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* 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 inside thecountry 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 the entirenation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of cultural her-itage and national character

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tion* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

First regular session of Pyithu Hluttaw for eleventh day in progress.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 March — The first regular sessionof Pyithu Hluttaw continued for the eleventh day atPyithu Hluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building here thismorning, with the attendance of Pyithu Hluttaw SpeakerThura U Shwe Mann and Pyithu Hluttawrepresentatives.

After taking position, the Pyithu Hluttaw Speakerannounced the validity and start of the eleventh-dayfirst regular session of Pyithu Hluttaw as 430representatives out of 433 attended the session,accounting for 99.41 per cent.

Queries raised and replied, proposals submitted anddiscussed, approval sought at Pyithu Hluttaw session

First regular session of Pyithu Hluttaw continues for eleventh day

Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myint andMinister for Agriculture and Irrigation U Htay Ooresponded to questions regarding “plan to upgradeAungpan-Hanmyintmo road” made by U Aung Theinof Ywangan Constituency; “maintaining and upgradingMandalay-Shwebo-Myitkyina Union Highway” byU Kyaw Soe Lay of Mohnyin Constituency;“maintaining and upgrading Mandalay-Bhamo motorroad” by U Tun Tun of Mansi Constituency; “how hasmotor road between Sumprabum and Putao beenmanaged to become all-weather road” by U Yaw Di

Dwe of Putao Constituency; and “right to freely cultivateand sell seasonal crops” by Sai Win Khine of HsenwiConstituency.

Pyithu Hluttaw representatives discussedapproved-to-discuss proposals by Pyithu Hluttaw“to review the pension scheme as there is a widegap between the pension and current commodityprices and to make pension salary grades dependingon two to three agewise groups” submittedby U Soe Win of Sangyoung Constituency and

(See page 6)

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 17 March, 2011

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

People’s Desire

Health is wealthWhile the government is raising health

care services being provided to the nationalpeople, a ceremony to open Yankin Children’sHospital (550-bed) renovated by Max MyanmarCompany family was held in front of the hospitalon Kanbe Road in Yankin Township on 13March.

New generation children are beingnurtured in their childhood to become physicallyand mentally healthy and fit good sons anddaughters on whom the State can rely in the newnation. In so doing, full health careinfrastructures are needed for the children.

Due to opening of Yankin Children’sHospital which is one more advanced children’shospital for the children of the whole nation,Yangon has two hospitals for the children.Moreover, the health facility was designated asa teaching hospital for the students of YangonUniversity of Medicine (2). In this way, the post-graduate students of pediatric specialist courseand medical graduates will have the greateropportunity to pursue medical education.

Furthermore, health care services can beraised with modern medical technology to newgeneration children from townships of BagoRegion (East), Mon State and Dagon Myothit(South), (North) and (East) townships, Thanlyinand Kyauktan townships of eastern part ofYangon Region thanks to opening the newchildren’s hospital.

As people’s hospitals have emerged oneafter another across the nation, the health staffmembers are to make energetic efforts toparticipate in providing health care services tothe people.

Thursday, 17 March, 2011

NAY PYI TAW, 16 March — Maj-Gen Tin Ngweof the Ministry of Defence hosted a dinner todelegation led by Deputy Director LieutenantGeneral Jia Tingan of General Political Departmentof People’s Liberation Army of People’s Republicof China at Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel in Yangonyesterday.

Also present at the dinner together with Maj-

Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe of Ministry of Defence hostsdinner to Chinese delegation

Gen Tin Ngwe of the Ministry of Defence wereChairman of Yangon Region Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of YangonCommand Brig-Gen Tun Than and senior militaryofficers; and together with the visiting side wereChinese Ambassador to Myanmar Mr Li Junhuaand Military Attaché Colonel Xiong Shaowei.

MNA

Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe hosts dinner to delegation led by Deputy Director Lieutenant General JiaTingan of General Political Department of People’s Liberation Army of People’s

Republic of China.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16March—A press

Press conference on MyanmarMobile system held

NAY PYI TAW, 16March — Delegation ledby Deputy Directorof General PoliticalDepartment LieutenantGeneral Jia Tingan of thePeople’s LiberationArmy of the People’sRepublic of China leftYangon for China by airthis morning.

The delegateswho arrived in Yangonon 12 March visitedYangon, Nay Pyi Taw,Mandalay andPyinOoLwin.

MNA

Chinese delegation concludes visit

developed by SanMyanmar company washeld at D & G Food centerin ChanayethazanTownship in Mandalayon 13 March.

Managing DirectorU Tun Myint of SanMyanmar Co explainedMyanmar Mobile

San Myanmar company holds press conferenceon use of Myanmar mobile system.

MNA

system. MyanmarMobile system can beused in SCM 2012model produced byStandard Mobile Co ofHong Kong. The systemmakes the phone morethan a phone with itsadded functions.

It will be soonavailable at reasonableprices at phoneaccessories shops acrossthe country.—MNA

conference on MyanmarMobile system

Talk on post-literacy campaign,reading contest held in Lashio

NAY PYI TAW, 16 March—Lashio DistrictInformation and Public Relations Department ofShan State (North) held talk on post-literacycampaign and reading contest for development ofrural libraries, at Naungmon village yesterday.

Chairperson of Township Maternal andChild Welfare Association and members donatedbooks and publications. After that, the chairpersonand village chairman awarded winners at readingcontest. Similarly, round-table reading session andreading contest were held at Naungmon villagetract of Naungkwe village on the same day.—MNA

Deputy Director of General Political Department Lieutenant GeneralJia Tingan and party of PLA of PRC being seen off at Yangon

International Airport.—MNA

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Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL, 16 March—The NATO troops led by the US have invadedAfghanistan and they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion ofthe NATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 33715 Afghan people were

killed and 41072 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troopsled by the US invaded Afghanistan to 16 March.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 337152. Seriously injured Afghan people 41072

Internet

KIRKUK, 16 March—A car bomb struck aconvoy of a seniorgovernment official inKirkuk City, some 250km north of Baghdad, onWednesday, killing up totwo people and wounding35, a local police sourcesaid.

The incident tookplace in al-Jamhouriyah

The wreckage of a

NATO oil tanker is

seen after attack near

southwest Pakistan’s

Mastung on

16 March, 2011.

XINHUA

ISLAMABAD, 16March—At least fourpeople were killed onWednesday morningwhen a US pilotless planestroke northwestern tribalregion of Pakistan, localmedia reported.

According to privateTV channel Express, a USdrone fired three missilesat a vehicle running on aroad in the Datta Khel areaof the North Waziristan,Pakistan’s tribal area

Security personnel inspect the site of a bomb attack in Kirkuk, some 250km (155 miles) north of Baghdad, on 16 March, 2011. A car bomb killed

two people and wounded 35 in central Kirkuk, police Major-GeneralTorhan Abdul-Rahman said.—INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 16 March—Two peoplewere killed and eight others woundedin separate gunfire and bomb attacksin Baghdad and Iraq’s easternProvince of Diyala, the police said.

In Diyala, unidentified gunmenstormed the house of an anti-Qaedaparamilitant group member, known asAwakening Council group, in a villagenear the town of Buhruz, south of theprovincial capital city of Baquba, aprovincial police source told Xinhuaon condition of anonymity.

The gunmen shot dead the groupmember and wounded his wife, thesource said.

Iraqi security forces in the areachased the fleeing attackers and tradedfire with them, killing one while the

Car bomb kills two, wounds35 in Iraq’s Kirkuk

Drone strike kills four in NW Pakistan

Afghan officials investigate thescene of a suicide attack in

Kunduz, north of Kabul,Afghanistan on on 14 March,

2011. A suicide bomber posing asan army volunteer struck an

Afghan army recruitment center inthe northern Kunduz Province onMonday afternoon, killing at least33 people, Afghan officials said.

INTERNET

Two killed, eight wounded inIraq’s violence

street in central City whena booby-trapped cardetonated near the convoyof Muhammed Qader, thecity’s director general ofwater and sewage, thesource told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Qader escaped theattack unhurt, but someof his bodyguards wereamong the wounded, the

source said.The ethnically mixed

Province of Kirkuk andits capital Kirkuk City arepart of the disputed areasbetween the Kurds andboth Arabs andTurkmans. The area haslong been the hotbed ofinsurgency since the US-led invasion in 2003.

Xinhua

others escaped in the surroundingorchards, the source added.

In Baghdad, a roadside bomb wentoff near a bank in Karrada District incentral the capital, wounded threecivilians, an Interior Ministry sourcetold Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

In a separate incident, a policemanand a civilian were wounded when aroadside bomb exploded near a policepatrol on a highway that passesthrough New Baghdad District, thesource said.

Also in the day, a roadside bombwent off in al-Rabie street, a busythoroughfare in Baghdad’s easterndistrict of Zayounah, wounding twocivilians, the source added.

Xinhua

bordering Afghanistan.With the attack the

vehicle was totallydestroyed and threeunknown persons, eithermilitants or commoncitizens, were killed on thespot.

Pakistan’s Statetelevision PTV describedthe killed as militants.

The US dronesregularly hit hideouts ofthe militants in thePakistani tribal region,

which Washingtonconsiders as the center ofTaleban and al-Qaedaremnants. More than 80people have been killedin such strikes since thebeginning of this yearPakistan opposes the USstrikes inside the country’stribal regions and seeksthe drone technology. Butthe US does not acceptIslamabad’s request.

Xinhua

US and allies kill, injureIraqi people

BAGHDAD, 16 March— There has been daily casualties in Iraq since theUS and its allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the

country to 16 March reached 705256 and the total number of seriouslyinjured people reached 1277005, according to the news on the Internet.

No. Subject Number

1. Death toll of Iraqi people 705256

2. The total number of seriously injured people 1277005

Internet

Soldiers gather at the siteof a bomb attack that

occurred in the town ofKanan, 70 km (43 miles)northeast of Baghdad on14 March, 2011. A car

bomb attack on an Iraqiarmy unit killed at least

eight soldiers andwounded 12 others inKanaan, officials andsecurity sources said.

INTERNET

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Status of quake-stricken reactors atFukushima nuclear plants

TOKYO, 16 March— A magnitude-9.0 earthquakeand the ensuing tsunami have stricken Fukushima No 1and No 2 nuclear plants, triggering a regional nuclearcrisis. The following is the latest known status of allaffected reactors, provided by Kyodo news agency onWednesday.

Fukushima No 1 plant— Reactor No 1 — Cooling failure, partial melting

of core, vapor vented, building damaged Saturday byhydrogen explosion, seawater being pumped in.

— Reactor No 2 — Cooling failure, seawaterbeing pumped in, fuel rods fully exposed temporarily,vapor vented, building damaged Monday by blast atReactor No 3, damage to containment vessel onTuesday, potential meltdown feared.

— Reactor No 3 — Cooling failure, partial meltingof core feared, vapor vented, seawater being pumped

in, building damaged Monday by hydrogen explosion,high-level radiation measured nearby on Tuesday,plume of smoke observed Wednesday, damage tocontainment vessel likely.

— Reactor No 4 — Under maintenance whenquake struck, fire Tuesday possibly caused byhydrogen explosion at pool holding spent fuel rods,pool water level not observed, fire observedWednesday at building housing reactor, no waterpoured in to cool pool.

— Reactor No 5, No 6 — Under maintenancewhen quake struck, temperature slightly rising inspent fuel pool.

Fukushima No 2 plant— Reactor No 1, No 2, No 4 — Cooling failure,

then cold shutdown.— Reactor No 3 — Cold shutdown.—Xinhua

A staff member analyses the collected objects tocheck the radiation level at an environment

supervision station in Shanghai, east China, on15 March, 2011. China’s meteorologicalauthority announced Tuesday the nuclear

radiation leakage following explosions at theFukushima nuclear power plant in Japan would

not affect China over the next three days.XINHUA

Fukushima No 3 reactor’s containerfeared damaged: gov’t spokesman

TOKYO, 16 March—Chief Cabinet SecretaryYukio Edano saidWednesday that thecontainer of the No3reactor of the troubledFukushima No1 nuclearpower plant might havebeen damaged and leakedradioactive steam.

According to theNuclear and Industrial

This file photo released by Kyodo News Agencyon 13 March, 2011 shows the No 3 nuclear

reactor of Japan’s Fukushima No 1 nuclearpower station.—XINHUA

Fire breaks out again at Fukushima’sNo 4 reactor

TOKYO, 16 March— A fire broke out again early Wednesday at the troubled No4 reactor of the quake-hit Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear power plant, Tokyo ElectricPower Co said. Around 5:45 am, new fire was discovered in northeastern corner ofreactor 4 building, where an apparent hydrogen explosion caused a fire Tuesdaymorning following Friday’s 9.0-magnitude quake.

Tokyo Electric Power Co spokesman Hajimi Motujuku said the blaze eruptedin the outer housing of the reactor’s containment vessel. Fire fighters are trying toput out the flames.

At the Fukushima Dai-ichi plant, there have been explosions at two reactorbuildings since Friday’s disasters.

Radiation levels around the Fukushima plant had “risen considerably”, PrimeMinister Naoto Kan said Tuesday, and his chief spokesman announced it had reachedthe point where it endangered human health.

In Tokyo, 170 miles (270 kilometres) to the southwest, authorities reportedradiation levels nine times normal.—Xinhua

Overseas Chinese Li Fangzhou tells her story at arefuge in the city of Rikuzen-Takata, one of the

cities worst hit by Friday’s 9 Magnitude quake andensuing tsunami, Iwate Prefecture, Japan, on 15

March, 2011. —XINHUA

6.0-magnitudeaftershock

strikes ChibaTOKYO, 16 March—

A strong 6.0-magnitudeaftershock struck in thePacific just off Chibaprefecture, the JapanMeteorological Agencysaid, with the forcestrong enough to swaybuildings in Tokyo.

The quake struck inthe Pacific off Chibaprefecture — 96kilometres (60 miles)east of the capital — andwas felt across large areasof eastern Japan, theUSGS said.

There were noreports of injuries ordamage following thetremor, which struck at ashallow depth of 25 kmat 12:52 pm (0352GMT), police and localgovernment officialssaid.

Xinhua

3,676 dead, 7,558 missingfollowing Friday’s great quake

TOKYO, 16 March— The National Police Agencysaid that last Friday’s catastrophic quake and ensuingtsunami have left 3,676 people dead and 7,558others unaccounted for in Japan by 08:00 amWednesday (2300 GMT Tuesday).

According local media reports, around 530,000evacuees were staying in more than 2,600 sheltersin quake-hit areas.

As temperatures dropped sharply to midwinterlevels in northeastern Japan, rescue and reliefoperations continued with 80, 000 Self-DefenceForces personnel and police officers mobilized inthe devastated areas, said the reports.—Xinhua

Rescuers put out fire in the quake-hit area ofKesennuma city, Miyagi Prefecture, Japan, on 15

March, 2011. —XINHUA

Safety Agency, hourlyradiation near the plantwas measured at 6.4millisievert at 10:45 amlocal time (0145 GMT).

Earlier in the dayTokyo Electric Power Co(TEPCO) said that a firehad broken out at theNo.4 reactor building atthe scene of a blazeTuesday at the plant

where high amounts ofradiation have beendetected. According tothe plant’s officials, thefire was spotted at 05: 45am local time at thenorthwestern corner ofthe building that housesthe No 4 reactor.

Although half an hourfollowing the first sightingof flames, the blaze couldno longer be seen theutility said.

The cause of the fireremains unclear at thispoint a spokesperson forTEPCO said Wednesday,adding that the fireapparently went out of itsown accord.

The No 4 Reactor wasundergoing checks at thetime of Friday’s quakeand was not operating,TEPCO said, adding thatbut they have been havingproblems cooling downa storage pool for spentnuclear fuel rods insidethe building.—Xinhua

70% of nuclearfuel rods

estimated to bedamaged at

reactor 1TOKYO, 16 March—

An estimated 70 percentof the nuclear fuel rodshave been damaged at No1 reactor of the Fukushimanuclear power plant and33 percent at the No 2reactor, Kyodo quotedTokyo Electric Power Coas saying Wednesday.

Xinhua

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Hluttaw candidates, election agents declared as persons of distorted qualificationNAY PYI TAW, 16 March—The Union Election Commission issued Notification No.8/2011 today. The translation of the notification is as follows:-

The Union of MyanmarUnion Election Commission

Nay Pyi TawNotification No.8/2011

12th Waxing of Tabaung, 1372 ME(16 March, 2011)

Hluttaw candidates and their election agents failed tosubmit election expenses in the prescribed period

declared as persons of distorted qualification1. According to Section 55 of the respective Hluttaw Election Laws and paragraph77 of Rules, Hluttaw candidates and their election agents who run for Multi-partyDemocracy General Election held on 7 November, 2010 are to submit election expensesto the respective sub-commissions in line with the laws during 60-day as of the date thename of representatives-elect are announced.2. To be able to decide whether those who fail to submit election expenses in accordwith the law should be designated as persons of distorted qualification or not, the UnionElection Commission formed election tribunals and ordered them to check with them.3. The Election Tribunal found that the following Hluttaw candidates and theirelection agents failed to submit the election expenses during the prescribed period, and inaccord with the respective Hluttaw Election Rules Paragraph 83 (a), designated them aspersons of distorted qualification. Sr Hluttaw candidate Election Agent Constituency(a) U Ko Ko Naing - Tamway Township

Pyithu HluttawConstituencyYangon Region

(b) U Than Tun U Maung Win Dagon Myothit (South)Township PyithuHluttaw ConstituencyYangon Region

(c) U Kyee Myint - Dagon Myothit (East)Township PyithuHluttaw ConstituencyYangon Region

(d) Dr Min Myint - Kamayut TownshipPyithu HluttawConstituencyYangon Region

(e) U Tun Shwe U Thawtar Kyauktada TownshipPyithu HluttawConstituencyYangon Region

(f) U Lone Sein U Tun Myint Mayangon TownshipPyithu HluttawConstituencyYangon Region

(g) U Tin Lin - Kungyangon TownshipPyithu HluttawConstituencyYangon Region

(h) U Aung Kyaw Win - Dalla TownshipPyithu HluttawConstituencyYangon Region

(i) U Thein Aung - Cocogyun TownshipPyithu HluttawConstituencyYangon Region

(j) U Nyunt Shwe U Mg Mg Nyein Hmawby TownshipPyithu HluttawConstituencyYangon Region

(k) U Khin Maung Htwe U Zaw Min Htwe Hlinethaya TownshipPyithu HluttawConstituencyYangon Region

(l) U Saw Sai Nay Boi - Hmawby TownshipPyithu HluttawConstituencyYangon Region

(m) U Moe Tun (a) - Insein TownshipU Moe Myint Aung Pyithu Hluttaw

ConstituencyYangon Region

(n) U Tun Min Latt - Amyotha HluttawConstituency No. 1Yangon Region

(o) U Kyaw Kyaw Min - Amyotha HluttawConstituency No. 1Yangon Region

(p) U Tint Naing - Amyotha Hluttaw

Constituency No. 4Yangon Region

(q) U Kyaw Thein U Kyaw Tint Naing Amyotha HluttawConstituency No. 5Yangon Region

(r) U San Myint - Amyotha HluttawConstituency No. 6Yangon Region

(s) U Thein Zaw Nyunt Daw Shwe Moe Nyunt Amyotha HluttawConstituency No. 7Yangon Region

(t) U Tint Swe U Mya Shwe Amyotha HluttawConstituency No. 11Yangon Region

(u) Daw Yin May Daw Nu Aye Win Dagon Myothit (South)Township ConstituencyNo. 1, Region HluttawYangon Region

(v) U Tun Shwe U Aung Tin Dagon Myothit (South)Township ConstituencyNo. 2, Region HluttawYangon Region

(w) U Kyaw Hlaing Daw Thuza Than Dagon Myothit (East)Township ConstituencyNo. 1, Region HluttawYangon Region

(x) U Tin Win U Myo Myint Dagon Myothit (East)Township ConstituencyNo. 2, Region HluttawYangon Region

(y) U Nyunt Tin U Myint Yi North OkkalapaTownship ConstituencyNo. 1, Region HluttawYangon Region

(z) U Oo Kyi - Kyimyindine TownshipConstituency No. 2,Region HluttawYangon Region

(aa) U Than Shwe U Thant Zin Oo SeikkanTownshipConstituency No. 2,Region HluttawYangon Region

(bb)U Soe Win U Moe Thu Mayangon TownshipConstituency No. 2,Region HluttawYangon Region

(cc) U Tun Oo - Kyauktan TownshipConstituency No. 2,Region HluttawYangon Region

(dd) U Tha Noh Aung U Hla Tin Htantabin TownshipConstituency No. 1,Region HluttawYangon Region

(ee) U Saw Hlaing - Htantabin TownshipConstituency No. 2,Region HluttawYangon Region

(ff) U Saw Aung Zeya - Hmawby TownshipConstituency No. 2,Region HluttawYangon Region

(gg) U Saw Maung Toke - Hmawby TownshipConstituency No. 1,Region HluttawYangon Region

(hh) U Soe Moe Oo - Hmawby TownshipConstituency No. 1,Region HluttawYangon Region

(ii) U Saw Tar Kapaw U Saw Kaw Htoo Wah Kayin nationalconstituencyRegion HluttawYangon Region

4. The Union Election Commission announced that the above-mentioned Hluttawcandidates and their election agents are persons of distorted qualification according toParagraph 84 of respective Hluttaw Election Rules after judging the decision of ElectionTribunal.5. It is hereby announced that Hluttaw candidates and election agents who aredeclared as persons of distorted qualifications, in accord with the Section 88 of therespective Hluttaw Election Law, shall not contest in the election as a Hluttaw candidate,from the date of this declaration, in the existing Hluttaw term and the next Hluttaw term.

Sd/ Thein Soe Chairman

Union Election Commission

Sr Hluttaw candidate Election Agent Constituency

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(from page 1)“to draft a bill that wouldallow farmers to legallystore their crops atgarages of govern-mental organizations andprivate garage atreasonable prices, pavingways for the farmers toearn stable price fromcrop produc-tion”submitted by U Aung Zinof Pazundaung Consti-tuency. Minister forFinance and Revenue UHla Tun and Minister for

First regular session ofPyithu Hluttaw continues…

Commerce U Tin NaingThein made clarifica-tionsand the Pyithu Hluttasought approval.

U Maung Nyo ofSittway Constituencysubmitted a proposal “tolevel power charges ofRegions and Statescovered by national gridand other counterpartsout it” and U Pwint Hsanof MayangonConstituency, “to makenecessary arrangementsfor drawing a new

international level SocialSecurity Insurance Law(draft) and to submit it tothe second regularsession of PyithuHluttaw”. Pyithu Hlut-taw sought approval todiscuss the submittedapprovals.

The Speaker ofPyithu Hluttaw annou-nced the end of the firstregular session of PyithuHluttaw for eleventh dayand the twelfth-day sessionwill be held at 10 am on 21March (Monday).

The session cameto an end at 1.15 pm.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 March— At today-session ofPyithu Hluttaw, U AungThein of YwanganConstituency put a ques-tion on upgrading ofAungban-Hanmyintmoroad, a strategic road ofDanu Self-AdministeredZone with poor develop-ment to link Shan State(South) and upperMyanmar, saying that de-velopment of a regioncalls for better transport.

Regarding the ques-tion, Minister for

Construction Minister answersquestion on upgrading of

Aungban-Hanmyintmo road

Region. It was upgradedto 12 feet wide tarred roadby the Ministry of Con-struction.

The road surface wasdamaged by increase inrunning of machinery andtrucks starting from 2004-05. The amounts ofdamage to road surfaceare one mile in MandalayRegion and nine miles inShan State (South) total-ling10 miles.

During the 2010-11fiscal year, upgrading ofthree-mile and six-furlonglong road section in ShanState (South) was com-pleted and the remainingsix-mile and two–furlongwill be upgraded in the2011-12 fiscal year. Thisyear, narrow parts of theroad section were widenedand road works will becontinued in the comingfiscal year. Two reinforced

concrete bridges were built.Bridge No (1/7), NwartatBridge, on the road sectionin Mandalay Region wasupgraded. One new bridgewas built and six bridgesupgraded. The above-mentioned constructionand maintenance workswere carried out in the2010-11 fiscal year only.Similar works had alreadybeen carried out inprevious years.

Now, the three-mileand six-furlong roadsection with rough surfacewas upgraded and the up-grading of remaining roadsections is underway.

So the Ministry ofConstruction will carryout road works onpriority yearly andupgrading of Hanmyint-mo-Myogyi-Ywangan-Aungban road isunderway.—MNA

Construction U KhinMaung Myint replied that79-mile and one furlonglong Hanmyintmo-M y o g y i - Y w a n g a n -Aungban road is a majorroad for the region to trans-port products of Aungbanand Pindaya to Mandalay

NAY PYI TAW, 16March—At today’s ses-sion of Pyithu Hluttaw, UYaw D Dwe of Putao Con-stituency put a questionabout plans of the Minis-try of Construction forupgrading of motor roadbetween Sumprabumand Putao to all-weatherfacility.

He said that in KachinState, hydropowerprojects are under imple-mentation along the wa-terways of Maykha andMalikha rivers to satisfythe energy demand of thenation. Those projects willnot only provide electric-ity to the nation but alsosatisfy the energy demandfor production industries,

Construction Minister replies toquestion about plans for construction

of all-weather motor road betweenSumprabum and Putao

contributing to economicgrowth of the nation. Lo-cal residents who havefaced difficulties intraveling for ages are over-whelmed with joy as 132miles long motor road be-tween Myitkyina andSumprabum will be up-graded to concrete one forhydropower projects.

Residents of Putaohave to rely on Myitkyina-Putao motor road andflights to travel and trans-port commodities to otherregions includingMyitkyina. But, motorroads are out of commis-sion in monsoon, causinggreat inconvenience to lo-cals. The motor road be-tween Myitkyina andSumprabum is 218 mileslong and 132 miles longsection will be upgradedfor the hydropowerproject, but 86 miles longroad section is still in criti-cal condition. He askedthe Construction Ministryhow the ministry hasplaned to upgrade the sec-tion to all-weather facil-ity.

Minister forConstruction U KhinMaung Myint said that theministry has laid downplans and working roadby road, section by sectionand phase by phase to im-prove transportationservice in Kachin State.

With one statesuperintendent engineer’soffice, four districtsuperintendent engineer’soffices, 20 township su-perintendent engineer’soffices, and nine sub-township engineer’s of-fices, road works are car-ried out in Kachin State.Five special road construc-tion groups, and one spe-cial bridge constructiongroups led by deputy su-perintendent engineers areassigned to improved thecondition of roads andbridges in the region.

M y i t k y i n a - S u m -prabum-Putao UnionHighway which is con-nected with Sumprabum-Putao Road is 218 mileslong and since 1991, main-tenance works were car-ried out with one specialroad construction groupand Putao District PublicWorks. In 2005-2006 fis-cal year, constrictiongroups of Public Worksand local entrepreneurscould build the 24-ft widehardcore road.

The road was thenseverely damaged due toheavy rainfall and three-axle trucks. So, the Minis-try of Construction as-signed six special roadconstruction groups andtwo district Public Workswhich were fully equippedwith manpower and ma-

chinery to upgradeMyitkyina-Sumprabum-Putao Road in the 2006-2007 fiscal year. 100 engi-neers, 33 staff, 35technicians, 460 drivers,1600 temporary workers,and 233 units of heavymachines constituted theeight construction groupswhich have so far 41 miles4 furlongs long tarred road,162 miles 4 furlongs longgravel road, and 14 mileslong hardcore road,totaling 218 miles and 726under-50-ft bridges, 26bridges between 50 ft and

100 ft in length, 10 bridgesbetween 100-ft and 180-ft, and 11 above-180-ftbridges, totaling 773.

The ministry has alsoplanned to upgrade 520feet long Mulashidi Sus-pension Bridge whichcurrently can cope withlight vehicles to two-waybroad crest type facility incoming fiscal year.

Myitkyina-Sum-prabum-Putao UnionHighway has been up-graded to tarred one phaseby phase. Now, ChinaPower Investment (CPI)

which is implementinghydropower project inMyitsone has proposed toconstruct a concrete roadfrom Myitkyina toSumprabum and Ministryof Construction will un-dertake Sumprabum andPutao sections.

So in the years tocome, Myitkyina-Sumprabum-Putao roadwill be better, said theminister who requested thelocal residents not to drivethree-axle vehicles andover-loaded vehicles onthe road.—MNA

Construction Minister U Khin Maung Myintresponds to question.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentative U Yaw DDwe of Putao Con-

stituency makingquestion.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentative U Aung

Thein of YwanganConstituency raising

question.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 16March — At the sessionof Amyotha Hluttaw heldtoday, Amyotha Hluttawrepresentative Dr MyatNyana Soe of YangonRegion Constituency No-4 said that it is found thatalthough fuel stationswere privatized inaccord with thestandards of marketeconomy, only motorvehicles were allowedto buy fuel, andpurchase of fuel with theuse of containers oncewas banned. Althoughthe Ministry of Energyissued a set of directiveson purchase of fuel withthe use of containers, itis found that some fuelstations did not followthe set of directives. Fuelis used in generators,engines used in cottage

Energy Minister responds to question on distribution of fuel

Privatization Com-mission, and the openingand sale of fuel at thestations started on 10 June2010. The private-ownedstations distributed fuelsto motor vehicles andmotorbikes. Now, the

He continued that thepublic can buy fuel whichis sold at floating price asthey wish. The Ministryof Energy is sellinggasoline produced fromour own oil refineries tothe public at a low pricethrough the stations.About 10 million ofgallons can be producedmonthly and about onemillion of gallons went tostate-owned sector andnine million of gallons toprivate-owned sector. Itis noticeable that as thegovernment is sellinggasoline at a low price, itis cheaper than the streetprice of gasoline in worldmarket. Nine million ofgallons cannot meet fuelconsumption in privatesector. So thegovernment planned toimport needed gasoline.Entrepreneurs wereallowed to import 92 Ron

NAY PYI TAW, 16March—At today’ssession of the AmyothaHluttaw, AmyothaHluttaw Representative USai Mya Maung of KachinState Constituency-10 saidthat wrong statement ofnationalities weredescribed in someCitizenship Scrutiny Cardsissued to ethics of Shannational races. So, heasked how the wrongstatements of nationalitiesas Bamar or othernational races will be re-corrected for offspringof national race parentswho are no Bamarnational.

In his response,Minister for Immigrationand Population U MaungOo said that the applicanthimself is to submit an

I&P Minister replies to question for some wrongdescriptions of nationalities for Shan national races in CSC

application form andcorrectly fill in a report tochange in a subjectincluded in the personalhistory form (Naing) 2 ofcitizen to respectiveImmigration and NationalRegistration Department,attached to one copy oforiginal CV of applicant,one copy each of originaland copied censusinclusive of the name ofapplicant, one copied CSCof applicant, one copyeach of identity card form(1) and CSC (Naing) 2,one copy each of CSC ofparents and grandparentsof both sides, one copyeach of form (1) of identitycards and form (1)/(Naing)2 of CSCs of parents andgrandparents of both sides,one original endorsementcopy of respective Ward/

Village PDC Chairman,one original endorsementcopy of respectiveTownship MPF, oneoriginal report (form 90/1/NaNgaTha) and its twocopies to change a subjectincluded in the personalhistory form Naing (2).

The staff of respectiveTownship INRD willexamine the documentssubmitted by the applicantwith office records. If it iscorrect, the head ofTownship Department willsign the documents andsubmit it to respectiveRegion/State INRD.

The respectiveRegion/State INRD willcheck the submitted file

with the office records. If itis correct, the file will besigned in the form 90/1/NaNgaTha and then it willbe submitted again to theINRD (Head Office).

The above-mentionedfile will be checked withoffice records of NationalRegistration andCitizenship Branch of thehead office of thedepartment. If it is correct,the director-general allowsthe case to change type ofnationality. Thepermission will be repliedto respective townshipthrough respectiveRegion/State INRDtogether with the case.After connecting with the

applicant, the respectivetownship department re-compiles necessary formsand amends the old formsunder the permission ofthe department (headoffice) and then cancelsthe old CDC of theapplicant. New CSC willbe issued to the applicantafter filling originalnumber and necessarieswith amendment ofnationality. The old CSCwill be inserted as adocument into the personalhistory file of applicant.

Those wishing toamend nationalities, dateof birth and names ofparents and add the nameare to contact respective

Construction Minister responds to question onmaintenance of Mandalay-Bhamo road

NAY PYI TAW, 16March—At today’ssession of Pyithu Hluttaw,U Tun Tun of MansiConstituency said that thepeople are pleased forenjoying fruits ofeconomic, social,education and healthsectors as unprecedentedsmooth transport sector isbeing undertaken acrossthe Republic of the Unionof Myanmar. Localpeople of Kachin Stateincluding those of MansiTownship thanked the

government forconstruction ofMandalay-Bhamo roadbetween Kachin Stateand Mandalay Region.As some parts of the roadare damaged, thetravellers facedifficulties. In raising thequestion, he asked howthe Mandalay-BhamoRoad will be maintained.

Minister forConstruction U KhinMaung Myint, in hisreply, said that there aretwo routes linking

industries and farmmachinery.

As fuel needed incottage industries andfarming is to be boughtfrom vehicle owners, theblack market has becomelarge, making wide pricegap. He asked a questionabout whether or not asystem of directdistribution of fuel tocustomers can beintroduced for ensuringdecline in commodityprice, swift flow ofcommodity anddevelopment of cottageindustries and agriculturesector.

Regarding thequestion, Minister forEnergy U Lun Thi repliedthat 260 fuel stations inStates and Regions weretransferred to privatesector by National

Ministry of Energyordered the private-owned stations to selldiesel and gasoline toother sectors. Startingfrom February, thestations are selling fuelsto other sectors freely.

gasoline and to sell itfreely. So the public canbuy the 92 Ron gasolineas they wish.

However, userspreferred to more usehome-made gasolinebecause it is cheap andcommon. It was foundthat owners of moderncars bought 92 Rongasoline. Daily sale of 92Ron gasoline has risenfrom 382 gallons in June2010 to 49582 gallons on15 March 2011.

Now, the number ofstations has increased to332. The government isencouraging to openmore private-owned fuelstations in line with thelaws at the necessaryplaces in States andRegions in order todistribute fuels to thepublic directly across thenation.

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Minister for Energy U Lun Thi responding toquestion.—MNA

Mandalay to Namkhamwhile Shwe Moe ThunAung Co, the 60-milesection from Namkhamto Bhamo. The roadcomprises 325 miles andfour furlongs long asphaltsection, seven miles longgravel section and 37miles and four furlongslong hard section. Thenew facility is 277 mileslong Mandalay-Thabeikkyin-Tagaung-Bhamo road on the eastbank of AyeyawadyRiver.

The new road passesthrough Thabeikkyin,Tagaung, Nga-Oh,Udaungtaung, Sinkhan

Mandalay and Bhamo—M a n d a l a y - L a s h i o -Bhamo-Myitkyina Roadas original road andMandalay-Thabeikkyin-T a g a u n g - B h a m o -Myitkyina Road as thenew one.

The 370-mile first oneis being constructed byAsia World and ShweMoe Thun AungCompanies through BOTsystem.

Asia World Co isconstructing 24 feet wideasphalt road from

Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative U Tun

Tun puttingquestion.—MNA

and Hanhtet. The facilitylinking Mandalay andSagaing Regions andKachin State wascommissioned on 11May 2010. The roadcomprises 25 miles andfive furlongs asphaltsection, 167 miles andseven furlongs longgravel section.

A total of 397 bridgeswere also built on the road.Of the, 460 feet longSinkhan Bridge is of two-way RC floor type and2330 feet long Shweli(Nga-Oh) Bridge, of two-way RC beam and floortype. (See page 8)

Amyotha Hluttawrepresentative U Sai

Mya MaungMNA

INRDs for theirapplications.—MNA

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(from page 16)Union level organization member Minister for

Health Dr Kyaw Myint responded to the proposalsAmyotha Hluttaw has approved for discussion: toform a board of experienced professionals to laydown the most appropriate ways to improve thehealth care in the health sector by U Steven Thabeikfrom Chin State Constituency (4), and to grantgraduated Chin national doctors Sa Ma (physicianlicence) as soon as possible and assign more doctorsto Chin State by U Paw Hlyan Lwin from Chin StateConstituency (9). The hluttaw made decisions on theproposals.

U Paw Hlyan Lwin from Chin State Constitu-ency (9) changed his proposal to upgrade RezwaSub-Township in Chin State to a township to aquestion.

The session ended at 12 noon. The 12th-daysession takes place on 21 March.—MNA

First regular session ofAmyotha Hluttaw…

Eleventh-day first regular session of AmyothaHluttaw in progress.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 18 March—At today’s session ofAmyotha Hluttaw, U Zon Hlyal Htan of Chin StateConstituency (2) put a question about the length ofstay permit for foreigners who come into Myanmarthrough border gates.

He said that currently, foreigners are only allowedto enter Myanmar with permit of respective committees,which causes restriction on number of visitors toMyanmar. At present in Chin State, foreigners areallowed to enter Myanmar through Reed Gate for a day-period. But, if foreigners are allowed to stay in Myanmarfor two weeks, it would contribute business and jobs inhotel industry, transportation service, and tourismindustry. He asked whether foreigners are allowed toenter Myanmar through border gates and allowed tostay in Myanmar for at least two weeks.

Minister for Immigration and Population U MaungOo replied that although Myanmar and India have notreached an agreement on border-crossing, the twonations have understanding that those residing inborder regions can cross the each other’s borderlegally. Myanmar-India border gates were commis-sioned in Tamu of Sagaing Region, and Falam of ChinState in 1989 and entries and departures are permittedthrough those gates with certain charges for crossingthe border. According to direction of Announcement066/1(2)-1/SLORC dated 7 February, 1995 issued byState Law and Order Restoration Council, foreigners

U Zon Hlyal Htan of Chin State Constituency (2) asks ifgovernment preparing to allow foreigners to enter Myanmar

through border-crossing points and stay for at least two weeks

ing, visa-holders are allowed depart from other exitsother than the border-crossing points they haveentered with the recommendation of the relevantministry and the permission of the department

are allowed to visit Myanmar for a day- period since22 February 1995 with border-crossing permit.Myanmar has singed agreements with her neighbourssuch as China, Laos, and Bangladesh for crossingborders.

Entries and departures are permitted in compli-ance with border regions management and coopera-tion agreement signed with China on 25, March 1997.Visitors are allowed to make six-night seven-day tripsthrough entrances/exits at Muse, Kyugup,Chinshwehaw, Kanpeikti, Mongla, Lwejel,Yanlonkyaing, and Namhkam covered by the agree-ment to border district, relevant-ministry-permittedcitizens of the neighbours and third countries arepermitted for 13-night 14-day trips through the bordercrossing, visa-holders are allowed depart from otherexits other than the border-crossing points they haveentered with the recommendation of the relevantministry and the permission of the department concern.

Entries and departures are permitted in compli-ance with border regions management and coopera-tion agreement signed with Thailand on 16, May1997. Visitors are allowed to make six-night seven-day trips through entrances/exits at Tachilek,Myawady, Kawthoung covered by the agreement toborder district, relevant-ministry-permitted citizensof the neighbours and third countries are permittedfor 13-night 14-day trips through the border cross-

Minister for Immigration and PopulationU Maung Oo responds to question.—MNA

Construction Minister responds…(from page 7)

Five national companies were assigned to upgradeand maintain the road through BOT system beginning4-11-2009. They were Thanti Thitsa Co (42 miles),Hsu Htoo Pan Co (31/1 miles), Hla Myat Taw WinCo (63 miles), Great Wall Co (56/6 miles) and ShweMoe Thun Aung Co (63/6 miles).

He further explained about Katha-Sinkhan Roadand Sinkhan Bridge. The construction of 4630 feetlong and 48 feet wide rail-cum-road Sinkhan Bridgecommenced on 7-5-2009. The facility will be majorbridge to link Mandalay-Tagaung-Bhamo-Myitkyina Road on the east bank of AyeyawadyRiver and Mandalay-Shwebo-Myitkyina Road onthe west bank. On completion, the bridge will

contribute much to swift flow of commodities andregional development. A total of 13 nationalcompanies and Public Works jointly built 65 mileslong Katha-Sinkhan Road.

So far, 65 miles long and 40 feet wide earthworkshas been carried out and 18 miles and five furlongslong gravel section and four miles and four furlongslong asphalt section built. A total of 186 of 245concrete culverts have been completed. Ten RCbridges are under construction.

Public Works of the Ministry of Constructionhas set special plans on upgrading and maintenanceof main roads in regions and states. The localpeople are maintain the road, not to pass over-loaded vehicles on it and road users to abide byprescribed traffic rules for their durability.—MNA

concern.Entries and departures are permitted in compli-

ance with border regions management and coopera-tion agreement signed with Laos on 29, March 1997.Visitors are allowed to make five-night six-day tripsthrough entrance/exit at Wanpon covered by theagreement to border district, foreigners holding visasand passports are allowed to enter Myanmar for aday-period.

Entries and departures are permitted in compliancewith border regions management and cooperationagreement signed with Bangladesh on 19, December1980. Visitors are allowed to make six-night seven-daytrips through entrances/exits at Maungtaw and Sittwaycovered by the agreement to Maungtaw, and Bangladeshitraders holding visas along with recommendation of theBangladeshi Traders Association under the permissionof Foreign Policy Committee Meeting No (6/2004) arepermitted for 13-night 14-day trips to Sittway.

So, regarding entries and departures throughborder-crossing points of Myanmar, citizens ofneighbours residing at border areas and third countriesare permitted to enter and depart according to MOUsbetween Myanmar and neighbours, and there is nodiscrimination against regions or states. India andMyanmar are still negotiating in detail to reach agree-ment on border-crossing and thus the representative’sproposal would be considered only after the two nationshave reached the agreement.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 16March—At today’s ses-sion of Pyithu Hluttaw, UKyaw Soe Lay of MohnyinConstituency put a ques-tion about the Govern-ment’s plans for mainte-nance and upgrading ofM a n d a l a y - S h w e b o -Myitkyina Union High-way.

He said that residentsin Mohnyin and

Construction Minister replies to question aboutmaintaining and upgrading of

Mandalay-Shwebo-Myitkyina Union Highwayister for Construction UKhin Maung Myint saidthat Mandalay-Shwebo-Myitkyina Road is 359miles in length and is theextension of Mandalay-Shwebo Road toMyitkyina from Shwebo.

The road came intoexistence in 1962 asearthen facility, and thenwas upgraded to graveland then finally to 12-ftwide tarred road in De-cember 1996. As soon asthe tarred road was incommission, it has becomethe major road in theregion and was recordedstandard facility.

Although mainte-nance works were carriedout yearly by superintend-ing engineers of Shwebo,Katha, Mohnyin, andMyitkyina districts andtownships under close su-pervision of the superin-tending engineers ofSagaing Region andKachin State, the with-standing power of the roadwas decreased due to weakearth foundation, heavyrain, transport of heavymachinery to Phakant, andover-loaded trucks carry-ing timber logs.

To upgrade Shwebo-Myitkyina Road, Ministryof Construction is workingin partnership with nationalprivate companies underB.O.T (Build, Operate,Transfer) System. Fourpartner companies—Shwetaung Co, SuhtupanCo, Khaingmathaw

Pandaing Co, and LidoHighway Co are under-taking maintenance andupgrading works underB.O.T System. The first oneis undertaking the road sec-tion between mile postsNo. 27/0 and 77/4, thesecond one 140/0 and 168/0, the third one 168/0 and257/0 and the last one 257/0 and 289/0.

Those companies areresponsible formaintaining the original12-ft wide tarred road,widening the road to 24-ftwide one with withstand-ing power of 60-ton loadand constructing retainingwalls, small and largebridges, conduits and boxculverts.

Nine private nationalconstruction companiesand two district-levelconstruction groups ofPublic Works are under-taking the repair of 62 milesand 4 furlongs longMinwuntaung sectionfrom mile post Nos 77/4 to140/0, the worst damagedroad section on Manda-lay-Shwebo-MyitkyinaRoad.

In parallel with roadworks, 428 bridges, largeand small, are being up-graded. ZawchaungBridge was commissionedin January 2011 as 180-ftlong two-way broad cresttype facility.

Nankwing Bridge isalso being upgraded to350-ft long two-way RCtype facility with withstand-

Myitkyina townshipshave to rely on railwaysand motorways. Manda-lay-Shwebo-Myitkyinamotor road, in spite ofhaving provided smoothtransport between Man-dalay and Myitkyina fora certain period, is nowdamaged beyond repairs,causing delay in commod-ity flow and traveling.

In his response, Min-

NAY PYI TAW, 16March—At today PyithuHluttaw session, U Sai WinKhine of Hsenwi Con-stituency asked whetheror not farmers haverights to grow and sellmarketable and desiredcrops freely and how totackle the matter if thereis not yet.

Regarding the question,Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation U Htay Ooexplained that Ministryof Agriculture and

A& I Minister responds toquestion on selling and growing of

seasonal crops freely

Irrigation has laid downthe following policies ofagriculture productionfor the economic devel-opment of the State andthe people. These policiesare as follows:-

(a) must be crop thatcould thrive

(b)must be profi-table crop

(c) must be crop thatthe country needs

In line with theabove-mentioned poli-cies, the Ministry is pro-viding assistances togrow crops that could

benefit the State andfarmers. Seasonal cropscan be sold freely.Except the fact that en-courages are being givento grow industrial cropsneeded only for indus-trial regions built forproduction of value-added products, the restcrops are like abovepolicies. In particularsituation, necessaryassistances would beprovided if farmersinform authoritiesconcerned and staff.

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ing power of 60-ton loadand will be inauguratedsoon. In addition, Manyutbailey bridge is beingupgraded.

Whether a road can beused up to its full lifespandepends on how much theroad users abide by lawand have a sense of duty.With over-loaded vehicles

passing everyday, the roadwhose estimated lifespanis 10 years will be damagedjust in two or three years. Itis loss not only to the Statebut also to the locals. Theminister asked locals viathe representative to main-tain the Union Highwaysin the region for durability.

The minister con-

cluded that the ministry isupgrading Mandalay-Shwebo-Myitkyina UnionHighway with added mo-mentum as it is importantto the State and the region.He asked the representa-tive to urge locals to main-tain already-built infra-structures for theirdurability.—MNA

Prime Minister

U Thein Sein receives

FIFA President Mr

Joseph S. Blatter and

party at Government

Office in Nay Pyi

Taw.

(News on page 16)

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Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative U KyawSoe Lay of MohnyinConstituency raising

question.—MNA

A&I Minister U Htay Oo responds toquestion.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative U SaiWin Khine making

question.—MNA

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Government and Ministry of Finance and Revenue will review and dealwith pension rates in line with the constitution, existing laws and procedures

Proposal of U Soe Win from Sangyoung Constituency judgedNAY PYI TAW, 16

March —At today’sPyithu Hluttaw session,five representativesdiscussed the proposal ofU Soe Win fromSangyoung Con-stituency: to increaseprevious pensions inproportion to presentconsumers’ prices.

U Khin Maung Winof Lanmadaw Constitu-ency in his discussionsaid that despiteincreases in salaries,pensions of oldpensioners have notincreased, and inconsequence, previouspensions are no longer

additional cash inproportion to theirsalary rates; that in adeveloped country, thegovernment isresponsible for caringfor the aged; and thattherefore, he is in supportof the proposal.

U Kyi Myint of LathaConstituency said that theproposal of U Soe Win isthe same as the questionasked by Dr Sai KyawOhn of NamkhamConstituency on 10March, and the Unionlevel organizationmember concerned hasanswered the question;that what should be doneis to boost spirit ofworkmanship of newgenerations, technologyand capitals; and that ifsalaries and pensions areincreased indiscri-minately, the outcome isnothing but inflation.

U Thein Yi ofHtantabin Constituencysaid that Minister forFinance and Revenueresponded to the similarproposal at the seventh-day session of PyithuHluttaw on 10 March; thataccording to Article 26(b) of the constitution, thenew government isresponsible for such socialaffairs; that according toPyithu Hluttaw Rule 28(j), a case already decidedshall not be submittedagain; and that U Soe

Win’s proposal shouldnot be under furtherdiscussion.

U Tha Sein ofKyauktaw Constituencysaid that today’s pensionsare of two types: old andnew; that some pensionsare as low as 200 to 300kyats, which is notenough for even bus fare;that commodity prices aregoing up and thegovernment is the onlyorganization that canease the suffering of oldpensioners; and that he isin support of theproposal.

U Maung Hla (a) UHla Myint of PalawConstituency said thatthe minister has already

explained the matter; thatit is to take intoconsideration undesirableeffects of salary increase;and that so U Soe Win’sproposal should not besubmitted for discussionyet.

Minister for Financeand Revenue U Hla Tunsaid that from 1948onwards, the governmentincreased salary rates andpension rates inaccordance with theexisting laws in 1972,1989, 2000, 2006 and2010; that the governmentgranted cost of livingallowance and additionalcash assistance topensioners in 1977,increased pensions by 25percent in 1993, anddoubled pensions in2000; that it implies thatwith nationaldevelopment, thegovernment adoptedplans to improve the livingconditions of servicepersonnel; that thegovernment will considerincreasing pension ratesbased on nationaldevelopment, inflationrate, revolving funds,commodity prices andGDP; and that herequested the resourceperson withdraw thisproposal.

The speaker said thatthe proposal is nearlysimilar to the previousone, but he allowed

discussions about it in thehope of broader viewsand comments; that hethanked the resource

person and participants;that the government andthe ministry will reviewand deal with mattersrelated to pensions in linewith the constitution,existing laws andprocedures based onsubjective conditions;and that he asked U SoeWin about his stance.

U Soe Win ofSangyoung Constituencysaid that he is glad to knowthat pension rates will beunder review anddiscussion in future; andreported that he does notwant to carry on hisproposal.

The Hluttaw accep-ted his report, anddeclared that there is noneed to continue theproposal.— MNA

proportionate to presentconsumers’ prices; thatso, old pensioners shouldbe provided with

Health Minister responds to U Steven Thabeik,s proposalNAY PYI TAW, 16

March—At today’sAmyotha Hluttaw session,Minister for Health DrKyaw Myint responded tothe proposal “to form aboard with theparticipation of expertsfor adopting the bestsystem for health careservice as it is weak”submitted by U StevenThabeik of Chin StateConstituency No.4.

The minister said thatMinistry of Health isi m p l e m e n t i n gdevelopment of healthsector under the leadership

of National HealthCommittee which is thehighest healthorganization of thecountry, in line with oneof four social objectives;that Secretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil acts as chairmanof National HealthCommittee and theCommittee is formed with15 members includingnine ministers and twodeputy ministers fromministries related withMinistry of Health and twofrom other departmentsthat policies and duties

have been drafted; thatthe Committee is thehighest organizationrelating with health affairsand adopts policy andlaws to follow and; that tobe able to solve healthproblems, MyanmarAcademy of MedicalSciences is formed withexperienced practitionersand gives advice on healthproblems.

He also said that othermedical associations suchas Myanmar MedicalAssociation, MyanmarDental Association andMyanmar Health

Assistants Association areproviding public healthservices in collaborationwith Ministry of Health;that to implement tasks fordevelopment of healthsector, two objectives hasbeen laid down; that to beable to achieve these twoobjectives, health careservices covering urbanand rural areas as well asborder areas, are beingprovided based on primaryhealth care and NationalHealth Committee isdisseminating knowledgeon seasonal diseases.

(See page 11)

Minister for Finance and Revenue U Hla Tunmaking clarifications.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative U Thein

Yi of HtantabinConstituency

participating indiscussion.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative U

Maung Hla (a) U HlaMyint of Palaw

Constituencyparticipating in

discussion.—MNA

Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint makingclarifications.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative U Tha

Sein of KyauktawConstituency

participating indiscussion.—MNA

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(from page 10)He explained that in

Chin State, two 200-bedhospitals, two 100-bedhospitals, one 50-bedhospital, four 25-bedhospitals, 15 stationhospitals, 57 heath carecenters, 9 maternal and childhealth care centers, twoschool health organizationsand eight traditionalmedicine centers areproving health careservices. In addition,nursing training school isnurturing the nurses; thatfive rural developmenttasks have been laid downand development of healthsector in rural areas, whichis one of five tasks, is beingimplemented by formingRural Areas DevelopmentSupporting Committee.The National HealthCommittee issues laws,bylaws and provisions on

Health Minister responds…health from time to time.In order to implement theobjectives, treatment,public health care, diseaseprevention and control andprevention and epidemiccontrol are beingundertaken.

The minister explainedthat the representativeswould understand hisexplana-tion, and so thereis no need to continue todiscuss the proposal. Afterthat, U Steven Thabeik ofChin State ConstituencyNo.4 said he would like totake decision only by voteso as to withdraw hisproposal.

Afterwards, Hluttawtook decision by ballot with20 favors, 172 against and19 abstentions, andannounced that Hluttawdeclined to approve theproposal.

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NAY PYI TAW, 16 March– Four Hluttaw representa-tives responded to theproposal approved to bediscussed to draft a billthat would allow farmersto keep their crops at gov-ernment organizationsand private warehouses atreasonable prices, pavingthe way for farmers toearn stable price fromcrop production, made byU Aung Zin of PazundaungConstituency at today’s ses-sion of Pyithu Hluttaw.

First, U Myo Thant ofYedashe Constituency saidit is difficult to draft such abill for various reasons such

Commerce Minister responses to proposal ofU Aung Zin of Pazundaung Constituency

as difficulties in dealingwith the staff, sortingvarious strains of a singlecrop, the weight and qualityof crops that can deceasewith the passage of time,standardization of them andgetting warehouses tostockpile crops from acrossthe country, the possibilityof damage to crops due tonatural disasters, difficultyin dealing with differentkinds of crops despitemanageable keeping of themin some regions and otherdifficulties like services andtransportation.

U Kyi Myint of LathaConstituency said other

points should be consideredsuch as purchasing of cropsat unreduced price withpublic budget withoutinterest, bearing some ofthe warehouse keeping costsand purchasing of cropswhen prices are going up.This point is not inconformity with Para-35 ofthe constitution ‘The eco-nomic system of the Unionis market economic system.A small nation like Japan,when engaging in cultiva-tion at a high cost for mass-production, seeks cashassistance. Japan uses such asystem for national foodsecurity fearing that Japanese

would no longer engage inpaddy growing althoughimportation is double cost-effective. But that system isnot suitable for Myanmar.As prescribed in Para-23 ofthe constitution saying ‘TheUnion shall assist peasantsto obtain equitable value oftheir agricultural produce’,the State will employsuitable methods to addressthe issue.

U Saw Thein Aung ofHlingbwe Constituency saidby nature, farmers arecontent with their reason-able profits. They lack com-petitiveness to trade openlyin accord with the marketeconomy system.Speculators can only playmarkets. So, minimumprices for crops are neces-sary and it is required offarmers to keep their cropsto get stable prices. There-fore, it is necessary for peas-ants to keep their crops atState- or private-owned

warehouses legally. Bydoing so, both sides will getbenefits and markets caneasily be sought. Hence, heseconded the proposal of UAung Zin, added U SawThein Aung.

U Ko Gyi ofAungmyethazan Constitu-ency said although the aimof proposal is visionary,there are some points to beconsidered. Myanmar is amulti-crop producer and willget regular export earningswhen exporting its crops. Ifstockpiled, the flow ofexport of those crops willcease. Besides, commodityflow of domestic broker-ages will stop. With thepassage of time, their qual-ity will wane and they willbecome old crops. In theglobal market, prices of oldcrops are far less than thoseof new crops. So, the cost ofwarehouse keeping will in-crease and there will be moreexpenses than profits.

Rather than keepingcrops in the long term, ex-portation of finished prod-ucts with value added ismore effective for peasantsto earn more. Therefore,the proposal of U Aung Zinis not appropriate to beapproved.

Regarding the proposal,Minister for Commerce UTin Naing Thein said thefirst point of the proposal isto draft a bill that canguarantee the insurance ofannual paddy crop. Accord-ing to Myanma Insuranceunder the Ministry ofFinance and Revenue, cropinsurance is not adopted yetin Myanmar. It cannot beaccepted as there are diffi-culties in assessing value,being vulnerable to damageand assessing the level ofdamage. So, the proposal isnot in conformity with theinsurance laws andprocedures.

Regarding the secondpoint of the proposal, inaccord with Para-35 of the2008 constitution, the Statewill practise the marketeconomy system. So, thegovernment will not inter-fere with private assets andbusinesses. Only the privatesector will trade freely inaccordance with the marketeconomy system. At present,regional millers, brokers andpeasants are engaging in

keeping, storing and trad-ing in crops and price-ac-cessing. It is hoped that UAung Zin might have madesuch a proposal in the interestof peasants because in doingso, they will get no worthyprices due to low pricesgiven by brokers, marketmonopolization and mal-practices.

Section 23 of theConstitution of the Re-public of the Union ofMyanmar says that theUnion shall enact neces-sary laws to protect therights of the peasants andassist peasants to obtainequitable value of theiragricultural produce. Theproposal of U Aung Zin issuitable to the rights ofthe peasants prescribed inthe Constitution. But onlyif there is an agreementbetween a giver and areceiver in accord withtheir wish and pledgesshould the matter of keep-ing crops of a peasant atthe government or organi-zation be carried out. Gov-ernment’s intervention inthe matter could lead to mal-practices of government’srice purchasing center andwarehouses, resentment ofpeasants, loss and wastageand crimes we experiencedin the past. Besides, it wouldbe required to appoint manystaff to manage warehousesin order to keep a largeamount of crops withouthaving any loss and wastage.As state-owned warehouseshave been privatized, therewould be difficult for thegovernmental department.Consideration should begiven to the issue of man-agement on arguments,unwanted wastage andmalpractice. As efforts arebeing made to get goodprices for crops which tookfour or five months to growby as value added products

in international,consideration should begiven to the matter of keep-ing crops for a long timebecause it could not get goodprice due to low quality,falling price and loss andwastage. In the market,commodity flow and capitalflow are important foreconomic progress. So themore we facilitatecommodity flow andtrading, the more benefitswe get.

According to theMinistry of Agricultureand Irrigation, it seemsthat selling rice in goodprice after keeping themat the government and or-ganization at reasonableprice contributes to ruraleconomic growth. Butthere would be difficultiessuch as lack of enoughwarehouses, storage spacefor various kinds of cropsand capital, taking timeto earn trust of peasant,uncertainty about cropprice and difficulty inkeeping crops not to meetloss and wastage.

That’s why he discussedthe proposal should not beapproved because, inpractical terms, therewould be many difficulties.

The speaker said allhave understood well as thefour representatives and theminister had made it clear tothe proposal. In holdingdiscussions, the constitutionmust be respected and thepublic interest must also beconsidered. So, the stanceof U Aung Zin is to beknown.

Then, U Aung Zinthanked the participants andthe minister for clarificationand submitted thewithdrawal of the proposal.

The speaker approvedthe withdrawal with theconsent of the Hluttaw.

MNA

Commerce Minister U Tin Naing Thein making clarification.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentative U Myo

Thant of YedasheConstituency.

MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentative U Saw Thein

Aung of HlaingbweConstituency.

MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentative U Ko Gyi of

AungmyethazanConstituency.

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NAY PYI TAW, 16March—Minister for Indus-try-2 U Soe Thein receivedPresident Mr Zhao Haigangof Dongfeng ChaoyangDiesel Co Ltd and partyfrom the People’s Republicof China at his officeyesterday afternoon.

Industry-2 Minister receivesChinese guests

The minister andthe president discussedtechnical cooperation andtechnical transfer for ad-vanced diesel engine pro-duction project being im-plemented in Thagara In-dustrial Region.

President Mr

Zhao Haigang and partyin the evening observedproduction of advanceddiesel engines at No. 14General Heavy Industriesin Thagara Industrial Re-gion and held meeting withpersonnel of the plant.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 March— Minister for Health DrKyaw Myint responded tothe proposal approved tobe discussed ‘to issue SaMa to graduated Chinmale doctors as soon aspossible and assign themto the regions of ChinState which are in need ofdoctors’ made by U PaulHlyan Lwin of Chin StateConstituency-9 at theAmyotha Hluttaw sessiontoday. The minister saidthat in the past, Universi-ties of Medicine issuedregistrations of doctors(Sa Ma) to those whograduated with set quali-fications only after theyhad performed their medi-cal duties as service per-sonnel for three years.Since 2009, Sa Ma hasbeen conferred on gradu-ated doctors after theyhave been trained at re-fresher courses. Now, atotal of 5498 doctors have

Health Minister replies toproposal of U Paul Hlyan Lwinof Chin State Constituency-9

obtained Sa Ma and 898dental surgeons, Tha Khaafter taking refreshercourses. Arrangements arebeing made to issue Sa Masoon to those who gradu-ated after 2010 by con-ducting refresher coursesfor them. So, Sa Ma isbeing issued on a regularbasis to all doctors, includ-ing Chin male doctors, whohave graduated from Uni-versities of Medicines withset qualifications.

At hospitals in ChinState, required specialistsand assistant doctors havebeen appointed depend-ing on the strength ofdoctors and health staffunder the Ministry ofHealth. Doctors with vari-ous branches of medicineare being appointed at twoPeople’s Hospitals (200-bed) and two People’sHospital (100-bed).Measures are also beingtaken to appoint more

doctors at other hospitals.Doctors who want to servein Chin State are sent thereonly for a certain periodand then they are assignedduties in the regions theylike. When it comes topromotion, doctors carry-ing out their duties in ChinState are being promotedas a special right evenbefore a prescribedduration of their service.Plans for overseas studytours and performance ofduties in foreign countriesunder the government-to-government programmeare being prioritized fordoctors who used to servein Chin State.

Moreover, assistanceis being rendered for en-trance exams to take post-graduate courses. Theseplans are being made bythe ministry as a specialmatter to make doctorswilling to go to Chin State.If regional bodies are to

arrange meals, accommo-dation and transportation,health staff will be able toperform their public healthduties more happily. Plansare under way to appoint2014 assistant doctors and185 dental surgeons soonin the whole nation. Whenappointments come, re-quired doctors will be ap-pointed in Chin State.

The midwives cur-rently serving in the vil-lages of Chin State havebeen sent by the ministry.In addition, doctors areassigned duties in their ownregions and states. Thereis no Chin national doctorfrom Chin State who isassigned duties in other

states or regions. Forensuring the willingnessof doctors to be in stationhospitals, they are assignedduties in rotation for threemonths. As theclarification is perfect andcomplete, the proposalshould be withdrawn, re-quested the minister.

U Paul Hlyan Lwinsaid he thanked the minis-ter for his clarification. Yet,station hospitals and ruralhealth centres in Chin Stateare short of doctors andhealth assistants. Due toclimatic and geographicalconditions, doctors fromother regions find it difficultto live in Chin State. So, itis more suitable to appoint

local doctors. Regardingthe proposal, it will takethe decision of theAmyotha Hluttawspeaker.

The speaker thendeclared the withdrawalof the first part of theproposal “to issue Sa Mato graduated Chin maledoctors as soon aspossible” as it has beencompletely clarified bythe minister and approvalof the second part “tosend Chin male doctorsto the regions of ChinState which are in needof doctors” as it is inprogress and it will con-tinued to beimplemented.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16March — At today’sPyithu Hluttaw (People’sParliament) session MPsdiscussed whether newproposals were acceptableto the Hluttaw for furtherdiscussions.

First, U Maung Nyoof Sittway Constituencysubmitted a proposal “to

MPs agree to discuss promulgation ofnew comprehensive Social Security

Insurance Lawlevel power charges ofRegions and Statescovered by the nationalpower grid and Regionsand States not coveredby it yet at equal rate”.

The motion wasseconded by Daw KhinSaw Wai of YathedaungConstituency. TheHluttaw accepted the

proposal.The proposal will be

discussed at the twelfth-day session on 21 March(Monday). MPs wishingto discuss the topic mayregister themselves at thedeputy director-general ofthe Pyithu Hluttaw thisevening.

U Pwint Hsan ofMayangon Constituencytabled a motion “to makenecessary arrangementsfor drawing a new inter-national level Social Se-curity Insurance Law(draft) and to submit it tothe second regular ses-sion of Pyithu Hluttaw”.

U Pwint Hsan referedto the Section 96 of theconstitution of the Repub-lic of the Union ofMyanmar which says“The Pyidaungsu Hluttawshall have the right to en-act laws for the entire orany part of the Union re-lated to matters prescribedin Schedule One of the

Union Legislative List”.He said that sub-paragraph (q) of theParagraph (9) ‘Social Sec-tor’ stated the promulga-tion of a social securityinsurance law.

The MP cited theSection 24 of the constitu-tion “The Union shall en-act necessary laws to pro-tect the rights of work-ers”; the Section 26 (b)“The Union shall enactnecessary laws for CivilServices personnel to havesecurity and sufficiencyof food, clothing and shel-ter, to get maternity ben-efits for married womenin service, and to ease live-lihood for welfare of re-tired Service personnel”;the Section 28 (a) “TheUnion shall earnestlystrive to improve educa-tion and health of the peo-ple”; Section 31 “The Un-ion shall, to the extentpossible, assist to reduceunemployment amongthe people”; the Section32 (a) “The Union shallcare for mothers andchildren, orphans, fallenDefence Servicespersonnel’s children, the

aged and the disabled”;and the Section 351“Mothers, children andexpectant women shallenjoy equal rights as pre-scribed by law”.

He went on to say thatthe existing Social SecurityAct, 1954, coveredsickness, maternity,employment injury benefitand funeral grant for onlythe insured workers; andthat the financial value ofthe benefit was small whencompared with currentcommodity prices, adding,they were the two possiblereasons behind the failureto win appropriate trust ofthe majority of employersand employees. Of theworker population ofMyanmar only over500,000 were covered bythe Social SecurityScheme, he said, callingfor the promulgation of amore comprehensive law.

Accordingly, the MPsaid that he was in favourof enacting a new SocialSecurity Insurance Lawcovering disability due tosickness, old age pension,lump sum survivor’s ben-efit, unemployment ben-

efit, skill training and em-ployment schemes, healthcare inclusive of both thefee-payer employers andemployees apart from theexisting benefits as in thesocial security projects of150 countries includingsome member states ofthe ASEAN andneighouring countries.

The proposal “tomake necessary ar-rangements for drawinga new international levelSocial Security Insur-ance Law (draft) and tosubmit it to the secondregular session of PyithuHluttaw” was submittedto fulfill the above-mentioned requirements,U Pwint Hsan explained.

The motion wasseconded by U Tin Myintof Taze Constituency.The Hluttaw accepted theproposal.

The proposal will bediscussed at the twelfth-day session on 21 March(Monday). Those wish-ing to discuss the topicmay register themselvesat the deputy director-gen-eral of Pyithu Hluttaw thisevening.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentative U PwintHsan submitting

proposal.MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentative U Maung Nyoof Sittway Constituencysubmitting proposal.

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Proposal of Amyotha Hluttawrepresentative changed to question

NAY PYI TAW, 16March—At the today’ssession of AmyothaHluttaw, the HluttawRepresentative requestedto change his originalproposal to be submittedto the Amyotha Hluttawinto the question.

With regard to theproposal “to upgradeRezwa Sub-Township ofChin State to Townshiplevel”, U Paul Hlyan Lwinof Chin StateConstituency-9 said thatRezwa is at the centre ofChin State and it wasdesignated as a sub-township under theborderregion develo-

pment plan in 2002. Thesub-township which is105 miles from Gangaw,45 miles from the Indianborder, 105 miles eachfrom Haka and Thantlangand 66 miles from Matupi.The sub-township islocated on about 9,000acres. The successivegovernments undertook itto be designated as atownship. At present,Rezwa, being a sub-township, is facilitatedwith depart-mental office,basic education highschool and station hospital,and about 2,000 peopleare residing in the urbanareas. So, it would not be

difficult to designate thesub-township as townshiplevel.

As the UnionGovernment and the StateGovernment haveemerged according to theConstitution, the above-mentioned case must besubmitted to the UnionGovernment through theChief minister. Therefore,he requested to change hisproposal to be changed tothe question.

Later, the Speaker ofAmyotha Hluttawannounced the change ofproposal submitted by UPaul Hlyan Lwin of ChinState Constituency-9 to thequestion.—MNA

48th Myanma Gems Emporium continues

Gems Emporium conti-nued for the seventh dayat Mani Yadana JadeHall here today.

Thecentral commi-ttee for holding Myan-mar Gems Empor-iumpresented gifts to 27gems merchants whoparticipated in the salesfor 10 consecutive yearsand to merchants who

attended the emporiumfor 15,20, 25,30 and 40conse-cutive years.

Merchants bought2932 jade lots throughthe tender system andthe sales will continuetomorrow.Today, altog-ether 8686 merchants athome and abroad visitedthe emporium which willlast till 22 March. —MNA

Moments of kissing balls

Jet, a Flatcoated

Retriever, poses

with breeder Jim

Irvine after

winning best in

show on the final

day of the Crufts

Dog Show in

Birmingham,

central England.

Arizona mangets

probation inbloodsucking

caseAn Arizona man has

been sentenced to threeyears of probation forstabbing a man whorefused to let him suckhis blood.

Maricopa CountySuperior Court says 24-year-old Aaron Homer,of Chandler, pleadedguilty to aggravatedassault and wassentenced Monday.

The ArizonaRepublic reports 25-year-old Robert Maleyonce let his roommatessuck his blood. Butwhen Maley refused asecond time on 4 Oct,he was stabbed.Chandler police saidMaley lived with Homerand his girlfriend.

Maley said the twomen were into “vampirestuff.”Creativity on finger heads.

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Ohioan’s $200mrefund promise

Ohio’s tax department says apromise that it would send a woman a$200 million refund check was amistake due to a software glitch.

The Sandusky Register reportsDenise Bossetti was among 9,700taxpayers statewide who receivedOhio Department of Taxation noticesabout mega-refunds. It’s not clear ifthe other amounts were as big as whatBossetti was told to expect. The womanfrom Huron in northern Ohio was senta letter dated 24 Jan saying her $200million refund could not be paid bydirect deposit so she’d be sent a check.

Bossetti says she and her boyfriendhad a “big laugh” over the letter.

Another dated a week laterexplained there’d been a softwareerror. Tax department spokesmanGary Gudmundson says the problemhas been fixed.

Snake dies after bitingsilicone breast

A huge snake died of silicone poisoning afterit bit the enhanced breast of a model during aphotoshoot.

Israeli Orit Fox was at a photoshoot in Tel Avivin which she alluringly used the boa constrictor.The snake suddenly lunged at her and bit herbreast, the Daily Mail reported Monday.

Fox was initially comfortable with the snakeand wrapped it around her legs, waist and neck.

She then licked the snake, loosening the gripon its neck. The snake then sank its fangs into herleft breast.

The model screamed for help, and an assistantstruggled to pull off the determined snake. After afew seconds, the snake released its grip.

Though Fox needed a tetanus shot in thehospital, it was the snake which came off worse asit died from silicone poisoning.

Twin sisters give birth todaughters 2 hours apart

Twin sisters have given birth tobaby girls only two hours apart - and inthe same Indianapolis hospital.

WTHR-TV in Indianapolis reportsthat 22-year-olds Charron (SHA’-ron)and Chardee (SHAR’-day) Hamptonwelcomed their daughters to the worldon Monday at St Vincent Women’sHospital. Charron Hampton was past herdue date and went to the hospital to beinduced. Shortly after, Chardee Hamptonwent into labour and rushed to the samehospital. WRTV says both babies wereborn in an uncommon face-up positionand measured 21 inches long.

The sisters are both engaged - andare deciding if they should share thesame wedding day too. CharronHampton named her daughter Chanise(SHA-niece) Amari Monroe, andChardee Hampton named her daughterTrinity Dominick (DOM-eh-nique)Brown.

Local and foreign gems merchants observing jade lots.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16March — 48th Myanma

Twilight Saga: “Breaking Dawn” starsevacuated due to tsunami warningBEIJING, 16 March—

“Breaking Dawn”, theproduction on “TheTwilight” has beenpostponed due to the tsunamiwarnings in Canada. Thecast and crew including stars

Kristen Stewart and TaylorLautner were forced toevacuate from the set of themovie.

This film, which isshooting in a VancouverIsland beach area in British

Columbia, has been delayedowing to tsunami advisoriesfollowing the strongearthquake that struck Japanearly on 12 March,according to a statementSummit Entertainment saidto MTV News.

Although the cast wasnot in any danger, the

“Twilight” co-stars alongwith the rest of the Wolf Packwere transported out of theregion for safety measures,reported US magazine. “Allcast and crew were evacuatedto base camp. Everyone issafe and sound,” writes aTwilight Sage page onFacebook.—Xinhua

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Japan shares surge; central bankadds further $43b

Australia mulls lifting ban on hemp foods

China legislator urges shark fin ban

Genetics is “Top of the Pops” in science research

A man looks at thestock price board on a

steet Wednesday, 16March, 2011 in Tokyo,

Japan.—INTERNET

TOKYO, 16 March —Japanese stocks reboundedon Wednesday, recoveringsome of the massive lossessustained the last two daysfollowing a devastatingearthquake and tsunami.Other Asian indexes alsobounced back despite thestill unknown impact of thedisaster that engulfed Ja-pan’s northeastern coast onFriday.

The benchmark Nikkei225 index temporarilysurged above 6 percent butthen softened after Japan

suspended operations toprevent a stricken nuclearplant from melting downafter a surge in radiationmade it too dangerous forworkers to remain at the fa-cility. The index ended itsmorning session up 4.4 per-cent to 8,981.14.

On Tuesday, the Nikkeiclosed at its lowest level inalmost two years after shed-ding more than 1,600 points,or 16 percent, in two days.

The plunge promptedTokyo Stock ExchangePresident Atsushi Saito torelease a statement lateTuesday calling for calm.He noted that the foreignmedia remained impressedby the potential power ofthe Japanese economy, andthat foreign investors werenet buyers the last two days.

“I also believe that Ja-pan’s experience, knowl-edge and technologies in thearea of recovering fromearthquakes should not beunderestimated and that thestock market will calmdown soon,” Saito said.

Internet

Australia’s food watchdog has said that it may liftits ban on food derived from hemp.—INTERNET

A researcher inserts a sample into a receptacleinside the “DNA Lab” at the Beijing Genomics

Institute in Shenzhen, southern China.—INTERNET

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (086)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINARBIMA VOY NO (086) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 17.3.2011 and cargo willbe discharged into the premises of A.W.P.T where itwill lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses andsubject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port ofYangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8am to 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Daynow declared as the third day after final discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPING LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

SYDNEY,16 March —Australia’s food watchdogsaid on Wednesday it maylift its ban on food derivedfrom hemp, with the manpushing for change prom-ising cannabis ice-creamif successful.

Hemp foods arewidely available in manyoverseas markets, includ-ing Europe, Canada andthe United States, andderegistered Sydney doc-tor Andrew Katelaris hasapplied for the rules to beoverturned in Australia.

Katelaris, who wasstruck off for supplyingmedical marijuana to pa-tients, said the seeds of in-dustrial hemp containedmore Omega 3 acids than

seafood.“We’re looking at

making ice cream andhealth food bars,” he toldThe Australian newspa-per.

“Our vision is thatanything you can do withsoy beans or dairy you

can do better with hempseed.”

Food Standards Aus-tralia New Zealand hasconducted a safety assess-ment to determine if therewere any risks associatedwith eating hemp foods,and found none.

“Hemp seeds, whichare the main part of thehemp plant utilised as afood source, have a fa-vourable nutritional profileand may offer an alterna-tive plant source for arange of nutrients,” it saidon its website.

But it remains con-cerned that advertiserscould claim that hempfoods have psychoactiveproperties and that con-sumption of them couldresult in positive drug testresults.—Internet

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SANG THAI OCEAN VOY NO (02)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SANG THAIOCEAN VOY NO (02) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 17.3.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of B.S.W-1 where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws 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: SANG THAI SHIPPING CO. LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

LONDON, 16 March —Genetics is still the hot-test area of scientificresearch, a decade onfrom the mapping of thehuman genome, despiteslow progress in translat-ing discoveries into new

medical treatments.A Thomson Reuters

Science Watch surveyfound seven of the top 13researchers in 2010worked in genetics, withEric Lander of the BroadInstitute of Harvard and

BEIJING, 16 March — A member of Chi-na’s parliament has proposed a ban on thetrade in shark fins, state press said onWednesday — a move that would likely

face huge opposition from the nation’sculinary traditionalists.

Shark fins are used to make a soupthat is a staple at high-end restaurantsthroughout China, and is often servedon special occasions.

But scientists blame the practice ofshark-finning — slicing off the fins oflive animals and then throwing themback in the water to die — for a world-wide collapse in shark populations.

“Only legislation can stop shark fintrading and reduce the killings ofsharks,” Xinhua news agency quotedDing Liguo, a billionaire delegate tothe National People’s Congress (NPC),as saying.

Enormous profits generated by theshark fin trade have led to over-fish-ing and the brutal slaughter of sharks,with some 30 species near extinction,he said.—Internet

File photo shows dead sharks in East Java,hunted for their fins and sold mostly toChina for shark fin soup. A member ofChina’s parliament has proposed a banon the trade in shark fins, state press saidon Wednesday — a move that would likelyface huge opposition from the nation’s culinary traditionalists.—INTERNET

MIT the world’s “hottest”researcher.

Lander’s work cov-ered genetic mappingand human disease,including lung cancer.

The annual survey, re-leased on Thursday,looks at research acrossdifferent scientificdisciplines and uses theWeb of Science databaseto see which papers pub-lished in the last twoyears are cited the mostby other scientists.

Ten years after the firstfull sequence of the hu-man genome was pub-lished, early expectationsof rapid breakthroughs infighting disease haveproved misplaced.

But academic interesthas not slackened, andscientists remain hopefulthat the tsunami of infor-mation unlocked bygenomics, or the study ofgenetic sequences, willeventually yield big divi-dends.—Internet

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar.

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, rain or thoundershowers have beenisolated in Upper Sagaing and Magway Regions, Kachin, Chinand Rakhine States, scattered in Lower Sagaing Region, Kayahand Kayin States, fairly widespread in Mandalay and TaninthayiRegions, Kayin State and widespread in the remaining Regionsand States with isolated heavy fall in Mon State. Daytemperatures were (5°C) to (6°C) below March averagetemperatures in Mandalay Region and Rakhine State, (7°C) to(10°C) below March average temperature in Magway, Yangon andAyeyawady Regions, Shan, Kayah and Kayin States, (11°C)below March average temperature in Bago Region and (5°C) to(6°C) above March average temperature in Taninthayi Regionand Kachin State and about March average temperatures in theremaining Regions and States. The significant day temperatureswas Maungtaw (36°C). The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Ye (4.29) inches, Ngathainggyaung (1.85) inches,Pathein (1.77) inches, Hmawby (1.73) inches, Hinthada (1.61)inche, Zaungtu (1.57) inches, Hsipaw (1.42) inches and Maubin(1.38) inches.

Nay Pyi TawMaximum temperature on 15-3-2011 was 85°F. Minimum

temperature on 16-3-2011 was 66°F. Relative humidity at (09:30)hours MST on 16-3-2011 was (100%). Rainfall on 16-3-2011was (Tr).

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 15-3-2011 was 82°F. Minimum

temperature on 16-3-2011 was 64°F. Relative humidity at (09:30)hours MST on 16-3-2011 was (96%). Total sunshine hours on

WEATHERWednesday, 16th March, 2011

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas 15-3-2011 was (Nil).Rainfall on 16-3-2011 was (0.91) inch at Mingaladon,

(1.02) inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.75) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was (3.98) inches at Mingaladon,(5.00) inches at Kaba-Aye and (5.63) inches at Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (10) mph fromNorth at (15:30) hours MST on 15-3-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy over the Northand West central Bay and partly cloudy to cloudy over theAndaman Sea and elsewhere Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 17th March 2011:Rain or thoundershowers will be isolated in Upper Sagaing andMagway Regions, Kachin State, scattered in Lower Sagaing andMandalay Regions, Rakhine State, fairly widespread towidespread in the remaining Regions and States with likelihoodof isolated heavy fall in Mon State. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Strong Easterly winds with moderate torough seas are likely at times Deltaic, Gulf of Mottama, off andalong Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in strong windmay reach (35) mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofcontinuation of rain or thundershowers in the Lower Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for17-3-2011: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certaintyis (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for17-3-2011: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for17-3-2011: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certaintyis (80%).

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7:00 am 1. Paritta By Hilly

Region Missionary

Sayadaw

7:15 am 2. Dhamma Puja Song 7:25 am 3. To Be Healthy

Exercise 7:30 am 4. Morning News 7:40 am 5. Nice & Sweet Song

7:50 am 6. Health Programme8:00 am 7. Dance Of National

Races8:10 am 8. Dance Variety8:20 am 9. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural PerformingArts Competitions

8:25 am10. Teleplay (Health)8:30 am11. Songs in honour of

(66)th AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

8:40 am12. International News8:45 am13. Musical Programme4:00 pm 1. Martial Song4:10 pm 2. Cute little Dancers

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Upholding NationalSpirit

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7:00 pm15. TV Drama Series8:00 pm16. News17. International News18. Weather Report19. Documentary20. TV Drama Series21. TV Drama Series

BEVERLY HILLS (Calif), 16 March—The US cablenetwork Encore says it is working on a feature-lengthdocumentary celebrating the life and career of comedyicon Jerry Lewis.

The actor, director, producer, writer andhumanitarian turns 85 Wednesday.

The documentary about him is currently inproduction. Slated to appear in the film are JerrySeinfeld, Alec Baldwin, Chevy Chase, WoodyHarrelson, Carol Burnett, Richard Lewis, Carl Reiner,Richard Belzer and John Landis.

Director-producer Gregg Barson has beenworking with Lewis for three years, filming him inaction on concert tours, as well as behind-the-scenesat the Muscular Dystrophy Association Telethon, ofwhich he is the national chairman and has helped

Encore to air Jerry Lewisdocumentary

Jerry Lewis speaksfollowing the opening ofthe Muscular Distrophy

Association’s 40th annualJerry Lewis MDA

Telethon held at theBeverly Hilton on 4 Sept,

2005.—INTERNET

raise $2.45 billion to date,Encore said.

“Watch and see howa crazy man made hisliving,” Lewis said in astatement Tuesday.

“This will not be atypical biography on him,but more of a candid lookat the man himself as hereflects on his career nowand over the years,”Stephan Shelanski,executive vice presidentof programming for StarzEntertainment, Encore’sparent company, said.

“It will remind us ofJerry’s true genius as acomedian.”—Internet

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Only with stability and peace will the nation developOnly with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

Anarchy begets anarchy, not democracyRiots beget riots, not democracyDemocracy can be introduced only through constitution

VOA, BBC-sowing hatredamong the peopleRFA, DVB-generating publicoutrageDo not allow ourselves to beswayed by killer broadcastsdesigned to cause troubles

People’s DesireWe favour peace and stabilityWe favour developmentWe oppose unrest and violenceWipe out those inciting unrestand violence

13th Waxing of Tabaung 1372 ME Thursday, 17 March, 2011

NAY PYI TAW, 16 March—The first regularsession of Amyotha Hluttaw was held for the 11th

day at Amyotha Hluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Buildinghere this morning.

The attendees numbered 220, accountingfor 98.65 per cent of the 223 Amyotha Hluttawrepresentatives, announced Amyotha Hluttaw

First regular session of Amyotha Hluttaw continuesRaising and replying to queries, holding discussions on pro-

posals, and changing proposal into question doneSpeaker U Khin Aung Myint.

Union level organization membersMinister for Immigration and Population U MaungOo and Minister for Energy U Lun Thi replied tothe questions about two-week visa for foreignersentering Myanmar through border checkpointsincluding Chin State by U Zon Hlyal Htan from

Chin State Constituency (2), about wrong state-ments in Citizenship Scrutiny Cards of citizens ofnational races including Shan by U Sai MyaMaung of Kachin State Constituency (10), andabout distribution of fuel by Dr Myat Nyana Soefrom Yangon Region Constituency (4).

(See page 8)

NAY PYI TAW, 16March—Prime MinisterU Thein Sein receivedFIFA President MrJoseph S. Blatter andparty at GovernmentOffice here thismorning.

Also present at thecall were Minister forSports Thura U Aye

Prime Minister receivesFIFA President

Myint, Director-GeneralU Thant Shin ofGovernment Office,Director-General UKyaw Kyaw of ProtocolDepartment of theMinistry of ForeignAffairs, President U ZawZaw of MyanmarFootball Federation,MFF Chief Executive

Officer U Than Zaw andofficials.

The meeting focusedon improving Myanmar’sfootball standard, up-grading football aca-demies in Myanmar andhosting XXVII SEAGames in Myanmar werediscussed.

MNA

Prime

Minister

U Thein

Sein

cordially

greets FIFA

President Mr

Joseph S.

Blatter at

Government

Office in

Nay Pyi

Taw.

MNA

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