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

Volume XIV, Number 84 Fullmoon Day of Waso 1368 ME Sunday, 9 July, 2006

Established 1914

* 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, 8 July — Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence in-spected the Yangon-Thanlyin Bridge (2)Project in Dagon Myothit(Seikkan) Township,Yangon East District, thisafternoon.

Superintending Engi-neer (Project) U MyintLwin of Public Works ofthe Ministry of Construc-tion and officials reportedon work progress. In re-sponse to the reports, Lt-Gen Myint Swe called forcompletion of the projecton schedule meeting thestandards set, and timelycompletion of the tarredapproach roads to the fa-cility that will be able towithstand 75-ton loads.

Upon completion, thebridge will link BagomyitStreet in Dagon Myothit(Seikkan) Township andKalawel Village inThanlyin Township,Yangon South District.And the reinforced con-crete type facility will be4,540 feet long and 72 feet

Yangon-Thanlyin Bridge (2)Project 66 per cent complete

wide with a six-foot-widepedestrian lane each oneither side on it. Its clear-ance area will be 130 feetwide and 18 feet high. Sofar, the project has beencompleted 66 per cent.

Director U Aung Tunof the Department of Hu-man Settlement and Hous-ing Development reportedon progress of construct-ing Strand Road and threesluice gates. Lt-Gen MyintSwe said that the road will

link Yangon-ThanlyinBridge (2) and Yangon-Mandalay Highway (2)and so it should be robustenough to withstand 75tons of loads. He calledfor completion in upgrad-ing the road in the openseason.

The road will linkThayetpin Chaung Vil-lage and Dagon Myothit(Seikkan) Township In-dustrial Zone in DagonMyothit (Seikkan) Town-

ship. On completion, thefacility will be 4.4 mileslong and 34 feet wide.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweinspected the bridgeproject. The superintend-ing engineer also gave anaccount of the project.

He looked into thephysic nut plantation inWard 93 in the township.Local authorities reportedon achievement in exceed-ing the targets of growingphysic nut plants. Lt-Gen

Myint Swe gave instruc-tions on the project. Sofar, Yangon East Districthas put 7,214.83 acres andDagon Myothit (Seikkan)Township 544.67 acresunder physic nut plants.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweencouraged service per-sonnel and members ofsocial organizations clear-ing weeds in the planta-tions.

MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of Ministry of Defence inspects physic nut farm of Yangon East District. — MNA

The photo shows progress of Yangon-Thanlyin Bridge No 2 being built by Bridge Construction Special Group-1 of Public Works. — MNA

Upon completion,Yangon-Thanlyin Bridge-2will link Bagomyit Street inDagon Myothit (Seikkan)Township and Kalawel Vil-lage in Thanlyin Township,Yangon South District. Andthe reinforced concrete typefacility will be 4,540 feet longand 72 feet wide with a six-foot-wide pedestrian laneeach on either side on it.

2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 9 July, 2006

Sunday, 9 July, 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

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Traffic rules enforcementcourse opened

NAY PYI TAW, 6 July — Organized by Traf-fic Rules Enforcement Committee of Nay Pyi Taw,an opening ceremony of traffic rules enforcementcourse for auxiliary traffic police took place atMingalarkandaw in Pyinmana on 28 June.

It was attended by Commander of Nay PyiTaw Command Brig-Gen Wai Lwin, senior militaryofficers, local authorities and others.

Commander Brig-Gen Wai Lwin made anopening speech.

A total of 100 trainees attended the 3-daycourse. — MNA

The Commerce Journal comes outYANGON, 7 July—Volume-6, No 12 of the

Commerce Journal with eight special pages has beenin circulation.

The journal carries a wide array of itemssuch as service of Myanmar Trade Net, the differ-ences between leadership and management by MaungSu San, sales of train tickets for company staff, herbalexport to Sri Lanka, commerce dialogue by MaungTaing Bin, 100 keys to success by Kyi Shone, Chi-nese automobiles with own brands by Maung PasoGyan, local and foreign market news and others.

It is available at No 38, 30th Street, PabedanTownship. — MNA

MoU signing ceremonyheld

YANGON, 7 July — A ceremony to sign theMoU on academic matters between Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chamber of Commerce andIndustry (Working Committee for Academic Mat-ters) and Chonnam National University of Republicof Korea was held at the meeting hall of UMFCCIthis morning.

It was attended by UMFCCI Vice-PresidentU Thaung Tin, General-Secretary of UMFCCI Chair-man of Working Committee for Academic MattersU Sein Win Hlaing and committee members, Direc-tor of Chonnam National University Professor DrHoisoo Kim and members. Those present made dis-cussion on matters related to MoU.

At the ceremony, Chairman of WorkingCommittee for Academic Matters U Sein Win Hlaingand Director of CNU Professor Dr Hoisoo Kimsigned the MoU to set up Korea Technology, Cul-ture and Business Education Center (KTCBEC) un-der UMFCCI Training Center, jointly conducted byGwangju-Jeannam e-Learning Research Center,Chonnam National University.

MNA

YANGON, 7 July— Chairman of Yangon Di-vision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win andChairman of Yangon City Development CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin inspected unblock-ing of ditches and sanitation tasks at the corner ofWaizanyantar Road and Parami Road in South

Okkalapa Township this morning and gave neces-sary instructions to the officials.

Next, the commander and mayor also lookedinto dredging of ditches with the help of heavy ma-chinery along Parami Road and Thanthuma Road inward (5) and ward (14), in South Okkalapa Town-ship. —MNA

Commander, Mayor inspectsanitation works

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win and Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin inspectsanitation tasks along Thanthuma Road. — MNA

Responsible persons of UMFCCI andChonnam National University signing an

MoU. — UMFCCI

Today, the Dhammacakka Day, is

a day of religious significance to the Bud-

dhists.

After attaining the Buddhahood,

the Lord Buddha walked Migadawon

where He preached the Dhammacakka

Discourse to the Five Disciples, plus devas

and Brahmas on Fullmoon Day of Waso.

The Buddha expounded the Four

Noble Truths in His first sermon known

as the Dhammacakka Pavattana Sutta —

the truth of suffering, the truth of cause

of suffering, the truth of cessation of suf-

fering and the truth of way to cessation

of suffering, and delivered the Noble

Eightfold Path for human beings to fol-

low in order that they can escape from

suffering and craving.

The Dhammacakka Pavattana

Sutta, it is worthy of note, is one of the

most important discourses of the Bud-

dha, for it embodies the basic tenets of

the Buddhism.

The Buddha Himself prefered the

practice of the Middle Way or Majhima

Patipada, which avoids the extremes of

self-indulgence and self-mortification and

of eternalism and nihilism.

The Noble Eightfold Path—Right

Understanding, Right Thought, Right

Speech, Right Action, Right Livelihood,

Right Effort, Right Mindfulness, Right

Concentration—are the noble practices

of the Dhammacakka Discourse.

We firmly believe that all the Bud-

dhist devotees will be able to follow the

Noble Eightfold Path through practice

and moderation to find truth, fulfillment

and happiness.

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 9 July, 2006 3

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Penguins stagger on the artificial ice at the Polar Animal Hall in Dalian,northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on 5 July, 2006.—INTERNET

Dancers in Malaysian traditional dress perform during a rehearsal of the“Colours of Malaysia” festival in Kuala Lumpur on 7 July, 2006. The

month-long festival, now into its eighth year and themed “The Colours andFestivals of Malaysia”, will be launched by the Malaysian King Syed

Sirajuddin on Saturday. —INTERNET

Wu Yulu, a farmer who likes making robots, poseswith his latest robot at Mawu village in Beijing on 29June, 2006. Wu, who has made 25 robots in the past26 years, has been forced to sell his beloved home-made robots to pay off debts after his house burntdown, state media reported on 7 July,2006. —INTERNET

Police nab “Catch Me If You Can?”SYDNEY, 9 July — An Australian woman nicknamed the "Catch Me If You

Can Thief" appeared in court Friday charged with 34 counts of fraud after shewas arrested with more than 100 fake identities and wigs.

ASEAN launches new projectto promote tourism

BANGKOK, 7 July — Tourists visiting Southeast Asia can now enjoy theconvenience of one-stop-shopping for air tickets, hotels and tour packages fordifferent ASEAN member countries, an ASEAN tourism official said Thursday.

Tunku Iskandar,chairman of Intra-ASEANTravel Committee told aPress conference here thatthe project “Visit ASEANPass”, aimed to promoteintra-and inter-ASEANtourism and supported bythe national tourismorganizations of all 10ASEAN countries, wasintroduced one year agoand launched fromJanuary, 2006 at anASEAN tourism forum.

With the VAP e-booking system coming

into effect, the project hasnow go fully “live”, Tunkusaid. The next step will beselling it to travel servicesuppliers all around theworld, Tunku noted,adding that up till now,there are already 666hotels registered as VAPsuppliers.

The Visit ASEANPass, comprising theASEAN AirPass, theASEAN HotelPass and theASEAN TourPass, is toprovide travellers withspecial deals offered by

the national airlines andmembers of the nationalhotel associations andnational travel agentsassociations.

Travellers from allaround the world can bookair tickets, hotels and tourservices for differentASEAN countries by justone visit to any travel agentor ASEAN airline’s officewhich has registered as anASEAN Tourism Asso-ciation (ASEANTA)member, without additionalcost. —MNA/Xinhua

Pirates attack three ships off Indonesia

Bio-diesel producingJatropha planted in Zambia

LUSAKA, 7 July — A kind of crop producing bio-diesel has been planted in Mkushi, central province ofZambia, according to Zambia News and Informationservice. Marli Investment, a Mkushi based agro-company, has started an outgrower scheme for“Jatropha”, a crop that produces bio-diesel.

It quoted Zambia National Farmers Union (ZNFU)Mkushi District business manager, Martin Mwansa,as saying in Mkushi on Wednesday that so far somefarmers in the district have planted the crop.

Mwansa said about 15 farmers have since beengiven seed for the crop that matures in two years andthat the farmers have been requested to tender untilthat age. He said the seeds from Jatropha plant producesbio-diesel, a liquid which can be later refined into afinal quality product, the common engine diesel that isderived from crude oil. — MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 7 July —Pirates have attacked threeships, including two UN-chartered vessels and aJapanese bulk carrier, inIndonesian waters aroundthe Malacca Strait inrecent days, maritime andpolice officials said onWednesday.

Two attacks occurredon ships carrying reliefmaterial to tsunami-stricken Aceh Province atthe weekend, while aJapanese bulk carrier wastargeted on Monday, NoelChoong, head of the piracyreporting centre of theInternational MaritimeBureau in Kuala Lumpur,told Reuters.

In at least one of theweekend attacks, raiderswere armed with AK-47rifles, grenades andpistols.

“That area has been apiracy hot spot in the past,so we hope it is not thestart of a series of attacksand we are monitoring thesituation at the moment,”Choong said.

Jodi Heryadi, aspokesman for Acehpolice, said that in one of

the weekend attacks thepirates, who were infishing boats, took the

crew's wallets, cellphones,shoes and clothes.

MNA/Reuters

Jodie Harris, 28, wantedin three states over a stringof audacious identity thefts,had been on the run foryears, taunting police totry and catch her.

“We’ve been waiting forher for some time,”Magistrate Les Brennantold Sydney's CentralLocal Court as Harris wasled into the dock Friday. “Iknew she would turn upsome day,” he said.

A pregnant Harris wasarrested by police inSydney on Thursday in a“sting operation” invol-ving a police officerbelieved to be her formerboyfriend.

Local media havedubbed Harris the “CatchMe If You Can” thief, afterthe movie in which actorLeonardo DiCaprio playeda master conman. Sheallegedly telephoneddetectives, taunting themand offering up falsepromises to surrender.

“She has been pursued

for a long time. She hascome close to beingarrested for sometime,”New South Wales (NSW)state police detectiveGrant Taylor toldreporters.

Police told the court thatsince July 2005, Harris hadassumed the identities ofat least five women inBrisbane, Sydney and

Melbourne after meetingthem socially.

She allegedly stoleidentity documents such asdriver’s licenses andtricked bank staff intogiving her access to thewomen’s accounts,robbing them of more thanA$250,000 (US$185,000),local media reported fromthe court.—Internet

A Tibetan visitor stands beside a huge urn while offering prayers near NamtsoLake in Tibet Autonomous Region on 6 July, 2006. Namtso Lake, which meanssacred or heaven lake in Tibetan, is 4,718 metres (15,479 feet) above sea level andis the second largest salt-water lake in China next to Qinghai Lake. —INTERNET


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Zhang Baoxiu, a farmer, shows an odd duck with4 legsat Minzhu village in Zaozhuang city, east China’sShandong Province, on 7 July, 2006. Zhang Baoxiuboughta duck in June, 2006. The duck has four legs,two of 4 webbed feet are normal, and the othersgrowtogether. The duck can walk on land and swim in the

water like other normal ducks.—INTERNET

Hu says China must ease growing wealth gap BEIJING, 7 July — Chinese President Hu Jintao on Thursday called for stronger efforts to tackle a

widening Gulf between rich and poor that analysts say threatens social stability even as the economy booms.

A three-month-old Siberian Tiger is fed milk by a zoo keeper at the HengdaoheziSiberian Tiger Zoo in Hailin, northeastern China’s Heilongjiang, on 6 July,2006. According to the zoo, which has a total of 256 tigers, it is the world’s largest breeding centre for Siberian Tigers.—INTERNET

Unknown brain diseasekills 13 in northern

BrazilRIO DE JANEIRO, 7 July — An unknown brain

disease has killed 13 people and hospitalized eightothers in the Municipal Hospital of Imperatriz,local media Wednesday quoted health authoritiesof Brazil’s Maranhao state as saying.

Speaking during adiscussion of China’s in-come distribution, Hu saidsalaries should be market-oriented but China mustfocus on fairness, makepolicies favourable forpoorer regions and crackdown on illegal earnings,according to a reportposted on the central

government website. Beijing must aim for

higher minimum livingstandards in urban areas,better pensions and theexpansion of the middleclass, he told the meeting.Premier Wen Jiabao alsoattended the gathering.

A Chinese think-tankhas suggested higher

minimum wages to halt theemergence of an urbanunderclass, after a studyfound that from 1994 to2004 China’s urban poorhad become poorer, withminimum wage rises notmatching average urbanincome rises.

“We have to stick tothe system in which

distribution according towork is dominant ... (but)further attention should bepaid to social fairness,” Huwas quoted saying.

He also called forgovernment agencies todouble their efforts to “tryto ease the trend ofwidening wealth dis-tribution gap betweenregions and certain socialgroups”.

Hu, who also called foradjustment of “excessive”incomes, reiterated a pledgeto boost public servants’salaries but said thegovernment needed to domore research into how todo it.

Finance Minister JinRenqing, in an interviewwith the official Xinhuanews agency, said thegovernment would injectmore funds into ruralregions to help beef upinfrastructure and increasefarmers’ incomes.

MNA/Reuters

Eight Asian bodies found on PNG shores

EDINBURGH, 8 July —Sean Connery, who has saidhe would not live in hisScotland again until itbecame independent, iswriting a book about hisnative country mixed

with autobiographicalanecdotes, his publisherssaid. Canongate Books ofEdinburgh said it hadacquired world English-language rights to the filmstar's memoirs, “Connery’s

Scotland,” in conjunctionwith Polygon.

“Our goal is to producea very readable, visuallystimulating and hopefullyintriguing history ofScotland, with personaldiscoveries,” Connery saidin a statement. Best knownfor his screen portrayal offictional British spy JamesBond, Connery will workin collaboration with writerand film-maker MurrayGrigor.

Connery, the Edinburgh-born son of a truck driver,worked together with Grigoron an award-winningdocumentary, “SeanConnery's Edinburgh.” Thestar now lives in theBahamas. The Herald news-paper quoted Grigor assaying: “The content of thebook is not quite all settled,and we have just beendiscussing exactly what willgo into it.”—Internet

The mysterioussyndrome, which wasfirst detected at thebeginning of this year,has mainly affected therural region aroundImperatriz, the secondlargest city of thenorthern Brazilian state.

Physicians of theMaranhao State, joined bya team of the HealthMinistry's neurologistswho arrived on Sunday,have been investigatingthe disease on site. Theyhave collected bloodsamples of the peopleinfected with the diseaseand put them intolaboratory analysis.

The disease is notcontagious, said experts,adding that it is not fatal if

treated in time.The disease-infected

people, with swollen legs,usually feel weak and areextra sensitive.

Most of those killed bythe disease lived in ruralareas, where propermedical care was notimmediately available.When they finally reacheda hospital, the disease wasalready well advanced.

Experts believe that alack of Vitamin B1 in dietcould be the cause of thesyndrome.

They say alcoholics arethe highly risky group asthe high consumption ofalcohol reduces the body'scapacity to absorbvitamins.

MNA/Xinhua

CANBERRA, 7 July —Eight bodies, thought tobe Asian, have been foundon a remote Papua NewGuinea (PNG) beach,raising concerns aboutpeople smuggling andtransnational crime in thearea.

The rotting bodies,some torn apart bysharks, were so badly

decomposed that they hadto be buried where theywere found in WesternProvince, just cross thewater from the Australianborder in the Torres Strait,Australian AssociatedPress reported onWednesday.

PNG police werequoted as saying thenationality of the dead was

yet to be determined. But PNG Western

Province police com-mander Inspector MarkYangen said the deadmight have been asylumseekers or illegal fisherswhose vessel hadcapsized.

Villagers livingbetween Daru, the capitalof Western Province, and

the mouth of the FlyRiver had been reportingbodies washing up on thebeach and until lastThursday, a total of eightwere found.

Other bodies might stillbe out at sea or might havewashed up elsewherealong the coast, Yangensaid.

MNA/Xinhua

Floods claim 11 lives in S-W, east China BEIJING, 7 July —Floods have claimed four lives in

southwest China's Chongqing Municipality, and sevenothers are confirmed dead in east China’s HuaiheRiver drainage basin. The floods, caused by heavyrainstorms, have caused 161 million yuan (20.1 millionUS dollars) in damages and destroyed 12,415 housesand 32,560 hectares of crops.

The rainstorms that have ravaged nine countieshave affected 1.24 million people. One person remainsmissing. In east China’s Huaihe River drainage basin,10.86 million people have been affected by torrentialrains since last week.— MNA/Xinhua

A local resident of

Castlegar, British

Columbia uses

binoculars to watch as

the leading edge of a

summer storm

accompanied by high

winds and plenty of

lightning and thunder

moves into the area on

6 July, 2006.—INTERNET


A Tibetan trader greets to well-wishers after crossinginto India through the border post at Nathu La,between Tibet and the tiny northeastern Indian stateof Sikkim on 6 July, 2006. Asian giants India andChina opened a Himalayan pass to border trade onThursday, 44 years after a brutal frontier war shut

down the ancient route.—INTERNET A model presents a wedding dress by Frenchdesigner Christian Lacroix as part of his Autumn/Winter 2006-2007 Haute Couture fashion show in

Paris on 6 July , 2006.—INTERNET

The Leonardo multi-purpose logistics module (C) containing supplies for theInternational Space Station is docked to the Unity node of the orbitinglaboratory in this view from NASA TV, on 7 July, 2006.—INTERNET

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China, India reopen historic trade route NATHU LA PASS (Tibet), 7 July— The barbed wire that separated the world's two most populous

nations is gone and happy crowds of traders crossed the Sino-Indian border, 44 years after a borderconflict closed down one of their main trade routes.

India to buy three morestealth frigates

California man kills self, four children

Deputy to Blair faces sleaze inquiry LONDON, 7 July— Britain's Parliament began a career-threatening investigation

on Thursday into contacts between Prime Minister Tony Blair's deputy and anAmerican billionaire hoping to open a London casino.

The inquiry is the latest in a string of bad headlines for Deputy Prime MinisterJohn Prescott that also threaten to undermine Blair's already precarious position.

Blair allies fear that if Prescott is forced out of office, calls could grow for Blairto leave much sooner than planned after he said he would not seek a fourth term.

Prescott, who denies any wrongdoing, is accused by some local officials andopposition politicians of abusing his power to help US oil and entertainmentmogul Philip Anschutz in a bid to open a casino at London's Millennium Dome.

Parliament's Standards' Commissioner said he would launch a full inquiryover a visit by Prescott to Anschutz' Colorado ranch and whether it should havebeen declared publicly.

"Following preliminary enquiries, the commissioner has decided to look at theissues around the hospitality," said a spokeswoman for Commissioner PhilipMawer.—MNA/Reuters

Coalition soldier killedin east Afghanistan

China and Indiarestarted border tradeThursday through the

Nathu La Pass, which sits4,545 metres above sealevel and is wedged

between Yadong Countyof Tibet's Xigaze Pre-fecture and India's SikkimState.

They also opened twoborder trade markets—the Renqinggang marketin Yadong and Changgumart in India’s state ofSikkim.

Traders from bothsides of the borderlinecrossed the pass to entereach other’s territoriesafter an inauguralceremony late Thursdaymorning.

Nathu La Pass was alsoa major artery of the SilkRoad that historicallylinked China via CentralAsia to Europe.

“We’re very happy thattrade is opened through

Nathu La. It is a smallbeginning. I hope thatsubsequently we’ll beable to visit the ChineseMainland through NathuLa in the near future,”Sonam Dorjee, memberof the State PlanningCommission of theSikkim government, toldXinhua in an interview.

Before the passwas officially reopened,China and India raisedtheir national flags andplayed national anthemson the two sides of theirborderline.

Experts say thereopening of Nathu LaPass, plus last Saturday’slaunching of the Qinghai-Tibet Railway, will helppave a new Silk Road andbuild up regional har-mony and prosperity.

China and Indiarecorded 18.73 billion USdollars of trade in 2005,up 37.5 per cent year-on-year, according to theChinese Ministry ofCommerce. The figure isexpected to exceed 20billion US dollars thisyear.— MNA/Xinhua

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NEW DELHI, 7 July—The Indian Navy willacquire three additionalTalwar-class stealthfrigates from Russia at a

cost of 55.14 billion rupees(1.22 billion US dollars),the Indian Governmentannounced Thursday.

The Cabinet Com-mittee on Security, whichmet under the chair-manship of Indian PrimeMinister ManmohanSingh here, gave itsapproval to the purchase,according to Indo AsianNews Service.

Of the total cost, 51.14billion rupees (1.13 billionUS dollars) will be the costof the warships and 4billion rupees (88 millionUS dollars) for additionalequipment to be fitted on,Indian Defence MinisterPranab Mukherjee saidafter the meeting.

The first ship will arrivein India within five yearsafter the signing of thecontract, the Indo AsianNews Service said.

MNA/Xinhua

The killings happenedearly Tuesday, the festiveIndependence Day, inGustine, about 150 kilo-metres southeast of SanFrancisco, when the 38-year-old father openedfire at his four childrenaged from 5 to 12,according to localnewspaper Modesto Bee.

Tremor Branscum diedfrom a self-inflictedgunshot wound, andauthorities said thevictims, including a pairof five-year-old girl twins,each died from a gunshotwound to the head.

Police in the Northern

California city believe theshooting deaths of fourchildren and their father,who had argued with theirmother earlier, wasmurder-suicide.

They said Branscumkilled his children andhimself at home when hiswife left with a friend forabout an hour after thecouple argued loudly at amarket.

Neighbours reportedseeing the father andchildren lighting offfireworks just hours beforethe slayings, according topolice.

Calling the slayings

"surreal", Jim Bonta, themayor of Gustine, saidthere has been no murderreported in the city foralmost four decades.

MNA/Xinhua

KABUL, 7 July— Acoalition soldier has beenkilled while on patrol inAfghanistan's easternPaktika Province afterthe soldiers receivedsmall arms fire from agroup of extremists, theUS-led military saidThursday.

The firefighting tookplace in the GayanDistrict on Wednesday,during which a 10-year-old Afghan girl was alsowounded, the coalitionsaid in its news release.

The Afghan girl hasundergone surgery and isin stable condition, itadded.

Taleban-linked in-surgency has claimed the

lives of more than 1,000people including some 45foreign soldiers over thepast six months.

MNA/Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 7 July— A California man armed with a hunting gun shot andkilled his four young children before turning the gun on himself, a report saidWednesday.


Doctors prepare to operate on 10-month-old conjoined twin girls at FudanUniversity’s Children’s Hospital in Shanghai, on 6July, 2006. —INTERNET

The film stills of Chinese director Zhang Yimou’s martial arts film “Curse ofthe Golden Flower” were exposed on 6 July,2006. Audience and media were

very excited bythe golden costumes in the stills .—INTERNET

Aposento da Moita’s forcados bullfighter leader Tiago Ribeiro hangs onto a bullduring a bullfight in Lisbon’s Campo Pequeno arena on 6 July, 2006.—INTERNET

Indian Govt notifies ban on sugar exports NEW DELHI, 7 July — The Indian Government has banned export of sugar

till the end of the current financial year, that is 31 March, 2007.

GSLV to lift off with“INSAT-4C” on 10 July BANGALORE,7 July — The Geosynchronous

Satellite Launch Vehicle will blast off into spacewith the state-of-the-art communications satelliteINSAT-4C at 4.30 pm (1100 hours GMT) on July10, the Indian Space Research Organization saidWednesday.

The ban would,however, not be appli-cable on preferentialquota sugar exports tothe United States andEuropean Union,according to a notificationby the Directorate Generalof Foreign Trade

(DGFT). Sugar exports to the

US and EU would bepermitted only through theIndian Sugar EximCorporation Ltd up to aquantitative ceilingnotified by DGFT, it said.

The government had

last month bannedexports of pulses andeased the norms forimport of sugar andwheat as part of measuresto check rising prices ofessential commodities.

The notification al-lows for shipment of thecommodity against thecontracts in whichLetters of Credit wereopened before 22 Junethis year, when thegovernment hadannounced its decisionto ban exports.

MNA/PTI

“As per the presentprogress, the launch isexpected to take place ataround 4.30 pm on 10 Julyfrom the second launch pad which was commis-sioned in May 2005 withthe launch of the PSLV(Polar Satellite LaunchVehicle),” the space agencysaid in a statement here.

“Preparations for thelaunch are proceedingsatisfactorily at SatishDhawan Space Centre inSriharikota,” it said.

The launch rocket’ssystems have beenintegrated and checked,ISRO said. The INSAT-4C, the latest satellite in

the INSAT series, hasundergone detailed checkssince its arrival at thespaceport from the ISROSatellite Centre here. Afterpropellant filling, thesatellite has beenintegrated with the GSLV,it said.

ISRO said the missionreadiness review isplanned for Thursday,followed by a meeting ofthe Launch AuthorizationBoard that will clear thelaunch. In the next fewdays, a complete check ofthe fully integrated rocketand the satellite will becarried out, it said.

MNA/PTIStrongest rainstorm in 45 years hit

E China province NANJING, 7 July — Continuous storms hit parts of East China’s Jiangsu

Province since 21 June, which have dumped 316 millimetres of rain and havecollapsed houses, inundated croplands and caused dozens of casualties.

From 21 June to July5, this coastal provincehas had the most rainfallsince 1961, nearly fourtimes the average ofthis period in manyyears, according tothe provincial mete-orological bureau.

The disastrousweather inundated largetracts of cropland and

forests and rising waterlevels are threatening tooverflow the shores of amajor lake along the lowerHuaihe River which runsacross the province.

Water flowing intoHongze Lake hit 6,500cubic metres per second,leading to rising waterlevels, the bureau said. A

cyclone in an area of theprovince also causeddozens of casualties,according to the bureau.

Meanwhile, the waterlevels in other major lakesalong the Huaihe River arealso rising to flood levels,said the Huaihe RiverWater Resources Com-mission.—MNA/Xinhua

Spain confirms first case of H5N1 bird flu

Colliery floodingtraps eight miners in north China TAIYUAN, 7 July— Eightminers were trapped in acoal mine flooding innorth China’s ShanxiProvince on Wednesday,said local governmentsources. The accident occurredat 6:50 am at Songjiagoucoalpit of Leijiagou CoalMine in ZhongyangCounty, said Liu Fuxing,head of the countyinformation office. When the floodinghappened, 48 miners wereworking underground,Liu said. He said 40 minersmanaged to escape. Local officials haverushed to the site todirect rescue operation,and three pumps arebusying pumping waterout of the flooded pit,Liu said. The mine is a licensedcounty-run coal producerwith an annual productioncapacity of 210,000 tons.

MNA/Xinhua

Official says US airstrikekills 19 in S Afghanistan KABUL,7 July — The

US military air raid on asuspected hideout ofTaleban militants left 19,including civilians, deadin the troubled southernHelmand Province onTuesday night, spokes-man of the provincialGovernment said Thurs-day.

“The incident took

place in Ghach ZarVillage in KajakiDistrict around 12 o’clockat night,” Hajji MohiudinKhan told Xinhua.

He could not tellhow many civilianswere killed, sayinginvestigation wasunderway to identify thevictims.

MNA/Xinhua

MADRID, 8 July —Spain has recorded its firstcase of H5N1 bird flu in awaterfowl outside thenorthern city of Vitoria,the country’s AgricultureMinistry said on Friday.

The government depart-ment said the disease hadbeen found in a great crested

grebe in a marsh area. Aprotective zone with athree-kilometre radius hassince been set up.

Preventive measures,including banning outdoorpoultry farming within acertain distance fromsome marshlands, hadalready been in operation

in Spain, a country whichis on a major route ofmigrating birds fromAfrica. Bird flu has killedat least 131 peopleworldwide since it beganravaging Asian poultry inlate 2003, according to theWorld Health Organi-zation.—MNA/Xinhua

Google steps up competition in China’s on-line books BEIJING,7 July — Google, the world’s largest Internet search engine company,

is to start an on-line book search service in China, accelerating fierce competitionwith Baidu, its biggest Chinese rival, the Xinhua-run Shanghai Securities Newsreported Wednesday. Google had signed cooperation agreements with fourpublishing houses in China, including the Tsinghua University Press and theChildren’s Publishing House, the newspaper said.

The US-based company will make their books available on-line, provide searchlinks and grant free access to a segment of each work, but readers would have to payto read the full content, said Kai-fu Lee, vice-president of Google.— MNA/Xinhua


Uncle Phyo: Come in. Where have you been lately?We haven’t seen each other for long. Comeand sit. Here are some fresh fruit and greentea.

Aung Thein: I was away in Kawthoung. The seasonalfruit look delicious. Oh, thanks a lot.

Phyo: I have many things to tell you. TheInformation Committee of the State Peaceand Development Council organized the pressconference (4/2006) in Kengtung, easternShan State, on 26 April 2006. At theconference, Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan said: “The National Leaguefor Democracy (NLD) has been continuouslycarrying out its wrong policy of defying allorders, confrontation, utter devastation,isolating Myanmar by cutting off all herinternational links, and relying on foreignpowers, that would in no way benefit thenation and the people. The NLD hasconnections with expatriate groups andterrorist insurgent groups. The governmenthas firm and adequate evidence to declareNLD unlawful association.”

Thein:I have also heard about it.Phyo: Concerning the minister’s clarification, I

would like to know whether the NLD hadconnections with illegal organizations in thepast also.

Thein: It had connections with illegal organizationsin the past, uncle.

Phyo: If so, please elaborate on the whole affair, sothat the public would be known.

Thein:When authorities acting on informationsearched the house of Daw Suu Kyi on 20July 1989, they found 40 persons illegallystaying at her house in addition to letters andpapers sent to her by underground insurgentorganizations and unlawful groups.

Phyo: Please continue.Thein:Among the letters the authorities found was

the 23-9-88 dated letter from KNU chairmanSaw Bo Mya to U Aung Gyi, U Tin Oo andDaw Suu Kyi, saying that KNU would provideall-out support to them in opposing andattacking the Tatmadaw, and the copies ofthe announcement of the Burma CommunistParty Central Committee issued on 19 August1988, and the declaration of BCP 4828regional committee.

Phyo: Did the authorities find papers of otherunlawful organizations?

Thein:Yes. They also found a diary of an ABSDFyouth, who went to Phayathonzu region, abouthis visit to KNU area from Yangon during theperiod from 18 September 1988 to 16 October1988, the 13-8-89 dated biography of amember of Democratic Student Front (DSF),India (Manipur), and the Progressive StudentForce for Democracy (PSFD), the record onthe arrival of four DSF members in Myanmar,and papers on political assessment of theprevailing situation and the stance of DSFand PSFD.

NLD… or a party protecting interests ofone individual

Aung Thein (Dawei)Phyo: Did they also find any letters sent by ABSDF

that had been declared a terrorist organizationnot long ago?

Thein:Than Tun Soe, CO of ABSDF battalion 701sent a 7-6-89 dated letter to Ko Maw and KoAung who were acting as bodyguards of DawSuu Kyi. In the letter was written that Than TunSoe had a plan to meet with Daw Suu Kyi; thathe had not got the opportunity to do so then; andthat he sent video tapes and photos for Daw SuuKyi.

Phyo: Anything else?Thein: Of the 40 persons found holing up in Daw Suu

Kyi’s house was Soe Myat Thu, joint secretaryof the logistics committee of ABSDF. Underthe assignment of the ABSDF in November1988, he arrived at Yangon via Kawthoungfrom Ranong in Thailand. During his stay inYangon, he met with Daw Suu Kyi, studentleaders and war veterans and gave advice tolaunch an armed opposition against theTatmadaw. Afterwards, he left Yangon forBangkok. He met Brang Seng of KIA after theABSDF Central Committee meeting held at UThu Ta insurgent camp. He was arrested atDaw Suu Kyi’s house while trying to makecontacts with foreign embassies on his return toYangon.

Phyo: Didn’t the BCP also make contacts with theNLD in addition to ABSDF?

Thein:Yes, the BCP did. BCP politburo memberKyaw Mya sent a letter to Thet Khaing amember of underground cell (UG) at the end ofFebruary 1989. The letter in reality was sentfrom first vice-chairman of the BCP centralmilitary commission Kyaw Zaw (retired brig-gen Kyaw Zaw) to Daw Suu Kyi. The letter saidthat the BCP leaders were in favour of Daw SuuKyi; that they had the similar view as Daw SuuKyi, urging her to continue to strive for endingthe internal strife, vitalizing national politicsand flourishing of democracy.

Phyo: The NLD as a legally formed political partyshould not make contacts with unlawful andillegal organizations at all. It should inform theauthorities if those organizations made attemptsto contact it. If all what you have just said istrue, it can be assumed that NLD has hadconnections with expatriate groups and terroristinsurgents since long ago.

Thein:All I have told you are true and concrete asthey are based on the clarification of the specialpress conference held on 5-8-89 concerning theBCP’s clandestine plots to cause unrest forgrabbing power and its infiltration into variouspolitical parties.

Phyo: The Information Minister said at the pressconference (4/2006) that the governmentalready had firm evidence to declare NLD anunlawful association. The minister’sclarification had made profound impact at homeand abroad. Some foreign radio stations areinterviewing almost daily the so-called studentleaders of expatriate groups abroad concerning

NLD’s future.Thein:I have also heard them. The worst is the

interview with the persons from inside thenation who called themselves the newgeneration students of 1988.

Phyo: Aren’t the so-called new generationstudents of 1988 the members of All BurmaStudent Union formed in November 1988?They were released from prison not longago after being arrested in March and April1989 for causing disturbances under themanipulation of the BCP during the 1988unrest.

Thein:You are right.Phyo:To my knowledge, those persons once

launched opposition against the BurmaSocialist Programme Party governmentunder the orchestration of BCP. Now, theywith the support of the West bloc are takingpart in the interview programmes of someforeign radio stations to tarnish the image ofthe Tatmadaw government. One of thedirectors of a foreign organization — USCampaign for Burma — is a former executiveof the BCP.

Thein:Yes, I know.Phyo: At the invitation of the Myanmar Minister

for Foreign Affairs, Under Secretary-General of Political Affairs of UN MrIbrahim A Gambari visited Myanmar on 18May this year. The government permittedMr Gambari to meet and talk freely withNLD executives including Daw Suu Kyi atthe Government Guest House. The foreignsources that are slamming Myanmar invarious ways should understand thegovernment’s goodwill.

Thein: I agree with you. Expatriate groups abroadand their masters are not happy with thegovernment’s decision to extend one moreyear of restriction order on Daw Suu Kyi on27 May 2006. They are trying to slander thegovernment, which they call “military junta”.

Phyo: Whatever the expatriates and their masters aresaying from abroad, the government knows bestthe objective conditions at home. It will do whatis necessary for protecting community peace andstability and the rule of law. It has to give priorityto majority’s interest, rather than an individual’s.

Thein:Concerning the minister’s clarification at thepress conference, please tell me what would bethe future of the NLD, and the government’sattitude in the future.

Phyo: In my view, the future of NLD depends on thedeeds of its members. The party’s future will bebright, if they do good. If they make things worsethey will meet with legal action. The government’sattitude will be according to a motto —“ If youare good, I will not be bad”. OK, that’s all fortoday.

(Translation: TMT)Myanma Alin &

Kyemon: 8-7-2006*****


Tea, physic nut saplings handed over tofive villages in Kengtung Township

NAY PYI TAW, 8July — A ceremony tohand over tea and physicnut saplings to fivevillages of hilly region inKengtung was held at themodel farm in ArmudeVillage near Kengtung-Mongkhok Road inKengtung Township on21 June.

Chairman ofShan State (East) Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of TriangleRegion Command Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaingexplained undertakings

for regional developmentand urged local farmers toextend cultivation ofsummer paddy, tea andphysic nut plants.

D e p a r t m e n t a lofficials reported onbenefits of growing tea andphysic nut plants,prevention against forestdepletion, andparticipation in regionaldevelopment.

The commanderhanded over 35,000 teasaplings and 19,000physic nut saplings, 40bags of sticky rice and

medicines to therepresentatives of fivevillages.

Next, thecommander viewedcultivation of tea and physicnut saplings at the terracetea farm. The commanderinspected thriving 9,150physic nut plants in Nam-inVillage-tract.

At the hall inArmude Village, thecommander met withofficials and leftinstructions on upgradingof the village to a modelone. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8July — Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi met withnational entre-preneurswho have purchased thefuel through foreignexchange at the ministry inNay Pyi Taw on 7 July.

It was attended byDeputy Minister Brig-GenThan Htay, the directors-

Energy Minister meets nationalentrepreneurs

general and the managing-directors of departmentsand enterprises under theministry and others.

The ministerelaborated on thedistribution of fuel to thenational entrepreneurs anddiscussed matters on oilprice and, storage anddistribution of fuel with

those present.Later, the

minister, the deputyminister and officialsreplied to the queries raisedby the nationalentrepreneurs. Theminister fulfilled therequirements of theentrepreneurs and themeeting ended. — MNA

Minister for Electric Power No 1receives Chinese guests

NAY PYI TAW, 8 July —Minister for ElectricPower No 1 Col Zaw Minreceived Vice-PresidentMr Mao Guoquan and

party of China PowerInvestment Corporation ofthe People’s Republic ofChina at the ministry inNay Pyi Taw on 6 July.

Also present at thecall were Deputy Ministerfor Electric Power No 1 UMyo Myint and directors-general. — MNA

YANGON, 8 July —Vice-Chairman of YangonCity Development Com-mittee Vice-Mayor ColMaung Pa together withhead of marketsdepartment U Soe Myintand officials inspected taxfree markets in YankinTownship, TamwayTownship and SanchaungTownship.

The vice-mayor

Vice-Mayor inspects taxfree markets

and party looked intopoultry, fish and vegetableshops run by YangonVegetable Cultivation andPoultry Breeding SpecialZone, edible oil shops ofMyanmar Oil DealersAssociation and groceriesrun by Yangon DivisionWholesale Centre andcordially met with shopkeepers and customers.

The vice-mayor

together with chairman ofMyanmar Rice DealersAssociation and re-sponsible personnelinspected arrival of rice-loaded vessels fromAyeyawaddy Division inSeikkan Township. At themeeting hall, Vice-MayorCol Maung Pa gavenecessary instructionsand fulfilled therequirements. —MNA

Pro-Rector (Admin) Dr Myint Kyi of ITBMUhands over cash assistance for children of

staff of Ministry of Religious Affairs toMinister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung.

MNA

Minister for Electric Power No 1 Col Zaw Min poses for documentaryphoto with Vice-President Mr Mao Guoquan and party of China Power

Investment Corporation of China. — ELECTRIC POWER NO 1

Commander Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing presents physic nut salpings toa villager. — MNA

Religious Affairs Ministry holds cashassistance presentation ceremony

NAY PYI TAW, 8 July —A ceremony to rewardservice personnel ofMinistry of ReligiousAffairs who won GoodPublic Service Medals for2006 by the State Peaceand Development Counciland to present cashassistance to the childrenof the staff of the ministrywas held at the meetinghall of the ministry in NayPyi Taw yesterday. It wasattended by Minister forReligious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung,Deputy Minister Brig-GenThura Aung Ko, AdviserU Arnt Maung, heads ofdepartment and staff.

Firstly, Pro-Rector(Admin) Dr MyintKyi presented K 1,451,500for the children of the staffto Minister Brig-GenThura Myint Maung onbehalf of AssociatedProfessor of InternationalTharavada BuddhistUniversity SayadawDhamma Kathika

B a h u j a n a h i t a d h a r aDhamma Duta AshinChekinda.

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maungpresented K 3,000 each to15 staff who won GoodPublic Service Medals.Deputy Minister Brig-GenThura Aung Ko also

presented cash assistancefor the children of staff tothe officials. Cashassistance provided by theministry and SayadawDhamman KathikaB a h u j a n a h i t a d h a r aDhamma Dhuta AshinChekinda amounted toK 94,425,000. — MNA

AMBASSADOR CALLS ON MAYOR: Singaporean Ambassador MrChua Hian Kong Robert called on Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin on

8 July. The Mayor receives the ambassador. — YCDC


NAY PYI TAW, 8July — Ministry forProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs heldthe 13th Waso robesoffering ceremony at thehall of the ministry in NayPyi Taw this morning.

The ceremonywas graced under thepresence of a nine-Sayadaw led by PyinmanaZaygon MonasteryPresiding NayakaSayadaw Agga Maha

PBANRDA holds Waso robesoffering ceremony

Pandita Agga MahaGanthavaçaka PanditaBhanddanta Kavisara.

It was attended byMinister for PBANRDACol Thein Nyunt and wifeDaw Kyin Khine, DeputyMinister Col Tin Ngwe,Directors-General and theManaging Director of thedepartments andenterprise under theministry and families ofthe ministry.

The NayakaSayadaw invested the

congregation with the FivePrecepts. Later, theminister and wife andthose present offered wasorobes and provisions to theSayadaw and members ofthe Sangha. SayadawBanddanta Kavisaradelivered a sermon andthose present shared themerits gained.

After theceremony, the families ofMinistry for PBANRDAled by the minister andwife offered ‘soon’ to theSayadaws. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8July — Under the aegis ofMinister for Home AffairsMaj-Gen Maung Oo andwife, staff families of theMinistry of Home Affairsheld the 13th Waso robesoffering ceremony at theministry in Nay Pyi Tawthis morning.

Member of theState Central WorkingCommittee of the Sangha

Ministry of Home Affairs offersWaso robes to Sayadaws

U Tejaniya and membersof the Sangha, Ministerfor Home Affairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo and wifeDr Daw Nyunt Nyunt Oo,departmental heads andstaff families.

Chairman of theTownship Sangha NayakaCommittee BhaddantaVimalabuddhi admi-nistered the Five Precepts.

Next, Minister

Maj-Gen Maung Oo, wifeDr Daw Nyunt Nyunt Ooand party offered Wasorobes and provisions to theSayadaws.

After taking asermon from the Sayadaw,the congregation sharedmerits gained.

Later, theydonated ‘soon’ tomembers of the Sangha.

MNA

* At the start of the Lenten periodWe pay obeisance with special thoughtsTo the Holy OneWe do it, holding our palms in supplicationHearts filled with spirit of offeringWe supplicate before Lord Buddha.

* By this offering in this mannerAs Teacher of Disciples ThreeWe lay down all that we felt amissBut pray not for their fulfillmentAnd not as a clamour, for healingOr to make it known repeatedly, O Lord.

* The main reason for paying obeisanceSpecially now, todayIs for Myanmar at presentWho, with their clear conscienceShunning bad acts, not veering from the

pathAnd for doing what is good and nobleSo that we may overcomeThe vicious acts that are being committedAnd all acts that tend to corner usNot veering from our original pathAnd continue marching, actingconfidentlyTo let Buddha, our Lord, knowWe are thus supplicating.

* Shunning vice and espousing the goodKeeping a clear mind as preachedThe wondrous Buddha Dhamma’s abilityWe dedicate and praySpecially at the start of the Lenten periodWe supplicate, O Lord.

Shoon Mya Aung (Trs)

Special Obeisance OnArrival of Lent

POEM:

YANGON, 8 July — A ceremony to share meritsfor completion of the walls, the banner post and theplatform of PhaungdawU Standing Buddha Statue washeld at Dhamma Yeiktha Dhammayon in the precinctof the pagoda in Myothit (A+B) Ward in InseinTownship this morning.

Member of State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee Agga Maha Pandita BhaddantaTilokabhivamsa of Ywama Pariyatti Monastery,Chairman of Yangon North District Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Col Myat Min, Chairman ofTownship PDC U Aung Swe and Thiha ThudhammaManijotadhara U Soe Thein formally opened the walls,the banner post and the platform.

A total of 25 wellwishers donated K 14.45million to the fund for construction of the all -roundrenovation of the Buddha Statue. — MNA

Merits shared forall-round renovation ofPhaungdawU StandingBuddha Statue in Insein YANGON, 8 July — Under the auspices of

Minister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan andwife Daw Kyi Kyi Win, families of Printing andPublishing Enterprise and Myanma Motion PictureEnterprise held a Waso robes offering ceremony atKyaukyaydwin Yandana Beikman Pariyatti Monasteryin North Okkalapa Township this morning.

MNA

PPE, MMPE hold Wasorobes offering ceremony

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Oo and wife offer Waso robes andprovisions to a Sayadaw. — HOME AFFAIRS

Minister Col Thein Nyunt and wife offer Waso robes and provisionsto a Sayadaw. — PBANRDA

Headmaster U Tint Lwin and teachers,Patron of Parent-Teacher Association

Chairman of School Board of Trustees UAung Tha Tun and members offer Wasorobes to five members of the Sangha on

7-7-2006 at Waso robes offering ceremonyof No 29 Basic Education Primary School in

South Okalapa Township. — H

Sayadaw Bhaddanta Tilokabhivamsa , Lt-Col MyatMin,U Aung Swe and Thiha ThudhammaManijotadhara U Soe Thein formally open the walls,the banner post and the platform of PhaungdawUStanding Buddha Statue in Insein Township. — H

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Bahan Township MCWA holdsannual meeting

YANGON, 8 July —

Bahan Township

Maternal and Child

Welfare Association held

the 16th Annual Meeting

at No 2 Basic EducationHigh School in Bahan

Township this morning,

with an address by

Chairperson of Yangon

Division Maternal and

Child WelfareSupervisory Committee

Daw Mar Mar Wai.

Chairperson of

Bahan Township MCWA

Daw Phyu Phyu handed

over 1,000 membershipapplications to

Chairperson Daw Mar

Mar Wai.

Next,Chairperson

YANGON, 8 July— Vice-Chairperson ofMyanmar Maternal andChild WelfareAssociation Dr Daw TinLin Myint and executivespresented K 500,000 andmedicines worth K700,000 for Child CancerUnit of Yangon Children

MMCWA(Central) donates cash and kind

Hospital to MedicalSuperintendent Dr ChitKo Tin yesterdayafternoon.

Deputy DirectorDr Kyaw Lin andofficials, specialists,matrons and nursesattended the ceremony.

MNA

Torrential rains cause floods insome parts of Myanmar

NAY PYI TAW, 8 July—The rivers and creeks inMyanmar became ragingdue to the continuous rainsthat fell down in torrentsthroughout the nation inrecent days.

Due to the incessentheavy rains, some wards,villages, roads andrailroads close to riversand creeks were floodedin Mawlamyine, Kyaikto,Bilin and MudonTownships in Mon State,Hpa-an and Kya-inSeikkyi Townships inKayin State, andTaninthayi, Dawei, Ye andYebyu townships in

Taninthayi Division.On the morning of 6

July, Maung Tun MyintAung, 18, son of U AungKhin Soe of street toBEHS No-4 in Ward 6,Hpa-an, plunged into adrain with his motorbikeand lost his life. On thesame day, a landslideoccurred near thefootpath, west of theMoksoe Taung Pagodain Kyaikhtiyoe PagodaRegion, Kyaikto. In theincident, a temporary hutwas thrown into theravine and Ko NaingLin Tun and wife Ma Zin

Mar who lived in that hutare missing.

In the remainingincidents, there were nocasualties, and officialsconcerned managed toevacuate the floodvictims to safe places.

Now, the floods haveabated in those regions.Local Tatmadawmembers, personnel, andmembers of socialorganizations are helpingthe victims to return totheir homes, carrying outrelief measures, andproviding relief for them.

MNA

Afflux bund of WashaungDam breached

SINGAPORE, 8 July —Former Chinese vice-premier Li Lanqingreceived a HonoraryDoctor Degree of Lettersfrom the NationalUniversity of Singapore(NUS) here on Thursday.

Singaporean PrimeMinister Lee HsienLoong and MinisterMentor Lee Kuan Yewattended the conferment

BEIJING, 8 July —Chinese college studentswill go to the countrysideduring their summervacation to publicize “newsocialist countryside”policies and help ruralresidents improve theirlives.

The students will headto around 1,000 villages in600 teams, with 100 teamsdevoted to publicizinggovernment policies, 100publicizing the “socialistconcept of honour anddisgrace”, 100 providingtechnical assistance tofarmers, 100 givinglectures to rural students,100 providing medical andhealth care and 100 teamsof PhD students offeringadvice on local economic

Former Chinese V-P conferredHonorary Degree in S’pore

Chinese college studentsjoin “new countryside”

construction drive

SINGAPORE, 8 July —Singapore on Fridaylaunched a MaritimeTraining Fund, aiming totrain up to 20 seafarerseach year for its boomingmaritime cluster.

Initiated by theSingapore MaritimeOfficers’ Union (SMOU)and local shippingcompanies, the fund of 2.3million Singapore dollars(about 1.5 million USdollars) will focus ontraining in operating morecomplex navigationaltools and handling gas andchemical products,Channel News Asia reportsaid.

The SMOU is topartner with other Asiancountries, starting fromChina in October this year,to recruit from regionalnations.

Speaking at thelaunching ceremony,Minister of State forFinance and TransportLim Hwee Hua said thatmanpower developmentwill be one of the keyfactors in Singapore’sefforts to become aninternational maritimecentre.

MNA/Xinhua

Singapore totrain moreseafarers

development, accordingto the activity plan.

The summervacation of Chinesecolleges and universitiesgenerally start in July andlast for around one and ahalf months. Thegovernment usuallyorganizes collegestudents to make fieldtrips to the countrysideand other grassrootsunits.

A circular, jointlyissued by the Ministry ofEducation and severalother organizations, saidthe activity is “aneffective approach” toimproving the ideologicaland political education ofcollege students.

MNA/Xinhua

NAY PYI TAW, 8 July — Owing to the heavyrains in Waingmaw Township, Kachin State on 5 July,the Washaung dam had overflowed its embankmentin the afternoon. Therefore, the afflux bund of the damhad to be breached about 200 feet to lower the waterlevel and save the dam.

Tatmadaw members in cooperation withdepartmental personnel and local residents removedthe flotsam in the dam. At the same time, arrangementsare being made for rebuilding the afflux bund of thedam. — MNA

ceremony at the NUS,along with the faculty andstudents from theuniversity.

Speaking at theceremony, Li said that thecooperation andexchanges between Chinaand Singapore in thefields of politicalrelations, economy, trade,education, culture,science, technology and

tourism are getting closerand bearing fruit.

“Through mutuallybeneficial cooperation,we have not onlypromoted thefundamental interests ofour two peoples, but alsocontributed to prosperityand progress of our regionand the world as a whole,”said Li, who retired in2003. — MNA/Xinhua

Vice-Chairperson of MMCWA Dr Daw Tin LinMyint presents medicines to Dr Chit Ko Tin.—MMCWA

Chairperson of Yangon Division Maternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Committee Daw Mar Mar Waispeaking at 16th Annual Meeting of Bahan Township Maternal and Child Welfare Association. — MNA

Daw Mar Mar Wai and

party presented prizes tooutstanding members

and association

branches.

The Chairperson of

Township MCWA read

the annual report andfinancial statement, and

submitted future tasks.

MNA


Soldiers exercise during a training session at a beach in Sanya, southChina's Hainan Province, on 6 July, 2006. —INTERNET

UNSC to begin process ofselecting new S-G next week UNITED NATIONS, 8 July — The United Nations Security Council will begin

the process of selecting a new secretary-general, for which Indian candidateShashi Tharoor is in the fray, from next week when it is expected to hold thefirst "straw" or informal poll on aspirants already in the field.

According tothe report, the collapsedcoal mine in AzdavayTown of KastamonuProvince belonged to aprivate company.

Bodies of an engineerand an administrator ofthe private company

Indonesians living abroadcan lose citizenship

JAKARTA, 8 July — The Indonesian Parliament isslated next week to enact the citizenship bill, underwhich an Indonesian citizen who lives abroad for fiveconsecutive years and fails to report to the Indonesianmission will lose his citizenship.

"All Indonesian citizens who live abroad for fiveconsecutive years, including corrupt officials whoflee justice, and fail to report themselves to theIndonesian mission will lose their citizenship," saidSlamet Effendi Yusuf, who chairs the specialcommittee on citizenship bill in the House ofRepresentatives.

The ruling also applies to "those who join foreignmilitary service without prior approval from thePresident", he said.

But Indonesian students whose adopted countriesobliged foreign citizens to join the military servicecan elude the ruling, he said.

Indonesians who take oath of allegiance to a foreigncountry or hold foreign passport on their names canalso lose citizenship.

MNA/Xinhua

APEC symposium on totalsupply chain security opens

in S’pore SINGAPORE, 8 July — The inaugural Asia-Pacific

Economic Cooperation (APEC) Symposium on totalsupply chain security opened here on Thursdaywith the participation of some 320 policy makers,industry practitioners and professionals from over15 countries and regions.

The poll is designedto gauge the support thateach of the declaredcandidates enjoys amongthe Council membersespecially the permanentfive — United States,Britain, France, Russiaand China — whosebacking is necessary for acandidate to be finallynominated.

Though the Council isfree to devise its ownprocedure, generally eachcandidate is votedseparately. The membersare distributed blankballots on which theymake a mark to show

whether they support oroppose the candidate.

The permanent fiveeither mark the paper witha different ink or are givenballots with differentcolours.

Should a permanentmember oppose aparticular candidate, he orshe is informally informedabout it but no one wouldknow which of the fivehas cast negative vote.

There could be severalstraw polls before a finalpoll is taken and anomination sent to theGeneral Assembly forapproval.

Currently, there arethree candidates in thefield — Indian nomineeUN UndersecretaryGeneral Shashi Tharoor,Sri Lanka's JayanthaDhanapala and ThaiDeputy Prime MinisterSurakiart Sathirathai.

MNA/PTI

They are expected toaddress issues like threatsand vulnerabilities to theglobal supply chain,benefits to facilitating tradeand business, perspectivesfrom governments andindustry on principles andapproaches towards supplychain security, internationalcooperation, as well aschallenges for the future.

Speaking at the openingceremony, Singapore's

Deputy Prime Minister S.Jayakumar said that the longglobal supply chains arevulnerable to disruption byexternal forces and eventswith terrorist attacks beingthe biggest threat.

"To safeguard globaltrade and commerce, thesecurity of the global supplychain as a whole needs tobe enhanced. Collectiveattention must be paid tothis complex task," henoted, adding that theconsequences of suchdisruption could bedevastating for manyeconomies worldwide.

Stressing that Singaporeapproaches the supply chainsecurity issue on a holisticbasis, Jayakumar, who isalso Coordinating Ministerfor National Security andMinister for Law,announced the esta-blishment of the country'snational supply chainsecurity programme.

MNA/Xinhua

The drugs were hidden insidespeakers in a delivery van stopped inRotterdam on Tuesday, the NationalDetective Service of the Netherlandswas quoted as saying.

The consignment came from Turkeyand passed through Germany on theway to the Netherlands.

Five people were arrested and policefound a further 14 kilos of heroin in theAmsterdam home of one of the suspects.

German police seized a further 90kilos of heroin and arrested six people

on Wednesday. Justice officials and police in the two

countries have been working closely inrecent months to combat a Turkish crimegang that dominates the heroin scene inthe Netherlands. It also uses theNetherlands to distribute the drugs toBritain, Germany and France, accordingto the Dutch police. Five other peoplewere arrested in May by the Dutch policeas part of the investigation. The drugs arebelieved to have come from Afghanistan.

MNA/Xinhua

Two killed in coal mine collapse innorthern Turkey

ANKARA, 8 July — Two people died as they were trapped under acollapsed coal mine in northern Turkey on Friday, the semi-official Anatolianews agency reported.

were pulled under therubble at the end ofrescue operations thatlasted more than fivehours.

Meanwhile, sixworkers who entered thecollapsed mine to rescuethe trapped people were

poisoned by the gasleakage, said the report,adding that they wererushed to a hospital formedical treatment andthey are in stable condition aftertreatment.

MNA/Xinhua

Dutch police seize massive drugs inRotterdam

BRUSSELS, 8 July — Dutch police have intercepted a shipment of 204kilos of heroin in the Netherlands as part of an international operation againsta Turkish drugs gang, Dutch media reported on Friday.

KPMG employee Sophie Chen (C) teaches Yao Yuan (L) from GezhiHigh School how to answer a business call on 6 July as part of the

2006 JA Job Shadow Day programme in Shanghai, China.—INTERNET

Revellers hold up red scarves as they celebratethe start of San Fermin festival in Pamplona ,

Spain, on 6 July, 2006. — INTERNET


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A man looks at the shattered windshield of a car after a bomb attack outside abuilding in Baghdad on 7 July, 2006. —INTERNET

Flood kills three oilworkers in N-W China

URUMQI, 7 July —Three oil workers werekilled and five are missingafter a flood washed awaytheir work camp in Yumen,northwest China's GansuProvince on Thursday, alocal source said.

More than 50 workerslived in the camp operatedby Tuha Oil FieldCompany which isheadquartered in Hami,northwest China's XinjiangUygur AutonomousRegion.— MNA/Xinhua

Putin wants quickerreaction from Iran

New York Mayor testifies in favour ofguest worker programme

NEW YORK, 7 July —New York Mayor MichaelBloomberg on Wednesdaytestified in favour of theguest worker programmeat a Senate JudiciaryCommittee hearing onimmigration reform.

Outlining his supportof the programme thatwould allow illegalimmigrants to worklegally in the United Stateswhile putting them on apath to citizenship, themayor called onlawmakers to holdbusinesses accountable for

violating current laws. "By winking at

businesses that hiredillegal immigrants, thefederal government sent aclear signal to those inother countries: 'If youcan make it into ourcountry, you'll have notrouble qualifying foremployment,'" saidBloomberg.

Bloomberg also backsa DNA or fingerprintdatabase to track andverify the identity of legalUS workers. He alsosupports an increase in

work visas and opposessuggestions of massdeportations.

"The truth of the matteris we need lots ofimmigrants to come intothis country every year,"said Bloomberg. "Ourbirth rate is not highenough to sustain thegrowth in the economythat we need.

This is the third timethis year that the mayorhas testified before acongressional committeeon issues concerning thecity. — MNA/Xinhua

Oil near record above $75, eyes on US gasolineLONDON, 7 July — Oil stayed within sight of a new record high beyond 75 US dollars on Thursday as

investors fretted over gasoline supply in the United States, where drivers burn 40 per cent of the world'smotor fuel.

Prices have climbedmore than 5 US dollars abarrel over the past twoweeks, fuelled by signs thatUS pump prices near 3 USdollars a gallon have yet topinch the wallets ofmotorists in the world's

biggest energy user. Investment funds, a key

driver of a four-year rallythat began at 20 US dollars,remain convinced there isno end in sight to the bullmarket and helped propelWednesday's climb to a new

record of 75.40 US dollarsa barrel.

“It will be much morethan 100 US dollars beforethe bull market is over,”billionaire US investor JimRogers told Reuters onThursday. He has predictedthe current bull market hasanother 15 years to run.

US crude for Augustshed 30 cents to 74.89 USdollars a barrel by 1014GMT. London Brent crudewas off 36 cents to 73.62US dollars a barrel.

In another indication ofthe market's sustainedstrength, Goldman Sachsraised its forecast for five-year-ahead US crude by7.50 US dollars to 67.50US dollars a barrel becauseof the rising costs ofbringing new oil on line.

Goldman, the biggesttrader of energy amonginvestment banks, alsolifted its second-half 2006estimate by 5 US dollars to

75 US dollars.US Government data due

at 1430 GMT will providefurther clues on the health ofdemand in the United States.The data is expected to showa 1.1 million-barrel declinein gasoline stockpiles and a1.9-million-barrel draw oncrude inventories for theweek to June 30, a Reuterspoll found. Distillate stockswere seen up 1.1 millionbarrels.

NYMEX gasolinefutures led Wednesday'srally, rising 5.7 cents or 2.6per cent, on forecasts thatUS demand increased lastweek ahead of the holidayweekend. Supply concernsraised by the row betweenkey oil producer Iran andthe West over Teheran'satomic ambitions, alongwith a partial loss ofNigerian supply, had helpeddrive prices to the previousrecord at 75.35 US dollarsin April. —MNA/Reuters

Iran defies int’l calls for early reply

MOSCOW, 7 July —Russian PresidentVladimir Putin said onThursday he wanted a"quicker" response fromIran to major powers'proposals over its nuclearprogramme, but spoke outagainst sanctions.

"We would like thisreaction to be quicker, andthe talks that should beginon the basis of theseproposals should beconstructive," he said,through an interpreter, onan interactive webcast."To wait endlessly iscounter-productive, but itwould be more counter-productive to drive thisproblem into a dead-endand that is why I wouldnot speak about sanctionsat the moment."

Putin next weekendhosts President George W.Bush and the other leadersof the G-8 nations for asummit where the Iranianissue will be a major topic.

Iran said on Thursdayit would take its time overthe package of proposals,which include trade andtechnology incentives and

are intended to persuadeIran to halt uraniumenrichment.

Major powers havedemanded an answer by15 July, when their leaderswill meet at the G-8summit in Putin'shometown of St.Petersburg, but Iran saysit will respond on 22August. — MNA/Reuters

BRUSSELS, 7 July —Iran defied internationalcalls for an early reply toan offer of incentivesaimed at ending a nuclearstand-off, insisting onThursday it would use akey 11 July meetingmerely to raise questionson the package.

The European Unionis due to hold preliminarytalks with Iran onThursday and moredetailed discussions nextTuesday in which itexpects a formal responseto a package oftechnology, trade andother incentives to halturanium enrichment.

“The Tuesday

meeting is just forremoving ambiguities.Iran will not give itsdefinitive answer at thismeeting,” an Iranianofficial, who requestedanonymity, told Reuters.

Major powers havesaid they want a reply fromTeheran by a 15 JulyGroup of Eight summit inSt. Petersburg at the latest.Teheran insists it will notgive its answer before22 August.

Iran postponed talkswith EU foreign policychief Javier Solana inBrussels on Wednesday inapparent anger at an exiledopposition leader's visit tothe European Parliament.

But Iran said its chiefnuclear negotiator AliLarijani would meetSolana for a private dinneron Thursday.

“What we are lookingfor (on Thursday) is thefirst feedback— the startof the process of getting areply,” an EU diplomatsaid of the Thursdaymeeting.

“The more they (theIranians) wait, the morethe countries who madethe offer will feelimpatient,” said thediplomat, who requestedanonymity.

MNA/Reuters


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during their visit.—INTERNET

A polar bear sleeps soundly on the artificial ice at the Polar Animal Hall in Dalian,northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on 5 July, 2006. The polar animals enjoy a comfortable cool environment during the hot summer.—INTERNET

A little girl muses over life possibilities on Mars at the Beijing Planetarium, wherean exhibition on the birth of the solar system opened on 6 July, 2006.—INTERNET

S African granny, 132, may beWorld’s oldest

JOHANNEESBURG,7 July — At 132 years of age, South African granny MolokoTemo may be the world’s oldest citizen, though her name has not appeared inthe Guinness Book of World Records, local media reported on Thursday.

Temo, who lives inMohodi Village in SouthAfrica’s northern provinceof Limpopo, celebrated her132nd birthday on Tuesday,said The Citizen newspaper.

“Her skin still lookshealthy, even though she iswrinkled, and hercomplexion is very light,”said the newspaper, whichcarried a picture of heridentity document thatrecords her year of birth as1874.

Another newspaper

Sowetan said Temo hasoutlived three of her eightchildren, has 29grandchildren, 59 great-grandchildren and five great-great-grandchildren.

Agnes, Temo’s 77-year-old daughter, told thenewspaper that though herelderly mother cannot seeand has to use a wheelchair,she still speaks well andenjoys the company ofothers.

Efforts were being madeto have her recognized as

the world’s oldest livingperson by the GuinnessBook of World Records,which currently lists MariaEsther de Capovilla ofEcuador, born on 14September, 1889, as theoldest living woman.

“I wish I can live to seethe 2010 Soccer World Cup(in South Africa). Everyonehere is talking about it,”Temo told Sowetan at hercolourful birthday partyin her village on Tuesday.

MNA/Xinhua

New study show colon cancer related to body measures LONDON,7 July — European researchers have found that men and women with a large waist

circumference and a large waist-to-hip ratio (WHR) have an increased risk of developing colon cancer.

Hollywood to make movie based onLondon Olympics promotion video

LOS ANGELES, 7 July — Hollywood studio Paramount/Nickelodeon hassigned a deal with British TV director Daryl Goodrich to make a feature-length movie based on his video that helped London win the bid for the 2012Olympics, reports said Wednesday.

In a European-widestudy known as EPIC(European ProspectiveInvestigation into Cancerand Nutrition),researchers got theconclusion afterexamining in 368,277participants theassociations betweenvarious body measuresand the risk of colon andrectal cancer, accordingto the main Europeanscience websiteAlphaGalileo onWednesday.

The analysis is basedon a six-year follow-upduring which 984participants developedcolon cancer and 586rectal cancer, accordingto the researchers.

The study resultsshowed that women witha WHR over 0.85 had a

52-per-cent higher risk ofcolon cancer than thosewith a WHR under 0.73and similar values wereobserved in men, whosecolon cancer riskincreased by 51 per centfrom the group with thelowest WHR (less than0.89) to the group withthe highest WHR (equalto 0.99).

The study results alsoshowed that height wasalso rather stronglyassociated with cancerrisk in both sexes, withwomen taller than167.5 centimetres havinga 79-per-cent higherchance of developingcolon cancer than shortwomen (less than 156.0centimetres) and men tall180.5 centimetres (thetallest ones) having a 40-per-cent higher chance

than short men under 168centimetres (the shortestones).

In the study, theresearchers also observedsex-specific differenceswith body mass index(BMI) (calculated bydividing the body weightin kilogrammes by thesquare of the body heightin m2) and found menwith a BMI over 29.4 hada 55-per-cent higher riskof colon cancer than slimmen with a BMI under23.6 and women had only6 per cent higher risk atthe most between thecorresponding groups.

However, there is norelation between thebody measures of theinvestigation and rectalcancer risk.

The results supportthe hypothesis that

abdominal body fat isespecially important fordevelopment of coloncancer, the researchersclaimed — MNA/Xinhua

Goodrich’s three-minutepromotion video was shownas part of the Londonbid committee’s finalpresentation to theInternational OlympicCommittee (IOC) inSingapore last year.

It seemed that the shortfilm, titled “Inspiration”,impressed the IOCmembers as London waschosen to host the 2012Games.The video featureda Mexican boy and his rusty

Within days of London’s

selection as 2012 host,Hollywood studios andagents began callingGoodrich and his producerCaroline Rowland aboutpossible projects.

Advised by renownedBritish film producer Lord

Puttn am, whose creditsinclude the Oscar-winning“Chariots of Fire”, Goodrichand Rowland set up aproduction company andwere considering variousfilm ideas with sportsthemes. —MNA/Xinhua

Sales volume ofMercedes-Benz rise by

25% in China BEIJING,7 July — Sales of Mercedes-Benz in China

surged 25 per cent in the first five months of this yearto reach 13,122 units, Beijing Daily reported onWednesday.

Till Becker, CEO of DaimlerChrysler in NortheastAsia attributed the sales increase to strong demand forthe Benz-S series. The report said the consumptiontax introduced by China on 1 April, which was aimedat discouraging consumers from buying cars withlarge engines seems to have had little impact on thesales of imported luxury sedans.— MNA/Xinhua


S P O R T SFIFA World Cup Fixture

Monday, 10 July 2006Italy v France, 00:30 MST

Wie goes through to meet Pak in World Matchplay GLADSTONE (New Jersey), 8 July— Top seeds Annika Sorenstam and Michelle Wie kept on course for

a dream final with second round victories at the Women’s World Matchplay Championship on Friday.

Podolski named Best Young Playerof 2006 World Cup

BERLIN, 8 July— German rising star Lukas Podolski won the FIFABest Young Player award of the 2006 World Cup on Friday.

Annika Sorenstam of Stockholm,Sweden pumps her fist after sink-ing a putt on the first hole duringsecond round play of the LPGAWomen's World Match Play GolfChampionships in Gladstone, NewJersey, on 7 July, 2006. —INTERNET

Vijay Singhof Fiji

watches histee shot onthe seventhhole duringthe second

round of theWestern Opengolf tourna-

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Illinois, on 7July, 2006.INTERNET

Inspired Nadal reachesWimbledon final

LONDON, 8 July— An inspired Rafael Nadal beatMarcos Baghdatis 6-1, 7-5, 6-3 on Friday to set up adream final against triple Wimbledon champion RogerFederer.

The Spanish second seed, who beat Federer in theFrench Open final last month, battered his Cypriotopponent to a standstill in front of an enthralled CentreCourt crowd.

Baghdatis, 21, was overwhelmed in a 30-minutefirst set but the second produced a breathtaking battleas the pair contested sublime rallies.

Despite going two sets and then a break downBaghdatis refused to give up, but 20-year-old Nadalwould not be denied and he became the first Spanishman to reach the final here since Manuel Santana in1966, clinching victory in two hours 26 minutes.

MNA/Reuters

Spain's Rafael Nadal celebrates during his men'ssemi-final match against Marcos Baghdatis of

Cyprus at the Wimbledon tennis championships inLondon on 7 July, 2006.—INTERNET

Watson takes charge atUS Senior Open

NEW YORK, 8 July— Tom Watson moved to plugone of the few holes in his glittering resume by firinga second-round four-under 66 to grab a one-shot leadat the US Senior Open at the Prairie Dunes CountryClub in Hutchinson, Kansas on Friday.

Watson, winner of eight majors and three seniorstitles, mixed six birdies with a pair of bogeys to moveto four-under 136 heading into the weekend and intocontention for his first US Senior Open crown.

Defending champion Allen Doyle, Mark James,Bob Gilder and Morris Hatalsky were a shot in arrears.

"I had the Watson of old kind of feel today," Watsontold reporters. "Hit it sideways a little bit here and thereand hit some really good shots and hit some bad shotsand let the putter do the work.

"I could say I'm hitting on all cylinders, but I'm notexactly doing that right now.

Overnight leaders Jay Haas of the US and Canada'sDave Barr both struggled in the difficult scoringconditions. — MNA/Reuters

Finalists unable totrain at stadium BERLIN, 8 July— World Cup fi-

nalists France and Italy cannot trainat the Olympiastadion before Sun-day's final because of the conditionof the pitch, FIFA said on Friday.

Spokesman Andreas Herren con-firmed that FIFA had taken thedecision "because of the state ofthe pitch and because of the heavyrainfall in Berlin over the last cou-ple of days".— MNA/Reuters

Scolari says third-place matchcauses suffering

The 21-year-old Polish-bornstriker has scored three goals in Ger-many's six World Cup matches sofar. His two early goals in the Ger-many-Sweden knockout duel sentthe hosts into quarterfinals. The othergoal came from Germany's lastGroup A match against Ecuador.

Podolski said: "I would have likedto have taken home the World Cup.But this is a great honour and is agreat motivation to become moresuccessful."

Podolski beat off competitionfrom 40 candidates including CescFabregas from Spain, Lionel Messi

from Argentina, Cristiano Ronaldofrom Portugal, Luis Valencia fromEcuador to win the coveted prize.

"Podolski not only scored threegoals, he was a key element in Ger-many's attack," explained HolgerOsieck, head of the FIFA TechnicalStudy Group. "He showed a greatunderstanding with Miroslav Kloseand the two players formed a veryeffective partnership. Together, theynetted eight of Germany's 11 goals."

Klose, the German First Divisiontop scorer from Werder Bremen, isnow leading the top scorer list withfive goals. — MNA/Xinhua

Scolari said it was a struggle tomotivate players only days after theysuffered agonizing defeats in thesemifinals of the competition.

Hosts Germany were beaten 2-0by Italy on Tuesday, conceding twogoals deep into extra time, and Por-tugal went down to a 1-0 defeatagainst France on Wednesday, sunkby a controversial penalty.

"From the business perspective,maybe it's a good thing," said Scolari.

"If you're on our side of the fence,this game represents suffering, ratherthan a match you are happy to takepart in.

"After losing to France, it's verydifficult to motivate the players forthis.

"It's difficult to stop our playersand ourselves thinking about whatwe missed out on. You think aboutwhat you've lost and not about whatyou might win. — MNA/Reuters

STUTTGART, 8 July— The third-place match at the World Cupcauses suffering for the teams involved, said Portugal coach LuizFelipe Scolari ahead of his side's game with Germany on Saturday.

Wie reached the last 16with a 3 and 2 win over theUS Solheim Cup playerChristina Kim, comingback from one down aftereight holes with a spurt ofthree winning birdies infour holes from the turn.

The 16-year-old Ha-waiian now faces a toughthird round tie against oneof her idols, South KoreanPak Se Ri.

"Christina and I aregood friends, but you justhave to try and treat eve-ryone just like anotheropponent," said the Ha-waiian youngster who isseeded second toSorenstam.

"I felt I played reallysolid and pulled out thebirdies when I neededthem." Her eyes lit up atthe prospect of playingPak, another player whohit the headlines very earlyin her career. In her rookie1998 season, Pak, thenaged 20, won four timeson the LPGA Tour, in-cluding two majors.

"I've never played SeRi before but I really re-spect what xshe has done.She came out here (on theLPGA Tour) and achievedso much early on and I'vealways really admiredher," said Wie.

Sorenstam won the

first two holes with birdieand brushed past Ameri-can Heather Young by 3and 2. "Heather put up agood fight and it was agood match, but I'm veryhappy with the way I'mplaying," said the Swede,who started the week bywinning her third USWomen's Open.

Sorenstam goesthrough to meet 20-year-old Brittany Lang, one ofthe up-and-coming gen-eration of US players.

Another attractive clashfeatures two of the Ameri-

can teenagers, PaulaCreamer, who was No.2to Sorenstam on the Tourlast year, and rookieMorgan Pressel who tiedfor second as a 17-year-old amateur in last year'sUS Women's Open.

Creamer ended thereign of defending cham-pion Marisa Baena, fromColombia, by 5 and 3 withsome splendid golf whilePressel was a 3 and 1 win-ner against last year'sbeaten finalist Meena Leeof South Korea.

MNA/Reuters

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Saturday, 8 July, 2006Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather has beenpartly in Magway Division and Kayah State, rain havebeen isolated in Chin State, Sagaing and MandalayDivisions, fairly widespread in Bago Division, Shan andRakhine States and widespread in the remaining areaswith locally heavyfalls in Rakhine State, isolatedheavyfalls in Kayin, Mon States, Bago, Yangon andThaninthayi Divisions. The noteworthy amounts of rain-fall recorded were Gwa (4.25) inches, Yay (4.05) inches,Yangon (Central) (3.70) inches, Hpa-an (3.58) inches,Dawei (3.47) inches, Shwegyin (3.43) inches, Thandwe(3.31) inches, Thaton (2.72) inches, Kyaukpyu andHinthada (2.56) inches each, Kyauktaw (2.40) inches andNay Pyi Taw (0.79) inch.

Maximum temperature on 7-7-2006 was 84°F.Minimum temperature on 8-7-2006 was 70°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 8-7-2006 was (96%).Total sunshine hours on 7-7-2006 was Nil.

Rainfalls on 8-7-2006 were (2.00) inches atMingaladon, (1.14) inches at Kaba-Aye and (3.70) inchesat Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were(38.58) inches at Mingaladon, (47.52) inches at Kaba-Aye and (51.85) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph fromSouthwest at (9:30) hours MST on 8-7-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is generally strong in theAndaman Sea and the Bay of Bangal.

Forecast valid until evening of 9-7-2006:Rain will be isolated in Kayah State, Mandalay, Magwayand lower Sagaing Divisions, fairly widespread in ShanState and upper Sagaing Division and widespread in theremaining states and divisons with likelihood of isolatedheavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon, Kayin States, Yangon, Bagoand Taninthayi Divisions. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to roughsea are likely at times off and along Myanmar Coast.Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35 to 40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 9-7-2006: Isolated rain Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 9-7-2006: Some rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 9-7-2006: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is(80%).

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19. The next day’sprogramme

Sunday, 9 JulyTune in today

8:30 am Brief news8:35 am Music:

-Satellites8:40 am Perspectives8:45 am Music:

-Butterfly8:50 am National news &

Slogan9:00 am Music:

-Flying high9:05 am International

news9:10 am Cultural images of

Myanmar-Myanma Thana-kha

9:20 am Music:-Just ‘N’ image

1:30 pm News & Slogan1:40pm Children’s delight

-Story for children“The little wiseman Nga Let Ma”-Songs forchildren

9:00pm Waso-the month ofoffering sacredyellow-robes

9:10 pm Article9:20 pm Weekly news

review9:30 pm Music:

-If you love me-Laughter in therain

9:45 pm News & Slogan10.00 pm PEL �ms\er”k;mO' ’kitc\qti‘p"�ms\er”k;mO' ’kitc\qti‘p"�ms\er”k;mO' ’kitc\qti‘p"�ms\er”k;mO' ’kitc\qti‘p"�ms\er”k;mO' ’kitc\qti‘p"

Quake causes $1beconomic losses in

IndonesiaJAKARTA, 8 July — In-

donesian Cooperatives,Small and Medium Enter-prises Minister SuryaDharma Ali said the tec-tonic earthquake thatstruck Yogyakarta andparts of Central Java Prov-ince had caused nine tril-lion rupiah (about one bil-lion US dollars) in eco-nomic losses.

“Small and mediumenterprises suffer financiallosses reaching 7.7 trillionrupiah (about 860 millionUS dollars),” Antara newsagency on Friday quotedthe minister as saying.

The government is nowcollecting data on the ex-tent of damage and loca-tions and assigns each de-partment in accordancewith its task and authorityfor reconstruction, restruc-turing and economic re-habilitation.

Based on preliminarydata submitted by the of-fices of the worst-hitBantul and Klaten District,small and medium enter-prises suffered 100 billionrupiah (about 11 millionUS dollars) in financiallosses. — MNA/Xinhua

Flood Bulletin(Issued at 12:00 hr MST on 8-7-2006)According to the (06:30) hr MST observation

today, the water level of Sittoung River at Madauk is(1147) cm. It may remain above its danger level of(1070) cm during the next (48) hour commencing noontoday.

According to the (06:30) hr MST observationtoday, the water level of Shwegyin River at Shwegyin is(746) cm. It may remain above its danger level of (700)cm during the next (48) hour commencing noon today.

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Struggling China graduates stay put on campusBEIJING, 8 July — Thousands of new graduates in China’s booming southern

city of Guangzhou have refused to leave university dormitories due to a lack ofaffordable housing and satisfactory jobs, state media said on Friday.

Students in Guangzhouhave to contend with rental

prices 10 to 15 per centabove the city average of

1,000 yuan (125 US dol-lars) per month in areaspopular with graduates, theChina Daily said, so about20,000 of them have sim-ply stayed put.

“I didn’t find a job untilthe end of last month. Andnow I am busy looking fora house, which the com-pany will not provide,”newly minted graduateChen Qi told the paper.

“Besides that, high rentalcosts are really frighten-ing.”— MNA/Reuters

Mongolian wrestlerstrain at a camp in the

grasslands town of Suuj,about 60 km (37 miles)

north of the capital UlanBator, on 5 July, 2006.Mongolians celebratetheir annual festival ofNaadam, a pageant ofwrestling, hoseback-

riding and archery, on11 July. This year’s willbe bigger than ever asMongolians mark the

800 years since GenghisKhan united the na-

tion.—INTERNET

Fullmoon Day of Waso 1368 ME Sunday, 9 July, 2006

NAY PYI TAW, 8 July — Secretariat Member ofthe Union Solidarity and Development AssociationMinister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung, accompaniedby Secretary of Mandalay Division USDA U TinMaung Oo and executives of district and townshipUSDAs, met with the secretary and executives atMahlaing Township USDA Office yesterday.

Mahlaing Township USDA Secretary U ShweNann reported on progress of rural development tasksand fulfillment of school furniture.

The Secretariat Member explained organiza-tional tasks and undertakings of the rural developmenttasks.

At Mahlaing Cotton Factory, the minister in-spected cotton ginning tasks, boilers and machines.Next, the Secretariat Member attended the ceremonyto grow physic nut plants organized by TaungthaTownship USDA at Panpaung Village-tract.

At Taungtha Cotton Factory, the minister in-spected arrangements for installation of cotton ginningmachines.

Afterwards, the Secretariat Member attendedthe ceremony to donate school furniture and exercisebooks to basic primary schools at the office of TaungthaTownship USDA. Secretariat Member U Aung Thaungpresented school furniture and exercise books to 189basic education schools through Township EducationOfficer Daw Marlar May Thin.

Next, member of Myanmar War VeteransOrganization Central Organizing Committee MinisterU Aung Thaung met members of Taungtha TownshipWar Veterans Organization, secretaries and execu-tives of Kyaukpadaung, Natogyi and Taungtha Town-ship USDAs.

Township WVO Chairman U Aung Than re-ported on social and economic matters of WVO mem-bers and carrying out of public welfare tasks. Execu-tives and organizers of Kyaukpadaung, Natogyi andTaungtha Township USDAs briefed the SecretariatMember on carrying out of public welfare tasks. The

Minister for Industry-1 inspects factories intownships of Mandalay Division

Secretariat Member presented K 3 million for con-struction of new building at Kyawzi BEHS donated bywellwishers to officials.

While in Taungtha, Minister U Aung Thaunginspected sales of products from the Ministry of Indus-try-1 at Taungtha Win Thuza Shop and left necessaryinstructions. He proceeded to Vest Factory (Taungtha)and viewed production process of the factory. FactoryManager U Saw Lin and Managing Director U OoThein Maung gave supplementary reports. Later, theminister instructed officials to make efforts for ex-ceeding the production target. — MNA

YANGON, 8 July — Members of KhinUTownship National League for Democracy inSagaing Division — U Kyaw Shwin, U AungMyint, U Toe Maung, U Win Aung, Daw Kyi Sein,Daw Nyo Hmi, Daw Yin Yin Hla and Daw NyoNyo Win of Ngatingyi Village and U Si, Daw KhinMyat and U Myint Sein of Magyioak Village —resigned of their own accord from the party on 12and 23 June respectively. They sent their resigna-tions to NLD Headquarters and authorities con-cerned.

In their resignation letters, the 11 memberssaid they quit the NLD as they have lost interest andfaith in it because of its evil deeds.

MNA

11 quit NLD as theyhave lost interest, faithin it because of its evil

deeds

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Nay Pyi Taw & neighbouring areas

Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Yangon & neighbouring areas

Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Mandalay & neighbouring areas

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Politburo member Kyaw Mya sent a letter to Thet Khaing a member ofunderground cell (UG) at the end of February 1989. The letter in reality was sentfrom first vice-chairman of the BCP central military commission Kyaw Zaw (retiredbrig-gen Kyaw Zaw) to Daw Suu Kyi. The letter said that the BCP leaders were infavour of Daw Suu Kyi; that they had similar view as Daw Suu Kyi, urging her tocontinue to strive for ending the internal strife, vitalizing national politics andflourishing of democracy.

USDA Secretariat Member Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung presents school furniturefor basic education schools to Taungtha Township Education Officer Daw Marlar May Thin.

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