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Volume XIII, Number 127 2nd Waning of Wagaung 1367 ME Sunday, 21 August, 2005

Established 1914

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

* 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 objectivesFour political objectives Four social objectives

YANGON, 20 Aug— The National Conven-tion Convening Commis-sion held meeting 3/2005at its meeting hall atKyaikkasan Grounds,here, at 1 pm today, withan address by Chairmanof NCCC Secretary-1 ofthe State Peace and De-velopment Council Lt-Gen Thein Sein.

Also present on theoccasion were Vice-Chairmen of NCCC Min-ister for Electric PowerMaj-Gen Tin Htut andChief Justice U AungToe, Secretary Ministerfor Information Brig-GenKyaw Hsan and commis-sion members.

Joint-Secretary-2of the Commission Di-rector-General U Myint

Preparations well under way forreconvening of National Convention

Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Seinaddresses NCCC meeting

Thein of Pyithu HluttawOffice acted as master ofceremonies.

First, Chairman ofNCCC Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein deliveredan address. He said thatthe meeting of the NCCCwas held to make prepa-rations for reconveningthe National Conventiontowards the end of 2005.Hence, the National Con-vention Convening WorkCommittee was to submittasks to be carried out atthe National Conventionto the meeting.

He said that mem-bers of the Commissionwere to give suggestionsand take part in the dis-cussions on matters sub-mitted by the NationalConvention Convening

Work Committee. Fur-thermore, members of theNCCC were to performtheir respective tasks intime and to present re-ports to the Commis-sion’s meeting, he added.

Chairman of theNCC Work CommitteeChief Justice U AungToe reported to the meet-ing on the preparations ofthe Work Committee pre-pared for the NationalConvention.

Next, members ofthe NCCC participated inthe discussions for layingdown detailed basic prin-ciples of the State Con-stitution at the NationalConvention. The meetingended with concludingremarks of Lt-Gen TheinSein. — MNA

The Ministry of Labour, in exercise of the powers conferred under theLaw Amending the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923 ( The State Peaceand Development Council Law No. 4/2005 ) hereby issues this Notificationin respect of the monetary rates and compensation, with the approval ofmeeting No. (26/2005) of the Government of the Union of Myanmar heldon 14th July, 2005.

1. In the definition of the expression “workman” under clause (n) (i)of subsection (1) of Section 2, any person employed otherwise thanby way of manual labour whose wages exceed kyats 40,000 permonth shall not be included.

2. The provisions contained in the Workmen’s Compensation Act, 1923shall be as follows:—

The Government of the Union of MyanmarMinistry of Labour

Notification No. 1/2005Yangon, the 1st Waning Day of Waso, 1367 M.E.

(21st July 2005)

(See page 8)

NCCC Chairman Secretary-1 Lt-Gen Thein Sein addresses meeting 3/2005 of National Convention Convening Commission.— MNA

2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 21 August, 2005

* 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 DesireSunday, 21 August, 2005

PERSPECTIVES

Brighter prospects inAyeyawady Division

A large number of rivers and creeks in-cluding Ayeyawady, Chindwin, Sittaung andThanlwin in Myanmar were a major hindranceto transport in the past.

To overcome the obstacle, the Tatmadawgovernment, since its assumption of the Stateresponsibilities, has been building a network ofroads and bridges. Nowadays, with the emer-gence of bridges large and small, one can easilytravel from one place to another.

As there are numerous rivers and creeksin Aywyawady Division, the state has built thelargest number of roads and bridges in the di-vision. As a result, different parts of the divi-sion can now be easily accessible by road.

Up to date, 422 miles and 3 furlongs oftarred roads, 638 miles and 6 furlongs of gravelroads and 220 miles and one furlong of earthroads totaling 1281 miles and 3 furlongs havebeen constructed in Ayeyawady Division.

The emergence of 59 major river-cross-ing bridges in the division has brought aboutbetter transport in the region, in which thepeople had to rely only on waterways in thepast.

At present, Mayanngu Bridge with alength of 240 feet on Labutta-Myaungmya-Einme-Kyaunggon Road in Einme Townshipwas constructed and the facility was opened on16 August 2005, thereby bringing about bettertransport in the region.

With better transport and prevalence ofpeace and tranquillity, Ayeyawady Division willbe able to make progress in a short time.

Efforts are being made to put 3.6 millionacres under monsoon paddy and over 1.6 mil-lion acres under summer paddy in the divisionin 2005-2006.

Ayeyawady Division, which is termed asthe granary or rice bowl of the State in thepast, has now turned out also to be the currybowl of the State as livestock breeding is mak-ing progress in the region.

The government has been building a net-work of roads and bridges the length andbreadth of the nation in order to enhance theliving standard of the entire national people.Hence, efforts are to be made for national andregional development by making better use ofthose facilities already in place.

Therefore, we would like to call upon theentire national people to do their bit in nation-building endeavours in response to the good-will of the government that is striving for theemergence of a modern, developed and disci-pline-flourishing democratic nation.

Waso robesoffering

ceremony tobe held

YANGON, 20 Aug —Under the aegis of theSanantana Dhamma-palaka Organization,Hindu families will offer“soon” and Waso robesto the State Sangha MahaNayaka CommitteeSayadaws and 472 mem-bers of the Sangha ofState Pariyatti SasanaUniversity at 9 am on 28August at Mogok Refec-tory on Kaba Aye Hillhere.

Hindu families areinvited to attend the cer-emony and for furtherinformation dial phoneNos: 525165, 242751 and256717.

MNA

YANGON, 20 Aug—Director-General U MyoMyint of the Develop-ment Affairs Departmentunder the Ministry for

Special Envoy of UN Secretary-General concludes visitYANGON, 20 Aug

— Mr Ali Alatas, Spe-cial Envoy of the UnitedNations Secretary-Gen-eral on the United Na-tions reform for the Asiaand the Pacific, left hereby air this evening.

The guest seen offat Yangon InternationalAirport by Director-Gen-eral U Win Mra of Inter-national Organizationsand Economic Depart-ment, Ministry of ForeignAffairs, and officials ofthe UN Resident Coordi-nator’s Office.

MNA

Development affairs tasks supervised in BagoProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs in-spected development af-fairs tasks in Bago Town-

ship yesterday.At the Bago Devel-

opment Affairs Commit-tee office, officials re-ported on construction of

roads and bridges, andtasks for water supply,development affairs,proper drainage, andsprucing up the regioncarried out by the com-mittee in 2005-2006 fis-cal year. The director-general provided assist-ance for the project. Heinspected the digging ofdrains, progress in tarringShwemawdaw PagodaRoad, and construction oftraffic islands along theroad.

He also inspected thepark of the committee,and the sluice gate forletting out waste waterinto Bago River. —MNA

YANGON, 20 Aug— Excise & TaxationMinister Dr MuhammadShafique Chaudhary ofPunjab of the IslamicRepublic of Pakistan, ac-companied by PakistaniAmbassador to MyanmarMr Muhammad NawazChaudhry, called on

UMFCCI Vice-President meetsPakistani Minister

Vice-President of theUnion of Myanmar Fed-eration of Chambers ofCommerce and IndustryU Aung Lwin, GeneralSecretary U Sein WinHlaing and CEC MemberU Tun Aung at the fed-eration yesterday. Theydiscussed matters related

to boosting bilateraltrade, creating opportuni-ties for investment in pro-duction of medicines, ce-ment, sugar, pesticides,fertilizer and paper, par-ticipation in the tradefairs to be held in Paki-stan, and exchange ofdelegations. — MNA

Director-General U Myo Myint inspects tasks for proper drainagein Bago Township. — MNA

Mr Ali Alatas, Special Envoy of the United Nations Secretary-General onthe United Nations reform for the Asia and the Pacific, leaves Yangon.—MNA

Mother Daw Aye Kyi, son U Nyi Nyi Tun anddaughter Dr San San Myint present K 100,000 for

construction of a new hospital for the Aged toChairman U Maung Tin of Hninzigon Home for

the Aged Administative Board recently.— H

Minister DrMuhammad

Shafique

Chaudharyand Vice-

President of

UMFCCIU Aung

Lwin hold

disscussions.MNA

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Tut\kun\Ns\S tiu;®mHc\.Âk Chinese PM raises 5-point proposal to enhance Sino-Bangladeshi ties

BEIJING, 19 Aug — Chinese Premier Wen Jiabao set forth a five-pointproposal here on Thursday to enhance the relationship with Bangladeshduring talks with visiting Bangladeshi Prime Minister Khaleda Zia.

The proposal includesusing the 30th anniver-sary of Sino-Bangladeshirelations to realize com-mon ground reached bythe two countries in allfields; exploring new ar-eas for cooperation;strengthening exchangeson high-tech and agricul-ture; expanding culturaland personnel exchanges;maintaining close coop-eration on the reform ofthe United Nations,south-south cooperationand other major interna-tional and regional issues.

Wen visited Bangla-desh this April. He saidChina and Bangladeshdeclared to establish acomprehensive and coop-erative partnership oflong-term friendship,equality and mutual ben-efits this April. This fur-ther pushed forward thetraditional friendship, headded.

He went on to say thatChina and Bangladeshare developing countries

facing the same chal-lenges of developmentand sharing a commoninterest in internationalaffairs. "Developing acomprehensive and coop-erative partnership withBangladesh is an impor-tant component part ofChina's good-neighbourlypolicy," he said.

Wen also expressedgratitude for the supportof Bangladesh to Chinaon the issues of Taiwanand Tibet. On the situa-tion in South Asia, Wensaid, currently the coun-tries in the region arecomparatively stable, andthe economy has devel-oped. As the largest mem-ber of the South AsianAssociation Regional Co-operation, China will con-tinue to work for peaceand stability in the region,he said.

Zia said it is signifi-cant to achieve an ex-change of visits betweenthe two prime ministersin the year marking the

30th anniversary ofBangladesh-China rela-tions.

She expressed grati-tude for China's long-term assistance to Bang-ladesh, saying that Bang-ladesh attaches impor-tance to its relations withChina, and would like topromote cooperation inthe political, security andcultural fields, andstrengthen consultationson regional and interna-tional issues.

MNA/Xinhua

Badawi urges Malaysians to preserveagreement among races

KUALA LUMPUR, 19 Aug — Malaysian Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi urged all races inthe country to preserve the cooperative agreement forged between them as a national legacy, localmedia reported on Thursday. "It is a formula be-queathed to us, which wemust treasure and pro-tect, so that it will con-tinue to bring us suc-cess," Badawi said onWednesday night whenlaunching the NationalIndependence MonthCelebration in JohorBaharu, the capital city ofthe southern state ofJohor. Badawi said he wasconvinced that the racialunity, which was the re-sult of the agreement andsupported by the patrioticyounger generations,would help theMalaysians to achieve thenational aspiration ofbecoming a developednation by the year 2020. "For 48 years, we hadproven to the world thatthis country — althoughmulti racial — has har-mony and unity ... This

unity among Malaysianshas prevented our coun-try from being taken overby other powers,"Badawi was quoted assaying by local media. An estimated crowd of300,000 people took part

in the grand celebration,which lasted until earlyThursday morning. As shown by local TVreports, the Danga Bayarea, with about 100decorated boats and fish-ing boats sailing on the

water, was in indeed asea of joy and flying na-tional flags. At the strokeof midnight, the celebra-tion reached climax whena brilliant fireworks dis-play lightened up the sky.

MNA/Xinhua

Indonesia to grant amnesty to GAMmembers later this month

JAKARTA, 19 Aug — Indonesian Minister of Justice and Human RightsHamid Awaluddin said on Thursday the amnesties pledged by the govern-ment to members of the separatist Free Movement (GAM) would be grantedby the end of this month.

Indonesia, Malaysia agree onartificial rain against forest fires JAKARTA, 19 Aug — The governments of Indone-

sia and Malaysia have agreed to cooperate in theartificial rain project to combat forest fires on Sumatraand Kalimantan islands that send thick haze toMalaysian territory and cause serious air pollution.

The joint efforts will begin on 22 August withpriority given to the provinces of Riau, North Sumatraand West Kalimantan, the Indonesian Ministry ofForestry said in a statement reaching here Thursday.

Artificial rain project will also target Jambi andCentral Kalimantan if deemed necessary, it said.

During a meeting on 16 August, both govern-ments agreed to take legal actions against those com-mitted crime of burning the forests.

Many plantation companies, including eightfunded by Malaysian investors, have been indicatedof using fire in land clearance.

MNA/Xinhua

"Hopefully all the am-nesties will have beengranted by 31 August atthe latest," said the min-ister who was quoted bythe Antara news agencyduring a visit to theSukamiskin penitentiaryin Bandung, West Java.

Hamid, who was thechief negotiator for the

Indonesian Governmentat the informal talkswith GAM to end thearmed conflict in theoil-rich province, wasvisiting SukamiskinPrison to oversee thepreparations for aceremony marking therelease of GAM membersafter the granting of am-

nesty.During his visit,

Hamid talked to 18 GAMmembers detained inSukamiskin penitentiary."I have come here to dis-cuss how to return themto Aceh after the grant-ing of amnesties," hesaid.

MNA/Xinhua

Iran blames US for Iraq bombingsTEHERAN,19 Aug — Iran’s supreme leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei on

Friday denied fresh US allegations that the Islamic republic was linked tobombings in Iraq, and instead pointed the finger at US occupying forces.

“We support the government ofIraq. We are very disturbed by thelack of security in Iraq, especially thedaily killings of the Iraqi people,”Khamenei said in a sermon at TehranUniversity.

“American machine-guns are crimi-nal, but those elements who plantbombs are also criminals,” he added.

US Defence Secretary DonaldRumsfeld said on Tuesday that USforces had found Iranian weapons in-side Iraq on more than one occasionover the past couple of months, accus-ing Tehran of seeking to replicate itsown Islamic regime in Iraq by back-

ing insurgents.But Khamenei said the US was be-

hind the regular bombings, arguing thatWashington needed a “pretext” to stayput in Iraq.

“For us, the prime suspect in theseincidents is America, because terrorismin Iraq functions under the eyes of theUS. Thousands of American forces arespread across Iraq and if they wantedto eradicate insecurity they could have,”he said.

“There are some signs which pointto the spy services of the US and Zion-ist regime,” he said.

Internet

Tourists look out over a river and mountains near Kanasi, near the borderwith Kazakhstan, in China’s western Xinjiang region on 13 August, 2005.The area, featuring spectacular trees, mountains, and alpine lakes, is be-

coming a popular destination for many Chinese tourists. —INTERNET

A women screams during the funeral procession of three Iraqis killed in theAmeriya district of Baghdad on 19 August, 2005. —INTERNET


Mainstream news media suffercollateral damage from Iraq warWASHINGTON, 19 Aug — As the battle for Iraq's future plays out half a world

away, the American news media are caught in the crossfire at home.

Mubarak rejects foreign intervention CAIRO, 19 Aug — Egyptian President Hosni Mubarak on Thursday rejected any foreign pressure on

Egypt's decisions regarding its domestic and foreign policies.

Huge power failuresin Indonesia’s

Java, Bali JAKARTA, 19 Aug —

Power supplies to largeareas of Java and Baliislands in Indonesia,including the capitalJakarta, were disrupted onThursday, state electricitycompany PT PerusahaanListrik Negara said.

"There was a disruptionin the Java-Bali transmis-sion network.

It was quite big and weare still checking for thecause," said Mulyo Aji, anofficial at the company.

MNA/Reuters

Sino-Russian joint mily exercisespose no threat to any country

VLADIVOSTOK,19 Aug— The first China-Russia jointmilitary exercises neither aim at any third party norconcern the interests of any third country and will poseno threat to any country, commanders of the militarydrill said here on Thursday.

This is part of the remarks by Liang Guanglie, Chiefof the General Staff of the Chinese People's LiberationArmy, and his Russian counterpart Yury Baluyevsky,at a Press conference after the military exercises, code-named Peace Mission 2005, began in the Russian FarEast city of Vladivostok Thursday morning.

The joint military exercises are aimed at deepeningmutual trust, promoting mutual friendship and enhanc-ing cooperation and coordination between the twoArmed Forces, in order to improve their capabilities tomeet new challenges and threats, according to the twogenerals.

Liang said the 10,000 participating troops from theArmy, Navy and Air Force of the two countries willfocus on the manoeuvres of strategic consultations andbattle planning, transportation and deployment oftroops, and combat practice.

Baluyevsky echoed Liang's view and said the hold-ing of the joint military exercises does not mean thatthe two countries want to form something like amilitary bloc. — MNA/Xinhua

"I do not accept pres-sure from anybody,"Mubarak told a youth rallyof his ruling NationalDemocratic Party (NDP).

Mubarak, who hasbeen in power since 1981,will run for a fifth six-year

term in Egypt's first multi-candidate presidentialelection on 7 Septemberas the NDP candidate.

As part of his elec-tion campaign, Mubaraksaid the main objectiveof his election pro-

gramme is to providemore job opportunitiesand housing for al lEgyptians. Additionally,he affirmed that he re-jects any constitutionalamendment that wouldcancel free education

and would not acceptany infringement on therights of workers andfarmers.

As for the ongoingpoli t ical reforms,Mubarak pledged to in-crease Parliament pow-ers and promote multi-party system.

Regarding foreignpolicy, he underlined theimportance of the Egyp-tian role in the Mideastregion and the necessityof dealing with variousissues via a wise and bal-anced strategy.

At the end of the rally,Mubarak signed copies ofhis election programmeand distributed them toparticipants.

Ten presidential can-didates kicked off theircampaigning on Wednes-day, which will end on4 September, three daysbefore the polling day. Ifno candidate wins at least51 per cent of the votes,the top two candidates willenter the second round ofvoting on 17 September.

MNA/Xinhua

India not very optimisticon UNSC seat

NEW DELHI, 19 Aug — The Indian Governmentsaid on Thursday that getting a permanent seat in anexpanded UN Security Council would not be acakewalk.

"Despite our best effort, it is possible that nothingwill happen and that getting a permanent seat at UNSCwould not be a cakewalk," Indian Minister of Statefor External Affairs Rao Inderjit Singh said in theParliament on Thursday.

The government's apprehension on the UNSC seathas prompted the principal opposition party, theBharatiya Janata Party (BJP), and the ruling UnitedProgressive Alliance's Left ally the CPI-M to inquirewhether it was due to lack of support from developingnations as a result of New Delhi's tilt towards theUnited States.

Addressing the question of fellow lawmakers onthe issue in the Upper House of the Parliament, Exter-nal Affairs Minister K Natwar Singh asserted thatIndia shared good relations with all countries and hadsent special envoys to mobilize support in this regard.

MNA/Xinhua

Flood kills 12 inHubei Province

WUHAN, 19 Aug — Twelve peoplewere killed and another 18 went missingin a major flooding and landslide causedby powerful rainstorms in centralChina's Hubei Province.

Sources with the civil affairs bu-reau of the province said that 17 coun-ties in Shiyan, Xiangfan and Suizhoucities of the province were hit by heavyrainstorms from Sunday to Monday,which led to a serious flooding andlandslide.

The flooding and landslide also lev-elled civilian houses and caused fail-ures in transportation, telecommunica-tions and power supply in some areas,said the sources, adding that Party andgovernment authorities of the provincehave called for all-out rescue and reliefefforts. —MNA/Xinhua

Thailand to importdevice to fail bombs BANGKOK, 19 Aug — Thai Army

will buy 10 mobile phone jammers fromIsrael to block signals detonating bombs,Bangkok Post reported on Thursday.

The small mobile phone jammerproduced by Israel will cost 10 millionbaht (about 250,000 US dollars) for eachand can block mobile signals in 40-metre radius region.

Thus, the devices would be usedwhen ordnance exports are called tocheck on suspicious parcels, or to pre-vent a second explosion after a bombhas exploded.

In a bid to crack down bomb attacks,the Thai Government in May requiredregistration of all pre-paid cell phoneSIM cards so as to track down the ownerof phones triggering of bombs.

MNA/Xinhua

War supporters accuse journalists ofundercutting the troops by highlightingproblems and ignoring progress in Iraq.War opponents also are unhappy. Theysay the media failed to question the needfor war and sanitize the conflict byrefusing to show gruesome scenes ofcarnage.

Military mom Cindy Sheehan, whogot extensive media coverage for heranti-war protest outside President Bush'sTexas ranch this month, voiced the viewfrom the left in a conference call withsupporters on 10 Aug.

"Thank God for the Internet or wewouldn't know anything and we wouldalready be a fascist state," she said. "Themainstream media is a propaganda tool

for the government."That's not the view from the right."If you believe the liberal media's

reporting on the American military ef-fort in Iraq, you're almost forced to beashamed of America," the Media Re-search Center, a conservative media-watchdog group, said in a recent mes-sage to potential donors.

In return for a donation, the organiza-tion will send a specially inscribed mili-tary-style dog tag to a soldier in Iraq."Don't believe the liberal media!" thedog tag says. "I'm just one of millions ofAmericans who realize that powerfulelements in the media are underminingthe war effort."

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Residents gather around a house damaged in a rocket attack in Al-Tameen nearRamadi, some 113km (70miles) west of Baghdad, on 19 August, 2005. Thehome was hit by a rocket while family was away and nobody was injured.

INTERNET

A visitor enjoys an exhibit of traditional puppets in Jakarta. These puppets,known as wayan, are perforated leather figures, manipulated in front of an

illuminated cotton screen stretched across a bamboo frame. — INTERNET

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East China accounts for third of India-China bi-lateral trade

India offers Bangladesh“any kind of assistance”

NEW DELHI, 19 Aug— Conveying its seriousconcern over the serial blasts in Bangladesh, Indiaon Thursday offered to it "any kind of assistance"while asking Dhaka to identify the perpetrators ofthe terror acts.

"A stable, prosperous, secular and democratic Bang-ladesh is not just in the interests of the people ofBangladesh, but also of India and the region as awhole," External Affairs Ministry spokesman NavtejSarna told reporters here.

"We urged the Government of Bangladesh to iden-tify the perpetrators of these terrorist acts and offeredany kind of assistance," he said.

Sarna said reports relating to an unprecedented 459blasts in 63 of the 64 districts in Bangladesh in a shortspace of 30 minutes continued to come in.

MNA/PTI

US vigils support anti-war mother CRAWFORD (Texas), 19 Aug — Anti-war protesters held candles, sang, and chanted in vigils across

the country on Wednesday in support of Cindy Sheehan, who has camped out near President George WBush's ranch to urge him to bring US troops home from Iraq, where her son was killed a year ago.

Sheehan has becomea magnet for anti-war pro-testers who have crowdedaround her since her vigilbegan on 6 August inCrawford, a communityof 705 people, where Bushis on a monthlong vaca-tion.

More than 1,800Americans have beenkilled in Iraq and thou-

Cave dwellers in Muslim regionto have new homes

YINCHUAN, 19 Aug — Cave dwellers in the Ningxia Hui AutonomousRegion, a Muslim inhabited community in northwest China, are soon to moveout of their ramshackle caves into new houses, the regional government saidon Thursday.

A spokesman withthe regional civil affairsdepartment said the first7,000 rural families in themountainous Longde andJingyuan counties in thesouthern part of the re-gion will move into newhomes in May 2006. "Inthree years, all cavedwellers in the regionwill bid farewell to theirprimitive dwellings," hesaid.

About 40,000 fami-lies are living in ram-shackle cave dwellings inthe nine mountainouscounties in southern

Ningxia and 3,000 of thesecaves are located in areasprone to geological disas-ters.

The regional govern-ment has injected 50 mil-lion yuan (6.2 million USdollars) to relocate allthese cave dwellers by theend of 2007, the spokes-man said.

According to the gov-ernment's blueprint, eachfamily will be subsidizedat least 5,000 yuan (616.5US dollars) for them tobuild new houses withbricks and to move out oftheir dangerous old dwell-

ings in time. Cave dwelling has

remained prevalent forseveral thousand yearsamong farmers in moun-tains of northwest China.Caves are comfortable tolive in because they arecool in summer and warmin winter. Yet they are alsovulnerable to natural dis-asters. A latest survey hasfound between 2,000 and4,000 cave dwellings col-lapse each year in rain-inflicted floods and vari-ous geological disastersin Ningxia.

MNA/Xinhua

Two helicopters crash inRussia, killing four

MOSCOW, 19 Aug— Two Mi-8 helicopterscrashed in Russia on Thursday, killing four peopleand injuring five others, the Interfax news agencyreported.

A military Mi-8 heli-copter crash-landed nearthe eastern city ofKhabarovsk after its tailpropeller malfunctioned,injuring three pilots.

Hours later, anotherMi-8 helicopter used for

civilian purposes crashednear the Siberian oil cen-tre of Nefteyugansk, kill-ing four of the six crewmembers. The other twowere injured, one in criti-cal condition

MNA/Xinhua

Four suspectsarrested after

Baghdad suicide carbombings

BAGHDAD, 19 Aug —Iraqi security force ar-rested four men suspectedof involvement inWednesday's three suicidecar bombings in centralBaghdad, Iraqi InteriorMinistry said in a state-ment.

The four suspectswere carrying remote con-trol equipment at the timeof the blasts.

Forty-three peoplewere killed and 76 otherswounded when three sui-cide car bombs went offin and out of the govern-ment-run bus station inNahdha District and onthe road leading to thenearby Kindi Hospital.

MNA/Xinhua

sands more have beenwounded.

"Each one was a valu-able human life," Sheehansaid at an evening vigil ather campsite. "Each onewas an indispensablemember of his or her fam-ily, not playthings for thepeople who lust for greedand power."

Liberal groups

MoveOn.org, True Major-ity, and Democracy forAmerica organized 1,627candlelight "Vigils forCindy Sheehan" in all 50states with at least 60,000people planning to attend,Tom Matzzie, Washing-ton director forMoveOn.org, said.

In Crawford, a coupleof hundred supporters held

white candles and flow-ers and walked single filearound a triangular patchof grass as the sun wentdown and a full moonemerged.

MNA/Reuters

Gunmen kill city councilmember in northern Iraq BAGHDAD, 19 Aug—Gunmen shot dead a city

council member of a town near the northern oil cityof Kirkuk on Friday, police said.

Iran condemns “inhumane”car bombings in Baghdad

Unknown armed menopened fire at Aswad UmarNayef, a city council mem-ber of Hawija, some 60 kmwest of Kirkuk, as he wasdriving his car to Kirkuk.

Kirkuk, some 250 km

north of Baghdad, is amulti-ethnic city which hasfrequently been the sceneof assassinations bearingethnic overtones and at-tacks against US and Iraqiforces. —Internet

TEHERAN, 19 Aug —Iran strongly condemnedthe fatal explosions in theIraqi capital of Baghdadon Wednesday, termingthem as the "inhumanemoves against the Islamicand humane values andprinciples".

Foreign Ministryspokesman Hamid-RezaAsefi voiced outrage at theterrorist acts and condoledwith the Iraqi Governmentand people, the officialIRNA news agency re-ported.

MNA/Xinhua

Japanese girl clad in summer kimonos takes part in a Bon Odori festival, aJapanese traditional dance festival, in Tokyo on 19 August , 2005. —INTERNET

Russian MIG-29 fighters. The first ever large-scale Sino-Russian war gameshave moved onto Chinese soil with the participation of elite troops from the

two countries.—INTERNET

SHANGHAI, 20 Aug — Over 60 Indian businesses have set up operations in Shanghai, part of thedynamic East China region which accounts for a third of India-China bilateral trade.

“The dynamic regionof East China plays a vitalrole in China’s economicdevelopment. It also en-joys the pride of place inIndia’s growing economicengagement with China,accounting for a third ofbilateral trade,” Consul-

General of India in Shang-hai, Sujan Chinoy said.

Inaugurating an In-dia-China Buyer-Sellermeet organized by theFederation of Indian Ex-port Organizations (FIEO)here in the eastern me-tropolis, Chinoy said that

more and more Indian en-trepreneurs were settingup operations in andaround Shanghai in theEast China region, con-tributing to the growingbilateral trade.

India-China trade in2004 touched a record 13.6

billion US dollars. Ac-cording to latest ChineseCustoms statistics, dur-ing the first six months of2005, the bilateral tradevolume has touched 9.3billion US dollars.

While bilateral tradehas witnessed a remark-able increase in recentyears, there has emerged avery welcome spurt in in-vestments and technicalcollaboration as well, hesaid. —MNA/Xinhua


Bleaching rather than tsunami threatensAndaman Sea coral reefs

BANGKOK, 19 Aug— Last year's tsunami had limited impact on coral reefs in the Andaman Sea, whichis now more threatened by bleaching phenomenon, said Thai marine officials.

Singapore FM outlines three challengesaffecting Chinese overseas

SINGAPORE, 19 Aug— Singapore’s Foreign Minister George Yeo on Thursday outlined three chal-lenges affecting the world affairs and the Chinese overseas profoundly.

China’s first regionalsocioeconomic development

strategy launched BEIJING,19 Aug— A research report on the

socioeconomic development strategy of China'sHebei Province, drawn out by Chinese and foreignexperts with aid from the Asian Development Bank(ADB), was launched here on Wednesday, becom-ing the first of its kind in China.

The research report is the product of a technicalassistance (TA) project approved by the Bank inNovember 2002, and financed with a 600,000-US-dollar grant from its Asian Development Fund, ac-cording to the ADB.

This is the first time the Bank has assisted aChinese province in preparing its development strat-egy.

Hebei Province in north China, despite its coastallocation and proximity to Beijing and Tianjin, haslagged behind other coastal provinces over the last twodecades in terms of output growth, employment growth,economic diversification, productivity improvements,and social development.

The ADB TA project is expected to help theprovincial government formulate a socioeconomicdevelopment strategy that takes advantage of Hebei'saccess to Beijing, Tianjin, and global markets.

In about 11 months, Chinese and foreign expertsworking for the TA project produced a four-volumereport which comprises strategic considerations forHebei Province's development; strategic considera-tions from an international perspective; and sectorstudies including poverty alleviation, the environ-ment, industrial restructuring, urbanization, Bohaicoastal development, hi-tech development, tourism,investment financing, and fiscal reform; and 17 inter-national case studies in seven sectors.

According to Guo Gengmao, deputy governor ofHebei Province, the experts from Shanghai, Canadaand the United States were invited through interna-tional biddings.

MNA/Xinhua

Speaking at a three-day conference of institutes andlibraries for Chinese Overseas Studies here, George Yeosaid that the three challenges are good Sino-US relations,pan-Asian cooperation and harmony between Muslimsand non-Muslims in Asia.

The success or failure of these challenges will leadeither to a better world or to another tragedy, he said,adding that success will help the Chinese overseas toflourish and make contributions wherever they live.

As for Sino-US relations, the minister said that it isunlikely the rivalry between the two sides will lead to war.It is more likely they will cooperate and compete at thesame time, he added.

On the second challenge, which is the construction ofa new architecture of cooperation in Asia itself, bringingtogether East, Southeast and South Asia, he stressed thatgood relations between China and India are the founda-tion of such an architecture.

"If we succeed, the centre of the world economy willmove to Asia, which, by opening to North America,Europe and the rest of the world, will sustain and advancethe multilateral trading system," he said.

The third challenge, the minister said, is the establish-ment of better relations between Muslims and non-Muslims in Asia.

He also noted that the conference commemorates the600th anniversary of the first of Zheng He's voyagesamidst considerable optimism about China's future in the21st Century.

"We have every reason to weigh in on the right

side, and maximize the likelihood that the next cen-tennial celebration of Zheng He will be a happy one,"he said. Over 80 researchers and academics fromaround the world gathered here on Thursday for the"Third International Conference of Institutes andLibraries for Chinese Overseas Studies," which isheld in conjunction with the 600th anniversary of thewestern voyages of Chinese maritime explorer ZhengHe. —MNA/Xinhua

"Marine scientists areno longer worried aboutthe impact of the tsunamion coral reefs, which haverecovered rapidly over thepast six months," Bang-kok Post on Thursdayquoted marine officialUkkrit Satapoomin as say-

ing. The overall extent ofcoral reef damage causedby the tsunami was far lessthan had been expected,said Ukkrit from PhuketMarine Biological Centreunder the Thai Ministry ofNatural Resources and theEnvironment.

Only 5 per cent of theseagrass bed in theAndaman Sea was affectedby the tsunami, accordingto a study, jointly con-ducted by the Phuket Ma-rine Biological Centre and

marine biologists fromnine Thai universities.From a total of 174 sitesrepresenting the principalarea of coral reef in theregion, up to 60 per centwere either untouched, orhad suffered very littledamage. Only 23 siteswere severely damaged,which meant that more than50 per cent of the coral hadbeen damaged.

Massive clean-up andcoral recovery operationscarried out after the tsu-

nami proved to be effec-tive for the restoration ofcoral reefs in the AndamanSea. The Andaman Sealying along Thailand'swestern coast is home toseveral coral reef sites, suchas Phi Phi Island, SimilanIslands and Surin Islands.All are famous diving sitesfor tourists.

However, coral reefsat these sites are threat-ened by coral bleachingphenomenon.

MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 19 Aug— Indonesian En-ergy and Mineral Resource MinisterPurnomo Yusgiantoro predicted Thurs-day that the average world crude oilprice will drop by 10 US dollars in2006, citing better supply.

Purnomo said improvement in worldoil supply could be expected to spur adecline in the international price in 2006.Non-member countries of the Organiza-tion of Petroleum-Exporting Countries(OPEC) could fulfill the increased de-

mand of oil to 1.5 million barrels per day."Thus, there will be an excess supply of oilfrom OPEC production of 4.5 millionbarrel per day," Purnomo was quoted bythe Antara news agency as saying.

In addition, 12 oil refineries in theUnited States that suffered from over-haul and other disturbances, would beginoperation in 2006. "Additional supplywill also come from new refineries thatwill begin operation next year," the min-ister said. —MNA/Xinhua

HK issues stamps featuring “FourGreat Inventions of Ancient China”

HONG KONG, 19 Aug — Hongkong Post issued onThursday a set of special stamps featuring the "FourGreat Inventions of Ancient China".

Hong Kong Postmaster General Allan Chiang saidat the special stamps issuing ceremony that in this newset of stamps entitled "Four Great Inventions of An-cient China", Hongkong Post showcases four revolu-tionary Chinese technologies — the compass, print-ing, gunpowder and papermaking of which everyChinese is proud. The concept of the set of specialstamps came from a middle school student who putforward the idea for Hongkong Post who solicitedthemes for stamp designing two years ago.

Chiang said "China has a glorious ancient civiliza-tion. Our numerous discoveries and inventions haveshaped the development of science and impacted onhuman civilizations around the world."

He said print and papermaking facilitated widespreading of knowledge and universal access to educa-tion. —MNA/Xinhua

A visitor watches a sand tigershark swim overheadduring a media preview of Aquaria KLCC in Kuala

Lumpur recently.—INTERNET

Japanese Crown Prince Naruhito shakes hands with a humanoid robot HRP-2Promet as he visits a laboratory of the Tokyo University’s graduate school on

19 August 2005.—INTERNET

Indonesian Energy Minister predictsdrop in world oil price


Minister tours regions on west bank ofChindwin River

YANGON, 20 Aug—Secretariat Member ofthe Union Solidarity andDevelopment Associa-tion Minister for Infor-mation Brig-Gen KyawHsan held a meetingwith about 1,500 peoplefrom Kokkozu Villageand nearby villages inPale Township on 15August morning.

Officials reported onmeasures for develop-ment of their villages.The secretariat memberassessed the reports andpresented K 100,000each for the develop-ment tasks to Kokkozuand Monkyaing villages.

He also presentedsoap cakes, clothes,blankets, householdutensils, textbooks andexercise books toKokkozu andMonkyaing village-tracts, publications toself-reliant libraries, andraincoats, plastic con-tainers, meat and beantins to the villagers.

Sagaing Divisionand Monywa District In-formation and Public

Relations Departmentsand USDAs also donatedpublications to the librar-ies.

The secretariat mem-ber provided assistancefor the development ofPoppa, Pahtotha,Ywathit and Gabaryatvillages.

In the afternoon, heattended the opening ofPyinnya Waiponla li-brary. Together withSayadaw U Vepulla, thesecretariat member for-mally opened the facil-ity and inspected it. Hevisited Ywanaung YwaleMonastery and offeredalms to Sayadaw UVannita.

He met with over1,400 folks fromYwanaung, Monthwin,Poppa, Pahtotha,Pekhinma, Gabaryat,Padauk, Chinpit andKangyi villages at theBEMS in Ywanaung Vil-lage.

After hearing reportson tasks for developmentof respective villages,the secretariat memberdealt with regional de-

velopment tasks, andpresented K 100,000 fordevelopment tasks toYwanaung Village, andK 50,000 each for reno-vation of Poppa VillageBEPS and Pahtotha Vil-lage BEPS.

He presented soapcakes, clothes, blankets,household utensils, text-books and exercise

books to Ywanaung,Poppa and Pahtotha vil-lage-tracts, publicationsto self-reliant libraries,and raincoats, plasticcontainers, meat andbean tins to the villag-ers, and K 30,000awarded by PyinnyaWaiponla Library andeducation promotionteam to Maung Shine

Min Hset who passed the2004-05 matriculationexamination with threedistinctions.

Sagaing Divisionand Monywa District In-formation and Public Re-lations Departments andUSDAs also donatedpublications to the librar-ies.

In his speech, the

secretariat member saidthat the government hasgiven priority to publicwelfare services and ru-ral development for thedevelopment of the na-tion and the people.

In the process, toomuch reliance should notbe placed on agriculturalmethods, he said, callingfor extended cultivationof all suitable seasonalcrops, perennial crops,mixed cropping andmultiple cropping, andbreeding of livestock forthe benefit.

At a time when thegovernment is paving wayfor higher educationstandard of rural folks, thepeople on their part are toensure enrollment of allschool-age children andtheir completion of edu-cation. —MNA

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Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan and Sayadaw Bhaddanta Vepulla formally open Pyinnya WaiponlaLibrary.—MNA

Secretariat Member Minister Brig-Gen KyawHsan meets local people of villages in Pale

Township.—MNA

Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan presents

gifts for people ofYwanaung, Poppa andPahtotha village-tracts

to an official.—MNA


(from page 1)(a) the amount of compensation where death results from the injury

under the proviso of clause A (i) and clause A (ii) of sub-section (1)of Section 4, shall be from a minimum of kyats 150,000 to a maxi-mum of kyats 450,000.

(b) the amount of compensation where permanent total disablement re-sults from the injury under the proviso of clause B (i) and clause B(ii) of sub-section (1) of Section 4, shall be from a minimum of kyats200,000 to a maximum of kyats 600,000.

(c) in the case of a deceased workman, the advances on account ofcompensation not exceeding an aggregate of kyats 100,000 may bemade by an employer to any dependant under the proviso of sub-section (1) of Section 8.

(d) any other sum amounting to not less than kyats 50,000 may bedeposited with the Township Workmen’s Compensation Committeeby the employer under sub-section (2) of Section 8.

(e) an amount not exceeding kyats 20,000 shall be deducted for the costof the workman’s funeral expenses under sub-section (4) from thedeposit of money under sub-section (1) of Section 8, and shall paythe same to the person by whom such expenses were incurred.

(f) the amount in dispute in the appeal under the proviso of sub-section(1) of Section 30 shall be not less than kyats 30,000.

3. The monetary rates and compensation as prescribed by this notificationshall come into force commencing from 11th May, 2005.

(Sd.) U Thaung

Minister Ministry of Labour

The Government of the Union of MyanmarMinistry of Labour

Notification No. 1/2005…

Lt-Gen Maung Bo inspects…(from page 16)

the target of 400,000 acresof rubber plantations.

The Mon StateManager of Myanma Per-ennial Crops Enterprisereported on extended cul-tivation of rubber planta-tions in Mon State and thecommander on assistancebeing provided by localauthorities to the grow-ers.

Speaking on theoccasion, Lt-Gen MaungBo said that it is neces-sary to increase thenumber of acres of rubberplantations in Mon State.Growers are to establishrubber plantations on a

commercial scale. Offi-cials are making arrange-ments for allotting plotsfor rubber plantations anddistributing rubber sap-lings and agricultural tech-nologies to the growers.As the Government haspermitted growers toplant, produce and traderubber freely they are toextend cultivation of rub-ber not only for their ben-efit but also for the con-servation of environment.

In the afternoon, Lt-Gen Maung Bo and partyarrived at ThanlwinBridge (Mawlamyine)Construction Project Site.Senior Engineer on

Mawlamyine bank U TintLwin reported on progressin construction of the mainrailroad of the bridge andapproach bridge and Sen-ior Engineer on Mottamabank U Myo Win onprogress of work.

At present, bothsides of railroads on thebridge and approachbridges have been com-pleted by 47 per cent. In-charge of the project Sen-ior Engineer U Lwan Thubriefed him on construc-tion of the approach rail-road, the station yard andthe station and laying ofrail tracks. Lt-Gen MaungBo gave necessary instruc-tions to them.

Lt-Gen Maung Boviewed the flow of waterin Thanlwin River and in-structed officials to takepreventive measuresagainst bank erosion.

Next, he oversaw

construction of the rail-road on the bridge andapproach sections.

At MawlamyineStation Yard, he inspectedconstruction ofMawlamyine Station. He

heard reports on progressin building the station andcorridor presented by of-ficials of Good Faith CoLtd and gave necessaryinstructions.

MNA

YANGON, 20 Aug— Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen MyintSwe and Chairman ofYangon City Develop-ment Committee MayorBrig-Gen Aung Thein Linattended the opening ofKandawgyi swimmingpool in Education Zone inYangon City KandawgyiNatural Gardens thismorning.

Deputy Ministerfor Hotels and TourismBrig-Gen Aye Myint Kyu,members of YCDC, offi-cials of Myanma Agricul-ture Service, YDPDCSecretary Lt-Col MyintKyi, local authorities,Managing Director U WinAung of Wood Land Co,officials and guests.

Managing DirectorU Win Aung explainedfacts about the swimmingpool. Mayor Brig-GenAung Thein Lin, MASManager U Hla Myo andU Win Aung formallyopened the swimmingpool, and the commander

Kandawgyi swimming pool opened

formally unveiled thesignboard of the pool.Next, the commander andparty inspected the swim-ming pool.

The swimmingpool is 105 feet in length,50 feet in width and 3-9feet in depth. In the com-pound of the swimmingpool are ticketing house,changing room,children’s swimmingpool, water purifiers andclub house. — MNA

YANGON, 20 Aug — Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe, accompanied by officials, arrived atMyanma Port Authority in Kyimyindine and heardreports on port beautifying tasks and inland freighthandling this afternoon. Next, the minister attended tothe needs.

The minister and party proceeded to Wadanjetty of Myanma Port Authority and gave necessaryinstructions.

On arrival at Lanthit jetty, the minister and partyinspected the passenger lounge of the Inland WaterTransport and jetty beautifying tasks.

Afterwards, they inspected Taitan jetty No-1,Phonegyi jetty No-1, Lanmadaw jetty No-1 and SintOhdan jetty.

After hearing reports of the officials, the minis-ter left instructions on jetty beautifying tasks, jettysecurity, freight handling without delay and worksitesafety. — MNA

Transport Minister inspects jetties of Myanma Port Authority

Lt-Gen Maung Bo inspects rubber nursery in Phedo Village ofMudon Township. — MNA

Commander Maj-GenMyint Swe unveils the

signboard of KandawgyiSwimming Pool.YANGON COMMAND

Minister for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe inspectsbeautifying of Wadan Jetty.— TRANSPORT


YANGON, 20 Aug —Myanmar Women’s Af-fairs Federation GeneralSecretary Prof Dr DawKhin Mar Tun receivedMr Ali Alatas, SpecialEnvoy of the UN Secre-tary-General on the UnitedNations reform for the

YANGON, 20 Aug— Merit sharing cer-emony of three-storeyMyittavihari Dhamma-yon of Hpa-auk TawyaBuddha Sasana Yeiktha(Main) Monastery inMawlamyine Township,Mon State was held at theDhammayon yesterdaymorning, attended byMember of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen MaungBo of the Ministry ofDefence.

Present on the oc-casion were PresidingSayadaw of the monas-tery Agga Maha

Rules on 61st Anniversary Armed ForcesDay Commemorative Painting and

Sculpture Contests announced

Lt-Gen Maung Bo attends merit sharing ceremonyof three-storey Myittavihari Dhammayon

K a m m a t h a n a ç a r i y aBhaddanta Arçinna andmembers of the Sangha,Chairman of Mon StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Commander ofSouth East CommandMaj-Gen Soe Naing andwife Daw Tin Tin Lat,senior military officers,officials of the office ofthe State Peace and De-velopment Council andothers.

Sayadaw AggaMaha KammathanaçariyaBhadanda Arcinna ad-ministered the Eight Pre-cepts to the congregation.

Next, Lt-Gen

Maung Bo, Commanderand officials donated pro-visions to the Sayadawand members of theSangha and shared mer-its gained.

After that, Lt-GenMaung Bo inspected theDhammayon.

Lt-Gen Maung Bo,the commander and offi-cials offered soon to theSayadaw and members ofthe Sangha.

The Dhammayonwas funded by the donorsat home and those fromabroad, and it was builtat a cost of K 439million.—MNA

Special Envoy of UN Secretary-Generalcalls on MWAF General Secretary

YANGON, 20 Aug — As a ges-ture of hailing the 61st AnniversaryArmed Forces Day which falls on 27March 2006, the Painting and Sculp-ture Contests and Exhibition Organiz-ing Sub-committee, under the Poemand Arts Competitions OrganizingWork Committee chaired by DeputyMinister for Culture Brig-Gen SoeWin Maung, announced rules on thePainting and Sculpture Contests.

Six CategoriesThe Painting Contest will be

divided into six categories — the pre-primary level (school children fromPre-Primary School, the primary (jun-ior) level (KG, first and second stand-ards), the primary (senior) level (thirdand fourth standards), the middleschool level (fifth to seventh stand-ards), the high school level (ninth andtenth standards and technical and ag-ricultural schools), and the open level(university, college and institute, StateSchools of Fine Arts and Drama), andamateur and professional level con-tests.

Sculpture ContestThe Sculpture Contest is open

to all. But, contestants may take partin the two events —the open class(plaster) and the open class (wood).All the contestants including amateurs,professionals and students may takepart in both contests.

In the pre-primary and all basiceducation levels of the Painting Con-

test, the size of the entry must be 20"by 15" created by any colour and sys-tem. The entry must be endorsed byrespective principals with the name ofcontestants, standard, school, town-ship, date of birth, father’s name, fulladdress and two passport size photos.

The entries of the open divisionpainting and sculpture contests mustbe sent to the Secretary of MyanmarTraditional Artists and ArtisansAsiayon (Central), 187, East Wing ofBogyoke Market, or the secretary ofthe organizing sub-committee,Tatmadaw Convention Hall, U WisaraRoad, Yangon, not later than 1 March2006.

Apart from the other entries,other paintings and sculptures may besent to be displayed at the 61st Anni-versary Armed Forces Day Exhibi-tion. They must also reflect the 12Objectives of the State, objectives ofthe 61st Anniversary Armed ForcesDay, and 12 fine traditions of theTatmadaw.

In addition, the works may re-flect the ancient Myanmar Tatmadaw,historic events of the Tatmadaw whichoccurred during the periods of Pre-Independence and State Peace and De-velopment Council, and its endeav-ours in safeguarding the State. Theother paintings and sculptures are tobe sent directly to Tatmadaw Conven-tion Hall on U Wisara Road from 1 to5 March 2006. —MNA

Asia and the Pacific at thefederation on Than LwinRoad in Bahan Townshipthis morning.

Also present on theoccasion were the joint-secretary, secretariatmembers and officials ofthe federation and Ms

Elizabeth Noorthy, Resi-dent Coordinator of Ex-ternal Affairs Office.

At the meeting, theaim, organizational tasksand participation in re-gional development tasksof the federation were cor-dially discussed. — MNA

Lt-Gen Maung Bo and party taking the Eight Precepts from Hpa-auk TawyaBuddha Sasana Yeiktha (Main) Monastery Sayadaw Bhaddanta Arçinna at

the merit-sharing ceremony of Myittavihari three-storey Dhammayon.— MNA

Newly built Myittavihari three-storey Dhammayon of Hpa-auk TawyaBuddha Sasana Yeiktha (Main) in Mawlamyine.— MNA

MWAF General Secretary Prof Dr Daw Khin Mar Tun receives Mr Ali Alatas,Special Envoy of the UN Secretary-General on the United Nations reform for

the Asia and the Pacific.— MNA


MOGE, HEPD win ASEAN Engineering outstanding awards(2004), Mt Popa Resort ASEAN Energy Award (2005)

(from page 8)the competitions. Then,students showed theirperforming arts skills,and the commander andwife presented them withcash awards and a basketof flowers.

Yangon Division opens…

YANGON, 20 Aug—Myanmar EngineeringSociety held a ceremonyin honour of the Minis-try of Electric Power andthe Ministry of Energythat won ASEAN Engi-neering outstandingawards (2004) and theMinistry of Forestry thatwon ASEAN EnergyAward (2005) at SedonaHotel this afternoon. Present were Ministerfor Energy Brig-Gen LunThi, Minister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aung,Deputy Minister for In-

dustry-2 Lt-Col KhinMaung Kyaw, DeputyMinister for Energy Brig-Gen Than Htay, Ambas-sadors of ASEAN nationsand diplomats, heads ofdepartments, President ofMES, executives, engi-neers and wellwishers. Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi deliv-ered an opening address.He said the MES wasproud of Myanma Oiland Gas Enterprise andHydro Electric PowerDepartment and Wood-land Group for winningawards on engineeringand energy saving. He said MOGE is ex-ploring oil and gas inlandand offshore regions forenergy requirements. Alarge amount of natural

gas has been found inYadana and Yedagunnatural gas fields andRakhine coastal region.ASEAN EngineeringFederation presentedaward for the measuresof MOGE, he said. He said hydroelectricpower projects being im-plemented by Hydro-Electric Power Depart-ment would contributetowards the developmentof industry in the nearfuture. He said the govern-ment is exploring vari-ous kinds of energy re-sources such as hydro-electric power while car-rying out energy savingtasks.

ASEAN Centre forEnergy presentedASEAN Energy Effi-

cient Building Award2005 for Mount Popa Re-sort designed by Wood-land Co, he added. Minister for ForestryBrig-Gen Thein Aungalso delivered an address.He said the governmentwas very proud of the de-partment’s efforts andMount Popa Resortwhich won the ASEANEnergy Award 2005 forthe first time. Mount Popa Resort isin Kyaukpadaung Town-ship, Myingyan Districtin central Myanmar. On24 August, 1989, theMinistry of Forestrylaunched Mt Popa Gar-den project for greeningand conservation of en-vironment near Mt Popaunder the guidance of theHead of State. That was

why Popa became anoasis. Construction ofPopa Mountain Resortstarted in 1995 and com-pleted in 1999. Achieve-ment at internationallevel promotes both effi-ciency of individual anddepartment and technol-ogy development, hesaid. President of MESU Than Myint presentedthe awards to Director-General U Win Kyaw ofHEPD, Managing Direc-tor U Sann Lwin ofMOGE and Director-General U Soe WinHlaing of Forestry De-partment. Eighteen entre-preneurs donated K 30million and 2,500 FECsfor construction of MESbuilding.

MNA

Cash donated to the funds forall-round renovation of

PhaungdawU standing BuddhaImage in Insein

YANGON, 20 Aug —The second cash dona-tion ceremony for all-round renovation ofPhaungdawU standingBuddha image in Inseinwas held at the prayerhall of the Image inInsein this morning.

Present on the occa-sion were member of theState Sangha MahaNayaka CommitteePhaungdawU StandingBuddha ImageOvadaçariya SayadawInsein Ywama PariyattiMonastery AdministratorSayadaw Agga MahaPandita BhaddantaTilokabhivamsa andmembers of the Sangha,Minister for Religious

Affairs Brig-Gen ThuraMyint Maung, local au-thorities, departmental of-ficials and local people.

Nikaya MonasteryPresiding Nayaka Sa-yadaw TipitakadharaDhammabhandagarikaBhaddanta Silak-khan-dhabhivamsa of DagonMyothit (South) Town-ship administered theFive Precepts.

Chairman of thePagoda Board of TrusteesSecretary of InseinTownship PDC U MyatThu supplicated on all-round renovation of theImage.

Next, Minister Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maungand officials donated

alms to the Sayadaws.Afterwards, the

minister and officials ac-cepted K 22,603,700 forthe image donated bywellwishers and pre-sented certificates of hon-our to them.

The congregationtook the Ovadakathafrom Sayadaw BhaddantaTilokabhivamsa. Later,member of the State Cen-tral Working Committeeof the SanghaOvadaçariya of the ImageInsein MahamyaingPariyatti Monastery Pre-siding Nayaka SayadawBhaddanta Suriya deliv-ered a sermon, followedby sharing of merits.

MNA

In Yangon Divi-sion, 64 students fromBEHSs are participatingin song contest, 27 indancing contest and 5 insong composing contestand 80 in music contest.The competitions con-

tinue till 22 August atLatha township BEHSNo 1, Botahtaung town-ship BEHS No 6, Dagontownship BEHS No 2and Lanmadaw townshipBEHS No 1.

MNA

Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung delivers an address at the ceremony held in honour of the Ministry of Forestry thatwon ASEAN Energy Award (2005).— MNA

Myanmar Engineering Society Chairman U ThanMyint presents ASEAN Energy Awards 2005 to

Director-General U Win Kyaw of Hydro-electricPower Department.— MNA

Director-General U Aye Kyu of No 3 BED formally opens basic educationlevel performing arts competitions of Yangon Division.

MNA


Magnetic stimulation may improvestroke recovery

NEW YORK, 20 Aug — The results of a smallpreliminary trial suggest that a type of magneticstimulation of the brain — repetitive transcranialmagnetic stimulation (rTMS) — may produce short-term improvements after stroke.

With rTMS, the head is placed close to inter-mittent magnetic fields. No anesthesia is required andthe procedure is performed on an outpatient basis.Patients may complain of headaches during rTMS,depending on the strength of the field used.

Previous trials of rTMS used to treat depres-sion and movement disorders have yielded mixedresults, the study investigators note.

In their current study, reported in the medicaljournal Neurology, Dr Eman M Khedr, from AssiutUniversity Hospital in Egypt, and colleagues recruited52 patients within 5 to 10 days of stroke onset. Inaddition to standard physical and medical therapies,patients were randomly assigned to 10 daily sessionsof rTMS or a fake “sham” treatment.

Stimulation was applied intermittently for 10minutes over the area of the brain in which the strokeoccurred.

When evaluated 10 days after the last rTMSsession, 35 per cent of those in the rTMS group and 8per cent in the sham group had a good-to-excellentfunctional outcome. On the same day, 50 per cent ofthe treatment patients and 19 per cent of the shampatients exhibited only mild disability.

However, the six patients in the rTMS groupand five in the sham group who had massive strokeshad no improvement associated with treatment.

Conclusions that can be drawn from thisstudy are limited because of the small number ofsubjects and short duration of follow-up, Dr PaoloMaria Rossini, at University Campus Biomedico inRome, and Dr Claiborne S Johnston, from the Univer-sity of California San Francisco, comment in an ac-companying editorial.

While lauding this “new avenue of research,”the editorialists suggest that more studies should beconducted with animals before proceeding to humantrials. —MNA/Reuters

Japan project aims to create3D television by 2020

TOKYO, 20 Aug — Imagine watching a football match on a TV that not only shows the players in threedimensions but also lets you experience the smells of the stadium and maybe even pat a goalscorer on theback.

Rocket narrowly missesUS ship in Jordan port

AMMAN, 20 Aug — Attackers fired a rocket neara US military ship in Jordan’s Aqaba Port onFriday, but the missile missed the vessel and hit anearby warehouse instead, US military officialssaid. “I can confirm that arocket flew over the bowof USS Ashland and therocket impacted in the roofof a warehouse. No sailorsor Marines were injured,”said Commander JeffBreslau of the US FifthFleet. Jordanian Interior Minis-ter Awni Yarfas said therocket caused little damageto the warehouse and nocasualties. “Security forcesare investigating the sourceof the explosion. It was avery weak incident andthere was no damage what-soever,” he told Reuters. A shipping source con-firmed to Reuters there hadbeen no casualties. “There was an explo-sion at warehouse numberfive in the main container

terminal, which is used forgeneral cargo vessels,” thesource said. The main terminal is usedfor general cargo and visit-ing vessels, including twoUS military ships dockedthere. Jordan’s Red Sea Re-sort, once a sleepy port,has seen a surge in tourismand investment in recentyears in part because it isseen as safe haven. It isalso logistics hub for Iraq,used by the US militaryand for moving commodi-ties. Yarfas said the blast didnot disrupt activities inAqaba. “Life is normal inAqaba and there is nopanic. Investigations aretaking place quietly,” hesaid. — MNA/Reuters

HK Customs seizeunmanifested

electronicproducts

HONG KONG, 20 Aug— Hong Kong Customsof Lok Ma Chau ControlPoint seized unmanifestedelectronic products worthabout 2.88 million HongKong dollars (about370,000 US dollars) in ananti-smuggling operationearly Thursday morning,the Customs said in a Pressrelease.

The Customs said in asuspicious car they found300 computer hard discsbearing suspected forgedtrade mark and trade de-scription, 3,207 mobilephones of assorted brands,and 2,800 pieces of RAM,worth about 2.88 millionHong Kong dollars in to-tal. —MNA/Xinhua

Workers for a physical fitness company exercise out in the open streetwearing military fatigues during the traditional mid-day lunch break in

the Chinese capital of Beijing on 19 August, 2005. INTERNET

Japan plans to makethis futuristic television acommercial reality by2020 as part of a broadnational project that willbring together researchersfrom the government,technology companiesand academia.

The targeted “virtualreality” television wouldallow people to view high-definition images in 3Dfrom any angle, in addi-tion to being able to touchand smell the objects be-ing projected upwardsfrom a screen parallel tothe floor.

“Can you imagine hov-

ering over your TV towatch Japan versus Brazilin the finals of the WorldCup as if you are reallythere?” asked YoshiakiTakeuchi, director of re-search and developmentat Japan’s Ministry of In-ternal Affairs and Com-munications.

While companies, uni-versities and research in-stitutes around the worldhave made some progresson reproducing 3D imagessuitable for TV, develop-ing the technologies tocreate the sensations oftouch and smell couldprove the most challeng-

ing, Takeuchi said in aninterview with Reuters.

Researchers are look-ing into ultrasound, elec-tric stimulation and windpressure as potential tech-nologies for touch.

Such a TV would havea wide range of potentialuses.

It could be used inhome-shopping pro-grammes, allowing view-ers to “feel” a handbagbefore placing their order,or in the medical industry,enabling doctors to viewor even perform simulatedsurgery on 3D images ofsomeone’s heart.

The future TV is partof a larger national projectunder which Japan aimsto promote “universalcommunication”, a con-cept whereby informationis shared smoothly andintelligently regardless oflocation or language.

Takeuchi said an openforum covering a broadrange of technologies re-lated to universal com-munication, such as lan-guage translation and ad-vanced web search tech-niques, could be estab-lished by the end of thisyear.

MNA/Reuters

China holds US citizen accused of spyingfor Taiwan

BEIJING, 20 Aug — China has detained a US citizen on suspicion of spying for ideological foe Taiwan,keeping him under house arrest without charge for nearly three months, the US Embassy in Beijing saidon Friday.

Chinese-born XieChunren was arrested inthe southwestern prov-ince of Sichuan on 31 Mayafter he had travelled therefrom the United States,the embassy spokes-woman said.

“He is currently un-der residential surveil-lance under suspicion ofespionage for Taiwan,”she said.

China claims theself-ruled island of Tai-wan as its own and bothsides have been spying oneach other since their split

at the end of the Chinesecivil war in 1949.

The charges havecome to light just weeksbefore Chinese PresidentHu Jintao makes his firsttrip to Washington asleader, adding newfrictions to ties alreadystrained over issues fromChina’s military buildupto textile trade.

The United Statesrecognizes the Mainlandas China’s sole legitimategovernment — the “one-China” policy — but in adeliberately ambiguouspiece of foreign policy isalso obliged by law to helpTaiwan defend itself.

Xie, who lives in

New Jersey, is the latest ina string of Chinese-bornAmerican citizens to fallfoul of Chinese authori-ties.

David Ji, the co-founder and chairman ofUS electronics distributorApex Digital Inc, was ar-rested in late 2004 forcheque fraud in a disputewith Changhong ElectricAppliance Co. Ltd. He wasreleased from custody ear-lier this week.

Last August, Beijingaccused David Dong, aChinese-American, ofspying for Taiwan. Donghas been held since 2003when he travelled to thesouthern city of

Guangzhou on a businesstrip.

Chinese media havesaid he was recruited byTaiwan military intelli-gence and received amonthly salary to stealstate secrets.

It was not immedi-ately clear if Xie’s deten-tion was related to Dong’scase.

The US Embassyspokeswoman said offi-cials from the consulate inthe Sichuan capitalChengdu had visited Xiethree times since his de-tention and had frequentcontact with his son in theUnited States.

MNA/Reuters


Foam problems force NASAto delay shuttle launch

WASHINGTON, 19 Aug— NASA has been forced to delay the next launch ofa space shuttle until March 2006 because more time is needed to fix a problemwith foam flying off the external fuel tank, space agency officials said onThursday.

“From an overallstandpoint we think really14th March is the timeframe we are lookingat,” Bill Gerstenmaier,NASA’s associate admin-istrator for Space Opera-tions, told a news confer-ence.

The announcementcame just a day after somemembers of an oversightpanel accused the agencyof compromising safety inthe rush to return to flight.

NASA is still tryingto determine why a largepiece of foam broke offthe shuttle Discovery’sfuel tank during launch

last month, Gerstenmaiersaid.

The shuttle Columbiawas torn apart when it re-entered Earth’s atmos-phere on 1 February,2003, after a piece offoam insulation fell off itstank during launch anddamaged its wing. Allseven of Columbia’screwmembers were killed.

The Discovery re-turned to earth success-fully after 14 days in or-bit but NASA is workingto make repairs to ensurethat the problem does nothappen again.

“Last week we iden-

tified the major areaswhere foam came off thetank. We are starting tomake some sense of thedata... what the mecha-nism for the foam losswas,” Gerstenmaier said.

Atlantis was sched-uled to be the next vehi-cle to take supplies to theInternational Space Sta-tion and will not nowhave to do back-to-backmissions to carry a heavytruss to the station, saidGerstenmaier, newly ap-pointed to direct NASA’sreturn to human spaceflight.

MNA/Reuters

Italian jet fighter scrambles tointercept Egyptian plane

ROME, 19 Aug—Italy’s Air Force scrambled an F-16 jet fighter onWednesday to intercept an Egyptian passenger plane that entered Italianairspace without following appropriate procedures, Italian aviation authori-ties said.

The Egyptian planewas on a flight from Paristo Egypt when it enteredItaly’s airspace about noon(1000 GMT) without com-municating with Italianaviation authorities as re-quired, said CaptainSalvatore Demaio of theAir Force’s Press office.

The Egyptian plane,

which was going to refuelin Brindisi, southern Italy,eventually identified itselfto the F-16 jet.

Italy’s air safetyagency ENAV later saidthe Egypt plane’s radiosystem could have bro-ken down.

The Egyptian aircraftwas allowed to refuel in

Brindisi and it took off forEgypt about three hourslater, Demaio said.

MNA/Xinhua

Turkish planemakes

emergency landingin Budapest

BUDAPEST, 19 Aug—A Turkish passenger jetwith more than 300 peo-ple on board made anemergency landing in Bu-dapest early on Thursdayafter reporting that one ofits two engines had failed,a spokeswoman for Bu-dapest Airport said.

The Fly Air AirbusA300, which was carrying292 passengers and 11crew en route from Istan-bul to Brussels, landedsafely and no injuries werereported.

“The pilot reportedthat one of its enginesfailed and the plane madean approach with just oneengine,” Ibolya Forika, aspokeswoman for Buda-pest Airport, the operatorof Hungary’s largest in-ternational airport toldReuters.

There were no imme-diate indications as to whatcaused the engine failure.

Fly Air, which startedoperations in 2002, has afleet of 13 aircraft, includ-ing seven Airbus A300s,the company said on itsweb site. —MNA/Reuters

Kuwait toairlift firts

batch of foodaid to Niger KUWAIT CITY, 19

Aug— Kuwait Red Cres-cent Society (KRCS) is todeliver on Thursday its firstbatch of airlifted aid toNiger, aimed at alleviatingthe suffering from famine,the Kuwait News Agency(KNA) reported Wednes-day. Barjas Al-Barjas,Chairman of the KRCS,was quoted by KNA as say-ing that KRCS’ initiativecomes to combat famineand disease outbreak in thecountry after calls weremade by the internationalcommunity and humani-tarian organizations.

He added that the 10-ton food aid, including rice,sugar, vegetable oil, len-tils, powder milk, salt, bis-cuits and canned food, wasbeing carried by a KuwaitiAir Force aerotransport.

Kuwaiti Ministry ofDefence gives its coopera-tion in facilitating the de-livery of the aid, reportedKNA. — MNA/Xinhua

24th China-Japan Student Conference opens BEIJING, 19 Aug—More than 40 Chinese and Japanese university students gathered in Beijing on

Wednesday to discuss such topics as employment, Sino-Japanese friendship and causes for the deterio-ration of mutual impression between the people of the two countries.

Altogether, 23 Japa-nese students and 21 Chi-nese students joined the24th China-Japan StudentConference, whichopened Wednesday.

During the eight-daymeeting, students of bothcountries are divided infour groups to confer onthe topics of China-Japan

economy, friendship, life,culture and careers.

The reasons for thedeterioration of the twopeoples’ mutual impres-sion poses a focus of themeeting. Students willdiscuss the topic by anexchange of views andthrough responding toquestionaire, and make a

report on the topic at theend of the meeting.

Li Hao, one of theparticipants, said he holdsthat the exchanges be-tween the university stu-dents of both countriesare necessary, for face-to-face exchanges are“more true” than acquir-ing information from

media. China-Japan Student

Conference, set up in1986, is aimed at pro-moting exchanges and un-derstanding between thestudents of the two coun-tries. To date, 14 sessionshave been held in Chinaand nine held in Japan.

MNA/Xinhua

UNION OF MYANMARMINISTRY OF RAIL TRANSPORTATION

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Lithuanian President, PM meet Chinese FM RIGA, 19 Aug—Lithuanian President Valdas Adamkus and Prime Minister Algirdas Brazauskas on

Thursday met with visiting Chinese Foreign Minister Li Zhaoxing separately on bilateral ties,according to reports from Vilnius, capital of Lithuania.

Adamkus hailed therelations between Lithua-nia and China, saying thatgood momentum has beenmaintained for the devel-opment of the ties in re-cent years.

He noted that thereare no disputes betweenthe two countries and thetwo sides have had goodcooperation in interna-tional affairs.

Adamkus expressedthe wish that the two coun-tries would push the tiesto a new high next year byseizing the opportunity ofthe 15th anniversary of theestablishment of diplo-matic relations.

The President said thetwo countries shouldstrengthen trade and eco-nomic cooperation, add-ing that Lithuania is will-

ing to provide better envi-ronment for Chinese com-panies. He hoped Chinacould make full use ofLithuania’s free tradezones and seaports.

Brazaukas said his1993 China tour has lefthim good memories andhis country is delighted tosee China play a biggerrole in international af-fairs.

Li said since Chinaand Lithuania establisheddiplomatic ties, the rela-tionship has made steadydevelopment.

With bilateral tradeexchanges increasing,Lithuania has become thebiggest trading partner ofChina in the Baltic region,the top Chinese diplomatsaid.

MNA/Xinhua

Test of Proficiency In Korean (TOPIK)Host Institutions : Yangon University of ForeignLanguages (YUFL), Embassy of Korea Institute ofCurriculum and Evaluation (KICE)

Date : September 25th, 2005 (Sunday)Place : Yangon University of Foreign Languages (YUFL)

Mandalay University of Foreign Languages (MUFL)

Application Period :from August 12 (Friday) 2005to August 26 (Friday) 2005The TEST has six different levels; the examinee canchoose the level that best matches his or her abilityand training.Each TEST is made up of four sections:

- Vocabulary & Grammar- Writing- Listening- Reading

Further informations and TEST GUIDE are avail-able at Host Institutions as follows.

YUFL Tel : 514371 (Ext-123)MUFL Tel : 02-32330

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


Kids learn eating and exercise habits from parents NEW YORK,19 Aug— Kids whose parents do little to discourage bad eating habits and sedentary

activities, such as television and video games, are significantly more likely to grow into overweight orobese young adults, according to new study findings.

And kids do not appear to need to do much to staveoff obesity in adulthood, for even those who replacedTV and video games with non-athletic activities suchas jobs, marching bands and school clubs were lesslikely to carry excess weight into adulthood.

“When children are doing anything but sitting onthe couch watching TV...they’re much less likely tobecome obese,” study author Ashley Fenzi Crossmanof Arizona State University in Tempe told ReutersHealth.

Crossman presented the findings this weekend atthe annual meeting of the American SociologicalAssociation in Philadelphia.

As part of the study, Crossman reviewed informa-tion collected from 6,400 children between the ages of12 and 19, who were recontacted six years later.

She found that parents who did not monitor theirchildren’s diets and did not make sure their childrenate breakfast were more likely to have children who

grew up to become overweight or obese. In an interview, Crossman explained that eating

breakfast is important because it appears to boost me-tabolism, and may prevent people from binge eatinglater in the day when they get very hunger.

Interestingly, children who were very close withtheir parents were more likely to become overweight inadulthood. This suggests that these children may getvery upset when they move away from their parents,causing them to overeat. Alternatively, children closewith their parents may model themselves after parentswho do not eat well themselves, Crossman noted.

Children with high self-esteem were less likely tobecome obese, as were those whose parents had arelatively high level of education. Household incomehad no effect on children’s later risk of weight gain.

For parents, the overall message of the study is verysimple, Crossman noted: “Get (children) off the couch.”

MNA/Reuters

Court says drug dealer mustforfeit lottery winnings

HOUSTON, 19 Aug— A Mexican citizen mustforfeit about 2.75 million US dolalrs in Texaslottery winnings because of his drug-traffickingconviction, a federal appeals court said on Wednes-day.

Jose Luis Betancourt,52, was arrested after mak-ing a cocaine deliveryshortly after accepting 5.5million US dollars for hav-ing the winning ticket inthe 11 December, 2002,lottery drawing, accord-ing to court documents.

A jury convicted Be-tancourt, who was livingin the border city of Brown-sville, Texas, of con-spiracy and two counts ofpossession with intent todistribute cocaine in May2003 and also found hemust forfeit his one-half

interest in the lottery ticket. A three-judge panel of

the 5th US Circuit Courtof Appeals agreed with thetrial court judge’s rulingthat Betancourt bought hisshare of the ticket with drugproceeds because that washis only apparent sourceof income. The court alsoupheld his punishment ofmore than 24 years inprison without parole.

“Mr Betancourt’s luckran out, and appropriatelyso,” said US AttorneyChuck Rosenberg.

MNA/Reuters

IAF to place orders for LCA withHindustan Aeronautics

NEW DELHI, 19 Aug— The Indian Air Force willsoon place orders for the first tranche of 20 LightCombat Aircraft (LCA) with the state-run,Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL), IndianDefence Minister Pranab Mukherjee said on Thurs-day.

According toMukherjee, orders for 20LCA will be placed. Andthen at a later stage ordersfor additional 20 will alsobe placed. Touted as In-dia’s largest self-develop-ment programme, the 5.5billion US dollars LCAproject has been going onfor the past 20-odd years.

The project aims atreplacing India’s agingfleet of MiG-21 and MiG-27 fighter aircraft. Deny-ing reports about problemsbetween the AeronauticalDevelopment Agency

(ADA) and HAL over theproject, the minister saidthe government will en-sure that there is no differ-ence in approach betweenthe two. However, he saidtransfer of technology tothe HAL for production ofthe LCA was progressingin coordination with theADA and there are noproblems in this regard.

The ADA was author-ized to design and developthe LCA since the begin-ning and the HAL’s role inproducing these warplanescame later.—MNA/Xinhua

“ISS” crew beginsspacewalk

CAPE CANAVERAL (Florida), 19 Aug — The twomen serving aboard the International Space Stationdonned Russian spacesuits and floated outside theorbital complex to begin a six-hour spacewalk onThursday.

Commander Sergei Krikalev, who turns 47 nextweek, and flight engineer John Phillips, 54, opened thehatch in the Pirs docking compartment just after 3 pmEDT (1900 GMT) to begin their first spacewalk sincearriving at the station four months ago.

Krikalev, a Russian cosmonaut who is making hiseighth spacewalk, immediately tackled the first task onthe to-do list and retrieved a Russian medical experi-ment. Phillips, a US astronaut making his first space-walk, remained in the air lock to prepare equipment andadapt to the new environment.

“I feel great,” Phillips radioed in Russian to groundcontrol teams outside of Moscow.

The men are scheduled to retrieve and replaceseveral other experiments stashed on the outside of thecomplex, photograph a materials science experimentand retrieve radiation sensors.

They also plan to install a television camera thatwill be needed when Europe’s new cargo vessel makesits debut flight to the station next year.

The final task of the spacewalk will be to relocatea grapple fixture for a crane from outside the Zaryanavigation and communications module and repositionit on the Unity connecting node.

Moving the gear will clear space for the nextshuttle crew to deliver radiation shields which are to beinstalled on the Zvezda module by a future station crew.Zvezda houses the living quarters.— MNA/Reuters

The Faculty of Medicine of the university has suc-cessfully performed glossectomy, the surgical removalof tongue, with the use of the ultrasonic scissors in 14patients since January 2004.

Satisfactory results were obtained while the patientshad nearly zero blood loss and none of them developedpost-operative complication. The operation results wererecently published in an international medical journalHead and Neck in August 2005.

According to information given by the university,conventional surgical methods for the removal of tonguetumour utilize knife, scissors, diathermy or laser. Those

methods can cause severe burn to the wound, resultingin more post-operative pain, inflammation, speech,swelling and potential wound healing problems.

Statistics from the Hong Kong Hospital Authorityshowed that there are about 130 new tongue cancerpatients every year.

Carcinoma of tongue is more common in men thanin women and is associated with chronic consumptionof tobacco and alcohol, betel nut chewing and irradia-tion. Early symptoms include persistently painfultongue ulcer, white or red discoloration.

MNA/Xinhua

HK successfully utilize ultrasonic scissors fortongue tumour resection

HONG KONG,19 Aug— The University of Hong Kong announced on Thursday a study result thatultrasonic scissors can achieve better surgical outcome than traditional tongue tumour treatments.

Children who eat friesraise breast cancer risk

WASHINGTON,19 Aug— Very young children whoeat French fries frequently have a much higher riskof breast cancer as adults, US researchers reportedon Wednesday.

A study of American nurses found that one addi-tional serving of fries per week at ages three to fiveincreased breast cancer risk by 27 per cent.

“Researchers are finding more evidence that dietearly in life could play a role in the development ofdiseases in women later in life,” said Dr. Karin Michels,of Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston andHarvard Medical School, who led the study.

“This study provides additional evidence that breastcancer may originate during the early phases of awoman’s life and that eating habits during that phasemay be particularly important to reduce future risk ofbreast cancer.”

For their study, Michels and colleagues used anongoing survey of female registered nurses. Theystudied 582 women with breast cancer and 1,569women free of breast cancer in 1993.

Writing in the International Journal of Cancer, theresearchers said they looked at the women’s diets andat questionnaires filled out by the mothers of theparticipants.

One risk factor for breast cancer stood out: womenwhose mothers who said their daughters ate Frenchfries had a higher risk of breast cancer. This increased27 per cent for each weekly serving reportedly eaten.

MNA/Reuters

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New signing Deivid givesSporting winning start

LISBON, 20 Aug— Brazilian striker Deivid gaveSporting a 2-1 home win over Belenenses in theopening match of the Portuguese Premier League onFriday. Sporting, who finished third last season, openedthe scoring five minutes before the break when Brazil-ian defender Rogerio unleashed an unstoppable shotfrom 25 metres.

Goalkeeper Ricardo gifted Belenenses the equalizerwhen he fumbled a long-range strike from midfielderPinheiro after 59 minutes.

Five minutes later, new signing Deivid grabbed thewinner from close range after the ball bounced out ofthe hands of Belenenses keeper Marco Aurelio as hetried to cut out a cross from the right.

Benfica kick off the defence of their title at Academicaon Saturday. — MNA/Reuters

Federer rolls into semis, Ginepri upsets Safin CINCINNATI, 20 Aug— World number one Roger Federer rolled into the

semifinals of the Cincinnati Masters on Friday while fourth seed Marat Safinwas dumped out by American wildcard Robby Ginepri.

Woods stumbles to allowDonald share of NEC lead

AKRON (Ohio), 20 Aug— Tiger Woods double-bogeyed his final hole at the 7.5 million US dollarsWGC-NEC Invitational to fall back into a share of thesecond-round lead with Briton Luke Donald on Friday.

A triple winner at the Firestone Golf Club, the worldnumber one had looked in complete control and wastwo shots clear of the field with five holes to play.

But Woods suddenly lost his way, dropping threestrokes including a double-bogey six at the 18th whichhad the 29-year-old American muttering to himselfand angrily flailing one of his clubs.

He finished with a level-par 70 to join Donald onfour-under 136.

Playing the back nine first, Donald made a bogey onhis second hole but then notched three successivebirdies from the 13th followed by another on thesecond to record a three-under 67.

One shot back on a tightly-packed leaderboard wasa group of five players led by world number two VijaySingh and Sweden's Henrik Stenson, who shared theovernight lead with Woods but slipped back aftercarding matching one-over 71s.—MNA/Reuters

Olympic champion Hidayat reaches world semis ANAHEIM (California), 20 Aug— Reigning Olympic champion Taufik Hidayat

staged a stirring comeback to defeat second-seed Kenneth Johassen in a men'ssingles quarterfinal at the world badminton championships on Friday.

Armando Sa completesEspanyol move

MADRID, 20 Aug— Defender Armando Sa com-pleted his delayed move to Espanyol on Friday bysigning a two-year contract with the Barcelona-basedclub after being released by Primera Liga rivalsVillarreal.

The 29-year-old Mozambique international wasunveiled to the media seven hours after his scheduledpresentation because of bureaucratic problems overdocuments needed to close the transfer.

"I was delighted to find out Espanyol were interestedin signing me and I did not hesitate when they asked meto sign for them," Sa told a news conference in Barce-lona. The Mozambican joined Villarreal from Portu-gal's Benfica at the start of last season and made 20appearances for the Mediterranean side.

However, with Villarreal signing Dutch interna-tional Jan Kromkamp, coach Manuel Pellegrini madeit clear Sa was surplus to requirements.

Espanyol, who finished fifth in the league last seasonto earn a place in the UEFA Cup, have made six othersignings for the new campaign including Argentineinternational Pablo Zabaleta and Real Madridmidfielder Juanfran. — MNA/Reuters

Uruguayan pair authorizedto play for Paris St Germain PARIS, 20 Aug— Paris St Germain said on Friday

Uruguay internationals Carlos Bueno and CristianRodriguez have been authorized by FIFA to play forthe Ligue 1 club.

"After a FIFA decision on August 19, the Frenchfederation has been authorized to provisionally regis-ter Cristian Rodriguez and Carlos Bueno for PSG, withimmediate effect," PSG said on their website.

Their previous club Penarol can appeal the decision.Both players had signed four-year deals last month

but Montevideo-based Penarol claimed the pair stillbelonged to them.

Forward Bueno, 25, and 19-year-old Rodriguez, aleft-sided midfielder nicknamed Onion, had not playedfor their former club since March when the two partiesfell out over a pay dispute.

Bueno has 15 Uruguay caps and nine internationalgoals, while Rodriguez has eight caps. Both were in theUruguay squad at last year's Copa America in Peru.

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CROSSWORD PUZZLE

The Indonesian numbersix seed lost the first game15-3 to the Dane and madea slow start to the secondbefore rallying to clinch it15-10. He won the deci-sive third game 15-7.

Hidayat will meet fifthseed Lee Chong Wei ofMalaysia in the semifinals.Lee easily defeated fourthseed Bao Chunlai of China15-5, 15-7.

"I'm not one to give upeasily and I want to makeit as far as I can. I need toprove that I'm not just the'jaguh kampung' (home-town hero) just because Ialways win on homeground and not else-where," Lee said after hiswin. Lee said he surprisedhis opponent by playing afast game.

"I feel like I couldn'tkeep up with the speed of

his game. He was veryfast," Bao told reportersafter the game.

Top seed Lin Dan sur-vived a scare, losing thefirst game to 13th seedLee Hyun-il of South Ko-rea before recovering towin 5-15, 15-7, 15-8 to setup a semifinal clash withthird seed Peter Gade ofDenmark.

Gade beat China's ChenHong 15-13, 15-4 earlierin the day.

"I think I will beat LinDan in the next one," Gadetold reporters. "It will betough but I am ready.

"Lin Dan is very good,he's been dominating forthe last one and a halfyears. I've come close be-fore and maybe tomorrowwill be the day."

In the women's singles,sixth seed Xu Huaiwen ofGermany overwhelmedthird seed Pi Hongyan ofFrance 11-3, 11-2.

"I was surprised it wasan easy game. I feel that Picould not adapt to the con-ditions on court, whereasI could," said Xu, who set-up a semifinal clash withtop seed Zhang Ning.

MNA/Reuters

Top seed Federer let slipan early lead in the first setwhen his Argentine oppo-nent Jose Acasuso recov-ered from 3-0 down to 3-3.But once the Swiss, in hisfirst event since he won athird consecutive Wimble-don title, had taken the firstset it was plain sailing ashe clinched a 6-4, 6-3victory.

He will meet Ginepri inthe last four after Safin,who had impressed in hisvictory over DominikHrbaty in the previousround, was dumped out6-2, 6-3 in 56 minutes.

With Ginepri cuttingdown on the unforced er-rors, Safin self-destructed,smashing a ball out of thestadium and throwing hisracket in disgust at his per-formance.

"I just tried to stick to mygame, that's what I've beendoing all week," saidGinepri, who won the titlein Indianapolis earlier thissummer.

"This is definitely thebest I've been playing andall the hard work I've beendoing is paying off." Safin,who is still struggling witha left knee injury, said he

Vijay Singh watches his tee shot on the second holeduring the second round of the NEC Invitational at

the Firestone Country Club in Akron, Ohio.INTERNET

Roger Federer, see here, has lined up a semifinalwith the hottest of the current American hopes,

crushing Jose Acasuso 6-4, 6-3 to storm into titlecontention at the 2.45-million-dollar ATP

Cincinnati Masters.—INTERNET

had half-expected a badperformance.

"I woke up this morningand didn't have any en-ergy," he said.

"I couldn't really runenough and it's a little bit tobe expected as I couldn'tpractise for a month and ahalf.

"I am now going to takea week off, not play NewHaven (where he had beengiven a wildcard), and getready for the US Open."It's probably not enoughmatches, but it could havebeen worse. I beat somegood players and couldhave lost first round hereand first round in NewHaven."—MNA/Reuters

S P O R T S


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Saturday, 20 August, 2005

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain has been

scattered in Kachin, Kayah, Shan States, lower

Sagaing and Mandalay Divisions and widespread in

the remaining areas with localy heavyfalls in Rakhine

State and isolated heavyfall in Mon State. The note-

worthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Kyauktaw

(3.98) inches, Thandwe (3.78) inches, Thaton (3.54)

inches, Toungoo (1.57) inches, Magway (0.59) inch,

Minbu (0.55) inch.

Maximum temperature on 19-8-2005 was 84°F.

Minimum temperature on 20-8-2005 was 67°F. Rela-

tive humidity at 9:30 hrs MST on 20-8-2005 was

93%. Total sunshine hours on 19-8-2005 was nil.

Rainfalls on 20-8-2005 were 0.71 inch at Mingaladon,

0.47 inch at Kaba-Aye, 1.89 inches at central Yangon.

Total rainfalls since 1-1-2005 were 67.56 inches at

Mingaladon, 69.33 inches at Kaba-Aye and 73.70

inches at central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at

Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was 12 mph from Southwest at

(14:30) hours MST on 19-8-2005.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the North

and Central Bay and moderate elsewhere in the Bay

of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 21-8-2005: Rain

will be isolated in Mandalay and lower Sagaing

Divisions, scattered in Kayah and Shan States,

Magway Division and widespread in the remaining

areas with likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine

State. Degree of certainty is 80%.

State of the sea: Temporary squalls with rough

seas are likely off and along Rakhine Coasts. Sur-

face wind speed in squalls may reach (35) to (40)

mph. Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar

waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderate

monsoon.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 21-8-2005: Some rain. Degree of certainty is

80%. Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringarea for 21-8-2005: Likelihood of isolated rain.

Degree of certainty is 60%.

WEATHER

Sunday, 21 AugustTune in today:

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by Missionary Saya-daw U Ottamathara

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week’s International

Sunday, 21 August

View on today:

8.30 am Brief news8.35 am Music:

-Love is love8.40 am Perspectives8.45 am Music:

-Sometimes8.55 am National news/

Slogan9.05 am Music:

-Love changes9.10 am International

news9.15 am Cultural Imges

of Myanmar-Wagaung - themonth of foodoffering bycasting lotsfestival

1.30 pm News/Slogan1.40 pm Story for children

“The story ofMahadok”

1.50 pm Songs for children9.00 pm Weekly news

review9.10 pm Article9.15 pm Music

-Another day inparadise-If you comeback

9.45 pm News/Slogan10.00 pm PEL

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12:30 pm 6. Myanmar video

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2:20 pm 7. At;‘pic\p∑Át;‘pic\p∑Át;‘pic\p∑Át;‘pic\p∑Át;‘pic\p∑´2:25 pm 8. Musical programme2:35 pm 9. Ak‘pic\p∑Ák‘pic\p∑Ák‘pic\p∑Ák‘pic\p∑Ák‘pic\p∑´2:40 pm10. ly\yas;p∑a;mc\.ma;esrn\ly\yas;p∑a;mc\.ma;esrn\ly\yas;p∑a;mc\.ma;esrn\ly\yas;p∑a;mc\.ma;esrn\ly\yas;p∑a;mc\.ma;esrn\

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National Spirit4:30 pm 3. English for everyday

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5:00 pm 5. Song of national races

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5:45 pm 9. Musical programme

5:55 pm10. Sing and Enjoy

6:30 pm11. Evening news

7:00 pm12. Weather report

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7:15 pm15. Agricultural Source

Country’s Develop-ment

8:00 pm16. News

17. International news

18. Weather report

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20. The next day’s

programme

Bulgarians discover 5,000-year-old hoard of gold SOFIA, 20 Aug — Bulgarian archaeologists have unearthed thousands of intricate gold artefacts

from the 3rd millennium BC, remnants of a so far unknown but highly advanced civilization. Discovered by a

farmer, the trove showedthat a mysterious BronzeAge civilization in theheart of modern Bulgariaproduced and tradedelaborate gold jewellery,said Bozhidar Dimitrov,head of Bulgaria’s Na-tional History Museum.

“We can conclude

that around 5,000 yearsago, the centre of an untilnow unknown civilizationwas here and it exportedprocessed gold in CentralEurope, the Balkan Penin-sula and Anatolia on amassive scale,” he toldReuters on Thursday.

Similar gold pieceshad been found in other

countries and they wereassumed to have comefrom ancient Troy, but itnow appeared the produc-tion centre was in Bul-garia, he added.

So far, his team hasrecovered more than15,000 gold items, mainlytiny beads and spirals offine workmanship, fromthree mounds near Dabanein central Bulgaria, about130 kilometres (80 miles)west of Sofia.

“I think by the endof the year, we will havefound around 100,000items,” he said.

The hoard is themost recent in a series ofimportant finds in theBlack Sea country, whichhas seen a revival in thestudy of its ancient his-tory since the end of Com-munist rule in 1989. Sincelast year, archaeologistshave unearthed a solidgold mask the size of adinner plate, a goldenwreath, and many other

items from tombs datingto the 5th Century BCwhich have been hailed assignificant finds in classi-cal antiquity.

They are attributedto the Thracians, peoplewith no written historywho lived in what is nowBulgaria, Romania, Mac-edonia, Turkey andGreece from as early as4,000 BC until the Ro-mans absorbed them atabout the time of Christ.

The latest discoverywas the work of a peoplepreceding the Thracians,said Dimitrov, who stum-bled on the find by chance.

One day last year,two of Dimitrov’s youngarchaeologists were buy-ing cigarettes in a smallshop when they saw awoman with a finely-wrought gold necklace.The woman said her hus-band, a farmer, had foundit in a field where heploughed with his tractor.

MNA/Reuters

Seven Cypriots die inEgyptian minibus accident

CAIRO, 20 Aug— Seven Cypriots died and sixmore were injured when a burst tyre sent their tour-ist minibus tumbling down a mountain road in Egypton Friday, officials said.

Medical and police officials on the Sinai Pe-ninsula said the Egyptian driver was also injuredwhen the bus turned over several times on the moun-tainous road from St Katherine’s monastery towardsthe Red Sea resort of Sharm el-Sheikh.

“There are seven dead. The minibus had agroup of 13 people and our information is that theywere all Cypriots,” Cyprus’ Foreign Minister GeorgeIacovou said.

One man phoned a television station in Cyprusin tears, saying five members of his family were onthe bus, including grandchildren aged nine and six.“I can’t find anyone to tell me what is happening,”he said. — MNA/Reuters

2nd Waning of Wagaung 1367 ME Sunday, 21 August, 2005

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PAGE 2 PERSPECTIVES

Ayeyawady Division, which is termed as thegranary or rice bowl of the State in the past, hasnow turned out also to be the curry bowl of theState as livestock breeding is making progress inthe region.

Kyauktaw (3.98) inchesThandwe (3.78) inchesThaton (3.54) inchesToungoo (1.57) inchesMagway (0.59) inchesMinbu (0.55) inches

Noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded

(20-8-2005)

Lt-Gen Maung Bo inspects rubber plantations inMudon, construction of approach railroad andmain bridge at Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine)

YANGON, 20 Aug — The Myanmar selectedyouth team that emerged champion in the ASEANU-20 Youth Championship 2005 will arrive heretomorrow afternoon by air.

The victorious Myanmar selected youthteam will be welcomed from Yangon Interna-tional Airport to Youth Training Centre(Thuwunna) along Pyay Road until ThuwannaSports Ground through 8th mile junction, Hledanjunction, Hanthawady Roundabout and TamwayRoundabout.

Myanmar U-17 team which will partici-pate in the ASEAN U-17 Youth Championshipto be held in Thailand will play a friendly matchagainst the victorious team at the ThuwunnaSports Ground and the ceremony to honour theMyanmar selected youth team will be held.

MNA

Victorious Myanmarsoccer team arrives today

YANGON, 20 Aug — Member of the State Peaceand Development Council Lt-Gen Maung Bo of theMinistry of Defence, accompanied by Chairman ofMon State Peace and Development Council Com-mander of South-East Command Maj-Gen Soe Naing

and officials, inspected the rubber plantation of U Htuin Phedo Village of Mudon Township, nearMawlamyine-Mudon-Thanbyuzayat Road, yesterdaymorning.

At the briefing hall, he heard reports on exten-

sion of rubber plantations in Mon State and landreclamation for new rubber plantations. Officialsbriefed him on data collection for extended cultivationof rubber plantations and arrangements for meeting

(See page 8)

Yangon Division opens 13th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts competitions

YANGON, 20 Aug— The 13th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Per-forming Arts competi-tions (Basic educationlevel) of Yangon Divisioncommenced at the BEHSNo 6, Botahtatung town-ship, here this morning.

The opening cer-emony was attended byChairman of Yangon Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Maj-Gen MyintSwe and wife, Chairmanof the committee for or-ganizing the competitionsNo 4 Military RegionCommander Col Hla Aye,departmental heads of theMinistry of Education,local authorities, schoolheads, teachers and judgesof the competitions.

Patron of the com-mittee Director General ofthe Basic Education De-partment (Yangon City) UAye Kyu formally openedthe contests.

Speaking on theoccasion, the commandersaid it is very important tonurture the students ofbasic education level fortheir mental development.That is why they are to betrained to preserveMyanmar’s genuine cul-ture. Measures are to betaken for the implementa-tion of the seven objec-tives of the competitions,

he said. In cooperationwith maestros and offi-cials of the Ministry ofEducation and Ministry ofCulture, the Yangon Divi-sion PDC conductedcourses in last April andMay for the Yangon Divi-sion to keep up its statusof victory. He praised themaestros for their system-

atic teaching of perform-ing arts skills to new gen-eration students. That willbe very beneficial to theState and the people, headded.

Next, Director(Education) of the No 3BED U Aung Chein ex-plained the purspose of

(See page 10)

Lt-Gen Maung Bo inspects construction of approach railroad of Thanlwin Bridge (Mawlamyine) on Mottama bank.— MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Myint Swe addresses opening ceremony of basiceducation level performing arts competitions of Yangon Division.— MNA

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