President U Thein Sein, wife Daw Khin Khin Win … Agga Maha Pandita title and certificates to Ven...

Volume XIX, Number 322 1st Waning of Taboung 1373 ME Thursday, 8 March, 2012

Established 1914

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration ofthe Union

* Non-disintegration ofNational Solidarity

* Perpetuation ofSovereignty

NAY PYI TAW, 7 March—Aceremony to confer religious titlesfor 2012 and offer rice to membersof the Sangha was held at SasanaMaha Beikmandaw in the precinctof Nay Pyi Taw Uppatasanti Pa-goda this afternoon.

President of the Republicof the Union of Myanmar U TheinSein and wife Daw Khin Khin Winconferred religious titles on the re-cipient Sayadaws and offered riceto members of the Sangha.

Also present on the occa-sions were Vice-President of theRepublic of the Union of MyanmarThiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Ooand wife Daw Khin Saw Hnin, andVice-President Dr Sai Mauk Khamand wife Daw Nan Shwe Hmon,Speaker of the Pyithu HluttawThura U Shwe Mann and wife DawKhin Lay Thet, Speaker of theAmyotha Hluttaw U Khin AungMyint, Chief Justice of the UnionU Tun Tun Oo, Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services General

President U Thein Sein, wife Daw Khin Khin Win attendreligious titles conferring ceremony, rice offering ceremony

Min Aung Hlaing and wife DawKyu Kyu Hla, Chairman of the Con-stitutional Tribunal of the Union UThein Soe, Chairman of the UnionElection Commission U Tin Aye,Deputy Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Lt-Gen Soe Win,Deputy Speaker of the PyithuHluttaw U Nanda Kyaw Swa,Deputy Speaker of the AmyothaHluttaw U Mya Nyein, Lt-Gen HlaHtay Win of the Office of theCommander-in-Chief of DefenceServices, Union ministers, thecommander of Nay Pyi Taw Com-mand and their wives, deputyministers, members of Nay Pyi TawCouncil, departmental heads, offi-cials of the foreign embassies inYangon, members of religious as-sociations, responsible persons ofsocial organizations, staff of theMinistry of Religious Affairs, titlerecipient lay persons at home andabroad, disciples and wellwishers.

At first, the State orchestraof the Ministry of Culture played

Dhamma songs starting 11 am.Members of the State

Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee,Tipitakadhara TipitakakovidaSayadaws, Abhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru title recipient Sayadaws,Abhidhaja Agga Maha Saddham-majotika title recipient Sayadaws,Agga Maha Pandita title recipientSayadaws and Agga MahaSaddhamma Jotikadhaja titlerecipient Sayadaws were usheredinto the designated places and therecipient Sayadaws, nuns andlaypersons into the designatedplaces.

At 12 noon, the ceremonycommenced with three-time recita-tion of Namo Tassa.

The congregation took theFive Precepts from Chairman ofthe State Sangha Maha NayakaCommittee Presiding Nayaka ofBhamo Monastery of MandalayAbhidhaja Maha Rattha GuruAbhidhaja Agga MahaSaddhammajotika Dr BhaddantaKumara.

Vice-Chairman SayadawPresiding Nayaka of MandalayMasoeyein Monastery AbhidhajaMaha Rattha Guru title recipient

Bhaddanta Tejosarabhivamsa gavea Sammodaniya Ovada Katha.

Next, President U TheinSein conferred title of AbhidhajaMaha Rattha Guru and certificateson Abbot of Masoeyeintaik NikayaNewpadetha Monastery of DewunEast Ward in Mahaaungmye Town-ship of Mandalay Region SayadawBhaddanta Tejosarabhivamsa andAbbot of Mahitayon Monastery ofKanaungsu Ward in Hinthada ofAyeyawady Region SayadawBhaddanta Indriyasabha.

Vice-President Thiha ThuraU Tin Aung Myint Oo also offeredtitles of Abhidhaja Maha RatthaGuru and certificates to Abbot ofMyatheindan Pariyatti Monasteryfrom Ward 10 in PazundaungTownship of Yangon RegionSayadaw Bhaddanta Kesara andAbbot of Sasana Mandaing PaliTekkatho Monastery of Bago Re-gion Sayadaw Bhaddanta Samvara.

Vice-President Dr SaiMauk Kham offered Abhidhaja AggaMaha Saddhammajotika title and cer-tificates to Abbot of MahaYadanabonsan Myataung Monasteryof Wachet Village in Sagaing ofSagaing Region Sayadaw Bhaddanta

Dhammaloka, Abbot of KyayokPariyatti Monastery of KyaungtetlanWard in Sittway of Rakhine StateSayadaw Bhaddanta Jayanta andAbbot of Myataungtaik PitakatPropagation Monastery of YadanaWest Ward in MahaaungmyeTownship of Mandalay RegionSayadaw Bhaddanta Çandima.

Speaker of the PyithuHluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann pre-sented Agga Maha Pandita titleand certificates to Ven PallttharaSri Sumanajothi Thero ofSubadrarama Purana of Maligaspe,Galle of Sri Lanka, Abbot ofMyasigon Pariyatti Monastery ofWard 14 of Toungoo of Bago Re-gion Sayadaw Bhaddanta Vijayaand Abbot of Maha WithutayamaZaygon Monastery of YwakaukWard in Pyinmana SayadawBhaddanta Dhammasara.

Speaker of the AmyothaHluttaw U Khin Aung Myint of-fered Agga Maha SaddhammaJotikadhaja title and certificates toAbbot of West Kyaunggyi PariyattiMonastery of Setyon Ward inKawlin of Sagaing RegionSayadaw Bhaddanta Mandala,

(See page 16)

President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar U Thein Sein offers religious title andcertificate to a Sayadaw.—MNA

President of the Republic of the Union of MyanmarU Thein Sein offers religious title and certificate to a

layperson.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 8 March, 2012

PERSPECTIVES

Poverty alleviatorPoverty like all other calamities such

as natural disasters, bad weather and war is amajor blow to national economic development.But unlike most of those calamities, povertyusually lingers on causing chronic problemsand in some cases inviting famine or wideningthe rich-and-poor gap.

Poverty can be found everywherewhether in villages, or towns or cities, but therural people are more vulnerable to it. As therural is home to over 70% of our populationand the rural production businesses are thenation’s main production forces, the RuralSocio-Economic Development SupportingCommittee was formed to address the problemsof village people through action plans coveringeducation, health, human resourcesdevelopment, transport, communication andclean water supply.

Now, the Supporting Committee of theRural Development and Poverty AlleviationWork Committee is helping school age childrenpursue primary education, opening affiliatedprimary schools for children of migrantworkers and people of sparsely populatedvillages, and making arrangements for ruralstudents to pursue higher education.

Its assignment for the health sectorincludes extension of rural health centres, birthspacing and maternal and child welfare, mobilevaccination teams, anti-venom and first aid kitdistribution and field trip treatments.

As for human resources development,the committee with the participation ofInformation Ministry and Myanmar LibrariesFoundation is setting up standard rural librariesand helping every village get access to massmedia.

It is also developing rural transportand communication apart from sinking newwells, building water tanks, and water supplysystems for availability of clean water even inthe remote areas.

The duty of the committee or the povertyalleviator mainly run by MOI is to combatpoverty through rural socio-economicdevelopment and it is gaining more groundwith the participation of other relatedministries, organizations and well-wishers.

Thursday, 8 March, 2012

NAY PYI TAW, 7 March— Pagodas and Buddha imageswere thronged with devotees on Fullmoon Day Taboungtoday to do meditation and meritorious deeds.

At Uppatasanti Pagoda here, a fourth ceremony topaste gold leaves on the pagoda and to consecrate it washeld today. Devotees lit 90,000 candles and recited religious

Pagodas, Buddha images crowded on Fullmoon Day of Taboung

Uppatasanti Pagoda packed with pilgrims on Fullmoon day of Taboung.—MNA

verses at the pagoda.At Lawkamarazein Pagoda in Pyinmana in Nay Pyi

Taw Council Area, Buddhist devotees donated provisionsto members of the sangha and nuns to mark the 139th BuddhaPujaniya ceremony at the pagoda.

Similarly, Datusaya Pagoda in Zabuthiri Township,

Phaya Kosu Pagoda, Koekhangyi Buddha Image andHlekhwintaung Pagoda in Pyinmana were crowded withpilgrims on the Fullmoon Day of Taboung.

At Shwedagon Pagoda in Yangon, devotees offeredflowers and water and lit candles at the four corners of thepagoda to the Buddha to mark the closing of 15-dayreligious ceremony to mark the 2600th anniversary of thepagoda and also shared merits gained today.

At Botahtaung, Sule, Shwephonepwint, Kyaikwaing,Kaba Aye, Maha Wizaya, Kyaikkasan, Okkalapa, Melamu,Kyaikkalo and Kyaikkale pagodas and other BuddhaImages in Yangon, Kyauktan, Kyaikhmawwun, Kyaikkhaukand Padagyi in Thanlyin Township and other pagodas inYangon Region were also thronged with pilgrims on theFullmoon Day of Taboung.

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onFullmoon

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Discussion between Union A&IMinister, Union Commerce Ministerand WILMAR International Limited

Chairman and guests

produce marketable ones.The discussion was

involved by DeputyMinister U Ohn Than andDirector-General of theAgriculture and IrrigationDepartment, Director UAung Soe of the Directorateof Trade under the Ministryof Commerce, Advisor Dr

Maung Aung, ExecutiveDirectors of Singaporeanbusiness delegates Mr.Martua Sitorus, Mr. BryanGaw, Mr. Kuok Meng Wei,and officials concerned oflocal agricultural com-panies—Green Asia Co andGreat Wall Co Ltd and YanGyi Aung Co Ltd.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7March— Union Minister forAgriculture and Irrigation UMyint Hlaing and UnionMinister for Commerce UWin Myint received adelegation led by ChairmanMr. Kuok Khoon Hong ofWILMAR InternationalLimited at the A&I

Union Ministry here at 2:30pm yesterday.

Besides mattersrelated to cooperation tasksto be done for promotion ofagricultural sector, as wellas trading high-costagricultural products, theydiscussed greater emphasison emergence of sugar millsto create job prospects forfarmers by making benefitsfrom mechanized cropsugarcane plantations withthe help of technology andinvestment both,implementation of rice millsin addition being able toproduce high qualitymarketable paddy strains,and the subject matter refersto have a cooperationbetween the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigationand the Ministry ofCommerce in firmly makingMyanma agricultural

Union Ministers U Myint Hlaing and U Win Myint receive WILMARInternational Limited Chairman Mr Kuok Khoon Hong.—MNA

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ISLAMABAD, 7 March—A nine-year-old child was killedand three other people were wounded Wednesday when a

This file photo shows police commandos securing a siteon the outskirts of the northwestern Pakistani city of

Peshawar, in 2011. A nine-year-old child was killed andthree other people were wounded on Wednesday when a

bomb planted in a sewer exploded in Peshawar,according to police.—INTERNET

Child killed in Pakistan bomb blast

Ghana Celebrates 55Ghana Celebrates 55th

Independence AnniversaryIndependence Anniversary

Ghanaian troops fall into ranks for Independence Dayinspection, in Accra, capital of Ghana, on 6 March,

2012.—XINHUA

WASHINGTON, 7March—Mitt Romney haswon Ohio’s Republicanpresidential primary,narrowly defeating RickSantorum in the mostcritical and hard-fought ofthe Super Tuesday contests.In all, Romney has gained

Romney wins Ohio GOPprimary, 5 states in all

Former MassachusettsGov Mitt Romney

Ghanaian president John Atta Mills gives a speechduring the Independence Day celebration in Accra,

capital of Ghana, on 6 March, 2012. Ghana celebratedits 55th Independence Day on Tuesday.—XINHUA

ACCRA, 7 March—Ghana’s President H E JohnEvans Atta Mills, haspledged his commitment “toensure that Ghana remainspeaceful, before, during andafter this year’s election”and called on all to furtherensure the countrysustained its integrity insetting up examples forAfrican Continent.Speaking at the 55thIndependence Day Paradein Accra, the President re-affirmed his commitmentthat this year’s elections willpass off successful withoutany hindrance and hascautioned Ghanaians todesist from actions thatwould cause violence.

The President chargedpoliticians to respect and toco-exist with one another.He further charged them todesist from things thatwould undermine Ghana’sdemocracy and will thechildren who are the future

leaders to leave in a peacefulenvironment in achieving theirdreams.

He added that “the bestwe can do, is to contribute ourquota to building a BetterGhana so that the cominggenerations will remember usfor adding to the legacy of theFounding Fathers, and notremember us for destroyingtheir heritage”. “As a Nation,we have no option but tosustain the peace we areenjoying in order to broaden

the frontiers of our democracyand development,” hestressed. He added that “thisday continues to be aconstant reminder that giventhe opportunity, the Africanis capable of managing his orher own affairs and rising tothe very top”.

“This year’s celebrationwill be meaningless if it is notlinked to our collective resolveto join forces in ensuring thatnothing is done to whittleaway the sweat, blood and

bomb planted in a sewerexploded in the northwesternPakistani City of Peshawar,police said.

The blast took place inthe Scheme Chowkneighbourhood of Peshawar,the capital of KhyberPakhtunkhwa Province whereTaleban militants have wageda campaign of bombing andsuicide attacks.

“A nine-year old boywas killed and three others,two children and a man, werewounded in the bomb blast,”senior police official TahirAyub told AFP.

It was a remote-controlled device, bomb disposal squadchief Hukam Khan said. Nobody claimed the responsibility

for the blast but Islamistmilitants have carried outseveral attacks in the area.

Peshawar has apopulation of 2.5 millionpeople and has long been onthe frontline of violenceblamed on an insurgency ledby Taleban militants opposedto Islamabad’s alliance withthe United States.

Islamist militants havekilled more than 4,900 peopleacross Pakistan sincegovernment troops raided anextremist mosque inIslamabad in July 2007.

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toil of those who have madeit possible for us to be wherewe are today,” PresidentMills lamented.

President Mills againcalled on the youth to bepatriotic, hard working andnever give up in the face ofchallenges, adding that lifewithout challenges wasempty. He also used theopportunity to salute thegallant men and women whofought tirelessly especiallythe big six to makeindependence possible.The President acknow-ledged the contributions ofOsagyefo Dr. KwameNkrumah whose statue wasunveiled at the forecourt ofAfrican Union new buildingin Addis Ababa January thisyear. He commended ParadeCommander, Colonel JohnAsabre and the variouscontingents on parade, foradding colour to this year’sAnniversary Celebration.

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Mitt Romney waves tosupporters along with his

wife Ann at his “SuperTuesday” primary

election night rally inBoston, Massachusetts,

on 6 March, 2012.

MIAMI, 7 March—A teacher who had been fired earlierin the day returned to a Florida high school on Tuesday withan assault rifle and fatally shot the headmistress before killinghimself, a sheriff’s spokesman said. The murder-suicideoccurred at Episcopal High School in the northeast FloridaCity of Jacksonville. No students were hurt or involved,investigators said.

Undersheriff Dwain Senterfitt said the shooter, identifiedas 28-year-old Spanish teacher Shane Schumerth, was fired onTuesday morning. He returned to the campus at lunchtime withthe rifle hidden in a guitar case, went to the office of headmistressDale Regan and shot her several times, Senterfitt said. Reganhad been with the private school for 34 years as an Englishteacher and the last seven years as headmistress, said theschool’s dean, Katherine Moorehead.—Reuters

Two dead in shooting atFlorida high school

KABUL, 7 March — Rescuers shoveled through deep snow Wednesday searching forvictims of an avalanche that destroyed a village of 200 people in northeastern Afghanistan,authorities said. Forty-seven people have been confirmed dead. “We hope that some peoplewere inside their homes and are still alive,” said Shams Ul Rahman, the deputy governor ofBadakhshan Province, where the avalanche occurred on Sunday night. “But if the snow wastoo heavy, they may all be dead.” The Defence Ministry was sending helicopters to Dastyvillage on Wednesday to help with the rescue effort, Rahman said. People from a nearby villagewere the first to reach the site. They were joined on Tuesday by rescue workers from DarwazDistrict, who walked for two days to reach the remote area. About 100 rescuers equipped onlywith shovels were digging through mounds of snow looking for anyone who might havesurvived, Rahman said.—Internet

Avalancheburies

village inAfghanistan;

47 dead

victories in five SuperTuesday states.

The other states he’swon are Massachusetts,Vermont, Virginia andIdaho. Santorum has wonTennessee, Oklahoma andNorth Dakota, while NewtGingrich has won his homestate of Georgia. Resultsfrom Alaska’s caucuseshave not yet been reported.

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Six UK soldiers killed inAfghanistan explosion

LASHKAR GAH, 7 March—Six British soldiers were fearedkilled after an explosion hit their armored vehicle insouthwestern Afghanistan, Britain’s Ministry of Defencesaid on Wednesday. If confirmed, it would be the biggest lossof life for British forces in the country since a plane crash in2006. The soldiers were on patrol in Helmand province at thetime of the blast on Tuesday evening. The military did notexplain why they were unable to confirm whether the soldierswere killed.

Their deaths would take the overall tally of British forceskilled in Afghanistan to 404 since the 2001 US-led invasionto oust the Taleban. The soldiers, five from the 3rd Battalionthe Yorkshire Regiment and one from the 1st Battalion TheDuke of Lancaster’s Regiment, were on a mounted patrol onTuesday when their Warrior Armoured Fighting Vehicle wasstruck, the ministry said. In Helmand, a spokesman for theBritish Task Force said the families of the British soldiers havebeen informed. “I utterly condemn those responsible for thisincident who will ultimately fail to derail a mission that isprotecting our national security at home and making realprogress in Helmand Province,” Britain’s defence secretaryPhilip Hammond said in a statement.

“It is because of the continuing efforts of our armed forcesthat we are on course to build an Afghanistan that can standon its own two feet when UK combat operations cease at theend of 2014.” British Prime Minister David Cameron said itwas “a desperately sad day for our country.”—Internet

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GENEVA, 7 March — Opel Ampera (orChevrolet Volt) was announced as “Car ofthe Year (CotY) 2012” at the Palexpo in Genevaon Monday, on the eve of the 82nd GenevaInternational Motor Show. “The Ampera/Volt, with a petrol engine operating as agenerator when needed, faces the so called‘range anxiety’ of battery-driven car userswith the concept of an ‘Extended range EV’,”said the official website of the CotY OrganizingCommittee.

“GM has addressed the concerns onheat control of the lithium-ion battery packwith new solutions. The problem with thebatteries is solved,” it said. After almost halfa century of publishing the result on lateNovember, the CotY Organizing Committeehas reached an agreement with the Swissannual show to disclose the winner in Palexpoeach Monday prior to the first press day. Thecandidates have been selected among thecars put on sale in Europe during the previouscalendar year with foreseeable yearly salesof at least 5,000 units.

A short list of seven finalists has been

Opel Ampera elected “Car of the Year”

Opel Ampera (or Chevrolet Volt) wasannounced as “Car of the Year (CotY)

2012” at the Palexpo in Genevaon Monday.

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SAN FRANCISCO, 7 March— Yahoo’s new ChiefExecutive Officer ScottThompson is preparing amajor restructuring of thecompany that could result insignificant layoffs, local mediareported on Monday. Thelayoffs “are likely to numberin the thousands,”technology news siteAllThingsD reported, citingmultiple sources inside andoutside Yahoo. It said “muchof the change, which could beannounced as soon as theend of this month, is beingaimed at Yahoo’s largeproducts organization, as wellas other arenas in which thecompany has lagged in.”

On Sunday, Yahooconfirmed that PrabhakarRaghavan, a wellknown

Yahoo plans major restructuring, layoffs

Report says Yahoo plans major restructuring,layoffs.— XINHUA

Nissan already produces 480,000 vehicles per year atits Sunderland factory.— INTERNET

issued early January, following a simplevote by the 59 Jury members representing 23European countries. Among the finalists areCitroen DS5, Fiat Panda, Ford Focus, Opel(Vauxhall) Ampera, Range Rover Evoque,Toyota Yaris and Volkswagen UP. The 82ndGeneva Motor Show will open to the publicsince 8 March and will last 10 days.— Xinhua

computer scientist whoserved as the company’shead of Labs and head ofstrategy, is leaving.According to AllThingsD, thedeparture came ahead of thepossibly deep cuts inRaghavan’s division. Thereport said Raghavan, whohas been working at Yahoo

for seven years, is going totake a job at Google. At theend of its last quarterlyreport, Yahoo has around14,100 employees.

Yahoo has beenstruggling to restore itsformer glory in recent years.After turning downMicrosoft’s 48 billion

LONDON , 7 March — Nissan is to build a new model at its Sunderland factory, a move thatwill create 2,000 jobs. The Japanese carmaker, which will officially make the announcement laterat the Geneva motor show, is set to invest £125m in the programme. Production of the newcompact car is scheduled to start from mid-2013, and the government is supporting the projectwith a £9.3m grant. The jobs will be created at the factory, and among its suppliers.

Business Secretary Vince Cable told the BBC that the news was “a really greatannouncement”. He added: “It is very positive, but you can’t see this in isolation, becausethe other big car companies have also make major commitments to the UK. “Jaguar Land Rover,Ford, BMW Mini, are all putting in more money and bringing back supply chain.” Theadditional investment in Nissan’s Sunderland facility will increase its workforce to 6,000, arecord high for the factory. —Internet

Nissan set to create 2,000 jobs

LONDON, 7 March —Babies born just a few weeksearly have a slightly higherrisk of health problems ininfancy, research suggests.Doctors said their workchallenged widely held viewsthat babies born after 37 weekshad similar long-term

Hepatitis * Hepatitis A — the most common type and is usually caught via contaminated food or water. Usually short- lived. Vaccine is available * Hepatitis B — passed from person to person through unprotected sex or by sharing needles to inject drugs. Vaccine is available * Hepatitis C — usually transmitted through blood-to- blood contact. No vaccine * Hepatitis D — only possible to have hepatitis D if you have hepatitis B. Affects about 5% of those with hep B * Hepatitis E — rare in the UK and usually caught via contaminated food or water.—Internet

LONDON , 7 March — Children who snore, or who haveother night-time breathing conditions, are at risk frombehavioural problems, according to a study. Sleep apnoeaand snoring made conditions such as hyperactivity morelikely later on, researchers said. The study, published in theUS journal Pediatrics, looked at data on 11,000 childrenliving in the UK. Lead researcher Dr Karen Bonuck said thesleep problems could be harming the developing brain.

One estimate suggests one in 10 children regularlysnores and 2% to 4% suffer from sleep apnoea, which meansthe breathing is obstructed and interrupted during sleep.Often enlarged tonsils or adenoids are to blame for theconditions. In adults, the result can be severe day-timetiredness, and some studies have hinted that behaviouralproblems such as attention-deficit hyperactivity disordermight be linked to the condition in children. The latest studyis sufficiently large to offer a clearer view of this.

Parents were asked to fill in a questionnaire in whichboth the level of snoring and apnoea were recorded in thefirst six or seven years of life, and contrasted with their ownassessment of the child’s behaviour. Dr Bonuck, from theAlbert Einstein College of Medicine at Yeshiva Universityin New York, said that children with breathing issues duringsleep were between 40% and 100% more likely to develop“neurobehavioural problems” by the age of seven.

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‘Child behaviour link’to snoring

One in 10 children snore regularly.— INTERNET

LONDON , 7 March — UKhealth experts believe sun-dried tomatoes could be thecause of a recent outbreak ofhepatitis A. The HealthProtection Agency and theFood Standards Agency fearcontaminated samples wereto blame for the infection thathospitalised four people andcaused illness in another threepeople in late 2011. HepatitisA virus is carried by humanfaeces and can be passed onthrough contact with food or

Sun-dried tomatoes linked tohepatitis A outbreak

Four of the seven infected people had consumed sun-dried tomatoes.— INTERNET

Infancy health risk linked toearly birth by research

Dr Rosemary Leonard:“For GPs, this doesn’tmake any difference at

all”— INTERNET

outcomes to those born at fullterm. The study in the BritishMedical Journal looked at14,000 children, born 10 yearsago, up to the age of five. Itlooked at health outcomesincluding admissions tohospital and having illnessessuch as asthma.

Previous work hasfocused on babies born veryprematurely, before 32weeks.But this studysuggests that the highernumber of babies born latermay also need extra attention.It found that babies bornbefore 39 weeks have aslightly higher risk of healthproblems up to the age of five.

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water.Severe cases can lead

to liver failure. All of theseven people infected havesince made a recovery. Oneof the strains of hepatitis Aidentified in two of thepatients was identical to astrain that caused a similaroutbreak linked with sun-dried tomatoes in theNetherlands in 2010, says areport.

Four of the patients inthis latest outbreak inEngland said they hadconsumed sun-driedtomatoes. Officials are onthe alert for further cases.But they say they do notknow which brands of sun-dried tomatoes might beinvolved. This is becausethere is no reliable test tofind the virus in food.

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takeover bid in 2008, Yahoopartners with the softwaregiant on internet search andadvertising, but thepartnership has not livedup to expectations. On theother hand, its searchengine rankings has fallenbehind Microsoft’s Binglast December. — Xinhua

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Archive:Maung Nyein Aye

Higher learning institutions in Shan State (East)contributing to development of human resources

YANGON, 7 March— Bago Region Chief MinisterU Nyan Win received President Yasuko Yumoto and SeniorManager Tsutomu Sasahara of JGC Corporation based inJapan, at the regional government Office yesterday.

The meeting concentrated on matters relating tomaking investments.—MNA

Bago Region Chief Ministermeets JGC Corporation guestsYANGON, 7 March—The Double Strong

Championship, organized by Myanmar Sepak TakrawFederation and sponsored by Myanmar Brewery Ltd, willbe held in Yangon, Mandalay and Mawlamyine.

The championship will be organized in Yangonfrom 25 to 29 April, in Mandalay from 23 to 27 May andin Mawlamyine from 9 to 15 July. After first round qualifiersin these townships, first, second and third prize winning

Double Strong Championship for Sepak Takraw athletesteams must take part in the final round in Mawlamyine.

Cash award K 6.3 million will be awarded to thewinners, and sports suits will be provided to the athletes.Travel allowance and daily allowance will be funded toqualified men’s and women’s teams. For father information,dial 01-577461 of the Myanmar Sepak Takraw Federation,09-5128985 of U Kyaw Zin Moe (Secretary), and 09-49572377 of Coach U Than Lwin.—MNA

The opening of TechnologicalUniversity (Kengtung) in

Kengtung, Shan State (East) hascontributed a lot to turning out a

large number of technicianhuman resources in the region.

Outstanding students producedby basic education schools

opened in Kengtung, Shan State(East) have now been able tocontinue their studies at thehigher learning institutions.

With the emergence of KengtungUniversity in Kengtung, Shan State

(East), local national race youths are nowin a position to pursue higher education

within their reach.

The advent of University of ComputerStudies (Kengtung) in Kengtung, ShanState (East) has enabled local national

race youths to continue to pursue highereducation in their region without going

to other regions.

* The government has designated Taunggyi, Lashio,Kengtung and Panglong as four special developmentregions and built each university, each technologicaluniversity and each university of computer studies inthose regions to bring about development to keeppace with other regions in terms of development asShan State is a region with a vast tract of area.

* As Kengtung, Shan State (East) is facilitated with eachtechnological university, each university of computerstudies and each arts & science university, the numberof human resources such as intellectuals andtechnocrats is increasing all the more.

(Translation: AMS)

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National Unity Partypresents its policy, stance and work programmes

Esteemed voters,Firstly, I would like to extend my greetings to esteemed

voters.By-elections are coming near. I am going to brief on

National Unity Party to help you voters make decision.Our party was not built on an individual and we have

organizational set-up which thoroughly defines policiesand work programmes of the party. The policy the partypursues is welfare of the people, the way we pursue isMyanmar’s way of helping the people, and the practice weemploy is the middle way.

The National Unity Party is based on farmers, labour,youths and women and was formed with wide organizingvision of serving the entire people from intellectuals andintelligentsia, businessmen, civil servants to vendors.Esteemed voters,

The National Unity Party has already publicized itselection manifesto. This manifesto is the “pledge” of ourparty how we will serve the State and the people.

As we prefer authentic democracy, we guarantee toestablish human rights based on worldly virtues: justice,liberty and equality.

Fundamental human rights include political fairness,economic fairness and social fairness. It must also includefreedom of speech, freedom to canvass, freedom to practiseany faith, freedom to reside in the country and freedom toearn for a living according to the constitution. Rights mustbe equal. There must be no man above the law. In doing so,we will recognize the role of news media, the Fourth Estateof the State, and back it up.Esteemed voters,

I would like to present the attitude our party maintainstowards each class of the people. Firstly, I will present ourattitude to farmers, the majority of our country. As Myanmarwill build market economy in accord with the constitution,we will ensure the farmers have the rights to grow, store andsell in the market economy freely.

We will protect the farmers from illegal farmlandconfiscations. If the State unavoidably happens to do so,we will ensure the farmers get appropriate compensation.They must receive agricultural loans reasonably. Weguarantee that the farmers pay reasonable price for fertilizersand pesticides and fetch good price for crops they produce.We will work for helping farmers not to lose theirentitlements and to enjoy more.

For agricultural development and fulfilling farmers’lives, those who run the farm must own the farm. Our partywill cooperate in rural development and poverty alleviationtasks to achieve their objectives. Besides, our party favoursemergence of a united farmers’ organization which couldserve and protect the farmers.Esteemed voters,

Our party will continue to present the attitude towardslabour. In bringing benefits to workers, we will demandtheir entitlements prescribed in the laws. We will strike abalance between payment of workers, pensions and otherentitlements and staple food prices. We will supportemergence of labour organizations under the law.

I will go on with the affair of youths. Youths arebeloved sons of the country to whom the duties of the Statewill fall. The new generations for the future must be trainedto excel in politics, economics and sociology in order thatthe State is able to depend on them. We will work forcreating new employments for young workforce and to helpthem pursue education and work both at home and abroaddepending on their performance. Our party will avoidexploiting the youths.

I would like to present our attitude towards women.Women are not only the majority but also the importantforce of the State. So, our party will respect and valuedevelopment of the women. In doing so, we will ensuregender equality. We will strive for emergence of outstandingwomen and development of their social status and helpthem occupy higher positions at home and abroad.Esteemed voters,

Intellectuals, intelligentsia and businessmen play anda very important role in modernization process of thenation. So, we assure that people who have rightqualifications will be honoured with right positions andprivileges.

For businessmen, we will make sure they have equalrights legally, do not have barriers in operating theirbusinesses, no corruption and their competitiveness againstinternational businessmen. We will encourage emergenceof entrepreneurs and businessmen with international caliber.

We believe that it is instrumental to cooperate with theArmed Forces in building a modern, developed, democraticnation.

We will focus on convenient livelihood of people.What’s more, we will make sure people have rights andfreedom described in the laws and fight against bribery andcorruption.

We will work for development of such social works aseducation, health and culture. We are determined to workfor the success of free compulsory primary education system.We will make sure brilliant students complete their studierseither at home or overseas. We will also work for bettermentin capacity and integrity of teachers, which is pivotal inabove-mentioned works.

As to the health sector, we will make sure hospitals andclinics have full medicine and medical equipment and theneedy have access to public health care. In this effort, we will

NAY PYI TAW, 7 March—Joint General Secretary of National Unity Party U Khin Maung Gyi presented party’s policy, stance and work programmes through radio and TV on 7March.

The translation of his presentation is as follows:also encourage developmentof traditional medicine.Esteemed voters,

Our party, the NationalUnity Party, will adopt andimplement “independentnational economic policy”for socio-economic deve-lopment of the entire nation.Targeting for the prosperous future of the nation, we willimplement the market economy which will bring aboutharmonious socio-economy, allowing the entire nationjoining hands in the effort and sharing the fruits equallyout of humanity. In so doing, we will prevent againstpatronage network and make sure leaving inexhaustiblenatural resources to the future generations.Esteemed voters,

Our party attaches greatest importance to andcherishes and values the national unity in our country, theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar, constituted is diversenational races. With regard to national races, our party’sstandpoint is—equality of national races, rights to enjoyfreedom in accordance with the constitution, rights tostand as a national race and equitable development amongnational races. Our party embraces the concept that thestrength of the nation lies within and thus believes thatmutual negotiations between internal elements is thebetter solution to get the wishes of the national racesfulfilled. So, we support the negotiations aiming to ceasearmed conflicts. We will also cooperate with nationalelements.

With regard to national races, we will focus ourattention on emergence of harmoniously integratedMyanmar society as a result of reciprocal contributionbetween the Union and the Union members.Esteemed voters,

Myanmar, geographically, holds strategic positionand rich in above and underground natural resources,drawing international attention.

So, our party will practice independent and activeforeign policy. In so doing, we will make more frequentcontacts and establish friendly ties with the global familymembers, upholding the long-maintained Bandung fiveprinciples of co-existence. Especially, we will maintainneighbourly relations with the bordering countries andalso participate actively in the works of the UN andinternational organizations.Esteemed voters,

We are making all-out efforts both inside and outsideparliament to honour our promises to the people. We willbe able to serve the interests of the nation and its peoplemore on condition that we get more seats in the parliament.

The election is a chance for the people to choose theirown destiny. It is important to elect the right candidates.So, we would like to urge you, voters to cast ballots forright men who can really serve the interests of the nationand its people.

Hatching of fingerlings demonstratedTHAYAWADY, 7 March—With a view to

contributing to the rural development andpoverty alleviation and enabling the localpeople to hatch fingerlings, a demonstrationon hatching of Hamilton’s Carp was held atOkpo fishery station in Thayawady Districton 25 February morning.

In the presence of Bago Region Ministerfor Agriculture and Livestock Breeding UTin Soe, Head of Region FisheriesDepartment U Hla Tun, Head of Region

Cooperative Department Daw Myint MyintWai, Head of District Fisheries DepartmentU Sein Myint and officials and departmentalpersonnel from eight townships, in-chargeof the farm U Than Naing demonstratedpractical hatching of fingerlings in the pondand replied to the queries raised by thosepresent.—District IPRD

District News

Fertilizer broadcast on farmlands in WakemaWAKEMA, 7 March—The broadcasting

of fertilizer into paddy field was held atthree-acre farmland of farmer U Khin MaungSwe in Lanthamaing Ywalay Village ofWakema Township on 22 February morning.

Under supervision of TownshipAdministrator U Soe Tun and members,Township Manager U Than Aung ofMyanma Agriculture Service and membersof the Township Agricultural BoostingProduction Committee, fertilizerbroadcasting work was carried out.

Local farmers from LanthamaingYwagyi, Kanasogon and Lanthamainglayvillages observed broadcasting of fertilizer.

Six acres of farmlands are put undersummer Palethwe paddy in Ukyun Village,one acre in Ugyidaw Village, three acres inBobay Anyasu Village and three acres inLanthamainglay villages of WakemaTownship. Plan is under way to extendcultivation of summer Palethwe hybridpaddy in the township.

Myanma Alin

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Lahu National Development Partypresents its policy, stance and work programmes

Esteemed voters,First and foremost, I would like to express our heartfelt

thanks to the Union Election Commission for permittingour party to present our stance and work programmesthrough radio and TV.

I am Vice-Chairman U Yaw Thup from Lahu NationalDevelopment Party.

I myself will participate in vacancy of Shan State(North) Constituency No. 3 in the by-election to be heldon 1 April 2012. At first, I would like to present policiesand stance of Lahu National Development Party. Ourparty’s policies and stances are:-

Our party believes that only when the national racesin the Republic of the Union of Myanmar follow andpractise the genuine democracy, will the whole nationachieve the goal of building a modern and developednation.

We formed Lahu National Development Party withthe aim of organizing people of various national races inthe region in which Lahu nationals reside to participate inbuilding a modern, developed nation that practisesdemocracy.

Our party is Lahu Chawkyu Ulamulartu Party inLahu language and Lahu National Development Party inEnglish.

I would like to present some points about our party’sflag. Our party’s flag is five feet long and 2.5 feet wide. Awhite triangle is in the east part of the flag. Upper half of

the flag is red colour and the lower half of the flag is sky bluecolour.

With the white triangle in the background, there aretwo Lahu traditional bottle gourd flutes in the shape of across. Over the cross point is an ear of paddy. And over theear of paddy is a red star.

The white triangle, bottle gourd flutes, ear of paddyand red star has their meaning each.

- White colour represents simplicity, cleanliness,uprightness and loyalty. Red colour representsbravery, activeness and steadiness. Sky blue colourrepresents coldness, stability, peace and unity.

- A triangle represents strong belief in the Buddhaand Dhamma, patriotism and sense of cherishingmotherland.

- Bottle gourd flutes represent Lahu nationals’ culture,unity, sacredness and loyalty, and on days ofsignificance, Lahu people dance with bottle gourdflute accompaniment to strengthen unity.

- Ear of paddy represents the main business of Lahunationals which has been run since our forefathers.

- Red star represents the entire Lahu nationals.Our party’s seal is in circular shape. Words “Lahu

National Development Party” are embodied in Myanmarlanguage at the top of the seal, and in Lahu language atthe bottom of the seal. There are two stars; one on theMyanmar language side and another, on the Lahulanguage side. In the centre of the seal is a cross of twobottle gourd flutes. On the cross point is an ear of paddy.At the top of the ear of paddy is a star. Under the cross oftwo flutes are a group of words “LNDP” which is theacronym of our party.

The objectives of our party are:-- to ensure that sovereignty is in force in the whole

country, non-disintegration of the nationalsolidarity, and perpetuation of independence in linewith the democratic practice,

- to develop Lahu nationals’ literature, culture,customs and arts,

- to ensure every citizen enjoying equal rights, therule of law, and to work for political, economic,

NAY PYI TAW, 7 March—Vice-Chairman of Lahu National Development Party U Yaw Thup presented party’s policy, stance and work programmes through radio and TV on7 March evening.

The translation of his presentation is as follows:-social andorganizing works inour region,

- to improve the livingstatus of Lahupeople, and

- to take lessons andprocedures from developed nations for developmentof the nation and Lahu region.

I would like to continue my presentation on futureprogrammes.

Our party’s future plans are:-- We will arouse the political, economic, social and

organizing senses of the people of the Republic ofthe Union of Myanmar and local people living inLahu region and improve the image of our party.

- We will persuade groups to give up armedinsurgency that harms rights of the national peopleand development of the region and pushes thehuman beings into miseries and democraticallyseek ways in the framework of the law.

- We will show equality to all congenial politicalparties and occasionally join hands, make ally andgive help to them.

- We will ward off poppy farming that has been majorbusiness since our forefathers, and organize localpeople to run agricultural farming, livestockbreeding and exploitation of natural resourcesinstead of poppy farming. In that regard, we willprovide necessary intellectuals and intelligentsiaand investments.

- We will exercise independent and active foreignpolicy and the policy of peaceful coexistences.

- We will encourage developing literature, culture,custom and arts of Lahu national people.

- In conclusion, I would like to pledge that we willimprove transport, and we will make sure that thepeople, regardless of wealth, have access to freemedical treatment and every citizen has access toformal education. They are our party’s stances andwork programmes.

Free clinic serves local people in PakokkuPAKOKKU, 7 March—Thugati free clinic,

established by Thugati Cetana SocialAssociation, was opened in Khandaw Ward12 in Pakokku on 12 February.

Chairman of Township Writers andJournalists Association Daw Saw Kyaing(retired professor), Chairman of the Clinic UTint Swe and Supervisor of the clinic UKaung Hsint formally opened the clinic.

Under the patronage of OvadaçariyaSayadaws, altogether 24 wellwishers ofKhandaw 12 Ward funded K 1.5 million forthe clinic for providing health care servicesto the people regardless of nationals,

religions and poor and rich persons.The clinic is being kept open every

Saturday and Wednesday.Member of the free clinic Dr Daw Htay,

Dr Theingi Swe (Pakokku General Hospital)and Dr Tin Aung Cho (Chan Myae Clinic)supervise the health care services togetherwith nurses Daw Nu Nu Win, U Kyaw NyiNyi Lwin (Pakokku General Hospital), DawNan Swe Myint (MCWA) and Daw NyeinNyein Thant (midwife).

Up to now, over 150 people receivemedical treatment at the clinic weekly.

Myanma Alin

Myanmar CP Tennis Tournament 17-23March

YANGON, 7 March—Jointly organizedby Ministry of Sports and Myanmar TennisFederation, with the sponsorship ofMyanmar CP Co Ltd, the Myanmar CP OpenTennis Tournament will be held at TheinbyuTennis Court in Mingala TaungnyuntTownship, Yangon, from 17 to 23 March.

The tournament will be categorizes asinter-club event, men’s open singles eventand doubles event, women’s open singlesevent and doubles event, mix-doubles event,boys’ and girls’ U-10, U-12, U-14 and U-16singles events.

The federation will provide K 35,000each as travel allowance to tennis teamsoutside Yangon Region and K 50,000 each

to those of regions and states.Tournament arrangements will be made

for creating better opportunities to tennisteams from regions and states. The federationwill take responsibility for travel allowanceand accommodation of the tennis players.

Those wishing to take part in thetournament may enlist at Myanmar TennisFederation (Theinbyu Tennis Court), notlater than 10 am on 16 March. For furtherinformation, dial 372360, 381991, 381992,extension (0) and 097312249.

The MTF plans to present about K 3million as cash awards to the winners andtennis teams.—Myanma AlinLiterary talks given in Kyaukdaga

KYAUKDAGA, 7 March—The 10th literarytalk, jointly organized by No. 91 Saw Mill ofMyanma Timber Enterprise under Ministryof Environmental Conservation and Forestryand Literary and Culture Committee, wasstaged in front of the saw mill in Pado Village-tract in Kyaukdaga Township, Bago Region,on 25 February evening.

Pado Village-tract Administrator UAung Hsan Lin and No. 91 Saw Mill Manager

U Naing Lin Aung made speeches.The manager presented K 50,000 to the

fund of Myanmar Writers and JournalistsAssociation (Central) through Chairman ofthe MWJA (Central) writer Ledwintha SawChit before the literary talks.

Later, wellknown writers LedwinthaSaw Chit, Theikpan Hmutin and Dr KhinMaung Nyo gave talks on literary affairs.

Myanma Alin

Repaved road commissioned into serviceHSENWI, 7 March—Bandoola Road,

repaved with asphalt by Hsenwi TownshipDevelopment Affairs Committee in 2011-2012 fiscal year was inaugurated at the roadin Ward 3 of Hsenwi on 10 February.

Engineer in-charge U Khin Maung Kyawof the Township Development Affairs

Committee explained repaving of the road.Ward 3 administrator U Phaw Da Tun andExecutive Officer U Khin Saw of TownshipDevelopment Affairs Committee formallyopened the repaved road. The committee hasspent K 1,873,060 on 920 feet long and 12feet wide road.—Myanma Alin

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President U Thein Sein,… (from page 16)Aungthida Ward 8 in Lashio of Shan State.

President U Thein Sein conferred Thiri ThudhammaManijotadhara title and certificates on U Myint Thein ofMahaaungmye Township of Mandalay Region and UKyaw Khin Myint of Pabedan Township of Yangon Regionand Thiha Thudhamma Manijotadhara title and certificateon U Khin Maung of Chanayethazan Township ofMandalay Region.

Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Ooconferred Thiha Thudhamma Manijotadhara title andcertificates on Dr Soe Myint of Kyimyindine Township ofYangon Region and U Kyaw Soe Win (a) U Khant Sithu ofBahan Township of Yangon Region and ThudhammaManijotadhara title and certificate on U Kyi Maung ofThingangyun Township of Yangon Region.

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham conferredThudhamma Manijotadhara title and certificates on UHtay Hlaing of Salingyi Township of Sagaing Region andU Myo Hset of Mayangon Township of Yangon Regionand Saddhamma Jotikadhaja title and certificate on UKyaw Wai of Chanayethazan Township of Mandalay

Region.Daw Khin Khin Win, wife of President U Thein

Sein, presented Agga Maha Thiri Thudhamma Theingititles and certificates to Daw Khin Cho Ohn ofThingangyun Township of Yangon Region and Daw WinWin Htay (a) Ma Nge of Mayangon Township of YangonRegion and Thiri Thudhamma Theingi title and certificateto Daw San Kyu of Chanayethazan Township of MandalayRegion.

Daw Khin Saw Hnin, wife of Vice-President Thiha

Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo, presented Thiri ThudhammaTheingi title and certificates to Daw Swe Thazin ofChanayethazan Township of Mandalay Region, Daw SanSan of Aungmyethazan Township of Mandalay Region,Daw Khin Swe Oo of Dagon Myothit (South) Township ofYangon Region and Daw Ei Kay Thwe Min of DagonTownship of Yangon Region.

Daw Nan Shwe Hmon, wife of Vice-President Dr SaiMauk Kham, presented Thudhamma Theingi title andcertificates to Daw Aye Myint of Sangyoung Township of

Yangon Region, Daw Mya Yin of Kyaukse Township ofMandalay Region and Daw Kalawady (a) Daw San San ofMogok of Mandalay Region.

Daw Khin Lay Thet, wife of Speaker of thePyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann, conferredThudhamma Theingi title and certificates on DawThan Htay of ChaungU of Sagaing Region, Daw MyaMya Htay of Hlegu Township of Yangon Region andDaw Htwe Htwe (a) Daw Yi Yi Htwe of Chanayethazan

(See page 9)

President

U Thein

Sein, wife

Daw Khin

Khin Win

present

rice and

offertories

to

members

of

Sangha.

MNA

Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo offers religious title andinsignia to a Sayadaw.—MNA

Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham offers religious title and insignia to aSayadaw.—MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann offers religious title andinsignia to a Sayadaw.—MNA

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint offers religious title andinsignia to a Sayadaw.—MNA

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President U Thein Sein, … (from page 8)Township of MandalayRegion.

Daw Kyu Kyu Hla, wife

Daw Khin Khin Win,wife of President

U Thein Sein,presents certificateto a recipient.—MNA

Vice-PresidentThiha Thura U TinAung Myint Oo and

wife presentoffertories to a

Sayadaw.MNA

Vice-PresidentThiha Thura

U Tin Aung MyintOo presents

certificates to arecipient.

MNA

Vice-PresidentDr Sai Mauk Kham

and wife presentoffertories to aSayadaw.—MNA

Daw Khin Saw Hnin,wife of Vice-President

Thiha Thura U TinAung Myint Oo,

confers certificates ona layperson.—MNA

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint presents offertories to aSayadaw.—MNA

of the Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services, presentedThudhamma Theingi titlesand certificates to Daw Khin

Nyunt of Tamway Townshipof Yangon Region, PyithuHluttaw Representative DawWin Maw Tun ofYenangyoung of MagwayRegion and Daw Tin Tin ofMahaaungmye Township ofMandalay Region.

Daw Than Than Nwe,wife of the DeputyCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services, presentedThudhamma Theingi title andcertificates to Daw OhnmaLwin of SangyoungTownship of Yangon Region,Daw Aye Aye Myint ofChanayethazan Township ofMandalay Region and DawAye Aye Aung ofChanmyathazi Township ofMandalay Region.

(See page 10)

Pyithu HluttawSpeaker Thura

U Shwe Mann andwife Daw Khin Lay

Thet presentoffertories to a

Sayadaw.MNA

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President U Thein Sein,… (from page 9)

Dr Daw Myint Htay, wifeof the Deputy Speaker of thePyithu Hluttaw, presentedThudhamma Thiengi title andcertificates to Daw Ma Ma (a)Daw Kyi Kyi Mya ofChanayethazan Township ofMandalay Regionm Daw KhinThida of MayangonTownship of Yangon Regionand Daw Htay Htay Khaing ofChanmyathazi Township ofMandalay Region.

The Union Minister forReligious Affairs supplicatedon religious affairs.

Secretary of the StateSangha Maha NayakaCommittee Abbot of SasanaNuggaha Monastery ofChaukhtetgyi Taik of BahanTownship in Yangon RegionSayadaw BhaddantaKheminda delivered a sermon,and the congregation sharedmerits gained.

The ceremony came to

an end with three-timerecitation of Buddha SasanamÇiram Thitthatu.

Religious associations ofthe President Office, the Uniongovernment office, thePyidaungsu Hluttaw, theSupreme Court of the Union,the Office of the Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services,the Constitutional Tribunal ofthe Union, the Union ElectionCommission Office, Unionministries, the Office of theAttorney-General of theUnion, the Office of theAuditor-General of the Union,the Office of the Union CivilServices Board, the Nay PyiTaw Council and townshipsof Nay Pyi Taw Council, socialorganizations, companies andwellwishers offered rice andalms to members of the Sangha.

On the gala occasion,President U Thein Sein andwife Daw Khin Khin Win, Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin

Aung Myint Oo and wife DawKhin Saw Hnin, Vice-PresidentDr Sai Mauk Kham and wifeDaw Nan Shwe Hmon,Speaker of the Pyithu HluttawThura U Shwe Mann and wifeDaw Khin Lay Thet, Speakerof the Amyotha Hluttaw UKhin Aung Myint, ChiefJustice of the Union U TunTun Oo, Commander-in-Chiefof Defence Services GeneralMin Aung Hlaing and wife,Chairman of theConstitutional Tribunal of theUnion U Thein Soe, Chairmanof the Union ElectionCommission U Tin Aye andwife, the Union ministers,deputy ministers and theirwives, departmental heads,staff families and wellwishersoffered rice and provisionsto members of the Sanghaand nuns along the entranceroad to the southernstairways of Nay Pyi TawUppatasanti Pagoda and theringroad of the pagoda.

MNA

Daw Khin KhinWin, wife of thePresident of theRepublic of the

Union of Myanmar,

offers religioustitle and insignia

to a nun.MNA

Daw Khin SawHnin, wife of Vice-

President ThihaThura U Tin AungMyint Oo, presents

certificate to anun.—MNA

Daw Nan Shwe

Hmon, wife of

Vice-President Dr

Sai Mauk Kham,

presenting religious

title to a nun.

MNA

Daw Khin Lay Thet, wife of Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker ThuraU Shwe Mann, conferring religious title on a nun.

MNA

Vice-President DrSai Mauk Kham

presents certificateto a layperson.

MNA

Daw Nan ShweHmon, wife of Vice-

President Dr SaiMauk Kham,

presenting certificateand insignia to a

laywoman.MNA

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Shwedagon Pagoda 2600th Anniversary Buddha Pujaniya concludesYANGON, 7 March—A ceremony to mark the success of

2600th Anniversary Shwedagon Pagoda Buddha Pujaniya,along with the title conferring was held at the precinct ofShwedagon Pagoda this morning.

Present on the occasion were State OvadaÇariyaShwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees OvadaÇariyaSayadaws, members of Sangha, Yangon Region ChiefMinister U Myint Swe and wife, the Yangon Region Hluttaw,the Region High Court Chief Justice, the deputy HluttawSpeaker, region ministers and their wives, members of theleading committee for organizing 2600th Anniversary BuddhaPujaniya, departmental personel, donors and members ofreligious associations.

U Sein Win Aung rotating chairman of Shwedagon PagodaBoard of Trustees announced the successful completion ofPujaniya and letter of pleasure on title-conferring.

The congregation then received nine precepts from StateOvadaÇariya Shwedagon Pagoda Board of Trustees TheingiUMonastery Sayadaw of Chaukhtetkyi Pagoda Monastery inBahan Township, Yangon Region Agga Maha Pandita AggaMaha GanthavaÇaka Pandita Baddanta Nandobhasa, followedby Mitta Sutta recitation of the members of Sangha.

The region minister then conferred Seingottara PavarasiriMaha Dhammaraja Singottara title on the TheingiUMonastery Sayadaw, Nyaungdon Monastery SayadawAbhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Agga Maha Pandita BaddantaSobhana, and Sobhanavasa Monastery Sayadaw AbhidhajaMaha Rattha Guru Agga Maha Pandita Abhidhaja AggaMaha Saddhamajotika Agga Maha Saddhama JotikadajaBaddanta Sobhana of Myatheindan Pariyatti Monastery,Pazundaung Township.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 7 March— Union Ministerfor Immigration and Population U Khin Yi on3 March held a meeting with representativesof Sagaing Region, Ward/VillageAdministrators of Monywa Township,including media men.

In his speech at the meeting, the UnionMinister called those present for informingthe public about progress of issuing census

Union Minister U Khin Yi meetsofficials, media men

and citizenship scrutiny cards at reasonableprice with their rapid efforts in line withMoepwint (2) plan, tasks to be carried out andbeing done for taking a census in the wholecountry in 2014, hoping better smootheffectiveness.

After that, he answered the queries shotby those present.

MNA

KATHA, 7 March—A fire broke out inKatha No.2 Ward about 4 am today, burningdown nearby 15 residential and otherbuildings and 347 shops of Katha MyomaMarket on the either side of downtownmotor road.

The fire was the result of thefluorescent lamp electric shock fromPandawU snack shop, Room No.4 of theground floor of the 12-quarter two-storeybuilding on Yadana Road, No. 2 Ward of

Katha fire leaves 15 buildings and 347shops burnt down

Katha.It is learnt that the overheated

fluorescent lamps which were left turnedcaused the fire which was finally put out at7 am, leaving no causalities. The firevictims were temporarily accommodatedat Layhtet Monastery in No.3 Ward withauthorities concerned giving assistance.

Katha Police Office is arranging to bringthe shopkeeper concerned to the trial.

MNA

YANGON, 7 March—Recent untimely rainblocked the road toAlaungdaw Kasapa(Kasapa the Remains), saidpilgrims.

Some pilgrims

Untimely rain impedes Alaungdaw Kasapa pilgrimagepoint along the trip andbeyond which the forestawaits. It is most commonthat the pilgrims have to delaytheir trip if untimely raindeteriorates the roadtransportation.

There are one gate forvehicles in Kapaing villageand one other on the route.“If the road goes slippery inthe rain, the gates do notallow vehicles to pass over,”a Kapaing villager said.Sometimes, cars stuck in mudhave to be rescued byelephants. “Pilgrims do notwant to turn back as theyhave taken a great deal ofdifficulties.”

On public holidays on2, 3 and 4 March, Alaungdaw

canceled their visit and somedelayed on the mountain fora night following the roadblock. Alaungdaw Kasapalies in sanctuary in Sagaing20 miles from Kapaingvillage which is the last focal

Shwedagon Pagoda crowded with devotees on Fullmoon day of Taboung. MNA

Kasapa hosted a huge crowdof visitors. The troublesomerain fell on 3 March,burdening the visitors witha load of delays. Some boldtravelers risked a night on

the mountain to reach theholiday destination.Pilgrims add one moreprayer for smooth roadtransportation of the trip oflimited periods. Devotees

mostly flood in the place ofpilgrimage on Fullmoondays of Tabodwe andTaboung.

(Su Hnin Lé)Translation: HKA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SINAR BIMA VOY NO (110N)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV SINARBIMA VOY NO (110N) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 8.3.2012 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where itwill lie at the consignee’s risk and expenses andsubject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port ofYangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

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

A visitor looks at the exhibited tea-sets on an exhibition for creative gifts and crafts inBeijing, capital of China, on 2 March, 2012. Over 700 exhibitors from home andabroad participated in the 2012 Beijing International Creative Gifts and Crafts

Exhibition which kicked off here on Friday.—XINHUA

Shouldmarriage at

18 beallowed?BEIJING, 7 March—

China should lower thelegal minimum age formarriage to 18 years of age,Huang Xihua, a NationalPeople’s Congress deputysaid on Sunday. UnderChina’s current law womencan marry at 20 and men 22.“China’s Marriage Law of1980 has led to more socialproblems such as increas-ing number of ‘surplus malesurplus female’, oldermothers as well as cohabita-tion without marriageamong young people,”Huang said.

“Lowering the minim-um marriage age will betterprotect the health of womenand children and promotethe prenatal and postnatalcare,” Huang said. “Thelowering marriage motionis not to encourage earlymarriage, but people of 18-year-old, as an adult, haverights to decide when to getmarried,” Huang added.

A survey onWeibo.com involving over17,000 participants showthat 43.2 percent supportthe motion and 42.7 percentoppose, 14.1 percent sayingthey do not concern aboutthis.—Xinhua

Fifteen killed in traincollision in Poland

WARSAW, 7 March—Fifteen people were killed and 60others injured in a train collision in southern Poland onSaturday as rescue work is on the way, local media reported.

Poland’s Interior Minister confirmed the new death tollabout the train clash, as hundreds of firefighters and policemenwere working hard on the scene to help and rescue passengerstrapped inside the train. More fatalities in the accident, whichPolish Transport Minister Slawomir Nowak described as the“most serious railway catastrophes” in Poland’s recent history,were not ruled out.—Xinhua

The screenshot taken on 3 March, 2012 from TVprogramme of TVP, the Poland national TV statinon

shows rescuers are working at the train collision site. Anuncertain number of people were killed and around 60were injured in a train collision in southern Poland onSaturday, the country’s transport minister told a local

TV station.—XINHUA

600 residents ordered to evacuate asflood threat spreads in Australia

China’s submersible to try7,000-metre dive in June-July

BEIJING, 7 March—China’s manned deep-divingsubmersible, the Jiaolong, will try a 7,000-metre dive in thePacific Ocean between June and July this year, Liu Cigui,director of the State Oceanic Administration (SOA) said onSunday. Liu told Xinhua before the annual session of theNational People’s Congress (NPC), China’s top legislature,that all preparatory work for the submersible’s 7,000-metre diveis now going on smoothly.

The Chinese manned submersible succeeded in diving5,188 metres below the sea in the Pacific Ocean between Julyand August last year, enabling China to conduct scientificsurveys in 70 percent of the world’s seabed areas.

China’s maritime authority shoulders heavy tasks carryingout scientific research on oceans this year, said Liu, who is alsoa deputy to the NPC.

He said China will continue to proceed with oceanicsurveys and environmental investigations and push forwardlegislation on oceans this year.—Xinhua

SYDNEY, 7 March — Rising floodwatersare threatening the southern New South Wales(NSW) city of Griffith and surrounding areasin Australia, with about 600 people ordered toevacuate from the region, local media reportedon Wednesday.

The NSW State Emergency Service (SES)issued a flood evacuation order for parts ofGriffith on early Wednesday morning, advisingresidents of the low-lying parts of Griffith andits surroundings to evacuate immediately.

“Do not delay your evacuation,” the SESsaid in the order.

“Roads may be congested or closedwhich could result in you becoming strandedand requiring rescuing.” Keith Favell from theSES has told the Australian Broadcasting

Corporation (ABC) Radio it is hard to predicthow the flooding in Griffith will unfold.

“It’s a bit of an unprecedented flood. Wedon’t often see water like this coming intoGriffith because it’s not under a defined riversystem,” he said.

“Overland flooding is a little bit moredifficult to predict exactly when it’s going toarrive, because we don’t have gauge locationsand a history of flow times.”

Meanwhile, Prime Minister Julia Gillard isto tour the flood- hit area of Wagga Wagga insouthern NSW on Wednesday.

NSW Premier Barry O’Farrell declared astate of emergency on Tuesday, as 9,000people were evacuated from Wagga Wagga.

Xinhua

Photo taken on 2 March, 2012 shows rimous farmland inLongpeng Township of Honghe Prefecture, southwestChina’s Yunnan Province. Since December 2011, the

drought ravaging Yunnan’s 15 prefectures andmunicipalities, has left 3.19 million people and 1.58

million livestock short of drinking water, according to theprovincial government. Meteorological authority carriedout artificial precipitation on Friday and Saturday when

weather permitted.—XINHUA

Indian police arrest Iranianover Israel embassy car attack

Rescuers work at the spot of accident in Lingdingyangestuary, south China’s Guangdong Province, on 3

March, 2012. The freighter “Boyun 018” sankfollowing collision with a Panamanian cargo ship

“Dream Star”from Shanghai to Xinsha Harbour onLindingyang estuary at 9 pm on Friday. Of the total

10 crew members aboard the sunk vessel, 2 wererescued and the rest were still missing. One of Dream

Star’s oil bunker broken and leaked some oil.XINHUA

NEW DELHI, 7 March— Indian police have detained anIranian freelance journalist in the Indian Capital over hissuspected role in the bomb attack on an Israeli embassy carlast month, said a local newspaper on Wednesday.

Syed Ahmed Kazmi, 50, freelance journalist from Teheran,has been arrested from Lodhi colony in central Delhi byspecial forces in connection with the Israeli embassy car blastcase, the daily Hindustan Times said in its electronic edition.

Kazmi, a resident of Teheran, helped plan the attack. Heis now being questioned by Indian security agencies, said thereport quoting unnamed sources.

Israeli diplomat Tal Yehoshua, her Indian driver as wellas two other passers-by were injured in the blast after amagnetic bomb stuck to the vehicle went off on 13 Feb incentral Delhi.—Xinhua

10,000 visit Lei Feng“supermarket”

BEIJING, 7 March— A supermarket of charity servicesdedicated to Lei Feng opened on Sunday attracting thousandsof people in Zhengzhou, Henan Daily reported on Monday.

The programme launched by the Communist YouthLeague of China provides ‘goods’ including volunteer servicesand hope projects.

People of 14 years or older can apply any programme forfree. The volunteer service covers broad areas includingpoverty relief, environmental protection, public service, andcommunity development.

On the first day when the charity supermarket opened itattracted about ten thousand people, among whom 2,000applied for items.—Xinhua

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News Album

A jumbo-sizedcloud of queleasswarm around anelephant in East

Tsavo, Kenya. Thered-billed queleasfrightened a pairof elephants away

as they tried todrink at the SataoCamp water hole

in East Tsavo,Kenya.

340-ton boulder begins trek to California museumthan we can chew.”

Albrecht said the 200-foot apparatus used totransport the boulder and its20-strong fleet of supportvehicles makes fast traveldifficult. The boulder isscheduled to arrive at themuseum after 11 days of travelto become the centerpiece ofartist Michael Heizer’s“Levitated Mass” sculpture.

The 340-ton graniteboulder chosen to be part ofa Los Angeles CountyMuseum of Art installationhas completed the first 5miles of its 106-mile journey.

Mark Albrecht, projectmanager Emmert Intern-ational, which is handlingtransportation of themassive rock, said theboulder left the Stone Valley

quarry in Riverside Tuesdaynight and came to rest earlyWednesday about 5 milesaway at the intersection ofMission Boulevard andBellegrave Avenue in Ontario,the Los Angeles Timesreported on Wednesday.

“We want to limit ourtravel tonight,” Albrecht saidprior to the 5-mile trek. “Wedon’t want to bite off more

Canada town has dibs on world’s best waterI thought, ‘Why am I wastingmy time buying bottled waterwhen we have the bestwater?’” Over at Greenwood’sDeadwood Junction coffeeshop, Debbie Ruley said she“felt very honoured butwasn’t surprised.”

“I always felt ours wasthe best in the world,” shesaid. “When I drink water inother places it’s just not thesame.” Besides worldwidebragging rights, the townreceives a trophy.

The tiny Canadian townof Greenwood, BritishColumbia, has the world’sbest tap water, judges at aninternational water tastingcompetition determined.

Nipper Kettle, themayor of the BritishColumbia hamlet of 676people, shipped a sample ofGreenwood’s drinking water— which comes fromunderground aquifers andis untreated — to the 22ndannual international water

tasting competition inBerkeley Springs, WVa,where judges gave it a scoreof 40 out of a possible 44.

Water from thecommunities that entered wasassessed for appearance,odor, flavor, mouth feel,aftertaste and overallimpressions.

“I know the quality of thewater,” Kettle told theCanadian Broadcasting Corp“When I first moved here Iused to buy bottled water and

2,600-year-old helmet found in IsraelA bronze Greek warrior

helmet dating back to the 6thor 5th century BC has beendiscovered on a seabed inIsrael, the Daily Mail reportedon Thursday.

Jacob Sharvit, directorof the Marine ArchaeologyUnit with the IsraelAntiquities Authority, said:“The gilding and figuralornaments make this one ofthe most ornate pieces of earlyGreek armour discovered.”

How it ended up on the

seabed in Haifa Harbourremains unknown.

One theory is that itbelonged to a warriorstationed on one of thewarships of the Greek fleetthat fought the Persians, whoruled the country at the time.

The Israel AntiquitiesAuthority determined that it

was fabricated by expertsfrom a single sheet of bronzeby means of heating andhammering.

This technique made itpossible to reduce theweight of the helmet withoutdiminishing its capacity toprotect the head of thewarrior.

Hopkins,Mirren to starin ‘Making of

Psycho’LOS ANGELES, 7

March—Anthony Hopkins,Helen Mirren and ScarlettJohannson have joined thecast of “Alfred Hitchcock andthe Making of Psycho,” TheHollywood Reporter said.

Hopkins is to playHitchcock, Mirren his wifeAlma Reville and JohannsonJanet Leigh, the actress whoplayed the doomed heroine inthe classic horror flick, theentertainment industry tradenewspaper said.

To be directed by SachaGervasi, the film about themaking of “Psycho” is beingproduced by Fox Searchlightand is based on the non-fiction book by StephenRebello, The HollywoodReporter said.

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Anthony Hopkins, a castmember in the motion

picture thriller “The Rite”,attends the premiere of thefilm at Grauman’s ChineseTheatre, in the Hollywoodsection of Los Angeles on

26 January, 2011.INTERNET

Knight to create heroine in ‘new’ Williams playNEW YORK, 7 March—

Shirley Knight is to create therole of Clarissa “Babe” Fox-worth in the world premierestaging of Tennessee Willi-ams’ last full-length drama inNew York. “In MasksOutrageous and Austere” willbegin performances 5 April,with an opening night set for16 April at Culture Project at45 Bleecker at Lafayette Street,it was announced Mondayby producers Victor Syrmis,Carl Rumbaugh and SusanBatson. The production,directed by David Schweizer,is scheduled to play through

Actress Shirley Knight

‘In Masks Outrageous andAustere’ to life on the stagefor the very first time,”Schweizer said in a statement.“Her long, vivid and sensitiveassociation with Tennesseeand his work is well known, ofcourse. She collaborated withhim actively and brilliantlywhen he was alive throughouthis and her careers. Whatespecially excites me is thefierce intelligence and boldvirtuosity of her work, thistowering role has finally beengiven the gift of the actresswho can truly make it sing.”

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26 May.“We are thrilled to have

Shirley Knight with us to bring

Rabe, Quinto return for more‘Horror’

LOS ANGELES, 7 March —Sarah Paulson, Evan Peters,Lily Rabe and Zachary Quinto will return for Season 2 of“American Horror Story,” the show’s co-creator said.

Executive producer Ryan Murphy confirmed the Season1 cast members would be back, along with previouslyannounced fan favorite Jessica Lange, playing differentcharacters in a new setting, TVGuide.com reported.

“Every season is a new haunting,” Murphy said. “Thereare so many great genre subsets of horror ... [and] there’s onlyone rule for the show: no werewolves, no vampires.”

“I don’t think they’ve ever done a show where a groupof actors then came back the next year and played entirelydifferent people and even called it the same thing. Leave it toRyan Murphy,” TVGuide.com quoted Paulson as saying.

Shooting is to begin in July. Season 2 is expected to startairing on FX in October.—Internet

Zach Quinto, a castmember in the motion

picture comedy “What’sYour Number?”, attends

the premiere of the film atthe Regency Village

Theatre in the Hollywoodsection of Los Angeles on22 May, 2011.—INTERNET

Rihanna eyeing fashion career?LOS ANGELES, 7 March—

Singer Rihanna, who hasworked with designerGiorgio Armani, is noweying a career in the world offashion.

The 24-year-old recentlydesigned a collection forArmani, and she said she hasbeen playing around withstyle designs and even triesto give him some advice.

“We have a pretty goodrelationship now since wehave been working togetheron the campaigns and I’vebeen designing a capsule

line for his collection so hetrusts my designs a little bitnow so I get to play with him.It’s great,” showbizspy.comquoted Rihanna as saying.

“I designed it withGiorgio. It was acollaboration and I helpedhim design it. I wantedsomething a little bitMichelle Pfeiffer inScarface... simple but sexyand a little gangster at thesame time. I think it justshowed that we work reallywell together,” she added.

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Actress Christina Hendricks Comic actor Joel McHale

Christina Hendricks’s phone hackedLONDON, 7 March—

Actress Christina Hen-dricks’s mobile phone hasbeen hacked and severalphotos of the “Mad Men”actress have been stolen.

The 36-year-old was leftfurious after discovering ahacker had bypassed thesecurity settings on herhandset and downloadedseveral images, includingshots in which she is scantilyclad and not wearing make-

‘Community’ animated shortsto hit Web

CULVER CITY, 7 March—Shorts featuring theanimated alter-egos andvoices of the stars of the USsitcom “Community” are todebut online this week, SonyPictures Television said.

The first of the threeanimated clips is to airWednesday on Hulu, HuluPlus and NBC.com. Freshinstallments will air onThursday and Friday.

“These animated shortsare a vital component to ourmulti-pronged campaignaimed at driving awarenessto the show’s return to NBCon 15 March,” Chris VanAmburg, senior vicepresident of US marketing

for Sony Pictures Television,said in a statement. “The‘Community’ actors and teamwere eager to lend their voicesand support to an effortintended to engage their loyalfan base that has rabidly keptthe show thriving via flashmobs, fan art, viral videos,dedicated fan sites and onFacebook and Twitter.”

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up, according to contac-tmusic.com. An allegedtopless photograph ofHendricks appeared alongwith other shots on websiteMotherless. com on Sunday,but her representative deniedit was the actress in the picture.

However, the representa-tive did confirm the hacking.“Christina’s phone was in facthacked and photos werestolen.

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Brave Arsenal exit UEFA Champions LeagueGunners beat Milan but go out on aggregate, while

Chelsea win in FA Cup

Robin van Persie’s penalty gave Arsenal a 3-0 half-timelead against AC Milan.— INTERNET

ChampionsLeague:

Arsenal 3-0AC Milan

(aggregate 3-4)LONDON, 7 March —

Arsenal produced a trulymagnificent performanceagainst seven-time winnersAC Milan at the Emiratesonly to bow out of theChampions League at thelast 16 stage. The Gunnerslost the first leg 4-0 in Milanand needed a miracle toprogress, but LaurentKoscielny gave them hopewhen he headed in AlexOxlade-Chamberlain’s earlycorner.

Tomas Rosicky

doubled Arsenal’s lead on thenight when he slotted in aftergreat work from Theo Walcott,and Robin van Persie struckfrom the penalty spot afterOxlade-Chamberlain wasfouled. Arsenal suddenly onlyneeded one goal to take it toextra-time and they wentagonisingly close when

Gervinho’s shot was blockedby Christian Abbiati and VanPersie’s effort from therebound was also brilliantlysaved. But Arsene Wenger’sside could not find a fourthgoal and Milan held onnervously at the end to booktheir place in the last eight.

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FA Cup:Birmingham0-1 Chelsea

LONDON, 7 March —Chelsea began life afterAndre Villas-Boas bybooking their place in thequarter-finals of the FA Cupcourtesy of a fifth roundreplay win at Birmingham.

Villas-Boas partedcompany with the Blues onSunday as Roberto diMatteo took charge for thefirst time and Chelsea wentin front in the second halfwhen Juan Mata pokedhome inside theBirmingham box.

A superb goal doubledthe lead as Raul Meirelesrounded off an excellentmove by hammering in from25 yards, and though Matahad a penalty saved,Chelsea will now playLeicester in the last eight.

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Henry injury prompts Davisrecall

LONDON, 7 March — Wolverhampton Wanderersmidfielder Karl Henry is facing up to four weeks on thesidelines with a hamstring strain - prompting the club to recallon-loan David Davis from Chesterfield. Henry was forced offin the early stages of the 5-0 defeat by Fulham on Sunday anda scan has confirmed damage to his hamstring. Wolves arehopeful that the 29-year-old could return for the BarclaysPremier League visit to Norwich on 24th March.

Davis, 21, has made nine appearances since joiningLeague One Chesterfield on loan in January—includinghelping them to the Johnstone Paint Trophy final againstSwindon at Wembley on 25th March. Wolves boss TerryConnor told the club’s website: “Karl has had the scan whichhas shown up a hamstring strain, and he is expected to be outfor three to four weeks. “As a result of his injury, and also DaveEdwards being unavailable at Fulham [through injury], wehave decided to recall David Davis from his loan spell atChesterfield.

“It gives us another option given the injuries and we’vehad David watched closely at both Inverness and Chesterfieldthis season where he has done very well.” Davis, who madehis senior debut for Wolves as a substitute in the 4-0 CarlingCup win at Northampton in August, joined with the Wanderersfirst team for training on Tuesday.— Internet

Karl Henry has made 24 Barclays Premier Leagueappearances for Wolves this season.— INTERNET

Moses backs Martinez’s selection callVictor Moses played inthe second half of the

defeat againstSwansea.— INTERNET

I was feeling tired after beingaway with Nigeria,” he said.“I’d done a lot of travelling ina short space of time and it’snot an ideal way to prepare fora football match.

“The fans probably don’trealize that travelling so farfor a game in midweek reallydoes take it out of you, out ofyour legs especially. “Acouple of the other lads werethe same - only getting backon Friday evening - and whenyou’re going out there withtired legs, that’s when you’rerisking getting injuries - whichobviously the gaffer is tryingto prevent.”—Internet

Swansea on Saturday. The21-year-old winger came onas a half-time substitute in the2-0 defeat at the DW Stadiumagainst Swansea. Thatdecision was questioned bychairman Dave Whelan,although he also offeredpublic backing for Martinez,saying he had done a greatjob at the club.

Moses, who returned toWigan after travelling toRwanda to make his debut forNigeria, said Martinez’sdecision was correct.“Obviously it’s never nicewhen you’re not playing, butit’s the manager’s decision and

Moses has defended thedecision of manager RobertoMartinez not to start him in

the Latics’ Barclays PremierLeague match against

LONDON, 7 March —Wigan Athletic’s Victor

Spanish Cup final set forVicente-Calderon

View of the Vicente Calderon stadium in Madrid. TheSpanish Cup final between FC Barcelona and Athletic

Bilbao will take place on 25 May at the Vicente-Calderonstadium of Atletico Madrid, the Spanish football

federation (RFEF) announced on Tuesday. — INTERNET

MADRID, 7 March — The Spanish Cup final between FCBarcelona and Athletic Bilbao will take place on 25 May atthe Vicente-Calderon stadium of Atletico Madrid, the Spanishfootball federation (RFEF) announced on Tuesday. Bothclubs had initially favoured the Santiago-Bernabeu, butReal Madrid officials ruled this out because of work beingcarried out at the stadium. Barcelona preferred the Vicente-Calderon with Athletic Bilbao favouring Sevilla’s Cartujastadium.

The final choice was made by the RFEF at a meeting whichBarcelona officials did not attend in protest over their perceivedtreatment by referees this season. “We’ve decided not toattend this meeting of the federation as a sign ofdisenchantment. The force of our objective arguments hasnot been taken into account, so we are relying on the decisionof the RFEF,” club spokesman Toni Freixa said. The Catalanclub are furious with match officials after defender GerardPique was sent off in Saturday’s Primera Liga 3-1 win overSporting Gijon at the Nou Camp.—Internet

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International Sports

Roger Federer ofSwitzerland celebratesafter winning his men’s

singles final match againstAndy Murray of Britainduring the Dubai Tennis

Championships on 3March, 2012.— INTERNET

Upbeat Federer back at beloved Indian Wells

Barcelona’s coach JosepGuardiola gives a press

conference before atraining session at theCamp Nou stadium in

Barcelona, on the eve oftheir UEFA ChampionsLeague football match

against Bayer 04Leverkusen.— INTERNET

of the year, referring to hisimpressive run of form sincehis semi-final loss to Djokovicat last year’s US Open.

“I’ve been playingaggressive, I was focused andI didn’t doubt my ability. I’mdefending much better than Iwas in the middle of last yearwhen I felt like I couldn’t comeout of tough defensivepositions. “I was able to sortof turn it around. Now I justhave to keep it up.”—Internet

INDIAN WELLS, 7 March—With his confidence sky-high after winning five of hislast seven tournaments,Roger Federer returns to oneof his favourite venues forthe Masters Series eventstarting this week. The Swissworld number three hastriumphed three times at thestate-of-the-art Indian WellsTennis Garden and will bedifficult to beat on thehardcourt surface with his

defensive skills nowpossibly better than ever.

Long regarded as one ofthe most elegant andaggressive serve-and-volleyplayers of all time, Federer hashad to improve the resilienceof his baseline game in recentyears in a bid to blunt thetwin challenge of Rafa Nadaland Novak Djokovic. “I’vejust been confident,” Federertold reporters in the build-upto the first Masters Series event

Barca focus on retaining Champions League crownmeant that we have not beenable to play at 100 percent butlittle by little we have beenimproving, said Adriano. TheBrazilian utility player hasbeen involved more thanexpected recently due to thenumber of absentees in PepGuardiola’s squad which hasbeen criticised for being understrength. In the 3-1 weekendwin over Sporting Gijon heplayed at left-back with EricAbidal lying in the treatmentroom but he has also featuredin midfield and in a moreattacking role.—Internet

BARCELONA, 7 March —With Real Madrid crushingvirtually all before them andholding a ten-point lead overBarcelona in Spain theChampions League hasassumed greater importancefor the Catalan side, who areon course to reach the quarter-finals. Barca entertain BayerLeverkusen at the Nou Campon Wednesday holding a 3-1lead from the first leg. JoseMourinho has converted Realinto a formidable force in hissecond season in Madrid andthey have now won 20 out of

21 games domestically withthe only defeat comingagainst Barca at the Bernabeu.

The reigning ChampionsLeague and La Liga winnershave failed to show the sameconsistency dropping toomany points away from homebut they know that in a one-off match they are still capableof beating anybody. “It isgoing to be very tough for usto win the league but now wemust concentrate on BayerLeverkusen. It has been adifficult season for us with somany injuries which has

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Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas

Weather forecast for8th March, 2012

* News* Early Myanmar & Its

Global Connections( Part - I )

* News* Feel Pretty …. in a Rawan

Outfit* Charming & Fragrant Sabai* News* Music Programme* The Exotic Land of

Myanmar* News* City Light & Country Lamp* News* “Myanma Orchestra” The

Magic of Melodious Music(Episode-1)

* News* Let there be the light of

Abhidhamma* News* Culture Stage* News* Travels in Monywa “Moe

Hnyin Sam BuddhePagoda”

* Myanmar Movies“Love Triangle”

(8-3-12 09:30 am ~9-3-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV

(8-3-2012) (Thursday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

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

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw- Uppatasanti Paritta

7:30 am 2. Morning News8:00 am 3. Health Programme8:20 am 4. Documentary8:40 am 5. International News5:00 pm 6. Songs for Upholding

National Spirit5:25 pm 7. Songs in honour of

(67th) AnniversaryArmed Forces Day

5:35 pm 8. Documentary6:00 pm 9. Evening News6:20 pm10. Myanmar Series6:35 pm11. TV Drama Series8:00 pm12. News13. How to Cast Vote

(Myanmar MotionPicture Asiayone)

14. TV Drama Series15. TV Drama Series

McIlroy rejects talk ofTiger rivalry

DORAL, 7 March— New world number one Rory McIlroydoes not see Tiger Woods as a rival and said his toughestopponent is simply the golf course he faces each week.

McIlroy ascended to the top of golf’s world rankingswith victory in the Honda Classic on Sunday, keeping hiscool after Woods charged up the leaderboard with a finalround 62. His triumph left his phone buzzing with messagesof congratulations from Manchester United’s manager AlexFerguson and striker Wayne Rooney and also plenty of talkabout the sport having a new rivalry at the top.

Woods’s best ever final round score indicated he couldyet get back to something like the form that took him to 14majors and be a regular Sunday challenger alongside 22-year-old McIlroy. “To be honest in golf, you can have a rivalif you want, but at the end of the day, your biggest rival is agolf course. You have to be able to beat the golf course moreoften than not and that’s all you are trying to do,” said the

Northern Irishman, who features in this week’s WGC-CadillacChampionship at Doral.—Internet

Tiger Woods (R) of the US watches Rory McIlroy (L)of Ireland putt on the practice green before the start of

the US Open Golf Championship at Pebble Beach,California, on 16 June, 2010.— INTERNET

Buoyant Benfica cruisepast Zenit

LISBON , 7 March—Two injury-time goals courtesy of MaxiPereira and Nelson Oliveira secured Benfica’s passage to theChampions League quarter-finals Tuesday with a convincing2-0 win over Zenit Saint-Petersburg. Jorge Jesus’s side hadsuccumbed 3-2 in Russia in the first leg of the knockout phaseafter Roman Shirokov stunned the Portuguese by scoring thesecond of a brace of goals in the 88th minute.

Goals from Pereira, in first-half injury time, and Oliveira,at the tail end, capped a solid performance at the Stadium ofLight and sent Benfica into the last eight of Europe’s premierclub competition for the first time since 2006. Pereira andJesus now believe Benfica could go all the way. “We deservedto win and I’m really happy with this result,” said Pereira.“Now we’re in the quarter-finals and we can beat anybody.”Jesus said: “We now go in to the quarter-finals with the same

Benfica’s Braziliandefender Emerson

(L), Spanishmidfielder JaviGarcia (C) and

Brazilian defenderJardel (R)

celebrate theirvictory against FC

Zenit Saint-Petersbourg at the

end of aChampions League

round of 16football match at

the Luz Stadium inLisbon.— INTERNET

ambitions we had at the start of theseason and, whoever we get in thedraw, we think we can go far.” Benficamade their intentions clear from theoutset, keeping visiting goalkeeperVyacheslav Malafeev on his toesthroughout a lively first half whichended with the hosts 1-0 ahead.

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Shooter Rhode sets her aim high for LondonNEW YORK, 7 March— As an Olympic

shooter, Kim Rhode knows it pays to aimhigh and hit your targets. Luckily for Rhode,she has done that and more. Still just 32, shehas already appeared in four Olympics andwon medals each time, including two gold.If she reaches the podium at the LondonOlympics, she will become the firstAmerican to win medals in individualevents at five successive Olympics.

“If I could do that, it would be great, but

American shooter Kim Rhode poses withher collection of Olympic medals.

I’m not counting my chickens,” Rhode toldReuters. “The medals are great but that’s notwhat it’s all about for me. What really mattersto me is the journey and hopefully mineisn’t finished yet.” Rhode’s journey hasbeen full of twists and turns and ups anddowns since she was introduced to guns asa small child during camping vacations andhunting trips with her family. A natural witha steady arm and a good eye, she waspersuaded to take up competitive shootingand proved an instant success. She won herfirst world championship, competingagainst adults, when she was 13, in doubletrap, where competitors use a shotgun to hitclay pigeons flung into the air from twodifferent locations. A few days after her 17thbirthday, Rhode won her first Olympicmedal, a gold at the 1996 Atlanta Games.Four years later she earned a bronze medalat the Sydney Olympics and then won asecond gold at Athens in 2004.

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Sr.

No. Regions/States

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 24/75 16/61 Likelihood of isolated rain or

thundershowers 60(%)

2 Kayah 32/90 12/54 Generally fair weather

3 Kayin 38/100 18/64 Generally fair weather

4 Chin 20/68 14/57 Partly cloudy

5 Upper Sagaing 23/73 16/61 Likelihood of isolated rain or


6 Lower Sagaing 38/100 18/64 Generally fair weather

7 Taninthayi 36/97 20/68 Likelihood of isolated rain or


8 Bago 36/97 20/68 Generally fair weather

9 Magway 39/102 19/66 Generally fair weather

10 Mandalay 37/99 20/68 Generally fair weather

11 Mon 37/99 20/68 Partly cloudy 60(%)

12 Yangon 37/99 20/68 Partly cloudy

13 Rakhine 34/93 20/68 Partly cloudy

14 Southern Shan 27/81 11/52 Partly cloudy

15 Northern Shan 30/86 11/52 Partly cloudy

16 Eastern Shan 31/88 13/55 Partly cloudy

17 Ayeyawady 37/99 21/70 Partly cloudy

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 39/102 16/61 Generally fair weather

19 Neighbouring Yangon 37/99 20/68 Partly cloudy

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 37/99 20/68 Generally fair weather

Summary of

observations at

09:30 hr MST on

today

During the past (24) hours, light rain have been widespread in Kachin State, scattered in Upper Sagaing Region, isolated om Taninthayi Region, weather has been partly cloudy in Yangon Region, Shan, Chin, Rakhine, Kayah and Mon States and generally fair in the remaining Regions and States. Day temperatures was (4°C) below March average temperatures in Upper Sagaing Region, (9°C) below March average temperatures in Kachin State and about March average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States.The significant day temperature were Minbu and Aunglan (39°C) each. The noteworthy amount of rainfall recorded were Putao, Homalin and Kawthong (0.08) inch each.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and partly cloudy

elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Seas will be slight to moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershowers in the extreme Southern Myanmar areas.

BEPS branch opened in Banmauk TownshipBANMAUK, 7 March—

The opening of BasicEducation Primary Schoolbranch and handing overof new building were heldat the school inNyaunggaing Village ofLonkin Shwekyaung

Village-tract in BanmaukTownship, Katha District ofSagaing Region on 26February.

Region Hluttawrepresentative U Aung Shweunveiled the signboard ofthe school.

Region Hluttawrepresentative U HmaingNyo, Nyaunggaing BEPSHeadmistress Daw MyintMyint Sein, Myoma Post-Primary SchoolHeadmistress Daw Nyo Tinand townselder U MaungHlaing cut the ribbon toopen the school.

Townselder U MaungHlaing handed overdocuments related to theschool building to theMinistry of Education.

Those present donatedcash and kind to the fundfor the school.

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Thursday, 8 March, 20121st Waning of Taboung 1373 ME

President U Thein Sein,wife Daw Khin KhinWin…

(from page 1)Abbot of Dekkhinayon Monastery ofNamkham of Shan State SayadawBhaddanta Nandaçariya and VenSayaamone Tepmounithone of ViengKham District, Pakkayoung Village ofVengchan Province.

Chief Justice of the Union U TunTun Oo presented Agga Maha Pandita titleand certificates to Abbot of Maha GandayonMonastery of Hsinsweput Ward inAmarapura Township of Mandalay RegionSayadaw Bhaddanta Janapati, Abbot ofSaddhammapala Pariyatti Monastery ofWard 3 of Kyaukme of Shan State SayadawBhaddanta Vepulla and Abbot of SasanaZawtayon Monastery of Naychinsaya Ward5 in Madaya of Mandalay Region SayadawBhaddanta Visuddhaçarabhivamsa.

Congregation led by President U Thein Sein and wife Daw Khin Khin Win receive five precepts from thechairman of State Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee.—MNA

Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices General Min Aung Hlaing offeredAgga Maha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja titleand certificates to Ven Chuan Yin of FaYuan Si Monastery of Beijing of the People’sRepublic of China, Abbot of KywekanMonastery of Kywekan Village ofKyaukpadaung Township of MandalayRegion Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kumara andAbbot of Ngwetaungpyay PariyattiMonastery of Ngwetaung Model Village inDimawso Township of Kayah StateSayadaw Bhaddanta Sirindaçara.

Chairman of the ConstitutionalTribunal of the Union U Thein Soe conferredAgga Maha Pandita title and certificates onVen Galayae Piyadassi Thero of TissaBuddhism Centre at 309-311m, KingsburyRoad of London of England, Abbot ofOakhathiri Monastery of Nandawya Wardin Bago of Bago Region SayadawBhaddanta Suriya and Abbot ofKhemawady Monastery of Monywa of

Sagaing Region Bhaddanta Kesara.Chairman of the Union Election

Commission U Tin Aye presented AggaMaha Saddhamma Jotikadhaja title andcertificates to Abbot of ShwebonthaMonastery of Leinpin Village in PatheinTownship of Ayeyawady Region SayadawBhaddanta Paññinda, Abbot of TatUMingon Monastic Education School ofMingon Model Village in Hlegu Townshipof Yangon Region Sayadaw BhaddantaPaññasara and Abbot of ShwepyitaikPalemyint Monastic Education School ofAungmyethazan Township of MandalayRegion Sayadaw Bhaddanta Janeya.

Deputy Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Lt-Gen Soe Win, DeputySpeaker of the Pyithu Hluttaw U NandaKyaw Swa, Deputy Speaker of the AmyothaHluttaw U Mya Nyein and Lt-Gen Hla HtayWin of the Commander-in-Chief Officeoffered Agga Maha Ganthavaçaka Pandita,Agga Maha Saddhammajotikadhaja titles

and certificates to title recipient Sayadaws.The Union ministers, the commander

of Nay Pyi Taw Command, the deputyministers and members of the Nay Pyi TawCouncil also presented Agga MahaSaddhamma Jotikadhaja Agga MahaPandita, Agga Maha Kammathanaçariya,Agga Maha Ganthavaçaka Pandita, MahaGanthavaçaka Pandita, SaddhammaJotikadhaja, Kammathanaçariya andGanthavaçaka Pandita titles and certificatesto respective recipient Sayadaws.

Daw Khin Khin Win, wife ofPresident U Thein Sein offered Agga MahaGanthavaçaka Pandita title and certificatesto Nun Daw Çhandabhagi ofThameikdawdaya Nunnery of ThawtapanWard in Sagaing of Sagaing Region andNun Daw Vijjanandi of Khemethaka Cornerof Thawtapan Ward of Sagaing of SagaingRegion.

Daw Khin Saw Hnin, wife of Vice-President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint

Oo, presented Maha Ganthavaçaka Panditatitle and certificates to Nun DawAççariyañani of Sasana Beikman Nunneryof Shinphyu Shinhla Village of Sagaing ofSagaing Region and Nun Daw Silavati ofMya Theingi Nunnnery (Parahita) ofPaungku Nyana Ward of MingaladonTownship of Yangon Region.

Daw Nan Shwe Hmon, wife of Vice-President Dr Sai Mauk Kham presentedGanthavaçaka title and certificates to NunDr Daw Molini of Kathmandu KimdolNunnery of Nepal and Nun Daw Khemasingiof Yadana Manaung Nunnery of KaratpyinWard of Dawei of Taninthayi Region.

Daw Khin Lay Thet, wife of Speakerof the Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann,presented Ganthavaçaka Pandita title andcertificates to Nun Daw Dhammesi ofDathuwady Nunnery of Ledi Ward ofMonywa in Sagaing Region and Nun DawSunandi of Sasana Hitakari Nunnery of (See page 8)

Higher learninginstitutions in

Shan State(East)

contributing todevelopment of

humanresources

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Pagodas, Buddha imagescrowded on Fullmoon Day of

TaboungPage 2

Shwedagon Pagoda’s 2600th

Anniversary Buddha Pujaniyaconcludes

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