The New Light of Myanmar 09-08-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 115 4thWaning of Wagaung 1371 ME Sunday, 9 August, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round development of other sectors of theeconomy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented eco-nomic system

* Development of the economy inviting partici-pation in terms of technical know-how andinvestments from sources inside the countryand abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economymust be kept in the hands of the State and thenational peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peace andtranquillity, prevalence of law and order

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Aug—On the occasion of the 44th Anniversary of the National Dayof the Republic of Singapore, which falls on 9 August 2009, Senior General Than Shwe,Chairman of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has senta message of felicitations to Mr. S.R. Nathan, President of the Republic of Singapore.

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Senior General Than Shwesends message of felicitations

to Singaporean President

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Aug—On the occasion of the 44th Anniversary of the National Day of the Republicof Singapore, which falls on 9 August 2009, General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar,has sent a message of felicitations to Mr. Lee Hsien Loong, Prime Minister of the Republic of Singapore.

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Prime Minister General Thein Seinfelicitates Singaporean counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Aug—Lt-Gen Ko Ko of theMinistry of Defence together with Chairman ofAyeyawady Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of South-West Command Maj-Gen KyawSwe and officials arrived at the railroad crossing of

Lt-Gen Ko Ko of Ministry of Defence inspectsYangon-Pathein railroad construction

Pathein-Yangon road and Pathien-Hinthada railroad inKangyidaunk Township on 5 August morning. Officialsreported on construction tasks.

Next, Lt-Gen Ko Ko inspected survey of land forthe railroad axis near Daka Kyeinchaung bridge and

Hsingaung Village. On arrival at Nyaungwai Villagein Einme Township, Lt-Gen Ko Ko heard reports onproject works and gave necessary instructions. At thepost-primary school in Nyaungwai Village, he also

(See page 7)

Developing Bago becoming neat and tidyArticle: Singu Soe Win (Reporter); Photos: Yang Naing Win (Reporter)

Kandawgyi Lake distributing a million gallons of water a day to 12 wards in Bago. (See Page 7)

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 9 August, 2009

Sunday, 9 August, 2009 * Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s DesirePERSPECTIVES

For all national peopleto wipe out the danger ofnarcotics

The special meeting (1/2009) of theCentral Committee for Drug Abuse Control(CCDAC) took place at the Headquarters ofMyanmar Police Force here on 7-8-2009.Secretary-1of the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil General Thiha Thura Tin Aung MyintOo addressed the meeting.

Myanmar is implementing a 15-yeardrug elimination plan and it has reached thefirst year of the third phase 5-year plan. Forthe elimination of poppy cultivation, ways andmeans are being sought to speed up poppy-substitute agricultural and livestock breedingundertakings.

The drug elimination plan designated asa 15-year plan from 1999 to 2014 is beingundertaken with two strategies and threetactics. A total number of 51 townships in ShanState, Shan State (East), Shan State (North),Kachin State, Kayah State and Chin Statehave been set up as top prioritized regions ofthe plan and drug elimination tasks are wellunder way.

In order to expose and destroy poppycultivation with greater momentum, Myanmaris surveying poppy cultivation in collaborationwith UNODC and has been working incooperation with NNCC since 2006.

Such measures as agricultural andlivestock breeding undertakings, creating jobopportunities, ensuring better transport forcompetitiveness of the products in market anddisseminating health and education knowledgeare being taken so as to dissuade poppy growersfrom cultivating poppy and enable them toearn more income.

All in all, all the national people are toeliminate the danger of narcotic drugs, thethreat to the entire humanity, till it is wiped outof Myanmar’s soil.

NAY PYI TAW, 8Aug — Minister forElectric Power No. (1)

NAY PYI TAW, 9 Aug— On the occasion of the44th Anniversary of the National Day of the Republicof Singapore, which falls on 9 August 2009, U NyanWin, Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to Mr.George Yeo, Minister for Foreign Affairs of theRepublic of Singapore.

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FM felicitates Singaporeancounterpart

YANGON, 8 Aug—A ceremony to open the17th Yangon DivisionMyanmar TraditionalCultural Performing ArtsCompetitions (professionallevel) was held at theUniversity of Culture(Yangon) here thismorning, attended byChairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen WinMyint.

Also present on theoccasion were the rectorof the university andfaculty members, guests,contestants and others.

After making aspeech, the rectorformally opened the

Yangon Division MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions opened

ceremony.This was followed

by the presentation ofstudents who wereawarded with a flowerbasket by the commander.

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Refresher course for staff officers of EP No. 1 Ministry concludes

Col Zaw Min attended theconcluding ceremony ofrefresher course for staff

officers at the trainingcenter for hydropowerdevelopment (Paunglaung)

yesterday morning.Also present on the

occasion were DeputyMinister U Myo Myint,d i r e c t o r s - g e n e r a l ,managing directors,officials, lecturers andtrainees.

The ministerpresented prizes tooutstanding trainees andDirector-General ofHydropower Implementa-tion Department U Win Kyihanded over certificates tothe trainees. The 4-weekcourse was attended by 20staff officers (civil).—MNA

YANGON, 8 Aug—ToTo sanitary waresshowroom centre wasopened at DiamondCondominium on Pyayroad in Kamayut Townshiphere this morning.

Daw Tin Tin Mhwe,Chief Executive Officerof Natural Clay Co, Ltd(ToTo Showroom-Myanmar) explained thepurpose of opening of the

ToTo sanitary wares showroom centre openedshowroom that wasestablished in 1917.Products of ToTo are ofhigh quality and aresought after by the globalnations. Its items includeSanitary Wares such asBasin, Shower SprayFaucet, Bath Tub, WaterCloset and Accessoriesand are distributed inMyanmar by Natural ClayCo, Ltd (Japan Carton

Box & PP Strapping BandManufacturing) asAuthorized Distributor.

Customers will enjoydiscounts on the productsfrom 7 to 23 August andit will be kept open from9:30 am to 6:00 pm daily.

For further details,contact the showroomcentre (ph-502379,502412 and Fax.212040).

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Minister Col Zaw Min addressing the concluding ceremony ofrefresher course for staff officers.—MNA

Customers visit ToTo showroom centre inDiamond Condominium.

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Com-mander

Maj-GenWin Myintpresentingprizes to

outstandingstudents.

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A cosplayer performs during the 2009 YouthInternational Comic and Animation Contest inGuiyang, southwest China’s Guizhou Province, on 7Aug, 2009. The 2009 Youth International Comic andAnimation Contest drew people from about 30 countries and regions. —XINHUA

A resident looks at the site of bomb attack in Kirkuk, 250 km (155 miles)north of Baghdad on 7 Aug, 2009. A bomb in a parked car near a crowded

market killed five people and wounded 30 others in the northern Iraqi city ofKirkuk on Thursday, a hospital source said.—INTERNET

Visitors show interest in a costume during the 5th Reproductive HealthTechnologies & Products Expo in Beijing, capital of Beijing, on 7 Aug,

2009.—XINHUA

Bolivia not to allow US militarybases on its territory

LA PAZ, 8 Aug — TheBolivian government willnever allow theestablishment of a USmilitary base on itsterritory, President EvoMorales said on Friday.

“Bolivia has its own

dignity even though it is asmall country, and we willnever allow any foreignmilitary base on ourterritory,” Morales saidduring the celebration ofthe country’s Army Dayin Oruro, a city insouthwest Bolivia.

Morales said most ofthe South Americanleaders rejected Presi-dent Alvaro Uribe’splan to expand USmilitary presence inColombia, which violatesnational sovereignty andposes a possible threat to

regional security.In recent years, with

more and more LatinAmerican left-wingparties coming intopower, US military basesin Latin America haveshrank continuously.

Washington started toseek the establishment ofUS military bases in othercountries such asColombia since Ecuadorrefused last year to renewits contract with theUnited States on the useof Manta military base.

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NATO probestwo Afghan

civiliancasualties

KABUL, 8 Aug —NATO-led forces areinvestigating whetherthey mistakenly killed twocivilians in southernAfghanistan, thealliance’s InternationalSecurity Assistance Forcesaid on Saturday.

Afghan and NATO-ledtroops fired mortars at aninsurgent they believedwas observing theiroperations near an Afghanarmy base in Uruzganprovince on Friday, butone of the mortar roundsfell short, the force said ina statement.

The statement saidvillagers had reported twocivilians killed. ISAF hadnotified local officialsand launched a jointinvestigation.

ISAF includes morethan half of the 62,000American troops inAfghanistan as well asmore than 30,000 troopsfrom other countries,under command of a USgeneral.

Internet

Mosul blast casualties rise to 305

Two dead inInner Mongolia

landslide HOHHOT, 8 Aug— Asand yard landslide onFriday killed two peopleand injured one in ChifengCity, north China’s InnerMongolia AutonomousRegion, local police saidon Saturday. The three people wereoperating a shovel loaderin the sand yard inHexigten Banner ofChifeng City when a sandhill collapsed and buriedthem early Friday. Eight rescuers rushedto the scene. They had todig with bare hands toavoid harming the buriedaccidentally. It took the rescuers twohours to retrieve the threeburied, two of whomdead. The injured wasimmediately sent to alocal hospital and is nowout of danger.—Xinhua

Shootouts in Mexico leave atleast 12 dead

PACHUCA (Mexico), 8 Aug — A running battle betweenpolice and gunmen has left 12 people dead in this centralMexican city, officials said on Friday.

The dead included three police officers and ninegunmen, said Hidalgo state Attorney General Jose AlbertoRodriguez. Two state police officers and one city officerremained hospitalized Friday after suffering gunshotwounds in the attacks late Thursday on the outskirts ofPachuca. A state officer, who was also wounded, diedon Friday at the hospital.

Hidalgo state police director Donanciano Millan saidofficers were acting on a tip that gunmen were in the areawhen they stopped four trucks carrying the assailants,who opened fire and fled. Officers pursued them, and thetwo groups exchanged gunfire.

After the attacks, police seized assault rifles, grenades,federal police uniforms, handcuffs and 3 kilograms (about7 pounds) of cocaine.—Internet

Guatemalan police seize overone ton of cocaine

MEXICO CITY, 8 Aug — Guatemala’s National CivilPolice have seized 1.04 tons of cocaine in two separateoperations, said news reports reaching here on Friday. In the first operation, police discovered 830 kg ofcocaine in a trailer attached to an articulated truck in thecapital Guatemala City. The police also spotted that three suspected drugdealers were unloading a truck on a suburban street whileanother one was on a lookout. The smugglers fled whenpolice approached. The army dispatched two helicoptersto conduct an aerial search for the suspects, but none ofthem has been caught so far.—Xinhua

BAGHDAD, 8 Aug— Casualties in the carbombing in Iraqi northerncity of Mosul rose to 305,source with provincialgovernorate said onFriday. According to thelatest casualties numbers,the car bomb whichdetonated near a Shiitemosque in the AL-Shelikan village,northwest of Mosul earlieron Friday, killed 38 people

and wounded 267 others.The blast happened whenworshippers left the ShiiteMosque after their Fridayprayer. The sourcepreviously put the numbersat 23 people killed and 30others wounded. Mosul isthe capital city of northernIraq’s Nineveh Province.

Friday’s attacktargeting Shiite Muslimsseems to be nocoincidence.

Earlier in the day,roadside explosions inBaghdad killed four andwounded 18 Shiitepilgrims, who just finishedtheir religious ritual fromholy city of Karbala.

Tens of thousands ofShiite pilgrims across thecountry congregated to theholy city Karbala in recentdays to celebrate the mid-Shaaban visit, which fallson Friday. Shaaban is theeighth month of the Islamiccalendar and the monthbefore the holymonth ofRamadan.—Xinhua

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Brazil’s industrialemployment down

RIO DE JANEIRO, 8 Aug—The industrial employmentrate in Brazil dropped 5.1 percent year-on-year in thefirst half of 2009, according to official statistics.

The industrial employment fell 0.01 percent in June,a decrease for nine consecutive months, but also thelowest monthly drop in 2009, the Brazilian Instituteof Geography and Statistics said on Friday.

During the period between July 2008 and June2009, the country’s industrial employment declinedby 1.9 percent year-on-year.

The number of hours paid to the industrial workersfell 5.8 percent in the first half of 2009, compared tothe same period a year earlier.

Salaries of the industrial workers dropped 1 per-cent year-on-year in the first half of 2009. In June, thefigure registered a 1.7-percent drop from May and a2-percent drop from June 2008.—Xinhua

World economy finishes free-fallbut remains uncertain

Oil falls as stronger dollaroffsets encouraging jobs data

Tourists observe as rescuers with exposure suits are going to help tourists whowere trapped by wasp attack at the top of the rock at Sigiriya, a place about 160km northeast of Sri Lankan capital Colombo, on 7 Aug, 2009. About 65 touristswere injured by wasp attack in this famous tourism site on Friday.—XINHUA

Greek job market resilientdespite global financial crisis

Airbus delivers288 aircraft

this year PARIS, 8 Aug—Plane

maker Airbus said on Fri-day that it has completeddeliveries of 288 aircraftin the first seven monthsof 2009, including fourA380 superjumbos, localmedia reported.

The total number oforders during the periodfrom January to July was118, after cancellation orpostponements.

Airbus has set goal toachieve 300 new ordersfor this year. Its parentcompany, EuropeanAeronautic Defence andSpace Company (EADS),expected Airbus to deliverthe same number of air-craft as 483 in 2008.

Boeing, Airbus’ rival,has delivered 279 aircraftthis year, including 216short-haul 737s.—Xinhua

A model presents acreation by designer

Payal Jain during the“Green Earth 09”

fashion show in NewDelhi on 7 Aug,2009.—XINHUA

People walk past human shaped promotion boardat the International Berlin Beer Festival in Berlin,

Germany, on 7 Aug, 2009. This year’s Interna-tional Berlin Beer Festival, which opened on 7

Aug, attracted nearly 300 breweries from 86countries and regions to present almost 2,000

different brands of beer.—XINHUA

BMW, Daimler see Julydeliveries decline

FRANKFURT, 8 Aug—Germany’s Daimler AG andBMW AG said on Friday that their worldwide car salesfell by more than 10 percent in July as the global eco-nomic downturn curbed demand for luxury autos.

The BMW group, which includes the Mini and RollsRoyce brands too, reported a 13 percent year-on-yeardrop in cars delivered to 110,000 from 126,000 in July2008.

Daimler’s Mercedes-Benz car division, whosebrands also include Smart and Maybach, saw an 11percent drop, with deliveries falling to 93,900 cars from105,100. The core Mercedes-Benz brand accountedfor most of those sales despite a 10 percent fall in de-liveries to 83,500 cars last month from 92,700 a yearearlier.

Sales of Smart compact cars declined particularlysharply in July, falling 16 percent to 10,400. Daimlersaid that, despite difficult market conditions, its newMercedes E-class sedan was being well received.

“We have delivered more than 40,000 units to cus-tomers since the market launch in spring,” Klaus Maier,a Daimler sales and marketing official said.—Internet

ATHENS, 8 Aug—De-spite pressure due to theglobal financial crisis,Greek job market is resil-ient and dynamic, withstrong and healthy resist-ance to changes in labourrelations, Greek Employ-ment and Social Protec-tion Minister Fani Palli-Petralia said on Friday.

She said “We want theministry to be a shield forthe workers, a shield forprotection of employmentand for reinforcing socialcohesion.”

The country’s labourinspectorate, the Labour

Inspection Corps (SEPE),said in a recent report thefact that Greece was re-sisting the conditions ofintense pressure from theglobal financial crisis wasof great significance.

It also said that the“correct political prac-tices” of the ministry,intensification of SEPEinspections and the gov-ernment’s package ofmeasures to boost em-ployment “create a pro-tective shield for theworkers in today’s diffi-cult conjuncture.”

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PARIS, 8 Aug—Theworld economy is nolonger in free-fall but stillremains uncertain, saidEuropean Central Bank(ECB) President Jean-Claude Trichet in an inter-

view with France’s RTLradio on Friday.

“We’re coming out ofthe period of free-fall,”Trichet said. “We are stillin a period of contractionof the economic activity.”

“We should guardagainst too much optimis-tic,” he added.

Trichet said the ECB’saction against the globalfinancial crisis has beensuccessful, but warning“the zone of uncertainty inwhich we have been sincethe crisis intensified inmid-September 2008 isnot yet behind us.”

According to a state-ment released by the ECBin this week, the interestrate will remain un-changed at 1.0 percent.

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NEW YORK, 8 Aug—Oil prices fell on Fridayas the US dollar roseagainst the euro, weaken-ing the purchasing powerof buyers using other cur-rencies.

Light, sweet crude forSeptember deliverydropped 1.01 dollars, or1.4 percent, to settle at70.93 dollars a barrel onthe New York MercantileExchange.

The contract initiallyrose after the release ofthe encouraging jobs datawhich showed the US job-less rate unexpectedlydropped to 9.4 percentfrom 9.5 percent in July,adding to optimism that

the economy was turningaround.

However, oil pricesbegan to drop as the dol-lar got stronger against theeuro. The Dollar Indexrose more than 1.2 per-cent, undermining de-mand for dollar-pricedassets such as oil used tohedge against inflation.

In London, Brentcrude for Septemberdelivery dropped 1.41dollars to 73.42 dollars abarrel on the ICE Futuresexchange.—Xinhua

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Indonesian police foil car bomb attack

UN warns it lacks access to 500,000hungry Somalis

Huge turbines of wind power plants are pictured in Hinggan League (orprefecture) of north China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous Region on 7 Aug,2009. Inner Mongolia, covering 1.18 million square kilometers of land, has

boasted more than 3 million kilowatts of wind power, the largest of its kind inChina. —XINHUA

UNITED NATIONS, 8Aug— Lack of access hasprevented the United Na-tions from deliveringfood to 500,000 of itsplanned 3.3 million ben-eficiaries in Somalia overthe past month, princi-pally in Mogadishu andthe south of the battle-scarred country, the UNhumanitarian agency re-ported here on Friday. At the same time, theUN World Food Pro-gramme (WFP) will facecritical shortfalls as ofOctober and urgently re-quires 209,000 metric

tons of food worth 208million US dollars tocover the current aidpipeline until the end ofMarch 2010, the UN Of-fice for the Coordinationof Humanitarian Affairs(OCHA) said. As of the end of July,the Somalia consolidatedappeal was 52 percentfunded at 438 million USdollars. In July, WFP de-livered about 33,725 met-ric tons of food, 83 per-cent of the planned ton-nage, to 2.8 million ben-eficiaries in south-centralSomalia and Puntland

and Somaliland in thenorth. Lack of access andminor pipeline shortfallscut off delivery from thefull target of 3.3 million,OCHA said. Mogadishu and thesouth have been shatteredby an upsurge of attacksfrom Al-Shabaab andother militant groupsagainst the provisionalgovernment in a countrythat has had no function-ing central authority andhas been riven by fac-tional fighting for nearlytwo decades.

Xinhua

JAKARTA, 8 Aug — In-donesian police foiled aterrorist plot to launch acar bomb attack on a spe-cific target in the next twoweeks, National PoliceChief General HendarsoBambangDanuri saidhere on Friday.

The police chief toldreporters after a raid on aterrorist house inPurinusa residence atJatiasih of Bekasi town inWest Java, that they killedtwo terrorist suspects whowere involved in a suicidebombing at Australianembassy in Jakarta in2004.

Police also seized ex-plosives and hundreds ofkilograms of bombs anda truck, Hendarso said.“One car has been pre-pared for car bomb in thenext two weeks,” he said.“Thank to God we canfoil it,” Hendarso said.

The police chief saidthat the plot was aimed ata specific target but he re-fused to elaborate.

He said that policewere also pursuing scoresof other terrorist suspectsincluding two persons,one of them was AmirAbdullah who ordered theroom 1808 at JW MarriotHotel, in which policefound an unexplodedbomb after the suicidebombings in the hotel andRitz Carlton Hotel oppo-site of the hotel on 17 July,killing nine people andwounding 55 others.

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People buy articles on aflea market held in

Panjiayuan, the marketfor folk art, in Beijing,China,on 6 Aug, 2009.Panjiayuan Market willsupply 400 free booths

for citizens to tradetheir unused articles on

every Thursday.XINHUA

One Palestinian killed inGaza tunnel collapse

GAZA, 8 Aug—OnePalestinian was killed asa smuggling tunnel underthe borderline betweensouthern Gaza Strip townof Rafah and Egypt col-lapsed, medics and wit-nesses said on Friday.

The witnesses said thatone of the smuggling tun-nels under the borderlinecollapsed overnight, add-ing that the body of a lo-cal worker was pulled outfrom the tunnel early onFriday morning.

Medics at Rafah Hos-pital told Xinhua on tel-ephone that the local tun-nel worker Ahmed al-Debari, 21, was stuck inthe collapsed tunnel andwas suffocated to death.

The reason behind thetunnel’s collapse was notimmediately known, ac-

cording to Gaza-rulingHamas security sources.However, several tunnelshad collapsed and killedaround 12 people over thelast couple of weeks.

Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Road crashes kill 11,injure 30 in BangladeshDHAKA, 8 Aug— At least 11 people were killed and

30 others injured in separate road crashes in three dis-tricts in Bangladesh on Thursday and Friday, privatenews agency UNB reported.

In central district Faridpur, about 100 km southwestfrom capital Dhaka, six people were killed and 30 oth-ers injured as a bus tumbled into a roadside ditch at inBhanga sub-district on Friday, the news agency said.Police said the accident occurred at about 2 pm localtime as the tyre of a front wheel of the bus suddenly gotpunctured, killing four passengers on the spot and in-juring 32 others. Later, two of the injured died on theway to a local hospital.In southern Bagerhat district,about 178 km from Dhaka, two motorcyclists were killedas a bus smashed their bike in Morelganj sub-district onFriday, according to the UNB. Police said the bus col-lided with the motorbike carrying the two friends atabout 4 pm local time while they were returning home,killing them on the spot.

In eastern Narsingdi district, about 51 km northeastfrom Dhaka, three people of a family were killed as apickup van ran over themin Shibpur sub-district on Fri-day, the UNB said.—Xinhua

Hot weather warningcontinues in force in Hong Kong

A train enters a railway station in Arxan, a town innorth China’s Inner Mongolia Autonomous

Region, on 5 Aug, 2009. Covering an area of lessthan 300 square meters, the mini Arxan railway

station, built in 1937, still manages to function inthe Greater Hinggan Mountains in Inner

Mongolia. —XINHUA

HONG KONG ,8 Aug—Heat and humidityprompted the Hong KongObservatory to keep aVery Hot Weather Warn-ing in force on Saturday.The observatory said itwas forecasting very hotweather in the southernChinese territory and that“the risk of heatstroke ishigh.” It advised localresidents to take measuresto avoid prolonged expo-sure under the sunlightand drink plenty of water. More than 600 seniorcitizens pressed the alarm

to seek help by early after-noon and 46 of them wereforced to seek medicalhelp at local hospitals.Most of them complainedof headache or dizziness,said the Senior CitizenHome Safety Association. The Hong Kong Ob-servatory typically issuesthe Very Hot WeatherWarning when the peaktemperature during the dayhits 33 degrees Celsius orabove, with the humidityand other factors taken intoconsideration as well.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

Japan’s robotics venture Cyberdyne em-ployee wearing the robot-suit “HAL”(Hybrid Assistive Limb) walk on a streetin Tokyo for the demonstration. Two menand a woman, wearing what looked likewhite plastic exoskeletons over black out-fits, were testing — at a pace of 1.8 kilo-metres (1.1 miles) an hour — robotic suitsdesigned to give mobility to the injuredand disabled.Japan’s robotics ventureCyberdyne employee wearing the robot-suit “HAL” (Hybrid Assistive Limb) walkon a street in Tokyo for the demonstra-tion. Two men and a woman, wearingwhat looked like white plastic exoskele-tons over black outfits, were testing — ata pace of 1.8 kilometres (1.1 miles) anhour — robotic suits designed to give mobility to the injured and disabled.

A bullfighter is gored to the ground by

a bull during a bullfighting to

celebrate the closing of the Santo

Domingo Festival on the outskirts of

Managua, capital of Nicaragua,

on 3 August, 2009.

Police find train “suicide” woman in bedFrench police called off their search for a woman who threw herself in front of

a speeding train when they found that she had dragged herself home and gone tobed, a court source told Reuters.

The 58-year-old, who suffered from depression, jumped in front of the train asit sped through the station at Herrlisheim near Strasbourg at around 150 km perhour, prompting the driver to alert the police.

Discovering only a small blood stain on the train and the platform, police calledin helicopters to find the woman who they presumed had been sent flying by thecollision, public prosecutor Laurent Guy said.

But the search was called off when the woman’s partner, returning from a nightshift, found her lying in bed with a broken arm and other injuries and rang theemergency services.

The woman, who had attempted suicide in the past, was subsequentlyhospitalized.

This undated picture released by theSpanish National Research Council(CSIC) shows fossilised tracks in theCabaneros National Park of centralSpain, lasting evidence of a type of

an ancient giant worm that lived 475million years ago and was up to one

metre (three feet) in length.

Cloverleaf turns unlucky for alleged Min crook

Wal-Mart worker bittenby accused shoplifter

Police said a Wal-Mart employeewas bitten while confronting a customerabout shoplifting. Officers said a 44-year-old woman bit the employee on thearm while trying to leave the store’sgarden centre without paying for itemsin her purse.

The woman was arrested on chargesof theft and assault.

According to the Kingsport Times-News, items recovered from her pursewere valued at about $32.

The cloverleaf turned out to beunlucky for one alleged robber in the StPaul area. Ramsey County sheriff’sdeputy Jeremy Bolen identified the 32-year-old St Paul man by the cloverleaftattoo on his left arm, the cloverleaf onhis cap and the Celtic cross tattooed onhis right bicep.

Bolen used descriptions fromwitnesses to connect the man to two StPaul convenience stores and a gas stationrobbery in Eagan. The suspect wastracked down after being arrested onMonday for alleged drunken drivingand crashing into another car. He injuredhimself and two others.

The Dakota County attorney’s officecharged him Friday with one felony

count of aggravated robbery. He’s beingheld on $150,000 bail. The case is stillunder review in Ramsey County.

NUKU’ALOFA, 8 Aug—The number of people miss-ing and feared dead after a ferry sank in Tonga roseFriday to more than 60 and could jump further, po-lice said, as the prime minister called the tragedy a“major disaster” for his tiny country.

Police Commander Chris Kelly said the latest in-formation was that the Princess Ashika was carrying117 passengers and crew when it went down aroundmidnight on Wednesday, again hiking a figure thathas steadily risen as authorities investigate.

Fifty-three survivors and two bodies were pluckedfrom the Pacific, leaving 62 people unaccounted for,according to the latest count. But the number of miss-ing could still rise because authorities have not beenable to reconcile the list of passengers and crew withthe accounts of survivors.—Internet

ANKARA, 8 Aug— Tur-key and Russia signed adeal here on Thursday toallow the planned Rus-sian-backed South Streamgas pipeline to go throughTurkey’s Black Sea wa-ters, the semi-officialAnatolia news agency re-ported.

Inked by TurkishPrime Minister TayyipErdogan and his Russiancounterpart VladimirPutin, who is in the Turk-

RIO DE JANEIRO, 8Aug— Brazil’s grain out-put will fall from 146 mil-lion tons to 134.4 in 2009,a 7.9 percent decrease fromlast year, a Brazilian agencyreported on Thursday.

The projection by theBrazilian Institute of Ge-ography and Statistics(IBGE) is 0.8 percentagepoints lower than the in-stitute’s figure in its lastmonth’s report. It said thatby year’s end, Brazilwould register the secondhighest yield of grain inhistory.

VIENNA, 8 Aug— The Austrian foreign trade con-tinued to decline in May, the imports and exportsdropped by 21.4 percent and 22.1 percent respectivelycompared to the same period last year, amounting to7.67 billion euro and 7.54 billion euro respectively.

However, according to the figure released by Sta-tistics Austria on Thursday, the situation showed bet-ter in May than April.

In April this year, Austria’s exports had dropped asmuch as 27.9 percent.

On the other hand, the Austrian imports in Maycontinued to decline, with 0.5 percent more declinethan April (20.9 percent).

Xinhua

Passengers including ferry accident survivorsboard a plane at Pangai on Tonga’s Lifuka Island,for a flight to Nuku’alofa on 7 Aug, 2009, after a

ferry carrying 117 passengers and crew sankaround midnight Wenesday, northeast of the

Tongan capital, Nuku’alofa.—INTERNET

Austrian exports, imports inMay respectively declined by

over 20%

Tonga police fear ferry tollmay rise further

Brazil’s grain output expected to fall 7.9% in 2009According to the

IBGE, rice production in2009 would rise by 4.2percent from 2008, whilesoybean and corn wouldsee a 5.2 percent and a 14.2percent drop respectively.

The total cultivatedarea in Brazil would fallslightly from last year’s47.4 million hectares to47.2 in 2009. The land forrice and corn productionwould increase by 2.1 and1 percent respectively,while soybean fieldswould decrease by 4.6percent.

In all, 81.3 percent ofBrazil’s arable land isused for the production ofrice, corn and soybeans.

The IBGE said all thefive grain-growing Brazil-ian regions would seedrops in output from lastyear. The southern regionwould have the largestgross output of 53.6 mil-lion tons, a 12.6 percentdrop from 2008. By con-trast, the northern regionwould see the smallestoutput of 3.7 million tons,down 1.8 percent from2008..—Xinhua

Turkey, Russia sign deal onSouth Stream pipeline

ish capital of Ankara fora one-day working visit,the agreement is viewedas an attempt of Russia tocompete with the Euro-pean-supported Nabuccogas pipeline and weakenEurope’s efforts to diver-sify its energy sources.

According to the agree-ment, Turkey permittedRussia to carry out feasi-bility studies to pass theSouth Stream pipelinethrough Turkey’s exclu-

sive economic zone. The South Stream

pipeline is designed tocarry natural gas from theRussian coast through theBlack Sea to Europe.

Russia has been seek-ing Turkey’s support forthe project so that thepipeline could go throughTurkey’s territorial watersunder the Black Sea in-stead of crossingUkraine’s waters.

Xinhua

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(from page 1)heard reports onconstruction of a newschool building andstressed the need fortimely completion of theconstruction.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Ko Ko inspecteddevelopments of EinmeTownship by car andvisited Shwe Ein Yadana

Lt-Gen Ko Ko of Ministry ofDefence inspects Yangon-Pathein railroad…

Home for the Aged wherehe made cash donation.

After inspecting thesite chosen forconstruction of Daka-Einme railroad section, Lt-Gen Ko Ko went toThonegwa Creek Bridgein Pantanaw Townshipand looked into thedurability of the bridge.

Later, Lt-Gen Ko

Ko inspected Yangon-Pathein railroad section,Einme-Pantanaw railroadsection, Pantanaw-BoMyat Tun Bridge,Naungdon-Hlinethayaroad section.—MNA

Developing Bago becoming neat and tidyArticle: Singu Soe Win (Reporter); Photos: Yang Naing Win (Reporter)

(from page 1)About five miles

to the east of Singu liePyinchaung Village andMontaing Village thathad to experience watershortages for many years.

Since theTatmadaw governmentstarted assumption ofState duties after 1988,all the regions andvillages includingPyinchaung andMontaing villages withscarcity of water haveenjoyed enough waterthanks to the tube wellprojects.

When we, thenews team of theMyanma Alin Daily,visited Bago, ExecutiveOfficer of BagoTownship DevelopmentAffairs CommitteeDeputy Director U TunMyaing, AssistantDirector Daw MyintMyint Aye and AssistantEngineer U Lay Lwinconducted us aroundBago to witness itsdevelopments.

Situated about fivemiles to the northwest of

"Kandawgyi Lake is providing a milliongallons of water a day ; for Bago."U Tun Myaing. (Deputy Director).

Signboard at the entrance to Bago.

Garbage trucks that collect rubbish in the wards of Bago two times a day.

Township DAC sinking a tube well for Taunggyikwe Village in BagoTownship.

Bago, the KandawgyiLake stores water bydamming Thephyu Creekthat rises from the BagoYoma as well as rainwater.Then the lake supplieswater to the town throughthe pipelines. Through the18-, 14- and 12-inch

diameter main pipelines,the Kandawgyi Lake hasprovided water to 1256home taps, 52 taps forpublic use, 42 emergencytaps and 59 brick tanks in12 wards since 1924.

The KandawgyiLake is 95 feet in height,750 feet in length and 10feet in thickness. Itsstorage area is 141 acres

and catchments area 1380acres. Its intake structureis 97 feet high. The lake isproviding a milliongallons of water to 12wards out of 22 in thetown.

Bago needs1542000 gallons of water

a day. Out of 31 wards --22 in the town and nine inOaktha new town -- 21wards are being providedwith water throughtwenty-five artesian wells.By digging 180-370 feet-deep wells, Bago storesmore than a milliongallons of water andsupplies over 700000gallons to the local people.

Moreover, the dwellers ofBago are not concernedabout their water supply,as the water of Mazin Damhas been stored as areserve.

For fire prevention,there are 42 hosepipes, twotanks with storagecapacity of 20000 gallonseach, seven tanks withstorage capacity of 10000gallons each, 15 tanks withstorage capacity of 5000gallons each, LeikpyaLake, Hmaw Lake andOaktha Lake. In addition,59 brick tanks have beenbuilt.

Braving the heavyrain, we visited the naturalfertilizer plant inPephaungdaw fieldtogether with U TunMyaing and officials. Thearea of the garbagedisposable site is 10 acres.The plant buildingmeasures 20 ft by 40 ft.The warehouse measures60ft x 40 ft.

Bago Township

looks neat and tidy thanksto the seven garbage trucksof the townshipDevelopment AffairsCommittee. We were

impressed by thesystematic plan of theexecutive officer and hisstaff to make all thegarbage useful.

After all thegarbage has been kept,plastics, tree branches andleaves are sorted out. Theremaining garbage ispiled in layers which areone feet apart. Then thesolution of EM containing

mushroom fibres andhelpful bacteria ispoured into the garbagepiles and they are keptfor 30 days. Then they

become naturalfertilizers forplantations.

The process ofturning waste productsinto natural fertilizers isindeed contributing tothe cleanliness andeconomy of towns andvillages.

*****Translation: ST

Myanma Alin: 4-8-09

Lt-Gen Ko Ko

viewing progress of

new building atBEPS in Nyaungyan

village of Einme

Township.MNA

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Some say they practise politics, and some saythey get involved into democracy movements, butfor whom are they doing so?

Surely, their answer will be the same: in theinterest of the people and the nation.

This answer is quite correct, but what is neededis that they all have to practise their words into deeds.The people hate to live under the yoke of aliens, asMyanmar is gifted with natural resources alongsideland and water sources.

Aliens became rich by unfairly taking suchinvaluable resources from the nation, whereas thepeople, real owners, remained impoverished. Beingexploited by the colonialists became intolerablestrains, so the people were desperate to regain inde-pendence. Therefore, the people threw themselves toindependence struggles. Independence of nation canbe lost in no time, but it calls for a great deal of efforts,challenges and lives to regain the lost independence.

It is on 4 January 1948 when the entire peopleof the Union of Myanmar were happy to the marrowto shout “We regain independence, we are independ-ent”. They celebrated the regaining of independenceat the national level. I think, today’s senior citizensstill remember that they shouted and claimed so.

Then, the people relished the hope and thoughtof leading a life of luxury and enjoying the independ-ence to the core. In contrast, in the pragmatic world,they were always in a state of panic, moving andrunning constantly for their lives, let alone develop-ment, prosperity, and higher living standard, stem-ming from so many roaring political parties: seven oreight communist groups, nine or ten socialist groups,and about a dozen of democratic, liberal and con-servative groups with a variety of policies, the groupstrying to secede their states from the union, andarmed groups getting involved in armed rivalry fortheir own parties, policies and sects to come topower.

In the post-independence period, the peoplewent through the hell of internal armed insurgency ormulticoloured armed insurgency, or exploiting ofman by man, rivalry for regions and power. So manytimes, the union built by sweat, blood and lives ofmass of people of various national races was on the

No other way but democratic practiceMaung Pwint Lin

verge of collapse. Today’s medium-aged people havefirst-hand knowledge, and younger generations havesecond-hand knowledge of such untold miseries.

Myanmar had regained independence, but fatenever smiled on her. The nation was in a real fix due tounderground insurgents, too many political partieswith diverse policies, dogmatisms that had been alltroubling the motherland at the alien instigation through-out successive governments. Those with an anarchicsense indulged themselves in anarchic activities withthe hope of meeting their wishes and hopes, whereasthe people fall victim to the evil consequences.

The nation saw riots occurring both undergroundand aboveground in AFPFL parliamentary democracygovernment, the Revolutionary Council governmentand the Myanmar Socialist Programme Party govern-ment. The 1988 unrest is far worse than any other one.All the aboveground and underground elements, left-ists, rightists, internal and external destructive ele-ments combined into a very strong force. So, the unionwas on the point of collapse and sovereignty (inde-pendence), on the brink of loss.

Once the people turn violent and wild, they alldiscarded democratic practices and the law and putaside any forms of public interest. A mass protest is bynature gentle at first: demonstrators take to the streetsand walk in procession. But before long, the crowdsbecome mobs, which is a tradition. Protesters turn overwhatever automobiles they find and burn them down,demolish and rob shops. For opportunists, a demon-stration is like an occasion in which they can do as theywish: they ravage offices, schools, police stations andbuildings, throw stones at embassies, and set fire tosome buildings.

Can such destructive acts be called democracymovements? Actually, they are none other than anar-chic sense. In the 1988 affairs, mobs even destroyedtombs in the cemeteries. What was the most inhumanewas that they beheaded many poor innocent citizens,accusing them of saboteurs. To make matters worse, afive-warship fleet including an aircraft carrier from amilitary power intruded into the Myanmar’s waters.Pamphlets stating power had to be handed over to aninterim government, or certain places would comeunder artillery fire or the threat of bomb attacks were

swarming about like locusts everywhere. The riotersdid push the nation almost falling to the aliens.

With political attacks, subversives tried todestroy the nation, thus attracting complete abhor-rence from the public. In the 1988 affairs, the con-flicts between rioters and local people were growing.The people wanted the government to suppress theanarchic movements of opportunists and power-craving elements. That was why the Tatmadaw as-sumed charge of State duties and focused on com-munity peace, the rule of law, secure and smoothtransport, and measures for the people to be able tolead a peaceful life with freedom of business.

Today, the people’s ardent desire is to main-tain the priceless internal peace. And they are verysensitive to sanctions against the union to slow downthe all-round development momentum.

Every country has their laws and govern-ments, and courts. No country lets their Statestability, administrative machinery and judicialsystem to be harmed. When demonstrations go toomuch and hurt the interest of the nation, the govern-ment concerned has to disperse the crowds, throwingwater at them with fire hoses and using teargases. Ifthose ways show still ineffective, security membersthrow pepper liquid to the faces of the demonstratorsand seize them, strike them with police batons. Andthose ways are not still enough, security membershave to open fire at the mobs. In any country,politicians and political leaders are not licensed toviolate the law, and do activities outside the frame-work of the law.

The people noticed that today, some politicalopportunists and power-craving elements are tryingto incite riots under the pretext of Daw Suu Kyi’scase. Today, the youth are no longer vulnerable toexploitation by political opportunists, on the groundthat the parents do not let their children to be ex-ploited and the youth concentrate on nothing buttheir studies. So, the tactics of the political opportun-ists are no longer effective. It has been commonknowledge that many youngsters went undergroundand encountered real hard times, were at a dead end,and became expatriates.

Such power-craving opportunists do not sparemonks, who have renounced the world and are shoul-dering religious duties, for political games. No mat-ter how much certain foreign radio stations under theinfluence of the colonialists, national traitors, ren-egades and local axe-handles are provoking protests,the people no longer show their interest in destruc-tive acts, because they favour stability, peace, devel-opment but oppose unrest and violence. The nationcan develop only with stability and peace. Anddemocratization can be put into reality only if thenation sees stability and peace.

Therefore, I would like to suggest that theyshould give up inciting riots if they think they reallylove their country, and they should stand for electionin the 2010 multiparty democracy election to knowpublic decision if they are in favour and support fordemocracy. There is no other way, except demo-cratic practice.

Translation: MS

They should give up inciting riots ifthey think they really love their coun-try, and they should stand for electionin the 2010 multiparty democracy elec-tion to know public decision if they arein favour and support for democracy.There is no other way, except demo-cratic practice.

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NAY PYI TAW, 8 Aug — The firstcoordination meeting for observanceof World Teachers’ Day which falls on5 October took place at the Ministry ofEducation here this morning with anaddress by Chairman of leading com-mittee for observance of WorldTeachers’ Day celebration DeputyMinister for Education Brig-Gen AungMyo Min.

Secretary U Bo Win of the lead-

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Aug — Acting on a tip-off, alocal combined security force of Tachilek Town-ship, Shan State (East) seized 37, 600 stimulant tab-lets from a house on Mekong (2) Street in MekongWard in Tachilek at 2 p.m yesterday. A total of fourculprits including Sai Lon Myint were arrested to-gether with the stimulant tablets.

Authorities concerned are taking actions to ex-pose their accomplices.

MNA

YANGON, 7 Aug— A ceremony tomark World Breastfeeding Week or-ganized by Myanmar Women’s AffairsFederation was held at the federationon Thanlwin Street, Bahan township,here this afternoon.

It was attended by Deputy Min-ister for Health Dr Mya Oo, depart-mental heads and personnel, patrons,presidents, central executive mem-bers of MWAF, vice president, cen-tral executives of MWAA, personnelfrom UN agencies, personnel of

NAY PYI TAW, 8 Aug – AMyanmar delegation led by Ministerfor Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win ar-rived back Yangon on 6 August by airafter attending the Second Meeting ofthe Myanmar-Sri Lanka Joint Com-mission for Bilateral Cooperation heldin Colombo, Sri Lanka from 3 to 5Aug.

The Second Meeting of the JointMeeting was preceded by the SeniorOfficials Meeting (SOM) held on 3 Augat the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of theSri Lanka in Colombo where wide rang-ing bilateral matters discussed at theSenior Officials Level.

In the afternoon, Minister U NyanWin visited Myanmar Embassy in Co-lombo to meet with Myanmar Ambas-sador to Sri Lanka and staff of the Em-bassy and gave necessary instructionson the work of the Embassy.

Minister U Nyan Win and mem-bers of the Myanmar delegation attendeda dinner hosted in their honour by Min-

Myanmar delegation led by Foreign Affairs Minister arrives back from Sri Lanka

ister of Foreign Affairs of Sri Lanka HEMr Rohitha Bogollagama at the WaterEdge Hotel.

On 4 Aug, Minister U Nyan Winattended the Ministerial segment of theSecond Meeting of the Joint Commis-sion held at the Ministry of ForeignAffairs in Colombo. At the meetingMyanmar delegation led by Minister UNyan Win held bilateral discussionswith the Sri Lanka delegation headedby Minister of Foreign Affairs of SriLanka. They exchanged views on wide-ranging bilateral issues includingstrengthening of friendly relations, pro-motion of trade, investment and coop-eration at the regional and internationalarena. They also discussed the follow-up matters of the recent visit toMyanmar of HE the President of SriLanka in June 2009. The two Ministersthen signed the Agreed Minutes of theJoint Commission.

Myanmar delegation headed byMinister U Nyan Win paid a courtesy

call on HE Mahinda Rajapaksa, Presi-dent of the Democratic Socialist Repub-lic of Sri Lanka at the Temple Trees,Residence of the President at 11.30 amon 4 Aug. In the evening, Myanmardelegation led by Minister U Nyan Winvisited Kandy and attended the EsalaPerehara.

On 5 Aug, Minister U Nyan Winand party paid homage to the SacredTooth Relic of the Lord Buddha in Kandyand met with the visiting Myanmar busi-ness delegation at the Earl’s Regency toencourage them to strive for promotionof bilateral trade.

MNA

Coord meeting for observance of WorldTeachers’ Day held

ing committee, Director-General of Edu-cation Planning and Training Depart-ment, explained work plan, chairmen ofwork committees works to be done. Af-ter hearing reports, the deputy ministergave necessary instructions.

Next, those present made propos-als for the celebration and the meetingcame to an end with concluding remarksby the deputy minister.

MNA

Cash donated for healthcare services

YANGON, 7 Aug— On behalf of RMH Singa-pore Pte Ltd in Singapore, U Jock Yin Son donated K12 million to Social Welfare Department under theMinistry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement,and K 10 million to Inner Hospice (Cancer) Central ofU Hla Htun Mitta Yeikmon (Cancer) Foundation atParkroyal Hotel here today.— MNA

MWAF marks World Breastfeeding WeekYangon Division Health Department,president of Yangon DivisionMWAA, members of social organi-zations and guests.

Deputy Minister Dr Mya Oodelivered an address. Dr Daw MyintKyi, president of MWAF gave aspeech.

After the ceremony, Dr Daw AyeAye Myint, Associate-Professor ofYangon Children’s Hospital gave talkson “Breast Milk the best in case ofEmergency”.—MNA

Stimulant tablets seizedin Tachilek

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Aung Myo Min addresses coordinationmeeting for observance of World Teachers’ Day.—MNA

Minister UNyan Win

and Ministerof Foreign

Affairs of SriLanka MrRohitha

Bogollagamaexchanging

AgreedMinutes ofJoint Com-

mission.MNA

Deputy Minister Dr Mya Oo addressing ceremony to mark WorldBreastfeeding Week.

MNA

U Jock Yin Son of RMH Singapore Pte Ltddonating to U Hla Htun Mitta Yeikmon

(Cancer) Foundation.MNA

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(from page 16)Tanunggyi is surrounded by Heho, Hopon,

Aungban and Yaksawk regions. We news crew ofKyemon daily went to the environs of Taunggyi towrite a byline about developments of Shan State(South). On the way, we saw the vast plains of theregions.

Now those plains have become green and lushalthough they were barren and dry in the past. We couldsee lush and green plains as national entrepreneurshave succeeded in growing crops after land reclama-tion in accord with the market-oriented system.

National entrepreneur are engaged in growingperennial trees in the plains of Kyaukgu region in

Lush and green plains from Yaksawk TownshipArticle and Photos: Nyein Maung (Kyemon)

Taunggyi District of Shan State (South). We sawthriving perennial trees and seasonal crop plantations.

We also saw thriving perennial trees and sea-sonal crop plantations in Sesonganaing region and fourprivate-owned plantations in Intaw region. Cultivationof perennial trees such as mangoes, avocado and jackfruit that are in great demand is gaining success in theregions with favorabl weather conditions. It is alsolearnt that seasonal crops such as corn and sesame arebeing grown successfully in order to cover expenses ingrowing perennial trees. Out of 32000 acres of vacantlands allotted by the government to be reclaimed foragricultural purposes, 4000 acres have been reclaimedand perennial trees grown. Reclaimed lands have been

put under perennial trees such as Seintalon mango,orange, avocado and coffee plus seasonal crops likecorn, jute, sesame and groundnut.

The Union of Myanmar has a lot of vacantlands. The government is rendering assistance foreffective use of those vacant lands. Intaw Kyaunkguregion in Yaksawk Township is a nice place fornational entrepreneurs to engage in agricultural busi-nesses. On my return from Kyaukgu region, I wishednational entrepreneurs a success in their agriculturalundertakings to serve the best interests of the State aswell as theirs.

Translation: YMKyemon: 7-8-2009

Thriving perennial and seasonal crop plantations in the plain of Kyaukgu region in Yaksawk Township.

ASEAN U-19Youth Football

Tournamentcontinues

YANGON, 8 Aug—The ASEAN U-19 YouthFootball Tournament con-tinued at Ho Chi Minh Cityin Vitenam this evening.

In the Group (B),Malaysia youth footballteam beat Myanmar foot-ball teamm 2-0 in the lastof the group match.—MNA

YANGON, 8 Aug—The Mingaladipa light offeringceremony was held at Sri Ramakarishana Hall onBotahtaung Pagoda Road here on 26 July.

Secretary of Hindudhamma Propagation WomenCommittee Dr Than Than Nu formally opened theceremony and Chairman of Tooth Relic Pagoda Boardof Trustees U Htin Myo made an opening speech.

Patron of Hindudhamma Propagation U Tin MaungWin and Patron of Hindudhamma Literature Lecturing USan Myint explained the purpose of organizing theceremony. After explaining the salient points of theceremony, Chairman of All-Myanmar Hindu BrahminPujari Monks Association U Maung Myint offered thelight as a taken of opening the ceremony followed by avariety of traditional dances.—NLM

Mingaladipa light offering ceremony held

Mingaladipa light offering ceremony of Hindu famalies in progress.NLM

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

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WASHINGTON, 8 Aug—Gaps areemerging between the US strategy inAfghanistan and its implementation intowns and villages across the embattlednation.

While US plans make sense onpaper, ground personnel are running intounexpected snags that hamperoperations, said David Kilcullen, anincoming adviser to General StanleyMcCrystal, the top US commander inAfghanistan. With the US role in Iraqcoming to a close, the United States hasshifted its focus to the war inAfghanistan. US forces are slated to

BAGHDAD, 8 Aug—A bomb hidden in a motorcycle killed six people andwounded 35 in a market in western Baghdad on Friday, police said. The attack tookplace in the mostly Sunni Muslim district of al-Khadhraa, they said.

Earlier on Friday, a series of bombs in Baghdad killed six Shi’ite pilgrims. InMosul, a suicide car bomber also killed 38 people as they left a Shi’ite Muslimmosque near the restive city of Mosul, police said.—MNA/Reuters

HANOI, 8 Aug—The Political Bureau of theCommunist Party of Vietnam Central Committeeencouraged Vietnamese people to use more made-in-Vietnam goods to boost domestic consumption, localnewspaper the People reported Friday.

The move is to nurture the consumption habit ofVietnamese people and encourage local producers toproduce high-quality products, said the newspaper.

Vietnamese Government will work to provideconsumers with correct information on the quality ofVietnamese products and support local companies incertain activities such as market survey, productexhibition and promotion, according to the report.

MNA/Xinhua

reach 68,000 by year-end, more thandouble the 32,000 troops at the end oflast year.

The switch comes with a much-touted new strategy that emphasizesgaining support from ordinary Afghansand minimizing Taleban influence inthe war-torn country. One of the plan’smajor tenets is “clear, hold, build”—troops “clear” an area of insurgents,“hold” the location and conducteconomic development projects in orderto “build” the economy and gain Afghanloyalty.

MNA/Xinhua

US faces gaps in implementingAfghanistan strategy

A group of 33,996 people take part in an attempt to break the Guinness worldrecord for the largest number of people practising Taiji in multiple locations,outside the National Olympic Stadium, also known as the Bird’s Nest, to markthe one-year anniversary of the Beijing Olympic Games in Beijing on 8 Aug,

2009.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 8 Aug—China CSSC (China StateShipbuilding Corp.) Holdings Ltd, the country’sleading shipbuilder, announced on Saturday it hadmade a net profit of 1.2 billion yuan (175.6 million USdollars) in the first half of the year, down 38.42 percentyear on year.

Net assets profitability ratio was 9.53 percent insix months, declining by 10.25 percentage points yearon year, due to waning demands and rising materialprices, said the company in its half-year report to theShanghai Stock Exchange.

The Shanghai-listed firm’s shares had plummeted6.76 percent to 92.96 yuan a share Friday before therelease of the report.—Internet

China’s leading shipbuilder CSSCnet profit down 38.4% in 1H

A woman watcheswaves triggered bytyphoon Morakot batterthe shore in Wenling,Zhejiang Province on 7Aug, 2009. More than20,000 people have beenevacuated from theirhomes in southeastChina’s coast of FujianProvince where strongtyphoon Morakot ispredicted to land onSaturday, according toXinhua NewsAgency.—INTERNET

China starts building its first 10 million-kwwind power station

JIUQUAN, Gansu, 8A u g — C o n s t r u c t i o nstarted Saturday onChina’s first 10 million-kw wind power station inthe far northwestern cityof Jiuquan in GansuProvince.

China’s wind powerindustry was entering anew stage, said ZhangGuobao, vice minister ofthe National Development

and Reform Commissionand head of the NationalEnergy Administration, atthe groundbreakingceremony.

After years of growth,China’s wind powerinstallation ranked fourthin the world andsubsidiary equipmentmanufacturing had turnedinto a booming industry,Zhang said.

But China’s windpower sector wasdampened by distributionimbalances betweenresources and markets,difficulties in connectingwind power to power gridsand construction policiesthat produced stations ofonly small generationcapacity, he said.

To solve the problems,the government decided tobuild the 10 million-kw-level wind power station, a“Three Gorges in the Air”,to maximize wind powerefficiency through large-scale construction andtransmission, Zhang said.

With a 120 billionyuan (17.57 billion USdollars) investment, thestation was designed tohave an installed capacityof 5.16 million kw by theend of 2010 and 12.71million kw by the end of2015. It will be China’slargest wind power facilityupon completion.

Internet

Vietnamese people urged to usemore local products

KABUL, 8 Aug—Six Afghan policemen were wounded in a NATO-ledInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF) aircrafts attack targeted suspectedhideouts of militants in the southern Ghazni Province early Saturday, a localofficial said.“ISAF aircrafts carried out air raids against suspected hideouts ofmilitants in Qarabagh district this morning wounding six policemen,” the governorof Qarabagh District Mohahibullah Khupulwak told Xinhua.

He also added that the troops took with themselves four morepolicemen.Meantime, a joint statement of ISAF and Afghan Interior Ministryreleased here said that, “Several personnel of Afghan National Police (ANP) werewounded when two AH-64 Apache helicopters responded to small arms fire frominsurgents in the early morning hours in Ghazni Province, on 8 August.”—Internet

NATO air raids wound six Afghan policemen

Bomb hidden in motorcycle kills six in west Baghdad

The reflection of a building is seen as a worker passes by at a construction sitein Changzhi, Shanxi province on 7 Aug, 2009. China’s gross domestic productis expected to grow about 8 percent this year as the economy recovers, aninfluential government think-tank said in a report released.—INTERNET

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV VASCO DA GAMA NO ( 179)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV VASCO DAGAMA NO.(179) are here by notified that the vesselswill be arriving on 9.8.2009 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws 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 INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HUANG SHAN VOY NO. (102)Consignees of cargo carried on MV HUANG SHAN

VOY NO. (102) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 9.8.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand 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 COSCO SHIPPING CO. , LTDPhone No: 256916/256919/256921

People dressed up in traditional costumes take partin the Gaijatra festival parade in Kathmandu on 6

Aug, 2009.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 8 Aug—Beijing’s air quality is now at itsbest level in a decade, the city’s top official said onFriday.During the first half of the year, Beijing had 23more “blue sky” days than for the corresponding periodlast year, said Liu Qi, a member of the Political Bureau ofthe Communist Party of China Central Committee andBeijing’s Party chief.On 80.7 percent of the days in thefirst half of this year, air quality of Beijing was abovelevel II, he said.Beijing uses a five-grade classification ofair quality on the basis of pollution indices, with Grade Ibeing the best and Grade V the worst. Days with GradeI and II air quality are regarded as “blue sky” days.Liumade the remarks at an Olympic Games’ city forumorganized by the Beijing municipal government a yearafter the games’ opening ceremonies.—Internet

DALLAS, 8 Aug—A13-year-old girl arrestedfor shoplifting was heldin the Dallas County Jailfor nearly two weeksbefore it was determinedthat she is underage, apolice sergeant said onThursday.

An internal affairsinvestigation has beenlaunched to review thematter, police Sgt WarrenMitchell said Press onThursday night.

The girl, who had runaway from home, wasarrested 10 July at a Targetdepartment store forshoplifting. She held noidentification and gave afalse name and age,Mitchell said.

The sergeant said the

WASHINGTON, 8Aug—NASA has made aseries of critical stridesin developing newnuclear reactors the sizeof a trash can that couldpower a human outposton the moon or Mars.

Three recent tests atdifferent NASA centersand a national lab havesuccessfully demo-nstrated key technologiesrequired for compactfission-based nuclearpower plants for humansettlements on otherworlds.“This recentstring of technologydevelopment successesconfirms that the fission

Beijing’s environment best in a decade

NASA steps closer to NuclearPower for Moon Base

surface power project ison the right path,” saidDon Palac, NASA’sfission surface powerproject manager at theGlenn Research Center inCleveland, Ohio, in astatement.

NASA’s current planfor human spaceexploration is to returnastronauts to the moonby 2020 on sortiemissions that could leadto a permanent outpostfor exploring the lunarsurface and testingtechnologies that couldaid a manned mission toMars.

Internet

13-year-old girl kept in Dallasjail for 2 weeks

arresting officerattempted to contact thepolice youth division toconfirm the informationbut found no record ofher. The arresting officerassumed she was 17 andtook her to jail, Mitchellsaid, but did not say howhe made that assumption.

Internet

Polish Embassy protests against BBCpresenter’s joke

The new 90 foot hightech catamaran of the

America’s Cupdefender Alinghi is

airlifted over the Alpsnear Martigny,

Switzerland. Alinghibegan a spectacular

airlift of its giantyacht fromlandlocked

Switzerland over theAlps to the

Mediterranean Sea,dangling beneath the

world’s biggesthelicopter.—INTERNET

China’s new policies oncards to spur used car sales

Models presentwedding dresses

during awedding dress

show atShanghaiEverbright

Convention &ExhibitionCenter in

Shanghai, eastChina, on 7 Aug,2009.—INTERNET

BEIJING, 8 Aug— Chi-na’s second-hand vehiclemarket is expected to get anew lease of life with aslew of policies likely overthe next few months,thanks to the record salesof new vehicles in the pastfew months and the stimu-lus measures announced bythe central government.

“The long-expected poli-cies will come out soon,which will regulate andencourage the second-handvehicle trade in China. The

era of second-hand vehi-cles is coming,” ShenRong, deputy secretary-general of the China Auto-mobile Dealers Associa-tion, was quoted by ChinaDaily on Saturday.

Shen said the Ministryof Commerce has workedout a policy jointly with theMinistry of Finance to es-tablish standard second-hand vehicle trading mar-kets in 10 cities and prov-inces from this month for-wards.—Xinhua

WARSAW, 8 Aug—The Polish Embassy in London have sent a protest to BBCagainst joking about a German invasion of Poland, Polish news agency PAPreported on Thursday. On Sunday BBC2 Top Gear presenter Jeremy Clarksonmade a joke about a German invasion of Poland having presented a spoof advertfor the German-made Volkswagen Scirocco TDI.

The clip showed people in Warsaw panicking and rushing to board trains andbuses as a mass exodus gripped the city. It ended with the line “VolkswagenScirocco TDI. Berlin to Warsaw in one tank”.

“We understand that Mr Clarkson often jokes about various European nations,about Germans or the French. But we believe that a joke about the Nazi Germaninvasion of Poland is not a proper way to make people laugh,” PAP quoted the letteras saying. Clarkson reportedly landed the BBC in trouble with German diplomatsin 2005, when he gave a Nazi salute on Top Gear while discussing a new versionof the German-made Mini.—MNA/Xinhua

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Job seekers check in to use computers at a career centre in California. TheUS budget deficit reached 1.3 trillion dollars for the current fiscal year in

July, official data showed.—INTERNET

Indian workers repairing wooden boats or dhowsin Gujarat in June 2009. Indian sailors fear that aspate of hijackings by heavily-armed pirates off the

Somali coast will be repeated when the boats areput to sea once more after the monsoon.—

INTERNET

A crane lifts a flattened van to a shredder atGershow Recycling Corp in Medford, NY, on 6

Aug, 2009. Many of the scrapped vehicles are partof the ‘cash for clunkers’ programme.—INTERNET

High-risk women removebreasts, ovaries

MANCHESTER, 8 Aug— Forty percent of womenwho have a high risk of breast cancer had risk-reducingmastectomies and 45 percent had ovaries removed,British researchers said.

These surgeries are widely used by carriers ofBRCA1 and BRCA2 gene mutations to reduce the riskfor breast and ovarian cancer. BRCA1 and BRCA2 aregene mutations that indicate an increased risk forbreast cancer.“Women have their breasts or ovariesremoved based on their risk. It does not always happenimmediately after counseling or a genetic test resultand can take more than seven years for patients todecide to go forward with surgery,” lead researcher DrD Gareth Evans of the University of Manchester inEngland said in a statement.

“We found that older women were much less likelyto have a mastectomy, but were more likely to havetheir ovaries removed.”

The finding is published in the journal CancerEpidemiology, Biomarkers & Prevention.—Internet

One-third of cancer deathspreventable

HOUSTON, 8 Aug— If people ate healthier meals andincreased daily exercise 186,000 cancer deaths, one-third of the annual US total, could be prevented, anexpert says.Michele Forman of the University of TexasMD Anderson Cancer Center in Houston says thereare low cost ways to to prevent cancer.

“Cancer is a disease that is cheaper to prevent thantreat,” Forman says in a statement.

Forman admits eating five or more servings of fruitsand veggies can be costly and advises checking out alist of farmers’ markets and eligibility for nutritionassistance at www.usda.gov.

Formal suggests-cancer risk can be reduced by:— Avoiding tobacco. Quitting saves up to $4,000 a

year. Free programs and/or information are availableat Web sites: mdanderson.org/preventionstudy;smokefree.gov; and yesquit.com.

— Being sun-safe. Use sunglasses and sunscreen atleast sun-protection factor 15 can be almost as good asmore expensive SPF 70, if applied and reappliedproperly.

— Getting checkups so cancers are found earlywhen most treatable. Some states offer free or low-cost screening. Call 1-800 4-Cancer.—Internet

Heart blood transfusions, last resortROCHESTER, 8 Aug—

Blood transfusions forhospitalized cardiacpatients should be a lastresort because theydouble the risk ofinfection, US researchersfound.

The study, publishedin BMC Medicine, foundthe risk of death followingcardiac blood transfusionsincreased four-fold.

The analysis of 30-dayoutcomes for nearly 25,000Medicare cor-onary arterybypass graft surgery

patients from 2003-2006 in40 Michigan hospitalsfound transfusion practicesvary substantially amonghospitals.

Study co-author DrNeil Blumberg of theUniversity of RochesterMedical Center in NewYork said the findingsuggests a number ofdoctors may be doing whatthey were trained to do -avoiding anemia andhelping oxygen delivery -rather than what has beenclinically proven to be

necessary.“Blood transfusions

are certainly necessary inlife-threatening situa-tions,” Blumberg says in astatement. “But this studyand other studies confirmthey should be a last resort,not a first resort, as theyoften are.”

Blumberg suggestswhen a transfusion isnecessary the chances ofinfection and inflammationmay be lowered throughleukoreduction - remo-ving the donor’s whiteblood cells from the blood.

Internet

138 children tested ofexcessive lead in blood in

NW China FENGXIANG, 8 Aug— Doctors found excessive leadin the blood of 138 children in two villages in north-west China’s Shaanxi Province, said local authoritiesFriday.The Madaokou village and Sunjianantou vil-lage of the Changqing Township are located near anindustrial park, and villagers suspect that the exces-sive lead is caused by pollution, said an unnamed of-ficial with the publicity department of Fengxiangcounty government.Miao Fan, a six-year-old girl, wasdiagnosed as gastritis resulted from lead intoxicationin March. Other anxious villagers soon took their chil-dren aged between one to 14 to local hospitals for tests. A total of 239 children were checked. Villagers staged a protest on Monday asking for re-ply from the Dongling Smelting Plant, which they sus-pect to be the origin of pollution. But a staffer withthe plant insisted their waste was discharged accord-ing to national standard.—Xinhua

2,065 new A/H1N1 casesconfirmed in Europe

STOCKHOLM, 8 Aug—A European health agencysaid on Friday that 2,065 new A/H1N1 flu cases werereported in European countries within the last 24hours.

Of the new cases, 594 were confirmed in Germany,558 in Britain, 395 in Netherlands, 263 in Italy, 71 inNorway, 44 in Portugal, 37in Switzerland, 26 inLuxemburg, 18 in Denmark, 10 in Romania, ninerespectively in Iceland and Slovenia, six in Hungary,three in Estonia, three respectively in Slovakia,Slovenia and Hungary, two respectively in Slovakiaand Bulgaria, the European Center for Disease Pre-vention and Control (ECDC) said in its daily situa-tion report.—Xinhua

US A/H1N1 flu deaths reach436, hospitalizations over 6,500

HOUSTON, 8 Aug—The A/H1N1 flu death toll inthe United State has reached 436 with hospitalizationsof 6,506, according to the latest statistics released bythe federal Centersfro Disease Control and Preven-tion (CDC) in Atlanta on Friday.

The CDC said that 83 more deaths have been re-ported in the past week, a 24-percent formidable jumpfrom the previous record of 353 released a week agoby the agency.—Xinhua

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American Hardy sets 100mbreaststroke world record

WASHINGTON, 8 Aug—American Jessica Hardy seta new world record in the women’s 100 meters breast-stroke at the US Open after coming back from herdoping ban on Friday.

Hardy clocked a winning time of one minute, 4.45seconds, beating the previous world best of 1:04.84set by American Rebecca Soni at last month’s worldchampionships in Rome.—Xinhua

Nadal, Federer both enterMontreal Masters

OTTAWA, 8 Aug—World number one Roger Federerand Spanish ace Rafael Nadal both will make appear-ance at the Montreal Masters next week.

Tournament director Eugene Lapierre said he washappy to have 19 of the top 20 players confirmed theirparticipation in the tournament celebrating its 30thanniversary.

New dad Federer would return to competition onemonth after his wife gave birth to twin girls CharleneRiva and Myla Rose.

Federer has bagged a record 15 Grand Slam titlesafter winning at Wimbledon in July.—Xinhua

Roger Federer of Switzerland reacts during hisGentlemen’s Singles finals match against Andy

Roddick of the US. Federer beats Andy Roddick ofthe US 5-7, 7-6, 7-6, 3-6, 16-14, in the Men’sSingles Final of the 2009 Wimbledon Tennis

Championships at the All England Tennis Club, insouthwest London, on 5 July, 2009.—XINHUA

Roy Keane backs himself for promotion

Ipswich managerRoy Keane

Roddick defeats Karlovic toadvance at DC

Stosur, Sharapovaadvance at LosAngeles tennisLOS ANGELES, 8 Aug—

Aussie Samantha Stosurcontinued her impressiveplay at the Los AngelesWomen’s Tennis Champi-onships, rallying to beatChina’s Zheng Jie 4-6, 6-3,6-4 in the quarter-finals.

Stosur, who is seekingher first career singles title,has enjoyed a good run ofsuccess the past few months,improving her worldranking to 18. Stosur moveson to the semis where shewill face Romania’s SoranaCirstea who beat eighthseeded Agnieszka Rad-wanska 7-6 (7/4), 1-6,7-5.”It’s definitely a goalof mine to try and wina singles title,” Stosur said.“I’ve been in four finals andlost every one of them inthree sets.—Internet

AKRON, 8 Aug – Having played twoof his best rounds of the year at theBridgestone Invitational, PadraigHarrington is willing to settle for some-thing less on the weekend.

“I’ll take two more times under 70 onthe weekend and we’ll see how we geton,” Harrington said Friday after follow-ing a 64 with a 1-under 69 to grab a one-shot lead over Tim Clark. Harrington,

Padraig Harrington, from Ireland, hitsfrom the sand to the fourth green dur-ing the second round of the BridgestoneInvitational golf tournament on 7 Aug,

2009, at Firestone Country Club inAkron, Ohio.—INTERNET

Villa sign Newcastle defender Beye

Pierse breaks 200m-breaststrokeshort course world record

LONDON, 8 Aug—Canadian Annamay Pierse im-proved her own world record in the women’s 200mbreaststroke at the British Short Course Grand Prix inLeeds on Friday.

Pierse clocked two minutes 16.83 seconds to beather previous best of 2:17.50, beating compatriotsMartha McCabe and Hanna Pierse.—Xinhua

Van Bommel determined tolead Bayern back to top

Bayern Munich’s Dutchmidfielder Mark vanBommel (right) and de-fender Philipp Lahm takepart in a training session

overseen by BayernMunich’s head coach

Louis van Gaal, in July,in Munich.—INTERNET

LONDON, 8 Aug—Eng-lish Premier League sideAston Villa signed Sen-egalese international de-fender Habib Beye fromrelegated Newcastle onFriday on a three-yeardeal, the Premier Leagueclub confirmed.The 31-

year-old had appeared tobe on the brink of joiningHull City on Thursdaybefore Villa boss MartinO’Neill made his move.

Beye, who spent fouryears with Marseille be-fore joining Newcastle in2007, is Villa’s third ma-jor signing of the summer,following Stewart Down-ing from Middlesbroughand Fabian Delph, whowas tempted away fromLeeds.”I think Villa is agreat football club,” Beyetold the club’s officialwebsite.”I was reallyhappy when my agent toldme Villa were interested.I just said ‘Get it done’. Iwanted to sign for thisclub.—InternetHabib Beye

Harrington hangs onto Bridgestone lead

BERLIN, 8 Aug—Midfielder tough-guyMark van Bommel leadsBayern Munich into thenew Bundesliga season on

LONDON, 8 Aug—RoyKeane, once the heartbeatof Manchester United, be-gins his new life in theChampionship on Sundaywhen Ipswich take onCoventry.And the colour-ful and controversial Irish-man is in no doubt that histeam have the players andthe ability to climb into thePremier League.

“I believe we have avery good chance of pro-motion and I want to belooking ahead to the Pre-mier League this time nextyear,” said Keane, whomay include new 1.7-mil-lion-pound Hungarian

striker Tamas Priskin, whohas moved from Watford,in his team on Sunday. Butbefore a ball is kicked, heknows where Ipswichneed to improve. “We needto show a lot more energyand pace. Ipswich were toopredictable last season,”the manager told the EastAnglia Daily Times.

Internet

Saturday determined tostamp his authority andthat of new coach Louisvan Gaal on the Bavariangiants.

The two Dutchmen arekey to Bayern’s hopes ofwresting the title backfrom Wolfsburg after fin-ishing an agonising twopoints behind the shockchampions last season.Van Gaal, who has fol-lowed the sacked JurgenKlinsman into the Bayernhotseat, believes vanBommel is the right manfor the job as anothermarathon league and Eu-ropean Champions Leagueseason beckons.—Internet

winless in official tour events since lastyear’s PGA Championship at OaklandHills, was at 7-under 133. He led by twostrokes after an opening 64, then cameback with a 69, putting up subpar scoresin consecutive rounds for the first time infour months.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 8 Aug—Andy Roddick defeatedbig-hitting Ivo Karlovic 7-6 (4), 7-6 (5) in the quar-terfinals of the Legg Ma-son Tennis Classic on Fri-day. Fourth-seededFernando Gonzalez de-feated Tommy Haas 7-5,6-4 in his quarterfinalmatch and will play sec-ond-seeded and defendingchampion Juan Martin delPotro, who advanced afterRobin Soderling withdrewbefore their match with aright elbow injury.

Playing in his first tour-nament since losing in the

Wimbledon final, the fifth-ranked Roddick is two winsaway from his fourthWashington title after over-coming the first two breaksof his serve in six careermatches against the 6-foot-10 Karlovic.—Internet

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain have been isolated in lowerSagaing Division, scattered in Kayah State, upper Sagaing,Mandalay and Magway Divisions, fairly widespread inShan State and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions with locally heavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon Statesand Bago Division and isolated heavyfall in KachinState.The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were NayPyi Taw (Yezin) (0.43) inch, Nyaunglaypin (7.76) inches,Taungup (7.55) inches, Maungtaw (7.40) inches, Taunggu(7.05) inches, Shwegyin (5.99)inches, Taunggu(Aviation)(5.55) inches, Phyu (5.32) inches, Myitkyina (4.76) inches,Theinzayat (4.13) inches and Magway (1.41) inches.

Maximum temperature on 7-8-2009 was 83°F.Minimum temperature on 8-8-2009 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 8 -8-2009 was 92%. TotalSun shine hours on 7-8-2009 was Nil.

Rainfall on 8-8-2009 was (0.35) inch at Mingaladon,(0.86) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.35) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (77.52) inches at Mingaladon,(86.65) inches at Kaba-Aye and (88.97) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (5)mph from Southwest at (18:30) hours MST on 7-8-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Andaman Seaand Bay of Bengal.

Special feature: According to the observations at(12:30) hrs M.S.T today, yesterday’s land depression“GONI”move into Gulf of Tonhking and centered at about (80)miles from West of Hainan Island (China).

Forecast valid until evening of 9th August 2009: Rainwill be scatterd in lower Sagaing, Mandalay and MagwayDivisions, fairly widespread in Shan, Chin, Kayah and KayinStates, upper Sagaing Division and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions with likelihood of isolatedheavyfalls in Rakhine, Mon States and Bago Division.Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seas arelikely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (35-40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihood of increaseof rain in the Southern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for9-8-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for9-8-2009: Some rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for9-8-2009: Isolated rain. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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United and Liverpoolbattle for Silva

MANCHESTER, 8 Aug —Manchester United arebelieved to have entered the race to sign Valenciawinger David Silva.Liverpool have long courted theSpaniard, and Rafa Benitez is known to be a big fan, buta price tag somewhere in the region of £23 million hasput off the Anfield club.

That coupled with the imminent signing of AlbertoAquilani means that Liverpool’s interest has quelled,but with Manchester United appearing to be in the huntfor his signature, the Reds might come back to the tablefor the player.

Sir Alex Ferguson had claimed that his summerspending was over, but his European scouts have beenmonitoring the player, and they are believed to be veryimpressed.United fans saw Silva at first hand in a pre-season friendly last week, and there is no doubt that thetalented youngster would be a favourite at OldTrafford.—Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 8 Aug—The 27-year-old man, who arrived from Singapore by 3K-585Flight on 7 August was transferred to Waibagi Specialist Hospital through airport HealthDepartment the same day after he had been found to have been ill. National Health Laboratorydetected him and he was found to have been infected with the A (H1N1) virus.

Authorities concerned have put surveillance measures against 110 passengers who hadarrived on the same flight with the patient and 135 airport staff in their respective places.

Of the sixteen A (H1N1) infected-patients, ten were discharged from the hospitals asthey have fully recovered from their illness and the remaining six are being given specialtreatment by specialists.

Up to now, National Health Laboratory detected 138 flu-suspected persons and 16 werefound to have been infected with the virus. New influenza A (H1N1) cases found in Myanmarwere imported cases. No spread of virus was found among the public as preventive measuresare being taken by the Ministry of Health. So the ministry called for public cooperation inpreventive measures against the virus.—MNA

One more person found infected with A (H1N1)

Sixteen have been infectedwith virus in Myanmar

YANGON, 8 Aug— Meteorology and Hydrology Depart-ment announced that according to the 12:30 hr M.S.T observa-tion today, the water level of Thanlwin river at Hpa-an is 738 cm.It may reach its danger level 750 cm during the next 24 hourscommencing noon today.

According to the12:30 hr M.S.T observation today, thewater level of Sittoung river at Tounggu is 572 cm. It may exceedabove its danger level 600 cm during the next 24 hours com-mencing noon today.

According to the 12:30 hr M.S.T observation today, thewater level of Shwegyin river at Shwegyin is 773 cm and it hasexceeded by 73 cm (about 2.5ft) above its danger level. It mayremain above its danger level 700 cm during the next 72 hourscommencing noon today.

According to the12:30 hr M.S.T observation today, thewater level of Sittoung river at Madauk is 1182 cm and it hasexceeded by 112 cm (about 3.5ft) above its danger level. It mayremain above its danger level 1070 cm during the next 72 hourscommencing noon today.—MNA

Flood Warning

★ Anarchy begets anarchy not democracy★ Riots beget riots not democracy★ Democracy can be introduced only through constitution

■ VOA, BBC - sowing hatred among the people

■ RFA, DVB - generating public outrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed

■ By broadcasts designed to cause troubles

Lush and green plains from Yaksawk Township

Thriving perennial and seasonal crop plantations on the plain of Kyaukson region in Yaksawk Township.

Article andPhotos: Nyein

Maung (Kyemon)

Kyaukson, Intaw,Kyaukgu andSesonganaing regions inYaksawk Township areblessed with sound topo-graphical conditions, wetand cool weather and fer-tile soil. The vast plain ofIntaw Kyaukgu region issituated 28 miles northof Yaksawk Township.Near Intaw village in thatregion lies Zawgyi Damthat benefits 100,000acres of farmlands.

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