Constitution Prime Minister General Soe Win receives ...Jun 24, 2006 · Volume XIV, Number 69 14th Waning of Nayon 1368 ME Saturday, 24 June, 2006 Established 1914 * Development

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.

Volume XIV, Number 69 14th Waning of Nayon 1368 ME Saturday, 24 June, 2006

Established 1914

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-rounddevelopment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

* Development of the economy inviting participation interms of technical know-how and investments fromsources inside the country and abroad

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

* Uplift of national prestige and integ-rity and preservation and safeguard-ing of cultural heritage and nationalcharacter

* 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

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 23June — Prime Ministerof the Union ofMyanmar General SoeWin received Chairmanof Daewoo InternationalCorporation Mr Tae-yong Lee and party atPaunglaung Yeiktha inNay Pyi Taw at 3.15 pmtoday.

Also present atthe call were Ministerfor National Planningand Economic Develop-ment U Soe Tha, Minis-ter for Commerce Brig-Gen Tin Naing Thein,Deputy Minister forForeign Affairs U KyawThu and Director-Gen-eral Col Thant Shin of

Prime Minister General Soe Win receives DaewooInternational Corporation Chairman and party

the Prime Minister’sOffice.

The Chairmanof Daewoo Interna-tional Corporation wasaccompanied by MrCM Rim, Mr KH Choi,

Mr JH Kim, Mr GS Roh,Mr PS Kim and Mr YCKang.

They discussedmutual cooperation ineconomic matters.

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Prime Minister General Soe Win greets Chairman of

Daewoo International CorporationMr Tae-yong Lee.

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Prime Minister of the Union ofMyanmar General Soe Win receivesChairman of Daewoo International

Corporation Mr Tae-yong Lee atPaunglaung Yeiktha in Nay Pyi Taw.

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MI KHIN THANT

T h eMyanmar Women’sDay is held with aview to enabling theentire women to in-herit the fine tradi-tions from their an-cestors. The popu-lation of Myanmarwomen of about 30million makes upmore than 50 percent of the nation’spopulation of over54 million. TheMyanmar Women’sDay is the day onwhich the role ofabout 30 millionwomen is enhanced.

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Saturday, 24 June, 2006

PERSPECTIVES* 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 Desire

Myanmar is systematically implement-ing national level health plans for raisingthe health standard of the nation and pro-viding better and more health care for thepeople.

In the process, the government has beenopening hospitals, health care centres andspecialist hospitals, appointing more phy-sicians, surgeons and nurses, and install-ing sufficient number of modern medicalequipment in the medical facilities acrossthe nation including border areas.

The Ministry of Health is actively co-operating with the World Health Organi-zation, UN agencies, relevant ministries andsocial organizations for control of the threemajor diseases — AIDS, malaria and TB.In addition, it is enlarging the horizon ofcooperation with ASEAN members andregional countries to address the healthproblems and control new diseases.

Myanmar hosted the 8th ASEANHealth Ministers’ Meeting at the SedonaHotel in Yangon on 21 and 22 June. Themeeting focused on measures for preven-tion and combating infectious diseases in-clusive of new diseases and AIDS occur-ring in ASEAN region and around theworld, precautionary steps for preventionof possible spread of bird flu and subse-quent possible outbreak of human influ-enza pandemic, wider health care servicesand improvement of traditional medicineand health and nutrition tasks.

As health problem does not occur onlyin a single nation or region, ASEAN re-gional countries as well as global countriesare taking cooperative measures to copethe challenges on health problem.

By enhancing cohesion and setting upstrong networks of continuous collabora-tive measures in the ASEAN countries in-cluding Myanmar and regional countriesto take approach to health problems, thenation can prevent and control possiblehealth problems, health emergencies andepidemics.

Regional countries toaddress health problemsin harmony

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U Ye Win - Daw Yin Nwe and family of 4,Gandama Road, Ngwekyaryan Yeiktha of

South Okkalapa Township recentlydonated K 100,000 to Joint-Treasurer

U Maung Maung Gyi of Hninzigon Homefor the Aged Administrative Board. — H

YANGON, 23 June — The ShwephonepwintPagoda Board of Trustees will organize the 49thceremony to offer Waso robes to OvadaçariyaSayadaws of the pagoda and members of the Sanghafrom monasteries in the precinct of the pagoda inPazundaung Township on Fullmoon Day of Waso, 9July. Wellwishers may donate one set of robes worthK 3,000 to the Pagoda Board of Trustees,Tel: 290425.

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Donors invited to Wasorobes offering ceremony

YANGON, 23 June — Moegaung Association(Yangon) invited its members to participate in theassociation’s 2nd Waso robe offering ceremony tobe held at Kyaukseintwin Dhammayon onShwedagon Pagoda Road on 15 July.

Those wishing to donate offertories at theceremony may contact Ph 241723, 503198,095164598, 519529. — H

Moegaung Association(Yangon) to donate

Waso robes

YANGON, 23 June— Wellwisher U KyawNyunt (Kyaw Nyunt Yi)-Daw Wah Wah Kyawand family donated booksand cash altogetheramounted to K 2.74 mil-lion including 400 booksworth K 0.44 million,650 copies of Pyinmanamagazine worth K 1.3million and K 1 millionfor self-reliant village li-braries at Information andPublic Relations Depart-ment at 22/24 onPansodan Street, here,this afternoon.

Director-Generalof IPRD U Chit Naingaccepted the donationsand expressed thanks.

Also present on

Books, magazines donated to self-reliant village libraries

the occasion were retiredSAT U Tun AungKhaing from PyinmanaBEHS No 1 and No 2,

retired professor U TunAung Zan of Institute ofParamedical Sciences and

General Manager U TintSan of Kyaw Win CoLtd.—MNA

YANGON, 23 June — Under the aegis of Presid-ing Nayaka Pantapwinttaung Tawya SayadawSaddhamma Jotikadhaja Bhaddanta Paññasara, a cer-emony to mark the ninth anniversary ofPantapwinttaung Tawya in Taikkyi Township will beheld at Dhamma Thukha Beikman of the Tawya on 27June noon. At the ceremony, K 5,000 each will beprovided to 50 outstanding students and K 2,000 eachto 360 students from the cultural training courses.

The meditation course will be opened from 28to 30 June. Wellwishers wishing to donate a dawn‘soon’ worth K 150,000 and a day’s meal worth K30,000 may contact the Weyawutsa Group, Tel: 055-20259, U Aung Myo, Tel: 095015520 and 203497 andDaw Tin Tin Win, Tel: 640181. — MNA

9th Founding Anniversary ofPantapwinttaung Tawya 27 June

U Kyaw Nyunt-Daw Wah Wah Kyaw donate books for self-reliantvillage libraries to IPRD Director-General U Chit Naing. — IPRD

YANGON, 22 June — The State Peace andDevelopment Council has appointed the follow-ing persons as heads of service organizationsshown against each on probation from the datethey assume charge of their duties.

MYANMAR GAZETTE

Name Appointment(a) Brig-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Director-General Ministry of Defence Protocol Depart-

ment of Ministryof Foreign Affairs

(b) Col Htay Lwin Director-General Ministry of Defence Central Equipment

Statistics and In-spection Depart-ment, Ministry ofNational Planningand EconomicDevelopment

(c) U Myat Thu Deputy Director-General Project Appraisal & Pro-

gress Reporting Depart-ment

Ministry of National Plan-ning and Economic Devel-opment.

Director-GeneralProject Appraisal& Progress Report-ing DepartmentMinistry of Na-tional Planning andEconomic Devel-opment. — MNA

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Tut\kun\Ns\S tiu;®mc\.ÂkRussia, Italy agree to openenergy markets

MOSCOW, 22 June — Russian and Italian leaders said on Tuesday theircountries will open energy markets to each other's investors.

EU’s Barroso warns on US “protectionism”LONDON, 22 June —European Commission President Jose Manuel Barroso has warned that a rising

tide of protectionism could endanger European investment in the United States, the Financial Timesreported on Wednesday.

Following talks in theKremlin, RussianPresident Vladimir Putinand Italian Prime MinisterRomano Prodi agreed onaccess by Russian energycompanies to the Italianmarket in exchange foraccess by Italian com-panies to oil and gas ex-traction in Russia.

"In fact, we areimplementing the EnergyCharter's supplementaryprotocol without formally

ratifying the document inParliament," Putin wasquoted by the ITAR-TASSnews agency as saying.

Despite Europeanpressure, Russia has notratified the EnergyCharter, a document thatwould require it to openits export pipelinenetwork and other energyassets to foreign investors.

Prodi said Italy andRussia have opened "anew phase of energy

cooperation". "We no longer have

the relations of a sellerand a buyer. Russia willbe present on the Italianmarket in the productionof electric power," theItalian leader said.

The two leaders alsowitnessed the signing ofan agreement betweenRussian aircraft makerSukhoi and Italianaerospace and defencecompany Finmeccanicaon cooperation in a civilianaircraft project.

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Barroso said he hadspoken to US PresidentGeorge W Bush, severaltimes about the risk ofintroducing new barrierson investment becauseof worries about glo-balization or terrorism.

“We want to make surethat the security concernsthat we respect can be dealtwith in a manner that isnot detrimental with ouroverall political relations,specifically on trade andinvestment,” he told FT

Deutschland, the Germansister paper of theFinancial Times. “Wedeplore all decisions whenthere is — because of asecurity concern — therestriction of the free flowof capital,” he said.

Bush and Barroso areattending an EU-USsummit in the Austriancapital Vienna on Wed-nesday.

Barroso said a backlashagainst globalization wasstoking protectionisttendencies in the UnitedStates and elsewhere.

“The current admin-istration — generallyspeaking — is fightingthese tendencies,” headded.

Barroso was concernedabout Washington’srefusal to grant visa-freeaccess to the United Statesto citizens of new EUmember states.

He said the US positionon the visa-waiverscheme treated peoplefrom these states "assecond-class citizens"even though they hailedfrom countries that were"very pro-American".

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“Big Brother” All-Stars revealed, reallySYDNEY, 22 June—Julie Chen kicked off the seventh season of Big Brother

Wednesday night with a casting special that revealed the identities of the 20returning housemates who will vie for a chance to be in Big Brother: All-Stars.

Of course, CBS comrevealed the same namesearlier this month,effectively rendering lastnight's reveal a bitanticlimactic. In April, thenetwork announced thatthis season of the house-arrested reality series willbe an all-star version, withviewers being able to votefor which blasts from thepast will make it into thehouse. CBS and showproducers said they wouldwhittle down the six

seasons of contestants intoa pool of 20, from whichviewers will be able to givebetween 12 or 14 of thehousemates a second shot.The 20 will vie for theaudience’s vote bycampaigning on the CBSEarly Show and variousother outlets, includingpersonal Websites.

The contestants whocomprised the 20finalists were warned notto do anything to revealtheir identities prior to

last night’s castingspecial. Unfortunately,CBS com didn’t get thememo. —Internet

Auckland rated one of world’smost courteous cities

WELLINGTON, 22June— Auckland, thebiggest city of NewZealand, was rated one ofthe most courteous citiesin the world, according toa survey released Tuesday.

A Reader's Digestsurvey conducted in 35various cities across theglobe analyzed and testedthe politeness andhelpfulness of people ineach urban centre. Morethan 2,000 separate tests ofbehaviour were conductedto fix the world's mostcourteous place.

New York City toppedthe list and was closelyfollowed by Zurich,Toronto and Berlin.

Auckland ranked 7th.The South Pacific citygained a 97-per-cent passrate in the shop assistant

test but only 45 per cent ofpeople held the door openfor someone else.

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Ancient painted potteries are on display at Liuwan Pottery Museum in LiuwanVillage, about 80 kilometres away from Xining, capital of southwest China'sQinghai Province on 21 June, 2006. The village boasts over 2,000 ancient tombsdating back to the New Stone Age and the Bronze Age. Some 40,000 relics have been unearthed in the village, including over 20,000 painted potteries. —INTERNET

Miss Kenya presents traditional dresses during thefinals of Miss Tourism Queen International 2006,which is held in Chongqing, southwest China, on

22 June, 2006.—INTERNET

A scenic road signstands amid burnt

forest while firefightersconduct a burn out

along the scenic routeof Highway 89A in Oak

Creek Canyon as theBrins Fire threatenedthe area near Sedona,Arizona, on 21 June,

2006.—INTERNET

Brazil launches $5b plan to help farmers BRASILIA, 23 June — The Brazilian Government on Wednesday launched

a five-billion-US-dollar plan to help small- and medium-sized farms for the2006-2007 harvest season.

The plan, announced at the thirdFamily Agriculture and Reform Fair,will offer 300 million US dollars incredit to cooperatives and farmers whoneed to borrow between 2,500 and onemillion dollars.

The plan also creates an organizationcalled the Brazilian TechnicalAssistance and Rural Extensionprogramme, which will send 20,000experts to 4,000 rural regions.

Agriculture Minister GuilhermeCassel said the government’s plan, partof the National Family AgricultureReform Programme (Pronaf), wouldmake its first disbursements in July.

“We can proudly say that those whodid not have money, now have money,”Cassel said.

“Our idea is that by the end of the2006-2007 harvest season, we will beable to make expert help universallyavailable, and that all of Pronaf’s farmerswill receive qualified and guaranteedhelp, as well as the loan,” he added.

Brazil’s main family farmingorganization Via Campesina (PeasantRoad), praised some aspects of the plan,such as agricultural insurance, technicalassistance and a government promise tobuy some of the food produced by thefarmers.— MNA/Xinhua


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Study says southern California vulnerableto earthquake

LONDON, 22 June —An earthquake may occur in southern California soon caused by the movementof a fault in the area, a study has said.

Former senior official says Iraqmay ask US to go

CANBERRA, 22 June— Former US deputy secretary of state RichardArmitage has said that the level of violence in some areas of Iraq is worseningdramatically, and US forces may soon be asked to leave by the Iraqi Government.

Wen Jiabao signs pactswith S Africa, Angola

CAPE TOWN, 22 June—China secured a series ofagreements with SouthAfrica and Angola onWednesday to strengthenpolitical ties and bolstertrade relations with the keyAfrican nations.

The pacts, rangingfrom cooperation on

nuclear energy, mineralsand bilateral trade, weresealed during stops on aseven-nation African tourby Chinese Premier WenJiabao.

Wen arrived in SouthAfrica on Wednesdayfrom Angola and heldtalks with President ThaboMbeki in Cape Town.

China has agreed toextend more than 2billion US dollars incredit to Angola to helpthe oil-producing nationrebuild its war-ravagedeconomy, adding to the3 - b i l l i o n - U S - d o l l a rcredit line Beijing hasalready agreed withLuanda.

It will also cap textile

and clothing exports toSouth Africa to help thecountry's industry todevelop, followingcriticism from local tradeunions that cheapChinese goods arecosting jobs.

"We are willing to takeself-restrictive steps andmeasures to restrict theexport of Chinese textilesto South Africa in order toensure the stability of thetextile market in thiscountry," Wen toldreporters.

The pact willsignificantly cut Chineseimports into South Africafor a range of goods,particularly clothing andtextiles.— MNA/Reuters

Chinese President Hu Jintao (L) holds a welcoming ceremony for SenegalesePresident Abdoulaye Wade at the Great Hall of the People in Beijing, capital

of China, on 22 June, 2006.—INTERNET

California's Antelope Valley freeway passes near foldedlayers of sediment above the San Andreas Fault nearPalmdale, California, on 22 June, 2006.—INTERNET

The San Andreas faultruns through almost all ofwestern California fromnorth to south. The landon the western side of thefault is moving northwhile the land on theeastern side down south,

according to a study to bepublished on Thursday inthe weekly journalNature.

The friction caused bythe opposite movementsof the plates may triggerhuge earthquakes, if the

The Australian daily onWednesday quotedArmitage as saying in aninterview that the mostoptimistic scenariofollowing a US withdrawalwould be that Iraq wouldbecome a loose federationwith a weak centralgovernment.

He said he hoped therecould be a draw-down ofUS and other coalitiontroops in Iraq in the next12 to 18 months.

He believed that Iraq isstill a big drag onRepublicans in the UnitedStates, saying "manyRepublicans are runningaway from the President(George W. Bush)" as theyprepare for theforthcoming mid-termcongressional elections.

Armitage is equallygloomy about Af-ghanistan, especially in thesouth part of the country,where violence isworsening. “Five years

pent-up energy is notreleased by minormovements, known ascreep, Yuri Fialko, aseismologist with theScripps Institution ofOceanography in La Jolla,California, was quoted assaying.

Fialko conducted thestudy by using satelliteimaging and data fromGlobal Positioning Sys-tem (GPS) monitors from1985 to 2005.

According to his study,the energy accumulatedfrom the slips, the oppositemovements of plates, issubstantial and is not beingreleased by creep.

In conclusion, the

scientist warns that anearthquake may soonstrike. A major earthquakerattled San Francisco in1906.

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after the overthrow of theTaleban, the ordinarypeople don’t see muchchange in their lives,” hesaid.

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Expert says Brazilian snake venomhelps treat heart attack patients

RIO DE JANEIRO, 22 June — Tests made at the Brazilian Federal Universityof Sao Carlos (UFSCar), in Sao Paulo State, showed that a protein found inthe venom of the Brazilian snake Urutus can help heal and regenerate injuredtissue, such as the damaged tissue found in heart attack victims, a professorof UFSCars said on Tuesday.

Professor HeloisaSobreiro Selistre de

Araujo, from UFSCar'sPhysiological ScienceDepartment, explainedthat depending on thepoison's concentrationlevel, ALT-C, the namegiven to the poison'sprotein, could increase orinhibit the formation ofnew blood vessels.

In low concentra-tions, ALT-C can pro-mote the formation of newblood vessels, Araujosaid. This makes theprotein a possible base fordrugs that treat conditionscaused by inappropriatevascularization, like heartattacks, diabetic woundsand even erectile mal-

functions.In high con-

centrations, the proteinproduces the inverseeffect, inhibiting thecreation of new bloodvessels, an effect po-tentially useful for thetreatment of cancer.

Although botheffects were tested byUFSCar scientists inmice, Araujo said theywould focus theirresearch on the tissueregeneration possibi-lities presented by theprotein. These possibi-lities seemed to be morepromising, he said.

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Maritime affairs departments and vessels from the armed police hold anexercise on the Yangtze River course on 21 June, aiming to prevent the

danger that out-of-control ships collide with the dams.—INTERNET

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Parents pinch pennies from piggy banksSYDNEY, 23 June — One in four Australian parents regularly “borrow”

money from their children’s piggy banks to pay for anything from breadto luxury holidays, a survey said on Wednesday.

Mums are more thantwice as likely to raidtheir children’s savingsthan dad, with 35 per centof mothers confessing tothe crime compared with16 per cent of fathers.

But almost nine outof 10 still believed theywere setting a goodexample of financialmanagement for theirtiny tycoons.

Fund management

firm Bankwest surveyedalmost 400 parents orguardians of childrenaged 17 or under.

“I am guilty of thecrime myself,” PaulVivian, Bankwest’s headof retail deposits, toldReuters.

“If you can’t find anymoney, you know the oneplace you can always relyon is the kids’ piggybanks. But my wife

always makes sure I putit back — with interest,”he said. Of those whoadmitted to raiding piggybanks, more than halfsaid they used the moneyto buy essentials such aspetrol, milk and bread.Another 20 per cent saidthey needed the money topay off water andelectricity bills and otherutilities.

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JERUSALEM, 22 June —Israeli police said onWednesday they wereholding a US citizen froma Jewish settlement in theWest Bank on suspicionhe tried to smuggle a sniperrifle into Israel for attackson Palestinians.

Shmuel Gefrayset, 39,from California, was

LONDON, 22 June — Apioneering new techniquedesigned by LoughboroughUniversity in Britain to helppredict landslides couldsave hundreds of livesworldwide, if trials provesuccessful.

The Acoustic Real-timeMonitoring Systemgauges the stability ofslopes by listening to soilmovement. It is hoped thatthis radical new systemwill be more sensitive toslope changes and morerobust than traditionalmethods, a Press releaseby the University said onTuesday.

Dr Neil Dixon, SeniorLecturer in GeotechnicalEngineering at Lough-borough Univer-sity, said:"Around the world, lots ofpeople are killed everyyear in landslides. Slopesare not always monitoredbut, if there is an indicationthat a slope may fail,instruments like this may

BEIJING, 22 June — Asenior Communist Party ofChina (CPC) official saidhere Wednesday that Chinavalues ties with Bangladeshand is committed topromoting the twocountries’ comprehensivepartnership.

“China and Bangladeshare friendly neighbours andthe bilateral cooperation inpolitics, economy, tradeand cultural fields haveproduced fruitful resultsover the past 31 years,”saidLuo Gan, a member of theStanding Committee of thePolitical Bureau of the CPC

16 bodies found, 40 still missingin N China mine flooding

TAIYUAN, 22 June — Rescuers have recovered thebodies of 16 miners trapped in a flooded North Chinacoal mine for more than a month, but 40 others are stillmissing, the disaster-relief headquarters saidWednesday.

The flooding occurred on May 18 in the Xinjingcolliery in the county of Zuoyun, Shanxi Province.

Rescue workers have pumped 403,517 cubic metresof water from the shaft, lowering the water level by24.5 metres.

A total of 266 workers were working under the shaftwhen the accident took place, but only 210 managedto escape.

The rescue operation encountered difficulties afterthe owner of the mine destroyed all the design drawingsand other important documents.

The pumping was continuing despite slim hopes forthe survival of the trapped miners.

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BANGKOK, 22 June— People across Thai-land are advised onWednesday to closelyfollow weather forecastsby the Meteorologi-cal Department, asthroughout this year'srainy season devastatingtropical storms might

China committed topartnership with Bangladesh

Central Committee, in ameeting with MohammedAbdul Jalil, generalsecretary of the BangladeshAwami League.

In 2005, China andBangladesh announcedthe forging of a long-termand mutually beneficialcomprehensive partner-ship.Luo expressed hisappreciation to Jalil forBangladesh's support forChina on issues includingTaiwan and human rights.

“China is ready to workwith Bangladesh andcontinue to expand bilateralreciprocal cooperation to

continuously enrich andpromote the China-Bangladesh comprehen-sive partnerhip,” Luosaid.Luo said the CPCvalued friendly relationswith Bangladesh's partiesincluding the BangladeshAwami League. He said hehoped such friendly inter-party relations wouldpromote bilateral ties.

Jalil said his countryfirmly abided by the one-China policy.

He also expressed hisappreciation to China forits long-term assistance.

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New landslide technologymay save lives

help to give early warning.“Slope stability can

reduce rapidly in a matterof hours or even minutes.A warning five or 10minutes earlier than iscurrently possible mightbe enough to evacuate ablock of flats or clear a

road — and save lives inthe process,” said Dixon.

The device uses a tubeinserted into the slope, witha sensor on top to pick upthe high frequency soundsthat come from moving soilparticles underground.

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Israel charges US settler witharms smuggling

arraigned by an Israelicourt on charges ofillegally importing therifle, ammunition andbullet-making equipment.Gefrayset said he hadintended to give theweapon to the IsraeliArmy.

Police spokesmanMicky Rosenfeld saidGefrayset was arrested 10days ago at the Israeli portof Haifa where he tried torelease a container,shipped from the UnitedStates, that held theweapon and ammunition,

which he had not declaredto Customs authorities.

Given the suspect'ssupport for the late anti-Arab rabbi, Meir Kahane,police had “reason tobelieve he intended tocarry out attacks, possiblyagainst Palestinians”,Rosenfeld said.

“I never thought abouthurting Arabs, but I'm notsaying that it never crossedmy mind,” Gefrayset saidon Israel Radio. “Everytime you see a suicideattack, it crosses yourmind.” — MNA/Reuters

Thailand forecasts seasonof storm and flood

occur.Heavy downpours

and rainstorms areforecast throughout thecountry from Junethrough November, withtorrential flows ofrainwater expected inThailand’s northernvalleys, inundatingurban areas, and stormwaves rising 2-5 metreshigh in the Gulf ofThailand, departmentofficials said.

Several tropicalstorms are anticipated toform in South China Sea,near the Philippines, andmove toward the shoresof Vietnam before hittingThailand's upper regionsbetween August andSeptember, the officialThai News Agencysaid.

Rainstorms are ex-pected to affect lowerThailand in October andNovember.

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Drivers manage their vehicles forward in the flooded street with caution inXuchang, a city in central Henan Province, on 22 June, 2006. Heavy

downpours in the early morning brought waist-deep floodwater on some of thecity's streets, causing great inconvenience to the local residents.—INTENRET

A train chugs on the railway bridge across Lhasa River with the PotalaPalace in the background in Lhasa, capital of northwest China's Tibetan

Autonomous Region, on 20 June, 2006. —INTERNET

More women than menhospitalized for asthma

NEW YORK, 23 June — Women aresignificantly more likely than men to goto the emergency department because ofasthma-related symptoms and to beadmitted to the hospital, a Canadian studyshows. It is not that women have moresevere asthma, the researchers say.Rather, it seems that women perceivetheir asthma symptoms as worse thanmen do. Sex bias on the part of healthcareprofessionals may also factor in to thehigher admission rates for an asthmaattack among women.

To investigate sex differences inhospital admission rates for asthma, DrAkerke Baibergenova from McMasterUniversity in Hamilton, Ontario andcolleagues reviewed the records of 31,490

asthmatics between 18 to 55 years of agewho visited Ontario emergencydepartments during a recent 1-year period.

Women not only made up themajority of all emergency visits (62.2 percent), they also accounted for a greaterpercentage of hospitalizations (7.4 percent versus 4.5 per cent for men), theresearchers report in the Annals of Allergy,Asthma and Immunology.

These differences could not beexplained on the basis of asthma rates orseverity in men and women. Even womenwith low asthma severity scores werestill more likely to be hospitalized thanmen with moderate scores, Baiber-genova’s team reports.

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Microsoft sees future in robots

Pentagon confirmstwo bodies found

in Iraq WASHINGTON, 22 June

— The Pentagon saidon Tuesday that twounidentified bodies werefound south of Baghdadbut did not confirm theywere the US soldiers whowere abducted by Iraqiguerillas late last week,CNN reported. An Iraqidefence official saidearlier the soldiers whowent missing were killedand their bodies werefound in an area south ofBaghdad where a grouplinked to al-Qaeda said ithad abducted them.

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Australian scientists developvaccine for blood flukes

CANBERRA, 22 June — Australian scientists have developed a vaccine forparasitic worms, known as blood flukes, that affect 200 million peopleworldwide. The vaccine works by stimulating the immune system to help thebody detect the worm and in trails has reduced the rate of infection by morethan 60 per cent, Australian Associated Press reported on Wednesday.

One in 10 British children has mental health disorder

Blood flukes, whichare found in the still, freshwaters of the tropics indeveloping countries,cause bladder cancer,renal failure, liver fibrosisand even death. Head ofthe Helminth BiologyLaboratory at the

Queensland Institute ofMedical Research AlexLoukas was quoted assaying that his team'svaccine could savethousands of lives becauseit was a more practicalsolution than the existingtreatment. "There aredrugs available that do killthis parasite, but theproblem is that peoplehave to keep taking thosedrugs their entire life and

in developing countriesyou just can't do that," hesaid. "(The vaccine) mightprotect people for five orten years instead of havingto treat them every fewmonths." The team isawaiting funding con-firmation before it canproceed with clinical trialsfor the vaccine which, upuntil now, has been trialledon animals.

MNA/Xinhua

Iraq speaker demands US probein new deaths

BAGHDAD, 22 June — The speaker of Iraq’s Parliament asked the USAmbassador on Wednesday to investigate the killing by US troops of “manyinnocent people” at a poultry farm in a village northeast of Baghdad.

Earthquake joltssouthern Gansu BEIJING, 22 June —

Chinese seismologicalnetwork has monitoredthat an earthquakemeasuring 5.0 on theRichter Scale strucksouthern Gansu Provincein northwest China atabout 0:52 hours (BeijingTime) on Wednesday.

The epicentre wasdetermined to be locatedat 33.1 degrees NorthLatitude and 105 degreesEast Longitude, about 30kilometres east to the seatsof Wenxian and Wuducounties, both in southernGansu. There has been noimmediate casualtyreport.—MNA/Xinhua

Over one-third EUpopulation have no

basic computer skills BRUSSELS, 22 June —

Over a third of people in theEuropean Union (EU) agedbetween 16 and 74 had nobasic computer skills in2005, said Eurostat, thestatistical service of the EU,on Tuesday.

Overall, 37 per cent ofthe people in this agebracket have no basiccomputer skills. Thepercentage was slightlyhigher for women (39 percent) than for men (34 percent). The survey alsoshowed notable diffe-rences between memberstates,between age groupsand between differenteducation levels, saidEurostat.

Among the 17 memberstates for which data areavailable, e-literacy ratewas less than 50 per cent insix countries: Greece, Italy,Hungary, Cyprus, Portugaland Lithuania. In five othercountries, less than a quarterof the population werenon e-literate: Denmark,Sweden, Luxembourg,Germany and Britain.

Among older peoplethe non e-literacy pro-portion was higher. In theEU on average, 65 per centof people aged 55 to 74 hadno computer skills. Thispercentage ranged from 27per cent in Denmark andSweden to 93 per cent inGreece.— MNA/Xinhua

The US military, in thespotlight over murdercharges it has broughtagainst troops accused ofkilling Iraqis, said all 15people killed in Tuesday’sraid near Baquba weregunmen.

Aides to parliamentaryspeaker Mahmoud al-Mashhadani said in astatement that he hadasked US envoy ZalmyKhalilzad to launch a“quick and transparentinvestigation”.

“The speaker demand-ed the US forces stopsuch... mistakes,” it said.“The Iraqi leadership

should not fail to takeaction in order to stop thebloodshed of... Iraqis.”

Mashhadani is a SunniArab, elected in April toan office reserved for theminority under power-sharing conventions todistribute posts amongSunnis, Kurds andmajority Shiites.

On Tuesday, the USmilitary said its forceshunting Sunni guerillaslinked to al-Qaeda killed15 gunmen in simul-taneous raids. Residentsof Qaduri Ali al Shahinvillage 13 kilometres (ninemiles) north of Baquba

said the dead wereemployees of a poultryfarm.

The Sunni MuslimScholars Association,which is sharply criticalof the US occupation,condemned “this crime”.

MNA/Reuters

LOS ANGELES, 22 June— Software giantMicrosoft Corp sees thefuture and it is robots.

The Seattle-basedcompany on Tuesdaypreviewed a set of newsoftware tools that aims togive developers a simplerway to design robots andto create and testprogrammes that operatea wide range of machines— from toys to floorsweepers to those used infactory production lines.

"We believe this is akey part of the future ofcomputing," saidMicrosoft Robotics Groupgeneral manager TandyTrower, who called robotsthe next evolution of thepersonal computer.

While the fragmentedrobotics market is now inits infancy, Trower saidforecasts call for theindustry to grow into amultibillion-dollar marketin the next five to 10 years.

The group's firstproduct, called MicrosoftRobotics Studio, isdesigned for hobbyists,students or commercialdevelopers, who have hadto reinvent the wheel eachtime they use differenthardware to build a robot.

MNA/Reuters

LONDON, 22 June — One in 10 childrenbelow the age of 15 in Britain has a mentalhealth problem and the prevalence ofmental disorders is on the increase, doctorssaid on Tuesday.

The British Medical Associationwarned in a report that with an estimated1.1 million children needing access tospecialist mental health help, services arestruggling to cope. "These problems havea huge impact on families and carers aswell as on the individual," it said. Childrenfrom poorer backgrounds, those in care,

the children of asylum-seekers and thosewho have witnessed domestic violenceare all at a higher risk of developing mentalhealth problems, the BMA said. Thoseproblems could range from sleep disorders,temper tantrums and eating disorders tobehaviour problems or depressive andobsessive disorders.

Vivienne Nathanson, head of BMAEthics and Science, told a news conferenceit was vital to give children access to highquality mental health care tailored to meettheir needs.—MNA/Xinhua

Japanese customers check meat packs at a Tokyo meat shop on 21 June,2006. Japan's agriculture minister has dismissed as "nonsense" threats byUS lawmakers to impose up to 2.7 billion dollars in sanctions unless Tokyo

quickly resumes imports of US beef.—INTERNET

Trade show visitors look at a compact Swedish suitcase satellite system on display atthe CommunicAsia 2006 exhibition in Singapore on 21 June 2006. East Asiancountries lead the world in embracing digital home products, led by high-tech powerhouses Taiwan and South Korea, a US research firm said.—INTERNET

Washington Capitals' Alexander Ovechkin of Russiakisses the Calder Trophy for rookie of the year duringthe National Hockey League Awards in Vancouver, British Columbia, on 22 June, 2006.—INTERNET


Myanmar women continuously preserveMyanmar characteristics, culture, traditions andcustoms. In Myanmar society, there are many sayingsthat demonstrate the dignity of women. Being broughtup under the religious teachings, and exhortations ofelderly persons, Myanmar women are exemplars interms of politeness and gentleness.

Myanmar women keep abreast of men in theeducation, economic, social and political sectors. Forwhat Myanmar women can take pride most is thatthey are imbued with nationalistic spirit with whichthey preserve their own lineage. According to theSingalovada Sutta, there are five duties of children totheir parents — to support their parents, to performtheir duties owing to them, to be worthy of theirinheritance, to offer alms and share the merits withtheir parents, and to preserve their family lineage.

Myanmar women are ideals in preservingtheir lineage. However, there might be black sheep.Such women are branded as those who bring dishonourto own lineage. Women who are married to foreignersdue to poverty or covetousness are indeed those whotarnish the prestige of their own lineage. And suchwomen become an object of ridicule.

The Myanmar women who got married toFascist Japanese soldiers, who occupied Myanmarduring the period of World War II, came under harshcriticism. With reference to Sein Kyi, wife of aJapanese officer, other Myanmar wives of Japaneseofficers were billed as Sein Kyi. Such women werecriticized widespread for their marriages to Japanesesoldiers.

Just after the Second World War when Japansurrendered, British, American, French, Australianand American Negro troops entered Myanmarbringing together with them US-made Jeeps. SomeMyanmar women brazenly sitting side by side withAmerican officers on Jeeps in a state of ecstasy werebranded as Jeep ladies or lady Jeeps. After the returnof the Americans, the lives of lady Jeeps or Jeepladies were the same as that of Sein Kyi.

Mrs Benazir Bhutto became prime ministerin Pakistan. Mrs Golda Meir became prime ministerin Israel. Mrs Chandrika Bandaranaike Kumaratungabecame prime minister and president in Sri Lanka.Mrs Indira Gandhi became prime minister in India.Mrs Corazan Aquino became president in thePhilippines. The Philippine President at present isMrs Gloria Macapagal Arroyo. Mrs MargaretThatcher is former British prime minister. Now,German Chancellor is Mrs Angela Merkel. And thereare many female state leaders in the world especiallyin Asia. I notice that all those female leaders are those

3rd July represents genuineMyanmar Women’s Day

Mi Khin Thantwho preserve the lineage concerned and get married tomen of their own peoples.

After the ouster and assassination of formerPakistani President Ali Bhutto, his daughter BenazirBhutto had to take refuge in England. Just after shelearnt that she could grab the opportunity to enterpolitics in Pakistan, she returned home and got marriedto a Pakistani man. In an interview, correspondentsasked why she got married just after she had returnedhome for political purpose. She said that she was goingto enter politics, and she would have to takeorganizational measures and to carry out tasks togetherwith men. She said she had to get married to avoidbeing criticized. If she planned to lead a married life,she would have to choose a man of same people, shesaid.

In the Myanmar history were also manyexemplary women such as Bhadda Nuwati of Tagaung,Malar Sandi of Srikestra, Princess Pantra of Beikthano,Shin Saw Pu of Hanthawady, Queen Phwar Saw of theBagan Period, Princess Rusiyapaba of the Inwa Period,Nanmadaw Shin Min Nu of the Konbaung Period,Queen Hsinbyushin, Queen Sakkya Devi and QueenSu Phaya Latt. Queen Su Phaya Latt once said that shewould send a Kyaukpyin (flat circle stone used forproducing traditional cosmetics) and a sarong to aminister who was objecting the preparations to repelthe attacks of the British.

When the British waged the Third Anglo-Myanmar War in 1885, women and men patriots fromhilly regions and plains fought back the invaders. Intheir documentary record, the British praised the Shanwomen for their participation with bravery in WethtiganBattle. Pinya Secretary’s daughter Pin Khin Khin whobravely fought the intruders hand in hand with ShweDah Bo U Min Po in the battle in Natmauk region, thewife of Bagan Bo Cho, Monywa Khin Lay Gyi, andChin female nationals who made supreme sacrifices inthe Shei Lone Fortress in Chin Mountain Range suchas Lam Kyaim, Loi Wun Hwe Nam, Wun Ninh, OwunHe Nayan Kyaim, and Dim Nyit demonstrated theirbrilliant performance that went down in the annals ofthe nation’s history.

It will need a lot of pages if a list is to becompiled with the names of national workers,farmers, students, and educated youth patriots whotook part in the battles at risk to their lives againstthe British for regaining independence. ThakinmaDaw Aye, Thakinma Daw Aye Khin, ThakinmaDaw Hse, Daw Mya Mya, Daw May Khin, Daw AyeKyin, Daw Khin Si, Daw Saw Mya, Daw Hninzi,Daw San San (Chauk), Daw Ngwe Khin, Daw YinShwe, so on and so forth who took part in the Anti-

Fascist Resistance showed their heroic sacrificesin the anti-colonialist battles.

In fact, the role of Myanmar women hasbeen compatible with the nation’s history. And theentire Myanmar women have played an active role inthe independence struggles, safeguarding andprotecting the motherland in order that independencewill not be lost again, measures for restoration ofpeace in the nation, the drive for building a moderndeveloped nation, and the fights against internal andexternal common enemies, those inciting massdemonstrations, and neo-colonialists. They are alsoserving the interests of the people.

They are members of the Myanmar WomenAffairs Federation that has taken a solemn vow totake part in the drive for the emergence of a peaceful,modern and developed democratic nation withflourishing discipline. The MWAF that has millionsof members celebrates the Myanmar Women’s Daythat falls on 3 July. Holding commemorativeceremonies, the federation also lays down resolutionsyearly to enable the entire womenfolk to translatetheir goodwill into reality in the interests of thenation. The World Women’s Day is markedworldwide. Respective nations celebrate theirwomen’s day nation-wise. Myanmar has designatedthe 3rd of July as Myanmar Women’s Day and theday is celebrated yearly. The Myanmar Women’sDay represents the entire women, but not a singlewoman.

It is because women of the world includingMyanmar women love and cherish respectivemotherlands and peoples, and want to enjoy peace,stability and progress and to exert collaborativeefforts to raise the life of the mass of women. TheMyanmar Women’s Day is held with a view toenabling the entire women to inherit the fine traditionsfrom their ancestors. The population of Myanmarwomen of about 30 million makes up more than 50per cent of the nation’s population of over 54 million.The Myanmar Women’s Day is the day on which therole of about 30 million women is enhanced.

Nowadays, there is a loud brazen shout thatthe birthday of a single woman is designated as theMyanmar Women’s Day. That woman stayed abroadfor long, got married to a foreigner, who is serving asa lackey of the colonialists, who has been attemptingto manipulate Myanmar’s affairs after arriving inMyanmar unexpectedly, who is resorting to variousmeans to have the motherland exploited by foreigncountries and to undermine the stability, peace andprogress of the nation, who has received 82international prizes plus millions of US dollars, andwho fails to be equipped with the anti-colonialistspirit and the spirit of independence handed down byher forefathers.

The 3rd of July is unlike the 19th of June.The 19th of June represents the birthday of an ordinarywoman, whereas the 3rd of July is the MyanmarWomen’s Day designated as a gesture of honouringthe mass of Myanmar women who are fully armedwith Myanmar spirit. To the liking of the colonialists,the woman is inciting mass protests, takingconfrontation course the government designed todefy the laws, and calling on the internationalcommunity to impose sanctions against the nation.However much she is making pious voices, her deedshave depicted that she is just a trickster. Therefore,the 3rd of July is the Myanmar Women’s Day thatindicates the patriotism, and the spirit of preservingown lineage inherited by Myanmar women.

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Mrs Benazir Bhutto became prime minister in Pakistan. MrsGolda Meir became prime minister in Israel. Mrs ChandrikaBandaranaike Kumaratunga became prime minister and presidentin Sri Lanka. Mrs Indira Gandhi became prime minister in India.Mrs Corazan Aquino became president in the Philippines. ThePhilippine President at present is Mrs Gloria Macapagal Arroyo.Mrs Margaret Thatcher is former British prime minister. Now,German Chancellor is Mrs Angela Merkel. And there are manyfemale state leaders in the world especially in Asia. I notice that allthose female leaders are those who preserve the lineage concernedand get married to men of their own peoples.

Hailing Myanmar Women’s Day — 2006:


YANGON, 23 June — Deputy Ministers, seniorofficials from ASEAN member countries, China, Japanand Republic of Korea, the Deputy Secretary-Generaland officials of the ASEAN Secretariat who attended the8th ASEAN Health Ministers’ Meeting, the SecondASEAN+Three Health Ministers’ Meeting and FirstASEAN+China Health Ministers’ Meeting hosted byMyanmar visited Shwedagon Pagoda, Drugs EliminationMuseum and Myanma Gems Mart this morning.

Member of Pagoda Board of Trustees U BaShwe conducted the delegations around the Pagoda.The delegations later signed the visitor’s book andposed for a documentary photo.

On arrival at Drugs Elimination Museum,Curator Police Lt-Col Htay Aung conducted the guestsaround the museum. Later, they went to MyanmaGems Mart on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road. — MNA

Delegations visit downtown Yangon

Prizes presented to winners incontests to mark InternationalDay against Drug Abuse and

Illicit TraffickingYANGON, 23 June — In commemoration of the

International Day against Drug Abuse and IllicitTrafficking which falls on 26 June 2006, the prizepresentation for the painting, cartoon, poster, song,essay and wall magazine competitions was held at No2 Basic Education High School in Latha Township thismorning.

School girls sang the national anthem andschool songs.

Headmistress Daw Khin Ohn Myint explainedthe purpose of holding the ceremony.

The headmistress and officials presented prizeto Ma Aye Myat Thu who stood first in the central levelsong composing contest, first in the painting contestand third in the poster contest, prizes to winners in theessay, painting, cartoon, poster and wall magazinecontest and gifts to the teachers. — MNA

YANGON, 23 June — Chairman of YangonDivision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win andYangon Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin inspecteddredging of drains along Thanlyatsun road inBotahtaung Township this morning.

On arrival at Water Treatment Plant inThanlyatsun, the commander and the mayor heard

Sanitation tasks carried out in Yangon City

reports on process of water treatment in the plant andgave instructions.

The commander and the mayor also inspectedunblocking of drains in Kamayut and HlineTownships and repaving of Mindhamma road withasphalt in Mayangon Township, and left instructionsthere.

MNA

Bago Division striving for cultivation…(from page 16)

plans of the Government and five rural developmenttasks by making field trips to the grassroots level.

He noted that Bago Division is striving forcultivation of monsoon paddy to meet the target of 3million acres. Therefore, Kyaukkyi Township is to put80,000 acres of land under monsoon paddy. In addi-tion, all are to grow new crop items pepper and physicnut including 10 main crops on a manageable scaleand commercial scale. Furthermore, domestic pedi-gree poultry is to be raised at every house and duck

breeding is to be extended on a commercial scale. Assuch, township economy and per capita income oflocal people will rise. In conclusion, Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than urged all to carry out beautifying andsanitation tasks in the town.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than cor-dially greeted those present.

Next, they viewed ploughing and nurturing ofmonsoon paddy along the road of Kyaukkyi and re-turned to Nay Pyi Taw.

MNA

Royal Gold Luxury Soap sets foot inMyanmar market

YANGON, 23 June —

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Oil Leather and canprevent the damage of skin

and kill bacteria.

The natural organic The advertisement of Royal Gold soap pro-duced by Royal Gold Luxury Soap Factory.

MNA

Delegates who attended 8th ASEAN HealthMinisters’ Meeting visit Shwedagon Pagoda.

HEALTH

Commander Brig-Gen Hla Htay Win and Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin inspect repaving ofMindhamma Road in Mayangon Township. — MNA

Latha BEHS No 2 Headmistress Daw KhinOhn Myint presents prize to Ma Aye Myat Thuwho stood first in central level song composing

contest marking International Day AgainstDrug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking. — MNA

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(from page 16)according to its policy programmes. They join theassociation of their own volition to take part in the taskto bring about development and stability to the nation.The association has been running with systematicorganizational and management programmes to carryout regional development undertakings. Thanks to thepublic support, the membership strength has reachedover 23 million.

Quantitative strength must be developed toqualitative efficiency. Improvement of individualqualification will promote the collective strength ofthe association. Constant learning is required topromote individual qualification.

At the course, the trainees had made widerdiscussions to enhance belief and conviction, qualifi-cation, leadership skill and cooperation in addition tostudying national security and defence subject andnational development subject to solve the currentproblems. The trainees will have to increase the mem-bership strength with good leadership they have con-ceived. The members will be able to acquire unity inmind and work only if they are able to appreciateleadership skills and realize the aim.

Projects are being implemented to ensure sta-bility and economic and education development the

Improvement of individualqualification will promote…

requirements to build a new nation. The associationhas been implementing the future programmes to takepart in the task effectively. Its future programmes areto serve the national and public interest. The membersshould explain the nation-building task in connectionwith the future programmes. Only then will the asso-ciation win greater public cooperation. The associa-tion has the duty to implement the project to developrural areas where over 70 per cent of the nation’spopulation live.

More than 8 million member farmers and 5million member workers are working together with thefarmers and workers across the country to boost agri-cultural production for the improvement of their socio-economic life. The association will also contributetowards the well-being of the people. In addition,cooperation is needed to grow more physic nut plantsin order to produce bio-diesel, he said. Nowadays, itcan be seen that the government is not losing sight ofits goal of building a peaceful, modern and developeddiscipline-flourishing democratic nation. It is imple-menting the seven-point Road Map. Now the associa-tion is actively participating in the successful imple-mentation of the Road Map as well as in the massrallies in support of the National Convention.

U Htay Oo said the State is now on the road topeace and stability and development. However, someinternal and external elements and foreign media,ignoring the development of the country, are meddling

in Myanmar’s internal affairs. So it is the duty of theassociation to guard against any forms of danger. Inreality, peace and stability as well as development of acountry is much wanted by its people only. Moreover,it is only the people who know the prevailing condi-tions of the country. Anyway, the well-being of theState is dependent upon its people only. That is why allthe members of the association are urged to lendthemselves to the tasks for regional development incooperation with authorities concerned.

Later, U Htay Oo urged the trainees to beaware of the importance of their duties realizing theactual situation of the country and to try to become theones on whom the State can rely; to try to become theones who have confidence and conviction upholdingthe policies of the association; to try to inculcate truepatriotism into all the national people; to strive for thesuccessful implementation of the seven-point RoadMap of the State; to cultivate the habit of understand-ing the cause of leadership and following orders ofsuperiors and the sense of unity; to organize the peopleto participate in the tasks of peace and stability of theState and regional development; and to guard againstany dangers.

After the ceremony, U Htay Oo and CECmembers cordially greeted the trainees. A total of 205USDA secretaries and executives at state/division anddistrict levels attended the course which started on 22May. —MNA

YANGON, 23 June— Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi,accompanied by officialswent to Nyaungdon Oiland Gas Field thisafternoon.

G e n e r a lManager U Aye Myintreported on successfuldrilling of No 33 well,

Nyaungdon Oil and Gas Field dailyproduces over 80 million cubic feet of

gas, over 600 barrels of condensatecurrent production anddistribution of gas.

The ministerstressed the need fordrilling of new wells in thefield, conducting ofgeological survey andmeasures to be taken fordomestic consumption.

The ministerpresented prizes to the staff

and inspected the new wellN0 33, which produces 3.2million cubic feet of gasand 32 barrels ofcondensate daily.

At present,Nyaungdon Oil and GasField produces over 80million cubic feet of gasand over 600 barrels ofcondensate daily.—MNA

YANGON, 23 June— The FAO: Interna-tional Fund forA g r i c u l t u r a lDevelopment (IFAD)Mission comprising fourmembers led by SeniorConsultant Economist ofHJP International Ltdfrom England called on

Officials of UMFCCI meetFAO/IFAD delegation

General-Secretary ofUnion of MyanmarFederation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry USein Win Hlaing andofficials at UMFCCI on 21June.

They cordiallydiscussed matters onprogramme for agricultural

tasks of the farmers inGreater Mekong region,dissemination of farmingmethods, conducting ofagricultural trainingcourses, production ofmore crops and qualitystrains, and seeking ofmarket.

MNA

68 pearl lots, 30 gems lots sold

YANGON, 23 June — The sales ofgems and pearl lots to foreign merchantsstarted today at Myanma Gems Mart and69 pearl lots and 30 gems lots were soldin euro currency through tender andcompetitive bidding system.

A total of 2,243 gems merchantsat home and abroad gathered at the specialsales of jade, gems and pearl lots for2006 organized by Myanma GemsEmporium Central Committee atMyanma Gems Mart on Kaba AyePagoda Road and 250 pearl lots and 189gems lots were displayed today at MGM

which will last till 4 July.Chairman of MGECC Minister

for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint visitedthe emporium this afternoon and greetedgems merchants.

So far, 1,415 merchants from378 gems companies of foreigncompanies and 828 merchants from 351gems companies at home have arrived.

The sales of jade lots will be heldfrom 24 June to 4 July at MyanmarConvention Centre in MayangonTownship through tender system.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Ohn Myint meets local and foreign gemsmerchants.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi inspects new well No 33.—ENERGY

Delegation of FAO/IFAD meets with officials of UMFCCI.— UMFCCI


YANGON, 23 June— As a gesture of hailingthe Myanmar Women’sDay, which falls on 3 July2006, a ceremony todonate cash to MyanmarWomen’s AffairsFederation was held at themeeting hall of MWAFon Thanlwin Road inBahan Township thisafternoon.

It was attended byPresident of the federationDaw Than Than Nwe,Vice-Presidents DawKhin Lay Myint and DawKhin Thet Htay, CECmembers and wellwishers.

The president andthe vice-presidentsaccepted K 300,000donated by wives ofmembers of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil; K 3 million byYCDC; K 500,000 eachby the Ministry ofAgriculture and Irrigation

Wellwishers donate over K 37m to MWAF

YANGON, 23 June — Shan State Army-South(SSA-S) members are sticking to the acts of torturingand murdering local national people, collectingextortion money, forcibly recruiting members andproducing and smuggling narcotic drugs.

Major San Khay of Brigade-360 under thecouncil of reconstruction of Shan State, a cohort armedorganization of SSA-S, sent a letter of intimidation

SSA-S forcibly recruiting members in Shan State (South)dated 12 June to the chairman of Wanmak Village Peaceand Development Council in Maukmai Township, ShanState (South). In the letter, he said, “six recruits fromWanmak Village are to be sent to Nahi Village inMaukmai Township not later than 1 July. Otherwise,one person from each household will be forcefullyrecruited and punitive action will be taken against thevillage if they stay away”, it is learnt. — MNA

and the Ministry ofTransport; K 100,000 eachby the Ministry forProgress of Border Areasand National Races andDevelopment Affairs andthe Ministry of Health;K 500,000 each by UnionSolidarity and Deve-lopment Association andMyanmar Maternal

* For the economic interest of our MyanmarOur Myanmar womenAre alert and united.Myanmar Women’s Affairs FederationWas established3rd Day of the month of JulyIs our Myanmar Women’s DayWe shall remember thatTill eternity.

* We do not depend on strangersJust because we are women.We’re patriots, and don’t discard our kin,We intend to keep our lineage intactWe are not grudgefulBut our women’s hearts are toughBorn and bred in Myanmar.True Myanmar safeguard our kinSimple and straightforward.

* Our cultural heritageDoes not deviate or veer awayTo rid ourselvesOf human trafficking, terrorismWe rally and strive togetherWith Women’s Federation leadingTaking up the legal stand pointsAnd with a wide economic outlookWomen of all agesKeep coordinating always.

* We pay attention to educationOf our young sons and daughtersRally around and helpTo get them into schools.Donate as much as we canWith decent heartsEldest daughter is mother, it’s saidWith that feeling and goodwillLoving-kindness multipliesFor long-felt feeling.

* For thriving of our Myanmar economyOur Myanmar women areAlert and united.Our Myanmar Women’s FederationWas established.3rd Day of the month of JulyIs our Myanmar Women’s DayWe shall remember thatTill eternity.

Ma Shwe Aye (Heho) (Trs)(Hailing Myanmar Women’s Day— 3rd July

2006)

Our Myanmar Women’s Day

and Child WelfareAssociation; K 300,000by Myanmar WomenEntrepreneurs’ As-sociation; K 7.5 millionby Major Maung Lat(Retd)-Daw Nan Yin Yin(Soe San Hostel,PyinOoLwin); K 200,000by the Ministry ofInformation; K 100,000 by

the Ministry of ForeignAffairs; K 1 million eachby 12 wellwishers;K 550,000 each by twowellwishers; K 500,000each by 10 donors; K303,000 by SandiTraditional MedicineFamily; K 300,000 eachby five wellwishers; K200,000 each by sevenwellwishers; K 100,000each by FinanceDepartment of MWAF;Brig-Gen Sithu Tin Pe(Retd)-Daw Thein Hsaing(Writer Ma Myat Lay) and23 wellwishers; K 50,000each by three wellwishersand K 20,000 by Ma ThiriMyint.

Certificates ofhonour were presented tothe wellwishers.

President DawThan Than Nwe expressedgratitude.

Today’s do-nations from 77wellwishers amounted toK 37,123,000. — MNA

POEM:

MWAF President Daw Than Than Nwè speaking at the cash donation ceremony hailing Myanmar Women’s Day which falls on 3 July 2006.MNA

MWAF President Daw Than Than Nwe accepts K 300,000 donated bywives of SPDC members. — MNA

MWAF President Daw Than Than Nwe accepts K 200,000 donatedby Ministry of Information. — MNA


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SAMAWA (Iraq), 23 June — The governor ofIraq’s southern province of Muthanna said foreigntroops formally began their withdrawal on Thurs-day, days after Prime Minister Nuri al-Maliki an-nounced a handover of security in the region.

“The withdrawal of the Multi-National Forcesfrom Muthanna Province starts today. It will take morethan a month to complete this withdrawal,” GovernorMohammed al-Hasani told a news conference in theprovincial capital Samawa.

Officers from the British-led force hitherto re-sponsible for the largely Shiite province said, how-ever, that the process of moving British, Japanese andAustralian troops out had already begun. It would becomplete by the end of July.— MNA/Reuters

Troop withdrawal startsin southern Iraq

MANILA, 23 June — Philippine police havearrested three men with some 3.2 trillion US dol-lars of fake bills in a bus terminal in southernCagayan de Oro City, the Philippine News Agencyreported on Thursday.

Police made the arrest Thursday after puttingthe three men under a month-long surveillance and thefake money could have been produced in the provinceof Misamis Oriental neighbouring Cagayan de Oro,the report quoted police as saying.

Police would hand over the counterfeitgreenbacks to the Bangko Sentral ng Pilipinas (BSP),or Philippine Central Bank, before the filing of formalcharges against the suspects for violation of law againstcounterfeiting, said the report. — MNA/Xinhua

Philippine police arrest menholding $3.2t of fake bills

Actress Nicole Kidman sits in the front of her

car as she arrives back at her house in Sydney

on 22 June, 2006. — INTERNET

More than 14% lack health insurance in US WASHINGTON, 23 June — More than 14 per cent of Americans lacked health insurance last year, a

slightly lower share than 2004, according to federal statistics published on Wednesday.

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The survey, by the National Centre for HealthStatistics, also found that 8.9 per cent of US childrenwere not covered by health insurance.

The issue of health-insurance coverage is at thecentre of an extended debate over health care in theUnited States, which relies mostly on employers tocover workers.

On Wednesday officials in San Francisco saidthey were pressing ahead with plans for funding healthcare for 82,000 residents who do not have medicalinsurance, at a cost of 200 million US dollars a year.

The centre’s report says that in 2005, 41.2 millionAmericans, or 14.2 per cent of the population, wereuninsured when its survey was conducted. It said 51.3million had been uninsured for at least part of the prioryear and 29.2 million, or 10 per cent, had been unin-sured for more than a year. The study is based on aregular survey of more than 98,300 people.

The NCHS, part of the Centres for Disease Con-trol and Prevention, found that insurance coveragevaried widely among states, from 6 per cent without

health insurance in Massachusetts to more than 24 percent without in Texas.

More than 70 per cent of adults and 62 per cent ofchildren had private insurance coverage, while nearly30 per cent of children and 11.5 per cent of adults hadsome sort of public insurance such as the State Chil-dren’s Health Insurance Programme, Medicare orMedicaid. — MNA/Reuters

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV CARNATION VOY NO (CA 108)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV CARNATIONVOY NO (CA 108) are hereby notified that the vesselwill be arriving on 26.6.2006 and cargo will be dis-charged into the premises of M.I.P 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 PREMIER SPECTRUMSDN BHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ZHE HAI 316 VOY NO (067)Consignees of cargo carried on MV ZHE HAI 316

VOY NO (067) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 25.6.2006 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 INTERASIA LINES (PTE, LTDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

TRADE MARKCAUTION NOTICE

RED BULL DISTIL-LERY (1988) CO., LTD,a company organized un-der the laws of the THAI-LAND and having its prin-cipal office at 15 Moo 14Vibhavadee-Rangs i tRoad, Kwaeng Chom-phon, Khet Chatuchak,Bangkok 10900, Thailandis the owner and soleproprietor of the follow-ing Trademarks:-

Reg. No. 4/392/2006

Reg. No. 4/393/2006

Reg. No. 4/394/2006

Used in respect of:-“Liquor, spirit, whisky(International Class 33)”.Any unauthorized use,imitation, infringementsor fraudulent intentions ofthe above marks will bedealt with according tolaw.

Tin Ohnmar TunB.A (LAW) LL.B, LL.M (UK)

P.O.Box. 109,Ph: 248108/723043

(For. Domnern Somgiat &Boonma, Attorneys at Law,

Thailand)Dated: 24 June 2006

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doubles world average in ’05 JERUSALEM, 22 June —

The number of millionairesin Israel increased by 12per cent in 2005, nearly twotimes the global average,local popular newspaperYedioth Ahronoth reportedon Wednesday.

Citing latest data by theIsraeli branch of investmenthouse Merrill Lynch, thenewspaper said that there

were 7,400 millionaires inIsrael in 2005, who ownedover one million US dollarsin cash, excluding realestates, holdings in privatecompanies and mortgagedproperty.

The world’s millionairepopulation grew by 6.5 percent in 2005, reaching 8.7

million. The high growth rate of

Israeli millionaires was dueto a larger number ofmergers, acquisitions andcapital market offerings bylocal companies in the pastyear, according to thereport.

MNA/Xinhua

S’pore Minister says globalization,technology impact on educationSINGAPORE, 22 June —

Globalization and rapidtechnological evolutionhave considerable impacton education in the 21stCentury, Singapore'sMinister of State forEducation and ManpowerGan Kim Yong said hereon Wednesday at theinauguration of the WorldEducation Forum.

“In today’s knowledge-based economies, humanresources have become thekey competitive advantageof many countries. Theeducation of a country’scitizens therefore becomes acritical factor in determiningits future,” Gan noted.

He said that aseconomies are becomingincreasingly interdepen-dent, countries likeSingapore, which do nothave abundant naturalresources, need to give theirpeople the best educationthey can afford so as todevelop their potential tothe fullest.

"We must prepare ourpeople and encouragethem to adopt a globalperspective," Gan stressed.

As for the impact oftechnology on education,new information andcommunication techno-logies such as Internet andmultimedia player havechanged the way of teaching,while students are more ableto use technology as alearning tool, according tothe Minister.

"We must therefore

capitalize on theseemerging technologies toimprove the effectivenessof our education system,"he said. Themed "redefiningthe learning paradigm", thethree-day forum provideseducation policy makers,academics and practitionerswith a platform to share theirviews and learn from eachother's experience.

MNA/Xinhua

“Congo virus” killsman in Pakistan

Singapore to train 5,000 toilet cleanersComedian Jerry Lewisback home from hospital

ISLAMABAD, 22 June—A patient of suspectedCongo Crimean virus diedon Tuesday at a privatehospital in Pakistanisouthern port city Karachi,a TV channel reported.

Haji Gul Kakar, aresident of Quetta andinfected with CongoCrimean virus who wasshifted to Karachi fromKhuzdar in Pakistan'ssouthwestern BalochistanProvince for medicaltreatment last week, onTuesday died at hospital'sIntensive Care Unit (ICU)due to Congo CrimeanHaemorrhagic Fever(CCHF), Geo TV re-ported.

According to thereport, Kahar was brought

at Aga Khan Hospital inKarachi with complaintof severe fever. His earlydiagnosis showed that hewas suffering frommalaria.

However, on rapiddecrease in his bloodplatelets, tests wereperformed to ascertainwhether he was sufferingfrom any haemorrhagicfever like dengue orCongo Crimean. Testsshowed that he wasinfected with CongoCrimean virus.

Kakar was treated withutmost care and adoptingall kinds of precautionarymeasures, and unfor-tunately passed away thisevening.

MNA/Xinhua

SINGAPORE, 22 June—Singapore aims to train5,000 of its 22,000 toiletcleaners by offering themrelative courses, ChannelNewsAsia report said onWednesday.

Some 50 cleaners willtake part in the city state'sfirst Restroom Cleaningand Maintenance courseto learn things like how toidentify and get rid of

hidden urine crystals, aswell as the different toiletbowl designs to effectivelykill trapped bacteria.

The course costs about100,000 Singapore dollars(about 63,000 US dollars)to organize and more suchcourses will be conductedat the Singapore Poly-technic, according to thereport. It is expected thatthe efforts will help raise

both the standards ofcleanliness in Singapore'stoilets and the professionallevel, salary and moraleof local cleaners.

The Singapore-basedWorld Toilet Organizationset up the world's firstToilet College in the citystate last year, aiming totransform cleaners into all-round toilet managers.

MNA/Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 22 June—Comedian Jerry Lewisis back home in San Diegoafter spending a week inthe hospital undergoingtreatment for a minor heartattack and a case ofpneumonia, his publicistsaid on Tuesday.

The 80-year-oldentertainer was releasedfrom the hospital onSaturday and isrecuperating aboard theyacht in San Diego wherehe makes his home duringthe summer, his Las Vegas-based spokeswomanCandi Cazau told Reuters.

Lewis fell ill on 11 Junenear the end of a cross-country commercialairline flight from NewYork City and was takento an undisclosed hospitalafter his plane landed inSan Diego.

While hospitalized,the veteran performerunderwent an angiogram

that determined he had aclogged artery, anddoctors inserted a shunt,Cazau said.

However, Lewis ispressing ahead with plansto transform his classiccomedy film "The NuttyProfessor" into a stageproduction that he hopesto premiere at the OldGlobe Theatre in SanDiego early next yearand eventually take toBroadway.

MNA/Reuters

Fire fighters and gas

company workers are

engaged in emergency

operation at the gas

leakage accident site

in Hangzhou, capital

city of east China's

Zhejiang Province, on

22 June, 2006.

INTERNET

The first China made chip which is used for groundtransmission of digital TV is shown on 20 June atthe International Film & TV Market, one of fourmajor activities of the 12th Shanghai Television

Festival. —INTERNET

Nuning, an 18-year-old orangutan (Pongo pygmaeus)holds her 1 month-old baby, not yet named, at PrigenSafari park in Pasuruan, East Java, Indonesia,on 23June, 2006. Orangutan populations in Indonesia’sBorneo and Sumatera island are facing severe threatsfrom habitat loss, illegal logging, fires and poaching.Conservationists predicted that without immediateaction, orangutans are likely to be the first great ape to become extinct in the wild.—INTERNET


S P O R T S

WORLD CUP FIXTURES

Saturday, 24 June 2006

Germany v Swedan 21:30 MST

Ghana beat US 2-1 to earn last 16 place NUREMBERG, 23 June — Ghana won a place in the last 16 of the World Cup with a 2-1 victory over

the United States in a Group E decider on Thursday they largely controlled.

Italy go through with win over CzechsHAMBURG, 23 June — Italy clinched top spot in World Cup Group E

on Thursday, eliminating the 10-man Czech Republic with a 2-0 victory.

Australia grab dramatic draw to go through STUTTGART (Germany), 23 June — Australia reached the World Cup

second round for the first time after holding Croatia to a 2-2 draw in their finalGroup F match on Thursday.

Ronaldo ties record as Brazil floor Japan DORTMUND, 23 June — Brazil striker Ronaldo equalled Gerd Mueller's

World Cup finals record of 14 goals, scoring twice in the 4-1 win over Japanin Group F on Thursday.

A stoppage time pen-alty just before the breakconverted by captainStephen Appiah securedthe required three pointsafter the United States'Clint Dempsey had can-celled out Ghana's initial

goal by Haminu Dramani. The US struck the post

midway through the sec-ond half, but otherwise,with a lone striker formuch of the match, causedthe Ghanaian defence fewproblems.

The Africans, who lost2-0 to Italy in their firstmatch, finished second inGroup E and are likely toplay Group F leaders Bra-zil for a place in the quar-terfinals but will be with-out midfield inspirationMichael Essien.

His crunching tackleon Reyna in the first halfbrought his second con-secutive yellow card of thetournament.

Ghana were the morecombative for most of thematch, although theystruggled to find theirrhythm early on against aUnited States team miss-

ing key centre back, Ed-die Pope, and holdingmidfielder Pablo Mas-troeni through suspension.

They also lost captainClaudio Reyna towardsthe end of the first half.

Ghana took the lead inthe 22nd minute whenmidfielder HaminuDraman dispossessedReyna and strode into thepenalty area to curl the

ball past a diving KaseyKeller. Reyna appeared topick up a leg injury in theprocess. MidfielderDempsey fired the USback on level terms twominutes from the breakafter DaMarcus Beasleycracked in a low crossfrom the left following adefensive mix-up amongthree Ghanaians.

MNA/Reuters

Italy's Marco Materazzi scores the opening goalpast the dive of Czech Republic goalkeeper Petr

Cech. —INTERNET

Haminu Dramani of Ghana fires the ball pastAmerican goalkeeper Kasey Keller.—INTERNET

Mitsuo Ogasawara pulls back Ronaldinho.INTERNET

Mark Viduka watches Harry Kewell'sequalizer go into the net.

INTERNET

A 26th minuteheader from substituteMarco Materazzi gavethe Italians the lead be-fore the Czechs were re-duced to ten men justbefore the break with thedismissal of Jan Polak.

Substitute FilippoInzaghi rounded goal-keeper Petr Cech to rollhome the second in the87th minute as theCzechs threw everyoneforward.

The Czechs sorelymissed injured forwardJan Koller and suspendedstriker Vratislav Lokvencand it was left to mid-fielder Pavel Nedved toprovide the attacking in-spiration.

Twice in the earlystages former Nedvedtested his Juventusclubmate, Italy keeperGianluigi Buffon withlong-range efforts.

Buffon dealt wellwith a dipping drive but

could only parry out an-other Nedved effort —although the Italy keeperdid well to smotherMarek Jankulovski's fol-low-up.

Italy's problems in-creased in the 17thminute when they wereforced into a change —Alessandro Nesta, suffer-ing from what appearedto be a recurrence of histroublesome muscle in-jury, limping off to bereplaced by Materazzi.

Nine minutes afterentering, the big centraldefender headed theAzzurri in front with hisfirst goal for the nationalside leaping superblyabove Polak to power aheader past Petr Cech.

The Italians grip onthe game got tighter justbefore the break whenPolak was dismissed fora second bookable of-fence for a foul frombehind on Totti.

MNA/Reuters

Ronaldo moved along-side the former West Ger-many striker when hegrabbed his second goalof the game for the cham-pions in the 81st minute.

Japan, coached byformer Brazil captainZico, took a shock leadthrough Keiji Tamada inthe 34th minute beforeRonaldo, heavily criti-cized for his performancesin Brazil's first two games,equalized in first-half in-jury time.

Second-half goals fromJuninho Pernambucano,Gilberto and Ronaldoagain allowed Brazil tofinish the group withmaximum points and com-plete their 10th successivewin at the World Cup fi-nals.

Brazil face Ghana in thelast 16 while Japan, withone point, were knockedout.

Ronaldo kept his placebut coach Carlos AlbertoParreira made five other

changes. Fullbacks Cafu and

Roberto Carlos were re-placed by Cicinho andGilberto while Robinhostepped in for Adriano inattack.

For the first 20 min-utes, Brazil's footballflowed for the first time inthe tournament as theysliced through the Japandefence.

Only goalkeeperYoshikatsu Kawaguchistood between the ram-pant champions and a sig-nificant lead.

Kawaguchi turnedaway two efforts fromRonaldo and one eachfrom Robinho, Kaka andJuninho.

But Brazil left gaps atthe back and Japan tookadvantage when Alexslipped the ball inside toTamada, who fired pastDida with a first-time shoton the turn.

MNA/Reuters

Harry Kewell equalized in the 78thminute as Australia twice came backfrom a goal down to earn the pointthey needed to finish runners-up toBrazil. They face Italy in the last 16.Three players -- Croatia's Dario Simicand Josip Simunic plus Australia'sBrett Emerton -- were sent off in adramatic finale with Simunic appear-ing to be shown three yellow cards byEnglish referee Graham Poll in theconfusion.

"It feels great," said Australia strikerMark Viduka. "What a great game to-night, you could not ask for more.

with a long range shot that bobbledpast Australia goalkeeper ZeljkoKalac.

Australia defender Craig Moore hadscored a 38th minute penalty to cancelout a third minute goal by Croatiamidfielder Darijo Srna but it wasKewell's late goal that saw Australiaadvance to play Italy in Kaiserslauternon Monday.

Srna caught the Socceroos nappingearly with a superbly taken free kickafter Australia skipper Mark Vidukatripped Niko Kovac just outside thearea.

Srna, who had missed a penalty inSunday's scoreless draw with Japan,made amends when he curled the ballover the wall past Kalac to score hiscountry's first goal of the tourna-ment.

"It's very difficult when you cop agoal that early but we knew if we keptour composure we could do some dam-age. We showed we had the spirit to doit," said Viduka.

Australia regained their composureand looked to have strong grounds for apenalty when defender Simunic broughtdown Viduka but referee Poll ruled thatthere was no foul.

However, Poll had no hesitation inpointing to the spot seven minutes be-fore the interval when Croatia defenderStjepan Tomas reached up and handledthe ball in the goalmouth and Moorecoolly slotted the penalty past StipePletikosa.

Croatia, who needed to win to stayalive after losing 1-0 to world champi-ons Brazil then drawing with Japan,looked to have sealed victory whenKovac scored but Kewell's instinctivereflexes from a goalmouth scramblesaw them bow out.

MNA/Reuters

"We threw on all the forwards totry and get something and thank GodHarry was in the right place at theright time.

"It was such an end-to-end game, wehad a little bit of luck on our side but weearned it tonight," he added.

Croatia captain Niko Kovac hadput his team ahead for the secondtime 11 minutes after the break


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Friday, 23 June, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, weather hasbeen partly cloudy in lower Sagaing Division, rainor thundershowers have been scattered in Mandalay,Magway and Yangon Divisions, fairly widespreadin Shan State, upper Sagaing, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions and widespread in the remain-ing areas. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Homalin (2.17) inches, Gwa (1.57) inches, Katha(1.03) inches, Kayaukpyu (0.82) inch and NyaungU(0.36) inch.

Maximum temperature on 22-6-2006 was90°F. Minimum temperature on 23-6-2006 was 71°F.Relative humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 23-6-2006was (92%). Total sunshine hours on 22-6-2006 was(4.5) hours approx.

Rainfalls on 23-6-2006 were nil atMingaladon, Kaba-Aye and Central Yangon. Totalrainfalls since 1-1-2006 were (22.52) inches atMingaladon, (30.47) inches at Kaba-Aye and (35.24)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed atYangon (Kaba-Aye) was (4) mph from Southeast at(15:30) hours MST on 22-6-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak in theAndaman Sea and north and east central Bay andmoderate elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 24-6-2006:Rain or thundershowers will be isolated in lowerSagaing Division, scattered in Shan, Kayah and ChinStates and Mandalay, Magway and Bago Divisions,fairly widespread in Rakhine State, upper Sagaing,Ayeyawady and Yangon Divisions and widespreadin the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Seas will be slight to mode-rate in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Generaldecrease of rain in the whole country.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbour-ing areas for 24-6-2006: Likelihood of isolated rainor thundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 24-6-2006: One or two rain or thunder-showers with sunny period. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 24-6-2006: Likelihood of isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Weather outlook for last weekend of June2006: During the coming weekend, rain or thunder-showers will be fairly widespread in Yangon Divi-sion and isolated in Nay Pyi Taw and MandalayDivision.

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EARTHQUAKE REPORT(Issued at 15:00 hours MST, Today)

A Slight earthquake of intensity (4.8) Rich-ter Scale with its epicentre over the sea, near Sittwayabout (275) miles Northwest of Kaba-Aye seismo-logical observatory, was recorded at (13) hrs (31)min (40) sec MST on 23rd June 2006.

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EARTHQUAKE REPORT(Issued at 09:00 hours MST, Today)

A Slight earthquake of intensity (3.2) Rich-ter Scale with its epicentre inside Myanmar about(16) miles of Kaba-Aye seismological observatory,was recorded at (08) hrs (40) min (40) sec MST on23rd June 2006.

Statistics show thatthe number increased by27.39 million in fivemonths, more than twicethe increase of fixed-lineusers. There are 57 mil-lion more mobile sub-scribers than fixed-lineusers.

The average monthlyincrease in mobile usershas been between threemillion and four millionin the past year, said theministry.

China’s mobile sub-scribers have been grow-ing steadily since they out-numbered fixed-linephone subscribers in Oc-

China has more than 420million mobile users

BEIJING, 23 June — The number of China’smobile phone subscribers reached more than 420million at the end of May, reported the Ministry ofInformation Industry on Wednesday.

tober 2003. Along with the in-

crease in mobile phonesubscribers, the volumeof text messages climbed46.3 per cent from thefirst five months of theprevious year to 167.95billion.

The ministry alsosaid that in the Januaryto May period this yearChina’s total post andtelecommunications rev-enue reached 287.82 bil-lion yuan (around 35.97US billion dollars), up11.4 per cent on the pre-vious year.

MNA/Xinhua

Wishing Haji U Than Tin a very happy 85thBirthday and many happy returns.Dear wife; Hajima Daw Khin Hla Tin.Dear childern:-Nilar Than, Zaw Than+Pale, Win Win ThanDear grands:-Saint Darli, Hanezar, Rhianna, Melissa & Luther.

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YANGON, 23 June — Member of the State Peaceand Development Council Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thanof the Ministry of Defence, accompanied by officialsof the SPDC Office, left for Yeni of Bago Division on21 June morning.

Accompanied by Chairman of Bago Division Peaceand Development Council Commander of SouthernCommand Maj-Gen Ko Ko and officials, Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than proceeded to Kyaukkyi and met withTatmadawmen and family members at the hall of

Bago Division striving for cultivation of monsoonpaddy to meet the target of 3 million acres

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than inspects development of Kyaukkyi Township

Kyaukkyi Station.Next, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than met with depart-

mental personnel, members of social organizationsand local people at the hall of the local station. Heheard reports on development of the township pre-sented by local authorities.

After attending to the need, Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan said that the State Peace and Development Coun-cil is implementing the border areas and national racesdevelopment plan, the 24 special regions plan and five

rural development tasks for equitable development ofall regions of the nation. Development of the plansreflect progress of the entire nation including borderareas.

He added that only when peace and stability andprevalence of law and order prevails, will the regiondevelop. Therefore, locals are to join hands with offi-cials for ensuring peace and stability of the respectiveregions. Likewise, service personnel are to undertake

YANGON, 23 June —Union Solidarity and De-velopment Associationconcluded its AdvancedManagement (Special)Course No 1 for execu-tives at USDA trainingschool in Hmawby Town-ship, Yangon Division,this morning.

Delivering the open-ing address at the cer-emony, Secretary-Generalof USDA U Htay Oo saidthat the USDA was formedwith youths, who willserve the national dutywith sincerity and energy,as the pillar. It is an hon-our to the association towitness its members tak-ing part in the endeavoursto ensure national stabil-ity and development dur-ing the 12 years. It willalways stand as the na-tional forces serving thecountry’s interest.

The national goal isthe emergence of a peace-ful modern developed anddiscipline-flourishing

Improvement of individual qualification will promoteUSDA’s collective strength

USDA concludes Advanced Management (Special) Course

democratic state. Themembers who are peoplewithin the people are join-ing hands with the publicto reach the goal accord-ing to correct and objec-tive programmes.

The country should bebuilt with true nationalstrengths — the govern-ment, the Tatmadaw andthe people. Our ThreeMain National Causes —

non-disintegration of theUnion, non-disintegrationof national solidarity andperpetuation of sover-eignty— has been laiddown as the nationalpolicy. The 12 objects arethe base to implement thenational policy. The re-sults for the three strengthshave produced soundfoundations for the nation.All the developments are

heading towards the goal— a peaceful modern de-veloped and discipline-flourishing democraticstate. The members do notemerge from a differentclass, but from within thepeople of all regions. Theyare to join the associationwith the noble mind to dis-charge the national duties

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Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than of Ministry of Defence meets departmental personnel and local people in Kyaukkyi. — MNA

USDA Secretary-General U Htay Oo speaking at closing ceremony ofAdvanced Management (Special) Course No 1. — MNA

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