion were Chairmanof the Leading Committeefor Organizing theCompetitions Com-mander of Nay Pyi TawCommand Maj-Gen Wai

Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Commandattends Performing Arts Competitions

Lwin, Minister forCommerce Brig-Gen TinNaing Thein, Minister forConstruction Maj-GenSaw Tun, Auditor-General Maj-Gen LunMaung, deputy ministers,the deputy auditor-general, departmentalheads, officials, service-men and family membersof regiments and units inNay Pyi Taw Pyinmana,local people from Nay PyiTaw Pyinmana, Nay PyiTaw Tatkon and Nay PyiTaw Lewe townships,

teachers and students ofNay Pyi Taw PyinmanaBEHS No 2 enjoyedperformance of con-testants.

The singing contest,supervised byChairperson of the panelof judges AssistantDirector (Music) (Retd)Daw Tin Tin Mya ofMyanma Radio andTelevision and party, tookplace at University ofAgriculture. A total of 15students participated in thebasic education level (10-

15 age group) boys’ old/modern song singingcontest and 13 persons inthe amateur level (secondclass) women’s old/modern song singingcontest.

In the dancing contest,supervised by Chairmanof the panel of judges USein Mar Din and officials,at the convocation hall ofUniversity of VeterinaryScience, altogether 21students took part in thebasic education level (10-

15 age group) girls’dancing contest.

At the hall ofAgricultural ResearchDepartment, Chairman ofthe panel of judges UMaung Maung Latt andparty supervised the songcomposing contest. A totalof 13 persons competed inthe amateur level (firstclass) men’s and women’ssong composing contest.

Leader of the panel ofjudges U Ni Ni and partysupervised the piano

contest at the hall of ForestResearch Division. Fourcontestants competed inthe amateur level (firstclass) women’s pianocontest and 10 students inthe basic education level(10-15 age group) boys’piano contest.

At the hall ofAgricultural ResearchDepartment, leader of thepanel of judges U Sein BaMaw and party supervisedthe amateur level (second

(See page 11)

A contestant from Mon State participating in basic education level(10-15 age group) boys’ piano contest.—MNA

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and wife Daw San San Yi attend higher education level men’s piano contest.—MNA

A contestant from Yangon Division taking part in basic education level(5-10 age group) boys’ orchestra (solo) contest.—MNA

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The 15th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts Competitions

Suvannasama DramaNo Date Division

1. 21.10.07 Mandalay Division

2. 22.10.07 Sagaing Division

Commander of Nay PyiTaw Command…

(from page 10)class) Ozi contest with the participation of ninecontestants and the basic education level (5-10 agegroup) Ozi contest with the participation of fourcontestants.

Chairman of the panel of judges U Yee Nweand party supervised the music contest at University ofAgriculture. A total of 10 contestants took part in theamateur level (second class) men’s guitar contest,three persons in the amateur level (second class)women’s guitar contest, three students in the basiceducation level (10-15 age group) boys’ guitar contestand two in the girls’ contest.

At University of Agriculture, leader of the

panel of judges U Sein Satin and party supervised theorchestra contest. Seven students competed in thebasic education level (15-20 age group) boys’ orchestrasolo contest and six students in the basic educationlevel (5-10 age group) boys’ orchestra solo contest.

MNA

Drama

No Date Division

1. 23.10.07 Sagaing Division2. 24.10.07 Mandalay Division3. 25.10.07 Yangon Division4. 27.10.07 Bago Division5. 28.10.07 Ayeyawady Division

The 15th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts

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A contestant from Mandalay Divisioncompeting in amateur level (first class)

women’s piano contest.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin attends basic education level (10-15 age group) girls’ dancing contest.—MNA

— To vitalize patriotism and national-ism that is based on strong UnionSpirit.

— To ensure uplift of national prestigeand integrity and preservation andsafeguarding of cultural heritage andintegrity.

— To ensure flourishing of Myanmarmusic, dance and traditional finearts.

— To nurture spiritual development ofthe youths.

— To prevent the influence of alien culture.

Objectives of the 15th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions

JOHANNESBURG, 20 Oct— A Kentucky FriedChicken outlet in SouthAfrican coastal city ofDurban was held up androbbed by five armed men,KwaZulu-Natal police saidon Wednesday. Spokesman InspectorMichael Read said the menwielded 9mm pistols andentered the store in theWhitehouse shoppingcomplex in Durban'sPhoenix area shortly after 9pm on Tuesday. No customers were inthe store and the robbersmade off with 5,200 rand(about 750 US dollars)from the tills and staff. None of the staff wereinjured and the robbersfled on foot, according toa report by South AfricanPress Association.

MNA/Xinhua

KFC robbedin Durban

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KARANA SEMBILAN VOY NO (1)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KARANASEMBILAN VOY NO (1) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 21.10.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of (5) SPW where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S EASTERN CAR LINERPET LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TERAJU VOY NO (263)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTATERAJU VOY NO (263) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 21.10.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws 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 up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES PTE LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Russia, India sign fighterdevelopment accord

MOSCOW, 19 Oct — Russia and India will jointlymodify a fifth-generation Russian fighter aircraft forIndian use under a deal signed on Thursday, Russia’sfederal service for military and technical cooperationsaid. India is one of the biggest buyers of Russianweapons and wants to licence the production of Su-30MKI fighter jets and T-90 tanks. Russian shipyardsare also building three frigates for India’s Navy.

State-run Sukhoi corporation will develop the fifth-generation fighter for Russia, and under the accordsigned after two days of talks, it will then be jointlymodified for India.

There was no comment from either delegation onthe value or duration of the agreement.

India and China together account for nearly 90 percent of Russia’s arms exports, which totalled 6.4billion US dollars in 2006 and are expected to reach 7.5billion US dollars this year. — MNA/Reuters

Thailand needs moreskilled personnel in

electro-industry BANGKOK, 19 Oct — Thai Deputy Industry

Minister said Thailand plans to upgrade personnel inthe electrical and electronics industry to staycompetitive in the global market, Thai News Agencyreported Thursday.

In his speech Wednesday on “PersonnelDevelopment Strategy in Electrical and ElectronicsIndustry in 2008”, Deputy Industry Minister PiyabutrCholwicharn said Thailand’s electrical and electronicsindustry has been short of at least 60,000 employees,an obstacle to the growth of the rapidly-expandingindustry.

Thailand has to upgrade skills of their personnelto meet new standards in many countries for importedproducts, Piyabutr said, adding that a 40-million-baht(1.18-million-US-dollar) budget has been allocated tocope with the challenge.

He said the Industry Ministry wanted to developThai personnel to focus on designing andmanufacturing. According to Kitti Sukhumtanti, anexecutive of the Federation of Thai Industries, theelectrical and electronics industry in Thailand employed360,000 people and 548,2000 people in 2002 and 2004respectively, but “they still need at least 50,000 peopleannually”.

There is also a workforce shortage in the softwareand computer industry, Kitti said.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia honours poverty fight JAKARTA, 19 Oct —

Indonesian people tookpart in “Stand Up” eventsacross the country onWednesday in a show ofsupport for global povertyalleviation efforts, localPress reported onThursday.

In the capital city ofJakarta, hundreds ofpeople joined a Stand Upevent at Senayan Cityshopping mall, RagunanZoo, Central Jakart andfeatured dozens ofentertainers.

“We are the firstgeneration that can endpoverty in our country. Wecan't waste this historicopportunity,” participantsshouted, as they raisedtheir hands in support ofthe Stand Up and SpeakOut against Povertymovement.

The United NationsMillennium DevelopmentGoals (MDGs) Represen-tatives for Asia and thePacific, Erna Witoelar,said Tuesday one millionpeople in Indonesia were

expected to Stand Upagainst poverty anddemand the governmentspeed up efforts to meetthe MDGs.

Head of the nationalorganizer for the event,Wilson TP Siahaan, saidStand Up events weresimultaneously held in 22provinces, involvingactivists, businesspeople,government officials andordinary citizens.

“But I cannot say yetwhether we will meet thetarget of one millionpeople since many peopleare still on Idul Fitri (endof fasting month)holiday.”

About 50,000Indonesians joined theevent last year, among the23.5 million peopleworldwide who Stood Upagainst poverty.

According to data fromthe Central StatisticAgency, in 2007 therewere more than 37 millionIndonesians living belowthe poverty line.

MNA/Xinhua

Floods threaten Vietnam World Heritage site

Chad says US missionarykidnapped by rebels

N'DJAMENA, 19 Oct —A US evangelical churchmissionary has beenkidnapped by rebels innorthern Chad, a ChadianInterior Ministry officialsaid on Thursday.

“The governor of thenorthern BET region hastold me that an American

priest has been kidnappedin the Tibesti (mountains)by remaining members ofthe MDJT rebel move-ment,” Secretary of Statefor the Interior Abdera-mane Djasnabaille toldReuters.

“The rebels took hisvehicle and they areholding him at Zoumri.”

A leader of Chad’sEvangelical Church namedthe kidnapped man as SteveGodbold and said he wasseized earlier this month.Other people in his groupwere also abducted but laterreleased, Pastor NgardeiBako said. Djasnabaille saidnegotiations were underway with the Movementfor Democracy and Justicein Chad (MDJT) rebels toobtain the release of thekidnapped missionary.

MNA/Reuters

HUE CITY (Vietnam),19 Oct — Flood watersthreatened the centralVietnam World Heritagetown of Hoi An onThursday, drowning atleast 10 people andforcing thousands fromtheir homes.

There were alsothreats of flash floods andlandslides in three keycoffee growing provincesin the Central Highlands,where rivers were rising

following heavy rainsearlier this week, thegovernment said in adisaster report.

Heavy rain was fallingin Hue, 660 kilometres(410 miles) southeast ofHanoi, swelling floodsthat have isolated manyareas along the north-south Highway One andforcing people to movearound by boat, a Reutersphotographer said.

At least 30,000 people

had been moved to higherground in the provincesof Thua Thien-Hueand Quang Tri, wheretwo people drowned astheir boat capsizedon Wednesday, thegovernment said.

Five people drownedin Quang Nam Province,many roads were erodedby floods and inundationwas threatening tocollapse old houses in HoiAn. — MNA/Reuters

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Researchers find gene linked withmale infertility

Russia test firesballistic missile

Pacific Island blamerich countries for climate changeNUKU’ ALOFA (Tonga),

19 Oct — South Pacificcountries on Thursdayblamed the climatechange on rich economiesand called for assistanceto the vulnerable islandcountries’ fight against theglobal problem.

A statement of the16-member PacificIslands Forum (PIF)pointed to the urgency inchecking the climatechange, highlighting thethreats to the region,particularly the smallisland countries.

“The time for action isnow, we simply can’teconomically, environ-mentally or socially affordto wait until it is too late,”said the statement.

The statement was readout by Nauruan PresidentLudwiq Scotty to the PIF’s14 dialogue partners,which are mostly bigeconomies, at a meetingheld after the 38th annualPIF leaders’ gatheringhere.

“Wealthy and highly

industrialized nationswhich are mainlyresponsible for currentglobal warming possess theknow-how and resourcesto adapt while the mostsevere consequences arefelt in poorer and morevulnerable countries,” saidthe statement.

“Climate change is adaunting and overw-helming threat to theeconomic, environmental

and social well being ofisland communities, alsothreatening the veryexistence of some of ourlowlying atoll countries,”it said.

A number of low-lyingPacific atoll countrieshave expressed their greatconcerns over the impactof climate change duringthe Forum meeting.

MNA/Xinhua

MOSCOW,19 Oct —Russia launched an inter-continental ballisticmissile on Thursday fromits Plesetsk cosmodromein the north of thecountry, a Russianmilitary spokesman said.

The RS-12M Topol’,called the SS-25 Sickleby NATO and configuredfor a mobile platform,was successfullylaunched at 9:10 amMoscow Time.

The spokesman saidthe training exerciseincluded hitting a target

at the Kura test range onthe Kamchatka Peninsulaon Russia’s Pacific coast.

The test was part of areliability evaluation offlight stabilizers theTopol’ uses over longdistances, and part of aplanned extension of themissile’s life-span to 23years.

As configured in 1985,the ICBM has a maximumrange of 10,000kilometres (6,215 miles),and can carry one 550-kiloton nuclear warhead.

MNA/Reuters

CHICAGO, 19 Oct — Asingle gene may be crucialfor the final stages of spermcell formation and couldhelp explain why somemen are infertile, USresearchers said onWednesday.

Laboratory mice wholacked the gene had a

significantly lower spermcount and were infertile,researchers at theUniversity of NorthCarolina at Chapel Hilldiscovered.

And the few sperm themice did produce hadsignificant defects, theysaid.

“Because this gene hasa very specific effect on thedevelopment of functionalsperm, it holds greatpotential as a target for newinfertility treatments,” YiZhang, a professor ofbiochemistry andbiophysics at theuniversity’s school of

medicine, said in astatement.

About one in six couplesin the United States hasdifficulty conceiving achild, according to theNational Institutes ofHealth. In 30 to 40 per centof these 2.6 million couples,the men are infertile.

Zhang’s study, whichappears in the journalNature, focused on the laststage of sperm cellformation known asspermiogenesis. During thisphase, DNA is crammedinto a tight ball at the headof the sperm, ensuring thatit can successfully penetratean egg.—MNA/Reuters

Drunk driving killsseven in Bangkok

BANGKOK, 19 Oct — Seven people were killedand five others severely injured when their pick-upcar slammed into a Bangkok road guardrail earlyThursday morning.

The accident tookplace in the early morningon the inboundKanchanapisek Road inBangkok’s Bang BonDistrict, local mediagroup The Nationreported on its website.

Witnesses told policethat the pick-up drivenby a Chairat Kingkaew,30, who was injured, triedto overtake a truck but itlost control and hit into

the guardrail beforehitting a tree on theroadside.

Police said four peopledied at the scene and threemore died at a hospital.The pick-up was carrying12 people and had left afuel station where theywere drinking.

A friend of Chairatsaid a total of 16 peoplewere drinking on the backof the pick-up in a fuelstation until they wereasked to leave. Four ofthem rode motorcyclesafter the pick-up andescaped the accident.

MNA/Xinhua

Visitors walk past Long March III carrier rocket at the Xichang SatelliteLaunch Center (XSLC) located in Southwest China’s Sichuan Province on 18Oct, 2007. The country’s first moon orbiter, Chang’e I, is set to be launched

on 24 October.—INTERNET

Yuri Kreshkov arranges some 3,000 bottles he hascollected over the past 20 years and displayed in histwo-room apartment in Kiev on 9 Oct, 2007.Kreshkov’s bottles once contained beer, wine andliquor from various parts of the world.—INTERNET

Vehicles move along a 3.46 km-long tunnel under the Dushuhu Lake inSuzhou, East Chin’s Jiangsu Province on 10 Oct, 2007. The tunnel is part ofthe 7.37 km-long Dushuhu bridge and tunnel project, which opened to trafficon Wednesday after more than one year of construction. The tunnel is longest

of its kind in China.—INTERNET

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Italy’s Marco Melandri of Honday Gresini powershis Honda of the qualifying practice session forSunday’s MotoGP Malaysian Motorcycle Grand Prixat Sepang International Circuit in Sepang, Malay-sia, on 20 Oct, 2007. Melandri is to start from third

in the grid in Sunday’s race. —INTERNET

Svetlana Kuznetsova of Russia re-turns the ball to Francesca Schiavone

of Italy during their quarter finalmatch at the Zurich Open tennis

tournament in Zurich, Switzerland,on 19 Oct, 2007. Kuznetsova retired at

3-6, 3-3. —INTERNET

Maradona bored withArgentina’s passing gameBUENOS AIRES, 20 Oct — Diego Maradona criticized

Argentina’s style of play on Friday, saying there weretoo many backward passes.

Argentina have adopted a patient passing gameunder coach Alfio Basile, centred on playmaker JuanRoman Riquelme, but Maradona said that too often theball went backwards.

Basile’s team have won their first two matches in the2010 World Cup qualifying competition, 2-0 at hometo Chile on Saturday and 2-0 in Venezuela on Tuesday,but the 100 per cent start was not enough for Maradona.

“The team has not left me satisfied,” he said in atelevision interview. “I’m tired and bored of watchingthem pass the ball backwards.”—MNA/Reuters

Drogba regrets saying he wanted to quit Chelsea

Ghana to face Guinea in AfricanNations Cup finals opener

ACCRA, 20 Oct — Hosts Ghana will play Guinea inthe opening match of the 2008 African Nations Cupfinals.

Ghana were placed in Group A in Accra withGuinea, Morocco and Namibia in Friday’s draw.

“We are delighted to get the opening game, it willmake for a compelling start,” Guinea coach RobertNouzaret told reporters.

“It will serve as a major motivation for my players.” Holders Egypt’s hopes of a record sixth title will be

tested by Cameroon, Sudan and Zambia in Group C. Nigeria and Ivory Coast were paired in Group B

along with Benin and Mali, meaning Berti Vogts(Nigeria) will be up against fellow German coach UliStielike (Ivory Coast).

Group B was due to be staged in Tamale in the northof Ghana but Confederation of African Football (CAF)general secretary Mustapha Fahmy said the venue wasbeing moved to Sekondi which is nearer the Ghana-Ivorian border.

CAF said they were able to change venues to attractmore fans.—MNA/Reuters

Nalbandian crushes Nadal asFederer advances

Duisburg sink Cottbuswith two free kicks

BERLIN, 20 Oct — MSV Duisburg claimed a valuable2-1 win at Energie Cottbus in a battle of two Bundesligastrugglers on Friday.

Bjoern Schlicke fired Duisburg into a seventh-minutelead with a low free kick from more than 30 metres thatsurprised keeper Tomislav Piplica.

Cottbus equalized in the 66th when Timo Rostturned in a rebound before Ivica Grlic restoredDuisburg’s lead with another direct free kick 16 min-utes from time.

Duisburg remained third from bottom with ninepoints from 10 games, three ahead of Nuremberg.Cottbus are bottom on four points.—MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 20 Oct —Chelsea striker DidierDrogba said he regrettedtelling France Footballmagazine this week thathe wanted to quit thePremier League team.

“On reflection, I regretmaking the commentsI made in a recentinterview,” the IvoryCoast international toldthe club’s Web site(www.chelseafc.com) onFriday.

“I am a Chelsea player

and will be 100 per centcommitted and supportiveto my manager, my teammates and the club. I willnot be discussing my fu-ture any further until I meetprivately with the club atthe end of the season.”

Drogba, who scored 33goals for the club last sea-son, caused a stir in hisinterview with FranceFootball.

“I want to leaveChelsea. Something isbroken with the club,” the

29-year-old striker toldthe magazine.

The west London clubwere quick to dismiss theidea of a possible transfer.

“Didier Drogba signeda new four-year contractlast year. As a top profes-sional we are sure Didieris committed to Chelsea

and intends to honour thatcontract,” the club said onits Web site (www.chelseafc.com) on Thurs-day. The Ivorian was oneof the players most affectedby Portuguese managerJose Mourinho’s shock de-parture last month.

MNA/Reuters

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MADRID, 20 Oct — UnseededArgentine David Nalbandianinflicted a shock 6-1 6-2defeat on world number twoRafael Nadal in the MadridMasters on Friday to earn asemi-final showdown withyoung Serb Novak Djokovic.

World number one RogerFederer shook off a determinedchallenge from Spanish wildcard Feliciano Lopez to advance7-6, 6-4.

Holder Federer next meetslast year’s losing finalistFernando Gonzalez of Chile orGerman Nicolas Kiefer.

An out-of-sorts Nadallooked to be suffering theafter-effects of Thursdaynight’s gruelling victory overAndy Murray as he surrend-ered his serve on five occasions,lost nine games in a row andmade a host of unforcederrors.

It was the Spaniard’s heaviestdefeat since he lost to JulienBenneteau in Lyon in October2004 when he also won onlythree games, and the second timein a row he has fallen in thequarters in Madrid.

MNA/Reuters

Premier League20 Oct , 2007

Aston Villa 1-4 Man Utd

Everton 1-2 Liverpool

Man City 1-0 Birmingham

Middlesbrough 0-2 Chelsea

Fulham 0-0 Derby

Blackburn 4-2 Reading

Wigan 0-2 PortsmouthInternet

Manchester United’s Carlos Tevez, left, isfouled by Aston Villa’s Scott Carson to win apenalty during their English Premier League

soccer match at Villa Park, Birmingham,England, on 20 Oct, 2007. —INTERNET

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Saturday, 20 October, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been widespread in Kachin State and upper SagaingDivision, fairly widespread in Shan State and lowerSagaing Division, isolated in Kayah State, MandalayMagway, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions andweather has been partly cloudy in the remaining areas.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Kalewa(1.85) inches, and Mogok (1.34) inches and Mawlaik(1.33) inches.

Maximum temperature on 19-10-2007 was 93ºF.Minimum temperature on 20-10-2007 was 72ºF. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 20-10-2007 was84%. Total sunshine hours on 19-10-2007 was (6.8)hours approx.

Rainfall on 20-10-2007 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,(Nil) at Kaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon. Totalrainfall since 1-1-2007 was (136.46) inches at Mingaladon,(140.75) inches at Kaba-Aye and (142.72) inches atCentral Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from West at (14:30) hours MST on19-10-2007.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and generally fair else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 21-10-2007: Rainor thundershowers will be scattered to fairly widespreadin Kachin, Mon, Kayin and Shan States, Taninthayi andupper Sagaing Divisions, isolated in Chin State, Manda-lay, Yangon Divisions and weather has been partlycloudy in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fairweather in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 21-10-2007: Possibility of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for21-10-2007: Possibility of isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 21-10-2007: Partly cloudy.

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