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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

NAY PYI TAW, 5 May — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan of the Ministry of Defence, accompanied byChairman of Ayeyawady Division PDC Commanderof South-West Command Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aungand officials, met with departmental officials at theDistrict PDC office in Maubin on 4 May morning.

Maubin Township PDC Chairman U Htay Winreported on facts about the township, 142,267 acrescultivation of monsoon paddy, 92,880 acres cultivationof summer paddy against the target of 119,676 acres,distribution of 200 baskets of physic nut seeds andscattering of 180 baskets of the seeds against the targetof 3,000 acres and arrangements for cultivation.

In response to the reports, Lt-Gen Khin Maung

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than on tour ofMaubin, Pyapon districts

Officials urged to actively participate in developmenttasks in cooperation with local people

Agriculture and livestock breeding is booming in MaubinTownship. With a view to meeting the requirement of rice for thegrowing population, paddy cultivation is annually extended,quality strains are provided and modern cultivation methods aredisseminated.

Than said it is learnt that agriculture and livestockbreeding is booming in Maubin Township. With aview to meeting the requirement of rice for the grow-ing population, paddy cultivation is annually ex-tended, quality strains are provided and modern cul-tivation methods are disseminated. It is necessary toengage in triple cropping in a year. It is also required

to extend the cultivation of gram, edible oil crops,Thit Hseint and pepper that are included in the 10major crops. The district and townships in AyeyawadyDivision are to try to meet the target cultivation of500,000 acres of physic nut for bio-diesel. He addedfor ensuring the rule of law and peace and stability ofthe state, economic growth and development of hu-

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man resources, the government is accelerating the 24special development regions project and the fiverural development tasks. As a result, fruits of devel-opment can be seen across the nation. In conclusion,he urged the officials to actively participate in devel-opment tasks in cooperation with the local people.

Next, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than met officersand other ranks and their family members at the localbattalion in Maubin Township. He spoke of the needfor the improvement of the family income, and theirwelfare tasks and active participation of the public inthe nation-building tasks. Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thanand party visited Maubin paper mill, inspected pro-duction process and gave necessary instructions toofficials. The mill will be able to produce 3000 MT ofpaper per year. He also visited Kyonsok river-waterpumping project in Kyonsok Village near KyaiklatRiver in Maubin Township. Officials reported ondata of the project, progress in construction of theriver-water pumping station. On completion, theproject will benefit 9000 acres of farmlands.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than andparty attended a ceremony to grow physic nutLt-Gen Khin Maung Than of Ministry of Defence nurtures physic nut seeds in

Kyaiklat Township.—MNA

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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 DesireMonday, 7 May, 2007

Tuberculosis is one of the diseases towhich the government has been giving priorityin Myanmar’s National Health Plan. Tubercu-losis is known as TB and tuberculosis bacteriacause the disease and it mainly affects the lungsof the human body. There are various kinds ofTB such as bone TB, joint TB, GI track TB andcerebral TB.

The National Anti-Tuberculosis Projectwas launched in 1966-67 in Myanmar. Begin-ning 1994, TB patients have been undergoingtreatment free of charge through the DirectlyObserved Treatment Short-course (DOTS) na-tionwide.

Some TB patients themselves do not knowthat they get disease. They sometimes do notreceive effective treatment fully. The numberof patients who are immune to this disease hasincreased. This is why tuberculosis remains amajor concern in almost every country.

TB patients are being treated with theuse of potent drugs provided under the Na-tional Anti-Tuberculosis Project. Moreover,anti-tuberculosis campaign is being launchedwidely with the technological assistance andcooperation of primary health staff and otherorganizations in every township.

If someone is suspicious about the dis-ease, go to the nearest health care centres andundergo treatment until the disease is eradi-cated.

Today, improved methods of prevention,diagnosis, and treatment have greatly reducedboth the number of people who get the diseaseand the number of people who die from it.

It is necessary for all people includinghealth staff and social organizations to activelyparticipate in anti-tuberculosis activities. Onlythen will each and everyone be free from TB.

Public cooperation in fightagainst TB

NAY PYI TAW, 6 May— Minister for Industry-1U Aung Thaung went on aninspection tour of VirginiaFactory of Myanma Food-stuff Industries in PakokkuTownship, Magway Divi-sion on 3 May.

After inspecting stor-age of tobacco leaves, theminister was conductedround the factory by Man-aging Director U ThaikTun and officials. Next, theminister fulfilled the re-quirements of the task.

Upon arrival at Dye-ing and Printing Factory(Pakokku) of MyanmaTextile Industries, the min-ister looked into printingworks and gave instruc-tions on booting produc-tion of the factory installedwith machine parts.

Next, the ministeroversaw production proc-ess at Textile Factory(Pakokku) and gave in-

Minister goes on inspection tour of foodstuff, textile industries

structions on measures tobe taken for manufactur-ing products to exceed thetarget and continuous runof the machines.

Afterwards, the min-ister met with officials con-cerned and urged them todischarge duties assignedfor realization of the tar-

get of the factory and raiseproductivity of the factoryand presented cash rewardsto outstanding staff.

The following day, theminister inspected produc-tion process of fine cloth atGarment Factory(Pakokku), Win Thuza Shop(Yesagyo) and Textile Fac-

tory (Salingyi). The minis-ter urged officials concernedto make efforts for raisingproductivity to exceed thetarget. Next, the minister pre-sented cash rewards to out-standing staff and certifi-cates of one-step promo-tion appointment to them.

MNA

YANGON, 5 May —Organized by the Ministryof Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement, a ceremony topresent certificates of hon-our and prizes was held atthe hall of Fire Services De-partment in MayangonTownship this morning, with

Certificates of honour, prizes presented to mark 61st Anniversary Fire Services Dayan address by Minister forSWRR Maj-Gen MaungMaung Swe.

Present on the oc-casion were Director-Gen-eral of FSD U Myint Tun,Director-General of Immi-gration and National Reg-istration Department U

Maung Maung Than andofficials, guests, donors andmembers of Fire Brigade.

First, the ministerpresented cash awards andcertificates of honour to out-standing service personnel.Next, he accepted K 4.703million donated by

wellwishers and handed cer-tificates of honour to them.

Afterwards, theminister gave certificates ofhonour to Factory ManagerU Khin Maung Nyunt ofScience Equipment Work-shop, U Kyaw Naing Oo ofEast West Marine Co Ltd,Assistant Lecturer Daw YiYi Thin of University ofCulture and staff of For-ever Group Co Ltd.

Director-GeneralU Myint Tun of FSD thenpresented certificates ofhonour to outstanding serv-ice personnel. Director(Headquarters) U Zaw Minhanded prizes for FSDsfrom states and divisionsand so did Director (LowerMyanmar) U Zaw Win.

Next, Director(Upper Myanmar) U MinSwe gave cash rewards tooutstanding members ofFire Brigade. After the cer-emony, Fire Brigade mem-bers demonstrated firefighting drill. — MNA

Daw Khin Sein of Aungban in Shan State(South) and Daw Yi Yi Myint of A-1 Family

donate K 100,000 to Hninzigon Home for theAged through Treasurer U Aung Than of the

Home recently. — HMinister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe presents prize to an outstanding

person.—MNA

Minister U Aung Thaung inspects Garment Factory (Pakokku) inPakokku Township.—MNA

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An Ariane-5 rocket whose launch was delayed fora day finally lifted off on Friday and successfully

carried out its mission to place two largebroadcasting satellites into orbit. — XINHUA

Paramilitary policeplay games to

celebrate Youth Dayin Ruian, east

China’s ZhejiangProvince on 4 May ,

2007. —INTERNET

Bomb blast in Thai capitalwounds one

Dengue kills 54 so farthis year in Philippines

BANGKOK, 6 May—Thailand: Security forcesthrew a protective cordonaround the Thai king’sresidence in BangkokSunday following a nearby

bomb explosion whichwounded one person, apolice officer said. Ameeting of police, militaryand city officials wasscheduled for later Sunday

to discuss the incident andmeasures to prevent furtherattacks, said national policespokesman Maj GenRonnarong Yangyuen.

The small explosivedevice went off Saturdaynight on a road oppositeChitralada Palace, slightlyinjuring a 22-year-old man.

Asked if there was anysignificance to the site of theexplosion, the spokesmansaid, “We still can’t drawany conclusions. The bombsite was near severalimportant places.”

These also included aformer office of the Thai RakThai party of deposed PrimeMinister Thaksin Shinawatrawhich now belongs to abusiness enterprise onceunder his control, accordingto the television channel iTV.

Internet

MANILA, 5 May — Thedengue epidemic haskilled 54 people in thePhilippines so far thisyear and is threateningseveral neighbourhoods ofMetro Manila as well assome provinces, said thePhilippine Department ofHealth (DOH) Thursday.

The DOH’s latestDengue SurveillanceReport said the barangays(neighbourhoods) withcluster of dengue cases,where more than one caseof dengue in one family

have been reported, arelocated in Malabon,Navotas and Quezon Cityof Metro Manila andBangui in Ilocos Norte,northern Philippines, andCabantian and Sasa inDavao City in the south.

The DOH also saidfrom January to Aril 21, atotal of 4,858 dengue cases

were admitted in differ-ent sentinel hospitalsnationwide. There were 54reported deaths.

This year’s figure is14.7 per cent lowercompared to the sameperiod last year of 5,696cases with 78 deaths, saidDOH.

MNA/Xinhua

Strong quake jolts western Tibet BEIJING, 6 May — An earthquake measuring 6.1 on

the Richter Scale jolted the border areas of Ali Rutogand gerze of Tibet Autonomous Region on Saturdayafternoon, China’s Seismological Monitorng Networkreported.

The epicentre, at 34.3 degrees North Latitude and81.9 degrees East Longitude, occured at 4:51 pmBeijing Time, it reported.

MNA/Xinhua

“Newsweek” poll shows Bush’s approvalrate falls to 28%

WASHINGTON, 6 May — President George W. Bush’s approval rating hasfallen to 28 per cent in a Newsweek Poll released on Saturday, an all-time lowfor Bush in that survey.

Nearly two out ofthree Americans — 62 percent — believe Bush’srecent actions in Iraq showhe is “stubborn andunwilling to admit hismistakes”, Newsweekreported. Just 30 per centthink Bush’s execution ofthe Iraq war demonstrateshe is “willing to takepolitical risks” to dowhat’s right.

Bush’s unpopularitymay also be casting a darkshadow over Republicanchances for keeping theWhite House in 2008.Democratic front-runnerslead potential Republicancontenders in head-to-head match-ups across theboard, the poll suggests.

Illinois SenatorBarack Obama fares bestagainst the leadRepublicans so far in therace. Obama bestedRepublican front-runnerand former New York

mayor Rudolph Giulianiby 50 per cent to 43 percent among registeredvoters who responded tothe poll.

Obama toppedArizona Senator JohnMcCain by 52 per cent to39 per cent and defeatedformer Massachusettsgovernor Mitt Romneyby 58 per cent to 29 per

cent, Newsweek reported. New York Senator

Hillary Rodham Clinton,the front-runner amongDemocratic voters, toppedGiuliani by 49 per cent to46 per cent, beat outMcCain 50 per cent to 44per cent and outdistancedRomney 57 per cent to 35per cent, the poll found.

MNA/Reuters

Seven US soldiers killedin Iraq

BAGHDAD, 6 May — Four US soldiers and anIraqi interpreter were killed and nine others woundedin insurgent attacks on Thursday, the US militarysaid on Saturday.

One soldier was killed and three more wereinjured when an improvised explosive devicedetonated near their patrol in western Baghdad, amilitary statement said.

Earlier military statements said that three USsoldiers were killed and eight others wounded in thesame day, bringing the death toll Thursday to sevenkilled and 17 wounded.

More than 2,360 US soldiers have been killed inIraq since the US-led invasion in 2003. In recentweeks, the US military and Iraq troops have staged acampaign in the capital with an aim of putting therampant violence there under control. — MNA/Xinhua

An undated handout of the Google homepage. Google Inc hasexpanded beyond a one-size-fits-all view of Web search to tie

together its efforts to offer personalized Web searches under theiGoogle brand, officials said recently.— INTERNET

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VOA accused of distorting factsBEIJING , 4 May — A spokesman for the Foreign Information Administration Centre of Xinhua today

repudiated the Voice of America, noting that a VOA report distorted facts with ill intentions.

US college student shootsroommate, kills self

A man in a Spider-mancostume abseils from the

top of a more than60-metre-high buildingduring a business pro-

motion event for outdoorExtreme Sports in

Weifang, in east China’sShandong Province on 5May, 2007. — INTERNET

Model Hsu Su-Jung wears a 100-metre-longwedding dress during a photo call to promote

wedding culture in the street of Shanghai, China,on 5 May, 2007. — INTERNET

Spain’s bullfighter Alexandro Escobar is hit by abull during his performance at Campo PequenoLisbon’s bullring on 4 May, 2007. — INTERNET

Boat collision killsboy in Peru jungle

The spokesmanreiterated that whilehandling the businessof releasing news andinformation in China,foreign news agencies willbe free from obstaclesso long as they abideby Chinese laws andregulations.

He said that in anarticle published on 1 May,VOA claimed thatthe “Measures for Admi-nistering the Release of

News and Information inChina by Foreign NewsAgencies” issued byXinhua News Agency on10 September, 2006“restrict the developmentof foreign media”,“let fertile water flowinto Xinhua NewsAgency” and “the ForeignInformation Adminis-tration Center of Xinhua isa commercial institution.”

He said, “VOA’sclaim does not conform to

facts at all.”He noted that the

Foreign InformationAdministration Centre ofXinhua is a managerialdepartment established byXinhua News Agency withthe authorization ofChina’s State Council andperforms governmentfunctions.

“The centre is not acommercial institution atall,” he said.

The spokesman said

that the purpose ofestablishing a designatedagent department is tostandardize the businessof releasing news andinformation by foreignnews agencies in Chinaand to provide services andguarantees for foreignnews agencies in releasingnews and information inChina, as well as to ren-der services to theirsubscribers in China.

”In the course ofproviding services, thisagent department neithershares any profit nor seeksany own interests,” he said.

He emphasized that nota single case canprove that Xinhua’sadministration has causedobstacles to news andinformation released byforeign news agencies inChina.—Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, 5 May— A Royal Malaysian AirForce (RMAF) Hawk 208plane crashed Friday soonafter take-off at theKuantan airbase, but thepilot escaped safe.

The aircraft, which isbased at the airbase in

Pahang State, was on aroutine flight training whenthe mishap happenedFriday morning, RMAFpublic relations officerZulkiflee Abdul Latiff saidin a statement. The pilot,who was ejected to safety,did not suffer serious

injuries, Zulkiflee wasquoted as saying by thenational news agencyBernama. There were noother reported injuries.

The RMAF will set upa board of inquiry toinvestigate the incident, headded. — MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON , 4 May— A student at the KeeneState College in thenortheastern US state ofNew Hampshire shot andinjured his roommatebefore killing himself onearly Friday morning, USmedia reported.

Local police said thestudent, Michael Dyke, 21,shot his roommate and thenkilled himself as police

were talking to himthrough his door. Theroommate, 20-year-oldJason Lillibridge, a nativeof Connecticut, calledpolice after he was shotand suffered a gunshotwound to the buttocks.

Dyke, a native of NewHampshire, was in hisbedroom with a rifle withthe door closed when policearrived. A single shot was

fired, and Dyke waspronounced dead at thescene, police said.

The apartment was lessthan half a kilometre fromthe college campus, andpolice were investigatingthe motive behind theshooting. Friday was thelast day of finals and twodays before the college’sgraduation ceremony. Thecollege, which has some5,200 students andspecializes in liberal arts,said finals and graduationwould be carried out asplanned. Founded in1909, Keen State Collegemainly focuses onundergraduate educationand is affiliated with theUniversity System of NewHampshire. ? — Xinhua

LIMA, 5 May— A 12-year-old boy was killedand 20 people injuredwhen a passenger boatcollided with a cargo boatin central Peru, thePeruvian state newsagency reported Friday.

The accident tookplace at about 20:00 localtime Thursday (0100GMT Friday) at port Grauin the jungle region ofPucallpa City, capital ofUcayali department, 840kilometres from Lima.

The 12-year-old dieden route to hospital due tothe seriousness of hisinjuries.

In January 2006, a

boat sunk in the UcayaliRiver near the border withBrazil, leaving two peopledead, 13 missing and 25others injured.

MNA/Xinhua

Tourists visit stone masks at Art Zone of No798 Factory in Dashanzi,northeast Beijing during the Golden Week on 2 May, 2007. — Xinhua

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A folklorico dance group from Agua Prieta,Sonora, Mexico dance on the Mexican side,between a border marker (L) and the borderwall (R) that separates the US and Mexico,

during the fourth “Fiesta Bi-Nacional”between Naco, Arizona and Naco, Sonora,Mexico near Naco, Arizona, on 14 April,2007 handout photo. Residents from bothsides of the border celebrated the fiestawith food, entertainment, dancing and

volleyball with the net set up on the borderbarrier.—INTERNET

The price-to-rent ratio for second-hand houses in some of China’s big citieshave gone over the international warning line, said the 2007 real estate blue

paper released by China Academy of Social Sciences (CASS). — XINHUA

China tops the world in buildingceramics, sanitaryware

Macao’s airport seesrise in flight movements MACAO, 5 May — The commercial flight movements

at the Macao International Airport (MIA) totalled11,862 in the first quarter, seeing a year-on-year rise of5 per cent, according to official statistics issued Friday.

Figures from the government-run Statistics andCensus Service showed that the Chinese Mainland andTaiwan were the major destinations of the commercialflights handled by the MIA in the quarter.

Total weight of outward cargo handled at the MIAfell by 18 per cent year-on-year to 16,652 tons in thefirst quarter, the figures showed.

The Chinese Mainland, Taiwan and Luxembourgwere the major destinations of the outward cargohandling, according to the statistics. — MNA/Xinhua

Russia backs language testfor foreign workers

Vietnam’s tea export upin first four months

BEIJING, 5 May — Chinahas become the world'slargest manufacturingbase of building ceramicsand sanitaryware aftertwenty years of fastgrowth, said Miao Bin,secretary general of ChinaBuilding Ceramics andSanitaryware Association.

Miao made the state-ment at a Press conferenceon 2007 Northeast ofChina International Cera-mics Exposition (NCICE)scheduled to kick offin Northeast China’sShenyang in July this year.

The secretary generalsaid China has producedmore than half of theworld's total buildingceramics and sanitary-

wares with advancedtechnologies.

Some of these productshave entered the Europeanand the US market, headded. In the meantime,he acknowledge thatChina lags behind itsforeign counterparts inresearch and developmentinnovation.

China’s NationalDevelopment and ReformCommission (NDRC) haspredicted profits of thebuilding materials industrywill keep rising this year.

Overseas investors arepositive about China’sbuilding materials indus-try and are stepping upmergers with andacquisitions of domestic

companies, commissionsources said.

The international tradeof building materials is alsobooming, with markets inMiddle East and Africa themost promising.

China’s acceleratingurbanization and con-struction in rural areasmeant a strong demand,the NDRC source said.

MNA/Xinhua

MOSCOW, 5 May —Russian immigrationchiefs on Friday proposedcompulsory languagetests for foreignerswanting to work inRussia, the latest in aseries of measures totighten up on immi-gration.

A huge influx ofmigrant workers, many ofthem Muslims from ex-Soviet republics, hascaused resentment insideRussia and many policy-

makers say it has con-tributed to a spate ofracially motivated attacks.

The Federal MigrationService said it supporteda draft law written by twopro-Kremlin members ofParliament that would seta language test for anyoneplanning to work inRussia for more than oneyear.

“We have an interestin this and support thelawmakers’ initiative,”

the service said in astatement. “It is obviousthat without knowledge ofthe Russian language it isimpossible to integrateinto Russian society.”

Several Western stateshave language require-ments in theirimmigration rules. But inmost cases it is onlypeople seeking permanent

residency, or skilledworkers, who need to sita language test.

Alexander Krutov, alawmaker with the pro-Kremlin Just Russia partyand one of the two authorsof the draft law, said theonly exception would befor foreigners working inRussia for foreign firms.

MNA/Reuters

HANOI, 5 May —Vietnam shipped abroad27,000 tons of tea totalling26 million US dollars inthe first four months ofthis year, seeing respectiveyear-on-year increases of6.7 per cent and 4.1 percent, according tothe country’s GeneralStatistics OfficeThursday.

The country has

planned to export 140,000tons of tea worth 190million dollars in 2010.Therefore, Vietnam urgedits tea enterprises toexpand export markets,intensify trade promotion,raise tea’s quality andbuild their productstrademarks.

Vietnam shipped thelocal product, mainlyblack, green and jasminetea, to its big exportmarkets, including Paki-stan, China’s Mainlandand Taiwan, Russia, India,Indonesia, Iraq, Germany,Poland and the UnitedStates, according to theTrade Information Centreunder the VietnameseTrade Ministry.

Last year, Vietnamexported 105,000 tons oftea, including some65,300 tons of black tea,over 27,000 tons of greentea and nearly 3,800jasmine tea, totalling 111million dollars, said thecentre.

MNA/Xinhua

Teen idol Corbin Bleu reacts as he unveils thepersonalized web page he created on the

Disney.com site at the World of Disney store inNew York, on 1 May , 2007. — Internet

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Master distiller for Maker’s Mark, carries water to be boiled as he and othermaster distillers gather on the archaeology site of George Washington’s

distillery, in this 21 Oct., 2003, file photo, in Mount Vernon, Va.Washington’s Mount Vernon estate opened a $2.1 million reconstruction of

Washington’s original distillery on the exact site where it was located in1799. —INTERNET

Chinese mobile users top 480min first quarter

BEIJING, 5 May — Thenumber of Chinese mobileusers exceeded 480million by the end ofMarch, with 6.5 millionnew subscribers addedevery month in the firstquarter, figures with theMinistry of InformationIndustry (MII) show.

The number of newsubscribers averagedfive million a month lastyear.

Mobile phone use wasexpanding rapidly in ruralareas and some people hadmore than one phonenumber, according to theMII report.

The MII figures alsoshowed the Chinese sent135.8 billion text messagesin the first quarter, up 37.4per cent over the sameperiod of last year.

Meanwhile, thenumber of fixed-lineusers topped 370 millionby the end of March,with 1.06 million newsubscribers added permonth in the first quarter.

More fixed-line userswould choose to use cellphones as the cost ofhandsets and user chargescontinued to fall, accordingto the report.

The number of cell

phone users reached 460million at the end of lastyear, 67.7 million morethan the end of 2005. Onaverage, every 100Chinese people had 35.3cell phones and 28.1 fixed-line phones.

China imported itsfirst mobile phonet e l e c o m m u n i c a t i o nfacilities in 1987 and ittook a decade for thenumber of subscribers toreach 10 million. Fouryears later, the country hadthe largest number ofmobile phone subscribersin the world.

MNA/Xinhua

Series of earthquakeshit Indonesia

Tornado flattens town in Kansas

JAKARTA, 5 May — Aseries of earthquakesrocked western andeastern parts of Indonesiaon Friday, no report ofcasualty or damages, thecountry’s Meteorologyand Geophysics Agencysaid here.

A quake withmagnitude of 5.5 struck atBali Island at 10:37 JakartaTime (0337 GMT) withepicentre at 831kilometres southwest ofNusa Dua of the islandand 159 kilometres undersea bed, an official of theagency told Xinhua.

About three hours later,a quake with magnitudeof 4.7 jolted AcehProvince, with epicentreat 50 kilometres ofMeulaboh Town and 66kilometres under land, hesaid. Thirty minutes later,a quake with magnitude

of 4.9 rocked CentralKalimantan Province,with epicentre at 382kilometres north ofPalangkaraya, the capitalof the province and 245kilometres under sea bed,said the official.

About five hoursearlier, another quakemeasuring 4.8 RicherScale struck NorthSumatra Province withepicentre at 52kilometres northwest ofGunung Sitoli of NiasIsland and 33 kilometresunder sea bed, theofficial said.

Indonesia is located ona vulnerable quake-hitzone that calls “thePacific Ring of Fire”where continental platesmeet causing frequentseismic and volcanicactivity.

MNA/Xinhua

Almost the entire town of Greensburg was wiped out by the tornado.INTERNET

UN chief appeals for release ofBritish journalist

UNITED NATIONS, 5May — UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moonappealed on Thursday forthe release of thekidnapped Britishjournalist.

In a message forWorld Press Freedom

Day, Ban said he has beenfollowing with dismay theabduction of BBCjournalist Alan Johnstonmost recently.

“Johnston’s coverageof issues relating to theMiddle East and theIsraeli-Palestinian conflict

has rightly earnedworldwide respect,” henoted, stressing that “nocause is served, and anycause is undermined, byhis continued captivity”.

The Secretary-Generalthus appealed for AlanJohnston’s “immediate

and safe release”.Some uni-dentified

kidnappers abductedJohnston on March 12 ashe was driving home inGaza City. Johnston, 44,was the only Westernjournalist based full timein the Gaza Strip whereabout 17 foreigners werekidnapped in the 2006.

MNA/Xinhua

An Afghan man leads camels along a road nearthe town of Bagram

on 5 May , 2007. — INTERNET

LONDON, 6 May — Amassive tornado killedat least nine people andflattened much a smalltown in Kansas onFriday, officials say.

More than 60 peoplewere injured when thetornado — said to be upto a mile wide — hit thetown of Greensburg.

More than 95% of the1,500-population townwas destroyed, includingthe hospital and schoolsas well as homes, localofficials said.

A new wave oftornadoes hit southwestKansas on Saturdayevening, affecting at leastsix counties.

The National WeatherService forecast thedevelopment of strongtornadoes in centralKansas and Nebraskaduring Saturday night.

Earlier, a tornado incentral Nebraskadamaged buildings andpower lines, officialssaid.—Internet

Robbertaking

hostages atHungary

bank killed BUDAPEST, 5 May — A

Hungarian bank robberwas killed and severalpeople injured whenpolice stormed a Budapestbank where he had heldseveral employees andcustomers hostage, policesaid on Friday.

The man was trying torob a Budapest branch ofOTP Bank but officersarrived on the scene beforehe managed to get away,police said.

Police spokeswomanEmese Horvaczy saiddeclined to say whetherpolice had shot the robber.

Two hostages wereinjured, one seriously, inthe melee, she said.

MNA/Reuters

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From Mee Nin Creek to Point 877 HillU Soe (Pyay)

Bago Mountain

Range located in the

central part of Myanmar

stretches from south to

north, so it is a natural

barrier to the transport

between eastern part and

western part of

Myanmar. It divides

Bago Division into two

parts—eastern Bago

Division and western

Bago Division.

The Head of

State gave guidance on

construction of a large

number of roads and

bridges across the nation.

There have emerged

many bridges that were

just dreams in the past.

Five tasks were laid

down for rural

development.

Now, the

also taking responsibilities

for the Arid Zone Water

Supply Project that covers

Sagaing, Mandalay and

Magway divisions, rural

housing project that covers

Sagaing, Mandalay,

Magway, Bago (East),

Bago (West), Yangon and

Ayeyawady divisions,

District-to-District Road

No (1) that passes

Mandalay, Magway, Bago

(West), and Yangon,


No (2) that passes Mandalay

and Bago (East) divisions

and Mon State.

The 400-mile


No (1) rises in

Nyaunghnapin, Yangon,

and goes as far as TadaU in

Mandalay passing through

Bago (West) and Magway

2003 and 2006-2007, 126

miles and three furlongs of

gravel roads, 42 wooden

bridges and 151 culverts

were built along the 131

miles and three furlong

section of District-to-

District Road No (1) in Bago

Division (West).

When the

construction of 56 wooden

bridges, 26 conduits and

92 culverts are completed

in 2007-2008, there will

emerge an all-weather road

in the region. The feasibility

study of 130 miles and one

furlong road section, and

the construction of 125

miles and four furlongs

one-way road section, the

125 miles and four furlongs

earth road section and 126

miles and three furlongs

gravel road section have

Development Affairs

Department of the

Ministry for Progress of

Border Areas and National

Races and Development

Affairs is implementing

two of the five rural

development tasks — to

ensure smooth transport

and to supply clean water

— in states and divisions.

The ministry is

divisions.

The Mee Nin

Creek at the border between

Taikkyi and Thayawady

townships is 131 miles and

three furlongs from Point

877 Hill (from Paukkhaung

Township to border of

Aunglan Township) and the

section is in Bago Division

(West).

Between 2002-

been completed since 2006.

Up to 2006, 151 of 243

culverts and 42 of 99

wooden bridges had been

completed. And 26

conduits are due to be

completed in 2007-2008

fiscal year.

In the past, local

people of the villages at the

foot of the mountain range

in the towns of Bago

Division (West) had only

access to the towns in the

west to their regions. And

on foot was the only means

to reach southern and

northern regions. So, the

region lagged behind in

development especially in

the health, education and

economic sectors.

Now people can

travel by car or by

motorcycle from the

southern part to the northern

part in the division. Along

the route, there are many

creeks and drains, so bridges

were built on the creeks, and

culverts, on the drains, as

necessary. To complete the

project, six wooden bridges

100 feet and above long and

One hundred and seventy-five feet long Bawbin Creek Bridge linkingZigon and Gyobingauk Townships.

District-to-District Road No (1) in Bago Division (West) is in parallel withYangon-Pyay Highway, about 10 miles from it. It has become a

reliable transport facility for the villages at the foot of Bago Yomamountain range.

36 under 100-foot bridges

had to be built.

The District-to-

District Road No (1) is in

Bago Division (West) in

parallel with Yangon-Pyay

Highway, about 10 miles

from it. And it has now

become a reliable transport

facility for the villages at

the foot of Bago Yoma

mountain range.

Head of State

Senior General Than Shwe

gave guidance, saying that

village roads were to be

upgraded to ensure smooth

transport of rural products to

the townships concerned;

that only when there were

fine rural roads, would there

be smooth transport and rural

people would be able to

enjoy economic growth

with high education and

health standards; and so

emphasis was to be placed

on the projects to be

implemented stage by stage

for rural development.

Conceived by the

goodwill of the Head of

State for rural

development, District-to-

District Road No (1)

stretching from Mee Nin

Creek to Point 877 Hill is

contributing towards

smooth transport of the

region.

(Translation: MS)

Myanma Alin:

4-5-2007

*****

The Mee Nin Creek at the border between Taikkyiand Thayawady townships is 131 miles and threefurlongs from Point 877 Hill (from PaukkhaungTownship to border of Aunglan Township) and thesection is in Bago Division (West).

Between 2002-2003 and 2006-2007, 126 miles andthree furlongs of gravel roads, 42 wooden bridges and151 culverts were built along the 131 miles and threefurlong section of District-to-District Road No (1) inBago Division (West).

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(from page 1)saplings held in Kyaiklat township. First, Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than and Commander Maj-Gen Thura MyintAung presented physic nut saplings to the township gov-ernment departments and social organizations. Next, theyencouraged those present growing the physic nut plants. Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than and party attended the opening ofLanmadaw tarred road and U Sanda tarred road in Kyaiklattownship. The roads link Kyaiklat and Pyapon. Then theyviewed the development of Kyaiklat. They also attendedthe opening of Chaungdwin tarred road in Ward-1 inPyapon, and cordially greeted local people.

Later, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than and party metwith service personnel at the Pyapon District PDC office.The council chairman reported on growing of crops andtasks being carried out for economic, education, healthand social sectors. Pyapon District PDC Chairman UMyo Chit reported on data of the district, cultivation of832,184 acres of monsoon paddy and 355,463 acres ofsummer paddy, 408.77 of rice sufficiency in 2006-2007growing of 682 acres of physic nut and future work. Then,Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than stressed the need for cultiva-tion of sunflower, extended cultivation of physic nut andefforts for the success of the projects. Next, he cordiallygreeted those present.—MNA

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than…

NAY PYI TAW, 6 May—Minister for Agriculture andIrrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo visited the project site forconstruction of Donthami river water pumping station nearZaymathwe Village in Thaton Township on 30 April.

The project is being undertaken by the WaterResources Utilization Department.

At the briefing hall, Acting Managing DirectorU Hla Myint of the department briefed the minister onconstruction tasks.

Minister visits Donthami river water pumping project site

Next, Assistant Director U Aung Win Hlaing of thedepartment reported to the minister on water supply tasks.

After hearing the reports, the minister visitedthe site of main river water pumping station andZaymathwe confluence.— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 5 May— Mr JimmyChang, Managing Director of NtegratorPte Ltd of Singapore, called on Minister forElectric Power No 2 Maj-Gen Khin MaungMyint at his office here today.

Also present at the call were

Minister receives Singaporean guests

NAY PYI TAW, 6May— Chairman ofCivil Service Selectionand Training Board DrThan Nyun andmembers visited nineexamination centres atBEHSs and BEMSshere today wherecandidates were doingthe written test.

CSSTB invitedcandidates for vacantseats of ass is tantmanager of MyanmaTelecommunicat ionsunder the Ministry ofCommunications, Postsand Telegraphs topar t ic ipate in thequalification test.

A total of 2, 282

CSSTB Chairman inspectsexamination centres

Matters coordinated to produce locomotives,machine parts locallyYANGON, 5 May—

Vice-Chairman ofYangonCity Develop-ment Committee Vice-Mayor Col Maung Patogether withdepartmental officialsinspected tax-free marketsinShwepyitha, Hline-thaya, Kamayut, Tamwayand Yankin Townshipstoday.

Next, the vice-mayormet with officials at theoffice of Myanmar Riceand Paddy DealersAssociation and fulfilledthe requirements.— MNA

Vice-Mayorinspectstax-freemarkets

Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa overseesHanthawady tax-free market in Kamayut

Township. — YCDC

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspects Donthami river water pumping project in Thaton.—MNA

Chairman of CSSTB Dr Than Nyun checkscandidates doing written test for

vacant posts. — MNA

Deputy Minister looks into major repair of locomotives and productionof machine parts in Insein Locomotive Shed.—RAIL TRANSPORTATION

Director-General Dr Thein Tun of ElectricPower Department, Managing DirectorU Tin Aung of Electric Power SupplyEnterprise, Chief Engineer U Aye Thawof Myanma Electric Power Enterpriseand officials concerned.—MNA

YANGON, 6 May—Deputy Minister for RailTransportation Thura U

Thaung Lwin met withtechnicians andproprietors at InseinLocomotive Shed inInsein Township on 4May. He stressed the needfor boosting productionof machines and theirparts to meet the setstandards. Next, hepraised the localtechnicians andentrepreneurs for theirefforts to producelocomotives and spareparts. Then he called formore efforts for boostingproduction andproduction of qualitymachines.

The general manager

of the shed reported onassembling of newlocomotives and machineparts and assistance to beprovided by the shed.Retired AssociateProfessor U Nyunt Htay(Metalogy Department) ofYangon TechnologicalUniversity, technician UMyint Zaw of Trust andDevelopment and othertechnicians andentrepreneurs took part inthe discussions. Later, thedeputy minister and thetechnicians andentrepreneurs viewed themachines and machineparts.

MNA

candidates sat for theexams.—MNA

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(from page 16)The commander and the minister viewed dem-

onstration of the small tractors. They looked intofunctions of the Foundry Shop, Shake Out Section andPit Mold Section.

At Chindwin Yadana Hall, the commander andthe minister met industrialists. Factory Manager UMaung Maung of Thiha Tun Co Ltd explained produc-tion, innovative measures and investment of the com-pany. The minister urged those present to strive fordevelopment of the industrial zone and manufactureimport-substitute machines and machine parts.

The minister proceeded to Textile Factory(Sagaing) in Ywathitgyi of Sagaing and inspectedproduction process of the factory.

After inspecting 735 items of spare parts manu-factured at the factory, the minister gave instructionsand presented cash rewards to the outstanding em-ployees.

At the briefing hall, the minister heard reports onarrangements for meeting the production target of thefactory in 2007-08, strength of service personnel andgrowing of long staple cotton. Managing Director UOo Thein Maung of Myanma Textile Industries gavea supplementary report.

Later, the minister instructed officials to makeefforts for operating of the factory and meeting thetarget. — MNA

Commander, Minister inspectproduction…

Supervisory Office ofConfluence Region

Hydropower Project openedNAY PYI TAW, 5 May — Chairman of Kachin

State Peace and Development Council Commander ofNorthern Command Maj-Gen Ohn Myint, Minister forCommunications, Posts and Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw, Minister for Electric Power No 1 Col ZawMin, Minister for Electric Power No 2 Maj-Gen KhinMaung Myint and Deputy Minister for Electric PowerNo 1 U Myo Myint attended the opening ceremony ofSupervisory Project Office (Myitkyina) for Maykhaand Malikha Valley and Confluence RegionHydropower Projects and Chibwe Creek HydropowerProject, at Sitapu Ward of Myitkyina on 1 May.

The commander gave an opening address, andVice-President Mr Shi Chengliang of China PowerInvestment Corporation and Project Manager Mr NiuXinqiang of CISPDR gave speeches.

Next, the commander and Vice-President MrShi Chengliang formally opened the signboard of theproject office.

Afterwards, Commander Maj-Gen Ohn Myint,Minister Col Zaw Min, Vice-President Mr ShiChengliang, Managing Director U Tun Myint Naingof Asia World Co and an official of CPI SouthernBranch cut the ribbon to open the project office.

The commander, ministers and party proceededto Tarpein (1) hydropower project, 33 miles fromBhamo, near Kalon Village.

Vice General Manager Mr Xiong Heng Xi ofCentral China Power Grid (CCPG) explained mattersrelated to the project. Deputy Minister U Myo Myintgave a supplementary report. Minister Col Zaw Minpresented the fruit basket to the Chinese technicians.

On completion, the power plant of Tarpein (1)Hydropower Project will generate 240 megawatts andproduce 1,081 million kwh yearly. — MNA

Artificial Turf Hockey Pitch opened

YANGON, 6 May — A ceremony to open theartificial turf hockey pitch was held at the pitch inMingala Taungnyunt Township this afternoon.

Vice-President of Myanmar Hockey FederationU Kyaw Naing extended greetings and explainedmatters on the artificial turf hockey pitch.

Chairman of Myanmar Olympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint,President of Myanmar Hockey Federation Brig-GenMyint Soe, Director-General U Thaung Htaik of Sportsand Physical Education Department and BangladeshiAmbassador to Myanmar Mr MohammedKhairuzzaman formally opened the pitch.

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and

Development Council Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win unveiled thesignboard of the pitch.

After the opening ceremony, two tentativelyselected hockey teams demonstrated as friendly match.The commander presented prize to these teams.

The pitch including training ground, 120 metreslong and 60 metres wide, was constructed under thefriendly relationship programme between the Union ofMyanmar and the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.

Also present on the occasion were Vice-Chairman of MOC Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment Committee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung TheinLin and officials. — MNA

Certificates presented toparticipating organizations

NAY PYI TAW, 6 May— Under the ASEANmedals programme 2007,a ceremony to presentcertificates to factories,buildings and projects thatare selected tentatively totake part in the best energy

management contest,energy efficient buildingscontest and renewableenergy project contest washeld at the meeting hall ofthe Ministry of Energy,here, yesterday.

It was attended by

Deputy Minister forEnergy Brig-Gen ThanHtay, Directors-Generaland Managing Directorsof the ministry, membersof contest scrutinizingnational committee,personnel of MyanmarEngineering Association,responsible persons of therespective organizationsand guests.

The deputy ministerfor energy delivered aspeech on the occasion.

Next, Joint-Secretaryof the national committeeU Win Khine gave accountson the contests andDirector-General U SoeMyint of Energy PlanningDepartment reported onarrangements to take partin the competition.

Later, the deputyminister presentedcertificates of honour to

YANGON, 6 May —CEC member of UnionSolidarity andDevelopment AssociationMinister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint togetherwith the secretary of BagoDivision USDA met withdepartmental officials,members of USDA andsocial organizations atThanatpin TownshipUSDA office yesterdaymorning and discussedregional development tasks.

The CEC memberurged them to increase theefforts in carrying outpublic welfare.

USDA members urged to increase efforts for regional development tasksNext, the CEC

member acceptedmembership applicationsof five village-tracts andpresented cash assistancefor Thanatpin Township

USDA to the secretary.The CEC member

also met with thesecretary, executives andmembers of USDA andorganizers at Hlegu

Township USDA office.After hearing reports

on rural developmenttasks, the CEC membergave necessaryinstructions. — MNA

officials of the respectiveorganizations. On behalfof the organizations,General Manager U Tin

Maung Aye of FamePharmaceutical Factoryspoke words of thanks.

MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win formally opens the signboard of artificial turfhockey pitch.—MNA

Deputy Minister for Energy Brig-Gen Than Htay addresses certificatepresentation for organizations to participate in the best energy

management contest.—ENERGY

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NAY PYI TAW, 6 May — Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin yesterday met officers and otherranks from the projects at the hall of Thagara IndustrialRegion of Ministry of Industry-2 in Yedashe Township.

The minister instructed them to implement theprojects on time, form technician group for installationof the machine parts and supply power and water forthe factories.

Industry-2 Minister inspects progress ofThagara Industrial Region

Director U Aung Min of Directorate ofMyanma Industrial Planning reported on progress ofthe projects and requirements of the tasks.

After giving necessary instructions, the ministerinspected construction of the buildings for Bulldozerand Excavator Factory, storage of machinery at thewarehouse and construction of Water Treatment Plant.

MNA

YANGON, 6 May — The Foreign LanguagesPress of the Information Department of the StateCouncil of the People’s Republic of China in January2007 printed and published a Chinese and Englishbilingual book entitled “Odes to Sino-MyanmarFriendship” written by Poet Dr Htilar Sithu.

The Odes to Sino-Myanmar Friendship bookincludes 19 poems. Tae Zar Hline translated the poemsfrom Myanmar to English. Professor U Nyan ofBeijing University also translated the works fromMyanmar to Chinese. —MNA

Odes to Sino-MyanmarFriendship in circulation

in China

NAY PYI TAW, 6 May — Minister for ElectricPower No 1 Col Zaw Min together with Director-General U Aung Koe Shwe of HydropowerImplementation Department and officials went on aninspection tour of Khabaung hydropower project sitein Ottwin yesterday.

At the briefing hall, the minister held a meetingwith engineers in-charge and Chinese experts. Next,Assistant Director U Aung Zaw Min briefed the ministeron already-built water intake structure, sluice gate andintake channel and progress in building the powerstation. Afterwards, Director U Maw Tha Htwe gave asupplementary report.

Eighty-four per cent of Khabaung project hasbeen covered so far. If completed, Khabaunghydropower project will generate an average of 120million kilowatt/hours every year.

Officials urged to carry out Khabaung, Pathihydropower projects in earnest

Upon arrival at Pathi hydropower project site,10 miles north-east of Toungoo, the minister and partymet with officials of the project. Next, DeputySuperintending Engineer U Thein Zaw reported to theminister on progress in building the factory and thepower station with the help of charts.

More than Thirty-six per cent of Pathihydropower project has been covered so far. Uponcompletion, it will produce an average of 8 millionkilowatt/hours every year.

During his inspection tour, the minister gaveinstructions on timely completion of the project tasks,care for standards and norms, minimizing waste andloss, systematic controlling of machinery, tasks to becarried out in earnest, occupational safety and fulfilledthe requirements of the project.

MNA

Odes to

Sino-

Myanmar

Friendship

written by

Poet Dr

Htilar

Sithu.

MNA

Mr Sarkozy haspromised to reform

France.

Sarkozy takes French presidency

Mr Sarkozy isestimated to have won53% of the vote,compared to 47% forsocialist SegoleneRoyal.

The turnout was thehighest in decades at85.5%.

Mr Sarkozy, 52, theson of a Hungarianimmigrant, takes overfrom the 74-year-oldJacques Chirac, who hasbeen in power for 12years.

Ms Royal is the firstwoman ever to havemade it to the secondround of a Frenchpresidential election.

Olympic champion andworld record holder LiuXiang from Chinaposes during theawarding ceremony ofthe men’s 110m hurdlesevent at the IAAFJapan Grand Prix inOsaka, Japan, on 5May, 2007. Liu claimedthe title with a time of13.14 seconds and it isthe fourth time Liu wonthe event.—XINHUA

PARIS, 6 May —Conservative Nicolas Sarkozy has won the Frenchpresidential election, according to projections made from partialresults.

Conceding defeat, shethanked 17m Frenchpeople for their votes,saying she could measuretheir sadness and their pain.

“I gave it all myefforts, and will continue,”she told supporters.“Something has risen up

that will not stop.”Thousands of Mr

Sarkozy’s supportersburst into applause andwild cheering at theconcert hall where he isexpected to make aspeech.

He drove throughParis in a limousinewaving to the crowds, ashe made his way to thehall.

Mr Sarkozy haspromised to try to reformFrance to face thechallenges of the 21stcentury, with putting thenation back to work atthe top of his agenda.

Internet

Search continues for missing British girl in PortugalLISBON, 6 May — Police in Portugal continued a search on Saturday

for a three-year-old British girl believed to have been kidnapped from her bedin a Portuguese beach resort while her parents dined nearby.

Madeleine McCann’sparents, who were onholiday in the Algarve withfriends, made an emotionalappeal late on Friday fortheir daughter to be let go.

“Words cannotdescribe the anguish anddespair that we arefeeling,” Gerry McCannsaid in a televisedstatement from theAlgarve resort, flanked byhis wife Kate.

“Please, if you haveMadeleine, let her comehome to her mummy,daddy, brother and sister.”

A police source saidtheir inquiries wereleading increasingly tothe possibility that she hadbeen kidnapped.

The McCanns had puther to bed and were dining50 metres (yards) awaywith friends when she

vanished on Thursdaynight from the apartmentwhere they were staying.

She was with her twinbrother and sister, whowere asleep when theparents returned and foundher missing.

MNA/Reuters

Bomb attack kills 5 Iraqi policemen in BaghdadBAGHDAD, 6 May —

Five policemen were killedand two others woundedin a roadside bomb attackin southern Baghdad onFriday, a well-informedpolice source said.

“A roadside bomb

went off near a police patrolwhile passing in the Hai al-Amil neighbourhood,killing five policemen andwounding two others,” thesource told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity,adding that at least two

police vehicles weredamaged in the attack.

Insurgents frequentlyattack Iraqi security forces,accusing them ofcollaboration with the USoccupation.

MNA/Xinhua

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Manchester United’s Cristiano Ronaldo, left,celebrates after scoring from the penalty spotagainst Manchester City during their EnglishPremier League soccer match at The City of

Manchester Stadium, Manchester, England, onSaturday 5 May, 2007. — INTERNET

The Boeing 737-800aircraft, which wascarrying 114 people frommore than 20 countries,went missing on Saturdayafter leaving DoualaAirport bound for Nairobiin torrential rain. It wasreported to have comedown in thick jungle.

Military helicoptersbacked up by villagers onmotorbikes had searcheda swathe of the forest-covered terrain southwestof the capital Yaounde onSaturday.

But they failed tolocate the plane, whichinitially set off from IvoryCoast, before darknessfell.

“The crisis committee... has decided to set upseveral teams made up ofvillagers to continue thesearch throughout thenight,” Placide Ndobo, a

Kenya plane crashes, rescuerscomb jungle for wreckage

YAOUNDE, 6 May — Teams of rescuers andvillagers combed thick tropical forest in southernCameroon on Sunday for the wreckage of a KenyaAirways passenger plane which crashedafter takeoffin the central African country, officials said.

local government officialin the southern region, toldReuters.

Kenyan PresidentMwai Kibaki said he hadsent a high-levelgovernment team led byTransport Minister ChirauAli Mwakwere to help theCameroonian authoritiesfind out what hadhappened to the plane.

“I wish to assure allthat we have put in motiona mechanism to helpestablish the status of theKenya Airways plane,”Kibaki said in a statement.

Kenya AirwaysGroup Managing DirectorTitus Naikuni said onSaturday the authorities inCameroon had picked upan automaticallygenerated distress signalfrom the area where theplane went missing.

MNA/Reuters/Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 6 May — Asuicide bomber on Sundayblew himself up at a policerecruitment centre near atown west of Baghdad,killing at least nine policerecruits and wounding 13others, police said.

“A suicide bomberwearing an explosive-beltblew himself up amongpolice recruits queuing atthe recruitment centre inHaswa area near AbuGhraib Town, 20kilometres west ofBaghdad,” the source toldXinhua on condition of

Suicide bomber kills 9 policerecruits in west of Baghdad

anonymity.The attack killed at

least nine police recruitsand wounded 13 others,the source added. Earlierin the day, another suicidebomber drove anexplosive-laden car into apolice station in YarmoukDistrict and blew it up,killing at least a policemanand wounding five others,the police said.

Insurgents attack Iraqisecurity forces accusingthem of collaboration withthe US occupation.

MNA/Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 6 May— “Spiderman 3” madethe biggest opening daydebut ever in the historyof film on Friday, grossingabout 104 million dollarsworldwide.

In North America, themovie brought in 59million dollars. Thesefigures shattered domesticand worldwide box office

“Spiderman 3” breaks box office recordsrecords, according toestimates releasedSaturday.

Based on the firstday’s performance, SonyStudios is predicting thefilm will deliversomewhere between 135million to 145 milliondollars in North Americaby the end of its first threedays of release, according

to box officer Media ByNumbers.

“Fifty nine milliondollars would’ve been agreat opening weekend,let alone a single day,”said Sony StudiosPresident PaulDergarabedian.

“This is great for thefilm industry consideringwhere we were in thesummer of ’05. We werein the worst slump in boxoffice history,” he said.

“This shows that thetheatrical movie-goingexperience is here tostay.”

D e r g a r a b e d i a nattributes the film’ssuccess to the last twoSpiderman, which hecalled “solid” films; a“terrific marketingcampaign”; and showingson about 11,000 screens— the most screens forany movie in history.

MNA/Xinhua

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Vietnam’s fertilizer import upin first four months

India rejects calls to compromisein WTO farm talks

Hotel fire kills one, injures11 in Philippines

Air New Zealand planemakes emergency landing WELLINGTON, 5 May —

An Air New Zealand planewith more than 120people on board madean emergency landingThursday after smokeentered the cockpit, theairline reported Friday.

The Boeing 737, whichtook off from thecapital Wellington beforeheading to Auckland,landed safely on itssecond attempt at OhakeaAir Force Base, about 170kilometres north of thecapital.

On the first attempt, thepilots were unsurewhether the landing gearhad lowered successfully,Cabinet Minister DavidCunliffe said, who wastravelling on the plane

along with at least anothernine legislators.

Airline engineers areinvestigating the cause ofthe smoke.

MNA/Xinhua

HANOI, 5 May —Vietnam imported over1.2 million tons offertilizers worth 268million US dollars in thefirst four months of thisyear, seeing respectiveyear-on-year rises of 48.6per cent and 45.7 per cent.

Between January andApril, Vietnam spent 59million dollars importing229,000 tons of urea,mainly from China,

Indonesia, Russia and theMiddle East, up 24.1 percent and 32.9 per centrespectively, according tothe Vietnamese GeneralStatistics Office onThursday.

Vietnam’s totaldemand for fertilizers in2007 is estimated at nearly7.9 million tons, including1.8 million tons of urea,and domestic supplies arelikely to stand at 4.7

million tons, accordingto the country's TradeMinistry.

Vietnam imported overthree million tons offertilizers, including708,000 tons of urea,totalling 673 milliondollars in 2006, up 5.9 percent and 5.1 per centrespectively, comparedwith the same period of2005.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 5 May — Indiadug in its heels on Fridayover agricultural issues introubled World TradeOrganization (WTO) talksand rejected a call to bemore flexible on imports.

Commerce and Indus-try Minister Kamal Nathsaid proposals put for-ward by the chairman ofWTO farm negotiations,New Zealand’s Ambas-sador Crawford Falconer,were unbalanced anddisappointing.

In suggestions forbreaking a deadlock infarm talks, a key part of theWTO’s Doha Roundaimed at reducing tradebarriers across the board,Falconer said developingcountries would have tosoften demands to shieldup to 20 per cent of theiragricultural market fromcompetition.

“I must express

disappointment,” Nath tolda news conference. “The(Falconer) paper suffersfrom serious imbalances ...They are not payingenough attention to thelivelihoods of farmers ... indeveloping countries,” hesaid.

Nath said that Falconerhad not been demandingenough on the need for richWTO members, notablythe United States and theEuropean Union, to slashfarm subsidies which Indiaand others say distort worldmarkets.

“Subsidies bydeveloped countries causea serious challenge to thesuccessful completion ofthese talks,” he said.

Leading WTO states,among them India, say theywant a final deal in thefive-year-old Doha Round,which aims to reducepoverty and boost growth,

by the end of this year.This means a blueprintmust be agreed by August.

“I wish the round closed,but you must realize thatthe content is as importantas the completion,” Nathsaid when asked about theurgency of achieving abreakthrough.

Senior officials from theG-4 — Brazil, theEuropean Union, India andthe United States — hadthree days of talks inLondon this week before aministerial meeting inBrussels on 17-18 May.

The Brussels meetingwill be followed by threemore before mid-June bywhen the G-4, whichrepresents a range oftrading interests, hopes tohave an understandingthat will make it easier forthe full WTO membershipto agree a deal.

MNA/Reuters

MANILA, 5 May — At least one person was killed and11 others were injured as fire engulfed a hotel in QuezonCity, centre of the Philippine capital region on Thursdaynight, local TV reported on Friday.

Rodolfo Veloria, a provincial director of theDepartment of the Interior and Local Government jumpedto his death from the 8th floor of the burning hotel, ABS-CBN TV reported on Friday morning.

The report said the fire started from a storage room fortoilet paper on the 7th floor of the Great Eastern Hotel.

Most of the victims were officials attending a functionorganized by the department at the hotel's meeting hallon the 8th floor, it added. A foreigner was also injuredin the blaze. —MNA/Xinhua

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4 May, 2007. — INTERNET

A teacher soothes a crying novice monk at a ceremony at the Chogye temple in Seoulon 5 May , 2007. A group of nine boys entered the temple to experience life as monksfor 22 days, ahead of celebrations for Buddha’s birth date on May 24. — INTERNET

Robert Detrinis, left, and Lenny Gelo, both of New Orleans, dance to the music ofGoldman Thibodeaux and the Lawtell Playboys during the 2007 New Orleans Jazzand Heritage Festival in New Orleans on 5 May , 2007. — INTERNET

NASA’s Mars Rover finds evidence ofancient volcanic explosion

Chinese kungfu cartoon to appearon domestic screens in Oct

“Four Minutes” wins best picture at German film awards BERLIN, 5 May — A powerful drama about an elderly piano teacher and her

relationship with a young prison convict won best picture at the German Film Prizeawards on Friday. “Vier Minuten” (Four Minutes) took the Lola award worth500,000 euros (680,500 US dollars), decided by more than 800 members of theGerman Film Academy in Berlin.

It beat the pre-award favourite, “Perfume: The Story of a Murderer”, whichwent into the evening with eight nominations, as did “Four Minutes”.

“Three nights ago, I dreamt about being here on stage. It’s wonderful whendreams come true,” said Meike Kordes, who produced the drama together with hersister Alexandra.

The film, a comedy about a young boy coming to terms with the death of hismother, also picked up the best actress prize, which went to Monica Bleibtreu inthe role of the teacher. — MNA/Reuters

Crocodile makes off withboy in Costa Rica

SAN JOSE (Costa Rica),5 May — A crocodileattacked and made off witha 13-year-old boy in CostaRica on Friday as he bathedwith his brother in a lagoon.

Breydi Escorcia wasbathing in San Francisco deTortuguero, on CostaRica’s Atlantic coast, whena crocodile attacked himand dragged him intodeeper water, police said.

Witnesses said the boyscreamed that the crocodilehad bitten his leg beforethe reptile dragged himunderwater.

The teenager emerged

once more, just long enoughto yell goodbye to his olderbrother, police officialVictor Cervantes toldReuters, citing witnesses.

“He shouted, ‘Adios,Pablito’, before he wasdragged under a secondtime and he hasn’t beenseen since,”Cervantes said.

Officials searched forthe adolescent, presumeddead, but had to stop late inthe afternoon because of ahigh tide that broughtchoppy water.

Attacks by crocodiles,which typically hunt bywaiting motionless for theirprey to come close, arenot uncommon in CentralAmerica and Mexico.

On Tuesday, a croco-dile in the Mexican stateof Jalisco attacked a five-year-old boy as he swamin a river with his family.The child’s body wasfound on Friday, tangledin weeds underwater closeto where he was attacked.

MNA/Reuters

HANGZHOU, 5 May —The international TVcartoon hit “Shaolin Kids”could finally appear onChinese screens inOctober — four years after

its debut abroad. The head of the Chinese

side of the Sino-Frenchproduction said at theongoing third ChinaInternational Cartoon and

Animation Festival inZhejiang Province that thecompany was discussingits broadcast with ChinaCentral Television(CCTV).

Produced at a cost of40 million yuan (5.2million US dollars), theseries by ShanghaiFantasia AnimationCompany Ltd and the LesCartooneur AnimationCompany of France tellsthe stories of three Chinesechildren with uniquekungfu skills, who subduemonsters and exterminatedevils.

The 26-part cartoon hasalready topped the ratingsof TV3 in France and wasscreened at the Cannes TVFestival in 2003 and 2004.It was also well-receivedin Germany and Canada.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 5 May— NASA’s Mars RoverSpirit has discoveredevidence of an ancientvolcanic explosion at“Home Plate” area onMars, NASA scientistsreported Friday in thejournal Science.

This is the firstexplosive volcanic depositidentified with a highdegree of confidence bySpirit or its twin,Opportunity, scientists said.

“Home Plate” is aplateau of layeredbedrock approximately 2

metres high within the“Inner Basin” of ColumbiaHills, at Spirit’s landing sitein Gusev Crater.

One of the strongestpieces of evidence for anexplosive origin for HomePlate is a “bomb sag”preserved in layered rockson the lower slopes of theplateau.

Bomb sags form involcanic explosions onEarth when rocks ejectedskyward by the explosionfall into soft deposits,deforming them as theyland.

Evidence shows thearea near Home Plate isdominated by basalticrocks. “When basalterupts, it often does so asvery fluid lava, rather thanerupting explosively,”said Steve Squyres, theprincipal investigator forthe rovers’ scienceinstruments.”

One way for basalticlava to cause an explosionis for it to come intocontact with water — it’sthe pressure from thesteam that causes it to goboom.” — MNA/Xinhua

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RussianSvetlana

Kuznetsovahits the ballagainst US

VenusWilliams in

theirquarter-finalmatch at the

WarsawWTA

tournamenton 4 May ,

2007.Kuznetsova

won 3-6, 6-3,6-4. XINHUA

America's Cup challengers DesafioEspanol 2007 of Spain and MascalzoneLatino-Capitalia Team of Italy (R) racedownwind during their Round Robin 2Re-Sail Flight 4 match 2 race at theLouis Vuitton Cup in Valencia on 5 May, 2007. — INTERNET

Justine Henin (R) of Belgium comforts JelenaJankovic of Serbia after winning the semi finalmatch of the J&S Cup tennis tournament in Warsaw on 5 May, 2007. — INTERNET

Schalke 04's Kevin Kuranyi celebrates afterscoring against FC Nuremberg during the German

Bundesliga soccer match in Gelsenkirchen on 5May, 2007. — INTERNET

Porto in sight of title again

Red Star Belgrade secure titlewith derby win

BELGRADE, 6 May — Serbian champions Red StarBelgrade secured their 25th league title after a 2-1 win atsecond-placed Partizan Belgrade on Saturday left themout of reach of their traditional foes with three games left.

Red Star, who have 67 points from 29 matchesahead of Partizan on 54 and Vojvodina Novi Sad on 51,will have a chance to retain their domestic doublewhen they meet Vojvodina in the Cup final on May 15.

Montenegro playmaker Igor Burzanovic andmidfielder Nenad Milijas scored for Red Star to delighttheir fans who vastly outnumbered the home support-ers after Partizan's faithful boycotted the match.

MNA/Reuters

Rangers ClinchChampionsLeague spot

GLASGOW, 6 May — Rangersclinched a Champions Leagueslot with a 2-0 home win overScottish Premier League winnersCeltic on Saturday in the finalderby clash of the season.

Striker Kris Boyd slammed afirst-time shot under Celtickeeper Artur Boruc from 12 me-tres in the 35th minute for his100th SPL goal. Charlie Adamhit the second with a low freekick under the defensive wallinto the bottom left corner from20 metres in the 56th minute.

Second-placed Rangers, un-beaten in the league since WalterSmith replaced Paul Le Guen asmanager in January, have 72points from 36 games whilechampions Celtic are on 81.

MNA/Reuters

Fenerbahce closein on title withBesiktas win

ISTANBUL, 6 May — Fenerbahcewon Turkey's table-topping clashon Saturday as a goal by MatejaKezman was enough for a 1-0 winat Besiktas that opened a five pointlead over their opponents with threegames remaining. Serbian strikerKezman stuck in the 12th minuteof the heated derby at Besiktas'Inonu Stadium, played amid heavysecurity.

Besiktas ended with in 10 menas Ibrahim Toraman was shown ared card in the 82nd minute for atackle which left Serkan Balci witha bloody nose. The win leftFenerbahce on 63 points, five pointsclear of Besiktas and well placed tosecure their 17th title. Last year'schampions Galatasaray are third on54 points, with one game in hand.

MNA/Reuters

LISBON, 6 May — Sec-ond-half goals gave Portoa 2-0 deserved win overNacional on Saturday,taking the reigningchampions a step closerto another Portugueseleague title.

With two matches left,Porto are top with 65points from 28 games, fourahead of Benfica whomoved up to second spotwith a 2-1 win at home toNaval. Third-placedSporting can move withinthree points of Porto bybeating bottom-of-thetable Vitoria Setubal onSunday.

Porto, chasing their sec-ond successive title, fi-nally broke down theMadeira Island teamdefence after 67 minuteswhen Brazilian teenagerAnderson shot home after

a good pass from compa-triot Adriano.

Uruguayan defenderJorgea Fucile wrapped upthe points when he tookadvantage of a neat passfrom Anderson and beatSwiss keeper DiegoBenaglio from close rangewith two minutes left.

Italian wingerFabrizzio Miccoli with avolley inside the boxclinched victory forBenfica a minute beforetime. — MNA/Reuters

Barca win to throw down gauntlet to pursuers MARID, 6 May — Lead-

ers Barcelona edged closerto their third consecutiveleague title with a 2-0away win over strugglingReal Sociedad in thePrimera Liga on Saturday.

Frank Rijkaard's sidehad only managed one win

from their previous 10away trips and labouredto break down the Basquesuntil Ronaldinho set upAndres Iniesta for theopener just after the break.

The Brazilianplaymaker made sure ofthe points by laying onthe second for SamuelEto'o at the end.

The victory movedBarcelona four pointsclear at the top on 65 withfive left to play and putthe pressure back on chas-ing Sevilla and Real Ma-drid, who meet in theBernabeu on Sunday.

UEFA Cup finalistsSevilla are second with61 points, one ahead ofReal.

Valencia, who arefourth on 56, can keep thepressure on the top threewith a win at DeportivoCoruna later on Saturday.

Sociedad, who had wontheir last three homegames, remain second-bottom on 27 points, threefrom safety having playeda game more than theirrivals.

Sociedad strung fiveacross midfield at Anoetaand left a static Barcawith very little room tomanoeuvre.

Arriving late frommidfield, Xavi had a goalruled out for offside earlyon and then forced homegoalkeeper Claudio Bravointo a point blank save ashe latched on toRonaldinho's dink over thedefence in the 27th minute.

But Barca created littlein the first half and werelucky to still have elevenon the pitch after Edmilsonscythed down Savio justbefore the break.

MNA/Reuters

United close in on title,West Ham move up

LONDON, 6 May — Manchester United took a giantstep towards the Premier League title when they beatManchester City 1-0 in a one-sided local derby onSaturday to open up an eight-point lead over defendingchampions Chelsea.

United have 88 points with two matches to playwhich means Chelsea, on 80 points with three matchesto go, must win at Arsenal on Sunday to keep alive theirslim hopes of a third successive championship.

Cristiano Ronaldo scored for United with a 34thminute penalty while City's Darius Vassell saw Edwinvan der Sar save his 81st minute penalty with his legs.

At the other end of the table, West Ham Unitedmoved out of the relegation zone for the first time sinceearly December with a 3-1 win over Bolton Wanderersat Upton Park with Argentine midfielder Carlos Tevezscoring twice.— MNA/Reuters

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Sunday, 6 May, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours MST:

During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenwidespread in Kayin and Mon States, Ayeyawady and TaninthayiDivisions, fairly widespread in Bago Division, scattered in Shan andRakhine States, Yangon Division, isolated in Mandalay and MagwayDivisions and weather has been partly cloudy in the remaining areaswith locally heavyfall in Mon State and isolated heavyfalls in KayinState, Bago Division. Day temperatures were (3ºC) above Mayaverage temperature in Kachin State and upper Sagaing Division,(3ºC) to (4ºC) below May average temperature in Southern ShanState, Magway and Taninthayi Divisions, (6ºC) below May averagetemperature in Yangon Division, (8ºC) below May average tempera-ture in Eastern Shan State, (10ºC) below May average temperature inKay in State and Bago Division and about May average temperaturein the remaining areas. The signficant day temperature were Kyaukse(40ºC), Katha, Kalaywa, Kanbalu and Monywa (39ºC) each. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Mawlamyine (9.88)inches, Bago (8.94) inches, Thaton (5.24) inches, Hpa-an (5.12)inches, Yay (3.66) inches, Kawthong (2.17) inches and Aunglan(0.79) inch.

Maximum temperature on 5-5-2007 was 83°F. Minimumtemperature on 6-5-2007 was 77°F. Relative humidity at 09:30 hoursMST on 6-5-2007 was 93%. Total sunshine hours on 5-5-2007 was(0.9)hrs.(Approx)

Rainfall on 5-5-2007 was (0.08) inch at Mingaladon, (Tr) atKaba-Aye and (Nil) at Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2007was (13.42) inches at Mingaladon, (16.97) inches at Kaba-Aye and(14.84) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Southwest at (18:30) hours MST on5-5-2007.

Bay inference: According to the observations at (06:30) hrsMST today, yesterday’s low pressure area over inland has becomeunimportant. Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Seaand South Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7-5-2007: Rain or thunder-showers will be fairly widespread to widespread in Mon and KayinStates, Yangon, Bago, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions, scat-tered in Shan, Kayah and Rakhine States and isolated in the remain-ing areas with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Mon and KayinStates and Bago Divisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at time off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed insqualls may reach (35) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of continu-ation of rain or thundershowes in the lower Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areas for7-5-2007: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areas for7-5-2007: Some rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areas for7-5-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (60%).

WEATHER

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Monday, 7 MayTune in today

8:30 am Brief news8:35 am Music:

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-Wll it ever8:50 am National news

Slogan9:00am Music:

-Say you’ll be mine

9:05am International news

9:10am Music:-Tomorrow

1:30 pm News / Slogan1:40 pm Lunch time

music:-Come into my life-I don’t want to misss a thing-Never say goodbye-I keep it to my self

9:00 pmSpotlight on the star:

9:10 pmArticle9:35pm Golden Land

melody!vocal gems-Lady Lai

9:45 pmNews & Slogan10:00 pm PEL

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21. The next day’sprogramme

Arsenal celebrate their penalty opener. — INTERNET

Chelsea draw at Arsenal to hand title to UnitedLONDON , 6 May —

Manchester United won thePremier League for the firsttime in four years on Sundayas 10-man Chelsea, needingvictory to keep the title racealive, could only draw 1-1at Arsenal.

The result, coming aday after United beatManchester City 1-0, leftAlex Ferguson’s side sevenpoints clear of Chelsea withtwo games remaining.

Arsenal led with a43rd-minute Gilbertopenalty after Chelsea centreback Khalid Boulahrouzbrought down Julio Baptista

and was sent off.Michael Essien’s

glancing header with 20minutes remaining gaveChelsea hope and led to afurious late assault.

However, they wereunable to find the secondgoal and now instead ofWednesday’s StamfordBridge meeting withUnited being a title deciderit will become merely ahandover ceremony.

The draw leavesArsenal level withthird-placed Liverpoolon 67 points but behindon goal difference. Both

sides are already assuredof a place in thequalifying round of theChampions League.

Eight days ago Chelseawere dreaming of anunprecedented quadruple

but, after being knocked outof the Champions Leaguesemi-finals by Liverpool onTuesday they now haveonly the May 19th FA Cupfinal against United to tryfor a double. — Internet

P GD PTS1. Man Utd 36 57 882. Chelsea 36 40 813. Liverpool 37 30 674. Arsenal 37 28 675. Everton 37 16 576. Bolton 37 -5 557. Reading 37 5 548. Portsmouth 37 3 539. Tottenham 35 0 53

10. Blackburn 36 -2 5011. Aston Villa 37 2 4912. Middlesbro’ 37 -7 4313. Newcastle 37 -9 4214. Man City 37 -14 4215. Fulham 37 -20 3916. Sheff Utd 37 -22 3817. West Ham 37 -25 3818. Wigan 37 -23 3519. Charlton 36 -24 3320. Watford 37 -30 27

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Barclays Premiership Table06 May 2007

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7th Waning of Kason 1369 ME Monday, 7 May, 2007

NAY PYI TAW, 6May — Chairman ofSagaing Division Peaceand Development Coun-cil Commander of North-West Command Maj-GenTha Aye and Minister forIndustry-1 U AungThaung inspected sales ofgoods at Win Thuza Shopin Monywa on 4 May.

The minister in-structed service personnelto sell goods to villages.

At Dyeing andPrinting Factory(Monywa) of MyanmaTextile Industries, thecommander and the min-ister inspected the pro-duction process. The min-ister gave instructions onproduction of textile withfancy designs and pat-terns.

In Indaing Vil-lage of Monywa Town-ship, they offered robesand alms to SayadawBhaddanta Ankura ofKawwidayama Monas-tery.

Patron of SagaingDivision Union Solidar-

Commander, Minister inspectfactories in Sagaing Division

ity and Development As-sociation CommanderMaj-Gen Tha Aye andSecretariat Member ofUSDA Minister U AungThaung met with mem-bers of USDA, local peo-ple, Women’s Affairs Or-ganization and Maternaland Child Welfare Asso-ciation.

The SecretariatMember explained ar-rangements for supply ofpower with the use of bio-gas to Indaing Village,renovation of the post-pri-mary school and donationof 60 lamp posts. Next,the commander and theminister presented sportsgear to local people.

The commanderand Chairman of Indus-trial Development Com-mittee Minister U AungThaung inspected tasks ofFoundry and MachineTools Factory of ThihaTun Co Ltd in MonywaIndustrial Zone.

They viewed 82kinds of machinery, pigiron rotary tiller and draw

YANGON, 6 May — Central Executive Com-mittee Member of Union Solidarity and Development

Roads opened in two townships inAyeyawady Division

Association Minister for Progress of Border Areas andNational Races and Development Affairs Col TheinNyunt attended the opening ceremony of Zibyukyun-Thazinyekyawrural gravel road in Nyaungdon Town-ship, Ayeyawady Division, this morning.

The road, over two miles long and ten feet wide,was built by Nyaungdon Township Development Af-fairs Committee at a cost of nearly K 29 million.

At a meeting with local people, the ministerfulfilled their requirements.

The road ensures a direct link for 8,663 people of 10villages to travel to Yangon-Pathein highway and benefitstheir social, education, economic and health sectors.

Accompanied by officials, the minister at-tended the opening of Bo Minyaung tarred road in thetownship. The committee spent K 12.8 million onbuilding the road, 3,200 feet long and 12 feet wide.

Minister Col Thein Nyunt also attended theopening of Ingyin road in Pantanaw. The road is 1,165feet long and 12 feet wide. The Pantanaw Develop-ment Affairs Committee spent over K 5 million tobuild it. — MNA

bars at the warehouse,manufacturing of agricul-tural equipment and lighttruck frames.

At the contractsigning ceremony to pur-chase small tractors,Chairman of the companyU Aung Khant presentedthe contract to the farm-ers.INSIDE

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Minister Col Thein Nyunt attends opening of Bo Minyaung tarred road in NyaungdonTownship. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tha Aye and Minister U Aung Thaung inspect Win Thuza Shop inSagaing Division. — INDUSTRY-1

Mee Nin Creek at the borderbetween Taikkyi and Thayawadytownships is 131 miles and three fur-longs from Point 877 Hill (fromPaukkhaung Township to border ofAunglan Township) and the section isin Bago Division (West).

NAY PYI TAW, 6 May — Meteorol-ogy and Hydrology Department today an-nounced that 227 mm (8.94 inches) of rainfallrecorded in Bago at 09:30 today is the newmaximum rainfall record within 24 hours forthe month of May in 42 years. The previousmaximum rainfall was 172 mm (6.77 inches)recorded on 5 May 1982. — MNA

New rainfall record inBago

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