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4th Waning of Tawthalin 1368 ME Sunday, 10 September, 2006Volume XIV, Number 147

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 9Sept — The coordinationmeeting No 3/2006 of theNational Convention Con-vening Commission, theNational Convention Con-vening Work Committeeand the National Conven-tion Convening Manage-ment Committee was heldat the meeting hall ofNCCC, here, at 2 pm to-day, with an address byChairman of NCCC Sec-retary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil Lt-Gen Thein Sein.

Also present on theoccasion were membersof the National Conven-tion Convening Commis-sion, the chairman, thevice-chairman and secre-taries of National Conven-tion Convening Work

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein attends work coordination meeting3/2006 of NCCC, NCC Work Committee, NCC Management Committee

National Convention will resume atNyaunghnapin Camp on 10 October

Committee, vice-chair-men and secretaries ofNational Convention Con-vening Management Com-mittee.

Joint Secretary of

NCCC Director-GeneralU Myint Thein of thePyithu Hluttaw Officeacted as MC.

First, NCCC Chair-man Secretary-1 Lt-Gen

Thein Sein delivered anaddress that it was the 3/2006 coordination meet-ing of NCCC, NCC WorkCommittee and NCCC

All the delegates of eight NC delegate groupswill be invited to the National Convention, exceptthose who have passed away, those who could nolonger serve the duties of delegates of the NationalConvention on the grounds of illness and old age,and delegates of State Service Personnel who haveretired.

All the NC delegates are to report not later than 7 October

(See page 8)

Chairmanof NCCC

Secretary-1Lt-Gen

Thein Seinaddressesthe workcoordina-tion meet-

ing( 3/2006).

MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 10 September, 2006

Sunday, 10 September, 2006

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

People’s Desire

Rural folks have nowaccess to clean water

The government has laid down and is

implementing projects for development of bor-

der areas and national races, the 24 special

development regions and the five rural devel-

opment tasks.

The Ministry for Progress of Border

Areas and National Races and Development

Affairs held the 12th cash donation ceremony

recently for the supply of clean water in rural

area.

From the first to 11th cash donation cer-

emonies, altogether 1,649 wellwishers donated

over K 1,306 million, US$ 76,752, Euro 770

plus FEC 10,012. The generous donations went

to sinking of 1,655 tubewells in three arid di-

visions and 461 tubewells in other states and

divisions, totalling 2,116.

From 2000-2001 fiscal year up to July of

2006-2007 fiscal year, altogether 7,776 villages

out of 8,042 in three arid divisions have been

provided with clean water, representing 97 per

cent coverage of the project. Likewise, 8,490

villages out of 15,183 villages in other states

and divisions have now access to clean water,

accounting for 56 per cent coverage of the

project.

Tasks for the supply of potable water in

rural area are being implemented with added

momentum. As of 2005-2006 financial year, vil-

lages in 30 townships — seven townships in

Sagaing Division, 12 townships in Magway

Division and 11 townships in Mandalay Divi-

sion as well as the whole Pakokku District have

been able to enjoy the fruits of water supply

project.

Thanks to generous donations of the

wellwishers, most of the villages have now

access to clean water, and to the wellwishers,

they have gained a great deal of merits out of

their contributions.

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Dhamma GonyaungSayadaw will deliver ser-

mon in ZigonYANGON, 8 Sept — Presiding Nayaka

Sayadaw of Dhamma Gonyaung MonasteryKammathanaçariya Sayadaw of Mahasi SasanaYeiktha Ashin Tejinda of Mingaladon Townshipwill deliver the sermon from 9 to 24 September atMingalayama KanU Mahasi Sasana Yeiktha inZigon, Bago Division. — MNA

YANGON, 9 Sept — Yangon Division UnionSolidarity and Development Association donated desksto fifteen Basic Education Primary Schools in NorthOkkalapa Township on 7 September.

At the donation ceremony held at No 18 BasicEducation Primary School in North Okkalapa Town-ship, CEC member of USDA Mayor of Yangon Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin handed over 300 desks to schoolheads of primary schools in the township.

At the ceremony, Mayor Brig-Gen Aung TheinLin accepted 1,064 membership applications of USDApresented by Township Education Officer Daw Mi MiNge.

MNA

North Okkalapa BEPSsbenefit from donation ofYangon Division USDA

YANGON, 9 Sept —Myanmar Archery Federa-tion tries hard in its pre-paratory tasks to get suc-cess in the Third WorldRanking Asian CircuitArchery Championshipand the Second SEA Ar-chery Championship to

MAF preparing for internationallevel archery championships

range of MAF atKyaikkasan Ground.Men’s and women’s sin-gles and team recurve andcompound events will beincluded in the champion-ships.

All members ofAsia Archery Federationand seven members ofSEA Archery Federationhave been invited to par-ticipate in the champion-ships.

In the XV AsianGames, MAF will takepart in the men’s teamrecurve event. — NLM

Course on internationaltrade opens

YANGON, 9 Sept — The educational affairs com-mittee of the Union of Myanmar Federation of Cham-bers of Commerce and Industry launched its course oninternational trade No 5 at the UMFCCI training centreon Bo Sun Pat Street, Pabedan Township, here, on 5September.

UMFCCI General Secretary Chairman of theeducational affairs committee U Sein Win Hlaingdelivered an address. Joint Secretary-2 of the commit-tee U Tun Aung clarified the subjects precribed for thetext. Altogether 58 trainees are attending the 10-daycourse. — MNA

be held in Myanmar from2 to 7 November and theXV Asian Games inDoha, Qatar in Decem-ber.

The Third WorldRanking Asian CircuitArchery Championshipwill be held from 2 to 6

November and the Sec-ond SEA Archery Cham-pionship, from 6 to 7 No-vember at the shooting

Myanmar

Archery

team in

training

session.

NLM

UMFCCI Educational Affairs CommitteeChairman U Sein Win Hlaing addresses the

opening of International Trade Course.UMFCCI

CEC member of USDA Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin donates desks to Basic Education

Primary Schools in North Okkalapa Townshipthrough responsible persons. — YCDC

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Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao (Rear) attends classwith pupils of grade five at Huangchenggen PrimarySchool in Beijing, capital of China, on 7 Sept, 2006.Wen Jiabao visited teachers and pupils at the schoolon 7 Sept ahead of China’s 22nd National Teachers' Day, which falls on 10 Sept.—XINHUA

Chavez accuses Washington offinancing opposition candidates

Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez.INTERNET

CARACAS, 8 Sept —Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez onWednesday accusedWashington of financ-ing Venezuelan opposi-tion presidential candi-dates.

The opposition’spresidential candidateshave met “in secret”with US officials,Chavez told thousandsof his supporters duringa campaign speech inwest of Venezuela.

“I know where theyeat reina pepiada (a

Venezuelan dish),” saidChavez. He accused op-position candidates of re-

ceiving money and or-ders from Washington,but without mentioning

names of those receiv-ers.

Brian Penn, aspokesman for the USEmbassy in Venezuela,denied Chavez’ accusa-tion, saying “we do notsupport (any Venezue-lan) political candi-dates”.

Chavez, who is rac-ing for reelection in thepresidential vote sched-uled for 3 December, hasrepeatedly accusedWashington of backingthe opposition.

MNA/Xinhua

Albanian artist Saimir Strati poses nearthe three-dimensional portrait ofLeonardo da Vinci that he created byusing more than 500,000 industrialnails on a surface measuring eight square metres(86 square feet). INTERNET

Albanian artist enters “GuinnessBook” with biggest nail portrait TIRANA, 8 Sept — An Albanian artist has entered the Guinness Book

of World Records by making the world's biggest nail portrait of Leonardoda Vinci.

China arrests ganginvolved in gun

trade via InternetBEIJING, 8 Sept —

Beijing police have closeddown an Internet websitethat sold guns and havearrested 44 suspects andconfiscated 117 guns, saidthe Beijing MunicipalPublic Security Bureauon Wednesday.

More than 20,000 bul-lets, 16 knives and fivecomputers used for thetrade were also confis-cated, said a statement re-leased by the bureau.

This is the first gun-trading case via Internetthat Chinese police havecracked this year, said XuJingfeng, a police officerof the bureau.

The buyers and sellerscontacted each otherthrough the Internet, saidXu.— MNA/Xinhua

Most Americans see Iraqseparate from war on terror WASHINGTON, 8 Sept — Despite the Bush Admin-

istration's assertion that Iraq serves as the centralground for the war on terror, the latest survey showedmost Americans think the two were separate things.

The poll, released by CNN Wednesday, found 53per cent of respondents did not think the war in Iraqwas part of the war on terror while 45 per cent did.

Another survey conducted by Pew Research Cen-tre showed two-thirds said their countries were lessrespected by other countries than they were before and68 per cent picked the Iraq war as a top reason for it.

The same poll also found by 45 per cent to 32 percent, Americans were more likely to think the best wayto reduce terror threat is to cut, not add, US militarypresence overseas. The poll results came out at a timewhen US President George W Bush is making a seriesof speeches to highlight the issue of national security, atraditional strong area for the Republicans, two monthsahead of the midterm elections. — MNA/Xinhua

12-year-old girls win gold medalwith dust-sucking sandals

Villagers stand on the lip of the crater of Mount Bromo as they try to catchofferings thrown by a Hindu worshipper during the annual Hindu Kasada

festival in Pasuruan, East Java, on 7 Sept, 2006. An alert has been issued forMount Bromo, an active volcano in East Java, after increasing signs of

volcanic activity, an official said on Wednesday. —INTERNET

Saimir Strati, 40, used nearly 500,000industrial nails and created a three-di-mensional portrait of Italian Renaissancemaster Leonardo da Vinci on an 8 square-metre wooden board.

“I can officially confirm that wehave new record for the largest nailmosaic of eight square metres,” ScottChristie, a Guinness jury, told report-ers in Tirana on Wednesday. “This isnot just the biggest painting of itskind, it also has artistic value as themost beautiful done so far by anartist.”

In the last 24 days, the artist labouredfor up to 12 hours a day, overseen byspecialists and cameras.

The artist hammered out the portraitin the hall at Tirana's pyramid-shapedInternational centre of culture, whichused to be the museum of Albanian lateleader Enver Hoxha.

MNA/Xinhua

KEMAMAN, 8 Sept—Sweeping the floor mayhave been considered dulland tiring for three pri-mary school classmates.

But it gave Jenny Foo,Yap Jim Hui and WangHui Shan, all 12, the in-spiration to come up withan innovative slipper thatnot only helps solve theirproblem, but also wonthem a gold medal.

They beat studentsfrom more than 100

schools from 16 countriesto win the award at theInternational InventionExhibition 2006, held inSeoul, South Korea inJuly.

The Standard Six pu-pils from Sekolah JenisKebangsaan (Cina)Chukai submitted an en-try called 'Sandal withDust Removing Ability'.These are slippers withcolourful frills on the sideand a valve on the soles

that helps suck dust fromthe floor.

The wearer needs onlyto apply pressure to thesandals and this can bedone by just walking.

"We looked for a wayto make our chore morefun and save lots of time.After using the slipperswe found that the floorwas very clean," Foo said,adding that it took themtwo weeks to finish theproduct. —Internet

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Cartoon figures made for the Halloween celebrations are on display at theHong Kong Disneyland in Hong Kong, south China, on 7 Sept, 2006.—XINHUA

LONDON, 8 Sept—A suicide car bombing inKabul has killed at least 16 people, as NATOmilitary chiefs were set to discuss a plea for moretroops for Afghanistan.

Kabul suicide bombhits US convoy

The attack on a USmilitary convoy occurrednear the Americanembassy, killing two USsoldiers and injuring twoothers, the US militarysaid.

It came hours beforetalks got under way inPoland, where NATOgenerals are expected toseek 2,000 more troops.

NATO forces in thesouth face mountingcasualties in clashes withthe Taleban. The Kabulblast targeted a USmilitary convoy hitting aHumvee, a militaryspokesman told the BBC.

Local hospitals saidnearly 30 people hadbeen wounded. A BBCcorrespondent at thescene said debris andbody parts had beenscattered over a widearea by the force of theblast, which was feltacross the city.

There has been aseries of suicidebombings acrossAfghanistan, but such alarge explosion in thecentre of Kabul isunusual. — Internet

Fire aboard Russiannuclear sub kills two

MOSCOW, 8 Sept— Afire broke out aboard aRussian nuclearsubmarine belonging tothe Northern Fleet late onWednesday, killing two ofits crew, Interfax newsagency quoted Navysources as saying onThursday. Interfax said thesubmarine was anchorednorth off the RybachiyPeninsula near the Finnishborder when it caught fire.The agency said there wasno threat of a radiationleak. The submarine wasnow being towed to theport of Vedyayevo, a basefor Russian submarines inthe Barents Sea, Interfaxsaid.

MNA/Reuters

Well-known Sudanese journalist found dead KHARTOUM, 8 Sept — A famous Sudanese journalist

who was kidnapped by unknown armed men has beenfound dead, an Interior Ministry source said on Wednesday.

“The police has found Mohamed Taha’s beheadedbody,” the source told Xinhua on condition of anonymity.Taha, Editor-in-Chief of al-Wifaq newspaper, which isconsidered as having close ties with the government, wastaken by a group of armed men from his house in northKhartoum on Tuesday night.Local media quoted hisfamily as saying that the armed men bundled Taha into acar outside his home and sped off towards centralKhartoum.— MNA/Xinhua

Over 900 children kidnapped inN India in five years

PATNA (India), 8 Sept — An official report said hereWednesday that 904 children have been abducted for ransomin the past five years in north Indian state Bihar.Accordingto the report submitted by Bihar Chief Secretary G S Kangto the Patna High Court, of the kidnapped children, 40 kidswere killed as their parents failed to give enough money tokidnappers. And among the rest, the police managed to find766 children whereas 98 were missing, it said.

Patna, the capital of Bihar State, has seen most of thevictims among all 38 districts in the state, with 475 kidsabducted for ransom. The present government, taking officein November last year, had promised to improve the securitysituation. — MNA/Xinhua

A boy gets his face painted for a religious show tomark the second day of the “Indra-jatra” festival inthe Nepali capital Kathmandu on 7 Sept, 2006. Thefestival is one of the most colourful events in theNepali calendar and runs for four days.—INTERNET

Parents urged to act onchildren’s diets

AUSTRALIA, 8 Sept — The South Australian Government says parents needto stop finding excuses and do something to improve the diets of their children.

Voters welcome news of Blairexit next year

LONDON, 8 Sept —News that British PrimeMinister Tony Blair willquit within a year receiveda warm welcome on thestreets of London onThursday where voters saidhe had served his purpose.

Blair had served his

purpose, they said, hopingthat his expected successor— seen most likely asChancellor GordonBrown — would not meanmore of the same policies.

The Prime Minister'sdeparture “is probably bestfor the Labour Party

because they need achange”, said Martin Fry,48, a public sector worker.

He felt Blair had donea largely good job,likening him to MargaretThatcher, one of his mostillustrious predecessors.

“However, likeThatcher, I think he hascome to a point in hispolitical life when he hasoutlived his usefulnessand his purpose,” Fry said.“He was the right personat the right time when hecame into power but timeshave changed.”

After two days of highdrama over Blair’s future,the Prime Minister said ina televised statement thatthis month's annualLabour Party conferencewould be his last as leader.

MNA/Reuters

A Health Department survey hasfound that 20 per cent of children underthe age of 12 eat junk food or unhealthysnacks at least once a day.

Other data has shown that not enoughfruit and vegetables are being eaten.

The Health Minister, John Hill, sayswhile parents need to take action, theGovernment will be also be doing its bit.

“We’re working with school canteensover the next year or so,” he said.

“Junk food will be removed fromschool canteens and they'll be offering

healthy nutritious alternatives and we’reworking through at the moment how wecan manage that.”

Mr Hill says the results for of thenutrition survey are not good for adultseither.

“A very small percentage of adultsare in fact eating the recommended dailyamounts,” he said.

“[They're] supposed to have fiveservings of vegetables a day and only12.5 per cent of adults reach that.”

Internet

A woman holds her kite while attending a kite festival in Teheranon 7 Sept, 2006.

INTERNET

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A police officer displays forged coins to journalistsat the municipal public security bureau ofNanchang, capital of east China’s Jiangxi

Province, on 7 Sept, 2006. Nanchang policeannounced Thursday the uncovering of a case thatconcerned making and dealing forged coins. Some

120,000 forged 1-yuancoins were found and 21suspects were arrested in the case.—XINHUA

Visitors walk past the entrance of the Hong Kong Watch and Clock Fair 2006in Hong Kong on 6 Sept, 2006. A total of 819 exhibitors from 19 countries

and regions participated in the event.INTERNET

BEIJING, 7 Sept —Chinese ForeignMinister Li Zhaoxingheld talks with BruneiForeign and TradeMinister PrinceMohamed Bolkiah onTuesday, vowing topromote bilateralfriendly and cooperativeties.

Li spoke highly of theremarkable achiev-mentsscored in various fieldsin China-Brunei cooper-ation since the twonations forged dip-lomatic ties, saying

China ready to promotecooperative ties with Brunei

China would make jointefforts with Brunei topush forward thebilateral ties.

Mohamed Bolkiahalso hailed the relationsbetween the two nationsand reaffirmed Brunei’sadherence to the one-China principle.

He said the develop-ment of the bilateral tiesis not only in the interestof both nations andpeoples, but alsobeneficial to the peaceand development of theregion.

The two sidesexchanged views oncooperation in manyfields, including economyand trade, and otherinternational and regionalissues of commonconcern.

After the talks, Li andMohamed Bolkiah signedan MoU on tourismcooperation betweenChina and Brunei.

Mohamed Bolkiaharrived in Beijing onSaturday for an officialvisit to China as Li’sguest. — MNA/Xinhua

Stranded villagers gather on the banks of Ethiopia’s Lake Tana (the source ofthe White Nile) with sacks of emergency food supplies near the remote village

of Abiabo on 6 Sept, 2006.—INTERNET

NANNING, 7 Sept — A 70-year-old married womanin south China’s Guangxi Zhuang Autonomous Regionhas been told she possesses an XY chromosome whichtechnically makes her a man.

The astonishing test result was revealed lately bythe Liuzhou Workers Hospital in the city of Liuzhouafter the woman, surnamed Cao, underwent surgery tohave tumours removed from her groin.

Cao felt a small lump in her right groin in 2004. Butshe did not visit a doctor until another lump appearedon her left groin several months ago.

Cao agreed to have them removed and during thesurgery, the doctor found tiny sperm duct-like vesselsand testicle interstitial cells on the tumours and askedthe woman to have a chromosome test.

The outcome of the test showed Cao’s chromosometo be XY and medically speaking she is a man, said thehospital. According to the doctor who performed thesurgery, surnamed Lu, Cao has the same physicalcharacteristics as regular women.

Despite her efforts, she was never able to becomepregnant. Cao and her husband then adopted a boy.

MNA/Xinhua

Male DNA detected in70-year-old Chinese woman

MOSCOW, 7 Sept— Afourth suspect had beenarrested for his allegedinvolvement in theexplosion at Moscow’sCherkizovsky Marketwhich killed 11 peopleand injured scores morelast month, the cityprosecutor’s office said onWednesday.

Nikolai Korolyov, 25,has been charged withethnically motivatedmurder and givingassistance in plotting theblast, a spokesman for theoffice was quoted by theInterfax news agency assaying.

The explosion rippedthrough the Cherkizovskymarket on 21 August,killing 11 people,including two children,and injuring 55 others.

The market is occupiedmostly by businessmenfrom Central Asia and theCaucasus region.

Russian prosecutorssaid the blast was mostlikely a hate crime.

Three suspects hadbeen detained earlier, andMoscow police chiefVladimir Pronin saidthey may have beeninvolved in eight otherexplosions.

MNA/Xinhua

AYUTTHAYA (Thai-land), 7 Sept— An elep-hant camp in Thailandwhich iconic TV natu-ralist Steve Irwinplanned to visit nextmonth held a tribute tothe Australian “Cro-codile Hunter” killed bya stingray barb in a freakaccident.

About 20 mahoutsand a bull elephantattended a memorialservice for Irwin at the

4th suspectdetained

over Moscowmarket blast

BEIJING, 7 Sept—Vice-chairman of China’sNational People’s Con-gress (NPC) StandingCommittee Jiang Zheng-hua met here Tuesdaywith visiting Japaneseyouth delegation con-sisting of 156 membersfrom all circles of life.

Thai elephant camp pays tribute toCrocodile Hunter

Ayutthaya ElephantPalace, 80 kilometres(50 miles) north ofBangkok, laying awreath in front of aposter of him, having aminute of silence andreading a tribute.

“Steve lived life as ifon the wing of thedragon,” said PrincessRang-sinopdol Yugala,sitting on an elephantcovered with a red pieceof cloth of the type used

in ancient wars.“His spirit matched

our ancient Thai warriorswho fearlessly rode thegreat musth elephantsinto battles,” she said.

Irwin was popular inThailand, where hisshow appears on a cablenetwork and the story ofhis death was on thefront pages of all Thaitabloids and prominentin television newsshows.—MNA/Reuters

Japanese youth delegation visits ChinaThese youth repre-

sentatives, headed byYuko Obuchi, a con-gresswoman of theJapanese House of Re-presentatives, are or-ganized by four institutes,namely Japan SeinendanCouncil, Japan-ChinaFriendship Association,

Cabinet Office andNational Council ofYouth Organizations ofJapan. During their stayin China, these youthdelegates will visitdifferent places and haveexchange activities withyoung Chinese.

MNA/Xinhua

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An American teacher receives a banner written by students to greet him forthe Teachers’ Day in Shangyu City, east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 8 Sept, 2006. With the coming of the Teachers’ Day, which falls

on 10 Sept, many foreign teachers working in China have received blessingsand gifts from their students.—XINHUA

A soldier from the 2nd corps ofengineers of the French Foreign

Legion holds an axe as he attends aceremony to open a bridge they built in

Damour, south of Beirut, on 8 Sept,2006.—INTERNET

China urges peaceful settlement ofIranian nuclear issue

BEIJING, 8 Sept—Foreign Ministryspokesman Qin Gangsaid here Thursday thatChina holds the positionof peacefully settling theIranian nuclear issuethrough negotiationsand dialogues.

“China has neverchanged such a policy,”Qin told a regular Pressconference when askedto make comments onwhether China willalter its stance over theIranian nuclear issue.

Zhang Yan, director-

general of the ArmsControl and Disarma-ment Department ofChina’s Foreign Min-istry, wil l at tend ameeting on the Irannuclear issue in Berlinon 7 September.

MNA/Xinhua

Singapore hunts for serial cat killer SINGAPORE, 8 Sept— Singapore is on the hunt for a serial cat killer who has

slaughtered at least 20 felines in the past two weeks. The cats were founddumped in bushes and drains, with their throats slit.

Singapore’s Cat WelfareSociety said on Wednesdaythat residents and cleanerson a western part of theisland had found severaldead, mutilated cats in theirneighbourhood. All the catshad their throats slashed,while some of them alsohad their heads smashed ortheir throats burnt.

“It is really disturbingbecause in terms offrequency, there is nearlyone cat getting killed everyday,” Dawn Kua, directorof operations at the CatWelfare Society, told

Reuters. Kua said the group

had lodged a policecomplaint and hadorganized about 15volunteers to keep alookout for the cat killer.

The Cat WelfareSociety and the Society forthe Prevention of Crueltyto Animals have also setup a joint reward of 2,000Singapore dollars (1,277US dollars) for anyonewho can help arrest theculprit.

In Singapore, animalabuse is punishable by a

maximum jail term of oneyear and a fine of up to10,000 Singapore dollars.

MNA/Reuters

France rejects “war on terror”

Prime MinisterDominique de Villepin,speaking in Parliament,expressed these views onglobal terrorism, whilePresident Jacques Chiracbacked France’s claims tothe international front rank

with a fresh defence of hiscountry’s nuclear arsenal.

Villepin noted Chirac’sstrong opposition to theUS-led invasion of Iraq in2003 and said the Arab statehad now sunk into violenceand was feeding newregional crises.

“Let us not forget thatthese crises play into thehands of all extremists,”the Prime Minister said ina debate on the Middle East.“We can see this withterrorism, whether it triesto strike inside or outside

our frontiers,” he added. “Against terrorism,

what’s needed is not a war.It is, as France has done formany years, a determinedfight based on vigilance atall times and effectivecooperation with ourpartners.

“But we will only endthis curse if we also fightagainst injustice, violenceand these crises,” he said.

Villepin’s remarks,which came a day after USPresident George Bushadmitted that the CIA had

interrogated dozens ofterrorism suspects in secretforeign locations, did notexplicitly mention theUnited States.

But his rejection oflanguage employed byBush, who often uses theexpression “war on terror”underlined the longstandingdifferences between Parisand Washington. Inseparate remarks, Chiracstressed that France wascommitted to maintaininga nuclear arsenal of its own.

MNA/Reuters

An Iranian Saeqeh jet flies during a war game in the northwest of Iran on 6 Sept, 2006.—XINHUA

Fire traps 31 at Highland Gold Russia mine

Armed robbers kill guard, snatch$8m at Guatemala’s airport

MEXICO CITY, 8 Sept— Armed robbers on Thursday killed a security guardand grabbed eight million US dollars belonging to private banks at Guatemala’sLa Aurora International Airport.

The gang, armed with AK-47 semi-automatic rifles and handguns, attackeda truck carrying some 22 million dollars, which was in the custody of GuatemalaCentral Bank officers at airport’s No 7 entry ramp, reports from Guatemala’scapital Guatemala City quoted Interior Minister Carlos Vielman as saying.

Authorities had blocked the airport and suspended flights. The national civilpolice were also interrogating airport security staff and possible suspects,Vielman said.

Communications Minister Eduardo Castillo said the heist was “an isolatedincident” that did not indicate a more widespread security problem in thecountry. — MNA/Xinhua

PARIS, 8 Sept— France issued an implicit criticism of US foreign policy on Thursday, rejectingtalk of a “war on terror”.

MOSCOW, 8 Sept — Fire broke out onThursday at a gold mine in Russia’sEastern Siberia owned by Highland

Gold, trapping more than 30 miners whileothers crawled to safety through a tunnel.

The fire was sparked by welding workin the central shaft of the Darasun miningcomplex in the remote Chita Region onthe Chinese border, when 64 workerswere underground, emergency officialssaid.

Local officials said rescuers weretrying to reach trapped miners and bringthem to the surface through a horizontaltunnel linked to a second vertical shaft,five kilometres (three miles) away fromthe blaze.

“Thirty-three people have beenrescued and 31 are still trapped in themine,” said a spokeswoman for the branchof the Emergencies Ministry in Chita,located 5,000 kilometres (3,100 miles)east of Moscow.

“We have no information on any deador injured, because we have no contactwith the trapped miners,” she added.

MNA/Reuters

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Myanmar has a long history with solid back-ground but lack of comprehensive record of someevents left behind legend-like parts in the chronicle.Hence, there always has been the guidance to put onrecord the present-day nation-building endeavours asthoroughly as possible.

The on going nation-building tasks the gov-ernment has been implementing day in, and day outsince 1988 are enormous, benefiting the nation to thedegree greater than ever in every aspect. A largequantity of completed facilities and others underconstruction or in planning stage will surely serve thenation’s interest in various sectors till future genera-tions.Historic duty

The Tatmadaw government headed by SeniorGeneral Than Shwe emerged in September 1988 todischarge the historic duty of saving the nation fromdeteriorating situation, while initiating the nationalrebuilding task. The government’s historic duty iscolossal in magnitude, numerous in quantity anddelicate in essence.

It started the historic duty by coping withproblems such as lawlessness, interruption of trans-port and public anxiety resulting from lack of securitythe 1988 unrest had brought to the nation. Then camethe national development project, with transport fa-cilitation and security as the priority, and involvingthe task of setting up every facility necessary inrebuilding the nation. At the same time, the govern-ment commenced its political, economic and admin-istrative reforms in conformity with the public wish,paving the way for adopting multi-party system andmarket economy in harmony with the national re-quirements after abolishing the socialist economyand the single party system.

As the historic duty covers the government’smain duties as well as its reforms for long-termnational interest, we should not view it as an ordinarycaretaker, but a government that has introduced re-forms heading toward a new era and adopted a newsystem.

Only the correct outlook on the Tamadaw’shistoric duty will enable us to understand well itsnation-building endeavours.

It is a herculean task the government has beenimplementing all along the journey, full of hardships,financial and technological limitations and politicalinstigation from inside and outside the nation, duringthe period from 1988 till today.

U Zaw

Milestones in nation-building endeavours - 1

Every day from dawn to dusk, all responsiblepersonnel including the leadership are busy discharg-ing duty task at desk or field inspection tours in theinterest of the nation, with concentration so deep andenthusiasm too strong that they sometimes even seemtotally unaware of the time.Stability of the State and unity

We all know that endeavours for bringing peaceand stability and the rule of law to the nation is no easytask. However much a system is good, national peaceand stability and the rule of law are always the funda-mental requisites no one can ever deny as superstruc-ture is impossible without a firm foundation. Hence,the time, during which the government was striving toprovide all the rural and urban areas with legal andadministrative protection, has become an unforgetta-ble part of our history. The government, the people andthe Tatmadaw then were able to overcome all barrierswith consolidated efforts setting an example showingthat even in times of emergency, difficulties can beovercome with mutual trust, understanding and sin-cere cooperation.

Once, Head of State Senior General Than Shwein his guidance said, “It is the duty of all the personspossessing patriotism and the love for race to collec-tively safeguard national peace and stability with thedevotion to the country’s development through con-certed efforts made with peace of mind.” The guidanceserves as the beam of light defeating the dark forces.Besides, light also shows the correct path.

Apart from political stability and peace andsecurity, national consolidation is also needed foremergence of a tranquil, modern and developed state.The guidance carries enough weight to help furthercement national unity.

National race groups that discarded the armedstruggle line for various reasons have returned to thelegal fold one after another in dignity beginning 1989.Myanmar has been able to re-consolidate nationalsolidarity as the national race armed groups haveresponded to the government’s sincere goodwill andforbearance from the positive point of view with trustand understanding. Peace is prevailing in almost allthe border regions where the national people live. Thepeace groups have now realized that unity and har-mony, not disagreements will enhance national pres-tige and national strength.

At a time when peace was gaining momentum,the nation formed a new ministry for the developmentof border areas and national races. What is more, the

work of laying down and implementing special bor-der area development projects has been supervisedby State level officials. The re-consolidation awak-ens all the entire national people such as Kachin,Kayah, Kayin, Chin, Shan, Palaung, PaO, Kokang,(Wa), Mon, and Rakhine; their mutual trust, under-standing, sympathy and cooperation reaching newheights marking a milestone in history and a greatvictory in cementing the internal strength.

In accord with the Head of State’s guidance“We all must pay a serious attention to the nationalre-consolidation as it is an integral part of our sinceregoodwill to collectively build a new modern devel-oped nation where peace, stability and unity flourish.The national re-consolidation is today’s historic dutythat concerns not only the Tatmadaw, but also theentire nation” the national unity comes forth withgreat strength.

Another landmark in history is the unprec-edented success we have achieved in the practicalimplementation of the special plan covering the borderarea development project. The government clearlyproves its sincere goodwill and generosity with K84,750 million it has spent on the economy, education,health and transport of the national brethren ofhinterlands. The acceptance of the historic duty thatbefalls on it at the turning-point of history and theability to choose the right direction in discharging thisduty till its successful completion are all the historicTatmadaw government’s fine traditions.

It is also the fine tradition that leads the gov-ernment to set up and implement the national goal“Building of a peaceful, modern and developed dis-cipline-flourishing democratic state” and the na-tional policy “Our Three Main National Causes” atthe right time.

The practical way the government has pavedand the directives its has given enable us a triumphalmarch to the goal in the spirit of oneness and givebirth to the four political objectives, the four eco-nomic objectives and the four social objectives.

History bears witness to the realistic endeav-ours of the Tatmadaw government as the entirenational people are harmoniously taking part in thedevelopment undertakings, while upholding the na-tional conviction, objectives and work programmesas the components of the national policy formed asthe country’s foundation.

(Translation: TMT)(Kyemon+Myanma Alin: 9-9-2006)

Panoramic view of progress of Pansang (a) Pankham. — PHOTO BY THAUNG WIN BO

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(from page 1)Management Committee. He said that as he had al-ready told the 2/2006 coordination meeting held on 2September 2006 that the National Convention wouldbe reconvened in the second week of October 2006, theNational Convention will resume at NyaunghnapinCamp in Hmawby Township, Yangon Division, on 10October (Tuesday), 2006.

The Secretary-1 went on to say that all thedelegates of eight NC delegate groups will be invitedto the National Convention, except those who hadpassed away, those who could no longer serve theduties of delegates of the National Convention on thegrounds of illness and old age, and delegates of StateService Personnel who had retired. The invitationcards will be sent to the NC delegates one month aheadin accord with the rules and regulations, beginning 10September 2006. In this regard, the task for invitationhas been coordinated with officials of States and Divi-sions. All the NC delegates are to report toNyaunghnapin Camp in Hmawby Township, YangonDivision, where the National Convention will be held,not later than 7 October (Saturday), 2006.

He added that the National Convention Conven-ing Management Committee is to make arrangementsto welcome the NC delegates at the airport, ports, busterminals and railway stations and accommodate themat Nyaunghnapin Camp, and provide them with meals

National Conventionwill resume at…

National Convention Convening Management Committeeis to make arrangements to welcome the NC delegates at theairport, ports, bus terminals and railway stations and accom-modate them at Nyaunghnapin Camp, and provide them withmeals and health facilities.

and health facilities. Furthermore, he stressed the needto systematically carry out security of the NyaunghnapinCamp and the NC delegates by drawing the detailedplans.

National Convention Convening Work Com-mittee Chairman U Aung Toe, Vice-Chairman U AyeMaung and Secretary U Thaung Nyunt reported ontasks to be submitted to the National Convention.

Vice-Chairmen Maj-Gen Than Htay and Brig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu of the NCC Management Com-mittee also reported on the matters to be submitted tothe National Convention.

Those present took part in the discussions. The Secretary-1 reviewed the reports and gave

concluding remarks. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept — AMyanmar Observer Delegation led byDeputy Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin,member of National ConventionConvening Commission and NationalConvention Convening WorkCommittee left Nay Pyi Taw by air toattend the 27th ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Organization WorkCommittee and General Assembly to beheld in Cebu, the Philippines from 10 to

Myanmar Observer Delegation to attend 27thASEAN Inter-Parliamentary OrganizationWork Committee and General Assembly

15 September.Deputy Attorney-General Dr Tun

Shin was accompanied by SupremeCourt Judge U Tin Aye, member ofNational Convention Convening WorkCommittee. The delegation was seen offat Nay Pyi Taw Airport by Chief JusticeU Aung Toe, Attorney-General U AyeMaung, Deputy Chief Justice U TheinSoe, Supreme Court Judge Dr Tin AungAye and officials. — MNA

Dagon Myothit (North) USDA holdsannual general meeting

YANGON, 9 Sept —Dagon Myothit (North)Township Union Solidarityand DevelopmentAssociation held its annualgeneral meeting (2006) atits office this morning.

It was attended byUSDA CEC memberDeputy Minister forReligious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung Ko,executives of YangonDivision and Yangon EastDistrict USDAs,departmental staff andmembers of socialorganizations andwellwishers. After theopening ceremony, thedeputy minister delivereda speech and presentedprizes to outstandingyouth members. Next, theCEC member and officialsaccepted cash donations.He also donated K 50,000for the township

association and presentedprizes to ward USDAs. Atthe second session of themeeting, Secretary U SoeWin submitted papers andreports of the TownshipUSDA. Later, those

present took part in thediscussions and thepresiding chairman of themeeting approved onematter and passed tworesolutions.

MNA

Attorney General U Aye Maung. — MNA Chief Justice U Aung Toe. — MNA

U Thaung Nyunt. — MNA

Deputy Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin being seen off by officials atNay Pyi Taw Airport. — MNA

Deputy Minister for Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Aung Ko presents prize to an

outstanding youth. — MNA

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YANGON, 9 Sept — Minister for Religious AffairsBrig-Gen Thura Myint Maung accepted cash donationsfor building Sasana Beikman in Thongwa Townshipfrom the wellwishers yesterday.

Chairman of Thongwa Township SanghaNayaka Committee Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kovida ofSitkon Monastery administered the Five Precepts tothe congregation.

Later, the minister and officials accepted K 4.65million from 55 wellwishers. Members of YangonSouth District Union Solidarity and DevelopmentAssociation, local authorities, departmental officialsand wellwishers were present at the donation.

The minister and party went to PyinmakanModel village in the township and paid homage to theremains of Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kodinña of PhayagyiMonastery in the village.

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung offeredprovisions to Sayadaw Sundra of Kanhmyaung village( East) Monastery and attended to the needs for holdingfinal rites. — MNA

Cash donated for buildingSasana Beikman in Thongwa

World First Aid Day observedYANGON, 9 Sept—Yangon Division marked

World First Aid Day (2006) at the University ofNursing (Yangon) on Bogyoke Aung San Street inLanmadaw Township, here, this morning.

Chairman of Yangon Division Peace andDevelopment Council Yangon Command CommanderBrig-Gen Hla Htay Win delivered a speech, andpresented the first prize for organizing permanentmembers best to Thakayta Township, the second prize

to Bahan Township, and the third prize to TwantayTownship.

Chairperson of Division Maternal and ChildWelfare Supervisory Committee Daw Mar Mar Wai,wife of the commander, presented certificates ofhonour to Red Cross members who won first prizesin 2006 World Red Cross Day commemorativecompetitions.

MNA

Regional development tasks supervisedin Mandalay, Magway Divisions

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept — Secretariat Member ofthe Union Solidarity and Development AssociationMinister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaung met MandalayDivision USDA Executive U Bo Ni, Yamethin DistrictUSDA Secretary U Myint Swe, secretaries andexecutives of Yamethin and Pyawbwe TownshipUSDAs at the hall of Soap Factory (Yamethin) inYamethin on 7 September evening.

The Secretariat Member heard reports on publicwelfare tasks and future tasks presented by district andtownship secretaries and executives, and attended totheir needs.

On 8 September morning, the SecretariatMember met with local people and students at the

compound of Basic Education Primary School No 77in Natmauk Township.

At the hall in Natmauk, the Secretariat Memberpresented prizes to outstanding students and teachers.Departmental heads under the Ministry of Industry-1also gave prizes to other outstanding students. TheSecretariat Member presented 100 desks for 18 schoolsthrough Township Education Officer Daw Khin Oo.

In Myothit of Magway Division, the SecretariatMember also awarded prizes to outstanding students,and 150 desks for BEPSs in the township throughofficials. Next, he met with the Myothit TownshipUSDA Secretary and executives.

MNA

Let’s maintain genuinenational traditions

* With our own palace and monarchThe historical tradition and traitsOur nation’s letters flourished.We composed various kinds of verseWe had standardized song and dance.

* From basic songs to classicalSongs set against regal settingsLike Ramona, Gandama TaungAnd Myintzuthaka themes.

* The epic EnaungSongs set for solo and duetElaborate and tradition unbroken.

* Themes to maintain classical valuesSongs praising the Buddhistic virtuesHtoo-machana that unrivalled classicAnd those composed by Myawady Mingyi

* Songs about pagodas and trappingsThis one which is of great fameAlso such instrumentals of YwazagyiSein Beda

* The Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts CompetitionsIs in the air and drawing closeCultural youths and dames get readyTo sing and dance, to participate.

* They practise the traditional movementsHow to be supple and appearDainty, and how to play instrumentsMaintain the national traditions.

( Hailing the 14th Myanmar Traditional CulturalPerforming Arts Competitions)

Pho Yan Naing (Kyaukgyi)(Trs)

CEC Member attends Pyapon District USDA AGMYANGON, 9 Sept —

Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung, CentralExecutive Committeemember of the UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association,accompanied by officialsmet with local people ofThetwa village in Bogalaytownship on yesterdaymorning. The CECmember heard reports bylocal people and attendedto the needs.

At the office ofTownship GeneralAdministration Depart-ment, the CEC memberalso met with local people,and heard reports onprogress of developmenttasks and presented K 2million for socialorganizations in thetownship. The CECmember visited twoprimary schools and a highschool in the township andfulfilled the requirements.

The CEC memberMinister Brig-Gen TheinAung attended AnnualGeneral Meeting ofPyapon District USDAheld at Thiri Anawah hallin Pyapon township thismorning and presidedover the meeting. The

CEC member and officialspresented awards to 23outstanding students. TheCEC member andwellwishers presentedover K 1.5 million forPyapon District USDA toa responsible person.

At Kyaiklat Town-

ship, the CEC member metwith service personnel andUSDA executives.

He heard reports onmatters related to thedevelopment tasks of thetownship and attended tothe needs.

MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win speaks at the ceremony to markWorld First Aid Day for 2006. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung acceptscash donation from a wellwisher. — MNA

CEC member of USDA Forestry Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aungpresents prize to an outstanding student. — FORESTRY

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YANGON, 9 Sept — The Myanmar Maternal andChild Welfare Association (Central) launched theceremony to mark Nutrition Week 2006 at the multi-

MMCWA (Central) launches Nutrition Week 2006

functional building of MMCWA at the corner ofThanthuma and Parami Roads in South OkkalapaTownship this morning.

It was attended by Vice-President of MMCWADaw Aye Aye and CEC members, Chairperson ofYangon Division Maternal and Child WelfareSupervisory Committee Daw Mar Mar Wai andmembers, CEC members of Myanmar Women’s AffairsFederation, responsible persons of UN agencies,officials of the Ministry of Health and guests.

Vice-President Daw Aye Aye delivered anaddress. Director Dr Soe Tint of Health Departmentexplained matters concerning development of nutrition.

Dr Daw Wai Mar Mar Tun of Health Departmentgave lectures on nutrition development of expectantmothers an children.

Vice-President Daw Aye Aye presented iodinetest kits for Yangon Division MCWSC to ChairpersonDaw Mar Mar Wai.

After the ceremony, those present viewed tesston iodine content in the salt.

Before the ceremony, iodized salt, medicinesand pamphlets were distributed to expectant mothers.

MNA

First aid course openedYANGON, 9 Sept — A first aid course, organized

by Myanmar Red Cross Society was opened to markthe World First Aid Day at the building of YWCA thismorning. The course opening ceremony was attendedby MRCS Secretary Dr Tun Sein and executives,representatives of the International Committee of the

Red Cross and the International Federation of RedCross and Red Crescent Societies and guests.

Treasurer of MRCS U Tin Htay and Ms Kaijaiof the federation made speeches. A total of 48 traineesare attending the course that will last 14 days.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept — Nay Pyi Taw TrafficRules Enforcement Supervisory Committee held its15/2006 meeting at the Nay Pyi Taw Commandyesterday.

Present were Commander of Nay Pyi TawCommand Brig-Gen Wai Lwin, chairman of Nay PyiTaw Traffic Rule Enforcement Supervisory Committeeand members of sub-committees and departmentalofficials. The commander spoke on observing trafficrules, reduction of traffic accidents and supervision byofficials concerned.

Chairman of Nay Pyi Taw Traffic RulesEnforcement Supervisory Committee Lt-Col KyawSoe reported on actions taken against vehicles thatviolate the traffic rules in townships in Nay Pyi Taw.

Officials also reported on work done. Afterwards,the commander fulfilled the requirements. The meetingended in the evening. — MNA

Nay Pyi Taw Traffic RulesEnforcement Supervisory

Committee holds 15/2006 meeting

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept — Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi received Philippine AmbassadorMme Phoebe A Gomez, Laotian Ambassador MrChanthavy Bodhisane, Malaysian Ambassador MrDato Shaharuddin bin Mohd Som, BruneianAmbassador Pehin Datu Inderasugara Brig-Gen (B)Dato Hj Mohd Yusuf bin Abu Bakar and Charged’Affaires ai Mr Philemon Arobaya of IndonesianEmbassy at the minister’s office here yesterday evening.

Present also were director-general, managingdirectors and officials of the ministry. — MNA

Energy Minister receivesforeign ambassadors

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept — Minister forCommunications, Posts and Telegraphs Brig-GenThein Zaw received Malaysian Ambassador DatoShaharuddin bin Mohd Som at the ministry here on7 September.

Present at the call were the officials of MyanmaPosts and Telecommunications. — MNA

Minister receivesMalaysian guests

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept — Executive Director MrHerwidayatmo of the World Bank paid a call onMinister for Finance and Revenue Maj-Gen Hla Tun athis office here yesterday afternoon.

Also present at the call were Deputy Governorof the Central Bank of Myanmar U Than Nyein andofficials. — MNA

F & R Ministry receives WBExecutive Director

Myanmar delegationleaves for China

YANGON, 8 Sept — A Myanmar Delegation ledby U Khin Maung Lin, Director-General of Directorateof Trade under the Ministry of Commerce on 6September left here by air for China to attend the 10thChina International Fair for Investment and TradeSummit to be held from 8 to 11 September in Xiamin,the People’s Republic of China.

The Director-General was accompanied byDeputy Director U Kyaw Zaw of Ministry of NationalPlanning and Economic Development, Executive ofUMFCCI and General Secretary of Myanmar TimberEntrepreneurs Association U Aye Lwin. — MNA

Guests to the Nutrition Promotion Week commemorative ceremony for 2006 view testof iodized salt. — MNA

Vice-President Daw Aye Aye of MMCWA addresses the ceremony in commemoration ofNutrition Promotion Week for 2006. — MNA

Vice-President Daw Aye Aye of MMCWApresents iodine test kits to Chairperson of

Yangon Division MCWSC Daw Mar Mar Wai.MNA

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A band member performs at a puppet opera show during the Hungry GhostFestival in Singapore on 7 Sept, 2006. — INTERNET

China-ASEAN commemorative summitto upgrade bilateral partnership

BEIJING, 9 Sept — China will host a commemorative summit between China and the Association ofSouth-East Asian Nations (ASEAN) in late October, according to the Chinese Foreign Ministry.

11.4 kilos of ivoryconfiscated in Lusaka LUSAKA, 9 Sept — The Zambia Wildlife Authority

(ZAWA) has confiscated recently 11.4 kilos of ivoryfrom a market shop in Lusaka, Times of Zambiareported Thursday. The owner of the shop has sincebeen arrested and remanded in police custody,according to the newspaper.

ZAWA public relations officer Maureen Mwapewas quoted as saying here Wednesday that ZAWAofficers recovered three grinders and a polisher usedin processing the ivory into various ornamentals.

Mwape also said that in another incident three menwere arrested for being in possession of leopard skin.

MNA/Xinhua

Korean pine nut may offer help for obesityNUSA DUA (Indonesia), 8 Sept — New research indicates that an extract

from the Korean pine nut could be effective in treating obesity by suppressingthe appetite, an expert on obesity said on Friday.

“We have a lot of new drugs that arein the pipeline and this is veryencouraging,” said Denise E Bruner, anobesity expert from the United States.

She said US research showed thatpinolenic acid extracted from Koreanpine nut could dampen the appetite.

“They looked at a group of womenwho had pine nut versus a group whodidn’t and they saw there’s weight lossand they felt full longer,” Bruner toldReuters on the sidelines of an anti-ageing

conference in the resort island of Bali. The levels of two hormones that act

as appetite suppressors, cholecystokininand glucagons-like peptide, increasedby 65 per cent and 25 per centrespectively in the subjects, she said.

She also said she was encouraged bya new obesity drug produced by Frenchcompany Sanofi Aventis, calledAccomplia, also known as Rimonabant,that has been approved recently in theUnited Kingdom. — MNA/Reuters

Chinese experts oninternational studiesbelieve that the summit willpush the China-ASEANstrategic partnership to anew level.

This will be the first timeleaders of ASEANmembers and China meetin China, which shows theirintention to push forwardbilateral relations, saidShen Shishun, an expertwith China Institute of

International Studies. “Chinese and ASEAN

leaders will probablyreview the developmentand achievements of thebilateral relations and setout the future bilateralcooperation,” he said,adding that China will putforward concrete sugges-tions for further deepeningthe bilateral relations.

The summit, commemo-rating the 15th anniversary

of the establishment ofChina-ASEAN dialoguerelations, will be held on30 October in Nanning ofSouth China’s GuangxiZhuang AutonomousRegion. Chinese PremierWen Jiabao and leadersfrom ASEAN countrieswill attend the summit.

“The summit meetingwill serve as a milestone inthe development of China-ASEAN relations,” said

Zhai Kun, an expert withChina Institutes ofContemporaryInternationalRelations.

China and ASEANcountries have conductedfruitful cooperation infields of politics, economyand trade, security andculture during the past 15years.— MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SEA MERCHANT VOY NO (699)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SEA MER-

CHANT VOY NO (699) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 10.9.2006 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES (PTE) LTD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Singer Tyson Ritter of the band All-American Rejects leads models down therunway at the end of the John Bartlett fashion show in New York on 8 Sept,

2006. —INTERNET

A full moon shines

over the minarets of a

building in Shanghai

on 8 Sept, 2006.

INTERNET

US fears attack using nuclear, biological weapons WASHINGTON, 8 Sept— While most Americans focus on the threat of another aviation attack like the

11 September hijackings, the US Government is quietly working to prevent something far worse — acatastrophic strike with a weapon of mass destruction.

Chile seeks free trade with Australia,Thailand, Malaysia

S Korea to boost all-aroundcooperation with China

SEOUL, 8 Sept— South Korea is looking forwardto boosting an all-around cooperation with Chinato contribute to the regional peace and prosperity,said Lim Chae-jung, speaker of the NationalAssembly, on Thursday.

Lim made the remarkswhen meeting with LiuYunshan, a member of boththe Central CommitteePolitical Bureau and theCentral Committee Secre-tariat of the CommunistParty of China (CPC), inSeoul. The bilateral tiesbetween South Korea andChina have seen a fastdevelopment in the fieldsof politics, economy,society and culture, Limsaid.

South Korea is satisfiedwith the fast-developing

relations with China andis willing to maintain themomentum, Lim said.

The leaders of Chinaand South Korea have keptan active exchange of visitand greatly boosted themutual trust during thepast several years, Liusaid.

China and South Koreaare widening exchangesand cooperation in eco-nomy, culture, education,technology and environ-ment, said Liu, adding thatthe two neighbours carriedout successful cooperationover international andregional affairs.

China will join effortswith South Korea topush forward the bilateralties to contribute to thepeace, development andco-operation in theregion.

MNA/Xinhua

SANTIAGO, 8 Sept—Chile hopes to start freetrade talks with Australia,Thailand and Malaysiaat an early date, so thatthe country could be-come a trade bridgelinking Asia, Oceania andLatin America, ForeignMinister Alejandro

Foxley told media onThursday.

To pursue this goal, heplans to lead a teamof businessmen andgovernment officials tovisit Australia inNovember, Foxley said.

"We plan to go with alarge group of business

people to Australia, andhopefully speak moreseriously about thepossibility of a free tradeagreement," Foxley said.He added that he was alsohaving preliminary talkswith Thailand andMalaysia on the sametopic.— MNA/Xinhua

Five years after the11 September attacks killednearly 3,000 people,Homeland SecuritySecretary Michael Chertoffhas once again bolsteredaviation security in high-profile fashion in responseto a failed plot in Britain toblow up US-bound planes.

But in a sign he fears

other, more devastatingattacks, Chertoff has alsomade his department focuson worst-case scenarioswhich could includenuclear or biologicalweapons.

Some analysts say thegovernment is still notspending enough money to address such threats.

“An improvised nucleardevice would be de-vastating with potentiallyhundreds of thousands ofcasualties and... thedamage would run in thetrillions of dollars,” saidVayl Oxford, director ofthe department's DomesticNuclear Detection Office.

“One of the concerns

we have is that a weaponcould be manufacturedinside the US,”

Oxford said. His officeis trying to protect againstsuch a US-built weaponbeing brought intolocations such as majorcities where it could causea great deal of damage.

MNA/Reuters

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pvaer;®Pc\. eKt\m^P∑M>‘Pi;tui;tk\eqa Nuic\cMeta\”k^; tv\eSak\AM.Construction start on world’s

second highest airport in Sichuan KANGDING (Sichuan Province), 8 Sept — Construction began on Thursday

on what will be the world’s second highest airport in Kangding, a predominantlyTibetan region in southwest China's Sichuan Province.

The airport will stand4,280 metres above sealevel, second in heightonly to the airport inQamdo, Tibet.

With a budget of 960million yuan (about 120million US dollars), thenew airport will have a4,000-metre-long runwayand will be capable ofhandling planes such asthe Boeing 737-700 seriesand Airbus 319s, ac-cording to Wu Hesheng,

general manager of theZhongnan Airports Con-struction Corporation,builder of the KangdingAirport.

Plans for the airport werefirst drawn up 13 years agobut the go-ahead for theconstruction by the statewas only given last May. Itwill begin service in 2008and is designed to handle330,000 passengers and1,980 tons of cargo and mailannually.

Due to its rough terrainand high altitudes, thewestern region of Sichuanwas notorious for beingdifficult to access inancient times.

Li Bai, a famed poetfrom the Tang Dynasty(618-907), wrote thattravelling in Shu State(present-day SichuanProvince) was moredifficult than going to theheaven.

MNA/Xinhua

The southern boomtown of Shenzhen has set an example for power-hungryChinese cities in energy saving by mandating the use of solar power in new

housing construction, state media reported.—INTERNET

Solar power to shine in coming decades OSLO, 8 Sept — The tiny solar power industry is booming and could

generate 2.5 per cent of world electricity by 2025 in a shift from fossil fuels, areport by a business group and environmental lobby Greenpeace said onWednesday.

Scientists have identified 189 mutated genes that maycause breast and colorectal cancers, according to astudy published on 7 Sept , 2006 in Science.—XINHUA

“Solar power...wouldrepresent the annualoutput from 150 coal-firedpower plants” by 2025,the European Photo-voltaic Industry Associa-tion (EPIA) and Green-peace said.

The report saidphotovoltaic systems,which turn sunlight intopower, now generate 0.05per cent of world ele-ctricity and could rise to2.5 per cent in 2025, themain horizon for thereport, and then leap to 16

per cent in 2040. “The solar electricity

market is booming,” it saidin a report to be issued at aconference in Dresden,Germany, adding thatglobal sales of thephotovoltaic systems hadbeen growing at an averageannual rate of 35 per cent.The predicted growth isfar more optimistic, forinstance, than by the Paris-based International EnergyAgency (IEA) whichadvises developed nations.Solar power has struggledto compete with fossil fuels,even with subsidies and oilat 70 US dollars a barrel.

Sven Teske at Green-peace’s Climate and

Energy Unit defended theforecasts as realistic, sayingthe lobby groups’ previousreports had underestimatedgrowth to 2005. “We are ina crucial phase in the solarindustry. It's now on atransition from a nichemarket to the mainstream,”he said. EPIA groups about70 solar photovoltaic firmsincluding Solar World,Renewable Energy Corpand Q-Cells.

The report estimatedthe world solar photo-voltaic market was worth8.1 billion euros (10.41billion US dollars) in 2005and would rocket to 113.8billion in 2025.

MNA/Reuters

The new multimediaBlackBerry “Pearl.”Research In MotionLtd,(RIM) the maker ofBlackBerry e-maildevices popular amongexecutives,announcedon 7 Sept, 2006, itisgoing to launch itsfirst phone with acamera and music player.—XINHUA

South Koreanmovie monstergobbles up box

office SEOUL, 8 Sept — A

new movie monster hasemerged from the watersof South Korea to causechaos in the streets of Seoul,set a new box office recordand raise concern aboutpollution at US militarybases in the country.

The South Koreanmovie “The Host” becameSouth Korea’s all time boxoffice champion in earlySeptember, selling morethan 12.3 million ticketssince its release just over amonth ago in a country of48.5 million. It has a chanceof being the first SouthKorean film to take in morethan 100 million US dollarsand is expected to be a hitacross Asia.

“The Host” opens witha negligent US Armymortician in Seoul whoorders an underling to pourtoxic chemicals down thedrain. — MNA/Reuters

Two-thirds of Chinese saycommercial Ads “not trustworthy”

BEIJING, 8 Sept — Anon-line survey found thattwo-thirds of respondents

said advertisements are"untrustworthy".

The survey, sponsoredby the China Consumers'Association, conducted theinvestigation among 12,927netizens and found that two-thirds of them, or 67.8 percent, said they had beenvictimized by fake andillegal advertisements.

In the first half of thisyear, the associationreceived 5,483 complaintsabout false advertising,which prompted theassociation to carry out theon-line survey, which ranfrom 23 June to 18 Augustthis year.

Small advertisements,which are posted outsideon trees, walls or bus stops,

were considered the leasttrustworthy. TV advertisingranked second most un-trustworthy, and on-lineadvertising came third .

The respondents saidmedical products, healthfood and medicine were themost untrustworthy adsfollowed by beauty servicesand cosmetic products.

Meanwhile, 41.3 percent of the surveyed saidthe media that publishesadvertisements should beheld responsible for theconsequences resultingfrom fake and illegaladvertising. More than32.6 fake advertisersshould be banned fromadvertising.

MNA/Xinhua

Snag in strap-on motorcaused India rocket crash BANGALORE (India),8 Sept — A malfunctioning

strap-on motor caused the crash of an Indian rocketcarrying the country’s heaviest satellite, the state-runspace agency said on Wednesday.

The rocket carrying a 2.2-ton telecommunicationssatellite veered off course a minute after a textbooklaunch in July. It burst into flames a few seconds laterand fell into the sea as a flaming wreck, stunning thecountry’s space establishment.

The Indian Space Research Organization said aninvestigation into the crash did not find any designfault in the rocket known as the GeosynchronousSatellite Launch Vehicle.

"The primary cause for the failure was the suddenloss of thrust in one out of the four liquid strap-onmotors," the space agency said. These are externalmotors which give thrust during the take off stage.

MNA/Reuters

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S P O R T S

Tanio Barreto of Brazil surfs a wave during thequalifying series of the Pantin Classic Pro Worldchampionships at Pantin Beach in Ferrol, north-

ern Spain on 8 Sept, 2006. —INTERNET

Sharapova stunsMauresmo to reach finalNEW YORK, 9 Sept— Russian Maria Sharapova

reached her first US Open final when she beatworld number one and top seed Amelie Mauresmo6-0, 4-6, 6-0 on Friday.

Russia'sNikolay

Davydenkoplays a shot to

Germany'sTommy Haasduring theirquarterfinal

match at the USOpen tennis

tournament inNew York on 7

Sept, 2006.INTERNET

Rose, Furyk share lead at Canadian OpenANCASTER (Ontario), 9 Sept— Briton Justin Rose and American Jim Furyk

carded course record seven-under 63s to share the first round lead at theCanadian Open on Thursday.

Carrick poised for United debutMANCHESTER, 9 Sept— Michael Carrick will make

his full debut for Premier League leaders ManchesterUnited against former club Tottenham Hotspur at OldTrafford on Saturday, manager Alex Ferguson con-firmed on Friday.

Carrick joined United from Tottenham in July for afee that could rise to 18.5 million pounds (34.66million US dollars) but is yet to start a match aftersustaining an ankle injury in pre-season.

The 25-year-old midfielder is now fully recoveredand after one substitute's appearance for United willget the chance of an early meeting with his formeremployers. "I think he will be glad to get it over with.I think anybody playing for the first time against theirold team will want to get it out of the way," Fergusontold reporters.

"He owes a lot to Tottenham. They took the chanceon him at West Ham when maybe others didn't."

Carrick has a key role to play for Ferguson's side,particularly following United's failure to land toptarget Owen Hargreaves from Bayern Munich beforethe transfer window closed.— MNA/Reuters

Cole denies greedmotivated move to Chelsea

COBHAM (England), 9 Sept— England fullback Ashley Cole denied on Friday his drawnout and often acrimonious transfer from Arse-nal to billionaire-backed Chelsea had beenmotivated by money. Speaking after his firstfull training session since joining the champi-ons from their north London rivals, Cole said:"I am not a greedy person. I've not come herefor the money. I've come here to win things.

"It's got nothing to do with money and greedor loyalty." The 25-year-old left back, whogrew up an Arsenal fan and had always playedfor them, has had an awkward relationshipwith the club hierarchy since a he was caughttalking secretly to Chelsea 18 months ago, ina much-publicized "tapping-up" scandal.

MNA/Reuters

Belgium's JustineHenin-Hardenne

celebrates winning apoint during her semi-

final match againstSerbia's Jelena

Jankovic at the USOpen tennis tournamentin New York on 8 Sept,

2006.—INTERNET

Henin-Hardenne battlesback to reach final

NEW YORK, 9 Sept— Second seed Justine Henin-Hardenne recovered from a set and 4-2 down tobeat 19th seed Jelena Jankovic 4-6, 6-4, 6-0 onFriday and reach the US Open final.

The 2003 champion, who struggled as she served 12double faults, went on tobecome the first womansince Martina Hingis in1997 to reach all fourGrand Slam finals in thesame year. In her firstGrand Slam semifinal, the21-year-old Jankovicplayed aggressively andtook advantage of her sub-dued Belgian opponent tolead by a set and 4-2.

But, after missing apoint for 5-2, the nervesseemed to get to the Ser-bian and Henin-Hardennewon 10 straight games asshe eased through to a clashwith world number oneAmelie Mauresmo ofFrance or third-seededRussian Maria Shara-pova.—MNA/Reuters

The former Wimbledonchampion took advantageof an error-strewn per-formance from Mauresmoto set up a final againstsecond seed JustineHenin-Hardenne of Bel-gium.

"I'm not done yet,"Sharapova said after thesemifinal.

"(At the end of the sec-ond set) I went to change,I just thought, it's alright,it's one set all, you haven'tlost the match yet, and Ijust kept going.

"I am thrilled to be inthe final. I had a horriblerecord against Amelie andthat ended today, and Ihave a horrible recordagainst Justine, so I hopethat's a good omen."

After racing through thefirst set in 24 minutes forthe loss of only 10 points,Sharapova suddenlyfound herself in a dogfightwhen Mauresmo, varyingher game well, hit back totake the second set thanksto one break.

But just as quickly, theFrenchwoman's form de-serted her and Sharapovatore through the third set,conceding just sevenpoints as she moved intothe final.—MNA/Reuters

CROSSWORD PUZZLE

Furyk, one of four USRyder Cup players com-peting at the Hamilton Golfand Country Club, beganhis day in style holing outfrom 120 yards for an ea-gle on the par four 12th.

The American then fol-lowed with five birdies,completing his round bydraining a six-footer forbirdie on the ninth to betterthe professional courserecord of 64 set by TommyArmour in 1930.

Riding the momentumfrom his best result of theseason a fourth place fin-ish at the Deutsche BankChampionship, Rose laidthe foundation for his 63with a sizzling front ninethat included six birdiesand a bogey on the par foursecond. The Englishmanfollowed up with an error-free back nine picking upshots on the 14th and 17th.

Sitting one shot backfrom the leaders on six-

under 64 are AmericansBrandt Jobe, FrankLickliter II and AustralianNathan Green.

Mark Calcavecchia gotthe defence of his Cana-dian Open crown off to asolid start returning a four-under 66 while VijaySingh, the 2004 champion,settled for a two-under 68leaving the Fijian five offthe pace.—MNA/Reuters

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Down 1 Slavery 2 Lissom 3 Serious 4 Boy’s name 5 Outcome 6 Sparkle 7 Scolded12 Torn14 Employer16 Trap18 Attack19 Wild duck21 Goddes of wisdom22 Overturn23 Spy25 Blemish

Euskaltel's rider Samuel Sanchez of Spain celebrates as hecycles past the finish line of the 13th stage in the Tour of

Spain cycling race between Guadalajara andCuenca on 8 Sept, 2006. —INTERNET

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Saturday, 9 September, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hoursMST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been fairly widespread in Kachin State, upper Sagaingand Taninthayi Divisions, scattered in Chin State, isolatedin Shan and Rakhine States, Mandalay and Bago Divi-sions and weather has been partly cloudy in the remain-ing areas with locally heavyfall in Kachin State. The note-worthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Putao (5.94)inches, Machanbaw (4.13) inches, Toungoo (2.16)inches,Katha (2.13) inches, Hkamti (1.49) inches, Manda-lay, Kyauktaw and Myeik (0.79) inch each.

Maximum temperature on 8-9-2006 was 93°F.Minimum temperature on 9-9-2006 was 79°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 9-9-2006 was (85%).Total sunshine hours on 8-9-2006 was (6.7) hours approx.

Rainfalls on 9-9-2006 were nil at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were (83.07) inches at Mingaladon, (93.90) inchesat Kaba-Aye and (98.70) inches at Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (7) mphfrom Southwest at (22:00) hours MST on 8-9-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is moderate in theAndaman Sea and South Bay and weak elsewhere in theBay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 10-9-2006: Rainor thundershowers will be fairly widespread in KachinState, upper Sagaing and Taninthayi Divisions, scatteredin Chin, Shan and Rakhine States, Mandalay Division andisolated in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

State of the Seas: Seas will be slight to moderatein Myanmar wathers.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Weak monsoon.Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring ar-

eas for 10-9-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 10-9-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain or thun-dershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 10-9-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain or thun-dershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

WEATHER

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8:30 am Brief news8:35 am Music:

-Can I see youtonight ... Tanya Tucker

8:40 am Perspectives8:45 am Music:

-Barbi girl..... Aqua

8:50 am National news /Slogan

9:00 am Music:-Sunshine..... Archies

9:05 am Internationalnews

9:10 am Cultural images ofMyanmar-Myanma Thana-kha

9:20 am Music:-Celebrate ourlove .... A1

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

-The 7 headedelephant-Story for chil-dren-Songs for chil-dren

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9:10 pm Article9:20 pm Music/ Latest hits/

Let’s improveEnglish throughsongs-That’s what loveis for.... Amy Grant-Angle.... Jon Sedaca

9:45 pm News / Slogan10:00 pm PEL

EARTHQUAKE REPORT(Issued at 14:15 hours MST Today)

A strong earthquake of intensity (6.5) Richter Scalewith its epicenter outside Myanmar about (2300) milesSoutheast of Kaba-Aye Seismological observatory wasrecorded at (10) hrs (43) min (12) sec MST on 9thSeptember, 2006.

Poland may launch probe into CIA prisonsWARSAW, 9 Sept — Poland may launch an inquiry into the existence of secret CIA prisons on its soil

after the United States admitted it held terrorist suspects in jails abroad, a senior official said onThursday.

US President GeorgeW Bush said on Wednes-day the Central Intelli-gence Agency (CIA) hadinterrogated dozens of sus-pects at undisclosed over-sees locations.

Poland was accusedby a Council of Europereport in June of being oneof the countries wheresuch detention centres hadbeen established and theEuropean Parliamenturged Poland on Thurs-

Real Madrid’s newsoccer player JoseAntonio Reyes of

Spain kicks the ballduring his presenta-

tion ceremony at RealMadrid’s Santiago

Bernabeu stadium inMadrid on 8 Sept,

2006.INTERNET

day to answer the accusa-tions.

Poland’s conserva-tive government, whichtook power last Septem-ber, has repeatedly re-jected the accusations,saying it had been assuredby its leftist predecessorsthat such prisons neverexisted.

Poland is one ofWashington’s leading al-lies in Europe. It is beingconsidered as a potentiallocation for a US anti-missile defence system.

MNA/Reuters

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4th Waning of Tawthalin 1368 ME Sunday, 10 September, 2006

INSIDENational race groups that discarded the armed struggle

line for various reasons have returned to the legal fold oneafter another in dignity beginning 1989. Myanmar has beenable to re-consolidate national solidarity as the national racearmed groups have responded the government’s sincere good-will and forbearance from the positive point of view with trustand understanding. Peace is prevailing in almost all theborder regions where the national people are living. Thepeace groups have now realized that unity and harmony, notdisagreements will enhance national prestige and nationalstrength.

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NAY PYI TAW, 9 Sept — Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein receivedthe visiting Deputy Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral RP Suthan and party of Indian Navywho are on a goodwill visit here this morning.

Also present were Chief of Staff Rear-Admiral Nyan Tun and senior military offic-ers, Commodore SL Deshmukh and AttachéColonel Jasvinder Singh Chopra of Indian Em-bassy.

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Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Theinreceives Indian delegation

YANGON, 9 Sept —An opening ceremony ofthe Nutrition Promotion Week 2006 for YangonDivision was held at U Ba Lwin Hall of No 2Basic Education High School in Dagon Townshipyesterday, attended by Chairman of Yangon Divi-sion Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win andwife Daw Mar Mar Wai, Chairperson of YangonDivision Maternal and Child Welfare SupervisoryCommittee.

Firstly, the commander made an address atthe ceremony.

Next, the commander presented first prizeto Yangon North District, second to Yangon SouthDistrict and third to Yangon East District andWest District in quiz to mark the Nutrition Pro-

Nutrition Promotion Week launched inYangon Division

motion Week.Later, the chairperson awarded first prize to

Kayan Township, second to Kyimyindine Township,third to Sangyoung and Pazundaung Townships andconsolation prizes to Thanlyin and Insein Townshipsin cooking contest.

After that, Head of Yangon Division HealthDepartment Dr Hla Myint explained the purpose oflaunching the Nutrition Promotion Week.

After the ceremony, the commander and chair-person viewed documentary photos and test on qual-ity of iodized salt. They also gave Vitamin-A tabletsto children under five and gave away folic acid tab-lets to expectant mothers and viewed feeding nutri-tious refreshment to the pre-primary school children.

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35 members quitKyaunggon Township NLDThey lose faith and trust in

NLD and party leadersYANGON, 9 Sept — A total of 35 members of

Kyaunggon Township National League for De-mocracy including Daw Thein Thein Hsint, U WinMyint, Daw Aye Mi San, U Maung Maung, Daw SiSi Than, U Than Shwe, Daw Ohn Myint, U MaungMaung Htay, U Mya Thaung and Daw Mya Seinresigned from the party of their own accord on 15July.

They sent letters of resignation to the NLDHeadquarters and local authorities. In their letterssent to Kyaunggon Township Multiparty Democ-racy General Election Sub-commission they saidthat they wish to serve the interests of the State andthe people joining hands with the local authorities,and they had lost faith and trust in NLD and partyleaders. That is why they resigned from the party oftheir own accord. — MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win presents first prize to Yangon NorthDistrict in quiz in commemoration of Nutrition Promotion Week.—MNA

Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral

Soe Thein and Deputy Chief of Naval Staff,

Vice-Admiral RP Suthan and party pose for

a documentary photo.—MNA

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