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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

Friendship and harmony have beenfurther consolidated

The geographical features of our country, which include high mountain ranges and major rivers thatflow from the north to the south, make transportation difficult and impeded interactions among the nationalpeoples. Moreover, under colonialism, they were subject to many years of systematic divide-and-rulepractices. The national peoples become suspicious of one another, prompting our leaders to make strenuousefforts during the struggle for independence so that the central Myanmar and the mountainous regions couldgain independence together.

In the post-independence period, suspicions toward one another intensified, giving rise to multi-coloured insurgencies across the country.

So, during the time when the Tatmadaw has assumed the responsibilities of the State, east-west and north-south networks of motor roads,railroads and airports have been built. With improved transportation and communication, friendship and harmony among the national peoples havebeen further consolidated and progress has been achieved in the economic, health and education sectors of the states.

Senior General Than ShweChairman of the State Peace and Development Council

Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services(from the address delivered at the Passing out of Parade of No. 12 Intake of Defence Services Medical Academy)

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Feb—The second-day regular ses-sion of the First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw took place atPyidaungsu Hluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building here at 10am today. It was attended by Speaker of PyidaungsuHluttaw U Khin Aung Myint, Speaker of Pyithu HluttawThura U Shwe Mann and representatives of PyithuHluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw.

At the meeting, Hluttaw Office Director-General UMyint Thein acted as master of ceremonies.

After taking position, Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker UKhin Aung Myint announced the validity and start of thesession as 658 out of 659 representatives of PyidaungsuHluttaw who have the right to attend today’s session werepresent accounting for 99.85 percent attendance.

According to the agenda, the speaker of PyidaungsuHluttaw presented the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw thesubmission made by the elected president in accordwith the Section 202, Sub-section (a) of the constitutionof the Republic of the Union of Myanmar andPyidaungsu Hluttaw Rule 24 to designate the numberof the ministries of the Union Government as 34.

(See page 7)

Second-day regular session of First Pyidaungsu Hluttaw takes place

Designated numbers of Union Governmentministries, Union ministers submitted

Second-day regular session of First PyidaungsuHluttaw in progress at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

Hall of Hluttaw Building.—MNA

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Wednesday, 9 February, 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

Boost production of all cropsMyanmar’s sown acreage of crops stands at

more than 57 million. With over 16 million acresof monsoon paddy and over three million acres ofsummer paddy, the nation produces over 1500million baskets of paddy a year. The nation alsostands at the top list of green gram, pigeon peaand black gram exporting countries.

Myanmar is now making a great stride ineconomic growth with agriculture as the base.More than 200 dams and sluice gates have beenbuilt across the nation for supply of sufficientirrigation water.

So far, the acreage of irrigated farmlandshas reached over two million. Outputs of graincrops such as paddy, wheat and corn, edible oilcrops such as sesame, groundnut and sunflowerand industrial raw crops such as cotton, juteand sugarcane are on the increase due tofavourable conditions and supply of irrigationwater.

It has yet to make sustained efforts to boostproduction of crops, especially highly saleableones. In a bid to boost agricultural production, itis needed to collect data and statistics exactly,such as sown acreage and harvested acreage ofcrops, per acre yield, and total outputs.

Related service personnel are responsible forfulfilling requirements of the agriculturaldevelopment in the regions where their offices arebased. In particular, they have to provideadvanced methods and agricultural assistancefor boosting per acre yields of crops.

Now, assistance of advanced agriculturalmethods is rendered constantly. Farmers have towork harder than ever in all aspects, making gooduse of good agricultural foundations to helptransform the nation into an agro-basedindustrialized nation.

Gusto to open programming course

YANGON, 8 Feb—Gusto Computer TrainingSchool will conductapplied programmingcourses for those wishingto become successfulcomputer programmers.

The curriculumcovering both pro-gramming techniques and

case-study is designed topromote problem solvingskills, creative thinkingskills of trainees forpractical use so that traineescan self-study new pro-gramming languages..

Those interested maycontact Gusto ComputerTraining School at No. 26,14th Street (Lower Block),Lanmadaw Township,here, Ph: 0986-28806, 01-73031302 and 01-224496.

MNA

Car collision leaves one dead, 10 injuredsome pedestrians atTamagon roundabout inHlinethaya Township,Yangon Region at about7:30 pm on 3 February.

The collision causedslight damage to thetrishaw and the betel quidshop, leaving 8-year-oldchild dead, and five menand five women injured.The victims were rushedto Hlinethaya Hospital. Inconnection with the case,a local traffic police station

has filed a lawsuit againstthe driver formanslaughter, seriouslyinjuring the victims,reckless driving and failureto report. The drivers arein need of paying seriousattention to driving incrowded places and in dimlight. A relative of thevictim commented thatcareless driving is a highprice to pay not only forthe people but also for theState.—MNA

Press conference on Education, Living andHealth Care Exhibition held

YANGON, 8 Feb—Apress briefing onEducation, Living andHealth Care Exhibition,was held at the CentralHotel on Bogyoke AungSan Street here thismorning.

Managing Director of

Jade Crown OrganizingGroup U Paing Soe YaKyaw explained thepurpose of holding theshow, deputy generalmanager U Soe Min Naingof Shine Construction,main sponsor, the showand managing director U

Thaw Myo Naung ofUnique Model Agency,entertainment pro-gramme.

The exhibitionorganized by Jade CrownOrganizing Group will beheld at TatmadawConvention Hall on U

Wisara Road from 25 to28 February. Thosewishing to take part in theexhibition contact JadeCrown OrganizationGroup, No.204, Firstfloor, 39th Street (middleblock), KyauktadaTownship and dial 01-73098593, 01-73138593, 01-73148593and 09-8630440.—MNA

9th AGM ofMyanmar

Info-Tech on26 Feb

YANGON, 8 Feb —Myanmar Info-TechCorporation Ltd will holdits 9th annual generalmeeting for 2009-2010fiscal year at MyanmarInfo-Tech here on 26

Construction Minister inspects upgrading ofKoebin-Thagara Road

NAY PYI TAW, 8Feb—Minister forConstruction U KhinMaung Myint yesterdayinspected tarmacking ofKoebin-Thagara Roadbetween mile post Nos.82/4 and 82/5, mile postNo. 65/7 andcompacting of the roadwith the use of road rollerbetween mile post Nos.60/1 and 60/2.

The minister alsoinspec ted p lac ingasphal t and gravelsand const ruct ion ofbox culverts along theroad.

MNA

Worn-out bank notes exchangeableNAY PYI TAW, 8 Feb—Bank notes in bad condition

in circulation in the public are now exchangeable inthe Central Bank of Myanmar and branches of theMyanma Economic Bank in States and Regions.

Previously, too damaged bank notes could beexchanged with good ones only at the Worn-outBank Note Exchange Section of the CurrencyDepartment of the Central Bank of Myanmar at 198at the corner of Strand Road and Bo Sun Pek Streetin Pabedan Township, Yangon. For the convenience

of the people, exhausted bank notes areexchangeable at the Currency Department of theCentral Bank of Myanmar at Office (55) onYazathingaha Street, Ottarathiri Township, NayPyi Taw District, starting from 1 November 2010,and at the branch of the Central Bank of Myanmaron First Floor of Branch (1) of the MyanmaEconomic Bank at the corner of 82nd Street and 26th

Street in Mandalay starting from 3 January 2011.MNA

February, 2011.The Myanmar Info-

Tech has invited itsmembers to participatein the meeting. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Feb—A Yaza Jeep driving atbreakneck speed onYangon-Pathein Roadsmashed into a trishaw, abetel quid shop and then

Landfall kills two, injures two othersNAY PYI TAW, 8 Feb – A landslide killed two people

and injured two others as they were digging at the sideof a mountain in Hpa-an Township, Kayin State, on 4February.

The landslide fell down all of a sudden while 30villagers or so were digging at the side of a mountain valleyin Paingyan Village in Hpa-an Township, Kayin State at4.30 pm for paving the village road, it is leant. — MNA

Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myint looks intotarmacking of Koebin-Thagara Road.—CONSTRUCTION

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Carnival in flames: fire destroyssamba warehouses

RIO DE JANEIRO, 8 Feb—Rio de Janeiro’s world-famed Carnivalwent up in flames Monday for thousands of people who spentnearly a year preparing for the spectacular event.

Seamstresses, set designers and musicians watched in tears asfirefighters struggled to control a blaze that raged throughwarehouses holding many of the elaborate costumes and floatsthey had assembled for this year’s samba parade.

With just a month left before the 6 March start of the competition,there is no way to fully replace them. “Do you know what it feelslike to work all day, into the night, to make this happen, and thenthis?” asked Graziela Goncalves Carvalho, a seamstress withUniao da Ilha do Governador, one of the groups that appeared tohave suffered heavy losses. “It’s over. There’s nothing. ThisCarnival is over for us.” Three hours after the fire, 120 firefightershad controlled the flames that appeared to have severely damagedwarehouses belonging to three of the samba organizations thatcompete in the two-day parade, as well as Independent League ofSamba Groups that organizes the event, according to Dimas deAlmeida Neto, spokesman for Rio’s fire department.—Internet

Firefighters try to extinguish a firefrom a warehouse in Samba City,Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, on 7 Feb,

2011.—INTERNET

Russia, US must go on withwork of arms reduction

MOSCOW, 8 Feb— Afterthe new strategic armsreduction treaty (START)came into force, efforts onthe further reduction ofstrategic arms betweenRussia and the UnitedStates must be continued,a Russian official said onMonday.

Russian Deputy For-eign Minister SergeiRyabkov hailed the newSTART treaty as a “newgood start” in Russian-USrelations, saying the twocountry “should keep themomentum and movefurther with this positiveagenda.” However, Rya-bkov warned that althoughthe two countries have

Suicide bomb in south Afghanistankills interpreter

KANDAHAR, 8 Feb—Asuicide bomber killed anAfghan interpreterworking for US forces inan attack on a customsoffice in Afghanistan’ssouthern KandaharProvince Monday, policesaid.

The bomber appearedto target US troopsmeeting Afghan customs

Afghan policemen keep watch at the site of anincident in Kandahar Province on 7 Feb,

2011.—INTERNET

officials at the compoundnear the main city inKandahar Province, theheartland of the Taleban-led insurgency.

The NATO-ledInternational SecurityAssistance Force (ISAF)said one person was killedand five wounded,including two ISAF servicemembers.

Kandahar provincialpolice chief MohammadMujahid told Reuters thatthe interpreter was killedwhen a teenage suicidebomber blew himself upnear a group of US soldiersand Afghan officials.Violence in Afghanistan isat its worst since theoverthrow of the Talebanin 2001, with civilian andmilitary casualties hittingrecord levels in 2010.

US and NATO-ledforces say they have madesignificant gains in theviolent provinces ofKandahar and Helmandon Afghanistan’s sou-thern border withPakistan, but attacks arestill frequent and themilitancy appears to bespreading to previouslypeaceful areas of the northand west.—Reuters

225 rescued in Indonesian ferry fire

JAKARTA, 8 Feb—More than 200passengers have been rescued froman Indonesian ferry that caught fireearly Tuesday off the coast of thecountry’s capital, Jakarta, thetransport ministry said.

The ferry, which was travelling toBatam island, south of Singapore,was 26 kilometres (16 miles) north ofJakarta when the blaze broke out at3:35 am (2035 GMT Monday),ministry spokesman Bambang Ervansaid.

The fire was extinguished about90 minutes later, he added.

“All 225 passengers on board theSelvia were rescued,” Ervan said,

The outline of a ferryis seen on the horizonclose to Jakarta. Morethan 200 passengershave been rescued

from an Indonesianferry that caught fire

early Tuesday close tothe country’s capital,the transport ministry

said.—INTERNET

adding the government has launchedan investigation into the cause of thefire. A passenger who was travellingwith her young son told local televisionshe was asleep when an explosionoccurred.

“I was woken up by a loudexplosion at about 3:00 am and Iheard people saying that the enginehas blown up,” Kurnia said.

“I saw thick smoke and rushed tofind a life jacket. I then felt that the theship started to tilt to the left.”

The incident came after nearly 30people were killed earlier this monthwhen a ferry with more than 400 peopleon board caught fire.—Internet

Afghan policemen and US soldiers are seen atthe scene of a car bomb explosion in Kandahar

south of Kabul, Afghanistan on Friday, on 4Feb, 2011. Officials and witnesses say a car

bomb exploded outside a house owned by thepolice chief in the southern province of

Kandahar. It’s the second attack on him thisweek.—INTERNET

taken “an important step”to strengthen the nuclearnonproliferation regime,Russia would still considerits fulfillment of the newSTART if the United Stateskeeps mounting missiledefence.

“If the United Statesincreases the size andquality of missile defenceindividually or togetherwith NATO partners, aquestion will arise whetherRussia should furthercomply with the treaty orother measures, includingmilitary-technical mea-sures, would be necessaryin response to the newsituation,” Ryabkovsaid.—Xinhua

Rumsfeld admits ‘possible’Iraq troop mistakes

WASHINGTON, 8 Feb—Former defence secretaryDonald Rumsfeld releases his new memoir Tuesday,as he concedes his Iraq troop decisions may havebeen wrong while sparing no criticism of formercolleagues.

In “Known and Unknown,” Rumsfeld defendshis handling of the war and recounts his governmentcareer serving Republican presidents from RichardNixon to George W Bush.

The former defence secretary was reluctant toendorse Bush’s assessment that the decision todraw down US troops shortly after the 2003 invasionof Iraq was “the most important failure in theexecution of the war.”

“I don’t have enough confidence to say thatthat’s right. I think that it’s possible,” Rumsfeld toldABC News anchor Diane Sawyer.—Internet

Iraqi army officer killed inbomb attack in BaghdadBAGHDAD, 8 Feb— A senior Iraqi army officer

was killed and four people wounded in twin roadsidebomb explosions in Baghdad on Tuesday, an InteriorMinistry source said.

Staff Brigadier General Ehsan Ali Mohammedfrom the Defence Ministry was killed when aroadside bomb detonated outside his home inBaghdad’s western al-Ghazaliyah District while hewas leaving for work, the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity. Later, another roadsidebomb went off at the scene when Iraqi securityforces and civilians gathered at the site of the firstblast, wounding two policemen, a soldier and acivilian, the source said. The latest attacks are partof a wave of assassinations by militant groupsagainst Iraqi security members and civilians.

Xinhua

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UK’s ancient secrets may be buried withold bones

LONDON, 8 Feb—Top Britisharchaeologists are urging thegovernment to rethink a law requiringhuman remains be reburied, warningit risks undermining years of researchinto the island’s ancient peoples andstudy of their DNA.

The row stems from thereinterpretation of a law introducedin 2008 by the Ministry of Justice.The rule states human bonesdiscovered in England and Walessince that time, regardless of theirage, must be re-interred after twoyears.

In a letter to Justice SecretaryKenneth Clarke, 40 academicscomplained experts would have toolittle time to study the remains and

that reburial would result in theneedless destruction of immenselyvaluable material.

Important sites that will be affectedinclude Stonehenge and a Viking massburial pit near Weymouth on the southcoast.

Many archaeologists believesecrets about ancient tribes and earlyhumans in Britain could be lost toscience forever if the rule is applied.Thousands of sites could be affectedin the future, they say.

“Britain risks losing its leadingrole in archaeology, a decline that willbe observed by a mystifiedinternational scientific community,”the letter said.

Internet

A Zimbabwean farm workerharvests pumpkins on aSouth African farm in2008. Floods and heavy

rain across southern Africahave damaged thousands of

hectares of farmland andmore may be hit in coming

weeks, raising fears forfood supplies, according to

the UN food agency.INTERNET

Pandas weren’t always vegetariansMALAGA, 8 Feb—The

giant panda, a well-known vegetarian, mayhave given up eatingmeat more recently thanpreviously believed,Spanish researchers say.

Researchers havelong thought pandas’ancestors began switc-hing from meat tobamboo 7 million yearsago and were strictlyvegetarians by 2 millionyears ago.

However, a newstudy suggests some oldhabits die hard, New-Scientist.com reportedMonday.

Researchers at theUniversity of Malaga inSpain compared theskulls of the living giantpanda with two extinctpanda species: a pygmypanda, Ailuropodamicrota, which roamedthe Earth 2 million yearsago, and the 100,000-year-old Ailuropodabaconi.

They also analyzedthe skulls of 171 livingbear species that don’teat bamboo.

From comparison ofthe skulls the researcherswere able to makedeterminations abouttheir likely dietarypreferences.

The skulls of theliving pandas andAiluropoda baconi wereso similar both likelychewed the same food:bamboo.

But the 2 million-year-old pygmy pandahadn’t completed theadaptation, its skull

suggesting it probablyhad a weaker bite thantoday’s giant panda thatwould not have beenable to break thickbamboo stems, so it mayhave supplemented itsvegetarian diet withmeat.

So while a geneticstudy has suggested thegiant panda lineage lostthe capacity to taste flesh4.2 million years ago, atleast one ancestorseemed to have had ahard time kicking thecarnivorous habit.

Internet

Cellphone security threats rise sharply

Apple may go all-digital onsoftware sales

CUPERTINO, 8 Feb—US technology giant Appleis considering making better use of its retail spaceby dropping boxed-software sales, companyobservers said.

MacRumors reported software sales could behandled only at the Mac App Store, freeing up shelfspace in retail stores for iPhones and computers,which have a higher profit margin.

AppleInsider said Monday several popularsoftware options, such as iWork and iLife, wereavailable as downloads, but some, such as MicrosoftOffice and Adobe Photoshop, are not yet sold at theMac App Store.

Apple listed “Software, Service and Other Sales”as its second-smallest revenue-generator in its fiscalfourth quarter for 2011, taking in $786 million insales. iPad sales in the same quarter created $4.6billion in revenue, although the iPad is less than ayear old, AppleInsider said.—Internet

An Amazon Kindle.Amazon on

Monday released apreview version of a

Kindle softwareupdate that putselectronic book

readers on the samepage with friends

still clinging to inkand paper works.

INTERNET

LONDON, 8 Feb—Cellphone securitythreats rose sharply lastyear as a proliferation ofInternet-enabled mobiledevices like smartph-ones and tablets providednew opportunities forcybercriminals, securitysoftware maker McAfee(MFE.N) said.

In its fourth-quarterthreat report, released onTuesday, McAfee saidthe number of pieces ofnew cellphone malwareit found in 2010 rose 46percent over 2009’slevel. “As more usersaccess the Internet from

an ever-expanding poolof devices — computer,tablet, smartphone orInternet TV — web-basedthreats will continue togrow in size andsophistication,” it said.

McAfee, which isbeing bought by Intel(INTC.O) for $7.68billion, said it expectedPDF and Flash makerAdobe (ADBE.O) toremain a favourite ofcybercriminals this year,after it overtookMicrosoft (MSFT.O) inpopularity as a target in2010.

It attributed the trend

to Adobe’s greaterpopularity in mobiledevices and non-Microsoft environments,coupled with theongoing widespread useof PDF document files toconvey malware.

Reuters

Dolls of “Barbie” and herfriend “Ken” in wedding

dresses are pictured in2007 at the InternationalToy Fair in Nuremberg,

Germany. Facebook usersare being asked to vote onwhether one of the mosticonic US couples ever

should be reunited after aseven-year split.

INTERNET

Dancers perform“Thousand-hand

Bodhisattva” duringthe “Cultures of

China, Festival ofSpring” performance

in London, Britain, on7 Feb, 2011. Over 50

Chinese artists,organized by theOverseas Chinese

Affairs Office of theChinese State Councilas one of the “Cultures

of China, Festival ofSpring” performance

groups, which are sentabroad to celebrate the

Chinese lunar newyear every year,

presented their show tooverseas Chinese

people in London onMonday.—XINHUA

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Health Tip: Symptoms that may indicatepreeclampsia

Preeclampsia occurs when a pregnant woman’s blood pressure spikesrapidly. It can lead to stroke, organ failure and other life-threatening conditionsin both the mother and baby.

The American Congress of Obstetricians and Gynecologists says possiblewarning signs of preeclampsia include:

* Headaches.* Vision abnormalities.* Quickly gaining weight.* Swollen face and hands.—Internet

A doctor holding bloodsamples. Doctors inFrance on Monday

announced the country’sfirst birth of a “savioursibling,” selected at theembryonic stage to be aclose genetic match tosave a brother or sistersuffering from a fatal

inherited disorder.INTERNET

Photo illustration of a MRI machine set up for

detailed scans of the brain. People who are

genetically predisposed to produce lower

amounts of a certain brain chemical that

regulates appetite and stress may be at higher

risk of severe depression, researchers said

Monday.—INTERNET

Binge drinking a ruralproblem, too

NUREMBERG, 8 Feb—Binge drinking is oftenconsidered an urban problem, but Germanresearchers say binge drinking in rural areas ismore of a problem than previously thought.

Dr Carolin Donath of the Psychiatric UniversityClinic Erlangen in Nuremberg examined thedrinking patterns of more than 44,000 teens ages15 and 16 in Germany.

The study, published in the journal BMC PublicHealth, found more than 93 percent of the youngpeople from the countryside and more than 86percent of those from urban areas had tried alcohol.

Of the adolescents who had drunk alcohol inthe last month, 78 percent from rural areas and 74percent from cities said they had five or moredrinks at one time.

“Whilst there is awareness of the problems ofbinge drinking in towns and cities, this studydemonstrates that both drinking and binge drinkingare as much of a problem for rural teenagers,”Donath says in a statement.—Internet

Benefits to exercising outdoorsEXETER, (England), 8 Feb—There are unique

benefits to exercising or physical activity outdoors,researchers in Britain say.

A systematic review by a team at the PeninsulaCollege of Medicine and Dentistry — run inpartnership with the University of Exeter and theUniversity of Plymouth — and colleagues analyzedexisting studies including 11 randomized and non-randomized control trials incorporating informationfrom 833 adults.

The study, published in the journalEnvironmental Science and Technology, foundthat most studies showed an improvement in mentalwell-being compared with exercising indoors.

Exercising in natural environments is associatedwith greater feelings of revitalization, increasedenergy and positive engagement, together withdecreases in tension, confusion, anger anddepression. The study participants also reportedgreater enjoyment and satisfaction with outdooractivity and stated that they were more likely torepeat the activity at a later date, the study says.

Internet

Toyota reports drop inquarterly profit

TOKYO, 8 Feb—Toyota reported a 39 percentdrop in quarterly profit but raised its full-yearforecast, citing a global auto sales recovery.

Toyota Motor Corp, the world’s biggestautomaker, reported Tuesday a fiscal third quarterprofit of 93.63 billion yen ($1.1 billion), downfrom 153 billion yen in the October-Decemberquarter of 2009.

Quarterly sales at the Japanese automakerdeclined 1.2 percent to 4.673 trillion yen.

Internet

Recovery hopes boost Japan stocksSINGAPORE, 8 Feb—

Asian shares struggledfor traction on Tuesday,despite gains on WallStreet, but Japan’s Nikkeitouched a 9-month highas hopes of a sustainedeconomic recovery forthe rich world encouragedinvestors to switch fundsfrom emerging todeveloped markets.

The euro drifted backfrom a two-week lowplumbed after surprisingweak German industrialorders data, but fadingexpectations of a near-

Traders work on

the floor of the

New York Stock

Exchange, on 1

Feb, 2011.

INTERNET

term eurozone interestrate rise stopped thesingle currency pushinghigher.

Merger activitydrove US stocks to two-and-half year highs onMonday, when the DowJones industrial average(DJI) and broader S&P500 (SPX) both rose 0.6percent.

Market players inTokyo said better-than-expected earningsreports from US andJapanese companieshave accelerated a shift

of money out of inflation-dogged emerging mar-kets and into developedmarkets with loosemonetary policies.

Reuters

Toyota Motor Corp’s logo is seen behind atraffic sign in Yokohama, south of Tokyo,

on 26 Jan, 2011.INTERNET

Dollar ends flat, as does goldNEW YORK, 8 Feb—Gold prices were flat Monday

in New York, adding 90 cents to $1,349.90 per troyounce, as the dollar started strong, then faded as theday progressed. Equities on Wall Street posted gainsas March contract crude oil on the New York MercantileExchange lost $1.77 to $87.26 per barrel.

Germany announced factory orders in Decemberfell 3.4 percent, which gave the dollar strength relativeto the euro. By late afternoon, however, the dollar

index was down 0.1 percent. The euro fell to $1.3583from Friday’s $1.359. Against the yen, the dollar roseto 82.3 yen from Friday’s 82.2 yen.

The dollar was mixed in Europe and mostly lowerin Asia. In India, the dollar fell to 45.32 rupee from45.579 rupee. The US dollar dropped to 7.7827 HongKong dollars from 7.787 HKD. The dollar fell to1,102 South Korean won from 1,113.96 won.

Internet

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Firework warehouse blast kills two,injures four in NE China

CHANGCHUN, 8 Feb— A blast thatoccurred at a firework warehouse inBaicheng City, northeast China’s JilinProvince, Tuesday morning has lefttwo dead and four others injured.

The first blast broke out at 11:06am and triggered firework explosionsthat continued for more than two hoursand diffused heavy smoke, before itwas contained, according to

Firefighters are

seen at an

explosion site

in Baicheng

City, north

China’s Jilin

Province, on 8

Feb, 2011.

XINHUA

firefighters.The injured have beensent to hospital. Eighty-fivefirefighters and 15 fire engines weredispatched to fight the fire, whichburnt an area of 2,300 square meters,according to the fire brigade. Thewarehouse owned by TianyiGroceries Co Ltd is located four kmaway from the city proper ofBaicheng.—Xinhua

Hong Kong holiday gives young loversring of confidence

BEIJING, 8 Feb—Beijing bank clerk LiuChang, 26, and herfiance, Gao Shan, 28, arecounting the cost ofyoung love —skyrocketing housingprices and the cost of theiro n c e - i n - a - l i f e t i m ewedding ceremony.

“We are tighteningour belts after paying a600,000-yuan downpayment on a 70-square-metre home with the helpof our parents, and thewedding ceremony willcost at least 30,000yuan,” says Liu.

So why did theysplash out on a week-long holiday in HongKong and Macao just afew months before theirbig day?

Doing the sums, theyreckon they saved 4,000yuan (608 US dollars) bybuying their weddingrings in Hong Kong,

where the absence of salestax and a strengtheningyuan, the Chinesecurrency, are drawing arising tide of youngmainland lovebirds.

“At any jewelry storein the Causeway Bayshopping centre, you cansee swarms of youngChinese tourists like us,”says Liu.

“We used the money

Nikkei closes atfresh 9-month

highTOKYO, 8 Feb—

Tokyo stocks climbed toa fresh nine-month highTuesday with the keyNikkei index jumping0.41 percent.

The benchmarkNikkei 225 Averageadvanced 43.94 pointsfrom Monday to10,635.98, marking afresh closing high since 6May, 2010. The broaderTopix index was up 3.57points, or 0.38 percent, to944.00.

The leading winnersincluded insurance,banking and warehousesectors, while the pulp andpaper, rubber products,and electricity and gassectors were among thedecliners.

Trading volume onthe main section contractedto 2,143 million sharesfrom 2,159 million onMonday.—Xinhua

Nine friends die inVietnam at New Year

partyHANOI, 8 Feb—Vietnamese police say nine

friends died during a lunar New Year party afterthey started a car parked inside a house to playmusic following an electricity outage.

Police in Hai Phong said Monday that sevenmen and two women, all in their 20s, died ofapparent carbon monoxide poisoning earlySunday.

A police officer says the car was started afterthe power went out. Its headlights and stereo wereturned on inside the 20-square-metre (215-square-foot) house, which had all windows and doorsclosed. The officer identified himself only as Lebecause he was not authorized to speak to reporters.

Pham Van Thuc, 27, owned the house, and heand his fiance were among the dead. Le says theman’s father discovered the bodies Sundayafternoon.

Internet

S Korea to make film of Somali piracyraid

SEOUL, 8 Feb—The South Koreannavy’s dramatic raid on Somali pirateswho hijacked a ship will be made intoan action film, a Seoul movie producersaid Tuesday.

Navy commandos rescued theSamho Jewelry, an 11,500-tonfreighter hijacked in the Arabian Sea,and its 21 crew — including eightSouth Koreans — in a dramatic pre-dawn raid.

Five pirates were killed in the 21January operation. The South Koreancaptain was wounded but none of theother crew members was injured.

During the much-praised mission,the navy captured five pirates who

Handout photo from thesouth Korean Navy showselite soldiers storming aship hijacked by Somali

pirates in the IndianOcean. The South

Korean navy’s dramaticraid on the hijack group

will be made into anaction film, a Seoulmovie producer saidTuesday.—INTERNET

Photo taken on 7 Feb,2011 shows lanterns in

Ruian City, east China’sZhejiang Province. Alantern show was held

during the Spring Festivalholiday here.—XINHUA

we saved having a week-long holiday, taking inthe sights of Hong Kongand Macao,” says Liu.

The value of theyuan, or renminbi, hasrisen steadily against theHong Kong dollar, whichis pegged to the USdollar, from about 1 to0.93 in 1997 to thecurrent 1 to 1.18.

Xinhua

Russian company to develop artificialintelligence in China

MOSCOW, 8 Feb— Russia’s leadinganti-malware company, KasperskyLab, planned to invest 10 million USdollars in the Chinese software market,Moscow’s RBC Daily reportedTuesday.

The company would develop itsNanosemantics artificial intelligence(AI) project in China, opening aresearch and development centre therethis spring, co-owner NataliaKasperskaya said. Eight million dollarsout of the funding would be invested

Buffalos fight during acompetition in Dazhai

Village of Anshun,southwest China’s

Guizhou Province, on7 Feb, 2011. The4-day competition

attracted nearly 200buffalos from nearby

regions. —XINHUA

by a local Chinese partner, whose nameKasperskaya declined to reveal. “TheChinese AI market is empty so far, sowe have ambitious plans for theintroduction and development of ourtechnology,” she said. The number ofpeople using the Internet in China roseto 457 million by the end of 2010, up73.3 million from a year earlier,meaning more than a third of theChinese population is online, accordingto the China Internet NetworkInformation Centre (CNNIC).—Xinhua

were later flown to South Korea toface possible trial.

The upcoming movie willresemble “Saving Private Ryan”, aHollywood epic about a group ofWorld War II US soldiers goingbehind enemy lines to rescue aparatrooper, said a spokesman forproduction house ChristmasEntertainment.

“This is such dramatic, perfectmaterial for a movie,” said thespokesman, adding production willcost about 20 billion won ($18million). He said the story will largelycentre on members of the UDT/SEALunits who staged the rescue.—Internet

Firefighters are

seen at an

explosion site

in Baicheng

City, north

China’s Jilin

Province, on 8

Feb, 2011.

XINHUA

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(from page 1)Next, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw

speaker announced that the repre-sentatives may discuss matters re-lated to the designated number ofthe Union Government ministries attomorrow’s session if they have todo so and that those who are going todiscuss are to register at the office ofthe director-general of Hluttaw Officethis evening.

Second-day regularsession of FirstPyidaungsuHluttaw…

Then, the speaker of PyidaungsuHluttaw submitted to the PyidaungsuHluttaw the number of Unionministers to be designated as 30, putforward by the elected president inaccord with Section-202 Sub-section(b) of the constitution of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar andPyidaungsu Hluttaw Rule 24.

The Pyidaungsu Hluttaw speakerannounced that the representatives maydiscuss matters related to the desig-nated number of Union ministers attomorrow’s session if they were will-ing to and that those wishing to discusswere to register at the office of thedirector-general of Hluttaw Office thisevening.

1. Ministry of Defence 2. Ministry of Home Affairs 3. Ministry of Border Affairs 4. Ministry of Foreign Affairs 5. Ministry of Information 6. Ministry of Agriculture and

Irrigation 7. Ministry of Finance and

Revenue 8. Ministry of Construction 9. Ministry of National Planning

and Economic Development10. Ministry of Commerce11. Ministry of Communications,

Posts and Telegraphs12. Ministry of Social Welfare,

The 34 designated UnionGovernment ministries submitted toPyidaungsu Hluttaw are as follows:

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Feb—A mine blastoccurred in the forest about two milessouthwest of Myittalinmyaing villagein Myawady, Kayin State on 6 Febru-ary while Maung Ye Ko Oo, MaungThan Naing, Maung Than Tun, U ToeKo and Ko Khin Naing Oo were cuttingwoods. The mine went off when the

KNU's mine injures innocent civiliansbranch fell onto the ground where itwas planted by KNU insurgent group.

The mine blast left Maung ThanNaing both eyes injured and Maung YeKo Oo, his face. The victims are nowunder treatment at Myawady People’sHospital. Officials concerned areproviding necessary assistances. —MNA

Relief and Resettlement13. Ministry of Forestry14. Ministry of Livestock and

Fisheries15. Ministry of Mines16. Ministry of Cooperatives17. Ministry of Labour18. Ministry of Transport19. Ministry of Hotels and Tourism20. Ministry of Industry-121. Ministry of Industry-222. Ministry of Rail Transportation23. Ministry of Energy24. Ministry of Electric Power No. 125. Ministry of Electric Power No. 226. Ministry of Education27. Ministry of Health28. Ministry of Culture29. Ministry of Religious Affairs

30. Ministry of Science andTechnology

31. Ministry of Immigration andPopulation

32. Ministry of Sports33. Ministry of President’s Office34. Ministry of Myanma Industrial

DevelopmentLater, the speaker of Pyidaungsu

Hluttaw announced that the second-day session ended and that the third-day session continues tomorrow at10 am.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Feb —A Myanmardelegation led by Member of CivilService Selection and Training Board USoe Oo arrived back here after paying astudy tour of Public ServiceOrganizations in New Delhi, Jaipur andAgra from 31st January to 5th February,2011.

The Myanmar delegation paid astudy tour of the Indian Institute of PublicAdministration (IIPA) and Foreign Serv-ice Institute (FSI) under the supervisionof Ministry of External Affairs in NewDelhi on 31st January. The delegationvisited the Union Public Service Com-mission on 1st February, the State Insti-

Myanmar delegation back home afterpaying study visit to India

tute of Public Administration and Officeof the Public Administrator in Jaipur on2nd February, and Taj Mahal in Agra on3rd February. On the last day, 4thFebruary, the Myanmar delegation vis-ited places of interest around New Delhi.

The Myanmar delegation consistedof 17 members from Office of the StatePeace and Development Council, PrimeMinister's Office, Ministry of Health,Ministry of Information, Ministry of Co-operatives, Ministry of Culture, CivilService Selection and Training Boardand Mandalay City DevelopmentCommittee.

MNA

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung

Myint submits lists of ministries and

ministers of Union Government to

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw.—MNA

Arrival of Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representa-

tives at Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Building.

MNA

Pyidaungsu Hluttaw representatives sign attendance book.—MNA

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8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 9 February, 2011

National brethrenUnited we stand

POEM

Cultivate patriotic spirit correctlyHAILING THE 64thANNIVERSARY UNION DAY:

Tun Lin Latt

Union Day as testimony* Nectar they collect for honey

Busy building hive as home

Roam actively honeybees

* Well organized and in harmony

Tiny creatures with strong will

Termite-hills they set up

* Food they are gathering

Working with perseverance

Little ants in action night and day

* Attacking enemy in waves

Brave are the crows

So much they love their kin

* Blood thicker than water

Ever with efficiency

Unity at heart

Safeguard community

* At Panglong in harmony

Energy for solidarity

Nationalities of Union

Brethren with alertness

Awareness and courage also

Restored independence of Myanmar

Our flesh and blood

Hearts of nobleness

Strength and solidity

Enemy they defeat

Reach the age of prosperity

Testimony, the Union Day

Hailing the 64th Anniversary Union Day

Nyunt Hlaing Win-Kungyangon (Trs)

Everyone considers that they have a greatlove of their countries. And everyone hates to beconsidered to lack patriotic spirit. Then, whatshould be set as a yardstick to judge whether aperson is patriotic or not?

In the course of the nation’s history, thereare many patriotic heroes who have sacrificedtheir lives and property in national interests,aspired by their patriotism, whereas there aremany traitors harming national interests.

For instance, while marching by water along theAyeyawady River to occupy Yadanabon royal city,British colonialists asked a national traitor Ba Thanto be sitting on the head of the warship to disguisehimself as Prince Shwe Gyobyu to avoid defensiveattacks to be launched by Myanmar patriots. In thetime of the British rule also, there were manynational people who turned traitors to the nation tocurry favour with the colonialists, and so were manynational people in the time of Fascists.

If a citizen wants to prove that he really loves hismotherland, he has to put his words of patriotisminto practice. Some are up in arms under the pretextof national unity, national reconciliation, nationalconsolidation and national integration. However, inpractice, all they are doing is just to harm national

integration.In the parliamentary democracy period, some

Shan chieftains demanded federal system, takingadvantage of the defects of Panglong Agreement,which could lead to national disintegration. Therefore,the Tatmadaw had to take over State power in 1962.Later, that attracted a demand that the nation practisereal union system. Many considered that the demandwas not much different from federal system.

Now, some groups are very loud to holdsecond Panglong Conference or 21st centuryPanglong Conference. What for? They shouldnotice that the objective conditions of the nationnow in the 21st century are different from thatwhile first Panglong Conference was on its way inthe 20th century.

First Panglong Conference was aimed athelping both highlands and mainland regainindependence together from the Britishgovernment, breaking up the British colonialists’intention of granting only mainland independence,setting aside highlands.

Now, there have emerged Pyithu Hluttaw,Amyotha Hluttaw, and Region/State Hluttawsaccording to the constitution. National races havebeen bestowed the right to submit their affairs tohluttaws for discussion.

Panglong Agreement is designed to help the wholecountry, states and mainland, achieve independencethrough consolidated unity of national races, and toaddress issues of internal affairs without alienintervention, living in harmony with Union Spirit.

In the Union of Myanmar, a multiethnic country,every national race wants to stand as a national race,and enjoy rights and development equally withother counterparts.

The 2008 constitution of the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar gives guarantee to fulfil all theseaspirations of national races.

Regarding rights of a national race, Article(3) of the constitution says “The State is wheremulti-national races collectively reside”. AndArticle (355) says “Every citizen shall have the

right to settle and reside in any place within theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar”.

In connection with equal rights of all nationalraces, Article (34) says “Every citizen is equallyentitled to freedom of conscience and the right tofreely profess and practise religion subject to publicorder, morality or health and to the other provisionsof this constitution”.

Article (370) says “Every citizen has, in accordwith the law, the right to conduct business freelyin the Union, for national economic development”.So, it grants equitable development of all nationalraces. Article 22 (c) says “The State shall assist topromote socio-economic development includingeducation,

(See page 9)

In connection with equal rights of all nationalraces, Article (34) says “Every citizen is equallyentitled to freedom of conscience and the rightto freely profess and practise religion subject topublic order, morality or health and to theother provisions of this constitution”.

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1. For all national races to safeguard the national policy—Non-disintegration of the Union,

Non-disintegration of national solidarity, and Perpetuation of sovereignty

2. For all national races to keep Union Spirit ever alive and dynamic among national people

3. For all national races to wipe out, through national solidarity, disruptions caused to

peace, stability and development of the nation by internal and external subversives

4. For all national races to make efforts with might and main to build a modern, developed

discipline-flourishing democratic nation in accordance with the State Constitution

approved by the great majority of the people

5. For all national races to work in concert with national unity for perpetuation of the Union

that has existed for thousands of years

Objectives of 64th Anniversary Union Day (2011)

HAILING THE 64thANNIVERSARY UNION DAY:

Thon Nadi

Cultivate patriotic spirit correctlyTun Lin Latt

(from page 8)health, economy,transport andcommunication, soforth, of less-development nationalraces.” That indicatesthat the State giveshigh priority to theinterests of nationalraces.

The constitutionprescribes hluttaws offive self-administeredzones and one self-administered division inaddition to sevenRegions, seven States, ofthe Union of Myanmar.They have the rights toexercise legislative,judicial and executivepowers respectively.Moreover, exceptrespective national races,any other national racewhose populationconstitutes 0.1 percent orabove of the populationof the Union will have the

right to elect arepresentative to dealwith the affairs of thenational race concerned.So, all national races willhave the rights to decidetheir future.

Colonialists exer-cised the dive-and-rulepolicy to undermine theunity of national raceswith the intention ofextending their colonialrule over Myanmar.Now, ex te rna le lements who a reanxious to pu tMyanmar under theirpolitical control areresorting to all possibleways and means to sowdoubt and ha t redamong national races.

National races haveto value and develop theirown races, languages,literatures, traditions andcultures, but keep offextremes.

National races

residing in variousparts of the nation havedifferent languages,traditions, cultures andcustoms according togeographical features.Indeed, they are thesame, nationalbrethren who weredescended from thoseof Tibet highlands.

Adhering to the

saying that goes “Bloodis thicker than water”, allnational races workedclosely in the times ofrepulsing attackslaunched on Myanmar byBritish colonialists and

Fascists.Therefore, I would

like to urge the entirepeople to cultivate astrong sense ofpatriotic spirit forensuring non-

Stay united forever

Adhering to the saying thatgoes “Blood is thicker thanwater”, all national racesworked closely in the times ofrepulsing attacks launched onMyanmar by British colonialistsand Fascists. Therefore, I wouldlike to urge the entire people tocultivate a strong sense ofpatriotic spirit for ensuring non-disintegration of the Union,non-disintegration of nationalsolidarity and perpetuation ofsovereignty.

disintegration of theUnion, non-disintegration ofnational solidarity andperpetuation ofsovereignty.

Translation: MS

Surely disunity among nationalraces will create obstacles tonational peace and progress.

I agree.

Because of disagreements, we arebehind others in development.Actually, it is a lesson for us all.

Ta-ta!

Bye!

Accordingly, all the nationalpeople should be in unity based onUnion Spirit. Only then, will thenation be free from all kinds ofsufferings resulting fromdisintegration of Union.

Absolutelyright.

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HAILING 64TH ANNIVERSARY UNION DAY

(from page 16)The State Peace and Development Council made greater efforts than ever

before to ensure significant development of the whole Union in its bid to remedythe issue that the nation has lagged behind others countries in development. Thegovernment has been strengthening national unity by narrowing gaps among thenational races and generating equitable development of highlands and plains.

To have equitable development in the regions which lagged behind, thegovernment implemented development programme across the country. Likeother Regions and States, Chin State has achieved progress in all aspect. Chin Statesees significant progress, compared with the olden days. Due to the government’sgenuine goodwill, Chin State is gaining development momentum along with otherStates and Regions, as evidenced by a comparison of the present condition withthe past.

(See page 11)

Colourful Chin State

Chin State gaining development momentum in thetime of State Peace and Development Council

Development of Chin State

1. Farmland areas acres 170977 331953 160976

2. Dam dam - 1 1

3. Reserved forest sq/mile 605 645.10 40.10

4. Protected forest sq/mile - 1335.20 1335.20

5. Motor road mile 928 1670 742

6. Above-180-foot bridge bridge 2 5 3

7. Post office office 28 52 24

8. Telegraph office office 11 24 13

9. Telephone office office 8 30 22

10. Microwave station station - 6 6

11. Hydropower plant plant 4 10 6

12. University/college university/college - 1 1

13. Technological University university - 1 1

14. University of

Computer Studies university - 1 1

15. Basic education school school 1089 1183 94

16. Governmental

Technical High School school - 1 1

17. Hospital hospital 18 24 6

Sr Subject Unit 1988 2010 Progress

Digital auto-exchange of Myanma Posts and Telecommunicationsseen in Tiddim of Chin State.

Chin State General Hospital (200-bed) in Haka to provide healthcare services to local people.

New General Hospital (200-bed)

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HAILING 64TH ANNIVERSARY UNION DAY

Projects to be implemented for the progress of Chin State

(from page 10)

Government Technical High School

Government Technical High School seen at

entrance to Haka.

Manhsawng Bridge

Photo shows magnificent ManhsawngBridge seen with Chin mountain range in

the background.

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0.7 megawatt

upgrading to

all- weather

road

Sr Subject Location Remark

1. Laingvar hydropower sub-station Falam

2. 124-mile-long Kalay-Falam-Haka road Chin State

3. 86-mile-long Gangaw-Haka road

4. 173 miles and three furlongs long Mindat-

Matupi-Rezwa-Haka road

5. 57-mile-long Thaingngin-Reedkhoda road

6. 80-mile-long Tiddim-Tongzan-Kyikhar road

7. Government Technical High School Tiddim Under construction

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Chilean makes bomb threatto keep her man at home

SANTIAGO, 8 Feb — People are capable of doingmany things for love. What Grace Guajardo didforced the evacuation of more than 300 people froma plane moments before take off.

Authorities say she phoned in a false bomb threatto keep her boyfriend from flying off to a new job.

“I’m sorry, but I did it for love,” Guajardo saidMonday after she was charged with making a falsebomb threat. Freed pending trial, she faces up to 61days in jail if convicted. Prosecutors decided not toinvoke the more severe anti-terrorism law after hear-ing the couple’s story.—Internet

Grace Guajardo, right, from Chile, accompanied byher couple, Rodrigo Gomez, leaves the court whereshe was taken after making a bomb threat to keepGomez’s flight from taking off in Santiago, Chile, on 7 Feb, 2011. —INTERNET

Assange faces‘denial of justice’:

lawyerLONDON, 8 Feb —

WikiLeaks founder JulianAssange would face a “fla-grant denial of justice” ifextradited to Sweden overallegations of rape andmolestation, his lawyertold a court Monday.

The 39-year-old Aus-tralian could face the deathpenalty if further extra-dited to the United Stateson separate charges relat-ing to WikiLeaks, his law-yer Geoffrey Robertsonsaid at the start of a two-day extradition hearing inLondon.

Swedish prosecutorswant to question the whis-tle-blowing website’schief over allegations heraped one woman in Swe-den and molested another,moves which Assangeclaims are politically mo-tivated. Robertson said arape trial in Sweden wouldviolate Assange’s humanrights.—Internet

WikiLeaks founderJulian Assange

Ministry of TransportMyanma Airways

Invitation to Tender The following aircrafts and components belonging toMyanma Airways are invited to tender. Tender forms in-cluding concerning facts can be achieved at Administra-tion Department, Myanma Airways, No. 104, Kanna Road,Yangon. The sealed tender will submit at the last date of15th February 2011.

(a) Two F-27 aircrafts with flyable condition (as iswhere is)

(b) One F-28 MK-1000 aircraft (Beyond EconomicalRepair) (only hull)

(c) Twenty two Rolls-Royce Dart Engines (beyondeconomical repair)

(d) F-27 components (Serviceable) (132 items)MYANMA AIRWAYS

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV OCEAN PEARL VOY NO (-)Consignees of cargo carried on MV OCEAN

PEARL VOY NO (-) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 9.2.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subjectto the byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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 dischargeof cargo from the Vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S KOOK YANG SHIPPINGCO, LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI PRESTIGE VOY NO (30811)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATIPRESTIGE VOY NO (30811) are hereby notifiedthat the vessel will be arriving on 9.2.2011 andcargo will be discharged into the premises of M.I.T.Twhere it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expensesand subject to the byelaws and conditions of thePort of Yangon.

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 dischargeof cargo from the Vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S GATI COAST TO COASTPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

US not ready for Arcticoil drilling

WASHINGTON, 8 Feb — The United States is ill-equipped to deal with a major oil catastrophe inAlaska, the Coast Guard admiral who led the USresponse to the massive Gulf of Mexico oil spilland others warn.

Only one of the US Coast Guard’s three icebreakers is operational and would be available torespond to a disaster off Alaska’s northern coast,which is icebound for much of the year, retiredadmiral Thad Allen told reporters this week.

Former Alaska lieutenant governor Fran Ulmersaid that before drilling in the Arctic, the UnitedStates must “invest in the Coast Guard.”

Internet

Sudan makes preparationsfor next world capital

A picture provided

by BP shows pipes

at an oil production

facility in Prudhoe

Bay, Alsaka.

INTERNET

JUBA, 8 Feb — Themud-hut town of Juba hasearned a promotion toworld capital later this year.Only Southern Sudanneeds far more than its owncurrency and a national an-them: Most of the roadshere are dirt and even aidworkers live in shippingcontainers. In a little morethan five months, SouthernSudan is slated to becomethe world’s newest coun-try. Final results from lastmonth’s independence ref-erendum announced on

Monday show that 98.8percent of the ballots castwere for secession fromSudan’s north.

Juba is oil-rich butlacks the embassies andskyscrapers of other worldcapitals. There was only amile or two of pavementhere just a year ago, andthe local archives arestored in a tent. Many,though, see great poten-tial, and are excitedly look-ing forward to controllingtheir own destiny.

Internet

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News Album

NEW YORK, 8 Feb—From Michael Jacksonto James Brown,Harlem’s The ApolloTheater is famed forhelping launch some ofthe most successfulfigures in US blackentertainment andmarking their influencein popular culture.

A new exhibit,“Ain’t Nothing Like theReal Thing,” displaysimages, videos andartifacts includinginstruments, shoes andcostumes from musicgreats such as EllaFitzgerald, Ray Charles,Louis Armstrong, MilesDavis and Sammy DavisJr who performed at thetheater over the past 75years.

Reuters

Neighbour buries shovel thief’s carA Chicago man who says his security camera

recorded a neighbour stealing his snow shovel gothis revenge by using his snowblower to bury thewoman’s car.

David Welles, who posted the video toYouTube, said it depicts his neighbour, a womanhe does not know, walking through a gate, climbinghis front steps and taking the snow shovel from hisporch Thursday following the 20.2-inch snowfallthat buried the area Tuesday and Wednesday,WBBM-AM, Chicago, reported Monday.

Welles said he was particularly upset by thetheft because he had promised to finish building anigloo for his 2-year-old daughter, Mayson, WGN-TV, Chicago, reported.

Triplet cows the latest in a long line

Md lawmakersface off on chess

boardMaryland lawmakers

said they have kicked offthis year’s bipartisan, inter-cameral chess tourna-ment, which willeventually crown a cham-pion of the Legislature.

The lawmakers saidthe tournament, whichspun off from a chess eventorganized after the 2009session, began last weekand involves members ofthe Senate and House ofDelegates playing againstone another in theirrespective chambers,leading to a showdownbetween the top playersof the two chambers 14March, The Baltimore Sunreported Monday.

Animal Planet joins Bigfoot searchCable network

Animal Planet said acamera crew will join aBigfoot search led by aNorth Carolina man whoclaims to havevideotaped the legendaryape in 2009.

Tahli Kouperstein,director of communi-cations for the AnimalPlanet, said the cameracrew will follow Bigfootseeker Michael Greeneof Salisbury as he looks

Saturday for theSasquatch in theUwharrie National Forestin Montgomery County,the Charlotte Observerreported Monday.

“They are usingmodern technology tofinally find the legendaryand elusive creature,”Kouperstein said. He saidthe footage will be part ofthe network’s six-partseries on US Bigfootsightings.

A statue of bigfoot inSilver Lake, Washington

courtesy of Plazak viaWikimedia Commons.

Natalie Portman, bestactress nominee forher role in “Black

Swan”, arrives at thenominees luncheonfor the 83rd annual

Academy Awards inBeverly Hills,

California on 7 Feb,2011. —XINHUA

Oscar producers seek tweeting moms onawards night

BEVERLY HILLS, 8Feb—Oscar organizersrolled out the digital redcarpet on Monday,unveiling their slogan

Costume designerJenny Beavan posesfor a portrait beforethe Academy AwardNominees Luncheonin Beverly Hills, Calif,on Monday, on 7 Feb,

2011.—INTERNET

“you’re invited” for theupcoming film honours,detailing a Web-friendlyshow and inviting thenominees’ mothers to

tweet on Hollywood’s bignight.

At Monday’s Oscarnominees luncheon, whichis one of the most exclusiveof the annual AcademyAward gatherings, topstars such as NataliePortman, Nicole Kidmanand Javier Bardem turnedout to get their “classpicture” taken, listen to tipson acceptance speechesand rub elbows with fellowstars.—Reuters

Paltrow, Levi to sing at Oscarsceremony

Cohen and Don Mischer.Paltrow will perform

“Coming Home” from herfilm “Country Strong” atthe 83rd Academy Awards27 Feb at the KodakTheatre at Hollywood &Highland Centre. Theevent is to be televised liveon the ABC TelevisionNetwork. Original Songnominees AR Rahman andFlorence Welch, ofFlorence + the Machine,will perform “If I Rise”from the film “127 Hours.”Rahman is nominated forwriting the music, whileDido and Rollo Armstrongare also nominated for thesong’s lyrics.

Internet

Gwyneth Paltrow.INTERNET

BEVERLY HILLS, 8Feb—Gwyneth Paltrowand Zachary Levi havebeen booked to sing at theupcoming Oscars cere-mony in Los Angeles, saidtelecast producers Bruce

NY exhibitpays

homage toApollo,

black musicgreats

Idina Menzel brings some Gaga to the PhilharmonicNEW YORK, 8 Feb—

“Hey you guys, don’t youfeel that you’ve arrived,playing this song?”quipped singer IdinaMenzel to the assembledelite musicians of the NewYork Philharmonic. Theywere in the middle ofperforming Lady Gaga’s“Poker Face,” for the firstand quite possibly the lasttime.

Menzel, the Tony-winning “Wicked” star,was making herPhilharmonic debut with a

one-woman show over theweekend, part of anongoing concert tour. Anddespite the rarifiedenvironment of LincolnCenter’s Avery Fisher Hall,she wasn’t going to ignore

In this 5 Feb, 2011publicity image

released by the NewYork Philharmonic,

Idina Menzel performswith the New York

Philharmonic at AveryFisher Hall in New

York.—INTERNET

any Gleeks that might havebeen lurking in theaudience — fans, that is,of the Fox megahit “Glee,”on which she has arecurring guest role.

Internet

The video next depicts Welles using hissnowblower to bury the woman’s car in snow andconcludes with footage of the woman spending 4hours clearing her car Friday morning.

An Arkansas farmersaid triplet calves bornon his property comefrom a line with a longhistory of multiplebirths.

David Jones ofJonesboro said themother cow, whichgave birth to the triplets25Jan, was herself atriplet and her motherand grandmother bothgave birth to several setsof twins and triplets,The Jonesboro Sunreported Monday.

Jones said the father

also came from a set oftriplets, all butguaranteeing therewould be a multiplebirth.

The farmer said thetriplets born in January,two males and a female,each weighed morethan 40 pounds at thetime of their birth.

He said cows withmultiples usually gointo labor early, but themother gave birth toher triplets about 13days past her estimateddue date.

Jones said henamed the calves afteranother famousthreesome — Larry,Curly and Moe.

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McClaren sacked byWolfsburg

Santander show Portugalthe door

Rooney set for new courtbattle with former agents

Malaga keeper sidelined forrest of season

Mark Wilson wins playoff atPhoenix Open

Ricco in hospital after takenill in training

Racing Santandercoach Miguel AngelPortugal.—INTERNET

MADRID, 8 Feb — Rac-ing Santander on Mon-day sacked coach MiguelAngel Portugal, its firstchange since the strug-gling Spanish first divi-sion side was bought lastmonth by Indian billion-aire Ahsan Ali Syed.

“Racing havereached an agreementwith Miguel AngelPortugal on the cancella-tion of his contract,” theclub said in a statementposted on its web site.

The club, based in thenorthern port city ofSantander, are 16th in thestandings, one pointabove the relegationplaces.

Syed, the founder ofBahrain-based asset man-ager Western Gulf Advi-sory, has said he wantsto focus on talent, and not

big names, in his questto create a “great” club.

“We want to sign tal-ented players, managerswith talent, financial of-ficers with talent. Every-thing to create a consist-ent club, a great club,” hesaid in an interview pub-lished in Spanish sportsdaily AS last week.

Syed made an unsuc-cessful 300-million-pound (480-million-dol-lar) bid to buy EnglishPremier League sideBlackburn Rovers earlierthis season.—Internet

LONDON, 8 Feb —Wayne Rooney will facea new court battle afterhis former agents weregiven leave to appealover a £4.3-million($6.6-million) claim theyhave brought against theManchester United andEngland striker.

A judge ruled at Man-chester Mercantile Courtin July last year that theagreement betweensports management firmProactive and Rooney fora 20 percent commissionfor a number of deals wasunenforceable.

The judge added thatthe eight-year contractRooney signed as ayoung Everton player

was “an unreasonable re-straint” of his trade whenthe Football Associationrecommended amaximum of two years.

But appeal judge LordJustice Alan Ward saidMonday that Proactivedid have a prospect ofsuccess in its argumentsover Rooney’s contract.

Internet

Wayne Rooney willface a new court battleafter his former agents.

INTERNET

SCOTTSDALE, 8 Feb —Packers fan Mark Wilsoncelebrated a big victoryof his own on a playingfield about as close tofrozen tundra as it gets onthe PGA Tour.

A self-describedcheesehead fromMenomonee Falls, Wis.,Wilson won the frost-de-layed Phoenix Open onMonday for his secondvictory in three starts thisyear, holing a 9-footbirdie putt on the secondhole of a playoff withJason Dufner.

“I’m just enjoying theride here and that’s justkind of the way I’m go-

ing to look at the yearhere, just ride this train aslong as I can,” Wilsonsaid.

After playing untildark Sunday and fulfill-ing some parental duties,he was able to watchonly a few minutes of theSuper Bowl.

“I had to wash Lane’sface and put his jammieson, and I had to eat, too,”Wilson said. “The chaos,with two little kids run-ning around — I like thechaos; it’s a good distrac-tion. But at that time, Iwant to at least get towatch the last 15 minutesof this game. Thisdoesn’t happen everyyear, the Packers in theSuper Bowl.

“Luckily, my son, af-ter we played CandyLand in the middle of thefourth quarter, he said,`OK, the last two minuteswe can watch ittogether.’ So we watchedthat last stand, and I washappy that theysomehow pulled it off.”

Delays for frost andfrozen turf the first fourdays forced the Mondayfinish.—Internet

Mark Wilson reactsafter winning the

Phoenix Open PGA golftournament.—INTERNET

S P O R T S

Malaga keeperSergio Asenjo

MADRID, 8 Feb —Malaga keeper SergioAsenjo will require sur-gery on a right knee injuryhe picked up during aweekend league matchand will miss the rest of theseason, the Spanish clubsaid on Monday.

Medical tests carriedout on the 21-year-oldconfirmed a tear on the

ligament of his right kneeand he will undergo sur-gery later this week, it saidin a statement.

“The recovery period isestimated at some six toeight months,” the clubsaid.

Asenjo was carried offthe pitch after just eightminutes of his side’s goal-less draw against Sevillaon Sunday after his rightboot got caught in the turfof the pitch at Sevilla’sSanchez Pizjuan stadium.

The Spain Under-21international was replacedby substitute keeperFrancesc Arnau.

Internet

Walcott glad of belatedCapello backing

Ex-England coachSteve McClaren

BERLIN, 8 Feb — Ex-England coach SteveMcClaren was on Mondaysacked by Bundesliga sideWolfsburg after just sevenmonths in charge with hisside just one point off fromthe relegation zone.

The 49-year-old be-came the first English man-ager to coach in theBundesliga last August, butMcClaren has been dis-missed in the wake of Sat-urday’s 1-0 defeat at Hano-ver, when he criticised starplayer Diego for missing apenalty.

McClaren’s co-trainerPierre Littbarski will takeover as caretaker coach.

“We were no longersure that we could workwith Steve McClaren untilthe end of the season withsome stability,” said direc-tor of sport Dieter Hoenessin a statement.

“We have tried to makethings work for as long aspossible, but we have lostfaith that we can bring suc-cess.”—Internet

Italian cyclistRiccardo Ricco

ROME, 8 Feb — Italiancyclist Riccardo Riccohas been hospitalised af-ter he was taken ill dur-ing training, Italian newsagency ANSA reportedlate Monday.

The Vacansoleil racerwas first reported to be ina critical condition butlater reports said he wasmaking progress.

ANSA said that “hisstate of health, critical tostart off with - accordingto the Nuovo OspedaleCivile Sant’AgostinoEstense di Baggiovaraclinic - has improved,”but the report reservedany judgement on further

progress. Rubinho Ricco,the racer’s father, said hehad suffered a “kidneyfailure” after a Sundaytraining session amid re-ports he could be suffer-ing from kidney stones.

He added his son wasconscious and talkingwhile the hospital said itwould update the racer’snews Tuesday afternoon.

Internet

Chelsea’s Cech picked as top2010 Czech player

Arsenal playerTheo Walcott

LONDON, 8 Feb — TheoWalcott revealed on Mon-day he had been inspiredby Fabio Capello’s admis-sion that leaving the Ar-senal winger out of hissquad for last year’sWorld Cup in South Af-rica had been a “mistake”.

Walcott finds himselfback in the fold ahead ofthe first England match of2011, a friendly away to

Denmark, and he is set tobe in the starting XI in Co-penhagen on Wednesday.

As for Capello conced-ing he’d made an error inWalcott’s case, the 21-year-old Gunners flyer tolda news conference at Eng-land’s hotel on Monday:“It’s a nice quote and that’shelped me out so much thisseason, it’s shown that themanager’s taken responsi-bility for what he did.

“I had a good pre-sea-son and started the seasonbrightly, it’s always nicewhen the manager’s gotfaith in you - even thoughI didn’t go to the WorldCup.—Internet

Chelsea goalkeeperPetr Cech

PRAGUE, 8 Feb — Chel-sea goalkeeper Petr Cechbecame the Czech foot-baller of the year 2010 ata ceremony in Prague onMonday, winning the tro-phy for the third consecu-tive time and for thefourth time overall.

“I’ll never grow tiredof this, it’s a great hon-our,” said the 28-year-oldCech, with 78 appear-ances for the Czech na-tional team, after beingpicked by players,coaches, officials andjournalists.

“I’m glad my workhas been valued as excel-lent, and I believe this isnot the last time I’mhere,” added Cech, who

won ahead of Arsenalmidfielder TomasRosicky and Atletico Ma-drid defender TomasUjfalusi.

The ceremony washeld two days before the80th birthday of Czechmidfielder Josef Masopust,the 1962 Ballon D’Or win-ner and playmaker of theCzechoslovak team thatmade it to the final of theWorld Cup in Chile in thesame year..—Internet

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 9 February, 2011 15

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.

Wednesday,9 February

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr. M.S.T.During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Taninthayi Region, Kachin and Rakhine States,generally fair in the remaining Regions and States. Nighttemperatures were (3°C) to (4°C) below February averagetemperature in Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Regions, Northern Shan and Kayin States,(5°C) to (6°C) below February average temperatures in UpperSagaing Region and Chin State, (3°C) above Februaryaverage temperatures in Rakhine and Mon State and aboutFebruary average temperatures in the remaining Regions andStates. The significant night temperatures were Haka (0°C),Lashio and Pinlaung (3°C) each, Namhsan and Heho (4°C)each.

Nay Pyi Taw Maximum temperature on 7-2-2011 was 92°F.

Minimum temperature on 8-2-2011 was 57°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 8-2-2011 was (73%).Rainfall on 8-2-2011 was (Nil).

Yangon (Kaba-Aye)Maximum temperature on 7-2-2011 was 92°F. Minimum

temperature on 8-2-2011 was 62°F. Relative humidity at(09:30) hours MST on 8-2-2011 was (63%). Total sunshine

WEATHERTuesday, 8th February , 2011

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas hours on 7-2-2011 was (9.8) hours (Approx).Rainfall on 8-2-2011 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-

Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2011 was(1.97) inches at Mingaladon , (1.89) inches at Kaba-Aye and(3.54) inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed atYangon (Kaba-Aye) was (9) mph from Northwest at (14:30)hours MST on 7-2-2011.

Bay Inference: Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy inthe Southwest Bay and partly cloudy in Andaman Seaand Southeast Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bayof Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of the 9th February 2011:Light rain are possible to be isolated in Upper SagaingRegion and Kachin State, Weather will be partly cloudyin Taninthayi Region and Shan State and generally fair inthe remaining Regions and States. Degree of certainty is(40%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood ofisolated light rain in the extreme Northern Myanmarareas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for9-2-2011: Generally fair weather .

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for9-2-2011: Generally fair weather .

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for9-2-2011: Generally fair weather .

Transmissions Times

Local - (09:00am ~ 11:00am)MSTOversea Transmission - (9-2-11 09:30 am ~

10-2-11 09:30 am) MST

Local Transmission* Opening* News* Residing in the Union with...Union Spirit

(Mon State)* News* Those who never give up* News* Record Album* Rakhine Ordination, Novitiation & Ear-boring

Auspicious Ceremony* News* Song* The Pre-shooting Ritual of

“Pan Kyar Wut Hmon” FilmOversea Transmission* Opening* News* Residing in the Union with...Union Spirit

(Mon State)* News* Those who never give up* News* Record Album* Rakhine Ordination, Novitiation & Ear-boring

Auspicious Ceremony* News* Song* The Pre-shooting Ritual of

“Pan Kyar Wut Hmon” Film* News* “Youth of the Future” (Episode-1) Golfer* News* Myanmar Traditional Instruments

“Myanmar Dram”* News* Silk-Ware from Amarapura* Music Gallery* News* Mile of Road...Piles of Hope

(Pathein-Monywa Motor Road) (part-II)* Myanmar Movie “Unchangeable Love”

MYANMAR INTERNATIONAL

Programme Schedule(9-2-2011) (Wednesday)

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Min Gun 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 Programme

8:10 am

7. Cultural Dances

8:20 am

8. Myanmar Traditional

Cultural Performing

Arts Competition

8:25 am

9. Teleplay (Health)

8:30 am

10. 64th Anniversary

Union Day Programme

8:40 am

11. International News

8:45 am

12. Musical Programme

4:00 pm

1. Martial Song

4:05 pm

2. Classical Songs

4:10 pm 3. 64th Anniversary

Union Day Programme

4:25 pm 4. 2011 University

EntranceExamination(Geography)

5:00 pm 5. Songs For

UpholdingNational Spirit

5:05 pm 6. 64th Anniversary

Union Day Programme

5:15 pm 7. “ASEAN”

Programmes5:25 pm 8. Melody Tunes

(SogyaPyawshwinTay Thansin)

6:00 pm 9. Evening News6:15 pm10. Weather Report6:20 pm11. Traditional Boxing6:30 pm12. Shwe Yin Chone

Than7:00 pm13. Ratha Pawlwin

ThayotesaungLwin Pyin(Character Contest)

7:30 pm14. Union Day

Programme8:00 pm15. News16. International News17. Weather Report18. Korea NG Award19. TV Drama Series20. Myanmar Drama

A mother and her son pose for a photo

surrounded by peony blossom in a garden in

Guangzhou, capital of south China’s

Guangdong Province. Over 30 types of peony,

China’s national flower, went on show in

Guangzhou on Sunday.

XINHUA

Peru discovers gold andsilver beds

LIMA, 8 Feb—Peruvian Energy and MiningMinistry (MEM) on Monday reported the discoveryof large gold and silver beds in the north of thePeruvian Andes, in Cajamarca region, some 850kilometres northeast to Lima, the country’s capital.

According to a MEM statement the gold bed is of1.34 million ounces and the silver one of 33.3 millionounces.

The statement was published in the context of the7th International Congress of Exploration “ProExplo2011” being hosted in Lima with the attendance ofgeologists from all the world and executives fromcompanies specialized on the location of new beds.

The MEM said that the discovered gold bed couldbe of even 6 kilometres long and more than 400metres deep.

This gold-silver bed is located between the twomain gold beds already being exploited.—Xinhua

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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

6th Waxing of Tabodwe 1372 ME Wednesday, 9 February, 2011

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Significant night temperatures(8-2-2011)

Haka (0º C)Lashio (3º C)Pinlaung (3º C)Namhsan (4º C)Heho (4º C)

Colourful Chin State

Chin State gaining development momentum inthe time of State Peace and Development Council

Chin State with a total area of 13906.92square miles lies at the western part of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar. In Chin State, Chinnational has long been living together with Mro,Khami and Bamar. It is mountainous region andhas few plains. There exists ravines stretching

from north to south. Mt Victoria or Kaw Nu Symmis the highest mountain in Chin State, reaching ata height of 10,200 feet above sea level. There aremany creeks in the State. Manipura River flowsthrough the north of the State.

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Var Bridge in Chin State.

Chin State gainingdevelopment momen-

tum in the time of StatePeace and Development

Council

Cultivatepatriotic spirit

correctly

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Union Day astestimony

* Nectar they collect forhoneyBusy building hive as homeRoam actively honeybees

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