The New Light of Myanmar 18-10-2009

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 185 1st Waxing of Tazaungmon 1371 ME Sunday, 18 October, 2009

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round devel-opment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept inthe hands of the State and the national peoples

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—Patron of LeadingCommittee for Organizing the 17th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts Competitions Secretary-1 ofthe State Peace and Development Council GeneralThiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo cordially greetedmembers of the central panel of judges, contestants andsupervisors at Nay Pyi Taw City Hall this evening.

Present on the occasion were by members of thepanel of patrons of the leading committee, Chairman ofLeading Committee for Organizing the Performing ArtsCompetitions Commander of Nay Pyi Taw CommandMaj-Gen Wai Lwin and members of the leadingcommittee, Chairman of Work Committee forOrganizing the Performing Arts Competitions Ministerfor Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint and work

Secretary-1 of State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo greets members of the central

panel of judges, contestants and supervisors

committee members, the ministers, the attorney-general,the auditor-general, the deputy ministers, chairmen ofsubcommittees, the secretaries and members, thedirector-general of State Peace and Development CouncilOffice and departmental heads, members of the centralpanel of judges, contestants from states and divisionsand supervisors.

First, artistes-cum-staff of the Ministry of Cultureperformed entertainments to those present.

Next, Secretary-1 General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo cordially greeted work committee members,chairmen and members of subcommittees, members of thecentral panel of judges, contestants from states and divisionsand supervisors. Then the Secretary-1 presented medicinesto members of the central panel of judges.—MNA

Secretary-1 of State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil General Thiha Thura Tin AungMyint Oo cordially greets members of thecentral panel of judges, contestants and

supervisors at 17th Myanmar TraditionalCultural Performing Arts Competitions.—MNA

Secretary-1 of State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil General Thiha Thura Tin Aung

Myint Oo presents medicines to members ofthe central panel of senior judges at 17th

Myanmar Traditional Cultural PerformingArts Competitions.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 18 October, 2009

Sunday, 18 October, 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

Strive to ensure worldfood security

Food security has become a major chal-lenge for the entire humanity. With climate changeworldwide, millions of people in the developingcountries that have not enjoyed food security stillhave food requirements. One sixth of the worldpopulation is found to be undernourished.

Ensuring food security and wholesome foodeverywhere is essential for people. So, each andevery agricultural country has to strive for boost-ing crop cultivation. Global nations have to seekways and means to narrow the rich-poor gap asmuch as possible and reduce the number of poorand starving people by half.

Myanmar is striving to boost agriculturalproduction with a view to improving the socio-economy of the rural people. The country has asown acreage of more than 22 million hectares,out of which more than 8 million are underpaddy. The paddy output is more than 18 millionmetric tons. So it not only ensures domestic foodsufficiency but also contributes to world foodsufficiency.

The State is tapping all possible water re-sources to supply irrigation water to be able togrow crops all year-round. Across the nation, 225dams, reservoirs and sluice gates and 322 riverwater pumping stations have been built and un-derground tapping water tasks implemented tobenefit over 3 million hectares of crops planta-tions.

The livestock and fishery sector associatedwith the agricultural sector is picking up. Prior-ity is being given to breeding and production ofmore quality species and promotion of moderntechnologies as well as to conservation of Myanmafish, prawn and marine resources and protectionof endangered species. Moreover, billions offingerlings are distributed to the fish and prawnfarms in rural regions while they are released todams, rivers and creeks every year.

As Myanmar has already enjoyed domes-tic food sufficiency, it is only necessary to makemore efforts to boost agricultural production tocontribute to world food sufficiency.

YANGON, 16 Oct—The concluding ceremonyof Central Level Englishand Mathematics Teach-ing Proficiency Course forBasic Education Teacherswas held at PinnyaBeikman Hall of YangonInstitute of EducationPraticising High School,with an address by Patronof Supervisory Com-mittee of Conducting theCourse Minister for Edu-cation Dr Chan Nyein.

Also present on theoccasion were Chairmanof Supervisory Commit-tee of Conducting theCourse Deputy Ministerfor Education Brig-GenAung Myo Min, direc-tors-general of the depart-ment under the ministryof education, rectors, of-ficials, professors, train-ers and trainees.

In his speech, Minis-ter for Educaition DrChan Nyein said that thecentral level course is

Central Level English and Mathematics Teaching ProficiencyCourse for Basic Education Teachers concludes

opened for the develop-ment of teaching skill ofbasic education teachers inEnglish and Mathematicsaccording to theinstruction of the StateHead, the state govern-ment is contributing to thenational interests throughthe education develop-ment plans in basic edu-cation level and high leveleducation, the academiccommittees design thehandbooks for developingteaching skill of the teach-

ers. The minister alsourged the teachers to useall teaching methods intheir works and to upliftthe standard of the stateeducation by improvingtheir personalities and tak-ing active role in the pro-ficiency tasks.

Later, the ministerpresented the completioncertificates for Basic Edu-cation High School Levelteachers to the represen-tatives of the trainees.

The deputy minister

handed the certificates forBasic Education MiddleSchool teachers to eachrepresentatives of Englisland Mathematics trainees,Director-General U KyawThu of No. (3) BasicEducation Department thecerftificates for BasicEducation PrimarySchool teachers.

The course whichstarted from 6 October inYangon Institute of Edu-cation was attended by633 trainees.—MNA

YANGON, 16 Oct—The seventh Annual GeneralMeeting of Myanmar Gold Entrepreneurs Associationwill take place at Pearl Hall of Panda Hotel, No. (205)at the corner of Wadan street and Min Ye Kyaw Swastreet in Lanmadaw Township, here, on 24 October.

Members of the association are invited to attendthe meeting and those who want to attend the meetingmay list to (Tel: 214837), not later than 21 October.

MNA

YANGON, 17 Oct—ASeven-member-delega-tion led by Executive ofMyanmar Women Entre-preneurs AssociationThirithudhamma TheingiDaw Tin Nwe Oo (HmanCho) yesterday morningleft for China by air toattend the 6th China-ASEAN Expo(CAEXPO) which will beheld from 20 to 24 Octo-ber at Nanning in People's

Myanmar delegation leaves for China

YANGON, 17 Oct—TMW Enterprise Limited,an authorized dealer ofKorea brand LG elec-tronic, hosted dinner tosale agents across the na-tion at Traders Hotel, here,

Sale agents of LG Electronic honouredyesterday.

TMW Enterprise alsoselected agents for foreigntrips for this year.

At the ceremony,Managing Director U WaiLwin of TMW enterprise

gave an opening speechand presented prizes tooutstanding agents and

Thet Yi and Daw Nu NuYi saw off them at the

Yangon International Air-port.—MNA

Republic of China. Vice-presidents of MWEA Daw

Minister Dr Chan Nyein delivers address at concluding ceremony of CentralLevel English and Mathematics Teaching Proficiency Course for

Basic Education Teachers.—MNA

The delegation ledby Thirithu-

dhamma TheingiDaw Tin Nwe Oo

(Hman Cho)poses for photobefore its depar-ture for People’s

Republic of Chinato attend 6th

CAEXPO.—MNA

ManagingDirector UWai Lwin

gives open-ing speech atLG dealer'sNight andTMW midterm staff

party.—MNA

staff.LG Electronics in-

cludes TV, DVD, IT prod-ucts, LG Hand Phones,Hifi, Home Theater, Mi-crowave and VacuumCleaner and are trying toattend to the needs of cus-tomers.

Those LG productsare available at LG show-rooms and authorizedagents with warrantycard.—MNA

7th Annual General Meetingof MGEA on 24 Oct

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Sunday, 18 October, 2009 3

Bomb kills four US soldiers in Afghanistan

Air strike kills 20 Talebanmilitants in E AfghanistanKHOST (Afghanistan), 17 Oct— At least 20 Taleban

militants were killed in air strike against the militants’ hide-out in Afghanistan’s eastern Paktika Province late Friday,spokesman of local administration said on Saturday.

“The international troops’ warplanes targeted sus-pected hideout of the militants in Urgon district onFriday evening, killing over 20 rebels at the spot,”Hamidullah Zuwak told Xinhua.

In separate incident, seven armed militants werearrested as Afghan National Security Forces backedby international troops launched an operation againstmilitants in the same district earlier the day, he added.

Taleban militants fighting Afghan, US and NATOforces have yet to make comments.

War-plagued Afghanistan has seen increasingTaleban-led insurgency throughout the country whileUS president Barack Obama has approved to sendadditional 13,000 troops to curb the deteriorating situ-ation.—Xinhua

A visitor talks with a ven-dor in a traditionalhandicrafts fair held inBishkek, capital ofKyrgyzstan, on 14 Oct,2009. The fair, partici-pated by traders fromneighbouring centralAsian countries, draws agreat number of local visitors.—XINHUA

Flood-borne disease leaves 89 dead in Philippines

Residents gather aroundthe site of a bomb attackin Kerbala, 80 km (50miles) southwest of Bagh-dad on 14 October, 2009.Three explosions killed atleast three people andwounded 20 in the Shi’iteholy city of Kerbala,police and health officials said. —INTERNET

Hurricane Rick strengthensoff Mexico’s coast

ACAPULCO (Mexico), 17 Oct — Hurricane Rickswiftly strengthened on Friday off Mexico’s Pacificcoast with winds near 100 mph (160 kph), and fore-casters warned it could soon become a major hurri-cane.

Rick, a Category 2 hurricane, was centered about260 miles (415 kilometers) south-southwest ofAcapulco on Friday night, and was moving west-north-west near 10 mph (17 kph), according to the US Na-tional Hurricane Center in Miami.

Hurricane Specialist John Cangialosi said Rickcould become a Category 3 storm sometime Saturday.The storm posed no immediate threat to land, althoughits course could bring it closer to the Baja Californiapeninsula by mid-next week.

Patients suffering from leptospirosis are seen atan overcrowded government hospital in Manila,

on 17 October.—INTERNET

Map tracks HurricaneRick in the Pacific Ocean as of 11 am.—INTERNET

Suicidebomber kills

15 in northernIraq

BAGHDAD, 17 Oct — Asuicide bomber who hidamong the Sunni congre-gation in a northern Iraqsprayed gunfire at wor-shippers on Friday andthen blew himself up, kill-ing at least 15 people, in-cluding the imam leadingprayers, officials said.

The brazen attack isthe latest against Sunniclerics who have increas-ingly spoken out againstal-Qaeda in Iraq since UScombat troops withdrewfrom Iraqi cities at the endof June.

The clerics and othersfear militants could takeadvantage of the transi-tion to step up the kindof sectarian attacksthat pushed Iraq to thebrink of civil war twoyears ago.

Internet

MANILA, 17 Oct — Massive floodsbrought by powerful storms have causedan outbreak of the deadly disease lept-ospirosis that has claimed 89 lives in thePhilippine capital alone, the health sec-retary said on Saturday.

The incidence of the disease in thePhilippine capital and surrounding areasrose to 1,027 with 89 fatalities from1-15 October this year compared to 769cases and only 39 deaths in the sameperiod last year, Secretary FrancisDuque said.

“It is largely attributable to thefloods,” Duque told AFP.

Huge floods covered parts of Manilaand its surrounding areas after tropicalstorm Ketsana hit the country on 26 Sep-tember. This was compounded by ty-phoon Parma which hit a few days later,again bringing heavy rains. In some ar-eas, the floodwaters have not receded.

This has caused many people to fallill of leptospirosis, an infectious diseasecaused by exposure to dirty, stagnantwater.—Internet

Internet

A/H1N1 influenza death tollrises over 4,700 says WHOGENEVA, 17 Oct — At least 4,735 people worldwide

have been killed by the A/H1N1 influenza since thenew flu virus was identified in April, the World HealthOrganization (WHO) said in a latest update on Friday.

Of all the deaths, 3,406 occurred in the Americas,530 occurred in South-East Asia and 432 occurred inthe West Pacific. The other three WHO regions, Eu-rope, East Mediterranean and Africa reported 207, 90and 70 deaths respectively.

The WHO, which declared the A/H1N1 flu as a pan-demic in June, said the total number of lab confirmedcases worldwide is now over 399,232, but this case countis significantly lower than the actual number of casesthat have occurred because many countries have stoppedtesting and reporting individual cases.—Internet

KABUL, 17 Oct — NATO said on Fri-day a roadside bomb had killed four USsoldiers in Afghanistan, as pressuremounted for President Barack Obama toorder thousands more soldiers into anescalating eight-year war.

“Two US service members werekilled and two died of wounds sustainedin a single improvised explosive deviceattack in southern Afghanistan 15 Octo-ber,” the NATO-led International Secu-rity Assistance Force (ISAF) said.

No further details were immediatelyavailable but thousands of US troops arefighting in southern Afghanistan as partof a push to quell a resurgent Taleban inwhat is their spiritual heartland.

The latest military deaths come asObama debates whether to send thou-sands of additional troops to the impov-erished country on top of 21,000 extra

forces he committed after taking officethis year.

In a grim assessment of a war withmilitary casualties at record levels, thecommander of the 100,000 US andNATO troops in Afghanistan, GeneralStanley McChrystal, has reportedlyasked Obama for 40,000 extratroops.

ISAF’s commander in southernAfghanistan, Dutch Major GeneralMart de Kruif, told AFP in an inter-view on Thursday that he wanted 10,000to 15,000 more troops, including sup-port units, to ensure security in the re-gion.

He also called for more Afghan armyand police, plus civilian workers, to helpdevelopment and reconstructionprojects.

Internet

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US federal deficit hits record highof $1.4 trillion

China sovereign fund buys 45%stake in Russian oil company Avtovaz says Renault will invest

240 million euros

A man checks out a Russian Avtovaz automaker’s Lada vehicle during a motorsalon in Moscow in August 2009. —INTERNET

Japan Airlines is seeking a tie-up with low-costcarriers for its Asian operations, according to a

report. JAL, looking for another public bailout tokeep flying, is putting together an emergencyturnaround plan under the supervision of a

government task force.INTERNET

GE profittumbles 42

percentBOSTON, 17 Oct—Gen-

eral Electric Co (GE.N)reported a 42 percent dropin profit, as a global eco-nomic slump hammeredits hefty finance arm anderoded demand for theheavy equipment it manu-factures.

The largest US con-glomerate, whose shareswere down 0.8 percent inpremarket trading, re-ported third-quarter profitof $2.49 billion, or 23cents per share, comparedwith earnings of $4.31 bil-lion, or 43 cents per share,a year earlier. Revenue fell20 percent to $37.8 billion.

Chief Executive JeffImmelt said the economy“is beginning to slowly re-cover.” The world’s larg-est maker of jet enginesand electricity-producingturbines has faced fallingdemand for its big capitalequipment. But so far thisyear it has counted on rev-enue for maintaining prod-ucts it has already sold toboost results.—Internet

A currency exchange worker holds a handfulof euro notes in London. The euro’s rise toa 14-month high against the dollar threatens to “sloweconomic recovery in Europe” by hitting exports, thehead of the group of 16 countries using the currency

said Friday.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 17Oct—The US federaldeficit of the 2009 fiscalyear reached a record highof 1.42 trillion US dollars,the Treasury Departmentannounced on Friday.

The US governmentimbalance for the fiscalyear ending 30 Sept,2009, more than tripledlast year’s record. As aportion of the economy,

the deficit accountedabout 10 percent, thehighest since World WarII. For fiscal year 2009,the government collected2.1 trillion dollars in rev-enues, a 16.6 percent dropfrom 2008, while govern-ment spending jumped to3.52 trillion dollars, up18.2 percent over 2008.

The Treasury Depart-ment projected that the

deficits would total 9.1trillion dollars over thenext decade unless correc-tive action is taken.

Treasury SecretaryTim Geithner pointed tothe skyrocketing federaldebt as a result of the gov-ernment’s actions totackle the worst economicrecession since the GreatDepression of the 1930s.

Xinhua

BEIJING, 17 Oct—China Investment Corpo-ration (CIC), the nation’ssovereign wealth fund,announced Friday that ithad closed the first phasesettlement for the pur-chase of a 45 percentstake in Nobel Oil Group.

The 300-million-dol-lar investment would becompleted in two phases.In the first phase, whichwas completed by the endof September, CIC hadspent 100 million US dol-lars for holding the Rus-sian oil company’s stakes,

and 50 million dollars foroperating expense of theoil fields, according to theannouncement.

It said that the remain-ing 150 million dollarswould be paid off in thesecond phase, in ninemonths, to buy oil and gasreserves amounting 150million barrels around ex-isting ones.

Xinhua

MOSCOW, 17 Oct—French car maker Renaultwill invest 240 million euros(358 million dollars) in itsstruggling Russian partnerAvtovaz, Russia’s biggestauto manufacturer, anAvtovaz executive said onFriday.

“This investment isexpected before the start of

production of carsusing the (Renault) chassis”in 2012, Avtovaz vice presi-dent Grigory Khvoro-styanov was quoted by Rus-sian news agencies as say-ing. He said Avtovaz wasplanning to launch five newmodels in 2012 — twoLada, two Renault and oneNissan — adding that theRenault-Nissan alliancewould finance two-thirds ofthe project.Renault bought25 percent of Avtovaz inFebruary 2008 for a billiondollars. Russian Prime Min-ister Vladimir Putin earlierthis month demanded thatRenault help Avtovaz,which is in serious financialtrouble due to a collapse indemand for cars and com-petition from foreign carmakers.

On Thursday, Russiandaily Kommersant quotedan industry ministry memosaying Avtovaz, which is

majority owned by the state,was on the verge of bank-ruptcy and needed to cut al-most 50,000 jobs.

Renault is facing difficul-ties of its own amid the eco-nomic crisis. Earlier thisyear, it reported a muchworse than expected first-half loss of 2.71 billioneuros (4.04 billion dollars)as sales slumped 23.7 per-cent.—Internet

Strong euro threatensEurope recovery

LUXEMBOURG, 17 Oct —The euro’s rise to a14-month high against the dollar threatens to “sloweconomic recovery in Europe” by hitting exports, thehead of the group of 16 countries using the currencysaid on Friday.

“If the euro’s direction were to continue to movealong the lines of recent weeks, there is a risk... thatit could slow economic recovery in Europe,” saidLuxembourg Prime Minister Jean-Claude Juncker,who heads the Eurogroup.

The euro touched a 14-month high of 1.4968 dol-lars on Thursday, crowning a rise of around 18 per-cent against the dollar since March.

However Juncker said he was not too concernedabout the euro’s present level, which is still below1.60 dollars it hit in July 2008.

“I’m not too worried by the current rate,”he said.—Internet

JAL seeks tie-up with low-costcarriers

TOKYO, 17 Oct—Strug-gling Japan Airlines isseeking a tie-up with low-cost carriers for its Asianoperations, a report saidSaturday.JAL, looking foranother public bailout tokeep flying, is putting to-gether an emergency turna-

round plan under the super-vision of a government taskforce. In its cost-cutting ef-forts, JAL will expandcode-sharing operationswith budget carriers inAsia, replacing its less prof-itable flights for tourist des-tinations, such as Hawaii,

Thailand and Indonesia,the Asahi dailyreported.The move wouldenable JAL to focus onmore profitable businessflights to North America,Europe and China, thedaily said without citingsources.

Asia’s largest carrier,which lost more than onebillion dollars in the April-June quarter, announcedlast month plans for 6,800job cuts, a drastic reductionin routes and a tie-up witha foreign carrier.—Internet

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All items from Xinhua News Agency

Cambodian PM returns home fromChina trade fair trip

Guests unveil the statue of Chinese geologist Li Siguang at China CentennialAltar in Beijing, capital of China, on 16 Oct, 2009. The statue of Li Siguang

was unveiled at China Centennial Altar to mark the 120th birthday of thegeologist. —XINHUA

PHNOM PENH, 17 Oct—Cambodian Prime Minis-ter Hun Sen returnedhome on Saturday afterattending a trade fair andpaying a work visit toChina’s Sichuan Prov-ince. Hun Sen led a high-level government delega-tion to participate in themeeting which includedDeputy Prime Ministerand Foreign Minister HorNamhong, Cham Prasidh,Senior Minister and Min-ister of Commerce as well

as other members of theRoyal Government ofCambodia.

Cambodian DeputyPrime Minister and Min-ister of Interior SarKheng, and He Leping,charge d’affaires of Chi-nese Embassy, and otherCambodian governmentofficials met Hun Sen andhis delegation at thePhnom Penh InternationalAirport.

During his stay inChina, Hun Sen attended

the opening ceremony ofthe 10th Western China In-ternational Economy andTrade Fair (WCIETF) andpaid a work visit from15 to 17 Oct in Chengduin China’s Sichuan Pro-vince.

Hun Sen also met withChinese Premier WenJiabao and received cour-tesy call from Liu Qibao,secretary of the Commu-nist Party of ChinaSichuan Provincial Com-mittee. —Xinhua

Singapore creates world’sfirst semi-cloned fish

A girl hostess serves aseries of special break-fast dishes at a restau-rant in Yangzhou, eastChina’s Jiangsu Pro-

vince, on 15 Oct, 2009.A total of 24 breakfast

items named “TheBreakfast of the Redmansion”, came fromthe famous Chinese

novel “The Dream ofthe Red Mansion” andwas specially offered by

the restaurant.XINHUA

SINGAPORE, 17 Oct— Aresearch team from theNational University ofSingapore (NUS) saidthat they have created theworld’s first semi-clonedfish, local media reportedon Friday.

According to local ra-dio 938live, the fertile fe-male medaka fish namedHolly, was created withthe semi-cloning geneticapproach, which uses anew and unpredictable

combination of genetictraits from both parentssimilar to normal fertiliza-tion. The radio said thatHolly has gone on to pro-duce many normal off-spring that carry a geneticmarker identical to hersand her parents.

Researchers at the NUSsaid that this indicates thatthe technique retains ge-netic stability hence pro-viding a powerful tool fortransmission of geneticinformation to the off-spring- similar to normalreproduction, adding thattheir findings have impor-tant implications for re-productive medicine andtechnology like for treat-ment of male infertility.

Xinhua

People visit “The Stateof Things — the Chi-

nese and Belgianartists’ exhibition”, apart of the Europalia

Chinese Art Festival, inBrussels, capital ofBelgium, on 16 Oct,

2009. —XINHUA

Brazilian governors recommend reward foractions to preserve Amazon rainforest

BRASILIA, 17 Oct—A group of Brazilian governors recommended on Fridaythat actions to preserve the Amazonian rainforest be rewarded. The recommendation was made at a forum attended by governors from nineBrazilian states partially or completely located in the Amazon Forest, includingAcre, Amapa, Amazonas, Mato Grosso, and Maranhao. The governors adopted a document at the 6th Legal Amazon Governors’ Forum,which was held in Macapa, capital city of Amapa, that contained proposals to helpelaborate a national project to preserve and develop the region.—Xinhua

Subway line to traverseYangtze River in central China

WUHAN, 17 Oct— Chi-na’s first subway tunneltraversing the YangtzeRiver is expected to be-gin construction thismonth in Wuhan, capitalof central China’s HubeiProvince, local officials

said on Saturday. The 3,100-meter-longtunnel is located betweenthe country’s first bridgeon the river, the WuhanYangtze River Bridge,and its first road tunnelbeneath the river, offi-cials said. The subway tunnel isexpected to undertake 50percent of the city’s traf-fic flow across the river.And it is designed towithstand a 6.0-magni-tude earthquake and aflood that occurs onceevery 300 years, theysaid.

Xinhua

Beijing forum highlightspoverty reduction

BEIJING, 17 Oct— A high-level forum was held hereon Saturday to discuss poverty reduction efforts againstthe backdrop of global financial crisis, marking theworld’s 17th International Day for the Eradication ofPoverty.

Chinese Vice Premier Hui Liangyu said at the fo-rum the international financial crisis has imposed greatchallenges to the global poverty reduction work andthe progress of the UN Millennium Development Goal.

He called for the international community to coor-dinate efforts in dealing with the poverty issue.

“The Chinese government would strive to maintainsteady and relatively fast economic growth, stick toits development-based policy to help the poor and in-crease spending on rural and agricultural develop-ment,” Hui said, adding “this would contribute to theglobal cause of poverty reduction.”

Xinhua

Brunei-India ties improve a lotKUALA LUMPUR, 17

Oct—Brunei-India tieshas improved a lot afterBrunei’s Sultan HassanalBolkiah visited India in2008, the Brunei Timesquoted Indian High Com-missioner Riewad VWarjri as saying on Satur-day.

Warjri said it was aquestion of working aproper follow-up of theoutcome of the visit, add-ing that the Indian Com-mission was progressingwell in their efforts, thenewspaper monitored heresaid.

Xinhua

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NEWS ALBUM

A worker cleans dust of a frieze

sculptured with a hand holding a

knife at the Vichama archaeological

complex in Vegueta, Peru.

An Australian woman who madeheadlines by falling pregnant withquadruplets — twice — has added toher brood by delivering twins, reportssaid.

Dale Chalk, 31, and husband Darrenare now the proud parents of 11 childrenunder the age of seven.

“We’d love to have more children,but medically, that’s it,” Darren told the

A three-month old boy holds on to hismother’s hand. An Australian woman

who made headlines by fallingpregnant with quadruplets — twice

— has added to her brood bydelivering twins, reports said

Monday.

Aussie mum has two sets of quads, then twinsCourier-Mail. “We’d have to buy abigger bus!”

Dale became pregnant with hersecond set of quads in 2005. The babieswere delivered in October of that yearbut only three survived.

The first set — two boys and twogirls — were born in August, 2004 andare due to start school next year. Thecouple also have a six-year-old daughterand another girl born in 2007.

They are understood to have used alow-grade infertility treatment for themultiple births.

Ruth Frith, a 100-year-old from

Australia, competes in the women’s

75+ shot put final at the World

Masters Games in Sydney Olympic

Park on 11 October, 2009. Frich has

thrown 4.07 metres in the shot put to

win gold medal as the only competi-

tor in the 100 years plus category.

Diarrhea killing toomany children

Too few children worldwide are be-ing treated with zinc supplements thatcould reduce deaths from diarrhea,medical researchers in Marylandsaid.

Low-cost diarrhea treatments such aszinc supplements and lower osmolarityoral rehydration salts could drasticallyreduce the number of deaths of amongchildren, the World Health Organizationsaid in 2004.

In the five intervening years, littleprogress has been made in implement-ing the life-saving techniques, research-ers at Johns Hopkins Bloomberg Schoolof Public Health said in a release.

929 gallons of moonshinefound in NC mountainsNorth Carolina authorities say they

have found 929 gallons of moonshineunder a shed in the mountains.

State Alcohol Law Enforcementofficials say 63-year-old Roger LeeNance of Wilkesboro was arrestedon charges including possession ofnon-tax-paid liquor for the purpose ofselling.

Agency director John Ledford saysit’s one of the biggest mountain busts hecan remember.

Spokeswoman Patty McQuillan saysNance stored moonshine in different-shaped containers under a shed in hisbackyard and was arrested following atwo-month investigation.

Maldives cabinet ministers are seen underwater offGirifushi Island on 16 October, during rehearsalsfor an underwater cabinet meeting scheduled for 17October. The government in the Maldives is set tohold its first underwater cabinet meeting to attractinternational attention to the dangers of globalwarming, according to a spokeswoman.—INTERNET

Pigs may have been infectedwith H1N1 virus in US

WASHINGTON, 17 Oct — A preliminary test showsthat some pigs in the US state of Minnesota were testedpositive for the H1N1 virus, which might be the firsttime that H1N1 flu cases were found in US pigs. US Department of Agriculture (USDA) officialscautioned that further tests were needed to confirmthat the pigs had been infected with H1N1. Samples of these pigs were collected at the Min-nesota State Fair between 25 Aug and 1 Sept. Thepigs sampled at the time showed no signs of ill-ness and were apparently healthy. The samples col-lected were part of a University of Iowa and Uni-versity of Minnesota cooperative agreement re-search project funded by the US Centers for Dis-ease Control and Prevention (CDC) which docu-ments influenza viruses where humans and pigsinteract at such fairs.—Xinhua

Polish official says US to deploy Patriotmissiles in Poland

Blaze at fireworks warehousekills 32 in India

NEW DELHI, 17 Oct — A blaze erupted at a fire-works warehouse in southern India, killing at least 32people and injuring 10 others ahead of a major Hindufestival on Saturday.

The victims in Friday night’s explosion were mainlytraders buying fireworks in bulk as millions of Hin-dus prepared to celebrate Deepavali, the festival oflights, the Press Trust of India news agency reported.Setting off fireworks is a major part of the celebra-tion’s evening festivities.

Police pulled 32 bodies, most of them charred re-mains, from the warehouse in Pallipat near Chennai,the capital of the southern Indian state of Tamil Nadu,PTI quoted local administrator Palani Kumar as say-ing.

Three people have been hospitalized with burns,Kumar said.—Internet

South Carolina student shot after school stabbing

WARSAW, 17 Oct — A battery ofarmed Patriot missiles will station inPoland rotationally, Deputy Polish De-fence Minister Stanislaw Komorowskisaid on Friday.

“In the near future, in accordancewith earlier declarations, there will bea battery of Patriots placed on Polishterritory on a rotating basis,” StanislawKomorowski said.

He added the Patriots would beequipped with elements allowing theirintegration with Poland’s nationaldefence system.

Komorowski was speaking after talkshere with visiting US Assistant Secre-tary of Defence Alexander Vershbow,and ahead of next week’s visit by ViceUS President Joe Biden, who is due tomeet Polish Prime Minister Donald Tuskto discuss the new US concept of anti-missile defence.

Vershbow, for his part, said the Pa-triot project was part of the Obama ad-ministration’s “new approach” to mis-sile defence. He added that in future theUS also wanted Poland to host a unit ofSM-3 interceptor missiles.—Internet

WASHINGTON, 17 Oct — A police of-ficer assigned to a South Carolina schoolshot and killed a 16-year-old student onFriday after an 11th grader stabbed him,the local school district said.

“That is... exactly what is understoodto have happened,” said Teal Britton, aspokeswoman for the Horry CountySchool District, after reports firstemerged about the incident at CarolinaForest High School.

“At 8:20am, 8:25am, an incident oc-curred that involved an 11th grade stu-dent and the school resource officer thatwas not witnessed by any other student,”she told AFP.

School administrators were on cam-pus at the time and “heard the struggle”between the officer and the male stu-dent, Britton added.

“As a result of the incident, both thestudent and the school resource officerwere injured and were transported toConway Medical Center, and it was re-ported... shortly after 11:00 am by thecoroner that the student was deceased.”

The officer, whose name was notreleased, was part of a South Carolinaprogramme providing liaison police of-ficers to all state secondary and middleschools “to assist with school safety,”she added.—Internet

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Myanmar word “Zat” for drama is derivative ofPali word “Jataka” meaning birth story. There are fivehundred and fifty jatakas and ten penultimate jatakasof Lord Gotama Buddha in his previous existences.These Buddha’s birth stories are the major themes ofMyanmar traditional dramatic performances becausethey have all qualities and characteristics of drama —plot, exposition, complications, climax, anti-climax,denouement, poetic justice and moral lesson. Accord-ing to Myanmar traditional drama (zat) it must have thetrinity of themes, (1) Loka (secular or temporal) (2)dhamma (religious or spiritual) and (3) yaza (royal,kingly, or state or government), so as to instruct andadmonish high born and low born, clergy and laity,adult and young, king and his subject. So Buddha’sbirth stories are dramatised for performance on stage.That is why Myanmar traditional drama is called “zat”.

In previous years’ drama competitions, Bud-dha’s birth stories were chosen either from Tenpenultimate lives as 550 Nipats for both drama andpuppet competitions. This year, a birth story namedUggasena is chosen from Dhamma pada sulta. It isnot a Buddha’s birth story but it is a story which LordBuddha narrated to illustrate and support his admoni-tion and preaching.

The birth story of Uggasena goes as follow:-In the kingdom of Rajagaha, there ruled King

Bimisara. One day he told his court that he wanted tohold Dhamma puja festival at which all performingartists should be invited to participate and displaytheir talents to the public. There was a female dancernamed Yuzana of high repute. Her father was theleader of her cultural troupe and he had trained her notonly to become a skilful dancer but also to become anaccomplished acrobat. She and her father came to theCapital to display their performance at the festival.News of their upcoming performance spread.

Not far from Rajagaha City, there was a bigvillage named Mekhalikagama, where a wealthyman Uggasena, his wife and their only son Uggasenajunior lived. The son was un-schooled, uneducatedand therefore an ignorant fool. One day a friend ofhis came to him to go with him to watch Yuzana’sPerformance at the festival. His parents were reluc-

Performance of Uggasena JatakaDr Khin Maung Nyunt

tant to let him go to the festival because they knew thattheir son was silly fool. But because of the son’sinsistence they gave up. They gave him many wordsof warning caution and admonition.

He and his friend had a good time at the festival.But after watching and enjoying the performances ofYuzana, Uggasena junior was infactuated by the be-witching charm and beauty of the dancer. He wentstraight to her and her father and proposed to marry her.Although she and her father knew that the proposerwas a fool, they consented because he was the son ofa wealthy man. He hurried back to his parents and toldthem all about what he had done. The parents wereashamed and saddened because he the son of a wealthyman was marrying a low caste female dancer. Theyobjected but to no avail. Finally they gave him patri-mony and he married Yuzana.

For sometime, Uggasena junior and wife Yuzanawere a happy couple. But when a boy child was born tothem and all patrimony he brought with, nearly ran outmiseries crept into their lives. Yuzana’s popularity de-clined as she was now a married woman with a child. Herfather became bored with his foolish son-in-law who wasgood for nothing. Besides, Yuzana’s fans began slander-ing of her worthless husband who was doing domesticchores to please his wife and father-in-law. One day theirfamily life blew up. Yuzana and her father yelled at himto leave as he was a burden and a shame to them. Deeplygrieved and repented Uggasena junior left.

On his long unknown journey he met two stran-gers going to get training in acrobatic dance from afamous acrobatic master. He joined them. He ex-plained to the master his sad story with Yuzana andrequested him to train him to become an accomplishedacrobatic dancer. After some years, there appeared inthe artists world a reputed male acrobatic dancer namedUggapyan whose fame spread to the four corners of thekingdom. A dance contest was held at the city. Manycontestants turned up, among whom Yuzana, his ex-wife was one. But she didn’t know that Uggapyan washer ex-husband. In the final round, Uggapyan andYuzana contested to the best of their skills. Amongthick crowds of watchers, the pole on which Uggapyanwas dancing acrobatics was much higher than that of

Yuzana.Suddenly Uggapyan heard the voice of Shin

Mogallana, saint disciple of Gotama Buddha,“Uggapyan cheer up, do show your skill, never giveup”. Being inspired by the voice, Uggapyan did hisbest. Then he saw Gotama Buddha descending toearth. His mood changed and he came down from thepole and bowed at the feet of Lord Buddha who thenpreached him dhamma. All of a sudden, Uggapyan(Uggasena) realized the vanity of life and bliss ofDhamma and requested Lord Buddha to make himmonk. Gotama Buddha uttered, “Come, youBeikkhu”. Then Uggasena the monk followed LordBuddha to the monastery.

Yuzana and her father were very sad aboutwhat hey had done to Uggasena. They decided tomeet him to apologise for their wrongdoings and bereunited with him. On the way in search for him, theyvisited a monastery. They came in to pay homage toLord Buddha. To their surprise they found Uggasenain monkhood. They wept and gave apologies for theirmisdeeds. Monk Uggasena gave forgiveness andpreached Dhamma.

Lord Buddha narrated their previous exist-ences. The couple Uggasena and Yuzana were do-nating food alms to a passerby saint and prayed. Thesaint just gave a smile meaning their prayers wouldbe answered. The couple remarked the smile lookedlike the smile of an actor-dancer. For that sin ofwrongful remark, the two became acrobatic dancersgoing through all troubles and tribulations in presentlife. The moral lessons are (1) never make wrongfulremark on others (2) ignorant fool is condemned andoutcast, so be wise and learned. Poetic justice is —right finally wins wrong.

It is befitting to perform Uggasena zat fordrama contest for this year's performing arts competi-tions; for many scenes of dance performances andacrobatic displays will appear on the stage; and thejudges and audiences will be awed and mesmerized atthe skills of performers. Of course, how this type ofaction zat would be presented depends upon the secrettrade or state of the art of contesting drama troupes.

We wish them all success.

(Hailing the 17th Myanmar Traditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions, Nay Pyi Taw)

Taungkhayan Dam is situated on TaungkhayanCreek near Taungkhinyan village in Gangaw Town-ship 44 miles north of Gangaw in Magway Division.

Construction Group-1 of the Irrigation Depart-ment under the Ministry of Agriculture and Irrigationstarted the construction of dam in 1990-91 and com-pleted the project in 1993-1994. The 90 feet high and610 feet long dam is of earthen type. The irrigated areaof the dam is 5,006 acres. The facility was built at a costof about K 2.87 million. Its irrigated areas were those oneither side of Taunghkayan Creek four miles east of thefacility. With the emergence of the dam, local farmershave now been able to extensively engage in double andmixed-cropping of pulses and beans, edible oil crops,sesame and sunflower. And making the most of the damthey can generate their income to the fullest and enjoythe higher socio-economic status.

Translation: HKAKyemon;(2-10-09)

Taungkhayan Dam contributing much todouble and mixed-cropping

Article:Kyaw Than Swe (Gangaw)

Photo shows Taungkhayan Dam in Gangaw Township.

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(from page 16)First, the commander

delivered an address. Theminister gave accounts onopening of Kanma-Thayetrailroad section ofKyangin-Pakokku rail-road construction project.

Next, the chairman ofMagway Division spokeon the occasion and a lo-cal spoke words of thankson opening of Kanma-Thayet railroad section.

Then the commander,the minister and the chair-man formally opened the

Kanma-Thayet …

railroad.The commander un-

veiled the stone inscrip-tion. The commander, theminister and the chairmansprinkled scented wateron the special train.

Next, the commander,the minister, the chairmanand guests got on boardthe special train. Theypresented gifts to passen-gers on board the trainand cordially greeted lo-cal people at the stationsalong the railroad.

Three railroad sec-tions — 110-mile long

Kyangin-Thayet railroadsection, 100-mile longThayet-Pwintbyu railroadsection and 110-mile longPwintbyu-Pakokku rail-road section — are beingbuilt on 320-mile longKyangin-Pakokku rail-road. Kyangin-Oakshitbinrailroad section onKyangin-Thayet railroadsection was inauguratedon 1 March, 2008 andOakshitbin-Kanma rail-road section was openedon 22 March, 2009. Theremaining Kanma-Thayetrailroad section on

Kyangin-Thayet railroadsection was put into serv-ice today.

Upon completion ofKyangin-Pakokku rail-road construction project,local people will be ableto travel from Pathein inAyeyawady Division toPakokku in Magway Di-vision by train. They willhave access to Gangawand Kalay via Pakokkuand Myitkyina and otherregions in upper Myanmarvia Pakokku, ChaungU,Monywa, YeU andKhinU. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe delivers an address at opening of Kanma-Thayet railroad section.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min explains factsabout of Kanma-Thayet railroad

section.—MNA

Special train starts plying from Thayet to Kanma.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min and Col Phone Maw Shwe openKanma-Thayet railroad section.—MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe and Minister Maj-Gen Aung Minpresent gifts to travellers.—MNA

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YANGON, 17 Oct —Chairman of Civil Serv-ice Selection and Train-ing Board U Kyaw Thuand Deputy Attorney Gen-eral U Tun Tun Oo at-tended the InternationalConference on Deepeningand Sustaining Democ-racy in Asia hosted by theRoyal Government ofBhutan with the supportof the United Nations De-velopment Programme(UNDP) in Paro, Bhutanfrom 11 to 14 October.

The Myanmar del-egation headed byCSSTB Chairman U

Myanmar delegation back from BhutanKyaw Thu attended theopening ceremony on 11October. Prime Ministerof Bhutan Mr LyonchhenJigmi Y Thinley andUNDP Assistant Admin-istrator and Regional Di-rector for Asia and thePacific Mr Ajay Chhibbergave opening statements.The conference held onthe following days till 12October to14 October wasalso participated by cabi-net members and seniorparliamentary membersfrom Asia, authorities con-cerned from the relatedfields, responsible person-

nel from the UNDP andother UN organizations,academics from the Cen-tre for Bhutan Studies(CBS) as well as universi-ties around the world andadvisors from the relevantinstitutions. The confer-ence widely discussed top-ics as foundations of de-mocracy, experiences indemocracy, civic rightsand participation, elec-tions and justice, account-ability and freedom, etc.

The Myanmar del-egation arrived back hereby air this morning.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 17Oct—Minister for Hotelsand Tourism Maj-Gen SoeNaing met with Ambassa-dor of Indonesia Mr

Minister meets with Ambassador of IndonesiaSebastianus Sumarsono athis office here this evening. Also present at the call wereDeputy Minister for Ho-tels and Tourism Brig-Gen

Aye Myint Kyu and offi-cials. They discussed mat-ters on development oftourism between the twocountries.—MNA

YANGON, 16 Oct—President of the Union ofMyanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerceand Industry U Win Myint,Vice-Presidents U WinAung, U Zaw Min Win, UAung Lwin and U TunAung, General SecretaryDr. Maung Maung Lay,Joint General SecretariesU Tin Maung Win and Dr.

UMFCCI President receives Vietnamese delegationMyo Thet, CEC membersand executives received an8-member delegation ledby Vice-Chairman of theNational Assembly’s For-eign Affairs Committee ofthe Socialist Republic ofVietnam and Chairman ofVietnam-ASEAN Inter-Parliamentary FriendshipGroup Mr. Nguyen DueManh at the UMFCCI of-

fice here on 5 October.They discussed

matters related to promo-tion of bilateral trade andinvestment between thetwo countries, mutual co-operation in economicsector between Myanmar-Vietnamese entrepreneursand holding of productsexhibitions and exchangeof delegation.—MNA

YANGON, 17 Oct—Myanmar Information andCommunication Technol-ogy (ICT) Exhibition2009, jointly organized byMyanmar Computer Pro-fessionals Association(MCPA) and MyanmarComputer EntrepreneursAssociation (MCEA) un-der the leadership of

Myanmar ICT Exhibition 2009 continuesMyanmar Computer As-sociation, took place atTatmadaw ConventionHall on U Wisara street inDagon Township, here,the third day.

At the exhibition,altogether 157 booths of70 companies and organi-zations, members ofMyanmar Computer En-

trepreneurs Association(MCEA), displayed com-puters and their accesso-ries, latest model electron-ics and communicationsmaterials, technologiesand application software.

The final-day exhi-bition will be held on 18October (Sunday).

MNA

YANGON, 17 Oct—Organized byHaematological Society of MyanmarMedical Association, the 2nd

Haematological Conference was held atHotel Chatrium on Natmauk Road inTamway Township this morning.Chairman of MMA Professor Dr KyawMyint Naing made an opening address andChairman of the society Dr Daw Aye AyeMyint extended greetings. Professor Dr UYe Mya presided over the panel discussionsand Professor Dr Daw Cho Cho Nyunt, DrDaw Win Pa Pa Naing, Professor Dr DawAye Aye Gyi and Dr Daw Aye Aye Khineheld discussions on “Acute Leukaemias:How Can We Improve the Outcome?”

2nd Haematological Conference heldIn special lectures session, Professor

Col Ye Thway presided over the sessionand Prof. Suthat Fucharoen of MahidolUniversity of Thailand gave talks on “IronChelation Therapy” and Dr. Mickey KohBoon Chai of St.Georges Hospital,University of London, UK, on“Haemopoietic Stem Cell Transplantation”.

Professor Dr Daw Aye Aye Myintpresided over the HaematomorphologyForum and Prof. Masao Tomonaga ofNagasaki University of Japan gave talks.

The first day of the conference wasattended by haematologists, pathologists,professors, pediatricians and trainee doctorstotalling 400.—MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Soe Naing receives Indonesian AmbassadorMr Sebastianus Sumarrsono.—MNA

CSSTB Chairman attends International Conference on Deepening andSustaining Democracy in Asia.—MNA

ICT Exhibition 2009 in progress.—MNA

UMFCCI President U Win Myint and party receive delegation led byChairman Mr Nguyen Due Manh of Vietnam-ASEAN

Inter-Parliamentary Friendship Group.—MNA

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YANGON, 17 Oct—Secretary-General of theUnion Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationU Htay Oo receivedChairman Dr Akinori Sekiof the Sasakawa PeaceFoundation of Japan at theUSDA Headquarters onNew University Avenue inBahan Township, here,yesterday.

First, the chairmanof the Sasakawa Peace

USDA Secretary-General receivesEU Alternate Chairman, Ambassadors

Foundation explainedmatters related to thefoundation. Next,Secretary-General U HtayOo explained ruraldevelopment tasks and factsabout the USDA.

Likewise, he alsoreceived the delegationcomprising Thailand -based EU Ambassadorsand Myanmar-based EUAmbassadors led byAlternate Chairman of

European Union (EU)Thailand based SwedenAmbassador MrLennart Linner at theoffice of USDA Head-quarters.

Secretary-GeneralU Htay Oo explained factsabout the association,national development tasksand rural development tasksundertaken by theassociation and realsituation of the State.

After that, heanswered the questions ofAlternate Chairman andAmbassadors of EU.

He also met the

delegation led by Thailand-based EU Ambassador MrDavid Lipman at theassociation.

Also present at the

calls were USDA CECmember U Aung Thein Lin,Head of the Headquartersand officials.

MNA

YANGON, 17 Oct—A ceremonyto hand over cash donation to theGovernment of the Social is tRepubl ic of Vietnam by theGovernment of the Union ofMyanmar as a humani tar ianassistance to the victims of TyphoonKetsana in the central parts ofVietnam during the end of September2009 was held at the Ministry ofForeign Affairs here this afternoon.

It was attended by Ministerfor Foreign Affairs U Nyan Win, the

Cash donation for Vietnamese storm victimsdirectors-general and officials of theministry, Vietnamese Ambassador toMyanmar Mr. Chu Chong Phung andembassy staff.

On behalf of the Governmentof the Union of Myanmar, MinisterU Nyan Win spoke words ofcondolence on the loss of lives andproperty caused by Typhoon Ketsanaand handed over US$ 50, 000 to theVietnamese Ambassador who spokewords of thanks on the occasion.

MNA

Special train on Kanma-Thayet railroad section.—MNA (News on page-16)

Minister U Nyan Win presents US$ 50000 donated by the Governmentof the Union of Myanmar as a humanitarian assistance to the victims

of Typhoon Ketsana in the central parts of Vietnam to VietnameseAmbassador.—MNA

USDASecretary-General UHtay OoreceivesThailandbased EUAmbassa-

dor MrDavid

Lipman.MNA

Secretary-1 of State Peace and Development Council General Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo enjoys performance of staff of Ministry ofCulture.—MNA (News on page-1)

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A metro train passes by Jumairah Lake Towers in Dubai, United ArabEmirates on Thursday 15 Oct, 2009. The deeply indebted company

controlling many of Dubai’s prized state-owned businesses said Thursday ithas cut 15 percent of its work force in a restructuring effort that is nearly

complete. Dubai World, a conglomerate whose businesses range frombuilding islands and running U.S. luxury hotels to hauling cargo off ships

worldwide, said the reorganization should save it $800 million over the nextthree years.—INTERNET

A man pushes his cartfitted with empty watercontainer to serve as afloater in flood watersSaturday, 17 Oct, 2009 insuburban Pasig City eastof Manila, Philippines.The governor of anorthern Philippineprovince said Saturdayhe has ordered residentsto evacuate their alreadystorm-ravaged areasahead of a new typhoonafter back-to-backstorms in recentweeks.—INTERNET

KABUL, 17 Oct—Two roadside bombings in eastern and southern Afghanistanhave left three U.S. soldiers dead on Friday, said a statement of the NATO-ledInternational Security Assistance Force (ISAF) on Saturday.

“Two U.S. service members were killed in an improvised explosive deviceattack in eastern Afghanistan, 16 Oct, and one US service member was killed inan IED attack in southern Afghanistan on the same day,” the statement said. Ithas been proved a deadliest year for both foreign soldiers and innocent civiliansin the war-plagued country as conflicts and violence have claimed over 414international troops, including 247 from America, and 1,500 civilians so far thisyear.—Xinhua

A visitors takes picturesof a battery-drivenRUF Greenster conceptcar, based on thePorsche 911 model, onthe opening day of theeCarTec fair inMunich, southernGermany, on Tuesday,13 Oct, 2009.

INTERNET

Three US soldiers killed in roadside bombings in Afghanistan

NAIROBI, 17 Oct—Somali pirates have seized aSingaporean-flagged container ship in the pirate-infested Indian Ocean waters near Seychells, a regionalmaritime official confirmed here Thursday.

Andrew Mwangura, East Africa coordinator ofthe Seafares Assistance Programme said the vesselowned by boxship Kota Wajar was hijacked earlyThursday with 21 crew members. “The Singaporeanflagged ship was hijacked in the indian Ocean waters,180 nautical miles northwest of Seychelles. The shipwhich was coming from Singapore was heading toMombasa port,”Mwangura told Xinhua throughtelephone from Mombasa.

MNA/Xinhua

Somali pirates hijackSingaporean ship

1. Uplift of national prestige and integrity andpreservation and safeguarding of culturalheritage and national character

2. Uplift of the morale and morality of the entirenation

3. Uplift of dynamism of genuine patriotic spiritbased on national unity

4. Emregence of new generations who willpreserve and safeguard national character

Objectives of the 17th MyanmarTraditional Cultural Performing

Arts Competitions

PARIS, 17 Oct—Twosmall sightseeing planescollided over the Frenchcoastal region ofCharente-Maritime onSaturday, killing all fourpeople on board, includingthe two pilots.

The accident occurredaround 11 a.m, local time(1000 GMT), saidEleonore Lacroix,

Four killed as French sightseeingplanes collide

secretary of Charente-Maritime state office.

The cause of theaccident was underinvestigation, Lacroixsaid, adding that FrenchTransport MinisterDominique Bussereauwas on his way to thespot.

It was the third planeaccident in France within

a week. On Monday, aCessna 210 light planeplunged into the sea nearthe French island ofCorsica. Six people,including the pilot, wererescued afterwards.

A day earlier, aCessna 177 crashed in theManche region, killingboth people aboard.

Xinhua

Truck bomb destroys key bridgein western Iraq

BAGHDAD, 17 Oct—A suicide bomber driving a dynamite-laden truck destroyeda key bridge Saturday on a highway used by the departing US military, whileseven Iraqis — most of them soldiers — were killed in separate attacks, policesaid.

There were no casualties in the Saturday morning blast that destroyed thebridge, said a police officer in the city of Ramadi, about 70 miles (125 kilometers)west of Baghdad. The highway is used heavily by the U.S. military to transportequipment out of the country. It is also a major roadway for civilian traffic.Thehighway links Iraq to neighboring Syria and Jordan, where many Iraqis fledsectarian violence.

Internet

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GATI MAJESTIC VOY NO ( )Consignees of cargo carried on MV GATI MA=

JESTIC VOY NO ( ) are here by notified that thevessels will be arriving on 18.10.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.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 GATI COAST TO COASTPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA RAJA VOY NO (900)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA RAJAVOY NO (900) are here by notified that the vessels willbe arriving on 18.10.2009 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 ADVANCE CONTAINER LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

Cambodia ratifies ASEAN ecoagreements with China, Japan, ROK

Philippines buys local riceto boost stocks, food security

MANILA, 17 Oct—Philippine agriculture officialshave intensified rice procurement to boost the country’sstockpile and assure food security amid the recentcalamities. Philippine National Food Authority (NFA)Administrator Jessup P. Navarro said the NFA isbuying more rice in Visayas and Mindanao, southernPhilippines. These areas were spared by typhoons“Parma” and “Ketsana”.

The back to back typhoons which hit the countryearly this month submerged key rice growing areas inLuzon, northern Philippines,damaging nearly onemillion tons of palay (paddy rice).

“By focusing on domestic palay buying, the NFA isable to maintain a safe food security buffer for thecountry,” Navarro said.

The National Food Authority now has 1.2 millionmetric tons of rice- equivalent to 35 days of nationalrice consumption. This put national stock inventory toaround 2.3 million tons enough for 66 days nationalconsumption.— MNA/Xinhua

Nigeria’s cholera death toll climbsto 149

Dancing in Amritsar : Indian Sikh students perform the traditional Punjabi‘Bhangra’ dance at a university’s youth festival in Amritsar.—INTERNET

Diya craft : An Indianpotter makes earthen-

ware oil pots or‘diyas’ at his work-

shop on the outskirtsof Hyderabad.

INTERNET

A man disinfects hishands after bringing a

cholera patient to amedical centre. The toll

from a cholera out-break in northern

Nigeria has risen to149 with 52 more

deaths.—INTERNET

Egypt delays signing of Palestinianunity pact

GAZA, 17 Oct—Egypt has delayed the signing of a deal to heal the rift betweenPresident Mahmoud Abbas’ Fatah movement and the rival Palestinian groupHamas because of “new complications”, an Egyptian official said on Friday.

He cited the growing tension between Fatah and Hamas over the handling byAbbas of a UN report criticizing the Israeli military offensive into Gaza inDecember and January.

Cairo had slated a signing ceremony for October 25. The agreement wouldresolve nothing immediately but would outline steps to restore Palestinian unity.Hamas runs the Gaza Strip and Fatah dominates in the Israeli-occupied West Bank.

The official told Reuters no new date was set for signing. “Egypt saw it wasbetter to delay until there is a suitable atmosphere,” he said. — MNA/Reuters

KANO, 17 Oct—Thetoll in a cholera outbreakin northern Nigeria rose to149 on Friday with 52more deaths, a provincialhealth official said.

“We have recorded 52deaths from cholera out-break in four local gov-ernment areas of the statewhile 1,335 have beenhospitalised,” the directorof disease control in

Borno State, AbdallahSadiq, told AFP.

“The disease was firstreported on September 10in Gwoza local govern-ment on the border withCameroon from where itspread to six other dis-tricts”, he said.

He said Biu local gov-ernment on the borderwith Chad was the worstaffected area where 650

were infected, forcinghealth officials to open acamp for the victims.

Cholera has claimed 77lives in recent weeks inAdamawa State, leavingnearly 1,000 people hos-pitalised.

Late September, offi-cials in Jigawa State an-nounced the death of 11people in a cholera out-break which affected 400others at a village outsidethe state capital.

Internet

PHNOM PENH, 17 Oct—Cambodian NationalAssembly on Fridayratified the ASEANeconomic cooperationagreements with Chinaand South Korea whileon Thursday, thelegislature approved theASEAN comprehensiveinvestment agreement andalso the ASEAN-Japaneconomic cooperationagreement.

“These agreements

need to be approvedurgently because they willbe handed over to head ofthe government (PrimeMinister Hun Sen) whowill work on it with othercountries in the upcomingASEAN Summit inThailand on 23-25October,” said KongVibol, secretary of stateof Ministry of Finance,and representative ofgovernment to defendthese agreements at the

National Assembly. “These new agree-

ments will attract foreignpartners to invest andmake business here in thecontext of the globalfinancial crisis,” he said,adding that “we will getthe benefits from theagreement framework”.“We hope to enlargeour trade and investmentwith these countries,” henoted.

MNA/Xinhua

Vietnamholds int'lconference

on tea tradeHANOI, 17 Oct—An

international conferenceon investment and tradepromotion for Vietnam -made tea was held hereon Friday.

The conference the firstand biggest of its kind,was organized byVietnam’s Ministry ofAgriculture and RuralDevelopment incoordination with theVietnam Tea Association.

It drew participation ofabout 200 representativefrom the International TeaCommittee, domestic andforeign tea associationsand companies of theUnited States, India,Russia, Sri Lanka andSaudi Arabia.

MNA/Xinhua

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BEIJING, 17 Oct—Britain’s ChiefMedical Officer Sir Liam Donaldsonhas announced that high-risk patientsand frontline health workers in hospitalswill be the first to be inoculated againstthe A/H1N1 virus from 21 Oct.

The planned vaccination plancomes as the number of deaths rose to106 with the number of new cases risingto 27,000 in the last week. During hisregular weekly briefing at theDepartment of Health, Sir Liam saidthere had been 83 swine flu deaths inEngland, 15 in Scotland, four in Walesand four in Northern Ireland. “There isa further increase but the increase hasnot been anything like the doublingexpected,” he said. The number ofpeople in hospital with swine fluincreased from 290 to 364, while the

BELFAST, 17 Oct—The girlfriend of aNorthern Ireland policeofficer was slightlyinjured on Friday when abomb exploded under hercar in Belfast, police said,sparking fears of aresurgence of violencehere. The 38-year-oldwoman, who has not been

Bomb disposal experts examine the remains of acar after a bomb exploded beneath it in eastBelfast. The girlfriend of a Northern Ireland

police officer was slightly injured when a bombexploded under her car in Belfast, police said,

sparking fears of a resurgence of violence.INTERNET

H1N1 vaccination to start in Britainas death toll rises

NEW YORK, 17 Oct—Bank of America Corp onFriday reported a loss of2.24 billion US dollars inthe third quarter due toincreasing loan losses.

The bank, the secondlargest in the UnitedStates, said its losses forfailed loans came toalmost 10 billion dollarsduring the July-September period, upalmost 1 billion from thesecond quarter.

The bank said that ithad a loss of 1 billiondollars before accounting

Woman hurt in Northern Irelandcar bomb

Photo taken on 16 Oct, 2009 shows the art performance at the openingceremony of the 11th Chinese National Games in Jinan, east China’s

Shandong Province.—Xinhua

number in intensive care rose from 47to 74.

This is the highest proportion ofhospitalised patients who have been inintensive care since the epidemicbegan, Sir Liam said. “For most of thetime it’s been about 12 to 13 percent,now it’s up to 20 percent, suggestingwe are seeing more serious cases thanwe were seeing before. There is no signof any change in the virus but this isgiving me some concern.” In a studyof 266 hospitalised patients withconfirmed swine flu, more than aquarter also suffered from asthma,while more than one in ten had heartdisease and around 10 percent werediabetic. Around 6 percent of thepatients were pregnant.

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named, was taken tohospital for minor injuriesafter the bomb explodedat about 7:30am as shedrove away from herhome. She was laterdischarged.

“Clearly there arepeople out there intoday’s society who arestill intent on causing

murder and mayhem,”said Chief SuperintendentBrian Maguire, althoughhe declined to point thefinger at anyorganization.

The police chief saidthe bomb was under thepassenger side of the two-seater car and if someonehad sat there, it couldhave been much moreserious. “This was aviable device capable ofcausing death or seriousinjury,” Maguire toldreporters.

He said the womanhad no direct link with thepolice service butdetectives wereinvestigating whether apoliceman was theintended target. Thewoman lived not far froma police station in eastBelfast.

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A woman looks at Samsung Electronics flat-panelTVs in Seoul. The South Korean electronics gianthas said it will set up a joint venture to build a liquid crystal display (LCD) plant costing about $2.23 billion dollars in eastern China.—INTERNET

Bank of America posts big lossin consumer loans

for preferred dividends,which, once included, putthe loss at 2.24 billiondollars.

Though its revenuefrom retail deposits andinvestment grew by 26.4billion dollars, a 33percent increase on 19.9billion dollars a year ago,the bank’s finances werepummeled by losses on itsbusinesses connected tohome loans and consumercredits. “Obviously,credit costs remain high,and that is our majorfinancial challenge going

forward,” the bank’s chiefexecutive, Kenneth DLewis, said in astatement. “However, weare heartened by earlypositive signs, such as theleveling of delinquenciesamong our credit cardnumbers.”

Bank of America hasaccepted some 45 billiondollars in taxpayerbailouts since thefinancial crisis eruptedlast year, and has issueddebts backed by thegovernment.

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Five persons jump from25,000 feet in Mt

Qomolangma skydiveKATHMANDU, 17 Oct—Five persons made four so-

los and one tandem jump from a height of 25,000 feet(around 7,600 meters)in the south side of MtQomolangma on Friday.

According to a press release from the event organ-izer Explore Himalaya, in the first batch, Tom Noonan(United States), Ian Bishop ( Australia) and Kishan(India) made solo jumps at 10:30 am (GMT 0445). Inthe second batch, world record holder and also chiefcoordinator of the team, Wendy Smith (New Zealand)made a solo jump, while Ganesh Pandey (Nepal) madea tandem jump with Tom Noonan(USA) at 12:30 am(GMT 0645).—Xinhua

Rain wreaks havocin southern Brazil

RIO DE JANEIRO, 17 Oct—Ongoing rain sinceWednesday in Brazil’s southern state of Parana hasleft one person dead, 53 injured and about 1,700 home-less, the Civil Defence Service said on Friday.

The bad weather has affected a total of 26,400 peo-ple and 35 towns in Parana, authorities said. So far, notown has declared a state of emergency.

Seven thousand households were still withoutpower after a gust of wind cut off power supplies to130,000 households on Wednesday. Meanwhile, wa-ter supply has also been affected in nine towns.

Moreover, the zoo in the western city of Cascavelhas sustained damage, forcing it to close temporarilyand transfer its animals to other places.—Xinhua

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Ten-man Ghana stuns Brazilto lift U-20 World Cup

CAIRO, 17 Oct—Ten-man Ghana stunned Brazilafter a penalty shots 4-3 win on Friday to become thefirst African team to claim the FIFA U-20 World Cup.Ghana lifted the trophy before the 67,000 fans at CairoStadium

The two teams played a goalless extra time beforestarting the penalty shots. Brazil’s Alan Kardec,Giuliano, D. Costa, converted their penalty shots butSouza, Maicon and Teixeira saw their penalties savedby the goalkeeper.Ghana’s Mensah and Addae sawtheir penalties saved by the goalkeeper while Ayew,Inkoom, Adiyah and Badu converted their penaltyshots to end the match 4-3 for their team.—Xinhua

Ghana’s players celebrate their victory over Brazilat the 17th FIFA U-20 World Cup final match in

Cairo, capital of Egypt, on 16 Oct, 2009.—XINHUA

MADRID, 17 Oct—A study published in Spanishsportspaper Diario AS on Friday showed that RealMadrid earns more money from television rights thanany other team in the world.The study ‘Football Trans-fer Review’, made by the company Prime time Sport,shows that Real Madrid earns 136 million Euros a yearfrom the sale of its TV rights.

Real Madrid is in the first year of its contract withthe production company Mediapro.The Spanish giant isfollowed by Manchester United and then by FC Barce-lona, which earns 116 million euros a season. Mediaproalso owns Barcelona’s television rights.—Xinhua

Spanish national soccer teamconsiders offer to play in China

MADRID, 17 Oct—Spanish sports paper DiarioAS reported on Friday that the Spanish national foot-ball team could play a friendly game against Chinaas part of its preparations for next summer’s WorldCup finals.

The reigning European Champion set a new recordby winning every one of its qualifying games en-routeto securing its place in South Africa. Spain alreadyhas three friendly games arranged for between nowand the end of the season.Spain will play Argentinaon 14 Nov and visit Austria four days later.

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No punches, just praiseas Tyson, Holyfield meet

CHICAGO, 17 Oct—No punches werethrown. And neither bit off the other’sear.Mutual praise and admiration dominatedduring a face-to-face meeting Friday betweenformer world champion boxers Mike Tysonand Evander Holyfield on a live episode of“The Oprah Winfrey Show.”

On June 28, 1997, at the MGM Grand inLas Vegas, Tyson was disqualified after bit-ing off part of Holyfield’s right ear duringtheir WBA heavyweight title fight.A respect-ful Tyson shook hands with his former rivalseveral times during their encounter on Fri-day — which he said was his first chance tospeak at length with Holyfield since the earchomp that made worldwide headlines. Tysonlater met with Chicago Mayor Richard Daley.

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Campbell eagles final holefor share of lead

LAS VEGAS, 17 Oct—Chad Campbell closedwith an eagle on the par-5 ninth for a 9-under 62and a share of the second-round lead Fridaywith Troy Matteson in the Justin TimberlakeShriners Hospitals for Children Open.Campbell, aformer UNLV player, also had seven birdies in hisbogey-free round in warm conditions at TPCSummerlin.

“I didn’t hit a very good tee shot,” Campbell saidabout his final hole. “I hit it a little left. Luckily, itstopped short of the bunker and had a perfect lie. (Itwas) just a perfect 3-wood (shot) and I was able tohit it up there 12 to 15 feet. ... It was definitely agreat way to finish a round.”

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Title rivals go head to headin Italian Serie A

ROME, 17 Oct—The picture at the Serie A summitcould look a little clearer following this weekend’smatches as four of the top five clash in direct top-of-the-table encounters.Champions and leaders Inter Mi-lan travel to fifth-placed Genoa who could go top witha victory if other results go their way. In Turin third-placed Juventus host Fiorentina, below them by just oneplace and goal difference.The biggest game, though,takes place in Genoa where Inter have already lost oncethis season having been defeated 1-0 by Sampdoria —second behind Inter on goal difference and travelling tothe capital Rome to face Lazio on Sunday.

The clash has an intriguing sub-plot as Inter poachedGenoa’s two best players in the close season, payingout big money to prise away Argentine striker DiegoMilito and Brazilian midfielder Thiago Motta.In returnGenoa signed veteran Argentine forward Hernan Crespofrom the nerazzurri and he will be desperate to put oneover his former employers having found himself sur-plus to requirements in Milan in the summer.—Internet

This is a 28 June, 1997, filephoto showing Mike Tyson bitinginto the ear of Evander Holyfieldin the third round of their WBAheavyweight bout in Las Vegas.

Tyson and Holyfield are expectedto appear on 16 Oct, 2009, on

‘The Opray Winfrey Show’ fromChicago.—INTERNET

Real Madrid tops TV earnersin Europe

OSAKA, 17 Oct—Aus-tralian third seedSamantha Stosur on Sat-urday dashed Caroline

Wozniacki’s title defenceto reach the final at theJapan Open women’s ten-nis tournament.The 25-year-old Stosur, who alsoeliminated 2002 cham-pion Jill Craybas of theUnited States on Friday,fired 12 aces to score a 6-0, 4-6, 6-4 victory over theDanish top seed.

Stosur, ranked 15thagainst Wozniacki’ssixth, has yet to win aWTA title, but has wonfour ITF titles, three ofthem in Japan, includingone here in Osaka.In thefinal on Sunday, Stosurwill play fourth seedFrancesca Schiavone ofItaly, who defeated In-dian star Sania Mirza6-2, 6-1 in the other semi-finals earlier in the day.

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Arsenal 3 - 1 BirminghamAston Villa 2 - 1 ChelseaEverton 1 -1 WolvesMan Utd 2 - 1 BoltonPortsmouth 1 - 2 TottenhamStoke City 2 - 1 West Ham UtdSunderland 1 - 0 Liverpool

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Chelsea’s Didier Drogba shoots and scores a goalagainst Aston Villa during their English Premier

League soccer match at Villa Park in Birminghamon 17 October, 2009.—INTERNET

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudyin Ayeyawady Division, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Kachin, Rakhine, Kayah, Kayin States, MagwayDivision, scattered in Shan and Chin States, Mandalay,Bago and Yangon Divisions, fairly widespread in upperSagaing Division and widespread in the remaining areaswith locally heavyfalls in Mandalay Division. Thenoteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Nay Pyi Taw(Yezin) (0.90) inch, Nay Pyi Taw (3.19) inches, Nay Pyi Taw(Tatkon) (2.63) inches, Nay Pyi Taw (Pyinmana) (1.73)inches, Shwegyin (1.81) inches, Monywa (1.77) inches,Kyaukse (1.42) inches, Paung (1.35) inches, Myinmu (1.26)inches, Thaton and Ye (1.18) inches each.

Maximum temperature on 16-10-2009 was 92°F.Minimum temperature on 17-10-2009 was 72°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 17-10-2009 was 85%.Total sun shine hours on 16-10-2009 was (4.5) hours approx.

Rainfall on 17-10-2009 was Tr at Mingaladon, Nilat Kaba-Aye and (0.43) inch at Central Yangon each. Totalrainfall since 1-1-2009 was (110.83) inches at Mingaladon,(120.87) inches at Kaba-Aye and (128.15) inches at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was(4) mph from Southeast at (15:30) hours MST on 16-10-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in AndamanSea and North Bay and generally fair elsewhere in the Bayof Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 18th October 2009:Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in Kayin, KayahStates, Magway Division, scattered in Chin, Shan RakhineStates, lower Sagaing, Mandalay, Bago and YangonDivisions and fairly widespread in the remaining areas.Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be moderate in Myanmarwaters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofrain in the Central Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring area for18-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for18-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for18-10-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

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LONDON, 17 Oct—Manchester United managerAlex Ferguson is worried escalating transferfees could signal a business-style financialcollapse in the world of soccer.

“There is an awful lot of expenditure andyou say to yourself, ‘Where is it going to end?’,”Ferguson was quoted as saying in Saturday’sGuardian newspaper.

“This is exactly what was happening in thebusiness world two years ago. There werewarning signs and everyone knew there were,yet they carried on because it was so easy toaccess loans.

“In the football world the warning signs arethere but nobody seems to be bothering about it.You wonder where it’s going to end and what isgoing to happen if one major club were to...collapse,” added Ferguson.

The Scot seemed to have in mind clubs likeReal Madrid and Manchester City, who spenthuge sums on players in the transfer windowwith the Spanish side paying a world record 80million pounds for United winger CristianoRonaldo.

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OBITUARYU Tin Win Hlaing @ Tu Tu @ Kevin Khin

Maung Maung, (55) YearsResiding at No (1.A), Dahlia Road, Malikha Garden

Housing, Thingangyun Township, son of (U Khin MaungMaung-Dr Daw Tin Win Win), son-in-law of (U TinShein-Daw Kyin May), beloved husband of Daw ThanThan Htay, father of Ma Myat Su Hlaing and Maung MinThet Tin passed away at 11.15pm on 16-10-2009 (Friday).The remain have been cremated at Yayway Cemetery at3pm on this day. Bereaved Family

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★ Only with stability and peace will the nation develop

★ Only with stability and peace will democratization process be successful

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

People’s Desire ■ VOA, BBC-sowing hatred amongthe people

■ RFA, DVB-generating publicoutrage

■ Do not allow ourselves to be swayed■ By broadcasts designed to cause

troubles

■ We favour peace and stability■ We favour development■ We oppose unrest and violence■ Wipe out those inciting unrest

and violence

NAY PYI TAW, 17 Oct—The opening of Kanma-Thayet railroad section of Kyangin-Pakokku Rail-road Construction Project implemented by MyanmaRailways of the Ministry of Rail Transportation washeld at the compound of Thayet Station this morn-ing.

Kanma-Thayet railroad section of Kyangin-PakokkuRailroad Construction Project put into commission

It was attended by Chairman of Mandalay Divi-sion Peace and Development Council Commander ofCentral Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe, Minister forRail Transportation Maj-Gen Aung Min, Chairman ofMagway Division Peace and Development CouncilCol Phone Maw Shwe, Deputy Minister for Rail Trans-

portation U Pe Than and senior military officers, thedirectors-general and managing directors under theministry, departmental heads, staff of Myanma Rail-ways, representatives of social organizations and localpeople.

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Special train on Kanma-Thayet railroad section.—MNA

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