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NAY PYI TAW, 25Aug—The second regu-lar session of the FirstAmyotha Hluttaw contin-ued for the fourth day atAmyotha Hluttaw Hall ofHluttaw Building, here, at10 am today, attended bySpeaker of AmyothaHluttaw U Khin AungMyint and 210 AmyothaHluttaw representatives.

At the session, U Ayeof Mandalay RegionConstituency (7) askedwhether there is ar-rangement for more ar-rival of tourists in Bagan-NyaungU region or not,and how the arrange-ment will be made, andone more question waswhether there is a planfor building more hotelsafter construction of twohotels in Hotel Zone 4 in

Second regular session of First AmyothaHluttaw goes on for fourth day

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration of the

Union

* Non-disintegration of National

solidarity

* Perpetuation of Sovereignty

Gantga Ward nearBagan Myothit.

Union Minister forHotels and Tourism U TintHsan replied that effortsare being made for ensur-ing more arrival of tour-ists not only for Baganregion but also for thewhole nation. Arrange-ments are being made forconvenient arrival of pas-sengers at Bagan-NyaungU Airport, highquality and systematicservices of vehicles forpassengers at reasonablerate, high standard ofhotels and better services,and creation of moreattraction at Bagan regionand its surrounding areas.Moreover, undertakingsare being made to pro-mote tourist destination ofMyanmar all the year

round, participate ininternational tourism showand sell tour packages. Aspart of efforts to developthe tourism industry, theMyanmar Tourism Boardwas formed under lawwith the participation ofall private hotels and tour-ism entrepreneurs. Moreo-ver, the ministry will pro-vide necessary assistancefor extending the tourismindustry.

Hotel Zone 4 inGantga Ward of Baganwas designated as HotelZone in 1996 and someplots have been sold. Ifthere are larger number oftourists in Bagan, prioritywill be given to construc-tion of more hotels in thezone for providing accom-modation to the tourists.Moreover, arrangements

are being made for moreconstruction in remaininghotel zone. Expecting ar-rival of tourists yearly,new hotel zones for local

and foreign entrepreneurswill be designated in theplaces free from archaeo-logical zone.

Union Minister for

Transport U Nyan TunAung replied to two ques-tions raised by twoHluttaw representatives.

(See page 9)

Speaker of Pyithu Hluttaw Thura U Shwe Mann attends fourth-daysecond regular session of First Pyithu Hluttaw.—MNA

Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint attends fourth-daysecond regular session of First Amyotha Hluttaw.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25Aug—Fourth-day secondregular session of First

Fourth-day second regular sessionof First Pyithu Hluttaw takes placeQuestioning, replying, discussing

and submitting proposalsPyithu Hluttaw took placeat Pyithu Hluttaw Hall ofHluttaw Building here this

morning.Speaker of Pyithu

Hluttaw Thura U Shwe

Mann and 388 PyithuHluttaw representativestook part in the session.

Union Minister forInformation and for Cul-ture U Kyaw Hsan repliedto four questions raisedby three Hluttaw repre-sentatives about NationalLiterary Award, Martyrs’Day and domestic peace.

U Aye Myint ofInsein Constituencyraised the question that inpresenting NationalLiterary Award, only oneperson is awarded for onegenre and cash awardaccounts for K 300,000.Today, thanks toencouragement by theState, there emergedloads of publications

beneficial to the State andthe people making theirhorizons broaden. Forreturning compliments toforgoing self-interest ofliterati and covering theircosts, the State shouldaward more than K300,000. He askedwhether there is plan toraise cash amount or not.In response to thequestion, the UnionMinister said that therewere 10 awards to present10 genres in NationalLiterary Award as of 1965in Myanmar. The Statehas added general

knowledge literature (arts)and general knowledgeliterature (science) awardsin general literature genresince 1965; youth genrein 1975; translation(knowledge) and transla-tion (aesthetic) in transla-tion literature award in1980; general knowledge(science) and generalknowledge (appliedscience) for generalknowledge (science)genre in 1969. So far, theState has been awarding14 National LiteraryAwards based on genre.

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PERSPECTIVESFriday, 26 August, 2011

Show perfect disciplineEverybody is engaging in economic, social

and educational fields in human society dailywith better behaviors and practices in linewith prescribed rules and disciplines. As goodcitizens they do their daily routines in humansociety.

In accord with a saying that goes “disciplinemakes a man perfect”, those abiding by theprescribed disciplines will achieveimprovement. Those following disciplines willbe free from dangers. The disciplines areprescribed for practice of individuals, humansociety, departments concerned, regions andthe country.

There is one more saying that goes: whenin Rome do as the Romans do. Such saying isso profound. Hence, everybody is to abide bydisciplines of regions and countries concerned.

It is necessary to follow rules andregulations of town and village so as to keepthem pleasant. People are to obey disciplines athome, at school, at office and on the road.Following the discipline is a best behavior thatbecomes threshold of a successful track for thelife.

Discipline will not be burden for those whohave been abiding by the discipline since theirchildhood. For those with unsystematic life,discipline is a burden. The students who studyschool lessons daily in line with the schooldisciplines will ease difficulties.

Undisciplined persons give reasons forputting blame on those who behave indisciplines. Only when everybody abide bydisciplines, will they all be disciplined personsand will their family, society and nation develop.

Thus, it is auspicious if all the people buildthemselves to have best manners and behaviorsin line with prescribed disciplines.

MYANMAR GAZETTENAY PYI TAW, 25 Aug— The President of the

Republic of the Union of Myanmar hasconfirmed the appointment of Director-GeneralDaw Yin Yin Myint of Training, Research andForeign Languages Department under theMinistry of Foreign Affairs on expiry of theone-year probationary period.—MNA

Indian Chief of Naval Staffand party visit

Nay Pyi Taw Council AreaNAY PYI TAW, 25

Aug—The visitinggoodwill delegation ledby Chief of Naval Staffof India Admiral NirmalVerma, PVSM, AVSM,ADC, and wife arrived atNay Pyi Taw Airportfrom Yangon by specialaircraft at 10.45 amtoday.

They werewelcomed at the airportby senior militaryofficers.

In the afternoon, theIndian Chief of NavalStaff and party visited theNational DefenceCollege whereCommandant Brig-GenHla Myint Shwe of thecollege and officialsexplained facts about thecollege.

After speaking wordsof thanks, the IndianChief of Naval Staffviewed round the traininghalls of the NDC.

Mrs MadhulikaVerma, wife of the Indian

Chief of Naval Staffaccompanied by officialsthis morning visited theMyanmar Women’sAffairs Federation andthe Myanmar Maternaland Child Welfare

Association (Central),here. The presidents andresponsible persons

Chief of Naval Staff of India Admiral Nirmal Verma, PVSM, AVSM,ADC at National Defence College.—MNA

No tax for vendor in YgnYANGON, 25 Aug — Vendors in the areas of

Yangon City Development Committee are nottaxed since late May. If any tax is collected, onemay complain to department concerned.

Nyunt Than-MNA

Flood bulletinNAY PYI TAW, 25 Aug — According to the

12.30 hr MST observation today, the water levelof Dokhtawady River in Myitnge (874) cm hasexceeded by (4) cm above its danger level. It mayremain above its danger level (870) cm during thenext (24) hours commencing this noon.

According to the 12.30 hr MST observationtoday, the water level of Thanlwin River in Hpa-an (778) cm has exceeded by (28) cm (about onefoot) above its danger level. It may fall below itsdanger level (750) cm during the next (48) hourscommencing this noon, announced theMeteorology and Hydrology Department.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Aug— The fifth Nay Pyi TawInter-Ministry Football Tournament-2011 continuedthe match for third bronze medal at No. 2 Nay PyiTaw Sports Ground this afternoon.

It was enjoyed by officials concerned from therespective ministries, team managers, officers andother ranks and staff families and football enthusiasts.

Ministry of Finance and Revenue swept to a 5-3 win over Ministry of Hotels and Tourism for thethird bronze.

Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation playsagainst Ministry of Construction in the final matchwith a prize-awarding ceremony at No. 1 Nay PyiTaw Sports Ground tomorrow.

MNA

Fifth Nay Pyi Taw Inter-Ministry Football Tournament-

2011 carries on, tomorrow’sfinal match

A talk on ruraldevelopment and

poverty alleviationwas held at BEHSNo. 1 in Thanlyin

on 20 August.Yangon South

District Educationofficer U Khin Aung

Myint speaking atopening of the talk.

MYANMA ALIN

YANGON, 25 Aug— It was reported that a total of17407 acres of poppy was destroyed in Regions andStates from 1 September, 2010 to 13 August, 2011.

Similarly, a total of 33. 25 acres of poppy fieldgot into the destruction rates since 13. 2 acres ofpoppy field in Hopong Township in Shan State, 3.5acres of poppy field in Taunggyi Township, 3 acresof poppy field in Maukmai Township, 8 acres ofpoppy field in Hsihseng Township, 5. 55 acres ofpoppy field in Pinlaung Township had beendestroyed from 14 to 20 August, 2011.

There have totally destroyed 17440. 25 acres ofpoppy field still now.—Win Win Maw-MNA

17440. 25 acres of poppy fieldtotally destroyed in 2010-2011

The best time to plant a treewas 20 years ago.

The second best time is now.

conducted them roundthe federation and theassociation.—MNA

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A woman feeds her infant at a refugee camp near Qandil mountain, aborder zone in northeastern Iraq on 23 Aug, 2011. Along the Iraqi

northern Kurdish region’s borders with Iran and Turkey, hundreds ofrefugees have fled since mid-July to small camps, displaced by attacksby Iraq’s neighbours on PKK rebels hiding along the frontier in their

long war for Kurdish self-rule.—INTERNET

KABUL, 25 Aug—Afghan President HamidKarzai on Wednesdaymet children who hadbeen rescued byauthorities beforecarrying out suicidebombings they had beengroomed to do by theTaleban, the president’soffice said in a statement.

Karzai ordered theyounger children sentback to their parentsimmediately and said theolder ones would bereturned to their homesafter education andreintegration progra-

An arrested Afghan childsuicide bomber is seenduring a meeting with

Afghan President HamidKarzai, unseen, at thepresidential palace in

Kabul, Afghanistan on24 Aug, 2011.

INTERNET

Afghan leader meets would-be child suicide bombers

Iraqis inspect the site of a bombing in Kirkuk,Iraq, on 15 Aug, 2011. Bomb blasts ripped

through more than a dozen Iraqi cities Mondaymorning, killing scores of people _ most of them

in the southern City of Kut _ in a wave ofviolence that shattered what had been a

relatively peaceful holy month of Ramadan.INTERNET

An Afghan

soldier looks at

the wreckage of

a motorcycle at

the site of an

explosion in

Herat Province

on

20 Aug, 2011.

INTERNET

ANKARA, 25 Aug—Two soldiers of the Turkish security forces on board amini-bus were wounded in an explosion early Thursday in southeasternTurkey, the semi-official Anatolia news agency reported.

The explosives, probably planted by members of the outlawed KurdishWorkers’ Party (PKK), exploded four km near the Hakkari City when thecivilian bus was on its way to the Hakkari Mountain, Hakkari GovernorMuammer Turker was quoted as saying.

Turker said that the bus turned over due to the blast, leaving two soldierswounded.

Listed as a terrorist organization by Turkey, the United States and theEuropean Union, the PKK took up arms in 1984 to create an ethnic homelandin southeastern Turkey. More than 40,000 people have been killed in conflictsinvolving the PKK during the past over two decades.

Xinhua

Twosoldiers

wounded inexplosion

insoutheastern

Turkey

BEIJING, 25 Aug—Russian President DmitryMedvedev has met with DPRK leader Kim Jong-il to discuss the resumption of six-party talks onthe Korean Peninsula’s nuclear issue.

The meeting took place at a closed militarybase in Siberia. The two leaders also dsiscussedenergy, agreeing to set up a special commissionto promote gas cooperation between Russia, theDPRK and South Korea.

Xinhua

Russian PresidentMedvedev meets DPRKleader Kim Jong-il on

nuclear issues

mmes.“There is no bigger

crime than to fastenexplosives to a child andtell him to go and commitsuicide, you will besaved and shrapnel willkill others,” a statementquoted Karzai as saying.

The statement added:“Those curs tell lies andby their lies they try tokill children of this nationand draw a bad image ofIslam.” DefenceMinister Abdul RahimWardak last week toldReuters there was anincrease in suicide bomb

attacks across thecountry in recentmonths.

Explaining theincrease, Wardak said:“Suicide bombers aremore suitable, they aremore easy because theydon’t need manyresources, or that muchexpenditure. But they doneed a lot of craftyplanning, there is nodoubt about it. They alsomake spectacular newsand can change theperception (of the war)very easily.”—Reuters

ISLAMABAD, 25 Aug— A US national who gotkidnapped in Pakistan a couple of weeks ago havebeen rescued by police Thursday morning, reportedlocal Urdu TV channel Express.

Xinhua

Kidnapped American inPakistan rescued

MANILA, 25 Aug—A bomb exploded Thursday morning in southernPhilippines, damaging a school building but hurting no one, police said.

Philippine National Police Spokesman Senior Supt. Agrimero Cruz Jr saidan improvised explosive device went off within the vicinity of TibungolElementary School in Tibungol village, Panabo City in Davao del NorteProvince around 5:45 am local time.

The blast occurred approximately 10 meters away from the school stage,causing slight damage to the stage, he said.

Cruz said witnesses reported that two unidentified unarmed men rantowards the banana plantation after the explosion.

Discovered from the scene of the incident were electrical wire and foursharpened bamboos locally known as “suyak.” Further investigation isongoing, Cruz said.—Xinhua

Bomb explodes in S Philippine,causing no casualties

GAZA, 25 Aug— Israeli warplanes hit a sportsclub run by Islamic Jihad in the northern GazaStrip, killing a Palestinian and wounding nearly10 others early Thursday, witnesses and medicalsources said.

Xinhua

Israeli

airstrike hits

Gaza club,

kills one

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Gold loses more shine after CMEGold loses more shine after CMEmargin hike

SINGAPORE, 24 Aug—Gold fell more than 1percent on Thursday, extending the previoussession’s losses, after the CME Group raised tradingmargins by the most in over two and a half years tocurb volatility in bullion that had surged to dizzyingheights.

Spot gold dropped by more than 4 percent onWednesday, its biggest drop since December 2008,as investors liquidated positions after the preciousmetal surged nearly 35 percent this year to a recordhigh above $1,911 on Tuesday.

CME increased margin requirements on itsgold futures contract by 27 percent, the second

hike in a month, following similar moves by theShanghai Gold Exchange and Hong Kong

Mercantile Exchange earlier this month.Data suggesting the US economy was facing a

slowdown instead of a recession also took the shineoff safer assets like gold.

“A lot of hot money has entered the complexand the rally was done too much in too short atime,” said David Thurtell, an analyst at Citigroup.

“Last 24 hours there was definitely profit-taking. With the margin hike, if speculators don’thave the money to pull out as extra margin they’lljust cut their positions. That contributed to theliquidation.”

Spot gold slipped as much as 1.3 percent to$1,728.59 an ounce, before recovering someground to trade at $1,739.80 by 2:17 am EDT. OnWednesday, bullion dropped 4.3 percent, its biggestdaily drop since 1 December, 2008.—Reuters

Specializedmosquitoes may fight

tropical diseaseNEW YORK, 25 Aug—

Scientists have made apromising advance forcontrolling dengue fever,a tropical disease spreadby mosquito bites.They’ve rapidly replacedmosquitoes in the wildwith skeeters that don’tspread the dengue virus.

More than 50 millionpeople a year get thedengue virus from beingbitten by infectedmosquitoes in tropicaland subtropical areas,including Southeast Asia.It can cause debilitatinghigh fever, severeheadaches, and pain inthe muscles and joints,and lead to a potentiallyfatal complication.There’s no vaccine orspecific treatment.

Some scientists havebeen trying to fightdengue by limitingmosquito populations.That was the goal inreleasing genetically

This 2006 photo

made available by

the Centres for

Disease Control and

Prevention shows a

female Aedes aegypti

mosquito acquiring a

blood meal from a

human host at the

Centres for Disease

Control in Atlanta.

INTERNET

Parents who know of preemies’pain more confident

NEW YORK, 25 Aug—Parents whoare taught to recognize and respond tosigns of pain in their prematurely bornbabies are more confident in caring fortheir children once they leave thehospital, a new study shows.

Parents’ stress levels, however,remain high while their children arestill in the hospital, despite beingeducated on techniques to comfort

Citigroup cuts2011, 2012 global

growth view

NEW YORK, 25 Aug—Citigroup cuts its globalgrowth forecasts for this year and next, with sharpreductions for the United States, euro zone andUnited Kingdom, as well as modest cuts for Chinaand India. The brokerage cut its global grossdomestic product (GDP) growth forecast for 2011to 3.1 percent from 3.4 percent, and for 2012, to 3.2percent from 3.7 percent.

Citigroup said it does not currently expectrecessions in the major economies as this slowdownin economic growth is not enough to reverse globalprofits. “But we do expect advanced economygrowth will remain sluggish to end-2012 at least,with rising unemployment,” the brokerage said ina note to clients dated 24 August.

For advanced economies, Citigroup cut itsgrowth forecast to 1.4 percent from 1.8 percent for2011, and to 1.7 percent from 2.2 percent for 2012.

Citigroup also cut its growth forecast for Chinato 9.0 percent from 9.2 percent for 2011, reflectingweakness in major export markets.—Internet

modified mosquitoes lastyear at sites in Malaysiaand the Cayman Islands.

Australian scientiststook a different tack, theyreport in Thursday’s issueof the journal Nature.

First, they showedthat Aedes aegyptimosquitoes, the chiefcarriers of the denguevirus, resist spreading thatvirus if they are infectedwith a particular kind ofbacteria. Then they testedwhether these resistantmosquitoes could dis-place their ordinarycousins in the wild, thusreducing the number ofdengue-spreading mosq-uitoes.—Internet

A nurse takes care of a 2-month-

old premature infant lying in an

incubator at a hospital in Enshi,

Hubei Province on 4 May, 2010.

INTERNET

their babies.“Pain is one narrow facet of what a

parent is faced with in the neonatalintensive care unit,” perhaps limitinghow much a pain education programmecan do to reduce that stress, saidBernadette Melnyk, a professor ofnursing at Arizona State University,who was not involved in the new work.

Researchers involved 169 parentswho had a child in one of four intensivecare units in the London, UK, area.Half the parents received a booklet andtwo training sessions with a nurse onhow to care for their child’s pain, whilethe other parents received a generalparenting booklet and no specifictraining.

The education includedinformation on how babies processpain, how parents can recognize whentheir infant is in pain, and techniquesfor comforting babies during painfulprocedures.—Reuters

Buffett invests $5 billion in Bank of AmericaNEW YORK, 25 Aug—

Warren Buffett is comingto the rescue of anotherfallen giant.

Buffett’s BerkshireHathaway announcedThursday that it wouldinvest $5 billion in Bankof America Corp., givinga much-needed vote ofconfidence in thestruggling bank.

The bank’s stock hadplunged 52 percent in thepast 12 months onconcerns over the bank’smortgage problems.Investors have also beenworried that Bank ofAmerica will need to raiselarge amounts of capitalto shore up its balancesheet.

The bank had to pay$12.7 billion earlier this

year to settle lawsuits overfailed mortgages. Most ofthe toxic mortgages camefrom its 2008 purchase ofCountrywide FinancialCorp. CEO BrianMoynihan has insisted thebank doesn’t need to raisemoney.

The investment isreminiscent of infusionsof cash by the billionaireinvestor into othertroubled companiesduring the 2008 financialcrisis. Buffett also lent hiscredibility to GoldmanSachs Group Inc. andGeneral Electric Co. withinvestments of $5 billionand $3 billionrespectively.

Those investments,which paid annualdividends of 10 percent,

wound up being verylucrative for Berkshire.Berkshire will receive adividend 6 percent on hisinvestment in Bank ofAmerica.

Buffett said in astatement that he hadcalled Moynihan to askabout investing in Bankof America because heconsidered it to be astrong, well-ledcompany.

Under the deal,Berkshire Hathaway willget 50,000 of preferredshares in Bank ofAmerica and warrants topurchase 700 millionshares of common stockat $7.14 per share. Buffettcan exercise the warrantsat any time in the next 10years.—Internet

In this file photo taken 8Oct, 2010, the Bank of

America building isshown at the Bank of

America Plaza indowntown Los Angeles.

Warren Buffett’sBerkshire Hathaway isinvesting $5 billion in

Bank of AmericaThursday, 25 Aug, 2011,

sending its sharessoaring by 24 percent.

INTERNET

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Separate talks between Human Rights Special Rapporteur Mr ThomasOjea Quintana and Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mann,

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker U Khin Aung Myint, Union Chief JusticeU Tun Tun Oo, Union Election Commission Chairman U Tin Aye, Union

Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko, Union Minister for DefenceMaj-Gen Hla Min,Union Minister for Foreign Affairs U Wunna Maung

Lwin, Union Minister for Labour and for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement U Aung Kyi, Union Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin andDeputy Chief of the Myanmar Police Force Police Brig-Gen Zaw Win

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Aug—Human Rights SpecialRapporteur Mr Thomas Ojea Quintana on his tourfrom 21 to 25 August separately met Pyithu HluttawSpeaker Thura U Shwe Mann, Amyotha HluttawSpeaker U Khin Aung Myint, Union Chief JusticeU Tun Tun Oo, Chairman of the Union ElectionCommission U Tin Aye, Union Minister for HomeAffairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko, Union Minister for DefenceMaj-Gen Hla Min,Union Minister for Foreign AffairsU Wunna Maung Lwin, Union Minister for Labour

according to the constitution.In his speech, the Pyithu Hluttaw speaker said

that Myanmar is a member of the internationalcommunity, and has embraced the opportunitiesto address democracy and human rights caseslike the global community; that however, everycountry has different processes from othercountries based on own culture, custom andhistorical background; that as the Human RightsSpecial Rapporteur reviewed, Myanmar is on the

land confiscation cases will be submitted to theHluttaw session, and the government’s Guarantees,Pledges and Undertakings Vetting Committee willwatch and see; that he wants the Human RightsSpecial Rapporteur to prevent the acts of certaincountries and organizations that trouble Myanmarand the people at a time when Myanmar and thepeople are working together for democracy andhuman rights; that Myanmar will accept and appreciatehis suggestions, people’s stances and internationalcommunity’s suggestions; and the Human RightsSpecial Rapporteur can watch what Myanmar isworking for democratization.

Mr Quintana expressed thanks for in-depthexplanation about Myanmar’s democratizationprocess, and said that he hopes national racerepresentatives will have the rights to submit theirrequirements employing their rights and Hluttawrights; that he pledged he will insert what they havediscussed today into his report and will informmember countries through the UN.

In meeting with Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker UKhin Aung Myint, Mr Quintana said that he is proudthat he has the opportunity to visit Myanmar’sHluttaws; that this is his fourth visit to Myanmar, andhe is very glad to have the opportunity when animportant new page for Myanmar is opened; that oneof the four proposals he has put forward for improvingMyanmar’s human rights situations is to review andamend some of the existing laws that do not conformwith the democratic practices; that in that regard, hewants a Hlutaw speaker to explain that to him; thatASEAN countries including the UN Secretary-Generalurged Myanmar to release political inmates; that afterthe release of Daw Aung San Suu Kyi from housearrest, dialogues can be held in the national interest,and he believes similar benefits can be generated byreleasing other political inmates; that he heard thatimportant talks were held for human rights at the firstHluttaw session, and now, Hluttaw affairs committeeshave been formed; and that he recognizesdemocratization process in Hluttaws.

The Amyotha Hluttaw speaker said that Myanmar is a member of the United Nations, so it is determinedto follow the provisions on human rights in theUN Charter and New Millennium Goals; that there isa motto in Hluttaw “Public Voice, HluttawVoice; Public Desire, Hluttaw Desire; Public Hope,Hluttaw Performance”; that in accordance with themotto, the nation will work for improvingfundamental rights of citizens, democratic rights andhuman rights; that at this session, existing lawswill be previewed to ensure they meet human rightsand democracy, and some laws will be amended;

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and for Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement UAung Kyi, Union Attorney-General Dr Tun Shinand Deputy Chief of the Myanmar Police ForcePolice Brig-Gen Zaw Win.

In meeting with Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker ThuraU Shwe Mann, Mr Quintana said that he was gladthe first regular session was convened in March2011, and the second regular session is being held;that he learnt that at the first regular session,important issues were discussed such as landconfiscation, rights to learn languages of ethnicminorities, and release of detained Shan nationalrepresentatives including human rights; that releaseof political inmates is an important matter fordemocratization in Myanmar, so ASEAN membercountries, and Human Rights Special Rapporteurlike him including UN Secretary-General are urgingthe country for the process; that according to thefindings so far, Myanmar is on the correct tracktowards democracy; that he hoped the country willkeep holding discussions and coordinating foroutstanding human rights cases; that among Hluttawaffairs committees is the Hluttaw Rights Committee;that he wondered whether Hluttaw representativeshave the rights to submit cases at any circumstance;and that he would like to urge Hluttawrepresentatives to address democracy and humanrights cases, using the powers bestowed upon them

correct path to democracy, and will continue tomarch along the correct path; that necessarylaws will be enacted to make sure that Hluttawrepresentatives serve the public interest or bringabout the people’s fundamental rights, democracyand human rights without party attachment,localism, racism and regionalism; that the existinglaws will be under review to abrogate and amendinconsistent ones and enact new ones; that onlythen will multiparty democracy rights willflourish in future; that the power to issue writshas been bestowed to bring democracy andrights to the people; that the government, judicialbodies, service personnel and the people willabide by the enacted laws through the check andbalance; that they know that armed conflicts dueto misunderstanding among national races donot bring any benefits to the nation; that thereforeHluttaw committees include the Committee forNational Races Affairs and Internal Peace inaddition to the Committee of Fundamental Rights,Democratic Rights and Human Rights ofCitizens; that the Judicial and Legal AffairsCommittee has been formed to handle legalaffairs in an effective way; that Hluttawcommittees carry out tasks inside Hluttaws, so itis safe to say that the tasks are carried out by thepublic; that the report on progress in addressing

Human Rights Special Rapporteur Mr Thomas Ojea Quintana calls on Union Chief JusticeU Tun Tun Oo.—MNA

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(from page 5)that the present government is very moderate; thatany government does not want to put its peoplebehind bars, sacrificing the labour of the nation;that the prisoners will be released when they arecertain not to disrupt the nation’s stability andpeace; that now, the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw isrepresented by 15 political parties and independentrepresentatives-elect, including 18 femalerepresentatives; that the Hluttaw welcomes anyonewho will set up political parties and stand forelection in the forthcoming election; thatrepresentatives have the rights to express theirviews and hold discussions freely at the Hluttaw;that they are trying to generate an atmosphere inwhich the majority recognize the desire of theminority, and the minority comply with the desireof the majority; that the public have been guaranteedfreedom of words, the rights to express theirconvictions, assemble and form associations andorganizations; that executive and judicial bodieswill take responsibilities for questions raised andlaws submitted and performances at the Hluttaw;that Hluttaw representatives all have full commonground for restoring peace, so the Committee forNational Races Affairs and Internal Peace has beenformed in the Hluttaw; that Myanmar has becomea democratic nation, so it will celebrate theInternational Democracy Day in Myanmar on 15September; that they will make amendments andwork with strong confidence, and point out weakpoints in the processes for human rights anddemocracy; that representatives have the rights tosubmit private bills to the Hluttaw; that relatedUnion ministers reply to the questions and membersof Union level bodies listen to the proposals at theHluttaw; and that so, he believes that Myanmar willimprove democracy and human rights.

At the meeting with Union Chief Justice UTun Tun Oo, Mr Quintana put some questions onprisoners serving terms for their beliefs, amendingexisting laws to meet international norms, andformation and functions of the ConstitutionalTribunal. The Union chief justice said that inMyanmar there is no prisoner serving a term forhis belief, and prisoners are all serving their termsfor the crimes they have committed; that courtshave powers to hand down sentences in theframework of the prescribed laws, and the accusedhave the right to argue in accordance with the law;that their judicial body came into existence inaccordance with the constitution, so they willhonour the constitution; that the jurisdiction is oneof the three sovereign powers of a nation, so thejudicial body should work according to the law;that the Criminal Law was enacted in 1861, and itis still in practice; that legal issues are to beaddressed in accordance with the laws enacted byPyidaungsu Hluttaw; that the ConstitutionalTribunal has been formed, and the power has beenbestowed upon it to vet the existing laws to findout whether they are consistent with theconstitution; and that according to the constitution,judges are to be stay away from politics, andunder the present judicial system, they will handlecases in accordance with the constitution.

At the meeting with Mr Quintana, Chairman ofthe Union Election Commission U Tin Aye clarifiedthat the commission is responsible for givingsupervision over the holding of elections torespective Hluttaws in accordance with the laws

and bylaws, and enforcing laws to ensure thatpolitical parties will honour the law; that if notes ofprotest against election results are submitted,decisions are made in accordance with the ElectionLaw, Civil Law, and Witness Law; that in a shortperiod of eight months from the enactment ofelectoral laws to the holding of the election, sub-commissions were formed, laws, rules andprovisions were disseminated, parties wereregistered, parties canvassed for votes, and theelection was held; that it was a successful election,but it may have some weak points and defects; andthat they will make sure next elections will be freeand fair ones by learning lessons from past weakpoints in the election, taking advice and suggestionsfrom the parties, exercising the check and balancesystem among parties, and training commissionbranches at all levels and returning officers.

Mr Quintana said that he was deeply concernedover the rights to form parties and parties’ financialaffairs, regarding the previous election; thattherefore he wanted to know is there any plans todeal with such cases in the upcoming elections;that he wanted to know the vacancies for thepositions of Hluttaw representatives andprogrammes to hold elections; that he also wantedto know the situations that NLD no longer has therights to stand as a legitimate political party; andhe wondered if the commission has the rights tovet political parties freely for registration, ifprisoners have the rights to register for politicalparties, and if Daw Aung San Suu Kyi is eligibleto apply for a political party now.

The Union Election Commission Chairman saidthat financial issues of political parties are their ownbusinesses; that the commission vets them inaccordance with the existing laws and rules; that ifthere are vacancies for seats in a term of the Hluttawfor some reason, the government and the Hluttawconcerned may hold a by-election at an appropriatetime; that now there are 48 vacancies in the Hluttaws;that regarding NLD, it failed to apply for registrationin accordance with the Political Parties RegistrationLaw of their own accord; that up to now, it has notapplied yet for formation of a political party andregistration; that anyone who meets the PoliticalParties Registration Law and Rules can apply forformation a political party; that in the post-electionperiod, some applied for formation political parties,

Registration Law, an ex-convict does not have therights to become a member of a political party, butcan apply for formation of a political party inaccordance with the law as soon as he or she isreleased.

At the meeting with Union Minister for HomeAffairs Lt-Gen Ko Ko, Mr Quintana said he has beenworking for the improvement of human rights inMyanmar in cooperation with Myanmar government.He also thanked the government for his meeting withauthorities concerned in his trip. He also acknowledgedthe government’s amnesty to prisoners on 16 May,and urged the government to grant the amnesty toprisoners again. He said that in his view, the meetingof the president and Daw Aung San Suu Kyi was agood news, and also acknowledged the government’sre-cooperation with the ICRC and urged thegovernment to work more with the body. He alsourged the government to consider requirements of theprevious election as lessons and to hold the nextelection which can be participated by all. He continuedto say that the government’s call on ethnic armedgroups to enter peace talks was the positive step. Itwas important for the government to show the tangibleevidences to defend the accusations of human rightsviolations, calling on the government to accept theproblem came from the claiming responsibility andtake responsibility in the previous human rightsreports and to consider how to solve the problem. Hesaid that the government’s cooperation with DawAung San Suu Kyi was leading to peaceful and stablesituation and urged the government to keep on carryout the cooperation.

Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen Ko Kosaid that Myanmar Committee of Human Rights hadbeen working for fundamental rights of Myanmarcitizens, considering keeping balance between thefundamental rights and duties of citizens and keepingin mind the reciprocal respects among regionalcharacteristics, history, culture and religiousbackgrounds as part of efforts for improvement ofhuman rights in the country.

The Union Minister told Mr Quintana that hewas sorry for not organizing a trip to Chin State forMr Quintana during his visit due to limitations anddifficulties though he could arrange trips to Rakhineand Kayin states during his previous trips. For theprisoners issue, the number of prisoners is differentbetween the government and the news resource of

and the commission vetted them in accordance withthe law; that the Union Election Commission hasexclusive rights to vet applicants to from politicalparties; that however, the commission makesdecisions only it has applications vetted by relatedministries to find out whether they meet therequirements; that according to the Political Parties

Mr Quintana. Though there mentioned that they areprisoners of conscience, there are over 100 prisonersof drug trafficking, murdering, bomb blasting andinsurgency and others. Some prisoners are servingsentences as they smuggled a large amount ofnarcotic drugs when they were arrested.

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Mr. Quintana confused him, the Union Ministersaid. After the new government took office, thepresident granted the amnesty to prisoners, and it isexpected that the government would grand moreamnesty to prisoners occasionally. For the ICRCissue, there was no MoU between the Ministry ofHome Affairs and ICRC. However, as amagnanimous gesture, the Ministry of Home Affairshad allowed the ICRC to visit prisons, and ICRChad been working more for water and power supplyand sanitation in prisons than for prisoners, theUnion Minister for Home Affairs said. For prisonvisitors, arrangements had been made for prisonvisitors without difficulties except limitation forprisoners who broke prison rules, he said. TheUnion Minister also said that he would arrange forMr. Quintana to visit prisons so that he could meetprisoners if he had the names of prisoners hewanted to meet.

At the meeting with Union Minister for DefenceMaj-Gen Hla Min, Mr. Quintana said regarding theTatmadaw issue, he would like to advise not todiscriminate against ethnic minorities, not to usechild soldiers, to avoid use of land mines and toavoid using civilians as force labours. It was learntthat Myanmar signed the Forced LabourConvention, and according to the convention, allagreed to use only one standard. Therfore, hewould like to advise not obey the standard ofinternational human rights and humanitarianstandard in the conflict areas, he said. Besides, Mr.Quintana asked the Union Minister for Defence ifthere was the military service law or court martial.He specially welcomed the president’s speech ofoffering for peace talks as it was an importantaction, he said. Mr. Quintana also said he wouldlike to urge the government to keep on carrying outthe work for peace.

The Union Minister for Defence said there hasbeen no forced recruitment since the Tatmadaw wasestablished in Myanmar. Though the military servicelaw was promulgated, it was not yet put into practice.Those who entered the Tatmadaw were those whojoined the Tatmadaw of their own volition.However, due to faults of each individual recruiterand desires of new members, there were some childsoldiers in the Tatmadaw, he said. Myanmar hadbeen making efforts with added momentum to signthe Plan of Action for prevention of recruitment ofminors. Since the committee was organized in theTatmadaw, so far 2317 minors had been sent backto their parents, 597 under-age soldiers werepermitted to leave the Tatmadaw till July, 2011, theUnion Minister for Defence said. Besides, actionwas taken against 177 — 21 officers and 156 otherranks— for recruitment of soldiers not in accordancewith the rules and regulations, he added. Regardingthat issue, the government was working togetherwith the UNICEF. Concerning with the rape casesaccused by the media, according to the culture andreligion in Myanmar, the case was considered as anunacceptable and it was denounced by the society,the Union Minister said. Punishment for rape casewas harsh in the Tatmadaw, he said. Therefore,within 21-year period from 1990 to July, 2011,actions were taken only 135 – 11 officers and 124other ranks. Rape accusations were used byopposite groups and insurgents as a tool to tarnishthe image of and to defame the Tatmadaw, he

added. Regarding the force labour issue, thegovernment had worked with the ILO, and out of389 cases complained by ILO, actions were takenagainst those who involved in 182 cases, he said.Union Minister Maj-Gen Hla Min clarified thatthere was no discrimination against ethnic minoritiesas the country was the Republic of the Union. Theclashes between the Tatmadaw and KIO/KIA brokeout to defend the important projects of the State asthey threatened the important projects, he added.The Tatmadaw carried out defensive attack todefend the country and the people as they wereattacking the civilians and developmentinfrastructures. However, as a magnanimousgesture, the government invited them to return tothe legal fold in accordance with the constitution.The Tatmadaw had been following the GenevaConvention, the minister said. The Tatmadaw hadbrought its members who broke the military rules toa court martial, he added. The Union Ministerclarified that the issues in the border areas werefabricated news made by opposite groups andinsurgents though the Tatmadaw had been takingcare of its military disciplines and human rights.Regarding use of land mines, it was insurgents whoused land mines and they used land mines as atactic since they had no strength to face theTatmadaw, he added. As the aim to improve thehuman rights was noble, and at the same timeactions should be good and the government wasready to cooperate for improvement of humanrights situation, the minister clarified.

At the meeting between Union Minister forForeign Affairs U Wunna Maung Lwin and Mr.Quintana, the Union Minister said that Mr. Quintanahad got a chance to learn Myanmar’s importantpolitical steps since he was appointed as UN HumanRights Special Rapporteur on Myanmar in 2008.Therefore, it was important to write the right andpractical report on the Myanmar’s important politicalprogress and reforms to the UN and internationalcommunities, the Union Minister for Foreign Affairssaid. The Union Minister said that the cooperationwith the UN was an important component forMyanmar’s foreign affairs policy and Myanmarwould keep on working together with the UN andits resident agencies. He recounted that the presidentheld a meeting with Daw Aung San Suu Kyi andclarified the government’s efforts. Setting asidediversity of opinion, the two sides discussedcommon ground for cooperation in the interests ofthe country, the Union Minister said. The meetingcould support a lot for the national reconciliation.The government had been making efforts to put thefour main proposals for Myanmar advised by Mr.Quintana into practice within the framework of theconstitution as much as possible, he said. Mr.Quintana should urge the countries which hadimposed economic sanction on Myanmar to lift thesanction, he added. Though Myanmar had beencooperating with international community includingthe Human Rights Council, some western countriessubmitted the country-specific resolution to UNGeneral Assembly and Human Rights Councilevery year, he added. He continued to say thatnational unity played a key role to build a modern,developed and democratic nation, therefore, thegovernment’s efforts for national unity had came tothe fore, and the new government had been invitingthose who wanted to see benefits of the country andthe people and was holding out an olive branch tothem, he said. He also clarified that Myanmar hadbeen working for reforming the judiciary systemand for amending to laws and rules which were notin conformity with the new constitution. The Union

Minister for Foreign Affairs also said that differencebetween the number of prisoners mentioned in Mr.Quintana’s report and practical number in theprisons.

Mr. Quintana thanked the Union Minister forForeign Affairs for the invitation to Myanmar,hospitability and arrangements for his visit. He saidthat he wanted to cooperate with the Myanmargovernment in a constructive way. He witnessedthe constructive progress in Myanmar, Mr. Quintanasaid. He also said that it was constructive progressthat representatives of Hluttaw discussed issuesrelated to national races at the previous meetings ofthe Hluttaw. While Myanmar had witnessedimportant progress, there were serious human rightssituations in Myanmar, he added. He said that heassumed that the Union Minister for Foreign Affairsaccepted his suggestions to some extent and hewanted to tell the two more facts during his visit.Education for all was necessary for flourishing thedemocratic system, he said. He intended to pursuethe issue during his visit, Mr. Quintana said. For thesecond fact, he wanted to know the actions forhuman rights violations in Myanmar so that hecould be able to include the situation in his report,he said.

In his replies, the Union Minister said that intheir meeting in Geneva, he had explained at largeabout such issue to Mr Quintana. After investigatingviolence against human rights, if the MyanmarCommittee of Human Rights finds guilty, thecommittee takes action against offenders, he said.Some complaints were just accusations. Emergenceof a free commission is being considered forpromotion of human rights, he added. In the future,he said that the government would transparentlytake action with regard to the complaints. It isimportant that the report of Mr Quintana must besubmitted to the UN General Assembly with actualevents without bias, he said. The Union Ministersaid that he firmly believed Mr Quintana wouldcarry out his tasks in justice.

In a meeting between Union Minister forLabour and for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement U Aung Kyi and Mr Quintana, theUnion Minister said that the government hasextended SU term four times in accord with thesuggestion of Mr Quintana. He continued to saythat the Labour Organization Bill had beensubmitted to the Hluttaw. He explained that thebill was in conformity with the 2008 constitutionand provision 87 of ILO on rights of formingorganization. He said that he had met with DawAung San Suu Kyi two times and issued a jointstatement. Such joint statement was a commongoal based on the common ground that wasagreed in the time of the Tatmadaw government.The statement appreciated the inclusiveness ofDaw Aung San Suu Kyi in political, economic andsocial sectors of the State. In the future, he addedthat Daw Aung San Suu Kyi together with herofficial political party would participate in realizingthe Myanmar issue. The resolution was adoptedthat the official political party of Daw Aung SanSuu Kyi and the government will carry out thetasks on a reciprocal basis, he said. Moreover, hesaid that the Head of State and Daw Aung San SuuKyi had held a meeting. Therefore, the suggestionof Mr Quintana on his last trip had beenimplemented, he noted.

In his replies, Mr Quintana expressed thanksfor firm undertakings of Myanmar. He said that hearrived there with the purpose to cooperate withMyanmar and to contribute to the Union Minister.

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(from page 1)In 2001, Lifetime Achievement for National LiteraryAward for individual was added which is the highestNational Literary Award in Myanmar. So, there are 15National Literary Awards in total. The National LiteraryAward Committee of the Ministry of Information calledthe first meeting on prize awarding on 23 May 2011during which decision was made to award the bestEnglish literature award out of the publishing books inEnglish version. So, there will be 16 National LiteraryAwards. Cash award for National Literary Award was

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increased from K 0.3 to 0.5 million and LifetimeAchievement for National Literary Award from K 0.6to 0.8 million.

U Thein Nyunt of Thingangyun Constituencyasked whether there will be the plan to wail siren fromMyanmar Radio on Martyrs’ Day at the time of today’smultiparty democracy government. In response, underthe rule of parliamentary democracy and MyanmarSocialist Programme Party, there was a programme ofsiren wailing from Myanmar Radio on Martyrs’ Day asa sign of paying tribute. At that time, there were very lessuse of autos, motorbikes and bicycles all over thecountry including Yangon and Mandalay, especiallythe use of motorbikes. At that time, there was not asingle problem to halt vehicles just as siren fromMyanmar Radio came into air because of lesser use ofvehicles. But, nowadays, the use of autos, motorbikesand bicycles is on the rise extremely across the countryincluding Yangon and Mandalay, especially the use ofmotorbikes. So, all moving vehicles to stop its enginesall of a sudden as soon as siren from Myanmar Radiocame to air lead to unnecessary problem.

Although Myanmar Radio does not air sirenwailing, Martyrs’ Day occasion was observed on agrand scale at Mausoleum in Yangon. Measures aretaken for officials concerned, organizations, political

parties, families of the martyrs and the people to attendthe occasion to pay tribute to the martyrs. In addition,the State Flag is hoisted at half mast. In consequence, thepeople in remembrance of gratitude of the martyrs canshow respects to them. Measures are being taken toenable the entire people inclusive of youths to becomeaware of danger of colonialism including Britishcolonialists and to infuse them with sacrifices. So, thereis no plan to reprocess siren wailing programme fromMyanmar Radio.

In response to the question raised by Daw NanWah Nu of Kunhein Constituency about nationalreconciliation, domestic peace and talks between newgovernment and armed groups, committees for mak-ing and observing peace have been formed in Pyithu

Hluttaw and Amyotha Hluttaw. The government is alsotaking steps issuing notification. Answers to thosequestions will be given next days as they are undercoordination.

Union Minister for Home Affairs Lt-Gen KoKo replied to four questions raised by four Hluttawrepresentatives about executive power.

Daw Su Su Hlaing of Dagon Myothit (South)Constituency raised a question that there are beggars incities including Yangon. Such behaviour underminestheir character and tarnishes the image of cities. Sheasked whether there is plan to take approach to disap-pearance of such behaviour or not. In response to thequestion, the Union Minister said related developmentaffairs committees are taking measures to obliteratesuch behaviour in Yangon and Manalay. The relatedadministrative bodies in other towns are making plansto do so. The Committee for Elimination of the Home-less and Street Orphans was reformed in Yangon on 6June 2011 to send those children to related trainingschools in order to take care of them.

The Social Welfare Department and adminis-trative bodies concerned are taking measures to takecare of disabled persons and to take action againstbeggars. In order to eliminate beggary, Social WelfareDepartment together with related administrative bodies

and UNICEF is taking steps for opening humanitariancentres and training schools, finding jobs and lecturingprofessional works.

U Soe Win of Kyauktada Constituency raisedquestion that today, although gambling is clear inwards, brothels, nightclubs, KTVs, Karaoke loungesand massage rooms, beauty parlours disguising licensedair-con guesthouses, are still in there. He asked whetherthere is plan to take serious action against such businesses.The Union Minister replied to the question that asprostitution business is not allowed to be run, it is takingaction seriously against them through prostitutesuppressing law. The businessmen apply for licensefrom development affairs committee to run music club,bar, KTV, restaurant and café so as to cover the launch

of nightclubs which are not legally allowed. There is nopermit to run massage rooms and no particular prescribedlaws. So, actions are taken against them through regionalrestriction order.

According to requirements of changing urbanlifestyle and relaxation, departments concernedprescribing rules and regulations have given permis-sion to launch air-con guesthouse, hostel, KTV, Karakalounge and beauty parlour without opposing Myanmarculture. In that case, seeking their self-interests, somebusinessmen make money violating prescribing rulesand regulations. Myanmar Police Force has been takingaction against those who violate rules and regulations inaccord with existing laws.

In response to the question raised by U TheinNyunt of Thingangyun Constituency regarding theassignment of village administrators who are not “per-son whose integrity is respected by the community” asprescribed in Section 289 of the Constitution and whythese persons were assigned, the Union minister an-swered that, in assigning village administrators, per-sons whose integrity is respected by the community arefirst selected and then the district administrator assignedthem to the post within his administrative power inagreement with respective Region or State governments;they are judged under the qualifications excerpted fromState Law and Order Restoration Council’s 1988 Or-ders and Directives Collection Book and SLORC’sduty and undertaking system book.

Those qualifications are that they must bepersons whose integrity is respected by the community,who are not included in any political force, whoexploited every successive government to their ownadvantages, who did mischievous deeds in all times infavor of family and relatives, who are opportunistsapproaching township organizations, who are not par-ticipated previous uprisings and encourage in any way,who have no forthright view on and do not opposeauthority and Tatmadaw, who are with no connectionwith criminal cases and are respected by civilian and

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U Saw Tun Mya Aung of Kayin State ConstituencyNo. 5 said that Papun Airport was a facility whereDakota aircraft could land on at any time. As aircraftdoes not land on it at present, the local people facemuch difficulty. He asked whether passenger aircraftor helicopter will land on the airport. The UnionMinister replied that Myanma Airways managed landingof Twin Otter aircrafts on Papun Airport in the past. Therunway of airport is just over 4000 feet long and it is ofgravel mixed soil facility. At present, some sections ofrunway surface were damaged due to lack of maintenanceand impacts of weather. Now, there is no plan for flightsto Papun Airport due to difficulties for aircraft to land onand take off, lack of safety for flights and limits ofeconomic term and security. In the future, small aircraftsthat can land on the short runways of border regions likePapun for transportation.

With regard to the question asked by U Aung Nyein

of Magway Region Constituency No. 2 that in the past,vessels owned by Inland Water Transport docked atthe port of Yenangyoung. As of 1994, the vessel did notdock at the port. He asked if arrangements would bemade for docking of vessel at Yenangyoung Port. TheUnion Minister replied that vessels of IWT of Mandalay-Pyay route anchored at jetty in Sanaynan Ward ofYenangyoung twice a week in the past. The vesselsdocked at Nyaunghla Jetty in Nyaunghla Ward, south ofYanangyoung from June to September as of 1994 due tocondition of high level water course and at Yayle Island

of Thahtaygon, nine miles from Yenangyoung due tolower water level. The conservation of water course inAyeyawady River is being undertaken with the masterplan for enabling vessels to dock port towns along theriver.

U Myint Tun of Bago Region Constituency No. 10asked whether there is a plan for maintenance ofLetpadan-Tharawaw railroad section because ofderailing of trains for many times. Union Minister forRail Transportation U Aung Min replied that derailmentof trains on Letpadan-Tharawaw section was due todecay of sleepers and loss of gravels. The 23.5 miles longsection was constructed with 51136 sleepers. Last year,3085 concrete sleepers and 4858 wooden sleepers totalling7943 were substituted with new ones for the first phase.This financial year, 17276 concrete sleepers were sentthere for substitution. The railroad section will be improvedwithin four months by filling gravels, repairing the curvesand maintaining along the railroad.

Next, Dr Khin Shwe of Yangon Region ConstituencyNo. 9 participated in the discussion in support of the

address delivered by the President on the first day of thesecond regular session of the first Pyidaungsu Hluttawwith excerpts.

Dr Tin Shwe of Yangon Region Constituency No.6, U Zone Hlal Htan of Chin State Constituency No. 2and U Phone Myint Aung of Yangon RegionConstituency No. 3 discussed the proposal tabledyesterday by Dr Myint Kyi of Yangon RegionConstituency No. 8 on calling for the Union governmentto uplift standards of doctorate degrees conferred by

universities to meet the Southeast Asian standard forthe first phase and to meet the world level for thesecond phase. Then, the Hluttaw approved it.

U Kyaw Kyaw of Rakhine State Constituency No 2,U Saw Taw Pale of Kayin State Constituency No, 7 andU Tin Maung Myint of Taninthayi Region ConstituencyNo 3 held discussions on the proposal tabled by U WinMaung of Mandalay Region Constituency No 2 callingon the Union government to provide lectures onMyanmar language not only to first year students butalso to second year students at the universities, degreecolleges and colleges where arts and science subjectsare taught. Next, the Hluttaw approved it.

Dr. Soe Tun of Mandalay Region Constituency No.1discussed the proposal submitted by Bago RegionConstituency No. 9 that “calling on the Union Governmentto increase investment in the health sector for economicdevelopment.” Next the Hluttaw approved it.

Dr Khin Maung Lay of Bago Region Constituency(8) and U Steven Thabeik of Chin State Constituency(4) discussed proposal submitted by Dr Mya Oo ofBago Region Constituency (9) that “Union governmentshould invest more in the health sector for nationaleconomic development and promotion of healthcareservices for poverty alleviation and economic devel-opment”. The Hluttaw announced the approval of theproposal.

U Shu Maung of Shan State Constituency (8)submitted proposal that “Union government shouldconsider amending Hotels and Tourism Law for (See page 10)

Fourth-day secondregular session of… (from page 8)military retirees and village elders, who have per-sonal morality; and except the ward/village-tractclerk, other active staff are not to be assigned asmembers who are not to be criminals, servingpenalties, doing bad deeds and not respected by thecommunity.

The Section 289 of the Constitution prescribesthat administration of ward or village-tract shall beassigned in accord with the law to a person whoseintegrity is respected by the community; and thebill which will be accorded with the provision is onthe way to be approved at the Hluttaw, the Unionminister explained.

Regarding the question raised by U MyintSoe of Pyawbwe Constituency whether the districtadministrators will be vested the power again asthe issuing grant for public housings is beingsuspended, the Union minister replied that, inaccord with the Section 37, Sub-section (a) of theConstitution which prescribes that the Union is the

ultimate owner of all lands, all natural resourcesabove and below the ground, above and beneaththe water and in the atmosphere in the Union,respective ministries are vested the duties andpowers for management of State-owned landresources including town and village lands, farms,unused lands, vacant lands, and virgin lands; andthe amendment of rules and regulations is beingdrafted to satisfy the modern requirements.

In accordance with provisions in 1876 Landand Tax Regulation, 1889 Upper Myanmar Landand Tax Rules and Regulations, 1898 LowerMyanmar Town and Village Lands Law, and 1907Lower Myanmar Town and Village LandsRegulation, land rental grants are issued for 1-acreland by the recommendation of district administrator,for 1-5-acre land through recommendation ofRegion and State administrator by Region or Stategovernment, and over-5-acre land through recom-mendation of the Director-General of GeneralAdministrator Department by the Ministry of HomeAffairs Management Committee Meeting. If thereis any argument arose, the grant is issued afterbeing passed by respective Region or Stategovernment, General Department (Headquarters)

and the Union Minister for Home Affairs regardlessof the acreage of land.

Union Attorney-General Dr Tun Shin madeclarification regarding the proposal submitted byU Thein Nyunt of Thingangyun Constituencyabout “revoking The Contempt of Courts Act,Act XII, 1926”.

The Hluttaw decided that the proposal wasnot approved as no-votes outnumbered than otherswhen the approval was put to the vote.

U Thein Nyunt of Thingangyun Constituencysubmitted proposals “the Hluttaw requests thePresident to continue issuing General AmnestyOrders” and “providing necessary arrangementsfor submitting bill of Prisons Act which is agreeableto 21 century and guarantee human dignity” today.

As the Hluttaw decided to discuss theproposals on 29 August (Monday) and therepresentatives who want to participate indiscussions were to enlist on 26 August evening.

The fourth-day second regular session ofFirst Pyithu Hluttaw was concluded at 2 pm and thesession continues for fifth day at 10 am on 26August (Friday).

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Second regular session… (from page 9)tourism development”; Daw Yi Yi Myint of MonState Constituency (1), “Union government shouldconsider amending laws managed by the Ministryof Commerce listed (a) Myanmar Trademark Law,(b) Agricultural Product Markets Act, (c) 1947Staple Products and Undertakings Act, and (d)Basket Standard Measure Act”; U Khat Htein Nanof Kachin State Constituency (1), “Union

government should manage for sustainableexploration of jades and gems in Phakant Townshipin Kachin State”. As each representative agreed,the Hluttaw approved the proposals to discuss.

Daw Yi Yi Myint of Mon State Constituency(1) proposed that Union government should amendlaws managed by the Ministry of Communications,Posts and Telegraphs listed (a) The MyanmarTelegraph Act (1885), (b) The Myanmar Post OfficeAct (1898), and (c) The Myanmar WirelessTelegraphy Act (1933)”.

Regarding the proposal, Union Minister forCommunications, Posts and Telegraphs U TheinTun the Communication Law (draft) was compiledand sent to the Union Attorney-General’s Office forcomments to satisfy the needs of modern age,revoking The Myanmar Telegraph Act-1885 andThe Myanmar Wireless Telegraphy Act-1934; thelegislation will be completed in conformity with therules and regulations; and Post Office Act (draft)was also sent to the Union Attorney-General’sOffice for comments, amending The Myanmar PostOffice Act-1898 in order to be updated.

The proposal was approved by the Hluttaw todiscuss.

Member of Union Election CommissionU Myint Naing submitted Amyotha Hluttaw Elec-tion Law Amendment Bill and Region or StateHluttaw Election Law Amendment Bill to AmyothaHluttaw for discussion. The Hluttaw approved todiscuss the bills.

The fourth-day second regular session ofFirst Amyotha Hluttaw concluded at 3.25 pm andthe session continues for fifth day at 10 am on 26August (Friday).

At today’s session, respective Union ministersanswered five questions raised by Hluttaw repre-sentatives; four proposals submitted yesterday wereapproved; and four new proposals and two billswere submitted.

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(from page 7)He welcomed the address delivered by the Presidentthat priority is being given to rights of citizen andeconomic and social sectors in the future tasks of theState, and it was the main responsibility for humanrights, he said. As the UN Country Team opens itscountry-based offices for resettlement of the people,he asked how can provide humanitarian aid to themthrough international level experts. Moreover, heasked how will provide resettlement for the localpeople who lost their farmlands included in the areasof infrastructure construction projects of the Stateand give compensation for them. He said thatinternational experts would like to cooperate withMyanmar in necessary sectors (for example,resettlement, health, education, etc.), and he askedhe want to know the opinion on such matter.

With regard to the discussions, the Union Ministersaid that the government has been solving theproblems of the people who lost property and rightsas much as possible. He replied that regarding thelosses of farmlands, the local authorities supervisedprovision on resettlement and compensation forthose who lost farmlands. With respect to assistanceof the international experts, the Union Minister saidthat at present, the government has some cooperationfor the tasks. He added that the government hadplaced emphasis on development of the State in thepast, and at present, priority is being given to thepublic interest. The Union Minister pointed out theprogress of the nation. He noted that as thegovernment is focusing more on its activity leadingto serving the public interest, Mr Quintana wouldsee greater progress on his next trip to Myanmar. IfMr Quintana recognized the Myanmar politics thatreaches turning point, it is sure that the results withpositive attitude would emerge for the Myanmarpeople, he said. He noted that matters related toinmates, ideological diversities from abroad andrefugees were only corollaries, these problems could

be solved easily soon.In meeting with Union Attorney-General Dr

Tun Shin, Mr Quintana said that he would like tocooperate with Myanmar as it has opened the newchapter. He asked that he would like to knowprogress of amending and reviewing the laws hesuggested, how can give relaxation to violence ofhuman rights under the rule of law and whether thehuman rights commission will be established in linewith the Paris Principle. He recognized the greaterendeavours of Myanmar on UPR Process, and theHuman Rights Council and he would encourage itcontinuously. Moreover, he said that the Office ofUnited Nations High Commissioner for Refugeesbased in Bangkok and Geneva was ready to provideassistance for Myanmar.

The Union Attorney-General explained thatPresident U Thein Sein had given guidance toannulment, amendment and substitution for the lawsthat are not in conformity with the constitution.Regarding that, he noted that the office of the UnionAttorney-General collected the remarks from ministriesafter holding discussions. After completion in theexecutive sector, such laws would be submitted to thelegislative sector, he said. At present, it is importantthat the international community was to recognize thepolitical will of Myanmar and its law and practice.With regard to protection of human rights, he said thatthe constitution comprised the method to issue thewrit. The ministries focused on broadening horizonof the people as it is a new legal mechanism, he said.He added that he had described complaint mechanismin details included in the UPR National Report ofMyanmar submitted to the 65th UN General Assembly.He pointed out that the government is carrying out itstasks in line with the law with the motto that no manis above the law. Myanmar considered setting up theHuman Rights Commission in accord with ParisPrinciple, he said. Myanmar accepted 54.2% of 190UPR suggestions, he added. The global communityrecognized Myanmar for its acceptance on the largestamount of accepting UPR, he said. He explained thatany democratic nation did not accept undisciplineddemonstrations, looting, disturbances, breach of law

and unlawful activities, so the nation would be built asa democratic nation under law.

Vice-Chief of Myanmar Police Force Police Brig-Gen Zaw Win, in meeting with Mr Quintana, replied thatMPF held workshops and provided multiplier courseswith the assistance of international communities forenabling the MPF members to abide by human rightsstandards. Lectures on human rights were given to thetrainees at police training depots. Moreover, he said thatthe UN Convention on Human Rights and the book oncode of conduct for task forces and manuals for childreninvestigation were published.

Later, the Vice-Chief MPF and Mr Quintanaexchanged views on purpose of workshop on humanrights, lectures of foreign human rights experts andretired police officers, establishment of Child FriendlyInterview Rooms, anti-human trafficking, takingaction against crime offenders, procedures in manualson combating riots and its tasks, and chance forpeaceful demonstration. Mr Quintana said that herecognized achievement of MPF in anti-humantrafficking and suggested to maintain suchachievement. He noted that it is necessary to practiserule of law in line with existing laws, rules andregulations in building new democratic nation.

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YANGON, 25 Aug — Human Rights SpecialRapporteur Mr Thomas Ojea Quintana and partymet with ambassadors and diplomats from foreignmissions here at UN Resident Representative’sOffice on Natmauk Road in Tamway Township at4 pm and with departmental officials of ministriesin Mya Yeik Nyo Royal Hotel at 5 pm today.

After holding press conference with memberreporters of foreign correspondents’ club, andeditorial staff and journalists of periodicals inYangon, Mr Quintana and party left here in theevening.—MNA

Quintana meets diplomatsbefore wrapping up

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Li Changchun (6th L, front), a member of the Standing Committee of thePolitical Bureau of the Communist Party of China (CPC) Central

Committee, poses with performers of the opera “Red River Valley”created by China Opera and Dance Drama Theater in Beijing, capital of

China, on 24 Aug, 2011.—XINHUA

Chinese tourists to Malaysia forJanuary-July up 57%

KUALA LUMPUR, 25 Aug—Thenumber of Chinese tourists that came toMalaysia for the first seven months ofthe year soared 57 percent year on year,largely thanks to the simplified onlinevisa scheme introduced in April, theImmigrations Department said.

Chinese tourist arrivals fromJanuary to July increased to 833, 008,from 529,554 in the same period lastyear.

Immigration Department DirectorGeneral, Alias Ahmad told localNanyang daily the improved onlinevisa scheme enforced in Beijing,Guangzhou, Shanghai and Kunmingcontributed to the rising figure as it

Casey Anthony reports for probation inFlorida

ORLANDO, 25 Aug—Casey Anthony, the youngOrlando mother acquitted of killing her toddlerdaughter, reported for probation on Wednesday inFlorida in a check fraud case, the Department ofCorrections said.

Anthony, 25, voted the most hated American in acelebrity poll after a jury found her not guilty in July ofthe 2008 death of her 2-year-old daughter Caylee,dropped from public view following her release fromjail. Her lawyers confirmed she had moved out of state.But earlier this month, a judge ordered Anthony to returnto Florida to report for a year of probation for a differentcrime — check fraud charges she admitted to in 2010.

“Casey Anthony reported to probation in Florida onWednesday evening,” the Florida Department ofCorrections said in a statement. Another statementwould be released on Thursday, it said. Confusion hasswirled around that case. Earlier this week, Anthony’s

Casey Anthony leaves the Orange County Jail inOrlando, Florida on 17 July, 2011.

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lawyer told Fox News his client was back in Florida ina safe location. The original judge in the check fraudcase told Anthony she must serve her probation after herrelease from jail. —Reuters

conveniently shortened applicationprocess for Chinese tourists — fromthree days previously to one day.

The scheme, also extended to India,allows tourists to apply visas onlinethrough agents registered with theMalaysian Immigration department.

The scheme was introduced afterMalaysia revoked the visa-on- arrivalfacility that allowed tourists to applyfor visas upon arrival for both countries.

Alias said the new scheme helpedhike the number of visa applications,which surged significantly between 40and 60 percent on average every month,he told local daily Nanyang.

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51% of HIV-affectedhouseholds in Cambodia live

in hunger: UNDPPHNOM PENH, 25 Aug—Some 51 percent of the HIV/AIDS- infected

households in Cambodia are living in hunger, said a new UN surveyreleased here on Thursday, calling for more attention to the need for HIV-sensitive social protection mechanisms.

The survey on the Socioeconomic Impact of HIV at the HouseholdLevel in Cambodia is the largest and most comprehensive study everconducted in Cambodia. It was produced by the National AIDS Authorityand the United Nations in Cambodia. It had been conducted on 4,172households including 2,623 HIV- affected households and 1,549 non-affected households. The study found that 51 percent of HIV-affectedhouseholds reportedly suffered from hunger and not having enough foodto eat, compared to 35 percent of non-affected households.

It said that stigma and discrimination happened more often on HIV-positive women than men. Some 23 percent of women reportedexperiencing verbal abuse as a result of their HIV status, compared with16 percent of men, while seven percent reported experiencing physicalthreats or abuse as a result of their status, compared with four percent ofmen. The report also found that 65 percent of people living with HIVepidemic being low self-esteem, 49 percent feeling ashamed of theirstatus, while 47 percent felt they should be punished, and 16 percentreported having suicidal thoughts. On the economic side, 27 percent ofrespondents said they lost their jobs or other source of income since beingdiagnosed with HIV, and it also decreased income for caregivers.

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Venezuela’s Chavez totravel to Cuba for new

round of chemotherapyCARACAS, 25 Aug—Venezuelan President Hugo

Chavez said Wednesday that he would travel to Cubanext week for a third round of chemotherapy as partof efforts to treat his cancer. “Next week I may begoing to Cuba for another round of chemotherapy,”he told the local press in Caracas, giving no furtherdetails of his upcoming visit.

Chavez said he now feels “really fit” and that thepurpose of his upcoming visit is strictly “preventative.”“All this is preventative and I am fit. Here I can spendthree, four hours standing to respond to whateverquestions you want to ask,” Chavez said.

The 57-year-old Venezuelan leader spent most ofJune in Cuba where he underwent his first surgery on10 June during which doctors removed a pelvicabscess. The operation was followed by a secondround of surgery on 20 June in which an unspecifiedcancerous tumour was removed.

Chavez has so far not provided any informationabout what type of cancer he is receiving treatmentfor, but he was given chemotherapy treatments in twoseparate visits to Cuba in July and August. Afterreturning to Venezuela on 4 July, Chavez resumedhis duties as head of state, but now he still needs strictmedical treatment.—Xinhua

A staff member works at shelves where bags ofrefined white sugar are placed in Xinjiang

County of Yuncheng City, north China’s ShanxiProvince, on 24 Aug, 2011. China’s price of

refined white sugar rose recently. The price on24 Aug, 2011 rose by 3.0 percent comparingwith that of on 28 July, 2011, according to

statistics released by price monitoring system ofXinhua News Agency.

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A pedestrian walks past the Bankof China Hong Kong (Holdings)Limited headquarters in HongKong, south China, on 24 Aug,

2011. Bank of China Hong Kong(Holdings) Limited announcedWednesday that its net profit

jumped 66.8 percent year on yearto 11.993 billion Hong Kong

dollars in the first half of 2011.XINHUA

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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 discharge ofcargo from the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admittedafter the Claims Day.

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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.

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US encourages bundling Medicare payments

Dr Millie MarieTolentino (R) examines

patient Dora Leon atClinica Sierra Vista’sCentral BakersfieldCommunity Health

center in Bakersfield,California 20 Oct,2009.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 25Aug—The US agencythat runs government

health insurance islaunching a programmethat would bundle insur-ance payments for multi-ple procedures in thehope of improving pa-tient care while also sav-ing money.

The Centres for Medi-care and Medicaid invitedproviders on Tuesday tohelp develop four modelsto bundle payments.

The programme ismeant to encourage hos-pitals, doctors and otherspecialists to coordinatein treating a patient’s spe-

cific condition during asingle hospital stay andrecovery.

“Today Medicarepays for care in the wrongway,” Health and HumanServices SecretaryKathleen Sebelius told re-porters on a Presscall.”Payments are basedon the quantity of care,and not on the quality ofthat care,” she said.“There is little financialincentive for the kind ofcare coordination thatcan help patients fromreturning to the hospital.”

The four models giveproviders flexibility onhow they get paid and forwhich services, as well asgive them financial incen-tives to avoid unneces-sary or duplicative proce-dures.

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Indonesia obliges airlines tocompensate passengers for delaysJAKARTA, 25 Aug—A

senior official said onThursday that Indonesiangovernment has signed anew ministerial decree thatwill force airlines to paypassengers 300,000 rupiah(about 35 US dollars) iftheir flights are delayed bymore than four hours.

Herry Bhakti Gumay,director general of aviationtransportation at thetransportation ministry saidthat the TransportationMinistry has signedMinisterial Decree No 77/2011,that covers insurancefor flight delays, lost ordamaged, checked inbaggage and insurance forpassengers injured or killed

in a crash. The decree wassigned on Aug. 8.

Herry pointed out thatthe recently-signed decreewas different from the oneissued by the ministryregistered as decree No 25/2008, which only requiredairlines to provide snacks,complete meals andaccommodation for certaindelays.

Herry said that the newdecree obligated airlinescompanies to paycompensation at 300,000rupiah (about 35 USdollars) if their flights aredelayed for more than fourhours or cancelled. Thenew decree also obligesairlines to pay

compensation at 200, 000rupiah for lost baggage.That amount ofcompensation was forevery kilogram of lostbaggage. The lost baggageclaim is limited up to 4million rupiah (about 466US dollars). The decreealso obliges airlinecompanies to paycompensation up to 1.25billion rupiah (about145,800 US dollars) forthe families of deceasedpassengers in case of planecrash.

He said that the newdecree will beimplemented within, atleast, three months tocome.—Xinhua

This on 26 May, 2011 file photoshows a swan pedal boat on Wesley Lakein Asbury Park, NJ. It’s a blast from thepast, served with youthful abandon, easy

aerobics and a sprinkle of yoga-likeserenity. A new concession offers a

modern twist on Asbury Park’s century-old tradition: swan boats on Wesley

Lake.—INTERNET

China may allow FDI in RMB in Sept

BEIJING, 25 Aug—China’s Ministry ofCommerce saidWednesday it will try toformally green light foreigndirect investment (FDI) inthe Chinese currencyrenminbi (RMB), or theyuan, in September.

“The ministry hasreleased a draft regulationon cross-border directinvestment in RMB andwe’ll try to put it into effectin September,” ministryspokesman Shen Danyangtold a press conferencehere.

The ministry posted thedraft on its website on

Monday night to solicitpublic feedback until 31Aug. If implemented, therules will expand channelsfor overseas-acquiredRMB funds to flow backinto the country.

The move is expectedto give a push to the RMB’sinternationaliza-tion drive.Currently, the Chinesecurrency can not flow intoand out of the country freely

under capital accounts,which is viewed as anobstacle forinternationalizing the yuan.

Foreign investors willbe able to make directinvestments in China withRMB legally obtainedoverseas, according to theministry’s draft.

The draft states thatFDI in RMB are prohibitedin negotiable securities andfinancial derivatives.Foreign investors can notuse overseas-obtainedyuan to provide entrustedloans or to repay domesticor overseas loans. Shensaid the new policy willnot have a significantimpact on the amount ofChina’s foreign exchangereserves.

More FDI in the yuaninstead of foreigncurrencies may lead tosmaller increments offoreign exchange re-serves, but the permissionof FDI in RMB may spurdemand for the yuan andbring in more foreignexchanges, he said. Theministry’s move followslast week’s remarks byVice Premier Li Keqiangthat support will be givento Hong Kong enterprisesmaking direct investmentson the mainland in RMB.

Xinhua

Spokesman of

China’s Ministry of

Commerce Shen

Danyang briefs the

media during a

Press conference in

Beijing, capital of

China, on 24 Aug,

2011.—XINHUA

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MIAMI, 25 Aug—Actor Benjamin Bratt isreturning to television asa regular character in theseries “Private Practice”and in a specialappearance in thecomedy “ModernFamily”.

According to themagazine Latina in itsonline edition Wednes-day, Bratt is joining the“Private Practice” cast asDr Jake Riley, a fertilityexpert and the new love

Benjamin Bratt returns to TV in‘Private Practice’

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LONDON, 25 Aug—Pop star Lady Gaga feelsshe will always be on herown as she is “married toloneliness”.

Pop star Lady Gaga

LONDON, 25 Aug—Singer Amy Winehouse’sfather Mitch says he will honour his late daughterwith a performance and raise money for herfoundation. “I was in New York preparing for myUS debut at the Blue Note jazz club when I receivedthe devastating news of Amy’s passing. Iimmediately returned to the UK to be with myfamily, and of course, singing was the furthestthing from my mind,” said Mitch.

“Through setting up the foundation in Amy’smemory, I have come to realise that I can sing forAmy and raise money for her foundation, so whenMatt Goss, former Bros star - called me to ask meto open his show at the Royal Albert Hall this wasa wonderful opportunity to raise awareness for thefoundation,” contactmusic.com quoted him assaying.—Internet

LONDON, 25 Aug—Supermodel Kate Mosspulled out of a scubadiving course becauseshe’s too scared of fish.The supermodel, who iscurrently holidaying inthe South of France withher husband Jamie Hinceand a group of friends,was keen to get herformal qualification in

Supermodel Kate Moss

Singer Amy

Winehouse’interest of the star, DrAddison Montgomery,

played by Kate Walsh.The ABC series

begins its new season 29Sep.

“He’s an IVFspecialist and he is afertility doctorextraordinaire. Bing!Why does that meananything at all? Whowants a baby? I’m theman to give it to her!,”the actor said whendiscussing his character.

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Amy’s dad to honour herwith a concert

I’m married to loneliness Kate Moss scared of fishAsked whether

touring makes her lonely,the 25-year-old singersaid: “Yes, but I’msupposed to be, I am anartist. We wallow inloneliness and solitudeour whole lives in searchof the answer to hundredsand millions of questionsthat run through mymind.” “Yes, I’m lonely.But I’m married to myloneliness,” contactmu-

sic.com quoted her assaying. Gaga - real nameStefani Germanotta - saysis always prepared tosacrifice love for hermusic.

“I would choose mywork. I would die withoutit and I could never bereborn. My biggest fearis missing out on acreative idea because ofa lack if time,” she said.

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Lightning near the Empire State Building inNew York, US.

A Sacramento mansaid he proposed to hisbride to be through herfavorite comic stripbecause he “wanted tosurprise her and makeher laugh.”

The couple, CierraHoward and KevinTimpson, have made it aritual during the past sixmonths to read comicstrips with each otherafter dinner, theSacramento Beereported.

Howard’s favouritecomic, “F Minus” had aspecial messageMonday.

A leopard is seen inNakuru National Parkin Kenya, on 22 Aug,2011. Leopards areseldom to be seen in

Kenya. The number ofleopards at the Nakuru

National Park hasincreased due to Kenya

Wildlife Service’s(KWS) effort.

A man jailed in New York City without trial fornearly four years paid a pilot to pull a bannerdemanding his day in court, officials say.

Vadim Vassilenko, 44, was originally putbehind bars in 2007, accused of taking part in anidentity theft crime ring, the New York Daily Postreported.

On Tuesday, the man, who has yet to have atrial, paid to have a Cessna 172 Skyhawk $1,250flown over Lower Manhattan and Brooklyn’sBrighton Beach areas with a sign that read: “V.VASSILENKO JAILED 5+ YRS — NO TRIAL —IS THIS LEGAL?”

Vassilenko’s lawyer, Rick Pasacreta, says thecase is more complex, saying his client changedhis legal counsel at least four times since hisindictment. Pasacreta said the legal process hasalso been slowed by appeal courts reinstatingcharge Vassilenko’s previous attorney haddropped.

Inmate has banner fly forhis day in court

Man proposes to woman throughcomic strip

Police in Tennesseesaid workers at a funeralhome called 911 whenthey discovered twomen sleeping in casketsin a storage area.Investigators said theworkers at Weaver’sFuneral Home in Bristoldiscovered the mensleeping at about 10:30am Tuesday and thesuspects fled through awindow when theylearned officers were onthe way, the BristolHerald Courierreported onWednesday.

Police said theyarrested Barrett LanceHartsock on charges ofburglary and vandalismover $1,000. The secondman, whose name isbelieved to be Lars, waslast seen in the CherryStreet area, police said.The funeral home saidthe men caused morethan $9,000 in damageto the caskets.

Men foundsleeping incaskets“Cierra, will you

marry me? — Kevin,” itread.

When Howardlooked up from thepaper, confused, Timp-son was down on oneknee, holding a ring.

“I wanted to do it ina way no one I knew hadever proposed,” saidTimpson. “I wanted tosurprise her and makeher laugh. She has areally good sense ofhumor.”

Timpson contactedTony Carrillo, the authorof “F-Minus” for helpwith his proposal.

“No one had everasked me to dosomething like thisbefore,” Carrillo said.

The strip features aman kneeling on abench holding a ringout to a woman with aplane toting a banneroverhead with theproposal on it.

“I loved how heproposed,” Howardsaid Tuesday. “It’stotally him. It’s totallyus.”

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diving while she’s therebut her fear of fish put anend to that.

“Kate has beensnorkelling before anddived a bit. She was keento get a formalqualification, did someof the classroom-basedstuff and was reallygetting in to it. But thenshe got convinced shewas going to bump intoa giant, scary fish -possibly a shark - andbegan to get nervous,”femalefirst.co.uk quoteda friend as saying.

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Djokovic seeded No. 1 at USOpen; Fish top US man

Reports: Emerton leavesBlackburn for Sydney FC

Wie to defend titleat Canadian Open

This file photo shows,Blackburn’s BrettEmerton controls the ballagainst Fulham duringtheir English PremierLeague soccer match atEwood Park, Blackburn, England.—INTERNET

Novak Djokovic, hits aforehand during the

men’s final against AndyMurray, at the Western& Southern Open tennistournament, on 21 Aug

in Mason, Ohio.INTERNET

Michelle Wie of the UStees off on the 10th holeduring the Champion-

ship Pro-Am before theCanadian Women’s

Open in Mirabel,Quebec on 24 Aug.

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Trabzonspor replace Fenerbahce inChampions League

Benfica’s Nicolas Gaitan (3rd L) celebrates withteam mates after scoring against Trabzonsporduring their Champions League third roungqualifying, first leg match at Luz Stadium in

Lisbon, on 27 July.—INTERNET

Patched up Arsenal book Champions League berth

Arsenal’s Robin Van Persie, center,celebrates with teammates after

scoring against Udinese during aChampions League qualifying

playoff second leg soccer match inUdine, Italy, on 24 Aug, 2011.

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SYDNEY, 25 Aug—Blackburn Roversmidfielder Brett Emertonhas signed with A-Leagueclub Sydney FC and is setto leave his PremierLeague side with a yearremaining on his contract,

Australian media reportedon Thursday.

The 32-year-oldEmerton signed a three-year deal after passing amedical test in Manches-ter on Tuesday after ter-minating his Blackburncontract by mutual con-sent, various media out-lets reported.

Neither Blackburn norSydney FC have con-firmed the move, but in aTwitter post the Austral-ian club said it would soonmake “a major announce-ment regarding an excit-ing addition to the SydneyFC squad for the 2011/12season and beyond.”

Blackburn managerSteve Kean said afterWednesday’s LeagueCup win over SheffieldWednesday the prospectof losing Emerton wouldbe “very, very sad.”

Internet

NEW YORK, 25 Aug—Top-ranked NovakDjokovic is seeded No 1 atthe US Open for the firsttime, followed by defend-

ing champion RafaelNadal and five-time win-ner Roger Federer. The tour-nament followed the ATPrankings for the men’s sin-gles seedings Wednesday.It did the same for the wom-en’s seedings, with SerenaWilliams 28th.

Djokovic is having oneof the best seasons in tennishistory: 57-2 with nine titles,including at Wimbledonand the Australian Open.He’s seeking his first cham-pionship at FlushingMeadows, where he wasrunner-up to Nadal in 2010and to Federer in 2007.

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MIRABEL, 25 Aug—Michelle Wie will defendher title, while LPGA Tourleader Yani Tseng is thefavorite at the CanadianWomen’s Open. The 22-year-old from Taiwan hasdominated with four vic-tories this season, includ-ing wins in three of thelast six events.

“World No. 1 has beenmy goal since I was 12,”Tseng said Wednesday.“To become No. 1 is veryexciting.”Tseng tops the

LPGA money list with$1.7 million and ranksfirst in scoring average(69.63), average drivingdistance (269.3 yards) andtop-10 finishes (9 in 14tournaments).—Internet

LISBON, 25 Aug—Turk-ish league winnersFenerbahce were onWednesday banned fromthe Champions League dueto an ongoing match-fixing probe which hasensnared the Istanbul club.

They will be replacedin the tournament byTrabzonspor, last season’sTurkish league runners-up, following a meeting ofUEFA’s emergency panel.

Earlier on Wednesday,the Turkish football fed-eration announced theirsanction on Fenerbahce,just 24 hours before thedraw for the group stage ofthe money-spinning tour-nament is held.

“Regarding the heavy

disciplinary sanctionsboth Fenerbahce and theTurkish Football Federa-tion (TFF), which meansTurkey as a whole, mightencounter, it is decided toban Fenerbahce SportsClub from the UEFAChampions’ League thisseason,” the TFF said in astatement posted on itswebsite.

The decision wasmade after a warning byUEFA that eitherFenerbahce shouldwithdraw from the com-petition or the TFF shouldban the club to preventUEFA starting its owndisciplinary investigation,it said.

The TFF then decidedto ban Fenerbahce afterthe club refused to “makean important decision likethat in this very shorttime,” it said.

Internet

Chinese player HuiRuoqi (R) shouts duringthe volleyball WorldGrand Prix’s Pool Aagainst Serbia in Macao,south China, on 24 Aug,2011. Serbia won 3-2 onWednesday in the Wom-en’s Volleyball World Grand Prix.—XINHUA

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Els goes from top to bottomwithout losing hope

Ernie Els, of SouthAfrica, watches his teeshot on the second holeduring the final round

of the Wyndham Cham-pionship golf tourna-ment in Greensboro,

NC.—INTERNET

EDISON, 25 Aug—ErnieEls sure didn’t look to bedown in the dumps forsomeone who has tum-

bled so far in the FedExCup.

It was only a year agothat the Big Easy was theNo 1 seed going into thePGA Tour’s version ofthe postseason. He wentto the top of the standingsby winning a World GolfChampionship in March,and stayed there for thenext five months.Thisyear, he wasn’t even surehe would make it to TheBarclays.

Els was just outside thetop 125 — the cutoff tomake the FedEx Cup bo-nanza — and had to playlast week in the WyndhamChampionship to haveany chance of making theplayoffs. He tied for 30thand moved up to No. 118.

InternetLONDON, 25 Aug—Arsenal will com-pete in the Champions League for the14th consecutive season after theirbeleaguered side came from behind torecord a brave 2-1 win at Udinese onWednesday.

Leading 1-0 from the first leg of theplay-off tie, Arsenal were menacedthroughout by the threat of an elimina-tion that would have been unthinkablein both sporting and financial terms.

In the 39th minute, Udinese’s irre-pressible talisman Antonio di Nataleguided a header inside the right-handpost that levelled the tie on aggregateand took the Italians to within a goal ofthe group phase. Arsenal captain Robinvan Persie equalised 10 minutes intothe second half, but the hosts werehanded a chance to re-establish theiradvantage shortly afterwards whenreferee Olegario Benquerencaawarded a penalty against ThomasVermaelen for handball.—Internet

Germany’s Loew aims tobook first Euro 2012 berth

BERLIN, 25 Aug—Coach Joachim Loewsaid Thursday he expectsGermany to become thefirst team to earn theirqualification for Euro2012 by seeing offneighbours Austria nextweek.

Germany faceAustria in Gelsenkirchenon September 2, thenPoland in a friendly fourdays later in Danzig, andLoew will name hissquad on Friday.

As hosts, Poland andthe Ukraine havequalified automaticallyfor Euro 2012 and theGermans can becomethe first team to join

them, if they beat Austriain Group A.

Real Madridmidfielder Sami Khedirais struggling with a groininjury and is doubtful,but after Germanyinflicted an impressive3-2 defeat on Brazil in afriendly on August 10 inStuttgart, Loew’s teamare in buoyant mood.

With seven winsfrom seven qualificationgames, the Germans canbook their Euro 2012berth with two games leftto play, against Belgiumand Turkey, if they earntheir eighth straightvictory in Gelsen-kirchen.—Internet

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6. Health Programme

8:10 am

7. Myanmar

Traditional Cultural

Performing Arts

Competitions

8:15 am

8. The Mirror Images

of The Musical

Oldies

8:30 am

9. Selected Songs for

18th Myanmar

Traditional Cultural

Performing Arts

Competitions (2011)

(Oldies & Mono

Classical) (Amateur

(First) Division)

(Level Women)

8:40 am

10. International News

8:45 am11. Musical Programme

4:00 pm 1. Martial Song

4:10 pm 2. Musical Programme

4:20 pm 3. Songs Of National

Races

4:30 pm 4. University of

Distance Education

(TV Lectures)

- First Year

(English)

4:45 pm 5. Songs for

Upholding

National Spirit

4:50 pm 6. Myanmar Language

5:05 pm 7. Songs of Yester

Years

5:15 pm 8. Documentary

5:25 pm 9. Selected Songs

for 18th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions (2011) (Oldies & Mono Classical) (Amateur (First) Division) (Level Women)

5:35 pm 10. Yoetha Phyu Sin

Kalaydoeathwin6:00 pm11. Evening News6:15 pm12. Weather Report6:20 pm13. Internet Garden7:10 pm14. TV Drama Series8:00 pm15. News16. International

News17. Weather Report18. Just For Laughs19. Teleplay20. Song Lover

Chinese ministry raisesfunding to boost grain

securityBEIJING, 25 Aug—The Chinese Ministry

of Finance (MOF) said Thursday that it hasadded 4.4 billion yuan (688 million USdollars) in subsidies to the Grain Risk Fundto boost the country’s grain security.

With the additional subsidies, the capitalof the Grain Risk Fund has reached 38.2billion yuan, including 27.7 billion yuan,or 72.5 percent, earmarked for the 13major grain-producing regions. All of themoney for the 13 regions has beenappropriated by the central government.

The MOF said it believes the fundingwill ensure necessary spending by localgovernments to subsidize grain productionand the establishment of cereal and cookingoil reserves. “The funding will increaselocal governments’ abilities to encouragefarmers to grow more, stabilizing the marketand guaranteeing the grain and oil supplies,”said MOF.

Established in 1994, the Grain Risk

Fund is used to hand direct subsidies to grain growersas well as general subsidies for purchasing agriculturalsupplies and machinery.

Last year, China’s grain output increased 2.9percent year-on-year to 546.41 million metric tons.But the country’s summer grain output fell 0.3 percentyear-on-year to 123.1 million metric tons.

Meanwhile, this year, China’s summer grain outputrose 2.5 percent year-on-year to 126.27 million metrictons due to expanded harvesting areas and higheryields, according to the National Bureau of Statistics.

Xinhua

A car drives past a pile of wrecked vehicles,destroyed by the 11th March earthquake and

tsunami, at a devastated area in Rikuzentakata,north of Japan, 14 August 2011.—INTERNET

Sr.

No. Regions/States

Temperature (°C/F) For Tomorrow

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 36/97 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

2 Kayah 30/86 22/72 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

3 Kayin 30/86 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

4 Chin 21/70 14/57 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

5 Upper Sagaing 30/86 21/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

6 Lower Sagaing 36/97 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

7 Taninthayi 30/86 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers(IH) 80%

8 Bago 31/88 28/82 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

9 Magway 35/95 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

10 Mandalay 34/93 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

11 Mon 31/88 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) 80%

12 Yangon 33/91 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

13 Rakhine 31/88 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

14 Southern Shan 24/75 19/66 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

15 Northern Shan 30/86 22/72 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

16 Eastern Shan 25/86 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

17 Ayeyawady 32/90 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 35/95 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

19 Neighbouring Yangon 33/91 24/75 One or two rain or thundershowers 80%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 34/93 26/79 One or two rain or thundershowers 80%

Summary of observations at 09:30 hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershower have been isolated in Kachin State, scattered in Mandalay, Magway and Bago Regions, Kayah State, fairly widespread in Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions, Shan and Mon States and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with isolated heavy falls in Sagaing, Magway and Taninthayi Regions, Mon State. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Kawthoung (6.50) inches, Minkin (5.75) inches, Mawlamyine (3.07) inches, chaungzon (2.09) inches, Shwebo (2.01) inches, Mawlaik (1.93) inches, Hpa-an (1.73) inches and Gangaw (1.65) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and South Bay and weak elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal. State of the Sea Seas will be moderate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days

Moderate monsoon.

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NAY PYI TAW, 25 Aug — Commander-in-Chief of Defence Services General Min AungHlaing received a delegation led by Chief ofNaval Staff Admiral Nirmal Verma, PVSM,AVSM, ADC of the Republic of India atZeyathiri Beikman here this afternoon.

Present at the call together withCommander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesGeneral Min Aung Hlaing were DeputyCommander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesCommander-in-Chief (Army) Lt-Gen SoeWin, Lt-Gen Hla Htay Win of the Office ofthe Commander-in-Chief, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun,Commander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat

Commander-in-Chief ofDefence Services receives

Indian naval chiefHein, senior military officers of theCommander-in-Chief Office and the militaryattaché at Myanmar Embassy in India.

Chief of Naval Staff Admiral NirmalVerma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC of the Republicof India and party were accompanied by theDefence Attaché of Indian Embassy inMyanmar Col Rajesh Kumar.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 Aug — A ceremony to welcomedelegation led by Chief of Naval Staff of India Admiral

Commander-in-Chief (Navy) welcomesgoodwill delegation led by Indian naval chief

Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun and Chief of Naval Staff Admiral NirmalVerma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC of Republic of India inspect Guard of Honour.

MNA

Commander-in-Chief of DefenceServices General Min Aung Hlaing

shakes hands with Chief of Naval StaffAdmiral Nirmal Verma, PVSM, AVSM,

ADC of Republic of India.—MNA

Nirmal Verma, PVSM, AVSM, ADC by Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Nyan Tun was held in

front of Zeyathiri Beikman here this morning.To attend the ceremony, the Indian naval chief

proceeded to Zeyathiri Beikman from Nay Pyi TawAirport by car and received warm welcome extendedby Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral NyanTun.

The Indian naval chief took position on dais andtook salute by the Guard of Honour.

He then inspected the Guard of Honour.The Indian chief of naval staff presented his

entourage to the Commander-in-Chief (Navy) whothen introduced senior military officers at the ceremonyback to him.

Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral NyanTun received the delegation led by Indian naval chiefat Zeyathiri Beikman.

Present at the call together with the Commander-in-Chief (Navy) were Chief of Staff (Navy) Rear-Admiral Thura Thet Swe and senior military officers;and together with the delegation was the DefenceAttaché at Indian Embassy in Myanmar Col RajeshKumar.

The Commander-in-Chief (Navy) and wife hosteda dinner to the delegation led by the Indian Chief ofNaval Staff and wife at Hotel Aureum, here, thisevening.

MNA

Human Rights Special RapporteurMr Thomas Ojea Quintana calls on

Union Chief JusticeU Tun Tun Oo.

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