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Volume XVI, Number 319 8th Waxing of Taboung 1370 ME Tuesday, 3 March, 2009

YANGON, 2 March — The last daysession of the Third Meeting of the 6th

State Central Working Committee of theSangha was held at Maha Pasana Caveon Kaba Aye Hill in MayangonTownship here today.

Vice-Chairman of the CommitteeSayadaw Agga Maha Pandita AggaMaha Saddhamma JotikadhajaBhaddanta Gunesana presided over themeeting and Joint Secretary SayadawAgga Maha Pandita Bhaddanta ManitaSiribhivamsa acted as MC. First, JointSecretary Sayadaw Agga Maha PanditaAgga Maha KammathanacariyaDvipitaka Kovida BhaddantaJagarabhivamsa clarified the report onmeasures taken by the State Sangha MahaNayaka Committee within one year andsought the approval of the meeting.

Third Meeting of 6th SCWCS endsIn the afternoon, Chairman of the

Committee Presiding Sayadaw ofMahawithuta Rama Monastery inMagway Abhidhaja Maha Rattha GuruAbhidhaja Agga Maha SaddhammaJotika Bhaddanta Kumara presided overthe meeting. Sayadaws who presidedover the meeting, the ChairmanSayadaw, secretaries of the workingcommittee, representative Sayadawsfrom states and divisions and other ganassigned in the record book to approve theresolutions passed at the meeting.

The meeting ended with concludingremarks by Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kumara.

Today, U Kyaw Hsan and ThihaThudhamma Theingi Daw Nyunt NyuntWin (Pyawutyi Enterprise Ltd and EdibleOil Mill) offered meals to members ofthe Sangha. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 March – Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein attended the14th ASEAN Summit Retreat held at Dusit Thani Hotelin Hua Hin, Thailand yesterday morning.

Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Heads ofState/Government of ASEAN countries arrived at thehotel at 8.25 a.m. They were welcomed by Thai PrimeMinister.

Before the meeting, the Heads of State/Governmentof ASEAN countries posed for documentary photos.

The 14th ASEAN Summit Retreat was held at theRoyal Dusit Grand Ballroom (B) of the hotel.

The meeting was attended by King of BruneiDarussalam Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah MuissaddinWaddaulah, Cambodian Prime Minister Samdech HunSen, Indonesian President Dr Susilo Bambang

Prime Minister General Thein Sein signs Declarationon Roadmap for ASEAN Community

Yudhoyono, Lao PDR Prime Minister Mr BouasoneBouphavanh, Malaysian Prime Minister Dato’ SeriAbdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, Philippine PresidentMadame Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, Singaporean PrimeMinister Mr Lee Hsien Loong, Thai Prime Minister MrAbhisit Vejjajiva, Vietnamese Prime Minister NguyenTang Dung and ASEAN Secretary-General Dr SurinPitsuwan.

The Prime Minister, the Heads of State/Government of ASEAN countries held discussionson implementation of ASEAN Charter, exchange ofviews on regional and international issues, globalfinancial crisis, disaster management, food andenergy security and regional and internationalsituations.

After the meeting, the Ministers for Foreign

Affairs of ASEAN countries signed the ASEANPetroleum Security Agreement in the presence of thePrime Minister, the Heads of State/Government ofASEAN countries.

A ceremony to sign declarations on ASEANSummit was held at the Royal Dusit Grand Ballroom(A). It was attended by the Prime Minister, the Headsof State/Government of ASEAN countries. They signedthe Declaration on the Roadmap for an ASEANCommunity.

The Thai Prime Minister hosted a luncheon inhonour of the Prime Minister, the Heads of State/Government of ASEAN countries, Ministers forForeign Affairs of the ASEAN, Economic Ministers,ASEAN Secretary-General and senior officials at DusitThani Hotel.—MNA

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein,Heads of State and

Government ofASEAN countries

attend 14th ASEANSummit Retreat heldat Dusit Thani Hotel

in Hua Hin ofThailand.

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein, Heads of State and Governmentof ASEAN countries sign Declaration on Roadmap for an ASEAN

Community.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 March, 2009

Tuesday, 3 March, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

The government is dedicated itself toimproving the living conditions of the people inpursuance of the national goal of building apeaceful, modern and developed nation. Withfavourable weather pattern and geographicalfeatures, Myanmar has been an agro-based nationsince time immemorial.

The majority of the nation's workingpopulation are farmers. Therefore, developmentof agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy aswell is a practical task. At present, the governmentis working hard to beef up exploitation of naturalresources, reclamation of fallow and virgin landsfor agricultural purpose and cultivation capacity.

In the message sent by Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council Senior GeneralThan Shwe on the occasion of the Peasants Day(2009), it was stated that the agriculture isbooming, and the transforming of the countryfrom conventional farming to mechanized farmingis on target in terms of manufacturing farmequipment and machinery; that therefore, thenation's food supply has met the demand for thefuture population of 100 million, far more thanthe supply for the present population of over 50million, and our country is contributing towardsthe food supply for the world people.

At present, there are 190 dams, 29 sluicegates, 322 river water pumping stations, 7974underground water tapping stations and 658 smallrural dams in the nation. As a result of theemergence of a large number of new irrigationfacilities, the nation's total sown acreage hasincreased, and the cultivation capacity has jumped.

At such a time, the farmers in cooperationwith the entrepreneurs are to set up agriculturalzones and reclaim fallow and virgin lands for thesuccess of mechanized farming. And they are toextensively engage in cultivation of high yieldcrops applying modern agricultural methods.Only then, will the cultivation capacity increaseand the agricultural sector improve.

Strive in concert for increasingcultivation capacity

YANGON, 2 March — Lt-Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence inspected Bago Yoma greeningprojects being undertaken and maintenance of district-to-district Road No. 1 in Yangon North District on 28February.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe arrived at the central forestdevelopment and training centre in Hmawby wherethe director of Forest Department reported on theprojects being implemented in Bago, Magway,Mandalay and Yangon Divisions for greening ofBago Yoma in accord with the guidance of the Headof State and the principal on conducting trainingcourses.

Bago Yoma greening tasks inspectedin Yangon North District

Lt-Gen Myint Swe gave instructions on realizationof the projects with four objectives in accord with theguidance of the Head of State.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe inspected thriving teakplantations in Hmawby forest reserve and TaunghlaingYoma reserve in Taikkyi Township.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe went to the briefing hall nearLainmawchan Village where officials reported on repairof roads in the township.

Lt-Gen Myint Swe gave instructions on durabilityof roads through constant maintenance. He alsoinspected repair of road and maintenance of TaikkyiCreek Bridge.

MNA

YANGON, 2 March– Minister for Livestock andFisheries Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein visited thefresh water fish garden of

Ornamental FishGarden inspected

the Fishery Department inKandawgyi here on 28February and viewed thebooths and the fish shops ofthe Ornamental FishEntrepreneurs Asso-ciation.

In the afternoon,Chairman of MyanmarInvestment CommissionMinister Brig-Gen MaungMaung Thein met withofficials of the GarmentEntrepreneurs Asso-ciation and JETRO ofJapan at the office ofMyanmar FisheryFederation onBayintnaung Road andexplained invitation offoreign investment andtechnical assistance andextension of foreigninvestments. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 March — Trade consultants MrShafiqui Islam of the Ministry of Commerce of thePeople’s Republic of Bangladesh and Mr Md AtiqurRahman of Sonall Bank, accompanied by CommercialCounsellor Mr Aftabuzaman of the embassy of thePeople’s Republic of Bangladesh arrived at Muse 105th

mile trade zone on 26 February and they observedMyanmar-China border trade functions.

Muse 105th mile trade zone in-charge Director ofBorder Trade Department U Yan Naing Tun explainedfunctions of combined teams, development ofMyanmar-China trade after the establishment of thetrade zone and arrangements for smooth flow of goods.

The trade mission observed goods depots, saleof agricultural produce, fruit and marine productsthrough auction system by Chinese merchants. Theyvisited warehouses and storage of agricultural produceto be exported and items imported.

They held discussions with merchants from Museand Nanhkam.

MNA

Bangladeshi trademission visits Muse105th mile trade zone

Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry of Defence inspects thriving teak plantations in Hmawbyforest reserve.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein looksinto fish shops of Ornamental Fish

Entrepreneurs Association in fresh water fishgarden in Kandawgyi.—MNA

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 3 March, 2009 3

Iraq’s monthly death tollrises to 258 in February

BAGHDAD, 2 March—Iraq’s monthly civilian deathtoll in February rose to a total of 258 from the previ-ous month that showed the lowest level since the US-led invasion in 2003, authorities said on Sunday.

According to figures compiled by Iraqi Health,Defence and Interior ministries, the total figure in-cluded 211 civilians, 30 policemen and 17 Iraqi Armysoldiers were killed across the country during themonth. In January, the death toll was lowest since thebreakout of Iraq war with a total of 189 people killed.

The monthly death toll figures in recent monthsshowed that casualties have been steadily droppingsince mid-2007.

Internet

The wreckage of avehicle used by a

suicide bomber in asuicide attack in

Jalalabad, NangarharProvince, Afghanistan

on 1 March , 2009.INTERNET

Orphan boys do theirhomework as they siton the floor of their

room at the SafeHouse orphanage inBaghdad’s Sadr City.

INTERNET

Medvedev wants specific USmissile proposals

MOSCOW, 2 March— Russian President DmitryMedvedev is expecting specific US proposals on mis-sile defence, one of the main bones of contention be-tween Moscow and Washington, to discuss at his firstmeeting with President Barack Obama.

The new US administration has said it wants to“press the reset button” on relations with Russia afterties between the two countries sank to a post-Cold Warlow during the presidency of George W Bush.

Russia, still smarting from what it sees as years ofgains by Washington and NATO at its expense in theformer communist world, has reacted cautiously.

In particular, Moscow wants to see what the UnitedStates will do with the Bush administration’s plans tostation systems in NATO allies Poland and the CzechRepublic to detect and shoot down hostile missiles.Russia says this threatens its security.

Medvedev said in an interview given to Spanishmedia he had received signals from the Obama ad-ministration that it wanted to approach the issue ofanti-missile weapons in a “more creative and coop-erative” way than its predecessor.

InternetIraqi Shiites protest local vote in tense provinceBAGHDAD, 2 March—About 2,000 Shiites staged their first significant street

protests against provincial election results Sunday, marching in tense Diyala Prov-ince.

The demonstrators in the Shiite enclaves of Muqdadiyah and Khalis claimedShiites were the victims of fraud and were denied seats on the influential provin-cial council. Under heavy guard, the protesters — waving Iraqi flags and chanting“No to sectarianism” — also demanded the election commission be replaced, al-leging a Sunni bias.

The rural province holds a mix of Iraq’s main sectarian and ethnic groups —Sunni Arabs, Shiites and Kurds — and has been a flashpoint for bloodshed amongthem and attacks on US forces and Iraqi police.—Internet

US Marine diesin Iraq’s Anbar

ProvinceBAGHDAD, 2 March—

The US military says aMarine has died in a non-combat related incident inIraq’s western Anbar Prov-ince.

A statement says theMarine with the Multi-National Division-Westdied Saturday.

The Marine’s name isbeing withheld pendingnotification of next of kin.The military says the in-cident is under investi-gation. The death raisesthe number of US militarypersonnel killed in Iraq toat least 4,253 since thewar began in March2003.

Internet

HAVANA, 2 March—Amid two wars and aneconomic crisis, Cubapolicy hardly ranks at thetop of President BarackObama’s long agenda.

But circumstances arepressuring Obama to makea move on Cuba soon—ormiss an opportunity to ad-vance his pledge to restoreAmerica’s leadership inthe world and in its ownhemisphere.

Conversations withCuban officials here sug-gest that unless the Obamaadministration signals itsintentions quickly andclearly, it will disappointnot only Cuba, but alsomany Latin Americanleaders watch-ing for signsthat the US is ready tochart a dramatic newcourse in the region.

The unofficial targetfor action seems to be lateApril, when Obama trav-els to the Summit of theAmericas, being held onthe Caribbean island ofTrinidad. Cuba is not in-vited, but will nonethe-less be on many partici-pants’ minds.

More frequently thanin the past, Latin Ameri-

can leaders have beenflocking to Cuba in recentmonths, and late last year33 Latin American andCaribbean nations calledfor an end to the US em-bargo. Guatemalan Presi-dent Alvaro Colon, lead-ing a country long viewedas a loyal US ally, evenapologized during a re-cent visit for his country’ssupporting role in the1961 failed Bay of Pigsinvasion.

Fundamental changein the long-calcified Cu-ban-American relation-ship appears possiblenow because of the dualchange in leadershipin Havana and Washing-ton.

Internet

Iraqi soldiers wheeltheir colleague, who

was wounded in abomb attack, in a

hospital in Baghdadon 26 Feb, 2009.

INTERNET

LOS ANGELES, 2 March—A gunman went on ashooting spree in LosAngeles on Sunday, kill-ing two people andwounding a third, policesaid.

Gunman kills two in shootingspree in Los Angeles

The shooting spree,which took place alongthree streets, was prob-ably gang-related, saidOfficer Karen Smith ofthe Los Angeles PoliceDepartment.

“The narrative is thesame for all threeshootings,” Smith said.“A Hispanic male in ablack truck drove by andshot the victims.”

One victim died at thescene and the second waspronounced dead at a hos-pital, Smith said.

The wounded wastaken to a hospital instable condition.

Police have launched amanhunt for the sus-pected killer who droveaway in the truck after theshootings. —Internet

Cuba waiting and watching Obama

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JERUSALEM, 2 March—Prime Minister EhudOlmert threatened apainful response toPalestinian rocket firemenacing southern Israel,suggesting Sunday that theblistering offensiveagainst Gaza Strip milit-ants fell short of its goals.

The prospect ofheightened hostilities inHamas-ruled Gaza cast apall over a week of crucialdiplomatic activity,including an internationalconference designed todrum up billions of dollarsto rebuild the heavilydamaged territory. With a

Forensic workersinspect a package

containing marijuanaat a police station in

Cucuta, Colombia, on1March, 2009.

INTERNET

File photo shows a container ship asit makes its way through Hong Kongwaters. China’s deputy commerce minister has warned the country’s exportersface a severe situation in the year ahead as the global financial crisis deepens,

state media reported on Monday.—INTERNET

Israel threatens painfulresponse to Gaza rockets

new Israeli governmentto take office withinweeks, however, it wasn’tclear how sweeping thecountry’s response to therockets would be.

More than 110 rocketsand mortar shells haveexploded in Israel in thesix weeks since it endedits air and groundonslaught against Gaza,which was meant to endthe rocket threat andstanch the flow of armsinto Gaza. So far, Israelhas responded to therocket fire mainly withairstrikes targeting under-ground tunnels used to

smuggle weapons andother goods into Gazafrom Egypt.

On Sunday, Olmerttold Gaza’s Islamicmilitant rulers to expect asevere response if theattacks don’t stop.

The rockets “will beanswered with a painful,harsh, strong and uncom-promising response fromthe security forces,”Olmert said at the start ofthe weekly Cabinet me-eting.—Internet

ADDIS ABABA, 2 March— African UnionCommission chief JeanPing expressed concern onSunday that strainedrelations between Chadand Sudan could stir uptrouble in their restiveborder region.

Ping announced thatthe AU would meet shortlyto look for ways out of thediplomatic impasse andcalled on both parties to“refrain from any actionlikely to hinder effortsaimed at promoting peaceand stability” in the region.

Ping “continues tofollow the evolution of thesituation in Chad and onthe border between thatcountry and Sudan,” saida statement.

“He is worried by the

WASHINGTON, 2 March—US weather authoritiesreported on Sunday that asnowstorm was movingtoward northeastern USand likely to leave snowas deep as 30 cm in someareas.

According to the USNational Weather Service,the snowstorm that was

BASTROP, 2 March—A wildfire fueled by grass,brush and trees has destroyed at least 25 homes andthree businesses in central Texas.

Officials say two National Guard helicopters joinedother aircraft Sunday in dropping water on the blazenear the towns of Bastrop and Smithville.

Gov Rick Perry has activated state resources,including four Blackhawk helicopters equipped to dropwater and fire retardant, firefighters and equipment. Thewildfire has charred just over a square mile since it wasstarted Saturday by a fallen power line.

Texas Forest Service spokesman Lewis Kearneysays the fire is about 70 percent contained and that noadditional structures are threatened.

Residents who were evacuated during the nightwere being escorted back into the area on Sunday toidentify their property. Bastrop is about 30 milessoutheast of Austin.—Internet

AU chief expresses concernover Chad-Sudan

risk of a deterioration ofthe situation in the regionand the consequences thatcould have,” it said.

Internet

MEXICO CITY, 2 March—Mexican police say theyhave captured four mensuspected of kidnappingan Italian businessman,and say one of the mentold police the victim hadbeen ordered killed,though it was not clear ifthe slaying was carried

Mexico catches suspects in kidnapping of Italianout.

Restaurant ownerClaudio Conti, a well-known figure in thePacific coast resort ofPuerto Escondido, has notbeen seen since hisreported kidnapping, anemployee and an Italianconsular official said on

Sunday.A federal police press

statement issued lateSaturday said that suspectPrimitivo RamirezChavez testified that “apit was dug in order tobury Claudio Conti Bonet-ti, because during hiscaptivity he was orderedkilled.”

But the Public SafetyDepartment did not saywho had ordered thekilling, if it had beencarried out or if officialshad located the pit.

Internet

Snowstorm to hit northeastern USexpected to hit southernNew England could lastup to 18 hours and causetraffic nightmare in theregion on Monday.

The storm, combinedwith drifting snow andstrong wind, would alsolead to flight delays andcancellations and drawdown temperatures below

zero.The service said a

winter storm warning hasbeen sent in northernConnecticut, southernNew Hampshire, RhodeIsland and Massachusetts,and would take effect fromon Sunday night to onMonday morning.

Internet

25 homes destroyed in centralTexas wildfire

An Israeli security officer inspects the damage inside a school hit by a rocketlaunched from Gaza Strip 28 Feb.—INTERNET

ISLAMABAD, 2 March— A missile strike believed tohave been launched by an American drone aircraftkilled at least eight militants on Sunday in a Pakistanitribal region, intelligence officials and witnesses said.

Two missiles struck a house in an area nearSarorogha Village in the South Waziristan tribalregion, a stronghold of Pakistani Taleban leaderBaitullah Mehsud, the officials said.

South Waziristan borders Afghanistan, thoughMehsud’s territory does not touch the frontier.

“At least eight militants have been killed in theattack,” said one intelligence official in the area.

The official spoke on condition of anonymitybecause of the sensitivity of the subject.

MNA/Reuters

Suspected US missile attackkills eight in Pakistan

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Russian President startsvisit to Spain

China’s lunar probe Chang’e-1impacts moon

MADRID, 2 March—Russian President DmitryMedvedev arrived hereSunday night on a two-day state visit, his first bi-lateral European visitsince Russia’s war withGeorgia last August.

During his stay inSpain, Medvedev isscheduled to attend a statedinner hosted by SpanishKing Juan Carlos, meetwith Prime Minister JoseLuis Rodriguez Zapatero

and hold talks with localbusiness leaders.

The Russian presidentis expected to employ thevisit to strengthen eco-nomic and trade ties be-tween Russia and Spain.

Before his arrival inMadrid, Medvedev madea stopover in the southernItalian city of Bari, where

Italy returned ownershipto Russia of an Orthodoxchurch named afterSt Nicholas.

At the hand-over cer-emony, Italian Pre-sidentGiorgio Napo-litanohanded Medvedev a keyto the church, mediareports said.

Xinhua

Job hunters look through job information on a job fair in Hangzhou Interna-tional Exhibition Centre, in Hangzhou city of east China’s Zhejiang Province,

on 28 Feb, 2009.—XINHUA

All items from XinhuaNews Agency

Quake jolts Palu,Indonesia

JAKARTA, 2 March—Indonesia’s Central Sulawesicity of Palu was hit by an earthquake on Mondaymorning, according to Indonesia’s meteorologyagency.

The earthquake with magnitude of 5.7 struck Paluof Central Sulawesi province in eastern part of Indo-nesia on Monday morning, but no report of damageor casualties, the meteorology agency said. The quakejolted at 07:03 am Jakarta time (0003 GMT) withepicenter at 224 km and at 30 km under land, offi-cial of the agency Novita Hendrastuti told Xinhua.

Thousands of residents reportedly ran to the streetswith panic, the Antara news agency reported.

Xinhua

Australia, New Zealand vow forcloser ties in economic crisis

GAZA, 2 March—TheIsraeli authorities allowedon Sunday through NahalOz depot between easternGaza and Israel moreamounts of industrial fu-els to operate Gaza powerstation and cooking gas,Gaza officials said.

Mahmoud al-Kho-zondar, deputy chief ofpetrol associations inGaza told reporters thatIsrael allowed 110 tons of

cooking gas, and abouthalf a million litters of in-dustrial diesel used tokeep main Gaza powerplant operating.

It is the first time thatIsrael allows such biggeramounts of industrial die-sel and cooking gas intothe Gaza Strip since theend of a 22-day militaryoffensive on the enclaveon 18 January though atight blockade still im-

posed on the enclave.However, al-Kho-

zondar said that “althoughIsrael has increased theamounts of fuels, mainlythe cooking gas, but theseamounts are still notenough at all for the popu-lations’ daily con-sumption.”

Since the end of the Is-raeli offensive on 18 Janu-ary, Israel has been par-tially re-opening thecommercial crossings onthe borders with the GazaStrip, and only allowinghumanitarian aids of food,fuels and medicine.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 2 March—Chang’e-1, China’s firstlunar probe, impacted themoon at 4:13 pm BeijingTime (0813 GMT) Sunday,said sources with the StateAdministration of Science,Technology and Industryfor National Defence. Thesatellite ended its 16-monthmission Sunday when it hitthe lunar surface at 1.50degrees south latitude and52.36 degrees east longi-tude.

Chang’e-1 began to re-duce its speed at 3:36 pmBeijing Time (0736GMT) under remote con-trol by two observation

and control stations in eastChina’s Qingdao andnorthwest China’s Kashi.

This was the first phaseof China’s three-stagemoon mission, which willlead to a landing andlaunch of a rover vehiclearound 2012. Chang’e-1was launch-ed into space

on 24 Oct, 2007, and sentthe first full map of themoon’s surface back toChina one month later.

A dozen performancetests were carried outwhile Chang’e-1 was inorbit to find out its orbitadjustment capability.

Xinhua

An artist image shows China’s lunar orbiterChang’e I impacted the moon.—XINHUA

Palestanian people walk through the flooded street after a rainstorm in GazaCity, on 1 March, 2009. —XINHUA

CANBERRA, 2 March —Australian Prime MinisterKevin Rudd and his NewZealand counterpart JohnKey agreed on Monday toestablish closer economicties in response to the glo-bal economic crisis.

“Worldwide this is the

model for a trade agree-ment, it’s been around fora quarter of a century ...and we’re determined tomake it better,” Rudd toldreporters after holding for-mal talks with Key inSydney. Rudd also saidthey had discussedthe ways to make travelbetween the two countrieseasier. “So that the travel-ing public don’t have asmany hassles asthey currently have inmoving from one sideof the Tasman tothe other,” Australian As-sociated Press quotedRudd as saying.

Australia and NewZealand will also ex-change information ofeach other’s emissions re-duction schemes.

Xinhua

Blue-ear pig epidemic hitsthree Vietnamese

provincesHANOI, 2 March—A blue-ear epidemic in pigs is

developing in three Vietnamese provinces, resulting innearly a thousand of pigs being infected with the blue-ear virus, said the Department of Animal Health underthe Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Development onMonday.

In northern province Quang Ninh, the diseaseinfected about 50 pigs raised on two local farms, saidthe department. In central province Quang Nam, thevirus is plaguing pig farms in 20 communes of fourdistricts, causing the culling of nearly 700 pigs, saidthe department.

Meanwhile the disease broke out recently in theMekong Delta province of Bac Lieu, infecting 13 pigswith the blue-ear virus, said the department. Theministry vows to speed up measures to prevent diseasesin livestock this year.

Xinhua

Israel allows industrial fuel,cooking gas into Gaza

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NEWS ALBUM

A young lobster in captivity. AJapanese restaurant in New Yorktook pity on a 140-year-old lobsterand announced that it would notend its days boiled in a pot but

instead swim free in the AtlanticOcean.

Kasey Hayes of Liberal, KS cantseem to hold onto Sneaky Snake thebull during his ride on day three of

the Professional Bull Riders event atthe Scottrade Center in St Louis.

1.5 million-year fossilized humanfootprints found in Kenya

Fossilized human foot-prints of 1.5 million yearsold were found by RutgersUniversity’s Koobi ForaField School of Kenya, ac-cording to media reportson Monday quotting a dis-covery in the journal Sci-ence.

According to the re-searchers, the ancient foot-prints show that some of theearliest humans walked justlike we do today and alsohad anatomically modernfeet.

The area around the hu-man footprints is also littered

Woman facing chargesfor multitasking

Police in Kettering, Ohio,say a woman is facing chargesfor allegedly driving her car,talking on a cell phone andbreast-feeding her child at thesame time.

Kettering Police OfficerMichael Burke said GenineCompton, 39, was tracked downby police after a concernedmotorist contacted authoritiesabout her alleged vehicularmultitasking, the Dayton (Ohio)Daily News reported Friday.

The unidentified male mo-torist told police he even at-tempted to confront the woman,only to be taunted by her.

Hero of flight 1549 must complete testing

Ancient tombrediscovered under

sands of EgyptBelgian archaeologists

have unearthed a 3,500-year-old pharaonic official’s tombthat had disappeared undersand in southern Egypt afterit was first discovered about130 years ago.

Egypt’s Supreme Councilof Antiquities said in a state-ment on Sunday that the Bel-gian team in Luxor uncov-ered the tomb of Amen-hotep, the deputy seal-bearerfor King Thutmose III whoruled Egypt in the 18thDynasty.

File photo shows two workers walk past rolls of steel at a Baosteel productionline in Shanghai, China. Baosteel Group Corp, one of China’s biggest

steelmakers, has agreed to take a controlling stake in smaller rival NingboIron & Steel Co, a report said on 2 March, 2009, the latest step in a govern-

ment-backed consolidation of the industry.—INTERNET

PHNOM PENH, 2 March—Cambodia’s formerking Norodom Sihanouksays he is showing pro-gress in his most recentfight against cancer, ac-cording to a royal letterposted on his website.

The 86-year-old, wholeft for Beijing in July lastyear to receive medicaltreatment for other ill-nesses, said in late De-cember that his Chinesedoctors had found a newcancer in his body.

Sihanouk said in a let-

NEW YORK, 2 March—Spansion Inc (SPSN.O), theworld’s third-biggest maker of flash memory chips,sought bankruptcy protection in a US court onSunday, becoming the latest chip maker to succumbto falling chip prices and a deepening recession.

Spansion, which recently said it was exploring asale of the company, said it plans to use the bankruptcyprocess to restructure debt obligations and refocus onits more profitable divisions.

The company and four US affiliates filed for bank-ruptcy protection in US bankruptcy court in Delawareon Sunday, listing assets of $3.84 billion, and debts ofalmost $2.4 billion.

Internet

File image of formerCambodian King,

Norodom Sihanouk.INTERNET

Cambodia’s ex-king cites progressagainst his cancer

and saw that this cancerhas shrunk.”

However he added thathe needed to prolong hisstay in Beijing for furthertreatment.

Sihanouk was first di-agnosed with B-celllymphoma, a cancer af-fecting blood cells cru-cial to the immune sys-tem, in 1993.

The cancer began inhis prostate and re-curred in 2005 in hisstomach.

Internet

MEXICO CITY, 2 March—The Mexican army de-tained a woman for carrying over 700,000 US dollarsof drug cash in southeastern Mexico, the MexicanNational Defence Ministry said on Sunday.

Rosalba Rojas Rea, 54, was arrested Saturday nightwhile traveling aboard a passenger bus on a highwayin the state of Oaxaca, said the ministry in a state-ment. The woman carried two suitcases filled withdrug money, found by the military.

A total of 716,830 dollars of drug money wasseized. Rojas was taken to Oaxaca city for furtherinvestigations.

Internet

SEOUL, 2 March — South Korean financial firmsmarked a 7.2 percent increase in income from insur-ance sales in 2008 from a year before, the country’sfinancial watchdog said Monday.

Local financial firms including lenders and savingbanks logged a combined profit of 10.6 trillion won(6.79 billion US dollars) from insurance sales in 2008,while the income stood at 9.87 trillion won (6.32 bil-lion US dollars) in 2007, the watchdog said.

Bancassurance, which allowed banks and other fi-nancial firms to engage in sales of insurance policies,was adopted in South Korea in August 2003. As ofthe end of 2008, a total of 109 financial firms practicebancassurance, with 16 banks and 73 saving banksselling insurance policies.—Internet

Mexican army seizes over700,000 dollars in drug

cash

Memory chip makerSpansion files for bankruptcy

S Korean financial firms’insurance sales up in 2008

ter dated 27 February thatafter treatment, “today Iwent to hospital to haveit checked with modernequipment (PET Scan)

with a range of animalprints, all discovered withintwo 1.5 million-year-oldsedimentary layers nearIleret in northern Kenya.

Capt Chesley Sullenberger, who safely landed US Airways Flight 1549 in NewYork’s Hudson River, must retrain before getting going back to work, rules say.

The New York Post reported Sunday that, according to Federal AviationAdministration regulations, Sullenberger will only be allowed to pilot airline flightsonce he has completed three takeoffs and landings.

The takeoffs and landings must all be completed with a 90-day period, but canbe conducted in a flight simulator or a real airplane. “He’s going to probably losehis 90-day currency, so he’ll have to come back and train in the simulator,” saidCapt James Ray, a US Airline Pilots Association spokesman. Sullenberger, 58,said following his successful Hudson River landing on 15 Jan that he plans onreturning to US Airways at some point. His union informed the Post the pilot’snext scheduled flight is sometime in March.

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A Palestinian evacuates his belongings from a tent that housed people who havelost their homes, after heavy rain in east of Gaza on 1 March , 2009.—INTERNET

MIAMI, 2 March—The US Coast Guardsearched the Gulf ofMexico off Florida onSunday for a missing boatwith four people on boardand local media reportedthat two of the missingmen were NationalFootball League players.

The boaters wereidentified as Corey Smith,Victor “Marquis” Cooper,Nick Skyler and WilliamBleakley, the Coast Guardsaid in a statement.

T a m p a - a r e atelevision stationsidentified Smith andCooper as football playerswho began their careerswith the Tampa BayBuccaneers, the NFL teamthat plays not far fromwhere the missing boat leftshore in Clearwater,Florida.

According to theNFL’s website, CoreySmith, 29, is a defensiveend with the Detroit Lions,and Marquis Cooper, 26,is a linebacker with theOakland Raiders. The 21-foot (six-metre) vessel leftearly on Saturday morningfrom a boat ramp atClearwater Pass and wasreported missing when itfailed to return asscheduled, Coast Guardofficials said.

Smith, who playedcollege football at NorthCarolina State, has beenwith Tampa Bay, SanFrancisco and Detroit in asix-year NFL career.

MNA/Reuters

Man sets cell phone shop ablaze, killingtwo in N-W China

URUMQI, 2 March—Two people were killedand seven others injuredin the northern XinjiangUygur AutonomousRegion late Saturdaywhen a love-forsaken mantorched a cell phone shoprun by his ex-girl friend.

Local Policeconfirmed Sunday that the

dead were WangXiaoming, the perpetrator,and his ex-girl friend whowas only identified by hersurname Lei. Both Wangand Lei were in their 20s.

Witnesses said Wangcame into the shop, whichis in Beitun Town in Altay,a city in northern Xinjiang,with two buckets of

gasoline. He poured outone and set it on fire in thepresence of Lei, herpresent boyfriend and hernephew.

The shop was soonengulfed by thick smokeand fire. Only Lei’s loverand nephew survived ashe dragged the childoutdoors after theexplosion. They did sufferburns and were hospi-talized along with threepolicemen and two byst-anders.—MNA/Xinhua

Freeway accident leaves fourdead in south China

GUANGZHOU, 2March— Four passengerswere killed and 39 othersinjured early Sunday aftera bus traveling south onBeijing-Zhuhai Freewaybroke through a guardrailand fell off a cliff.

Traffic police inShaoguan City, southChina’s GuangdongProvince, said the buscarried 43 passengers. Itset off from Nanyang, acity in central China’sHenan Province, at 10 a.m.Saturday headed forDongguan in Guangdong.

All the passengerswere residents fromZhenping County inNanyang City.

The accidenthappened around 3:46a.m. Sunday when thedriver attempted to avoidhitting an unidentifiedobject in front of the bus.

The bus plungedhalfway down a 50 metrehigh cliff. It was stoppedby part of a bridge supportpole.

Two women and twomen were killed instantly.The remaining�passengers were injured,five seriously. They weretaken to the hospital andwere expected to survive.

One injuredpassenger, Hou Jiangbo,24, was taking the busfrom his hometown inHenan together with hiswife and two other friends.

MNA/Xinhua

Nicaraguan Navy captures 50undocumented immigrants

MANAGUA, 2March—The NicaraguanNavy has detained 50u n d o c u m e n t e dimmigrants from Eritrea,Ethiopia, Ghana andNepal, Frigate CaptainAngel Fonseca announcedSunday.

The immigrants wereabandoned Friday byhuman traffickers, saidFonseca, noting that thetraffickers use theCaribbean region as ahallway for their illegalactivities.

Among all thedetainees, 27 were fromEritrea, 12 from Ethiopia,eight from Nepal, twofrom Ghana and one fromSomalia, including 11women and a three-year-old child. One of the

immigrants, David Guisa,told the Nicaraguanauthorities that they sailedfrom Kenya 40 days agoby a fishing ship.

“The traffickers tookus to a sailboat...(and)sailed to these coastswhere they abandoned usand told us it wasHonduras,” Guisa told theauthorities. Guisa said thatall of them paid around2,500 US dollars each tothe traffickers.

MNA/Xinhua

Over 20,000 displaced byfloods in Indonesia

JAKARTA, 2 March—More than 20,000 peoplehave fled homes afterfloods hit Eastern Java ofIndonesia since February23, National DisasterManagement Agencyreported here on Monday.Consecutive days ofdownpours havetriggered Bengawan SoloRiver passing throughCentral and East Javaoverflowed andsubmerged more than five

thousands houses andforced the residents to tookshelters in higher grounds,spokesman of the agencyPriyadi Kardono said.

“Today there are10,300 people take shelterin Lamongan of East JavaProvince, and inBojonegoro of theprovince at least there arestill a half of 20,170displaced persons still stayat refugee camps,” he toldXinhua.

In Bojonegoro, thefloods had already startedto recede, some of theevacuees had begun toreturn home, saidKardono.—MNA/Xinhua

Two NFLplayers on

boat missingoff Florida

Passers-by are reflected on a graph showing currentmovements of a share average in Tokyo on 2 March,2009. Japan’s Nikkei stock average slid 3.2 percenton Monday, with Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Groupand other banks sinking on fears about their USpeers, while exporters slipped on worry about the

US economy.—INTERNET

A man walks in front of judicial police offices inBissau. A powerful bomb exploded on Sunday at

the headquarters of Guinea-Bissau’s armedforces, wounding six people, three seriously, a

military source said.—INTERNET

MEXICO CITY, 2 March—A Mexican drug cartel threatened to kill GuatemalanPresident Alvaro Colom, Guatemalan strategic Intelligence Secretariat (SAE) saidSunday.

The emergency phone number 110 from the National Civil Police on Saturdayreceived three phone calls expressing death threats against Colom, according toinformation reaching here from Guatemala City. The phone calls were believed tobe made by the hit squad of drug cartel “Los Zetas”.

At least 10 members of Los Zetas have been captured recently after Colom’sgovernment vowed to take firm actions against the drug cartel. Manuel de JesusGaleano, SAE chief from the Guatemalan Presidency, said that measures have beentaken to reinforce Colom’s security in response to these threats.

Blanco said threats streamed in weeks ago. Guatemalan Interior Minister SalvadorGandara has also received death threats. The hit squad of the cartel “Los Zetas” is themost violent and dangerous group of organized crime in Mexico.—MNA/Xinhua

Mexican drug cartel threatened to killGuatemalan President

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NAY PYI TAW, 2 March—Prime Minister of theUnion of Myanmar General Thein Sein received Min-ister of Interior of Thailand Mr. Chavarat Charnvirakulat Room No.(5601) of Holiday Inn Resort Hotel at 10am on 28 February.

Also present at the meeting, together with PrimeMinister General Thein Sein were Minister for ForeignAffairs U Nyan Win, Minister for National Planningand Economic Development U Soe Tha, MyanmarAmbassador to Thailand U Aung Thein, Director-General of the Government Office Col Thant Shin andMyanmar military attaché Col Win Maung. The ThaiMinister was accompanied by the director and theadviser of Foreign Relations Department of the Minis-try of Interior of Thailand .—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receives Thai Minister

NAY PYI TAW, 2 March– Minister for Foreign Af-fairs U Nyan Win, who ac-companied Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein to at-tend the 14th ASEAN Sum-mit, attended the workingdinner for ASEAN ForeignMinisters held at Dusit ThaniHotel in Thailand at 7 p.mon 26 February.

At the dinner, the for-

Minister U Nyan Win attends ASEAN Foreign Ministers’ Meetingeign Ministers’ informalmeeting held at Dusit ThaniHotel Napalai Ballroom (B)in Hua Hin of Thailand.The meeting discussedmatters related to the ad-mission of Turkey to thefriendship and cooperationagreement, the admissionof European Union and Eu-ropean Council to theTreaty of Amity and Co-

ASEAN ministers, confir-mation of the appointmentof Under-Secretary-Gen-eral of ASEAN, interimguideline for appointmentof the ASEAN permanentrepresentative, establish-ment of the ASEAN Per-manent Representative Of-fice, implementation ofASEAN Charter and estab-lishment of three ASEAN

eign ministers discussed re-gional and international situ-ations and exchanged viewson extension of the durationof post-Nargis rehabilitationtasks, Gaza issues, overcom-ing of the global financialcrisis on a cooperative basisand the issue of illegal mi-grant workers.

Minister U Nyan Winattended the ASEAN For-

operation, decision to set thedates of holding ASEANrelated summits and sched-ules of ASEAN meetings.

Minister U Nyan Winattended the meeting ofASEAN CoordinationCouncil. The participantsof the meeting discussedthe confirmation of thebudget of the ASEAN Sec-retariat for 2009 by the

communities.At 10.45 a.m, Minister

U Nyan Win met with theASEAN Foreign AffairsMinisters, the delegation ofsenior officials for establish-ment of ASEAN humanrights organization and thedelegation of legal expertsfor implementation ofASEAN Charter and dis-cussed legal affairs. — MNA

Minister forForeign Affairs

U Nyan Win andASEAN ForeignMinisters sign

ASEANPetroleum SecurityAgreement in thepresence of PrimeMinister GeneralThein Sein and

Heads of State andGovernment

of ASEAcountries.

(News on page 1)MNA

Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Seinand Heads of Stateand Government ofASEAN countriespose for a docu-mentary photobefore the 14th

ASEAN Summitheld at Dusit ThaniHotel in Hua Hin

of Thailand.(News on page 1)

MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein receivesMinister of Interior of Thailand Mr

Chavarat Charnvirakul at Holiday InnResort Hotel in Hua Hin of Thailand.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 2 March — PrimeMinister General Thein Sein togetherwith Minister for Foreign Affairs U NyanWin, Minister for National Planning andEconomic Development U Soe Tha,Director-General of Government OfficeCol Thant Shin and high-ranking officialsleft Holiday Inn Resort Hotel in amotorcade at 2 pm yesterday afterattending the 14th ASEAN Summitrelated meetings.

They arrived at the Hua Hin Airport.Prime Minister General Thein Sein andparty were seen off at the airport by

NAY PYI TAW, 2 March—PrimeMinister General Thein Sein attendedthe gala dinner hosted by Prime Ministerof Thailand Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva andwife at Maruekhathaiyavan Palace inHua Hin, Thailand at 7.30 pm on 28February.

Also present on the occasion wereKing of Brunei Darussalam Sultan HajiHassanal Bolkiah MuissaddinWaddaulah, Cambodian Prime MinisterSamdech Hun Sen, Indonesian PresidentDr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono andwife, Lao PDR Prime Minister MrBouasone Bouphavanh, MalaysianPrime Minister Dato' Seri Abdullah binHaji Ahmad Badawi and wife, PhilippinePrime Minister Madame GloriaMacapagal Arroyo, Singaporean PrimeMinister Mr Lee Hsien Loong,Vietnamese Prime Minister Mr Nguyen

Prime Minister General Thein Sein attends galadinner hosted by Thai Prime Minister and wife

Tang Dung, Ministers of Foreign Affairsand Economic Ministers of ASEANnations, ASEAN Secretary-General DrSurin Pitsuwan, high-ranking officials,Myanmar Ambassador to Thailand UAung Thein, delegates of GeneralAssembly of ASEAN Parliament,ASEAN Youth delegates, ASEANSocial Community delegates, membersof the ASEAN Business AdvisoryCouncil and guests.

First, the Thai Prime Minister andwife cordially greeted the Heads of State/Government from ASEAN nations whowere present on the occasion. Next, thegala dinner started with the greetingsextended by the Thai Prime Minister.After that, the Heads of State/Governmentenjoyed the dinner together whilemembers of Thai traditional culture troupewere presenting entertainment.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein arrives back from ThailandMinister of Natural Resource andEnvironment of Thailand Mr SuwitKhunkitti and officials concerned,Myanmar Ambassador to Thailand UAung Thein, Myanmar Military attachéCol Win Maung, Myanmar Embassystaff and their families.

Next, Minister Mr Suwit Khunkittipresented a garland to Prime MinisterGeneral Thein Sein.

Then, the Prime Minister and partyleft Thailand by special aircraft at 2:30p.m. and arrived at Nay Pyi Taw at 4p.m.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2March—Minister forNational Planning andEconomic DevelopmentU Soe Tha, whoaccompanied PrimeMinister General TheinSein in his presence of 14th

ASEAN Summit, on 26Feb, attended the workingdinner of ASEAN

NPED Minister attends signing ceremony of ASEAN Economic MinistersEconomic Ministers heldat Dusit Thani Hotel inHua Hin of Thailand.

Before the workingdinner, the Minister signedASEAN Trade in GoodsAgreement (ATIGA),ASEAN ComprehensiveInvestment Agreement(ACIA),protocol toimplement the 7th

Package of Commitmentsunder ASEANFramework Agreementon Services (AFAS), 3programmes for mutualrecognition of ASEANQuality, together withother ASEAN EconomicMinisters.

Economic Ministersfrom ASEAN countries

hold discussions onASEAN-Australia-NewZealand Free TradeAgreement, mattersrelated to sign protocol forinclusion of Thailand inASEAN-Korea Trade inGoods and ServicesAgreement to be signed inthe 14th ASEAN Summit,matters relating to signASEAN-China Invest-ment Agreement,ASEAN-Korea Invest-ment Agreement,ASEAN-India Trade inGroods Agreement, andmatters relating toestablishment of FreeTrade Zone betweenASEAN and EU.

Minister U Soe Thagreeted the ThaiCommerce Minister atDusit Thani Hotel at 5 pm.

On 27 February, theMinister attended the 1st

meeting of ASEANEconomic CommunityCouncil which was alsoparticipated by Chairmanof the council DeputyPrime Minister ofThailand, memberministers of the council,the deputy General-Secretary of ASEANSecretariat and delegatesfrom 10 ASEANcountries.

In the meeting,implementation of worksadopted by ASEANCharter, progress onimplementation of Scorecard to access ASEANEconomic Community,work programmes forpublication of ASEANEconomic Community,and matters relating to

holding of informal andformal meeting ofASEAN EconomicMinisters this year.

Minister U Soe Thasigned Agreement onestablishment of ASEAN-Australia-New ZealandFree Trade Zone, andprotocol for inclusion ofThailand in ASEAN-Korea Trade in Goods andServices Agreementtogether with ASEANEconomic Ministers andEconomic Ministers fromAustralia, New Zealandand the Republic of Korea.

Minister U Soe Thaattended the dinner hostedby the Thai CommerceMinister and General-Secretary of ASEANtogether with otherASEAN EconomicMinisters.—MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein being seen off by Minister ofNatural Resource and Environment of Thailand Mr Suwit Khunkitti

at the airport. —MNA

Prime Minister General Thein Sein being welcomed by Prime Ministerof Thailand Mr Abhisit Vejjajiva and wife at the dinner.—MNA

Minister for National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Thasigning agreements together with economic ministers of ASEAN

countries.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 2 March— Maj-Gen Ohn Myintof the Ministry of Defence,Chairman of SagaingDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of NorthWest Command Maj-GenMyint Soe, Chairman ofKachin State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of NorthernCommand Brig-Gen SoeWin and officials metTatmadaw members andtheir families of KathaStation at the station halland departmentalofficials, members ofsocial organizations andlocal people on 23February.

No. 2 Great Wall Sugar Mill (Maunggon), Great Wall biofuel plant inspectedMaj-Gen Ohn Myint

and two commanderspresented cash assistanceto basic education highschools and socialorganizations in KathaTownship.

Maj-Gen Ohn Myintand party met members ofsocial organizations andvillage people fromThanpaya and AsugyiVillages in the townshipand inspected thrivingsunflower, sugarcane andmaize plantations on bothsides of Katha-HtigyaingRoad and maintenance ofroads and bridges.

Maj-Gen Ohn Myintinspected temporarynursery of the teak

plantation of ForestDepartment in HtigyaingTownship and metofficials and members ofsocial organizations at theguest house.

Maj-Gen Ohn Myintand party inspected No 2Great Wall Sugar Mill(Maunggon), Great Wallbiofuel plant, waterway onthe Ayeyawady River andgreening of the environs.

They went to SinguTownship port where theymet Chairman ofMandalay Division Peaceand Development CouncilCommander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe, departmentalofficials and members of

social organizations. Themanaging director of No2 Great Wall Sugar Millpresented cash for Singu

Township People’sHospital and the com-mander cash assistance forstaff. Maj-Gen Ohn Myint

and the commanderarrived in Mandalay in theevening.

MNA

(from page 16)Enshrining religious

objects into the upperreliquary, hoisting theShwehtidaw, the YadanaSeinbudaw and theNgetmyatnadaw, offeringthe Myathabeik and theShwekya Thingan andconsecrating started at thepagoda on 26 Februarymorning. The non-stopPathan recitation was heldfor five days from 26February. On 1 Marchmorning, the ceremoniesto consecrate the Buddhaimages from

Secretary-1 attends ceremony to mark…Withonegama ShweTheindaw, Setiya Pala SanKyaungdaw and SasanaMaha Beikmandaw wereheld simultaneously.

The Buddha image inWithonegama ShweTheindaw donated by thepublic was consecrated bySayadaw BhaddantaVisara and members of theSangha. The Buddhaimage in Setiya Pala SanKyaungdaw donated by USoe Myint and Daw NanMyint of Ngwe Sin Co Ltd.was consecrated by NayPyi Taw Tatkon Maha

Thiha Nada MonasteryPresiding Sayadaw AggaMaha Pandita BhaddantaAhcinna and members ofthe Sangha. The Buddhaimage in Sasana MahaBeikmandaw donated byU Teza and family of HtooGroup of Companies inmemory of late Lt-ColMyint Swe (Retd) wasconsecrated by Nay PyiTaw Lewe PaukmyaingMonastery PresidingSayadaw Agga MahaPandita Bhaddanta Janiddaand members of theSangha. —MNA

Withonegama ShweTheindaw of Uppatasanti Pagoda.MNA

Consecration

of Buddha image

donated by citizens

of Myanmar at

Withonegama

ShweTheindaw in

progress.

MNA

Sasana MahaBeikmandaw of

UppatasantiPagoda.

MNA

Maj-Gen Ohn Myint of the Ministry of Defence looks intoGreat Wall biofuel plant.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 2 March — Tomark the ceremony to fix Shwehtidaw(Umbrella) and Seinbudaw (Diamondbad) atop Uppatasanti Pagoda and toconsecrate the pagoda in Nay Pyi Taw,entertainments were performed in the

Festivities continue to mark ceremony to fixShwehtidaw (Umbrella) and Seinbudaw(Diamond bad) atop Uppatasanti Pagoda

field near the pagoda yesterday for thesecond day.

Among over 9000 spectatorsenjoying “Arzarni San San” Circus wereCommander of Nay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin, Minister for Cul-ture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint andDirector-General of the Fine Arts De-partment U Yan Naing Oo.

Local people were also enter-tained with Academy Award Winningfilms shown by Myanma Motion PictureEnterprise and Anyeint ( traditional con-cert). — MNA

(from page 16)The team led by

Eye Specialist Prof Dr UTin Win comprised eye

Eye specialists bring eye…

EarthquakeReport

NAY PYI TAW, 2 March— A slight earthquake ofintensity (4.6) RichterScale with its epicenterabout (65) miles South ofKaba-Aye Seismologicalobservatory in Myanmarterritorial waters was re-corded at (19) hrs (08) min(11) sec M.S.T on 2nd

March 2009.—MNA

Htut, Dr Nann Ei ShweSin, Dr Yi Lin, Dr AungMoe Tun, Dr Kyaw SwaWin, Dr Naing Linn Aye,Dr Aung Nay Oo, Dr HninYu Chit Sai, Dr Zay Zi

Managing Direc-tor of General Mainte-nance and Industries ofMinistry of Industry-1 UAye Mauk and wife DawKhin Win Kyi and Man-

specialists Dr Daw KhinHsan Nwe, Dr NilarThein, Dr Swe Oo Lwin,Dr Nu Nu Yin, Dr Thein

Kyaw, Dr Hlaing Hlaing,Dr Yu Yu Thein, Dr KoKo Lin, Dr May Ko KoThet and 12 nurses andtwo experts from Alconcompany.

aging Director of MotherTrading Co Ltd U AungMyat contributed cash tothe programme to coverthe cost of the medicaltreatment, medicines andspectacles.—MNA

Eye specialists providing treatment to patients with eye complaints.—MNA

Locals from Nay Pyi Taw

Pyinmana, Nay Pyi Taw

Tatkon, Nay Pyi Taw Lewe come

to the festivities to enjoy enter-

tainments.—MNA

Local people enjoy the performance of “Arzarni San San” Circus.—MNA

Children and adults

enjoying the

entertainments at

the festivities.

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ENGAGEMENTEngagement is announced between

Dr. Chaw Khyne Khyne May ThwinResident Medical Officer, Royal Perth Hospital, Perth,

Western Australiadaughter of

Dr. Maung Maung Thwin, Research Scientist, NationalUniversity of Singapore- Daw Khin Saw Win May

andDr. Khine Than Kyaw

Resident Medical Offices Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital, Perth,Western Australia

son ofDr. Aung Kyaw Prof. (Retd.) Consultant Neurosurgeon-

Dr. Khin Than Tin Asso. Prof. (Retd) O.G on 2.3. 2009 in thepresence of parents and relatives

Parents of both sides andDr. Chaw Khyne Khyne May Thwin, Dr. Khine Than Kyaw

A tourist looks at the covered Merlion statue as it undergoes repair inSingapore on 2 March, 2009. Singapore’s iconic Merlion statue, a popular

tourist attraction, was damaged by lightning on Saturday afternoon during athunderstorm, government radio reported.—INTERNET

SKorea’sHyundai wins

1.3-bln-dlrorder from

SaudiSEOUL, 2 March— South

Korea’s Hyundai Engi-neering and Constructionsaid Monday it has wona 1.3-billion-dollar orderto build a gas processingplant in Saudi Arabia.

Under the 2-05 trillion-won deal with SaudiAramco, Hyundai Engi-neering said it would buildthe plant at Khursaniyahto process natural gasextracted from an offshoreoilfield in the Gulf.

“Construction willbegin this month,” acompany spokesman toldAFP, adding the plantwould start processingabout 1.8 billion cubic feetof gas a day in 2012.

“The high value-addedproject will help Hyundaibolster its competitiveedge against Japanese andEuropean firms,” thespokesman said.

The company aims towin overseas orderstotalling about 6.5 billiondollars from the MiddleEast and Southeast Asiathis year.—Internet

At least seven dead inS Philippine killings

COTABATO, 2 March—The death toll in the vendettakillings over a land dispute last week in the southernPhilippines has reached seven, officials said on Monday. Thirty-eight families have also fled their houses inthe remote village of Sibuano, South Cotabato province,following the on-and-off fighting between a Christianclan and natives, Remegio Roxas, a local director ofthe Philippine National Red Cross, told a local radiostation. Six Filipino residents, including two children, wereinitially killed on 26 Feb in a massacre staged by armedmen in the southern village. The victims were inside their house when theattackers, all armed with highly-powered firearms,arrived and peppered them with bullets. The police have identified three of the perpetratorsas Dado Lagcao and his two sons Jomari and Luckybot,the owner of land where the victims are staying forseveral years.—Internet

Economic crisis could be “turningpoint” for Sino-US ties

HOUSTON, 2 March— Bad global economy andclimate change could create a turning point for US-China relations as the two countries have to uniteagainst the two “enemies” for the welfare of themselvesand the world as well, a US expert has said.

“It could be a turning point. Bad global economiesand climate change are the enemies which China andthe US need to confront together,” Orville Schell,director of Asia Society Center on US-China relations,told Xinhua on the sideline of the annual conference ofAsia Society here Thursday.

Internet

Egypt reports one morehuman bird flu case

CAIRO, 2 March—Egyptian Health Ministryconfirmed on Sunday that a two-year-old baby wasinfected with bird flu virus, bringing the number ofhuman cases of the avian influenza in the country to56, the official MENA news agency reported.

Youssef Abdel-Azim comes from Fayoumgovernorate, some 85 km south of Cairo, said assistanthealth minister for preventive affairs Nasr el-Sayyed.The child contracted the virus by contacting infectedbirds and suffered high temperature on Saturday, el-Sayyed was quoted as saying.—Internet

Bird flu virus detected onanother farm in Japan

TOKYO, 2 March—Another Aichi Prefecture farmhas been tested positive for a form of bird flu virus,the prefectural government said Monday.

The local government conducted the test on farmsaround a quail farm in Toyohashi, Aichi Prefecture,where a weak-virulent H7N6 subtype of bird fluvirus was detected last week, according to the KyodoNews. —Internet

A Shih Tzu waits for the show during the annualInternational Dog Show Eurasia-2009 in Moscow,

on 28 Feb, 2009. —XINHUA

A Dominican Republic midget reveller takes partduring the end of the national carnival in Santo

Domingo on 1 March, 2009.—INTERNET

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An electrician talks on a phone while testing the lights on Olympic rings thatwere installed on the road leading from Vancouver International Airport inRichmond, British Columbia to Vancouver on 1 March , 2009. Vancouver,

Richmond and Whistler will host the 2010 Winter Olympic Games.INTERNET

Indonesia’s psychedelic fishnamed a new species

Vegetable-based drugcould inhibit melanoma

WASHINGTON, 2 March — Compounds extractedfrom green vegetables such as broccoli and cabbagecould be a potent drug against melanoma, according tocancer researchers.

Tests on mice suggest that these compounds, whencombined with selenium, target tumors more safelyand effectively than conventional therapy.

“There are currently no drugs to target the proteinsthat trigger melanoma,” said Gavin Robertson, associateprofessor of pharmacology, pathology anddermatology, Penn State College of Medicine.

“We have developed drugs from naturally occurringcompounds that can inhibit the growth of tumors inmice by 50 to 60 percent with a very low dose.”

Robertson and his colleagues previously showedthe therapeutic potential of targeting the Akt3 proteinin inhibiting the development of melanoma.

The search for a drug to block the protein led themto a class of compounds called isothiocyanates.

These naturally occurring chemicals found incruciferous vegetables are known to have certain cancer-fighting properties.

Internet

JAKARTA, 2 March —Afunky, psychedelic fish thatbounces on the ocean floorlike a rubber ball has beenclassified as a new species,a scientific journalreported.

The frogfish — whichhas a swirl of tan and peachzebra stripes that extendfrom its aqua eyes to its tail— was initially discoveredby scuba diving instructorsworking for a tour operatora year ago in shallowwaters off Ambon islandin eastern Indonesia.

The operator contactedTed Pietsch, lead author ofa paper published in thismonth’s edition of Copeia,the journal of the AmericanSociety of Ichthyologistsand Herpetologists, whosubmitted DNA workidentifying it as a newspecies.The fish — whichthe University ofWashington professor hasnamed “psychedelica” —is a member of theantennariid genus,Histiophryne, and like otherfrogfish, has fins on bothsides of its body that haveevolved to be leg-like.

But it has several

behavioral traits notpreviously known to theothers, Pietsch wrote.

Each time the fish strikethe seabed, for instance,they push off with theirfins and expel water fromtiny gill openings to jetthemselves forward. That,and an off-centered tail,causes them to bouncearound in a bizarre, chaoticmanner.

Mark Erdman, a senioradviser to the ConservationInternational’s marineprogramme, said onThursday it was an excitingdiscovery.

Internet

Workers pile palm oil fruit on to a truck inSerdang Bedagai, North Sumatra

Province.Biofuels made from food crops such ascorn, sugar, soybeans and oil palm burn cleanerthan fossil fuels, but experts say high demand issending ripples through the world economy, andcould be doing the environment more harm than

good.—INTERNET

A balloon in the shape of Smurf is displayedduring the Balloon Day Parade in Brussels, capital

of Belgium, on 28 Feb, 2009. Gigantic heliumballoons mainly featuring comic strip characters

paraded in central Brussels Saturday, marking thebeginning of the Brussels 2009 BD Comics Strip

year.—XINHUA

Almost 200 whalesbeached in Australia

SYDNEY, 2 March—Nearly 200 whales andseveral dolphins arestranded on a beach in thesouthern Australian islandstate of Tasmania, the latestin a string of beachings inrecent months.Rescuerswere headed Monday toNaracoopa Beach onTasmania’s King Island totry to save some of the 194pilot whales and half adozen bottlenose dolphinsthat began beachingthemselves on Sundayevening.Some had died byMonday morning, saidChris Arthur fromTasmania’s Parks andWildlife Service.

“While there are animalsalive, there is alwayshope,” Arthur said.

It was not clear why theanimals had beached onthe island, halfwaybetween Tasmania andmainland Australia. TheExaminer, a Tasmaniannewspaper, reported thatthe animals were caughtby a very low tide.

Strandings happenperiodically in Tasmaniaas whales go by during theirmigration to and fromAntarctic waters.However, Arthur said itwas unusual for whales anddolphins to get strandedtogether.—Internet

Researchers find safer wayto make stem cells

LONDON, 2 March—Researchers said onSunday they had found asafer way to transformordinary skin cells intopowerful stem cells in amove that could eventuallyremove the need to usehuman embryos.

It is the first time thatscientists have turned skincells into inducedpluripotent stem cells oriPS cells — which lookand act like embryonicstem cells — withouthaving to use viruses in theprocess.

The new method alsoallows for genes that areinserted to trigger cellreprogramming to beremoved afterwards.

Stem cells are the body’s

Scientists modifies smallpox vaccine tofight H5N1 bird flu

master cells, producing allthe body’s tissues andorgans.—Internet

HONG KONG, 2 March — A team ofscientists from the University of HongKong and the United States on Sundaysaid they have developed a new vaccinestrategy against the H5N1 bird flu virus bygenetically modifying a smallpox vaccine.The new vaccine is potentially a soundsolution in case of an H5N1 bird flupandemic, which many scientists havebeen worried about, said Malik Peiris, amicrobiologist and bird flu researchauthority at the University of Hong Kong.

Peiris said that the new vaccinehas proven safer in experiments onmice and that “a single vaccine dosewill provide rapid protective immuneresponses.”

It is also expected to enable fastmass production thanks to thepossibility of using cell-culturemethods, which could help avoidpotential production bottlenecks as eggswill have to be used in the productionof vaccines currently on offer.

And the existing facilities usedfor the production of smallpox vaccinescan be used to produce the bird fluvaccines without much trouble, whichcan help reduce the costs, said anothermember of the research team, addingthat alternative strategies availableinvolving genetic engineering methodshave been typically expensive.

Internet

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S P O R T SFergie still cautious as Harry

bets on United fab five

Manchester United’smanager Alex Fergusoncelebrates with the trophyafter his team beatTottenham to win the 2009Carling Cup final at Wem-bley stadium, north Lon-don, on 1 March . Unitedwon by beating holdersTottenham 4-1 on penal-ties after the match ended

0-0 after extra-time.INTERNET

Don’t panic, Barcelona coachtells his beaten footballers

FC Barcelona’s Leonel Messi isseen during a Spanish leaguefootball match against Atleticode Madrid at Vicente Calderon

stadium in Madrid, on 1 March.Atletico won 4-3.—INTERNET

Top seed Fish rallies to win Delray Beach event

American Mardy Fish

Ogilvy wins his 2nd in 4 years

Geoff Ogilvy, of Australia, smilesas he talks about his victory overPaul Casey at the World GolfChampionships Accenture MatchPlay Championship on 1 March,2009, in Marana, Ariz.—INTERNET

Collison strike hammersMan City

West Ham United’s JackCollison celebrates scor-ing his goal against Man-chester City during theirPremier League footballmatch at Upton Park in

London.—INTERNET

Gardner buries Newcastle

Blackburn Rovers’ Keith Andrews (2Left) scoresagainst Hull City during their English Premier Leaguefootball match at The Kingston CommunicationsStadium in Hull, north east England. Hull’s desper-ate plunge down the English Premier League tablecontinued as the visitors hauled themselves out of the

relegation zone with a 2-1 win .—INTERNET

MARANA, 2March—GeoffOgilvy was in asticky spot, rarefor him in theAccenture MatchPlay Champion-ship.

His secondshot on the par-511th hole Sundaymorning bouncedinto the desert andlanded in a bed ofjumping chollas,

the ball suspended by 2-inch cactus needles. He wasn’tabout to take a swing. He didn’t even want to touch it.”Ichose not to put my hand anywhere near it,” Ogilvy said.

What became significant about that hole is the way itended. Ogilvy took a penalty drop 40 yards behind himin the desert, failed to reach the green and was on theverge of losing the hole until he chipped in for par from60 feet away to win the hole. It was early in the match,but it was a pivotal moment in his 4-and-3 victory overPaul Casey.—Internet

Inter show title spiritin six-goal thriller

ROME, 2 March—Inter Milan twice came back fromtwo-goal deficits against AS Roma to snatch a thrilling3-3 draw at the San Siro on Sunday and extend theirlead at the top of Serie A to seven points.

Jose Mourinho’s team looked to be heading formore heartache following their footballing lesson byManchester United in the Champions League in mid-week as they trailed 2-0 and 3-1.

But a brace from teenager Mario Balotelli and a lateequaliser from Hernan Crespo stole a share of thespoils and helped to maintain a sizeable gap to second-placed Juventus, who beat Napoli 1-0 on Saturday.

“That’s a golden point for us,” said Mourinho. “Welacked intensity and concentration following our Cham-pions League efforts.At 3-1 down the match seemedover, even I thought it was. But the team’s charactermade the difference.”—Internet

Inter Milan’s forwardMarco Balotelli (2nd

L) celebrates afterscoring a penalty withInter Milan’s Brazil-ian forward Adrianoduring their Series A

football match againstRoma at San Siro

Stadium in Milan. Thematch ended in a 3-3

draw.—INTERNET

LONDON, 2 March—SirAlex Ferguson insists itwill take a freakish run ofgood luck for it to happen.But Tottenham boss HarryRedknapp is prepared toput his money on Man-chester United ending theseason with an unprec-edented haul of five majortrophies.

Sunday’s penaltyshoot-out win overRedknapp’s Spurs in theLeague Cup final means itis two down, three to gofor United following theirWorld Club Champion-ship triumph in Japan inDecember.

And the next ten dayswill go a long way towardsdeciding the fate of theirbid for a clean sweep ofevery competition theyhave entered thisseason.Liverpool’s defeatat Middlesbrough on Sat-urday means Ferguson’s

men, who travel to New-castle on Wednesday, areseven points clear in thePremier League with agame in hand.—Internet

DELRAY BEACH, 2 March—American Mardy Fishrallied to beat Evgeny Korolev 7-5, 6-3 Sunday, be-coming the first top seed to win the ATP Delray BeachInternational Championship in the 17-year history ofthe event.

Fish also became the first American to win it since2003, when journeyman Jan-Michael Gambill beatFish in the final.Fish had not won a title since claimingthe Houston tournament in April of 2006 on clay.

Internet

Bolton Wanderers’ Jamacandefender Ricardo Gardnerscored with his first touch of thegame to help Bolton boss GaryMegson celebrate his new con-tract with a 1-0 win.—INTERNET

MADRID, 2March—Barce-lona coach JosepGuardiola insiststhat he will notpress the panicbutton despite theSpanish giantssuffering back-to-back league de-feats.

Less than amonth ago, Bar-celona werecoasting to the La

Liga title with a healthy 12-point lead over bitter rivalsReal Madrid, thanks to a run of 22 championshipgames without defeat.

But on Sunday, they twice surrendered the lead tolose 4-3 to Atletico Madrid, a heartbreaking setbackcoming on the back of a shock defeat against relega-tion-haunted Espanyol and a 1-1 Champions Leaguedraw at Lyon.

“We have had a big advantage and Real Madridhave cut it back by eight points in three weeks. But wewill continue forward,” said Guardiola whose team’slead at the top is now just four points.—Internet

LONDON, 2 March—Jack Collison scored theonly goal of the game asWest Ham United beatvisitors Manchester Cityat Upton Park on Sundayto edge closer to a possi-ble UEFA Cup spot.

The Wales midfielderstruck his third goal of theseason in the 71st minuteto continue the Hammers’resurgence under bossGianfranco Zola. How-ever, another defeat for theinconsistent City could turnup the pressure on theirmanager Mark Hughes asthey still have not wonaway from home in theleague since August.

Former Hammersstriker Craig Bellamy,roundly booed by thehome fans, failed to scoreagainst his old club andwas hauled off in the 66th

minute.The result movedWest Ham up to seventhin the English PremierLeague table on 36 points,while Manchester Citydrop to 11th spot, fourpoints behind the east Lon-don outfit.—Internet

BOLTON, 2March—RicardoGardner scored withhis first touch of thegame to help Boltonboss Gary Megsoncelebrate his newcontract with a 1-0win over visitorsNewcastle United atthe Reebok Stadium.Megson brought onGardner at half-timeand the Jamaicamidfielder had an in-stant impact, scoringin the 47th minute from close range.Gardner’s third goalof the season moved Bolton up to 10th in the EnglishPremier League table while Newcastle remain 15th, twopoints above the relegation zone.

The Magpies mustered 19 shots to the hosts’ 10 butcould not find a way past Bolton goalkeeper JussiJaaskelainen.The Trotters had previously gone 14league games without keeping a clean sheet, by far theworst record in the top flight.—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hrMST: During the past 24 hours, light rain have beenisolated in Taninthayi Division, weather has been partlycloudy in Kachin and Mon States, Yangon Division andgenerally fair in the remaining States and Divisions. Daytemperatures were (3˚C) to (4˚C) above March averagetemperatures in Kachin, Shan, Chin and Kayin States,Mandalay, Bago and Ayeyawady Divisions,(5°C) aboveMarch average temperatures in upper Sagaing, Magwayand Taninthayi Divisions and about March average tem-peratures in the remaining areas. The significant Day tem-peratures were Chauk (41˚C), Minbu, Magway, Aunglanand Pyay (40˚C) each. The noteworthy amounts of rain-fall recorded were Myeik (0.23) inch.

Maximum temperature on 1-3-2009 was 100˚F.Minimum temperature on 2-3-2009 was 67˚F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 2-3-2009 was 74%.Total sunshine hours on 1-3-2009 was (8.7) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 2-3-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon.Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5)mph from Northwest at (15:30) hours MST on1-3-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and Southeast Bay and generally fair else-where in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 3rd March 2009:Likelihood of isolated light rain or thundershowers in Kachinand Shan States, Taninthayi Division, weather will be partlycloudy in Rakhine, Kayin and Mon States, Bago and YangonDivisions and generally fair in the remaining States andDivisions. Degree of certainty is (60%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to moderate inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofisolated light rain or thundershower in the extreme South-ern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 3-3-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 3-3-2009: Partly cloudy.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areafor 3-3-2009: Generally fair weather.

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Signature TuneSong of Myanma Beauty and Scenic SightsMyanmar LacquerwareHidden Beauty of AsiaFrom Yangon to the Peak of Mt. VictoriaExquisite Silver JewelleryPlaster ToyssSong of Myanma Beauty and Scenic Sights

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A tourist has his photo taken with the miniature statueof the Merlion as the Merlion statue (background inblue) is covered while undergoing repairs in Singaporeon 2 March , 2009. Singapore’s iconic Merlion statue,a popular tourist attraction, was damaged by lightning

on Saturday afternoon during a thunderstorm,government radio reported.—INTERNET

10 killed as marriage partybus, train collide in IndiaNEW DELHI, 2 March—At least 10 people were

killed and 20 injured when a train hit a bus carryingpeople from a marriage party, at a railway crossing inUttar Pradesh, northern in India, on Saturday evening,the Indo-Asian News Service said on Sunday.

The accident took place in Badaun District 250kilometres from Lucknow, state capital of UttarPradesh, said the report, quoting police sources.

The death toll is likely to go up as six seriouslyinjured are fighting for life in hospital, said the report.

The current late winter season is the most favouredtime for Indians to get married. Wedding ceremoniescome to a climax with marriage parties attended by allhouse members, relatives, neighbours and friends.

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8th Waxing of Taboung 1370 ME Tuesday, 3 March, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development ofother sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms oftechnical know-how and investments from sources inside the coun-try and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in the handsof the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

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

standards of the entire nation

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

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State Con-

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 2 March—A ceremony to mark thesuccessful completion of enshrining religious objectsinto the upper reliquary, hoisting the Shwehtidaw, theYadana Seinbudaw and the Hngetmyatnardaw, offer-ing the Myathabeik and the Shwekya Thingan, conse-crating and non-stop Pahtan recitation at the UppatasantiPagoda on Uppatasanti Hill here took place at theDhammayon on the platform of the pagoda at 7.30 amtoday.

Secretary-1 attends ceremony to mark successfulcompletion of enshrining religious objects into upperreliquary, hoisting Shwehtidaw, Yadana Seinbudawand Hngetmyatnardaw atop Uppatasanti Pagoda

Eye specialists bring eyesights to Meikhtila District

YANGON, 2 March — Over 470 cataract pa-tients received eye surgeries free and 1136 eye patientsgot spectacles during the four-day free medical serviceprogramme in Mahlaing, Meikhtila District.

Under the arrangement of Minister for Indus-try-1 U Aung Thaung and jointly conducted by Minis-try of Health and other social organizations, the pro-gramme had been carried out from 26 February to 1March in Mahlaing and a total of 3151 eye patientsfrom Mahlaing, Meikhtila, Pyawbwe and villages nearMahlaing received free medical treatment and medi-cines provided by a medical team comprising eyespecialists, nurses and opticians.

(See page 11)

It was attended by 18 members of the Sangha ledby State Ovadacariya Nay Pyi Taw Pyinmana MahaWithutayama Zaygon Monastery Presiding SayadawAbhidhaja Maha Rattha Guru Bhaddanta Kavisara,Chairman of the Leading Committee for Constructionof Uppatasanti Pagoda Secretary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Council Lt-Gen Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo, Commander of Nay Pyi Taw Com-mand Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, the ministers, the deputy

ministers, members of the leading committee, workcommittee and subcommittees, departmental headsand donors.

After the ceremony had been opened, the Secre-tary-1 and the congregation received the Nine Preceptsfrom Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kavisara. Next, the mem-bers of the Sangha recited partitas. The Secretary-1offered alms to Sayadaw Bhaddanta Visara and thecommander and officials offered alms to the Sayadawsand members of the Sangha.

Sayadaw Bhaddanta Kavisara delivered a sermon,followed by the sharing of merits gained. Then, theSecretary-1 performed the rituals of silver and goldenshowers to conclude the non-stop Pahtan recitation.

(See page 10)

Chairman of the Leading Committee for Construction of Uppatasanti Pagoda Secretary-1 of the SPDC Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Ooand the congregation share merits gained at ceremony to mark the successful completion of enshrining religious objects into Uppatasanti

Pagoda.—MNA

Setiya Pala San Kyaungdaw of Uppatasanti Pagoda.—MNA

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