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10th Waxing of Nayon 1369 ME Friday, 25 May, 2007Volume XV, Number 39

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

NAY PYI TAW, 25 May — Senior General Than Shwe, Chairman of the State Peaceand Development Council of the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations toMr Nestor Carlos Kirchner, President of the Republic of Argentina on the occasion of theNational Day of the Republic of Argentina which falls on 25 May 2007.— MNA

Senior General Than Shwesends message of felicitations to

the Republic of Argentina

NAY PYI TAW, 24 May — Member of the StatePeace and Development Council Lt-Gen Ye Myint ofthe Ministry of Defence attended the physic nut grow-ing ceremony of the local station in Salin Township on21 May.

Together with Chairman of Mandalay Divi-sion PDC Commander of Central Command Maj-GenKhin Zaw, Chairman of Magway Division PDC ColPhone Maw Shwe, Lt-Gen Ye Myint sowed physic nutseeds and planted the saplings. The local station has sofar put 95 acres of land under 11,400 physic nut plants.Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myint cordially met with servicemenand families of the local station.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint looks intoKyangin-Pakokku railroad

construction project,greening of Tantkyi Hill

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party viewed thrivingsummer paddy plantations along both sides of Salin-Hsinbyukyun Road near Magyipinpu Village-tract inSalin Township. The township cultivated 80,537 acresof monsoon paddy and 26,537 acres of summer paddylast year.

They also attended the physic nut growingceremony in Kyitkan Village in the township. KyitkanVillage has put 20 acres of land under physic nut plants.

At Salin Township Hospital (16-bed), theyinspected wards and units of the hospital and presentedcash assistance to patients.

On arrival at 650 acres of paddy plantations in

the irrigated area of Tanyaung river water pumpingstation, they were welcomed by Commander of North-West Command Maj-Gen Tha Aye. They inspectedpumping of water from Ayeyawady River at the sta-tion.

Next, Lt-Gen Ye Myint and party viewed themain water tank of the station and instructed officialsto make arrangements for extended cultivation ofsummer and monsoon paddy with the use of irrigationfacilities from the river water pumping project.

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Lt-Gen Ye Myint of Ministry of Defence inspects Tanyaung River Water Pumping Station in Salin Township. — MNA

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

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

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

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

* Uplift of the morale and morality of theentire nation

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

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

ards of the entire nation

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

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

tution* Building of a new modern developed nation in

accord with the new State Constitution

Four economic objectives

Four social objectives

Four political objectives

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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, 25 May, 2007

As trade plays an important role in thedrive for national development, the govern-ment is now expediting border trade activi-ties to export domestic goods extensively. Inparticular, it is doing so through trade agree-ments and border trade agreements signedbetween Myanmar and the People’s Repub-lic of China.

Muse 105th Mile Trade Zone waslaunched in April 2006, and goods are nowexported and imported on a wider scalethrough the zone. The zone is the largest oneamong the border trade camps, and it ex-ports and imports goods most in Myanmar.It also serves as an economically strategiczone not only for Myanmar-China bordertrade but also for ASEAN countries and EastAsian countries.

Muse 105th Mile Trade Zone mostlyexports major goods such as green gram,rubber, fish, prawn, rice bean, cow pea, whitesesame, dried small fish, jelly fish, and greengram. Fish, eel and mango have a readymarket abroad, so it is required to makeefforts to export these items all the more.

Now, the government is rendering as-sistance to national entrepreneurs so thatthey can spread their wings in their busi-nesses. Respective chambers of commerceand entrepreneurs have to join hands fordevelopment of bilateral trade, putting bor-der trade on the trend of regular trade, andhelping the nation collect taxes correctly.

With a large market, Muse 105th MileTrade Zone has a rise in export and importof goods. It has achieved a prospect forprogress. So, departmental officials and en-trepreneurs have to work hand in hand toaccelerate the export of the goods with readymarket in accordance with the nation’s tradepolicy for development of regular trade de-velopment.

For regular trade develop-ment through export of tenmajor goods MICE produces bio-diesel from physic nut seeds

U Sai and family of Pazundaung Townshipdonated K 100,000 to Hninzigon Home for the

Aged through Joint-Treasurer U MaungMaung Gyi of the home recently.—H

NAY PYI TAW, 24 May— Minister for Agricul-ture and Irrigation Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspectedproduction process of bio-diesel from physic nutseeds at Myanmar Indus-trial Crop Enterprise un-der the ministry on 20 May.

Physic nut oil ex-tracted from physic nutseeds can be used as fuelin agricultural machineryand water pumps.

MICE is trying to pro-duce bio-diesel fromphysic nuts at low cost tobe used as fuel in dieselengines and other machin-ery.

The minister inspectedproduction process of bio-fuel and fulfilled the re-

quirements. He called forproducing bio-diesel on acommercial scale. Next,

Minister Maj-Gen HtayOo viewed test run of avehicle using bio-fuel ex-

tracted from physic nutseeds.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24 May— Minister for Immigra-tion and Population Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe,together with DeputyCommander of North-East Command Brig-GenHla Myint, attended themeeting on issuing of citi-zenship scrutiny cards ofImmigration and NationalRegistration Departmentat Shan State (North) Un-ion Solidarity and Devel-opment Association officein Lashio on 20 Maymorning.

Director-General UMaung Maung Than ofINRD reported on rulesand regulations of issuingcitizenship scrutiny cards.After the meeting the min-ister and party viewed thedemonstration on processof issuing citizenshipscrutiny cards.

At Lashio DistrictINRD, they inspected is-suing of the cards to thepeople.

In Kutkai, the minis-

Citizenship scrutiny cards issued intownships of Shan State (North)

ter and party met withdepartmental personnel,members of social or-ganizations and localpeople. The ministerheard reports on tasks toissue the CSC in the dis-trict.

In Muse, they in-spected functions of e-entrance system at No 1camp (Shwenandaw),Mantwein Camp and No

2 camp (Hsinphyu) at theborder of Myanmar andChina.

On 21 May, the min-ister met service person-nel of INRD atShwenandaw TravelCentre in Muse and ex-plained matters related tothe functions of the bor-der camps. The ministerand party inspected issu-ing of the cards in Hsenwi

and Nawngkhio Town-ships.

Efforts are beingmade for issuing CSC inShan State (North). Thecards were presented to180 people in Lashio and132 in Kutkai Townshipon 19 May, 218 in HsenwiTownship and 320 inNawngkhio Township on20 May.

MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo inspects production process of bio-dieselfrom physic nut seeds.— A & I

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe looks on issuing of citizenshipscrutiny card in Kutkai Township. — I & P

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Wu Bangguo (L), chairman of the Standing Committee of China’s NationalPeople’s Congress (NPC) meets with Hungarian Prime Minister FerenceGyurcsany in Budapest, capital of Hungary on 23 May, 2007. —XINHUA

Putin denounces USplan for missile shieldLONDON, 24 May—

President Vladimir Putintravelled to the heart ofEurope yesterday todenounce the Bushadministration's plans todeploy a missile defenceshield in the region.

In his fourth anti-USsalvo in as many months,the Russian leader tookthe floor in Vienna’sHofburg Palace, formerseat of Austro-Hungarianemperors, to ask why theAmericans were threate-ning the peace of centralEurope by putting newradars and a silo of missiledefence rockets in theCzech Republic andPoland. “What is happen-ing in Europe that is sonegative that we need tofill eastern Europe withnew forms of weapons?”

he asked. “What hashappened that hasworsened the situation inEurope and demands suchactions? Nothing.”

The Russian leader’suncompromising oppo-sition to the Pentagon’splans to install elementsof its missile shield projectin central Europe followeda frosty summit last weekwith EU leaders, un-productive talks withCondoleezza Rice, the USsecretary of state, andBritain’s indictment onTuesday of an ex-KGBofficer, Andrei Lugovoy,for the London murder ofAlexander Litvinenko, aformer KGB agent andfierce critic of Mr Putin.

Relations betweenRussia and the west are attheir lowest ebb for 20

years, and senior Euro-pean and Nato officialsexpect no let-up in theconfrontational rhetoricfrom Moscow until MrPutin’s eight-year presi-dency comes to an endnext year and the powerstruggle for the successionis resolved.

While Mr Putin de-nounced the Americans inVienna, a principalcontender to succeed him,Sergei Ivanov, argued thatthe US radar stationplanned for the CzechRepublic would be able tospy deep into Russia.

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AK47-armed gunman kills fourin suburban Bangkok

Bomb blasts woundfive in Indian town

LUCKNOW (India), 23 May—Three bombs explodedin a communally sensitive northern Indian city onTuesday, wounding five people, police said, days aftera bomb killed 11 people at a mosque in southern India.

Tuesday’s attacks in Gorakhpur in the state of UttarPradesh occurred in a busy market area.

“Apparently, these were low-intensity bombsbecause the damage caused is marginal and injuries tothe people minor,” Uttar Pradesh Principal HomeSecretary K. Chandramauli told Reuters.

“Investigations are on and I don’t rule out thepossibility that this is the work of mischief-mongerswho intended to incite communal violence.”

Initial investigations showed that the three bombswere placed in lunch boxes on bicycles, Chandramaulisaid. — MNA/Reuters

Hollywood actors Johnny Depp (2nd R), Orlando Bloom (1st R) and ChowYun-Fat (C) pose during a photocall to promote their movie “Pirates of theCaribbean: At World’s End” in Tokyo, Japan on 23 May, 2007. The movie

will be shown in Japan from 25 May.—XINHUA

Europe to build $1.36bsatellite communications

system for UAE ABU DHABI, 23 May—Al Yah Satellite

Communications Company (Yahsat) of the UnitedArab Emirates (UAE) has chosen a Europeanconsortium to build its satellite communications systemworth five billion dirhams (1.36 billion US dollars),local newspaper Khaleej Times reported on Tuesday.

The consortium selected as the preferred bidder tobuild the satellite system consists of EADS Astrium,Thales and Alenia Space, the report said.

As a strategic investment and development vehicleowned by the government of Abu Dhabi, Yahsat ismandated to fulfil the satellite communicationsrequirements of government and commercial customersin the Middle East, Africa, Southern Europe and SouthEast Asia.

The company will focus on providing solutions forInternet trunking via satellite, corporate data networksand backhauling services to telecom operators, inaddition to broadcasting services.—MNA/Xinhua

Pupils pressed their finger prints on a 10-metre-long scroll in the pattern of Fuwa, mascots of

Beijing Olympic Games and the slogan “one world,one dream” to extend their wishes and support to

Beijing Olympic Games in Taiyuan, capital of northChina’s Shanxi Province, on 23 May, 2007.

XINHUA

PATHUM THANI, 23May—Four persons diedin suburban BangkokWednesday morning— agunman, a police officer,and two bystanders —when a man armed with anAK-47 assault weapon andpolice here exchangedgunfire in a key green- andagro-industrial market.The unidentified gunman,believed by police to partof a transnational car theftring, was killed in theclash with Pathum Thani

police. The dead assailanthad extra ammunition anda set of automobile masterkeys in the pockets.

Police Corporal WichetSamranlertwichai waskilled in the incident, alongwith two innocent passers-by identified as Theer-ayuth Sriarayakul and Sa-ard Kamsri. According topolice, the gunman—whose identity is beinginvestigated—was thoughtto be preparing to rob atrader in Pathum Thani’s

Talad Thai.Police are investigating

the incident and the cartheft ring. Talad Thai is acentral market foragricultural goods andintegrated agro industries.Located on a 200 acresite, the market supports aflow of over 15,000 tonsof agricultural produce andproducts daily, making ita busy meeting placefor traders and entre-preneurs.

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Visitors view a Chinese garden during the annual Chelsea Flower Showwhich runs until 26 May in London on 22 May, 2007. —XINHUA

Bolivia’s President Evo Morales wears atraditional poncho and hat as he presides over a

ceremony in which his government gavecomputers to 21 different schools in the province

of Chuquisaca, southern Bolivia, on 23 May,2007.—INTERNET

Cast member Demi Moore poses with her husbandAshton Kutcher and daughter Tallulah Belle Willisat the premiere of “Mr Brooks” at the Grauman’s

Chinese theatre in Hollywood, Californiaon 22 May, 2007. —XINHUA

BAGHDAD, 23 May— Gunmen opened fire on aminibus carrying students in northern Baghdadneighbourhood on Tuesday, killing eight and woundingthree more, an Interior Ministry source said.

“Gunmen showered a minibus with bullets in theafternoon in Tonis neighbourhood, killing eight studentsof Baghdad's colleges and wounding three othersaboard,” the source told Xinhua on condition ofanonymity.

Earlier, the police said four more students werekilled and 25 others wounded when a mortar barragelanded on the Ibn al-Haitham college in the Sunnineighbourhood of Adhamiayah in northern Baghdad.

MNA/Xinhua

WASHINGTON, 23 May— The United States andChina should cooperateto bring their traderelationship into balanceand not compli-cate thesituation by taking aconfrontational appro-ach, a senior Chineseofficial said on Tuesday.

BERLIN, 23 May— A nine-year-old German girlwas so upset about having to tidy her room she put upa sign in her window urging passers-by to call policefor help.

Pedestrians in the central city of Braunschweigsaw the girl crying in the window, holding up a sign upsaying “Help! Please call the police!” Next to her sata small boy. Quickly alerted, officers rushed to thescene to discover the girl had rowed with her motherabout tidying her room and enlisted her two-year-oldbrother's aid to attract attention.

“The room looked like a battlefield,” said aspokesman for local police on Monday. “Officers toldthe girl to tidy her room. When they came back twohours later to check, it was all cleaned up. And themother and daughter had made up too.”

MNA/Reuters

COX’S BAZAR (Bangladesh), 23 May— Wildelephants trampled two people to death and destroyed20 bamboo homes when they strayed into a Bangladeshvillage on Tuesday.

The herd of some 10 elephants also uprooted treesand damaged crops in Mithachhari, near Cox's BazarTown, 400 kilometres (250 miles) southeast of thecapital Dhaka.

Police said some seven people have been trampledto death by wild elephants in the last two months atCox's Bazar District alone.

Records show that at least 15 people are killed byelephants in Bangladesh each year.

Elephants stray into villages as their forest habitatsshrink due to encroachment by the rising humanpopulation, forest officials say.

One of the world’s most densely populated nations,Bangladesh has forest cover of only 17.5 per cent.There are around 400 elephants in the country —including 300 in the wild. — MNA/Reuters

HANOI, 22 May — Bird flu has killed nearly 1,900ducks in farms across Vietnam in the past week, thegovernment said on Tuesday, bringing to five thenumber of provinces struck by H5N1.

Tests have confirmed the H5N1 virus infectedwaterfowl in three northern provinces of Son La,Quang Ninh, Nam Dinh and the southern Mekongdelta city of Can Tho from 16 May to 19 May, theAgriculture Ministry’s Animal Health Departmentsaid.

The dead ducks were found on seven farms whichwere raising a combined 5,850 ducks. None of themhad been vaccinated against bird flu, the departmentsaid in a daily report on the disease.

“All the infected poultry stocks in the provinceshave been slaughtered, the areas disinfected andprotective vaccination was taken,” it said. More ducksdied in a district in the central province of Nghe An,state-run Voice of Vietnam radio said.

The H5N1 virus has killed 42 people in theSoutheast Asian country since it re-surfaced in Asia inlate 2003 but Vietnam has had no human cases sinceNovember 2005.

The virus returned to poultry in the south late lastyear and earlier this year. — MNA/Reuters

China’s V-PM urges trade cooperation,not confrontation

“Problems and con-tradictions emerging in thedevelopment of China-US trade and economicrelations should be takencalmly and handledproperly” Chinese Vice-Premier Wu Yi said.“Politicizing trade andeconomic issues isabsolutely unacceptablesince it is of no help at allbut will make the situationmore complicated.”

Wu spoke at the startof the US-China strategiceconomic dialogue, ahigh-level government-to-government forum aimedat finding long-term

solutions to trade andeconomic irritants bet-ween the two countries.

The meeting, heldtwice a year, is takingplace against the backdropof increasing frustrationin the US Congress overthe country’s huge tradedeficit with China and theslow pace of Chinesecurrency reform.

Wu argued that muchof the trade frictionstemmed from macro-economic problems in theUnited States and Chinathat have fuelled the hugeimbalance in trade.

MNA/Reuters

Gunmen kill eight studentsin Baghdad minibus attack

Wild elephants kill twovillagers in Bangladesh

New bird flu cases atVietnamese duck

farms

German girl calls forpolice help over

messy room

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A Power PC microprocessor pictured next to a nickel at the IBM 300 mmManufacturing Plant in East Fishkill, New York, 24 March, 2004. IBM,

Singapore’s Chartered Semiconductor, and Samsung Electronics will joinforces to develop and manufacture chips using an advanced processing

technology, the companies said on 23 May, 2007.—INTERNET

Indonesia to producesynthetic fuel from coal

JAKARTA, 23 May— TheIndonesian Governmentplans to run a project toproduce synthetic fuelusing its abundant coalstocks as part of the en-ergy diversification pro-gramme, an official saidTuesday.

The government willappeal for technologicalsupport from Japan toconvert coal to liquid fuel,said Nenny Sri Utami,

head of the research anddevelopment centre withthe Ministry of Energy andMineral resources.

Coal-based fuel istargeted to contribute atleast 2 per cent to nationalenergy supplies by 2025.

“We will producesynthetic coal-based fuelwith similar quality withthat of oil fuel,” she said ata seminar in her officehere. Indonesian and

Japanese firms willestablish a consortium andset up factories in coal-rich provinces, such asSouth Sumatra, East andSouth Kalimantan, withinitial investment of 1.3billion US dollars in 2009,she said. The factoriesare expected to beginproduction in 2013 with acombined output targetedat 13,500 barrels perday.—MNA/Xinhua

Singapore raises economicgrowth forecast for 2007

Jordin Sparks reacts

after she was named

winner during the final

of ‘American Idol’ in

Hollywood, on 23 May,

2007. — INTERNET

Malaysia’s manufacturing sales value down 1.4% in March Costa Rica police seize tonof cocaine, arrest six

SAN JOSE, 23 May — Costa Rica police have seizeda fishing boat that was carrying a ton of cocaine andarrested all six crew, the nation’s Public SecurityMinistry said on Tuesday.

The arrest took place on Monday during a jointoperation by Costa Rica and the United States underthe Joint Patrol Treaty, a ministry statement said.

The US Coast Guard working with the followingCosta Rican agencies — the National Coast GuardService, the Drug Control Police and the Intelligenceand National Security Directorate —seized the Argery,10 nautical miles from Pacific Coast landmark PuntaLlorona.

The boat had 10 packets each containing 100 kilosof cocaine in its hold. Fernando Berrocal, NationalPublic Security Minister, said he was pleased by thislatest blow to the drug traffickers, which bring to 37tons, the volume of cocaine removed from the marketby Costa Rican authorities, during the currentgovernment. —MNA/Xinhua

India slashes petroleumsupply to Nepal

SINGAPORE, 23 May —Singapore on Mondayraised its economicgrowth forecast for 2007from 4.5-6.5 per cent to5.0-7.0 per cent.

The decision by thegovernment came afterthe country’s economyenjoyed an expansion of6.1 per cent in the firstquarter of this year.

According to a report

by the Ministry of Tradeand Industry on Monday,the strong economicgrowth in the first quarterwas attributed to the goodperformance by thefinancial services andconstruction sectors whichjumped 13 per cent and9.7 per cent respectivelyin the first three months ofthis year.

On a quarter-on-quar-ter seasonally adjustedannualized basis, thegrowth of the grossdomestic product (GDP)in the first quarter easedslightly to 7.6 per centcompared with 7.9 per centin the fourth quarter oflast year.— MNA/Xinhua

KUALA LUMPUR, 23May—The sales value ofMalaysia’ s manu-factur-ing sector in March

declined by 1.4 per cent to42.08 billion ringgit (12.38billion US dollars) year onyear, the Department of

US warships carrying 17,000 personnel enter the Gulf in a show of force offIran’s coast that navy officials said was the largest daytime assembly of shipssince the 2003 Iraq war in this 22 May, 2007 handout photograph. —XINHUA

KATHMANDU, 24 May—Nepal Oil Corporation(NOC) has said theIndian supplier cut oilsupply again, and withmere two days’ stock onhand, the country couldface a grave crisis iftransportation services tothe capital Kathmandushut down for 48 hours,local media reported onWednesday.

“Indian Oil Cor-poration did step upsupply to Nepal after thePrime Minister requestedthe Indian Government,but that lasted for justtwo days,” NOC ChiefBishwa Nath Goyal wasquoted by a leadingwebsite, eKantipur.comas saying. while notingthat the corporationTuesday received 1,400kilolitres of petroleumproducts, contrary to

normal daily requirementof 2,500 kilolitres, herequested the NepaliGovernment to enableNOC generate funds toclear past dues.

Speaking at the StateAffairs Committee ofthe Parl iament onTuesday, which hadsummoned the Com-merce Minister andofficials to take stock ofthe existing petroleumsupply situation, Goyalsaid the only way toaddress present oilcrisis, which has grippedthe country for threeweeks, was to pay pastdues.

MNA/Xinhua

Statistics said Tuesday.The year-on-year

decrease was generated bythe deceleration in thesales value of 37 industriesout of 106 industriescovered by the survey, thedepartment said instatement released here.

Compared with theprevious month, the salesvalue for March posted adouble digit growth of15.6 per cent. For the firstquarter this year, themanufacturing sectorregistered an increase of1.8 per cent in sales valuecompared with the sameperiod last year , totaling119 billion ringgit (35billion US dollars).

MNA/Xinhua

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Kelly Clarkson (L) andAerosmith’s guitarist

Joe Perry performduring the final of“American Idol” in

Hollywood, Californiaon 23 May, 2007.

INTERNET

School children walk through a transparent tunnel at Underwater World, anaquarium in Singapore in a file photo. Singapore’s aquarium has taggedsome of its fishes using microchips to help visitors identify the different

species on display. —INTERNET

20 logos for the Beijing

2008 Paralympic

Games were unveiled at

a Press conference

Wednesday held by the

Beijing Organizing

Committee for the

Games of the XXIX

Olympiad (BOCOG).

XINHUA

KINSHASA, 23 May—A total of 32 peopledrowned in a boat wreckin the lake of Kivu inDemocratic Republic ofCongo (DRC)’s eastern

BEIJING, 23 May— A communications satellitelaunched by China for Nigeria on 14 May was fixed atits planned point in orbit on Tuesday morning.

The Nigerian Communication Satellite, orNIGCOMSAT-1, took up its final position at alongitude of 42 degrees at 8:22 am after changing itsposition in orbit five times over the last week.

The Xi’an Satellite Control Centre reported thatground control stations, which have been monitoringthe satellite, had unfolded the satellite’s solar sail andantennae, and ignited its engine in preparation for uselater this year.

The geo-stationary satellite will offertelecommunications, broadcasting and broadbandmultimedia services for Africa for the next 15 years.

The satellite was built on China’s new generationgeo-stationary satellite platform — the chassis orframework that carries a satellite’s equipmentpayload.—MNA/Xinhua

SEOUL, 23 May —Universal Studios plans toopen a theme park in SouthKorea, betting that ridesand spectacles based onmovies such as “SpiderMan” and “King Kong”

KUALA LUMPUR, 23May— Malaysia said onMonday that Asia needs todevelop mechanisms torapidly detect any possiblebiosafety and biosecuritythreats to protect nationsin the region from sufferingany possible biodisasters.

Malaysian PrimeMinister Abdullah AhmadBadawi made the call inhis speech sent to theBiosafety and BiosecurityAsia 2007 conferencewhich opened here onMonday.

Rapid and effective

KUALA LUMPUR,23 May— A Malaysian pedestrianrushed to the rescue of a family trapped inside acrashed and burning car — only to find that they werehis wife and children.

Ishak Sejet had left his office at a palm-oil millsouth of Kuala Lumpur to get some lunch when he sawthe burning and barely recognisable car on the roadoutside the mill, the New Straits Times said on Tuesday.A bus and a car had crashed into it.

“I was shocked when I realized my family wasinside,” he told the paper. With the help of otherpassers-by, he saved his wife and baby son but hisnine-year-old daughter died in the blaze.

MNA/Reuters

Malaysia calls for Asia tostrengthen biosafety

response mechanismsalso should be put inplace to address theissues, including anypossible bioterrorism, hesaid.

Badawi said in thelast decade, some part ofAsia, including South-east Asia, experiencednumerous outbreaks ofinfectious diseases thataffected human andanimals, including birdflu.

Infectious diseasesnow have ignored geo-graphic and political

boundaries, he noted. The Malaysian leader

also said that the globa-lization of life sciences,especially biotechno-logy, is increasinglyintensifying and theinternational trade ofbiotech products is alsorising.

This trend is creatingan easier situation inwhich a terrorist groupcould possibly acquirebiological agents, equip-ment or weapons throughvarious approaches, hesaid. — MNA/Xinhua

Universal Studios to open Korean theme parkwill draw in more andmore affluent people inAsia’s fourth largesteconomy.

Becoming the latestHollywood film studio toexpand in Asia’s bur-geoning entertainmentresort market, UniversalStudios said on Tuesday itwould build the SouthKorean park by 2012,which could be larger thanits parks in Hollywood andJapan. The project,announced a day afteranother US film giantMetro-Goldwyn-Mayer(MGM) unveiled a planfor a Shanghai park,highlights Hollywood'saccelerating push to takethe world’s most popular

entertainment to theworld’s most populousregion. Asia’s theme parkindustry accounts fornearly half of the global23.5 billion-US-dollarmarket and is expected tosee a 25-per-cent jump invisitor numbers by 2010,according to research firmEuromonitor.

Universal Studios,operated by NBC Uni-versal Inc, a unit of GeneralElectric Co, opened its firstAsian theme park inJapan’s Osaka in 2001 andis developing two otherparks in Singapore’sSentosa Island and inDubai, the United ArabEmirates.

MNA/Reuters

Over 30 drown in Kivu Lakein DRC

province of South Kivu,an official of localmigration authority saidon Monday.

The boat which over-turned in violent wind hadbeen tugged by shipMalele which came fromRwanda. Only five bodieshave been identified bythe officials of themigration authority whosaid that it was difficult toget contact with theRwandan authorities toconfirm whether thebodies of all the wreckedpersons had been found.

Several boat wreckswhich led to a number ofdeaths have been reportedthis year in the lake ofKivu. —MNA/Xinhua

Malaysian rescuerdiscovers victims are

his family

Nigerian satellite launchedby China fixed in orbit

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During the previous March, I stayedat home, reading books and periodicals,listening to the radio and watching TVand movies. When I watched a moviehailing the Armed Forces Day, I wascaptivated by the main character “SgtYe Tint”. Then I came to rememberanother onscreen character “Po Si”: ofthe nation-wide popular film “Wai-le-hmwe Kywe-le-hmwe”. Both filmsportray the lives of soldiers.

I admire the artistes and techniciansfor their efforts to serve the nationalinterest with the power of art.

The nation is facing various kindsof perpetration to attack her from allangles and to break her up. The moviehonours the Tatmadawmensafeguarding the nation with might andmain. Persons like Ye Tint and Po Siare really required in the Armed Forces.

Each and every person should bedutiful at a time when nationaldevelopment and modernization driveis ongoing. All will have to discard theold way of thinking.

It is not the time to find fault withthe government, but the time to realizethe truth as it really is.

Concerning this, columnist NgarMin Swe presented in his article aprocess in which an entrepreneur couldautomatically serve the national interestwhile running his own business.

He also extended a cordial andpolite invitation to strange charactersof RFA, VOA and BBC.

He clearly explained how to benefitthe nation while doing business.

Everyone should avoid a smallermajority whose attempts to rock theboat place them out of the main stream.

As garment factories could not runanymore in the previous years, basicworkers were out of works and runninginto trouble.

It is not good that some (very few)are making demands for sanctions. Theycaused to bar tourists from visitingMyanmar, foreign investment fromstreaming into the nation and factoriesfrom running. The result is that only theordinary people not the governmentare facing difficulties and hardships.

I still remember an article in whichthe writer stated Nelson Mandela aslamenting that the root cause of theslow and less national developmentwas the years-long outside economicsanctions imposed against his country.

Members of the National Leaguefor Democracy who are demanding andadvocating sanctions, while committinginstigative acts inside the nation andthe persons under the name of “88”

They are dutifulSaya Phone

generation students should take heed ofMandela’s words.

The assessment of Myanmar’scurrent political situation by a columnist,Chan Mya Thaw, in a journal is that it isjust the conflict between the NLD andthe government. He also stated that therewas no problem between the people andthe government; and that the NLDrepresents neither the people nor its ownmembers.

The nation was suffering severelyas the NLD that had never done anythinggood for the public was committingperpetration that harmed the publicinterest, the writer continued to say.

He also said that the nation wouldnot develop if NLDs and their cohortswere working under the orders of foreignembassies they were maintainingcontacts to receive advice and assistancewhile inviting sanctions and pressureson the government till they could grabpower in accord with their policy —please provide assistance only after wehave grabbed power.

The final remark of the writer is thatthe best thing to do is to leave the NLDoff the cause of the national politics.

How disheartening to know that theNLD objected to the Japan’s plan todonate over 400 primary schools toMyanmar. In consequence, rural areasmissed the opportunity to get fine schoolbuildings.

Is it politics?Myanmar is rich in natural resources.

So, had there been normal flow of foreignfunds, technology and investments toMyanmar, the nation would havedeveloped rapidly.

With the intention of helping theNLD and so-called “88” generationstudents come to power through shortcut and applying pressure on the nation,in September 2006 the US called forputting the Myanmar on the agenda ofthe UN Security Council under the titleof “Situation in Myanmar”.

On 11 September 2007, the US and

Britain submitted a draft of their proposalthrough which the UNSC would have totake action against Myanmar.

Nonetheless, the nations that lovejustice with correct policies firmly stoodby Myanmar, and turned down the draft.In addition, they said Myanmar’s internalaffairs did not pose any threat to regionaland international security.

Much to my disgust, certaincountries are rather aggressive toMyanmar.

Daw Suu Kyi said that thegovernment would have to make itschoice of either of the two ways—dialogue or utter devastation. She alsosaid that Yugoslavia came under airattacks stemming from its generals’refusal to hold a dialogue, so a largenumber of Yugoslavs would have to die.Her words were very abhorrent to me.

What she said meant she would haveto expend everything for her coming topower.

I do not want to see any personprepared to expend lives and property ofthe people for his or her coming topower.

She had a bad historical background.Without holding Bogyoke Aung San inhigh regard, without showing any regardto national people, and failing to preserveher own lineage, she had done as shepleased. Supposing she came to power,I darenot imagine what the nation’s futurewould be like.

Writer Wathan demanded that“Return to where you are from, AuntySuu”.

How disappointing it is that thelineage from Bo Min Yaung to BogyokeAung San that went down to the annalsof the nation’s history is now on theverge of extinction.

After the attempt to squeeze theUNSC to take action against Myanmarfailed to work, the destructive elementstried to use an alternative way;groundless accusations of religiousdiscrimination and human rights

The expatriates, who are now leading an easy life

abroad, expressed an inciting word that starving

people do not care about their possible deaths. The

suggestion might be right in the time of the colonialists

or the Myanmar Socialist Programme Party.

violations.The expatriates, who are now

leading an easy life abroad, expressedan inciting word that starving people donot care about their possible deaths.The suggestion might be right in thetime of the colonialists or the MyanmarSocialist Programme Party.

It is no longer correct because nowis in the time of the Tatmadawgovernment. And there is no need toexpress such words.

It needs time and funds to help thenation rise from general deteriorationin 1988 to all-round development. Inthis regard, what is most important isspirit.

Surely, the nation will have aprosperous future if the entire nationparticipate in the nation-building tasks.The people are participating in thesetasks and enjoying the taste of peace.Peace is full of essence.

Everyone knows best that howmuch they have done for theirmotherland.

And each and every person(including politicians) has to fully servethe interests of their families, wards,towns, and the nation, so they have tomake a self-criticism.

I would like to urge all to findwhether they have fulfilled their duties,what they have done are right, and whatthey have done are beneficial to thepeople, and to make contributions tothe future.

Even if someone does not want todo so, he should not make criticismwith negative attitude, and he shouldtake part in the nation-building tasks.

One day, Myanmar will betransformed into a peaceful, modernand developed nation, as aspired by thepeople.

So, I would say Myanmar politicalaffairs should be coped with Myanmarway and Myanmar spirit.

Translation: TMT+MSMyanma Alin, Kyemon: 24-5-2007

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(from page 1)On completion, Tanyaung river water pump-

ing project will supply water to 15,000 acres of land allthe year round.

At Seikphyu Aukseik river water pumpingproject site at the mile post of Hsinbyukyun-SeikphyuRoad, Lt-Gen Ye Myint heard reports on mattersrelated to the project presented by Deputy Director UTin Maung Aye Htoo of Water Resources UtilizationDepartment. The benefited area of the project will be1,500 acres of land.

Next, they attended the physic nut growing

Lt-Gen Ye Myint looks intoKyangin-Pakokku railroadconstruction project,greening…

ceremony in Koedaunt Village of Seikphyu Township.At the site of Pakokku-Pwintbyu section of

Kyangin-Pakokku railroad construction project, Lt-Gen Ye Myint heard reports on arrangements forconstruction of the railroad presented by AssistantGeneral Manager (Civil) U Maung Maung Thwin andGeneral Manager (Civil) U Thi Han of Myanma Rail-ways.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint and Commander Maj-GenTha Aye went to Yaw Creek Bridge (Kantwin) con-struction site on Minbu-Seikphyu-Pakokku road. Lt-Gen Ye Myint instructed officials to maintain thebridge for its durability.

Afterwards, they viewed preservation of theforests along both side of Seikphyu-Pakokku Road.

Lt-Gen Ye Myint gave instructions on ar-rangements for greening Tantkyi Hill and extendedgrowing of trees for the region.

Arid Zone Greening Department established

4,791 acres of forest in Pakokku and Seikphyu town-ships from 1995-96 to 2006-07 and preserved 28,870acres of natural forest.

At Sabay Dam project site near Sabay Villageof Pakokku Township, Director U Aye Thein of Con-struction-2 of Irrigation Department reported on con-struction of the dam. Lt-Gen Ye Myint viewed theconstruction site of the dam.

The earth embankment of the dam is 32 feethigh and 6,900 feet long. The dam can store 1,600 acrefeet of water at the highest level. The conduit will bethe reinforced concrete pipe and the spillway will bethe gravel-filled one. The dam will irrigate 300 acres ofland through 50,000 feet long main canal.

In Kanma Model Village, Lt-Gen Ye Myintinstructed the local people to join hands with depart-mental personnel in rural development tasks.

Later, they proceeded to Pakokku by car. MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 25 May — U Nyan Win, Minister for Foreign Affairsof the Union of Myanmar, has sent a message of felicitations to Mr JorgeTaiana, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Argentina on theoccasion of the National Day of the Republic of Argentina which falls on25 May 2007.— MNA

Foreign Affairs Ministersends message of felicitations

to Argentina

YANGON, 24 May —Under the arrangement ofYangon Division Peaceand DevelopmentCouncil and the Ministryof Religious Affairs,Chairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win and Minister for

Soon (day meal) offered tomembers of Sangha

Religious Affairs Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maungdonated soon (day meal)to 450 members of Sanghaled by Rector Sayadaw ofState Pariyati SasanaUniversity (Yangon)Agga Maha PanditaBhaddanta Vannita atKaba Aye hill lock, here,yesterday morning.

Departmental offi-

cials, chairmen of districtand township PDCs,wellwishers and invitedguests took part in thedonation ceremony.

The Sayadaw andmembers of Sangha of theUniversity willoccasionally go aroundwards and receivemorning alms.

MNA

YANGON, 23 May— Chairman of YangonCity DevelopmentCommittee Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin andVice-Mayor Col MaungPa heard reports oninfection of denguehaemorrhagic fever andpreventive measuresagainst DHF in HlineTownship presented byHead of HealthDepartment of YCDC DrAung Than and officials

Mayor inspects prevention ofDHF in Hline Township

at Hline TownshipDevelopment AffairsCommittee this morning.

The mayor andthe vice-mayor gaveinstructions on controland prevention againstDHF.

Next, theyinspected participation ofservice personnel ofHealth Department,members of socialorganizations and localpeople in preventive

measures against DHFsuch as educative talks,sanitation, sprayinginsecticide and inspectingwater tanks onMarlamyaing 6th Streetin Ward 16 of HlineTownship.

Similar massactivities were held inMayangon, Pabedan,South Okkalapa,Kamayut and KyauktadaTownships.

MNA

YANGON, 24 May— The OrganizingCommittee for WorldPopulation Day held itssecond meeting at thePopulation Department,here, today.

Chairman of thecommittee Director-General of thePopulation Department

Organizing Committee forWorld Population Day meets

U Tin Yi addressed themeeting, and members ofthe subcommitteesdiscussed their respectivesectors.

To mark WorldPopulation Day whichfalls on 11 July 2007, theposter competition willbe held on 9 June and theessay competition on 10

June at major cities ofstates and divisionsincluding Nay Pyi Taw.

The invitationalcolor photo contest andquiz will commence inNay Pyi Taw and majorcities of Yangon andMandalay divisions on16 June.

MNA

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin greets dwellers on his tour ofinspection of preventive measures against dengue fever. — MNA

Commander Maj-Gen Hla Htay Win donates alms to members of theSangha of State Pariyati Sasana University (Yangon). — MNA

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(from page 16)region. Hence, the gov-ernment will provide nec-essary assistance for theregion.

He said that the peo-ple of Namlan region en-joy fruits of prevailingpeace and stability as thegovernment is joininghands with the local na-tional race leaders forpeace and stability anddevelopment of the region.As a result, the local peo-ple can do their businessesas peace and stability pre-vail in the region. There-fore, the local people areto constantly strive formaintaining economicgrowth through their

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects …united strength with Un-ion Spirit. To narrow thedevelopment gap betweenrural and urban areas, fiverural development tasksare being undertaken.

He continued to saythat rubber is to be grownon a commercial scale inNamlan region. Lt-GenKyaw Win stressed theneed to extend physic nutin Namlan region to ex-tract bio-diesel.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winpresented 30 bags of riceand hospital equipment toNamlan Station Hospitalthrough officials. AtNamlan Station Hospital,Lt-Gen Kyaw Win com-forted the patients and pre-

sented cash assistance tothem. A total of 72 pa-tients are receiving medi-cal treatment at the stationhospital.

The Hospital Super-visory Committee is tak-ing care of the patients byserving lunch daily.

At the local battalion,Lt-Gen Kyaw Win cor-dially met with service-men and family membersand presented clothes tothem.

They proceeded toNawngkhio. Yesterdaymorning, they leftNawngkhio and arrivedback at Nay Pyi Taw inthe evening.

MNA

YANGON, 24 May —Minister for Finance andRevenue Maj-Gen HlaTun inspected InternalRevenue Department,Accounts Division andYangon Division InternalRevenue Department to-day. The minister heardreports on progress ofwork, management mat-ters and future programmepresented by Director-

NAY PYI TAW, 24 May— Minister for MinesBrig-Gen Ohn Myint ac-companied by officialsinspected zinc smeltingplant of Cornerstone Re-sources (Myanmar) Co inManpyin of Lashio Town-ship on 21 May. Afterhearing reports, the min-ister urged officials tomeet the targeted outputof standard products by

Mines Minister inspects mines, plants inShan State, Mandalay Division

using environmentallyfriendly production proc-ess and stressed the needfor safety first at the worksite.

Next, the minister andparty looked into coalmining of AAA Co at SanLaung and Maw Keinnayiblocks. The minister heardreports and gave neces-sary instructions.

At gypsum mine in

Hsipaw, the minister heardreports on mining and dis-tribution, potential ofmetal and work to be donepresented by officials andinspected the extendedproduction of the mine.

On 22 May morning,the minister met with serv-ice personnel of No 1 SteelPlant in PyinOolwin andgave necessary instruc-tions. — MNA

F&R Minister inspectsundertakings of IRD, MEB

General U San Tun andofficials.

At the meeting hall ofthe IRD, the minister metwith Managing DirectorU Myat Maw of MyanmaEconomic Bank, DeputyDirector-General ThihaThura U Thein Tun Tin ofCustoms Department andofficials and urged themto make strenuous effortsfor collection of tax in line

with the prescribed law,rules and regulations.

Officials reported onwork under way to per-form e-banking services ofincome tax division of IRDand MEB to the minister.

Next, the minister in-spected office works of theIRD and e-Transfer Serv-ice of MEB on PansodenStreet and attended to theneeds. — MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24 May— As part of efforts todisseminate advantages ofuse of harvesters, aharvesting contest washeld in Nay Pyi Taw on 22May.

A total of 13 teamstook part in the contestwhich was organized byMinistry of Agricultureand Irrigation.

Commander of NayPyi Taw Command Maj-Gen Wai Lwin and Minis-ter for Agriculture and Ir-rigation Maj-Gen Htay Oodelivered speeches atopening of the contestwhich was held in thefields of Agricultural Re-search Department inYezin.

Speaking on the oc-casion, Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin said theharvesting contests organ-ized by Agriculture andIrrigation Ministry willgive a boost to the use ofagricultural machinery,and the region will enjoyan increase in agriculturalproduce.

There are 12 dams —Yezin, Ngalaik,Paunglaung, Hsinthay,Chaungmagyi, Yanaung-

Harvesting contest held inNay Pyi Taw, aims to disseminate

advantages of harvestersFarmers urged to use machinery

to speed up crop rotation

myin, Thephyu,Chaungmange, Kintha,Mone, Myohla andHsinlungansat— and over90,000 acres of irrigatedland in Nay Pyi Taw. Theregion has over 100,000acres of rain-fed paddyand over 30,000 acres ofsummer paddy and canyield 100 baskets per acre,the commander said.

Agriculture and Irri-gation Minister Maj-GenHtay Oo said the ministryis making efforts to boostagricultural productionand to increase acres ofarable fields.

In a bid to increaseper acre yield, it is impor-tant to use quality strainsand to use correct agricul-tural methods as well asto boost the capacity forgrowing, the ministeradded.

He continued to saythat in a bid to speed upthe crop rotation, the min-istry is encouraging farm-ers to use agriculturalmachinery.

Seven factories underthe Agriculture Mechani-zation Department haveproduced agriculturalmachinery including har-

vesters, winnowing ma-chines and power tillers,and farmers are trained touse the machinery well bythe ministry.

Harvesting teams rep-resenting Yangon, Bago,Mandalay, Sagaing,Magway and divisions andShan and Mon states anddepartments under theMinistry of Agricultureand irrigation took part inthe contest and 105 har-

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin and Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo view harvesting contest in NayPyi Taw. — MNA

vesters were used in thecontest.

Hsatyonsu (Yangon)Team won the first prize;Hsatyonsu (Kyaukse)Team the second and MonState (Team) and Agricul-tural Mechanization De-

partment (Head Office)Team shared the thirdprize.

Commander Maj-Gen Wai Lwin, MinisterMaj-Gen Htay Oo and of-ficials awarded the win-ners.

Pyinmana District,Nay Pyi Taw, set its targetof 32,500 acres of sum-mer paddy and the numberof summer paddy acres hasreached 32,707 acres thisyear.

The teams partici-

pated in the contest willharvest paddy fields inNay Pyi Taw, Pyinmana,Lewe and Tatkon town-ships from May to Junewith the use of 135 har-vesters.

MNA

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YANGON, 24 May —Minister for Industry-1 UAung Thaung inspectedproduction of PlasticFactory No 1 of MyanmaPharmaceutical Industriesin North OkkalapaTownship this afternoon.

Factory ManagerDaw Khin Maw Mawreported to the ministeron production of thefactory and repair of

Production of factories undersupervision

machines. GeneralManager U Tin MaungWin and ManagingDirector U Than Shwegave supplementaryreports.

At Garment FactoryNo 17 of Myanma TextileIndustries, the ministerinstructed officials tostrive for production of thefactory to exceed thetarget.

The minister alsoinspected Win ThuzaShop (North Okkalapa)and gave instructions onsanitation inside andoutside the shop and salesof goods by car.

After inspectingGarment Factory No 23 inMayangon Township, theminister left necessaryinstructions.

MNA

Myanmar delegation leaves for PRCNAY PYI TAW, 24 May

— Myanmar delegation ledby Minister for HomeAffairs Maj-Gen MaungOo flew to the People’sRepublic of Chinayesterday to attend

Ministerial Meeting ofMoU on Drug Control to beheld in Beijing.

The delegation wasseen off at Nay Pyi TawAirport by Minister forIndustry-2 Maj-Gen Saw

Lwin, Minister forLivestock and FisheriesBrig-Gen Maung MaungThein, Deputy Ministerfor Home Affairs Brig-Gen Phone Swe andofficials.—MNA

Minister visits fertilizer plant, LPGplant in Magway Div

NAY PYI TAW, 24May—Minister for EnergyBrig-Gen Lun Thi went toNo 1 Fertilizer Plant in Saleon 20 May and madearrangements to boostproduction of fertilizer.

On his inspection

tour, the minister alsocalled on officials of theministry to make effortsfor meeting the productiontarget of the plant.

Officials of the plantreported to the ministeron production and

maintenance of the plant.During his tour, the

minister also visited LPG(Liquefied PetroleumGas) Plant in Kyunchaungand fulfilled therequirements of theplant.— MNA

Minister U Aung Thaung views products of Garment Factory No 17 ofMyanma Textiles Industries. — INDUSTRY

Minister Brig-Gen Lun Thi inspects Kyunchaung Liquefied PetroleumGas Plant. — ENERGY

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung views a log at value-added woodproducts factory of National Wood Industry Ltd. — FORESTRY

Minister Maj-Gen Maung Oo being seen off by ministers and officials.—MNA

Chinese Ambassador calls onMinister for Electric Power No 2YANGON, 24 May —

Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint on21 May received ChineseAmbassador Mr GuanMu, Economic &

Commercial CounsellorMr Tang Hai andEconomic &Commercial Attaché MrGuo Yuguang at theoffice of Yangon CityElectric Power Supply

Board, here.They discussed

matters related toextension of power gridsfor supply of electricityin the country.

MNA

YANGON, 24 May —Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung,accompanied bydepartmental officials,inspected saw mill andKan-3 raft jetty of MyanmaTimber Enterprise inAhlon Township andSatsan raft jetty inPazuntaung Townshipyesterday. Officialsreported on work beingdone to the minister.

Minister Brig-GenThein Aung this afternoonwent to value-added wood

Value-added wood productsfactories in Yangon inspected

products factory ofNational Wood IndustryLtd in Dagon EastIndustrial Zone.Managing Director UKyaw Win of the factoryexplained undertakings ofthe factory to the minister.The managing directorand the general managersof MTE gavesupplementary reports.Next, the ministerinspected productionprocess of the factory.

The factory exportsvalue-added wood

products to Singapore,Malaysia, Thailand,Japan, Denmark, Englandand Italy.

The minister andparty proceeded to value-added wood productsfactory of Cupid TradingCo Ltd in Dagon SeikkanIndustrial Zone-1 andinspected productionprocess, value-addedwood products andfurniture. The factoryexports its products toMalaysia, Singapore andFrance.—MNA

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MOSCOW, 24 May — Russia has no intention ofcooperating with the United States in its plans for amissile defence shield in Europe, First Deputy PrimeMinister Sergei Ivanov said on Wednesday.

Russia deniesarm sales to

Iran via SyriaMOSCOW, 24 May —

Russia on Wednesday saidit had not given itsagreement for Syria toresell Russian air defencesystems to Iran.

Jane’s DefenceWeekly reported this weekthat Syria has agreed tosupply Iran with at least10 out of the 50 Pantsyr-S1E systems thatDamascus is in the processof buying from Russia.

Russia’s First DeputyPrime Minister SergeiIvanov said the terms ofthe contract with Syriaforbade the resale ofweapons to third countriesunless Russia gave itsexpress agreement.

“Syria has submittedno requests (for resale) toRussia, not for the Pantsyror for even a single bullet,”Ivanov, who is in overallcharge of Russia’s defencesector, told a newsconference.

MNA/Reuters

BEIJING, 24 May — China Taiyuan Coal Exchange has got the nod fromthe State Council, or the Cabinet, for establishment in the capital of northChina’s Shanxi Province.

Russia says will not workwith US on missile shield

“We are not going tocooperate against our-selves,” he told a newsconference. “We do notlike the explanation (givenby the United States forhaving the system).”

“We believe abilateral decision hasalready been madebetween the United Statesand the Czech Republic,and the United States andPoland,” said Ivanov, whohas overall charge ofRussia’s defence sector.

The United Statessays the shield is neededto protect against missileattacks from what it callsrogue states such as Iranand North Korea.

It wants to placeelements of the shield inPoland and the CzechRepublic but Russia hasdenounced the project asa threat to its nationalsecurity.

US Defence SecretaryRobert Gates, on a visit toMoscow last month tosoften Russian oppositionto the plan, offeredMoscow the opportunityto cooperate on strategicmissile defence.

“As to the strategic partof the missile defence shield,the talk about cooperationis just discussions tocalm public opinion inEurope,” Ivanov said.

US arguments thatthe shield would helpdefend against rogue stateswere not credible, headded.

“From the point ofthe view of trajectory andballistics, the explanationof Iran or North Koreacannot be accepted on theserious, expert level. Youcan say what you want butI am telling you the viewof experts.”

MNA/Reuters

China to set up coal exchange inShanxi province

The exchange, thefirst of this kind in China,will be expanded from theexisting Taiyuan CoalTrading Market, expectedto facilitate the trading ofaround 500 million tons

of coal annually in theinitial stage, a local coalofficial said Wednesday.

China exports 80million tons of coalannually, ranking the thirdin the world, while coke

exports account for 57 percent of the global tradevolume.

Pointing to this, theofficial said China needsits own authority price forcoal.

Early in 2005, theState Council set a goal tobuild a modern coal marketsystem that contributes notonly to market-basedtransactions but to marco-economic control in thenext three to five years.

MNA/Xinhua

An Indian Royal BengalTiger plays with her cubsin the Assam State Zooin Guwahati in 2005.According to a new

preliminary count, thenumber of rare RoyalBengal Tigers in Indiaappears to be sharplylower than three yearsago as poachers and

development decimatesanctuaries. — INTERNET

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

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV BOUGAIN VILLA VOY NO (127)

Consignees of cargo carried on MV BOUGAINVILLA VOY NO (127) are hereby notified that thevessel will be arriving on 25.5.2007 and cargo will bedischarged into the premises of M.I.P where it will lie atthe 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 PREMIER SPECTRUM SDNBHD

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Italy has oldest population in EuropeROME, 23 May—taly

has the oldest populationin Europe and the secondoldest in the world, afterJapan, the nationalstatistics bureau Istat said

on Wednesday in itsannual report.

Demographers came tothe conclusion after com-paring the numbers ofpeople in the top age

group, those over 65 yearsold, with those in thebottom one, or under 15years old.

In Italy, there are now141 people aged 65 or

over for every 100 peopleaged 15 or less, Istat said,citing the 2006 data. InJapan the ratio is 154 to100.

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This false-color imageof Saturn’s main ringswas made by combiningdata from multiple staroccultations using the

Cassini ultravioletimaging spectrograph.

INTERNET

Study Saturn’s rings are clumpy

Air India to consider IPO;launches new routes

NEW DELHI, 23 May—The newly-merged state-owned carrier Air India,which would startoperations from July, mayconsider a public offernext year to raise fundsand plans to launch newroutes, including directflights to the US, in thenext two-three months.

“Public offering is verymuch on the cards. Earlier,our advisors haddisfavoured the InitialPublic Offer due to

adverse market conditionsas well as the low net worthof the two entities. Now,we hope we can considerIPO in 2008,” CivilAviation Minister PrafulPatel told reporters here.

Patel was addressinga Press conference wherehe launched the new brandname, logo and livery ofthe new entity created afterthe merger of state-runcarriers Indian and AirIndia.

Asked about the name

of the chief of the new AirIndia, he said the ministryhas “sent proposals to theAppointments Committeeof the Cabinet, which willtake a final decision”.

The newly registeredcompany, National Air-line Company Ltd, wouldcarry the brand name ofAir India due to thefamiliarity of its nameabroad and would have the“old and lovable” mascotof ‘Maharaja’.

Its logo is a com-

bination of a Flying Swan,morphed from Air India’soriginal logo of Centaur,with Indian’s emblem ofthe famous templeKonark’s wheel of time.

The merged entity’sregistered office would bein New Delhi and corporateoffice in Mumbai, hesaid, adding domesticoperations and most of thespecial business unitswould be based in thenational capital.

Internet

CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV WEIDA-8 VOY NO ( - )

Consignees of cargo carried on MV WEIDA-8VOY NO (-) are hereby notified that the vessel will bearriving on 25.5.2007 and cargo will be discharged intothe premises of M.I.T.T where it will lie at the consign-ee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelaws andconditions 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 admittedafter the Claims Day.

SHIPPING AGENCY DEPARTMENTMYANMA PORT AUTHORITY

AGENT FOR: HOLY SEA SHIPPING CO., LTDPhone No: 256924/256914

BEIJING, 23 May—Saturn rings are made upof clumps of particles withempty spaces in bet-weenand may be muchdenser than realized,

scientists said on Tuesday.Measurements taken

from the joint NASA,Italian and European

Space Agency Cassinispacecraft show that theparticles in Saturn’s B ringare constantly colliding,

which surprised scientists.“The rings are different

from the picture we had inour minds,” said LarryEsposito of the Universityof Colorado at Boulder,who led the study doneusing ultraviolet imaging.

“If the clumps werefarther from Saturn, theymight aggregate evenmore to make a moon butbecause they are so closeto the massive planet, theyget stretched apart,” headded.—Internet

Actress Ellen Barkin, left, actor Brad Pitt, center, and actor Andy Garcia areseen during a photo call for the film ‘Ocean’s Thirteen,’ at the 60th

International film festival in Cannes, southern France, on 24 May, 2007.INTERNET

World CO2 emissions increasingfaster than expected

LOS ANGELES, 23 May — The world has seen a rapid rise in carbon dioxide(CO2) emissions from fossil fuels over recent years, US scientists said.

CO2 emissions haveaccelerated globally at afar greater rate thanexpected, according to apaper published this weekin the Proceedings of theNational Academy ofSciences.

The paper explains thatthe average growth rate ofcarbon dioxide emissionsincreased from 1.1 percenta year in the 1990s to a 3-percent increase per yearin the 2000s.

Nearly 8 billion tonsof carbon were emittedglobally into theatmosphere as carbondioxide in 2005, comparedwith just 6 billion tons in1995, says Lead author ofthe paper, Dr Mike

Raupach from CSIROMarine and AtmosphericResearch and the GlobalCarbon Project.

This indicates thatrecent efforts globally toreduce emissions have hadlittle impact on emissionsgrowth, according toRaupach. ”In the last fewyears, the global usage offossil fuels has actuallybecome less efficient. Thisadds to pressures fromincreasing po

“As countries undergoindustrial development,they move through aperiod of intensive, andoften inefficient, use offossil fuel,” he says.

Efficiencies improvealong this development

trajectory, but eventuallytend to level off.Industrialized countriessuch as Australia and theUS are at the leveling-offstage, while developingcountries are at theintensive-developmentstage, according toRaupach. “Both factorsare decreasing the globalefficiency of fossil fueluse,” he says.

He says that China’semissions per person arestill below the globalaverage. “On average, eachperson in Australia and theUS now emits more thanfive tons of carbon per year,while in China the figure isonly one ton per year.”

Internet

Salt increases ulcer-bugvirulence

WASHINGTON, 23 May— Scientists have warnedhigh concentrations of saltin the stomach appear toinduce gene activity in theulcer-causing bacteriumHelicobacter pylori,making it more virulentand increasing thelikelihood of an infectedperson developing asevere gastric disease.

“Apparently the sto-mach pathogen H pyloriclosely monitors the dietsof those people whom itinfects.

Epidemiological evi-dence has long impliedthat there is a connection

between H pylori and thecomposition of thehuman diet.

This is especially truefor diets rich in salt,” saysHanan Gancz, of theUniformed ServicesUniversity of the HealthSciences in Bethesda,Maryland, who presentsthe research on Tuesdayat the 107th GeneralMeeting of the AmericanSociety for Microbiologyin Toronto. “We notedthat H pylori growth rateshows a sharp decline athigh salt concentrations.

Moreover, bacterialcells exposed to increasedsalt exhibited strikingmorphological changes:cells became elongated

and formed long chains,”says Gancz.—Internet

DONATE BLOOD

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S P O R T S

Italian AC Milancelebrates after winning theChampions League by beating England's Liver-pool FC 2-1 in the soccer final played at the OlympicStadium in Athens on Wednesday night.—INTERNET

AC Milan 2-1 LiverpoolATHENS, 24 May —

Pippo Inzaghi strucktwice as AC Milangained revenge for their2005 Champions Leaguefinal defeat against Liv-erpool with victory inAthens today.

Inzaghi scored a freakopener in first-half injurytime, unwittingly deflect-ing Andrea Pirlo's free-kick past a wrong-footedPepe Reina.

Steven Gerrard misseda glorious chance toequalise before Inzaghislid home a second eightminutes from time.

Dirk Kuyt pulled oneback with a header witha minute left, but timeran out.

News conference:Liverpool boss Rafael

BenitezInterview: Liverpool's

Jermaine PennantInterview: Jamie

CarragherLiverpool, as expected,

used Kuyt as a lone frontman with captain Gerrard

pushed into an advancedrole.

And it was a ploy thatworked well until Liver-pool conceded unfortu-nately in the dying sec-onds of the first half.

Internet

Filippo Inzaghi.

Hero Inzaghi hails team-mates

ATHENS, 23 May—Mi-lan's man-of-the-matchFilippo Inzaghi paid trib-ute to his team-mates afterlifting the UEFA Cham-pions League.

The Italian internationalfired home a goal in eachhalf to give Milan a 2-1success over Liverpool inAthens. Inzaghi, though,was quick to heap praise

on the rest of the team de-spite his brace.

"This side deserves thecongratulations, they mademe," he told Sky Italia.

"I have already won theChampions League, but toscore two in the final - Ican't believe this.

"I dedicate this to myfamily and the people whoare close to me.

"Two years ago I wasout for a season, and Milanwaited for me to come backto action - I don't forgetthese things." Inzaghi in-sisted that he will now endhis career with Milan.

"As long as I feel good,I will wear this shirt - thiswill be the last shirt I wearin my career," he re-vealed.—Internet

Carlos Tevez

Eggert keen to keep Tevez

LONDON, 23 May—West Ham United chair-man Eggert Magnussoninsists the club will do allthey can over the sum-mer to retain CarlosTevez.

The Hammers termi-nated third-party agree-ments with Tevez's agentKia Joorabchian in orderto secure his registration,which gave his companyMedia Sports Investment(MSI) the right to sell theplayer.

However, Magnussoninsists Tevez is undercontract with them, re-gardless of whether RealMadrid are lining up a

big-money move for theArgentina internationalthis summer.

"There is bound to be alot of speculation over thesummer about our play-ing squad. It is normal ina transfer window," hetold the club's officialwebsite.

"We are ambitious forthis club and what we canachieve next season. Wewant to strengthen thesquad and to build on thepositives of the 2006/07season.

"We will work hardover the summer to pre-pare for next season andthat includes keeping ourbest players who want toplay for us.

"There will be a par-ticular focus on CarlosTevez and I want him tostay. He is a West Hamplayer, registered withand contracted to the clubwith three years remain-ing on a four-year con-tract."—Internet

Santos FC's Claudio Maldonado (R)kicks the ball away from CF America'sNelson Cuevas in the second leg matchof the Copa Libertadores quarterfinalsin Santos, on 23 May, 2007.—INTERNET

Trenton Thunder pitcher RogerClemens delivers a pitch to the

Portland Sea Dogs during secondinning Eastern minor league baseballaction in Trenton, New Jersey, on 23

May, 2007. — INTERNET

Mauresmo into Strasbourgopen third round

STRASBOURG (France), 24 May — FrenchwomanAmelie Mauresmo recovered from a sluggish start tobeat Uzbekistan's Varvara Lepchenko 6-4, 6-1 andreach the third round of the Strasbourg Open onWednesday. Mauresmo, who slumped to a surprisesecond round defeat in Rome last week, entered thetournament in order to get more competition ahead ofthe French Open starting on Sunday.

The Wimbledon champion, who has never made itpast the quarter-finals at Roland Garros, lost her serveearly in the match against the world number 105 butbroke twice to secure the first set.

The second set was a mere formality for the formerworld number one, who wrapped up the win in 86minutes.— MNA/Reuters

Davydenko, Roddick power into quarterfinals VIENNA, 24 May — Top seeds Nikolay

Davydenko and Andy Roddick continuedtheir impressive starts to the ATP tourna-ment in Poertschach on Wednesday withboth enjoying comfortable second roundwins. Roddick, the American world numberthree and tournament second seed, dis-posed of Denmark's Kristian Pless 6-4, 6-3while Davydenko beat Ecuador's NicolasLapentti 6-4, 6-2.

Just as in his opening round win overAustrian wildcard Alexander Peya, Roddickrelied heavily on strong serving -- winningall but nine of his 49 service points.

Pless' chances were apparently nothelped by a neck injury midway through thematch.

Roddick's win earned him his first quar-terfinal spot at a claycourt tournament in

over a year and suggested a strong im-provement in form since his early exitfrom this month's Masters Series event inRome. Rarely at his best on clay, theformer world number one is hoping tofine-tune his game before next week'sFrench Open, where he has never beenpast the third round.

His next test in Poertschach comes inthe form of 20-year-old Frenchman GaelMonfils, who downed Roddick 6-2, 6-3during last year's Rome quarterfinals.

Davydenko, who is looking to win histhird successive title at this event, had toface one of his bogey opponents onWednesday, with Lapentti boasting a 3-0record in previous head-to-head meetingswith the current world number four.

MNA/Reuters

Bad boy Kameda wins secondflyweight bout

OSAKA, 24 May — Ja-pan's Koki Kameda stoppedIndonesian Irfan Ogah towin his second fight at fly-weight on Wednesday butdid little to dispell his badboy image.

The 20-year-old wonby technical knockout twominutes 23 seconds intoround eight for his first KOvictory in over a year al-though his show-boatingantics left a sour taste.

Kameda, who relin-quished his WBA light-fly-weight title, emerged fromthe mouth of a fire-breath-ing dragon's mouth for the10-round fight in front ofhis hometown fans inOsaka. He dominated fromthe start but repeatedly wig-gled his hips and poked histongue out at Ogah, whofought back bravely afterbeing smashed through theropes in round six.

But Kameda, whomade a successful step-upto flyweight by beatingMexico's Everardo Moraleson a unanimous points de-cision in March, had toomuch firepower for his 19-year-old opponent.

"He was 19 and I givehim credit," Kameda toldJapan's TBS television af-ter the bout. "He took a lotof punches but he kept com-ing back for more."

Kameda had said in therun-up to the fight that hehad considered quitting ifhe was unable to get backinto the routine of knock-

ing out his opponents again. "When he bounced

back in the sixth round Ithought about retiringagain," joked Kameda,who had predicted a quickend to the fight. "I justcouldn't get him to fall. Ifeel like I'm back but I'vestill got a lot of work to doand I will get stronger."Osaka police had beefedup security to keep out"yakuza" gangsters at thefight in line with a driveby the Japan Boxing Com-mission keep the sport freeof mobsters and trouble-makers. — MNA/Reuters

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Thursday, 24 May, 2007Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hours

MST: During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowershave been isolated in Shan and Kayah States, upperSagaing, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, scattered inChin State, fairly widespread in Kachin and RakhineStates, Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions and wide-spread in the remaining areas. Day temperatures were(3ºC) to (4ºC) below May average temperature in KachinState, Mandalay and Magway Divisions, (3ºC) to (4ºC)above May average temperature in Ayeyawady andTaninthayi Divisions and about May average tempera-ture in the remaining areas. The noteworthy amounts ofrainfall recorded were Sittway (2.75) inches, Shwegyin(2.44) inches, Myitkyina (1.49) inches, Yangon (Kaba-Aye) (1.26) inches and Sagaing (1.10) inches.

Maximum temperature on 23-5-2007 was 91°F.Minimum temperature on 24-5-2007 was 73°F. Relativehumidity at 09:30 hours MST on 24-5-2007 was 93%.Total sunshine hours on 23-5-2007 was (8.1) hoursapporox.

Rainfall on 24-5-2007 was (0.16) inch at Mingaladon,(1.26) inches at Kaba-Aye and (0.99) inch at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2007 was (24.92) inchesat Mingaladon, (29.29) inches at Kaba-Aye and (27.76)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon(Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from Southwest at (21:30) hoursMST on 23-5-2007.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theNorth Bay and monsoon is moderate in the Andaman Seaand elsewhere in the Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 25-5-2007: Rain orthundershowers will be widespread in Mon and KayinStates, Taninthayi Division, fairly widespread in Kachinand Rakhine States, Yangon, Ayeyawady and BagoDivisions, scattered in Chin State and Sagaing Divisionand isolated in the remaining areas. Degree of certainty is(80%).

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

Outlook for subsequent two days: Moderatemonsoon in Andaman Sea and South Bay.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringareas for 25-5-2007: Isolated rain or thundershowers.Degree of certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areas for25-5-2007: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring areasfor 25-5-2007: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

WEATHER

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GENEVA, 24 May — Whales, dolphins and porpoises are facing increasing threats from climate change,said a new report published by environmental group World Wildlife Fund WWF and the Whale and DolphinConservation Society (WDCS) on Tuesday.

Ocean’s biggest mammals threatened byclimate change

The report “Whalesin hot water?” highlightedthe growing impacts ofclimate change oncetaceans, which rangefrom changes in seatemperature and thefreshening of the seawaterbecause of the melting ofice and increased rainfalls,to sea level rise, loss of icypolar habitats and thedecline of krill populationsin key areas.

Krill, a tiny shrimp-like marine animal that isdependent on sea ice, is the

main source of food formany of the great whales.

Accelerating climatechange adds significantlyto disturbances from otherhuman activities, such aschemical and noisepollution, collisions withships and entanglement infishing nets, which killssome 1,000 cetaceansevery day. “Whales,dolphins and porpoiseshave some capacity toadapt to their changingenvironment,” said MarkSimmonds, international

director of science atWDCS.

“But the climate isnow changing at such a fastpace that it is unclear towhat extent whales anddolphins will be able toadjust, and we believemany populations to bevery vulnerable topredicted changes,” hesaid.

Climate changeimpacts are currentlygreatest in the Arctic andthe Antarctic. According tothe report, cetaceans thatrely on polar, icy waters fortheir habitat and foodresources — such asbelugas, narwhal, andbowhead whales — arelikely to be dramaticallyaffected by the reductionof sea ice cover.

And as sea ice coverdecreases, there will bemore human activities,such as commercialshipping, oil, gas andmining exploration anddevelopment as well asmilitary activities, inpreviously untouched areas

of the Arctic. “This willresult in much greater risksfrom oil and chemicalspills, worse acousticdisturbance and morecollisions between whalesand ships,” said the leadauthor of the report,Wendy Elliott, fromWWF’s Global SpeciesProgramme.

Other projectedimpacts of climate changelisted in the report include:reduction of availablehabitat for several cetaceanspecies unable to moveinto colder waters (eg riverdolphins); the acidificationof the oceans as theyabsorb growing quantitiesof CO2; an increasedsusceptibility of cetaceansto diseases; and reducedreproductive success, bodycondition and survivalrates.

WCDS and WWFare urging governments tocut CO2 global emissionsby at least 50 per cent bythe middle of this century.

MNA/Xinhua

Palestinian refugees, who fled their besieged campof Nahr al-Bared in north Lebanon, look from a

window of a classroom at the adjacent refugee campof Bedawi on Thursday. — INTERNET

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INSIDE SAYA PHONEPAGE 7

They are

dutiful

She had a bad historical background. With-out holding Bogyoke Aung San in high regard,without showing any regard to national peo-ple, and failing to preserve her own lineage, shehad done as she pleased. Supposing she cameto power, I darenot imagine what the nation’sfuture would be like.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win inspects agriculturaltasks in Muse, Hsipaw townships

People of Namlan region enjoy fruitsof prevailing peace and stability

Weather Forecast for (25-5-2007)

Isolated rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (80%).

One or two rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (80%).

Isolated rain or thundershowers.

Degree of certainty is (80%).

Nay Pyi Taw and

neighbouring areas

Yangon and

neighbouring areas

Mandalay and

neighbouring areas

Self-seeking acts of NLD let downparty members, party relies on somebig western nations, commits itself toacts harmful to the State and people

Lt-Gen Kyaw Win presents exercise books and stationery to students in Pannyu Village, HsipawTownship, through teachers. — MNA

Two of Sagaing Township NLD quitYANGON, 24 May — Two members —U Kyi Maung and U Min Han of

Myinse Village— of Sagaing Township National League for Democracy ofSagaing Division resigned from NLD of their own accord on 15 May.

They sent their resignation letters to NLD headquarters and localauthorities concerned. In their letters sent to Sagaing Township Multi-partyDemocracy General Election Sub-commission, they said that they were fed upwith the acts of party’s leaders who have sought only their self-interest. Thereasons for resigning from the party were that the party relied on some big westernnations and committed itself to the acts harmful to the State and the people,whilepractising directives from embassies. So, they had no more wishes to be partymembers and had sent their resignation letters to the NLD headquarters.

MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 24 May— Member of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Lt-Gen KyawWin of the Ministry ofDefence, accompanied byChairman of Shan State(North) PDC Commanderof North-East CommandMaj-Gen Aung Than Htutand officials, on 21 Mayheard reports on landpreparations for growing860 acres of rubber inTeinlon and Nampan vil-lages of Muse Townshippresented by responsiblepersons of Soso PyaypyayCo, and viewed nurturingof 992,485 rubber saplingsat the nursery of the com-pany.

They inspectedHsinshweli maize andsummer paddy plantationsof Muse and developmentof the town by car. Next,they proceeded to Lashio.

On 22 May, they leftfor Hsipaw along Lashio-Hsipaw-Mandalay UnionHighway. Along the routeto Pannyu Village ofHsipaw Township, they

viewed thriving soya beanand other crop plantationsand preservation of natu-ral forests.

In Pannyu Village,Lt-Gen Kyaw Win cor-dially conversed with serv-ice personnel and teachersand instructed them to par-ticipate in restoring peaceand stability of the regionand undertake regional de-velopment tasks.

Lt-Gen Kyaw Winpresented exercise booksand stationery to studentsthrough officials.

At Loilem TimberExtraction Region nearNamlan Village-tract,they inspected stockpilingof logs from Loilem andMongkai Townships andTonglao Reserve Forest.

In Namlan Village,national race leader U LweMong, responsible per-sons and local people wel-comed Lt-Gen Kyaw Winand party. In meeting withdepartmental personneland local people at theVillage PDC Office,Lt-Gen Kyaw Win heard

reports on progress of thetownship. After attendingto the needs, he said thatas Namlan region is lo-cated in the junction ofsouthern and northernparts of Shan State, de-velopment of businessescan be witnessed in the

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