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

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Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than donates TV and cassette to a self-reliantlibrary in Labutta Township. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3May — Member of theState Peace and Develop-ment Council Lt-GenKhin Maung Than of theMinistry of Defence andChairman of AyeyawadyDivision Peace and De-velopment Council Com-mander of South-WestCommand Maj-GenThura Myint Aung in-spected regional develop-ment tasks and rubberfarms in Myaungmya andLabutta townships inMyaungmya District,

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than calls for extendedrubber cultivation in Myaungmya District

Ayeyawady Division, yes-terday.

According to thereport submitted to Lt-GenKhin Maung Than,Myaungmya Townshipset its target of 203,702acres of monsoon paddyand 114,710 acres of sum-mer paddy every year. Atotal of 203,719 acres ofmonsoon paddy and114,797 acres of summerpaddy have been grownwhile over 638 acres havebeen put under physic nutplants in the township.

In meeting withdepartmental personnel atMya Shwewa Hall inMyaungmya, Lt-GenKhin Maung Than calledfor extended cultivationof edible oil crops in thetownship. MyaungmyaTownship has a largesurplus of rice but ed-ible oil is not sufficientenough for the area, hesaid. He also urged offi-cials concerned to en-courage the rubber cul-tivation in the region.

He also stressed

the need for promotion ofeducation standard in thetownship to improve theability of youth and forimprovement of medicalcare to residents.

As rural peopleare majority of the popu-lation of the country, the

Government is undertak-ing five rural area devel-opment tasks. Therefore,governmental staff are toparticipate in implement-ing the tasks joining handswith local people, he said.

After the meet-ing, Lt-Gen Khin Maung

Than and party visited a70-acre rubber farm of alocal farmer inMyaungmya Township.

Head of Myaung-mya Township ForestryDepartment U Kyaw Swereported on cultivation of3,000 acres of rubber.

During his tour ofMyaungmya Township,Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thanalso visited a privatechicken farm where41,000 chickens are beingraisen. He also visited arubber farm in the town-ship. Myaungmya Town-ship set its target of 10,000acres of rubber this year,and the township is ex-pected to put 6,500 acresunder rubber at the end ofthis year, an official of thetownship said in his re-port to Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than.

Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than called forextended cultivation ofrubber plants in the regionwhile there is an increaseddemand for rubber.

Myaungmya Township set its target of203,702 acres of monsoon paddy and 114,710acres of summer paddy every year. A total of203,719 acres of monsoon paddy and 114,797acres of summer paddy have been grownwhile over 638 acres have been put underphysic nut plants in the township.

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

People’s DesireFriday, 4 May, 2007

The Ngamoeyeik Bridge (Kamakyi) was

put into commission on 28 April.

The facility is on the Ngamoeyeik Creek

to link Thingangyun Township with

Thakayta Township in Yangon Division.

Thanks to its emergence, Thanlyin, Kayan,

Thonegwa and Kyauktan townships and

Thilawa Port are easily accessible in a short

time and commodity flow becomes swift, so

local people will enjoy better socio-economic

life.

Previously, the goods unloaded at the

Thilawa Port were delivered to Yangon

through Dagon Bridge. Now the goods can

be directly delivered across the nation

through the Ngamoeyeik Bridge (Kamakyi)

and No 2 Road.

In addition, the regional road network

has been extended to Kungyangon-Dedaye-

Pyapon-Kyaiklat-Maubin-Nyaungdon-

Yangon through Bayintnaung Bridge and

Twantay Bridge.

The government has been building more

and more railroads, roads and bridges the

length and breadth of the Union for ensuring

smooth transport. National people are there-

fore urged to effectively use the facilities for

regional development and collectively main-

tain them for their durability.

Utilize transport facilitieseffectively for socio-eco-nomic development

YANGON, 3 May — A ceremony to present prizesto outstanding bank branches of Myanma AgriculturalDevelopment Bank under the Ministry of Agricultureand Irrigation was held at the meeting hall of the bankon Pansodan Street this morning.

Prizes presented to state, division,township bank branches

First, Managing Director of MADB U Tin Lwanmade a speech on the occasion. Banks which earnednet profit over K 400 million during 2006-2007 finan-cial year and contributed 300 million kyats to the Statewere awarded. — MNA

YANGON, 3 May — Secretariat Member of theUnion Solidarity and Development Association Min-ister for Information Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan met withsecretaries, executives and organizers of MingalaTaungnyunt and Pazundaung Township USDAs at theoffice of Mingala Taungnyunt Township USDA thisafternoon.

Secretariat member Minister Brig-Gen KyawHsan heard reports on undertakings of townshipUSDAs by secretary U San Ni of Pazundaung Town-ship USDA and secretary U Zaw Lin of MingalaTaungnyunt Township USDA. The organizers of WardUSDAs reported on work being done to the minister.

In response to the reports, the minister saidhe was much delighted to discuss public welfare ser-vices, regional development tasks and futureprogrammes being undertaken by the township

USDA Secretariat member meets with members ofPazundaung, Mingala Taungnyunt Township USDAs

USDAs. The USDA has been founded to serve thenational interests and members of the association ontheir part are to redouble their efforts to successfullycarry out public welfare services. The USDA will alsorender necessary assistance to township USDAs.

He stressed the need for implementation ofthe tasks beneficial to the youth, and members of theUSDA are to strive for developing human resourcesby conducting summer courses for the youth. More-over, all in cooperation with the people are to exerttheir efforts to carry out the tasks of education, healthand rural area development laid down by the State.

After that, Secretariat member Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan provided cash assistance and exer-cise books to the township USDAs and greeted USDAmembers.

MNA

U Maung Maung Gyi of No 19, PanpingyiStreet, Kyimyindine Township, donated K100,000 to Hninzigon Home for the Aged

through Prof Dr Daw May Win Aung Khin ofthe administrative board of the home recently.

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Managing Director of Myanma Agricultural Development Bank U Tin Lwan delivers anaddress at a ceremony to honour bank branches. — MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan meeting with secretaries, executives and members of MingalaTaungnyunt and Pazundaung township USDAs. — MNA

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‘Up to half’ of Mars mayhave ice

LONDON, 2 May—Scientists in the US saythat initial data from a newway of scanning Mars hasshown up to half of theRed Planet's surface maycontain ice.

The new method ofscanning for water offersvastly more accuratereadings than before, theysay. The data could prove

vital for the Phoenix MarsMission which launchesthis August and which willput a lander on the surfaceto dig for ice.

The new data showswide variation as to howdeep below the surface iceexists.

The deposits — farbeyond the ice that isknown to exist in the

planet’s North Pole —could be so large that werethey to melt, they woulddeluge the planet in waterforming an ocean.

Up until now, scientistshad been able to searchfor water deposits using aspectrometer fixed to theorbiting Mars Odysseyspacecraft. It is a devicethat measures nuclearradiation coming from aplanet to detect differentmaterials. —Internet

Diabetes may cut male fertilityLONDON, 2 May—

Diabetes damages a man’ssperm and may reduce fer-tility, say UK researchers.

Tests showed DNA insperm from diabetic menhad more signs of damagethan in men without thecondition.

Defective sperm DNAis one cause of male in-fertility, pregnancy fai-lure and miscarriage butthe implications for spermaffected by diabetes isunknown.

Writing in HumanReproduction, the teamsaid the findings wereworrying given rapidlyrising rates of diabetes andmore research was needed.

The study of 56 spermsamples is the first tocompare the quality ofDNA in sperm from menwith and without diabetes.

Although there is nosignificant evidence thatmen with diabetes are less

fertile, or their childrenless healthy, it is of someconcern that more of theirsperm DNA may bedamaged Around 52% ofthe DNA in the sperm cellswas fragmented in diabeticmen compared with 32%

in men without thecondition.

The study also found ahigher rate of deletions ofDNA in the mitochondria- tiny, energy-generatingcompartments foundwithin cells. —Internet

Britney back on stageSAN DIEGO, 2 May—

Britney Spears took thestage late Tuesday at theHouse of Blues, makingwhat is believed to beher first public concertappearance in nearly threeyears.

Starting the five-songset with her debut single“Baby One More Time,”Spears was back in topform. The one-time teenpop queen appearedonstage in boots, a sparklypink bra top and a shortwhite skirt with her bellyring out. Singer Britney Spears

British girl, 12, dies afterbeing shot in head

LONDON, 2 May—A 12-year-old girl who was shotin the head in Manchesterdied on Tuesday, policesaid. Her 16-year-oldbrother has been arrestedon suspicion of attemptedmurder. The girl, who hasnot been named, was takento Manchester Royal In-firmary on Monday night,suffering from criticalinjuries following the in-cident in the Gorton area

of the city.She was later trans-

ferred to Pendlebury Chil-dren’s Hospital but diedon Tuesday morning.

Greater ManchesterPolice SuperintendentJohn O’Hare said officerswere called to a house inGorton after reports of ashooting, but declined tosay what type of gun hadbeen fired.

“It is a powerful

weapon, and it’s a weaponthat has killed a 12-year-old girl,” he told reporters.

“It’s a weapon that youshouldn’t have and it’s aweapon that shouldn’t havebeen with the individuallast night.”

He said the shootingbrought home “the tragicand really evil con-sequences of firearmswithin our community”.

MNA/Reuters

China battles forest fire in N-E mountains

Senior Chinese official Wu Guanzheng (L) meets with Brunei’s acting SultanAl-Muhtadee Billah Bolkiah in Seri Begawan, on 2 May, 2007. Wu flew here onTuesday for a stopover after a three-nation Latin American tour.— XINHUA

The drama of the pastfew months appeared tobe behind her.

Her only words cameas she was leaving.

“Thanks everyone forcoming,” she told thepacked club, where peoplepaid upward of $125 aticket.—Internet

SHANGHAI, 2 May–China was sending thou-sands of personnel to battlea forest fire across a threekilometres (1.9 mile) frontin its remote northeasternmountains on Tuesday, theofficial Xinhua newsagency reported.

Nearly 1,000 fire-fighters had reached thescene of the blaze in theGreat Xingan Mountains,near the Russian border inHeilongjiang Province,after the alarm wassounded on Monday.

The local meteoro-logical bureau has forecaststrong winds in the nextfew days, which couldmake controlling the firedifficult, Xinhua said.

A 1987 fire in theheavily forested GreatXingan Mountains, Chi-na’s worst blaze in fourdecades, killed at least 200people and destroyed someone million hectares (2.5million acres) of tim-berland in three weeks.

The State ForestryAdministration said in

January that China couldface an “extremelyserious” threat from forestfires this year because ofglobal warming and the ElNino effect, which iscaused by warming ofPacific waters off SouthAmerica and can disruptrainfall patterns.

MNA/Reuters

US soldier killed in Iraq BAGHDAD, 3 May— An American soldier died of

non-battle causes in Iraq and the US forces detained12 suspected insurgents in the country, the US militarysaid on Wednesday.

The soldier died at approximately 10:30 am (0630GMT) on Tuesday, the military said in a brief statement.

Separately, the US troops detained ten suspectedinsurgents, believed to be linked to the al-Qaeda in Iraqorganization, in Iraq’s western Anbar Province, anotherstatement said.— MNA/Xinhua

A humanoid robot, jointly developed by Universityof Tokyo and Japan’s public research organization

Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, isseen during a demonstration in Tokyo on 24 April ,

2007.— XINHUA

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Fans are evacuated to the tunnels after a tornado warning was issued beforethe start of the MLB American League baseball game between Texas Rangersand the New York Yankees in Arlington, Texas, on 2 May, 2007. —INTERNET

RIYADH, 2 May —Saudi Arabia on Mondaycurbed the sale ofindustrial and agriculturalchemicals that can be usedto make explosives usedby al-Qaeda-linked milit-ants fighting to bring downthe US-allied monarchy.

The government de-cision comes days afterthe government said it hadarrested 172 militants,including some trainee

RAMALLAH (WestBank), 2 May— ThePalestinian Governmentheld talks on Monday withthose holding abductedBBC reporter Alan John-ston in the Gaza Strip andrejected their ransomdemands, Deputy PrimeMinister Azzam al-Ahmad said. “There wasa phone conversationwith the abductors thismorning. For our part, allthe conditions that were

LONDON, 2 May—Police arrested 30 peoplein a series of coordinatedraids across Britain,Belgium and theNetherlands on Tuesdayas part of investigationsinto animal rightsextremism.

Police in Hampshire,southern England, said ina statement around 300

MUMBAI, 2 May — AirIndia, which will bestarting its dedicated cargooperations from June,received its first freighterAirbus A310 on 27 Aprilwhile its second freighteraircraft is expected to bedelivered in June.

Air India had initiallyacquired this aircraft in

Air India’s first freighterAirbus “A310” arrives

1990 for passengeroperations. The aircraftwas converted into afreighter aircraft byEuropean AeronauticDefence & SpaceCompany (EADS) NV, asubsidiary of Airbus basedin Germany.

The cost of conversionof the aircraft to a freighteris around seven-million-US-dollar and the paybackperiod is around fouryears, the company saidin a release here Tuesday.

Air India will beconverting six moreAirbus A310 aircraft intofreighters at an estimatedcost of six-million-US-dollar each over the nextthree years.

Commenting on thetransition, Air India’sExecutive Director, PublicRelations, S Venkat said,“The region has beenexperiencing an upsurgein the import-exportmarket. Owing to thisincrease in demand, AirIndia has decided todeploy the freighter in theGulf sector.”

According to him, thisstep was taken to bolsterAir India’s cargo opera-tions and to cater to thegrowing import- exportdemand.”

“The long-term planincludes conversion ofmore aircraft intofreighters,” Venkat said.

MNA/PTI

Saudi Arabia restricts chemical use after militant plotpilots, planning attacks onoil facilities, military basesand government officialsin the world’s biggest oilexporter.

The Saudi Cabinet saidafter a meeting chaired byKing Abdullah the sale ofvarious nitrate compoundsin their solid form wasbanned for three years, andfarmers may only useliquid chemicals asfertilizers.

The decision allowedthe import of the chemicalsin their solid form formedical, industrial andscientific purposes only.

“The Ministry ofAgriculture will nominatefour Saudi companies tobe the sole importers ofthese materials, and theywill sell them to licensedfarmers,” said a Cabinetstatement carried by theofficial news agency SPA.

On Friday the InteriorMinistry said police hadseized weapons includingrocket-propelled grenadesand automatic rifles, aswell as computers andmore than 20 millionriyals (5 million dollars)in cash from the armedcells.— MNA/Reuters

Police arrest 30 in Europe-wide animalrights raids

officers and support stafffrom British, Dutch andBelgian forces wereinvolved in the raids.

“The people arrestedare all suspected of beinginvolved in criminalactivity associated withanimal rights extremism,”the statement said.

“All have been takento undisclosed police

stations across the countryand will be interviewedthroughout the day.”

Police declined to giveany more details of thosearrested but said scarchesof various premises werecontinuing and officerswere “working with thelocal communities tominimize any desruption”.

MNA/Reuters

Palestinians balk at demandsfor reporter’s release

made (by the captors)were rejected,” Ahmad, aFatah leader, toldreporters in the West Bankcity of Ramallah. Ahmaddeclined to give furtherdetails but added that talkswere at a sensitive stagesome six weeks afterJohnston was kidnapped.

Palestinian PresidentMahmoud Abbas wasquoted by a Germanbroadcaster on Friday assaying the government

knows the journalist’swhereabouts.

Johnston, 44, the onlyforeign correspondentbased full time in Gaza,has not been heard of sincehis car was found aband-oned on 12 March .

Ahmad said thatJohnston was in goodcondition, rejecting claimsearlier this month that anal-Qaeda-linked group hadkilled him.

MNA/Reuters

Local residents cycle past chimneys at a steel factory in Shenyang, northeastChina’s Liaoning Province, on 3 May, 2007. — INTERNET

Developing nations that are fast industrializing, such as China and India,have braked their rising greenhouse gas emissions by more than the total cuts

demanded of rich nations by the U.N.'s Kyoto Protocol. —INTERNET

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India, Bangladesh renewbilateral trade protocol

NEW DELHI, 2 May—India and BangladeshTuesday renewed theProtocol on Inland WaterTransit and Trade for thenext two years to facilitatebilateral trade.

“Our objective is toexpand trade and com-merce between the twonations and take it to itshighest potential. Inlandwater trade is the mosteconomical mode ofcarrying cargo and that iswhy we signed thisprotocol today,” ShippingSecretary AK Mohapatrasaid here.

The protocol was

signed by Mohapatra andhis Bangladesh counterpartSheikh Enayatullah. Theearlier Protocol signed in1972 has facilitated inlandwater trade between thecountries at their differentports.

Saying that thisprotocol has resulted inenhancing trade betweenboth the nations by almost13 times in the past 10years, he suggested therewas a need to sign a long-term renewal of protocol.

Currently India andBangladesh has four Portsof Call each in theirdomain for enabling

loading and unloading ofeach other's cargo.

During the two-daydeliberations with Ban-gladeshi officials Indianofficials sought access totheir ports at Narayanganj,Meghnaghat, Paglaghatand Noapara and in turnthe neighbouring country’sofficials sought access toinland water ports likeBudge Budge, Silghat andBadarpur, Mohapatra said.

Both Mohaptra andEnayatullah have assuredto take up the issue ofaccess to inland ports withtheir irrespective govern-ments.—MNA/PTI

Dubai’s Emaar to invest in leisureproject in Indonesia

JAKARTA, 2 May —Emaar Properties, one ofthe world largest propertyfirms by market value, willinvest more than 600million US dollars to buildresort in island of Lombokof eastern Indonesia's WestNusa Tenggara Province,chairman of the companyMohamed Alabbar saidhere Monday.

The biggest Arabproperty company, whichhas a market value of 25billion US dollars, and itsjoint venture in Indonesiathe Asset ManagementCompany (PPA) signed anagreement on the projects

on Monday, witnessed byIndonesian Vice-Pre-sident Jusuf Kalla and thechairman of the companyat the Vice-Presidentialoffice here.

Allabbar said that thedevelopment of the pro-jects would start next yearbut an international airporthad already started.

All the works wereplanned to be finished in2009, he said.

They will invest morethan 600 million US dollarsto build resort in LombokIsland, Alabbar told a jointPress conference.

The company, which

operates in 33 countries,chose Lombok, which islocated near Indonesia’sbeautiful resort of Bali, forthe reason of building newstyle of tourist destination,he said. Deputy chairmanof the PPA Raden Pardedesaid that the project nowhad 1,175 hectares of landfor the resort.

Indonesian TourismMinister Jero Wacik saidthat the chairman of thecompany promised tobring about two milliontourists per year when allthe projects are delivered.

Besides, scores ofairlines would also open

routes to the island, he said.Indonesian Vice-PresidentJusuf Kalla gave support tothe companies to finish theworks. Tourists can enjoylife in the tropical country,he said.—MNA/Xinhua

Malawi exporting400,000 tons of maize

to Zimbabwe

Rich oil fielddiscovered in

northern Kuwait KUWAIT CITY, 2 May—Kuwaiti Minister of Oil

Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah Al-Sabah announced here onMonday that a rich oil field was discovered in northernKuwait, the official KUNA news agency reported.

In a statement, Sheikh Ali Al-Jarrah said that initialexamination of the site proved it contained a hugeamount of light oil and affiliate gas, but he did notrelease the reserves of the new field.

It is the sixth field discovered in northern Kuwait,the minister was quoted by KUNA as saying, notingthat the discovery “will have great positive impact onthe country’s oil strategy”.

Accounting for 10 per cent of the world’s proven oilreserves, Kuwait boasted proven oil reserves of about101.5 billion barrels and now produces 2.45 millionbarrels of crude oil per day.—MNA/Xinhua

LILONGWE, 2 May—Malawi has begunexporting 400,000 tons ofmaize to Zimbabwe whichfaces a 1.5-million-tonmaize deficit, FinanceMinister Goodall Gondwesaid on Tuesday.

Gondwe told Reutersthat some 5,000 tons hadbeen shipped to Zim-babwe since March.

“The 400,000 tons willtake six months to be ex-ported to Zimbabwe andwe have agreed that withinthis period the (Zim-babwe) authorities (will)pay for the maize,”Gondwe said.

Malawi expects toproduce 3.1 million tonsof maize this crop year, itsbiggest harvest in 10 yearswhich saw the governmentlifting an export ban.

The record harvest is

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due to good rains and asuccessful fertilizer andseed distribution pro-gramme. —MNA/Reuters

Miss Universe ZuleykaRivera from Puerto

Rico, speaks during atelevision interview

during a MissUniverse media

evening at a hotel inMexico City on 2 May,

2007.—INTERNET

A tourist takes photos of Giza pyramids in Cairo, capital city of Egypt, in 25 April,2007 file photo. Egypt entered its midseason of tourism from April, more and moretourists from all over the world came here to feel its ancient culture.— XINHUA

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Hungary-born CharlesSimonyi of the US, a

former softwaredeveloper at Microsoft,waves as he practises ahelicopter evacuationprocedure at the Star

City space centreoutside Moscow.

Simonyi is due to blastoff to the International

Space Station(ISS) from Baikonur

Cosmodrome on boarda Soyuz TMA-10 rocket

in spring.XINHUA

A model wearing a design by Australian designlabel, Silence is Golden, poses on the catwalk

during the women’s ready-to-wear group collectionshow at Australian Fashion Week in Sydney on 30April, 2007. A total of 76 designers from the Asia-

Pacific region will showcase their designs inindividual, women’s and men’s ready-to-wear and

New Generation shows over five days.—XINHUA

Two spotted-billed pelicans are seen in front of their “bridal house” decoratedby zookeepers at a bird zoo in Fuzhou, southeastern China’s Fujian Province,

on 25 April, 2007. —INTERNET

JERUSALEM, 2 May— Amember of Ehud Olmert’sCabinet quit on Tuesday,opening the first crack inIsrael’s Government after

Israeli Cabinet Minister quits overLebanon war report

the Prime Minister vowedto ride out a scathingreprimand by an inquiryinto last year’s costlyLebanon war.

Announcing he wasstepping down, EitanCabel, a minister withoutportfolio from the Israelileader’s main governingpartner, the Labour Party,told a news conference: “Icannot sit in a governmentheaded by Ehud Olmert”.

Cabel said Olmert“must resign” after theWinograd Commissionprobing the conflict withHizbollah gunmen listedsevere failings on the partof the Premier, DefenceMinister Amir Peretz ofLabour and the Army Chief,

who has already quit.The panel said the

government had rubber-stamped the decision togo to war but Olmert bore“supreme responsibility”for launching the air, seaand land offensive withouta proper plan afterHizbollah seized twoIsraeli soldiers on 12 July.

The government-appointed commission,however, stopped shortof recommending thatOlmert step down. A snapIsrael Radio opinion pollafter its interim reportexamining the start of thewar found that 69 per centof Israelis wanted Olmertto go.

MNA/Reuters

KUALA LUMPUR, 3 May— Malaysian Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi has ordered an immediateinspection of all government buildings following recentcases of some safety problems, local Press reportedTuesday.

Badawi, who said he was angry and embarrassed,instructed the Public Works Department under theWorks Ministry to inspect all government buildingsimmediately.

The instruction came in the wake of the collapse ofa ceiling due to a leaky sprinkler system at theEntrepreneur and Co-operative Development Ministrylast Saturday and a similar incident on Monday whichsaw ceiling panels fell to the floor in another governmentcomplex.

Earlier on 11 April, the Immigration Departmentheadquarters had to be closed after water flooded theseven-storey building.

“I feel ashamed. These are new buildings and thereare problems. There must be something wrong,” thePrime Minister told reporters Monday after chairing ameeting here. He also emphasized the importance ofproper maintenance of buildings.— MNA/Xinhua

ABUJA, 2 May— Ni-gerian President Oluse-gun Obasanjo said here onMonday that the NationalSpace Technology Centrewould drive the country’svision to develop its ownlocally made satellite.

Addressing the inau-guration of the nationalspace centre, which wouldalso serve as the satellitecontrol and networkoperations centre, Oba-sanjo said that the centrewould be the first of itstype in sub-Saharan

Malaysian PM orders immediateinspection of all govt buildings

Nigeria to drive vision for locallymade satellite

Africa.“This centre is ex-

pected to drive our visionof building the first madein Nigeria satellite whichwill be launched by aNigerian launcher on aNigerian launching pad byyear 2025,” he said.

“We can do it and wewill do it,” Obasanjo said,adding that countries thatmade progress in spacescience started from thebasics and moved on todevelop into full scalespace technology.

He noted that spacetechnology was critical tothe realization of themillennium developmentgoals and the holisticreforms agenda initiatedby his administration.

He said space sciencewould guarantee theavailability and speedyaccess to real-time data andgeo-spatial infor-mation aswell as the availability ofrelevant infrastructure andbackbone for informationcommunication.

MNA/Xinhua

LONDON, 3 May—A retiredBritish army general says Iraq’sinsurgents are justified in opposingthe occupation, arguing that the USand its allies should “admit defeat”and leave Iraq before more soldiersare killed.

General Sir Michael Rose toldthe BBC’s Newsnight programme:“It is the soldiers who have beentelling me from the frontline thatthe war they have been fighting isa hopeless war, that they cannotpossibly win it and the sooner westart talking politics and notmilitary solutions, the sooner theywill come home and their lives willbe preserved.”

Asked if that meant admitting

defeat, the general replied: “Of coursewe have to admit defeat. The Britishadmitted defeat in north America andthe catastrophes that were predictedat the time never happened.

“The catastrophes that werepredicted after Vietnam neverhappened. The same thing will occurafter we leave Iraq.”

General Rose is a former SAScommander and head of UN forcesin Bosnia. Last year, he called forTony Blair to be impeached for goingto war on “false pretences”. He haswritten a book, entitled Washington’sWar, which compares the Iraqi rebelsto George Washington’s irregularforces in the American war ofindependence. — Internet

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In the early 1990s, Myanmar engineers built a fine

uphill road to Taunggyi. So the previous road can be

used as one-way downhill one, and that brings down the

rate of traffic accidents and contributes towards smooth

transport.

Today the roads have to cope with a growing

number of vehicles. So had not the government built the

new road, the rate of traffic accidents there would have

increased. Thanks to the arrangements made by the

visionary leaders of the Tatmadaw government, the

vehicles can now drive safely into and out of Taunggyi.

In its bid for Taunggyi to possess all characteristics

of a city, the government established a new town under

the name of Ayethayar, upgraded the road in Taunggyi

to Union Highway, established Sao San Htun market,

upgraded Myoma Market to a three-storey one, built a

circular road, upgraded earth and gravel roads to tarred

ones, dredged the drains and upgraded the bridges on the

drains, renovated parks, and allotted plots to extend the

city.

Now local people are enjoying the fruits of the

endeavours the Tatmadaw government has exerted

Southern Shan State where 1000 flowers bloom (2)Yadanasi Sayadaw (Loilem)

with genuine goodwill for regional development.

In addition, it got rid of water hyacinths, garbage and

floating islands and made water way straight towards the

PhaungdawU Pagoda in Inlay Lake. Now Inlay Lake is

fascinating local and foreign tourists.

Showing its benevolent attitude to the people to

restore peace and stability across the nation, the Tatmadaw

government has built many roads linking a state or

division with another, river and creek-spanning bridges,

irrigation facilities, hydropower stations and railroads for

economic growth.

It has opened basic education schools, degree colleges,

colleges, universities, technical universities, and

universities for computer studies throughout the country

to raise the education standard of national people, thus

enabling the youths of national races to pursue higher

education in their regions.

In the past, Shan State did not enjoy food sufficiency

and relied on plain regions for rice. However now the

food sufficiency of the entire Shan State has reached 131

per cent resulting from the three objectives the Tatmadaw

government is implementing—to produce rice in surplus,

Due to the combined efforts of the Tatmadaw members and the

engineers of the Myanma Railways, there have also emerged

101.92 miles long Aungban-Pinlaung-Loikaw Railroad linking

Shan State (South) and Kayah State, 37.50 miles long Shwenyaung-

Yaksawk Road in Taunggyi District and 165.06 miles long

Shwenyaung-Taunggyi-Namshan Railroad that link Taunggyi

District to Loilem District.

to ensure edible oil sufficiency, and to extensively

cultivate industrial raw materials.

Other ones among the causes Shan State is enjoying

the fruits of food security are extensive reclamation of

vacant and fallow lands, construction of more than 80

irrigation facilities, large, medium and small, and

highland reclamation project and establishment of tractor

stations.

It also built Hsipaw-Namlan-Panketu-Mongkai-

Loilem Road linking Shan State (South) to Shan State

(North) to ensure swift commodity flow in the region.

The network of roads covers Kengtung-Tachilek in

Shan State (East). Moreover the region has seen

Taunggyi-Yaksawk-Kyaukgu-Nawngkhio Road,

Taunggyi-Hanmyinmo-Mandalay Road and Pinlaung-

Pyinmana Road.

Due to the combined efforts of the Tatmadaw

members and the engineers of the Myanma Railways,

there have also emerged 101.92 miles long Aungban-

Pinlaung-Loikaw Railroad linking Shan State (South)

and Kayah State, 37.50 miles long Shwenyaung-

Yaksawk Road in Taunggyi District and 165.06 miles

long Shwenyaung-Taunggyi-Namshan Railroad that

link Taunggyi District to Loilem District.

With these tangible results created by the Tatmadaw

Government investing heavily, local national people are

enjoying better social-economic life.

In the time of the Tatmadaw government, the nation

has witnessed several gems lands including Pyinlon

Gems Land in Shan State (North) and Mongshu Gems

Land in Shan State (South). As a result, local national

races have a prosperous future.

Translation: MS

(Myanma Alin: 3-5-2007)

Japanese actressRinko Kikuchi who

stars in the drama film‘Babel’ directed byMexican director

Alejandro GonzalezInarritu arrives for thefilm’s premiere in Los

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Hollywood film‘Babel’ could makeviewers feel ill, its

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publishedrecently.INTERNET

BAGADHA, 3 May — Asuicide car bomber struckin the main Shiite districtof the capital Wednesday,killing at least nine peopleas the US military said itstroop buildup in Baghdadwas nearly complete. Threemore US soldiers werekilled by bombs in thecapital.

At least 85 Iraqis werekilled or found deadnationwide, policereported. They alsoincluded eight people wholost their lives when aroadside bomb destroyedtheir minibus about 20milessouth of Baghdad.

The suicide attack

Suicide bomb kills nine in Shiite slumoccurred at dusk near apolice station in Sadr City,the Baghdad stronghold ofthe Mahdi Army militia.Three police and sixcivilians were killed, and34 people were wounded,police said.

Ahmed MohammedAli, 31, who sells ice creamand cigarettes in Sadr City,said the blast sent a cloud of

black smoke billowing intothe air.

“I saw police andcivilian cars on fire,” Alisaid. “There were severalwounded people, includingwomen and children, andmost of the wounds werecaused by burns. Therewere charred bodies nearpools of blood.”

Internet

All this needs to be known

* Do not be frightened wheneverintimidated

* Do not be bolstered whenever flattered* Do not be softened whenever appeased

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(from page 1)Farmers can earn more income from the culti-

vation of rubber and can enjoy a high standard ofliving. Therefore, the government is encouraging therubber cultivation by disseminating the cultivationmethods and distributing rubber saplings, he said.

Afterwards, Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than andCommander Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung went toLabutta Township and participated in cultivation ofphysic nut plants along with local people.

On his tour of Labutta, Lt-Gen Khin MaungThan met with departmental officials and urged themto make efforts for an increase in paddy yield andreclamation of more arable land.

The commander and party also visited thehospital in Labutta Township and inspected patientswards, delivery room and operation theatre.

Afterwards, they proceeded to LabuttaLotmyauk Village in the township and donated a TV,casettes and books to the village’s self-reliant library.

During his visit to the village, Lt-Gen KhinMaung Than also inspected regional developmenttasks and two jetties.

He also inspected water supply facilities inLabutta. Labutta Township Development Affairs De-partment stored 761 gallons of water in 17 tanks andsupplied water to the residents. An official of thedepartment reported to Lt-Gen Khin Maung Than onarrangements for supply of water to locals. — MNA

Lt-Gen Khin Maung Thancalls for extended rubbercultivation in …

YANGON, 3 May —The opening ceremony ofthe 17th Annual GeneralMeeting of MyanmarMaternal and ChildWelfare Association washeld at the meeting hallof the association at thecorner of Thanthuma andParami Roads in SouthOkkalapa Township thismorning, attended byChairman of Yangon

Commander attends 17th AnnualGeneral Meeting of MMCWA

Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win .

Present also wereDeputy Minister forHealth Dr Paing Soe,Patrons of MyanmarWomen’s AffairsFederation and MyanmarMaternal and ChildWelfare Association,

chairpersons, vice-chairpersons, CECmembers, CentralCouncil members, thechairpersons of Statesand Divisions Maternaland Child WelfareSupervisory Com-mittees, secretaries andjoint-secretaries, offi-cials of the Ministry ofHealth, UN agencies andpartnership associations

and guests.Firstly, Deputy

Minister Dr Paing Soemade an opening addressat the ceremony.

After the cere-mony, the commander andparty viewed do-cumentary photos on theactivities of MMCWA andStates and DivisionsMCWSCs.

MNA

YANGON, 2 May — The First Myanmar Horticul-ture show, meeting and contest will be held at MyaypadethaIsland in Bahan Township on a grand scale from 5 to 8May. Everyone can take part in the horticulture contest.

Cash awards will be presented to first, secondand third prize winners of plant with fruit and fruitcontests. Awards will be presented on each kind. Avariety of fruit and vegetables from various regions ofMyanmar will be displayed at the show. Everybodycan attend the meeting and participate in discussions.

Everyone can visit the show free of charge andcontact Ph: 01-703754 and 01-514226 for further de-tails.

MNA

Horticulture Showon 5 May

YANGON, 3 May— Jointly organized bythe ASEAN New MediaArt Competition 2006Organizing Committeeand Myanmar ComputerFederation, the prizepresentation ceremony forthe ASEAN New MediaArt Competition 2006 washeld at Myanmar Info-Tech Building on HlineUniversity Campus, here,this afternoon.

Director-GeneralU Aung Bwa of ASEANAffairs Department andChairman of theOrganizing CommitteeMCF President U TheinOo gave opening

Prize awarded to winner in ASEAN NewMedia Art Competition

addresses. OrganizingCommittee member UThein Tun Pe explainedmatters related to thecompetition.

Next, thedirector-general presentedprize to U Wunna Kyawwho stood second in thecompetition with Htoo inWonder Island.

Winner U WunnaKyaw reported on factsabout New Media Art andreplied to the queriesraised by those present.

Also present onthe occasion werechairmen and ECmembers of MyanmarComputer Professionals

Director-General of ASEAN Affairs Department U Aung Bwa delivers an address atpresentation of “ASEAN New Media Art Competition 2006.” — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win and guests view documentary photos of MMCWA andstate/division Maternal and Child Welfare Supervisory Committees. — MNA

Asso-ciation, MyanmarComputer EntrepreneursAssociation and

Myanmar ComputerEnthusiasts Associationand guests. — MNA

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* Dumpling or Spring rollStarts with a wrapper of doughTo wrap or to fold

* A fragile wrapperNothing more, we are at birthAgainst odds, to last

* Next come the fillingsMeat, veges, all the yummiesTo make it tasty

* With or without DadMom adds values like fillingsFor worthy living

* As a final dealShe then wraps or rolls and sealsWith great love to feel

(Aye Phyu)

(from page 16)Ayeyawady DivisionMCWSC also submittedthe reports of therespective states anddivisions.

Afterwards, Vice-President Dr Daw TinLin Myint presided overthe paper-readingsession. Secretary Dr

Myanmar Maternal and Child…Khin Maung Win ofKachin State MCWSC,Secretary Dr Tun Lwin ofKayah State MCWSCand Secretary Dr HtayNaung of Kayin StateMCWSC read the papers.

The annualgeneral meetingcontinues tomorrow.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 May — Minister for Industry-2Maj-Gen Saw Lwin accompanied by officials lookedinto chosen site for construction of Aluminium WireFactory (Project) in Magway township in MagwayDivision on 28 April and heard reports on condition ofland area and availability of water and power byManaging Director U Aung Kyi of Myanma IndustrialConstruction Services. Next, the minister inspected No2 Agricultural Machinery Factory (Malun) in Minhlatownship in Magway Division on 29 April and gaveinstructions on effort to be made for exceeding the targetin coming fiscal year, innovation of new items, meetingset standards and reduction of production cost.

On 30 April morning, the minister and partyinspected No 1 Agricultural Machinery Factory(Hsinde) in Padaung Township, Bago Division andgave necessary instructions.

Minister Maj-Gen Saw Lwin and party inspectedAluminium Wire Factory (Inndakaw) in InndakawIndustrial Zone on 1 May and heard reports on processof producing aluminium wires to be used in power gridby officials and attended to the needs. — MNA

Industry-2 Minister inspects factoriesin Magway, Bago Divisions

NAY PYI TAW, 3 May —The Central TraineeSelection Committee of University for Development ofNational Races held the meeting 1/2007 at the hall ofCivil Service Selection and Training Board , here, thismorning.

Chairman of the Central Committee Chairman ofCSSTB Dr Than Nyun delivered an opening address.

It was attended by CSSTB members, directors-general of departments under CSSTB, the rector ofUDNR and officials of Education and TrainingDepartment of the Ministry for Progress of Border Areasand National Races and Development Affairs, HigherEducation Departments (Lower Myanmar) and (UpperMyanmar), Education Planning and TrainingDepartment.

They approved the list of trainees to attend the firstyear of BEd four-year course No 42, the MEd 2-yearcourse, the BEd one-year course, the JAT course, theBEd bridge 2-year course, and the Diploma inTeachership one-year course. They decided to informthe chairmen of State/Division trainee selectioncommittee about invitation to applications for the firstyear of BEd four-year course No 43. Applications of thecourse No 43 are available at the respective State/Division trainee selection committees, and theapplications are to be sent to the CSSTB, not later than3 August. — MNA

Meeting of UDNR Central TraineeSelection Committee held

YANGON, 3 May — Six members of TwantayTownship NLD in Yangon Division resigned fromthe party of own volition on 31 March.

The six, U Zaw Tun, U Win Htaik, U TheinLwin, U Kan Shwe, U Win Nwe and U Mya Lwin ofKin village, Kayanwa village-tract, TwantayTownship, dispatched letters of resignation to theNLD headquarters and the respective administrativebodies.

In the letters of resignation the six sent toTwantay Township Multiparty Democracy GeneralElection Subcommission, they said that the activitiesof the NLD have never served the interest of thenation and the people in any way; that the people aresuffering much from the economic sanctions imposedby some foreign powers in collusion with the NLDagainst Myanmar; that they are so disappointed bythe NLD’s act; that they believe that the endeavoursof the Tatmadaw government actually serve thenational interest; and that because of their desire toserve the interest of the nation and the people theyquit the party. — MNA

Activities of NLD have never servedinterest of nation, people in any way

People suffering much from economicsanctions imposed by some foreign powersin collusion with NLD against Myanmar

Six NLD members resign in TwantayTownship

Mother (2)

Vice-President of MMCWA Daw Aye Aye presidesover the 17th Annual Meeting of MMCWA.—MNA

Vice-President of MMCWA Dr Daw Tin LinMyint presides over the 17th Annual Meeting of

MMCWA. — MNA

Secretary of MMCWA Dr Daw Wai Wai Thapresides over the 17th Annual Meeting of

MMCWA. — MNA

Joint-Secretary ofTaninthayi DivisionMCWSC Dr Daw

Thanda Myo Win.—MNA

Joint-Secretary ofMagway Division

MCWSC Daw Tin TinHtwe.—MNA

Joint-Secretary of MonState MCWSC Dr Daw

Myint Myint Nwe.—MNA

Secretary of KayahState MCWSC Dr Tun

Lwin.—MNA

Joint-Secretary ofYangon Division

MCWSC Dr Daw NweNi Ohn. — MNA

Joint-Secretary of ShanState (North) MCWSCDr Nann Kein Phaung

Tit. — MNA

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Factories inspectedin Magway

NAY PYI TAW, 3 May—Secretariat Member of theUnion Solidarity and Development Association(Central) Minister for Industry-1 U Aung Thaungyesterday made a cash donation of K 1.5 million toDipankara Monastery on Myothit Street in NatmaukTownship, Magway Division.

He had a meeting with secretaries, executives andorganizers of the USDAs of Myothit, Natmauk andTaungdwingyi townships. The secretaries reported onorganizing measures, providing health care to localpeople, participation in the construction of village-to-village roads and conducting summer courses.

The Secretariat Member called for participation inpublic services with enthusiasm, organizing coursesregularly, keeping abreast of international and internalaffairs, and striving for becoming qualified members.

The minister also inspected the Textile Factory(Magway) of the Myanma Textile Industries, the SoftDrink Factory (Magway) of the Myanmar FoodstuffIndustries, the Soap Factory (Magway) of the MyanmaPharmaceutical Industries, the umbrella factory(Magway) of the Myanma General and MaintenanceIndustries, and Win Thuzar Shop (Magway).—MNA

Minister meets President ofWeifang Tractor and Engine Co

NAY PYI TAW, 3 May — Minister for Industry-2 Maj-Gen Saw Lwin received President Mr Li Huiqingof Weifang Tractor and Engine Co and party at theministry, here yesterday afternoon.

Also present on the occasion were officials ofthe ministry.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 3 May — Deputy Minister forImmigration and Population Brig-Gen Win Seintogether with officials concerned arrived at Sagaing,Sagaing Division on 26 April.

Head of Sagaing Division Immigration andNational Registration Department U Win Myint briefedthe Deputy Minister on issuing of Citizenship ScrutinyCards to the people rapidly in Sagaing and Myaungtownships.

The Deputy Minister inspected issuing of CSCs tothe people and gave necessary instructions. Next, heheld a meeting with local authorities, officials ofPlanning Department and Health Department andmembers of social organizations gave necessaryinstructions on specdy measures to be taken for issuingof CSCs to the people.

Next, the Deputy Minister inspected issuing ofCSCs to the people in Kanbalu, Kyunhla, Kawlin,Wuntho, Indaw and Katha on 27 April, KinU, YeU,Tangze, Dabayin, Budalin on 28 April and Monywa,ChaungU, Myinmu and Kyaukse on 29 April. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 2 May—Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspected the TanawDam Project being implemented near Sittoung PaperFactory in Kyaikto Township, Mon State, on 29 April.

Director U Myint Than of Construction-1 of theIrrigation Department reported on progress ofconstruction of the main embankment, spillway andintake channel and installation of a conduit for theagricultural purpose; and head of No 1 Paper Factory(Sittoung) U Paik Htwe, on functions of the factory.

The minister called for completion of the projectson schedule meeting the standards, and minimizingloss and wastage of the materials.

He looked into construction of the mainembankment, spillway, intake channel and intakestructure.

The project is on the Tanaw Creek. Uponcompletion, the dam will have an 86 feet high and 2580feet embankment with a maximum water storagecapacity of 16,800 acre feet. And it will supply 9.5million gallons of water to the paper factory a day andcontribute to the greening of the region.

He visited Ingabo oil palm farm in KyaiktoTownship. Officials of the farm reported on growing

Tanaw Dam in Kyaikto Township beingimplemented for regional greening

of oil palms, production of palm oil and cashew nuts,supply of technical assistance, measures for boostingproduction of palm oil, and production of crude palmoil. The minister gave instructions on production ofcrude palm oil.

Next, he inspected oil palm saplings to bedistributed to national entrepreneurs and productionline of the palm oil mill and refinery and called forboosting production of palm oil as scheduled.

In the afternoon, he held a meeting with membersof the agricultural coordination committee from ThatonDistrict and Township in Mon State at the agriculturalcamp in Mayangon Village. Those in charge fromrespective townships reported on agricultural outputregion-wise.

The minister called for boosting production ofagricultural produce, exceeding the targets of theten major crops, rendering assistance to farmers,use of high-yield crop strains, and correct data andfigures.—MNA

Citizenship Scrutiny Cardsissued in Sagaing Div

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspects Tanaw Dam project in Kyaikto Township. — A & I

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MEXICO CITY, 3 May— Mexican scientists saidthey have identified theworld’s oldest lobsterfossil, a creature that wasalive when Africa wasonly just breaking apartfrom the Americas some120 million years ago.

The fossil is 4.7 inches(12 centimetres) long andits shell and legs areimmaculately preserved bythe mud in the southernstate of Chiapas where itwas found. It is dated as120 million years old, some20 million years older than

Mexico finds world’soldest lobster fossil

existing lobster fossils. “This lobster that we

found in Chiapas belongsto the genus that is inAfrica today,” saidgeologist Francisco JavierVega of the NationalAutonomous Universityof Mexico, or UNAM.

“This isn’t a surprisebecause at that time, 120million years ago, Africaand America wererelatively close,” he toldReuters. “It’s very likelythat this genus of lobsteroriginated here.”

MNA/Reuters

BANGKOK, 3 May —A foreigner was founddead and one injured fromstrong waves in Hat RinDistrict in Thailand’ssouthern province ofSurat Thani as tropicaldepression broughtflooding to the southernregion, Thai News Agencyreported here Wednes-day.

Tropical depressionover the Gulf of Thailandbrought strong rain to thesouthern provinces,leading the authorities toinitiate evacuationprocedures for villagers inat-risk areas, according tothe report.

The depressionespecially impacted theupper southern provinceof Prachuab Khiri Khan

Floods hit southernThailand, foreigner dies

and the nearby provinceof Chumphon Tuesdaynight, bringing floods.

In Prachuab KhiriKhan, the Bang Sapancanal overflowed, as itsdrainoff capacity wasinadequate to carry awaythe excessive rainfall intothe sea, and localauthorities feared moresevere floods could hitBang Sapan District.

In Chumphon, rainfell throughout the nightbut no flash flooding wasreported, but GovernorPinai Anantapong orderedprovincial emergencyservices to be on a round-the-clock alert andprepared for possibleevacuation in case ofemergency.

MNA/Xinhua

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WASHINGTON, 3 May — Stuart Bowen, the US special inspector general forIraq reconstruction whose office has uncovered abuse of both Iraqi and USfunds, is under investigation himself, a White House spokeswoman said onWednesday.

WASHINGTON, 3 May — At least six people were injured Tuesday in twoshootings in Jacksonville, in the southeastern US state of Florida, US mediareported.

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US inspector general for Iraq underinvestigation

“Complaints againstMr Bowen are beinglooked at by the integritycommittee of the PCIE(President’s Council onIntegrity and Efficiency),said spokeswoman EmilyLawrimore.

She gave no detailsabout the investigationor the nature of the com-plaints against Bowen,who heads the SpecialInspector General for IraqReconstruction, or SIGIR.

Bowen’s officedeclined comment.

The council, createdin 1992, is comprised ofpresidentially appointedinspectors general andheaded by Clay Johnson,the deputy director formanagement of the WhiteHouse Office of Manage-ment and Budget.

Johnson told Reutershe had no details on thenature of the allegationsagainst Bowen, saying only

they were filed by formerand current employees.

“Right now there havebeen no findings,” he said,adding the inspectorgeneral of the SocialSecurity Administrationhad been appointed by theintegrity committee toconduct the investigation.

“It has been going on fora long time,” Johnson said.

He said he chaired thecouncil, but emphasizedit was independent of theWhite House, and his rolewas very limited. He saidthe integrity committeewas created in 1996 toinvestigate any allegationsinvolving inspectors gen-eral.

Several former SIGIRemployees filed complaintsabout Bowen in 2006,focusing on charges that hefailed to come to work forlong periods at a time, andused SIGIR staff to work ona book about the broad

lessons of Iraq reconstruction,said one former SIGIRemployee, who asked not tobe identified.

“It is SIGIR’s standingpolicy neither to confirmnor deny the existence ofany investigation, whetherby SIGIR investigators orany other (US Government)agency,” said spokes-woman Denise Burgess.

MNA/Reuters

This image provided byNASA on Tuesday, 27March, 2007 shows a

nighttime view ofSaturn’s north pole bythe visual and infraredmapping spectrometer

onboard NASA’sCassini orbiter. An odd,six-sided, honeycomb-shaped feature circlingthe entire north pole ofSaturn has captured the

interest of scientistswith NASA’s Cassinimission.— INTERNET

Six injured in Florida shootings

No death wasreported in the twoshootings, about a blockapart in a neighbourhoodin Jacksonville, and localpolice reportedly said theinjuries were not life

threatening. The two shootings

were believed to beconnected, with twopeople injured at the firstlocation and four others atthe second.

It was not known howmany shooters wereinvolved in the shootings,and the identity of the victimswere not immediatelyavailable.

MNA/Xinhua

Heart attack guidelines boost patient survivalCHICAGO, 3 May —

Better drugs and emergencyhospital treatments havehelped significantly morepeople survive heart attacks,with fewer complications,

researchers said on Tuesday. If hospitals follow

proven guidelines fortreating heart attacks orsevere chest pain, morepatients survive and have

fewer serious complicationsdown the road, theresearchers report in theJournal of the AmericanMedical Association.

Dr Keith Fox, aprofessor of cardiology atthe University of Edinburghin Britain, and colleagueslooked at how patients withheart attacks and unstableangina or chest pain faredwhen treated according tothe latest guidelines.

Fox said the study wasthe first large-scaledemonstration that heartfailure could be reduced byhalf in patients coming tothe hospital with a heartattack or a threatened heartattack.

MNA/Reuters

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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV MARINA STAR-2 VOY NO (706)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV MARINASTAR-2 VOY NO (706) are hereby notified that thevessel has arrivied on 4.5.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.T.T where it will lieat the consignee’s risk and expenses and subject to thebyelaws and conditions of the Port of Yangon.

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

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

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: M/S EAGLE SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256908/378316/376797

China’s second largest seatransport group branches

out into shipbuildingBEIJING, 3 May —China Shipping Group, the second

biggest oceanic transportation conglomerate in China,plans to build its first shipyard by the end of 2008.

This is the second time in less than two months thata heavyweight centrally-administered state-ownedenterprise has branched out into the shipbuilding industry.The Shanghai-based shipping group spent 3.8 billionyuan taking over the assets and debts of the JiangduShipping Company in east China’s Zhejiang Provinceand renamed the wholly-owned subsidiary ChinaShipping Industrial Company (Jiangsu).

Ground for the new shipyard —expected to cover anarea of 187 hectares and stretch 3,500 meters along thecoastline — has already been broken in the YanjiangDevelopment Zone of Jiangdu.

The group’s product line mainly involves PanamaxContainer ships with a deadweight of less than 80,000tons, including bulk cargo ships and oil tankers, and avariety of floating docks with a lifting strength of nomore than 30,000 tons. The parent China ShippingGroup said it would lift the annual production capacityof its shipyard to 1.5 million deadweight tons over aperiod of three years.

On completion, the shipyard is expected to achieveannual sales revenue of 10 billion yuan and generate ayearly tax revenue for the government of more than 1billion yuan, it said. The existing six dockyards of ChinaShipping Group situated in Shanghai and Guangzhou onlyengage in ship repairs, ship conversions and hullmaintenance. China Shipping Group, established in 1997,boasts five specialized shipping fleets—oil tankers, coastalvessels, passenger ships, container vessels and specialcargo ships —making a total of more than 440 vesselswith an aggregate deadweight of 15 million tons and anannual traffic volume of over 270 million tons. —Internet

New insect species discovered in Costa RicaThe best

time to planta tree was

20 years ago.

The secondbest time is

now.

SAN JOSE, 2 May—Costa Rican andSpanish scientists have discovered anew insect species in the Alberto ManuelBrenes Biological Reserve in centralCosta Rica, academics said Wednesday.

Esteban Duran of Madrid’s NationalFarming Research Institute and MarcoAntonio Zumbado, a Costa Ricanresearcher, said the insect species hadbeen given the name “lagocherusdelestali.”

The experts said “lagocherus delestali”

is a nocturnal insect measuring between2-2.5 cm long with red and yellow spotson its body and a granulated texture onits forewings.

The new species’ neck is a granulatedbrick color and its antennae have 11segments. The male’s femurs are largerthan the female’s. The new speciesbelongs to the coleopteran family,integrated by some 350,000 differentinsect species, and it develops its larvalstate inside rotten tree trunks.—Internet

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H ANGZHOU, 3 May — A new virus test technologyfeaturing DNA test has entered the phase of clinicalexperiment, said a scientist in east China.

Different from traditional method that relies onantigen or antibody test, the technology is based ongenetic substances of the viruses, namely DNA orRNA, to confirm epidemic diseases such as hepatitis orAIDS, said Charlie Xiang, chief scientist of theMicroarray Centre of US National Institutes of Health(NIH), at a forum on industrialization of high-tech heldin Zhejiang University in Hangzhou, capital of ZhejiangProvince.

Dubai to build Disneyland-styletheme park

DNA test scene.—INTERNET

New virus test technologyexperimented

LONDON, 2 May—Adocumentary film arguingthat civil liberties havebeen eroded under thegovernment of PrimeMinister Tony Blair willhit British cinemas in June,around the time the leaderis due to step down after10 years in power.

“Taking Liberties”does not claim to give abalanced view of the Blairyears, and many ofthe commentators inter-viewed are well-knowncritics of the leader whosepopularity was severelydented by his decision toback the US-led invasion

Film to criticize Britain’s Blairas he steps down

Compared with traditional method, the newtechnology needs less blood as the sample—just onedrop, and it could help testers discern more than 100diseases at the same time, said the scientist.

Besides, since it takes days or even months for a bodyto produce antibody after infection, traditional methodcouldn’t test out a disease during this period, while thenew technology excels in this regard.

According to Xiang, clinical experiment usuallytakes about half a year before a technology could belaunched into market. —Internet

ABU DHABI, 2 May —Dubai will build a 204-mill ion-square-metreDisneyland-style themepark which will incorporatescenes of some famousHollywood movies, localnewspaper Khaleej Timesreported on Tuesday.

The eight billiondirhams (2.18 billion USdollars’) worth UniversalCity Dubailand is jointlydeveloped by Tatweer, acompany owned by DubaiGovernment, and Uni-versal Parks and Resorts(UPR), a unit of the US-based media and enter-tainment company NBCUniversal.

Visitors to the park willbe able to relive fantasiesand adventures in some of

the biggest movies inHollywood historyincluding Jurassic Parkand King Kong directedby Steven Spielberg, whois the creative consultantfor Universal Studiostheme parks.

“Mr Spielberg will helpshape Universal StudiosDubailand into a uniqueand outstanding world-class facility,” TomWilliams, Chairman andCEO of UPR was quotedas saying.

Universal’s theme parksare known for some ofmost thrilling and tech-nologically advanced“ride-the-movies” motionpicture and televisionshow-based attractions.

MNA/Xinhua

Nigeria to replace“NigeriaSat-1” in 2009

ABUJA, 2 May—Nigeria’s National SpaceResearch and Develop-ment Agency (NASRDA)said on Monday that itwill launch NigeriaSat-2,a mini-satellite, to replaceNigeriaSat-1 in 2009.

Robert Boroffice,director-general of theagency, said at the launchof the National SpaceCentre that NigeriaSat-2would be built by Ni-gerian engineers, underthe supervision of tech-nical partners from theBritish Space Centre inSurrey, UK. The launchof the satellite had becomeimperative in view of thedesigned target life ofNigeriaSat-1 that ends in2008.

NigeriaSat-1, a lowearth orbit micro satellitewhich is the first in sub-Saharan Africa, waslaunched into orbit inSeptember 2003.

More than 150 Ni-gerian scientists andengineers had been trainedin various aspects ofspace technology, Borof-fice said. These engineerswere also trained in spaceapplication in SouthAfrica, the Netherlands,Italy, Canada, China, theUnite States, UK and theUnited Arab Emirates, headded.

MNA/Xinhua

of Iraq in 2003.But director Chris

Atkins hopes that personaltales of Britons affectedby Blair’s policies willstrike a chord with thepublic.

He said “TakingLiberties” was not a copyof the anti-Bush polemic“Fahrenheit 9/11”, butMichael Moore’s docu-mentary showed thatpolitical cinema can alsomake money.

“Fahrenheit 9/11”,attacked by critics fordistorting the truth, wenton to become the mostsuccessful US docu-

mentary of all time andearned 222 million USdollars in global ticketsales, according to themovie tracking websitewww.boxofficemojo.com.

“We’ve got a point ofview,” Atkins told Reuterson Tuesday.

“We are stating thingsbroadcasters are notallowed to do and we arequite unashamedly goingfor Blair.

“It is a call to armsfrom the people — you’vehad enough of ourfreedom and we want itback.”

MNA/Reuters

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14 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Friday, 4 May, 2007

S P O R T S

Rafael Nadal of Spain holds his trophyafter beating Roger Federer of Switzerlandat "The Battle of Surfaces" tennis match at

Palma's Arena in Palma de Mallorca,Spain on 2 May, 2007. The game was

played on a hybrid court comprising of halfclay and half grass. —INTERNET

AC Milan's Alberto Gilardino (L) celebrates withhis team mate Claerence Seedorf (C) and Kakaafter scoring against Manchester United duringtheir Champions League semi-final second leg

soccer match at the San Siro stadium in Milan on2 May, 2007.—INTERNET

Moises (R) from Brazilian soccer club Flamengocompetes for a high ball against Alvaro Navarro fromUruguayan soccer club Defensor during the first halfof their third round Copa Libertadores soccer match in Montevideo on 2 May, 2007. —INTERNET

Boston Red Sox third baseman Mike Lowell (L)reaches out to tag the Oakland Athletics' Mike Piazzain the sixth inning of their American League MLBbaseball game at Fenway Park in Boston, Massa- chusetts on 2 May, 2007.—INTERNET

Milan beat United to set up re-run of 2005 finalMILAN, 3 May — AC Milan set up a repeat Cham-

pions League final showdown against Liverpool whenthey brushed aside Manchester United 3-0 on Wednes-day to complete a 5-3 win on aggregate.

First-half goals by playmaker Kaka and midfielderClarence Seedorf, and a second-half strike by substituteAlberto Gilardino rewarded a commanding display bythe six-times European champions, who will disputetheir third final in five years and the 11th in their historyin Athens on 23 May.

The game against Liverpool will also give them achance to avenge the defeat they suffered against theEnglish club in the 2005 final in Istanbul, when theysquandered a 3-0 half-time lead before losing 3-2 onpenalties. The game and pre-match preparations in thecity passed off peacefully despite fears of violence afterRoma and United fans clashed in the last round.

But United were outclassed from the moment theystepped out at the San Siro.

The lashing rain, lightening and thunder resembleda wet winter's night in Manchester rather than Milan inspring, but it was the Italian side that looked morecomfortable on the greasy pitch.

Kaka needed less than a minute to show why AlexFerguson had identified him as the Italian side's mostdangerous player.

The Brazilian international, who scored both Mi-

lan's goals in the first leg, effortlessly accelerated roundWes Brown to send in a low cross that flashed invitinglyin front of Filippo Inzaghi and Clarence Seedorf.

He did not take long to find the target, latching onto a Seedorf nod-on before dispatching a low left-footed drive into the bottom corner of Edwin van derSar's net after 11 minutes.—MNA/Reuters

Nadal beats Federer to win Battle of Surfaces PALMA DEMALLORCA (Spain), 3 May — Clay court king Rafael

Nadal got the better of world number one and grass court masterRoger Federer to win "the battle of the surfaces" in front of his homecrowd in Palma on Wednesday.

Nadal, who had won seven of the previous 10 meetings againstthe Swiss, used his renowned tenacity to edge a 7-5, 4-6, 7-6 (12-10)victory in an absorbing exhibition match played out on a speciallyconstructed hybrid court that was one half grass and one half clay.

The 20-year-old Spaniard, on a 72-match unbeaten streak onclay after notching up titles at Monte Carlo and Barcelona lastmonth, adjusted better to the mixed surface in a match that wasprobably the most bizarre tennis challenge since Billie Jean Kingbeat Bobby Rigg in the Battle of the Sexes back in 1973.

The split court gave a clear advantage to the player on the clayside, with the higher bounce giving them more time to line up theirshots and move their opponent around the court.

The two players were at their most vulnerable when serving fromthe grass end of the court as the ball tending to sit up for theiropponents and give them time to attack the serve.

Changeovers were extended to two minutes instead of the usual90 seconds to give players a chance to change their footwear for eachsurface. —MNA/Reuters

Petrova slumps but Venuswins in Warsaw

Waske advances in Munich,will face Baghdatis

MUNICH (Germany), 3 May — Unseeded Alexan-der Waske of Germany advanced to the quarterfinalsof the 416,000 US dollars Munich Open on Wednes-day, beating compatriot Daniel Brands 7-6, 7-6.

The unseeded, 31-year-old Waske, looking to be-come the first German winner of the tournament sinceMichael Stich in 1994, had already knocked out sixth-seeded Radek Stepanek of the Czech Republic instraight sets in the first round.

Waske faces fourth-seeded Marcos Baghdatis ofCyprus, a finalist at the 2006 Australian Open, in thequarterfinals. Baghdatis struggled on Wednesday tobeat Matthias Bachinger of Germany in three sets, 6-7, 6-2, 6-4.

Top-seeded Tommy Haas of Germany was elimi-nated in his first match on Tuesday by SebastienGrosjean of France.

Defending champion Oliver Rochus of Belgiumwas beaten late on Monday by eighth seed JuergenMelzer of Austria 6-2, 6-4. — MNA/Reuters

WARSAW, 3 May —Nadia Petrova slumped toa 6-3, 6-3 defeat againstItaly's Mara Santangelo inthe second round of theWarsaw Cup on Wednes-day.

There was victorythough for American Ve-nus Williams, who over-came Michaella Krajicekof the Netherlands 6-4,6-3.

Third-seeded RussianSvetlana Kuznetsovawithstood a strong earlychallenge from Ukrainianqualifier Kateryna Bon-darenko to win 2-6, 6-2,6-1 and sixth seed Anna

Chakvetadze, also ofRussia, overwhelmedTathiana Garbin of Italy6-2, 6-2.

Fifth-seeded Petrova,who had struggled to over-come unranked Polish jun-ior Katarzyna Piter in heropening match, lackedconsistency and was of-ten hurried into errors by aresilient opponent.

The Russian hurled herracquet to the ground infrustration as she wentthrough a disastrous patchin the opening set, drop-ping 10 of 11 points at onestage.

MNA/Reuters

Benitez pays tribute toLiverpool players, fans

LIVERPOOL (England), 2 May — Liverpool coachRafael Benitez paid tribute to the passion of his playersand the roar of the Anfield crowd after beating Chelsea onpenalties to reach the Champions League final on Tues-day. Liverpool, who lost 1-0 in last week's semi-final firstleg at Stamford Bridge, levelled the tie with DanielAgger's 22nd-minute strike and won 4-1 on penaltiesbefore a home crowd in full battle cry.

"I think they knew today how to beat Chelsea -- to playwith passion," Benitez told a news conference after hismen repeated their 2005 semi-final triumph over theEnglish champions.

"Hearing your supporters behind you as today, I feltthey played with determination, with passion and withheart... I'm really proud of my players."

Benitez had described the Anfield crowd before thegame as Liverpool's 12th man.

"Our supporters were fantastic, the atmosphere wasamazing. everything was perfect," he said.

"You could see the difference when you play inanother stadium and when you play here...you could seeour people today were enjoying supporting the team andgetting behind the players."— MNA/Reuters

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Thursday, 3 May, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenfairly widespread in Mandalay Division, scattered in Shan, Rakhineand Kayin States and Taninthayi Division, isolated in Chin andMon States, lower Sagaing, Magway, Bago, Ayeyawady andYangon Divisions. Weather has been partly cloudy in the remain-ing areas, Day temperatures were (3ºC) to (4ºC) above Mayaverage temperature in Shan State, lower Sagaing, Mandalay,Magway, Bago, Yangon, Ayeyawady and Taninthayi Divisions,(5°C) to (6°C) above May average temperature in Kachin State andupper Sagaing Division and about May average temperature in theremaining areas. The significant day temperatures were Monywaand Myingyan (43ºC) each, Kanbalu, Sagaing, Mandalay,NyaungU, Chauk and Pokokku (42°C) each. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Hpa-an (1.61) inches, An (1.18)inches, Mogok and Pakokku (1.02)inches each, Gwa (0.98) inch,Thandwe (0.94) inch, Pinlaung (0.87) inch, NyaungU and Yamethin(0.67) inch each.

Maximum temperature on 2-5-2007 was 98°F. Minimumtemperature on 3-5-2007 was 79°F. Relative humidity at 09:30hours MST on 3-5-2007 was 75%. Total sunshine hours on 2-5-2007 was (7.9) hours approx.

Rainfall on 3-5-2007 was (nil) at Mingaladon, Kaba-Ayeand Central Yangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (0.04) inchat Mingaladon, (0.91) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.87)inch at CentralYangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (12)mph from Southeast at (21:45) hours MST on 2-5-2007.

Bay inference: According to the observations at (09:30)hrs MST today, yesterday tropical depression over North AndamenSea is centred at about 110 miles South of Pathein and it is forecastto move in a North Northwest direction toward the East CentralBay. Weather is partly cloudy to cloudy in the Andaman Sea, theSouth Bay and partly cloudy elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 4-5-2007: Rain or thunder-showers will be fairly widespread to widespread in Rakhine andMon States, Yangon, Ayeyawady and Bago Divisions, scattered inKayin State, Mandalay and Taninthayi Divisions, isolated inKachin, Shan, Chin States, Magway and lower Sagaing Divisionswith likelihood of isolated heavyfalls in Rakhine State, Ayeyawady,Bago and Yangon Divisions. Weather will be partly cloudy in theremaining areas. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Frequent squalls with moderate to roughseas are likely off and along Deltaic, Rakhine and Mon Coasts.Surface wind speed may reach (40-50) mph. Seas will be slight tomoderate elsewhere in Myanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Increase of rain inRakhine State.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areas for4-5-2007: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areas for4-5-2007: Some rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is(80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areas for4-5-2007: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of certainty is(80%).

WEATHER

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17. The next day’sprogramme

“Special storm news”(Issued at 11:00 hrs MST on 3-5-2007)

According to the observations at (09:30)hrs MST today, yesterday tropical depression overNorth Andaman Sea is centred at about (110) milesSouth of Pathein and it is forecast to move in aNorth Northwest ward. During its passage, someparts of right side of the storm is likely to crossSouthern Ayeyawady Division and SouthernRakhine State.

Under the influence of this storm, fairlywidespread to widespread rain or thundershowersare likely in Mon State, Southern Rakhine, Yangon,Ayeyawady and Bago Divisions. Frequent squallswith moderate to rough sea are likely off and alongDeltaic, Rakhine and Mon Coasts. Surface windspeed in squalls may reach (40-50) mph.

NEW YORK, 3 May— Drinking coffee can help ward off Type 2 diabetes and may even help preventcertain cancers, according to panelists discussing the benefits — and risks — of the beverage at a scientificmeeting.

Experts say coffee can be good for you

“We’re comingfrom a situation wherecoffee had a very negative

health image,” Dr Rob vanDam of the HarvardSchool of Public Health,

who has conducted studieson coffee consumption anddiabetes, told ReutersHealth. Nevertheless, headded, “it’s not like we’repromoting coffee as thenew health food and askingpeople who don’t likecoffee to drink coffee fortheir health.”

Van Dam par-ticipated in a “controversysession” on coffee at theExperimental Biology 2007meeting underway inWashington, DC.

Dr Lenore Arabof the David Geffen Schoolof Medicine at UCLA alsotook part, presenting resultsof a review of nearly 400studies investigating coffeeconsumption and cancerrisk.

There’s evidence,Arab noted, that thebeverage may protectagainst certain types ofcolon cancer, as well asrectal and liver cancer,possibly by reducing theamount of cholesterol, bileacid and natural sterolsecretion in the colon,

speeding up the passage ofstool through the colon(and thus cutting exposureof the lining of the intestineto potential carcinogens infood), and via othermechanisms as well.

However, Arabdid find evidence thatcoffee may increase the riskof leukaemia and stomachcancer, with the case forleukaemia being strongest.

The findingssuggest that people whomay be vulnerable to theserisks — for examplepregnant women andchildren — should limitcoffee consumption, vanDam noted in an interview.

MNA/Reuters

Women of the Miao ethnic group dressed in theirfestival best attend the annual Miao Sisters Festival

in Taijiang County, southwest China’s GuizhouProvince, on 30 April , 2007. — XINHUA

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4th Waning of Kason 1369 ME Friday, 4 May, 2007

SIGNIFICANTDAY TEMPERATURES

3-5-2007

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

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economicsystem

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality ofthe entire nation

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

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

standards of the entire nation

* Stability of the State, community peaceand tranquillity, prevalence of law andorder

* National reconsolidation* Emergence of a new enduring State

Constitution* Building of a new modern developed

nation in accord with the new StateConstitution

Four economic objectives Four social objectivesFour political objectives

NAY PYI TAW 104˚FYANGON 99˚FMANDALAY 108˚FSAGAING 108°FNYAUNG-U 108˚FCHAUK 108˚FPAKOKKU 108°FMONYWA 109˚FMYINGYAN 109˚F

YANGON, 3 May —The Myanmar Maternaland Child Welfare Asso-ciation held the 17th An-nual General Meeting atits hall at the corner ofThanthuma and ParamiRoads in South OkkalapaTownship this morning.

Present at the meet-ing were President ofMMCWA Daw KhinKhin Win, Vice-Presi-dents Dr Daw Tin LinMyint and Daw Aye Aye,Central Executive Com-mittee members, CentralCouncil members, chair-persons, secretaries andjoint secretaries of State/Division MCW Supervi-sory Committees. JointSecretary-2 Dr DawThein Thein Htay actedas MC.

President Daw KhinKhin Win, who presidedover the meeting, deliv-ered an address. SecretaryDr Daw Wai Wai Thasubmitted the report ofthe association for 2006,Secretary Auditor DawThin Thin on the auditreport for 2006-07 finan-cial year and Treasurer

Myanmar Maternal and Child Welfare Associationcommences 17th Annual General Meeting

Daw Khin Than Win onthe financial statementfor 2006-07 fiscal yearand the budget for 2007-08.

At the morning ses-sion, Joint Secretary DrDaw Myint Myint Thanof Kachin StateMCWSC, Joint SecretaryDaw Hla May of KayahState MCWSC, JointSecretary Dr Daw ThiThi Win of Kayin StateMCWSC, Joint SecretaryDaw May Yi of ChinState MCWSC and JointSecretary Dr Daw Zar

Chi Win of Sagaing Di-vision MCWSC submit-ted annual reports of therespective states and di-visions to the meeting.

The president gavenecessary instructions.

At the afternoon ses-sion, Secretary Dr DawWai Wai Tha presidedover the meeting.

Joint Secretary DrDaw Thanda Myo Winof Taninthayi DivisionMCWSC, Joint SecretaryDr Daw Tin Tin Win ofBago Division (East)MCWSC, Joint Secretary

Daw Ohnma of Bago Di-vision (West) MCWSC,Joint Secretary Daw TinTin Htwe of Magway Di-vision MCWSC, JointSecretary Dr Daw MyintMyint Nwe of Mon StateMCWSC and Joint Sec-retary Dr Daw Khin MayThit of Mandalay Divi-sion MCWSC presentedthe annual reports of therespective states and di-visions. The meetingchairperson gave neces-sary instructions.

Next, the meetingwas presided over byVice-President Daw AyeAye. Joint Secretary DrDaw San San Kyi ofRakhine State MCWSC,Joint Secretary Dr DawNwe Ni Ohn of YangonDivision MCWSC,Chairperson Daw ThinMyo Myo Aung of ShanState (South) MCWSC,Joint Secretary Dr NanKein Phaung Tit of ShanState (North) MCWSC,Joint Secretary Dr DawZin Mar Oo of Shan State(East) MCWSC and JointSecretary Dr Daw SawThanda Myint of

(See page 9)

MMCWA President Daw Khin Khin Win delivers an address at 17th Annual Meeting of MMCWA. — MNA

Dr Daw Thi Thi Win of KayinState. — MNA

Dr Daw Wai Wai Tha. MNA

Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areas

Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of

certainty is (80%).

Yangon and neighbouring areas

Some rain or thunundershowers. Degree of

certainty is (80%).

Mandalay and neighbouring areas

Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree of

certainty is (80%).

Weather Forecast for4-5-2007

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