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Saturday, 5 August, 2006

* 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

YANGON, 4 Aug— Lt-Gen Myint Swe ofthe Ministry of Defenceattended the ceremonymarking conclusion ofmonsoon ploughing sea-son in Yangon Divisionfor 2006-07, in conjunc-tion with a paddy seedsowing contest after whichprizes were presented tooutstanding townshipsand persons. The cer-emony held at the pandalin front of Hepatitis-BMedicine Factory in WestMalit Village of HleguTownship this morningwas aimed at boostingagricultural production.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe presents prizes to outstandingtownships, districts, farmers of Yangon Division

in agricultural sector for 2005-06First, Chairman of

Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen HlaHtay Win delivered an ad-dress. He said that YangonDivision has put 1,122,907acres of land undermonsoon paddy or 93.58per cent against the targetof 1.2 million acres. Like-wise, 878,733 acres ofearly-monsoon paddy havebeen cultivated against thetarget of 877,115 acres.The ceremony to concludethe ploughing for monsoonpaddy was held due to ex-ceeding the target of early-

monsoon paddy cultiva-tion.

He added that ar-rangements are beingmade to extend doublecropping of monsoonpaddy in Yangon Divi-sion. Farmers are to con-duct double cropping ofmonsoon paddy with con-certed efforts. Further-more, the Head of State

has given guidance to cul-tivate major crops with theuse of four cultivationmethods. In addition,Head of State Senior Gen-eral Than Shwe has givenguidance, saying that ut-most efforts are to be madefor cultivation of 10 ma-jor crops to meet the tar-get production.

It is known to all

that the project to green30-mile radius of the In-ternational Airport is be-ing implemented inYangon Division. There-fore, local farmers are totake part in the greeningtasks. Experts estimatedthat underground oilresources will run out incoming 40-50 years.

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Yangon Division has put 1,122,907 acresof land under monsoon paddy or 93.58 percent against the target of 1.2 million acres.Likewise, 878,733 acres of early-monsoonpaddy have been cultivated against thetarget of 877,115 acres.

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win delivers a speech. — MNA

Lt-Gen

Myint Swe

presents

the out-

standing

township

award to

Thongwa

Township.

MNA

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Saturday, 5 August, 2006

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 Desire

Prudent hydro electricpower projects

As electric power plays an importantrole in the drive for the progress of theState’s economic, production and socialsectors, the government is scaling upimplementation of electric power projectsby tapping the natural resources.

In order to achieve this aim, it is nowimplementing 16 hydel power projectsinclusive of Yeywa, Kunchaung, Pyuchaung,Khabaung, Yenwe, Shwegyin, Shweli,Kengtaung, Pathi and Thahtay hydel powerprojects. In addition, plans are under way toimplement 15 more hydel power projects.Upon completion, it is estimated to be able toproduce surplus electric power.

Some of them are multi-purposeprojects designed to generate electricity andbenefit farmland. Paunglaung Multi-purpose Dam Project for example has startedto irrigate some 35,000 acres of arable landand produce electric power through itsunderground power station.

Moreover, Yeywa, Kunchaung,Pyuchaung, Yenwe and Shwegyin multi-purpose hydel power projects have been infull swing. And Htamanthi, Maykhaconfluence, Shweli, Hatkyi and Tarhsanprojects have prospects for production ofelectricity.

Simultaneously, the government istaking necessary steps for extendedgenerating of electricity such as constructionof more power stations, building andrepairing sub-power stations and powerlines, through which electric power isdistributed, and upgrading the servicesrelated to distribution of electric power.

Now, Myanmar is laying groundworkto reach the level of establishment of diverseindustries from the level of the establishmentof industries based on agricultural produce.So, with extended generating and supply ofelectric power, significant contribution canbe made towards the development of theindustrial sector and the social-economiclife of the people along with the improvementof the agricultural sector.

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Deputy Minister Dr Mya Oo attends meeting on Avian InfluenzaControl and Pandemic Preparedness in Asia in New Delhi. — MNA

Deputy Health Minister attends meeting on AvianInfluenza Control and Pandemic Preparedness in Asia

NAY PYI TAW, 4Aug — Deputy Ministerfor Health Dr Mya Ooarrived back here by airyesterday morning afterattending the HealthMinisters’ and Livestockand Fisheries Ministers’Meeting on AvianInfluenza Control andPandemic Preparedness inAsia held in New Delhi ofIndia on 27 and 28 July.

The deputy mini-ster was welcomed backby Minister for HealthDr Kyaw Myint anddirectors-general.

The preliminarymeeting was held atShangri-la Hotel in NewDelhi on 27 July. DeputyMinister Dr Mya Ooexplained implementationof the national strategicplan for prevention andcontrol of avian influenzaand human influenzapandemic preparednessand response in Myanmar.

On 28 July, theHealth Ministers’ and

Livestock and FisheriesMinisters’ Meeting onAvian Influenza Controland Pandemic Prepare-dness in Asia was held inNew Delhi. WHO SEARegional Director DrSamlee Plianbangchangdelivered an address.

The Minister forHealth of Sri Lanka andDeputy Minister Dr MyaOo presided over the

meeting, and all theparticipants discussedcontrol and preparednesstasks being undertakenin their respectivecountries.

Speaker of LokSabha of the IndianGovernment Mr SonmathChattejee declared DelhiDeclaration on AvianInfluenza.

Indian Ministerfor Health and Family

Welfare Dr AngumaniRamadoss gave theconcluding remarks.

Members of theMyanmar delegation —Director Dr Nay Win ofthe Ministry of Livestockand Fisheries, DeputyDirector Dr Tin Aye Kyiand Assistant Director TinTun Aung of the Ministryof Health — also arrivedback on the same flight.

MNAASEAN Radio Quiz for

July concludesYANGON, 4 Aug — The ASEAN Radio Quiz of

Myanma Radio and Television-MRTV was held on1st August at MRTV here.

Participants were quizzed about ASEANaffairs broadcast by MRTV in July.

Ma Khin Yadana Kyaw of Yankin Townshipwon the first prize; Maung Myo Min Thu of Pyay thesecond; Ma Hnin Hnin Htwe of Sangyoung Townshipthe third and Maung Phone Myint Kyaw of MayangonTownship the consolation prize of the quiz for July.

The quiz is held every first week of the month. MNA

Good natured — trulyMyanmar

* Day and night, they speak ill of MyanmarNothing good included, incessantlyThere’s no end to it.With much gusto, non-stopWhat you call trash, is heard on and onUnceasing, run-throughSurely, it’s a boreThe nonsense that you hear without endJarring the ear, I get angryWhat the heck, what they carry onSpeaking of trivia alwaysThey seem not to tire.

* While Bagyi Phyo is saying his prayersWhile he’s spreading Metta quietlyTuned in the RFA, what a mistake.

* Excuse me Bagyi Phyo, me Po WaWhile the elder is doing what is goodExcuse me for tuning that thing inBut let me say, these fellowsOnly if they’re broadcasting about MyanmarDo they get a morsel, that’s the truth.

* “Hey, is that a factWhat a pity, these poor thingsBut if it’s for a livingI give in with compassion, let them dotheir own thing,”Heard from Bagyi Phyo againO, good natured — truly Myanmar.

Po Wa (Trs)

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A competitor controls robots play basketball during the “2006 Hong Kong RobotOlympic Games” in Hong Kong, south China, on 2 Aug, 2006.—INTERNET

A baby boy with unusual multi-finger will takesurgery in the People’s Hospital in Hunan

Province, on 3 Aug, 2006. The boy has sevenfingers on his left hand, eight fingers on the right

hand, and six toes on each foot. —INTERNET

HANOI, 3 Aug — Viet-namese Trade Ministryhas opposed a proposal ofthe European Commission(EC) on imposing a blan-ket anti-dumping duty of10 per cent on all Viet-namese leather-uppershoes, including childrenshoes, local newspaperVietnam News reportedThursday.

The newspaper quotedVice Trade Minister PhanThe Rue as saying that theproposal, which would beconsidered by the EC inSeptember and by the Eu-ropean Union (EU) mem-bers in October, is unfairand groundless, running

BERLIN, 3 Aug— Sixpeople in a BMW car werekilled Wednesday in theeastern German state ofBrandenburg when theircar swerved off the roadtrying to flee high-speedpolice chase for possiblehuman trafficking.

The other two occu-pants of the car, which hadlicence plates from theeastern city of Leipzig,were severely injured, astatement posted on theBrandenbaurg policewebsite said.

Three people died in-stantly and the other threedied in hospital after theircar careened off the roadand into trees near the vil-lage of Dannenreich, thepolice said, adding that aCzech and a Vietnamesecitizen were among the sixdead. The injured was sendto for treatment in a localhospital. — MNA/Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, 3Aug—Shipping vesselscould soon have to pay afee to use the MalaccaStrait, as nations along oneof the world’s busiest wa-terways hunt for ways toshare the costs of keepingit open and safe, expertssaid on Wednesday.

The 900-kilometre-long (550 miles) MalaccaStrait links Asia with theMiddle East and Europe,carrying about 40 per centof the world’s trade, in-cluding 80 per cent of theenergy supplies of Japanand China. Littoral statesSingapore, Malaysia andIndonesia have stepped uppatrols of the Strait in re-sponse to a surge of con-

KABUL,4 Aug— FourCanadian soldiers werekilled and 10 woundednear the southern Afghancity of Kandahar in threeincidents on Thursday,while 21 civilians werekilled by a suicide bombin the same area, NATOmilitary officials said.

Suspected Taliban in-surgents used rocket-pro-pelled grenades to am-bush a NATO patrol in

LOS ANGELES, 3 Aug—Besides claiming morethan 100 lives, record-breaking temperatures lastmonth caused heavy agri-cultural losses in Califor-nia, the most populousstate in the United States.

The heat wave killedtens of thousands of live-stock and many farmerswere unable to dispose ofanimal carcasses due tothe fact that renderingplants were over capacity,

Vietnam opposes EU proposalon shoe anti-dumping duty

counter to the spirit oftrade liberalization initi-ated by the EU and thegoal of reducing povertyin Vietnam supported bythe block.

The proposal affectsthe smooth developmentin the Vietnam-EU rela-tions, he said, noting thatsome EU members haveopposed the planned anti-dumping duty.

The new anti-dumpingduty, which would be inplace for five years afterbeing adopted, wouldhamper not only Vietnam-ese businesses, but alsoEU consumers, he said.

The new duty will re-

place the existing provi-sional rates of 4.2- 16.8per cent. The provisionalduties are being phased inover a period of sixmonths, beginning at 4.2per cent on Vietnameseleather-upper shoes, ex-cluding children ones, on7 April . Vietnam exported265 million pairs of shoesof different kinds to the EUlast year, of which 80 mil-lion pairs were covered bythe provisional duties, ac-cording to data recently re-leased by the EC.

MNA/Xinhua

Heat wave wrecks heavy loses onCalifornia’s agriculture

the Governor’s Officesaid on Wednesday.

In addition to livestockdeaths, farmers have re-ported significant dam-ages to tomato, corn,grape, apple and plumcrops, the office said.

Preliminary losses tothe dairy industry aloneare estimated to exceed1 billion US dollarsstatewide, according to theoffice. The state has initi-ated a request to the US

Department of Food andAgriculture (USDA) tomake emergency loansavailable to farmers andranchers that experiencedsevere economic lossesdue to the heat.

“The record-breakingheat wave now movingacross the US has left inits wake more than a bil-lion dollars in damage toCalifornia’s agricultureindustry,” said GovernorArnold Schwarzenegger

on a tour of the hardest hitareas on Wednesday.

“I urge the USDA tospeed relief efforts to Cali-fornia farmers and ranch-ers without waiting for fi-nal damage assessmentsto come in,” said the gov-ernor.

Unrelenting heat wavesmothered California forthree weeks in July, push-ing temperatures to recordlevels of 115 degreesFahrenheit (45 Celsius) inmany areas.

MNA/Xinhua

Experts say Malacca Straitusers may have to pay fees

cern over incidents of pi-racy that prompted Lon-don insurers Lloyds to listthe region as a war-riskzone, boosting premiums.

MNA/Reuters

Four Canadians dead in Afghan attacksthe village of Pashmul,killing three Canadiansoldiers and woundingsix Thursday afternoon,not far from where aroadside bomb killed an-other Canadian soldierand wounded one Thurs-day morning, NATOsaid.

Three hours later, an-other roadside bombwounded three Canadiantroops, NATO said.

The soldiers killed inthe afternoon attack havenot been identified. Thesoldier killed in the morn-ing is Cpl ChristopherJonathan Reid, a NATOofficial said.

A NATO militaryconvoy narrowly missedanother attack in the earlyafternoon when a suicidecar bomber struck a mar-ket in Kandahar’sPunjwai district centre,

according to CanadianArmy spokesman MajQuentin Innes, a repre-sentative from theNATO-led InternationalSecurity AssistanceForce.

The Kandahar gover-nor’s office and the fed-eral Interior Ministrysaid 21 civilians werekilled and 13 werewounded in that marketattack.—Internet

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chase inGermany

A Benz taxi refuels at a gas station in Shanghai, east China, on 2 Aug, 2006.First batch of 45 Benz taxi cars of Shanghai quitted the market in recent days

due to climbing oil price etc.— INTERNET


JK Rowling and her Harry Potter Series.Two ofAmerica's heavyweight writers, John Irving and

Stephen King, on 1 Aug, 2006 begged JK Rowlingnot to kill off Harry Potter in the final book of theseries, according to a Reuters report. —INTERNET

Photo taken on 3 Aug, 2006 shows the big wave in the harbour of Haikou,capital of south China’s Hainan Province, as the Typhoon Prapiroon

approaches.—INTERNET

Chinese students from the Jiangxi Xishan International School Kung Fu Grouppractice during rehearsals at Redford Barracks for the 2006 Edinburgh Military

Tattoo in Edinburgh, Scotland on 2 Aug, 2006. —INTERNET

China hopes UN resolution servediplomatic efforts on Iran’s N-issue

BEIJING, 3 Aug—Chinahopes the newly-adoptedUN Security Councilresolution on Iran'snuclear issue would servethe on-going diplomaticefforts to settle thestandoff, Foreign Ministryspokesman Liu Jianchaosaid on Tuesday.

The UN Security

Council on Mondayadopted a resolutionurging Iran to stopuranium enrichmentactivities by 31 August orface possible economicand diplomatic sanctions.

“We hope the reso-lution would conduce tothe on-going diplomaticefforts on Iran’s nuclearissue,” Liu said.

China calls on all partiesconcerned to keep calmand exercise restraint, andcontinue to push forwardearly resumption ofnegotiations, thespokesman said. Hereiterated that China willunswervingly play aconstructive role to this

end. The resolution was

adopted by a vote of 14 to1. Qatar, the only Arabnation on the SecurityCouncil, cast the onlynegative vote.

China always supportsthe international non-pro-liferation mechanism andopposes proliferation ofnuclear weapons, Liu said,adding, “We hope that nonew turbulence appears inthe Middle East,” Liu said.

China holds Iran'snuclear issue should bepeacefully solved throughpolitical and diplomaticefforts, the spokesmansaid.

MNA/Xinhua

Microsoft invites hackers to test VistaLAS VEGAS, 3 Aug—

After suffering embar-rassing security exploitsover the past several years,Microsoft Corp is trying anew tactic: inviting someof the world’s best-knowncomputer experts to try topoke holes in Vista, thenext generation of itsWindows operatingsystem.

Microsoft made a testversion of Vista available

to about 3,000 securityprofessionals Thursdayas it detailed the steps ithas taken to fortify theproduct against attacksthat can compromisebank account numbersand other sensitiveinformation.

“You need to touch it,feel it,”Andrew Cushman,Microsoft’s director ofsecurity outreach, saidduring a talk at the Black

Hat computer-securityconference.“We’re here toshow our work.”

Microsoft has facedblistering criticism forsecurity holes that haveled to network outagesand business disruptionsfor its customers. Afterbeing accused for notputting enough resourcesinto shoring up itsproducts, the softwaremaker is trying to

convince outsiders that ithas changed.

“They’re going directlyto the bear in the bear’slair,”says Jon Callas, thechief technology officerat PGP Corp, which makesencryption software andother security pro-ducts.“They are going topeople who don’t likethem, say nasty thingsand have the incentive tofind the things that arewrong.”

Due early next year,Vista is the first product tobe designed from scratchunder a Microsoftprogramme dubbed securedevelopment life cycle,which represents a seachange in the company’sapproach to bringing outnew products.

Instead of placing theaddition of compellingnew features at the top ofengineers’priority list,Microsoft now requiresthem to first considerhow code might bemisused.

Internet

British scientists providenew insights into brain

organizationLONDON, 3 Aug— British scientists have provided

new insights into the brain’s organization after asophisticated computer analysis of databasescontaining detailed information of worldwideanatomical studies on primate and worm brains, areport on the Alpha-Galileo website said onTuesday.

Scientists from Newcastle University, Britain, foundthat long nerve fibre connections are just as vital tooverall brain functions as short ones, debunking theprevailing theory that only the short fibre connectionsin the neural system function effectively.

The scientists said that long fibres are importantbecause they can send messages quickly over a longerdistance than the short ones over the same distance,and long fibres are more reliable for the transmissionof messages over longer distances.

MNA/Xinhua

Insecticide-treated clothingfights malaria

LONDON, 3 Aug—A new research suggests thatspraying clothing with insecticide could provide apowerful new weapon against malaria.

Researchers of the African Population and HealthResearch Centre in Nairobi studied Somalian refugeesliving in camps in Kenya, and found that wearingclothing treated with the common insecticidepermethrin reduced the chances of malarial infectionby 70 per cent, according to a report by New Scientiston its website on Tuesday.

Permethrin is thought to be relatively benign, andthe researchers reported no side effects amongparticipants.

In Africa, efforts to prevent malaria transmissionby mosquitoes currently concentrate on the provisionof insecticide-treated bed nets which last up to fiveyears and have been shown to cut the risk of infectionby half.

However, the average household size in Kenya is4.4 people, and only 3 per cent of households havemore than one treated net.

So the researchers led by Elizabeth Kimani decidedto investigate the extra personal protection offered byinsecticide-treated clothes — a strategy already usedto protect US military personnel operating in areasaffected by malaria, and made the above-mentionedfinding.— MNA/Xinhua

Vietnamese man suspectedlyinfected with bird flu

HANOI, 3 Aug—A 35-year-old man from Vietnam’ssouthern Kien Giang Province has been hospitalizedafter eating dead duck meat and then exhibiting bird flusymptoms, local media reported Thursday.

The man from Giong Rieng District was admittedto the Kien Giang General Hospital on 30 July afterhaving high temperature and respiratory failure andthe doctors said his lung has been severely damaged,according to Youth newspaper.

The patient’s relatives said he slaughtered and atea dead duck offered by a neighbour one week beforehospitalization. Three days after eating the meat, hehad high fever and took medicine at home.

Specimens from the patient are being tested for birdflu viruses. To prevent bird flu infections amongpeople, Vietnam’s National Institute of Hygiene andEpidemiology, has asked for permission from thecountry’s Health Ministry to test bird flu vaccines itmade from monkeys’ kidneys on volunteers late 2006,the newspaper said.

MNA/Xinhua

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A paratrooper carries a boy wearing a beret during acelebration marking Russian Paratroopers’ Day inRed Square in Moscow on 2 Aug, 2006.—INTERNET

Spanish actress Penelope Cruz smiles as she leaves

a photocall to promote her latest film “Bandidas”

(Bandits) in Madrid on 2 Aug, 2006. Cruz co-stars

with Mexican actress Salma Hayek.—INTERNET

The US Brig Niagara sails on Lake Michigan past the Chicago skyline on 3 Aug, 2006 during the Tall Ships Festival which includes 19 vessels and

features tours through 9 Aug. —INTERNET

BERLIN, 3 Aug — A bomb was discovered in asuitcase aboard a German train, German news agencyDPA reported on Tuesday.

The device, which included a canister of propanegas, a timer and wires, was disabled by specialists onMonday evening in the main railway station in thewestern German city of Dortmund, the report said.

The contents were capable of severely injuring oreven killing people, DPA said, quoting a local prosecu-tor. Further investigation is underway, it reported.

MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 3 Aug— When Chinese teenager ChenTianchan wanted to run his own robot, he created hisown algorithm to use in the programme.

This invention won him and his primary schoolcolleagues a gold medal in a nationwide robot compe-tition.

It also earned the youngster from Nanjing, JiangsuProvince, a polace as one of 41 budding scientists tobecome members of China’s Junior Academy of Sci-ences. At the admission ceremony on Monday, Chensaid, “I love to do experiments and I’m particularlyhappy when I’m overcoming new challenges.”

All 41 students were from primary or high schoolsacross the country. They were selected from 1,000applicants, and were given the title “Junior Academi-cian of the Chinese Junior Academy of Sciences”, anunofficial organization sponsored by the CommunistYouth League Central Committee.

Xie Sishen, a physicist and a member of theChinese Academy of Sciences, encouraged the younginnovators to keep up their scientific research. “Youshould always be prepared to devote your life toresearch,” he said.— MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 3 Aug — The US Army has recruitedonly five soldiers aged 40 and older, and 324 peopleaged 35 and older, since the service raised its maxi-mum enlistment age from 35 to 40 in January and from40 to 42 in June this year, the USA Today newspaperreported on Wednesday, citing Army records.

To accommodate the older soldiers, the Army haslowered the minimum physical requirements needed topass basic training. For male recruits at the age extremeof 17 years old, the minimum physical requirements are47 sit-ups, 35 push-ups and 16 minutes and 36 secondsfor a 3.2-kilometre run, while for male recruits at 41years old, the requirements are 29 sit-ups, 24 push-ups,and 19 minutes and 30 seconds for a 3.2-kilometre run.

To trace more recruits, the Army also offers shorteractive-duty periods for some new soldiers, and signingbonuses for those who persuade others to join. The USArmy has the military’s highest age limit. The Navy’s agelimit is 35, and the age limit for the Air Force and theMarines is 27. The Army, which provides most of thetroops for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, missed its 2005recruitment goal of 80,000 by 8 per cent.—MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 3 Aug— AllChina’s 2.3 million sol-diers and officers are nowdevoted in full swing tomilitary training to markthe 79th anniversary of thefounding of the ChinesePeople’s Liberation Army(PLA), which falls onTuesday.

China’s Army has ma-naged to sustain vitalityfor nearly eight decadessince it has kept upgrad-ing its functions and mis-

BAGHDAD, 3 Aug —A roadside bomb wentoff in a downtown Bagh-

Chinese Army devoted in full swingto military training

sions in line with times’demands, said HuWenlong, researcher withChinese PLA MilitaryAcademy of Sciences andchief editor of the Mili-tary Sciences Press.

“Military training is animperative task for fulfill-ing the Army’s historicalmission in the new cen-tury and the new develop-ment stage,” Hu toldXinhua.

The PLA Daily has in-

tensively reported militaryexercises staged by thePLA’s Army, Air Forceand Navy, including mis-sile launching exercises.

It reported that in a cer-tain southern part of Chinathe Air Force organizedan exercise in late Julywith one team of advancedjet fighters playing the“Red Army” and anotherone playing the “BlueArmy”.

Hu stressed military

training, started in the be-ginning of this year, as theonly way of improving theArmy’s power and com-bat capability amid an in-creasingly complicated in-ternational strategic situ-ation dominated by infor-mation technologies.

An editorial publishedby PLA Daily Tuesdaypointed out the conflictbetween the Army’s mod-ernization level and therequirements for winninga regional war in an IT-based era is now the ma-jor problem challengingthe country’s troops.

“The Army shouldshift its reliance from bat-tle force and productivityto the development andinnovation of scientificand information technolo-gies, so as to be adapted tothe global military reformtrend,” said the editorial.

It asks for putting intoeffect the scientific con-cept of development,which will help transformthe Army building modeand promote fulfillmentof the Army’s new mis-sion.— MNA/Xinhua

US Army recruits morethan 300 older soldiers

Roadside bomb kills threeconstruction workers in Baghdad

dad square early on We-dnesday, killing threeconstruction workersand wounding nine oth-ers, an Iraqi InteriorMinistry source said.

“A roadside bombdetonated shortly after6:00 am (0200 GMT) inthe Taiyaran Square,where dozens of con-struction workers gath-ered for jobs,” the sourcesaid on condition of ano-nymity.

The attack came af-ter a deadly day of bom-bings and shootings ac-ross Iraq, during whichat least 38 people includ-ing 20 Iraqi soldiers anda US soldier werekilled.

MNA/Xinhua

Traces of bird flu detectedin Netherlands’ Gelderland

BRUSSELS, 3 Aug— Apoultry firm near Voor-thuizen in the Dutch prov-ince of Gelderland wassealed off on Tuesday af-ter traces of bird flu weredetected there, Dutchnews agency ANP re-ported.

Virologist AbOsterhaus stressed thetraces were of a mild formof the avian flu.

He said this variant isfar less virulent than theone that led to the cullingof millions of chickens andother poultry in the regionin 2003.

It is also far removedfrom the H5N1 strain thatcan be deadly for humans,he added. It was reportedthat the Ministry of Agri-culture has imposed a banon the transportation of

live or dead poultry, eggsor feed within a three-kilometre zone around thefactory. Shipments of pigsand cows are also prohib-ited if the destination is afirm within the zone.

Other poultry farms inthe region have been or-dered to take measures toensure visitors do notcome into contact withpoultry.— MNA/Xinhua

Suitcase bomb foundin German train

China’s young talents becomejunior science academicians


Margaret Chan, the candidate for Director-Generalof the World Health Organization (WHO), speaks tomedia before departing for Geneva, in Hong Kong,south China, on 2 Aug, 2006. Margaret Chan saidWednesday that she becomes more confident withthe support from China’s central government as

well as the government of the Hong Kong SpecialAdministrative Region (HKSAR).—INTERNET

Russia says UN weakened byUS support of Israel

MOSCOW, 3 Aug—Russia and other UNSecurity Council mem-bers are unhappyWashington is blockingattempts to pressure Israelover its offensive inLebanon, its ambassadorto the United Nations said.

Vitaly Churkin told the

Izvestia newspaper in aninterview published onWednesday the USposition had weakened theposition of the UnitedNations on the crisis.

“Discontent has beenrising recently amongSecurity Council membercountries with the fact that

the US is prepared to blockany decision which wouldbring pressure to bear onIsrael,” Churkin said.

“This discontent isexpressed practicallyevery day by manydelegations during con-sultations on Lebanon,” hesaid.

Churkin said that whenCouncil members dis-cussed Israel’s killing offour unarmed UN peace-keepers, US officials hadremoved any words thatcould cast a shadow onIsrael's action.

“The Americans andthe English have a ratherdifferent position. Butthere are some signs thatthe US is starting tounderstand that it mustwork towards ending thisbloody nightmare.”

Britain has stuckclosely to the US line thata ceasefire must be“sustainable”—seen bysome critics as a greenlight for Israel to go onbombing Lebanon.

Russia is a permanent,veto-wielding member ofthe Security Council alongwith Britain, China,France and the UnitedStates.

MNA/ReutersRyan Garcia, 8, watches Lee, a six-year-old male polar bear, at the LincolnPark Zoo in Chicago, Illinois on 2 Aug, 2006, as temperatures soared to 100

degrees Fahrenheit (38 degrees Celcius). —INTERNET

Over two-thirds of US National Guardsnot ready for combat

WASHINGTON, 3 Aug—The chief of the US Na-tional Guard said Tuesdaythat over two-thirds of theArmy National Guard’s 34brigades were not readyfor combat and that theywould need as much as 21billion US dollars to meettheir basic equipmentrequirements.

“I’m talking aboutbasic things — trucks,communications, en-

gineer equipment, heli-copters, night-visiondevices, radios,” Lieu-tenant-General Blum saidof the National Guard’sneeds.

The National Guardshave been providing asignificant portion of USsoldiers in Iraq, and hasdeployed more than 6,000troops in the foursouthwestern US borderstates to stem the flow of

illegal immigrants. Also on Tuesday,

Democrats released aletter from defence andforeign policy expertsthat said two-thirds ofthe Army’s operatingforce was not ready foraction.

The problem for theNational Guard, Blumsaid, was worse than thatfor the Army.

MNA/Xinhua

Blair faces growing criticism over Middle East LONDON, 3 Aug—

British Prime MinisterTony Blair’s persistentrefusal to listen to appealsfrom his Cabinet ministersto seek an early ceasefirebetween Israel andLebanon has triggeredgrowing criticism anddissent over his toughapproach towards theMideast conflict.

Speaking at the LosAngeles World AffairsCouncil on Tuesday, Blairadmitted that the US andBritain were losing thebattle for mainstreamMuslim and Arab opinion.

The West was “veryfar” from persuadingworld opinion that it wasfair or even-handed, saidBlair, who was in LosAngeles, after meetingwith President George WBush last Friday for talks

on the deployment of aninternational force and aneventual ceasefire inLebanon.

But senior Labourfigures will be furious thatBlair has once again failedto call for an immediateceasefire in the MiddleEast. As he returns toBritain, Blair will findhimself isolated from hisown Cabinet over the issue.

Last week, Jack Straw,the former foreign

secretary, became the firstCabinet minister todeliberately break theCabinet line by criticizingIsrael’s response as“disproportionate”.

According to localreports, current ForeignSecretary MargaretBeckett tried but failed toget Blair to call for animmediate ceasefire inLebanon when he metBush last Friday.

MNA/Xinhua

Christie’s employee Leonie Ashfield poses next tothe T’Pol’s Original Series-style Starfleet

minidress (blue) on display at Christie’s auctionhouse in London on 2 Aug, 2006. The piece will beauctioned in October by Christie’s New York and is

estimated to reach $600-$800.—INTERNET

Bombings, shootings kill 55 in IraqBAGHDAD, 3 Aug—

Bombings and shootingskilled up to 55 people inIraq on Tuesday, includingat least 23 soldiers, attackssome angry residents saidshowed the new govern-ment was unable to stopthe violence wrecking thecountry.

A roadside bombattack on a bus filled withIraqi troops on a roadbetween Tikrit and Baiji,north of Baghdad, killedat least 23, the Army said.

A British soldier waskilled in a mortar attack onan Army base in thesouthern city of Basra, aBritish military spokesmansaid. In Baghdad, a suicidebomber in a car targetedsoldiers collecting their

salaries from a bank,killing at least 10 people,including an elderlywoman, police said.State television put thetoll at 14.

The attack was in thesame spot in the KarradaDistrict where a car bomband mortars killed at least27 people last week.

MNA/Reuters

Witness says US soldiers smiledbefore killings in Iraq

TIKRIT(Iraq), 3 Aug—US soldiers charged withmurdering three detaineesin Iraq smiled beforecarrying out the shootingsand threatened to killanother soldier if heinformed on them, amilitary court heard onWednesday.

Prosecution witnessPrivate First Class BradleyMason said one of those

charged, Staff SergeantRaymond Girouard, toldhim if he were arrested hewould try to get outof it on medical groundsbecause he had PostTraumatic Stress Disor-der.

“They just smiled,”said Mason. “I told him(Girouard) that I am notdown with it. It’s murder.”

The soldiers — Private

First Class Corey Clagett,Specialist WilliamHunsaker, Girouard andSpecialist Juston Graber— are from the 101stAirborne Division and arebased in Samarra, north ofBaghdad.

They have said the threemen who were killed weretrying to escape during theshootings.

MNA/Reuters


(from page 1)All the countries are con-ducting researches on bio-diesel to be substituted inthe place of diesel. Physicnut seeds can be used forextraction of bio-diesel.Therefore, all the farmersare to grow physic nutplants in all villages. Inconclusion, the com-mander expressed his

Lt-Gen Myint Swe presentsprizes to outstanding town-ships, districts, farmers …

YANGON, 4 Aug — Presiding Sayadaw ofWailuwun Monastery in Sangyoung TownshipSayadaw Agga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Agga Vamsawill deliver a sermon at Maha Theindawgyi in PabedanTownship at 7 pm on 8 August (Full Moon Day ofWagaung).

Sayadaw Agga Vamsa is also a member of theState Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee. — MNA

Sayadaw to deliversermon on 8 August

pleasures for holding theceremony to present prizesto outstanding farmers andtownships.

Next, chairmen offour District PDCs pre-sented reports on the com-pletion of ploughing formonsoon paddy inYangon Division for2006-07 to the com-mander.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe,the commander and wifeviewed participation ofmembers of Women’sAffairs Organization andMaternal and Child Wel-fare Association in the

paddy seed sowing con-test, weeding and fertilizerbroadcasting tasks.

They releasedfingerlings into the paddyfield.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweand party inspected thriv-ing paddy plantations. Thecommander and wife andofficials presented gifts tothose who participated inthe weeding and fertilizerbroadcasting tasks.

They visited fertiliz-ers and agricultural equip-ment at booths and salescentres of departments,enterprises and private-run industries.

Lt-Gen Myint Swepresented the outstandingtownship award for all-round agricultural produc-tion for 2005-06 to

Thongwa Township, theoutstanding district awardfor boosting GDP for2005-06 to Yangon EastDistrict and the first prizein direct paddy seed sow-ing contest to KayanTownship.

The commander alsogave prizes to other out-standing townships anddistricts. Later, officialspresented prizes toThongwa Township andfarmer U Thein Han forpulses and beans produc-tion, Thongwa Townshipfor monsoon paddy pro-duction for 2005-06, andTaikkyi Township forsummer paddy productionfor 2005-06; first, secondand third prizes toKyauktan, Thongwa andKayan townships respec-

tively for outstanding per-formance in disbursementof loans for growingmonsoon paddy and HleguTownship for that of sum-mer paddy cultivation;first, second and thirdprizes to Taikkyi, Twantayand Htantabin townshipsrespectively for outstand-ing performance in releas-ing fish into the paddyfields in 2005-06; first,second and third prizes toTaikkyi, Thongwa andKayan townships respec-tively for sale of Leyar-16power-tillers, third andconsolation prizes toTwantay and Hmawbytownships in the paddyseed direct sowing con-test, and gifts to privateentrepreneurs and compa-nies. — MNA

YANGON, 4 Aug — Yangon East District Ma-ternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Committee ob-served the World Breastfeeding Week at Yankin Edu-cation College here this afternoon.

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace and De-velopment Council Commander of Yangon CommandBrig-Gen Hla Htay Win and wife Chairperson ofYangon Division MCWSC Daw Mar Mar Wai at-tended the ceremony.

The commander presented prizes to winnersin the quiz to mark the World Breastfeeding Week, and

World Breastfeeding Week ceremony observedin Yangon East District

Chairperson Daw Mar Mar Wai, prizes to winners inthe one-act play contest.

Obstetrician and Gynecologist Dr Daw OhnMyint of South Okkalapa Women’s and Children’sHospital gave lectures on systematic breastfeeding.Chairman of Yangon East District MCWSC Daw NanShwe Yin presented gifts to Dr Daw Ohn Myint.

Next, the one-act play on breastfeeding waspresented to the audiences. After the ceremony, Chair-person Daw Mar Mar Wai and party provided assistanceto expectant mothers and breastfeeding mothers. — MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe and Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win put fingerlings into paddy fields.—MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win presents prize toHlegu Township team. — MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win presentsprize to a winner. — MNA

Chairperson of Yangon Division MCWSC DawMar Mar Wai gives prize to a winner. — MNA

YANGON, 4 Aug — Executive U Aung Kyi Soeof the Union of Myanmar Federation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry left here by air for Japan on 29July to attend the AMEICC Trading Program on Dis-tribution Logistics for COEs (AMDL-1) to be held inYokohama, Japan from 31 July to 11 August. He wasseen off at the airport by UMFCCI General-SecretaryU Sein Win Hlaing. — MNA

UMFCCI executiveleaves for Japan

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Aug — Myanmar Delegationled by Deputy Attorney-General U Myint Naing ar-rived back here yesterday after attending the 3rd China-ASEAN Attorney-Generals’ Meeting held at Jakarta,Indonesia, from 31 July to 2 August.

The delegation was welcomed back at Nay PyiTaw Airport by Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin, Direc-tor-General of the Attorney-General’s Office U MyaNyein and officials.

Members of the delegation U Ah Lone Maungand U Htay Lwin Win also arrived back on the sameflight. — MNA

Myanmar delegationarrives back from

Jakarta


Myanmar’s efforts to combathuman trafficking (1)

Khin Yun San

Now, the problem of trafficking in persons

is rampant throughout the world. The international

community has accepted that human trade is a form

of slave trade that has been extinct for more than

200 years, and it reared its ugly head again as

modern slavery around 1990. According to the

researchers, the collapse of the Soviet Union and

the rapid advancement of information technology

are two of the causes that make slavery or trafficking

in human beings resurface. In particular, women

from the Eastern Europe were increasingly trafficked

into the Western Europe and it has had a transnational

impact around the world.

Human trafficking is a sort of crime that

needs small investment but is greatly lucrative. So,

avaricious people gang up to commit such crimes

irrespective of region. Now, along with terrorism

challenging the world and drug production,

trafficking in persons is posing a grave threat to the

entire mankind. So, the UN Convention against

Transnational Organized Crime and the Protocols

thereto were prescribed unanimously in 2000 and

are being implemented globally with a firm resolve.

According to researches human trade is a

clandestine crime, and so it is hard to find out the

exact number of the victims and it is estimated that

more than 27 million people have been trafficked so

far; that one million to two million people are

trafficked yearly; that annual total profits from the

human trade would amount to more than US$ 1.5

trillions; that a recent study has showed that the

Asian countries where such crimes occur include

China, Thailand, Bangladesh, Cambodia, India,

Laos, Myanmar, Nepal, Pakistan, the Philippines

and Vietnam and the victims from those countries

are mostly sent to the US, Britain and Japan; that

yearly about 300,000 women and children from

Mekong Region including Myanmar are trafficked;

and the rate of crimes on human trade of South-East

Asian countries represents 54 per cent of that of

Asia.

Myanmar is home to diverse national races

and the majority of the population believe in

Buddhism. So, most of them are religious. Myanmar

national people are originally generous, sympathetic,

helpful and open-minded. In particular, residents in

border areas are more honest and gullible. So, they are

easy targets of human traffickers. As the people in

border areas have easy access to neighbouring countries,

they tend to be easily deceived into sex trade in these

countries after they have illegally entered the countries

to earn money.

Human trafficking is a trade, torture, coercion

into prostitution, and exploitation, harming the lives

and dignity of the victims. The majority of the victims

are women and children who can easily fall into the

tricks of the traffickers.

Traditionally, Myanmar society value self-

esteem and dignity dearly. The events that harm

dignity have been religiously and traditionally alien to

Myanmar from time immemorial. And human

trafficking is absolutely unacceptable to Myanmar

society and such a crime tarnishes the dignity and

prestige that Myanmar people value and preserve. So,

anti-human trafficking campaigns are being launched

as national duty across the nation.

People initially became aware of the problem

of trafficking in persons around 1990. And around

2000, it developed to a serious case. Since then,

Myanmar has been aware of such problem. After

attending the World Women’s Conference held in

Beijing in 1995, Myanmar launched its drive to combat

human trafficking that harms the life security of

women. In the process, the Myanmar National

Committee for Women’s Affairs was formed under the

Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement

on 3 July 1996. The committee laid down a policy on

the development and life security of women and has

been implementing it since then. Under the committee

are various work committees that pay serious attention

to prevention of women and children against being

trafficked.

The Myanmar National Work Committee for

Women’s Affairs led by the deputy minister for Social

Welfare, Relief and Resettlement was established on 7

October 1996, and the Work Committee for Prevention

of Trafficking in Persons led by the deputy minister for

Home Affairs on 17 July 2002.

With the aim of fighting the problem of

trafficking in persons in various aspects, the

National Plan of Action consisting of prevention,

prosecution, protection, rehabilitation and

reintegration was promulgated in 1997 and is being

implemented.

In 1997, the National Task Forces made up of

governmental departments and representatives of non-

governmental organizations were formed. The National

Task Forces have been educating the public through

mass media such as educative talks, pamphlets, and

video plays. The committees at all levels are presenting

educative plays through Myanma Radio and Television

and Myawady TV and in the video halls in wards and

villages. An educative video play with Myanmar and

Shan language subtitles featuring ten true stories about

human trafficking was produced and the play is now

being shown in towns and villages of border areas in

Shan State.

In 2000, the Myanmar National Committee

for Women’s Affairs in cooperation with UNIAP, a

UN body to curb human trafficking in the Greater

Mekong Region, formed a mobile training team

comprising representatives of various departments.

It has already trained about 500 departmental

personnel in the states and divisions. It has been

disbursing small loans to women to prevent them

against going to the other country to earn their living.

It is also providing financial assistance to the poor

children to be able to go to shool.

The central committee led by the director-

general of Myanmar Police Force and subordinate

committees at state/division, district, township and

village levels have been formed to prevent illegal

migration to other countries, the main reason behind

the cause of human trafficking. The committees

that started their activities on 23 September 2001

have dissuaded 838,541 persons from leaving the

country illegally and also arrested 1,413 human

traffickers.

Myanmar with her resolve to eliminate

trafficking in persons, successfully held the first

national level meeting on human trafficking in

Yangon on 25 and 26 May 2002. The meeting was

co-sponsored by the Ministry of Home Affairs, the

Ministry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement,

the Myanmar National Committee for Women’s

Affairs, UNIAP, UNICEF and Save the Children

(UK). The meeting has been a milestone in

Myanmar’s anti-human trafficking campaign as it

has enhanced the cooperation of the UN agencies

and international NGOs in the cause. The nation has

been in the process of implementing the 11 future

working programmes laid down by the meeting.

Human trafficking is a trade, torture,coercion into prostitution, and exploitation,harming the lives and dignity of the victims.The majority of the victims are women andchildren who can easily fall into the tricks ofthe traffickers. (See page 9)


Myanmar’s efforts to combathuman trafficking (1)

Khin Yun San

(from page 8)

In accord with the MoU Myanmar has

signed with Australia, she in cooperation with Asia

Regional Cooperation to Prevent People Trafficking

(ARCPPT) project held workshop on human

trafficking 14 times in all the major towns of states

and divisions beginning 2003.

As Myanmar has been giving priority to

international cooperation, she became a signatory

to the ARCPPT project comprising Myanmar,

Thailand, Cambodia and Laos on 22 December

2003. The project trained police officers and formed

40-member Specialist Anti-Trafficking Unit in

2004. On 3 September 2004, Myanmar organized

the Transnational Crime Department with 99

members to enhance international cooperation.

Myanmar hosted in Yangon on 29 October

2004 a ministerial meeting at which ministers of six

countries — China, Cambodia, Laos, Myanmar,

Thailand and Vietnam in the Mekong region signed

an MoU to collectively combat trafficking in

persons. After the promulgation of the Regional

Action of Plan, the six countries have been promoting

cooperation.

ASEAN countries are cooperating with

one another in fighting against human trafficking in

accord with the declaration released at the ASEAN-

Summit held in Laos in November 2004.

Extended international cooperation is

enhanced by legal actions taken against the

traffickers on a wider scale. The formation of the

People started to notice the problem of trafficking inpersons around 1990. And around 2000, it developed to aserious case. Since then, Myanmar has been aware of suchproblem. After attending the World Women’s Conferenceheld in Beijing in 1995, Myanmar launched its drive tocombat human trafficking that harms the life security ofwomen. In the process, the Myanmar National Committeefor Women’s Affairs was formed under the Ministry ofSocial Welfare, Relief and Resettlement on 3 July 1996. Thecommittee laid down a policy on the development and lifesecurity of women and has been implementing it since then.Under the committee are various work committees that payserious attention to prevention of women and childrenagainst being trafficked.

Work Committee for Human Trafficking Prevention

on 17-7-2002 is followed by sustained efforts to give

special attention to taking severer legal action against

human traffickers. Subordinate committees at different

levels in 14 states and divisions are gathering

information about trafficking agents, conducting

surprise checks and exposing the agents.

The committees were able to expose and arrest

1,484 persons — 815 males and 669 females — in 748

human trafficking cases during the period from 17-7-

2002 to 30-6-2006. Of the criminals, two were sentenced

to life imprisonment, 95 to ten years and above, 333 to

five years and above and 154 to less than five years.

Moreover, the bodies were able to rescue in time 3,694

persons — 1.904 males and 1,790 females — who fell

prey to the tricks of the agents, and sent them back to

their families properly. The following table shows the

actions taken against traffickers annually.

Year cases criminals persons saved

2002 99 163 543

2003 195 377 932

2004 180 382 1157

2005 213 442 824

2006 61 120 238

Total 748 1484 3694

The government has never taken action against

anyone of the victims who returned to the nation after

illegally left it for abroad. It even opened a reception

camp in Myawady at the border to welcome back and

provide assistance to the victims of human trafficking.

The centre had received 20,072 persons facing

troubles abroad and sent them back to their families

from 18-2-2002 the day on which it is opened to 30-

6-2006. In cooperation with UNIAP, SC (UK) and

World Vision, the government welcomed and sent

back the 303 victims of human trafficking to their

homes. The victims were sent back by a foreign

country.

The MPF’s Anti-Trafficking Units in

Yangon, Mandalay, Kale, Bhamo, Muse, Tachilek,

Kawthoung, Myawady and Mawlamyine set up task

forces to curb the crime more effectively. Beginning

early 2006, anti-trafficking task forces formed in

nine major cities of the states and divisions have

been distributing educative flyers and holding talks

in border towns and villages where trafficking is

frequent. Members of the task forces are skilled in

their work as they have been trained by experts of

ARCPPT.

In addition to curbing the crime on all fronts,

Myanmar has been paying special attention to

international cooperation. It is also a signatory to the

following agreements it has been materializing

together with other participating nations:

1. The Convention on the Rights of the Child

(CRC), signed in 1991.

2. The Convention on the Elimination of All

Forms of Discrimination Against Women

(CEDAW), signed in 1997.

3. Forced Labour Convention No 29, signed in

1955.

4. The Convention Against Transnational

Organized Crime (CTOC), signed in 2004.

5. The Protocol to Prevent, Suppress and

Punish Trafficking in Persons, Especially

Women and Children, signed in 2004.

6. The Protocol to Combat Smuggling of

Migrants in Land, Sea and Air, signed in

2004.

7. The Convention Against Corruption, signed

on 2 December 2005.

8. The Treaty on Mutual Legal Assistance in

Criminal Matters, signed on 17 January

2006.

(To be continued)

Myanmar Alin & Kyemon: 4-8-2006

(Translation: MS+TMT)

*****


(from page 16)all the more. It is believedthat those who had com-pleted the training coursewill be able apply practi-cally what was taught inthe course as they hadstudied and learned vari-ous subjects.

Under the correctleadership, all the USDAmembers are to strive forimprovement of socio-economic life of the peo-ple and development ofhuman resources throughintegrated and well-coor-dinated efforts. Now,thanks to concerted effortsof the Government, theTatmadaw and the peo-ple, unprecedentedprogress has been madein all spheres while sys-tematic steps are beingtaken for development ofthe agricultural, electricand industrial sectors. Asthe government has beenable to bring about har-

Loss of peace, stability will be…

President of

MMCWA

Daw Khin

Khin Win

receives

Resident

Representa-

tive of

UNICEF Mr

Ramesh M

Shrestha.

MNA

Medical Superintendent Dr Pe Win accepts medicines and medicalequipment worth K 4.6 million donated by MMCWA. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Hla Tun receives Mr Chen Yuan, Chairman ofChina Development Bank. — MNA

YANGON, 4 Aug — President of MyanmarMaternal and Child Welfare Association Daw KhinKhin Win received Resident Representative Mr RameshM Shrestha of UNICEF at the office of MMCWA this

MMCWA President receives UNICEF ResidentRepresentative

afternoon. At the meeting, the President and CECmembers explained facts about MMCWA and con-ducted the Resident Representative round the docu-mentary photos of MMCWA’s activities.— MNA

Myanma Oil and Gas Enterpriseholds coord meeting

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Aug — Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi delivered an address at the meetingof Myanma Oil and Gas Enterprise at the hall of theministry, here, on 1 August morning.

In his speech, the minister said that fuel priceis very high in the world. While maintaining produc-tion of oil and natural gas for ensuring fuel sufficiency,more oil wells are to be drilled. Qualified and honestpersons are to be nurtured for tasks of the enterprise.

Officials and oil field managers submittedreports on accomplishments on the resolutions of theprevious meeting and productions of the oil fields.

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Than Htay, Direc-tor-General U Soe Myint of Energy Planning Depart-ment and Managing Director U San Lwin of MOGEreviewed sector-wise reports.

The minister laid down the target productionsof the oil fields for 2006-07 financial year and futuretasks for boosting production of oil and gas.

The meeting ended with the concludingremarks by the minister.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 4 Aug — Mini-ster for Finance and Revenue Maj-GenHla Tun received Chairman ofChina Development Bank Mr ChenYuan and party of the People’s Repub-lic of China at the ministry, here,

F&R Minister receives Chairman ofChina Development Bank

yesterday.Also present at the call were

Deputy Minister Col Hla Thein Swe,Governor U Kyaw Kyaw Maung of theCentral Bank of Myanmar and officials.

MNA

Medicines, medical equipment donated toWomen’s Hospital, General Hospital

YANGON, 4 Aug — MyanmarMaternal and Child Welfare Associa-tion donated medicines and medicalequipment to Central Women’s Hospi-tal and Yangon Western General Hos-pital today.

CEC Member of MMCWADaw Khin Nwe Nwe presented medi-

cines and medical equipment worth K7.6 million to Medical Superintendent ofCWH Dr Shwe Oh. At Yangon WesternGeneral Hospital, Medical Superintend-ent of the hospital Dr Pe Win acceptedmedicines and medical equipment worthK 4.6 million.

MNA

monious development inthe states and divisionsthere prevails peace andstability in all parts of thenation where all-round de-velopment has beenachieved.

Rural peopleconstitutes over 70 percent of the nation’s popu-lation. This being the case,efforts are being made forsuccess of the five ruraldevelopment tasks, estab-lishment of self-reliant li-braries and acquisition ofpower supply in rural re-gions.

Since yore,Myanmar has a fine tradi-tion of national unity be-cause of the bonds of am-ity between the nationalraces. Myanmar peoplestand on patriotism theyhave in their hearts. Patri-otism is the foundation ofnational development en-deavours. Patriotism mustbe forged among the na-

tional people. Myanmar isheading towards emer-gence of a peaceful, mod-ern and developed disci-pline-flourishing demo-cratic state, which is thenational goal.

The associationshould make concertedefforts together with thepeople for the successfulimplementation of theseven-step Road Map toreach the goal. At the sametime the members shouldknow the danger of de-structive elements. USDAmembers should see na-ture of constructive en-deavours and destructiveacts. Destructive acts willhinder the national devel-opment endeavours. Someorganizations from insideand outside the nation arefloating fabrications basedon self-interest while turn-ing a blind eye to the ob-jective conditions in theirattempt to harm national

stability and unity. Thoseacts were against the na-tional interest.

The membersshould beware of the re-currence of evil conse-quences of the 1988 un-rest. The people’s livesand wishes have changedwith the passage of timeduring the period of onedecade after the unrest.Private enterprises havebeen emerging in the na-tion enjoying unprec-edented development dur-ing the period.

Loss of peace andstability will be followedby the fall of production,trade and services enter-prises set up by the people

themselves that will harmthe socio-economy. All inall, destructive acts willonly hinder the efforts tobuild a new nation.

All the membersare to rebut any false ac-cusations so as to get thepeople to know the truthand to speed up their workfor regional peace and sta-bility and development. Inaddition, they are neededto fend off any destructiveacts through the strengthof the people.

In conclusion, hesaid, all the trainees are tostrive for regional devel-opment by employing theknowledge and experi-ences gained from the train-

ing course; they are to or-ganize the people to haveever-flourishing UnionSpirit upholding Our ThreeMain National Causes; theyare to work for the well-being of the people in ac-cord with the future workprogrammes to enable theassociation to stand as anational force; and they areto work together with thepublic in accord with the12 State objectives by keep-ing in the fore Our ThreeMain National Causes.

After the cer-emony, U Htay Oo cor-dially greeted the trainees.The course was attendedby 210 trainees and lastedfour weeks. — MNA


350i/-

Xiao Hua, a two-year-old boy, cools off in thespray of a fountain at

People’s Square inShanghai on 1 Aug,

2006.—INTERNET

Malaysia criticizes Western media oftheir one-side story in M-E

PUTRAJAYA , 4 Aug — Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah AhmadBadawi Thursday criticized the Western media of focusing on reporting one-side story of the current worsening situation in Middle East.

Tropical storm “Prapiroon”strikes Hong Kong

HONG KONG, 4 Aug — Tropical storm Prapiroon struck Hong Kongwith strong wind and heavy rain Thursday, affecting at least 80 flights.

The thunderstorm will forcemore than 80 flights to delay leavingor landing at Hong Kong, accordingto sources from the Airport AuthorityHong Kong. Cathy Pacific Airwaysannounced Thursday morning itwill cancel all the 19 arrival anddeparture flights before 12:00 am (0400GMT).

All ferry services between HongKong and Macao, and those betweenMacao and the Chek Lap Kok Airportin Hong Kong have been suspended.

Train services between Hong Kongand neighbouring Shenzhen City ofsouth China’s Guangdong Provincewere also suspended due to fallen trees

which blocked the railways. According to Hong Kong

Observatory, the centre of the severetropical storm Prapiroon was estimatedto be about 290 kilometres southwestof Hong Kong.

Packing winds of typhoon Prapiroonis more than 70 miles an hour and it ismoving toward the island province ofHainan in the south tip of China. Theobservatory has issued the No. 3 strongwind signal.

Hong Kong regularly sufferstorrential rain and flooding fromtyphoons that pass by the area everyyear.

MNA/Xinhua

“The Western mediahave been constantlyreporting Israel’s side ofthe story and broadcastingpictures of Israeli familiesbeing forced to leave theirhomes or to seek shelterfrom Hizbollah’srockets,” Badawi said inhis opening speech at anemergency meetingattended by countries ofthe Organization ofIslamic Conference (ICO)here.

On the other hand,

the Western media hasfailed to give equalattention to the sufferingand plight of the people inLebanon and Palestine,the Malaysian PrimeMinister said at theconference formallyknown as the Meeting ofFriends of the Chair Ofthe 10th Islamic SummitConference.

Malaysia, whichcurrently chairs the 57-strong ICO, called themeeting at short notice to

“discuss the currentsituation anddevelopment in Lebanonand Palestine fordetermining the action tobe taken by the ICOcountries”.

“Stories and picturesconcerning Lebanese andPalestinian women andchildren being bombed ordriven from their homeshave not received theirequal share of air-time,”Badawi said.

Facing this situation,he called on the nationalmedia in the ICOcountries to play a“proactive” role and makesure all sides of storieswere told.

In his speech,Badawi also urged ICOmember countries and theinternational communityto work out a practicalplan of actions to bringback peace to the MiddleEast.

MNA/Xinhua

African trade withChina growing

LUSAKA, 4 Aug — African trade with China hasgrown remarkably with the continent’s exports risingby 72 per cent in 2005, dwarfing the 30-per-centincrease in African exports to its traditional tradecorridors to Europe, said the Africa Focus of StandardChartered Bank here on Wednesday.

The total trade between China and Africa reached40 billion US dollars in 2005, in a sharp contrast withfour billion dollars in 1995, according to the bank.

To facilitate the trade with Africa, China hasscraped tariffs on 190 types of imported goods from 28of the least developed African countries, the bank said.

It added that Africa exports to China consist of oil,timber and cotton while China’s exports to Africacomprise mainly machinery, electronics, textiles andhi-tech products.

MNA/Xinhua


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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VASCO DAGAMA VOY NO (005)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCODAGAMA VOY NO (005) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 6.8.2006 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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 INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV YANGON STAR VOY NO (410)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV YANGONSTAR VOY NO (410) are hereby notified that thevessel arrives 5.8.2006 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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: EAGLE SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Disruptive British mini-moto drivers face ban

Manure mountains to powerUS ethanol plant

Drought affects more than5mln people across China

Oil plant leak damagesthird of Lebanon’s coasts

LONDON, 3 Aug—Britons who drive mini-motos recklessly or causeproblems in theircommunity were warnedby the government onWednesday that theycould be given a drivingban or even have theirvehicles crushed.

Mini-motos, essentia-lly small motorbikeswhich are marketed astoys, can only be driven

on private land and it isillegal to use unregisteredmachines on roads orpavements.

The bikes — anestimated 100,000 weresold in 2005 — have loudengines and can reach upto 60miles per hour. Policesay they have become agrowing concern in somecommunities, causing anuisance for local people.

Northumbria Police

said they had received3,000 complaints aboutthe bikes in the last yearwhile in Reading 44 percent of calls to an anti-social behaviour hotlinerelated to mini-motos.

“Misuse of mini-motos is dangerous and iscausing misery in toomany of our localcommunities,” HomeSecretary John Reid said.

“I know people areexperiencing increasingproblems from the menaceof misused mini-motos.This must stop.”

Those who causeproblems could have

points on their drivinglicence, face a fine or evenhave their vehiclesdestroyed.

Children, who are tooyoung to hold a licence,could find insurancecompanies refusing toinsure them once theyhave passed their drivingtest or at least vastly-inflated premiums.

Reid said policeforces in 28 areas wouldshare 200,000 pounds tostep up enforcementaction against thosecausing anti-socialbehaviour with their mini-motos. — MNA/ReutersNEW YORK, 3 Aug —

One company’s drive tolocate domestic sources ofenergy is taking a turn intothe barnyard.

Panda Ethanol Inc hassecured nearly 160 millionUS dollars in financing tobuild an ethanol plant thatwill be fired by mountainsof manure in Hereford, acattle town in the Texaspanhandle.

“We’ve located aproject in what I wouldcall the Saudi Arabia ofmanure,” said Todd

Carter, the company’schief executive officer.

The plant will gasify1 billion pounds of manurea year to make 100 milliongallons of ethanol. Themanure will save the plantnearly 365,000 barrels ofoil equivalent per year.Panda hopes to get itrunning by late next year.

Companies are racingto build ethanol plants asthe oil industry uses thefuel as a replacement forgasoline additive MTBE,a suspected carcinogen.

Growing US motor fueldemand means ethanolproduction will need togrow by about 1.5 billiongallons per year.

Some environmenta-lists have questioned thegreen benefits of ethanolbecause some of the fuel’srefineries use electricityfrom plants fired by coal,the dirtiest fossil fuel.

But Carter’s “poop topump” ethanol plant willfuel more than 90 per centof its own energy needsby heating up manure untilit releases methane, whichit will then burn to makesteam to fuel the plant.The process destroys themethane, a greenhouse gasat least 20 times morepotent than carbondioxide.

Some environmenta-lists worry that runoff fromfarms that group largenumbers of cattle togethercan pollute water supplies.But Carter said the plantwill turn what alreadyexists in the region intosomething useful. Ashfrom the process can beused to make cow beddingand cement, he said.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 3 Aug— Asprovinces in eastern andsouthern China recoverfrom floods brought bytyphoons, drought isaffecting the lives of morethan five million peopleacross the country.

Drought had causedtemporary drinking watersupply disruption for 1.3million people in thesouthwestern province ofGuizhou, said theprovincial flood controland drought reliefheadquarters.

More than 270,000hectares of crops and900,000 domestic animalswere also affected.

In mid-July, rainfallin northern, northeasternand southeastern parts ofthe province was about 50to 70 per cent less than theaverage, it said.

Forty-seven countiesin these areas had less than10 millimetres of rain.Reservoirs were 25 percent down on normal

levelsMore than 20 days of

drought and hightemperatures since earlyJuly have hit southwesternChongqing Municipality,affecting the lives of 3.5million people and threemillion livestock.

Eighty-three reser-voirs in Chongqing havesuffered water deficien-cies, with stored water insome 60 to 70 per cent lessthan average, according tothe municipal flood controland drought reliefauthorities.

Statistics showaverage rainfall in northChina’s Shanxi Provincewas only 65 millimetersin July, about half of theaverage of previous years.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 3 Aug—Leaking oil from abombed power station inLebanon has damagedabout a third of thecountry’s coastline, theworld’s top maritime bodysaid on Wednesday.

The UN InternationalMaritime Organization

(IMO) said in a statementthat some 10,000 tons offuel oil had spilled intothe Mediterranean fromthe damaged Jiyyeh plantsouth of Beirut.

It said another 25,000tons of the heavy oil slurry— similar to the type thatdevastated beaches innorthern Spain followingthe Prestige oil tankerdisaster in 2002 — couldstill escape from rupturedstorage tanks.

“The Lebanese

coastline, for some 70-80kilometres north of thepower plant, has beenaffected. These areas arecomposed of sandybeaches, rocky beaches,fishing ports andmarinas,” the IMO said.

Lebanon’s Environ-ment Ministry says Israelijets hit the storage tankson 13 and 15 July anddescribed the leakage asan environmental catast-rophe.

MNA/Reuters

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development of biofuels WASHINGTON, 3 Aug — US Department of Energy (DOE) announced on

Wednesday that it will invest 250 million US dollars in the development ofcellulosic ethanol and other biofuels.

The money will be usedto establish and operate twonew Bioenergy ResearchCentres to acceleratebasic research on thedevelopment, said EnergySecretary Samuel W.Bodman during a visit toChannahon, Illinois.

"This is an importantstep toward our goalof replacing 30 per centof transportation fuelswith biofuels by 2030,"

Bodman said. “The mission of these

centres is to accelerateresearch that leads tobreakthroughs in basicscience to make biofuelsa cost-effective alterna-tive to fossil fuels,” headded.

The two centres will bededicated to conductingsystems research onmicrobes and plants, withthe goal of harnessing

nature's own powerfulmechanisms for producingenergy from sunlight, saida statement released by thedepartment.

A major focus will beon understanding how toreengineer biologicalprocesses for moreefficient conversion ofplant fiber, or cellulose,into ethanol, a substitute tefor gasoline, it said.

MNA/Xinhua

No radioactive cloud hovering over Cyprus NICOSIA, 3 Aug — The Department of Labour Inspection of the Cyprus

Ministry of Labour and Social Insurance said on Tuesday that there was noreason for concern or panic over reports that a radioactive cloud containingenriched uranium is hovering above Cyprus due to a conflict in Lebanon.

Zimbabwe earns $70m from tobacco sales HARARE, 3 Aug— Zimbabwe has sold some 35.8 million kilogrammes of

flue-cured tobacco worth 70.2 million US dollars so far at the country’s threeauction floors.

A statement issued bythe department, which isin charge of radiationprotection, informed thepublic that it wasmonitoring the situationand assured that therewas absolutely no reasonfor concern, moreover,

no panic was justified. The statement said

that no notice has beenreceived by internationalcentres, which Cyprus iscooperating with andwhich monitor similarsituations, adding thatthese centres inform

their members as soonas such situations appear.

The levels of radiationand concentration of dustin the atmosphere arebeing monitored by theDepartment of LabourInspection and,according to data takenon a 24-hour basis, noincrease of thesenumbers has beenascertained, it said.

This position is beingreinforced by the factthat from the dayhosti l i t ies began inLebanon, the directionof the wind in the widerregion of Cyprus isnortherly to norteasterly,and the direction isexpected to remain thesame in the next three days,it said.

It said that thedepartment will con-tinueto monitor the situation andinform the publicresponsibly and promptly,while taking all necessarymeasures.

MNA/Xinhua

Figures released by theTobacco Industry andMarketing Board onWednesday showed that atotal of 17,895,063kilogrammes of tobaccohas been sold through theauction floors and17,924,124 kilogrammesthrough the contractsystem as of Monday.

This is compared to39.5 million kilo-grammes of tobaccoworth 58 million US

dollars that was soldduring the same periodlast year.

The golden leaf fetchedan average price of 1.96US dollars per kilogrammewith sales conductedthrough the auctionaveraging 1.90 US dollarsper kilogramme and 2.01US dollars for contractsales.

Meanwhile, the ReserveBank of Zimbabwe has sofar paid growers early

delivery bonuses of 2.4billion Zimbabwean dollars(about 10 million USdollars).Due to inputsshortages, Zimbabwe thisyear expects to produce50 million kilogrammesof tobacco, down fromlast year's 74 millionkilogrammes.Despite adecline in production overthe years, tobacco stillremains one of Zimbabwe'slargest foreign exchangeearners. — MNA/Reuters

Toyota becomesUS No 2 auto retailer

LOS ANGELES, 3 Aug — Toyota Motor Corp became the US No 2 autoretailer in July after beating Ford Motor Co. in sales, data showed onWednesday.

Toyota's feat owedmuch to its mage as aleader in fuel efficiency,market analysts said.

The Asian-based

automakers grabbed 41.4per cent of the USpassenger vehicle marketin July, posting their bestshowing ever, according

to data received here onWednesday.

In contrast, Americanautomakers saw theirshare of the market slip toa record low of 52 percent in July.

Toyota and its Lexusbrand outsold Ford andits Lincoln and Mercurybrands by 17,696 vehiclesin the month. But takinginto account the firstseven months.

Toyota remained infourth place in the USbehind the three Detroit-area companies — theGeneral Motors, Ford andChrysler.

Toyota has outsoldChrysler in severalmonths in the last twoyears to take the No. 3position in the US In2003 it passed Ford inglobal sales to becomesecond in the worldbehind GM.

MNA/Xinhua

Actor Mel Gibson charged withdrunk driving

LOS ANGELES, 3 Aug— Actor and filmmaker Mel Gibson was charged onWednesday with driving under the influence of alcohol, prosecutors said.

The misdemeanor charges, which accused him of driving with a bloodalcohol count higher than the legal limit of .08 per cent, follow Gibson’s arrestin Malibu last Friday after a deputy saw him speeding down Pacific CoastHighway in his Lexus.A police report that cited his drunken, anti-Semitic rantafter that arrest has touched off a furor.

Gibson, who has since apologized for his actions and his inflammatorycomments to the officer, is free on bail but is set for an arraignment on thecharges on 28 September in Malibu.

MNA/Reuters

A man is taking photos of the panorama of Moscow, in Moscowon 2 Aug, 2006. —INTERNET

The space shuttle Atlantis arrives at launch pad39B at the Kennedy Space Centre in Cape

Canaveral, Florida, on 2 Aug, 2006.—INTERNET

One of the lesser panda twin cubs is weighed as645 grams at the safari park in Hefei, capital ofeast China’s Anhui Province, on 31 July , 2006.The male twins, born on 16 June, began to

receive artificial feeding onMonday.— INTERNET


S P O R T S

France defender William Gallas has upset Chelseacoach Jose Mourinho and the clubas he failed to

meet up with his teammates in Los Angeles fortheir pre-season tour, according to Reuters’ report

on Aug,2006.—INTERNET

World Boxing Association (WBA) light flyweight newchampion Koki Kameda (top) of Japan is lifted bysumo grand champion Yokozuna Asashoryu afterdefeating Juan Jose Landaeta of Venezuela duringtheir title bout at Yokohama Arena in Yokohama,south of Tokyo, on 2 Aug, 2006. Kameda defeated Landaeta by a 2-1 decision. —INTERNET

Britta Steffen of Germany celebrates her victory inthe women's 100m freestyle final during the Euro-pean Aquatic Championships in Budapest on 2 Aug, 2006. —INTERNET

Angry Mourinho accusesabsent Gallas of lack of respect LONDON, 4 Aug — Chelsea coach Jose Mourinho is

upset by what he has called a lack of respect shown byFrance defender William Gallas in failing to report fortheir pre-season US tour.

Gallas, who said in May he wanted to leave theclub, is in trouble after the 28-year-old did not join upwith the rest of the squad in Los Angeles.

Asked about the effect of his absence, Mourinhotold Sky Sports News on Thursday: "It's not only methat is upset — we’re all upset.

"Everybody is upset because we had a strong fam-ily and a strong group and this has shown a lack ofrespect to everybody. And I don't like that."

The club, who are considering what action to take,if any, over the no-show, have now given the French-man's favourite number 13 shirt to new signing MichaelBallack.

Explaining some of the background, the Germanycaptain said: "Initially I wanted the 13 shirt and I wassad because it had already been taken.

"I had accepted the number 19 shirt. But two daysago the coach came and said 'okay, it's fine for you tohave the 13’. There was no particular reason behind thedecision."

Gallas, who has failed to secure a regular slot in hispreferred centre back role, is also in the middle ofcontract negotiations with the club.

He has a year left on his current deal. Chelsea are expected to deploy Ballack and fellow

new signing Andriy Shevchenko against an MLS All-Stars team in a friendly this weekend in Bridgeview,Illinois. — MNA/Reuters

Celtic embarrassed 3-0 byYokohama in Japan

YOKOHAMA (Japan), 4 August — Celtic's decision totravel 6,000 miles for a friendly against Japanese clubYokohama F-Marinos ended in an embarrassing 3-0defeat on Thursday.

The Scottish champions had shrugged off theirmiserable pre-season form to beat Kilmarnock 4-1 intheir opening match of the new campaign at the week-end.

Although below full-strength, Celtic were outplayedby a Yokohama side languishing in the bottom half ofthe J-League's First Division.

A fifth-minute header from Hideo Oshima stunnedthe Hoops before strike partner Norihisa Shimizudoubled Yokohama's lead four minutes beforehalftime.

Substitute Kenta Kano completed Celtic's miseryby adding Yokohama's third in the 79th minute.

Japan midfielder Shunsuke Nakamura hit the cross-bar with a free kick in the dying moments of the firsthalf on his return to his former club but the visitorsrarely threatened.

Doubts had been raised about the wisdom of flyingto Japan before a tough visit to Hearts in the ScottishPremier League on Sunday. But Celtic manager GordonStrachan was more upset at the manner of his side'sdefeat.

MNA/Reuters

Rogerio’s penalty saveprompts Sao Paulo goal rush

SAO PAULO, 4 Aug — Goalkeeper Rogerio Cenisaved a penalty before defending champions SaoPaulo hit back to beat Guadalajara 3-0 and reach theLibertadores Cup final on Wednesday.

The Brazilians, who won 1-0 away last week witha penalty converted by Rogerio, completed a 4-0aggregate win and will face either Internacional orLibertad in the final.

The semifinal second leg was effectively settled inan 11-minute spell during the first half whenGuadalajara missed the penalty and Sao Paulo thenscored two quickfire goals.

The Mexicans had the better of the first half hour asthey pressed forward.

Sergio Santana had a shot saved by Rogerio's legand shortly afterwards set up Adolfo Bautista, whofired wildly over from 15 metres when he should havescored.

Guadalajara wasted another golden chance in the29th minute when they were awarded a penalty afterFabao held down Bautista at a free kick.

Mexico international Ramon Morales telegraphedhis kick and Rogerio, dived to his left to turn the ballaway.

Guadalajara paid dearly four minutes later whenLeandro slid home a loose ball after Ricardo Oliveiralost control.— MNA/Reuters

Hewitt serves way intoWashington quarters

WASHINGTON, 4 Aug — Third seed Lleyton Hewittserved his way into the quarterfinals of the Legg MasonClassic with a 6-1, 6-4 triumph over Germany's DenisGremelmayr on Thursday.

Hewitt served just five aces but had no double faultsand never faced a break point against Gremelmayr, aleft-hander ranked 120th in the world.

"I had my rhythm out there right from the start," saidHewitt. "I felt like I was able to pressure on his servicegames throughout the whole first set. Pretty muchevery game I was in control."

In the last eight, Hewitt will face 11th seed ArnaudClement of France, who blasted nine aces and neverlost his serve during a 6-3, 6-2 upset of fifth seedDominik Hrbaty.

Elsewhere, American Mardy Fish also advancedwith a 6-3, 6-1 whipping of Andrea Stoppini, the Italianwho stunned Andre Agassi in straight sets on Tuesday.

Top seed James Blake was playing two-time GrandSlam winner Marat Safin later on Thursday in the thirdround of the hard court tournament.

Hewitt looked fresh against Gremelmayr despiteplaying a gruelling 2- 1/2-hour, three-set match onWednesday night against American Vince Spadea.

Gremelmayr recovered from his first-set debacleand was on serve in the second set at 4-5 before playinga loose service game and allowing Hewitt to close thematch.

MNA/Reuters

Nike stay as Juventus sponsordespite relegation

MILAN, 4 Aug — US sportswear group Nike willstill sponsor Juventus despite the club being demotedto Italian football's Second Division, a Nike spokes-man said on Thursday.

Juventus' main sponsors — Nike and Libya's Tamoil—have been expected to renegotiate their contractswith the club after it was relegated for seeking an unfairadvantage in the appointment of referees.

"We sponsor and we will continue to sponsorJuventus," the spokesman said. Nike has a 12-yearsponsorship contract, for 12 million euros (15.36 mil-lion US dollars) a year, which started in 2003.

However, the spokesman declined to comment onwhether the terms would be renegotiated. Tamoil hasnot commented on its deal with Juventus.At 0956GMT, shares in Juventus were up 7.8 per cent at 1.82euros. The stock has been extremely volatile, andshares have lost about one-fifth of their value since thescandal broke, recovering slightly over the past weeks.

Juventus potentially faces years of financial prob-lems, with sponsorship income, television rights dealsand ticket sales hit by the scandal over rigged matches.

The club was stripped of its last two Italian leaguetitles and there has been an exodus of top players.

Italy's World Cup winning captain Fabio Cannavaro,midfielders Emerson and Patrick Vieira, plus defend-ers Lilian Thuram and Gianluca Zambrotta have allleft. — MNA/Reuters

Sharapova, Hingis sail intoSan Diego Classic 3rd round WASHINGTON, 3 Aug — Maria Sharapova and

Martina Hingis bagged easy wins to advance to thethird round at the San Diego Classic WTA eventTuesday.

Russian second-seed Sharapova bounced back af-ter trailing an early break in the first set before runningthe table to sweep past fellow teenager Vasilisa Bardina6-4, 6-1 in one hour, 29 minutes.

Swiss ace Hingis breezed past Meilen Tu of theUnited States 6-2, 6-3, revenging a junior loss whenHingis was 13. Hingis lost to the unheralded Americanin the US Open junior title fight in 1994.

Number 11 Daniela Hantuchova moved throughinto the second round over Kveta Peschke when theCzech retire at 6-1, 4-0 down. Slovenia's KatarinaSrebotnik, seeded 15th, defeated France's MarionBartoli 6-3, 6-0.

MNA/Xinhua


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Friday, 4 August, 2006Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain havebeen scattered in Shan, Kayah States, MagwayDivision, fairly widespread in lower Sagaing andBago Divisions and widespread in the remainingareas. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Hakha (2.32) inches, Thandwe (2.01) inches,Pathein (1.77) inches, Ye (1.69) inches, Kalewa(1.30) inches and Pakokku (0.47) inch.

Maximum temperature on 3-8-2006 was 84°F.Minimum temperature on 4-8-2006 was 68°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 4-8-2006 was(100%). Total sunshine hours on 3-8-2006 was (0.4)hours approx.

Rainfalls on 4-8-2006 were (0.47) inch atMingaladon, (0.51) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.91) inchat Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006were (59.72) inches at Mingaladon, (72.40) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (76.97) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(8) mph from South at (15:30) hours MST on 3-8-2006.

Bay inference: According to the observationat (9:30) hrs MST today, the depression over North-west Bay has crossed the Orissa Coast, near Puri(India). Monsoon is weak in the Andaman Sea andSoutheast Bay and generally moderate elsewhere inthe Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 5-8-2006: Rainwill be isolated in Mon, Kayin, Kachin and RakhineStates, Taninthayi, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divi-sions, fairly widespread in Chin State, upper Sagaingand Bago Divisions and scattered in the remainingareas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Sea will be moderate inMyanmar water.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderatemonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbour-ing areas for 5-8-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring ar-eas for 5-8-2006: One or two rain. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 5-8-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Weather outlook for second weekend ofAugust 2006: During the coming weekend, likeli-hood of isolated rain in Nay Pyi Taw and MandalayDivision and widespread in Yangon Division.

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2:45 pm11. International news4:00 pm

1. Martial songs4:15 pm2. Songs to uphold

National Spirit4:30 pm3. English for everyday

use

4:45 pm4. Musical programme

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5:25 pm8. Musical programme

5:35 pm9. Games for children

6:00 pm10. Evening news6:30 pm11. Weather report6:35 pm12. Discovery6:50 pm13. eK¥ac\;mcy\ erelac\tmMeK¥ac\;mcy\ erelac\tmMeK¥ac\;mcy\ erelac\tmMeK¥ac\;mcy\ erelac\tmMeK¥ac\;mcy\ erelac\tmM6:55 pm14. AT∑k\tiu;liu≥enpåqv\AT∑k\tiu;liu≥enpåqv\AT∑k\tiu;liu≥enpåqv\AT∑k\tiu;liu≥enpåqv\AT∑k\tiu;liu≥enpåqv\

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20. The next day’sprogramme

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Employees work in a sealed workshop inGuilin, southwest China’s Guangxi Zhuang

Autonomous Region, on 1 Aug, 2006.INTERNET

Suicide car bomb attack killstwenty civilians in Afghan south

KANDAHAR (Afghanistan), 4 Aug — A suicide car bomb attack aimed at a convoy of NATO troops insouthern Afghanistan killed at least 20 civilians on Thursday, a provincial police chief said.

The attack in theTaleban stronghold ofKandahar Province oc-curred southwest of its pro-vincial capital near wheretwo separate roadsidebombs killed a Canadiansoldier and injured fourmore earlier in the day.

“It was a suicide carattack, aimed at NATO,

but which killed instead20 civilians and wounded13 others,” KandaharProvince police chiefSayed Aziz told Reuters.

A NATO spokes-man in Kabul said he hadheard of the bombing, buthad no immediate infor-mation on any possibleNATO casualties.

The attack, just daysafter NATO took over se-curity from US troops inthe increasingly volatilesouth, is one of the bloodi-est in Afghanistan formonths.

Another roadsidebomb on Thursday, possi-bly aimed at a NATO con-voy, wounded three civil-ians in the northern Prov-ince of Baghlan, provin-cial officials there said.

Separately, 22Taleban guerillas were ei-ther killed or wounded inan operation by Afghanpolice on Wednesday insouthern Helmand Prov-ince, an Interior Ministryspokesman said.

Yousuf Stanizai saidonly two police were hurtin the operation. There wasno immediate commentfrom the Taleban.

MNA/Reuters

UN says Lebanon oil spillspreads to Syrian coastNAIROBI, 4 Aug — Oil

leaking from a bombedpower station in Lebanonhas reached the coastlineof neighbouring Syriaand is spreading north,the Kenya-based UnitedNations EnvironmentProgramme (UNEP) said.

Israeli jets hit storagetanks at the Jiyyeh plantsouth of the Lebanese capi-tal Beirut at the beginningof the war, spilling an esti-mated 10,000 to 30,000tons of oil into the Medi-terranean.

“Satellite imagery...now shows that the oil slickhas entered Syrian waters

and has already contami-nated approximately 10kilometres of coastlinenorth of the borders be-tween Syria and Leba-non,” UNEP said in a state-ment issued late onWednesday.

The spill has alreadypolluted over 80 kilome-tres (50 miles) of Leba-non’s coastline, the state-ment said.

MNA/Reuters

12th Waxing of Wagaung 1368 ME Saturday, 5 August, 2006

Loss of peace, stability will be followed by decline of production,trade, services enterprises people have set up

USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo delivers a speech.—MNA

YANGON, 4 Aug—TheAdvanced Management(Special) Course No 2 forExecutives of the UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association con-cluded at the Union Hallof the USDA TrainingSchool in Hmawby Town-ship, Yangon Division,this morning with an ad-dress by USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo.

Also present on theoccasion were USDACEC members, guests,training in charge Lt-ColKhin Win and course su-

Advanced Management (Special) Course No 2 for USDA Executives concludes

YANGON, 4 Aug— The national workshopon priority setting andfeedback mechanisms todirect forest research ef-forts to meet the needs of

Workshop on priority setting and feedback mechanismsto direct forest research efforts held

existing and potential end-users, jointly organized byFAO and the Ministry ofForestry, was opened atForest Research Hall inNay Pyi Taw this morn-

ing.Minister for For-

estry Brig-Gen TheinAung, FAO Resident Rep-resentative DrSimmarthiri Appanah and

Forest Research DirectorU Ohn Win gave speeches.

Also present onthe occasion were researchofficers of the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigation,the Ministry of Transport,the Ministry for Progressof Border Areas and Na-tional Races and Devel-opment Affairs, the Min-istry of Forestry, and theMinistry of Livestock andFisheries, rectors, respon-sible persons of MyanmarTimber EntrepreneursAssociation, FREDA,BENCA and CARE.

Six research pa-pers were submitted to theworkshop. The papers willbe read tomorrow.

MNA

Mongyaw gets TVretransmission station

YANGON, 4 Aug—The construction ofretransmission station in Mongyaw in Shan State(North) was completed on 29 July 2006.

Beginning 30 July 2006, the TV programmesare being retransmitted from the station.

pervisors, trainees andothers.

In his address, USDASecretary-General U HtayOo said that the govern-ment at present is makingall-efforts along with theTatmadaw and the peoplefor the emergence of apeaceful, modern, devel-oped and discipline-flour-ishing democratic nationthe entire national peoplelong for. In the process oftransition from the old sys-tem to the new one con-stant efforts are beingmade in a pragmatic man-

ner, assessing the back-ground history of the na-tion, culture and customsand the prevailing situa-tion. In consequence,marked progress has beenmade in all sectors of thenation.

With the aim of par-ticipating in nation-build-ing endeavours, theUSDA was formed withthe youths imbued withcorrect conviction andnationalism. The USDAmembers are not only ac-tively taking part in na-tional development tasksbut also are organizingthe entire national peopleto contribute their sharesin those tasks.

The association cameinto existence on 15 Sep-tember 1993 and it wasnow over 12 years. Theassociation was formedat a time when efforts are

being made for restoringpeace and tranquillity thathas fallen into chaos dueto anarchy created bythose who want to takeState power through ashortcut and some partiesadvocating democracyand human rights. It wasestablished in order to sat-isfy the demand of thehistory, and all the mem-bers are to value the asso-ciation after realizing itsrole.

Reviewing the evolu-

tion of the nation and thenoble objectives of the as-sociation, one can fullyunderstand the role of theassociation. The USDAmembers of different re-gions are now engaged inregional developmenttasks in line with the futurework programmes laiddown by the association.

Thanks to its correctpolicy and relentless ef-forts in nation-buildingendeavours, the USDAhas won the trust and co-

operation of the people.With the increase in thenumber of the associationmembers training coursesare being conducted in thestates and divisions for themembers to effectivelyserve the interest of theState and the people.

With the increasedperformance of eachmember their cooperationwill improve and they willbe able to carry out re-gional development tasks

(See page 10)

Reviewing the evolution of the nation andthe noble objectives of the association, one canfully understand the role of the association. TheUSDA members of different regions are nowengaged in regional development tasks in linewith the future work programmes laid down bythe association.

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Human trafficking is a trade, torture,coercion into prostitution, and exploitation,harming the lives and dignity of the victims.The majority of the victims are women andchildren who can easily fall into the tricks ofthe traffickers.

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