Volume XIV, Number 45 5th Waxing of Nayon 1368 ME Wednesday, 31 May, 2006

Established 1914

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

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peace

and Dvelopment Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of sympathy to

His Excellency Dr H Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of the Republic of Indone-

sia, for the loss of lives and severe damage caused by a powerful earthquake that struck

recently on the Island of Java, the Republic of Indonesia.—MNA

Senior General Than Shwesends message of sympathy to

Indonesian President

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—General Soe Win, Prime Minister of the Union of Myanmar, has

sent a message of sympathy to His Excellency Dr H Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, President of

the Republic of Indonesia for the loss of lives and severe damage caused by a powerful

earthquake that struck recently on the Island of Java, the Republic of Indonesia.—MNA

Prime Minister sends message ofsympathy to Indonesian President

YANGON, 30 May — Chairman of the CentralCommittee for Drug Abuse Control Minister for HomeAffairs Maj-Gen Maung Oo called for cooperationwith Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association in a bid toreduce the drug abuse in his opening speech of thebuilding for the Drug Counselling and Training Centreof Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association.

A building constructed with the contribution ofthe Japanese government and people to be used as theDrug Counselling and Training Centre of MyanmarAnti-Narcotics Association was opened here today inthe presence of Lt-Gen Myint Swe of the Ministry ofDefence, Chairman of the Central Committee for DrugAbuse Control Minister for Home Affairs Maj-GenMaung Oo and Ambassador of Japan Mr NobutakeOdano.

The government of Japan and people donatedcash to construct the building for Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association.

Minister calls for cooperation with MANAto reduce drug abuse

In his opening address, the minister also saidthat MANA, a non-governmental organization, wasfounded on 26 June, 1994, and has been participatingin the task of reducing drug abuse, one of threestrategies of the drug elimination of the government.

He continued to say that while internationalcommunity is fighting the danger of the narcotic drugwhich pose a threat to the entire mankind, social

organizations in Myanmar are also participating incombating the danger.

As part of the cooperation with internationalorganizations to eliminate drug abuse, Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association hosted the 14th IFNGO ASEANNGOs Workshop in December last year with the assist-ance of CCDAC.

While international com-munity is fighting the dan-ger of the narcotic drugswhich pose a threat to theentire mankind, social or-ganizations in Myanmar arealso participating in com-bating the danger.

(See page 7)

Ambassador Mr Nobutake Odano, Myanmar Anti-Narcotics Association PresidentU San Thein and Vice-President Dr Kyaw Sein formally open the Drug

Counselling and Training Centre. — MNA

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Director-General of the Department ofCultural Institute U Myint Thein Swe

speaking at the paper reading session. — MNA

Wednesday, 31 May, 2006

PERSPECTIVES

* Oppose those relying on external elements, acting as stooges, holding negative views* Oppose those trying to jeopardize stability of the State and progress of the nation* Oppose foreign nations interfering in internal affairs of the State* Crush all internal and external destructive elements as the common enemy

People’s Desire

It hardly need be emphasized that agri-culture, forestry, livestock breeding and fish-ery sectors are the main pillars of the nationaleconomy. Moreover, these sectors ensure suffi-cient food supply for the people and help con-serve the natural environment and plant andanimal ecology.

Therefore, measures are being taken todevelop the agriculture sector by making fulluse of aquatic and terrestrial resources, help-ing to increase the cultivated acreage and pro-duction and providing quality strains and ag-ricultural technology.

Ayeyawady, Bago and Yangon Divisionsare the regions where rice is mainly grown.Therefore, it is necessary to make concertedefforts not only to increase the per-acre yieldin the cultivation of rice in these regions butalso to extend the cultivation of cotton, sugarcane, corn and beans and pulses.

For the development of the forestry sec-tor, greening projects are being implementedall over the nation, especially in the the dryand arid zones in central Myanmar. The dryzones are now lush and green. Work onreafforestation, conservation of forests and har-monious ecological system should be carriedout with the use of modern technology.

Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions andRakhine State are suitable for livestock breed-ing and fish and prawn farming and the meatand fish sector can develop with the use ofmodern farming methods. And it is necessaryto raise the local quality strains rather thanrely on imported species.

If we can make full use of natural re-sources, including the resources in the agricul-ture, forest and meat and fish sectors, it willcontribute a lot to rapid national economicgrowth.

Make full use of aquatic andterrestrial resources

Hole-In-OneYANGON, 31 May–

Mr S S Jung scored inace from 122 yards at the2 hole pondy, City GolfResort at 7.45 am on 28May while playing withgolf ball Wilson Staff 3and Callaway Iron 8.

The partners at thetime were Mr H CChang, Mr B S Lee andMr J H Oh, it was learnt.

MNA

(from page 16)4. The expression “or with fine not exceeding kyats five hundred” contained in sub-sections (1) and (2)

of section 14 of the Leave and Holidays Act, 1951 shall be substituted respectively by the expression“or with fine not exceeding kyats fifty thousand”.

5. In the schedule of the Leave and Holidays Act, 1951:(a) The expression “the Mines Act” contained in serial number 5 shall be substituted by the

expression “the Myanma Mines Law.”(b) Serial number 8 shall be deleted.

The State Peace and Development Council…

Wushu competitions held

FM sends message of sympathy toIndonesian counterpart

NAY PYI TAW, 30 May—U Nyan Win, Ministerfor Foreign Affairs of the Union of Myanmar, hassent a message of sympathy to His Excellency Dr NHassan Wirajuda, Minister for Foreign Affairs of theRepublic of Indonesia, for the loss of lives and severedamage caused by a powerful earthquake that struckrecently on the Island of Java, the Republic ofIndonesia.–MNA

(Sd.) Than ShweSenior General

ChairmanThe State Peace and Development Council

All this needs to be known

* Do not be frightened whenever

intimidated

* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered

* Do not be softened whenever appeased

ASEAN to improve artsof wickerworks

YANGON, 30 May — In an effort to improvethe arts of wickerworks in ASEAN countries, thepaper reading session took place at National Mu-seum here today.

Ten Resource persons from ASEAN countriesread out papers on arts of wickerworks.

The paper reading session was opened with akey note address by Director-General of the Depart-ment of Cultural Institute U Myint Thein Swe.

Also present at the opening ceremony of thepaper reading session were high-ranking officials ofthe Ministry of Culture, Rector of University ofCulture (Yangon), ambassadors from ASEAN na-tions to Myanmar, officials from Ministry of Coop-eratives and Ministry of Forestry and guests.–MNA

YANGON, 30 May —A total of 102 boys andgirls took part in the gen-der-wise under-12 wushucompetitions jointly spon-sored by Myanmar WushuFederation and Great WallTraditional MedicineCompany in Yangon to-day.

Officials of Sportsand Physical EducationDepartment and MWFpresented prizes to thewinners. Wushu fans andresponsible personnelwatched the competi-tions.—NLM

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Vice-President of MWF U Kyaw Kyaw presentsprize to a winner.

NLM

CASH DONATED:U Maung Maung Lwin, Daw KhinThinda Aye and family of Kan Road, Hline Town-ship, recently donated K 100,000 for Hninzigon

Home for the Aged through Secretary of theAdministration Board of the Home Maj Aung

Than (Retd). — H

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2,467 US troops killed in IraqWASHINGTON, 29 May—As of Monday, 29 May,

2006, at least 2,467 members of the US military havedied since the beginning of the Iraq war in March 2003,according to an Associated Press count. The figureincludes seven military civilians. At least 1,943 died asa result of hostile action, according to the military’snumbers.

The AP count is two higher than the DefenceDepartment’s tally, last updated Friday at 10 am EDT.

The British military has reported 113 deaths;Italy, 31; Ukraine, 18; Poland, 17; Bulgaria, 13;Spain, 11; Slovakia, Denmark three; El Salvador,Estonia, Netherlands, Thailand, two each; andAustralia, Hungary, Kazakhstan, Latvia, Romania,one death each.

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Russia opposes use of force againstIran over nuclear issue

TEHERAN, 29 May—Visiting Russian NationalSecurity Council chief IgorIvanov said on Sunday thatMoscow opposed any useof force against Iran overits disputed nuclearprogramme, the state-runIranian television reported.

“Unlike the UnitedStates, Russia believesIran’s nuclear programmeneeds to be resolved only

through dialogue. Any useof force will furthercomplicate the issue andwill cause tension in theregion,” Ivanov wasquoted as saying.

Ivanov made theremarks during a meetingwith Iran’s top nuclearnegotiator Ali Larijani, thereport said.

Arriving in Teheran lateSaturday night, the senior

Russian official’s visit toIran is to focus on Iran’scontroversial nuclearactivities and new pro-posals by the EuropeanUnion trio of Germany,France and Britain whichoffer incentives if Tehe-ran suspends uraniumenrichment and possiblesanctions if it continues.

Diplomats of the fivepermanent members of the

UN Security Council plusGermany met in Londonon 24 May and discussedthe new proposals of theEU trio but stopped shortof making a finalagreement.

Foreign ministers of thesix nations are expectedto hold more talks on theEU package late this week.

Washington has accus-ed Teheran of using itscivilian nuclear pro-gramme as a cover todevelop atomic bombs, acharge denied by Iran,which insists its nuclearprogramme is only forpeaceful purposes.

Russia offered last yearto produce nuclear fuel onRussian soil for Iran inorder to ease fears that Iranwould divert uranium intowarheads.

Talks broke down whenIran insisted uraniumenrichment had to becarried out on its ownterritory.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 29 May—British Prime MinisterTony Blair made signi-ficant changes to one of hismost important foreignpolicy speeches afterbowing to Americanobjections, The SundayTelegraph reported.

Blair changed key

Blair reportedly beefs up Iranspeech for Bush

passages on possible actionagainst Iran, climate change,and a proposed shake-up ofthe International MonetaryFund and the World Bankon Friday when he deliveredhis landmark address atGeorgetown University inWashington during his tripto the United States, the

report said. Objections by US

President George WBush’s inner circle playeda key role in the alterationsof Blair’s address, said thenewspaper, according toBritish sources.

Only three hoursbefore the speech wasdelivered, Downing Streetofficials were briefingjournalists that Blairwould stress that “changeshould not be imposed”on Iran, reflecting theBritish view that bombingor invading Iran is not arealistic option.

American officials hadinsisted, however, thatthe possibility of militaryaction remained “on thetable”, arguing that thishelped to exert maximumpressure on Iran.

By the time he madehis speech, Blair hadsignificantly bowed tothe American position,claiming “I am not sayingwe should impose change”and leaving the door openfor a military attack, thereport said. According tothe report, most USofficials privately supportthe British position andaides to both leaders

concede that with theirpersonal poll ratingsplummeting neither has thepolitical capital to attackTeheran. There are signsthat Bush also recognizesthis.—MNA/Xinhua

Death toll in Indonesian earthquake rises to 5,400

A general view of phases 2-3 of the South Pars gas field in Assaluyeh seaportat the Persian Gulf about 1400 km (870 miles) south of Tehran, Iran on

27 May, 2006. —INTERNET

A handset from Vertu's Signature DiamondCollection. The luxury brand of mobile maker

Nokia is growing fast as a result partly ofgeographic expansion and plans to launch in the

Nordic countries and Japan, Vertu PresidentAlberto Torres said in comments published on 29

May, 2006. —INTERNET

A 59 day-old baby with three arms from Anhui Province waits for treatmentat a hospital in Shanghai on 29 May, 2006. —INTERNET

Workers install detonators to demolish thecofferdam of the Three Gorges Dam on the

Yangtze River in central China’s Hubei Provinceon 29 May, 2006.—INTERNET

YOGYAKARTA(Indonesia), 29 May —Death toll in the Saturday’s earthquakethat struck Indonesia’s YogyakartaProvince has risen to 5,400 according togovernment's official data releasedSunday.

The majority of casualties were insouthern town of Bantul, where 5,400people were killed in the disaster,according to a report from the Ministry

of Social Affairs. Klaten Regency in Central Jakarta

Province, just north of Yogyakarta,reported more than 1,200 deaths in thedawn earthquake.

Local geophysics agency has saidanother major quake is unlikely to occurdespite more than 500 afthershocks inthe last two days, TV news reported.

MNA/Xinhua

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A visitor views a sculpture featuring a comical figure during the 2006 HangzhouInternational Folk Handicrafts Exhibition opened on Sunday in Hangzhou, capital

of east China’s Zhejiang Province, on 28 May, 2006.—INTERENT

Earthquake survivors receive medical treatment at Sarjito Hospital afterstrong earthquake in Yogyakarta, Central Java, Indonesia, on 27 May,

2006.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 29 May—Two British membersof a US television newscrew were killed and acorrespondent wasseriously injured in anattack in Iraq, raising thetoll of media workerskilled in the war to 96.

Paul Douglas, 48, aveteran cameraman, andsound technician JamesBrolan, 42, died whentheir convoy was struckby an improvisedexplosive device, whilecorrespondent KimberlyDozier, 39, who hasboth US and Britishcitizenship, sustainedheavy injuries, CBSNews television said in astatement.

Also killed in the attackwere a US Army captainand an Iraqi interpreter,according to the BritishForeign Office.

The three journalistswere reporting outsidetheir “humvee” vehiclewhile on a missionembedded with the US4th Infantry division andwere believed to bewearing body armourwhen the bomb exploded,CBS said.

South Korean stars Lee Hyo-lee, Jang Dong Gun and Lee Joon Ki pose forthe shooting of a series of posters for the upcoming World Cup in Germany

this June. —INTERNET

MOSCOW, 29 May —Russia launched a researchsatellite on board a Shtilrocket from a NorthernFleet submarine at theBarents Sea late Fridaynight, the ITAR-TASS newsagency reported Saturday.

A rocket “with theresearch satellite Kompas-2 was launched from the

OTTAWA, 30 May —Five Canadian soldierswere wounded when theycame under attack fromTaleban insurgents insouthern Afghanistanearly on Monday.

The soldiers sufferednon- l i fe - threa ten inginjuries, and two of them

TIWANKU (Bolivia), 29May — Venezuelan Pre-sident Hugo Chavez onSunday bluntly accusedthe US ambassador toBolivia of trying to stir upmilitary rebellion againsthis leftist ally BolivianPresident Evo Morales.

Chavez, at the forefrontof a leftist shift that ischallenging US influencein Latin America,routinely trades insultswith Washington, whichhe blames for a short-lived

BAGHDAD, 29 May — A US helicopter with twoMarine crew members crashed in Iraq’s guerillaplagued western Anbar Province on Saturdaybut did not appear to have been brought down byguerillas, the US military said.

“Search and rescue efforts are ongoing for themissing crew members,” Marine spokesmanLieutenant-Colonel Bryan Salas said in a statement.

“The incident does not appear to be a result ofenemy action,” he said. “The incident is underinvestigation.” The military said the US MarineCorps AH-1 Cobra helicopter had been undergoinga maintenance test flight. — MNA/Reuters

Russia launches researchsatellite from submarine

Ekaterinburg missilesubmarine cruiser at 22:50Moscow Time (1850GMT),” said the head-quarters. “The launch wasaimed at orbiting theKompas-2 satellite in theinterests of the RussianFederal Space Agency,”Assistant Navy Com-mander Igor Dygalo said.

“The successful launchof the satellite into the orbitspecified proves highreliability of the navalstrategic forces and theefficiency of the combatcommand and control

system,” he said.According to Dygalo,

the submarine crewdemonstrated high pro-fessional skills during theoperation.

The launch, initiallyplanned for Wednesday,was postponed because ofproblems “in preparationsfor the experimentalshooting”, Dygalo said.

The Kompas-2 earthmonitoring satellite hasbeen developed by theAcademician MakeyevMissile Design Bureau.

MNA/Xinhua

have already returned toduty, Major MarioCouture told theCanadian BroadcastingCorporation.

Two others wereexpected be back on dutysoon. The fifth, whosuffered serious wounds,had been sent to a USmilitary hospital inLandstuhle, Germany, theofficer said.

The soldiers werereturning to their baseafter a patrol in a villagein the Zhari area next tothe Panjwai District,when they came underattack from a group ofinsurgents at about 1:30am local time.

The attackers firedassault rifles and rocket-propelled grenades at thelight armoured vehicleLAV III in which thesoldiers were travelling.

MNA/Xinhua

Chavez says US working for coup in Boliviacoup that briefly toppledhis own government in2002.

“The (US) Embassy inBolivia is alreadywhispering in the ears ofthe Bolivian military toturn them against thegovernment of EvoMorales,” said Chavez,wearing a traditional redponcho and bead necklace,at the sacred pre-Inca ruinsof Tiwanaku high inBolivia’s Andean plateau.

“There’s a plan against

Bolivia, and the USambassador in Bolivia isthe head of this plan,” hesaid during his weeklyVenezuelan televisionshow, broadcast fromTiwanaku in front of anaudience of Bolivianindigenous leaders.

No one at the USEmbassy in La Paz wasimmediately available tocomment on Chavez’accusation againstAmbassador DavidGreenlee.

Chavez made similarcomments earlier in hisvisit to Bolivia but didnot point the finger atGreenlee.

Morales, who satalongside Chavez in amatching poncho, has alsomade vague accusationsof conspiracies against hisgovernment since takingoffice in January, thoughhe has blamed foreigncompanies opposed to hisnationalization drive.

MNA/Reuters

Two US television newscrewmen killed in Iraq

Dozier was taken to aUS military hospital inBaghdad where sheunderwent surgery, andher condition was des-cribed as “critical”.

CBS said doctors were“cautiously optimistic”about the well-knowncorrespondent’s prog-nosis. “This is a devas-tating loss for CBSNews,” said presidentSean McManus.

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US helicoptercrashes in Iraq, two

crew missing

Canadian soldiers wounded inTaleban ambush in Afghanistan

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US lawmaker says Iraqi killings inHaditha worse than Abu Ghraib

The photo taken on 28 May, 2006 shows the exterior view of the newly-builtunderwater terra cotta warriors museum opened on Sunday in Xuzhou, eastChina’s Jiangsu Province. Inside the museum, the scene of pit excavationand an unearthed array of terra-cotta warriors are displayed.—INTERNET

WASHINGTON, 29May—The killing of Iraqicivilians by US Marineshas done more damage toAmerica's aims in Iraqthan the Abu GhraibPrison abuse scandal, aDemocratic congressmanand vocal war critic saidon Sunday.

Representative JohnMurtha of Pennsylvania,a decorated retiredMarine, told ABC Newsthere was “no question”that the US military triedto cover up the killing ofas many as two dozen Iraqicivilians last year in thetown of Haditha. “I willnot excuse murder,”Murtha said. “And this is

what happened. There's noquestion in my mind aboutit.” The military isinvestigating the 19November incident, a casesome American media arecomparing to the 1968 MyLai massacre in Vietnamwhen US soldiersslaughtered up to 500villagers. The US militaryhas said 15 civilians werekilled in Haditha, about140 miles (220 kilometres)north west of Baghdad.

Other accounts put thenumber at around 24.While a senior Republicansenator vowed to holdhearings on the Marines’actions, Murtha said thekillings hurt the United

States’ ability to push itspolitical agenda in Iraq,and repeated assertionsthat the war cannot be wonmilitarily.

“We’re set back everytime something like thishappens,” he said. “Thisis worse than AbuGhraib.” Murtha, who saidhe based his assertions onbriefings he receivedfrom high-level militaryofficials, added: “Therewas an investigation rightafterward, but then it wasstifled.”—MNA/Reuters

Eight tourists feared deadin Sri Lanka park blast

COLOMBO, 29 May—Eight Sri Lankan touristswere feared killed after asuspected landmineexploded as they weretracking wild elephants ina national park near TamilTiger rebel territory, anofficial said on Sunday.

Another group of SriLankan tourists in the parkheard a large blast deepinside the park onSaturday, and went to thesite to find a jeep in a ditch

and body parts on the road,but police, military andwildlife officials were stillon the way to the site.

“We believe thatincluding our interpreter,eight people have beenkilled — all locals,”Dayananda Kariyawasam,director general of theWildlife Department, toldReuters from the fringes ofthe Wilpattu National Parkwildlife sanctuary in thenorthwest of the country.

“Another group oftourists heard the blast andwent to see, and informedthat they have seen partsof the bodies and vehicleparts,” he added.

The blast occurredaround 50 kilometres (30miles) from the parkentrance, and search teamswaited until daybreak onSunday to head to the siteto avoid encountering wildanimals in the dark.

MNA/Reuters

Japanoffers $10m

to aidIndonesia

TOKYO, 29 May—Japan is to provide 10million US dollars andemergency equipment,as well as to dispatchpersonnel to the earth-quake-hit Indonesia, theForeign Ministry said ina Press release on Mon-day.

Japan will send a 25-member emergencymedical team andemergency items to theJava Island on Monday,the ministry said. Japanwill also extend grant aidto assist post-disasterreconstruction.

A 5.9-magnitudeearthquake struck theancient IndonesianProvince of Yogyakartaand part of Central JavaProvince on Saturdaymorning, killing morethan 4,600 people andinjuring 10,000 others sofar.—MNA/Xinhua

An aerial view of damaged houses in Indonesia's Bantul District, on 29 May, 2006. —INTERNET

Southwest Airlines planes prepare for departurefrom Oakland International Airport in Oakland,

California on 29 May, 2006. —INTERNET

Pakistan, Bangladesh to holdmeeting on FTA next month

ISLAMABAD, 29May—Two ministries ofcommerce of Pakistan andBangladesh will hold ameeting next month inDhaka to further negotiateon Free Trade Agreement(FTA), an official saidSunday.

The official said thatboth ministries would holda meeting next month in

Dhaka and negotiate onthe modalities of FTA asPakistan and Bangladeshwere determined tofinalize the agreement by30 September this year.

Pakistan and Ban-gladesh already signedfour memorandum ofunderstandings (MoUs)last year and agreed tofinalize the FTA by

September during a visitof Bangladeshi PrimeMinister Khaleda Zia hereon Saturday in Islamabad.

The agreements weresigned after talks betweenvisiting BangladeshiPrime Minister KhaledaZia and his Pakistanicounterpart Shaukat Azizin Islamabad.

MNA/Xinhua

Comoros volcano erupts,spews lava

MORONI, 29 May—Lava spewed from a volcano onthe Indian Ocean island of Grande Comore on Sunday,lighting up the sky and sending scores of frightenedresidents onto the streets.

Residents of Moroni, the capital of the ComorosIslands, said they could see lava at the top of 2,361-metre (7,746-feet) Mount Karthala, one of the world'slargest active volcanoes.

“When I saw Karthala glowing we came out to seewhat was going on but I really don’t know, I’mworried,” said 35-year-old Houmadu Saindou.

Karthala last erupted in April 2005, affecting asmany as 40,000 residents and forcing thousands to fleein fear of poisonous gas and a possible magma flow.

It was the volcano’s first eruption in more thandecade on the archipelego nation, 300 kilometres (190miles) off the coast of east Africa.

Volcano scientist Hamidou Nassor said Sunday'sactivity also amounted to an eruption but it was toosoon to tell how dangerous this one would be.

“Effectively there is an eruption but we don’t knowyet if there will be any gas,” he said.

“There is a risk of a lava flow but we don’t know yetwhich direction. It is urgent that we get a helicopterthere to assess what is going on.” —MNA/Reuters

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Cash donation made hailing Literary Conference of MWJA

YANGON, 30 May — Hailing the Conferenceof Myanmar Writers and Journalists Association, cashdonation is being made and writer Dr Yi Yi Hla(Yuwadi Khin Oo) donated K 200,000, writer DawThein Sai (Ma Myat Lay), K 100,000, U Hein Soe(Dagon Kyi Soe) and U Aye Naing, K 50,000 each;South Okkalapa Township WJA, MingalaTaungnyunt WJA and writer Thatepan Moe Aung,K 10,000 each and U Saik Kyin, K 5,000 throughVice-Chairman of MWJA U Than Maung (ThanMaung) and members of working committee forraising funds.

Those wishing to donate cash or kind toMWJA are to contact No 529/531, Sarpay Beikmanon Merchant Street at the corner of 37th Streets Tel:252417. —MNA

YANGON, 30May—A ceremony toopen Workshop onProperty TransactionReport jointly sponsoredby Settlement and LandRecords Department ofthe Ministry of Agricul-ture and Irrigation,Financial IntelligenceUnit (FIU) and AustralianTransaction ReportAnalysis (AUSTRAC)was held at the meetinghall of SLRD on KabaAye Pagoda Road herethis morning.

Director-Generalof SLRD U Win Kyimade a speech on theoccasion.

Next, Head of FIUPolice Col Sit Aye andMr Lindsay Chan of

Workshop on Property Transaction Report opensAustralian TransactionReport Analysis(AUSTRAC) extendedgreetings, followed by

the workshop.The two-day

workshop is beingattended by 53 trainees

from SLRD and state/division/district/townshipland records departmentsand observers.—MNA

YANGON, 30 May—Minister for InformationBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan,accompanied by officialsconcerned, on 28 Mayinspected Alinpya Libraryin Mottama, PaungTownship, and gavenecessary instructions.

Next, the ministerand party proceeded to theTV retransmission stationin Mawlamyine where heviewed round theretransmission of TVprogrammes to Mon Stateand Kayin State and gaveinstructions on fulltransmission of TVprogrammes, firepreventive measures,repair of power line of thestation, maintenance ofmachines and minimizingloss and wastage.

On arrival at theDistrict Information andPublic RelationsDepartment inMawlamyine, the minister

Inform the people of nation-building endeavours through mediaMinister inspects information tasks in Mon State

looked into work beingcarried out for informationpurpose.

In meeting with theinformation staff at theoffice of the DistrictIPRD, officials of MonState IPRD, Mawlamyineand Thaton DistrictIPRDs, Mawlamyine,Chaungson, Kyaikmaraw,Mudon, Thanbyuzayat,Ye, Lamine, Thaton,Kyaikhto, Bilin and PaungTownship IPRDs reportedto the minister on workcarried out.

In his address,Minister Brig-Gen KyawHsan said that officials ofdepartments andenterprises under theministry are to makestrenuous efforts in accordwith the instructions forthe five-year project of thethird short-term planwhich calls for boostingproduction, improving theindustrial sector,

generating more power,developing the energysector and trade, andpractising thrifty. Theminister also emphasizedthe need for every

department to focus ondoubling the targetedamount of earnings in2006-2007, to thriftily usefunds by spending 15 percent less than the amountallocated of and to reviewmeasures that call forcapital expenditure.

Moreover, theminister stressed the needfor officials concerned toinform the people of

nation-building endea-vours through media forsuccessful realization ofthe projects beingimplemented,

In the same way,they are to inform thepeople of fabrications,destructive acts andatrocities of internal andexternal destructiveelements, to safeguardnational solidarity on the

basis of Union Spirit, totake part in the successfulrealization of the seven-point Road Map and toengage in farming onmanageable scale. Yester-day, Minister Brig-GenKyaw Hsan inspectedMibagonyay Library inKyaukkalat Village,Kyaikto Township andcalled for development ofthe library.—MNA

* Inform the people of fabrications, destructiveacts and atrocities of internal and externaldestructive elements.

* Safeguard national solidarity on the basis ofUnion Spirit.

* Take part in the successful realization of theseven-point Road Map.

* Engage in farming on manageable scale.

Workshop on Property Transaction Report in progress.—NLM

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan meeting with employees of the Ministry of Information inMon State. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan views posters

and photos displayed at Mawlamyine District

Information and Public Relations

Department. — MNA

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 7

(from page 16)The nation is also carrying out surveillance tasks

to prevent avian influenza, SARS and other diseasesfrom being spread into the nation. In a bid to combatAIDS in Myanmar, the Ministry of Health and othercongenial ministries are implementing the NationalStrategic Plan for HIV/AIDS (2006-2011) incooperation with the WHO and UNAIDS. Myanmarhas paid special attention to the drive for thedevelopment of human resources in the health sector.In the process, it is crucial to sharpen the skills ofphysicians, nurses and medical professionals who willplay a major role in the health care services. Myanmarwill open Public Health School in the near future. It ismobilizing the local strengths to achieve the millenniumdevelopment goals and Working Together for Health.

On 24 May, the Myanmar delegation attended theconference, committee (A) and (B) meetings.

The delegation attended the committee (A) meeting

Myanmar mobilizing localstrengths to…

Minister callsfor coopera-tion with…

on 25 May. On 26 May, the delegation attended theconference. The meeting chairman approved and puton record the resolutions passed by the committee (A)and (B) meeting.

In the afternoon, the minister delivered a speech atthe international leprosy elimination conference.

The Myanmar delegation attended the conclusionof the conference on 27 May.

During his stay in Geneva, the minister met withMalaysian counterpart Dr Chua Soi Leti, and Bhutanesecounterpart Mr L S Singay separately and discussedmatters on mutual cooperation programmes in the healthsector.

The minister held discussions with Director ofWHO Southeast Asia Region Dr Samlee PlienbungChang, representatives of WHO Director-General DrTomris Turmen and Dr David Heymann, Director ofWHO (Headquarters) TB Control Programme Dr MarioRaviglione, Director of Traditional MedicinesDevelopment Programme Dr Xiaorui Zhang, leader oftropical diseases control department Dr Denis Daumerie,Chairman of Japan Sasakawa Foundation Mr YoheiSasakawa, Executive Director of International Extended

(from page 1)MANA also consti-

tuted division/district/township level associa-tions and so far one divi-sional level association,seven district-level asso-ciations and 58 township-level associations havebeen constituted.

At the opening cer-emony of the building nearDrug Elimination Mu-seum in Kamayut Town-ship, Japanese Ambassa-dor Mr Nobutake Odano,President of MANA U San

Mr NobutakeOdano also explained thepurpose of the donationand handed over the docu-ments related to the build-ing to MANA PresidentU San Thein.

Afterwards, U SanThein presented com-memorative pennants to Lt-Gen Myint Swe, Maj-GenMaung Oo and Ambassa-dor Mr Nobutake Odano.After the closing ceremony,Lt-Gen Myint Swe andguests viewed documentaryphotos of the associationdisplayed at the building.— MNA

Thein and Vice PresidentDr Kyaw Sein formallyopened it.

Vaccination Funds Dr Jalian Lob Levyt, and Delegate-General of the International Red Cross Society inGeneva Mr Reto Meisto separately.

The Myanmar delegation arrived back hereyesterday evening. The members were welcomed backat Yangon International Airport by Chairman of YangonCity Development Committee Mayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin, directors-general of the departments underthe Health Ministry, officials, WHO ResidentRepresentative Professor Adik Wibowo and theirrelatives. Members of the delegation — Director-General of the Department of Health Dr Tin WinMaung, Acting Director-General of Medical ScienceDepartment Dr Than Myint, Manager of ExtendedVaccination Project of the Department of Health DrThan Htein Win and Deputy Director (ForeignRelations) of the Ministry of Health U Thet Lwin alsoarrived back on the same flight. — MNA

Mayor attends ceremonies toopen Gyobyu water pipeline

YANGON, 30 May — CEC Members of UnionSolidarity and Development Association Chairman ofYangon City Development Committee Mayor Brig-GenAung Thein Lin and Vice-Mayor Col Maung Pa attendedceremonies to open Gyobyu water pipeline and presentUSDA membership applications held in Hninzigon Ward-A, Thingangyun Township this morning.

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin formally unveiledthe stone plaque of Gyobyu water pipeline and sprinkledscented water on it. After turning water pipe bar to makeit open, the mayor and the vice-mayor inspected conditionof drinking water.

Afterwards, the mayor attended a ceremony topresent USDA membership applications held at No 4BEPS, Thingangyun and made a speech on the occasion.

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin later accepted1170 membership applications presented by townselderU Hla Soe and gave away certificates of honour to thepersons who participated in making efforts to acquiredrinking water.

The connection of Gyobyu water pipeline toHninzigon Ward-A, Thingangyun was started in Februaryof 2006. — MNA

Lt-Gen Myint Swe and party view documentary photos on activities of MANA.— MNA

Japanese Ambassador Mr Nobutake Odano hands over documentsrelated to the building to President of MANA U San Thein.— MNA

Japa-nese

Ambas-sador MrNobutakeOdano

explainsthe

purposeof thedona-tion.MNA

New building of Drug Counselling and Training Centre.— MNA

8 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006

KNU in reality is ......Soe Mya Kyaw and Saw Mya Aung

It was in the news

report on the local and

foreign journalists’ tour

of the areas where local

nationalities were

suffering from robberies,

arsons and land mines of

the KNU and the article

“Regional development

as witnessed by an

expedition” presented in

two parts in the dailies

that I have read about

peace, security and the

rule of law in Southern

Command area in Bago

Division, and the victims

who had to flee their

homes to escape KNU

atrocities resulting from

power struggles within

the insurgents.

In its noticeable

conclusion reads the article

“Journalists will have to

join hands with the

government, the

Tatmadaw and the people

to end KNU’s destructive

misdeeds in order to

achieve “Peace, prosperity

and progress” the people

desire.”

After a conversa-

tion about the article and

the news report, we, Soe

Mya Kyaw and Saw Mya

Aung, are paying greater

attention to local and

foreign news. Since then

we have been trying to

find and read books and

documentaries on the

KNU, and Kayin State and

its people.

At Thabyenyunt

Village during the

expedition on 13 May

2006, the Minister for

Information said, “All the

incidents are the results of

the well-planned

underground plots of the

KNU terrorist insurgents

and their foreign masters,

and the aboveground

schemes from inside and

outside the country to

attack Myanmar. The

KNU began sending

bombers to the nation’s

inner regions, attempting

to use the government’s

peace endeavours or

security measures as a

stepping stone. If the KNU

continue to blast railroads

and motor roads and plant

mines in cities again and

again, the Tatmadaw has

no other way but to take

security measures for

regional stability. And

when the Tatmadaw takes

actions against the KNU,

the perpetrators in accord

with their pre-orchestrated

plots will start to cry “The

Tatmadaw’s attacks have

relocated villages and

driven out villagers as

refugees” with the

intention of misleading the

world into having a wrong

view on Myanmar. Then

they will try to highlight

the so-called refugee

problem, which in reality

is their own baby, saying

that the problem

jeopardizes regional

security. Their ultimate

aim is to submit the matter

concerning the Myanmar

affairs to the UN if their

well-planned conspiracy

succeeds in puzzling the

international community.”

Full text of the

minister’s clarification and

the KNU atrocities the

local nationalities have

revealed were globally

disseminated through the

media and the Internet.

Journalists of Myanmar

Foreign Correspondents

Club sent news on the

matter to their mother

agencies abroad. Duty

conscious journalists of the

local periodicals also

featured the news report in

their journals and

magazines.

However the truth

has been aired and

published internationally,

saboteurs from inside and

outside the nation and

some media under the

influence of alien masters

in accord with their

lopsided policy towards

Myanmar are still insisting

their accusation on

Myanmar to be true

despite knowing that it is

wrong. Instead of

slamming the KNU they

remain silent, although the

KNU’s blowing up of

powerful mines to

massacre people has been

revealed with concrete

evidences. The same

quarters that are silent

on the KNU atrocities

are orchestrating

groundless and illogical

slanders, saying that the

Tatmadaw is forcefully

relocating the local

nationalities and

oppressing them.

Even though those

quarters too heard and saw

like us the voices of the

victims of KNU arson and

mines saying whether they

would have to face the

KNU atrocities till

posterity, they are still

trying to ignore the

villagers’ sufferings. We

are astonished to witness

that their stance is against

the truth and their news

stories are lopsided ones,

saying, “Stop the offensive

against the KNU! Please

don’t force Kayins to flee

their homes as refugees.”

What the alien

masters and their

minions and destructive

cohorts like to say is,

“Death and destruction

caused by KNU bombs

are not a serious case.”

“Let the KNU do as it

wishes, and the

Tatmadaw should do

nothing but stay as a

bystander.” But this

attitude is like

breaching the most

important human rights

— security of public

lives and property.

As for me, I was

asking myself, “What is

the KNU? Where is it

heading? Why are the

foreign masters so much

in favour of the KNU? I

was trying to find the

answers.

Our motherland is

the Union of Myanmar.

At present the country is

made up of seven states

and seven divisions

where more than 100

national races live. The

divisions are named in

terms of respective

regions and the states are

named representing

some of national races.

Although Kachin State is

so named, it is not

inhabited by only Kachin

nationals. And so is

Kayin State. There is no

state or division where

only a single national

race lives. Since yore, all

nationalities have been

living in amity in all the

states and divisions. All

national races have been

residing unitedly and

peacefully in all towns

and villages which are

like mini-unions in the

whole Union. With

better transport facilities

built by the State,

relationships between

the national races have

been further cemented.

(See page 9)

Innocent people killed and wounded in mine blasts committed by KNUinsurgents at Mandalay-Yangon Express Train near Pazundaung

Station on 10-1-88.

The number of remnant KNU insurgents of about3,500 accounts for only 0.1 per cent if compared withthe 3.5 million Kayin nationals that live in various partsof the nation. And it accounts for only 0.42 per cent ifcompared with the population of over 830,000 Kayinnationals of Kayin State. So, the ratio of Kayin nationalsto KNU insurgents stands at 100 to less than one.

Hence, it is apparent that KNU members representneither Kayin nationals in Kayin State nor Kayinnationals in the entire Union, and Kayin nationals inKayin State are not in favour of KNU’s ‘Look West’policy and terrorists acts. Kayin national peoplein other states and divisions do not recognize at all theexistence of KNU insurgents.

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 9

Hanthawady daily issued on 27-3-61 published atrocities committedby KNU blowing up Dagon Lwin Mandalay-Yangon Train on 26-3-61

killing innocent passengers.

Documentary photos on KNU's attack at Kyaikhtiyoe Pagodaon 21 March, 1988

Taungbaing Bo Bo Nat Nan the spirit housewhere a skirmish broke out, an insurgent was

killed and a person kidnapped.

Shops on the road fromKyeepazuk Kadok to Mohsotaung seen

burnt down.

KNU in reality is ......(from page 8)

After regaining its

independence, Myanmar

formed a region as Kayin

State, where most Kayin

nationals lived. Ac-

cording to Constitutional

Amendment Act-62 in

1951, the then President

signed it on 7-11-1951

with the approval of the

parliament that Thanlwin

District (Papun) should

be designated as Kayin

State. As the second

phase to expand the

delineation of Kayin

State, Hpa-an and

Hlaingbwe Townships in

Thaton District to

Thandaung Township in

Taungoo District were

made parts of the Kayin

State on 1-6-1954. As the

third phase, Kawkareik

and Kya-in-Seikkyi

Townships in

Kyaikkhami District

were extended as parts of

the state on 1-7-1955.

Moreover, Myawady that

included in Kawkareik

Township was set up as a

township on 1 March,

1960. Accordingly, Kayin

State included in the 14

states and divisions is

made up of seven

townships namely Hpa-an,

Hlaingbwe, Papun,

Thandaung, Kawkareik,

Kya-in-Seikkyi and

Myawady.

Kayin State has an

area of 11,730.85 square

miles with a population of

about 1.7 million of various

national races such as

Kayin, Kayah, Pa-O, Mon,

Bamar, Rakhine and Shan.

According to the census

collected in 2004, the

Kayin national population

of Kayin State stood at

more than 830,000. So, it

indicated that in Kayin

State, half the population

were made up of Kayin

nationals and another half

other national races.

Of the population

of over 54 million of

Myanmar, the number of

Kayin nationals stands

nearly 3.5 million. The

Kayin nationals live in all

the 14 states and divisions

together with people of

other national races. And

the majority of the

population of more than

3.5 million live in

Ayeyawady Division. The

population of Ayeyawady

Division is about 7.5

million, about 1.5 million

of which are Kayin

nationals.

In the past, KNU

insurgents lorded it over

the national people in

Ayeyawady Division.

Later local people

including Kayin nationals

could no longer tolerate

KNU’s wrongful ‘Look

West’ policy and terrorist

acts, and joined hands with

the Tatmadaw in

eliminating KNU

insurgents. As a result,

Ayeyawady Division has

been changed into a white

area or insurgent free area

with stability, peace and

development. Similarly,

local people inclusive of

Kayin nationals living in

other states and divisions

have enjoyed fruitful

results of unprecedented

stability, peace and

progress due to the fact

that 17 major national race

armed groups and other

small armed groups

returned to the legal fold

and made peace with the

government.

Indeed, the armed

struggle line and wrong

policies of KNU

insurgents are disrupting

the interests of the entire

national people including

Kayin nationals and the

entire Union including

Kayin State. In

consequence, more than

5,000 members broke

away from KNU and

formed DKBA, and rose

against KNU. Likewise,

thousands of members of

the group led by Phado

Aung San and the group

led by U Saw Tha Mu He,

the group led by U Saw

Phe Re Mo and the group

led by U Ko Gyi left KNU

and exchanged arms for

peace. Now, the strength

of KNU insurgents who

stay on the border of the

two nations under the

pretext of refugee camps

is only about 3,500.

The number of

remnant KNU insurgents

of about 3,500 accounts

for only 0.1 per cent if

compared with the 3.5

million Kayin nationals

that live in various parts

of the nation. And it

accounts for only 0.42

per cent if compared

with the population of

over 830,000 Kayin

nationals of Kayin State.

So, the ratio of Kayin

nationals to KNU

insurgents stands at 100

to less than one.

Hence, it is

apparent that KNU

members represent

neither Kayin nationals

in Kayin State nor Kayin

nationals in the entire

Union, and Kayin

nationals in Kayin State

are not in favour of

KNU’s ‘Look West’

policy and terrorists acts.

Kayin national people

in other states and

divisions do not

recognize at all the

existence of KNU

insurgents. Nevertheless,

certain Western powers

and their minions are

helping the remnant

KNU insurgents survive.

But, the national people

are well convinced of the

intention behind their

help. The position of

KNU members will get

worse so long as they

continue to dance to

the tune of their

masters. The KNU’s

too much reliance on

external elements and

perpetration of

terrorists acts fill Kayin

national people as well

as the entire national

people of more than 54

million with disgust.

It is because KNU

had committed a variety

of atrocities on the people

throughout its armed

insurgency. Their

sabotages and violent acts

had been put on record

with concrete evidences

in the book titled

“History of Internal

Armed Insurgency”. In

1948 and 49, KNU

committed violent and

terrorist acts for 110

times and armed

robberies 35 times, and

robbed the government

treasury 13 times. The

acts they committed later

are countless. They

blasted the trains plying

between Yangon and

Mandalay and between

Yangon and Mawla-

myine and killed the

passengers many times. It

is very spine-tingling if

one studies the massacre

of entire local people in

Maymyo (now

PyinOoLwin) and Pyu

townships KNU

insurgents committed in

1949 were like genocide

the Nazis committed in

the past. The acts of

KNU are, in fact, ethnic

cleansing. However, in

spite of their knowledge,

Western masters and their

associates are levelling

accusations against the

government to cover the

acts of KNU.

(See page 10)

10 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006

KNU in reality is ......

Photo shows houses burnt down in Myawady in April 1989, one of the atrocities committed byKNU terrorists.

Documentary photo on derailment of Mandalay-Yangon Express Train due to mine planted by KNU terrorists on 10-1-88.

(from page 9)

On 22 November 1953, Kayin insurgent Bo

Ya Kyaw and members blasted the passenger train

that left Sittoung and when it reached near Naungkalar

Village and robbed all the belongings of the

passengers. Besides, they abducted about 50 young

women, 20 of them were raped by Bo Ya Kyaw and

his followers. Such Kayin insurgents as Lin Htin,

Hsa Lan and Pha Lu Kyaw were very notorious as

womanizers. Lin Htin took 45 wives. Hsa Lan over

120 till 1963 when he was arrested by the Tatmadaw.

Pha Lu Kyaw took more than 150 young wives.

Thousands of national race young women such as

Kayin, Mon and Bamar got into great troubles due

to the sexual violence committed by Kayin

insurgents. The newspapers at that time branded Lin

Htin as a great pot of lust. In fact, it is KNU

members and their associate insurgents who are

licensed to rape. But internal and external

destructive elements are accusing the Tatmadaw of

being licensed to rape.

Among the most violent acts committed by

KNU insurgents, one act that took place in 1954

was spine-chilling.

It was in 1954. The KNU insurgents attacked

the Sittoung-Mottama train and took away more than

40 university girl students returning home on holiday

and 20 other young women by force. The insurgents

handed over these young women as well as some

lasses arrested from Mon villages to KMT Maj-Gen

Lawli in exchange for arms and ammunition. The

KNUs are still committing similar atrocities. They

are really responsible for terrorism and human

trafficking in Myanmar. However, the

masterminds abroad have always let them go scot-

free and levelled unfounded accusations against

the Tatmadaw government of Myanmar. Why

these masterminds are doing so is as plain as day.

These university girlstudents and other young

women went to the dogs as the KNU insurgents had

placed them in the hands of KMT who intruded into

our country. Later, the KNUs have sent saboteurs to

destroy the life and property of people by planting

mines and setting villages ablaze hundreds of times.

In March, 1988, the KNU insurgents raided

the Kyaikhtiyo Pagoda and made off with the cash

donated by people. Pilgrims — monks as well as lay

persons — were killed and wounded. Also in March,

1990, they attacked the people who visited the

Sandawya Pagoda Festival and made away with

donations. They also pounced upon passenger buses

and craft many a time. On 3 February, 1991, they

mined the motorcade of Mingun Sayadaw U

Vicittasara Bhivamsa, Secretary Sayadaw of the State

Sangha Maha Nayaka Committee, who was on his

way from Dawei to Thayetchaung. Five people were

injured but the Sayadaw escaped unhurt.

Not only that, a motorcade carrying the statue

of the Alantayar Sayadaw, monks and lay person was

mined near Kyarinn village in Kayin State, killing

and wounding some monks and lay persons.

Cruel and inhumane acts of terror by the

KNU insurgents were bittter experiences for the

government and the entire people. But the

government let the past be past and kept the peace

door open to the KNUs for a long time in view of

national solidarity.

However, the KNUs, capitalizing on the

government’s building of peace, are trying to make

the internaltional community think that they want

peace but at the same time committing terror acts.

And they are making a political profit out of refugee

camps.

It is very disheartening to see the master hands

from the West trying to control the political situation

in Myanmar by using the KNUs and supporting, as

always, whatever the latter do. So long as there are

KNU insurgents and expatriates in the border area,

they will always be in a position to make groundless

accusations about Myanmar. With this end in view,

the masterminds from the West are grooming the

KNU insurgents and their fellow terrorists.

The KNU insurgents do not serve the interests

of Kayin nationals in theory or in practice. However,

the Western masterminds always stand by the KNUs.

They do so not for the sake of Myanmar and Kayin

nationals and for democracy and human rights but

for their own interests — politically and militarily.

In reality, the KNUs are a handful of

mercenaries. They are just the puppets dancing to

the tune of their foreign masters. They are the

terrorists who constantly commit various kinds of

destructive acts, massacre and human trafficking and

who uproot the local people. In reality, they are

national traitors attempting to shatter our national

goal for a peaceful, modern and developed nation by

relying on the West.

Translation: TMT + ST + MS + NN

* * *

THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 11

China, India pledge to deepenmilitary exchanges

BEIJING, 30 May —The Chinese and Indiandefence ministers on Mon-day pledged to deepenmilitary exchanges be-tween the two armedforces.

Chinese DefenceMinister Cao Gangchuansaid during the talks herewith his Indian counter-part Pranab Mukherjeethat the Chinese Govern-ment hoped peace, stabi-lity and economic growthwould continue in theSouth Asia region.

Cao, also vice-chair-man of the Central Mili-tary Commission and statecouncilor, said the Chi-

nese Government sup-ported efforts of SouthAsian nations to push forregional cooperation.

Friendship and mu-tually-beneficial coopera-tion were in the funda-mental interests of Chinaand India, and were con-ducive to the peace, sta-bility and development ofAsia and the world, Caosaid.

Mukherjee said Indiaattached great importanceto the strategic and coope-rative partnership withChina. The Indian Gov-ernment would work withChina on the basis of mu-tual respect and mutual

trust to continue deepen-ing defence and militaryexchanges.

Mukherjee arrived inBeijing on Sunday for asix-day visit as a guest ofCao.

This is Mukherjee’sfirst trip to China since theassumption of his post in2004. He is expected tomeet and hold talks withChinese leaders andsenior military officers.

The Indian ministerwill also visit northwestChina’s Gansu Provinceand Shanghai Municipal-ity, the country’s eco-nomic hub in east China.

MNA/Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, 30May— The Non-AlignedMovement (NAM) onMonday accepted twonew members, Domini-can Republic as well asAntigua and Barbuda,thus bringing its totalmembership to 116.

Malaysian ForeignMinister Syed HamidAlbar made the an-nouncement at the NAMCoordinating Bureau(NAM-CoB) MinisterialMeeting in the adminis-trative centre of Putra-jaya.

International cash aid forIndonesian quake tops $47m

YOGYAKARTA (In-donesia), 30 May — Anumber of countries havepledged aid totalling 47.7million US dollars foremergency response to In-donesia’s earthquake-stricken Java Island, agovernment spokesmansaid on Monday evening.

“The figure conti-nues to rise,” Foreign Af-fairs Ministry spokesmanYuri Thamrin was quoted

by the Antara news agencyas saying.

The financial aid of-fers came from Australia,Britain, Canada, China,Cuba, France, Germany,Japan, Kuwait, Malaysia,Norway, Saudi Arabia,Russia, Singapore, SouthKorea, the EuropeanUnion and the UnitedStates, he said.

The Indonesian Gov-ernment has given permits

for foreign planes carry-ing relief supplies andparamedics to land in thequake zone.

Cargo planes fromSingapore and Malaysialanded Sunday while thosefrom China, Qatar, SaudiArabia, the United ArabEmirates and the UnitedStates are expected toarrive on Mondayevening.

MNA/Xinhua

NAM accepts two new members Dominican Repub-

lican’s head of delega-tion Crispin S Gregoiresaid his country has beenan NAM observer formany years and feelshonoured to join theNAM.

“Even though we areonly a small country, wehave been in the UnitedNations since 1978, af-ter our independencefrom Britain. Today, wejoin the world commu-nity, the committee ofdeveloping nations,which is a great honour

for our country,”Gregoire told theBernama news agency.

Meanwhile, Anti-gua and Barbuda’s Per-manent Representative tothe United Nations JohnW Ashe expressed hiscountry’s appreciationfor the NAM’s decision.

Dominican Repub-lic is an island state inthe Caribbean archi-pelago while Antigua andBarbuda is located be-tween the Caribbean Seaand the North AtlanticOcean. — MNA/Xinhua

Colombia’s Catalina Castano returns a shot to Japan’s AikoNakamura at the French Open tennis tournament in Paris’

Roland Garros Stadium, on 29 May , 2006. — INTERNET

12 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006

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P.O.Box 109Ph: 248108/723043

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

Thailand)Dated: 31 May 2006

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV JIANG NING GUAN VOY NO (75)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV JIANG NINGGUAN VOY NO (75) are hereby notified that the vesselhas arrived on 30.5.2006 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of S.P.W where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

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Children draw animals on six pieces of fabrics, each 9-metre long and 0.9-metre wide, at the Youth Centre in Hangzhou, capital of east China’s

Zhejiang Province,on 27 May, 2006.—INTERNET

Indian Defence Chiefstarts 6-day China visit

Chinese farmers encouragedto start their own business

Nepal to construct highwayto link with China

Over 400 kids killed in conflicts in Nepal

BEIJING, 29 May—Indian Defence MinisterPranab Mukherjee ar-rived in Beijing Sundayafternoon for talks withChinese officials on Sino-Indian military ties.

“As guest of hisChinese counterpart CaoGangchuan, Mukherjeewill visit China fromSunday to next Friday,”sources with the ChineseMinistry of NationalDefence said.

This is Mukherjee’sfirst trip to China since theassumption of his post in

2004, during which, he isexpected to meet and holdtalks with Chinese leadersand senior military officers.

“The visit is with theobjective of keeping ourrelationship warm and alsoto expand our areas ofcooperation,” Mukherjeesaid prior to his China trip.

The Indian Ministerwill travel to northwesternChina’s Gansu Provinceand Shanghai Munici-pality, the country’seconomic hub in eastChina.

MNA/Xinhua

KATHMANDU, 29 May— A senior govern-mentofficial has said that Nepalis set to construct highwayto link Nepal with TibetAutonomous Region(TAR) of China, with thehelp of the ChineseGovernment, state runRadio Nepal reported onSunday.

“With the help ofthe Chinese Government,we are going to startconstruction of themuch-hyped Syafrubesi-Rasuwagadhi highwaythis year,” the radioquoted Ram SharanMahat, Finance Ministerof Nepal, as saying.

MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 29 May—Chinese Vice-PremierHui Liangyu on Sundayencouraged farmers tostart their own businessesas a way out of poverty.

He said increasingfarmer’s income is astrategic and importanttask for governments.

“The construction ofa new socialist countrysideand the comprehensiveand sustainable economicand social developmentrequire new types offarmers who have basicknowledge of bothfarming techniques andbusiness,” he said.

He said at a national

meeting for awarding eliteprivate businessmen onSunday that governmentsat all levels shouldestablish favourablepolicies and laws toencourage farmers to starttheir own businesses.

He said China has ahuge rural market that offersbig potential for rural labouremployment and farmer-initiated businesses.

MNA/Xinhua

KATHMANDU, 29May— A total of 460children below the age of16 were killed during thearmed conflicts that beganin February 1996 in Nepal,National Resource Centreon Children in Conflict(NRCCC) said here onSunday.

“Most of thosechildren died due to straybombs and other ex-

plosives left behind byboth security forces andguerillas, NRCCC, a non-government organization,said in a Press statement.

Altogether 535children including 150girls were physicallyinjured over the lastdecade of armed conflictsin the country, the state-ment noted.

MNA/Xinhua

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THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006 13

pvaer;®Pc\. eKt\m^P∑M>‘Pi;tui;tk\eqa Nuic\cMeta\”k; tv\eSak\AM.Indonesia quake survivors

build makeshift shelters BANTUL (Indonesia), 29 May — Using fabric, plastic and anything that

could be pulled from the rubble of the deadly Indonesian earthquake, survivorsconstructed makeshift shelters on Sunday as they waited for international aidto arrive.

Aid agencies saybetween 100,000 and200,000 people have beenleft homeless by Satur-day’s 6.3 magnitudequake, which particularlydevastated the Bantul areanear the ancient royal cityof Yogyakarta, about 440kilometres (270 miles) eastof the Indonesian capitalJakarta.

UNICEF spokesmanJohn Budd said 40 per centof the homeless were under18.The death toll fromthe quake, centred justoffshore, stands at morethan 4,600, and up to 20,000people have been injured.

“We desperately needtents, the kind of aidcoming here has beenlimited so far. We haveonly received instantnoodles,” Yudi Rahardjotold Reuters outside hisruined house in the farmingvillage of Karangtalunwhere his sister was stilltrapped.

Rahardjo said he tried tosleep on a badminton fieldbut had been kept awake byovernight rain.

Another Karangtalunlocal, Jumilah, whose father

died in the quake, was seenpicking up the roof tiles ofher collapsed home.

“I am just picking upevery single thing,” she saidas she piled the tiles in herarms. “All of our basic foodis now squashed, includingthe rice, so we need help.”

A truck carrying cleanwater arrived in the villagebut most residents said whatthey needed most was foodand tents.“The mostimportant thing is to givetents, staying in the open airarea may be fine for oneday but after that it’s notOK,” said Captain Mulyadihead of military in thedistrict in Imogiri.

But UNICEF’s Buddsaid that while aid wasbeginning to get throughto Bantul, which accountedfor more than 2,000 of thedeaths reported so far andwhere most buildings wereflattened, treating theinjured was still thepriority. Red Crossspokeswoman TeresitaUspadin said the agencyhad started bringing in anddistributing 1,000 tents inBantul, but said water andfood were also desperately

needed.“There are some areas

where there is no safedrinking water,” Uspadinsaid. Aid agencies said thespread of disease is a keyconcern in the first daysafter such a disaster, but itwas not yet posing aproblem.

MNA/Reuters

European rocket orbits telecomsatellites for Mexico, Thailand PARIS, 29 May — A European space consortium

rocket placed into orbit two telecommunications satellitesfor Mexico and Thailand after blasting off from FrenchGuiana on Saturday evening. The Ariane-5 rocket,designed to launch payloads of up to 10 tons, lifted offfrom the Europe’s launch centre in Kourou, about 40miles from French Guiana’s capital of Cayenne, at about6:10 pm (2210 GMT).

Reaching an altitude of about 1,400 kilometres, the rocketreleased into orbit Mexico’s Satmex 6, a 5.7-ton satellite,about 27 minutes after takeoff.

Five minutes later, the rocket orbited the Thaicom 6satellite, for a Thai private telecommunications operator,completing the launch.Thaicom will provide tele-communications and television broadcasting throughoutAsia, the Pacific, Europe and Africa. The launch wasoriginally scheduled for Friday but was put off because ofequipment alerts. Arianespace, the commercial arm of the13-country European Space Agency, has scheduled fourmore Ariane rockets to launch this year. The launch of theAriane-5 rocket on Saturday was the second in 2006 andthe 23rd successful flight for Ariane launchers, acompany statement said.— MNA/Xinhua

Malaysia’s Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi delivers his openingremarks at the Ministerial Meeting of the Coordinating Bureau of the NAMat the Putrajaya International Convention Centre in Putrajaya, Malayisa, on

29 May, 2006. —INTERNET

Michael Jackson smiles after receiving the LegendAward at the MTV Video Music Awards Japan

2006 in Tokyo on 27 May, 2006.—INTERNET

Annan urged to help stop “Syrian violations” BEIRUT, 29 May —

Lebanese ProgressiveSocialist Party (PSP)urged UN Secretary-General Kofi Annan tosupport Lebanon and putan end to Syrianinterference, local news-paper the Daily Starreported on Saturday.

According to thereport, the PSP stressedon Friday “the continuousSyrian violations ofLebanese sovereignty” ina letter sent to the UNSecurity Council, theInternational SocialistParty, the European Unionand other internationalhuman rights groups.

“Syria is still exertingall forms of intimidationagainst the Lebanese,violating their territories,attacking the LebaneseArmy directly or throughPalestinian organizations

and carrying out smug-gling operations”, said theletter.

The PSP also said thatan arrest warrant issuedby Damascus against the

party leader Walid Jum-blatt violated inter-national law.

The warrant relayedto Beirut this week viaInterpol demanded

Jumblatt be broughtbefore a Syrian militarycourt to face charges of“slander and incitinghatred” against Damascus.

MNA/Xinhua

WHO to see if patent systemkeeps drugs from poor

GENEVA, 29 May — The World HealthOrganization said on Saturday it would examinewhether the international drug patent systemprevents developing countries from obtainingneeded medicines, vaccines and diagnostic tests.

Spurred on by Braziland Kenya, the 192 WHOmembers agreed at an annualmeeting in Geneva to launchan inter-governmental groupto look for gaps in medicalresearch and development,and draw up a global strategyto ensure the health needs ofpoor people are met.

The WHO said the groupwould integrate the findingsof an April report by formerSwiss president RuthDreifuss, which criticized theexisting drug development,marketing and pricingsystem, saying it largelyneglected the poor.

The report, commission-ed by the WHO in 2003, didnot call for a weakening ofpatent rights but urged big

companies to reduce theprice of medicines sold todeveloping countries and toavoid filing for patentprotection there. The WHOsaid the new group, open toall interested countries, wouldpay particular attention towhether research investmentmatched health needs,including diseases com-mon to poor countries suchas AIDS, malaria andtuberculosis Ellen 't Hoen ofthe Medicins Sans Frontierescampaign for access toessential medicines descri-bed the WHO announce-ment as a "breakthroughagreement" which she saidcould lead to better access todrugs for millions of people.

MNA/Reuters

A man takes a photograph of a 1959 Rolls-Royce Silver Cloud at a classic carshow in Tehran on 29 May, 2006.—INTERNET

14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Wednesday, 31 May, 2006

S P O R T S

Brazilian striker Ronaldinho shots a corner during a training sessionat Thermoplan arena in Weggis, central Switzerland, on 29 May, 2006.Brazil will play against Australia, Croatia and Japan in group F at the

upcoming 2006 Soccer World Cup in Germany.—INTERNET

Thailand’s Paradorn Srichaphanplays a shot to James Blake of the US

during the French Open tennistournament at Roland Garros in

Paris on 29 May, 2006. —INTERNET

Japan’s head coach Zico (R) of Brazil gives direc-tions to midfielder Hidetoshi Nakata (16) during a

practice session in Bonn on 29 May, 2006.INTERENT

FIFA urged to restore smokingban for World Cup

GENEVA, 30 May— Health advocacy groups onMonday urged FIFA to ban smoking at next month'sWorld Cup in Germany after soccer's governing bodydropped a smoke-free rule adopted in 2002.

Instead of barring smoking at stadiums, expected todraw about three million people during the month-longtournament starting June 9, FIFA said it would ask fansvoluntarily to refrain.

"An outright ban will not apply," FIFA said in astatement describing a campaign of posters, audio andvideo announcements and "and mantra-like repetitionof the key phrase 'No Smoking Please'" to discouragespectators from lighting up. Sinead Jones, director of theInternational Union Against Cancer's global smoke freepartnership, said the voluntary policy meant smokingwould be freely permitted throughout the stadiums.

"They are saying to fans 'don't smoke', but on theother hand there will be absolutely no enforcementthere," said Jones, whose organization is appealing forthe German tournament to be smoke-free like the lastWorld Cup in Japan and South Korea.

Noting that FIFA is selling branded lighters andashtrays during the tournament, she said the campaignsent fans a mixed message about tobacco and sports.

"The whole thing is really inconsistent. It seems likea backward step," Jones said.

The World Health Organization (WHO) signed adeal with FIFA four years ago to make the 2002 WorldCup venues tobacco-free, as are the Olympic Games, ina deal it hoped would set a precedent for future tourna-ments. But FIFA declined to renew the agreement forthe 2006 event after discussions with the German Gov-ernment and the local organizing committee.

Phone calls seeking comment from FIFA and theorganizing committee in Frankfurt were not imme-diately returned.—MNA/Reuters

Beckenbauer says fan poweris key for Germany

BERLIN, 30 May— Germany's World Cup organizing commit-tee president Franz Beckenbauer now believes the hosts areamong the favourites to win the tournament starting next monthbecause of the enthusiastic home crowds.

Ronaldo brushes aside weight speculation WEGGIS, 30 May—Brazil striker Ronaldo says that continued speculation

about his weight is created by lack of knowledge and by the media havingnothing better to talk about.

Ronaldo’s room topsRonaldinho’s in online auction

ZURICH, 30 May— Ronaldo’s hotel room toppedthat of team mate Ronaldinho's in an online auction,fetching 1,010 Swiss francs (825.8 US dollars) for aone-night stay in the room of Brazil's leading strikerafter the team's stay in Switzerland.

Japan’s Ono putting team glory firstBONN (Germany), 30 May — Japan’s Shinji

Ono has resigned himself to a place on the bench forhis country’s World Cup opener against Australia.Injured Jamaican referee

out of World Cup ZURICH, 30 May— Jamaican referee Peter

Prendergast has pulled out of the World Cup finalsafter injuring a knee, FIFA announced on Monday.

Under the new system of fielding the referee and histwo assistants working together as a team at the finals,linesmen Anthony Garwood of Jamaica and JosephTaylor of Trinidad & Tobago, are also now out of thetournament. In a statement FIFA explained that medi-cal examinations confirmed that Prendergast wouldnot be fit enough to officiate at any matches at the finalswhich start on 9 June.

FIFA will announce their replacements later. Prendergast is the second referee to be withdrawn

from the tournament after Italy's Massimo De Santiswas pulled out by the Italian Football Federation. DeSantis is under investigation in a probe into possiblesoccer fraud in Italy.—MNA/Reuters

"I was surprised thatRonaldo came out on top,"said assistant managerPhilipp Musshafen at thePark Hotel in Weggis,which launched the eBayauction.

The Brazilian team setup camp at the luxury hotelat the foot of the Swiss Alpslast week to train for theWorld Cup in neighbour-ing Germany next month.

Ronaldinho's hotel roomfetched 850 francs. In totalthe five rooms auctioned,including those of Kaka,Adriano and RobertoCarlos, reaped 3,200 francs.

"We will donate theamount to a Brazilian in-stitution," Park Hotel'sMusshafen said.

The winners will spendthe night of June 3 at thehotel, just hours after the

Brazilians move out at theend of their two-week stay.

They will also be givensigned Brazilian footballshirts. Normal rates for thefive rooms on offer rangefrom 480 to 780 Swissfrancs each.

MNA/Reuters

Beckenbauer, who in recentmonths had sounded pessimisticabout Germany's chances, wrotein a column for Bild newspaperthat Germany are among theteams to beat after they crushedLuxembourg 7-0 before a fren-zied crowd in Freiburg on Satur-day. "We're not the favouritebased on what we've got butclearly a co-favourite becausewe'll be playing at home," wroteBeckenbauer, who coached the1990 World Cup winning teamand was captain of the 1974 sidethat beat the Netherlands in thefinal.

"The football enthusiasm wasnot bad beforehand but now youcan really feel the way everythingis starting to vibrate and everyonecan't wait for the tournament."

Beckenbauer said he was im-pressed with the crowd supportfor Germany at Dreisam stadiumin Freiburg on Saturday.

"The team clearly play betterwhen they're fired on by the homecrowd," he said. "The recent recordhas been been eight wins, fourdraws and only one defeat in Ger-man stadiums -- and that loss wasagainst Brazil in the Confed Cup.

MNA/Reuters

The Phenomenal Oneendured a frustrating sea-son at Real Madrid,puncuated by a series ofminor injuries and sugges-tions that was fighting alosing battle against theflab.

"It doesn't bother mein the slightest," saidRonaldo, who has alreadybeen named in Brazil's

starting line-up for theiropening world Cup matchagainst Croatia on 13June.

"I think it's all down toa lack of knowledge. Af-ter all, what is fat," he said,looking in the direction ofa group of radio reportersamid laughter.

"People have been talk-ing about it for so long

that nowadays I just takeit as a joke.

"Nobody ever takesabout exact numbers,about the percentage offat. It's down to a lack ofknowledge, a lack of in-formation and a lack ofsomething better to talkabout."

Ronaldo, 29, has notplayed a competitive gamesince 8 April, when helimped out of Real Ma-drid's 1-1 draw with RealSociedad with an injury tohis right thigh.

He has taken part inBrazil's training as usualand says he only needs towin back match fitness.

"This is like a pre-sea-son for me, I'm comingback from injury and Ihaven't played for one anda half months," he said."I'm very happy and I'mgetting on with my job."

Ronaldo, who will betaking part at his fourthWorld Cup, finished astopscorer in 2002 witheight goals as Brazil wonan unprecedented fifthworld title.

MNA/Reuters

Once an automaticchoice, the formerFeyenoord midfielderlooks likely to be amongthe substitutes for Japan’sGroup F clash with GuusHiddink’s “Socceroos” onJune 12.

“It’s not as if I’venever been on the benchbefore,” smiled Ono onSunday, 48 hours before

Japan meet World Cuphosts Germany in a warm-up game in Leverkusen.

“I’m on stand-by toplay and just hope I get thechance to play at the WorldCup.”

Ono had a frustratingWorld Cup in 2002 afterbeing struck down by ap-pendicitis before the tour-nament.—MNA/Reuters

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WEATHERTuesday, 30 May, 2006

Summary of observations recorded at 09:30hours MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thunder-showers have been isolated in Kayah State and MagwayDivision, scattered in lower Sagaing, Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions, fairly widespread in upperSagaing and Yangon Divisions and widespread in theremaining States and Divisions with locally heavyfallin Rakhine State and isolated heavyfall in upper SagaingDivision. The noteworthy amounts of rainfall recordedwere Kyauktaw (8.15) inches, Hkamti (4.64) inches,Kyaukpyu (3.19) inches, Maungtaw (3.15) inches,Thaton (1.69) inches, Sittway (1.41) inches, Myitkyina(1.38) inches and Kyaukse (1.34) inches.

Maximum temperature on 29-5-2006 was 89°F.Minimum temperature on 30-5-2006 was 70°F. Rela-tive humidity at 09:30 hours MST on 30-5-2006 was(85%). Total sunshine hours on 29-5-2006 was (5.5)hours approx.

Rainfalls on 30-5-2006 were (0.31) inch atMingaladon, (0.71) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.58) inchat Central Yangon. Total rainfalls since 1-1-2006 were(14.76) inches at Mingaladon, (18.70) inches at Kaba-Aye and (19.72) inches at Central Yangon. Maximumwind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (15) mph fromEast at (14:15) hours MST on 29-5-2006.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the Northand Central Bay and moderate elsewhere in the Bay ofBengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 31-5-2006:Rain or thundershowers will be widespread in Kachin,Chin and Rakhine States, upper Sagaing and TaninthayiDivisions, fairly widespread in Shan, Mon and KayinStates, lower Sagaing, Bago, Ayeyawady and YangonDivisions and scattered in the remaining States andDivisions with isolated heavyfall in Rakhine State.Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with rough sea arelikely at times off and along Rakhine Coast. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35) to (40) mph.Seas will be moderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Strongmonsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 31-5-2006: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouringareas for 31-5-2006: Some rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringareas for 31-5-2006: Isolated rain or thundershow-ers. Degree of certainty is (80%).

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China to make Olympics a smoke-free zoneBEIJING, 30 May— China vowed on Monday to organize a “non-smoking” Olympic Games, but

health officials admitted that changing the habits of 350 million smokers would be difficult.China would enforce

a ban on smoking in pub-lic places, a Health Minis-try official told a newsconference on Monday,with those places that of-fer services to children atop concern.

“Smoking will bebanned at all Olympic-designated hospitals by the

end of 2007,” Xinhuanews agency quotedZhang Bin as saying.

The ban would alsoapply to public transportand in offices, Zhang said,acknowledging thatchanging habits would behard.

“China faces manyobstacles to overcome in

hosting a non-smokingOlympics,” he said.

The ministry’s vowcomes as Beijing passesthe 10th anniversary of itsban on smoking in publicplaces.

In practice, many ofthe capital’s millions ofsmokers habitually ignorethe bans given that they

run only a slight risk ofpunishment or complaintfrom bystanders.

“We need consistentefforts to wake up the pub-lic, tell those smokers inpublic places that they aredamaging the health ofpeople around them, andencourage our numb fel-lows to stand up againstsuch behaviour,” a ChinaDaily editorial said thismonth.

China is the world’slargest producer and con-sumer of cigarettes withnearly 2 trillion sticks con-sumed a year.

Tax on cigarettescontributed 159 billionyuan (19.8 billion US dol-lars) to the government in2005, around 5 per cent offiscal revenues.

The World HealthOrganization estimatesthat smoking kills 1.2 mil-lion people a year in China.

MNA/ReutersIn this photo released by China’s Xinhua News Agency, children playchess during the 15th international chess contest held at DingfuzhuangNo 4 Primary School in Chaoyang District of Beijing, capital of China,on 28 May, 2006. More than 260 children from this school and foreigncountries including the United States, Japan, and Singapore took part

in this contest on 28 May, 2006. —INTERNET

5th Waxing of Nayon 1368 ME Wednesday, 31 May, 2006

The State Peace and Development CouncilThe Law Amending the Leave and Holidays Act, 1951(The State Peace and Development Council Law No. 6/2006)

The 4th Waxing of Nayon 1368 M.E.(30 May, 2006)

The State Peace and Development Council hereby enacts the following Law:

1. This Law shall be called the Law Amending the Leave and Holidays

Act, 1951.

2. In the Leave and Holidays Act, 1951:

(a) The expression “not exceeding four hundred kyats per month”

contained in sub-section (4) of section 2 shall be deleted.

(b) Sub-section (1) of section 4 shall be substituted as follows:

(1) Every employee who has completed a period of twelve

months continuous service shall be granted earned leave with

average wages or average pay for a period of ten consecu-

tive days by his employer during the subsequent period of

twelve months.

(c) The expression “twenty-four days” contained in sub-section (2) of

section 4 shall be substituted by the expression “twenty days”.

3. The expression “Inspector” contained in sections 12, 14, 15 and 16 of

the Leave and Holidays Act, 1951 shall be substituted respectively by the ex-

pression “Inspection Officer.”

(See page 2)

YANGON, 30 May— Minister forLivestock and Fisheries Brig-GenMaung Maung Thein, accompanied byDirector-General U Maung MaungNyunt of Livestock Breeding and Vet-erinary Department, on 26 May wentto Myittha Township in Mandalay Di-vision and inspected breeding andhatchery of Tilavia at Kume FishBreeding Camp in Kume.

On his tour of Shan State (North)the next day, the minister and Com-mander of the North-East CommandBrig-Gen Aung Than Htut went to the

Minister calls for conductinglivestock breeding tasks

5,000-acre highland cultivation inLashio and the rubber cultivation of aprivate company and called on officialsconcerned to fully engage in livestockbreeding and rubber cultivation.

At the highland cultivationproject, over 1,000 acres have been putunder the pine apple, honey orange andother plants so far.

During his tour, the minister alsoinspected the pig farm of the LivestockBreeding and Veterinary Department inLashio and fulfilled the requirements.

MNA

Myanmar mobilizing local strengths toachieve millennium development goals

and Working Together for HealthYANGON, 30 May—

Minister for Health DrKyaw Myint representedMyanmar at the 59thWorld Health Conferenceheld in Geneva, Switzer-land from 22 to 27 May.

At the World HealthOrganization preliminarymeeting of health minis-ters of Southeast AsiaRegion held on 21 May,he dealt with health mat-ters to be presented by re-gional countries to the59th conference.

The Myanmar del-egation led by the minis-

ter attended the openingof the conference. Meet-ing chairman Minister ofHealth of MozambiqueProfessor Paulo IvoGarrido delivered an in-troductory speech.

The minister also at-tended the committee (A)meeting and discussionson respective subjects.

On the morning of 23May, he addressed the59th conference, sayingthat Myanmar is makingefforts in various sectorsto achieve millenniumdevelopment goals.

Myanmar is in full sup-port of the efforts madein accordance with thegoal of the conference —Working Together forHealth. In 2006, somemembers of WHO facedavian influenza. But, thedisease is now under con-trol thanks to the assist-ance and effective man-agement of the WHO.Myanmar saw the diseasein March 2006 but therehas been no infection tohuman. Myanmar is im-plementing the NationalAvian Influenza Preven-

tion and Pandemic Pre-paredness Plan. It isstrengthening cooperationwith the WHO and UNagencies for disease pre-vention and treatments. Itis also doing its best toimplement InternationalHealth Regulation.

(See page 7)

Ayeyawady, Bago and YangonDivisions are the regions whererice is mainly grown. Therefore, itis necessary to make concertedefforts not only to increase theper-acre yield in the cultivation ofrice in these regions but also toextend the cultivation of cotton,sugar cane, corn and beans andpulses.

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Commander Brig-Gen Aung Than Htut and Minister Brig-GenMaung Maung Thein inspect the livestock farm in Lashio.

LIVESTOCK & FISHERIES

Minister for Health Dr Kyaw Myint addresses the 59th WorldHealth Conference in Geneva, Switzerland. — MNA

In a bid to combat AIDS in Myanmar,the Ministry of Health and other con-genial ministries are implementing theNational Strategic Plan for HIV/AIDS(2006-2011) in cooperation with theWHO and UNAIDS.

Every employee who has completed aperiod of twelve months continuousservice shall be granted earned leave