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Volume XX, Number 41 11th Waxing of Nayon 1374 ME Thursday, 31 May, 2012

True patriotism * It is very important for every one of the nation

regardless of the place he lives to have strongUnion Spirit.

* Only Union Spirit is the true patriotism all thenationalities will have to safeguard.

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—ASEAN Food & Beverage-2012 exhibition, organized by ASEAN-Japan Centre (AJC),will be held at AJC in Tokyo of Japan from 16 to 18 October.AJC invites 30 companies from ASEAN countries—threecompanies per one country. The exhibition aims to penetrateASEAN’s foodstuff into Japan market and to promote tradevolume.

The items to be put on show are canned food, foodstuff,soft drink, seasoning powder, sea foods, canned dessert,fruits and vegetables. Interested companies may contactthe Trade Affairs division of the Republic of the Union ofMyanmar Federation of Chambers of Commerce andIndustry (UMFCCI) and International Trade PromotionDivision under the Ministry of Commerce (Ph-067-408411).

Three out of the companies that applied for theexhibition will be chosen based on facts like quality ofproducts, production capacity and production of goodsthat are in high demand at Japan market. AJC will bear thecost of round-trip air tickets and accommodation expensesfor these companies.—MNA

ASEAN Food & Beverage-2012 exhibition on 16-18 Oct

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—The Work Committees forPromotion of Production andMarket Competency inASEAN Region held thefourth coordination meeting

Work Committees for Promotion of Production and MarketCompetency in ASEAN Region meet

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker ThuraU Shwe Mann received Vice-President of German ParliamentDr Otto Solms and party at Pyithu Hluttaw Hall in HluttawComplex here this morning.

During the meeting, the Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker saiddemocratic reforms were already taking place in Myanmar.However, democratic transition could not be successfulunless combined with economic reforms. Germany was theleading global economy pioneering in the field of scienceand technology. The Speaker requested the Vice-Presidentto participate in the reform process of Myanmar, proposingfor close cooperation between the two parliaments.

The Vice-President of the German Parliament praisedthe democratic reforms of Myanmar, saying that Germanywas willing to take part in economic reforms of Myanmar.Businesses in Germany were independent ones without thegovernment’s involvement. The government only assistedthe businessmen where necessary.There must be reliableand safe investment laws to make investments in Myanmar.There must also be laws deterring the undesirableintervention as businessmen from Germany were just waitingthe emergence of such laws to make investments inMyanmar especially in small and medium enterprises.

The German Parliament usually enacted laws withspecial focus on rule of law, market economy and humanrights. It viewed democracy as the process of endlessreforms and it could adopt appropriate programmes at anopportune time.

In Germany, people’s representatives conveyed therights of the people to the parliament which elected the

Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meetsVice-President of German Parliament

government and the government in turn took care of thepublic wishes. Thus, democracy was going from strength tostrength, noted the Vice-President.

He added that he was willing to cooperate with

Myanmar’s Hluttaws for the benefits of the peoples ofMyanmar and Germany. The Hluttaw Speaker discussedcurrent cooperation between the two nations.

Also present on the occasion together with the Speakerwere Deputy Speaker U Nanda Kyaw Swa, chairmen of

Hluttaw committees and personnel of Hluttaw Office. TheGerman delegation was accompanied by GermanAmbassador to Myanmar Mr Christina-Ludwig WeberLortsch.—MNA

at the meeting hall of theMinistry of NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment this afternoon.

At the meeting, therespective work committees

touched mainly uponpreparations for ASEANFree Trade Area (AFTA),coordination of associationsand private sectors overfuture work programmes,

linking and distribution ofinformation work committee-wise, measures to be takenaccording to the timetable ofthe work committees, stepsto be taken for distribution ofinformation on ASEANactivities to the regions andstates, preparations formeetings to be held inMyanmar as a host nationand future tasks.

Also present on theoccasion were UnionMinster for NationalPlanning and EconomicDevelopment U Tin NaingThein, chairmen of the workcommittees for imple-mentation of ASEANEconomic Community(AEC) and secretaries, thePresident of the Union ofMyanmar Federation ofChambers of Commerce andIndustry and invitedguests.—MNA

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Work Committees for Promotion of Production and Market Competencyin ASEAN Region in progress.—MNA

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PERSPECTIVES

Make ongoing reforms moretransparent and visionary

Thursday, 31 May, 2012

Changes take time and need patience.Changes need to be well embedded andguaranteed so that people can feel confident intheir own future. Everyone has the right tofulfill their dreams but not at the expense ofothers. Do not forget that Rome wasn’t built ina day.

Soon after its inception, the newgovernment has embarked on a series ofpolitical, economic and administrative reformsin the process of transition to democracy. Thereform process has come as a surprise tomany in the international community who arewaiting any subsequent policy changes to makea better assessment.

There will be no turning back in theprocess of democratic reforms of Myanmar.The reform strategy the new governmentinitiates is irreversible and there will be nobacksliding or derailment in the road todemocracy.

Our transition to democracy is indeednot without challenges. We are prepared andresolute to overcome all these challenges andcontinue our endeavours until we achieve ourstated goal. The president himself called on thestakeholders to exercise bottom-up initiativerather than top-down approach to makeongoing reforms more transparent andvisionary.

As reform is a long, arduous haul, thecountry used the best international practicesdistilled from other global nations’ experiencesfor its nascent reforms to be more profoundand meaningful. In this context, just and fairview rather than one-sided one would be closerto the right answer, for people may holddifferent views and often place about twice asmuch significance on a loss as on a gain.

At such a crucial juncture, theinternational community should provideencouragement and support, ensure lastingand irreversible reforms of the incumbentgovernment and cooperate to further enhanceaid coordination among its developmentpartners and conduct investment in a mannerbeneficial to the people of the country. So, weall are obliged to participate in today’s reform.

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Ayeyawady Region ChiefMinister U Thein Aungaddressed coordinationmeeting on drafting andimplementation of regionaland civil developmentproject of the region at AyeyaShwewah Hall in Pathein on28 May.

He admitted that thereis no significant economicdevelopment in the regionwith specific reform plan forregional development. Themeeting was aimed at draftingthe plan in consultation withscholars and submitting it tothe Union government, hesaid.

Region Planning andEconomic Minister U Hla

Union HealthMinister receives

British guestsNAY PYI TAW, 30 May—

Union Minister for HealthDr Pe Thet Khin receiveddelegation led by Presidentand CEO of GeneralHealthcare Mr John Dineenof the United Kingdon atthe ministry here thismorning.

They discussed mattersrelated to assistances ofsophisticated equipment inpathological activities,providing trainings,improving capacity ofmedical experts andbiomedical engineers,material assistances forreducing mother and infantmortality rate, providingequipment for diagnosisand treatment and providingtrainings to midwives andcommunity health staff.

The meeting was alsoattended by DeputyMinister Dr Win Myint,Director-General of HealthDepartment Dr Tun NaingOo, Deputy Director-General (Disease Control)Dr Saw Lwin, DeputyD i r e c t o r - G e n e r a l(Treatment) Dr Min ThanNyunt and officials.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Union Minister forConstruction U Khin MaungMyint inspected main-tenance of Seikpyu-Chauk-Gwecho road segment andGwecho-Yenanchaung-Magway road segment andconstruction of Yin-machaung-Yagyipyin roadon 27 May morning and leftnecessary instructions.

The minister alsoinspected maintenance ofroads and bridges alongNay Pyi Taw-Taungnyo-Myothit-Kanbya (Magway)road.

The minister viewedconstruction of stone-embedded retaining wall, boxculverts and bridges alongthe road and attended to theneeds.—MNA

YANGON, 30 May—Aceremony to hold SchoolEnrollment Day for 2012-2013Academic year of No.3 BasicEducation Department(Yangon Region), was heldat No.1 Basic Education HighSchool in Latha Township,here, yesterday morning,with an address by YangonRegion Chief Minister U

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—A ceremony to sign MoUon technical aids for development of Myanmar’s capitalmarket between Central Bank of Myanmar and DaiwaResearch Institute and Tokyo Stock Exchange of Japan washeld at Amara Hotel here yesterday morning.

Union Minister for Finance and Revenue Chairmanof Capital Market Development Committee U Hla Tunaddressed the ceremony, saying Myanmar would establishstock exchange by 2015 under a blueprint set out by thecommittee.

CBM Governor U Than Nyein, President of TokyoStock Exchange Mr Atsushi Saito and President of DaiwaResearch Institute Mr Takashi Fukai made speeches.

The CBM governor and the two Japanesepresidents signed and exchanged MoU.

It was also attended by officials of CBM, TokyoStock Exchange, Daiwa Research Institute and MyanmarCapital Market Development Committee.—MNA

Union Construction Minister inspectsmaintenance of roads and bridges

School Enrollment Day observed in YangonMyint Swe.

Afterwards, the RegionChief Minister acceptedcash donated by the districtadministrators, and RegionMinister for Social AffairsDr Myint Thein, K 5 millionby Naing GroupConstruction and 1,000dozens of books by U ThanKhaing Soe, U Aung Myint,

U Maung Aye and U HlaShwe.

Director (Education) UMyint Soe of No.3 BasicEducation Departmentexplained the preparationsfor school enrollment. Attoday ceremony, wellwishersdonated cash and booksworth of K156.4 million.

MNA

Ayeyawady Region to draft plan for regionaldevelopment project

Khaing explained objectivesof poverty alleviation tasks.

Region leveldepartmental heads and

officials discussed tasks forregional and civildevelopment.

MNA

Myanmar, Japan ink MoU ontechnical aids for capital market

Union Minister for Construction U Khin Maung Myint inspects roadsections.—MNA

Yangon Region Chief Minister U Myint Swe addresses School EnrollmentDay for 2012-2013 Academic year of No.3 Basic Education Department

(Yangon Region).—MNA

Ayeyawady Region Chief Minister U Thein Aung addresses coordinationmeeting on drafting and implementation of regional and civil development

project of the region.—MNA

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JAKARTA, 30 May— Indonesian navy and US navycommenced a joint military drill programme held in Indonesia’sEast Java Province, aimed at improving ties and militaryoperation professionalism between the two navies, localmedia reported on Wednesday. The 8-day joint drill operation,called “Cooperation Afloat Readiness and Training 2012”(CARAT), beginning from Wednesday is held on waters offEast Java Province’s coast cities of Surabaya and Situbondo.

US navy dispatched 830 mariners and three navy vesselscalled USS Germantown (LSD-42), USS Vandegrift (FFG-48) and USCG Waesche in the annual programme. MeanwhileIndonesian navy engaged three vessels KRI Diponegoro-365, KRI Banjarmasin-592 and KRI Sutedi Senoputra-378,several helicopters and navy surveillance planes. The navyalso deployed some 1,244 mariners in the programme, theAntara news service reported.

According to Indonesian Navy’s Eastern FleetCommander, Rear Admiral Agung Pramono, this year themariners and navy ship crews will undertakes several exercises,among others Medical Subject Matter Expert Exchange(SMEE), SMEE intelligence operation, SMEE Engineeringand symposium aimed at honing up the navy’s operationalskills. — Xinhua

CHANGSHA, 30 May—Atownship official in centralChina’s Hunan Province hasbeen removed from his postafter the provincial floodcontrol headquarters decidedto hold local authoritiesresponsible for a dam breachthat occurred on Friday. Theheadquarters issued a circularon Wednesday stating thatprecautionary measures andwarnings were notimplemented before thecollapse of a dam on theBadoucun Reservoir on 25May.

Although no casualtiesoccurred, a resulting floodinundated several houses andfarms. Liu Xiaoyang, theCommunist Party of China(CPC) chief of Majitang

WASHINGTON, 30 May—Mitt Romney clinched theRepublican presidentialnomination on Tuesday witha resounding victory in Texas

Republicanpresidential candidateMitt Romney (R) greets

supporters during acampaign rally at alocal business in LasVegas, Nevada on 29

May, 2012. — REUTERS

CAVEZZO, 30 May— Anearthquake killed 17 peopleand injured about 350 innorthern Italy on Tuesday,spreading fear amongthousands of residents livingin tents after a similarly strongtremor in the same regionflattened their homes ninedays ago. Rescuers weresearching through the rubbleof houses and warehouses inthe Emilia-Romagna region,where several building siteshad just reopened after theprevious quake on 20 May.Officials said 17 people wereconfirmed dead, more thantwice the number killed inthe 20 May quake that, likeTuesday’s, had its epicenternear the city of Modena. Thenumber of those forced toleave their homes doubled to14,000.

Many residents ran out

WASHINGTON, 30 May—US authorities said aPakistani doctor who helpedthe CIA track down Osamabin Laden turned down anopportunity to leave hiscountry and resettle overseaswith his family, two USofficials told Reuters onTuesday. Dr Shakil Afridiwas jailed last week inPakistan for 33 years fortreason and the Obamaadministration has comeunder steady criticism for itshandling of his case.

The US officials saidthe resettlement offer forAfridi came about the timeof the 1 May, 2011, raid inwhich US Navy SEALcommandos killed the al -Qaeda leader at his complexin Abbottabad, Pakistan.They indicated that Afridi’sfamily would have beenwelcome to leave Pakistanwith him as part of theresettlement plan. Theofficials said he rejected theoffer for reasons that are

Indonesian, US naviescommence joint military drill

Photo taken on 29 May,2012 shows the Xiangjiang

River with a high waterlevel in Changsha, capitalof central China’s HunanProvince. Due to lasting

rainfalls, the water level ofthe Xiangjiang River in

Changsha remained high.The water level reached

31.38 metres on Tuesday,approaching the warning

level of 36 metres. XINHUA

China sacks official over damaccident amid flood concerns

Romney clinches Republican 2012 nominationin Texas

A car is covered indebris after the roof of aquake-damaged housecollapsed in Cavezzo. Astrong earthquake hasrocked northeasternItaly, just days afteranother quake in thesame region wrought

death anddestruction.— REUTERS

An Italian policeman helps a woman and her babyduring an earth tremor in Mirandola, northern Italy, on

29 May, 2012. A magnitude 5.8 earthquake strucknorthern Italy on Tuesday, killing people as factories,warehouses and a church collapsed in the same regionstill struggling to recover from another deadly tremor

nine days ago.— REUTERS

A photographer perches near edge of a volcano inHawaii to get incredible snaps of brilliant lava.

XINHUA

New deadly quake shakes northern Italy

Pakistani doctor in bin Laden hunt rejectedUS escape

of buildings when they feltthe 5.8-magnitude tremor,which hit shortly after 3 amEDT just as operations torebuild the quake-struckregion were under way.

“As we were comingdown the stairs, we heard thesound of crumbling housesaround us. There was a bigcloud of dust,” said 72-year-old Giulio in Cavezzo, a badlydamaged village about 30km (20 miles) from Modenawhere three died. Rescuerssearched tirelessly forsurvivors despite initialoperations being hamperedby disruption to the mobilephone network and to therailway network aroundBologna.

A woman was pulledalive from the debris of herhouse in Cavezzo after 12hours searching, according

to Sky Italia. The quake wasthe most deadly to strike Italysince 2009 when a tremorpartially destroyed thecentral city of L’Aquila,killing about 300 people andleaving thousands homeless.With its streets deserted,Cavezzo looked like a ghost

town. A shop in the centrestill had fruit displayed onstalls outside in the street. Ina nearby empty coffee shop a

half-eaten croissant was lefton a plate on the bar and anapron lay on the floor.

Reuters

and now faces a five-monthsprint to convince voters totrust him over DemocraticPresident Barack Obama inthe 6 November election.Although the race has beenessentially over for weeks,Romney finally cleared thebenchmark of 1,144 delegatesneeded to become theRepublicans’ presidentialcandidate after a long, bitterprimary battle with a host ofconservative rivals. He willbe formally nominated at theRepublicans’ convention inFlorida in late August. In astatement, Romney said hewas humbled to win enough

of Texas’ 155 delegates tosecure the nomination. “Ourparty has come together withthe goal of putting the failuresof the last three and a halfyears behind us. I have noillusions about the difficultiesof the task before us. Butwhatever challenges lieahead, we will settle fornothing less than gettingAmerica back on the path tofull employment andprosperity,” he said.

Romney’s big day wasovershadowed by hisappearance with real estatetycoon and reality TV starDonald Trump, whoorganized a major fund-raiserfor Romney in Las Vegas. Afamous self-promoter, Trumphas been loudly fixated overwhether Obama was born inthe United States despite clearevidence that he was born inHawaii, and Romney didnothing to publicly rein himin.— Reuters

unclear.Afridi was accused of

running a fake vaccinationcampaign in Abbottabadand used cheek swabs to tryto gather DNA from binLaden’s children to confirmthe identity of those livingin the compound.

The DNA effortultimately did not succeedbut US sources have toldReuters he helped Americanoperatives locate and followthe bin Laden courier wholed them to the Abbottabadhideout.

The offer for Afridi toleave Pakistan wasconfirmed independentlyby two US officials. TheWhite House and StateDepartment declinedcomment on thematter.Afridi’s case hasdamaged US-Pakistanrelations with outraged USsenators voting last week tocut aid to Pakistan by $33million — $1 million foreach year of the doctor’s

prison sentence. Pakistanhas said Washington shouldrespect its court’s decision.

Pakistani authoritiesarrested Afridi several weeksafter the bin Laden raid. Inthe intervening period, USauthorities believed theywould have had ample timeto get him out of the countryif he had wanted to leave.“Before he was arrested,Doctor Afridi was offeredopportunities to leavePakistan with his family buthe turned those down,” oneof the US officials said.”

Reuters

township, has been removedfrom his post. Other officialsinvolved are being investi-gated for their role in theincident, according to thecircular. The provincial floodcontrol authority said onWednesday that theprovince is dealing withsevere flooding followingtorrential downpours earlierthis month. Most of theprovince’s 13,000-plusreservoirs are nearing 80 to90 percent of their maximumwater storage capacity, theauthority said. The authorityhas asked governments atmultiple levels to organizeround-the-clock patrolsalong river embankmentsand dams during rainstorms.

Xinhua

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Science & Technology Science & Technology Science & TechnologyA model of

China’smanned

submersibleJiaolong,which wasdesigned to

dive to a depthof 7,000 metres,

is on displayduring the 15thChina BeijingInternational

High-TechExpo in

Beijing, capitalof China, on 23

May, 2012.XINHUA

Facebook may launch smart phone next yearWASHINGTON, 30 May—

Facebook may launch its first-ever smartphone by next year,a new report has revealed.

According to Stuff.co.nz,Facebook has soughtengineers to work on buildinghardware for a Facebooksmartphone, which wouldmark the social network’s thirdattempt to develop asmartphone, the report cited.

Facebook hopes to releaseits own smartphone by

2013, as the newly publicsocial networking giant

looks to boost its revenuein the mobile Internet

market. —INTERNET

The news comes as searchengine giant Googlecompleted the acquisition ofMotorola Mobility for 12.5billion dollars earlier this week,a move that could helpFacebook counter that with itsown foray into the smartphonehardware business. Rumourshave been rife about a Facebookphone for the past few years.Although Facebook was

reportedly first working on asmartphone in 2010, sourcessaid the initiative stopped dueto development comp-lications. Meanwhile, it hasalso emerged that Facebookand manufacturer HTC wereworking together to develop amobile device under the codename “Buffy”, which is stillunder development.

Internet

Cyber criminals arecranking out new weaponsat a brisk pace, tailoringmalicious software for a

spectrum of gadgetsincluding smartphones,tablets, and Macintosh

computers, a security firmsaid.—INTERNET

Panasonicmulls halvingpersonnel atheadquarters

OSAKA, 30 May —Japanese consumer electro-nics giant Panasonic Corp isconsidering cutting 3,000 to4,000 of the 7,000 personnelwho worked at its headquarterswithin the current financial yearin a bid to cut costs, local pressreported on Tuesday.

The company will cut thenumber through a series ofmeasures including earlyretirement and transfers tosubsidiaries, according to thereport.

Panasonic saw a record772 billion yen (about 9.77billion US dollars) group netloss in fiscal 2011 which endedon 31 March, this year.

Panasonic’s reform planfollows similar measures takenby its rival Sony Corp, whichannounced a plan to cut 10,000jobs last month.—Xinhua

Smallest ever five-ringedstructure created and imaged

WASHINGTON, 30 May —A team of European scientistshas created and imaged thesmallest possible five-ringedstructure – about 100,000 timesthinner than a human hair.

A combination of cleversynthetic chemistry and state-of-the-art imaging techniquesallowed the Scientists at theRoyal Society of Chemistry(RSC), the University ofWarwick and IBM Research –Zurich to bring a singlemolecule to life in a picture.

The scientists decided tomake and visualiseolympicene whose five-ringedstructure was entered onChemSpider, the RSC’s freeonline chemical database ofover 26 million records twoyears ago.

“When doodling in aplanning meeting, it occurredto me that a molecular structurewith three hexagonal ringsabove two others would makefor an interesting syntheticchallenge,” said ProfessorGraham Richards CBE, RSCCouncil member. “I wondered:could someone actually makeit, and produce an image of theactual molecule?” he noted.

Chemists at theUniversity of Warwick, DrDavid Fox and Anish Mistry,used some clever syntheticorganic chemistry — themodern molecule designer’stoolbox — to buildolympicene. “Alongside thescientific challenge involved

Intel set to rise on move into mobile-BarronsPETAH TIKVA,30 May—Shares of computer chip maker Intel Corp (INTC O) could rise

as much as 50 percent over the next two years as the company pushes into smart phones andother wireless mobile devices, according to a report in Barron’s financial newspaper.

The growth in cloud computing — the storage and transmission of remote data — shouldalso give Intel shares a boost as several major storage providers use Intel processors in theirservers, the report in the 28 May edition of the weekly newspaper said.

Intel’s new lower-power chips will grab a bigger share in smartphones in India, China,France, the UK and the United States over the next several months, the report said.

“Intel will be a formidable competitor in the smartphone and tablet markets shortly,” ToddLowenstein, a portfolio manager for HighMark Capital Management, is quoted as saying inthe Barron’s article, adding that has not yet been factored into the share price.

He has a 24-month price target of $38 to $40 on Intel shares. They closed at $25.74 onNasdaq on Friday.—Reuters

An Intel logo is seen at the company’s offices in PetahTikva, near Tel Aviv on 24 October, 2011.—REUTERS

in creating olympicene in alaboratory, there’s someserious practical reasons forworking with molecules likethis,” said Dr Fox.

“The compound is relatedto single-layer graphite, alsoknown as graphene, and isone of a number of relatedcompounds which potentiallyhave interesting electronic andoptical properties.

“For example these typesof molecules may offer greatpotential for the nextgeneration of solar cells andhigh-tech lighting sourcessuch as LEDs,” he stated.

A first glimpse of themolecule’s structure wasobtained by Dr GiovanniCostantini and Ben Moretonat Warwick using scanningtunnelling microscopy. Ahigher resolution techniquewas however needed tounravel its atomic-levelanatomy. To truly bringolympicene to life, the Physicsof Nanoscale Systems Groupat IBM Research – Zurich inSwitzerland analysed thechemical structure ofolympicene with un-precedented resolution usinga complex technique knownas noncontact atomic forcemicroscopy.

Using the technique IBMscientists imaged a singleolympicene molecule just 1.2nanometres in width, about100,000 times thinner than ahuman hair.—Internet

China’s Huawei and ZTE deny getting illegalsubsidy

HONG KONG, 30 May—China’s top telecoms gearmakers Huawei and ZTEdenied receiving illegalgovernment subsidies thathelped them undercut rivals inrecent years, after mediareported the European Unionplanned to take action overunfair trade practices.

Action by the EU couldspark a trade war, analystswarned. Cheap prices haveallowed Huawei HWT UL andZTE Corp to grab a big share

The logo of the HuaweiTechnologies Co Ltd is

seen outside itsheadquarters in Shenzhen,Guangdong Province, on

17 April, 2012. —REUTERS

of the global network gearmarket in recent years,pushing firms such as NokiaSiemens Networks NOKI ULand Alcatel Lucent (ALUAPA) to the brink of extinction.

The Financial Timesquoted unidentified EUofficials and executives assaying the Commission hadbeen gathering evidence toshow Huawei and ZTE hadused subsidies to allow themto sell goods below cost in theEU. A spokesman for EU tradechief Karel De Gucht said hecould not confirm the contentsof the FT report.

Both companies said onTuesday they had not beencontacted by the EU.

“We deny claims made inthe media that Huaweiemploys dumping practicesand has benefited from illegalstate subsidies,” Huawei saidin an emailed statement.

ZTE said it “receives noillegal or hidden subsidies, nordoes it dump products in any

markets where it operates”.EU trade ministers are

scheduled to meet in Brusselson Thursday, an EU diplomatsaid. “We think that thoughthe ministers will have aninformal debate over lunch onChina, and they might touchon this topic, there will be noformal decision,” he said.

“It’s sensitive becausethere are some European firmsin the Chinese market thatmight face consequences.”

A European Commissionreport in 2011 said China’slargest telecom equipmentmakers benefit fromsignificant governmentsupport, including “massive”credit lines from state-ownedbanks.

However, Europeantelecoms firms rely on smaller-scale export credits fromgovernment-backed bodies,emphasising the blurred linesmarking what is allowed underinternational rules and whatis not.—Reuters

Chinese man pleads guilty to NY Fed cyber theftNEW YORK, 30 May— A

Chinese computer pro-grammer on Tuesday pleadedguilty to stealing softwarecode from the Federal ReserveBank of New York in a casethat raised cyber-securityconcerns when he wasarrested five months ago.

Bo Zhang, 33, admittedlast August that he illegallycopied the software code toan external hard drive and tookit home. The FBI questionedhim when he admitted the theftbut did not arrest him untilJanuary. Congressional

investigators became con-cerned that the New York Fedwas vulnerable to cyberattacks after the arrest.

Zhang has beencooperating and has been freeon bail and prosecutors haverecommended that he besentenced to no more than 1-to-1-1/2 years in prison. Hefaces deportation after heserves his prison sentence.

Instead of prosecutingZhang under trade secrets orcomputer fraud and abusestatutes, US authoritiescharged him with theft of

government property.The New York Federal

Reserve was given the task ofmoving the Government WideAccounting program,developed to help track thebillions of dollars the UnitedStates government transfersdaily, from an antiquated IBMmainframe computer to theInternet, according to aperson familiar with theproject.

Zhang was hired in May2011 as a contractor to helpwith the project.

Reuters

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Business & Health Business & Health Business & HealthSpanish

bond pricesfall

TOKYO, 30 May—Spain’s bond prices havefallen on growing concernsabout the country’s fiscalhealth and its banking sector.

Spanish bonds were soldin Europe on Monday,temporarily increasing theyield on the benchmark 10-year government bond to 6.5-percent. Last weekend, theSpanish government decidedto effectively nationalize thecountry’s third-largest bank,Bankia, by injecting 19-billioneuros, or 24-billion dollars inadditional public funds.

This fueled fears aboutmore bank bailouts and a surgein government spending.

Spanish banks arestruggling due to the after-effects of the collapsedproperty bubble.

On the stock exchangein Madrid, Bankia’s shareslost nearly 30-percent at onestage. Shares of other majorbanks were also sold acrossthe board.

Spain’s Prime MinisterMariano Rajoy said at anemergency news conferencethat his government currentlydoes not need to ask for EUassistance in acquiring fundsneeded to recapitalize banks.

NHK

A woman walks past a logo of Tokyo StockExchange at the bourse in Tokyo on 18 May, 2012.Japan’s Nikkei share average slipped in early tradeon Tuesday as a surge in Spanish borrowing costs

kept investors away from riskier assets.REUTERS

WHO agrees to address research on neglecteddiseases

GENEVA, 30 May—Campaigners onSaturday welcomed a World HealthOrganization pledge to tackle research andfunding gaps concerning some of thedeveloping world’s biggest killer diseases.

Member countries are expected to holdtalks later this year on an expert group’srecommendations that a globally bindingconvention is needed to address neglectedtropical diseases (NTD), tuberculosis and otherscurrently overlooked by the research industry.It follows a meeting of the WHO’s decision-making body, the World Health Assembly, inGeneva where members adopted a resolutioncalling on director general Margaret Chan toset up the meeting.

The document, the result of three-daynegotiations, meanwhile urges governmentsand the private sector to boost investment inhealth research for diseases whichdisproportionately affect the developing world.“These were extremely tough negotiations withthe US, the EU — led by France — and Japanmaking every effort to block progress on whathealth experts agree should be the way forwardto meet the medical needs of people indeveloping countries,” said Michelle Childsfrom Medecins Sans Frontieres.

“While there’s no doubt we aredisappointed that there was not an immediatedecision to move towards a research anddevelopment convention, countries haveagreed to a formal process for considering thereport’s recommendations and will bring thesediscussions back to the WHO in January,” saidthe policy director for medical charity’s accesscampaign.

The WHO-appointed group said in a reportpublished last month that public investment inhealth research was currently dominated by

wealthy countries and their own needs. Thepanel recommended a “global bindinginstrument” to help developing countriesaccess the drugs and technologies they requireand suggested member states commit 0.01percent of their GDP to fund the work. In a draftresolution submitted to the WHO, Kenya urgedthe immediate set-up of a negotiating body todevelop a convention based on the group’srecommendations.

This was countered by a document fromthe US, Japan and others supporting moreinformal consultations.

After about 15 hours of talks the agreedresolution requested WHO chief MargaretChan “hold an open-ended member statesmeeting in order to analyse the report and thefeasibility of the recommendations.”

The Drugs for Neglected Diseasesinitiative (DNDi) said it hopes that national andregional-level talks also requested in theresolution will pave the way for a globalresponse.—Internet

Small magnets that dislodge from toys or products foradults pose choking and ingestion hazards. If swallowed byyoung children, they can lead to choking or serious injury tothe stomach and digestive tract.

The American Academy of Pediatrics mentions theseguidelines for parents to help prevent magnet-related injuries:* Never allow very young children to play with or touch

objects that contain magnets.* Carefully watch older children who play with such toys.* Don’t purchase large sets of magnets, in groups of

more than 100, because it’s difficult to keep track of anythat are missing.

* Make sure teens understand the serious dangers of usingmagnets as fake piercings.

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World Health Organisation (WHO)director general Margaret Chan stands in

front of the WHO sign after her speechbefore the World Health Assembly on 23

May , 2012 in Geneva. —INTERNET

Japanese shipbuilders tocollaborate

TOKYO, 30 May—TwoJapanese shipbuildingcompanies have formed atechnological collaborationto cope with competition fromChinese and South Koreanshipyards, and the strongyen.

Mitsubishi HeavyIndustries announced onMonday that it has signedan agreement to buildcontainer ships with ImabariShipbuilding. Imabari is thetop Japanese shipbuilderwhile Mitsubishi ranks 4th.

Scientists develop bird flu test kitSINGAPORE, 30 May—

Scientists have developed aH5N1 bird flu test kit that cannow rapidly detect all existingstrains of the H5N1 virusesin a single test with almost100 per cent accuracy, withina few hours.

The scientists are fromthe Experimental Thera-peutics Centre under theAgency for Science andTechnology Research andclinicians from Tan TockSeng Hospital.

A joint statement by thevarious parties includingA*STAR said the kit wasco-developed by Dr

Illustration of research scientists at work.—INTERNET

Service industry trade fair opens in BeijingTOKYO, 30 May—A trade fair focusing on the service industry has opened in Beijing to

boost domestic consumption and maintain economic growth. Companies from 82 countries,including Japan, are participating in the first fair of its kind to be held in China. In the openingceremony, Premier Wen Jiabao said China’s service industry has potential for high growth.He expressed hope that foreign companies will expand their business in China.

Japanese companies have set up a huge booth to market their products and show theirknow-how to improve the quality of services.

One of the products attracting lots of attention was a customer data system that uses facialrecognition technology. The system processes data including age and gender of customers.It’s designed to help people like waiters at restaurants and salespeople to maximize theirservices. Visitors said Japanese companies are known for their courteous client services andhave a good chance to succeed in China. The Chinese government is sponsoring the fair. Itbelieves that the development of the service industry is necessary to increase jobs.

The country is struggling with a business slowdown triggered by the European financialcrisis.—NHK

This file photo shows abank teller holding

Japanese yen banknotesin Tokyo. Tokyo saidTuesday it will start

direct currency tradingwith China for the first

time, scrapping thedollar as an

intermediary unit for thefirst time to push

business between thetwo Asian economic

giants.REUTERS

The two companies aimto merge Mitsubishi’sadvanced technology withImabari’s mass productioncapability.

Mitsubishi will supplytechnology for liquefiednatural gas fuel systems tocut emissions. The companywill also provide an energy-saving system that uses airbubbles to reduce drag onthe ship’s hull. The firmshope to recover market sharein the lucrative container shipindustry.—NHK

Masafumi Inoue, a seniorresearch scientist and

project director ofTechnology Development

from ETC and Dr TimothyBarkham, a senior consultantof Laboratory Medicine fromTTSH. This newly launchedH5N1 test kit has beenclinically validated byseveral hospitals inSoutheast Asia.

Local small and mediumenterprise, AITbiotech, aregional provider of genomicservices and moleculardiagnostics kits, has recentlysigned a licence agreementwith Exploit Technologies,the technology transfer armof A*STAR, to market thisH5N1 kit regionally.

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6 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Thursday, 31 May, 2012

World No Tobacco Day is celebrated around theworld every year on May 31. This yearly celebrationinforms the public on the dangers of using tobacco, thebusiness practices of tobacco companies, what WHO isdoing to fight the tobacco epidemic, and what peoplearound the world can do to claim their right to health andhealthy living and to protect future generations. Thetheme for 2012 is “Tobacco Industry Interference”. Thecampaign will focus on the need to expose and counter thetobacco industry’s brazen and increasingly aggressiveattempts to undermine global tobacco control efforts.The Tobacco Epidemic

Total consumption of tobacco products is increasingglobally, though it is decreasing in some high-income andupper middle-income countries. More than 80% of the onebillion smokers worldwide live in low- and middle-incomecountries, where the burden of tobacco-related illness anddeath is heaviest.

Tobacco use is the leading preventable cause ofdeath. This year, more than 5 million people will die froma tobacco-related heart attack, stroke, cancer, lung ailmentor other disease. That does not include the more than600,000 people—more than a quarter of them children—who will die from exposure to second-hand smoke. Theannual death toll from the global epidemic of tobacco usecould rise to 8 million by 2030. Having killed 100 millionpeople during the 20th century, tobacco use could kill 1billion during the 21st century. Tobacco users who dieprematurely deprive their families of income, raise thecost of health care and hinder economic development.

Tobacco is grown in 124 countries, occupying 3.8million hectares of agricultural land. World tobaccoproduction peaked in 1997 at over 9 million tones and hassince declined by almost a quarter to 7.1 million tones in2009.

Tobacco is primarily grown in low and middle-incomecountries, where it is a contribution to undernourishment,because the land is used to grow tobacco rather than food.IN 2009, SIX OF THE TOP TEN TOBACCO-PRODUCINGCOUNTRIES HAD UNDERNOURISHMENT RATESBETWEEN 5% AND 27%. Tobacco farming negativelyaffects the environment. Deforestation results from woodbeing needed for the curing process and for hangingleaves to dry. Each year, 20000 hectares of forests arecleared to cure tobacco. Tobacco leaches the soil of manynutrients, so fertilizers and pesticides are heavily used intobacco production. These chemicals endanger workersand create runoff that pollutes the environment.

There are well over 500 cigarette factories spread aroundthe globe, each responsible for thousands of prematuredeaths and massive, avoidable costs to society. THESEFACTORIES COLLECTIVELY PRODUE NEARLY 6TRILLION CIGARETTES EVERY YEAR, ROUGHLY 13%MORE THAN A DECADE AGO. In 2010, cigarettes wereproduced in the majority of countries worldwide, and abouta million cigarettes were manufactured every five seconds.

Estimates of revenues from the global tobacco industryvary widely but are likely approaching half a trilliondollars annually. Although tobacco is ultimately a financialburden on the government and health-care systems ofcountries, it is also a source of government revenue,though tobacco companies. Illicit trade in tobacco productshas serious health, economic, and social implications.Circumventing tobacco taxes undermines tax and pricepolices, which are among the most effective mechanismsto control tobacco use, as well as other tobacco controlmeasures, such as youth access laws or mandatory health-warning labels. Tobacco smuggling can also lead tohigher levels of corruption. Illicit cigarette trade is highlyprofitable for the transnational tobacco companies,allowing them to circumvent tobacco taxation.The WHO committee of experts on tobacco industrydocuments

In 2000, the WHO committee of experts on tobaccoindustry documents published Tobacco industrystrategies to undermine tobacco control activities at theWorld Health Organization. This report summarizesevidence obtained from internal tobacco industry

World No Tobacco Day 2012 Dr Aung Tun (Ministry of Health)

documents of actions taken to influence and undermineWHO tobacco control policies and programmes. Thecommittee found that the industry used a range of strategiesto weaken or prevent advances in tobacco control.

The committee also found that “the evidence showsthat tobacco companies have operated for many years withthe deliberate purpose of subverting the efforts of WHO toaddress tobacco issues. The attempted subversion hasbeen elaborate, well financed, sophisticated and usuallyinvisible. That tobacco companies resist proposals fortobacco control comes as no surprise, but what is now clearis the scale, intensity and most importantly, the tactics, oftheir campaigns. To many in the international community,tobacco prevention may be seen today as a struggle againstchemical addition, cancers, cardiovascular diseases andother health consequences of smoking. This inquiry adds tothe mounting evidence that it is also a struggle against anactive, organized and calculating industry.”Eight domains of tobacco industry interference

There are many strategies used by the industry and itsallies to monitor and undermine advances in tobacco control.The diversity of these strategies demonstrates that themission to thwart tobacco control is global and based on thebroad objective of establishing the industry as ‘sociallyresponsible’ and a ‘partner’ with government in tobaccocontrol. There is also evidence of the objective of stoppingor weakening policies known to affect sales. The industrycannot only manipulate the media by raising doubt aboutscientific research, it can also attack public media campaignsby requesting information, pursuing litigation or attemptingto limit the audience and restrict the message of the campaign.

Eight domains of tobacco industry interference can beidentified as follows:

1. Attempts to undermine science and legitimatemessages from scientific quarters

2. Manipulation of the media3. Public relations4. Tactics designed to gain control of the public

agenda5. Lobbying6. Use of front groups and artificially created

grassroots movements7. Intimidation8. Harassment of tobacco control professionals

WHO FCTC and Tobacco IndustryThe illicit tobacco trade is addressed by Article 15 of

the WHO Framework Convention on Tobacco Control(WHO FCTC). Parties to the Convention are negotiating aprotocol that builds upon the original treaty and aims tostrengthen international cooperation in fighting the illicittobacco trade. Despite the irreconcilable conflicts of internetbetween the tobacco industry and the public healthcommunity, the industry is seeking to enter WHO FCTCillicit trade protocol negotiations and national-level illicittrade control activities. In many parts of the world, thetobacco industry works closely with governments to combatillicit trade. This collaboration involves many risks andconflicts with Article 5.3 of the WHO FCTC.

Article 5.3 of the WHO Framework Convention onTobacco Control requires that ‘In setting and implementingtheir public health policies with respect to tobacco control,Parties shall act to protect these policies from commercialand other vested interests of the tobacco industry inaccordance with national law’.Myanmar and the WHO FCTC

In May 1999, the World Health Assembly the governingbody of the World Health Organization adopted a resolution(WHA 52.18) which paved the way for starting multi-lateralnegotiations on the WHO FCTC and possible relatedprotocols. Myanmar along with fellow Member statusactively participated in the negotiating process of the WHOFCTC and strongly supported the convention. Myanmardelegates expressed their strong commitment towardscomprehensive tobacco control measures and voiced forthe need of a comprehensive ban on all forms of tobaccoadvertisement including cross-border advertising. Myanmarproudly hosted the 4th Inter-country Consultation Meetingof Framework Convention on Tobacco Control in August

2002, where the countries of South-East Asia Regionissues the “Yangon Declaration”. Myanmar became asignatory to the FCTC on the 23rd of October 2003 andbecame a Party to the Convention on the 20th of April, 2004;it was the 11th country to become Party to the Convention.Tobacco Control in Myanmar

The National Programme on Tobacco Control wasofficially launched in January 2000 with the drafting andapproval of the National Policy on Tobacco Control andPlan of action. In collaboration with Ministry of Education,Ministry of Health has launched the Tobacco Free SchoolProgramme in 2003. The Tobacco Free Youth Programmewas also implemented by School and Youth Health Projectsince 2009.

The Myanmar Tobacco Control Programme has beenimplementing its activities in line with the six MPOWERpolicies recommended in the “WHO Report on the GlobalTobacco Epidemic 2008”.1. Monitor tobacco use and prevention policies: TheNational Tobacco Control Programme has been monitoringtobacco use through conducting of sentinel prevalencestudies and global tobacco surveillance system, i.e. byconducting Global Health Professions Students Surveys,Global School Personnel Surveys and Global YouthTobacco Surveys periodically. The recent studies done in2011 showed an increasing trend in both smoking andsmokeless tobacco use, especially among male. Thehighlights of the 2011 GYTS are as follows:· 18.6% of students currently use any form of tobacco;

6.8% currently smoke cigarettes; 17.4% currently useother tobacco products other than cigarettes orcheroot.

· SHS exposure—one-third of the students live in homeswhere others smoke, and one-third of the students areexposed to smoke around others in outdoor publicplaces; close to half the students have at least oneparent who smokes.

· Over half the students think smoke from others isharmful to them.

· Nine in 10 students think smoking in public placesshould be banned.

· Nine in 10 current smokers want to stop smoking.· 8.8% of students have an object with cigarette brand

logo on it.· More than nine in 10 students saw anti-smoking media

messages in the past 30 days; seven in 10 studentssaw pro-cigarette ads on billboards and nearly 3 in 5saw pro-cigarette ads in newspapers or magazines inthe past 30 days.

2. Protect people from tobacco smoke: In line with theMyanmar Tobacco Control Policy and Plan of Action, allthe health facilities had been established as smoke-freesince 2001; education department started to establishtobacco-free schools in 2002 and sports grounds weredeclared smoke-free in 2002. The National legislationprohibits smoking at public places, public transport and inenclosed public places. However, it is a challenging issueto be aware of and follow the regulations accordingly.3. Offer help to quit tobacco: Community-based cessationprogrammes are being implemented in project townshipswhere community facilitators were trained to providesupport and counseling for tobacco users to quit. Basichealth personnel are also trained for health education ondangers of tobacco and on cessation. Clinical support forNicotine Replacement Therapy and establishment of quitlines are yet to be implemented.4. Warn about the dangers of tobacco: Nationallegislation requires cigarette, cheroot and cigar packagesto display health warnings in local language. Measures areunderway to enforce regulations for health warnings to berotating, pictorial as well as textual and to be displayedtaking at least 30% of the front of cigarette packages.5. Enforce bans on tobacco advertising, promotion andsponsorship: The 2006 Control of Smoking andConsumption of Tobacco Product Law prohibits all formsof direct and indirect advertising, promotion andsponsorship of tobacco. Even before the Law was enacted,

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(From page 6)tobacco advertisement on TV and Radio was prohibitedin 2000-2001 in collaboration with Ministry ofInformation. Tobacco billboards had been totally bannedsince 2002 in collaboration with City DevelopmentCommittees and Department of Development Affairs.Tobacco advertisement via print media was prohibited in2002 in collaboration with the General AdministrationDepartment.6. Raise taxes on tobacco: In 2012 Cigarette taxes inMyanmar are levied at 100% (commercial tax) of taxableturnover; Myanmar is among a few countries in the worldwhich levied cigarette taxes higher than 70%. Commercialtaxes for other tobacco products such as cheroots, pipes,

cigars were also increased harmoniously at 50%.Myanmar has been participating in the World

Conferences on Tobacco or Health. Union Minister forHealth Dr Pe Thet Khin attended the 15th World Conferenceon Tobacco or health, 20-24 March 2012, Singapore. Aresearch paper, “Prevalance and determinants of smokingamong students aged 13-15 years in Myanmar: Resultsfrom the Myanmar Global School-based Student HealthSurvey (Myanmar GSHS)” was presented in the Conference.The abstract poster was chosen as one of best poster awardsNominees.To fight against tobacco industry interference

The Control of Smoking and Consumption ofTobacco Product Law was adopted on 4 May, 2006. The

adoption of the law was a very significant milestone in thehistory of public health of Myanmar and was highlyappreciated by the World Health Organization and anti-tobacco advocates.

However, enforcement of the national legislationon tobacco control needs to be strengthened, and theNational Tobacco Control Programme needs to be morecomprehensive incorporating measures to reducesmokeless tobacco use and other non-cigarette tobaccoproducts, and economic consequences of tobaccoconsumption and exposure to tobacco smoke.

On World No Tobacco Day 2012, and throughoutthe following year, we would like to urge the relatedministries and sectors, international and local NGOs andthe community as a whole to put the fight against tobaccoindustry interference at the heart of their efforts to controlthe global tobacco epidemic.

World No Tobacco Day 2012

Sometimes, I come across the warning ‘Don’t smoke’in the esteemed daily. Although the warning is unable toorganize nonsmokers, it can attract so many readers toknow the dangers of tobacco.

Once, I happened to meet a late prolific writer who hadwritten so many articles on anti-smoking. Amazingly,there was a cheroot or cigarette in his hand while he waswriting anti-tobacco articles. What was more, he used tosay that he had given up smoking so many times. Believeit or not!

I remember him when I have to write the articles onanti-smoking.

When I learned to smoke, I was only ten years old. I didso simply because I saw my parents and some elders smokecheroots. I thought it was a youthful or grownup style. Ibought cigarettes with my pocket-money and smoked onthe sly. I started smoking a little at a time and soon I was usedto it. To be frank, I fell prey to tobacco. At that time, we cameto be addicted to the bad habit because of lack of knowledge.

Although the elderly people urged us not to smoke,saying that tobacco could affect our health, we did notobey them. Why? It was because they themselvespassionately smoked.

Later, people come to know dangers of tobacco—cardiovascular disease, heart failure, and respiratoryillnesses.

In spite of dangers, more and more people become

DON’T SMOKE! Maung Hlaing

smokers. Many young people begin smoking as an act ofindependence. Most adults smoke to reduce their cravingfor nicotine. The effects of nicotine help make smokingpleasurable. Actually, nicotine stimulates the nervoussystem and the heart and other organs. However, its effecton the nervous system also causes many people to becomeaddicted to it.

Such an addiction makes it hard for people to give upsmoking.

Since doctors and governments first warned about thehealth hazards of cigarette smoking in 1960’s, millions ofpeople have stopped smoking. Most of them have !beenable to stop on their own although some made severalattempts before they were able to stop completely. Manysmokers attend special clinics set up to help them overcometheir addiction.

Some of my friends tried to give up tobacco bysubstituting it with chewing betel quids. However, theybecame addicted to these two bad habits. As for me, I hadto substitute smoking with other activities such as physicalexercises. Only when I became father of a child, could I stopsmoking. It gets easier addicted than wiped out!

We do not know the exact period when the bad habitof smoking emerged. According to the records, AmericanIndians smoked tobacco in pipes long before ChristopherColumbus sailed to the New World in 1492. Columbusbrought some tobacco seeds back to Europe, where farmers

began to grow the plant for use as a medicine that helpedrelax. Spaniards and some other Europeans began tosmoke hand-rolled cigarettes in the 1600’s. The use oftobacco products has been a controversial issue for manyyears. During the 1500’s, European doctors declared thattobacco should be used only for medicinal purposes.During the 1960’s, scientists established that smokingtobacco products—especially cigarettes—could increasethe risk of lung cancer, heart disease, and other illnesses.

The first study on the effects of smoking showed thatmen who were lifelong smokers died almost 18 yearsearlier than men who had never smoked. According to thereport, a 30-year-old man who smoked can expect to dieat the age of 64.

To make matters worse, increasing evidence indicatesthat cigarette smoke also harms nonsmokers.

In a new study, a team from Duke University MedicalCentre reviewed the cases of 845 patients who had hadsurgery for kidney cancer or renal cell carcinoma between2000 and 2009. They found that current and formersmokers were 1.5 to 1.6 times more likely to have advancedcancer than nonsmokers.

Heavy smoking (smoking for a longer period of timeand smoking more) was associated with advanced renalcell carcinoma.

Why shouldn’t give up such a bad habit once and forall? The earlier, the better! Don’t smoke!!

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Union Civil Service Boardheld a ceremony to awardoutstanding students in2010-2011 academic yearand grant stipends for 2012-2013 academic year at theauditorium of the board hereon 29 May.

It was attended byUCSB Chairman U Kyaw

UCSB awards outstanding students, grants stipendsThu and wife, members UKhin Maung Aye, Dr WinMyint, Dr Myint Aung, DrKyaw Kyaw Htay and U SoeOo and their wives,directors-general, the headof office, staff, students andparents.

The UCSB chairmandelivered an address at theceremony and his wife Daw

Le Le Kyi presented awardsand stipends to students.Daw Tin Tin Myo, wife ofUCSB Member U Soe Oo,presented uniforms andstationery to school-children.

A total of 99 studentsreceived stipends, uniformsand stationery at theevent.—MNA

YANGON, 30 May—Tutor Daw Su Zar Zar Htay Yi ofUniversity of National Culture and Arts under the Ministryof Culture yesterday evening left here by air to attend thethree-year doctorate course (music) to be conducted atTokyo National Arts University of Japan.

She was seen off at Yangon International Airport byRector U Kyaw Oo of University of National Culture andArts (Yangon) and officials.—MNA

Scholar leaves for Japan forfurther studies

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Secretary U Khin Maung Ooof Pyithu Hluttaw Economicand Trade DevelopmentCommittee met DeputyManaging Director MrNaoyuki Shinohara ofInternational Monetary Fund(IMF) and Deputy Chief ofAsia and Pacific of IMF MrsMeral Karasulu, at PyithuHluttaw Committee hall inHluttaw Building on 29 May.

Also present at the callwere members of PyithuHluttaw Economic and TradeDevelopment Committee. Atthe call, they cordiallydiscussed matters related tomonetary policy and taxescollection.—MNA

Pyithu HluttawEconomic and

TradeDevelopmentCommitteeSecretary

receives IMFofficials

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Union Minister for Health DrPe Thet Khin received a delegation led by FIFA ChiefMedical Officer Mr Jiri Dvorak of FIFA at his office at 11am on 29 May and Chief HIV/AIDS-Mr Craig McClure ofUNICEF Headquarters and party at 2 pm separately.

In meeting with FIFA, both sides held discussionmatters related to 11 sectors being carried by FIFA’s socialdevelopment programme including prevention of HIV,abstaining from alcohol and drug, taking hygiene, havingdiet, taking necessary injections and medical treatment offootballers and cooperation related ministries.

Having bilateral talk with UNICEF, they focused onmedical providing services in cooperation with UNICEF,medical diagnostic work, medicine providing and medicaltreatment, saving the orphans who suffered from AIDS andcooperation other organizations.

Also present at the calls were Deputy Minister Dr WinMyint of the Ministry of Health, Director-General Dr TunNaing Oo of Health Department and responsible persons.

MNA

Union Health Minister meets FIFA,UNICEF Headquarters guests

Secretary U Khin Maung Oo of Pyithu Hluttaw Economic and TradeDevelopment Committee holds talks with Deputy Managing Director MrNaoyuki Shinohara of IMF and Deputy Chief of Asia and Pacific of IMF

Mrs Meral Karasulu.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 30May—A delegation led byVice President of GermanParliament Dr Otto Solmscalled on Deputy Speaker ofPyidaungsu Hluttaw andAmyotha Hluttaw U MyaNyein at the AmyothaHluttaw Hall of the HluttawComplex here this morning.

At the meeting, theyhad a discussion onpotentials for cooperationin parliamentary functionsbetween the two countries,duties and responsibilitiesof parliament, efforts of thegovernment made in theinterest of the State and thepeople, steps taken forinternal peace and measurestaken for participation of allthe citizens in thedemocratization process.

NAY PYI TAW, 31 May—The President of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar has appointed U MyoMyint Than as Ambassador Extraordinary andPlenipotentiary of the Republic of the Union of Myanmarto the People’s Republic of Bangladesh.—MNA

U Myo Myint Than accreditedto Bangladesh

NAY PYI TAW, 31 May—The government of theRepublic of the Union of Myanmar has agreed to theappointment of Mr Hossein Kamalian as AmbassadorExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republicof Iran to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.

Mr Hossein Kamalian was born on 5 September,1956. He holds a M.A degree for InternationalRelations.

Mr. Hossein Kamalian joined the Ministry ofForeign Affairs of Iran in 1979. He had served as DeputyHead of Mission of Iran Embassy, Paris in 1989 andAmbassador of Iran to Yemen in 2003. He served asDeputy Director General of Persian Gulf, Ministry ofForeign Affairs in 2007 and Director General of PersianGulf, Ministry of Foreign Affairs since 2011 and he iscurrently serving as caretaker of Department of PersianGulf of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

Mr. Hossein Kamalian will serve as AmbassadorExtraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the Islamic Republicof Iran to the Republic of the Union of Myanmar withresidence in Bangkok.—MNA

Appointment of Ambassadoragreed on

Myanmar, Germany to cooperate in parliamentary functions

Present on theoccasion were chairmen ofthe Amyotha Hluttawcommissions and

committees and officialsfrom the Hluttaw Office, andthe Vice-President ofGerman Parliament was

accompanied by GermanAmbassador to Myanmar MrChristian-Ludwig Weber-Lortsch.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30May—Chief Repre-sentative Mr TakeshiOhashi and party of MizuhoCorporate Bank Ltd calledon Governor of Central Bankof Myanmar under theMinistry of Finance andRevenue U Than Nyein atthe latter’s office yesterdayafternoon.

They discussedmatters related to openingMizuho Corporate Bankbranch in Myanmar andpromoting cooperation with

CBM governor receives foreign guests

local banks.The governor

received IMF DeputyManaging Director MrNaoyuki Shinohara andparty the same afternoon andheld discussions onincreasing IMF assistancesin financial reforms beinginitiated by the government.

US InternationalTrade and EconomicAdvisor Mr Gabriel Adlerand party paid a call on thegovernor at his office thismorning. They frankly

exchanged views oneconomic reforms and aid tobe rendered by the UnitedStates.

The meetings wereattended by heads ofdivisions.—MNA

YANGON, 30 May— A ceremony to donate computersand related materials worth USD 29,890 to social welfareinstitute of Social Welfare Department (SWD) under theMinistry of Social Welfare, Relief and Resettlement byKorea International Cooperation Agency (KOICA), was heldat the institute in Mayangon Township, here, this morning.At the ceremony, resident representative Mr Shin Man Shikof KOICA Myanmar Office explained the purpose of donation.Director U Myo Hsat Aung accepted computers and relatedaccessories donated by Mr Shin Man Shik, presentedcertificate of honour and spoke words of thanks.—MNA

KOICA donates computers andrelated materials to SWD

YANGON, 30May—Aten-member delegation ledby Assistant Director(Production Division) UThan Win Swe of theMinistry of Cultureyesterday morning left hereby air to attend BuddhistWisdom Performance tomark the 2600th AnniversaryBuddha Enlightenment tobe held in Bangkok,Thailand from 31 May to 3June.

They were seen off atthe Yangon InternationalAirport by Rector U KyawOo of University of NationalCulture and Arts (Yangon)and officials.

MNA

Deputy Pyidaungsu Hluttaw Speaker and Deputy Amyotha HluttawSpeaker U Mya Nyein receives Vice-President of German Parliament Dr

Otto Solms and party.—MNA

Deputy Pyithu HluttawSpeaker U Nanda

Kyaw Swa holds talkswith DFID Director-

General Ms JoyHutcheon and

party.—MNA

Governor of the Central Bank of Myanmar U Than Nyein receives USInternational Trade and Economic Advisor Mr Gabriel Adler.—MNA

Resident RepresentativeMr Shin Man Shik of

KOICA MyanmarOffice donatescomputers and

accessories to SocialWelfare Science.—MNA

Officials leavefor Thailand toattend Buddhist

WisdomPerformance

Deputy Pyithu Hluttaw Speaker meetsDirector-General of Britain DFID

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Director-General Ms Joy Hutcheon of Departmentfor International Development of Britainand party paid a call on Deputy PyithuHluttaw Speaker U Nanda Kyaw Swa atPyithu Hluttaw Hall in Hluttaw Complexhere this noon.

Chairman of International RelationsCommittee U Hla Myint Oo, Chairman ofPublic Accounts Committee U Thurein Zawand Secretary U Maung Toe, members of

Legal Affairs and Special Cases AssessmentCommittee Dr Tai San, U Than Tun and UMya Thein were also present at the call.

The two sides cordially had frankdiscussion on matters related to Britain’scomprehensive assistance to Myanmarthrough closet approach to politicaldevelopments of Myanmar and bridgingprogrammes designed to foster mutualfriendship between the two parliaments.

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NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Union Ministerfor National Planning and EconomicDevelopment U Tin Naing Thein receivedTurkish Ambassador to the Republic of theUnion of Myanmar H.E Murat Yavuz Atesat his office here, this morning.

They discussed promoting bilateralcooperation and trade and investmentsectors, provision of requirement for

Myanmar-Turkey to discuss promotingof bilateral cooperation

Union Construction Minister meetsJapanese guests

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Union Ministerfor Construction U Khin Maung Myintreceived a six-member delegation led by MrMakoto Udaka of Irie Miyake Architects &Engineers (IMA) of Japan at his office on 28May.

They frankly discussed matters relatedto cooperation in regional development and

Ayeyawady Region Chief Ministerreceives Thai, Singaporean guests

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Chief Minister of AyeyawadyRegion U Thein Aungreceived delegation led byFounder and Senior PartnerMr Pairoj Piempongsant ofEmpire Asia Energy Groupof Thailand at the regiongovernment office yesterdaymorning.

The chief minister thenreceived Asian Resident

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Deputy Minister at thePresident Office U Han Sein and Deputy Minister forConstruction U Soe Tint inspected Kyaukse-PyinOoLwin-Mogok road (PyinOoLwin-Mogok section) on 27 Maymorning and met the deputy chief engineer and the districtsuperintending engineer of the Public Works at PyinOoLwinDistrict superintending engineer’s office.

The two deputy ministers inspected roadworksand drains and bridges along the road.—MNA

Deputy Sports Minister views trainings,meets personnel of IOC, OCA

YANGON 30 May—Vice-Chairman of MyanmarOlympic Committee Secretary of Myanmar National SportsCommittee Deputy Minister for Sports U Aye Myint Kyuencouraged tentatively-selected martial arts players intraining at township Gymnasium in Dagon Myothit (North)and shooters in training Myanmar Shooting Federation(North Dagon) shooting range and met with personnel andcoaches of the federation this morning.

The deputy minister, the general secretary ofMyanmar Olympic Committee director-general of Sportsand Physical Education Department and personnel metProject Manager Mr Edward Kensingston, IOC, OlympicSolidarity and Director Mr Haider Farman of OCA at theNational Stadium No (1) Thuwunna. MOC Secretary UKhin Maung Lwin explained formation of the MOC,condition of the stadiums and gyms that will host theXXVII SEA games, and opening of national levelmanagement courses and instructors courses jointlyorganized by the MOC and IOC.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Chairman of PyithuHluttaw Public Accounts Committee U Thurein Zawreceived a delegation led by Director General Ms JoyHutcheon of UK’s Department for InternationalDevelopment’s (DFID) and party, at the hall of the committeein Hluttaw Building this morning.

Also present at the call together with the Chairmanwere Secretary U Maung Toe, committee members andofficials from Hluttaw office. The Committee Chairmanexplained committee’s functions. They had a cordialdiscussion on assistance to be provided by the UnitedKingdom.—MNA

YANGON, 30 May—Anopening ceremony of ASEcar showroom of AssuranceServices Enterprise Co., Ltd,was held at the show in Bahostreet in SangyoungTownship this morning.Yangon Region Minister forDevelopment AffairsYangon Mayor U Hla Myint,Region Minister for Planningand Economices U ThanMyint and managingdirector Dr Khant Win ofAssurance ServicesEnterprise Co., Ltd formallyopened the show. After that,Yangon Region ChiefMinister U Myint Swepressed the button to openthe showroom signboard. Afterwards, the ChiefMinister and guests lookedround the automobiles onshow.—MNA

ASE opens automobiles showroom

strengthening friendly ties between the twocountries.

Also present at the call were DeputyConstruction Minister U Kyaw Lwin,Director-General U Min Htein ofDepartment of Human Settlement andHousing Development and departmentalheads.—MNA

Representative of IKLGmbh of Singapore Mr GBernard Huybens and party.The meetings focused oninvestment in AyeyawadyRegion.

supplying adequate electricity in Myanmar,development of rural areas and technical aidfor blooming of agriculture sector.

Also present at the call were the Director-General of Foreign Economic RelationsDepartment, the Director-General ofDirectorate of Investment and CompaniesAdministration and officials concerned.

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Also present at the callswere Region Planning andEconomy Minister U HlaKhaing and Region Electricityand Industry Minister U SawMya Thein.—MNADeputy Minister at the

President Office U HanSein and Deputy Minister

for Construction U SoeTint inspect Kyaukse-

PyinOoLwin-Mogok road(PyinOoLwin-Mogok

section).—MNA

Pyithu Hluttaw Public AccountsCommittee Chairman meets

DFID Director-General

Deputy ministers inspectKyaukse-PyinOoLwin-

Mogok road

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PYAWBWE, 30 May—A ceremony to provide assistanceto farmer near Natkar dam project in Medee Village-tract inPyawbwe Township was held at post primary school inKyisu Village, Kyisu Village-tract on 26 May.

At the ceremony, Mandalay Region Hluttawrepresentative U Tin Oo delivered a speech and townshipadministrator U Kyaw Aung San explained the constructionof Natkar dam.

Afterwards, assistant director U Khin Zaw of YamethinDistrict Irrigation Department briefed on assistance providedand presented K 17 million to 47 farmers.

Land preparations have been made so as to grow cropson 85 acres of land.—Myanma Alin

STIPENDS PROVIDED: Chief of Thayawady TownshipPolice Force Police Capt Thein Naing provides stipend toan offspring of Thayawady Township Police Forcemembers on 26 May.—MYANMA ALIN

Assistance provided to farmers inPyawbwe Township

Traffic rules course concludesin Mon State

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—A concluding ceremony oftraffic rules course No.1/2012, jointly conducted by MonState Traffic Rules Enforcement Supervisory Committeeand Traffic Police Force, took place at Supply and TransportBattalion in Mawlamyine Township on 27 May.Commanding Officer Lt-Col Than Daing, instructors fromtraffic police force, drivers and motorcyclists attended theceremony.

Members led by Mon State Traffic Police Force Policesub-inspector Aung Naing gave lectures on the traffic rulesand regulations. Plans are under way to hold talks on trafficrules under the supervision of Mon State Traffic RulesEnforcement Supervisory Committee and State Traffic PoliceForce soon.—MNA

CASH DONATED: The Lions Clubs of Japan donatedK 1 million to the funds of Hnizigon Home for the Agedthrough CEC Chairman Lt-Col Kyaw Shein (Retd).

KYEMON

NAMTU, 30 May—Anannual meeting of NamtuTownship blood donorassociation was held at CityHall in Namtu Township,Kyaukme District, ShanState (North), on 12 May. Atthe ceremony, Shan StateHluttaw representative UZaw Moe donated oxygenconcentrator throughDistrict doctor Dr Toe Toe incommemoration of theannual meeting.

Afterwards, Dr Toe Toedonated medicines to theassociation.

Kyemon

Books, stationery donated in Pathein

YANGON, 30 May—Aceremony to erect signboardof Basic Education HighSchool (Branch) and holdschool enrollment day, washeld at No.3 Basic EducationMiddle School in ShwepyithaTownship, Yangon NorthDistrict, here, on 28 May.Township Pyithu Hluttawrepresentative U Tin MaungOo, school head U Thet Myintand ward administrator UKyaw Kyaw Aung opened it.

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—A five-member delegation ledby Mr You Jianhua and partyof China NGO Network forInternational Exchanges ofChina, paid a call on Vice-Presidents of the Republic ofthe Union of MyanmarFederation of Chambers ofCommerce and Industry

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—With the aim of winning atWater Polo contest at XXVIISEA Games 2013 to be heldin Myanmar and turning outoutstanding athletes, WaterPolo contest will be held atNational Swimming Pool, inYangon from 23 to 25 June.The prizes designated for thecontest are first prize (K 1.5million), second prize (K 1million), third prize (K 0.5million) and best winner prize(K 150,000). A team with nomore than 15 members mustinclude a manager, a coachand 13 athletes. The teammay register at Secretary UMyo Wunna Tun (ph-09-8300384) of MyanmarSwimming Federation,National Swimming Pool (Ph-

RMGCC 3rd Anniversary Charitygolf tournament concludes

YANGON, 30 May—RMGCC 3rd Anniversary Charitygolf tournament, organized by Royal Mingaladon Golf &Country Club, took place at the club on 26 May.

In the evening, prize-awarding ceremony was held.U Hsan Tun, RMGCC Director of Golf (PGA GolfProfessional Myanmar PGA delivered a speech at prize-awarding ceremony. After wards, officials presented prizesto the winners. The entrance fee collected from thetournament will go to orphanages.—Myanma Alin

Inter-village-tractTownship

administrator’sCup footballtournamentconcludes

MAWLAMYINEGYUN,30 May—Final match andprize-awarding ceremony ofInter-village-tract TownshipAdministrator’s Cupfootball tournament, washeld at football ground inM a w l a m y i n e g y u nTownship, AyeyawadyRegion, on 24 May. At thefinal match, Hlinephonevillage-tract team won overGyungyi village-tract team.Township administrator UHtay Maung awardedHlinephone village-tractteam.—Myanma Alin

Water Polo contest on23-25 June

01-378550), Secretary U ChoMaung of Ko Kine SwimmingAssociation (Ph-09-5050407and 01-542749) not later than15 June.—Tin Zaw Tun

Oxygenconcentratordonated in

NamtuTownship

UMFCCI officials meet Chinese delegation(UMFCCI) U Aung Lwin andU Tun Aung, CEC membersU Maung Maung Swe and UKyaw Thein, at UMFCCIheadquarter on 26 May.

The meeting focused oneconomic and politicalreforms, matters relating toUMFCCI’s cooperation withInternational organizations,

investment opportunities,study tours and courses forhuman resourcedevelopment, sending ofMyanmar trainees to Chinafor study tour and course,showcase of UMFCCI inannual China expo,Economic CooperationSeminar to be held in Chinain 2013 and signing of MOU.

MNA

BEHS (Branch) signboard erected in Shwepyitha townshipAfter that, School EnrollmentDay ceremony followed. Atthe ceremony, bags and

stationery were donated to 15needy students.

Myanma Alin

UNIFORMS PROVIDED: Monghsat District AdministratorU Thaung Tin Htway provides uniforms worth of K 233500for staff of district General Administration Department,through a staff.—DISTRICT GAD

DISTRICT

NEWS

PATHEIN, 30 May—Aceremony to donate booksand stationery was held atNo.12 Basic EducationPrimary School in Pathein,

Ayeyawady Region, on 27May. At the ceremony,school head U Myat Thwinexplained the purpose ofdonation. Afterwards,

stationery donated byMinistry of Education andSchool Board of Trusteeswere handed over.

Education

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JOHANNESBURG, 30 May — At least five people were killedand 87 others were hurt as the bus they were travelling incrashed in eastern South Africa on Saturday afternoon, localmedia reported. The crowded bus crashed outside the portcity of Durban in the eastern province of KwaZulu-Natal, theSouth African Press Association (SAPA) reported, citinglocal paramedics on Saturday evening.

Among the injured, 20 are in critical condition, and thedeath toll might continue to rise, the SAPA reported. The buswas suddenly out of control as it was travelling down a windyroad, and rolled over before impacting a house beside theroad, local paramedics said. Police was investigating thecause of the fatal accident. In recent years, the deadly roadtraffic accidents have become one of the biggest killers inSouth Africa.— Xinhua

Bus crash kills five, injures87 in South Africa

Vatican faces widening of leaks scandalVATICAN CITY, 30 May —

The Vatican faces a wideningscandal that in one short weekhas seen Pope Benedict’sbutler arrested, the presidentof its bank unceremoniouslydismissed and the publicationof a new book allegingconspiracies among cardinals.It was a poisonous PentecostSunday for the pope, who likelyhad the tumultuous events ofthe past week on his mind ashe celebrated a mass in StPeter’s Basilica on the dayregarded as the birthday of theChurch.

On Saturday his personalbutler, Paolo Gabriele, 46, wasformally charged with stealingconfidential papal documentsin the scandal that has come tobe known as “Vatileaks”. Someof the documents allege

The Pope’s butler, Paolo Gabriele (bottom L) arriveswith Pope Benedict XVI (R) at St Peter’s Square inVatican, in this file photo taken on 23 May, 2012.

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cronyism and corruption incontracts with Italiancompanies. One prominentcardinal, illustrating thegrowing emotion of the debatein Vatican circles, wrote in anItalian newspaper that the popehad been betrayed just asJesus was betrayed 2,000 yearsago. The scandal, which hasbeen brewing for months, hashit the very heart of the RomanCatholic Church.

Gabriele — now knownin Vatican statements as “thedefendant” — was untilWednesday night the quietman who served the pope’smeals, helped him dress andheld his umbrella on rainy days.The pope made no referenceduring his two publicappearances on Sunday to thescandal or the arrest, which

aides said had “saddened andpained” him.”I feel very sadfor the pope. This whole thingis such a disservice to theChurch,” Carl Anderson, head

of the Knights of Columbuscharity group who is also amember of the board of theVatican bank, told Reuters.

Reuters

Brides and grooms bow to greet each other at a traditional Chinese wedding inZhoucun Village of Zibo, east China’s Shandong Province, on 27 May, 2012. Twenty

pairs of couples from Beijing, Zhejiang, Fujian and Shandong took part in thetraditional wedding on Sunday. — XINHUA

File illustration photo shows a village compound nearKhowst in Afghanistan’s Paktia Province. A NATO airstrike killed a family of eight, including six children, intheir home in Afghanistan’s eastern province of Paktia,

Afghan officials said on Sunday.—INTERNET

One dead, ten missing in boataccident on central China

riverCHANGSHA, 30 May — Investigators on Monday updated

the number of people missing in a passenger boat accidentto 10, up from the previously reported eight, on a river incentral China’s Hunan Province. Shi Zelong, deputyCommunist Party chief of Luxi County, said 25 passengersfell into the Yuanjiang River after their runaway boat hit afreighter and capsized.

He said rescuers saved 14 of the passengers and foundone person dead. There are still 10 people missing. Shi, theleader of the rescue operation, said he has sent people tocomb the river bank in search of the missing. He has alsodispatched divers to salvage the sunken vessel. Investigatorssaid the boat experienced engine failure while travelling fromLuxi to neighbouring Chenxi County and went adrift.

The accident occurred at about 10 am on Sunday in theYuanjiang River, a tributary of China’s longest river, theYangtze. The passengers were all from Dawan village inChenxi County. More than 500 rescuers are working tolocate the missing passengers with the help of 22 boats.

Xinhua

Rescuers recover 10 more bodiesfrom diamond mine in S Africa

Handicraftsman performs the making of shadow-playfigures at a puppet and shadow-play figure exhibition

in Chengdu, capital of southwest China’s SichuanProvince, on 27 May, 2012. A total of 1573 pieces ofhandicrafts including puppets, shadow-play figures

and masks of Nuo Opera were exhibited in Chengdu onSunday. — XINHUA

CAPE TOWN, 30 May —After several days of hardwork, rescuers haverecovered the bodies of tenillegal miners at a disuseddiamond mine near Kleinzeein the Northern CapeProvince, announceddiamond company De Beerson Sunday. “Ten deceaseddiggers had been recoveredfrom the collapsed tunnels(by Saturday evening),” saidthe company. It had broughtto 17 the total number ofbodies recovered since adisused tunnel collapsed onTuesday. A total of 19 minerswere trapped in the minewhere they were diggingillegally for diamonds,authorities said. One minerwas freed from the rubble

alive with minor injuriesearlier this week.

On Wednesday, twobodies were recovered andtwo days later, five otherbodies were retrieved. Whenthe tunnel collapsed, 11miners managed to escapeand alerted police on theaccident, said authorities.“The coordinated rescue andrecovery operation iscontinuing. The operationwill progress until allillegally excavated tunnelsare found and searched forsurvivors or deceaseddiggers,” De Beers said in astatement. The company saidthe collapsed tunnel that wasdiscovered by the rescue teamwas cleared on Saturday.

Xinhua

Malaysian, Canadian oil firms team up forexploitation

KUALA LUMPUR, 30 May— Malaysia’s state-owned oil giant, Petroliam NasionalBerhad or Petronas said on Monday that it has awarded a production sharing contract toCanada-based energy company Talisman Malaysia Limited to further develop and recovercrude oil from the Kinabalu fields off Malaysia’s east peninsula Sabah state.

“Petronas recognizes the need to continuously explore for innovative ways to unlockhydrocarbon resource potential in matured fields. Concerted efforts to further developthese more challenging fields are necessary so that Malaysia will not only able to sustainbut also increase oil production in the face of dwindling reserves,” Vice president ofPetronas’ petroleum management, Ramlan Abdul Malek said in a statement.

Talisman Malaysia and Petronas will invest over 1 billion US dollars under the contractto achieve early production gains, improve operational efficiency and maximize oil recoveryfrom the Kinabalu Fields, which composed of several matured reservoirs off Sabah.Talisman Malaysia holds 60 percent participating interest in the contract area.

The contract, Petronas said, was signed on 23 May, with Talisman Malaysia representedby its country manager Ron Aston, Petronas Carigali president Abdullah Karim and Ramlan.

MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 30 May —Commercial deep-seamining by China ofpolymetallic nodules thatcontain copper, nickel andcobalt among other keyminerals, can begin as earlyas 2030, according to theformer head of the StateOceanic Administration.

“With the improvementin deep-sea technology,metal resources under theocean can be explored andmined within 20 years,” saidSun Zhihui.

Last year, China wasamong the first group ofcountries approved by theInternational Seabed Autho-rity to look for polymetallicsulphide deposits, a recentlydiscovered mineral source,in the Southwest IndianRidge, a tectonic plateboundary on the bed of theIndian Ocean, he said, addingthe country is applying toexplore for cobalt in a new

China eyes developingdeep-sea mining tech by 2030

area in the Pacific Ocean.Sun said many countries

are developing technologiesfor commercial mining, but alow-cost method of miningpolymetallic nodules has notbeen found yet. China hasexplored more than 80,000square kilometres of the floorof the Pacific and Indianoceans, Sun said. XiangJianhai, researcher at theInstitute of Oceanologyunder the Chinese Academyof Sciences, said: “When wecan carry out commercialmining depends ontechnological development,financial support and theprice of key minerals on themarket.”

Xiang added that currentexploration, such as thatcarried out by China’smanned deep-sea vesselJiaolong, will provide thetechnology and geologicalinformation for futuremining. —Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BK BOSS VOY NO ( )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BK BOSSVOY NO ( ) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 31.5.2012 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of S.P.W(4) where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S SOURCE KING HOLDINGLTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV DAN JIANG VOY NO (077)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV DAN JIANGVOY NO (077) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 31-5-2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S INTERASIA LINESPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ORA BHUM VOY NO (304)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ORA BHUMVOY NO (304) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 31-5-2012 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of M.I.P where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S REGIONAL CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV ENY VOY NO (001)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV ENY VOY NO(001) are hereby notified that the vessel will be arrivingon 31.5.2012 and cargo will be discharged into thepremises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at the consignee’srisk and expenses and subject to the byelaws and condi-tions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm to Claims Day nowdeclared as the third day after final discharge of cargofrom the Vessel.

No claims against this vessel will be admitted afterthe Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S COSCO SHIPPINGCO LTD

Phone No: 256916/256919/256921

The Wedding Announcement

Mr & Mrs Kyaw Soe are pleased toannounce the marriage of their daughterZun Phyu, residence of No. 18, R 302,

Aung Tha Pyay Street, Taryargone Ward,Mingalar Taung Nyunt Township, Yangon,

Myanmar to

Omar Osman, son of Mr & Mrs KyawWin, residence of 784 Alum Rock Road,

Birmingham, UK.

The wedding was held at KandawgalayTachan Pe Mosque in Yangon on Friday,

May 25, 2012 according toSunni Islamic law.

Denmarkdetains

attack plotsuspectsCOPENHAGEN, 30 May —

Danish police have detainedtwo brothers from Somaliaon suspicion of plotting anattack, the state securitypolice said on Tuesday.

The Danish Security andIntelligence Service (PET)said in a statement the arrestslate on Monday had thwarteda “concrete act of terror,” butdid not elaborate.

The brothers, aged 18and 23, are Danish citizensand have lived in Denmarkfor 16 years, the PET said.

“The detainees aresuspected of being in theprocess of preparing an act ofterror, among other things,through conversations aboutmethods, targets and use ofweapon types,” the PET said.It said one of the brothers wassuspected of being trained ata camp of the militant groupal Shabaab in Somalia.

One of the men wasdetained at his residence inthe Danish town of Aarhusand the other was stoppedwhen he arrived by plane atCopenhagen airport, the PETsaid. The two men will appearbefore a court laterTuesday.— Reuters

Fukushima radiation seen in tuna off California

This 5 Mar, 2007 file photo shows workers harvestingbluefin tuna from Maricultura’s tuna pens near

Ensenada, Mexico.— REUTERS

the amount of radioactivematerial detected was far lessthan the Japanese safety limit.

“I wouldn’t tell anyonewhat’s safe to eat or what’snot safe to eat,” Madigan saidin a telephone interview.

“It’s become clear thatsome people feel that anyamount of radioactivity, intheir minds, is bad and they’dlike to avoid it.

But compared to what’sthere naturally ... and what’sestablished as safety limits,it’s not a large amount atall.” He said the scientistsfound elevated levels of tworadioactive isotopes of theelement cesium: cesium 137,which was present in theeastern Pacific before theFukushima Daiichi disasterin the spring of 2011; andcesium 134, which isproduced only by humanactivities and was not presentbefore the earthquake andtsunami hit the Japanese plant.

Because cesium 134 isgenerated only by humanactivities - nuclear powerplants and weapons - and therewas none in the Pacific forseveral years before theFukushima accident, theyreckoned that any cesium 134they found in tuna offCalifornia had to come fromFukushima.— Reuters

WASHINGTON, 30 May —Low levels of nuclearradiation from the tsunami-damaged Fukushima powerplant have turned up inbluefin tuna off the Californiacoast, suggesting that thesefish carried radioactivecompounds across thePacific Ocean faster than windor water can. Small amountsof cesium-137 and cesium-134 were detected in 15 tunacaught near San Diego inAugust 2011, about fourmonths after these chemicalswere released into the wateroff Japan’s east coast,scientists reported onMonday.

That is months earlierthan wind and water currentsbrought debris from theplant to waters off Alaskaand the US PacificNorthwest.

The amount ofradioactive cesium in the fishis not thought to bedamaging to people ifconsumed, the researcherssaid in a study published inthe journal Proceedings ofthe National Academy ofSciences. Without making adefinitive judgment on thesafety of the fish, lead authorDaniel Madigan of StanfordUniversity’s HopkinsMarine Station noted that

Soldiers of the People’sLiberation Army take

part in a floodprevention drill in

Chaohu City, AnhuiProvince, on Sunday.

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Chicago police saidthey arrested a womanaccused of stealing anambulance and crashing itinto two parked vehicles.

Investigators saidCassie Weathersby, 30,allegedly took the

Woman charged with stealing ambulanceambulance around 10:45pm on 27 May from outsideSaint Bernard Hospital andshe soon crashed the vehicleinto two parked vehicles inthe 6700 block of SouthIndiana, the Chicago Sun-Times reported.

Qzina breaks a Guinness World Record for building thelargest chocolate sculpture. The chocolate sculpturemodels an ancient Mayan temple and weighs 18,239

pounds.

Elvis’ original crypt headed for auction A California auction

house said Elvis Presley’soriginal crypt in Tennessee,where the King was entombedfor two months, is going upfor auction.

Darren Julien of Julien’sAuctions said the crypt, at theForest Hill Cemetery in

Malaysia’s Sultan ofJohor placed the high bid of$165,261 to obtain a “WWW1” license plate for hisvehicle.

Transport MinisterDatuk Seri Kong Cho Ha saidthe sum paid by SultanIbrahim Ismail SultanIskandar, who outbid 9,999other interested parties, was

the highest price ever paidfor a license plate in thecountry, the Malaysia Starreported.

Transport officials saidthe bidding, which began on30 April and ended on 14May, reached such high levelsdue to “WWW” being anabbreviation for the WorldWide Web.

Malaysian license plate sellsfor $165K

The Chicago Tribunereported Weathersby, whowas not injured, was chargedwith the theft of theambulance, driving on asuspended license anddriving under the influenceof alcohol. News Album

Police in Pennsylvania said an officer was charged withtrespassing and criminal mischief for allegedly breakinginto a neighbour’s home to do laundry.

Investigators said Rankin police Officer Jason Roccowas arrested after the owner of the home, who had not livedin the house for several months, told police he noticed theelectric bill was unusually high and he visited the residenceto discover the dryer running with clothes inside, WPXI-TV,Pittsburgh, reported.

Rocco was questioned by officers and he told them theback door to the home had already been broken and heentered the house because he “just had to do some laundry.”

Officer allegedly brokein to do laundry

Memphis, will be sold as partof the “Music Icons” auctionon 23 June, TMZ reported.Julien said Elvis wasentombed in the crypt, whichalso held his mother, Gladys,for two months following his17 Aug, 1977, death.

The singer and his mother

were both later reburied at hisGraceland home. The auctionincludes opening and closingof the vault for burial, amemorial inscription and useof the chapel for a committalservice.

Breaking Dawn Part 2Posters

Timberlake and Biel celebrate engagementLOS ANGELES, 30 May—

Pop singer Justin Timberlakeand actress Jessica Bielcelebrated their engagementby throwing a cocktail partyin California, friends say.

The Saturday party tookplace at the home ofTimberlake’s longtime friendand HomeMint partner EsteeStanley, People reported.

Among the 100 friendsand family who attended thecouple’s event werecelebrities Lance Bass, JCChasez, Trace Ayala, Ellen

Actors Justin Timberlaketalks with his fiancee

Jessica Biel at the LosAngeles Lakers playing

against the DenverNuggets during the first

half of Game 7 of theWestern Conference

Playoffs at Staples Centrein Los Angeles on 12 May,

2012.—INTERNET

MUMBAI, 30 May—Makers of “The TwilightSaga’s Breaking Dawn PartII” uncovered three characterposters to build theanticipation of its Novemberrelease. Bella vamps out innew Breaking Dawn Poster.

“The Twilight Saga’sBreaking Dawn Part II” findsus right after Bella Swan(Kristen Stewart) hasdelivered her vampire-hybridbaby with Edward (RobertPattinson) and is now avampire herself.

In Breaking Dawn 2,Edward Cullen and hisnewborn-vampire wife BellaSwan-Cullen (RobertPattinson and KristenStewart) must face off againstthe Volturi Clan (MichaelSheen, Dakota Fanning,Jamie Campbell Bower, andothers) in order to protect

Bieber being investigated forbattery

Pop singer Justin Bieber

CALABASAS, 30 May—Pop singer Justin Bieber isbeing investigated for batteryafter allegedly hitting apaparazzo who tried to takepictures of him, Californiaauthorities said. The incidenthappened Sunday afternoonoutside the Calabasas mall TheCommons, TMZ.com

reported. Police said Bieberand his girlfriend Selena Gomezwere leaving the mall when aphotographer, whose namewas not reported, attemptedto take Bieber’s picture.

Bieber allegedly got outof his car and got into somesort of altercation with thephotographer, KABC-TV,Los Angeles, reported.

The photographer toldpolice Bieber hit him in the facethen left the scene with Gomez.Police said the photographercomplained of pain and wastaken to a hospital fortreatment. He was laterreleased.

The photographer filed acriminal report with police onallegations of battery. LosAngeles County Sheriff’sDepartment detectives areinvestigating the incident.

Internet

DeGeneres, Portia DeRossiand Amy Adams.

“Jessica and Justin weremingling both separately andtogether throughout theparty,” an attendee told USWeekly.

“Jessica seems to be veryclose with Justin’s friends andvice versa. You can see thatthey have been dating for along time and really know eachothers friends and family well.The party was a funcelebration and a preview ofwhat’s to come with the

wedding.” Timberlake andBiel, who became engaged inDecember, are set to getmarried later this year, USWeekly reported.

Earlier this month, thepair were seen at jewelryboutique Eli Halili in New YorkCity’s Soho neighbourhood,shopping for wedding bands.

Although the coupledidn’t select wedding ringsat that time, they did leave thestore with a $2,200 ring andand two necklaces.

Internet

New Breaking Dawn postersrevealed

their hybrid baby Renesmee.Though harmless,

Renesmee is perceived to bea dangerous baby vampire.

The fifth and finalinstallment of the “TwilightSaga” film franchise will bringback Kristen Stewart, RobertPattinson and Taylor Lautneras Bella, Edward and Jacobrespectively.

PVR Pictures is releasingthe Twilight Saga: BreakingDawn part – 2 in India. It isexpected to release inNovember.—Internet

‘Amour’ takes Palme d’Or at Cannes

Simon Cowell ‘smitten’with Britney Spears

Simon Cowell

Demi Moore

Moore denies reconciliationwith Kutcher

LONDON, 30 May—Simon Cowell has opened upabout his admiration for hislatest X- Factor judge BritneySpears.

The pair has becomeinseparable since the shootfor the new series began.

“I’m fascinated by her.She’s still hot, she’s resilientand she’s got star power,” theMirror quoted Cowell assaying. However, the 52-year-old Cowell, who has been onthe lookout for a new womansince breaking off hisengagement to make-up artistMezhgan Hussainy inFebruary, is unlikely he willtake his feelings for Britneyfurther—as she is alreadyengaged to her manager Jason

Tradwick.“Simon’s absolutely

smitten and can’t take his eyesoff Britney on set. He goes forbold, brunette women, but hehas fallen for Britney’s blondelooks and girly charm big-time,” an insider added.

Internet

LOS ANGELES, 30 May—Demi Moore has deniedreports of reconciliation withher estranged husbandAshton Kutcher, saying hertweets have been taken out ofcontext.

The 49-year-old hasdenied reports through hertweets. “You have to laugh atthe media’s need to twist andtake tweets out of context sothey can create fictitious storiesto sell to the public! Nice bit ofwisdom passed on to me, ‘thefaster you find what’s funnyabout something, the better itis!,” she wrote on her Twitterpage.

Recently Moore andKutcher attended a bashthrown by Kabbalah Rabbi

Yehuda Berg, reportscontactmusic.com

The Hollywood couplesplit last year after six years ofmarriage amid allegations thatKutcher cheated on her.

Legal proceedings havenot yet started.—Internet

CANNES, 30 May—Austrian director MichaelHaneke’s film “Amour” wonthe Cannes Film Festival’stop prize, the Palme d’Or,officials said.

“Amour” is the story ofan elderly couple’srelationship as the wifedeteriorates physically andmentally, The HollywoodReporter said. “I thank mywife, who has been putting

Emmanuelle Riva (L),Michael Haneke (C) andJean-Louis Trintignant .

INTERNET

up with me for years,”Haneke said on Sundaynight.

Haneke’s film starsactors Jean-Louis Trintignantand Emmanuelle Riva, bothiconic in the French cinemaworld.

Meanwhile, CarlosReygadas was named bestdirector for “Post TenebrasLux,” and Mads Mikkelsenwon the best actor award for

his part in ThomasVinterberg’s “The Hunt.”

The Jury Prize went toKen Loach’s “The Angels’Share.” “Thanks to the jury;you’re very nice,” Loach, anEnglish director, said inFrench. “Cannes shows usthat cinema is not just adiversion, it shows us whowe are and how we livetogether.”

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Man City appoint Glick as commercial bossDerby County CEO to join the new Barclays Premier League

champions in August

LONDON, 30 May —Barclays Premier Leaguechampions Manchester Cityhave appointed Tom Glick astheir Chief Commercial andOperating Officer. Glick, whois currently Chief ExecutiveOfficer of Championship clubDerby County, will take uphis position at the EtihadStadium in August. He has 23years of sports managementexperi-ence and will beresponsible for all thecommercial and operationalteams at the club.

“This is an exciting timefor all connected with City,and I am looking forward to

Tom Glick joins a club that won the Barclays PremierLeague earlier this month.— INTERNET

joining and helping to drivethe club’s off-fielddevelopment on its futurejourney,” Glick told the club’sofficial website. “I have beenimpressed by the ambitionsand plans set out by theChairman and Board. “I shalluse my experiences here inEngland and in North Americato help City build on its recentsuccesses and achieve newmilestones in Manchester andaround the globe.”

Glick has previouslyworked for the New JerseyNets and the NationalBasketball Association beforejoining Derby County in

January 2008. The job is a newrole and has been created “toempower the football club torapidly realise its ever-increasing commercialopportunities and simult-aneously optimally evolve itsoperations”. “Since Septem-ber 2008 [when the club wastaken over], Manchester Cityhas been a club in constantdevelopment and evolution,”added City’s interim chiefexecutive officer JohnMacbeath.

“With many milestonesachieved in terms of on and offfield developments, it isimportant that we recognisethat we must now furtherevolve in order that we cancontinue to create and capturepotential opportunities for theClub. “To do that we need thevery best people and the Boardbelieves that Tom is the idealperson for this role. We verymuch look forward to thecontribution that he will make.”Glick joins a club that won theBarclays Premier League forthe first time with anextraordinary 3-2 victory overQueens Park Rangers on athrilling final day of the seasonearlier this month.— Internet

Jagielka deserves England call-upEverton boss says Toffees defender can shine in UEFA Euro 2012

next monthLONDON , 30 May — Phil

Jagielka’s form in the BarclaysPremier League has justifiedthe defender’s call-up to theEngland squad for UEFA Euro2012, says Everton managerDavid Moyes.

The 29-year-old wasdrafted into Roy Hodgson’ssquad for the tournament inPoland and Ukraine afterManchester City midfielderGareth Barry was ruled outinjured. Jagielka wasoriginally placed on England’sstand-by list and Moyesbelieves his call-up to themain squad is totallydeserved.

“I am really pleased forJags,” said Moyes. “I saidearlier I was disappointed hewas only on the stand-by listbecause I thought he wouldbring something different. “Ithink the way he performed inthe second half of last seasonmerited a call-up to the originalsquad, so I’m delighted he’sin there at last.”

Jagielka has been aconsistent performer forEverton since he joined theclub from Sheffield United in2007. He made 30 Leagueappearances this season,

Phil Jagielka has been an important part of the Evertonside since he joined the club in 2007.— INTERNET

helping Everton secure animpressive seventh-placefinish in the finaltable.Jagielka made hisEngland debut in 2008 andwon the last of his 11 capswhen partnering formerEverton team-mate JoleonLescott in the centre ofdefence in Saturday’s 1-0

friendly victory over Norway.“When I look at some of

England’s best displays, theyhave all come when Jags hasbeen involved,” addedMoyes.”

He most certainlydeserves to be in and aroundinternational company andit’s great for him that he cannow look forward to theEuros. “When I had him andJoleon at Everton I felt I hadthe next England centre-backpartnership on my hands —and I still see them as such.”

England play Belgium in theirfinal warm-up match onSaturday while their firstcontest of Euro 2012 is againstFrance in Donetsk on 11thJune.— Internet

No Euro surprises according to Ronaldo

Williams out of French OpenPARIS, 30 May — Serena

Williams was bundled out ofthe French Open after shesuffered the worst Grand Slamdefeat of her career onTuesday. The favourite forthe women’s singles titleslumped to a dramatic andthrilling 4-6, 7-6 (5), 6-3 lossto France’s world 111 VirginieRazzano in the first round. Itwas the 13-time Grand Slamwinner’s first ever exit at theopening round stage of her47-event Grand Slam careerand her earliest loss at a majorsince she was knocked out ofthe Australian Open secondround by sister Venus in 1998.

The fifth-seeded Willi-ams was two points fromvictory nine times in thesecond set, including leading5-1 in the tiebreaker. ButRazzano won six straight

Sharapova proud of herRussian origin

Maria Sharapova ofRussia greets the audience

after winning the 1stround match of women’s

singles against AlexandraCadantu of Romania atthe French Open tennis

tournament in Paris,France, on 29 May, 2012.

Sharapova won 2-0.XINHUA

MOSCOW, 30 May —Russian top tennis playerMaria Sharapova said onTuesday she’s happy abouther small-town-girl back-ground and proud to be aRussian. The 25-year-oldblond, born in the Siberiantown of Nyagan, moved tothe United States when shewas a little girl. Every timewinning a game, hearing thebroadcaster announcing herplace of birth, she was happyto see people “surprised” andfelt so proud of “coming fromthere and getting to theposition I am in today,” RIANovosti quoted her as saying.

Sharapova made herprofessional breakthrough in2004, when she defeated two-time defending champion andtop seed Serena Williams inthe Wimbledon final for herfirst Grand Slam title at the ageof 17. In the 2006 US Open, shedefeated world No 2 JustineHenin to reach the top. Herthird Gland Slam came in 2008at the Australian Open.Sharapova said she felt herself“better prepared” for theFrench Open after dispatchingRomanian Alexandra Cadantu6-0, 6-0 in the first round onTuesday.

The world second seedcrushed the world No 78 in 48minutes with a flurry ofblistering winners. Afterwinning two claycourt

LISBON, 30 May —Portuguese star CristianoRonaldo played down hopesof his side lifting the EuropeanChampionship title on 1 Julyon Tuesday saying he justhoped they could reach theknockout stages. The 27-year-old - fresh from liftingthe La Liga title with RealMadrid — couldn’t really seetoo many surprises on thehorizon at Euro where his sidefaces a tough battle toprogress from their group.The Portuguese — who

Portugal’s forwardCristiano Ronaldo laughsduring a training session

in Praia del Rey nearObidos, central Portugal.

Ronaldo played downhopes of his side lifting theEuropean Championshiptitle on 1 July on Tuesdaysaying he just hoped theycould reach the knockout

stages.— INTERNET

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points to force a third set, andthen took control of the match.“I made so many errors today,which isn’t the game I wasplaying in the past,” Williamssaid. “That’s life.” Williamsentered the day with a 46-0record in first-round matchesat Grand Slam tournaments.She had been looking for her14th major title, and second atRoland Garros.

Men’s second seedRafael Nadal, in pursuit of arecord seventh crown atFrench Open, powered intothe second round with a 6-2, 6-2, 6-1 win over Italianjourneyman Simone Bolelli.Despite dropping his serviceonce midway through thesecond set on the PhilippeChatrier showcourt, Nadalwon comfortably in one hourand 58 minutes to book a

meeting with Denis Istomin ofUzbekistan, who whippedRussian Igor Kunitsyn 6-2, 6-1, 6-2. Nadal, beaten onlyonce in his entire career atRoland Garros as he attemptsto go beat the record of BjornBorg’s six titles, said he wasless stressed than last year.

“Today I was more relaxed,”he said. “I was a bit frightened,but I think I took control. Ifelt comfortable.””It’s a courtthat’s not easy to play on, butthe longer you stay on thecourt, the better it is. You canfind your feet,” he said.

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tournaments leading to theFrench Open, Sharapova saidshe is now in a better form.”I’mreally happy with the way mypreparation has been cominginto this tournament. I feellike with every year I haveimproved and I enjoy it muchmore,” she said. The Russian,who needs the French crownto complete her grand slamtitle collection, will next faceJapan’s Ayumi Morita.

Xinhua

Serena Williams of the United States returns the ballduring the 1st round match of women’s singles againstVirginie Razzano of France at the French Open tennis

tournament in Paris, France, on 29 May, 2012. Williamslost 1-2.— XINHUA

reached the final in 2004 whenthey hosted it and the quarter-finals last time out — havebeen drawn with three formerchampions in Germany, theNetherlands and Denmark.

“I don’t think that in thisEuro there will be a lot ofsurprises,” said Ronaldo,who has often been criticisedfor not repeating his club formfor his country. “Spain arereally strong and behind themthere are difficult sides to play.“We realise we are in a difficultgroup, the group of death,

and our priority first of all is toget through the first phase.

“We have fallen amongGermany, the Netherlands andDenmark, who beat us in thequalifying group (leavingPortugal to come through theplay-offs), but I have areasonable hope that we willqualify from the group.”

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R/489 Printed and published by the New Light of Myanmar press in Nay Pyi Taw, the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information.

(31-5-12 09:30 am ~1-6-12 09:30 am) MST

MYANMARINTERNATIONAL

MYANMAR TV(31-5-2012) (Thursday)

Focus Myanmar TV Programme

7:00 am 1. Paritta By Venerable

Mingun Sayadaw7:25 am 2. To Be Healthy Exercise7:40 am 3. Nice & Sweet Song7:50 am 4. Health Programme8:00 am 5. Song of National Races8:10 am 6. Dance Variety8:45 am 7. Musical Programme4:10 pm 8. Cute Little Dancer4:35 pm 9. Performance With Song4:40 pm10. University of Distance

Education (TV Lectures)- First Year (Myanmar)

5:00 pm11. Teleplay (Health)5:50 pm12. Science and Environment8:00 pm13. News14. Monthly Weather Report15. Documentary16. TV Drama Series

Weather Map of Myanmar and Neighbouring Areas Weather forecast for 31st May, 2012

* News* Cultural Heritage

Preservation (Part -1)* News* Hazards of Smoking

(Part-2)* News* Music Programme* News* Youth & Addiction* News* Myanmar Tradition

Identity "The Cultureof Pennant Pillar"

* News* ASIAN Tour Golf

Show ZaykabarMyanmar Open 2012

* News* A Highland with Peace

and Charm* News* News Tid-Bit* Myanmar Movie

"Shwe Nanthar House"

Temperature (°C/°F) For Tomorrow Sr. No. Regions/States

Maximum Minimum Forecast Percent

1 Kachin 27/81 25/77 Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

2 Kayah 28/82 20/68 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

3 Kayin 30/86 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

4 Chin 20/68 15/59 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

5 Upper Sagaing 29/84 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

6 Lower Sagaing 32/90 25/77 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

7 Taninthayi 29/84 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

8 Bago 31/88 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

9 Magway 36/97 27/81 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

10 Mandalay 35/95 26/79 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

11 Mon 32/90 24/75 Widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

12 Yangon 29/84 23/73 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

13 Rakhine 33/91 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

14 Southern Shan 25/77 17/63 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

15 Northern Shan 26/79 21/70 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

16 Eastern Shan 25/77 24/75 Scattered rain or thundershowers (80%)

17 Ayeyawady 31/88 24/75 Fairly widespread rain or thundershowers (80%)

18 Neighbouring Nay Pyi Taw 35/95 24/75 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

19 Neighbouring Yangon 29/84 23/73 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

20 Neighbouring Mandalay 35/95 26/79 Isolated rain or thundershowers (80%)

Summary of

observations at 09:30

hr MST on today

During the past (24) hours, Rain or thundershowers have been isolated in Kayah State, fairly widespread in Sagaing, Mandalay, Magway, Bago, Yangon and Ayeyawady Regions, Shan State and widespread in the remaining Regions and States with isolated heavy falls in Magway Region and Kachin State. Day temperatures were, (3°C) above May average temperatures in Upper Sagaing Region and Northern Shan and Chin States, (5°C) above May average temperatures in Kachin State, (3°C) to (4°C) below May average temperatures in Yangon and Taninthayi Regions and about May average temperatures in the remaining Regions and States. The significant day temperatures were Chauk and Minbu (40°C) each. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recorded were Bhamo (3.47) inches, Ngathinechaung (2.99) inches, Thaton (2.17) inches, Machanbaw (1.89) inches, Hinthada and Dawei (1.85) inches each, Launglon (1.77) inches, Gwa (1.73) inches, Pathein (1.70) inches and Saw (1.54) inches.

Bay Inference Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the North Bay and monsoon is strong in the Andaman Sea and

elsewhere Bay of Bengal.

State of the Sea Squalls with moderate to rough sea are likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surface wind speed

in squalls may reach (30) to (35) mph.

Outlook for sub-

sequent two days Likelihood of advance of Southwest monsoon into the Central Myanmar areas.

Chess kings in ‘Armageddon’ battle for worldcrown

MOSCOW, 30 May —India’s world chess championViswanathan Anand and hisIsraeli challenger BorisGelfand on Wednesdayclashed in a rapid fire battle ofnerves to decide the biggestprize in the sport.

After drawing onMonday the final regularmatch in their 12-gameMoscow series to leave theworld championships level,the two grandmasters wereforced into the chessequivalent of a footballpenalty shoot.

Dubbed the “Battle ofthe Armageddon” in chesscircles, Wednesday’s matchsees two of the finest playersthe world has ever seen lockhorns in up to 15 thrillingspeed chess games todetermine the worldchampion.

Gelfand and Anandplayed out the first game ofthe tie-break amid hugetension at the host venue ofthe Tretyakov art gallery, witheach player knowing that onemistake could cost them thechampionships.

The first game ended in adraw in which commentatorssaid Gelfand, playing white,was initially in deep troublebut rescued himself with aseries of brilliant moves andAnand missed a chance totake a more attacking position.

Anand, dressed in hisusual blue shirt, sat rooted tohis chair as the moreexpressive Gelfand ran hishands through his hair andtook long walks away fromthe board to think out hispositions.

Wednesday’s series willinitially feature four short 25-minute speed chess games. Ifthis produces no winner thenup to 10 more “blitz” 5-minutegames can be played witheven shorter time restrictionsof just five minutes each.

If the scores are still equalafter all that, the match wouldgo to a sudden death singlegame “golden goal” deciderin which black would get fourminutes and white five.

In a final game whosetension would be almostunbearable for the players,black would be declaredwinner in case of a drawbecause of the shorter time inwhich it can make moves.

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India’s world chess champion Vishwanathan Anand (L)plays against Israel’s Boris Gelfand during a tie-break of

FIDE World chess championship match in StateTretyakovsky Gallery in Moscow on 30 May.—INTERNET

Stosur into French Open thirdround

PARIS, 30 May—Samantha Stosur of Australia reachedthe third round at the French Open on Wednesday with a6-1, 6-4 win over Irina Falconi of the United States.

The sixth seed will next play the winner of the tie betweenNadia Petrova of Russia and Chanelle Scheepers of SouthAfrica for a place in the last 16.—Internet

Australia’s Samantha Stosur hits a return to IrinaFalconi of the US during their French Openfirst round

match at the Roland Garros stadium in Paris on 30 May.INTERNET

Belgian Hazard opts to signfor Chelsea

PARIS, 30 May — Lille’s Belgian international playmakerEden Hazard announced late Monday he had signed forChampions League winners Chelsea in preference to PremierLeague champions Manchester City and runners-upManchester United. The fee is reported to be 40million euroswith Hazard signing a five year contract and breaks the recordfor a Belgian footballer’s transfer with Marouane Fellaini’s toEverton of 20million in 2008 being the previous mark. He willalso earn a reported 550,000 euros a month.

The 21-year-old — who was voted Ligue 1 Players’ Playerof the Year for the second successive year recently — hadpreviously said he would definitely sign for one of theManchester clubs without specifying which one. However,Chelsea’s penalty shootout win over Bayern Munich in theChampions League had he admitted at the time made himhesitate as to his choice — speculation he ended on Mondayeven though the transfer window doesn’t officially open till13 June. —Internet

RIO DE JANEIRO, 30 May—“All in one rhythm,” is theofficial slogan of the 2014World Cup in Brazil, FIFAannounced on Tuesday,saying it would unite fanswho head to the Samba nationfor the football extravaganza.

The official slogan was ajoint effort between Brazil

Brazil’s Sports Minister Aldo Rebelo at a pressconference in Brasilia on 23 May to talk about the

governament’s preparations for the FIFA World CupBrazil 2014. “All in one rhythm,” is the official slogan of

the 2014 World Cup in Brazil, FIFA announced onTuesday, saying it would unite fans who head to the

Samba nation for the football extravaganza.—INTERNET

‘All in one rhythm’ is Brazil 2014 sloganand the footballing world,said FIFA Secretary GeneralJerome Valcke at a ceremonyin Rio, noting it “representsthe unique flavor” Brazil willbring to the tournament.

“Based around thecentral idea of ‘rhythm’, itwill unite fans in Brazil andabroad, around what will be

a colourful and vibrantcelebration set to a uniquelyBrazilian rhythm,” saidValcke.

Brazil’s Sports Minister,Aldo Rebelo, said the sloganwas an invitation to citizensand visitors “to join togetherand celebrate the immensesense of pride” in thecountry’s role as hosts.

It was Valcke’s first tripto Brazil since he caused anuproar in March with hiscriticism of the country’s2014 preparations, saying

organizers needed “a kick upthe backside.”

Valcke and FIFAPresident Sepp Blatter had toapologize for the remarks,which triggered fury from thehost country. Rebelo thensaid Valcke would no longerbe welcome as a FIFAspokesman. FIFA hasexpressed varying degrees ofconcern about whetherpreparations — renovationor construction of stadiumsas well as infrastructureprojects — are on track forthe first World Cup in Brazilsince 1950.—Internet

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NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Thecoordination meeting No 1/2012 of theOverseas Jobs Supervisory Committee tookplace at the Labour Ministry here thisafternoon, with an address by UnionMinister for Labour and for Social Welfare,Relief and Resettlement U Aung Kyi.

In his speech, the Union Minister saidthat the 11th coordination meeting betweenMyanmar and Thailand on Myanmarmigrant workers in Thailand wassuccessfully held in Inlay on 16, 17 Maythis year. Five task forces could be sent toThailand and related works had been in fullswing since 20 April. About 200,000temporary passports had been issued so farand the two countries had a discussion onissuing certificates of identity to childrenand dependents of Myanmar migrantworkers in Thailand and their education.

Protection of migrantProtection of migrantworkers discussedworkers discussed

The Union Minister noted that the issue ofmigrant workers was a priority in protectingthe workers, implementation of projects incooperation with IOM and people-centredstrategy of the government and called forsuggestions of the departments concernedfor further measures.

Next, the committee membersdiscussed protection of Myanmar migrantworkers in Thailand, Malaysia andSingapore which are of the top choice forMyanmar workers, safe and legal transfer ofremittance to families, official acceptanceof workers sent back by Thailand, openingof acceptance camps, smooth transportationfor workers returning home, continuedapplication of manual national verificationsystem in addition to online nationalityverification system.

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NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Union Minister for EnvironmentalConservation and Forestry U Win Tun received Chairman Mr Ajit KumarSud of Mayar (India) Ltd of India and executive director Mr Ashit Sud,at his office this morning. At the call, they discussed establishment offorest plantation and investment in wood-based industries and pulpfactory. Also present at the meeting were director-general U San Lwinof Planning and Statistics Department and acting director-general U AyeMyint Maung of Forest Department.—MNA

India to makeinvestments in wood-

based industries

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—TaninthayiRegion Chief Minister U Myat Koaddressed School Enrollment DayCeremony of the region at the town hall ofDawei yesterday morning.

Region Education Officer U Tun Yielaborated on school enrollment activities.

Taninthayi Region holds schoolenrollment day ceremony

The chief minister and the Regionsocial affairs minister awarded stipends to thestudents. The chief minister and officialspresented stationery and cash donated bywellwishers to students and vieweddocumentary photos displayed at the hall.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—The RakhineState School Enrollment Day for 2012-2013 academic year was held at No. 4BEHS in Sittway on 28 May morning,with an address by State Chief MinisterU Hla Maung Tin.

State Chief Minister U Hla MaungTin presented cash assistance, schooluniforms and other necessities.

Next, the State Social AffairsMinister, the State Chief Minister’ wife

Rakhine State School Enrollment Day heldand state ministers and their wives donatedcash and school uniforms.

Afterwards, the State Chief Ministerproceeded to No. 23 BEPS and No. 1 BEHSin Kyaugtetlan Ward and looked into theschool enrollment.

Later, the State Chief Minister attendedthe opening of the State Chief Minister’sTrophy inter-district volleyball tourney(men/women) held at Waythali Stadiumand enjoyed the sports events there.—MNA

The meeting No.1/2012 of Overseas Jobs Supervisory Committee inprogress.—MNA

YANGON, 30 May—A medical teamproviding free healthcare to ruralpopulation saw patients at a monastery ofTawpale village in KungyangonTownship in Yangon Region on 28 May.

With the help of local health staff,members of church, administrators,teachers and students, the group alsoprovided healthcare to local people at

Free healthcare provided to rural peopleLayeaindan village high school in PyaponTownship in Pyapon District in Ayeyawadyyesterday.

The team was led by Chairman ofMyanmar Business Management ExecutivesAssociation U Myin Maung Tun, andChairman U Thein Tun and Vice-ChairpersonDr Daw Thet Thet Khaing of Ananda MyanmaMyitta Foundation.—MNA

Federer gets record 234th GrandSlam match win

PARIS, 30 May—Novak Djokovicedged closer to Grand Slam history with a 6-0, 6-4, 6-4 win over Slovenia’s Blaz Kavcicin the French Open second round onWednesday.

The top seed and world number one,bidding to become only the third man afterDon Budge and Rod Laver to hold all fourGrand Slam titles at the same time, put downa gutsy challenge from world number 99Kavcic. Djokovic fired 41 winners past theSlovenian, who had knocked out Australianveteran Lleyton Hewitt in the first round,and took victory on a fourth match point.The Serb will face either France’s NicolasDevilder or Germany’s Michael Berrer for aplace in the last 16.—Internet

Djokovic into French Open third round

Roger Federer of Switzerland returns inhis second round match against AdrianUngur of Romania at the French Opentennis tournament in Roland Garros

stadium in Paris, Wednesday May 30,2012.—INTERNET

breaking 234th Grand Slam match victoryto reach the French Open’s third round.

Federer eliminated 92nd-rankedAdrian Ungur of Romania 6-3, 6-2, 6-7 (6),6-3 on Wednesday to break a tie withJimmy Connors for most career wins atmajor tournaments in the Open era, whichbegan in 1968.

The 16-time Grand Slam champion isnow 234-35 in tennis’ top four tournaments,an .870 winning percentage.

Ungur, meanwhile, is 1-1; the FrenchOpen was his Grand Slam debut.

Seeded third this year at Roland Garros,where he won the 2009 title, Federer is oncourse for a semifinal showdown againstNo 1 Novak Djokovic, who won in straightsets on Wednesday.—Internet

Serbia’s Novak Djokovic hits a returnto Slovenia’s Blaz Kavcic during theirFrench Open second round match atRoland Garros stadium in Paris onMay 30. Djokovic edged closer to

Grand Slam history with a 6-0, 6-4, 6-4win on Wednesday.—INTERNET

PARIS, 30 May—Roger Federerdropped a set before earning his record-

Union Minister for Environmental Conservation andForestry U Win Tun receives Chairman Mr Ajit Kumar

Sud and Executive Director Mr Ashit Sud of MayarLtd.—MNA

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