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Volume XVII, Number 202 3rd Waning of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Wednesday, 4 November, 2009

Senior General Than Shwe inspects reconstruction and rehabilitation tasks in Pyinsalu.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe inspects reconstruction and rehabilitation tasks in Hainggyikyun.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Nov —Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe arrivedat Pyinsalu in Ayeyawady Division by helicopterthrough Yangon at 10 am today to inspect progress inrehabilitation and reconstruction tasks in the storm-hitregions in Ayeyawady Division. He was accompanied

State placing emphasis on developmentof agricultural, fishery, marine andtransport sectors of seaside regions

Senior General Than Shwe inspects progress in rehabilitation andreconstruction tasks in storm-hit regions of Ayeyawady Division

by member of the State Peace and Development CouncilGeneral Thura Shwe Mann, Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and Development Council General Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oo, member of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Lt-Gen Tin Aye, theCommander-in-Chief (Navy), senior military officersof the Ministry of Defence, the Chairman of Ayeywady

Division Peace and Development Council Commanderof South-West Command, ministers, the deputy healthminister and officials of the State Peace andDevelopment Council Office.

Senior General Than Shwe and party werewelcomed by Minister for Progress of Border Areasand National Races and Development Affairs ColThein Nyunt, departmental officials and members ofsocial organizations. Senior General Than Shwecordially greeted local people.

Senior General Than Shwe and party inspectedthe Pyinsalu cyclone shelter construction project sitebeing implemented by Max Myanmar Co. From theviewing deck, the Senior General inspected theconstruction of the cyclone shelter and the raisedground. Next, the Senior General viewed the blue printof the cyclone shelter being built by Max Myanmar Coand A-1 Co and construction documentary photos.Minister Col Thein Nyunt and officials reported on theproject tasks.

Next, the Head of State inspected progress inrehabilitation tasks and systematic construction ofhouses, office buildings, hospital, dispensary andschools and growing of shady trees and windshieldtrees in Pyinsalu.

The Senior General and party proceeded to thebriefing hall for rehabilitation and reconstruction tasks inPyinsalu where Minister Col Thein Nyunt reported on

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 4 November, 2009

Wednesday, 4 November, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

Head of State Senior General Than Shweinspected progress in implementing rehabilita-tion and reconstruction tasks in storm-hit Bogaleand Pyapon townships in Ayeyawady Divisionthe other day.

On the tour, the Senior General called forrapid development of agricultural and fishingfarms for improving the living conditions oflocal people, systematic rehabilitation of storm-hit villages, establishment of plantations of wind-breaking trees, earlier completion of buildingraised grounds to be used as shelters in times ofnatural disasters, and completion of other re-habilitation tasks on schedule.

He also inspected by helicopter progressin regenerating storm-ravaged villages includ-ing Set Hsan, Kyeinchaung, Kadon Kani andAhmar, conditions of the villages, roads, thriv-ing plantations of paddy and crops, and man-grove forests.

The same day, the Head of State droppedin Daminseik Village with a cyclone shelter, andgave guidance, calling for completion of build-ing substantial cyclone shelters by March nextyear.

The entire people have been providingrelief supplies for the victims of AyeyawadyDivision with a sense of national duty. Thegovernment also has rendering necessary as-sistance to the storm-hit areas, thus showing itsbenevolent attitude to the public.

The government has built necessaryinfrastructural buildings including transportones in order that rescue and relief tasks can belaunched in time if there is a natural disaster.

Now, the socio-economic life of the peoplein the natural disaster-stricken areas hasbounced back to normal as a result of therehabilitation and reconstruction tasks the gov-ernment has been implementing as a nationalduty in the interest of the dwellers of catastro-phe-affected Ayeyawady Division.

Boosting production, thekey to better future of stormvictims Commander, Minister see to local development

NAY PYI TAW, 3 Nov—Chairman of RakhineState Peace and Development Council Commander ofWestern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye and Ministerfor Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, on 27 October,attended the ceremony to pay respects to elderly personsin An.

The commander and the minister paid respects to57 elderly persons and presented gifts to them. An elderlyperson expressed gratitude.In the afternoon, the com-mander and the minister attended the opening ceremonyof LAMINTAYA new library in Kyaukmyaung Village, Antownship and fulfilled the requirements.—MNA

YANGON, 3 Nov —Thai-Myanmar FriendshipAssociation donated cashto Jivitadana Sangha Hos-pital in Bahan Townshipthis afternoon.

The cash donation cer-emony was attended by thehospital administrativecommittee Chairman UMaung Maung and mem-bers, Thai-MyanmarFriendship AssociationChairman General LertratRatanavanich and ThaiAmbassador Mr BansarnBunnag and embassy staff.

Chairman U Maung

Thai-Myanmar Friendship Association donates cash toJivitadana Sangha Hospital

Maung spoke words ofthanks and General LertratRatanavanich explained

the purpose of donations.Then General LertratRatanavanich presented

Baht 100,000 to U MaungMaung, who then pre-sented him a gift. — MNA

YANGON, 3 Nov—Wedding & Wedding GiftFair Promotion continuedtoday at Sein Gay Har onPyay Road and Sein GayHar Centre in Hledan. Thesales promotion holds upto 8th November, provid-ing one-stop service forweddings.

For women, ShweYamin and Sein brand silkclothing, Heatwave, Lilyshoe, Shoe Gallery, Essencebrand footwear, PapillonFashion Shop, ELLE,Dunlop handbags, differentbrands of fancy wear, Adidasperfume, and cosmetics are

Sein Gay Har Sales Promotion continues

available and Daniel Lewis,Bewitch, CNC brand shirtsand accessories for men andceramics, glassware, furni-ture, electronics are also onsale at amazing prices. Spe-

cial gifts will be offered tothose who bought K 30,000and more. The sales pro-motion also includes spe-cial programmes as exhibi-tion of wedding dresses for

couples by Forever Wed-ding Dress & Photo Stu-dio, and Sein Gay Har giftvouchers which best suit topresent as wedding gifts.

MNA

Basic English Course forWomen to be openedYANGON, 3 Nov—With the supervision of

Working Group on Social and Cultural Concerns ofMyanmar Women’s Affairs Federation, a basic Eng-lish Course for Women will be conducted from 8 amto 10 am on every Saturday and Sunday from 14November to 27 December at No. 2 Basic EducationHigh School of Sangyong Township.

Those who have passed the matriculation ex-amination and graduates may apply to attend thecourse. Entry forms are available at the above school.For further information, may dial Tel-535497.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Thein Swe delivers an address in meeting with locals, community elders, mem-bers of social organizations from villages of Kyaukmyaung village-tract in An Township.—MNA

Thai-MyanmarFriend-

shipAssocia-

tiondonates

Baht100,000 toJivitadana

SanghaHospital.

MNA

Sein Gay

Har Cen-

tre packed

with

customers.

MNA

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People wait to apply for food stamps in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, in April2009. Nearly half of all US children, including an overwhelming majority of

black children, will eat meals at some point during their childhood paid for byfood stamps, an indicator of poverty, a study showed on Monday.—INTERNET

Majority want US base offJapanese island

TOKYO, 3 Nov—A ma-jority of residents inOkinawa say they want theUnited States to moveits controversial air baseoff the southern Japaneseisland, or even out ofthe country entirely, ac-cording to a poll on Tues-day.

A dispute over aplanned relocation of theUS Marine CorpsFutenma Air Base onOkinawa has clouded Ja-

pan’s security ties with itsmost important ally aheadof a visit by US PresidentBarack Obama to Japan on12-13 November.

Seventy percent of peo-ple polled in Okinawa saidTokyo should negotiatewith Washington to havethe air base movedoff Okinawa or outside Ja-pan, the Mainichi Shim-bun and the RyukyuShimpo said in the jointsurvey.

The two dailies carriedout the poll on Saturdayand Sunday and receivedanswers from 1,015 eligi-ble voters.

Prime Minister YukioHatoyama’s governmenthas said it will review a2006 agreement to movethe base from a crowdedurban area to a coastal areaby 2014, but has also sug-gested the facility may bemoved off Okinawa en-tirely.—Internet

Afghan troops kill eight militants,capture four in N Afghanistan

KUNDUZ, 3 Nov—Afghan forces have killed eightTaleban militants and captured four others in the north-ern Kunduz Province, senior army commander in thenorthern region General Murad Ali Murad said onMonday.

“Our forces during a cleanup operation have killedeight rebels in Chardara and Gortipa districts over thepast two days,” Murad told a joint press conferenceattended by provincial governor Mohammad Omar.

He also said that security situation has been verymuch improved and the environment is ready for gov-ernment to hold the second round election presiden-tial polls set for 7 Nov.

Some 18,000 police and army personnel, accordingto officials, have been deployed in the Northern prov-inces to facilitate people to use their franchise in thecritical runoff, scheduled for next Saturday.

The government has put all security measures inplace to hold runoff next Saturday while Abdullah,the top challenger to the sitting Hamid Karzai and can-didate for second term, quitted the race onSunday.—Xinhua

OTTAWA, 3 Nov—Canada has taken formal actionagainst the European Union’s ban on trade in seal prod-ucts by requesting WTO consultations, Minister of In-ternational Trade Stockwell Day announced on Mon-day. The EU’s regulation to ban the sale of Canadianseal products is a violation of the EU’s trade obliga-tions. The Canadian seal hunt is a legitimate economicpursuit, and the EU’s decision to ban the importationof seal products is based neither on science nor onfacts, Day said in a press release.—Xinhua

Tropical stormkills 11 in Vietnam

HANOI, 3 Nov—Tropical Storm Mirinaeunleashed severe flooding in parts of cen-tral Vietnam, killing 11 people, leaving twomissing and forcing families onto rooftops,disaster officials said on Tuesday.

Floods in Phu Yen province killed 10people after the storm hit, drenching theregion with heavy rains on Monday, saiddisaster official Duong Van Huong.

Several villages in neighbouring BinhDinh Province suffered the worst flood-ing in four decades after the Ha ThanhRiver surged over its banks, said disasterofficial Nguyen Van Hoa. One mandrowned in Binh Dinh and two otherswere missing, Hoa said.

Local authorities asked the central gov-ernment to send helicopters to rescue peo-ple who were still trapped on rooftops aday after the storm, which lost force as itmoved inland. “We have received manycalls for help from people who are stillstranded,” Hoa said by telephone.

Soldiers in speedboats navigated tosubmerged areas and ferried out residents.

Mirinae hit the Philippines with ty-phoon strength over the weekend, killing20 people before losing strength as itmoved across the South China Sea towardVietnam.—Internet

Visitors look at wetland models at tge Hall of China at China’s WetlandMuseum in Hangzhou, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 2 Nov, 2009. Themuseum, which opened to the public on Monday, is located in Xixi Wetland

Park in Hangzhou.—XINHUA

Worms infestingcomputers worldwideSAN FRANCISCO, 3 Nov—A Microsoft

security report released on Mondaywarns that cyber crooks are digging intocomputers for weak spots to penetratewith worms — malicious software thatsteals control or data.

Rogue security software remained thetop hacker threat to computers during thefirst half of this year, but the number ofinfections was dropping whilepenetrations by worms doubled, accord-ing to the Security Intelligence Report.

“We still see rogue security softwarein high volume but not on the rise,”Microsoft Malware Protection Centreprincipal Architect Jeff Williams toldAFP. “What is on the rise is resurgenceof worm activity, particularly Confickerand Taterf.”

Worms are programmed to replicatethemselves, wriggling from machine tomachine by hiding in legitimate appli-cations or piggy-backing on USB drivesor other portable data storage devices.

Rogue security software, or“scareware,” typically spreads by trick-ing people with pop-up boxes bearingbogus alerts that their machines are in-fected.

Internet

China threatenedby 400 invasive

alien speciesFUZHOU, 3 Nov—China

is threatened by more than400 invasive alien species,which has caused billionsof yuan of economiclosses, an agricultural of-ficial said on Monday.“We have discovered morethan 400 harmful speciesalien to the country so far,”said Wan Fanghao, vice di-rector with the ResearchCentre for Invasive AlienSpecies Prevention andControl of China’s Minis-try of Agriculture. “Morethan 100 of them arewidely spread in the coun-try and have caused greatlosses.”—Xinhua

A man looks at a hole made by a mortar attack in Abu Dsheer, southernBaghdad on 31 Oct, 2009. Three mortar rounds landed in a residential area in

southern Baghdad, wounding nine people, police said.—INTERNET

Canadarequests WTOconsultations

on EU sealproducts ban

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BEIJING, 3 Nov—Chi-na’s economic growthwould exceed 10 percentin the fourth quarter due toclimbing export orders andincreasing domestic con-sumption, according to areport issued by ChinaConstruction Bank (CCB)on Tuesday. The reportsaid China’s full year eco-nomic growth would reach8.3 percent, comparedwith Asian Bank’s forecastof 8.2 percent in Septem-ber and HSBC’s 8.1 per-cent this week.

A pedestrian walks next to KT’s public telephone booths in Seoul

on 3 November, 2009. South Korea’s dominant fixed-line operator and No 2

mobile carrier KT Corp reported on Tuesday a 12 percent fall in quarterly

operating profit due to intensified competition in broadband and Internet

telephony.—INTERNET

PARIS, 3 Nov—Salesof new cars in Franceexceeded 210,000 inOctober, an year-on-year increase of over 20percent, the French CarMakers Association(CCFA) said on Mon-day.

Thanks to the gov-ernment’s stimulus pro-gramme, the French car

CHICAGO, 3 Nov—Ford Motor Co onposted surprise earningsof nearly a billion dol-lars in the third quarterand said it was on trackto become “solidly prof-itable” by 2011 afteryears of painful losses.

The number two USautomaker swung to a

French car sales jump 20% in Octoberbrands gained a sale lift of25.4 percent in Octobercompared with last Octo-ber, while the foreign carmakers saw a lift of 14.1percent, among which,General Motors boostedits sales by 60 percent inFrench market.

Over the first tenmonths of this year,France’s car market grew

4.2 percent comparedwith the same period of2008, with over 1.82million new plates gotregistered. France-made brands Citroen,Peugeot and Renaultsaw a whole sale of986,000 cars, increas-ing 6.1 percent on year-on-year basis.

Xinhua

Ford posts surprise earnings, sees solid profit riseprofit of 997 million dol-lars from a loss of 161million dollars in the sameperiod in 2008 as it con-tinued to restructure tocope with slumping salesamid the worst globaldownturn in decades.

The profit amounted to26 cents per share exclud-ing special items, a huge

surprise to analysts whohad expected a 12 centloss. The results cameafter Ford managed toincrease market share inNorth America, Europeand South America andslash operating costs by4.6 billion dollars in thefirst nine months of theyear.—Internet

WELLINGTON, 3 Nov—Air New Zealand said onTuesday it will buy 14new Airbus A320 aircraftto replace its domesticfleet of 15 Boeing 737-300 planes.

The airline said the 14aircraft had a list price ofmore than one billion USdollars but added it hadsecured a discount to re-flect market conditions.

“This is a very goodtime to buy aircraft,” saidAir New Zealand’s shorthaul general managerBruce Parton.

“The industry is at thebottom of a deep cycle, sodemand for aircraft is lim-ited, creating favourableconditions for buyers withstrong balance sheets likeAir New Zealand,” Partonsaid.

As part of the agree-ment, Air New Zealand

LONDON, 3 Nov—Royal Bank of Scotland,rescued by the Britishgovernment in the wake ofthe global financial crisis,said on Monday that itplanned to axe about3,700 jobs across its retailoperations in Britain.

“RBS has begun aprocess of consultationwith staff in the UK re-garding a restructuring ofits Retail Banking divisionthat will result in losses ofapproximately 3,700jobs,” the state-ownedbanking group said in astatement.

The announcementcomes as the British gov-ernment is on Tuesday set

China’s economic growthto exceed 10% in Q4

As the economy re-bounded, both investorand consumer confidencewould rise in the fourthquarter, which would fur-ther strengthen the eco-nomic recovery.

The National Bureau ofStatistic said last weekChina’s purchase manage-ment index rose to 55.2percent in October, an in-crease of 0.9 percentagepoints from the previousmonth, indicating theeconomy was on an up-ward trend.

As developed coun-tries showed more signs ofeconomic recovery, Chi-na’s exports would pick upwith trade surplus ex-pected to reach 250 billionUS dollars this year, saidthe report.

Automobile sales inthe world’s third-biggesteconomy broke 5 millionmark in the first ninemonths due to tax cuts andstimulus measures, indi-cating China’s domesticdemand was expandingfast.—Xinhua

Air New Zealand to buy 14 Airbus A320 aircraft

Air New Zealand said on Tuesday it will buy 14new Airbus A320 aircraft to replace its domesticfleet of 15 Boeing 737-300 planes.—INTERNET

also has purchase rightsfor a further 11 aircraft.

Subject to details ofthe final contract, the firstA320 aircraft is expectedto be delivered in January2011, with the fleet to beprogressively introducedup to 2016.

Air New Zealand cur-rently uses 12 A320 air-craft on short haul inter-national routes and usingthe same aircraft on do-mestic routes would resultin cost savings for the air-line.

Internet

A man walks past the

entrance to the

London headquarters

of the Royal Bank of

Scotland.

INTERNET

GENEVA, 3 Nov—Swiss tourism was expected tocontinue to decline amidst the gloomy world economyin 2010 but a rebound was likely in 2011, EconomicResearch Institute BAK Basel Economics reported onMonday.

In its statement, BAK Basel Economics expectedthe Swiss tourism sector to contract overall, with a 5.1percent decrease in foreign visitors and a 1.9 percentdecrease in domestic tourism.

The Basel-based company predicted a 3.7 percentdrop in overnight hotel stays from November to April2010. Swiss tourism started to decline during the 2008-2009 tourist season, with hotel stays down by 5.7 per-cent, the sharpest decline since the Second World War,according to BAK Basel Economics.

Revenues from ski lifts increased by 0.1 percentduring the 2009 tourism season, a fact unlikely to berepeated in the coming year.

A stable recovery wasn’t expected until the end of2010, the statement said. BAK Basel Economics pre-dicted that Swiss tourism prospects will be more fa-vourable in the medium term, with an increase in de-mand of 1.9 percent in 2011. The number of overnighthotel stays was expected to increase by 3.9 percent inthe 2012 tourist season due to a 5.8 percent uptick inthe number of foreign visitors.—Xinhua

Royal Bank of Scotland says it willcut 3,700 jobsto lay out plans to breakup Royal Bank of Scot-land and another lender itrescued, Lloyds BankingGroup.

RBS earlier Mondaysaid it would considerselling more assets thaninitially planned to winEU support for the stateaid received by the group,sending its shares plung-ing.

The embattled com-pany, which is 70-percentowned by the taxpayer af-ter a huge bailout last year,added it was close to anagreement over the termsof its participation in a gov-ernment scheme to insuretoxic or high-risk assets.

Media reports on Sun-day suggested that RBScould be forced to sell itsChurchill and Direct Lineinsurance division andpart of its investmentbanking arm, to allay Eu-ropean Commission (EC)concerns about state aid.

Internet

Swiss tourism expected tocontinue declining in 2009-10

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Kilimanjaro may become snowless by 2022

Flamingoes fly in Amboseli National Park near Mount Kilimanjaro, with anelevation of 5,895 meters (19,340 ft), on 22 March, 2007.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 3 Nov—Thesnows of Kilimanjaro, fa-mous for an ErnestHemingway’s short storyof the same name, coulddisappear by 2022, accord-ing to a new study pub-lished on Tuesday in theProceedings of the NationalAcademy of Sciences.

For the first time in al-most 12,000 years, basedon ice-core analysis, Af-rica’s highest peak prob-ably will be ice-free asearly as 2022 or as late as2033, said glaciologist

Lonnie Thompson ofOhio State University,who led the study.

“Of the ice coverpresent in 1912,”Thompson and his col-leagues write in the paper,“85 percent has disap-peared and 26 percent ofthat present in 2000 isnow gone.”

However, researchersstudying the mountaintop,including those involvedin this study, differ in theirconclusions on how muchof the melting could result

from human activity orother climatological influ-ences.

Some studies have sug-gested the ice loss is dueprimarily to what somesee as local factors: lesssnowfall and more subli-mation — a process thatturns ice directly into wa-ter vapour at below freez-ing temperatures.

The new study appearsto strengthen the argu-ment that global warmingis to blame in addition tosublimation. —Xinhua

Torrential rain-hitBritain on flood

alertLONDON, 3 Nov—

Much of Britain is onflood alert as Scotland hasbeen worst hit by torren-tial rain and high winds,Britain’s Skynews re-ported on Monday.

The Scottish Environ-ment Protection Agencyhas issued 13 flood warn-ings, including three se-vere ones. Stonehaven inGrampian suffered someof the worst flooding, andabout 50 people were res-cued from their homes.

In Tayside, people weretrapped in their cars, whileroads were closed andtrains cancelled as waterlevels soared across An-gus, Perthshire, Grampainand Fife.—Xinhua

Havana International Trade Fair opensHAVANA, 3 Nov—The 27th Havana International

Trade Fair (FIHAV-2009) opened its doors on Mon-day to 2,500 businessmen from 54 countries and 1,230companies, 652 of which were foreign ones.

At the opening ceremony, Cuban Exterior Commerceand Foreign Investment Minister Rodrigo Malmiercasaid Cuba intended to boost foreign investment to pro-mote external trade. “Cuba has every intention to opendialogue with its partners and will remain a crediblemarket,” Malmierca said.—Xinhua

Maldives to power capitalby wind mill

COLOMBO, 3 Nov— The capital of the Maldiveswill be powered by a wind mill in a bid to shift theIndian Ocean archipelago’s power supply from oil torenewable energy, the Maldivian government saidon Monday.

According to a press statement put by the presiden-tial office on its official website, Maldivian PresidentMohamed Nasheed on Monday unveiled a 200-mil-lion-US dollar foreign direct investment project whichwill produce clean electricity for North Male’ atoll,including the capital Male, the international airportisland of Hulhule’ and a number of luxury tourist re-sorts.

The project will see the construction of the latestgeneration wind turbines, which will be connected tothe electricity grid of Male through a network of sub-marine electricity cables.

The Maldives’s State Electric Company Limited hassigned a 20-year agreement with Falcon Energy,whereby Falcon Energy will build and operate a 75megawatt wind farm in Gaafaru island,NorthMale’atoll.

Xinhua

Fishing boats moor at a dock in Haikou, capital ofsouth China’s Hainan Province, on 2 Nov, 2009.

XINHUA

Farmers mulch plastic film in the field in YongjingCounty of northwest China’s Gansu Province, on 1Nov, 2009. Gansu Province has planned to spreadthe agricultural technique of plastic mulching in

dry lands covering an area of 0.67 millionhectares in 2010. —XINHUA

Israel releases sixHamas lawmakers

from its jails RAMALLAH, 3 Nov—Israel on Monday released six

lawmakers of the Palestinian Islamic Hamas move-ment, who are residents of East Jerusalem and the WestBank and members of the Palestinian LegislativeCouncil (PLC), Hamas sources said.

The sources said that the six Hamas lawmakers, tworesidents of east Jerusalem, three from Hebron andone from Bethlehem, were released from Israeli pris-ons as they ended their 42-month sentences.

On Sunday, Israel also released a Hamas lawmakerwho ended his two years’ imprisonment.

Israel had detained 46 Hamas lawmakers in the WestBank in response to the kidnapping of the Israeli sol-dier Gilad Shalit in Gaza in July 2006.

Gaza-based Hamas lawmaker Mushit al-Masri toldreporters in comment to the release of the seven law-makers that there is no alternative to the freedom ofHamas lawmakers.—Xinhua

All Items from Xinhua News Agency

SOFIA, 3 Nov— TheA/H1N1 flu has infected80,000 people in Bulgariaup to now, three peoplealready died, the Ministryof Health officials saidhere on Monday. “At thismoment about 100,000Bulgarians have fluinfection, over 80 percentof them are hit by the A/H1N1 virus,” AngelKunchev, Chief Epide-miologist, told at Pressconference.

Most of these peoplehave not serious pro-blems, said the Ministerof Health BozhidarNanev. However, Nanevsaid that the A/H1N1 fluhas taken its third victimin Bulgaria. She is a 30-year-old woman fromShivachevo, southeastBulgaria. On Wednesday

A/H1N1 flu hits 80,000 Bulgariansdied a 32-year-old manfrom the town of Sam-okov, central Bulgaria.The first Bulgarian victimof the flu died on 30September at the“Lozenets” hospital inSofia.

New six districtsdeclared A/H1N1 fluepidemic, the ministersaid. Those districts areGabrovo, Samokov,Targovishte, Yambol,

Varna, and Vratsa, locatedin central, northeast,southeast and southwestBulgaria. Nevertheless,there is no national fluepidemic at this momentbecause only 132 per10,000 people are sick,said Mira Kozhu-harova,National consult-ant oninfectious diseases. Itcould be announced whenthe sick rate become 200per 10,000.—Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A teacher checks a student’s body temperature as a precautious routineagainst H1N1 flu at a primary school in Wuhan, in central China’s Hubei

Province, on 2 Nov, 2009. —INTERNET

BEIJING, 3 Nov— UC RUSAL, the world’s largestproducer of aluminum and alumina, and China NorthIndustries Corporation (NORINCO) has signed a con-tract for aluminum delivery, China Daily reported onTuesday.

Under the contract, the Russian company will sup-ply 1.68 million tonnes of its aluminum to the Chi-nese company between 2010 and 2016.

The metal will be shipped to NORINCO from UCRUSAL’s Siberian smelters, which are favorably lo-cated in proximity to UC RUSAL’s Chinese clients,the newspaper said.

Xinhua

NEW YORK, 3 Nov— Crude oil rose and the dollarfell on Monday on strong worldwide factory data anda surprise jump in US pending home sales, but USstocks see-sawed before ending higher after a sell-offin banking shares.

The data boosted risk appetite as it pointed to steadyimprovement in the economy, but critical remarks bya Federal Reserve official caused investors to sell fi-nancial shares and snuff an early rally on Wall Street.

The major US equity indexes had risen about 1percent as the data and strong results from Ford Mo-tor Co (FN) spurred broad-based gains and soothedworries over the strength of the recovery.

But Jon Greenlee, associate director of the FederalReserve’s Division of Banking Supervision and Regu-lation, said US banks are at risk of sizable new loanlosses, particularly on commercial property.—Internet

BRASILIA, 3 Nov—Bra-zil is considering propos-als for reducing green-house gas emissions, aposition that will benailed down by PresidentLuiz Inacio Lula da Silvaon Tuesday for theupcoming UN Confer-ence on Climate Changein Copenhagen.

The main proposal isto reduce 40 percent of thecountry’s greenhouse gas

Brazil to nail down greenhouse emissioncommitment for Copenhagen

emissions up to 2020,based mainly on the re-duction of deforestation.

Environmental organi-zations, civil societies andbusinessmen have beenpressing the Braziliangovernment for a moreambitious proposal to Co-penhagen.

The Ministry of Envi-ronment, the Ministry ofScience and Technologyand the Brazilian Forum

on Climate Change havesubmitted three separateproposals on reductioncommitment, but a meet-ing in mid-October endedwithout any agreement onthat.

Brazil has promised toreduce 80 percent of thedeforestation in the Ama-zon Rain Forest by 2020as a contribution to globalefforts.

Xinhua

World’s largest aluminumproducer in pact

with Chinese company

Oil gains, dollar falls afterstrong data

DUBAI, 3 Nov—ThisGulf boomtown has set itssights on becoming thefirst Arab city to host theOlympics with a commit-tee meeting on Monday toconsider a possible bid forthe 2020 games.

The city-state’s mediaoffice said Dubai rulerSheik Mohammed binRashid Al Maktoum metwith the group, urging itto devote its full efforts tothe campaign.

His son, the crownprince, chaired the gather-ing, which included sev-eral other members of theemirate’s political elite,suggesting strong govern-ment support for a possi-ble bid. Dubai is not theonly Gulf sheikdom thathas looked to an Olympicbid to raise its profile.Two years ago, the Qataricapital Doha unsuccess-fully bid for the 2016games.—Internet

Dubai takesfirst steps

towardOlympic bid

in 2020

The population of endangered greensea turtles at SeaWorld in San Diegogrew by 82 in October when the eggshatched on Shipwreck Beach withouthuman help.

There hasn’t been such happy turtlenews at SeaWorld since 2003, when 21sea turtles got an assist from park staff,said Tim Downing, assistant curator offishes.

This time, the park let nature takeits course and didn’t incubate the eggs.The babies started poking through theirping pong-sized eggs on 5 Oct. Sincethen, they have been getting a diet ofsquid, krill, shrimp and special pellets.

82 healthy sea turtles hatch at San Diego SeaWorld

This on 7 Oct, 2009 photo providedby SeaWorld San Diego shows seaturtle hatchlings transferred to a

holding pool at SeaWorld SanDiego. The population of endan-

gered green sea turtles at SeaWorldgrew by 82 in October when the

eggs hatched on Shipwreck Beachwithout human help.

Police said a one-legged suspect wascaught after only one shoe went missingin a store in Belgium. An amputee was animmediate suspect when a store attendantfound one shoe missing from a shop inthe western Belgian town of Maldegem.

Police spokesman Rik Decraemer saidMonday authorities were alerted andquickly found the man who fit thedescription by shopkeepers.

The world’s fastest man adoptedthe animal kingdom’s fastest sprinter,as Usain Bolt welcomed a new babycheetah named Lightning Bolt into hislife.

The Jamaican sprinter’s sponsorshipof the 3-month-old male cheetah is partof an effort to boost Kenyan conserva-tion efforts of its famous wildlife, whosesurvival is threatened by trophy hunt-ing, climate change and human en-croachment.

The world record-holder in the 100and 200 meters paid $13,700 to formallyadopt the cub. He will also pay $3,000a year to care for Lighting Bolt, who willbe raised at an animal orphanage in Nai-robi. The money will go to the KenyaWildlife Service, and some will be usedto protect Kenya’s endangered species,KWS director Julius Kipngetich said.

The birth of the baby turtles was an-nounced. Downing said they are in ex-cellent health and should go on displayat the park before the end of the year.

It will be up to the National MarineFisheries Service and the US Fish andWildlife Service to determine whetherthe new turtles stay at SeaWorld andwhether they will allow the turtles tomate again next year, he said.

World’s fastest man adopts world fastest feline

One-legged suspect caughtwith one stolen shoe

Blue roses to debut in JapanWhich colour would you like your

roses? Red, white, yellow ... or perhapsblue? Japan’s Suntory Ltd said onTuesday it would start selling the world’sfirst genetically-modified blue roses nextmonth, 20 years after it began researchto create the novelty flowers.

The major whisky distiller said itsucceeded in developing blue roses in2004 with the Australian biotechcompany Florigene Pty Ltd.

Olympic champion Usain Bolt ofJamaica holds a three-month old malecheetah cub which he named Light-

ning Bolt, after adopting the cub at theheadquarters of the Kenyan WildlifeService, in Nairobi, on 2 Nov, 2009.

A boy cries as he recuperates aftersurgery during “Operation Smile”at a hospital in Manila’s Makatifinancial district on 26 October,

2009. Operation Smile aim toprovide free surgery for about a

hundred children inflicted with cleftlips, cleft palates, and other facial

deformities over a period of five daysin Makati.

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NAY PYI TAW, 3Nov—Minister for Elec-tric Power No 1 Col ZawMin went on an inspec-tion tour of Shwegyin damproject near Kyauknagavillage, 6 miles of North-east of Shewgyin, BagoDivision, being built byNo 4 Construction Groupyesterday morning.

On arrival at the damproject, the ministerviewed progress in build-ing the dam from the ob-

Minister inspectsShwegyin dam project

servation deck.Next, the project di-

rector presented reports tothe minister on progressin building the dam, fu-ture tasks and stockpile ofmaterials while the deputydirector-general gave asupplementary report.

After hearing the re-ports, the minister at-tended to the needs andthen gave instructions ontimely completion of theconstruction tasks.

Minister Col Zaw Min inspects Shwegyin dam project.—MNA

Next, the minister in-spected Ogee & Bidgework, Chute Protion work

and Stilling Basin workand earth work for the damwith the use of heavy ma-

chinery, installation ofgate doors of water intakestructure, water diverted

from the river and progressin filling the dam withearth and gravel.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint enjoys demonstration of minisports car racing.—MNA

Photo shows Sedona Hotel Yangon.

Sedona Hotel Mandalay.

YANGON, 3 Nov—Under the arrangement of MyanmarHoteliers’ Association and with the sponsorship of TheEmerald Sea Resort (Ngwe Saung Beach), Writer Ju willgive talk on “Eco-tourism: Perspective of a Writer” atAsia Plaza Hotel here at 4pm on 5 Nov.

Any enthusiasts may attend the talk and MHA willhold talks on the first Thursday of the month.—MNA

MHA to hold talk at Asia Plaza

YANGON, 2 Nov—Galaxy Racing Karts rac-ing ground was opened atthe grounds in Thuwunnahere this morning, at-tended by Minister forSports Brig-Gen ThuraAye Myint.

Managing Director UTin Aung Myint of ShwePon Pon Co., Ltd, GalaxyRacing Karts Group ex-

Galaxy Racing Karts racing ground openedplained purposes of open-ing the racing ground.

Next, Director-Gen-eral U Thuang Htaik ofSports and Physical Edu-cation Department, UThein Htay of GalaxyRacing Karts Group, MDU Tin Aung Myint for-mally opened the racingground.

The Minister and

guests viewed the dem-onstration of responsiblepersons from GalaxyRacing Karts and Bang-kok Racing Karts. Gal-axy Racing Karts racingground, the first one ofits kind in Myanmar is 8miles long and anyonewith valid driving licensecan drive in the racingground. —MNA

Sedona Hotel Yangon and Sedona Hotel Mandalaypick up Green Globe Certification

YANGON, 3 Nov—Sedona Hotels Interna-tional continues to setbenchmarks with its qual-ity portfolio as SedonaHotel Yangon and SedonaHotel Mandalay have be-come the first hotels inMyanmar to achieve theprestigious Green GlobeCertification.

Both hotels had toundergo a rigorous certi-fication process involv-ing on-site audits by anindependent GreenGlobe accredited asses-sor. Key environmental

indicators include energyand water consumption,total waste productionand community involve-ment.

Mr Vincent Tan,Senior Vice- President ofSedona Hotels Interna-tional said “We arepleased that Sedona is thefirst hotel brand inMyanmar to be GreenGlobe-certified and to berecognized by the localgovernment through theMyanmar Green Hotelstatus. Sedona is com-mitted to providing qual-

ity hospitality serviceswith sensitivity to the en-vironment and engagingboth the local and inter-national communitiestowards a sustainablefuture.”

Mr SamanSarathchanda, GeneralManager of Sedona Ho-tel Yangon said,“Westrive to deliver a betterunderstanding of the na-ture to our staffs andbuild up awareness andresponsibility towardsthe environment that theylive in. To be the first to

achieve this standard inMyanmar is somethingthat makes us very proud,but we need to maintainthis joy and work harderto achieve the goals.”

Mr Koichi Tanaka,Operation Manager ofSedona Hotel Mandalaysaid, “We are delightedto receive this prestig-ious certification. How-ever there is no end toour job because we arecommitted to continue todevelop environmentallysustainable operations.”

MNA

YANGON, 3 Nov—Sarpay Beikman of Print-ing and Publishing Enter-prise has started distribut-ing its 53rd book with thetitle of ‘ Beyond the Win-ning of Post-Harvest’ writ-ten by Sarpaybeikmanmanuscript first prize win-ner (Science and AppliedScience) Aung Soe (Agri-culture-107) for the mem-bers of books association.

Members of the book

Sarpay Beikmandistributes books

association (Yangon) mayobtain the book at SarpayBeikman Books Associa-tion at No 529/531, Mer-chant Street and books arebeing sent to other remain-ing members.

Those wishing to be amember may contactSarpay Beikman BooksAssociation at No 529/531,Merchant Street, Yangon(Tel-01-249031).

MNA

Myanmar Nurse and MidwiferyAssociation to pay respects

YANGON, 3 Nov— A28th respect paying cer-emony to the midwivesaged over 70 conducted byMyanmar Nurse and Mid-wifery Association will beheld at the hall of Univer-sity of Nursing on BogyokeAung San street, Yangon,on 29 November.

The elderly midwivesmay be present at the cer-emony. The donors maycontact Chairman Profes-

sor Dr Nan Twen Hla (Ph09-5093765), Director ofHealth Department DawSan Yi (nursing) (Ph 067-411386), Director ofMedical Science Depart-ment Daw Nwe Nwe Khin(nursing) (Ph 067-411147) and SupervisorDaw Khin Thaung Ye (Ph01- 388631), No 80/84,first floor, Pabedan Town-ship, Yangon.

MNA

Brand of Green Globe International Inc.

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Senior General Than Shwe inspects construction of cyclone shelter and raised ground in Pyinsalu.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe and party being welcomed by local people of Kyaukalet, Phonesoegyi and KonethayaVillages.—MNA

A bird’s-eye view of houses, schools, dispensaries and offices in Kyaukkalat Village.—MNA

(from page 1)reestablishment ofagricultural undertakings,being able to produce moremarine products and saltthan the previous year,reconstruction andreopening of schools,reconstruction of thehospital and dispensary,construction of 4354 ruralhouses in 49 villages,building of model villagesand returning to normalcyof the whole Pyinsaluregion.

In response to thereports, Senior GeneralThan Shwe said the nationhas never experienced sucha severe storm like Nargis.Its destructive power wasgreat. So the State is takingpreparedness measures to

State placingemphasis ondevelopmentof …

make sure that there isminimum loss and damagein case of another stormlike Nargis.

In constructingroads in the region,arrangements are beingmade for the local peoplenot only to row their boatsin the ditches emergingfrom road construction butalso to shelter foremergency on the raisedground. Moreover, plansare being made for cycloneshelters to be used not onlyfor emergency but forschools and hospitals.Roads and cyclone shelterscan be used in variousstyles depending on time

and circumstance. Inaddition, raised groundsare being built.

The Senior Generalwent on to say that damagedschools, hospitals,dispensaries and sea waterprevention embankmentsare being reconstructed

quickly and all necessaryassistance is being providedto regenerate mainbusinesses such asagriculture, marine and salt.Apart from traditionalbusinesses, specialdomestic science trainingcourses conducted by the

Ministry of Progress ofBorder Areas and NationalRaces and DevelopmentAffairs are being openedfor the local people in orderthat domestic scienceprofessionals andtechnicians can emerge.Moreover, technical

schools are being openedat some high schools. Thedamaged villages havebeen systematicallyrebuilt.

These measures arebeing taken for the currentinterests such as enablingthe people of the storm-

affected regions to livesafe and sound and toimprove their livingconditions more than ever.

Besides themeasures for promotingcurrent interests, the Statehas other ambitions for thelocal people to improvetheir economy in the longrun. Underdevelopedseaside regions willdevelop only if they are tobe equipped with soundinfrastructures in parallelwith developing inlandregions. Looking to thelong-term interest, the Stateis building a network ofroads for regionaldevelopment. Only whenthere is smoothcommunication betweenone region and another, canregional economy plustrade improve. As a result,there will be more contactsbetween the local peoplewidening scope of theirknowledge.

(See page 9)

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Senior General Than Shwe hearing report on reconstruction and rehabilitation of Pyinsalu presented by Minister Col Thein Nyunt.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwe inspects construction of cyclone shelterand documentary photos.—MNA

A panoramic view of houses, schools, dispensaries and offices in Pyinsalu Township.—MNA

(from page 8)The Senior General

added that as the region isa plain one by the seafrontvulnerable to storms andwinds, it has to grow onlya paddy crop. So it isnecessary to grow othercrops as double croppingin order for the local peopleto increase the income.They also need to work byseeking innovative waysof making best use ofgeographical conditions of

State placing emphasis on …their region.

Only with theeconomic growth, willthere be long-term interestsof the people. The State onits part is placing emphasison development ofagricultural, fishery,marine and transportsectors of the seasideregions. The SeniorGeneral also gaveguidance that thelocal people are to workhard realizing the goodwill

and efforts of thegovernment.

Afterwards, theSenior General and partyleft by helicopter andinspected reconstruction ofSalu jetty and Thingangyiand Hteiksoon villages,construction of cycloneshelters, establishment ofnatural mangrove forests,thriving paddy and cropsplantations, local people'sdoing salt and marinebusinesses. They then wentto Kyaukkalat village at11.35 am.

The Senior Generaland party were welcomedthere by Minister forMines Brig-Gen OhnMyint, entrepreneurs,members of socialorganizations, students andthe local people ofKyaukkalat village andnearby villages.

The Senior Generaland party inspectedprogress in construction ofhouses, schools,dispensaries and officebuildings in Kyaukkalat,Phonesogyi and Konthayavillages, developments inthe wards and constructionof the entrance road to thevillage.

At the briefing hall

villages, rebuilding ofKonthaya village withbrick houses and shops,normal operation ofbusinesses, thrivingplantations of paddy,other crops and seasonalplants, regeneration of saltand marine businesses,reconstruction and repairsof damaged schools,upgrading of schools,reconstruction andopening of HainggyikyunHospital, Kyonku StationHospital and the ruralhealth centre andconstruction of Labutta-T h o n e g w a - O t t w i n -Htaiksun road andbridges, Cyclone Sheltersand religious structures.

cropping to double andtriple cropping and mixedcropping, efforts to bemade for improvement offishery sector with addedmomentum, capital andmaterials to be providedfor the sustainabledevelopment of saltindustry and developmenttasks to be carried out inthe villages.

Next, SeniorGeneral Than Shwe andparty left Kyaukkaletvillage by helicopters andviewed progress inconstruction of Labutta-T h o n e g w a - O t t w i n -Htaiksun road,reconstruction ofChaungwa, Pyin district

of Konthaya village,Minister Brig-Gen OhnMyint reported onconstruction of 1587houses in storm-affectedvillages such asPhonedawpyae, Khongyi,Thaunglay, Aungkhaing,Aukpyunwa, Chaungwa,Kanseik, Oaktwin,Kyaukkalat, Kyinkaw,Didoogon, Shukhintha,Thechaung, Magyi-chaing, Kwingyi andWatseik, growing ofshady trees andwindbreaker trees in the

Officials of ShweThan Lwin Company,Tetlan Company and FMICo, Ltd reported to SeniorGeneral Than Shwe onconstruction of CycloneShelters in Chaungwa,Thetkelthoung andKwingyi villages. Next,Commander Maj-GenKyaw Swe gave asupplementary report.

In connection withthe reports, SeniorGeneral Than Shwe gaveguidance on striving forthe cultivation of single

and Phonetawpyae villagesand arrived Hainggyikyuntown at 1.25 pm.

The Head of Stateand members werewelcomed by CommodoreMyo Myint Than,departmental officials andmembers of socialorganizations.

At PammawadyGuest House, CommodoreMyo Myint Than reportedto the Head of State onprogress in carrying outrehabilitation anddevelopment works ofHainggyikyun.

Next, the Head ofState and members wentround Hainggyikyunviewing construction ofroads, departmentalbuildings, hospitals,schools and houses inHainggyikyun.

Senior GeneralThan Shwe and party ontheir way back byhelicopter, they vieweddevelopments ofZeechaing, Kyonku andother storm-hit villages andthen arrived at Pathein inthe evening.

MNA

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(from page 16)

We observed

Yangon-Pyay Road to-

gether with Superintend-

ent Engineer U Tun Tun

Zaw of Township DAC

and Deputy Director U Tin

Aung Nyunt of Division

Information and Public

Relations Department.

The attractive map of

Myanmar decorated with

colourful flowers is wel-

coming the visitors at the

entrance to the town.

Nawadae Bridge, one

Pyay, a developed town with education and economic opportunitiesArticle:Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein(Mayangon)

YANGON, 3 Nov —With the assistance ofBronze Billa Co Ltd, theUnion of Myanmar Fed-eration of Chambers ofCommerce and Industrywill give subject-wisetalks (November/2009) atthe UMFCCI OfficeTower (1st floor) Hall inMinyekyawswa Road onLanmadaw Township,here on 7 November2009.

Writer Chit SweMyint will give a talk on“My Own Vision on Di-mension of HospitalityIndustry in Myanmar”.

The UMFCCI andits congenial associations,chairmen of MyanmarHotels and Tourism As-sociation, executives,members and interestedpersons are invited to at-tend the talk.

MNA

UMFCCI togive talks

Air Bagan open Golf Championshipscontinues for fourth day

YANGON, 3 Nov —Jointly-organized byMyanmar Golf Federa-tion and Myanmar pro-fessional Golfer Associa-tion and mainly spon-sored by Air Bagan Ltd,third round of MyanmarGolf Tour 2009-2010 AirBagan Open Golf Cham-

pionships (PyinOoLwin)continued yesterday.

After the event, theprize presentation cer-emony followed. Execu-tive of MGF U Ko KoLay presented prizes toDaily Best award winnersin men's amateur levelevent. Patron of Golf As-

sociation, Principal of theDefence Service Techno-logical University Brig-Gen San Oo presentedDaily Best prizes in themen's professional levelevent.

Chairman ofPyinOoLwin Golf Asso-ciation, Principal of De-

fence Service Adminis-tration School Brig-GenZar Ni Win awarded thefirst prize to MaungMaung Oo who stood firstfiring 278 net totalstrokes, second prize toBo Bo with 291 and thirdprize to Naing Ye Lin with293 in the men's amateurlevel event.

Patron ofPyinOoLwin Golf Asso-ciation, Commander ofPyinOoLwin StationBrig-Gen Zayar Aungpresented the first prizeto Yin Aung Lat whofired 284 net total strokes(sudden death), secondprize to Zaw Zaw Lat(Srixon) with 284 andthird prize to Min Naing(Srixon) with 286 in pro-fessional event. Vice-Chairman of Air BaganLtd U Min Thein and

Member of MGF U ChanHan, on behalf of thechairman of MPGA,awarded cash to cham-pion Yin Min Aung inthe professional event.

Air Bagan Ltdmainly sponsored the tourtogether with co-spon-sors International Bever-age Trading Co Ltd(IBTC), KBZ Bank Ltd,Hotel Yangon, KM GolfCentre, HAN Golf Mas-ters Pte Ltd, MyanmarThida Trading Co Ltd,Bay of Bengal Resort(BOB), (INAX, T-Home), CEPSA Lubri-cants, ACCEL Interna-tional Co Ltd (Canon),Imperial Jade PurifiedDrinking Water, LifelineCo Ltd, GP Watch andPyinOoLwin GolfAssociation.

NLM

Buildings and housings prove the development of Pyay.

U Myat Soe, DeputyDirector (Pyay DAC)

U Khin Maung Lat,Assistant Engineer

(Pyay DAC)

Entrance to Pyay.

of Ayeyawady spanning

bridges inaugurated by the

government, was busy with

all kinds of cars and vehi-

cles plying. It is safe to say

that all the people thank the

goverment for building the

bridge.

We, the news crew,

also visited Government

Technological University

(Pyay), University of

Computer Studies (Pyay)

and Pyay University

opened to nurture well

educated human resources

by the government. Nurs-

ery School and Education

Collage have also been

opened in Pyay.

Pyay sees all round

development plus a boom

in the economy. The town

shares its border with

Yangon Division in the

south, Rakhine State in the

west, Ayeyawady Division

in the south-west, Magway

Division in the north and

Bago Division (East) in the

east. Major transportation

routes are waterway and

motorway.

Buses and trucks are

plying between Yangon

and Pyay. All kinds of rice

and beans produced in

Pyay are distributed to

different parts of the na-

tion. Now, Ngwe Chi (6)

cotton can be successfully

cultivated in Pyay. It is

also a region cultivating

mixed-crops. So, it is fair

to mention Pyay as a de-

veloped town with many

education and economic

opportunities.

*****

Translation: HKA

Myanma Alin

(30-10-2009)

Vice-Chair-man of

AirBaganLtd UMin

Theinawardscash to

YinAungLatt.NLM

The best time to plant a tree was20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

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BE I J I N G, 3 Nov—Shanghai AutomotiveIndustry Corporation(SAIC) Group plans toinvest 6 billion yuan(879 mil l ion USdollars) in researchingof and making newenergy cars starting thisyear and dur ing thenext two years, saidgroup chai rman HuMaoyuan Tuesday.

The inves tmentincludes 2 billion yuanto support the researchand development ofnew energy cars , 2bi l l ion yuan for

J-7GB fighters of the Bayi (Aug. 1) Aerobatics Team of the Air Force of the ChinesePeople’s Liberation Army (PLA) perform during a rehearsal for the celebration ofthe 60th anniversary of the founding of the Air Force in Beijing, capital of China,on 3 Nov, 2009. The anniversary falls on 1 Nov.—XINHUA

SINGAPORE, 3 Nov—Singapore’s Institute ofBioengineering andNanotechnology (IBN)has created the“photochromic” contactlens that darkens under

CONCORD, NH, 3 Nov—The bouncing mega-meatball record has landed in the East Coast.Matthew Mitnitsky, owner of Nonni’s Italian Eateryin Concord, said on Sunday that a 222.5-poundmeatball was authenticated as the world’s largestafter being weighed by state weights and measuresofficials.

A Guinness Book of World Records officialconfirmed the big meatball as a record breaker andpresented Mitnitsky with a plaque.

The old record of 198.6 pounds was set just overa month ago after Los Angeles-based talk show hostJimmy Kimmel vowed to beat a record set inMexico. That record — 109 pounds — was set inAugust.

Mitnitsky said he got involved “to bring themeatball back to the East Coast because that’s whereit originated.”

Internet

MOGADISHU, 3 Nov— Unidentified gunmen innortheastern Somalia unsuccessfully tried to hijack a localcommercial plane with two German journalists on board,officials said on Tuesday.—Xinhua

Shanghai auto group on move indeveloping new energy cars

producing parts for newenergy cars and 2bi l l ion yuan for thebuilding of car-makingfactories, Hu told anindust ry forum inBeijing.

He said SAIC plansto put to market a seriesof new energy cars nextyear that could savefuel as much as 30percent; by 2012, carsthat save more than 50percent less fuel andpurely e lec t r ic carswould be rolled out.

China’s automobileproduction hit 10 million

units in October this year,making its the thirdcountry in the world tosurpass the annual outputmark, according to theChina Association ofA u t o m o b i l eManufacturers (CAAM).

But experts worrytraditional cars’ reliance onfossil fuels would causemore serious environ-mental pollution, whichrequires “sust-ainabledevelopment”, in Hu’swords, for the autoindustry.—Internet

Visitors came to watch kites made by residents ofSumpango, in the municipality of Sacatepequez,some 48 km west of Guatemala City, to celebrate

All Saints day.—XINHUA

NH restaurant setsmeatball record

Chef MatthewMitnitsky cheers afterhis meatball weighedin, breaking the worldrecord for the largestmeatball, in Concord,

NH, on Sunday, 1Nov,2009.INTERNET

Singapore institute creates photochromiccontact lens

sunlight, local mediareported on Tuesday.According to local TVbroadcaster ChannelNewsAsia, the contactlens might look like anyother ordinary lens but are

able to change colour toprotect eyes againstharmful ultravioletradiation and glare. Thedyes within the nanostructure of the lens areable to respond faster tolight changes.

The report said thatthe IBN is nownegotiating a licensingagreement with twocompanies to make andsell the lenses for marketsoverseas.

Singapore’s SeniorMinister of State forTrade and Industry SIswaran said the marketpotential is promising,with 310 million peopleworldwide who need theirvision corrected.

Internet

Gunmen attempt to hijack planein Somalia

Villagers pans for gold along a river at Pidie district,Indonesia’s Aceh province 2 November, 2009. Residentsin the area engaged in traditional gold mining can getabout 1.5-2 grams of gold and earn 275,000 rupiah(28 U.S. dollars) a day.—INTERNET

Acrobats perform at the 12th China WuqiaoInternational Circus Festival in Shijiazhuang,capital of north China’s Hebei Province, on 3

Nov, 2009. —INTERNET

HELSINKI, 3 Nov—Nokia Siemens Networks said Tuesday it will lay off up to5,700 workers globally as part of a move to cut annual costs by euro500 million($740 million). The mobile network equipment maker — a joint venture betweenFinland’s Nokia Corp. and Siemens AG of Germany — said it will reduce its fivebusiness units to three by January, and strengthen its business through partnershipsand acquisitions.

The savings programme could include cutting 7 to 9 percent of its currentglobal work force of some 64,000 employees, the mobile network equipmentmaker said.—Internet

Nokia Siemens Networks to lay off up to 5,700

Militants killthree Afghan

police KA B U L, 3 Nov—

Militants raided a policecheckpoint in thenorthern Afghanprovince of BalkhTuesday, killing threepolicemen, policespokesman in theprovince Shir JanDurani said.

“The rebels raided apolice checkpoint inCharbolak dis t r ic ttoday ki l l ing threepolice constables andmade their god escape,”Durani told Xinhua.

He said police havelaunched operation toarrest the insurgents inthe area.—Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV FGM ACHIEVER VOY NO (001)Consignees of cargo carried on MV FGM

ACHIEVER VOY NO (001) are here by notified thatthe vessels arrived on 1.11.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: FGM SHIP MANAGEMENT CO.,LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Magnitude 5.9 quake hits off GreeceWASHINGTON, 3 Nov—A magnitude 5.9 quake struck

off Greece on Tuesday, the US Geological Survey re-ported.

It said the quake, quite shallow at a depth of only6.2 miles below the seabed, was centered in the Io-nian Sea, 94 miles west of Patras. The quake struck at7:25 am (12:25 am EST).—Internet

Bacteria may limit space travel

Whooping cough immunity may last 30 years

LORRAINE, 3 Nov–French scientists say theprolific virulence andgrowth of bacteria inspace, coupled with re-duced production of anti-bodies, might limit futurespace travel.

The researchers fromNancy-University in Lor-raine, France, said long-term space flights mightcompromised by microbialhitchhikers, such as bacte-ria. That’s because spacetravel appears to weakenthe human immune system,while increasing the viru-lence and growth of mi-crobes, they said.

“When people think ofspace travel, often the vastdistances are what come tomind first,” said Jean-PolFrippiat, one of the report’sco-authors. “But even af-ter we figure out a way tocover these distances in areasonable amount oftime, we still need to fig-ure out how astronauts aregoing to overcome diseaseand sickness.”

Frippiat and colleaguessaid they based their con-clusions on studies show-ing that immune systemsof both people and animalsin space flight conditionsare significantly weaker

than their grounded coun-terparts. They also re-viewed studies that exam-ined the effects of spaceflight conditions and al-tered gravity on virulenceand growth of commonpathogens such as Salmo-nella, Ecoli and Staphylo-coccus. Those studies,they said, show such bac-teria reproduce more rap-idly in space flight condi-tions, leading to increasedrisk of contamination,colonization and seriousinfection.

The research appears inThe Journal of LeukocyteBiology.—Internet

ANN ARBOR, 3 Nov—US medical researcherssuggest whooping cough— pertussis — immunitymay last at least 30 yearson average.

The study, published inthe journal PLoS Patho-gens, used mathematicalmodels to test the theorywhooping cough has beenon the rise due to waningimmunity in vaccinated or

previously exposed peo-ple.

Pejman Rohani of theUniversity of Michigan inAnn Arbor, but based atthe University of Georgiaduring completion of thestudy, and Helen Wearingof the University of NewMexico in Albuquerqueconstructed two differentmathematical modelsbased on immunity

“extinctions.”They compared predic-

tions to incidence datafrom England and Walesfrom both the pre-vaccineera — 1945-1957 — andthe vaccine era —1958-1972 and found, on aver-age, whooping cough im-munity lasts at least 30years and perhaps as longas 70 years after naturalinfection.

“This is surprisingbecause clinical epidemi-ologists currently believethe duration of pertussisimmunity is somewherebetween 4-20 years,”Rohani says in a state-ment.

However, Rohanipoints out that in the past20 years or so, vaccineshave quite fundamentallychanged and stimulate adifferent part of theimmune system — espe-cially in North America

Internet

Processed food increases depression riskLONDON, 3 Nov—Eat-

ing a lot of processed foodmay increase a person’srisk for depression, re-searchers in Britain found.

Tasnime N Akbaraly,Eric J Brunner, Jane EFerrie, Michael G Mar-mot and Mika Kivimak ofthe University CollegeLondon analyzed datafrom 3,486 participants— 26.2 percent women,mean age 55.6 years —from the Whitehall II pro-

spective study. Two di-etary patterns were iden-tified in the study —“whole food,” heavilyloaded by vegetables,fruits and fish and “proc-essed food,” heavilyloaded by sweetened des-serts, fried food, proc-essed meat, refined grainsand high-fat dairy prod-ucts.

Self-reported depres-sion was assessed fiveyears later using the

Center for EpidemiologicStudies — Depression(CES–D) scale.

The study, published inThe British Journal ofPsychiatry, found afteradjusting for potentialconfounders, participantswho ate at the highest lev-els of whole foods hadlower risk of depressionthan those who ate thelowest levels of wholefoods.

Internet

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More than 1,000 lakeshave disappeared in

China in the past halfcentury, and more than

80 percent of lakesalong the lower reachof the Yangtze River

have been troubled byalgae outbreaks,

officials warned onMonday at the begin-ning of the 13th World

Lake Conference incentral Hubei

Province.— XINHUA

WHO, UNICEF launch actionplan for tackling pneumonia

Two more schools closed asstudents catch flu in NepalKATHMANDU, 3 Nov— Two more schools were

closed on Monday when students caught viral feverNepali west Parbat District.

The two schools, Shahid Smarak Bordering Schooland Rastriya Balshikshya Sadan school located in thedistrict head quarters of Parbat district Kusma, some170 km west of Nepali capital Kathmandu. Accord-ing the local newspaper The Himalayan Times, some100 students of Shahid Smarak Bordering School fellill. Students of Rastriya Balshikshya Sadan were alsosuffering from a similar ailment. “The school will haveto be closed till Tuesday as the students showed symp-toms such as high fever, headache, dizziness and vom-iting,” The Himalayan Times cited Prem SharmaPoudel, principal of Shahid Smarak Boarding Schoolas saying.—Xinhua

Two US deaths may belinked to bad beef

Germany faces wave ofA/H1N1 virus infection

BERLIN, 3 Nov—About 3,000 new cases of H1N1flu virus infection have been confirmed in Germanylast week, said by the national disease control andprevention agency on Monday.

Latest figures show last week the confirmed casesof new infections rose to about 3,000, said JoergHacker, head of the Robert Koch Institute for infec-tious diseases. So far, a total of some 30,000 swineflu infections have been reported in Germany sinceApril, while six people have died of the virus.

The number of cases is expected to continue ris-ing in the future, Hacker said, and it’s very hard topredict how long this infection wave will last. Mostof the victims in current wave were infected in Ger-many instead of catching the virus on trips abroad,Hacker said.—Xinhua

2nd wave of A/H1N1 flu to hitThailand

BANGKOK, 3 Nov—Thailand’s Public Health Min-istry expects a new round of A/H1N1 flu epidemicto hit the country, with more than 15 million Thais atrisk of contracting the virus, Thai media reported onTuesday. The second wave, however, is expected tobe less severe than the first round that the countrysuffered since late April, the ministry’s permanentsecretary Dr Paijit Warachit was quoted by The Na-tion online saying, adding that the strengths andweaknesses of the virus have been known, and thehealth agencies. —Xinhua

Romania places all hospitalsunder quarantine amid flu threat

BUCHAREST, 3 Nov—Romania’s Health Ministryon Monday decided to place under quarantine all hos-pitals in the country, announced State Secretary AdrianStreinu-Cercel.

According to him, separate emergency wards willbe opened to exclusively treat people with flu symp-toms. Starting this week, antiviral medicines will bedelivered to hospitals, which will also get additionalfunding for purchasing surgical masks anddisinfectants.Vaccination is expected to start on 26November and the ministry will issue an orderwhereby all the family doctors are mobilized in thevaccination campaign, Cercel said, adding that thefirst 1.3 million doses will be used on medical staff,high school and university students in eastern city ofIasi and the capital city Bucharest. —Xinhua

Chronic kidney diseaseis often missed

SAN DIEGO, 3 Nov—Primary care physiciansare failing to diagnosechronic kidney disease,especially in women, USresearchers say.

Study leader Dr MayaRao of Columbia Univer-sity in New York says pri-mary care doctors typi-cally order a blood testcalled creatinine to meas-ure kidney function, butthis alone is not a particu-larly accurate measure ofkidney function.

The serum creatinineshould also be pluggedinto a formula that gives

an estimated kidney filtra-tion rate — calledglomerular filtration rate— which is a much moreaccurate estimate of kid-ney function. Womenhave a lower glomerularfiltration rate than men forthe same level of serumcreatinine.

Rao and colleagues re-viewed records from al-most 900 patients at 18rural, community-basedprimary care clinics inOregon to investigate howprimary care physiciansdiagnosed known kidneydysfunction in patients.

“Chronic kidney dis-ease is very prevalent,uses a great deal of Medi-care dollars and needs tobe detected early in orderto begin an effective treat-ment plan,” Rao says in astatement. “Without earlydiagnosis and treatment,the patient may be morelikely to need dialysis andsuffer related conse-quences, such as heart dis-ease.”—Internet

US researchers rule out link betweenhepatitis B, pancreatic cancer

LOS ANGELES, 3 Nov —US researchers have found that hepatitis B does notincrease the risk for pancreatic cancer, a conclusion contradicting a previous studythat found a link between the two. The new study by researchers at Henry FordHospital was presented at the on-going annual meeting of the American Associa-tion for the Study of Liver Diseases in Boston.

Using data from Henry Ford Health System, the researchers looked at morethan 74,000 patients who were tested for hepatitis B between 1995 and 2008.

In the overall analysis, only age was found to be a significant predictor forpancreatic cancer.

GENEVA, 3 Nov— TheWorld Health Organiza-tion (WHO) and theUnited Nations Chil-dren’s Fund (UNICEF)on Monday jointlylaunched a comprehen-sive action plan to tacklepneumonia, the biggestcause of child deaths inthe world.

The plan is expected tosave up to 5.3 millionchildren from dying ofpneumonia by 2015, theGeneva-based WHO saidin a statement. Pneumo-nia kills some 1.8 millionchildren under five years

of age every year, morethan 98 percent of whichoccur in 68 developingcountries. In spite of itshuge toll, relatively fewresources are dedicated totackling this child killer,according to the state-ment. The global actionplan for the preventionand control of pneumonia(GAPP) includes recom-mendations on whatneeds to be done, specificgoals and targets, and es-timates of what it will costand how many lives willbe saved.

Xinhua

A picture of E coli bacteria is seen in thisundated file photo from the USDA. A NewHampshire resident reportedly died after

consuming ground beef that may have been taintedby bacteria that can cause diarrhea, dehydrationand kidney failure. The US Agriculture Depart-

ment said it became aware the meat might betainted by E coli O157:H7 bacteria during an

investigation of a cluster of food-borne illnesses inNew England. —INTERNET

Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 3 Nov—An outbreak of food-borne illness, linked todangerous bacteria inground beef, sickened 28people and may havecaused two deaths in theUS Northeast, health of-ficials said on Monday.

The US Centrers forDisease Control and Pre-vention said all but threeof the illnesses were in theNortheast and 18 were inthe six New Englandstates.

A common strain of Ecoli bacteria was involvedso tests were under way

to see if all of the reportedcases have the samecause.

State officials said adeath in New Hampshirewas linked to the groundbeef that is being recalledby Fairbank Farms ofAshville, New York.

The New York StateHealth Department said adeath in the Albany areafrom E coli O157:H7 bac-teria was being investi-gated to see if it is linked.

New Hampshire offi-cials did not release infor-mation about the death intheir state.—Internet

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SEOUL, 3 Nov—NorthKorea has given awards toits national football squadfor qualifying for nextyear’s World Cup — thefirst time the team hasmade the tournament inmore than four decades,state media said on Tues-day.

Merit citations, medalsor watches inscribed withthe name of leader KimJong-Il were awarded toplayers, coaching staffand officials Monday, theKorean Central NewsAgency said.

The North Koreansqualified for the 2010World Cup, which runsfrom 11 June to 11 Julyin South Africa, with a 0-0 draw away at Saudi Ara-bia last June.

It marks the commu-nist state’s first advance-

LAGOS, 3 Nov—Ni-geria have selected Chel-sea midfielder John MikelObi, who is sidelined withan ankle injury, for a cru-cial World Cup qualifieragainst Kenya on 14 No-

MILAN, 3 Nov—Ronaldinho said on Tuesday thathe is finally happy again playing for Brazilian com-patriot Leonardo at AC Milan.

The Italians tackle Real Madrid in the ChampionsLeague at the San Siro on Wednesday as the two mostsuccessful clubs in European competition go head tohead for the second time in two weeks.

The 29-year-old has endured a difficult last twoseasons, proving to be a shadow of the player he oncewas when he inspired Barcelona to Champions Leagueglory and won successive world player of the yearawards. But he has been improving lately, and prov-ing decisive for Milan by creating many crucial goalsrecently. “With Leonardo (the coach) I’m happy. Foot-ball is like this, right now I feel good and I’m happy,”Ronaldinho said.

“And when I feel like this, things work better.What’s the secret? I’ve worked hard and I’ve had thetime to do so.

“The coach and the physio are helping me, I’mgoing onto the pitch at 100 percent and my body isresponding, things are coming easier to me.

“Last season I didn’t play much, now I’m playingmore and the coach has confidence in me.”—Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 3Nov—Brazilian driverRubens Barrichello willrace for Williams in the2010 Formula One cham-

LOS ANGELES, 3 Nov.—England midfielder DavidBeckham said on Mondaythat he will return to ACMilan late this year to bet-ter prepare himself for aWorld Cup role.

The 34-year-old madethe remarks after his club- the Los Angeles Galaxyreached an agreementwith AC Milan. However,specific terms have notbeen unveiled.

Beckham expressedhis gratitude to TimLeiweke and Bruce Arena,president and chief execu-tive officer of AEG, theowner of the Galaxy, forallowing him to leave.

“I need to give my-self the best chance pos-sible to make the WorldCup squad, and playingfor Milan on loan will helpme to do that,” he said.

According to thecontact, Beckham willformally join AC Milan on28 Dec, and stay in Italyfor the rest of its seasonwhich ends on 16 May. Hewill then join the Englandteam for the World Cupfinals in South Africa be-fore coming back to LosAngeles in late July.

N Korean team get awards forWC qualification

North Korean footballersare seen during a prac-tice session, in October,in Saint-Sebastien-sur-Loire, western France.

INTERNET

ment to the playoff stagessince the 1966 WorldCup, during which theNorth Koreans beatmighty Italy on the wayto the quarterfinals,where they lost to Portu-gal.

Internet

Ronaldinho says smile isback on his face

AC Milan Brazilian forward Ronaldinho(C)

Nigeria call up injuredMikel Obi for crucial

qualifier

Nigeria and Chelseamidfielder

John Mikel Obi.

vember in Nairobi.Mikel missed Nigeria’s

World Cup qualifyingmatch at home to Mozam-bique last month as a re-sult of the injury.

Russia-based rightfullback Chidi Odiah hasbeen reconsidered bycoach Shuaibu Amodu af-ter he was frozen out ofthe team’s last threematches. Nigeria need towin in Kenya and hopeTunisia do not do so inMozambique so as to fin-ish top of Group Two andqualify for the 2010 WorldCup in South AfricaSquad:—Internet

BERLIN, 3 Nov—Greece striker IoannisAmanatidis is expected tobe out for the next fourweeks because of a kneeinjury, his Bundesliga sideEintracht Frankfurt re-vealed on Monday.

The 27-year-old needsan operation on his rightknee to remove damagedcartilage which is ex-pected to keep him on thesidelines for the next fourweeks.

“Ioannis will be out fora while, we don’t knowhow long exactly, but wehave a rough idea,” saidFrankfurt’s chairman

Greece striker IoannisAmanatidis

Knee injury rules Amanatidisout for a month

Heribert Bruchhagen.Amanatidis missed

Sunday’s 2-1 Bundesligawin over Bochum whichleaves his side ninth in theleague.—Internet

Federer makes winning returnafter long break

Swiss Roger Federer

BASEL, 3 Nov—RogerFederer eased through tothe second round of theSwiss Indoors here onMonday on his return aftera six week break with a 6-3, 6-4 victory over Belgianqualifier Olivier Rochus.

The world number one- bidding for a fourth suc-cessive Swiss Indoors ti-tle - shook off the rustfrom a six-week break toroar through and a datewith Italian AndreasSeppi in just 66 minutes.

Federer’s march tovictory was preceded byan operatic performancewith massed choir and se-lections from Aida as hishometown honoured threestraight titles at the StJakobshalle by the world-famed native son.

“I felt so good outthere,” said the winner,who needed three matchpoints to go through afterearning the first two win-ning chances with his 11th

and 12th aces of a quickevening.

“This was my longestpause, even longer than inthe close season. But I re-ally needed it and it wasworth it,” said the winnerof a first French Open ti-tle and sixth Wimbledontitle this season.

“It’s so great to beplaying in Switzerland. Ihaven’t done it for a yearand I really missed it.

“I felt I played a goodmatch and just want tocarry on like this.”Federer improved to anoverwhelming 6-0 overRochus, who lost toMarcos Baghdatis in theStockholm final just overa week ago.—Internet

Los Angeles Galaxy’sDavid Beckham walks

on the field duringGame 1 of their MLS

Cup western conferencesemifinal soccer playoff

series against ChivasUSA in Carson, Califor-

nia, on 1 November,2009. —XINHUA

Beckham to return to AC Milanin a bid to win England place

Before his departure,Beckham will remainwith the Galaxy for the2009 MLS playoffs andits postseason tour of Ger-many.

As his loan deal issealed, Beckham willmiss the start of the MLSseason for the secondconsecutive year. Hescored two goals and hadthree assists in 11 gamesfor the Galaxy this sea-son.—Xinhua

Barrichello signs with Williamsfor 2010 F1 season

Brawn GP FormulaOne driver Rubens

Barrichello of Brazilwaves to the crowd afterfinishing the qualifying

session with the besttime to take the pole

position at theInterlagos racetrack inSao Paulo on 17 Octo-ber, 2009. —Xinhua

pionship after they signeda contract on Monday.

Barrichello will be ac-companied by GermanNico Hulkenberg, thechampion of the G2 titleof 2009.

Xinhua

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average temperatures in Kachin,Chin,Kayah,Mon States

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temperatures in the remaining States and Divisions.

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MANCHESTER, 3Nov—Sir Alex Ferg-uson, the manager ofManchester United, isadamant that Englishclubs will continue todominate the latter stagesof the ChampionsLeague this season.

England’s PremierLeague has supplied afinalist in each of the lastfive seasons - withUnited losing toBarcelona in Europeanclub football’s show-piece match in Rome inMay - and three of thefour semi-finalists for thepast three.

But there have beensuggestions the standardof English football is onthe decline whileSpanish giants RealMadrid have beenspending lavishly onplayers in a bid to make

Ferguson backs Englishclubs to excel in Europe

Sir Alex Ferguson

sure they reach theChampions League finaldue to be played at theirown Bernabeu Stadiumnext May.

Liverpool, United’sbitter English rivals, arestruggling in their firstround ChampionsLeague group butFerguson said talk of thePremier League’s topteams being on the slidewas premature.

“The English teamswill be involved in thesemi-finals again,” hesaid.

“They have beenvery dominant in thetournament for the lastsix or seven years. Thatis shown by the evidenceof the latter stages and Ithink it will be the samethis year.”

Ferguson added:“Obviously Barcelonaare one of the favourites.You cannot dismissthem.

“But there is noquestion in my mind thatthe English teams willcompete for the trophy.”

United will securetheir place in the last 16with two games to spareif they beat CSKAMoscow at Old Traffordlater on Tuesday.

Internet

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

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

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

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

troubles

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

and violence

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Pyay, a developed town with education and economic opportunitiesArticle:Myint Maung Soe; Photos: Myo Min Thein(Mayangon)

Water Filtering Factory No (2) in Pyay.

It is Pyay located in the western part of BagoDivision where many universities are providing op-portunities to pursue tertiary education. MyanmaAlin news crew visited Pyay recently. Division Peaceand Development Council helped our crew on thetour and Township Development Affairs Committeeguided us.

Deputy Director U Myat Soe of TownshipDAC explained that DAC is striving for the beauti-fying of Pyay through landscaping, gardening.

We proceeded to the water filtering factoryNo (2) from which the fresh potable water wasprovided to the whole town. It is located on the westbank of Ayeyawady. Assistant Engineer of Town-ship DAC U Khin Maung Lat said that the waterfiltering factory Nos (1) and (2) are providing about0.9 million gallons of water a day. It was learnt thatboth the river water pumping system and under-ground water tapping system are used for getting thepotable water in Pyay. Underground water resourcetapping system stands for the supplying of water bysinking tube wells.

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