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Volume XVI, Number 270 3rd Waning of Pyatho 1370 ME Tuesday, 13 January, 2009

Established 1914

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation in termsof technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands 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, 12Jan— Vice-Chairman ofthe State Peace and De-velopment CouncilDeputy Commander-in-Chief of Defence Serv-ices Commander-in-Chief(Army) Vice-Senior Gen-eral Maung Aye met withState, District and Town-ship level departmentalofficials at the local bat-talion of Sittway inRakhine State on 9 Janu-ary and gave instructionson disaster managementand regional development

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye discusses disastermanagement and regional development in Rakhine State

tasks.Also present on the

occasion together withVice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye were Secre-tary-1 of the SPDC Lt-Gen Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo, memberof the SPDC Lt-Gen TinAye, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Rear-Admi-ral Nyan Tun, Com-mander-in-Chief (Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein, seniormilitary officers of Min-istry of Defence, Chair-man of Rakhine State

PDC Commander ofWestern Command Maj-Gen Thaung Aye, theVice-chairman of Rakhine

State PDC, personnel ofthe SPDC office, depart-mental officials from dis-tricts and townships inRakhine State.

First, Chairman ofRakhine State PDC Com-mander of Western Com-mand Maj-Gen ThaungAye presented reports ondamages and lossescaused by about ten stormsin the past 40 years inRakhine State, disasterpreparedness measures inthe state, construction ofshelters in the townships,

preservation of man-groves, preparedness inregions vulnerable to natu-ral disasters.

In his instructions,Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye said that oc-currence of cyclonicstorms due to changingglobal climate should betaken into consideration,necessary measures are tobe taken systematically inrespective townships, les-sons from Nargis stormwhich wiped out certainareas of Ayeyawady Di-vision should be taken, sothat preparedness meas-ures are to be taken beforecoming mosoon season,

he pointed out.The government, the

people and the Tatmadaware to prevent natural dis-

asters and other threats inunison and strive for re-gional development anddevelopment of the State,he said. He continued thatwounds left by Nargisstorm have been success-fully cured thanks to goodmorale and unity of thenationals and sufficiencyof domestic food supplies.

He went on to say thatit is pivotal that each andevery region are to makeefforts for surplus of foodand strong economy. AsRakhine State is blessed

with favorable geographi-cal conditions, it can pro-duce more than consumed,and the surplus is to besustained from strength tostrength, collaborative ef-forts are to be made forstrengthening the economyof Rakhine State throughconstant development ofmanufacturing industriesincluding farming indus-try, reduction of produc-tion costs, and minimizingloss and wastage inaddition innovative

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The government, the people and the Tatmadaware to prevent natural disasters and other threatsin unison and strive for regional development anddevelopment of the State. Wounds left by Nargisstorm have been successfully cured thanks to goodmorale and unity of the nationals and sufficiencyof domestic food supplies.

Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye givesinstructions on

disaster managementand regional devel-

opment tasks inmeeting with State,District and Town-ship level depart-mental officials of

Rakhine State.—MNA

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 13 January, 2009

Tuesday, 13 January, 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

One of the most important tasks carried outwidely by the State and the national people forhealth and fitness of new generations is theactivities to mark the National ImmunizationDays. The government has launched the NationalImmunization Days since 1996.

Myanmar has conducted vaccinationcampaigns every year since 1978. In its efforts toeliminate seven diseases that can be preventedthrough giving vaccination, the government givespriority to elimination of polio disease as it hasbeen designated as the most crucial disease.

In doing so, oral polio vaccines were given tochildren under one year at least three times withone month gap. At the same time, a domiciliaryvisit was made extensively to give polio vaccinesto children ranging from newborns to thoseunder five and continue to monitor the spread ofpolio.

The Ministry of Health has made field tripsright down to different regions including ruraland far-flung areas and given regular poliovaccines to children with the aim of eliminatingthe fatal disease in those regions.

The government launches the NationalImmunization Days yearly to ensure that oralpolio vaccines are given to all children fromnewborns to those under five to maintain thepolio-free reputation.

In response to the goodwill of the State, theentire national people are to actively take part inthe immunization activities by doing their bit forsuccessful realization of the aim of giving oralpolio vaccines to 7.23 million children rangingfrom newborns to those under five to beimplemented by the government from 7 to 9February as the second phase.

Actively take part in polioelimination drive

IBTC Open Golf Championships kicks off

YANGON, 12 Jan— Theopening ceremony of thesecond leg of IBTC OpenGolf Championships ofMyanmar Golf Tour 2008-2009, jointly organized byMyanmar Golf Federationand Myanmar P.G.A andmainly sponsored byInternational BeveragesTrading Co Ltd took placeat Yedaguntaung GolfCourse in Mandalay,Mandalay Divisionyesterday morning.

Commander of CentralCommand Maj-Gen TinNgwe, Chairman ofMandalay City

Development CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen PhoneZaw Han, Vice-Presidentof Myanmar P.G.A andMyanmar Golf FederationU Min Thein and ExecutiveDirector of InternationalBeverages Trading Co LtdU Tint Oo teed off the tracerballs to open thetournament.

After the first day 18-hold event, Zaw Zaw Lattand Zaw Zin Win (Srixon)led Professional Golferswith 67 strokes five-under-par. Min Naing (Srixon)second with 68 strokesfour-under-par, Soe Kyaw

Naing (Srixon) third with69 three-under-par andAung San Win (Srixon)four with 70 two-under-par.

In National Amateurevent, Nay Bala Win Myintis leading with 67 strokesfive-under-par. Bo Bo Laysecond with 70 strokes two-under-par and Aung Win(Forestry) third with 71strokes one-under-par.

With the aim ofensuring the emergenceof Myanmar Golfers,International BeveragesTrading Co Ltd mainlysponsored thechampionship with co-sponsors Air Bagan Ltd,Hotel Yangon, RubyDragon (Jades and Gems)Co Ltd, KBZ Bank Ltd,

From Gloria Macapagal Arroyo, President of theRepublic of the PhilippinesExcellency,

The Government and people of the Republic ofthe Philippines join me in wishing the Government andpeople of the Union of Myanmar warmest greetings andfelicitations on the occasion of the 61st Anniversary ofthe Independence of the Union of Myanmar.

The close and friendly relations between thePhilippines and Myanmar continue to deepen as wepursue collaboration and cooperation in various areasof mutual concern. The relationship between our twocountries and peoples likewise grows stronger as wepursue the goals of greater ASEAN community.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.

President of the Republic of the Philippines sendsfelicitations to Senior General Than Shwe

Central Command Commander Maj-Gen Tin Ngwe tees off the tracerballs to open second leg of IBTC Golf Championships.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Jan — The following is the message of felicitations sent from President of thePhilippines Gloria Macapagal Arroyo to Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council, on the occasion of the 61st Anniversary Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar.

Excellency,On behalf of the Government and people of the

Republic of the Philippines, I wish to extend mywarmest wishes and heartfelt congratulations to YourExcellency and to the Government and people of theUnion of Myanmar on the occasion of your 61st

Anniversary of Independence.The strong and cordial relationship between

our two countries has been proven by mutual support

during challenging times especially in coping withnatural disasters and other calamities. The supportand cooperation that we extend to each other continueto provide the strong foundation of our enduringrelationship—binding us as strong neighbors andbrothers in ASEAN.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances ofmy highest consideration.

Heads of Governments send felicitations toPrime Minister General Thein Sein

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Jan — The following is the messages of felicitations sent from foreign heads ofGovernment to General Thein Sein, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar.

From Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Prime Minister ofMalaysiaExcellency,

On the auspicious occasion of the 61st Anniversaryof the Independence Day of the Union of Myanmar, theGovernment and the people of Malaysia join me inextending our congratulations and best wishes to YourExcellency, the Government and the people of theUnion of Myanmar.

It is my fervent hope that the close ties andexcellent cooperation between our two countries andour peoples will continue to flourish. I look forward toworking closely with Your Excellency towardsbroadening and deepening our bilateral relations for ourmutual benefit.

Please accept, Excellency, the assurances of myhighest consideration.

MGW Construction Ltd,Alpine Purified DrinkingWater, MY Associates CoLtd, Srixon, Tiger HeadCement, KM Golf Center,

ACCEL International CoLtd (Canon) and Lifeline(DHEA-Plus) andmanagement organizerHan Event Management.

The second day 18-hold event was due to beheld at the designatedplace today.

MNA

Tobacco Kills

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Tuesday, 13 January, 2009 3

A car burns following an Israeli air strike at the Rafah refugee camp in thesouthern Gaza Strip, near the border with Egypt. Israel poured reservists intoGaza on Monday as the death toll in its war on Hamas neared 900, but offi-

cials said an end to the fighting might be in sight as more ceasefire talks werescheduled in Egypt.—INTERNET

Israeli forces advance deepinto Gaza urban areas

GAZA CITY, 12 Jan—Is-raeli ground forces madetheir deepest foray yetSunday into Gaza’s mostpopulated area, with tanksrolling into residentialneighbourhoods and in-fantry fighting urban war-fare in streets and build-ings with Hamas militantswho kept up their rocket-ing of southern Israel.

An Israeli Armyspokeswoman said resi-dential neighbourhoods inGaza are riddled withhomemade bombs andbooby traps, including

mannequins placed atapartment entrances tosimulate militants andrigged to explode if sol-diers approach.

The army “is advanc-ing more into urban ar-eas,” said the spokes-woman, Maj AvitalLeibovich. “Since themajority of the Hamasmilitants are pretty muchin hiding in those places,mainly urban places, thenwe operate in those ar-eas.” Early Monday, Is-raeli Navy gunboats firedmore than 25 shells at

Gaza City, setting firesand shaking office build-ings, including the localbureau of The AssociatedPress. The military saidthat in general, the targetsare Hamas installationsbut had no immediate in-formation about the shell-ing that began just aftermidnight.

Before daybreak Mon-day, at least one militantwas killed in an Israeliairstrike in northern Gaza,where a battle was inprogress, hospital officialssaid.—Internet

Militants kill two alleged USspies in Pakistan

ISLAMABAD, 12 Jan — Pakistan’s militants havekilled two men allegedly spying for the United Statesin Pakistan’s northwestern tribal region, local mediasaid on Monday.

The bullet-ridden bodies of two brothers were foundMonday near the town of Mir Ali in North Waziristantribal agency along the Afghan border, the News Net-work International (NNI) news agency quoted localtribe men as saying. A note wrote in local Pashtunlanguage was found near the bodies, which said thatthe men killed were spying for the United States andwarned that those who work for America would meetthe same fate. This is the latest incident of such kill-ing in Pakistan’s tribal region.—Internet

BritishMarine killed

in blast inAfghanistanLONDON, 12 Jan—A

British Royal Marine waskilled on Sunday in south-ern Afghanistan when anexplosion struck his pa-trol in Helmand Province,the Ministry of Defencesaid.

“The death of thisRoyal Marine is a tragedyfor everyone in Task ForceHelmand,” CommanderPaula Rowe, said in anMoD statement. “Whilstwords cannot ease theirloss, our thoughts andprayers are with his fam-ily and friends at this des-perately sad time.”

The Marine’s identitywas not released.

The incident happenedin the Kajaki area ofHelmand on Sundaymorning, the MoD said.

Internet

Senior militant commandercaptured in Iraq

BAGHDAD,12 Jan—The Iraqi military says a seniormilitant commander accused of several bombings andassassinations has been captured in Baghdad.

Brig Gen Qassim al-Moussawi says Thair KhadimAbid Salman al-Samarraie has confessed to being themilitary commander of the Sunni militant group Ansaral-Sunnah.

The spokesman said on Sunday the suspect was ar-rested on 18 Dec.

Internet

Bombs aimed at policekill five in Baghdad

BAGHDAD, 12 Jan—Iraqi police say bombs target-ing security forces have killed at least five people inBaghdad.

Officials say the deadliest blast occurred when twobombs exploded nearly simultaneously as a policepatrol passed by a bakery in a mainly Shiite area ineastern Baghdad.They say three civilians were killedand 10 other people wounded.

Police say two other civilians have been killed andseven people wounded in separate bombs aimed atpolice and army patrols in central Baghdad.The po-lice officials spoke on Monday on condition of ano-nymity because they weren’t authorized to releasethe information.—Internet

An Iraqi police officer lies on the ground after he was wounded in a bomb attackin central Baghdad on 12 Jan, 2009. A series of bomb attacks in Baghdad onMonday killed at least four people and wounded nearly 20, police said.—INTERNET

Nigerian militants say two British hostages still aliveLAGOS, 12 Jan—Two

British hostages kid-napped several monthsago are still alive and well,the Emancipation of theNiger Delta (MEND), themost prominent militantgroup operating in Niger-ia’s oil-rich Niger Deltaregion, said in a statementreaching here on Sunday.

Some recent pictures of

the hostages were at-tached in the statement,sent via e-mail with analias of “Jomo Gbomo”.

“To reassure the fami-lies of the two British hos-tages identified as RobinBarry Hughes and Mat-thew John Maguire thatthey are alive and well,MEND hereby releasestheir recent pictures,” said

the statement.The statement also

quoted the hostages’ mes-sage to their families assaying that their plight “iscaused by the insincereNigerian government,greedy oil companies andthe dumb Prime Ministerof Great Britain GordonBrown.”

The two hostages werekidnapped off an oil ves-sel operating in Nigeriansouthern oil region inearly September 2008,along with some of theircolleagues, who were re-leased by militants soonafter the accident.

Xinhua

An Israeli policeexplosives expert

carries the remains ofa rocket after it

landed in the south-ern city of Beersheba

on 11 Jan, 2009.INTERNET

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People take a walk in both sides of the US-Mexico border as the low tide exposes

the end of the border fence in Tijuana, Mexico, on 11 Jan, 2009.—INTERNET

People enjoy the frozen Lac de Joux at Le Pont in the Jura region in WesternSwitzerland on 11 Jan , 2009. —INTERNET

Bridegrooms Li Guanglong and Li Guangbiao, who are twins, ride horsesduring a wedding ceremony in the Chinese traditional manner in Donghai

County, east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 11 Jan , 2009.—XINHUA

TIANJIN, 12 Jan —China will build a com-mercial helicopter pro-duction base here, localauthorities said on Mon-day.

The Aviation IndustryCorp of China (AICC),the country’s largest heli-copter maker, signed anagreement with the mu-nicipal government lastweek to start work on thebase in the first half of thisyear, said Feng Zhijiang,head of the Tian Free

China aviation ventureto build 8b yuan copter base in Tianjin

Trade Zone. The cost willbe about 8 billion yuan(1.2 billion US dollars),Feng said.

The new China Avia-tion Industry HelicoptersCorp Ltd will include aheadquarters, a researchand development base, as-sembly facilities and cus-tomer services, Feng toldthe ongoing Tianjin peo-ple’s congress.

�The new companywill focus on mediumand heavy helicopters,

filling a void in the do-mestic market.

Sales are forecast toreach 30 billion to 40 bil-lion yuan within 10 years.

Two helicopters areexpected to be assem-bled this year, Feng said.

China needs about3,000 helicopters in thenext 20 years but hasonly about 100 civiliancraft, said Fang Yong,AICC deputy generalmanager.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 12 Jan — Combined with alreadyplanned spending, US President-elect Barack Obama’sfuture package of tax cuts and spending increaseswould push Washington’s 2009 deficit to between 1.5trillion and 2 trillion dollars, it was reported on Sun-day.

This indicated that the United States “is about toembrace an economic theory that was widely thoughtfor most of the last generation to have been discred-ited: the idea that great bursts of deficit-funded gov-ernment expenditure can jolt an economy back togrowth,” the Los Angeles Times said.

“The nation is poised to put this theory to the teston a scale untried in peacetime by any developed coun-try on Earth,” said the paper.

This also showed that how quickly the options forthe next government were shrinking, the paper noted.

Only during World War II did US government ex-penditures account for a greater share of economic ac-tivity, according to federal statistics. That’s also true forvirtually every other developed country.—Internet

CAIRO, 12 Jan —Egyptian antiquity depart-ment on Sunday returnedan ancient bronze statue toIraq that was stolen andsmuggled out of Iraq in2005.

During a ceremony onSunday, Secretary Gen-eral of the Egyptian Su-preme Council of Antiq-uities (SCA) Zahi Hawasshanded over the bronzestatue depicting a stand-ing woman to Iraqi charged’affaires in Cairo AbdelHadi Ahmed.

Hawass said the storyof the statue dates back to2005, when an Egyptiantried to smuggle this iteminto Egypt but was de-tained at the port ofNuweiba in the Sinai Pe-ninsula.

According to the SCA,

S Korea, Japanagree to improve

bilateral ties

DETROIT, 12 Jan — TheNorth American Interna-tional Auto Show(NAIAS), one of world’smost prestigious of itskind, opens on Sunday inDetroit as a deepened eco-nomic recession inflictsdeep woes�on automakersworldwide and overshad-ows a possible recovery ofUS ailing auto industry inthe near future.

The absence of some

Detroit auto show opens amid economic woes

The BMW Z4 Roadster

is introduced during

the North American

International Auto

Show in Detroit, Michi-

gan, on 11 Jan, 2009.

INTERNET

big names from the show,including Nissan, Suzuki,Mitsubishi, Ferrari, LandRover, Rolls-Royce andPorsche, serves as a re-minder what a trying timethe automakers have toendure.

The missing compa-nies pull out of the eventto save cash in order tooutlast the economicslump. The past year sawa global decline in autosales.

The Detroit Three-General Motors, Ford andChrysler LLC — whichhave long wallowed in fi-nancial troubles andedged towards the brinkof bankruptcy, have suf-fered most.

After having enjoyed abrief moment of recordselling of vehicles inJanuary, 2008, GM, forexample, has ever sinceexperienced a free fall insales and profit, whichhelps bring the giant to itsknees in seeking rescuefrom the government.

Egypt hands over stolenantiquity to Iraq

Zahi Hawass (L),Secretary General of

Egypt’s SupremeCouncil of the Antiqui-

ties, on behalf of theEgyptian government,hands over an Iraqi

Mesopotamian bronzestatue to the Iraqi

attache in Egypt AbdelHadi Dadhil Ahmed, atthe Egyptian Museum

in Cairo, capital ofEgypt, on 11 Jan ,2009. —INTERNET

the artifact was verified byan archaeological com-mittee as an authenticMesopotamian antiquity.

Internet

SEOUL,12 Jan — SouthKorean President LeeMyung-bak and JapanesePrime Minister Aso Taroon Monday agreed herethat the two nations willmake joint efforts to im-prove bilateral ties andpromote cooperation incope with financial crisis.

At a joint press confer-ence held after the sum-mit meeting between Leeand Aso, Lee said the twoleaders held very substan-tial and detailed discus-sions on closer economiccooperation.

The two sides agreedto boost Japanese enter-prises’ investment inSouth Korea, expand co-operation on financial is-sues, extend exchanges inscience and technologyand seek joint efforts innuclear issues on the Ko-rean Peninsula and the re-construction in Afghani-stan, Lee said.—Internet

Washington’s 2009 deficitprojected to rocket to $2 tln

Internet

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Over 180 passengers missingin boat accident in Indonesia

A mother is held by her son after locating the name of her daughter on the list ofpassengers on a ferry which sank at Parepare port on 12 Jan, 2009.—XINHUA

JAKARTA, 12 Jan—A total of 182passengers went missing as theirmotorboat sank in Parepare waters ofIndonesia’s South Sulawesi province at4 am on Sunday when it was sailing fromthe Parepare port to Balikpapan.

The boat, named KM Teratai, left theParpare port at 4 pm on Saturday butsank in Parepare waters due to hugewaves on Sunday, the Antara newsagency quoted a rescue coordinator assaying.

Coordinator of the rescue and searchteam from the University of Hasanuddin,Salman said in Makassar, capital of SouthSulawesi Province, on Sunday, that theill-fated Teratai carried 200 passengers,

18 of whom had been rescued by localfishermen, and 182 still missing.

“Three of the 18 passengers broughtto the coast were rescued by Nur Salim,one of the fishermen from Majene,”Salman said.

KM Teratai left the Parepare port inSouth Sulawesi for Balikpapan at about16:00 local time on Saturday. KM Terataihad 200 passengers on board. But earlierreports said there were 300 passengerson the boat.

“Because of heavy rain and highwaves, the captain could not control thevessel which then sank after beingbattered by big waves on its way toBalikpapan,” Salman said.—Xinhua

China issues food safety alertahead of Spring Festival

Ford to develop electric vehicleDETROIT, 12 Jan—Ford Motor Company, one of the US Big Three, announced

at the North American International Auto Show(NAIAS) on Sunday a plan tobring pure battery-powered vehicles, hybrids and plug-in hybrid vehicles tomarket.

The plan signals the next phase in Ford’s commitment to deliver the best oramong the best fuel efficiency with every new vehicle it introduces and to make fuelefficiency solutions affordable for millions of customers.

“Ford is heading in the direction America and our customers want us to go, whichis a green, high-tech and global future,” said Ford Executive Chairman Bill Ford ata Press conference.

“I think that is where society would like to see the entire industry go, and Fordis going to lead that charge,” he added.

To start, Ford will introduce in North America: A new battery electric commercialvan in 2010; A new battery electric small car in 2011 to be developed jointly withMagna International; Next-generation hybrid vehicles, including a plug-in version.These vehicles pave the way for additional applications in the future, using Ford’shigh-volume global small car and midsize car platforms.

The electric vehicle will have a range of up to 100 miles on a single charge,without using a single drop of gasoline. Ford is partnering with high-tech partnersto bring electric-powered vehicles to market quickly and more affordably.

Xinhua

Moderate offshore quakehits S Philippines

MANILA, 12 Jan—An offshore earthquakemeasuring 5.0 on the Richter scale hit the southernPhilippine region of Mindanao on Sunday night,with no casualty or damage to property reported.

The quake was recorded at 11:53 pm local time(1553 GMT), and the epicenter was 1110 kilometerssoutheast of Manila at a depth of 107.5 kilometers,said the United States Geological Service.

The Philippines is hit regularly by earthquakes,and most of them are low in magnitude and causelittle damage.

The Southeast Asian country is part of the so-called Pacific Ring of Fire, a string of islands on thePacific Ocean rim that were formed by the eruptionsof undersea volcanoes.—Xinhua

At least six killed in Fiji floodWELLINGTON, 12 Jan—A state of emergency has

been declared in Fiji where at least six people havedied and more than 9,000 have been forced out oftheir homes after days of torrential rain.

The severe flooding has cut power and telephonelines, drinking water was limited and hundreds ofholiday-makers have been stranded, the Fiji mediareported on Monday.

The state of emergency has been imposed on thewestern division of Fiji’s main island, Viti Levu.

The towns of Nadi, Rakiraki and Ba wereswamped after being pelted by more than 200 mmof rain since Friday.—Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

Polaroid Pogo InstantDigital Camera printsout a photo during ademonstration at the2009 International

Consumer ElectronicsShow at the Las Vegas

Convention Centre on 9Jan , 2009 in LasVegas, Nevada.

Polaroid Corp, theiconic inventor of the

instant photo, hasreinvented itself for thedigital age, launching a

digital camera whichmakes instant full-

colour prints.—XINHUA

�BEIJING, 12 Jan—China’s Ministry of Healthsaid Monday morning thatthe government wouldstrengthen law enforce-ment on illegal substanceand addictive abuse in foodas the Chinese lunar newyear, the country’s biggestfestivity, draws near.

Mao Qun’an, theministry spokesman, saidthat an interagency mech-anism had been set up toenforce laws and regul-ations on food safety,particularly in the twoweeks preceding theChinese lunar new year(26 Jan, 2009), in sevenprovinces, includingHebei, where the melam-inetainted milk formulascandal occurred.

The spokesman said the

inspection would pri-marily focus on super-markets and food-additiveprocessing factories andrestaurants. He saidviolators would beseverely punished. Maoalso promised the ministrywould publicize majorviolations as soon aspossible.

Xinhua

In this 24 Feb, 2007 file photo, Japan’s H-2Arocket, carrying a spy satellite, blasts off from the

Tanegashima Space Centre in Tanegashima,southern Japan. Japan’s Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries Ltd said Monday it has signed an

agreement to send a South Korean satellite intoorbit, the first commercial order for use of a

Japanese-made rocket.—INTERNET

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World’s oldest woman dies in Portugal aged 115A Portuguese woman who lived to

see five of her great-great grandchildrenborn and was believed to have been theworld's oldest person died at the age of115, officials said. Maria de Jesus diedin an ambulance near the centralPortuguese town of Tomar, town councilofficials said.

She had been listed by the GuinnessBook of World Records as the world'soldest person. That title now falls to anAmerican, 114-year-old GertrudeBaines, who lives in a Los Angelesnursing home.

Born 10 Sept, 1893, de Jesus waswidowed at 57, outlived three of her sixchildren, had 11 grandchildren and 16great-grandchildren.

She ate breakfast normally, but thenwas taken to hospital because of aswelling, her daughter Maria Madalenatold state news agency Lusa, withoutelaborating. De Jesus was 115 years and114 days old. “I regret the death of thislady, she really was the sweetest person,”town councilor Ivo Santos said in Tomar,central Portugal, 135 kilometres (84miles) north of Lisbon.

There are now only 82 women andnine men verified as being 110 or older,according to gerontologist Dr StephenColes of the Gerontology ResearchGroup at the University of California,Los Angeles.

In this 10 Sept, 2006 file photo Mariade Jesus, is touched by Berenice, hereight month old great-greatgranddaughter as she celebrated herone hundred and thirteen year birthdayin Corujo, Portugal, 150km north ofLisbon. A woman who lived to see fiveof her great-great grandchildren bornand was believed to have been theworld’s oldest person living, has diedin northwest Portugal at the age of115, officials said on 2Jan, 2009.

Acrobats from southeast China’sFujian Province perform during the

Chinese Culture and Travelexhibition in Singapore, on 2 Jan,2009. An exhibition introducing

Chinese culture, artworks and travelwas held at Raffles City Shopping

Center in Singapore on Friday.

Pedestrians gather around theHonda in America float featuring a

replica of Asimo, Honda's humanoidrobot, during a Tournament of Rose

Parade float display in Pasadena,Calif.

SF wants $75,000 backfrom tiger attack survivor

Officials want a survivor of a tigerattack at the San Francisco Zoo toreimburse the city more than $75,000for his medical treatment and are askingthat the money come out of any cashsettlement the victim may receive.

The city cited regulations that letliens for city-funded medical care beplaced against damages recovered inwrongful injury or death cases.

The tax department said in a lien filedthis week in federal court that KulbirDhaliwal has yet to pay for medicaltreatment provided by the city after themauling on Christmas Day 2007.

Dhaliwal, who was 23 at the time ofthe attacks, suffered deep cuts and bitesand underwent surgery to repair damageto his knees, according to a claim he andhis brother filed last spring. The liendoes not specify what medical careDhaliwal received from the city.

NEWS ALBUM

Kimono-clad participants, who attain the age of20 years this year, take photos of Disney charac-

ters on stage during a Coming of Age ceremony atTokyo Disneyland in Urayasu city, near Tokyo, on

12 Jan, 2009.INTERNET

BUENOS AIRES, 12 Jan— Fire swept through an aban-doned bank building in Buenos Aires this weekend,killing six children from one family, authorities said.

The siblings, two sisters and four brothers ages 1-13, had been living in the old building in the city’s LaBoca neighbourhood. Their parents and another sib-ling escaped unharmed.

A dozen people were injured, some seriouslyburned in the Saturday blaze, the Latin American Her-ald Tribune reported on Sunday.—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 12 Jan— More Americans, par-ticularly older men, havedeveloped the deadly skincancer melanoma, a newstudy showed.

�The rate is increasingamong all Americans andcannot be due to betterscreening alone, research-ers at the Stanford Univer-sity Medical Center(SUMC) said in the studypublished in the Jan issueof the Journal of Investi-gative Dermatology.

The rise in melanomacases could indicate anepidemic of skin cancer,

BEIJING, 12 Jan — If itworks, it should makeeveryone feel a little bet-ter about healthcare —and make healthcare a lit-tle more accessible tomore people. Patients willno longer have to shell outthe 7 to 15 percent extrafees that State-owned hos-pitals charge on medi-cines. The Health Minis-try’s announcement lastweek is a welcome firststep in China’s long-de-layed healthcare reform.

Six children die in BuenosAires fire

More Americans develop skin cancerthe researchers warned.

“Melanoma rates arestill going up, especiallyamong older white men,”said lead researcher DrEleni Linos, from the der-matology department atSUMC.

“This calls for greaterawareness for patients,their families and physi-cians.” The researchersbased their study on datafrom the SurveillanceEpidemiology and EndResults (SEER) pro-gramme to identify newcases of melanoma be-tween 1992 and 2004.

During that period,70,596 cases ofmelanoma were diag-nosed among non-His-panic whites in the UnitedStates, a 3.1-percent in-crease a year, the studysaid.

The increased rate wasfor all types of melanomaand for all thickness oftumors, said the study. �

Moreover, the rate ofmelanoma doubled in allsocioeconomic groups,while deaths from the dis-ease did not increase sig-nificantly, according tothe study.—Internet

A good first step in China’s healthcare reform�The new policy, to be

adopted on trial basis, isintended to stop hospitalsfrom relying too much onincome from medicines. Itis estimated that incomefrom the sale of medicinesmakes up 50 percent of ahospital’s revenue on anaverage.

But the catch is that adoctor’s income too isclosely tied to the hospi-tal’s earnings from medi-cine sales. No wonder itis common for doctors to

prescribe expensive drugswhile cheaper drugs canwork just as well or pos-sibly even better.

�Part of the deficitcaused by reduced incomefrom drug sales will bemade up by increasedcharges on patients for theservice that doctors pro-vide. But such expenseswill be covered by basicmedical insurance. Thatmeans those who havesuch insurance will havecheaper medical bills forseeing their doctors.

What is supposed tomake the difference is themove’s intention to get ridof the unhealthy tendencyof doctors prescribing ex-pensive drugs for theirown or their hospital’sprofits rather than for therehabilitation of patients.

The government’sgood intention could bejust wishful thinking if nospecific measures weretaken to break the nexusbetween representativesof medicine manufactur-ers and doctors or be-tween hospitals andmanufacturers.

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YANGON, 12 Jan— Aprize presentationceremony of the 40th Inter-State and Division Trackand Field events 2009took place at YouthTraining Centre(Thuwunna) here thismorning, attended byChairman of MyanmarOlympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint.

Also present on theoccasion were officialsconcerned of the Ministryof Sports, the track andfield in-charge patrons and

Prize presentation ceremony of Inter-State/Division Track and Field events held

YANGON, 12 Jan –Myanmar health researchconference (2008) wasopened at the MedicalResearch Department onZiwaka Street, DagonTownship, here thismorning with an opening

Anti-venom vaccine produced from chickeneggs being researched on humans

one of the major problemsfacing Myanmar and thatclaims lives of farmersannually. It is commonknowledge that anti-venom is produced fromequine plasma.

But the production was

minister added.The anti-venom

vaccine produced fromchicken eggs is much morepotent than that producedfrom horses’ plasma, andit is safer and cost-effective. The vaccine will

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects construction work with theuse of Trench Cutter. (News on page 16)—MNA

Deputy Health Minister Dr Paing Soe gives a speech at the openingceremony of Myanmar Health Research Conference 2008.—MNA

YANGON, 12 Jan—Myanmar Senior Cricketteam left here by air forThailand on 10 January.The Cricket team will

Myanmar Senior Cricket team leaves for Thailand

President of CentralWorking Committee forMyanmar Women’sSports Federation DawAye Aye, the vice-chairman and theexecutives of MTFF andthe athletes.

After the finalmatches, officialsconcerned presentedprizes to the winners.President of CentralWorking Committee forMyanmar Women’sSports Federation DawAye Aye presentedchampionship to the

Yangon Division team inwomen’s events, DirectorGeneral U Thaung Htaikof Sports and PhysicalEducation Departmentpresented championshipto the Yangon Divisionteam in men’s events andMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myintpresented Champion-ship Shield andDuplicate Trophy to theYangon Division teamwho have got in men’s /women’s collectivechampionship.

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take part in ACC Trophy2009 Cricket tournamentto be held in Chiang Mai,Thailand from 12 to 21January. They were seen

off at Yangon InternationalAirport by President ofMyanmar CricketFederation U Nyunt Winand executives.—MNA

Myanmar Senior Cricket team seen at Yangon International Airportbefore their departure for Thailand to take part in ACC Trophy

2009 Cricket Tournament.—MNA

address by DeputyMinister for Health DrPaing Soe.

In his address, thedeputy minister said theMedical Research Depart-ment (Lower Myanmar)started conducting researchin 1990 to develop ahepatitis B vaccine andproduced a vaccine calledplasma derived in 1996.With the directive of theState, the Ministry of Healthhanded over Hepatitis BVaccine Factory toMyanma PharmaceuticalsIndustries of the Ministryof Industry-1 in August2006. Besides, he said,research on a kind oftraditional medicine had tobe done for 20 years andthe Health Ministry hashanded over seven kindsof research to the Ministryof Industry-1. Snake bite is

not enough for the wholecountry and it had to beimported at a high cost. So,ways and means had to besought to produce itdomestically. Research ondeveloping anti-venomvaccine has been done formore than 30 years. Theresearch became successfuland the vaccine could beproduced from goats’plasma and chicken eggs.

The Medical ResearchDepartment (LowerMyanmar) started toconduct research onproducing anti-venomvaccine from chicken eggsin 2002. During the last sixyears, research has beendone on animals such asmice, rabbits and monkeysand it produces no sideeffects. Now research isbeing conducted onhumans, the deputy

be effective to patients withsnake bites. However, thestage of consumptioncannot come only if theway of production has beenknown. Step-by-stepresearch needs to be doneto produce a safe vaccine.The deputy minister saidexperts from thedepartment are beginningto conduct research onpatients with snake bites.For its brilliantperformance, the MedicalResearch Department(Lower Myanmar) hasbeen regarded as a malariaresearch and training centreby World HealthOrganization. Afterwards,the deputy minister andparty viewed the boots. Thefirst day session came toan end after 16 papers hadbeen presented to the paperreading session. —MNA

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(from page 1)measures are to be taken for export of quality andstandard agricultural produce, he stressed. Only then,the economy of the State will see stability and progressfollowing the economic growth of Rakhine State, hesaid.

The coordination meeting of Secretary-1 of theSPDC Lt-Gen Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo anddepartmental personnel then followed. CommanderMaj-Gen Thaung Aye reported on matters related toagriculture and utilization of land, extended produc-tion of livestock breeding sector, development ofeducation, health, transportation , and upgrading ofroads in Rakhine State.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye discusses disaster…Next, Minister for Agriculture and Irrigation Maj-

Gen Htay Oo explained utilization of cultivated lands,improvement of cultivation capacity, progress of irri-gated farming, construction and maintenance of shel-ters and embankments built against inflow of saltwater.

Later, Minister for Livestock and Fisheries Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein gave account of extendedbreeding of prawns, Minister for Commerce Brig-GenTin Naing Thein on promotion of border trade, Minis-ter for Transport Maj-Gen Thein Swe on improvedtransportation facilities, upgrading of airports, anddisaster management measures, Minister for ElectricPower No.1 Col Zaw Min on construction of Thahtay

creek and An creek hydropower projects, DeputyMinister for Home Affairs Brig-Gen Phone Swe ondisaster management works. Lt-Gen Khin Zaw of theMinistry of Defence made supplementary reports.

Concerning the reports, the Secretary-1 fulfilledthe needs and gave instructions on constant mainte-nance and upgrading of the roads in Rakhine State fortheir long-term use, cultivation and production ofcrops as planned, export of actual surpluses only,measures to be taken for prevention of smuggling andrepair and maintenance of shelters to guard againstnatural disasters. He then stressed the need for civilservants to perform their duties conscientiously withcare and goodwill, to organize the public to know thenature of civil duties and to carry out their duties in acorrect and fair way. — MNA

Mobilemate Co Ltd to openMobile Corner

Commander, ministers meet members ofmobile rural development educative body

YANGON, 12 Jan –Chairman of Yangon Di-vision Peace and Devel-opment Council Com-mander of Yangon Com-mand Brig-Gen WinMyint, Minister for En-ergy Brig-Gen Lun Thiand Minister for SportsBrig-Gen Thura Aye

Pre-primary teachership course opened

YANGON, 12 Jan —Supervisory Committeefor Pre-primaryteachership course ofMyanmar Education Re-search Bureau under the

YANGON, 12 Jan —Mobilemate Telecommu-nications Co Ltd sellingGSM, CDMA, TDMA,Handsets and related itemswill open a new MobileCorner shop at CapitalHyper Market here on 17January.

Mobile Corner OneStop Convenience MobileShop distributes popularbrands in the telephonemarketing such asNOKIA, Sony Ericsson,Motorola, LG, Apple,Samsung, HTC and BlackBerry as well as GSM,TDMA, CDMA 800MHzHandsets, and CDMA450 MHz Handset such asPantech & Curitel andUbiquam brands as a sole

Myint met members ofmobile rural developmenteducative body at the artshall of Yangon Universitythis morning.

The commander andthe ministers spoke on theoccasion and they cordiallymet members of mobile ru-ral development educative

body from the ministriesand social organizations.

Members of the bodywill make field trips toKyauktan, Twantay,Kawhmu, Kungyangon,Thongwa and KayanTownships and give lec-tures on rural developmenttasks.—MNA

Ministry of Educationopened its No. 19 Pre-primary teachership courseat the MERB in KamayutTownship today.

On the occasion,

President of MyanmarAcademy of Arts and Sci-ence U Than Oo made aspeech. A total of 80 train-ees are taking the 20-daycourse.—MNA

agent in Myanmar. Thecompany will also distrib-ute Korea madeAXESSTEL brand FixedWireless phone.

To mark the openingof new shop from 17 to 31January, buyers will get 5percent discount purchas-ing GSM Handset, 10 per-cent discount buyingCDMA 450 MHz Hand-set and AXESSTEL FixedWireless Phone, NokiaOriginal related item andVIP Care Cark. Those vis-iting during the openingday will be given RingTone and Wallpaper aspresents.

Mobilemate Co Ltdgives Customers Orientedprogramme to solve Soft-

ware and Hardware Fail-ure for holding OriginalNokia Mobile Phone, get-ting Mobile GeneralCheck Up service for CardMember and Nokia Origi-nal Spare parts and Re-placement Service.

Mobile Corner newshop will be opened from10 a.m. to 8 p.m. daily.More information is avail-able at No 04-03,Shwehintha tower, 61/2miles in Hline Township(01-507400, 501062, ex-tension-121), Mobile Cor-ner ( One ConvenienceMobile Shop) Room-210B, first floor at CapitalHyper Market (01-553138, 553134, exten-sion- 210).—MNA

Symposium on Disaster Preparedness andManagement discussed

YANGON, 12 Jan —Symposium on CycloneMargi’s-Health Sector:Disaster Preparedness andManagement was held atthe library of Medical Re-search Department (LowerMyanmar) here today.

Deputy Director-

General (disease control)Dr Kyaw Nyunt Sein andDeputy Director-GeneralDr Kyaw Min presidedover the meeting. Direc-tor (infectious) Dr SoeLwin Nyein, Medical Su-perintendent Daw Nu NuTha, Assistant Director

(infection) Dr Tun Tin,Deputy Director (infec-tion) Dr Than Htein Win,In-charge (infection) ofWHO Dr Nihal Singh andHealth Cluster Co-cordinator Dr EdwinSalvabor participated inthe discussion.—MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye inspects works of Thahtay Creek Hydropower project. (News on page 16)—MNA

Presidentof

MyanmarAcademy

of Arts andScience U Than

Oo speaksat pre-

primaryteachership

courseNo. 19.

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NAY PYI TAW, 12Jan—Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U MaungMyint arrived back heretoday after paying agoodwill visit to thePeople’s Republic ofChina at the invitation ofGovernment of GuangxiZhuang AutonomousRegion.

Myanmar dele-gation met with the partysecretary of GuangxiZhuang AutonomousRegion, Mr Guo ShengKun, at the LyiuanResort In-ternationalConvention Centre on 8January.

On 9 January, theMyanmar delegation metthe director-general of theForeign Affairs Office ofGuangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, MsFan Xiao Li, at her office.The Myanmar delegationcalled on Mr Huang FangFang, Mayor of Nanning,at the city hall.

During the visit,

YANGON, 12 Jan—Myanmar Music Asiayon(Central) held a ceremony to donate personal goodsand household goods to storm victims of KungyangonTownship at No 2 Basic Education High School in thetownship yesterday.

MMA presented household goods to 622households of 12 villages in the township and cashfor reconstruction of primary school of ThaunkhonVillage. On the occasion, film stars handed over K6,877,000 donated by 16 Township Music AsiayonOrganizing Committees in Yangon.

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Vice-Senior General Maung Aye payshomage to Lawka Nanda Pagoda in Sittway

Deputy FM arrives back from China

the delegation heldcordial discussion onpromotion of trade andeconomic relations,agricultural technologybetween Myanmar andGuangxi ZhuangAutonomous Region, onthe establishment ofMyanmar ConsulateGeneral in Nanning andon operation of direct

round-trip flightsbetween Yangon-Mandalay-Nanning.

The othermembers of thedelegation, Director-General of the Planning

YANGON, 12 Jan—Vice-Chairman of the StatePeace and Development Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief of Defence ServicesCommander-in- Chief (Army)Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye paid homage to the Lawka Nanda Pagodain Sittway, Rakhine State, on 9 January.

First, Vice-Senior General Maung Ayeand wife Daw Mya Mya San and party arrived at thepagoda at 6:45 p.m. They were welcomed there bythe chairman and members of the pagoda board oftrustees and officials.

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wifeoffered flowers and water to the Buddha image.They next paid homage to the Buddha imagesclockwise. Vice-Senior General Maung Aye madecash donation for the funds of the pagoda throughthe chairman, who then presented a replica of thepagoda to Vice-Senior General Maung Aye as atoken of Dhamma gift.

Later, Vice-Senior General Maung Aye andparty viewed renovation of the pagoda.

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Vice-Senior General Maung Aye and wife DawMya Mya San pay homage to Buddha image of Lawka Nanda Pagoda in Sittway.—MNA

Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister U Maung Myint receives Mr. GuoSheng Kun, party secretary of Guanxi Zhuang Autonomous Region

of PRC at Lyiuan Resort International Convention Center.—MNA

MMA donates cash andkind to storm victims in

Kungyangon

and AdministrativeDepartment U Tin Soeand Assistant Director UThan Htwe also arrivedback with the deputyminister.

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YCESB opens shortterm course for office

work 1/2009YANGON, 12 Jan— The opening of the short term

course for office work 1/2009 of Yangon City ElectricitySupply Board took place today at Meeting Hall of theBoard, with an address by Minister for Electric PowerNo. 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint.

It was also attended by Chairman of YCESBCol Khin Maung Soe and members, chief engineers,general managers, deputy chief engineers, directors,district administrators, departmental heads and thetrainees.

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YANGON, 12 Jan — Aceremony to open SpecialRefresher Course No. 14for university and collegeteachers was held atNawarat Hall of CentralInstitute of Civil Service(Phaunggyi) in HleguTownship here at 9 a.m.today. On behalf of Chair-

Special Refresher Course No. 14 for university and college teachers opens

man of Myanmar Educa-tion Committee Secre-tary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Coun-cil Lt-Gen Thiha ThuraTin Aung Myint Oo, Min-ister for Education DrChan Nyein delivered an

opening speech on theoccasion.

He said that as thegovernment is striving forall-round development ofthe nation by laying downdevelopment plans, theeducated citizens, na-tional human resources,not only need to be bril-

liant in their fields con-cerned but also need to beequipped with confi-dence, conviction andnational outlook.

For the successfulimplementation of the po-litical, economic and so-

cial objectives laid downin building up a peaceful,modern and developeddiscipline-flourishingdemocratic nation, it isbelieved that teachers fromthe higher education sec-tor will have their outlook,confidence and efficiencyenhanced through experi-

ences gained from thetraining course.

Looking at theworld’s situation in this21st century, some west-ern neo-colonialist nationsare resorting to variousways to exploit geographi-

cally-strategic areas andresources of other nations,especially developingones, and influence thempolitically, economicallyand socially.

It is important for glo-bal nations to have humanresources familiar withmodern science and tech-

nology and capable ofmaking innovations sothat they can stand per-petually in the world’scommunity with their ownstrength.

The minister went onto say that the State isspeeding up the imple-mentation of the borderregion developmentproject, five rural devel-opment tasks and 24 spe-cial development regionproject. Moreover, roads,bridges and education andhealth infrastructures havebeen built across the na-tion for ensuring equita-ble development of allparts of the nation. For thenational education promo-tion, education and ICTinfrastructures have also

been built all over thecountry. And as a result,trainee teachers them-selves have had opportu-nities to constantly learnhigh technologies and theyare in a position to trainthe younger generation.

Holding the conceptthat education must not be

for the education’s sakeonly and it must be for theState, for the nation, asguided by Head of StateSenior General Than Shwe,all are to try to create aneducation system that isactually beneficial to theState, the minister noted.

He said the teachersare to constantly studythe prospects of the de-velopment of the nationin the future and the lat-est findings of the sub-jects they taught. Hespoke of the need forthem to make efforts fordevelopment of political,economic and social sec-tors through studying theinternational and re-gional changes.

He said based on the

events in the history thegovernment is building apeaceful modern devel-oped discipline-flourish-ing democratic nation inaccord with the desire ofthe people and their tradi-tional customs.

He said only whenthere is peace andtranquility can the nationaldevelopment be made.With this concept, the gov-ernment built nationalreconsolidation and car-ried out all-round devel-opment tasks in the coun-try including border ar-eas.

After various kinds ofexternal and internal ob-stacles and hindrance wereovercome due to the con-solidated strength of thegovernment, the peopleand the Tatmadaw and thenew State Constitution ofthe Republic of the Unionof Myanmar was unani-mously approved.

He said the rest of theseven-step Road Map willbe implemented success-fully. The new nation canbe built in the near future,he said.

He said it is now theimportant time for theState. It is necessary forthe teachers, students andthe people to always havethe Union spirit, genuinepatriotism.

Altogether 333 fac-ulty members are attend-ing the four-week course.

A new nation, the goalof the people, can success-fully be built as long asmoral concepts of humanresources are on the rightnational path, he said.

Also present wereMinister for Social Wel-fare, Relief and Resettle-ment Maj-Gen MaungMaung Swe, Auditor-General Maj-Gen LunMaung, Chairman of CivilService Selection andTraining Board Dr ThanNyun, Chairman ofYangon City Develop-ment Committee MayorBrig-Gen Aung Thein Lin,deputy ministers, depart-mental heads, rector ofCICS (Phaunggyi), pro-rectors, head of depart-ments, officials and train-ees. — MNA

Notice to mariners issued

Work proficiency course for newstaff concluded

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Jan– The conclu-sion of work proficiency course fornew staff and Government PersonnelManagement System (GPMS) courseof Myanma Petrochemical Enterprisewas held at the Ministry of Energy herethis afternoon.

On behalf of Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi, Deputy MinisterBrig-Gen Than Htay delivered an ad-

dress.Present were officials of Energy

Planning Department, Myanma Oiland Gas Enterprise, Myanma Petro-chemicals Enterprise and Myanma Pe-troleum Product Enterprise and newstaff.

The deputy minister presented com-pletion scertificates to the trainees.

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Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein speaks at opening of Special Refresher Course No. 14 for university and collegeteachers on behalf of the Secretary-1 of the SPDC. — MNA

Deputy Minister Brig-Gen Than Htay presents completion certifi-cate to a trainee at the conclusion ceremony of work proficiency course

for new staff and GPMS.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Jan—The Essar E & P SouthEast Asia Limited, joint venture with Myanma Oil andGas Enterprise, will conduct drilling of Danatheikdioil test well at A-2 block of Rakhine offshore with theuse of deep driller -2 rig from 20 January to 31 May2009.

The location of the test well is at North Latitude19 degrees, 38 minutes, 9.7612 seconds and east Lon-gitude 92 degrees, 50 minutes, 7.8730 seconds.

The Fisheries Department issued an announce-ment that all vessels large or small are to stay awayfrom four kilometers radius of the area in which thedrilling will be conducted. — MNA

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Labour Minister inspectsSkills Training School and

Workers’ HospitalNAY PYI TAW, 12 Jan—Minister for Labour U

Aung Kyi, yesterday, looked into Skills Training Schoolof Ministry of Labour in Sein Pan-2 Industrial Zone inMandalay.

He viewed the works of qualified trainees ofwelding course there and met with staff of departments,organizations, and committees under Ministry ofLabour and gave instructions. Next, he proceeded toWorkers’ Hospital in Mandalay and consoled thepatients. — MNA

NPED Minister supervises regionaldevelopment tasks in Twantay

NAY PYI TAW, 12Jan— Minister forNational Planning andEconomic DevelopmentU Soe Tha met localpeople of village-tracts insub BEHS of Khatiya

looked into Khatiya stationHospital. In the afternoon,the minister met with localsfrom village-tracts inBokanpay and explainedpost-storm rehabilitationtasks to them. He presentedcomputer sets andgenerator forKyaungmagyi villageBEMS and fulfilled theneeds.

On 10 Jan, theminister met with localsfrom village-tracts inHtingon village andpresented desks and oneset of computer for

Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing looks into development tasks in Kengtung

NAY PYI TAW, 12 Jan—Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaingof the Ministry of Defence accompanied by Chairmanof Shan State (East) Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Triangle Region Command Brig-GenKyaw Phyo and departmental officials on 9 January

looked into extension of runway of Kengtung Airportbeing constructed by Airport Construction ProjectSpecial Group-1of Public Works.

Next, Maj-Gen Min Aung Hlaing viewedcultivation of summer paddy at the farm of peasant U

Nam Aik in Hokho village in Rumlaw village-tract andpresented cash award to female paddy transplanters.

He also looked into development of Kengtung andNaungtung lake which is the pride of Kengtung.

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village in TwantayTownship on 9 Jan andexplained undertakings ofthe State for developmentof rural regions to them.

The minister pre-sented bags of cement forbuildings of roads in thevillages and repair ofKhatiya sub BEHS. Healso provided desks forBEHSs in Khatiya,Tuchaunggyi, Myaung-taloak and Layeinsuvillages and one set ofcomputer for KhatiyaBEHS.

The minister then

Htaingon village subBEHS and fulfilled therequirements. In theafternoon, the ministermet with locals of village-tracts in Htawtho villageand coordinatedessentials.

The minister also metwith social organizationsin Twantay township andexplained programmes forrural regions developmenttasks to be carried out bydepartments concerned,social organizations, andpeople in cooperation tothem.—MNA

YANGON, 12 Jan—Apress conference onholding of ceremony tomark the 15th anniversaryof Myanmar Flori-culturists Association tooktook place at PyidaungsuAyeyeiknyein hall of thePeople’s Square andPeople’s Park thisafternoon.

Ceremony to mark 15th

Anniversary of MFA to be heldChairman of the

association Head of Parksand Playgrounds Depart-ment of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeU Nyunt Pe explained thearrangements.

Officials repliedqueries raised by thenewsmen. The Chairmanof the association gave a

closing speech.The ceremony will be

held at the People’s Squareand People’s Park from 7am to 8 pm from 30January to 3 February.Further information isavailable through Phone099926933, 09801345,379369 or 667972.

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Maj-Gen Min Aung

Hlaing of the

Ministry of Defence

views cultivation of

summer paddy at

the farm of peasant

U Nam Aik in

Hokho village in

Kengtung.

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Minister for Labour U Aung Kyi inspects SkillsTraining School in Mandalay.

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Minister for National Planning and Economic Development U Soe Tha meets with local peoplefrom village-tracts in Twantay Township.—MNA

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIANG DA VOY NO (9002)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIANG DAVOY NO (9002) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 13.1.2009 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 up 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 CHINASHIPPING(MALAYSIA) AGENCY SDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV HELMUTH RAMBOW VOY NO (031)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV HELMUTHRAMBOW VOY NO (031) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 13.1.2009 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of A.W.P.T where it willlie at the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S SAMUDERA SHIPPINGLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BANGKAJA VOY NO (47)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BANGKAJAVOY NO (47) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 12.1.2009 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of M.I.P where it will lie at the consignee’srisk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and condi-tions of the Port of Yangon.




AGENT FOR: M/S WONGSAMUT OCEANSHIPPING CO., LTD

Phone No: 256919/256916/256912

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV GOLDEN BRIDGE VOY NO (8105)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV GOLDENBRIDGE VOY NO (8105) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 13.1.2009 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.




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Hyundai wins Car of the YearDETROIT, 12 Jan—South Korean automaker Hyundai

has been awarded the North American Car of the Yearfor its Genesis luxury sedan.

The Genesis beat out the Ford Flex crossover andthe diesel Volkswagen Jetta TDI for the award, TheNew York Times reported Sunday.

Hyun Soon Lee, Hyundai’s vice chairman, said thecar “lives up to its name.” The Genesis, is Hyundai’sfirst luxury sedan, is the company’s first rear-wheel-drive car and is powered by Hyundai’s first V-8 engine.

The Ford F-150 was chosen as the North AmericanTruck of the Year. The F-150 beat out the Dodge Rampickup and Mercedes-Benz ML320 BlueTEC dieselsport utility vehicle for the award.

The F-150 has been the nation’s best-selling vehi-cle for decades, the newspaper noted.

The winners were chosen by a jury of 50 full-timeauto journalists.—Internet

Takahari Shibata of Japan’s Therapeutic Robotsholds two robot seals that are used as simulated pets

for seniors in hospitals and nursing homes forrehabilitation and as a substitution for animal

therapy, in Las Vegas, on 11 Jan , 2009.—INTERNET

Free antibioticspopular with

customersNEWARK, 12 Jan—Stores in New Jer-

sey offering free antibiotics say they’renot concerned the programme could beabused by people who don’t needthe medication. Stop & Shop,Wegman’s and Shoprite stores thismonth began giving away antibiotics tocustomers with a prescription, The(Newark, NJ) Star-Ledger reported onSunday.

”People are coming from every-where,” said Shilvanti Patel, a pharma-cist at Stop & Shop. “Even doctors arecalling to find out about the pro-gramme.”

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Doctors study damagedbrains of athletes

BOSTON, 12 Jan—A former pro wres-tler has joined with doctors in Massa-chusetts to build a bank of brain tissuefrom athletes who suffered concussions.

Chris Nowinski, 30, a Harvard-edu-cated sociologist, was named “New-comer of the Year” in 2001 by WorldWrestling Entertainment.

After suffering numerous con-cussions, however, Nowinski studiedlong-term ailments such as Alzheimer’sdisease, depression and so-called“punch-drunk syndrome” that affectmany retired boxers and hockey andfootball players, the Pittsburgh Tribune-Review reported Sunday.

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Flowers bannedin Scottish hospitals

KTM rider JordiViladoms, of Spain,

competes during the 8thstage of the ArgentinaDakar Rally 2009 be-

tween Valparaiso and LaSerena, Chile, on 11 Jan,

2009.—INTERNET

EDINBURGH, 12 Jan—Flowers are being bannedfrom an increasingnumber of hospitals inScotland amid fears thetraditional get-well gift isa health hazard, officialssay. National HealthService officials say theban makes sense becausevase water may harbordangerous bugs, bouquetscan trigger allergies andspilled water can damageequipment, Scotland onSunday reported.

A spokeswoman for

Shetland Health Boardconfirmed its policy of al-lowing flowers in its twohospitals was beingreviewed.”It is possiblethere will be a move to re-strict all flowers for infec-tion control reasons andfor health and safety rea-sons, given the largeamount of electrical equip-ment positioned aroundbeds,” she was quoted assaying. Meanwhile, LizMoore, healthcare directorat NHS Ayrshire and Ar-ran, said flowers were nolonger allowed in somewards.”This is due to lim-ited space as these areashave lots of high-techequipment and the poten-tial irritation flowers maycause to patients in respi-ratory wards,” she said.

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Woman posts ad for wedding party

People eat at “Samsung Mobile charging stations” at the 2009 ConsumerElectronics Show in Las Vegas, Nevada. A back-to-basics version of thehistorically glitzy Consumer Electronics Show ended after four days of

dealmaking and gadget-hawking.—INTERNET

A bride peers out of awindow. A Ukrainianbride whose familyand friends cannotmake it to her wed-

ding in Britain adver-tised on Monday for“decent” guests to

attend the ceremonyin their place. She

even needs a brides-maid.—INTERNET

Heart patients in poorareas fare worse

World’s oldest woman wants herprivacy

A visitor walks past an exhibition hall at theFall/Winter 2009 Hong Kong Fashion Week

on 12 Jan, 2009.INTERNET

LONDON, 12 Jan — AUkrainian woman whosefamily cannot attend herwedding in London hasposted an ad for people tosit on her side of thechurch.

The Telegraph on Sun-day reported the unnamedwoman posted her ad onthe classifieds Web siteGumtree.com for 30 peo-ple to sit with her.

”I’m having a largemixed wedding of about150 people. My partnerhas loads of family around

to invite to the wedding,”the ad says. “Unfortu-nately for me, my familyare all in Ukraine so theyall can’t make it, only mymum and dad will bethere.”

The woman said in thead that in addition to vol-unteer bridesmaids,groomsmen and ushers,she needs “30 decent peo-ple” for the church wed-ding. She promisedattendees with free recep-tion tickets.

”This includes free

meals and dance, it couldbe just a time for you torelax and have fun,” shesaid. “To get a ticketplease send a picture ofyourself and tell me a bitabout you.”

Gumtree trends analystTrisha Routledge com-mended the woman’sresourcefulness.” It’sgreat to see that they’refinding other ways of fill-ing the seats, whilst offer-ing some lucky people thechance to go to a weddingfor free — and you neverknow who you mightmeet,” she said.

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VANCOUVER , 12 Jan —Heart disease patients liv-ing in poorer areas of Brit-ish Columbia are up totwice as likely as patientsliving in better-off areas todie from chronic diseases.

University of BritishColumbia researcherssaid even in a countrywith universal healthcareservices such as Canada aneighbourhood’s socio-economic status can havea dramatic impact on lifeexpectancy for patientswith heart disease.

Study co-author ClaireHeslop, a medical/doc-toral student said re-searchers studied 485 pa-tients with heart diseaseover 13 years.

Death rates from differ-ent types of diseases werecompared to the patients’neighborhood data basedon education, medianfamily income and unem-ployment.

The study, publishedonline in the journal Pub-lic Library of ScienceONE, found that patientdeath rates from chronic

diseases other than heartdisease were more thantwice as high in the low-est socioeconomic areathan in the highest.

Internet

Tons of pot seized inParaguay

ASUNCION, 12 Jan — Two police operations led tothe seizure of 2.6 tons of marijuana in southern Para-guay near the Argentine border this weekend, authori-ties said on Sunday.The National Police said 58 balesof marijuana weighing 1.71 tons were found Saturdayhidden in a wooded area near the Parana River andguarded by a 16-year-old boy, the Latin AmericanHerald Tribune reported. The drugs were believed tobe bound for Argentina.

A second cache of marijuana weighing just under 1ton was found when National Police drug enforcementofficers stopped a truck at a checkpoint.

The truck driver and the teenage boy apprehendedin the first operation were taken to the police stationin Natalio, the newspaper said.—Internet

LOS ANGELES, 12 Jan— Los Angeles residentGertrude Baines says sheis sick of all the attentionshe has gotten since be-coming the world’s old-est person at the age of114.Baines said since115-year-old Maria deJesus of Portugal died on2 Jan giving Baines theworld’s oldest person ti-tle, she has been plaguedwith non-stop questionsfrom reporters and curi-ous individuals, the LosAngeles Times reportedSunday.

Baines, a Western Con-valescent Hospital resi-dent, said after fourstraight days of non-stopvisits and questions, shewas overwhelmed.

”I just want to go to bedand pull the covers overmy head,” she said.

Cynthia Thompson,who serves as Baines’scaretaker, said most peo-ple who first meet the114-year-old approachher with some misconcep-tions about how her many

years of life have left hermental and physical acu-ity.”

They expect to find ashriveled up old ladysleeping in her bed,”Thompson told the Times.“But that’s not MsBaines.”

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Antlers popularwith burglars in

IllinoisST. LOUIS,12 Jan — Police say burglars in two Illi-

nois counties have added deer and elk antlers to themore common heist of computers, jewelry, televisionsand stereos.

In all, 89 racks of antlers have been stolen in resi-dential break-ins since mid-November in Jersey andMacoupin counties just north of St Louis.

”It appears that some individual or individuals likeantlers,” said Lt Mike Kostich of the Macoupin CountySheriff’s Department.

Rare antlers sell for as much as $1,000 on eBay,while most racks appear to sell for between $15 and$20, Kostich told The St.

Louis (Mo.) Post-Dispatch in a story publishedSunday.The stolen antlers could find their way intouse as furniture, lamp parts and knife handles, Kostichsaid.

Internet

At least 11 die in Boliviantruck crash

LA PAZ, 12 Jan — Atruck carrying more than30 people in its cargoarea plunged from abridge into a gorge in

central Bolivia, killing11 of the passengers,authoritiessay.Col Guil-lermo Torrico, deputycommander of theCochabamba police, saidon Bolivision that sixothers in the truck wereinjured in the 6:15 pmFriday crash nearTiraque in CochabambaProvince, the LatinAmerican Herald Trib-une reported on Sunday.

The cause of the acci-dent was under investi-gation.

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Bewareof fire

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S P O R T SFerguson savours sweet riposte

to Benitez onslaught

Manchester United’sDutch goalkeeper Edwin

van der Sar celebratesafter beating Chelsea3-0 in their English

Premier League footballmatch at Old Trafford inManchester.—INTERNET

Messi the saviour as Barcasurvive Osasuna scare

Barcelona’s Argentinian for-ward Lionel Messi (R) fights forthe ball with Osasuna’s Hun-garian midfielder KrisztianVadocz during their Spanishleague football match at theReyno de Navarra stadium, in

Pamplona. Barca won3-2.—INTERNET

Cornet soldiering on to Aussie Open

Stepanek upsets Verdasco toclaim Brisbane tennis crownBRISBANE, 12 Jan—The Czech Republic’s Radek

Stepanek came from a set down to upset second seedFernando Verdasco 3-6, 6-3, 6-4 in the final of the Bris-bane International tennis tournament.

The high-quality match lasted two and a quarter hoursand was a fitting climax to the first tournament playedat the new Queensland Tennis Centre.

It was the third match in a row that Stepanek had torecover from a first set deficit to defeat a higher-rankedopponent following three-set wins over Robin Soderlingin the quarter-finals and Richard Gasquet in the semis.

As he did against both Soderling and Gasquet, theeighth seeded Stepanek started slowly, dropping his firstservice game and quickly finding himself 3-0 down.

Internet

Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic (right) andFernando Verdasco of Spain hold their trophies

after Stepanek won the men’s final of the BrisbaneInternational, on 11 January . Stepanek won 3-6,

6-3, 6-4.—INTERNET

Del Piero, Raul strike blowfor soccer senior citizens

European superstarsAlessandro Del Piero,

pictured, and Raulstruck impressive blows

for soccer’s seniorcitizens, proving that acombined age of 65 is

no barrier to thriving atthe top level.—INTERNET

Crisis looms for ScolariMANCHESTER, 12 Jan—Luiz Felipe Scolari is only one defeat away from the

first full-blown crisis of his reign at Chelsea — but the Brazilian insists he will

Luiz Felipe Scolari

Redknapp slams Spurs afterWigan reverse

WIGAN, 12 Jan—Harry Redknapp questioned thecharacter of his Tottenham Hotspur side after a 1-0defeat away to Wigan on Sunday left them languish-ing in the bottom three of the Premier League.

Maynor Figueroa’s stoppage-time header, his firstgoal for Wigan, here at the JJB Stadium denied Spursa draw as the hosts remained seventh in the table.

Redknapp, who succeeded Juande Ramos as Spursmanager in October from their Premier League rivalsand FA Cup holders Portsmouth, said that while theclub had plenty of flair the north Londoners’ appetitefor a relegation scrap was open to question.

Internet

Vucinic denies Beckhamwinning debut as Pato shines

AC Milan’s Englishmidfielder

David Beckham

Rising French teenagerAlize Cornet, seen here,added Russian NadiaPetrova to her growinglist of top-ranked scalpswith a straight sets open-ing round victory at theSydney.—INTERNET

MANCHESTER, 12 Jan—Sir Alex Ferguson will sa-vour the riposte providedby his players to RafaelBenitez’s criticism: a 3-0win over Chelsea that putsManchester United in thedriving seat in the PremierLeague title battle couldscarcely have been moresweetly-timed.

But the ManchesterUnited manager is far toowily an operator to cel-ebrate victory over anyadversary prematurely.Soit was not entirely surpris-ing that last week’s ex-traordinary outburst fromBenitez was treated byFerguson as if he werediscussing the worryingly

erratic behaviour of a distant, elderly relative.Where Liverpool’s manager had vented his anger

over what he sees as his counterpart’s hypocrisy, bul-lying of officials and serial whingeing, Ferguson re-stricted his response to an expression of bemusementin a tone that veered towards the pitying.—Internet

ROME, 12 Jan—Brazil-ian teenager Pato andMontenegro forwardMirko Vucinic stole thelimelight as DavidBeckham made his SerieA debut in AC Milan’s 2-2 draw at AS Roma’sStadio Olimpico on Sun-day night.

Pato scored an earlysecond half brace follow-ing Vucinic’s first halfopener for the hosts butthe Montenegran had thelast word with a timelyequaliser to denyBeckham a winning startto life in Italy.

Milan stay third, ninepoints off top, whileRoma remain in the bot-tom half of the

table.Milan coach CarloAncelotti sprung a sur-prise by selectingBeckham in his startingline-up.

The former Englandcaptain took a little timeto settle before graduallycoming into the game andbecoming increasinglyinvolved.His first oppor-tunity to shine could havecome on five minutes af-ter Milan won a free-kickin a dangerous positionbut Ronaldinho pulledrank and crashed his ef-fort into the wall.

Internet

SYDNEY, 12 Jan—Ris-ing French teenager AlizeCornet added RussianNadia Petrova to hergrowing list of top-ranked scalps with astraight sets openinground victory at the Syd-ney WTA Internationalon Monday.

The 18-year-old putpaid to the tournamentseventh seed 6-2, 6-4 af-ter overcoming her fearof playing with an in-flamed shoulder that hasplagued her for the lasttwo months.Nursing anice pack on her rightshoulder, Cornet dis-

counted any fitness con-cerns ahead of next week’sAustralian Open in Mel-bourne.

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not seek be plunging into the transfer market insearch of a remedy.

As they surrendered meekly in a 3-0 defeat toManchester United here on Sunday, the London-ers looked a pale shadow of the side that pushedSir Alex Ferguson’s side to the wire last season.

Devoid of inspiration going forward and ca-lamitously casual in defence, Scolari’s class of2009 suffer even more in comparison with theChelsea sides that Jose Mourinho — who wasin the VIP seats at Old Trafford — led to back-to-back Premier League titles in 2005 and 2006.

Internet

MADRID, 12Jan—Lionel Messiscored a thunder-ous 84th-minutewinner as leadersBarcelona cameback to overcomebottom sideOsasuna 3-2 onSunday and restoretheir 12-pointcushion over sec-ond-placed RealMadrid.

Osasuna, withjust two wins in thewhole campaign,looked poised tocause the biggestupset of the seasonafter goals from Miguel Flano (62 min) and WalterPandiani (72) had cancelled out Samuel Eto’o’s 44thminute opener.

Barca were facing their first defeat since the open-ing day of the season but Xavi marked his 300th leagueappearance with an 80th-minute equaliser.Four min-utes later, Messi cut inside and fired a ferocious left-footed shot into the corner for his 11th goal of a greatseason.—Internet

PARIS, 12 Jan—Euro-pean superstars AlessandroDel Piero and Raul struckimpressive blows for soc-cer’s senior citizens, prov-ing that a combined age of65 is no barrier to thrivingat the top level. Del Piero’sstunning freekick gaveJuventus a 1-0 home winover Siena as ClaudioRanieri’s side closed thegap at the top of Serie A tofour points on leadersInter Milan.

It was the 34-year-oldItalian international’s sixthgoal of the season directfrom a free-kick, his sev-enth in all and the 162ndof his Serie A career.

“He always manages to

bring something out of thehat,” said Ranieri. “Whenyou are having troublebreaking the deadlock,then you need a championlike Del Piero.”—Internet

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WEATHER

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has been partly cloudy inKachin and Rakhine States and generally fair in the remain-ing States and Divisions. Night temperatures were (3˚C)below January average temperatures in Chin State and upperSagaing Division, (5˚C) below January average tempera-tures in Mon State and Yangon Division, (8°C) below Janu-ary average temperatures in Taninthayi Division, (4°C)above January average temperatures in Kayah State andabout January average temperatures in the remaining areas.The significant night temperatures ware Hakha and Loilen(0˚C) each, Namhsan (3°C) and Pinlaung (4°C).

Maximum temperature on 11-1-2009 was 88˚F.Minimum temperature on 12-1-2009 was 60˚F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 12-1-2009 was 60%.Total sunshine hours on 11-1-2009 was (7.6) hrs approx.

Rainfall on 12-1-2009 was (Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was(Nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Maxi-mum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (8) m.p.hfrom Southeast at (09:30) hours MST on 11-1-2009.

Bay inference: Weather is generally fair in the NorthBay and partly cloudy in the Andaman Sea and elsewherein the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 13th January 2009:Weather will be partly cloudy in Kachin and Shan States,Taninthayi Division and generally fair in the remainingStates and Divisions.

State of the sea: Strong easterly winds with moderateto rough sea are likely at times Gulf of Mottama, off andalong Mon-Taninthayi Coast. Surface wind speed in strongeasterly wind may reach (35) to (40) m.p.h. Seas will beslight to moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generally fairweather in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 13-1-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 13-1-2009: Generally fair weather.

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for13-1-2009: Generally fair weather.

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An Israeli woman suffering from shock iscarried at the scene of a rocket attack in thesouthern city of Beersheba on 11 Jan, 2009.

INTERNET

Australians ‘kill Taleban chief’KABUL,12 Jan —Australian special forces have killed

a senior Taleban leader in southern Afghanistan, theAustralian Defence Ministry has said.

Mullah Abdul Rasheed was described as a seniorTaleban commander responsible for bringing in fightersand potential suicide bombers into Uruzgan Province. Hewas described as being responsible for the deaths ofcivilians and members of the coalition. More than 1,000Australian troops are based in Afghanistan.

“Rasheed was a senior commander in the BaluchiValley and was believed to be responsible for Talebanoperations in the area resulting in the deaths of CoalitionForce members and Afghan civilians in recent months,”an Australian Defence Ministry statement said. “He hadbeen identified as a primary IED facilitator, responsiblefor coordinating IED emplacement in Uruzgan province,”the statement said.

His death had “disrupted” Taleban operations in therestive province, the ministry said. —Internet

Pakistan border clash ‘kills 46’ISLAMABAD,12 Jan — Pakistani soldiers repulsed an

attack by 600 fighters in a tribal area near the Afghanborder, killing at least 40 militants, military officials say.

Six security forces were also killed and seven woundedin the pre-dawn raid in Mohmand, the officials said.Hundreds of insurgent fighters, many from Afghanistan,attacked a military camp and checkpoint near the border.

The officials said that although the main attack wasbeaten off, there had been a series of skirmishes afterwards.Pakistan has deployed tens of thousands of troops topolice its tribal regions, but Western and Afghan officialssay that has not deterred militants.

Last week, Afghan President Hamid Karzai saidduring a visit to Kabul by his Pakistani counterpart AsifAli Zardari that the two countries had a “new relationship”and determination to defeat terrorism and extremism.

Mr Karzai had previously accused Islamabad of notdoing enough to shut down militant “sanctuaries” in thetribal areas and stop insurgents from crossing intoAfghanistan.

Pakistan rejected those accusations, pointing to amajor offensive against militants in the Bajaur region,which borders Mohmand. The military says more than1,500 rebels have been killed there since August.

Internet

Quake-destroyed school beginsrebuilding with aid from Air ForceBEIJING, 12 Jan—A middle school damaged in the

May 12 earthquake in Shifang City of Sichuan Provincein southwest China began reconstruction on Sunday,with assistance from the Chinese Air Force.

Established in 1904, the Yinghua Town MiddleSchool was leveled to ground in the deadly earthquakein Sichuan and some neighbouring provinces, whichleft more than 80,000 deaths or missing. The school isrebuilt on its original site in Yinghua Town, but will begiven a new name of “Yinghua Bayi Middle School”.On 1 August, or Bayi, is the founding day of theChinese Army.

Under the unified arrangement of the centralauthorities, the Air Force will help rebuild the wholeschool compound, which covers 17,764 square metres.Facilities include teaching buildings, a cultural hall, adining hall, dormitories for teachers and students, acomprehensive gymnasium and a basketballplayground.—MNA/Xinhua

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3rd Waning of Pyatho 1370 ME Tuesday, 13 January, 2009

YANGON, 12 Jan—Vice-Chairman of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council DeputyCommander-in-Chief ofDefence Services Com-mander-in-Chief (Army)Vice-Senior GeneralMaung Aye together withSecretary-1 of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen ThihaThura Tin Aung Myint Oo,Member of the SPDC Lt-Gen Tin Aye, the Com-mander-in-Chief (Navy),the Commander-in-Chief(Air), senior military of-ficers of Ministry of De-fence, Chairman ofRakhine State Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander Maj-GenThaung Aye, ministers,deputy ministers and per-sonnel from SPDC office,on 11 January, left An forThahtay Creek hydro-power project situated onThahtay Creek, 12 milesnorth-east of Thandwe inhelicopters.

They were welcomedthere by Deputy minister

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye looks into implementationof Thahtay Creek Hydropower Project in Rakhine State

of electricity after con-struction of electricitysupply network system inRakhine State. The min-ister said that out of waterresources in RakhineState, 111-megawatt ca-pacity Thahtay Creek

for Electric Power No.1U Myo Myint, Director-General of Hydro electricpower Department U WinKyi and officials. Vice-Senior General MaungAye looked into worksbeing carried out withheavy machinery from theviewing deck.

At the briefing hall,Minister for ElectricPower No.1 Col Zaw Minreported on water re-sources in Rakhine Statefrom which electric powercan be generated, supply

hydropower project and10-megawatt capacity AnCreek hydropowerproject are under con-struction and Laymyohydropower project of500-megawatt capacityand Saidin hydropowerproject of 76.5 megawattcapacity are planned tobe constructed. Uponcompletion of those 4hydropower projects, to-tal capacity of 697.5megawatt electricity canbe generated and suppliedto townships in Rakhine

State.He continued that ob-

servation works have beenstarted from April of 2004for implementation ofThahtay Creekhydropower project, 111megawatt electricity can

be generated from 3 tur-bines with 37 megawattcapacity each, 2326 feetlong No.1 diversion tun-nel, 1875 feet long No.2diversion tunnel, maindam, spillways, pen stocksare core skeletons of themain structure and BauerTrench Cutter will be usedfor construction of retain-ing walls.

Next, deputy ministerU Myo Myint explaineddesign of main dam, pro-grammes for constructionof retaining walls with the

use of Trench Cutter, andinsertion of retainingwalls into Ngalight,Mong, Thapanseik dams.

Concerning the re-ports, Vice-Senior Gen-eral Maung Aye stressedthe needs and presented

gifts to foreign techniciansassigned duties there.Next, Vice-Senior Gen-eral Maung Aye and partytook positions at the arch-way where the ceremonyto lay foundation of re-taining walls would beheld. Lt-Gen Khin Zawand Commander Maj-GenThaung Aye officiallyopened the ceremony. Lt-Gen Khin Zaw, Com-mander Maj-Gen ThaungAye and Minister Col ZawMin sprinkled scentedwater on Trench Cutter to

be used for constructionof retaining walls.

Next, Vice-SeniorGeneral Maung Ayelooked into placing ofTrench Cutter on GuideWall and earthwork beingcarried out with the use of

the machine. He urged allto work hard with good-will and called for excel-lent performance. He cor-dially greeted staff of theproject and left.

Thahtay hydropowerproject, located onThahtay Creek 12 milesto the north-east ofThandwe in Rakhine Statewith 111-megawatt capac-ity hydropower plant canprovide 386 million Kwhelectricity annually forRakhine State.

MNA

Vice-Senior General Maung Aye looks into earthwork being carried out with the use of Trench Cutter.—MNA

Thahtay Creek hydropower project in Rakhine State.—MNA

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