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Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 22 Fullmoon Day of Kason 1371 ME Friday, 8 May, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment 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 in thehands 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

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

Daw Kyaing Kyaing conveys diamondorb, pennant-shape vane atop Hsandawshin

Hsutaungpyae Danok PagodaYANGON, 7 May—A ceremony to enshrine religious

objects at the upper reliquary and hoist Seinbudaw(diamond orb) and Hngetmyatnadaw (pennant-shapevane) was held at Hsandawshin Hsutaungpyae DanokPagoda in Danok Model Village of Dalla Townshipthis morning.

Present on the occasion were State OvadacariyaAgga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta Ñeyadhamma ofKyongyi Monastery of Twantay; Daw Kyaing Kyaing,wife of Chairman of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesSenior General Than Shwe, and family members; DawKhin Khin Win, wife of Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein; Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry ofDefence and wife Daw Khin Thet Htay, senior military

(See page 8)

Daw Kyaing Kyaing and family membersdonate Seinbudaw (diamond orb) to a

Sayadaw.—MNA

Daw Kyaing Kyaing and family membersconvey diamond orbs and pennant-shape

vanes for Danok Pagoda and for zedies roundDanok Pagoda.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 8 May, 2009

Friday, 8 May, 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

The ceremony to open GovernmentTechnical Institute (Putao) and GovernmentTechnical High School under the Ministry ofScience and Technology was held in Putao,Kachin State, on 6 May and it was attended byPrime Minister General Thein Sein.

The opening of Government TechnicalInstitute and Government Technical HighSchool represents a watershed in the educationsector of Kachin State and it will give freshimpetus not only to development of KachinState but also towards that of the entire nation.

The government, in line with itseducation-for-all programme, has opened newschools, colleges and universities in all regions,including Kachin State, in order that the youthcan pursue education, especially highereducation, in their own regions.

Industrial development is essential tothe emergence of a peaceful, modern anddeveloped nation and producing technicians isnecessary and important for industrialdevelopment. This being so, the Ministry ofScience and Technology was formed andtechnological colleges and universities andtechnical institutes were opened.

Students who have passed thematriculation examination and want to pursueadvanced science and technology are now ableto join technological colleges and universities.Not only that, government technical institutesand technical high schools open upopportunities for those who want to combinetechnical knowledge and skills.

The government believes that onlyhuman resources well-versed in science andtechnology can bring about regional andnational development and it is opening upmore and more learning opportunities for theyouth accordingly.

Turn out human resourceswell-versed in science andtechnology

The Buddha’s Day, the Full Moon of themonth of Kason falls on 8th May 2009.

We all Buddhists across the world alwaystake great awareness and worthy of the Buddha’s Day,the Full Moon of the month of Kason because over2550 years ago, our unrivalled Omniscient Buddhawas born on the day of the Full moon of the month ofKason, upon which He attained the Enlightenmentat the age of thirty-five and also upon which He at-tained Parinibbana (passed away) at the age of eighty.

In commemoration of these three significantand holy events associated with the precious life ofthe Buddha, the Buddhist peoples celebrate the Bud-dha’s Day, the Full moon of the month of Kason.

The month of Kason mostly falls on one ofthe days of the last week of the month of April or onone of the days of the first or the second week of themonth of May every year according to calendar.

All Buddhists throughout the world alsoknow that the most important of the Buddhist festi-vals is Vesakha or Vesakha festival. Vesakha is thename of an Indian month, the month of May. We allBuddhist communities all over the would heartilycomprehend that our Omniscient Gotama Buddhaattained the Enlightenment under the sacred BodhiTree at Buddhagaya in India early in the morning onthe Full Moon Day of Kason (Vesakha), unaided andunguided by any supernatural agency but solely re-lying on this own efforts, the consciousness of true

The Buddha’s Day, the FullMoon of the month of Kason

Ba Sein (Religious Affairs)

insight possessed Him. Having attained the Enlight-enment or Buddhahood, the supreme state of perfec-tion, He devoted the remainder of His precious life toserving humanity.The Sacred Bodhi Tree (Bo Tree)

All of Buddhist peoples know that the sacredBodhi Tree (Bo Tree) is a sacred tree having compre-hensive and significant associations with our unri-valled Omniscient Buddha. The Buddha-to-be, PrinceSiddhattha fully attained the Enlightenment or theBuddhahood under the shade of the Bodhi Tree, whichis said to have been “born” simultaneously with Him.

Thus the sacred Bodhi Tree is a sanctifiedimage of worship as a worthy Paribhoga cetiya orshrine in Buddhist countries. Therefore, Buddhistpeoples across the world pay respect to the sacredBodhi Tree that has sacred associations with theunrivalled Omniscient Buddha.Auspicious Celebration of the Buddha’s Day orVesakha Festival

It is learnt that all Buddhist peoples in Bud-dhist countries throughout the world respectfully cel-ebrate the Buddha’s Day or Vesakha Festival in ac-cordance with their culture and traditions every year.The generous Buddhist people in the Union ofMyanmar pay respectful visit to pagodas, shrine andmonasteries in the evening of the Buddha’s Day, FullMoon of the month of Kason to perpouring cleanwater on the sacred Bodhi Trees existed there.

Pinlaung Township gains agricultural developmentNAY PYI TAW, 7

May—Maj-Gen MinAung Hlaing of theMinistry of Defence,accompanied byChairman of Shan State

Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofEastern Command Brig-Gen Yar Pyae andofficials, visited twocroplands at Yinhmivillage in PinlaungTownship yesterdaymorning.

Maj-Gen Min AaungHlaing inspected thrivingorange trees and Sein-talon mango trees infarmer U Nyan’s field andthriving tea plantation andplucking of tea leaves infarmer U Tee’s, andinstructed them to fertilizethe land by means ofsystematic planningmethods to ensure betteryield.

He also visited SeinHintha dried tea leafindustry of U Tun Han.

At Combined Officein the town, he heard

reports by the chairmanof township PDC oneconomic, education,health and agriculturalmatters of the township,and report by officialsconcerned on main-tenance of Aungban-P i n l a u n g - M o e b y e -Loikaw road.

Maj-Gen Min AungHlaing instructedofficials to cooperate withlocal people for thedevelopment of thetownship.

At Pinlaung People’sHospital, he comfortedpatients and presentedfoods.

Before presentingmedicines to the hospitalthrough the official, Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaingviewed operation theatre,laboratory, medical storeand X-ray room.

At tea propagationfarm of Myanma Agri-culture Service, he heardreports by the farmmanager on horticultureand research works on tea.

At Pinlaung livestockbreeding farm, the farmmanager reported onraising of layers, pro-duction of eggs and chickenand breeding of pig.

At the People’sHospital in Naungtayar,Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaingpresented refreshment tothe patients, inspectedoperation theatre,laboratory, medical storeand X-ray room, andprovided medicines.

At the briefing hall ofNaga cement plant(Tikyit), he inspectedprogress in construction ofthe cement plant.

MNANaga cement plant (Tikyit) project is under inspection.—MNA

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Investigation opens after US airstrikes in Afghanistan kill 100

District chief, four others shotdead in N Afghanistan

KABUL, 7 May—Unknown armed men gunneddown a district chief and four others in the north-ern Baghlan Province on Wednesday, provincialgovernor Mohammad Akbar Barikzai said.

“Unidentified armed men gunned downMohammad Mohsin, the district chief of DahnaiGhori and four others on Wednesday,” Barikzai toldXinhua.

He did not give more details, adding investiga-tion is underway.

Meantime, Abdul Khalil Narmgoi, the directorof hospital in Baghlan province capital of Pul-e-Khumri, said besides the district chief, his son, pros-ecutor and a police officer were also killed in theattack.—Internet

Roadside bombing kills seven police,wounds another in S Afghanistan

KABUL, 7 May—A roadside bomb planted by anti-government militants Wednesday claimed the livesof seven policemen and wounded another in south-ern Afghan province of Ghazni, provincial policechief said.“It occurred at around noon time when apolice convoy heading to capital city Kabul fromKandahar Province was struck by the mines plantedon the road, killing seven and injured another,”Khial Baz Shirzai told Xinhua.

He blamed the enemy of Afghanistan, a termwhich used by Afghan officials for Taleban militantsfor the gruesome incident.

Taleban militants have vowed to launch a springoffensive against Afghan and international troopsand intensify their attacks mostly in the shape ofroadside bombs and suicide attacks.—Internet

Villagers clear the debris caused byair strikes in Ganj Abad of Bala

Buluk district, in Farah Province,on 5May, 2009. Dozens of people, includ-ing women and children, were killedin US-led air strikes while shelteringin homes from a battle Monday andTuesday in Western Afghanistan, theInternational Committee of the Red

Cross said on Wednesday. —INTERNET

People inspect the damage on a car destroyed in a

car bomb explosion in Baghdad, Iraq, on 6 May,

2009. A car bomb exploded Wednesday at the

entrance to a fruit and vegetable market in south

Baghdad. —INTERNET

Injured Iraqis are

treated on stretchers

at a hospital in

Baghdad as a car

bomb ripped through

a wholesale produce

market in Baghdad,

on 6 May 2009.

INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 7 May—As of Tuesday, 5 May, 2009, at least 609 members of theUS military had died in Afghanistan, Pakistan and Uzbekistan as a result of theUS invasion of Afghanistan in late 2001, according to the Defence Department.The department last updated its figures Tuesday at 10 am EDT.

Of those, the military reports 449 were killed by hostile action.Outside the Afghan region, the Defence Department reports 67 more members of

the US military died in support of Operation Enduring Freedom. Of those, threewere the result of hostile action. The military lists these other locations as GuantanamoBay Naval Base, Cuba; Djibouti; Eritrea; Ethiopia; Jordan; Kenya; Kyrgyzstan;Philippines; Seychelles; Sudan; Tajikistan; Turkey; and Yemen.

There were also four CIA officer deaths and one military civilian death.Internet

KABUL, 7 May—Police in Afghani-stan said yesterday that air strikes againstmilitants had killed 100 people, most ofthem civilians.

Responding to the news, US secre-tary of state Hillary Clinton said the USgovernment “deeply, deeply” regrettedthe loss of innocent life. She was meet-ing the presidents of Afghanistan andPakistan in Washington yesterday.

The US military opened an investi-gation into the operation on Tuesday inthe western province of Farah, as AfghanPresident Hamid Karzai ordered a probeinto reports of high civilian casualties.

Local deputy provincial governorMohammad Younus Rasouli said he sawthe bodies of 20 children brought toFarah.—Internet

Turkish air strike kills tenPKK rebels in N Iraq

ANKARA, 7 May—Ten rebels of the banned KurdishWorkers’ Party (PKK) were killed in a Turkish air strikelast week targeting its hideouts in northern Iraq, theAnatolia news agency reported on Wednesday.

On 30 April, the air strike also destroyed severalhideouts in the Zap and Avashin-Basyan regions andweapons depots used by PKK militants, according tothe report.

The Turkish Air Forces’ operation came after 10soldiers of the Turkish security forces were killed intwo separate terror attacks in southeastern Turkey.

The PKK, which took up arms in 1984 to create anethnic homeland in southeastern Turkey, uses north-ern Iraq as a base for launching attacks in eastern andsoutheastern Turkey.

Turkish forces took tougher actions against PKKafter the country’s legislature extended the govern-ment’s mandate to launch cross-border operationsagainst the rebels in northern Iraq.—Internet

Two USMarines killed inhelicopter crash

LOS ANGELES, 7 May —Two US marines werekilled in a helicopter crashovernight near Los Ange-les, the Marine Corps saidin a statement on Wednes-day. The crash, involvinga Marine Super Cobra at-tack helicopter, crashed inrural eastern San DiegoCounty, about 110 kilome-tres south of Los Angeles,killing two pilots aboard,the statement said.

The helicopter was as-signed to the MiramarMarine Corps Air Station-based Medium HelicopterSquadron 166, accordingto the statement.

Military officials havelaunched an investigationinto the accident, said thestatement, adding that itremained unclear whetherthe craft was carrying anyordnance.—Internet

US military deaths in Afghanistan region at 609

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MEXICO CITY, 7 May—In gleaming office towersand gritty markets, Mexi-cans returned to workWednesday after a five-day swine flu shutdown,and dozens returned to aheroes’ welcome from“humiliating” quarantinesin China. But Mexico’sdeath toll rose, feedingfears of more infectionsnow that crowds are gath-ering again.

The World Health Or-ganization urged countries

A car passes by the gate of the South Hampstead High School in London, on6 May, 2009. Five British schools hit by A/H1N1 flu have been temporarily

closed up, announced the government’s Health Protection Agency on 5 May.—XINHUA

NAIROBI, 7 May—AGerman cargo ship carry-ing 11 crew members inthe Gulf of Aden calledfor help as it was beingattacked by Somali pi-rates, but by the time ahelicopter arrived torender assistance the pi-rates were already in con-trol, officials said onWednesday.

It was the latest seizureby high-seas bandits whoare holding hundreds ofmerchant mariners hos-tage.

The German-ownedship, the MV Victoria,was captured Tuesday af-

California wildfires burn structures and hillsides in Santa Barbara,California, on 6 May, 2009.—INTERNET

In this photoreleased by South

Korea’s JointChiefs of Staff, apirate ship is seen

from SouthKorea’s Lynx

helicopter in 37kilometres (23miles) south ofAden port inYemen, on 4May, 2009.INTERNET

Plenty of flu caution as Mexicoreturns to work

not to quarantine visitorsor impose trade restric-tions without scientificreasons.

But China defiantlyjustified its quarantines asprotection for its denselypopulated cities. And evenimpoverished Haiti turnedaway a Mexican ship car-rying desperately neededfood aid because of flufears.

In Mexico City, friendsand co-workers greetedeach other with back

slaps, firm handshakes —and dollops of hand sani-tizer. Some high-rises sta-tioned doctors in their lob-bies who questioned re-turning employees and re-quired visitors to fill outforms stating they had noflu symptoms.

Maitre d’s in surgicalmasks stood at attentionamid rows of sidewalk ta-bles that were pulled outand washed down for thefirst time in days.

Internet

PARIS, 7 May—Morethan half of the Frenchpeople don’t think NicolasSarkozy is a great presi-dent although they recog-nize he is a man of manymerits, according to a lat-est opinion poll.

In the telephone sur-vey of 802 French adultsconducted by CSA onTuesday, 85 percent ofthe respondents termedSarkozy as “energic,” 75percent termed him as“brave” and 66 percenttermed him as “deci-sive.”

However, 55 percentof respondents did notthink Sarkozy who tookoffice two years ago wasa great president becausehe failed to heed the opin-ions of French people andsolve their difficulties andproblems.

Internet

VIENNA, 7 May—The UN nuclear watchdog is in-vestigating the discovery of traces of highly enricheduranium at a nuclear research site in Egypt, accordingto a restricted International Atomic Energy Agency re-port obtained by Reuters.

It did not specify whether the particles were weap-ons-grade — enriched to a level high enough for useas fuel for an atom bomb, as opposed to fuel for somenuclear reactors. An IAEA official reached by Reuterssaid this was being checked.

The report, which described global IAEA work in2008 to verify compliance with non-proliferation rules,said the highly enriched uranium (HEU) traces turnedup in environmental swipe samples taken at the Inshasnuclear research site in 2007-08.

The HEU was discovered alongside particles oflow-enriched uranium (LEU), the type used for nu-clear power plant fuel. Egypt had explained to theIAEA that it believed the HEU “could have beenbrought into the country through contaminated radio-isotope transport containers,” the 5 May report said.

The UN watchdog’s inspectors had not yet verifiedthe source of the particles, it said, but there were noindications that Egypt’s clarification was not correct.

The IAEA was in any case continuing an investi-gation to establish the provenance of the traces, withfurther test sampling planned in the vicinity near thecapital Cairo.—Internet

SANTA BARBARA, 7May— Fierce winds blewa wildfire into SouthernCalifornia homesWednesday, forcing thou-sands of people to flee ascolumns of smoke rosefrom a scenic coastal en-clave.

TV news helicoptersshowed many homesablaze in Santa Barbara,but the number could notimmediately be deter-mined because of thick

More thanhalf of

Frenchesdisapproveof President

Sarkozy

Wildfire burns homes in coastalCalifornia enclave

smoke columns that scat-tered embers over the cityand streamed out over thePacific Ocean.

Huge mansions andhumble homes alike werereduced to rubble, leavingpalm trees swaying overgutted ruins.

The fire had burned200 acres, or about one-third of a square mile, bymidday when winds werecalm, then was whippedby up to 50 mph gusts. By

sunset, it was 500 acres —about three-fourths of asquare mile — and windswere down to 25 mph,said Santa BarbaraCounty fire Capt DavidSadecki.

Internet

Somali pirates seize German ship, 11 crewternoon 75 miles (120kilometres) south ofYemen, said Lt NateChristensen, a spokesmanfor the Bahrain-based US5th Fleet. He had no in-formation on the condi-tion of the 11 Romaniancrew members aboard theAntigua- and Barbuda-flagged ship.

German Defence Min-istry spokesman ThomasRaabe said the Victoriahad been sailing in an un-accompanied convoy, butwas a relatively easy tar-get because of its slowspeed and low railing. ATurkish frigate responded

to a call for help by send-ing a helicopter, but theship already was in thepirates’ hands by the timeit arrived, he told report-ers in Berlin. The frigatewas between 80 and 100nautical miles from theship at the time, Raabesaid.

The Gulf of Aden isone of the world’s mostimportant shipping lanes,connecting Europe andAsia via the Red Sea andthe Indian Ocean. It isused by 20,000 ships ayear and has become theworld’s hot spot for pirateattacks.—Internet

High-enriched uraniumtraces found in Egypt

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Post-quake schoolswill be “safest”

BEIJING, 7 May—The construction of schools mustbe safe, reliable and closely supervised, according to aState Council circular issued ahead of the one-yearanniversary of the Sichuan earthquake.

Construction authorities have been ordered tostrengthen safety controls and provide technical sup-port in the building and reconstruction of all schoolprojects. It said there would be severe punishment forthose found engaged in illegal practices.

“The quality of school buildings is a concern of so-cial stability and should be the focus of local authori-ties at present and in the coming days,” it said.

It comes as the nation prepares to mark the 12 Mayanniversary of the 8-magnitude earthquake in whichmany students were killed and buried under collapsedschool buildings.

According to the latest Sichuan provincial construc-tion authority statistics, a total floor area of 1.997 mil-lion sq m of school buildings collapsed, accountingfor 1.3 percent of the total collapsed floor space.

Since that time, the construction quality of schoolbuildings has been a major cause of public concern.

Xinhua

Los Angeles police to offergun-buyback programme LOS ANGELES, 7 May—Police in Los Angeles and

local businesses are sponsoring a gun-buyback pro-gramme this weekend in an effort to get more lethalweapons off the streets, the city’s civilian anti-gangczar said on Wednesday.

Gunowners can turn in their weapons at near 20 lo-cations around the city on Saturday and receive giftcards worth 100 or 200 dollars, depending on the typeof firearms surrendered. “We are looking at this as atwo-fold issue — of getting guns off the streets and(hoping) to get people who have had guns sittingaround for years to turn those in,” said Rev Jeff Carr,who was appointed by Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa tolead the city’s efforts against violent gangs.

Carr said that authorities are concerned about weap-ons being stolen and then turning up in a crime.

Los Angeles last time held a gun buyback pro-gramme in the city more than 12 years ago, and or-ganizers are unsure how successful the effort will be.

Los Angeles County Sheriff Lee Baca has recentlysponsored a number of gun-buyback programmes inthe area, with about 300 weapons surrendered duringeach campaign.—Xinhua

China’s service tradeexceeds $300 b in 2008BEIJING, 7 May—China saw its export and

import volume in service trade (excluding gov-ernment service) total 304.45 billion US dol-lars in 2008, up 21.3 percent from a year ear-lier, the Ministry of Commerce (MOC) said onWednesday.

The growth rate was down 9.6 percentagepoints compared with 2007, the MOC said onits website, adding that the financial crisis hadcontributed to the drop of growth rate. Serviceexport hit 146.45 billion US dollars last year,up 20.4 percent.

Service import was 158 billion US dollars,up 22.2 percent year on year.

The export volume moved China to the fifthbiggest service export country from the sev-enth in 2007. The country remained the fifthlargest in terms of service import, accordingto MOC.

The trade deficit expanded to 11.56 billionUS dollars in 2008, up 51.9 percent from 2007,the largest since 1997.

Xinhua

Hanoi railwaystation catchesfire, one killedHANOI, 7 May—A rail-

way station in Vietnamesecapital city of Hanoicaught fire on Wednesdayafternoon, leaving onedead and huge propertylosses.

According to a witness,the fire started at a ware-house and soon spread toother parts of the railwaystation. It was put undercontrol two hours laterand a burned body waspulled out from the site.

Xinhua

Photo taken on 6 May, 2009 shows a sculpture ofRed Power in the 2009 Graduates’ Works Show ofthe Art College of the Nanjing Arts Institute, at the

Jiangsu Art Gallery in Nanjing, capital of eastChina’s Jiangsu Province.—XINHUA

Voluntary body donor Helm Gaertner (L) and Detlef von Wengler pose for themedia next to plastinated human bodies during the press preview of the new

Koerperwelten (‘Body Worlds’) exhibition in Berlin on 6 May, 2009.—XINHUA

Russian cargospaceship undocks

from ISSMOSCOW, 7 May— The Russian Progress M-

66 cargo spacecraft undocked from the Inter-national Space Station (ISS) and began autono-mous flight, the Mission Control Center out-side Moscow said on Wednesday.

The cargo spaceship separated from the Pirsdocking station at 7:18 pm Moscow time (1518GMT) and started autonomous flight, saidValery Lyndin, spokesman for the flight con-trol centre.

A number of geophysical experiments willbe conducted on the spaceship during itstwo-week-long autonomous flight. Then itwill reenter the atmosphere before plunginginto a “spaceship cemetery” in the southernPacific.

The spacecraft, which docked with the ISSon 13 Feb, brought 2.5 tons of supplies, includ-ing oxygen, food, clothes and medical equip-ment for the ISS crew.

Xinhua

Passengers go off from the chartered plane from Mexico afterthe plane arrived at Pudong International Airport in Shanghai,

east China, on 6 May, 2009. —XINHUA

All items from Xinhua News Agency

TEGUCIGALPA, 7 May— Honduras and Cuba onWednesday began the first round of negotiation herefor a trade agreement to boost commercial ties.

“We are reviewing the juridical texts,” Hondurannegotiator Melvin Redondo said.

The purpose of the negotiation is to sign a tradeagreement in June in the second round in Havana,Cuba, possibly with the attendance of Honduran Presi-dent Manuel Zelaya.

The trade volume between the two countries nowhas reached 20 million US dollars.

The two countries resumed their diplomatic ties in2002 after a 40-year hiatus.

Xinhua

Honduras, Cubabegin talks on trade

agreement

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NEWS ALBUM

A man holds a RhinodermaDarwinii, a frog known in Spanish asSapito de Darwin, in Concepcion on1 May, 2009. Concepcion University,with the help of Germany’s Leipzigzoo, is leading a pioneer project inthe reproduction in captivity of theamphibian, which is in danger of

extinction, local media reported. TheSapito de Darwin is found exclusivelyin southern Chile, from Concepcion

to Aysen city, and Argentina.

Germany’s highest May Tree ishoisted into position on the

Zugspitzplatt (2600 m above sealevel). The Zugspitze mountainstands on the border betweenGermany and Austria and is apopular tourist destination.

This little chap is a tiny shrimp-likecrustacean called Niphargus that hasjust been voted troglobiont (cavedweller) of the year by the GermanAssociation of Cave and KarstResearchers. Niphargus is just a fewmillimeters long, blind and spends almost his whole life in the dark.

Alabama man sleeps withgun and shoots himselfA 24-year-old man likely will rethink

his habit of sleeping with a gun afterpolice said his 40-caliber pistoldischarged and hit him in the shoulderon Wednesday. A police detective saidthe wound was not life threatening.

The shooting at his apartmentcomplex was ruled an accident.

Men find abandoned safethought to be century old

Two men said they’ve found anabandoned safe by the side of somerailroad tracks and that it could be morethan a century old. Bill Dodd, one of themen who found the safe about a monthand a half ago, says it weighs about4,000 pounds. It’s now on display at aneast Tulsa sign company while the mendecide what to do with it.

The patent dates on the safe rangefrom 1856 to 1907. Dodd says that thesafe is rusted shut and its locks havebeen broken off. He says he thinks there’ssomething inside and that it hasn’t beenopened as far as he knows.

Dodd said the safe could be auctionedoff for charity or the men who found itcould open it themselves. He says thelatter option probably would requirecutting into the safe.

Man pretending to fall offbridge actually falls

Police said a 23-year-old man is instable condition after he pretended that hewas falling off a bridge over the MinnesotaRiver, then actually fell off the bridge.Police got a call just before 5 am on Sundayfrom a 21-year-old man who said his friendfell off the Highway 77 bridge and into amarshy area about 30 feet below.

The caller said he was driving northwhen his friend, who he said had beendrinking, told him to pull into the bridge’semergency lane so he could urinate.

The 23-year-old stood eventuallyclimbed to the ledge of the bridge, thenlooked at his friend and pretended to fall.“He then in fact fell,” reads a press releasefrom the Bloomingtin Police Department.

Police from Bloomington and Eaganresponded, and the Eagan Fire Departmentused a chair lift to retrieve the man. He wastransported to Hennepin County MedicalCenter where was treated.

WELLINGTON, 7 May—A New Zealand policeofficer was shot dead in theNorth Island city of Napieron Thursday, in only thefifth such killing in the lastdecade, police said.

A gunman remainedunder siege in a house af-ter the morning shooting,in which three people werealso shot and seriouslywounded, while a cordonwas thrown up andchildren locked in theirschools in surroundingstreets.

WASHINGTON, 7 May— Two people were killed af-ter a single-engine plane crashed into another unoccu-pied small aircraft on the ground at the Lantana air-port in Palm Beach County, Florida on Wednesday,authorities said.

County Fire Rescue Department spokesman DonDelucia told reporters that it appeared that the firstplane, a red Beechcraft Bonanza, lost power duringtake-off and was making an emergency landing whenit struck the parked plane at around 11:30 am easterntime (1530 GMT).

The collision heavily damaged the parked plane’sleft side and nearly sheared off its left wing, he said.

The impact spun the red plane around and it cameto a rest underneath a storage trailer.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 7 May— A couple and their toddlerwere found dead in an apartment in Orange Countynear Los Angeles, each with a gunshot wound to thehead, police said on Wednesday.

Police said they suspected the incident as a mur-der-suicide.

Orange police Sgt Dan Adams said police officersfound the bodies in an apartment on Tuesday after-noon after the manager of the apartment reported thathe had not seen or heard from his tenants for severaldays.

Adams identified the victims as a 44-year-old man,a 42-year-old woman and their young son about twoor three years old.—Internet

Besides the dead police-man, two other officers anda member of the publicwere shot after what startedas a low level cannabis raidon a house, Eastern Districtc o m m a n d e rSuperintendent Sam Hoyletold journalists.

The body of SeniorConstable Len Snee re-mained outside the housewhere a 51-year-old manwas holed up.

Two other police werein serious condition inhospital along with the

civilian casualty, Hoylesaid.

A neighbour said policewere negotiating with theman to give himself up.

“They’re talking to himon the loud speaker, tellinghim to surrender and thehouse is surrounded,” theneighbour told Radio NewZealand.

Snee was the 29th po-lice officer to die on dutyin New Zealand since thecountry’s civil police forcewas set up more than 120years ago.

Internet

Three found dead insuspected murder-suicide

near Los Angeles

Two small planes collidein Florida, two killed

Indian SC rejectscharge againstUPA ministerNEW DELHI, 7 May—

The Supreme Court of IndiaWednesday rejected theallegations by a NGO that asenior United ProgressiveAlliance (UPA) Ministerheading the Group ofMinisters (GoMs)committee on display ofpictorial warnings ontobacco products hadensured dilution of the lawto favour the powerfultobacco industry.

A bench of Justices BN Aggrawal and G SSinghvi, which scrutinizedthe minutes relating to theFebruary 3 meeting of theGroup of Ministers headedby Pranab Mukherjee onthe issue, said there wasnothing on record tosubstantiate the allegations.

However, the bench,while rejecting theallegations, recorded anundertaking from the UnionGovernment that the lawrelating to display ofpictorial warnings on alltobacco products would beeffectively implementedfrom May 31, 2009.

MNA/PTI

New Zealand police officer killedin rare shooting

Iraqis gather around the remains of a vehicle used as a car bomb that exploded at awholesale produce market, near the neighbourhood of Dura in a southern district of

Baghdad on Wednesday to rock Iraq’s capital just weeks before the US military is due topull out of cities nationwide.—INTERNET

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Fullmoon Day of KasonDr. Khin Maung Nyunt

Kason (May) the second month in Myanmarlunar calendar is the peak of Myanmar summer. TwoMyanmar traditional rhymes epitomize the extremeheat of this month. (1) tn\K¨;erkun\' kSun\erKn\;' [InTagu, water is diminished, but in Kason, water isdried up], (2) kSun\ nyun\' eS∑>eS∑>Kun\' [In Kason andNayon the heat is unbearable.] Occasionally rainclouds would gather to release some showers, orunexpected storms would visit bringing pre-monsoondownpour to relieve all beings of intense heat.Myanmar flora springs up under showers to commencea new lease of life. Among wild flowers that begin toappear to adorn and to perfume natural environmentwith their riots of colours and varieties of fragrances,Saga Wa (Champac micheia) of gold colour withlong lasting scent has been traditionally designated asthe flowers of the month Kason. Mt. Popa is itsoriginal habitat. In Myanmar astrological cycle, Kasonis named “Vrishabha” (Taurus) with the figure of aBull as its zodiacal sign. In the night firmament,appear astride the moon and withakha asterism, acluster of 14 stars in Libra resembling Myanmardrum circle.

Kason, scholars say, is a combination of twoarchaic words “Ka” and “Sone” meaning “water” and“to pour”. But there is a Pali word “Kachina” meaningwater shortage. Both interpretations are plausible, asthe form implies the supply of water and the latter thedemand for it.

Kason is an auspicious month for the Buddhistbecause its fullmoon day is religiously important.Four major events in the life of Lord Gotama Buddhatook place on the fullmoon day of Kason. Firstly, itwon on the fullmoon day of Kason that Lord BuddhaDipinkaya Buddha gave his divine prophesy to thehermit Thumeda that the hermit would become LordGotama Buddha. Secondly, it was on the fullmoonday of Kason in the Maha Sakarit year of 68 that babePrince Siddhartha was born of Queen Maha Maya.

Thirdly, it was on the fullmoon day of Kason in theMaha Sakarit year of 103 that Prince Siddhartha(Bodhisatta), after six arduous years of practisingausterity as a recluse, became enlightened and thusbecame Lord Gotama Buddha. Fourthly, it was on thefullmoon day of Kason in the Maha Sakarit year of 148that Lord Gotama Buddha at the age of 80 enteredMaha Parinibana (Demise). Because of these fourgreat landmarks in the Buddha’s life, the fullmoon dayof Kason is regarded by all Buddhists as most auspiciousand fourfold blessed.

In Myanmar the fullmoon day of Kasone is apublic holiday as it is designated Buddha Day. Religiousfunctions are held on this day such as recitation ofParittas, administering of moral precepts by monksand visiting pagodas and shrines by devotees to payhomage and do charity work. In other Buddhistcountries this day is called Vesak Day which iscelebrated by the Buddhists by doing religious workssuch as monks chanting religious hymns and devoteesvisiting shrines to pray.

In Myanmar, the traditional festival of pouringwater on the Bodhi Tree is held on Kason FullmoonDay. Tree worship was inherited from Stone Age menYoke-ka-soe (the guardian Tree god) believed to bebenevolent to humans has been worshipped by allindigenous nationals of Myanmar. The Maha BodhiTree (Ficus religiosa) under which Lord GotamaBuddha became enlightened, is sacred to all Buddhists.Hindus also regard this Tree sacred because it is one ofthe abodes of Mahadeva Vishnu. The act of pouringwater on the Maha Bodhi Tree is the expression ofpiety and respect shown to the Buddhas. In spite of thetradition of tree worship, the rite of water pouring onthe Maha Bodhi Tree is entirely Buddhistic in originand not associated with primitive tree worships.

In Myanmar, Maha Bodhi trees are found inthe precincts of pagodas, and monasteries. They arethose grown out of seeds or saplings brought from

Buddhagaya in India, or Sri Lanka by monks, envoysor devotees, or religious gifts presented by the kingsor monks, in different periods of Myanmar history.Stone inscriptions, literature and Myanmar chronicleshave records of planting Maha Bodhi Trees andholding the festivals of water pouring on Maha BodhiTrees on the fullmoon day of Kason. King Mindonthe second last Myanmar king planted two saplingspresented him by two Sri Lankan monks in 1860 AD,at Bodhikon, south of his Mandalay Palace. There arealso four Bodhi trees, each at one of the four cornersof the precincts of Kyauktawkyi Image TempleMandalay. They were brought from Buddhagaya andplanted there by King Mindon.

The planting of Maha Bodhi tree in Myanmarcontinues in modern times. There is a place nearMonywa town where one thousand Bodhi trees hadbeen planted by head monk and his devotees. And thisplace is now world renown as Bodhi Ta Htaung (Onethousand Bodhi Trees). In the precincts of ShwedagonPagoda are the Bodhi trees. The one at the northwestcorner was planted on the day of regaining Myanmarindependence 4-1-1948. Next to it to the right is theBodhi Tree. Both were brought from Buddhagaya.There is another Bodhi Tree at the southeast cornerwith a brick platform around it. It was planted byHead Monk Meidet Sayadaw. It is at this tree that theceremony of water pouring on fullmoon day of Kasontakes place every year.

Kason festival of water pouring on BodhiTree is a public event. In the countryside, this festivalis held at the village pagoda or monastery where thereis a Bodhi Tree. Mirthful processions of villagemaidens in their best are seen skillfully balancing ontheir heads water pots as they wend their way withmeasured steps to the sacred Bodhi tree to performthe water pouring rite. Behind them follow a party ofjoyful village signing and dancing youths playingwind and percussion instruments to produce sonorousmusic. It provides a social occasion for young peopleto meet each other.

On this occasion of Kason festival, it is thecustomary practice of Myanmar Buddhists to removefishes, turtles and watery creatures from nearby driedup ponds and lakes to places where there is abundantwater. This merit is regarded as a life-saving act ofcharity.

In ecological parlance, Kason festival ofwatering Bodhi Trees and saving watery creaturesmay be taken as a sort of public participation in thepreservation of natural environment.

On this occasion of Kason festival, it is the customary

practice of Myanmar Buddhists to remove fishes, turtles

and watery creatures from nearby dried up ponds and

lakes to places where there is abundant water. This

merit is regarded as a life-saving act of charity.

YANGON, 7 May—Aceremony to introduce LGBrand LCD TV, Air-conand washing machinesdistributed by TMWEnterprise Ltd, was held atTraders Hotel here on 5May. Those presentviewed LG brand newproducts put on display.

Managing Director MrHoward Lee of LGelectronics of Thailand andManaging Director U Wai

TMW Enterprise Ltd introduces LG productsviewers’ eyes. And theviewers can clearly watchthe image without damageto their health because ofpower energy saving, clearvoice and more intelligentpicture function.

LG Air-con can filtervirus, smells and dust andit can help support healthdue to Anti-Bird FluFunction that can filter theoutbreak of virus.

In addition, LG

File photo shows LG Brand LCD TV, Air-conand washing machines and electronics

distributed by TMW Enterprise Ltd.MNA

Lwin of TMW EnterpriseLtd made greetingspeeches on the occasion.

After that, MarketingManager U Zaw Moe ofTMW Enterprise Ltdexplained facts about thequality of the products andservicing to be provided,and gifts for the customers.

LG Brand LCD TVincludes eye protectivefunction that can protectthe rays not to harm the

washing machines includeair dry function, auto tubdry & clear function andbaby care function.

LCD TV, Air-con,washing machines, homeaudio portable cassette,mini hifi cassette, hometheatre system, DVDplayers and vacuumcleaners are available atsale agents and LG showrooms.

MNA

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(from page 1)officers of the Ministry of Defence, Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Brig-Gen Win Myint and wife,Chairman of Yangon City Development CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin, Vice-Mayor ColMaung Pa, officials and the congregation received theNine Precepts from the Sayadaw.

Members of the Sangha recited Parittas.Daw Kyaing Kyaing and family members offered

the religious fans, religious objects and alms to theSayadaw. Officials also donated offertories to membersof the Sangha.

Chancellor of Sitagu International BuddhistAcademy Dr. Ñanissara delivered a sermon and thecongregation shared merits gained.

Afterwards, the family members of Senior GeneralThan Shwe and Daw Kyaing Kyaing together with Lt-Gen Myint Swe conveyed the religious objects onto theupper reliquary and enshirned them into the reliquarychamber.

After closing the reliquaries, they sprinkled scentedwater on them.

They also hoisted tiers of the umbrella atop thepagoda.

The family members of Senior General Than Shweand Daw Kyaing Kyaing, Daw Khin Khin Win, wife ofPrime Minister General Thein Sein, wives of seniormilitary officers and officials conveyed the diamond orband pennant-shape vane atop the pagoda by the decoratefloat.

They fixed the diamond orb and pennant-shape vane

atop the pagoda and sprinkled scented water on the tiersof umbrella. At the same time, officials hoisted thediamond orbs and pennant-shape vanes atop the encircledzedies.

Daw Kyaing Kyaing, wife of Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesSenior General Than Shwe, and family members hoist religious objects to be fixed atop Danok Pagoda.—MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Win Myint awards a winner in the code ofconduct contest to mark the 63rd Anniversary Fire Services Day.—MNA

Daw Kyaing Kyaing conveys…

Family members of Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services Senior General Than Shwe and wife Daw Kyaing Kyaing, and

officials concerned fix religious objects atop Danok Pagoda. — MNA

After the ceremony, Daw Kyaing Kyaing planted aBo tree. She fertilized the plant and poured water. Later,pigeon and sparrow were released as an act of saving oflives.—MNA

YANGON, 6 May—Myanmar EducationResearch Bureau underthe Ministry of

YANGON, 6 May —Parade ceremony andprize presentation of 63rd

Anniversary Fire ServicesDay of Yangon Divisiontook place at the paradeground of Myanmar FireBrigade in Mayangon

Pre-primary teachership course openedEducation opened pre-primary teachershipcourse No. 20 at theMERB in Kamayut

Township with anaddress by Director-General of MERB U OhnMyint.—MNA

Yangon Division marks 63rd

Anniversary Fire Services DayTownship today.

Chairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen WinMyint took the salute ofcolumns of the Fire

Brigade.Next, the commander

made an address and gaveprizes to winners in thecode of conduct contest,the beautifying task of firestation , and the best paradecompany and tasks forwarning on fire.—MNA

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein cordially greets district and township departmental heads,members of social organizations and townselders at Bhamo City Hall in Bhamo.—MNA

Photo shows Tarpein-1 Hydropower project in Momauk Township.—MNA

Kachin State has en-

joyed security, peace and

the rule of law, so the gov-

ernment is implementing

many projects for regional

development.

Kachin State dwellers have to relay duties to restore …

The congregation led by Daw Kyaing Kyaing share merits for enshrining religious objects into upper reliquary and hoisting of diamond orbsand pennant-shape vanes atop Danok Pagoda.(News on page 1)—MNA

(from Page 16)and Telegraphs Brig-Gen Thein Zaw reported on re-gional development tasks being carried out in PutaoDistrict, upgrading of Myitkyina-Putao road, marketstability in the district due to smooth transport andhealth, education and economic developments.

Minister for Science and Technology U Thaungreported on the ministry’s endeavours for develop-ment of human resources contributing to national

development, opening of Government Technical In-stitute (Putao) and Government Technical HighSchool (Putao) and subjects to be taught.

Then, the Prime Minister delivered a speech. Hedonated computers and school uniforms to basic edu-cation high schools and government technical insti-tutes in Putao, Machanbaw and Naungmon town-ships.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye, the ministers and the deputy

ministers donated a TV set for Pannandin Township,medical equipment, periodicals and salt to Putao andMachanbaw townships and uniforms, sport gear, exer-cise books, text books, foods and clothing to socialorganizations. Next, the Prime Minister cordiallygreeted those present.

Director-General Col Thant Shin of the Govern-ment Office demonstrated lighting of bulbs with theuse of bio batteries and making of bio batteries. ThePrime Minister explained lighting of bulbs and fluo-rescent tubes with the use of bio batteries and in-structed responsible people to take measures for exten-sive use of bio batteries in every house.

Afterwards, the Prime Minister and party went toPutao Airport by car. At the passenger lounge, Minis-ter for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe reported onbackground history of the airport, facts about therunway, extension of the runway from the one measur-ing 7000x100 feet to the one measuring 8500x100 feetand tarmacking of the runway.

(See page 10)

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Prime Minister General Thein Sein presents medicines and medicalfunds to Hsinbo Hospital.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein urges officials to make arrangements to produce electricity from bio-batteries in Hsinbo Hospital.—MNA

Kachin State dwellers have …

(from page 9)Civil Aviation De-

partment Director-Gen-eral U Tun Hlaing reportedon arrangements fortarmacking the runwayand apron by dividingthem into sections. ThePrime Minister gave nec-essary instructions.

The Prime Ministerand party left Putao byTatmadaw special flightand arrived at Myitkyinaat 11 am. They thenhelicoptered to Tarpein (1)Hydropower Project sitenear Kanlonkha Village inMoemauk Township,Bhamo District, beingimplemented by theHydropower Departmentunder the Ministry of Elec-tric Power No (1).

At the briefing hall,Minister for ElectricPower No (1) Col ZawMin reported on imple-

mentation of hydelpowerprojects in Kachin State,emergence of Tarpein (1)Hydropower Project,facts about the project,conditions of the projectand implementation ofChiphwaynge Hydro-power Project nearChiphway.

The Prime Ministergave necessary instruc-tions. He then presented abasket of fruits to the tech-nicians of Datang(Yunnan) UnitedHydropower DevelopingCo Ltd (DUHD) of thePeople’s Republic ofChina that is jointlyimplementing the project.The Prime Minister wentround the project by car.He also inspected pavingconcrete of the main damand construction of intakestructures and gave nec-essary instructions to of-

ficials.Tarpein (1)

Hydropower Project is be-ing implemented based onwater resources of TarpeinRiver. The dam is of con-crete type. It is 672 feetlong and 151 feet high. Itscatchment area is 2400square miles and generat-ing capacity is 240 mega-watts. Upon completion ofthe project, 1065 millionkilowatt hours will be pro-duced a year.

After that, the PrimeMinister and party went toBhamo by Tatmadaw air-craft and they were wel-come there by district andtownship level departmen-tal officials.

The Prime Ministerheld a meeting with dis-trict and township leveldepartmental officials,members of social organi-zations and townselders.

Chairman of BhamoDistrict PDC U KhinMaung Myint reported onwork progress in thehealth, education, socialand economic sectors andregional developmenttasks.

The Prime Ministermade a speech, and pre-sented cash donations forrenovation of the oldschools in Bhamo Town-ship to the officials.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye, theministers, and the Audi-tor-General and the deputyminister presented TV setsand publications to thetownships in the district,clothes, cloth, exercisebooks, textbooks, sportsequipment and medicinesto social organizations.

The Prime Ministerand his entourage mem-bers flew to Hsinbo, wherethey were welcomed byLt-Col Soe Kyaw Oo ofHsinbo Station and offi-cials.

On arrival at HsinboPeople’s Hospital, thePrime Minister cordiallymet departmental offi-cials, doctors, nurses, andmembers of social organi-zations. After askingabout the economy,health and education ofthe region, the Prime Min-ister fulfilled the require-ments.

Director-General ofthe Government OfficeCol Thant Shin demon-strated the use of electricbulbs with bio-battery andpresented the methods toproduce bio-battery.

The Prime Minister

instructed the officials todisseminate the methodsof producing bio-batteryin order that every housein the rural areas will cometo use electric bulbs withbio-battery, which costsless, on a wider scale.

The Prime Ministerpresented medicines andmedical equipment andcash donations to HsinboPeople's Hospital throughMedical SuperintendentDr Kaung Myat San.

Lt-Gen Tha Aye, thecommander and the min-ister presented instant noo-dle packages, TV sets andclothes to the officials.

The Prime Ministerand party inspectedprogress of Hsinbo by car.

They helicoptered toMyitkyina. In meetingwith service personnel,townselders and membersof social organizations atPutao and Bhamo districts,the Prime Minister spot-lighted the importance ofsecurity, bilateral relationsand trade with the Peo-ple's Republic of Chinaand the Republic of Indiaas Kachin State shares theborders with the twoneighbouring countries.He elaborated on the factsthat in the past, KachinState lacked security and

lagged behind other re-gions in development dueto the armed conflicts fol-lowing the doubts and sus-picions among nationalbrethren; that now, KachinState has enjoyed security,peace and the rule of thelaw, so the government isimplementing manyprojects for regionaldevelopment; that theregion has acquiredremarkable developmentresulting from improve-ment of fundamental sec-tors for regional develop-ment such as transport,education and health care;that local people have torelay the duties to restoresecurity, peace and the ruleof the law from one gen-eration to the next; thatKachin State is a part ofthe Union and is home tovarious national races, solocal people have to culti-vate a sense of UnionSpirit; and that the gov-ernment has built so manyinfrastructural founda-tions for regional devel-opment, so every indi-vidual has to work hard,making good use of theinfrastructural buildingsthe government has con-structed across the nation,in order to improve thesocio-economic life of lo-cal people.

MNA

H & T Minister meetsChinese AmbassadorNAY PYI TAW, 6 May—Minister for Hotels

and Tourism Maj-Gen Soe Naing received Ambassa-dor of the People’s Republic of China to Myanmar MrYe Dabo at the ministry here today. At the meeting,they discussed matters on boosting tourism industriesbetween the two countries.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 7 May— Advanced OfficeComputer Course No. 1/2009 and Financial RefresherCourse No. 1/2009 of the Ministry of Industry-1 washeld at the ministry, here on 5 May morning, with anopening address by Minister for Industry-1 U AungThaung.

The training courses being attended by 102trainees which will last 6 weeks.

MNA

Advanced ComputerCourse, Financial

Refresher Course open

NAY PYI TAW, 7 May—The Fire ServicesDepartment of the Ministryof Social Welfare, Reliefand Resettlement markedthe 63rd Anniversary FireServices Day at the paradeground near GangawHousing in MingalaTheiddi Ward here on 5May morning.

Minister for SocialWelfare, Relief andResettlement Maj-Gen

63rd Anniversary Fire Services Day marked

Public NoticeThe Ministry of Health is taking systematic measures for the public to

be able to consume safe and potent medicines.The following are the medicines that are not registered in Myanmar

and that do not come with a guarantee of quality—

Sr Medicine Manufacturing Co/nation

1. Betnovate C Skin Cream Glaxo SmithKline P’cals(Betamethasone Balerate IP 0.12 % w/w Ltd, IndiaNeomycin Sulphate IP 0.5 % w/w,Chlorocresol IP 0.1 % w/w

2. Triamcinolone Acetonide Acetate Injection Zhejiang Xianjui P’cal Co Ltd3. Analgin Injection 0.5 mg Luohe Fanghui P’cal Co Ltd4. Pelquine Injection Liwinner P’cal Ltd Partnership,

(Chlorocuine Phosphate 325.5 mg eq.to Thailand200 mg, Lignocaine HCL 50 mg/5cc

5. Disento Tablet Nakorn Patana Pharm Co Ltd,(Diodohydroxyquin 240 mg, Furazolidone ThailandSulfate 50 mg, Light Kaolin 250 mg)

Therefore, a public warning has been issued that people are not to buy thoseunregistered medicines and that they are to buy only the medicines alreadyregistered in Myanmar.

Drug companies and stores are not allowed to import and distribute unregistered,fake and poor quality medicines. If they fail to respect the rules, authoritiesconcerned shall file a lawsuit against them under section (18) of the nationalmedicine law.

Ministry of Health

Maung Maung Swe madea speech.

Chairman of ACEConstruction Co U TintHsan donated K 1.5million; Thiri ThudhammaMani Jotadara U SoeThein-ThiridhudhammaTheingi Daw Khin ChoOhn, Director (Attorney-General's Office), K 1million; U Win NaingThant (SHARPShowroom), K 1 million;

Fire Trade Co Ltd, twofogging machines; andwell-wishers, K 1.08million.

The minister presentedgifts and certificates ofhonour to the outstandingFire Services members.

Next, a firefightingdemonstration took place.

The minister inspectedthe firefighting equipmentdisplayed at the paradeground.—MNA

Air control tasks of YangonInternational Airport inspected

YANGON, 7 May—Deputy Minister forTransport Col Nyan TunAung on 3 May arrived atthe air control tower ofYangon InternationalAirport and heard a reportpresented by Director-General of Civil AviationDepartment U Tun Hlaingon work efficiency of the

Air Control Division.Next, the deputy

minister inspected themachines used in the aircontrol, datacommunication system,systems for mutualcommunications betweencountries, and gaveinstructions on safety ofaircraft and meeting the

set standard in the aircontrol tasks.

Afterwards, DeputyMinister Col Nyan TunAung looked intoconducting of medicalcheck-ups on passengerson their arrival at theairport with the use ofinfrared fever screeningsystem.—MNA

Market festivals in DivisionsYANGON, 7 May—

Industry-1 Ministry willhold special marketfestivals in Phayagyivillage and Paukkhaung ofBago division from 5 to 11

May. Similar festivals wereheld at the football groundin Mayangon Township,Yangon division and inMahaaungmyay Town-ship, Mandalay division,

in Sinphyukyun Street ofSalin, Magway divisionfrom 6 to 12 May and inTngapu, Ayeyawadydivision from 11 to 17May—MNA

Deputy Minister for Transport Col Nyan Tun Aung inspects aviationcontrol branch at Yangon International Airport.—MNA

Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung speaking at opening ceremony of Advanced OfficeComputer Course and Financial Refresher Course.—MNA

Minister for SWRR

Maj-Gen Maung

Maung Swe views

fire fighting drills at

63rd Anniversary Fire

Services Day.—MNA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV AN WU JIANG VOY NO (525)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV AN WU JIANGVOY NO (525) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 8.5.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W 5 where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S COSCO SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256919/256916/256912

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BOHAI CHALLENGE VOY NO (17)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BOHAI CHAL-LENGE VOY NO (17) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 11.5.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W 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 up to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: EASTERN CAR LINER LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

Yangon University of Foreign LanguagesInvitations for application of MA (EFL) Course1. The First Year academic programme leading to the

MA (EFL) degree for 2009-2010 academic yearwill be opened in June 2009.

2. Those who wish to attend the course should(a) be Myanmar citizens(b) fulfil the requirements for admission to the First

Year academic programme leading to the MA(EFL) degree.

3. Applications should be submitted by 18 May 2009at the latest. Enquiries on admission may be madeduring office hours at Student Affairs Department,Yangon University of Foreign Languages.

Ph: 514371, Ext -202

Macao promotes tourism in HOEFEX 2009

Nintendo’s annual profitrises 8.5 percent

TOKYO, 7 May—Nintendo Co reported an 8.5 per-cent rise in annual profit as the video game makershrugged off the global slowdown that has batteredother Japanese manufacturers.

Nintendo, which did not break down quarterly num-bers, racked up a record 279.09 billion yen profit forthe fiscal year ended 31 March, up from 257.34 bil-lion yen the previous year.

Fiscal year sales edged up 9.9 percent to 1.839 tril-lion yen from 1.672 trillion yen, with overseas salesaccounting for 87.5 percent, the Kyoto-based makerof Pokemon and Super Mario games said in a state-ment Thursday.

Nintendo’s Wii home console and DS portable havebeen selling well around the world.—Internet

Brazil struggles to get aid to vastflooded area

Residents gather at the site of a bomb attack inBaghdad on 6 May, 2009.

INTERNET

Korean Air says quarterly loss widens on weak wonSEOUL, 7 May—Korean

Air Lines Co said Thurs-day its first quarter netloss widened as weaknessin the South Korean wondrove up costs denomi-nated in dollars.

Korean Air lost 526.3billion won ($413 mil-lion) in the three monthsended 31 March, the com-pany said in a statement.Korean Air posted a net

loss of 325.5 billion wona year earlier.

The result marked thesixth straight quarterlyloss for South Korea’slargest airline. Amongpassenger airlines, Ko-rean Air is also the world’sbiggest carrier of interna-tional commercial cargo.

Korean Air spokes-woman Lee Ji-hye saidthat weakness in the South

Korean won hit the com-pany’s bottom line by in-creasing costs it has in dol-lars, such as servicing itsforeign debt and payingfor fuel. The South Koreancurrency traded 32 percentlower against the dollar onaverage in the first quarterof 2009 compared with thesame period last year, ac-cording to Bank of Koreadata.—Internet

SAO PAULO, 7 May—Brazilians hud-dled with livestock in shelters, paddledswollen rivers in search of food andcomplained that government aid wasslow to arrive in a vast region strickenby some of the worst rainfall and flood-ing in two decades.

Authorities reported at least 32deaths from drowning and mudslidesand said more than 200,000 people havefled swamped, ramshackle homes. Raincontinued to fall across a huge swathstretching from the Amazon jungle tothe northeastern Atlantic coast, andmeteorologists predicted the bad

weather could last for weeks.Rivers were rising as much as a foot

(30 centimetres) a day in the hardest hitstate of Maranhao. The surging torrentswrecked bridges and made it too dan-gerous for relief workers to take boatsonto some waterways.“There are someplaces where the water is so high thatnot even a boat can get to people,” saidarmy Lt Ivar Araujo, the commander of200 soldiers trying to help two townswhere tiled roofs barely poked aboveswirling waters and hundreds of peoplepacked into gyms and schools on higherground.—Internet

MACAO, 7 May—A business del-egation, headed by the Macao Spe-cial Admini-strative Region (SAR)government’s tourism officials, at-tended an international service tradeexhibition in Hong Kong Wednes-day, in a bid to promote Macao’stourism.

For the purpose of promoting busi-ness tourism, MGTO established abooth in the 13th Asian InternationalExhibition of Food and Drink, Hotel,Restaurant and Food services Equip-ment, Supplies and Services (HOFEX2009).

There were 38 members of Macao’s“Industry Partners Program” display-ing their promotional materials at this

marketing platform, according to a pressrelease from the MGTO.

MGTO also invited representatives ofthree major hospitality associations,namely, Macao Hotel Association, theUnited Association of Food and Bever-age Merchants of Macao and MacaoChef Culinary Association to attend theopening ceremony of the HOFEX 2009on Wednesday.

The four-day HOFEX 2009 is a bien-nial trade show that attracted more than1,800 leading exhibitors including 41national groups this year.

It is anticipated that more than 35,000qualified buyers and industry playersfrom around the world attend theshow.—Internet

IMF says Asia need to wait for sustainedeconomic recovery

SINGAPORE, 7 May—The Interna-tional Monetary Fund (IMF) said hereon Wednesday that a sustainedeconomic recovery in Asia will have towait.

The IMF has forecast that the globaleconomy will not recover before themiddle of 2010, and the economy in thewhole of Asia will grow 1.3 per centthis year before expanding 4.3 per centin 2010.

The IMF said that in order for Asia

to return to pre-crisis growth rates, theregion may need to rebalance growthaway from exports and toward domesticdemand.

Authorities will need to maintainforeign exchange liquidity, and wherenecessary draw on the IMF’s newflexible credit line, which providesqualified countries with upfrontassistance with no attached policyconditions, said the IMF.

MNA/Xinhua

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A waitress walks by aspeople have breakfast

in a restaurant inMexico City on 6 May,

2009. The Mexicancapital began to stir

back to life onWednesday with thestreets again cloggedwith traffic and tacovendors working the

sidewalks afterauthorities lifted a

five-day shutdown totry to contain thedeadly H1N1 flu.

XINHUA

Studies say ‘hobbit’ previouslyunknown species

A handout photoshows an artist’s

impression released bythe University of

Wollongong, south ofSydney, showing a

human speciesdiscovered by Australianand Indonesian scientistson the Indonesian island

of Flores. —INTERNET

PARIS, 7 May — Thetiny ancient humansdubbed hobbits, whoseremains were discoveredon an Indonesian islandin 2003, were a previouslyunknown species alto-gether, according to twonew studies.

Debate has raged in thescientific communitysince the fossils werefound on the island ofFlores, with some expertsinsisting they weredescended from Homoerectus and others sayingevolution could notaccount for their smallbrains.

About a metre (threefeet) tall and weighing 30kilos (65 pounds), thetiny, tool-making huntersmay have roamed theremote island as recentlyas 8,000 years ago. Theirfossils are about 18,000years old.

Many scientists have

said Homo floresiensis, asthe creature is nowformally known, was aprehistoric human stuntedby natural selection overmillennia through a

process called insulardwarfing.

Others counteredthat even this evo-lutionary shrinking, welldocumented in island-bound animals, could notaccount for thechimpanzee-sized brain— just a third the size ofthat in a modern humanbeing.The only plausibleexplanation, they insisted,was that the handful ofspecimens found had agenetic disorder resultingin an abnormally smallskull or that they sufferedfrom “dwarf cretinism”caused by deficientthyroids. Two new studiesin the British journalNature go a long waytoward settling the debate.

A team led by WilliamJungers of Stony BrookUniversity in New Yorktackled the problem byanalysing the hobbit’sfoot.—Internet

A/H1N1 flu likely to return toUS next winter

Los ANGELES, 7 May —The current outbreak ofA/H1N1 flu virus,previously known asswine flu, is likely toreturn to the United Statesafter subsiding during thesummer months, theHealth Day Newsreported on Wednesday.

That return could comewith a vengeance, or not,the report quoted expertsas saying.

So far, some of themost affected nationshave been in NorthAmerica and Europe, butthe flu, like the regularseasonal flu, is spreadingmore easily in the winter,the report said.

In North America, thesummer should slowdown the spread of H1N1flu, neither viruses norbacteria survive well attemperatures above 70degrees Fahrenheit,according to experts.

“We can’t actually becertain, but there likelywill be a reemergence,”Len Horovitz, a pul-monary specialist withLenox Hill Hospital inNew York City, said.“We’re seeing this virus at

a time that is usually theend of the flu season, soyou would expect,because the flu virus ishardier in cold weather,that there will probably bea return.”

Internet

Amazon unveils large screenwireless reading device

NEW YORK, 7 May — Amazon, the world’s largestonline retailer, introduced on Wednesday a large screenversion of its wireless reading device designed fornewspapers, magazine and academic periodicals.

Kindle DX, the latest generation of Amazon’s Kindlee-reader family, has a large 9.7 inch electronic paperdisplay and storage for up to 3,500 books. Selling for489 US dollars, the device will ship this summer. Theoriginal Kindle sells for 359 dollars.

With 2.5 times the size of the Kindle display, KindleDX has more area for graphic-rich content such asprofessional and personal documents, newspapers andmagazines, and textbooks, Amazon said in a statement.The display is large enough that customers can read“without scrolling, panning, or zooming, and withoutre-flowing, which destroys the original structure of thedocument,” Jeff Bezos, founder and CEO of Amazon,said in a letter to customers.—Internet

WHO confirms 1,893 humanA/H1N1 cases worldwide

GENEVA, 7 May — The World Health Organization(WHO) on Wednesday confirmed a total of 1,893 humaninfection cases of the A/H1N1 flu virus from 23 countries,including 31 deaths. Mexico, the epicenter of theoutbreak, has reported 942 laboratory-confirmed humancases of infection, including 29 deaths. The United Stateshas reported 642 laboratory-confirmed human cases,including two deaths, the UN agency said in a latestupdate.

The following governments have reported laboratory-confirmed cases with no deaths: Austria (1), Canada(165), Hong Kong, China (1), Colombia (1), Costa Rica(1), Denmark (1), El Salvador (2), France (5), Germany(9), Guatemala (1), Ireland (1), Israel (4), Italy (5), theNetherlands (1), New Zealand (5), Portugal (1), theRepublic of Korea (2), Spain (73), Sweden (1),Switzerland (1) and Britain (28). Meanwhile, a WHOofficial said on Wednesday that an expert committee ofthe agency would meet next week to discuss issues relatedto the production of A/H1N1 vaccine.—Internet

Four new A/H1N1 flu cases confirmed in BritainLONDON, 7 May —

Four new cases of the A/H1N1 flu cases wereconfirmed on Wednesdayin Britain, bringing thetotal number to 32 in thecountry.The Departmentof Health announced onWednesday that the fournew cases are all adultsassociated with travel toMexico. The infectedadults are all fromdifferent parts of England.

To date, 28 of the 32confirmed cases in Britainare from England whileScotland has four.

“It is right that we arepreparing for thepossibility of a globalpandemic. The UK’sarrangements are cont-

inuing to ensure that weare well-placed to dealwith this new infection,”said a statement from theDepartment of Health.

Five schools in thecountry have been closed

after some studentsattending the schools havebeen tested positive.Three of the schools arein London, and two are insouthwest of thecountry.—Internet

Swedenconfirms itsfirst A/H1N1

flu caseSTOCKHOLM, 7 May —

Swedish health officialson Wednesday confirmedthe country’s first case ofA/H1N1 influenza in awoman who recentlyreturned from the UnitedStates.

A woman in her 50s inthe Stockholm area fell illfor three days with mildflu symptoms afterreturning from the UnitedStates. She quicklyrecovered withoutneeding medicaltreatment, the SwedishInstitute for InfectiousDisease Control (SMI)said in a statement.

The SMI said testsconducted by itsvirological laboratoryconfirmed she wasinfected with the A/H1N1virus.

Stockholm’s healthauthority said Sundaypeople who had been inclose contact with her hadbeen receiving antiviraltreatment.

Internet

S Korea confirms 3rd patientof Influenza A/H1N1

SEOUL, 7 May — SouthKorean government onThursday confirmed thenation’s third patient ofInfluenza A/H1N1.

According to theKorea Center for DiseaseControl and Pre-vention(KCDC), a 62-year-old woman wasfound to have beeninfected with the H1N1

virus after returning froma recent trip to the UnitedStates.

South Korea confirmeda 51-year-old nun as thecountry’s first patient ofInfluenza on 28 April andidentified another nun,who escorted thefirst patient that hasvisited Mexico from aninternational airport totheir abbey, as the secondcase on Tuesday.

The third case wasreportedly on the sameplane as the first patientdiagnosed.She has beenquarantined and treatedwith anti-viral drugsat astate-designated hos-pital, the KCDC said.

The third patient willbe discharged fromthe hospital Thursdaysince she is no longershowing symptoms of theepidemic, the KCDCsaid.—Internet

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ROME ,7 May — French Open champion AnaIvanovic produced a maddeningly inconsistent dis-play as she was stunned by Poland’s AgnieszkaRadwanska 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 at the WTA Rome claycourtInternational on Wednesday.

World number one Dinara Safina almost joinedIvanovic on the scrap-heap but she fought back froma double break down in the third set to beat Chinese14th seed Zheng Jie 5-7, 6-1, 7-6 (7/3).Fifth seedIvanovic had a disastrous start but she regrouped andseemed to be cruising into the quarter-finals at 4-0 upin the third set after a run of winning 10 out of 13games.—Internet

LONDON ,7 May – Guus Hiddink admitted he couldunderstand why his players had cried ‘conspiracy’ af-ter a string of controversial refereeing decisions de-nied Chelsea a place in the Champions Leaguefinal.Andres Iniesta’s stoppage-time equaliser earnedBarcelona a scarcely-deserved 1-1 draw at StamfordBridge on Wednesday evening and sent the Catalansinto a final meeting with Manchester United on theaway goals rule.

Hiddink admitted his side, who had performed withsuperb discipline in the goalless first leg and goneahead in the tie through a stunning Michael Essienstrike, had contributed to their own downfall by fail-ing to take the chances they had to kill the match.Butthat did not stop him from branding the performanceof Norwegian official Tom Henning Ovrebo - whoturned down a string of strong penalty appeals byChelsea - as the worst he had seen in his long coach-ing career.—Internet

LONDON , 7 May – Bar-celona coach JosepGuardiola is anticipatinga classic ChampionsLeague final when hisside take on ManchesterUnited in Rome later thismonth.Guardiola willspend the next threeweeks studying videos ofUnited’s recent perform-ances, including lastyear’s semi-final victoryover Barca, in an attemptto finesse his tactics forthe final.

But he vowed therewould be no fundamentalchange from the approachthat has seen his sidescore 147 goals in allcompetitions this season.”We won’t change our ap-proach, which is take theball, move the ball and tryto create chances.

Internet

LONDON ,7 May – Didier Drogba could be facing alengthy ban from European football after angrily con-fronting Norwegian referee Tom Henning Ovrebo atthe end of Chelsea’s controversial Champions Leaguesemi-final second leg match with Barcelona here onWednesday.—Internet

LONDON, 7 May –Manchester City coachMark Hughes says he hasno fears about facing hisformer side ManchesterUnited on Sunday, despitehaving seen them crushArsenal in the ChampionsLeague semi-finals.

United produced a vin-tage display to win 3-1 atthe Emirates Stadium onTuesday night, therebysecuring a 4-1 aggregatevictory, but former Unitedhero Hughes says his sidewill approach the derby inhigh spirits.“Irrespectiveof who we are up againston the pitch on Sunday, it’sabout us being positive,”he told the club’s websiteon Wednesday.

KUALA LUMPUR, 7 May — NagoyaGrampus became the fourth Japaneseteam to make the last 16 of the AFCChampions League on Wednesday, whileNewcastle Jets kept Australian hopesalive.

Yoshizumi Ogawa scored twice asNagoya beat South Korea’s UlsanHyundai 4-1, ensuring they secured topspot in Group E with 11 points from fivegames, five ahead of Ulsan and Newcas-tle, who eased past Beijing Guoan 2-1.

Defending champions Gamba Osaka,who kept their 100 percent record intactwith a 1-0 win over China’s ShandongLuneng, have already qualified for theknockout stage, along with KawasakiFrontale and Kashima Antlers.

Internet

THE HAGUE,7 May –Marco van Basten hasstood down as coach ofAjax after failing to guidethe Dutch giants into nextyear’s Champions Le-ague, the club announcedWednesday on itswebsite.

The former star strikerfor the Dutch nationalside “had reached theconclusion that he hadfailed to achieve the goalshe had set at the start ofthe season and that hewould be unable to do anybetter next season,” a clubstatement said.

The 44-year-old tookover at his former clublast July after being Dutchnational coach for fouryears, notably at the 2006

Tennis champ Ivanovic stunnedby Radwanska

French Open champion Ana Ivanovic, produced afractured display as she was stunned by Poland’sAgnieszka Radwanska 6-1, 3-6, 6-4 at the WTARome claycourt International on Wednesday.

INTERNET

Hiddink slams ref as Chelseaplayers cry conspiracy

Chelsea’s Jose Bosingwa (left) vies for the ballwith Barcelona’s Seydou Keita during the secondleg UEFA Champions League semi-final footballmatch at Stamford Bridge in London.—INTERNET

Guardiola relishing Unitedshowdown

Barcelona coach JosepGuardiola is anticipat-ing a classic ChampionsLeague final when his

side take on ManchesterUnited in Rome laterthis month.Guardiola

will spend the next threeweeks studying videos ofUnited’s recent perform-

ances, including lastyear’s semi-final victory

over Barca, in anattempt to finesse histactics for the final.

INTERNET

Drogba faces rap over refconfrontation

Chelsea’s DidierDrogba (L) vies for

the ball againstBarcelona’s YayaToure during thesecond leg UEFA

Champions Leaguesemi-final footballmatch at StamfordBridge in London.Drogba could be

facing a lengthy banfrom European

football after angrilyconfronting Norwe-

gian referee TomHenning Ovrebo atthe end of Chelsea’s

controversial Champi-ons League semi-finalsecond leg match withBarcelona.—INTERNET

United hold no fears for oldboy Hughes

Manchester City coachMark Hughes.

“We are going there ingood heart and with confi-dence. We have won ourlast four games and youhave to go to Old Traffordin the belief you can getsomething out of it. We arein good shape.” Hughes ad-mitted to being impressedby United’s disposal of Ar-senal but revealed he wasjust as concerned by thepersonnel sitting in the dug-out.—Internet

Van Basten out as coach at Ajax

Van Basten has stood

down as coach of

Ajax after failing to

guide the Dutch

giants into next year’s

Champions League.

INTERNET

World Cup finals andEuro 2008.

Internet

Japan’s Nagoya Grampus forwardDavi (top-C) fights the high ball

against South Korea’s UlsanHyundai defender (bottom-C)

during the Group E round of theAsia Champions League in Nagoya,

Aichi prefecture. —INTERNET

Japan reign supreme in AFC Champions League

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenscattered in Kachin State, isolated in Shan and Mon States,Sagaing, Mandalay, Yangon, Ayeyawady and TaninthayiDivisions, weather has been partly cloudy in the remainingStatres and Divisions. Day temperatures were (3°C) to (4°C)above May average temperatures in Kachin and Shan States,Sagaing, Magway, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions and about May average temperaturesin the remaining States and Divisions. The significant daytemperatures were Shwebo and Monywa (42°C) each,Myingyan, NyaungU and Pyay (41°C) each. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Phyarpon (1.22) inches,Mandalay (0.95) inch and Taunggyi (0.59) inch.

Maximum temperature on 6-5-2009 was 100°F.Minimum temperature on 7-5-2009 was 74°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 7-5-2009 was 75%.Total sunshine hours on 6-5-2009 was (9.0) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 7-5-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, (Tr) atKaba-Aye and (0.35) inch at Central Yangon. Total rainfallsince 1-1-2009 was (2.40) inches at Mingaladon, (3.62) atKaba-Aye and (5.63) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (7) mph from Westat (16:15) hour MST on 6-5-2009.

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

Forecast valid until evening of 8th May 2009: Rain orthundershowers are likely to be scattered in Kachin Stateand Taninthayi Division, isolated in Shan, Chin, Rakhine,Mon and Kayin States, Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago, Yangonand Taninthayi Divisions and weather will be partly cloudyin the remaining States and Divisions. Degree of certaintyis (60%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofthundery conditions in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for8-5-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for8-5-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for8-5-2009: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Asleep in JesusDr Saw Ba Tun Kyi (Age 71)

Dr Saw Ba Tun Kyi, Son of the late Saw PoTu (retired Deputyinspector General of Police) and the late Daw Daisy, beloved husbandof Dr Katherine Thet Gyi, father of Sean, Sandy, Saunders, brotherof Daw Molly Moh - Saw Gilkey Moh, the late Lt.Col Saw Tun HlaAung Tu - Daw Joyce, Saw Ba Hla Tun Tin Tu - Naw Peggy, DawMitzi Tu - U Aung Lwin and Daw Mette Tu, uncle of 22 nieces andnephews was called to his heavenly home at 10:38 pm on 6 May 2009at Philadelphia , USA. Bereaved family

ASEAN-EU agree to halt FTA talksJAKARTA, 7 May—Indonesian Trade Minister

Mari Elka Pangestu disclosed that the Associationof South-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) and EuropeanUnion (EU) have agreed to postpone talks on thefree trade agreement (FTA), the Jakarta Post dailyreported Thursday. She said on Wednesday that thedecision to halt the talks was made at the ASEANMeeting of Economic Ministers held in Siem Reap,Cambodia between May 4 and 5. “The ministersagree to temporarily halt talks with the EU, while inthe meantime trying to find common ground thatboth parties can agree on,” she said.

According to Mari, there is a difficulty on thepart of the EU to resume the FTA negotiation withthe ASEAN. The planned FTA is part of the EU’seffort to catch up with its economic powerhouserivals in gaining better political and economic footingin Southeast Asia.—MNA/Xinhua

An orangutan inspects at one of the paintings it has created,which will be auctioned to raise money for its zoo in

Heidelberg, southwestern Germany.—INTERNET

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Fullmoon Day of Kason 1371 ME Friday, 8 May, 2009

Kachin State dwellers have to relay duties to restore security,peace and rule of law from one generation to another

Prime Minister visits Tarpein (1) Hydropower Project

Significant day temperatureShwebo and Monywa 42°C each

Myingyan, NyaungU and Pyay 41°C each

Noteworthy amounts of rainfallPyapon 1.22 inches

Mandalay 0.95 inch

Taunggyi 0.59 inch

NAY PYI TAW, 7 May– Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein met depart-mental officials, membersof social organizationsand townselders of thetownships of Putao Dis-trict at Phonkanrazi Hallin Putao at 8 am yester-day.

Also present were Lt-Gen Tha Aye of the Min-istry of Defence, Chair-man of Kachin StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofNorthern Command Brig-Gen Soe Win, ministers,deputy ministers, depart-mental heads and offi-

cials. Putao District PDCChairman U Khin MaungWin reported on health,education, social, agricul-tural and regional devel-opment affairs of the dis-trict.

Next, Minister forCommunications, Posts

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Early word recognition key to lifelong reading skills

Children’s early reading experience is critical todevelopment of their lifelong reading skills.

LEICESTER, 7 May —Children’s early readingexperience is critical tothe development of theirlifelong reading skills, anew study from the Uni-versity of Leicester hasdiscovered.

It found that the age atwhich we learn words iskey to understanding howpeople read later in life.

The study addresses a20-year riddle: When re-searchers investigate read-ing behaviour in children

they find different pat-terns. Some researchershave found children’sreading mimics that ofadults, but others haveseen a different pattern ofreading behaviour. Psy-chologists have struggledfor twenty years to offer aconvincing explanationfor why different studieslooking at the same topichave found such differ-ent results.

Now research by DrTessa Webb in the Schoolof Psychology at the Uni-versity of Leicester shedsnew light on the subjectby taking into account theage at which words arelearnt.—Internet

Prime Minister General Thein Sein explainsuse of bio-battery to departmental officials in

Putao.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein inspects Tarpein (1) Hydropower Project in Momauk Township.—MNA

Tarpein (1) HydropowerProject is being implementedbased on water sources of TarpeinRiver. The dam is of concrete type.It is 672 feet long and 151 feet high.Its catchment area is 2400 squaremiles and generating capacity is240 megawatts. Upon completionof the project, 1065 million kilo-watt hours will be produced peryear.

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