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Volume XVI, Number 19 3rd Waxing of Kason 1370 ME Wednesday, 7 May, 2008

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

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

stitution* Building of a new modern developed nation

in accord with the new State Constitution

* Development of agriculture as the base and all-round develop-ment of other sectors of the economy as well

* Proper evolution of the market-oriented economic system* Development of the economy inviting participation in terms

of technical know-how and investments from sources insidethe country and abroad

* The initiative to shape the national economy must be kept in thehands of the State and the national 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

standards of the entire nation

Four political objectives Four economic objectives Four social objectives

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

1. The commission has announced that the referendum will be held on 10 May 2008 for approval of the draft constitution of the Republic of the Union of Myanmar.2. However, due to the cyclonic storm ‘NARGIS’ that hit Myanmar on 2 May 2008, the State Peace and Development Council announced Ayeyawady, Yangon

and Bago Divisions and Mon and Kayin States as the affected areas.3. Now, some townships in the disaster-hit areas have returned to normalcy. The State Peace and Development Council hereby releases Announcement

No 5/2008 on 6 May 2008 that the followings townships remain as the affected areas.(a) Ngaputaw, Labutta, Mawlamyinegyun, Pyapon, Bogale, Kyaiklat and Dedaye in Ayeyawady Division, totalling seven townships.(b) Tamway, South Okkalapa, Dagon (Seikkan), Dagon Myothit (South), Dagon Myothit (North), Dagon Myothit (East), Dawbon, Pazundaung,

Botahtaung, Mingala Taungnyunt, North Okkalapa, Yankin, Thakayta, Thingangyun, Kamayut, Kyimyindine, Kyauktada, Sangyoung, Seikkan,Dagon, Pabedan, Bahan, Mayangon, Latha, Hline, Lanmadaw, Ahlon, Thanlyin, Kyauktan, Thongwa, Kayan, Twantay, Kungyangon, Kawhmu, Dalla,Seikkyi Khanaungto, Insein, Mingaladon, Shwepyitha and Hlinethaya in Yangon Division, totalling 40 townships.

4. The referendum due to be held in the townships stated in para (3) are postponed to 24 May 2008.

(Aung Toe) Chairman

Commission for Holding Referendum

Union of MyanmarCommission for Holding Referendum

Announcement No 8/20082nd Waxing of Kason 1370 ME

(6 May 2008)

Let’s go to the polling booth to cast vote.

Union of MyanmarState Peace and Development Council

(Announcement No 5/2008)2nd Waxing of Kason 1370 ME

(6 May 2008)1. The State Peace and Development Council announced the following regions as disaster-hit regions that were struck by the cyclonic storm Nargis under

Announcement No 4/2008 dated on 3 May 2008.(a) Ayeyawady Division(b) Yangon Division(c) Bago Division(d) Mon State(e) Kayin State

(See page 2)

The Commission for Holding the Referendum will hold the referendum on 10 May 2008 as scheduled in all the statesand divisions except the 40 townships in Yangon Division and seven townships in Ayeyawady Division that have beenannounced to remain the disaster-hit areas under Announcement No 5/2008 of the State Peace and Development Councilof the Union of Myanmar.

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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 DesireWednesday, 7 May, 2008

The cyclonic storm (NARGIS) thatoccurred in Myanmar claimed casualties andproperty in some areas in Yangon, Ayeyawadyand Bago divisions and Mon and Kayin states.Now, relief and resettlement works are beingcarried out at the national level forrehabilitation of local people in the areas thatcame under the severe natural disaster.

Members of the Tatmadaw, MyanmarPolice Force, fire brigade and socialorganizations, and staff of development affairscommittees and local people are engaged inclearing the blocked roads and railroads andreconstructing tasks for removing the debris,supply of electricity and water,communication service and transport in theaffected areas.

At the same time, work is under way toprovide relief supplies such as clothes, rice,edible oil and gram and clean water for thevictims.

Not only that, temporary clinics have alsobeen opened to provide health care to localresidents in the disaster-hit areas. Membersof the Myanmar Red Cross Society areparticipating in the relief and resettlementservice and providing relief such as blankets,mosquito nets, aluminum utensils and plates.

Now, various organizations are clearingthe blocked roads and carrying outrehabilitation tasks actively under the closesupervision of the National DisasterPreparedness Central Committee. So, thepeople, on their part, have to provide cashand kind for the affected areas to return tonormal as soon as possible.

Rehabilitation tasks beingcarried out for the peopleof storm-hit areas

(from page 1)2. As the government has been taking relief and resettlement measures in a speedy and effective way, the

following affected regions returned to normal and they have now been dropped from the list of disaster-hit regions.(a) Bago Division(b) Mon State(c) Kayin State(d) Htantabin, Hlegu, Hmawby, Taikkyi and Cocokyun Townships in Yangon Division totalling

5 townships.(e) Pathein, Kangyidaunk, Thabaung, Kyonpyaw, Yekyi, Kyaunggkon, Hinthada, Zalun, Laymyethna,

Myanaung, Kyangin, Ingapu, Myaungmya, Einme, Wakema, Maubin, Pantanaw, Nyaungdon andDanubyu Townships in Ayeyawady Division totalling 19 townships.

3. The following townships in Yangon and Ayeyawady Divisions continue to be designated as disaster-hit regions, and relief and resettlement measures are being taken in those regions.(a) Tamway, South Okkalapa, Dagon (Seikkan), Dagon Myothit (South), Dagon Myothit (North),

Dagon Myothit (East), Dawbon, Pazundaung, Botahtaung, Mingala Taungnyunt, North Okkalapa,Yankin, Thakayta, Thingangyun, Kamayut, Kyimyindine, Kyauktada, Sangyoung, Seikkan,Dagon, Pabedan, Bahan, Mayangon, Latha, Hline, Lanmadaw, Ahlon, Thanlyin, Kyauktan,Thongwa, Kayan, Twantay, Kungyangon, Kawhmu, Dalla, Seikkyi Khanaungto, Insein, Mingaladon,Shwepyitha and Hlinethaya Townships in Yangon Division totalling 40 townships.

(b) Ngaputaw, Labutta, Mawlamyinegyun, Pyapon, Bogale, Kyaiklat and Dedaye Townships inAyeyawady Divison totalling 7 townships.

By orderSd / Thiha Thura Tin Aung Myint Oo

Lieutenant-GeneralSecretary-1

State Peace and Development Council

Union of MyanmarState Peace and Development Council

(Announcement No 5/2008)2nd Waxing of Kason 1370 ME

(6 May 2008)

Disaster victims in Hlinethaya Townshipprovided with rice and cash

YANGON, 6 May —Secretariat Member of theUnion Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationIn-charge of HlinethayaTownship Minister for

Information Brig-GenKyaw Hsan donated bagsof rice and cash to ‘Nargis’victims in HlinethayaTownship yesterday.

He met with the storm

victims at the relief campsat Basic Education MiddleSchool Nos 7 and 8, BasicEducation High SchoolNo 2 and Basic EducationPrimary School No 15 andprovided bags of rice andcash.

In his words ofencouragement, theminister said: officialsconcerned are arrangingrelief, clearance andresettlement activities inthe disaster-hit areas. Withthe guidance of the Headof State, officialssupervised by the PrimeMinister visited the areasstricken by the disaster andperformed tasks of reliefand resettlement withgreat efforts. Helicopters

were being used foremergency relief.

He continued thatTamadawmen, membersof Union Solidarity andDevelopment Associationand social organizationsplayed a part in theactivities. The govern-ment has been providingfood, medicines and otherrelief supplies in time tothe victims in the disaster-hit areas.

Later, the SecretariatMember cordially metthose at the relief camps.

The minister donated120 bags of rice and cashfor the victims inHlinethaya Townshipthrough officials con-cerned.—MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan meeting

with storm victims at No 2 BEHS in

Hlinethaya Township.

MNA

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Demonstrators shout slogans outside Bakara market in Mogadishu,on 5 May, 2008.—INTERNET

A Russian policeman guards in front of Topol-M ICBM during a rehearsalfor the nation’s Victory Day parade in Moscow. Fighter jets circled over RedSquare on Monday as Russia prepared a huge patriotic display around this

week’s presidential inauguration, amid rising tension with pro-Westernneighbour Georgia.—INTERNET

BAKU, 6 May — ARussian cargo detained inAzerbaijan on its way toIran’s Bushehr nuclearplant has been allowed tocross the border into theIslamic Republic, theAzeri Foreign Ministrysaid on Thursday.

“The cargo has beenallowed to cross over theborder,” a ministryspokesman said.

Heat insulators forthe nuclear plant werestopped at Astara, on the

Azerbaijan frees Russian cargofor Iran atom plant

Azeri-Iranian border on 29March, Russian officialssaid.

The delay raisedtension between Russiaand Iran, with each sayingthe other should do moreto persuade Azeriauthorities to free thecargo.

Azeri officials hadsaid it did not have theright permit. Russia saidthe correct documentswere supplied with thecargo.

Russia has alreadydelivered nuclear fuel

under a one-billion-US-dollar contract to build theBushehr plant, on the Gulfcoast in southwest Iran,and Iranian officials saythe reactor is likely to bestarted up in 2008.

Russia signed acontract to build the plantin 1995 based on an earlierproject begun in the 1970sby the German firmSiemens. The project wasdisrupted by Iran’s 1979Islamic Revolution andthe 1980-88 Iran-IraqWar.

MNA/Reuters

UNITED NATIONS, 6May — The UN SecurityCouncil held onWednesday an opendebate on the threat posedby the illicit flow of smallarms to international peaceand security. During themeeting, HanneloreHoppe, deputy to thehigh representative for

UNSC holds open debate on threatof small arms

disarmament affairs,presented UN Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon’sfirst-ever report on smallarms.

In the report, the UNchief said that, while abuild-up of small armsalone may not create theconflicts in which they areused, their excessive

accumulation anduniversal availabilitytends to aggravateconflicts and lengthenthem.

Most present-dayconflicts are fought mainlywith small arms and lightweapons, he said. Theyare broadly used in inter-State conflict and are the

weapons of choice in civilwars and for terrorism,organized crime andgang warfare, he noted.The report stressed theneed for collabora-tion between the Coun-cil and the GeneralAssembly to curb theillicit flows of arms andammunition to crisis andconflict areas.

Additionally, itpresented several recom-mendations directlyinvolving the Council,including strengtheningties between its armsembargoes and itsdisarmament, demobili-zation and reintegrationefforts, as well as tofurther apply its practiceof tying arms embargoexceptions to securitysector reform.

MNA/Xinhua

ISLAMABAD, 6 May —The first round of crucialtalks aimed at resolving thejudiciary issue has ended inDubai between PakistanPeople’s Party (PPP) Co-Chairman Asif Ali Zardariand Chief of PakistanMuslim League-Nawaz(PML-N), Mian NawazSharif, local newspaper TheNews reported Wednesday.

Both parties agreed tokeep their coalition intactlike before. However, nodecision has been made

with regard to the deadlineof judges’ restoration, thereport said.

The two parties metMonday in Dubai in a bid towork out a way to restorethe judges who were sackedafter 3 November, 2007when President PervezMusharraf declared a stateof emergency in thecountry.

The PPP claimed thata constitutional packagewhich would fix the tenureof office Chief Justice of

the Supreme Court wouldgo with the resolution torestore the judges.However, the PML-Ninsisted that thereinstatement of judgesshould not be linked withthe constitutional package.Thus talks failed onTuesday.

Nawaz Sharif onTuesday evening flew toDubai for talks with Zardarito settle the judiciary issue.

Before his departureto Dubai, Sharif said thatthe deadline for therestoration would expire on30 April.

The PPP and PML-Non 9 March made a jointdeclaration in Murree ofRawalpindi. According tothe Murree Declaration, thetwo parties agreed to form acoalition government in thecentre and reinstate thedeposed judges within 30days since the formation ofthe government.

MNA/Xinhua

First talks on judiciary issueends in Dubai

MANAGUA, 6 May — Nicaraguan President DanielOrtega, a former Marxist guerrilla, accused the UnitedStates on Wednesday of financing opponents to topplehis government.

Ortega, who fought US-backed Contra rebelsduring his first stint as head of state in the 1980s, saidofficials at the US Embassy in Managua were helpingopponents “to try to organize protests and paralyze thecountry”.

“At some point we will name those members ofthe Yankee embassy who are putting forward millionsin financing for false union leaders and fake politicalleaders to organize protests against the revolutionarygovernment,” Ortega told thousands of workers aheadof Labour Day on Thursday.

Ortega, an ally of leftist Venezuelan PresidentHugo Chavez, said Nicaragua was still open to USinvestment.

Ortega has said he wants good relations withWashington since taking office in January last year,almost 17 years after he was voted out of office.

MNA/Reuters

Nicaragua’s Ortegasays US financing

opponents

Democratic presidential candidate Senator HillaryClinton speaks during a campaign stop in High

Point, North Carolina, on 5 May, 2008.—INTERNET

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NAY PYI TAW, 6May—Maj-Gen Tha Ayeof the Ministry ofDefence, and CECMember of the UnionSolidarity andDevelopment AssociationMinister for Mines Brig-Gen Ohn Myint togetherwith Chairman of KayinState Peace andDevelopment CouncilBrig-Gen Zaw Min paidhomage to NyaungbinthaMonastery PresidingSayadaw BhaddantaVajiramuddhi andmembers of the Sanghaand donated alms to theSayadaw following theinspection of regionalgeneral condition alongThaton-Hpa-an motorroad in a motorcadeyesterday.

Next, theyviewed roundNyaungbintha village andinspected minor damagesof the ceiling of portico atHpa-an University ofComputer Studies. Theycordially met with facultymembers and the students.

Afterwards, Maj-Gen Tha Aye looked intodurability of the ThanlwinBridge (Hpa-an) and gavenecessary instructions.

Upon arrival atHpa-an, they oversawfallen trees being clearedby members of AuxiliaryFire Brigade in the wardsand those on Hpa-an-Hlaingbwe motor road byTatmadawmen, membersof Auxiliary Fire Brigadeand TownshipDevelopment Affairs

Relief and rehabilitationworks under way

in Kayin StateCommittee and cordiallymet with storm victimsand encouraged them.

Next, Maj-GenTha Aye attended ameeting to review DisasterPreparedness Committeeof Kayin State held at themeeting hall of Hpa-anStation. First Brig-GenZaw Min and officialsconcerned briefed on thesetup of disasterpreparedness committeein advance due to the stormwarning and preparednessmeasures taken against thestorm. Next, Brig-GenTun Nay Lin of the LocalBattalion briefed onpreventive measures takenagainst the storm byregiments and units andmembers of disasterpreparedness committeeon sector-wise measures.Afterwards, the secretaryof Kayin State USDAbriefed on efforts madeby members of USDA andsocial organizations inresponse to the stormwarning to enable thepeople to take preventivemeasures against thestorm. Afterwards,Minister Brig-Gen OhnMyint gave asupplementary report.

Next, Maj-GenTha Aye gave necessaryinstructions and presentedcash to members of KayinState USDA, AuxiliaryFire Brigade, Policemenand Red Cross Societywho had participated inthe clearing of debriscaused by the storm.

Next, Maj-Gen

Tha Aye and officialsinspected 4000-ton and800-ton Cement Plantsresuming operation andgave necessaryinstructions. The windspeed of the Nargis hitKayin State was 35 milesper hour and blew off roofsof a few buildings and onlytwo people were injuredin the falling tree. Now,c o m m u n i c a t i o n ,electricity and transportreturn to normal.

Afterwards, Maj-Gen Tha Aye togetherwith Chairman of MonState PDC Commander ofSouth-East CommandMaj-Gen Thet Naing Winand officials supervisedclearing of fallen trees byTatmadawmen andmembers of USDAs andpower lines repaired bystaff of the Ministry ofElectric Power No 2 inThaton and gaveinstructions to officials tosupply electricity.

Next, they lookedinto the clearing of fallentrees by Tatmadawmenand power lines repairedby staff of the Ministry ofElectric Power No 2 andgave necessaryinstructions.

Upon arrival atThaton Sub-powerStation, they oversawpower supply tasks andgave instructions toofficials concerned tofocus on power supplytasks not to cause poweroutage and madearrangements to fulful therequirements. —MNA

Commander Brig-Gen Kyaw Swe distributing food and medicines donated by Royal Thai Armed Forces to a storm victim in Labutta. — MNA

Minister Maj-Gen Htay Oo distributes food and medicines donated byRoyal Thai Armed Forces to a victim in Labutta.—MNA

YANGON, 6 May—Chairman of YangonDivision Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win went to the reliefcamp opened at No 15Basic Education PrimarySchool in HlinethayaTownship this afternoon.

Chairman ofHlinethaya Township PDCU Khin Maung Theinbriefed on losses anddamages caused by thestorm, opening of 27 reliefcamps and distribution ofrelief supplies to the stormvictims.

After hearing thereports, the commander saidthat with the assistance of

Storm victims consoled andprovided with relief aids

the Government, theYangon Division PDC incooperation withwellwishers are providingrelief aids to the stormvictims. Tatmadawmen,policemen, staff of YangonDivision Power SupplyBoard and members ofsocial organizations aretaking cooperative measuresfor electricity supply toenable the industrial zonesto resume their operation inorder that the employees willbe back at work.

Next, thecommander and party wentto relief camps of No 7Basic Education MiddleSchool in Atwinpin villageand No 8 Basic EducationHigh School in No 20 Ward

in Hlinethaya Township,met with storm victims andconsoled them.

On arrival at therelief camps opened atT h a h a p o n n y a c a r iDhammayon in No 72Ward in Dagon Myothit(South), ThantithukhaDhammayon in No 71Ward and Dhammayons inNo 54 Ward, they consoledthe storm victims andprovided them with reliefaids.

The YangonDivision PDC is workinghard for electricity supplyto enable the industrialzones to resume theiroperation besides carryingout the rescue works forthe storm victims. —MNA

YANGON, 6 May— Medicines and fooddonated by Royal ThaiArmy of Thailand weresent to Pyapon, Daydaye,Bogale andM a w l a m y i n e g y u ntownships in AyeyawadyDivision by helicopter.

Director-GeneralU Myint Tun of FireServices departmentunder the Ministry ofSocial Welfare, Relief andResettlement, Com-mandant Brig-Gen TinMaung Aye of No 1Defence Services GeneralHospital (Mingaladon),Deputy Commander ofMinigaladon Air Base ColThein Naing and officialsand members ofTatmadaw accepted themedicines and fooddonated by Thailandsystematically. And these

Medicines and food sent toAyeyawady Division

supplies were loaded ontohelicopters from 2.30 pmto 3.30 pm.

On arrival atPyapon, Chairman ofPyapon District Peace andDevelopment Council UMyo Chit, Chairman ofTownship PDC U MyoMyint Zaw and partywelcomed the arrival of No1 helicopter carryingmedicines and food.Deputy Director-GeneralU Thet Naing of Relief andResettlement handed themover to officials. Thesefoods and medicines willbe distributed to residentsof Pyapon and Daydayetownships.

Likewise, inLabutta, Chairman ofAyeyawady DivisionPDC, Commander ofSouth-West CommandBrig-Gen Kyaw Swe and

Minister for Agricultureand Irrigation Maj-GenHaty Oo welcomed thearrival of No 2 helicopterand distributed food andmedicines to victims.

In Bogale,Minister for Forestry Brig-Gen Thein Aung andofficials welcomed thearrival of No 3 helicopterand distributed food andmedicines to victims.

Likewise, No 4helicopter carryingmedicines and householdgoods arrived atMawlamyinegyun.

The materialsdonated by Thailand tothose townships inAyeyawady Division areall sorts of medicines,sausages, canned fishesand purified drinking waterand noodle packages andsachets.—MNA

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Nargis victimsin Ayeyawady…

(from page 16)Moreover, the Adjutant-General saw to the transferof fourteen patients whoneeded emergencymedical treatment toPathein General Hospitalby helicopter.

He then handed overrelief supplies, medicinesand drinking watercollected in PatheinAirport to the commanderwho supervised the rescueworks in Pyinsalu.

The commanderdistributed them to thestorm victims andarranged the transfer of24 patients by helicopterto People’s Hospital inLabutta Township.

With relief supplieson board, the Adjutant-

General and the ministerinspected whether Ahmain Pyapon Township andHtawpaing Nautmee,Daw Nyein, Kyonkadonand Thamainhtaw village-tracts were hit by thecyclonic storm.

They airdropped thesupplies for the victims in

Satsan village-tract inPyapon Township.

They met andcomforted the stormvictims in Kyaiklat andinstructed officialsconcerned to uplift themomentum of reliefworks.

MNA

Minister Brig-Gen Thein Aung inspects unloading of goods and medicines donated by Royal Thai ArmedForces from a helicopter in Bogale. — MNA

Staff of Myanma Railways remove trees fallen on railroads. RAILWAYS

Mayor Brig-Gen Aung Thein Lin inspects supply of drinking water toresidents in Latha Township. —�YCDC

NAY PYI TAW, 6 May –Water has been distributedto six townships indowntown Yangon.

People in Yangonexperiened water shortagesdue to power outagecaused by the storm

Nargis. Respectivedepartments made effortsto address the problem.Yesterday, with the use oftwo generators in themorning and threegenerators in the afternoon,water was fed into Mya

Yeik Nyo water tank andthen distributed to sixtownships in downtownYangon.

So the people in theseareas were able to fetchwater.

MNA

Water available in six townships indowntown Yangon

Regular rail services resumeYANGON, 6 May —

There run now regulartrains after rail serviceshad suspendedtemporarily due tocyclonic storm Nargis on2 May.

Staff of Myanma

Railways have alreadycleared the trees that fellon the rails. This being so,trains are rerunning asbefore from Yangon toMandalay, from Yangonto Nay Pyi Taw, and fromYangon to Dawei through

Mawlamyine on 4 Mayevening, and from Yangonto Pyay and somecommuter trains inYangon on 5 May.

Yangon commutertrains run regularly as fromtoday.— MNA

Minister inspects power supply tasks inHlinethaya, Mingaladon, Hmawby

YANGON, 6 May —Minister for ElectricPower No 2 Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint wentto Hlinethaya Main Sub-Power Station inHlinethaya Townshipyesterday and inspectedpreparations for powersupply.

The minister alsoinspected production ofconcrete posts at YangonConcrete PostsProduction.

Afterwards, theminister and party went toMingaladon Townshipand inspected repairingand installation of cables.

Minister Maj-Gen

Khin Maung Myint andparty proceeded to PugyiWater Purifying Plant inHlawga and gaveinstructions on powersupply from the plant.

During his tour ofMingaladon Township,the minister inspected theCNG Refilling Station andgave instructions onpower supply to thestation.

He also inspected thereconstruction of thepower supply system toPale Industrial Zone.

Afterwards, theminister inspectedconnecting cables withKyatphyukan Sub-power

Station and Myawady TVStation in HmawbyTownship.

On his tour ofNgamoeyeik WaterPurifying Plant andHlawga Sub-powerStation, the ministerinspected condition oftransformers andpreparations for powersupply tasks.

Minister Maj-GenKhin Maung Myint held ameeting with officialsconcerned at the office ofYangon Power SupplyBoard and gaveinstructions on powersupply to four districts inYangon. —MNA

Clean water forYangonitesYANGON, 6 May—

Chairman of Yangon CityDevelopment CommitteeMayor Brig-Gen AungThein Lin and officialsinspected supplying cleanwater by cars to people ofLanmadaw, Latha,Pabedan, Kyauktada,Botahtaung, andPazundaung Townships on5 May and attended to the

needs.This morning, the

Mayor inspected YCDCstaff clearing the fallingtrees on Kaba Aye PagodaRoad, near roundabout ofU Htaung Bo, BahanTownship, and ShwedagonPagoda road, near junctionof Shwedagon PagodaRoad and Bogyoke Street,after being struck by

cyclone Nargis and fulfilledthe requirements.

The Mayor inspectedproviding clean water topeople of the 11th Street,between Anawrhahta Streetand Bogyoke Street, andthe 20th Street, betweenMaha Bandooa Street andStrand Road and attendedto the needs.

MNA

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YANGON, 6 May—A press conference onconditions of some regionsof Myanmar that werestruck by the cyclonicstorm ‘Nargis’ and reliefmeasures being taken washeld at the Myanmar Raidoand Television’s Studio(A) Hall on Pyay Road hereat 11 am today.

It was attened byChairman of InformationCommittee of the StatePeace and DevelopmentCouncil Minister forInformation Brig-GenKyaw Hsan, Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief andResettlement and forImmi-gration andPopulation Maj-GenMaung Maung Swe, headsof departments andenterprises under theMinistry of Information,chief-editors of dailies, theChairman of MyanmarWriters and JournalistsAssocition, the Vice-Chairman and executives,the Patron of MyanmarForeign CorrespondentsClub, the President andmember correspondents,members of editorialboards of magazines andjournals and guests.

In hisclarification, MinisterBrig-Gen Kyaw Hsan saidthat the severe cyclonicstorm Nargis originated inBay of Bangal as a lowpressure area. The lowpressure area becamestronger on 27 April andreached a state of a smallstorm. The cyclone passedover Hainggyi Islandregion on 2 May as it had

Steps being taken in two phases for regular power supplyPress conference on ‘relief measures’held

In line with thewarnings, cyclonic stormNargis struck AyeyawadyDivision, YangonDivision, Mon State andKayin State from 2 Maymorning to 3 May evening.Therefore, there werelosses and damages inAyeyawady Division,Yangon Division, MonState and Kayin State, headded.

Members ofNDPCC led by PrimeMinister General TheinSein rushed to the cyclone-hit areas from Nay Pyi Tawsoon after the meeting ofNDPCC held on 3 Maymorning and startedlaunching a drive forclearing debris andcarrying out reconstructionand relief works. Similarly,the State Peace andDevelopment Councilissued An-nouncement No4/2008 on 3 May anddesignated the affectedregions, namely, Yangon,Ayeyawady and BagoDivisions and Mon andKayin States as disaster-stricken regions under theannouncement so as to beable to take the nationallevel relief measures, henoted.

In the meantime,senior military officers ledby Prime Minister GeneralThein Sein together withsome NDPCC membersare supervising the clearingand relief works in YangonDivision and othercyclone-hit states anddivisions. Together withthe Prime Minister,Commander-in-Chief

Myanmar Women’sAffairs Federation,Maternal and Child WelfareAssociation, Red Cross,Fire Brigade and WarVeterans Organization areparticipating in thecampaign. Tatmadawhelicopters are being usedwherever necessary, hedisclosed.

In a similarmanner, Commander-in-Chief (Navy) Vice-Admiral Soe Thein,Adjutant-General Maj-Gen Thura Myint Aung,Commander of South-West Command Brig-GenKyaw Swe and membersof NDPCC Ministers Maj-Gen Htay Oo, Maj-Gen TinHtut, Brig-Gen TheinAung and Col Thein Nyuntare making field trips tosupervise the clearing andrelief works in AyeyawadyDivision with the use ofTatmadaw helicopterswherever necessary.

Tatmadaw mem-bers of No 66 LID and

Minister Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan briefs on condition of relief works in areas hit by cyclonic storm ‘Nargis’. — MNA

become stronger andstronger. At 10 pm on 2May, it became strongerwith a wind speed from 50to 60 miles per hour, atmidnight with a windspeed of 70 miles per hourand at 2 pm with a windspeed of 120 miles. Thecyclone with a diameter ofabout 150 miles struckAyeyawady, Yangon andBago Divisions and Monand Kayin States on 2 and3 May and moved intonorth-eastwards andweakened.

The governmentissued warnings to thepeople as to the severecyclonic storm Nargissince 24 April throughnewspapers, radio and TV.The warnings of radio andTV on 1 May and that ofnewspapers on 2 May saidthat the cyclone could bringdamages to north-eastregions such asThayawady and Yangonand to north regions suchas Gwa, Pathein,Myaungmya, Labutta,M a w l a m y i n e g y u n ,Kyonmangay, Chaungtha,Ngwehsaung and Bogale,and there can be strongwind during the cyclonicstorm.

The NationalDisaster PreparednessCentral Committee wasinformed of the cyclone.The NDPCC was formedin 2005 to take necessarymeasures in case of disasterdrawing lessons from theincident of Tsunami thatoccurred in South-eastAsian region in December2005.

(Air) Lt-Gen Myat Hein issupervising the reliefmeasures by helicopter, hesaid.

Lt-Gen Myint Sweof the Ministry of Defence,Commander of YangonCommand Maj-Gen HlaHtay Win, members ofNDPCC Ministers Maj-Gen Khin Maung Myint,Brig-Gen Lun Thi, Brig-Gen Maung Maung Thein,Maj-Gen Hla Tun, Maj-Gen Maung Maung Swe,Maj-Gen Aung Kyi, Brig-Gen Kyaw Hsan, Brig-GenTin Naing Thein, Brig-GenThein Zaw and Col ZawMin, Deputy MinistersBrig-Gen Myint Thein,Brig-Gen Phone Swe andDr Mya Oo are supervisingthe clearing and relief tasksin Yangon Division.Tatmadaw members of No11 LID and No 77 LID,members of MyanmarPolice Force,Tatmadawmen of YangonCommand, members ofYangon Divison USDA

Western Command, MPFmembers, USDAmembers, members ofWomen’s Affairs Feder-ation, Maternal and ChildWelfare Association, RedCross, Fire Brigade andWar Veterans Organi-zation in AyeyawadyDivision are participatingin the drive. �Commander ofSouthern Command Maj-Gen Ko Ko, members ofNDPCC Ministers Maj-Gen Aung Min, Brig-GenThura Aye Myint, DeputyMinisters Thura U ThaungLwin and U Ohn Myint aresupervising the clearingand relief tasks in BagoDivision being carried outby Tatmadawmen ofSouthern Command, MPFmembers, USDA mem-bers, members ofWomen’s Affairs Federa-tion, Maternal and ChildWel-fare Association, RedCross, Fire Brigade andWar

(See page 7)

Tatmadawmen, Red Cross members and volunteers unloading food andmedicines donated by Royal Thai Armed Forces from a helicopter in

Mawlamyinegyun. — MNA

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(from page 6) Veterans Organization in Bago Division.

Maj-Gen Tha Aye of the Ministry of Defence,Commander of South-East Command Maj-Gen ThetNaing Win, members of NDPCC Ministers Brig-GenOhn Myint and Brig-Gen Thura Myint Maung aresupervising the clearing and relief tasks in Mon Statebeing carried out by Tatmadawmen of South-EastCommand, MPF members, USDA members, membersof Women’s Affairs Federation, Maternal and ChildWelfare Association, Red Cross, Fire Brigade and WarVeterans Organization in Mon State.

Owing to collective efforts of the Tatmadawand the people, motor roads, railroads and waterwayscan be serviceable and foreign and domestic airlinesreturn to normal while the storm-hit roads and highwaysare now used by with traffic.

For electricity, steps are being taken in first andsecond phases for power supply. In the first phase,power supply to No 2 Defence Services General Hospital,Children’s Hospital, Central Women’s Hospital, YangonGeneral Hospital, Western General Hospital, InseinCommunication Station, Insein GSM Station, MayangonOverseas Communication Station, five CNG FillingStations, Yangon International Airport, University ofComputer Studies, Phugi Water works, Yayku Waterworks and Shwedagon Pagoda can be carried out.

In the second phase, 4,000 employees arerepairing the power supply system and power will bedistributed to complete power supply network.

Out of five water supply stations in Yangon,Gyobyu Water Supply Station supplies water to Yangonregularly, and Phugyi, Hlawga and Yegu start watersupply as they have been repaired. Nyaunghnapin WaterSupply Station is under repair and it is expected tosupply water within one or two days.

Seven generators — two 100-KV generators inHlinethaya Township, two generators in ThingangyunTownship, two generators in Thakeyta Township andone generator in Latha Township — are being used tosupply water to residents in Yangon. Arrangementshave been made to bring 35-KVA, 360 KVA and 500-KVA generators to Yangon to be used in water supplytasks in Yangon.

Water supply stations on Maha Bandoola Street,at City Hall, in Thakeyta, Yeku and Ahlon townships aresupplying water to residents in Yangon. The connectionof mobile phone system is restored to its good condition,and 100 CDMA phones have been installed in Yangonfor public use and more CDMA phones will be installedin Yangon.

Regarding the prices of consumer goods,officials concerned are closely supervising the sales ofhousehold goods and foods.

Regarding loss and casualties caused by thecyclonic storm Nargis, 59 dead and 504 went missing inYangon Division, two dead in Einme, AyeyawadyDivision, 1,835 dead and 2,187 went missing inMawlamyinegyun Township, 975 dead on HainggyiIsland, 253 dead and 16 went missing on Khatta Island,Ahma Township, 789 dead and 172 went missing inDedaye Township and five dead in Pyapon Township.Over10,000 dead in Bogale Township and over 1,000

Steps being taken in two phases for regular…dead in Labutta Township.

The Government earmarked K 5 billion to bespent on relief works, and aids, and assistance from thepeople and businessmen are required to turn the situationinto normal situation as the storm caused heavy lossand damages.

Relief aids from local as well as foreign countriesare needed to help victims. The Minister for ForeignAffairs, the Minister for Social Welfare, Relief andResettlement and I also briefed Diplomats and officialsof UN agencies and NGOs on conditions of the loss anddamages and relief works.

Thailand will donate US $ 100,000 and reliefaid to the victims and a plane loaded with relief aidfrom Thailand will arrive Yangon InternationalAirport today and a plane loaded with relief aids fromthe People’s Republic of China will arrive here today.Relief aid from Singapore is expected to arrive herewithin a week and other countries have madearrangements to donate relief aid to Myanmar. Wealso want to express thanks to those countries which

show sympathy for loss and damage of Myanmar dueto the storm.

Items that are in need are tents, plastic, tarpaulin,CI sheets, clothes, drinking water, medicines, instantfoods, blankets, clothes, nails and zinc sheets.

There are rumours related to the loss and damageand people should not believe them. The State-ownedmedia has released information and news. Relief andrehabilitation works are being carried out as a nationalduty. People are to inform the local authority if they findthose who spread rumours.

As the affected area is large, tasks to be carriedout are huge. Therefore, there would be difficulties toperform these tasks. Joining hands with NGOs, thepeople and donors from local and abroad, the governmentwill work hard to carry out relief and rehabilitationworks until these efforts meet with success, the ministersaid.

Officials concerned replied to queries raised byjournalists and the press conference ended.

MNA

Members of the Tatmadaw remove trees on U Wizara Road in Yangon. — MNA

Food and medicines donated by Royal Thai Armed Forces arrive at Yangon InternationalAirport. — MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 6May — Yangon Interna-tional Airport wastemporarily closed on 3and 4 May. As from 5 Maymorning, domestic andinternational airlines haveresumed their flights.

Starting fromtoday, Myanma Airwaysregularly flies Yangon-Manda lay -Monywa-Homemalin-Monywa-M a n d a l a y - Y a n -gon,Yangon-Sittway-Yangon,Yangon-Myeik-B o k e p y i n - M y e i k -Yangon, Yangon-Man-

Yangon International Airportserves regular international

and domestic flights

Deputy Minister inspects MedicalUniversities

YANGON, 6 May — Local andinternational organizations are donatingrelief supplies such as food, medicinesand cash to storm victims at therehabilitation and reconstruction sub-committee office opened at the FireService Department (Head Office) inMayangon Township, YangonDivision.

Among those relief suppliesare instant foods worth US$ 20,000and tarpaulin worth US$ 30,000donated by UNHCR, foods andmedicines worth US$ 300,000 donatedby World Vision.

Moreover, contacts are beingmade to the sub-committee office todonate relief items to the storm victims.The relief items donated are tents,medicines, water purifiers, plastics andcutters by the Bangladeshi Ambassador;330 tent-sets each holding six peopleand 50 generators and accessory wiresworth US$ 260,000 by the JapaneseGovernment; instant foods and tarpaulin

International organizations donatemedicines, foods, cash and relief items

to storm victims in Myanmarworth US$ 50,000 by UNHCR; rice and18 tons of biscuit worth US$ 5 million byWorld Food Programme (WFP); tents,foods, clothes, mosquito nets and waterpurifiers worth US$ 3 million by WorldVision; clothes, medicines, constructionmaterials and tents by Save the ChildrenMyanmar; medicines by ForcivMyanmar; tents and medicines by MercyRelief of Singapore; US$ 100,000 by theThai Government; two plane-loads ofrelief items and two war ship-loads ofrelief items by the Indian Government;one plane-load of relief items by thePeople’s Republic of China; one plane-load of relief items by Lao People’sDemocratic Republic; foods, medicinesand water purifying items by UNICEF(Myanmar); and tents, medicines,blankets, warm clothes and waterpurifiers by Universal Navigation PteLtd (UNPL).

Other international organiza-tions are making offer to provide suchrelief aid to Myanmar. —MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6May — The s to rmcyclone, Nargis causedmany lo s se s anddamages to Ayeya -

Wellwishers may donate cash and kindto storm victims

dalay-Myitkyina-Putao-Myitkyina-Mandalay-Yangon, Yangon-Nay PyiTaw-Yangon flights, AirMandalay Yangon-NyaungU-Mandalay-Heho-Tachilek-Man-dalay-Heho-Yangon,Yangon-Dawei-Myeik-K a w t h o u n g - M y e i k -Dawei-Yangon, Yangon-Dawei-Thandwe-Yangon,Yangon Airway Yangon-NyaungU-Mandalay-Heho-Yangon, Yangon-Nay Pyi Taw-Mandalay-Tachilek-Mandalay-NayPyi Taw-Yangon and Air

Bagan Yangon-Nyaung U-Heho-Yangon, Yangon-B a n g k o k - Y a n g o n ,Yangon-Mandalay-Myit-kyina-Putao-Myitkyina-M a n d a l a y - Y a n g o n ,Yangon-Heho-Mandalay-NyaungU-Yangon flights.

International air-lines, Thai Air Asia andThai Airways Inter-national, regularly flyY a n g o n - B a n g k o k -Yangon flights, Silk Air,Y a n g o n - S i n g a p o r e -Yangon and Air ChinaY a n g o n - K u n m i n g -Yangon flights.—MNA

wady and YangonDiv i s ions . Thosewishing to donate cashand k ind to s to rmvictims may contact

District and TownshipPeace and Develop-ment Councils in statesand divisions.

MNA

A helicopter with food and medicines donated by Royal Thai

Armed Forces to distribute to storm victims being unloaded.—MNA

General Songkitti Jakkabatr hands over food and medicinesdonated by Royal Thai Armed Forces to Lt-Gen Myint Swe.—MNA

Tatmadawmen remove trees on a road in Yangon.—MNA

YANGON, 6May— Deputy Ministerfor Health Dr Paing Soeinspected University ofMedicine-2 (Yangon),University of Pharmacy(Yangon) this morning.

In the afternoon, he alsoinspected University ofMedicine-1 (Yangon),University ofCommunity Health andUniversity of Nursing(Yangon) which were

damaged by the cyclonicstorm Nargis.

He instructedthose responsible tocontinue carrying out therepsective work.

MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 6May— Militarycommands, socialorganizations andwellwishers from statesand divisions aredonating relief aids to thestorm victims out of thenational spirit.

Tatmadawmenand their families of theEastern Command andthe people of Shan State(South) donated 100,000viss of potatoes worth K29 million;Tatmadawmen and theirfamilies of the CentralCommand and the people

Relief aids donated to storm victimsof Mandalay Division,90 rolls of tarpaulin,22,000 packets ofnoodle, 16440 packets ofvarieties of snack, 4800tins of soft drinks, 4,000men’s wear, 4,000women’s wear, 2500shirts and kinds ofclothing worth K33,354,500; Tatmadaw-men and their families ofthe Triangle RegionCommand and thepeople of Shan State(East), 150 packets ofnoodle, 3000 tinned fish,72 viss of edible oil, 79packets of kinds of

snack, clothing and 3portable sewing machinesworth K 4,236,940;Tatmadawmen and theirfamilies and the people ofMagway Division, 7400viss of pulses and beans,15000 viss of onion, 5000viss of potatoes, 330 vissof edible oil, 300 men’swear, 300 women’s wearand 300 blankets worth K10,224,800 andKanbawza CompanyLimited, 54000 viss ofpotatoes and 400,000chicken eggs worth K45,660,000.

MNA

YANGON, 6 May —A ceremony to donaterelief supplies to stormvictims in Ayeyawadydivision by MyanmarWomen’s Affai rsFederation was held atthe meet ing hal l of

MWAF presents supplies inAyeyawady Division

Ayeyawady DivisionWomen’s Affai rsOrganization office on4 May afternoon.

Patron of AyeyawadyDivision WAO Daw WinWin Maw briefed ondonation of MWAF to the

victims and presented aids toeach district through officialsof Pathein, Myaungmya andPyapon districts

Donations includedwere clothes, noodles andbiscuits worth K 2 million.

MNA

YANGON, 6 May —Central ExecutiveCommittee Member ofUnion Solidarity andDevelopment AssociationVice-Chairman ofYangon City Develop-ment Committee Vice

Vice-Mayor comforts storm victimsMayor Col Maung Pawent to relief centres inDagon Myothit (East) andThakeyta townships andcomforted the stormvictims and distributedrice and foodstuffs tothem. He also went to

South OkkalapaTownship and inspectedthe removal of trees whichwere fallen during thestorm and supply ofdrinking water to stormvictims in ThingangyunTownship today. —�MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 May– There have been deaths,injuries and missing inAyeyawady and YangonDivisions caused bysevere cyclonic storm(Nargis) on 2 and 3 May.

Latest casualty figures incyclonic storm ‘Nargis’

According to the latestfigures of the victims upto 12 noon on 6 May, atotal of 21,793 people diedand 40,695 went missingin Ayeyawady Divisionwhile 671 lost their lives,

359 missing and 670injured in YangonDivision.There have been22,464 deaths, 670 injuriesand 41,054 missing in allstorm-hit regions up tonow. —MNA

Red Cross members and volunteers unloading food and medicines froma helicopter in Bogale, Ayeyawady Division. — MNA

A ceremony to donate relief aids to storm victims organized by MWAF

in progress. — MNA

Red Cross members and volunteers unloading food and medicines donated by Royal Thai Armed Forces in Labutta Township. — MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 6 May—The cyclonic storm ‘Nargis’cost lives and property insome townships in Yangon.State level officials,members of the Tatmadaw,Myanmar Police Force andsocial organizations and thepeople are carrying out reliefand resettlement tasks incollaboration.

Nevertheless, someunscrupulous persons arenow manufacturingrumours.

A rumour spreadamong those who visitedShwegondine SpecialistClinic on ShwegondineStreet in Bahan Township,Yangon, at 6 am yesterdaythat an earthquake wouldoccur soon. So, authoritiesconcerned warned them thatthe rumour was groundless,saying that the people shouldjudge the rumours withreasoning power.

Similarly, a rumourwent around at midnight on4 May that about 400 peoplewere heading forSangyoung Township tocommit robbery and terroristacts. So, the dwellers ofLinlun Ward (South),Linlun Ward (North),Moutlasaunggon Ward and

Unscrupulous personsmanufacturing rumours in some

townships of Yangon DivisionPeople urged not to believe rumours and

slanderous news, help expose rumour-mongers, inform immediately toauthorities if they hear rumours

Wailuwun Ward gottogether ward-wise, strikingalarms. And holding sticksand swords, they set upsecurity posts street-wise.Security members of theMyanmar Police Force thusaddressed the issue to easetheir worries and anxieties.

Likewise, a rumourspread in some wards inHline Township yesterdayafternoon that there weresome robberies in HlineMarket on Railway StationRoad in KamayutTownship. Therefore,authorities conductedinvestigation into the caseand found out that at about 8am the same day, somepeople under worries werejostling each other to buygoods at the market; that so,the person in-charge of themarket closed the doors ofthe market; and that someowners closed their shopsand returned home.Members of HlineTownship Police Forcesupervised the shops, andthe market reopened at about12.30 pm.

A rumour surfaced inKyimyindine Township at2 pm yesterday that a storenear Baho Sanpya fish

market was burglarized. So,authorities concernedinvestigated the case andfound out that it was just arumour invented by someunscrupulous persons. Inlike manner, a rumour cameout in KyimyindineTownship at about 6 pmyesterday that some looterswould come from the otherside of Kyimyindine to theevening open air market inEastern MagyeedantaungWard. Therefore, officialsconcerned and securitymembers had to takesecurity measures.

Hearing a rumour thatan earthquake would happen,local people came down tothe streets from their housesnear the corner of StrandRoad and Natsin Street atabout 5 pm yesterday, andabout 500 people gathered.Officials concerned made anexplanation that that wasmerely a rumour. So, thepeople returned home at 6.30pm.

At about 5 pm yesterdayin Bogalay Market inBotahtaung Township, arumour spread that a newsagency aired a news storythat there would be anearthquake between 4 pmand 6 pm. Officialsconcerned explained to themthat it was just an inventedstory. Considering the stormvictims to be the relatives,the government is carryingout relief and resettlementservices effectively.

However, destructiveelements are committingdestructive activities bymanufacturing rumourswith the intention of creatingpublic panic anddestabilizing the State.

Therefore, the peopleare cautioned that theyshould not believe therumours and should placetrust in the news stated inthe newspapers and aired onradio and TV, and they areurged to inform authoritiesconcerned if they hearrumours and help expose therumour-mongers.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 May—Minister for Finance andRevenue Maj-Gen Hla Tunmet the secretary, executivesof Union Solidarity andDevelopment Associationand townselders of KyaiktoTownship at the localregiment of the Townshipon 4 May. They cordiallydiscussed losses anddamages caused by thestorm. The minister fulfilledthe requirements.

Minister discusses rehabilitationtasks in Kyaikto Township

On 5 May, the ministerattended the rice andprovisions donationceremony of Fatkalatevillage Pariyatti Sarthintaikof the township and donatedK 1 million for Dhammayonof the monastery.

Next, the minister metand gave a speech tomembers of the townshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil, townshipcommission, the secretary,

executives of UnionSolidarity and Develop-ment Association andtownselders and officers ofthe ministry at the meetinghall of the township PDC.

The minister presentedcash donation to the storm-hit victims.

Then, the ministerinspected Myanma SmallLoans Department of thetownship and gave necessaryinstructions.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 6 May—�A Journalist who isworking for BBC wasdeported yesterday as hebroke visa rules andregulations. Mr AndrewWilliam Harding, a Britishcitizen, arrived YangonInternational Airport onThai airway TG 3069 flightat 12.45 pm yesterday andshowed his tourist visa toenter Myanmar . He wasdeported on the same flight.

Andrew WilliamHarding also enteredMyanmar with tourist visa in2006. During his stay inMyanmar from 6 to 13 June2006, he interviewed anti-government groups andaired false accusations andfabricated news in hisUndercover Burmaprogramme. He showed histourist visa and enteredMyanmar again in 2007.During the stay in the countryfrom 7 to 12 September, hemet with those creating unrestin Yangon and put theirdemands for the unrest in hisbroadcast.

As he broke the visarules and regulations andentered Myanmar, he had

BBC journalist holding touristvisa deported

already been black-listed.His previous passport

number when he entered thecountry was PP No706355621, and he held PP761225197 and tried toenter Myanmar yesterday.Journalists from newsagencies in westerncountries illegally entered

the country very often andmade fabricated news withthe help of anti-governmentgroups.

Without taking actionagainst the British journalist,the government deportedhim for the sake of friendlyrelations between the twocountries. — MNA

Members of the Tatmadaw removing fallen trees caused by storm on U Wizara Road. — MNA

An emergency patient arrives at Yangon by air from AyeyawadyDivision.—MNA

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Dear Friend,As you know, the draft State constitution is going

to be approved through a referendum this May. Thisis the process of laying the foundation for a new erafor the nation and the entire people, isn’t it? So, Ibelieve it is vital to ensure the successful holding ofthe referendum for the approval of the constitution.

I think you have heard that internal and externalanti-government groups are instigating the people toboycott the referendum, not to cast vote, and to cast‘No’ vote. In addition, they are criticizing theconstitution with negative attitude. As a matter offact, they are bearing jealousy because they knowthey will not come to power. The people have takena similar lesson. When our country regainedindependence in 1948, Communists said that theindependence the colonialists gave willingly wasmerely a sham. And they claimed that they had tolaunch a fight for true independence and rose againstthe government, didn’t they? In reality, they weredesperate to seize the power, but their dream didn’tcome true. So, they were shouting that theindependence was a sham to mislead the people, andthey disrupted the processes. Now, they are using theCommunists’ method. In other words, the opportunistsare trying to disrupt the processes the people arecarrying out for democracy. So, it is up to the peopleto decide whether they will rely on the opportunists atthe expense of the referendum or they will continueto work till they achieve the processes.

Openly speaking, it is a long time they have beentrying to disrupt the processes. So, however muchinternal and external saboteurs are saying no vote orvote no, the people should say will vote yes.

Actually, the constitution is not the concern of aparticular person, party or society alone, nor is that ofthe Tatmadaw or the State Peace and DevelopmentCouncil. That is the concern of the whole nation andthe entire people, in other words it is the nationalconcern.

If the nation is going to exercise democracy, aconstitution is essential. Similarly, whatever systemthe nation practices such as Communism, Socialismor Capitalism, a constitution is a must. That is why thegovernment is now working hard for the emergenceof a State constitution. However, destructive elementsat home and abroad are misleading the people intomisunderstanding that the government is trying forthe approval of the constitution just in its interest. Itis true that the Tatmadaw government is playing aleading role in this regard. But, that is not for it, butfor the entire people. That is the national concern. So,we people are responsible for helping approve theconstitution. We have to see to it.

You and me are both service personnel and wehave realized that service personnel are to be freefrom party politics. However, the approval of theconstitution is just national duty, not party politics.So, all service personnel have to contribute towardsthe drive for approval of the constitution.

Let’s discuss the draft constitution. It is not toomuch if I say that now this constitution is the mostappropriate for our nation and the people. I wouldsay, according to the time and condition, thisconstitution is the most suitable one for the nation andthe people.

I have many reasons to approve it. First, that is

The most appropriate constitutionSoe Mya Kyaw

based on the prevailing conditions of the nation and isfree from fiction, craving, and attachment. Secondly, itis also based on the fact guaranteeing the nation willnot suffer bitter experiences again. So, it is sure that ourposterity will not face any forms of the bitter experienceswe have gone through. Thirdly, it is based on OurThree Main National Causes which is the nationalpolitical policy of the entire people. So long as OurThree Main National Causes is upheld, our countryand the people have a prosperous future. That is why Isay that this constitution is the most suitable one for thepeople.

The delegates made a thorough study and helddiscussions according to the conditions of the nationand took time to adopt the constitution. As you know,more than 1000 representatives from the eight delegategroups wrote the constitution at the NationalConvention. It is common knowledge that the delegatesincluded representatives of national races from varioustownships across the nation, well-experiencedintellectuals and intelligentsia, representatives of thepeople from all walks of life, and representatives of thenational race armed groups that had returned to thelegal fold. And they took time to hold discussionsthoroughly. Moreover, they studied the 1947constitution and 1974 constitution and the constitutionsof many other countries thoroughly and repeatedly.Then, they referred to suitable principles and omittedunfit ones. So, I would say, it is impossible to better thisconstitution.

But, I don’t mean there is no need to make anyamendments to the constitution. It can be amendedaccording to the conditions and circumstances. Itprescribes Chapter (12) “Amendment of the StateConstitution”. If the constitution has some weaknesses,amendments can be made in accordance with theprovisions. For example, the democracy practices ofthe US are different from that it exercised when itregained independence. When it regained independencein 1776, only White men had the right to vote. EvenWhite men who met education standard and wealthstandard could enjoy the right. White women, Blackmen and Black women had no right to vote. About 80years after that, Black men had the right to vote andover 100 years after that, Black and White women hadthe right to vote. So, we have to understand and acceptthe evolution process of democracy practice.

We have to bear in mind that democracy practicecan improve slowly according to how much the peopleare mature in view and knowledge. I am sure, we haveto take time to improve democracy practice in ourcountry according to these two requirements. Thechapter “Amendment of the State Constitution” hasbeen prescribed. So, we will have to make somenecessary amendments in accordance with theprevailing conditions of our country.

The draft constitution guarantees a prosperousfuture of our country and people. You can notice thatif you study it thoroughly. Regarding the first point,you will know that the constitution guarantees stabilityand peace of the Sate, and all due rights of nationalraces. It prohibits secession from the Union. It prescribesOur Three Main National Causes and independent,active and non-aligned foreign policy. It guaranteesthat our country will honour the principles of peacefulco-existence among international community.Moreover, Tatmadaw member representatives make

up 25 per cent of the total representatives in hluttawsand governing bodies. That is aimed to ensure checksand balances in order to avert unnecessaryconsequences. The draft constitution can guaranteestability and peace of the State best. So, I would say,every citizen who favours stability and peace of theState should cast ‘Yes’ vote for it.

Another point is that the draft constitutionguarantees development of the nation and the peopleand a brighter future of an individual and everyfamily. Every citizen by nature wants to see thenation and the people enjoy development and everycitizen wants to have a prosperous future and isdesirous of development of their families. This is thedesire of every citizen. By the way, our country wentthrough the period in which there was no guaranteefor development of the nation and the people. Please,look back to the conditions of the nation from 1948to 1988. A period of 40 years is quite enough todevelop a nation whatever system it exercises: theparliamentary democracy system or one-partySocialist system. But, there was no hope fordevelopment of our country. Due to activities forcoming to power of the party concerned, politicalconflicts, and internal armed insurrection, our countrywas reduced to a least developed country (LDC),wasn’t it?

Unlike in the past, now the nation has developedat the unprecedented level. There have been tangiblechanges for the better in various sectors such asagriculture, transport, education, health, economyand communication. We are both sons of farmers.So, let’s evaluate the agriculture sector. As youknow, ours is an agricultural country. So, our countrywill develop if the agriculture sector improves.Water is the major requirement for agriculture. Ourcountry will never develop if we rely on rain waterlike our forefathers. I am sure you know that. So,today, the government has materialized manyprojects for development of the agriculture sector.Our country had only 138 dams in more than 900years from the time of King Anawrahta to 1988. In19 years, the Tatmadaw government has constructed210 dams, over 300 river water pumping stationsand over 7000 underground water tapping stations.How amazing it is! As a result, we can do themultiple cropping pattern and we have enjoyedbetter income and a higher living standard. It is atangible proof. I can present many other similarexamples if I compare figures and data of othersectors in the past and at present. They are knownto all people, so I don’t want to mention them.Overall, our country is now enjoying development.If we can maintain this development momentum,our country will develop to a greater degree. Now,the people have opportunities to enjoy the fruits ofdevelopment equally. So, I would like the entirepeople to realize that the draft constitutionguarantees sustainable development of our country.

That is why I have said that the draft constitutionis the most appropriate for the people. I will tell yousome more points about that later. What is importantin this regard is that we know what are suitable for usand we value them. Let me stop here. I will write youagain later.

Translation: MS*******

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A D V E R T I S E M E N T S Morocco, Europeansecurity body agree to

boost coop.

RABAT, 1 May — Moroccan Foreign AffairsMinister Taieb Fassi Fihri has held talks here with theOrganization for Security and Cooperation in Europe(OSCE)’s Parliament Speaker Goran Lennmarker onways and means of boosting cooperation betweenMorocco and the organization.

Lennmarker said in a Press statement issued onMonday that the talks were essentially focused oncooperation between Morocco and OSCE, especiallyin the fields of economy and immigration, whilestressing the two sides’ willingness to achieve a “realand intense cooperation”.

Morocco’s application to obtain an advanced statuswithin the European Union also featured in thediscussions, according to Lennmarker, who had earlierheld talks with the Moroccan Parliament SpeakerMustapha Mansouri.

MNA/Xinhua

Spain refuses to extraditeformer Argentine

president

UNSG pays tribute tovictims of chemical

warfare UNITED NATIONS, 6 May — UN Secretary-General

Ban Ki-moon paid tribute on Tuesday to victims ofchemical warfare, calling for the elimination of allchemical weapons.

In a message marking the Day of Remembrance forVictims of Chemical Warfare, Ban urged the world touse this “solemn occasion” to honour the victims andensure their suffering will not be forgotten nor repeated.

Citing the Chemical Weapons Convention, whichentered into a force on 29 April, 1997, Ban remindedall states parties to the convention of their obligation todestroy existing chemical weapons stockpiles by 29April, 2012.

“I call upon all possessor states to complete theirdestruction according to the agreed deadlines,” hesaid.

The Secretary-General also expressed grave concernthat some key states have not adhered to the convention.

“I urge those states that have not yet ratified oracceded to it to do so without further delay,” hestressed.

Since 1997, the membership of the ChemicalWeapons Convention increased to 183 states parties,covering 98 per cent of the world's population.

“Achieving complete elimination of chemicalweapons and universal adherence to the ChemicalWeapons Convention are genuine ways of honouringthe memory of all victims of chemical warfare,” hesaid.

Ban pledged the world organization’s cooperationwith relevant international bodies to “promote fullimplementation and universality of the convention”.

MNA/Xinhua

US funds more emergencyaid to ease food

crisis WASHINGTON, 6 May — The US Government has

released an additional 40 million US dollars inemergency food aid to help ease the global food crisis,the State Department said on Tuesday.

The fund from the US Agency for InternationalDevelopment (USAID) was provided to the WorldFood Programme after President George W Bushauthorized the USAID 200 million dollars earlierthis month, the State Department said in a state-ment.

It said that with the 240 million dollars, theUSAID will provide emergency food aid to countriesincluding Zimbabwe, Ethiopia, Afghanistan, Kenyaand Haiti.

According to the State Department, the country hasset aside 1.36 billion dollars to help reduce the foodcrisis in the world.

MNA/Xinhua

Norway, Sweden conductcross-border air

exercise STOCKHOLM, 6 May — Norway and Sweden

conducted a cross-border Air Force exercise inNorwegian air space for the first time, reports fromOslo said on Wednesday.

Three Swedish Jas Gripen aircraft crossed theborder Monday afternoon to participate in a jointexercise with the Norwegian Air Force in an area ofNordland county in northern Norway, the Norwegianpublic broadcaster NRK reported.

"We are opening the border between the countriesin this cooperation, and in this way we cut costs,"Swedish Air Force Major Karl-Johan Edstroem wasquoted as saying.

"Earlier, we needed consent from both theNorwegian and Swedish governments each time wecrossed the border. Now all that is needed is for me andmy counterpart in Norway to agree before we carry outthe exercise," Edstroem added.

Norway is a member of NATO while Sweden is amilitary non-aligned country.

MNA/Xinhua

Rescuers work to recover a boat that sank at the Solimoes River, about 50miles (80 km) from Manaus, Brazil on 4 May, 2008. A boat carrying around110 people, more than twice its capacity, sank on Sunday at dawn on a major

river in the Amazon rain forest, rescue workers said.—XINHUA

MADRID, 6 May —Spain's National Court onMonday rejected requestsfrom Argentine judgesto extradite formerArgentine presidentIsabel Peron charged withhuman rights abuses.

The court ruled thatthere was insufficient

evidence to back theaccusations against Peronand that the statute oflimitations had expiredafter 20 years.

Argentina accusesPeron of links with theArgentine anti-Com-munist alliance or the“Triple A” death squad,held responsible for thedeath or disappearance ofat least 1,500 peopleduring Peron’s 1974-1976rule.

In January 2007, theSpanish authoritiesarrested the formerArgentine president, whohas lived in Madrid in exilefor decades, and askedher to report to a policestation every 15 days.

Peron, 77, the wife ofthree-time President JuanDomingo Peron, ruled thecountry after his death andwas overthrown in aMarch 1976 coup.

MNA/Xinhua

Russia, Belarus to strengthenmilitary cooperation

MOSCOW, 6 May — Russia and Belarus willstrengthen cooperation in the military-political andmilitary fields, visiting Russian Defence MinisterAnatoly Serdyukov said in Minsk Wednesday, ITAR-TASS reported.

“Cooperation in the defence sector between theArmed Forces of our states continues to develop,”Serdyukov said at a meeting of senior Belarussian andRussian military officials.

He added that NATO's expansion, US plans todeploy missile defence facilities and the situation inthe Middle East confirms the need for closercoordination of Russian and Belarus' actions in suchfields.

MNA/Xinhua

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A textile worker weaves raffia at his handloom workshop in Divo , IvoryCoast on 5 May, 2008. Raffia is widely used by several African peoples,

particularly the Dida people in Ivory Coast’s southern region of Divo. Thepalm fibre material is used to make loincloth, dresses and skirts.—INTERNET

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A statue of Friedrich Schiller outside theheadquarters of Deutsche Bank AG in a file photo.Schiller, who lived between 1759 and 1805, wroteplays which are still performed regularly both inGermany and abroad. His poems including theOde to Joy which Beethoven set to music in his

Ninth Symphony.—INTERNET

Scientists puzzledover intense swarm

of earthquakes

Canada pledges extra$49.5m in food aid

Indian man gets life term forraping British tourist

JAIPUR (India), 6 May— An Indian courtsentenced a guesthouseowner to life in prison onWednesday for raping aBritish tourist lastDecember.

The sentencing comesafter an increase in attackson foreign tourists in Indiaand after the govermmentordered the police toprovide more protectionto foreigners.

In February this year,Scarlett Keeling, a15-year-old British girl,was raped and murderedin coastal Goa, promptingcriticism of the police forfailing to protect her.

On Wednesday, a courtin Rajasthan state found a32-year-old man guilty ofraping a British tourist onthe pretext of supplying ablanket to her room lastDecember.

"The court has alsoimposed a fine on him,"BS Rao, the publicprosecuter said fromUdaipur City, where thesentencing took place.

The Udaipur policearrested the man after theBritish tourist, who is inher forties, sent an e-mailto the British HighCommission in India,detailing what happenedto her. — MNA/Reuters

OTTAWA, 6 May —Canada pledged an extra50 million Canadiandollars (49.5 million USdollars) for internationalfood aid on Wednesdayand said it would alsoallow its money to be usedto buy food abroad andnot tie it to purchases ofCanadian produce.

Responding to a UNplea for extra help to offseta dramatic rise in worldfood costs, Ottawapromised to bring its totalfood aid in the 2008-09fiscal year to 230 millionCanadian dollars.

“With today’s an-nouncement of anadditional 50 millionCanadian dollars and the

untying of our food aid,Canada is responding tothe terrible impact thatrising food costs arehaving on the world’smost vulnerable people,”International CooperationMinister Beverley Odasaid in a statement.

The untying of aidmeans that it can bepurchased outsideCanada. Previously, halfof all the food shipped topoorer countries had to bebought within Canada butOda said such a conditionmeant the aid was about30 percent less efficient.Oda said Ottawa wouldput a special emphasis onbuying food in developingcountries.—MNA/Reuters

�LOS ANGELES, 6 May —An unusually intenseswarm of earthquakes hasstruck beneath a smallsuburb of Reno in Nevada,leaving residents shakenand scientists puzzling overthe cause, the Los AngelesTime said on Thursday.

����Totalling more than1,000 over the last twomonths, more than 20quakes of magnitude 2 orhigher have hit on somedays, and the intensity andfrequency of the quakeshave been increasing ratherthan following the normalpattern of tailing off,according to the paper.

����Researchers say theyhave never seen anythingquite like the “Mogulearthquake sequence,” asthey have named it.

����“We don’t know whatis going to happen next,”said geologist James Dolanof University of SouthernCalifornia, who has beenwatching the unfoldingseismic activity. But aswarm like this “makes youperk up your ears and startconsidering the possibilitythat you might be in aheightened period ofhazard.”

����The swarm of quakeshas unnerved the roughly3,000 residents who livearound Mogul, a sparsecommunity of ranch homesabout two miles (3.6kilometers) west of Reno,the report said. —Xinhua

Artificially bred red ibisreproduce in wild

XI’AN, 6 May — A pairof artificially bred red ibisthat were among the firstbatch of 26 released intothe wild a year ago innorthwest China havesuccessfully producedthree chicks.

����The pair began tobuild their nest on a tallChinese pine tree nearZhujiazui village inNingshan County ofShaanxi Province, inFebruary, and the femaleproduced three eggsbetween 15 and 19 March.The chicks hatched aboutone month later.

����“The successfulbreeding of red ibis in thewild indicates the end ofits endangered status isnearing,” said Chang

Xiuyun, Shaanxi WildlifeConservation Associa-tion’s deputy secretary-general. “It also providesvery good experience forthe restoration of thisspecies in its historicalhabitats.”

����Thirteen pairs ofartificially-bred red ibis,aged two to three years,were released on 31 Maylast year at Zhaigouvillage, Ningshan, in anarea with a densepopulations of loach, eeland fingerlings, typicalprey of the red ibis.

����Twelve birds hadadapted to the wild, saidZhang Shoucheng, Ning-shan Forestry Bureau'sdirector. Six returned tothe release base, five have

been confirmed dead andthree missing.

����Zhang said anotherbatch of red ibis would bereleased into the wild atthe end of May orbeginning of June.

����“At this period, themost important thingis the nutrition of theyoung birds,” said Chang.“To solve the problem,we have frequently putfood near their habitatto ensure rich foodsources.”

Xinhua

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S P O R T S

Real Madrid fought their way back after a sendingoff and going a goal down to snatch a dramatic 2-1

victory at Osasuna and win their 31st Spanishleague title on Sunday. — XINHUA

Pressure now onMan Utd, Grant says

Power of top four concernsKeegan

Nadal wins fourth Barcelona title

MANCHESTER, 6 May-Chelsea boss AvramGrant believes title rivalsManchester United areunder more pressure go-ing into Sunday's finalgame of the PremierLeague season.

Chelsea's win at New-castle moved them levelon points with leadersUnited, who are favour-ites for the title becauseof a superior goal differ-ence.

United travel to Wiganon the final day, whileChelsea play host to Bol-ton.

"Now we must beatBolton and see whatUnited do. The pressureis on them," said Grant.

"I said we will nevergive up. We have given agood, good battle. No-body thought about us asa candidate for champions. We will keep onfighting.

"I have to stay positive.We will fight until the lastmoment."

Chelsea have rallied inthe second half of the sea-son in which they alsobooked a spot in theChampions League final- against United.

And Grant hailed hisplayers' efforts this sea-son, saying: "We have tobattle with things on andoff the pitch but the teamhave got better and better,especially in recentmonths.

Internet

LONDON, 6 May —Newcastle boss KevinKeegan fears the domina-tion of the Premier League'stop four is a threat to the topflight.

Manchester United,Chelsea, Arsenal and Liv-erpool will again head thedivision for the third seasonrunning as they leave therest trailing in their wake.

"Maybe the owner thinkswe can bridge that gap - butwe can't," said Keegan af-ter Monday's 2-0 loss toChelsea.

"This league is in dangerof becoming one of the mostboring but great leagues inthe world."

Keegan replaced SamAllardyce at St James' Parkin January and his com-ments will have extra reso-nance as he is renowned asone of the game's eternaloptimists.

He feels fifth is the bestthe clubs outside the 'big four'

can realistically aim for-even with plenty of funds.

"But these are the sortsof difficulties that shouldget easier to address oncewe build a squad that com-petes at the right end of thetable."

And Keegan is positivehe will get the funds heneeds from owner MikeAshley to improve hissquad, saying: "I have noproof of that yet but I haveno doubts he will (back me).

"If I can get three or fourplayers in to add to what Ihave got here - and we havethat bit of luck you needwith no injuries to key play-ers - then we might be ableto win the second divisionof the Premier League."

Internet

Kevin Keegan

Lawrie wins Spanish Openplay-off

British women to take onGermany

LONDON, 6 May —Britain's women have been drawnalongside defending Olympic champions Germany atthis summer's Beijing Games.

The Germans, surprise winners in Athens fouryears ago, are also the reigning European champions.

Britain, currently ranked 10th in the world, will alsoface world number two Argentina, Japan (sixth), NewZealand (seventh) and the USA (11th).

Britain's men will face 2004 champions Australia,runners-up Holland, Pakistan, South Africa andCanada.

The other pool sees world champions Germanyface Spain, Korea, New Zealand, Belgium and hostsChina.

The pools were organised on world rankings, withGB (eighth) having to face three teams rated abovethem.

SEVILLE, 6 May —Ire-land's Peter Lawrie beatIgnacio Garrido at the sec-ond play-off hole to winthe Spanish Open in Se-ville.

After four birdies in hislast six holes, Lawrielooked set to win withoutsudden death until Garridoclosed with a 30ft birdieputt to tie on 15-under.

Both men birdied thefirst extra hole, butGarrido then saw his pitchto the same green spinback into the water.

Garrido had been aim-ing to follow in the foot-steps of his father,Antonio, who won theSpanish title in 1972.

But the wind wasknocked out of his sails on

The men booked their place at the Olympics via aqualifying tournament in Chile last month.

England women's team secured Britain's Beijingplace at the EuroHockey Nations Championship lastAugust.

Internet

Peter Lawrie

the first play-off hole whenLawrie made a 25ft putt tomatch his birdie three.

Lawrie's victory makesit three Irish wins in a rowon the European Tour af-ter Darren Clarke's AsianOpen success and DamienMcGrane's China Openvictory.

"It's nice to keep it inthe Irish contingent," hesaid. "It spurs you on—you play practice roundswith them and think 'whycan't I do it'?"—Internet

BARCELONA, 6 May—Rafael Nadal continuedhis domination of the clay-court season with victoryover fellow SpaniardDavid Ferrer in the finalof the Barcelona Open.

The world number twotook the title for the fourthstraight year with a 6-14-6 6-1 win over the sec-ond seed. After startingstrongly and dominatingthe first set, Nadal droppedserve twice as Ferrer tookthe second.

But the championstepped up a gear in the

decider, moving 5-0 upand sealing the title in twohours 14 minutes.

Having also won theMonte Carlo Masters last

Sunday, Nadal heads tonext week's Rome Mas-ters as a strong favourite.

He has now won 103 of104 matches on clay since2005, with the only defeatcoming against RogerFederer in Hamburg lastyear.

"The first set I playedvery well, almost perfect,but he was very strong inthe second set and I amjust very happy to havewon here again," saidNadal.

"When I did make mis-takes, in the second set,

David was unstoppablebut I kept very focusedthroughout and I am veryhappy to be the first manto win four years in a row."

Ferrer admitted: "Theone thing I wanted to dowas to not let him domi-nate early on but he startedso strongly.

"I think I played a goodmatch but what can youdo? That's Rafa.

"He has been playing atthis level for four yearsnow and you never have amoment to relax againsthim."—InternetRafael Nadal

Croatia coach Bilic agreesnew two year contract

ZAGREB, 6 May — Coach Slaven Bilic has agreed toextend his Croatia contract for two more years, localmedia reported on Wednesday.

The new deal is worth 1.2 million kuna (257,300US dollars) a year and will take the former Croatiadefender up to the 2010 World Cup finals in SouthAfrica. Bilic will sign the contract on Friday,according to the Vecernji List daily.

"The coach's salary will have a fixed value butadditional rewards will depend on his team's suc-cesses," national soccer federation (HNS) vice-presi-dent Ivan Brlekovic told the daily.

Bilic, who has been linked with several top Euro-pean teams, previously said he wanted to stay withCroatia for two more years before moving to a foreignclub. Croatia have been drawn alongside Austria,Poland and Germany in Euro 2008 Group B in June.Bilic's side plan two warmup games, at home toMoldova on 24 May and against Hungary in Budapeston 31 May. — MNA/Reuters

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R 489 Published by the News and Periodicals Enterprise, Ministry of Information, Union of Myanmar. Edited and printed at The New Light of Myanmar Press,No 22/30 Strand Road at 43rd Street, Yangon. Cable Newlight, PO Box No. 43, Telephones: Editors 392308, Manager 392226, Circulation 392304, Advertisement 392223,Accounts 392224, Administration 392225, Production/Press 392369

WEATHER Summary of observations recorded at 9:30hours MST:During the past 24 hours, weather has beenpartly cloudy in lower Sagaing and Magway Divisions,rain or thundershowers have been widespread inTaninthayi Division, scattered in Rakhine State and BagoDivision and isolated in the remaining areas with isolatedheavyfalls in Rakhine State and Bago Division. Day tem-peratures were (3°C) above May average temperaturesin Kachin State, (3ºC) to (4ºC) below May average tem-peratures in Shan and Kayah States, Bago and TaninthayiDivisions and about May average temperatures in theremaining States and Divisions.The significant daytemparatures were Monywa, Myingyan, Nyaung U,Minbu and Magway (40ºC) each. The noteworthyamounts of rainfalls recorded were Kyaukpyu (3.34)inches, Zaungtu (3.23) inches and Bago (1.57) inches.

Maximum temperature on 5-5-2008 was 91ºF.Minimum temperature on 6-5-2008 was 73ºF. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 6-5-2008 was 79%.Total sunshine hours on 5-5-2008 was (6.5) hours approx.

Rainfall on 6-5-2008 was (Nil) at Mingaladon,(0.04) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.12) inch at CentralYangon. Total rainfall since 1-1-2008 was (19.41) inchesat Mingaladon, (21.50) inches at Kaba-Aye and (22.36)inches at Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at

Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from South at (14:30)hours MST on 5-5-2008.

Bay inference: Weather is partly cloudy in theAndaman Sea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 7-5-2008:Weather will be partly cloudy in lower Sagaing andMagway Divisions, rain or thundershowers will be iso-lated to scattered in the remaining areas. Degree of cer-tainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Occasional squalls with roughseas are likely Gulf of Mottama, off and along Mon,Taninthayi Coasts. Surface wind speed in squalls mayreach (35) mph. Sea will be moderate elsewhere inMyanmar waters.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Likelihoodof continuation of rain or thundershowers in the South-ern Myanmar areas.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouringarea for 7-5-2008: Likelihood isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring areafor 7-5-2008: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouringarea for 7-5-2008: Likelihood isolated rain or thunder-showers. Degree of certainty is (60%).

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France’s Le Pen sellingbullet-proof car on eBay

PARIS, 6 May—French far-right leader Jean-MarieLe Pen is looking to make a bit of extra cash by puttinghis old bullet-proof car up for sale on eBay.

Le Pen, who stunned France in the 2002 presidentialelection when he finished second, put his partyheadquarters up for sale earlier this year after humiliatingdefeats in presidential and legislative elections last yearleft his group deep in the red.

Another drain on Le Pen’s finances was the 10,000euro (15,580 US dollars) fine he incurred in Februarywhen a court found him guilty of “contesting crimesagainst humanity” for saying the Nazi occupation ofFrance was “not particularly inhumane”. Asked why thecar was up for sale, a National Front spokesman said:“Money, money, glorious money.” — MNA/Reuters

The space shuttle Discovery is shown atop launchpad 39A after transport from the Vehicle AssemblyBuilding on 3 May, 2008 in Cape Canveral, Florida

to begin prelaunch processing for the STS-124mission. Discovery and its crew is planned to deliver

the Japan Aerospace Exploration Agency’sJapanese Experiment Module- Pressurized Moduleand the Japanese Remote Manipulator System to

the International Space Station with launchscheduled for 31 May. —INTERNET

Tuesday, 6 May, 2008

Bus catches fire in Shanghai,leaving three dead

SHANGHAI, 6 May —Three people died and 12were injured when a buscaught fire in Shanghai atabout 9:00 a.m. on Monday,said police.����The cause of the fire wasstill under investigation.The injured have been sent

to hospital, according to thepolice.����The fire was put outwithin half an hour. Firefighters estimated therewere about 50 passengerson board the route 842 bus.����The fire broke out whenthe bus was running along

the Huangxing Road inYangpu District, in thenortheast of Shanghai.����Normal traffic around theaccident site resumed ataround 10:30 am, as policehad moved away thewreckage.

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Royal Thai Armed Forces donates food,medicines to storm victims

YANGON, 6 May —Royal Thai Armed Forcesdonated food and medi-cines to victims of cy-clonic storm Nargis today.

At the donation cer-emony held at Yangon In-ternational Airport, Lt-

Gen Myint Swe of theMinistry of Defence ac-cepted the donation.

At the ceremony,General SongkittiJakkabatr of Thailand ex-pressed sympathy for thestorm victims, and said

that more relief aid fromThailand will be donatedto the victims.

Lt-Gen Myint Swethanked Thailand for thedonation and accepted thedonation handed over byGeneral Songkitti

Jakkabatr.Afterwards, four heli-

copters airlifted nine tonsof foodstuff and medicinesto Mawla-myinegyun,Labutta, Bogale andPyapon townships whichwere hit hard by the storm.

General SongkittiJakkabatr and party lefthere for Thailand by RoyalThai Air Force flight at4.15 pm.

The donation cer-emony was also attendedby Deputy Minister forSocial Welfare, Relief andResettlement Brig-GenKyaw Myint, DeputyMinister for Health DrMya Oo, senior militaryofficers, Ambassador ofThailand to Myanmar MrBansarn Bunnag andofficials.—MNA

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NAY PYI TAW, 6 May— Chairman of NationalDisaster PreparednessCentral Committee PrimeMinister General TheinSein has been providingclose supervision on ef-fective relief activities tothe storm victims inAyeyawady Division.

Adjutant-GeneralMaj-Gen Thura MyintAung and Minister forTransport Maj-Gen TheinSwe visited such coastalregions as Ayeya,Kadonkani, KyaineChaung and Sarmar vil-lages this morning andtook part in relief works,presenting instant foods,drinking water, medicinesand clothes to the victims.

In the afternoon, foodand drinking water weredistributed to Hlaing-phone, Kathahmyin,Mainmahlagyun andGunnyogyigyun villages.

Chairman of Ayeya-wady Division Peace andDevelopment CouncilCommander of South-West Command Brig-GenKyaw Swe, Minister forCooperatives Maj-Gen TinHtut and Minister for Ag-riculture and Irrigation

Nargis victims in AyeyawadyDivision receiving emergency aid

Maj-Gen Htay Oo per-formed relief activities incoastal regions such asTheikpan Kongyi andKwinpauk and gave drink-ing water, medicines andfoods to the victims. Insome cases, they air-dropped water and instantfoods. They saw to the air-lift of 12 emergency pa-tients to Pathein for medi-cal treatment.

In the afternoon, theysupplied drinking waterand food to Pathein,Labutta, Thingangyi andSaluseik by helicopter andsaid that they would sendrelief supplies to the vic-tims by motor boats.

The Adjutant-Gen-eral, the commander andthe Minister for Coopera-tives presented relief sup-

plies to storm-hit peopleat Pyinsalu in LabuttaTownship yesterday.

The Adjutant-Gen-eral, the commander andthe minister distributed

urgently-needed drinkingwater to the disaster-hithouseholds after carrying

it from Labutta Townshipby helicopter.

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Volunteers carry a patient airlifted from Ayeyawady Division by helicopter at YangonInternational Airport. —MNA

Tatmadawmen and volunteers unloading food and medicines donated by Royal Thai Armed Forces from a plane inYangon International Airport.—MNA

The draft constitu-tion can guaranteestability and peace ofthe State best. So, Iwould say, every citi-zen who favours sta-bility and peace ofthe State should cast‘Yes’ vote for it.

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