Established 1914 - ibiblio · Established 1914 Volume XV, Number 130 11th Waxing of Wagaung 1369 ME Friday, 24 August, 2007 Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all

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11th Waxing of Wagaung 1369 ME Friday, 24 August, 2007Volume XV, Number 130

Emergence of the State Constitution is the duty of all citizens of Myanmar Naing-Ngan.Lt-Gen Kyaw Win of Ministry of Defence inspects construction of three-storey main building for University of Computer Studies in Lashio. — MNA

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Aug— Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace andDevelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to HisExcellency Mr Viktor Yushchenko, President of the Republic of Ukraine, on the occasion ofthe Independence Day of the Republic of Ukraine, which falls on 24 August 2007.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwefelicitates Ukrainian President

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Aug— General Soe Win, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has senta message of felicitations to His Excellency Mr Viktor Yanukovich, Prime Minister of the Republic ofUkraine, on the occasion of the Independence Day of the Republic of Ukraine, which falls on 24 August2007.—MNA

Prime Minister sendsfelicitations to Ukraine

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Aug— At the invitation of H.E. Mr Ratnasiri Wickramanayaka, Prime Ministerof the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka, Lt-Gen Thein Sein, Acting Prime Minister and Secretary-1of the State Peace and Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, and wife Daw Khin Khin Win willpay a goodwill visit to the Democratic Socialist Republic of Sri Lanka in the near future. —MNA

Acting Prime Minister and Secretary-1Lt-Gen Thein Sein to pay goodwill visit to Sri Lanka

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Aug — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Kyaw Winof the Ministry of Defence, accompanied by Chair-man of Shan State (North) PDC Commander ofNorth-East Command Maj-Gen Aung Than Htut,met departmental officials, local people and socialorganization members at Pyidaungsu Hall in Mongyaion 21 August.

Chairman of Mongyai Township PDC U

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects agricultural,construction tasks in Mongyai, Lashio

Myint Tin reported on social and economic develop-ment.

In his instructions, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win saidthat now, local people of Mongyai enjoy fruits ofsocial and economic development. Local people anddepartmental personnel are to participate in extendedcultivation of paddy, groundnut, physic nut, rubberand tea. The government has built Lashio University,Technological University and University of Compu-

ter Studies in Shan State (North). Service personnelare to discharge their duties conscientiously, he said.

In Manphyat Station, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win, thecommander and party presented gifts to servicemenand family members of the station. At Manpon high-land farmland reclamation camp of North-East Com-mand in Manpon Village, the commander presentedthe report on land reclamation tasks.

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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 DesireFriday, 24 August, 2007

Produce more farmmachinery to boostagricultural production

The State is striving for development

of other sectors of the economy based on

agriculture, especially for boosting produc-

tion in the agricultural sector by rendering

all necessary assistance.

Encouragement is being given for ex-

tension of virgin and vacant land, supply of

irrigation water and use of quality strains of

crops and modern cultivation methods. At

the same time, measures are being taken for

the establishment of industries producing

farm machinery in order to see the transi-

tion to mechanized farming.

Myanmar’s farm machinery facto-

ries are located in Ingone in Kyaukse Town-

ship, Mandalay Division, and in Ywathagyi

in Yangon Division. Moreover, an farm ma-

chinery assembling workshop and the main

factory have been established in Kyaiklo

Farm Machinery Industrial Zone and an-

other farm machinery factory in Mayangon

Township.

These factories and workshops are

producing Leya-16 power tillers, Leya-16

power tillers, other power tillers, harvesters,

combined thrashers, dryers, manual pumps

and other farm equipment.

At a time when the nation is in tran-

sition to mechanized farming, the agricul-

tural sector will improve only when quality

farm machinery and equipment are manu-

factured and most extensively put to use.

YANGON, 23 Aug — The15th Myanmar Tra-ditional Cultural Performing Arts Competitions 2007of Yangon North District took place at PinmaYandayataung Hall in Insein Township today.

It was attended by Chairman of Yangon Di-vision Peace and Development Council Commanderof Yangon Command Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win andwife Daw Mar Mar Wai.

Chairman of the Organizing Committee forCompetitions Chairman of Yangon North DistrictPeace and Development Council U Thein Naingopened the competitions and explained the arrange-ments made for the competitions.

After the opening, the commander and wifeDaw Mar Mar Wai presented cash and a flowerbasket to the artists who performed at the compe-titions. A total of 190 participants took part in thecompetitions.

MNA

Foreign Minister sendsfelicitations to Ukraine

NAY PYI TAW, 24 Aug— U Nyan Win,Minister for Foreign Affairs of the Union ofMyanmar, has sent a message of felicitations toHis Excellency Mr Arseniy Yatsenyuk, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Ukraine,on the occasion of the Independence Day of theRepublic of Ukraine, which falls on 24 August2007.

MNA

YANGON, 23 Aug — Yangon Division Wom-en’s Affairs Organization accepted membership ap-plications and held educative talks at No 1 BasicEducation Middle School in Dagon Township today.

Patron of Yangon Division WAO Daw MarMar Wai delivered an address and accepted 1,000applications of students of the school for member-ship of WAO.

Writer Ma Sandar gave talks on “WrongConcepts” and Dr Daw Lay Khaing on “Reproduc-tive Health and Women”. After the talks, Daw MarMar Wai presented gifts to the writers.

MNA

Yangon Division WAO holdseducative talks

Yangon North Districtorganizes Performing Arts

Competitions

YANGON, 23 Aug — Deputy Minister forProgress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs Col Tin Ngwe together withofficials heard reports on development tasks for2007-08 fiscal year, supply of water and arrange-ments for prevention of flood presented by offi-cials at the office of Kyaukse Township Develop-ment Affairs Committee on 18 August and gavenecessary instructions.

Next, the deputy minister inspected ZawgyiWater Plant No-1 and left the necessary instructions.

At Zeetaw Water Purifying Factory No-2,the deputy minister called on officials to conductchemical and biological experiments for safety ofwater. He also gave instructions on maintenance ofwater pumps.

Next, the deputy minister and party inspectedbuilding Padauk Road in Aye Mya Kyi Lin Wardand gave necessary instructions.

Later, they looked into progress of construc-tion of bridge on Kyaukhsaungon village-to-villageroad and urged officials to upgrade the village-to-village road.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Aug — Minister for Elec-tric Power No 2 Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint metManager Mr Zhang Zhenhua of Chengsha WeishengElectronics Co Ltd and party at the meeting hall ofthe ministry here yesterday.

Present also at the call were Managing Di-rector U Tin Aung of Electric Power Supply Enter-prise, Deputy Director-General U Saw Win of De-partment of Electric Power and officials.

MNA

Electric Power No 2Minister meetsChinese guests

Water supply anddevelopment tasks

supervised in Kyaukse

Daw Mar Mar Wai accepts membership

applications of students of No 1 BEMS

in Dagon Township.— MNA

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Chinese Vice- President Zeng Qinghong (R) meets with Afghan Foreign MinisterRangin Dadfar Spanta in Beijing, capital of China, on 22 Aug, 2007.—XINHUA

Paris Hilton arrives at a party celebrating the newmobile service Helio and benefiting Heal the Bayin West Hollywood, California. Diamond heiress-

actress Zeta Graff took Paris Hilton to court,claiming she spread ‘vicious lies’ about her to the

media in 2005.—INTERNET

Two Americans chargedwith 2004 Iraqi killings

SAN FRANCISCO, 22Aug—Two Americanswho served as Marines inFallujah, Iraq, in 2004 facecharges of killing threemen detained in the searchof a home in whichweapons were found, USofficials said on Monday.

The charges representthe latest in a series ofincidents in whichmembers of the US ArmedForces are alleged to havecommitted violent crimesin Iraq, actions that haveintensified internationalcriticism over the USinvasion.

Military prosecutorscharged Sergeant Jer-maine Nelson “for the

unlawful murder of anunknown foreign nationalin Fallujah in 9 November,2004,” a statement fromCamp Pendleton, north ofSan Diego, said.

Nelson’s squad leader,Jose Luis Nazario, alsofaces criminal charges, butsince he has left themilitary he was chargedwith voluntary man-slaughter by the USAttorney in Riverside,California.

Nazario and otherMarines detained fourmen while searching ahouse from which they hadearlier taken fire, accord-ing to the complaint filedwith the US District Court

in Central California.They also found AK-47rifles and ammunition.

“Nazario said that hewas asked ‘Are they deadyet?” to which Nazarioresponded ‘Negative,’”the complaint said,referring to a radioconversation. “Nazariosaid he was told to ‘Makeit happen.’”

The complaint saidNazario killed one of theunarmed men who waslying on his back on thefloor. “Who else wants tokill these guys, because Idon’t want to do it allmyself,” Nazario thensaid, according to thecharges.— MNA/Reuters

Police say seven members ofsame family killed in Iraq

BAGHDAD, 22 Aug—Gunmen killed sevenmembers of one family onTuesday near Latifiya, a

mostly Sunni Arab townin Iraq’s “Triangle ofDeath” south of Baghdad,police and an Interior

Ministry official said. But, as is often the case

in Iraq, officials wereunable to give a concertedaccount of what happened,disagreeing on how manywomen were among thevictims or to which reli-gious sect they belonged.A police captain in Lati-fiya, who asked not to benamed, said three womenand a 2-year-old girl werekilled and two womenwounded when gunmenstormed into a house inthe village of Muwelhanear Latifiya, 40 kilo-metres (25 miles) south ofBaghdad. Three men fromthe same family also died,he said. Colonel Abbas al-Jabouri, head of police inHilla, 100 kilometres (60miles) south of Baghdad,also said three women anda young girl were amongthe dead.— MNA/Reuters

US soldier dies in BaghdadBAGHDAD, 22 Aug—An American soldier died of

non-combat related cause in the Iraqi capital, the USmilitary said on Tuesday.

The incident occurred on Sunday, a military statementsaid without providing further details, adding that aninvestigation was underway.

The name of the soldier is being withheld pendingnotification of next of kin, it added.

The latest death brings the number of US soldierswho have been killed in Iraq to more than 3,705 sincethe Iraq war broke out in March 2003, according tomedia count based on Pentagon figures.—MNA/Xinhua

A bulldozer demolishes a house destroyed by quake in Ica, south Peru, on 21Aug, 2007. A quake measuring 7.5 on the Richter scale hit south Peru on 15Aug. The Peruvian government has planned to employ some 8,000 people toclear the rubble and reconstruct three of the worst-hit cities, namely Pisco,

Ica and Chincha, Peruvian President Alan Garcia has said. —XINHUA

Iran, IAEA agree ways to defuse atom suspicionsTEHERAN, 23 Aug —

Iran and the UNInternational AtomicEnergy Agency said onTuesday they had agreeda plan on how to helpdefuse Western suspicionsabout Teheran’s atomwork, a move hailed as a“milestone” by a seniorIAEA official.

After two days oftalks in Teheran, the twosides said they haddrawn up a timeline foranswering outstandingquestions about Iran’snuclear programme,which the West believesis aimed at building atomic

bombs. Iran insists itsplans are peaceful.

But the United States,leading efforts to isolateIran, has said Teheranmust both cooperate withthe UN inspectors and haltsensitive nuclear work, astep Iranian officials haverejected, if it wants toavoid a third round of UNsanctions.

“We have in front ofus an agreed work plan.We agreed on modalitieson how to implement it.We have a timeline for theimplementation,” IAEAdeputy director OlliHeinonen said after the

negotiations, which hedescribed as “good andconstructive”.

“I think this was animportant milestone,” hetold a Press conference.“But this process will takeits time.”

Iran agreed in June todraw up an action planwithin 60 days to grantmore access to its nuclearsites for inspectors of theVienna-based IAEA andclear up longstandingagency questions about thenature and scope of theprogramme.

The UN body haslong complained that Iran

has stonewalled itsinquiries into the mur-ky history and scopeof Teheran’s nuclearactivities and curbedinspector movements,preventing the agencyfrom giving Teheran aclean bill of health.

Heinonen said workwould start swiftly onimplementing Tuesday’sagreement, with activitieslater this month as well asin September and October.Details of the deal wouldbe included in a report forthe IAEA board by earlySeptember.

MNA/Reuters

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A strange-looking fish with crocodile jaws was caught in a lake in Anshan,Northeast China’s Liaoning Province, on 21 Aug, 2007.—INTERNET

A building collapsed after a suicide truck

bomber targeted a police agency in Beiji, 250

kilometres (155 miles) north of Baghdad,

Iraq, on 22 Aug, 2007.Officials say that at

least 27 died and 65 were wounded in the

incident. —INTERNET

In this photo released by China’s official Xinhuanews agency, a worker shows off the flower-shaped

gold and jade, gold and silver commemorativemedal in Beijing, China, on 21 Aug, 2007. The

flower-shaped gold and jade, gold and silvercommemorative medals, also known as ‘Olympic

Moon Cakes,’ under the authorization of theOrganizing Committee of the Beijing 2008

Olympic Games, have been issued.—XINHUA

KOLKATA (India), 22Aug— Fresh floods ineastern India andBangladesh have killedanother 80 people,including two men on amotorbike who wereelectrocuted when they hita cable in a flooded street,officials said on Tuesday.

Many victimsdrowned, died fromdiseases spread by dirtywater or were killed bysnakebites after the freshrains in a region alreadyexhausted by more than amonth of flood chaos.

More than 1,700Indians, Nepalis andBangladeshis have beenkilled in the last few weeks

KUALA LUMPUR, 22 Aug— Malaysia and ThailandTuesday signed a Memorandum of Understanding(MoU) on education as part of a broader effort by bothcountries to enhance cooperation and bilateral relations.

Malaysian Education Minister Hishammuddin TunHussein and his Thai counterpart Wichit Srisa-aninked the pact at a ceremony in Putrajaya, administrativecentre of Malaysia, witnessed by the prime ministersof both countries, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi andSurayud Chulanont.

The MoU focused on, among others, networkingbetween schools in Malaysia and Thailand, particularlythose in the southern provinces, covering aspects suchas religious education, curriculum as well as studentexchange and teacher training programmes, he said.

“We’ve agreed to accept some students fromsouthern Thailand to study in our schools and also forsome teachers from the area to be placed at our teachertraining institutes,” the national news agency Bernamaquoted Hishammuddin as saying.

Both countries would share information andexperience on the cluster school initiative and trainingfor school heads, he said.

Hishammuddin described the MoU as meaningfulto both the Malaysian and Thai leaderships.

MNA/Xinhua

JAKARTA, 22 Aug— A 28-year-old woman diedTuesday on the Indonesian resort island of Bali afterbeing treated for allegedly developing bird flusymptoms.

She used to work as chicken trader in Tabananregency. If confirmed, she could become the secondbird flu casualty on the island, following the death ofanother woman from Jembrana regency.

“She had developed clinical symptoms similar tothose of a woman who died of bird flu last week,” DrPutu Andrika with Bali’s Sanglah Hospital was quotedby leading news website Detikcom as saying.

MNA/Xinhua

SEOUL, 22 Aug—South Korea’s Tran-sportation Ministryordered Tuesday HyundaiMotor Co to recall 6,286Veracruz sport utilityvehicles (SUV) on SouthKorean market due to afault in engine pump that

CHETUMAL (Mexico), 22 Aug— Hurricane Deanflooded streets and toppled trees across Mexico’sYucatan Peninsula on Tuesday but it left famousCaribbean beach resorts mostly intact before takingaim at Gulf of Mexico oil platforms.

There were no early reports of deaths or seriousdamage in Mexico from the storm, a potentiallydisastrous Category 5 hurricane which lashed beachresorts on the “Mayan Riviera” where thousands oftourists had crammed into shelters.

“We escaped. It was very light,” said Miguel Cruz,29, a hotel receptionist in the resort of Playa delCarmen. Water surged down a main street at thighlevel in Chetumal, a city of about 150,000 people nearwhere Dean made landfall. Broken trees and streetlights lay strewn around.

Dean had killed 11 people elsewhere on its rampagethrough the Caribbean. It passed quickly over theYucatan and was downgraded to a Category 1 stormbut forecasters warned that roaring winds and rainswould likely pick up again as Dean headed towardMexico’s offshore oil platforms in the southern Gulf ofMexico. State oil company Pemex has closed andevacuated more than 400 oil and gas wells, meaninglost production of 2.65 million barrels of crude per day.

MNA/Reuters

S Korea orders Hyundai Motor torecall Veracruz SUVs

could cause a fire in caseof a head-on collision.

The ministry, whichsupervises the safety ofthe nation’s auto industry,also fined Hyundai Motor200 million won (212,089US dollars) for violatingsafety standards with thefault, in a rare penalty foran automaker’s recall.

“The problem withthe engine pump couldcause the engine to catchfire when the vehi-

c le’s front collides withan object,” said astatement of the min-istry.

According to thestatement, the recallapplies to Veracruzmodels built between 13January and 12 June thisyear. However, it is notclear whether theproblem also affectedVeracruz vehicles sold onoverseas markets.

MNA/Xinhua

Suspected bird flu patientdies in Indonesia

Giant Hurricane “Dean”swipes at Mexico, no dead

Malaysia, Thailand inkMoU on education

Fresh floods kill 80 morepeople in south Asia

of monsoon flooding.Hundreds of thousands

of people across the regionremain marooned orhomeless.

MNA/Reuters

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(from page 16)representatives-elect U Tin Win, U Thein Kyi, UHla Soe, U Mya Hlaing, U Kyi Win, and U TinTun Maung suggested that the points should beadopted as detailed basic principles.Therefore, in accord with the suggestions of the

Delegate Groups of the National Convention andmany delegates of these delegate groups, the points:

Regarding the designation of Nay Pyi Taw, theCapital of the State, as a Union territory:5. Designation of Union territories,

“(a)Nay Pyi Taw, the Capital of the Union, isdesignated as Union territory placed underdirect administration of the President ofthe Union,

(b) if need arises to designate areas that havespecial situation in connection with nationaldefence, security, administration andeconomy etc as Union territories they maybe so designated as Union territories afterenacting laws.” are adopted as detailedbasic principles.

Mr Chairman,At the plenary session held on 6 August 2007, the

Work Committee chairman said, “If you agree to myproposal of designating Nay Pyi Taw, the Capital ofthe Union of Myanmar, as a Union territory placedunder direct administration of the President, detailedbasic principles to be adopted for Nay Pyi Taw shouldbe the same, as that for Yangon Council”.

Therefore, discussions are to be held andsuggestions to be made to decide whether or not theterm “Yangon” prescribed in the detailed basicprinciples on administration of Capital Yangon, aUnion territory, prescribed in para 35 and the detailedbasic principles on designation of the status of theChairman and members of Yangon Council prescribedin para 36 of the detailed basic principles adopted atthe plenary session held from 28 to 30 March 1996,should be replaced with the term “Nay Pyi Taw”, andthe term “Chairman of Yangon Council” prescribed insub-para (c) 6 of para 16 of detailed basic principle forFormation of Financial Commission with the term“Chairman of Nay Pyi Taw Council”.

“It is no longer needed to prescribe the detailedbasic principles on administration of CocogyunTownship, a Union territory, prescribed in para 37, sothey will not be prescribed any longer”.

Presenting their opinions about the WorkCommittee chairman’s explanation,

—Delegate Group of peasants;—Delegate Group of national races;—Delegate Group of peasants;—Delegate Group of workers;—Delegate Group of intellectuals and intelligentsia;—Delegate Group of State service personnel;—Delegate Group of other invited persons;—the parties representing the Delegate Group of

political parties such as:—National Unity Party;—Union Pa-O National Organization ;—Shan State Kokang Democratic Party;—Mro or Khami National Solidarity Organization;—Lahu National Development Party;—Union Kayin League;—Kokang Democracy and Unity Party;—Wa National Development Party, and—three independent representatives-elect from the

Delegate Group of representatives-elect Dr HmuHtan, U Aung Thein and U Tun Kyaw and sixindependent representatives-elect from the

Delegate Group of representatives-elect U TinWin, U Thein Kyi, U Hla Soe, U Mya Hlaing, UKyi Win, and U Tin Tun Maung suggested that thepoints should be adopted as detailed basicprinciples.Therefore, in accord with the suggestions of the

Delegate Groups of the National Convention and manydelegates of these delegate groups, a detailed basicprinciple is adopted to replace the term “Yangon”prescribed in para 35 and para 36 of Formation ofExecutive with “Nay Pyi Taw”, and the term“Chairman of Yangon Council” prescribed in sub-para (c) 6 of para 16 of Formation of FinancialCommission, with the term “Chairman of Nay PyiTaw Council”, and to revoke para 37 of Formation ofExecutive.Mr Chairman,

At the plenary session held on 6 August 2007, theWork Committee chairman said, “The plenary sessionof the National Convention held on 12 December 2005laid down detailed basic principles for the sharing ofjudicial power. In this regard, sub-para 4 (a) of para 6says, “With regard to the judicial matter, YangonRegion High Court is the high court of the courtssituated in Yangon City and Cocogyun Township”.

As I have explained, after designating Capital NayPyi Taw as a Union territory and revoking thedesignation of Yangon and Cocogyun Township asUnion territories, it will need to amend the detailedbasic principle, as appropriate”.

“Therefore, I would like you to give advice andmake suggestions to determine whether or not sub-para 4 (a) of para 6 “With regard to the judicial matter,Yangon Region High Court is the high court of thecourts situated in Yangon City and CocogyunTownship” should be amended as “With regard to thejudicial matter, Mandalay Region High Court is thehigh court of the courts situated in Nay Pyi Taw”.


—Delegate Group of national races;—Delegate Group of peasants;—Delegate Group of workers;—Delegate Group of intellectuals and intelligentsia;—Delegate Group of State service personnel;—Delegate Group of other invited persons;—the parties representing the Delegate Group of

political parties such as:—National Unity Party;—Union Pa-O National Organization;—Shan State Kokang Democratic Party;—Mro or Khami National Solidarity Organization;—Lahu National Development Party;—Union Kayin League;—Kokang Democracy and Unity Party;—Wa National Development Party, and—three independent representatives-elect from the

Delegate Group of representatives-elect Dr HmuHtan, U Aung Thein and U Tun Kyaw and sixindependent representatives-elect from theDelegate Group of representatives-elect U TinWin, U Thein Kyi, U Hla Soe, U Mya Hlaing, UKyi Win, and U Tin Tun Maung suggested that thepoints should be adopted as detailed basicprinciples.Therefore, in accord with the suggestions of the

Delegate Groups of the National Convention and manydelegates of these delegate groups, the point:

“With regard to the judicial matter, MandalayRegion High Court is the high court of the courtssituated in Nay Pyi Taw” is adopted as detailed basicprinciple sub-para 4 (a) of para 6.Mr Chairman,

At the plenary session held on 6 August 2007, theWork Committee chairman said, “When detailed basic

principles were laid down according to the chapterheadings, the principles relevant to respective chapterswere transferred as the detailed basic principles. It isassumed that of the detailed basic principles transferredto respective chapters, some principles should continueto be prescribed in the Chapter “State FundamentalPrinciples” but some should not be done so.

I would also like to present the basic principles thatare no longer prescribed because they do not need to beprescribed as detailed basic principles. They are:

The principles transferred to the Chapter “TheHead of State”:

1. The Head of State is the President of the Union.2. The President of the Union shall be elected by

the presidential electoral college.The principles transferred to the Chapter

“Citizenship, Fundamental Rights and Duties ofCitizens”:

3. All persons who have either one of the followingrequirements are citizens of the Union ofMyanmar. All persons born of parents both ofwhom are nationals of the Union of Myanmar.Persons who are vested with citizenshipaccording to existing laws on the date thisConstitution comes into force. Citizenship,naturalization and revocation of citizenship shallbe prescribed by the law.

4. Every citizen is under a duty to uphold Non-disintegration of the Union, Non-disintegrationof national solidarity, and Perpetuation ofsovereignty.

5. Every citizen is under a duty to abide by theprovisions of the Constitution.

6. Every citizen is under a duty to undergo militarytraining in accord with the provisions of the lawand to serve in the armed forces to defend theState.

7. The above right shall not include any economic,financial, political or other secular activitiesthat may be associated with religious practice.

8. The freedom so guaranteed shall not prohibitthe State from enacting laws for the purpose ofsocial welfare and reform.

9. The State recognizes the special position ofBuddhism as the faith professed by the greatmajority of the citizens of the State.

10. The State also recognizes Christianity, Islam,Hinduism and Animism as religions existing inthe Union on the date of the coming into forceof the State Constitution.

11. The State shall render assistance and protect asfar as it can the religions it recognizes.

12. The abuse of religion for political purposes isforbidden. And any act which is intended or islikely to promote feelings of hatred, enmity ordiscord between racial or religious communitiesor sects is contrary to the State Constitution. Alaw may be adopted to punish such actions.

13. The State shall help national businessmen haveaccess to technologies, investments, machinery,and raw materials.

The principles transferred to the Chapter“General Provisions”:

14. Myanmar language is the official language.15. The State fundamental principles are the

guidelines to be followed by the legislativeHluttaws in enacting laws and interpretingprovisions of the State Constitution and ofother laws.

I consider that these detailed basic principles havebeen transferred to respective chapters, and they nolonger need to be mentioned in the Chapter “StateFundamental Principles”. Therefore, they are notprescribed”.

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(from page 5)Presenting their opinions about the Work

Committee chairman’s explanation,—Delegate Group of national races;—Delegate Group of peasants;—Delegate Group of workers;—Delegate Group of intellectuals and intelligentsia;—Delegate Group of State service personnel;—Delegate Group of other invited persons;—the parties representing the Delegate Group of

political parties such as:—National Unity Party;—Union Pa-O National Organization ;—Shan State Kokang Democratic Party;—Mro or Khami National Solidarity Organization;—Lahu National Development Party;—Union Kayin League;—Kokang Democracy and Unity Party;—Wa National Development Party, and—three representatives-elect from the Delegate

Group of representatives-elect Dr Hmu Htan, UAung Thein and U Tun Kyaw and sixrepresentatives-elect from the Delegate Group ofrepresentatives-elect U Tin Win, U Thein Kyi, UHla Soe, U Mya Hlaing, U Kyi Win, and U TinTun Maung suggested that the points should nolonger be prescribed.Therefore, in accord with the suggestions of the

Delegate Groups of the National Convention and manydelegates of these delegate groups, the points:

“1. The Head of State is the President of the Union.2. The President of the Union shall be elected by

the presidential electoral college.3. All persons who have either one of the following

requirements are citizens of the Union ofMyanmar. All persons born of parents both ofwhom are nationals of the Union of Myanmar.Persons who are vested with citizenshipaccording to existing laws on the date thisConstitution comes into force. Citizenship,naturalization and revocation of citizenship shallbe prescribed by the law.

4. Every citizen is under a duty to uphold Non-disintegration of the Union; Non-disintegrationof national solidarity; and Perpetuation ofsovereignty.

5. Every citizen is under a duty to abide by theprovisions of the Constitution.

6. Every citizen is under a duty to undergo militarytraining in accord with the provisions of the lawand to serve in the armed forces to defend theState.

7. The above right shall not include any economic,financial, political or other secular activitiesthat may be associated with religious practice

8. The freedom so guaranteed shall not prohibitthe State from enacting laws for the purpose ofsocial welfare and reform.

9. The State recognizes the special position ofBuddhism as the faith professed by the greatmajority of the citizens of the State.

10. The State also recognizes Christianity, Islam,Hinduism and Animism as religions existing inthe Union on the date of the coming into forceof the State Constitution.

11. The State shall render assistance and protect asfar as it can the religions it recognizes.

12. The abuse of religion for political purposes isforbidden. And any act which is intended or islikely to promote feelings of hatred, enmity ordiscord between racial or religious communities

or sects is contrary to the State Constitution. Alaw may be adopted to punish such actions.

13. The State shall help national businessmen haveaccess to technologies, investments, machinery,and raw materials.

14. Myanmar language is the official language.15. The State fundamental principles are the

guidelines to be followed by the legislativeHluttaws in enacting laws and interpretingprovisions of the State Constitution and ofother laws“ have been transferred to relevantchapters. So, these points are no longer containedin the Chapter “State Fundamental Principles”.

Mr Chairman,At the plenary session held on 6 August 2007, the

Work Committee chairman said, “The plenary sessionof the National Convention held on 3 March 2005 laiddown detailed basic principles for the sharing oflegislative power. In this regard, para 15, sub-para 5says, “The existing laws are still in force until they arerevoked or amended by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw, andunless they are in contrary to the Constitution”.

The plenary session of the National Conventionheld on 2 August 2007 adopted detailed basic principlesfor the Chapter “Transitory Provisions”. In this regard,para 5 says, “The existing laws are still in force until theyare revoked or amended by the Pyidaungsu Hluttaw,and unless they are in contrary to the Constitution”.

The two detailed basic principles are exactly thesame, in word and in essence. I consider that it is moreappropriate that the detailed basic principle should beprescribed in the Chapter “Transitory Provisions”. Inthe 1947 Constitution, Section 226, sub-section 1,which is similar to the detailed basic principle inmeaning is prescribed in the Chapter “TransitoryProvisions”.

Therefore, I would say detailed basic principlepara 15, sub-para 5 in the sharing of legislative powerno longer needs to be prescribed, and it will be revoked”.




Delegate Group of representatives-elect Dr HmuHtan, U Aung Thein and U Tun Kyaw and sixindependent representatives-elect from the DelegateGroup of representatives-elect U Tin Win, U TheinKyi, U Hla Soe, U Mya Hlaing, U Kyi Win, and UTin Tun Maung suggested that the points should beadopted as detailed basic principles.Therefore, in accord with the suggestions of the

Delegate Groups of the National Convention and manydelegates of these delegate groups, the point:

“Detailed basic principle para 15, sub-para 5 inthe sharing of legislative power” is revoked.Mr Chairman,

At the plenary session held on 6 August 2007, theWork Committee chairman said, “If the NationalConvention approves and adopts the detailed basicprinciples I have presented, it will successfully complete

the adopting of basic principles and detailed basicprinciples of the 15 chapters to be included in the StateConstitution. When the National Convention completessuccessfully, it will need to implement the second stepand third step of the State’s seven-step Road Map“After the successful holding of the NationalConvention, step by step implementation of the processnecessary for the emergence of a genuine anddisciplined democratic system” and “Drafting of a newconstitution in accord with basic principles and detailedbasic principles laid down by the National Convention”.

In drafting the State Constitution in accord withthe basic principles and detailed basic principles theNational Convention has adopted, necessaryamendments should be made to the terms, dictationand word orders without having any adverse effects tothe aims and essence of the basic principles and detailedbasic principles”.

“In conclusion, I would like to seek the approval ofthe NC to make necessary amendments to the terms,dictation and word orders without having any adverseeffects to the aims and essence of the basic principlesand detailed basic principles adopted according to theminutes of the NC in drafting the State Constitution”.




Delegate Group of representatives-elect Dr HmuHtan, U Aung Thein and U Tun Kyaw and sixindependent representatives-elect from theDelegate Group of representatives-elect U TinWin, U Thein Kyi, U Hla Soe, U Mya Hlaing, UKyi Win, and U Tin Tun Maung expressed theirsupport.Furthermore, the panel of alternate chairmen of

the National Convention plenary session citing thecollection of the panel of chairmen presented that theWork Committee will have to carry on as approved bythe National Convention.

Therefore, in accord with the suggestions of theDelegate Groups of the National Convention and manydelegates of these delegate groups, the expression theNational Convention said:

“as approved by the National Convention, wewill have to make necessary amendments to theterms, dictation and word orders without havingany adverse effects to the aims and essence of thebasic principles and detailed basic principlesadopted according to the minutes of the NC indrafting the State Constitution” is put on record.Mr Chairman,

At the plenary session held on 6 August 2007, theWork Committee chairman explained the basicprinciples and detailed basic principles that should beamended, added or repealed. In that regard, the DelegateGroup of National Races made a separate suggestion.

The group said, “Sub-para (a) para 19 of GeneralProvisions states as follows:

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(from page 6)(a) A member of the Constitutional Tribunal can

be blamed or impeached under any of thefollowing reasons:

(1) treason;(2) violation of any of the provisions of the

Constitution;(3) misbehaviour;(4) incapability of discharging duties prescribed

in the State Constitution for a member of theConstitutional Tribunal;

(5) inefficient discharge of duties;There are similar detailed basic principles to

impeach the Chairman of the Union ElectionCommission or one of the members in accord with theabove-mentioned five points.

Only the first to fourth detailed principles arestipulated for the impeachment of the President, or theVice-President, a Union Minister, the Attorney-Generalof the Union, the Auditor-General of the Union, Regionor State Chief Minister or any of the ministers, theChief Justice of the Union or any of the judges of theSupreme Court or a Chief Justice or any of the judgesof the Region or State High Court State.

To have a contextual uniformity and to preventoccurrence of disputes in the future, the detailed basicprinciples concerning the impeachment should alwaysbe five points for every matter.

It can be assumed that the expression “inefficientdischarge of duties” is so general that there is nospecification of the person concerned or the duty. Itwill be more appropriate if the said expression shouldbe substituted with the expression “inefficientdischarge of duties assigned to him in accord withthe law”.

In our view, the point “inefficient discharge ofduties assigned to him in accord with the law”should be added as detailed basic principle 5 afterdetailed basic principle 4 concerning the impeachment.Concerning the impeachment of a member of theConstitutional Tribunal or Chairman of the UnionElection Commission or one of the members, theexpression of the point 5 “inefficient discharge ofduties” should be substituted with the expression“inefficient discharge of duties assigned to him inaccord with the law”.

The expressions are prescribed in accord with thesuggestion, all detailed basic principles on impeachmentwill be same and more specific in meaning. Similarly,the expression “inefficient discharge of duties”prescribed in para 6, sub-para 5 in Chapter “Election”should also be amended as mentioned above. Onlywhen will there be contextual uniformity in the StateConstitution.

The suggestion conforms with the already-adoptedprinciples, so it deserves serious consideration. As towhether the suggestion should be adopted as a detailedbasic principle or not, the National ConventionConvening Work Committee consulted with themembers of the panel of chairmen. Then, the members

of the panel of chairmen held discussions withrespective delegates, and submitted the opinions of thedelegate groups to the Work Committee by letter. Alldelegate groups suggested that the expressions shouldbe amended in accord with the suggestion.

So, according to the suggestions of many delegates,“impeachment of the President or the Vice-

President prescribed in sub-para (a) 5 of para 16,— impeachment of a Union minister prescribed in

sub-para (a) 5 of para 4,—impeachment of the Union Chief Justice prescribed

in sub-para (a) 5 of para 8,—impeachment of Union Auditor-General

prescribed in sub-para (a) 5 of para 14,—impeachment of the Chief Minister of Region or

State prescribed in sub-para (a) 5 of para 23,—impeachment of Union Chief Justice or a justice

of Union Supreme Court prescribed in sub-para(a) 5 of para 4, and sub-para (a) 5 of para 5,

—impeachment of the chief justice or a judge ofRegion or State High Court prescribed in sub-para(a) 5 of para 12, and sub-para (a) 5 of para 13,

— impeachment of the chairman or a member of theConstitutional Tribunal prescribed in sub-para (a)5 of para 19,

—impeachment of the chairman or a member of theUnion Election Commission prescribed in sub-para (a) 5 of para 10, and

—recalling the duties of a Hluttaw member prescribedin sub-para 5 of para 6 are amended as:“inefficient discharge of duties assigned to him

in accord with the law”.Mr Chairman,

To ensure that the adopted detailed basic principlesare clearer and more comprehensible, and the StateConstitution is drafted more precisely and clearly, theWork Committee evaluated the adopted basic principlesand detailed basic principles. In that regard, para 18 onformation of courts at different levels under Region orState High Court prescribed in the formation of judiciaryand sub-para (a) of para 19 on appointment of justices,giving them judicial powers, and prescribing duties,rights and privileges state the expression “under theHigh Court of the Region or State”.

Legally, the scope of the term “under supervision”is wider than that of the term “under” in terms ofmeaning. Therefore, in meeting with the members ofthe panel of chairmen, the Work Committee presentedthat the word “under” should be replaced with theexpression “under supervision”. Then, the members ofthe panel of chairmen held discussions with respectivedelegates, and submitted the opinions of the delegategroups to the Work Committee by letter. All delegategroups suggested that the expression should be amendedin accord with the suggestion.

Thus, according to the suggestions of the delegategroups and many delegates:

Para 18 is amended as “In connection withformation of various levels of courts under thesupervision of the High Court of the Region orState:

“Under the supervision of the High Court of theRegion or State, there are the following levels of

courts”, andSub-para (a) of para 19 as: “appointing judges at

various levels of courts under the supervision of theHigh Court of the Region or State, giving themjudicial powers and prescribing their duties, rightsand privileges shall be in accord with law”.Mr Chairman,

The National Convention adopted detailed basicprinciples for prescribing self-administered areas. Inthat regard, one of the detailed basic principle says, “togroup together Hopang, Mongmao, Panwaing,Narphan, Manphant and Panyang Townships— sixtownships in Shan State into two districts and prescribeit Pa-O Self-Administered Zone”.

Under the Notification dated 30-7-2002, theMinistry of Home Affairs renamed two townships inWa Self-Administered Division: Manphant Townshipas Panhsan (Pankham) Township, and PangyanTownship, as Metman Township.

So, I will use new names to mention such townshipsin presenting the basic principles and detailed basicprinciples as a whole.Mr Chairman,

Now, I have presented the basic principles anddetailed basic principles the Work Committee hasadopted. The State Constitution will be drafted basedon these principles.

Binding methods and follow-up methods are statedas exceptions for the convenience of the NationalConvention in adopting the basic principles and detailedbasic principles. Moreover, the matters to be carriedout forthwith by the National Convention are prescribed.

The National Convention has carried out thesematters, so they no longer need to be mentioned.

Now, the National Convention has successfullyadopted the basic principles and detailed basic principlesto be included in the State Constitution, so I considerthat there is no need to mention the points I havepresented.

To ensure that the basic principles and detailedbasic principles are clear and simple and the mattersare notable, the exceptions and the matters to be carriedout forthwith by the National Convention are no longerprescribed. They are:

1. Sub-para 5 of para (h) of Chapter “StateFundamental Principles” and explanations prescribedat the end of that chapter,

2. Detailed Basic Principles from 1 to 5 of Chapter“The State” have been transferred to the basic principlesrelated to the State in the Chapter “State FundamentalPrinciples”. Paras from 1 to 5 and explanations,

3. Explanations in the Chapter “The StateStructure”,

4. Explanations in the Chapter “The Head ofState”,

5. Sub-paras 5 and 6 of para (d) in the Chapter“State Fundamental Principles”,

6. In accord with the methods to be implementedforthwith by the National Convention to delineate self-administered divisions and zones, the NationalConvention has delineated one self-administered divisionand five self-administered zones. paras from (a) to (d) onmethods to delineate self-administered zones,

7. Para 34 (n) of Formation of Executive.Mr Chairman and delegates,

Now, the National Convention has successfullyadopted the Basic Principles and Detailed BasicPrinciples to be included in the State Constitution. Inconclusion, I have to express my sincere thanks to thedelegates for holding discussions actively and makingpositive suggestions throughout the NationalConvention being held for emergence of an enduringState Constitution. And I recognize and am proud oftheir collective efforts to complete the NationalConvention successfully.—MNA


Legally, the scope of the term “under supervision” is wider than that of theterm “under” in terms of meaning. Therefore, in meeting with the members ofthe panel of chairmen, the Work Committee presented that the word “under”should be replaced with the expression “under supervision”. Then, the membersof the panel of chairmen held discussions with respective delegates, and submittedthe opinions of the delegate groups to the Work Committee by letter. All delegategroups suggested that the expression should be amended in accord with thesuggestion.

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(from page 1)At the camp, 85 acres of land has been reclaimed

as farmland and 14 acres as crop land. The plan is underway to reclaim 53 acres of land as farmland in 2007.

At Mongyai Station, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win metservicemen and family members and attended to theirneeds. Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspected the groundnut modelfarm in Hoya Village of the township and fulfilled therequirements of cultivation task.

At Nampaung Station, they met servicemen andfamily members and gave gifts to them.

At the construction site of University of Compu-ter Studies in Lashio, Acting Rector Dr Daw Nan Nan Soeand officials reported on construction of the three-storeymain building. The commander gave a supplementaryreport. Next, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspected progress ofconstruction task.

At Lashio University, they met faculty mem-bers. Pro-Rector Dr Khin Maung Oo and Rector U PeThaung submitted reports on academic and managementmatters and construction tasks. After attending to theneeds, Lt-Gen Kyaw Win cordially greeted the facultymembers. — MNA

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects …

YANGON, 23 Aug — A total of 43 members including U Maung Aye, UChan Aye, U Hla Hsan, U Phoe Aung Tin, U Robert, U Tun Nyein, U Saw KyarHtoo, U Saw Tin Shwe, U Naw Shwe Yin, U Maung Kan Aye, Daw Ma Ngwe,U Shwe Lay and U Ma Haw of Labutta Township National League forDemocracy resigned from the party of their own volition, sending their resignationletters to NLD Headquarters and local authorities on 13 August.

In their resignation letters sent to Labutta Township Multi-partyDemocracy General Election Subcommission, they said that they weredisagreeable to NLD’s acts and lost confidence in the party and its leaders. Thatwas why they resigned from the party of their own volition, they said. — MNA

NLD’s acts are disagreeableNo confidence in NLD party and leaders

43 members of LabuttaTownship NLD quit

Seminar on earthquake warning system in progress. — MNA

Reclamation for high land cultivation of North-East Command. — MNA

Managing Director of Union of Myanmar Economic Holdings Ltd Maj-Gen Win Than and party attend 23rd Gems and Jade Sales for 2007.(News on Page 16)— MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Aug — TheDepartment of Meteorology andHydrology and Japan InternationalCooperation Agency-JICA jointlyorganized the seminar on earthquakewarning system at the Ministry ofTransport, here, this morning.

Director-General U Tun Lwinof the department explainedimplementation of the seismographnetwork system in Myanmar and tsunami

Seminar on earthquake warningsystem organized

system.Earthquake experts Dr Hiroshi

Inoue and Dr Ken Sudo explainedmeasurement of earthquake andassessment on Richter Scales.

The Department of Meteorologyand Hydrology is joining hands withJICA to establish a seismograph network,upgrading of seismographic task andsetting up of the seismographic recordcentre. —MNA

Top US commander in Iraq to testify before CongressWASHINGTON, 23

Aug — The top UScommander in Iraq,General David Petraeus,and US Ambassador RyanCrocker will testify beforeCongress in September onthe situation in Iraq, theWhite House saidMonday.

Their testimonies

would come before theWhi te House i srequired by Congress tosubmi t a secondassessment report onPresident George WBush’s troop-increases t ra tegy by 15September , nat ionalsecur i ty spokesmanGordon Johndroe said

aboard Air Force One,US media reported.

The report is to beprepared by Petraeus andCrocker.

Johndroe saidPetraeus and Crockermight testify on 11 and 12September in openhearings.

MNA/Xinhua

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Prizes presented to outstanding studentsof Rail Transportation Ministry

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Aug — A ceremony to presentprizes to outstanding students of staff for 2006-07academic year was held at the Ministry of RailTransportation, here, this morning.

Minister for Rail Transportation Maj-Gen AungMin presented prizes to three six-distinction winningstudents.

Deputy Ministers Thura U Thaung Lwin andU Pe Than gave prizes to other outstanding students.

A total of 578 students of the staff of the ministrypassed the matriculation examination for 2007.

MNA

YANGON, 23 Aug —The final events of MonState Peace andDevelopment CouncilChairman’s Shield Men’sand Women’s SepakTakraw Tournament washeld in conjunction withthe prize awardingceremony at the sports hall

Mon State PDC Chairman’s ShieldMen’s and Women’s Sepak Takraw

Tournament concludesof Mon State on 15August.

Among the spectatorswere Chairman of MonState PDC Commander ofSouth-East Command Maj-Gen Thet Naing Win,Secretary U Aung Win andmembers, departmentalofficials, members of social

organizations and fans.Mudon Township

grabbed up titles in thewomen’s Double Reguand Regu events.Mawlamyine sealed titlesin the men’s Double Reguand Regu events. Thechairman presented prizesto winning teams. — MNA

Traffic Rules Enforcement SupervisoryCommittee holds 125th meeting

YANGON, 23 Aug —Traffic Rules Enforce-ment SupervisoryCommittee held its 125thmeeting at Wireless andTraffic Police ForceOffice in PazundaungTownship this afternoon.

The meeting wasopened with an address by

Chairman of the CommitteeDeputy Commander ofYangon Command Brig-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Tun.

At the meeting, JointSecretary of the committeePolice Lt-Col Aung Naingreported on undertakingsfor resolutions of theprevious meeting and

traffic rules enforcementactivities in July andAugust. Participants of themeeting discussed mattersrelated to traffic rulesenforcement.

The meeting endedwith concluding remarksby Brig-Gen Kyaw KyawTun. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Aug— Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-GenHtay Oo received 14-member Thai delegationincluding Dr NantawanSarobol, Leader of Soya-bean Research Project

A&I Minister receives Thai delegation

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo receives Thai delegation in Nay Pyi Taw. — A & I

between Myanmar andThailand, and ResearchDirector Professor DrSanthad Rojanasoonthonled by Professor Dr SarunW a t t a n u t c h a r i y a ,Chairman of Agriculturaland Biotechnological

Committee of NationalResearch Council ofThailand at the minister’soffice here on 21 August.

Present also at the callwere the directors-generaland the managing directorsof the ministry. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Aung Min presentsaward to a six-distinction winner.

MNA

Deputy Commander Brig-Gen Kyaw Kyaw Tun delivers an address at 125thmeeting of Traffic Rules Enforcement Supervisory Committee. — MNA Medical

Superinten-dent ofYangon

Children’sHospital UAung Kyi

Win acceptsK 1.7

milliondonated by

FamilyBusinessGroup

Thursday. NLM

Ministry of Sports stands third in 1st Nay Pyi TawInter-Ministry Football Tournament

NAY PYI TAW, 23 Aug— The Ministry of Financeand Revenue played againstthe Ministry of Sports forthe third place of the 1st NayPyi Taw Inter-MinistryFootball Tournament for2007, jointly organized byMinistry of Sports andMyanmar FootballFederation this evening.

The match was held at

the Paunglaung Sportground in Nay Pyi TawPyinmana.

The Ministry of Sportsbeat the Ministry of Financeand Revenue 5-2.

Among the spectatorswere Chairman of MyanmarOlympic CommitteeMinister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint,heads of department,

officials of MyanmarOlympic Committee andMFF, service personnel andsports fans.

On 24 August, the finalmatch between the Ministryof Communications, Postsand Telegraphs and theMinistry of Commerce willbe held at No 1 Nay PyiTaw Sports Ground.

MNA

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Two women look at the destruction caused by Hurricane Dean in their house

in the town of Mahahual, 80 km from Chetumal, after authorities allowed

residents to go back for their belongings. —INTERNET

A model shows off a dog in a designer outfitduring the 2007 Pet Fashion Week NY dog runway

fashion show on 19 Aug. —INTERNET

A man collects water at a flooded street afterTropical Storm Sepat hits Yongxing county,

central China’s Hunan Province,on 22 Aug, 2007. —INTERNET

BAGHDAD, 22 Aug— At least two people were killedand four others injured in a roadside bomb explosionnear minibus in eastern Baghdad on Tuesday, whilemortar rounds struck the US-controlled Green Zone,an Interior Ministry source said.

“A roadside bomb went off at noon near a minibuscarrying passengers in Baghdad’s al-Jadidaneighbourhood, killing at least two people andwounding four others,” the source told Xinhua oncondition of anonymity.

Earlier in the day, several mortar rounds landed onthe heavily fortified Green Zone, which houses theIraqi Government offices and foreign embassies,including the US Embassy, the source added.

It was not known whether there was any casualty orwhere exactly the rounds landed, he said.

The US-controlled Green Zone is a vast area incentral Baghdad on the west bank of the Tigris Riverthat bisect the Iraqi capital.

In addition, a roadside bomb detonated near a USpatrol in Baghdad’s northern district of Kadhimiyah,according to the source.

There was no word on casualties among the USsoldiers as the troops immediately cordoned off thescene, he added. — MNA/Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, 22 Aug— Pakistani authorities havedetected an outbreak of the H5N1 strain of bird flu ata poultry farm in a northwestern town and have culledmore than 35,000 birds, a government official said onTuesday.

Several outbreaks of H5N1 strain of avian influenzahave been found in birds this year in Pakistan, wherethe virus first appeared in early 2006. Pakistan has hadno human cases.

The new outbreak was found in late July at a bigfarm in Mansehra Town, 80 kilometres (50 miles)north of the capital, Islamabad.

“Samples were tested after reports of the death ofabout 14,000 chickens,” said Food and AgricultureMinistry official, Rafiq-ul-Hassan Usmani.

“The remaining 35,000 birds were culled after thesamples tested positive,” he said.

MNA/Reuters

CAPE CANAVERAL, 22Aug— The US spaceshuttle Endeavour endeda 13-day spaceflight onTuesday, apparently un-scathed during its super-sonic descent through theatmosphere despite asmall tear in its heat shield.

The shuttle, with agouge in its protectivebelly tiles caused by apiece of foam insulationthat broke off duringlaunch, returned to theKennedy Space Centre inFlorida a day earlier thanplanned because of thethreat that Hurricane Deancould force the evacuation

TEHERAN, 22 Aug—Iranian President Mah-moud Ahmadinejad lefthere Tuesday morning forBaku on a two-day visit toneighbouring Azerbaijan.

Before his departure,Ahmadinejad told repor-ters that during the visitthe two sides will discussbilateral cooperation,especially the economiccooperation in the fieldsof gas and energy, Cus-toms and investments.

He described theTeheran-Baku relations as

Iran’s President heads forAzerbaijan for 2-day visit

“deep, cordial andlasting,” saying that thetwo countries “sharecommon culture, religionand history.”

Promotion of bilateralties with neighbouringcountries is one of Iran’stop priorities, stressed thePresident.

While in Baku,President Ahmadinejad isscheduled to meet andhold talks with hisAzerbaijani counterpartIlham Aliyev on bilateralties and regional issues,

said the official IRNAnews agency.

The two presidents arealso expected to signagreements for bilateralcooperation and then holda joint Press conference,IRNA added.

Iranian ForeignMinister ManouchehrMottaki and Ahma-dinejad’s top adviserMojtaba Samareh Hashe-mi are among seniorofficials accompanyingthe President in the two-day visit. — MNA/Xinhua

Space shuttle “Endeavour” landssafely in Florida

of its Houston controlcentre.

The damaged tileproved no problem duringthe return to Earth and thestorm ended up veeringsouth, striking Mexico.

Having already de-parted from the Inter-national Space Station,where Endeavour and itscrew had spent nine daysinstalling new com-ponents and deliveringsupplies, NASA decidedto proceed with thelanding, pending goodweather in Florida.

The skies were partlycloudy but calm as shuttle

commander Scott Kellytook control of the 100-tonne spaceship during thefinal approach to theshuttle’s home port.

He gently nosedEndeavour onto a three-mile (4.8-kilometre),canal-lined runway at12:32 pm EDT/1632GMT just a short distancefrom the seaside launchpad where the shuttle’sjourney began on 8August.

“It’s just a beautifulsight to see an orbiter comehome to Florida,” said

shuttle launch directorMike Leinbach.

About an hour aftertouchdown, five ofEndeavour’s six astro-nauts walked out of aspecially equipped van onthe runway where they hadgone for initial medicalchecks.

Teacher-turned-as-tronaut Barbara Morgan,who trained as the backupto teacher Christa Mc-Auliffe for the ill-fatedChallenger shuttlemission in 1986, stayedaboard. — MNA/Reuters

Roadside bomb kills two, injuresfour in Baghdad Green Zone

Pakistan culls chickensafter H5N1 bird flu found

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Japanese PM visitsIndia, eyeing trade

NEW DELHI, 22 Aug—Japan’s Prime MinisterShinzo Abe arrived inIndia on Tuesday for ahigh-profile visit to Indiawith around 200 businessexecutives in a trip design-ed to boost trade with abooming economy andcounterbalance China.

Trade between Asia’slargest and third-largesteconomies has failed tofulfil its potential as Japanfocused on China andSoutheast Asia, but Indiangovernment officialspredict it could double to

around 14 billion USdollars by 2012.

The two countries arealso seeking to act as acounterweight to China'sgrowing economic anddiplomatic might in Asiaby building closer eco-nomic ties. India, growingat around 9 per cent a year,also desperately needsnew infrastructure invest-ments.

“Neither Japan nor Indiahas a desire to containChina,” C Raja Mohan,professor at NanyangTechnological University

in Singapore, wrote in theIndian Express.

“Yet a much largerchallenge confrontsTokyo and New Delhi.

Will they accept asubordinate status in aSino-centric order that hasbegun to emerge in Asia?Or will Tokyo and NewDelhi persist with theconstruction of a multi-polar Asia?”

India’s Foreign Sec-retary Shiv ShankarMenon warned on Mon-day against a “zero sumgame” with China — acountry heading towardsbeing India’s biggesttrade partner. He addedthat relations with Japancould not come at thecost of China, and vice-versa.

MNA/Reuters

No new British N-power plantslikely before 2020

GCC to launch pan-Gulf mailtransportation company

ABU DHABI, 22 Aug—The Gulf CooperationCouncil (GCC) will launch a pan-Gulf mailtransportation company to carry postal mails andcouriers across the GCC region, local newspaper GulfNews reported on Tuesday.

“GCC postal managements drew closer toestablishing a pan-GCC mail transportation companyfollowing a second meeting of a special committeeof representatives from GCC postal administrations,”the report quoted a statement by Emirates Post ofthe United Arab Emirates (UAE) as saying.

The committee took stock of the progress madeso far and agreed on the framework of the financialand operations model for the proposed company ata workshop held in Dubai on Monday.

The committee also completed thedocumentation for the second phase of the projectand agreed on the model to be adopted.

“The meeting helped tie loose ends and moveahead for implementing the ambitious new projectthat will streamline and speed up mail transportationwithin the region,” Emirates Post’s director-generalAbdullah Al Daboos said.

MNA/Xinhua

Denmark cuts income taxes as election looms

Russian President Vladimir Putin (R Front) looks at the model of aUkrainian plane during the 8th Russian International Aviation and SpaceExhibition in Zhukovsky on the outskirts of Moscow, on 21 Aug, 2007. The

exhibition kicked off in Zhukovsky on Tuesday. —XINHUA

LONDON, 22 Aug–Nonuclear power plants arelikely to be built in Britainbefore 2020, if they arebuilt at all, which will betoo late to fill the country’s

looming power generationgap, according to a reportpublished on Monday.

The British Governmentwants the private sector tobuild new nuclear power

plants to replace thecountry’s ageing reactorsand plug a generationshortfall left by the closureof coal-fired power plantsunder European environ-ment laws.

But the report by PoyryEnergy Consulting saysthe commercial case forbuilding new nuclearplants is shaky and thatnone will be built withouta higher long-term carbonprice than that set by thecurrent European UnionEmissions TradingScheme (ETS).

“Despite the rhetoric, itis difficult to see muchnew nuclear capacitycoming into the marketbefore 2020,” Poyrydirector Andrew Nindsaid.— MNA/Reuters

A photographer takes a photo of a Sharp LCD TV at a news conference inTokyo on 22 Aug, 2007. Sharp said it has developed the world’s thinnest and

lightest LCD TVs with enhanced picture quality, in a pre-emptive move beforethe release of organic light-emitting diode TVs, known for their thin displays

and crisp images.—INTERNET

COPENHAGEN, 22 Aug—Denmark’s Governmentunveiled 10 billion crowns

(1.81 billion US dollars)of tax cuts for theemployed on Tuesday tocapitalize on a strongeconomy and help set thestage for a possible earlyelection later this year.

The cuts will largely befinanced by inflation-indexed environmentaltaxes on energy, DanishPrime Minister AndersFogh Rasmussen told anews conference.

The centre-right gov-ernment hopes that thepackage will entice moreDanes to join the work-force that is strained byjobless levels at more-than-30-year lows.

Rasmussen and hisfinance and economicaffairs ministers alsopresented a plan for 50billion crowns of in-creased public spendingover 10 years to improvethe quality of welfare,saying Denmark hadthe necessary financialmuscle.

“We are one of theworld’s richest societiesand should also have awelfare system of thehighest quality,” Ras-mussen said.

Business daily Borsenwrote before the offici-al announcement that600,000 working Danes

or about 11 per cent ofthe population, willbenefit from the cutswhich will raise themarginal tax rate thre-sholds and boost de-ductions for both high-and low-income workersin 2008 and 2009.

Denmark is one of theworld’s most highly-taxedcountries as a percentageof the total economy,according to the Organi-zation for Economic Co-operation and Develop-ment, but the country’scradle-to-grave welfaresystem offers free healthcare and schooling.

MNA/ReutersThe 1 millionth Chery car rolls off the production line at the company’s

headquarters yesterday in Wuhu, East China’s Anhui Province. —XINHUA

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV XIN TONG YU 108 VOY NO (712)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV XIN TONGYU 108 VOY NO (712) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 24.8.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of Asia World Port Termi-nal where it will lie at the consignee’s risk and expensesand subject to the byelaws and conditions of the Port ofYangon.

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: J.RUI LUCKY SHIPPING H.KCO., LTD

Phone No: 256924/256914

Bolivia’s Morales donatespay to Peru quake victims

EU gives $2.7m to relieve Sudan floods

LA PAZ, 22 Aug—Bolivian President EvoMorales said on Mondayhe and his Cabinet willdonate part of their pay tofamilies left homeless bythe devastating earthquakethat rocked neighbouringPeru last week killing over500 people.

“Peru has always shownsolidarity toward us, andthe first contribution I’dlike to announce is thatthe President and Vice-President will donate 50per cent of their salaries,”Morales told a news con-ference in La Paz.

Leftist leader Morales,the Andean country’s firstIndian president, said all

ministers and deputyministers will donate 25per cent of this month’ssalaries and invited allBolivians to contribute toemergency funds.

Wednesday’s 8.0magnitude quake devas-tated several cities onPeru’s central-Pacificcoast, and getting emer-gency supplies to tens ofthousands of people lefthomeless has become alogistical nightmare forthe Peruvian Government.

Argentina and otherLatin American countrieshave sent aircraft full ofmedicines, food, water,tents, clothes and blanketsto Peru.—MNA/Reuters

INVITATION TO TENDER(Tender No. 7(T)/MPE/UREA (2)/2007-2008)

1. Sealed tenders are invited by the Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise, Nay Pyi Taw,Myanmar, for the Supply of Urea Fertilizer with the terms and condition as follows.

(a) Urea Fertilizer - 80,000 = 10% Metric TonsSpecification Nitrogen 46.0 wt% min

Biuret 1.0 wt% maxMoisture 0.5 wt% maxPrill Size 1-4 mm

(b) Price shall be quoted in US Dollars - CIF (LO) Yangon Basis.(c) Payment - L/C at sight(d) Tender Closing Date - 6-9 2007 (12:00)hr.(e) Tender Opening Date - 6-9 2007 (13:00)hr.(f) Delivery - Within October 2007(g) Packing - 50 Kg weight/ bag net must be packed

in strong durable. Wovenpolypropylene bags with inner linerpolyethylene bags of 0.1-0.2mm thick-ness.

2. Tender Documents and detail information are available at the Department of Finance,Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise, Nay Pyi Taw, during office hours commencing (24-8-2007) on payment of the One Hundred (100)FEC per set.3. Only bid from tenderer who has purchsed tender document officially from MyanmaPetrochemical Enterprise will be accepted for evaluation.

Managing Director, Myanma Petrochemical Enterprise

China national tourist office opens in India

French researchers discover newknowledge on HIV’s persistence

PARIS, 22 Aug—The HIV virus modifies the pH ofcellular compartments where it accumulates itself inthe macrophages, thus preventing the activation ofenzymes charged with degrading it, according to astudy conducted by French researchers published onMonday. HIV attacks the cells of the immune system,where it multiplies itself. It forms stocks in some cellswhich are difficult to access by anti-viral treatments.

In order to understand this multiplication of thevirus in the white blood cells, a team of researchersfrom the French national centre for scientific research(CNRS), Pasteur institute and the French nationalinstitute for health and medical research (INSERM)studied the proliferation of HIV in macrophages, anddiscovered that viral particles accumulates themselvesin certain compartments of infected macrophages.

But, these compartments normally possess pH acidwhere HIV is not supposed to survive. But pH measurescarried out by the French researchers revealed anacidification defect in these compartments: HIVmanages to modify this hostile milieu to create afavourable environment for its survival and storage.

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NEW DELHI, 22 Aug—In line with the action plan“China-India year offriendship through tou-rism-2007”, China Nat-ional Tourism Admini-stration (CNTA) andIndian Tourism and Cul-ture Ministry jointlyhosted the inauguration ofthe China National TouristOffice opening in NewDelhi Monday night.

It is the official Chinesetourist office affiliated toCNTA with a responsi-bility to promote China asa tourist destination in thegrowing Indian outbound

travel market. Mr ShaoQiwei, Chairman of theCNTA said that theopening of Tourist Officein India will furtherpromote bilateral relationsand Sino-India friendship.“China and India havebeen warming up tourismexchange this year,” hesaid.

Speaking on theoccasion, Indian Tourismand Culture MinisterAmbika Soni said theopening of the CNTAoffice is in conformitywith the action planadopted by the two coun-

tries in February this year.She said it is also an indi-cation of the importancethat the government ofChina attaches toexpanding people topeople links with Indiathrough tourism.

MNA/Xinhua

KHARTOUM, 22 Aug—The European Uniondonated two million euros(2.7 million US dollars)for flood relief efforts inSudan on Monday as

heavy rains turned Khar-toum’s roads into riversand brought traffic to astandstill in the capital.

Officials have describedthis year's floods as the

worst in living memory inSudan with unexpectedlyearly rains destroyingmore than 70,000 housesand killing more than 70people in just one month.

“ECHO (The EuropeanCommission’s humani-tarian aid wing) has giventwo million euros toaddress the immediateimpact of the month-longfloods,” The EU missionin Khartoum said in astatement on Monday.

Alvaro Ortega, an ECHOofficial in Sudan, toldreporters: “Many have lostall their belongings and willneed assistance to restarttheir lives and resume someeconomic activity. “Casesof malaria, the number onekiller in Africa and com-mon in Sudan, are on therise and expected to reachepidemic levels in flood-ed areas.”—MNA/Reuters

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Tourists walk on snow at the foot of the Tianshan Mountains in Hami,northwest China’s Xinjiang Uygur Autonomous Region, on 22 Aug, 2007.

Snow and rain hit the north part of the Tianshan Mountains onWednesday.—XINHUA

Community residents view cold dishes prepared bythemselves at a cuisine show held by Shilu Street

Community in Suzhou, east China’s JiangsuProvince, on 21 Aug, 2007. –XINHUA

Australia’s Bronte Barratt takes part in the women’s 200m freestyle final

during the Japan International Swim Meet 2007 in Narashino, east of Tokyo,

on 23 Aug , 2007. Barratt won the gold medal in the event. — INTERNET

LUSAKA, 22 Aug—State-owned telecomcompanies in the SouthernAfrica DevelopmentCommunity (SADC)members have beenadvised to commercializeoperations in order tosurvive, Zambia Timesreported on Tuesday,citing Labour DeputyMinister Austin Liato.

Liato said that toremain viable, publict e l ecommunica t ions

SADC telecom firms advisedto commercialize operations

operators had to embracetechnology and learn todo business in a com-mercially sustainablemanner.

“Our competitors in thepublic sector are alwaysinnovating new ways ofselling their products,carrying out marketresearch, evaluating cus-tomer complaints andseeking new marketsthrough product develop-ment,” he said, “If theyare succeeding, we haveno option but to changethe way we do businessand succeed too.”

“In today’s economictrend, quality service

delivery to the customersis important in view of thecompetition that serviceorganizations such ast e l ecommunica t ionscompanies are facing,”Liato said.

Union Network Inter-national (UNI) Africaregional secretary Fack-son Shamenda said theopening up of nationaleconomies to foreigncompetition through pri-vatization and liberali-zation as a way of boostingstagnant economies hadbrought about unintendedconsequences on nationaleconomies and workers.

MNA/XinhuaBEIJING, 22 Aug.— Chemical analyses and tastetests by humans have revealed — contrary to popularbelief — that only 15 percent of the bitter taste in dark-roasted coffees comes from caffeine.

“Everybody thinks that caffeine is the main bittercompound in coffee, but that’s definitely not the case,”said study leader Thomas Hofmann, a professor offood chemistry and molecular sensory science at theTechnical University of Munich in Germany, whopresented his findings Tuesday at a meeting of theAmerican Chemical Society in Boston.

Hofmann and his colleagues found two classes ofcompounds give coffee the bulk of its bitterness. Bothare antioxidants found in roasted coffee beans, not inthe green (raw) beans.

One class, called chlorogenic acid lactones, is presentat high levels in light- to medium-roast brews. Darkroasts, such as espresso, showed high levels ofphenylindanes, which form when the chlorogenic acidlactones break down and give a more lingering, harshtaste than their precursors, Hofmann said. “Roasting isthe key factor driving bitter taste in coffee beans. So thestronger you roast the coffee, the more harsh it tends toget,” Hofmann explained.—Internet

Study: it’s not caffeine that

makes coffee bitter

BEIJING, 22 Aug— China Southern Airlines said onTuesday that it has signed a deal with Boeing to buy 55Boeing 737s to meet rising market demand and renewits fleet.

The aircraft, including the 737-700 and 737-800models, would be delivered between May 2011 andOctober 2013, said a statement from China Southern,the country’s largest carrier in terms of fleet size.

China Southern would pay for the aircraft at adiscount with its own funds and loans from commercialbanks, said the statement. But the company did notdisclose the value of the deal or the number of eachmodel.

At catalogue prices, a 737-700 costs 57 million to67.5 million US dollars, while a 737-800 costs 70.5million to 79 million US dollars.

MNA/Xinhua

KATHMANDU, 23 Aug—The death toll in themonsoon floods andlandslides that began from10 July has been put at146 by Nepal Red CrossSociety (NRCS), localnewspaper The RisingNepal reported Thursday.

The preliminary as-sessment carried out bydistrict chapters of NRCSshowed that 467,742people of 78,606 familieshave been affected.Similarly, 70,605 houseshave been damagedcompletely or partially and22,257 families displaced.

47 districts out all 75

China Southern Airlines

orders 55 “Boeing 737s”

Flood death toll reaches 146 in Nepaldistricts of Nepal havebeen affected by themonsoon floods andlandslides.

Districts in the wholeTeraibelt in southernNepal have been affectedthe worst.

The assessment reportstates that fertile lands arecovered with sand and thenewly planted crops,mainly paddy, have beendamaged. Infrastructuresuch as roads, bridges,schools and services arepartly or completelydamaged in the worstaffected districts.

People who are taking

shelter in communitybuildings, schools andtemples, are still waitingfor the water to recede andto return to their places.

The Red Cross, Nepaligovernment, UN agenciesand other humanitarianorganizations are planningfor renovation of houses,providing basic householditems, restoring publicinfrastructure, addressinglivelihood options andproviding food, promotionof health promotionactivities and renovationand repair of waterresources.

Internet

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S P O R T S MONTPELLIER (France),23 Aug — Ronaldinho,starting as a substitute af-ter declining to take partin last month's CopaAmerica, came off thebench to score the secondgoal in Brazil's 2-0friendly win over Algeriaon Wednesday.

Full back Maiconopened the scoring justafter the hour in Brazil'sfirst match since they wonthe Copa America in Ven-ezuela last month.

Ronaldinho and Kaka,

who said they were tootired to play at the Copa,both started on the benchafter being told by coachDunga they would haveto win back their placesin the side. The pair werebrought on at halftime asDunga made seven sub-stitutions.

Brazil managed onlytwo first half chances,with Algeria goalkeeperLounes Gouaoui parryingaway shots from Robinhoand Julio Baptista.

Algeria, with most of

the crowd behind them,enjoyed plenty of posses-sion and played with con-fidence.

Rafik Saifi wasted theirbest first-half chance whenhe was sent clear by KarimZiani but showed too muchof the ball to Doni andallowed the Brazil goal-keeper, diving at his feet,to get a hand to the ball.

Ronaldinho had achance to score when Bra-zil won a free kick but hisshot went into Gouaoui'sarms from 25 metres.

Algeria were close inthe 55th minute whenKarim Matmour dispos-sessed Fernando inmidfield and produced acurling shot from the edgeof the area which substi-tute goalkeeper JulioCesar did well to save.

As Brazil turned thescrews, Kaka's volley hita defender with Gouaouibeaten, then Fernando wasclose with a long-rangeshot which bounced offthe North African keeper.

MNA/Reuters

Mexico'sOmar

Esparza (L)fights for the

ball withColombia's

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during theirinternational

friendlysoccer matchin Denver on

22 Aug,2007.

INTERNET

Mexico’s Gustavo Alfonso Ayon Aguirreshoots versus Puerto Rico during their

FIBA Americas Championshipbasketball game at the

Thomas & Mack Centre in Las Vegas onWednesday, 22 Aug, 2007. —INTERNET

China's Tsung Min Tsai, left, followed by his rivals,competes during the men's 10.000 meters points atthe World Speed Skating tournament in Cali, Colombia, on Wednesday, 22 Aug, 2007.—INTERNET

Netherlands' Debby Stam, right, and China's MaYunwen, left, vie for the ball during the first dayof the final round of the 2007 World Grand Prixwomen's volleyball tournament at Ningbo BeilunGymnasium, Ningbo, China, on Wednesday, 22

Aug, 2007. —INTERNET

Carew double sparks Norway upset over Argentina

Germany maintain Wembleyhoodoo to beat England

Sloppy Italy stunned 3-1 byHungary in friendly

BUDAPEST, 23 Aug — World champions Italy pro-duced a lacklustre performance and slumped to anembarrassing 3-1 defeat by Hungary in a friendly onWednesday.

The stunning win over Italy gave Hungary theirgreatest win for a number of years as they havestruggled to do well in their Euro 2008 qualifiers,losing to smaller nations such as Malta recently.

An impressive display by West Bromwich Albionmidfielder Zoltan Gera, who scored a penalty and setup the other two goals, allowed Hungary to come frombehind and cap a memorable night.

Italian coach Roberto Donadoni, however, canexpect a rough ride when he returns home after his sidefailed to win their final match before facing World Cupfinalists France in a Euro 2008 Group B qualifier on 8September.

Donadoni, however, tried to play down the signifi-cance of the result.

MNA/Reuters

Davenport loses comebackdoubles match at New Haven NEW HAVEN (Connecticut), 23 Aug

— Lindsay Davenport made her much-anticipated return to competitive tennisat the WTA event in New Haven onWednesday, just 10 weeks after the birthof her first child.

But the former world number onewas beaten in her comeback match asshe and fellow American Lisa Raymondlost 6-7, 6-3, 10-4 (champions tiebreak)to the world's top-ranked pair, Cara Blackand Liezel Huber.

The 31-year-old Davenport was play-ing her first competitive match sinceSeptember 2006.

The American is planning to makeher singles return in Bali next month,with a view to playing a full schedule in2008. — MNA/Reuters

Hantuchova upset byteenager Szavay

NEW HAVEN (Connecticut), 23 Aug — Second seedDaniela Hantuchova suffered a setback before nextweek's US Open when she was beaten by a Hungarianqualifier in the second round of the WTA event in NewHaven on Wednesday.

The Slovakian was broken five times as AgnesSzavay, ranked 41, clinched a 7-5, 6-3 victory in onehour, 53 minutes to set up a clash with AlonaBondarenko of Ukraine.

After dropping the first set, world number 10Hantuchova looked back on track when she recoveredfrom an early break down in the second set. But the 18-year-old Szavay then broke again and held on forvictory. — MNA/Reuters

Ronaldinho comes off the bench to score in Brazil win

LONDON, 23 Aug —Germany maintained theirWembley hoodoo overEngland on Wednesday,coming from behind towin 2-1 in an entertainingfriendly.

The visitors becamethe first team to beatEngland in the new-look7 5 0 - m i l l i o n - p o u n d(1.49-billion-US-dollar)stadium after first-halfgoals from KevinKuranyi and debutantChristian Pander can-celled out FrankLampard's early opener.

Germany, who alsowon the last match playedin the old stadium in Oc-tober 2000, recorded theirsixth victory over Englandsince 1972 including thepenalty shootout win atWembley in Euro 96.

Germany coachJoachim Loew was with-out most of his first choiceteam, captain MichaelBallack heading a longinjury list that also con-tained Bastian Schw-einsteiger, Miroslav Kloseand Lukas Podolski.

England, also missingseveral players includingSteven Gerrard, WayneRooney and OwenHargreaves, opened thescoring after good workby teenage right-backMicah Richards after nineminutes.

Richards beat Panderto set up Lampard and theChelsea midfielder lashedthe ball past Lehmann forhis 13th international goalon his 56th appearance.

Germany levelled af-

ter 26 minutes whenkeeper Paul Robinsonparried a cross by cap-tain Bernd Schneider andKuranyi tapped the ballin for his fifth goal in sixmatches since returningto the team after beingdropped for last year'sWorld Cup.

MNA/Reuters

OSLO, 23 Aug —Striker John Carew's dou-ble fired Norway to a sur-prise 2-1 win over Argen-tina in a friendly onWednesday.

Carew netted theopener on 12 minutesfrom the penalty spot af-ter defender John ArneRiise had been fouled.

The big frontmancaused the South Ameri-cans plenty of problemsand he almost struck againwhen he dribbled past

three defenders into Ar-gentina's penalty area onlyto have his shot blocked.

Argentina pressed afterthe break but, against therun of play, Carew added asecond in the 58th minutewhen he deftly headed in afree-kick taken by Riise.

Argentina, playingtheir first match since atraumatic 3-0 defeat byarch-rivals Brazil in theCopa America final lastmonth, were withoutplaymaker Juan Roman

Riquelme and defenderGabriel Heinze.

With forward LionelMessi well-shackled byNorway's defence, it wasnot until six minutes fromtime when Argentinapulled a goal back throughMaximiliano Rodriguez.Norway have sprung backfrom a dreadful start totheir Euro 2008 qualify-ing campaign and are in athree-way tie for secondin Group C behind leadersGreece.—MNA/Reuters

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Thursday, 23 August, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Magway Division, scattered in Kayahand Kayin States, fairly widespread in lower Sagaing andMandalay Divisions and widespread in the remaining areaswith isolated heavyfall in Mandalay Division. The note-worthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Hkamti (2.83)inches, Myingyan (2.28) inches, Mindat (2.20) inches,Pinlaung (1.97) inches, Yamethin and Mingin (1.46) incheseach and Myinmu (1.26) inches.

Maximum temperature on 22-8-2007 was 88ºF.Minimun temperature on 23-8-2007 was 92ºF. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 23-8-2007 was 82%. Totalsunshine hours on 22-8-2007 was (2.3) hours approx.

Rainfall on 23-8-2007 was (0.39) inch at Mingaladon,(0.39) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.51) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (92.87) inches atMingaladon, (95.94) inches at Kaba-Aye and (94.84)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (8) mph from Southwest at (14:30) hoursMST on 22-8-2007.

Bay inference: Monsoon is weak to moderate in theAndaman Sea and the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 24-8-2007: Rain orthundershowers will be isolated in Kayah State and MagwayDivision, scattered in Mandalay and lower Sagaing Divi-sions, fairly widespread in Shan, Mon and Kayin States andBago Division and widespread in the remaining areas.Degree of certainty is (80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderatemonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areasfor 24-8-2007: Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (60%). Forecast for Yangonand neighbouring areas for 24-8-2007: Isolated rain orthundershowers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areasfor 24-8-2007:Likelihood of isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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Flood Bulletin(Issued at 12:30 hr MST on 23-8-2007)According to the (06:30) hr MST observation

today, the water level of Sittoung River at Madauk(1113) cm is exceeded (43) cm above its danger level.It may remain above its danger level (1070) cm duringthe next (48) hrs commencing noon today.

New York State names 27 persistentlydangerous schools

NEW YORK, 23 Aug —New York State EducationCommissioner RichardMills announced Tuesdaythat 27 schools have beenidentified as “persistentlydangerous” in the state, upfrom 18 last year.

As required by federallaw, the list of schools wasannounced so that parentscan exercise their right ofschool choice.

“We know schoolofficials work hard toensure that children in theircare are safe and learn tothe best of their ability,”Mills said. “Nonetheless,some schools reportincidents that raise seriousconcerns about children’swelfare. It’s criticallyimportant that schoolleaders intervene quicklyto keep children safe.”

Schools are consideredpersistently dangerous ifthey have had six seriousincidents for 100 studentsenrolled for at least twoconsecutive school years.

Serious incidentsinclude homicide, forcibleand other sexual offences,robbery, assault resulting inserious physical injury,arson, kidnapping, reck-less endangerment, and

possession, use orthreatened use of a weapon.

Seventeen of the 27“persistently dangerous”schools are newly namedthis year, while 10 remainfrom last year.

All schools designatedas “persistently dangerous”must provide school choiceto students where transferoptions exist. Each schoolalso receives a 100,000-dollar grant to help improveschool safety.

Commissioner Millssaid this is the first of twoannouncements to be made.Later this year, a “WatchList” of schools, which isexpected to be larger, willbe identified. These schoolsmust improve to avoidbeing designated as“persistently dangerous”.

MNA/Xinhua

A woman and a child look out at floodwaters approaching their door onWednesday, 22 Aug, 2007, following heavy rains that caused flooding

in Findlay, Ohio. Flooding remained a problem on Wednesday in partsof northern Ohio, keeping streets closed, schools shut down and

residents waiting things out in shelters. — INTERNET

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11th Waxing of Wagaung 1369 ME Friday, 24 August, 2007

Nay Pyi Taw, the Capital of the Union, isdesignated as Union territory placed under direct

administration of the President of the Union

Chairman of NCCWC Chief JusticeU Aung Toe. — MNA

YANGON, 23 Aug— The following is theclarification of Chairman of the National ConventionConvening Work Committe Chief Justice U Aung Toeyesterday on matters regarding the amendments, theadditions and the repeals out of the fundamentalprinciples and detailed basic principles that havebeen adopted by the National Convention.Mr Chairman,

At the plenary session held on 6 August 2007, theWork Committee chairman said that regarding thedesignation of Union territories, the NationalConvention plenary session held on 9 April 1994 laiddown detailed basic principles. They are:

“(a)Yangon City, that is the Capital of theUnion, is designated as Union territoryplaced under direct administration of thePresident of the Union.

(b) Cocogyun Township which has a specialsituation is designated as Union territoryand placed under direct administration ofthe President of the Union.

(c) if need arises to designate areas that havespecial situation in connection with nationaldefence, security, administration andeconomy etc as Union territories they maybe so designated as Union territories afterenacting laws”.

Internationally, the city where the office of thecentral government is based is designated as the capitalof the State. And in some countries, the capitals areplaced under direct administration of the President orthe Union. Now, the government of the Union ofMyanmar and the offices of the central governmentsare based in Nay Pyi Taw. So, the capital of the Stateis Nay Pyi Taw. Therefore, need arises to amend theexpression “Yangon City, that is the Capital of theUnion” prescribed in one of the three above-mentioneddetailed basic principles. Yangon is not the capital ofthe nation any longer, and it remains a commercialcity. The designation of Yangon as a Union territoryunder the direct administration of the President shouldbe revoked. And the municipal area of Nay Pyi Taw,which has become the Capital of the State, should bedesignated as a Union territory placed under the directadministration of the President.

Yangon is no longer the Capital of the State, so theterm “Capital Yangon” will be replaced with the term“Yangon”. Moreover, the detailed basic principle“Cocogyun Township which has a special situation isdesignated as Union territory and placed under directadministration of the President of the Union” should berevoked. The designation of Yangon and CocogyunTownship as Union territories is revoked, so, they will

remain as Yangon Region.As I have presented that by revoking the designation

of Cocogyun Township as a Union territory, the detailedbasic principle of the sub-para (b) no longer needs to beprescribed. However, sub-para (c) should still exist.So, sub-para (c) should be sub-para (b). Therefore,discussions are to be held and suggestions, to be madeto decide whether or not the detailed basic principles:5. Designation of Union territories

“(a)Nay Pyi Taw, that is the Capital of theUnion, is designated as Union territoryplaced under direct administration of thePresident of the Union,

(b) if need arises to designate areas that havespecial situation in connection with nationaldefence, security, administration andeconomy etc as Union territories they maybe so designated as Union territories afterenacting laws” should be adopted.Presenting their opinions about the Work

Committee chairman’s explanation;—Delegate Group of national races;—Delegate Group of peasants;—Delegate Group of workers;—Delegate Group of intellectuals and intelligentsia;—Delegate Group of State service personnel;—Delegate Group of other invited persons;—the parties representing the Delegate Group of

political parties such as:—National Unity Party;—Union Pa-O National Organization ;—Shan State Kokang Democratic Party;— Mro or Khami National Solidarity Organization;— Lahu National Development Party;— Union Kayin League;— Kokang Democracy and Unity Party;— Wa National Development Party, and— three independent representatives-elect from the

Delegate Group of representatives-elect Dr Hmu Htan,U Aung Thein and U Tun Kyaw and six independentrepresentatives-elect from the Delegate Group of

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YANGON, 23 Aug — A total of 1,081 local andforeign gem merchants arrived at the 23rd Gems andJade Sales 2007 of Union of Myanmar EconomicHoldings Ltd and observed the gem and jade lots atMyanma Gems Mart on Kaba Aye Pagoda Road, here,this morning.

Managing Director Maj-Gen Win Than ofUMEHL, members of the BOD and officials attendedit.

The opening ceremony of the sales will be heldtomorrow morning. The gem merchants are to putproposals into the boxes not later than 7 am tomorrowmorning. — MNA

Secretary of National Convention ConveningWork Committee U Thaung Nyunt. — MNA

Gem merchants observe jade lots at 23rd Gems

and Jade Sales of UMEHL 2007. — MNA

UMEHL organizes 23rd Gems and Jade Sales

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