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Established 1914

2nd Waxing of Tabaung 1368 ME Saturday, 17 February, 2007Volume XIV, Number 307

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

I N S I D E

* 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

State Peace and Development CouncilChairman Senior General Than Shweaccepts credentials of newly-accredited

Ambassador of LPDRNAY PYI TAW, 16 Feb — Mr

Kouily A Souphakhet, newly-ac-credited Ambassador of the Lao Peo-ple’s Democratic Republic to theUnion of Myanmar, presented hiscredentials to Senior General ThanShwe, Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council of theUnion of Myanmar, at BayintnaungYeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw at 11 amtoday.

Also present on the occasionwere Secretary-1 of the State Peace

and Development Council Lt-GenThein Sein, Deputy Minister for For-eign Affairs U Maung Myint and Di-rector-General U Kyaw Kyaw of theProtocol Department. — MNA

Union of MyanmarState Peace and Development Council

(Notification No 1/2007)1st Waxing of Tabaung, 1368 ME

(16th February 2007)New Year holidays designated

The Thingyan Festival is the new year occasion held in esteem by Myanmar people. Toenable Myanmar people to take part in the traditional water-throwing festival, go to pagodas andstupas to perform meritorious deeds and keep Precepts, pay respects to elderly persons and docharity and for the State service personnel to be able to take a vacation for rest and recreation aftera long work of the whole year, a period of 10 days beginning from the day before Thingyan AkyoDay is designated as the Myanmar New Year holidays of the Union of Myanmar.

By order, Sd/ Thein Sein

Lieutenant-General Secretary-1

State Peace and Development Council

Senior General Than Shwe acceptscredentials from Mr Kouily

A Souphakhet, newly-accreditedAmbassador of the Lao People’s

Democratic Republic.MNA

AUNG NAING OO (KYEMON)

Myanmar’s tourism industry isbased on its national scenic beau-ties and archaeological sites ofcultural heritage with fine tradi-tions. Myanmar has no artificialtourist destinations intended tolure tourists that are seen in somecountries, nor Disney Land, Casinoand night life. Myanmar does nothave any methods and deceitful in-vestments to get the money of thetourists.

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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 DesireSaturday, 17 February, 2007

Ver Bridge, contributingfactor for regionaldevelopment

Peace and stability, better transportand swift commodity flow contribute a lot tosocio-economic development of a region. Theemergence of a network of new roads andbridges highlights the national development.

The upgrading of Haka-Gangaw road,Haka-Matupi road, Kalay-Falam-Haka roadand Mindat-Matupi road enables local peo-ple to have access to different parts of thenation.

Manipura River crossing Ver Bridgeon Kalay-Falam-Haka road in Falam Town-ship, Chin State was opened on 12 February.The bridge was of bailey type in the past. Astraffic on the road became heavy, it wasupgraded into an iron reinforced one. Thetwo-lane iron reinforced bridge is 340 feetlong and 24 feet wide. And it can withstand60-ton loads. Through the bridge, one caneasily travel from Haka of Chin State toTiddim Reed and from Kalay of SagaingDivision to Magway Division.

With the opening of the new Ver Bridgein Falam Township, Chin State, one caneasily travel from one place to another,thereby contributing to further fosteringfriendship among national people. More-over, it can also contribute to developmentof economic, social and education sectors oflocal people.

Construction Minister inspects Haka-Gangaw RoadNAY PYI TAW, 16 Feb — Minister for Construc-

tion Maj-Gen Saw Tun inspected roadworks on Haka-Gangaw Road in Chin State on 14 February andattended to the needs.

At the road construction site, In-charge of Haka-Gangaw Road Construction U Soe Aung and Superin-tending Engineer of Chin State U Ngun San Aungreported to the minister on the extended constructionand tarring of the road and future plans.

Haka-Gangaw Road links the northern ChinState and the mainland. The road is being upgraded bythe Public Works. The road is 77 miles and 2 furlongslong, and so far, 15 miles and 3 furlongs of it have beentarred and 61 miles and 7 furlongs have been grav-elled.

On his way to Gangaw, Minister Maj-Gen SawTun also inspected bridges along the road.

MNA

Myanmar, Indian authorities sign agreementsYANGON, 16 Feb —

A signing ceremony of theagreed minutes of the 13thNational Level Meetingbetween Myanmar and In-dia was held at TradersHotel on Sule PagodaRoad, here, this evening.

Leader of theMyanmar delegationDeputy Minister for HomeAffairs Brig-Gen PhoneSwe and Leader of the In-dian delegation Secretaryof the Ministry of HomeAffairs Mr VK Duggalsigned the agreements onsecurity matters betweenMyanmar and India, com-bating drug smuggling,border management, bor-der trade and transnationaldevelopment project.

Also present on the

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Phone Swe and

Secretary of Ministry of Home Affairs Mr VK

Duggal sign the agreement on the 13th Na-

tional Level Meeting between Myanmar and

India.—MNA

occasion were directors-general and departmentalofficials of the Myanmardelegation, Indian Ambas-sador Mr Bhaskar K Mitraand officials of the Indiandelegation.— MNA

Noritsu Brand QSS Digital Machine Product being launched atTraders Hotel.—MNA

New Noritsu brand QSS digital photo printerprocessor introduced

YANGON, 16 Feb —A ceremony to introducenew Noritsu brand QSSdigital photo printer proc-

essor, imported byNoritsu Singapore Pte Ltdand Accel InternationalCo Ltd, was held at Trad-

ers Hotel, here, this morn-ing.

Managing DirectorMr Katsuhiko Higashi of

Noritsu Singapore Pte Ltdextended greetings. Man-ager U Thiha Zaw of AccelInternational Co Ltd ex-plained matters related tothe digital photo printerprocessor.

The machine canenlarge the work measur-ing 8 inches by 24 inchesin a short time. Accel In-ternational Co Ltd sellsNoritsu digital photoprinter processor and otherprinter processors.

Customers maycontact 422-426, Sixthfloor, Forest Product JointVenture Commercial Cen-tre, Botahtaung PagodaRoad, Yangon, Tel:202092 and 202096.

MNA

YANGON, 16 Feb — Chairman of Magway Divi-sion Peace and Development Council Col Phone MawShwe launched the Magway-Kyaukpadaung leg ofYangon-Pyay-Mandalay-Yangon 1000-mile cyclingrace in Magway at 6.30 am today.

The cyclists left Magway and arrived atKyaukpadaung at 10 am through Daungthaychaung,Nyaungdo oil field, Yenangyoung, Pin Creek Bridge,Gwaybin and Gwaygyo.

Local people cheered up the cyclists along theroute.

Out of 75 cyclists, 62 athletes arrived at thefinishing line in Kyaukpadaung. Of them, Kyaw MyoHlaing (Finance and Revenue) stood first, Thet NaingOo (Finance and Revenue) second and Win Hlaing(A&I) third. — MNA

Cyclists continueMagway-

Kyaukpadaung leg

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China on Putin’scriticism on US

BEIJING, 15 Feb — Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Jiang Yu said onTuesday that all countries should make efforts for a harmonious world.

“As the international situation is filled with opportunities and challenges, allcountries should make efforts to create a harmonious world featuring lastingpeace and common prosperity,” Jiang told a regular Press conference onTuesday. Her remarks came when asked to comment on Russian PresidentVladimir Putin’s recent speech concerning the United States.

Putin told a Munich security conference on Saturday that the United States “almostuncontained” use of force has led other countries developing weapons of massdestruction, including nuclear weapons. “All countries should step up cooperation,seize opportunities and cope with challenges,” Jiang said. — MNA/Xinhua

US military admits crashedhelicopter shot down

Passengers evacuated as traincatches fire in HK tunnel

BAGHDAD, 15 Feb — AUS helicopter that crasheda week ago northwest ofBaghdad was shot down,the US military said onWednesday.

“Initial evidenceindicated that the CH-46

Sea Knight helicopterwent down as a result ofmechanical failure,”Major Jeff Pool, a spokes-man for the Multi NationalForce-West, said in astatement.

“After further inves-tigation using all availablemeans, the cause of theincident has been confirmedto be hostile fire,” Poolsaid.

On 7 February, a

Marine CH-46 helicopter,also known Chinook,went down northwest ofBaghdad, killing sevenpeople aboard, includingthe crew.

Witnesses in the areawest of the US airbase ofTaji, 20 kilometres northof Baghdad, said that theysaw a helicopter crashedafter it was hit by groundgunfire.

MNA/Xinhua

HONG KONG, 15 Feb— Fire broke out on atrain when it was runningin a tunnel in the west ofHong Kong on Wednes-

day morning, and morethan 1,000 passengerswere evacuated.

The incident occurredinside the Tai Lam Tunnelin the New Territoriesshortly after 9 am as thetrain was heading from TinShui Wai to Mei FooStation in the west of theNew Territories.

Some passengers saidthey heard a loud bangand saw smoke pouringout of one of the carriages.

More than 1,000passengers were evacuatedfrom the train. Because itwas dark in the tunnel, ittook almost 30 minutes forpeople to walk out. Tenpeople had been sent tohospital, local police said.

MNA/Xinhua

Canada approves legislation enforcing KyotoOTTAWA,15 Feb—The

Canadian Parliament haspassed a remarkableprivate member’s bill thatwill force the minorityGovernment to see throughits commitments under theKyoto environmental pro-tocol.

Unlike Australia,Canada did sign the Kyotoprotocol, but has madevirtually no progresstoward meeting its sub-

stantial commitments.The current Con-

servative Party Govern-ment has said that Canadahas no chance of meetingthose commitments.

But the private mem-ber’s Bill approved todaysays that the Governmentmust meet those commit-ments. Under the protocol,Canada agreed to reducecarbon emissions to 6 percent below 1990 levels, but

a government audit foundthat emissions have actuallyincreased by 27 per cent.

A non-government billalmost never passes inCanada. Prime MinisterStephen Harper hasintroduced a raft of pro-environmental legislationin recent months, muchlike Prime Minister JohnHoward, but Kyoto seemsto remain a step too far.

Mr Harper says theKyoto targets are un-attainable, while Envi-ronment Minister JohnBaird has warned hisgovernment might ignorethe Bill. “It’s really atoothless tiger,” he said.

“All it is talking about[is] more plans and morestudies and more blah,blah, blah. We need realaction.”—Internet

Police says Mauritanianplane hijacked to W Sahara

NOUAKCHOTT,15 Feb—An Air Mauritania Boeing737 passenger plane on an internal flight from thecapital Nouakchott to the northern port of Nouadhibouwas hijacked on Thursday to Western Sahara,Mauritanian police said.

“The plane was hijacked. Now it is at Dakhla(Western Sahara) to take on fuel,” a police officer atNouakchott airport told Reuters by telephone.

The police officer did not say how many passengerswere on board or how many hijackers were involved,but said they wanted the plane to travel to Paris.

The plane had been scheduled to fly on fromNouadhibou to the Spanish Canary Islands.—Internet

Visitors look at a lantern made in the shape of a dragon during a lantern fair tocelebrate the upcoming Spring Festival at a park in Shenyang, Northeast China’sLiaoning Province, on 15 Feb, 2007. About 13,000 lanterns are displayed during

the fair that begins on 15 Feb and runs through 5 March. —XINHUA

Spanish security forces surround a hijacked Air Mauritania Boeing 737passenger plane after it landed at Gando airport in Las Palmas on the island

of Gran Canaria in Spain’s Canary Islands, on 15 Feb, 2007. —XINHUA

A broker looks at a monitor on the floor of the Philippine Stock Exchange inMakati City, Manila, on 16 Feb, 2007.—INTERNET

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The University ofUlster work suggests itcuts DNA damage towhite blood cells —considered to be animportant trigger in thedevelopment of cancer.

Watercress appears to

LONDON, 15 Feb—Eating fish and seafoodduring pregnancy haslong-lasting benefits forthe child, a UK study hassuggested.

Children of motherswho had eaten lots of fishduring pregnancy hadbetter communication andsocial skills at seven yearsold, the Lancet paper says.

The results appear to

JOHANNESBURG, 15Feb— The South AfricanGovernment opposed anyUnited States involvementin Somalia, DefenceMinister Mosiuoa Lekotasaid on Wednesday.

Lekota made thestatement at a mediabriefing at Parliament inCape Town.

The Defence Ministersaid that the United Stateshad an unfortunate historyin Somalia and it wouldbe unwise for it to play apart in new efforts atresolving conflict there.

He said government

JOHANNESBURG, 15 Feb— Six employees of theUS Embassy in South Africa were overpowered attheir house in Pretoria by five armed robbers androbbed of goods worth thousands of rand, localdaily Beeld reported on Wednesday.

The report quoted Mark Schlachter, spokes-person for the embassy, as saying that the em-ployees were overpowered at about 11 pm localtime (2100 GMT) on Sunday.

“The robbers ordered them to lie down on thefloor and ransacked the house. Some of themsuffered light injuries.”Schlachter said the robberstook, among other things, laptop computers,cellphones and cash.

However, he did not want to say in which suburbthe robbery took place for fear of the employees’lives.

The report said the employees were all UScitizens and the incident happened in Brooklyn inthe city.

Police spokesperson Captain Lucas Sitholecould not confirm the incident by Tuesday.

MNA/Xinhua

Fish in pregnancy ‘benefits baby’dispel fears surroundingthe possible toxic damagefrom eating fish duringpregnancy.

The Food StandardsAgency advise thatpregnant women shouldeat one or two portions ofoily fish a week.

But they warn againsteating certain types of fish,such as shark and marlin— or lots of tuna —

because of the risks tothe developing foetusassociated with mercury.

We have very con-vincing findings up to theage of seven or eight

Previous researchfrom the Avon Lon-gitudinal Study Group hasshown that omega-3 fattyacids contained in fish —particularly oily fish— areassociated with boostingchildren’s future brainpower and social skills.

However, the teamhad only looked at theeffects up until the age ofthree or four.

Internet

S Africa against US involvementin Somalia

had made its concernsclear to the United States,but it had not yet informedit officially of its position.

Lekota described theUnited States as having“historical baggage” inthe African country.

“It would be preferableto have fresh playersuntainted by the past,” hesaid of any new efforts atresolving the conflict inSomalia.

Lekota said SouthAfrica would play asupportive role in thepeace initiative in Somaliaby training personnel but

he ruled out any physicalpresence in the country.

The United States hasnot had a presence inSomalia since 1994 aftera failed UN interventionwhich began as a militaryfood-aid effort in 1992.

Withdrawal came after18 US soldiers and atleast 300 Somalis werekilled in a battle occurredin October, 1993 in thecapital Mogadishu,which was depicted in themovie “Black HawkDown”.

MNA/Xinhua

US citizens attackedin Johannesburg

Watercress ‘may cut cancer risk’raise levels of beneficialcompounds, and cutlevels of harmfulcompounds in the blood.

The study is fundedby the Watercress Al-liance, but is published inthe American Journal of

Clinical Nutrition.Papers published in

this journal are checkedby other scientists beforethey are published.

The results supportthe theory that con-sumption of watercress islinked to an overallreduced risk of cancer atvarious sites in the body

During the study 60healthy volunteers, in-cluding 30 smokers, atean 85g bag of fresh water-cress every day for eightweeks.

The researchers car-ried out tests before andafter this change in diet.

They found that DNAdamage to white bloodcells was cut by 22.9%.

The cells were also

Watercress boosts beneficial antioxidants.INTERNET

A raging gale batters the sea off Yantai, East China’s Shandong Province on14 Feb, 2007. The comber brought by the strong wind continually lashes out

the beach and bank along the waterfront area in the city. —XINHUA

Anne V, 20, from

Novgorod, Russia,

one of the models

featured in the 2007

‘Sports Illustrated’

swimsuit issue, poses

at a media event in

Los Angeles,

California, on 14 Feb,

2007.

INTERNET

LONDON, 15 Feb—Eating watercress regularly could help cut the chances of developing cancer,research suggests.

more able to protect them-selves from the damagingeffects of particles calledfree radicals.

When cell sampleswere exposed to hydrogenperoxide, which gen-erates large numbers offree radicals, damagelevels were 9.4% lowerthan would normally beexpected.

Blood levels of anti-oxidant compounds, suchas lutein and betacaro-tene, which can combatthe effect of free radicalswere raised.

In contrast, levels ofpotentially harmfultriglycerides were cut, byan average of 10%.

Internet

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BEIJING, 15 Feb—Chinais to ban poultry importsfrom Britain following therecent bird flu outbreak inthe country, the Ministryof Agriculture said in acircular on Wednesday.

The circular, jointlyissued by the ministry andthe General Admini-stration of QualitySupervision, Inspectionand Quarantine, called onquarantine authorities tointensify inspections toprevent the entry of thevirus into China.

According to the

China bans British poultry importsfollowing bird flu outbreak

circular, poultry andpoultry products importedfrom Britain from 13January onwards will bereturned or destroyed,while illegal imports willbe destroyed under thesupervision of quarantineauthorities. Poultry andpoultry products found tohave originated from

Britain will be sealed uponce discovered on ships,planes or trains.

Earlier this month,Britain reported a bird fluoutbreak at a Suffolk farm,killing 2,600 turkeys. Itwas the first time thedeadly H5N1 strain hadbeen found on a Britishfarm.—MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam plans heavy investmentin paper industry

HANOI, 15 Feb—Vietnam will pour 95.5trillion Vietnamese dong(VND) (nearly 6 billion USdollars) into developing itspaper and pulp industryfrom now to 2020 as partof an Industry Ministryplan, local newspaperVietnam News reportedWednesday.

Of the amount, 87trillion VND (over 5.4billion dollars) will beused to build more paperand pulp plants, 7.9 trillionVND (nearly 494 milliondollars) to plant forests,and the remainder to doother relevant works.

With the plannedinvestment, Vietnam willturn out 600,000 tons ofpulp, key material forpaper production, in 2010and 1.8 million tons in2020, meeting 70 per centof the domestic demandfor the material in 2020.

The country currentlyhas some 300 papermakers, and a few pulpproducers whose pro-

duction meets only 37 percent of the domesticdemand for pulp, theVietnam Pulp and PaperAssociation said, notingthat it has to import130,000-150,000 tons ofthe material each year.

This year, Vietnam ispredicted to manufacture

1.13 million tons of paperof different kinds, in-cluding letter, printing andpackaging paper, andimport of 914,500 tons ofpaper, mainly complicatedkinds of the product,according to the Viet-namese Trade Ministry.

MNA/Xinhua

Olympic mascots to starin own cartoon series

BEIJING, 15 Feb—The Beijing Olympics mascots,the Fuwas, will star in two cartoon series on Chinesetelevision in 2008. A 100-episode animation seriesnamed Fuwas Journey to the Olympics by a Beijingtelevision station has attracted investment of 50 millionyuan (about 6.5 US dollars) and famous cartoonistsfrom Hong Kong, Taiwan, Macao and also from Disney.

The other one is designed by CCTV but the detailsare secret, said officials at a preliminary ceremony ofthe International Investment and Trade Fair forAnimations, which will be held in Zhengzhou, capitalof central China’s Henan Province, from 26 to 28 Aprilthis year.—MNA/Xinhua

An Indian Stock broker trades on a phone as he watches his monitor at a stockbrokerage firm in Mumbai, on 14 Feb, 2007. India’s inflation jumped to a two-year high of 6.73 percent, prompting the government to slash diesel and petrolprices and raise expectations of more rate hikes to stabilize prices.—INTERNET

A Government vet

disinfects his boots

outside a contaminated

shed at the Bernard

Matthews’ factory

farm in Holton,

Suffolk. —INTERNET

Singapore’seconomy grows7.9% in 2006

SINGAPORE, 15 Feb—Singapore’s economyexpanded by 7.9 per cent year-on-year in the fourthquarter of 2006, bringing full-year real gross domesticproduct (GDP) growth to 7.9 per cent, higher than the6.6 per cent growth in 2005, the Ministry of Trade andIndustry (MTI) said on Wednesday.

The whole year growth of 7.9 per cent is higher thanthe previous estimate of 7.7 per cent, which wasannounced by Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong in hisNew Year message. The MTI has also upgraded the2007 economic growth forecast from 4-6 per cent to4.5-6.5 per cent. “The global economic conditionshave improved over the last few months,” the MTI saidin a statement, adding that “on the domestic front,forward-looking indicators point towards continuedgrowth in the next few quarters”.— MNA/Xinhua

A woman looks at CD’s and DVD’s in a shop selling counterfeit merchandisein Beijing. Waving fake DVDs and pirated books, officials from Hollywood

and the American publishing industry have complained to US lawmakers thatthe rampant counterfeiting problem in China was wreaking havoc to their

businesses.—INTERNET

Colombian police find $10m in drug cash BOGOTA, 16 Feb — Colombian authorities found more than 10 million US

dollars stashed behind a closet in a Cali apartment, bringing to nearly 90 millionUS dollars the sum of cash and gold seized this year from the city's drug lords,police said on Thursday.

The region around the western city of Cali is home to the infamously violentNorte del Valle cocaine cartel, which is accused of exporting about 500 tons of thewhite powder since 1999, worth about 10 billion US dollars.

The packets of 100-US-dollar bills were found on Wednesday in a luxuryapartment building near the spot where drug boss Miguel Rodriguez Orejuela wascaptured, police told reporters. He was sentenced last year to 30 years in US federalprison.—MNA/Reuters

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NEW DELHI,15 Feb—Chinese, Indian and RussianForeign Ministers met hereWednesday, reaffirmingtheir trilateral cooperationwas not directed against anyother country but intendedto promote internationalharmony and under-standing.

The three ministersemphasized the strongcommitment of India,Russia and China tomultilateral diplomacy,according to the Joint

ASHGABAT, 15 Feb— Turkmenistan’s acting leader,Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov, was on Wednesdaydeclared the winner of a 11 February election andimmediately sworn in as the gas-rich nation’s newPresident.

“According to the result of 89.23 per cent of allvotes cast for him, Kurbanguly Berdymukhamedov iselected President of Turkmenistan,” Central ElectionCommission head Murad Karriyev told a session of theCentral Asian state’s People’s Assembly.

Straight after the announcement, Berdymu-khamedov was sworn in, his hand on Turkmenistan’sConstitution and flanked by soldiers with green flagsand drawn swords.

The People’s Assembly — the nation’s highestrepresentative body bringing together hundreds ofparliamentarians, ministers, regional heads and elders— greeted the new leader with rapturous applause.

Ruled for two decades by Saparmurat Niyazov,who died in December, the country had sought tomaintain a sense of mystery around who won theelection, though it was almost certain to be actingleader Berdymukhamedov.— MNA/Reuters

China, India, Russia FMsmeet for trilateral cooperation

Communique issued afterthe trilateral meeting.

They agreed that China,India and Russia, ascountries with growinginternational influence, canmake substantive positivecontribution to globalpeace, security andstability.

“China, India andRussia have developedfriendly and frequentcooperation on inter-national and regionalissues,” said Chinese

Foreign Minister LiZhaoxing at a Press con-ference after the meeting,“The trilateral cooperationwill include cooperationin the regional organi-zations like ShanghaiCooperation Organiza-tion (SCO) and in theUnited Nations.”

China and Russiawelcomed India to join theSCO as an observer coun-try, according to the jointcommunique.

MNA/Xinhua

KATHMANDU, 15 Feb—It snowed on Wednesdayin some parts of Kath-mandu valley for the firsttime in the past 63 years.

It snowed in Bhak-tapur, Baneshwor, Teen-kune and some otherplaces in Nepal’s capitalvalley.

The snow only lastedabout five minutes ataround 14:00 (08:15GMT). In the last 63 years,there is no snow record inKathmandu valley cities’downtown areas, not tosay in this peach flowerwithering season.

Local meteorologyexpert KB Malla said thatthe present rainfall andsnow, which was a resultof the westerly winds’ lowpressure line, was anormal phenomenon.

MNA/Xinhua

First snowfall inKathmandu valleyin the past 63 years

Turkmen acting leadersworn in as new President

MEXICO CITY, 15 Feb— A Mexican man hasdiscovered dozens ofdinosaur footprints datingback up to 110 millionyears along the banks of adried river, scientists said BAGHDAD, 15 Feb — CNN broadcast on Wednesday

what it said was a video showing a US-Iraqi soldierwho was kidnapped in Baghdad nearly five monthsago.

The undated video, posted on a militant website,showed Ahmed al-Taie, a 41-year-old linguist, readinga statement.

“Proof of life was a condition for continuingdialogue,” with the kidnappers, his uncle, Entifadh al-Taie, told CNN from Washington.

“There is no date on this. We don’t know if he is ingood shape now.”

Taie was kidnapped on 23 October while visitingrelatives after leaving the security of the heavilyfortified Green Zone that houses the Iraqi Government,US Embassy and other missions. His family said hehad been taken by Shiite militiamen.

The US military initially set up checkpoints aroundSadr City, the stronghold of Shiite cleric Moqtada al-Sadr’s Mehdi Army militia, as part of a huge securitysweep to find him.

MNA/Reuters

Mexican man finds 40 dinosaurprints in desert

on Tuesday.Biologist Oscar Polaco

said the footprints, foundby a local resident in adesert region in centralMexico, belonged to threeprehistoric species that

came to drink water in thearea, once a swampy zoneclose to the sea.

Polaco said morestudies needed to be doneto determine what speciesof dinosaur the fossilizedprints, each one up to 60centimetres (24 inches)across, belonged to.

“At the moment wecan confirm these arefootprints that belong todinosaurs that lived duringthe early Cretaceous(period),” the scientistsaid.

The early Cretaceousperiod began about 144million years ago andfollowed on from the lateJurassic period.

The Cretaceous periodis considered the lastperiod before dinosaursdisappeared from earthabout 65 million years ago.

MNA/Reuters

CNN shows video of missingUS soldier in Iraq

An organic farm worker tends to a newly planted crop during the earlymorning hours in Rancho Santa Fe, California, on 14 Feb, 2007. Organic

farmers use plastic tenting covers to keep insects away from young plants andwater with drip irrigation. —INTERNET

A Brazilian beauty (M) waves to the audience after winning champion at 14thWorld Top Supermodel Contest in Kunming, southwest China’s Yunnan

Province, on 14 Feb, 2007. —XINHUA

Indian commuters make their way along a water-logged street after a heavydownpour flooded parts of Amritsar on 12 Feb,2007. At least 40 people have

died in northern India in a week of unseasonal heavy rains.—INTERNET

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Innate nature of Myanmar peopleAung Naing Oo (Kyemon)

I learnt from the hotel and tourism

community a good news that the arrival

of foreign tourists in Myanmar this year

is more than that in previous years.

Myanmar’s tourism industry is

based on its national scenic beauties

and archaeological sites of cultural

heritage with fine traditions. Myanmar

has no artificial tourist destinations

intended to lure tourists that are seen in

some countries, nor Disney Land,

Casino and night life. Myanmar does

not have any methods and deceitful

investments to get the money of the

tourists.

However, distorted, made-up and

malicious news stories about Myanmar

the media of certain big countries have

stated and broadcast are spreading to

many countries around the world. Being

misled into believing the slanderous

news stories broadcast with negative

attitude to tarnish the image of

Myanmar, a large number of tourists

are not eager enough to visit the nation

although they want to.

Soon after their arrival in

Myanmar, foreigners realize that what

they have learnt about Myanmar is far

from what they are witnessing in the

nation. Then, they recognize the natural

beauty of the golden land with stability

and peace, and the innate nature of

Myanmar people that the latter give

priority to their guests, and are hospitable

and helpful to others. There is a motto

relating to the nature of Myanmar people

“Helpful to others is Myanmar’s innate

nature”. It is not an exaggeration designed

to boost the tourism industry of

Myanmar. I would like to present one of

the true stories that give evidence to the

motto. And such events are found very

often in the nation.

It was in the evening of 6 February.

A Myanmar gentleman and two foreigner

young men came to the Kyemon daily

to put an advertisement in the newspaper

for loss of the passport. The young man,

who had lost his passport, seemed very

downhearted.

He was Enrique. He paid a visit to

Myanmar together with Daniel, Alfonso,

pagoda board of trustees and then to

Dagon Township Police Force. All

responsible persons gave wholehearted

help to them, he said.

Thanks to the help of the chief

editor and staff of the Advertising

Section of the Kyemon daily, the

following day issue carried Enrique’s

advertisement.

U Zaw Win phoned the Kyemon,

“I believed there would be a response

to the advertisement by the time when

many people had read the newspaper,

and was looking forward to a call to

me beginning at noon. As I expected,

there was a call to me at about 1.30

pm. A taxi driver who was holding

Enrique’s passport and belongings

contacted me. Where Enrique left his

bag was in a taxi. No sooner did they

hear the good news than they jumped

out of joy.”

He added that the young Spanish

tourists did not expect to get back the

things they lost; that they were surprised

by a quick and good result from a

newspaper advertisement; that to get

back the lost things was virtually

impossible in their country; that the

people of their country did not pay

much heed to newspapers; and they

acknowledged warm relations, help and

honesty of Myanmar people.

Later in the afternoon, the driver

came to May Fair Inn and handed over

the bag. He said to the Spanish tourists

that the majority of Myanmar people

professed Buddhism; that they practised

the Teachings of the Buddha to reduce

their greed and observed the Five

Precepts; and that he was poor but he

had no covetousness to get others’

belongings.

The foreign guests said that they

planned to stay in Myanmar till 25

February. During their stay, they would

visit Bagan-NyaungU, Mandalay, Inlay

and Chaungtha Beach. Theirs was the

first-ever visit to Myanmar. They got

hospitality and help of Myanmar

people, so they wanted to visit

Myanmar many more times, they said.

Translation: MS

Kyemon: 16-2-2007

Ricardo and Jarier. They worked for

IBERIA Airline in Madrid, Spain. Their

ages range from 29 to 37. They were

putting up at May Fair Inn on 38th Street.

Owner of May Fair Inn U Zaw Win

said that on the day they arrived, they

visited the Shwedagon Pagoda at about

5 pm. They enjoyed a pleasant sunset

from the platform of the pagoda and

took a rest there. They said that they

felt very pleased to see other pilgrims

paying homage at the pagoda and saying

prayers. Then, they took a taxi to

downtown Yangon to do a sightseeing.

They got off the taxi near the Sule

Pagoda. After that, Enrique noticed that

his bag was missing. They thought his

bag was left at the pagoda and returned

there to look for the bag, but in vain.

The bag held a Sony video camera, a

digital camera, a Spanish national

registration card, a passport and 70 US

dollars. Then, they reported to the

Soon after their arrival in Myanmar,foreigners realize that what they have learntabout Myanmar is far from what they arewitnessing in the nation. Then, theyrecognize the natural beauty of the goldenland with stability and peace, and the innatenature of Myanmar people that the lattergive priority to their guests, and arehospitable and helpful to others. There is amotto relating to the nature of Myanmarpeople “Helpful to others is Myanmar’sinnate nature”. It is not an exaggerationdesigned to boost the tourism industry ofMyanmar.

Enrique (top right) who lost his passport and cameras, U Zaw Win(May Fair Inn) (second top right) and young Spanish tourists.

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Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Seincalls for sustainable…

(from page 16)Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint re-

ported on earnings per year from gems emporium,booming of gems and jade market, joint-venture ofjade and gems mining between the State and private

companies and the mining in accordance with rulesand regulations of the Myanmar gems law.

Next, those present at the meeting discussedmatters related to development of the gems industry inMyanmar.

The meeting ended with concluding remarksby Secretary-1 of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen Thein Sein.

Also present at the meeting were members ofthe committee, the Chief Justice, the Attorney-Gen-eral, the Director-General of the State Peace andDevelopment Council’s office and officials con-cerned.

MNA

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win …(from page 16)

Next, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and party visited PruhsoBEHS and inspected classrooms, the multi-media classroomand learning of the students. He then fulfilled the require-ments. Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and party proceeded to PruhsoTownship Hospital where they viewed the X-ray room,operation theatre, medical store and wards and presentedgifts to the patients. Lt-Gen Kyaw Win presented K300,000 for the funds towards the hospital to medicalsuperintendent Dr Aye Aung.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win met with officialsand other ranks and their families at the local battalion. Hegave instructions on making efforts for the improvement ofagricultural, livestock breeding and health sectors andregional development and gave away gifts.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and party went to the town hallof Dimawhso and met with departmental staff, socialorganizations and townspeople. The Dimawhso TownshipPDC chairman and departmental officials reported on thedevelopment of the township and improving sectors ofagriculture, health and education. Col Nyunt Tin gave asupplementary report. Lt-Gen Kyaw Win stressed the needfor continued efforts to develop the agricultural sector. Hesaid the socio-economic growth of the local people is to beput on record. It is heartening to learn that the township’spass rate of the matriculation examination stood first inKayah State. He then greeted those present.

After that, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win visited DimawhsoBEHS and looked into the classrooms, science lab, multi-media classroom and students’ learning. Later, Lt-Gen

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Feb — The CentralCommittee for Extension of Nay Pyi Taw HerbalGarden held a meeting at the Ministry of Health, herethis afternoon.

Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint made aspeech.

Minister Col Thein Nyunt of the Ministry ofProgress of Border Areas and National Races and

Central Committee for Extension of Nay Pyi Taw Herbal Garden meetsDevelopment Affairs, Deputy Ministers for Health Dr MyaOo and Dr Paing Soe, Deputy Minister for ConstructionBrig-Gen Myint Thein and others were present.

Minister Col Thein Nyunt, Deputy MinisterDr Paing Soe and Deputy Minister Brig-Gen MyintThein held discussions.

The meeting ended with the concludingremarks by Minister Dr Kyaw Myint. — MNA

Kyaw Win and party proceeded to Dimawhso TownshipHospital where they inspected the operation theatre, medi-cal store and wards and presented gifts to the patients. Theyalso inspected Ngwedaung dam and left necessary instruc-tions to officials. — MNA

Minister Dr Kyaw Myint speaks at themeeting of Central Committee for Extension

of Nay Pyi Taw Herbal Garden.MNA

Senior General Than Shwe receives newly-accredited ambassador Mr Kouily A Souphakhet ofthe Lao People’s Democratic Republic. (News on page 1) — MNA

Minister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint.

MNA

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YANGON, 16 Feb — Director-General U Maung Maung Nyunt ofLivestock Breeding and VeterinaryDepartment met with Director MrHiroaki Okuchi of Japan InternationalCooperation Agency (JICA) andofficials at LBVD office in MandalayDivision on 6 February.

They discussed matters oncontrol of Foot and Mouth disease, birdflu and hog cholera disease and second-phase provision of ¥ 102 million forcontrol of the diseases.

Similarly, FAO RegionalCoordinator Dr Wantanee, Dr Machida

USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo addresses the conclusion of Advanced Management (Special) Course No 4 ofUSDA Executives.—MNA

Minister receivesSingaporean guests

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Feb — Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint received aSingaporean delegation led by Mr Frank Wong ofWatana Trading Ltd Managing and party at the ministry,here on 13 February.

Also present on the occasion were Director-General Dr Thein Tun of Electric Power Department,Managing Director Dr San Oo of Myanma ElectricPower Enterprise, Managing Director U Tin Aungof Electric Power Supply Enterprise and theofficials.—MNA

of Japan and Nancy R Morgan of FAORegional Office called on Director-General U Maung Maung Nyunt of LBVDand the officials at the same venueyesterday. Their discussion focused onthe findings of the surveillance on bird flu.

Dr Mac Arthur of United StatesAgency for International Developmentand party also met with the director-general of LBVD and the officials at thelatter’s office yesterday.

They discussed measures beingtaken for controlling bird flu andmatters on the FAO’s aid for preventionof bird flu. — MNA

Int’l Organizations to provide aid for controlof animal diseases in Myanmar

YANGON, 16 Feb —The Union Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationExecutives’ AdvancedManagement (Special)Course No 4 concluded atthe USDA TrainingSchool in HmawbyTownship this morning,with an address bySecretary-General ofUSDA U Htay Oo.

Also present on theoccasion were USDACEC members, Course in-charge Lt-Col Khin Winand officials.

In his address,Secretary-General U HtayOo said that the goal of allthe people is theemergence of a peaceful,modern, developed anddiscipline-flourishingdemocratic nation. Torealize this, priority isbeing given to achievingthe best result whileimplementing the long-term plan. The present taskto build the nation is tostrive for shaping thebetter future. Hence, thetask is to be handed downto one generation toanother.

The government andthe people have to adoptthe authentic and enduringnational policy in servingthe national interest. Inline with the prescribedpolicy, appropriate tasksfor the present situationare to be undertaken. Non-disintegration of theUnion, non-disintegrationof national solidarity andperpetuation of soverei-

USDA Executives Advanced Management (Special) Course No 4 concludes

gnty are national duties.These are lofty principlesfor building the nation.Furthermore, 12 Political,Economic and SocialObjectives are alsosystematic tasks.

At present, under thecorrect leadership of theHead of State, localstrengths such as theGovernment, the Tatma-daw and the people aremaking concerted effortsfor building the new nationby setting the genuine goal,the lofty principle and thesystematic task. Whiletaking part in the tasks tobuild the nation, the USDAmembers are to organizethe entire people to joinhands with the constructiveforce.

The members are tobuild the nation with UnionSpirit. It was the finetraditions that variousnational races have beenliving in the Union of

Myanmar through thickand thin since timeimmemorial. Nationalbrethren have been livingin hilly and plain regionsof the country with mutualunderstanding based onflourishing Union Spirit. Itis obvious that all regionsof the nation are located asmini-unions within theState. All the nationalpeople wherever they livehad overcome variouskinds of hindrances anddifficulties through UnionSpirit. Therefore, all are toemphasize perpetualexistence of the genuineUnion Spirit.

The USDA wasformed with patrioticyouth with the aim ofjoining hands with thepeople in carrying outstability and developmenttasks of the nation. Atpresent, the number of theassociation alreadyreached 24 million.

Training courses for theincreasing members arebeing opened at township,State/Division and centrallevels. Qualitified mem-bers will have the abilityto better serve the interestof the respective regions.

The trainees are leadingthe different associations ofrespective regions and theyhave experiences to acertain degree. They havestudied various subjects ofthe training course andparticipated in thediscussions.

The trainees will beable to effectively applythe experiences andknowledge they havegained from the course inthe interest of local peopleof their regions. They haveto expedite the tasksthrough the association’sunited strength for regionaldevelopment and practiseand understand theprinciples of leadership andobedience in differentlevels.

Now is an opportunetime for them to take part

in the smooth transition toa new nation. Thegovernment is buildinggood foundations to ensurepeace and stability andperpetual existence of theforthcoming discipline-flourishing democraticnation. Consequently, thenation is enjoyingunprecedented progress.

In the drive for theemergence of a new nation,priority is to be given toprudent projects to beimplemented throughunremitting efforts.

The association istaking part in the tasks forequitable development ofall parts of the nation. Themembers are to join handswith local people in theState’s seven-step RoadMap laid down forachieving the national goal— emergence of ademocratic nation.

The fruitful results ofprogress the people arenow enjoying are due tothe correct leadership,genuine goodwill andunremitting self-reliant

efforts to accomplish thedevelopment tasks. Inserving the nationalinterest, tasks are to becarried out with UnionSpirit for the developmentof the Union.

The nation’s tangibledevelopment is, indeed, theprevailing condition of thenation. That is achieveddue to the endeavours madewith genuine goodwillwithout egotism,personality cult, ideologyand sectarianism.

Every nation givespriority to the interests ofthe people concerned. Inthat regard, it is requiredof the national people tobe aware of alieninstigation and wedgedriven in the interests ofthe alien nation concerned.

In conclusion, he urgedthe member trainees tomake concerted effortswith patriotic spirit forensuring perpetualexistence and developmentof the new nation, tocooperate with the entirepeople for successfulcompletion of the seven-step Road Map, todischarge communitywelfare services inaccordance with the futureprogrammes laid down bythe association, and toovercome all possibleobstacles through themorale and unity of themembers and the people ina bid to build a new nation.

Altogether 200trainees completed thefour-week course.—MNA

Training courses conducted at all levels to enable USDA membersto better serve national and regional interests

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Thailand plans to breakpatents on 14 drugs

BANGKOK, 16 Feb — Thailand is planning tobreak the foreign patents of 14 HIV/AIDS, cancerand heart drugs, a move that may prompt companiesto withhold new drugs from the Thai market,pharmaceutical firms said on Wednesday.

Italy’s Mara Santangelo plays a shot to Japan’sYurika Sema during their match at the Women’sOpen tennis tournament in the southern Indian city of Bangalore on 16 Feb, 2007. — INTERNET

Villagers travel in a ‘nory’, a small train made from bamboo, at Bak Doeungvillage in Kampong Speu Province, 40 km (25 miles) northwest of Phnom

Penh, on 16 Feb, 2007. — INTERNET

Egyptian holiday makers enjoy a ride on a traditional Nile wind boat in frontof the Giza Pyramids in Cairo, Egypt, on 16 Feb, 2007. — INTERNET

Iranian official hints athalting atomic work

TEHERAN, 16 Feb — An adviser to Iran’s top authority,Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, suggested inremarks published on Wednesday that Teheran mightconsider suspending sensitive atomic work.

The comments are the latest in a series ofconflicting signals from Iranian officials on whetherIran would halt uranium enrichment, which the Westfears Teheran is using to build nuclear bombs. Iraninsists its plans are peaceful.

In previous rounds of nuclear talks that collapsed,Iran said it was open to discussing suspension butwould explain that it was an “illogical” step for Iran.Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad ruled outsuspension in a speech on Sunday.

Ali Akbar Velayati, quoted by French dailyLiberation, said Iran had accepted suspension in thepast but the move had not helped to end the dispute.

“But if we continue to be in favour of a peacefulresolution of this problem, no idea should beunacceptable, not for us or for anyone else,” he said.

“We have only got one red line: respecting ourright to nuclear energy, which is guaranteed in the(nuclear) Non-Proliferation Treaty.”

The NPT gives signatories the right to enrich fuelfor atomic power plants provided their plans are verifiedas peaceful.

Velayati was Iran’s Foreign Minister underinfluential former president Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani.He now serves as an adviser on international affairs toKhamenei. — MNA/Reuters

“This action iscompletely unpreceden-ted anywhere in theworld,” said TeeraChakajnarodom, pre-sident of the Pharmaceuti-cal Research and Manu-facturers’ Association ofThailand, which has 43member drug firms.

The 14 drugs targetedby the Health Ministryalso included antibiotics,Teera said in a statement.

The ministry hasannounced compulsorylicences for three of the 14drugs, allowing it to buyor make generic versionsof the two HIV/AIDSdrugs and a heart diseasemedicine.

Ministry officialswere not immediatelyavailable to comment.

On Monday, HealthMinister Mongkol naSongkhla told Reuters aministry panel wasstudying drugs Thailandneeded and could make orbuy copies while hagglingfor best prices of patentedversions. He did not namethe drugs being studied.

Foreign drug makerssay Thailand’s military-appointed governmentgave no notice to theaffected companies beforeissuing the compulsorylicences.

“When governmentsresolve to take away theproperty of the privatesector, they need to beginwith consultation and endwith the consent of theproperty owner,” Teerasaid. — MNA/Reuters

Beijing Customs seize around 70 kilosof ivory products

BEIJING, 16 Feb — A total of 67.45 kilos of ivory products was seizedfrom the luggage of a female passenger from the Democratic Republic ofCongo at Beijing Capital International Airport on Tuesday.

The female pas-senger, flying from AddisAbba to Beijing, chose togo through the nothing-to-declare lane of theCustoms upon her arrivalin Beijing.

She was found to becarrying half-finishedmahjong sets, bracelets,necklaces and otherornaments made of ivorywhen Customs officersexamined her luggage.

A n t i - s m u g g l i n gofficers are currentlyinvestigating the case.

China put into effecta set of regulation on thetrade of endangered wildfauna and flora on 1September last year.

The rules coverwildlife listed by theConvention on Inter-national Trade inEndangered Species ofWild Fauna and Flora

(CITES). China joinedthe international conven-tion in 1980.

Under the rules,approval from theChinese Government isrequired for exportingand importing wildlifeor wildlife products fornon-commercial pur-poses, such as scientificresearch, breeding or ex-changes.

MNA/Xinhua

Japanese gang head founddead, suicide suspected

TOKYO, 16 Feb — The head of a Japanese gangappeared to have committed suicide on Thursday, aweek after the fatal shooting of a rival group’s membertriggered fears of an all-out turf war between thecountry’s two largest Yakuza clans.

Kazuyoshi Kudo, head of a gang associated withJapan’s largest organized crime group, the Yamaguchi-gumi, is believed to have killed himself with a gun inhis home in Tokyo, Kyodo news agency reported.

Tokyo police said Kudo, 70, was found dead athome. They did not give details. Membership in a gangis not in itself illegal in Japan. Although police keepclose tabs on gang members, they are often criticizedfor avoiding confrontations. — MNA/Reuters

Japanese whaling ship on fire off coast of AntarcticaCANBERRA, 16 Feb — A Japanese whaling ship is on fire and one crew

member is missing off the coast of Antarctica after a blaze broke out belowdecks, New Zealand maritime authorities said on Thursday.

The fire broke outaround 1600 GMT (5 amNew Zealand Time) on theblack-hulled NisshinMaru, the 8,000-tonflagship and factory vesselof the Japan whaling fleetin the Southern Ocean.

“Three other whalingships have come to theirassistance and taken 142crew off, while 20 re-main on the ship fightingthe fire and one isunaccounted for at this

stage,” Maritime NewZealand spokesman SteveCorbett told Reuters.

Corbett said he couldnot confirm reports of anexplosion and the causeof the fire was unknown,as sea conditions in thearea had been calm withno wind.

The blaze, he said,had nothing to do withenvironmental activistswho had been harassingthe fleet for the past two

days, at one stage collidingwith another Japanesevessel.

No assistance hadbeen requested or sent tothe area — 265 nauticalmiles north of theAmerican McMurdo Basein Antarctica and near theso-called Bay of Whales— by New Zealand’sGovernment. “The masteradvises he has the situationunder control,” Corbettsaid. — MNA/Reuters

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A staff member uses lotus-shaped candles to form the Chinesecharacter for ‘Good Fortune’ at a temple on the outskirts of Beijing,on 16 Feb, 2007. Chinese around the world are preparing to welcome

the Lunar New Year on 18 Feb. — INTERNET

JAKARTA, 16 Feb —The Secretariat ofAssociation of South-EastAsian Nations (ASEAN)has launched a logo for its40th anniversary here onThursday.

After a logo designcontest around theASEAN member coun-tries, logo designed byHaji Othman bin HajiSalleh from Brunei

ASEAN launches 40th anniversary logoDarussalam was chosen asthe final winner.

The number “40”incorporated into the logodesign gives a clearrepresentation ofASEAN’s 40th anniver-sary. The two sharp pointsof the “4” meet in a mannerto symbolize ASEAN’sharmonious and key rolein the progress anddevelopment of a dynamic

Asia. It also alludes to the“heart” of a resilient caringand sharing ASEANcommunity.

Through using theofficial ASEAN colours ofblue, red, white and yellow,and the ASEAN emblem,the logo reflects the goalsand values of ASEAN andambition of becoming onecommunity.

MNA/Xinhua

ANKARA, 16 Feb —Visiting Israeli PrimeMinister Ehud Olmert toldreporters here onThursday that he is“happy” to make peacewith Syria, but Damascusmust stop supporting whathe called “terrorism”.

Olmert made theremarks in a joint newsconference with hisTurkish counterpart

Olmert says Israel wants peace with SyriaRecep Tayyip Erdogan.

If there is a peacewith Syria, “we will besatisfied and be happy”,Olmert said, urging forSyria’s abiding by the rulesset up by the internationalcommunity to stopsupporting terrorism.

Olmert arrived inTurkish capital Ankara onWednesday on a two-dayofficial visit, during which

bilateral ties and regionalissues will be high onagenda.

On Tuesday, a daybefore the arrival ofOlmert, Erdogan criticizedIsrael for allowingexcavation near Islam’sthird holiest shrine al-AqsaMosque in Jerusalem,saying the objections of theMuslim world werejustified. — MNA/Xinhua

MADRID, 16 Feb —Rescue workers found thebodies of six people whosuffocated deep in anunderground cavern onSpain’s Canary Islands onSunday, a spokeswomansaid.

The six were part of agroup of 30, includingscientists and members ofa nature organization, whohad been exploring caveson Tenerife on Saturday.Most had managed to getout unaided, but eight wererescued in the early hoursof the morning with acutebreathing difficulties and

Six die in cavern on Spain’s Tenerife Islandwere taken to a hospital.

Rescuers found thelast six in the afternoon.

A spokeswoman forthe emergency servicessaid the missing were1,500 to 2,000 metres(5,000 to 6,500 feet)underground and accessfor rescue workers wasvery difficult.

The official cause ofdeath would not beconfirmed until there wasan autopsy, but initially itlooked like lack of oxygenrather than toxic gas, shesaid.

“The tunnels are very

narrow. There is not muchair and this was a biggroup,” she earlier said.

The undergroundlabyrinths on the volcanicisland of Tenerife, off thecoast of Morocco, areknown to some locals.Newspaper El Pais saidsome were tunnelsexcavated in the 19thCentury in the search forwater and that they wereoften filled with volcanicgases.

The Teide Mountainon Tenerife is one ofEurope’s few active vol-canoes.— MNA/Reuters

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VASCO DA GAMA VOY NO (033)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCO DAGAMA VOY NO (033) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 17.2.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

NATO bombing kills 30in S Afghan

KABUL, 15 Feb—NATO Air Forces killed 30 peopleincluding 18 civilians early Wednesday in abombardment against a compound near Musa QalaDistrict centre in Helmand Province of southernAfghanistan, a local elder Haji Ibrahim told Xinhua.

Ibrahim said the 18 civilians were all familymembers of the compound’s owner Haji Qasim, andthe other 12 persons killed were Taleban militants.

MNA/Xinhua

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Chinese Mainland will need 3,000aircraft over next 20 years

BEIJING, 15 Feb—The Chinese Mainland will need3,000 aircraft over the next 20 years, according to JohnLeahy, Airbus chief operating officer.

The figure includes 2,650 passenger planes, wortha total of 289 billion US dollars, as the number ofpassenger planes in service will increase from 760 in2005 to 2,700 in 2025, he predicted. Meanwhile, theMainland’s air cargo transport will increase six timesby 2025, creating the demand for 400 new cargoplanes.— MNA/Xinhua

Vietnam to send firstguest workers to US

HANOI, 15 Feb—Viet-namese guest labourerswill be able to work in theUnited States for the firsttime on a trial basis, thegovernment said in astatement on Wednesday.

The LabourMinistry has identified theUnited States, Australiaand Canada as new majormarkets for Vietnameseguest workers this year. Ithas projected to send80,000 people to workoverseas in 2007, from78,800 people sent lastyear.— MNA/Reuters

Beijing police seizes fake“Viagra” pills

BEIJING, 15 Feb— Beijing police Tuesday crackeddown a underground factory which manufactured thefake blue pill, “Viagra”, involving 2.5 million yuan(about 320,000 US dollars), according to sources withthe municipal drug and food supervision bureau.

Police found 1,949 pieces of the fake blue pills in theunderground factory, located in a two-storey buildingin Tongzhou District in eastern Beijing, together withmachines, packing materials, trade marks and evenanti-counterfeiting tags, Beijing Daily reports onWednesday. The Tongzhou branch of the Beijing drugand food supervision bureau last December got letterscomplaining that noises and fake medicines wereproduced in a certain building.— MNA/Xinhua

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UN report says Britain worst place for children LONDON, 15 Feb—

Britain is the worst countryin the industrialized worldin which to be a child, theUnited Nations Children’sFund (UNICEF) said onWednesday.

The charity looked at40 indicators to gauge thelives of children in 21economically advancednations — the first studyof its kind — and foundBritain’s children wereamong the poorest andmost neglected.

Children’s charitiesand opposition politiciansdescribed the findings as

“shameful” and accusedPrime Minister TonyBlair’s government offailing a generation ofchildren.

Britain lagged behindon key measures of povertyand deprivation, happi-ness, relationships, andrisky or bad behaviour, thestudy showed.

It scored a little betterfor education but lan-guished in the bottom thirdfor all other measures,giving it the lowest overallplacing, along with theUnited States.

Children’s happiness

was rated highest innorthern Europe, with theNetherlands, Sweden andDenmark leading the list.

“All countries haveweaknesses that need to beaddressed and no countryfeatures in the top third ofthe rankings for all sixdimensions,” said DavidBull, UNICEF Britain’sexecutive director. Thestudy found there was noconsistent relationshipbetween a country’swealth, as measured ingross domestic product percapita, and a child’s qualityof life.— MNA/Reuters

TOKYO, 15 Feb—Twotourists were killed, andeleven injured on Wednes-day when they encountereda snowslide on a mountainin northern Japan’s AomoriPrefecture, local reportssaid. A missing tourist hasbeen found and rushed tohospital in the afternoon.He was conscious thoughinjured, Kyodo News said.The snowslide occurred ataround 11:00 am local

time (0200 GMT). Atourist group comprisingsome 24 people startedclimbing the mountain atAomori City, AomoriPrefecture at around 9:00am (0000 GMT). A guidecontacted their hotelaround two and a halfhours later, saying thatsnowslide occurred. Some40 firefighters were thensent to rescue.

MNA/Xinhua

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Ancient Chinese paintings onshow in Brussels

BRUSSELS, 15 Feb— Belgian art lovers get a rare chance of watching someof the most precious collections of China’s top museum when they were put ondisplay in a Brussels art centre on Wednesday.

Eighty-five paintingsby Chinese masters fromthe 15th to the 20thCentury, drawn from thecollection of the PalaceMuseum in Beijing, stoodside by side with 92 worksby Belgian paintersduring the same period,such as Pieter Bruegheland Peter Paul Rubens,in an unique exhibition inthe Brussels Centre forFine Arts.

The exhibition, the

Forbidden Empire, wasdesigned so that visitorscan observe both therelationships and thedifferences between thetwo groups’ painters interms of themes, tech-niques, and visions, saidYu Hui, the Chinesecurator of the show.

He said that althoughChinese ancient art workshad been exhibited inmany countries, suchparallel presentation was

unprecedented. As oilpainting on canvas cameinto an interesting con-frontation with works onpaper and silk from theMing and Qing dynastiesand from the early days ofthe Chinese Republic,viewers can get a betterunderstanding of the twonations and their civiliza-tions by comparing theirdistinct cultures and theirconceptions of the world.

MNA/Xinhua

Malaysia sees record-high FDI inmanufacturing in 2006

KUALA LUMPUR, 15 Feb — Foreign investment in approved manufacturing projects in Malaysiareached 20.2 billion ringgit (5.46 billion US dollars) in 2006, the highest level chalked up to date, localPress reported Wednesday.

The figure is a big improvement compared with17.9 billion ringgit (4.84 billion US dollars) in 2005and 13.1 billion ringgit (3.54 billion US dollars) in2004.

International Trade and Industry Minister RafidahAziz announced the figures Tuesday when releasingthe Malaysian Industrial Development Authority’sannual report on the performance of the manufacturingand services sectors.

“Despite the increasing global competition,Malaysia continues to attract global foreigninvestment, reflecting the country’s cost-competitiveness as a manufacturing and export base,”

Man with “elephantine face” leaves hospital GUANGZHOU, 15 Feb—

A Chinese man with “ele-phantine face” has leftGuangzhou NanfangHospital for the SpringFestival after 2.8-kilotumours on his face wasremoved. Chen Shiping,40, had his face coveredwith tumours developedfrom a small tumour on hishead when he was seven.He went to the hospital inSeptember last year.

“Chen suffered theunwonted neurofibroma, ausually benign tumouroriginating in peripheralnerve fibres,” said GaoJianhua, the plastic surgeonin charge of the surgery.

About ten such caseshad been reported inChina but Chen was theworst one. The operationwas a challenge to the

contemporary plasticsurgery, said Gao.

The first surgery in Juneand second surgery inDecember had removed a

total of 2.8-kilo tumours onhis face, eyelids, lips,forehead, neck and leftear.

MNA/Xinhua

Beijing Unicomoffers free incomingmobile phone calls BEIJING,15 Feb — Beijing

Unicom, a local branch ofChina’s second largestmobile phone operatorChina Unicom Ltd, hasannounced subscribers canenjoy free incoming callsfrom Wednesday.

According to a BeijingUnicom spokesman, thefree calls are only availableto users in Beijing atpresent due to “com-plicated charging poli-cies”. Beijing Unicom’srival Beijing Mobile, localbranch of China’s largestmobile operator ChinaMobile Ltd, startedproviding free incomingcalls packages for amonthly prepaid fee on 8February.—MNA/Xinhua

WHO urges developing countries tonegotiate with drugs companies

BANGKOK, 15 Feb— Developing nations shouldtry to negotiate with drug companies beforeoverriding patents to make copycat medicines, thehead of the World Health Organization said.

Margaret Chan said theThai Government was fullywithin its rights under worldtrade rules to issue com-pulsory licences allowingit to buy or make genericversions of two HIV/AIDSdrugs and a heart diseasemedicine.

But in a letter to ThaiHealth Minister MongkolNa Songkhla made availableto Reuters on Tuesday, Chansaid: “I firmly believe thatthe pharmaceutical industry— generic manufacturersand R&D companies — arepart of the solution.”

The Thai licences, ex-pected to save the country

up to 800 million baht (24million US dollars) a year,drew praise from AIDSactivists, but flak from thedrug industry, whichreceived no warning fromthe military-appointedgovernment.

Chan said countrieswere not required tonegotiate with patentholders before issuing alicence, but “prior nego-tiations with industry is apragmatic approach thatmay ensure countries haveaccess to high qualitymedicines and at affor-dable prices”.

MNA/Reuters

Rafidah was quoted as saying by the New StraitsTimes. Taking into account both local and foreigninvestments, a total of 1,077 projects involvinginvestments of 46 billion ringgit (12.43 billion USdollars) were approved last year compared with 31billion ringgit (8.38 billion US dollars) in 1,027projects in 2005.

The figures exceeded Malaysia’s Third IndustrialMaster Plan (2006-2020) target. Projects approvedduring the period are expected to create 88,952 jobs,of which 66 per cent will be in the managerial,technical, supervisory and skilled manpowercategories. — MNA/Xinhua

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Chinese Olympic football team.—XINHUA

BEIJING, 15 Feb.— Two players from the Chi-nese Olympic football team have been invited to trainwith the first-string squad of English Premiershippowerhouse Chelsea.

Yu Hai and Yuan Weiwei were the lucky playerwho temporarily wore No. 28 and 44 blue jerseysduring Chelsea's training session on Valentine'sDay.

As part of a cooperation scheme between theBlues and the Chinese Football Association, the Chi-nese Olympic team was accommodated at Chelsea'sbase and arranged to train there during the Englandtraining tour.

The arrangement allowed the Chinese lads tomingle with the club's big names such as AndriyShevchenko and Michael Ballack on and off the pitch.

The decision of the Chinese players' participa-tion came after Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho suf-

fered a shorthanded plight in the team's left wing dueto a shortfall caused by injuries in ace left players,including Ashley Cole and Arjen Robben.—Internet

Russia's Elena Likhovtseva returns aball to compatriot Elena Dementievaduring the second round of theProximus Diamond Games tennis tour-nament in Antwerp on 15 Feb, 2007. INTERNET

Shigeki Maruyama, of Japan, follows through on atee shot on the ninth hole during the first round of theNissan Open golf tournament at the Riviera CountryClub in Los Angeles, on 15 Feb, 2007.—INTERNET

Three more Reds for Necaxain home defeat

MEXICO CITY, 16 Feb — Necaxa took their tally of redcards to five in the last two games after having three playerssent off in a 2-0 home defeat by Cruz Azul in the Mexicanchampionship.

Necaxa, whose coach Jose Luis Trejo has also beensuspended after being sent off against Pachuca on Sunday,finished the first half of Wednesday night's Clausurachampionship game with nine men and trailing by twogoals.

Miguel Sabah scored both goals for the visitors whileMario Perez was dismissed for a second bookable offencein the 25th minute and Omar Hernandez followed in the44th for a tackle from behind.

Substitute Victor Gutierrez followed in the 73rd minutebut Necaxa enjoyed one slice of good fortune when IsraelLopez missed a penalty for the visitors shortly afterwards.

Referee Marco Antonio Rodriguez produced one morered card when he dismissed Cruz Azul veteran SalvadorCarmona in the 87th minute for a second bookable offence.

The win took Cruz Azul second in Group One with ninepoints from five games, one behind Atlas who lost theirunbeaten record in a 1-0 defeat at San Luis.

Pachuca's goalless draw at Queretaro kept them top ofGroup Two while Morelia stayed top of Group Three witha 5-0 thrashing of Veracruz.

Francisco Arce scored a hat-trick for the Monarchs,while Alejandro Leyva and Edgar Solano shared the othergoals. Colombian international Tressor Moreno com-pleted a miserable evening for the Red Sharks when hewas sent off in the 48th minute.—MNA/Reuters

Calderon’s rival opts against further legal action at Real

Lippi delighted by Italy’s returnto top spot

Kewell likely to leave Liverpool LONDON, 16 Feb — Australia's Harry Kewell will

possibly leave English soccer club Liverpool nextseason. Kewell has not played for the former Euro-pean champions since getting injured during their FACup final win over West Ham last May.

The 28-year-old, who struggles to overcome footand groin injuries, has been linked with Barcelona andTottenham coach Martin Jol has respect for the playerthough getting back to fitness would of course be aprerequisite before any new move in his career.

MNA/Xinhua

Schedule clash tops firstmeeting of Blatter, Platini

ZURICH, 16 Feb — FIFA president Sepp Blatter hasheld his first official meeting with Michel Platinisince the Frenchman's election to the UEFA presi-dency last month.

According to a joint statement released on Thurs-day, the meeting concentrated on perceived problemsconcerning players' agents, insurance for clubs andthe players they release for international duty and theinternational match calendar.

In particular, Blatter and Platini were said to havediscussed an upcoming schedule clash in December2007 when FIFA's Club World Cup is set to coincidewith the final group stage matches in the UEFAChampions League.

Two proposals have been put forward with the aimof resolving the clash, but no further details weregiven. For the longer term, the statement said FIFAand UEFA had agreed to set up a joint committee totry and harmonize the international calendar up to2014.—MNA/Reuters

MADRID, 16 Feb— Real Madrid presidential candi-date Juan Miguel Villar Mir has decided not to appeala judge's ruling that the postal votes in last July'selection were null and void.

Spanish media reported a large number of the10,511 votes that were excluded had been for VillarMir, who lagged winner Ramon Calderon by 1,642 inthe poll. He was considered the candidate most likelyto contest the ruling.

"I could appeal the decision but it would be alengthy process and would extend the instability atReal Madrid for another one, or two years," Villar Mirtold a news conference on Thursday.

"I ask the club to call new elections at the end of thisseason. It is important they have elections soon be-cause these club members (who used the postal votesystem) need to be allowed to vote."

MNA/Reuters

ROME, 15 Feb — World Cup-winning coach Marcello Lippisaid he was delighted after Italyreturned to the top of FIFA's worldrankings for the first time in 14years.

Italy replaced Brazil at the topof the rankings, announced byFIFA on Wednesday. "It's rightthat Italy is among the very toppositions. It was absurd when,before the World Cup, the UnitedStates were ranked third, theCzech Republic fourth," Lippiwas quoted as saying in LaGazzetta dello Sport on Thurs-day.

"Now Italy is justifiably firstand it will stay like that for awhile."

Italy last topped the rankingsin November 1993. That side,coached by Arrigo Sacchi, fin-ished runners-up to Brazil in the

World Cup the following year. "The national team of 1993,

the one that Sacchi put together,was a spectacular side," continuedLippi, who stepped down as Italycoach a few days after they beatFrance in the World Cup final inBerlin.

"Only that (Italian) team, be-fore now, managed to occupy firstplace. That's very satisfying forus."

Italy's team manager at theWorld Cup, former internationalstriker Gigi Riva, said the newrankings were overshadowed bythe death of a policeman duringrioting at a Serie A match thismonth.

"Obviously the statistical rec-ognition is a great pleasure, even ifthere's not much to choose be-tween the first, second, or thirdplaces," he said.— MNA/Reuters

Benneteau downs Ferrer toadvance in Marseille

MARSEILLE, 16 Feb— France's Julien Benneteaurecovered from a terrible start to beat Spaniard fifthseed David Ferrer 4-6, 6-0, 6-1 and reach the quarter-finals of the Marseille Open on Thursday.

Unseeded Benneteau, who reached the FrenchOpen last eight last year, won seven out of eight breakpoints to wrap up the win in one hour and 39 minutes.

Benneteau, 43rd in the ATP rankings, now meetsFinn Jarkko Nieminen, who beat France's NicolasMahut 6-4, 3-6, 6-3. Big serving Robin Soederlingwon an all-Swedish clash when he beat ThomasJohansson 6-4, 7-5 to set up a possible quarterfinalclash with France's Richard Gasquet. — MNA/Reuters

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Friday, 16 February, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30

hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thun-dershowers have been scattered in Kachin State, iso-lated in Shan and Rakhine States, upper Sagaingand Mandalay Divisions, and weather has been partlycloudy in the remaining areas. Night temperatureswere (3°C) to (4°C) above normal in Kachin andRakhine States, Bago and Taninthayi Divisions, (3°C)below normal in Chin State, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions and about normal in the remaining Statesand Divisions. The significant night temperature wasPinlaung (5°C). The noteworthy amounts of rainfallrecorded were Machanbaw (0.28) inch, Putao (0.23)inch, Sittway (0.20) inch and Kyaukse (0.16) inch.

Maximum temperature on 15-2-2007 was 95°F.Minimum temperature on 16-2-2007 was 69°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 16-2-2007 was73%. Total sunshine hours on 15-2-2007 was (9.0)hours approx.

Rainfall on 16-2-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon,Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since1-1-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye andCentral Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Northwest at (15:30)hours MST on 15-2-2007.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy inthe East Central and Southwest Bay and generallyfair in the Andaman Sea and elsewhere in the Bayof Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 17-2-2007:Rain or thundershowers are likely to be isolated inKachin, Chin, Rakhine and Shan States, Sagaing, Man-dalay, Magway and Bago Divisions and weather willbe partly cloudy in the remaining States and Divi-sions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moder-ate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likeli-hood of isolated rain or thundershowers in the North-ern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbour-ing areas for 17-2-2007: Possibility of isolated rainor thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 17-2-2007: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 17-2-2007: Possibility of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (40%).

Weather outlook for fourth weekend ofFebruary 2007: During the coming weekend, rainor thundershowers are possible to be isolated in NayPyi Taw and Mandalay Division and weather willbe partly cloudy in Yangon Division.

WEATHER

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US Army grants more waivers torecruits with criminal pasts

Russia’s Anna Chakvetadze, left, shakes hands with compatriot NadiaPetrova after the quarter finals at the Diamond games in Antwerp, Belgium,

on Friday 16 Feb, 2007. Chakvetadze won 6-3, 6-4. — INTERNET

In numbers, thefigure increased to 8,129in 2006 from 4,918 in2003, the report quotedPentagon records assaying.

The sharpest increasewas in waivers for serious

misdemeanors, whichmake up the bulk of all theArmy’s moral waivers.

These include ag-gravated assault, burglary,robbery and vehicularhomicide.

The number of

waivers for felonyconvictions also increased,to 11 per cent of the 8,129moral waivers granted in2006, from 8 per cent.

While soldiers withcriminal histories made uponly 11.7 per cent of the

Army recruits in 2006, thespike in waivers raisesconcerns about whetherthe military is making toomany exceptions to try tomeet its recruitmentdemands in a time of war.

Most felons, forexample, are not permittedto carry firearms, andmany criminals have atsome point exhibitedserious lapses in disciplineand judgment, traits thatare far from ideal on thebattlefield.

The military auto-matically excludes peoplewho have committedcertain crimes. Theyinclude drug traffickers,recruits who have morethan one felony on theirrecord or people who havecommitted sexually vio-lent crimes.

A felony is defined asa crime that carries asentence of a year or morein prison.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 16 Feb— The number of waivers granted to US Army recruits with criminalbackgrounds has grown about 65 per cent in the last three years, The New York Times reportedWednesday.

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2nd Waxing of Tabaung 1368 ME Saturday, 17 February, 2007

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein delivers an address at meeting of Leading Committee for Development of Myanma Gems Industry.—MNA

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win presents gifts to a patient at Pruhso Township Hospital.MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Feb — Meeting No 1/2007 ofLeading Committee for Development of Myanma GemsIndustry was held at Ministry of Mines here today.

Chairman of the Leading Committee Secre-tary-1 of the State Peace and Development CouncilLt-Gen Thein Sein delivered an address at the meet-ing. In his speech, he said the gems industry isbooming and increasing demand of gems from abroadbenefit the government and private entrepreneurs, headded.

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein calls forsustainable mining, urges supervision of

work not to cause damage to environment

He also urged the Ministry of Mines andlocal authorities to supervise the mining work notto cause damage to the environment. As gems arethe natural resources of the State, those engaged inmining should not concentrate only on their owninterest. They should take fair share of the businesswith the State. As oil, minerals and gem stones areexhaustible resources, officials are to supervisesustainable mining. In accordance with one of thefour economic objectives of the State, officials are

to supervise the gem business so as to keep it in thehands of the national people who want to carry out thebusiness.

He also urged officials concerned to encour-age the businessmen so that they can make value-added items or materials and to work together foremergence of a firmly-established market for jadeand gems at home in accordance with rules andregulations.

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Meeting No 1/2007 of Myanma Gems IndustryDevelopment Committee held

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Feb — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Win ofthe Ministry of Defence, accompanied by officials,arrived at Loikaw Airport in Kayah State yesterdaymorning to inspect development in Kayah State andShan State (South). He was welcomed there by ShanState (East) PDC Chairman Commander of EasternCommand Brig-Gen Thaung Aye, Kayah State PDCChairman Col Nyunt Tin, senior military officers anddepartmental officials.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win and party first inspected roadconditions and development tasks in Loikaw, Dimawhsoand Pruhso. At Pruhso Township PDC office, Lt-GenKyaw Win heard reports by the township PDC chairmanand officials on improving agricultural, health, educationand social affairs sectors. Col Nyunt Tin gave a supplemen-tary report. Lt-Gen Kyaw Win called for efforts for regionaldevelopment through cooperation of service personnel,social organizations and local people, growing of rubberand conducting research, growing of physic nut and im-provement of national youth’s education. He also met withmembers of Pruhso Township Union Solidarity and De-velopment Association and gave necessary instructions.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win on tour of Loikaw DistrictService personnel, locals urged to make efforts for regional development

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