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Volume XIX, Number 149 5th Waning of Tawthalin 1373 ME Saturday, 17 September, 2011

Our Three MainNational Causes

* Non-disintegration of theUnion

* Non-disintegration of Nationalsolidarity

* Perpetuation of SovereigntyNAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept—Vice-President of

the Republic of the Union of Myanmar ThihaThura U Tin Aung Myint Oo received delegationled by President of China Railway EngineeringCorporation (CREC) of the People’s Republic ofChina Mr. Zhao Deyi at the Hall of the PresidentOffice here at 3 pm today.

Also present at the call together with Vice-

Vice-President Thiha ThuraU Tin Aung Myint Oo receives

China Railway EngineeringCorporation (CREC) President

President Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo wereUnion Minister for Rail Transportation U AungMin, Deputy Minister for Foreign Affairs U MaungMyint, Deputy Minister for Finance and RevenueU Win Than, Deputy Minister for National Plan-ning and Economic Development Dr Kan Zaw,Deputy Minister for Transport U Win Shein, Di-rector-General of the President Office U Min Zaw

and officials.The Chinese delegation was accompanied

by Chinese Ambassador to the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar Mr Li Junhua and officials.

They exchanged views on mutual coopera-tion in rail transportation.—MNA

Vice-President of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar Thiha Thura U Tin Aung Myint Oo receives delegation led by President ofChina Railway Engineering Corporation (CREC) of PRC Mr. Zhao Deyi.—MNA

Pyidaungsu HluttawSpeaker leaves for

Cambodia to attend 32nd

ASEAN Inter-ParliamentaryAssembly

Union Minister attends TourismInvestment Conference,International Tourism

Exhibition-2011 in Vietnam

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NATO,Afghan forcescapture Kabul

attackssuspects

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Paper reading session on research,management of Universities in South

East Asian countries held

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Asian markets rallyafter European bank

decisionPAGE 4

Man

United $1

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IPO deal

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 17 September, 2011

PERSPECTIVESSaturday, 17 September, 2011

International Day for the Preservation of theOzone Layer observed

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept—Organized by Planningand Statistics Department of the Ministry ofEnvironmental Conservation and Forestry,International Day for the Preservation of the OzoneLayer was observed at Forest Department Headquartersof the ministry here this morning.

Speaking on the occasion, Chairman ofEnvironmental Conservation Committee UnionMinister for Environmental Conservation and ForestryU Win Tun said that the theme of International Day forthe Preservation of the Ozone Layer 2011 is “HCFCsphase-out: a unique opportunity”; that productionand use of hydrochlorofluorocarbons was to be phasedout from 2013 to 2030; that Myanmar had establishedNational Ozone Unit in 2004 with the assistance ofUNEP and a bill on management of compounds thatleads to ozone depletion was drafted according toozone rules adoption project; that Myanmar neitherproduces nor exports compounds that lead to depletionof ozone layer and it had ceased importing of CFC in

2007; that the ministry in coordination with MyanmarEngineering Society had made domestic observationand submitted the first report under the guidance ofthe UNIDO in October 2010; that the ministry helddiscussions with representatives on reduction ofHCFCs project from UNEP from 17 to 22 July andother related ministries. He urged those present toactively take part in activities to mark InternationalDay for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer.

Next, Assistant Resident Representative of UNDPDr Min Htut Yin read out the message sent by the UNSecretary-General and video clips on ozone layerprotection was presented. Those present then observedthe booths exhibited in commemoration of theInternational Day for the Preservation of the OzoneLayer.

ECC Vice-Chairman Union Minister at thePresident Office U Soe Maung, committee membersdeputy ministers, representatives of non-governmentalorganizations and personnel were present.—MNA

Union Minister for Environmental Conservation and Forestry U Win Tun addressesInternational Day for the Preservation of the Ozone Layer commemorative ceremony.—MNA

Union Minister forLabour and for Social

Welfare, Relief andResettlement U Aung

Kyi and wife beingwelcomed by Charge

d' Affaires ai ofMalaysian EmbassyMr Azril Abdul Azizat the reception tomark 54th National

Day and 78th ArmedForces Day of

Malaysia at TradersHotel in Yangon on16 September.—MNA

Promote democraticpractices

Justice, freedom, equality, transparency,accountability, and constitution with diversifiedviews and opinions, etc are basics of democracy.Prevalence of law and order and protection ofhuman rights provide a solid foundation fordemocracy promotion.

Myanmar is building a modern, developed,and discipline-flourishing democratic nation.Democratic reforms have been a top priorityfor Myanmar. As the Hluttaw is a democraticinstitution which has to take people’s voicesinto consideration widely, representatives, onbehalf of people, are expressing their wills byenacting laws, submitting proposals and askingquestions.

The government which is vested withexecutive power is pushing democratizationprocess forward with firm belief for peace anddevelopment and striving for emergence ofgood governance and clean government.Moreover, the judiciary is also striving for ruleof law in democratization process free fromcorruption.

Democracy allows freedom of expressionand press, peaceful gathering, rally, andconstitution of organizations and associations.It includes rights to vote, rights to run forelection, and rights to establish political partiesbut also needs a society that respects rights andresponsibility.

The harmonious combination of democracysystem and society will lead to internal peaceand national development. As democracy andhuman rights are inseparably linked, everycitizen and organization may need to abide byenacted laws to enjoy such rights. Even UNCharter has acknowledged the interrelationshipof human rights, rule of law and democraticpractices.

Democracy has emerged in response to thedemand of humans and society. It is a practicethat can protect and promote dignity and basicneeds of individuals. Each and every citizen,together with the government, has to promotedemocratic practices with high standards ofmorality, discipline and capabilities forevolution of fine democratic environment andcompatible democratic culture.

8th Medical Conference ofAyeyawady Region 3-4 Nov

YANGON, 16 Sept—The 8th Medical Conferenceof Ayeyawady Region will be held in conjunctionwith the medicines and medical equipmentexhibition at the hall of Myanmar MedicalAssociation (Pathein) on 3 and 4 November 2011.

Professors and specialists will give medicaltalks. The exhibition will display latest medicinesand medical equipment.

Those wishing to open medical booths maycontact Chairman of the association orthopaedistDr Kyi Pe (042-24292), Secretary surgical specialistDr U Saw Aung (042-23390) and (042-21297).

NLM

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept—The 18th prizepresentation ceremony of Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts Competition of Mandalayregion was held at National Theatre in Aungmyay-thazan Township this afternoon, with an addressby Mandalay Region Chief Minister U Ye Myint.

The Chief Minister said in his address thatofficials and artistes are to do their best to hand

Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing ArtsCompetitions of Mandalay Region held

down traditional cultural heritages to newgenerations and called on them to strive for successin the gala competitions.

Next, the chief minister and officials presentedprizes to winners of the competitions.

The chief minister and participants enjoyed theentertainment of prize winners and gave away giftsto members of the panel of judges.— MNA

The best time to plant a tree was 20 years ago.The second best time is now.

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NATO, Afghan forces capture Kabulattacks suspects

KABUL, 16 Sept—NATO and Afghan forces havecaptured at least two suspects linked to a dramaticTaleban assault on the US embassy and NATOheadquarters in Kabul, the transatlantic alliance saidThursday.

Afghan security personnel stand alert in front of abuilding in Kabul on 14 Sept. NATO and Afghan

forces have captured at least two suspects linked toa dramatic Taleban assault on the US embassy and

NATO headquarters in Kabul, the transatlanticalliance said Thursday.—INTERNET

NATO’s Interna-tionalSecurity Assist-ance Forcesaid a Taleban suspect anda member of the Pakistan-based Haqqani networkwere held in the wake ofthe attacks in the AfghanCapital that left 15 dead.The Taleban suspect “andhis associates coordi-natedmultiple attacks in Kabulagainst Afghan andcoalition forces to includethe 13 Sept, 2011 attacks atNATO Headquarters andthe US embassy,” an ISAFoperational update read.

his associate during an operation in eastern KhostProvince. ISAF linked the man to Tuesday’s assault. Thebrazen assault raged for 19 hours amid a hail of rockets,grenades and suicide blasts as Afghan and foreign troopsbattled militants.

The standoff endedwhen troops finally killedthe two last militants whohad held out overnight in ahigh-rise building underconstruction just a fewhundred yards (metres)from the heavily guardedUS embassy. US officialshave pressedneighbouring Pakistan tocrack down on theHaqqani militants in thenorthwest, but remainfrustrated as Islamabad hasfocused mainly on thePakistani Taleban.

He had also planned vehicle-bomb attacks and wascaptured in eastern Paktiya Province, it added. Afghanand coalition security forces captured the Haqqanimember, described as a “network facilitator,” along with

Before the Kabul attack, the US military blamedthe Haqqani militants for a truck bombing on Saturdayagainst a NATO base in Wardak province that wounded77 American troops.—Internet

31 killed, 60 injuredin Pakistan suicide

blastISLAMABAD, 16 Sept— At least 31 people were

killed and some 60 others injured when a suicidebomber hit a pro- government elder’s funeral inPakistan’s northwest District of Lower Dir onThursday, reported local Urdu TV channel DAWN.Pakistan Taleban claimed Thursday eveningresponsibility for the attack. Taliban militants have inthe past carried out similar suicide attacks on funeralsfor pro-government tribal elders and police officers.

In April, a Taleban suicide bomber attacked afuneral for the wife of a pro-government tribal leadernear Peshawar and it killed over 30 people and injuredmany others. The report quoted police sources assaying that a suicide bomber blew himself up amonghundreds of people attending the funeral in the SadbergVillage in the Jandol area of Lower Dir District innorthwest Pakistan on Thursday afternoon.

The funeral was held for an elder named MalikSultan in the village which is located close to theAfghanistan border. The people living in the villagebelong to Mashwani tribe who have always beensupporting the government in the fight against themilitants.

MNA/Xinhua

Intense fire on Norwegian

cruise ship kills two crewOSLO (Norway), 16

Sept—An intense fire ina cruise ship’s engineroom killed two crewmenThursday, injured nineothers and forced morethan 200 passengers toevacuate a popular cruiseoff Norway’s craggywestern coast. Threerescue workers werehospitalized with minorinjuries. Police said theysuspected an explosionin the engine room.

“Nothing indicates

Smoke rises from the Norwegian cruise ship, MSNordlys, one of the classic Hurtigruten ships alongside in

Alesund in western Norway, on 15 Sept, 2011 asfirefighters and police attend.—INTERNET

Iraq arrests eight over slaying of

Shiite pilgrimsBAGHDAD, 16 Sept—Police arrested at least eight

people on Thursday in connection with the murderof 22 Shiite Muslim pilgrims en route to Syria froma holy city in south Iraq, officials said.

The victims had been passengers on a bus onMonday evening from the shrine City of Karbala

An Iraqi police officer watches cars at a checkpoint inJuly 2011 in Baghdad, Iraq.—INTERNET

100 passengers piling into lifeboats in the frigid waters.The rest of the ship’s 207 passengers and 55 crew were evacuated

at the dock at Aalesund. Hurtigruten said all the passengers wereunharmed but that nine crew members were admitted to Aalesundhospital, two with serious burns and smoke inhalation.—Internet

passing through AnbarProvince, long astronghold of Sunnimilitants and Al-Qaeda’sfront group in Iraq, whentheir vehicle was stoppedby gunmen and they werekilled.

“Elite police fromKarbala arrested eightsuspects over the crime inNukhaib,” said NusaifJassim al-Khitabi, deputychief of Karbala provincialcouncil, referring to thearea where the attack tookplace. “They are still beingheld. They were all arrestedin Anbar.”

Internet

Two killed, two injured

in sticky bomb attacks

in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 16 Sept—Two people were killed andtwo others wounded in attacks by three stickybombs in and around Baghdad, the police saidThursday. A taxi driver was killed as a sticky bombattached to his car detonated in Baghdad’s westernDistrict of Ghazaliyah, an Interior Ministry sourcetold Xinhua on condition of anonymity.

A sticky bomb attached to the car of a trafficpolice officer went off and killed him late Wednesdayin New Baghdad District in southeastern Baghdad,the source said.

A third sticky bomb exploded Thursdaymorning in a civilian car in downtown FallujahCity, some 50 km west of Baghdad, wounding twopeople aboard, a local police source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity. The attacks are part of awave of assassinations by militants and gangsagainst Iraqi security members, officials andcivilians.—Xinhua

sabotage or points to terror,” saidTrygve Oedegaard, head ofoperations at the Aalesund police.“But, of course, we have toinvestigate all options.”

Thick black smoke billowedfrom the stern of the boat, the MSNordlys, of Norway’s Hurtigrutenline even before it pulled into thedock at Aalesund, 230 miles (375kilometres) northwest of the capitalof Oslo. Police sealed off parts of thetown as the smoke engulfed nearbybuildings. The ship’s emergencyevacuation began after the fire startedat 9 am (0700 GMT), with more than

A disabled boy practiseswalking with anartificial leg at theInternational Commi-ttee of the Red Cross(ICRC) OrthopaedicCenter Ali Abad Kabul-Afghanistan on 14 Sept,2011. There are almostone million disabledpeople in Afghanistanand the rate of disabledpeople among the wholepopulation is quite high,due to the chaos causedby war for many yearsin Afghanistan. TheICRC OrthopaedicCenter Ali Abad Kabul-Afghanistan, establi-shed in 1988, offers notonly artificial limbs andrehabilitation traini-ngs, but also job oppor-tunities to the disabled.Now, about 300 staffmembers work in theOrthopaedic Centre andmost of them aredisabled. They provideservices to otherdisabled and pass thefaith that through theirown efforts, thedisabled could live ahappy life too. —XINHUA

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Goldman to close Global Alpha fund after losses

NEW YORK, 16 Sept—Goldman Sachs Group Incis shuttering a well-known hedge fund that relies oncomputer-driven trading strategies after the portfoliorang up a hefty loss this year.

Goldman told investors in the roughly $1.6 billion

Global Alpha fund the news on Thursday, one day afterit announced a management shake-up at the fund thathad been the crown jewel of its quantitative tradingbusiness. The fund will be closed in the next few weeks.Global Alpha had tumbled 13 percent by earlySeptember, delivering a far worse performance thanother hedge funds that rely on computer programmesto quickly take advantage of opportunities in themarket, people familiar with the number said.

This is the second time in four years the GlobalAlpha fund — once one of Goldman’s biggest with$12 billion in assets — has suffered big losses and itsperformance raises questions about the ability ofGoldman Sachs to manage quantitative strategies forits wealthy clients.

What may have hit the Goldman fund especiallyhard were the unexpected stock market sell offs inearly August and recent currency market fluctuationsin the wake of the Swiss National Bank’s decision tohalt the rise of the Swiss franc, people familiar with thefund’s models said.—Reuters

“The volatility has been so high; if you’rewrong, especially if you’re using margin or

leverage, your returns are going to be extremelypoor,” said Schneider.—INTERNET

An apple and a pitcher of apple juice are

posed together in Moreland Hills, Ohio on

Thursday, 15 Sept, 2011.

The federal Food and Drug Administration

and a leading doctor are disputing

suggestions by television show host Dr.

Mehmet Oz that trace amounts of arsenic in

many apple juice products pose a health

concern.

INTERNET

Asian markets rally after European bankdecision

TOKYO, 16 Sept—A decision by European centralbanks to support the region’s financial system helpedcalm Asian markets, setting off a rally in early Fridaytrading. The focus is now shifting to talks in Polandbetween US Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner andhis European counterparts, which run through Saturday,about coordinating efforts to prevent Europe’s debt crisisfrom derailing a global recovery.

Japan’s Nikkei 225 index rose 1.7 percent to 8,819.69while South Korea’s Kospi advanced 3.5 percent to1,835.31. Hong Kong’s Hang Seng gained 2.1 percentto 19,585.10. The news also set off a rally in US stocksovernight, with the Dow Jones industrial average rose1.7 percent to close at 11,433.18. The Standard & Poor’s500 index climbed 1.7 percent to 1,209.11.

Worries about European banks’ borrowingproblems, a key element in the region’s debt crisis, havebeen hanging over global markets in recent weeks,especially about the cash-strapped governments in Greeceand Italy. But the European Central Bank, the US FederalReserve and three other central banks said Thursdaythey would provide European banks with unlimiteddollar loans. In currencies, the dollar strengthened to76.78 yen from 76.64 Japanese late in New York onThursday. The euro fell to $1.3866 from $1.3889.

A nurse walks among patients at ahospital in the Democratic Republic ofCongo. Researchers announced onThursday the development of a newtest to diagnose Trypanosomiasis, anoften deadly parasitic diseasecommonly known as sleepingsickness.—INTERNET

A man walks past an electronic stock board of asecurities firm in Tokyo, Japan, on 16 Sept,

2011.—INTERNET

Benchmark oil for October delivery was up 1 centat $89.41 per barrel in electronic trading on the NewYork Mercantile Exchange. The contract added 49 centsto finish Thursday at $89.40 per barrel.—Internet

New test may better diagnose Africansleeping sickness

GENEVA, 16 sept—Researchers announced onThursday the development of a new test to diagnoseTrypanosomiasis, an often deadly parasitic diseasecommonly known as sleeping sickness.

The LAMP (Loop-mediated IsothermalAmplification) test is “designed to be suitable for usein rural African settings where the disease is mostcommon,” the Geneva-based Foundation forInnovative New Diagnostics (FIND) and Japanesediagnostics company Eiken said in a Press release.The new test “promises to dramatically improve theability to confirm a diagnosis of sleeping sickness -even when parasites are present in low numbers -through detection of the parasite’s DNA in patientsamples.”

Sleeping sickness needs to be caught and treatedearly to prevent parasites from entering the brain,which makes treatment more difficult and thelikelihood of irreversible neurological damage morelikely. The LAMP test will be entering field trials inthe Democratic Republic of Congo and Uganda, and

if all goes well will be ready for use in 2012.Researchers are also exploring possibilities the

test could be used to confirm a patient has beencured, which could reduce the follow-up period anddo away with the need for repeated lumbar punctures.

“The LAMP test has tremendous public healthpotential. As a sophisticated yet practical diagnostictool, it can be used outside of traditional laboratoriesby technicians without training in molecular biologyand can be brought closer to the remote areas wherepatients live,” said Eiken head Tetsuya Teramoto.

Sleeping sickness is transmitted by the bite of thetsetse fly throughout poor rural communities in sub-Saharan Africa where 60 million people in 36countries are thought to be at risk.

It is difficult to diagnose, and if the infected gountreated, they die.

Currently diagnosis relies on trained healthworkers using a screening test to identify suspects,and then using microscopes to detect parasites in theblood and other body fluids.—Internet

Health

Business

Business

BANGALORE, 16 Sept—US health regulators saidthey are reviewing thesafety ofGlaxoSmithKline’s anti-nausea drug Zofran toascertain whether there is apotential risk of abnormalheart rhythm.

The drug may increasethe risk of developingabnormal changes in theelectric activity of the heart,leading to a potentially fatalheart rhythm, the US Foodand Drug Administrationsaid in a statement.

GSK will be required

Anti-nausea drugmay pose risk toheart rhythm:FDA

to conduct a study onwhether Zofran couldprolong a patient’s QTinterval, a measure of heartrhythm. The results of thestudy are expected insummer of 2012.

In the meanwhile, theFDA said it was makinginterim changes to thedrug’s labels to include awarning that Zofran beavoided in patients withcongenital long QTsyndrome.

Reuters

Health

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Science

This artist’s conception released by

NASA shows the Space Launch System

— an advanced heavy-lift launch

vehicle that will provide an entirely

new national capability for human

exploration beyond Earth’s orbit.

INTERNET

Warming Atlanticaffecting fishpopulations

BRISTOL, 16 Sept—A study of the effects of rapidlyrising temperatures in the northeast Atlantic Oceanshows a major shift in fish stocks is under way, Britishresearchers say.

Bristol University scientists joined with researchersfrom eight other institutions to analyze 28 years offisheries agency data from 11 independent surveyscovering more than 380 million square miles of theEuropean continental shelf, a university release reportedThursday.

It’s not all bad news, they said, as some fishes’ lossesare other fishes’ gains.

“We see many more southerly warm-water speciesfaring well on the European shelf than northerly cold-adapted species,” Bristol biological scientist SteveSimpson said.

“This means more small-bodied, faster growingspecies with shorter generation times, and potentiallymore diversity.” The vast majority of common fishspecies have shown a change in abundance linked to therising sea temperatures, with three out of every fourspecies increasing in numbers, researchers said.

“We may see a further decline in cold-adaptedspecies, many of which were the staple for ourgrandparents,” Simpson said. The flip side is a likelyincrease in species such as red mullet and John Dory, hesaid. “Over time, with effective management and anappropriate response in consumer demand, Europeanseas have the potential to yield productive and sustainablefisheries into the future,” Simpson said.

Internet

RIM shares fall ondisappointing results

Shares in Research In Motion fellsharply in after-hours trading Thursday

after the BlackBerry maker said itshipped fewer smartphones and tablet

computers than expected in the quarter.INTERNET

ONTARIO, 16 Sept—Shares in Research InMotion (RIM) fell sharplyin after-hours trading onThursday after theBlackBerry maker said itshipped fewer smart-phones and tabletcomputers than expectedin the quarter.

The Waterloo, Ontario-based RIM said net profitfell to $329 million, or 63cents per share, in its fiscalsecond quarter from $797million, or $1.46 per share,in the same quarter a yearago. Revenue declined to$4.2 billion in the quarterwhich ended on 27 Augustfrom $4.6 billion a yearago.

Analysts had expectedBlackBerry shipments of11.9 million units and700,000 PlayBooks.

RIM shipped 13.2million BlackBerrys theprevious quarter and500,000 PlayBooks. RIM

said it expectedBlackBerry shipments togrow between 27 percentand 33 percent in the thirdfiscal quarter over thesecond quarter to between13.5 million units and 14.5million units.

RIM did not provide aforecast for PlayBookshipments.

The company said itexpected revenue ofbetween $5.3 billion and$5.6 billion for the currentquarter. “We understandthat the past few quartershave been challenging andwe are confident that weare on track to return togrowth in the third quarterand beyond,” said RIMco-chief executive MikeLazaridis.

“We believe we arewell positioned to takeadvantage of theupcoming holidayseason,” Balsillie added.

Internet

‘Connected’ cars new buzzword at IAA fair

Tech

The onboard computer of a Mercedes-Benz B-class displays the name “Comandonline”, which is the name for Mercedes-

Benz’s internet connection system foronboard computers, at the international

motor show IAA.—INTERNET

SAN FRANCISCO, 16 Sept—Following smartphonesand tablet computers, motorists look set to be the nextbig market for connected devices as automakers wowcrowds with the latest Internet-enabled models at theIAA motor show. The times are long past when carshows reeked of motor oil and fans were obsessed withengine power and sleek designs.

With the aid of cloud computing, automobilemakers believe the car of the future will no longer bejust a vehicle, but an extension of the home or workplace,

Tech

Frankfurt Motor Show 2011 kicks off

FRANKFURT, 16Sept—The FrankfurtMotor Show 2011 (IAA)

A model stands by an Alfa Romeo 4C Concept car at theinternational Frankfurt motor show IAA (Internationale

Automobil-Ausstellung) in Frankfurt, western Germany, on 15Sept, 2011. The world’s biggest motor show, the IAA, is

running from 15 to 25 Sept, 2011.XINHUA

on Thursday formallyopened to public visitors,with a series of novel

small, fuel-efficient,intelligent and electric-powered cars striking

the limelight.Unfazed by the

lingering eurozone debtscrisis, automobile elitesare seeking to takeadvantage of the world’sbiggest motor show toshowcase a densecollection of new modelsand auto technologieswith future-concept, in abid to demonstrate thesector’s potential vitalityin order to boost themanufacturing industry.

The 10-day pageant,featuring novel devicesand concepts from over1,000 auto- andaccessories makers from32 countries around theglobe, is expected todraw some 800,000visitors.

Xinhua

Tech

where drivers will have access to emails and keep up-to-date on their social networks even on the road.

In its new concept car on show unveiled at the IAAthis week, the Evos, Ford claims it can fine-tune the carto personal preferences, even down to the cabintemperature, and access to the driver’s homeentertainment systems for listening to favourite newsand music programmes.

According to BITKOM, the German industryassociation for IT, telecoms and new media, one out ofevery two drivers in Germany would already likeInternet access in the car.

Navigation systems have long become more thanjust fancy accessories.

And automotive part makers such as Bosch inGermany and Valeo in France are busily investing instate-of-the-art onboard computer technologies, withthe French group, for example, unveiling a new systemwhich parks a vehicle without the driver in the car.

Navigation systems have long become more thanjust fancy accessories.

Internet

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Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker leaves for Cambodia toattend 32nd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly

Hluttaw representatives led by Speaker ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint

who will attend 32nd ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary Assembly to be held inPhnom Penh in Cambodia seen off by

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker Thura U ShweMann and officials at Amyotha

Hluttaw Hall.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept—A 14-member Hluttawrepresentative delegation led by Speaker ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw U Khin Aung Myint left herefor Cambodia this afternoon, to attend 32nd ASEANInter-Parliamentary Assembly to be held in PhnomPenh, Cambodia.

The delegation was seen off by Pyithu HluttawSpeaker Thura U Shwe Mann, Deputy Speaker UNanda Kyaw Swa, Deputy Speaker of AmyothaHluttaw U Mya Nyein, Chairmen of the Committees,Director-General of Hluttaw Office U Myint Theinand personnel at Amyotha Hluttaw Hall.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept— Union Minister forEducation Dr Mya Aye gave an opening speech atthe paper reading session on research andmanagement of Universities in South-East Asiancountries under supervision of the Ministry ofEducation of the Republic of the Union of Myanmarand SEAMEO RIHED, taken place at theConvocation Hall of Mandalay University thismorning.

Rector in charge Dr Khin Swe Myint ofMandalay University delivered an address and thenDr Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin, Director ofAdministration Group of SEAMEO RIHED, arrangedto show SEAMEO RIHED Video.

The paper reading session was divided intothree sub-sessions, chaired by Deputy Director ofAdministration and Communication of SEAMEOSecretariat Dr Tinsiri Siribodhi, with Readers DrZohrah Hj Sulaiman of Brunei Darussalam and DrNith Bunlay of Cambodia and Dr Illah Sailah ofIndonesia, chaired by Dr Ninnat Olanvoravuth ofASA/H1 with Readers Dr Phonephet Boupha ofLaos, Dr Morshidi bin Sirat of Malaysia, Rector incharge of Mandalay University Dr Khin Swe Myintand Dr Nenalyn Palma Defensor of Philippines, andchaired by Director Dr Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin

Paper reading session on research, management ofUniversities in South-East Asian countries held

of SEAMEO RIHED with Readers Liu Woon Chia ofSingapore, Miss Aporn Kanvong of Thailand and DrNguyen Thi Le Huong of Vietnam.

Likewise, the 19th Meeting of AdministrationGroup of SEAMEO RIHED and Discussion onexchange views on regional issues on 15 September

morning took place at the Convocation Hall ofMandalay University in the presence of MandalayRegion Minister for Social Affairs Dr Win Hlaing,Rector in charge Dr Khin Swe Myint of MandalayUniversity and Director of SEAMEO RIHEDDr Sauwakon Ratanawijitrasin.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 16Sept— A Myanmardelegation led by UnionMinister for Hotels andTourism and for Sports UTint Hsan on 13 and 14September attended theTourism InvestmentConference and the 7th

International TourismExhibition-2011 held inHo Chi Minh City,Vietnam with the aim ofdeveloping tourism offour countries—Cambodia, Laos,Myanmar and Vietnam.

Union Minister attends Tourism InvestmentConference, International Tourism

Exhibition-2011 in VietnamOn 13 September

morning, the UnionMinister delivered anaddress at TourismInvestment Conferenceheld at Rex Hotel in HoChi Minh City, citingongoing tasks for thedevelopment of tourismindustry of the Republicof the Union of Myanmarincluding cooperationwith foreign countries,encouragement forappearance of Cambodia-Laos-Myanmar-VietnamRoute.

The Union Ministertogether with the Hotelsand Tourism Ministers offour countries and specialguests in the evening waspresent in the InternationalTourism Exhibition inaddition to Vietnam Nightceremony, an award-giving ceremony for thebest tour companiesthroughout the fourcountries, collectively heldat Intercontinental Hotelin Ho Chi Minh City, withperformance of Rakhinetraditional dance of

Myanmar CulturalTroupes.

On 14 September,with the ministers of thefour countries, the UnionMinister attended the 7th

International TourismExhibition-2011 held atSaigon Exhibition andConvention Centre(SECC) in Ho Chi MinhCity.

The Union Ministerviewed the booths onapproaching key marketsin tourism industry,respectively displayed bythe four countriesincluding Myanmarwhose three boothsdisplayed in theexhibition from 14 to 17September.—MNA

Union Minister U Tint Hsan delivering anaddress at Tourism Investment Conference

held at Rex Hotel in Ho Chi MinhCity, Vietnam.

MNA

Union Minister for Education Dr Mya Aye delivers an address at paper reading session onresearch and management of Universities in South-East Asian countries.—MNA

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New government has so far facilitated the nation with five bridgesNew government has so far facilitated the nation with five bridgesNew government has so far facilitated the nation with five bridgesNew government has so far facilitated the nation with five bridgesBy Aung Theinga

According to theMinistry ofConstruction, thegovernment of theRepublic of the Unionof Myanmar in its timehas inaugurated fivebridges so far. All ofthem were over 180feet long facilities. The190-foot Ma MyaCreek Bridge wasopened for the firsttime of its kind on 24April this year. Afterthat, the 350-footNankhwin Bridge, the466-foot AuknatCreek Bridge, the 270-foot Myo Creek Bridgeand the 240-footNagapauk Creek werecommissioned intoservice one afteranother. All thesefacilities were built byBridge ConstructionSpecial Groups underPublic Works.

Ma Mya CreekBridge is located onHinthada-Hsongon-Myanaung Road inIngapu Township ofAyeyawady Region. It

is of reinforced concretetype with 24 feet widemotor way flanked bythree feet widepedestrian ways. Thefacility can withstand60-ton loads. The pastfacility was a 150 feetlong wooden bridge.Due to high current rateof the creek, the bridgecollapsed for manytimes. The 12 feet wideold bridge could notgive smooth transportservice that when onevehicle passed it,another one in theopposite way had towait. Dangerous trafficand narrow motor waydelayed thetransportation for thelocal people. At present,the two-way newreinforced concretebridge has emerged, andthe facility contributesmuch to smoother andspeedier flow ofpassenger andcommodities.

The secondlyopened facility wasNankhwin Bridge

located on Shwebo-Myitkyina Road inHopin Township ofKachin State. It wasopened on 21 May. Thefacility is of RC type atboth lower and upperstructure. The bridgehas 24 feet wide motorway. The facility canwithstand 60-ton loads.The bridge was builtwithin three yearsbeginning 2008. As theold bridge was built ofiron frame and wooden

floors, the facility couldwithstand 13-ton loads.The vehicle with largerweighs than 13 tons hadto cross the creekdepending on the watervolume in the creek. Atpresent, the trucks withloads heading forMyitkyina, Mogaungand Phakant of KachinState can safely pass thebridge.

Auknat CreekBridge, the third one, islocated on Bogale-S e t s a n - H t a w p a i n g -Ahmar Road ofAyeyawady RegionRoad Network inBogale Township. Thefacility is of RC at thelower structure and ofbailey frame type at theupper structure. Thebridge is 13.5 feet wideand can withstand 13-ton loads. Five of 16bridges on the No. 6road of the road networkare under construction.In the past, the localpeople relied on waterway transport. Oncompletion, the local

people will have easyaccess to Ahmar fromBogale. The new roadwill be 32 miles and fivefurlongs shorter thanPyapon-Kyonkadun-Daw Nyein-Ahmarroad.

As the fourth one,Myo Creek Bridge wasinaugurated on Mingla-S e i n k a n t l a n t -M y o c h a u n g - P a d o -Peinzalok Road inKyaukdaga Townshipof Bago District. Thefacility was built of RCstructures. It was openedon 23 July. The bridgehas 24 feet wide motorway and can withstand75-ton loads. Minhla-Peinzalok Road is thesecond facility passingthrough Yomamountain ranges,linking eastern andwestern parts of Bagomountain ranges. In thepast, the local peoplecould cross the creekonly in summer as therewas no bridge at theplace. Now, they canpass through the bridge.

Photo shows already-inaugurated Myo Creek Bridge.

The opening ceremony of Nagapauk Bridge in progress.

As the latest one,Nagapauk Bridge wasopened on 27 August.It is located on DaikU-Sittoung Road in WawTownship of BagoDistrict. The RC typefacility has 24 feet widemotor way and it canwithstand 60-ton loads.The old wooden bridgewas drifted in the creekdue to overflow ofSittoung River in 2008.The new bridge wasbuilt beginning 1 June2008. The DaikU-Sittoung Road is 46miles long. Thanks tothe bridge, the journeywas shrunk to 21 milesand six furlongs long.

Including fivebridges opened in thetime of the newgovernment, the wholenation has so far beenfacilitated with 6248bridges of under 180feet long and 268bridges of above 180feet long, totaling6516.

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Pakistan PM cancels tripto UN because of floods

Displaced Pakistani flood effected villagersmove to safer places in Hyderabad, Pakistan

on 15 Sept, 2011.—INTERNET

ISLAMABAD, 16 Sept—Pakistan’s prime ministercanceled his attendance at next week’s UN GeneralAssembly session in New York, saying Friday heneeded to coordinate flood relief efforts at home.

Monsoon rains have flooded large parts of thesouthern Sindh province over the last six weeks,leaving more than 200,000 people homeless. Pakistan’sleaders came under criticism last year for failing todeal with floods that affected more than a quarter ofthe country’s territory.

Local authorities, the United Nations, and foreignand local aid groups are distributing water, medicineand food, while the army is rescuing people fromcommunities trapped by the waters. But many thousandshave received little or no help and are living in the openunder rainy skies or scorching sun.—Internet

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(from page 16)Regarding the proposal to substitute the phrase,

persons stated in the list was scrutinized, with thephrase, the elected person, Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Koraised an objection to the proposal while the Hluttaw askedthe attitude of the Union Government.

As U Khin Maung Yi asked the decision of theHluttaw, the Hluttaw decided not to approve the proposalas the majority was not in favour of approving theproposal.

U Aung Tun Tha of MraukU Constituencysubmitted a proposal to substitute the word, PyidaungsuHluttaw stated in original provision of the paragraph 9with Pyithu Hluttaw as of the Bill Committee and to

included in Ward or Village-tract Administration Bill, andinspecting the guest list and case of failure to inform havealready been stated in Chapter (9) and duty andresponsibility of the person residing in the ward or village-tract in Section 17 and Section 25 said action to be takenagainst those who failed the duty stated in Section 17 andthey will be liable to fine in accord with the way ofmanagement, and raised an objection to the proposal.

As U Thein Nyunt asked the decision of theHluttaw, the Hluttaw decided not to approve the proposalas the majority was not in favour of approving theproposal.

So the Hluttaw approved that paragraph 13, sub-paragraph (g) shall be part of the bill as original provision.

U Thaung Han of Yinmabin Constituency sub-mitted a proposal to substitute the original provision ofparagraph 13, sub-paragraph (k) with the paragraph,making an arrest on the gambling at any place in theterritorial boundary of ward or village-tract andinforming of gambling to be taken action, U Maung Ooof Phaungpyin Constituency, the original provision ofparagraph 13, sub-paragraph (k) with the phrase, makingan arrest on the gambling and informing of gamblingto be taken action, and Defence Services PersonnelRepresentative Maj Lay Naing, the original provision ofparagraph 13, sub-paragraph (k) with the phrase, makingan arrest on the gambling in wards or village-tractsconcerned and informing of gambling to be takenaction.

While the Hluttaw asked the decision of theUnion Government regarding the three amendments toparagraph 13, sub-paragraph (k), Union Minister Lt-GenKo Ko raised no objection as there was no difference inmeaning.

As U Thaung Han and U Maung Oo asked thedecision of the Hluttaw and Defence Services PersonnelRepresentative Maj Lay Naing accepted the reply of theUnion minister.

While seeking the approval of the Hluttaw onthe three amendments separately, the proposal of UThaung Han won majority vote.

So the amendment to paragraph 13, sub-para-graph (k) that it shall be part of the bill was approved inaccord with the amendment of U Thaung Han.

While the Hluttaw asked the attitude of theUnion Government about the report of the Bill Commit-tee, saying that the phrase, to take action, should beplaced before the phrase, informing, stated at the end ofthe original provision of paragraph 13, sub-paragraph(t), Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko raised no objection.

As there was no objection to the proposal thatparagraph 13, sub-paragraph (t) should be part of the billin accord with the amendment, it was approved.

U Maung Oo of Phaungpyin Constituency sub-

mitted a proposal to amend the proposal that paragraph13, sub-paragraph (u) should be the part of the bill.

While the Hluttaw asked the attitude of theUnion Government regarding the proposal to substitutethe sentence, the village-tract administrator is toreport cases of land encroachment that can createdispute among the villages/village-tracts to the town-ship in the place of the original provision of paragraph13, sub-paragraph (u), Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Koreplied that the Ministry of Home Affairs is to managestate-owned land, town land, pasture land and villageland. The Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigation is tomanage the matters of farmland and alluvial land. TheMinistry of Environmental Conservation and Forestry isto manage the forest land. The Development AffairsCommittee is to manage road area and graveyard. Village-owned firewood plantation and village-owned commonland are the land under the preservation the village. He

would like to inform that there are differences in accordwith the laws exercised by the departments concerned. Soit is not necessary to make additions.

U Maung Oo submitted that he would like toseek decision of the Hluttaw. Due to the majority ofobjection, the proposal of U Maung Oo was not approved.

Therefore, the Hluttaw approved that sub-para-graph (u), paragraph 13 in the original provision couldbe part of the bill.

The Bill Committee submitted that it should addthe phrase “to take action” before the phrase “inform-ing” at the end of original provision sub-paragraph (v),paragraph 13. As the Hluttaw asked the attitude of theUnion government, Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko saidthat there was no specific submission.

As there was no objection, the Hluttaw decidedto approve the proposal “sub-paragraph (v), paragraph13 shall be part of the bill.”

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substitute the word, three times with two times andDefence Services Personnel Representative Maj ZawWin Naing, to substitute the original provision ofparagraph-9 with the term and the period set forelection and appointment of Ward or Village-tractAdministrator are as follow:- (a) The term of Wardor Village-tract Administrator is the same as of thePyithu Hluttaw. The term must not be more thanthree times. (b) The process of election andappointment shall start on 30th-day from the day ofholding general election. The election has to befinished within 45 days from the day of holdinggeneral elections.

Regarding the three amendments for theParagraph-9, Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko raised noobjection to the proposal of Bill Committee and anobjection to the proposals of U Aung Tun Tha and MajZaw Win Naing while the Hluttaw asked the attitude of theUnion government.

As U Aung Tun Tha asked the decision of theHluttaw, the Hluttaw decided not to approve the proposalas the majority was not in favour of approving theproposal.

Maj Zaw Win Naing accepted the reply of theUnion minister and said he wanted to withdraw theproposal.

Thus the amendment of the Bill Committee thatparagraph 9 is the part of the bill was approved.

Regarding the proposal that paragraph-13, sub-paragraph (g) should be the part of the bill, U Thein Nyuntof Thingangyun Constituency submitted a proposal toamend the proposal.

While the Hluttaw asked the attitude of the Uniongovernment for the proposal to substitute the sentence,allowing the visitors from other wards or village-tractswithout taking any charge for the process of informingauthorities concerned of their visits, inspecting theguest list in accord with the prescribed rules andtaking actions against those who failed to informauthorities concerned of their visits in the place oforiginal provision of paragraph-13, sub-paragraph (g),Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko replied that honorarium inChapter (14) and office expenditures in Chapter (15) are

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(from page 8)The Bill Committee submitted that it should add a word

“to” after the phrase “unusual situation” in the provision sub-paragraph (w), paragraph 13. As the Hluttaw asked the attitudeof the Union government, Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko saidthat he has no comments as it is a comprehensive amendment.As there was no objection, the Hluttaw decided to approve that“sub-paragraph (w), paragraph 13 in the amendment shall bepart of the bill”.

The Bill Committee submitted the proposal to substituteoriginal provision at sub-paragraph (x), Paragraph 13 states“farmland management and inspection and decision onfarmland disputes” with “farmland management in accordwith the existing law and bestowed authority,” and UMaung Oo of Phaungpyin Constituency submitted a proposalof amendment “to form committee for inspection anddecision to be substituted in the place of original provisions.”

With regard to the proposal of amendment submitted bythe Bill Committee, the Hluttaw sought the attitude of theUnion government. Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko said as itwas a better complete proposal of amendment, the Uniongovernment had no comment.

The Hluttaw decided to approve “the sub-paragraph (x),Paragraph 13 shall be part of the bill in accord with theamendment of the Bill Committee”.

As the Bill Committee submitted a proposal to insert aphrase to take action before the word informing in the originalprovision sub-paragraph (aa), paragraph 13, the Hluttawsought the attitude of the Union government. Union MinisterLt-Gen Ko Ko said that there was no separate submission.

As there was no objection, the Hluttaw approved that “sub-paragraph (aa), paragraph 13 with amendment shall be part ofthe bill.”

Despite wishing to submit the proposal of amendment,U Thaung Han of Yinmabin Constituency submitted that hewould like to withdraw his proposal regarding “sub-paragraph(dd), paragraph 13 shall be part of the bill.”

Therefore, the Hluttaw approved that sub-paragraph(dd), paragraph 13 in line with the original provision shall bepart of the bill.

Defence Services personnel representative Major TheinAung submitted the proposal of amendment to the paragraph15.

The Hluttaw asked the attitude of the Union governmenton the proposal “to cancel the phrase if necessary after thephrase if occurred in the second sentence in paragraph 15 ofthe original provision”. Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko saidthat as ward/village administrator is to be appointed under thelaw, township administrator has authority to appoint theperson. If those who do not satisfy about the ward/villageadministrator, they may complain to township administrator.It is not necessary to inspect all factors. If necessary, theinspection should be carried out. Therefore, the phrasesubmitted should not be omitted.

Major Thein Aung said that he accepted the answer of theUnion Minister and he would like to withdraw his proposal.

The Hluttaw approved that the paragraph 15 in theoriginal provision shall be part of the bill.

Despite wishing to submit proposals of amendment, sub-paragraph (e), Paragraph 15, U Tin Tun of ShwegyinConstituency and Defence Services Personnel RepresentativeMajor Thaw Zin withdrew their proposals.

As such, the sub-paragraph (e), Paragraph 15 in theoriginal provision shall be part of the bill.

Defence Services Personnel Representative Major TheinAung submitted a proposal of amendment to add one sub-paragraph as paragraph (f), after the sub-paragraph (a) to (e),paragraph 15 of the original provision “disqualification ofward or village administrator prescribed in the chapter(III) of this bill”.

As the Hluttaw asked the attitude of the Union govern-ment, Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko said that there was noseparate submission.

As such, the Hluttaw approved paragraph 15 shall be pass

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Maung Lwin submitted a proposal of amendment to substitutethe phrase “Sections 5, 6 and 7 in the original provision withSection 5, 6, 7 and 8, and to replace a phrase to substituteappointment with to newly elect and appoint” at the endof the phrase.

As the Hluttaw asked the attitude of the Union govern-ment, Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko said that those are to besubstituted as it is before ending the term, and it is not to newlyselect and appoint them.

Major Tin Maung Lwin asked the decision of theHluttaw. The Hluttaw decided the proposal was not approvedas the majority is not in favour of approving the proposal.

As such, the Hluttaw approved sub-paragraph (1),paragraph 16 shall be part of the bill.

Despite wishing to submit the proposal of amendment tocancel sub-paragraph (c), paragraph 16, U Thein Nyunt ofThingangyun Constituency withdrew his proposal.

Therefore, the sub-paragraph (c), paragraph 16 in theoriginal provision shall be part of the bill.

U Saw Hla Tun of ChaungU Constituency submitted theproposal of amendment that “paragraphs 25, 26, 27, 28, 29and 30 including the title of Chapter (XI) and paragraphs 31,32, 33 and 34 including the title of Chapter (XII) shall be partof the bill”.

Regarding the proposal to cancel paragraphs 25, 26,27, 28, 29 and 30 including the title of Chapter (XI) andparagraphs 31, 32, 33 and 34 including the title ofChapter (XII), the Hluttaw asked the attitude of the Uniongovernment. Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko said that actionis to be taken in accord with the administration law. Onlywhen members of administrative bodies have authority totake action against subordinates under the administrativemethods, can they maintain peace and tranquility of thecommunity and supervise duty and functions of the peopleresiding in the wards and village-tracts. As such, they canaccomplish duty and functions of ward or village administra-tor as prescribed in paragraph 13 of Chapter (VII). Therefore,taking action through management and administrative meth-ods should not be cancelled.

U Saw Hla Tun submitted he would like to havedecision of the Hluttaw. Due to majority vote, the Hluttawapproved the proposal of U Saw Hla Tun.

Next, he submitted a proposal of amendment “para-graphs 35 and 36 in the original provision shall be part of thebill”.

The proposal stated that the phrase the judge concernedin paragraphs 35 and 36 of the original provision or amendedparagraphs 25 and 26 is to be substituted with the phrase thecourt concerned. As the Hluttaw asked the attitude of theUnion government, Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko said thatthere was no separate submission.

Therefore, the Hluttaw decided to approve his proposalof amendment.

As such, the Hluttaw approved the resolution to substi-tute the phrase the judge concerned with the court concernedin paragraphs 35 and 36 of the original provision or amendedparagraphs 25 and 26.

With regard to the proposal “sub-paragraph (c), para-graph 38 of the original provision shall be part of the bill”,Defence Services Personnel Representative Officiating MajorKaung Htet San submitted a proposal of amendment.

As the Hluttaw asked the attitude of the Union governmentabout “to cancel the sub-paragraph (c), paragraph (38)”,Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko said that the provision shouldnot be cancelled.

Officiating Major Kaung Htet San submitted that hewould like to take resolution of the Hluttaw. Due to majorityvote, the Hluttaw decided to approve the proposal of OfficiatingMajor Kaung Htet San.

As such, the Hluttaw approved to cancel sub-paragraph(c), paragraph (38) in the provision.

Defence Services Personnel Representative OfficiatingMajor Kaung Htet San then submitted a proposal of amendmentregarding “sub-paragraph (b), paragraph (39) in the provisionshall be part of the bill”.

With regard to the phrase sub-sections (a), (b) and (c)to be substituted with sub-section (a) in sub-paragraph (b),paragraph (39) of the original provision”, the Hluttaw askedthe attitude of the Union government. Union Minister Lt-GenKo Ko said that it should reconsider matter related to sub-section (a).

Officiating Major Kaung Htet San reported that he hadno separate submission.

As such, the Hluttaw decided to approve the phrase sub-section (a) instead of sub-sections (a), (b) and (c) in sub-paragraph (b), paragraph 39 of the original provision.

Despite wishing to submit the proposal regarding “para-graph 40 of original provision shall be part of the bill”, UThaung Han of Yinmabin Constituency withdrew his proposalof amendment. The Hluttaw approved that the provision is tobe kept as original.

U Tun Myint Oo of Mongpan Constituency submitted aproposal of amendment regarding “paragraph 43 of originalprovision shall be part of the bill”.

With regard to the proposal “to substitute the phraseundertaking in accord with ward or village-tract securityand defence measures without undermining fundamen-tal rights and duties of citizens with sub-paragraph (d),paragraph 43”, the Hluttaw asked the attitude of the Uniongovernment. Union Minister Lt-Gen Ko Ko said that thephrase “in accord with the rules” is inappropriate phrase. Asa separate provision has been prescribed that it shall protect therights of those residing in ward or village-tract, it is notnecessary to prescribe more separate provision, and he saidthat he disagreed the proposal of amendment.

U Tun Myint Oo accepted the reply of the UnionMinister and he would like to withdraw his proposal.Therefore, the Hluttaw decided to keep the provision asoriginal.

As the Hluttaw agreed the proposal “the preamble andtitle of the bill shall be part of the bill”, the proposal wasapproved.

The 19th day second regular session of the first PyithuHluttaw was adjourned at 4.05 pm, and the 20th day sessionwill continue at 10 am on 19 September.—MNA

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(from page 16)farmlands with proper rain and water, farmers will be ableto earn more incomes by growing winter crops and floodwill be prevented in Bago Region; field surveys will beconducted for prevention against inundation and forreclaiming lands; those measures will be implemented,depending upon the allotment of budget of the State.

Regarding the question raised by U Ohn Tin ofRakhine State Constituency (10) “whether there is a planto return nationalized lands which are not suitable forfarming after the rubber plantations are grown withthe permission of respective authority and whetherthere is a plan to pay compensation if the plantationsare not returned”, the Union Minister said that there are33,876 acres of rubber plantations in Rakhine State; 2,667acres of rubber plantations in Thandwe District are state-owned plantations implemented by Myanma General andMaintenance Industries of the Ministry of Industry-1;there are no plots owned by farmers in these rubberplantation plots; 1,400 acres of these rubber plantations inThandwe, Taunggup and Gwa Townships were handedover by Myanma Perennial Crops Enterprise in 2004;1267 acres were extended in Thandwe Township, GwaTownship and Taungnyo Forest Reserve; plots in Thandwemanaged by farmers were not included when the permissionswere granted to the Ministry of Industry-1 in 2010;according to records, there is no nationalized rubberplantations; if the State needs centralizing private rubberplantations for National Project implemented in nationalinterest, respective organizations will pay compensationfor his/her investment evaluated with current price toowners in the light of field survey of respective Region/State governments; now, the rubber plantations of hisministry have been handed over to the Ministry of Industry-1 and Ministry of Industry-2; if there is still issues to beresolved, respective ministries can be contacted; there is norubber plantation in Rakhine State managed by the Min-istry of Agriculture and Irrigaiton.

Regarding the question raised by U Sai Tin Aungof Kachin State Constituency (5) “whether there is a planto repair damaged dams and build new dams inMohnyin and Bhamo Districts to help succeed inrealizing the objective that Kachin State will be thefourth granary of the country”, the Union Ministeranswered that there is one dam built by Irrigation Depart-ment in Mohnyin and Bhamo Districts in Kachin Stateirrigating 1,540 acres of farmland; there are 16 ruralirrigation facilities in Mohnyin District and five in BhamoDistrict, totaling 21, irrigating 15,196 acres of farmland;annual repair works and major repair works are carriedout; feasibility tests have been completed and plans havebeen drafted to rebuild Tadwin Diversion Weir which willcontribute 4000 acres of farmland in Monhyin Township;and feasibility tests are being taken to implement Watein

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Diversion Weir which will contribute 1200 acres offarmland in Bhamo.

Regarding the question raised by U Sai Thant Zinof Shan State Constituency (4) that “local farmers inKyaukme, Nawnghkio and Namtu Townships of ShanState (North) are losing inherited farmlands on whichthey rely for living because of encroachment of can-tonment, failed government projects and somecompanies; similar cases can happen in other regions;how the issues will be tackled and when the measureswill start”, the Union Minister said permits for vacant andvirgin lands in the region were systematically applied andpaddy, maize and groundnut were grown on these lands toprovide Tatmadawmen and their families of local battalionsand regiments in Kyaukme and Nawnghkio Townships ofKyaukme District in Shan State; entrepreneurs also appliedfor permits for vacant and virgin lands in Kyaukme,Nawnghkio and Namtu Townships and reclaimed landsfor growing seasonal crops such as paddy, maize and

sugarcane and perennial crops such as rubber, coffee andmango; permits for vacant and virgin lands were appliedin accord rules and regulations, and directives; permitswere granted with the permission of local authority afterrespective township, district and state level departmentsand enterprises passed it; regarding the farms of localfarmers, local battalion, departments and State govern-ment work in coordination with each others on reports ofregional administration groups, and enterprises/depart-ments concerned; investments from outside on vacant andvirgin lands which local farmers cannot reclaim by theirown capabilities will contribute towards regionaldevelopment through better incomes and new jobopportunities of the local people; with Notification No(67/2011) of the President Office dated 12-7-2011, newVacant, Fallow and Virgin Lands Management CentralCommittee has been formed; newly-formed centralcommittee drafted bills and submitted them to thegovernment which is amending and checking the bills; ifthe government passes the bills, the bills will be submittedto Pyidaungsu Hluttaw in accord with rules and regulationsto be able to prescribe as Law; the Law to be approved soon

will resolve the issues of farmers who lost inheritedfarmlands.

Regarding the question raised by U Khet HtainNan of Kachin State Constituency (1) that “the grass rootswho earn living from agricultural and forestry worksconstituted 75 per cent of the population of KachinState; so, whether there is a plan to open agriculturalhigh school and forestry schools in Myitkyina in orderto nurture agricultural and forestry experts”, the UnionMinister answered that the ministry opens Yezin Universityof Agriculture and seven agricultural institutes and constantlynurturing agricultural experts; all nationals from variousStates and Regions including nationals from Kachin Stateare learning technologies for agricultural development;students from Myitkyina can pursue education in AgriculturalInstitute of Shwebo, a familiar town within short distance;the opening of Agricultural Institute or Agricultural HighSchool will be undertaken, depending on budget of the Stateand formation permit.

Myanmar Forestry Training School inPyinOoLwin is a place that trains about 200 traineesannually, providing knowledge about foresty to staffmembers across the country of the Ministry ofEnvironmental Conservation and Forestry. So, there is noplan to open forestry training schools in every region andevery state.

Hluttaw decided to approve the proposal “urg-ing the Union Government to take steps as necessaryin accord with laws, bylaws, rules and regulations anddirectives to avoid accidental danger in State-, coop-eratives- and private-owned businesses” that changedfrom the proposal “assignment of safety officer to avoidaccidental dangers” submitted by U Phone Myint Aungof Yangon Region Constituency No. 3.

Hluttaw also put on record the departure ofHluttaw representatives led by Speaker of PyidaungsuHluttaw and Speaker of Amyotha Hluttaw U Khin AungMyint to attend ASEAN Inter Parliament Assembly to beheld in Phnom Penh of Cambodia.

In the evening, Amyotha Hluttaw Deputy SpeakerU Mya Nyein administered the session.

Union Minister for Electric Power No. 2 U KhinMaung Soe replied the questions raised by five Hluttawrepresentatives about electric power sector.

U Tin Shen of Taninthayi Region ConstituencyNo. 6 in his question said that electricity is being suppliedto the towns of Taninthayi Region by self-reliant diesel-run generators and electricity bills are charged depend-ing on diesel price. So, the people cannot use theelectricity in abundance considering their income. Heasked whether there is a plan that the State will supplyelectricity from natural-gas power plants atcheap price. In response, the Union Minister said thatregion electric engineer office with 21 district officesis based in Dawei of Taninthayi Region to supply electricity.Malikyun is enjoying hydroelectricity. Remaining17 towns are being supplied with electricity bydiesel- and husk-powered generators of town

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(from page 10)electrification committees and companies.Of them, round-the-clock electricity is beingsupplied to Dawei, Myeik, Kawthoung,Kyunsu and Pulaw; Thayetchaung andMaungmakan 12 hours a day; Malikyunand Bokpyin six hours a day; Taninthayiand Pulauk five hours a day; Yebyu,Launglon, Mitta, Kaleinaung, Khamaukkyiand Kayathuri four hours a day; andPyigyimandaing three hours a day.

The ministry is carrying out main-tenance and extension works, allowing thetown electrification committee and elec-tricity supply companies to use ministry-owned power lines, transformers and gen-erators.

In combination with the electricityof hydropower plants, the electricity run bynatural gas of Taninthayi offshore sites arebeing supplied nationwide. The Stateelectricity is being delivered toThanbyuzayat through Mawlamyine ofMon State.

If 230 KV national grid reachesMawlamyine, plans will be drawn to stretchnational grid thence to Dawei, Myeik,Bokpyin and Kawthoung, the Union Min-ister replied.

In response to the question of DrTin Shwe of Yangon Region ConstituencyNo. 6 about the situation of unit losses inYangon Region, the Union Minister saidthat situation of unit losses in YangonRegion stood at 24.26 per cent in 2007,22.98 per cent in 2008, 22.18 per cent in2009, 20.41 per cent in 2010 and 19 percent in 2011. It is found that the unit lossesare due to technical losses and non technicallosses.

Technical losses involve size anddistance of power cable, and catching oftree branches. Although the cables do nottouch tree branches, there are 7 per cent ofunit losses from server to receiver, and alsoin foreign countries. Power demand wasagreeable to electricity capacity in the past.But, due to increasing power demand,measures are being taken for cablesubstitution, construction of sub-powerstations and installation of more transform-ers asking for budget allocation. Withgrowing number of buildings in Yangon, itis found that there is inappropriate ratiobetween demand and strength of powercables in Yangon that leads to technicallosses. In order not to see unit losses,arrangements are being carried out forchopping trees during which power is cutoff and extension of power cables andtransformers in townships. From 2006 toAugust of 2011, a total of 212,276 unreli-able meter boxes have been changed.

Non technical losses involve ille-gal use of power and faults in reading meterrates. From 2006 to July of 2011, a total of11,344 cases could be exposed and K2989.98 million and US$ 26843.87 werecollected. Monthly field trips are beingmade to prevent illegal use of electricity.

In supplying electricity to the pub-lic, one unit costs 25 kyats for householduse and 50 kyats for industrial use. But the

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actual cost of a unit is 60 kyats. So, the Statehas been supplying electricity at a loss. Inthe fiscal year across the country,10,884.095 million units were suppliedthat caused loss K 261.324 billion to theState. A total of 4921.282 million powerunits were supplied to Yangon City Elec-tric Supply Board for Yangon Region thatmade a loss of K 118.16 billion.

In order to reduce unit losses andoffset use of power, arrangements are be-ing made for installation of 5182 trans-formers with 2593.2 MVA, 3949.73-milelong cable stretching and construction of364 power stations from 2006 to 2011across the country as system improvementmeasures. Measures are being taken todecrease unit losses from 24.26 per cent in2006-2007 fiscal year to 19 per cent in thisJune.

U Soe Aung of Mandalay RegionConstituency No. 11 in his question saidthat arrangements are being taken to useelectricity for domestic weaving firm inHtanaungkan model village in MeiktilaTownship on a self-reliant basis in orderto realize rural development and povertyalleviation tasks, asking whether there isa plan to take steps for electrificationvital of the village and when the planwill be implemented if there is. Inresponse, the Union Minister said that thereare 206 households in Htanaungkan modelvillage, Kantha Village-tract of MeiktilaTownship. Local residents have applied forpermission of the use of electricity formingself-reliant village electrificationcommittee.

For electricity supply toHtanaungkan model village, it is needed tostretch 3000-foot long 11 KV power linefrom Meiktila-Wundwin 11 KV powerline, and to install an 11/0.4 KV, 315 KVAtransformer and stretch 4100-foot longpower cable in the village. The ministry isproviding necessary technical assistanceand the permission for electricity supplywill be granted after construction works arecompleted.

Regarding the question of Dr SaiHsai Kyauk Hsem of Shan State Constitu-ency No. 6 that in the townships in ShanState (East), electricity is being gener-ated by diesel-powered generators andsmall-scale hydropower plant. As thereare only two hydropower plants inKengtung Township, town cannot en-joy enough electricity, and whether thereis a plan to build a large-scalehydropower plant or a coal-run powerplant to supply electricity to entireeastern Shan State including Kengtung,the Union Minister said at present, as ShanState (East) is located in remote area fromState power supplying system, electricity isbeing supplied to towns and villages throughways of small-scale hydropower generators,diesel generators, purchase of electricityfrom neighbouring country. Arrangementsare being made to provide electricity for 18towns including four district-level townsand adjoining 35 villages.

The Union minister continued thatNamwok small-scale hydropower plant withtotal installed capacity of 3000 Kilowattsand and Namluk small-scale hydropowerplant with total installed capacity of 480Kilowatts in Kengtung District are

providing electricity to Kengtung and itssurroundings. Meipan small-scalehydropower plant with total installed ca-pacity of 1200 Kilowatts in Monghsat isproviding electricity to Monghsat and sur-rounding villages; that the ministry is pro-viding electricity to towns and villages ineastern Shan State with 53 diesel genera-tors installed with 4415.8 Kilowatts intotal.

He went on that the ministry hadsigned MoU with Yunnan Power GridCorporation (YNPG) to observe feasibilityof Kengtung, Wantapin, Solu, Mengwa,Kengyang, Higu and Namkha hydropowerplants in the region under JV/BOT systems,on 25-9-2007 and the Ministry of ElectricPower No (1) was still assessing thefeasibility study report (FSR) of the corpo-ration.

He added that the Ministry ofElectric Power No (2) had laid down projectsfor construction of power grid, main powerstations, power lines and power stations todistribute potential electric power to east-ern Shan State generated by those projects,and to share surplus electric power tonational grid.

In his response to the questionraised by U Salai Kwe Yan of Shan StateConstituency No (12) about “whether thereis a plan to establish hydropower plantat Pe Creek (Khawe) for powersufficiency in Paletwa,” the Union Ministersaid that Paletwa not within the reach of thenational grid and electric power is beingprovided to it with Thinthe Creek small-scale hydropower plant with total installedcapacity of 50 Kilowatts and two 120-kilowatt diesel generators and 58.4-kilo-watt diesel generator.

He went on that in 2002, initialobservations were made on feasibility ofhydropower from Pe Creek, near KaweVillage, 15 miles from Paletwa; that fur-ther steps will be taken for implementationof the power plant after assessment offeasibility, impact on environmental con-servation, and socio-economy and com-mercial viability.

He added that when ongoingLaymyo hydropower project and Saidinhydropower project in Rakhine can gener-ate electricity, a power station will beconstructed in Kyauktaw of Rakhine Stateand electric power will be distributed toPaletwa of Chin State through the Kyauktaw

power station.Next, Deputy Minister for Health

Daw Myat Myat Ohn Khin replied toquestions raised by three Hluttaw repre-sentatives.

U Toe Win of Taninthayi RegionConstituency No (12) asked the Ministry ofHealth whether there is a plan for urgentassignment of a midwife to YadanabonVillage, Pyigyimandaing Sub-township,Bokpyin Township of TaninthayiRegion, which is a border village 32miles from Pyigyimandaing town andnine miles from Thailand and there is aplan to build rural health centre ofvillage level.

The Union minister replied thatYadanabon sub rural health care centre hasbeen set up under Chaungkafe rural healthcare centre in Pyigyimandaing Sub-townshipin Bokpyin of Taninthayi region; thatpreviously a midwife was assigned to therebut she failed to discharge the duty for socialreasons and another one was then dispatched,who also refused to go and thus the ministryis arranging to send another one.

In her response to U Ha SheinBwe of Chin State Constituency (8) whoasked to designate Chin State asprioritized region and to assign localassistant doctors with Hsa Ma to vacantpositions and to assign local nurses andmidwives who have completed relatedcourses and are seeking for jobs to va-cant positions”, the deputy minister saidthat in assigning new health staff, doctors,nurses and midwives are assigned to theirhome regions as priority; that in doing so,the ministry has to follow departmentalprocedures and thus it was not able tospecifically assign local doctors, nurses andmidwives of Chin State to their homeregion, but it will assign locals when newdoctors, nurses and midwives are assignedto Chin State.

She continued that there was aprogramme that trained midwives repre-senting Maternal and Child Welfare Or-ganizations, after five-year services at theMCWOs, can apply to Health Departmentfor permanent appointment with the agree-ment of the Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation (Central) and they are ap-pointed according to the decision of themeeting of management committee of theMinistry of Health.

(See page 12)

Amyotha Hluttaw Representatives signing attendance book.—MNA

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(from page 11)She went on that organizations concerned are

not in a position to appoint those who have completednursing and midwifery courses representing the borderregions and national races development programme andthat in response to the proposal of the region/state healthdepartments, they are assigned according to the decisionof the meeting of the management committee of theMinistry of Health with the coordination of the HealthDepartment.

Dr Tin Shwe of Yangon Region ConstituencyNo (6) asked “statistics of infant mortality rate, mortalityrate of pregnant women during pregnancy and labour,mortality rate of child under five due to nutritionaldeficiency or diseases, which are among MillenniumDevelopment Goals MDGs”, “health care programmesfor rural folks in remote areas,” and “potential assignmentof school health doctor as school health doctors previouslyhave to take responsibility of three or four surroundingtownships in addition to the township they were assignedto as the government could not assign school healthdoctor to each township.”

The deputy minister answered that the HealthMinistry has targeted to reduce infant mortality rate bythe two-third, mortality rate of children under five yearsby the two-third, and mortality rate of mother by 75 per

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cent and underweight rate of child under five years byhalf by 2015 based on the statistics of 1990 health indexincluded in Millennium Development Goals.

She went on that the ministry targets to reducemortality rate of infant under one year which was 98 per1000 born alive in 1990 to 32.7 in 2015; to reducemortality rate of child under five years which was 130 per1000 born alive to 43.3 in 2015, and according to 1997statistics, 39 of 100 children under fiver years wereunderweighted and in 2010, it was reduced to 32.

Such index has somewhat declined after 1990sand the ministry is speeding up works to meet Millen-nium Development Goals, added the deputy minister.

She went on that rural health developmentschemed was launched in 2001 to promote health standardsof rural people and narrow health care services gapbetween the urban and rural areas; that from January tothe end of July in 2011, 55 more rural health centres and99 rural health branches were opened; that the ministryis providing major medicines required for general healthcare to rural health centres and rural health branches; thatthe ministry is taking steps to open at least 50 to 100 ruralhealth centres per year for health coverage of the yearlyincreasing population, hitting the ratio of health centre topeople at 1 to 20,000; that in addition 237 units of districtand township-level traditional medicine clinic for ruralpeople are giving mobile treatment and the State providesthe required medicines.

The deputy minister continued that health staffin rural regions such as doctors of station hospitals, health

officers, traditional medicine practitioners and basichealth staff are giving treatment with traditional medi-cines and educative programmes on health care in col-laboration; that as a special programme, traditionalmedicines packages for emergency use have been providedto 5850 villages so far by the State and wellwishers, andplans are under way to provide to the remaining villages.

She continued that to give effective health careservices to increasing number of schools and students,basic health staff, under the supervision of the respectivetownship Health Department, are performing urban/rural school health care tasks in every township with theassistance of 80 school health care groups, 25 Maternaland Child Health Centres.

She added that currently there are maternal andchild and school health care groups in 47 districts and theministry has planned to expand such groups to all theremaining districts in 2012-2016 National Health Plan soas to provide more effective maternal and child andschool health care services in district; that by assigning adoctor who has got master degree each in public healthin district-level Health Departments, public health careservices including school health care services can beeffectively supervised even in rural regions.

The 19th day second regular session of the firstAmyotha Hluttaw was adjourned at 2.45 pm and the20th-day session continues at 10 am on 19 September.

At today’s session, Union ministers replied to 15questions and the change of the title of a proposal wasapproved.—MNA

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA MACHAN VOY NO (313)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTAMACHAN VOY NO (313) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 17.9.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV SUPA BHUM VOY NO (194)Consignees of cargo carried on MV SUPA BHUM

VOY NO (194) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 17.9.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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


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Centre for Human Resource Development(Yangon University of Foreign Languages)

Invitation for Application toForeign Language Courses

The Centre for Human Resource Development (YangonUniversity of Foreign Languages) will open evening courseson Chinese, English, French, French (Translation andInterpretation), German, Japanese, Korean, Russian andThai.Commencement date of course : 3-10-2011Commencement date for : 27-9-2011submission of applicationsClosing date for applications : 30-9-2011

(For English language theday on which the targetednumber of applicants isreached)

Application to be submitted to :Yangon University ofForeign Languages

Days on which classes held : Mondays, Wednesdays,Fridays

Time : 5:20 - 7:00 p.m.Documents required : Certificate of Matricula-

tion (or) Marks Certificate (or) Degree Certificate (Both Original and copy are required)

Enquiry : Student’s Affairs Section,YUFL

Phone : 514371 (Ext-202)Application must be submitted in person.

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BRIGHT RUBY VOY NO (033)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BRIGHTRUBY VOY NO (033) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 17.9.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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.



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Phone No: 256924/256914

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV PLATINUM JADE VOY NO (PJ 05/11)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV PLATINUMJADE VOY NO (PJ 05/11) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 17.9.2011 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of S.P.W.1 where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject tothe byelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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.



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The body of a 50 ton sperm whale explodes onthe way to the National University of Tainan for

research. Its blood and viscera spatter on thestreet. Analysts said the biogass inside the

decayed animal caused theexplosion.— XINHUA

China arrestsnearly 2,200 in

latest gangcrackdown

BEIJING, 16 Sept—Police have nabbed nearly 2,200 suspected gangmembers and destroyed 18 gangs in a nationwide crackdown that started on1 September, the Ministry of Public Security said in a statement on its websiteon Friday.

A total of 270 triad gangs have been broken up since police from 11provinces, which include Hebei, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Fujian, Hunan andGuangdong, jointly started the crackdown, the statement said.—MNA/Xinhua

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Man fined $400 for pythonpants smuggle

ball pythons, threecarpet pythons, onechildren’s python, andthree baby tortoiseswrapped in nylons andconcealed in his pants.

A federal judge ruledthe $400 fine will bedonated to the MiamiScience Museum.

TSA intercepted seven snakes and three tortoisesconcealed in the pants of Simon Turola Borgesseeking to fly to Brazil.

A man who wascaught with snakes andtortoises in his pantswhile preparing to boarda plane from Florida toBrazil was fined $400.

The US Attorney’sOffice said SimonTurola Borges, 30,pleaded guiltyWednesday to federalsmuggling charges,

WTVJ-TV, Miami,reported Thurs-day.

The TransportationSecurity Administrationsaid agents at Holly-wood-Fort LauderdaleInterna-tional Airportsearched Borges 25 Aug,when he was preparingto board a plane to Brazil,and discovered he wasconcealing three baby

Woman has 20 feet ofnails on each hand

Chris “Dutchess”Walton shows off herworld-record holdingfinger-nails as part ofthe “Guinness WorldRecord 2012” booklaunch at the New YorkPublic Library on 14September, 2011 in NewYork City.

A Las Vegas womanwho has been growingher fingernails out for 18years was certified as aGuinness World Recordholder in New York.

Chris “The Dut-chess” Walton, 45, whohas nearly 20 feet offingernails on each hand,said during her visit toNew York she startedgrowing her nails out 18years ago and never gotaround to cutting them,the New York Daily Newsreported Thursday.

“I’m pretty sure oneday I will cut them, but Ican’t see it in my head

because I’m so used tohaving them,” Waltonsaid. “It’s like a leg, Iwouldn’t just chop it offso it’s gonna take somethinking.”

Guinness saidWalton will appear inthe 2012 Book of WorldRecords for having theworld’s longest nails.

The previous recordholder, Lee Redmond,lost her 28 feet of nailsin a 2009 car crash,Guinness said.

News Album

Baby gets gifts onhospital anniversaryA Minnesota hospital celebrated its 100th

anniversary by awarding a gift basket to the parents ofthe 100th baby born at the facility this month.

St John's Hospital in Maplewood said ChristinaAlbright, 19, mother of baby Tessa Peters, took homea gift basket alongside her newborn with itemsincluding a hand-knit sweater, blanket and booties,the St Paul (Minn.) Pioneer-Press reported Thursday.

Tessa Peters, who also received baby books,wipes and a plush giraffe in the gift basket, was the100th baby born at the hospital's maternity ward thismonth, which marks the 100th anniversary of thefacility's opening.

The hospital said all babies born this month willreceive commemorative picture frames, but only the100th infant received a gift basket.

Ellen Barkin joins cast of play about Prop8 case

NEW YORK, 16 Sept—Producers have revealedthe glittering final castlist for a new Broadwayplay about the legalbattle over same-sexmarriage in California.

Ellen Barkin, KateShindle and StephenSpinella have beenadded to “8,” a play Actress Ellen Barkin

about Proposition 8 byOscar-winning screen-writer Dustin LanceBlack.

The play is based onthe trial transcript andinterviews from lastyear’s court fight overCalifornia’s gay marriageban. It will be performedas a reading at the EugeneO’Neill Theatre for onenight only — Monday.

The new castmembers join alreadyannounced Morgan Free-man, Anthony Edwards,John Lithgow, CheyenneJackson, CampbellBrown, Christine Lahti,Rob Reiner and LarryKramer. Marisa Tomeihad to withdraw from thereading because of a filmscheduling conflict.

Internet

Actor NicolasCage arrivesat the galafor the film“Tespass”during theToronto

InternationalFilm Festivalin Toronto,Canada on

14 Sept,2011.

INTERNET

Nicolas Cage awoken bynaked man with Fudgesicle

Brad Paisley performsduring the CMA FanFestival in Nashville,Tenn.—INTERNET

TORONTO, 16 Sept—For actor Nicolas Cage,making the new thrillermovie “Trespass” hitclose to home.

Cage, at the Torontofilm festival along withdirector Joel Schumacherpromoting the film abouta home invasion, said thathe has actually livedthrough the nightmare inreal life.

“It was two in themorning. I was living inOrange County at the timeand was asleep with mywife. My two-year old atthe time was in anotherroom. I opened my eyesand there was a naked

man wearing my leatherjacket eating a Fudgesiclein front of my bed,” hetold reporters onWednesday. “I know itsounds funny but it washorrifying.” A Fudgesi-cle is a frozen, ice cream-like snack.

Cage said the ordealended after he talked theman out of the house andpolice arrived. He did notpress charges, as the manhad mental problems, butCage, who now lives inNassau, Bahamas, saidhe could not stay in thehouse after that.

In “Trespass,” whichis scheduled for release

in October, thieves contheir way into the opulentmansion where Cage’scharacter lives with hisunhappy wife (played byNicole Kidman) and theirdaughter.

The family is held forransom and the moviefollows a path of twistsand turns as negotiationswith the intruders ensue.

Schumacher, whoearlier cast Cage in hisfilm “8MM,” andKidman in “BatmanForever,” said “Trespass”is also about extremesbetween the rich and thepoor in America.

Reuters

Brad Paisley torelease first book

on 1 NovNASHVILLE, 16 Sept —

Country superstar BradPaisley is set to releasehis first book on 1 Nov.

It’s called “Diary ofa Player” and shows howthe guitar gods ofcountry, blues and rock‘n’ roll have shaped hislife.

Paisley tells TheAssociated Press hecan’t imagine his life ifhe never learned to playthe guitar. His grand-father gave him his firstsix-string at age 8.

Paisley is thereigning Country MusicAsso-ciation entertainerof the year. He has soldover 11 million albumsand charted 20 on 1 Nosingles, including hismost recent duet withCarrie Underwood,“Remind Me.”

The book is co-written with RollingStone contributing editorDavid Wild andpublished by HowardBooks, and imprint ofCBS Corp’s Simon &

Schuster.Internet

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Radamel Falcao (C) of Atletico Madrid breaksthrough during the Europa League football

Group I match between Atletico de Madrid ofSpain and Celtic of Scotland in Madrid, Spain, on15 Sept, 2011. Atletico Madrid won 2-0.—XINHUA

Arteta relishing trophy challenge

Arsenal managerArsene Wenger signedArteta on deadline day

Mikel Arteta believesArsenal are not faraway from a trophy

LONDON, 16 Sept —Recent signing MikelArteta believes Arsenalhave the quality to endtheir trophy droughtsoon.

The 29-year-oldjoined the north London-ers on transfer deadlineday from Everton, leav-ing for a reported fee of£10m and penning afour-year deal.

Arteta made his Ar-

senal debut in Saturday’svictory against SwanseaCity and featured in the

hard-earned 1-1 draw atBorussia Dortmund onTuesday.

Despite only makingtwo appearances andspending little more thantwo weeks at the club,the Spaniard insists hehas seen enough to con-vince him that Arsenalcould soon end their six-year wait for a trophy.“We need to settle asquickly as possible and I

try to help the team in theareas I am able to,” saidArteta.— Internet

Ferguson: Berbatov will feature

Sir Alex Ferguson saysDimitar Berbatov will

get match time

Rose rises to the occasion inchilly Chicago

LEMONT, 16 Sept —Feeling as though he had nothing to lose, Justin Roseput himself in position for a big gain with his best round of the year Thursdayin the BMW championship. Rose made birdie on half of his holes at Cog Hill,a tough course that played even longer in chilly conditions, giving him an8-under 63 and a two-shot lead over Webb Simpson and Mark Wilson.

“Didn’t expect that going out there today,” Rose said. “I looked to theweather, looked at the temperature, and I thought today was going to be aday to hang in there. Little did I know I was about to play so well — certainlymy best round of the year by a long, long way. And could have been top five,top 10 rounds I’ve ever played for sure.” There were other reasons he didn’tsee it coming.

Exhausted Djokovic could miss Davis Cupopener

Weary Nadal opensagainst Gasquet

in Davis Cup

Spain’s Rafael Nadal

CORDOBA , 16 Sept —Argentina and Brazil,both missing their Eu-rope-based stars, playedout a lacklustre goallessdraw in the first leg ofthe Superclasico de lasAmericas here onWednesday night.

The South Americanheavyweights are bothlooking to put disap-pointing performances inthe Copa America be-hind them.

But Brazil’s three-pronged strike force ofRonaldinho, Neymarand Damiao failed to liveup to expectations, whilehosts Argentina couldnot break through onfront of 50,000 specta-tors despite weaknessesin their rivals’ defence.

“We lost two strikerswhich influenced ourgame. Boselli had sev-eral chances andMartinez often had theupper hand against thedefenders.”

InternetJAKARTA, 16 Sept—East Kalimantan Province will

host its second 2011 Bank Kaltim Indonesia OpenGrand Prix Gold badminton tournament at the end ofthis month, predicting a successful event like it was lastyear, local media reported on Friday. Main sponsorBank Kaltim, which is owned by the local government,has allocated 4 billion rupiah (about 455,840 USdollars) to run the event, which takes place on 27 Sept-2 Oct at Palaran Stadium in Samarinda.

“The funding is sourced from Bank Kaltim’s pro-motional budget, so don’t worry, it won’t affect theregional budget,” Bank Kaltim president directorApriansyah said in Samarinda, East Kalimantan capitalcity on Thursday. About 16 countries and regions,including China, Denmark and Malaysia, will take partin the tournament, which features around 314 shuttlersincluding world No 1 Lee Chong Wei of Malaysia andNo 2 Lin Dan of China as well as Indonesian heroTaufik Hidayat in the men’s singles. — Xinhua

Novak Djokovic

BELGRADE, 16 Sept —Novak Djokovic is notcertain to play Friday’sopening singles rubber inSerbia’s Davis Cup semi-final against Argentina inthe Belgrade Arena, the

Justin Rose

CORDOBA, 16 Sept —Weary Rafael Nadal willkick off Spain’s Davis Cupsemi-final bid when hetakes on France’s RichardGasquet in Friday’s open-ing rubber although theworld number two is stillrecovering from his USOpen final defeat.

The Spanish are fa-vourites with two top fiveranked players in Nadaland David Ferrer as theybid to reach the final forthe third time in four yearsin Cordoba’s bullring.

France, runners-up lastyear, are hoping to follow

on from their 5-0 white-wash over Spain in lastyear’s World Group quar-ter-finals.

US Open runner-upNadal and Gasquet haveplayed nine times but the15th-ranked Frenchmanhas never come out ontop against the worldnumber two. Fifth-rankedFerrer takes on Simon,ranked 11, in Friday’ssecond rubber.

Internet

LONDON, 16 Sept —Manchester United’ SirAlex Ferguson has prom-ised Dimitar Berbatov hewill play this season.Berbatov was left on thebench for Wednesdaynight’s 1-1 draw withBenfica and has madejust one appearance thisseason, coming on as asecond-half substitutein United’s openingBarclays Premier Leaguematch at West BromwichAlbion. Wednesday’sChampions Leagueencounter at the Stadiumof Light seemed like

the perfect opportunityfor Berbatov to return,especially as AndersLindegaard, Antonio Va-lencia and Darren Fletcherall made their first appear-ances of the season.

Instead, the £30.75mBulgarian, who shared theGolden Boot prize withCarlos Tevez last season,remained where he wasas Ferguson went withWayne Rooney as a lonestriker before introducingJavier Hernandez lateron.”It is hard because ofthe number of strikers wehave,” Ferguson said.

“Michael Owen is there,Federico Macheda, MameBiram Diouf. DannyWelbeck won’t be backnext week but probablythe week after. It is noteasy. ”

Internet

world number one saidon Thursday. Djokovic,who won his first US Opentitle in New York on Mon-day, arrived in Belgrade

on Thursday and wentstraight to the venue topractice after missing thedraw which pitted himagainst David Nalbandian

in the first match.“It’s no secret that I am

physically and mentallyexhausted but it’s been avery successful US opentour for me winning thefourth grand slam in mycareer and the third thisyear,” Djokovic told re-porters. “I am happy to beback and to be able tocelebrate this title with myfamily and my people andto play again in front ofSerbians. — Internet

S P O R T S

Internet

East Kalimantan Provinceto host Indonesia Open

Argentina,Brazil playout goalless

draw

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Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 28/82 22/72 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

2 Kayah 23/73 20/68 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

3 Kayin 26/79 20/68 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

4 Chin 22/72 12/54 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

5 Upper Sagaing 26/79 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

6 Lower Sagaing 30/86 25/77 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

7 Taninthayi 27/81 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

8 Bago 29/84 21/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

9 Magway 27/81 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

10 Mandalay 31/88 23/73 Scattered rain or thundershowers 80%

11 Mon 28/82 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers (IH) 80%

12 Yangon 30/86 22/72 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

13 Rakhine 27/81 21/70 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

14 Southern Shan 23/73 17/63 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

15 Northern Shan 27/81 19/66 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

16 Eastern Shan 26/79 21/70 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

17 Ayeyawady 29/84 23/73 Widespread rain or thundershowers 80%

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 28/82 22/72 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

19 Neighbouring Yangon 30/86 22/72 One or two rain or thundershowers 80%

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 31/88 23/73 Isolated rain or thundershowers 80%

Summary of observations at 09:30 hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Lower Sagaing and Magway Regions, scattered in Mandalay Region and Shan State, fairly widespread in Bago, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Regions, Kayah State and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with regionally heavyfalls in Mandalay Region and Mon. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw (Airport) (1.73) inches, Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) (1.53) inches, Ye (5.32) inches, Thaton (3.67) inches, Kyaikmaraw (2.83) inches, Chaungzon (2.36) inches, Katha (2.24) inches and Mrauk-U (2.20) inches.

Bay Inference Monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Squalls with moderate to rough seas are likely at times off and along Myanmar Coast. Surface wind speed in squalls may reach (35) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days

Thundery conditions in Northern Myanmar areas.

Man United $1 billion IPOMan United $1 billion IPOMan United $1 billion IPOdeal OKeddeal OKeddeal OKed

ManchesterUnited’s coachAlex Ferguson

reacts during theirChampions League

group C soccearmatch with BenficaWednesday, 14 Sept2011, at Benfica’s

Luz stadium inLisbon. The game

ended in a 1-1draw.—Internet

SINGAPORE, 16 Sept—Manchester United’s planned $1 billionpublic offering has been approved by Singapore’s stock exchange,a person familiar with the deal told The Associated Press onFriday.

The initial public offering likely will happen by the end of theyear and involve ordinary and nonvoting preferred shares,according to the person, who spoke on condition of anonymitybecause the deal hasn’t been officially announced.

Manchester United is owned by the Glazer family of theUnited States. It has been valued at $1.9 billion by Forbesmagazine, which has ranked it as soccer’s most valuable team forthe last seven years. However, the club has about $750 million ofdebt. The Glazers are expected to maintain control of thedefending English Premier League champions but they couldraise $1 billion by making between 25 percent and 30 percent ofUnited available. By listing shares in Singapore, ManchesterUnited is betting that Asians, who account for more than half ofthe club’s estimated 333 million fans, could be willing to pay morefor a piece of their favorite team.—Internet

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5th Waning of Tawthalin 1373 ME Saturday, 17 September, 2011

Second regular session of first PyithuHluttaw continues for 19th day

Amyotha Hluttaw-approved bill and another approved bill passedNAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept — The

19th-day second regular session offirst Pyithu Hluttaw was held at PyithuHluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building herethis morning, attended by PyithuHluttaw Speaker Thura U Shwe Mannand 385 Pyithu Hluttawrepresentatives.

One Amyotha Hluttaw-endorsed bill was approved and theendorsement of a bill approved on 14September was carried out at today’sHluttaw session.

Regarding the Labour Or-ganization Bill approved byAmyotha Hluttaw and submitted on30 August, the chairman of BillCommittee submitted the report ofthe committee.

As there was no amendmentto the bill in the report of the committeeand no proposal to amend the billpresented by Pyithu Hluttaw repre-sentatives, the whole bill was soughtfor the approval of the Hluttaw inaccord with Pyithu Hluttaw Rule-159,sub-rule (d).

Pyithu Hluttaw decided to ap-

prove the bill as the Amyotha Hluttaw did.Ward or Village-tract

administration Bill has been approvedup to Subpara (c) of para(7) on 7September. As paras and subparaswithout amendment are defined asapproved matters, para-wisediscussions were held only on the

amendment proposals.Regarding the report of the

Bill Committee, saying that the words,voting result shall be declared aftercounting should be added to originalprovision stated in paragraph-7, sub-paragraph (f) of the bill, Union MinisterLt-Gen Ko Ko replied that there was

Second regular session of first AmyothaHluttaw continues for 19th day

NAY PYI TAW, 16 Sept—The sec-ond regular session of first AmyothaHluttaw continued for 19th day at AmyothaHluttaw Hall of Hluttaw Building here at10 am today.

Amyotha Hluttaw Speaker UKhin Aung Myint and 208 AmyothaHluttaw representatives attended today’ssession.

Union Minister for Agriculture

and Irrigation U Myint Hlaing gave ananswer to questions regarding agriculturesector raised by five Hluttaw representatives.

Regarding the question raisedby U Ye Myint of Bago Region Constitu-

ency (4) that “there are thousands ofacres of wetland along Sittoung Riverin Nyaunglebin and Kyaukdaga Town-ships; whether there is plan to distributethose lands to farmers who know aboutthe wetland well as farmlands and howthe State will assist in this process”, theUnion Minister answered that 171305acres of farmlands in Nyaunglebin, DaikUand Waw Townships were put undermonsoon paddy, including 113084 acresof wetland accounting for 66.01 per cent; inthe years with heavy rain and inundation,monsoon paddy cannot be grown in thosefarmlands in time and late paddy wasplanted in later September and first week ofOctober; if the farmlands are inundatedlonger, monsoon paddy cannot be grown,only cold season crops can be grown; toprevent inundation of farmlandsin Bago Region, Yenwe Dam was built inorder to reclaim lands in Kyaukdaga,Nyaunglebin and DaikU Townships;by transforming wetlands into the (See page 10)

Representatives at 19th-day second regular session of first Pyithu Hluttaw.—MNA

Representatives attending 19th-day second regular session of first Amyotha Hluttaw.—MNA

Fifteen questions answered, change of title of a proposal approved

no objection as it was appropriate andsuitable while the Hluttaw asked theattitude of the Union government. Inaccord with the amendment of the BillCommittee, paragraph-7, subparagraph(f), has been approved as a part of theBill.

(See page 8)

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