Established 1914 Volume XVII, Number 65 13th …...Established 1914 Volume XVII, Number 65 13th Waning of Nayon 1371 ME Saturday, 20 June, 2009 * Development of agriculture as the

Established 1914

Volume XVII, Number 65 13th Waning of Nayon 1371 ME Saturday, 20 June, 2009

* 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 and

tranquillity, 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 objectives16th cash donation ceremonyheld for supply of clean

drinking water to rural areasNAY PYI TAW, 19 June—The Ministry of

Progress of Border Areas and National Races andDevelopment Affairs organized the 16th cash donationceremony for supply of clean drinking water to therural areas at the City Hall of Nay Pyi Taw DevelopmentCommittee this afternoon.

It was attended by Minister for PBANRDACol Thein Nyunt, Minister for Transport Maj-GenThein Swe, Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyein,Attorney-General U Aye Maung, deputy ministers,departmental officials, social organization membersand wellwishers.

Director-General U Myo Myint ofDevelopment Affairs Department reported on supplyof clean drinking water to the rural areas. The ministers,the attorney-general and the deputy ministers acceptedK 165.7675 million donated by 78 wellwishers.

On behalf of wellwishers, wellwisher U SoeNyunt (Tawwin Hninzi) explained the purpose of thedonation.

On behalf of Secretary-1 of the State Peaceand Development Council General Thiha Thura TinAung Myint Oo, Minister Col Thein Nyunt said thatthe Development Affairs Department has beenimplementing the 10-year plan for supply of cleanwater to rural areas since 2000-2001 financial yearwith the contributions of the government, developmentaffairs committees and wellwishers in addition tosocial organizations and international socialorganizations. He said that the development affairscommittees are undertaking water supply tasks not

only in arid regions but also in other States and Divisionswhere water is scarce. Clean water can be supplied to34 townships in Sagaing Division, 25 townships inMagway Division and 23 townships in MandalayDivision, totalling 82, he added. Sagaing, Tamu,

(See page 8)

Minister for Education Dr Chan Nyeinaccepts cash donation of a wellwisher.

PBANRDA

Shan State (East) sees better road transport facilitiesArticle: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

I would like toquote the words of a localwho went by car alongwith me from Taunggyito Kengtung recently.He said, “Now, thetravellers can enjoy fruitsof better transport alongthis road. The progressof the road is so remark-able that those who havetravelled along the roadcannot believe their owneyes.”

The secure andsmooth transport plays avital role in thedevelopment of the region.Along with secure andsmooth transport, the

(See page 7) A highway bus leaving for Tachilek seen at exit of Kengtung.

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2 THE NEW LIGHT OF MYANMAR Saturday, 20 June, 2009

Saturday, 20 June, 2009 * 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 DesirePERSPECTIVES

Throughout the course of history, theUnion of Myanmar has been standing tallamong international community with its ownculture, traditions and customs to be in linewith national characters and identity.

Literature is the cultural pillar of arace. Literature that has been deeplyentrenched in Myanmar society for agesreflects the standard of the culture of thenation or the race.

The literati organized the people withthe might of the pen during the period ofindependence struggles, and that finally ledthe entire nation to regain independenceafter the people had driven out thecolonialists. And they have been able tosafeguard the independence and sovereignty.

As literature is a national culturedeeply rooted in the daily life of people,efforts are to be made for Myanmar readersto widen their scope of knowledge throughclassic Myanmar and world literatures andcontemporary literature.

It is incumbent upon all the literati tostrive for development of literature. In themeantime, they are to make all-out effortsthrough the might of literature for successfulrealization of the development projects,national level education and health plansbeing undertaken in respective regions ofthe nation.

Therefore, all the literati are to exertstrenuous efforts with national outlook forthe emergence of literature capable of servingthe national interest and development ofMyanmar literary world.

Enhance national prestigeand integrity through themight of literature

Deputy Minister Dr Mya Oo meets withfresher doctors of the Basic Management

Course No. 2/2009.HEALTH

Minister Vice-Admiral Soe Thein

receives Mr. P.Prakash and Mr.I.G Kandaraji of

Hindustan MachineTools International

Ltd.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 June — Chairman ofMandalay Division Peace and Development CouncilCommander of Central Command Maj-Gen Tin Ngweviewed participation of contestants in the paintingcontest in commemoration of World Population Day atNo. 2 Basic Education High School in ChanayethazanTownship of Mandalay on 13 June morning.

On 14 June morning, the commander inspectedweekly sanitation tasks being carried out by departments

YANGON, 19June—Deputy Ministerfor Health Dr Mya Oomet with fresher doctorsof the Basic

Eight specialcivil appealcases heardNAY PYI TAW, 19

June—The SpecialAppellate Benchcomprising Deputy ChiefJustice of the SupremeCourt (Yangon) U TheinSoe, Supreme CourtJudges of the SupremeCourt (Yangon) U MyintThein and U Chit Lwinsitting at court room No. 1of the Supreme Court (NayPyi Taw) heard sevenspecial civil appeal casesunder Section (7) and onespecial civil appeal caseunder Section (8) of theJudiciary Law, 2000 on19 June 2009.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19June — Minister forIndustry-2 Vice-AdmiralSoe Thein received Mr. PPrakash and Mr. I. G

Commander views World Population Daycommemorative painting contest

concerned and social organizations in PyigyidagunTownship.

The commander attended prize-awardingceremony of the Central Command Commander’sShield Sepak Takraw Competition at BahtooGymnasium.

In the afternoon, the commander delivered anaddress at the seminar on production and sales of safefoods in Chanayethazan Township.—MNA

Industry-2 Minister receives officials from HMTInternational Ltd

Kandaraji from HindustanMachine Tools (HMT)International Ltd at hisoffice here today. Theydiscussed matters on

construction of IndustrialTraining Centre inPakokku with theassistance of Indiangovernment.

The ministerinstructed the guests todeliver machinery to thetraining centre in earlyAugust and startconducting trainingcourses in July. Alsopresent at the call were thedeputy minister, director-general and officials.

MNA

Dy Health Minister meets fresher doctorsManagement Course No.2/2009 for FresherDoctors at the hall ofUniversity of Nursing,here, this morning.

Speaking on theoccasion, the deputyminister said that he waspleased with the aims offresher doctors toprovide health careservices to the peopledutifully. He stressed theneed for the fresherdoctors to try hard tobecome qualifiedmedical officers. It isnecessary to carry out notonly tasks of hospital butalso public health careservices, he said. Inconclusion, the ministerurged them to abide bydoctors’ ethics and rulesand regulations.—MNA

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File photo shows an Iraqi man walks across the blood stained street wherethree US soldiers and four Iraqis were killed in a blast in Dora neighbour-

hood in Baghdad, Iraq.—INTERNET

Afghan policemen keep watch next to a damagedvehicle belonging to a US aid organization after abomb blast in Kunduz on 18 June, 2009. Four Af-ghan employees working for a US aid organizationwere wounded when their vehicle hit a roadsidebomb in the northern city of Kunduz, detective po-lice officer Abdul Rahman Aqtaash said.—INTERNET

Iraq taking over security asdeadline approaches for US

withdrawal from citiesUNITED NATIONS, 19 June —Iraqi forces are

successfully filling the security vacuum as US combattroops withdraw from Iraqi cities aheadof a 30 June deadline, Iraq’s UN envoy said onThursday.

Ambassador Hamid al-Bayati said Iraq has alreadytaken responsibility for 90 of the 138 military siteswhere US troops were in charge of security, and bythe end of the month the ministries of defence andinterior will be responsible for the remaining 48 sites.

The withdrawal from the cities will be a major testfor Iraq’s army and police, which failed to stem a waveof Shiite-Sunni slaughter in 2006. That prompted theUS troop surge of 2007 which is widely credited withquelling the violence. Many Iraqis are happy to seeforeign soldiers off their streets but fear their ownsecurity forces may not be up to the challenge.—Internet

Roadsidebombing wounds4 local engineersin N Afghanistan

KABUL, 19 June—FourAfghan engineers werewounded as a remotecontrol roadside bomb hittheir car in Afghanistan’snorthern province ofKunduz on Thursday, saidMahbobullah Syedi thespokesperson of provincialgovernor.

“The blast took place inHasqalan area nearKunduz city, capital ofKunduz Province, today at9:10 am local time (0440GMT), wounding fourAfghan engineers workingfor a nongovernmentalorganization which isinvolving in implementa-tion of building and recon-struction projects in theprovince,” Syedi toldXinhua.—Internet

US report into Afghan civiliandeaths delayed

Bombs kill five police, twocivilians in Afghanistan

LONDON , 19 June — Theresults of an investigationinto deadly US air strikes inAfghanistan has beendelayed allegedly due todisagreements over whatdetails should be madepublic.

The US defencesecretary Robert Gates hasdeclared the controversialreport will be releasedwithin the next day ortwo.The inquiry haslooked into raids on FarahProvince last month whichlocal officials claim left140 people dead. The USmilitary instead claims 30

civilians and between 60and 65 Taleban militantswere killed.

Leaked parts of thereport appear to suggestthe investigation will callfor a review of the way inwhich the military uses airstrikes in support ofground operations in thebattle against the Taleban.

The AFP news agencyclaims the defencedepartment has tried torelease an unclassifiedsummary of theinvestigation as well as avideo but has beenhampered by the desiresof the top military officersto edit the final version.

Internet

KANDAHAR, 19 June—A bomb strapped to aparked bicycle explodednear a construction officein southern Afghanistanon Thursday, killing oneemployee and a childabout 11 years old, policesaid.

Meanwhile, five policeofficers died when a po-lice vehicle hit a roadsidebomb in KandaharProvince’s ShorawakDistrict, said Gen SaifulahHakim, a border policecommander. He said twoofficers were alsowounded in the explosion.

It was unclear whether

the construction companywas the target of thebicycle bomb attack inKandahar City. The city’sdeputy police chief,Abdulah Khan, saidofficers wereinvestigating but did notyet know if the attack wasconnected to the Talebaninsurgency.

Internet

NATO Invasion of US and allies kills,injures Iraqi people

BAGHDAD, 19 June — There has been daily casualties in Iraq since the US andits allies have invaded the country.

Casualties of Iraqi peopleThe total number of casualties as from the day they invaded the country to 15

June reached 697,523 and the total number of serious injured people reached1,255,541, according to the news on the internet.

No. Subject Number1. Death toll of Iraqi people 697,5232. The total number of seriously injured people 1,255,541—Internet

Casualties of Afghan people in invasion ofNATO troops led by US

KABUL 19 June —The NATO troops led by the US have invaded Afghanistanand they are there for a long time.

A number of Afghan people are killed and injured due to invasion of theNATO troops led by the US.

Casualties of Afghan peopleAccording to the Internet news, a total of 7589 Afghan people were killed

and 13,660 injured seriously as from the day when the NATO troops led by theUS invaded Afghanistan to 15 June.

No. Subject Number1. Number of Afghan people killed 75892. Seriously injured Afghan people 13660 — Internet

Patients injuredduring a car bombblast lie in hospitalbeds in Baqouba,

some 65 kms north-east of Baghdad.

Wounded Afghans

seen in hospital after

air strike bombings.

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A senior citizen shows a dish at the Senior Citizens University of JinchangDistrict in Suzhou, east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 15 June, 2009. Elders

in the area put on their cooking skills to show their happy life.—XINHUA

Workers hang ClaudeMonet’s “Au Parc

Monceau” at Christie’sauctioneers in London

on 18 June, 2009.XINHUA

An Airbus A380 aeroplane is seen during the 48th international Paris AirShow at Le Bourget airport in Paris, France, on 17 June , 2009. Airbus held a

celebrating ceremony here on Wednesday.— XINHUA

SEOUL, 19 June—Asian countries are par-ticularly vulnerable to theeffects of global climatechange and must takebold action to reverse it,South Korean Prime Min-ister Han Seung-Soo hassaid.

In a keynote speech atthe World Economic Fo-rum on East Asia, Hansaid many major cities onthe continent are situatedalong coastlines.

“Two thirds of the

Asia needs bold action onclimate change

File photo showsfloodwaters submerging

a street in suburbanManila in the

Philippines. —INTERNET

world’s poorest live in ourregion, and they are themost severely and dispro-portionately affected byclimate change,” he saidon Friday.

“Thus it is imperativethat we act boldly, deci-sively and without delay.”

The urgency of thetwin challenges posed bythe global economicslump and climate changeneed a comprehensivepolicy response, Han said.

“We must not viewthese two global issues asmutually exclusive.Rather, we need to con-struct a new and fresh ap-proach, recognizing thesymbiotic relationship be-tween economic growthand environmentalsustainability.”—Internet

NEWARK, 19 June—The only inkling passen-gers had that somethingwas wrong on the Conti-nental Airlines flight overthe Atlantic Ocean waswhen an announcementcame over the loud-speaker asking if therewas a doctor on board.

Otherwise, flight at-tendants continued toserve snacks. Passengersread magazines andwatched movies. And theflight kept on its schedule.

But in the cockpit, the60-year-old captain haddied of a suspected heartattack and two co-pilotstook over the controls.

The 247 passengersaboard did not learn whathad happened until theflight from Brusselslanded safely Thursdayand was met by firetrucks, emergency vehi-cles and dozens of report-ers.

NEW DELHI, 19 June— An Mig-21 fighter aircraftof the Indian Air Force crashed Thursday soon after ittook off from an air base in Assam, northeast India,reported the Indo-Asian News Service.

However, the two pilots managed to eject safely,the news service quoted Indian officials as saying.

The aircraft caught fire after it plunged into a pondnear a tea garden in a village in the Dibrugarh district,about 520 km east of Assam’s main city of Guwahati,said the news service.

The aircraft was supposed to be on a routine train-ing-flying mission when the accident took place.

Internet

FUZHOU, 19 June —East China’s Fujian Prov-ince is to substitute gaso-line and diesel oil with liq-uefied natural gas (LNG)as fuel for 2,000 inter-citybuses running on its ex-pressways, to make itspublic transport greener.

According to a contractsigned on Thursday be-tween Fujian Investmentand Development GroupLtd and Fujian Express-way LLC, the former will

LOS ANGELES, 19 June—The Los Angeles CityCouncil said on Thursdaythat it has approved a pro-posal to ban smoking inoutdoor dinning areas inthe city.

The proposal wouldprohibit smoking in out-door dinning areas, andwithin a 10-foot radius ofthose areas, as well as thearea within a 30-foot ra-dius of outdoor foodcourts, food kiosks, foodcarts and mobile foodtrucks, the council said.

However, an exception

Pilot on Continental flightdies; jet lands safely

“I was shocked,” saidDora Dekeyser of Hou-ston. “Nobody knew any-thing.”

“We weren’t panick-ing. I never thought it wassomething as serious asthis.

We were relaxed,”said Dekeyser’s grand-daughter, StephanieMallis, 18, of Lansdale,Pa.—Internet

Indian air force Mig-21crashes, pilots survive

E China’s Fujian to turn buses, ships “green”invest 320 million yuan(46.85 million US dollars)in building 30 gas fillingstations to supply 133,000tonnes of LNG for the2,000 inter-city buses.

The move will replace180,000 tonnes of gaso-line and diesel a year, theinvestment and develop-ment company said.

Wang Dongping, gen-eral manager of Zhong-min Logistics Companyunder the investment and

development company,said Thursday that as asort of clean energy, liq-uefied natural gas couldhelp slash motor vehicle’scarbon monoxide, hydro-carbon and sulphur diox-ide emissions by 97 per-cent, 72 percent, and 90percent respectively.

The “green” energycould also help reducevehicle noise by 40 per-cent, Wang added.

Internet

LA city approves proposal to ban smokingin outdoor dinning areas

is provided for outdoorareas attached to bars andnightclubs that requirecustomers to be 18 yearsold or older.

“I think it’s importantthat we have a practicalway to balance out theneeds of those people whoenjoy smoking and thosepeople who enjoy eatingwithout the smell ofsmoke,” Councilman TomLaBonge said.

LaBonge, the councilchairman and member ofthe Arts, Parks, Health andAging Committee, said he

would visit several estab-lishments which would beaffected by the smokingban before the proposaltook effect.

“Before this goes for-ward, I’m going to be tak-ing a field trip with thefire inspector, the buildinginspector, the city attor-ney, those for and againstsmoking in outdoor din-ing areas, to make surethere’s a practical applica-tion to this,” LaBongesaid. “I want to make sureit works.”

Internet

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Gold declines as unexpected joblessdata eases worries on economy

First solar plane set for round-the-world trip in 2011

China to provide free medicationto curb birth defects

BEIJING, 19 June—China will launch a health pro-gramme to provide free folic acid supplements for 12million rural women of child-bearing age, to help pre-vent birth defects in their future babies, the Ministry ofHealth said here on Thursday.

The programme seeks to provide folic acid supple-ments by the end of 2009 to all rural Chinese womenwanting a child, Friday’s China Daily quoted the min-istry as saying. China, particularly the rural areas, hasalways been hit hard by varied birth deformities, whichafflict about 1.2 million new borns in China each year,said Zhu Jun, deputy director of the National Maternaland Child Health Surveillance Office. Neural tube de-fects are common birth defects, as well as congenitalheart disease, cleft lip and hydrocephalus.—Xinhua

World condemns suicide carbombings in Somalia

NAIROBI, 19 June—The international community hascondemned the killing of Somalia’s National SecurityMinister, Omar Hashi Aden, in a suicide car bomb inBeletweyne, north of the capital Mogadishu on Thurs-day.

In a joint statement the UN, the African Union (AU),the European Union (EU), the Inter-GovernmentalAuthority on Development (IGAD) and the League ofArab States (LAS) condemned this week’s upsurge inviolence in Mogadishu, where another suicide bombor shelling is reported to have killed at least ten peopleattending a mosque.

They called on the transitional federal governmentof Somalia not to be deterred in its pursuit for peaceby the actions of a small minority.— Xinhua

LOS ANGELES, 19 June—A small plane crashed inRiverside County near Los Angeles, killing two peo-ple on board, aviation authorities said on Thursday.

The single-engine plane took off from CoronaMunicipal Airport in Southern California after 11 amlocal time Wednesday and crashed later near LakeElsinore in Riverside County, said Ian Gregor, spokes-man of Federal Aviation Administration. It remainedunknown what time the plane crashed or under whatconditions, Gregor said. The wreckage was discoveredat about 6:40 pm local time by a friend of the victims,who flew over the area searching for the plane, Gregorsaid.

Riverside County firefighters reached the wreckageearly Thursday morning and found two bodies.

The victims’ names have not been released pendingnotification of kinsfolk.

Xinhua

CHICAGO, 19 June—Gold futures on theCOMEX Division of theNew York Mercantile Ex-change fell slightly onThursday as a better-than-expected jobless data in-dicates the economy is re-covering, reducing gold’sappeal of safety. Silverended lower, but platinumgained a little.

Gold price for Augustdelivery lost 1.40 US dol-lars, or 0.1 percent, finish-ing at 934.60 dollars anounce.

Despite the rise of newclaims for jobless ben-efits, the total number ofpeople on the unemploy-ment insurance rollsdropped for the first timesince early January aftercompanies made deepcuts earlier this year, re-ported by the Labour De-partment.

According to the report,initial claims rose by3,000 to a seasonally ad-justed 608,000 in theweek ending 13 June,above analysts’ expecta-

tions. However, job lossesare easing with the totalunemployment insurancerolls falling by 148,000 to6.69 million in the weekending 6 June, the largestdrop in more than sevenyears.

The jobless data con-vinced investors that theeconomy is on the way torecover, which means theappeal to purchase gold asan alternative to hedgeeconomy uncertainty isweakened.

Xinhua

The pupils release fish fry into the water by the Chunshen Lake in SuzhouCity of east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 18 June, 2009. More than 10

million fish fry were released into the rivers and lakes within the city area ofSuzhou on Thursday to improve the city’s ecological environment. —XINHUA

SHENYANG, 19 June—The world’s first solarplane is expected to com-plete the round-the-worldtrip in 2011, a representa-tive of one of the sponsorsof the project said hereThursday.

Jean Cai, vice presidentof Deutsche Bank (China)Co, Ltd, a main partner ofthe solar plane project,told Xinhua that the plane,powered solely by solarenergy without pollutingemissions, will fly around

the world in 30 days in2011 and land once on eachcontinent. A model of theSolar Impulse plane is ex-hibited in Shenyang, capi-tal of northeast China’sLiaoning Province,where the Deutschland-Chinesische Promenadeprogram, part of a Sino-German friendly exchangeevent, is being staged, Caisaid.

The prototype is to beunveiled to media on 26June at Dubendorf airfieldnext to Zurich, Switzer-land, added Cai. Theplane, covered in almost12,000 photovoltaic cells,has a wingspan of 63.4meters, or roughly that ofAirbus A340, and onlyweighs 1,600 kg, equiva-lent to that of a motor car.

It is reported to be able toreach a flying speed of 70km per hour.

“The solar plane projectis aimed at promoting sus-tainable energy in theworld and the potentialand future of clean energyand solar energy,” saidCai.

The ongoing Deut-schland-ChinesischePromenade programme ispart of the Germany andChina Moving Ahead To-gether, an event jointlylaunched by Germany andChina in 2007 under thetheme of “sustainable ur-banization”.

The whole event isscheduled to concludeduring the ShanghaiWorld Expo next year.

Xinhua

All items from Xinhua News Agency

A brocade embroideress puts the final embellishment to the restitutedceremonial robes for the royalty of the Ming Dynasty (1368-1644), in Suzhou

City, east China’s Jiangsu Province, on 17 June, 2009. —XINHUA

Two killed in small planecrash near Los Angeles

Photo shows a Spanishcruise ship named the

Ocean Dream docked offthe island of Margarita,

northeast Venezuela.Venezuela quarantined acruise ship on 17 June,2009 after three crew

members were diagnosedwith the A/H1N1 flu

virus.XINHUA

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NEWS ALBUM Boy, 8, saves sister anddrunk adults from firePolice in Poland say an 8-year-old

boy saved his sister and three drunkadults from a fire by calling police andfighting the flames before help arrived.

The fire started outside the door ofthe boy’s apartment in the western townof Miedzyrzecz late Monday.

Police said on Tuesday that the boywas unable to wake up his mother ortwo men—all of whom were intoxicated—so called the emergency number him-self.

He helped his 5-year-old sister getdressed and repeatedly poured water onthe burning door as he waited for help.

Police spokesman Artur Chorazysaid: “If it wasn’t for him, there mighthave been a tragedy.”

Police are investigating the cause ofthe fire. They say they are consideringwhether to charge the 26-year-oldmother with endangering her children.

A visitor views a sculpture named‘Create Adam’ at an exhibition forgraduates of China Academy of Artin Hangzhou, capital of southeast

China’s Zhejiang Province.

Tool helps gauge autistic language skillsCanadian researchers say a question-

naire could help parents gauge languageskills of their autistic children.

A report by a panel of experts com-missioned to evaluate the questionnaireby the US National Institute of Deafnessand Other Communication Disorders inBethesda, Md, is published in the Jour-nal of Speech, Language and HearingResearch. “This is very exciting news,”

questionnaire developer Daniela O’Neillof the University of Waterloo in Ontariosays in a statement. “This report will beof tremendous help to researchers, cli-nicians and speech-language profession-als involved in intervention with youngchildren with autism.”

The questionnaire, The LanguageUse Inventory, provides a set of meas-ures for evaluating spoken language de-velopment in children with autism spec-trum disorders. Parents are asked abouttheir child’s use of language in manydifferent kinds of settings. One area oftesting in The Language Use Inven-tory is pragmatic language develop-ment how young children are ableto use their language in everyday in-teractions, the study says.

Hundreds of Havaianas slippers areused to form a slipper-shape artworkin the Ibirapuera Park in Sao Paulo,Brazil. Havaianas, the most famousBrazilian slipper brand, gets moreand more popularity in the world

these years and has beenselected into the gift package of

Academy Award for 4 times.

Five puppies cloned from Trakr, aGerman Shepherd search-and-rescuedog used to locate Ground Zero sur-vivors after the on 11 September at-tacks, in Los Angeles, California. Thepuppies are the first German Shep-herds ever cloned, according BioArtsInternational whose South Korean scientists created them.

Mekong River dolphins close to extinctionBEIJING, 19 June—

Pollution in the MekongRiver in Southeast Asiahas pushed freshwaterdolphins in Cambodia andLaos to the brink of ex-tinction, the World Wild-life Fund (WWF) hassaid.

“There are only 64 to76 Irrawaddy dolphins inthe Mekong,” the WWFsaid on Wednesday. It saidtoxic levels of pesticides,mercury and other pollut-ants were found in morethan 50 calves that havedied since 2003.

“Necropsy analysisidentified a bacterial dis-

ease as the cause of thecalf deaths,” WWF veteri-nary surgeon Verne Dovesaid in a press statement.“This disease would notbe fatal unless the dol-phins’ immune systemswere suppressed, as theywere in these cases, by en-vironmental contami-nants.”

Dove said: “these pol-lutants are widely distrib-uted in the environmentand so the source of thispollution may involveseveral countries throughwhich the Mekong Riverflows.”

The Mekong flows

from China through Laos,Cambodia, Thailand andVietnam.

“The Mekong Riverdolphins are isolated fromother members of theirspecies and they need ourhelp,” said WWF Cambo-dia country director SengTeak, adding that themammals “can show re-markable resilience” iftheir habitat is protected.

Internet

File photo of a dolphin in the Mekong river,northeast of Phnom Penh. Pollution in southeast

Asia’s Mekong River has pushed freshwaterdolphins in Cambodia and Laos to the brink ofextinction, an international conservation group

said.—INTERNET

TOURS, 19 June—AFrenchwoman who stran-gled three of her newbornbabies and stored two ofthem in the family freezerwas sentenced to eightyears in jail on Thursdayafter a trial that focussedon her psychiatric prob-lems.

The case of VeroniqueCourjault, who gave birthin secret three times be-tween 1999 and 2003,

French woman jailed in frozen babies casecame to light in 2006when her husband, tryingto make space in thefreezer, found the frozenbodies of two babies hehad no idea were his own.

“I am aware that Ikilled my children andthat will stay with me for-ever,” a tearful VeroniqueCourjault, 41, told thecourt before the sentencewas handed down.

The couple were living

in South Korea when herhusband, Jean-Louis, dis-covered the babies in thefreezer. Horrified, healerted the police.

The couple said at firstthe babies were not theirsand they did not knowwho had put them there.

They returned toFrance, where DNA testsproved that they were theparents.

Internet

BEIJING, 19 June—Satellite radio company, SiriusXM, is launching an application for the Apple iPhoneon Thursday that will bring the service to iPhone andiPod Touch users.

The service will be free for those who subscribe toSirius’ Internet service, others will have to pay about3.00 US dollars per month, said a Reuters report.

The move is seen an important way for Sirius togain and retain subscribers, by providing easier ac-cess to its news, talk, music and sports programmingthrough means other than its traditional satellite-basedplatform. Sirius currently has about 19 million sub-scribers, most of which signed on when buying carsthat had the necessary equipment built in to a newlypurchased vehicle.

Under a related accord, Fujian will buy 2.6 milliontonnes of LNG from Indonesia annually in a 25-yearperiod from 2009 to fuel the plan, the local govern-ment said.—Internet

Sirius XM to unveiliPhone Apple

Bus stowaway eludes Britishmilitary brass

LONDON, 19 June—An illegal stowaway from Af-ghanistan eluded multiple security checks to sneak intothe famous British military college Sandhurst aboarda bus, authorities said.

The 20-year-old man boarded the bus, full of offic-ers and non-commissioned officers, at a British Armybase in Hameln, Germany, Tuesday, the London news-paper The Sun reported. He hid in stairwell near a bath-room during the ride to the academy where PrinceWilliam and Prince Harry trained to become officers.

A corporal and a lance corporal found the Afghanman as they left the bus and police were called.”Thisis an extremely serious breach of security,” a militarysource told the newspaper. The head of the Army, GenSir Richard Dannatt, ordered an investigation, the Sunsaid.

The man, who was to be fingerprinted and inter-viewed by Border Agency officers, is expected to bedeported, the Sun said.—Internet

Light-emitting transistorsets record

US scientists have constructed alight-emitting transistor that has set arecord for a signal-processing modula-tion speed.

University of Illinois researchers saidthey achieved a speed of 4.3 gigahertz,breaking the previous record of 1.7gigahertz held by a light-emitting diode.

Then by internally connecting thebase and collector of a light-emittingtransistor, they also created a new formof light-emitting diode, which modulatesup to 7 gigahertz — breaking the speedrecord once again.

The university and licensee QuantumElectro Opto Systems in Melaka, Ma-laysia, reported the fabrication and test-ing of the new high-speed light-emittingtransistor and the new “tilted-charge”light-emitting diode.

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(from page 1)education, health,economic and socialsectors will develop in theregion.

In the past, it tookmany a night to travel totownships of Shan State(East). Now, the newscrew of Kyemon Dailyreached there withoutwaste of time. At 8 am,we visited All Bus-lineControl Committeeoffice, west of YankhamMarket in Kengtung. Inthe office, I unexpectedlysaw my old schoolmateU Htay Win (DeputyDirector of RoadTransport AdministrationDepartment) fromKyimyindine BasicEducation High SchoolNo. 2. In meeting withmy friend, I asked aboutefforts made for roadtransportation at first.

U Htay Winexplained, “Thedepartment gives priority

Shan State (East) sees better road transport facilitiesArticle: Tin Win Lay (Kyimyindine); Photos: Htay Aung (Kyemon)

U Htay Win, DeputyDirector of RTAD.

Daw Yin Yin Mya,Assistant Director ofTransport Planning

Department.

Photo shows better condition of Kengtung-Monghsat Road.

U Sein Hlaing,Chairman of AllBus-line Control

Committee.

Kengtung-Taunggyi Road seen on hilly area.

“Due to better conditions of roads, we cantake only four hours for Kengtung-Tachilek

route.”U Sai Ohn Khin (passenger)

to ensuring traffic safetyas the main task becausethere are about 1500vehicles in the region.”

A s s i s t a n tDirector Daw Yin YinMya of TransportPlanning Departmentsaid, “With a view toensuring convenience ofthe passengers, thedepartment is providingnecessary assistance for

undertaking the transportprogrammes such as theroutes and number ofbuses, kinds of vehicle andbus fares in line with therules and regulations of thetransport coordinationcommittee.”

Chairman of AllBus-line ControlCommittee U Sein Hlaingexplained, “A Kengtung-based bus line waslaunched in 1996. On 3

December 1999, theChairman of Shan State(East) Peace andDevelopment Councilformally opened thehighway bus terminal.”

Before 1988,there were only twohighway bus lines that tooktwo nights for 102-mileKengtung-Tachilek route.At that time, bus lines coulduse jeeps and Hilux

vehicles only. At present,express buses of the buslines drive along the routeby taking four hours only.The bus lines manage tooperate six buses daily.

In the past, thetravellers spent four-fivenights on their trips along281-mile Kengtung-Taunggyi Road due topoor transport. A fewnumber of buses of thebus lines could not realizethe transport schedules ofthe buses regularly. At

present, Superroof vansthat left Kengtung earlymorning can arrive inTaunggyi next morningby spending a night. BMbuses can smoothly drivealong the three-day route.The passengers can stopover and put up at the resthouses and food shops.

Aboard ShweMyo Daw highway bus,we had an interview with

a local. He said, “I havebeen travelling this roadup and down since mychildhood. In 1994-95, itwas an earthen road andthen gravel facility. Insome cases, thepassengers had to spendthe night on the route.After 2003, the upgrading

of road commenced.After 2007, the vehiclestake four hours only forthe trip due to bettertransport.”

In anotherinterview, a national racegirl Nan Huam Noon said,“When I had a chance toattend the university,Kengtung had not beenfacilitated with universityyet. So, I went toMandalay for pursuinghigher education. Whilesuffering from homesick,I had spent a large sum ofmoney on food andaccommodation. Thanks

to construction ofuniversities in our region,the new generation youthhave the opportunity topursue higher educationwithout spending muchmoney.”

In Shan State(East), aircraft fromMyanma Airways,Yangon Airways and AirBagan are flying toTachilek and KengtungAirports. Moreover, thesedomestic airlines operatetheir flights on Yangon-Heho and Mandalay-Lashio-Nay Pyi Tawroutes.

Only Fokker F-27airplanes landed atKengtung Airport due toshort runway. Such flightscan carry only 44passengers and take onehour and 45 minutes onKengtung-Yangon route.After extending therunway, Kengtung Airportcan serve Fokker F-28flights that can carry 84

passengers. As Fokker F-28 can endure andovercome theunfavourable weather,passengers can travel totheir destinations onschedules. Moreover, Y-8 cargo flights can land atthe airport and it is a drivefor smooth flow ofcommodities in theregion.

A c t u a l l y ,national brethren residingin various regions of theUnion had missed thechance to meet each otherfor many years due topoor transport. In the timeof the Tatmadawgovernment, the utmostefforts for narrowing thegap of developmentbetween hilly and plainregions can shrink thedistances among thenational brethren throughbetter transport.

*****Translation: TTAKyemon: 13-6-2009

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(from page 1)Shwebo, Monywa, Katha, Kalay and Mawlaik districtsin Sagaing Division, Pakokku, Minbu, Magway,Thayet and Gangaw districts in Magway Division,Mandalay, Kyaukse, Meiktila, PyinOoLwin,Myingyan, Yamethin and NyaungU districts inMandalay Division have been supplied with safewater, he noted. The minister stressed the need tospeed up tasks of water supply to all the States andDivisions. At present, he said that every village hasbeen facilitated with one tube-well. It is necessary tocontinue sinking more tube-wells in the villages, headded. In conclusion, the minister thanked thewellwishers for their donations to the funds of watersupply and their participation in the developmenttasks of the government.

After the ceremony, they viewed thedocumentary photos on water supply task.

16th cash donation ceremonyheld for supply of clean…

The Head of State, in April 1999, gaveguidance to supply clean drinking water to all thevillages of three arid divisions by implementing the10-year plan. According to the data, it is necessary tosupply clean drinking water to 23,225 villages acrossthe nation—8,042 villages in Sagaing, Magway andMandalay divisions and 15,183 villages in other 14States and Divisions. The Development AffairsCommittees had spent K 8,418.14 million on ruraldevelopment task and rural water supply tasks from2000-2001 to 2008-2009 financial years. Moreover,the committees set the plan to spend K 2,541.81million on the similar tasks in 2009-2010 financialyear.

From 2000-2001 to May 2009-2010 financialyears, a total of 8,042 villages in three arid divisionshave been supplied with safe water, accounting forcent per cent and 14,382 villages from 14 States andDivisions, 95 per cent. Out of 23,225 villages, 22,424villages get clean drinking water, accounting for 97per cent.

In so doing, the government spent K 2,187.14

million, the development affairs committeesK 8,418.14 million, the cash donations of wellwishersfor 15 times K 1,835.85 million, US$ 76,752, Euro770 and FEC 10,012, international organizationsUS$ 6.85 million and ¥ 1,015.47 million on watersupply tasks.

In undertaking water supply task, JapanInternational Cooperation Agency (JICA) sank 250tube-wells in Shan State (North) and 42 tube-wells inarid regions, Bridge Asia Japan (BAJ) 101 tube-wells inBagan, NyaungU and Kyaukpadaung Townships andUNICEF 3,298 tube-wells in rural areas.

In accelerating the rural water supply task,the whole villages in 34 townships in Sagaing Division,25 townships in Magway Division and 23 townshipsin Mandalay Division, totalling 82 have been suppliedwith clean drinking water. Moreover, a total of 19districts get clean drinking water.

The cash donations of wellwishers were spenton sinking 1,914 tube-wells in three arid regions and525 tube-wells in other States and Divisions, totalling2439 tube-wells.—MNA

YANGON, 19 June—Chairman of MyanmarOlympic Committee Minister for Sports Brig-GenThura Aye Myint this morning attended the concludingceremony of the Sports Refresher Course No. 15 forSports Teachers of the Ministry of Education at the hallof Sports and Physical Education Institute (Yangon),here.

The minister presented prizes to the outstandingtrainees and completion certificates to all trainees.

At International Shooting Range in DagonMyothit (North) Township, the minister delivered anopening address and formally opened the 10th Inter-State/Division Shooting Contest 2009.

Altogether nine shooting teams representingStates and Divisions are taking part in the contests thatwill last up to 21 June.—MNA

Sports Refresher Coursefor Teachers concludes

YA N G On, 19June—The donationcremony of the FoetalA c t o c a r d i o g r a p h

Gift for Central Women’sHospital (Yangon)(TOITU Brand CTGMachine, Japan) (worthUS$ 7,500) to CentralWomen’s Hospital

(Yangon) was held at themeeting room of thehospital on 16 June.

At the

ceremony, Mr.Yoshinor i Komaru,Managing Director,Myanmar Yutani Co Ltddonated the CTG machineand Professor Dr. WinWin Mya, Professor andHead of the YCWH,accepted and presented acertificate of appre-ciation. Then Dr. AungWynn, Medical Super-intendent of CentralWomen’s Hospital(Yangon) spoke words ofthanks and presented giftto the donor. Present onthe occasion were directorsof Depar tment ofHeal th , medicalsuper intendents andresponsible personnelsof Central Women’sHospital (Yangon).

NLM

Medical Superintendent Dr. Aung Wynn presenting a certificate ofappreciation to a donor.—MNA

Minister for Sports Brig-Gen Thura Aye Myint delivers an opening address at 10th

Inter-State/Division Shooting Contest 2009.

MNA

YANGON, 19 June—Winners of thecompetitions to mark the International Day AgainstDrug Abuse and Illicit Trafficking which falls on 26June were announced today.

The competitions comprise the short story,article, poem, song, painting, cartoon, poster, computerpainting, computer poster and photo competitions.

First, second, third prizes and handsome prizeswill be warded to winners.—MNA

Winners of International Dayagainst Drug Abuse & Illicit

Trafficking competitionsannounced

YANGON, 19 June — Service personnel led byStaff Officer U Mann Tin Tun Kyi of Mudon TownshipForest Department is carrying out extended nurturingof various trees and distribution of saplings at Tapathonnursery in Mudon Township, Mon State. A total of76,260 saplings were nurtured at the nursery.

Mudon Township Forest Department isdistributing the saplings to regiments and units,departments and schools free of charge for greening ofthe township. Every one may contact the department.

MNA

Saplings distributed free inMudon Township

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NAY PYI TAW, 19June—A coordinationmeeting was held at theMinistry of Culture herethis afternoon toimplement ASEAN-S o c i o - C u l t u r a lCommunity Blueprint.

In his speech,Chairman of theCommittee for Im-plementation ofASEAN-Socio-CulturalCommunity BlueprintMinister for Culture Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myintsaid that the 13th ASEANSummit held inSingapore on 20November 2007 reachedan agreement to set upASEAN Political andSecurity Community,ASEAN EconomicCommunity, andASEAN Socio-Cultural

Ways sought to implement ASEAN-Socio-Cultural Community Blueprint

YANGON, 19June—Minister forIndustry-1 U AungThaung arrived atMyanma PharmaceuticalFactory (Yangon) under

Minister inspects pharmaceuticalfactory

the MyanmaP h a r m a c e u t i c a lIndustries this morning .Manager U Win Koreported on extensionworks of Infusion

Division and ManagingDirector U Than Shwegave supplementaryreports.

Next , theminister looked intomaintenance of infusionbui lding and c ivi lconstruct ion s i te toextend the building withthe GMP system.

Afterwards, theminister also inspectedintravenous injection,infusion ingestion, anti-biot ic inject ion andproduct ion of ant i -rabies vaccines throughtissue culture divisionsand gave necessaryinstructions.—MNA

NAY PYI TAW, 19 June—Deputy Ministerfor Construction U Tint Swe inspected constructionof training hall that can house1800 people, inCentral Institute of Civil Service (Phaunggyi).The deputy minister fulfilled the needs afterhearing the reports presented by officialsconcerned.—MNA

Construction of training

hall in CICS (Phaunggyi)

inspected

YANGON, 19June—The prizepresenting ceremony ofthe 19th Myanmar Police

19th Myanmar Police Force Chief’s Shield ChessTournament prize presenting ceremony

Force Chief’s ShieldChess Tournament washeld at the meeting hall ofYangon Division Police

Force this afternoon. Onbehalf of the Chief ofMPF, Police BattalionsControl Commander

Minister U Aung Thaung visits Myanma PharmaceuticalFactory (Yangon).—INDUSTRY-1

Police Brig-Gen Than Han presents a championship shield to YangonDivision Police Force.—MPFTobacco

Kills

Minister Maj-Gen Khin Aung Myint delivers anaddress at coordination meeting for

implementation of Socio-Cultural CommunityBlueprint.—MNA

Police Brig-Gen ThanHan delivered a speech.

Next, Chairmanof MPF Chief’s shieldChess TournamentCommander Police ColWin Naing, DeputyCommander of YangonDivision Police Force andDistrict PoliceCommander presented aspecial prize to sixmembers of MPF, firstprize to Yangon DivisionPF, second prize to KayahState PF, third prize toMandalay Division PFand honour prize to coachof the tournament.

A f t e r w a r d s ,Police Battalions ControlCommander Police Brig-Gen Than Han presentedtrophy to Yangon DivisionPolic Force.—MNA

Community by 2015 withthe aim of establishingan ASEAN communityin line with the ASEANCharter; at the firstmeeting held in Thailand,second meeting in Laos,third meeting inThailand, and fourth andfifth meetings inIndonesia, ways andmeans were soughtsectoral body-wise toimplement the blueprint;the blueprint (draft) wasapproved country-wise atASEAN JointConsultative Meetingand was endorsed at the14th ASEAN Summitheld in Thailand from 27February to 1 March; andthat the blueprint consistsof six sectors.

The Minis t ry o fCulture will take the

lead ing ro le toimplement theb luepr in t in coo-peration with relatedminis t r ies , he sa id ,inviting the attendeesto hold d iscuss ionsabout work progressministry-wise.

Secretary of thecommittee Director-General of theDepartment ofArchaeology, NationalMuseum and Libraries USan Win presented factsabout the blueprint,sectoral work, and tasksto be carried out byrespective ministries.The attendees dealt withwork progress.

The committeechairman gaveconcluding remarks.

MNA

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Kunchaung Dam in Kyangin Township, Ayeyawady DivisionArticle: Kyaw Sein; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

(from page 16)

Staff Officer U ZawZaw, in-charge of thedam, said that the facil-ity had supplied water tosummer paddy fieldssince 2003-2004; thatthey reinforced the em-bankment for its dura-bility; that the size of theirrigation water to sum-mer paddy fields wouldincrease to 15,000 acresthe following year; thata 220 feet long and 100feet wide additionalspillway was under con-struction for mainte-nance of the dam.

Chairman ofKyangin TownshipPeace and DevelopmentCouncil U Tun TunNaing said that there wasno need to worry aboutdifficulty with irrigationwater and fire; that ow-ing to the dam, localfarmers could growkitchen crops in summersuch as cucumber, to-mato, onion and bean;that they did not need topay for irrigation water;

U Tin Aung (farmer),Thitseintkaing Village,

Kyangin Township.

U Yee, Deputy Director,Construction-2.

U Zaw Zaw, StaffOfficer, Construction-2.

U Myint Thein(farmer),

Shwepantaung Village.

U Tun Tun Naing,Chairman of Kyangin

Township PDC.

U Soe Than (farmer),Wegyi Village, Kyangin

Township.

that he thought the sownacreage of kitchen cropswould rise the followingyear; and that KyanginTownship had been ableto grow kitchen crops.

Farmer U Soe Myint,58, from ThitseintkaingVillage said, “I have afield of 18 acres. Agri-

cultural farming is ourfamily business. I growpaddy and beans. Wefarmers are pleased withthe adequate supply of ir-rigation water. Previ-ously, we could not growsummer paddy becausethere was no irrigationwater supply in summer.We make higher profitsbecause per acre paddyyield has increased toabout 100 baskets. So,we thank the governmentfor the dam.”

Farmer U Tin Aung,59, from the same villagesaid that he had a field ofabout nine acres; that hehad been growing bothmonsoon and summerpaddy since the dam was

commissioned; that hehad harvested two acresof summer paddy and theper acre yield was morethan 120 baskets; that hehad bought a tractor dueto bumper harvest ofpaddy; that he was tryingto get a combine-har-vester that year as he

wanted to expedite his ag-ricultural work; and thathe thanked the govern-ment for the facility.

U Myint Thein, 54,from Shwepantaung Vil-lage said that he greweight acres of monsoonpaddy and three acres of

summer paddy; and thathe thanked the govern-ment for the dam and forPashinchaung Dam thatprotects the farmlandsagainst floods in the rainyseason.

U Soe Than, 51, fromWegyi Village said thathe grew groundnut and

black gram in addition tomonsoon and summerpaddy; that he grew nineacres of monsoon paddyand four acres of summerpaddy; that his incomehad increased two timesif compared with that inthe past; and that hethanked the Irrigation De-

partment and the govern-ment for the dam.

The irrigated acreageof the dam has surged to9312 from 500 in 2003-2004. The 16,720 feet long

Shwepantaung

Village is now in a

position to grow

summer paddy due to

Kunchaung Dam.

The 220 feet long and 100 feet wide spillway is under construction.

and 135 feet high dam isof earthen type. Its maxi-mum water storage ca-pacity is 98,400 acre feetand its water surface area,2200 acres. The main ca-nal has 635 structures andis 23.5 miles long, and itstributaries, 40 miles intotal. It benefits 9000acres of arable lands of20 village-tracts.

In a word,Kunchaung Dam helpsboost agricultural pro-duction and improve theliving standard of localpeople.

Translation: MSMyanma Alin:

18-6-2009

U Soe Myint (farmer),Thitseintkaing Village.

The main canal ofKunchaung Dam

near Kyangin-Myanaung Road.

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China “dissatisfied” withADB document

A woman exits a shop where Apple iPhone 3GSare on sale in Paris, on 19 June, 2009. The newiPhone sports a faster processor, longer batterylife, an internal compass, a video camera and aphoto camera with better resolution and auto-

focus.—INTERNET

DPRK to strengthen tieswith countries friendly

toward it

A whaleship brings two fin whales to base inHvalfjordur, Iceland, on 19 June, 2009 as the fin

whale season started on Thursday. Japan andNorway are giving large subsidies to their whalingindustries, which have become unprofitable due torising costs and declining demand for whale meat,

the WWF said on Friday.—INTERNET

Hu Jintao meets Russian State Dumachairman

China, Slovakia pledgeefforts to enhancefriendship, coop.

BRATISLAVA, 19 June — Chinese President HuJintao and his Slovakian counterpart Ivan Gasparovicheld talks here on Thursday and they agreed to take the60th anniversary of diplomatic ties as an opportunityto consolidate their traditional friendship and enrichthe contents of cooperation.

Speaking highly of the longstanding friendshipbetween the two countries, Hu noted in particular thesubstantial development of bilateral relations sincethe Central European country gained independence16 years ago.

Expressing satisfaction at the state of bilateral ties,Hu said there are no outstanding issues left over byhistory or conflict of interests between China andSlovakia, Hu said. It is the shared goal of the twocountries to expand consensus and deepen cooperation,he added.

“This is in the fundamental interests of the twocountries and the two peoples,” Hu said. He made afour-point proposal for the further development ofbilateral ties.

Firstly, the traditional friendship should beconsolidated and bilateral mutual political trust beenhanced, Hu said.

Second, both side should enhance economic andtrade cooperation and join efforts to cope with theongoing financial crisis, Hu said, adding that this isthe focus of bilateral cooperation at present.

MNA/Xinhua

PYONGYANG, 19June—The DemocraticPeople’s Republic ofKorea (DPRK) willstrengthen relations withthe countries that arefriendly toward it, a toplegislator said onThursday.

Kim Yong Nam,president of thePresidium of the SupremePeople’s Assembly, saidthe DPRK vowed tofrustrate “the reckless

political and militaryprovocations” of theUnited States and SouthKorea, the official KCNAnews agency reported.

The DPRK will alsomake efforts to maintainthe stability of the KoreanPeninsula, realizenational reunification andsafeguard global peace,the top legislator said. Hemade such remarks at anational meeting markingthe 45th anniversary ofthe top DPRK leader KimJong Il’s start of work atthe Central Committee ofthe Workers’ Party ofKorea.

MNA/Xinhua

A boy stands inside a temporary shelter made by his parents as the family hasbeen displaced from their land by a tidal wave caused by cyclone Aila in

Shatkhira, on 19 June, 2009.—INTERNET

MOSCOW, 19 June —Chinese President HuJintao met Thursday withChairman of the RussianState Duma BorisGryzlov. This year marksthe 60th anniversary ofdiplomatic relations

between the twocountries, Hu said,hailing the sound and fastdevelopment of bilateralties.

Mutual political trust,strategic cooperation and

pragmatic cooperationbetween the two countrieshave been brought to ahigher level, he said.China is ready to workwith Russia to seize theopportunity and meet thechallenges so as to pushbilateral strategiccooperation to a higherlevel, Hu said.

There have been closeexchanges and fruitfulcooperation between thelegislative bodies of the

two countries in recentyears, which has given animpetus to thedevelopment of bilateralrelations as a whole, Husaid. The ChinesePresident made a three-point proposal for the twolegislative bodies to makegreater efforts in theinterests of the overallbilalteral relationship.

Firstly, the twolegislative bodies shouldenhance cooperation so asto lay a firm legalfoundation for furtherdevelopment of bilateralrelations. Secondly, thereshould be more exchangesand cooperation betweendifferent committees ofthe two legislative bodies.Thirdly, more effortsshould be made toconsolidate and expandthe social foundation fordeveloping the bilateralfriendship for generationsto come. — MNA/Xinhua

BEIJING, 19 June —China is “stronglydissatisfied” with the AsiaDevelopment Bank (ADB)in regard to a documentthat meddles in the China-India border dispute,Foreign Ministryspokesman Qin Gang saidhere Thursday.

Qin Gang made theremarks at a Pressconference when asked tocomment on a documentconcerning the disputedChina-India border areasthat the ADB’s boardapproved Tuesday. “TheADB, regardless of China’sgrave concerns, adopted theCountry PartnershipStrategy for India (2009-2012), which involves

disputed areas betweenChina and India. China isstrongly dissatisfied withit.” Qin said the document“can not change theexistence of the China-Indian territorial disputes,nor China’s position on thisissue”. Qin urged the ADB,as a regional developmentagency, not to intervene inthe political affairs of itsmembers. He said adoptingsuch a document seriouslydamaged the reputation ofthe ADB and underminedthe interests of its members.“The Chinese Governmentstrongly demands that theADB take effectivemeasures to eliminate theimpact”, he said.

MNA/Xinhua

Malawi’s new presidentnames cabinet

LILONGWE, 19 June— Malawi’s presidentBingu Wa Mutharika on

Wednesday announced hisnew Cabinet almost amonth after being re-elected. The 41-membercabinet, excluding thepresident and his deputy,was appointed with effectfrom June 15, accordingto a statement issued bythe Office of the Presidentand Cabinet.

“The new Cabinet willbe sworn in on Thursdayat the New State House inLilongwe,” said thestatement. Mutharika’sCabinet, which has beenwidely described assurprising, has many newfaces with someunexpected changes to hisprevious Cabinet.

The most shockingmove is former finance

minister Goodall Gondwe,who has been shifted toLocal Government andRural Development. Othersurprises are the droppingfrom Cabinet of formerministers of economicplanning anddevelopment, industry andtrade, housing and urbandevelopment, and youthand sports development,Ken Lipenga, HenryMussa, Jaffalie Mussa andVuwa Kaunda,respectively. UnduleMwakasungura, aninfluential politicalcommentator in thesouthern African country,told Xinhua that the newcabinet was “too bloatedfor a small economy likeMalawi.”— MNA/Xinhua

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CLAIMS DAY NOTICEMV KOTA TABAH VOY NO (293 )Consignees of cargo carried on MV KOTA TABAH

VOY NO (293 ) are hereby notified that the vessel willbe arriving on 20.6.2009 and cargo will be dischargedinto the premises of A.W.P.T where it will lie at theconsignee’s risk and expenses and subject to the byelawsand conditions of the Port of Yangon.

Damaged cargo will be surveyed daily from 8 amto 11:20 am and 12 noon to 4 pm 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 ADVANCE CONTAINERLINES

Phone No: 256908/378316/376797

Union of MyanmarNay Pyi Taw Development Committee

Invitation for supply1. Everyone is invited for supply of the following Materials;

Sr No; Description 1. External electrification 2. Internal electrification 3. Elevator 4. Air conditioning 5. Lightning Arrestor 6. Internal water supply & sanitation 7. External water supply & sanitation 8. Construction Materials (such as

glass wall, ceiling, paints etc.).

2. Application forms are available at our officebefore end of 30.6.2009 and for further detail pleasecall; Secretary of Procurement Committee Nay PyiTaw Development Committee. Phone; 067-414205,067-414202, 067-414204, 067-409363.

Oregonian woman withrabbits jailed again

BEIJING,19 June — An Oregonian woman who wasconvicted of animal neglect for hoarding hundreds ofrabbits in her home, was arrested again Tuesday at ahotel after an employee reported finding 14 rabbits inher room, police said.

Miriam Sakewitz, 47, was banned from owning orcontrolling animals when 250 rabbits — 100 of whichwere found dead in freezers and refrigerators — werefound in her Hillsboro home in 2006. A court orderedher to stay away from animals.

On Tuesday, police said they found eight adult rab-bits, five baby rabbits and one dead rabbit and calledfor an animal control officer.An employee at the Home-stead Suites, an extended-stay hotel on 68th Parkway,tipped off police after seeing the rabbits caged in thehotel room, said Officer Jim Wolf in a police depart-ment news release. The employee was conductingmaintenance on the property.

Sakewitz was taken into custody by Tigard policeofficers on a charge of parole violation because shewas in contact with animals. She was booked into theWashington County Jail.She was convicted on animalneglect charges and released on 10 years probation.As a condition of her release, Sakewitz was orderednot to keep pets and stay at least 100 yards away fromrabbits. —Internet

Low infant birth weight linkedwith maternal work stress

LOS ANGELES, 19 June—Women who suffer workstress during early pregnancy may face greater risk ofgiving birth to underweight babies, a new study shows.

A work week of 32 hours or more and high job strainduring the first trimester had an impact on an infant’sbirth weight, according to the study conducted byDutch researchers.

A combination of high job stress and a long workweek was associated with the greatest birth-weightreduction and the highest risk of delivering a small-for-gestational-age baby, said the study appearingThursday in the online issue of the American Journalof Public Health. The study analyzed responses from8,266 pregnant women who filled out a questionnaireon employment and working conditions.

“Although pregnant women typically reduce theirworking hours or workloads at the end of the preg-nancy, our results suggest that reducing job strain andworking hours in the initial stages of pregnancy maybe beneficial among women with stressful full-timejobs,” the researchers concluded.—Internet

A woman works on an exhibit at a mammoth show.Woolly mammoths survived in Britain until 14,000years ago, around 6,000 years longer than previ-ously thought, according to a study released on

Thursday.—INTERNET

File satellite picture shows the “mud volcano” andits surrounding area in Sidoarjo, East Java. Indo-

nesia’s devastating ‘mud volcano’ could keepspewing for the next 30 years, filling the equivalentof 50 Olympic-size swimming pools every day, a top

Australian expert warned.—INTERNET

Five kidnapped Filipinohospital workers freed

in Yemen MANILA, 19 June— Five Filipino workers who were

abducted with 21 other hospital personnel on 11 Junein the restive northern province of Saada, Yemen havebeen released, the Philippine Government said onThursday.

Citing a report from the Philippine Embassy inSaudi Arabia, the Philippine Department of ForeignAffairs said the Filipinos were released this week aftersuccessful negotiations with the captors by the sheikhand some government officials. PhilippineAmbassador, who is based in Riyadh and concurrentlyaccredited to Yemen, identified the five Filipinoworkers as Rosan Agfuna, Jerry Boy Forteza, AlvinFrancisco, Candelaria Gucio, and Marydon Torres.They all work for an Al-Salam Hospital in Saada.

Villamor said the Filipino workers were travellingwith some Egyptian doctors and other hospital staff ofdifferent nationalities when captors struck at amountainous pass in Sufian, outside the centre ofSaada.—MNA/Xinhua

China, Singaporehold joint anti-terror

training exercisesBEIJING, 19 June—China and Singapore are

conducting a joint anti-terrorism training exercise inGuilin in the southwest Guangxi Zhuang AutonomousRegion, military sources said on Thursday.

The drill, “Cooperation-2009”, involves 61 soldiersand officers of the People’s Liberation Army and 61 oftheir Singapore counterparts, Huang Xueping,spokesman with the Ministry of National Defence,told Xinhua.

The exercise started on Thursday and will concludeJune 26. The exercise will conduct simulations of anattempt by international terrorists to attack an exposing radioactive contaminants, biological and chemicalweapons. The task forces will conduct joint trainingand seminars to improve their ability to detect andhandle those threats, the spokesman said.

The joint training exercises were arranged by defenceauthorities of the two countries, and they represent thePLA’s first joint operation with foreign forces insecurity maintenance, Huang said.—MNA/Xinhua

WHO says Africa accountsfor 30% of global TB casesLAGOS, 19 June—The World Health Organization

(WHO) says three out of 10 cases of global tuberculosis(TB) are still in Africa in spite of efforts to eradicate thedisease, the News Agency of Nigeria reportedWednesday. This is contained in a statement issued bythe United Nations Information Centre (UNIC) inLagos. The statement noted that the disease remaineda major public health problem on the continent. Thestatement indicated that the African region accountsfor 30 per cent of the global TB burden even though itrepresents approximately only 10 per cent of the world’spopulation. — MNA/Xinhua

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Undated file photo shows a recovery image ofLimusaurus.—INTERNET

US lunar probes lift off on missionto scout water, landing sites

New pestdiscovered

in TexasHOUSTON, 19 June—

An agriculture specialistrecently discovered inthe US state of Texas aweevil that the scienceworld has yet to describe,the US media reported onThursday.

The US Customs andBorder Protection (CBP)agriculture specialistworking in Freeport,Texas, discovered twoweCBPevils during aroutine cargo examinationof a 50,000-kg shipmentof Guatemalan pineap-ples, according to theABC TV channel.

Since specialists werenot able to identify thepests, they sent thespecimens to the UnitedStates Department ofAgriculture for identifi-cation, and the UnitedStates Department ofAgriculture resultsindicated the pests are anew species.

“On rare occasionswhile our officers andagriculture specialistsare doing their jobsthey make history. CBPis very proud of ouragriculture specialistsand their accom-plishments,” said JeffreyO Baldwin, directorof Houston Field Ope-rations.—Internet

Javelin train on140mph test-run

LONDON, 19 June—Guests on a test-run of the“Javelin” — Britain’s fastest commuter train with a140mph (225km/h) top speed - have been whiskedfrom London to Kent and back.

The Hitachi train took 30 minutes to travel fromSt Pancras station to Ashford at an average speedof 114mph. The return journey took 29 minutes.Southeastern will begin a limited high-speed serviceon the line on 29 June with a full service from 13December. The Japanese-built trains will reducejourney times by up to 43 minutes. The test-run on theChannel Tunnel line passed without a hitch and wasslightly quicker than the forthcoming passengerservices as it did not stop at Ebbsfleet.

The services are expected to cut Ashford to Londonjourney times from 80 minutes to 37 minutes. Ebbsfleetto London will take 17 minutes. The trains, which have338 seats and can carry up to 508 people, will providethe “javelin” service to take spectators from St Pancrasto the 2012 Olympics site at Stratford in east Londonin just seven minutes.—Internet

The new 140mph trains will run betweenLondon and Kent.—INTERNET

Greece ready to reunite sculptures

WASHINGTON, 19 June—NASA’s two newlunar probes — LunarReconnaissance Orbiter(LRO), Lunar CRaterObservation and SensingSatellite (LCROSS), liftedoff Thursday on a landmarkmission to scout watersources and landing sites inanticipation of leadingastronauts back to themoon in 2020.

The two probes, apowerful lunar orbiter anda smaller spacecraft thatwill hunt for water ice bycrashing into the moon,were launched on an AtlasV rocket at about 5:32 pm

EDT (2132 GMT) from theCape Canaveral Air ForceStation in Florida.

LRO is a robotic missionaimed at creating acomprehensive atlas of themoon’s features, findingpossible landing sites,identifying availableresources, characterizingthe radiation environmentand testing new techno-logy.

LCROSS will search forwater ice on the moon bysending the spent upper-stage Centaur rocket toimpact part of a polar craterin permanent shadows. Itwill fly into the plume of

dust left by the impact andmeasure the propertiesbefore also colliding withthe lunar surface.

The launch of the dualprobes occurred one monthshy of the 40th anniversaryof the first lunar footprints.

The 583-million-dollarmission has been delayedsince October 2008 andwas slated to launch onWednesday. But NASAopted to delay the flight byone more day toallow the space shuttleendeavour to try and launchafter a hydrogen gas leakthwarted its initial attempt.

Internet

ATHENS, 19 June—Saturday’s long-awaited opening of the new AcropolisMuseum will show the world thatGreece has a world-class facilitysuitable for the Parthenon Marbles, theGreek culture minister says.

British Museum officials haverebuffed repeated Greek requests for thereturn of the 2,500-year-old marblesremoved from the Parthenon in 1806 byLord Elgin, British ambassador to theOttoman Empire when it ruled Greece.

The modern glass and concretemuseum, Culture Minister AntonisSamaras told Xinhua during a recentinterview, knocks down Britishcontentions that Greece has no decentplace to house the sculptures. “I thinknow the argument no longer exists,”Samaras said.

“The new argument, a greatargument, is not a simple revaluationof the marbles but the reunification

of the marbles.”He likened the absent marbles to

family photos that have been cut intoseveral sections.”You need to get photoswith whole family members together,”Samaras said. “You cannot cut works ofPicasso, Rembrandt or Da Vinci into twoparts, showing half of them in Spain,other parts in Paris, London or Italy.”

The 177 million-dollar museum,initially scheduled to open before the2004 Athens Olympics, will host mostof the Acropolis finds.

That includes some of the bestsurviving works of classical sculpturethat once adorned the structure’s marbletemples.

The museum, designed by US-basedarchitect Bernard Tschumi incollaboration with Greece’s MichalisPhotiadis, contains more than 4,000ancient works in 20,000 square metersof display space.—Internet

Japan relaxes over A/H1N1flu despite rising infectionsTOKYO, 19 June — The Japanese government

relaxed its guidelines for dealing with the newA/H1N1 influenza Friday although the totalinfection tally is still on the rise.

Under the revised guidelines, the governmentbasically allows every medical institution in thecountry to see new-flu patients and for people withmild symptoms to recuperate at home.

The government will also stop counting allindividual infections and focus instead more on earlydetection of group infections.—Internet

Thailand’s A/H1N1 patientsrise to 589

BANGKOK, 19 June—Thailand’s Public HealthMinistry on Friday announced 71 more patients,who are confirmed to have caught the A/H1N1 fluvirus, bringing the country’s total number to 589.

Of the total, some 349 patients are in Bangkok,according to the Ministry’s Bureau of Epidemiol-ogy. The other 82 cases are those in NondhburiProvince, 63 in Pathoomthani Province, 30 inChonburi Province and 27 in SamoothprakarnProvince, said the Ministry’s Bureau ofEpidemiology.—Internet

Malaysia introduces strictermeasures to fight A/H1N1 fluKUALA LUMPUR, 19 June—Malaysia has

introduced ten new measures to prevent A/H1N1flu from spreading in the country.

Malaysian Deputy Prime Minister MuhyiddinYassin said that one of the measures was compul-sory health declaration form by all travelers arrivingin the country, which would be gazetted next week,according to local newspapers on Friday. Anytravellers whoever fail to do so could be liable to a10,000 ringgit (2,857.1 US dollars) fine or twoyears’ jail or both, under the Malaysian DiseasePrevention Act, Muhyiddin told reporters here onThursday.

Other measures included sending health officerson board flights to scan body temperatures ofpassengers coming from the United States,Melbourne of Australia and Manila of thePhilippines.—Internet

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S P O R T S

JOHANNESBURG , 19 June—Unknown MohamedHomos scored the goal that gave Egypt a shock 1-0 winover Italy and heightened hopes of two African quali-fiers for the Confederations Cup semi-finals.

The clash of World Cup and African Nations Cupchampions at Ellis Park was a thrilling climax to thefourth series of matches that began with Brazil cruisingto a 3-0 victory over a 10-man United States at LoftusVersfeld.

Egypt, who came into the tournament under a heavycloud after a hammering from Algeria in a World Cupqualifier, remain third in Group B behind Italy on goaldifference.But the Pharaohs face a demoralised andpointless USA in their final pool fixture in Rustenburgon Sunday night while Italy must confront goal-hungrysix-point Brazil in Pretoria at the same time.—Internet

LONDON , 19 June–Spain’s world number oneRafael Nadal struggledhere on Thursday as helost 6-4, 6-3 to AustralianLleyton Hewitt to cast fur-ther doubt on whether hewill be able to defend hisWimbledon title.

The 23-year-old wouldbe the first Wimbledonchampion since GoranIvanisevic to fail to returnthe following year to de-fend the crown, which hewon in an epic victory overRoger Federer last year.

Nadal is suffering fromtendonitis in both kneeswhich saw him fade to astunning defeat in the FrenchOpen fourth round by even-tual finalist Robin Soderlingof Sweden.—Internet

FARMINGDALE, 19 June— 19 June– Talk about brutalconditions at the US Open.

The wind was gusting, blowing rain sideways andcreating waves in puddles that were nearing ankledeep. Umbrellas were deployed with a mission inmind, because by now it was clear it was every man forhimself.

This was no time to get in the way in the parking lotat Bethpage Black, where it was a miracle the bestplayers in world didn’t trample each other as theypaired off with their caddies in a mad dash through therain on Thursday afternoon to the safety of theirwaiting Lexuses.

They were the unlucky ones, this group of morningstarters that included Tiger Woods. Now, wet, tiredand sick of sitting around the locker room, they werebeginning to realize just how unlucky they might reallybe.—Internet

PRETORIA, 19 June—South American championsBrazil became the second squad into the semifinals ofthe 2009 FIFA Confederations Cup by defeating theUnited States 3-0 here on Thursday in Group B.

The victory came after European champion Spainhas secured a place in the semifinal by collecting sixpoints in two matches, defeating Iraq 1-0 and NewZealand 5-0.

The Selecao Brasileira has been put under spotlightafter their sloppy 4-3 win against African championsEgypt on Monday.

Coach Dunga has cited their flight of 32 hoursand recent World Cup qualification against Uruguayas major reasons for the result.

Brazilian star Kaka has been quoted as vowing priorto the match against the Star and Stripes that theimprovement in their performance would come as thetournament continues.—Xinhua

Homos the Confed Cup heroas Egypt stun Italy

RIO DE JANEIRO, 19 June — Along with Corinthians’2-0 win at home against Internacional, Ronaldo cel-ebrated goal drought of 40 days by scoring his teamssecond goal in Wednesday’s match.

By doing so, the player scored his 11th goal withCorinthians. There are 19 goals left for Ronaldo tomeet his forecast of scoring 30 goals this year withCorinthians. The Corinthians players continued theirphysical workouts on Thursday in preparation for theseventh round of the Brazilian Championship. How-ever, head coach Mano Menezes has already made itknown that he plans on resting his star players in thisweekends match.

Facing their cross-town rivals, Sao Paulo, Menezesis placing a higher importance on the rest of principalplayers in order to guarantee a positive result in thereturn leg against Internacional in the finals of theBrazilian Cup.Ronaldo, William, Jorge Henrique areexpected to receive a day off during Sunday’s biggame.—Internet

GENEVA, 19 June — Melbourne of Australia waschosen to host the 2012 world track cycling champion-ships, International Cycling Union’s (UCI) announcedhere on Thursday.

Melbourne, which previously hosted the event in2004, was chosen during a meeting of the UCI steeringcommittee in Lausanne.

The Australian city is already scheduled to host theworld road cycling championship in 2010.

The steering committee also awarded the 2012BMX world championships to the English city ofBirmingham.

Internet

ROME, 19 June — Inter Milan are willing to sellSwedish striker Zlatan Ibrahimovic for the right price,the club’s chief executive Ernesto Paolillo told LaGazzetta dello Sport’s website on Thursday.

“Everything can happen at the right price,” Paolillosaid.

“Ibra’s value is not less than Kaka’s and could bearound that of Cristiano Ronaldo.”

According to media reports Real paid AC Milanaround 68 million euros (94.90 million US dollars) forBrazil playmaker Kaka and bought Ronaldo fromManchester United for 80 million pounds (131.2 mil-lion dollars).

Ibrahimovic, 27, Italian Serie A’s top scorer lastseason, has been linked to Barcelona and Chelsea afterexpressing his frustration at champions Inter.

Internet

Egyptian midfielder Mohamed Homos (centre)celebrates with teammates after scoring against Italyduring their Fifa Confederations Cup match at theEllis Park stadium in Johannesburg. —INTERNET

Melbourne chosen for 2012track world championship

Inter’s Ibrahimovic on salefor good price

Ronaldo celebrates endof drought spell

Wimbledon doubts grow asNadal beaten by Hewit

Rafael Nadal of Spain

switches end during an

exhibition match

against Lleyton Hewitt

of Australia at The

Hurlingham Club in

West London, England.

Nadal lost 6-4, 6-3.

INTERNET

Brazil marches intosemifinal of

Confederations Cup

MADRID, 19 June — Real Madrid presidentFlorentino Perez on Thursday declared that the DavidVilla’s transfer from Valencia to Real “a matter oftime”.

Real are hoping to secure Villa for a fee in the regionof 40 million euros, having already this month paid 65million to take Brazil playmaker Kaka from AC Milanand a world record 93 million to gain Portuguesewinger Cristiano Ronaldo from Manchester United.

Speaking to Valencia-based local television sta-tion Canal 9, Perez expressed optimism over the trans-fer of Villa, who was the top scorer at last year’sEuropean Championship and who has expressed adesire to move to Madrid.The transfer would happen“in a context of friendship and cooperation” betweenReal and Valencia, according to Perez.—Internet

MADRID, 19 June — The Spanish press on Thursdayhailed the good impression that the International Ol-ympic Committee (IOC) got on Madrid’s candidatureto host the Olympic Games in 2016.

The Spanish media paid tribute to the presentationsdone by Madrid’s representatives as well as the candi-datures from Tokyo (Japan), Rio do Janeiro (Brazil)and Chicago (US).

The IOC will announce on Oct. 2 the city which willhost the Olympic Games in 2016, during a ceremonyhosted in Copenhagen, Denmark. Madrid’s mayor,Alberto Ruiz-Gallardon, led the delegation that pre-sented Madrid before about 100 IOC members at theOlympic Museum in Laussane, Switzerland.—Internet

Spectators leave the course as grounds crew squeegeewater off the 18th fairway during first round play in

the US Open golf championship on the Black Courseat Bethpage State Park in Farmingdale, New York, on

18 June, 2009.—INTERNET

Flooded course and crowdedlot make for Open fun

Perez confident of Villa’s signto Real

Spanish press hails Madrid’scandidature for Olympic Games

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Summary of observations recorded at 09:30 hr MST:During the past 24 hours, rain or thundershowers have beenisolated in Lower Sagaing Division, scattered in UpperSagaing and Mandalay Divisions, fairly widespread in ChinState and widespread in the remaining States and Divisionswith locally heavyfall in Rakhine State. The noteworthyamounts of rainfall recorded were Kyaukpyu (5.20) inches,Thandwe (3.86) inches, Bilin (2.80) inches, Hkamti (2.64)inches, Machanbaw (2.24) inches, Kawthong (2.01) inchesand Kyopinkauk (1.14) inches.

Maximum temperature on 18-6-2009 was 86°F.Minimum temperature on 19-6-2009 was 70°F. Relativehumidity at (09:30) hours MST on 19-6-2009 was 82%.Total sun shine hours on 18-6-2009 was (0.2) hour approx.

Rainfall on 19-6-2009 was (0.08) inch at Mingaladon,(0.32) inch at Kaba-Aye and (0.35) inch at Central Yangon.Total rainfall since 1-1-2009 was (29.88) inches atMingaladon, (35.87) inches at Kaba-Aye and (41.81) inchesat Central Yangon. Maximum wind speed at Yangon (Kaba-Aye) was (6) mph from Southwest at (12:30) hours MSTon 18-6-2009.

Bay inference: Monsoon is strong in the AndamanSea and Bay of Bengal.

Forecast valid until evening of 19th June 2009: Rainor thundershowers will be scattered in Shan and KayahStates, Mandalay, Magway and Lower Sagaing Divisions,fairly widespread in Kachin and Chin States, Upper SagaingDivision and widespread in the remaining States andDivisions with likelihood of isolated heavyfall in Rakhineand Mon States. Degree of certainty is (80%).

State of the sea: Squalls with moderate to rough seasare likely at times off and along Myanmar Coasts. Surfacewind speed in squalls may reach (35) to (40) mph.

Outlook for subsequent two days: Continuation ofstrong monsoon.

Forecast for Nay Pyi Taw and neighbouring areafor 20-6-2009: One or two rain or thundershowers. Degreeof certainty is (80%).

Forecast for Yangon and neighbouring area for20-6-2009: Some rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Forecast for Mandalay and neighbouring area for20-6-2009: Isolated rain or thundershowers. Degree ofcertainty is (80%).

Weather outlook for fourth weekend of June 2009:During the coming weekend, rain or thundershowers willbe scattered in Nay Pyi Taw and Mandalay Division,widespread in Yangon Division.

WEATHERFriday, 19 June, 2009

Five-week-old Amur tiger cubs play with each otherat the Highland Wildlife Park near Kingussie,

Scotland, on 16 June, 2009. Their parents Sashaand Yuri, have now bred nine cubs in total with the

last three born on 11 May, 2009. Amur tigers,previously known as Siberian tigers, were renamedin the 1990’s as they are now only found the Amur

River valley in Russia, and no longer in Siberia,hence their new name.—INTERNET

Elbegdorj sworn in as Mongolia’spresident

ULAN BATOR, 19 June — Mongolian President-electTsakhia Elbegdorj took the oath of office on Thursday.In an inaugural speech, Elbegdorj, a two-time formerprime minister, called for national unity and vowed tofight corruption to the end.

He also pledged efforts to improve thepeople’standard of living. On Mongolia’s foreign policy,he said his government will give priority to boostingfriendly relations with the two neighbouring countries— China and Russia.

Jiang Shusheng, vice-chairman of the StandingCommittee of China’s National People’s Congress(NPC), attend the inauguration as special envoy ofChinese President Hu Jintao. Elbegdorj, a member ofthe second largest party Democratic Party, will serve afour-year term after winning the May 24 election with51.21 per cent of the vote. — MNA/Xinhua

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NAY PYI TAW, 19 June—The collectiveploughing for cultivation of monsoon was held atKyaiklat Village-tract in Waw Township, BagoDivision on 11 June.

Chairman of Bago Division Peace andDevelopment Council Commander of SouthernCommand Brig-Gen Hla Min looked into the plough-ing task and gave necessary instructions to officials.

MNA

Collective ploughing forcultivation of monsoon paddy

in Waw Tsp, Bago Div

YANGON, 19 June—With a view to promotingmedical science on common diseases and family healthcare medical education, the Continuing ProfessionalDevelopment Forum, organized by General Practi-tioners Society under Myanmar Medical Association,will be held at Hall (A) of MMA from 12 noon to 3 pmon 24 June. At the forum, a paper on family health carewill be read out and it will also include Q&A onCommon Surgical Probles in General Family Practicein a progamme to meet with a physician.

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Kunchaung Dam in Kyangin Township, Ayeyawady DivisionArticle: Kyaw Sein; Photos: Aung Than (Mingala Taungnyunt)

In our trip, we noticed a large quantity of thrivingsummer paddy fields, and farmers harvesting summerpaddy fields and ploughing fields to grow monsoonpaddy along Yangon-Pyay Highway. Long ago, localfarmers were in no position to cultivate paddy in sum-mer. Now, they can grow paddy both in the rainy seasonand in summer due to the dams.

I was further stimulated to write articles depictingregional development by 20,000 acres of flourishingpaddy fields irrigated by Kunchaung Dam in Kyanginand Myanaung townships on the western bank of theAyeyawady River.

On the morning of 10 May, we headed for the dam,passing through Nawade Bridge linking the east bank andwest bank of the Ayeyawady River. Deputy Director ofConstruction-2 (Pyay) under the Irrigation Department UYee in an interview told the Myanma Alin that KunchaungDam was constructed by damming the Ahlon (North)Creek near Tatkon Village in Kyangin Township, HinthadaDistrict, Ayeyawady Division; that it was designed tobenefit all-year round the farmlands in Kyangin andMyanaung townships with an average annual rainfall ofabout 55 inches as the regions had high rainfalls in therainy season, but water was insufficient in summer; that

Kyangin Township and Kunchaung Dam were locatedin the northern part of Ayeyawady Division; that thesummer paddy sown acreage was on the increaseannually thanks to the dams; and that the facilitiesprovided not only irrigation water but also freshwater.

When asked about the irrigation system, he saidthat then the dam had irrigated sufficiently the summerpaddy fields in the two townships; that irrigation waterwas supplied earlier to summer paddy fields than lastyear, and 16,000 more acre feet of water could besupplied to the farms; that they carried out maintenancework to the dam. (See page 10)

Sony beefs upBlu-ray strategy

SAN FRANCISCO, 19 June —Even as Blu-rayDisc and Blu-ray player sales are growing, Sony islooking to build out its larger strategy surroundingthe company’s high-definition disc products.

At a small press event here Thursday, thecompany introduced a new feature of BD-Live and anew piece of Blu-ray hardware.

MovieIQ will be included on some high-profile releases from Sony starting in September.It’s essentially IMDb live—while a movie is play-ing, facts about casting, directors, production,

and actors’ filmographies pop up onscreen. It’spowered not by IMDb, but by Gracenote, creatorsof CDDB, which HYPERLINK “http:/ /news.cnet.com/8301-10784_3-9926240-7.html”\o “Sony acquires Gracenote for $260 million —Tuesday, 22 April, 2008” Sony purchased justover a year ago.

It’s the kind of feature intended to keeppeople from pausing a movie and hopping onlineto ask questions like, “I totally recognize thatactress, but from what movie?” It’s also meant tobuild on the inherent capability of Blu-ray play-ers that have Internet access. Sony has tried to dothis by allowing BD-Live access to exclusivetrailers and some trivia games, but MovieIQ seemslike something that users would engage withrepeatedly, not something they’d just use onceand forget about.

A senior Sony exec at the event, TracyGarvey, called MovieIQ the “first killer-app forBD-Live.” That sounded like an admission thatnone of the BD-Live features thus far have beenall that compelling.

It’s clear Sony is still in the process of fine-tuning its BD-Live strategy. At the event, Sony VicePresident Rich Marty said that while 37 million Blu-ray Discs were sold in 2008, the company has onlyreleased about 100 titles that are BD-Live enabled.

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Kunchaung Dam near Tatkon Village, Kyangin Township, Hinthada District, Ayeyawady Division.

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